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ac mm m unasny initns xev pearance of Wjnfi Doadly dangers lurk In th9 ground left bare by the departing snow. All Winter long there have been accumulating deadly disease germs. These have been protected and kept alive by the covering of snow and now. with the first warm days, those death-bringing microbes are awakened by tha rays of the sun, and as the ground drlca they are carried to all corners of tho community in the dust that is blown overywhere by the Spring winds. The human body at this time is particularly susceptible to these germs, especially the germs of fevers. The system has been depleted by the forecoins Winter. The blood is sluggish and filled with Impurities. The nerves tavo not recovered from tho tension they have been under for the past months. The stcmach, the bowels, the kidneys, the liver are all at their worst. It is, therefore, not strange that thes9 germs cf disease find fertile ground In which to thrive, flourish and develop into deadly ills. Spring i3 the time of year when one should fear an attack of fever, especially when the system is depleted,one should dread any severe illness. The vitality is at a low ebb. There is less power of resistance to throw off disease, and it is on this account that fatalities are so much greater during the Spring months than at any other time of the year. There is but one way to ward off such dangers, and that ia to fortify Sunflower Cultivation Encouraged. Professor Wiley, chemist of the Agri cultural Department, lias been making experiments in raising sunflowers with a view to the general introduction of the industry in this country. In Russia this plant is cultivated as a staple crop. There are thousands of tous of the seed raised in the Ohio valley and elsewhere every year, but it is believed that the acreage can be increased many fold, to advantage. In Russia the sunflower seeds are an article of diet, being eaten either raw or roasted. The oil is also used liberally iu cooking, being practically equal to olive oil. It is also useful fo: dressing wool and for soap and candle making, etc. The seed makes an excellent food for poultry and stock, the oil imparting a peculiar sleekuess to them. Any soil that will grow corn is suitable for sunflowers. The average crop is about S00 to 1000 pounds to the acre, worth from $1 to $2.75 a hundred weight. When txiillo are built to extract the oil the value of the crop will be increased. WCU9 ai d *v ujucu auu kino! Why should this be the cai Because they have neglect Every one of these patients ; of warning in that bearing-do^ right of the womb, nervous ex the back. All of these things i condition of the ovaries or woi . What a terrifying thougl there on those hospital beds av Do not drag alone at hom ment until you are obliged to ? an examination and possible o system, cure the derangemen selves by danger signals, ar Pinkham's vegetable Coi of women from tne hospital, with the full consent of the the knife by a faithful reliai and the consistent treatment c Mrs. Knapp tells of <t n r> .. . T jj&An aUAD. L matiAn * Vegetable Compound and Sanative V ^ poison set reason wi whom so lt===========:====a happiness kinnio Avenue, Milwaukee, Wis. I s5000 II U tutlmooUl i? n writer*? apvclal HE SNOW. ealed on the Disapir's While Mantle. the human body so that It will become impregnable to the germs of invading disease. To do this take Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy. It will build you up quickly, it will re-establish your waning appetite, it will give you restful nights of sleep, it will give vim and vigor to the nerves, and It will dispel all existing poisons that have accumulated in the body besides counteracting the effects of others that may accumulate. Following Is an instance that will illustrate the wonderful power of Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy. snerin jonas r. otevens, wuu ia sheriff of Hyde Park, Vt.. says:?"I have used Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy especially as a blood purifier. I had a very severe humor on my arms, accompanied by a very bad Itching, so severe that I could not sleep nights, causing me great Inconvenience by the loss of sleep by the Itching. A friend advised me to take Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy, which I did with the most satisfactory results, for the trouble has entirely disappeared, and I can now rest comfortably nights and have none of my former misery from th? burning, itching sensations." Remember Dr. Greene's advice will be given to any one desiring same absolutely free if they will write or call upon him at his office, 35 W. 14th St., New York City. Easter at Rome. At Rome the day is ushered in with the firing of cannon from the castle at St. Angelo, and about 7 o'clock in the morning carriages