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TILE l,lSCOLNS AryggSAlClES.
Young Abral,aa san SaIIsrlng from the
AbAcaaA.

Young AbrallRtn Still suffering from the
AbAcesM
PARIS, Dec. 2O.-lsobcrt Lincoln Ia
again at Versailles with his family,
His son Abraham, III for eight weeks, Is
still unable to move. The ahyoess,
which was operated on Two month ago,
has not healed,
Il was feared al trsl that the boys
illpVas vas caused by blood poisoning,
and his allow recovery has given the
family considerable IinVaSintBs, liz
does not seem " gain strength, which IL
attributed 10 tile discharge ftotA the ab.
SCVSs, and has not been removed from
his room since thu beginning Of his Ill
neCS. Ir. fean, q French surgeon, per.
Iormed an operation, and II was success.
iul. A correspondent saw tue Doctor
yesterday who sAld Thai he had not
seen his pAtiept SinCe ihs day Of the
operation aud that he had not heard
anything alarming about the young
mah's condition. Mr., and Mrs. LInColIl
are constantly attending their SoI and
have declined all Invitations toT the hol,
ldays. Young LlnCOlnG school mates
sous OF Judge Daylson and spnatOi
Halo, hava left Versailles for LhvlI
homes In America.
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A TERRIBLE EAIH.
Eleven Persons Burned to Death
in Their Dwelling,
EIGHT CHILDREN AMONG THEM
The Fearful Death that Came to
Theodore Gross and His Family
ut Hurontown, MIohigan-The
Names of the Victims.

HANCOCK, MICH, December ga
calamity not surpassed 10 the annals ol
the country occurred at 8 o'clock this
morning at Hurontown, A family
named Gross, consisting Of the parents
aud 8 children, with visitor, were
consumed in a burning dwelling. The
elder Gross and wife returned from a
dance near by at2 o'clock,
At 2:SO a son, Theodore, returned
from tue Huron stamp mills, where he
is employed, He went into the house
aud to bed. Shortly after he was
awakened by his brother Nicholas, who
heard screams coming from an adjoining
room occupied by their three sisters
aud :hree little brothers, They ran to the
partition door and found the room
mass OF flames. Smoke aud fire were
ascending the stairway and the boys es'
capped by jumping through a window,
They reached the ground seriously cut
by glass and In semi,nude condition,
One attempted to enter the house on the
ground floor where the father, mother,
aud two children slept, but was driven
back by the flames. II was impossible
for the spectators, who quickly gathered,
TO save the inmates. They were Com'
PEELED to stand by aud hear their agon'
izing cries,
In the course Of three hours a searCh.
ing party went over the ruins and dis
covered the Gharred remains oi the
eleven bodies, diStinguishabIe only by
the size of tue bones. They were gatI'
cred In sleigh box and deposited in the
public hall.
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THE END OP A ROMANCE.
Victoria sChilling WHO Ran Away with
HOr Fathers Coacl,man ia u ling,

Victoria sOhiliiag WHO Han Away with
HOr Fathers Coacl,man Is D,ing.
New YoRE, Dec. 20.-victoria Moro
SIM schillings Is a sufferer ia the stately
home Of her father, Some gay she is sdy.
Ing OF consumption, others that she is
pining away with blighted affection. All
tue invinciblllIy of love, all the irutility
Of parental sternness, were condensed
into that pretty little romance of only a
few years ago, when August schilling,
the coachman, ran away with aud mar!
rled the lovely daughter Of Broker G. P.
Wh6h pretty Victoria and August
were married, everybody expected an
eventtul reconciliation. But 1t never
came. One day August, who was still u
conductor on street car, came home for
dinner. His wife said she would 20 out
IN the afternoon to a dentists. That was
the last August saw of his wife,
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CAUSED A SENSATION.
Tho Annuuncem ont THAT Blaine win TAX,
"a Hand In Europcan AfYaIrs.

