tA. 'FATAL CYCLONE. It Sweeps Over Five Villages in Arkansas. hiliK' lilTcn Were Lo*t and 10 Prraoni Injured, Three of Them Fatally —Property Loh Wan Very Large Stortn Came / in tlie Klgbl. Little Rock, Ark., April 9.—Specials ?froru several towns in White and Cleburne counties, Arkansas, tell of «i cyclone which swept through that section Tuesday night, leaving death and destruction in its wake. The rec ord of casualties so far is nine dead, •three dying and l.'l others badly in jured. The towns of Little Red, Al ibi on, Bradford, He.ber and Pangburn ffiave been heard from so far. The <dead: Jim Legget.t, Little Red. Joe Leggett, Little Red. Tom King and wife. Little Red. | Three King children. Young lady school teacher who was Iboard.ing at King's. A. C. Williams, near He'ber. The injured: Infant child of the King family. Mrs. A. C. Williams, not expected to li ve. Buck Neeley, Searcy. Al.bert Kiler, Elbert Deerile and IWalker Pollard, Little Red. Two of the Pollard family near Al ibi on. Mrs. Hoverton and children. Pang burn, not expected to live. Miss Barkhousen, Little Red; leg (broken and'skull fractured. Walter Fuller, Pangburn, leg bro !kcn. Mrs. Henry Wells, injured fatally. Unknown woman, Pangburn, both Begs broken. Tom Houston, near Heber, both tarms broken. Unknown man at Bradford. The major portion of the. country •through which the storm plowed its way is remote from railroads, tele igraph or telephone lines. A special ■correspondent telegraphed from Searcy, Ark., la.st. night that he had sfone over a portion of the track of it.he storm and that trees were twist ed from their trunks and houses were •demolished. Thus far it has been im possible to ascertain where the storm •began, but it is known that it raged 5n two counties and the list of cas ualties is likely t.o be greater than ds now known. Bradford, whie' •on the Iron Mountain road, was ■first point heard from. Several were blown down there The tornado came from the west nnd spent its force by the time it reached Bradford. It is feared the 2ittlts town of Hiram, with a popula tion of 150, has been wiped off the «nap. It is near Hebe.rand in the ♦storm's track. Nothing has thus far been heard from it. It probably will ibe several days be.fore the names of «11 who were killed by the tornado wvill be known. A special from Heber says: In the tornado which swept across this sec tion A. C. Williams, living ten miles wouth of Heber, was killed. He was 70 years old and lived with his wife on top of one of the mountains south of this town. His house was caught •up toy the wind and thrown down the mountain side, he being killed. His wife was badly injured and is not ■expected to live. A white man named Houston, living near Williams, !had both arms broken. At Pangburn six residences were Mown down and a flock of sheep and n. number of cattle, hogs and horses were killed. A large church near Pangburn was Mown half a mile. At Little Red postoffice, Walker Polla.rd, Mrs. Pol lard and Tom King lost their houses, Ibarns and other buildings. Forty-three residences and 16 "barns destroyed and other wreckage, is the record of the damage reported "up to 8 o'clock last night. STOPPED BY A GUNBOAT. A Norwegian Steamer Ha* Trouble with a Hondo ran Wurxlilp. New Orleans, April 9. —Capt. War necke, of the Norwegian steamer Da vid, which has arrived here from Ceiba, Spanish Honduras, reports an exciting experience with the Hondur an gunboat Tatumbla. The David was off the north coast of Honduras when the Tatumbla hove -in sight and commanded the mer chantman to put into Utilla against ■the orders of the captain of the Da vid. The Tatumbla was in command of Col. Villarde, who put a half dozen Honduran soldiers on board the Da vid ito insure the proper carrying out of his orders. Capt. Warnecke ob jected, saying thait he Irtid no busi ness in the harbor of Utilla, and pro tested against going so far out of his ■course. The commander of the Ta •tumbla said that the David should proceed where he ordered her to go. Capt. Warnecke said that he was off the coast of Honduras, looking for a native pilot to take the ship to Ceriha, his objective port, but he had to submit to the humiliation of changing his course. The David anchored off Utilla, a small island off the northeast coast of Honduras for the night, and left it-lie following day without being (boarded toy any troops. Captain Warnecke proceeded to Puerto Cortez and informed Admiral •Coghlan of what had happened; two United States war vessels went at once in search of the Tatumbla. A lllg TheTt of Petticoat*. New York, April 9.