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BOYCOTT ON IN ST. LOUIS.
Street Cars Running, But Citizens Do
Noi Ride in Them.
? r./M\/liTATIIO niCMICQfn
I Ht KUbiJt UUnru iniuo uiomiuuu^
Striker.* Rnn Ruses in Opposition to the.
Transit Company?Persons "Who Kldc
in the Street Cars Are Uoycotteil?
Sheriffs Armed Force Disbanded?
Cost of the Posse Coinitatus to the City
St. Louis, .Mo. (Special).?Cars aro
opi'rated over the Transit Company's
lines without interference by strikers
^ or their sympathizers, hut the passenger
traffic has dropped to insignificant
. ; proportions on a majority of the lines
because of the boycott.
The last of the posse men have been
mustered out, and the Trausit Company
must depend upon the regular
police force for protection, supplement
ed by such assistance as the 125 em
~i?..,.,. tnivii liof.n sworn in as
I'M ? i?* v
private watchmen can give.
President Harry Ilawes, of the Po
lice Department, gives out his estimate
of the cost to the city of the
posse, emergency policemen, guns and
meals for the force to date, placing it
* at $ir,7.000.
Mack Missick, Secretary of the
Street Car Men's Union, made public
the disposition of money contributed
to aid the strikers as follows: Receipts
to date. $.">3.0.-1.04; relief disbursed.
$32,057.70; balance on hand.
$l-.->7.S". The fund is distributed al
the ratio of $7 a week to married meu
and $4 to single men.
Eight hundred strikers are now engaged
in running bus lines in oppo
sition to the Transit Company, and it
is expected that as many more will
be employed, as a number of buse:have
been purchased in the East foi
immediate delivery.
Because she rode on a Transit Com
pany car to the residence of her fanv
ily physician, whose services were re
quired by her aged husband, Mrs
Joseph Madole has been placed undei
the ban of the boycott She says thai
her druggist refused to allow her tc
use the telephone in calling up tb?
physician and also refused to fill 11
prescription hi- had left on his first
visit; that the butcher and the grocer
with whom she had traded refused
longer to sell her provisions,
stating that a boycott had been placed
upon her and her ramny necause sui
had. siOQen on a Transit car.
^ FORTUNES MADE IN A DAY.
Chicagoans Who Profited Largely by thi
Illne In Wheat.
Chicago (Special).?During the reor>ni
rise in wheat small fortunes were
made by many members of the Board
of Trade.
John Cudahy. who was long on
wheat when the rise came, is said tc
have clearod $350.0U0. jJL ^
James Patton 'is credited
ing made $300,000 on corn.
Members of the firm of
Frazier & Company have co^EBEgg
the wheat deal from $150.0(
000 to the good. ^K9Bjra)
Leopold Bloom made abo^^^^^B.
v John Barrett, formerly
/ Ijf Barrett & Farnum, is
ni'ade $T>0,000.
/ ftf>. H. Roche, a veteran tra^^^^H
abovut $50,000.
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FIU'.IPINO GENERALS RELEASEES
Plo d\)l Pilar and Others Swear Allegi)
ance to the United States.
tHy Cablet.?Nine of the insurgent
lffaders.lurhuliuy: < Jout-rals Plo
del Pilar. tConcepcion. Garcia, and A1
varpy.. weri released unon takins tin
oath of allegiance to the Government
and renouncing all forms of revolution
in the Philippines, together with
making formal acknowledgement of
American sovereignty.
This oath is much stronger and mon
binding than that which General Otis
administered. and was consequently
distasteful to the Filipinos, who accepted
it with bad grace, fully realizing
the results of any violation.
COLD HUNTER RESCUED.
Murpliv Wan the Onlr Survivor of a Fart]
Hound For Cape Nome.
Nome, Alaska (Special)?After sev
eral months of fearful suffering during
which he helplessly watched the deatb
of one after another of his companions.
James Murphy, of New York
City, a castaway sailor, was rescued
from starvation by natives on St.
Lawrence Island.
Murphy is the sole survivor of a
party of six which sailed for Nome
November 3. IS!)!), on board the schooner
Eacret. from San Francisco. The
little vessel was destined for Cape
Nome, but was driven ashore on St.
Lawrence Island.
A Blow at lite Ice Trust*
The Ice Trust was knocked out com*
pletely in New York by a decision
hnnriori rlmvn liv Kui>t'<>nu> Crnirt- .Tnst.
ice Alden Chester, at Albany. The
Justice refused to vacate the oriler
grunted by Justice Chase, appointing
Myer Xussbaum as a referee to conduct
the inquiry into the operations ot
thf lee Trust, in order to enable the
Attorney-General to secure sufficient
evidence upon which to base an action
to annul the certificate of authority
issued the American lee Company tc
do business in the State.
* Ssml-rentennlal In Kanaan. '? .
At a convention of delegates representing
ninety cities and towns ol
Kansas, at Topeka, it was decided tc
hold in U?t4 an exposition in celebration
of the fiftieth anniversarv of the
organization uf the Territory of Kan
sas. Topeka anil Wichita are eandi
dates for the exposition.
Brltlftli Troops to Star In Africa.
It is oltteinlly announced that nc
British troops will leave South Africa
till the end of the war.
