TERRIBLY FATAL WRECKS 11 SEA. HUNDREDS LOST. Tha taller Disaster Won Than at First Report 1. The loss of life by the sinking oC the North Oermnn Lloyd steamship Hallor nt Corunin Hpnln, Is much greater thnn nt first bolleved. Whllo It In true thnt tha vrs',cl left Antwerp with only 210 passengers, elio embarked morn at various Spanish ports, nnd it la now estimated thnt, Including her crew of 65, the disaster will nutnbur from 400 to SOD. The Hnller was bound from Uromln to Bueuoa Ayrcs via Corunn nnl Villagurcln, nnd at the outset had MID passengers on bonril. Her crow was composed of 65 men. All on bonrd, passengers and erew, perished. Of her known passengers, 113 were llussiunn, 83 Onllrlnns, HI Hpaiilnrda nnd 1 (lurmnn, nnd moat of them wore In the steerage. The Corrdwdo rocks, on which It la be lieved thnt the Halier was lest, are situated off the northwest const of Corunn, nnd should have been given n wide, berth before tho ateamer headed enatwnrd, nnd then In a northentorly direction for tho bny leauing up in Vlllngnrcin. A dispatch from Lloyd's agent at Cortina says thnt 31 Uvea were loat by the wreck of the Nailer. The Hallor waa an old vessel whleh the North German I.loyd Company had agreed to aell an Italian firm trading between Itallnn nnd American porta, but owing to aome alight disagreement na to the terms the deal wna not completed and the ateamer was ent on another Voyage, Nh was eonsidor ed to be every way aenworthy, and the only renaon the North (lerman I.loyd Company had for selling her wna thnt there were more modern boats on the rnme line In rendt neas to take her plnre. Hi) laat trip ncroaa the Atlantic, was made In Hoptemher laat, when she loft Haltlmore for Ilremen, arriv ing there safely on Heptember 23. The Hnller was of 3,000 tona groan register, waa 861 feet long. brig-rigged and hud a single propeller. Captain Wemp had commanded the ateamer for a nnmher of years. The weather wna thick anil heavy, tt was night time and the Hnlier had to run fur enough south to clear the rocka oft Cnpe Cormbedo before atnrboiinllng her helm and bending southward, gradually pointing west ward nml then In a northweatorly direction In order to head into the bay lending up to Vlllngnrcin. Captain Wempe seemed to have been thrown out of his reckoning by tho fog nnd rain and to hnvo headed to port too aonn, with the result that he failed to clear Capo Corrnbedo and went down with his ship and nil bands, Rinatocn Drowned; The British ship Hpringwoll, f'nptnln Kin nnn, from Liverpool on December U for tlnl veaton, boa arrived nt Hwiinsen, Wnles, with two survivors of the (iermnn ship Knjnh, of Bremen, whleh led Cnrdllt for Hong hong. Hhe capsized in n gnle nenr Lundy Island, nt the entrance of the Bristol clmnuel. Nine teen of the Bnjnh's crew drowncl. Fourteen Lives tost. The English ship British Trer.Cnpt. .lows which sailed from London October for Capetown und Portland, Ore., lias been wrecked In Hnldanha buy, Kcutli Africa. It la believed that 14 persona perished. The ship registered 1,423 tons. MACEO REPORTED KILLED. Young Domes Mot tlie Sams Fata on tha Fiold. It la stated In most positive terms by the Spnnlsh authorities thnt Antonio Mnouo, the grcnt Insurgent leader, nnd the heart aud mouI of the Cuban cause, has been killed in Hnvnun province after having elTeeted tho fiassage of the wi atern troeha near M.irkl, at is northern extremity. With the Cuban leader died the youth sFrnnelsco (lumrn, son of Maximo Oomett, who nccompnuiod the mulatto general on bla passage nf the t roc ha. Moat explicits details of tiio liudlugofthu corpses of the fallen Cubans nnd of the fnota relied upon for their Identillcution nro nt hnnd through the report of tha Hpnulsh com mnndnr, Muj. Cirujcdu, who contested the passage of the troeha unsuccessfully on Dec ember 4, with Mnceo. Antonio Mnceo bos without question been the most brilliant (Inure of the present revolt In Cuba. lie effected a landing at Oertn de Barancou on March 81. With him were Flor Crcmbet and a number of oflleers. Mnceo had been a member of General Gomez's a'alt during the 10 years war, from lfiiis to 1 NTH, and eommauded largo bodies of troops In province of Santiago du Cuba, In whleh prov ince his family bad lived, and where he own ad a largo plantation. After the 10 years' war Maceo had traveled in Central America and Haiti, attempting to rulse a large force to Invade Cuba. He afterward returned to Cub and lived quietly on his plantation In the eastern prov iu.ie, where he wna very popular. In