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DISASTROUS FLOODS.

Thirty Hungarian Villages Inun-
dated-Great Storm in Germany.
Disastrous floods are reported throughout
Hungary Thirty villages have been ruined
and the town Of Szathmar-Remeth has been
partly destroyed. The towns of Bekes and
Csaba were menaced and the inhabitants
struggled hard for their lives against the
overflow of the River Koros. Many houses
fell.
The whole northern and eastern portion
of Germany has been visited by very severe
snow-storm. There was so much ice that
communication with Sweden was suspended
for ten days, and with Denmark for six
days. The Swedish ENJOYS appointed to
attend the funeral of Emperor William did
not arrive in time for the ceremony owing to
the severity Of the weather
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Washington.

THE Reverend Eugene Peck, Presbyte.
rian minister Of Washington, was instantly
killed by locomotive in that city. He was
a Union veteran of the Civil War.
On the day Of the funeral Of the late Ger
man Emperor memorial services were held in
Washington, which President Cleveland at
tended, accompanied by Secretaries Buyard,
Fairchild, Villas and Whitney and Post
master General Dickinson
THE resignation of Hon. Isaac Bell, United
States Minister to Holland, has been rendered
to the President and accepted.
BY vote of four to three, the United
States Supreme Court has upheld the
validity Of the Bell Telephone patents as
against the claims Of other telephone COM
panies.
The Chinese Treaty has been laid before
the Senate, but was not made public.
UNITED STATES naval officers recommend
the appropriation by Congress of 500, 900 to
make Pearl River harbor, Hawaii, Sandwich
Islands, available for war vessels. The har-
Dor has been ceded 70 the United States for
ever.
THE President has nominated Strother NJ.
Stockslager, of Indiana, to be Commissioner
of the General Land Office, and Thomas j.
Anderson, of Iowa, to be Assistant Commis-
sioner Of the General Land Office.
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House Proceedings.

65TH DAY.-The House finished the consid-
Grafton on the Urgent Deficiency bill. having
added an appropriation Of $9H, 900 to reim-
burse Texas for her expenses in repelling in
vasion. The House then went into private
business :. The House Postal Committee re-
use Of the green postage stamp. -. The joint
resolution for tho promotion Of commercial
union with Canada was placed on the calen-
dar. A bill was reported fixing the postage
on seeds, plants and bulbs ut cent for two
ounces. >. Estimates were furnished aggre-
eating Sl21, ,1A for remodelling the old Pro-
duce Exchange Building in New York City,
instead Of the estimate Of SS5, 600 already sub
mitted for that purpose.
GOTH DAY.-A resolution was presented for
the appointment Of committee Of five to
investigate recent railroad strikes and sug-
gest measures for preventing them. "A bill
authorizing the issue Of SIS. .000, 900 in frac-
tional silver currency of tho denominations
ten, twenty five, and fifty cents, was
passed :. A reso' 'ution was adopted setting
apart May I'd and Sd for general pension
legislation -. These bills were presented: To
place all articles or products on the free list
that are protected by Trusts or monopolistic
companies: to appoint a board OF aroitra,
employees Of railroads; to suppress Trusts in
the District Of Columbia. The bill was
passed for discontinuing the coinage Of $3
gold pieces and the gold dollar.
9th DAY.-A copyright bill, identical
with the Chase bill Of the Senate, has been
presented. "A bill was introduced to pro-
tect free labor from the injurious effects OF
convict labor by confining the sale of goods
and merchandise manufactured by convict
labor to the State in which they are produced.
-. The bill to establish Department OF
Labor was referred to the Committee OF the
Whole. :. "A bill was referred to prevent the
Government from using any product of con-
vict labor.
,6STH Day.-The Committee of the Whole
considered the bill to refer to the Court of
Claims for adjustment the accounts of
laborers. workmen and mechanics aris.
ing under the eight-hour law. ia bill
was passed to prohibit the employment Of
alien labor on Government works and build
j ngs. :. &. A lengthy debate occurred over the
bill to establish Department Of Labor.
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GERxASY's NEW CROWN PRINCESS.

