HL a a ——— ————— —————— Chile is woman's Utopia. «ean vote on all questions. There she The California Fruit-Grower says there 4s no doubt as to the soil and climate of California being admirably adapted to the successful cultivation of ramie. With some six thousand homicides in the United States last year there were but 123 legal executions. Judge Lynch, though. contrived to attend 195 more. The success of the French postal sav. {ngs banks, which were established ten years ago, is shown by the report for 1800. At the close of that year the total deposits were over $20,000,000,the number of depositors numbering over 2,000,000. Not content with planning an under- ground railway, one of Berlin's civil engineers plans They are to be covered with a close grat- underground streets, ing of steel, well supported, which admits air, light and rain, and over which the usual street traffic is carried on. A company, backed by Eastern cap- ftalists, has been incorporated in Chi cago, Ill, for the manufacture of Ameri- can flax. The capital stock is $2,000,000. Speaking for the new company its attor- mey said: ‘At present nearly all the flax | This | used 1n this country is imported. company has experimented to its own | satisfaction that it can manufacture th i+ American article much cheaper than it | the same time, oan be imported, and, at furnish as good an article as that made in foreign countries.” The gross recei and Reading £80, 01 of its employes will syste 0 any » ),000 anou r more than acqui rement Bridge throws the Reading and and the Lines mented system into the very New England, giving it the only route from the and Southern States to with all important New England ro the East, with conan and enabling it to virtually control t entire regior coal traffic of tha The Boston decision of the Supreme Court ths Transcript says: * act 1s constitulions ¢‘habitual criminal” 1s a gratifying one. of a third f¢ the St The prin- cipal which underlies this legislation is that on conviction person may be sentenced to Prison for twenty- five years. : a sound on The man who proposes to nmuunity h live by preying upon the cor no right to live in the communi This is one of the prison + and in securing the passage of ti pr position 3 ong ago ala reformers which the court now sustains, done th: community a great se for “grip” has Asafmtida as a cure i been ridiculed by a great many physi cians, but most of them admit, adds the New York Post, that they have never prescribed it. In the Vest asafetida in pills of four grains has been tried with gratifying results. Quick recoveries are reported in nearly every instance, with. the Lowmsville alone 20,000 of the pills were No bad effects tida, for of In Asiatic is employed as a condiment, but this is a use to seq ue 1 of out usual debality. In sold in one day recently, can follow the use of asafe all things it is a sedative. countries it which few persons will etre to put it. the West who were far gone with is asserted, been cured They should be taken, according to their admirers, thtee disease have, it by the ssafmtida pills. times a day with a glass of water, and taken in this way are warranted not to taint the breath. Occasionally, something turns up to prove, remarks the Boston Transcript, that some of our homelier methods in therapeutics, ‘‘old women's remedies,” as the doctor's sneeringly call them, are found to be reasonably scientific after all. Lately, for instance, an expert, who has been experimenting in M. Pasteur's laboratory, has discovered that no liviag disease germ can resist for more than a few hours the antiseptic power of essence of cinnamon, which seems to be no less effective in destroying microbes than is corrosive sublimate. Its scent will kill them. A decoction ol cinnamon is rec- omended for influenza cases, typhoid fever and cholera. Perhaps some of us can remember when elderly ladies used to carry in their wonderful pockets, the capacity of which was enormous, bits of cinnamon or other pungent and fragrant spice, the odor of which would betray their coming many feet away. Whether ft was carried as a preventive or merely for the satisfaction of having something to nibble was not revealed to us youngs. sters of those days. Peppermint candy was always a recognized stimulant against attacks of somnolence at sermon ‘ume at church, | French name ‘la grippe,” The act provides | as Many old people in | the ! The average duration of human life is said to increasing at the rate of ten years ‘each century. It is said that the sale of the average novel does not exceed 1000 copies, and that publishers regard themselves as un- usually fortunate when called on for a second edition. The Chicago Times notes that rural delivery of the mails is being generally { supported by the differeat farmers’ organ- izations. The Grange has taken special interest in it, and following the