The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-08


the famous Alpine monastery of ST
Bernard had been destroyed by an ava
lanche. A big avalanche certainly has
taken place in the pass, but the monas-
terry is quite safe and has sustained no
injury whatsoever.
The German government is sending
out invitations TO an international con-
gress on leprosy, at which DIR. Koch, the
eminent bacteriologist, will preside.
Sweden Denmark, Norway and Russia
have already intimated their intention
Of being officially represented The
whole subject of leprosy and its attend
amt evils Will come under consideration
of the meeting, the aim of which Will
be TO induce the powers Of the world 10
act collectively, il not in the hope Of
stamping out tho disease, at any rate Of
keeping it within prescribed limits.
The Spanish government has official
" called the attention Of the French au-
thoriti,s to the Carlist agitation along
the northern frontier of the kingdom.
Arms and ammunition of all kinds are
BEING ordered in France and Belgium
by Carlist agcuts and dispatched to the
Pyrenees. Don Carlos, WHO'S at Venice,
docs not contradict the news and speaks
Of it as a prelude TO Lis own ab0ication
i'll favor of his son, Don Jaime.
According to an Official announce
ment just made by the minister of the
interior at Berlin, tie quartermaster
who was in charge of the helm of the
English steamship Crathie at the time
when she ran down the Atlantic liner
Elbe off the east coast of England is
now in the United States, and, with
view of relieving his conscience" has
recently made full confession of GER
tain important facts that he withheld
at the time Of the inquiry into the sink
ing of the Elbe, that entailed the loss
of several hundred lives. From his con-
fession it appears that both the helms
man himself and the man ON the look
ont on board the Crathie had left their
posts and gone into the cabin to drink
their coffee, so that their vessel was en-
tirely without control and without any
one on deck at the time of the collision.
All fears which had been entertained
by the German authorities with regard
to the possibility Of the freezing Of the
Baltic canal during the winter are now
shown TO have been without foundation,
and there is no longer any ground for
apprehension lest the cold weather
should interfere with navigation be-
tween The Baltic aud the North seas.
Despite the severe frost, which during
the last winter has at times entirely
blocked with ice the Belt and the sound
as we'll as the nay of Kiel, the canal has
rot Leen closed q single day.
a fresh conflict is impending between
the German government and the corn
dealers. The latter, since the close Of
the Corn Exchange, have been holding
private meetings i'll their own Offices
every day for the purpose of transacting
business. The imperial commissioner of
the Stock Exchange has now decided
that these meetings, although taking
place in private offices, really constitute
regular "bourses" and as such are lille
gal and prohibited. On the other hand,
the corn dealers declare that they do
not propose to permit the government
to ruin them by forcing them out of
business
A considerable quantity of forged
Bank of England notes being now in
circulation, the lawyers of that institu-
ton have issued warning, which APP
plies to forged bank notes of every kind.
According to this, bogus bank note
may always be- distinguished from the
genuine by its inferiority in size. The
original steel plates used by the banks
are drawn to allow for the shrinking of
the transfer paper containing the note
imprint, and as the countcrfeiter must
necessarily engraye bis plate just the
size Of the genuine note from which he
copies, a still further shrinkago onsues
i'll the case Of tic bogus Eotcs printed
from the fc-acr's plates
According TO adviccs received il Len
don. The CEiEcec Gc7crnn 1T is at res.
emit pc pa..cc ia.G.S,.e, Ct Na.cl,
il is diflcuit T. prcdic, the c,..cos.c.
The yoahg empcro1'a rmiy ISIS -
moment in the as ys0ant, Nl.ilc tn. g.
the doVaeer empress, t. H,,i, Ii
Chang belongs, IL cut l. lie Geld y,
leading personesc It TIC present ric
III China IS tho yccnP emperor -
tutor, who is the i.cital enemy G. Ii
Hung Chang, ard who V scilc r,~qns
or another seems to lave saccccLcd IL
persuading his former pupil that j; !.
Ii Hung Chang who is really rcspcngi
BILE for the recent var vi, IA Jar..n. Ib,
effects of the war are being bitterly fel,
just now by the Chinese government.
Until that conflict took place the Gus
toms department, presided over by Sir
Robert Hart, and which is about the
only honest government admin. stgaliou
In China, furnished the major portio,.
OF the revenue Of the empire. The Gus.
toms receipts are, however, no longer
forthcoming for that purpose, having
been mOrtQaQed IN Ruaeiu no a., o,x;x.