Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-07-11
FOREIGN NEWS.

The commits sion sent ly the French gov
ernment TO Panama to inycstigaic the cuudi-
I ton OF the canal has issued further report.
J dealing with the defects aud omissions Of
the four plans proposed for the complexion
OF the canal. According TO tue first of these
plans the canal is To be Isolated, no use be-
ing made Of the existing WATERWAYS. The
second plan proposes to make use OF such
waterways. The third provides for ship
railway us portion Of the proposed inter
oceanic route, and the fourth for a tunnel
through the highland at Cuebra.
The Portuguese steamer Benguclla, Capt
DE Rosa, which left New York on June 20
Tor the Azores and Lisbon has been lost.
The crew has landed at Corunna.
The Anglo-Gcrman agreement has been
signed by Gen. Won Cdprivi and DR. Krauel
ON the part Of Germany aud Sir Edward
Malet and Sir Percy Anderson on behalf q
England.
NJ. Geryilie Reache said In his report on
the naval estimates TO the chamber Of depu.
Ties that since 1871 France had spent 1896.
Oo'OO more than Italy, Austria and Ger
many put together. The Lanterne, news
paper In annlyzing the report, saws that out
u 80 vessels 200 are old wurmCalen wooden
tuD'' not good enough 10 serve as targets for
melanlte bombs. The cruisers had only "A
sP'el OF 10 knots, aud were not irOnclad. and
ne gunboats dare not fire full charge from
lhelr guns for fear the rccoll should knock
'hcm to pieces.
The Royal Geographical Society gave
banquet night or two ago in honor OF Hen
cy Nj. Stanley. Sir NJ. +. Grant DufT, the
president OF the society, in tossting the
guest. said that Stanley, perhaps had found
an outlet for the surplus population of Eng.
ana aud America. Mr.. Staniy, replying,
'ald that plenty of work remained for the
society TO do in Africa
The Dublin coal beavers are following the
example OF their brothers OF Leeds. Coal il
very scarce. The city gas works will have
% stop unless the strike is soon settled.
\ 5eml-otiicial denial is made at Berlin OF
me published statement that the powers of
Continental Europe, headed by Germany
lal agreed TO establish mutual rcpressivC
!arllls against American imports if the Me.
hlhley Oill, HOW pcnting before the Ameri.
can Congress, becomes a law. Germany has
taken no steps to countcract any possible in
Jury to her American trade by the enact
ment Of the Mckinley bill.
Charles Wyudham and Bronson Howard
nave gone into partnership and will next
year Jlnty manage the Criterion Theatre,
London. Howard will look after the bushes.
end aud Wyndham the stage.
Michael Eyraud, who Is charged With
having murdered Notary Goutie in Paris on
July 20, 1889, aud who was arrested in Hay
ana and taken TO Paris, has confessed that he
committed the crime.
The London Herald has learned from NJ. |
ilbot, the French foreign minister, that
england gives TO France an island in the |
aflDDean Sea. and recognizes the French !
pr0tectorate over madagascar.
Frghtful scenes continue at Panitza's
grave al Sofia. Peasants who were robbed (
~ the deceased during the war rooted tho
uri aud danced on the grave, cIrsiug the
memory OF the man who executed their sons.
! hey burned candles and sung hymns OF
lralsc nj the downfall of their enemy.
Invitation cards for the wedding Of Henry
VI stanley and Miss Dorothy Tenant have
us' ntth sent out. They read thus:
WEsrMINSrER Abbey, July ~, 1880.
Marriage of Mr.. Henry VI. Stanley and
MISS Dorothy Tenant, p. III. precisely.
The English cabinet has decided to droI
he tithes BILL pass minor bills and supply
ote', aud then adjourn Parliament.
Queen Victoria has written an autograph
ettcr 20 The Marquis Of Salisbury, Offering
nm dukcdum on the occasion c. his Fri.
lmph OF diplomacy in the AngIo.German
NIrIcan agreement The gracious offer was
declined, as the prime minister
'reiers to be known in history As the Mar.
Iuis Of Salisbury.
Vienna newspapers report that the CzaI
las had serious quarrc. with his brother.
hc Grand Duke 4 cXis. The grand duke
: the head of the marine administration
MI II is said he has offended the Car b,
rging the necessity for wholesale reform tc
nj an end to the waste and extravaganza
ihch now characterize the navy.
sensation was created at Vienna oven
he discovery that the river Icitha, from
'ottendorf to Landegg, is poisonous. Bath.
rs have contracted pustular cruptons cover.
lg the entire body.
The Chamber of Deputies at Lisbon Ia.
asSe credit for the construction OF 4
able to the Azores. The Chamber. byaI
'rge majority, passed a bill providing for
eheral increase of d per cent In taxation. I
A paper factory and the Citizens IIospi.
u ri Cologne has been burned to the
round. The patients were rescued with
ie utmost difficulty by the military.
Cholera has broken out in Genoa. Tho !
'vernment IS trying to suppress the facts. I
An international chess congress will meet {
Manchester, Elg., on Aug. -. d
Edwin Chadwick the social economist. Is /
sad.
Two thouslnd persons attended kirmcss 9
hich was given in the winter garden nj
rrlin in honor of the visiting American Il
1emen. Councillor IIOrwitZ made n ,ncecb "
which lie referred To the American
arksmen III very complimentary terms. A
ND from the Guards played national airs, Ii
ii al present Joined in singing "Deutsch.
nd Uber Allies