The great procession started. Five squad
rons Of hussars with fifteen trumpeters took
the lead clad in red jackets and black
fur hussar cloaks. Their gold swords
were wrapped in Grape: They were
followed by two battallons OF
dragons in blue and yellow. The officers had
their epaulets and the eagles on their helmets
bound in Grape. Three regiments of Uhlans
followed. These lancers wore shakos, curl
Ous headgear, something like the college cap
at Eton Their uniforms were blue, black
and yellow.
The Black Garde du Corps looked as though
horses and men were made of iron, as they
passed along. They wore cleaning arnor
with silver trappings Thence for mile the
road was occupied by solid ranks of infantry
in blue, black and red, with flags wrapped in
Grape.
The Marshal's livery and equerry servants
of the great Emperor next came slowly
into view. Following them were domestic.
officials and then the higher officials of the
court; the late Emperors totterinS cd
private secretary, Bork; his pages in red
and silver, his physicians, Lauer. Leuthold,
and Siman, who kept up the vital flame OF
the Emperor so long. Then came relocated
marshals with staves. There We're 400 OF
these personal attendants of the illustrious
dead.
Next csme the heavy and majestic portion
OF the parade. The eight imperial crown
Ministers, marching with the snowy insignia
of the crown Then very old Princes fol-
lowed as cup bearers, stewards, equerries,
and so on.
Then came the great hearse, only now ths
horses were tled by Lieutenant -Colonels.
Four Generals who bore the order of the
Black Eagle held the corners of the pail.
They were very old-lookins men. Twelve
Major- Generals walked behind the hearse,
and after them twelve staff officers.
A saddled horse that followed without a
rider was the Emperor's old charger and pet
that he rode less than two years ago at a
review. Following the horse were three old
Generals carrying the standard of the Empire.
Then came three Kings and innumerable
Princes following on foot the chariot of the
dead, AMBASSADORS, Generals, AMI followers OF
royalty flocked along by hundreds, many OF
them being world-famous names. There were
companies of petty Princes, Knights Of the
Hack Eagle, members Of the Diet and emf.
nent eccleaiastics. Twenty groups followed,
composed of every element that goes to make
up great State.
AS the distinguished guests arrived at the
arch at the end Of the Linden they got into
carriages and were driven three miles to the
mausoleum, and there waited until Che hearSe
with its famous burden arrived.
Then the dead was entombed and the great
funeral was over
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NC" EiENIoos
All the theatres and public buildings are
closed. Business is practically suspended
while the mourning for the dead goes on.
New York was draped when Grant died,
but her sable decorations were meagre in the
extreme compared with the funeral emblems
that Berlin exhibits.
The doors of the cathedral were opened at
6o'clock yesterday morning. had worked
my way into great crowd that stood silently
waiting for an opportunity to take look at
the dead ruler. No one is admitted privately.
The crowd increased il front of the cathedral
constantly, and before noon the enormous
number Of 200, 900 had gathered. It was i'm
possible for those in from to move. The po-
lice were powerless.
The crush became greater and greater,
until women and children began to scream
for help. Three children were seriously
crushed, and one is reported to the police to
have received fatal injuries.
Near me a woman Of perhaps Sixty-five
years tainted. She was raised above the
heads Of the people, and passed along for an
eighth Of mile with her head and limbs
dangling as though the joints were dislocated.
The snow was ground to slush and then
people were admitted at one time.
At o'clock, after exactly six hours wait
ing my turn came. hurried into an open
space and was passed rapidly along by the
military.
Everybody was cold and worn with fatigue
In the Cathedral we entered long bridge
just wideenough for two men to walk abreast.
On the right was an altar, and on it the cat
afalque, which was about ten feet high.
The bridge was four feet above the floor.
On the catafalque lay the Emperor's coffin.
We were not allowed to stop,
saw the famous Emperor for the first
time. 1t is difficult for the most selfish
man to regard such a sight with
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A. }. SMELL, the millionaire murdered hy
burglars ut his residence in Chicago recently,
tramped into Cincinnati, Ohio, some time in
tho forties. penniless and discouraged. He
became agent for clock mandatory and
peddled time pieces in a wagon through In
diana. He finally went to Chicago and made
O large fortune.
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The OIL Trust f. in Danger.

Developments in the Ohio oil fields re-
Gently have been sensational. The ruin
of the Standard Company is predicted,
based upon the fact that parties out.
side that Trust have obtained control of
certain processes Of refining Ohio oil. They
refuse to sell out at any price, and are pre-
pared to build pipe lines, reinerles and syS-
tenn of tankage second to none in the coun-
try. Detroit and Chicago millionaires are
back of these schemes and pushing them
boldly but quietly.
A reporter found In blacksmith's shop,
five miles from Toledo, secret refinery pro.
ducing out Of Ohio oil an article equal
to the best headlight oil on the market
The supply seems almost inexhaustible, and
if it can be made to take the place of Penn
sylyania oil q drop in prices is certain.
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NEITHER builders nor architects in New
York entertain any other opinion than that
there will be as much building activity this
year as there was during the past year, and
that enterprise will be greatly encourage by
the moderate prices of all kinds OF building
material
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4 THEATRE HORROR.
Burning of an Opera House in
Op0rt0, Portugal.
The Building Destroyed, and a
Large Number of Lives Lost.

