Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-01-03
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THE SHANESVILLE DISASTER.
ONE HUNDRED KILLED AND WOUNDED.
THE SMALLPOX IN ILLINOIS,
News Of the Day Abroad.
IRISH LANDLORDS AND THE LAND ACT

| I'VE 0WHe6eV Va in tIettNOt0s
News Of the Day Abroad.
IRISH LANDLORDS AND THE LAND ACT.
| LONDON, January 3.-The following are resolu-
tons to be proposed at meeting OF the mere mod
| crate sections OF the landlords I'm Dublin today,
at which ii is expected the Duke OF Abercorn viii
preside to critIcise the land court iecs;ons .sThs
meeting with alarm that the land act is being
! administered i'm a manner at variance with the
pielge, that II would not diminish the value or
to the assurances on the faith OF which Parliament
was advised not TO provide for compensation TO
landlords That the antecedents Of many OF the
| assistant commissioners do not insure the
/ Impartial judicial exercise OF their functions
mat the commissioners have determined rents
aIter a cursory exam nation OF lands. and that
they have been indiscrIminately reducing rents: !,
'that III appeals from decisions OF assistant COM
mlssoners result In the sanctioning OF those dec-
| sions, tle legislature should provide cOmpensa-
tion for those landowners whose property will be
| Inereny unjlstly diminished" "That a petition
eInDouyins The views OF this meeting be presented
to the Queen" The D0ffu Nf,rs states th.f n is
estimated that fourth OF the Irish tenants who
nee need protection have come under tie operation Of
the land act, and that competent persons believe
| Ine Whole question viii be settled In two years.
FRENCH FAILURE.
PARIS. January 3-fhe Bosa'se says: "The bank
lHg Hril OF D. D. Pigannedu, OF Bordeaux, which
tailed recently, was really a company formed by
| combination of bankers, with capital OF five
million francs, OF which three million francs We're
| lost The other liabilities are still unknown. The
Ieliure WIS caused by that OF the house OF Char
| TcoI, vi Bordeaux ana Calcutta"
| SIGNIFICANT SPEECH OF KING HUMBERr
ROME, January 3.-The OHiltfone SAYS: liking
HuInbert, when receiving the New Year congratu-
iatlons OF the senators and members of the cham
| per Oh deputies, said, with evident allusion to
! frnce Bisnarck'S reported designs on behalf Of
tne vatican, that Italy resolved to respect all
any one had ben wanting in respect 10 her. but 1t
was well tn make known that She was firmly de-
creed not TO admit OF the slightest discussion OF
| certain questions touching internal order"
Inc tdpftdH FfUcdSSG says. King Humberf
the military organization. The Kings words pro-
| duced great impression"
THE NATIONAL PARTY IN EGYPT
LONDON, January 3.-Arabi Bey sends to the
parry IA Egypt He says it is legal to the Sultan
ana The khedive, but is determined to oppose any
atHnpt OF either to assume despotc authority
~ Hopes 10 generally redeem the country from the
handS OF Its creditors, and desires that the army
Ds strengthened so as to protect the assembly in
oplaihhg 1alr measure of popular rights.
FORGED LETTER.
LONDON, January 3-The PaH Man Gazette this
eYenlng says: The letter read It meeting to-day
purp0rtfng to be from Mr. Herbert Gladstone is
declared to be forgery.
JOHN DILLON AND THE FREEDOM OF CORK.
CoRk, January 3.-The corporation has conferred
or Pa rsmanf Ef int S Shn Dillon
y. .he ni.y,SlX councillors attended the meeting.
SIDE Soaes Oh Ie resolution were sent to Messr Glad
slohe and FORSTER and the Irish corporations.
CHINA'S FIRST PAYMENT TO RUSSIA
81. PETERSBURG, January 3.-China has paid the
nfSt inst1llment OF the compens ltion to Russia
stipulated ln the kuldja treaty.
