Mesa free press., 1899-01-20
FROM FOREIGN LANDS,

The Duke of Northumberland is
dead. He is succeeded by his son, Earl
Percy.
A dispatch to the Herald announces
that the gunbOat Helena passed Mes
sina, Italy, on her voyage to Manila.
The health of Emperor William of
Germany, who has been suffering from
influenza for some days past, is now
satisfactory. His Majesty received in
audience the minister of war, General
Won Gossler, and the chief of the mill
itary school, General Won Hahnke.
The Hon. Lionel Walter Rothschild
has been elected member of the parlia-
ment for the Aylesbury division of
Buckinghamshire, without opposition,
succeeding his uncle, the late Baron
Ferdinand James de Rothschild. The
late Baron Rothschild held the seat in
the Union Liberal interest.
The correspondent Of the Associated
Press is semi-officially advised that
the government first hopes to reach a
commercial provisorium with the
United States before a regular recip-
rocity treaty is concluded Negotia-
tlons to this end are proceeding with
great moderation on both sides.
William T. Stead, who is agitating
peace pilgrimage, beginning at San
Francisco and ending at st. Peters
burg, has received letters from Amer
lea sympathiZing with the. cause of
peace, among them one from Andrew
Carnegie and Senator Proctor of Yer
mont.
Gen. Rios, the Spanish commander,
telegraphs from Manila that the
strained relations between the Ameri-
cans and insurgents prevent steps be-
Ing taken in favor of the release of the
Spanish prisoners in the Philippine
Islands. He adds that he will act in
that direction as soon as it is possible.
In the opinion of the San Francisco
Chronicle France may find her invas-
ion of the Yang-tse river a costly ex-
pertinent. The valley of the great
river has been conceded to the British
even by Russia, so that France, in
taking that action is twisting the lion S
tail-nOt safe operation in these
days.
Col. Julison San Martin, who was in
Ponce when the United States troops
under General Miles landed ON the is
land, and who abandoned the place
without resistance, has been sentenced
to Imprisonment for life. He will be in
carcerated at Ceuta, the Spanish penal
colony in Morocco, opposite Gibraltar.
A big boiler being tested in Hewitt's
shipbuilding yards at Barking, Eng
land, burst, and the superintendent,
engineer and eight men were killed.
About forty persons were injured,
some fatally. The remains of the dead
were frightfully mutilated. The whole
shipbuilding works was wrecked. A
body was found dead 800 yards from
the scene of the disaster.
A Berlin cablegram says that, act
ing upon the instructions from Presi-
dent Faure, the French ambassador to
Germany, the Marquis de Nomiles, has
paid special visit to Potsdam' in or
der to make inquiries regarding the
health of Emperor William of Germa-
ny. The ambassador was received by
his majesty, who informed him that he
was progressing favorably.
The Daily News in an editorial well
coming the expected appointment Of
Joseph H. Choate of New York as
United States Ambassador to the
Court of ST. James, says: Englishmen
will thank President Mckinley for his
choice Mr.. Choate will have an easy
and pleasant task. He comes neither
to take part in a quarrel nor to heal
one, but to foster a cordial friendship
into still more friendly cordiality.