L 4 An English court has decided that to call 4 man a convict after he has served & term of imprisonment, and is legully free, is libelous, — In America, puns the Boston Tran. script, that family which is becoming more and more widely known is ealled bacilli; in Paris, parisites; in Germany, germs, and in Ireland, microbes. Women are excluded from the galleries of the Jupanese Parliament ‘‘because,” says a Japanese newspaper, ‘‘they might be moved by the debates to further political agitation in the empire.” The Chicago Zlmes alleges that some of the missionaries of the North India conference have had their hands grow tired in baptizing the converts who are flocking to the gospel because of their Jabors, A child in England stole a piece of literature valued at less than one shilling and was sentenced to three Jail. vanced upon the temple of justice the sentence was annulled set free. months in Then, when a hostile mob »d- child and the A writer in the Southern Farm makes ® strong argument in favor of female phy- sicians for women. He says that certain specialties were in the hands of women practitioners in all countries and all ages until comparatively recent In support of his position he quotes from the Old Testament. times, According to the St. Louis Republic the Japanese Consul at San Francisco, Cal., appeared before the Trades Council to ask that no boycott be made on the Japanese houses, ese workmen would never affect Ameri- He said bat Japan. can labor, and that instead of sendin z their earnings home they them ary b 8 add 14 with Caucasians. The Philadelphia Inguirer is scared and is trying to scare others over the re- ported discovery of bacteria in imper- that samples show an analysis that 250,000 fectly refined sugar. It declares of these dangerous creatures are con- tained in some qualities; but whether this is the census of a pound, of a ton or of a cargo is not stated. The farmers in the Northwest who burned nearly all their hardwood timber when clearing land have now cause to regret it. A Michigan case in point. A man selling hardwood paper gives a at Riverton is logs to mill men at good prices, and supplying what is ua. marketable to his neighbors who have cleared off their land and are forced to buy fuel. The Atlanta Constitution learns that “the Mormons in Utah are still receiving new members from all over the world. They stick to their old-time religiou and live up to their ahi as closely as the permit. They bave no intentien of m wing to Mexico, Federal authorities will and instead of aband ming their mission. ary work, they are pushing it more ae. tively than ever. They expect several large parties from the South. The New York Sua believes that no one in New York who has not been out in the far West can understand the lone- liness of those Minnesota farmers who bave written to Mayor Grant to send them women for wives. There are ro. gions on the plains in this ¢ antry aod in Canada where men go mad from lack of buman neighbors, where kittens can be wld for 85, where almost the only wo men are Indian or half-breed s jnaws, and where bachelors tame wild birds and try to tame wolves for company, Says the New Orleans New Delta: From all over the section of Louisiana which is devoted to the cultivation of cotton comes the news that the planters are preparing to decrease the acreage of that staple and diversify their crops to a greater extent than heretofore. This de. termination is the result of the low price for the fleecy staple the present season. This is a wise move oa the part of the planters, as nothing tends more to keep the farmer poorer than the one-crop sys- tem. If the low price of cotton has had the effect indicated above, it has at least taught the planter a wholesome lesson. — According to London Truth the order against extravagance in the German Army has led to the resignation of nearly all the wealthy officers, and the Emperor now has 00 regiment at Berlin or Pots. dam which can afford 10 entertain *‘dis. tinguished foreigners” in the old fashion. Formerly, a foreign guest who had vis. ited the barracks of a crack regiment was invariably invited by the officers to dinner; but now there are no entertain. ments, and the Emperor has tardily dis. covered that he had better not have meddied in the matter, for all the Rus. sian, Austrian and Italian ‘visitors leave | und signed at Dunkirk, Ind. | married another partner. Another naval officer is to lead an cx- pedition in search of the North Pole. “It has not yet béen decided,” the Chicago News suggestively remarks, “who shall lead the relief expedition.” Rigid economy appears to be the order of the day in the Legislature of Wiscon. sin, remarks the San Francisco Eraminer. Prayers até the opening of the sessions, which have heretofore cost $10 a piece, are to be ruthlessly cut down to 810 a week, The extension of the use