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_ GAS TANKS EXPLODE ^j^Tcrriffic Detonations and Amy Loss Of Properly fOl'R PEOPLE KILLED IN CHICAGO Plant cf a Concern Engaged in Supplying lllumi/iant Stored in Retorts Under High Pressure for Railroad Coaches Completely Wrecked I Chicago, Special?Four persons were killed and a score of others were injured by a series of gas explosions that completely destroyed the plant of the Pyle Electric Headlight Compaay jn South Chicago Kriday. The shocks of the explosions were so severe ihat all the buildings near the de-Kwlished p'ant were badly damaged. . Windows were shattered for blocks, and persons walking in the streets were thrown from their feet Over pressure on tanks containing gas is believed to have caused the accident. The dead: Ralph Wells, superintendent for the Pyle Electric Headlight Company. Amos Wjtkins. assistant superintendent. for same company. George .Muehl. draftsman, employed by the People's Gas Light Company. i nomas Jennings. vLupiujrcu uj Pyle Electric Headlight Company. The fataMy injured: William M. Maloney. blown from third floor of building; body crushed. Alfred Cox, internally injured. Many persons who were walking in the street near the plant were hurt by flyin pieces of debris and were taken to their homes in carriages before theit names could' lie learned. All of the dead were buried under tons of burning timber and hot brick and iron, making it impossible to remove their bodies for hours after the accident occurred. Fireman poured water on \he portion of the building in which the dead were thought to be buried. The flames were sufficiently to permit )f the four bodies being removed fro mthe debris. The scene of the explosion is the old Hyde Park Gas plant, which passed into the hands of the People's Gas Light & Coke Company several years ago. with the consolidation of the gas interests in Chicago. Through lease, the big plant is occupied partly by the Pyle National Electric Headlight Company, whit h is largely engaged in supplying illumination for railroad coaches. This illuminant is forced into small retorts, which, when attached under the floor of a car. will supply it with ligh' for months. In order to make this possible, the retorts are subjected to an extremely bigh pressure. It was such a tank that caused the first explosion. Without warning of any kind it burst. Amid the debris, workmen were blown out of the structure far into the street about the build* ..k?? IxnA IDE- rwiore any *?ur iruiitru mioi umi happened, retort after retort exploded in Rucb rapid succession that it was almost impossible to distinguish the detonations. There were nine such explosions in all. which left tho plant in flames. Hard fighting on tho part of fully a hundred firemen finally subdued the flames. The total loss caused .by the accident is estimated at $7,1.000. ^ Train Strikes Street Car. Toronto. Special.?A street car with trailer at inched got beyond conof the motorman and crashed through the guard gates at the Queens .treet crossing of tho (Iraud Trunk Railway Friday night. A Montreal freight train struck t lie forward car. grinding it to splinters. Every passenger on tf?e street car was totured. two dying soon after being tuk'u ^ from the wreckage, and two at ttn? hospital. The dead are; James Armstrong, conductor One-year old child of J. Robertson. The baby was thrown frotn its mother's. arms and bolb Its legs were cull Off Mrs. Minnie Mahaffy. intevuaiiv i*. Jured. died at hospital. . " Russell Stephens, internally mjui ed. died at hospital. 350 Deer and Elk Sold. Nashville. Tenn.. Special.?Ationt 350 deer and elk at the licllc Meado Farm were sold to a hunting club tn which Harry Tayno Whitney, of New York, arid other wealthy men are interested. The animals wtll bo turned loose In the fib.oooacre came prererve the New Yorkers own around l-jjckory Valley. In Hits State. Three Defendants Discharged. Wrfjhtavllle. Ca.. Special.?The case of Walker. Trice. Outlaw. Morman. Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Edge, for the alleged murder of Clayton Williams, previously reported in these dispatches, was called in court here. The defendants elected to sever trial. The case against Williams was postponed. On I motion, tbe court discharged the two I ktromen and Morman, on the ground of insufficient evidence. They were, how-?ver, put under bond to appear hs witnesses against Walker. ITice and Outlaw. tbe case against wbotu will be taken up next wtek Y Call tor Government Deposits. Washington. Special? Secretary f Shaw bas announced a call upon national banks boldtng government deposits to the amount of 25 per cent. I of theiv holdings, lb per cent, to be I paid on or before Jan. 15, next, and 15 per cent, on or before March 15. [ next. This, the Secretary estimates, will bring into the Treasury about $25.000 500. This will make a working balance of approximately $51,000,000 I i CURRENT NEWS ITEMS Happenings of Moment As Gathered From Many Sections. Washington, Special.?John W. Brownlow, a clerk in the Postofflce Department; who acted as disbursing officer of the Department at the St. Louis Exposition, was dismissed from the service by order of the President. Brownlow was charged with impertinence and insubordination, and as he declined to withdraw his offeuslve language, his dismissal followed. .Brtv.nlow's insubordination consisted in refusing to supply an itemized statement of receipts and disbursements asked for by Postmaster General Payne, accompanying his refusal with statements to the Postmaster General which were considered offensive. He evidently felt that the demand of Mr. Payne was a reflection upon his honor. Brownlow was given an opportunity to withdraw the statements considered offensive, but he refused to do so and his dismissal followed. Two Men Drowned. Norfolk. Va.. Special.?Communication over the United States Weather Bureau's seacotst telegraph wires was restored Tuesday as far south as Montco, on Roanoke Island. N. C. At Kinnsskett. X. C.. a fishing lodge on the beach was washed into Pamlico Sound by a tidal wave and two men were dj owned. The names were not given in the brief telegram which came over a badly-working wire. Kinnakeet is situated 5}* miles north of Cape Hatteras on a small strip of land separating the Atlantic Ocean and Pamlico Sound. No, news had been received from th? schooner Myra W. Spear, which stranded on the Hatteras coast last week, and w hich it is supposed must have gone to pieces in the storm of Sunday. Boll Weevil Coming This Way. Shreveport, Special. -The executive committee of the National Cotton Boll Weevil Convention, which assembles in this city December 15 to 25, inclusive, has issued an address to the cotton growers of the South. The commission says that the flight of the weevil during the summer of 1904 has been fully 50 miles, and north and east, into territory iseretofore uninfested, and indicates a habit that is beyond the power of control. The division of opinion and Interest in a campaign against the weevil will bring disaster aad defeat." Daniels Sentenced to Hang. Wilmington?Special.?George W. Daniels, convicted last week in Duplin Superior Court of the murder of Will Maxwell, is sentenced by Judge Fred Moore to be hanged at Kenansville January 13. 1905. His counsel, ex.Tndee W S ft'R. Rnhinsnn and Stev ens, Beasley & Weeks, have given notice of an appeal. Coutt is being held over in Duplin this week to complete the trial of Dan Teachey, also charged with murder. Counsel are expected to complete their argument to the jury to-night. . Dan Teachy Convicted. Wilmington.?Special.?The jury in the Dan Teachey murder trial at Kenansville, Duplin county, after short deliberation. came into court and returned a verdict of guilt in the first degree. Teachey's victim, Robert Rivenbark. belonged to a well-connected family in Duplin. The killing occurred in March. 