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I. VAN ILYKE, CUtwMI Pufallsitw. HoHKNRY, ILLINOIS, ELECTRIC FLASHES. ________ kATKST TKLEORArHIC ST5WS FROM ALT PARTS OF TAE WORUK •teUtical GosKip, Railroad Runtbllnpi, Per- *»nal M«ntton, Conflagrations, AcrHenta, n.' ,, j& CWmw and Criminal* W<»r, ,« V 41 nmh and Brent*. "e"" •;"V, . -v v'f .• V i •< , • rf? «std Btohuu * > ' . ; V>.I V 5 ' > ; . * embarrassedrailroads. V; TPIMS Unfortunate Companies of the Year Jut r Closed. .THB year 1889 makes a much less, fa- ]>*•' /rotable showing in respect to foreclosure : sales than did its immeaiate predecessor, tat its record is*much less discouraging than the three years preceding lfc8<. Ac­ cording to statistics compiled by the Mktilway Age, railroads m operation which were sold under foreclosure dur- fa*K with their mileage, and the amount of capital which they apparently represent, were as follows: Funded Capital , Roads. . Miles. debt. stock. £#' ... w. Pennsylvania & f Shen&n go Cons 'g .VScksburf,' & Me? fidian...--. .... Edokuk <fc North- Western.......... Wabash Railway.. : Richmond & Alle­ gheny lWxM.fi West. (N. G.) St. Jo Val. (N. G.) Pent. Oxford A Pi Austin (N. O.).... • ^ Alameda County., Denver. S. Pars <fc Pacific <N. G.)... Bright Hop© (N.G.) Chattavoi Canada & St. Li Ithaoa, Auburn 4k Western Geneva, Ithaca A Sayre Battle Creek & Bar City St. Louis, Sturgie ft Battle reek..... , Ctecinnitti, Wash- » feiVn & B'ltim'rt St. Louis & Chi... Jtasrt Madison & West'n (N. G.)..» Bsueca Pails <% Waterloo St. L., J>e8 Moines . A Northern Savannah & Tybee, H. Y. & Atlantic Highlands Jtome & Decatur.. 23 « <00.000 f 500,000 1«S ,3,938,030 var M8 660,000 • 27,000,000 723,003 252 53 U 9.089,000 (UMOO 54,000 3,000,000 500,000 54,0iX) ^0.8 6 1,806,000 •100,000 1,000.000 *100,000 333 . 33 SO £9 ' 7,560,000 8^7,000 2,000,000 *961,000 0.235,000 179,0X1 1.530,0)0 *290,000 39 898,000 1,000,009 7T 1,890,000 1,475,000 > 17 388,003 65,000 41 664,000 1,000,000 381 62 22,210,000 1,400,COO IS, 879,000 2,800,000 It/ iu&sao 500,000 4 91,000 40,000 198 18 2,630,000 175,000 4,000,000 251,000 3 65 20,000 1,050,030 *20,000 *050,000 ..Total, 25 roads. 3,030 Watal landed debt And stock ; $84,864,000 $52,951,000 $157,815,000 *In addition to these three companies having partially graded lines but no track ill operation--namely, part of the Bur­ lington «Sc Southwestern, the Lehigh it- Eastern, and the Savannah, Dublin «!fc Western Short Line--were sold in pay­ ment of old debts, bringing merely nom- iaal prices. TO KILL RUSSIA'S CZAR. Far-Reach In T Conspiracy Us-Nihilfct earthed. A LONDON cable says: The arrest of notorious Nihilist leader, Pierra dross, at Warsaw has been productive of disclosures far more startling than any of the alarming revelations which li tve come to the police within the last few days, ap­ palling as they have been. From letters and documents found concealed in his' clothing the most damning evidence is ob­ tained against many persons high in impe­ rial favor and authority, contemplating not the assassination of the Czar alone, bat the murder of the entire reigning family as well. Already many of the tors nave been taken into cus- d those still at large are under or being tracked by relentless ffiofcils to the end of their lodg- Jjrison, whence thev will all most .ygo to their de ith. Several of the implicated persons were apprehended while attempting to leave the country. BLACKBURN RENOMINATED. lite KM tacky Statesman Complimented by a * Unanimous Vote. AT Frankfort, Ky., the Democratic leg* itfative caucus renominated Joseph B1 ackburn by a unanimous vote for Uni­ ted States Senator. No other name was mentioned for the nomination. With the exception of a few jears immediately following the war he haq been continu­ ally in public life. In 1871 he was elected to tho State Legislature. On the expiration of his term he was sent to the lower house of Congress, and was four times re-elected. In 1885 he was pro- •BQtfd to the Senate, and unless public sentiment undergoes a radical change he can hold his seat duiing life. - BURIED IN A SNOWSLIDE. dbten Persons Lose Their Lives in a Callfor- i: • n,a Dl»«t^ ; !L*7ATAIi and destructive snowslide oc­ curred at Sierra City, Cal., in which seven people lost their lives--six women and one boy--and four houses Were almost entirely wrecked, including the Bomaa Catholic Church. The snowslide com­ menced at Sierra Bnttes flume and swept down with terrific force, carrying every­ thing before it. One Chinaman and a little girl were still buried when the fore­ going intelligence was sent. More slides aire expected. Mrs. Iiicb, her two daugh­ ters and her son are dead. MiBs Ryan ... Downieville and the wife of J. T. ^ ICooney, with her daughter, are also dead. t t'4 Death of John Elliott Bowen. S|y/V $OMT ELLIOTT BOWEN, author, trav- jtv' ' oler, and one of the editors »of the New i^S ' York Independent, died in Brooklyn, "* aged 32. He was a son of Henry C. M Bowen. Beecher's warm personal friend. K 'T 1 Business Disasters of 1889. " Dtrnnfo the year 1889 failures in the United States numbered 10,882, with lia­ bilities of $148,784,337. The failures during the last seven days numbered 322. ,, Seized an American vessel. ANOTHER vessel, owned by L. Schepp £ Co., of New York, is reported to have been seized by the Columbian gunboat ~ and taken to Cartagena. Constans Carlin. and, as far as could be learned, their liabilities ore about $125,- 000. The iron works were eslnbHshed about 1810, and hnve b«en in continual operation almost ever since. They man­ ufactured an excellent quality of char- coal iron, for which they generally had a ready market. AT Philadelphia, Pa., Sarah Kelly, aged 81, and Ann Kelly, aged 79, *!ftiers, had their throats cut by some one un­ known to the police. The women were living in a little frame dwelling, and were awakened by an intruder after they had gone to bed. The mm demanded money, which it was supposed^tefoid women had concealed in the houflHHe clutched them by the th oat whel^TOey declared there was no money in the house, and