The New York Herald Newspaper, December 26, 1878, Page 5

Sy f pe ab re ' 4 "i ¥" 4 f ‘ Re “4 ” NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1878. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS From All Parts of the World. AN EPIDEMIC OF REGICIDE. Turkey Comes to Terms with Austria. nnn, SHERE ALI’S FLIGHT. Drowning of Forty-eight Children in France. [BY CABLE TO THE HERALD.] Loxpos, Dec, 26, 1878. A despatch to the Standard, from Copenhagen, says shotel keeper has been arrested on the charge of threatening to shoot the King. AUSTRIA AND TURKEY COME TO TERMS. Caratheodori Pacha and Count Zichy have agreed, at Constantinople, upon a preamble which will enable a definitive convention to be concluded between Turkey and Austria relative to Novi-Bazar and Bosnia. Tho articles of the convention will be discussed here- after. The preamble does not distinctly repeat recognition of the Sultan’s sovereignty and of the provisional character of the Austrian occupation. A despatch to the Times, from Vienna, states that Buleiman Pacha, who alleged that the conduct of the Turkish armies during the late war was due to Damad Pacha’s orders, has been pardoned. ‘THE AMEER GONE. The Agence Russe, of St.Petersburg, says the report of the Ameer's departure for Balkh with the Russian Mission has not been officially confirmed. ¥ORTY-KIGHT CHILDREN DROWNED, ‘The ‘Telegraph's Paris despatch says forty-eight children were drowned by the breaking of ice on a pond at Chapelle-Hoche, in the Department of the Orne, CAPTAIN AND OFFICERS OF THE POMMERANIA ACQUITTED, A despatch to the Daily Telegrapk, from Ber- lin, states that the captain and officers of the steamship Pommerania have been acquitted. The inquiry decided that human effort aid all that was possible to avoid collision and loss of life. THREATENED TROUBLE IN BOSNIA. ‘The Bosische Correspondens, of Vienna, states that 2 former prominent Bosnian leader has threatened the inhabitants of Serajevo that he will raise 40,000 men in Novibazar to punish the partisans of the Austrians, ‘The same person has been agitating against the Albanian League, who discountenance his designs against the Austrians. The League accord- ingly arrested him. / CHURCH AND STATE. The Great Council of Geneva has accepted the prin- ciple of separation of Church and State, and has ap- pointed a committee to examine the Separation bill. SNOW IN GREAT BRITAIN. Another snow storm has blockaded the Scotch rail- ‘ways worse than ever, It is thawing in London. THE STEAMSHIP LOUISIANA. STILL FAST ON THE ROCKS—EFFORTS MAKING TO SAVE THE VESSEL AND CARGO. [By CABLE TO THE HERALD.] Baivist, Dec. 25, 1878. The State line steamship State of Lou- isiana, Captain Johnstone, is still on the rocks in Larne Lough, Wrecking vessels ‘were engaged all day taking out the cargo. One lighter, loaded with goods from the Louisiana, arrived here this evening. Work had to be stopped before nightfall, owing to the strong wind that sprung up. It will be resumed at the earliest opportunity. The steam tugs Shamrock and Rennon are still at the scene of the wreck ii order to assist the Louisiana off when the cargo is removed. The chief offi- cers of the wrecking company express the hope that the steamship may be got off to- morrow if the weather shall moderate. The accident occurred at half-past eight o'clock Tuesday morning during a dense fog. Hunter's Rock is situated near Island Magihamort, near the point at which the steamship Canadian went ashore Septem- ber 18, 1876. STEAMER SUNK. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] Nonvorx, Va., Dec. 25, 1878, The steamer ‘Thomas Jefferson, Captain Conkling, plying between Norfolk and Elizabeth City, N. C., struck a snag about fifteen miles out, this morning, and sunk. She had a party of tourists on board and &@ quantity of merchandise. Her freight and passen- = were safely landed, Efforts will be made to raise steamer to-morrow. ACCIDENT TO THE SHIP SERVIA. SUPPOSED CONTACT WITH A SUNKEN WRECK IN THE SOUND-—-THE VESSEL LEAKING BADLY PUTS INTO NEWPORT—CARGO UNINJURED. (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Newront, R. L, Dec, 25, 1878. Captain Spicer, of the ship Servia, of Windsor, N.S., from New York bound to London, England, with a cargo of flour and corn, which arrived bere last night in distress, makes the following report:— Tleft New York on the 23d inst. and City Island on the morning of the 24th, the wind blowing strong from the west. I proceeded down the sound under topsail, the vessel in charge of a pilot. ‘THE VESSEL STRIKES. At twenty minutes past one o'clock the same day when off Little Gull Island, and just as the pilot's boat was leaving, the ship struck very lightly, in my opinion coming in contact with a sunken wreck. I immediately called out to the pilot, but the wind was blowing so strong at the time evidently did not hear me, the boat being at the time about a ship's length distant. The sex was running very bigh and 1 had some little apprebension for bis safety, We were ¢ E. 8. E., and were from ono quarter to one half of amile from the shore. Soon after she struck I found the vessel was ‘ing and put all hands at the pumps. Finding that the water was gaining, I bore up for Newport, where we arrived lust night, Assistance was secured on our arrival, and the exhausted crew were relieved. The water had meantime gained twenty inches, A large crew from the shore have been pumpiug ali night and will con- tinue to do so. This morning the Revenue cutter Bamuel Dexter towed the leaking vessel to the inner harbor. Captain John Waters, the well known sub- marine diver, is alongside with his vessel, aud will