¦Mx BABY ff_HUMORS

Inttantlv RellevedAnd Sp-cdily Cured by

©tlGuraWHEN ALL ELSE FAlLS

A warmbath with CUTICURA SOAP, sn.ig sinjlc aprli**a!i<-n ot CUTICURA, the greatskin cure, will afford instant relief, renmt IW*and steep, and point t< a Spcedy, ecooondctl,and permanr.it cur. of the m-st _.**tr.s*.in_: oiitrtiing and burning s_in and sctip diseases,

af ter all -tlu. methi*ds Ml xr "VSoMi-r-i.r~o.it t!i--»rM n*it- kr\'' J

_ uk dti»i: r. KavBBBf * *'*s J - - Ie .» * i Rtag ij-i-i-'i. i..nt..... I r. ...»

yi.Tirii Dr." * «',r*'.iiL.:. nr., .' . /8el< )'iiTr:fVe.. he.tro.l;. S A. -_V>

ITALIAN TROOPS MAS8ACRED.COMMAND OF MAJOB Tor'Ki.l.l ANXIHI-

I.ATED BT TIIK A I1YSS1XIAN.

OFN-'.r. U. BAJUmOU l!A_Tk-\'!N_ TO BNOA-K

TMi: KXEJIY TIIK NATIVKS ADVAN -NO I'PON

AI'KlltAT THK FF.VF. RV8E OP BAi

MAK'ONX_N RKIXyOKCRllKim WT__

raoaAV v gTAttr mon

ITALY T< D tT.

Rome. Der. lt.Tha Oovernmenl .___. thi en-

nouiK'ement in t)i<- Chamber of Deputlea to-daythat tiie flve companlea ,>f Itallan aoldlera com-

piisln? the c lumn under the imman l ol MajorToeelU, operetlng ir. Abyaalnta, had been sm

j,r;.-. .1 an.l BWTOanded by a force of 8-.000 Ba-ii-.- -r. .ind ihat only rtlon of Ihe c >m-

inait.1 had a-ccoeded iu hreaklng thr ugh thebeleeg-etint Uaee end making thelr retreal toMakalle.The late of Mai r 1Y-M-III and that parl of the

c.iiiinMii l remalnlng wlth hlm i.** a.- y.-t unknown.Oeneral Baratlerl, commandlng the Itallanin Ai.yssitiia. ls eoncentratlng hi_ troopa elMakalle. which i_ weH fortlfled an.l etnply bup-plled with ps-ovlalona, -c"i la prepared to repelthe forcea of the enemy, whlch ara movlng Inthat dlrectlon.The aaao-B-ement had a deeply emotlonal ef-

feel upon the Chamber.Oeneral Mooennl, Minleter of Whr, haa re-

relred lafonnatloa 'hat Oeneral Arlmondl, _r-ler belng Jolaod bv tba Burvlvora of MajorToeeUt's command, was obllged to retreat, ihe. n.-my havlng matjOB a flai.k movement thalthreatened to rat 08 bi* communlcatlon wltbMakalle. Tba Abyealnlena ere advanclng on

Adigrat.The Cabinet t, -day dlacuat. 1 tbe bItnatlon of

ine Itallan troopa and de Ided to Bend relnl 11 .¦¦

n .nta ammunltlon and artlllery to them by the

lir*t transp.it. whlch wlll probahly ht.ii! ; n t-

1 ,w.

The publlc Is mui h ex Ited ov.-r the newa of the

defaat. lt ls auppoaed thal Raa Makonnen'a re-

ceal -Tertnrea f ir pea .. an re > ruee, l whl h

M,ij,.r ToeelU waa ihe ¦¦ 'tlm.Muj 1 ToeeUl'a for.nalated of l.-W natlve

troopa, twenty eommlaeloned Hal.Hii offlcera a:..lforty non-commlMloned ofllcera lie aleo bad a

in.'tintoin battery.i.oiid'111. Dee. a dlapatch frora Rome to tha

Central SCewa _aya that thi rorce that wenl totbe rellef of Major Toaelll repulaed auceeaalvebodiea of Abyealnlena, but could n-i ree 'h MaJ r

ToeelU. Tne latter*a troopa had exhauated thelrammunltlon As 1 on as the enemy learned Ihta"they charged upon tha italians, nearly all ofwhom were maaaacred. lt is known thal four-teea Itallan ofllcera and MO men were kllled,while Mtare mlaalng. Oeneral Baratlerl la haaten-Iiik to ennag'- the enemy.

"Tlu- Dallv Newe" has a dlapatch from Romethat vlrtually conflrma ihe reporl that fourteenItallan oflcere and 7"n m-n were klll.d by theAbyaelnlane Thc dlapatch add. ti.at thiInfOrcementa thal wlll be aent to the Itallantroopa wili compriee six battallons, niimberlngr..iKw men.

The Itallaaa ai mn to hava madi anmove, bIbbUbi to thal whleh i-l to Ibe xtermhiat-onof *oine of th-'t troopa i.t DogaU In the beflnnlngof thelr eaaapalgn In IHG Thej had bai <,'

,... Meaeowah wh-n thej aani biland m -.«

whlch eaeountered a ijt_-r number of Abyaithan -»_ expected. I ;' itly General Bara¬tlerl, aft.r havlni defeated i : cap-tureJ Kaaaala, march.d louthward aaalnai IheAbyaatnlana l-1 bj Ra* oi tlovernoi Manaarand l<*fi*at_ 1 hlm at Debra .'< lat, aftei a brllllantCLimbat. Hi then r. irned to Maa*owah. relylmendacioua i ia v...;. repreaented Raa Makon*nen and Mangaacla ai ready to me l i" ice, andAlon.iik. theli Emperor, a* .nxu.fl In South Aby*-elnla ln flghtlna revolted aov. provtncea.Generui Baratlerl Im-l lefl whal he conalder. iuiUclent forcea lo protecl thc Bouthern rr ntiei- of thaltallB'i poat Mloi n Abya*lnla. Bul he could dla*poae ol r. more than lO.Ouo *o)dlera; and hc had alartt- area ol uround to cover, for tlu- portlon of th-:country connuered by Itallan armi had conatantlybecomi !d'_t -i"'..:i 188u. lt trould seeni thdt therewas *,-im- truth ln thc rumor* whlch repreaented re-renti; Meneltk thc Kegui oi Emperor ol Abyealnla.¦a betna al thi hea I 00 men in th* <¦ _'ni> ,,tBoron-Medla, whl i; had been Intrenched and fortl¬fled bv .Mr. Ilg, i. Blwla* mllltary engtneer. Thc93.09 Abyaalnlan* who have aurprlaed anl defeatedthe flve conip_ni.-. of Major Toaelll, comp i*ed prob¬abiy th- advance ol Menelik'a army,

HAVE THE ASIIAXTCBflIvIXC?

Lai laa, Dae. I. \ dispatcht'ape Ceeal CaatJe aay

DEPOSRD THEIR

recelved here fromit I** r ..orted ther>* that

the Ashantee* bave depoaed Kln^ Prempeh, ar.dth«t the wer |.*rrv hav- enthroned ).i* mother h--

Queea ln hi* it-a-i.

IISIKRICH Du'.VH DEAD.Berlin, Dec. _...Herr D5we, Ihe Inventor of a il

he sa'd to bc a bU.lel ;: ¦¦¦>' coat, d!*-J to-lay ,it\*.'le»ba'l*n.