then slashed each of them across the throat. Tho women were removed, later, to a hospital, anl an examination of the wounds showed that both women were dangerously hurt. They will, however, With good care, recover. HORATIO AI.IIEN, who ran the first lo­ comotive engine" ever propelled over a track in*this country, died at his home in Montrose, N. J., at the age of 88 vears. He was a civil engineer of marked ability, and made many useful inventions. AT Philadelphia, Green B. ll»um, Jr., son of the Pension Commissioner, was' married to Miss Annie I rede' TRogerB. daughter of Mrs. William D. Rogers, widow of the late William D. Rogers, » wealthy carriage builder. A NTW YORK dispatch reports the ^leath of Hiram Howe, the famous horse­ man, at Gravesend. During his life he brought out many of the best-known trot­ ters. THE Hon. George H. Boker, poet and playwright, who was Minister to Turkey during General Grant's second Presiden­ tial term, died,at his residence in Phila­ delphia. WESTERN HAPPENINGS. CHAS. C. CnECEiatrs, late cashier of the Fifth National Bank of St. Louis, under indictment for over two years in the United States District Court, has been released from his bond by the ac­ tion of District Attorney Reynolds in entering a nolle prosequi. Crecelius was charged with having caused the failure of the bank by manipulating the books. The uction of the United States Attorney has caused much surprise. FIKE broke out in Ansil L. Hill's fur­ niture factory, at Farib&ult, Minn., the other night. The firemen could not ap­ proach within fifty feet of the burning building on account of the intense heat. Tho loss ot property will exceed $00,01)0, fully insured. The cause of the fire was spontaneous combustion. It started on the third floor in the paintshop. J. W. DAL MAN, a dry goods dealer of North Topeka, Kan., has assigned, with liabilities of $11,882. R. B. McMasters is named as the assignee. The immedi­ ate cause of the assignment was the threatening attitude of a Chicngo cloth­ ing firm of which he had bought clothing in tho faU and on aocount of tha warm weather had failed to dispose of. The assets will no doubt balance the liabil- ties. MAYOB NOONAN, of St. Louis, has vetoed tho gas bill icceatly passed fcy the municipal council, and commonly known as the "robber gas bill." AT Cleveland, O., Judge Solders sen­ tenced Otto Leuth, the 17-year-old boy who was recently convicted of the murder of little Maggie Thompson, to be hanged at Columbus April 16. Leuth's mother, who was during the trial an object of popular pity, fainted on hearing the sen­ tence of her son and had to be carried from the court-room. A FAT AII collision of freight trains todk place on' the Missouri Pacific, fiftee(i miles east of Wichita, Kan. John Ram­ sey, a brakeman, was instantly killed, and Robert Coleman, an engineer, died within two hours from the injuries re­ ceived. SEVENTEEN mills were in operation at Minneapolis, Minn., last week. The ag­ gregate output for the week was 108,830 barrels, averaging daily *15,547 barrels, against 140,040 barrels for the week De* foreand 60,000 barrels for the correspond­ ing week in 1888. FIRE at Osborne. Kan., destroyed property valued at $17,000. The insur­ ance is not known. ;, f special a":ention to traffic affairs, it Is quite proba!>le that he will continue to devote his principal attention to the op­ erating affairs of the company, in which line of business he has few, if any, su­ per ors. PRESIDENT PHILLIPS of the Fitch- burg Railroad has concluded his term of service. He says that Dr. W. Seward Webb, President of the Wagner Car Company, will t-uoeeed him. wm MM- ACROSS THE OC^AN. HUNDREDS of the foreign residents ot Bresil have protested against the natural­ ization schemo of the provisional repub­ lican government, by which they are to be forced to becomo Brazilian citizen*. THI RE is a serious shortage of coal in Be'gium, owing to the labor troubles in the mining regions. Manufacturing in­ terests are beginning to Buffer, and even the Government is unable to obtain its usunl supply of coal. A LA LIBERTAD cable lays: The Peru­ vian Government forces are completely victorious overthe iusnrgents in the Prov­ ince of Cuscatian. and the revolution is suppressed. The lebellious town of Cojutepeque has been taken and General Kivas has fled. THE Egyptian Government declines to accept the proposition made by France in regard to tho conversion of the preference^ debt, and the conversion is consequently postponed. ' A ST. PETERSBURG cable siys: The condition of the Czar, who is still suffer­ ing from the "grippe," is bad, and con­ tinues to excite great uneasiness. A serious panic was caiised by hia reported death. The imperial guard is confined to its barracks, and all functionaries on act­ ive duty have been ordered to remain at their posts. Rumor attributes thp Czar's illness to poison administered by Ni­ hilists. AT Dublin, Ireland, Mr. Mclnery, ed­ itor of the Limerick Leader, who has been on trial for intimidation/ has been found guilty and sentenced to six months' imprisonment, The Appeal Court has dismissed similar charges made against Mr. Ra/inond of the Waterford Neics and Mr. Fisher of the Munsler Express, of Waterford. MR. GLADSTONE'S literary activity shows no sign of abatement. Six maga­ zine article •; are shortly expected from the pen of the nged Liberal leader. One of these is a critical review of Lord Ten­ nyson's neW poetn. This will appear in the new monthly, the Speaker, and is awaited with much interest. CORA KENNEDY, the American lady who died in Rome on Dec. HI, has made many important legacies, among others $(>,000 to the International Pe;tce Sooie- ty, $20,000 to Che Hospital TortonasL and $10,000 to the Milan Society for the Pro­ tection of Animals. SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. . Cholera Raging in Persia. : •;/ ' THE Austrian Government is in receipt of consular reports ,that cholera is raging {rightfully at Hamnkadan, Persia. It; any .deaths have oocurrea, end it us feared th*t the disease will spread to Teheran in the •pring. J? Coal Discovery In Manitoba. A VAl.trABLE anthracite coal discovery If reported at Savanue.'