The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1875-12-17

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Rudolph W. Ulrici, louis Teuscher, John
Busby, Gordon n. bingham, and with certain
other persons TO defraud the United States
OF the Internal Revenue tar Of seventy
cents, imposed by law upon 100000 proof
gallons Of distilled spirits thereafter 10 be
prodaced At certain distilleries In 81. Louis,
and details instances in which several lots Of
whisky, Of 10000 gallons each. we're re.
moved from distillerics without the payment
Of tax.
rsreson news.
The funeral Of Madame Dejazet, the great
French sctrcss, took place ut Paris, Decem.
Der I, In the Trinity Catholic Church. Al.
though the sacred edifce seats forty.fivc
hundred persons, thousands Of ticket hold.
ers could not enter, so great was the throng
The remains were inferred in Pere lie Chaise.
Madame Deiazet was seventy.four years Of
age, and had been one Of the most popular
actresses Of her day.
On saturday, December Z, Rev. Father
Murphy, editor Of the True UVness, famous
lecturer on Papal infsllibility, aud Rev.
Father Lynch, q talented young priest, lately
from Ireland, drove out to Back River, seven
miles from Montreal, Canada, and stopped
at Lajeuncssc Hotel at night After retiring,
a fire broke out in the hotel and Father
Murphy, Lynch, and Madame Champagne, a
lady sleeping on the third fiat, were burned
to death before assistance could be rendered
The Laieunesse Hotel, large wooden build.
ing, burned very rapidly, and spread to
Marcotts hotel opposite. Both were burned
to the ground.
An awful explosion occurred on Novem.
Der 6, IN England, at swarthe Main Collicry,
near Barnesley, Yorkshire. One hundred
and forty lives are reported as lost An.
other disaster Of a similar character is re-
ported In coal mine near Pentrych, in
South Wales, in which twelve persons were
killed.
A telegram from Alexandra says Egypt
does not wish to annex Abyssinia. She
merely wants security against violation Of
her frontier by Abyssinia.
A dispatch from ST. Petersburg says, ru-
mors that Khoksnd was surrounded, and
majority Ct smaller Russian garrisons had
been mastered, are false. There has been
no further rising in the city Of Khokand.
The failure is announced Of William Spat.
ten a Co., linen manufacturers and bleach
ers, Of Belfast and London. Liabilities are
estimated at 81, 100000.
The steamer Deutschland, from Bremen
for New York, went aground on Kentish
Knock Sands, few miles from the mouth of
the Thames, December 8. The commander
Of the British mau-of-war Penelope tele-
graphed from IIarwich to London that fifty
lives were lost. The remainder of the pas
seDgers and crew landed at Harwich. The
vessel beat about on the sands for two days
before relief could be afforded from Har.
wich, so severe was the gale, and the suffer.
ing ON board was very great
The message Of President Grant occasioned
great excitement on its reception at Madrid.
A complete summary Of the Cuban section
was csbled to Senior Collantes, Minister for
Foreign Affairs, and an informal meeting of
the ministry was held. Its great verbosiiy
startled the Spanish statesmen. A days de-
lay in sending in the message was regarded
susPieiously, and the belligerency disclaimer
was variously discussed in the newspapers.
Newspapers issued extras, aud the streets
we're crowded. The excitement was equal
to that shown over the virgiuius affair.
Twelve corpses from the Deutsct land, in
GLIDING those Of the four nuns, have been
brought ashore at IIarwioh. 1t is thought
that few, II any, bodies remain on the
wreck. The following additional particu-
las Of the disaster are cleaned from the
statements Of survivors: The lead was east
every half.hour. We found twenty-iour
fathoms of water, then seventeen, and i'm
mediately after struck. The engines were
turned at full speed astern, when we in
stantly lost our propeller. We were then
driven further up the bank. The pumps
were worked all day and rockets were fired.
Tne 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 Wiser
and Channel'pilots were on board when the
steamer went on Knock. No definite ex-
PLANTATION has yet been given for her devia.
ton from the regular course, except that a
thick snowstorm prevailed. The Cunard
steamer Liberia takes the DeutschlaHd's
mail for the United States.
A London dispatch says that the Vice
Chancellor Of Cambridge University has an
nounced as the subject Of this years poem,
in competition for the Chaneellor's medal,
the Centenary Of American Independ-
ence."
A telegram from Berlin states that all
members Of the Liberal party in the Reich
stag have signed an Interpolation asking the
government Tor information in regard to
the loss Of the steamer Deutschland. In
addition to this motion has been made in
the Rechstag for the introduction OF
measure providing for official inquiry into
casualties to German ships. IA Berlin dis
patch to the London Times says the Austrc-
Russian negotiations regarding Turkey, con
template the establishment OF "a perfect
equality between Christians aud Turks. The
Ambassadors Of Powers are TO be granted
information in regard to any measure pro-
iected by the Porte, SO as TO be able to adj
wise and influence its decisions. Russia
will no longer object to the plan OF reform
il the Porte consents to it......A Vienna dis
patch Of December 10 says the proposals OF
the three northern powers in regard
to reforms 10 Turkey were definitely
agreed to, after an amendment in ac-
corjance with the views of the Porte.
The schooneIs IIohewell aud Wsterwitch
were wrecked on the 29th ult, the former on
Biscan Rock, and the latter at Pouch Cave.
Nineteen men were drowned.
A Bremen dispatch says that a great ex'
plosion has occurred at Bremerhayen Of
ease Of dynamite on the quay, belonging TO
a passenger on the steamer Mosel Sixty
eight persons are reported as killed, and
thiriy.Gye wounded. -Four Of the Mosel pas
sengers were killed, among them Herman
Cramer, OF Iowa.
There is a rumOr that the Duke DAumale,
fourth son Of Louis philippe, and whose
wife, daughter of Prince Leopold, Of sd-
lerno, died in 1863, is to marry again, aud
this time no less parsonage than the
Princess Thyra, daughter of the King OF
-. a. d. Of al