Prominent People.
i Sir William Harcourt, the Britisl
1 Liberal leader, denies that he will re
I tire from politics.
k Bethany College in Kansas has con
P ferred tlie degree of LL.D on Itepre
? sentativc Dolliver, of Iowa,
f Ceneral Andre, the new Minister 01
iWar of France, is in his sixty-thin
year, tall, of great physical vigor ant
intellectual.
[ The University of Rochester has con
ferr^itfhe degree of Doctor of Laws
lu^^^^eral Elwell Stephen Otis ol
I THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.;
I
Wxaliliitrton Mimiik.
Secretary of t!>? Treasury lucre lias
called oil tin- depositary national
bunks for iiii>.<MHI more of Ilie <JovI
eminent funds deposited with tlieni.
The N:iv:il Hoard of Const ruction dej
eided that the six submarine torpedo
] boats authorized by Congress, two
J shall l?e constructed on the Pacific
| coast and four on the Atlantic coast
The Secretary of the British Lcga;
tion. Reginald T. Tower, lias sailed to
! accent annoiutuient as British Minister
! at Pekin.
Throe of the battleships just author{
ized by Congress will be provided with
i superimposed turrets and two will be
equipped with the quadrilateral turret
system.
Our Adopted Islftiirt*.
Thanks to the rigorous measures
j adopted by General Lee, the yellow
| fever at Quemaudos, Cuba, is abating
j steadily. i
The municipality of Havana, Cuba,
1 has sanctioned the building of a system
of electric street railways.
I President McKinley signed the commission
of Joseph M. Oats as postmaster
at Honolulu, Hawaii.
Porto Rico has been created a customs
collection district by the Treasury
Department.
The amnesty proclamation is being
published in all the places in the
I Philippines garrisoned by Americans,
but as yet it has produced no apparent
result.
The imports Into Porto Rico amounted
to $7.871),208, and the exports from
I the island to $3,720,023 in the nine
months ended March 31.
One of the last acts of the old Government
of Hawaii was to destroy
$20,000 worth of opium seized by cus1
tonis authorities.
There is about $3,000,000 in tne <juK<in
Treasury.
| Domestic.
' The Ohio Supreme Court has decided
that $300,000 sought by the Toledo
Centennial Board is not available, thus
killing the project.
The schooner Alaskan was wrecked
at Nome, Alaska, her crew being saved
; by the revenue cutter Bear.
Another effort will be made to ob;
tain a rehearing iu the famous case
' of Captain Oberlin M. Carter, who
' is now in prison at Leavenworth, Kan.
A terrific hail storm, during which
. hailstones as large as hens' eggs fell,
I damaged wheat fields near Denver,
, | Idaho, to the extent of $50,000.
I I William Woodward, a farmer, shot
I nnil killed his stendauiruter and. in
turu. was beaten to deatb by his neighbors
at Marshall, Mo.
Charles B. Snead, sixty years old,
who owns an estate in Brattleboro,
Vt., valued at $li30,000, died in New
| York City.
[ Accompanied by his family. John N.
Irwlu. the United States Minister to
I Portugal, arrived at New York City
on the St. Paul. He will go to his
home in Keokuk, Iowa.
| Judge L. H. Thompson, of the Vermont
Supreme Court, died at his home
in Irasburg, Vt., of pneumonia. He
was fifty-two y<ars old and had been
I a Supreme Court Judge since 1887.
(An exploding boiler in a grist mill
at Williamsburg, Ivy., killed Riley
Broyles and his fifteen-year-old daughter.
Carrie.
John Whitehead and his wife were
: found dead in their house near PoseyI
ville, Ind., and he is believed to have
I eloln on/1 himCftlf
k Postmasters of most of the leading
I cities of the Northwestern States get
k increases in salaries because of in*
Increased receipts.
Western Christian Endeavor delegates
refuse to travel Sunday while
going to Boston convention.
Arthur Ledyard, one of the best
known balloon operators and paraj
chute experts in the country, was
, I drowned in. Lake Erie, a few miles
! from Toledo. Ohio.
I On touching a live wire at Galena,
! Kan., City Marshal Milford Parker
was instantly killed.
To save his mother from brutality
the eighteen-year-old son of Herman
i Haarmeyer killed his father at Cincinnati,
Ohio.
The entire business section of the
village of Mlddleton. Wis., was destroyed
by fire. The total loss is
more than $100,000; insurance, about
one-half.
Aaron tiane. tne uartenaer wno
1 killed his sweetheart. Mary Brannigan,
at Nev\' York City, has been
found guilty of murder in the firs'
degree.
Fdrelgn.
Two French missionaries and 100
converts have been murdered In the
southern part of the Province of Pechili,
China.
The Australian Commonwealth Bill
passed its third reading in the House
of Commons in London amid cheers.
Lord Curzon reports heavy rains in
some of the famine districts in India.
I>r. G. M. Fisk has resigned as second
secretary of the United States
Embassy at Berlin.
General Roberts reports the gradual
pacification of the western part of the
Transvaal.
The World's Woman's Christian
Temperance Union Congress, which
met at Edinburgh. Scotland, re-elected
the president, Lady Somerset, and the
_ 1X1 ir.n Xf T O
uiuur uioiers. i?ira. in. u. ul
I Maine, was elected an additional vice- j
j president.
