The Pontypridd District Herald and Rhondda Valley, Llantrisant, Caerphilly, and Mountain Ash News. — 1891-11-14 (Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

GRISIII IN RERUN. ' r; iflo.l. ',OF Aut—S ibi.nr,A.nl4,,, 4tricinz Or A. HAW*. ' • • Brazil are at present rather unsettled. The financial crisieln Berlin Umtata* to betoome: .Outbreaks e reported to have occurred in various more and more eerious. To- the' faituree, of the provincea. A Rio de Janeiro te - • . •to he New banking firms of Sehliorkel, Hikehfeld and Wolff; . Perk Ile) 1 s4oter-4 lOWA, •e,.. ~ Fonand Leipziger, is now to be /Jaded eater Fried, seeti's adti hi ustfthing the :, .4' very hinder and Sommerfeld, wlrile .soirerol more are generally petctetil %ere. Lit 1i.,.....>r . fie% believed to be on the point of collapsing. In each exists in t Minds of the bda, , 7-1, . . soot case the deficit.appears to have been caused by the that a con iracy really existed for the purpose ef extravagant mode of life of the priocinFals, and by overthrow •g ' the Government. The President,' Stook Exchange gernbling. , In his man' sto explaining the causes of the change The greatest excitement was caused by a report of Govern cut ant/. the dieettietion of f...A that Herr Sigmund Sontmerfeld mid his son, Feint, declares t t the abts' 6f that 'body were' both of whom are partners in .the banking house pettoppal imosity towards him, and not to a of Friedlander and Sommerfeld, haA' committed a esiro for e welfare of the people. The Marshal suicide. Or/ inquiry it transpired that both also sAys at the Administration has bilen VIM gentlemen had shot themselves,' and had been atantly em massed, and many of its functidne here' conveyed in a dangerous condition to the been suepe ded by. the reoctieuagtrojecteof the Charite Hospital, where one of tkienu is re- opposition willithilantliadAD:dto ipaiiMeenong ported to have succumbed to his injuries. the public. In conclusion the mani.esto says that flt seems that owing to the crisis numerous the Presid t assumed fall responsibility for the oustomers lost confidence, and withdrew their dissolution f Congress, and that he fit deter Mined deposits from the bank. One of these depositors to euppres anarchy and disorder at whatever cost. was not at once satiefied, and immediately went to He guararitees free elections and ooastitutional the police, who at his request examined the books. government, with peace and good order. Be will , It was in order to avoid arrest that the two respect alit pecuniary emmgements, all acquired partners decided to commit suiettle'between 12 and rights, audiall legal contracts, and will repeal none 1 o'clock, while soma of •the clerks were at the of -the existing laws except In cases where they are' Bourse and the others had gone to dinner. They opposed to the common good and to the safety of ' locked themselves ht their private office. Felix the Government." Somerfeld sat down on a sofa while his brother The folloilving telegram has been' received front took an arm chair, and each prepared to take his Val liBo 1-" News has reached here from Rio •. .. co that lies.  ITE 8'  hlasters  lite, as it appears, according to a. well premeditated plan. Each cut open the artery 04 the left wrist, then shot himself, the two shots being heard almost simultaneously. Each shot hinitelf through the right temple, and received althoet the same injuries. The firm of Friedlinder end .461orrinserfeld is of many years' standing, and has hitlipsto held a good position in the financial world, its customers, who belong chiefly to the middle classes, being spread over almost the whole of Germany. Much of its Capital had, however, been locked op in industrial enterprises, and this, coupled with heavy withdrawals of deposits by many of the principal customers owing to the failure of Ivlestars. Hirschfield and Wolff, placed the establishment in an embarrassed position. Herr Friedlander, the senior . .  alp/intim, , .de Janeiro that NI arena Dendoro In Fonseca, the Dictator, lies. had a -long conference with the Viscount di Ono-Pr, . formerly President of the Council, soil Semher Joaquin Nabtito, both prominent Impeitialiste. oPhislias given rise to the 'hope qatriong the pupparbille of *he okl ri;gime than Dom ;Pedro may tekern. Whey also say that in the true of his decliting the Throne would be offered to libel Comte d'Ett, husband of I).inn Pedrp's daughter, tiie Princess Isabella. Itteie sl4ries aro mirely r m however, atid the President publicly promises a , 4 eonstitutional G o vern ment.  partner, who is at present staying at Mentone, has been informed by telegraph of the tragedy. As the result of the failure there has, been a tremendous rim on the private banks by Aepositors Sigmund Somerfehl, the elder of the two brothers, bas since succumbed to his injuries. There is leas excitement on 'Change.