The Hood River glacier., May 09, 1891, Image 1

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PACIFIC COAST.
Tho British Tug Lorno
Soizod and Fined.
OREGON SHEEP NOT FOR SALE.
Now Sugar Reflnory Started in San
Francisco in Opposition to tho
Two Old Roftnorios.
A0 1 1 1j (trowi'M of Washington nre selling
, Uiim season h (Tup iu id renin u miiiii.
Spokane's land ollice is crowded daily
with men seeking to make homestead
entries.
Surveyors uro lorutitiK n telephone line
from Ellensburgh to .Sclah, Purge and
lllKllllil.
I Tacomu people uro building n steam-
J lxiat, which they claim will lie the fast-
I est on the Still ml.
I A celebration of tin- tlint-t vory of Gray's
liarlHr in 17112 iH proposed to le held at
V r Gray's HarlHir city on July 4.
J ' Brit sh Columbia wants an increase in
thc Chinese head tax. It in now $50, nntl
Victoria wants it made 1 1 KJ.
Sulum la beginning to realize the im
portance of the fact that she has a first
elass Btont! tiiarry jiiHt outside her Minim.
Twelve union miners at Wellington,
15. C, are under arrest for beating a non
unitm ninn until his life waNilcHpaired of.
The British tug Iirne Ihih liecn seized
and lined M at Tort Angeles for towing
vessel from that port to other American
IortH.
The Times says the expenditures in
Ih Angeles thin year for street r.iilroads,
Improvements and buildings will reach
$5,000,000.
E. llumason, a prominent cattle dealer
at Spokane, convictetl of cattle dealing,
has b."" sentenced to two years in the
penitentiary.
President Fultla reported at a meeting
of the Directors of the California Ath
letic Club at Sun Fianciaco the other
night that he hud visited Peter J.ickson's
quarters ami found Peter feeling well
and able to walk about without crutches
or even a cane. Jackson nsHiired Presi
dent Fulda that he woultl be all right for
his match with Corbet t in due time, lie
1h now Hollering no pain from his recent
ly injured leg, and all inflammation bus
disappeared.
Oregon agricultural experiment station
bus issued its April bulletin, which will
be of more than usual interest to fruit
growers and farmers, as it contains an
account of practical work at tho Btation
in experimenting on the codling moth
with paris green and with a combined
fungicide and insecticide ; also an article
on the bop louse, giving a history of tho
animal, remedies for it, etc. This bulle
tin will be sent free to all residents of
the State applying for it, and it is worthy
of perusal by all who raise fruit or hops.
A meeting of representatives from
twenty irrigation districts of California
was bold one day last week to take action
toward promoting the eule of irrigation
bonds. Isndor Jacobs presided, and said
the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
would assist as far as possible in aid of
the cause of irrigation, lie considered
the liontls issued under the Wright irriga
tion law, a good investment foreapitalists,
they having been passed upon by the Su
preme Court. Judge Hazen then read a
paper holding the name of these bonds
should be made as well known as those
of other gilt-edge securities. Two hun
dred thousand dollars worth had been
bought by Sun Francisco bankers, and
some of them had been sold abroad. It
was decided to persuade the Sun Fran
cisco bankers to indorse the irrigation
bonds, so that a market for them might
be found in the East.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
t.i'iii'tiil Nhi-riMiiii'i I'rlemlx Hnlirrll n
,11 mil III cut Hum for Ilia lill.lrfii.
Tlie grip is it. lire fatal in New York
(IiIn year than last,
Tht dreaded typhus fever Ihih made it?
appearance in New York city.
Secretary Tracy is introducing civil
nervier refoi m ill the navy yards.
The Italians of Cincinnati are endeav
oring to have Consul Kavogli removed
(ruin ollice.
The city of New Haven has decided to
erect a building in w hich all its charities
are to lie combined.
St. Louis unions oppose the hill to give
the poliee fund 111 per cent, of tlie lines
and M per cent, of dog license.
The President has recogni.ed Rafael
(ill! legos IIS Colisill-I iellfllll of Costa R it'll
for California at Sun Francisco.
Mis. James K. Polk owes $2,000 taxes
on her Nashville residence, and the bouse
is advertised fur sale to meet tlieln.
A comic opera company has cuneeletl
lis dates in Minnesota on account of the
anti-light lull passed by the Legislature.
It iH reported that many national
banks in Kaunas will surrender their
charters and reorganize under the State
system.
