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census of Peru gives the total population At a.
703 OTIS The rebellion in the South Amorican

census of Peru gives the total population al a.
703, 075, The rebellion in the south American
States Of Columbia still continues, "A fatal
railway collision occurred At Quincy, H., by
which four OF the employees OF the road were
killed. "A number Of mon working q snowplow
on the railway at Hcraldyillc, w., were severely
injured by running into train Of cara On
January lit Victoria was proclaimed Empress
Of India with great ceremony During 1876
New York city nnfferod from 1914 fires, with
LOSSES aggrogating to 2,7l7,pg6, I, Emperor
William, Of Germany, held grand reception "
his officers ON the seventeen anniversary of his
entering ON soldiers life IT,, A terrible disaster
occurred at the wreck of the British ship Cir.
cassian, which had been on the beach at Bridge
hampton, j.. l., since the morning Of the
eleventh OF December. Most OF the cargo Of
tho steamer had been removed and II was ex-
pected that she would be hauled OFT that day.
me gale came ON while the steamer lay in this
helpless condition on the beach and the waves
swept entirely over the wreck. Every effort was
made by tho lifo saving station to save those
ON board, but twenty-eight lives were lost by
the disaster. The ship ia wreck. The lost in
cluded officers and crew Of the steamer and
wreckers.
The report Of New York States canal auditor
shows that during the past fiscal year the canal
receipts were Sl,477.S3l and expenses sl,I49,.
1914 leaving tho net receipts 1888, 1888. An
increase OF about forty per cent. has been made
in passenger rates westward from New York :. -.
at an election ut Gloucester, Canada, riot oc-
cured, during which ten or twelve men were
severely injured, and II was necessary to close
the polls. The Royal land company OF vir-
ginia has mortgaged its property to the Phila-
delphia Fidelity insurance company for SS,5OO-
900 IN order to procure funds to build railway
to the coal mines in their land in the Shenan-
doah valley, :. The national debt statement for
December 3lst shows grand total Of 81, $780,
922, 2O.35-an increase OF 1855, 142. 80 during
the month. There is coin to the amount OF
S96, 5l74, 80 in the treasury Wade Hamp-
ton has issued message calling upon the peo-
pie OF South Carolina to pay ten per cent. 1t
their taxes to his officers. . "A man and child
were drowned by the sinking Of the steamship
Emile Oft the Florida coast :. "A tremendous
gale ragged on the Atlantic coast of France, and
shipping disasters were numerous "A snow
slide near Alta, Utah, buried boarding honse
and suffocated four men, two Others being res
cued in an nsensible condition. Smith Ely,
DR., having resigned his scat in Congress to ac-
cept the Office Of mayor Of New York city, David
Dudley Field was elected to fill the vacancy.
Gems. Crook and Mckenzie disbanded their
Misunderstanding forces ut Fort Laramie.
New York business men representing $780,
100000 Of capital propose that the government
relinquish its 81 100000 Of stock in the Centent
which has robbed the mails between Philadei-
phia and that city of large amount were
arrested. :, .Eph Horn, for the past twenty-four
years well known rs popular minstrel man,
died in New York In the friendly compe-
tltion between the representative students of
several Of the American colleges, +. NJ. Taylor,
OF Northwestern University, Illinois, received
the prize for essays Emil schwerdtfeger, of
Cornell, was the successful contestant in Latin;
i'll the mathematical contest G. A. Van Velzer,
of Cornell, and Geo. G. Hollerith, of the Col
lege of the City Of New York, were equally
worthy in mental science T. d. Jones, Of
Princeton bore off the honors Eugene Prayer,
Cornell, won the prize for Greek the judges Of
OF oratory declared in favor of F. F. Laird, of
Hamilton College. The number of convicts in
the three State prisons of the State of New
York on the thirtieth of last September was
), 500, Sing Sing prison leading off with 1905
The number is about the same as the year be-
fore and five hundred ahead of 1873 and 1874
each. A coal mine belonging to the Lykens
Valley Go. at Pottsvile, Pa, caught fire from
some unknown cause and it was necessary to
turn Lear creek from its course and flood the
mine. No human lives were lost, although
eighty-six mules were burned. Eight hundred
men were thrown out of employ. The damage
cannot be repaired in less than year. The
loss, which was very heavy, cannot be estimated
at present. :. The engineers who struck on the
Grand Trunk road Of Canada have given into
the company and resumed work Gen. Crook
in conversation, expressed himself as satisfied
that the hostile Indians cannot stand another
In the spring he thinks sufficient
number of fighters can he secured to close the
border troubles.
The late Cornelius Vanderbilt Cor as he was
better known, Commodore Vanderbilt) was born
on Staten Island in May, 1894. His parents
were poor, and he was at on early age thrown
upon his own resources and whatever success
he met with during his long and busy career
was due to his own lntring energy and in
perseverance. His colossal fortune
was acquired by the labor of his own hands,
and it was not until late in life that any part of
it was bestowed in charity. Early in life he be-
came steamboat man, and if an opposition
line of boats was started anywhere Vanderbilt
was sure to have a hand in it. When the day
Of the steamboat was over he turned his atten
ton to railroading, and became the leading
spirit of the Hudson River, New York Cen
trail and Harlem roads. He invested very
little money in real estate. He led an active
business life and died very wealthy.
Over one hundred prisoners at the Ohio peni-
Tertiary were made sick, with symptoms indica
tive of poison, the cause being impure baking
powders used by the cooks of the building go.
In the United States court at Yanliton, d. T.,
John Mccall, convicted of the murder of "Wild
Bill, was sentenced by Chief Justice Shannon
- ne lHuSeu Oh tue llrSt Oh NlurCn. William
Window WAS reelected United States senator
by the Legislature of Minnesota. :. james G..
Blaine was elected by the Maine Legislature for
lhe short term in the United States Senate, and
also for the full term of six years, beginning
March 4, 1877. -. Massachusetts during the
past year reduced her State debt 1886, 900. In
1875, by large expenditures for public improve
ments, the debt was largely increased. -. In
the Mansfield pa coal district three thousand
miners are on strike . The State debt of
Maine is $5, 1891 The governor estimates
hat tax of three and one-fourth mills on the
dollar will he all that will be necessary to meet |
5he current expenses this year. =. United States
vessels patrol the Rio Grande to prevent out
ages by the Mexican authorities. -. The late |
Commodore Vanderbilt was in active business
ife from sixteen to eighty-two, a period of
,ixty-six years -. The State debt of Pennsyl- |
,ania is 1872 s65, 021.5S. -. Six thousand men !
ire at work cutting ice in the Hudson river.
The three richest men in the United States
Astor, Stewart and Vanderbilt have died within
fifteen months.