—Five thousand dollars' worth of petticoats were fitolen from the offices of Klatzpo & Mlshkend, clothing dealers, 11 Lis penard street, Tuesday night. Three men had engaged a whole floor of an office building on Canal street. The rear portions of 1 li» two build ings are close together. Tuesday night neighbors heard a terrific raek «t as though iron doors were being .■battered down. Some otf the goods were found on the roof of the build ing. The watchman of the building Sa under arrest. - - SWEPT BY A TORNADO. Kleven People Iti inl ind a Number In jured 111 uii Alabama Village. Hanceville, Ala., 9.—A tornado passed over Hopewell settlement, IVi miles north of hero, at 2 o'clock Wednesday morning and as a result 11 persons are dead, four are fatally Injured and a dozen arc more or less seriously hurt, while the destruction to property is heavy. The dead: Henry McCoy and three children. C. C. Oden and three children. John Griffin, wife and son. Fatally injured: Two children of Henry McCoy and two children of C. C. Oden. Seriously injured: Mrs. Oden and child: Mrs. McCoy. The storm came from the south east and its roar was so terrific that it woke many people, some of whom fled from their houses in time to es cape death by having the house blown down on them. Building's were tossed about like paper boxes and several structures were blown a hundred yards or more. The body of McCoy, who was a prominent farmer, was blown 200 yards and landed in a sand pit. The house of Mrs. John Norton was blown down, ibut the family escaped by crawling \inder the bed while the timber and brick fell on to]) of the bed, breaking the force of the fall. The houses of the vJden and Griffin families were smashed to splinters and it seems marvelous that any of t.he.ir occupants escaped death. Trees >were uprooted in all directions and many were blown across the Louis ville & Nashville railroad track, de laying trains for a time. The roar of the storm was heard at Hance ville, where it awoke many people, but no damage was done here. As soon as the destruction wrought be came known here rescuers hurried to the scene to give attention to the dead and wounded. The section through which the storm went is flat, on an elevated ta ble land in the hilly section of Blount county. There was not the slightest intimation of its approach until the houses were being torn to pieces. One of the first houses struck was that of Nathan Griffin. The house was demolished and Mrs. Griffin and son James were killed. Mrs. Griffin was so badly injured that she died later. CONDEMNED A BOYCOTT. Illinois Railroad Commissioner* De nounce the Tlethod* of a Combine of drain Dealer*. Springfield, 111., April 9. —Tn a de cision handed down Wednesday by the state board of railroad and ware house commissioners, the Illinois Grain Dealers' association is criti cized for establishing a boycott against the independent grain deal ers of the state. The case is that of D. 11. Curry & Co., of Mason City, against the Illinois Central Railroad Co. for discrimination In furnishing cars. The commission decided aga-inst the railroad company and or dered that an equitable distribution of cars be made. In passing on the case the railroad and warehouse commission states that it is led to believe that an un derstanding existed between the Curry company and the Illinois Grain Dealers' association not to han dle the grain of the Farmers* Kleva tor Co. at Mason City and that Curry was willing to agree to anything to prevent the competing companies at Mason City from marketing their grain. The board quotes several con victing letters to sustain its views. A Collision In New York Uuf. New York, April 9. —The steamer Allegheny, from Port I/imon, Costa Rica, was .badly damaged yesterday in the harbor of New York as the re sult of a collision with the British steamer Joseph Merry-weather. The United Fruit Co., which had a cargo of bananas on the Allegheny, sent a float to the vessel to take off the bananas. There were ten cars and 104 stevedores on the float. It had been alongside 'the Allegheny about two hours when it suddenly sank. About one-third of the stevedores were on the float and were dumped into the water. According to Fore man Ilaake, however, all got safely onto the Allegheny and later were taken oft' by another float. Mr. StevcnNon In Scorched. Bloomington, HI., April 9.