Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-09-06
THE OLD WORLD.

Twenty persons were struck down by
sunstroke in the streets of Berlin in one
day recently.
1t is said that beyond a magnificent
reception William was accorded nothing
more by the Gar.
Cholera is spreading in the city of To-
ledo, Spain. Thirteen cases and five
deaths are reported.
Considerable uneasiness exists all over
Europe about the cholera and the prog
ress it is making in some localities.
There are movements in various parts
of Scotland and Wales looking to an adj
vance in the pay of railway employees.
A letter from Honolulu reports that
Count Szechenyi has been murdered by
his servants in the South Sea islands.
Moussa Bey, the Turkish official who
was active in prosecuting the Christians
of Armenia, has been banished to Mecca.
The number of vessels passing through
the Suez canal at night by means of cleo
trio light is increasing with extraordinary
rapidity.
The Sultan has requested prominent
Armenians in the Turkish service to de-
wise a scheme of reform in the Armenian
administration.
A fight is reported to have occurred in
the streets of Hamburg between Buffalo
BilIs and DIR. Carver's cowboy and In
dian companies.
The Consuls of Apia have issued a
proclamation, in which they warn the
natives against entering into any in
trigue to replace King Mataafa.
Mr. Gladstone will make but three
speeches to his Midlothian constituents,
and will not speak elsewhere He has
not visited Midlothian since 1886.
A curious result of Tolstoi's last book
has been the Imprisonment in Berlin of
one of his disciples for publicly denounc-
ing Christian marriage as immoral.
The present heroine at Lisbon, Portu-
gal, is Fraulein Johanna Maestrick,
German girl of marked beauty, who has
just made her debut as a bull-fighter.
At Torrent Arsenal in France a great
iron-clad war vessel of II 900 tons is
nearly completed. 1t is strongly armed
/
ers.
NM. Prillieux and Delacroix are call
ing the attention of the French Academy
of Science to the appearance of a new
potato disease in different parts of
France.
Inhn Burns who led tho asrant L a-ada,,
dock strike, has gone back to work. He
thinks the good results of a strike, when
they are good results, do not compensate
for the loss to the strikers.
The Oberammergau Passion Play"
Melted $250,O00 clear profit, which was
divided pro rata among the actors. The
agitation against the play as immoral
and sacreligious is still kept up.
The Italian traveller, L. Robecchi, has
undertaken journey into the interior
of SOmali land. He started in March
last. The expedition is being supported
by the African Society of Naples.
The British war-ship Buzzard has ar
rived at Halifax from Jamaica with vel
low fever on board. There were nineteen
cases of yellow fever on board at one
time. One victim died at Port ROYAL.
Advices from the New Hebrides isl
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island massacred the crew of German
sailing vessel, and a French war ship
subsequently shelled the villages on the
island.
In the European estimated crops of
the world America is credited with 414,-
600, 900 bushels of wheat and SOC. 600
600 bushels of maize, against 49l 100000
bushels of wheat and 2,113, 900, 600 BUSH
els of maize in 1889.
A convention has been concluded be-
tween Great Britain and the South At
rlcan Republic, whereby the independ-
ence of Swaziland is secured. The white
settlers, who are mostly British subjects,
are to be under joint protection.
Commenting on the effects of the
American silver bill, the London Times
warns the silver interests to be in readi-
ness to meet real, though distant, dan
ger OF plethora of silver in America,
finding vent outside and forcing itself on
the market at a reduced price.
The wire to be used for the telephone
between Paris and London is made OF
bronze. 1t is estimated that the French
share Of the expense of establishing the
telephone will be about $151,0OO. En-
thusiasts believe that all the telegraphlc
communication will be superseded.
A formidable religious movement
against the Sultan of Morocco has broken
| out. The Sheik Shereef, belonging to
the powerful and fanatical tribe OF the
| Eldressi, has raised the standard OF in
surrection and proclaimed himself APP
pointed by Allah to the throne OF the
Sultanate.
The Marquis de Mores is enjoying the
| Injuries of his cell in the st. Pelagie
prison, France. He is serving term of
three months for participating in the
Labor-day demonstration, and is devot-
ing his leisure hours to the preparation
of a volume, which will record his prison
experiences.
The Agricultural Department veteri-
narians just arrived in England from
America will be stationed at London,
Liverpool and Glasgow, and expect the
cooperation of British inspectors on
each cargo of American cattle arriving
to prove that none are affected with
pleuro-pneumonia
1t is believed that the sentence of ex-
lie pronounced upon Moussa Bey by the
Porte is sham, intended to quiet the
Indignation of the Armenians without
inficting any punishment upon the
Kurdish chief, whose atrocious persecu-
ton of Christians excited the horror of
the civilized world.