Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1893-10-26
FOREIGN FLASHES.
Novel Method to Secure the
Payment Of Taxes.
ROUEN CATHEDRAL IN DANGER.
Canal du Midi to be Extended-FloW
of Bar Silver to India-POstsl
Service by Camels.

Drought is interfering with farm work
in Italy.
Germany has a clock which, it is
claimed, will run 1900 days without |
stopping.
The Russian authorities have forbid |
den the publication OF marriage offers IN
the newspapers.
The population Of the English town OF
Nottingham has increased l27 1896 IN the
last sixteen years.
London has been holding an exhibit
ton of fire engines. The Oldest one
shown bore the date OF 1870.
Spain has excepted from quarantine
all Russian war ships touching at Cadlz,
unless there is disease aboard.
In Paris at the sale Of autographs the
letters of Zola realized A. each; Maui
passant, 5s; Victor Hugo, IS Sd.
The American colony in Paris now
numbers 3,599. There is falling off
from the census of two years ago OF
200.
No less than forty Italian Bishops are
now without their eXequaturs, owing to
conflict between the Vatican and the
Quirinal.
A water-drinking contest was recently
held in Paris. The winner swallowed
twelve quarts, the second nine and the
third seven.
Among the novel societies incorporated
in Europe recently is "The Society for
the Protection OF Non-Smokers in
Lower Austria.
Abbas Pasha, the Khedive of Egypt,
intends to visit England in the spring Of
1894, provided that the English court
shall be willing.
The British government has decided
to act as mediator between the striking
miners and owners provided it is accept
able to both sides.
Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria is in
} great financial straits, and his father-in-
law and Baron Hirsch have each loaned
him 100000 francs.
Returns from the various viticultural
I societies of France show that the wine
2 crop OF the country for the year amount
ed to 80, 900, 900 hectolitres.
=, Prince Bismarck has sold his memoirs
to London publisher for 500, 900 marks
on the condition that they shall be pub
lished Immediately after his demise.
, Unsuccessful efforts have been made
to get German bankers at Berlin to form
l a syndicate to take great Italian loan,
, the reported amount being sl20, 900, 900.
The worlds fair to be held in Madrid
in 1894 will seek to surpass the Colum-
bian Exposition in all the attributes OF
greatness. 1t is very large undertak-
ing for Spain.
Emigration from Spain to South Amer
, lean Republics is assuming considerable
! proportions, owing to the extreme dis.
? tress prevailing in the country, especially
in the agricultural districts.
/ 1t is currently rumored in London that
g William Waldorf Astor is about to build
l in that city the largest and most costly
hotel in the world, which, it is estimated
| will cost more than $7,000,000.
r The Queen Regent of Spain has de-
cided to fulfill heartfelt wish of hel
D husband and establish college in til,
3 Escurial, bearing her name, for the
+ teaching and study OF Christian sciences
) Apollinaris water comes from spring
. in the valley on the Abr in the Rhine
district. A whole villuge is engaged il
/, bottling it and shipping it. From 100,
900 to 100, 200 bottles are prepared in {
. day.
p "Piggie's Island" in London, which
. took its name from the dirty hoyel
which clustered on it, has been converted
by the London County Council into
4 clean and beautiful park. 1t cost $25, 90,
4 to make the change.
2 The report that eleven rebellious Sc
: poys were blown from the guns ut Cabu
: is denied by later news from Simla. Al
e officer was shot by an orderly, and the
: latter was executed. That was all tn,
: rioting and the only execution.
Il 1t is reported that the French govern
n ment has determined to suppress bull
: fighting in that country. The Societ,
!, for the Protection of Animals will brin!
1 suit against a Mayor who authorized !
fight in order to test the law in the case
Fully 800 people are to leave IcelanC
:. this year for the Canadian Northwest
and as the Canadian government vii
pay their passage and in other ways en-
;, able them TO settle in more desirabl,
: homes, the exodus is likely to continue
Rouen Cathedral is in danger, the wes
. front being seriously dilapidated. Tn,
I local authorities will not pay for the nee
/ essary restoration; SO, unless the Stat,
I comes to the rescue speedily, this fin,
. old building promises to be irreparabl,
|, damaged.
: The French government has Just ere
4 ated in the nature of an experiment 4
v postal service by camel express in tn,
e French territories Of Obosh and the So
t mali coast. In connection with thi.
{ service special provisional stamp will
x be issued, the value being francs.
I 1t is under renewed contemplation tc
: extend or supplement the old Languedo,
canal-Canal du Midi-built some %,
= years ago, from Bordeaux at the Garonn,
y river to the Mediterranean by means o
. a new canal, to be y feet deep, 40 I,
n 200 feet broad and some 800 miles long
= Calcutta advices say the flow OF ba
silver to India is due partly to the de
4 mands made by the native mints and b,
private enterprises for the illegal coinag,
OF rupees. AS soon as the decree sus
{ pending the free coinage of silver wa,
: issued, the illegal coinage Of rupees in
. creased slarmingly.
b Princess Maud OF Wales is PARTICULAR,
I fond OF assuming an alias and droppini
n some OF the red tape and ROYALTY, Ever,
= year she goes to visit her former COVER
e ness, who lives in Devonshire. Away,
1 the sensible Princess insists on bein,
= called Miss Mills and upon being treate,
| as "A man, f,ar ~ tha fap,fl,.