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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1891

oath side of tho xr ail, and here the heaviest part of th wall fell. Only two were taken oat from the north aide. Tho identified dead are: Edward S. "Wilcox, contractor; liana Hanson. Swede, laborer; Charles Katrinski. Pole, laborer; George Shapinski, laborer; Charles Larson; John Admnski. thirty-live years of age; Frank Marcca. The injured are: John Varren. Thomas Somatra. Frank D. Let her, Samnel Peters and an nnknown man. These are notr lying at the City Hospital, and at 5:3) o'clock were alive. It is not thought thatSomatra, Peters and the nnknown man can recover. When the walls fell all the patrol-wagons in the city were at once summoned, and Chief Clark, with Chief Jackson and assistant Martin, made an attempt to organize the laborers who were not under tho wall and get them to work removing tho dead and injured. The men were wild with excitement, however, and it w&i a lone time beloro half a dozen could be induced to go to vrork. The others ran back and forth around the building, shouting to each other and uttering imprecations against the contractors, or stood gazing blankly at the ruins. The group that went to work in less than hall an hour bad taken out ten men, live of "whom were killed and live injured, one so severely that the physicians at the ground stated that he could cot live until he reached the hospital. 15y this time a larger gang had been put to work and the work of removing the debris went on rapidly. Contractor Wilcox was taken out dead and mangled beyond recognition. Hia head appeared to be mashed to a pulp. The wounded were taken to the City Hospital in the patrol-wason. and the dead, with the exception of one man. were laid out lu the Great Northern freight-house. Lauer, the foreman of the gang, was about tho building, but was frantic with grief and excitement and could not tell the exact cumber of men under the wall at the time it tell. It was a sight never to be forgotten asthe dead and injured were taken out. some of them crashed almost to a pulp. One man, supposed to have been a sub-foreman, was taken out in a fur coat, nothing but bis feet and limbs being visible. His head and body appeared to be crushed out of shape. There were men with all their limbs broken, faces bruised and crushed out of ali resemblance to humanity. Others wero not so badly mangled, but had evidently been instantly killed by bricks falling on their head Of those who were wounded and taken to the hospital two wero able to sit up in the wairon on the way, and those are the two who will recover. The greater number had to be taken on stretchers and handled very carefully in order that tho little life remaining ruignt not be shaken out of them. There were no groans or cries from the injured as the poor fellows were extricated from the xnina by their fellow-workmen. Not one had retained consciousness. The most careful handling possible seemed to be the torture most horrible, for the rescuers were not well drilled to their task at the outset, and did not work together as they did later on. In their disconcerted efforts they seemed at times to be pulling the men almost to pieces. Tho faces of the workmen were almost as if they had been dead themselves. Workmen spent all afternoon searching for more victims of the disaster. Tho cause of the accident, as near as can be learned, was that the wall, which was much weakened by the lire, became tonheavy from the large amoout of debris removed from the bottom, and fell over of its own weight. For some time it has been considered dangerous by people who frequented the place, hut the contractors who examined it pronounced the wall sound, and the men continued to work without fear of accident The wall hd appeared firm and gave no sign of weakening up to the time of the fall, whenit came down in a Leap without a second's warning. The excavation about the base had been carried on very rapidly, and the greater part of the debris had been removed. Building Inspector Johnston said: I examined the wails after the lire, and thought they were Bolld. My opinion is that the removal of the debris and excavation from the base, together with the sudden changes of heat and cold, precipitated tho fall." TUIKTY DItOWNED.

