The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1894-01-05
FOREIGN FLASHES.

st. Petersburg has another outbrea
OF cholera.
France contemplates new raid il
Madagascar.
One-third Of all the landed propert
oil Russia is mortgaged,
Sir Edwin Arnold says that there ar
about 10000 "poetesses in Great Brit
ain,
Thirty relatives Of the Paris bomb
thrower will likely be expelled iron
France.
Grating American on French vine
promises to save the French plants from
destruction.
A mine OF pumice stone has been de
veloped on Tenerifle Mountain, 1000 fee
above the sea.
Russia's sending OF an agent to Abys.
sinia is construed as m act OF direct
hostility to Italy.
The Hungarian Prime Minister has
succeeded in re-establishing Royal
| Nourt IN buua resin.
A single hours frost in the district
around Cognac, France, destroyed $l6,-
600, 900 worth Of vintage.
Five-sixths OF all the girls who went
into domestic service in London last year
had never heard OF toothbrush.
Statistics show that Russia produces
and consumes smaller quantity OF beer
than any other OF the great nations.
An electrical launch from the Chicago
Fair parades the canals in Venice, where
1t has created a favorable impression.
The Woman's Suffrage League has is-
sued q manifesto protesting against any
woman working to support her husband.
The first general election in New Zea-
land in which women had the franchise
resulted in the defeat Of the government.
Forty Thousand francs have already
been subscribed in Paris for the Gounod
memorial, the Municipal Council giving
! 900.
The female typewriters in British gov
ernment offices are about TO he made
permanent officials, with right to a
pension.
Father Hyacinth is preaching in
French Protestant chapel still with the
spirit and aim, he says, Of Catholic
reformer.
The King OF Corea has purchased an
American incandescent-light plant,
which will be used to light his palace
and grounds.
London and Berlin, tabulated as hav-
ing the lowest percentage Of deaths from
typhoid in the total mortality, use only
filtered water.
Spanish merchants and producers are
not pleased with the commercial treaties
being negotiated with England, Ger.
many and Italy.
The Paris illustrated papers are to be
from publishing pictures of
anarchists by an order issued by the
Prefect Of Police.
The first aluminium vessel ever con-
the yacht Vendenesse, built for
Jomte Chabannes, has been launched ut
st. Denis. France.
The Peruvian Congress has authorized |
! loan, which will probably be taken at /
nome, Of 100000 soles (about $720,000 |
n American gold.
The hereditary throat trouble is fast |
'educing the Princess Of Wales to the
tone-deaf condition Of her mother, the
queen Of Denmark.
Peasants Of Bitonto, near Rome, sat
lrated q customs officer with coal oil
md set fire to him for breaking up a fete
hey were observing.
Experiments are being made by the
french Department of Agriculture to
transform tree twigs and leaves into food
or horses and cattle.
In order TO promote the interest OF
'achting the Cercle des Beaux Arts has
'ut the use Of its clubhouse at the use
4 the Yacht Club OF France for the
resent.
The Watkins tower, now being built
I Wembly Park, England, to overtop
he Eifiel tower, has reached height Of
evenly feet. Its total height will be
,l50 feet.
A grave scandal has come to light at
ndore, India. Treasure, which has long
cen supposed to be guarded in the
.hasgi treasury, amounting to 100000
npees. is missing.