IH',10 be was driven out of Cuba aud went to Now York. At the tlmo of the prosent outbreak he was in Florida, and he joined a large ex pedition which set out from Ft. Ltmtin in March, 18D3, on the steamer Adirondack. A Hpitnlkh man-of war pursued the steamer for eight bours.and nt lust the leaders wore com pelled to laud on Fortune Inland, one of tha West Iudies. Thence Mnceo aud the other leaders mado their way to Cuba. In the great tnlds across tho Island led by Maximo Gome in IBM, Mnceo waa bis chief coadjutor. Time aud uguiu reports have been received from Cuba of his de cat and rout, bis death in notion, or lib suicide, nl wuya to be refuted by his latter activities. There Is no doubt that many people will doubt the authenticity of the report now re ceived nf his death, though no previous re port has given surh explicit details of the ciroiimstauues of bis death or the facts of Identification. FHIUPFISE REBELLION. Spanish Government Said to Bs Giving Oat Falsa Beports. , The steamer China brought advices con cerning the progress of the insurrection In the Philippine laluuds. It Is stuted that the rebels are dully gaining In strength and practically eontrol tho district outside of Muuilla, although tho Hpanlsh Government strives to create the impression that the re bellion is practically subdued. The origin of the uprising is ascribed to axcesalve taxation and deapotio rule, and tha statement of the Uimuiah Governor that native priests started the rebellion for re ligious purposes is denied. Captured rebels aud resident suspected of favoring the rebels are treated with great cruelty, It Is aimed, and all sorts of lu llgnltli-s are heaped upon oaptivea taken lu the Held The shipping of prisoners to the African colony continues, and 100 rebels were shipped October V. Duriug the October campaign the rebels captured tba towns of Montuibuu aud Han Mateo, ten miles from Manilla. It is aald tbe foreign rthddeuts sympathhw with tha rebels. Soett Jackson Hast Bang. Tba Supreme Court af Appeals of Ken tucky denied tke motion for a new trial for Hcott Juckaou, convicted of tha murder of Pearl liryun, and ooullriued tba death son tvuou by tba Campbell county court. It now remains for Gov. Bradley to appoint tbe day of execution. Tba decision of tbe court In Jackson's cao Is taken as an ludioation that tha same conclusion will be reached aa to Aloozo Walling who was jointly convicted with Jackson, IMPROVEMENT LOOKED FOR. New Tsar Likely to Start With Boom la Trade B. G. Dun Ic Co. 'a weekly review of trade snys! The approach of the holidays nnd doubt about tho action of congress put off further Improvement until tho new year. While In dustries hnvo gained In working force, they are waiting for commensurate gain In de mand, nnd mean while nro trying to clear away embnrrasmenta which restrict them. Tho wheat market has weakened, with less gloomy news Irotn other countries anil larger Western receipts. pacific dispatches ahow thnt exporta continue heavy, and about 800, Ooo tona more ate available from California. Cotton declined S-Klc, The Iron Industry Is for the time demoral ised by uncertainty regarding the great com binations. Tho formal withdrawal of the llellBlre, (O.) company broke the billet pool. The beam milkers meet this week to revivo.lf they can, their compact, and the steel rail works will meet shortly, with tho prospect that one Important concern will go out, and thnt If the others keep together prices will have to be ninleriiillv reduced. The bar association scarcely pretends to eontrol prices; which are slightly lower this week for ateel, nnd the rupture of tha nail association for the time left the bar price for wire nnils cost about 1 50 nt Pittsburg, With extrn charges on ordlnnry assortments averaging Via. against 'J 54 paid laat month with extras averaging 70c, t'ntll the fur ther Inlluenee of these combinations is bet ter dellned narrow trading must be expected. Bessemer pig and gray forge are slightly lower. Minor metals are generally weaker, tin nt t'J 90, copper at 11 V for lake and lead nt 92 OA. Aluminum has been reduced from 60c to 8T for Ingots, ton lota, nnd S5c to Mc for rods, production hnving increased four foul. Aa raw cotton la lower, some yielding In prices of staples is expected. Print cloths nrewenk In tone, with enormous stocks. Woolen goods are not In bettor demand, nnd there in general Indisposition to mnke com mitments ahend. Hales of wool In two weeks were 14,378,000 pounds, agnlnst 11,900,203 laat year. Failures for