Twelve Barges Upset In the Iladson River and Half Their Occupants Lost. IIaverstraw, N. Y Dec 4. Twelve .barges loaded with brick, in tow of the tug Toffnsend, of the Cornell Towing Company, were npset when opposite Croton point, to-night, and thirty persons are supposed to have been drowned. Tho disaster was caused by the heavy swashof theriver, which compelled the tug to round to. causing the barges to nde each other, and the high tide washed over them, and they were upset. There were sixty all told on beard. They took to the row-boats, five to a boat, but up to a late hour only thirty of the men have come ashore, and it is feared that the remaining have been drowned. One of the boat hands, W. Cnrran, is here. He says at the time the accident occurred the men were lounging about, listening to one of their number playing a concertina. Curran ran on deck where he saw ono of the scows riding on top of another, and a moment later the other'scows were in a huddle. He says they did not 6iuk but toppled over. Tugs are at kall points along the neighborhood cf the accident in tho hope of picking up any of the men who may have clung to tho bottom of the capsized boats, but thero is little hope that any of the men will be recovered. The names of the men cannot be learned to-night. IIott It Happened. New York, Dec 4. Tho Herald has the following details of the Hudson-river disaster Twelve brick barges coming down the Hudson river were struck by a violent wind-storm oil Croton Point, at 9 o'clock to-night and were capsized. Twenty lives aro reported to have been lost in tho wreck; the bodies of ten having been recovered at midnight. The river is very wide at the place where the disaster occurred, and a high cross-sea was running. As tho tow came around the point the waves were so heavy that thev began to wash over the steamer's side. To save her 'from foundering it was necessary to heave to with head to the sea. The moment the towline was cast oil the barges began to drive into one another and bound about in the seaway. As they knocked together somo bad holes stove in their sides and sank, and bo me caught, one against another, and, carried over by their he;ivy deck-loads, tho waves and the wind turned them bottom-up. All this happened in a very few minutes. The crews of the barges, each bar?e carried about tivo men and boys, were down below playing cards or telling stories. The heavy rain-fall had driven every body from the decks. WRECKED II Y A FIERCE STORM. Factories, School-Houses and Churches Demolished In tlie Cumberland Valley. Caulisle. Pa., Dec. 4. The worst storm known in years swept over the Cumberland valley this afternoon, wrecking buildings, nprootmg treea and destroying crops. Tho damage will reach and may exceed S100.GCO. but as far as could be learned to-night no lives were lost. The storm came from the east and then veered to the west. Kain fell in torrents, flooding the streets and miking them impassable. At Mecbanicsburg fifteen buildings were blown down, among them the Rational Hotel and Methodist Church. Twelve other buildings were damaged. At Waynesboro the Weber school-house was wrecked. Fortunately, the pupils had been dismissed. The employes at the toolworks escaped with slight injuries. The Philadelphia Heading freight denot at bhippensburg was unroofed, as was tne overall factory, the employes barely escaping. The township schoolhouse and the Western Maryland roundboose were also demolished. From tho country come reports of wrecked barns, ruined crops and prostrated telegraph lines. Tho storm lasted nearly an hour. Cyclone to Michigan. MrssEGoy, Misb.. Dec. 4. A cyclone truck Muskegon Heights about 2 o'clock this morning and wrecked Kelly Urothers factory, the Heights Hotel, and some other imldiBgs. The loss to Kelly Brothers

alone will exceed $."3,000. Nobody was jured. A heavy gale has been blowing day, hut no further damago is reported. HIS NOSE SCRATCHED.

inall Clilef Engineer I'erry, or the L. E. & W., Injured Colllllon on the Chicago & Krle. , Lima, O., Dec. 4. The east-bound express on the Chicago & Erie road struck a boxcar on a curve near the depot in this city yesterday. Fireman Demuth was badly injured, and engineer John Quigley was slightly hurt. The side of tne express car was ripped off, and the messenger, Selvy, was buried 'nnder boxes and slightly hurt. The train was delayed five hours. Yesterday evening another accident occurred not a mile from tho scene on the Lake Erie &, Western railroad. A switch-enginecollided witti the west-bound passenger train. The engine were wrecked. Fireman Hurley had his risht leg broken, and lirman Costollo was cut and bruised. The passengers were shaken up. Mr. T. 1. Ferry, of Indianapolis, chief engineer of the road, had his nose mangled by contact with the door as ho was in the act of passing from one car to another, At the L. E. &. W. nitice in Indianapolis it was said that Mr. Perry's nose was merely scratched, and that he is attending to his duties as usual. Three Killed by a Roller Explosion. HoRXEKsviLLr. Mo., Dec. 4. By a toiler explosion at Fopo & Pulley's mill, near this place, three men were instantly killed and the building demolished. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Charles M. Seaton was hanged at Mount Vernon. Mo., yesterday, for the murder of Lewis Channel at Jophn, Mo., on July 5, Intlnenza has a grip on Cincinnati. Physicians ascribe its reappearance to atruosEherio inlluences. Dayton and Columbus ave many cases of the disease. The annnal report of W. W. Farnam, treasurer of Yale University, for the year ending Jnly 13. shows that the university received in gifts during the past year. Georare Scott has been arrested at Norborne. Mo., for coining and issuing counterfeit dollars. Scott is a farm laborer, and. according to the story he tells, he is evidently one of an organized gang of counterfeiters. Marielus Kidgeley, of Memphis, Tenn., was arrested at Nashua, N. 11., yesterday, on a charge of attempting to pans forged checks on tho Security Trust Company amounting to 8G5. Kidgeley claimed to be a worker in the Yonug Men's Christian Association, a I'd put the came of the secretary on the checks. " HOUSEHOLD DECORATIONS. Simple and Inexpensive Material Used for Draperies, Hangings and Cushions, Decorator and Furnisher. Dame Fashion, the fickle, has something to say about interior decorations, especially in fabrics, colors and designs, and when it comes to fancv work proper she is an absolute tyrant. Just now it pleases ber to utilize the homely tbings of life. The poor man has his inning at last, and the fashionable are oblived to recognize his claim on art. This they do by hangings of denim and duck, the veritable materials used for the laboring man's overalls. The associated artists have given their approval by devising a means of stamping the blue and brown denmm with conventional designs in white, and these are used for wall-hangings, and even lloor-coveringfi. For iloors there are admirable makes of mattings, which range in price from 40 cents upward, and there are protty selections to be had in ingrain carpets for less than $1 a yard. Aside from denim hangings there are burlaps from a conrse :;ainbag quality down to a close imitati of tapestry canvas, rilty inches wide and rom li5 cents up. These are decorated with bold conventional designs, either done with a brush and tapestry dyes, or else embroidered in outline or darning stitch with cable or rope silk. If tenting is used it is artistically Hhaded and then outlined with old thread (Japanese.) A pleasing diversion is applique designs of velvet couched down, and it sometimes happens that the cmbroidery, tinting and applique are all combined in the scroll design of a portiere. The burlaps come in olive, old rose, blue, brown, tan. and shades of gray, and are really beautiful when nsed properly. For sofa cushions, table and bureau, scarfs thero is a material called liolton sheeting. It may also be used for bed spreads and portieres. It is a deep cream white, and has a twill like coarse cotton flannel. It is two yards wide, and sells for 75 cents. In decorating, ring, ribbon and scroll designs are employed, and these are wrought out in tinting and rope silk outlinen, all of which will wash well. Cinderella cloth is alike on both sides, and a combination of mohair and wool, which is cheao ami comes very wide. It is in all colors, and can bo nsed the same as Bolton sheeting. The coarse towel crash takes the place of canvas of all kinds, and there are some pretty things in Japanese cottons, blue and white, which make effective borders for blue denim hangings. Obituary. Chicago, Dec. 4. Col. Richard Taylor died in this city to-day, aged ninety. He had been a resident of Illinois over sixty years. Colonel Taylor was a veteran of the Mexican war, and a personal friend of both Lincoln and Douglass. It was Col. Taylor who suggested to Abraham Linooln the idea of greenbacks. Kkw York. Dec. 4. Edwin M. De Leon, formerly United States consul-general in Egypt, an author and lecturer, died here in the New York Hospital. Movement of Steamers. London, Dec. 5. Sighted: Etruria, from New York. Boston, Dec. 5. Arrived: Peruvian, from Glasgow. Amsterdam. Dec. 5. Arrived: Schiedam, from Baltimore. B vltimorh. Dec 5. Arrived: American, from Bremen. r New York. Dec. 5. Arrived: Trave, from Bremen; Germanic, from Liverpool, Gorernor "Wright's Democracy, Crawfordsvllls Jonrnftl. In a speech delivered br Got. Joseph A. Wright, before tho Washington County Aericultnral Society, in 1S53, is the following sentence: The old world manufactured for the new for a hundred years. New Knjrlaud has manufactured for us for nearly half a century. A change must take place. We must, if we pursue our true interest, cnjrnce in manufacturing articles for home use, but not for exportation. This would hardly pass as good Democracy with Mills of Texas. Crisp of Georgia, ex-Frenident Cleveland, nor any other Deraocat of this day, although Governor Wright was as good a Democrat as the best of them. Not Tired, but Made Him So. Harper's Bazar. "You seem worn cut, my dear." "I am." "I'm sorry. I was going to propose a visit to the theater to-night." "Oh. well, of course, if you've got the tickets " Oh. r.o. I haven't." "Well, you want to hurry up and get them. Dear me! it's too bad tho way you pat oil things." - m m m Ilrlre's Free Advertising. New York Recorder. Mr. Briee has boen again sned for unpaid taxes in Lima. O. What with his seat in the Senate, his convict miners and his tax bill. Mr. Brice manages to keep up pretty well with the free advertising procession. Speaks Only for Speculators. New York Press. When Senator Stewart, of Nevada, declares that what the country wants, in surpassing degree, is free silver coinage, ho speaks for speculators in silvernot the miners of American silver. Slay Not tne Speaker Speak? Baltimore American. The only trouble about electing Springer, of Illinois to the speakership of the House of K epresentatives. is that he migbt want to do all the talking himself. Changes III Spots. Pittsburg Chmnioie-Telft-rsth. Brice is a New Yorker when his Ohio taxes are due. and an Ohioau when eenatorships aro going around.

