The National tribune., 1892-04-07

the general violation Of the excise law, with
out interference by the police, brought in &C.
we're presentments before Recorder Smyth.-
Fire in New Orleans ON Sunday destroyed six
blocks of residences. Two children were
burned. Loss $2500O0. Another fire the same
day burned over five blocks of cotton COM
presses. About $4,000 bales of cotton were
burned. Loss $2,500,0oO. Several fremen
were injured.
The Paris anarchist, Ravachol has made 3
complete confession. According to this he &C.
knowledgss completely in the Rue Clichy and
Boulevard st. Germain explosions, but accuses
his accom- plices-Gustave Mathiu and Lebas-
tard-of bringing about the explosion at the
Lobau Barracks.-The anarchists seem ter
ror-stricken by the fate of Ravachol, the pas
sage of the bill making dynamite outrages pun
ishable by death. and the determination shown
by the authorities. The trial of RavachOl will
be pushed. There has been an exodus of sus-
pected NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Rodriguez,
Mexican woman, died at Tucson, Ariz., aged
$50, on March 30. She was maid of honor at
the Mexican Vice Regal Court under Span
ish domination. Later she was attached
to the household of Macmillan, and after
the famous Cinco de Mayo followed the
fortunes of Emperor Iturbide. - The
NOIuluo Vi tEdut III LHSlauu leiI Uu III 1901,
affected particularly by the Mckinley bill.
The exports of domestic produce in 1890
amounted to ESP, 0000 00 In 1891 these exports
amounted to 927,O00000. STILL looking back
over ten years, greater cause for satisfaction
was found by the London Chamber of Com
merce in seeing that the rise during that period
amounted to total Of EAT, 900, 900; besides, dur
ing the same period there was considerable
fall in the prices of commodities. Allowance
being made for the reduction in prices, the in
crease in the exports of the 10 years increased
Is per cent-Prince Bismarck was u years
old April /. The Prince held a reception, and
was the recipient of great many floral gifts
Right Rev. DIR. Herbert Vaughan has
been appointed Archbishop of Westminster,
England, to succeed the late Cardinal Manning
He is a member of one of the ariStocratic old
Roman Catholic families of England. He was
born in Gloucester in 1882, and educated at
Stonyhurst College and at Rome. He is quite
a wel-known and influential man, and has
been especially prominent as a controversial
writer, being the owner of the London Tablet,
the Roman Catholic organ in England, and also
of the Dublin Reriew.-French agriculture
will occupy an important position at the Worlds
Fair. Horses, cows, and sheep as well as ne
growing products will figure at the Fair. A
wear ago it was doubtful whether France would
take large part. Reports from chambers of
commerce and trades unions showed no en-
thusiasm then. Now, thanks to the active
efforts of committee of French merchants,
supported by the Minister of Commerce,
real interest has been awakened.-
Berlin is agitated over supposed Jack the
Ripper" murder. The body of a prostitute
was found strangled on the staircase of a house
near the Police Bureau in Kaiser Wilhelm
strasse. The murderer had apparently been
disturbed at work, and compelled to escape be-
fore he had time to mutilate the body.---Deem-
ing, the murderer, now in Australia, had an
interview with his solicitor the other day in
Melbourne. He absolutely denied the various
murders imputed to him. He said he had never
made any confession, and had made no admis-
sions to anybody. lie could prove an alibi in
the case of the murder of three men in johann
nesburg, South Africa. The doctors who have
examined Deeming declare that he is in good
health.-Much surprise has been caused in
London by the statement of Mrs. Sturgeon,
widow of the celebrated preacher, that her
husband died worth only f2, 600. 1t is said
that Spurgeon gave away largo amounts in
quiet charity. There is some talk of tssti-
monial to the widow.-The steamer Missouri
from New York, containing food for Rus5ia's
starving peasants, arrived at Libau, Russia
April 3, and was received with ceremony by
Russian and American authorities.