Hetnrleh Dflwe, arai an ob* ;... tallor, al Mann*he.m, eai never heard of outalde "f his nativc town

ln the Prevlnce <»f Baden untll Aprl IM arhen h-dlsc:o*cj the fact that ba hu\ dlacover. i or Inventeda method of bibK-tb cloth bullet-proof, H" beganhi* ezperlmenta In IMS foi i Ina >tb ot iu-oerlor .Jurablllty, ana by accidenl llacovere hlaoullet-prooflna proc In tprll, 1898, he buna bul-let-proo( coat.. on troea ln lh* ahootlng srounda <,fthe Mannhelm regimenta. whoae bulleti Bat ten.ujrainst and fallcj t.i perforata tin garment*. Thisfacl waa reported to Mk- War Ofllce, al B rlln, ai llJi.>w» wa* eul,jf;iz>"l ;n verte and hla name evencoupled with that of Von M ,.;k^ a* one arho would.¦pen the way to new Oerman conqueata. H« *ooi.aft.rwar.l had i.n audlence with .'.-ii*:-.: and araiourted bv the repreaentatlvea of Auatrta, Itaiv unlFrance. Hi* dally nall became ao greal that hewa* eempeOed to employ a aecretary. Ddwe was awldowcr, thlrty-slx yeara old, and leavei two ch:l-dren

Wcstl4«>St

_k A*9 TRar.e yio_r

\m io_7.

C?wRELIABLE,'\rCARPFTS

'* Floii'crs Wortlnj of PetrmdiBP.'1MILTON

Cau be bBoegM lete yaei awa hon*a to b .-".m

pl«**ur« ia Um ejra *r.J aallate.tloa tnpurchamng our raigata T;.r .'.,.«. iiata repiour lat»»t carpet flwagaa a-c ladaarrlhaU* nn.i n.ai n..

.piend'is f i aaa BMt oamnM.Meaa aae aaiaUty caaaol !.*. iluplleated, «* tii<-> ar* of

long MamM w".)i laa ahoddy), aad aui eotiaeti aere ef-faCled boforr wool 0*4 »«».¦? a

Bpeeinl fiiniltiii'i- (>!. .(.-.-¦>*. f.ir Iln- liollila)trade at ap.-.-lul prler*

01"i:> !.A1lltl)*V KIKMM,.

CASH or CRKDIT^_^@fPERTHWAIT SQt

IM. 10C and 108 Wc»t 14* St.NEAR 6.AV.

SrookN Stores: natbush Av. near ftiltonSfii

ONE SCRVIVED TIIE WRECK

TWKXTY Kir.HT UVES LOST HV THK BaOTfr

IN'ii OF TIIK KRINCIFIA,

THR STK4MK1! CATCHM BM WHBX lai WLBB

f i- i.ii.xNi) and is rur ro« tiiic mxotm-

THl gatOKB OBBCVRRI THB vTaTff ABRAD

ARD HH1-: STltlKMS A H'll'K

AM' OOKB I.i.WN'.

I.ondon. Dae P.-A r-port has been receivedhere tha: tlie lii'itlsh steam.-: 1'iln -Ipia. CapUInBUnnard from Bhieldi for Mew-Tork. rla Dun-

dcc November lf. baa bean loat al aea. Twenty-seven of her rrew were drowned. There la MM

iurvlvor. Hla name is Hanrj Andera able aea-

A dlapatch from Leeltta aaya that it li reportedthere that the I'linclpla was dlacovered to be on

.-.,. UBder he, forehatch when IM mllea off «'ape

Wrath. the moat imi'thwesti-rly point of Brotland.The ateamer waa put be-oia tbe wlnd and ran

, ... ,.,.. 1-.,. .¦ [rrtanda On approachlni th lal¬

anda aba atruck a rock and wenl down In fortyfathomi of water. Twenty-aeven of the ihlp'flmpany were drowned and one waa reacued bj n

i,,a! rrom the eh4»re. * paaaengei named Ja k-

son was also drowned.Tha captaln'i objeel In runnlng hla veaael be-

f.tbe wlnd waa to cuanteract whatevei draughlmurhl be created by her forward progreea, BomeS"before he ateanrei atruck, tha nre burnedVh^ugh ihe forehateh . nd a great volume olInXand flame pouredl oul o tbe hold eom-,i ,mU. nhi nine thc vlew .iii^-ad. lnc \emaKerefo",Tad to'bi navlg.ite.l bllndly. and .he

THB AUKO-vV I.INK STKAMSIIIK PRIXCIP IA.

gtruck betore II araa known tha? aba wai

tii lanT:

Tba Prlnclpla belonged to the Arroti Bhlpplngfl.Ui,;. of whlch Dent.Co .^>-as".;:-.,vj. ure ,he mantagera. «»o **"**«". [em «re Blmpeon, Bpem a roung Bhe wai a

¦ingie^crew. barkentlne-rigged Iron ¦£»£*..7- , Bl .nd nai buUt ln Xewcaat.e b) tbe Pa

:IUI<..,.-M Bhe wa.Mt.7 feet long. ».2 feel bean,

» %T eal deep. He. omceri nere: iptaln,BAttmSBlaMB*^.,.:.i ofllcer, Oeorg. Btaanard, a «"**«.' Jc-apt.ln; chlef engmaer, Thomas M. Btewart, and

aaalatent englneer, D. Bhaw."aptaln Btannerd waa thlrty-elght *«.".<.>*; .»*wa. born In Blytba and llved ln NeweaaHe. Ha

waa marrled. and his -.ire often "«.*»** JJon tripa acroaa lha Atlantic ln pleaaant *".*r;SL commanded the Prladpte alnce ah. wa. bought'- yaan M by ihe Arrow Llne, and waa for-

,:,.,. ;,,,¦-:¦-. ot the Cry.t.1. ot th. a«n. ime

whlch wa. lost at sea about four year. ago. Chl

.;,«,,... Bt.w.rl waa making hla flrat trijlnthaM;c.y on the Prlnclpla. for the reguUrrtl en-

Sneer. Mr. Bell. had atoppad eahore on. Irtp ln or-

Jertoge. marrled. The Prlndpl. laaltrmlWIfromth:.pon on Oetober «L Bhe la tbe aecond reaael ot

... ;,,u; ha. bean loel ln tha laai wo weeka

berhavm,b^nthe.«eam.^M.durafoundeivo ln mld-ocean on November % whlU bound

flv,n H.mburg lo Porl Royal, B C T1k cren

wenty-ala mea e*era necue< by the i

hrokVn Th- >>rln P a *'as Ineu.e.l for JTC.aW It ls

^.hat^eKIVhlchconalBt^of general rner-

chandlae, «us fully InBured.

TERRIFIC OALES THROUGHOUT ITALT.

TWENTY WB.XXXR, WITH ORRAT IORB OP UFR

RRPORTRD.Rom. i>o 9- Terrirtc galea have prevalled

throughout Italy and atong tbe coaata wlthln tb.

jgremi loss of llfe._ ^ .

WHBR1 IS TIIE BTRATHNEVIB?PAPTA1X AXD I'klltv OF THK Bl'RNETJ AYOCa

BA*rTB IN JAVA.

