New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-18


rgvnt I'm the press and diplomatic circles %
r,oro rho business and financial condition OF '"e
pharno,s. land seems % be making Satisfactory
nrogress At the annual meeting OF ne ne ,ho reDoTt
pprs of the Credit Foncier fgypush, ,nt.,iand of
for 1894 vas read and approved Plu 81 an Tnbru-
: francs a share was declared pa9ao'e ~"
arr ".
Tho Government OF Honduras has granted 10 W.
y. Scott n concession for establishing q, l~'. s
Cortes with branch offices IN o'Aet par 49,
Republic bank, the capital OF Wi,,'t =, inrroase IL
Tho present at $50,O20 with permission u me- "
to $2ocoC).
Tho first railroad in Tonquin has been open a 'or
h,srross for 100 kilometres between Phu-iAnS-
Tbrong and Iangson. This road is DotA 2 strd'es0'
or military and a commercial one us %
was begun in March. 1890 ana mas % dric,-
SLOW from the fac; that there were man NM ,irh
ties to overcome in that monntaiacus region WIN"
had never been eXp.ored'
Tho historical ager ro:nanus. country around
Rome which has been ieft uncutlvated Tor many
centuries Is likely to change its aspect IN sho''
time The Italian papers report t1at anar , MIN
rsts oe T,emb1rdv are II opinion that X IS posSlp!e
Introduce into arg, part OF me rsfa5 m
Rome some Of the cultures Wnlch nave 'ief'.i "
wealth of i.ombardy especially the RAISING Vi '''
slkworm
Tho tramyav service. by the system % com
messed air. which was instituted some time ago
between Versailles and Paris. Is IN SucceSsi Vi
operation. American tourists alreaay kno" IN,
route, and now they can be ir1nspUlfVV1 idv in A
tTay.D noigeessiv and rapidly by a compressed-ar
locomotive. having three axes anu "e'9''"5
eighteen tons.
r-,e National Assembly of Nicaragua has given
fun authority to the Executive Power to perfect
any ARRANGEMENTS which it may think proper Win
the creditors OF the state
"Le S4maphore," the great political and com
mercial organ Of Narcotics. published recently
some Interesting statistics relative 70 the eNpora-
ton Of soap. Of The most important articles
manufactured in the old Paccean ely OF the Ven il
of French soap from Marsees has been on me 10
crease Il amounted TO $3.50 524 klogrammes IN ~"
sent more than half the total quantity o. soap eN
ported from France in 1894. t1at total pehg Lit.
iql ki!ogramnes valued az s,21j9-2 francs IL must
ba noticed however that tho soap industry T. 80
extensive and prosperous in the United Sta',s mai
relative to the port of Marsees; ne eNportatlon
to this country. which was f4eN kilogr4hlheS III
1893 decreased to 3.6Z21 lest year.
Tho CredIt Lvonnais has established d branch Of
fee IN Bombay. where It will urdoubted.y he Sue
cassnI This financial and banking est2ol snment
= fco wears ago opered br1nch Office in Broadway
Ntw-Iork but closed il after 4 few months eH-
pertinent
China is not only beaten by Japan bu' she VIII
500, have new competitor in the tea F3He ii d"-
ditcn to Cey.on. Natai MaIritius ana lhd.a' an
t,tione of tea nave been .ai ont az ara near "a
nm, IN Russian Caucasus. on me Back -. lh
cxucrrnent was attempted about ten years aso 80" ~
| - has nroyel so successful that from Htp 70 -V"N
hectares Of land Will henceforh be de'otei y L"
cultivation.
IT., "s.h,,aizar. sche BanzeitunC." the Sw-ss organ
~ tho builiing trades reported late.y the Invention
Of new process for the fabrication Of building ma
tor;a.s pavemen,s. &C. WIKI wood fibre Inat hnr'
is treated with energetic an;Septcs tA"n ar.'d ana
| .ls
c,nent or I1or,9r basis. Tho paste mass thus Ut
ntsheI a carefully puiverizad and pu, mo III
rbn articles waen taken from the mods arc Isl..
oro,," ana sting Thcy can be sawed ana Guy
he or1in5ry wo d. ard are bad conductors oil souhd