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! ALL ON BOARD WERE SAVED Taken From a Burning Ves sel in Mid-Ocean. Sm Now the of in 16th to THE LOSS OF THE ABYSSINIA 8plend!d Work by the Cap tain of the Spree. The Abyssinia Overhauled Just in the d Her Passengers and The with will say the bad not All that in the of the he not but the of to the not a Nick of Time Crew Safely Taken OiT-Tlie Vessel » Valuable Cargo Entirely Destroyed. London, Dec. 22.—The North German Lloyd steamer Spree. Captain Willigerod, which left New York December 15th for Bremen, passed the Scilly Islands this morning and signalled that the steamship Abyssinia of the Guion line, which soiled the 13th inst., und n Murray, bound f Abyssin from N command of Captain Murray, bound Liverpool, had been burned at sea ' tude 49°, north, longitute 29°, west. TheSp w - - - • the burned steamship were saved, date of the burning of the Abyssinia. •vor, was not signalled. Although the Spree did not report that the Abyssinia's passengers and board of her. it is s the iron bark-ri tons net bnilt at. Gov was 863 feet long, 42 feet 7 inches beam and 34 feet depth of hold. She had pound engines of 500-horse power. Southampton, Dec. 22.—Tho North German Lloyd liner Spree, which res cued the passengers and crew of the Guion Line steamship Abyssinia in midocean December 18th, arrived here to-night, and tho rescued people, 147 in all, including every soul ship, were landed ami The Abyssinia, which sailed from New York for Liverpool December 13th, caught fire, and every effort to get at the flames to extinguish them was futile. The cotton in the hold had got heated, and fire ensued. Captain George G. Murray, when he water manaced his ship's c< panv, at once put out the signal, "Ship fire ! Stand by !" At this moment the Spree, by happy fortune, sighted tho doomed boat, and she was V)o soon. Stopping about a quarter of a mile from the Abyssinia, the Spree sent out her boats. The smoke from the burning cott« In the hold w York l : lati signalled also that all on board were saved. The how d that such . The burned vessel was ?w steamer of 2,346 4,651 tons gross. She w , Scotland, i d, 1870. She the burned anded amid loud cheers. ? that death l' fire »zing through the decks and already coming up the gangways thickly, but there was no panic. Every thing was done with the greatest cool ness, though with tho utmost expedi tion. The passengers were lowered by ropes fastened under their arms, and the boats made rapid trips until all were re moved. Not a soul was lost. N was hour injured, but had there been ! s delay all would have been lost. Captain Murray was the last mi leave the fated boat, and then the flames licking the deck and climbing around the masts. The Abyssinia was soon a sheet of flames, and ns the Spree steamed on her way with the rescued passengers and crew, the Abyssinia's mainmast fell. A great the time, and the to ell w passengers were drenched in transit to the Spree. Tho weather was not very cold, but just as the rescue was being effected a snow storm arose and raged for a short time. The passengers had no time to save any effects, as from the time the fire discovered until Captain Murray loft the blazing boat "If that boat had conic later we would all be at the bottom of the Atlantic to-night," said the boat swain of the Abyssinia. Most of the passengers were for Liver pool ami they will bo sent night. The crew goes on to-morrow morning. The tender arrived with them at 12 o'clock to-night. Tho cheers from the rescued on the tender at part ing from the Spree rose above the sound of the band playing the national anthem a send-off. Contributions were taken the Spree for tho benefit of and steerage passengers, and $501) w collected. There were only six women on the Abyssinia and three infants. The crew numbered 88, steerage pass 39, second cabin 20. They were for well on the Spree, which had enough for the rescued, as her ov was small. The Spree receives demnity for was purely s less than two hours. up a little there to up to cared ring the passengers,which ,'ork of humanity! The passengers speak loudly in praise of their treatment. 1 On the Sunday following the rescue of the people on the Abyssinia, the Iona, a steamship from Hartlepool, Eng- '' land, was sighted. A boat sein out from her to the Spree was upset, and an officer of the Spree, who went in search of the men on her, picked them up, but one died soon after he was reached The Iona had broken her shaft ami wanted the Spreo to tow her back, but this could not be done 'delay already experienced. The Spree certainly has done good work this voyage, and happy coincidence that she peared just in the nick of time to the passengers boat from a terrible death. •n list account of the it wt ap of the burning THE CA New York, Dec. Agent Gibson, of the Guion Li asked about the Abyssini have must have been caused by spontane« combustion. We have received formation as yet, and are relying up« the pross reports. Wo expect until to-morrow. The Spre pickod up the Abyssinia's passera and crew, is due at Southampton ; 7 o'clock to-night, New York time. "The rescued people will bo landed there. Captain Murray will undoubtedly start at once for London, to report to the Liverpool agents. This report we shall receive to-morrow." Tho Abyssinia carried a cargo valued at $2 was very combustible, 22.—1 songer he ia, said: "We idea how the tire originated. It y hich about ,009. It sting of cotton, oil and general merchandise. The cargo was shipped by vari> { »arties in this city. It is supposed to lave been fully covered by insurance. Borne of the items were 1,227 bales of cotton, valued at $50,318; 44,513 p< of cheese,worth $5,056; six cases o valued at $55,262; 500,000 pounds of bacon, worth $39,000,and 16,000 bushels of wheat, worth $17,600. The Ahys blnia was built by J. A G. Thompson, in 1870; for the Cunard Company. When bnilt she The burned rigged se and 3,651 tons gross. «Is forth $250,000. t of 2,346 tons net She Govan, Scotland, in 1870. She was 363 feet long l>y 42 feet 7 inches be: 34 feet depth of hold. She had com pound engines of 500-horse powt For the past live years she lia running l»eu Hong Kong Pacific line steamers, first r«. since then. r sic lice re r, B. C i itdiiui ras her Lino of the l 1 this îgular trip for the Gui ELK I The Ser A gr Swre Tlu of War. W' «iTo.v, Dec. The i ion has confirmed the natliHi of Btepheu B. Elkins tary of War. hu Secro THE VALPARAISO RIOT. A Judge Foster's Report of the At tack American Sailors. Sm mry of th« Evidence—Two Chilians Admit Stabbing Boatswain's Mato ltlggiii and Coal Heaver Turnbull, Who I»lml of Their Wounds. Now York llorald special. Valparaiso, Chili, via Galveston, Texas, Dec. 22.