Vlctorla, B C Dec, ».-The Bteamer Tacoma left

for tll(. ,,.,,:.- yeaterday with rnatructloni to keepa cloae lookout for her dlaabwd compaalon llner, Om

Rtralhnevli Th. iteamer Danube has a.so been

In.lru -.,.1 tO make a seanli i.'.i.ng the Northera'..:..,.,!!, coaat. andif ¦ucceaafulln Andlng

ihe atrathnevl. lo tow her back to thla port.1Three large "eamahlpe left here at an eai y hour

l!'^r'l::^^wa^;;^i.^i^i«aN:,rhe;,^^:^,,.1^^^..1:iNavigau';:; 'compag "dWt hed thelrateamer Daaube to make an eatended »earch. She,', . ,aI-d t'aptain John Irvlng, manager of th...ilVaMiiin Meyen Bhe earrlea coal

.,i ,', months' cruise fhe nexi veaael l?»*»"wm tbe Northern Paelflc Unei Tai ima. wblch liWutward bound for the Orlent Bha wlll mak. ¦-

t ho-ounh a aaarch .« poaalble whlle en route. Thothlrd fleamerl. th- bia colll.r Coata Bica. whlrh.whia ea route to Ban Pranclaco wlll crulae north-w M for ^ev-ral days. It is hoped one of theae!. -,'is wlli reecue the Btrathnevla from her perUouap laitlon. ,

I ondon Dec. ».-The caplaln and the Otl

Ing numbers ol the crew of tb. Hrltieli Bhlp AVOCB,whlch was burned at aea ln th- early parl of No¬vember. whlle -n voyage from Calcutfa r-r Bou-logne, have arrlved Bt Ar.Jer, Java.

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TIIE LAURADA'i CAPTAIN HELD.CHARQRD WTTB COatMITTINa av OITRN«K

AGAINST THR SR1 THAI.ITY l.wvs ON

THR HIOH gRAS.

Char'.eaton, Dec. a.-Jwlg. Brawley, ef the ITnlt-, Btatei Dlatricl Court, bandi b - decl-

-lon to-day tn 'he case agalnal Captaln Bamuel

Hughea, tbe maatar of ihe Meaaaabh Laurada,waa charged wltb V.oiatlng the neutrallty

au- of The I-nfted Btatea. Judge Braw>3 holdaha Whlle there la no OrOOl Of an expedition begun

"he terrltory of th. l'nited Btate*. then t

aume?ent proof of an offenc. commltted on thehbrh aeaa to Juatlfy further Inveatigat'on. ll-tbe ¦.'.?.e^nM.ted an order holdlng 'apUln Hughi;;,.,- bond for trlal i't.the approachlng J»n«rJ

I,.,-..,, 0f court for th. K.-si.-.n Dlv.Hon ol South'arollna.

THE CUBAN PA1H irCCKBSPULLT riX)iKD.

The falr wh'eh has been eonducted al MaaonlcHail by ibe patriotlc daopht.-rs of Cuba In ald oltheir countrymen who are Btruggllng to throw Oflthe Spanlsh yoke came to a Bucceaaful cloae lainlght. ln every KBOecl ani eapeclally In . tlnanda'.one. ihe fal- has been a great BUCCeea, and ha-

aurprlaed even ihe most nnguln. of it- f.ir pro-jectora Mlai MoUna, ..ne of Ihe truateaa, aald ihat.

Includlng eheeki unl money lenl 4n and th. pro-,.,.ja froill falr proper. nearly 15.000* had !., .-ii

Thla handaome ium wlll b. turned overtreaaurer ol ih- Cuban revolutlonary partj

lu thli clty and Immedlate:) pul to the use* In¬ter ledTh.- general appearance of the ha laal nlghl cer¬

talnly bore ont the truth of the ititement tbal thirali wai a aucceaa, ror tablei and boothi were.i.-.iiei of the beautiful thlngi thej bad held on

ti.- openlng nlght, and had ll nol been foi th. at-ir... Hv. ruban: and the ^a> buntlng thewoul.l :mve been a mon meancholy om Boi ihe

men in id" aalal le artl le. ouii. i flowen an 1 general v.i- 'kage,

materlally to the general tota'.. Th. cleanenv,in. wiii atta-k the bali to-daj .v.i, havicure, for n wai "cleaned out" befora midn'.gniThe women wl hav. worked bo hard In tb.

..." Cuba are: Prealdent, Mra 0 le Tueaada; vb-e-prealdent. Mn V. Zayaa Baaan; treaaurer, Mrsii. .1. (Juirra; aecreury, Miaa C. Maatel.a, aodtruateea, Mis< l". MoUna, Mra K. Trujlllo aad Mn11. Agrimonte.

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PRAOMaWTB O*" FOREION NBWB.Ottawa, ''nt., !>.-(¦. |.- Tb. dyhamlt. packlag-

houae of th. ottawa Powder Couipaay, whoaeworka an Bltnated several in.'.es from thla it\.biew up Baturday evanlag. Juim Reynohla, ..'

Thom. Palla tt. i aa employ., wa. aertoualy in-pared by living mtlatera. II. dled last nlght. i.of property, tx.000.8an I-'ranciaco. I tor. S -Tne Mercli uits' Racbangereceived . able dlapatch thlk mom ng '.- im 1 ..:.

l-.aina. announc ng ihe arrival there yeaterday ofthe sieamer Kven-lale, arvardu. from So.ii l-'ran-alaraai

IVORY 50APIt Float5

'

An experienced laundress will tell you that shirts

never look as white as when washed with Ivory Soap.Tmi Procter a Qamsli Co Cin'ti.

SAID PACHA G0E8 HOME,

TIIK BX-ORAND VIZIKK LEAVEfl TIIK

BRI-ISH BMBASST.

.;lli: s-n.TAN AOAIN BAID TO HAV* OBANTED TIIK.

riRMAXl F<". BXTIU OrARWmiPi AMKR1

.\\S IN 11 VltP->'.T BCT A OOOD HXAM

n.i: ASOTH-B MASSAflti: IN rARHARRA.

Conatantlnople, Dec. ». Notwlthetandlni the

-eneral belie* lhal Ihe ex-Orand Vlaler. Baid

Pacha, wonld perelet In hi.-* reported determlna-

t|on to leav, the country. nn important cliam..*

waa made ln hla plana to-day. II appeara that

. hc Bultan haa al laat perauaded hlm to for_»ohia Intentlon of remalnlnf onder the protec¬tlon of th.- Hrltlsh Ambaaaador, fo? thla even-

I

ln* h- left the Erobaeey end retuiw- to nw

realdence.it la belleved bere that thc reaolutlon adopted

al the meetlng «.r i_«* repreaenUtlvea of tbe

Powera o« Thuraday to tha eHect that thc

Powera would aupport hlm Bhould he agalnnccepl the poat ol Orand VTaler. was nn Im¬

portanl factor in caueing him t.. reconelder hla

determlnatlon to expetrtete himself. As yetthera la no Indlcatlon <>r what hia rutura courae

Will be.lt la ofllclally Btated to-day thal thera is per-

fecl quletude la all the provlncea except Zel-ti.un, where the Armenlan rebela ar.* atlll in

poaaeaalon of the town.

Paris. Dec. ;». Th.- "Courrler dn. Bolr" pub-llehea a dlapatch from Conatantlnople aaylngthat tha Bultan has algned flrmana arlth eer-

tnln reaervea permlttlng lha extra guardahlpato enter the Boephorua.London, Dee. 9. -"The Btandard" will to-mor¬

row publlah a dlapatch from Athena aaylng thalthe Oovernor of the laland of Creta haa beenordered i i return Irnmediately to Conetantl-nopl ¦.

