Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-03-29
FOREIGN.

The Argentine revolution is ended.
Joseph Pohl, chemist, died in Vienna,
The report of Osman Pasha death Is
denied
The German reichstag adjourns next
week,
Scotch expedition will explore
south polar regions
The Panama canal commission has
300 surveyors at work.
The Russian press fears Japan's in
fiuence in eastern Asia.
The sultan of rangier ceded NIGGA
dore, off Morocco, to France.
The French council of war has made
out elaborate mobilization plans.
Ras Mangascia's rebellion against
Menelck in Abysslnia was defeated
Admiral Sir Henry Fairfax British
commander-in-ch at Plymouth. died.
Russia's entire Black sea fleet was
modified in ten days as an expert
ment
a statue to Gordon is being erected
outside Of the sirdar's palace az khar-
tum.
X. Rostand. the French dramatic
author, is i'll with congestion of the
lungs
China's nowager empress has deco
rated officials who have shown marked
hostility to foreigners
Turkey Increased her import duties
after having denied such a purpose
The powers viii protest.
Cardinal l.. III Canossa, bishop of We
roma and once candidate for pope
died at Verona, Italy
It Is reported that President Romano
is making arrangements to liberate all
political prisoners in Peru.
| Parners sister declared the queens
shamrock order an insult 70 Ireland.
ParuelPs brother thinks ii gracious
/ rhe famine expenditure in India for
| lS99-19O0 is e2O5500O and that for
900-01 is estimated at 6 $685. coo.
The United states canal commission
/ has left Colon for Costa Ricl and Will
proceed from the republic to New York.
! Ii IS beginning to be feared in Lon
don that violence will be done Queen
Victoria on her coming visit to Ireland
Twenty-four peasants were drowned
4 by the capsiziug OF boat in which they
were crossing the Danube river from
kaloosa to Pays.
rhe bubonic plague Is fast inereas-
ing In Bengal, l,725 deaths occurred
last week These included 74i in Cal
cutta and 2,044 in Patna
Bulgaria and Roumauia having dis
agreed over an island in the Danube.
the former country has decided to sub
nit the dispute to a board of arbtra-
ton
Toronto carpenters are asking for an
increase Of wages from 22is cents per
hour to y cents pen hour to go into
effect on May l. The master builders
are considering il
4 Constantinople correspondent an
uounces that the sultan has yielded in
/ all essential particulars TO the Rus
sian demands respecting railway con-
Icessions in Asia Minor.
The India officers annual financial
statement SHOWS surplus Tor 1891 SUu
/ Of e. 553 600 and an estimated surplus
! for l900-l90l of ESQ 900 The famine
expenditure for lS99-l90o worked out
at L oJ5.0 Il is estimated that the
/ famine expenditure for 1900-I90l will
ibe c3.335,000
rhe Kreut Zeltung, in a remarkable
Iartlcle dealing with the south African
war. says. The war has demonstrated
the unanlmlty OF feeling among the
English aud it has also shown In a
most amazing way the strength OF the
mperlalIstic idea. having done much
in welding the colonies into a vertable
empire
In the palace Of justice at Paris an
attempt was made 70 murder the pre-
siding judge 81 the fifth court by a
druggist named Bardin. who had just
J los, a suit Bardin fred three shots
lat fhe Judge, the bullets grazing his
head Municipal guards threw them
selves On Bardln and removed him to
la cell, while The judge. With perfect
4coo,ness said ID counsel You can
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