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PERIL OF OCEAN TRAVEL.
Two Hundred aud Twelve Passengers Res
cued from the sinking Neendam.

New York. Feb. 14.-The steamship
Veendam. of the Holland American line.
bound from Rotterdam to New York,
stove a hole in her bottom yesterday
week, either with her own shaft or by
hitting a submerged derelict. After
terrific tussle with the pumps, in spite
of which the water that poured into her
kept gaining on the workers and when
she was within about five hours of fsink-
ing. providence sent along the Ameri-
can liner ST. Louis. In the dead Of night.
with the sea whipped and tossed by
tempest, the passengers and crew, 2l2 in
number, were transferred in safety; not
a soul was lost or hurt in the slightest
degree The Veendam's captain, the
last man to leave the ship, piled high
i'm her cabin the tables and chairs and
other furniture, and throwing kerosene
oil all over the mass, fired the ship. The
Louis sailed off just at gray dawn Of
last Monday, leaving the doomed ship
almost on her beam ends. with the
smoke curling up from her hatchways
and sheets of flame eating eagerly what
little woodwork there Vas left to burn.
The st. Louis left her and reached here
Saturday morning three days ahead Of
the time OF the Veendam
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LET'S SEE, Is THIS IN CUBA?
Specimen of the Sort of Civilization That
Obtains In kentucky.

Vanceburg, KY. Feb. 12.-At Escu-
la ia. this county. yesterday Constables
Cropper and Thacker attempted to ar
rest an old lady named Grove who was
at her home with several grown up
daughters. Before the officers realized
it one Of the girls flew at them like an
enraged tigress, with long knife. dan
gerously wounding both officers. BY
this time the old lady and another
daughter drew revolvers, and the Off
GERS realized that il was a fight for life
The battle ragged for a few moments
and after the smoke cleared old Mrs
Grove was found dead and shot to
pieces and both daughters wounded
Those who survived are in a dangerous
condition
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The Man who viii succeed DE LONE.

Madrid, Feb. 12.-United States Min
lister Woodford gave a banquet last
evening to the diplomatic corps. Senior
Gullon, the foreign minister, and Senior
Moret, the colonial minister were pres
ent. Senor Gullon, questioned by news
paper men on the subject. said that Sc
nor Dupuy de Lome's successor would
soon be nominated The correspondent
of the Associated Press learns that Sc
nor de Lome's successor will be Senior
Louis Polo Bernabe. son Of Vice Ad-
miral Polo, who formerly represented
Spain in the United States.
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s.ed with refef < to the treaty. The
meeting resultedHrom Tellers sugges-
tion that the treaty shouk be aban-
doned az such because OF the lack OF
votes TO pass IL. and that ahaexation be
accomplished through the me ans OF di-
rect legislation.
There was a thorough discussion OF
the situation. the result Of which was a
decision TO find an early method OF de-
termining the strength OF the annexa-
tion sentiment Accordingly Davis viii
make an effort to get the treaty up in
the senate next week with the view OF
exhausting the speeches as soon as pcs
sible. He viii then attempt 10 secure a
test which will reveal the voting
strength OF the friends OF the measure
and locate the senators now considered
doubtful
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finds"
That is one of the sublimest lines in all
literature. II is the final definition of love
by the worlds greatest reader of the human. J..
mind, - Shakespeare. Nearly all women
who truly love, love in this sublime way
Men seldom do.
Womans most glorious endowment is
the power TO awaken and hold the pure
and honest love of a worthy man When
she loses il and still loves on, no one in
the wide world can know the heart agony.
she endures. The woman who suffered
from weakness and arrangement of he/
special womanly organism soon loses 4
power to sway the heart of a man.
general health suffers and she loses
good looks, her attractiveness, her
bility and her power and prestige
woman. DR.. r. " Pierce, of Buffalo N
with the assistance of his staff of able p
sicians, has prescribed for many thousa
of women. He has devised perfect
scientific remedy for women's ailments.
is known as DR. Pierce's Favorite Prescr
ton. 1t is a positive specific for all wa
nesses, diseases, disorders, displacv
irregularities, and debilitating du
culiar to women. II purihesS
strengthens and heals. Mediciu
sell il, and no honest dealer 4
you to accept a substitute that
make little larger profit
II was afflicted with kidney trouble
have always had a torpid liver writes Mn
Crosswhite, of Duffau, Erath Co, Texas. IVY
i commenced your medicine l was not able
stand on my feet. used one bottle Of Df
Pierce's Favorite Prescription and five vials ofV
his Pleasant Pellets / now well. I had
not walked in four months when commenced
the treatment; but in ten days I was able TO
walk everywhere"
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Confirmed by the senate.