Russia has forbidden her newspapers
to publish movements of troops
or warships and to "remember lius- |
sia is preuestined to predominate in j
Asia."
An appeal by' a committee in Paris. :
advocating Boer independence, has j
been issued. ,
It is definitely stated -at the London
foreign office that Lord Pauncefote
will retire at the end of the year.
The semi-inillenial celebration of the
birth of Jolyi Guttenberg, the inventor
of printing, began on a grand scale at j
Mayence, Germany.
Lieutenant-Governor Mclnnes. ot
British Columbia, who refused to re>
sign on being requested to do so by the
i Dominion Government, has been djs- I
misspiV
-.A force for the relief of Coomassie.
Ashantee, was dispatched from
Prahsu.
\ The death of Count Muravieff. Rus*
slan Minister of Foreign Affairs, is
said to be fraught with givat mo |
' ment for France. The Russian-French !
" alliance may b<> abandoned l'or an alii- j
auee between England and Russia,
f Au American army of <].">< () men and ,
1 a fleet of more than a dozen lighting
I ships will soon bo iu China.
Further cutting of General Roberts's
. line of communication in South Africa
5 is to be punished by the destruction
f of the farms within five miles on eacb
side of the point attacked
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RELIEF OF TIEN-TSIll.
Admiral Kempff Te'Is of the Success
of the Rescuing Party*
TUF nilTRRFAK 15 SPRFAHINfi.
Ill? UV I UMUHK IU Wl
The Powers Are Preparing For a-Lorn.
Campaign?Chinese Capital Held by
300,000 Soldiers Armed With Modern
Gnns?Situation is Considered in the
Highest Degree Alarming.
London (By Cable).?According to a
dispatch from Che-Foo, Admiral
Kernpff reports that the combined
forces entered Tien-Tsin. sustaining
small loss. They then started to re\
licve Admiral Seymour's force, which
f is believed to be surrounded uear Pe[
kin.
The British cruiser Terrible has arrived
at Che-Foo from Taku with the
latest news, which is as follows:
"Eight hundred Sikhs and 200 Welsh
Fusiliers have affected a junction with
the American, tierman and Russian
forces, which had been cut off by
the Chiuese about.nine miles from
Tien-Tsin."
According to Japanese reports. Admiral
Seymour has been captured, and
the Ministers have left Pekin, guarded
by Chinese soldiers. Their whereabouts
is unknown.
That the Powers look with troubled
nvoe r,n thp sitimtlnn is shown bv the
action of some of them in hurrying
troops to the scenc of the trouble.
From British India ten thousand English
soldiers have started for China,
and more are to follow. Russia has
ordered an army of 52,000 to proeoed
at once, and some of the divisions
have started, while Japan will have
15.000 men on the ground in a short
time.
It is estimated there are 300,000 hostile
Chinese troops around Pekin: that
they have L.J Creusot guns, eighteen
Krupps and 150 Maxims, while their
supply of ammunition is said to be inexhaustible,
practically. Ihese soldiers
are undisciplined and are unfamiliar
with such modern weapons
of war.
There are further indications thai
the outbreak fs spreading to the south
of China.
Preparations for a prolonged war
are being made by all the Powers.
A9IERICA3S KILLED IN CHINA. ~
Four Marine* Fatl In an Ambush on tl e
Way to Tlen-Tnln.
Washington, D. C. (Special).?The
following dispatch from Rear-Admiral
TvomnfT Phofnn Similnv wns tv>.
celved by the Navy Department:
"In ambuscade near Tien-Tsin on the
21st, four of Waller's command killed
and seven wounded. Names will be
furnished-as soon as secured. Force
of 2000 going to relieve Tien-Tsin today."
'
In prompt answer to this news, indicating
the increasing gravity of the
Chinese crisis. Secretary Long issued
orders directing Rear-Admiral Remey
to proceed from Manila to Taku on the
Brooklyn, taking on board such troops
as General MacArthur can furnish and
she is able to carry. Adu.iral Remey
will displace Admiral KempfE In command
in Chinese waters.
Request For an Armistice Refused.
Washington. D. C. (Special).?Wu
Ting Fang, the Chinese Minister.asked
Secretary Hay to obtain an armistice
in the operation of American troops
until Li Hung Chang could reach Pekin
and bring about a cessation of the
disorder. This request, laid before
President Melvinley. was answered by
i the statement that the United States
could not bind itself under the exlstI
insr conditions.
DIRECTOR RATHBONE REMOVED.
M. C. Fosnes Appointed Actios Directoi
of Cuban Posts.
Washington, D. C. (Special).?"Phe
Fostmastor-General lys issued an order
removing from ornce Estes G.
Rathbone, who had been suspended
by a former order from the position of
Director-Geueral of Posts of Cuba, and
detailing Martin C. Fosnes, an iuspee'
tor in the postal service, to perform
the duties of Director-General of Posts
until further orders. Fourth Assistant
Postmaster-General Br is tow has been
relieved from further work in Cuba
and has sailed for home.
Postmaster-General Smith said that
Mr. Rathbone will not leave the isl
find, as lie will be wanted as a witness
in the coses of the other officials
against whom charges have been preferred.
NEW NOTE TO THE PORTE.
(Jolted States Charge d'Aflalreft Demanded
an Immediate Reply.