Tin' Extositioii Committee of the
Hoard of l ady MunagerH of the World's
Fair says Miss Coii.ins' removal was im
perative. Secretary Noble says that he will lay
oil the Indian reservations, whim to Is'
opened, in counties containing 70.) square
miles eaeli.
The President of the whisky trust does
not believe Secretary (ilbsoii guilty of
the charge of conspiring to destroy a
distillery at Chicago,
Major i. P. Heath of the F.ngineer
Corp, U. S. A., is endeavoring to have
LilsTtv's torch iu New York barlsir
llameif with tho colors of the (lag of the
country.
Friends of the late I ieneral Sherman
have ipiief y Mihst ri'oetl fTO.lKW to a (mid
for the children, who have heretofore in
sisted on their ability to take care of
themselves.
I he comer stone of the new building
of tho great .Carmelite Convent in New
Orleans was laid with imposing ceremo
nies. Archbishop Jansseiis conducted
the ceremonies.
The President of the lnmaii line i hi
authority for the statement that a sturdy
American line for thirty Atlantic steam
ships is to be built, to Is' manned by
American sailors.
" The Anticipators " is the name of u
new religious sect just sprung up in Pike
county, Pa. They believe the world w ill
end lieforethi-u'enturyt'loHcs, The mem
bership is increasing.
Now that New Hampshire has enacted
a bnllot-ref inn bill, the Senate having
nnMmil without amendment the bill ore-
viollsly adopted by the House, New l'ng
land is solid for the secret ballot.
The American Consul at Kingston, On
tario, reports that the amount of fees
collected at his ollice for exports was
sma'ler last t)tiaiter than it ever wiih 1k'
foru since he was stationed there.
There w ill lie thirty-six new vessels in
New York harbor in lK'.Kl to participate
in what Secretary Tracy says will be the
grandest naval tfenionstration ever wit
nessed in the western hemisphere.
Tht! negro colonization of Oklahoma
seems to be going on with considerable
system and persistence. The new "city"
of Liiugrtton is exclusively a negro city.
The clim ite seems suited to tlie colored
people.
Negotiations are going on for the pur
chase of 100, (Hk) acres of pine timlcr
land in Southeastern Arkansas by an
English syndicate. The ileal is made
through Chicago parties. The price
agreed on is $5 an acre.
A highly desirable site has been se
lected by the Kansas committee which
recently went to Chicago to secure space
for an exhibit at the World's Fair. The
lot decided upon is 120x170 feet, and has
a frontage on two streets.
As a result of the war talk the manu
facturers at Pittsburg who have contracts
with the government for the manufacture
of iron and steel, to bo used in the con
struction of naval vessels, have been or
dered to hurry along the work.
An official at Castle Garden, who in
spects immigrants, is authority for the
statement that nine-tenths of the Ital
ians who come to this country expect to
return to their peninsular home as soon
as they gather a tidy sum here.
Tho Kentucky Constitutional Conven
tion has tinished its work after a session
of 11)11 days. Tho proposed changes will
lie voted upon next August. There are
about 21,000 words in the new Constitu
tion. Tho old one contained 12,580 words.
It is stated at Minneapolis that the
Canadian Pacific railroad intends to com
plete the western extension of tho Soo
route and make it the main line between
Boston, Montreal and the Pacific Coast,
making it a transcontinental short line.
Thu United States District Court- at
Omaha has decided that the South Omaha
Live Stock Exchange has the right to
prohibit parties not members of th ex
change from selling stock at the yard.
The life-saving service along tho New
Jersey const has been crippled by the ill
ness of many of the men on duty. The
report along' the entire shore front from
Cape May to Sandy Hook shows that the
grin and rheumatism are general.
The great horse Tenny is considered
out of all danjer of a breakdown, and
his lameness is fast disappearing. There
is now little doubt that he will bo in
racing condition this summer, and there
is hope that he will be ablo to start in
the suburban.
The Canadian Pacific railroad has
everything ready to commence the con
struction of its new bridge across the
Niagara river. The bridge will cost the
company over $2,000,000, but it will be
one of the most substantial structures in
America.
EASTERN ITEMS.
Trunk Linos Boycott tho
Chicago and Alton.
NEW YORK'S DIVES CLOSED.
Cumuli Studonts Elect Bob Ingorsoll to
Mako the Annual Address, But
the Faculty Vetoes It.
A bath-tub combine is tint latest.
Sugar is Is'ing smuggled into Canada.
Teiiemi'iit-boiise inspection is now go
ing on in Boston.