1903, at a negro settlement near Wallace, where Rivenbark went in search of laborers for his strawberry field. Could Not Attend. El Paso, Texas, Special.?Following is President Roosevelt's letter to the National Irrigation Congress read: "I wish it were possible for me to accept your kind invitation to attend the National Irrigation Congress to be held at El Paso. I need not state to you the deep interest I feel in the cause of national irrigation. Irrigation, is in every fact, one of the means for national expansion which is most effective. "Wishing you all success, I am, "Sincerely yours, "THEODORE ROOSEVENT." Die From Poison. Memphis, Special.?A special to the Commercial-Appeal from Decatur, Ala., says that tweleve negroes are dead at Cedar Lake, a negro settlement in the suburbs of Deoatur, from the effects of poisoned ice cream, which they ate, it is said, at a church fally. Shooting at Durham. Durham, Special.?Wash Riley, white, who lives in West Durham, is in a critical condition with a bullet that went through his shoulder and into his lung. The bullet was fired by Roland Browning. Both men say that it was an accident. From what oan be learned it seems that Riley, Browning and three other men went to the home of a fortune teller and while leaving the house the shooting occurred. It is seid that Browning was the first to leave and when a short distance from the house he pulled his gun and began firing In a rather reckless manner. One of the bullets entered the shoulder of Riley. 4 25 Per Cent. Dividend. Richmond, Va., Special.?The stockholders of the Atlantic Coast Line met here Tuesday. The action of the directors In purchasing the Jacksonville & Southwestern was approved. A dividend of 25 per cent, on the common stock was declared. 20 per cent, in cash and 5 per cent, on certificate. oi indebtedness, payable in January. Thf eld officers were elected by the directors. The capital stock was increased to $50,000,000. ft SIX MEN DROWNED Further Fatalities of Recent Storm On the Coast i a vanu k n a in m have sl:m UJ LUC ? ^ oead are: Loren Dogger. Wett Alto.. Mich. M. Simons. 313 Seventy-ninth street. New York City. J. L. Strelitakev, 4339 Cbamplain avenue, Chicago. The collision occurred at Elrodale Junction. 22 miles cast of Grand Rapids. Both trains were east-bound No. 6. for Detroit and No. 34 for Saginaw, ".he Sagina-.v train had preceded the Detroit train out of Grand Rapids by a few minutes and was standing on a "Y' at Elmdale, where the Saginaw division branches ofT from the Dertoit division. Through some mistake the switch was not turned behind the Saginaw train and the incoming train took the "Y." the engine of the Detroit train crashing into the rear of the parlor car of the Saginaw train. . * News in Paragraph*. President Samuel Gompers made his annual report before the American Federation of Labor convention in San Francisco. A conference-of Democrats is to bt held shortly in New York, it ts reported, to boom Folk aud Douglas as the ticket in 190S and to oppose tbe leadership of Bryan. A Confederate Wedding. Petersburg. Va., Special.?General James MaGlU. of Pulaski. Yfa., and Miss Lucy Lee Hill, youngest daughter of Confederate Lieutenant General A. P. Kill, were married at St. Paul's church, in this city Wednesday. Right Rev. A. M. Randolph and Rev. Dr. C. 0. Bunting officiating. It was a military wedding, with Confederate decorations aa* several Confederate camps of Virginia attended in a body. The A. P. Hill camp of Confederate veterans, of this city, presented the bride with a purse of $150 in gold, and Wilcox Grand Army post, of Springfield. Mass., sent 20 one?-dollar gold pieces. Southern Railway Officials Promoted. Memphis, Tenn., Special.?It was announced that R. L. McKellar. assistant general freight agent of the Southern Railway has been appointed assistant traffic manager of the entire svstenj Mr. McKellar succeeds L. McClug. who resigns to accept the position of treasurer of Yale College. The change will take effect December 15tb. and Mr. McKellar's headquarters will be in Louisville. Ky. Handsome Boat From Providence, R, Lest With AM On Board, Near Elizabeth City?It Went Down Sunday Morning Curing the Storm, and None of the Bodies Have Been Recovered?Those cn Board Were From Providence -and Were on a Pleasure Trip to Florida. Elizabeth City.?Special.?Boats coming into the city report the loss of the auxiliary yacht Roberta, of Providence. R. i., v.hicb was foundered in Pamlico Sound Sunday morning and ber crew, numbering six or eight, were all drowned. The yacht reached this city late Friday afternoon and was tied up at the warf in the rear of Davis' coal yard. She was 60 feet long and one of the handsomest boats that has been here in a long time. Several gentlemen of the city