The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-13
FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
Interesting Matters that Engross the At
tention OF Europe.


for the winding up of the scheme for
the emigration of Russian Jews to the
Argentine Republic Ii has been decided
that the balance OF the funds remaining
in the hands of the committee OF man
agement of the enterprise will be de-
voted to the establishment of technical
and industrial schools in Russia, where
the Hebrews are now so well treated by
the authorities that they have no longer
any object to emigrate.
The domestic cat is henceforth not to
be carried on the roster OF the German
army. Puss has until now formed part |
and parcel of the latter and been in the |
receipt Of regular pay, intrusted with
the responsible duty of guarding all the
vast magazines of stored up war mate
rial from the ever invading mouse and
rat. The pay of the cat cannot be de-
scribed as having been excessive, the
amount having been exactly "a year,
besides a few additional expenses In
connection with the purchase OF medl-
cines and military badges 1t seems that
a savant has discovered how to Stay all
| German mice by means OF a bacillus.
which he has named after himself,
"Loffiers patent mouse typhus bacil-
lus, " and which is supposed to be more
fatal than the cat to the rodent. so
puss now retires, vice the scientific mi
crobe promoted by Emperor William to
service in his army.
People of cities where the motor car
has been introduced are confronted by a
new peril. The London police have been
busy during the last few weeks arrest
ing ON charges of drunkenness the drlv-
ers of vehicles Of this kind plying as
hacks for hire. The police point out
, that while they are, as rule, able 10
, stop runaway horses Of drunken cab
} drivers they have not the slightest idea
how to arrest the progress OF runaway
motor. The London authorities are,
therefore, considering the advisablllty
! of refusing to issue hack licenses Tor
> motor cars unless pecuniary guarantees
; are furnished of the strict temperance
: of the driver.
The agricultural returns for 1897
/ inst issued in London, disclose q very
n sad falling off in the number OF pigs IL
o the United Kingdom. There is de
J, crease of nearly 1000, 900 pigs from the
previous ~ months. and, i'll the phrase
of the market "pigs are very quiet.
This is regarded as indicative OF depres
g sion in the agricultural districts o
d Great Britain, the inference being tina
% when times are prosperous pigs ar
N noisy. Indeed, by many the state OF tn
r. Mig market is regarded in the light OF
sort of economic barometer OF England
L Portugal has just given the Transvaa
: government an official reminder that III
IN latter is precluded by its treaty an
convention with England from holdln
o. any intercourse with foreign govern
- ments except through the British al
thorities. To claim presented by I'll
Boer republic on behalf of burght
whose wife had been accidentally sh'
ed at Delagoa Bay by Portuguese soldl'
:, the Lisbon government replied that'
81 the Transvaal was under British SUI
NJ rainty. the claim for damages must
". preferred through Lord Salisbur.
AR Sooner than do this the authorities
he Pretoria have decided to drop the matte
he
ng From London it is officially a
ks nounced that the famine III lndl
which is the greatest and most eXte
pc, sive which that empire has undergo
o since 1770, is now ut an end. Inc ran
inf monsoon has thus far been both SUI
is Gent and widespread enough for G
ner universal sowing of the autumn Gro
Perhaps the best proof of the TACT I'll
ut brighter times are at hand Tor lndia
els the fact that most of the villagers ma
e 81, abandoned the state relief works In
~, der to till and sow their lands. Mea
Gee while the English government is c.
,oh tainly doing more than can be expect
of it, even by it's most censorious CT
the les for after having fed at the exper
an, of the state several millions OF natl'
sly for continuous period OF more tn
u.s. six months it is now lending TIT
, .a money ON the security OF their fut'
,mU crops, but without interest, in order
b;t' facilitate their agricultural operate
que and at the same time preserve Tn
the from falling into the hands OF that Oh
nm curse of Indian life-namely, the Wills
usurer.
rep From st. Petersburg comes the ne
fact that the relations between Russia
hat Japan are once more exceedingly stra
less ed in connection with Korea. Acco
ing to the Novoe vremya, the ia
nese government, through the medi
of private persons, is continually b
p ing land, mainly consisting OF strate
~ sites. in the Korean ports and CIT
the where Japanese immigrants, who
yer, really nothing but regular soldiers
As then settled by the state. Indeed
acy. two or three places the japanese n
Ior actually organized their own pol
sur treating the towns in question a
u, NM they were wholly Japanese The No
han. Vremya, which is one OF the seml'
over cial organs of the Muscovite COVE
Sew ment, declares that unless Russia Ca
his decisive action at once against ia
ique she will forfeit her legitimate infiue
n,,-sl