OUR MAIL BUDGET.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9743, 14 May 1903, Page 3

OUR MAIL BUDGET.

LONDON, April 11. Jerusalem was visited by a violent shock of earthquake on Sunday night, April sth, but little damage was done. It is stated that the Pope is willing to send his jubilee gifts to the St. Louis Exhibition. For wrapping up meat m a newspaper for a customer a Vienna butcher has been lined 16s. On May 29, 30, and 31, St. Petersburg will celebrate the two hundredth anniversary of its foundation with religious processions and popular fetes. For the Hamburg South American Line 110,000 tons of Durham bunker coal have been ordered at Newcastle at 8s a ton free-on-board at Tyne Dock. Eastgate House, an ancient building at Rochester, supposed to bo the Nuns' House m "Edwin Drood," which has been converUjd into a museum as n memorial to Queen Victoria, was opened by Earl Stanhope. Promise was made to a deputation by j the Home Secretary that the Workmen's Compensation Act should be extended so as to include bona fide seamen. Electric motor, power, which is gradually to be applied to all the Alpine milways, is about'to be used on the Austrian line between Landeck and Bludenz. Mr Merewether_ the Secretary, stated at the Council meeting on Saturday that the. Government of Malta would not change its education policy. This settles the last hope of the Italian agitators. Parts of Kwang^si and Kwang-tung are infested with armed rebels to the number of at least one hundred thousand, mostly discharged soldiers and banditti, says a Chinese official at Canton. Two large blocks of artisans dwellings at East Ham, .containing 120 doublefronted residences, with baths and elec-tric-light,- to, let at 7s 3d and 7s 6d a week, were opened last evening by Sir Win. Collins. \ , *■ His political education has been neglected, but his politics were those of all political bodies m that city— namely, to help the country along— said Major-Gen-eral Baden-Powell at tlie Liverpool Junior ■Reform Club. A return of the gold production of the world shows that the output of the ten years ending m 1901 totalled 4505 tons, valued at £459,282,102. Owing to the unprecedented rush to Canada this yenr, all the steamers to the Dominion ore booked up for this month, and passengers without berths will have to travel via New York. .. .Green, is unusually popular just at pre£P%.^ It is curious to note the welcome t£kfi which we hail Nature's bursting into leaf and, breaking into verdure by a sympathetic "weoriir q' the green."— Drapers' Record. A well-dressed woman^ brought befon M. Mourgues, a Paris police commissary, charged with obtaining subscriptions for a non-existing charity, was set at liberty on condition that she did not offend again. Later m the day she commenced her begging story at a house m the Latin Quart-ex, and was surprised to find that she had called on tlie commissary, who liati her 'arrested at once. ' .■. \ The 200 women arrested iv New York the otlier day by Captain O'Reilly for playing progressive euchre have openly defied the police, and indulged m, the game m a public hall both on an afternoon and night. Word was brought to the officer wliile the game was going on, but he only said : "If I were to appear m that hall women would be jumping from windows, and there is no telling what else might happen." SETTLED AT SEA. The Presidents of Salvador and Guatemala have had an interview on board a vessel at sea, as a result of which the differences between the two Republics-' have been satisfactorily arranged. TO ESCAPE RUSSIAN TYRRANY. A company, formed by prominent Finns long settled in -the United Slates, has purchased 300, 000 acrea of land m Michigan, on which they propose to settle Finnish immigrants who desire to escape from the Russian yoke. ■ •.■ ' , AMERICA CUP TRIALS. The first trial race for the new America Cup defender Reliance with the Constitution and Columbia has been appointed for May 21. The Reliance's mast will be 115 ft high without counting the topmast; the main boom 111 ft, and tlie gaff for the mainsail 68ft long. TURBINES FOR GERMANY. The German navy has decided to experiment with steam turbine engines. Orders have accordingly been issued k equip one torpedo boat with turbine engines of 5000-h.p. and a small cruiser, which is to replace, the cruiser Mercury, with engines of 10,000-h.p. FRENCH RIFLES FOR MULLAH. A letter from Italian Somaliland published m Rome by .the Giomale d'ltalia states that the Mad Mullah received recently no fewer than 6000 Gras (French) rifles, wliich were brought to the coast m Arab samboks, and thence smuggled into the interior. EEL STOPS TRAIN. At Barnard Castle tlie other day the mineral -traffic . was stopped for over an hour from lack of water for the locomotives. It was found that a thick eel, 18in long, was blocking the tank valve. NOTED EVANGELIST BLIND. Ira D. Sankey, the noted evangelist, is now absolutely blind, but his doctor hopes that the sight of one eye may yet be restored. Physicians say his blindness is the result of overwork. * KAISER. DECLINES £100,000. The Kaiser has declined to accept the legacy of £100,000 left to him by the Baroness Oppenheim. . • He has decided that the money shall be handed over to the military charities; . DIPLOMATIC SCANDAL. General Neriinam Khan, the Persian Minister to Austria, lias .retired, awing, it is said, to scandals m connection, with the sale of decorations. 2753 BULLS SLAIN. Statistics of bull-fighting 'show thai 527 fights were held m Spain last year, 2753 bulls being slain. In Lisbon thirtythree bull-fights took^place. >:■ CANADA'S PROSPERITY. An indication of the upward trend of Canadian business is furnished by the returns of the Montreal bank clearings, which show an increase of more than £5,400,000 during the past three months. £20,000 DESTROYED BY MICE. On a search, being made m a drawer of a writing-table belonging to the Countess d'Oniguo, who was murdered at Treviso by her gardener, bank-notes were found originally representing a sum of altogether £20,00Qj,but now almost absolutely worthless through having been gawnetl by mice. FUNERAL CASUALTIES. The funeral of tlie late Lord Abbot at Kioto was accompanied pj 311 injuries, 75 fnintings_ seven fights, 121 thefts, 374 pickpockets captured/ 1021 articles lost, while 79 persons fell into a creek. NEPTUNE'S HOARD. Tho treasure-laden Pacific mail steamer Golden Gate, which sank near Manzanillo, Mexico, m 1862, has just been located by San Francisco divers. A portion of the £120,000 stored m the vessel has been recovered, but -storms have deJayed further operations. £800 FOR A CALF. Mr Henry Stevens, of Tacomu, has given £800 for ,a nine-weeks-old bull-calf. £4006 PRIZE. TliA.prizo of £4000 which the Institut do France lms been charged by M. Osiris to award to the person it adjudges the most worthy will be bestowed on Dr Roux, sub-manager of the Pasteur Institute. DEAF, DUMB, AND BLIND. At an exhibition held m the building of the Ministry of Public Worship, Berlin, some needlework is shown done by a girl of fourteen, who^ beyond being deaf and dumb, has also been blind from pirt-h. She was brought up at a school m Weuersborg (Sweden), which has among its inmates five otlier children similarly afflicted. There are m all only about .fifty such persons at present m existence. FAMINE HORRORS IN CHINA. The United States Consul at Canton Las telegraphed to the State Department tluit famine is increasing m the province of Kwung-si, and parents are killing their children. . . WIRELESS ENTERPRISE IN UNITED STATES. TJie Doforesf Wireless Telegraph Compkj^htLs established a central station m tjl^go, aud will shortly be open for bu^ntss. They propose to\send message's to any city m the Union as soon as their stations are completed at the rute of a halfpenny a word. TRAVELLING BRIDGE. An electric travelling suspension bridge is to be constructed across Langston Harr bor to conuect Hayling Island with Portsmouth. The car, 'soft long and 30ft wide, will run on steel girders from aide to side. It will carry sixty tons, and 5000 troops could be conveyed m an hour. ONE IN 43 A PAUPER. In Englaud and Wales, at the end of January last, one m every forty-three persons was a pauper. At the cud of January m 1902 there were 720,445 paupers m England aud Wales; this year these are 742,938— an increase of 22,493, or 3.1 per cent. London pauperism rose from .209,534 to 114,646, or 4.7 per cent. TRAGEDY IN PORK. To the Cork Board of Guardians yesterday the workhouse 'master reported that seven pigs fed m the house had died during the week. A guardian stated that they were fed on linseed apoultices from the fever hospital, .aud it was not surprising that they died. A special inquiry into the affair lias been ordered. A Sue of £10 with costs was imposed yesterday at Birmingham on a pork butcher's manager named Knight for exposing for sale tuberculous pork, of which Hiyer a thousand pounds were seized on liis premises. < THREAT TO TRUSTS. M.I Pelletan, the French. Minister of Marije, says that the nobles and priests 'having been dealt with, the State must now turn its attention to the financial ♦trusts. Ti.C.C. ORDERS 200 TRAMS. (The -Lo«don County Council last night accepted the tender of the British West-

