The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-07-25

GENERAL.


TIL May Statemen Mt of the Union Pa
cific shows gross earnings, whole sys-
tenn, S3,410, 42G, decrease S14S, IA; net
81, O27, 35S, decrease $500, HI. For five
months ended May 81: Gross S15, 912, G22,
decrease SS93, "a; net 81, G55, 00S, increase
Sl23, 76T.
THE Glasgow Weekly Citizen gives
currency to u report that Carnegie had
purchased a Scottish estate and intend
ed to settle down as a laird.
BRILLIANT weather has greatly i'm
proved the harvest prospect in southern
Russia.
II is said that Lord Salisbury has Of
fered to pay the Portuguese the sum of
200, 900, 900 francs in consideration of
the surrender to Great Britain of all
the possessions of Portugal in southeast
Africa.
THE Paris correspondent of the Lon
don Times says the decree resembling
the prohibition of American pork takes
immediate effect. The government
gave the chambers assurance hat pre-
cautions had been taken against trichi-
nosis. France thus hopes to escape the
retaliation possible under the Mckinley
law.
There were 1908 paupcrs, in aims
houses in America last year. of these
63, 57S were whites. OF these Missouri
has ISIS and Kansas sos.
The instruction in Arabia against
Turkey is spreading.
SHANGHAI papers of June SO an
nounce the murder of an English Gus
1905 1D,aa AL. w n -
Mr.. Argent, n member of the Method
list mission, by Chinese rioters at Wuh-
su. A number of houses were burned
during the riot.
CANADIAN gulf fisheries are reported
a failure this year owing to the ravages
of la grippe among the fishermen.
THE city of Santiago, Chilli, has just
been visited with the severest fire EVER
known in South America, the loss being
at more than s., 900, 900. The
British legation vas completely on
sumed.
NEARLY three miles of snow sheds on
the Central Pacific road burned recent
ly. The fire is supposed to have origin
ated from sparks of a locomotive.
PRESIDENT DIAZ is very ill. He suf-
fers from insomnia.
CONSIDERABLE excitement existed in
Paris over the defeat of the ministry
by n coup of the B~oulangists in the
chambers. Later the ministry was sus-
tanned.
AN erratic peer of the name of Dem
man was suspendedin the British house
of lords recently for behaving UNI
seemly.
AT a large meeting of representatives
from the province of Nishni Nov
gorod, Russia, it was resolved TO petit
ton the government to loan the prov
ince the sum of S., 1875, 900 in order to
supply seed and breadstuffs to the suf-
fering peasants.
THE French railway strike is already
weakening. Employees on the Eastern
railway have signed a protest against
the strike. The men at the Romilly
have decided to return to work
and it is expected that a large number
of the strikers will resume work.
A BIG strike among the anthracite
miners is possible. The companies are
preparing for the trouble by bringing
into the section large numbers of the
laborers fresh from Europe. The griev-
ance of the employees is that the COM
panies will not pay every two weeks as
the law orders.
FRENCH police have searched the
house of Director Canet of the artillery
of the FORCES eft Charities
and found some smokeless powder, sup
posed to have been distracted from the
government factory. The discovery
will lead to prosecutions.
THE decree resembling the prohibit
ton of American pork, which takes i'm
mediate effect in France enacts that the
duty on American salt pork, hams and
bacon, which paid 80 francs before the
prohibition was enacted in the year
1883, will now be 20 francs per 100
kilos.
EX-SENATOR INGALLS, is going abroad
with w. A. Crofut's autumn party to go
through Europe to Greece, Jerusalem
and Egypt. They will leave August -
and return in about three months.
THE porte has ordered additional
guards for the holy grotto ut Bethle-
hem. Lately there has been consider
able bloodshcd between Christian
fanatics visiting the sacred spot.
BRAZIL has been troubled consider
ably over the Servant girl question
since the emancipation of the slaves.
The city council of Rio de Janeiro has,
in consequence, attempted regulation
by prohibiting the leaving of employ
except under conditions.
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended July IS showed an average de-
crease of 1913 compared with the o T.
responding week of last year. In New
York the decrease was 1871.
EDWARD GRIPPER Il Sons, corn fact
and wharfingcrs, London, have
failed. Liabilities, $3.50, 600.
THE failure of the London and River
Plate bank Cimited) is announced. The
bank had a capital of 81, 500, 900. Ir-
ability to collect Argentine republic
is the principal cause of the fail
urc.
A RUSSIAN Jew, n fugitive from 81
IBERIA, has been refused entry into the
United States because of his poverty.
THE bulletins issued by the French
board of trade show that during the
month of June the imports increased
IA, 900 francs and the exports de-
creased 10, Al, 900 francs.