Constantinople (By Cable).?Lloyd
C. Griscom,United States Charge d'Affaires,
presented a fresh note to the
Ottoman Government, insisting upon
an immediate reply to the demand of
the United States for a settlement of
the indemnity in connection with the
losses of Americans at the time of
I the Armenian massacres.
Although vigorously phrased, the
note is not an ultimatum. It is said,
however, to have been'a disagreeable
surprise to the Porte, testifying as it
does to the Intention of the United
States Government to pursue the matter
of indemnity to the end.
Heavy Rains In the Sooth.
The recent heavy rains in the South
have inundated a vast territory aud
caused much damage to crops.
TOants the Saltan Depoaed.
A committee' of the Young Turks'
puny nas sent a manifesto to the various
embassies at Constantinople, describing
the situation in Turkey and
declaring that it is time for the Towers
to terminate the Sultau's regime.
Boy Killed by a Baseball.
George Lakin. nineteen years old.
died from the effects of a nlow from a
baseball at Baltimore. The hoy was at
the bat. and was struck behind tinear
by a pitched ball.
Bryan's Cousin Named For Governor.
The Democratic State Convention of
Florida nominated for Governor Wiilin
111 S. Jennings 011 the forty-fourth
ballot. The nominee is a lirst cousin
of William Jennings Bryan, lie is a
native of Illinois, but removed to Florida
:u isso. IIi' is thirty-seven years
old.
Want No Squnvr Men.
There is a strong movement to expc-1
all the white men 011 the Pine Ridge
reservation in South Dakota, who are
now scattered through th?; rcsorviition.
by force if necessary.
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i LIVES LOST IN I WMJtj
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!
j Washout Near Atlanta, Gt., Causes !
Horribie Railway Disaster,
VICTIMS CAUGHT IN A TRAP
Local Trjilu Goes Down in a Gulch Neat
McDouougli?Sleeping Car on the End
I'lns Dswn the- Wreckage ? Flame,
Add to tlte Disaster?Only Those in
the Sleeper Escaped Death.
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A*\lUliiiU, VJU. \o|icv;iai;.?A ptuocunri
train 011 the Macon brancli of the
Southern Railway ran Into a washout
one and a half north of McDonough,
Ga., nud was completely wrecked. The
wreck caught fire and the entire train,
with the exception of the sleeper, was
destroyed. Every person In the train,
except tho occupants of the Pallman
car. perished. Not a member of'the
train crew escaped. Thirty-five persons
in all were killed.
The list of killed is as follows: William
A. Barclay, conductor, Atlanta; J.
E. Wood, condifctor, Atlanta; J. H.
Huuuicut, conductor; J. T. Sullivan,
engineer, Atlanta; \V. W. Bennett, baggagemaster,
Atlanta; T. F. Maddox, i
cotton buyer, Atlanta; W. J. Pate and
twelve-year-old son, Atlanta: H. R.
Cressinan. Pullman conductor; George
W. Flournay, Atlanta; D. C. Hlghtower,
Stockhridge, Ga.; W. W. Park, Macon,
Ga.; SOlder Hecson, traveling man,
supposed to have been from Florida;
T. F. Florida, Kashvllle, Tenn.; W. 0.
Ellis, bridgeman, Stockbridge; D. Y.
Griffith, Superior; J. H. Rhoades, flagman;
John Bnftitley White, fireman;
Will Green, extra fireman; W. L. Morrisett,
pump repr.irer; W. R. Lawrence,
foreman extra gang; Ed. Byrd, colored,
firema-, Atlanfa; Robert Spencer.
train porter; four unidentified
bodies and eight negro section hands'.
The wrecked train was a local knowu
as No. 9. It left Macon at 7.10^ir. m.?v
and was due in Atlanta at 9.55 p. m.r\
The train reached McDonough on tlme^
8.30 p. m. A train from Columbus,
due to connect with the train from Ma-,
con at McDonough, was late and the
wrecked train did not wait for It. The
train ran only a mile anda half
from McDonough, when without' warn1
ing it plunged into a waehout 'sixty
feet deep and 123 feet vide. Camp's
Creek had swollen because of the recent
heavy rains and cut out the railroad
embankment until the culvert
through which it flowed was trausformed
into a gorge, through which a
raging torrent surged. The train, consisting
of a ..aggage car. second-class
coach, tirst-class coach and a Pullman
sleeper, was knockedVmto splinters by
the fall. The wreck caught fire in a
few minutes after the fall and all the
coaches were burned except the Pullman
car.
rjvery persou on iue iruiu vacviil
the occupiints of the Pullman car was
killed in the accident. Not a member
of the train crew escaped. A blinding
rainstorm was on. The windows of
the coachos were closed and when the
passengers went down they were
either drowned in the torrent or
burned with the wrecked coaches. As
the wreck began to go to pieces under
the destructive work of the dames
and flood bodies floated out and were
carried down stream by the current.
The storm did not abate in fury.
Flashes of lightning added to the
steady glow of the burning train. All
through the night the rain continued.
The dawn revealed the most disastrous
railroad wreck the South has
known in many years. An hour after
the train's plunge into the gorge several
of those who escaped from the
wreck walked into McDonough with
the news. Parties were organized at
once. Nearly the entire male population
of the towu went to the scene
to render assistance to those imprisoned
in the wreckage. Little could,, be
done by the rescuers, however, as thcfire
kept them at a distance.