of the type- writer is shown by the fact that in one single building in New York City there are 100 typewriter operators at work from nine o'clock in the morning till five | in the afternoon. In the office of one insurance company there are seventy-five young women employed as typewriters, operators and clerks, The Indianapolis Journal tells of acu- | rious instrument that has been drawn up It seems that two lovers failed for some reason or other to unite their fortunes, and each Misery has resulted from this estrangement, but They have made and affixed their names to a they have not given up all hope, writen agreement which provides for their future union after the death of their present helpmates, British Parlia. of Strat. A bull has passed the ment vesting the corporation Bucks, Shakespeare's birthplace and other me. ford, County of as trustees of morial places, with power to purchase Anne Hathaway's cottage and Wilmeote cottage, which belonged to Shakesparae's mother. The St. James Gazette congratu- lates the country upon the passage of the bill, which, it says, is a timely precantior the 3 removal and will prevent properties to America, An announcement by the Pi nusylvania Railroad mechanical department that all brass work on their locomotives will hereafter be painted black is a sad blow to the artistic appearance of these ma- ind Er This move has been induced by Jestic iron horses, muses the Mail press, the fact that the labor re juired to kos p the bright parts looking well makes a serious inroad upon the time of firemen. A fos years ago our locomotives beauty, with their red wheels carriages, ste headlights, but they have veloped into sombre and solemn looki machines with a decided air of business about them. The St. L uis a commercial traveler who probably car Globe Democrat tells ol ries the most unique “sample” in the profession. It is nothing less than sa human body three years old, an example of the efficacy of a fluid, been trans; ited on certain embalming For three years this m has 3 ammy ads sample case would be; and, indeed. there the railr as 9 is no outward sign which would indic ate In nger the body is pre the uncanny nature of its contents. this instance the | served the more of an advertisement it is for the fluid in the veins of the *‘stiff.* The box is zine lined, and does not ex. the baggage rule in weight. ceed the limits of railroad excess The suggestion that a colossal status of the late Prince C msort, husband of the Queen of Great Britain, be erected at the main entrance of the principal ex hibition building of the fair at Chicago has received the entire approval of Secretary Blaine, and it is probable, announces the Chicago Herald, the suggestion will be carried out. It that the Prince Consort was the originator and founder of the system of great international ex. hibitions, the first of the kind, viz., the London exhibition of 1851, having had world’s great will be remembered ita inception in the brain of the Prinoe | Consort, and its successful accomplish | ment being largely due to his efforts. Comparatively known as to the extent to which irrign. tion by means of artesian wells is prac- tised in the far West. to the Government says there are 9000 such wells in the far West. So great an outflow of subterranean waters as this dmplies must make important changes in climate, and especially in bringing reine to places where such phenomena were not before known, In this way even hose who do not have these wells on their own land are benefited by them, This, however, protests the Boston Owl. tivalor, is not an argument for the dig- ging of artesian wells by the general Government. Private enterprise has done much in this direction and should not be interfered with. Whenever there is profitable demand for the devel. opment of these arid lands private enter. prise may be trusted to do it, and in the meantime farmers in the oldest sections of the country protest against being forced to compete with Governav at-fos- tered farming on new lands, | at Morewood. little fs geverally | A recent report | HUN RIOTERS KILLED. no———— Shot Down by Guards at the Morewood Coke Plant, Half a Score of Striking Miners Dead and Fifty Wounded, As the result of the starting of the Moroe- wood coke works, in the ( ‘onnellsville region | of Pennsylvania, infuriate { strikers on a re cent morning made an attempt to destroy the property, and in a fight with the deputy | sheriffs eleven men were killed and fifty wounded, The men, about principally foreigners, had threatened to cause trouble, and the ship. | | was the cause of the ping of coke that day outbreak, All that night they held meot- ngs, and it was at 2:30 o'clock In the morn. | 500 men, | Standard | ing that the mob, composed of about made their first attack on the works, one mile out of Mount Pleasant, Penn, The first move of the