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Show r i Cable Flashes. The Moscow Gazette demands the formation of a ministry of agriculture. All the theaters aud places of amusement have been closed in Kio Janiero. The vessel burned near Neroponti in the --Egean, was the British steamer Lux; Much disappointment is felt in Vatican ' financial circles at tho . xtrcmcly-mcairee result of the offerings o'f Peter's peuce from Englaud, the amount being only about 500. By the recent earthquake in Japan 0500 persons were killed, !K)00 injured, 75,000 houses totally destroyed and 12,000 badly damaged. Cold weather- prevails throughout Germany. Ger-many. The eround is covered with snow. A postman was frozen to death between So-i So-i turn and Turkesmahlc. j The governor of the Russian province of Minburski i sentencing rioters to receive 5M) la-hes. Many have died while the punishment pun-ishment was being inflicted. The eotton cargo of the steamer Chatter-ton Chatter-ton (British;, from New Orleans, comprising 45N) bales, which arrived at Havre yesterday, is on lire and burning fiercely. The London Timm, Stnvlnrd and unionist papers gcuerally consider the selection of Mr. Jackson for the Irish chief secretaryship the best that could have been made. News from Paris that the council of ministers min-isters h.is decided to abolish the differential duties now levied in Fram e against Italian products has given the greatest satisfaction to the people of Italy. Yiu-cur, arretted in I'aris yesterday on suspicion sus-picion of til ing the murderer of the man whose, beiidlcsb remains were found in a cellar, cel-lar, has made a confession. He strangled his companion after a drunken tight. . a -A |