met the captain and one of the crew, but did not learn their names further than the captain was from Providence. R. I., and the other gentleman was a theatrical men and a violinist of splendid ability. While standing on the wharl talking to the gentleman, a large man who was addressed as ''Senator" by the other, requested the theatrical man to play and 110 mo su, iruucnu^ some beautiful selections on the violin. The boat left here Saturday, bound for Florida, aud it is supposed that it tied up somewhere Saturday night and on Sunday morning started down the Croatan. She was seen by some 03'ster men aud one of them remarked that the yacht would have to put back, as the sea was very high and the hurricane that was blowing is described by the oyster men as being the worst since 1SS8. He had scarcely finished speaking when the boat foundered and went to the bottom In a few minutes a man was noticed on the mast Which was soon broken and he was drowned. None of the crew were saved and none of the bodies have been recovered. Communication with that part of the country is very difficult and it is almost impossible to got details, but the above facts are substantiated by several oystcrmcn who arrived in the city this morning and by reports from Itoanoke Island. The owner of the yacht .is unknown here, but it was a pleasure party who were going to Florida for the winter on a hunting trip. Some persons say there were eight in the crew and others say there were only six, but that all of them were lost seems to be well foua* ded. Three Killed in Collision. I/etroit, Mich.. Special.?Three pascengers were killed and nine or more lassengers and trainmen v/ero injured In a rear end passenger train collission Wednesday night at Elmdale. ? T'ara \farmiettG railroad. The CAROLINA AFFAIRS" ? ( Occurrences of Interest in Various Parte of the State. 3 Genesl Cotton Market. j f!alrocfftn msv _ 9 1-1G I New Orleans, easy 9% t Mobile, steady 9% . Savannah, easy 9 7-16 Charleston.quiet 9 5-16 ( Baltimore, nominal 9.30 1 New York, dull 10.00 ( Boston, nominal 10.03 , Philadelphia, quiet 10.25 Houston, steady 9 9-16 Augusta, steady 9 11-16 s Memphis, quiet 9 9-16 ] St. Louis, quiet 9 9-16 Louisville, firm 9!s J Charlotte Cotton Market. ^ These figures represent prices paid ( to wagons: Good middling 9.55 Strict middling 9.55 Middling 9.55 t Strangled Himself. ( Columbia. Special.?Philip Maltry. ? .he proprietor of the Wright's hotel j barber shop, strangled himself to death some time Tuesday nigat. The first < intimation that any one had of the aw- ] ful occurrence was when the dead 1 man's wife went into his room yester- ] cay morning to awaken him. He had bten in ill health for several years and lately was despondent. Mrs. Maltry . found hiin with a heavy string around Mr. neck in which was a piece of wood, i He had strangled himself by twisting ] the wood around in the string after j the manner in which a physician , twists an improvised tourniquet in order to check the flow of blood from a ' severed artery. Coroner Green was < summoned and called in Drs. S. B. j Fishhurne and John H. Burkhalter. There was no necessity to hold an in- ' quest, the coroner so considered, as 1 the evidences of the manner in which 1 the deceased met his death were so ap- \ parent. Maltry had at one time a good business and seemed happy and ( prosperous. He had. it is said, lately \ been on bad terms with former friends. | He had but one barber at the time of . his death. !t is surmised, .although j this is merely rumor, that certain re- ] cut occurrences made the dead man very despondent. i 1 A Splendid Gift. I Spartanburg. Special.?Mr. S. M. Milliken. the New York millionaire and mill man. who Is interested in many , of Hie cotton factories of the Piedmont. section, recently presented a memorial window to the mmiory of his late friend, Capt. John H. Montgomery. This window has arrived and is being placed in its proper position in (' the splendid edifice of worship of the congregation of the First Baptist ? n. - church, by an artist representing ui? firm of Jones & Co.. of New York, designers of memorial windows. This gift is one of the most beautiful works of the kind |K:rhaps. in South Carolina. It cost 13.000. Complete, including the throe parts, the window's dimensions arc 10x6 feet, and on either < side of the largest panel is a smaller one. each of similar size. The side windows are separated from the main panel by p narrow wall. On the largest of these side windows is a reproduction of colors of HofTman's masterpiece "Behold. I Slaud at the Door and Knock.'