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T W I O E W E E I S : . FliATT & FJDATT, 13 I^llberty Street. OT]uq?KAii xisr KOTHma, EstaWislied, eToiiriipl in 1785 , Hagle in is 28 . Two Dollars a Year. Saturday, JD^eember 38, 1889. Ifumber 104. CO js 5TE1?TTS o f THE EAOEE. FiEST P age .—TelegrapMc; Markets. SECOKD FAGE.—Our Original Story, T hikd PAGE.-^Our Original Story (contiimed); Miscellaneous. F ourth P age .—Editorial; Salmagundi; Tele- grapMc; Local. F ifth P age .—Local {contiimed). S ixth P age .—Agricultural; Telegraphic. S eventh P age .—Telegraphic; Miscellaneous. E ighth P age .-D utchess County; Vicinity Re cord; Local. i ^^ixjeral ' 4|pSDAY, Dec. 24. Italian Anarchists have posted placr .ards in Lugano calling upon Italians to follow the example of Brazil, and over throw the monarchy. Private telegrams from Montevidio con firm the news of recent disorder and riots in Brazil. They also state that the situation of the present Brazilian govern ment is critical. ■ Annibal Price, the new Haytien minis ter to the United States, was to-day pre sented to the president by SeOretary Blaine. The usual comphmentary ad- - dresses were made. Thomas Hart, who fatally shot young Eush in Westchester, Thursday, because Eush sprang the McGinty gag on him, was arrested at City Island to-day by a teamster, of whom he asked a ride. Dr. Schweifurth writes from Cairo urging the German government to secure the services of Emin Pacha, and send him to the interior of Africa to conciliate the Arabs and create a commercial treaty at Lake Tangayik. The influenza is rapidly spreading in Brussels. Thirty per cent of the school children of the city are suffering from the disease, and the schools have been • closed m conseguencft of the epidemic. The disease has spread to all the govern ment offices, and a number of officials are prostrated. W ednesday , Dec. 25. A $70,000 fire occurred at Vicksburgh, Miss., last night. The czar of Eussia is sick with influ- Scarlet fever and diphtheria are rag- ■ng i at Sioux FaIls,Towa. The funeral of Hon. Henry W. Grady took place a t . Atlanta to-day. The funeral procession was the largest ever seen'in the state. A hjock of buildings m Charter House Square, London, comprising warehouses and numerous shops, was burned to-day. ■ The loss is $750,000. The king of Portugal is suffering from . an attack of influenza. Dom Pedro and the ex-empress of Bra- 'f* 2 il are in Operto. The ex-empress is still indisposed. BIG P I B E AT WICKSBUEG. L,OSS $ 7 0 , 0 0 0 . V icksburg , Miss., Dec. 25. Fire kiroke out here at 11 p’clock last oods store, goods. Dense ough the first floor. The fire- 9 at a great disadvantage, being I reach the fire. burst through the first floor. The fire men were rmable to read By midnight five streams were play ing on it, and, at 1 a. m. the flames were . apparently checked. The rear of the building fell. This weakened the comer of Eea S. Jackson’s building, which fell . also at 3 a. m. The fire then burst out afresh and licked iip this building and contents in a few minutes. The fire was the most - disastroiis here in years. The total loss will reach $170,000.______^ rSTews from Brazil. ^ . L isbon , Dec. 25. ‘ - Despatches from Eio de Janeiro, re ceived in cipher by the newspaper “Nov- idades,” contain important and deeply interesting facts about the political up heaval reported as having occurred there -on the 18th inst. From the information received in the cipher telegrams, it is xm- doubtedly correct that the provisional government finds itself confronted by a formidable and active opposition. Among the members, were numbered by ma ny soldiers and a good contingent from the navy, backed up by several officers, while numerous citizens also joined the revolt in favor of the ^ monarchy. These banded together ' and p^aded the streets giving full aggresive show of their sentiments and very serious fighting occurred. The revolt was not quelled until the momiug of the 20th inst., when the reg ularly organized troops overcame and dispersed the monarcliists. The provi sional authorities arrested quite a num- .ber of leading participants in the revolt. .