inghouse Company for the supply of 200 electric tramcars for £111,000. Of this amount £5000 only will be expended abroad. On the last occasion the Council paid £130,554 for 200 similar cars. EXPLORING THE ANTARCTIC. The promoters of the Scottish National Antarctic expedition are appealing for £10,000 to maintain the steamer Scotia m Antarctic waters for another twelve months from March, 1904. The Scotia left this country on November 8. On January 25 the vessel left Port Stanley for the Weddol Sea to proceed thence southward into the unknown. As soon as the ice breaks up she will return to the Falkland Islands. SUCCESS OF BRITISH FIRMS. For the new Dunderland railway, on tho west coast of Norway, only ten miles south of the Arctic circle, orders for locomotives have, after severe competition, been placed with British firms. The contract for steel hopper waggons, however, has been secured by a Pittsburg firm. All the rolling stock has been j specially designed to withstand the severity of the northern climate. A GHASTLY GRIME.' A farm laborer at Rippolongen, Switzerland, discovered a human hand while digging m the fields. The police were informed, and on search being made the bbdy- of ii young; girl mimed Brenner was found cut up into innumerable pieces, and buried m different holes m the field. THE VERONICA TRAGEDY. The alleged mutiny and murders on the Veronica, again occupied the attention of tho Liverpool magistrates yesterday, when the version of the affair given by the Dutch seaman Smith, one of the prisoners, was read m court. Smith says the trouble arose through the first mate's barbarous cruelty, and agrees with Rau hi placing the black cook at the head of the mutineers. •■The three men charged with tho murders were again remanded. DUEL BETWEEN GENERALS. fi Two German generals, Gladischer and Tserndieff, each over sixty years of age, liave fought a duel near Hamburg. Swords were used, and the two elderly warriors fought with astonishing vigor, parryingj thrusting, and cutting with great fury. Spectators describe the assault as a. remarkable exhibition of swordsmanship. After lighting for a quarter of ah hour General Tserndieff dealt his antagonist a mighty blow, which made a dangerous wound, from which the latter is not expected to recover. , KING AS LIFE-SAVER. King Christian of Denmark was walking m the streets of Copenhagen a few days ago wlieh he saw two little children /our and five years of age respectively, m imminent danger of being run over by approaching electric trafflcar, which was running at a high speed. With wonderful presence of mind, and at a serious risk to his own, safety,' the eighty-five-year-old monarch sprung m front of the car, seized the little girls, and dragged them into safety. Eye-witnesses of the scene declare that nothing could have saved them from death if the King had not acted so promptly and courageously.