the week have been 830 In the I'nitcd Sinn's, ngnlnst 8U3 Inst year, and 43 In Canada, ait ilnU 51 inst ynr. t "Bradstreet's" review of the stock market says: Congress hnving actually assembled, tho speculative market has apparently lost much of lt fear regarding the action of that body nnd Its Inlluenee upon tho llnnnclnl situation. The president's message produced little or no liquidation of long stock, and the introduction, as soon m congress got to work, of a variety of resolutions In reference to Cuba had practically no effect. In fact the street seemed to bo under the Inlluenee of reports from Washington Indicating that the present congress was unlikely to t ike posi tive action of any kind in the short time that remains of its exislence The utter absence of outside participation In tho mnrket is severely felt, nnd the trans actions from day to day have been on a very limited scale, ft ml were due In the main to the smaller operators of the heard room It self. The Hrenglh of tho bettor class of bonds and investment generally la n feature, but the demnnd In question Is sharply drawn so far na securities of a speculative character are eonee-ned. A feeling asserts itself in speculative circles that after January 1 there w ill he a broaden ing out of the market, wIMt mora or es of a revival la its activity. Tins naturally tends to restrict bearish operations to at link on f 'articular stocks. I'urope nas taken no part il the speculation hero, and the weaker tone of the foreign exchange market bos been without any influence on stocks, FLEETS 10 MOVE. The Allied Powers Deoide to Bring Turkey to Terms. The Birmingham Poet confirms the repent ed statements on Die tame subject cabled during the past two months In saying that It learns from a high quarter that nn under standing has been arrived nt between Great Dritlnn. llussia and h runco for the settlement of the so-called Eastern question, which has for generations been troubling the stutestneu of Kurope. lne I'ost art. is that the Kusslan mack sea fleet ami the British and French Mediter ranean fleets will shortly be mobilized in contiguity to the Bosnhorous and the Dar danelles in order to enforce If necesaarv tha reforms which tho embassies of tho three powers are about to present to the sultan, and to which tbe other signers of the Berlin treaty, Germany, Austria and Italy, havo ooneeutod. To this ond, it Is asserted, the allied lleeta may force tue passage of tha straits of the Ihtrdencllea, SEF0BT ON TUBKI3K MISSIONS. American Churohss Hava Not Dona as Much as Was Expeoted. The eighty-sixth annual report of tho American Bonrd of Commissioners for For eign Mlsnions, shows satisfactory progress In nearly all the missions except those of Tur key, whore "a carnival of robbery, massacre and outrage have occurred." The report complains of the withdrawal of the gifts for the Turkish missions usually made by the Americnn churches, nnd snys: "It has seem ed us If the the American churches were likely to llnlsh the work which tiro und sword has beejun, Tbe board thanks the American diplomatic representatives in Turkey for their cuergy lu protecting tbe persons and property of tba missionaries. The receipts of the board during tba year readied a total of 743,104. SUICIDE BEF0BE HANGING. Abram Eokert, Tha Maatlooke Murderer Took Foiion in his CalL Abram Eckert, who would havo been banged at Wilkesbarre, Pa,, Deo. 8, took poison during tho night and died in the county jail at 11:30 a. m. He bad a farewell Interview with his wife and children Monday evening. When bo lav down he naked tho watchman to wake him at 6 n. m. At that hour he wui fouud uncon scious, lioctors used a stomach pump in vain. Warden Bolund does not know how Lckert got the poison. Eckert was a school jnnitor at Kuntlcoke. July 7. ri'Jj, he shot Hud killed Frederick T. Btttenderfer, cne of the school dlrectors.who hud chilled him for not attending to his work. After sentence Eckeit was reprieved twice. Gold Ssmooratis Trio. The Executive Committee of tha National Democratic party at a meeting In Indian apolis, Deoetnber 11, duleguted its power In a general way to a sub-oommlttee composed of George Foster Peabody. of New York) John H. liulhtt, of Pennsylvania, and W. U. Huldetnao, of Louisville. The committee, two members of which lire in the East, will advlaa with Chairman Bynutn. Tbe mem bers of the Executive Committee are so wld iy scattered that it waa deemed advisable to create this smaller advisory committee. Chalrmaa Bynum will at ones