filled with richly dressed occupants pour toward St. Peter's. Formerly the Pontiff officiated. On his head he wore a jeweled tiara, and his vestments blazed with gold. He was escorted to his throne by soldiers of his court, the Noble Guard lining the way. When the Sacred Host was elevated the military men aroppea on ineir kuees huu inesented arms, and the Nobles drew their swords. The silver trumpets were then sounded. After mass there was a great deal of* the same kind of ceremony. and civic and religious festivities followed. The cardinal arch-priest now says mass, and the Pope officiates at a private mass in the consistory within the Vatican. Queensland, Australia, is twelve times larger than England, with a population about equal to that of Birmingham. nW&rmiMiiliM i j j afiji mmhAgruEHHHU ~i I E & &. IJ t tircttSMBStAlii'+-IS ! ss are sad places to visit, nts lying on those snow-white se P * ' ed themselves. i in the hospital beds had plenty vn feeling, pain at the left or haustion, pain in the small of ire indications of an unhealthy nb. it! these poor souls are lying raiting a fearful operation, e or in your place of emplov;o to the hospital and submit to peration. Build up the female ts which have signified themid remember that Lydia E. npound has saved thousands Read the letter here published vriter, and see how she escaped ace on Mrs. Pinkham's advice >f her medicines. ... her Great Gratitude. .. received much benefit from using your Vash. After my child was born, blood in, which left me with granulated inin of the womb and congested ovaries, ffered from suppressed and painful tion from a girl. The doctors told me ?s would have to be removed. I took b two years to escape an operation, emained in miserable health in both mind, expecting to part with my th each coming month. After using a of the Compound, I became entirely trouble in my head. I continued to remedies until cured. last nine months have been passed in ?od health. This, I know, I owe enLydia E. Pinkham's Vege'Diii pound. ;ratituae is great maeea to tne one to many women owe their health and l"?Mes. F. M. Kkapp, 1528 Kinnio| Owing to the fact that ?orae skeptical 1 U 11 people have from time to time questioned \|m t'le genuinenessof the testimonial letter* we are constantly publishing, we have the National City Bank, of Lynn, Mas*., $5,000, laid to any person who will ahow that th? a Wore ot genuine, or waa published before obtaining the permission.?Ltsia I. rUHUUM MsoiCtKf ( ' SEE! BM OF REFUGE The Doukho'oors Are Dissatisfied With Their Lot in Canada. FIND FREE LAWS TOO OPPRESSIVE Their Queer Religious Relief* Conflict With Canadian Ideas of Right and Wrong ? Issue an Appeal to All Nations For a Place to Live In Accordance With Their Consciences. Montreal, Que.?The 5000 Doukho* bors, or Russian Quakers, who were brought out to Canada a few years since in order to escape the persecutions to which they were subjected in the Czar's domains, now threaten to leave Canada because they considei the free laws of this country too oppressive for them. The Russians were invited to come to Cauada by the Dominion Government. which paid the expenses of their transportation from Southern Russia and gave them free grants of land in Manitoba and the Canadian NorthJ west. Count Tolstoi also aided these unfortunate peoplfc. and until quite recently it was thought that their prospects were bright. Now, however, their queer religious beliefs have come into conflict with I Canadian ideas of right and wrong, and they have issued an appeal to the nations of the world to give them refuge from the tyranny of the Canadian laws and to afford them a place to live in accordance with their consciences. The first trouble was over the land regulations. They objected to taking up land individually on the ground nn'Tioroliln nf Innrl is OH luu i [nn aic v*? v? ?-v. ? posed to the law of God, and they asked to have a tract of land set apart for their brotherhood in the same manner that the Government apportions the Indian reserves, the title of the whole tract to be vested in the sect and not in the individual member of the community. The Government was willing to meet them by agreeing that after the land was earned the patents could be transferred by the individuals to the community, and pointed to a provision in the land act by which they were permitted to perform their homestead duties while living in community. To this the Doukhobors wrote a long reply, declining to accept any concession, on the ground that their consciences would not allow them to go through forms in which they did not believe. For a man to secure a homestead patent in his owg name, even if he afterwards transferred the land to the sect, constituted ownership and was a sin. The marriage laws of Canada are another stumbling block to these people. They do not believe