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There are nearly 500 Christian
churches in Japan and over 1000 missionaries.
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Worry is as useless as it is to tell people
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Billion Dollar Grass and Alfalfa.
When we introduced Billion Dollar
Grass three years ago, little did we dream
it would be the most talked of grass in
America, the biggest, quick, hav producer
on earth, but this has come t<? pass.
Agr. Editors wrote about it, Agr. Col1p?ta
Prnfps<nr3 Wfcured about it. Aar. In
stitute Orators talked abouc it, while in
the farm home by the quiet fireside, in the
corner grocery, in the village postoffice, at
the creamery, at the depot, in fact wherever
farmers gathered. Salter's Billion Dolli
Grass, that wonderful grass, good for
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besides, is always a theme worthy of the
farmer's voice.
A. Walford, We3t!ore Farms. Pa., writes:
"I have 60 acres in Salzer's Alfalfa Clover.
It is immense. I cut three crops this season
and have lots of pasture besides."
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The British Board of Agriculture estirhaf-.
there are 1.871.619 doirs in itie
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10,000 Plants For 16c.
This is a remarkable offer the John A.
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They will send you their big plant and
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1,000 fine solid Cabbages.
2,000 delicious Carrots,
2,000 Blanching, nutty Celery,
2,000 rich, buttery Lettuce,
1,000 splendid Onions,
1,000 rare, luscious Radishes,
1.000 gloriouslr brilliant Flowers.
This great offer is made in order to induce
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for when you once plant them you will
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)f you will send them 20c. in postage, they
will add to the above a package ot tne xamous
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I amsurePiso's Cure for Consumption saved
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Eloctrlcal Equipment of a Battleship.
According; to London Engineering,
the electrical equipment of the Chilean
h?ttlf?shin T,ihf*rhirf is nrrjinrrpfl on an
elaborate scale. The vessel is lighted
with 1000 incandescent lamps, generally
sixteen candle-power, but with
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lamps for the coal bunkers. The vessel
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that it can be controlled by one
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arranged to be withdrawn into
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There are seventy motors, used
generally for ventilating, hut electric
ammunition hoists have been arranged
for the seven and one-half-inch guns,
and wherever suitable electric power
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No More Barrels of Matches.
Senator Hoar bewails the innovation
recently introduced at that end of the
Capitol in the purchase of matches.
Almost since the time that friction
matches were invented the Senate has
been receiving its supply in little,
round, wooden boxes. Matches in
these boxes have been for years kept
about the Capitol. When, in Mr.
Hoar's committee room, some one
asked for matches, the Senator would
ramnrt- "Whv we have barrels of
matches," and forthwith, at the utterance
of the bon mot, around box would
be produced.
Now the purchasing agent of the Sen.
ate has decided to buy matches in the
usual paper boxes with which the general
public is familiar. That is considerably
less expensive, but it puts an
end to "barrels of matches" in the Senate
Committee on the Judiciary.?
Washington Post.
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"Yes'm."
"And those hypophosphites?"
"Yes, ma'am."
"And the magnesia;"
"Yes, ma'am."
"Did you put a poultice on nis back?"
"Yes. ma'am."
"And a cold compress on his chest?"
xes, iuu uui.
"And he's no better?"
"No, ma'am."
"How strange! I guess we'd better
send for the doctor."?Town Topics.
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" JAPS SHELL PORT ARTHUR'
Two Torpedo Boat Attacks Repulsed
by Forts and Warships.
RUSSIAN WARSHIPS IN ACTION j
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Japanese Fleet Renews Bombardment ot i
Czar's Stronghold, and After Two j
Hours' Action Withdraws ? Korean !
Conspirators Executed?Roaoia'* Fore*
in the Far Kast.
St. Petersburg.?The Japanese fleet |
approached Port Arthur, and after pre- j
liminary operations again bombarded j
tho nin The Russian shins and forts |
j replied, the cannonading lasting sev- |
1 eral hours. The Japanese finally with- j
drew.