The New Yolk olice have IsM'tl or
dered to " close the dives."
A big soldiers' reunion will he held at
New York July 4 next.
New Hampshire has adopted the Aus
tralian ballot system of voting.
A whole family has Is-cii urrcstfd at
Topeka for mailing obscene letters.
Many hoises have died at Hi'd Bank,
N. J., of a disease similar to the grip.
Anna Dickinson bus written to George
Francis Train, who sympathizes with
her.
The steamer Olympia from Palermo
has just landed -t.'iii Sicilians at New Or
leans. At the close of its first year of high
license Baltimore pronounces the system
a success.
Mexico w ill send the (Inest specimens
of various kinds of wikhIs to the Chicago
Exposition.
A New York pisilsellt r has liecn sen
tenced to pay $ 1,000 line and spend three
months in jail.
Mayor-elect Hose of Cleveland is said
to Is' so nnnoved by olliceseekers that be
has fled the city.
Archbishop Kvan of Philadelphia has
forbidden Catholics to bury relatives or
friends on Sunday.
In nearly every instance the women
candidates for School Commissioners
were defeated this spring in Missouri.
A party of 110.) impoverished Central
Kansas settlers have left for TojKilobam
si, the Socialist colony on the west coast
of Mexico.
The Baltimore and Ohio road has se
cured a number of new and powerful en
gines, said to 1h- the llnest and swiftest
ever built.
Tennessee is growing a little restless
over the thought that her legislature ad
journed without appropriating for the I
World's Fair.
Five hundred immigrants have landed
at Halifax, and are coming into the
United States by rail to avoid the new
immigration law.
Delaware's new tram) lalior bill pro
vides that all trumps in Delaware may
Ik set to work for sixty days breaking
stones and mending roads.
There is a bill still pending in the Leg
islature at Springfield providing for ap
propriation of f"i00,000 for the Illinois
exhibit at the World's Fair.
Treasury locks are to lie placed on Ca
nadian gootls in transit through the
United States, and tho use of Consular
seals is to bo done uwuy with.
President Harrison has appointed Hall
G. l'arker (colored) of Missouri to be an
alternate Commissioner at large to the
World's Columbian Exposition.
The new Constitution of Kentucky,
framed by the convention which has just
adjourned, forbids members of the legis
lature from accepting railroad pusses.
A bill was reported in the Massachu
setts Senate one day last week authoriz
ing the city of Boston to borrow if 3,600,
000 outside of debt limit as a park loan.
The officers of the Alton road profess
to bo cheerful In 'the face of the trunk
line boycott, but add that it may not be
long before they will have to slash rates.
Petitions have been filed at Ottawa to
unseat Sir Adolphe Caron, Minister of
Militia, and Sir Hector Langevin, Minis
ter of Public Works, for corrupt prac
tices. The captains of the various fire-engine
houses in Cincinnati have received strict
orders to put a stop to the custom fol
lowed by policemen of sleeping in en
gine houses.
A sensational article in a New York
imner snys Mrs. Leslie Carter and David
Belasco have gone to Europe together.
It is claimed by others the trip is only a
business one.
The Committee on Territories will
probably not visit Alaska, as authorized
to do by Congress. The question of the
proper government to give Alaska has
not yet been decided.
The first official act of the new Mayor
of Philadelphia, Mr. Stuart, was to give
noticemen ten days in w hich to withdraw
from all campaign and political commit
tees of which they may be niembars.
Hereafter they are to keep out of politics
on pain of instant dismissal.
The impeachment trial nf Judce Tle-
arties ! inn how sleek lie not tho lands,
( sur
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evota,)
ck'k us
Siility.
fol re
th tbi
think how easily made is the ni ,rtthat he claimed the authorship for
by staying over the winter in a si mself is a baseless absurdity,
and then sell for $400 or o00 ai The Eari of Derby hna the question
notuing. ' I should smile, ami le distinction of owning more drinking
right by our noses. Wo have ull j ces than any other English Peer. He
work hard for our proofs . KShStS
thing we are hero to stay. We don)? the Earl of Bedford, with forty
want to sell and we dont want to go to ' shops. The Duke of Devon-
Missouri. We that have been
lust seven or eiirht years want
in Mood River.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Til Collector of I uloirm for A I uU M Will
Ai),lnt mi A.IoiIhii hi 1 -1. ii t .