* Homrieektrs Comrng. I Commissioner Watson has received r.n. announcement from Mr. T. B. Tharkston. land agent of the Southern railway, that a large number of the people of the west are taking advantage of the "homescekers' rates" to come to the south and look into the rendition of the country. The number, it is staled, is so large that there is difficulty in securing accommodations for the visitors that desire to secure sleeping accomodations. Some time ago the railroads of the south commenced a systematic canvass of the west with the intention of bringing as many of the visitors to this part of the country as possible. It is now thought thnt because of the efTorts of Commissioner Watson in behalf of this State to interest those homing in this particular section that the majority of them will cuuie here. Injured by Wild Horse. Torkvitle, Special.?During the sale of a lot of wild horses, auction ofT by Mr. Stony Kitnball of Hock Hill, at t lie lot of Mr. Walker Jackson one horse rather wilder than the others plunged across a buggy in whir^i a farmer whs sitting, knocking tbo man down and considerably injuring him. Th? horse got away and was last seen tearing town "tike a whirlwind.* Who Gets the Reward? Got. Hey ward has another proposition to settle in (he matter of paying rewards. H. P. Dycbes of Barnwell county captured James Walker, wanted in that county for murder, and recently sentenced to lifo imprisonment llycbes puts In Ills claim for the reward which had been offered, and Sheriff Creech makes (he statement that Dycbes arrested and delivered the prisoner. On the other hand. Cabs. Garfunkle. superintendent of police in Savannah, makes a statement that one of his policemen, J. G. Harpe, made the arrest. Gov. Heyward is usually govemmed in matters of this kind by tin.- statement of the sheriff. rtunter Accidently Killed. Swansea. Special.?A sad and fatal accident occurred about ten miles east of Swansea Thursday evening about 5 o'clock. Vandy Saylor. white, and Wolton Glover, colored, were out huntir.g and by some accident young Savior's gun was discharged at short range the entire load taking effect in Welton Glover's back in the region of the right spinal column. The wound w3s two and a half or three inches across. Welton died in 18 hours after the accident In ante-mortem statement Glover said that'll was an accident. THE BOLL WEEVIL PERIL J Cotton the Only Fibre Suitable For Cloth Making at Reasonable Cost? , Weevil Must Be Kept Out. The boll weevil is menace to the louth. Dr. Spillman of the agricul;ural department and others think hat this impending menace will mean 1 creat deal in the way of showing :hat cotton is not the only crop which :an be raistd with profit in the south. ' it was for this reason that the government started diversification farms n the country. The legislature of South Carolina md the legislature of other states lave passed laws forbidd.ng the importation of farm products from the Texas districts infested with the weeril which is destroying the cotton :rops in Texas and Mexico but has not nade its way across the Mississippi. At the convention at Shreveport on :he 3rd of November to discuss ways md means of keeping the boll weevil put of the south, it was decided to call i meeting of the representatives from ill the southern states. Mr. J. C. Pugh, chairman of the ;xecutive committee, has written Gov. ileyward, urging the latter to auend :he convention and asking him to appoint 100 delegates from this state. A GRAVE STATE OF AFFAIRS. ' In his letter to Gov. Heyward, Mr. Pugh says: "An alarming phase of :he weevil situation is that the cotton producing states yet uninfested do not ippreciate the certainty of the weeril'g reaching the entire cotton area >f the United States and the conse- 1 juences iesulting, unless something Is done, and dpne at once, to antlci- ' pate this infestation or devise means for the absolute extermination of the ? weevil from the present infested cot- ( fnn lands of Texas and Louisiana. 