The Archive · 1902

News from Europe

Berlin, 9th July. trip to Norway.

H. M. the Emperor left to-day for his eneral Anthénor Firmin, the leader of the Northern m_clected President of the Haytian Republic.

A St. Petersburg telegraph agency re-! ports that Russia has not yet commenced the evacuation of Manchuria.

10th July.

An insurrection of the natives is reported to have taken place on the frontier of Basuto!and.

The conversion of the French 34 per cent consols into 3 per cent has been voted by the Chamber of Deputies, the widow of the last member of the houS® of Anhalt-Bernburg, died at Ballenstedt, aged 91 years, Ith July The German Government has absolute consent t" the conditions agreed upon by the Ministers for the evacuation of Tient-in, Reports are again published by the Press that the sale of Macao to Germany is imminent, but they are officially declared to be absolutely unfounded.

In consequence of the new volcanic eruptions at Martinique, the city of Fort-de-France is now in great danger.

News has been received of a great catastrophe in the Pennsylvania mining districts. Three hundred people are missing.

Constantinople is declared to be no longer an infected port.

The Bell-tower of St. Marc's at_Venice has collapsed. There were no fatalities.

The King of Italy was received at St. Petersburg "with as much splendour as cordiality.

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