^.liotaxer Fx-esent: Tox- West * N e w b u r g h , Dec. 24. A n oil-painted portrait of the late Ma jor-General Gouvemeur Kemble Warren, was* presented some days* ago to the United States ■Military Academy by friends of the deceased, and was to-day placed in position in Grant Hall, as a Christmas gift to the cadet corps. The donors were James C. Carter, Joseph H. Choate, Judge Henry E. Howard, and othem, of New York, and Colonel Sam uel R. Hawley and others of Newport. Gen. Warren was a. ^aduate of West Point, and was a bfave u nion officer. The Sale o£ !Elouring M ills Denied. P hiladelphia , Dec. 24. A C. _______ Northwest said to-day: “The reports of * their sale to an English syndicate for $750,000 are without foundation. We would not take double that sum for them.” WASHINGTON NEWS A Quiet . OMstmas at the National Capital. W a s h ington , Dec. 25. —Chrismas Daj here opened up rainy, and subseq'uentlj the rain ceased but it remained cloudy and damp. The weather, however, had hut little effect on the religious observ ances of the day. Services were held in most of the Catholic Churches as early as 5 o’clock in the morning and continued during the day Unil noon. In the Episcopal Churches special services were also held, while in other Protestant Churches services in honor of the day were more or less general. All the churches were well attended. In official and business circles the day was strictly observed, all the Gov ernment departments, the Capital and business houses being closed. None of the afternoon papers published edi tions. Places of amusement were very generally patronized in the afternoon, all the theaters giving matinee per formances. The President spent the entire day with his family at the White House. He was up bright and early and with Baby McKee hurried off to the nursery where Santa Claus had left a large number of toys for the baby. The President spent about two hours play ing soldier and horse and blowing a tin horn, pounding a drum and other wise amusing his interesting grandson, when he left the youngster to amuse himself and joined his family. nied by his paramour, Herminie Thi- bault, he arrived in Montreal on Satur- ^—,ly, thehe 7thth inst.nst. hrminieerminie wentent to thehe house of h( marriedarried sister,ister, Mrs.rs. Lemoine,moine, inn Saian- the 7th ins H w to t m s Mrs. Le i B guihet street, where she remained until Friday last,.when she left for New IS SILCOTT IN M O N T R E A L ? A S p e c ial Oespatcfa. F r o m T h a t P la c e Says H e Is. W a s h i n g t o n , Dec. 25.—A special from Montreal says: The police authorities here have discovered Siloott, the ab sconding treasurer of the United States House of Representatives. Accompa- .ramour, Herminie_ Thi- MCliUXU, iX\3 tui'ivc day, t 7 i nt to 1 M I rhere si le left for York bn an early morning train. Mrs. Lemoine, when seen, denied all knowl edge of Silcott, hut he.r. husband admit ted that he had been a frequent visitor at his house. The New York police have been notified of Herminie’s re turn to that city. W o ihan Suffrag:e A s s o c iation , W a s h i n g t o n , Dec. 25.—A call for the Twenty-second Annual Convention of the Woman Suffrage Association, to he held Feb. 18 to 21, has been issued. It recites the progress made in behalf of Woman Suffrage during the' past year and says: “The steps of progress al ready achieved should encourage the timid and the brave to renewed efforts.’' ship in order to prepare for, the most efficient work possible. It is also urged that every State Society, whether it has hitherto been auxiliary to the Na tional or to the American Woman Suf frage Association, or to neither, be come auxiliary now to the United So ciety, elect its representative to the National American Executive Board ites to the annual meet- organ- Each State Woman Suffrage Associa tion is asked to iticrease its member- and send delegates to the annual ing at Washington to plan for ( ized and united action. . SHE IS NOW FREE, A Colored W oman Who Has Just Learned T h is F a c t . K a n s a s C it y , Mo., Dec. 25. — A curious case has just been decided in the Probate Court of Cooper County It was that of a colored woman who has just discovered that she is a free woman and not a slave, and who brought suit against her late master’s estate for $1,400 wages. At the begin ning of the war Joseph Hickham, now the wealthiest and most influential farmer in the county, bought a negress slave in the market and took her to the farm as a sewing maid. Since that time she has never been allowed to go beyond the hounds of the farm, and in her petition she alleged that she had been permitted to hold converse with none of her race, and none of the family were ever permitted to tell her the results of the War. When her old master died three weeks ago she ran away to Boonville and while there learned that the slaves had been emancipated and that she was a free woman. She told her story to the lawyer, and he brought suit to recover $1,400—wages at So a month for twenty-five years—from Hickham’s es tate. \The court decided for the plain tiff and allowed one-half of the amount claimed. S trik in g Zinc Ore a t N e w to n , N. J , N e w t o n , Dec. 24.