The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-31
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Gen. Won Witten, OF the Russian army,
committed suicide at Wiesbaden lew
days ago.
1t is said the Russian language will short
" be made compulsory in schools in the
Baltic provinces.
At the Tongue Pointe inquest held at
Montreal n few days ago the nucs produced
h list OF fifty. six inmates who perished In
the insane asylum fire.
The announcement that no British YES
sells will attend the coming naval manou-
vefs at Kiel has created a feeling OF pain
fuI surprise in official circles in Berlin.
request for the extradition OF Michael
Eyraud. the stranger, arrested at Havana
for the murder in Paris OF NJ. Couffe, last
July, has been ior~ arded to Madrid by the
French government.
A London dispatch says Advices from
Buenos Ayers state that there has been
another outbreak in Puerto AIIegegro. In
Forty soldiers were injured. 1t was re.
ported that intense ex citement prevailed.
1t il learned from Berlin that the policy
OF Chancellor Won Capriyi comprehends u
scheme Tor levying an especial tax upon
Germans, resident IN the country, who are
ineligible for military service, and upon
those subjects OF the empire who hold I heir
residence abroad.
TIE London Standards Berlin CORE
spondent says that the czar has declared
that in the event OF Franco German war
he will not on any account interfere by force
Of arms and that he will neither attack
Germany himself nor enter into an 8lli
ance with France.
An English mission provided with unim-
tied quantities OF Bibles an religious tracts
printed in the Persian and Kurdistan Ian
guages has arrived at Tihis on it's way to
Persia. II Ia the intention OF the mission
to convert to Christianity the Kurds and
Nostorians OF Eastern Persia.
1t ia stated upon good authority that
Emin Pashs, previous to his return to the
interior OF Africa, invested his private funds
in plantation at Bagamoyo, with the OBJ
iect OF cultivatiUg cotton and other pro
ducts OF that region. His investment, it
Is said, represent the savings OF many years.
plying between Eastport, Me-, and Lubec.
via Campobello, N. b., has been seized at
the latter place by Special Officer Bonnes.
The cause for the seizure is supposed TO be
the allowing OF passengers to carry small
bundles without entering them at the Gus
tom house.
At Lubbep, in Brsndenburg Prussia, q
few days ago. a track OF land embra cling
seven acres and containing four dwelhn -,
with outhouses, etc, suddenIy subsidized
to the depth OF several feet. The buildings
were ali wrecked and number OF horses
and cattle were killed, but the occupants
OF the dwellings escaped with n few bruises.
IL now transpires that Iohn L. Whelan,
the contractor for the Quebec, Canada,
court house. has paid over 100000 to
the Mercier government III the last four or
five years To secure contracts Tor govern
ment work, at least $40 900 Of which Mr..
Whelan says, was baCkmailed out OF him.
The government still owes Whslan $237,
900.
The report OF the Panama canal com
route OF the canal says that the whole
canal will be cut thorough mpermea BILE
soil, and that the water in the reservo oirs
Is not subject to diminution. The surveys,
10 is further stated, proved that precau-
tfona could be taken to counteract the evil
effects OF earthquakes.
The bestOwal by her ajesty the Queen
upon Prince Albert Victor OF Wales ~ the
titles OF duke OF Clarence and Avondale
and earl OF Abilene is merely in accordance
with precedent, and in order to enable him
to sit in the house OF the lords, Though
the titles are purely honorary as vet, how.
ever, II 10 understood that no time will be
lost In confirming them and investing them
with all the dignity, authority aud emolu.
ments befttiDg royal duke.
A special telegram from London SAN
that the Chronicle OF that city bitterly up.
braids Lord Salisbury for turning his left
cheek TO Germany after being smitten upon
the right, while at the same time expecting
the uttermost degree OF reparation from
Portugal for acts in no wise different from
those committed by Germany. The sug-
Vestion Of cowardice implied in this criti.
cism Ia the more significant in view OF the
fact that the Chronicle has hitherto been
an ad vocats OF peaceful measures in deal.
ing with foreign countries.
The Turkish officer and the five at udents
who we're arrested by Russian saiIo-s for
assaultinR the wife and daughter OF the
chief dragomau OF the Russian embassy In
q garden at Buyukdere, and delivered by
their captors to M. de Neliedoff, the Rue.
sian ambassador, who at frst declined TO
turn them over to the Ottoman officials,
fearing that they woulo escape punishm ment
were finally delivered to the Turkish au.
thorities. The offenders were promptly
put on trial, found guilty and sentenced 10
undergo imprisonment for six months.
The police OF Havana, Cuba. have cap.
tured the Frenchman, Miguel Eyraud, who
IN the month OF July last, murdered uota.
ry Gouffe in Paris. Eyraud registered at
the hotel Roma under the name OF Megiel
Dosbi. He claimed to be a native OF Po-
land. When he vac placed In jail be at
tempted to commit suicide by cutting the
veins OF his leg and arm with q piece oi
glass. He lost great deal OF blood before
medical assistance could be obtained, but
the doctors attending him say he will re-
cover. In his trunk were found several
French newspapers containing details oi
his crime. A pistol and dagger we're also
found Ia his trunk.