The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-08-15
FOREIGN PARAGRAPHS.
Cholera Decimating the Popula
tion of Mecca.
A Memorial Silver Clock Weighing Six
Hundred Pounds Placed in the
Charkoy Cathedral.


excessive rains.
The royal library of Berlin contains
797 ,974 bound books.
The Gar has issued an edict forbid
ding applause in Russian theaters.
II is proposed to use the electric motor
extensively in military operations in
England.
Mwanga, King OF Uganda, is firmly
established ON his throne, and Kareng.
his opponent, is dead
Castelar,, the Spanish statesman, is
writing life of Christ, and is also busy
on history of Spain.
The young Duke Of Aosta. nephew OF
King Humbert of Italy, is about 10
marry the Princess Elvire of Bavaria.
The latest Spanish census, taken in
1887, gives a population of 1885, PIG.
The gain in ten years was only 9jl ,915.
1t is stated that a meeting will take
place this summer between General von
Capriyi, Count Kalnoky and Signor
Crispi.
As high as eighty deaths from cholera
have been reported in a single day at
Mecca. The population Of the city is
about 10000.
The Count of Paris has purchased a
large estate in Hungary, his intention
being, il il said, TO reside permanently
in that country.
The Brazilian Government has ordered
the immediate delivery OF large guam
tity Of swords from a factory in Solingen,
Rhenish Prussia.
The returns OF the English Lunaev
Commissioners show that 77.257 of the
- $40 insane people in England are
helpless paupers.
Emperor William saws the next birth
day Of Count von Moltke shall be kept
as national holiday. The famous STRAIT
egist was born October -, 1909.
The Catholic residents of Erfurt have
petitioned the authorities to remove
from the walls of the town hall certain
pictures Illustrative of Luther's life
The report of the liquidators of the
Panama Canal Company gives the total
expenditures OF the company to March
3 n l,3l3,0O0,0O0 francs; assets, l6,0O0,-
600 francs.
Owing to the expectation of rise in
the prices of chemicals, the papermakers
Of England and Scotland are combining
with view Of starting chemical factories
of their own.
The International Association for the
Suppression of Gambling at Monte
Carlo has scored one success bv side
movement upon the Casino of Tangier.
II has shut it up.
NJ. Ritt has offered to spend 500. 600
francs in redecorating the Paris opera
house on condition of being made a di-
rector for seven years and an officer of
the Legion of Honor
According to French journals Madame
Crispi, wife of the Prime Minister of It.
ally, has left Carlsbad in disgust because
the aristocratic residents refused to adj
init her to their circle.
In order TO officially contradict the
persistent rumors of his i'll health the
Pope of Rome celebrated high mass in
Pauline chapel. 1t was the occasion of
great state ceremonies.
A project is on foot for spanning the
Danube canal in Vienna with bridge
lined with shops after the model of the
famous Ponte Rialto at Venice and the
Arno bridge at Florence.
The French Budget Committee has
approved the credits asked by the Min
lister of Commerce to lay cable between
France and England and to establish
telephones between Paris and London.
The Black sea fleet, which has been
considerably augmented during recent
years, is to be still further increased.
The construction of four more large war
vessels has been ordered at Sebastopol
and Nikolaief.
According to official returns, in which
tha ar,ffal 10 ff1..lpAaI
than 5000 fires took place last year in
Russia. About $4,000 houses were
burned down, and the estimated damage
was 69, 200, 600 rubles.
A complete reconciliation has taken
place between Emperor William and his
sister, Princess Victoria. since his retire
ment of Prince Bismarck, whom the
Princess hated, and whom she frequent
" described as "the evil genius of our
family"
AT the Lord Mayors banquet at the
Mansion house Lord Salisbury spoke of
the peaceful condition of Europe. Dur
ing the six years that his government
had been in power, he said, Europe had
never presented so uninteresting an as
pect from a war point of view.
Mr. and Mrs William O'Brien were
entertained at banquet by Irish and
Liberal members of Parliament and a
number of prominent Irish members of
London. a large company was present
Toast to the Irish in America was re-
sponded to by Mr.. Fitzgerald of Boston.
Emperor William of Germany has
bought an estate near Metz, it is sup
posed for political reasons. He wished
to show the citizens of the annexed
provinces that he belonged to them and
to make it fashionable among old Ger
man families to own places in the dis
trict.
The latest reports of the Russian ex-
pedition to Thibet under the leadership
of General NJ. w. Pevizoff are very favor
able. The party spent the winter in
Nice, and started for the Idshelik- Cha
mum pass at the beginning of April.
They expect to penetrate the interior of
Thibet during the summer.
Herr Krahn, State Director of Rail-
ways of Germany, has been compelled
to tender his resignation, owing to the
resentment of his superiors at his hav-
ing recently delivered a speech highly
eulogistic of Prince Bismarck and COM
pairing the ex-Chancellor to his successor
to the disparagement of the latter.
There has been just finished and
placed in the cathedral of Charkov, Rus
ria, clock of solid silver weighing 600
pounds. 1t is in memory of the Cars
escape from death in the railroad acci-
dent at Borki, and is so arranged that
upon October IL in each year-the anni-
versary of that event-it will ring peal
of bells.