—Adlai E. Stevenson, formerly vice president of the United States, lost his hair and mustache and received painful .burns on his face, head and hands yesterdaj', while trying to extinguish a fire in his home. The fire started In a bedroom. When Mr. Stevenson rushed into the room, the curtains were in a blaze. Without calling aid he attacked the flames. In a mo ment the hair on his head went up in a puff of smoke. The fire then seized his mustache and blistered his face. Then Mr. Stevenson called for help. He retreated before the flames caught his clothing. The loss to the house was SI,OOO. A His Vote for Prohibition. Topeka, Kan., April 9.—Returns from all the towns in Kansas which held elections Tuesday disclose the fact that the vote in favor of en forcing the prohibition law is the most overwhelming in tho history ol the state. A special effort was made toy the opponents of prohibition to make a good showing at this election and thus pave the way for a re-sub mission campaign two years from now. Only six towns of any import ance in the state voted in favor of a liberal policy toward the saloons. flflvllle Prepare* a Surprise. Washington, April 9. Admiral Melville has a surprise in store for sailors which .perhaps will be as rev olutionary in its effect on naval con struction as .was his famous tripie screw. For more than a year past his bureau has been making inquiries and preparing plans for a turbine propelled warship. The best experts have 'been consulted and the plans have advanced to a point where it is thought satisfactory results are as sured. Details of the novel arrange ments of this ship are withheld for the present. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL i 6, 1903. THREE 31 EN KILLED A 12-Inch Gun Explodes 011 the Battleship lowa. Five .Tien Were Injured, Two Scrl. ouoly Accident Occurred Itnr ln<( Target Practice Near I'ciiKacola Victim* Were at .Tic**. Tensacola, Fla., April 10. — \ disas trous explosion occurred Thursday on the battleship lowa while the ves sel was at target practice in the gulf. The forward port 12-inch gun burst from the premature explosion of a shell, 12 feet of the piece out side the turret being demolished. Three men were killed and five in jured, two seriously. The killed are: First Class Seaman Kiele. Ordinary Seaman Percell and Gun ner's Mate Berry. The injured are: First Class Sea man Caught, Ordinary Seaman Thursdale, Brown, Mansdale and I'u rucker. The men killed and injured were on the second, or gun deck, at mess. Three pieces of the exploded gun, each weighing over a ton, passed downward through the spar deck, falling upon the men at mess, in stantly killing the three named. All of the men were horribly mutilated. The heavy missiles after passing through the gun deck, continued down to the third deck, where they came in contact with the armored deck, the heavy steel bringing them to a stop, thus saving the engineers and firemen who were at work below. Although the upper decks were cov ered with men, no one 'there was ser iously injured. The explosion occurred just as the mess call had been sounded. Firing was to have ceased after the shot for the dinner hour. The range had been set and the lowa was steaming along at a speed of 12 knots an hour when Lieut. Reed, in charge of the for ward 12-inch turret, gave orders to load and fire. The time fuse was cut for the range, the piece charged, breech closed and the word given to fire. Fol lowing the report of the gun there was a smothered noise as the shell exploded midway in the gun and pieces of the bursted gun and shell were scattered broadcast. Three great holes were torn through the deck. Those who were below began coming on deck, some bloody and mu tilated, -while lying on the floor, crushed almost beyond recognition, were the three unfortunate men. The Massachusetts, six miles dis tant, was signalled for and one of the cutters put off with the surgeon and assistants. The wounded men were taken to the hospital and their in juries dressed. The dead were brought to Pensacola. Some claim tha tt'he explosion was caused by a defective shell, and oth ers think that the frequent firing of the pieces at Culebra during the win ter, added with the work done here during the past ten days, so strained the piece that the force of the charge bursted the gun. A RIOT IN DETROIT. Strikers and Non-I'nloiilHt* Cla»li and One Man In Miot. Detroit, April 10.