The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-30
General Notes.

Official declaration is made that there
has not been a single case OF hOler IN
Hamburg this year..
A ballot box thief is the worst kind
Of thief, for he steals the priceless
liberties OF the people.-Monroe Bull
letin.
Judge William Walter Phelps, Minis
ter to Germany under the last admin
wood, N. j., on the 18th inst.
The New Aeans Item has truly
said: "The Legislature car find moi
excuse for not passing an anti miscege-
nation law and those who oppose it
should hang their heads in shame.'
The statistics Of the graduating class
at Yale show that the average expenses
Of the students were as follows: Fresh
man year, $961 sophomore year, ST.
099; Junior year, $1,213; senior year
1885.
A commercial cable despatch from
Berlin says that the kaiser has had q
gala carriage built which is lighted BY
electricity. even the harness being
studded with electric lamps that look
like gold stars.
Attorney General Olney has ordered
suits to be brought against the Central,
Union and Kansas Pacific Railroads to|
recover v e $171. OO0. 600. Suits may
also he brought against some of the in
dividual stock holders.
If the National Democracy wants to
accomplish any good for the people it
wumps, like Cleveland and that gang
he represents. That's certain.-Bastrop
Appeal.
The new municipal government of
Peoria, ILL.,, intends to strictly enforce
the Sunday closing laws. Stores of
every description have been ordered to
pers will be prohibited.
1t is reported that 1O7, 900 of the Chi
nese in the United States have regis
tered under the Geary law. This is
within 5000 to 1000 of the total Chi
ese population of the country. Under
the law these 5000 to 1000 must be de-
| priated for that purpose.
Adjutant General Tarsney, of Colo
RADIO, was taken from his hotel at Colo
RADIO Springs at a late hour on the night
of the 22d, by masked men, carried
several miles from town and tarred and
feathered. This outrage grew out Of
| gion and has aroused universal indig-
nation. Gov. Waite has offered a large
reward for the kidnapers.
The plague is endemic among the
natives at Hong Kong. Fifteen hun
dred have already died, and half the
remaining number have fed from the
nsk- Mann Err1nnnnn lao ,n In4s, o-So
ed with the scourge, but thus far, only
one death in the European colony has
been reported. The average daily num-
Der of deaths among the natives is one
hundred. Business is at a standstill,
and labor is completely paralyzed.
An attempt was made to assassinate
Premier Crispi. June 16. as he was rid
ing in a carriage on his way to the
Chamber of Deputies. As he arrived
in the neighborhood of the Chamber
at two o'clock, a man approached his
carriage and fired two shots from his
revolver. Both shots missed their
mark, but one of the bullets embedded
itself in the side of the carriage.
Premier Crispis assailant is a carpenter
named Paul Hega. He is thirty years
of age, and a native of Lugo RomsRna.
He is known to the police as an An
archist. He came to Rome expressly to
kill Sign0r Crispi, and expressed regret
that he was not successful. He car
ried a second loaded revolver in his
pocket, but was seized before he was
able to use it.
The Earl of Dunraven moved in the
House of Lords, June 90. the second
reading of the Deceased Wife's Sister
bill. He said that experience Of the
United States and Canada, which did
not forbid a mans marrying his deceas-
ed wife's sister, was a sufficient refuta-
ton OF the objections of the bishops. It
was a hardship and expense that a man,
to marry bis deceased wife's sister, and
Legitimate his children by her. must go
abroad to have the ceremony perform
ed. Lord Herschell, the Lord Chan
cellor, spoke in favor of the bill. The
Archbishop of Canterbury and Lords
Selborne and Dudley spoke against it.
The bill was lost by q vote of 1919 to 100.
The Prince of Wales, Lord Rosebery
and most of the Liberals supported the
bill. Lord Salisbury, the Duke Of Nor
folk, most of the other tories, and some
twenty bishops opposed it.
Five explosions of fire damp occur
red in the coal mines of Count Larisch,
at Karwin, Austrian Silesia. on June a.
Two hundred miners were killed and a
number entOm bed.
Count Won Larisch, owner of the
mine, will pay to every woman who
lost her husband in the accident a PEN
sion OF forty forms yearly, and to every
one of her children twelve forms year.
~, up to its fourteenth year. Some g.
500 miners will be out of work for
months while the mines are repairing.