Tho Announcement That Blaine win Take
Hand In European Affairs.
LONDON, Dec. 29.-'rhs announcement
that Mr.. Blaine is prepared to take a
hand in the game Of Ooercing Portugal
has caused a sensation here. Opinion
is much divided on the desirability Of
Anglo.AmeriOan cooperating. On the
whole, Tories resent the idea, on the
ground that the Government, having a
chance Of earning cheap glory, should
not dim It's luster by admitting u foreign
partner at the last moment.
Curiously enough, two newspapers
whose political opinions are at opposite
poles welcome Mr.. Blaine's entrances
into the European arena, the Tory Even.
ing Standard because the points at issue
are Of a character In which every com.
mercial power is concerned, and the
Radical PdR Nall Gdse'le because the
ultimate idea To which Enplisbmp1
should work Is the establishment OF 40
AnglO.American flag on all the seas, aud
II quotes that Everything which re-.
minds the World that the Republic aud
Empire regard the English.speaking
race as one entity with common inter.
eats and u common object, Is good"
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PARNELL INA TIGHT PLACE.
The Charges AgainSt Him a Tory Scheme IA
IniuEe HIa ChAFnetar.

LONDON, Dec, ss,-oaptain o'shes
who, after enjoying Mr., Parnsll's friend,
ship for years, turned and gave eyidsnC,
against him before the special commits
sion, has filed a petition for divorce OF
the ground Of his wite's intimacy Will
the Irish leader. The specific charge
cover the period from early IN 1885 unti,
O'Shea betrayed his friends in Ii. vii
ness box, and the delay iu bringing IN,
aotionis, TO say the least, curious, Unit,
a court Of law shall have decided m,
matter, the friends Of Parnell will refus
10 credit o'Shea's charges,
Mr., Parnell's position In CaptaiJ
0'Shta's faulty has been known to thu
world for years past, He lived with
them as one OF the family and as theil
most trusted adviser and friend; he ir
quently helped Captain 0'Shea with his
purse, and acted rs mediator in man,
troubles, There was never the sliRhtps,
attempt at ConCeAlment. Whey O'Shea
was In Parliament, for instance, he am
Parnell always drove home together /, |
the formers pretty suburban house al
Northbank, Ethan, Everybody in the
district knew Mr.. Parnell, who was fond
Of driving out with Mrs, 0'Shea and hel
children. Mr.. Parnell frequently es.
sorted Mrs. 0'shea's In public, and al.
ways with Captain 0'Shea's full kuowl.
edge and consent.
Not inirequently Tory newspapers
have hinted that Parnell's position IN |
lnother mans house was anomalous,
and less than six months ago q Tory
newspaper here had to make an humble
lpology to Mr.. Parnell for a scurrlIoup
on the same lines, Captain
)'Shea always derlded these suggestions
II evil, and never wearled OF telling
people that Parnell looked upon M
vile as an elder sister, and himself as a
lrother, 0'SheA, therefore, can't plead
gnorance OF what the world Is saving,
md he will have to explain why, with
'uch knowledge In his possession, he
continued to receive MIR. Parnell Us a
member OF his household. |
Few persons here doubt that 0'Slea
8 acting in the interests Of those saulp
Tory politicians who, having failed 10
Iefame Parnell by the aid Of Richard
'lgolt, are now endeavori ~ to besmirch
lis moral character by means Of Henry
)'Shea,
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AT INDIANAPOLIS.
Opinions of Medical Men in that City GU
the Disease.