a civil or any other ceremony is necessaray to constitute a marriage, and they consider it a violation of the law of God to be compelled to take out a marriage license and pay $2 therefor. Thpv obipct also to the law requiring all births and deaths to be registered on the ground that the Creator knows who is born and who dies, and does not require to have it recorded in a register. Mr. Maude, the English Quaker who was instrumental in bringing the Doukhobnrs to Canada, sought to pacify them, but they would not listen to him. Compliance with the laws they regarded as equivalent to the "denunciation of the power of the law of God and human conscience." So now the Doukhobors have issued an appeal to the nations of the world, asking for a haven where they can live their lives uutrammeled by manmaue laws. BREWINC PLANT DESTROYED. Explosion Cnusen Three Deaths and Doei 8>100,000 Damage. McKeesport, Fenn.?'The McKeesport brewing plant, valued at $100,000, was completely demolished by an explosion of the "cooker." Two persons were killed and two injured by the collapse of the building, following the explosion. Another man, who was standing on a freight car watching tne rescuers at worK, was Knocseu from the car aud was beheaded by a passing engine. The dead are: William Fiereckle, watchman; Matthew Mauer, brewer; Jumes Ashton, brakeman. The force of the explosion completely demolished the large brick structure. One wall fell on the dwelling of Patrick Spencer, adjoining, aud the occupants were buried iu the ruins. Patrick Spencer was badly crushed and his wife was cut and bruised. > FIND OF $40,000 IN COLD. Henry Sanders's Children's Curiosity Amply Rewarded. Cumberland, Md.?The children of Henry Sanders, an aged resident, who died a few days ago, comparatively a poor man, were not satisfied with the extent of the estate in sight and had an expert locksmith to drill open an antiquated iron safe in which Mr. Sanders was supposed to have wealth concealed. After the safe was opened $40,000 in twenty-dollar gold pieces was found, there being $1000 in each of forty bags. Besides. $23,000 in negotiable paper 'was discovered. The find of the gold will raise the value of the estate to $100,000. Death Message In a Bottle. A message was picked up at Harwich. England, in a sealed bottle which read thus: "Schooner Wildfire, of Halifax, foundered; all hands lost In Bay of Biscay, January 3." Savage Duel in Hungary. A ferocious duel with swords has just been fought at Lentsc-hau. Hungary, between Lieutenant Enderle and Lieutenant Exler. The former was was killed, and the latter, who is now in hospital, received more than twenty dangerous wounds. Minister Conger Starts For Home. United States Minister Conner left Pekln, China. All the foreign Ministers and a large number of other persons bade him farewell at the railway station. Neway Gleanings Gold has been discovered near Apia, Rnmnn Army enlistments show a fifty prr cent, increase for January. Andrew Carnegie has offered a $25,000 library to Jackson, Tenn. The Increased output of the Canadian gold fields last year amounted to $5,000,000. The new library at Athens, Greece, is now completed. It has room for 100,000 volumes. A little railway at Onset Bay, on Cape Cod, operates the only bora# oar ia New England. 1 I i i THE NEWS EPITOMIZED WASHINGTON ITEMS. Senator Proctor, of Vermont, left for Cuba, supposedly to investigate conditions there for the Administration. A delegation of Porto Ricans called on President McKinley to protest against the Hollander revenue lavr. The orders detaching Rear-Admiral Schley from the command of the South Atlantic station were mailed to him. He is directed to return home I and wait orders. ? James McCallum, son-in-law of the late John Sherman, was appointed to edit tl laws of Congress. The Senate adjourned sine die. Several navy and marine corps officers were advanced for gallantry in China and the Philippines. Rear-Admiral Francis T. Bowles assumed his duties as chief constructor of the navy. The reports that Lord Pauncefote, the British Ambasador. would remain in Washington were confirmed. Senator William P. Frye, of Maine, was re-elected unanimously President pro tem. of the Senate. The War Department received from Judge Taft at Manila a highly encouraging report on the condition of affairs in the Philippines. OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. The municipal budget of Havana. Cuba, amounts to $2,350,000. which is $000,000 in excess of last year's budget. The leper colony in the Hawaiian Islands will have self-government. General Mariano de Dios, a noted Filipino leader, has surrendered. Colonel Gardner. Thirtieth Volunteer Infantry, was appointed Civil Governor of Tayabas Province, P. I. More than 41.000 natives of Panay, P. I., took the oath of allegiance to the United States. The