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If. AW f l II I vs. - 4 i i I v 1 U i I ' jABLISHEi) 1 867. RDEROUS INDIANA DITS ThiXT MAKE AGREEABLE. LIFE DIS- Mexican Gorernment Responsible,? lot That 8eems to be of Interna lal Significance Men Waylaid and k on the Border No wfor Mr. Bayard. r Associated Press to the Messenger. ' ogai.es, . Ariz., Dec. Sl.-News bden received that a small 1 of Apaches are roaming in mountains m Moctezuma dis- t, : killing: and stealing:. Numbers travelers have been waylaid 1 shot on the roads, entering vishe. A f e w.days Ago Clements S. pez was killed at LosV Nogales just across the line .in the .neb,1 7 1. lited States. . A troop of Federal Idiers started on tbo Jtrarl, but? failed f find the Indian camp. The captain ,the custom house guards at Bovishe e other day found a number of cattle bich had been killed by the maraud- 3. The prefect of the Sahuirha district forms the State authorities of Sonopa at a pany of bandits recently -com-snced depredations in the . vicinity oh e Trinidad mine. Same r days 10 J. E. Jesus Hortadb was atV eked by bandits near 'Trinidadi io fired several shots without ect. . Darkness permitted Bbrtajootj escape. A few nights ago i$rjarty iu a vuare on me uouso uj ru-! co Ortega, in. Arroyo Herdo Del .va,and fired several shots through 3 door and windows, an also at npted to force an entrance. Ortega rricaded the dbors and windows an$ ened fire on the band driving them f.v Next day ten men were seenwith wernmebt rifles in the vicinity!" The .nd is supposed to be desertersjfrom iB regular army, who were convicted t the national federal prison of San Juan Dil-Ulo, a small island in Vira :ruse bay. ,y V APresbyterlan Church. Destroyed by Fire. , 4 By Associated' ress to the Messenger. - Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 31. The Iinmanuel Presbyterian Church, one of the first edifices in the city, was to tally destroyed by fire at an earlyhpur this morning. Nothing but the bare stone walls were left. .Los., $100,000; insurance, $85,000. The building was arected l in 1873, at a cost of $200,000. The organ was valued $13,000. A fierce blizzard was raging-jat the time, audit 7as with the greatest; diQ:culty that he fire engines reached the scene. No sualties occurred 'The Mrssiah" was given in the tirch last evening before a large dience, and it is believed that the a was caused by overtaxing one pf :& furnaces in order to heat the great adding. A policeman discovered the flames 'bursting from one of thfe windows .shortly after 3:30 and gave. the alarm promptly, but the fire had evidently been burning for hour3 and the building was soon a mass of flames from' the basement to the battlements of'the tall stone tower.; The entire city was brilliantly illumi nated, the northern portion being enveloped in' a shower of sparks id fire brands. The building s constructed of gray rock-faced neiits form was quadrilateral with isept and a tower on either side; largest tower rose 147 feet from sidewalk, terminating without a as did a smaller tower which 100 feet. Besides a magnificent j the church contained a number - stly stained glass windows and a 3sive and elaborately carved pulpit. j,-:' ' Washlnuton Notes. . " Bv Associated Press to the Messenger. Washington, Dec. 31. The Presi dent has determined that he will not appoint a delegate to the Medical Corfgressto be held at Lima, Peru, next week. ' All the executive departments were ilosed at noon to-day, and will, not pen again for business until Tuesday norning. L Owing to the prevalence of a dis 3ase of an epidemic character which has attacked hoes in Denmark, the government of Norway and Sweden has established a quarantine against the importation of Danish hog products. The Treasury Department has been imformed that being thus deprived of their principal market, . Danish hog raisers will endeavor to find a market in the United States, and the department has taken steps to prevent the importation of diseased hogs from Denmark. Freight Trains Abandoned. Br Associated Press to the Messenger. , St. PautJ. Dec. 31. Onlv the oolnts north of the international boundary arid in Montana was repotted - below zero temperature last night. It was still snowing at St. Paul at midnight, but the fury of the storm had abated. , All the trains into St. Paul were one to four , hours late, i Scioux Falls , reports trains badly delayed. Huron, ; Dakota, reports sending out of a relief train to meet the Chicago mail, stuck at Arlington. At Braners Minn., the j snow is drifting badly. Rotary snow machines have done capital service on f the Northern pacific. SJioopee, Minn., , says alFthe north and south roads are 'blockaded, , AH the Northern Pacific freight, trains f east of the Missouri river-were abandoned yesterday. Another Bank Officer' Gone to Canada. - 'H BvAssociated Press to the Messenger, -C Rochester, N Y., Dec1. 