Washington, Feb. 12-The senate yes
terday confirmed these nominations:
John T. Rich, collector OF customs at
Detroit; o. L. w. Smith, of North
Carolina. minister and consul general
at Liberia; Ethan A. Hitchcock, of Mis-
souri,, ambassador TO Russia w. II.
Powell, of Illinois, collector of in-srnal
revenue Thirteenth district of Illinois;
F. w. Cooling. of Illinois, consul at New
Castle, New South Wales.
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No Religion in Missouri schools.

Jefferson City. Mo-, Feb. 14.-Attorney
Crow Saturday rendered an opinion i'm
which he holds that it is in violation OF
the state law to have pupils recite the
Lords PRAYER, or for the teacher to
read the Bible as a part OF the opening
exercises in the public schools of the
state. He holds that these exercises are
forms OF religious worship. and hence
arc forbidden during school hours.
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No DesecratIon of the Flag.

New York. Feb. IA new patriotic
society was organized Saturday in the
council chamber i'm the city hall. 1t will
be know as the American Flag associa
tion. and its membership will be made
up from committees selected from the
various patriotic societies of the coun-
try. Its object will be to protect the
national flag from desecration.
The true northerner., 1898-02-16
Miss Baton Feeds the Needy.

Havana, Feb. 14.-Miss Clara Barton,
accompanied by her secretary, presided
at distribution of American provisions
at the - Ace of Oscar Fones Ster-
ling 10. at | p. m. Saturday. The
pro 5iis were distributed among about
300 dohcentrados of all classes and ages
and OF both sexes Many OF the recipients
were III and almost without clothing.
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Tanner rakes a Hand in Cuba.

Springfield. Ills. Feb. II. - Governor
Tanner took hand in the Cuban af-
fair by calling upon the people OF I'LL
nois to contribute 20 the presidents
Cuban relief fund. Further. the gov
ernor added the reflection that IL is
high time the United States recognize
Me independence of the Cuban republic
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Iron Ore Association Organized.

Cleveland, Feb 1.-THE iron ore or
ganization for 1898 was formed at a
meeting i'm this city Saturday. 1t is
named the Bessemer ore association,
and the agreement goes into effect May
/. In the association are all the old
ranges in the Lake Superior region the
Mesaba range remaining out An ad-
vance OF 10 cents based on last years
analysis OF ores was decided upon.
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Appeal for Financial Aid.

Hazleton. Pa, Feb. John Nemeth,
treasurer of the prosecuting committee
which supplied most OF the funds for
the prosecution of Sheriff Martin and
his deputies, has issued an appeal for
financial aid. The funds at the dispos-
al OF the committee are nearly ex-
bapctad
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Appointed by Gov. Tanner.

Springfield. Ills. Feb. Ex-Governor
Tanner appointed as delegates to a con-
ference at Chicago Feb. 16. TO secure a
proper showing of corn products at the
Paris exposition in 1900, Charles
Bogardus, Paxton; Homer Tice, Green
view; William Brown. New Berlin;
Huston ID. Barber. Hamilton; II. NJ.
Johns Pontiac
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Glove Fight at Chicago.

Chicago. Feb. 14.-Frank Garrard, OF
hicago, was beaten in a glove fight by
10 Sieloff, of Detroit. at the Chicago
Nhletic club Saturday night. In the
second round Sieloff knocked Garrard
down eight times. Garrard was done in
the third George Kerwin, of Chicago.
Immediately challenged Sieloff to fight
in the Athletic club next Saturday week
and the challenge was accented
The true northerner., 1898-02-16
Ma,or Wham Exonerated.

Washington, Feb 12-The house COM
mittee on military affairs has reported
favorahly the bill TO restore Major
j. w. Wham to his rank apd pay in the
pay corps of the army. The report full
ly exonerates Major Wham OF the
charge on which he was court-mar-
tailed
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No Necessity for Aliens ResoIve.

Washington, Feb. 12.-The state de-
partment has been advised through the
owners of the yacht Buccanneer of the
difficulty experienced by the hoats
master at Havana Thursday and will
ask General Lee to look into the case
and renOrt
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Murphy Has Nothing to Say.

Washington. Feb. 12.-Senator Muir
ply, of New York, declines to discuss the
action taken by the New York legisla-
ture censuring him for his vote on the
Teller financial resolution.
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Shot aud Killed by n Woman.

ort Wayne, Ind, Feb. 12.-At Bluff
William Adams. a young man, was
kand killed by Mrs. Dewitt. Adams,
party OF friends, visited the
ms house at midnight and began
" the inmates. They were elected,
pans was shot by the woman
attempted to re-enter.
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Liabilities of Henry sherry.