strikers was to cut the | telephone and telegraph wires, so that no warning could be given to the guards massed This a« complished, Standard men marched toward Morewo: dl. Every man was out, having been summoned I by the mob marching up and down, AROO0Mm- | panying their yells with a discordant beating of drums the descent was to be made were more than 1000 men gathered from the Tarrs, Bes semer, Alice Donnely and Stener w rks, and when the Standard men came up the omlooking re-enforcements adde cries of encouragement to the din. As the signals were given all closed in, the Standard men approaching the com. pany store, in which the windows down. The deputies had been warned, how ever, as the Standard guards hurriedly fixed the wires and announced the movement of the mob Three detachments of the deputies rested on their arms—two behind fences of th company’s barn aod the third iu th store The latter did not flre upon the mob as it passed By the time barnyard was reached the strikers yolis, began the demolition ’ Wiefences. The guards at this polunt wer militiamen sworn in as deputy sheriffs, un- mmand of Captain Loar of the Tenth Legit They had Winchestsrs and were isd men. As the gates went ds wn and Ge mob advanced Loar commanded the men Their answer was a volley ¢ guards wore hit aptain Loar brought his roen t : ding of the lights from ¢ Firikers on the guns seemed to (neg with something like dread | ran aden intantion being t the vith brake f aren § we | haryg wy Alter upon the st tire then Ax the Huns advanced, making little 1 the deputies remained silent. Huo thrown through the windows of th MR PY store, but the deputies were still immovable sithough gasping thelr weapons with a firm } The column bad all pases in front made a das pany's fence. Captain Loar cried sot a Hun stopped. But in an the Captain's command there were from three revolvers One bullet whizead past Caplain Loar's head, and tw men standing near him each felt the load pas The sheriffs nnder Deputy ff MeConnell then came to the vv oryh their heads de hor relief of uns dashed or the com to halt is : y on Kept the iree toward the stables ihe oon rE was then given to fire fod at there wears $00 many shoots from the ro peating rifles. The air was filled with bullet How many shots were fired will propably never be known, but when the smoke sarsd away ond the deputios ventured ness bodies seem ving in the road ft was found that seven men had fallen dead and ne was dying while three were fatally wounded The surviving strikers fled wit! remarkable rapidi and after the firiag a silence that was not broken by anything mve a dog's dismal howling soon reigned The raiders were not to be seen as the da Inwnad None of the men are naturalised and some bave been in the country but a short tims The strikers declare that they had bean at a meeting at Mount Pleasant, and. as a body lid not intend to harm the company’s prop iy, being on their way to their homes. The Austro-Hungarian Consul at Pittsburg, Max Sohamberg, was notified at once that thee were not citizens. During a previous the Co able pacify and so they called upon Bhim to en deavor to prevent further trouble He wae confined to his house with the grip and was not able to leave A dispatch from Soottdale, Penn. savs that the dead men were carried Into the company store at Morswood The strikers demanded the bodies of the victims but were refused, and the place was surroundsd by an armed mob of 2000 men who sid they would burn everything on the premises unless the dead bodies were given up Governor Pattison ordered the Tenth Regi { Washington, Penn, and the Eight eenth Regiment of Pittsburg to assemble and proceed at once to the coke region, It was said that the miners wore prepared to blow up the mine at Morswood Such was the latest development {an the affair Those in the outside world have no conception of the ferocity of the Slavs and Huns o8this region in times of trouble. They know no fear when aroused. will listen to no Argument or reason, and when led they will follow even to death That the dead men were not afraid, is evidenced by the fact that not one was shot in the back UNABLE TO AGREE, The Monetary Conference Adjouras Without Any Definite Remit The International American Monetary Commission, which organized at Washing: ton last January, in pursuance of a resol. tion adopted by the International American Conference, closed its sessions a fow days ago by the adoption of the following pre. y the soldier. leputiss Th H ] i the road f stables nmand AnAWe to the Another « thar The infurist r | The strikers repl the men tri ke IE Was he strikers ment ¢ amble and resolution Wheress, First, In the opinion of the Com. mission the establishment of a fixed ratio be. tween gold and silver, the adoption of coins of both metals and of a common monetary unit would be of great benefit to the