The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-07-10

FOREIGN NEWS.
The Holy Coat to be Ex-
hibited in August
BIOGRAPHY OF Won MoLTKE.
Germany, Austria, Hungary, Italy and
Switzerland Form a Great
Customs League
BIOGRAPHY OF Won MoLTKE.

Britain.
Germany will send two men-oi-war to
Chinese waters.
Austria will build more forts TO scare
off the Russians.
Emperor William will edit the biogra-
ply Of Won Moltke.
Kaiser William will buy Carl Schurz'
brother-in-law' country seat.
Diamonds Of the purest transparency
have been found in British Guiana.
French and German goods are driving
those Of British make out Of Russia.
Rudini says the dreibund compels
great armanents on the part OF members.
! A choir OF twenty natives Of South
Africa has gone to London to give con-
certs.
/ A deficit Of ISL 900 is shown in the
public accounts OF Prince Edward Island
for the last year.
President Carnot in letter to the
Pope expresses his high appreciation Of
the lat.er's encyclical on social questions.
\ Count Munster will I've retired from
| the German diplomatic service at Paris,
and Count Won Wedel IL to be his sue
cessof.
/ The sum collected in Germany for a
tchurch to be erected in memory OF the
late Kaiser William amounts to about
720 900 marks.
/ Another Manipur Prince, Sana, has
been sentepced to death Tor warning
against the Queen and for abetting the
massacre OF her officers.
4 The French Chamber Of Commerce
Il Committee declines to consider requests
to obtain the governments assistance to
complete the Panama canal.
A II is reported that Sir Charles Tupper
\ will be offered the seat in the House of
/ Commons for Kingston made vacant by
the death OF Sir John Macdonald,
H William Walter Phelps, the American
Minister, who has been quite i'll y ith in
Auenza at Berlin, is still confined 10 His
bed. He has undergone a painful opelR-
tion.
/. The report Of the Leprosy Committee
at London. composed Of eminent physi-
clans, gives hope for the discovery Of
care for this hitherto supposed irremedi-
able disease.
The French Senate rejected the bill
recently passed by the Chamber OF Dep
uties remitting 0,090,0O0 francs Of the
tax on land sown in wheat in the past
! spring season.
. official opinion in France generally
tends against the prosecution OF De Les
seps, hut Constans says the public feel
: ing demands that the famous engineer
: be placed on trial
Sailors are so scarce in England that
, ii IL doubtful whether the intended ma
val maneuyers will be held unless SUI
| ficieDt complement is obtained by the
! detention Of war ships destined for In
; dia.
A nugget Of gold weighing thirty-five
pounds has been found in the gold dis
trict recently discovered in British Gui-
!, ana, and has been sent to England as a
specimen Of the auriferous deposits in
, the colony.
e The new model for the great national
/ monument to the late Kaiser William,
8 which ia to be erected in Berlin near the
/ old royal palace Of Sehloss, viii be ex-
r hibited in the royal arsenal Inter den
Linden in July.
A dispatch from Calcutta states that a
war is threatening in Asia between the
French and the Siamese Anamites, who.
! are tributary to France, and have already
come to blows with the siamese troops
on the banks Of the Mekgon.
. Comte de Monticello, who replaces De
y Laboulaye as French Ambassador at st.
Petersburg, will be specially charged to
h obtain definite information from the
If Gar as to the action Of Russia in the
event Of war between France and Ger
O many.
:" The great event OF the London season
will be the marriage OF the Queen 8
Q granddaughter, Princess Aribert Of An
II halt, which will be celebrated at Wind
,. sor Castle July 6. The Queen has con-
u tributed handsomely toward the brides
2 dowry,
l. l 4Hts 6DOhI Nibh utfitf
ministers, has signed a manifesto declar-
ing for thorough Calvinism and accept
81 ing both Testaments, on inpiration and
!, sabbath-keeping as the word Of God,
. saying the two must stand or fall to-
y gether.
Y, The Porte refuses to be intiniidated by
1, the threats Of the French Embassy into
u hasty action in the matter Of the recent
n riots at Jerusalem between Greek and
y " Roman Catholics. The Porte ignores
II French interference, and 10 going about
q T. the investigation in a deliberate way.
The Home Rulers Of Ireland expect
G. aid from the Queen. In one Of her let
d, ters which she has permitted to be pub
u lished ii is intimated that she accepts
" the verdict Of the country on home rule
,d and will use all her power and personal
In infuepce to prevent the Lords from op,
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