The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-07-03
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Telegram to the New York Herald. ]
WASHINGTON, June 17.

W AhHLNGTON, June IL, 1910.
To the Editor Of the Herald:
General Sickles telegnphs from Madrid
that Mr.. James ]. 0'Kelly has arrived, and
adds: ''This is preliminary to his dis
charge" HAMILTON FISH.
MADRID, June 1.-THE Spanish Cortes
has under consideration a proposition of
Senior 0con granting the government extra
ordinary faculties, under. which it will be
empowered to levy contribution of 100,
600, 900 pesetas upon the country.
PARIS, June 17.-Telegrams from Yer
sailles, under date of to-day, report that the
special committee which was appointed by
the National Assembly last week to CON
slider whether the application made by the
Military Governor of Paris for authority to
prosecute NJ Ranc, the member for Lyons,
for his connection with the Commune, has
held several sittings.
One of its first acts was to summon NJ.
Ranc to appear before it.
This the Deputy refused to do, standing
on his privilege as member of the legisla-
tive body, and denying the right of the
committee to require his presence.
To-day the committee held its final session.
A report was adopted, by a vote of four
teen to one, recommending that authorize
ton for the arrest and trial of Deputy Ranc
De granted Dy the Assembly.
RoME, June 1.-THE Italian Senate to-
day passed the bill for the suppression of
religious corporations, by a vote of 6S yeas
to 20nays.
The measure now awaits the royal sane
ton to become law.
THE ESSENTIAL PROVISIONS OF THE ACT.
The Italian government adopted the first
articles, and thus the essentials and princi-
pie of the bill for religious corporations
suppression, on the thirteenth of May.
The first articles, in reality, contain the
spirit of the entire measure, the numerous
others of which it consists, presenting only
financial dispositions or details of execution.
Article 1 declares that the general legis-
latiOn of the Kingdom on the religious
houses and ecclesiastical bodies shall be ex-
tended to the Province of Rome. That
provision was adopted by vote in the
Chambers of 3S5 to 3, there being only 10
abstentions.
Paragraph of article , preserves the
Generalates, or central establishments in
Rome of the religious orders, and aceords
to the Pope an annual allowance of 400, 000f,
for their maintenance. Until the Pontif
shall consent to take on himself the employ
ment of that sum, the distribution of it
may be confded by the government to ''one
of the ecclesiastical entities legally existing
in Rome" That provision, which gave
rise to long and animated discussion, was
eventually voted by Chambers majority of
22O to 1913.
The order of Jesuits is, however, ex-
Guided from the benefits accorded by the
bill to the other houses. The government,
on the other hand, opposed motion to ex-
pei the members of that order, and on
vote by the Chamber in the same sense, the
mover withdrew his proposition.
LONDON, June IA special dispatch
from Berlin to the London Hour says the
health of Emperor William is improving,
and it is expected that in few days he will
have regained his usual condition of
strength.
MATAMoRos, June 16.-Telegrams, spe-
cial to the Herald, from Mexico City have
reached this point. The news is dated to
the 7th inst. The CORRESPONDENT reports as
follows:
The Mexican government has passed law
retiring the old 'tsun" silver dollars from
circulation.
REvoLUTIoNIsTs vERGING TOWARDS SUB
MISSION.
The new revolutionary movement in ia
lisco against the collection of State and gov
eminent taxes arrearages is of an unimpor-
tant character, and the agitators will be
compelled to submit to the law. The Pres
ident has advised the adoption of more
equitable measures in the matter of the adj
ministrative enforcement of the law.
A COMMISSIONER TO THE UNITED STATES.
Senior Zamacona, the new Mexican Com
missioner, will leave Matamoros to-day
sixteenth instantly for the United States.
HAVANA, June IA french steamer ar
rived here o-day with five hundred China
men on board.
During the passage there were one hum
dred and seventy five deaths.