1 "We therefore beg of you as the < executive head official and repre3en- < tative of your commonwealth taht you < ippoint 100 delegates, representing your varied cotton interests to attend i the national cotton convention to be 4 held in the city of Shreveport, La., < Dec. 12, 13, 14 and 15, 1904. Please ] urge and emphasize the seriousness of ? the situation and the necessity of a j general awakening of every cotton In- j terest throughout the south as the boll ] weevil is spreading at the alarming , rate of 50 miles each year and on the , authority of the United States depart- j ment of agriculture will in 10 or 15 ] years invade the entire cotton belt. "The problem is national and inter- j national in its importance and is be- i yond ."be power of individual and in- , dependent state action to solve, no matter how determined and well di- j rected the individual state efforts may j be. I "Relying upon jou as the patriotic ( head of your state to lead in the ef- ] fort to make this national cotton con- , gress the beginning of a campaign aganist the cotton boll weevil, that ' shall end in retaining for the United States her present, position in the cot- ] ton growing countries of the world, we serious and im* j U1?U /VU IV gi'v portant matter your immediate atten- I tion." ( Fires in Darlington. < Darlington, Special.?!Saturday night a gin house and grist mill owned by Dr. A. T. Baird, of this place, was ] burned, together with several bales of ' cotton, seed, etc. The gin and mill were in the same building and were operated by water power. The place is known as Smith j mill in the Doversville section. The i loss will amount to several hundred i dollars. Mr. A. T. Gainey, who lives i six miles from Hartsville, lost a gin i and several bales of cotton Wednesday j night.. On the same night Mr. P. S. Wilds lost 'ar barn and some cotton. Thursday night Mr. J. T. Rogers, of ; Society Hill, lost about 15 bales of cot- ; ton; a gin house and a quantity of ] seed. The total loss of these touf fires will sum up some $4,000 or $3,000. It j is indeed singular that these four calamities should have occurred within less time than a week and all in the ( same county. i Expelled from Venezuela. Washington, Special.?A. F. Jaurett, editor of The Venezuelan Herald, has ?J?frnm Venezuela I)(jea oruercu Miniivu by President Castro. The news came to , the State Department in a cablegram , from Its legation at Caracas. No de- , tails are given, but it is stated that Mr. Jaurett has always defended American interests in his paper and baa taken the side of the asphalt company ' in its recent trouble. It is thought here that he is an American citizen. Excitement Over. Macon, Ga., Special.?The guards on duty at a hospital here where Frank 1 Chirstian, the slayer of Fred Tharpe himself wounded in the encounter, lies 1 wounded, have been removed. It is believed that they will not be longer needed, as no further attack is feared from the mob which made its appearance at that institution at an early hour Sunday morning. Christian is rapidly recovering from the effect of the wound which was inflicted in his sfojBach, and the hospital authorities believe that he will be able to leave the institstion not later than the end of this week. Banker Held For Murder. Roanoke, Va., Special?The coroner"* jury in the case of Dr. Frederic Lefew, who died from a knife wound in the breast received at the hands of Charles It. Vichburn, a banker and broker, brought in a verdict that death was caused as above stated. Fishburn is in jail to await trial for murder. HEAVY STORM LOSS | Wires Dcwn And .Communication Cut Off From New York THE MOST EXTENSIVE SINCE 1888 | New York's Isolation Almost as Com* plete Yet as During the Storm?Various Ingenious Arrangements Mads, Baltimore Communicating With Washington by Way of Chicago? Operations in Wall 8treet Sadly Curtailed?The Wet Snow Responsible For Most of the Damage. New York, Special.?That the effects of yesterday's storm were more far reaching than in any similar disturbances since the blizzard of 1888 became evident today when the