^evefcty-five miles west of Winnipeg, Man., oju the Cana­ dian Pacific Railroad line,/a short dis- north of the Minnesota boundary. EASTERN OCCURR ENCES. A TERRIBLE tragedy took place in Mitchell County, North Carolina, twelve miles from Bakusville, the county seat. In a drunken row Christmas Day three men were killed. On the following Fri­ day, Monroe Garland, a brother of one of the murdered men, rode up to a crowd in the same place and tired into tho crowd, killing three aftd wounding twelve. ROBERT GABRETT is in very poor health. He is at times much depressed and occasionally becomes very excited. He is still at li s country place at Up­ lands. near Crttonsville, Md. A consul­ tation of several doctors from Now-York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore was held at Uplands two weeks ago. Mr. Garrett's friends are not encouraged by the reports from his physicians. A LEXINGTON (Ky.) dispatch says: Petitions signed by 500 hemp producers, working men, and business men have been sent from here to Chairman McKin- ley, of the Ways and Means Committee, asking that the present tariff on hemp be maintained and that ail foreign tibsrs be kept oil' the free list. It is estimated that the hemp industries furnish , em­ ployment to 12,000 people iu Central, Kentucky during the winter uhd to, smaller number the entire year. POLITICAL PORRIDGE. RICHARD K. FOX, of Nejw York, has ieceived a cable from London that Peter Jackson, the l?lack champion of Aus- .^ ; t*,»lia, wants to fight Frank Sl ivin. The 3, > pelican Club, of London, has concluded to offer a $5,000 purse for a tight between v them, and it is expected that a match will be concluded in a few days. ^ ' AT Bellefonte, Pa., considerable sur- M-/' iwise has been caused by the news of the > failure of the iron firm of Curtin & Co., of Roland. They have made an assign- As Mr.^Jieck is t o e x - G o v . A . G . ~ . . . p&ent Curtin and A HELENA (Mont.) dispatch says: The' Republican House and Republican Sen­ ators met in jcint session in the House New Year's day and declarol W. F. Sanders elected United States Senator. At » caucus later there was no choice for second Senator, the votes being ;idivirded' between Richaids, Knowle*, Powor. Tvlan- tle, and Carpenter. Richards or Power is regarde 1 as the most promising candi­ date. The Democratic House and two Democratic Senators met in joint con­ vention and voted for W. A. Clark and Martin Maginnis for Senators. There beinq; no quorum present adjournment was taken. A HELENA (Mont.) dispatch says: Tho Republicans in joint session have elected Thomas C. Power a< the second United States Senator from Montana. Mantle's friends made a desperate tight, but were unable to overcome the stsength devel­ oped by Power. Lieutenant Governor Rickard's candidacy was looked upon as a joke by his friends, and they widely re­ frained from voting for him. FRESH AND NEWSY. » ? ;A GORGEOUS colid silver dessert serv­ ice, valued at $50,000, and intended for a Christmas gift, will be presented to J. Pierpont Morgan b/ Cornelius Vanderbilt and others representing the New York Central Railroad Company, for services rendered in reorganizing the West Shore Railroad Company. The immigration to this country during the year jnst closed is about 100,000 smaller than it was during 18S8, when it was a little more than 500,000. There has been a pretty steady decline since 1S82, when the tide reached its highest point, bringing into the country in that year about 720,000 aliens. Germany continues to send the largest number coming from any single country, nenrly 100,000. Eng- ltmd, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales com­ bined send about 140,000. From Norway and Sweden the tide is still strong, as it has been for many years, about 45.0C0 coming this year. The total for 188'.) will complete the record for seventy years, during which accurate statistics have been compiled. These will show that the United States baa received from foreign countries since 1.S20 an aggregate of about 15,000,000 of people, of whom Great Britain has sent about 6,000,000, Germany about 4,500,000, Norway and Sweden about 800,000, and France about 350,000. Ireland aloue has sent nearly 3,500,000, and Canada has sent 1,500,000. BRADSTRrvET'8 reports 11,719 failures in the United States for the year 1889, with liabilities of $140,359,490 and assets of $70,51)9.769. This is the largest num­ ber of failures and greater liabilities than for any year in tho last five years. Tho increase iu the nura'ber of failures over 18N8 IB 1,132; increase in liabilities, $20,117,088; increase in assets. $8,599,858. As A result of the collapse of the Western Passenger Association a rate war has been begun, and the St. Paul Road has cut the firgt-class rate from St. Paul to Chicago $2.50, and has made a cut of 70 cents to Milwaukee. The Wis­ consin Central is charged with making secret immigrant rates with steamship companies. A CITY OP MEXICO dispatch says: "By the partial collapse of the pbkza at Villa- lordo in the State of Durango during a bull-fight hundreds of spectators were thrown to the ground, a distance of ten to twenty-five feet. Tho crowd became panic-stricken and a heart-rending scene followed. Men and women were tram­ pled under foot and escaped with their clothing rtprn completely off. Ko lives wfere>sJ/;T MARKET REPORTS. >;J| CATTLE •x,. ChAwkUO, -Prime. Ootainon: »175 Hoos--Shipping Qradag. .,.~ ~ Shkkp... WHKAT-- So. 2 Red COMN--No. 2 OATS--NO. 2. ItYK--No. 2. iUi LTKK-jC'lioice Creamery....... .CHKKSU--Full Cream, fla.s. Jy.V. & 3.50 *.25 & 3.75 ' 1.00 & 6.50 .77 est .78 & .so:, .aoij (Hi .45 LEO'S T1 LPOWEK RAILWAY GOSSX*. STUYVESAKT FISH, President of the Illinois Central Railroad Company, has given official notice of the appointment of C. A. Beck as General Manager of the company. Mr. Beck has been Acting General Manager of the road ever since Mr. Jeffery's resignation. Previous to that time he was General Superintendent in charge of the operating department. ~*.r. Beck is a thorough operating man, but has not heretofore given any _ i ' " • ' * 4 » ' * *• r* ^ * * 'Si < - V'."" wit h <4 - " 13 os ̂ Fresb lV)TiToEH--Choice new, per l>u- PbiiK--Mesa................. ., xl MILWAUKEE. Mr If EAT--Cash. .73 (9 .75 tfoitN-No. 8 .. . & # .28 p.irs--J,o. a White...