action of the National Grange the various State | Granges have indorsed the measure. While the prevailing epidemic goes | very generally in this country by the the French stick to the old fashioned Italian name The latter influence, explains the Boston “influenza.” word means simply Transcript, and was applied when the doctors as well as the common people referred to diseases which they could not account for to the influence of evil spirits. Governor Knapp, of Alaska, calls at. tention in his annual report to the slowly developing cod fishersles that promise to Two the become an important industry. San Francisco firms have gone into business extensively, and their catch is valued at more than £500,000 annually. the Alen fish abound, and the There are immense banks off tian Isles where the grounds have never been fishing explored. “Jt is not improbable, Yar hlie i) Republic, hd 4 +1 predicts the St. Luis Will 8000 Alaska present time, gratified forward with a States can boast of exces Ths bran nsid If the in this line, the school, we co ising of any. be made to aere A philaathropic French gentleman has i neigborhood of Paris a he bought in the large pieces of ground. ot hick large piece Of ground, oun wii 3 tends to build a new sort of charitable institution, which will g the Hospitality f Work. sn work to do, and be p it, food being also provide for them very reasonable rate, The founder used to waste a good deal of his money in but He shiverir amateur charity, red by as experience, wretch woman Ig rags in a box in ag heart and purse to her ered, to his infinite wrath and disgust, that the garret was a theatrical property, 80 to speak, for wringing the hearts of that ally lived in great com the benevolent, and the shiver ing yutcast act fort with her husband in a snugly fur. This object lesson opened his eyes effectually, nished room on the first floor. and hereafter he will help only those who help themselves, he Great Western Railway Company, of England, figurss in another curious suit. All trains on that road are bound by a castiron contract to remain for tea interests The other day, however, a train only waited seven ' J minutes ot Swindon, in the chiefly of a refreshment bar, minutes, and in consequence a Mr. Low- enfeld was left behind. Thereupon Mr. Lowenfeld ordered a special train to his destination, and gave in payment there- fore a check for $160, which he stopped at the bank. company sued for the money, and Mr, As a matter of course the Lowenfeld in his defense argued that they had committed a breach of contract in leaving him behind, and that they ought to be held responsible for the ex- pense which he had incurred through Mr. Justice Mellish, however, held that it was ‘‘unreasona- their negligence. ble to allow a passenger to put the com. pany to an expense to which he would not think of putting himself if he had no company to look to.” Would Mr. Lowenfeld, he asked, have ordered a special train if he had the least idea of paying for it himself? He thought not, and ordered the defemdant to pay the $100. At the same time it was clear, he said, that the company was responsi. ble for the cost of the journey of Mr, Lowenfeld from Swindon to his destin. tion, and for minor incidental expenses, for dispatches, otc. He thought 815 would about meet the requirements of the occasion. An easy calculation will show that Mr. Lowenfeld lost his train, his time, his temper, sad $145, IN BERLIN RIOT Thousands of Workmen March to the Emperor's Castle. Police Scatter the Mob After Wounding Many People. Unemployed workmen, aided by Social iste, assembled in thousandy in Berlin, Ger many, and rioting and bloodshed ensued, bakers’ shops being looted at night. It was a quick answer to Emperor William's speech at the Brandenburg banquet the night be fore, when he said: “The people need not care squabbling and chattering; 1 go my way, and that isthe right way, We aro in a state of transition and destined for great things. I'll conduct you into splendid times. and those who will not help me may as well shake Garman dust off their fest, ask you to confide in me and help me.’ The first uprising took place at 1 o'clock At that hour a body of 8X0 or 4000 unem- sloyed met, by preconcerted arrangement, in a public square and passed a series of inflammatory resolutions desouncing their employers and the systam of Government which enabled the latter to “crush the work ingman beneath the irou heel o’ capital and calling upon the Government to take steps to protect the interests of the working classons I'he news of this hold gathering in defiance of the recent order of the authori ties prohibiting such meetings spread wilh rapidity throughout the city I'he result was that the Bocialist agitators determined to take advantage of the excited unemployed men to make a demonstration before the castle of the Emperor. The police upon