disarrangement of wire communication continued almost as complete as at iny time during the height'of the storm. Up to 10 o'clock many points were completely isolated, while whole lections were reached only by most circuitous routes. To the West, the >nly points having direct communl;ation with New York were Philadelphia and Baltimore. The Associated Press, however, had succeeded In reaching the West, and incidentally nany Eastern points, by means of telephone wire between Baltimore md Chicago. The news carried over :he roc 'ar wires between New York md Baltimore, when it reached the alter city, was transferred a distance if ten blocks to the telephone office jy cal s, was then forwarded by tele- 5raph to Chicago over a long distance ^lephons wire and from Chicago was :elegrapbi>d back to Washington and jther cities which could not be reach- \ ?d over Xhe regular routes. ^ The same plan was followed in n runy other cases. For instance, tjie V Associated press' regular New York ^ State Circuit, a network of wires con- m letting ali the principal cities of the J Slate, was practically out of service for a long time. Ncwberg, to the lorth, marked the end of the circuit, points beyond being ocmpletcly cut 5*f. Finally, however, a temporary circuit was set up by forming a* connecting link between Cleveland and ?'VBuffalo. From Buffalo the report svas relayed down the State as far is Utica. At that point, however, Rire paralysis was again encountered, leaving Amsterdam, Schenectady^ Albany and Troy completely cut offfrom the outside world. The only ^ reports received from that section of ^ the State today came by train from i Albany. Four inches of wet snow had I broken down telephone, telegraph, i electric light and fire alarm wires in Albany and vicinity and badly ham- f 'yJ pered street car and train service. 3 1 While the effect of the storm was not so severe in New Englaud, some point? in that section felt the foil force of the gale. Wires were down in all parts of Maine. Some points an Cape Cod could not be reached by wire early in the day, and Pittsin tho Rprkfihires. was cut Off entirely from both New York and Boston. Wire service to many points In Eastern Canada, which was swept by the storm, was also disabled. Killed in Collision. Salt Lake, Special.?Eight persons were killed and five injured, two seriously, in a head-on collision shortly after midnight between Union Pacific west bound passenger train No. J, and an east bound extra freight train, a short distance west of Azuza, Wyoming: The dead: Engineer William Murray, Engineer B. S. Echles, Mail Clerk M. H. Sherman, Car Inspector Samuel Efferson, Fireman William Comstock, two ipknown passengers in day coach. Jonn B. Winslow, of Evanston, Pacific express messenger, was fatally injured. Frank Nolas, of Cheyenne, mail clerk, was badly injured and may not recover. Three passengers in the day coach were not seriously hurt. Mrs. Samuel J. Randall Dead. Philadelnhia. Special.?Fannie Ward Randall, widow of the late Samuel'J. Randall, for years the Democratic leadir in the House of Representatives, is lead at her home, at Chestnut Hill, a suburb. She was a daughter of Gea> Aaron Ward, of Ossinlng, N. Y., who was a member of Congress from 1(27 ? to 1S43. . i Prominent Merchant Killed. Macon, Oa., Special?Specials 'to The Telegraph tell of a deplorable tragedy at the little town of Dakota, Oa, In which Tom Ward, a farmer in thw employ of W. A. Greer, shot and killed W. J. Pate, a prominent merchant of Arbi, Ga. The cause of the killing is not known. The coroner's Jury lato this afternoon returned a verdict of Justifiable homicide, and Ward, who had been arested, was released from custody. The victim of the tragedy was a member of one of the most prominent families in that section of the State Nan Patterson's Trial Postponed. New York, Special.?Contrary to expectations the trial of Nan Patterson, who is charged with the murder of Caesar Young, will not be begun at once in the Supreme Court. The trial of Joseph Bove, an Italian, for manslaughter, which was begun in the court, was not finished when court adjourned for the night Bore's trial probably will be completed soon, and the trial of Miss Patterson will begin Wednesday.