The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-09-25
Revolution Anticipated
in Hayti.
WALES TO VISIT CHICAGO.
German Journals Discuss the Proba-
bilities Of War as ifThsy Are
on the Eve Of One
France claims ,OOO ,OOO socialists.

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4 The condition Of the crops in India
has taken turn for the better
4. Flour has risen shillings a sack at
London, owing to the wet harvest.
\ The Bank Of England has nearly 800
0OO,OOO more than 1t had year ago.
i 1t Is said that there are now twenty
two ships Of war under construction In
Russian ship yards.
\ Masons and bricklayers who build the
mills Of the Welsh tin-plate trust re-
ceiye u IA day in wages.
A Organized collections are being made
in Russia for the relief Of the starving
and destitute in that country.
German journals discuss war proba-
bllities as II the country was on the eve
OF gigantic struggle for its very life.
Smokeless powder is being used in the
French and German military maneuyers,
and the evolutions could be easily oh.
served.
The Sultan Of Morocco has directed
that young girls shall no longer be pub
licly sold In the markets OF Fez and
other towns.
The announcement that the Prince of
| Wales will revisit Tranby Croft this au-
tumn evokes loud outcries from the re-
ligious press.
John $. Durham has been appointed
Minister Resident and Consul ut Hayti.
lie is u colored man, and is now Consul
at San Domingo.
Peasants near Wilma, Russia, have
murdered the wife and family Of Rus
sian Jew who bought up several million
roubles' worth Of rye.
Tea-growing is becoming one OF the
leading industries Of Fiji, and it IN an
ticipated that large traffic in the arti-
Gle will coon be developed.
A matrimonial alliance between the
Czarowit2 OF Russia and Princess Marie
OF Greece, his cousin, will be formally
announced III the near future.
The London Chonicls says that the
Prince of Wales has all but decided to
go to Chicago and is likely to be accom-
panied by Emperor William OF Germany.
Emperor William, anxious not 10
wound the South German feeling, will
attend the Bavarian maneuvers under
the Bavarian flag as a guest, not as a
sovereign.
Gladstone's objection TO a labor party
is on the ground that, if every class Of
the community exercised the right to
form party, we should have a queer
Parliament"
Emperor William is fully confirmed in
his determination to have passed at all
hazards at the next session OF the
Reichstag bill to diminish and punish
drunkenness.
The Emperor Of Germany has be-
slowed upon DR.. w. j. Hoffman OF the
bureau Of ethnology, Smithsonian Insti-
tnte, the decoration Of the Royal Order
Of the Crown,
There are said to be about 220000OO
acres Of forests in Hungary. OF these
the government owns about $500 1903
acres, buys more each year and refuses
10 sell any that 1t possesses.
The United States Consul at Guaymas
denies the sensational reports to the ei-
feet that yellow fever prevails at Quay
mas and on the Pacific Coast Of Mexico.
There has been no yellow fever there
since 1897,
The commerce Of Italy, as compared
with the same period last year, shows
the imports have decreased $40 800 900
IN value and the exports $4,O00,0O0.
During the same period the revenue from
customs fell off $4,3l0,00O,
An attack upon Port-au-P Prince is being
prepared by the Haytian exiles at King
aton, and so strong is the belief that q
revolution will soon break out that many
foreign residents have moved out Of
Port-au-Prince or are sending their fam
lilies away.
The announcement Is made that the
Sultan has dismissed the Grand Vizier
and the President OF the Council kia-
mil Pasha. Djerag Pasha, Governor Of
Crete, succeeds him. Six members of
the Cabinet have also been dismissed
The Paris Temps distinctly indicates
that the French government intends to
support the Sultan's right to enter into
q special contract with Russia permit
ting the entrance into the Dardanelles of
armed vessels outside Of the articles Of
the treaty.
A largely increased trade is now being
developed in the waste Stag OF the basic
steel works in Statfordshire, England.
The demand for this product from Ger
man importers is extending rapidly, and
they are buying up all available supplies.
In England also the demand is increas-
ing for fertilizing purposes. Stag, which
was formerly sold at 2s cd per ton, is
now realizing 25s.
The German Minister to Chill notified
the Admiral on the German steamer So
phie at Valparaiso that he might be re-
Quired to deliver the political refugees
on bis vessel over to the Junta. The
Admiral said be would not comply with
such request unless it came direct from
the Emperor or the Chancellor. A re-
ply to dispatch, to the Emperor elicited
an approval Of Me Admirals action.