Show general news notes i young of spain will be married to princess rna of batten V burg on may slat the salt altice route has inaugurated a steamship service between san pedro and the orient the first vessel of this thia new service to make the voyage y r was the steamer Her herclus Hern Vilus lus the railroad rate bill was waa passed by the united states senate friday may 18 by a vote veto of 71 to 3 tho the senators voting against the measure were foraker of ohio morgan and fetters of alabama three train robbers were captured near vancouver B C on may U 14 by members of the canadian mounted pe police one of the trio is bill minor a notorious highwayman rewards offered for his hia capture amount lo io over 20 WO the simplon tunnel twelve miles long between switzerland and italy was formally opened to traffic by the king of italy and the president of switzerland last sunday the cost und and was in course of construction seven a A lady burglar burg lir known as cowboy nell and an accomplice known as hughey Alon monroe roa alleged to be her husband were captured at pioche navada on the night of muy may 16 15 while in the act of burglarizing the store of nesbitt bros Nelli nell is a well known crook and the authorities had been keeping an eye eya on hei an extensive foi eat fire in michigan and wisconsin on may 18 and 19 devastated va a territory of square miles S several nit million ilion dollars worth of property were destroyed thousands thou ands rendered homeless and several towns were wiped olf off the map A few persons lost their lives and numbers were injured kid vaughn shot himself through the right lung with a 2535 25 35 rifle with suicidal intent at craig colo may 18 the doctors say he will die no io particulars tic ulars except that he was tired of living vaughn gained considerable notoriety as a rider of bucking hores the cross bill in the zion city injunction proceedings alleges that dowie is mentally unbalanced cad that through 41 j his mismanagement the industries of zion city have lost two and one half balf million doi dollars lart they ask that the title of the property be legally gilly lo vested in tho the church and that alexandor alexander granger be made the trustee with power to hold and convey the property as the agent of the church an enterprising thief at new york city on may bhole a automobile containing worth of bonds scrip and other valuable papers the owner J 11 II clarke an Auto manufacturer left the machine in the street and stepped into a restaurant upon hearing the machine putting he darted out in time to see the machine disappear around a cor corner nr the thief made good his hia escape the civil authorities at san francisco have not only decided to prevent the establishment of new saloons but han ha e reached the decision that all exist ing saloon licenses shall be d the city authorities have appeal td d to the county officials to close all grog shop in the vicinity of san francisco this has been agreed to lor for once at least there is one real prohibition city in the united states the I 1 be mayor at it tributes the remarkable good order maintained in the city since the catastrophe trop lic to the rigid enforcement of the edict against the selling of liquor the russian parliament in its ita address in reply to the throne has made the following ten demands viz the abolition of the death penalty general amnesty the suspension of martial law and of all exceptional laws full civil liberty the abolition of the council of the empire the revision of the fundamental law the establishment of the responsibility i lity of ministers the right of interpellation forced expropriation of lands guarantees the rights of liades unions the i deply to the address from the throne concludes N with ith this earnest and eloquent elo quint aphas your majesty on the threshold of our labors one question agitates the soul souli i of the whole russian people and prevent us as represent representatives aties fici hom rn i daml alma entering upon our legislative work the first word pronounced in parliament was amnesty it was met vath cries of sympathy the country is a thirsting for it it is a demand of the peoples conscience which it is impossible to ro ra fuse or delay sire the parliament awa await it i full political amnesty a as the first pledge of a mutual understanding anding in the future and concord between the amarero temper amr ero cr and the people |