Administration has no purpose of increasing the military force in Cuba. The Cuban Constitutional Convention decided to continue its sessions and treat with the United States. The first Territorial Legislature of Hawaii be^an its sessions in Honolulu. DOMESTIC. Mrs. John H. Allen was acquitted of of instigating the murder of her husband, a wealthy merchant, at Ottumwa, Kan. Secretary Gage, in Chicago, said he feared no tariff war as the result of his order placing a countervailing duty on Russian sugar. Deputy Sheriff Halman, of Calaveras County. Cal., was killed while trying to arrest two highwaymen. The new battleship Illinois had a satisfactory builders' test trial. Robbers murdered Mrs. Jerry Hess, aged sixty-seven years, at Bladensburg, Ohio. The Malone officials captured fortyrMght Chinameu on the border north of Malone, N. Y. They were placed in jail. City Treasurer John L. Walters, of Charlottesville, Va., was killed by his brother-in-law. Andrew Carnegie gave money for five new libraries, including Springfield, 111.: Lincoln, 111.; Davenport, Iowa; Sheboygan, Wis., aud Cohoes, N. Y. The Kansas Legislature adjourned after sixt.v-threp days' session, during which 427 bills were passed. Paris Gibson, a Democrat, was elected from Montana to the United States Senate. The Delaware Legislature adjourned without electing United States SenafA fill fhn frrn vor?nnnloQ in flip State. v ! * ' An escaped pray wolf was shot in the Public Gardens of Boston, Mass. The town of Wills-Point, Texas, was partly destroyed by a tornado. Five ?hildren were killed and several persons injured. During a free fisht at Hindman, Ky., Benton Messeus shot and killed Rufus Wooten and John Everage. Three men were arrested in North Carolina for the lynching of a white man. Mrs. Myrtle Webster was arrested, charged with killing her husband at Topeka. Kan. Webster's throat was cut while he slept. Mrs. Webster is thought to be insane. William Wisely, colored was jailed at Knobnostor. Mo., charged with the murder of Nellie Allen, a seventeenyear-old white girl. The Grand Jury at Anderson. S. C., recommends the indictment of farmers for holding negroes in slavery. Despondent orer his recent discharge from the Duluth Diocese of the Catholic Church, the Rov. Francis Budziowski shot himself through the heart at Minneapolis, Minn. Death was instantaneous. Isaac La Rue. eighty-seven years old, inventor of the system of using colors on steamboat stacks, died at Plainfleld, N. J. FOREIGN. China's appeal to the United States concerning intervention in Manchuria will be ignored. President Cnmpos Salles, of Brazil, gave assurance that the Republic is not in peril from a monarchist plot. The differences between the Sultan or TurKey and rne ivneuive 01 remain unsettled. Bavarians celebrated the eightieth <J anniversary of the birth of their Regeut, Prince Luitpold. M. Beau will succeed M. Pichon as French Minister to China. The British naval estimates show an increase of over $2,000,000, chiefly for new warships, five vessels of the Holland submarine type being Included. Lord Pauncefote, the British Ambassador at Washington, was appointed a member of the Privy Council. Henry White, the secretary of the American Embassy at London, bought a house in Whitehall Gardens, overlooking the Thames Embankment. The Russian Government decreed a demobilization of troops in Transhaiklia to pu' down the Kan-Su rebellion under Prince Tuau. The British land-forces are to be increased by 120,500 regulars and 40,000 volunteers. It was understood at Berlin that the Imperial Chancellor has directed Count Von Waldersee to cease preparations for further operations. General Kitchener granted a seven days' armistice to General Botha in South Africa. Evidences that the Brazilian Government is carefully guarding against a monarchist uprising are reported. At Constantinople the representatives of Young Turkey threaten to meet with violence any violence on the part of the Government. CUfEBALHABBISOK DEtD The Former President Dies of Pneumonia at Indianapolis, Ind. HiS ILLNESS FATAL IN SIX DAYS The Disease Developed From an Attack of the Grip?He Passed Away Without a Sign of Recognition of His Relatives ? Son and Daughter Failed to R?ach the Honse Before Death Came. Indianapolis, Ind.?Benjamin Harrison. former President of the United States, died at 4.45 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. His death was quiet and painless, there being a gradual sinking until the end came, which was marked by a single gasp for breath as life departed from the body of the great statesman. The relatives, with a few exceptions, and several of his old and tried friends, were at the bedside when he passed away. None of General Harrison's children was present at his death. Neither Russell Harrison nor Mrs. McKee had reached the city, although both were