I The Japanese fleet comprised six bat- |
! tleships and twelve cruisers. These i
! divided. the battleships and torpedo ,
! boats taking positions between Liaota- j
j shan and Pigeon Bay. while the cruis- j
' ers in two groups were south and
southeast of Port Arthur.
The Russian battleship Rotvizan
! opened fire over the crest of Liaotaj
shan on the Japanese battleships,
which replied, bombarding the town.
I Meanwhile the Russian fleet formed in
1 line in the outer roadstead.
The cannonade finally slackened, and 1
j the Japanese fleet, reuniting slowly,
j returned to the southeastward and !
i Anally disappeared.
I The Rassians had five soldiers killed :
J ashore and ten wounded. The fleet
; sustained no casualties. Admiral Ma
j karoff was on board tbe AsKom. xne j
j Japanese tired 100 shells into the town
| and suburbs. The Russians hit a .TapI
auese warship, which was compelled i
! to retire.
Russian Troops in the East.
London. Eng.?The St. Petersburg
correspondent of the Express mails a
long story of official corruption in Russia,
which seems, from his account, to
be equal to that in China. He instances
scandalous scamping at the
dockyards, and says that money allotted
for military and naval stores
has been pocketed. The officials all
around misappropriate part of the
funds passing through their hands.
The correspondent declares that corruption
has been responsible for the
succession of defeats that Russia has
suffered. He asserts that the official
assurances that there were coal and
provisions enough at Port Arthur to
enable that place to withstand a twoyear
siege, were untrue. When 10,000
tons of coal were ordered to Port Arj
thur only 5000 would reach the place.
the officials dividing the cost of the re[
raainder. There are thousands of
I sacks at Port Arthur supposed to coa!
tain 'sugar, but which in reality are
| tilled witn cuppea Dries. j.ue vutiespondent
adds that the Czar has taken
a firm stand and is determined to stop
the corruption.
Of the 20,000 Russian troops that
have arrived at Harbin during the last
forty days, only about 6000 have been
able to proceed to the front, says the
correspondent of the London Times.
Of this number 4000 have been sent
to Newchwang, Mukden and Port Arthur
and 2000 to Vladivostok. The
j greater part of the remainder are in
| the hospitals at Harbin, as the men
j were in wretched condition when they j
: arrived.
There is great disorder at Harbin
Junction, where fortifications are being
erected, and it is hoped that when this
is remedied troops will arrive at the j
rate of 1000 a day.
JaDS Rout Korean Rebels.
Tokio.?A band of Koreans, having
risen in arms at Ham-Heung. was attacked
by a detachment of Japanese I
from Won-san, who killed two. wound, i
eil twenty and captured thirty-six.
| The prisoners included the ringicad]
ers. who alleged that the riskig was
| instigated by Russians.
Korean Conspirators Executed.
Seoul.?Of thirteen Koreans, former,
ly students in Japan, who were accused
of conspiring against the life of
the Emperor and the Crown Prince for
the purpose of enthrouing Prince Euiwaa,
who is now studying in America,
three have been executed, and others
h^ve been summoned to appear before
a special tribunal.
MARTIAL LAW FOR MINERS.
Entire Colorado National Guard Under
l Arms tft Protect Npcrro Laborers.
| Denver. Col.?Martial law has been I
declared in the Trinidad coal mining
| district, in Las Animas County, as a
consequence o? the miners' strike, and
orders were issued by Governor Pea!
body for the entire National Guard of
the State, numbering approximately
2000, to be prepared for service at three
hours' notice.
It is reported that the Governor will
send troops to San Juan County to
prevent the exiled Tellurido union
miners from mobilizing and marching
back to that place In force.
Negro Lynched in Texas.
John Maynard. a negro, was lynched
by a mob at Montgomery, Texas. He
was charged with being one of a party
of negroes who robbed several Bohemians,
and. after beating them, killed
one. Two other negroes were arrested.
Maryland Bank Falls.
Receivers have been appointed for
the Miners' and Merchants' Savings
Bank of Lonaconing, Md.
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Treaty With Cuba Ratified.
