Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-02-22
FOREIGN FLASHES.

The number OF books published in
England last year was 6,382, says the
London Telegraph.
France is uneasy over the political
significance OF Bismarck's reconciliation
with the German Emperor.
The Pope is said to be preparing to
issue an encyclical on Catholic Poles in
a tone conciliatory to Russia.
The Austrian Cabinet has decided to
introduce in the Reichsrath a bill in
creasing the tax on corn -four TO francs.
Fewer German emigants left the port
OF Hamburg, the great point OF embar-
kation, last year than in any year since
1879.
The tax OF 10 francs year on cycles,
which was imposed in France last April,
yielded in the first half year over $780,
600 francs.
The French authorities Of Corsica
have forbidden English and German
doctors TO practice their profession in
that island.
The Appeal Court in Dublin has
granted 10 Michael Davitt certificate
in bankruptcy, thus rendering him again
| eligible 10 sit in Parliament.
Only five out OF the thirty-three meme
bers Of the new Standing Committee on
Customs Duties in the French Chamber
Of Deputies are not protectonists.
For the first time in her known his
tory the city Of London has fallen be-
hind the rest Of England and Wales in
the rate OF population for decade.
Henceforth all Russian emigrants en-.
tering Germany en- route for the United
States must he healthy, and if over 10
years OF age, be possessed oil 400 marks
| in cash.
The fortune of Cecil Rhodes, Premier
Of Cape Colony in Africa, is set at some
where from $50, 600, 900 to $75, 900, 600
all made in the diamond mines OF that
country.
The French Senate by vote of 1872 to
"a agreed to give votes to women en-
gagged in business at elections for tribu-
nails Of commerce. This il the begin
ming of woman's suffrage in France.
Orders for $50 locomotives and several
thousand railway carriages have been
given by the Russian government to
Austrian and Belgian firms, presumably
III, aa 5oa.onao - , oon ooo liza
in the Italian customs receipts during
last month, while the revenue from in
direct taxation shows total falling of
Of 100000 lire in the last six months.
Even Bulgaria, with her 100 or less
miles OF coast line on small inland sea,
ms cauyht tbe naval fover and the GOV.
arnmen1 has inst voted n ann enua7 IN
,bout s5 600 900 for the establishment of
a navy.
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mv p,S'S ~ Snoin II9 wiii sod 49, @ M I'LL
tone n gold mounted casket containing
an address and a snriy from the historic
oek of Guornica the svmbol of Rasnue
liberty.
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Ineciol nnssnort for entry 10 tGe phillin-
nine Islands which for centuries has If.
ritated FOREIGN visitors and closed the
archipelapo.
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cnn,vonns ch ,h" "ihor Ja, - tha t ;n;ustioa ",
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estabIishmentn IN India bv taxation raised
almost entirely from persons of the Mos.
lem and uindoo faith.
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,o oa,niiiatnJ -, T"nc';n. Mo.oon' ", w.
"JjcL u,nnntacinrars AMI n,archon,a 70 q
irnm ali r"mntries may exhihit sam nIes
Of those of their wares which they think
best adapted to the Moorish market.
Women typewriters, who have hith-
erto been EMPLOYED in the government
offices in London as supernumeraries,
are according to decision of the Treas
ury Department henceforth to be incor.
pora'eo mo the regular civil service
Three clergymen of the Church OF
England went over to the Church OF
Rome in the course OF one week OF last
month. Fourteen English clergymen
have thus changed their church since
the judgment in the noted Lincoln case.
Though jules Verne's works OF scien-
tilic fiction have sold by the hundreds OF
thousands and returned millions OF
francs To the publishers, they have
earned for their author only $4,000 n
year-not even enough Tor him to buy
the house he rents at Amiens.
A resolution in favor of birching bad
boys instead of sending them TO prison
has been sent TO the British Home Sec
retary, signed by u number of Magis-
tmtes. The proposition is 70 birch boys
under III for all oltenscs at thediscretion
of the Magistrate.
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on'in,, snrnn'inaw, si "o .,o''on,i,"a 20 H.
hms;npss II smnnIY;n, 'Uf'',o ,rafn w ,ha En' sr'
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