—Michael Sullivan, of Walkerville, Ont., was shot through the neck and a number of other men were slightly injured in a fight which took place at the foot of Cam-pan avenue here last night, in a collision between strikers and non union workmen of the Canadian Bridge C-o.'s works, located in Walk erville, across the river from Detroit, The police arrested four men, all of whom were non-union workmen of Detroit, who had been filling the strikers' places at Walkerville, and were just returning home from their day's work. It is alleged that, 'the strikers and their sympathizers followed the non union men from the works at the close of the day with the deliberate Intention of making trouble as soon as they reached the American shore. There were probably 200 men, includ ing both factions, and the fight be. gan as soon as they had left the ferry at the Detroit wharf. The prisoners registered as George E. Kennedy, Fred Metzner, Gustave Adams and Julius Stalter, of Detroit. During the fight most of the Cana dians were driven back to the ferry and across the river. Steve Laduc, also of Walkerville, was struck over the head with an iron bar and both he and Sullivan were taken to local hospitals. Neither Sullivan or Laduc is dangerously injured, however. The strike has been on since April 1, when the Canadian union work men were requested to work a ten hour day, but refused and asked for an increase of 10 percent, and a nine hour day. They were receiving from 10 to 30 cents an hour, according to the class of work. It IN a Finish Flglit. New York, April 10.—In spite of the promises made by the Amalga mated Association of Carpenters to start, work on every job where the Brotherhood lias struck against them there was no change in the strike sit uation. Thomas McCracken, one of the business agents of the Brother hood, said: "We lufve about 3,000 men out on strike. This is absolutely to be a fight, to a finish. Tt will not be confined to ithis city, but will be car ried throughout the United States and Canada." Dropped Dead. New York, April 10.—Hilary Bell, the dramatic and musical critic of the New York Press, dropped dead in the barge office yesterday. Heart failure is believed to have been the cause of his death. He was born near Belfast, Ireland, in 1857. He took up portrait, painting after coming to this country and later went into newspaper work, lit; went on the Press about the time of its inception as musical and dramatic critic and has 'been there since. Mr. Bell also •was editor of the Insurance Econo mist. LETTER FROM MR. MITCHELL. It Cu 11n I pun Tllni'rii to F.nd Strike* and Hi-turn to Work. Philadelphia, \prii 10. The numer ous small strikes in the anthracite coal region resulting from the disa greement between operators and mi ners regarding the strike commis sion's ruling on the number of hours to constitute a day's work has brought forth a letter of .instruc tions from President Mitchell. Dis trict officers of the Miners' union are in receipt of a communication from Mr. Mitchell calling upon them to end all strikes and induce the idle men to return to work. If the strikers re fuse to do so Mr. Mitchell suggests that grievance committees represent ing the colliery employes be appoint ed to confer with company officials in an effort to adjust the differences. At the Maple Hill colliery of the Reading Co., near Mahanoy City, run ners, loaders and door tenders yester day joined the striking drivers and about 150 men are idle. The drivers have established the picket system, and the company is furnishing police protection to those who have taken the places of the strikers. The miners' advisory board of Ma hanoy City has determined that the men shall not work nine hours. Altoona, Pa., April 10. —Until the question of whether or not a bridle is part of a set of harness has been settled, 1,200 bituminous miners at the 13 operations of the Beech Creek Coal and Coke Co. at Patton, Cam bria county, and Arcadia, Indiana county, will remain idle. The driv ers at these mines say a bridle is part of the harness anil since the Al toona convention, which stated that drivers shall not harness or unhar ness the imules, they refuse to put the bridle on. Wednesday morning they found the mules all harnessed save the bri dles. They refused to touch the bri dles and struck. The mines, there fore, could not work. Mine Superin tendent Lingle held several futile conferences with the strikers. The superintendent says a bridle is no more a part of the harness than a hat is part of a suit, of clothes. IMPORTANT DECISION. Officers of the Northern Securities Co. Are Knjolned. St. Paul, Minn.. April 10. —The posi tion of the United States government In the suit brought against the Northern Securities Co., the North ern Pacific and Great Northern rail ways and individual officials and di rectors of those companies, was sus tained in the decision handed down In the United States