hurrying on their way as fast as steam could carry them. Tlie group at toe oeusiue iiiciuueu Mrs. Harrison, William H. H. Miller, Samuel Miller, his son; the Rev. Dr. M. L. Haines, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, which General Harrison hail attended for eo many years; -> ^ FORMER PRESIDENT Secretary Tibbett, Drs. Jameson and Dorsey, Colouel Daniel M. Ransdell, Sergeant-at-Arms of the United States Senate and a close personal friend of the dead statesman; Clifford Arrick. and the two nurses who have been in constant attendance. General Harri soil S UVU S1SLC13 aau ill! uuut ircic also present. Mrs. Harrison kneeled at the righthand side of the bed, her husband's right hand grasped in hers, while Dr. Jameson held the left hand of the dying man, counting the feeble pulse beats. In a few moments after the friends had been summoned to the room the end came, Dr. Jameson announcing the fact. The silence that fell on the sorvowing watchers by the bedside was broken by the voice of Dr. Haines raised in prayer, supplicating consolation for the bereaved tvife and family. The story of the General's illness is brief. On Wednesday afternoon he walked downtown appparently in the best of health to visit his old law partners, Miller & Elam." At night he was well enough to make a social call. He was well when he arose Thursday morning, but shortly after breakfast at 9 he was seized with a chill. Tim r>hvoi^ion<5 whn wprp summoned Immediately said the chill was an evidence of grip. Not until Saturday did the General's condition give his family and friends cause for alarm. Then the left lung showed inflammation, and pneumonia developed rapidly. General Harrison's wealth Is variously estimated, public opinion rating it as high as half a million dollars. Those who are best informed about the former President's affairs, however, say he was worth about $300,000. CAREER OF GENERAL HARRISON. Began Life as a Poor Boy and Advanced Himself to Nation's Highest Officer. Benjamin Harrison, twenty-third President of the United States, grandson of a President, and great-grandson of a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was the son of a farmer, John Scott Harrison. His blrthnlnce was the farm near North Bend. Ohio, which came to John Scott Harrison when he married Miss Elizabeth Irwin. The date of his birth ia August 20, 1833. He remained on the farm until he was sixteen, one of a 'family of six children, piously reared by a sweet-tempered mother, who performed her own housework, including the knitting of endless stockings. From the country school at the age Three rhlldren Perish In a Fire. During the absence of the parents, the residence of Guy Williams, near Washington, Tenn., w;.s destroyed, and their three children, aged one, three and five years, were burued to death. Assasnlna After Qneon TVIlhelmlno. Acting on representations from The Hague. Holland, Roumanian police have been instructed to watch certain persons at Jnssy, suspected of being engaged In a conspiracy agaiusi Queen Wilhelinina and her husband. Anti-Tax Rioting in Spain, While officials collecting the octroi at Madrid, Spain, were maltreating * Ti-nrkmnn who had attempted to evade the tax, a large crowd gathered, angrily protesting, and the affair culminated in a riot. The gendarmes dispersed the demonstrators. Serious riots are reported from several towns in Catalonia and Cardova. American Flour For China. Contracts have been closed at Taco ma. Wash., by a Chinese firm for 50,000 barrels of flour per month for shipment to China during the year. . 0 of sixteen, Benjamin went to Cincin nati. entering Farmer's College. Her political science grew to engross hie above all other studies, and here h discovered his power in debate. Fron Farmer's College he went to Miam University at Oxford, Ohio. Before he left college Benjamin Hai rison had determined to become \ lawyer. Upon graduating he was r ceived into the law office of Storer <! Guyune, of Cincinnati. Two year later be married Caroline Lavini Scott, daughter of a seminary princ pal in Oxford. They Degau rue won with $800, derived from the sale of Cincinnati lot which he had inheritec He moved to Indianapolis, where h set up a law office. In a one-story cottage, where Mri Ilarison did her own housework, an the husband carried wood and wate mornings before going to his office, i 1S54, their first child ? Russell?wa bom. Four years afterward thei daughter, Mary, who was to becom Mrs. McKee and a person of influenc in the White House, was born. Whe she was two years old Harrison wa elected to his first political office?R< porter of the Supreme Court. When the Civil War broke out. at tb request of Governor Morton, he raise a company and was commissioned second lieutenant, then captain, an afterwards colonel of the Seventeent Indiana Regiment. With that