At daylight the bodies that had
floated from the gorge were gathered
up. Some of the bodies were terribly
burned, while others were crushed
beyond recognition. The only means
of identification in the majority of the
cases were letters and papers in the
pockets of the victims in the catastropae.
Only three ladies.wore on tlie train:
two escaped. The fbodies of tlie dead
were brought to Atlanta. No blame
attaches to the railroad, as other
trains had passed the spot in safety
only a few hours before the collapse.
EIGHT KILLED IN A COLLISION.
Train Carrylnc Excursionist* to a Saengerfest
ltuns Into a Freight Train.
Green Bay. Wis. (Special).?A northbound
passenger train on the Chicago
and Northwestern Road, loaded with
excursionists bound for the Saengerfest
in this city, collided with a freight
train at De Pere, five miles south of
here. Eisht persons were killed and
thirty-four were injured.
The dead are Edward Kuckie and
Lawrence Hank, of Fond du Lac:
Georse L. Liovd. of Eden: Charles
Mierswa, Matt Korcher and Burt Ivos,
of Oshkosh; .Auntn Weber aud a man
from Ashland whose name is unknown.
The accident happened just as the
passenger train was pulling into the
station. A double-header freight train
was backing on to a side track to let
the passenger train go by, but had not
cleared the main track.
When the two trains came together
the first coach, which was a combination
smoking and baggage car. was
driven through the second coach,
whf.re the loss of life occurred. The
cause of the accident was the failure
of the freight crew to sire the passenger
traiu the right of way.
A Million For llrown University.
Announcement was made at Brown
University, Providence, K. I., that cash
and pledges had been received amount
injr to $1,()!)(!. 10d. Just a year ago the
offer came from John D. Rockefeller
to give the college $250,000 in case
$7-30.000 was raised within a year.
PrefOrient Krucer'tf Pence Condition*.
President Kruger's principal condition
for immediate peace in South
Africa is that he be allowed to stay in
the country.
Lightning Strike* a Churchi
During a severe thunderstorm at
Gillinghani. Wis., lightning struct the
United Brethren Church during service.
Lewis Feckhain was instantly
killed, Julian Hart and S. Foley were
rendered uuconscious, and the entire
congregation shocked. The building
was wrecked. >
destructive Plttaburc Fire.
A fire in tUe heart of the business
district of Pittsburg, Penn., caused "a
loss of $250,000 and for a time threatened
to wipe out an entire squire of
haudsuine bui'di'Jgs.
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FEARFUL ACT OF A MANIAC
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nc a AUiiiiij
Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Murders Two Men Willi an Axo, Injurei
Two Women and Then Tubed
HJs Own Life.
Cedar Rapids. Iowa (Special).?Chas.
Mefford, a maniac, killed Jauies Fitzsimmoas,
fatally Injured Jos. Drake,
seriously injured Mrs. James Fitzsimmons,
slightly injured Miss Kate Fitzsimmons,
and then ended hi< own life
a few dajs ago.
Mefford was twenty-seven years old.
and had been insane fpr several years.
He was in the Independence Asylum
for a short time two years ago, but escaped
and was never returned^ He
was not considered dangerous.
Mefford darted out of his home about
10 o'clock p. m a raving maniac. He
was clad in nothing but a shirt: He
was seen two t>r three times between
then and midnight, but the police
I failed to find him.
, Reginald Andrews, janitor of the
(5ld Ladies' Home, was awakened by
the crashing of glass just before 5
o'clock In the morning. The next mo- j
ment Mefford stepped before him
swinging a neck yoke.
"Your time has coJie!" shouted Mefford.
.
"What time :? you mean?" asked
Andrews. v
"I have murdered one whole family
to-night and I am going to kill you
and everybody In the home," replied
Mefford.
The maniac swung the neck yoke
and tried to brain Andrews, who
dodged, grabbed the weaipon, threw
Mefford on the bed. and choked him
until he begged for mercy. ?
Andrews then agreed to give Mefford
a bath, a suit of clothes and some
breakfast, which apparently satisfied
him.
Rushing through the house. Andrews
locked the twelve or fourteen
Inmates in their rooms, notified the
police by telephone' and ran across
the street to the home of Joseph Drake
for assistance. Drake dressed, picked
up a revolver and started out.
Mefford, carrying an axe. was seen
to plunge through a window in the
home of James Fitzsimmons, about
one hundred and fifty yards away.
Mrs. Fitzsimmons screamed and Mefford
swung the axe and brought It
down toward her head. Her uplifted
arm saved her life. Her arm was
broken in two places and she sus{
tained a serious scalp wound.
Mr. Fitzsimmons. hearinz the I
screams, ran into the room and grapr
pled with the maniac. Mefford shook
him off and sent the axe crushing Into
his skull.
Dashing upstairs, Mefford attacked
Miss Kate Fitzsimmons, inflicting several
severe scalp wounds.
When Mefford went down stairs
Drake had just entered the house.
Drake dropped to his knees to shoot,
but there were four empty chambers
and each time the hammer came down
on one of them.
Then Mefford struck him on the ;
head with the axe. A second and
third blow followed and Drake fell.
Andrews escaped.
