Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-06-24
Submarine Cable to be Laid in the
Caspian Sea.
FRANCE BUYING HORSES IN IRELAND
Spaniards Advocate a Closer Alliance
Between Their Kingdom and
the United States.

The new British coinage will bear thu
Queens head without her crown.
London in monetary value is worth
two and one-half times as much as Paris
The English Liberals are preparing
for great campaign, led by Mr.. Glad
stone.
1t is estimated that the striking Eng
lish coal miners have lost 10000 In
wages.
Several titled Russian women have
sold their j,wels and laces for the lam
inc sufferers.
Representatives OF the French govern
ment are buying horses in Ireland fol
their cavalry.
Australian colonies are proposing com
bined action against the importation
colored labor.
Paupers who die in Berlin while bein1
taken ca e of at public expense are here
after to be cremated.
The importation OF patent medicines
into Turkey has been forbidden ty the
government OF that country.
The Hollanders are not pleased with
the report that the little Queen is to be
betrothed to Prussian Prince.
Experiments are being made with sys
TENS of simultaneous telegraphy and
telephony on the London Paris circuit
None of the English nautical Journals
are at all pleased to hear of an American
registry having been given the Inman
line.
The bicycle fever has invaded Sweden.
A club of ladies has been organized
there, and they are reported as enthusi-
astic.
France favors silver. She wants the
white metal rehabilitated, and saws Lon
don has the power to bring about that
result.
Dublin will be gay city through the
week beginning July 4, when the ter
centenary of Trinity College will be cele-
brated.
Spaniards are advocating close alli-
ance of their kingdom with the United
States and the Spanish American Re-
publics.
The sale of the Kaiser's photogra phs
taken when he wore beard has been
forbidden and all the negatives ordered
destroyed.
There is said to be a treasure amount
ing to l50,0J0,0 0) francs in gold in the
julius tower of the fortress of Spandau
in Prussia.
Influenza has attacked the British fleet
stationed at Malta, and numerous cases
are reported. On board the Undaunted
alone there are forty cases.
The Russian government is about es-
tablishing corps of paid officials to be
distributed about the Empire 70 give in
formation concerning the crops
The Rothschilds are locking up i'm
mense quantities of gold in London.
Paris, Frankfort and Vienna, presum-
ably to assure the Austria Hungary gold
loan.
In Aberdeen, Scotland, tests are short
~ to be made on cattle killed bv cleo
trlclty to ascertain if the current has
any detrimental effect on the quality of
the meat.
English engineers have great conf
dence In the proposed bridging of Bos-
porus. The estimated cost of the work
IS $4,000 900, the same as that of the
Forth bridge.
Indian tiger hunters are beginning to
hunt on foot, having found that the mod
ern rifle admits of their dong awav with
such accessories as elephants and plat.
forms in trees.
1t is reported that DR.. Gerdes of the
University of Halle has at length dis
covered the long suspected bacillus of
epilepsy in the liver, lungs, kidneys and
blood of patient.
The number of Russian Jews who
have settled in London after being
driven from their own country has be-
come so great as to have serious effect
upon the labor market.
Women as dinner tasters in Paris
spend a part OF each day in visiting
houses, tasting dishes intended for din
ner. They teach new ways, and suggest
in cooking.
Cardinal Manning did not Leave mon
erty enough to pay funeral exnenses
These amounted to ~, 100, and to meet
them subscri ption was started amonr
his relatives and intimate friends.
The concession granted by the Danish
government for working the free port of
copenhagen is for eighty years, the
ottte, however, reserving the right of
'ah'hg IL at the end OF twenty-five years.
An aerolite, claimed to be the larpest
ever known, ls reported to have fallen |
n the Caspian Sea near the shore. Ills
'ald to project twelve feet above water
out the depth of the water is not dis,
,losed. NV u's-
A great festival took place lately in
he Ilmok Valley, Servia, to celebrate
ne baptism of 400 Mohammedan vvn.
les belonging to the tribe of Ibrahim
tamil. The eypsies are gradually com
ng over to Christianity.
Considerable sensation is reportad 70
AVE been caused in Rome by the fiybt
rom convent of young nun with
ne connivance and assistance of some
II her class pupils. 1t seems to have
riginated out OF love affair.
The Deacon case continues to exc;,e
reat interest in France, opinions beino
.ivlded as to the advisability of his mar
ION. The people OF Nice are disnosed
IN Ike a hero of the prisoner. but the
'risoh rules are not relaxed in his favor
John Morley complained in the Horsa
I Commons the other day that the Il.
'rary OF the House did not contain q
1py OF the works of John Stuart Mill
lie added that the library was ono Of
most stupid collections OF books tb.t
ould be imagined. 'Ai"'
AT Gotta in Saxony pers ,ns who did
ot pay their taxes last year are nnh.
lshed In list which hangs IN in oil
sstaurants and saloons of the c;tv
nose that are on the list can get neiths
leat nor drink at these places under
enaltV of loss Of Eoo f~"o unuer