It is said that 750,000 belong to the eriminal class Amerienny Michigan is to adopt the Maseachu- getts reading and writing qualifica- tions for voters. Owing to the unusual activity in potato planting the price of fertilizer has advanced fifty per cent. Tipping is the latest British insti- tution to be threatened, The of Wales has declared that he will put | Prince 2} iurch has decided to hold succeed, the Detroit ures that paper stoe potato starch an » market against State convent: 1] has meals are cannot pas better off pay in part the New Picayune. Each child brings his little naire, and sometimes fruit or a bit of cheese for dessert. The cooking is) usually done by the janitor, and the the or in full, states Orleans Jean CiCan napkin, his bottle of vin ordi- meals are served at little tabl The cost of the porti €8 1n play room. { our city. a little on persons week, shores eve ry with, say, 81000 to spend in having He thinks this estimate If so, the and Europe get 8 gi od time. is within bounds. steam- ont of There is ship companies us every week £3,000 000, one thing certain. you are worgy ut poverty and hard times wn to the piers of the at the crowd You there was ever a thought of distress or forget 11 Will depression, There is a story going around that a man may go to Earope, Lon lon Paris, and return safe and sound for remain two weeks in and i0. It may be possible, but precious off under 81000, if they see ing of life in the Old World. The New York Tribune announces | that successfully pointed the way in the matter of betterment, and the work further immediately. Bergen Now Jersey has road | is to be | carried much Hudson considerable, : and Conmtiea have | Union County | Camden and Burling- | have shown a done has done more, ton like commendable spirit. Now Morris County is giving an earnest of its purpose to keep up | other About | 100 miles of road in that county are progressive counties, to be improved this season, and it is estimated that 2000 men will be kept st work for several months, Not only are these roads to be macadamized, but the grades are to be improved, a four per cent, grade (that is, a rise of not more than four seet in 100 feet) having been adopted. Much heavier loads earried by the others engaged in while for pleasure driving and bieyeling Morris County bids fair to become a paradise. The entire work is under competent en. gineering direction. Morris County just now is furnishing a valuable ob- ject-lesson to all who are interested in road reform, thus be all transportation, can farmers and | been | placed under police surveillance, | brought before the juge (Gieorzia is the only State in the Union that owns a railroad. It is probable that in a very few years it will be a commen thing to sell electricity in jars, like milk. Friends ofthe late Professor Dana, of Yale College, eny that he consid- ered himself a great philanthropist because he didn't play the flute when he could, The concerns in this country that have made the biggest successes have dull times. their sales large advertisers in By that means they the losing money, kept up to average when others were It i esti the Advertiser, that of thet mated, in a letter i sy BN, he usual fashion, moistened the lap of the envelope with his tongue The sharp edge cat his tongue and it bled. He paid no attention } 3 1 i i] Of the highest im to be ortance m now about instituted t} day months, by a magistrate whose evs ry effort is directed to extorting dama ing This ¢ admissions from the prisoner. examination invariably takes place in private, and until the inquiry is at an end and the judge has decid- ed whether the defendant is to be in- dicted or released, he is not allowed to see his counsel or to consult his friends, while his house is searched, his papers are seized and his family is Ae- cording to the bili brought forward by e¢x-Premier Constans in the Senate and indorsed by the Government, all defendants are henceforth to be I'instruction within twenty-four hours after their arrest, and their examination, instead the open of taking place tete-a-tete with magistrate, w= to held in court and in the presence of the pris be oner’s lawyer, the privoner being free at all times to communicate with his legal advisers. This, it 18 expected, will have the effect of putting a stop to all abuses in the shape of wrbitrary arrests and long detentions of nno- cent persons on the strength of mere annonymous denunciations prompted by personal animus and sentiments of revenge. It is strange that more than 100 years should have passed since the fall