The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-12-20
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NEW YORK, Dec. 12. Great and dam
aging floods in this state, Massachusetts
and Pennsylvania. Much damage at Os-
wegO, N. Y, Springfield, Lowell and
Lawrence, Mass, Wilksbarre, Patterson
and Pittsburg Pa. Rarus trotted mile
in 2:144 yesterday, at San Francisco.
LONDON, Dec. 19-The Ameer wants
peace. The Russians will leave $4,000
men in Bulgaria. Gortchakoff has re-
sumed his office
DARMsTADT, DEC. 14-The grand
duchess of Hesse Darmstadt, princess
Alice, of England, died at 7:3O this
morning of diptheria. The grand Ouch
ess was the third child and second daugh-
ter of Queen Victoria. She was born
April 25th, 1913. Her father, late prince
Albert, died Saturday, Dec. 18th, 1861
The princess was in state of uncon-
seriousness from 2 80 a. m. until the time
of her death.
LONDON, Dec. 14.-The Queen is great
ly grieved but not i'll. All flags here
and throughout the kingdom are at half
mast, and public and private festivities
of various kinds have been postponed
The marriage of princess Thyra to the
Duke of Cumberland will not take place
until after princess Alice's funeral. A
heavy snow storm astonished Sicily last
! night, the inhabitants not knowing what
to make of such phenomenon.
NEW YORK, Dec. 14-The storms of
rain and snow last week were very ex-
tensive, but railroad travel is now pro-
ceeding as usual. The express compa-
MES reduce tariff from here to the west
on the first of January. Rates to Chi
cago are reduced from 81 to $3.50; to
st. Louis, from $3.50 to So; to Cincin-
natl, from $3.50 to So; to Columbus,
from 50 to $1.75; to Terra Haute, from
$3.50 to $2.75.
CHICAGO, Dec 14.-Snow here one
Railroad trains nearly ON time. Nc
Laughlin, of Detroit, and Mcmahon, of
Vermont. wrestled again yesterday,
Mclaughlin winning two falls out of
three. Short s. Foreman's large job
printing Office at Cleveland, Ohio, burn
ed last night; loss $50, 900; fully insur-
ed. Captain Thomas Pennington, for
merly of the 95th Ohio regiment, shot
himself dead to-day, al Hastings. Cause,
i'll health. At Minneapolis a boy and
girl, Porter Geurnsey, aged Is, and Flor
ence Wyckof, aged 16, daughter of a
Presbyterian minister, at Lake City,
were drowned while skating together.
LONDON, Dec. 15.-Gen. Brown is ad-
| vancing on Jellalabad without oppOsi-
ton. The court of England will go into
mourning until the Both over the loss of
Princess Alice. She died of suffocation
caused by throat disease The Car has
sent friendly letter to Queen Victoria.
AT midnight Dec. 31st, all watches and
clocks IN Sweden are to be set at q sim
ultaneOus moment.
New YORK, Dec. 15.-Williams 81
| Co.'S. tobacco factory at Richmond, Va,
burned; loss $4,000. Representatives
of % leading marine insurance compa-
MES met here to-day to form 8 pool for
their earnings. The iron screw steamer
Kate, of Whitby, England, with cotton
| from Haver, was wrecked off the Ber-
muda coast. The cigar makers win
submit their strike to arbitration.
LONDON, Dec. 16.-The Russians will
evacuate Adrianople in January. Gen.
Roberts reports he is fortifying Pariga
pass and Gen. Brown will soon reach Jel-
lalabOd. His rear guard is being attack
ed, however, and he may be isolated for
| time. The court will remain in mourn
ing six weeks and the Grand Duke of
Hesse for three weeks, for the Princess
Alice. The crisis in AAastria is over the
delegations having agreed to the govern
! ment's demand for the repeal appropriate
ing 1OO,0OOO00 forms, and 10000 900
forms for the expense of occupying Bos-
mia.
New YORK, Dec 16.-A desperate but
unsuccessful attempt was made to res
cue the suspected Manhattan bank rob
bers while being taken to the police office
at Boston, Sunday. Patrick Cain, while
in BED, was shot four times by his brother
ln-law, Chas. Callahan, who then ran, but
Cain followed, grasped Callahan in the
kitchen, got carving knife and cut Cal
lahan's head nearly off. Cain is fatally
wounded by the bullets. The quarrel
was about boat race.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 16.-Charles Branch,
representing foreign holders of st. Louis
bridge bonds, is here to attend the sale
of the bridge, on Friday, At Meridian,
Texas, fifty men opened the Jail, Sunday
night, and shot two of the prisoners At
Memphis the jury in U. S. circuit court
has found B. H. Eddins guilty of suffing
BALLOT box at local election at Bartlett,
with bogus Democratic tickets. Eddins
was judge of election and was promi-
nent citizen.