Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-05-26
NEWS INA NUTSHELL.

. | AfNHff wv F1nANu AlHAAiAAtf AAHf ~
named the Venerable, died May 70
7sj.
The Communists Of Paris executed
twenty.six Dominican priests May ~
1871.
The convention met In Philadelphia
q form Federal Constitution May %
1857.
Joan of Arc burned, some say by the
Engliah, some say by Rome, May "a
1881.
lfholding two Offices and drawing
two salaries at once h n qualification
for presidential candidate Gov. Hill
OF New York will bo n hard man 70
beat.
The death Of u woman In Chicago Is
attributed 10 her having abeorbed pol
son from silk gloves which she wore.
She prickod her finger with needle,
then wore new silk glovce. Her hand
soon swellcd, and her whole body was
affected. She lived only few days
after the poison first entered her sys'
ten.
Eva Mann, or Hamilton, the wife
or widow or Robert Ray Hamilton,
will, It Is said, 20 on the stage Ia tho
Fail. a play called "The Hammer
tons" has been prepared for her, In
which the names Ofall the actors ARE
only slightly altered from the real
names Of the actors IA the hamilton
Mann episode.
IL IL passing strange that nobody has
Thought before Of moving canal boats
/ by electricity instead Of with mules.
This thing Is soon TO hu tried with tho
trolley system Of overhead wires. The
boats, II IL thought, eau attain q speed
| OF from ak 10 ten miles an hour, which
would make the time between a lhauy
and Buffalo thirty hours, instead Of
seven days.
An eminent physician says that
mems stiii hats cause baldncs and cat
arrh. Another doctor says that soft
hats produce catnrrh and badness, aud
several hundred other authorities de-
clare that wOman's theatre hats cause
| profanity and madnoss. II there must
be n reform In hais-and one seems 10
be necded--let Il begin with the theatre
hat. The ladies iist, God bless 'em!
Nine. RomnnoT writes to the Eng.
ibh Magazine that In Russia tho
| daughter iA the pet Of tho home. II not
! expected 10 be- u much assistance 90
her parents, cannot become teacher
In q Sabbath school, Hikes 10 be wen
dressed, loves dancing and IA seldom
nn old maid. with the exception Of
the third and sixth counts shu closely
resembles her American cousins upon
this side Of the sea.
The Ahorigincs Protection Society
OF London "a about 20 make nfoportp
that Will score Henry VI. Stanley sov.
crrly. His lnst African trip. the fcrort
will say, was not solely 90 relieve Emln
Pashh, there was nn Interior Helfish
and sordid motive for the expedition.
The Aborlginoa pr0tectionists will also
protest against tho premature Civlllza-
ton OF Africa because Il leads TO perae.
cutIon Of tho natives.
Visiting the sins OF the few on the
many IA the opinion of the New York
ItDes on the Jewish persecution In
Russia. The Tunes says, "Oi course,
only small proportion OF the Jews IN
Russia are money Lenders, hut In the
money lenders who have got all their
co-religionlsts TO be hated on their ac.
count, aud who have drawn down
upon the whole body Of Russian Jews
one OF the most cruel and unrelonlluy
prosecutions OF modern times"
by careful experiments made at tho
United states Mint, says the Iron In.
dusfTy GdrtUc, II has been shown that
y are lost by abrasion every time
~ 100000 In gold coin ntU handled.
Iho experiments were conducted with
bags containing 5000 each, and IL was
shown that the mere Hitting OF the 200
tags making up 81 100000 10 truck 10
be removed 10 another vault, resulted
IN the loss stated, and that their trans.
fer from the truck again made second
similar loss.
a curloua feature Of the case OF OK.
Goy.'elcct Boyd OF Ncbrasta Il the
fact that although an alien ho has hold
oiiice repeatedly, has been mayor OF
Omaha and has acted ns governor OF
the Nebraska commonwealth, In "A
strict Interpretation OF the letter OF The
law all his official acts while In those
positions are null and void. Tho Vista
Of legal complications aud rretroactiye
legislatlon opened up by this annul. |
ling. OF past devda Is something be.
wildoring.
The few Hebrew families who hay.
escaped tho riots at Corfu arrived I'm |
Berlin q week ago, aud are being cared |
ior by friends OF the Hebrew cause. |
lhe refugees consisted chiefly u YOUNG |
women, children aud decfepit old men
The stories told by the oxiles corroboT.
ate the statements which have been
lelcgraphed all over the world for tho
last two or three weeks. Tho refugees
assert that the only course left for IN,
Hebrews still remaining Ia Corfu IA In |
emigTatc. The fierce hatred Of HE
Coriuites against the unfortunate race
has tnken too strenuous a hold ON the
Greek populacu n admit Of lasting
peace being restored. The oXlles say |
that the Greek soldiers are 40 badly |
disciplined that their protection cannot
be relied upon.
Senator Stewart IL reported as hsy-
Ing said In New York, on the o5th |
Inst, that the greatest defect In M,
Constitution IN tho eligibility OF tho
President TO n second term. Untu |
human nature IA changed every PresI. |
don't VIII, consciously or uneonscious.
~, use the inllonoe OF his great Office
TO promote HIS reelection. II IL I'M.
possible for him TO make any Imnort.
ant appointment or DO any other I'm
purtant executive act Without being
more or lefs Influenced ~ H. prob,hiss
eueot ub9h hls prospects for a second
tcIin' lhe temptation 10 use The bivb
NJ Id I