The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-11-12
FOREIGN NEWS.

lived In San Francisco.
The famine outlook in India is in
creasing. 1t is prabable that the rain
will now fall and prospects are serious
in the northwest and central provinces
in the Punjaub Prices at Bombay
have risen rapidly and large imports
of foreign grain are expected.
Commodore X. Martha of the Imper-
ial japanese navy, and an attache Of
the japanese legation at Washington
arrived i'll San Francisco. He has
come for the purpose of investigating
the American navy Later he will
visit England for similar purpose.
President Dole has returned to Homo
lulu from Maui, after vacation of
several weeks. His first task of inn
portance will be the selection of some
one to act as Circuit Judge of Hawaii
to take the place of the late Judge
Austin.
The result of the Ministerial caucus
recently held in Madrid will be the
reorganization of the Cabinet. The
Premier will have greater authority.
An administration with sufficient
strength to uphold Spanish authority
at home and abroad will be insured.
There has been steady decrease
of late in the number of British sea-
men, and an increase in the number of
foreign seamen and officers employed
on British ships for some time past.
This directly affects England's navy
and is source of anxiety to the Gov
eminent.
The passengers and crew of the
British steamer Talfi. which plies
between Mauritus and Bombay. have
been landed at Colorado ON the Island
of Ceylon. They report the steamer
foundered duringla heavy gale Septem-
Der goth and twenty seven natives
drowned.
Recent advices from the Orient an.
nounce an ocean race between the
Empress of China and the French
cruiser Alger. The French cruiser
proved the victor. In a race once be
fore the Empress of China won wheI
racing with the United States fas
cruiser Olympia.
A Paris cablegram says the Senat,
Chamber of Deputies have reassembled
| The sessions of both chambers wer,
merely formal, lasting only an hour
/ The presidents OF the two chambers, il
their opening addresses, alluded il
strong and sympathetic terms to tn
visit of the Car and Czarina.
A Montreal, Canada, cablegram say
it has become public that for som
weeks the larger of the two city re
servoirs on the mountain has been in
dangerous condition. 1t holds 81,
900, 900 gallons of water, and expert
say that if break should occur tn
whole city would be washed away.
The latest news regarding the upris
ing in the Philippines is that NOR
Spanish troops have arrived there
and are in possession. Business j
Manila is at complete standstill
Twelve hundred insurgents of the fol
are in Cavite, and they are reported
have provisions sufficient to last thel
two years. DIR. Rial, the allege
leader of the insurgents, is being take
to Spain to stand trial
A New Bedford (Mass.) dispatc
says the advices received from til
Arctic Ocean whaling fleet state this
the entire fleet has taken only fifty.tw
whales up to October 1. In cons,
quence of the poor catch the price {
whalebone will be in the neighborhoo
of s. per pound. As the fleet ha
only one week for operations after tn
news was dispatched, the Arctic seaso
is considered failure.
A London cablegram says the MAJ
quis of Landsdowne, Secretary of Sta
for War, recently made an address c
political issues at Leeds. The speak'
expressed the belief that the Venezr
elan question would soon be dea
with by an arbitrator or by an amic
BILE compromise. In the course of h
address he said the Indian governmel
felt the gravest fears as to the possib
loss of life from famine and suggestt
that the undertaking of irrigatic
works would do the most toward r
lieving distress.
! The fact that the Sultan has raise
the taxes so much for the evident pu
pose of arming the Musselmans HI
given rise to the belief that serio,
trouble may be expected. Large pu
chases of arms have already been mat
, but the Porte claims they are only
complete the armament of the Must
hiuse, the reserve force of the arm
1t is thought the work is being CARR,
ION with the intention of massaoreil
the entire Christian population in ca
,, England, France and Russia actual
interfere with the Turkish COVER
ment. At present the situation
. the gravest since the Turko. Russi,
, war.
; A Berlin cablegram says the Reic
! sanziger announces officially that Il
, government will make no stateme
regarding the announcement in Prin
. Bismarck's organ. the Hamburg
: Nachirchten, that defensive ALLAN
; existed between Russia and German
during the last six years Prince Ri
marck was in office. The Reichsan2
ger says: Diplomatic events of tn
. kind are strict State secrets and
' preserve them conscientiously is an i
ternational duty, the breach for viii
/, would prejudice impertinent state
: terests. The imperial goyernme
: must therefore decline any attempt
: clear the matter. and it will Meth
. correct what is false nor supply VIII
is incomplete, i'll the conviction tn
:. reliance upon the sincerity and tideli
! of the German policy are too firm
" established among other mowers