31 As .v. sistant Cashier W(n. N. Smith, of the German, Americah bank, of which Secretary of StateVCook is President, is $9,000 short in his cash, and has decamped. His bbnd in the Guar antee Company of iTew York is good for $5,X)0. Mr. Smith, has always been regarded'as honest and faithtul. He has a wife and three children here.. He is probably in Canada. V . ETJBLIC DEBT STATEUEHT. The Gorernment Decreases It Indebted ness jDorlng the Year to the Extent of 117.0I6.000. ,! Bjj Associated Press to tfie Messeturer. WSHTNOTONi Dec. 31. The re ceipts of the government from ail sources durintr the present month were $29,325,235, and expenditures iv,uu,oj, leaving a ne gam or re ceipts ; over expenditures of $18,924, 603, Out of this net gain, however, must be paid about $3,500,000 for in terest upon the public debt which will leave the actual surplus for December $15,424,G03. The public debt was also reduced daring the. month to the amount of $15,250,000. For the entire calendar year of 1887, the debt was diminished by $117,016,000, the largest reductions being made in June . and November, when the payments on that account aggregated $16,852,000, and $16,833,000 respectively. The lleayiest Snow Storm in Two Years. " Bj Associated Press to the Messenirer. Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 31. The snowi and wind storm of last night and to-day has been the most extensive storm thajt has occurred in this section in two yjears. At daylight manyof the streets were almost impassable and traffic whs conducted with great diffi culty. The trains on all roads are from two to three hours late. Freight trains were generally side-tracked during the night and crews directed to keep thel tracks open for regular passenger trains. Six inches of snow fell all over the southern part of Wis consin, and as far north as Green Bay and Stevens' Point. In the extreme northern part of the State the fall somewhat heavier; wind drifted was rbe snow badlv. During the storm the o'cloek St. Paul fast mail from Chica go collided with a standing train at the new union depot demolishing engine and wrecking two sleepers somewhat. Nobody was hurt. The Blizzard Unprecedented in Chicago By Associated Pre3S to the Messenger. Chicago, Dec. 31. The blizjard that howled in this city yesterday, afternoon drove almost everybody off the streets and nearly blockaded traffic throughout the city. Street cars strug gled along at long intervals early in the evehing,mails were nearly all trom four to five hours behmsr time,and the streets were deserted at 10 o'clock. At that hour the intensity of the storm was al most unprecedented in this locality. The wind shifted intphe east and was blowing at the rate of 30 miles an hour. Suburban trains'1 were al?o greatly delayed and at one time com pletely blocked at 35th street. , The Lord Gongh Arrive sSafe. liy Cable to the Messenarer. QuEENSTOWN.Dec. 31. The steamer Lord'Grmgh from Philadelphia, Dec. 15, for Liverpool arrived here at 4 p. m. to-dajr. She experienced terrible weather on the passage. , For eight days the passengers were not allowed on the upper deck, 'hatches were bat tered down, but despite their precau tion a quantity of water penetrated below the steerage from the seas shipped by the steamer. To add -t to the miseries of the voyage the oil gave out and at night everything was in darkness. All the coal in the star board bunkers was consumed, and the steamer when she arrived had a heavy list to port. The Engineer and Fireman Only Hurt. Bv Associated PrPss to the Messenger, Chicago. Dec. 31. The night ex press, for Milwaukee that left Chicago at 10:30 last night over the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul smashed into a freight train at Shermerv'lle, Illi nois, during a blinding snow storm. The engine and mail car of the passenger train were de railed, together .with several freight cars, making a bad wreck "and giving the passengers a severe shaking up. No lives were lost, but Engineer Lit tle was hurt seriously and the fireman, name unknown, probably fatally. The Mercury Rising. By Associated Press to the Messenger. i Dubuque, Dec. 31. Another bliz zard has-been raging here during the past twenty-four hours. Airfreight trains are abandoned and passengers trains are working along with double engines, and the I plows are making little progress. The situation is worse than during the ! recent storm. The present ,one extends clear across the State an,d is more violent beyond Fort Dodge than on this side. Southern rains are expected to arrive without tosing much time. Tbe mercury is above zero, '. The Worst Storm of the Season. By Associated Press to the Messenprer. Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 31. The blizzard which set in yesterday morning is still raging ands expected to continue till to night. The snow fall although continous is light, but has drifted badly. Trains on all roads throughout the northwest are more or less delayed and on some roads travel has been abandoned. Various points in 'Minnesota and' Dakota announce the worst storm of the season, accom panied by unusually low temperature.. Total Visible Supply of Cotton. -:' By Associated Press to the Messenger. New obk, Dec. 31. The total vis ible supply of cotton for the world is 3,085.1S0, of which 2.652.780 is Amer ican, against 3,224,861 and 3,826,361 respectively last year. The receipts for all interior towns are 96,570 ; receipts from plantations 179,029; crop in sight 5,042,028. , Snow Storm in Virginia, r s . By Associated Press to tbe Messenger."" Staunton, Va., Dec. 31.-U has been snowing heavily all the morning, and - the indications are that it vill reach a considerable depth. There is heavy drifting. ; ; - WILMINGTON. N. C, SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 188. THE RAIL MURDERS. I -; " SEVERAL PEOPLE KILLED IN A RAILROAD COLLISION A Terrible Accident on tbe 5w York. Penney I ranla and Ohio loble-Trak Meagne Particulars BeceiTed, But Sev eral Men Lofte Their Liye Scene sad Incident Later Particulars. By Associated Prsa to the Mease: Pittsburg. Dec 31. A passenger train on the New York. Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad ran into a double header freight train near Meadville, Pa., this morning and was totally wrecked. It is reported that a great many lives were lost. Particulars of the railroad accident near Meadville are still meagre. The accident, it is said, was not as bad as reported. It happened at an early hour this morning. The limited ex press was running at a high rate of speed when it collided with a double header freight train. The express was totally wrecked. Two engineers and onei passenger were killed outright, and fifteen to twenty passengers; seri ously injured. The accident happened three miles rrom .aieaa vine. P A dispatch from Titusville gives the following particulars. The accident took place at 9:50 this roornincr on the main Jane of the New York; Pennsyl vania & Ohio road, about three miles west of Meadville, near Tracy's Cut, near Geneva, Pa., between trains No. 8, limited express from Chicago and Cincinnati to New York, and west bound freight No. 23. Both engineers were killed. One pas senger was- killed and about fifteen seriously injured. The cars, are piled up and it is impossi ble to tell how many were injured. The Pullman sleepers did not leave the track and the pas sengers in them were not injured. Luckily the car3 did not take fire. The first reports sent out were much exag gerated. Railroad officials are ! very reticent about giving the details. New York, Dec. 31 A dispatch from Meadville, Pa., regarding th accident on the New York, Pennsyl vania & Ohio Railroad, says: The eastern passenger train is a total wreck and forty persons are expected to have been killed. AH the physicians in the city and several hundred citizens havH gone to the scene of the disater by special trains. Meadville, Penna., Dec. 31. The fast express on the New York, Penn sylvania and Ohio Railroad, consisting of two sleepers and five day coaches, cojllided with freight, train "23," con sisting of 2 engines aixl'OO cars, three miles west o this city at eight o'clock this morning. Five persons were killed outright, among whom was one passenger, thirteen others were wounded, nine of them fatally. The following are, the names of the killed so far ar ascertained : "Wm. George, engineer, and Humes, fireman, of the leading freight engine; E. P. Swan and Arthur Irwin, engineer and fire man of the Chicago express. . Both trains present terrible scenes of de struction. When the collision occurred the fa& express was making up lost time and going at top speed. Blame is said to rest with the engineer and conductor of' the freight train, (who were running on the express. train's time. . NAVAL CIRCLES ALARMED. The Steel Being Used in the Construction of 'the 'New! Cruiner Charleston Found to . be Defective. - J By Associated Press to the Messenger.