The Senate in executive session ratified
the treaty between the United
States and Cuba, signed in Havana on
May 22, 1003, embodying the Piatt
amendments to the Army Appropriation
bill approved 011 March 2. 1901, I
defining the future relatious of the |
United States with Cuba.
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Mrs. M. T. Scott a Suicide.
Mrs. Matthew T. Scott. President of 1
j the Women's Club of Central Ken- |
j tucky, committed suicide at Lexington. :
PromineLt People.
| Secretary of War Taft will deliver
1 the Memorial Day address at Topeka,
Kan.
M. Henri Cordier lias been elected
1 President of the Paris Geographical i
Society.
The Sultan of .Tohore is visiting Europe
for the first time. The late Sultnn
died while on a visit to England
nine yeurs ago.
Vice-Admiral Sir Gerald Noel, who
commands the British fleet in Chinese
waters, has had more thrilling experiences
than any other officer in the BriU
tab Navy. .
SUBMARINE BOAT SUNK
"No. A1" Run Down While Engaged
in Mimic Warfare.
Eleven Persons, Including Lieutenant
Manser^U, the Senior Officer, Drowned
?First Mishap of the Kind Kaoirn.
Portsmouth, England. ? One of the
newest of the submarine vessels recently
added to the British Navy, the
No. A 1, was struck while maneuvring
in seven fathoms of water by a big
steamship and went to the bottom a
wreck.
Eleven persons were drowned within
her steel sides, one of the victims being
Lieutenant Mansergh, the senior
officer engaged in submarine work.
Not one person on board was saved.
The vessel that ran her down was
the, Berwick Castle, a Donal Currie
line'r, to the officers of which no blame
attaches, as her officers were unaware
of the presence of the submarine in
those waters, and there was nothing
above water to indicate that it lay below.
The accident occurred half a mile off
the Nab Lightship, at Bainbridge, Isle
of Wight, where the submarine was
engaged in maneuvres. She was far
uown unaer ine wuiur uAvuuuig uitr approach
of a British battleship, which,
in the mimic war she was playiug, she
intended to torpedo.
The liner felt the impact of the collision,
but the officers did not dream of
the real nature of the obstruction they
had struck. On arriving in port the
official report wss that the liner had
hit a torpedo, presumably a harmless
affair used fcy the fleet in its practice
work.
The other submarines 'and torpedoboat
destroyers taking part in the
maneuvres heard the report of the
Berwick Castle, but the dreadful significance
of it was not realized.
It was only after waiting for several
hours in vain for the A 1 to reappear
that suspicion was aroused. Finally
the hull was detected in the water half
a mile off the lightship. She was located
by the breaking of the waves at
that spot.
That the submarine rose to the surface
just before being struck is probable,
for the officers and men of the
Berwick Castle say that they saw a
glistening, torpedo-like hull in the
water.
Tlie No. A 1 was of the latest Holland
(American) model, and while she
had proved to be capable in most ways,
she was regarded as a bad diver.
She was built at Barrow, was 100
feet long and had a displacement of
180 tons.
This is said to be the.first mishap ?f
the kind on record.
WOOD NOMINATION CONFIRMED.
Vote of the Senate, 45 to 1G, Practically
on Party Lines.
Washington. D. C.?The nomination
of Brigadier-General Leonard Wood to
be Major-Genial was confirmed by
the Senate. Thi? votestood45to 16, and
was on party lines, except that four
Democrats. Messrs. Cockrell, Dubois,
Pettus, and Patterson, voted for Wood,
and two Republicans?Scott, of West
Virginia, and Kittredge, of South Dakota?voted
against him.
Mrs. wood nas maue an arrangements
to sail for the Philippines, and
the Senators having her husband's interests
at heart thought it would be
a graceful thing to bring the confirmation
about so that she might be relieved
of all anxiety on this score as
she sailed on the long voyage.
$1000 FOR TAR AND FEATHERS.
Student Gets a Verdict Against One
of His Fellows Who Hazed Him. i
Montpelier, Vt.?Claude R. George,
a student at Montpelier Seminary, re-,
ceived a verdict of $1000 for the discomfort
and injury which resulted
from a coat of tar and feathers applied
by James Howard. The verdict
was returned against Howard alone/
W. S. Fleury and Royce Marvin, the
other defendants, having been declared
not guilty.