—Judge of Crimes Foster has concluded his inquiry into the assault upon the man-o'-war's men of the United States cruiser Baltimore in tho streets of Valparaiso on October 16th last, and passed the testimony to the Procure. the the in by the a of is it Fiscal for his opiniop. The fiscal, ov attorney, in accordance with the Chilian criminal procedure, will lay down the law in the case, after which the judge will give his decision. I have seen the entire testimony. There are 300 pages of it. It goes say that the Baltimore's men, who were arrested, stated that a citizen and other parties assaulted them. There was not the slightest evidence of handcuffing bad treatment by the police. The seaman Garrett thought, but was not sure, that policemen stabbed him. All of the Baltimore's sailors, with the exception of Brown, who appeared to have been perfectly sober, acknowledged that they had been drinking. KEPT WAITING FOR WITNESSES. Thirty American sailors wore arrested in the first instance. The court of in quiry was kept waiting for evidence that was valuable in arriving at any conclusion because Captain Schley of the Baltimore stated that Minister Egan would procure other witnesses to the affray. The judge adds that the inquiry is concluded without these promised witnesses having been produced. F of the accused rioters are held. Gomez, of the four, acknowledges stabbing Coal Heaver Turnbull three times in the back. Turnbull received in all 18 wounds in the back,two of which pene trated his lungs ami caused his death shortly after the death of Boatswain's Mate Charles Riggin. Gomez, however, while admitting that he had stabbed Turnbull, asserts that he was defending some friends of his whom Turnbull had knocked down. He does not think that the stabbing was the cause of Turnbull's death. Ahurnad, amifchcr of the four prisoners, denies all participation in tho assault, but the evidence of other witnesses is to the effect that lie engaged in it. <'s ASSAILANT. Rodriguez, the third of the accused persons, acknowledges that he stabbed Boatswain's Mate Charles Riggin be cause Riggin assaulted one of the sailors of the Chilian torpedo boat Almirante Cochrane. Seeing his countryman ill treated, Rodriguez plunged his knife into the American sailor. Riggin, it will be remembered, after being stabbed left to die in tho street. Petty Officer Johnson lifted him in his arms to carry him to a neighboring drug store. At that moment, it is alleged by the Baltimore's men, the Chilian police came up, fired at Riggin over Johnson's shoulder and killed him. Cortez, the fourth prisoner, who is a Santa Cruz negro, clai not at all mixed up in the riot. He had a revolver in his possesion, but alleged that he carried it simply to defend him self. The judge says that there is strong doubt us to Cortez's complicity in the affair. One of tho witnesses testified that he three policemen holding Riggin when he was shot. Our sailors' stories they gave aboard tho Baltimore after the assault. The evidence of the saloon keepers and other witnesses was very tlictiug. These are all the important points in the report. After the fiscal has reviewed the testimony and returned it for Judge Foster to pass judgment upon it will be submitted to the Supreme Court for a final decision. Every step in the investigation is _ being hurried up by request of the gov ernment. to § on he a that lie was the same CHILIAN SPIES CALLE Minister of Foreign Affairs Matta has sent a reply to the letter of the Argen tine minister, Honor Urriburn, i OFF. Jgard to the Chilian police espionage upon the American legation. Se Matta prom the detectives from the neighborhood of Minister Eg but says that he will continue tr ises to withdr: mai ti the uniformed police around the T t „ , . 0 ® nor Laseano, former Balmacedan mi ÎM s * c , r ^ }he United States, and who suddenly left there for Brazil imme af f cr , the dictator's overthrow, , at i i Ij0 , s Ancles yesterday. He '' 1 « l ,r< J 1,a J ,1 y 1)0 arrested as î Ç aral 7 °ï 5, , ^ ollicu ' re P orts of Generals Cnnto A?™? Z° T ? ♦S U ? l !?i ed y H erda >' n,uf |»hH!in a /' t f ^!! f ,,. Ul n ba V/ < ^ ?J, Cont: aü( l 1 lucilla cofiinis the Herald s cabled ?,' 000 U woun,led m these two engagements tai as ho were killed ,.\!.u ii EDia : 1IY CHILIAN CONSUL. Balmaccda's terior, Godov, who is now at Lima, , refuse to submit'to Hie demand of the Chilian congress that he should ap pear at Santiago and answer tho acc tion in regard to the alleged bility of the f ex-minister of tho i 1 '■ .'sponsi Junta government for the trder of Be nor Aldunatc and other Balmaceda officials. A quarrel took ph Argentina, on Sunday betwee Chili« vador San tuen tes, Balmaceiia's to we at Mendoza, It the 3, and Sai jsultcd in'the death of Banfuentes and the wounding of Colonel Urrutia, his friend. The Argentine police : f «. :opcion. It sstod Torres EA Reports fr army of locusts there arc use damage to the •ps. Valdivia state that the continuing to wheat and do i other The elections i I': a yesterday passed off quietly. Don Pedro Donoso Vergara was elected by a big majority. Be nor Maximo del Campo has been elected deputy in the department of Traigneu. It of to of of »r Ladislas Errazuriz, member,'V»f the house of deputies, was seized yes terday with sudden affection of the heart while in tho legislative chamber at Santiago, but is now nearly recov «Is •>!. The prominent Balnmccdist, Colonel Jose Maria Soto, •rested at t confined Iluolqui yesterday and i in the Santiago jail. A , art shock of earthquake was « Felipe yesterday, but net 363 no damage L re It is hoped ; march of the locusts will" be tho Cautcn riv very broad and rapid. Concepcion that the •ested by at present hich i An 1 Berlin, Ont., hu« many, last night, Ma vokod N r«ier. 21.—At New Ger i her Bainliardi. ; ' a word, plunged »f M. lii to the h ed •live? the yet been learned. apit «.»•• Fxploclo! Wabi explosi« ■ Dec. 22.—A premature in the Last Clmnco .. esultcil in tho death of Foreman J. H. Quuckenbtwh and Patrick Quinn, a laborer. The head of ono of the severed from the body. f a I LONDON'S WET jA.SK ET. A A Heavy Black Fog That Put a Stop to Business and Travel. London, pec. 23.