remove to New York. Tbe members of tha Executive Committee denied tbe truth of a circulated report that there 1 friction is tba oomtnlt tca. Kaceo'f Doctor Says Ha ii Dead. Dr. Maxim Zortuc.ba.who was tha personal pbyslclun of Antonio Macao, has surrender ed to Colonel Tort, tha Hpanish commander, at Hun Felipe, Havana provlnua, Tbe doo tor oonOrma the announcement tbat Maceo was killed. Dr. Zertucha says that Macao was shut in tha ohm, the bullet breaking bis Jaw and passing out near tba Back and shoulder. RRVflGES OF THE EtSrERN PLAGUE A PANIC STRICKEN CITY Eight Hnndred Deaths Is tha City at Bombay. A cable messngo from Bombay snyai Fight hundred deaths are reported up to date from tho plague, but tho number la believed to be much larger. Crowds of panic-stricken na tives are fleeing from tho city. Trndo aud travel nro seriously affected. The Government bacteriologists nre of the opinion thnt the plngue, unlike cholera, has a tendency to stick to the locality where It originates, A few Authentic cases nro report nl In ailjnccut towua,but they nre all of Bum bay origin. The dlsenro where Imported wns dying out Without spreading. In Bombay for two months the plague remained conllned to one ward. It nas now snread to nil districts o? the city, nnd la Increasing Uirgcly with the cooler went her. Only one case Is reported of a peraon directly attending a patient having contract ed the plngue. '1'he disease, though Infec tious, hss not been proved contagious. The famlue which threatened the whole of Inilln hns been pnrtlv averted In certain dls trlote by the recent rains. Grain speculation continues and aggravates the situation. CONGRESS OPENED. Under Host Beautiful Skies and Balmy Weather. Almost Congress re-assembled Monday with bright sunshine, a gently bracing nir, a temperature running from 40 to 60 degrees and both hnlls of assembly renovated and purlfled nnd ven tllnted in a manner more nearly conforming to hygienic requirements than has ever been Deiore attempted. During the recess the flooring of the somite had been torn up nnd the whole system of foreleg air Into the interrlor changed. The sldiw of each desk are now hollow nnd con nected with the ventilating plan ao thnt n regular supply of proprely heated or cooled nlr without draft of nnv sort enters tho chamber through the opening at the bottom oi encn ucsk. in ine same manner air in forced In between lino wire netting at each terrace of tho floor. In the gallery the old benches have given place to modern opera soats, each ventilated In the same manner. The several hundred gas Jets that formerly Illumined the chamber through the false eeii Ing have been dispensed with, nnd in their place Incandescent lights will dispel tho shinies ol night. Automatic thermometers and thermostats have been arranged, nnd ev erything thnt science nnd skill could do has been done to make tho senate wing of the building as hnhiinble as possible. Tbe elec tric lighting bus been carried to tha outside grounds. Them waa not by any moBnn n full attend ance of senators when Vice President Hlo venaon r.ippeil the scnal" to order, though many of the grinded vilira is weru on hnnd. Central among them, ai.d the recipient of many congratulations ou Ohio's success at the late election, wns John Sherman, now en tering upon his foriy-llrst year of congres sional service. The II ouso presented n bright nnd cheer ful appearance when the galleries wero thrown open to visitors. The old enrpeta nuii occq replaced aim ine nraas uirnisnitiga of the chamber had been scoured until they were as bright is a gold dollar. Tbe galler ies weru crowded to overflowing long before Hpenker lb-ed called the House to order. J no members or the House, like the occu innts of the galleries, coiiinieiiecneed to put n uu appearance us enrlv as 10 o'clock. although tbe hour of meeting wns Vi. Both Hocaes ol Congress met promptly at noon und appointed a committee to wait upon the President and Inform him that Congreaa was ready to receive any commu nication he might be pleased to muke. The Henatu thereupon took a recess until 1 o'clock. At 1 o clock the Hcnnte took n further re cess for half an hour, ponding the return of the committee, nonointed to wait unon the President. The House also took a recess. Lilluokalanl'a Visit While no official Information hns been re ceived ns to the purpose of ex-(juecn Liluo kalnni's visit to this country, her coming at this time occasions much comment lu official quarters. Onn explanation of her expected visit is oliereii In the theory that she will try to have President Cleveland use his influ ence lu procuring for her a -cnslou, as her means are quite limiteii. Capital Echoes. President Cleveland has recognized Guis- eppe Natal! as oomular nent nt Pittahurj. Tho house committee favorably reported the bill for federal buildings nt Altoona and Wilkesbarre, Pa., to cost 4125.000 and 16ll.