ROYALTY IIELD ITS NOSE

Daring the Russell Divorce Caso in Which tbe Earl Now Gets a Verdict. Charges of the Countess the Most Scandalous Since "The Fall of Babylon" Articles ia Tall Mall Gazette-Chinese Troubles. AGAINST THE COUNTESS. Verdict for Karl Russell In the Notorious Divorce Cae Ilia Wife to ray Costs. London. Dec 4. Tho developments in tho Russell case, yesterday, whetted tho appetites of the scandal lovers of London, and the verbatim reports of the proceedings were read in the newspapers with an eagerness that has not been equaled since Mr. Stead, in tho Pali Mall Gazette, published hisarticleson "Tbe Fall of Babylon." There is no denying the fact that Russell has the sympathy of the general public, and the Earl's admissions on the witnessstandyesterday have not tended to tnrn the tide of popular feeling in his direction. On every day of the trial crowds have packed the court-room and tho corridors leading there. Outside the law courts there has been an equally large crowd, which Earl Russell took particular pains to avoid. The proceedings to-day were enlivened by a tilt between counsel in regard to the Roberts incident. During the argument on this subject the presiding justice said that he intended to get at the root of this matter. He declared that it ought to have been put into definite shape as a criminal charge or a charge of gross indecency. The matter ought not to rest in insinuation; it must be regarded as a distinct abominable charge, or it ought to have been stricken out altogether. The Karl's re-direct examination was resumed this morning. Sir Charles Russell, the Karl's counsel, questioned the Earl as to the Williams incident. The Earl said that until the facts were brought out yesterday and published the story of his connection witti tho servant girl Williams was not known at Teddington, where she lived, except by the members of the girl's family. She was still living at Teddington, and no public reproach had attached to her. This closed the Earl's testimony. The next witness called was Sheppard. the Karl's footman. He testified that ho had never seen the Countess crying. The Earl always treated her as a gentleman shouhl treat his wife. Roth sides announced that the evidence was all in, and Sir Charles Russell began to sum up the case for the defense. Ho said the case should never have been brought to court, supported as it was by many cases of grossly untrue evidence. Sir Edward Clark's address was characterized by the great emphasis he laid npon the telling points in the evidence for tho petitioner. He declared, however, that the evidence submitted would have no effect upon the reputation of I'rofeanor Roberts. Tho object or Countess Russell in raisin? the action was not to obtain money. Her chief reason was that she wished to relieve herself ot the obligation of living with n man whose treatment had led to their separation, lief erring to the entries in the Karl's diary, Sir Edward said that they were in favor of tho Countess. The Earl admitted himself to be in the wrong. In connection with the bedroom incident the speaker claimed that there must have been violence on that occasion, or the Countess would not have sought refuge in the nurse's bedroom. He contended that the Countess's doctor would never have ordered a temporary separation unless the Countess, who. before her marriage, was a girl of bright spirits, had since been reduced to a condition of absolute terror. Sir Edward said he was glad Earl Rnssell had had an opportunity to deny the imputations connecting him in a disgraceful way with Professor Roberts. It had been made qnito clear by the evidence for himself and Professor Roberts that thero was no ground for the suggestion of improper relations between them. Sir Edward maintained that Sir Charles Russell was responsible for bringing this story out. The Countess had desired that it not be mentioned, and it was only when she was pressed by the questions put to ber by Sir Charles Russell on her cross-examination that sho connected oertain incidents with the stories she had heard from members of the Earl's family and wrongly construed them. The cace was then given to the jury, -which returned a verdict in favor of Karl Russell. The announcement was greeted with loud cheers by friends of the Earl. Countess Russell was condemned to pay the costs of the action, which are very heavy. There was a general impression during the trial that the Countess, though of charming presence, was difficult to get alone with as a wife. Her family history explains her tendencies to freedom of life and language. Her father. Sir Claude Scott, tho spendthrift son of banker Scott, had a liaison with the wife of Lord Albeit Clinton, uncle of the Duke of Newcastle Sir Claude willed all he possessed to Lady Clinton, but Lady Scott successfully opposed the will. The next time tho family figured in court was in the notorious rase in which Lena, the eldest daughter, obtained an annulment of her marriage with Seabright. Lena has since married "Dick" Russell, who is no relative of the Earl, Both Lena ana Dick supported the Countess in the suit for separation. The mother was opposed to tho suit on account of the rovelations that would be made in court. The Dowager Countess Russell was deeply chagrined over tho proceedings, and tried to induce the Countess to make a private settlement. The Dowager Countess still possesses keen faculties and observes the memory of her famous husband by an active support of the Liberal policy. Her daughter. Lady Agatha, is an ardent Radical and working politician. Her son, Hon. Rollo, is a stanch Gladstonian. All are of a higher type of the aristocracy than is the present Earl. APPLIED FOR NAVAL PROTECTION. Foreign Consuls in China Alarmed at the Threatening Aspect of Affairs. London. Dec 