—Iutonsely cold ■weather continues to prevail throughout England, and ! distress everywhere. Most of tho lakes and the water Les causing the lowlands, where the Thames overflows its banks, ered with good, strong ice. This has tended to create much happiness among the youth of both sexes, and not among them alone, but among many of their elders, for skating. In London the weather is beastly. Aside from tho in tense cold, to which Londoners in a small measure accustomed, tho city is coverod, almost obliterated, by a thick, choking fog, makes existence miserable, course, it is impossible to see more than a hand's length ahead and ilio consequence is that all traffic on the river has been suspended, greatly delaying tho loading and unloading of vessels, and otherwise causing an inter ruption of the great trade, of which the .*r is one of the main channels. It is a peculiarity of the London fog that it hangs just as heavily over the city itself it does over the water. It is so thick and black that electric and gas lights cannot dispel the gloom, and the driving of vehicles in the streets is about dangerous as navigating vessels Very few wagons, carriages or other vehicles are moving, and it may be said that all business, except that which is carried on indoors, is at a standstill. Several accidents caused by the fog have been reported. The Brighton mail coach had a very narrow escape, and it was more due to good luck than to good management that some of the people in it were not drowned. The coach was if ii Of sat the the ■ § oing along Thornton Heath when the river lost the road. The fog was as thick as a blanket, and he drove hither and thither seeking to regain the high way. He at last thought he had struck the road and started ahead at a pretty good pace. He had gone but a short dis tance, how coacli the of , before tho horses and in a deep pond. Every effort made to get out of the water only led to their getting deeper into it, and finally the driver and the occupants, who were drenched to the skin by tho splashing of the water, de cided that it would be a safer plan to stand still and await rescue. All hands cried at the top of their voices and some avigating by dead reckoning, were attracted by the mud and shores of tho pond. othing, the situation Was explained by the im prisoned people in the coach. The on the shore then, by yells and shouts, guided the driver to land and led him to the road, and the interrupted journey was resumed. A dispatch from Bradford, Yorkshire, states that during the prevalence of the fog Shipley, three miles frt for the le ' shouting. They followed the s. finally reached the shores of 1 Here, though they Ne uhl a miked into the canal, at .mi Bradford, and though his cries for help could be heard, he was drowned before his would-be resellers could find him. Advices have been received which show that a dense fog is prevalent over a large portion over the country. So m the Clyde that all traffic tho river, above Greenock, has been suspended. The fog also covers the Irish Sea, and the commanders of the mail boats ply ing between Holy Head and Kingstown have not started on their usual trips to day, fearing to venture out until the fog lifts. heavy is i 1 ENGLAND li I TV H TN G RUSSIA. iritish Fleet The Movemei >r th of the I'u London, Dec. 23.— Tho Chronicle correspondent at Shanghai telegraphs fellows : "Although Great Britain i substantially represented on the Yang Tse-Kiang, the admiral of the licet has not yet appeared at Shanghai, been for several weeks He has isiug in the vicinity of Vladivostock and of Corea, and there is little doubt that he i acting in accordance with instructions from the home government. "These operations practically amount to a reconnoissance, and I e closely connected with the Russian advance on Pamir. Port Hamilton, The British admiral visited <1 left three ships there, which fact excited the Corcans, who were under the beiief that the ad miral intended to acquire Corea. Russia's movements in Asia undoubtedly changed Great Britain's intention to join the naval demonstration in Chinese waters. There are 20 Americi European men-of-war here. They will seize and occupy Shanghai and Woo Sung, and place officers in charge of the Chinese customs. It is the universal opinion that the crisis is only suspended and that the British will be exceptionally active. It is believed that China is willing to cede Formosa in exchange for England's support against Russia. Formosa is rich in minerals." The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Times says : "The Russia have received sealed instruc are not to be opened until a nal is given from Imadqu: greatest activity prevails ' armament tio which triers. Tli nil the Rut •<»rks and dock yards. SILVER COIN A GE. the Old Trad« !>«. to Si] Have Ilcii I Dollars. Wash î : ; ! sion of trade dollar bullion i dollars w o standard »mpleted to-day. di age of standard silver dollars is re at an end unless a change shall be made in tho policy of the treasury department through Congressional en actment or otherwise. The thereto I lie coinage of 2,000,000 ounces of «»r $2,585,000 a month Under the ct of July 14th, 1890, ceased on the first of July lust, and the coinage of standard I dollars since that date has I to the trade dollar bullioi ii to the trea sury. 'fliis latter coinage was authorized by tho act of March 3d, 1891, which quired the Secretary of the Treasurv coin the trade dollar bullion into sil dollars as soon as practicable. The total amount of this bullion on hand July 1st '• •is 4,365, «331 ounces, costing $5,020,261, d the entire amount has been coined into silver dollars. Mr. Leach, director of the mint, said this afternoon that while he was not authorized to speak of the future silver policy of the department he thought there is scarcely any doubt that the coinage of standard silver dollars will be continued at the S on City mints i eettho estimated this at $100,000 of • to vor at Francisco and amounts sulfide :essities of tfieserviee. lie a month for « ■ but to the by COULD NOT STA V , Elt OS VERITY. '»•» a Fatnl Spree w. on 1. Mir u We« l «il Yarlsbury «.t •ay,died ' Wedei y ° l A feu of the death « Bi Christiana, teriluy. He e ;is Osc »formation . a l>: lie A k ed father d his y. A remittance pan ied the letter. The spree which of 95, «MX) acc< ended in ids death. ent o a ''♦Bro excellent for t lie Rrouehlal T sliof of hoarseness <»r sore th.oat. i hey are exceedingly efliictivo.'i— C/irUtian World, Lvndor^jSui. A TALK WITH. THE PURITANS Mr. Cleveland's Address to the New England Society. HE DINES ON PORK AND BEANS And Enjoys His First New England Dinner. Mr. Cleveland the Gaeat of the Brooklyn Organization of the Now England So ciety—Tho Ex-l'resldent's Interesting Address-Other Exercises. New York, Dec. 21.