- 000, respectively. The sundry civil appropriation bill carries. nmong other items, appropriations of t00,- uuu lor improvement In locks and dams on tho rivers adjacent to Pittsburg. Hon. W. F. Ilynes. of Denver, represent ing the five great llallroad brotherhoods, Is In Washington to lobby for the passage of the Erdmun arbitration and Phillips labor commission bills. Henntor Turple, of Indiana, has prepared an amendment to the naval bill making civilians (lawyers) eligible to tho ofllce of judge advoeutu-general of the navy. It is now timitcu to naval otneers. Cnntaln J. W. Ilrvniit.Cantaln A. K. Miller. II. W. Musters una cx-Cougressmaii M. D, Lagan, nil of tho lower Mlssi-slppl district, petitioned congress for t'iAU.OUO to repair the crevasse in the levee at 1 a.ts Aloutro, near Now Orleans. Iteprosentatlve Bontner. of Louisiana, hns Introduced a bill lnoroalug the aulurv of the Hpeuker of the House from t-8.000 to 10.000. nnd of Senators and ltcpreeeutatives from vo.uuv to ? f,ouu. CLOSED WITH A BANQUET. Labors of tha Rational Civil Servlos Be form Ended. The annual seseiun of tha National Civil Bervloa Reform league closed in Philadel phia, December 11, with a banquet Her bert Welsh, of Philadelphia, president of tho Pennsylvania association pruslded. At tue business meeting tha follow'nff ofll eers wera elected! Preailent, Curl Bohurtz, new iork) vice preameuis, i uanea i rancia Anams, Bostoni Augustus Macdonougb,New York) llight llev. Henry C. Potter, New York i J. Hull Pleasants, Baltimore; Henry Hithoouk. Ht. Louis) Henry C. Leu, Phila delphia; Franklin MaaVeagh, Cblcagoi Win. Potts, New York, and Archbishop P, J, ltyan. Philadelphia, Addresses ou the operations of tha elyll service In dlffurcnt olties wera made by C. B. Wilby, Cincinnati! W. E. Cushlug, Cleve land; ltev. W. It. Lord, Ht. Paul; Henry Hltobcock, Ht. Louis; llichard Henry Dana, Boston, and J. C. Thorp, Madison, Wis. Papers wera read as follows; "The llelatloa of Woman to the Civil Hervlna Iteform Movement," by Mrs. buries llusseil Low all, New York; "Civil Bervlca Iteform lu tha Wet." CoL J. W. Ela, Chlcagoi ''Civil Her vice Iteform It) tbe Coustitutlon of Now York Htute," Hberomn H. llogera, Buffalo) Civil Herviea Commissions Esseutlul to Civil Her vloe Iteform," Dorman 11. Eaton, New Yorki Four Year Tenure," Lucius D. Bwlft, lu dianapo la. President-elect MoKlnley is recognized a friend of olril aarrloa reform, CONGRESSIONAL. Important Meeeurei Presented and Aoted Upon in Both Homes. SRCOilD PAT. Tho House proceeded to business to-dny and before tha session closed had passed throe bills of considerable Importance nnd the first for the regular supply bills, thnt for pensions, Threo of the bills related to postal matters. One provided for the use of private mailing cirds, when one-cent stamps nro afllxed. This goes Into effect July 1 next. An other provided far a limiled Indemnity of H0 for the loss of registered mull mat ter, nnd tho third provided for n private carrier service In towns nnd villages where no fn o delivery exists. It provides that on tho application nf lid persons receiving their mall nt the same olllue the postmaster shall appoint such persons ns nre willing to undertake the collection and delivery of malls, the charge not to exceed one cent for each letter, ami that the charge shall bo paid by tho liotiellclarles. The Hnsion bill was passed without fnet ioiml opposition, but Mr. Grow, of Pennsyl vania took occasion In the debate to submit some views In favor of higher tarllT dutlus, based on that portion of tbe president's mes sage relating to the tariff. The notice of the opening a Cuban dlacna. alon was about the only feature of Interest developed at the brief session of the senate, which lasted only M minutes. Henntor Cullom gave notice of a speech on Cuba next Thursday. The senators hnd expected to start the wheels of actual business, but the appearance of a house nolutlon relative to the death of ei-Spenker Crisp led to the cus tomary adjournment as a mark of respect A large number of bureau reports were re ceived, Including that of the government directors of tho Pncillc