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a VESSELS FATE.

steamer Goes Down with Two Hundred
90 and Sevenfy-Eiye Lives.
Nigo, Spain, Dec. 1.-THE North Ger
man Lloyd steamer Salier is total loss
of Coruua. All hands are drowned.
She carried 210 passengers and a cre,s
of 65 men. The Salier's passengers
consisted of 113 Russians. 35 Cialicians.
81 Spaniards and one German. mostly
in the steerage. The Salier was bound
from Bremen to BueDos Ayres, via
Cnruna and Nillagariea. The Corfu
bedo rocks, on which the ship was lost.
are situated off the southwest coast OF
Coruna and should have been given a
wide berth before the steamer headed
eastward, and then in a northeasterlv
direction for the bay leading up TO Vii
lagariea How she managed to be in
that perilous position is ineXpIicable to
navigatOrs.
Tie ioss of the Salier is another of
the series of disasters that have at
tended the fortunes of the North Ger
nan Lloyd Steamship company. Ii
calls to mind the frightful loss of life
that occurred early in the morning Of
January 80. 1895, when the steamer
Elbe, belonging TO that company. was
rln into in the North sea and sank ~
the British steamship Craythie. OF the
b. passengers on board the Elbe aii
were lost except %. most of " HON were
members of the crew.
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FROM WASHINGTON.

+ The Glover building in Washington
has been chosen by the national repl5
lican committee as permanent head
quarters.
A report issued by the interstate com.
Inerce commission of the income and
expenditures of the railways in the
United States for the year ending June
80, 1896, shows that the net earnings on
172, 1863 miles were sos. 675,047.
In his annual report to congress At
torney-General Harmon expresses sat
isfaction IT the results of the new salary
81 stem which displaced the cid fee sys-
TEN July l of the present year. a large
reduction is shown in every one of the
items which would naturally be affected
by the fee system. During the year the
court considered 374 cases. A new
crimes act is one of the things the at
torney-general thinks is needed.
At the leading clearing houses in the
United States the exchanges during the
eek ended on the 18th aggregated ST.
O65, OBS, sol, against Sl,2s5, 4s5,sO4 the
previous week. The decrease compared
with the corresponding week in 1885,
was SO.
In the United States there were $50
business failures N the seven days end
ed on the nth, against $40 the week
previous and 1913 in the corresponding
period of 1895.
The Turkish minister, Mustapha Bey,
has received peremptory instructions
from his government TO secure a retrac
ton of the injurious statements made
by President Cleveland in his message
TO congress, and a rupture of the dip
lOmatic relations between the United
States and Turkey is threatened.
Commissioner Joseph 5. Miller, of
the internal revenue bureau, in his
annual report shows this receipts for the
fiscal year ended jane 30, 1896. TO have
been STAG, s3O.6I5, against Sl43,24e. or
the previous year.
In session in Washington the Non
partisan w. c. T. L. convention re-
elected as president Mrs. Annie NJ. Wit
tenmeyer, of Pennsylvania.
The report that the sultan of Turkey
has entered a protest agains the
language of the Presidents message 30
congress in its treatment of the Turk
ish question Is denied.
In the United States the visible sup
ply of grain on the 14th was: Wheat,
"a. 600 bushels; corn, II. 461, 00o bush
els; oats, 11,359.OOO bus hels; rye, 2.5S2,-
coo bushels; barley. 100000 bushels.
Alice Thomas. a colored woman over
lU2 years old, was fatally burned ii
Washington by falling against a stove
Secretary Carlisle sent to compress q
statement of receipts and expenditures
of the government for the fiscal year
ended June so. 1896. which shows the
total receipts were S4O9. AIS. iOS and the
expenditures S434.627,654.
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THE EAST.