'.Liie evidence suowea mat ueorge
had been hazed by half a dozen students
on the night of Jan. 12, 1903.
They broke into his room, and, after
treating him roughly, administered a
light coating of tar and feathers.
STORM DOES $50,000 DAMAGE.
Rain and Hail in New Orleans Wreck
a Building?Many Stores Flooded.
New Orleans, La.?The worst hail
storm ever known here, accompanied
by lightning and a terrific downpour
of rain, caused considerable damage
in and around Ne^r Orleans.
The roof of the Southern Express
Company collapsed under the weight
of water and hailstones, wrecking the
building, injuring four men and killing
eight horses. In many of the retail
stores the stocks were damaged from
$500 to $5000 by the rain. The total
damage exceeds $50,000. Much damage
was done to fruit trees and young
corn in the country.
BIG FIRE AT BATSON OIL FIELD.
2,000,000 Barrels of Oil Reported
Burned?Texas Co. Loses $700,000. !
Austin, Texas.?Fire swept over the
Batson oil field, burning every derrick
in the field, and more than 2,000,000
barrels of oil in storage was destroyed.
The Texas Company, of which John
W. Gates owns a controlling interest,
had more than 1,000,000 barrels of oil
in storage in the Batson field, and this
is reported to have been burned, eutailing
a loss of about $700,000.
Both Engineers Killed.
A Canadian Tacific and a Boston &
Maine freight train collided at Sherbrooke,
Quebec. Both engineers were
killed and a fireman and brakeir.an
injured.
Ohio Postmaster Arrested.
Myron E. Townsend, postmaster in
Edon, Ohio, and his son, Alfred E.
Townsend, were arrested, charged with
embezzling postoflice funds to the
amount of $750.
Labor World.
Thirty-eight thousand persons work
in various industries in the Chicago
stock yards.
Coal operators in Wise County, Virginia.
have made a twelve per cent,
wage reduction, affecting hundreds of
men.
The garment workers, the pointers,
jigarmakers, bookbinders, cloakmakera,
tailors and many other unions admit
women to membership.
A general defense fund of 5150,000 is
being raised by the Amalgamated Association
of Street and Electric Railway
Employes of America.
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i&iRlHqmKESHAKESTOWNS"
New England Experiences the Worst
I Shock Since Earthquake ofi"84.
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A WIDE AREA IS AFFECTED
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Atlantic Seacoast. From St. John, N. B?
to Boston. Feel* Vibrations That Rock
Buildings in Some Places?Much Damage
is Done in Maine and Other States
?Small Towns Report Loss.
Boston. Mass.?All of Eastern Now ;
England, with Boston as a centre,
spent some time in tracing the effects i
I l
of an earthquake that shook this re!
gion. bringing city and country folk i
; out of their beds and doing some coa- j
| siderable damage to buildings.
Reports indicate that the earthquake j
j shock was fe'.t in nearly all sections of j
j New England and the maritime prov- I
j inces. The extent and severity of the j
i disturbance, astronomers say. make it :
j the most remarkable iu twenty years.
The motion of the earth was most
| violently apparent in Eastern Maine,
i ,where from three to seven distiuct j
jliocks were felt. Bar Harbor noted |
seven shocks of a violence sufficient to '
cause the lire alarm bell to strike sev- j
eral times. Calias, Me., reported that I
buildings were rocked so /?$ to shake !
pictures from the walls. From this
point to Hartford, Conn., including all {
parts of New Hampshire ana Vermont,
as well as Massachusetts and RLode
Island, the trembling of the earth was
noted.
At Harvard observatory three shocks
were noted. The direction of the
earth's movement was not recorded by
the instruments. Professor E. C. Pickering.
head of the observatory, with a
corps of assistants, is studying the
phenomenon.
Professor PickeriD^ made the followilng
statement:
"About all that we could do was estimate
the duration of the disturbance.