—Nearly 300 guests sat down to the annual dinner of the New England Society in Brooklyn this evening. The exact number of diners, outside of the invited guests was 271, or one for every year that had elapsed since the Pilgrim lathers landed upon Plymouth Rock. The dinner was hold in the big assembly of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, elaborately decorated and hung with myrtle and evergreen. Everything about the dinner was significant of New England and the *'Dc The menu bore a picture of pilgrim landing in tho snow, beans were served to every guest earthen pot. Tho principal guest of the evening was -President Grover Cleveland, who arrived shortly after 5 o'clock, and par ticipated in the reception which preceded the dinner. Mr. Cleveland sat upon the right of the president at the guest table, which ran along the wall in the contre of the big room. Other promi this table were ex-Congressman Michigan, David A. Boody, Brooklyn; General Horace Porter, Benja min D. Sillman and Rev. Charles II. Hall. which customs, benumbed ti pork and a little I or-elect ADDRESS t x - i'i:i:si i'K v r Mr. President and Gentlemen : As this is the first time I hav given by a Now England society, I hog to express the gratifleaton it affords mo to enter upon my new experience in the city of Brooklyn and among those whom I have always regarded as especially my friends. Yo mded a dinner by means to suppose that bej heretofore s like this is u doubt I bave had for admission. F immigrant of my m ehusettsdown to the day of the Clevelands fn fail Mit •d for by any my qualification the time the first landed in Mussit y advent all I claim de New England. Die he light i bo ent were bora i that I first Jersey I hav working a forfeiture of any right 1 may have derived from my New England line ns making * derated guest i the state of •garded as Ne so, with becoiu ng spirit the imputation that mv birth in New Jersey constitutes me a foreigner and alien, and I have humor in the suggestion that is not within the the regularity with which she votes the Démocratie ticket entitles her a high rank among the states that really useful. At any rate, I shall always insist that New Jersey is a good state to he in, and I point to the fact that after than 50 years J lia ve returned to find a temporary home within her limits as fully demonstrating that my very early love for her is not extinguished. Assuming that you agree with me that my birth in New Jersey lias not stamped me with indelible ineligibility, and antici pating your demand for affirmative sup port of ray qualification to mingle With those who celebrate Forefathers' liny •ho first age Tel . of v rcr been able to see native state i d sing the \ licit in New England, I c case upon the statement the town of Norwich os of the it do 1 11 ; that Bean Hill i 1 State of Connecticut was the birth place of my fat lmr. 1 hope th ing this statement I shall not remind y tho loudly boasted of his patriotic sacrifice in defence of his country on the ground that he hud permitted his wife's relatives to join the army. At any rate, it seems to me that the claim 1 make irely valid, with no embarrassme connected with it, except the admissi inference that for so of the by j purposes ami sa father's birthplace may n than his »thing further to urge on the sub ject of my eligibility except to menti something which should bo credited account, the fact that strated my New England and my love of our country where iblishing' I have value t< I hav •e f lived t« d «lied, by summer home li.'f •of Massachusetts I think all of ut ■mber the prophetic l«i enough to cs '••Tho 18 iow" 'IT alma they us the old aim: these days look out for » U ! latter days of Ducembi days look «»ut grims." This would he notice t« suiting the almanac that •About tlios« m «»f the Pil for glorificath told when the people of the country would be reminded that there wore Pilgrims who 1 tin Now England the forces which created No one will deny that the Pilgrims Now England were well worthy ..f all that ho done to keep the in remembrance. But wo cannot recall their history and what they «li.l and estab lished,-ami what they taught, without ulso ailing that there lmve been Pilgrims m New England, who, finding their of the land, have lake to frt with tli habits, opinions and early origin ul, should he best suited to «I should be situation « *f •hich, having Ai Aiyeri the best guariuite lifi ry.wh th .integrity purity, of A meric« We have heard much of abandoned England. If farms have lands in N been ab ; we know that lar «im e p ! velopcd „ „ „ -he Pilgrims New England. If the population of England Ii " * shall find th« her Ii distan S tivity lost B rig« built « ij l unbroki soil, d imp u hesc the avili /.a lieht i u l hi'St fe While all will udmit tl ?s of A I fr« • great «1 influences, lindful tpeeteil which j of us should be f tho beiK'lits to I. tho muintenun a thought is ggested the mission and England rtl relut i. duty <»f the Pilgri fro N 1 their descendants, whe b cuttere« I through«» the land, li they their teachings and their uditujiis. they will naturally illustrate in practical way the vulue «if education and -al sentiment in the foundations of iui life and the value of indus »my as conditions of thrift a But these Pilgrims and their descendants and all those who, with sincere enthusiasm, celebrate Forefathers' Day will fail in the discharge of their highest ielding to the temptation of tendency, they neglect t« cntly that in the early day: «i that there still ought : and distinctive Ameri <.r ii they neglect to give it just I all tr te duty if -Am the eh a tiling « Tins certainly does tliot a si ription should Micro should be serning such from other .n with o & th« ,1 kept alive a feur additi » our populntii lands slmilutii s pro ionditi« ami purr It does, how every transf er, nioun the of allegiance to « taking ««u at the same d affirmative de in institu . government for its own sake and for what it is. is an essential factor of citizenship, w ÎÎ. is made full and com PiaWts of thoi i ' • b t \vVfioh 1 tld of DODular rule It minnPtL. n nlaceFj n onr fJ«i/ < .rîa»,« 1 ,?nl^. at ?F?i ^ i a mruuls it anhilv m ^ be rniw «U wh °f«° tion ft me-...