Denton and Haughton Examiner, etc. — 1889-12-28 (Denton, Greater Manchester, England)

SAP. for Brighton; and in October death swept away, among others, Sir Benjamin Swale, Sir Benamin Phillips, Sir Daniel Gooch, Lord Digby, Lord Fitzgerald, Sir C. J. wolaeley, the Earl of Orkney, Viscount Torrington, end the Earl of Leven.  NOTE/MIR brought full and graphic details of the doings of Stanley In the wilds of lirMa on his expedition for the relief of Ernie Pasha. A letter received on the 4th told of the capture and subsequent release of Ernie, and that the Equatorial provinces had hadto be surrendered by him lathe Mandist.. The 7th brought • deapatch reporting the maasthre of Dr. Carl Peters, • German explorer, In Masai, and • week later intelligence came confirming the sad statement. New, of the 20th told of the arrival of Stanley and Ernie at Mporapiirs ; and on the 25th was published the first of a series of lengthy letters from the hold finder of Livingatone, particularising Us. unexampled dangers and difficulties he had been enabled to surmount, and giving an account of the Interesting incidents attending the rescue of Endo. AL the world was startled by sudden report of a revoluton having taken place in Brazil,whereby, with. out bloodshed or confusion, the Emperor Dom l'edro was dethroned, and he and his family sent summarily into exile, • Republic being formed forthwith, accepted by the people of Brazil with seeming general consent, and in due course recognised by other nations. By the fall of • new factory wall in Glasgow on the Ist, a large number of poor gbl weavers met with instant death, and heartrending scenes we-e witneseed during the searching of the dihrie for the bodies of those crushed thereunder. Judge Bristowe, of the Nottingham County Court, was shot down by • disappointed German litigant on the 19th. Removed to hospital and attended by his daughter. hi. Honour was for • long time in a very grave condition. A tragic incident at Dalston on the 27th was the murder by Mrs. Annie South of her two children, and her subsequent suicide. 'The fever hospital at Rotheeter was deetroyed by fire the 29th. Si, Sydney Waterlow, a leading citizen. 041 the 12th intimated be  intention to present foe the publle big band some and extenaive park at Highgate - hill and shortly afterwards Sir Edward Guinness, th• millionaire brewer, made over to trustees for the pus DOM of betterhig the housing of the poor of Loud. and Dublin a sum of • quarter of a million sterling Oiclasures connected with the promotion of hmite liability companies, arising from financial libel suitu and prosecution* of journalists for alleged "blact in London, aroueed • good deal of sensation during November. A threatened bakers' strike, for which extensive preparations tad been made, Ira obviated on the 18th. at the eleventh hour, by th, masters conceding the demands of the men; and an impending turn.out of South London tram conductors was averted amicably on the 22nd. Laurie, murdered young Mr. Rome, of London, tourist, on Goatfell, a mountainous futneas of Anon, and we, sentenced to death, received a reprieve on the 28th and his penalty was commuted to one of life servitude During November that magnificent piece of yogi nearing work, the Forth Bridge, mu finally completed ; and the death occurred of Mr. Walker, the contractor for the Manchester Ship Canal, great progress with the construction of which had been made. The Lord Mayor's Show initia ting on the frth Sir It. A. Imam' year of office was the most magnificent spectacle of its character which had eves taken place. On the 7th the Paris Exhibition finally closed. On the sth the Prince of Wales and Prince George left Cairo for Alexandria, and made a short sojourn in Egypt Lord Falmouth, Fred Clay, the composer, Martin Farquhar Tupper, the poet, and Lord Blackford died in November. The 22nd saw the laid of the public sittings of 128 in number of the Parnell Commlsaion.  Dace's-era's incoming wu marked by keen and general frost, and on the 4th and sth skating was indulged in in many parts of the country; but it was not until the 'ith that the first snowfall of the season occurred in London, though earlier storms bad been experienced earlier in the provinces, in some cases creating deep drifts of snow, which greatly impeded traffic. On the 2nd Mousse Bey etas acquitted at Constantinople on the charge of corruption and gross cruelty which had been preferred against him. President Harrison's Message to the Vnited States Congreas was read on the 3rd, and appeared to afford general satisfaction in America. Jefferson Davis, the celebrated Confederate leader, died on the 6th. Stanley and Frain arrived safely at Bagamoyo after their long seclusion in the African interior on the 4th, and the same day a sad and aerions accident occurred to the rescued Elvin, he injuring himself gravely by a fall, resulting from his defective sight. The day following, Stanley, who met with a most enthusiss it reception, reached Zanzibar, and proceeded to arrange for his homeward voyage forthwith. Mr. Gladstone addressed on Dec. 2nd and following days great meetings In Manchester in connection with • conference of the National Liberal Association, The Salvation Army' headquarters in London was greatly damaged by fire on the 3rd; and South London was threatened with darkness by 1700 gas stokers giving on the sth a week's notice of intention to cease work because of a disagreement concerning contracts between employers and employed. The Company, however, engaged others in the place of the strikers. A despatch received in Rome on the 7th from Massowah announced that Degiac Mangascia and Alula had been totally defeated in • great battle in Abyssinia by Desist sejum and Degisc Sebhot, Chief of Agame. During December Captain Plunkett, an Irish Commissioner of Police, whore services were held in high esteem by Government, and who figured prominently among the witnesses, examined before the Parnell Special Commission, died; as also did Mr. MacDonald, manager of the MRes newspaper, who likewise pave important testimony in the same cause. Searle, champion souller of the world, was smitten down suddenly with fever in Melbourne; Robert Browning. the poet, died in Italy, and was subsequently buried in Westminster Abbey; and Chief Constable Wilhamson, head of the detective department at Scotland-yard, died In London. Smithfield Cattle Show, though the exhibit, were less in number than at the preceding fixture, was a great success from the quality atandpoint, d her Majesty, for the first Mote, carried off the championship prize for the beet beast in the show. Prince Albert Victor, out on a tour in India, visited in the second week of the month the rook-bonded Cost at Trichinopoly and the famous Temples co the Island of Berisgham. A sad calamity occurred on the lOtn at Johnatown, Philadelphia, where the floods wrought such awful havoc earlier on in the year, many lives being lost In a panic at a theatre Trouble was threatened during December by the action of Portugal respecting British traders in East Africa.