examine her bottom to-morrow. THE CARGO. The cargo, which the captain thinks uninjured, is consigned to W. T, Harwood & Co., London, and is fully insured. The ship will be towed to New York where she will have to discharge before proceeding. FISHERMEN MISSING. Grovcrsten, Mass., Dee, 25, 1878. George Hale and George Matthews started Monday morning inadory for the offshore fishing ground and have not been heard froin since, It is supposed that they overloaded their de Both ‘were residents of this city. spars start BRAZILIAN COFFEE MARKETS. Rio J. Rxemnge on Londo, 21%, 10 JANEIRO, Deo, 24, 1978, Co jv, goud Ureis, 5,400 @ 5,500 reis per ten kilos. Market animated. Large sales for [r Unived States, AxTOS, Dec. ‘ Coflee—Superior Satos, 4800 a 5.0 reis pert ton iilon GALE ON THE SOUND. STEAMERS DETAINED BY THE BAD WEATHER. {BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] Newport, R. 1, Dec, 25, 1873. ‘The wind has been blowing very hard here during the past twenty-four hours, and the steamer Old Cclony, of the Fall River line, was oblige to retura last night, the weather being unusually heavy out- side. ‘The Newport, of the same line, is also de- tained at this end of the route. The steamer Santee, from Fall River for New York, has veen detained here twenty-four hours. The pilot boat Caprice, of New York, arrived here this afteyioon. She has been off the coast three days and reports very boisterous weather. THE COLD AND THE SNOW. WESTERN RAILROAD TRAINS STUCK IN THE SNOW—AN UNPLEASANT CHRISTMAS FOR THE PASSENGERS, [Bx TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] Burraxo, Dec, 25, 1878. ‘The snow embargo still continues on most of the railroads entering this city. The New York Central succeeded, by the use of four engines, in getting a snow plough propeller through from Rochester, and at eleven o'clock to-night a train of sixteen coaches, drawn by eight engines, pushing a snow plongh, started East on the Buffalo and Southwestern. The train which left the city at two o'clock Tuesday afternoon when three miles out becume stuck in the snow, and all efforts to release it proved unavailing. ‘A WELCOME CHRISTMAS DINNER. ‘The passengers had to remain in the c afternoon, when they were extricated by a train sent out by the Lake Shore road. A lunch'was taken to the passengers by this relief train, and they say, after twenty-seven hours fasting, the lunch proved the Dest of Christmas dinners. ‘The Erie road is completely blockaded, and the Canada Southern got two trains through which wero several hours late. Their ferryboat became stuck fast in the ice at Amherstburg yesterday and to-day, causing considerable delay. ‘TRAIN IN THE SNOW, A New York Central train, which came through via Lockport, is now in the snow four miles out, where it has been nearly all day. The storm still continues, the wind being about forty miles an hour, and the snow continues to drift so that all attempts to dig out the railroads prove discouraging. SNOW STORM ALONG THE LINE OF THE CENTRAL BOAD. Utica, N. ¥., Dec. 25, 1878, A blustering snow storm prevails here. The snow plough on the Utica and Black River road came through from Carthage at twenty minutes to nine o'clock. this evening, and will be followed by the Og- densburg train at half-past eleven P, M. The delay on this road was occasioned by an accident to a wood train. A train for Ogdensburg and Watertown will leave here at seven o'clock to-morrow morning. The snowfall between Utica and Carthage was for a brief time the heaviest ever known. The Central road trains on the Albany and Syracuse division are running comparatively regular. AN UNPRECEDENTED SNOW STORM—BRAILBOAD TRAFFIC IMPEDED. Warertows, N. ¥., Dec. 25, 1878, ‘An unprecedented enow storm has been raging in this section since last Saturday, and the snow is four feet in depth. No trains from Rome, on the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad, have arrived here since Monday night. A train which left Rome ycs- terday morning is stalled in the snow at Sandy Creek, and a train that left Utica yesterday afternoon on the Utica and Black River Road lies at Lowville. All trains on both roads have been savandoned, The storm does not extend as far north as Ogdensburg. ‘The weather is moderate and no serious casualties have been reported. BAILROAD TRAINS STALLED IN THE SNOW. Oswego, N. ¥., Dec. 25, 1878. The storm has increased since yesterday afternoon, and trains on the Delaware, Lackawanna and West- ern, and Rome, Watertown and mnsburg railroads are stalledin snow. No trains arrived from the West yesterday. ‘THREE FEET OF SNOW IN ONTARIO. Porr CoLporne, Ont, Dec, 25, 1878, ‘This section has been visited by the heaviest snow storm for many years.’ The snow now lies to the depth of three feet for ten miles inland. Railroad traffic is considerably delayed. FISHING CABINS CARRIED AWAY BY AN ICE BREAK, Pont Neur, Quebec, Dec, 25, 1878, The icein the river broke away last night taking with it twenty-seven fishing cabins and two men. Search was made forthe men along the beach, but nothing has been heard of them up to the present ime. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE FROM ANCHOR ICE. Pxovipence, R. I., Dec, 25, 1878. At the White Rock Mill, in Westerly, Inst night, anchor ice formed on the dam, and being held by a low bridge over the dam raised the water so as to fore out the bulkhead gate and flood the basement of the mill about four feet. The loss is principally on stock and is estimated at from $3,000 to $5,000, The damage will be repaired by Monday next. EXTREME COLD IN THE FAR WEST. Sr. Louis, Mo., Dec, 25, 1878. A Kansas City despatch says the weather for the past week has been the severest kuowo in that region for twenty years. Over two feet of snow covers the earth, while the mer- cury has been several degrees below zero. ‘The Missouri River has been closed tor a week and the ice is afoot thick. The entire transportation over- land is now transacted by sleighs, MIDNIGHT WEATHER REPORT. War DEPARTMENT, } Ovvick OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OvFIcER, Wastineton, Doc, 26—1 A. M. Indications, For Thursday, in the South Atlantic and Gulf States, stationary or falling barometer, north and cast winds, stationary temperatures, cloudy weather, with rains, will prevail. For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley, Upper Missis- sippi and Lower Missouri valleys and the lake region, falling barometer, warmer south and west winds, clear or partly cloudy weather, and over the lakes occasional snow. For the Middle Atlantic States and New England, falling barometer, warmer southwest to northwest winds, increasing cloudiness, possibly followed by snow at northern stations. ‘The rivers will continue falling. THE WEATHER YESTERDAY, ‘The following record will show the changes in tho tomperature for the past twenty-four hours in com- parison with the corresponding date of last year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s pharmacy, Heratp ware ak ‘218 Broadway :— N78, 1877. 1878. 33 15 3:30 P. M.... 43 23 32 wb M.. 40 Ww coy Ww 3S Ww 12 M....... 40 20 - oa 16 Average temperature y Average temperature for corresponding date last year... “ FATAL SHOOTING AFFRAY. A LIVELY DAY FOR THE POLICE AT THE NA+ TIONAL CAPITAL. Wasurnoton, Dec, 25, 1878, An affray occurred this afternoon ina restaurant on Pennsylvania avenue, called the “Marble Saloon,” in which Samuel Emery, who is very respectably con- nected, shot and almost instantly killed James Coombs, until very recently employed as a collector by « leading furniture warehouse in this city. Both are young men, cach about twenty-six years of age, and both very well known in this city. It scems that Coombs was shot accidentally, as Emery intended to shoot at other parties, who, in the course of a general row, had assaulted him very desperately. His triends claim that cted in self-deience, Coombs was in the saloon at the time, but was not engaged in the affray. The weapon used was aColt revolver, the ball entoring the forehead and coming out at the back of the head. ‘There have been an unusual number of afirays to- day and the record at the police stations shows a very I Frese of arrests of parties drunk and dis- orderly. A FEW SHOTS EXCHANGED, [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Macon, Ga., Dec. 25, 1878, R. V. Nottingham and 8, H. Jemison renewed a for- mer difficulty to-day, and exchanged several shots on the street. Nottingham was severely wounded in the breast, Jemison in the hand aud shoulder, ANOTHER BOSTON TRAGEDY. Terrible Results of an Un- happy Marriage. WIFE MURDER AND SUICIDE. An Old Man’s Hallucination and Its Consequences. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD. } Bostox, Dec. 25, 1878. Some time during Tuesday evening a most horrible crime was committed at No. 35 Sudbury street, in this city, in which two persons, a man and his wife, met their death. So cold blooded and deliberate a murder has not been committed tor many months, and the only recent parallel case is that of the Poplar street tragedy. DETAILS OF THE TRAGEDY. The facts of the case are as follows:—Yesterday morning, as the captains of the police divisions were holding their customary consultation with Superin- tendent Adams at the City Hall, two gentlemen, brothers, by name Charles G. and Albert F. Wilson, entered and stated that their father, Mr. Ezra Wilson, had shot his wife and then committed suicide at his store, No, 85 Sudbury street, and that the bodies were lying there, A detail of police, upon arriving at the store, found the two sons awaiting them, and they all entered, when, upon proceeding to the rear of the store, a horrible sight met their gaze. Upon the floor,‘lying opposite the centre door and to the left of the remaining entrance, was Mrs. Wilson; while further back, between two marble top tables used for rolling candy, lay Mr. Wilson’ in a, pool of blood, Both man and wife were dead. Medical Examiner Harris was called. He ordered the bodies taken to the Morgue. Besides other articles taken from Mr. Wil- son’s body was $207, which, by direction of Dr. Harris, was given to Mr. Charles G. Wilson, at the request of his brother Albert. AN UNHAPPY MARRIAGE. The facts of this crime are briefly told, It seems that Mr. Wilson is from Lawrence, where he formerly was in the confectionery business and where he made the acquaintance of Miss Nellie R. Wright, then employed in the Pemberton mills, and whom he mar- ried on July 31, of the present year. ‘Their married life was not pleasant, and they lived together but a short time, she obtaining a situation as gov- erness, and he living first in his store, but subsequently with bis son Charles, at 15 Cham- bers street. On the Tuesday afternoon prior to Christmas business was evidently brisk, and con- siderable confectionery was manufactured. Mr. Charles G. Wilson and his wife were in the rear room, which is used as a workshop, when about five o’clock a lady entered the front room. Charles re- marked to his wife that he thought that was his father's wife. Soon after his father rushed into the rear apartment and in an excited tone cried:— “I want you to go home just as quick as possible: don’t wait, but go now.” # Mr. Charles then said:—‘Father, we are going to have a Christmas tree at