railroad. Tllllll) DAT. Two sweeping Cuban resolutions were In troduced In the Hcnnte this morning, one by Henntor t all, of Florida, declare the Inde pendence of the Insurgents, and another by Mr. Mills, of Texas, directs the President to seine the Island of Cuba and hold It until a regular Cuban government shall have been ealiibllshed. Both resolutions were referred to tho Foreign Ilelntiona committee. The Hcnnte by tbe decisive vote of 85 to ill, adopt ed a motion to take up tha Dlngley I a r ill silver bill. Ult.BTII DAT. The Hcnnte (o-dny took up the Immigra tion bill nml rejected by a vote of 13 to 117 a motion made bv Mr. Gibson, Democrat, Maryland, to postpone It until the first Mon day In Jnnunry. The Semite substitute for the House hill was agreed to. and Mr. Hcw ell, Itnpubllcan, New Jersey, offered an amendment to exclude nil Illiterate persons over 14 years, except that nn nged or minor pen-on not able to read or write who Is the parent, grandparent, child or wife of nn nd miaaionnhlo Immigrant may accompany or be sent by such Immigrant. " Mr. Vmt, Democrat, Missouri, protested against the application of the test of illltracv to women and girls and ollered uu amend ment to that eltect. Mr. Lodge, ltepubllem. Massachusetts. and Mr. Chandler, liepubllcan, New Hampshire, opposed Mr. Vest s amendment, us It would detract from tho force of the bill. Mr. Chandler reminded the Henato thnt tho Na tional conventions of both pnrtics ha I de clared In favor of the restriction of Immigra tion. If he was wrontt In that statement no one wns more competent to correct him than the present occupant of tho e.hiiir -Mr. Hill, Democrat. New York, who wns thoroughly familiar with these platforms. Mr. Llklns, liepubllcan, Wi-st Virginia, submitted nn amendment placing a tux of HO on each Immigrant coming Into the United Htntos on other thnn nn American ship. Without action on the amendments the Henato went Into executive session and adjourned until Monday fn the House C. J. Bontner, Democrat, who wna unseated nt the last session and re elected from the Fifth Loulsnna district, was sworn in. Mr. Kcrunton, liepubllcan, Penn sylvania, called up tho bill amending the law prohibiting tho alien ownership of land In the territories so as to permit aliens to ac quire possession under foreclosure of mort gage and hold the land 10 years, within which period they must dispose of It. The previous question was refused ou the third ri nding of the bill, CO to 73. Tha bill prohibiting the sain of liquors In the eapitol building was pusscd by n vote of 104 to 7. Hnvoral amendments to the Henato bill prohibiting pirulleul productions of mu sical and dramatic productions were reject ed and the bill was passed. Tno bill to make more strlugent the laws regulating the sale of liquor In the District of Columbia was brought up. Mr. Powers, liepubllcan; Ver mont, offered nn amendment prohibiting the salo of liquor in the district by nny person, his clerk or agent, except at bis private resi dence. Lost 11 to OH HI TH DAY. Tho Henato was not In session to-day. Hooretury Herbert sent to the Houo the claim of the Qtilnturd lion works, of New York, for tlK'.md damages caused by the de lay of tho government lu constructing the hull of the cruiser Maine. He also submitted similar claims of William I ramp A Hons, of Philadelphia. The resolution extending until the and nt the session the Investigation by the joint committee of the use of free nlcobol In the arts and manufactures was agreed to. Keverul private pension bills were passed, one granting 60 a mouth to the widow of Col. Gurriek Mullory. Hlmllar bills occupied the attention of tho evening session, and the House adjourned until Monday. ALMOST COMPLETE. Arbitration Treaty Plans Between tha Two Nations Bounding Out. The negotiations between the United States nnd Great Briluln for a treaty of general ar. titration, covering all subjucU of difference between the two Kngtiih-speuklng nations, present aud prospective, has advanced to a stage of completeness far beyond what the public hns bad reaion to believe, Tho pur pose of Kecretnry Olnny and Sir Julian Paiteefote is to conclude the negotiations within the next three weeks. All tbe sub stantial features of the treaty havo been agreed ou. From tho present status of tha negotiations It U believed tba following will be the important terms of the treaty: First A term of live years from tha date of tha exchange of ratification within which the treaty shall be operative. Hecoud A oourt of arbitration of