- ' Washington, D. C, Dec. 31. Naval circles have been thrown into a state of consternation by recent reports from California relative to the discovery :of grave defects in the steel intended be used in the constructioo-adi. thdiruiser Charleston, nofeing built in that-Ste. While an attempt was being made recently to bend slightly the heavy eight inch steel deck beams several of them snapped in f)ieces under the strain of the hydrau ic jack, to the great astonishment of the construction officer.. The steel was from the east and had been thorough ly tested according to the severe re quirements of the steel board, stand ing successfully, all of the jtests as to the tension, elongation, elastic ity, etc. Much of this steel has al ready been used in the construction of other cruisers and gunboats now build ing, and the alarming nature of the accident at the California ship yard is that it casts grave doubts upon the strength of the material that has al ready been built into the ships,1 and may fail unexpectedly at a critical moment. A Severe Blow to Stafford. By Associated Press to the Messenger. BOSTON, Dec. 31. A fire in Jones! shoe factory at Stafford,. burned the building to the ground,with all it's con tents, including machinery and stock. The total loss is given at $75,000 to $85,000; insurance,$35,000. It is doubt ful if the firm will rebuild. The town has no fire department, and the fire was handled by all the able bodied citizens, who formed a bucket brigade. The loss of the factory is a severe htdw to the town. The pay roll was $75,000 a year.. - . . l , Railway Collision WithXoss of Xlfe. By Asssociated Press to the Messenger. Butte, Mountana, Dec. 31. A collision occurred yesterday, on the Utah & Northern Railway near ! the city of Dillon, Montana, which re sulted in the killing of fireman Pat rick, and the serious injury of en ginOr John Sweeny. Many coal cars were completely wrecked. ' jj , . Obliged to Ron Double Header. By Associated Press to the Jjiesse&ffer. Davenport, Ia., Dec. 31. A heavy snow storm has been raging fortwelve hours. Over twelve inches of snow has fallen, v Freight trains have been generally abandoned, and the passen ger trains go' forth with double loco motives.' r FOLLY'S BIG WORK. laborers striking without re- 'Card to justice. Three i .ousad Men Qalt Work Tlthot gnfflfUst PrTocatlea-.Te Develop. msBi nr the Keadlas 8tHke Me Or dered Oot Vf lthont Cause Lahore Large KTolt-tThat will the Upshet heT Vj Associated Press to the Mwacnxrr. Philadelphia Dec. 31. Nearly one thousand men employed in and around the extensive freight depot of the Reading Railroad. Company at Willow street wharf went at on strike this morning and the work of hand ling freight there is consequently I badly crippled. tThis action of the men was in pur-! suanceof decisions of the various j local assemblies of Knights of Labor last evening to support the order of Reading convention. The men who went out were employed as conductors and brakemea, or" Willow street shifting crews, and in the handling rreignt .aa m other capacities at the depot. J At t.V general offices of the com- pauy on fourth street no information regarding the situation coulJ be ob tained this morning, tbe officials stat ing that they had nothing for pubhea- iiuu. xjwiy luiujj was reporieu worKing smoothly at the depots at Ninth aud Green streets and at Sixteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue. At Port Richmond the non-union men wh took the places of the strikers several days ago, were at work, but the force is a comparatively small one and nothing like the usual amount of coal is being handled there by the company. About 900 coal handlers were foimerly employed at the Port Richmond wharves, while it is esti mated that not over 150 are so em ployed tt present. . - Philadelphia, Dec-. 31,The ac tion takon by tbe local assemblies of the Kni-'htsof Labor last nicrht en- f dorsing the order of the Reading con vention for a general strike of the Reading Railroad employes,- did not materially. effect the business of the Readine Comoanv to-dav. The men did not. juit work with the alacrity which tl e leaders anticipated, and in many cases they refused point rlank to strike, preferring to renounce alle giance -to the Knights of Labor. The most notable instance of obedience! to the order of the Knights was at the freight! depot at Willow street wharf, where several hundred freight hand lers and-laborers refused tbis morning to work; The retirement of the large force decayed business for a time, but in the ccurse of a few hours the com pany had gathered a large number of non-uuion men from various points and jjTt them to work, and the woiK or tiie loaaing and unloauiug freight at the depot was proceeded with, the blockade was soon cleared up, and the officials, reported every thing moving satisfactorily. The presence of green hands attracted a few of the strikers and a crowd of curious people to the wharves, but there was no excitement