The state capital., 1891-08-22

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SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS
The ukase prohibiting rye exports is
approved by the press Of st, Peters
burg.
SECRET orders have been received by
the police of Moscow, which will have
the effect of expelling every jew from
the district within two months
A LIQUID which instantly kills the
phylloxera, the pest Of the vineyard,
without iniuring the vine, has been dis
covered by Prof. Forroneinto, of the
university Of Turin.
TT is believed that the United States
steamship Pensacola, which is now at
Mare Island, Cal, will soon be put out
of commission, as her present condi-
tion is hardly seaworthy.
The wheat crop of France is esti-
mated at 80, 900. 900 hcctolitres, leaving
a deficiency Of ~, 900, 900 hectolitres.
Owing to this fact the customs snrtax
on wheat will be suspended for one
year.
BARON IIIRsCH, who is at Carls bad,
has signed a document empowering
DIR. Lowenthal and other gentlemen to
purchase lands in the Argentine re-
! public to the value of 10000, 900 pesos,
about 81, 500, 900.
SIX Americans were in attendance at
the socialistic congress in Belgium on
the 18th. Among them were Mr.. Ho-
hen, representing the Chicago social
lists, and Mr.. Kahn representing 5000
workingmen in New York.
THE city council Of Victoria, B. c..
has decided to submit to the people by
laws appropriating nearly 50, 000,0 900 for
railway subsidies. One million is to go
to the Victoria & American railroad,
said to be part of the Northern Pa
cific
In review of the European political
situation, the st. Petersburg Novosti,
says: IF it is the policy of Great
Britain to continue firm in her attitude
toward France and Russia the peace of
Europe will be guaranteed for all time
to come"
DIR. ROLAND p. FALKNEK, Of the uni
versity of Pennsylvania has been asked
by the senate committee on finance to
assume the direction Of its coming i'm
portant investigation into the effect of
the Mckinley tariff upon wages and
the cost Of living.
ARCHBISHOP KENRICK, the venerable
Catholic prelate, celebrated his eighty
fifth birthday anniversary in st. Louis
on the nth. On st. Andrews day, No
vember 30, he will celebrate the golden
jubilee Of his episcopate, preparations
for which are already in progress.
Mrs. SARAH POLK, the aged widow of
the tenth president Q: the United
States, died at the old homestead in
Nashville, Tenn, at 7:30 a. m, on the
14th. Her remains were laid beside
those of her distinguished husband, in
the side yard Of the family residence.
So ALARMING has become the increase
Of scarlet fever among the patients of
the Milwaukee county (Wis.1 insane
asylum that the institution has been
thoroughly quarantined. Twenty
eight cases were reported on the 18th,
but thus far there had been no deaths.
THE Welsh Eisteddfod opened at
Swansea on the 18th. During the pro-
ceedings sudden squall and cloud
burst caused the canvas of the pavilion
to collapse, and 10000 persons were
thoroughly soaked with the rain. A
stampede occurred, but no one was in
jured.
A CLOUD-BURsT in the mountains near
BOtzen, Austria, on the 18th, flooded
the lowlands. The mountain streams
were converted into torrents, which
swept through the village Of Kollman,
carrying away men and cattle and de-
stroying half the houses. Many per-
sons were drowned
AT recent meeting Of Silesian
millers it was decided to send tele
gram to Chancellor Won Caprivi beg
ging MIN to abolish the corn duties,
saying that otherwise the Russian
ul1ase was likely to ruin the mill in
dustry and throw thousands Of hands
out Of employment.
THE condition of the German en-
perOr is beginning to excite the great
est fears in London. The official tele-
grams describing the injury admit that
when he fell Emperor William rup-
tured some of the muscles of the knee
joint and displaced the knee-cap. He
will probably be a cripple for life
WARREN p. COPE, the tax-collector of
ing an alleged shortage Of $50, 900, is
living in Windsor, Ont. He admits a
shortage, but says the amount is not so
much as stated, and if he had been
given a reasonable time he could have
arranged for settlement in full
AT the session of the National
Colored congress at Red Oak, Ia, on
the 18th, John G. Jones, of Chicago,
was indorsed for the position of min
lister to Liberia The conference was
professedly for the purpose Of advanc-
ing the interests Of the colored people
and is said to have had no political sig
nificance.
UPoN the arrival at Davenport, En-
gland, of the United States training