The eorreap. ndenl of thc Unlted Preaa InConatantlnople telegrapha under yeaterday'adate thal thc membera of tha Toung Turkeyparty are hlghly gratlfled al tba determlnedettitude aaaumed oy Baid Pacha In puttlnghlmaelf under the protectlon of the Brltlah Em-baaay nnd refualng to place hlahaelf under theInfluence or In tbe power of the Pelare party.Tba leadera of the party are very hopcfui thatthe actlon of Baid will bave the effect t.< deetrovth<* Byatem of tyranny whlch haa bo long pre-valled at tlu- Paiace. and openly expreea thelrfeellnga upon the aubject,A eommunlcatl >n from Harp I whlch haa

been recelved by Mlnlater Terrell makea refer¬ence to the report that thc Amerl ana at tiiatplace ha.l concealed wenpona In their ic nses tobe dlatrlbuted among the Armenlana. To refutethla atory, the letter aaya all <>f tba American*al Harpool arenl to the Oovernment ,,fflc.*s nndhanded over to thc authoritlea flve revolvera,whl h eomprlaed every weapon thev poaaaaaed.Thej even went further than thi--. After ghingnp their own anns they Induced the Armenlanat glve up what guna an.l pietola they liad. Tiiemaaaacre o curred ih.- day afi.-r this aurrenderaraa mad" The batterlea of artlllery, whlch weraplanted up >n the hill overlo iklng the town, ilr.-.linto thc buildlnga o cupled 1 y the mlaalona, bulthe Turk.*. have alnce pretended that the ah itawere intended for the Kurda, who had ralded th"valley between the hill and the mlaalonary eom-pound. one ahell crnahed into the atudy of theRev. ir, N H. Barnum, of Lel teeter, Maaa penetrated a i> okcaae aml exploded ln a arall of tharoom. As the mlsalonariea and othera o cupyingthe mlBalon buildlnga were l-aving toaeek refugeelaewhere a cannon ball Bwept down the nan w

i,a.*sag;c thrmah which th»*y arera movlng, hut.fortunately, dld nol Btrlke anybody. POur ..fitic refugeea were wounded by rlfle shot*.

Boel .n. Dee. I Rev. Dr Judaon Smlth, aecre-

tnry .>f th*- foreign departmenl of the AmericanBoard, reoelved thlx afternoon th.* f,,n .wini< cabledlapatch from a repreaentatlve <.i tha Board lnConatantlnople:Thera has t,*>':i a maaaa. ra <it Caeaarea Mlaalon*

arics *afe. No further partlculara.

Q17EBN VICTORIA WIN8 THHKi: PRIZE8.AT TIIK B__miFIEI_- CATTLE BHOW BIIH TAKBg

Tlin CHAMPION PLATB, OOLD MFKAI. AM.

<'HAl.l.KN'iK CUP FOB THK BESTANIMAI, BXHIBtTEO

London, Dec. At tba Bmlthfleld cattle ahoa.to-day ti"* *^u**. ii won the champion plate, goldir edal and cha '.,-ng<* cup for ;h.* beat anlmal e«-hlbtted.Th.* anlmal takini: Ihe prlaee waa .. ahorthorn

helfer. The Prlaee of Walea, the Duke of i'ork.Lord Roa*bery un.i Baron Perdinend de Rothachl'.deach won aevera rla. *

PEARB OF A RIOT IN* MADRID.MBMBEM OP THE LATE IflXIPTRY TAKE V WtT

IN A DEXOXHTKATION DEXOl'NCIN- THBMt'NICIPAL i(it'\,il.

Uadrld, Dec I The she;.* ln tha dty ar.* ali,-i.r thelr proprietore feartag thal riotlng

ni:_;!it gr ar oul of the Kr.-'it publlc demonetratlonagalnat the <. *an.I.'* In the Munlcipal Councll andihe paaaive attltuda ol thi Government ln regardthereto A.l of the prinMpa! atreeti are atrong.y,". iarde by pollc*.Forty thouaand penor.a [mra,led thp itreeta thls

afternoon. Among the prominent men irho t.n.kpart in the demonatratlon arere aeveral membera .>.'

.- Ial Mlnlatry. inciuding ex-Prlme MlnlaterHaaaBta, Beftor Sllve'.a it dlealdeni Con* rvatlve),.-', noi M:ir_.iii and aalmeron, lh* Republlcan

-. and a number ot .-lenati ra and membera oft) amber ol Deputle*.. Th.- ruute of tlu- \>t,, ea-bI :; araa Uned a'lth people, who enthualaatlca'.'.ycheered thc paradera Th.-re «hh an Immena* ,li»-

FOOD

! World'5 Falr l Hijchest-Award I

IMPERIAL>i<3.RANUM

TheSTANDARDand BESTprepared

Is prescribed by Physicians,Rclicd S Hospitals, Dependedon by Nurses and Endorscdby THE-PRESS. Pure andUNSWEETENED, Safc andWfItaHlf M)l D b> BtU-O-ft- Everywhere.AV.11 lllMC* john ^ar|f 4$on,( ,\ew york Clty.N.Y.

pay of g.-ndarmes and cavalry, hut thelr servlcesw.«re nol requlred, as the oemonatratl w araa or-derly throughout.

"CHRISTIAN POWERS SIT 7JVV

HOW AHMKN'IAXS VTaTW THEIR DEPLOR-ABLE BTTUATION.

WAI IHAKIR PACHA RRSPONBTBkl fOR THB

RRRRROPM MAMA*CRRt fORCIXCI l.-T.VM

ri-i.N THR IHITMii'ATKi. "WR ARR XOT

ao Mi". n IX m:i;i> OP HRAVT <ii Ng

Ag OP MORAt," i'or.'i: .'

Boaton, Dee. a Many letter*. have be-en re¬

ceived ln this clty from Arm. nia deacriblng ti>.-

horrora of the recent maaaacrea One letter,from whlch the following la taken, deala arlththa ontragea commltted ln Braeroum on\\ edneaday, < n-i..i» r N:Btrong guardi i»m been patrohMng Ihe iti

for aeveral weeka, Thla had glven a aenee ocurltj 'o the people. A party of ao'.dleri imaahedin the door ol ¦ houa., ani. after batterlng andterrifylng a poor woman and her chlldren almostt,i death her huaband wai In tbe market they car¬rled off all th. good. as plunder. On. toldler re¬turned ti tak av.,.-. two "i three -.nuii artlcleilhal had been left, and he took occaaion to iay toth.- woman: "Why do you ery? m you suppoaew. were patrolllng the atreet. for th. laat monthfor nothlng? IPe guarded you for thli day."

lt is eatlmated thai there an between 2,uo0 ai2.EO0 houaea (Armenlan) In Braeroum. lt H safe to

l) lhal half of th. in hav.- been plunuer.-l of allthelr contenta ln on. rlch raan'. houae a planoaraa found whieh could nol be removed. so lt wn*i-i ked to plecei wltb aaee. The number of Ar¬menlan shnns would alm >st. if nol <|iiitc, equal th.numbei of bouaea. Ther. .ri Im. than a nundred¦hopi remalnlng Intact. Bo that the pumber ofahopa plundered must be aomewhat beta.a URBunl 2,000.Th. bualnea. wai almoat entirely in the hnnis

of the Armenlana lt ls verj doubtful whetherther- are mon than BM ihopa, large and small, lnihe handa of Tcrka, and theae would Include mealand frult atanda Half of the Chrlatlan populatlonwlll probably have reaerve enough to live on. Theremalnder wlll be reduced io tbe gr--at.-st atralti.Hundreda, on.- mlght aay thouaanda an dependentto day on the bread dlatrlbuted by the Oovernmentwhi.-h li began to do the thlrd day after the maa-