At Westchester. Pa, Rev. Samuel
Bailey was arrested for the murder of
his v ife.
Fraaeis II. Clough and Walter f.
Slade, operating the Clear River WOODEN
mills at BurrelIvIlle, Il. l., failed for
81, OOO. goo.
At Niagara Falls, n. Y. the First
national bank suspended with liabili-
ties of $4,000.
Carl Sehurz, of New York, was re-
elected president at the annual meet
ing in Philadelphia of the National
Civil Service Reform league.
At meeting in New York print pA
per manufacturers agreed to form
national association to control the
product of all mills and fix prices.
Helen Beers, of Bridgeport, Conn.
born blind 40 years ago, has had hei
sight restored by the removal of cat
aract from each eye.
Three young children of Edward
Farnsworth were drowned at Brook
line. y. H.. while rlaying on thin ice.
In Boston Samuel II. Putnam, aged
SO. of Chicago. president of the free
thought congress, and May l.. Collins,
aged %. of Midway. Ky, promising
free thought lecturer and writer, were
sufTocated by gas.
Hale, the Irish flyer. was the winner
in the six-day bicycle race in New
York, making 1910 miles and new
record. Rice, of Wilkesbarre. Pa, was
second. with a score of l.sS2 miles.
Charles 4. Prouty. of Vermont, has
been noniinc ID interstate commerce
commissioner in place of Wheelock 6.
Neazey. resigned.
In New York the Cuban League of
the United States was organized bg
Chauncey NJ. Depev. Roswell Il. Flower.
Charles \. Dana. Theodore Roosevelt
and others of equal prominence. the OBJ
itct being "a demand in ercesSion by
the United States TO end the warfare IN
the island.
Great preparations are being made 10
celebrated thee huudredth anniver-
sarv of Albany rs the capital city of
New York ON January 6. 1897.
The doors of the FIRST national bank
al HoIidavsburg. Ia. were closed. and
As a result two other banks. At Martins
burg and Williamsburg, were forced to
suspend.
Flames in the business section of Al
toona. Pa. entailed 4 loss of 100000.
At his home in New York Emanuel
Schvab celebrated his Tooth birthday.
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A TREATY OF PEACE.
Plan for Settlement of Anglo American
Affairs Well Under Way.

Plan for Settlement OF Anglo American
Affairs Well Under Way.
Washington, Dec. 1.-THE negotia-
lions between the United States and
Great Britain for a treaty of general ar
bitration, covering ell subjects of diff
ference hctwesn the two Eng lish-speak
ing nations, present and prospective.
have advanced to stage of complete
ness far beyond what the public has had
reason to believe. The purpose of Sec
rotary Olney and Sir Julian Pauncefote
is to conclude the negotiations within
the next three weeks. All of the sub
stantiai features of the treaty have been
agreed on. From the present status of
the negotiations il is believed the fol
lowing win be the important terms OF
the treaty:
Il. A term Of five years from the cate OF
the exchange of ratification within whicf
the treaty shall be operative.
2 court OF arbitration OF six members
three to be drawn from the judiciary OF
the United States and three from the
judiciary of Great Britain.
% The submission to this tribunal OF al.
differences between the two nations, now
pending or to arise within the period OF
i've years this not to include the Behrtnp
ton, now before Independent com
missions, but to include the question OF tne
boundary between Alaska and BTiIish
North America"
The completion of this treaty will
mark an important epoch in the rela-
tions between the two English-speakiHg
nations, and in the judgment of those
who have been most identified with its
contamination it will be the most i'm
portant document of peaceful charac-
ter in the history of their mutual deal
ings.
As yet it cannot be stated definitely
whether the treaty will cover differ
ences involving national honor and SOW
ereignty. This was point of disagree
ment early in the negotiations. Ii Is
probable, however, that an exception
will occur in this respect. as the treat y
is meant to cover the usual and ordi,
nary differences which arise between
nations. rather than such extraordinary
events as an insult to the flag or any
other national indignity, which are Hsu-
ally considered outside the scope of ar
bitratiOn.
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,uEsr Avn soIITH.


At the age Of 50 years Col. w. =. Nc
Creerv. state treasurer of Michigan in
1875 and United States consul TO Nalpa-
raiso. Chill. for two years, died at his
home in Flint.
4 report that William Drury. of New
!soston. H.. the large land owner. Is
dead. proves to be false
In Chicago Frank c. Nierling. prom
inent real estate dealer. failed for Si4o.'
600.
The death OF John Wilbur occurred al
his home near LOYAL. Wis.,, ageo los
years and n months.
Within the city limits II ST. Louis
the Iron Mountain fast express train
was held up BY six masked ,ren, but the
~xpress safe could not lie cprned and
the bandits fed without booty
In Omaha Vernon White is-ysar-oid
10y. VAS accidentally hanged BY his
play mates while playing poliee.
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WIN stay in the FIELD.

Indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 1.-THE ma
tIonal executive committee of the ma
tinnal democratic party held its first
meeting since the election at the Bates
house in this city Thursday afternoon
and in the evening enjoyed little sup
per with Henry Natterson as the guest
of honor. The business of the after
noon was the auditing of the accounts
of the committee and discussing the
question of organization during the
next four years. The accounts were
found to be correct with a balance LETT
in the treasury. II was decided to hold
the organization intact as II stands and
10 make an effort to extend it into states
where 1t had no footing in the last cam
raign as well as 10 make il more
thorough in those states where il was
active. Various subcommittee were
apnOintc1
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Much Indignation.
DENIAL FROM wEYLER.
Says Maceo Was Not Led Into an Amsnsn
by Treachery.

ny tFcatnergs
New York, Dec. 15.-The New York
World correspondent at Havana sends
the following signed statement from
Gen. Neyler on Maceo's death. The
paper will print the original Spanish
of which the following is a translation:
'Maceo died as a result OF the feeble state
In which were the insurgent bands at Ha-
vana. Doubtless, before the sudden at
tacks and the constant persecution of the
battalion of San Quentin. they were los
ing ground. To reorganiZe those hands he
put himself at their head, and for his he
died. with part of the staff accompanying
him. In the same manner have died many
generals in all the wars over the world
Maceo was not killed in an ambush. My
assertion can be proved by the fact that
the Spanish column which fought against
his forces had to maintain Itself against
I the fire of the insurgents, and the basur-
gents were strong enough in number to
rctake the bodies of Maceo and the son
OF Maxine Gomez. which were carried away
from the field. Maceo was surrounded
by his own men, who embarked with him
and passed the trocha, IL is affirmed by
his own physician, DIR. Zertucha.
1T is not true that Maceo was coming for
any conference with me. | can prove 4
with two reasons. The first is that II was
in the province Of Pinar del Rio, how could
| summon him to the province of Havana p
The second is. that knowing myself the
situation In which Maceo was i'm I'inar del
Rio, knowing that his situation wasa des-
perate that he asked help from the rebel
forces in the other parts OF the Island
1 would not be so innocent as to agree TO
a conference with him In a place where
he would be out of the trocha. once in
Havana he would have resolved the PROD
lem of breaking the circle in which | had
him and his forces In Pinar del Rio.
'.Maceo died as fell all who commanc
forces who at the sight of the enemy ny
away This discouraged band ne brought
to Havana with the nope of making II
fight. Amy other chief. in similar circum-
stances, il his men disbaHdcd, would be
sure TO die. And that is what happened to
MappO"
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FOUND DEAD.
Mrs. s. ii. Cooper and Daughter Commit
SnIcide In san EraneiscO.


Suicide in San Francisco.
San Francisco, Dec. i2.-Mrs. Sarah
II. Cooper and her daughter, Harriet
Cooper, were found dead in their home
in this city Friday morning with the
gas turned on and every evidence OF
suicide. In her will, written Thursday
Mrs. Cooper requests that the bodies of
herself and daughter be not taken to the
morgue. The Coopers have lived entire
ly alone except for Chinese cook, who
had been in their employ for 20 years
lie has not yet been found. t is cx-
pected he can throw some liz at on the
tragedy. The room in which the bodice
were found was full of escaping gas
which the physicians said had undoubt-
eGly caused asphyxiation.
Mrs. Cooper was president of the Kin
dergarten association and her daughter
was deputy superintendent. Mrs.
Cooper had lived here 30 years and was
widely known as an educator, philan-
thropist and writer. She was president
of the Women's Press association.
president of the Women's Suffrage
association, and prominent as an
officer of the Women's Christian
Temperance union. For many years
she taught the largest Bible class
in the city in the First Congregational
church, her class numbering seyera,
hundred adults. She was also assistant
pastor of the church under the pas
torate of Rev. DR.. c. o. Brown.
When the scandal concerning DR.
Brown was first talked about Mrs.
Cooper stood by her pastor and ex
pressed confidence in him. Later lie
velopments caused her to change her
mind, and she and her daughter be-
came his most prominent opponents
and accusers after Mrs. Davidson. Much
bitterness in church circles was engen-
dered by Mrs. Cooper's statements on
the witness stand at the church trial.
Miss Cooper was even more pronounced
than her mother in opposition to DR..
Brown. This action estranged many
cid friends, and the suicide of mother
and daughter is ascribed to the brood
ing over GOODNESS and snubs from former
friends.
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DRoLL SORT OF DUEL.
How n French sparrow Fought W tn
"BIzckblrdr Up Tree.