Milwaukee. Feb. IA. "A statement OF
liabilities OF Henry Sherry and the six
companies i'm which he was interested,
gives the amount as $i.250,00O, with
nominal assets Of 500, ,000
The true northerner., 1898-02-16
GEN BOOTH SEES MKINLEY.
Salvation Army Leader at the white Hous,
-Prays in the Senate.

Washington, Feb. 11.-General WILL
lam Booth. commander-inchief of the
Salvation Army. and his son-in n-law.
Commander Frederick d. Booth-Tuck-
er. of the American army. arrived here
yesterday and in the afternoon called
on President Mckinley at the White
House. Thew were accompanied by II.
B. F. MacFa.land, correspondent Of the
Boston Herald. and member Of the local
entertainment committee. who made
the introductions. The president re-
ceived his callers very cordially. and in
the course Of the interview. which
lasted about fifteen minutes. expressed
to General Booth his great admiration
for him. and for the great work OF the
Salvation Army, especially in the Unit
ed States.
General Booth officiated as chaplain
at the opening of the senate yesteda
The true northerner., 1898-02-16
Dr.per wants a New Trial.

Ills, Feb. IL. - Judge
kley Saturday heard the arguments
rpotion for a new trial for Chas.
yhper. convicted of the murder OF
Xrle- T.. Hastings
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One More Body Found.

Late last night the headless body OF
William McGonnigle, assistant engineer
OF the Chautauqua Ice company. was
taken from the ruins and identified. The
body at the morgue supposed to be John
Scott has been positively identified as
that young man.
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There is no reason to change Wednes-
day nights estimate of the aggregate
loss TO property. 1t is difficult 10 get
figures, but insurance experts say that
ii will lie at least 81. 900, and may be
more. Some of the individual losses
known are: w. A. Hoeveler & Co, loss
on building $4,000. with $64. 900 insur-
ance loss To the 900 customers who had
goods stored in the building $500. 600
About 20 per cent. of the latter had no
insurance. The Chautauqua Ice COM
pany owners of the building occupied
by themselves, and the Union Storage
company. loss s275,0O0 on building
wagons. .ice-making machinery. etc. The
Union Storage company will lose moth
ing beyond interruption to business. but
the loss to their customers is unofficial
ly placed at s35O.O00 Losses to others
outside OF the large concerns mentioned
will foot up $500 600
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Arcola. Ills. Feb. IA novel mar
riage was performed in a buggy just
across the Douglas county line from
Coles. Mr.. Reynolds had secured a mar
riage license In Douglas county to mar
ry Miss Veach. who lived just across
the line In Coles county. near Humboldt.
The guests had arrived. and the preach
er was about to marry the couple. when
he noticed that the license had been is
sued in another county. The minister
suggested a drive across the line, which
was donk and In a buggy on the public
highwaS y nuptisl knot was tied.
The true northerner., 1898-02-16
NEARLY TWO'SCORE
Is the List of the Known Dead and
Missing as a Result of the
Great Fire at Pittsburg.
ELEVEN OORPsES AkG RECOVERED,
But They Do Not Represent One
OF Those Whom Death
Found

Are without Doubt Under the Pile
of Debris Which Marks the Scene of the
Horrorn One Party of Eight Men In .
saioS ails to Report and "a Mother and
Her kht Children Had Their Home
CrY FED Down Upon Them.
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HOW IT WAS STOLEN.
That Letter of De LONE Which
Spoke So Extensively of
President Mckinley.
UNCLE SANS LkIL NOT ROBBED.

Thief Is Spy of the Cuban Junta In the
Postofice at Havana Never Received by
Csnsieiss, Who Got Nothing but Blank
Paper-Remarkable system of Spies he
vealed in the spanish Service, Even in
DE Lome's Household.
New York Feb. IA dispatch TO The
World from Madrid says; "A formal
statement OF regret at and censure OF
Dupuy de LOme's conduct. coupled with
an expression of sincere desire that the
Canalejas letter incident shall not inn
pair the present friendly relations be-
tween the govepnments of Spain and the
United States or interrupt the negotia-
tions for a commercial treaty. will be
made by Foreign Minister Gullon imme-
diately following the gaZ> Iting of the
ro' decree accepting Se?or de Lome's
resignation and appointing his successor
as Spain's representative at Washing
ton
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(Ings of wisconsin Railways.