six mem bers, three to be drawn from tbe Judiciary of tha United Ktntea ond three from the Judiciary of Great Britain. Third The submission to this tribunal of all differences between tho two nntlons now pentiiug or to rise within the period of live years, this not to Include tha Bering sea question, now Iniloru ludepeudont commis sions, but to Include the question of the boundary between Alaska and British North America. The completion of this treaty will mark an Important epoch In tho relations between the two English speaking nations, and, In the judgment of those who have been most Ideiitllled with tbe consuinmulir n, it will be the most Important document of a peaoeful character In tbe history of their mutual dealing. Tha president made a passing llluaiou to the subect lu bis recent message. It bad been understood, however, that tba mtilu purpose of Mr. tllney was to reach an agreement as to Venoiuolu. aud that, having accomplished this, the larger question of ar bitrating all dlir.ireuoej would reiinira con liderabla time for Its complete development. But tha ncgotalloiis have proceeded wlta surprising unauimity, ao that those engaged in tha work confidently bollove that it will va folly agreed upon. ' Opt ra niivitis. There Is a young woman who lives In Montana Hit name It is Harriet Isabel Hannah. And one day she nte, In nn elegant manner. Twelve pears, twenty prunes, nnd n great big linnnnn t Y ten she called to her maid to come quickly and fnn her. While alio ant In the parlor and on her piano Plnyed "1 be Bed, White and Blue" am! 'lhe Htnr-Hpnngled Banner." Detroit Free Press. "oolNti to JEnrsALr.ni. Thin ia a gnmo which never fnila to nuiu.se cliik'ren, be they young or old. Two rows of chairs are placed back to back nud filled with tho persons who ilesite to piny. Home one alrikes tip n mnrch on the pianoforte, and all rise and mnrch round this chain, on tbe way to Jerusalem. Aa they march to the lstinio (or the beat of a tin nu) tho umpire takes one chair from the und of tliu row. (Suddenly the initsio i-caeca nnd nil accttrn tho Rent neatest them. One player ia left atnndiug and declared out of the game ; be missed the boat and cnu't get to Jerusalem. Again tho nniBio begins, they march nud another is left ont, who takes sent In tho room nud watches tho progress of the remainder. This is re peated until there are but two pcrsotis und ouo clinir left, and tho one scour ing tho chnir "gelaj to Jerusalem." Tho umpire bus power to ducido all ijtK'fttioiiHuB to w ho bus secured chairs. Xcw York Tiiiies. liOASri.ItS KILRNOKD. "1'bil" Wumptin wns a noted hun ter. Ho wna into of the enrly settler of the town of (tiuiiville, Muss., nnd there was not a hunter for iniloe nrottud that wns n truer shot thnn l'uil. Tho oiiunlry wua infested by beats, nnd those aniuiala bo chiefly hunted, and with great nticcces. Out; evening u number of persons were seated around tlio roaring tiro in tho village bar-room, and uniting them wns l'lnl Wanipun. The conversa tion btippenod to turn upon bonrs. The boar is taid to be slow in its movements, and a person pursued by one can easily effect mi escape. Ou tha other baud bo should bo nn expel t hunter who nt torn pa to kill the auimal ns be is very tenacious of life. One young follow said : "If I had a good rifle tbat I wns used to, I'd risk a ba'r's It il ling me.' Another said : "If I bud a good heuvy club, that would strike a benvy blow, the bear that would hurt me would have to get up in the morning." After they bad all told what great things they would do if they met n bear, ono of thorn turned to Phil and said : "Well, Uuclo rbil, what would yon do, iu case you saw a bear making tracks after you? And what weapon would you want to defend yourself with? You've been amongst tha ani mals long enongh to know something about them." I'll il rapped tho ashes from his pipe, and buying carefully placed it in bis pocket, he suid : "I will toll you what I'd do. If I bad n good walnut cluli, about three foet laug, not very largo round, just largo enough ho that I could eanily bold it iu my hand ; ou the end that I held iu my bund I would want a kuob, so thnt my band wonldn't slip when I weut to strike; ou tho other end, I should want a knob a little longer ; nud Ihco, if I saw a bear coming, I don't euro bow b p, I'd throw down the club and ruti like lightning." Detroit Free I'ren. HUME'S NBIOHBOnH. Susie's neighbors did not live in tbe farmhouse near grandma's bouse. They wete not boys and girls ; for, aud aa it may scorn, tbore were no boys and girls within a mile of tbe pluoe where Susie was. Blie bad uo sisters or brother or cousins, or even little friends, within walking distance. There hnd been little children in the bouses of grandma's neighbors, but they bad all grown up aud jjono away. It was very lonely locality for a obild who Las to depend for her bap j.