Tombstone epitaph., 1893-04-23
BY WIRE.


 lies throughout Italy. Rain has not fallen for two months. In other countries of Southern Europe the drouth has been hardly less persistent. In Southern Russia the crops have suffered great damage.
 SILVER CITY There are quite a number of cattlemen here who are ready to ship stock, and they are get ting anxious about the outcome of the strike on the Santa Fe. No stock will be taken by the company for shipment until the strike is settled, and stocKmen who have their cattle ready for shipment are not very jubi- lant over the situation. There have been several hundred head of cattle at the stock yards here since last Fri day awaiting shipment. and the daily loss to the owners is considerable.
 NEw YoRK-Bank officers, brokers and fnanciers generally down town are in a quandary over the re- port that Secretary Carlisle might is- sue an order directing no more treas ury notes to be redeemed in gold. These treasury notes were issued in payment for silver purchased by the government, and there are about si3O, 900, 900 of them in circulation at present, mostly in New York and the east.
 Most of the national bank presi- dents seen today discredited the re- port. They, therefore. are unwilling to attempt to foretell the result of such an order, fl it were issued. There is a concensus of opinion among the bank presidents spoken to that the first effect of such an order would be to send the gold to a small premium Considerable talk was indulged in after the close of the stock exchange about alleged heavy shipments Of gold by the Saturday steamers to Europe.
 WAsHINGToN-The cabinet meeting today was devoted to some extent to the consideration of the financial situ stion, and it Is believed the secretary oi he treasury will be upheld in his advice 10 stop for the present the pay ment in gold of the treasury notes. Under the silver act of 1890 the gov ernment is compelled to purchase zach month 4,500,OOJ of silver and at the same time issue n otes for bullion received. There is at present out standing of these notes $130, 900 ,00C, and they are being constantly re- deemed in gold at the New York sub treasury.
 LoSDoS-Tbe dowager Duchess of sutherland was sentenced to six weeks imprisonment and to pay a fine of s25O for contempt of court in burning papers which the court ordered her to allow the opposing counsel in tht contested will case of the late Duke of Sutherland to inspect. Such action in the case of woman cf such high rank is unprecedented in England, but was not unexpected in view Of her ffazrant offense. The court declined to believe her sta, ement that the document burned was merely a private letter written by the late duke
 BRU,sELs-The chamber of repre- sentatives reassembled after the pre- paration of the reports on revision of the constitution, and by a vote of il9 to l2, with If sbstentions from voting, adopted universal suffrage, with pro- vision for plural voting by classes nwuing property, according to amount ati nccupat."n of property. The .-rste~i enti,usias sm is displayed every. here, and the people joined in 4 .ihi r- in honor Uf the great triumph, si'ich they have achieved. Further tr.,nhle will he averted by this action ,n the part of thu, chamber