Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-05-27
THE Ord WORLD.

THE Old WORLD.
The Marquis de Mores has been re-
leased by the French authorities.
General Boulanger saws he has no in.
tentlon OF returning to France at present
The Russian government officially de.
MES that it is about to issue a new iotter,
loan.
Vines in the French department Of
he "itonde have been terribly damaged
10y frost.
English brewers are substituting
American corn for barley in the MANY
facture OF beer.
General Haalot, chief of the general
s'atf of the French army, has resigned
ms position to secure an active comHand
A syndicate headed by the Credit Fon-
cier OF Paris has guaranteed capital of
10 900, 00uf. for the construction of a sys-
tenn OF metropolitan railways in Paris.
The Germans have constructed a forth
fed station at Mount Kenia, east of the
Victoria Nyanza, thus formally annexing
that territory to the German possession.
The Prison Congress will open at St.
Petersburg on June 10Th. The Prince Of
Oldenburg will preside. Three hundred
delegates will be present, repre- senting
twenty-five States,
The Brazilian Minister to Italy has
been recalled because he failed to present
to the 1t llian government the decree of
his government rDldling Italian emf
grants to enter Brazil.
The French have sent to the King Of
Dahomey demand for the surrender of
all prisoners and other Europeans The
destruction of Whydah by bombardmcnt
will follow a refusal
The excitement in Finland is said to
be mere upper class discomfort, arising
from the far that the peasants are
going to get too many advantages from
RUSSIA. So says the official exp anation
The American silver bill is being close
~ watched IN Germany. Some news
lapers give list Of American &c turities
which are dealt in in Europe, making
distinctions in currency in which the
interest ON capital is payable.
In order to test the state of popplar
oplnion in regard to General Boulanrer.
Nj Lagurre intends to resign and contest
his sea in the chamber of deputies. n
which lie WAS elee'ed as an advanced
boulangist and an Intimate friend of the
general.
he election for members of the Paris
Municipal Council yesterday resulted in
the Sc e'lipn OF fifty three Repuhliaans.
five { nseryatiyes aud one Bunlansist,
The new Council viii consist of six'v-fiye
Republicans, thirteen Conservatives and
two Boulangists
At Paris Josephine Hoegqi has iuet
been sentence ed to penal sarvltusle ior life
for the murder OF her eight-year-o'd
daughter. The child was a victim of III /
u age, Crippled by the kicks and blows /
Of ITS mother, it vas compelled 10 lie T
lb ct, where it was frequently Irenchpd
wl'h zee water, After tying its hands i
md lert, JOS phine actually attempted
10 cruelty the chiid, and was finally sur
'cssiul IN an effort To strangla it. The
woman arroNly escaped lynching.
Fifteen hundred bakers at Pesth have
'trnck work and camp,d on an island in
he Danube with tents, cattle and pro-
iisions. They have been ioned bv 700
;nls employet in the jute works. Five
hundred military bakers have been sent
o Pesth from all parts of the nsdom
The Hyde Park labor demonstra ion at
-ondon was a ereditahle ei ht-houi
movement The proc, SO on contained
hont loO,0Ol persons There was no
disturbance and the police ma lie no in
erlvren e. Resrlu i1ns We're passed se--
ing forth that the lahoring men were
ltsfed with the present rate OF wages
nd only Contend d for shorter hours.
. committee was appointed to present
etition to Parliament
News is confirmed of the killing of NJ.
lusy, commander OF the French post at
'uqui, on the Mobauzi branch of the
'ongo. Musy was killed, WITH twelve
Zen OF mis- station, on January 5. He
I'd left his post with many native allies
ON the Botambi and jacob Tribes 10
nastse the village of Solango for making
lave raids upon villages that were in
jendly relations with the French. Dur
IL the fight viii h followed his arrival
Solango all OF his allies deserted him, /
nj he and twelve men OF his station
ere l. It alone, surrounded by the enemy
oVerpowerng numbers Musv kept
lem at bay until his ammunition was :
,mple ely exhausted, and he was then :
He'd 10y an assagai. All vi us men per :
he'd with him, and their bodies were ,
zen by tue cannibals who ovrrcame =
ZEN. The station was 'e-established :
: the French twenty-four days after the :
ath OF its commander.