Mefford took Drake's revolver and
ran out of the house. After running
several blocks he put a bullet into
his left breast below the heart. Running
on two or three blocks further,
he sat down on the curbstone, and,
placirig the revolver to the centre of
his forehead, fired again.
Mefford continued to wave the revolver
above his head, but just as a
policeman grabbed the revolver from
behind Mefford fell dead into the gutter.
Maniac KHU.Two Men.
New Orleans (Special).?William IT.
Robinson a few weeks ago was released
from the insane asylum in
Jackson as completely cured. He re
turned to ins Home in iNew urieans
and obtained work. All his friends
thought he was sound iu Lviml agniu.
but his iusauity returned in a most
violent form. He shot two men fatally,
besides wounding a policeman iu
one leg. He was about to be lynched
by a mob, when Sheriff Klock, with
a force of deputies armed with shotguns.
rescucd him and placed him in
prison.
NEBRASKA LOSES TERRITORY.
Armed North Dakota Farmers Change
tlie Course of the Missouri River.
Jackson, Nob. (Special). ? An armed
band of thirty-two men from South
Dakota has et'.t n channel through Kininger's
Neck, or. as it is known on tiie
maps. Bruigher's Bend, in the Missouir
River.
The bend <s so.n^ twenty-five mile?
cround and not more than a qua-tiy or
a mile across .'is neck. The u';:k i>
low lana, tvivcied with willow and
small timber*. Residents of th.t hot-*
tnmc flw? i?irni? oncf a r IvILr
Point, have a.'ways contended that it'
.a channel could be cut through the
neck and tho river straightened our it
would prurcrc rue recurrence of r'tft
spring Hoods which have so frequently
overflowed the southwestern portions
of Union County.
Another result of cutting through the
neck of the bend is to tbtow thousands
of acres of excellent farming land into
South Dakota which has been a part of
Nebraska.
Difiil
Aged 103 Yearn.
Mrs. Almira Milligan dk:l at the
home of her niece. Mrs. James Edwards.
of Alford, Mass.. after a life of 1
102 years and 11 months. She was
the wealthiest woman in town. Mrs. |
Milligan had two husbands, and had
beeu a widow the second time almost,
forty years. 1
Morinoui Invade Iowa.
Fort Dodge. Iowa, is overrun with
Mormon missionaries, who make per- 1
sonal visits to all houses and distribute !
literature by the barrel. They say that i
moreapostles are on the wpy from Salt
Lake City to make converts.
Sold Her Cblf^Tor S100.
Paulina Mathls, driven by poverty,
sold her child for $100 to a Mrs. Gross
and executed a bill of sale, properly at- *
tested, which was filed in the Regis '
ier's office in Xew York City.
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Serious Trouble in Bulgaria.
It is learned that ninety persons
were killed and 372 wounded in the re- *
cent conflict between troops and peasants
in the Varna district, in Bulgaria. a
A state of siege has been proclaimed
In the.dlstrlcts x>f Varna, Shumia, Tit- s
nova.vJUaSJ^Ld^Rustchuk and ltisto- I)
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Death of a Noted Scientist. j_
Dr. H. S. Lucas, the (tHyjjjvt'ror of tj
emery deposits in Chester, Ma^.. died 11
at Franklin, N. C. He was a ^ontist 11
of considerable note and the nr^L to r<
produce epsom salts. ? '
WHAIMiDAL PASTY
Georgia Mill Owner Gives His Employes
a Novel Vacation.
MARRIAGE-PROMOTING OUTING.
Banker TVItlmin Personally Conducted
His Employes on Tlielr Vacation Trip J
Be Offered Prizes to tlie Single Men j
and Women Who Would Marry?Five
Couples Were on Their Honeymoon.
Now York City (Special).?It was like
a breeze from the Georgia pines when
William H. Withara, at the head of
his bank cashiers, mill superintendents
and pretty girl tourists, invaded
this city a few days ago.
Marshaled by the proprietor of thirty-two.
banks and nine cotton mills the
party moved from Asbury Park early
In the morning and took possession of
fifty-seven rooms at the Gilsey House.
There were five bridal couples In the
company, one engaged couple and
seven attractive young women.
Mr. Witham takes his employes on a
two-weeks' vacation each year. His
marriel managers and clerks >are accompanied
by their wives and daughters.
As he believes that men who
niar\y arc Apro attentive to business
tnan bachelors, he asks eligible girls
to meet his unmarried clerks and cashiers.
?
He offered this year a reward of
$250 to the first young woman who
married one of his cashiers, $150 to
the second; and he says he told the
young women that the third would get
n Hnlln- onH n hfllf A?>nw11nir tr? Mr.
Wit ham the seven ygngg J^rpmen who
accompanied him are .theiijeven most
There were lligfeflBnjh.the party
ana Mr. Witham ^wHRhus busy as
the manager of. aoMj^^mnpany on
Banker wftham're^Bfc'a'--tomnnco.
Born in La Granifl^^^HR: came to
office boy.
min&s find '
Raili For Urines In
works in the Connellsyai ^gi^?Bdy
single men have l^n^dtii^rg^S^and
this has brought abotit'an. uiftcecedented
demand for Jun e,b'ritipSwhe
foremen and yard man^erl??i??retaining
the married men be'cauiS^|AeIr
store bills are larger. The badflttrs
are therefore nuking, a grjanggMKpot
wives to avoid the. danger a^getfting
an -enforced summer vac^flP^V EV^ry
girl who arrives from the old country
quickly becomes a Wife, if she so de*
two girl heroines/ ,
Their Prompt Action S?T?<1 000 P??en,
c?ri Near Birmingham, Ala.