the house to-night, and we want you to come, as we have lots of presents for you.” Mr. Wilson replied:—‘‘No,” and urged that they leave immediately, which they did, not even finishing the packing of some boxes upon which they were en- gaged. Supposing that their father had important business to transact, and knowing his excitable na- ture, they thought it best todo as directed. Thoy heard Mrs. Wilson remark to her husband that “sho must take the 6:40 train,” and as one leaves at that time for Lawrence, it is thought she contemplated passing Christmas in that place. This was the last seen of Mr. Wilson until yesterday morn- ing, when both he and his wife were found stiff and cold in death’s embrace. DISCOVERY OF THE MURDER. Both Charles and Albert passed a sleepless night, as a dark foreboding seemed to point toward some approaching evil. At about half-past eight o'clock they proceeded toward the store, their father not having returned home, but upon ar- riving opposite and finding the shutters up and the door locked felt, much relieved. But this was quickly dispelled when, upon lovking over the door shutter, they discovered the lights over the counter burning. The porter of the adjoining store was washing the windows, and, borrowing a stool which he was using, they placed it in front of the door, and reaching through the transom light pulled the bolt and thus forced an entrance. Nothing seemed out of place in the front room, but upon reaching the rear apartment a ghastly sight met their gaze. To the left of the door was Mrs. Wilson, with a bullet hole in the lett temple, from which had trickled a tiny stream of blood, She lay upon her back, with hat and cloak on, as if she had been in the act of passing out when the fatal shot struck her, Beside her, and clasped by its ring, was a wire bird cage, wrapped in a shawl, the bird beating restlessly against the wires as if heart broken at the death of itg mistress. Between the centre table and that against the south wall lay Mr. Wilson, the feet to ward his wife, his head resting upon some empty bags. The body was face downward, and under the right side was the fatal cause of the deed, a revolver. From the head stretching toward the rear of the room was a ghastly pool of blood, while upon the centre table were found drops of blood, as well as upon the edge of the one to the left, CAUSE OF THE TRAGEDY, ‘The motive for this terrible deed can only be at- tributed to the age of Mr. Wilson and to an haltuci- nation that his wife was not as true to him as sho should have been. He was a benevolent gentleman, whose heart was filled with generosity and who never refused the neody. He was a kind fathor, and one who by his example had reared two noble sons, who are prostrated by their parents’ death. He was about sixty years of ago, highly respected and doing a good business. Mrs. Wilson was a native of Foxcroft, Me., and was # pure, noble minded woman, devotedly attached to her husband, and whose only fault was his doubts of her constancy, which for some reason seemed uncontrollable, DARING ROBBERY ON LONG ISLAND. VIOLENT ENTRANCE OF A FARM HOUSE BY MASKED BOBBERS—THE FARMER AND HIS WIFE SERIOUSLY INJURED—UNAVAILING PUL- SUIT OF THE MISCREANTS, (BY TELEGRAPH To THE HERALD.) Jamarca, Dec, 25, 1878. At four o'clock this morning four men broke into the house of William Marsh, a farmer at Glendale, in the town of Newtown, demolishing the door with a hammer, Marsh fired two shots at thei from the second story while they were effecting an entrance. Before he could reioad his gun the thieves were upon him, and after he had felled one of them he was him- self knocked down and most shockingly beaten with pistols ana clubs, THE WOMAN SILENCED, Mrs, Marsh locked herseif in her room and, getting out of the window to the piazza roof, cried lustily for help. The thieves knocked the lock off, dragged her into the room and almost smothered her in the bed, One man then stood guard over her, while Mr. Marsh lay unconscious on the floor, bleeding profasely. One of the thieves tied a stout twine around his neck 80 tightly that he almost strangled. THE ROPER ‘They then ransacked the house {rom cellar to gar- ret and found $400 and $250 wortn of jewelry, which they carried off. Mrs. Marsh thought her husband dead and alarmed the neighbors, some of whom armed themselves and started by different ways in the hope of apprehending the villains, but failed. OFFICIALS SUMMONED. This afternoon Coroner Wood, of Jamaica, and Dr. Wood were summoned to Giendale, the Coroner to take Marsh’s ante-mortem statement aud the Doctor to examine into his condition, The wounds—five in ntmber—were all on Marsh’s head, and his right knee was swollen to an enormous size from a sprain. Dy. Wood thinks that with care Marsh wil through it. Mess Marsh says she will be able to tdontify two of the men, They lefta loaded revolver under the body of Mr, Marsh. The men wore masks, live CONFLAGRATIONS. ARUEBER MANUFACTORY IN TRENTON BURNED— LOSS AND INSUKANCE—VALUABLE RESIDENCE DESTROYED. (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Trentox, N, J., Dec. 25, 1873. The rubber manufactory owned by John F. Hou- ayer, formerly the works of the Trenton Manufac- turing company, and now operated by the Star Rub- ber Company, caught fire from some unknown cause and was entirely destroyed to-day with its contents. The loss will reach $20,000. THE INSURANCE. Tho insurance on the building is as follows:— Home, of New York; Guardian, of London; Manhat- tan, of New York; Queen, of England; Hurtford, of Hartford; North America, of Philadelphia; Pennsyl- yania Fire, and Reliance, of Philadelp! ‘The