How n French sparrow Fought W tn .
"BIzckbirdr Up Tree.
One day the famous duelist, Pierrot
dIsaac, went TO see his friend. Mar
guis Merle de Sainte-Marie. says the
st. Louis Mirror 1t should be ex-
planned that IN French pierrot means
sparrow and merle means blackbird.
Marquis" said d 'Lsaacs, Il am Bona
partist and you are a royalist. More
over, l am the sparrow and you are
the blackbird. Doesn't 1t strike you
that there is one bird OF us too many?"
1T precisely does" said the marguiss
my choice is pistols. and, as is ap-
propriate for birds OF our species, let
us fight in the trees" AS if il were
not a sufficient ridiculous thing that
one NAN should challenge another be-
cause his name was Sparrow and tho
other Blackbird, the duel was actually
fought from trees, the seconds standing
on the ground below. The pistols were
fired at the signal. There was a rust
ling among the laayes of one Of the
chestnut trees. 1t was Pierrot d 'lsaacs
who, wounded severely in one LEG, came
tumbling to the ground. At this point
the marquis began 10 chirp triumphant
". initiating the song of the blaclcbird.
This was a fresh insult, to be atoned
In only one way, and d'Isaacs waited
for his wound to recover to challenge
Sainte-Marie for the chirp. This time
the duel was fought with swords, and
Ssinte-Marie was badly wourded-the
sparrow lad avenged himself on the
llnckbird. /
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

In the last regular bull-ighting sea-
son in Spain l,2lS bulls and 6,00O horses
were killed.
There are 10000 sick and wounded
Spanish soldiers in the eight govern
ment military hospitals in Havana.
In Saldanha bay, South Africa, the
English ship British Peer was wrecked
and II persons persisted.
The North German Lloyd steamer
Salier sank off COrunas Cerrubedo and
275 people were lost. OF this number
2iO were passengers and 65 members
of the crew
A building collapsed al Jerez de Ia
Frontera. Spain, burying over 100 per-
sons.
The famous Cuban leader, Gen. An
tonic Maceo, is really dead, he and his
staff having been treacherously MUIR
dered by Spaniards December I while
on their way to attend a conference ~
which they were invited by the marquis
of Ahumeda, acting captain general of
Cuba, while Gen. Weyler was in the
field.
While en- route from Bayonne to
Cardiff the French steamer Comentry
foundered with 20 persons on board.
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CIGAR Is a SOCIAL FoRoE.
Bright Young Maa Insists on Teach
Ing Eis Ether L. "a. ole.


Ing His Father 10 81. oke.
That adage about the child being IA
Their to the man received an odd inter
pUetation by young man who lives in
Oak Park. He thinks it means that
the child should run things and make
the old man stand around.
This bright young man, says Chica-
go paper, lives with his father IN bache-
lor apartments. II CHANGED that the
old man led an exemplary life in his
younger days and had never learned 10
smoke. The son, however, being Thor.
oughly up to the times, is very fond OF
his cigar, and many a colloquy ensued.'
When the father came home TO find the
rooms redolent of cigar smoke ho-
would argue with his son that twas no
nice way 10 do, and that he should re-
spect the feelings OF those who OBJ
jected TO smoke.
But, father" objected the young
man, you must recognize the fact that
the cigar is a great social factor. Fa-
/ Their. YOU must learn to smoke. II is an
accomplishment OF every gentleman,
and YOU should not overlook IL"
! The next day he brought bCme box
OF cigars and a pipe for his father, and
the old gentleman, who had spent so
years in this vale of smoke without
knowing the comforts or solace OF to-
bacco. began inlustriously TO learn TO
smolSe. After three trials he gave it
up and confessed his defeat, His son
smoked up all the cigars and the Pipe
was given to an irreverent young man
who laughted at the story.
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WORK OF a YEAR.
Commissioner Miller. of the Internal Rev
enus Bureau, Reports.