^. ...i ,.'IS), Kvk-NO. 2 .....I .45'. BAULKT--No.S..;V: .47 (tj .48 POUK--MUSS.... 0.00 m i».«5 . DEIBOIT. CATTLS 8.50 ® 5.00 Boos 3.00 ©3.75 Hhi.EP 8.80 & 5.25 WJIKAT--No. 3 Jtad. .ii>;.81 .ft* COUN--No. 2 YtiUow.k.;^.^ .34 OATS--NO. 2 White.... .aS'tufli ,2tt TOLEDO. WHEAT .ei @ .ei), CoiiN--Cash 82 dfi .saj OATS--NV. It White.* 22 ,ai NEW YOBS. CATXLE. 8.50 @4.53 Hoos 3,50 & 4.35 KUKK*1 4.00 @6.00 WHKAT--NO. a Ked.... ,8tt iS .88 CORN--NO. 2 .42 & .43 OATS--Mivod Wnstem. ,27 ,»j POUK -Priuie Mess.............. 10.50 (a 11,00 ST. LOUIS. CATTfcB 4.00 @5.00 JlpO'* v........ &25 (3)3.75 WKKAT-- NO. 2 Bed.. .77 (<9 .78 COKN .25 .25* OATS........ isi HifK--No. % INDIAN Al'OHH. CATTtE--Shipping Steers.,...... HOGS--Choice Light ...i, NHKKP -Cotnixiou ta Prime..^i.. WHKAT--No. 2 K<».i COKN--No. 1 While OATS--No. 2 White CINCINNATI, Hoos... WHEAT--No. 2 Red. COBN--No. a * OATS--No. 2 MIXED KTK--No. 2 . . . BUFFALO.' CATTLE--Good to Prime. 9.50 Hoos j..A<5 WHKAT--No. 1 Hard. .89 ^ 'Xl* .... . . J1?. k " . .45 ' 8.50 © 4.75 8.00 <£ 3.75 8.0J © 4.75 .70'^© .77 .34 <» ,d5 .iili 1.00 @ 3.75 .77 <9 .78 .30 <9 .33 .23 & .24 •47>6^ .48)4 & 4.ai & 3.75 <(* .»3 Tlie Temporal TOW"of the Vatican the Subject of nn A<l«Irens by His Holiness-- Where the Italian Laws Conflict with the Church. A Rome cable says: At a consistory the other day the Pope said that the Italian ad­ versaries of the church persistently con­ tinued their war against it, as was made evident by the recent utterances of per­ sons in public positions acquainted with the intention regarding the church of the rulers of Italy. Among other recent in­ sults to the ehurch was the demonstration in honor of Giordano Bruno. Tho Italian government, seeking to detach the people trout the church, opposed the action of the Pope in every wav. His holiness referred to the temporal power as necessary to the independence and liberty of the Pope in the exercise of his mission, and declared that he did not claim the restoration of the temporal power from human motives It was his right, and he was required to preserve it intact and transmit it to his successor as one of the unalienable treasures of the Christian faith. The new Italian penal code just coming into operation also at­ tacked the just liberty ot the clergy and hindered their work with new obstacles. An additional wound was about to be Inflicted upon the church by the law regarding charitable trusts, which had recently been onacted with unseemly haste. This was a fresh step in the endeavor to efface every vestige of religion from civil institu­ tions. By this law all pions establishments were to be suppressed or transferred, especially those for the dowering of girls entering convents, and those by which it was provided that masses should be said of the souls of the dead. This law violated the wishes oC the founlers of all those charities. Priests were excluded from the teneits of charitable institutions and women were admitted to such benefits. It was argued that charity should be secular in order that it might be more acceptable. But, indeed, the unfortunate are too proud sometimes to accept Christian charity, and outside the church there is no true charity. Other blows also have been leveled at the church by the invasions of the civil power forcing itself into sacred things. For a time all these things might embarrass the church, but ffaey can never definitely change its oours». The Ri forma says the violence of the language used in the Pope's allocution will not prevent Italy from being governed in harmony with the necessities ot progress and the aspirations of her people. A YEAR'S EMBEZZLEMENTS. Defaulters Got A tray with Nearly Nine Millions. New York dispatch: The grand total of money embezzled from corporations, private firms and the United States gov­ ernment during the year 1^8;) was 751 The annual appropriations for the United States Navy Department are less than double the amount stolen, while I* would meet the expenses Of the War Department for three months. It is about equal to the total value of either the living animals, fresh and salt beef, lard, leather, petrol­ eum, woods, or cheese exported from this country to Great Britain in a year. It is more than equal to the combined an­ nual exports to Great Britianof iron, cop­ per and sugar, and two-thirds as great as the total volume of tobacco or maize an­ nually exported to the same country, these being the most important items of America's export trade. The amount would be . su'llcient to meet the allowances to Queen Victoria and the English royal family and the royal pensions for two years. It is greater than the total annual, public revenue of the Kingdom of Srvia or the principality of Bulgaria, to sy nothing of the minor Oerman prinokadittes and duchies. It is also greatefr than t^^tomt annual revenue of the Republic of Guatemala, the united republics of Honduras, Costa Rica, and San Salvador or Colombia and Ecuador combined. The amount is also greater than the cost of governing either such im­ portant colonies as Tunis or Algeria by France. A summary by months of the embezzle­ ments is as follows: January >1,111.<U3 July 9 803,000 February 808.249 Ausrust 1.171.7M1 March.......,., 1,181,487 September. 933,200 April October.... 5M.(K8 May November.. a»3,775 P . . . 8 7 , : * > ( i ' l . D e c e m b e r .