The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-12-24
FOREIGN Msws.

fOInOn halCourt Will DC Ine leaQer
of the British Liberals.
A strong fight is being made in Eng
land against American kerosene. it be-
ing charged that the oil is dangerous.
The French Transatlantique Com
pany has decided to construct three
new steamers for the Havre and New
York service.
1t is expected that all those sem
fenced with Jameson to Imprisonment,
for the Transvaal raid, will be liber-
ated between Christmas and New
Years
The London Times, in an article re-
viewing the official returns, finds that
the estimated wheat crop of Great
Britain is 10000, 900 bushels above
that of 1895.
The breakwater at Point Edgegraive,
Bordeaux, has been broken by the
heavy seas pounding against it. and
the low.lying country thereabouts is
submerged.
Advices from Bolivia received in
Lima, Peru, confirm the report that a
hitch has occurred between Bolivia
and the Argentine Republic on the
boundary question.
Prices have fallen generally in Ma
dras and largely in the Deccan ports of
Bombay. They are easier in the GEN.
trail provinces and bumper corp is now
expected in South Madras.
Serious floods are reported from
Bordeaux, France. A portion of the
breakwater at Pointe de Grave was
washed away. The storm was gener-
ally along the coast of France.
President Cleveland has suspended
the law allowing German vessels GER
tain privileges in American ports,
alleging American vessels are not ex-
tended like privileges in German ports.
Ecuador has had another disas trous
fire. More than thirty houses in the
business section of the town of Daule
have been destroyed by the flames.
The losses will aggregate hundreds of
thousands Of dollars. The origin of
the fire is unknown.
The German and Dutch Consulates
at Lorenzo Marques, in Portuguese
South Africa, have been attacked and
British flag was torn to shreds The
Dutch Consul was wounded. Germany
has, in consequence, demanded satisfac-
ton of Portugal.
A heavy gale prevailed recently in
Brittany, France, and t. Q reports re-
ceived show that severe losses have
been sustained by the fishermen along
the coast. 1t is known that five
smacks have been lost, but there have
been no reports of any loss of life.
The bubonio plague, which has pre-
vaiied among the natives in Bombay
with fatal effects in the majority of
cases, has now spread to the Euro
peans, several of whom have died from
the disease. The plague is spreading
everywhere. There have been 1926
cases and S04 deaths.
The London Chronicle says it hears
that the independent representatives
anticipate, in spite of the rains, the
famine will be far the worst ever seen
in India. Gen. Siegel, who has been
i'll from pleurisy for the past two
weeks. has been pronounced out of
danger by attendant physicians.
Clyde seamen and firemen have gone
out on strike, endeavoring to prevent
the sailing of the Anchor and Allen
line steamers. The shipping fedora
ton profess readiness to supply entire
crews necessary to the prompt depart
ure of these vessels at the regular rate
OF wages paid by employers.
The West Indian sugar industry has
been SO greatly injured by the sugar
bounties paid by European nations
that active steps must be taken by
England to prevent it from being
ruined. 1t is even rumored that Eng
lands West Indian colonies may Join
the United States to avoid ruin.
y The London Daily News has pub.
lished n dispatch from Athens stating
that the Porte recently demanded that
M. Jennedius, the Greek Consul at |
Canea, Crete. be recalled, basing the
demand on the ground that the Consul |
was abetting the Christians in their
opposition to the Turks. Greece re-
fused to accede to the demand.
The Viceroy of India, Lord Elgin.
cables London that the weeks rainfall
has been good everywhere in South
Madras. Two inches of rain fell at
Cuddapah, one inch fell at Neemuch,
half an inch of rain fell at Hydrad
and one in the extreme north of Pun
jab. There were light showers in parts
Of the northwest, Bombay, Deccan and
the centra provinces of Ragputane
and the Punjab.
The South African millionaire. ]. T.
R Robinson. has bought stately man
'ion at Dudley Hall, Piccadilly, Lon
Ion. Another Africaner, the stock
broker Bert, has built palace near !
3rosvenor Gate. and Barney Barnato ,
S erecting in Park Lane the largest
md most gorgeous private building in
England. Robinson, Bert and Barnato
nay expand themselves the expendi- ,
ure of millions. but they cannot get
omission into. clubs and societies ,
where poorer men are welcomed. ,
An original copy of the first printed !
Rules for the Society of the People 8
jailed Methodists. has been unearthed s
n st. Louis city, and as it was pub |
ished by John and Charles Wesley
yer their own signatures in 1743 and
the first nucleus of the litera-
ure OF the Methodist Church, it is
lost interesting document. not only
followers of that faith, but to stud
nts OF religious history. The circular |.