Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-11-24
FOREIGN LANDS.
Jerusalem Becomes a
Jewish City.
BRAZIL TO FOSTER THE VINE.
The French Senate Passes the Bill
to Admit American Pork
by t79 to Ga.

The French Senate has passed Dill
to admit American pork by l79 to "a.
The epidemic OF smallpox, which re-
Gently prevailed in Honduras, is over.
A split has been discovered in another
big British gun-a sixty-seven-ton gum
The Canadian Cabinet crisis is over.
Chapleau will retain the Secretaryship
of State.
Russia is establishing new ports OF
commerce and naval stations on the
Black Sea.
An epidemic resembling la grippe has
attacked many persons at san JOSE
Costa Rica.
There are fears OF famine in North
ern Hungary, owing to failures OF the
potato crop.
Prince Czartoryski, Vice-President OF
the Upper House of the Austrian Parlia-
ment, is dead.
Adyices from Africa report that Car
dinal Lavigerie is seriously i'll at Algiers.
The Pope has sent his blessings to the
Cardinal.
Natives of South Africa are building a
telegraph line across Mashonaland at the
rate OF three miles day.
The Russian government has placed
an order for 100000 small-bore repeat
ing rifles with French firm.
Orders have been issued by the Porte
for the construction OF eighteen new
cruisers for the Turkish navy.
The extraordinary rainfull OF the past
month all over England has produced
the heaviest floods since 1875.
Negotiations have reached an advanced
stage with the Rothschilds in Paris for a
Spanish gold loan of $l5,O00,000.
Melbourne, Australia, has just COM
pleted splendid system OF cable roads
about eighty-five miles in extent.
Great Britain still pushes her claims
to the ownership OF the valuable mines
in the eastern portion of Venezuela.
The Italian railroads have prepared a
zone tariff project for the carriage OF
parcels not exceeding twenty-five pounds
in weight.
Jerusalem has become a Jewish city,
since 10000 of the 80, 900 inhabitants are
Israelites. Jewish agricultural colonies
are on the increase.
Rumors from Nicaragua are to the eff
feet that a number of persons will be
exiled in addition to those already driven
from the country before long.
The Dreyfus motion relative to the
prosecution of the Archbishop of AK
was withdrawn after an exciting debate
in the French Chamber of Deputies.
Grand Duke Alexander of Olden burg,
chief military expert OF Russia, is tax
ing part in strategic conference now
proceeding between French and Russian
officers.
As there is popular superstition in
China that telegraph poles cast baleful
shadows on the graves of deceased an
cestors, the wires are being buried to
save trouble.
Fifty huge chests were required to
transport from Greece to Berlin the su-
perb collection of the relics of Troy left
by the late Dr. Schliemann to the Berlin
Museum OF Art.
The lnman line steamer City of Rich
mond, which cost G125,O0O sterling to
build, was offered at auction at Liver
pool, and the highest bid was $4,000.
The vessel was withdrawn.
When Kicking Bear of Buffalo Bills
Indians went through St. Pauls Ca
thedral the other day he examined the
muskets on Wellington's funeral car
and grunted, "Gun no goodP
The total tonnage OF the port of Liver
pool during the last fiscal year was o.
772,6O5 tons. The Messy Dock Board
received from duties on vessels and mer-
chandise the sum of $5,67O,OOO.
In the last annual report of the British
postoftice it appears that of the ~ $500
ooo received in the money-order depart
ment from foreign countries there came
from the United States $5,5sO,OOO.
The Theosophical Society people in
London are chagrined at Sir Edward
Arnoid's departure for America. They
had been making preparations to ex.
plot him as one of their own sort in
order TO gain luster from his reflected
light. 1t had been announced that ba
was to preside at the next meeting of the
society - WIG
france is supposed to be preparing to
sweep all RUSSIAN refugees over the
porder, their absence from French soil
pelng one OF the conditions the Car az.
acts before he will visit the Republic.
A new naphtha spring of immense ca
paclLy was recently opened in Bakoo IN
the Iaggief grant. If it continues with
the same power as at present. if will ha
world, III Tie
portuguese mail boat from East
Airlca mas arrived from Marseilles. and
recent encounter betwaan
nrlusn and Portuguese soldiers at IL.
reno Marquee, in which two were killed
and fifteen injured. A'''o'
A conflict between Turkish troons -,
an armed band under the COMMAND ~
Ghleis Aanlus and Mauris. cbamn;nns 8
the Cretan Christians. has occn rs y,
near Melopotamos. Thirty of those a GU
EaH Iu III tne hight, including Chiefs
"aulus and Mauris, were killed. oi'
Thirteen military officers who so.,,
under Balnaceda, but who are uo pui seu
pelled from the CHILEAN army intand
crossing into the Argentine Rem he !.
ION lo their troops. Their loss will w w
I'LL experienced
r., b o. Fiedomosli of St. petsrs
ourg predicts gold panic in Fnrnue sei =
q Z onseluence OF the bad crops this va, IL
aocoruing to its calculations tba "a,
Iopean countries will have to nnr mr. gu,
!, S ia ana other products in Amsr;ca ' sc
the value OF 100000, 600. 'e''ca 10
,r b,Hzli mas taken steps to foster tho
years frs Oh the vine by granting for two ,De
ears lree transportation for fbe ot ."o