During banquet scene in the play in the
opera house at Oporto, Portugal, the. other
night, at which the galleries as well as the
lower part of the house were crowded,
the building caught fire and was entirely
destroyed. Many Of those inside perished
in the flames Hundreds escaped with their
lives, but were more or less injured, being
burned or bruised.
The number of lives lost is not positively
known, but 80 bodies were taken from the
ruins the following day, and the
sss M ed o he not bos ss esa sIp9FsS
taken from the upper tiers and galleries,
where whole families were suffocated and
burned, some of them in their seats. A few
Of the victims died Of suffocation, but the
greater part of them were horribly burned.
many Of them being unrecognizable. Two OF
the victims were found tightly clasped in
each others arms.
Workmen have been steadily engaged, ever
since the ruins became cooled enough to per-
NIT, in searching for the bodies, and are con-
stantly uncovering additional victims An
immense crowd surrounded the piece, and the
police had all they could do'to keep the excited
people out Of the way Of the searchers.
The fire occurred during the performance
of a play, at which the banqueting scene was
being represented on the stage. The play had
progressed to the last act, and the immense
audience was absorbed in the performance.
when cry of fire was heard, and flames and
smoke were seen bursting from the stage.
An accident had occurred to the gas, and the
scenery had ignited and flashed up instantly.
The flames spread rapidly to the auditorium,
and terrible panc followed. The audience
rose in an instant and rushed for the exits.
which were quickly choked up, hundreds OF
men, women and children being trampled
upon and clothing torn from them in wild
struggle for life.
Oporto-a name signifying the ports the
second city and the most important en-
porium of Portugal. It is situated on
the right bank Of the Douro River, the
houses stretching up steep incline to
the palace crowning the hill A quay
extends for two miles along the river. The
city has many gardens and fountains, splen-
did churches, public buildings and hospitals,
many excellent schools. library, q
mint museum, a medical college, etc:
Its exports consist principally of port
wine, which trade is chiefly in English hands.
The site of Oporto was anciently called Gale,
afterward Portus Cale-whence the name OF
the kingdom Portugal. The city's population
is about 100, 000
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Reducing Customs Expenses.

Estimates made at the United States Treas
ury Department indicate that the present
rate Of expense Of collecting the revenue
from customs cannot be maintained up
to the close of the present fiscal
year under the available balance Of
the general appropriation without creating
adefcieucy of 100000. Secretary Fairchill,
has, therefore, determined upon reduction
of expenses to that amount during the
remainder of the fiscal year, being 100000 g
month. The reduction has been apportioned
among the different customs collection
districts, and the collectors have been in
structed to readjust their salary accounts
and other expenses SO as to bring the total
expense within the limit fixed upon.
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The Emperor's Funeral.

Owing to the inclemency of the weather,
and to the delicate condition of their health,
Emperor Frederick, Prince Bismarck and
Count Won Moltke were unable to
attend the Emperor Williams fu-
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PRINCE HENRY, of Battenberg, after dis
locating both arms and the shoulder blade IN
hunting. has been absolutely forbidden by
his mamma-in-law, Queen Victoria, to hunt
any more.
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MRS. CoLwELL. of st. Louis, had a sore
throat and therefore felt called upon to 20
all over the neighborhood and kiss every
body's children. The result was fourteen
cases of diphthera, but the woman was the
only one who died
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W1LL1AM DORSEY, Of Milwaukee, made a
bet Of fifty cents that he could drink tive
glasses Of whisky in FIVE seconds He won.
An hour later he was dead.
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Four Thousand Cinnamon Killed.
Violent shocks of earthquake have coz.
tinued in the province OF Yunanr Ckiaa-
during the last three weeks, destroying many
towns and an immense amount Of shipping
at Kienshin. The lowest estimate places the
loec ~ lfa et 40D0
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Human Sacrifice in India.

A recent occurrence in Rajpootana,
India, shows the hold that ancient super
stions still have upon the natives. Some
years ago the native States of Oodeypore
and Tonk, with view of simplifying
their boundaries, exchanged certain viii
lages near Nermuch. In this process q
village inhabited entirely by Brahmins
passed FROM Codeypore to the Nawab
of Tonk. This village had been granted
in perpetuity to the Brahmins by q
former Maharana of Oodeypore; sub iect
ONLY to the nominal annual fee of twelve:
rupees for protection. After. the ex-
change the Toak authorities imposed
revenue assessment, which was raised
from time TO time till. it reached 500
rupees annually. Successive deputat!ons
of the villages proceeded to Touk to lay
the case before the Durbar, but wit hout
effect. ...-.
Thercupon the Brahmins assembled
aud decided by the voices of all present,
women as we'll as men, that nothing was
left to move the Durbar except the hu-
man sacrifice known as "Johur." -Four
women presented themselves as victims,
but at the last moment two became
frightened and withdrew. No opposi-
tion being offered. the other two went
bravely and willingly to meet death, and
were burned alive in the presence OF the
sscmbled community, their charred
hands being afterwards carried by the
villagers to Oodeypore with a demand
for redress. This occurred at n idday
no attempt at concealment being aade.
-Allahabad Pioneer. ...
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Diamond Setting.

