The Opelousas courier., 1894-06-02
General Notes.


Kars and many other towns in the
shaken by severe earthquakes, May 10.
Abouf $4,000 has been subscribed by
the citizens Of Lincoln parish for the
establishment of the State Industrial
school for women at Ruston.
j. S. Coxcy, the originator of the Com
monweal army scheme, has been nOmi-
mated for Congress by the Populists in
Gov. McKinley's old district in Ohio.
Heavy earthquakes were felt in Cor
NTH and Divadia, Greece, May Is.
Many buildings were destroyed, but
as yet no loss of life has been reported.
DR.. Henry Mayer, tried in New York
for having poisoned a man in order to
obtain the insurance on his life, was
convicted of murder in the second de-
gree.
Nearly $1,000 900 in gold was shipped
was withdrawn from the Treasury, the
goid reserve has been reduced to $685.
775,O00.
About 5000 London cab-drivers went
out on a strike, May Is, as u protest
against the exorbitant charges for cab
hire insisted upon by the owners of the
cabs.
A despatch from st. Petersburg says
that four bumbs were found near the
imperial palace on May II. A large
number of arrests have been made in
consequence. The prisoners include
men and women of all classes.
DR.. Talmage preached in Little Rock
Sunday night last: More than 5000 peo-
church. A lecture on the outside was
delivered by him for their benefit after
the regular service was over.
Solicitor Harris, who is acting on be-
half of the Baroness de Roques, mother
OF Mrs. Maybrick, has made the an
nouneement of his intention to persist
in his demand for a public inquiry into
the new phase of Mrs. Maybrick's case,
in spite of the refusal of Home Secreta-
ry Asquith to interfere.
An improved bullet-proof coat, the
invention of the Mannheim tailor,
Dove, was subjected to a test at Span
dau. May Is, the coat being much light
or iii weight and texture than those
hitherto tested. Twelve shots were
fired at various distances, each INT
striking the coat. None of them pierre
ed 1T.
1t was recently discovered that the
Citizens Electric Illuminating Co., of
Brooklyn, had established a surrepti,
tious connection with the city supply
pipes and had been taking water with
out paying for it for over four years.
The amount used in that time was esti-
mated and a claim for about $4,000
was presented to the company.
North Dakota people are getting stir
emigration to the South. The Argus,
of Fargo, is making bitter attacks
against the distribution of literature
about the South in that section. The
Argus evidently sees that the tide is
turning southwark, and that 1t must try
to stem it by denunciations of the South.
Manufacturers Record.
The coming anti Lords Conference in
Leeds will sound the trumpet of battle.
The principal resolution which will
engage its attention will propose the
Limitation OF the veto power Of the
jected by the House of Lords which
shall be again passed by the House Of
Commons at a subsequent session need
not go to the upper House.
In the Cortes, May 16, in the course
Of the debate, ex-Premier Canovas Del
CASTILLO mentioned the possibility of an
attempt on the part of England to seize
Tangier, with the object Of controlling
absolutely the passage of vessels
through the Straits Of Gibraltar. Should
such an attempt be made, he declared,
all Europe would protest in such a man.
ner as would precipitate the most dis
astr0us naval raj ever known to hu-
manity. No q nation, he added, could
hold the key to Gibraltar.