Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1896-12-19


Mrs. Sarah Il. Ingersoll Cooper and
her daughter. Harriet Cooper. both wide.
~ known as workers In the cause Of tenn.
pcrancc. Christianity and philanthropy.
committed suicide together In their home
In San Francisco Thursday night. Mrs.
Cooper's will was discovered upon table
In the apartment, informing the world Of
the joint suicide and requesting that the
bodies BE- not taken TO the morguc. Mrs.
Cooper and her daughter were foremost
among the members of the WOman's SUI
frage Association. Mrs. Cooper was. IN
fact. president of the California Woman
Suffrage Association and was prominent
ly identified with church and kindcrgnr.
ten work. She taught the largest Bible
class In the world and was n prominent
officer Of the WOman's Christian Temper.
ance Union. The suicide has made u
profound sensation In the city. where
Mrs. Cooper and her daughter had boon
/ until recently the leaders In church AMI
Christian affairs generally. The tragedy
| IL directly traceable to the recent scandal
which eliminated In the church trial AMI
condemnation Of Rev. DIR. Charles d.
Brown, pastor Of the First Congregation.
| al Church. Mrs. Cooper was one OF his
warmest supporters In the carly part OF
the trial. Before the end OF the trial.
however. Mrs. Cooper and her daughter
turned against him, and the part Ut the
CoOpers In the case was In violent dis.
agreement with the church element,
which censurcd them for their activity
agaic-. ~ ccc..cd Clergyman. Since
tie trial the Coovcys had been snulbed
by former friends and given the cold
shoulder by their associates In church
work. Harriet Cooper was so oppressed
with the burden Of the social boycott that
was imposed upon herself and her mother
that her health failed and she suffered
from nervous prostratiOn. She often
spoke OF taking her own life, but had been
dissuaded By her mother.
Raid on African Stations.
Alvices from Blantyre. the chief town
Of British Central Africa, announce the
dispatch of two British columns agains,
the Angoni Zulus unser Chief Chikuski
who have invaded Southwest Nyassaland
and burned British missionary station,
besides massacreing the inhabitants OF Il
number of villages. The Portuguese a;
Tete have invited the cooperation II thu
British. Chikusi commands 10000 war
riors, and the British troops only number
600 Great anxiety was felt at Blantyr'
when these advces left that town. ant
an attack upon 1t was feared. The 90
logne Gazette says that IN" German
warship Condor Is on her way from For
Natal to Lorenzo Marques, where. III
cabled 10 the Associated Press, the Ter
man and Dutch cOnsulates have been at
tackled and the British flag was torn Il
shreds. The Dutch Consul was wounded
Germany has demanded satisfaction o
Portugal. Lorenzo Marques is the prin
cipal town Of Portuguese South Africa.
Fire Starts q Church Panic.
A panic occurred In 1t. Agnes Roman
Catholic Church at Soho, Pa, Sunda
/. morning. Some boys cried "Fire," an
In a general rush one woman was tram
pied upon. but not seriously injured. IN
church was destroyed by fire four year
ago.
Ia Responsible tor Errors.
The Supreme Court OF Missouri rule
: that a telegraph company il liable ia
mistakes made In transmission of tel.
grams. and declares the printed contrac
providing that the company Is not liabl
for unrepeated messages Is invalid.
Jumpe from . Fast Train.
. Near Columbia, Mo-, IN unknown ma
jumped from the eastbOund train on III
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