*; SENATOR VEST'S SON". He Marries a St. Louis Heiress Despite Many Tribulations of a Lontj Courtship. A St. Louis (Mo.) dispatch says: Alex­ ander Vest, son of Senator Vest, is the hero of a romantic courtship that has ex­ tended over five years, and has now ter­ minated in marriage. He obtained a li­ cense to wed Katherine Servis, a social star, and an heiress. The news caused much surprise, as it was generally be­ lieved that the affair of heart which had existed between them had been broken off forever when Miss Servis nearly a year ago jilted Vest a few days before the date set for their marriage. Vest, who is paymaster for the Granite Mountain mine, came here a year ago to wed Miss Servis. The date had been set, but much opposition developed on the part of the lady's mother and friends. Miss Servis refused at once to make a planned trip to Europe, said she proposed to marry her sweetheart and arranged to have the ceremony take placj at a mar­ ried sister's residence. Just before tho day set, however, the young lady gavo way to the importunities of her friends, broke the engagement and sailed for Eu­ rope. Vest, dejected and sad, returned to his Montana home alone. A few months later it was reported that the young man was to marry a Montana lady. Early last October Miss Servis returned from Europe and lived with her mother in the suburbs. She seemed to have lost all desire for society. That she and Vest were corre­ sponding does not appear to have been known to anybody, but the securing of n marriage license by them is conclu­ sive evidence that they have been writing to eat h other. No doubt Vest came to the city on her promise to wad him, and.after nil their trials and tribu ation.s, they are finally to find happiness in each other's society. J in AN EXPENSIVE LUXUUfc •\i\ """"*** . fA • A'-" P* Huntlnston'K Rx;»«r fence the KfiWNpaper IfUAliieMn, A New York dispatch says: The re­ ceiver's report on the New York Star just filed shows obligations aggregating within a few dollars of )i ,000. The heaviest claim i« that ot Mr. C. P. Huntington, the Southern Pacific railroad • maanate, fCl0,305. •>}. The next heaviest that of A. R Vanderventer, $78,481.11. He was employed by Hunt­ ington, and it was on this claim that the Star was sold at a sheriff's sale, and Hunt­ ington became virtual owner of the paper. A peculiar claim among those in the re­ ceiver's report is one for $l,OD7.5o duo the Grant monument fund. This was money collected by the paper, but never turned over for the object for which it was col­ lected. The Mttritiin* Conference Adyfasnt-nii. Washington dispatch: The Interna- tibnal Maritime conference finished discussing the remaining reports and adopted them .without changa iJe.it. Cothnan, secretary of the conference, was instructed to prepare and forward to Con­ gress before Jiai.-h 1 a full report on what has been accomplished. The foreign dele­ gates extended tj eir thanks for courtesies received from "Jie government of the United States aril its delegates. The con­ ference tben|gfUjMUMd finally. Many foreign d<. 1 parted for thsir IT AFFLICTS ROYALTY. LIQUOR WAS THE CAUSE. BRAZIL NOT ALL SERENE ALL JSUROHE AFFLICTED MW'U ELKTXTCf PSSWrxS PERISHW • BUftW- »LA GRICPK." LNG BUILDING. i£SBB3 Its Victims Include Several Members of Royal Families and I'eopJe in High Posi­ tions--A Philadelphia Physician Detail* Its Sympt »n» and Methods for its Treat* inent. The following cable messages show the spread of the Russian inCnenxa in European countries; Paris cable: The influenza is now spreading and is very fataL Fully on%- third the populace is prostrated. The number of deaths fn the city from all causes on Christmas day was Jj J 3. For several years past the regular average has been 200 for that day. The editor of the Moniteur I niverse and three soldiers died in Versailles hospital to-day. Vienna cable: The hospitals in this city are crowded with patients suffering from influenza, inflammation of the lnngs pleur^y, and peritonitis. There are over one hundred cases of influenza in Prague. Baro. iviemers, the orientalist, died to­ day from the ett'ect of influenzal Berlin cable: For some days past there had been a few cases of influenza at Koenigsberg, but the disease has now be- cuiuG cpidciiAic, and of th£ sre of the most serious nature. The disease is increasing throughout Germany. In cases where the disease is slighted or not treated it engenders pulmonn -y disorders. The doctors say that the elimax is passed in this city and that the disease is on the wane. Lisbon cable: There are 2,000 suf­ ferers from the influenza here, including the Queen and Senor Gomes, the foreign minister. The number of cases at Oporto is increasing. Madrid cable: A meeting of medi­ cal men, the Governor of Madrid presid­ ing, has been held to consider measures for coping with the epidemic of influenza, which is rapidly spreading. It was decided to open relief bureaus at all the hospitals and distribute appropriate medicine among the a i.icted. London cable: The Countess of Flanders, Prince BCucbouin, and the Queen of Rou- inania are suffering from iniluenza. St Petersburg cable: The Czar is making favorable progress toward re­ covery from his attack of influenza. He has never been in a critical condition, and no fears have been feit as to the outcome of his illness. Philadelphia (Pa.) dispatch: The Medi­ cal News of Philadelphia publishes an exhaustive article on influenza, or la grippe, by Prof. Robert Bartholomew of J e tiers on Medioal college. After giving a historical sketch of the disease and its pathology, the author says: . "In.inenza comes suddenly; goes as quickly. Tho lease robust, at any age, and women seem to be the first victims. The large number simultaneously attack­ ed attracts general attention, and "thus the most impressionable are seized, the onset being facilitated by|any depressing emotion like fear of illness. There is no rigor, properly to be thus designated, but rather a series of light chills auda feeling of hoat therewith. Sometimes malaise of a gener­ al kind is experienced, but, like the attacK. itself, is short in duration, lasting but a few hours. "With the first access of the nasal and faucial irritation comes the chilliness, which is followed by some feverishness, with more pronounced runmiw, u.ud ia general, tyeadache, weakness, and sore­ ness of the members, especially of the larger joints. With the progress ot tht case, in some epidemics, there is