Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-26
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Frances Anne kemblc Mrs Pierce
Butler the wcll-l>nown actress. died
last Week in London.
The cotton mill at Ozavkon. one OF
the largest in the Russian empire.
was burned. Loss, 100000 rpubles.
by a vote of liity-four to foriy-two
the Australian colonial parlimcnt
declared Il wan, of confidence in the
government.
ii is stated deficiency of &.ooo.ooo
francs exists in the Rome brancl OF
the Bank OF Naples. The branch
cashier has been arrested and one of
the directors has ab>conded.
a cable dispatch from lIonauraS.
says the Louisiana Lottery company
has been granted a charter by that
republic. and will remove its business
there on the expiration Of It's present
charter. January |. 1891.
Never within the memory OF man
has Canada suffered So continuously
from intense cold weather as during
the last month. For sixteen DAYS
the thermometer was below zero. ard
most of the time from fifteen To
twenty degrees below.
One of the most daring robberies
ever pcrpeted in Canada occurred at
Toronto, when five masked men
entered the jewclry store of L. l..
Roberts. bound and gagged Roberts
and his clerk John Ward. and riled
the store. securing many thousands
OF dollars worth of goods. There is
no clue To the thieves.
a delegation of go idle and starry
ing workmen trampcd from Client to
Observation-Disclosures miles through
heavy >nowdrittS. and demanded
work of the minister of public works.
An immense crowd of Brussels uncn-
ployed joined them. and trouble was
| feared for a time. Extensions Of the
public works was promised as a tenn
porary relief.
The French government has begun
la campaign against foreign news
paper correspondence in Paris. The
ministers have been annoyed from
the first by the attacks Of English
and German newspapers. Several
Paris dalies have suggested that both
England and Germany had sufficient
dishonesty at home to prevent them
| from casting stones.
The italian steamer san Marie and
4 the French steamer Algcrie collidcd
in the Straits of Mcssina. Both YES
sells sank and all except five of those
on board the Algeric are missing and
are supposed to have been drowned.
\ Two Of those aboard the san Marie
are missing and are supposed To have
| been drowned. Both steamers were
small vessels in the Mediterranean
! trade.
1t Is reported that cX-king Milan
of Servia arrived at Eiarrtz on Jan.
/, and at once proceeded To Queen
Natalic's villa. The latter WAS
! greatly surprised tosec her divorced
husband. 1t is said that the scene
at their meeting was Il moving one
and that the visit Of the king resulted
in the reconciliation OF the cstranged
couple. Oilicial adyices however dc
not confirm this report.
The cold weather on the continent
is undated. The Rhine is frozen
| from Hermcrshcim to Ringen. tho
Meckar from its source TO the mouth.
the Mein and Mosclle partially. The
supply Of fresh vegetables in Berlin
is cut off and several deaths OF
travellers near Thorn are reported
Many deaths from exposure occurred
in all parts of France. Deputy Des-
caureS got SnOwbOund on train near
AmienS. and as the cars were not
heated he frOZe to death. at Rifof-
jord, Sweden, the passengers were
obliged to leave the steamers and
walk over miles of ice to Landedrag
and proceed thence by sledges to
Gothcnbcrg.