Th. maaaacn was in th. hand:. nf th. two noto-rl iu« Baasoon "butchera," Cola Iflmall Bey and Ten-iik Bey. Bhaklr Pacha bad to tak- the word ofhis under-offlcera, and hls fean wera great. Be-

lei a gi eal p -: wnal alfr ini thal non.of the Armenlan* m.-t hlm on hla arrival ln Brae¬roum or called on him afterward

if he dld nol glv. tbe dlreet order he dld nothlng.of aecounl to prevenl It. Th. new vall. Roouf1' i. who ls apoken well of, cann.it be held ra-s; malble He had been In Braeroum bul a ihorttime, and, of courae, was under tbe orden of BhaklrPacha Bhaklr Pacha proceeded to Khanooa, oa-tenalbly to qulel a rlalng of the Kurds there. lt lsreported that that distrlct ls overrun wlth Kurda,aml thal the Chrlatlan. have .uffered terrlbly.

BOME ill'MANK TURKS.Many Titrka protected th.-lr Chrlatlan nelghbora

On. wondera a' thla, becauae nf th. unlveraallyenlng attltud. of ihe Turks prevtou. to th.i.- Bama dld thla out of frl.nd.hlp for th.

Indlvlduala thua protected. <>n.- famiiy of Turki liv¬ing In an Armenlan quarter protected the houae. ofthree Chrlatlan nelghbora and rnthualaatlcally Jolnedtbe Boldlen In plunderlng the real of th. BtreelAs an offeet to this attempt. ara i»-iii£ mad. ta

terrlfy the Armenlan. Into algnlng papera deelaringthut they were reaponalble. A Turkiah ofudai pro¬tected the Armenlan bouaea ln the quarter when h.realded. After the maaacra ha aenl word to th.Armenlan realdenti of tha quarter that ha had doneBO, and lt had cosi bim JI:'.*.. wblfih It WOUld ba Ifor thr-rn to mak.- good I" hlm. Tbls ihey dld. Th.-nhe took another atep. He aenl word around agaln,aaylng thal In order to eatabllsh safety It would beneceaaary for Ihe realdenta to prepare a paper aet-ting forth that tney wer. reaponalble for fhe nvolu-ma m m nl They .urrenderd themaelvea and

begged for cl.men. y. He added :he threat that tbaguna of the clty were ready. He himaelf wouldalmply flre a coupl. of revolver .hot. ln the dlatrlct,and ln . very inorl time the whole quarter wouldbe lald ln rulm and iii- Inhabltant. alaughtered,The following letter waa received In Boaton

this mornlng from an American in Conatantlno¬ple, deacriblng the altuatlon there and In th.-Interlor of Turkey:Happtly a man can be kept .llve ln theae reglona

on two centa a day, Bui w. are troubled i, geithe money. All thn merchant. are ruined, bo th.itdi ifti ni no longer be ca.hed We ar. now trylngt,,- pzpenelve and dangaroua method of aending th>-actual irol Into the Interlor. For an effectual rellefit ls neceaaary for th-> l'nited States Oovernmentto tak- ortlclal protectlon of the men who dlatiib-ut. lt.

UtMHM.iNS BMBRACIMQ I8LAM.'. rtl fr '.i ihe Interlor show that people hava

from atarvatlon. In the mean timethe Turki ar,- trylng to force tiie aurvlvora to be-

Mabometana They offer ald on iiiis condl¬tlon, a letter from a natlv. in Harpoot tayi that,ln one group of i llag ;. MO Armenlana bave em-i,i ¦ .-1 iii m.We an not -¦> much ln ne. of h »avy gnm aa of

moral foree, Por example, the Marblehead, In th.harbor of Man ua, haa arltbout doubt, prevented .raaeaacra of the Chrlatlan. ln rh.it dlatricl The

int Turks do nor know whal ah. Ifl thera for,but they readlly believe thal her guna ar.- bi^.i.niiKh to reach Adana and ber s.-ar-hllght strongenough to dlacover In the darkeal nlghl any evll thalla belng done. Meanwhlle, the ii^ets of the Pow-eri leinaln at aachor, th-:r moral force expendedupon the Bultan, who hai learned, frum long eape-rfen .-, the harmleaaneaa of thelr thraata,The folloirlng letter li frum a correaj mdent ln

Weatern Turkey, wbo wrltei t-- Boatonlan. con-rernlng the altuatlon aa it appeara to Armenlana:More than MO.000 wldowed women, dlahonon

brldea, fatherleaa chlldren, in.'lrm and f.-et.ie ;.pie,¦kllled artlaana wlthout toola, farmeri wlthou Aeldito tm and merchanti wlthoul gooda lo mII, aranow crylng t,. Heaven for plty; thouaanda havlngne ro if to cover tbem or frienda left to afford themahelter are wandeiing ln th.. nnis aml foreata amldylng .very daj by Bcone. And th.- blood otmartyra is crylng for vengeanee, appar.-ntly lnvaln, i.nt it wlll aunly come,Tha other day the town of Bardesag waa moved

to Iti i->-iitr,- by tb. aervlce. connected wlth thaburlal of ;. portl n of . man'. head. Tiie mm, amuleteer of ihs town, whlle golng to .. nelghbor-Ing rtllage, was foully murdered by Turki. Bomevoung men, taklng thelr liv.-s ln thelr handa, wentln earch of th. body. They found that the headhad been severed from the trunk. The trunk wa.so toi-n by beaata and In aueh a putrld condltlonthat th.) rould recover nothlng of n for burlal.Th.-y aecured the head. from whieh the lower |awnnd the eyea were mlaalng, and brought it hom.As the funeral cortege paaaed through the atreetiaoldlera In the coffee-houae aal drinklng and aneer-!ng. Incldentl slmilar to this hav- occurred inhuinir.-iis of pla ea. Bul the Chrlatlan natlona ofthe world do nothlng.The Chrlatlan i^.-n-e the mark') Powen .lt by.sucklng ihelr thumb. and pntendlng to bellev. that

the poor alaughtered aheep, niwv blood la pweet tothe taste, ar.- r.^ponalble for ihe ravenoui apDetlteof the daatardly wolf.Ruaata lo::;,' Blnce had placed iierseif beyond the

pal- of conaclence-bearing natlona and Bnglandhas healtated to obey the rolce of conaclence nndbaa ylelded herseif to the counaela of thoae whoObey the "god of th" world": even Amerlca has

-ii sltt tiR al eas... whlle the |i"o|;le sh» has b-,-tiInatrumental ln aroualng to thought. of hlghertvi!nns hava been drlven aa iheep to the BlaughterHave mi lenc. and all feellng of humanity Koneout of Ruropean and American Chrlstianlty?

BOOXD ABOUT F.FROEE

To wbat extenl women'a work i« tmderpald inOermany was ahown at Btuttgarl the other day Intbe trial of a aaleaaronmn for dbihoaeaty. Th. faclwa- broughl to llght that the pay she wai reeeivlngin one of the prlnclpal drygooda atore. of thal cltytor twelve hour.' work a day amounted io <" aniuiith.