OplniQnA OF h0ulchl Men III that CITY on
the Disease.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 99-The Russian
Influenza has reached this city, aud there
are now several well defined cases under
medical treatment. Dr.. L. b. Lewis,
throat and nose specialist, says there 10
no doubt as to this. He Is treating three
we'll defined cases in which the symp.
IONS are Ike those described In the
newspapers. He has one or two cases
uOt w pronounced, and reports have
come TO him showing that the epidemic
IN mild form has spread among the
members VI a number uf families. DR..
Runnela also has several cases under
treatment, among whom ATE two mem.
bers Of the police force and several ladies
and children.
DR.. E. X. Hodges, who has several
cases under treatment, said to,dayi
"rhe epidemic 10 not new. lts pecu.
llarity ia ita rapid diffusion and simulta.
neUus appearance In widely separated
counties. The disease In itself IL mild
but is characteristic is greater or less dis
LurbanOe OF the whole system, leading In
the case OF aged aud feeble persons to
the development Of local disease, which
may prove fatal, the most cOuinlon de.
velopmetit being pneumOniu, hut other
diseases, which would not necessarily
proYs fatal, are rendered more serious
and even more fatal by the prevalence Oi
the epidemic"
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and had just emerged from the deep cut
when II struck horse, The animal was
behind the bank and was not visible TO
the engineer until 1t was directly in
front OF the engine. The engineer blew
his whistle and then jammed the air
brake down 80 hard that the train stop
ped 90 abruptly that the mail car shot
forward from ils trucks, Then the rails
spread and the entire Toad'bed became
o complete wreck, all the rails being
twisted and the ties displaced, Only the
sleeper remained on the track,
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NRLVK IN 9llg u, 10,
srlOuI Accident To the Chicago vVatibuis1
TeaiU Naaa WaaIINUtnn


Serious Accident To the chicago ve1tlbulsl
Tralh Near Washington,
WAMilS0roS, D. O., Dec. GO.-ThO
Chicago vpStlbultd train, witch left Obi.
CagO over tue Baltimore 4 Ohio railroad
oh Wednesday afternoon, WaO wrecked
Onlhc Metropolitan branch thtifty.thtep
miles itum this city. The engineer,
AmuS Reed, was killed, and the fireman,
A I, Harrison, seriously Injured.
THE train was due here " hve minutes
alUt 5 O'clock, and had left Point. ol
No,RS ahuut Oh luB. " consisted o.
tbUlnt Si3, a postal car, 4 baggage car
wv passenger coaches, one used 20
smoking car, aud the sleeping ca
Ava" 1t was running pretty rapidly
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pounds, for there is not the same objec.
tinn that the Baltimore & Ohio railroad
offered, when 1t claimed it couldn't get
the business, It Is now blocked, and |
belisye that there wouldn't be any sub
stanial setback II the eastbound rates
were raised.
General Manager ], D, Laying, Of the
West shore Railroad, said; ~ have no.
ticed that big corn crop 10 always fol.
lowed by year Of prosperity In all de-
partments VI commerce, II happened in
about 1870, think, and many other
times, the dates OF which don't remem.
Der. II is the best indication that !
know Of, Goal men say that the output
will be very large, New York, as COM
pared with other portR2 Young man,
how long have you lived in New York;
Don't you know that the business Of tht
entire country centers right hereP New
York is the olly port which pretends u
do anything like q big shipping business,
export and import alike"
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CONDBSSLD TELEGRAMs.

The HbmeH'i Tribune is TO he trans
planted from Nebraska to Washington.
Cynthia A. Ewing, Of Newark, Ohio,
has filed suit for divorce frOnl Robert
Ewing, charging failure 10 provide and
extreme cruelty.
AT st. Joseph, Mo-, 4 land company iS
discovered TO have taken pOesesglor Of,
plated and sold, four acres Of valuable
land belonging 10 the city.
Al Madison, Ind, Bart Viewer. aVed
ten years, iell, a broken broom handle
with which he was playing penetrating
his neck TO depth Of three inches. He
may recover.
IL Oitclaville n Elivah0,h rh.., h..
hrS,,vht nil avlISsL f"Sn , RscEss R Iop iop
~ M dsmnvps int Slsndsr rhs ,is|,tSg
sIIsysA I'M deipndnnt iSissiv aSCnssa @ % h.,
Oi Stealing chickens,
Madlson. Ind. inc,lna oro,ro M
09S butSt hsf sisam chest % IN isnS, o y, Iv' H.
N 4 L drnnt. Isvi uSms,St 'S y
Waterman. waS struck an the snLis H. J
SissS II irbn and whsbtbLt N a. " EIoUSl .
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A FIFTY TIIOCslSp pOlLAR olPE.
The vandePbilts Maso j. Pierpont Morgan
n Handsome ChriAtnas Present.

