Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1896 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

The American Line steamship Spree, reported' a day overdue, has arrived at "Southampton, She was delayed Try a fog. The administration of President I’ieroTat of 'Peru, istobe -credited with another triumph iu effecting a loan of SO,000,000 francs. The loan, whieh will he 'guaranteed by a salt tax and Other revenues, will be Subscribed partly in Paris and partly in Lima. , The loan will be submitted to an executive sessianof con- , gross for ratification. The jovernment's object in raising the money is to ransom Lie provinces of Tacna and Arica, The report of the labor department of the government board of trade of Great Britain for the month euding July 15 shows that during the month in question 43,000 wage workers were affected by 'Changes in rates of wages, in which 40,000 obtained increases and 3,000 sustained decreases. The estimated effect of all the changes Was an aggregate advance of about 20 cents on the dollar iu the wages of the total number affected. Five thousand iron and steel workers. 18,000 mechanics in the engineering aud ship building industries. 9,000 Workmen m other fifanchea of the nigral trades and 4.000 building operators obtained increases. The princij^al.’reductions affected 2.0Q0 blast furnace men in the northwhst of England. The report goes on toTay that in most industries the state of employment continues very good, and that the percentage of in the various trade unions was but 3.2 pet cent, ns against 5.G per cent for the same period of last year.