Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-11-29
FOREIGN NEWS

News from japan Is that the lates
addition to the japanese navy, tn,
cruiser Akashi Kan, was succt ssfulll
launched at the Yokosuka shipping
yard on November s.
News from London is to the effect
that Prince George OF Russia received
the United States ambassador, An
drew d. White, on Tuesday last,
A typhoon swept over the Philip.
pines and killed many thousand peo
pie on Oct, 8. Over 400 Eu ,opean:
were killed and 5000 natives and the
tidal wave devastated a large portion
of the island.
A Viena dispatch says that chaos
and disorder still reigns supreme In
thelower house Of the Austrian reichs
rath. mark Twain" was hit on the
head while being forcibly elected from
the lower house of the relchsrath by q
Czech delegate.
Advices from Corea announce that
the Tong Haks have again risen In
the Corean provinces of Chung Chonp
Do and Chol La Do. A detachment OF
Corean soldiers was dispatched from
Seoul to suppresl them on October 81
Constantinople adYices say: The
Austrian Lloyd steamship Diana has
been in collision off Galatea with the
British steamer Antonio. The Diana
sank. About $50 pas engers and 4C
members of the crew we're saved
London dispatch says: George
Askwlth, the lawyer, who accompan.
led Lord Dunraven to the United
States, has been appointed junior
counsel for Great Britain on the Ven.
ezuela arbitration commission.
A cable from Berlin announces
that the speech OF the Austro-Hun-
garlan minister of foreign affairs,
Count Goluchowski, asking Europe
to unite against American Gompeti-
tion, is yariously commented upon
here. The liberal and radical news
papers condemn such step.
Berlin cable says the imperial
warship Gefion will proceed to Haytl
as soon as,she Jean be fitted for sea,
and will enforce the demands of Ger
many, backed up by two German
scholarships. Somewhat late, the Ger
man press nows does justice to the
assistance received in this matter
through the intervention Of the
United States minister at Port-au.
Prince.
A Madrid dispatch says:-The cap
tain-general of the Philippine islands
cables from Manila that the insur-
gents held meeting, but could not
arrive at an agreement, and started
for home, but were intercepted by the
Spanish troops, who killed many OF
them.
A London dispatch says the rumor
of conflict In west Africa is not yet
over and is expected daily. 1t is diff
ticult to apportion the blame for this
state of affairs. That the French
initiated the system or entered the
the contested terri ritory in west Africa
is indisputable, but the "Volonial
Colum bus," as Sir williams Vernon
HarcOurt, the liberal leader, has nick
named Joseph Chamberlain, the sec
retary Of state for the colonies, has
made serious false step in following
suit.
The doubts raised as to whether an
English aristocrat was permitted to
marry AN Indian have been dispelled
by the announcement that Lady Co
ventry and Prince Dhuleep Singh are
to be married on December 20. The
Coventrys are opposed to the union,
but their objections have been over
ruled, and the government has agreed
to settled upon the bride the sum OF
e2OO (Sl0,00O) annually.
A cable from Berlin says: Within
two months squadron of eight fine
cruisers, having on board $500 men,
will he assembled in Chinese waters,
and the fact that Prince Henry OF
Prussia, brother of his majesty, is to
command half this force, lends prob
ability to the reports current in gov
ernment circles that hot work is ex-
pected, as Prince Henry's great am
bition for years past has been to win
naval laurels.