of the Bastile before steps have been undertaken for the abolition of methods that can only be considered as an anachronie survival of that tyr. sanical institution, DEATH IN THE EXPLOSION White Men and Chinese Blown to Atoms by Nitro-Glycerine, INSTANTLY KILLED, FOURTEEN Tanks Weighing » Ton Scurry Through the Alr, and Are Half Big Trees Blown a Mile Away---Pleking Up the Fragments of the Bodies Far and Near ~A Tragedy at Pinole, Cal, =r one mL She Has Tr wferrel ExConsal Waller's Case to Civil Jurisdiction, a, who recently Madagascar, nt the Siate papers concerning afternoon he had an ocretary Uhl Waller's case, holding g to prejudice it, a hi ily pleased y Departuent was that he migh but he express with the taking in the OFFICIAL CROP REPORT. Widespread Injury Done by the Cold Weather and Frosts, The telegraphic crop bulletin of the Agri- cujtural Department says The exceptionally cool weather has been very unfavorable for most crops, and wide. gpread injury has been done by frosts, which have been general throughout the northern and central portions of the country and as far south as the northern portions of Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. Corn has suffored seriously; much replant ing will be necessary, Cotton has also suf fered much, a part of the crop in the Caro- linas and Georgina needing to be replanted. Spring wheat is in exesllent condition In Minnesota and has not been unfavorably af fected in North Dakota, Winter wheat has suffered injury from frost in Indiana and Missouri; in Illinois the crop is less promis- ing than heretofore, and no improvement haa been experienced in Kansas and Nebras- ka; more satisfactory reports are, however, received from Arkansas, Tennessoe and Michigan. Special telegrams from theses States, based upon special reports, are as follows New England StatesFrosts killed all erops above grounds; all new growth on grapes frogen; strawborrios badly injured; apples a little damaged; peaches injured very little, Now York—Damage greatest in southwest. ern counties; central counties alone escaped serious injury; loss undotbtedly several millions in grapes and small frults; otherwise crops generally fine, but retarded, New Jersey-<Killing frost disastrous to tomatoes, beans, cucumbers, melons, corn and sweet potatoes; replanting commenced, Pennsylvania Frosts very damaging to fruits and vegetables, except in southenstern counties; grape crop appears ruined; grain and grass io falr condition, He | THE NEWS EPITOMIZED Washington Items. Horbert approved ths nnani. mons recommendation of the Naval Bmall Arms Bourd that the new Les rifle be adopt- ed as the services Boeretary Weapon. Frank P. Hastings presented to the State Department his crodentinis, as Ha- walinn Charge d’Affalrs, succesling Lorin M. Tht ston, 3 ly President's Private ‘ashington fo Juzzard's Arrangen for the ind his own ber, the { Massa- 1088 In diord, wi William ( {dead for sembly adant- r Seminaries contsol of (Ht r at Elizabet vor £10 00x tric Light ¢ pa by electricity Aue ino nta t. nett, first Govarnor of Francis orn in Nashville hit to ree eghty Ten- ntvsfour Legisiatu re we to 70% Foreign Notes, rks in Bialvstock, Poland y barne Five persons were burned t h and seven others fatally injured, Apia, Samoa, destroyed eleven ipal structures besides small outbuild. ; Joss estimated at 52.000, Diplomatic relations between Japan and China have boon resumed, The B Minister of signad. Franz von Suppe, the musical composer died a few days ago at Vienna, Austria, He was born on April 18, 182), in Spalato, a vil lage in Dalmatia, At Kobur, Russia, 200 houses were burned and three persons perished, In the village of Rushany the Government buildings and 250 houses were destroyed. At Mukshany, in the province of Pensa, ninety houses wero burned, sloth w 2 fire wv has re Igian Finan A severs earthquake shook was felt at 8po- | oto, Italy. The United States warship Monterey ar rived at Callao, Peru, The British Royal Geographioal Society held a meeting in London to commemorate | the fiftieth anniversary of the departure of Sir John Franklin for the Arctic regions, General Campos ordered that newspaper correspondents visiting Cuban insurgent mm ps be shot, Austro-Hungary iz to build a 6,000,000 steel plant at Cronstadt, Fire destroyed the Yong wharf, freight sheds, and coaling pler at Richmond, Nova Bootia. Government property worth a quarter of a million dollars was burned. MADE HOMELESS BY FIRE Seventy-five Acres of Buildings De- stroyed in St. Albans, Vt. FIVE HUNDRED SHELTERLESS. The Flames Started In a