com. meroe of the world; Becond, That this end would be greatly promioted by means of an international agree. That it does not seem probable an agreement could be arrived as Third, that such | New York: EB. M. the | | liabilities are §20 On the hills about the works upon which | were | | broken with stones and the door battered THE NEWS EPITOMIZED, | Eastern and Middle States, Tux Grand Jury in New York City in. dicted the Directors of the New York and New Haven Railroad on charges of mis. demeanor in violating the New York laws against heating cars with stoves, The ine dicted men are: Charles P. Clark, President, \ ) Read, Vice-President, Now York; Wilson G. Hunt, Now Haven; E H. Trowbridge, Now Haven: W. Bishop, Sr, Bridgeport; Henry C. Robinson, Hartford; Joseph Park Now York: Henry B. Lee, Springfield; Nathaniel Wheeler, Bridgeport; Chauncey M Depew, New York: William Rockafeller New York; Leverett Brainerd, Hartford, THe United Btates steam tug Nina has been floated and towed alongside the Galena at Vineyard Hay on, Mass Tux Connecticut House of Representatives | adjourned to November. Tue bill Appropriating $40,000 for repre. sentation at the World's Fair was passed by the New Hampshire Log islature WHITMAX & Kerr's shoe Brockton, Mass, was burned the fire will amount to £200. 000 Thr United States gunboat Bennington | muds & satisfactory trial trip up the Bound to New London, Conn factory, at | The loss by | Tux Columbia Iron and Steel C pany of Uniontown, Penn., made an assignment in | favor of its Liabilities $800,000 creditors, | The Pennsylvania Construction ( ompany is | forced to go with it, being an adjunct, Its xXx) | A SEVERE storm raged in the Northern and Eastern States | Tue mother of the Nicely brothers, who were recently hanged at Somerset, Penu., | has become a raving maniac, South and West, Oxge of the heaviest rainstorms that have occurred since the memorable Centennial flood visited the region around about Galena Hl, doing great damage to the railroads and other property Crrizexs of Decatur, JL, are b wootting the local cemetery because the body of O W. Crawford, who was hanged for murder is buried there Wire FixLn, eolored Mineola for mak suit upon an estimable the city 3 W. | Chief Ranger restors, has « lynched at Mig A criminal as lady residing near wns lexan OnoY CHRISTIAN irew out | at a sing ppt River in that sect nau irmcle Jupae Pa Villt A rey ver a beens a suffere I mxty years of OHS MAITLAND John Macd and one of tl 3 this country He was A ROO t and 8 spe r four fortus this country Tue grippe lowa with territde resn ih school children an teachers are 1 serioasly (ll with that malady Loge i souriet fever and diphtheria ath rale has increased alarmingly. hundred solu children and two-thirds teachers at Council Bluffs are and the schools ATED Three tralia and et List Eyunt A EWaarRng ts 1 housands the Grand { Masonry 8 and the Chief tiand for this county the Supreme Coane tie Naprem mn Fiee Rite Gesenat mander of the 5S oh the Southern the Roval Order ded at ihe FEE Oy the order, Washington soveral yours in N09 Marry the detective socused of brit ory in the Hennessy trial, surrendered 1 the New Orlonns authorities the eighteen. yoar Ind who sessuited Bertha Phi; pe imt n Anne Arundel County, Md was hanged at Annapolis of " of where he had lived He was born in Boston, Mass Enxgsr Foupus Assistant Justice of wrt, died sudden Milwaukee aged seventy disease, Davo Tavyouon Wisconsin Bug supper table is ree { he caus was heart Washington, Te wife of Senator Faulkoer of West Vis ginia Washington from inflamma tion of the stomach, caused by an attack of the grip Tar has fssued lectors In regard sys that the | nanufacturers wraps, cuttings thereto stamps and market as manufactured tobacco discontinued Jonx Hexny Marrix, the stepson of 8 tor Vance, who while drunk broke into White House, has boon Jot off with a of $25 Tar correspondence between Baron Fava and Secretary Rlaine relative to the recal of the Italian Minister by King Humbert was made public Tren was a slight increase in the public debt, amounting to S440 135 during the last month. The coinage of the mints during the month of March aggregated in value §LOI5506; and of this BLS 000 was in gold and $3,107 526 in silver pleces, Tee Treasury Department's monthly statement of changes in the cironlation shows a net jucrease during March amount ing to $11,641,145 SurEavisixe Arcomrrecy Wisoniw has resigned his place in the Treasury Depart ment to astne the duties of Superintendent of Public Works in Philadelphia. dis in of Internal Revenue sructions to the Col to the tobamwo traffic. He actios of allowing cigar 0 put up in packages thelr clippings, sic, and attach piace the sume on the should be Commissioner spacial in ns the fine Foreign, is agnin raging deaths from the in Berlin divense Isvruexza Germany. Many are