Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-09-08
FOREIGN TOPICS OF INTEREST.
Current Happenings In tho Large Cities Of the
Old World.

| Current Happenings In tho Large Cities Of the
| Old World.
At the Catholic congress which begins it's SEES
sion at Maiines today there will be discussion
Of methods to be recommended to make prac-
tical application of the ideas set forth for the
benefit Of the laboring classes in the pope's re-
cent encyclcaL
| THE CARS TRIP TO cHERpoURo.
Recent correspondence between the car
and Baron de Mohrenheim, the Russian am
bassador at Paris, makes it appearquite GER,
tain that Immediately after the Copenhagen
visit Is concluded the czarina and the caro-
! WITT, escorted by an imposing Russian squad
ron. Will proceed in the imperial yacht
| to Cherbourg. st. Petersburg Gdvices speak OF
the French visit us thing absolutely settled.
and the news is received in Paris with
an enthusiasm which indicates the in
tention OF the French to eclipse oven
| tho recent extraordinary Cronstadt demon.
stration. The details of the imperial itine,acy
have not yet been divulged. but it is setticd
that the president Of the republic. attended BY
the members of they ministry ana the high OH
GERS OF the army, will receive the illustrious
visitors at Cherbourg and act as their escort to
Paris 1t Is asserted that the imperial progress
from Cherbourg 10 the capital and their recep-
tion at tine latter place will present scene of
imposing grandeur such as has not been wit
messed IN France since the days of the Fret
Napoleon.
WANT TO DE RUSSIAN SUBJECTS.
The Russian minister Of the interior is being
overwhelmed with applications by foreigners
Tho desle TO become Russian subject. The
applicants live for he most part in the western
border provinces and are chiefly Germans 1t
IL estimated that fully 80, 00C have been natural
iZed during the year. The motive ic an appre-
henslon that The government is about to take
harsh measures against foreigners resident in
Russia by depriving them Of the right TO hold
real estate and of other privileges which they
nave found profitable. Much of the business of
western Russia and Poland ia carried on by
Germans, whose expulsion would bring misery
not only on themselves, but on vast numbers OF
native employees. Nevertheless, there is reason
for the statement that decree may shortly be
looked Tor taking both business and land out
OF the hands OF foreigners and compelling them
to give up their property in Russia as the He
brews have done. for anything that il offered
A ST. Petersburg correspondent SAYS that the
car is resolved to have no one within Russian
bounds who is not a subject OF Russia.
THE KAISER USING A CARRIAGE.
Since Saturday Emperor William has been
using carriage in going about, owing to fatigue
resulting fros. his long continuance in the
saddle
FELL OVER FRkcIPlcF.
DR.. Hoist. Prussisn magistrate, while as
cending Mount Tergiou. in the Car mic Alps fell
over pfeciplce and was killed.
suICIDy OF SPECULATION
Emil Treated OF Berlin. who lost several mill
ION marks in corn speculations in 1889 and who
recently ta:led for -, COG mprss has committed
suicide
1GE POWERS FORCING CHINA.
Singapore dispatch to the London
Times says: Shanghai kilograms state that
the powers are forcing China to recognize the
Shanghai armed volunteer body. which has ex-
listed for long time on suffrancc.
"Cbang-Jav governor of SharGtung, Ia dead
He would probably have become viceroy if he
had lived"
AMERICAN CATTLE LANDED IN GOOD CONDITION
A Bristol dispatch says that the Dominion
line steamer Reverill from Montreal August 20
with cargo Of 23i head of cattle, arrived at
Avonmouth dock yesterday. The cattle were
landed i'll good condition.
THE NEW CUSARpERs.
1t is announced in Liverpool that the Cunsrd
Steamship Company has decided to build two
new steamers for the Boston trade in addition
to the two new vessels which that company will
build for their New York trade.
IDLE STEEL WORKS.
The steel works at Bolckow. near Middlesbor-
ough, Yorkshire. are idle, owing to the abb
sence of orders. The result is that several
thousand workmcn have been thrown out of
employment.
ENGLISH TRADE FALLS OFF.
London board of trade returns for the month
OF August. 1891, as compared with those for the
corresponding month last year. show that inn
ports increased Il, 400, 900 and that exports de-
creased e, $50, 900.
GERMAN STEAMSHIP WRECKED.
German mail steamship. the Kanzler has
been wrecked between Zanzibar and Mozam-
bique. All the passengers and the crew were
rescued. The mails were also saved