the spot tried to argue with the work men. but without shaking their determ to carry out the project outlined were warned that such would probably result in blood by the Bocialist agitators, formed in pmns and mar square men tic i in the direct den Linder he most celebrated Berlin he at first, unable to « for party ORNWANE SW irresistible po with that ONOOU rag raOus wi s manos den | to the threats It is an fen vengean mated that { now est persons Im armed, They b the flat of their aw . tooks their rifige batons right and left pounded away with the s the rio During the r dred arrests the signal { ¥ ¢ nf the part of ; ) od versly injurad Ia addition, oa hundred other persons must sivedd injuries rej 11s from before jeands of the unemployed gathers especially of the eastern jarkness came on the mot not s rioters held virtually possession of wtarn quarter of Berlin, and anklurtes K oepnicker, Andrea Wetssenburger street Tha whois force was called cut p any extremity. {nn Grusner weg strase the the beerhouses and shops, demanding and beer, They pillaged the shops and dis ded the bread among all who wanted it The half shed people a] and de the food with a wolllshness which quent of their misery apd hunger Nome sen Joft the mob and hurried hon ith loaves under their arms to ther families. Others sat down on the and banqueted on the spoils The military remained under arms, but took no part in the struggle This course (a anid to have been followed by the direct or ders of the Kaiser. It is also intimated that the authorities had an intimation that the soldiers could not be trusted in a conflict with the people, and that they were safer in garrison than they would be on the streets, fter the the ¢ " qua i riers to got mob attacked bread bakes fam vouared WRE BO. strects DEDIOCATORY EXERCISES, A Programme Appros ed for Opening the World's Fair All of the boards of the exposition man agement have approved the programme of dediontory ceremonies of the World's Fair at Chicago, IL, for October 12 next, and un jess some changes are made, which does not soon at all probable now, it will be as fol lows 1. March for orchestra occasion by John K. Payne 2. Prayer by the Kt, Rev, Bishop Brooks of Massachusetts 8. Repurt to the World's Columbian Com mission by the Director General. 4. Presentation of the buildings for dedi cation by the President of the the World's Colum! Exposition to the Preddout of the World's Columbian Commission, 5. Chorus—"The Heavens are ‘lelling," Haydn, 6. Presegtation of the buildings for deli cation by the President of the World's Columbian Commission to the President of the United States. 7. March and chorus from “I'he Ruins of Athens” — Beethoven, 5. Dediontion of the buildings by the President of the United States, 9. Hallelujah chorus from “The Messiah” ndel, 10. Dedicatory oration by the Hon, Wm, C. P. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, i. Dedicatory ode, Words by Miss Har: by B. A. MeDowell 12, “Star-Spang! Written for the Banner” and “Amer. joa” with full chorus and orchestral accom: paniment 13. National salute, of Ceremoules on that cooasion. starving | om V ] 1 m ge Ide NEWS EPITOMIZED, Eastern and Middle States, Tue ship Indiana left Philadeiphia, Penn., a few days ago, bearing 380) tons of provisions for famine sufferers in Russia, Tur west-boun 1 Bt, Louis express on the Pennsylvania road ran down a pleasure purty at Hawkins Station, Penn., killing two persons and {atally injuring anotner, GOvERXROR ABnerr, of New Jersey, made a large number of Appointments, including those of Henry C, Kolsov fora fifth term as Becretary of State, and John P. Stockton as Attorney-General Gronge D, Kerry, partner in some of the largest ironworks in the Snenango Vals ley, shot himself at Sharon, Penn... ath re sulting lostantly, Kelly wealthy, and jeaves a large family. Th of the deed is a mystery, Wie » CAL Govensor TurrLe issued a proc petting forth the duty of the people of Hampshire to take up the cause of sian charity, and to amation New Hus contribute liberally of thelr means to ald in allaying th fistross of the large class of starving Russians Tig New Market Bank, of New Mar N. H., has su pended [he tunate on in real estate Saving crus was 1 oF ivestiment South and West, have been the efficient Tue Garza force n Texas utterly dispersed, pursuit by { nited od Lroogs National Farmer Alliance Mo ux convents upon runt THR most sever | continual eartiquake shock | Southern Califoraia irred at Ban a few nights ago, followed by several of lesser violence next morning first shock lasted for about twenty se Tur Industrial Conference at Bt. Louis Mo., adjourned after adoption of a platforn favoring financial aod jand reform, Gos ernment ownership of rar and free wily men in leter mined tial ticket in St Loui ng a Presiden powerful and long ever INeg others early mis And tes t Ban