The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-09-03
FOREIGN NEWS.

at Vienna, is certain TO becom English
Ambassador to Paris.
Bottoms exploring party after spend
ing six weeks i'll the hitherto unvisited
interior Of Vancouver island, has re-
turned. Their discoveries were limited
to number of new mountains and sew
eral rare specimens Of deer.
News of the attack of a Chilean mob
ON Prince Louis of Savoy, Duke of
Abruzzi, and party Of the officers of
the Italian warship Cristoforo Colombo
has been received. The incident &C.
CURED ON July 10th in the streets of
Valparaiso. None of the Italians were
injured.
The Occidental and Oriental COM
pany's Gaelic went ashore at Shimo-
neseki, Japan, last week. Whether
she went ashore in fog or was in
collision and was run on the muds to
save her is not known. There was ten
feet of water in her hold when she was
pulled off.
Captain General Weyler and General
Oschando nearly met in deadly affray
a short time ago. With swords drawn
the Generals, greatly enraged, faced
each other in the palace at Havana,
and had it not been for the interference
of others, would undoubtedly have
come to blows.
The American Line steamer st.
Paul, Captain Jameson, arrived from
Southampton after another record
breaking passage Of six days and thirty
one minutes. This beats her former
best record by five hours and one
minute, and that of her sister ship, the
st. Louis, by one hour and fifty-three
minutes.
The Herald's correspondent in
Guayaquil, Ecuador, telegraphs that
guerrilla force under command of
Colonel Garcia invaded the province of
Manabi, but were repulsed by Govern
ment troops. The invaders fled in all
directions, hotly pursued. The victor
ious Federals captured large quantity
of arms.
Senior Alonzo has been proclaimed
President Of the Republic of Bolivia.
There is universal satisfaction expressed
because of the prospect of long contiu-
ued peace. The Archbishop of Lima
has issued a pastoral letter to toe
clergy, urging them to use their in.
fluence in opposing the much-discussed
civil marriage bills.
Official returns from British Colum.
bia show that in 1894 the aggregate
value of precious metals mined i'll the
province was $1.000,000. Last veal
the value was S., 038, 900 and this veal
the output will be greater, judging
from the three months ended July
25th, when the estimated value of golt
smelted and Shipped was $1,170,0O0.
The political manifesto recently
issued by ex-President Ezeta i'll Sal
Francisco caused considerable excite
ment in Government circles in Sal
Salvador. The Government is hurried
ly placing its army on war footing
1t is reported that both Carlos and An
tonic Ezeta are seeking an alliance
with Guatemala to reinstate them il
power.
The latest consignment o
California fruit, consisting of 1926
cases, arrived in London i'll fine
shape. The fruit, owing to abundance,
of English and French fruit in tn,
market, sold at lower prices than tn,
last consignment. Large lots wer
taken by German and Russian buyers
Dealers express belief that the Septem
Der and later arrivals of peaches ant
pears will fetch better prices.
The Herald's correspondent in Sal
Jose, Costa s.Rica, says Congress ha
authorized the Executive to expenC
100000 in encouraging immigration
John Baker, the son of United State
Minister Baker, has concluded con
tract with the Nicaraugan Government
to establish lines of transportation il
Nicaragua, both by land and acros
Lakes Managua and Nicaragua.
A dispatch to the London Dali,
News from Canea says that a fresl
Tm kish battalion arrived at the Islant
of Crete last week. There was sharl
fighting in the province of Malevisa
just outside of Heraklion. The insur
gents, 900 in number, were victorious
They drove the Turkish troops to til,
military zone of Heraklion, capturing
four cannon and considerable quantit,
of arms and ammunition.
The statement of the Sunday Sun O
London to the effect that Presiden
Kruger of the Transvaal Republic ha.
concluded a treaty with a foreign
power in contravention of the Anglo
Boer convention of 1884, which places
Great Britain in control of the foreign
relations of the Transvaal, and thai
Great Britain had demanded an ex
PLANTATION from the Boer government
has been officially denied at London.
A dispatch to the Daily News from
Athens says there is reason to fear re
newal of the massacres in Crete by tn,
insurgents. The Turkish garrison,
scattered throughout Crete are being
withdrawn to the larger towns. Or
the other hand the French Consul al
Canea, it is announced, has beer
assured by the officials that the Cretai
/ question will be speedily settled b,
the foreign ambassadors at CONSTANT
nople.
A dispatch from Bombay states tina
disastrous floods have been caused il
Southern India by the overlooking O
tho River Kistna. The damage t.
property is immense and thousands O
people have been rendered homeless
their houses being swept away by tn,
floods. 1t is feared that many live