4. The Times this morning publishes a dispatch from Singapore, one of the straits settlements south of the Malay peninsula, stating that the foreign consuls stationed at the province of Fe-Cbeo-See, about seventy miles from Pekin, of which city it is the port, have become so alarmed at the threatening aspect of atlairs that they have applied for naval protection. The British gun-boat Firebrand and a Japanese war ship are at E resent lying at TienTsm. The Firebrand, owever, is but a small vessel of 455 tons and carries only four guns. She is commanded by Lieutenant Denison. The dispatch adds that the feeling of auimosity entertained for foreigners has spread to the capital, and the natives do not hesitate to show their detestation for the "Barbarians." as they term all white people. Every day they aro becoming more hostile, anil it is a common practice for them to stone Kuropeans as they pass along beneath the city walls. The Chinese minister to France to-day informed M. Ribot. Minister of Foreign Atlairs at Paris, that the government of China was confident that it would be able to suppress the rebellion which now prevails in certain portions of tho empire. The French government has taken measures to protect its interests and citizens iu China, and the Minister of Marine, Vice-Admiral Barbey, has ordered that a gnn-boat be dispatched to Tien Tsin, prepared to take whatever action may be necessary to nphold tho rights of France and the French at that port. An interview was held to-day with Dr. Van Aertschlair, at Brussels, rector of the Belgian missions in northern China, who is at present in this city. He stated that the Mongolian prince who is reported to have been killed by tho rebels was converted to Christianity by the Belgian missionaries. He had just rejoined the station when the insurrection broke out. Dr. Van Aertschlair further stated that he did not believe the members of the Temperance league wero guilty of committing the outrage which had been laid on them. The league, he said, was composed of devout men, who were very frienaly to the . missionaries. It was far more probable that the massacre bad been committed by tho Water Lilly Society, the reorganization of which tho government is making every effort to suppress. Many

members of this society had professed Christianity for political reasons. Dr. Van Aertschlair concluded by saying he thonght the presence of a Kuropean' forre iu the vicinity of the disturbance would be sufficient to cause tho rebels to disperse. No Cause for Joint Interference. Copyright. 1S91. by the Western Associated Press. London, Deo. 4. The French overnment's overtures to the powers for joint diplomatic action at Pekin. accompanied by a naval demonstration at the treaty rorts, have met with a distinct rebuff from the English and German governments. Semi-official Paris telegrams assert that Foreign Minister Ribot made no definite proposals, but merely designed to ascertain the views of the different powers. His view differs from the view which the English Foreign Office takes. Several communications have been received at the Foreign Office through the French embassy. giving French consular reports on the state of atlairs in China, and urging that England and France nnito to exert pressure at Pekin. Minister Ribot has had similar communications with the governments at Berlin, Rome and Vienna, and ho has presented the position of the Chinese government in the worst, possible light. The overtures of France wero intimated to the Chinese embassy, and were also wired to Sir John Walsbam, the British minister to China, whose cabled reply enabled Lord Salisbury to tell 31. Ribot that there was no necessity for joint or any other interference in Chiya. Sir John Walsham advises independent Knglish actiou. If any be required, under nu understanding with the Pekin government. LA GRIPPE IN GERMANS".

Ravaging the Empire, but Particularly Had in Berlin Many Deaths Reported. Berlin, Dec 4. The epidemic of influenza which has been prevailing iu this city for some time past is daily spreading and the number of persous who have been afllicted with the disease is now very large. On Nov. 2G it was estimated by some physicians that forty thousand persons in Berlin had been attacked with inrluenza since Nov. 1. Thediseaseis pronouncedof a much more virulent type than that which provailed here two years ago and many deaths are reported. Tho victims of the epidemic comprise people of every station in life and many prominent residents of the city have been prostrated by the prevailing malady. So widespread have been its ravages that municipal atlairs have been interfered with, owing to the illness of many of those connected with the various departments. Several judgesand numerous other officials connected with the courts have been attacked and incapacitated from attending to their duties and vexatious delays have thus been caused in certain judicial proceedings. A similar state of affairs exists in the different public offices. Even the railroad lines and other concerns having a large number of employes are seriously affected by the loss of the services of many of their workmen. The hospitals are crowded to their utmost capacity with persons seeking medical relief and tho physicians of the city are constantly engaged in attending to the needs of their numerous patients. Berlin is not the only portion of the empire devastated by la grippe. From many parts of the countrv come roports of widespread suffering from the disease. In the mining districts in the neighborhood of Waldenburg the malady has also assumed enidemio proportions and the condition of affairs among the residents of these places is regarded as very serious. GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. Two brothers Roughly Ilandled for Calling a