Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-01-23

enter the presence of the Emperor of China
has been settled, the Chinese officials yielding
to the demands OF the foreigners Mon, the
Japanese Minister at Washington, is in receipt
of information from his Government, to the
effect that the Western calendar has been
adopted in Japan, beginning with the LIST OF
January.
A TELEGRAM from Chiselhurst, datedeJan.
II, says: "The Empress is overwhelmed with
sorrow, and her prostration is so great as to
alarm her attendants. The Prince Imperial
does all in his power to comfort her. Although
none but relations and intimate friends OF the
deceased are admitted, Chiselhurst is crowded
with visitors. Benedict arrived to-day at
Chiselhurst, and was received by the Empress.
NJ. Olivier and Marshal Mcmahon are expected
there tomorrow. The Princess Murat and
suite arrived this afternoon. Great numbers
of people from France are expected to come to
the funeral. The Southeastern and Northern
railways of France have reduced the rates of
fare for the poorer classes attending the fu-
neral. It is reported that the Prince Imperial
has already assumed the title of Napoleon ~.
This report is doubtless incorrect, but it is true
that the Prince is now addressed as Sire by
all visitors at Chiselhurst. The impression Is
gaining ground that the Emperor died from
the effects of chloroform, administered to
assuage pain."....I 1t is said the French Gov
eminent will permit the final interment of
Napoleon's remains in France If the funeral ID
made strictly private, and the deceased buried
as ex-Emperor, not as Emperor. The cere-
monies must be simply of a religious charac-
ter. The will of Napoleon appoints the EN-
press, Cardinal Bonaparte and NJ. Rouher
guardians of the Prince, now Napoleon w..
Napoleon left two wills-one in London and
one in Paris. &. . There is no truth in the report
that Eugene was about to issue a proclama-
ton assuming the regency during the minority
of the Prince Imperial mo French officers
were permitted to attend the funeral of Napo-
leon except those formerly connected with the
been opened in Milan, Italy, for a monument
to Louis Napoleon. IN hundred and sixty
four thousand emigrants left Liverpool for
America during Is72;;;;Ihe !; failure nnno OF several
The trial of the Tichborne claimant for perjury
commencesA April 23.... Madrid has just been
the scene of q great popular demonstration in
favor of the abolition of slavery in Porto Rico.
THE Carlist troubles in the north of Spain
still continue.
A DIsPAroH from Bombay says hat a report
has reached that city that a terrible earthquake
occurred at %Soonguhur, a town of India, ia
miles north of Bombay, and 800 persons are
said to have been killed in the town alone.
Nothing has been heard from the surrounding
country, but it is feared that there is much
additional loss of life. Spain promises to
early effect emancipation in Cuba. Another
detachment of troops recently left Madrid for
Havana.
THE London Telegraph publishes a letter
from Duke de Grammont announcing an early
refutation of Count Won Beust's statements as
to Austria's policy towards France at the be-
ginning of the Franco-German war. The
Duke says he Will prove that Austria, after the
declaration of war, promised France material
support. She only required time to arm her
self, and find a pretext for hostilities with
Prussia. "A London letter says that the re-
tirement of Bismarck from the Prussian Cabinet
is really due to the differences arising between
him and the Emperor William on the Church
question. The Kaiser became alarmed at BIS
clined to further follow the Prince in his
policy. The Shah of Persia will leave Teheran
next April on q European tour. He will visit
st. Petersburg, Berlin, Vienna, London, Paris,
and C~onstantinople.
THE funeral obsequies of the ex-Emperor
Napoleon took place at C~hiselhurst, England,
on Wednesday, the 18th of january. A Lon
don dispatch of that date gives the following
particulars of the imposing ceremonies: Al
though the funeral procession was to move at
10 O'Clock this morning, the hearse was half an
hour late in reaching the residence of the ex-
Emperor. A deputation of Paris workmen,
who were to head the procession, arrived at
the same time. They wore imnorteUes in their
coats, and carried wreaths of yellow flowers.
arms, surmounted by the letter "N:" A great
crowd surrounded the hearse. The funeral
procession started for the chapel at IL o'clock,
and moved in the following order: A man
the last moment before the cortege moved. A
deputation of ~workingmen from Paris. The
chaplain of the family, bearing agolden crucihx,
The hearse, drawn by eight horses, and, lastly.
the mourners, who numbered 800 in all, includ-
ing the Prince Imperial, uncovered; Prince
Jerome Napoleon, Prince Joachim, Prince
Achine, Rouher, and many distinguished I'm,
perialists, English noblemen, Paris priests and
others. The Prince Imperial was very pale.
The Empress Eugene was too i'll to attend the
funeral. The coffin was covered with .inarn0r-
chapel. The Bishop of Southwark sang the
requiem mass, assisted by Father Goddard and
all the chaplains at the Tuileries during the
reign of Napoleon. The remains were deposited
in the sarcristy, which has been formed into q
mortuary chapel until the removal of the body
to France. The procession was very long.
The hearse was at the chapel before the end
Of the cortege had left the family mansion.
All carriages and pedestrians moved three
abreast. The Prince Imperial and Prince
Napoleon returned from chapel in one car
riage. They were cheered by crowds. Thirty
thousand people witnessed the procession. -.
One of the persons b went from France to
attend the funeral of Napoleon took with him
some soil dug from the garden of the Tuil-
cries, which he strewed over the coffin after
it was deposited in the sacristy of the chapel
at Chiselhurst =. The steamer Colorado, which
recently arrived at San Francisco from Hong
Kong, furnishes an interesting batch of news.
The Japanese Government has notified actors
and wrestlers that they can pursue their pro-
fessions for three years longer, after which
they must follow more useful and honorable
employment. The male Japs have been in
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shave their heads, but the top-knot must be
retained. Native Japanese merchants and cap
italists have received then necessary permission
from the Government, and are going actively
into the business of constructing railroads and
telegraph lines. The reforms in the Judicial
and Police Departments are being pushed for
ward rapidly. The new Mexican dollar has
been officially adopted at Canton. The Chi
nese Emperor c~ontemplates an internal journey
throughout the Empire. The report is widely
spread that he WAS greatly incensed against the
foreigners, and the story is told that on the
Imperial wedding day a foreigner at Pekin pre-
scented the Emperor with two enormous red
candles. Suspicion being aroused, the En-
peror ordered the candles to be cut open, and
they were found to be full of bullets and pow
der. Another version is that the candles were
experimental on in the open air, when one of
them exploded, causing the death of many by
ISLANDERS. Eleven persons were instantly
killed and a large number wounded by a boiler
explosion in Brussels, last week. The ship
~Chillingham Castle was recently wrecked while
on a voyage from Shields to Malta, and 26 per-
SONS rowned.
General.
ANOTHER flibustering expedition has been
successfully landed on the Island of Cuba.
The ship Tuscarora, from Mobile, loaded with
cotton, recently foundered off Gibraltar.
Eleven lives were lost.
BURNING Corn FOR FUEL.-In passing