The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-27
MORE TYPHUs FEVER CASES.
Cream of Yesterdays New York Press.

Cream of Yesterdays New York Press.
The Tribune has the following dispatch
from London: A dispatch to The Times
from Calcutta saws that an address presented
TO the Government by the Bengal Chamber
of Commerce on the subject of exchange
asserts that IL is impossible for men in bust
ness to have any confidence in the future
value of the rupee The address adds that 1t
is the belief of the members OF the Chamber
of Commerce that there Is no complete rene
DIV for the fluctuations in the rates of ex-
change except the establishment, by an inter
national agreement. of a system Of free coin
age of both gold and silver at fixed rates, or
the adoption of gold standard by India.
Failing these remedies they see nothing IN
tho future except the gradual decentralization
of silver by one country after another, with
violent and endless fluctuations in the rela-
tive values of gold and silver. and fall in the
value Of the rupee to an extent impossible 10
predict.
The Tribune has the following from Lon
don on the untitled acreage of Great Britain:
In the House of Commons to-day Mr.. Chap
lin, president of the Board OF Agriculture, re-
ferTing TO the statement OF the American Emil
grafton Commissioners VINO recently visited
this country that the % ,0OO, 900 acres of pro-
ductive land lying idle in Great Britain was
the chief cause of emigration said that the
most recent statistics proved the inaccuracy
of that assertion. 1t was "a fact, he added,
that in the appendix of a report of a commit
tee of the House of Commons, made in 1875
N was estimated that the uncutivGted land in
Great Britain amounted 70 22.O00. 900 acres:
but whatsoever the case century ago ii was
certain that nothing like that amount of I'M
cultivated land existed now. Replying TO a
question. Mr. Chaplin said he thought it pos
sible that within the last ten or fifteen years
GOO 600 acres of arabic land in Great Britain
had become pasture, owing to the depression
in agriculture.
The Tribune's Washington news reports
that Secretary Rusk. IN answer to Senate
resolution, communicated TO the Senate tho
report of the special agent Of the Department
of Agriculture upon the experiments in the
production of rainfall. X. g. Dyrenforth,
who was in charge OF the experiments, in
summing up their results says The few ex-
periments which have been made do not fur
nish sufficient data from which 10 form def
mite conclusions or evidence upon which TO
uphold OF condemn the theories of the arti-
fetal production or increase OF rainfall by
conclusion. Experiments extending over
period Of only few months
can scarcely be sufficient IL Is
only by large number of tests. with
accurate noting Of conditions and occurrences.
that definite conclusions can be reached as TO
whether or not rainfall Will be induced by
explosions. and whether such production OF
rainfall can be reduced 10 an art, 80 as to
effect precipitation al q Predetermined place.
What has been done 50 far Is altogether pre-
llmlnary. but. with the benefit OF the expe-
rence gained, hope that the subject will be
pursued. In prosecuting these Investigations
there has been expended about 1000 OF
this amount the Government has contributed
about $4,000, the rest being given by outside
people interested in the prosecution of the in
vestigation.
The Tribune reports interviews with the
leaders OF the antl-Hill movement in which
they say they do not believe Mr.. Cleveland
is IN favor OF anything that looks hike REBEL
ion against the regular party authorities, but
that their movement viii DO continued
whether he approves of it or not.
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The Suns cable from Berlin gives almost
as complete tn account Of the Socialist dem
onstraton on Thursday AS THE TINES cable
gave. IL adds tho following interesting ac-
count of similar riots in 1s4s
The most determined uprising OF dissatis
ned people IN Germany and the most limos
ing demonstration OF mob force before the
palace in Berlin took place in the March revo-
luton IN lo4S. Frederick William ~. was
hing OF Prussia and the spirit OF instruction
that swept over Europe was especially yio-
lent IN Germany. The demand was for
constitution and q free press. For time
many o. tue minor German thrones seemed
10 toiter. One after another King promised
reforms; and finally Frederick William ~.
was IN desperate straits and on March 18th
ne WAS forced to issue n proclamation grant
ins the demands OF the people. There had
D'sA s"ee' nghts, popular meetings, peti-