Lumber Yard and Lald Waste the Basiness Part Town---Nearly 150 BEulldings Burned--. A Large Area in Buins---The Xew Gov. ernment Building Gutted, ret} SIAMESE Remarkable New X With A Palr of Born sn Connecting 1 little ones trong nit to the operati But alt, afrms the New York W cutting of the ligament wo Doth ohildrey are girls s the vid be fatal and brunettes, The? weighed tuartees pounds together, one | tipping the scales at ved nds and » { and the other » ix pounds and a half, bs na rer onnt lv y } and } A xt al } isaithy lower end ing part cov. ers nearly tl 1h in . Granben, ot of the C Medical Bociety, and many other: ave | ehler residenno It is their case of these n record. again and again to the K to examine the wonderful twins unanimous opinion that the twins is the most remarkable EARTHQUAKES IN ITALY. Three Thousand Houses Damaged Several People Killed in Florence. and The population of Florence, iy, was thrown into a state of panie by a earthquakes that did mueh damage there and in other places their houses when the first shock came ran tarror-stricken into the streets, and their cries could be heard throughout the eity, The shooks were so violent that houses swayed like ships in a sea-way, and fu @ number of cases roofs fell in, injuring many persons who had not sought safety in flight The wildest scenes were at the theatros, whare performances were going on as usual, No respect was shown for the w mon, weak or aged, and in the rush for the exits many were badly hurt. At Grassina, a suburb of 1 rence, the shooks were very violent. The extent of the earth movement may be judged from the fact that a Joaded omnibus was overturned. Twelve residents of Grassina were hurt. After the first severe shocks there were repeated lighter ones, The seismio distorts ance was felt at Lucca, Pontedera, and gen- erally throughout Tuscany, The centre of the movement was at Florence, Around Florence a number “f houses were destroyed and four persons were killed. At Lappaggi, a village near Grassina, no logs than forty houses were thrown from their foundations and completely wrecked, The body of a young mother with her infant clasped to her heart was found, She had evidently attempted to flee, hut, together with her child, was orushed to death bensath the falling walls of her home, Great damage was done in Florence, An Investigation was made by the municipal authorities, who estimated that 3000 houses were dam The Cathedral (La Catthe- dralo di Sazta Maria del Fiore), an impos. ing example of Italisn Gothie architecture and probably the most remarkable building of its kind in Europe, was somewhat dame perios of People who were in The selemic manifestation of this night was the most violent that Florenos has known gibt Jabs Sha Sarthquake of, ai is orioal in the of a ving boen slighter, ad of the THE MARKETS, Late Wholesale duce Quoted in New Prices of Country I'ro. York. MILE AXD CREAM Asparagas, ¥ y r=, Fia utara Celery, 5 . ¥ 100 bur Poets Yes Fis “Beep OF the Grass” No More Falling Off in Coal Production. United States G sical Sur 1 a report on the Newsy New York Stat The Cherokee Indian ay 1 England is watchs Gleanings, has now thirty-seven cities ve to Mexico, merioa’s silver con | Lost Freneh tr from ps in Madagascar are suffering {ove ever, California summer-resort tourist {| held up by bandits, The Chicago Woman's Clu! admit colored women The Rothschilds are reg gold direct from the n Chile and Bolivia have fensive and defensive alliance In Brooklyn, N. Y., the trolley recor] is 109 killed and more than 500 » The silver convention, in in Salt Lake, Utah, formed the Bimetallie Union. The strawberry orop of Southern Hlinsiele probably one-third blasted by the late frosts The first colored Catholic ehureh in the South has been dedicated at Now Orleans, La Considerable damage has boon done to wheat in Indiana and Illinois by the Hessian fly. The receipts are figured at half profit, A committes of the British Houses of Come mons reported against the right of Peers to #it in that body. United States Socoet Rorvioa ofMsers have dircoverad an extensive fursmuggling con. piracy In Canada. Capital, anticipating Japanese mle, is go. Ing extensively into sugar refineries on the Island of Formosa, Bleyeles are apt to become a regular part of a policoman’s outfit In future, wo Chioago (TI) policemen demonstrated its practicability by capturing an escaped mur derer after a chase of a mile, has decided to ines aimed sera] nr from the new Baltie Canal nearly €1,000,060 annually,
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