The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-12-23

Railway Disaster in Russia.
Distress and Destitution in the Labor
Districts.
National Associated Press to the Star.
Russia.
FATAL RAILWAY DISASTER.
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 23.-Twenty per-
sons were killed by the fall of train on
the Rostow & Vladekafked Railway, in
the Caucasus.
Great Britain.
DISTRESS AND DEsTITUTIoN AMONG THE POOR.
MANCHESTER Dec. 23.-Great distress ex-
lists among the poorer classes in Manchester
and vicinity, thousands being out of en-
ployment, while hundreds of able-bodied
men and women who have trades are work
ing at different odd jobs for a mere pttance,
glad to obtain work of any description in
order to supply themselves and children
with food. Plasterers, skaters, painters,
bricklayers, molders and laborers generally
are among the sufferers.
The extreme severity OF the weather for
still further aggravate and extend the dis
tress 1t is observed by relieving officers
that the sufferers keep away from charir-
able relieving officers downto the last push,
some of them selling their goods down
even to beds and substituting for them bun
dies of shavings on which to sleep, and
patched rags for Governments. There are two
or three mills in the Adelphi fax and wor-
sted concerns running only four days a
week and the average pay of the two-loom
weavers is only shillings 10H pence a
week.
The number of able-bodied applicants for
relief. consisting almost entirely of unem-
ployed workingmen, is daily on the in
crease. The continued frost is telling Sc
verely on these unfortunates. 1t is sig
nificant fact that during one week there
were thirty-one deaths in single borough
from lung disease alone. This unusually
heavy mortality may perhaps be accounted
for to some extent by the low temperature;
but there can be little doubt that it points
to poverty, to exposure and priyation. Not
only are the work-houses crowded, but at
the hospitals there is larger number OF
cases than has been known before. Ad-
vices from Scotland, Wales and different
parts of England state that the distress is
STGdtGJ llidu Ldo ct Dccll hlO"h.
TRYING TAFFY ON THE BRITISH.
LONDON, Dec 23-It was reported last
night in club and military circles that
Count Schouvaloff had notified the British
Government that the Car intends to pro
pose the Duke of Edinburg as the Prince Of
Bulgaria. This proposal is intended as
special sign of the friendship of Russia
towards England.
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.
LONDON, Dec. 23.-Another extraordinary
and mysterious attempt at assassination
was made Yesterday While Mr.. Sebastian
Nolan, bro her of Capt. J. Nolan, one of the
Home Rule members of Parliament fol
Galway, was riding in a carriage near Tuam
three masked assassins sprang from behind
and horse were killed The assassins then
sprang forward, seized Mr.. Nolan and
dragged him from the carriage He made
a gallant resistance, but the assassns
knocked him down, and were cruelty beat
ing him, when they were alarmed by the
approach of some other persons. They fed
firing their guns as they retreaed.
The injuries received by Mr.. Nolan are
very serious, and his condition is critical
but hopes are entertained of his recovery
INVENTION IN TELEGRAPHY.
LONDON, Dec. 23.-The London Times
says new apparatus for autographic teleg
raphy, or a process of transmitting mes
sages in the actual handwriting of the send
er, has been invented, and exhibited at the
General Post-office, where it has been sub
mitted to the authorities for trial. 1t is the
invention of NJ. D. Arlincourt, of Paris.
THE RINDERPEsT IN ITS TERRoRs.
BERLIN, Dec 23.-The rinderpest having
made its way from the Russian frontier t
the neighborhood of Berlin, stringent meas
ures have been adopted to prevent the in
fection from penetrating to the capital
The worst feature of the calamity is the
impossibility of preventing its recurrence
The rinderpest never dies out in Russis
and Poland, but the indemnity paid top pro
prietors of infected herds officially slaugh
tered by the Government butchers is 81
very insufficient in those countries that the
moment single OK is found to be diseased
there arises the temptation to smuggle tht
whole herd across the Russian frontier.
has been calculated that to close the lonI
extent of open frontier effectually, SOM
ten thousand men would have to be per
manently employed in this tiresome duty
Germany.
BAYARD TAYLoR's REMAINS.
BERLIN, Dec. 23.-The remains of the lat
Bayard Taylor, United States Minister
which had been embalmed, were tempora
rily deposited at 2 o'clock yesterday after
noon in the vault of Jerusalem Church
near this city, where they will remain til
the completion of arrangements for for
warding them to the United States Fune
raj services were held at the Rooms of th
American Embassy, and were attended b,
very large number of his friends. Nearl,
all the literary and poetcal celebrities il
the city, as we'll as foreign ambassadors an(
their attaches, were present The Empero
and Crown Prince sent their principal Aids
de-camp to represent them. Rev. DR.
Thompson preached the funeral Grafton
after which Herr Auerbach touchingly ell
logized the deceased's name in connection
with German literature.
Denmark.
MY NOBLE DANE COMES NEXT.
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 23.-It is stated tha
the King of Denmark has received mum
Der of letters threatening him with assas
sination, and that box containing Orsin
bombs has been seized at the railway sta
ton.