insurance on the stock is as follow ciation, and North British, of Philadelphia, $2,500 each, ct RESIDENCE BURNED. The residence of Colonel William P. Wilson was iscovered on fire at tive this evening, supposed to have caught from a defective flue, Mz Wilson and family weve in Philadelphia, TI siderable other howschold property building, which is still, burning, will be entirely destroyed. ‘fhe loss will be between $6,000 and $8,000, partly covered by insurance. Several firemen were badly frozen, FIRE IN A STEAMSHIP, i PHILADELeHta, Dec. 25, 1878. A fire broke out this morning in the coal bunkers of the steamship Athens, of the Blue line, while lying off the Girard Point elevator, ‘The hatches wero battened down, the apartment flooded with water and the flames finally extinguished, ‘The Athens was to have sailed on Saturday tor Lurope. NARROW ESCAPE OF THE OCCUPANTS OP A BURNING BUILDING, Nonwicu, Coun,, Dec. 25, 1878. A slight fire occurred in H. C. Kloppeuburg’s store this afternoon. No great damage was done, but the smoke was so dense fora few minutes as to endanger the lives of several occupants of the buildin; Miss A. M. Hewitt was rescued in a fainting condition by the firemen. Another occupant was forced to escape through a window. William Garrity had both bones of his forearm fractured. FLOURING MILLS AND GRAIN DESTROYED—THE LOSS AND INSURANCE, (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Burvato, N. Y., Dec. 25, 1878, ‘The Globe Flouring Mills, owned by Thornton & Chester; the Niagara Flouring Mills, owned by Lee R. Howell, together with their contents of grain and flour and two frame dwellings owned by Joseph Freese, were totally destroyed by fire at an early hour this morning. The wind was blowing a gale at the time and had it not been for the immense amount of snow on neighboring dwellings an extensive confia- gration would have followed. i LOSS AND INSURANCE. The Niagara Mill was valued at $25,000 and the grain and flour at $11,000, upon which there is an in- surance of $7,000 0n the building. The amount of insurance on’ the grain is not known. The Globe ‘Mill was valued at $20,000 and the grain and flour at $20,000, upon which there is un insurance of $10,000 on the building and $12,000 on the stock. ROUNDHOUSE AND ENGINES DESTROYED. OsweEao, N. ¥., Dec. 25, 1878. The roundhouse of the New York and Oswego Midland Railroad, with nine engines, was burned this morning. ‘The building had a capacity for twenty engines and is believed to be insured. FREIGHT DEPOT BURNED. Mitwavxrre, Wis., Dec. 25, 1878, The Chicago and Northwestern freight depot at Fond du Lac was burned this morning. The books were saved. , FATAL EXPLOSION AND FIRE. Krnasey, Quebec, Dec. 25, 1878, ‘Two men were killed and five injured by the explo- sion of a wood pulp boiler at the Dominion’ Paper Mills last night. ‘Che building took fire immediately after the acc! », but the flames were under control at midnight, FIRE IN EIGHTH AVENUE, A fire broke out yesterday in the four story brick building at Nos. 343 and 345 Eighth ave- nue, which is occupied by Dora Taylor as a fancy goods store. An alarm was rung and a large force of firemen attended, but the flames had gained considerable headway and an estimated damage of $8,000 was done before it was extinguished, The loss is covered by insurance, FIRE IN NEWARK-—-A FIREMAN FALLS FROM A CHURCH ROOF AND IS INSTANTLY KILLED, Shortly after two o'clock yesterday morning a fire broke out in Wheeling & Alling’s laundry, corner of Beaver. and Market streets, Newark, N. J., which raged for “six hours, resulted in a loss of about $20,000 worth of property, and, what is still more de- plorable, the terrible death of a gallant fireman while in the performance of his duty. Wheeling & Alling’s laundry oceupies the upper floors of the extensive brick buildings on the corner of the two streets named, likewise brick building facing, on Beaver strect. The building adjoins the First Reformed Church, of which Rev. E. P, Terhune is pastor. The ground floor of the buijding facing on Market strect is occupied by J. Thomas, dealer in paints, oils and other inflammable matter. It was in the engine room of the laundry, directly in the rear of Thomas’, that the fire broke out. ‘The alarm was promptly given and responded to by the firemen, but the fire had obtained such headway that it was only by the hardest work for several hours that it could be controlled. Thinking that he bad done this Chief Engineer Benedict sent ay two of the engines. It proved, however, that the fire had made its way upward and burst out with renewed fury in the top floors and out to the church adjoin- ing. It was now found that there was an insutti- ciency of high ladders, and that the hose had burst, ‘To add to the difficulty in the way of the firemen the morning was bitterly cold, and made ice with great rapidity, seriously obstructing. the efforts to subdue the flames. These communicated to the First Re- formed Church, but here the fire was soon mastered. Altogether it was not till atter cight o'clock that the fire was entirely extinguished. The Re- formed Church was damaged by fire and water to the extent of about $2,500; fully covered by insurance. The laundry suffered severely. Little more than the walls and a portion of the floors were saved. ‘Thomas’ place suffered only from water. ‘The total loss is about $20,000; fully covered by in- surance in Newark and New York companies, ‘THE DRATH OF THE FIREMAN. With other firemen on the roof of the First Pres- byterian Church, working the hose at the laundry building, was George Yetman, assistant tillerman of No, 2 truck, twenty-six years of