St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-09-28
Live Foreign Notes.

A Catholic priest recently found
lump Of gold in Western Australia weigh
ing 115 pounds and valued at 1921 900.
AS soon as he announced his discovery
5000 miners FASTENED to the spot and
Australia now has gold fever winch
may rival the Klondike craze.
Diplomatic relations between Italy
and the United States Of Columbia have
been suspended because of ltaly's at
tempt to collect an old claim.
The Windward Islands were recently
visited by fearful hurricane, the island
of Barbados suffering most severely:
There 10000 persons were rendered
homeless and 4487 houses were destroy
ed. Eighty. seven deaths were reported
and much damage was done to shipping
and the sugar plantations. Fortunately
| the houses were mere shantleS ana can
be rebuilt for few dollars.
The cruiser Marblehead represented
the United States at the unwilling OF the
monument at Lafayette at Quebec last
week. The ceremony was conducted IN
the French language though Quebec is
one of the largest cities OF British
| province.
China's Emperor has abdicated in
favor of the Dowager Empress, lady
Ga years old who has been the real ruler
OF China for the last generation. Every
body expects that Ii Hung Chang will
be reinstated in office, and that the
Emperor's reforms will be peremptorily
smothered. The English foresee an in
crease in Ru,sian influence, and cores
ponding damage to their interests.
The liquor saloons in the poorer
quarters OF East London were watched
recently on three successive Sundays
during the hours in which they were
open. Out of 1880 customers who
visited them 289S were children.
Turkey has issued decree forbidding
Jewish colonies to settle in Palestine.
This is distinct rebuff to the Zionist
movement and may have been inspired
by Germany, Emperor William having
other plans for Palestine when it ceases
| to be under Mohammedan rule, as it
must inevitably some day.
The Jewish Year Book estimates that
there are about eleven million Jews in
the world, half of them still under Rus
sian Jurisdiction, Notwithstanding their
wholesale expulsion from the empire
during the last six or seven years.
Canada adopts penny postage 1.-TWO
cents) DC. % to all the Queens domin-
ions but the thres cent rate will still pre-
vail in Canada. Hon. W,lliam Unlock,
postmaster general, who has been large
ly instrumental in bringing about the
adoption Of the uniform imperial rate
into which all the British possessions
have entered except Australia is quickly
making this possible. Since taking
charge of this department, two years
ago, the deficit has been reduced from
| $2S7 600 to $4,000.
William Waldorf Aston is still an
American citizen. His name was placed
on the voters list IN London borough
and the liberals challenged it ON the
ground that Mr.. Astor was an alien.
Mr.. Aston wrote to say that the liberals
were correct. His name was placed on
the list without his kno wledge and con-
trary to his wishes.
A dispatch has been received in London
from Gen. Roca the president-elect OF
Argentina, saying there will be no war
between that country and Chill.
1t is understood at Yokohama that
the Japanese government has decided to
negotiate for a foreign loan OF $780,
600 900.