Hong Kong Telegraph 1890-03-22

Hong Kong Telegraph 1890-03-22

Year: 1890

PARLIAMENT. BISMARCK. A NEW FRENCH MINISTRY. SOME of the finest hospitals in the world are the municipal hospitals in Brazil. The Misericordia at Rio Janeiro receives 14,000 patients yearly. OUR old Tonquin acquaintance, the gallant General Negrior, lately issued a severe order against any swearing or blasphemy in connection with military commands in his corps. A REGULAR meeting of Victoria Lodge, No. 1026, will be held in Freemasons' Hall, Zetland Street. THE editor of the Knobnoster (Mo.) Gem was married recently, and in the most laconic fashion that paper thus offers congratulations. MORE than half the Municipal Engineer's staff at Singapore are down with the influenza. The Bulgarian Government has invited the Porte to try and induce the Powers to recognise Prince Ferdinand. A serious riot has taken place at Setubal in Portugal in which troops fired on the mob. In the House of Lords, Lord Salisbury staied he was unable to remember the precise words. Several Nihilists have been arrested near Anitchkoff Palace, where the Czar and his family are residing. The Cologne Gazette states that the Government will ask the Reichstag for fresh military credits.