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ELECTRICITY mover 178,000 miles per second: light moves 192,000 miles per second; a'rifeball moves 1,460 feet per second.
THE SILVER BILL.
June 11th. The American Senate in finance committee has amended the Caucus Bill, removing the THERE is cry of fear in Paris lest dancing may bullion redemption clause and provision for be forced out of fashion, One reason assigned free coinage under certain conditions, the Act In that women with salons no longer encourage operates a month, after prasing, for a valid. Another is that the waltz, which has for some verra almost monopolized dancing, is too decade.
boisterous and exhausting. It has disappeared from mary Paris salons. A revival of the art la called for.
(From the Diario.) BISMARCK AND THE KAISER.
MADRID, June 6th.
The relations between Firmarck and the Emperor of Germany are broken up
SUBMARINE WARFARE.
PARIS, June 8th.
The experiments with the submarine boat Peral have been continued with great success. She was submerged for an hour with the most gratifying results. The public are much excited.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
ADMIRAL SALMON shified his flag from the Alacrity to the Imperieuse at Yokohama, on the 3rd inst.
LAST night a Chinese watchman fell overboard from the taffrail of the steamship Propontis. A Ile-buny was quickly thrown to him but as the tide was jumping strong at the time he must have been carried away rapidly and drowned. The body has not yet been recovered.
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THERE is a new 'use for hypnotism-namely, as a remedy for habitual drunkenness. The drunkard, after being hypnotized, is informed that ardent spirits are nasty and the object of his particular hatred. If this is repeated two or three times the habit of thought becomes so fixed that the drunkard cannot bring himself to drink a drop of spirits.
THE EMBEZZLEMENT BY A PORTUGUESE.
At the Police Court this morning, Gabriel Jorge, 24, was brought us on remand on the charge of embezzling moneys to the amount of $1,000 entrusted to his care.
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wander of the world, the Colossus of Rhodes, as described by ancient historians, could not possibly have existed for technical reasons. Eiffel worked the problem out thoroughly with Bar- tholdi, and proved as conclusively as modem science can go, that the legend of the Colossus is as mythical as those of Hercules or any other of the sun gods of old.
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New York, May 13th.
The New York Yacht Club has received a letter from Earl Dunraven, owner of the English yacht Palkyrie, saying that it is absolutely impossible to race for the America's cup under the present deed of glit, and expressing regret that the New York Yacht Club refuses to recede from the position it has taken in the matter.
A movement has been inaugurated to secure 1,000,000 signatures to a memorial to be sent to the Czar of Russia asking that he look into and seek to ameliorate the condition of the exiles in Siberia. The movement was started recently by suggestion made at the church of the Rev. Mr. McVicar of Philadelphia, Now a petition has been printed and copies sent all over the United States. The petition is couched in very moderate language,
against the liquor traffic was fast rising. Allusion had been made to remarks of his ten years ago in favor of compensation. Since then the law bad been settled in a manner unfavourable to the doctrine of vested interests. He certainly never contemplated approving such a bill as thiô, which proposes the purchase of a number of public houses on any terms the proprietors will accept. The bill' might better be described as A bill for the endowment of pablic-houses." The bill was bad in principle and utterly unsupported by precedent.
Mr. Caines' motion to reject the bill was defeated and the bill then passed its second reading.
NEW YORK, May 15th Billy Madden, manager for Joe McAuliffe, went over to Proctor's Theatre läst night, and· had a talk with John L. Sullivan,
The world's champion agreed to fight McAu liffe with small gloves to a finish in two months from now for at least $5000 a side or for a bigger purse.
