The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-09-24
FOREIGN NEWS.


7ss. American eagles are unchanged. /
A rumor has been circulated TO the
effect that the Grand Vizier of Mo-
rocco, Ahmed ben Mussa, mas been
poisoned.
England, Germany and Austria will
support Italy against Brazil, according
to cable messages from Rome, received
in New York.
1t is the opinion Of Professor Berg
mann. the eminent surgeon, that Count |
Won Schouvaloff, Governor Of Russian
Poland, who was recently stricken with
paralysis, will recover.
From soundings taken by DR.. Nansen
1t would appear that there is no land
near the North Pole. North of lat. 81 |
n no animal life exists. The further
north the party got the less were the
tides and currents.
Another attempt at revolution has
been suppressed at Managua. Several
persons, said to be without influence,
have been arrested and imprisoned,
accused of plotting to capture the mill
tary barracks there.
The Germania Shipbuilding Works
have been purchased by Herr Krupp,
known as the Iron King The en-
tire plant will be transferred to Herr
Krupp ON October LIST, and the capacity
for building ships will be increased
considerably.
A cyclone of extraordinary violence
burst over Paris September 10th, de-
vastating the central streets of the city.
The duration of the cyclone was not
longer than minute, but during that
time two persons were killed and about
fifty were injured.
Captain General Weyler, of the
Cuban rebellion, has prohibited the
sale of the book. Chronicles of the
War of Cuba, the author Of which is
Rafael Guerrero, and which was pub
lished in Spain. The volumes sent to
Cuba have been seized.
There is much surprise expressed
over the failure of America to send
representative to the recent Pan-Amer-
lean Congress in the City of Mexico.
especially after President Diaz had
taken such a positive stand in the mat
ter of the enforcement of the Monroe
doctrine.
The rates for money in England are
likely to remain steady as more gold is
coming from Australia for the Chinese
loan. Lord Salisbury's attitude to-
ward Turkey is said to have had good
effect ON foreign securities. There
were some advances in preferred Amer
lean railway securities.
The general outline of proceedings
for an international horticultural ex-
hibition, to be held in Hamburg, Ger
many, in 1897. has been received in
San Francisco, by the German Con-
sulate, with special invitation for
California to participate. The exhi-
bition will be the largest affair of the
kind ever attempted.
A dispatch to the Central News, of
London, from Shanghai, says that the
Government at Picking is disposed to
agree to the conditions proposed by
Lord Salisbury that in exchange for the
increase of the tariff by China that
Government shall concede the abolition
of transit duties and permit free trade
within the empire.
The London Chronicle announces
that the Queen has consented to receive
petition containing the signatures of
! z 000 000 nj hn
and opium traffic. The signatures
were gathered by the Worlds Women's
Christian Temperance Union, and those
of Miss Frances Willard and Lady
Somerset head the list.
Steamers arriving at Stornoway,
Scotland, from Iceland, report that
the severest earthquake since 1874
occurred there ON the night of August
goth. The report states that two
churches were destroyed, cattle killed
and farms destroyed. No persons
were killed. The center of the dis
turbance appeared to be the volcano
Hecla.
The Porte has informed the various
foreign representatives that the trials
of the revolutionists arrested in con-
nection with the recent disturbance
upon charges of pillaging and killing
peaceful people will be begun without
delay, and that the most severe penal
ties will be imposed. One hundred
and forty three indictments have been
found, the indicted persons including
both Moslems and Armenians. The
police will receive exemplary punish
ment for failure to put stop to the
massacres and pillaging.
The statement that there was almost
riot in Sackville following the adj
journment of the Irish convention. is
exaggerated. A crowd had gathered
outside the convention hall to cheer
Mr.. Dillon when he left the building.
When he appeared his supporters
cheered heartily but some of the crowd
cried Boo" which was answered by
further cheers by Mr.. billions friends,
who then accompanied their leader to
his hotel. Few Ct the newspapers
make any a1lusion to the incident
which was of no Importance.
An open.air mass was celebrated on
the promenade in San Sebastian in the
presence of soldiers about to depart for
Cuba to reinforce the Spanish troops
there. The mass was attended by the
royal family, the King wearing the
uniform of cadet of the infantry.
The Bishop of Victoria preached to the
troops, to whom he said that the Span
ish flag, surmounted by the cross could
not be conquered. Speaking ON behalf
of the King, the Bishop expressed his