reporisd Two nuxonen Bengaless troops and eighty Goorkhas were shot to death by hostile tribey ina pass in India Ean Guaxvisre, who had been ill for several woeks, died on a recent afternoon in | London, England, Lord Rossbery succeeds | to the leadership of the Liberals in the House of Lords. Granville George Leveson Gower, | second Earl Granville, was born on May 11, | 1816. Tux elections just held in Chili have re sulted in a complete triumph for the Hbarals It is reported that the situation in which the insurgents at Iquique find themesives is a most desperate one Pravce Bismancx was seventy-six yoars old a few days ago; thousands of visitors greeted him, and recel ved 3300 congraty. latory mows ges. A REMARKARLY ha in we history of 3 tal me was performed Selsinams The Paris end of the line whic wnete that city with London was swi* © the Marseillos Ex-Sewaron Wainwen Mien and n Ohman hes Den rae Jha ve ona Tue Mearthyites won the North Siigo A AES IAN ta ITALY IS INCENSED. A ——————————— Baron Fava, Minister to the United States, Recalled. snr BARON FAVA. A now and highly sensational twist was | given to the diplomatic taugle growing out J 4 of the New Orleans lynching by the an- nOUnoement the State Department by Baron Fava, Italian Minister at Washington, of his peremptory recall by the Home Government and the o nesguent sev. erance of all serious diplomatic relations between the two countries as far ay the Capital is concerned A dispatch from Washington says: Short ly after lock this morning Baroa Fava, who has for so many years represented the Italian United Slates. wa parunent and re ju ence of Secretary great importan The Bex retary directed Minister should be shown diplomatic Joined hin + ¥ Monel expressions Becretary that it was his that he had received Majesty King Humbert ¢ Secretary an audiencs with the President i order to present his letters of recall In sccordasce with dis t Fava handed to Mr, B structions he had rece ment. They were curt They referred to the in out by the Government States in the 15 ww the Governor that the President and the of Louisiana would co-operate in mai ing the treaty obligations of the 1 States toward Italian subjects in OUrieans and in promptly offenders against the law to justi then added that “as United Government bas not given sssuranos that the murderers of the Italian subjects acquitted by the American magi trates and murdered n prison while under the immediate protection of the au. thorities of New Orleans will aught to Justice, the Italian Government has found itself under the very painful pecessity of showing openly its dissatisfaction by recall. ng the Minister of King Humbert from a country where the Italian representative is Gnalde to obtain justice ™ Blaine to the eleven oc Govern: ked int ste) an | Einins that the Italian Aerts uly ingru y BER Thre dispatct {3¢ BAD the it is understood, while expressing surprise and regret at this ap mrently hasty action on the part of the talinn Govern inasmtnuch as the facts of the case were still undetermined and under investigation, promised to couvey to the President the Italian Minister's request, and to ask for him an interview so that be could present to the President in person his letters of recall The immediate cause of offense the Italian Government is understood to be the evasive and unsatisfactory reply of Governor Nicholls to the telezram addressed to him by the Secretary of Stats The recall of Baron any further direct communication the representative of Italy in this country and Secretary Blaine Hereafter the State Department will be ged to communicate directly with the Italian Government at Lome Secretary Biaine bad a Jong consulta tion with the President and Cabinet on the new aspect in the diplomatic negotiations with Italy The idea that the two nations wonld really £0 to war was scouted by everybody. The question of our available military resources and the present condition of the fleet was hardly touched upon, and the increase of the army or the concentration of navy rupplies was not even suggested, The question most seriously consid ered was whether we should retaliate by withdrawing Minister Albert G. Porter from Rome. The opinion of nearly every member of the Cabinet was against this. [t was felt that Italy bad acted hastily and would prob- ably soon regret her action. For us to fol Jow in ber footsteps would make matiers worse and would detract from the dignity of our position without in any way helping us. Strange as It may seem. this is the first time in history of this Government that a foreign diplomat has volusmarily demanded his passport. There have been a few cases, however, in which the have been returned, which Lon Eaaparts have oe dismissal, Nocretary ment to Fava puts an end to between Mr. Blaine's Reply to Baron Fava Secretary Biaine's reply to Baron {ava's letter of