reg ment he went to the front, bi had little opportunity to distil guisb himself, his command onl having guard or garrison duty ( do. An opportunity soon came, hoT ever, and at Resaca he achieved r< nown. It was then, according to hi; tory, that General Hooker rode up t him and'said: "By God. Ben Harrlsoi I'll make you a brigadier for tms day work." Shortly afterward Colon* BENJAMIN HARRISON.' Harrison was brevetted a brigadie general. General Harrison served wit nrilhnnl Inlitrxr until thp Pfli of the war. General Harrison was elected to th United States Senate in 1880, and fille that office for six years. As a mernbe of the Foreign Affairs Committee li assisted in the consideration an amendment and united in the unani mous favorable committee report ol and voted in the Senate for. the Ch: nese Restriction bill. His Senate ten expired on March 4. 1887. and he the returned to the practice of his profci sion. In the Chicago convention, iu Jun( 1SSS, he was nominated as the cand date of the Republican party for Pre: ident of the United States, and wa selected on the eighth oallot. He ra as an avowed protectionist and wa elected, defeating Grover Clevelam Democrat. He was inaugurated twenty-thir President of the United States Marc 4, 1889. His Administration is famou foi the passage of the McKlnley bil a high tariff measure: the negotiatio of several commercial and reciproclt treaties and controversies with Chil< Italy and Great Britain, growing ou of the Chilean revolution; the New Oi leans lynching and the Bering Se I difficulty. He was renominated fc President on tbe first bnliot in Minn< apolis on June 10, 1S92, and was d( feated at the polls by Grover Clevi land. General Harrison's public service were valuable to the country after b left the Presidential chair. He a) peared for the republic of Vencznel as the agent before the tribunal i which Chief Justice Fuller and Assis ant Justice Brewer were selected t represent that country, and was ass< elated with General Benjamin I Tracy. General Harrison was twice mnrrie< His second wife was Mrs. Mary Lor Dimmick. The wedding took plac in April. 18015, and in Februarj'. 189' a baby girl was born. General Harr son was then sixty-four and his wif twenty years younger. Negro Burned byf Texan Mob. As a culmination to many excitin scenes of a few days John Hendei son. the negro who murdered Mrs Valley Younger at the family hom( near Corsicana. Texas, paid the per alty of his crime by being burned a the stake by a mob comprised o citizens from all over the surroundin country. i I t Revenue Stamp Cierit sjduu ou?ri, It was discovered in the office of th United States Revenue Collector, a Rending. Penn.. that Stamp Clert Irvin Becker was short $2o(SS in hi stamp account. The four bondsme of Mr. Becker were notified and the promptly made the amount good. Mi Becker was unable to account for th present discrepancy. Pending fur the investigation the office is in charge c Clerk Cranston, while Mr. Becker i assisting the officials to solve th shortage. lie has held the office fo four years at $1300 a year. Murdered For S300. George Hearn, aged sixty-five years was murdered at Harrington, Del. Hi body with the head crushed was foun behind a mill in which he formerl worked. His pockets were turned ic side out, and It is believed that hi murderers must have secured abou $300. There Is no clue to the murdei ers, but tramps are suspected. Drought in Brazil. There is great distress in Gear.' Brazil, because of the long drought One family of sis persona starved t death. inI KILLED Id AN EIPLOSIOS e a 1 Employes of a Chicago Laundry Buried Under-the Debris. a s SCORES INJURED, SOME FATALLY a i / ^ The CaaM of the Boiler Explosion Is a ^ Mystery as the Engineer is Among e the Dead ? Majority of the Victlmf *? "!-* ?w??ai?!r T1i?afr# Knildlnc I ' In Raln??The Work of Rescue; d (t Chicago.?From the explosion of a D boiler of tho Doremus laundry, occapying part of the old Waverly Theatre e building, in West Madison street, e eight people wen instantly killed, for-' D ty-two were injured and several ,&re j missing. Several of the injured will die. if The force of the explosion was so ^ terrific that buildings for blocks j around were shaken as if by an earthb quake and hundreds of windows were i shattered. The cause of the explosion >1 Is a mystery, and, as the engineer is i dead, never may become known. y The wreckage near the boiler and in c the east part of the building at once 7' took fire, and the Fire Department, al* & though at work five minutes after the 3- explosion, had great difficulty in extin0 guishing the flames. Through the blinding clouds of dust and escaping ! steam could be seen struggling men. ; J ? .