We found that the shock started at one
hour four minutes and ten seconds after
midnight, and that it lasted several
seconds. There were two strong
shocks and a third lighter vibration.
The strong shocks were greater in
some respects than any earthquake I
ever experienced."
The earthquake rocked buildings
Here, tumDiea caimueys u?w auu.
caused many windows to be broken.
At Augusta, Me., chimneys were
shaken down and crockery smashed.
In Boston the trembling of the earth
lasted several seconds and frightened
many people. Dishes were thrown
from shelves and many chimneys were
knocked down.
The rattle of the dishes and the noise
of the falling chimneys caused alarm,
and telephone operators in the exchanges
were kept busy answering inquiries
from anxious subscribers.
The earthquake shocks are said by
officials of the Harvard observatory to
have been the most severe experienced
in this section of the country since the
memorable seismic disturbance of 1884.
The earth waves were very perceptible.
In the photographic dark-room of
the observatory the water tanks which
were nearly filled, were shaken to such
an extent that a considerable quautity
of water fell upon the floor.
A number of windows were broken
in Cambridge, and one man declares
that hi3 wife was thrown from her bed
by the shock.
At Worcester people were aroused
by a distinct jar of their homes and a
rumbling sound. They called newspaper
offices by telephone to ask if
there had been an explosion in the city.
Burlington, Vt.?A slight shock of
earthquake was felt in this city at
1.04 o'clock. Tall buildings were sha
??+1>a chnnlr triavpI?
I Kt'Il (J Ul (,e yvjiccy LIUIJ , uit guuvo v.? . w- I
I lag east to west.
Hartford. Conn.?Several residents of
j this city uoticed the earthquake shock
| that was felt elsewhere in New Eng|
land. Houses vibrated and telephone
receivers were observed to swing on
their hooks.
In Ansonia and Rockville also the
shock was plainly felt. Windows were
rattled and furniture moved.
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ELECTION FRAUDS CHARGED.
Liberals Say They Have Been Robbed
at Santiago.
Havana. Cuba. ? The Provincial
Board of Canvassers in Santiago de
Cuba announces the election of five
Bravo candidates to the House of Representatives
and one Ltberal. Senor
Manduley. The Liberals claim that
they elected four of their candidates
and that the board has defrauded them
of their rights.
One of the defeated candidates is
Gualberto Gomez, the well-known ne*
gro leader. One of the Bravo candidates
will be prosecuted for fraud.
SUICIDE TO ESCAPE HANGING.
j Man Who Helped Kill Negro Feared
Murder Trial.
! Norfolk, Va. ? Captain Washington
Hull, of Sanford, on the Eastern Shore
of Virginia, fearing arrest on what he
believed might be a charge of murder,
blew his brains out in front of a mirror
at his homo. Hall, who was the commander
of an oyster vessel, was
thrashed by a negro, one of his crew.
He and his friends attacked the negro,
who died from the wounds. Hall had
been told that a deputy marshal was
coming for him. The suicide followed.
He leaves a widow.
Eighty-five Cars Burned in Chicago.
Five men were severely injured and
| property worth between $150,000 and
$200,000 was burned by a fire which
destroyed the great Western avenue
street car barns of the Chicago Union
! Traction Company, of Chicago, 111. |
William R. Grace Dead.
! Former Mayor William R. Grace, of
1 New York City, died after a period of
! unconsciousness that had lasted more
than twenty-four hours following aa
attack of pneumonia.
Sporting Brevities.
Frank Roth will play with the Phi!- j
adelphia National League Club this
I year.
New York National League club has
released Gleason outright to the Philadelphia
club.
Jack Monroe. He thinks he can give
the miner a better fight than did Sharkey.
Frankie Neil, the bantamweight
champion, is coming East to meet the
best men in his class. ,
"Skeets" Martin, the American
jockey, lias signed to ride for air luca- |
trd Waldie-Griffith- in icnarianii.
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SHOT HIS WIFE AND CHILD
Brooklyn Restaurant Keeper Then
Killed Himself!
