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Show Nows Items. Berlin, March 25.- At a children's partv given at the house cfa merchant named Scharl, in the Hochsie siidise last night, a hanging kerosene lamp tell among the guesis, an explosion followed follow-ed and in the panic twenty children wete more or less injured, but none fatally. fatal-ly. Two girls nad their legs broken by jumping out ot the window. New York, March 24- The agent of the Children's society brought, a South American slave named Marie Devonicie, fourteen years oU, befoie Justice Diver at Hatlem police couit tins morning. She had been bought from bet parents in Peru for the sum 'of $.500 by Consul-General Consul-General Quitana.of Petti. who placed her iu service with his f.tuily in the city nineteen nine-teen months ago. Marie, through an in-tetpreter, in-tetpreter, told the couit she had been shamefully beaten by Mrs Q.iintaiia last night and left the house. Cjuintana, who was in couii, sa:d he was willing to send the girl back to Let home in Pc-111. The magistrate placed die girl in care of the Children's society for further investigation. investiga-tion. Washington, March 24. Leonard Myers, of Philadelphia, obtained the hrst payment fiom the treasury in the long-delayed long-delayed French spoliation claims to-day. The first draft for $ (3.Soo wa issued to Mrs Maiy Ann Buchanan Smith, of Philadelphia. Phil-adelphia. The lady is eighty nine years old, and her father, John Smith, jr.was a merchant in Baltimore at the close of the last centuty, and who with his brother, General Samuel Smith, a noted member of Congress ftom the latter city.lost heav-ilvbyne heav-ilvbyne Frencti captures. The ship Friendship for losses on whichthis appro-pi appro-pi iation was made, was commanded by John Rogers, then in the meichant service, ser-vice, and a towards so conspicious in our navvas C n nxl re Rogers. Several other payments were made to-day. |