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THREE of Mr. T, K. Davis' chair coolies were up before Mr. Robinson at the Police Court this morning, charged with refusal of duty, Mr. Davis stated that the coolles were ordered to take a dizm of perter up to the Peak yesterday evening, and refused to do so, whereupon they were ordered to take off their master's uniform and leave this service. Owing to their refusal to do this they were given into custody. In Bentencing them to a fine of $2 each bis Worship read them a lecture about the cool impertin nce assumed by chair coolies generally Mr. Mossop, who appeared for the prisoner, in this crtany and added that he would, when-
stated that his client pleaded guilty to the ever corlies were brought before him under larceny of thirty dollars on the 7th instant, similar or kindred charges, punish them severely and to two sums of fifty dollars each on the in the interes's of discipline, which men of this 9th of this month. He begged his Worship class appeared to have but very mir'y notions to deal with the case summarily, as beington's return from his trip to the South for his troops who remained loyal A number of
three reasons-Firstly, because of the delicate thought he was empowered
to de, for
state ofthe pritoner's mother's health; secondly on account of the youth of the prisones, and thirdly owing to the fact that the prisoner's father was a highly respected member of the community and an old and trusted servant of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank.
of. In the language of the Chinese mandarins,
we exclaim, “ tremble and obey."
TE Diario de Manila of the 31st ullo says
A bottle has been picked un on the eastern coast
of Mindanao, district of Surigao, which was found to contain an ominous message from the sea. The writing was in. English, and the message referred, to' an American' vessel.—The
ALL Manila is enthusiastic over the switchback railway-or, as they call it, the Rustian moun. tain-which a Singapore speculator has erected there. The receipts are said to be prodigious. THE General Managers (Messrs. Jardine, Mathe Diario of the 1st inst, gives the following addi- son & Co.) inform us that the Indo-Chination details:-The bottle was found in the Steam Navigation Co.'s new steamer Lienshing river. The papers inside were much injured by from London, will leave Singapore for this port sea-water, but the following could be made out:-- at daylight to-morrow.
On board the steamer Fairy Queen, bound for (the name is undecipherable, but looks some- thing like Milpectes)..
THE difference between the modern journalistic "special commissioner" and the old reporter
and correspondent, according to the Pittsburg
Chronicle, is that the former knows mare, but, what he knows isn't so.
In this issue we commence a series of short reviews of the share business of the week, for which we have arranged with one of the leading brokers. They will appear each Saturday, and will, we trust, be of value to our readers generally.
TO-MORROW morning between 9 and 10.30 o'clock the steam-launch carrying the Bethel flag will call alongside any vessel hoisting code pennant C, to convey men ashore to 17 am, service at St. Peter's Seamen's Church, returning
About 12:30.
WEEPING Spouse-I shall erect a monument to you, dearest, when you are gone. I shall have "Loving Husband "engraved at the bottom of
the column. Dying Advertiser-Good heavens,
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been bought by Russia and covered with splendid Greck temples. The great pilgrimages of the 1.00 day are from Russia to Palestine. Every year about 30,000 or 40,000 Russian pilgrims visit the Holy Land.
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SCOTCH WHISKY.
WE inadvertently stated in Tuesday's issue was "up" before Mr. Wodehouse owing to some that the carpenter of the steamship Felbridge difficulty with the Captain, was not the carpenter, but a fireman of the ill-fated steamer, who received a severe lecture from Mr. Robinson and had to ante up a $5 bill.
The following trite doggerel has been adopted as a sort of rhyming trade mark of Louis Aldrich's new comedy, "The Editor":— Beneath the rule of men entirely great. The scissors rules the destinies of state. Midst universal gloom the dawn appears When we combine the paste pot with the shears.
THE following, published by the Nagasaki | Express, is significant:-Permission has been $1.19 granted by the Japanese Government to the Russian Volunteer Fleet to purchase coal direct 1.25 from the Horonni mine. This will be a great convenience to the coasting squadron. The 1.50 Wladivostock recently left Otaru with, several
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Terrible storm on the coast of Mexico raging
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Passengers and crew taking to the boats. All hope is lost,
PELIO B. PLUM, Captain,
On the other side of the page is something about the Prince of Wales and the Court.
THE last fad at the English music balls is the recitation of patriolic or sentimental pieces by good elocutionists. The newspapers regularly criticise the new poems thas brought out or the new rendering of old ones, as they do the performances at the higher class of theatres, Mi's Amy. Roselle, who started the idea at the Empire Theatre, has just added to her repertoire very successfully a rew plece by H. Saville Clark, called the "Siege of Lucknow," closing thas: Thes the last day came as we thought: the death seemed fairer
aill
Thas the fate which might one day be ours if the foeman, had his
will
And I turned to the man who loved mo, nad 1 said : " By cur
plig1ted truth, By the love that we bear each oder, now swear resolute
When the last onset comes, you will keep ina mns Cartridge; you And save me and kit me. I love?'t will the best that I die by
understand:
your band,"
Then he bent down and kissed me and promised, whữa the words
that he spoke all remain
Engraven for aya on my heart, udíl death re-unites us again ? .
