The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-07-18


THE Santiago de Cuba papers COM
ment upon the wonderful results which
have been attained there in combating
yellow fever by means of the camera
polar" (polar chamber).
ARAB slave traders have been totally
defeated by troops of the Congo Free
State.
The general education bill has passed
its third reading in the British house of
commons.
AT the dedication of a monument to
Robert Burns, at Leith, Scotland, the
American consul read a poem composed
by himself.
DURING the session of the lower house
of the Austrian reichsrath a man COM
mitted suicide with n revolver at the
entrance of the strangers gallery. He
was identified as n hunter. He had
gone to the reichsrath to demand JUS
tice in an imaginary lawsuit with the
Rothschilds.
THERE have been fresh revolutionary
disturbances in several parts of the
Argentine republic. The government
is taking vigorous measures to quell the
threatened revolt in the provinces Of
Entire Rios, Cordovas and Catamaca.
MAJ. JOIN w. RYERsON, n prominent
resident of Simcoe, Ont, and Abel
Bunker, a commercial traveller of To-
ronto, who had gone to Long Point for
fishing, have been drowned.
THE census of England and Wales
shows a total population of 30, O01, O1S,
an increase of 3,O2G, 572, or II. G5 per
cent, since the last census was taken.
EMPEROR WILLIAM had n notable re-
ception ut Guildhall, London. His re-
ply to the address of the lord mayor re-
ferred to the historical amity existing
between England and Germany.
SEVERAL Parnellites have made over
lures to join the McCarthyites on condi-
ton they be assured that they shall re-
tain their seats at the general election.
GENERAL MASTER WORKMAN Pow
DERBY has issued Il special circular to
all local assemblies of the knights of
Labor, declaring off for the present the
proposed industrial conference, which
was to nave been held on July 90.
A TRIBE of Indians known as the Ca
bullas have revolted in Para, Brazil, as
n result of disappointment in the re-
suit of gubernatorial elections. Soldiers
went to quell the uprising. A battle
ensued in which fourteen of the soldiers
were killed.
RED flags are to be allowed in Ger
many, according TO a supreme court de-
cision.
CoNSTANTINoPLE advices state that
the latest news from Yemen is very dis
couraging. The insurgents have proved
successful at all points and control all
intercourse between the coast and the
interior.
MONEY was reported abundant in
London during the week ended July II.
The stock exchange was dull, generally
the ease in midsummer. The Paris
bourse was steady ut enhanced prices.
German bourses were firm and quiet.
NEWS has been received ut Nanaimo,
Il. c., of a terribly fatal landslide at
the North Pacific canncry works on the
Skecna river by which forty Indians
and a white lost their lives.
The German emperor paid a visit to
Lord Salisbury ut Hatfield house, Hcrts,
on the 18th.
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended July IL showed IN average in
crease of 2.2 compared with the cor
responding week OF last year. In New
York the increase was O.3.
THE crop prospects in the. provinces
of Bengal, Assam and Burmah are
good. Elsewhere the rain has been de-
ficient and the distress is increasing.
Prices are rising in the Madras districts
and in many districts of North India.
ENGLISH Nonconformists are extend
ing sympathy for Parnell on the ground
of what is termed the undue interfcr-
cnce of Catholic clergymen in Irish
elections.
RUSSIA this year will have no grain
for export. On the contrary imports
will be necessary.
DURING the last fifteen days five
opium smugglers have been captured
by the United States revenue cutter
Wolcott. The men were all caught in