withdrawal ac [talian Minister to this country has been sent to Marquis Im. periali, the Cha dd’ Affaires at Washing. ton, and is as follows DEranraest or Srare | Wasminorox, April 1, 1801, | The Marquis Imperial, Charge & Affairs, ele.) Sin1 have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of a note of yesterday's date from Baron Fava, who has left the [talian Logan. ton in your charge I beg to express the sincere with which the Goverameot of the United States receives the intelligence of Baron PFava's speedy departure from this capital be has more than once intimated this pur. the Government of the United States v sundering his diplomatic ie Government is thus given ! Relations Severed Because of the | New Orleans Lynching, | against rine hudinl decimred “that “iwaiy's right” to 0%: mand and obtain punishment of the murderers and an indemnity for the victims is unquestionable” It fs inferred that Baron Fava's change of phrase meant no change of detasad [ have endenvoted to impress upon him in the several personal interviews with which he bas honored me that the Government of the United States is utterly unalide wo give the msurance which the Marquis Rudin! has demande’. Even if the National Govern. ment bad the entire jurisdiction over the ale lodged murderers it could not give assurance to any foreign power that they should be punished, The President is unable to ses is any Government could justly give an assurance of this character in advances of 8 trial and « verdict of “guilty Iu the Constitution of the United States it is declared that “in all crimizal prosecy tons the accused shall enjoy the right to a spesdy and public trial by an impartial jury of the State and districf wherein the crime shall have been committed It needs vo Argumennt 10 prove that & jury coud not be impartial if it were in any seuss or to any degres bound before the trial of the wovciued Ly an swwurance which the President of the United States had ventured to give toa foreign power In the Constitution of the State of Louisi- Ann, under whose immediate jurisdiction the runes were committed, substantiaily the sine provision is found, so that the Gov. ernor of that State would be as unable to Rive & pledge in advance for the result of a trial under the State law as the President would be were it practicable to try the lead. ers of the mob under the laws of the United Ntates In Baron Fava's second point he demands the recognition, in Principle, that au in. demuity is due to the relatives of the vic. He is assuredly in & grave error that the United States Government declined 10 take this demand nto consideration, and | shall regret it if be has communicated such a oon usion to your Government The 1 Staten, #0 far from refusing, bas distinctiy rec goized the principle of indemnity me lalinn subjects who may have been wy Violation of the the treaty with the United Btates of 20. 1871 | have repeatedly SUrance that Pres Tine ier when he declares ited rights secured 10 them given to Baror under the the facts and i i With the unhappy tragedy at the 14th of March ast sh Ighly investigated, | Him that in 8 matte { the 1 lent al (r0ve it Italy Does Not Mean War " fs ¥ 5 Te Premier Ri When She SCIRIOG m at the Dros tions w= menos), In time the Italian Gove ernment takes cognizance of the Federal Government's declaration sc knowledging the fact that compensation is due to the {ame flies of the victims by virtue { the treaty existing COUR Uries Premier Rodin Mr. Blaine that Italy d¢ jen of the New Orleans iynchers before trial, but merely that the Federal Government will wee Moe: to hasten the trial bef re the New Orleans eourts na THE LABOR WORLD, BA ILORS (rovernment term the moa wiween the two rend bos te wee Tot and the punishnent it rood are soarce PAINTERS are rely Frasce has 700.000 roed idlers, New RK marble cutters get $8 50. an eight-hoyr ague, | is world wide nen are idle in Italy 1a cook's convent . is feared in Trenton, wnis remen in the Makers’ Protective i ) has eons ine ory A BRICKLAYER is the Inde date for Mayor of Cincinnat rated endent candi. SCANDINAVIAN sailors pred Vessels of nearly all nationalities termany more than 130,000 married Women work in shops and factories ine Brotherhood of Loc Dow minate on iN sumotive Firemen VAR A edn ership of about 22000 Tux candidate for the German Reichstag Bismarck is a cigar maker, Lono HarTiverox has nocepled the Chair. | manship of the Labor Commision in Eng. land Tux wages of the 00,000 entaroidery worke ers of Switzerland are about $166 0 for ! each Tux rolling mills at J diet, I . , Are entirely Closed Two thousand five hundred men are { out of employment Hudson Canal © ALL of the collieries of the Delaware and | have received BAMURL Mommie who was of the oldest railroad ineers States, died at his home > = Hi ih
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