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We have received some further particulars with regard to the Ulysses, says the Kobe Herald, which show that in spite of the unfavourable carried on, the Japanese syndicate which conditions under which the work has been bought the vessel and the cargo have, after all, made a tolerably good bargain. They paid for them $37.400 and up to the present they have sold $35 454 worth of cargo alone, and they expect to get at least $30,000 more for the cargo. The Japanese are confident that if the weather had been fine they could have got the ship off. The gales which have recently been experienced, and of which she get the full force, have 1 ken off ff een fathoms of her bows, but forty-five fathoms of her are still let in good order. Some of the Japanese have still a idea of getting the stern of the boat eff and pulting a bulk-head to it, but that is almost impossible, However, the boiler and engines are not injured, | and will be got ou', and the Japanese calculate that even if the worst happens, and the remainder of the beat disappears, they will get over 100,000 out of her
STANLEY'S Opera 'Bouffe Company appeared at the Theatre Royal, City Hall, last night, before The representation, well filled house.
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His Worship declined to accede to the quest. prisoner entered his employ on the 1st or 2nd of Mr. J. A. Barreito, recalled, kinted that the August, 1889, and was taken on probation for special duty, which, when complete, his services were dispensed with fornerlod of six weeks. He afterwards took the prisoner on again, and kept him in his employ until the time of his arrest. He had doubts as to whether prisoner had embezzled the amounts entered on the block end of the paying- in book. Possibly, the prisoner did not take those amounts to the bank. The 'a. coupis of the Marina Htel Company were audited up to December last, Sometimes he sent money to the bank by another clerk named Demée, who was in his employ for a while together with Jorge. Up to the present time he had not 'made a thorough examination of the Marina Co.'s account.
Cross-examined by Mr. Mossop:-He could discharge the prisoner while in his service with out reference to the Company of which he (fr. Barretto) was secretary. He could swear positively to several of the amounts mentioned in the paying in book; in fact to all of them except three. Crossed cheques and compradore orders he forwarded to the hink, at times, by the office-boy; but never entrusted the latter with any hard cash He was quite willing to accept the plea of guilty to the before mentioned amounts of 30, 50, and 50 dollars on the 7th
and 9th instants.
His Worship remarked that it was the Crown, and not Mr. Barretto, prosecuting in this case. Mr. Mossop replied that Mr. Barretto was prosecuting privately,
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LONDON, May 14th.
The Untonist dinner last night at the Crystal Palace, the occasion for which was Loid Hart
quets, inasmuch as the ladies, instead of being health, witnessed an innovation in political ban relegated to the spectators” gallery, were placed as guests equally with the men at the tables. Mrs. Chamberlain was seated next to Lord Hart- ington, the special guest of the evening, and the Duchess of St. Albans was placed by the side of Mr. Chamberlain, who presided.
NICE, May 14th. terday from prison, in which he was incarcerated Benson, the Jubilee Plunger, was liberated yes. for forgery. He was escorted to his hotel by a crowd of friends, who gave him a banquet at which he announced his intention to reform. and will write a book narrating his experience of He will arrive in London at the end of the week, prison life.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 14th,
A plague of locusts is devastating trans- Caucasia. A quarter of a million acres of Agricultural land at Tifis, Elisavetbol and Baku has been ravaged by this pestilential insect. At present 300.000 men are occupied in the destrac- tion, of the locusts, and still they swarm over everything.
As Sullivan will know in a few days how things stand down in Mississippi, he can then meet Madden and McAuliffe and sign articles.
RIO JANEIRO, May 15th. A rising of the people against the Government took place on Tuesday at Porto Algre. A portion The outbreak was suppressed by the police and of the troops fraternized with the people.
persons were wounded.