Wis Feb. 12.-The prom
lays running through Wis
made reports to the state
gross earnings of all for
nsin being s16s, ,9O7. 300. on
TO the state Is $1.041. 56s.
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.sh Blood I'm Dn Bose.

Du Bose. the new representa-
Spain, was seen at the legation
He looks more like an English
than a Spaniard, being tall and
RNhletic build. with no Spanish trace
us accent. His mother was an Eng
oman, and he was trained at Ok
For the present he asked to be
u from discussing Spanish affairs.
kation will remain at the present
on Massachusetts avenue. as
a two years lease Of the
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publican Committee.

y, Feb. 12.-The official
publican state central
3 is out. The date Is
field is the place. The
Pte will then be de-
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Cuban Junta Proce eds tn Its Work.

Several of the Cuban leaders got to-
gether and asked the employe of the
embassy to secure the letter. They did
not believe implicitly in his story al
though he urged them to come into the
public print and make charges against
De LONE. Because they did not have
the letter in their possession the leaders
refused TO say anything about it. The
employe of the legation was urged to
use all means i'm his power to secure the
letter. although il was considered prob
able that the letter was already in the
mails when the Cubans at the Hotel
Raleigh were Informed of its existence.
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~ A~D"h y pun
Pittsburg, Feb. IL. = Eleven people
dead. 'twenty-seven missing. and
eighteen injured. and a property loss OF
1900. 900, with about 81 .0O0, 600 insurance.
is the awful record of the big fire of
Wednesday night. Following is a re-
vised list of the dead, injured and miss
ing: Dead-Police Lieutenant A. j. Ber-
ry, John McHanna, William Scott, Jr.,
Stanley Stitz, John Dwyer, George
Loveless, William Smith. Albert A.
Wolf, Thomas Claffey VIM. l.. Waller
habenstein; an unknown, supposed
to be John Scott. the youngest son of
the president of the Chautauqua Ice
company. The list of wounded as finally
verified differs little from that sent
Wednesday night, there being but three
additional and they not serious cases.
Among the Missing Whole Family.
The missing are: George Newman,
fire inspector of Philadelphia Gas com
pany; William Doran, William Finch.
Edward Donnelly, Chris Schriver. Jas.
p. Morrison; Professor James Moxan,
organist of the Evangelical Lutheran
church, Brushton, Pa. d. b. Weckerly,
and John Gerry. George Mcdonald,
Jack Farrell. Samuel Mclaughlin. ia
cob Booth and a party of four compan-
ions in a saloon on Penn avenue when
the wall crushed the building are miss
ing and supposed TO be under the de-
bris. Mrs. Mary McFadden, with her
family of eight children. are also sup
posed to be under the fallen wall They
lived in a house on Mulberry alley
which was crushed. Nothing has been
seen of them since the explosion
Wednesday night and il is believed that
all are dead All day yesterday firemen
policemen and other city employees
were working at the risk of their
lives but up to nightfall but little
progress had been made in clearing
away the debris. The work will be con-
tinued without cessation until it is
known that no bodies remain buried
Call for Help for the Needy.
Blackened walls tower from the midst
of heaps of smouldering rubbish
threatening TO topple over at any min
ute. Twenty streams are constantly
playing on the still burning ruins. A
heavy pail of smoke overhangs the
desolate scene. and the tired policemen
have hard work TO keep the thousands
of curious on-lookers from getting with
in the rope Gordon. Many Of the people
who fed from their homes Wednesday
night are plucking up courage enough
to return to the houses not jeopardized
by the fire. weakened walls Mayor Ford
yesterday afternoon. realizing that some
OF the worst features of the calamity
are yet to come SO far as the dead and
heads OF families are concerned, and
that many will be i'm need of prompt aid.
issued a public letter suggesting sub
scriptions from the citizens for distribu-
tion among the needy victims.
Loss Is at Least 81, 100000.
There is no reason to change Wednes-
day nights estimate of the aggregate
loss to property. 1t is difficult TO get
figures, but insurance experts say that
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The Theft of DE Lo,ne's Lett,

