Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-06-23
CABLEGRAMS.
The Roman Campagna Afficted with IA
Plague of Locusts.

The Prussian Diet will not reduce the
corn duties.
The Jewish quarter at Prague has beer
almost completely destroyed by fire.
Lord Landsdowne, it is stated, will no
resign the Governor-Ge neralship o
India.
Last year according to official return:
thirty-one persons starved to death il
London.
The Japanese would-be assassin of the
/ Czarowitz has been sentenced to pena
servitude for life.
The French Senate has adopted bill
substantially permitting the Paris mu-
tual system OF betting on races.
/ As showing the tendency toward rail
/ road building in China, proposals have
/ been invited of English steelmakers foi
5000 tons of rails to be delivered al
4 Tientsin on October |.
The approximate results of the recent
census in regard to the population OF
/ Glasgow and Liverpool stand as follows
Glasgow and suburbs, 767, 754 Liverpool
and suburbs, 725, 300.
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland, but IL
years old, has delighted the Dutch Min
listers by the ease and grace with which
she performed the duties incumbent
upon her at her first appearance in pub
lie life.
Dresden Is governed by seventy-five
Deputies and one Chairman. One-hall
of the number must be property owners
and one-halt non property owners. This
divides the legislation between the rich
and the poor.
Tcheng-ki-Tong, formerly the acting
First Secretary of the Chinese legations
in London and Paris, has been con-
demned to death. This is believed to be
the outcome OF the diplomate's swim
ding actions while in France.
Fifteen hundred Circassians will emf
CRATE during July from the Caucasus to
Asiatic Turkey, receiving free grants of
land from the Sultan. During the au-
tumn or next spring 800 more will en-
igrate under similar conditions.
The Transafrican railroad has been
completed from Loanda to Ambaca, 100
miles in the interior. 1t has been built
by native workmen, and daily trains are
run over the line. Four years have
elapsed since the line was started.
The reports of the Russian insurance
companies for the year 1890 show large
deficits in consequence OF the fires that
ragged in every part of the Empire last
summer. Official investigation proved
that more than one-third of those fires
was the work OF incendiaries.
The State or official visit of Emperor
William and his wife to England will be
limited to ten days, during which they
are 10 be the guests of the Queen at
Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace.
and during the remainder of their stay
in England they are to be incognito.
The Imperial Cabinet has approved
plan to establish colonies OF conyicts
sentenced to hard labor on the Russian
islands OF the Caspian Sea. To such
colonies conyicts will be sent from the
natives of the Caucasus, the Transcas-
plan districts and Turkistan, who could
not stand the severe climate of Siberia
Or Of the Islands of Saghaeen
The Roman Campagna is afflicted with
a plague OF locusts. and the Syndic of
Rome have issued cir ular ordering all
armers on whose lands the locusts have
appeared to spread straw lightly upon |
he ground and set fire to it to destroy
he insects. Locusts have also appeared !
II &c HuhV eiH IN sardinia, ana the |
,ailey slaves are employed in destroying
hem.
The lumber dealers o. the Black Sea
md the Dnieper haze appealed to the
government to enact measures by which /
he importation Of foreign lumber NAV !
De checked. They show that since 1880 |
he importation OF lumber from GaIicia I
laR increased to an alarming extent and |
AIKEN the markets in all the southern
titles where Russian wood was sold pre-
'iously.
The capture by brigands recently of
lumber of passengers on the Eastern
Express near Tcherosskoi has aroused
he Turkish government, and decisive
will be taken 10 prevent a rep
tition of the crime. The Governor of
he province in which the outrage was
is organizing force to pur-
lie and, if possible, eaptur4 the bril-
ands. In order, however, not to inn
,eril the lives OF persons now held for
ansom by the robbers the expedition
will not start in pursuit until after the
ansom money--$40 ,0O0-is handed over
0 the briaands and the prisoners re-
cased.