Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-08-30
A Large Number of Americans
Sightseeing in Europe.
CONGO STATE FORCES ANNIHILATED.
Poet Fined for Creating Disturbance by
Reading His Poetry to the Vii
lage Inhabitants.

The back bone of the revolution in
Honduras has been broken.
Paris alone consumes more wine an
nually than all the United States.
Kioto, or Mioko, Japan, is making
ready to celebrate its ll00th birthday.
The Cars throne is said to be worth
four times as much as Queen Victoria's.
The Afghan news has caused steady
decline in government securities at Lon
don.
French Republicans have gained 1876
seats in the elections to Departmental
Councils.
Baron Rothschild of Paris is said to be
mad, and his insanity finds relief in
breaking statues.
French company is building an
American street-car line in Turkish
town ruled by Russia.
Symptoms OF the phylloxera have APP
peared in vines on the Rifle, the Rhone
and at Hautvillers, France.
| Locusts have invaded the province of
| Buenos Ayres in the Argentine, and are
doing great damage to crops.
Mrs. langtry's ambition to be tall has
made her appear in extraordinarily high
hats and French-heeed shoes.
The Congo State forces at Benakamba
have been annihilated and Commander
Hodister tortured and beheaded.
England's imports for July, compared
with year ago, increased 1885, 900, and
her exports decreased 81 100000.
n Paris the newspapers are discussing
the question, Will France be reduced to
the necessity OF importing babies?
Homburg's season is now at its height,
with hundreds OF royal and noble peo-
pie to be seen in the passing show.
There are some who advance the opin-
ion, based upon his recent utterances,
that Bismarck has become demented.
| The uprising of the Arabs in Congo
State is said to be in obedience to proc
lamation OF "holy war" IRON Mecca.
Mr.. and Ms. Stanley are busy explain
Ing to the newspaper-readtng publlc why
the ormer was defeated for Parliament.
The census of India, just completed
shows that country to have a population
of 2SO,0J0,00o, a gain of IL per cent. over
1881.
There are 10000 Americans in Ell
rope this summer, and it is estimated
that they will spend s67037 800 in sight
seeing.
A Paisley poet has been fined 7s Cd fol
creating disturbance by reading hi,
a poetry to the Inhabitants OF an Ayrshire
, village.
Chancellor Won Caprivi proposes tc
stop the gr wing OF tobacco in Germany
end to place heavy tariff on imported
, ! tobacco.
!. The Pope has presented his portrait tt
: the Queen Regent of Spain, Monsigno
!, Del Val being commissioned to conve,
I it to her.
i Since 1886 Great Britain has completed
l. nineteen new armored warships, viii
II ten others are in various stages OF con
@ struction.
An outbreak OF phylloxera is reported
IN the Awe Cramant district, the vine
yards o which are among the finest il
Champagne.
A choir of women wearing cassocks
.. SUPPLIES and mortar board caps has beer
introduced at St. James Church, Mar
ylebone, England.
Aid Caldwells, the man who defeate,
Henry M. Stanley for Parliament recent
W iy, began life as q gardeners boy, an,
In underground London there ar
u 5000 miles of sewers, "a 900 miles OF tel
~ egraph wires, 5000 miles of gas pipe
ii and $500 miles of water mains.
Owing to failure of harvest, Samars
g. one OF the most fertile provinces OF Rus
7, STA, has applied for loan OF 10000 ri
~ Dies, with which to procure seed.
Europe is suffering just now from
n glut oil international expeditions. Affair
n OF this sort are in progress in Stockholm
n Munich, Schevingen, Vienna and Genos
e The Emperor William will visit Kin
Oscar of Sweden in September, tn
W monarchs will meet at Gothenburg an
lie start from there for hunting exped
10 ton.
a The convention of German horse butcI
ers have agreed to open first-class re
NJ taurant al Berlin for the purpose of ec
in heating the upper classes to use hors
= flesh as food.
to The Shah OF Persia has left Tehera
for his annual sojourn at his summs
"a palace, accompanied by retinue OF g
i. wives and regiments of infantry, cavalr
D and artillery.
IN Extensive frauds upon the Custom
! h'NFS u AH' toillullld, capital OF III
no Colon bian province of the same nam
"a have been discovered. The total amour
no is plsced at $4,000.
h. A Frenchman has invented an enye
ope which exposes part OF the letter
". he stamp that makes the postmarl
a Thus the Enclosure will bear official pro
at OF the date on which it was posted
Is One of the most important und rtal
al ings recently sanctioned by the Munic
pal Council of Paris is the constructic
OF an underground electric tramws
ny from the Bots de Boulogne to the Bo
NJ de Nincennes.
to The Queen Regent of Holland has r
NJ fused TO remit the sentence of thr,
months imprisonment imp sed on Ca
). tain Baker OF the Netherlands, Amer
NC can line steamer OLDHAM 70 cruelty to
,"s stoker on board OF that vessel.
u Berlin has spent about $4,000. 900
re sewage works aud s5,66S,7l9 in sewas
a farms, on which about 30 900, 900 tor
Of sewage has so far been deposits
mo- Eighteen thousand acres of land ne
,ce Berlin have been bought for sewa,
H. farms.
o. During the celebration OF the festiv
h. of st. Anselmo at Naples bunch of Fl
lis rockets was accidentally ignited, and ii
n. rods were driven in all directions amor
nj the people. Six men were killed, sevt
,a seriously hurt and twenty-five or thir
m women injured more or less.
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