The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-27

Ten Merry Makers
SYDNEY. n. s. W., Dec. GA sad acct
lent occurred here to-day to a party Of
merry-makers. resulting in the death OF
ten of them. The owner of q yacht made
up a party of his friends to take a sail, and
twenty-three persons accepted the invita-
ton. ALI went well and everybody on
board were enjoying themselves until the
mouth of the harbor was reached. Here o
severe squall struck the yacht, and before
any preparation could be made to meet it
the vessel capslzed. The squall passed
away. as quickly as it had come. and the
up-turned craft. They succeeded in pick
ing up thirteen persons who were strug-
Cling in the water. bat ten Of the party
were not seen after the yacht turned over.
Ravages of Famine and Disease.
LONDON. Dec. 26.-The ST. Petersburg
correspondent of the Standard says: "A
district of Kicff. Bessaraba. Khartoff.
Koursk, Razsn. Oret. lula and
vorenesh. reports that the peasants are
dying like flies from hunger and disease.
There are no signs OF relief from
the horrors of q hard winter. In
Sebastopol he learned from q trusty
source that cholera Is raging severely on
the Caucasian shore. Hundreds OF deaths
have been reported in the last fortnight"
A dispatch from Paris to the Standard
states that there are three cases of Asiatfc
cholera in Dunkirk. One person died there
of cholera to-day.
Mexico Wants European Emigrants.
Cry OF MEXICO. Dec. 26.-It 10 under
stood thar efforts will be made by the gov
eminent end through other agencies to
turn the tide of emigration which has been
flowing from Europe to the United States
into this country in view Of the probable
passage by the United States Congress of
laws further restricting immigration. 1t is
runored that the authorities of several OF
the Mexican States are preparing to send
immigration commissioners to Italy. Swe
den, Ireland and Germany.
Mrs. Laugrry Has Another Relapse.
LONDON, Dec. 26-Mrs. Lilly Langtry.
whose condition vas reported yesterday
as having favorably passed the critical
point, has suffered a serious relapse.
Mrs. Langtry's physician writes to the
Times that she 10 suffering merely from
perlpmetritis. Although her case Will be a
painful one. and perhaps a long one. he
avs, IL Is far from m
Cable Notes.
The Baron Brian. on Australian million
aire, has committed suicide.
Ten thousand troops nave been modified
to suppress the spreading rebellion In the
Argentine province of Corrientes.
A friGhtfnl domestic tragedy is reported
from Tehuantepec. Mexico. A jealous man
literally chopped to death with q sugar
cane knife his wife, mother-in-law and
sister.in-lsw.
Tho rejection of the Fr~anco-Swiss COM
mercial treaty by the French Chamber Of
land. There 10 q unanimous feeling in
favor of reprisals
Tho usual fatalities from skating on I'M
safe ice are occurring throughout England.
Four skaters have been drowned at Roch-
dale, and three at Wanstead. Various
other instances are reported.
In attempting 10 rescue u young lady
and gentleman who had broken through
the ice on Loeb American. near Inverness.
Scotland, yesterday. General Rice, who had
plunged into the water. was carried by
the current under the unbroken ice and
drowned. -