Maddened by Jealousy Christian KirHchoffer
Attempts Triple Tragedy?
Shootiuj Preceded by Quarrel.
Now York City.?Driven to madness
by jealousy of bis pretty wife, Christian
Kirschoffer, forty years of age,
shot her, killed his four-year-old son,
Freddy, and then sent a bullet into his
own brain at his boarding-house, at
South First street and Kent avenue,
Williamsburg.
The shooting was preceded by a
brief quarrel, which was ended by thq
husband drawing a revolver.
The wife picked up ,i.e boy. and,
screaming, started to run from the
room. She had reached the door when
the man fired. One bullet pierced the
child's head and another struck the
woman in the face.
KirschofCer then fired upon himself,
the ball entering his temple. He was
dead when the ambulance arrived.
No one saw the tragedy but the family
servant Fanny Curry, who was
on the floor below. She said Kirschoffer,
on returning from a butcher
shop, handed the purchase to the girl,
and then turning to his wife, told her
sternly he wished to see her and the
boy upstairs.
When Policeman Fallen, brought by
the servant, rushed into the parlor on
the secoud floor of the house, he found
the husband dead and the boy unconscious
with a wound in his head on the
floor beside him. The wife leaned out
of the window unconscious with a gaping
wound in her right temple.
The servant says the jealousy of
Kirsehoffer had been manifested a
great deal of late and the husband
had insisted upon the wife explaining
in minute detail bow she spent the
time when he was absent. This demand
she had resisted and altercations
had been frequent.
TORNADO WRECKS TOWN.
Great Damage Done by Wind and Hail
in Missouri.
Higginsville, Mo. ? Fifty buildings
were partly wrecked, one man was
mortally wounded and several others
hurt, the town was in total darkness
and the streets are strewn with debris
as the result of a tornado and hailstorm
which swept over Higginsville.
Hail in the streets was a foot deep
within five minutes after the storm began.
and some of the stones were as
large as hen's eggs. Dozens of tress
were blown down and several horses
were killed in the street.
Corder and Alma, Mo., were considerably
damaged. According to meagre
reports Several houses in both places
were wrecked.
It is said that 2000 windows were
ViAftA ITnfA fhon
UlU&Cli U.r LUC oiui.ui uac. AJX.KJL <_ iuuu
fifty houses were unroofed. The loss
is $40,000.
SENT POISON CANDY TO SELF.
Western Woman Committed Suicide
and Cast Suspicion on Rival.
St. Paul. .Minn.?A few weeks ago
Miss Rena Nelson, at Pierre, S. D., was
poisoned and died from eating candy
sent through the mails. Mrs. Sherman
Dye, of Boone. Iowa, was arrested
charged with the crime.
It has been discovered that Miss Nelson
sent herself the box of poisoned
candy, preparing it in such a way that
suspicion would fall on Mrs. Dye, with
whose husband she was in love. Dye
had disclosed to her that he had a wife
who had discovered their attachment.
Miss Nelson committed suicide. The
cancellation stamp on the box is simi
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lar lO [UB uatru IU IUCT J11U.V
postoffice. It is said that Miss Nekton,
in letters written to Mrs. Dye, bad
threatened to take poison.
FIRS ATOP THE FLOOD.
300 Families Homeless at South Beloit,
Wis.
Milwaukee. Wis. ? Flood and fire
made 300 families homeless at .South
Beloit. The water of Turtle Creek
rose ten feet and flooded the land for a
distance of two miles. Oil flowing
from the manufacturing plants on the
Fiver bank caught tire and flames soon
covered the water. The damage from
flood is estimated at $250,000. The fire
damage is $150,000.
The plant of the Thompson Gas Engine
Company, one of the largest in
the Northwest, is totally destroyed.
Beloit and ail points along the Rock
River are shut off from communication
with the outside world. The Rock
River has risen rapidly and is fast approaching
the danger line.
"TO IMPEACH JUDGE SWAYNE.
House Judiciary Committee Votes in
Favor of It.