Frenchman a Prussian. Paris, Dec. 4. An illustration was given to-day of tho hatred in which a certain class of Frenchmen hold everything Prussian, not excepting, even, the name. Two brothers named Rissman became Involved in a quarrel with a neigh bor named Trobilet, and finally one of the brothers called Trobilet a Prussian. The latter was angry bofore, but calling him orPrussian threw him into a frenzy, and tho result was a terrible row. Trobilet's wife and children saw he was getting the worst of the unequal struggle, and they rushed to his aid. Knives were drawn on both sides, and when the gens-darmes stopped the riant it was found that the two Rissman brothers were badly cut. Trobilet's wife, who was in a delicate condition, was seriously injured. A son of Trobilet. twelve years 'old, received a severe stab-wound. All the participants in the fight aro under arrest, either at the hospital or the polico station. English Rar-aiaids. London. Dec 4. Revelations made before the labor commission anent bar-maids' hours of work and tho terms on whioh they are employed havo obliged tho commission to appoint two women sub-commissioners to take evidence privately. Witnesses deposed that many employers make it a condition of employment of bar-maids that they should encourage immodest advances. Specific cases were referred to where girls were obliged to choose between immediate loss ot place and submission to improper overtures from employers. In a host of instances the working hours amounted to over one hundred weekly. The whole tendency of tbecvidenco is against the employing of bar-maids, except under strict legislative control. Crnsado Against the Stundlsts. St. Petersburg, Dec. 4. The Czar has issued arescript appointing a new Metropolitan of tho Greek Church at Kief. In it his Majesty urges that the most vigorous action should be taken against the Stundists, who. the Czar says, "are injuring more and more the faith of our fathers." The Stundists are a Protestant sect, consisting mostly of Russians from the Eastern Church, which was formed in 1817. They repudiato the sacraments and demand an equal distribution of property. A synod of the Eastern- Church some time since pronounced them guilty of blasphemy, and Anathematized them. They estimated that the sect has over one million members. Unpopular Foreman Dynamited. Paris, Dec 4. The mining town of Lievin, in tho Department of Pas do Calalse, has been the scene of a shocking occurrence, resulting from the bad feeling engendered during the recent miners' strike in that region. The house of a mine forman in tho town was nearly destroyed. by a dynamite explosion, which occurred at night, having been planned by enemies of the occuoant. The foreman, whose name isDaubresse, became exceedingly unpopular during the recent strike. The inmates of the house escaped death in a manner regarded as marvelous. Was Ilrowhlnir a Christian? Lgxpox, Dec. 4. Browniugites are excited over adiscussion as to whether or not Browning was a Christian. Robert Buchanan, commenting on the assertion made in Mrs. Orr's recent article that Browning confessed belief in Christianity, states that the poet, in speaking to him once on the death of a friend, uttered not a word that even indicated his belief iu personal immortality; that Browning ooubted all creeds, believed vaguely in a personal God and had a deep yearning towards a divino ideal. Baroness and Maid Murdered. Paris, Dec. 4. The mother of Baron Dellard, a high oflicial in the Ministry of War, and her maid were found in a room at their home, to-day, with their throats cut The old lady, who was seventy years old. was dead. Tho maid was still alive, but in a serious condition. It is supposed they aro tho victims of the murder plot. Cable Notes. The Duke rf Devonshire is ill. and his son and heir, the Marquis of Huntington, has been summoned to his bedside. As soon as Prince George of Wales is able to travel he will go on. a cruise to the Mediterranean. Theyacht Aline Is being fitted ud for his use. A territie explosion of fire-damp occurred yesterday in amine iu-the town of Sorabrerese in the state of Zacatecas, Mexico. Five of the miners were killed. Bad reports have been received concerning Rev. Mr. Spurgeon, His doctors have

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warned him not to expect a complete recovery, as his disease is running its course, but they hope that the fatal termination will be long retarded. The number of persons killed in the accident which occurred Nov. 23 on the Kosloll' Rostott Oriel and Griasi railway, in Russia, is now known to bo thirty-one. As a result of the financial disturbance in Melbourne. Australia, the Standard Bank has suspended. Its capital was 5,000,000. It is believed that the crisis has passed. Dispatches from Honduras say that the rebels in that country have cut the telegraph lines and that they claim that the accessions to their ranks are steadily increasinjr, f The negro Prince Theodore, son of the late Kiug John of Abyssinia, who was brought to England to be educated, has gdt a week's imprisonment in Brussels for beiug concerned in a street row. It is announced that the Countess of Clancarty, formerly Belle Bilton, is enceinte. Friends of the Countess say that if the issue is a son it will lead to a reunion of the family, and social recognition of the Countess. FOUND IN A WHALE'S BLUBBER. A llarpoon Head That Mutt Have Deen There for About Half a Century. Ban Francisco Examiner. The whaling-bark Helen Mar. which returned to port from the Arctic a week ago, was far front being high hook. She had one honor, However, that of taking tho largest whale captured during the season. It was a monster bowhead that yielded 2,450 pounds of bone and several hundred barrels of oil. As a rule, bowheads only yield from 