circuit court of appeals in this city Thursday. The case was originally brought in the United States district court here, but under a special act of congress was taken at once to the court of ap peals, which court was to expedite the hearing and decision of the case in every manner possible. The taking of testimony in this city and in New York lasted for sev eral weeks and the arguments in St. Louis before Circuit Judges Caldwell, Sanborn, Thayer and Vandeventer, too, several days. The decision of the court was written by Judge Thayer and an appeal to the United States supreme court will be taken imme diately. The opinion of the court, holding that the combination is illegal, is supplemented by the issuance of an injunction restraining the Northern Securities Co. from voting the stock of either the Northern Pacific or Great Northern companies, the merged railroads, and the officials of the roads frßm allowing the North ern Securities Co. to vote their stock or to pay dividends to the securities company. CAPITAL AND LABOR. Was the Subject of Senator Hanna'a Speech at Krle, Fa. Erie, Pa., April 10.—United States Senator M. A. Hanna, of Cleveland, was the guest of honor and princi pal speaker last night at the second annual banquet of the Erie chamber of commerce in Cott's Music hall. Not less than 500 of the representa tive business and professional men of this city were in attendance. At the banquet the senator re sponded ito the toast "Capital and Labor," and made a most forcible and characteristic address. He be gan by saying that his subject was above all politics of the day. He spoke of the Civic Federation, its ob jects and aims and of the great amount of good it had done. He said the federation had made only one failure and that, was a settlement of the great coal strike of last sum mer. He did not consider that case was a failure, as When the settlement was effected by the coal commission the men secured better conditions than he had asked for them from the operators. A Tornado In Kansas. .Toplin, Mo., Aprit 10. —It is report ed here that a tornado passed over southeastern Kansas Thursday aft ernoon by which Altamont, a small town 50 miles west of this city, suf fered much damage. A telephone message from Oswego, Kan., seven miles east of Altamont, stated that there was a severe storm in the vi cinity of Altamont, btit nothing is known as to its etxent. Passengers on an eastbound Frisco train stated that it was reported at Altamont as the train passed through there at 7 o'clock, that a tornado had passed over the town and had done much ramage in the country near there. Boy* Loot a llouio. New York, April 10. —A man ami eight boys looted a house on East Fifty-third street yesterday. They carried off $5,000 worth of bric-a-brac, silverware and jewelry. Seven of the boys have been arrested. One of tliein, 8 years old, confessed, and told the names of the others. The house was occupied by Mrs. Elizabeth Dempsey, a widow. Thursday morn ing she removed her furniture to a new abode. She intended placing her remaining belongings in storage. I Mrs. Dempsey left the house at noon and returned at 6 o'cloc)' BI RDICK TRAGEDY The Pennell Inquest Threw No Light 011 It. A Letter Troin Fcnncll la .lladr Public In Which ll«* III* Inno cence of tin- Hnrdlck Crime and Sa.yn a Woman Done tint Deed. Buffalo, X. Y., April 11.—The evi dence given Friday at, the inquest in to the deaths of Arthur K. Pennell and Mrs. l'ennell, 'before Justice Mur phy, will not help the authorities in any way to a solution of the Burdick murder mystery. Whether the trag edy at Gehres' stone quarry on March 10, in which l'ennell was killed and Mrs. l'ennell was fatally in jured, was due to accident or design, was not proven. Thomas Penny, who has acted as attorney for the l'ennell family since Arthur Pennell's death, declared that so far as he was aware nothing in the papers left by Mr. Pennell would throw any light upon the murder of Burdick. When questioned regard ing the alleged defalcations by Pen nell, Mr. Penney declined to answer. Judge Murphy then delivered his verdict as follows: "I And and certify: That Arthur R. Pennell came to his death on March 10, 1!)03, as a result of injuries re ceived while riding in an automobile, the said automobile plunging from an embankment into the Gehres stone quarry. "That I cannot determine from the evidence submitted whether such plunge was accidental or designed. "That Carrie Lamb l'ennell came to her death as a result of the said plunge of the automobile into the quarry." W. C. Omphelius, Pennell's