Washington, D. C.?The House Com.
mittPA nn the Judiciary, after a ses
sion lasting more than four hours,
voted to report to the House a resolution
for the impeachment of JudgQ
Charles Swayne, of the Northern District
of Florida. Representative Palm
er (Rep., Pa.), who was Chairman o)
the sub-committee appointed to go to
Florida and investigate the charges
against Judge Swayne. was designated
to prepare the report, which wiJl it
the main substantiate the allegations
made against him by members of the
Bar of Pensacola and the memorialists
who petitioned Congress for his
impeachment.
Irish Party Elects a Member.
The Nationalists in the St. Stephen's
Green division of Dublin, Ireland,
elected Lawrence Waldron to till th'q
vacancy in the House of Coiiimons
caused by the death of James McGann,
by a majority of 020 over the
Unionist candidate. Mr. Matheson.
French Premier Not to Resign.
In th? course of an interview Prime
Minister of Combes, of France, denied
the report he will retire from the
Premiership as a result of the recent
Cabinet reverses.
College NoV?s.
Recent conditional pledges of $11,000
have been made to tne library fund cf
Allegheny College.
fresident Tucker has named a committee
to raise a $250,000 fund for
tliree new buildings at Dartmouth College.
It has been discovered by the authorities
of the University of Michigan
that the gambling fever has struct the
institution.
Dickinson College's finest building.
Denny Hail, has been destroyed by
fire. It was valued at $50,000 ami
fullv insured.
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FILIPINO LEADER SLAIN#
Captain Dawitt, With ConstabularyB
Detachment, Win Viotory. M
Ma carlo Salcay. ^o-Called President of th#
Kepublir, Kill?<l With Fifteen Blj
of Hi* follower*. 3H
f
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Manila, P. r. -Captaiu Dewitt, with 9
detachment of constabulary, and Llea<^H
I tenant Pitney, with a detachment
scouts, have encountered Macario Sa?^fl
kay, the so-called President of the FilbHj
pino Republic.
Sakay and nffeon of his folio'werfl^H
were killed and the remainder of the^B
band were captured. There were n?Hf
no c-11 n If Joe nil flia no <\f tlio in or iffl nfl.lm
LllOUUlliC? '/II IMVjJHH V? tuv, - ? ? Wfc- m-mmw
The defeat of Sakay follows the vicf-^H
tory of General Wood in Mindanao ofr^H
March 7.
On that date detachments of the Sevy^H
enteenth and Twenty-third Infantry.^H
Troop B. of the Fourteenth CavalrjfvMB
and Gately's battery, in all 450 strong,H|
under his command, attacked and cap?H|
tured the cotta 'fort), which was held^H
by the Datto Ali. who resists the anti?^H
slavery law. His defensive works were^H
destroyed and their abandonment^?
force' by the accurate fire of the bat^H
tery.
Two thousand Moros made their reflB
treat, with a loss of 100. The Ameri-^H|
none cncf-nfnnf? nrt IflQQSQ 199
Twenty-four cannon, forty-six lanta-flH
cas (native artillery) and a large quan-MB
tity of ammunition were captured and^H
the fortifications reduced.
Major Truitt and Captain MacCoy^H
pursued and captured the Datto lyban^H
gun and his retainers.
KEARSARGE'S FINE SHOOTINCf^B
The World's Record With S-Inch Guiu^^H
Beaten in Practice. , Hft
New Orleans. La.?me record or ui?|
cruiser New York, which last summetHH
made a world's record with her eightflH
inch guns, has been beaten by the aftea^H
eight-inch crew of the flagship Kear|H|
sarge. The New York made two hits
minute for four shots. j?3l
The Kersarge concluded her targei^H
practice and her crew fired ten ahotsflRfl
making ten hits in five minutes. Th?
shortest time between consecutiv^^B
shots was seventeen seconds. BB
The Kearsarge also recently lowere^^H
the record with her big thirteen-incflHB
pieces, making tea hits iu eleven mia^H
ntps with them.