« St hi* condL turn, it means that our government m not tb from another g<»\ should signify the -' an aggressiv »n to the spirit «»f Americi turns. It moans th tl ; of suited to a selfish, sordid people, and that in their hands it is not safe. This is a time when there is . „ _ pressing need for tho earnest enforcement of theso truths; and occasions liko this cannot be better improved than by leading _. self-examination and ' self-correction shall tit tosuch to illustrate and teach the les of truo Americanism. When wo here recall the landing of tho Pilgrims, let remember that they not only Bong "Freedom to worship God," but they also sought to establish the freedom and liberty of manhood. When we dwell upon their stern and sturdy traits, let us remember that these nurtured the spirit which achieved American independence, and that in such soil alone can its fruits ripen to bless our people. When wo contemplate how completely conscience guided their lives and conduct, lot us resolve that science shall find a place in every phase of citizenship; and when we learn of their solicitude and found home, let us acknowledge that selfish love of country can alone show the path of political duty. \\ ith such preparation as this—leaving place for too ignoble thought that our government can, without perversion, hold out unequal rewards and encourage Hellish designs—we shall tench that this heritage has bee»'confided from generation to generation to the patriotic keeping and loving care of true Americanism, anu that tills 1 and imppy ing all and ht for their of shelter a free preserve it; people—protecting all, defend blessing all. toasts RESPONDED TO. Then the foilowi "The g toasts Veteran," snonded to: 1 Horace Porter; * General Hon. Roswell in Edu II. Hull, I). D.; '1 he City of Brooklyn," Hon. David A. Boody; "Tho Day We Celebrate" have been responded to by Hpn. .1. C. Burrows and "The Essential Triumphs of Puritanism" by Rev. IL L. Wayland, D. D., but both gentlemen sent letters of regret, stating that they could not be present. •Ve '• Horr; "New England's P lation," the Rev. Charles s to LONDON'S FAVORITE DISH. Another Scandal Ai the lue Blood aoy. London, Dec. 21.—Tho world of society is threatened with u new divorce case, the petitions for which were filed and .Saturday, Friday which will completely startling revelations the trial in which the Earl and Count Russell so recently figured. The family this "hold advertise ' is that of Baron Howard de Walden, winch boasts of the bluest blood in the country hich is to rc claim that flowing in the veins of royalty itself is but a puddle compared with' that of theirs. L< few weeks scandal has bee engaged with the m \s of certuin tl tlie family, but it remains for he the first to announce that members the Tinm the scandal has developed into u fact and that cross petitions for divorce have been tiled by Baron Howard de Walden against his wife and by Lady Howard tie Walden dust her husband, each party charging î other with offences of a revolting Die first petition, which Friday, is that of Lady cle Walden. Her ladyship prays for a judicial sep from her husband, whom she charges with over 20 offences, among them being that lie walked about the room and exposed himself •as filed î the wind« the very scantiest possible costume, that he forced himself into lier bedroom •hen he was quito drunk 1 stripped all the clothing from the bed and forced her to remain without any pro tection from the cold for tho rest of t he night. .She further alleges that he w guilty of systematic c of their house i . îlty toward her, ntmuuily drunk. Baron «le Walden's crass petition against his wife was filed on Saturday. He asks :e on the usual charge, naming Jean do Mad re, he states her ladyship was at various hotels in Paris, Pad and other f< div -rospondent Co •ith who continental cities. THO NOTED MEN DEAD. Duke of Devonshire and the Author d Cox." London, Doc. 21.—The Duke of Dev shire, who lias for a long time been lying ill and near to death's door ' ' dence, Holker Hall. Milnethorpe, died this evening. By ins death his eldest son. the Marquis of Hartington, succeeds to the peerage, caving a vacancy in the House of ons for the north-east diviai of "Box « ' Lan cast î i sed. Willis the seventh Duke of Devonshire. Ho born April 27th, 1808, succeeded his grand father as Earl of Burlingt Cavendish, wr on May 9th, i Duke of 1834, Devonshire January 18th, 1858. John Maddison Morton, who, it w nnunced « the 19th instant, furcwSff fr« old age, re t«» Loud« s the author other light comedies. n piay-goers, is dead, of "Box and Cox" and Wn »mate of Uarflold. . III., Dee. 22.—Prof. Wilbur, the well-known geologist and mine expert, died here last night in his 63d year. Prof. geologist of considerable em ivas a graduât«» of Williams College ami a classmate of tho late Presi dent, James A. Garfield. He w professor in Hiram College. Av Will» also A Crank Wli Vinton, Ia., Dec. 22.—A crazy crank of this place named Dan Biles demanded 910,000 from C. C. Griffin, u wealthy physi a threat of taking his life, 'lie appointed the post-office as the place of meeting. The doctor notified the authori ties. who have taken him to the Insane asyl Wanted Sevc al low Des M has been Ia., Dec d bv ji si «■'■ntral ]<»wf and rain. Tin's of Des Moi flooded. The hail tho water almost impossible. Lightning and thunder accompanied the f 'Pl®< «Iw m> of Ell I LA. '.LEIH A VIA 1RS. Andrew Carroll was struck and killed by a Reading railroad train Monday while «it work in Willie iinbers of Typographical Uni No. 2 iiavu withdrawn their demands up newspaper publishers for 45 cents u 1.UUÜ investigating the death of Inn Monday under alleged suspi Her husband, Michael Ad S' fu ^ The police lions cire Frederick W. Boyle, aged 36 years, a uiliter, was killed Monday by falling a scaffold while repairing the ceiling in Ht. Paul's Roman Catholic Church. Reports received by the board of health last week show a decrease iu the number of cases «»f dipthcria and typhoid and scarlet fever, as compared with the returns of the previous week. Richard 0. Lavcoek, a book-keeper, was committed Monday to await a requisition from Massachusetts, charged with being a fugitive from justice, who had embezzled more than 9500 belonging to Moxley & Watson of Boston. The coal-laden barge John lirady was sunk Monday in a collision with the ferryboat Hhackamaxon. which, iu its ef forts to avoid the accident, also n ami «laniugeij the sch« iliicli was ut anchor. into Henry Crosby, The Rev. John A. Childs, D. D., tary to Bishop Whitaker the Protestant Episcopal Dioccs vention, died Monduv, aged ab« ied July 6th, 1841, in ( 'brist Church, where he preached his first i »rotary of i - In the suit of M. Ehret, Jr., &Co., against tbo Schuylkill River East Bide Railroad . . , an appeal fn of damages by a jury ..f view for the tak ing ground of the plaintiffs at the Ninth ward gus works, common pleas court No. 1 ,li * a refused a new trial. A verdict in tov«»r of the plaintiffs for 941,000 had been rendered. v« — Not 71^ '!? man t whn a Fi vosat mid<11 ° ?