age, unmarried, and residing at No. 71 Nesbit street. © While swinging his arms around his body, eudeayori to kee *himectt warm, he lost his balance, slip) on the ice-coyered sloping roof and shot down and over the cornice into the nurrow alley between the lauudry and the church, Down he wont some forty- five or fitty feet head foremost, striking first the Jwundry wall and then the church wall and striking finally the stone pavement. He was killed instantly, his skull being smashed in and his neck broken. His horror stricken comrades and others witnessed the fall, but were powerless to do more than pick up his mutilated corpse. It was removed to the Morgue and subsequently to the late residence of deceased, County Physician Hewlett viewed it and granted a burial permit. ‘The burned building, covered with ice in fantasti- cal shapes, forined a very interesting picture yester- day morning. During © the fire the water froze rapidly. As intimated ubove, the firemen had a great deal to contend with ih consequence of the cold. One man, Bob Kursen, driver of No. 1 truck, was treighted with forty-five pounds of ice on his clothes, His right weight is 150 pounds. When the fire was quenched he weighed 195 pounds, The menu's fire- hats increased to twice their proper weight, and their beards and mustaches were ornamented with long icicles. FIRE AT FLUSHING, At half-past two o'clock yesterday morning fire broke ont in the millinery and dressmaking estab- lishment of Mme, Hand, on the west side of Main street, in the village of Flushing. ‘The fire, when dis- covered by a night watchman, had spread pretty gen- erally through the building, a frame one, three stories high, On the “rst floor was Mme, Hand's 1illinery show room, on the second story were her dressmaking rooms, and on the third floor were her living apart- ments, There was no one in the building when the fire was discovered; Mme, Hand haying lett home on a visit to New York on the eleven o'clock PB. M. tra The burned building and the two adjoining o which were damaged, by vd to James Ewoank and are fully insured, His loss is about £9,000. Mme, Hand's loss could not be ascertained. It is sapposed that she is fully insured, About six months ago, when she occupied another building, a fire occurred in her show window. ‘The origin ot the fire is mere matter of conjecture. The theory most yenerally ac- cepted is that the store and other apartments were burglarized and then fired; but an explanation from Mme, Hand as to the condition in which she lett the building may upset this, Her loss is estimated at about $4,000 1 Mine. Gerster. LOUISIANA ELECTION TROUBLES. COLORED WITNESSES FORCIBLY TAKEN FROM 4 STEAMER EN ROUTE FOR NEW OBLEANS— CERTAINTY OF THEIR PATE, (by TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) New Onveans, Dec. 25, 1878. The steamer Danube arrived here this afternoon from Shreveport. Passengers who caine down on her state that when she had reached Jerry Baird's planta- tion seven or eight armed men, with guns levelled on the pilot, brought the boat to shore, when she was boarded by these men, who arrested Lat Clark and Bil! White, both colored witnesses who had been summoned before the Grand Jury here, ‘Lhe author- ity that was exhibited for making these arrests were warrants purporting to have been issued more than a month ago. After placi: istols at the heads of eral other witnesses on the steamer the men who boarded her finally took their departure, carrying Clark and Whit ‘hb them. PIONS OF LYNCHIN The constable, for whom it is assumed these men acted as @ posse in making mers were taken away fr armed men, Shreveport. sun him by fourteen or 11 disguised, a short distance What was done to them can ouly , as they have not been heard from rions point in this matter is that these ses were arrested on warrants issued from port, where they had been residing openly several wecks previous to their arrest. ‘They also left publicly on the Danube, at which time there would haye been no difficulty in arresting thein if it was intended that the interests of justice should have been served by the process. I understand that the District Attorney has the names of the men who took Clark and White from off the Danube, and writs will be issued for their arrest. ACCIDENT TO A TRAVELLER. (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD. } + Néwrorr, B. L, Dec. 25, 1878. Newton Lewis, of Hartford, a passenger on the steamer Eolus, fell down the hatchway of that vessel this afternoon and was seriously injured. He was taken to the Newport Hospital, where he lies in a critical condition. PATAL FALL FROM ALOFT. ‘THE VICTIM DENIED ADMISSION 10 THE NEW- PORT HOSPITAL, [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] Newport, R. L., Dec. 25, 1878. John Erricson, @ seaman on board the schooner Mary E. Nason, from Boston for New York, fell from aloft yesteYday.and died this morning. His captain applied to the Custom House for a permit cf admis- sion to the Newport Hospital, but it wes retused on the ground that he had paid no hospital money, hav- ing been employed on board but afew days. He was thus allowed todie on board his vessel and his mains were interred in the pauper cemetery this morning, his shipmates being the only mourners, ‘The Custom House authorities claim that they had no right to give him a permit. BANK OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI. NO PRESENTMENT YET MADE BY THE GRAND JURY. Sr. Lovrs, Dec. 24, 1878. In regard to the assertion contained in the St. Louis correspondence of a New York newspaper, that James B, Eads had been indicted by the United States Grand Jury here, it is_ supposed, but