or disorder. At some of the other depots some few men went Out, but their places were quickly filjed with non-union men, and the movement of regular freight trains were but slightly affected. There were many applications for work at the main office of the company to-day, and those whose services it was thought would be of benefit were given letters to r department' superin tendents. Everything remained quiet at Port Richmond to-day. The strike continued with unabated vigor so far H as the men of local assembly 6,285 were concerned, but pt&&P Company at Port Richmond eemsTO- be fast approaching-a condi- uon mat will mase it inaepenaent or the old men. The strikers still stood on the street and talked about sticking out to the end, but in the meantime the company was fast taking on all the hands it-needed, and wa hourly getting nearer to a condition when it can conduct its business with new hands. i .... - Superintendent Keiru in explaining the situation at Port Richmond to day; said: "At 7 o'clock this morning work wiks resumed at the coal piers with the new mea, who were at work yesterday, av u men ted by new arrivals of some twenty or more Italians, who came with an interpreter, and probably fifty who made individual application for work at the Richmond street wharf. Ten wharf engines are at work this morning manned by three loyal engineers and about seven new en gineers. Four wharf engines are at the round house under steam, but are being held for returning loyal engi neers" who, because of intimidation, havo not reported for duty. Yester day a schooner which arrived dormer the afternoon, was loaded with. a full cargo of coal, and sailed late in the day. The work of wheeling coal into various vessels, and chut in g coal direct from carsio vessels is progress ing all over the pier. Another steam collier sailed for an Eastern port to day, and the work of loading others now ju port is progressing favorably." General Superintendent Swiegard, in reference to the publishlished report that a committee of Knights of Labor were to cnll on him and, give him offi cial notification of the aetion of the Reading convention, said that he had heard noth'fdg of the committee and kntew nothing of it other than what! had been published. -m j No committee has called," he said,1 at least not to my knowledge. Some of the members of the Knights of Labor organization quit work this morning, but their places havcsll been filled. I assure you the company's business is not suffering in the least.w I am simply giving my own opiu ion," said Secretary Havnes, of the General Executive Board of the Knights of Labor, in discussing the situation, but it is my impression that the Executive Board will not interfere in tbe matter. It has not been asked- as 1 : vet and I don't -J.,.!'-lgJg believe it wUl be. The strike is in the bauds of th Reading employe them' selnw, and I judge they are better able to handle it than any other body, be ing thoroughly familiar with every ne involved. So far a the executive board is eoneerned, its member know nothing beyond what tkey haw uttA in. the newspapers. You fee. we are not officially informed of a strike un less we are asked to interfere, so that in this ease we have only the same means of learning news that the gen eral public ha.n "Do you regard the disbandment of locU assemblv 10,2X a serious matter to the order f" "Not at all. This , is an every day event; where one assembly dis bands five new ones are organized." INTERNAL TAXES. I Am Organized Movement I W for tne Repeal of the Law. Messenger Bureau, 515 Fourteenth Street, K. W., Washington, D. C, Dec. 31. FROM OUR BEOCX.AR CARRES rODB5T. The movement to secure the repeal of the internal taxes is increasing in force and volume. Recent visits of prominent North Caiolininus to this capital were in that interest, and it is learned that a delegation will ttart from Raleigh soon after Congress re convenes, which will be thoroughly representative of the people of North Carolina. This delegation will be com posed of some of the ablest public men and perhaps a greater number of the leading4business men of the State. It will act in concert with the Congres sional delegation. North Caroliuians expect that tbe Ways and Means Com mittee, to be announced alter tfae holi days, will take up the subject of the internal revenue at the same time with that of the customs duties and that, if possible, some measure of internal tax reduction will be passed, oven if noth ing is done with the tariff. T hi. i hope is nonshared by others.but all look for a broad, generous measure oi rorenue reform, including at least the tepeal of the tobacco tax and a conddera blo reduction of the brandy'; tax. In