Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-02
ID EDITION.
PARNELL. IN DUBLIN.
VBrien Said to Have Returned to His
Old Chief.
LATE NEWS FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
A Cherokee Commission Coming to
Washington.
A COLLISION THE FOG.
Late NEWS FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
A COLLISION INTHE FOG.


Great Suffering Caused in London by the
Extreme Cold weather.
LONDON, Jan. 2.-The severe weather II At
tended in London by an Unusual amount Of
destitution, the number of persons seeking
refuge nightly in the casual wards being greater
than for several winters past Coal is reaching
such prices in Glasgow that the poor quarters
OF the city are suffering for want
OF 1t. The dealers who have consid-
erable stocks are in some instances holding
back for higher prices, and appalling cases Of
destitution and suffering are reported. The
authorities find themselves overwhelmed with
applications for relief which, owing to the
scarcity OF fuel on account Of the railway
strike, they have been unable to adequately
deal with. 1t il hoped that a. the strike seems
to be breaking up the condition Of affairs will
soon be ameliorated.
WOMEN woRIKns III LONDON.
The condition Of female employment In the
metropolis is attracting much needed alton
tirn. Many women engaged in the match-bOx
trade are employed from z in the morning I'M
til 10 or II at night and on Fridays they often
work all night, providing their own paste and
string and fuel FOR drying their boxes, and al
this for from five shillings and nix pence to
but they almost starve and, aaid Mrs. LAbou-
chere, starve is bad enough, but to work and
starve is a hideous wrong.
THE POATUoUBE FINANCES.
Satisfies just published concerning Portu-
guese finances are Of an alarming character.
The debt Of Portugal has increased and the
government expenses have increased 400 per
cent. The revenue has only trebled meantime,
and the annual deficit has become fourteen
times greater than at the beginning of the
period named.
MISCELLANEOUS roHKIaH nArrxRs.
The Vienna police are convinced that the
man named Simon, arrested in Germany on
the charge Of being the head Of robber gang
in various capitals of Europe, is also connected
with the anarchist societies Of the Austrian
capital, and that part of the plumber was used
for their purposes.
Lord Salisbury is reported to have sent as
surances to Ottawa that there is no change in
the status of the Behring sea question and will
tratiOn; that IN the meantime British subjects
will continue to be protected in lawful pur-
suits.
A citizen Of Vienna, named Pillwax, and three
guides performed the remarkable feat Satur-
day Of ascending the Gross Glockner. the IA
nous peak Of the Carinthian Alps, in tenn
perature Of 20 degrees centigrsde
James Mggs, the sole survivor Of the Mcclure
expedition for the rescue of Sir John Franklin
has just died in London.
Dr.. Boris Of Kaschauk, Hungary, has discov-
cred q remarkable cure Tor diphtheria. He haa
been using it in his private practice for some
time and reports that only * per cent Of the
cases treated proved fatal
VALUABLE MANSION BURNED.
LoSDos, jan 2.-Lord Lymonton's uaansion,
Hursbourne Park, Whitechureh, Hsnts, and the
contents of bis priceless library, together with
some most valuable works Of art, have been de-
stroyed by fire.
THE ANARCHIST coNoRxss.
MADRID, Jan. a-The Anarchist congress 10
announced to meet at Alciente during the
present year.
LIBERAL RxFoRaB IN AusTH1A-HuNaARY
PEsTH, Jan. 2.-Ex-Prime Minister Nasau, in
a speech congrasulating Premier szspary On
behalf Of the liberal party eulogized Count
Szapary's service and promised him support in
bis projected liberal refOrme. Herr Timau
condemned the symptoms Of religious intoler-
ance which have appeared, and said that the
liberals would not permit the state preserving
institutions which Count Andrassy created to
be destroyed. Herr Tissau added that any
attempt to weaken the liberal party would be
futile.
FIFTY STRIKING ENGINEERS REruRN.
GLASGOW, Jan. Fifty engine drivers who
left the employ Of the North British Railroad
Company when the strike was declared have
resumed work on the company's terms. The
strike also, 80 far as this road Is concerned, is
now virtually at an end.
DOCK LABoRKEs RESUME WORK
LoHDoS, Jan. 2.-Owing to the manifesto Is
sued by Messrs. Mann and Gillett, the trades
unionists leaders, declaring that the strike Of
the Victory dock laborers for pay during their
dinner hour was unauthorized, the men have
sulkily resumed work.
FATAL EXPLOSION IN wEsTPHALlA
BERLIN, Jan. IA dispatch from Bochun,
Westphslia, announces that disastrous explo-
sion has taken place in o coal pit at that place.
The total number of lives lost is unknown. The
bodies Of two men killed and nine injured have
been recovered from the pit, but it is feared
that number Of other miners have persisted.
PoR1UaALs FLOATING DEBT.
LONDON, Jan. "A dispatch from Lisbon to
the Daily Ne,cs states that negotiations are
being conducted between the Portuguese gov
eminent and French syndicate for the con-
solidation of the floating debt of Portugal If
the negotiations are successfully accomplished
before maturing Of the existing debt the syn
dictate will be granted certain privileges.
ARCHBISHOP cBoxE REMAINS IN DUBLIN.
DUBLIN, Jan. 2.-The report that Archbishop
Croke had started for Paris is untrue. His
grace is still in the city.
DESIGNED AS A GIFT TO THE POPE.
PARIS, Jan. 2.-Father Didon has commenced
q series Of sermons which viii be delivered in
the church of La Madeleine, with the object of
soliciting subscriptions to erect q church at
Rome present to the pope upon the occasion
Of the celebration of his episcopal jubilee.
VENERABLE FRENCH AUTHOR DEAD.
PABis, Jan. 2.-Aiphonse Pyrant, the French
author, is dead. He was born June q, 1872, at
Toulouse.
Peculiar Gift to the Pope.
Special Cable Dispatch to The Evening Star
PARIS, Jan. 2.-The sossips are busily dis