Birmingham, Ala. (Special).?Two
daughters of Isaac Ledenderff,' of
Fayette County, saved an excursion
train from Columbus, Miss., bound
fof Birmingham a few days ago. The
rain was coming down In torrents, and
the young women, who resided near
a culvert saw that the waters had
risen above-it and were rapidly un
dermining It. Knowing that ttS^uJnJ
would be along soon, they lefC'ilMl
house in the drenching downpour and
ran dowu the track a 'mile to the
nearest station, where they Informejd
the trackmen of the condition of th?e
culvert. ' |
A danger signitpvas pot out. thetrain
stopped, and after several hours'
of hard work ren^jrlsg^the damage.the
train pi'oceede?rto..Blrtlinghani. delivering
its GOO ^abengers several
hours late.
Fought a Dnel on Horseback.
Munco Tipsward was killed by Willis
Lilly, Ills brother-in-law, in London
Township. 111. It was a duel on horseback.
Both were riding at breakneck
speed, Tipsward following close liehind
L.lly. slashing him with a knife j
whenever lie was able to reach him. I
Lilly dashed ahead of Tipsward. and,
when a few feet away, drew his revolver
and lired. The ball entered Tifisward's
head, and he fell from his
liorse dead. The murder was the culmination
of a family feud which has
existed for several years.
IlllnoiR Democrats Meet.
The Democratic State Convention
nominated a State ticket headed l>y
Samuel Alschuier. of Aurora, for Governor.
Delegates were elected to the
Kausas City Convention. The plaP
form adopted reaffirms the Chicago
platform of 1890. condemns trusts, upholds
the Monroe Doctrine, denounces
imperialism, expresses sympathy with
the Boers ar.d instructs the delegates
to the National Convention to vote for
Bryan for President.
General ChaQee Ordered to China.
Orders were issued by the War Department.
at Washington, to Brigadier-General
Atlna R. Chaffee to take
command of the forces in China and
to proceed at once to assume his new
duties, while the Fourth and Twentieth
Infantry were directed to proceed
from Manila to Taku at once.
These, with the Ninth Infantry, which
is also ordered to China, will make
a brigade.
A Fatal Game of Cards.
At Granite, Greer County. Kan.. Cattle
Inspector Gilmorc. William Anderson.
another man and a woman, engaged
in a frame of cards. Tliey
luarreleil and all fell upon Giliuore.
ivho shot and killed his three assaiimts.
Cloudburst at Mobile, Ala.
A cloudburst occurred at Mobile.Ala.
Vll the streets were submersed, in
mine places to a depth of live feet.
Business in the city was practically
iUspelided.
Cycling
Too clips are gradually coming iuto
avor witli wlieeltueu.
Mi^r of the wheels seen on the road (
re equipped wiih coaster brakes. ,
It 's estimated that more miles of ]
idepath throughout i he country will 1
e built this year than ever before.
The cycle record from NVw York to j
lostou has been broken by Bet ram i
!. Iiussell. of Springtield. Mass. His > 1
ime was twenty hours and three iriu- ' f
tes. being three hours and Uveutyine
minutes better than the previous t
?cord. made by Warren F. Taylor two t
ears ago , 9
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GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAX. i
PRECNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLD'S CREATEST PROPHETS.
The Cluirch of Go<l-l(olincti? Takes Time
?Tin; Impulse ?o I'lHine (io?t?A l'rayci
for Gracc?<>o<1'h Love lVr>onnl?Take
What Comes Upon Thee Cheerfully#
The Church of fJoil is stnhlished I
Through Jesus Christ our Lord, aj
iliuwen u$ \_nri.M :ui niiJiiuu^,
With Christ she shall accord.
The sweetness of Christ's spirit
Within her life endures.
And to the weary nations
God's day of peace ensures.
The Church of God enshrinoth
Whate'er true men hold dear,
And with her strength do^li cherish
The visions of the seer.
Tho patience of Christ's spirit.
Within hor heart abides;
To hope she still doth witness,
Whatever ill betides.
The Church of CJod belongeth
To men of every time: >:?
Christ is the elder brother
Of men of every cliiue.
The justice of Christ's spirit
Shall iti the Church remain,
Until in some glad future
Men brotherhood attain.
The Church of CJod increasetb
Through sacrifice and pain.
Through travail and through sorrow
She makes her constant gain.
The passion of Christ's spirit
Ne'er from the Church shall die:
Love shall the sin-vexed peoples J
Redeem and sanctify.
The Church of God infoldeth
All of earth's purified,
And gathers all the needy -3
For whom the Master died.
The splendor of Christ's spirit
The Church shall glorify.
And fit earth's humble people
To be the Church on high.
Tlio Church of CJod endureth.
Though vexed with inward strife;
To God's sure end she moveth.
For Christ is her true life.
The power ol' Christ's strong spirit
The Church shall unify,
Whpn. all names lost in one name,
The Kingdom draweth nigh. 7
?Lucius Harrison Thayer in The Con
grcgatioualist. >\
Holiness Takes Time.
