Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-07-25
THE OLD WORLD.

A new Ministry is formed in Spain.
Ireland spends 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 "a toEal TAI ure.
The Argentine Government has indefi-
nitely postponed the loan bill.
Salisbury says the Anglo-G German
agrt ement was signed on July /.
The Nile is rising steadily at Wady
Halfa at the rate of three inches daily.
The late King of Portugal, who died
in estate, LETT less than 100000 person
atty.
Queen Natalie of Servia has had her
lie insured for 500, 900 for the benefit OF
her son.
News paper guessing com petitions have
now been declared lotteries, and there
fore Legal, in England.
Valencia, Spain, is nearly deserted, the
people fleeing from the holera. The
disease is virulent at Genoa.
Rome is 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
batteries at a cost of 100000.
The Porte has refused the demand OF
Bulgaria that Turkey ask the powers to
recogniz the ,egit macy OF the rulership
of Prince Ferdinand
The British Charge dAfaires at Con-
stantnople has entered protest against
TIL danger of allowing the reign of an
archy in Armenia to continue.
1t is reported that telephone line ia
about to be eonstru, ted b tween Reik-
j 'vik and Havefiord, Iceland II will be
the most northerly one in the world
The Nihilists recently arrested at Paris
claim they Were solely engaged in the
study oil chemistry and the vi, tins of a
Russian ageat, who has disapp AIRED.
1t is denied that the negotiations be-
tween Lieutenant Wyse and the Colom-
bian Government for the renewal of the
Panama canal concessions have failed.
M. Ribot, the French Foreign Minister.
stat. $ that Finland gives to Ffance an
island IN the Caribbean sea and recog-
nizes the French protectorate over NADIA
gascar.
Russia will hasten the extension of the
Siberian railway and strengthen he gar
ris>ns in the Amoor and Usnri provinces
n ar ha ~
Manchufia.
A German Jack the Ripper has turned
up In dusseldorf A working gill, aged
Il, was found in field with her thro I
Cur and mutilatcd alter the fashion of Il q
WhItechApel victims.
The new Cabinet of Spain has issued
circular outln NJ its policy. IL an
no"nces its intention tn Civ dt cided and
sincere protection tonatio1al p oduclions
10y revisions OF the tariffs
The German Minister of F. lucat;on has
been forced to resign, because the EN-
peror is DESTROYS 81 making swe ping re-
lofms in the universities by dropping
Greek and Latin anil substituting more
chemistry aud English.
Among the ch r.ty so lett, Of Moscow
there Is Que Tor the end bwmrnt OF moor
brides The funds of the 81 ciery are con.
Antly inereas a bv the gift. or beauests
OF bensyo MT p rsons, but only the in
iere' OF the money is used for the desin-
nat d purp ,se.
The British, German, French, Sranish
and Italian legations have notified their
resp, cti,e governments of appro ching
lfonnie between Guatemala, Honduras
and Salvador, ard 1t would not. he sny.
prlsing to see men-of-war make visits AT
an early ,te to Central American wats rs
~. A. y, Menocal, chief engineer for the
Nicaragua canal, denies that much s;eL.
ness ex SITS, or that the people are desti.
tu'e or Saving in Nicaragua. Five or
or SIX hundred men are employ, d. and
ere will be N Cessation of work ,.Ths
Canal" he adds. will be in operatio ia
five or seven years" ''S'' -