Washington. Dec l4-'rhe annual repor,
OF Commissioner Joseph 5 Miller. OF the
internal revenue bureau. shows the receipts
for the fiscal year ending June 30. 1886. 70
have been Sl46. SIS; for the fiscal year
OF 1895. slfS.246.U77; for the fiscal year OF
1894. $lf7.l6s.44s and for the fiscal year OF
1923, $i6l.t .,sS9. The receipts during tn,
last fiscal year from the several sources
of revenue. and the increase or decrease
In each, as compared with the fiscal year.
1885. are given as follows:
Spirits. sS0,bsU,o70, increase sSo7,i43; to-
nacco. S5O,9ll,b2s, increase sl.oo6.IZl; fer
mented liquors. x33. 1925. Increase. Sz.l43.
III; oleomargarine. 81. rs. 4s2. decrease SlA9,-
! Hs; banks and bankers, SlS4 increase STA
miscellaneous. SiS.ll5. decrease SlSS. 90.
The cost OF collecting the internal revenue
curing the last fiscal year amounted 10
si.teb.zs2, and the estimE ted cost az collec.
tinns for the next fiscal wear Is 81 S5g GO
The estimated receipts from all sources
during the current fiscal year are xl5u.UUJ
0oc.
During the year the work performed By
the revenue agents is given as follows
Number OF registered distilleries seized
20; Illicit distilleries seized and destroyed
1876; gallons OF spirits seized. l23,6SS; fer
mentors seized and destroyed, 1885. gar
Ions of beer seized and destroyed, l.3YS.-
O3i; horses seized, l0l; wagons seized. Go
value of property reported for seizure,
S50S. 449: assessments reported, SZle bJ7. The
humber OF persons arrested was so9 Three
persons were wounded Since 1875 ten Off
GERS and employees have been killed anu
Is wounded.
The number of registered distilleries
operation during the year was 6,lsl. The
number OF gallons OF molasses used for the
production of spirits during the last tiscai
year is 3,507 ,60s. with a product therefrom
OF 2.6i2.S22 gallons of spirits. The guam
tty of grain used for the production OF
spirits during the fiscal year ending June
81. 1896. le,650,6ly bushels. shows all increase
of l,l30.907 bushels over the actual amount
OF grain used In the preceding fiscal year.
and is 3.2a42l4 bushels less than the av
GRACE for the last ten years. The number
OF gallons of spirits produced from grain
during the year. 50. 426. l53, shows an Increas,
of 4.2S3.64l gallons ever the product for the
year ending June 80. 1896. and Is II, GSl .l9f
gallons less than the a.erage product fot
the last ten years
The commissioner calls attention to the
marked Improvement of the service since
the classification under the civil service
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Minneapolis, Dec. 16.-In the very
near future Minneapolis will be treat
ed to a sensation that will involve the
names of several citizens in such way
as TO perhaps land some of them in
prison cells The issue of warrants
for the arrest of City Clerk Charles f..
Haney last Saturday was the first
move to this end. 1t was but the step
ping stone.
Today. when the grand jury meets.
there will be submitted to it evidence
duplicating nearly every department
in the civic government of Minneapo-
lis. There will be evidence that those
who have prepared it hope that it will
send at least some alderman of this
city to the penitentisry.
Two they claim to be sure of, and
there may be more. 1t will be one of
The greatest exhibitions of civic house
cleaning ever witnessed in America.
All this, If the word of one of the most
prominent and respected citizens of
Minneapolis may be relied upon. Chi
ago detectives worked mp the case.
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Cadiz, Dec ia terrible disaster
occurred at Here's, in the province Il
Andalusia and lG miles from this city
Friday morning, through the COLLAPSE
of a building. A house containing p
Persons collapsed without warning,
burying all of its inmates in the debris.
The house fell upon an adjoining tene-
lnent building which also gave way
The tenement house was Inhabited by
- persons. all of whom were buried "a
the wreckage. Eleven dead bodies and
As seriously injured persons have at
ready been taken from the ruins and
the work of excavation for The purpose
OF recovering the others is proceeding
as rapidly as possible.
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LATER NEWS.

Dispatches state that the natives of
Mindano islands, one of the Philippine
group. have revolted, and that many
of the native troops are deserted to the
insurgents. 1t is further stated that
the situation at Manila is full of anxi-
ETY.. Bands of insurgents frequently
approach that town at night and fire
volleys into the place.
The official canvass of the votes of
New York gives Mckinley 2Cs, 400 plu-
rality.
Navigation on Lake Erie closed on
the 18th.
A match factory near Berlin, Ger
many, blew up the 10th, killing two
men and four girls.
A proposition has been made put
a tariff on silver TO an amount equal
to the discount on the price of the bull
lion. If the average price of silver for
a month be 65 cents per ounce the duty
would be s. cents.