Mesa free press., 1897-09-24
FROM FOREIGN LANDS.

The governor of German New Guinea
has been killed by the natives.
It is rumored that Mrs. Langtry has
married Prince Esterhozg, of Hungary.
Famine is impending in Ireland.
Crops are failure and great trouble is
predicted.
The port of Tung-yung-kow. near Foo
Chow, is to be sold by China to Ger
many as coal and naval station.
DIR. Drummer, sanitary inspector at
Havana, reports 81 deaths in that city
from yellow fever in the past week.
A special commission will meet short
ly to discuss the introduction of univer-
sal and compulsory education in Russia.
Barril, the Spanish anarchist who
tried to assassinate the Barcelona chief
of police, has been sentenced to forty
years penal servitude.
Mount Mayon, in the Philippine isl
ands, is in a state of eruption. Several
villages have been destroyed and 300
persons have been killed.
Pope Leo has appointed Cardinal Sa-
tolli project of the propaganda. He
will succeed Cardinal Ledochowski,
who will be given another position.
: Three expeditions will seacrh for the
north pole next year. Capt. Sverdbup
Wellman are at the head of the parties.
In 500-yard swimming match for the
championship of the world at Doncast-
er, Nuttall, the champion of England,
defeated Cavall of Australia, in the
record breaking time of 6 min. 30 sec.
The Alexandria, Egypt, correspondent
of the Times says that the Egyptian
cotton crop just closed has yielded about
584, 800, 900 pounds, which is double that
of decade ago, and 91,0O0, 900 in value
beyond that of 1896.
iLord Salisbury has submitted fresh
proposals for settling the Turkish
Grecian troubles. He proposes an in
ternational commission to control the
Grecian revenues, and the immediate
evacuation of Thessaly.
1t is likely the Peruvian government
will adopt financial system similar to
that of Holland. That is, the silver
coinage will be legal tender with un-
limited circulation, but it's value will
A dispatch to the New York World
from Venezuela says that vast gold
fields have been discovered in the State
of miranda Guaraca. The mines yield
several ounces of gold to the ton. An
English syndicate is exploring this
region.
At the City of Mexico New York ex-
change is at $1.39 premium. Remark
able activity is shown in the organiza-
tion of new stock companies for manu-
featuring and for trading. This has been
especially noticeable since the sharp
decline in silver.
Gen. Won Bulow, who, it is rumored,
will be the new Chancellor, is said at
Berlin to be one of the few generals who
opposed Gen. Bransart Schellendorf's
proposals for the reform of military iur-
isdiction. The gossip regarding the
Chancellorship is unabated.
A City of Mexico dispatch says that
Jose Ventre, the French anarchist who
recently arrived here from Spain, will
be expelled from the country as per-
nicious foreigner, under the federal
He was deported from
Barcelona merely as suspect.
An alleged attempt has just been dis
covered to quietly railroad bill through
the Provincial Legislature at Quebec,
which, if passed, would open the door
to all the prize fighters of America. The
was discovered by a notice in
the late issue of the Quebec Official Ca
zette, and the result is that when the
next session opens strong deputation
of Montreal citizens will be sent to op-
pose the bill.