Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-30


the roGtioa that Italy cannot AFFORD 70
bresk away from ths alliance, and that
- party to il she musk keep her part
Of thu agreement even ct : sosG Go
htti has announced that the expenses
for the army should be s'strictly limited
to the necessities for the defence
Of the country" statement
which does ncs imply any willingness
TO depart from the alliance.
FuKrHEx details add 70 the aorrors o.
the Wellington catastrophe. This morn
ing's dispatches describe the strange
freaks Of the whirlwind and afford
pltifui subjscts tor the mind and pen
Of the most sxtravagAns rcmancer. II
seema incredible that baby should b
aiken from beneath the roof OF its
parents' house and tNnderly borne on
the piniors Of frixhtful cyclone to DO
laid on the soft grass of city officiars
lawn, yet such il the report from Wei
Engton. Tue same cyclone crushed
out the lives of . score of adults and
covered the whole country with the
debris Of the houses and buildings it
RACED 70 the ground. Kansas is not At
tiicted by the mortgage octopus alone,
for she 10 at all times exposed to just
such violent manifestations Of Boreas.
CoSeREss 10 importuned TO make suit
able provision for landing the mails
durlEg the worlds fair, but IL 10 un-
likely that anything greater than q
five-cent appropriation for ma.l-boxes
viii be made. The present congren is
so VIGOROUSLY incompetent TO deal
with matters OF magnitude and ad-
vancement, that the only thing 1t will
ever do to entitls il to prominence is to
pass . resolution of final adjournment.
In SPITE of the fact that We have
wind and water suEerers, whose cx-
treme hardships are truly pitiable, the
relief for the famine-stricken continues
Russian business. Charity begins at
home and when We heedlessly over
look the misery OF homeless Ameri-
cans to contribute 70 tho unfortunate
foreigner, that blessed virtue 10 apt TO
te looked upon - . t;nkling brass.
HENRY Gxosss says that Lord Sails
bury 10 too able man 10 b. protec-
tionist and that his s'fair trade" stti-
tude 10 IN insincere device. Is hurts
Henry TO discover that bic free trade
theories are knocked galley west BY thu
fair trade" facts Of salisbury, hence
he concludes that the facts are iusin.
ce9e.
EvEa since Nrs. o. Leary's COW kicked
over the kerosene lamp and fired
Chicago the balance Of the bovine
world have bean mad with envy. Last
evening . mild-eyed bessie stood on Z
railroad track and refusIng 70 get out
Of tile way che vas struck BY the en-.
g,ne. A fatal wreck resulted. but the
COW had her own way.
-o-o-
HARsY Fuaxrn, the English csrica.
tur,st, has announced that he will write
his Impressions Of America. A com
posits photograph Of hip and Rudyard
Kipling's ''imprsssion" would make
something - weird and fantastic q
ever psEaded around under the name
Of literature.
ONE Of tie most exoltspK debates had
in the recent convention Of brewers q
Boston Was over the question, ''How Il
Keep Beer Down. The same questior
has been debated BY . convention Of one
filled 70 the chin with the foaming bev
srass times without numbsr, but i
ms never been satisfactorily settled.
ALTHouon the trout season has beer
open nov . fuil month the psrsNnis
story Of al enormous catch has not ~
found iss way 70 the newspapers. Car
e b that the spirit Of Ananias in til
breast OF the boating Walton has been
crushed?
We are appalled, By the statsmsn
that wstsr hss sntailed damage ap
proximstins ~, 900, 900. but when toIs
that an army Of COX, 900 are move,
down every year By whisky It excite
no terror.
Tns net decreass Of stocks Of whsa
in tho elevator thfoughout the coun
try reported for last week Was 4, lo6. 90
bushels - compared with . faIlin
away OF 2.los, oo2 bushels tor the cam
week in 1891.
NEW YoKx dsmocssts will meet il
Syracuse 70 condemn and denouuc
the Hill Wing Of the party and fal
down bsfoss their obsss and mucilss
inous idol Grover.
Pastry nearly eve " Statesman /
both parties y trying 70 tell ell b,
don't know shout Blaine and Harrison
II will all BIG book II he succeeds il
telling IT al.
PofrrrAI eo0oiD nil ocoYch The taln