The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-09-30
FOREIGN NEWS.

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Victoria has travelled 1000. 900 miles.
1t is said Germany's Chancellor,
Prince Hoenlohe. will retire in Octo-
Der.
A commission in Russia is to con.
slider the question of universal and
compulsory education.
Cecil Rhodes, of South Africa, re-
Gently laid the foundation stone of a
new Methodist Church at Buluwayo.
Prince Alexander George, the broth.
er of Englsnd's next queen. will visit
the United States i'll the near future.
Havana, Cuba, is short of meat
because of the country round about be-
ing in the hands of the revolutionists.
A bill has been introduced in the
Nicaraguan Congress for the establish
ment Of gold standard in that coun-
try.
The Supreme Court Of Hawaii has
decided that the income tax law passed
by the last session of the Legislature
is unconstitutional.
The Catholic Archbishop has for
hidden priests to ride wheels within
the city limits of Montreal, Canada,
because it is undignified.
1t is asserted that the German gov.
eminent is to enter upon a tariff war
with America, and that heavy duties
will be placed on American meat.
A cablegram from England says the
Gar intends to partially abolish 81.
berian exile in his dominions by the
substitution of imprisonment in large
central prisons.
The British Government still ad.
heres to Lord Salisbury's demand for
the complete evacuation of Thessaly by
the Turkish troops. independent of any
financial question.
Fire broke out in tho Broken Hill
mine in Victoria, Australia. Two
hundred miners were overcome BY
smoke, and it is feared that the loss
of life will be large.
President Uribura of Argentina has
sent message to Congress advising
an increase of duties on imports from
the United States in retaliation against
the Dingley tariff.
The Government of Russia has
adopted proposal for the rapid with
drawal Of one and three rouble notes
thus forcing the circulation of the ne.
tallic currency of sill yer roubles.
The arohbishops of Canterbury and
York and the bishop of Chichester
recently issued letters to all the clergy
men in England urging the necessity o.
temperance work in each parish.
The capital of Siam has oonsidera
BILE foreign trade. During 1895 the
number of vessels that entered the
harbor Of Bangkok was SIS. and the
imports were valued at $40, 600, 900.
A rumor is now abroad in officia
circles to the effect that the new Span
ish Government will be replaced with
in two weeks by the liberal leaders
with Senior Segasta as prime minister
The failure Of potatoes, corn ant
hay in Ireland has resulted in gloom,
prospect for the coming winter. TIL,
price of bread is increasing in Eng
land and Ireland as we'll as in France
The Paris correspondent of the Dali,
London Graphic says that M. julie
Cambon, Governor General of Algeria
has been appointed French Embassado
to Great Britain, in succession to Barol
Courcle.
A dispatch tothe New York Worl,
from Venezuela says that vast golt
fields have been discovered in the Stat
of miranda Guaraca. The mine
yield several ounces of gold to the ton
An English syndicate is exploring thi
region.
The full text of the formal accept
ance by Japan of the proposal to arbi
trate the differences between that gov
eminent and Hawaii has been receive,
by the authorities at Washington
The king of Belgium is named as sol
arbitrator.
A dispatch from Constantinopl
states that the Sultan is anxious t.
reopen the Cretan question, hopinI
thereby to cheek the European concert
1t is proposed by the powers to end tn
blockade of Crete, which is now con
sidered useless.
The revolution in Guatemala is ser
ions. Quezaltenango is besieged an
will be captured by the insurgents un
less reinforced. Genreal Morales, tn
former Minister Of War, and Fuepte
Barrios. the Presidents brother in law
are leading the rebels.
The ,Iackson-H armsworth expedi
ton, which has spent three years il
and around Franz Josef Land, in tn
Arctic Ocean. has returned to Eng
land, having made thorough surve,
of that region and brought back mucl
valuable information.
At the Zionist congress. which ha
just adjourned at Basic, Switzerland
the project to purchase Palestine an,
re-settle the Jews was discussed a
length. The committee having thi
work in hand was authorized to rails,
a fund Of $50, 900, 900 to further tn,
scheme.
An imperial ukase has been ISSUED
at st. Petersburg. Russia, decreeins
that the gold reserve held agains
credit notes must not be less than hal
the value of the notes. so long as thi
does not exceed 60, 900 rubles. Abov,
this amount every ruble must be fully
covered.
The Mexican Government is now
facing a crisis in financial matters, il
reports from Mexican business center,
are reliable. Mexicans dollars ar,
now worth only S91a cents. Many
American merchants in Mexico ar,
giving MP their business and returning
to the States.
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