The Dickinson press., 1890-11-22
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Canadian lumber exports via the st.
Lawrence, fell off so per cent. this year.
It is reported that Queen Victoria
Will spend the coming winter in Flor
ence.
Iams Bixby has succeeded r. G..
Elliott as Gov. Merriam's private sec.
rotary.
Lady Rosebury, daughter of the late
Baron Meyer de Rothschild. and wife Of
Lord Roseberry, is dead.
The Statistical institute of Rome an.
nounces that 60 per cent. of ali Italians
are unable to read and write.
Queen Emma. of Holland, has been,
appointed regent to govern the kingdom
during the illness of King William.
Lieut.. A. G. Boxer, U. S. NJ, has been
ordered to duty in connect, on with the
worlds Columbian exposition, Chicago.
The largest factory in the world de-
voted exclusively to rubber shoemakinp
was dedicated at Woonsocket, r. t.
last week.
Preparations are being made for the
lnstallment of Queen Emma as regent
OF Holland OF Thursday. The kings
condition is unchanged.
Kansas City has a militia strike on its
nands: The Third regiment wants q
$4,000 armory and threatens to dis
pand unless it is shortly forthcoming.
The president has appointed John
Gorcoran alternate commissioner for
West Virginia Oh the worlds fair com.
mission, vice NJ. }. Finley, deceased.
Postmaster Van Colt, of New York,
dismissed seven letter carriers who were
recently detected acting as agents for
green goods swindlers.
The japanese stand at tho head in the
matter of divorce. A native of Bizen
has just been divorced from his thirty
fifth wife, and is about to marry lis
thirty-sixth.
Attorney General Miller has given an
opinion that the anti-lottery law does
not prohibit the guessing contests" O
much IN vogue among newspapers as a
means of advertising.
MI. Goschen, chancellor of the exche-
quer, was elected lord rector Of tho
university of Edinburgh. MI, Goscben
received 1879 votes and his competitor.
Sir Charles Russell, sol.
By an amendment to the constitution
OF the Knights of Labor district assem-
plies are forbidden to order strikes O:
boycotts without the sanction of the
grand master workman.
A dispatch from Madrid saws that the
total number of deaths from cholera in
Spain during the present epidemic is
about 5000. The disease has not vet
been stamped out in Valencia.
At the recent election held Mt tbe
university of Glasgow, Mr. Balfonr
chief secretary for ireland, was elected
to the office of lord rector, receiving Y4S
votes, as against III cast for the Earl of
Aberdeen.
Patrick Delaney, who was implicated
III the Phoenix park murders, and was
serving IL sentence of life imprisonment,
has been released from prison. He was
a witness for The London Times before
the Parnell commission.
Amsterdam advices state that Sweden
has notified Belgium that the former
t u1ry will not accede to any annual
contribution to the support of the Congo
Free State, Sweden having no commerce
whatever with the Congo.
Suspicion of the existence of a co,spir-
acy against the Dupont powder firm at
Wilmington was again confirmed by
the burning of a large barn and its con-
tents, valued at $4,000. Two arrests
We're made on suspicion.
The Pennsylvania canal commission
will report favorably to the next legis-
latuie for the construction Of a shin
canal from Lake Erie to the Ohio river,
a route 1875 miles long has been selected.
The cost is estimated at !s2.3, ooG, coo.
Charles l.. Terry, the ex-United States
customs inspector at Seattle, Was, who
Is charged with smuggling, gave him
self up to the authorities. He was con-
verified at a revival meeting, and besides
making restitution to the government is
willing to suffer punishment.
The trial Of Michael Eyraud. the
stranger, who, with Gabrielle Bompard
al his accomplice. is charged with hay
ing murdered NJ. Gouffe, a notary in
Paris, on July rs, 1889, and who was
subsequently captured in Havana. has
been postponed until Dec. Is.
1t is stated that Cardinal Ramnolla
the papal secretary of state, has re.
quested the Irish Catholic bishops to
come to Rome Jan. Is for all important
conference OH Irish matters. It is not
known whether or not the Parnell scan
and its bearing on Irish politics will
be n of the subjects discussed.
It is reported that the Great Northern
Railway company will sue the Mani
toba government for $500, 900 for breach
of contract. The company had an
agreement, so it is alleged, with the
Norquay government, which the Green
way government ignored in favor of the
Northern Pacific on coming into power.
According to a cablegram from Hin
are taking the n Of various cla sas
of Hindoos in relation to a change la
the marriage system have failed to find
any general sentiment %fayoring q
change. On the contrary a strong
prejudice against interference is shown
by many, especially the Brahmins.
Advices from Melbourne represent
the overthrow of the Gillies ministry rs
due to the irritation of the trades unions
because the government had upheld the
the law with rigor during the recent
strike. But at Sydney, N. S. W.. the
Parkes ministry, which has dealt much
more severely with the strikers than the
authorities of Victoria, was sustained
by an emphatic vote.
The following populations make an
interesting comparisons: Russian en-
pire, 113,454,649; United States. $780,
$40; Germany, As, s52, 45O; Austria
Hungary, 40,464. 808; France, 1928, 0O3;
Great Britain and Ireland, S55,246, G33;
Italy, 20, 400 900; Spain, 17,550,246. 1t
is only a question of time when we shall
lead wen Russia, and with our increase
will be the leadership of the English
speaking civilization.
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