Antonio, ” ar, caused o |} estimated at $2 Iw Tho burned man Graot, has di be a new 1rial acguitia Tur Drespocrat Oat ir ore ana Representatives aiid ¢ ior the ad visatdlity of frescoinage leg tion, met in the hall o ; and a a two hours jon t hy a 3 Foreign, (igxEnal quez and pan v f Guatemalan soldie the city « Guatemala Hondaras fe was bead of rity in Guate ns were ’ pA i, ome main, Great damage has floods PRESIDEXT CARN vier the task of { inet LAR Seventh aria of Capada was | eral Ntan) with the Lominm at Ottawa usual rinsiiy ned by Governor-Ue t Cersnon ies me Dictator make way fo PRESIDEST DARILLAS of Guatemala, he refuses | | the lawfully elected President CHILE take part in Worid's the plea she o the that has refused to Fair at Chicago, on nnot afford to do so ARNOT oommises spyew] | Cabinet. M. Bourgeois Paesipest | Loubet to forma A having failes Tux rioting in Berlin, Germany, was con tinued Tbe mounted police rode down the mob sud many on both sides were injured. THIRTEEN KILLED. A Factory Smokestack Falls, ing the Female Workers, The fal foot sm Crash. a few days ago, of the hundred. kestack of the Thornton Mi Y orkshire, was al Thirteen wore Checkbeaton England tended with serious consequences i female operatives working in the mil killed and twelve injured The great stack quivers] and sway sd and then toppled from the ton, at first almost keeping the chimney form and then wrsting into an avalanche of brick and nortar and dust, which fell with terrifi oroe upon the mills All the employes wund, and although what was the matter metantly and many made a sxite, Then came the vast mass of ma rial, crushing the mills like an eggshell, and everything was hidden by the cloud of dust that arose, dense and suffocating from whire the chimney and factory bad stood, Many of the injured were trampled ou as the during a mad effort to escape. — s— ROUNDING UP WOLVES, Five Thousand People Take Part, and 300 Wolves Killed, At nine o'clock the other morning an enor. mous wolf hunt started over Crawford and Bourbon Counties, in Kansas, As a rest shout 300 woives lay dead that night. Both over heard the warning they did not know they stopped Work rush for the fel n | HELD A Train Robber’s Extraor’in. ary Flight and Capture, —————————— The Dashirg Chase He Led on a Captured Locomotive, A daring and unsuccessful attempt at the robbery of an express car was made on the mail train on the Central-Hudson system, known as the American Expross Company's special, and which ruos New York goo is every day in the Buffalo, It the express yenr between and onrries only company. A man who boarded the train at Byra- cuse, N, ¥ ascended to the roof of the ex press car while the train was running be. tween Port Byron and Lyons, and fired five hots at the express messenger, The car was in charge of Daniel T. Mclaerny, of Rochester, The robber secreted hiraself on top of the car at Syracuse, and suddenly ap- peared to Messenger MclInerny when the train was near Weedsport He had a rope with a hook in the end of it, and by this means let himself down from the top of the car, Then resting on his toes on the ledge that runs around the car, he smashed the glass of the side door, with his revolver, covered the n and shouted to him to hold up his hands : Instead of doling this Me Inerny reached for the sigual cord with one hand and for volver with the other, A | hand on the o a slight shipped by ene Zeer, hisre ullet stru wd, but not before K the it had given ae At Then Meloerny fired at the robt a bullet shot the nn or and ut wer and put t the 1 sont, Then yhber ) r twice, on leg and the pie He struggle Look place the train wa Weadsport It isthoug ther time grazing mbed into the car whica 1 he Jas ted t Wa ng on annther farmer, emphasizing his demand with two revoiver shots But the roads were poor and { Newark he bx wee and a band CTE Were weer ml scarcely five ATG AWAD arousad his hoels fs he g whim } ned farm jeserted his r and took t Bent whore he w r home in Roch. bber says be had 1. pled to rob the express tified as Oliver C Perry, wi WHS Gls ponected with the train rob berry pear Utioa last fal WORLD'S FAIR NOTES. jaax will expend #12000 to $15 restry exi Land $4000 to $5000 or { fruits alte cnsm— {f Trade . int an ex : t State is made at the Exposi- UATY uon was sebrorger, 1 of the wire Exposition Tie women of Denver are rating 3 KX) with which something notable to the ( at the Exposition, engaged in contribute oworada exhibit Tre preparat of the odooational ex. hibits fry uth Dakota and New Mexico has been entrusted to the women members of the respective Stabe Boards Tine main World's Fair buildings, ex clusiveof what will be necessary for their roofs and f interior fAnish) 280,000 panes of gla and paint An expendit LOOMEnn T : CRIvY partment, has retu ida and Cuba, whers be stimulated n the Exposition and secared the promise of nS Ww