—Considerable ex citement was created at this place by the discovery of a vein of zinc ore that bids fair to equal in quality the zinc found a t F r a nk lin, te n miles from here. Workmen engaged in th e lim e stone quarry owned by W. H. Palmer, of the H. W. Merriam Stone Company and s facto: _ ____ _ _ _______ -.ailroad, — covered this valuable ore, which, it is estimated, by good judges, will yield nearly 00 per cent, of pure zinc. Three Sailors Drowned. Y a q u i n a C it y , Ore., Dec. 25.—^The steamsteam schoonerhooner Faralone,aralone, commandedmanded sc F com by Capt. Bonfield, after being towed across the bar by the tug Resolute was struck by a sea, carrying overboard Chief Engineer Fugsley, a cabin hoy and three sailors named Frank Johnson, Charles Dickinson and 'William Brown. The sailors wdre drowned before assist ance could reach them. The Chief En gineer and cabin hoy succeeded in catching some wreckage and were res- CHBISTM AS B A Y E B S E W H ER E REMARKABLY WARM WEATHER C hicago ,. Dec. 25. Christmas day here was tmusually bright, clear and warm, the thermome ter indicating nearly sixty degrees in the shade in the suburbs. On the lake, which was as calm as a mill pond, oars men were out rowing, stripped to* waist. Numerous croquet parties were seen in the parks. The entire winter so far has been most remarbable. Almost no snow has fallen, and but very few frosts, and though the entire summer ^ was unusually cool during December has been so high as to bring the average of the year one degree above the normal. The great lakes are as free from ice as in midsummer, and navigation to a limited extent is kept up, Supe- ;ularly On Lake Michigan half a dozen steam barges are stiU carrying lumber, mostly from Muskegon, Mich. A Waverly, Iowa, special says : To-day has been the warmest Decem ber day known in this section. The ■thermometer registered seventy degrees for several hours in the middle of the day on the north side of buildings. A Gallion, Iowa, special says : The mild weather has caused the grass to grow, dandelions to bloom, lilies to leaf and maples to bud. It beats the old est inliabitants. P ittsburg , Pa., Dec. 25. As far as weather was concerned this was the most remarkable Christmas ever experienced here. The day was bright and tlie thermometer registered 60 degrees in the shade, while in the sun the mercury reached 85 degrees. Many families ate their dinner with windows W ashington , Dec. 25. This was the- mildest Christmas day in this vicinity fca* years. The day was al most tmiversaliy observed as a holiday. The president spent the day at home and did not attend church. He had a few of Mrs. Harrison’s relatives to dinner, and a part of the- day was spent with the children around the White House Christ mas tree. The other members of official society in the city generally remained at home. N ew . Y ork , Dec. 25. Christmas dinners might have been a ten in the parks or on the lawns to- pay, so perfect was the weather. Every where windows were thrown open and there was a general resort to the gar ments of springtime. The fashionable promenades were crowded, and there was a large attendance at the churches and theaters. Church services were held throughout the city, and were more largely attend ed than usual. In Catholic and Episco pal Churches the music reached a point of splendor surpassing other years. In the various insituticns, orphan homeshomes andnd asylumsylums itt wass a galaala d:ay a as i wa a g d for the inmates and the poor people ef the neighborhood in which they are sit uated. A Spii'itualisfc Prcaclier’s Saici<lA. W ichita , Kansas, Dec. 25. —^Aspiritu- ■^alist preacher known as Jonas Trample committed suicide by shooting himself in the temple with a