The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-11-06
FOREIGN NEWS.

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It is stated that since 1912 Queen
Victoria has travelled 1000, 900 miles.
It 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 mex 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 u 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 undignifed.
1t is asserted that the German gov
eminent is to enter upon a tariff wal
with America, and that heavy duties
will bs placed on American meat.
A cablegram from England says the
Gar intends to partially abolish ST.
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 tina 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
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an increase of duties on imports from
the United States in retaliation against
the Dingley tariff.
The Government of Russia has
adopted a proposal for the rapid with
drawal Of mi and three rouble notes,
thus forcing the circulation of the me-
tallic currency of sill Ter roubles.
The archbishops of Canterbury and
York and the bishop of Chichester,
recently issued letters to all the clergy.
men in England urging the necessity OF
temperance work in eacn parish.
The capital of Siam has a considera-
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 official
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 and
hay in Ireland has resulted in a gloomy
prospect for the coming winter. The
price of bread is increasing in Eng
land and Ireland as we'll as in France.
The Paris correspondent of the Daily
London Graphic says that M. Jules
Cambon, Governo--General of Algeria,
has been appointed French ambassador
to Great Britain, in succession to Baror
Courcle.
A dispatch tothe New York WorlC
from Venezuela says that vast colo
fields have been discovered in the State
of miranda Guaraca. The mines
yield several unce of gold to the ton.
An English syndicate is exploring thii
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 received
by the authorities at Washington.
The king Of Belgium is named as sole
arbitrator.
A dispatch from Constantinople
states that the Sultan is anxious te
reopen the Cretan question, hoping
thereby to cheek the European concert.
1t is proposed by the powers to end the
blockade of Crete, which is now con
sidered useless.
The revolution in Guatemala is ser.
ious. Quezaltenango is besieged and
will be captured by the insurgents nm
less reinforced. Genreal Morales, the
former Minister of War. and FueDtet
Barrios. the Presidents brother-in-law,
are leading the rebels.
Tho Jackson-H armsworth expedi-
tion, which has spent three years in
and around Franz Josef Land, in the
Arctic Ocean. has returned to Eng
land. having made a thorough survey
of that region and brought back much
valuable information.
At the Zionist congress. which has
just adjourned at Basic, Switzerland,
the project to purchase Palestine and
re-settle the Jews was discussed at
length. The committee having this
work in hand was authorized to raise
a fund of $50, GOO, 600 to further the
scheme.
An imperial ukase has been issued
at st. Petersburg, Russia, decreeiDg
that the gold reserve held against
credit notes must not be less than half
the value of the notes, SO long as this
does not exceed so, 900 rubles. Above
this amount every ruble must be fully
covered.
The Mexican Government Ia NOW