1,400 to 1,800 pounds of bone. From the time the mighty animal was sighted until it had heen killed and towed to the ship's side was just twenty-five minutes, about the quickest work on record. During the operation of stripping off the blubber the spado manipulated by the man doing the cutting struck a hard, uuvielding substance which, on being exposed, proved to be the iron shaft of an old-style harpoon. The find was soon drawn from its fleshy sheath and passed on board, where it was examined with much curiosity by the crew. It was about three and a half feet long, with a slender shaft bet ween its broad-barbed point and the pole-socket. Deep in the shaft, at its junction with the barb, was stamped the name of J, B. Morse. The J. B. Morse was the name of an oldtime whaler that cruised in the Arctic half a century ago. Many of the old whalers on the beach remember that a Nantucket whaling bark, called the J. B. Morse, was one of the Arctic whaling fleet beforo and during the early fifties, but few have any recollection of what becamo of her. Her last trip ended in this port, and she cast anchor in the bay at a spot that is now filled in and covered with business bouses. It was during the height of the gold excitement, and she was abandoned on the beach. After serving for a time as a storehouse, she was pulled to pieces for the oldiron she contained. The old harpoon, which must havo been buried in the whale for at least lorty-three years, does not look much the worse for its strange experience. A few streaks of what look like rust were the only disligureraents. Th ancient iron was rubbed clean by some of the Mar's crew, and is as tit for use now as the day it was struck into the bowhead so many years ago. It will be sent on to Nantucket to bo placed in some of the collections of curios made by whalers from all parts of the watery world. A Tailor's rerplexlty. New York Recorder. Mr. Devendorf. the Washington tailor, is at the Coleman House. He is a former Now Yorker, and is well known to the older set who take an interest in sports. In the timeswhen it was popular for young people to learn to play on stringed instruments Devendorf took np the harn and became a performer of remarkable merit. He now probably has the finest harp in the country, but tho big shears have made his fingers a little too stiff to mak o good music now. A funny story is told on him. He came out of the war with a captain's commission and learned- fancy cutting. The tailor's flatiron is called a "goose." as most people know. He bad to have an outfit and wrote to the dealer: "Please send mo three tailor's geese by return express." That seemed wrong. Throe of tho irons would not be called "geese," as a matter of course, so the order was torn up. Then ho essayed again: "Please send me three tailor's gooses by earliest express." That again looked odd. "Gooses" seemed to be a word belonging exclusively to childhood. So this one was also discarded. Then he baa a happy thought. He wrote: "Please send me a tailor's goose by return express. P. S And while you are about it just send two more." That is said to be the only issue he eyer dodged. It was n grammatical poser which no tailor can settle. Royalty as Fashion-Leaders. London Queen. In the opinion of the leaders of fashion in this city, the Queen of Portugal is the most dressy lady in Europe, fehe buys costumes, bonnets and hats wholesale. Her pale complexion and auburn bair permit of any kind of headgear, and she takes advantage of this circumstance by trying all and every whim of fashion. The Empress of Russia wears everything small and neat, to harmonize with her delicate type of beauty. Palo blue, mauve, and several new shades of green aro the colors she prefers. The Grand Duchess Vladimir is also very stylish andelegant. Shedelights in llowers. her favorites -being chrysanthemums and violets. The Countess of Paris only wears round hats, and no bonnets at all. Both she and her daughter, the Duchess of Bragauza, dress in a very simple style, mostly in brown or black. The Duchess of Chartres, and her daughter. Princess Waldemar. of Denmark, rank, on the other hand, among the most fashionable royal ladies. Both are, moreover, exceedingly araceful. and capote bonnets in black and gold, or cream, white or red. as well as combinations of these colors, are very becoming to them. m s I - The School-Uook Monopoly. Bockport Journal. Hundreds of school-children In this State cannot procure the neressary school-boobs, as prescribed by law, although orders of requisition for the books have been seut in to the publishers for weekM. At least the proper authorities have been furnished these orders or requisitions. Scores of school-children In this country need certain books, and are uu.-lble to procure the kind required. Hy this the children are tho sufferers, slid are losiug tune that can never be recalled. In this Htate there is a school-hook monopoly. Only certain publishers cau furnish then), and they are taking theirown sweet tiuie iu which to do it. for they know thero can bo no competition. That is the way absolute monopolies usually do, and the school-book monopoly beeuis to be no exceptions. Corydoa Republican. We are reliably informed that the same state of atlairs exist in this county. The school officers have been unable to obtain a sufficient supply of books for their schools, on account of tho school-book monopoly failing to furnish them as ordered. That school-book monopoly has been a very expensive experiment to the people of this State, and the end is nut yet. Full of Dutlneis. Cleveland Vclcs. "What's tho matter with yon two felloxvst ' said a patrolmau to two tramps. "Why don't you wash yourselves? "V e's too busy," explained one. "Busy at what!" 'Sconrin' the country," said the other, with a broad grin.