A court of inquiry having found Lieu
tenant Commander I'.ii knell ref ponsil.le
for thestrandingof the Nina and Gulenu,
a court-martial has been ordered.
The exsrts of merchandise from the
United States for the twelve months
ended March T!l were H72,OlO,.'i77, and
the inifxirts H:;'.,(i:51,4'.'0. During March
the gold c. orts exceeded the imports
by I,.VH ,.'iiii, and the silver exsirtn ex-
eeedcij tin; imports liy J 1 ,I.1,.hZ.
Commander C. C. Keiter has liceii or
dered to command the United States
steamship Thetis, relieving Commander
C. II. SUsik-on, who is granted two
moiitliH' leave. Commander Keiter wan
in command of the Hanger at the time
of the killing of General Barrundia, aftr
which he was relieved from command
ami placed on waiting orders.
Under authority conferred by Congress
the Secretary of tin.- Navy is making ar
raiigements to ocn the Boston and
League Island navy yards fur construc
tion anil repair work. The docking of
tht! Newark at League Wand one day
last week was the first work of that sort
done at Philadelphia on naval vessels
under government auspices for six years.
Edward T. 1aU'h, who was recently
apiMiinted Cola-i'tor of Customs for the
district of Alaska, has promised It) ap
point as Deputy Collector at Juneau
Frank A. Ward of Astoria, Or. The
treasury officials believe that the present
Deputy ut Juneau was implicated in the
violation of the liquor law, for which
Pracht was removed. It is believed that
he allowed the entry of liquors, well
knowing that they were intended for the
use of saloons. It is said that in Juneau,
a town of 1,500 people, there have leen
forty-t ight saloons in full blast, and no
attempt w hatever was made by the pub
lic ollicials to suppress them. It is also
understood at the Treasury Department
that this deputy, as well as the District
Attorney and Territorial Judge, are
landsmen for several saloonkeepers. So
far no other appointments have been
agreed upon. Collector Hatch will Is?
influenced by the Oregon delegation, all
of whom are now in Washington, in
choosing his deputies. Two additional
deputies will be designated by him, to
Is stationed at the new ports. " Senator
Plumb is backing a Kansas man for one
of the places, and Kepresentative Lind
will secure one appointment from Min
nesota. PERSONAL MENTION.
Tin-
Brazilian Minister Ha the Fluent
Art Collection In WftMlilnirton.
Emin Pasha has been honored by Ger
man botanists. A new plant has been
called Eminia Emmens.
Mrs. Sarah Wainwright, the last sur
viving granddaughter of Dr. Priestly,
the discoverer of oxygen, recently died
at Brighton, England.
The ex-Emperor of Brazil is going to
reside with the Duke de Nemours at
Bushev Park in England this summer.
He is in good health and spirits.
Emperor William will mnke a tour of
the fortresses in Alsace-Iiorraine at the
end of the month. The prefecture of
Metz is preparingtogivehimareeeption.
General Albert Pike once told a citizen
of Alexandria that he removed from that
city to Washington because the people
whistled so much they disturbed his lit
erary labors.
Lord Salisbury recently lost a favorite
servant by diphtheria ut Hatfield House,
and the next day he bad the whole cas
tle drainage overhauled at the expense
of several hundred pounds.
Senor Mendonca, the Brazilian Minis
ter, is credited with having the finest
private art collection in Washington. If
so, he did not have it selected for him
by New York picture brokers.
Jefferson B. Browne, the new Presi
dent of the Florida Senate, is but 31
years ot age, and refers with pride to the
fact that ho kept a Florida lighthouse to
obtain money for an education in law.
Dr. William I. Harris, the United
States Commissioner of Education, is a
tall, straight and rather thin man. His
beard is short ami all gray. He speaks
rapidly and easily, and is' a very enter
taining talker.
Sketches of Edwin Booth almost unan
imously speak of Hartford county, Md.,
as his birthplace, and this basso wearied
a fellow-countian of his that the latter
has published a card, pointing out that
the tragedian was born in Hartford coun
ty in that State.
General John A. Wiley, the well
known National Guard man of Pennsyl
vania, at one time drove a mule in a coal
mine, and when he is trying to break in
a squad of green guardsmen he doubt
less wishes he was back at his old his
business.
Mayor Ashley of New Bedford will C--Tide
the city deposits between the five
banks in town, believing this to be the
wisest course, rather than award tlie
same to the highest bidder, as has been
the custom. In a short time there will
be some interesting financial news from
New Bedford.
