Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-12-18
BREVlTIES.

Alexander Salvini, the Wcll-llnC wn
actor. died ut Florence, Italy, on the
18th. ,.---
A Rome dispatch says it is asserted
there that Spain has asked the pope to
sound the European nations as to
whether they could support Spain in a
war with the United States
Ex-Qucens. Lilioukalapi, of Hawaii,
arrived unexpectedly at San Fran
cisco from Honolulu on the steamer
China. The object of her visit is at
present unknown, but the impression
which exists among the passengers is
that Lilionka!an; is en- route to Wash
ington, where it is her intention to
make 2 final and urgent appeal to
President Cleveland for the restora-
ton Of her throne.
At New York recently in the six day
! bicycle race the first prize was won by
Edward Hale, OF Ireland The final
score was: Hale, l,910.s; Rice. 1885:
Reading, l,s65.3; Forster, l,sao.l;
Schock, l,1'7G.a; Smith, l,754.7; Pierce,
1,Ts.l; Taylor, 1,73:.:;; Ashingcr.
1878: Moore, 1,G6l.7; Maddox, 1,G44.3:
| Cassidy, 1905. All of these men
broke the record Of 1,GoO miles, made
by Albert Schock in 1893.
Vigo, Spain, dispatch: The North
German Lloyd steamer Salicr is lost
off Cape Corfu bedo. All hands arc
drowned. There were olo passengers
on board. Her crew was composed of
siXty-fivc men. All on board, pas
sengcrs and crew. persisted. The
Sailors passengers consisted of ll3
Russians. 50 Galacians. Gil Spaniurds
and German. The Salicr was bound
from Bremen to Buenos Ayrcs via
Corunna and Vilgaric. The passengers
were mostly in the Storage.
General Weyler returned to I!a-
vana few days ago. lie rode into
the city on horseback. accompanied by
two s1uadrons of cavalry. His coming
had been made known to the public
and large crowds gathered to welcome
him. He was given Il popular ovation
from the time lie reached the city
limits until he reached the palace.
! At some places along the route girls
strewcd flowers in his pathway and he
was in other ways treated as popular
hero. lie claims the rebellion has
been suppressed.
-adiz dispatch: \ terrible disaster
occurred at Neres, in the province of
Andalusia and sixteen miles from this
city, through the collapse of a build
ing. A house containing twenty-five
/ persons collapsed without warning,
burying all of its inmates in the
debris. The house fell upon an ad-
! joining tenement building, which also
| gave way. The tenement house was
inhabited by cighty-fivc persons, all Of
/ whom were buried by the wreckagc.
| Many dead bodies have been removed
| and the loss Of life will be appalling.
! 1t is announced that the WAYS
and means committee of the house will
begin work before the holiday recess
| upon the tariff bill. which is to be the
chief feature in the policy of the in
coming administration, and will en-
! deavor to perfect the bill so that it
! may be presented to the house of the
Fifty-tifth congress early in the special
session, which President Mckinley
will summon for revising the tariff
laws. The DiDglcy bill will be aban-
doned by the republicans. This is the
plan said to have been agreed upon by
the republican leaders and tho
| president-elect.
Senator John Sherman chairman Of
| the republican caucus, has APP
pointed Wolcott, Hoar, Chandler and
Gearn committee, provided for.at the
republican cancns, to prepare way tor
international agreement on silver.
Caracas dispatch: The Venezuelan
minister to the United States, who
was to leave for Washington at once
with the cabinets approval Of the
boundary agreement negotiated with
Great Britain by the United states.
has postponed his departure. Mucl,
popular opposition has been aroused
against the agreement and It is said
Venezuela will withhold her consent.