Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-23
Foreign Notes.

Tennyson contemplates taking a sea
voyage for the benefit of his health.
1t is announced from Berlin that Count
Herbert Bismarck is engaged to a Rus
sian countess residing at Mitau, in Cour-
land.
Ii has been decided that Gen. Won Cap
rivi, the German chancellor, shall meet
Premier Crispi at Genoa within a fort
night
Cardinal Shonborn, of Prague, who is
charged with a special mission ON behalf
of the Vatican, dined with the Emperor
| William Wednesday.
Mr. Gladstone will speak again in Edin-
| burgh on the 9th inst, at Music hall
Meantime he will deliver addresses at
West Calder and Dalkeith.
There will be a grand parade in Berlin
Saturday on the occasion of Field Marshal
Won Moltko's Goth birthday Ten thou
sand torch bearers will march in the pro-
cession.
Adtices from Uganda state that the
| Roman Catholic missionaries at Uganda
are showing remarkable activity, and
have obtained almost complete influence
in the African kingdom.
Emperor William attended the Berlin
theatre Tuesday night and witnessed
Herr Barnay's acting in ''Kean." This is
the first imperial visit to the theatre
since the expiration of his period of
mourning
Much discomfort is expressed at Mar
seilles the headquarters of French West
African trade, regarding the terms of
peace with Dahomey, as not included the
cession of Whydah to France as the
traders hoped.
The executive Of the Shipowners' Fed
Grafton is organizing scheme providing
for the simultaneous laying up of their
ships ut all ports in the United Kingdom
as final resort against the exactiOns of
the seamens' and dock laborers' Unions.
A terrible explosion occurred in the gov
erument powder mills at Waltham,
Wednesday. No one was killed, but a
number of persons were more or less in
jured, and the damage to property was
considerable. The explosion caused much
alarm in the neighborhood.
\ crowd Of farmers and laborers at
Achile, Ireland besieged the board of
poor law guardians Monday, demanding
work or bread, on the ground of destitu-
tion caused by the failure of the potato
crop. The board replied that the law
made no provisions for outdoor relieI,
BY the terms of the bill introduced into
the French chamber of deputies by the
minister OF war, with regard to the treat
ment Of spies, the penalties to which such
persons are at present liable, are doubled
Such penalties are also extended so as to
cover those employing the services of
spies.
The Bank of Paris will loan the Bank
ofSpain O0000,0 coo francs for three months.
The security furnished by the Bank of
Spain for the loan consists of redeemable
Spanish four-per-cent. bonds. The bank
still declines to give discount facilities, or
to discount the paper of the best Madrid
houses.
Indignation meetings are being held in
bavaria to protest against the many acts
of petty tyranny indulged in by the min
lister Of tile interior The enemies of this
functionary allege that it was because of
the ANNOYANCE suffered at his hand that
the unfortunate King Ludwig committed
suicide.
Tom Mann, the president of the Dock
ers' union, declared that the number Of
men employed England IS not less than
100. 06d, and that an eight-hour law is the
only remedy, as it would require the en-
ployment of more hands. He does not
think very highly of Gen. Booths plan of
relieving the poor by furnishing them
with work on cooperative farms, etc.
The basis for negotiations to secure a
revision of the commercial treaty with
Austria is being considered at "a confer
ence of experts representing the Federal
states Of the German empire. Only a
slight decrease in the duties on imports Of
agricultural products will, however be
agreed to by Germany which country
will probably favor Italy to the same ex.
tent