Rev. J. W. Mendenhall, whom a Chi
cago dispatch announced a few days ago
as the self-confessed author of "The
Bread Winners," has written to a New
jork newspaper to say that, though he
nows wno aia wrne tne dook, tne re
here this . v e Denina tieatom, ana so
to stay
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s where liquor is sold and
Darkest England
FOREIGN NEWS.
Phylloxora Devastating
Hungarian Vines.
BRITISH STEAMER FIRED ON.
Owing to Failure f.f the Wheat Crop,
Franc Will Probably Suspend
the Tariff on Cereals.
The strike at Esen, Germany, affects
fifteen collieries, employing 2,000 men.
Lady Florence Dixey publishes a letter
iifqieaiing for justice for Mrs. Maybrick.
Petty thieves have been lately operat
ing with much success at the hotels of
Cannes.
The French government will consent
to the burial of Prince Napoleon's body
at Ajaccio.
Welsh tinplaters are obliged to shut
down for a month on account of the Mc
kinley bill.
All idea of the transatlantic steamers
landing at Milford haven appears to have
been abandoned.
An unusually large number of the po
tentates of Europe are on the sick list at
the present time.
Queen Victoria has presented a richly
caparisoned Indian elephant to the Em
eror of Mofocco.
Ireland is only visited now by people
who are anxious for a fight or have im
portant business to transact.
The much-talked-of Siberian railway
w ill soon lie begun, the condemnation of
land for the first section having taken
place.
A petition against the employment of
young girls as barmaids has been pre
sented the King of Sw eden. The petition
has 10,000 signatures.
The Portuguese in Africa have fired
upon the British steamer Agnes, convey
ing the Willoughby expedition, arid
seized the cargo of boats.
Crop reports from Hungary say that
phyl oxera is devastating the vineyards
there. The price of Hungarian wine has
risen one-third within a year.
Revolutionary documents have been
discovered baked in -mils sold by a St.
Petersburg baker, whose customers are
revolutionary. The baker has been ar
rest ed.
The first installation of electric trac
tion in France is soon to take place at
Marseilles, where a street railway com
pany is about to introduce the overhead
system.
The census returns just completed
show the population of the Indian em
pire to be 2iS5,000,000, an increase of fully
80,000,000 since the last census taken in
1881.
The pope has ordered 100 churches in
Rome to be closed, they being unable to
support themselves on account of the se
questration of their goods by the govern
ment. Referring to the New Orleans.lynching,
the London papers print statistics show
ing that the Italian murder returns ex
ceed those of every other nation on the
earth.
A consignment of 183,000 francs in
gold from the Bank of Genoa to a Venice
firm has lieen stolen in transit. The po
lice are as yet without a clew to the
guilty parties.
The Chilian men-of-war Imperial,
Lynch and Condell are starting for the
north under orders to attack the squad
ron commanded by the officers who re
volted against the government.
The Berlin Po$l says that assurances
have been given in the most authorita
tive quarters that peace is less endan
gered than ever, and that the relations
of Germany and Russia are friendly.
Fifty thousand francs have recently
been given to the American charity fund
in Paris. The management of the fund
last year devoted 170,000 francs to send
ing penniless American citizens borne.
A serious riot has just occurred at
Cerdu, Sicily, growing out of the opposi
tion to the poll tax. Two thousand peas
ants took part, and released a comrade
from prison, lroops have been dis
patched to the scene.
The reported successes of the insur
gents in Chili come in such shape that it
requires considerable credulity to believe
them. One thing seems to be assured,
and that is there ia much suffering for
the w ant of provisions.
The British government has decided to
strengthen the existing fortifications of
the Thames and to erect a new heavy
battery at Sheerness, and all the river
forts are to be supplied with new guns of
late and approved patterns.
Signor Imbriani has given notice in
the Italian House of Deputies that he
intends to question Premier di Rudini in
regard to the refusal of Inspector Byrnes
of New York city to accept the decora
tion sent to him by King Humbert.
A lively encounter has just taken place
between the gendarmes and brigands in
the province of Foggia, about 100 miles
from Naples. The bandits were dispersed
after one had been killed and a number
wounded. The leader of the outlaws
was captured.
Every telegraph pole in the remote
country districts of Norway has to be
continually watched on account of the
bears, which have a mania for climbing
the poles and sitting on the cross beams,
swaying backward and forward until the
pole finally falls.
CRIME AND CRIMINALS.
The Wlfa of Prominent Hioliaiie Man
I'loU to Ilavs II I in Killed.