their r these lems Moat FIR many five palms and other tropical plants to | be exhibited in his Department Thur desires 10 erect a bu grounds constru made by members of the olul, with intent that it be headquarters for manulacturers not only of Philadelphia, but of the entire country A susan of influsntial Norwegians, re. giding in Chioagn, have formed an associa tion with the purpose of having a Norwegian artist paint a large picture representing Lief Erickson starting on his voyage of dis covery to America, and also of erecting in Chicago a monument to the poled Nurwe. {an discoverer. It is the intention to ex. ibit the painting inthe Art Gallery of the Exposition and to erect the monument in one of the Chicago parks A capreanan from Rome states that the Pops amured Thomas B Bryan Vice President of the Exposition, to whom he gAYe A special audience, that he was deeply interested in the Expos.tion, and would con tribute as far as possibie to the success and eciat of the undertaking, and that he would soon issue a pontificial letter embodying his sentiments asoxpresse!. An exhibit from the Vatiosn, Jréfared under the direction of Cardinal Rampolla, the Payal Secretary of State, is promised. i ——— Tun Negh tribe of In who the hp en Bi Manufacturers’ Club « ding in the ted entirely of UP THE FAST MAL ng, require | about 250 tons of | re of almost $520.00) is of the Horticultural De | ned froma trip to Flor. | interest | { Philadelphia | Exposition | material | INSTRUCTED FOR HILL. ———— Proceedings of the New York Demo cratic State Convention, DAVID B, HILL New 1 OrK The vention Democratic State Con was called Hall, Murphy, mittee, at 12:2 » Raed, white ms only decorations added to by the br throng i | i of Washington bung from arch in bonor o© } virth to order Albany, Jr., of in Hermano's $leecker by Chairman Edward the Btate of indies organization deci mittes at Its m ning meeting Mayor J. W. Hinckley e, of the Court of Claim § Epeech was WArniy rece ved secretary De Freest called the r on, and as the names of MOCTAats were read they rid applause by the parts w oP rover: de cgates sent 0 the Nat vention the name of candidate for t fou wer wolecisg acted 1% —- ) pre Democratic Con David B, Hill as thei: President and to vote as a his nomination, The platform was mously adopted nd was Mr re the Co stior {is eppearance greeted with wad the tow ‘ Protesting Democrats It was } jock in the morning vention Day when ex Mayor Wi Grace, BE. Ellery Anderson, Colone Grier Monroe and v1 James By mittee representing 1 | havea nn eveland t is onlled, me of Buffalo, was C ra convention on May 3 in to nominate a set of delegates t mvention iarats f the C tarifl reform and b { inciading the Chair { empowered to add 1 each vacant Con It is to be known ax the : hence the name of hye ( Locke, jammed Kyra Cue, the Chicago ( i he Ge nvent wi was for ney. A nest m committee « filteen, AD, Was appointed number gressional distr Provisional Con the new party The Provisional Committee has as bers Charles E. Fairchild, E. Ellery Ander. son. William BE. Curtis, Edward B. Whit. ney, Kew York: Edward M Khepar i, George Foster Peabody, Kings County: M. N. Kane, Orange; Charles Roe, Monroe; Fletcher Peck Livingston: 0. W, Cutler, Niagara: Hudson Ainslie, Cattaraugus; Franklin I. Locke, Erie There were thirty-eight counties repre. sented in the conference. Charles 8, Fair. child made a speech when he opensd the meeting. Chairman Locke, E Ulery Anderson, ¥. M. Thorne, of Buffalo; Will. jam A. Poucher, of Oswego: William H. Beach, of Syracuse, and G. Hyde Clark, of Cooperstown, made speeches, Clark wanted the party to come out boldly for Cleveland. to its men. FOSTER GOES ABROAD. The Secretary of the United States Treasury Sails tor Europe, MOCTTALY Ireascry Foster salled New York sailed for Spree, accompanied by Dr. J. B, Hamilton, of the and W F. Mel onnon, Chief of the Warrant Division of Tye Treasu y Dapartment He was 10 go from Now York to Bremen, was to visit Londo for a couple of days and cateh the return steamer at Southampton, The Secretary was accompanied from Washington by W. ¥. Melennom, Dr. J. B, Hamilton E. 0, Leech, C. M, Hendley and RJ. Wynne, bis private secretary it is said that Recretary Foster fs going abroad for his health Secretary of War Elkine ex Governor MoCormios, of Arama, and many other friends called at ths Firth Avenue Hotel daring the morning to express the hope that his health would be benefitad by the voyaee, and as the Spree steamed down the harbor she was escorted by the revenue cutter Chandler, on board of which were many of the Secretary's friend« By order of the Secretary of War the Bpree was saluted with sovetitesn guns from Governor's Island and also by the guns at Fort Wadsworth and Fort Hamilton, Seven of the from Europe on the ex Eurgeon General Army,
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