all government centres therein something which offends the- nicer sense of propriety- not only, but also the common instinct of decei.cy. Washington furnishes no exception. With 20,000 employes of the federal' and District governments and the great hosts of lobbyists, retainers and strikers, who congregate where public business is done, it is not wonderlul that very many acts of dishonor should be uncovered here. The real wonder is that more should not be made of it. The Washington correspondent has in some places the reputation, a very unsavory one it is, or creatiDgjscan- dais, that is to say, of taking a few exaggsrating them If I were to pnut scandalous things I plain facts and into sensations, one-tenth of the have heard from. reputable persons respecting the practices ot ciiiciai u making appointments and sustaining the appointees, I would not be- able to. escape such a judgment. It would be considered incredible. At the risk, however, of incuiring the charge cf sensationalism, which my whole career as a journalist may not refute, I will repeat just a few of the many well authenticated stories I have heard of the terrible corruptions of our Federal capital, corruptions unfeTtunately not confined to one par-J ty or section. ' In one of the departments is a wo man and four other members r of her family, all holding positions from $1,000 down. The mother is officious, intermeddling, insolent to fellow clerks ! and indeed to superiors. She has ' been absent on leave for six months at a time, making a foreign tour. "When remonstrance has been made as to her short-comings it has been darkly hinted that she was retained securely in her place by 4in fluence" so powerful that nothing she could do kor say would impetil her. She is about fifty years of age and is not specially attractive, but there! are reasons why she is able to defy ' the department authorities and slight her work, insult her office associates. She does not enter general society, for she is known and cannot. But what matters this f She receives five salaries from the government and has the favor of high officers and United States Senators. This is the story. I believe it. ; Another case. A woman caused a scandal. - She was soon transferred from one office to another, although the chief was informed of her char acter. Was he in a position to care ! The woman is still in a nine-hundred dollar place, although said to be gross ly incompetent, v Many worthy, womanly women in this city and the country would be glad to devote their talents, their time and their care to the service of the govern ment for less money than some of these brazen creatures receive. The latter flaunt their meretricious claims before the ladies" who arej compelled to asso ciate with them in office hours. The true women are humiliated by the con tact, or by the knowledge that in too many instances they aie kept back while the shameless ones are petted and advanced. Who is puiltv' of thus prostituting the service of the United States to the ft Lilt? lK-3 Ul IUO UUUCU w uv y basest purposes f I am not a publicf informer. I simply tell what 1 have heard and have reason to believe. It ouzhtto be known. The president's attention might well be directed to the debauchery going on in high places. The . major parties to it are Senators, Representatives, officers holding very exalted positions. It is not as bad perhaps as it was, but it is bad enontrh. in God's name, to demand investigation. Did Not Even Save Wearing Apparel. By Associated Preas to the Messenger. i Ntw Obleass. Dec. 31. A rpecial dispatch to the Picayune from Hauma says: The estimated loss by Thurs day's fire is $15,000; insurance $17,800. ?.Unv of the families burned out did not even save their wearing apparel PRICE FIVE CENTS. THE TALK OF EUROPE. EXCITING TOPICS WHICH INTtREST OUR FOREIGN BRETHREN. Jin flpea tleptare ttetweea Rata mm iae Allied rawer fUll rrrtt-lr. ttaeaea ! Mateeaent la Kecar4 tatae Crawa Prlaee Clltlor-A 7aa HlaUter Reftlsaa. , -. ..' Ax!e4 iTrea.) Berlin. Dee. 31. Tfc yea elopes without the relations bet reen Russia and the allied power wiowicg an v fymptomsof amelioration. Tb nitua tion ha beeome one af the greatest perplexity, which nothicg ItM than worn authoritative deliverance from theCnr r Kaiter can clear up. If the New Year Imperial reeepfionf pas over unmarked by oip'icit declara tion giving asurancra of petre, it will be held as certain that dipmaey has failed to check the propr to ward an open rapture. The Cologne Qasttu has a vagne announce ment that - mutual explanations will soon V made which promt? to avert all danger of war, but rlia bln advices from St. Pet mbnrg deny that there is the slightest '.chance in tben