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1892. FOREIGN NEWS. King Humbert of Italy has given $5,000 to the British Society for Sailors. Italy is said to be seeking a pretext for quarreling with France, with a view to a general European war. A banquet was given by the Parisian press in honor of the visiting Russians. Covers were laid for 5,660 guests. Having refused to evacuate their intrenchments, the Moors at Melilli were attacked by the Spaniards and defeated. A mimic battle between British marines and sailors at Halifax, N. S., was witnessed by 10,000 persons. Judge Boyd of Dublin has refused to grant the petition of Michael Davitt, who applied for his discharge in bankruptcy. The ultia-Conservatives and the antiSemites have united under the name of the United Parties faithful to the empire in Berlin, and have decided to favor the same cardidates in the Prussian elections. Five hundred anti-home rule delegates attend the Ulster parliament in Belfast. Among the passengers on the steamer Umatilla, arrived at San Francisco, were seventeen miners who return from the Yukon river, Alaska, with gold dust in their possession valued at $70,000 as a result of one year's work. In the reichsrath at Vienna Count von Taafe, president of the council of ministers, in a long speech moved the first reading of the franchise bill, thus setting at rest all rumors to the effect that this important measure would be withdrawn. Tin and declares in order Inthe Prince Antoine d'Orleans Eulalia have been staying the Savoy Hotel at London since Oct. 18. The Spunish princess will remain several days longer in London. She does not attract much attention. She has been visited at the hotel by several Spanish notabilities and dined yesterday evening at the Spanish embassy. The Prince of Wales has called upon her. A Buenos Ayres special says: The foreign colonists in- Santa Fe charge the foreign consuls with a lack of interest and activity in the protection of their interests. Several meetings have been called in order to protest against the conduct of the consuls. Agents of the Brazilian revolutionary party at Buenos Ayres have gone to Rosario to intercept the Brazilian gunboat Bahia, which is descending from Paraguay, in the hope of winning it over to the insurgent cause. IN GENERAL Immigrant business causes trouble. among Western railroads. Illinois authorities will attempt to overthrow the school furniture trust. There are 3,000 nemployed people in Dayton, Ohio. The Soo withdraws it $50 Portland rate. Unpaid employes of the Santa Fe system threaten to strike for back pay. Work has been resumed at the Dexter mine, near Ishpeming, Mich., after three months of idleness. Mills at New Bedford, Mass., Bellows Falls, Vt., and Raymond, N. H., started up, While awaiting a decree of divorce against his wife, William Jacks dropped dead in court at St. Louis. George Meyer, the New York carriage manufacturer whose firm has failed, has disappeared. At Georgetown, Ky., Officer G. C. James was killed by Lloyd Cole, who was himself fatally wounded, Horace Hill, arrested for the murder of Anna Wiese at Marshaltown, Iowa, was discharged from custody. Mrs. George Burbank was divorced at Tacoma, Wash.; and was married three minutes later. Frederick Morris, a harness manufacturer of Bath, N. Y., has failed for over $65,000. Big Bear and 200 braves have seized the abandoned Fort Russell military reserve in Montana, claiming it reverts to the tribe. A San Francisco company has contracted with Chinese brokers for 30,000 coolies, who will be sent to Central and South America. The estate of Miss Jane Holmes of Allegheny, Pa., estimated at $1,500,000, has been left to ten charitable institutions. A city council investigating committee severely arraigned officials of the South Boston house of correction for abuse of the prisoners. The Horton company, manufacturers of carriages at Cincinnati, Ohio, has assigned. Assets, $30,000; liabilities, $23,000, The Exchange Bank of Climax, Mich., has suspended payment and posted notices that depositors would be paid in full. The male students at Wesleyan university, Middletown, Conn., have formed a secret society to boycott young women students. Judge Dallas, in the United States circuit court at Philadelphia, granted an injunction to the American Bell Telephone company restraining Rolls Stier, of Bedford, Pa., from manufacturing,
