Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-07-19
THE OLD WORLD.

A new Ministry is formed in Spain.
Ireland spends $25 100000 a year on
whisky.
A typhus fever is epidemic in Luxem-
bourg, France.
The crops are threatened by excessive
rains in Montenegro.
The Greenland seal and whale fisheries
are almost total failure.
The Argentine Government has indeti-
nitely postponed the loan bill.
Salisbury says the Anglo German
agreement was signed on July l..
The Nile is rising steadily at Wady
Halfa at the rate of three inches daily.
The late King of Portugal, who died
intestate, left less than 100000 person
atty.
Queen Natalie of Servia has had her
life insured for 5000, 900 for the benefit of
her son.
Newspaper guessing competitions have
now been declared lotteries, and there
fore illegal, in England.
Valencia, Spain, is nearly deserted, the
people fleeing from the cholera. The
disease is virulent at Genoa.
Rome ie infested with an undecided
band of robbers. Almost daily cases of
stabbing and robbing are heard Of
The Government of Chile, it is said,
has decided to purchase fourteen K.upp
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The Porte has refused the demand of
Bulgaria that Turkey ask the powers to
recognize the legitimacy of the rulership
of Prince Ferdinand.
The British Charge dAffaires at Con-
stantinople has entered protest against
the danger OF allowing the reign OF an
archy in Armenia to continue.
1t is reported that telephone line is
about to be constructed tween Reik-
jAvik and Havef jrd, Iceland 1t will be
the most northerly one in the world
The Nihilists recently arrested at Paris
claim tn y were solely engaged in the
study of chemistry and the victims of
Russian agent, who has disapp AIRED.
1t is denied that the negotiations be-
tween Lieutenant Wyse and the Colom-
blan Government for the renewal of the
Panama canal concessions have failed.
M. Ribot, the French Foreign Minister.
states that England gives to France an
and in the Caribbean sea and recog-
nizes the French protectorate over NADIA
gascar.
Russia will hasten the extension of the
Siberian railway and strengthen the gar
risons in the AMOR and Usuri provinces
to counterfeit the plans of the Chinese at
Manchuria.
A German Jack the Ripper has turned
up in Dusseldorf working girl, aged
II, was found in field with her throat
cut and mutiated after the fashion of the
Whitechapel victims.
The new Cabinet of Spain has issued
circular outlining its policy. 1t an
nounces its intention to give decided and
sincere protection to national productions
by revisions of the tariffs.
The German Minister of Education has
been forced to resign, because the En-
peror is DESTROYS Of making sweeping re-
forms In the universities by dropping
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chemistry and English. -
Among the charity societies of Moscow
there is one for the endowment of poor
brides The funds of the society are con-
stantly increased by the gifts or requests
OF benevolent persons, but only the in
terest of the money is used for the desig-
matt d purpose.
The British, German, French, Spanish
and Italian Legations have notified their
respective governments Of approaching
trouble between Guatemala, Honduras
and Salvador, and it would not be sur
prising to see men-of-war make visits at
an early date to Central American waters.
A. G. Menocal, chief engineer for the
Nicaragua canal, denies that much sick
ness exists, or that the people are desti-
tute or starving in Nicaragua. Five or
or six hundred men are employed, and
there will be no cessation of work. 1.-THE
canal" he adds, will be in operation in
five or seven years"