tension rif affaiis. Ot rj ril Vob Schwenitz, German Ambaador to Russia.' ha had frequent interview with M. Giers, Hnian Minitr bf foreign affairs, the result of which has been an arrangfinent for th pnlHca tion of the forged documents, but jndcring from the tenor of an arlieU published in the Notth German (iV.vfff, the interviews have left the situiktion unimproved. Somethincr n hoped to' result from the prospective mission of Von Ksllai, Austrian Minister of Fi nance, to St. Petersburg. His vlit ap pcars'to be dependent upon the Crar's reception of the proposals transmitted through Prince Leabanoff. UiiFsian Ambassador to Austria, for rt re visio a -o f tfc 1 reaty o f Her! in. The Rowan preys' rdsettr in declaring that ithess prxipoRaU tmply t!r?Hknpito ab orptiouof Bosnia into Austria; Ros- sia wur, never consent. ufT V-? . ll-'llitg tif the v alleged forged documents nt to him rela ive to Uermanv'a attitid twr. Russia, and tby will be publub4 in isenin. xuis utcibiou is legarded a a very favorable symptom of the polit ical situation. The imperial sanction has been given to tho ebtubliahmeut of a third class provision depot at Houno', in addition to the previously ihtab lished second class magazine there. . Persons in political circles here are astonished at the continuously reported press reports of Russia's intention to cross the frontier ot Austria or Ger many, or both frontiers. The official intercourse of Russia with Austria is friendly, while that wiih Germanv , f "es ' ii c t h i t to be tic sir d. .The Ciar " us no luea oi occupying Bulgaria, but he is resolved not to recognize the present state of affair, Princo Ferdi nand or the so bpanje. It no change occurs in the govern ment of that country, the Bulgarian question will remain for Ku?t-ia an open one. The Czar disapproves and refuses to become re?ncrib!e for the replacing of Prince Ft rdinand. Kussia does not desire to make Bul garia a Russian province, as Rou mania separates Bulgaria f rol Russia. Taking everything into com deration, the Russian people do not . tclyatn that war will occur, but they do ci oxpect a speedy settlement ot the LHrarian quefetion. The recent military move- ments were taken -solely forthe pur pose of assuring the safety of the fron- tier, and in consequence of the un friendly character of antecedent decla rations as to Austria's policy. It U expected that the recent conjectures and arguments of the foreign press s regarding the imminence of -war, will shortly be decidedly refuted from Rqs s'a. '.('" - ; VlEKSA, Die. ni.Tle .New Frtie Prctn publishes a letter from St. Pcters barg,. which says that Rnrsta only, de sires an uh reserved return to the Ber lin treaty, aud that ihe whole of Eu rope shall declare that everything that hashappem-d in Bulgaria tince Prince Alexander left that eountry is illegal. Russia, howeyer will make no facri fice to refetore the legal status there; If Germany ibotild ask . Hugria to guarantee the neutrality of Bulgaria in the event of European complica--tions, or if to et off "concsonson the Bulgarian question,- Austria should ask Russia to safeguard htr, eastern interests, R.usiia would rfusofo nego tiate on these subjects, or adhere to the league of peace on that basis Russia reserves to hei&elf a free hand; Russians do not desire war. The dan ger lies in the possibility thati matter may develop into an affair of honor, p which would bo doubly dangerous when the question affects tbe Czar's authority. , LoNDON,f Dec. 31. In an interview to-day Dr. Mackenzie stated that h was greatly pleased with the improve ment . in the condition of the Crown Prince, Frederick William. Dr. Mac Kenzie eaid he had never admitted that the disease from which the Crown Prince is tuffering is cancer, The only statement he had mado which , , . . , . . 2oailbe ctn?"h vember, when he said thenew g-rowtit was apparently cancer-like. The mi croscope, by the use of which alone, can the nature of the disease be ascer tained, so far shows that it is not ma lignj. Tte malignant symptoms 'mani fest &d in November have passed away. Dr. Mackenzie eaid, however, that if the'diseaseis not cancer it certainly h very protracted. , London. Dec- 31. Mail advi: j from China ttate that a powder c:;rv zme containing sforty thousana lv.i gramsof powder exploded at Arr. ;' November 21, doing immense din: r . Tbe force of the1 explosion wr x r; great, and one-fourth of tho bull ! ' of the town were laid in rzk. I soldiers were blown to atcn : 1 eral hundred inhabitants r . : '.. .: ; I .... 3 H' ' ' f w (li
The Wilmington Messenger (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Jan. 1, 1888, edition 1
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