The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-01-14

| The Hamburg companies, In which Captain
John prth. once the AIchduke Johann Ol
| Austria. insured his ship Sanla Margheritd,
have announced tnat. In ease they hear moth
1 ing about him before January IAN. they Will
| then pay over tnc amount ot the policies 10
ms heirs. Dr Heftzka, Of Vienna. has just
received from his brother, a Government en-
gineer in chin. "a letter cOntainng these
| words: "Orth's ship wgs chartered 10 take on
a load Of s3itnctre at Junin, In The province
| Of flaTap2ct which amer the last war win ftlu
/ fell TO thIn. The snip las foundercd beyond
| all shadow of a doubt. IL has gone under
with man and mouse, and That Is sll that can
ever be known OF IL
Prince Nicholas. of Montenegro. has or
Gained in bis o cial gazette tsat eve ~ one
/ OF his active warriors shall plant during 1891
TWO hunred grape vines: every brigadier
must plant tw nty; every nmmsnder and
under commander Of a battalion, ten; every
drummer or cOlOr-hearer. five. livery guide,
moreover. must plant Two olive trees and
ev, ~ corporal ore. The gazette calculates
tnat in consequence OF this order Montenegro
will have 100000 g1ape vines and zO,UOv
| olive trees on next January lst.
Expense attending the movements Of petty
German official, is illustrated IN the case
the Saxon COmmiSs on for estimating the
damages T. crops during the maneuvres of
.axOn troops. The Commission Travelled
twenty miles at an expense OF 500 TO assess
damages estimated nj 81, but subsequently
scaled down TO eighiS-dve cents. report
that this sort Of bureaucratic eXtTaVagance
was frequent has led 'hancellOr Won Capryi
10 order That "such trips shall be undertake n
in the future only when large eums Of money
are at stake
The rise in the price OF meat in Germany
has not only increased the general cOnsump-
lion OF horse flesh, but In western Germany
has led many OF the peas lnts, who have had
10 fOregO the meat market altogether, TO
draw blood fOr blood sausages every Satui-
Jay from the living swine. The. bltOd Is let
into sausage skins, is sprinhled with ial
and, after having thickened. is eaten with
saueIlrtut for the sunday dinner.
The Archbl. hop Of Lima, Peru has excom-
muuicatcd Miss Clarinda IuIncr, a director
of the sheet Fl Pciu lustrado, because She
translated and had published IN her paper
"Ih9 Magdalene." novel by q Bfaz nan
Journalist. fter the communication all
numbeIs Of Miss Turner's paper cOntsining
parts OF The Objectionable work were burned
In the public square.
a dispatch from Dusseldorf says that the
German lion " Crks Unipn has appOiE ed q
committee TO visit Mr. Phelps, the United
stats Minister. in this city, 10 arrange for q
substantial testimony of gratitude 10 the
American Institute of Mining Engineers for
me cOurtcsiCs shown 10 the delegates 81 the
Union who visited the United : tates in Ocio-
Der last
The Steele saws that the French Govern
mcnt hHs not vel received ihe official invita-
lion fiom The United states Government for
France TO be presented M the World 5 Fair
TO he held in Chicago The steele ADDS that
IL would be .rtatly TO the iutcres. Of French
Industries fOT them 10 be represented al lhe
Fair.
ON saturday the Emperor william drove
M sleizh over the River liaVcl 10 Potsddm.
fhc ice WAS tniItccn Inches thick, ana Inc
emperor. upon arriving at p0tsdam. ORDER a
the troops OF tn garrison, including The arr -
Terry. TO turn Outan0 cXeIcl . al crossing the
ice
Advices nOm Bellluz0na state that The
elections I'm the Canton Of IiclrO, Swltzer-
land. for the revision Of the Assembly, have
Oren quiet. The Liberals did not vote. out
of 26.tiUO qualified voters. OnlNi lO.5OO, al
IN raInontanes, east Their ballots.
the royal saxon collection oi China, The
finest lot Of lTeadcn China ~ tie void, hns
Just been greatly increased by the adcii.on
~ OF the 1000 pieces Of IN. Gustav SpilH
uer. The museum now c nl"lns Hnout
$1,000 pieces from the Mcissen factory.
nIs reported from Rome that the Cardinals
10 be created are Mgr. liaNl, fatildf.h OF
Jerusalem: gr ~cpiaca, secretary OF The
Council. and Mgr. kOt III the iapal Nuncio
al Paris.
The firm Of J 7. & W. Clark Il Co., South
American railway contractors, Of London,
have failed TO meet tncli bills ihclr assets
are placed al II ,OOO,OOU and then luplillle'
40 GlUOOOJ
The Vatican has been conildentialiy al
prscd OF the renewal Of the Irpplc Alliance.
~lr Charles rupper. Canadian ommissncr
ID London, ont, has been communicated
with by friends iu England young Mads-
Oitn. Who mysteIiOUsly Wsappeaftd from
Aallacrburg. ont.
Wndswofth l,n England four months ago
with $1,000, rlth which &c Proposed pur
chasing a farm in Canada. MadsWorih is
described az a gentlcmanly man of middle
age hls har turning gray.