revolver. THe Failure at Saugerties. ^ K ingston , Dec. 24. There are no new developments re garding the failure of J. B. Sheffield & Son, and the Saugerties Blank-book Co. The papers in the matter of appointing receivers for the two companies served on Attorney-General Tabor are retmm- able at the special term of the supreme court to be held in Albany on Tuesday of next week. A linfited amount of work is being done in the factories in finishing up partly manufactured goods. Robert A. Snyder, president of the First National Bank of Saugerties, says that his bank could not possible he ser iously affected by the failure, even if it lost every dollar that the companies owe it. A good part of the indebtedness is in endoi’sements of customers’ notes that will be paid when they fall due. The same can be said of the Saugerties Bank. The Khst National Bank of Chicago has sent out a writ of attachment against the Wabash Manufacturing Company on a check of J. B. Sheffield & Son for $1,200 endorsed on that company. A starving Fam ily DiscoYored, C qnnellsville , Pa,, Dec. '24. A family of eight persons, consisting of mother and father and six children, were discovered in a rtarving condition, near Moyer to-day, and were brought here to he sent to the county house. All of the family were in a pitiful condition. The gaunt faces of the elder people and hollow eyes and himgry looks^ of the lit tle ones elicited much sympathy from the spectators. The father and mother had he6n taken ill with fever, and they lived in an iso lated place. The children could procure no aid. Their condition was discovered by a farmer, who chanced to visit the house. It is thought none of the faroily can recover. _______ _________ Fires. H udson , N. Y., Dec. 24. The ham of Wm. J. Miller, situated in the to’wn of Greenport, about a mile from this city, was burned with contents at an early hour this morning. Loss $6,000, partially insured; origin incen- 3 >ea.Uy XIO 'STears. CmcAQO, Dec. 24, Dennis O’Hara, probably the oldest man in Illinois, died here to-day, aged 110. He was a laborer until incapacita ted for work by age. His favorite occu pation since 1871 had been to sit in an early life. T H E SE V E R E G A E E . A Mysterious Disappearance. J lowell , Mass., Dec. 26. Miss Sarah I'. Nichols, a well known society lady, disappeared last night. She went out to jiost a letter, and has not been seen since. In her room was a note saying; “Forgive and forget;” . The af fair is iaTolved in mystery, IR©I>oz*ts o f ECea-vy D a m a g e s . B e 4)O klyn , Dec. 26.- During the gale to-day a three stoiy building in course of erection in East New York was blowit down. Albert Boehm, George Asser,. Andrew Yohers andOtto Gauge, carpenters, were buried in th© ruins and more or less injured. Lillie and Henrietta HangeU, six and eight years of age, who were passing, were covered with debrfe. Lillie had her 1 ^ fractured and was badly bruised, Heniietta. had contusions' aill over her The'loss. on the building ig* $2,^0. S yracuse , Dec. 26. A cyclone-from the southwest, accom panying, a sharp thunder storm, swept acTOSs Onondaga Lake about 10 o’clock this forenoon, prostrating many struct ures. It caught up a great volume of water, caiayh^ it wildly before it. In the course of itS' cyclonic force it struck the horse harntof the People’s Street Eail- n ---------- --------- .*_ away the cor- Ldini throwing, the front walls. brick andltimbeir was hurled, into the building, doing much damage.. Charles A. Nichols, assistant superin tendent, aged forty, was sittingnear the door reading a newspaper. The mass of debris.felLon him, kiilmg him instantly. Giles Wood, an employee, whO' was talking witH Nichols, had his collar bone broken and he was otherwise hurt; con- was cleaning a horse, whicKwas killed, and Forkheimer was dangerously injured. He was hurt internally and fiis head was bruised,. Several, other employees were slightly injured. The damage to the building is several thousand.dollars. B uffalo , Dee.. 26. The wind, this morning reached, a ve locity of 65 miles.anihour. A uburn , Dec.. 26. Rain, hau, thmider;,MghtiimgandiMgh winds have characterized the weather Lightnii g struck a dawell- ' a chimney and one side .other damage by storm reported. R ochester ,. N. Y ., D e c -26. The wind blew ahthe-rate of forty-two miles an hour here- An empty ice hause was blown down. No.