The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-12-16
where they remained for SOME time before
they could be reached by their fellow

tne1 could be reaoneo py ~eir ieiiow'
by the suspension for few weeks of coal
ginning IN the Schuylkill region, Pa, about
thirty.fve thousand persons are thrown out
OF work. The trial of Thomas w. Piper,
the sexton, for the murder of Mabel, Young
In the belfry of the Warren avenue church,
commenced December 6. Over one hundred
witnesses have been summoned by the gov
ernment. The evidence is purely circum-
stantial, and the trial is expected to require
three or four weeks No case since the ia
nous trial of Prof. Webster has excited so
much interest A few days since Piper at-
tempted suicide by opening evein in his
arm, but becoming frightened he called for
q keeper, and the bleeding was stopped. The
affair was kept quiet until the jury was i'm,
paneled.. General Babcock was indicted
by the United States Grand Jury at St.
Louis on the 9th. The Grand Jury, before
adjournment, sent noteto the President, ex-
pressing their consideration and esteem.....
Henry A. Aann, alleged defaulting. County
arrested by the Sheriff of Ballstou, Pa. The
Boar d of Supervisors have found notes TO
the amount Of $4,000, Issued and signed by
Mann as County Treasurer, without au-
thority.
-, Notes from Abroad.
A special dispatch from Berlin to the Lon.
don Post says it is reported that the confer
ences between Bismarck, Gortscbakof, and
the Austrian ambassador, have shown that
the three powers they represent are In per-
feet harmony on the Eastern question........
The Pol MdN Gdzette's telegram from Berlin
states that Turkey has energetically protested
to Montenegro against Montenegrins taking
part i'm the HerzegOvinian instruction, and
that the great powers support the protest.
49,. The Neue Freie PreSse, of Berlin, has re-
ceiyed telegram from its Sclavonian cor
respondent to the effect that the Turkish
garrison of Gorapsko consisting of
two battalions, have surrendered to
the Insurgents Internationally. They
were, in all probability, starved out."":...
The Egyptian troops have occupied the dis
tricts of Juba and Kismayo, and disarmed
the Zanzibar troops, and hOisted the Turkish
flag.....The Paris correspondent Of the Times
reports that the Due De Harcourt, in a dis.
patch to Due De Pages, French Minister OF
Foreign Affairs, states that Lord Derby told
him that England bought the Khedive's
shares solely to prevent preponderance OF
foreign influence in the Suez Canal, and
weuld neither propose MOE oppose an ar.
rangement to place the canal under the man
agement of an International Syndicate.
-~ACcOTulHS w Idrls uisphtchy buo uo
Cazes, French Minister Of Foreign Affairs,
states the reason why the government re.
fused to purchase the Suez Canal shares
when the property was rendered for sale to
the Ministry was that MacMahon's Cabinet
feared war with Gerniany......A Vienna
telegram mentions rumor that the Princes
of Abyssinia, through American mission.
aries, have asked assistance of the United
States against Mohammedan invaders.
. On Saturday, December 4, Rev. Father
Murphy, editor OF the True Witness, famous
lecturer on Papal infallibility, and Rev.
Father Lynch, a talented young priest,
lately from Ireland, drove out to Back River,
seven miles from Montreal, Canada, and
stopped at Lajeunesse Hotel at night. After
retiring, fire broke out in the hotel, and
Father Murphy, Lynch, and Madame Cham
payne, lady sleeping on the third fiat,
were burned to death before assistance
could be rendered. The Lajeunesse Hotel,
large wooden building, burned very
rapidly, and spread to Marcotts hotel Oppo-
site. Both were burned to the ground.......
The funeral of Madame Dejazet, the great
French actress, took place at Paris, Deem
Der 4, in the Trinity Catholic Church. AL
though the sacred edifce seats fOrty-fve
hundred persons, thousands of ticket hold
ers could not enter, so great was the throng.
The remains were Inferred in Pere LIE Chaise.
Madame Dejazet was seventy-four years of
age, and had been one Of the most popular
actresses of her day.
An awful explosion occurred on Decem-
Der 6, in England, at Swarthe Main Colliery,
near Barnsley, Yorkshire. One hundred
and forty lives are reported as lost. An
other disaster of a similar character is re-
ported in, a coal mine near Pentrych, in
South Wales, in which twelve persons were
killed.......A telegram from Alexandria says
Egypt does not wish to annex Abyssinia.
She merely wants security against a viola
ton of her frontier by Abyssinia......A dis
patch from St. Petersburg says rumors that
Khokand was surrounded and a majority of
smaller Russian garrisons had been mas
sacred, are false. There has been no further
rising in the city of Khokand......The fail
ure is announced of William Spatten & Co.,
linen manufacturers aud bleachers, of Bel
fast and London. Liabilities are estimated
at 81, 100000.
The steamer Deutschland, from Bremen
for New York, went aground on Kentish
Knock Sands, few miles frem the mouth of
the Thames, December 5. The commander
of the British man-of.war Penelope tele-
graphed from Harwich to London that fifty
lives were lost. The remainder of the pas
sengers and crew were landed at Harwich.
The vessel beat about on the sands for two
days before relief could be afforded from
Harwich, so severe was the gale, and the
suffering on board was very great.....T The
message of President Grant occasioned great
excitement on its reception at Madrid. A
complete summary of the Cuban section was
cabled to Senior Collantes, Minister for For
eign Affairs, and an informal meeting of the
ministry was held. Its great verbosity star
tied the Spanish statesmen. A days delay
in sending in the message was regarded sus-
piciously, and the belligerency disclaimer
was variOusly discussed in the newspapers
Newspapers issued extras, and the streets
were crowded. The excitement was equal
to that shown over the Virginius affair.
Twelve corpses from the Deutschland, in
GLIDING those of the four nuns, have been
that few, if any, bodies remain on the
wreck. The following additional particu-
lars of the disaster are cleaned from the
statements OF survivors: The lead was cast |
every half hour. We found twenty.four
Of water, then seventeen, and i'm |
after struck. The engines were |
turned at full speed astern, when we in
SANITY lost our propeller. We we're then |
driven further up the bank. The pumps |
were worked all day and rockets were fred.
rhe passengers remained In the deck houses
until they were driven into the rigging by
The sea....The London Times says efforts
will be made to save the Deutschland. Both
Weser and Channel pilots were on board
when the steamer went on Knock. No
definite explanation has yet been given for
her deviation from the regular course, ex-
,ept that thick snowstorm prevailed. The
Cunard steamer Liberia takes the Doutsch-
and's mail for the United States. ......A
london dispatch says that the Vice-Cban-
,ellor of Cambridge University has an
as the subject of this years poem,
n competition for the Chancellor's medal,
he Centenary of American lndepend-
,nce."
With the latest information at hand re.
,arding the loss of the steamship Deutsch-
and, il is estimated that at least seventy.
light persons, of whom forty-sjx were pas
engers, were drowned. 1t is now ascer-
aimed that the crew numbered thrty-nine,
II whom fourteen were drowned. The cap