SYDNEY, May 15th. 200 a side and the sculling championship of The race between Kemp. and McLean for the world, took place to-day on the Paraniata river and was won easily by Kemp.
SOFIA, May 15th. Major Panitza and alae other Bulgarian officers, four civilians, and a Russian officer were to overthrow the Government. The indictment placed on trial to-day charged with conspiring
plot and supplying the conspirators with money. accuses the Russian officer of being privy to the The case was adjourned to May aoth.
WASHINGTON, May 16th. A cablegram from Rio Janeiro to-day, received by the Brazilian Legation, reports that the anai- versary of the abolition of slavery was celebrated on the 13th with great popular feasts, the people making a significant demonstration in favor of the republic.
PARIS, May 16th. Recent experiments with the new submarine' gunboat, the Gymnote, have proved entirely. satisfactory. Several' changes have been made since the trial a short time ago, and it can now be confidently stated that the problem of sailing under the water has been solved. At a given signal the boat slowly descended and remained at a depth of two metres and fifty centimetres below the surface of the water. It was found easy to remain at that depth with variations of about twenty centimetres. The depth, of course, was estimated by the number of turns of the
QUREEC, May 14th.. The Allan line steamer Parisian, which arrived here yesterday from Liverpool, narrowly escaped disaster off the banks of Newfound land. A fog prevailed, and the steamer was proceeding cautiously. The look-out sighted a huge iceberg forty yards ahead. The engines were reversed, but the steamer ran on the iceberg to the distance of twelve feet. For the time being the ship shivered from the shock and great, and in this way it was known when the
limit of deep water was reached. excitement prevailed on board. She lay on her broadside a fall minute and the captain ordered all hands on deck and the crew to stand by the boats The vessel, however, soon settled back into clear water uninjured,
VIENNA, May 14th.
It is announced that the Pope has addressed a circular letter to 100 bishops of various coun- tries, asking whether they consider the time temporal power of the Holy See. Sixty-six opportune for proclaiming a dogma asserting the bishops answered in the affirmative, but all the Italian prelates opposed the dogma. The Jesuita urge the Pope to proclaim the dogma without delay.
The Gymnote then returned the surface and took a plange in the opposite direction, and made various evolations to show her powers of steering and of remaining at a given depth. She did not leave on the surface any trace of her passage, and is quite invisible when painted gray, but on the occasion of these trials she was painted white, in order that her course might be seen under water. Altogether, the mark a decided advance on anything that has experiments were most successful, and seem to bitherto been attempted.
BERLIN, May Toth.
In the debate on the Army bill to-day, Lieb knecht declared the nation would soon be ruined 'by the heavy burden of the militarism.
He blamed Bismarck's tendency toward war. Bismarck, he said, could have prevented the last every way Russia's aggression, Karrboff and Russo-Turkish War. Instead, he supported in Boemel replied, defending Bismarck, Kartboff said the borden of taxation was exaggerated. It was balanced by twenty years prosperity, obtained through success in war.
of the Chartered Bank, recailed, stated that pay- Mr. James Montgomery Andrews, accountant ments on any day on any particular account were invariably entered the same day in the bank's ledger and at once credited to the account in respect of which they were made, He could see no entry in the ledger for $45 paid
BERLIN, May 14th. in on the 29th April; for $100 paid in on 6th During the debate in the Reichstag to-day on May, for $85 on the 12th of May, or for the Military bill the Minister of War explained year. According to the paying-in book, how support of it. The European situation, he de- 390 paid in on the 24th of May of this the provisions of the measure. Moltke spoke in ever, these amounts should be visible in theclared, was always growing more difficult, and it ledver. Money was usually paid by customers
was imperative that Germany should have a to the bank's shroff, who endorsed the paying-in strong military system. A strong Government book and gave it to the sub-accountant to be alone would be able to maintain peace, and there initialed. It would a'so be the duty of the sub- in no one who does not hesitate to throw a match accounting to initial the paying in slip when into the powder barrel. He hel1 that all the vised and endorsed by the compradore. The Powers were peacefully disposed, but that security accountant would retain the slips as vouchers for can only be attained by Germany'i own efforts, sums received into the bank. The entries in the Of course the maintenance of the army on a war paying-in book on the 6th May were for sums footing demands the expenditure of large amounts of money actually received by the bank, of money, but the point to be considered is this: but the initials on the block end of the If we economize in our war expenditures the book were forgeries. The only way he could most brilliant financial sensation we may be able peas ST. PETERSBURG, May 16th.
to create will not insure the exclusion of our enemies from the fatherland, nontonny?