*>?• ^ftains tho color and beauty of her hair, but every woman may «1«» so by tho ?£ caaiolm , 1 i . application of Ayer's Hair Vigor. It prevents baldness, removes 1 dandruff and cures all scalp diseases. « tho P THE DEAR SENATOR. Taking the Itomnlnu of Senator Plumb to Kaunas For Interment—Talk of tho Succession. Washington, Dec. 21.—After the ser vices in the Sonato, this afternoon, the body of Senator I'lumbjwas bornoouttobe taken to the railroad station. The body, preceded by the congressional committoes, was then carried through tho corridors to the east front of tho capitol and thence carried down the many steps of the marble stairway to tho hearse. Following tho mains came the senators and representa tives who, formed by twos with Vico nresidont Morton at the head, accompanied the body on foot to the station. Tho Presi dent and his cabinet and other distin guished persons were ushered to their carriages and joined tho procession. The march to the station occupied a little less than half an hour. The route was through tho capitol grounds to Penn sylvania avenue, to .Sixth street, to the Pennsylvania railroad station. Crowds of people passing on tho avenuo stoppod to the procession. Arriving at the sta tion the members of the Senate and many other friends of the dead senator went in side and ranged thomselves in two lines along the side of the ear in which the body be placed. The casket, preceded bv the congressional committee, conveyed to tho car. Tho congressional committees had a special car for their during the trip. The two lumhian express train which left the city 3.25 o'clock. The body is expected to ive at Emporia, Kan., Wednesday after . Tho homo funeral services aro to Thursday. : cro attached to the Co take place DECORATIONS. The floral decorations consisted of a sheaf of palms and a large bunch of orchids, sent by Senator Quay; a wreath of whito carnations and roses, from tho Loyal Legion of Washington City; a pillow of ivy leaves, with the corners docorated with violets and roses, sent by tho senator's friends here. Resting on the lid of the casket was a wreath or whito immortelles from Chief Clerk Stocks of tho treasury department. TOPEKA. Topeka, Kan., Dec. 21.—Arrangements made to-day to hold funeral services at the capitol here over the remains of the late Senator Plumb, communicated with to-day bv and she has funeral train Wednesday i ;t by the state olfle Humphrey, Topeka. Mrs. Plumb w telegraph sentert to the plan. Die will arrive in Kansas City orning. There it will be , led bv Gove ho ill .'company it to At Topeka the body will lie in ate for two hours, after which funeral •ill be held. Fro Topeka tho services body will bo ec eyed to Emporia. There ; will he held Thursday the First Congrega •h. after which the interment the lit d later 'I n ill take place. SKA, K. Dec. 21.—Tho list of s to the late Senator 'lumh is increasing rapidly. The candi t prominently mentioi Chief Justice Albert il. Horton, gressrnan E. N. Morrill. S. IÎ. Peters, George R. P itor of tlie Bantu Fc; , Benjamin Simpson and George robnblo suce k. general »1 ra *r I'ho •x( A. sbo Justice Horton, •ho has be »ned tl • othcfr polit i« positif « morning that .«mid he accept the •as tendered t<* him. A per il- H in, stated the mmstances v der if i I enmity hetw -Senat Gove Ingalls, it is Le s Mr. Ingalls out of the raie. pin 1'be »me talk of Gov Hnmpl, liking Lieutcnatit •signing. Felt ho could up Mr. Himipbre« r. Humphrey be interviewed concerning this rumor. Mr. Humphrey snid lie would consider the situation*at .. obsequies and interment, and i that any c has' • Neither Mr. Felt all until after the hdate who showed indecent easing his claims would lose all chance of appointment. IN FO RT I - TH It EE At the End Hilly Myer Jimmy Carroll. New Orleans, Dec. 4,000 persons attended the great light weight fight iu the Olympic Club to Billy Myer and Jimmy •as $5,000, $4,500 to the the loser. Myer seconded by Eddy Myer, Link Robe and Alf Kennedy, while Carroll by Bol) Fitzsimmons, Johnny Griffin, Austin Gibbous and James Carson. Prof. John Dully was referee, and tilled the bill satisfactorily. Carroll and Myer weighed nt the ring side, Carroll tipping the scales at 138$ and Myer at 138$. Both the referee and Captain Barrett instructed the fighters as to how to conduct themselves during the fight. President Neel also cautioned )UNDS. ocheil •lv night betw Carroll. The pur winner and $500 as looked after the Carroll entered the ring at 8.52. Myer followed a few seconds later. George Chirk of Chicago, who had just arrived the Illinois Central, was also invited to keep time for Billy Myer by Alf Kennedy, by consent of the Carroll party. It w give and take fro n tho start, and as round after round was fought the excitement became very great. At 12 o'clock th«» men had fought three hours and liad faced each other for 42 rounds. In the 43d round Carroll was knocked out by a blow on the jaw. Itou EUT EDO. l IC Alt It EST ED. A Civil Suit to It« Instituted Against Robert Edgar of No. 1233 French arrested last night on a capias issued by Prothonotary Peter A. Horty to Sheriff Simmons. Edgar for $10,000 damai . ! left, is id in a civil claimed by a young w guardian, Jules Ricard, it i rho •oman is understood, has moved in the matter. Edgar could not furnish sufficient bail taken to New Castle jail last night. Edgar is the same party who figured recently on the charges of peculation made against him by the proprietor of the Arlington mills, where he held important position. Eilgi before Squire Smith on March 24, 1887, when somewhat similar charges as those pending under last night's arrest were made against him. But, tho record stands that the l he wa; also w was amicably tied and dismissed. Tho young woman who is plaintiff iu the present e same charges in 1837. is the brought the ! I TrlchinoHis (.husch Hcr De Lancaster, Pa., Dec. 21.—Edna Reese, aged 8 years, died here yesterday from trichinosis, caused by eating improperly cooked pork. A microscopical examina tion showed the body to be infested with the parasites. Bix oth< same family symptoms. mombers of the ill with the Why tlm Pr Elkiiart, Ind., Dec. 22.