Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-10-13
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The annual rise of the Nile is pro-
PRESSING favorably and Egyp.'s crop
prospects are good.
Emperor William has conferred the
srand Gordon OF the order of the Red
Eagle upon the khediye of Egypt.
The board of directors Of the Suez
anal have decided to reduce the tolls
January /, 1898, by halfa franc.
The mayor OF Belgrade has been
arrested or suspicion of the murder
# a number Of the chamber of
deputies.
At Buenos Ayres, Argentine
Republic, a fire a few days ago
destroyed property to the value of
50, 200, 900.
Sebastin Charles Girard, a well
known French painter is dead, aged
"A. He was decorated with the
Legion of Honor in 1877.
One hundred and sixty persons have
been arrested at Palermo and its
environs suspected of being members
OF a conspiracy to waylay travellers.
Gen. Carl Muller, the last surviving
German officer who took part in the
lattle of Waterloo, died last week in
Hanover. He was n~inety-nine years
old.
A launch containing eight English
men and Germans on an exploring
and trading expedition on the Mona
river in Africa capsized and all but
me was drowned.
Yates Thompson has sold the Pail
Mall Gazette TO Kneightly, a member
# the National Liberal club. 1t is
~umored that the paper will become
liberal in politics.
Hon. Robert 7. Lincoln, minister
to Great Britain, has sailed for the
United States on a short leave of
absence. He will return to London
with Mrs. Lincoln in November.
The report OF a battle between the
government forces of Venezuela and
the forces under Gen. Crespo, at Los
Leques, is declared untrue by the
Venezuelan consul. Gen. leopold
Terrier.
Jealous of the success of the United
States policy of reciprocity, Germany
hos triad m h-fha tho nraci1ant 90
San Domingo to declare the reciproc-
ity treaty with the United States
abrogated.
The oldest bishop of the English
church in point of service is DIR.
William Percy Austin, whose field of
labor is the diocese of Guiana He is
SIS years old and has been for fifty
years a bishop.
Turkey is said to be negotiating
with an English, German and Dutch
syndicate for a loan Of Sc, 900, 900, of
which $1,000, 900 will be spent in
reconstructing the fortiactions along
the Bosphorus.
Hector Jonathan Cremieux, the
well known French dramatic author,
has committed suicide. He was the
author of a large number of plays and
wrote the librettos for many well
known comic operas. He vas born in
1928.
Thirty thousand pilgrims started
from Moscow for Treitsa to celebrate
the 500th anniversary of the death of
st. S~ergiuse, accompanied by 1000
clergymen bearing sacred symbols and
images. They sleep in the open air
and present a most wretched appear
ance. 1t is expected 10000 in all will
assemble at Treitsa. st. Sergiuse
was the leader of the Fourteenth
century struggle to throw off the Tar
tar yoke.
The international monetary con-
ference will be held in Brussels
November %, with seventeen powers
represented besides the United States.
The powers which will be represented
are Austria, Hungary, Belgium,
Denmark, France, Germany, Great
Britain, Greece, Italy, the Netherland,
Portugal, Roumania, Russia, Servia,
Spain, Sweden, Norway and Switzer-
land. The delegates are: United
States Senators Allison and Jones,
Congressman McCreery, Henry w.
Cannon of New York, and +. A.
Walker OF Massachusetts,. 1t is
expected Minister Terrill, at Brussels,
win be made a delegate.