consider­ able general weakness, even marked depression of the vital powers. The pulse becomes small and weak, the mind gloomy, and restlessness ensues. When a fatal termination is to occur, as a rule, an extension downward into the trachea and bronchi takos place. "Although catarrhal and croupous pneumonia aro said to be 'complications' they should be regarded as occasional con« ditions, and when present, are, properly speaking, constituent parts of the malady. The chief importance of croupous and catarrhal pneumonia is that the develop­ ment of these, out of an existing catairh of the bronchi, is frequently a cause of death. "The rapidity with which the disease supervenes--its preliminary developments being hours and it* whole carcwr but a matter of three or four days--1J remark- ble. Relapses are common, usually each succeeding sei ure being milder, but not a few pass by easy transition into chronic bronchitis, emphysema, asthma, etc. Obvsously a catarrhal process, extensive and severe, may contribute immensely to chronic disease at the middle, ear, eustachian tube, nose, and throat, and thus permanently damage the parts; "The best method of securing immunity is by the inhalation of sulphurons acid gas daily wnen the approach of the epidemic renders it necessary, and by taking five grains of salicylate of cinchoni- dine three times a day and by so living as to avoid taking cold. When the attack has begun it seems to me desir.* le to give one or two grains of calomel at night, in­ hale some sulphurous acid gas, and have the patient sit in a room where steam con­ taining oil of eucalyptus can be inhaled in large quantities. The insulation of resorcin by dusting over the entire area of affected parts as far as practicable i> also recommended. "The internal remedy most desirable is atropine in solution -one grain to an ounce of water--dose being frtfm I to 6 drops; the minimum being for little child­ ren (after first indentation). The tinc­ ture of belladonna may be used--from I to 10 drops twice a day. As the medica­ ment is prompt and prolonged in action it should be given not more than twice a day, unless the dose be muck smaller than is advised above. Sal­ icylate of chinchonidine and quinine Bhould be given as a prophylactic remedy, if thero be reasons to suppose that Such power is really expected by it. My own conviction is that as a prophylactic the combination of cinchonidine with salicv* lie acid is preferable to quinine. For the depression and melancholy it is probable that atropine will do better. For the dis­ tressing >eadjache, joint pains, and wake­ fulness, antipyrin, acetanilid, phonacetin, and other remedies and antiseptics will no doubt be found useftd." Rochester (N. Y.) dispatch: One hun­ dred and ten pupils of one of the schools in this city are in the clutches of "la grippe." THE "RACEJI0T"~0Y$k - The Troubles at Jess up, Ga.,' Cerise and Comparative Peace Ueifftts. £ Savannah (Ga.) dispatch: No further troubles have occurred at Jessup, and af­ fairs are resuming their usual status Quiet reigns here. The last of the volun­ teer mUitia have been withdrawn and the town is in charge of the civil authorities, i who have complete control. No bodies 1 have been found since yesterday morning, end the victims number only six--three whites and " three blacks. At no time was tl*e affair a ri ot j In it« 'neeption a half-breed negro Indian, ' Bob Brewer, defied arrest, killed two -white* and wounded a third. Mayor Hopps' call for troops was unnecessary and aggravated the situation. The news spread throughout this country and a hundred irresponsible parties Hocked into town on tho trains' from every direction. The leading spirit in the outrages committed after dark , oh the negroes was a lightning rod agent from Cincinnati. J-ssup's citizens were not connected with the whippings and deplore the lawless acts. Brewer has four followers, - well arrived. They may in re­ taliation ki:l some whites in the thinly settled country, but will not dare attack Jessup. They will themselves be killed eventually, as they are being huuted by hounds HUMORS OF ANOTHER FOPCLJUB - RISING. Father. Mother, Right Children and m Guest Burned to Death, Leaving Only Two Sons ot the Family to Tell the X«le of tha Awful Might. A Hancock (Mich.) dispatch says: A calamity, the horrors of which have seldom been equaled in this country, was that which occurred at the little village of Hurontown, when the ftfmily of Theodore Gross, consisting of the parents and eight children, with one visitor, were cremated by the burning of the house in which they lived. It appears that the family attended a dance the previous night and did not re­ turn home until about 2 o'clock, being fol­ lowed at 'i: 0 by their :;on Theodore, Jr., who is employed in the Huron stamp-mills. Having prepared to retire, be, as lie sup­ posed, blew out the lamp and went to bed. Soon after, bov *r, his brother Nicholas awoke him and declared that he heard screams that seemed to come frfin a room next to their, and wmch was occupied by three of their sisters and th^ir little brothers. Running to the door, they were horrified to find the room a mass of fiames and fire rapidly climbing the stairway; Finding it impossible to assist ineir uruiiiera aiiu sisters, who were being roasted alive in the now fiery furnace, and being warned 'by the stifling beat and smoke which en­ circled them that they must flee, if they would save their own lives, they rushed to the nearest window end leaped to the ground, having received serious cuts from the glass. One attempted to enter the house on the ground Coor, where the father, mother and two children slept, but he was driven back by the roaring flames that now completely enveloped the building. Many spectators had gathered by this time, but it was utterably impossible to render any assistance to tne unfortunate prisoners, and the crowd was compelled to stand by and hear their agonizing cries. In the course of three hours a searching party went over the ruins and discovered the charred remains o' the eleven bodies, which were distinguishable only by tho size of the bones. They were gathered in a sleigh box and deposited in the public ball. The victims were: THEODORE GROSS. MRS. GROSS, his wife. JOHN GROSS. TONY GROSS. JOSEPH GROSS. MICHAEL GROSS. CATHERINE GROSS. MARY GROSS. L I Z Z I E GROSS. . LENIE GROSS, all children. "" ? v j LENAERBST. the guest. The apes of the children to 22 years. There is no reliable informa­ tion as to how the fire started. Theodore Gross, Jr., says that it might have origin­ ated from the lamp that he supposed he extinguished before he went to bed. One point is certain--it started on the in - side of the house. There are rumors that the dreadful calamity occurred through the carelessness of the parents, who are alleged to have returned home intoxicated from the' cance. 