—Elkhart i disturbed over the disappearance of the Rev. Arthur Kroeger, who for a number of years was in charge Vincent's Catholic Church ,'vcrend gentleman left an which his credi f i, d, of 8t. here. The indebtness of 917,000, tors hold valueless papers. - 15*1* Ardmore, 1. T., Dec. 21.—The north bound Bantu Fe passenger train No. 10 partially wrecked five miles north of this city last night and Engineer Walker and McDowell very seriously if fatally injured. None of the tiie track and the pussengers escaped injured. Wi Trai I bed. Defeat of tlio liisuraentH. Laredo, Texas, Dec. 22.—An engage ° ™ ent ii!iH taken place at Tortillas, Tamali pais, between tho Mexican troops, and tho Insurgents were defeated with three men killed and a number wounded. The United Blutes troops immediately left to prevent the crossing of the Insurgents into Texas. i ehee left LYNCHED THREE MEN. Arkansas Cltlxeiis Soc Taking tho Law In Tfudr Own Hands. Little Rock, Auk., Doc. 21.—A special to tho Gaxeth! from Dewitt, Ark., says : This morning at 2 o'clock a body of masked men entored the jail at this jdace d shot to dentil J. AI. Smith, Floyd Gregory and Mose Henderson, who w ined therein. Tho crime for which these penalty with their lives origl divorce proceeding by Airs. Alary J. Smith against her husbund, J. AI. Smith, one of tho unfortunate victims of this morning's tragedy. The suit was fought vigorously by both parties, but Airs. Smith ranted a divorce and given a judgment •third of the husband's property. On the night of the 9th instant A)ose Henderson, who is a colored man, went to tho house of Airs. Smith and shot, lier with a load of buckshot, shooting offtho li d thumb of her right hand, the pussing through her shoulder into the wall of the dwelling. The and captured and which lie stated that he was to receive from Smith the sum of 8175 in money, 80 '.res of land, four head of enttie and u engeance by >uid^ the . «ro was recognized 1c a confession, in hoi for commit ting the crime. Smith and his son-in-law, Gregory, were arrested and a preliminary trial \vus bail before Squire Joseph Bacridur, and the bonds of Smit h and the at 130,000 each, and that of'Gregory," who, witli Smith, piloted the negro to the house of Mrs. Smith, where the shooting was default of which they It was reported that f wbltjd give bond tn iport it is orning. negro were nluced d< 91,000, in were sent to jail. Smith and G re tiny and bo re thought caused the killing this u The mob was composed of 15 and was very quiet ami orderly. Some 12 15 shots were fired into tlit all of whom were instantly >b left no clue to their Identity, and it is hardly possible that their be known. There is the matter here i I. Tin o prisoners. Killed. Tho town, and husi as is if nothing unusual had hai> going.. pened. SHOT RIGHT AND LEFT. A Crazy Drunkard's Iter Mean Search for Hit Wife. Avrora, III., Dec. 22.—George Moars, a well-known turner of this city, purchased a revolver yesterday and repaired to the house of George Wormley on a farm no Oswego, where Mrs. Meurs, who had left him, resided. He arrived at the house Mrs. Wormley for his wife. Shu refused him admittance, whereupon he entered the house and began sliooti pants of the room, consi Wormley d inquired of ling of Mrs. d Mrs. Meurs. Mrs. Wormlc shot in the :ck. an.I I, i the hip. Meurs loaded his Iver •cond time emptied it. Die Worm lev his moi lier will habitual drunk going the hichlt considered ho is l»:ullv injured, hu 1 r. Mi-iirs bas l„v„ : der I« of gold tie I. He •endered to the officers. JEROME CASE DEA A Wealthy «u i- of .Pay Eye • li iE, WlS., I -Jet îe 1. ( a tl. 11-know uf; breeder of this« at 2 o'clock this Mr. cam« to Racine in tin small simp in which I machine his h:ii c here ing. He I fro ill siting e. hi far ! III ai: *f gr* I. I the I. fact . M r. » II he It is esUluutcd that his fortune 95, .000 or im Abo Mr. ( s ago breeding trotting horse still boasts such famous t Phallus. Mr. C; •iiililrcn. His mayor of the city 1 bis stabl k • d i«l to , Jackson Case, JA* GENERAL. Olaf Alberts«» Monday of Seattle counterfeiting 1.« otes of the Swedish govi Nearly «11 of the caste wn «If Tnickce, Cal.. half of the bv lire«. loss Of oyer $50,000. Two sons of Frank Johnson, while skating on Trout run, near Bhamokln, I'u., Monthly, broke through the ice uml •ere drowned. The Rev. ffcorgo W. Stacey, : «laver .* «I the iid friend of Phillips, . i with paralysis, at Milford, Mass., Monday. William lit icy. aged a ihsrepi shot «I killed i bio ' Hubbard, Ohio. M lav HT, I Rose Hoi A dispatch fro d to th«' . * for 910,000, or for a consulate i the t inted .States. Toll Hall, the Kentucky desperado ' ' itb s«» mu ' Memphis, Tenu., Monday, 1 officers, win» started with tho City of Mexico says a, the revolutionisi, lias tlu to lav dow tal; hi ni for \ The Démocratie Club of New York city !" to Washington ami urge tlm Deiiuicrutic laiional committee to hold the national J. S. Little, a Georgia, was iut ■lothmr of East Plains, .if 'itv Monday : at to his home. e\v York hotel He uu X to invest 9600 in c« A dispatch fra « 1 •Staunton, Virginia, McM the wes ■ •I Augusta Monday killed.' : is shot from ambush and The department of agriculture has pre vented the shipment abroad of horse meat, a Long Island ubuttoi "corncil beef." f*» taken from brok finals, so 11,. /Inch we «1 of ten glandercd. W. B. Summers, the railroad ?ent at on Sunday : kidnapped risoner Lithoria, Georgia, who Uisappe ago, returned to his 1 night, lie claims that lie by two men, who kept him robbed him of 9200. He says lie fii hilling, about his person, 9800, ! ivhich Hie ; Bernard Ready and Henry Linnen, who were employed in the Exeter shaft of tho Lehigh Valley Coal Company, at Pittston, ;«l up the shaft Monday for tho purpose of removing several huge pieces of ice tlint had farined on the sides of th«» shaft. When they had 350 feet, one of t lie became detached and fell up« Ready was instantly killed and Linnen fatally injured. A.dispatch from Augusta, Me., says that Mrs. Nancy Rritt Kennedy, tlie oldest woman in that city, «lied on Saturday. At early hour she got up and commenced praying that she nitghbdie, and continued her prayers f«»r nearly three-quarters of hour, when she fell to the floor dead. 