LONDON, May 15th.
Chancellor Caprivi argued for the bill, and said the bequest he received from Bismarck was so clearly peaceful that the Government would not alter it in any way,
At a banquet at Konigsburg the Emperor made a speech, in which he said that whoever attempted to attack the security of the country would find him a man of iron who could enforce
The city of Tomsk, in Western Siberia, has been almost completely, destroyed by flood and fire. Many lives were lost. fire.
May 17th. Horrible scenes are reported as having occurred during the burning of Tomsk, the capital of Westem Siberia. The place was visited simultaneously by a conflagration and a cyclone, the result of the combined disasters being the destruction of three-quarters of the hundreds of lives.
hundredth anniversary of its foundation. In although by no means an unqualified success, had received $626, entered $616, in the paying formed a combination with Alfred Cellier, who | buildings, which were of wood, and the loss of
Op SSA has just been preparing to celebrate the 1794 the Duke de Richelieu, a Frenchman, laid out the plan of Odessa, now become one of the most Rourishing cities in the world. Odessa has a Rue de Richelieu (rather wider than the famous street of the same name in Paris), and a reduced copy of the Palais Royal.
LAST evening A Captain Gardiner, of the Ordnance Department, was returning from the Palo grounds in a trap, when opposite the Naval Yard & harmless little butterfly, afting 10 its way in an opposite direcion, came fato
collision with the head of the pony, who straight way bolted for the ditch. capsizing the trap and 0.75 mixing things up generally. No particular harm
was done, however.
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TELEGRAMS.
for fair share of
account for the forged initials was, that the money might have been brought to the bank while he or Mr. Stewart were absent at tiffin, and rather than wait for their return the The split between Gilbert and Sullivan means, block end had been initialed wrongfully and in practically, the breaking up of the entire Saver imitation of bin signature, With regard to the company, Geraldine Ülmar, who came from entry of $516 on the 24th of March of this America three years ago to take the position of year, he was positive that $616 were paid into prima donna at the Savoy, handed D'Oyly Carte the bank. It appeared to him that the figures her resignation to-night, to take effect on June on the black end of the paying-in book had-15th. Both Sir Arthur Sullivan and D'Oyly been altered. It was possible that the prisoner Carte are in a farious rage because Gilbert has passed off satisfactyly, the leading per- in book, got it initialed, and then altered it to wrote "Dorothy, and who, the British celice formers coming in
plause. Miss L. Schlericka was a graceful 8616. He did not, himself, falilal it. It was a say is the coming man in comte
opera: Cellier's Tum-Yum, and sang the music of the part
forgery.
music is much lighter and more Frenchy than in good style, being well supported by Miss J. K. and L. of the payinin book were not worlding jointly with a librettist like Gilbert he Cross-examined by Mr. Mossop: The exhibits Sullivan's, and it is thought that when he is Stanley as Pifii-Sing and Miss Ada Mailand initialed by him, but the amounts were entered will have a chance he has never had before to as Purp-BA. For so young an artists Misa in the bank's books. It might have been a show what he can do. Gilbert has his new Fanny Stanley made a good deal out of "blind," or put on by some one in the bank. book all complete. He is meeting Celiler to Kalisha, although her style is at times grude and The forgery of initials the paying-in slips was night to arrange for the production of a new her accent painf lly provincial. An even worse not in fiself proof of embezzlement in that parti comic opera in October, probably at the Lyric offender in both these respects was Miss Amycular case, as far as he knew. He knew at once Childs, who did not score a success as Nank by looking at the initials that they were forgeries, are now mentioned as prima donnas in this new Theatre. Both Miss Ulmar and Marle Tempest Pao, slthough she certainly worked bard and
Mr. Mossop then said that as his Worship venture. consistently, Mr. B. Pyne was funny as had decided to send the case for trial he would Ko-bo, and is no dubt a clever comedian, not, at that juncture, trouble him with but his vocal deficiencies are far too further questions. For the sake of the prisoner's heavy a handicap to permit him to shine in
distressed mother and family he would ask his comic optra. Mr. Fletcher and Mr. Liddiard Worship to send the case for trial as soon as were very tame as Pook-Bah and Pish-Turk
possible. respectively, whilst the gentleman who played the dickade was entirely out of his element. The chorus was good and the orchestra most effective, but the opera was bit indifferently dressed and not too well staged. The Company will appear to-night in the burlesque "She-c." which is one of the most successful pieces in their répertoire.