MILWAUKEE ELECTION FRAUD^B
Three Well Known Public Men In^^H
dieted and Arrested. m
Milwaukee, Wis.?James J. Kennelij^H
deputy water register; Frank Keogt^HR
printing contractor, and Otis T. Har?H
former county clerk, were arreste?
upon indictment returned by the Gran^BI
Jury. Kennelly. who is well known l^BH
political circles, is charged with elecBfl
tion frauds on April 1, 1902, at the cit^^B
election. Hare and Keogh are chargeMH
in one indictments with conspiracy
prevent competition in the printing oHK
ballots in 1902 and in another indic^BH
meat are charged with having obtaineJ^H
a county order under false pretenses. HH
FLASHLIGHT POWDE.R . KILLsBH
,J ? ? UntniolniT Phi'lailalnhf^^H
A.lfAUUU.d LXCimoicj, u. x
Chemist, Loses Life in an Explosioru^^H
Philadelphia. Pa.?In an explosion o^H|
flashlight powder, of which he was th^Hfl
maker, Alexander Helmsley, sevent^HH
years old. an expert chemist and inven^H
tor, was killed in his laboratory at Se^^B
enty-third street and Woodland avflH
Two young worn on employed as h^HS
assistants were hurled fifteen feet iflS
the air and then fell back into the d^^B
brig of the wrecked building. MM
As the young women clambered oifl
Df the place it burst into flames. Helm^^B
ley's body was taken out later, burne^^f
to a crisp. SH|
WEST AFRICA REVOLT. SPREADlMH
Extends to British Territory in Xig^Hf
ria, Where Station is Attacked.
Berlin. Germany.?Governor von Put^^9
kammer, of the Cameroons, cables th^^H
the revolt of the natives has spread
Cmaa Rivpr <inp nf the noints marklr^HH
tbe boundary of Gorman territory
West Africa, and been extended
British territory in Nigeria, and th^^H
tbe British customs station at Oboka^^H
was attacked. The Governor adds th^^H
Colonel Mueller is in Cross River ai^^H
lias the situation in hand. HBfl
Reject Judge's Instructions. n^Bj
In a jury drawn at Chicago, III.,
weigh evidence in a case where lab^HB
and capital were opposed, nine of tflMHj
twelve men declared to Judge Jull^^D
\V. Mack they would not consider
instructions on the law in the case,
would find a verdict in favor of
workmen. . All were ordered from
jury box by tbe Judge. The verdict^^H
j the case was in favor of the employe^^^J
Tapioca Still Advancing. |^BB
Tapioca has again shown an ?^HH|
vancing tendency. Prices have
vanced from 1-16 to 1-S cent per pouiflHH
The reasons for the present strong
uation are the small available
plies and the decreasing volume
shipments from the East. ggQB
'lurks Surround Albanians. OflflE
Twelve battalions of Turkish troo^^MB
commanded by Shakir Pasha, ha^BB
surrounded 10.000 Albanians at Ba^^^H
tepe. Shakir Pasha has asked fOr re^^H
foreements.
Kills Wife. Child and Self.
Because his wife, whom he divorc^GHl
refused to remarry him. Max VandHHfl
velt, of El P;iso, Texas, shot and kilHBH
her and their daughter, Cora, a;^HB
five, mortally wounded anotherffclau^^^M
ter and theu blew out his own brain^^^H
Gas Wrecks Buildings.
An explosion of natural gas in.^HwH
TT.i.i r w 'tMOHsB
Miarpt* uuiei. at ...
caused the complete destruction of ^H8B
buildings and the death of Will^RSH
Lawsou, of Pittsburg.
Minor Mention.
Seattle. Wash., was carried b.vHISfl
Republicans at a reconl municipal
Melancholy because of ill he^HSEM
Captain 0. W. Williams, a war vetflHflN
and politician, blew out his'brai^^^H|
Xorwalk. 0.
The wife of a New York cotton
ker was instantly killed by fa^^Hff
--< 4.1. u _ nAUiMi THHH
tl'om tne filguui ulkjl ul a V^euiriu
apartment bouse.
Carp have crowded the river at
iiigford. Wis., in such numbers the^^^H
ft?w days that the water .wheels
been uuable to run. mH
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