nobody knows for a fact Outside of officials, that the Grand Jury are investigating tho affairs of the defunct Bank of the State of Missouri, and it is conjectured that indict- ments will be found against the old directors, of whoin Captain Eads is one; but as the Grand Jury has made no presentment to Court yet, nothing definite regarding the matter is known. THE ADAE & CO. FAILURE. Crncryyatt, Dec, 25, 1878, It is stated to-night that the partners in the bank- ing firm of C.F. Adae & Co. will be arrested to- morrow under a criminal process, charging them with receiving deposits after the deed of assignment recently made by them hud been signed. MISSOURI DIVORCES. Sr. Lovrs, Dec. 24, 1878, The Court of Appeals, of this city, has decided that divorce cases cannot be referred to a referee, and this decision places quite a number of persons whose suits were placed in the hands of referees in very un- pleasant positions. SUICIDE OF AN UNKNOWN GERMAN, [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] Newaxx, N, J., Dec, 25, 1878, A German, about forty years of age, committed suicide at the Market street depot here to-night. He shot himself with a revolver, the ball entering at the temple, causing death instantly. He was well dressed and had in his pocket over $40, but no papers to indicate his identity. ‘The body was taken to the station house. ACCIDENT OR MURDER. Provivence, R, I., Dec, 25, 1878. The body of Thomas Dwyer, of Central Falls, was found early this morning, with the skull crushed in, in an alley leading to the Red Lion, a disreputable sa- loon. It is thought the man was killed by an acci- dental fall, An inquest will be held, GREAT ‘LOM AT NASHVILLE. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 25, 1878. Great Tom, General Harding’s uew purchase. ar- rived here this afternoon from New York in fine con- dition, having been five and # half days on the way. CUBA. Havana, Dec. 25, 18738. ‘The municipality of Havana has presented General Jovellar with a large and massive golden tablet elabo- rately ornamented and bearing an inscription com- memorating the pacification of the island and the names of all the members of the munieipalit Considerable immigration of laborers continues from the Canary Islands. ‘The British steamer Mem- phis brought 400 on her last trip. THEODORE THOMAS’ BATON, FIRST CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION OF THE CIN- CINNATI COLLEGE OF MUSIC, [By TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Crnctynatt, Dec, 25, 1878, Five thousand people braved the biting cold of this Christmas night to visit Music Hall and listen to Theodore Thomas and his grand orchestra and chorus and the groat organ inthe “Messiah.” The College of Music celebrated its first Christmas by the presentation to the people of Cin- cinnati of this grand creation, and it was nobly done. The chorus numbered 600 trained voices, most of them from the May chorus. The orchestra, nearly one hundred strong, isa wonder considering the time it has been organized. Misses Van and Cranch, and Messrs. Whitney and Thompson were the suloists of the occasion, The presentation was equal to that of the May festival, and proves the success of Mr, Thomas’ now organization in Cincin- nati. ARTISTES AT DINNER. Among the many celebrations of “merrie .Christ- mas" there was none more enjoyable than the din- ner given by Colonel E. A. Gilson to Colonei Mapleson and his company at the Westminster Hotel. About seven o'clock last evening some fifty guests sat down to the table, and, with many @ pun and quip and joke, proceeded discuss the good things prepared for them. Fair ladies graced the occasion with their presence, the men were witty and the menu faultless, as there was every- thing to put the panty into good humor. Besides the artistes there Were many Newspaper men ard a num- ber of prominent citizens with their legs under the ahoyany. When the cloth had been removed— metaphorically speaking—Colonel Gilson, in a few well chosen words, welcomed the f and proposed a | toast to Her 4 Opera Company which Colonel Mapleson replied to. the journalist, responded to the eulogized the power and influence nd only to that of the Press, Most toasts were of a peculiarly happy nature, but while they were the most appropriate in the world to the occasion, they would not seem interesting in cold print. A” good deal of piquancy was given to some of the little speeches, by the foreign accents of the orators ‘and the occasional substitution of a French or an Italian phrase when the English did not come readily to the tongne, Arditi, the composer, was peculiarly happy in this respect, Signor Campobello, Albert Weber and Harr; mong the speakers, healith of Marie Roze was proposed off hand and drunk with cheers, Besides Colonel Mapleson, his wife, Marie Roze, his sons Charles and Henry, and those already named, there were present Mme. Sinico, Remenyi, the violini nd late in the even- ing Signors Foli and Galassi, Signor Francheechi and wite, Mme. Lablache, Joseph Keppler and Leonard Jerome, Letters of regret were received from John Brougham, Mayor-elect Cooper and wife, Charies Coughlan, Dion Boucicault, M. Gardini and wife, Jobo McCullough, August Belmont, Charles A, Dana, Minnie Hauk and Simnor Del Mr. John Ford next toast, whi 8 When everybody's health had been drank in generous wine and an atmosphere of thorough kindliness and yood fellowship prevailed the company adjourned to a smaller parlor and en- joyed a delightful extempore concert, in which Mar Roze and Edouard Remenyi were the chief performers, Signor Campobello and Mme. Sinico sung solos, and a duet from ‘“Trovatore” was