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Mt. Wodehouse assented to this, but mentioned that he must adjourn the case until to o'clock on Monday to give the bank lime to furnish farther. evidence,
NEWS BY THE AMERICAN MAIL.
The P. M. S. $. Co.'s steamer China, Capt. to fanumerable petty annoyances from the effi- HAVE we really entered upon the age of cials. These at last became so unbearable that aluminium says the Philadelphia Przer, It W. B. Seabury, arrived from San Francisco, via Mr. Herbert determined to sever his connects the most abundant of all the metals as the Japan, this morning. We take the following tion with the Viceroy's Government and return earth's crust, and ever since tis discovery every home. During his short residence in Canton leading metallurgist and chemist has been from our exchanges p Mr. and Mrs. Herbert had the misfortune to lose their only child,
LONDON, May 13 h
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LONDON, May 17th.”
The cathedral is In ashes. The walls of the edifice, in falling, crushed an adjacent hospital, roasted alive. The garrison brutally refused to burying the inmates, who were subsequently render the least assistance in saving lives and property, on the plea that they had enough to do to protect the barracks and other Govern no time to assist worthless exiles. medt buildings. They also added that they had
Authoritative letters from Uganda confirm the
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nows that King Mwanga is again reigning pers himself under the protection of the British East manently and securely and that he has placed African Company, The Roman Catholics have united with the Protestant missions in that part of Africa to support, Mwanga, and secure the stability of his throne and harmony of interest. in Uganda Jejak
BERLIN, May 17th
Theatre with regard to the rumored separation D'Oyle Carte was seen to-day at the Savoy of Sullir a and Gilbert. He said that the report was quite trus. There was absolutely no chance of a settlement of the dispute between them, which occurred this way, in Carte's own words:
"On Gilbert's recent retum from India he and Sir Arthur met in the Savoy to balance accounts, Gilbert objected to a certain outlay for scenery The Emperor's utterances at Konigsburg and carpets for the "Gondollers. He said, in sufficed to irritate the Russian Government "and": a very abusive manner, The expenses are dispel all delusions regarding the possibility of a stable, and excessive, and I demand a renewal of the entente with Russia. The fresh agreement, because you and D'Oyley Caste newspapers here minimized his reference to war bralne, are making too much money out of my inthe speech of Wednesday, but yesterday blufinal I argued with him, but to no utterance when leaving contained an allusion purpose. He became more violent and referred which it is impossible to misunderstand. Af the matter to Sullivan, who upheld me, where shall not allow raid the Emperor, "my provinces upon Chilbert shouted: You are no gentleman here in the East to be touched. Those altacking or you should answer to me You are both them will find that my strength is that of a rock? using shocking language, out of assallant of Eastern Reussle, bis words, especially blackguards, and he rushed out of the office, A Russia, Is the only possible frontier "On the following day Gilbert wrote an insult. In view of their following his first aggressive letter to Sullivan to the effect that unless declaration, are now Interpreted here, as in St. Sir Arthur apologized for sustaining me and Petersburg, as aimed against Russia. Within greed to several connection with me, as oficial circles here, the Emperor's deliverance ship. Sir Arthur replied: "I think that it is the Farit pointing to closer relation between the (Gülbert) should insist on dissolving the partner citired no supilte, in, ylew of advices from
disgusted at your ungentlemanly conduct. They may be the Czar opinion of the value of a very best thing stondo, I am thoroughly Freilch and Russian foreign, offices. Whatever have not spoken since, but are now bitter and French alliance, bis advisers cultivate R. mles, was erg skadequa Parker Another pregnant fact it Chancellor Capriyle... Gi but swears that he will never allow any of announced design to place one of the two new the operas produced by the new firm to be played army corps on the Russian frontier. in America. Sullivan will probably collaborate The latest reports from Major Wissmann with George R Sim announce the occupation of the country o