1 he holocust is the second which has occurred in the little village in the last two weeks. In the former three lives were lost. 7 MURDERED |N THEIR BED. »Te*ry O'Neilfand Wife, of Mount Sterling, Wis.. Murdered While Anleep. A Boscobel (Wis.)disfy>atch says: A double murder was committed at Mt. Sterling by an assassin of whom not the slightest trace has been found. Between 3 and 4 o'clock two revolver shots rang out at the side of the house of Jerry O'Neil, two window panes were shattered and dropped to tho floor, and O'Neil and his wife lay dead in their bed. Two of O'Neil's daughters, who were sleeping in an ad­ joining rbom, were awakened by the shots. They ran immediately to their parents' bedroom only to find them dead. The girls set up a cry that aroused the hired men on the place. They woke the neighbors and a search was instituted for the murderer. This availed nothing, as the murderer had quite a start and made his escape through the woods. So far there is not the slightest clue to the perpetrator of the terrible crime, bnt all the towns in this region Have been notified of the murder and officers are on the lookout. There is no known reason why this cowardly murder should be committed. Mr. O'Neil was a wealthy farmer, who had long resided near Mount Sterling, and both he and his wife were highly respected. They had no known enemies and their children are well liked among all who know them. The people of the village ana the neigh­ boring farmers are greatly excited over the crime, and should the murderer be found in the woods, where he it supposed to be in hiding, it is not improbable that he will be lynched. Th* Provisional Government Smid Net t* Inspire Confidence Among the Friends of Dom Pedro--Minister Barboaa De­ clares the Safety of the Republic Is Ae ̂ ',,5 sured. The steamship Savona, which has *•* cently arrived at New York from Brazilian 3 ports, reports that the people of Santos are | divided in their adherence to the republic, j a large nnmber favoring ths exiled Em­ peror. There was notmng new to report at Rio Janeiro, and quietness prevailed at I Cerea. . 1 Capt. Fisher of the steamship Sirios. 1 which left Rio Janeiro Dec. 4, reports | that several foreign warships, among them the United States stoamer Richmond, had arrived in the harbor, and that quiet­ ness reigned in the city, but that a riot had taken place in the Rio Grande dis­ trict, although no particultfs could be learned up to the time of sailing. A Washington special says that Brazil^ ians in the United States look for trouble in the new republic. The reluctance of some of the most prominent liberals to give their adhesion to the provisional gov­ ernment of Da Fouseca is taken as an in­ dication that these men have intimated that it would be advisable to ascertain "'both?? J***11* A AvstifrlA/l to general confidence or whether they have undertaken something that they are not strong enough to curry out. They regard the reiusal of Don Jose Mariano of Pemambu;o to accept tho Governor­ ship of that province as very sig­ nificant. Mariano is described as a man of immense influence, and it is said that if he should advise the people of Pernambuco to withdraw from the re-T public they would do so am} would joined by neighboring provinces in estab­ lishing a ne>v government of the north. There is no fear of intervention by Ger many or any other European power, as is believed, that a hostile demonstration against Brazil would bring all the pro­ vinces together and develop a unity of the South Aineri an republics that would be astonishing and perhaps unprofitable to all foreign nations interested iu Brazilian affairs. . Private cables to men/ 4ts here report that exchange has decin-^a pence since Dom Pedro was deposed. Rubber has advanced from 2,20'» to 2,400 reis. There is only a fortnight's supply of rubber in stock, and should trouble occur in Brazil it is feared that rubber factories will be forced to shut down. A Washington special says: The fol­ lowing telegram from Ray Barboza, the new Brazilian minister of finance, has been received at the Brazilian legation: "From cablegrams we learn that, un­ fortunately, there is no speculation from newsmongers against us which is not credited in Europe, in spite of all our warnings against this sort of conspiracy. Reports about mutiny of corps of artillery false; only mutiny of a few soldiers. Im­ mediately suppressed. The aggravation of Gen Fonseca's illness not true; on the Contrary, he is recovering speedily from his former complaints. In the army itself the revolution can rely on ofher chiefs great prestige and no less devoted cause. All the different political have espoused with enthusiasm thq fixed (Nov. 35, 1«90,) for the i the constituent assembly, they cof ing by this act the stability of thr lie insured* Beware of newsmor'trnrl giving to call Novem- EIGHT NEGROES LYNCHER. Taken From a Jail and Riddled ivlth Bullets. Barnwell (8. C.) dispatch: The mur­ derers of Heffernan and Martin, eight ne­ groes in all, have been lynched here. The sheriff anticipated trouble, it seems, from information of the jailer. About &)J men, all disguised or un­ known to the jaile**, etVered the jail. After putting him under control the party applied to the jailer to deliver some of the prisoners, and