The vandePbilts Maso j. Pierpont Morgan
n Handsome ChriAtmas Present.
New YORK, Dec. 29.-0ne OF tue most
interesting reports that Wall street has
heard lately was aaoat yesterday, aud
which was verified to-day, in reference
to the vanderbllts and Mr.. ]. Plerpont
Morgan. Of the banking house Of Drexel,
Morgan & Co. The announcement vas
to the effect that Mr.. Cornelius Wander.
bilt and Mr.. William X. Vanderbilt,
representing the Vanderbilt system Of
railroads, bud caused to be prepared by
Tiffany X Co, q service Of plate, costing
$4,000, and that II wGs Alr. MOrgan's
Christmas remembrance. II was d GoN'
pIetU surprise to Mr. Morgan.
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ADETERMlNLD MURDERER,
his Plot to XIII a Dakcra and su.foca.o His
Family.

his Plot to XIII Dakcrand su.focato His
Family.
NEw YoRK, Dec. 20,-Early this morn
ingthe gasin tue sleeping room Of Fred.
eriCk W. W.stediieder, the proprietor Of a
bakery at No. sol Floyd street, Brook
lyn, was extinguished and Stvdiieder
went down into the cellar to Gnd out tile
cause. He saw a man there who fred
ashot at him. The bullet wounded him
in the neck, partially tazing him, when
the burglar effected bis escape. Stedi-
FEEDER g wound is not dangerous.
This afternoon the police arrested AL.
bert Maiser, former UmpOye oil Stedi.
FEEDER, who confessed that II was he who
did the shooting. IIc said he Ind hid
himself in'the cellar aud bud turned off
the gas thinking S'ediiedcr would
come down to see what the matter yus,
when Maiser would sho0t him II Stedi-
feder failed TO GENE down Maiser intend-
cd TO turn the gas on again and suIocate
the family.
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nOBERr OARRGrrS HEALTH.

IIia Friends Not Encouraged Suffering
from SPELLS Uf Depression.
BALTIMORE, MD., Dec. 29-Mr. Robert
Garrett is In very poor health. Attilnts
he 10 very much depressed, and occa.
sionally becomes very much excited.
He Is still at bis Couutry home, "Upr
lands" near Cat0nSylll0. His friends
have not been encouraged by reports
from his physiClans, especially rs he has
been unwgll Oh and on for more than
r.n Nnhtn-
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SUICIDE IN CHURCH,
A Wealthy citlzeu Of San Fran
cisco FaUcies That
vii SPIRITS ARE AFTER HIM
md Creates a Sensation in a oatho.
lilo Church by TakiNg His Life,
The Record of CFIme in the
Country-Bolled to Death,

sASAyEo, GALA, Dec, 2s,-Jsmes Fl.
iart a well dressed aud apparently
wealthy man, supposed to be from San
francisco, created an excitement in the
Catholic Church tonight by committing
'uiClde. He arriyedt this afternoon, and
rushing to Father oollaIAan, threw him.
eli on his knees crying, "Save me,
save me, I'm going to die. The evil
spirits are after me-"
The Father calmed him and directed
ointoa hotel. FigGrt appeared again at
Tue evening services and was very de.
voted, At the close he calnily rose.
drew q apenknile and cut his throat three
lines before any one could interfere.
Hedled IN i've minutes without speaking
! word II Is thought that he was iE-
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TIE LAWLLSSNbSS DINOuSCED.
whethsrar Not the Negroes Were Guilty,
the Whites conSpired Against the Peace
of the state.