stenog rapher, produced a typewritten copy of the first draft of a statement pre pared for publication by Pennell be fore his death. Th j statement fol lows: "To the Public —Owing to the fact that my name was connected with the pending divorce proceedings it was forced into great publicity in connection with the tragedy itself. So far as any possible connection with that crime was concerned, 1 sat isfied. I think, the district attorney and his assistants thoroughly that I had nothing to do with it. "It now becomes incumbent upon me to make some statement relative to my connection with the divorce proceedings. There was no truth in the charges brought, by the plaintiff in that proceeding against the de fendant, and myself. The charges were absolutely denied under oath and counter charges had been made, and In a short time the case would have been tried before a referee and settled. "The relations between the plain tiff and the defendant had been strained for some time. Twice he had attempted to make her leave home. My wife and myself had taken her side in the controversy and she had consulted me for legal advice. During this time the man was in in timate relations with a woman whom he desired to marry. For that pur pose it was necessary to be free from his wife. He discovered that his -wife knew of these relations. "Being apprised of the evidence against him, he determined to antici pate her action by bringing an action himself, in order that he might have the appearance of 'being the injured ■party, and he made me a defendant in the action. His allegations were properly denied and the issues would have been squarely met, when his death occurred at the hands of some unknown woman, whom he had in vited to his house at midnight." CROSSED THE DIVIDE. Rev. miburn, the Illind Chaplain of the ( lilted Mates Senate, Itlcn In Cal ifornia. Washington, April 11. —Rev. Wil liam Henry Milburn, the blind chap lain of the United States senate, died in Santa Barbara, Cal., Friday. Word to this effect was received here last night by Col. Ransdell, the scrgeant at-arms of the senate. Mr. Milburn, accompanied by his two nieces, left Washington for the Pacific coast about a year ago. The chaplain was in broken health. The change brought no great improvement in his condition and when congress met jn December he forwarded his resigna tion to Washington, but it was never acted on. The deceased was a na tive of Philadelphia, where he was born in 1523. When he was five years of age a playfellow accidentally struck him in the left eye with a piece of glass. For two years he was confined to a dark room under medical treatment, and when he came out one of his eyes was entirely blind and little sight was left in the other. He. however, pursued his studies at school and college for about 20 years, the sight growing dimmer until gradually he became totally blind. In 183 She went with his father's family to Jacksonville, 111., and in 1343 he lie came a traveling preacher of the Methodist church, serving charges in various sections of the country. Mr. Milburn was twice elected chaplain of congress, the first time in 1845, when a little over 22 years of age, was twice chaplain of the house of representatives and lastly chap lain of the senate, to which office lie was elected in 1593. While serving a charge at Mobile, Ala., Mr. Milburn underwent a trial for heretical teachings. He was wide ly known as the blind preacher and lecturer. Rejected the Company'* Offer. New York, April 11. —Fifteen hun dred employes of the Manhattan El evated railway held a meeting Friday to decide upon an answer to the of fer of Vie officials of the company to increase the wages and reduce the hours of the men. The concessions of the road's officials were greeted with cries of disapproval anil the dis satisfaction of the men practically was unanimous. 11 was decided to have the executive board submit new demands to the officials and if con cessions are not granted by next Thursday to call a general strike and tie up the road. VERY GRATIFYING. Tl/ir Outlook 111 the KnulurM Worlt »«» Never Ilrlglitor. New York, April 11.