Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-09-17
GOSSIP OF A CONTINENT.

GOSSIP OF A CONTINENT.
Facts Reaectinx the Public and Social Lie
Of Europe.
Investigation OH thespart Of the NOM
bers Of the Opposition Mt Madrid has
brought to light the fact that only l47
Cuban prisoners have been set Mt liberty
IN connection with the amnesty proclaimed
last spring on tho OCCASION Of the young
kings eleventh birthday, and that no less
than 5000 mon and women deported from
the Antilles by order of Captain General
'Weyler without any form OF trial or even
hearing, arrested In most Gases on mere
suspicion or on strength of calumny, re-
main incarcerated In the convict prisons
In Spain and In the penal establishments
of Ccuta on the Moorish coust and Of Fer
nando Pc In the pestileDtial gulf Of 0uinea.
r DEGREES have just been issued at Paris
for the government Of various French uni
versities. Each Of these seats OF learning
is to have council, consisting Of the REQ
tor, the heads Of faculties ond two dele
gates of each faculty elected triennially by
the professors. The council, subject to
the supervision Of the minister Of educa-
ton, will have control over the discipline,
teaching and Of the property Of the uni
versity, which latter comprises the endow-
ments and students fees. The state takes,
however, the examination and diploma
fees, pays all stipentls and creates, abolishes
or transforms professorsbips. Students
will honcefortb Bio able to migrate from
one university to another without length
ening their studies or delaying their de-
gree
According to the statements current In
official circles ut Madrid, Spain originally
intended to deport to. this country the an
archists who, In spite Of their being inDo-
cent Of any actual crime, have been con-
delnned to exile from tho land Of their
birth, and who are now in London. 1t Is
said that the United States government,
however, intiu7ated that under no o3roum-
stances would they he permitted to land.
on the ground that they were "undesirn
BILE immigrants" in which the Washing
ton authorities merely followed the exam
pie Of Germany, France, Russia and
Italy, all ct w'1ich countries declined to bs
made the dun ping ground of individuals
whose character WIS such that their own
people declined to keep them at home or
regard them any longer as fellow citizens.
The car has given orders for the imme-
date survey and the carly construction of
n line connecting the important city and
port of Archangel with the railroad sys
TEN at Vologda, which Is situated 500
miles from the former. At present the
journey from Archangel to St. Petersburg
or Moscow takes almost an entire week g
constant travelling.
Japan is about to place a contract in
this country for the rails and material re-
quired for the 200 miles of railroad which
Ii Is about to construct in Formosa, with
the object of opening up to trade the phe-
nomsnal and as yet totally undeveloped
RESOURCES Of that formerly Chinese island.
Japan itself has already $500 miles of
railroad In operation and Is rapidly ex-
tending the system. The Importance of
the lnikado's empire to the United States
as morket for American goods is demon
strated by the fact that the returns inst
issued ut Tokyo show tl,a6 the Imports In
1896 exceeded those, Of the previous year
by no less than e27 900, 900. The Imports
are larger than the exports by $50, 0OO, 900.
Japan has now q mercantile marine of
500, 900 tons in steamers and 1900 tons
in seagoing sailers. .,.. .., .....~ .r.4
General Baratieri, the Italian command
or, who has until now borne the odium of
the terrible defeat and annihilation Of his
army at Aboucarina, IL on the eve OF pub.
fishing book full Of facsimile letters of
Crispi and Of confidential dispatches, des-
tined to show that 1t Is the x-prelnier who
was mainly responsible for the, disaster.
The general adds that he would have re-
,nsined silent had not Crispi, formerly bis
most intimate friend, gone out Of bis way
during the last few months to assail him
on every possible occasion, both In speech
and in print. r. ''n .
As the result Of long and careful expert
ment, the governor OF the Bank of France
has now tintrusted the work Of detection
Of forged banknotes and Of debentures
with altered numbers entirely to q special
corps of women clerks. He declares that
the keen sensibility Of their finger tips en-
ables them in handling a note to distin-
guish the difference, however slight, be-
tween the forged and the real article. The
means adopted for bringing to light the
falsified numbers on debentures are rather
moro elaborate, and consist mainly in the
distinction Of the difference in the SYM
metry Of the figures and Of the ink used,
glasses being used for the
former and chemical preparations for the
latter.
Pestered beyond all endurance by the
numerous foreign visitors from every
quarter Of the globe Emperor Menelek has
now made known that no one will be al
lowed to enter or travel In Abyssinia un-
less intrusted with some official mission
BY his government to the court Of tho Ne
gus or else provided with permit by the
latter, which will only be granted In cases
where the traveller is properly Endorsed and
warmly recommended by the recognized
executive Of his native country. 60 .a"
The widespread impression which pre-
walls, especially among the more ignorant
glasses, to the effect that usury is, II not
actually sanctioned, at any rate tolerated
BY, the Jewish faith, should be dispelled BY
The announcements that not only has the
great English money lender lsaao Gordon.
recently before the house Of commons for
been expelled from The, aypa-