Sir James Ferguson, stated in the Commons Lindi to Mikindan without fighting, and they
of mentore hopeful of soon securing an open route to Lake Mitchell, the middle weight pugilist, says he Near Hirarms will render safe, the caravan is willing to meet Dempsey for a prize offered by routes to the mission stations. the Califorala Athletic Club: 15:50
in the Commons: to-night the debate was resumed on the Licensing bill. Gladstone said that the means proposed were utterly fuille and extremely dangerous," The tide of pubilé épinion
working to find cheapy Eave succeeded. Only The reception to Stanley in the Guildhall to-day
a process for reducing it. A few years ago this metal cost more than was an enthusiastic affair. A dense crowd ga'd. To-day, thanks to the enterprise of thronged the approaches and the guests numbered A PYTHON, about 14 feet in length, was caught Americans, it has been reduced to the price, 3000. The Lord Mayor presented to the explorer by P. C. Gilmour at Stanley last Sunday. It had block for block, of sickel. At sa per pound a gold casket containing an address, from the a cat in its cells at the time of cepture and was, aluminium is a cheaper meist to ney than nickel. corporation of London. so julent on its prey that the courageous It is nearly four times lighter than nickel, and
Stanley, in returning thanks, said that the shakes. The reptile had been the terror of the Aluminium has only been on the market in a Englishmen listened to his lectures to ween, 1878 copper had it secured in a box in a brace of will go, therefore, nesily four times as far. Congo moved to his ged to England had neighbourhood for some weeks past, and ke commercial way for about a year. In that time and 1884 Belgium was sy ping foo per cent. capture was the occasion of great gite to the the applications to which this metal can be, profit. England, might have had East Africa, villagers. His snake-ship was put in the leper economically put have been found to be nume but her journalists see everything through an cell at the Central Police Station to-day rous. Its introduction will mark a great step in the opaque glass Germany in the tools About noon Gilmour took a little white rabbli | advance of human progress., Aluminium at 25 share and cannot fail to win in the long run. to him, for tiffin. Quite a crowd went along cents per pound, and it will surely reach that price, Wissmann never heard of such things as Quaker to see "bunny" assimilated, buto theft will take the place of from and steel in many ism, peace societies, anti-enterprise comp Mr. Pickersgill mowed the adjoumment of the House for the purpose of considering the action Procatio being hopped upon by the little creature, to ship-building becomes at once apparent. The clogs to every hearty endeavon made by England. African chiels were not authorized by the Govern region toward the Róvuma river, Wissmann is
which seemed quite prcooscious of its danger, use of aluminium for this purpose ould change. He hoped that the Government would remember of the police in forbidding processions to Hyde-Two splendid specimens of this branch of the mighty black racer of the Atlantic into the services of his companions and not chill their Park on Saturday to protest against the com- herpetology, caught tix years ago, argelo be bright silver vessel which would inspire the young sonls with the neglect which first warped seen in the City Hall Museum; one the prize mating posis to flights of hitherto unheard of poor Gordon, after his heyolc achievements in pensation clauses of the Licensing BIL
of P. S. Dancan-being caught at the same fancy in describing how fi lightly the silver ships Chion, y pace in 184, and another, about so feet in rode the blue billows," Seriously, thenă în alte cung phon TAWAY PARIS, May 13th, length, being taken near the Happy Valley, by possibility that ocean racers in the cound of Messrs. Bartholdi and Eiffel, after careful cal- Inspector Orley,
culation, have decided that the celebrated
PARLIAMENT,
LONDON, June 4th,
After a prolonged and beated discussion the motion was rejected by a majority of one hundred and ten,
ilme will be constructed of aluminium,
"nien
The ammunition factory at St. Etienne bas SPARESTAREITENKIN PARIS, May 17th, received in order from Russia for cartridges loaded with smokeless powder equal to a supply. for 1,000,000 rides,
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