sung in good style by Mme. Lablache and Colonel Mapleson. It was well iuto the morning when the last of the jovial com- pany departed. STEINWAY HALL. Puente. “THE LIFE OF JESUS.” One of the most exquisite exhibitions of its kind that ever has been seen in New York was given at Steinway Hall last evening. ‘True, the audience was a mere handful; but even though it was a Christmas night if the character of the cutertainment had been well understood the house would haye been overflowing. Few persons kuew what was meant by the announcement that the Religious Plastic Art Company of New York would illustrate the “Life of Jesus.” Yet, after secing the beautiful scenic effects presented, it would be unjust to withhold thé language of praise to which the per formance, if stich it may be termed, is unqhestionably entitled. It is'a series of tableaux intermingled with the music of the great masters— Buch, Handel, Gluck, Beethoven, Gounod, ke. The latter was sung by a fine chorus chosen Yrom the choir singers of the city, and led by such solo artists as Messrs. Chr, Fritsch, tenor; A. Prehn, basso; J. Weinlech, basso profundo, and Miles. Stelzuer and Gomien, soprano and alto. ‘The pictures were beauti- fully descriptive of the prominent episodes in the life of the Saviour, and the costumes were faithful representations of the master works of Rubens, Raphael, Doré and other artists. In every scene the stereoscopic effect was simply superb, and the man, woman or child who lett the house without being fully impressed with the beauty and solemnity of the sacred story must have been devoid of artistia sensibility. There is not a Sunday schoo! or a re- ligious congregation in New York, withont respect of creed, that may not advantageously witness this exe hibition, inasmitch as it is a reflex of scenes por trayed with real life and in real colors that have been made the subjects of the grandest works of the best painters, ‘The exhibition will be repeated every evening until January 3, except Saturday, December 28, ‘ho illustrations are so suggestive and instructive that we publish the programme of the tableaux :—The Birth of Our Lord, the Flight Into Exypt, Christ's Presen- tation in the Temple, St. John the Baptist, Christ's Sermon Upon the Mount, Christ as Friend of the Children, Christ Rideth into Jerusalem upon an Ass, He Casteth the Buyers and Sellers out of the Temple, ‘The Last Supper, Jesus in Prayers (Christ’s Prayera for His Disciples), Jesus on the Mount of Olives, the Treason of Judas, Christ before Pilate, Christ Crowned with Thorns, the Scourging of Christ, the Moving, Christ Falls under the Burden of the Cross, Christ on Golgotha, the Crucifixion, the Elevation of the Cross, the Death of Christ, Christ Taken from the Cross, the Body of Christ, Christ in the Sepulchre, Resurrection. It may be proper to add that the tableaux are com- posed of a number of ourartistic German citizens and that attitude and costume faithfully reflect the original pictures. . AMULET LODGE’S ENTERTAINMENT, A very pleasant entertainment was given at the Brooklyn Atheneum last evening, under the auspices, of Amulet Lodge, No. 3, Independent Order of Good ‘Templars. It was partly musical and partly dramae tic. Mr. 'T. W. Hanshew recited an original poem, entitled “Life Story of the Bells,” very acceptably. Young Le Grand White performed upon the xylo= phone. The entertainment concluded with the moral drama in five acts, entitled “Ten Nights in a Bar- room.” ‘This play shows up the misery and degradas tion resulting from dissipation, and leaves the andis ence to draw the moral from the picture presented, REFUGEE SOCIALISTS. The large hall in the rear of the Concordia Assem- bly Rooms, in avenue A, was filled yesterday after- noon with socialists and their friends, who had a+ sembled to welcome Henry Ecks, Florian Paul, Jacob Winnen and 8. Friedmann, four socialists who had been expelled from Germany for taking an active part in the socialist movement in that country. Winnen delivered an address, in which he gave a long account of the tyranny practised upon the workingmen of Germany. ‘The meeting was also addressed by Messrs, Ecks, Paul and Friedmann. SUBURBAN NOTES. The fox hunt of the Montclair (N. J.) Equestrian Club, which was to have taken place yesterday, was postponed until Saturday. The Alpha Sigma Chi Fraternity will hold their seventh annual convention at noon to-day, at their lodge rooms, in Hoboken, under the auspices of the Gamma chapter of Stevens’ Institute. ‘The legacy of $10,000, left by Mrs. Ardella C., widow of Captain Orville D. Jewett, to the 8. R. Smith Infirme ary, of Staten Island, has been promptly paid by the executors. Under instruction of the Board of ‘Trnuse tees of the Iufirmary the treasurer, Thomas M. Rian- hard, invested the money in United States tour peg cent registered bonds, HOTEL ARRIVALS. General William Myers, United States Army, is at the Gilsey. Professor Edward J. Young, of Cam- bridge, Mas: at the St. Nicholas, Captain M. Ry Brown, United States Army, is at the Everett. Gene eral Israel Vogdes, United States Army, and The ophilus C. Callicot, of Albany, are at the Hoffman, VICTORIOUS EVERYWHERE! in severe Coughs anal throut nz Cotte Jaimts as astonish even Dr. Hale himself, To be without. tin winter i# a most serious matter in ny faraily. Pixe’s Toor e minute, A.—FOR COR! N GENTLEMEN'S Hats for the holidays, ‘CHIBD'S, 115 Naswaa st. near Ann, A— : SPALDING'S GLUE t SPALDING'S GLUE jt MENDS BROKEN TOYS, i The bold little be Who smash with Seat Y'll be made good nother year's hue! If the mirrors ure smashed. 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