"Diamond setting," said a Maiden
Lane specialist to New York Mail and
Elwess reporter, lis the most unique
branch of the jewelers. art, not often at
tempted by any one save those who have
grown proficient by long practice"
Diamond settlers now endeavor to use
as little gold as is consistent with the
safety of the stone, and the stronger the
prougs are the less risk is run in the set.
ting being misplaced or loosened. The
crown setting, which is universally in
use in England and other European coun-
tries, has altogether gone out of fashion
here, the objection being the difficulty
which lady experiences in getting on
and off her gloves, when she wea;s
ring of this description. This defect is
entirely done away with in the ''Relcher"
or "Gypsy" setting, it being sunk below
the surface of the metal, and does not
necessarily hide the view of the diamond,
and it offers no hindrance in the matter
of removing the gloves. The half-round
''Gypsy' setting is steadily coming into
general use, from its handsome and neat
appearance as we'll as the prevention
adopted against the los of the jewel,
should it happen to catch in ladies'
garments. The fat "Gypsy' setting al
though not new design meets the popu-
lar demand, far in excess of either of
the preceding ones. on accounts of the
way in which the diamond is exposed,
thus enabling a smaller stone to show
to better advantage than if different
setting were used.
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Chinese Wives on Strike.

The most extreme advocates of wo.
mans rights in the Western world seems
to be mild and timid theorists compared
with the women folk in the district of
shun-te, in Kuantung. In this part. of
the Celestial Empire we are told by the
Chintss Times that the young women
league themselves into societies, and
solemnly VOW that they will not marry,
or that if they marry they will not live
with their husbands until every member
Of their society has entered into matri-
mony. In accordance with these views,
the brides invariably go back to their
homes after the ceremony and do nos
make their appearance among their hus-
lands family again except on the occa-
sion of the New Year and other import
ant festivals. Then they ''come over, y
and after remaining for day or 80, dur
ing which time they partake of neither
food nor drink, they take themselves OFT
with the greatest expedition possible.
Those husbands who are able to enjoy
the society of their wives within two or
three years after marrying are, we are
assured, rare and exceptional instances of
good fortune. The darkest feature of the
business, however, is yet to come; for it
appears that upon the occasion of one of
these flying visits force is employed to
detain the ladies. They always turn this
comedy into tragedy by committing
suicide. e.-London Times.
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Tho Iate Sultan Of Zanzibar.

The death of the Sultan of Zanzibar
is q bad thing for British influence on the
east coast of Africa, declares the New
York Sun, and may cause friction with
Germany, which has been very active in
those regions of late The Sultan years
ago had misunderstanding with Eng
land about the slave trade, and narrowly
escaped having his pa'ace brought tum-
bling about him by shells from British
men-of-war anchored in mis- own harbor.
Lately he saw the error of his ways. and,
while winking at human traffic, took no
overt part in it. His physicians and
the commander-in-chief of his queer
army were Englishmen, and he was fond
of giving dinners in what his chef was
pleased to style English fashion. He
would freely lend horses and carriages to
officers of Britith men-of-war, and the
humblest midshipman was always sure OF
a good time when ashore at Zanzibar. The
Sultan must have died rich, for he en-
ioyed m income of over million dollars
a year, and used to let his idle war ships
on hire as freight steamers. He also made
good thing out of the religious fervor OF
mis- sub .,ects, by conveying from Zanzibar
to Jeddah in his own steamers the pill
grims bround for holy Mecca. The
Sultan was a free and easy sort of Mus
sulman, but he didn't allow the new.
tangled European docrine of liberty of
conscience to apply to members OF his
own family. One of his sisters managed
to elope with a German employed in a
in mechanics office at $50 a week.
She became a Christian, and was left
widow almost destitute. Over and over
again the poor Princes applied for help
to her royal brother, but he refused either
to see her or forgive her.
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The Insurance Man Gets There.

A marriage which took place in
Springfield, Ohio, few days since was
tho re: ult Of somewhat romantic court
ship. About two years ago a Chicago
life insurance agent was persistent in his
of his bachelor friends. The friend
always objected on the ground that he
was alone in the world, had plenty, and
no need to provide further for the future.
One day he remarked, however, to the
persisted agent: ''You find me wife
and 1 will buy policy of YOU" The
proposition was accepted. The agent
brought about correspondence between
a Louisville widow, a friend of his wife,
and the bachelor, which soon became
deeply interesting to both parties. In
due time meeting was arranged, the re-
suit CT which was that the agent wrote q
big policy and his friend cea ed to be a
bachelor. .-PiHs54rq Dispateh.