TRANSFORMATION FOR LIFE
LONDON, January "A St Petersburg dispatch
TO the Central Nears SlyS that Nicolai Sapkawski
Icherevne in November last and his accomplice,
MeinlAod, have been transported for life.
The ShanesyflIe, Chic. Disaster.
TIE KILLED AND WOUNDED NUMBER ONE HUNDRED
CINCINNATI, January 3-Furtherdf dispatches from
the scene OF the disaster at Shanesville. O.-the
Of tlan aCp
night, in which the Knights OF Pythias were hold
ing festival-have been received here. They say
i ttie building was broken in and water dashed on
the poor, u9gling, seothiDg mass OF human
neings, and many lives were thus saved. The total
number Killed and wounded Will probably reach
one hundred. The physicians OF Shanesyiie R0g-
ersvlle and Canal Dover are giving all the aid pos
sible to the suffering. The victims are now doing
Wen, though some more viii probably die OF theft
INJURIES. The building was a ricketty frame
structure and has long been considered unsafe
New Jersey Notes.
WINDING Up THE BERGEN SAVINGS BANK.
-, JERSEY CITY, Nj: January 3.-The directors OF
tne Bergen Savings Bank have decided to wind up
the affairs of the bank. They have one hundred
and thirty five thonsl nd dollars on hand and can
be paid in full
SKULL FRACTURED BY A sLUNG SHOT,
EDWARD Coughlin, sixty years OF age, had his
by Robert Lawless, twenty-one years old. Lawless
was arrested and Coughlin was taken to the hos
pltal lie cannot 1--we.
Shot Hrs Assailant Dead.
,,Sa CHICAGO, Ill, January amIhomas somer-
set upon last night by James 0Brien,
who works in the vicinity, and some
era {fends who desired to aSenge an ront offered to
sistance, but was finally put in such peril from
lying brck-bats that lac drew his revolver, shot
Victor Disimore All the parties were young men.
arr1.r~,.p 60. n ,p,p,o.,r
PHILADELPHIA, January 3-Chas ii. Hughes,
alias "Westein Charley" was arrested this MORN
ing for the robbery of s. 900 worth OF furS from d.
II. Soils Arch-street store.
The Kentucky Triple Tragedy-An
Alibi.
CINCINNATI, O., January IA special to the
Commercial, from Ashland KY, says: "Mr Glib
bOns, who was suspected OF killing his children
returned yesterday and brought such oyerwheim,
ing proofs that he was elsewhere on the night OF
the murder that he has not even been arrested"
The Archbishop of Canterbury ON Emi-
grafton.
TORONTO, January IA special London cable to
the GtO0e says: " The archbishop OF Canterbury
has issued letter to clergymen OF the church or
England on the subject OF emigration. Clerical
containing information with regard to the princi-
pal colonies
A Lady Accidentally Killed.
BoRDENTowN, n j., January a.-While Joseph
bennett, OF HfghtStOwn, in company with reia-
tive, was hurrytng to the bedside OF a dying
woman, also a relative OF his, resting In the
neighborhOod, the horse attached to the wagon In
Which ne was riding ran away, throwing both oc-
cupants out and killing Mrs. Bennett
suicide Of q New York Merchant.
NEW YORK, January 3.-Charles Bergman, aged
thirty-six, Swedish merchant, committed suicide
to-day at So Grand street He cut his throat with
a razor, and, apparently doubling that the wound
was fatal, lnntcted another frightful cash upon
himself that severed the jugular vein and quickly
put an end to his life.
Effects Of the Storm I'm the Northeast.
HALIFAX, January a-The report OF q large
steamer ashore west OF Halifax is not confirmed
Telegraph1c communication has been INTERRUPTED
since yesterday mornings storm. Nothing later
has been received from the wreck OF the Morayian
on account of this interruption
Refused q New Trial.
NEWARK, n j., January 2-Judge Depue this
morning refused to grant new trial In the case