when lie came to re­ ceive the expected prisoners he was over­ powered. Eight negroes were riddled with bullets just on the outskirts of the boundary line of the town. Charleston t&. C.) dispatch: Advices from 1 at nwell Court Bouse say that all is quiet en 1 no further outbreak is feared as the result of the lynching of the eight negroes. The threats of vengeance come chiefly from infuriated black women. The talk of the negroes leaving the State is not looked upon as serious, as the com­ munity at large are their friends and de­ nounce the horrible butchery. Sheriff l^ancaster for a long time had the jail thoroughly guarded, as threats of violence had been made, and he only with­ drew the extra force when it was believed ail danger was past. It is admitted that the murder of Martin by negroes precipi­ tated the lynching. IS K1NG_0F PORTUGAL. Carlos 1», Takea the Oath of OfDce--The CerrmnnlvK. I isbon cable: The ceremony of pro­ claiming Carlos L Kins of Portugal took place Saturday. Th" weather was cloudy, but this.had no effect upon the crowds of^ enthusiastic people who thronged the streets through which the King passed on his Way to the palace of Necessidades. The ceremonies were carried out accord­ ing to program: King Carlos proceeded at 11 a. m. from the castle to the palace of Necessidades and there, before the as­ sembled Cortes, take the oath of office. He was then proclaimed to the people from the balcony of the palac#. A procession was then formed of the King and all the state dignitaries, who went to the church of Santo Domingo and heard the te deum, and thence to the town hall where the president of the municipal government handed to the King the keys of the city of Lisbon.. In the evening the city was iiiu- inated. ? Cox's Turkish Decoration*. Washington dispatch: Jlrs Cox has placed temporarily iu tho national mus­ eum the jewels and other decorations given her husband, the late Congressman Cox. Later on tliey will be returned to the Sultan, as the custom in Mahommedan circles requires that such expensive giftr shall be returned to the donor when the cablegram from Sanhor Barboza, the reasons why it was impossible the constituent assembly before her. Rio de Janeiro. ment has issued a*'ji all persons found*:^ rupt the allegiance ot ^ triving or proposing' anj tive opposition i to the republic shall bfj tried by a miiittiry tribunal. An opposi­ tion journal was suspended on Tuesday. * The government at Para has establish*!^ a monopoly of the india-rubber trade. Many of the export houses--chiefly Ameri­ can and French--doing business amounting to 300,000,000 francs yearly have tent protests to the legations of their respective countries. M. Spuller, the French foreign minister, has telegraphed to the Frencfe minister in Brazil for details. CALIFORNIA FL00D& . j Widespread Destruction by Washouts and Overflows. ] A Los Angeles dispatch says: Rallr^u! communications are cut off iuall directi#i<f as a result of the heavy rainfall. Southern Pacific and Santa Fe people fe- port washouts and landslides and bridges' washed away in many places. The road acros; tLe Mojave desert is badly de­ moralized, as is the case also on the line between this city and the Tehaohapi mountains. Over seven miles of the Southern Pacific track on the San Pedro branch are under water. The railroad superintendents state that they do not know when trains will be running, as it is still raining. The Southern^Pacific reports their loss, so far as known, on tracks and brfdges at $'50,000. The Santa Fe say their loss is $200,000. The damage in this city is great. Many streets are im­ passable. The last train on the Southern Pacific road from the East and North ar­ rived Monday. The railroad bridge accoss the San Gabriel river at El Modena is gone. Supt. Muir says that trains will not go through to San Francisco for days-- at least five. Los Angeles, San Gabriel and New San Gabriel rivers overflowed the land between them formiug one river, which is rushing to the oceatt, doing much damage. A lake five miles in extent was formod on the Laguna ranch. Serious washouts occurred in Soiedad canyon, where five miles of country are under twenty feet of water. Several stretches of 1,000 feet on each side of the railroad track are washed out, and one iron and many wooden bridges have been washed away. It will take a week to place the track in running order. w A Tehachapi (Cal.) dispatch says: The Southern Pacific is open as far as the south side in Soiedad canyon. From there to the Santa Clara river the track is gone for several miles, with the bridge across the river. Within the last twenty hours six work trains, with 600 men and loaded with material, hurried south, Supt. Pratt beiug with the last one. Both bridges are gone over the Los Angeles river. The road for through trains can not be opened with reasonable weather for some days. The Atlantic & Pacific lost a bridge acrose the Mojave river at Bars tow yesterday, and slides are reported at Cajon pass. It was raining to-day and no mails have been received for three days. ; ^ PRINTERS WlLl/STRlKS. - Compositor* on tho Philadelphia Morning Papers Dema-id an Increase. Typographical union No. 2, of Phila­ delphia, at a meeting, has decided to striae by a vote of 245 to 20. The union demanded 41 cents per l,'t00 ems instead of 40 cents from the morning papers, which was refused. To­ day's decision must be submitted to the International union, and if they approve the strike will then take place. E. F. Pl&nk, of Indianapolis, the International president, was present at the meeting • . MANY MINERS IDLE. Abo«t 14,900 Without Work in One Penu-, ' 'feylvania District. At Scranton, Pa.. . the announcement is mode that the Erie railroad mines^ will close down, and also fifteen of I the Delaware and Hudson mines ini the Lackawanna and Wyoming valleys, ] which, with the individual operators-whol will shut down and the idle operatives ofl the PeimsylaHilijE^joal company and the ( Delaware, ^HHba te Western com* pany, will men and boys to M«ie*HKio|j^^^^B'outl week. - \.>. iBsi If*