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Denial of the Story that llis Holiness May Flee to Indiana for a Refuge. The University Would Gladly Welcome the Holy Father, bat It Is Net Likely that lie Will Need Its Hospitality Soon. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Notke Dame. Ind., Dec. 4. A three-col-timn article in the New York Herald of recent date has attracted a good deal of attention here. The article is headed "The American Vatican," and refers to Notre Dame. It gives tho astonishing and hitherto undreamed-of news that if tho Tope should find Home too uncomfortable be would come to this university. It further says that he has been shipping a large number of the treasures of the Vatican here, and that our vaults are packed with millions of dollars' worth of paintings and other treasures, which were formerly seen at St. Peter's. It is almost unnecessary to deny a report so utterly groundless. If the Holy Father should see lit to leavo Home, Notre Dame would be only too happy to oiler him an asylum, but as such an event is not likely to occur for many years, if ever, the article in the Herald was certainly ill-timed and without authority. It created a good deal of amusement among the members of the faculty, who could not understand how such a statement could have got into the columns of any paper. President Walsh, who was in attendance at the jubilee of Archbishop Kennck, returned home Wednesday noon. The St. Cecilians expect to outdo them- j selves this year in their play, "The Hidden I which they expect to produce the 15th of the present month. Some of tho gifted elocutionists in the university, ex-members of the society, will assist them in the presentation of tho play. The scholastic" staff will probably reorganize during the coming week. A meeting of the old members, presided over by Professor Maurice F. Kgan, was held Wednesday afternoon, and preliminary steps taken to forman organization. Although a little late in the session, 3'et the intentiou is to have the body ready for work immediately after the holidays. The editorial stall' will consist of members of the bello lettres class. As selected at tbe lirst meeting tho following departments will bo under tbe care of these gentlemen: 'Current Literature and Art," H. C. Murphy. j3; "Exchanges," J. It. Fitzgibbon. "College Uossip." B. C. Bachrach. '92; "Music and Drama." F. B. Chuto. '92; "Ed itorials," J. .1. McGratb, '02, and "Locals," E. Du Brul. '92. Tho stall will be assisted by a number of subordinates in the different halls. Brownson Hail now boasts of tho largest enrollment in its history. There is not a desk vacant and in some cases it has been found necessary to place two students at one desk. This indicates that the presont will be an unusually prosperous year for the university. New students are even entering at this late day. Two or three were enrolled during the past week and a new member added to SSorin Hall's number. And what is more, the new students seem to take kindly to drills and other military atlairs, for the companies are receiving recruits every week. In a conversation with the captain of Company A, the senior organization and the obampion drillers of the university, bo said that it was found necessary to fix up thirty guns in order to satisfy tho longings of the students to shoulder muskets. Companies B and C are also in a prosperous condition, wbilo the borin Cadets boast of an increase over last year. Foot-ball is now assuredly a thing of the past. Tho last link that united the players to the game has disappeared, and foot-ball for this year is no more. Tho annual banquet given to the 'varsity elevens and the anti-'varseyitesby the Athletio Association came oil Thursday afternoon. Plates were set for thirty, and that number found time to attend. It was a typical Notre Dame banquet. The tables wtro overladen wit!) the good things of life, and tho rush line bad all it could do to wade throush tbe menu. Brother Paul, tbe director of athletics, presided at the seat of honor, acting as toast-master. After tL? inner man had been fully satisfied a feast of wit was indulged in and tbe cental director made a neat speeoh to the players, complimenting them upon their willing spirit and consoling them for their non-success. He was followed by Messrs. Coady and Cartier. who responded to the toasts, 4Our Game'' and "Our Eleven," respectively. The forty-ninth anniversary of the first mass of the Kev. Father-general Sorin at Notre Dame, was commemorated on Monday last by an entertainment in St. Edward's Hall, given by the "Princes," the youthful protegesof the venerable superior. Father Sorin himself presided on the occasion. A New Florence Story. New York Tress. Anew story of the wit of W. J. Florence comes from Mr. George W. Crouch, an Englishman who has been in this country for several years. He was chatting with Mr. Florence a few weeks aao in the corridors of the Fifth-avenue Hotel, when a very tall and heavy-set Englishman iu half nautical attire strolled through the place, Mr. Florence immediately asked Crouch if he knew the man. and Mr. Crouch explained that tho stranger was a lieutenant in the English navy who had received an aDpointment in Canada, and was in his way there to till the position of superintendent of light-bouses, luiekasa Hash Florence replied: "Why, I ouicht to have that place. I am an expert on light houses, having had vast numbers of them in my career as a play actor." Democrats at nil Free Silrer. rUladelDlua rress. Governor Campbell is still talking about bis defeat in Ohio, anrt with about as much eeuse as he displayed in claiming a majority of twenty thousand the night before the election. Ho sava tbe silver question embarrassed him. but admits that "it did not scare awav any Democrats.'' That is true enough. The Democrats are not scared by free-silver coinaire. That is quite evident from the fact that every candidate for hpeaker of the next House is an ardent free-silver advocate. The "Independent Taper. Iowa State Keirister. All self-styled independent papers are aliko-freebooters for all the "boodle'' they can black-mail out of the candidates nominated by tho regular parties. This is the reason why they advocate the election of "the best men'' those who "come down" in every election. Stereoptlcon Kntertalnment. An interesting stereopticon entertainment was given to a large, audience at Highschool Hall last evening for tbe benefit of tbe book fund and to buy Hags for tbe High-school building. About one buudred views of plant and animal life were shown.

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