(noi on baying other children to piny with. But Susie wns neyer lonely becntiao she made friends of. the chick em and the blrda.lhe toods and grass hoppers, the caterpillars and the bee tles, anything thnt lmd life. It was no wonder that grandma looked sur prised, ns sho wns putting a pan of cookies into tho oven thnt morning, to see Siiaio take bcr sailor bat from its accustomed nail, and announce tbat she was going to see bcr neighbors. What did the little girl mean? "Yonr noigbborsl"cxolnimed grand ma. "It is too long a walk, child, to go oyer to Mrs. Brown's or Mr. Booth's or down in the hollow to call ; and, besides, the snn is too hot. Yon might melt on the road, like the can dle did this morning standing on tba shelf by the window." Susie bad pleased look on her face as she said: "My neighbors live very uenr by grandma. Pot on yonr snn bonnet and come with me, and I will introduce them to yon." "Wbon I get my cookies all baked, ( dear, I will go." "Will it be an ever so long time, grandma?" "Ob, uo, only a few minutest 'or I've rolled out the laat tinfttl, ami they aro in thu oven." "Well, I'll jnst run over and tell tbem yon are coming; for you are a strnuger, you know, aud they might wnnt to fix np a little." "Whatever can tbe child mean?" thought grandma, us she took tbe last of her cookies out of tbe tin pin, aud laid tbem on the platter. "I'm ready now, Susie," sho called out; and Susie came running to the kitolien door. She took grandma's band, and led her to nn old apple tree in tba orchard. "This is the bouse where my tieighbors live, grandma; and here ia the door." -s It was n small, round hole in the . trnuk of the tree, just low enongh for Susie to reach. "I'll knock," she said, "beonuse I'm bringing strangers." No answer, so she peeped in. "The lady of tho house is out," she whis pered, "but the ohildreu are all at home." Htt-do nnd grandma pcejyed into the door and saw four little birds lying iu a nest which fntlier nnd mother birds hud built in the hollow of the tree. "The mother tloos not miud my taking I ho little birds out and look iug at them every day. She sitn np there in that red applo tree and watches me. She never crips out, be canso sho knows I always bring crumbs to scatter under tho tree, nnd that I lnvo her little children and would not hurt them for anything. "I never knew we bad snob near and snch pretty neighbors," said grandma. "I am glad I called on them, nud I will send them some of my cookio crumbs this very day." An old crow eat np in tbe top of a greening apple tree, and kept calling out something that sounded like "Look ontt Look out I'' "That old crow always does that," said Susie. "She wants to break np our acquaintance, I know, and make the mother bird think I'm going to hurt her little ones. Sho is a mischief mukor, thnt old crow is. I read story nbont a mischief maker once who told stories abonther neighbors." "I guess she wuuts the crnmbs yon bring," apoke grandma! "and that is the reason she tries to stir np a strife. But I am sure the little mother trusts you, and knows her neighbor too well to be iuRtienccd against her by that old orow. " kvery day after that morning Susie aud grandma went to tuako a call on their neighbors and carry food to them. But a few days later they went and found their neighbor's house empty. Htiaio folt very sorry; but grandma told her bow tbe little ones bad learned to fly, and bad gono ont to see tbe great world for themselves. "I should not have - thought they would have moved oat without lotting me kuow it," said tbe little girl, with tears in her eyes. . . But vacation time was almost over, and, soou after Susie's neighbors went away, she weut too went back to ber1 home in the city, gathered ber school books together, and waa off to thq big schuolhouHu again to Iter lessons. Susan Teal Perry in the Evangelist. Exposed. The Cook Discharge me, is it? Wall, yez don't dare. O il expose yea to tbe boarders. Mrs. Slimdiet What do yon mean? "Oi'U toll 'em the fresh muffius they t i nk they're gettin' ivery moruin' ara nuthiu' but the owld waua blown np wid a bicycle pootupt" .
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers