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Show VOMITING, MOLTON LAVA. Mount Aetna Again in a State of .Eruption. .Erup-tion. THE SKY SHROUDED IN DARKNESS. Subterranean Rumblings Add to the Terror Ter-ror Streams of Lava Flowing Down the Mountain Sides Foreign. Catania, July 28. The eruption of Mt -.'Etna again is very violent. For hours great masses of rock have been thrown high into the air above the mountain top; immense im-mense volumes of smoke shroud the sky and darken the sun. Last n:ght was a veritable night of terror. The heavens were hid by clouds of smoke, which shone with myriads of sparks, while ever and anon the inky blackness was lit up by masses of molten fire making a picture of terrific grandeur. Subterranean rumblings caused the windows win-dows of the neighborhood to rattle and walls of houses to tremble, while the earth seemed to gripe and struggle like a huge monster in the the throes of acute cramps. The natives are wild from fright. Immense streams of lava are flowing down the mountain moun-tain sides which add to their terror. GREAT SOCIALIST SCHEME. Negotiating with Paraguay for a Site for a Socialistic Colony. Paris, July 23. A party of socialists in this city are endeavoring to organize a socialist so-cialist colony on the lines of Fourier's "Phalaastenum", or farm. The prime movers in the affair are Messrs. Roldes, Briois and Cambier. The two first named are young men of comfortable middle class families, who have joined the socialistic movement from conviction. M. Cambier is a self-educated workingman who has long been a follower of Karl Marx. They intend to enter into negotiations with the government govern-ment of Paraguay for a 6trip of land smaller than that on which Paris is built, and should they be successful they will embark for South America at the head of a band of 4000 colonists, colon-ists, male and female the number of women being proportioned to that of the men "so as to avoid crimes of passion," according ac-cording to the terms of the prospectus. But the intending emigrants have no funds, and in order to pay their passage out and buy land and machinery they need at least $200,-000. $200,-000. They therefore make an eleemosynary appeal to all philanthropists and political economists, as well as to their rich socialist friends, promising to found a democracy which shall eclipse all past, present and future models of the kind. Everybody will have to work chiefly at agriculture profits will be shared, and both citizens and citizen-esses citizen-esses will meet once a month to discuss the affairs of the little commonwealth. GREAT SANGIR ISLAND ERUPTION. Thousands Killed by Masses of Flying Stone. Amsterdam, July 28. The Hanse Elsbad publishes letters from Celebes giving details of the recent eruption on Great Sangir island. The eruption commenced at 6 p. m. unheraided by the slightest seismic warning. warn-ing. Immense volumes of flame and smoke and masses of stone suddenly burst from the volcano. Stones fell all over the island, tilling hundreds of natives who were busy in the fields. Those who succeeded in reaching the supposed shelter of their homes found no refuge, in many cases hav-ing hav-ing been crushed -beneath the weight of falling stones and the roofs having collapsed under the weight of ashes, burning the inmates. in-mates. Streams of lava flowed with frightful rapidity down the slopes of the mountains. It is estimated that over 1000 persons perished per-ished in the slopes of the mountain and many hundred more in the lowlands, but the exact loss of life is not yet known. The j Island is now threatened with a famine, acres having been destroyed. In many parts of the island wells have become dry. The Dutch authorities are doing the best they can to alleviate the distress. Norwegian Town Burned. Christiana, July 28. The greater part of the town of Larpsborg, Norway, was burned today. Loss half a million kroner. Rebels In Sight of Tangier. Tangier, July 28. Twelve thousand rebels are encamped in sight of the citv. The sultan is extremely unwilling to fight. Deaths from Cholera. St. Petersbi-rg, July 28. Official reports for July 23 to 25 show 2583 new cases and 1465 deaths in the cholera infected districts. The Goodwood Cup. London, July 28. The Goodwood cup was won by Martagon; Blue won second; Colorado third. |