Whether ar Not the Negroes Were Guilty,
the Whites ConSpired Against the Peace
of the state.
ATLANTA, GA, Dec. 2s.-The Chronicle,
referring to the lynChipg Of the negroes
confined in Jail at Rarnwell, N. O.,
charged with the murder Of two white
citizens, says to-day:
"White men who poh aud shoot
negroes accused OF crime violate the
laws Of God and their country. They
are guilty OF murder, and however re-
voting the crimes supposed to have
been committed by those upon whom
their vengeance Is wrecked, men who
take the Law iu their own hands, who
usurp the places Of Judge and Jury, are
conspirators against tue peace and In
tegrity OF the State, and enemies TO the
most sacred rights aud the only saie.
guard Of the lihsrties of people.
"The shooting Of negroes, whether
guilty or not guilty, by bands Of lawless
white men, II brutal. II lisa disgrace 10
our civilization and a scandal and
shame " any community that tolprates
or perpetrates sgCh qet4 oi lawl6asnesa,
inhNmAnIty aud GFitnah
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Thn lirin MI Iilnrninn,i.

CLEVELAND, o., Dec, 70 Russian In.
duvnza Is quite prevalent in Cleveland.
DR.. Beckwith, a member Of the State
Board Of Health, said there could he no
tlUubt 9i tAe e3lStpBce q lpsny cases oi
the dlseSsS here, aud he viii W report
TO the Board, All GLASSES ol people seem
to hs affected, aud some aru uCOmpellsd "
take TO their beds. No serious results
are apprUh, ndpd.
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TWO sgSASIOylL WEDDINGS.

A Couple OF Well KnOwn Newspaper Men
Married Under Romantic Circumstances,
Special DtsDsteA 10 h ERtslltgeReT.
PENSsBoRo, W, VAn Dec, 2s-Two
sensational weddings among newspaper
men have came to light in this county,
7, A. Brown, Of the Elizabeth (Wirt
county, Times, and Miss Cora Powers, Of
this place, eloped to Marietta and were
married.
Van zeveley, Of the Richie Democrat,
was married to his step,daughter, Miss
Inez Haddox, They were married in
Wheeling.
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PITTSBURGH, Dec, 2O.-At a late hour
last night tlru destroyed the warehouse
Of the Wormser Glass Company at
Laughlin Station, on the Baltimore &
OHIO, sntaillng d loss OF $4,000. Isaac
y. Wormser attributes the fire. to u loco.
motive spark, The warehouse was but
half insured, but will be rebuilt. Last
night was the third Dire for the firm.
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M,KANNAls Vn.lLpREN.
Application OF u Columbus Man to Recover
poAAeAaIph Of hIa LilLIn Onna.


CoLuNuuS, ONO, Dec. sa=.Alexander
McKelRS, y we'll known newspaper
man, has brought suit against Rev.
Father James II. White, Of 81, Joseph
Cathedral, 10 obtain possession Of hls
children, now 10 care Ui Catholic instl.
tutious In this city. Plaintiff says hs 10
abundantly able 10 care for and 4tpporC
his ChildteA, aud Aas hdthyOEed by every
nh6uS iG'RN power tu lain thu control
aud custody ol them, but Tie defendant
refuses 10 Surrender them, or any Oi
them, 10 him, and refuses 10 allow them
to be liberated from the institutions
named, but keeps them In hard labor
there, from which neither tho deleud'
auL nor the children IeOtlvv any BshtHt.
The prayer ID that the Chilllren may bu
ordered UlsUhdtged from unlawful In.
ptiSOnmvnt aud rttpEnpA AtNthelt athSt,
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EVERYBODY SNHHZ[NG.
The Spread Of Influenza in Eu-
rope is Increasing,
SERIOUS PANIC THREATENED
In Paris on Account Of the Rayages
of the Disease The EpIdemlo In
This Country-25,OOO Gases in
PhIladelphia-T Deaths,