Accordlng to a reporl Juat laaued by ihe Paristanpollce there hava been IJM people win. have totallydiaappeared ln Ibe Preneh metropolla m tba laaltwelve m.mtbs. Tbe euthorttte. have been in-formed durlng tbat Illn.- of nearly llve tinns as

many caae. of dlaeppearanee, bul were able totrae. them to th. morgue. to ihe hoapltal. or to ex-patrlatkm. Th.-y hav. found ll Impoaalble. how¬ever, to obtaln any clew wbataoever to the rate ofthe 1.180 men, women and chlldren mentloned aboveus mlssing.

_

vi'-K.i llugo'a atatue for tba Plaee victor llugo atPart. wiii noi be raady before BM The pad. ,iwin be iock rougbly bewa out in tha form ..r tb..lale oi Oui rnn \. th. pool arlll stand on the hlghei ipolni ¦!.. rwuthw. l, and reaembllng vaguely th.headland oi Cherhourg. The lett.-rs thai he wrotein klle t,. hli Inti nate frli nd. ar.- hIm,, to ,i|,],...,, jnIfaN, alotiK wiih a number .,f unpiil.lislie.i paper.wrltten ln tluernaey They wlll form two volume.und be called "Tna oc.au uud tha Deptha,"

THE HOLIDAY BAZMRwill be one of thefeaiures of the store unlW

n ¦ i^no a riFPat snace on the Second Floor, easily and quicklyS3_rs li/aasi * mb.,^ ^,£$sfifl/irf fiiledwith goods chosenfrom every Holiday stoclt. wen.e aone ww

forprco^ make your seeing and choosing easier.

THAT BOOK STOREHOLIDAY TOYSHalf an aere of tli.ni-.noi.gh to make the cbildren of

all New-Vork wild with jny. Bring thc l.ttl- tolkv,will hc _¦. good as a rirCM lo thern-and to you, Hyoulike to see youncsters happy. , . .

All lOrti of f.ames.Magic Tricks Mech..r,.cal andSteam Toys, Iron Ucomotrves, Trams Wagons,Hooks and U_ddet_, Flre Engines, ate

Tin Kfch-M, Tov KaiiRCs, loy I arlor, DiningRoom and Be-room Suds, rea and Dkma 5*.Trunks, etc. ,, ..

Children's and ___aes' Daakj, B-rtenrion JaNeSjjkc*DoUl iomted and kid bodies dressed and undresscd,

Mu'si.al Dofls, Clapping DoBs, DdH' Camafei,Doiis' Housas, Tov Theatm, BtC.

1'iinch andjudy Shows.Magic Lantems.Bxpreta Wagon**.Sleighs tor boys and airis.Tncydes, Btcycles, vdocipe_e*5.Boxine Gloves, Dumb BeBs, PuncWng Baga, wdaan

Glubs, Exerdsere, Football*, etcL-adSoMkw.SoldierSuh-, Guna, Swords Drums,

< hristmasTrecOmamentJ, Candkiana H_wer».

Real Skm-covered Hon», Coat. Cat», Cowb, P£,ions, Tigers. l-ambe tli.it bteat, Horse with sure-

enougtl Wagon- and almo.t every soit of animal

We w-lViiold purcha-ei for dettvery any time von ny.nnaaaaaal am8 BmmmmB Kio..r.

BED BLANKETSN\,t I mean Blanket m the lot. not a liurt or a

wnirched Blanket Theaa ate new, spick and span, .»_and eenerous.SINGLE BED WHITE BLANKETS.

j,,.., 80x80 in., S2.2S 10-4, 60x80 in

10-4] BOxBOin., 3.75 !M,-0_8fl n

10-4, 80X80in., 4_MDOUB1.E BED WHITE BLANKETS

...006.00

li-i, i;-i>7'2 hi

11-4, I-x84 in..11-4. 72x84 in.,

GRAY BLANKETS1(1.4, <><»\*i) in.,1(1.4, 00x80 in.,11-1. 72x84 in.

$...00...CO6.00

I'M12-412-.

84x90 ni.

84x90 in.

8lx!.o in

$5.506.007.03

$2.00 11-4 72x8. in -W.-W.1.00 11-4, 72x84 in., 4.502.75 12-4, _4xW Ol 5.50

SCARLET ALL-WOOL BLANKETS11-4, 72x84, in., $4*25 11-4.72a-4in.l -'-50Honeycomb Spreads, $1 and $1.25.Great Heaps ctfQuHts and Comioitablcs.

Fo.irtli \v«*nii«» nml Mnlli street.

THE GLOVE REVOLUTIONOf course it make. the exdusive how.es iquirinKt

wehcarof no customer who wornes becauia half theusualprka or so ahres choice ofthe neatast, strangestGloVes of their kind*. ever put on sak h*re.

11.50 Suede Kid Gloves at 82,:.|] .*.<>-t-buttoi. l.qu- (iloves ato-,'.

Surprisfaig Gloves Bl $1.With every purchaseol '-' nr more parn

anteed Gloves ($1 or above) wc give a oi

leatherette box that looks to be worth |1.Braadwa. nml Teati itreet.

TRIMMED HAT5lf thc We cirl needs a Felt ll.u. neatly trimmed with

shaded rihoon, fancy wtngs and buckleshares a wlderanac at $3 each.

.-.ve hundred trimmed HatS for chlldren, «SO

women'* Sailors and walking Hats at 25. eac

of onr gnar-ished morocco

S.-.-..I..I ri.M.p. T.mii ¦tree-.

of ours makes a fnend of every vwtor. Why shouldn'tit*' Go where you will and there s no chan.eof findingabetfet collection, nor one so well dispbyed of *>

temptingly priced-all throuah. Tha*hapl»wi:.)_..._ Tcachers' B.bles, $M0 fo$10.35.Bihles without references, 27^ toW.Epbcopal Pr.iyii Booka, _k to SZ.70I niscopal HyinnaK, 20-to $2.90Cc-lbmation Sets, prayer book*. and hymiul., Mc 9

$10.25CattK-k Prayer Book-, 18. lo $2.45 Two-voloma

sets, $1.25 10 $3.75.(.hristmas Carda, 4 lo 15Cliiiitnus BooklctS, I lo 70Celluloid Caids, hand-painted, JOc.C'jlluloid NoveHles. hand-paaded, 3J--' "?.(alendais. 3t to 53.75

FOR CHILDREN .

loy Booka, colored ilhutrations, 10 tr- is

T..y Books, imen, cokwed Ihistrationa, 10 1 3!c.I'ainting Books, 7 to 38^Book*, board covers, iUustrated, 6 to 75.Hiiie Art 0>lor Book\ 30. to $1.35

\lnlh «llre«*t.

HANDKERCHIEF VALUESSuch as were never shown in New-York bttntm,

QuaUties Hldl as were never -.een in this dty Ul Wl be-

gan lomakc lljiulkeuhief history.HandkerJnef wonden it 10..Hatulkerihiel'wonders at 12Handkerchief wonders sl 15..Handkcrduei w« n.!':r> al I'-Handkerchief wonder. .it 22_

And so on uptoas fine as youTI -are fo- Alll :-*\abroad and brought m without a cent ol mi Idlemm.cost added PriceaareofienleBi than hatf -_n.it t!*yordinarily would be.