> other damagja is reported. U tica ,, N. Y ., Dee- 26. A severe wind, storm passed over this city this forenoon, accompanied by hail and rain. No special damage beyond the blowing down of trees, sheds and. a! few old buildings occurred here. In the Sau- quoit Yalley the storm was accompanied by thunder and lightning. Fences and fari a hi ham’s carriage manufactory ed. R ochester , Dec. 26. A terrific gale of wind, prevailed here all day until this evening.. It blew down the liberty pole, 100 feet high*; also a large ice house and part of an unfinish ed house; one carpenter was slightly in jured. C anajoharie ,. Dec. 26. A terrible wind, andraia- storm, swept over the Mohawk Yalley this morning, followed by a resplendent rainbow. In the afternoon a blizzard, hit the same sec tion, levelling trees, telegrapK wires, etc. I thaca , Dec. 26. The heavy storm. uLthis. viemity un roofed the middle building, of the New York Mills cotton, manufactory, doing about $3,000 damage,, this afternoon. E rie , Pa., Dec. 26. The storm which reaebed this section last night was terrible- It was accom panied by thunder and lightning. The damage to shipping interests here was confined to deep, and costly inroads npon the sheet piling, protection to the head of the peninsula,, which the govermnenthas just built at am expense of $75,000. P ittsburg . Pa., Dec. 26. Quite a heav] thunder and’V passed over this section this morning. Small trees, fences and outhouses were blown down, and the telegraph service was badly crippled. Au Address from tUe Fope. R ome , Dec. 24. ^ His holiness the the sacred college preme council or senate of the church. In addresstug this chosen body the pon tiff said: 111 these times, when the church is as sailed and persecuted because it is the great: stronghold of faith and truth, it is a consolation to know that among the children of the church themselves there is perfect unity.. His holiness announced that he would shortly issue an encyclical letter, defining the duties of CathoHcs In this crisis. Cyclone In Kentucky. PntEYnbE, Ky., Dec. 23. This tovm was Tisited by a destruct ive storm of wind. and. ra in yesterday. Several dwellings and three business houses were swept away by a cyclone which passed through the center of the town. Gra Cameron and Clark Discharged. H udson , N. Y., Dec. 24. The examination of Clark & Cameron, Kmderhook and Hudson Railroad con tractors, charged ^ t h grand larceny, closed last evening, and they were dis charged. The justice held “no crime had hem committed within the meaning cf the statutes.” Earthquake- Shock. L oisdon , Dec. 26 The town *of Aci Real, in Sicily, was shaken by an earthquake to-day. Several houses collapsed and manyperSt buried in the i m any persons were 2DSW YORK m a r k e t s . £ by telegbakhj N ew Y m K , Dec. 26. FTsmr—Rece%ts 32,071 packages; dull and heavy. Sales 16,625 bartels. Low essitras at $S..85@$2.85; mil la at $4.80@$4.45; city mills patents, at $5.40; winter whe^t, low gradfes, at $2,35 @$2.85; fair to fani^at$3.00@$4.65; pat ents at $4.15@$o.00.; Minnesota- clear ah $3.15@$4A0; srtaigMsat $3.65@l^.65; do patents at $4.25@$5,35; rye m ixtees at $2.15®$'''' - - ------------- Rye fl @$3.50. Buckwheat flour-T-Quoted at $L50@ $1.65. Buckwheat—Sales off state at 44c. Cornmeal—SteMy. Quoted at $2.25@ $2.65. Wheat—^Receipts 2,365 bushels; ex- I>orts 16,026 bushels. Sales 800,000 bush el futures; 48,000 bushels on spot. Spot dull and lower. No. 2 red at 85^@ 85|c. in elevator; 86|@86|c. afloat; 86t@87iQ. fob. Steamer No. 2 red at 83c. Ungraded red at-70@80Jc; No. 1 north ern at 93i@93ic; *No.T hardUat 96i@97c. Options dull, t@i lower, steady. No. 2 red for December at 85fc; fo® January at 85fc; for February at 86|c; fear March at 87|c; for April at 88|c; for May. at 88|c; for June at 88c. Rye—Easy. Salesrof state at 56@59c. Corn—^Receipts 152,000 bushels; exports 2,335 bushels. Sales 2,696,000 bushel fu tures; 207,000 bushd.S- on spot. Spot fairly active, i@l<x loweu, weak. Ungraded mixed at 35@41c;- Options active, -t@f lower, steady. F oe Decem ber at -39fc; for January at 39fc; for February at 39fc; for March at..39|c; for May at 39|c. Sugar—Quiet. Standard A at, 6^c; cut loaf and crushed at 7|c; powdered.at 6fc; granulated at 6^c. Petroleum—Steady, quiet. Sales of crude at $7.80; refined at $7.50. Potatoes—^Prime, steady>. SaleS)©f state at $1.25@|2.00. . Eggs—^Firm. Sales at 25@27c.. Pork—Quiet. Sales of mess, injected at $10.50@$10.75; pninspeoted ah$10.25 @$10.50; extra prime at $9.50@$9:.75. Beef—Quiet. Sales of extra mess at $7.00; plate at $7.75@$8.00.. Cut Meats—Slow. Sales., of pickled bellies at 5f@54c; pickled, sbould^s at 4tc; pickled hams at 8^c@8|a. Middles—Inactive. Sal^-ofishorfe clear at $4.90. Lard—Dull. Western steam.