Two men, who tried to swindle Levi
Slusser of Mark West, Cal., out of $'),
(XiO, are supposed to Iki the same who so
cruelly murdered Mrs. Green wood of
Napa.
For every five miles of the Georgia,
Carolina and Northern railroad a murder
has been committed, with which the
gangs at work tin the road have been
connected.
The accounts of T. O. Owens, Tax Col
lector of the Modesto fCal.) irrigation
district, are $2,21.) short. He left Mo
desto on the 4th, and has not been heard
from since.
A startling disclosuie has leen made
at Spokane, Wash., that the wife of F.
A. P.ettis, a prominent citizen and ei
city oflicial, had been dotting to bring
alout bis murder. The woman is under
arrest.
II. AII?n has lx;en arrested at Tacoma
for the reported wholesale robbery and
sale of Northern Pacific property. He
is said to le the head of a conspiracy of
Tacoma, Seattle and Portland employes
to rob the freight depots ami box cars
and sell the plunder.
Of the seventeen Georgia negroes who
got life sentences for their shares in the
Eastman riot nine years ago, only five
are now living. Twelve have died in the
Dade City mines.
New York's opium dens were raided
the other da v, and thirty-nine white girls
were brought into the police station.
One wag claimed by the husband, whom
she left two months ago.
In Sacramento the other day John
Haggerty, 00 years of age, a tailor by
trade, murdered his son, John Haggerty,
Jr., 30 years of age, in cold blotsl by
stabbing him to the heart with a pocket
knife.
ALONG THE COAST.
The Common Council of San Diego Pasnen
tlie 1'enlnnular Hall road Hill.
The crowd of tourists entering Yosem
ite Valley is unusually large for this sea
son of the year.
Tacoma has decided to take in much of
the outlying country, and the district to
be taken in has given its consent.
San Diego has closed a contract by
which it gains control of a water system
for twenty years, thus insuring cheap
and abundant water.
The ship Enibleton from Androsan,
Scotland, has reached Tacoma. after a
voyage of 641 days. The trip is usually
made in five months by a sailing vessel.
The third annual bench show of the
Southern California Kennel Club opened
at Los Angeles one day last week with
the best and largest list of entries in its
history.
The Washington State Board of Agri
culture states that California packers
shall relieve oranges of the scale before
shipment or provisions will be taken to
prevent the landing of the fruit at Wash
ington ports.
Agent Moorehouse of the Umatilla res
ervation is in receipt of a letter from the
department requesting his resignation,
which has been forwarded to take effect
May 31. The charge against him is that
the Indians are retrograding under his
management.
There is great rejoicing at San Diego
because its Common Council has passed
its Peninsular railroad bill, which in
sured the building of a first-clasa standard-gauge
railroad from San Diego at least
300 miles southward and to Yuma. Work
will be commenced at once.
The other day the Trustees of the Ka
weah colony appeared for sentence at
Los Angeles, but a motion for a new
trial had been interposed. The sec
ond case, the one in which the real titles
to the timber lands were involved, the
government tried to postpone for the
term. Counsel objected. The govern
ment then dismissed the case, refusing
to go to trial, and ordered the defendants
discharged. This is regarded as a con
fession of weakness on the government's
part so far as the Kaweah titles are
concerned.
LATEST CABLEGRAMS.
Pamphlet Addressed to the Emperor
Requests Him to Pacify Bismarck.
The Pope urges the founding of a Cath
olic University in Ireland.
The English papers all printed long
editorial articles on the career and death
of Barnum.
Jewish emigration from Bessarabia is
rapidly assuming the dimensions of a
general exodus.
Russia proposes to use her convicts in
constructing the eastern end of the great
Siberian railway.
The quantity of wheat now atioat for
European markets 36,480,000 bushels
is the largest on record.
" Young Mr. Vanderbilt " is said to
have had extraordinary luck recently at
the Monte Carlo gambling tables.
It is believed in St. Petersburg that
the Persian government had decided to
give the English the privilege of coining
their money.
The President of Venezuela will make
reciprocity with the United States the
subject of a special message to the Ven
ezuelan Congress.
In the British House of Commons the
bill making permanent the closing of
public houses in Ireland on Sunday, in
cluding in its scope the cities of Dublin,
Cork, Belfast, Waterford and Limerick,
has passed to second reading by a vote
of 248 to 94.
The Premier of New South Wales has
announced that the government would
introduce a bill providing for the enfran
chisement of women.
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