Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-10-03
FOREIGN NEWS.

The prospectus Of the new chemical union
Of London shows a capital Of ts,5oO,OOO, OF
which e.. 600 900 will be issued against the
works, etc, and the remainder against the
stocks OF chemicals and for working capt
tal. A few nrms have not joined the union
The Paris Paix announces that the En-
perOrs OF Austria and Germany, during their
recent meeting decided TO convoke new
congress, which. like its famous predecessor
ut Berlin, should take cognizance Of all is
sues that now threaten the peace OF the con-
tinent.
The labor congress at Sydney, n. S. W,
has adhered TO its decision to call out the
shearers, shedmen and other employees in the
wool trade. 1t Is considered doubtful, how
ever, whether the men as body will respond
to the call.
The Comte de Paris, accompanied by the
Due d. 0rleans and suite, has sailed for
America, from Liverpool, by the Germanic.
The Kendall theatrical company was also on
board.
The miners strike at Trappau, Austrian
Silesia, continues. Troop are guarding the
pits. At Michalkowitz 70 per cent OF the
colliers are OF work.
The Nile has flooded The DamiCtta district.
One hundred and seventy leading coal
merchants ~ London and the provinces
have met and resolved to employ only non
union workers, and that no advance In
wages beyond the recognized standard
should be conceded without the consent OF
the committee.
The Swedish elections for members Of the
riksdag are going against the protectionisls,
who have had majority in the house for
three years. Returns now In show the e'ec-
ton OF ZIG free traders and 81 protcctionists.
il is expected that Stockholm will return
only free traders.
1t Is believed that 80 lives were lost in the
floods In the south of France. The driver
and passengers OF an omnibus going to May
res are missing. II is feared that the con-
veyance was swept away by the Hood and
that all persisted.
A despatch received at London from Al
gers saws that cyclone has swept over
large portion Of Algeria doing an immense
amount OF damage.
Prominent socialists OF Paris declare that
Bouanger promised to cast his lot with
the revolutionaries in the first civil commo-
ton.
The strike OF the Australian wool shear
ers Is not general. The squatters are suing
their work people for breaking their agree
mens.
The Moorish army has defeated and routed
the insurgents in the district OF Ait Shokh-
man TanGier.
A recent dispatch received at Lisbon from
Cape Town, said that Portuguese steamer
had arrived there with kidnapped n1tiycs
| from Mozambique, en- route to the west
coast, and, further. that IA natives who es.
capped from the steamer had been declared
| free by the ibunal, which refused to give
any aid In recapturing them. The official
| announcement is now made Mt Lisbon that
the steamerjn question was conveying mill
| tary native conscripts recruited at MoZam-
| bique to the west coast of Africa, and that
the commander OF the vessel refused to al
low the men to disembatk at Cape Town,
because he feared they would desert.
An explosion occurred on the steamer Pan
dora at Armstrong; shipyard at New Castle,
Eng. Twelve persons were so badly sca!ded
I by the escaping steam that they will die.
The society of German wine growers has
| sent a memorial to Chancellor Won Caprivt,
declaring that the Mckinley tariff bill will
ruin the export trade with America, and
asking whether it is possible to obviate this
| by diplomatic means.
| Dispatches frem Goa, India, say that
order has been restored and that the ring
leaders in the election riots have fed. The
| elections continue
The Turkish newspapers have been for
hidden to comment upon the affairs OF the
| Orthodox and American churches.
Mail adviccs from Panama say that the
strike Of the employees of the Panama K. r.,
! which prevented traffic for some days and
| caused much annoyance, was satisfactorily
settled, and that work on the line Is now
In progress as usual.
The Spanish colonial minister has in.
| formed the cabinet that he is not prepared
to undertake the conversion of the Cuban
bonds.
A revolution has taken place In Munipur,
| India. The Maharajah has fed and his
brother has assumed control.
At the Waterford Ure.) sessions Judge
Walters reversed the sentence of three
months Imprisonment at hard labor, pro
nouucsd upon Mr.. Fisher, ell itor OF the
Munster Express, aud Mr.. Redmond, editor
/ of the Waterford News The two editors
were convicted under the crimes act
1t is currently stated at Paris that the
| Portuguese representative has been ordered
| to calf the attention Of the French govern
ment TO the mannuvers Of the certain Portu
guese revolutionists who are now In Paris,
| and who have been agtating against the
monarchy Of the House OF Braganza.
II Is stated at London that the Queens
speech at the opening OF the next session
| of Parliament will contain the promise D: an
Irish local government bill
An epidemic of influenza has again
broken out In Ireland. A great deal Of
alarm is felt.