-, closed at $6.15 bid. Butter—Dull. Sales of state dairy at\ 12@23c; creamery at 20@25c.. Cheese—Quiet. Sales ofrtate at. 8t@ lOjc; fancy for September at.10to; fG3! Oc tober at 10c; western at 8@10c; skims at 2@8c. PoTi^li h e e p s ie M arikets. Reported hy Carpenter <fe Parkhill, corner Main and Academy Streets, P oughkeepsie , Dec.. 26,. 1869. Butter............................... 20y ®. 22 “ best ........................ 22. ® 23 Eggs... ....... . ......................... 28- @ 30 - Lard ............................... 7 ® 7^4 Potatoes,^ bush, new ............. /. 60 ® 65 Dried Apples, ^ B)................... 5 ®. 6 White Beans ....................... . 1 75. @ 2 j 00 Salt Port, ^ lb, ....................... 7 ® 7J4 Corn, ^ hus ........................... 55 ® 60 Squash ^ bbl ..... . ................... 1 50.. @ 1 73 Apples ^ bbl.. ...................... 1 75 @2.00 Apples ^ bus......................... 60. @ 75 Hickqry Nuts ^ bus ................ 1 25 ® 1 50 Tumips ^ bus ................... 30. @ 40 Beets ^ bus ....................... 60 @ 75' West India Pumpkins ^ lb ....... 6- ®, 10 Yellow (Yankee) ^ H) .............. 5.® 8 Eggs dull at quotations. Dishonest Post Office Clerks,. B uffalo , Dec.. 26. The arrest of Warren F. ,E. Hedsteom, Saturday night, for stealing from the United States mails at the Buffalo, post office was followed to-day by the arrest of Edward F. Bapst, general, delivery clerk on the same charge. Upon being brought before the postmaster and con fronted with the testimony of Inspector Hartshorn, who saw Bapst take several letters from the mail and thi’ustthem in his pocket, the prisoner confessed and broke down. He produced three letters from his pocket, which, he had taken from this morning’s mail, They were addressed to the Erie Medicak Coi* and contained orders for medicine, but no money. Bapst said he hegau stealing about fom* months ago. He confessed to having found money in. some of the let ters about $60 all together.. He was ar raigned before a United States commis sioner and lodged in jail.. E.. F. Bapst is married and is the son of Louis Bapst, a prominent citizen. His mother is pros trated on a sick bed with the news. Executions \by Electricity. N ew Y ork * Dec. 26. To-day the electrical execution ma chines at Sing Sing prison were tested by a committee for the state, composed of Dr. Carlos F. MacDonald, Dr. A. D. Rockwell, Dr. P. H. Landy and electrical assistants. The test showed the dyna mos were even more deadly than had been represented. They lum at less .than their ordina:^ number of revolutions per mirmte. The electrical pressure was found -fco exceed 1,600 volts, instead of being only 1,000. This proves that about 300 times a second ffie pressure runs about 2,000 volts. Next week the committee will make tests of the dynamos at Auburn and Glhiton Prisons, and will probably kill a few animals to check the readings of their instruments. ___________ Fall of a Scaffold. O maha , Dec. 26. A sc?Mold fell at the builffing of the Thompson & Houston Electric Light Co., here to-day, Frank Werte was injured in ternally and will die. John Michel was badly bruised, and F. L. Lansen had one eye Itoocked out and received other pain ful bruises. T H E RTJSSIAJSr IN E E U E N Z A ,- Sl>v!Sa.a.. PAI2ES, Dec. 26. The epidemic has assumed a graveif' type and many cases are jibw compli sated with pneumonia. In consequence of the increasing crowd at' the hos-' pitaJs, the authorities are erecting tents for the sufferers. The imder^kers are j overvzorked, and many of their employees ' are down. In consequence of5 the in- (U?easein the numbers of funert»ls, the system of draping the chuycMs with. eaiorisMWis hangmgs of black and ’:8he ex pensive parade of various embl^tos o^ woe'hstslfcen dispensed with • bv author- itsr:- TheroJ^dal retinm of deaths fc^ the week.giv«s 200 mc«e deaths than foS^the precGthnig'week. * B erlin , Dec. 2^. here. • 16 ^ , the mana gers