The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-07-31

Recent Facts RefIscting the Poiiticai and
NOclnl Life Of Eurona.


Social Lifs of Europe.
The rinderpest having destroyed cat
tic AZ factor In the all important ques-
tion OF transport In Africa. attention IL
now being devoted to tho jackass, which.
being proof against climate, plague and
the terrible tsetse fly. seems destined to
become the beast Of burden Of the future
for the Dark Continent. Consequently
the demand for donkeys has assumed
such proportions that English and Dutch
dealers have been buying them by tho
thousands for shipment to South Africa,
phenomenal and altogether unprecedent.
ed prices being realized. Inasmuch an,
according to the ponderous London Spec
Gator, which has never been known to
perpetrate joke, Ireland Is at present
the main home and breeding place OF
the English donkey" the Emerald Isle
Is deriving considerable pecuniary ben.
eft from the boom in ass flesh, and the
lowly and patient "moke" seems des-
tined to supersede the pig as source OF
profit to the Hibernian peasant.
cient to obliterate sentiments OF affec-
tion and regard for the mother country
has just been shown by the fact that
number of families of Spanish descent
in Rio de la Plata have recently sub
scribed sum of $500, 900 for the pur-
pose Of presenting small cruiser to the
government of Spain.
In view of the abuse that is being
leveled by certain American magazines
and newspapers against the English
people for having spent 80 much money
in celebrating the jubilee of the queen
while SO many of their fellow subjects
in India were starving, it may be az
well to call attention to the fact that q
fund Of nearly $40, 900, 900 for the relief
Of the sufferers by the Indian famine
has been raised by popular subscription
in the British dominions. OF this sum
5000, 900 was raised in London alone.
The government itself has devoted an
immense sum toward the same purpose
by means of so called relief public
works, and in connection with the dis
tribution Of food, over A, 900, 900 natives
being at the present moment supported
and maintained without any return by
the British administration.
Russia's government has decided to
take no further steps in connection with
the trial Of Theodore Kovaleff, the
Tiraspol fanatic, who, in obedience to
the commands of his fellow sectarians,
immured and buried ID Of them alive.
The authorities feel that the furnishing
Of man such as this by the ordinary
legal methods would merely have the
effect Of endowing him with the halo
of martyr. Consequently, instead of
either being condemned to penal servi
tude or to death as murderer, he will
be kept for the remainder of his days in
q monastery in q remote part of the en-
pire.
After an agitation which began more
than 100 years ago, and which has been
carried Oh vigorously ever since, in
Norway, the national legislature has at
length, by an overwhelming majority,
abrogated the law which excluded the
Roman Catholic religious orders and
congregations from this formerly ultra
Protestant country. Only the Jesuits
are to be still kept out. But, with this
exception, the emancipation Of the Nor
wegian Catholics is complete. The fact
that a number of Lutheran pastors who
occupy seats in parliament should have
voted with the majority speaks well
for the spirit of religious toleration that
prevails in Norway.
To what extent f1Ogging is still toler-
ated by English law is shown by certain
prison returns just presented to parlia-
ment, from which it would appear that
no less than 1000 floggings per annum
take place in the local and convict
prisons of the United Kingdom. Besides
these there are go foggings year in
the military prisons, which means that
the floegings of soldiers belonging to
the British army average nearly two a
day.
La Scala at Milan, which is probably
the most famous opera house and home
Of the lyric drama in the world, is
threatened with disappearance A sue
cession of disastrous seasons has tired
the pockets Of the association of box
owners, who lease the house from the
municipality, to such degree that they
have taken legal action against the city,
with the object Of securing an annul.
ment of the lease and liberation from
their responsibilities in connection
Herewith. They are assured Of ver-
dict in their favor, and it is in cogni.
zance of this fact that the municipal
council has already passed by large
majority vote in favor Of demolishing
the huge house and selling the site,
which is exceedingly valuable.
The De Goncourt will case is to be
decided this week at Paris The claims
Of the nearest relatives Of the testator
are founded upon the fact that be-
quest to nonexistent foundation like