Philadelphia, Feb. a. - The p
the true version of the stej
publication Of the letter froa u
LONE TO Senor CanalejasN
thority cited for it's authenticN 5
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thority cited for Its authenticN "a
Cuban of the highest standing in the
councils of his party" who receives his
information from headquarters in New
York" The story proceeds TO say: THE
letter was not stolen from the United
States mails. but was secured by an
agent of the Cuba junta in the postoffice
at Havana Don Jose Canalejas, to
whom the letter was addressed, never
saw the original. He did not know until
eight days after the letter reached Ha-
vana that such letter from Spain's
representative in Washington had been
written him. De LONE wrote the letter
in his private residence in Washington
instead of at the Spanish legation. The
paper, however, was marked with the
official type and read in the corner Le-
cation de Espana. The same inscrip-
ton was upon the left hand upper cor
ner of the envelope.
Treason i'm the Ministers Own House.
"Senor de LONE did not mail the let
ter from his house In fact he had not
quite completed it upon the morning it
was written and carried il to the lega-
tion, where ii was first seen and no.
ticed by a person who is in the employ
of the embassy. acting in a sub-official
capacity. The letter lay upon the desk
of the minister in his inner office, the
outer office being his place OF reception
of visitors. During an absence of half
an hour from the inner office of De
Lone the clerk in question saw the open
letter and read some of il. The next day
this same person sent word TO his Gu
ban associates in Washington to the eff
feet that he had seen a letter from De
LONE to Canalejas in which President
Mckinley was villified and autonomy
, 1898-11-18
CHINA AND b
Cession of Territory by the Mongolians
Proves PuZzling.

Vancouver. b. c., Nov. 17.-Accord-
ing to late ORIENTAL advices there is
trouble brewing between China and
Thibet. A Yachow dispatch says:
THE project of the yachow has arriv-
ed from Thibet. whittier he was sent to
settle up troubles following upon the
Chang Tunglin's raid into Chantui and
Derge last veal The entire raided dis
trict has been given over to Lhassa and
Lama rule. a retrocession of annexed
territory on the part of China that is
as little comprehensive as the 'abdica-
ton of the Russians in Corea.
There are those who say that China
is apprehensive of the growing indie
tendency of the Lamas and as the
treaty between England and Thibet ex-
pires this year, she is afraid the Lamas
may open a road for the British from
Darieeling to Dhassa.'
From Batavia comes news that the
Dutch have recently passed a law which
accords the Japanese residing in the
Dutch colonies all the -snk and privil-
eyes of Europeans.
, 1898-11-18

Philippines for the payment of the
Philippine debt.
Second-That in connection with the
American proposal to reimburse Spain
for her Pacific expenditures in the
Philippines. she cannot admit of any
inquiry as to how she has spent the pro-
ceeds of the loans based on the Philip
pine pledges.
If Spain has assumed this attitude,
and it is believed she has done so, she
practically compels the American COM
missioners to consider at least the en-
tire Philippine debt and its assumption
by the United States or the Philippine
islands as a condition to SPANS ami
able surrender Of her sovereignty over
those islands.
1t is difficult to understand how the
Americans can reply to this in any 9th
err tanner than by strictly outlining
her position and giving the %Spaniards
a time limit in which to accept the pro-
pDSlllDHS Dl tHt lllltu oldltS- b"V NV
American commissioners may patient
ly continue their endeavors to arrive
at an amicable understanding on this
subject.
The Matin today, in reviewing the
history of the late war, criticises the
American commissions attitude in re-
gard to the Philippine islands and says
Prince Bismarck on one occasion re-
marked that when you have your knee
on a nations neck you should make her
cough out all you can" adding: 1T is
possible the United States now remem-
hers this brutal maxim and perhaps the
United States has forgotten the ran
cor. hatred and evaporation it involv-
ed
, 1898-11-18
l.EPERS IN MANILA.


Vancouver. Nov. Ii Some disquiet-
ing news has been received by the
steamer Empress of China as to the
health Of tn American troops at Ma
Mia.
In addition to the great amount of
malarial and typhoid fever prevailing.
malignant small poX has appeared. The
deaths in the hospital will average
about one hundred soldiers a month.
There is a leper scare in Manila.
Through the neglect of the Spanish Of
icials nearly 200 lcpers have escaped
from confinement. For a time this was
unknow nto the American authorities
and the outcasts were allowed to wan
der at large. Orders have been issued
to the effect that all lepcrs will be ar
rested and sent to a small. uninhabited
island on the southeast of LUznn.
, 1898-11-18
THE SPANISH PRESS.
Urges Spain to Yield Quickly to the
American Demands.

Madrid. Nov. 17.-Almost all the pa
pers depreciate the dilatory proceed
ings at Paris, expressing the belief that
ton. and urging the government to
yield quickly since it is impossible for
Spain to renew the struggle or expect
European ~assistancse, and, further
more. because il would be better to
cease wasting money and concentrating
attention upon SPANS domestic affairs
and a restoration of her finances.
Count de Rascon, the Spanish am
bassador in London, denies hat the
Carlists realized a oar there.