-l, ? itliu W LflilCU, OUUiC UL LliCUl uau UUL1CU _ In wreckage. The work of rescue began at once. Here and therp dead bodies were found, generally those of women, and in two instances so frightfully mangled that baskets were used by firemen to carry them out. Most of the dead were found In the east end of the building, whei'e the fire was hottest. Pinioned down under tons of heavy timbers, crushed and. mangled almost beyond identification, and in one or two instances half1^ cooked, were found five of the dead. Faint cries for help were heard from two or three places under the piles of brick and broken timbers, but these ceased before they could be reached. The explosion took place at a time when many of the employes of the laundry had gone to work, a time register found in the ruins showing that thirty-six had already reported for duty, while two or three others were known to have just entered the building. Of these hardly one escaped inJury of some sort. In a restaurant owned by Peter';'. Dean one of the fatalities occurred. The rear of the restaurant was almost opposite the boiler. Mr. Dean, his wife and tvrn hr?v<i wprp pnHna> nf- the time of the explosion which blew in tne rear wall of the little establishment, burying the Dean family. Win- . iows along Madison stfreet were blown to atoms, and many pedestrians were ;ut and bruised by the shower of glass. 'RESIDENT TO CROSS CONTINENT (Vlll Make a Six Weeks' Tour With til* CaMnct. Washington. D. C.?President Mc_ Kinley has given definite assurance to his California friends that he will go, r to the Pacific Coast this spring. The 11 Cabinet will accompany him. He will d start, according to the present programme. on Tuesday. April 30. and. ie will proceed up the coast, probably as < d far as Washington, returning through r :he Northern Rocky Mountain States. ie Several stops in Texas are contem? plated, and there is talk that at El '* Paso the President will meet a$d ' shake hands with President Diaz ofl* Mexico. The stops on the coast will 11 oe numerous. Altogether, six weeks n tvill he consumed in making the trip. 3" With the exception of General Harrison, no other President ever made so : extended a trip during his term of office as that planned by Mr. McKin- B 3" 81 .8 _ n THE R?TE. '" i 'ecreta^f'Gajje Takes Measures to Exp?>^| dite a Final Decision. IBB (1 Washington, D. C.?Information hag h :eached the Treasury Department s that a cargo of several thousand H 1, bags of Russia sugar has reached ^B n iVew York City, and that the con-HI y ?ignee has paid the countervailing ^B 3uty under protest, with a view tol| it bringing the case promptly before the^B Board of General Appraisers. Secre-H| a tary Gage has given instructions tbat^B ?r the case be expedited in every pos-^B i- sible way. flB a. _____________ m ? Hospital Razfld by a Mob. ^gj Not discouraged by their failure to^B is destroy the temporary smallpox hospi-^B a tai in Ovann-A V .7. at which timers > three of their number were arrested, a mob, led presumably by the same per-M| n sons, made another and thoronghly^H t- successful attempt to destroy the^H 0 building, this time by chopping 3- down with axes, and the building isB| \ now a complete wreck, the loss falling^H upon the contractor. Benjamin FinnerBH 1. an. who had not turned over the build-^B d ing to the health authorities. Bfl e Bet 7, S aveholdev Drops Dead. HH i- P. B. Allen, owner of the largest^! e plantation in Anderson County, S. C.^H worth more than $100,000, and one o^H the men presented by the Grand Jurj^H in the slavery cases, drove into Colum^H bla, S. C., from his plantation, hean^H => the news of the presentment an<^H " dropped dead in the presence of J. SHB [' Fowler, one of the other indicted men.HH '* Iron and Steel Trade Active. ^B9 1 The iron and steel trade shows InflH * creased activity, and large buying o^H ? crude material for steel purposes haj^H caused a further advance in prices. Three Handed 011 Same Scaffold. - ? ^ nr:n:?^ 0 Jtviruy uruves, umiuui ouuuwu it Henry Brooks, negroes, were liange^H on the same scaffold, at Richmond^H s Little River County, Ark., for murdei^H n Ing Edward Evans, white, and Franl^B y Hopsou, colored. Bfl| r. m 0 Made Treasurer of the Philippines. IM r Frank A. Brannigan. disbursing oflS^H ,f cer to the American Philippines Coh^H a sion, has been appointed Treasurer o^^B e the Philippine Archipeiago at a yearlHI r salary of $0000. Brannigan furniske^H bonds in $200,000. Labor "World. |BH The number of women engaged i^H| g the factories of Finland is 19,395. ' UH j In the United States about twehHB v thousand persons are engaged makinflB lamp chimneys. s Armed men are guarding the LeaiHH it ;oal mines at Seattle, Wash., whei^Hfl the men are on strike. Ml About half the firemen of Washin^^B ton. D. C., have organized to secui^H better pay and shorter hours. K9 l( Blast furnace employes of the Mfl9 I boning Valley, Ohio, are organizing j loin the American Federation of L^H| Oor - ns