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Show FLASHES FROM THE WIRES. The ministry of South Australia has re- i-tailed. Earthquake shocks were felt in dittdrent parts of ituly yesterday. Francis L. Patterson, was arrested yesterday yester-day for robbing the mails in tlielliitte postomce. SirGlynn Petrie. British minister to Portu-gal, Portu-gal, has resigned, giving ill health as tho reason. The Burlington railroad has announced its intention of extendinc its sstem into Montana. Helena will he the lir-i point it strikes. Official figures show that the exports of cutlery from Sheffield to the United States for the last year are less than half the value for tho preceding year. The type founders of Chicago declare that there is no truth in the assertion by a Buffalo mar that the manufacturers of tic country have formed B combination. The government has purchased the steam-erf steam-erf Ohio, Indiana, iUiuoi- and Pennsylvania, built in Philadelphia some years ago for an American steamship company. U is said that they will be used as transports. Sir George Baden Powell of the British ltehrhig Sea commission nii'ioiineed at Liverpool yesterday that, at Lord Salisbury's request, lie will start for Washington next Saturday. The two governments have agreed to tho hasis of the arbitration of the seal question. |