off’the ^ s works have notified con sume:^-that the suppfy will be short feff aitime fir coissequence of the sickness 0 t many employees. At Darmstadt it is: very severe, and there' aroi many cases among childrenf^- followediby measles. Reportsifrom the Austrian provinces ’■ are thafftiie; malady prevails among the'i horses. L ondon , Dec. 26. The Uhited States steamer Enterprise ■ arrived’-at Gibraltar. She had- several cases of influenza on. board and. was quarantined. She did not wait to enter toerefore, but proceed ed westward.. L ondon , Dec. 26. The influenza epidemic continues to spread. At Frankfort there has been two deaths from the disease. Numerousi cases are reported among: English visitom at Engadin. In Madrid ffbsre are over 60,000 cases,^ and many persons have died. t In West London 200 shop men and post men are affected. D enver , Col., Dec. 26. . The Russian influenza has reached thet Rocky mountadhs. Three fourths of the citizens of Denver are suffering from it. Cheyenne is similarly afflicted. THE NTEW\\K^UBEIC. Asphyxiated h y Gas. S yracuse , Dec, 26. At Dewitt, near this city, two old la dies living by themselves, were found this morning asphyxiated by coal gas. One is dead and the other will die. Their names axe Sarah Demerest, ^ e d 80, and Charlotte Thompson, aged 7Q, Imppirtaut Decree. Rio J aneiro , Dec. 26. The government has issued a decree providing that alkpersons found endeav oring to corrupt the allegiance of the soldiers, or contriving or proposing any measure for active opposition to the re public shall be. tried by a military tribu nal. An opposition journal was suspend ed Tuesday ________________ The Brazilian Markets, N ew Y ork , Dec. 26. Private cables, received to-day front Brazil state the markets for exchange, both at Rio and Para, are in bad shape, while the rubbeir supply on hand will only last two weeks. Rubber has taken. an upward, jump,. At Para the exchange is demoralized,, while at Rio the rate has declined two per, cent to 15|^. TMs m akes. a total decline of eight per cent sinces. Dom Pedro’s expulsion. War ou the Salvation Army. B erlin , Dec. 26. Despite the orders issued by the^ government prohibiting the holding of meetings by the Salvation Army in. Switzerland, members of that organiza tion continue to hold open-air meetings in Geneva. The authorities have decid ed to adopt vigorous measures to sup- . press the gatherings of the Salvationist, Caused hy t h e Saugerties Failure. C hicago , Dec. 26. The Wabash Manufacturing Company ' assigned to-day. Liabilities estimated at about $200,000,, and assets at a little less than that. ’The f ailm-e grows out of the recent failure of the afiSliated firms of J. Q. Preble & Company and Sheffield. & Company in New York state. Pension Commissioner Kaxxin Dl. W ashington , Dec. 26. Pension Commissioner Raum is quite ill. Yesterday he had three chilis, slight ly congestive in character, followed by- high fever. He was restless all of last night, but was somewhat better this morning. The Prison Commission. A lbany , Dec. 26. The Sing Sing prison new site copi- mission met tdiis attemoon aud heard ar guments of representatives from Hud- - son, Monticfillo and CoxsacMe, each of; whom offered a free site to the commis sion. Several more delegations fronti other ■viUag.es wiU be heard to-morrow,. Boiler Explosion. E dmore , Mich., Dec. 28., This moiiimg the boiler in Neff Bro8,r mill, seven miles from here, blew up*. . killing Foreman Steedman, breaking e.very bone in his body, and seriously in- juring engineer Welch, and slightly in- iuied Cisas. Bowen. L kw > water iru th.^ boiler caused the explosion. ElUed In a Fight. N orthville , Mich., D e^ 36. Last night John A. Taylor and one Miller, both drunk, demanded admit tance to John Roaches house, which was denied. They persisted, and Mrs. Roach, jumped out of bed and got areprolver a n ^ . shot an*d killed Taylor. Shot by a Rejected Dover. B elvidere , N. j ., Dec. 26.. Bush Miller was marrsed on Christo mas Day to Annie Miller, of Colmnbiav N. J. While en route home atStimds-. burg, Fa., he was shot in the.back by rejected lover, John W. Snyder Thq bride was wounded, but not seriously* Snyder fled. Miller will die. A Fam ily Suffocated, C assel , Dec. 26, A whole family has been suffocated in Waledu by the fumes of coal gas from£a. 1 stove in their bedroom. r j >1 V
