The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1894-01-20
FOREIGN CABLES.
Rate of Notably Of London
Steadily Decreasing.
THE FAMINE IN rURKEsrAN.
Slams King Has Been Tackiing the
Flowing Bowl Too Frequent.
ly for His Own Good.

There ia prospect that the Psnams |
scandal may be revived in France.
China il manning chain Of forts all |
along her seacoast with Krupp guns.
Mrs. Langtry has purchased the Cob
ham Park stud farms in England for
49,, 900.
Great Britain, France and Rus ala each
contribute go, 600 year to the civil list
Of the King Of Greece.
The malady from which the King Of
Siam is now suffering is due to the abuse
OF alcoholic stimulants.
England's Admiralty has ordered
new cruiser that will make at least
twenty-three knots an hour.
The harbor of Glasgow will soon be
undermined by seven tunnels. running
at q safe distance under its bed.
The decision of the Court OF Appeals
in Holland that kissing is not an offenss
has attracted some attention ia Europe.
Russia's revenue fell off about &c.
900 900 in the last nine months OF 1893,
compared with the similar period in 1892.
Iobengula is on the banks OF the Fam
best with 1000 young warriors. He pro-
poses to keep up the fight with the Brit
ish.
Labor agitators in England are enlist
ing public sympathy in behalf OF the
oyerworked barmaids, Of whom there are
10, 1000.
Emperor William Of Germany was
much pleased with one Of his Christmas
presents. 1t was bust Of himself made
Of plaster Of paris.
Under a law recently put in force in
France only physicians graduated in
France are allowed TO use the title Doc
tor in that country.
The tax imposed on women for wearing
trousers by the French government
ranges from $40 to tl2. but all women
are not given this privilege.
The name most whispered now as the
strongest candidate for Pope to succeed
Pope Leo XIII. is Monsignor Dominica
Jacobini, the Papal Nuncio in Lisbon.
When the Paris Salon OF 1894 closes
next June the Palais de f1ndustrie will
I've devoted TO an exhibition OF books and
of all industries connected with paper.
The bicycle has brought about the re-
| openiny OF many of the old-time country
| hotels in France. which had closed long
ago because of the introduction OF rail
roais.
| 1t is said that in making racing anf
Measure boats French constructors arr
creeping rapidly mp to their English RI
walls ani are seriously striving to over
haul them.
A new insurance company IL being
organized at Berlin by a body Of respon'
sible men. mainly jewellers, 70 insur'
the members against losses at tina hand
of burglars.
A remarkable archaeological discover!
il announced from Treyes. In excavat
ing the old Roman walls close to the No
selle a complete Roman pottery estab'
ment was discovered.
In Italy oil is now made from graps
seed. When perfectly clean and wei
dried the seeds are ground like wheat
The finer the -four thus obtained thu
greater the yield OF oil.
A letter received from Ssmarcand de
scribes the ravages Of the famine through
out Turkestan. The cause OF the famin
| is the excessive cultivation OF cotton I
the exclusion OF cereals.
English scientists are very much VOL
ried over the results OF an investigation
which has shown beyond doubt that tn
seas around the British coast are bein
, rapidly exhausted Of fish.
The rate of mortality OF London
shown by recent report to have stead
!. ily decreased with the introduction an
: perfection Of adequate means OF dispo
ing OF the sewage OF the city.
According to decision just rendere
= by the Supreme Court Of the Germa
! Empire boycotting is not forbidden
!, the law Of the land, although it is to
Z condemned on moral grounds.
: Camels have been introduced upon
II farm not far from kieff, Russia.
= present eighteen csmels are at wo
Il blowing, and their keep is found to CO
i much less than that Of horses.
n Madrid is to emulate Chicago. A roy
!, edict has been promulgated, and on APP
~ l, 1894. there will be opened in the Spa
!, ish capita, an international exhibiti'
~ that will last until October 81.
Another Communist colony is to
started in East Africa. Everything "
he managed by voluntary groups OF Sc
+! governing men. who viii own all tn
N can raise, but have no exclusive right
n the land.
al The cold weather causes the create
D. misery in many quarters OF Berlin, a.
n additional shelters have been opened
1T the accommodation Of the 1000 or me
lie people who receive coffee and bread fl
d Of charge.
ty Prof. Tyndal's death by accident
al poisoning has served to draw Attenti
"a. to the fact that in 1892 no less than
"a out of the $40 deaths certified as havi
!. been caused by poison were due to m
\. adventure.
= The English rival to the Eiffel TOW
=. at wembley Park will probably be co
:" pleted by the end Of this year. ]
An tower has a general resemblance to Il
H. Of Eiffel. but is more pointed and sls
Is. der. The four legs which support it |
a founded in concrete to n depth OF o
h. enty-five feet, and stand 800 feet APPS
rs, The entire work is Of steel.
d. Last September Sarah Bernhardt '
robbed Of $50, 900 worth Of jewelry in
ID. Janeiro, and the suspected thief ,
ii tried for it. The Paris Evenment p'
re lished pretended interview with Sar
ed in which she confessed the whole tn
!. WAS an advertisement. This article
- the effect after it reached Rio Of caus
W the prisoner to be discharged. Now &
nv Sarah has returned to Paris she sues
ny 4. 900 damages la that first the ID
me proceedings at Rio were abandoned
he that the article rel ecsed personally n
her.