Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-03-21
FORM FOREIGN FLASHES.

The amount of gold produced last
year In British Guiana was 1882
ounces.
PRESIDENT Faure has promised to
visit Algeria ley summer. Napoleon
III. Is the only French ruler who ever
set foot there.
Welsh mine owners have secured the
contract TO supply the Danish state
railway with 100000 o of coal at
81 per o
Cnakir Pasha, aid-de-cdmp to the
sultan, has gone 10 Berlin with a
sword Of honor sem by Abdul Hamid
TO Emperor William.
The OreSini family al Florence is
about 10 sue the emperor OF Austria 10
recover a large sum Of money due to
1t ever since 1749. 1t is alleged that a
valuable collection OF coins and an
uqultieS was delivered by the house in
that year 10 the Kaiser Francis of Lor
falne, grand duke OF Tuscany, that the
goods We're never restored or paid for,
ana that the emperor is heir to the
debt. The case is to come before the
civil tribunal at Florence.
A lighter loaded with 500 cases of
petroleum from the American bark
A~uburndale, Captain Dove, from Phil
adelphia, sank in the Lisbon harbor.
The pope gave audience TO Right
Rev. Paul S. La ROGUE, bishop of
S~herbrOoke, Canada.
A special committee appointed by
the Russian ministry OF finance has
drawn up a scheme embodying the
measures which it will be necessary
10 take in order to extend the COM
merce between Russia, Central Asia
and China.
, Considerable interest has been
aroused in European geographical cir
cleS by the last letter from DR.. Donald
son Smith, in which he described the
state of things beyond the Webb and
Shibeyi rivers. The warlike and I'M
tractable Gallas have, it seems, been
destroyed and reduced to slavery by
the AbySsinianS, who are now in pos
session of their territory. The ex-
plOrers have discovered a stone Arab
encampment with tombs at Sheik Hus-
sein, and Il perforated mountain, with
the o wonderful caves in the
world.
A late number of the London Echo
says: The English sporting world is
likely to be overrun this year by Amer
lean gamblers. Several of the Amer
lean states have passed such strict
laws against betting that the owners
OF racing studs NO longer find it profit
abe to carry on operations in the
union. SO they have set their studs
to this country and to France, to do
here what their OWE land will not
permit. 1t was said this would lead
to the immediate degradation of the
American breed of horses, but so far
this fear has not Deer realized.
The action of an officer of the
British royal marines in the Brass ex-
petition in tel%egraphing to his wife in
England that he was safe was Il source
of embarrassment TO the naval author
tiles in Whitehall. The foreign office
and admiralty were inundated with
kilograms from fond mothers of swell
boys on board all the ships of the West
African squadron asking if they were
safe. When he saw these messages
tumbling in. a gruff old admiral ex-
claimed in disgust: why the devil
do they send their boys to sea if they
are afraid of them being killed.
During the recent severe frost in
England outdoor workers in Birming-
ham lost $25O,OOO in wages and $50
600 was spent in relief. Two thousand
water pipes burst, entailing, with
fractures of gas pipes, a cost Of 5000
every day. The water department sent
round water carts at a cost of $500.
The cZar's new yacht, the Standard.
was launched at Copenhagen yester-
day in the presence of the Danish
royal family and the corps diploma
tique. She is $500 tons burden, is 425
feet long, and her total cost will
reach $4,000, 900. Her lines were laid
down in accordance with the personal
indications of the late Emperor Alex
ander.