There is a deep truth beneath the lint v'-j
of tho familiar hymn which counsels us
to "Take time to be holy," A holy lift
is the result of deliberate effort an<!
ceaseless watching. It does*not come in
to maturity unless we take time for its
culture. It is in this very sphere of the
religious life that the modern businesi
stress invades with such disaster. \V?
are busy, and we simply do not take
time to be holy. It takes more reai
strength to pray than it does to perform dflH
physical toil. The reason why people d?
not pray when they are tired is becaust
they cannot; their strength is exhausted - J
It takes vital force to study the BibW
anu to reflect on religious tnemes. Anc
yet this is generally reserved to th?
close of the day, when we are too mud
exhausted for the tusk. And so it sooi
falls into disuse. We may as well recognize,
therefore, at the beginning that i'
^akes strength an<l time to attain a holj
life. It is a matter of downright and
, persistent earnestness. It is true that i
ho# life is the result also of'relationshij
and. tit absorption. Both the activ?
Struggle and the passive, receptive mooc
are necessary. It is the first of thesi
that we tend most to neplect. But w? , .
must' arouse ourselves: holiness mean:
struggle; holiness takes time.
* * The Impnluc to Pri?l*e God.
The impulse to praise God for his woft
derful works is as natural to men now ai '
it was to the Psalmist, and for the sami
reason. It is only the perverted mind -x;
warped for the time by disease or sorrow j
and with its thought and sight raisdi ,wrected,
which fails to look up, as it wen J
torjiJt h tha"k^^ jpp^fWir^xnitiirioii>mrn
tu-r natural *
r world makes its appeal to his heart a?
tbe spring expands into the early summer.
It is easy t-> understand.then how
in the ages past men who knew little 01
nothing of God found themselves iin
pel led to worship injttire. In worship
pin.tr nature they were looking us
| thi'ntisrh nature to nature's God. and h?
wli.) today fails to hear God's voice, tc I <
see God's hand, and to read something
ot' God's In-art and spirit in nature must , j
be doaf, blind and stupid beyond belief
' The year brings scores of lessons with
its rolling months, but in its own waj &*?
no iNiirr iinu t' iiinunsn v m mure lUMp* jjHg
fill than this.
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A Prayer for Grate.
Lord, preserve me in the unity of thj
holy church. in tho love of God and ol
my neighbors. Let thy grace enlarge mj
heart to renumber, fiiithfully to use
wisely to improve and humbly to give
thanks to thee for all thy favors, with
whieh thou has enriched my soul and
supported niy estate and preserved mj *
person and rescued me from dagger ano
invited mi' to goodness all the days ol
my life. O do unto tli.v servant :is thou
llfiost to tlo unr? those that lov;? thj
n;init;! Lot thy truth comfort me; thj
mercy deliver me; thy staff support met
thy irra?-e sanctify my sorrow; ami thj
goodness pardon all my sins; thy angels"
guide nil' with safety in this shadow ol
death, ami thy most Holy Spirit load m?
into the land of righteousness: for thj
name's sake, which is s? comfortable,
ami for Jesus Christ's sake, our dearest
Lord and most gracious Saviour. Amoa
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God's Love I'rrnonal.
Whoever has once absorbed th(
thought that < ???il loves him. him individually,
with a personal aft'eition. has
undergone a marvelous transformation
It is scarcely too much to say that a
revolution has been wrougiij^in his soul.
He is not Vilely any more.' He cannot
despond. The promises belong to him ^
It is easy to believe. His bliss is assured.
The troubles of earth are insignilii'i'.nt.
its prizes contemptiide. Very
few eiunprehenil the greatness of <?odf
love to us?a love which 110 demand can
exhaust, which will last forever, and
which has back of it all wisdom, all
power. A little inklimr of this wonderful
fact is enough to start one on a new
life. Its full disclosure ami discovery
constitute heaven. We may well pray
not only for more love to Him, but for a
clearer view of His love to us. The twc
things ha v: very close connections.
Whatsoever is brought upon thee take
cheerfully, and be patient when thou art
changed to i> low estate. For gold is
tried ill the tire and acceptable men in
the furnace of adversity. Believe in Him
and Ho will help thee: order thy way
aright and trust in Him.?Je.sus, Son of
Sirach.
The path of sorrow and that path alone
Leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.
No traveler ever renchod" this blest abode
\Vho found not thorns and briars in his
road. "
?WKJiam Oo-.vper.
EFFECT OF THE UPRISING.
Former Con Mil at Tien-Tain Think* It Will <
Undo All MUaionnry Work in China.
E. T. Sliephard. tor oinlit years Amerirail
Consul at Tien-Tsin. said that in his
iipinioit tin* present situation in China is
more grave for Christ ianity than any previous
t-risi<. !lc said:
"The uprising of the Boxers means the
flest ruction of all that has been accomplished
liy the Christian Church in China
for the past sixty years. In fact, it means
norc. During those lonu yer.rs the tnis ionaries
have done much in planting the
seed lor civilization, and tliev have made
nanyconverts. The latter are Ileitis slaughtered
by hundreds by the Boxers. As a
esult of this massacre the Chinese will
ibaudou all Christian beliefs. - i