'I deceased is tho woman whose ug<» 1» extensively reported ns 118. Her exuet age, however, is not known. s icicles The been In October, 189«), the city of New York lent Edwurd M. Field 918,IKK) on property in West Fifty-third street, valued «ha). He defaulted in the pavnic terest last immtli, und the city chamber lain lias begun suit, iu the foreclose the mortgage, day applied for leave to serve the sun uns and complaint on Field's hrnthc ordered, holding that there is for believing the 936, sei last The court were reasonable gro defendant be of d mind. the Buffalo ex| lev railroad, struck a r«»«:k rolled fr« lie Lehigh Val hiefi bad Rock nuituin side port near Slatington l'a., Monday m< ing. The engine was demolished, Michael Lebellc, aged 40 yours, Jersey Central engineer, who w or/the engine crushed to death. Ti hurt, and tho pise« shaken up, though none «v« While t lie south-bound Buffalo oxp»«*s running around tho wreck tho train derailed, but no ono was injured. the d as rilling ms way to ork, wa •as badly roughly h A STRANGE CAREER. Interesting Story, It True, Related by James Dorkey, tlio Wanderer. James Dorkey, tho modern Rip Van Winkle, who turned up in the police Thursday to answer a charge of drunkenness, claims to have had a strange and checkered career. Bom near Utica, N. Y., in 1840, Dorkey states that he was soon Adrift on the world him in court nhan. Some relatives took , and then it was that ho sent to Madison University, 16 miles from Utica, where he graduated in 1857. His friends prevailed upon him to study- for the priesthood, he says, but this not being suitable to him he broke ship which w ; : ta y from them and joined a putting out to a foroigi t. Ho claims to have turned hi.. :k upon tho sccno of his childhood , during which his kinsmer and friends had given him up as dead. During his absence Dorkey claims to have traveled in Oceanica, India, Peru, •li and tho Holy Land. While ho - traveling in tho Holy Land, •oanica and India Dorkey, it woulq wem, was foreign correspondent for tli< New York' Tribune , Providence, It I., Journal and the Woonsocket Patriot. !e claims to have written many inter esting foroign letters for the tribunt , which on hi him into close relationship with Horaoe Greeley. Shortly after Dorkey arrived homo from the old world, after an ab scence of 19 years, he took up his resi dence in New York but did not remain there but a few years. When tho gold fever broke out in California, Dorkey was one of the fir3t to rush off toward 'll hidden wealth a number of for, 19 ye to America threw the land where so was said to abound. F years the wanderer was again lost sight of. He finally gave up his search for gold and next appeared in the role of a lecture and has kept up his lecturing tours un til the present day. Ho claims to bo able to talk on several different subjects. Some of his favorite subjects "Pearly Women, Diamond Men," "Dos 'd Travels in India," "Happy •s and how to make them llappy," . the lloiy Laud," and scores of is lcc dYery state and territory in, the Union. Ho was on his pti< II. "Trip olliw tupics, Durknv my, he lu tllt'Cll 'led i •ay soutli, who lie landed hero l seized with tho It liq Thursday, he s colic, just tool bis suffering. <> allay The .•suit was he bered to tbo police station by offi r. Wh Judge Ball heard the wt lerer'a.story the st it condition ; station. Dorkey is man past middle age, y locks which completely hide the le ith long >f his head •r his alt Who il cell at the police stati. for much he w ob 1er for the stof the of good cducuti* I excellent lie conversed fluently •n tul faculties and eloquently. HOI lit EOLITH'S. II«« Wal.-il.ml II ec Hoch Buis High mi olli Side Drill. in, Dee. 22.—As the ti the Waterford •lections, which fcelim i both uns big! higher, anu it gratillation, not II boa alter «»f m . price, if body is . Se ,1 pro, embers of •ntury re in Wnterfonl working c l.'r :: lfy i •• interest of their < j; the O'Brien 'faulted h last. halt«.! tb«' Parnclitc, li. li -thy lleuly in < U in Ms To-«l M. P. for South Galway, who is Waterford supporting tlm candidacy <>f Mr. Michael Duvilt, the no ft Mr. David Bheeliy, e of the M — - 'artliyites, and st«»pped him. Dull violently abused FfhOnliy, ho retaliated f the i 1 »ml, tlm Pf cllite eu diilnte, gathered ill».» the a time it np I!». ii the Mr. SI ith all undoubtedly have carried their threats into exeeutio Imd i tvhy. They threaten.' I hit •<>uld been for the police, win e by the F tli red. They eel Mr. Shoe!, y !»: perilous i »Heil 81 tl« >f safidy. Th.* Met.'; h t a ph tin ill's »ngratulatiiig the solves that Mr. Bhceliy was get away fr« With« Mr. J mti the Parucllito > vd t being hurt. *s C. Fl v , M. 1». forth« North«» ii i I Mr. Tho M. P. for East s J -, als.» had a ions adventure ith : f the Par Hites. They î they limy Hunts f tin* Me ntion committee. The mob two ni(:inbarsof parliament u<»rs, hooting, yelling, cur.- - , . —Booing tliut the McCurthyitcs did not intend to come out to meet dliem, they determined t«j the building and drug them out. Plans were laid accordingly to make an It on the committee root MeCarthyites were primär« tack, and they, though few keeping •' •ere quietly pa •ere set upon lie »ng by llie rabbi finally got a ay fn tbeir : •1« pur to tl st . but tho >»r the at ii umber, • out. •ting together The McCarthy i the defensiv Per sonal battles «in erned, but they claim that the balloting will show that they have riud the political war int the enemy country WENT rill Ills SERMON. asperato Flglit in (hu j«*t on Filler Coleman's uwoo, Dec. 22.—A « fordsville. Irai., suvs : 1 II: No ISI (J lispatch fro r . . -.. lie miilstof the colored Baptist Church tli«' se last night, Olli« t U named E rho is «1er. vus there with his sweet K upon the ullnr ami us theoffl. •ed leaped upon him with a ,, several times. IIo then started for tho door and tho officer fired on nun twiee. The first shot brought h c.i°n 13 iDiees. His csi:uned from the house, however, and the officer was too «Lrifi- "i ,rt i° follo , w '. T he congregation si nek.Hi and prayed during the light, but Filler ( pieman went right on with his ser , With his eyes shut, Ev I be adv cutting him hi is still at lav,-,'. Hur« In.ii.it Against Field. . . , indictments .1 . , ' J.o-day against K. M. Field of tbo defunct firm of Field, Lindley W ors Company by the grand jury, ndiri.ments specify grand laFeony fi first degree am! are based on th«,complaint Sprague, who charges ny of 350 shares Nk York, Dc 21.—Tw :h Both the le by Frank J ' Mth llie i Ed isoi Kloctrie Liijlit . ..„...„„y collateral lor borrowed ey. Chili iv Apologl/. r Fight. «»w that the .Dee. 18.—N nisei- 1 »ultimo at es ' i» roadÿ to sail . G general ,—rf. i; time ch'lFmu* "» tho United State <»r pre stand by her Minister, " * ,,ehcv0,i shore the Baltii I • f. rill •on if that snail '" r 'f Tu'S/vTi n"«F r York? r0 OM iuä'Äi' foui ' i)oiice ""' i aro