LONDON, Dec, 99,-The grippe" hai
actually killed between 200 and 800 per,
sons during the week, and has laid low
some 100000 fresh victims, One esti,
mats places the total number Of the
present victims at l,25OOOO, but allow,
Ing for recOveries the number does not
probably exceed 10000, and never has
an epidemic been more impartial in It's
ravages,
To the long list Of exalted sufferers
cabled last week must now be added the
King and Queen Of Portugal, Duke
Ernst Gunther, Of sChleswig.Molstein
President Carnot the Grandduke Of
Baden, Princess Fedora, OF Sake Mein-
lngen, the Countess Of Flanders and her
sou Prince Baldwin, and the Queen
Regent Of Spain, So many Russian
grand.dukes are III, and their names are
so similar, that IT is Impossible TO keep
track Of them, aud the Czar himself,
after recovering from the original attack,
has been seized with secondary symp'
TONS, which cause considerable anxiety,
a PANIC IN PARIS,
In Paris there is an iuclpient panic
which may spread all over Europe, in
which event there is u consensus OF
medical opinion that the mortality Of
the disease will be greatly augmented
The cause Of dismay 10 Paris Is the sud.
leu announcement chat the average
daily mortality Ut this season OF the year,
which il l2O, rose GU Thursday to $50,
and the Parlsiaus Jumped tO the alarm
iug conclusion that u mujUriIy Of thu
deaths were due To influenza. The facts
10 not warrant such u conclusion, the
increase being almost certainly due TO
sue horrible Seine water now being
served out " the city, aud tue sudden
sold, which carried of mauy aged
people. But the pAnic.striUken people
tre not apt to be logical, aud well'tO.dO
parisians are leaving the city in largt
Iumbers.
GAMING MAY BE SUSPENDED,
The difficulty is wnlLner to escape
rom the epidemic, for in the Riviera the
tlsease is SO rampant that even the
at Monte Carlo have beeh
stricken down, aud it may be necessary
~ close the gaming salUUns temporarily
The Klug Of Portugal has been Ill all
week, and the doctors urged him tO post.
uOue the ceremony ul proclamation. His
Majesty, however, AAtly refused, aud tile
ivCtUrs, after fUruial protest, allowed
uim To leave his bed Tnllsiay, aud take
4 drive to-day. To-day he went through
he fatiguiDg programme presented by
Portuguese court etiquette, apparently
III fairly good health, iut the pay siuiAllu
nave littIe doubt that he Will, ike the
Uzar, have u second attack.
LATER.
The progress Of Influenza continues in |
paiis and there are no slgus Ot an im.
In Munich tue disease 10
increasing, In Berlin it Is accompanied
by DenHIe fever, not affecting the nose,
,arynx or wiuJpipe, but attended by
aud u rise Uttenperalure " |
4bout 104. The symptous disappear in |
three days.
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ClylL SL0YlJa ELIVkMERs,
The COmmlttSO OF The League 10 Have a
Meeting soon.

BUFFALO, N, y, Dec. 20.-rhe Hon.
Sherman Rogers, local member Of The
committee Of Ave, appoInled recently BY
tht National olvllssfvlce Reform League
10 examine into the management Of
the federal civil service, to-day says; III
was hardly contemplated thai suY inl!
pOrlAnl action 'wOuM bH HEtn bY Tie
committees uutIl the ltSt part Of the
cRiilns year. NJ pOnlttenbU has been
held w IbV members yet, although q
meeting Will doubtless be held beiOig q
great while. | thlnk Chairman Faulke,
II Indiana, will come east some lilne 10
January and II 10 probable that We
will assemble at that lme. Z"