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liabilities are between s., ,0o9 900 and SIC, ,000, 5
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| rious speculations.
ANOTHER man has committed suicide at
Monte Carlo on account or losses at the
gaming table there, making the nineteenth
self-murder at that notorious resort sincs
January.
The death Of Cardinal Camille di Pietro,
born in Rome in 1906, is annonnce1.
A REWARD of e16 for each heal of a
French soldier, ard e32 for the heal of an
officer, has been offered by the commander
of the Black Flags in Ton4uin.
AN ARRAY occurred at Pressa, Italy, be-
tween laborerS ON the railroad and villagers.
CaybiGeers interteref to suppress the dis
tuibance, and fired, killing eight aud wound
ing fourteen Of the villagers.
TRE German reichstag has bssn opene1
with the usual forinalit.es. The sIeech from
the throne was read by the home secretary
OF state and representative Of the chancellor.
The speech asserts that the chief task of the
reichstag lies in the domain of social and
political affairs, dsays that the emperor's
wish, which has been solemnly and repeatedly
expressed for the Improvement of the condi-
tion Of workmen, has met with full apprecia-
tion on the part of the German people.
In the German reichstag. after the presi-
dent hal been reelected, that funcGionary
announced the death of Herr Lasker and OF
other members VINO hal died during the re-
cess. The deputies remained standing as a
mark of respect while this announcement
was being made Herr Rickert, an indepen-
dent, expressed thanks in the name of Herr
Lasler's friends for the numerous tokens of
sympathy which had been ceived. He was
particularly grateful to the American Con-
gress for the action of thu House.
Heir Hammerstein, in behalf of the conser-
valves, protested against the action of Herr
Rickert and against the course pursued by
the American Congress. During the excit-
ing discussion that enSued remarks de-
nunciatory Of Bisnlarcks action in returning
the resolutions to the American Congress
were male. Herr Rickert characterized
Bismarck's action as ''un iustifable inter
ference" wheTeupon al uproar arose.
Two Arab chiefs who arrived recently at
Suakim report that during the recent battle
with General GraHam's troops Osman DIgna's
forces lost 5000 killed and wounded.
NEARLY a hundred persons suspected of
completely in dynamite plots are being
watched by the police in France.
NOTWITHSTANDING the furious attacks
made upon him by the German government
press, Mr.. Sargent the American minister TO
Germany, has decided not TO resign.
The bodies of Jerome Collins, the meteorol-
ogist of the Jeanette. and his mother were
buried at Cork, Ireland. There was large
procession on land and water, the former
consisting of the town corporation, various
societies, and merchants and tradesmen.
EMPEROR WILLIAM, of Germany, and tn
car of Russia, will meet in June at Darn
stadt.
A BERLIN dispatch says that majority cf
the houses belonging to Jews in NeustetGin
have been destroyed 10y a mob.
ONE member of the Canadian house of
Tariiament at Ottawa, while intoxicated,
saVagely assaulted another member with
stick in the legislative cha mber, but was dis
armed before he could do any harm.
SURVIVORS of tho Sinkat butchery report
that FL Mah1Ts rebels tore the body OF Tew-
fix Fey, the Egyptian commander, into
pie1es and devoured his liver in accordance
with their superstition.
THE treaty of peace between Chill and
Peru has been ratified by ths Chilian as
sembiY.
WALLACE Ross, the Canadian oarsman,
defeated George Bubear, leading English
rover. in four mile race on the Thames
Bubear received a start Of ten seconds, and
was easily defeated.
1T is stated that at meeting Of Irish "In
vincibles in Paris lots were drawn to see
who should kill the informer McDermott.