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Show NEWS OTTDAY. People in Rio Are Very Tired of War. GOLD RESERVE SINKING. Queen l.iliuokaJani May Die Suddenly-Horrible Suddenly-Horrible News From the City of Ninir-poo-Miscellaneous Telegraphic News of General Importance From Many Places. i L Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 14. The news jf received in this city from the south is to the effect that the long expected and much-needed reinforcements from Santa Catherina are unlikely to jrive anything like a prompt aHSietance to their fellow inurgmts now in .the Rio harbor. It row lookB as if the revolutionary revolu-tionary leaders Rt Santa Catherina - would be unable to lend any aid to ) Gama. The serious illness of MpIIo now on board the Republica, has had an apparent disastrous effect upon the insurgent forces of the southern part of the republic. In the Rio Grande do Swl the insurgents have raised the siepce of Bage and have left the city in ti e triumphant possession of th government garrison. In a number of other engagements the revolutionists have suffered defeat, and many Mello men were wounded or killed. Unle?s Mello recovers and is able, by his presence, to reanimate his men the outlook for the insurgents is very dark indeed. Discontent is said to prevail ti a large extent in the ranks and desertions de-sertions are said to be numerous Fever if also thinning the insurjent army. Unless something is qu-ckly done Melio will lose fully one half of his entile force in the south. It is v-rv probable this news will lead to greatt-r activity than ever on f the part otV'iexoto and that a battle between the troops and the; insurgents' equadron and forts of a decisive character char-acter will be fought within a very short time. The inhabitants of Rio are heartily tired of war, and the epidemic now raging here makes a desire for peace all the stronger on the part of citizens generally. THE GOLD RESERVE. Washington, Jan. 14. If congress does not take kindly to the suggestions offered by Secretary Carlisle in his annual an-nual report, the only course left to the officials of the treasury department to replenish the gold reserve will be for the secretary to exercise Ms authority granted him by the law of 1875 anl is-ue is-ue bonds for the purpose of maintain inz the gold reserve The position which confronts the administration is one which they have decided to handle with promptness. All the available money'now in the treasury consists of the no-called "gold reserve." which has now been invaded $26,000,000, and by the first of the month the department believes the total amount will have been reduced to $(iS,000.000. Such a situation, it is thought, will again start the movement of gold toward Europe, which would Etill further reduce the amount of gold held by the United States. Secretary C 'sle has twioe appeared before the co tj..-; ttee on finance. When lie next appent iiefore the committee, L which may " t :;orrow, it is probable hf will emp -;r.e his argument by the presentation a '-acefully prepared statement of " tion in which he linde the nstiT.iti E incee. as well as the methoJs 'ir. jo.s. i ? him to afford relief. Carlisle prefr-rs Tress should deal with this matt; : 'nit if the national legislature faib,' u it'uin three or tout-weeks, tout-weeks, to show any indication that it inteude to aid the secretary of the treasury, it ie know? he will be forced to avail himself of the authority granted him by the act of 1875 and is sue 'he bonds necessary to replenish the reserve. All statements to the effect that orders have Deen given to the bureau uf engraving and priiitin , to prepare plates, etc., are pure fabri cations. Absolutely no action has been taken and no plans decided upon. This much can be officially stated. tUKKN LlL'a HEART. The Examiner correspondent has thistoeav of Liliuokalani's phvsical condition: "The sudden death of Queen Liliuokalani has not hitherto been counted as one of the possibilities in the Hawaiian problem, but it is likely to occur at any moment, as those close to her have admitted. It i no secret the queen has valvular trouble of the heart, but it is not widely known that severe and prolorjged smothering spells have lately come upon her with increasing in-creasing frequency, -greatly to the discouragement dis-couragement of those -in attendance upon her. The details of her illness are not announced, and every precau tion has been taken to avoid the publication publi-cation of any facts concerning her health, but there was so much alarm and hastening to ana fro lat eight I that I am able to ascer'ain the cauee jlrom her close attendants, the has had a serious attack, from which she slowly recovered by the use of digitalis, followed by l.raudy. Visitors are prohibited, and in her present predicament predica-ment the utmost caution is used to pr vent any excitement. The threats against her life have probably given her ir-ore unrest than any one cause and these have greatly conduced to her present trouble." MISCELLANEOUS BKIEFS. M. Waildington, the French states-mar, states-mar, is dead. The entire Argentine maize crop has bt-eu ruined by draught. Mrs. J. K. Emmett,widow of -'Fritz" E nmett, was married last night to W. B. Mix. of Albany, N. Y. Three days have been spent in the discussion of the tobacco tax bill in Berlin. There is a formidable opposition. opposi-tion. The large pre mipes at King's Cross, London, occuped by Joseph Thorley, as a manufactory of cattle food, burned yesterday. Loss $70,000. But one heat!. en has eo far, been registered reg-istered in Boise, Ida., and otbr rs say i they will n.t register unless told to do ! so by the Six Companies. Eighty deputies have asked for a commutation of the death sentence of Vaillant. the bomb-thrower. At an anarchist meeting held last night at Lyons, Vaillant was proclaimed honorary hon-orary chairman. Bismarck's health is far from satis factory. Besides his old gastric disorder, dis-order, he has suffered recently from influenza. in-fluenza. He is reported as being considerably con-siderably thinner, but the associated press says his "steel gray eyes are as lustrous as ever." Herman feigel, of Milwaukee, the oldest old-est editor in point of service in the United States, aged 54. has died He had been editor-in-chief of the A bent Post of this city for three years, hut had been connected with the Milwaukee Mil-waukee papers for nearly twenty five years. Schaefer and Ives have aereed to divide the sweepstakes of $1,500 and 80 percent, of the door receipts of the billiard tournament, which closed Saturday Sat-urday night, owing to the difficulty in obtaining a suitable hall to play off the tie game. Under this arrangement each will receive nearly $2,000. |