A leatherette box 111 imttJtwn Ol Mmoiocco witli .1 mimatuie onutnent, m ml 11sell at;. 1, will be given to every pti..Jl WOTthOl Handkeui.iefs or more.

Biaalwar(ilVE A SEWINQ MACHINEand you give a presenl jov and .1 BBMro iend -i_4suppott maybe. And it co^ts -o little to commandlthoroughly first-dasi Machtne.tt wc sell t

At $18.75 wc have a Scwm_ Maclune, Rich as ifl thtusual way would command (BS or .<. \ high-tradiMachine. 8 drawers, warranied for B years, al JI2JJSewing Maddnes are dellvered free anywh.re ea*t ol theRocky Mounlains.nmvtmaamttt.FOR THE TOILET

|-..\tra .juahly Me-.Ii Brushes. S^'...!-, lb. bai- <'.astile Soap, 39.: iegti!ar |1.Kirk's Zoo lloating Hatii So.ip, 5Finest tet.v W.i«h 1 Iloves, 10..Gobb's Peman l.ilv and Bouquel Soap. 5;Extra quaKty rubber Watei Bottles, 1 qt, 75c: 2qt^

80c; I qt, -5,; 4qt,ftc.Finest Fountain Syringea, 65c.Triplicate Mirtors, tine .juality, Sl.At .nii/er**, best svstem. 75c.Rc.l Seal l.iiy ot tha Vallev Toilet Perfjmc, 8 07. bot,

48..; unequaled under "ilM.in Farini Goloane, 36c -i ct. bottle.Solid back Hair Brushes. aae.I-Atra quaHty Spongas, 15. lo $5.And *-o on I01 a list thal would fill a pac- ct the

paper. All in the Ughtest, brigMest, best appointBJToilet Good* Store WC know.Broadway.

BROADWAY9Hv&10t'n5tsTOURTHAVE.

tJ^lalS <£? BROAOWAY

ZJ-*A-*v**tas -*_.-.*-^_^^* JOS 9tSA1^'S«

SucCt-SOR» TOA.T.St1vvA_T & Co. *>*-/ t-QURTN AVE

HERR VON EOELLER RETIRES.

BARON vox DER HOR8T TO BECOME

MINIBTBR OP THK INTBRIOR

THE BMPRROR'B ArnTn.i: TORTARD BOCIALISM

ABBOL.I "I'Mi.." l'NM'il'il'iKl THR RRTIRIHQ

MiMSTi.lt RRTAINg ms TITLR AMD M

DRTORATRD wilii THR RRD EAOLR,Cer'.in, i>e<\ a.Tba Emperor has aecepted *he

realgnatlon of Herr von Koller. Pruaalan Mlnleterof the Interlor, who wlll be rwecaaded ln otiv-.o byBaron von der Racko von .ler- Horat. presldent of... Provlnc. of DUMOldorf. Herr von K,,ller 1.

permltted by the Emperor to retaln the titie of

Mlnleter of stat-. and has also been decorated wlththo Inaigala of the order of tba Bad Bagle.Baron ron der Heck" von der Horal l« a new man

ln polltlc and is not allled to any partlcular party.li.. haa however, proved hu eapactty a« a purdyadmlnlatrattve ofilclaL Tbe Unlted Prew I. assured

up n high mlnuUerial autbority Ihat the changein tbe Mlnleter of the Interlor does not tmply anychange In ihe pollcy of tb. Kats*r, wblch l. abso-

lut.ly unmodlli.-il.Thc Oovernment wlll nol diacuaa In the Relchetag

the queatlon of the dissjlution of the BoctallslCnlon., decllnlng to do ;o upon the ground that it

ls wholly -i I'nissian concern,Th. "Rdchaanrertger," ln oflBclally announcing th.-

nalgnatlon of Herr von Koller, declared that lt is

nol true that hls rctlrement was cauaed by dlf-fennce. between hlm and Oeneral Broaaart vou

Rehellendorf, Impertal Mlnleter of War.The "North Oerman Oaaette," a seinl-ofTlclal or¬

gan denlea th. truth of tlie story thal Cnaacellorvon Hoben'.ohe demanded that Herr ron Kol>r re-

siKti un'eai hls pollcy of Boclallat repreaaton was

modlfled.

BRETIXO oy ROBR RCIEB 8TOCBB0LDBRR.Tba annual meetlng of th. atockholdera of thc

Bden Muade American Company waa bald yeater¬day afternoon at thi- Mus.'.... The following offl-ceri and dlrectora were elected: Prealdent, TheodoreHellman; aecretary aml treaaurer, Georne s. Laa-.-on; dlrectora, Theodore Hellman, Oeorge S. Lan-con, W. i.. Pomeroy, Bdward RTaaaerman, K. Hoi-brook .'ushman. C. d.r Orlmm an-l Prad.rlckV'leweg. C. de I'rimm is a well-known artist, andli.. will have aaclualve charge of the artistic workof the Muaaa, decldlng on new groupa, a. well asthe rearrangemenl of th. existlng om-s. Mr.Vl.weg repreaenta the eatate of Count Keaaler, whowas on. iif the founder. and latnest itockholderaof tln- Mu.ee. The itockholdera approved th.- actlonof iin- old dlrectora ln permanently abandonlngvaudevllle and declded to devote the Muade \-

clus.v.-ly to WBXworka and mUBlc. They declded lalao t'> aecure many nea groupa, ani authorieedth.- dlrectora to lecure tha beal mualcal taleat pos-aibie for tiu- concerta

says il 1: iYAS DRUXB WBRR BABBIRD.The trlal oi' a suit brought by Weatcotl F. Zlttel,

a real .state d.-aler at No. l.OM Th.rd-ave., for an

annulment of his marriaare with Emma Rlchter,alao Known as Emma Brocker, was bexui-. b.-Corejudge Bookataver in th.- Bqulty Term of ihe courtof Common l'i>-as yeaterday. /.iti. i, who is twenty-¦even yeara old aml a m.-mber of the Tth Rngtment,ls a son of Henry Zltt.-l, of No. 31 West B.V-enty-flflh-st., who ls sald tu be wealthy. Thcstepfather of th" ilefembint Is J.i'ilior of a »%\houae, and the woman, wbo is ah mr nlneteen yeirsold. wa. form.-rly a ballet dancer In "Tbe BlackI'rook.'' Zlttel ass.-rts that whlla undei- the 'n-fiu.-nce of li.pior he was in liice,! by th- defendantto marry h.-r. and th.it sh.- wa. alded by hermoth.-r and stepfather. Me declaraa thal th.-' mar-ria-e took place lu January last, and rhat ln- u tabo much Intoxlcated at the time th.it he has norecollectlon of the ceremony.

tUXRIRB C1.VB FOOLBD nVT <>E A DIRRRR.The membera of the Bunrlae Club expactbd t>>

enjoy a baOQUel last nlght at .la.c,. r's, Madison-ave. aad I-'lfty-nlnth-st., but were (llsa.ipi.int.d.m | i:. o'.-iock. th.- hour set for th.. tareaty-eigbthd'.nner of tbe clnb, Jaegetr*. waa la .larknes*.When qulte a i-niwd had gatbered, ana man «iia-coverad "ti the door a small card, on whieh w.iswrltten:"This bualneaa has gone Into the hands of an

aaaignee, liecember 9."

ORR. UABBIROR WILL ROt DIROVRB lt.

Indwnapotla Ind., Dec 9 The talegrapblc in¬formatlon from New-Tork that il. -neral Haul sonand Mrs. Dlmmoch ar.- about to bc marrled waadlacuaaed by the pollticlans here to-day. None ofth-m Is Incllned to believe it. At .Jerieral Harrlaon'a houae this afternoon ii was .tated thal hedld not care to dtaeuaa tne aubject.

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OR. BAIRBFOMD .v<>7' 1*0 RRRIBW,A ruriiur hlntmg that Ihe Kev. Dr. W K. Ralns-

ford, th.- popular rector ..i Bt Qeorge'a Chureh, la*tended realgnlt.g hls place » n s.-t ailo.it yesterday.

Dr. itaiiisford. when aeen ii«t nlght by a Trtbuto.reporter, al once denled the truth >.f the reportwlth aome emphaM. he sald: 'There is no r.i m u-tion whatever fi>r aueh a rumor, 1 Know of uoth-ii, th.u could gtVB i.-i lo IU"

REICIISTAG MAKES A MOVE,

BtTSPKNDS I.K.'.AI. ACTIONfl AOAINKT *?0-

CIALI8T MEMBERS.

TIIK RBTAUATKHI DOCTRIXI OV SIR CU_v_b

T.amcs MBSaAOB > RmCIBBO - CANCELLA-

TIOM 0» tiik i.i. i:n.-.:-' OP AM-SUCAM

in. ikan.'!-: ooMPAJtnea in c.f.r-

MANY BXPUBIXBO.Berlin. Dee. I.The Retcbetag adopted

wlth .ut debate a resolutlon auapendlng all legal aa**

tlona Bgalnal Herr Willlam Llebkneeht and ial

Boclellat membera of the Relchatea who ar- und«*r

chargea of leae-majeety and other offencea durtagtbe preaent aeaalon ef the Chamber.Count Poaadowaky-Wehner, imperlal Mlnlater M

th- Treaaury, aubmltted the budget, and tn hu

.';,.'i preeentlng ll denled Inelauatlona arhleli had

been mada thai the repreaented recelpta ol tbaOovernment ha-i been aaenlpulated ln order to

favor propoaed Bnaaelal reforaBaHerr Prlteea (Ceatrlet) erltldeed th. budget maa

approvtng menaer, the Chamber, with the -x repUaaof the ¦octallat membera, assentlng ty hls r- mar__

He aUo expressed hope thnt tha Porelgn ufflea

would at th- eerlleet opportuelty expiain tbi thr«»t-

eaed retallatory BBeeauree of the Unlted MaMflBgalnet Oermeny, whi.'h. if carrici out, » ial *»

depiorable Ha alao advlaed Gkmeral Broneart von

Srhellendorf, the Mlnlater f War, to gccede to tha

demand for the publletty of mllltary trtbunalaBaron Marschall von Blebereteta, Minlst. r of For¬

eign Affa!n«. ln reply tj Herr Pritaea'a remarka ron-

cernlng the tariff sltuatiou l.'-tween Germany andthe I'nit. d Btatea, aald that the Am. rteeo .Vng-fsebad -.me tim» auice adopted a differeatlal detfupon adgar. Geraaany bad proteeted agalaet thiaanl Mr. Clevelend dld loya'.ly ali thal he ted the

power to <-io la *he matter, but Congreaa refuaed Mij'.odify Ita prerloua actlon. OaraaanT, he declerpe,malntalaa that the differentlai duty adopu i hr tha

Amerlcan Coogreea im a vlolatlon or the .x:.*iii_gtreaty. PrealdeBt Cieveland- meaaage rhaigtagOermany arlth applylng differentlai treetaaeiH to

.ertain Amerlcaa exports araa a greal surprlee He

then proeeeded te Bhow that the chargea mada bjrthe Prealdeni wen leveM of foundatlon. The prei-enc. of Texaa fever In cattle proved thal prohlbltleaof the Importation of American m. ****¥waa neceaaary, but the aame meaaurea n **.

latepce agatti-t other Btatea ihan Ami rlcaL'dncerning tlu- cancellatlon ol the llceneea or

Amerlcan Insurance companlea he aald thal tlaln Aivrlcan Inaurence companlea -l Ina laineealn Pruaala ha.l had thelr llceneea revoked "'..-»¦»

they would nol conform to th.: lawa. arl ii were

the aame for Oerman companlea and for< -'¦ eom*

panlea. If the Amerlcan companlei wotitake t.i conform to the lawa nothing . '.

them from rcopenlng thelr bualneaa T ds ri r,he sai.l, wax purely ,. Oerman conc. wnicehe could not admlt the crltlcism of a foreign «¦ '.-rn-

ment. l.ermany, he declared. would loyall. -om

tlnua to her treetlee, not allowtng heraeii ta oa

frlghtened by threataThe Oerman Relehatag ha.. BCted n« all |_'' ***

Baaata worthy of that name have generalljr aetedand should alwaya aet wh-n lt voted yeeterdaythat all legal acttons against Llebkneeht atvl OtbatSociaiist Deputtea -hall ba anapended luriag t****

praoeat sesslon of the Chamber ln f.i't. thi* 1*99lutlon Wlll not practlcally amount to mucl '.

th.- Beaetoa its.lf w.u s... be over for the ChrlaB-'Baaa holtdaya bo thoroughly ebeerved In Oermaay.Tha Retchetag araa aleo impeiie.i to vote thai H***

eral resuliitlm by lh" fact tha: the popular *¦ _tl-

ment 1*4 uafavorabla to tha pereecutlon of Bocla latathrough the fear that auch peraecutloa ls baWup ui the twNting >f lawa arhlcb mlght aaao ¦'.

uaed aKainst tha Cathollca and all other opponentaof the pr.«. ent Imperlal pollcy of blin.i repreealoa

Th.- membera of tha Relehatag >io nol want, ofrourae. lo Impertl thelr political career and PJB)the rtsk of loainc their pariiamentary *-.ats a* *."*nexl electlon. They have nol!".',! that just BflBfEmperor William h_.i appeeled, qulte recently ¦th- people to co-operate with the oo\ernmeatagainst Soclallam, th,- people of Oortmutil hi«lelected to the Relehatag Herr LUtg> ia the so¬ciaiist Kditor of the "Arbelter Zeitung." or «ora-men's Journal. That brlnga the number of Socla.-ist Deputlea in the Chamber ap lo forty-eevea, aniiIt was mainly dm* to tba Bwka iti reprceeivi niea»*urea taken by th- Oovernment, which had cauaeatbe aentenclng of Uebknecht io >ui montha' ua-prleonment. The non-Sodallat papera ot Oermaay,auch as t1:,- "Vossisci.e Zdtuog, declared tham-aelves: "We fear th.it th:s method of llghtlna reejlutlon wlll be Inefllra- loua. Kvery bia."ii made hythis,. condemnatloaa is fllled by new «nd B_ora ar-dent combataata"

\MKitH'.v\ Al'IM.K IALBI IM LONOON.London. Dec. »..At the aale of app'.es tn Ilvee*

pool |Q dai Italdwlna Cet-h-d from Ua la l**4'

Ureenlnaa, 10s to |K 6d ar.d Newtown ptftaaa*)Us. to 27h. per barrei.The prlcs obtained bl l.on.lr*n were for Nf*1''"

plpplna, 14*. to Me.; Baldartaa Ma to 18s.. and Otmrnit'.«s. 12s. 11 ii*. i er bai

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