— R. (I. Hun A Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade .says: Aside from the prevalence of strikes and possibility of further in terruption to industrial activity next month on this account, the business outlook is most gratifying. Late frosts caused some damage early in the week, but low tem.pcrattires did not continue and in most sections ag ricultural products bad not advanced sufficiently to suffer materially, while the prospects are bright for large crops, and heavy sales of fer tilizers testify to extensive opera tions. Despite some unfavorable weather, eastern retail trade baa •been heavy and jobbing activity in summer fabrics indicates expectation of a vigorous consumption as the season advances. Makers of merchant pipe, tools, agricultural implements and all kinds of machinery have more business than can be handled promptly. The pig iron output has bounded upwards* with the 'better movement of fuel and in a. short time production will lie at the rate of 20,000,000 tons annual ly. These figures are the better ap preciated when it is remembered that they are more than double the maxi mum year's output prior to 1899. In the textile industries there are still adverse factors, notably the la bor controversies at cotton mills. Failures this week numbered 19S in the United States, against 198 last year, and 15 in Canada, compared, with 19 a year ago. THAT LIBEL BILL. II In I'p to Peiiimylvaula , M Governor lor Approval or Veto, Harrisburg, Pa., April 11. —The li bel bill which has stirred up the en tire newspaper press of the state, came into the possession of Gov. Pennypacker late Friday afternoon for bis approval or disapproval. The bill passed the house by a vote of 125 to 57 after a somewhat bitter fight. Three democrats voted with the majority and 23 republicans joined with the minority. United States Senator Penrose and other republican leaders have been on the ground several days directing the fight in favor of the bill. The opponents of the measure charged that the republican state organiza tion issued "orders" tnat the bill be rushed through before the members went home for the week and that they were thus deprived of an oppor tunity to consult with their constit uents. The Philadelphia newspapers are taking a leading part in opposing the bill. A strong protest was received by all members of the house against its passage and the publishers asked the governor for a hearing on the ground that theif rights and proper ty are involved. The governor grant ed the request and will fix a day for a hearing. He has 30 days in which to approve or disapprove the bill. TWICE DEFEATED. I'rcftldent Vanquez Fall" In Two At tempt* to Capture Man Domingo City. Santo Domingo City, April 11.—The negotiations for a peaceful settle ment of the questions in dispute, in itiated by the consuls, failed and the suspension of hostilities ended Mon day morning when President Vasquez opened fire on the revolutionary po sitions. The rebels in this city re plied with cannon and the fighting lasted all of Monday and Monday night, only ceasing Tuesday morning, by which time Gen. Vasquez's troops had been finally repulsed in their as sault on the city. The number of killed and wounded is unknown. The government troops made a sec ond attempt Tuesday morning to force their way into tne city, but after a heavy fight on the banks of the river they were again thrown back. The insurgent general l'epin was killed. A New Experience lor Mr. Sage. New York, April 11.—Russell Sage has been called upon to pay s+o,ooo because he made loans at a disad vantage to himself and those he rep resented as chairman of the finance committee of the German-American Real Estate Title Guarantee Co. The payment was ordered by Judge Gil dersleeve, of the supreme court, in an action brought by the receiver of the company against Mr. Sage, K. V. I/oew, former comptroller of New York, and Charles .7. Obermayer, all officers of the finance committee of the company, for $05,000. It is un derstood Mr. Sage paid $40,000 of the amount and Messrs. Loew and Ober mayer the balance. Ca*tro Stand* Hat. Washington, April 11.—News was received here Friday from Venezuela, to the effect that President Cast \> will remain firm and sustain Mr. Itowen, Venezuela's plenipotentiary, in tlie attitude he has taken respect ing the settlement of the claims against Venezuela and in favor of referring the question of preferen tial treatment of the blockading powers to The Hague for determina tion. Murdered on tlie Street. Altoona, Pa., April 11. —Herman Henderson, aged 20, and Samuel Hamm, aged 21, both colored, quar reled yesterday over a game of cards in the woods in the suburbs of the city and tlie latter was severely beaN en. Returning home Hamm secured a revolver and, meeting his antago nist on the street, shot him dead. Hamm escaped bv boarding a west bound freight train. Cattlemen Will KCHIMI. Topeka, Kan., April 11. —Advices from northwestern Kansas indicate that the cattlemen of that portion of tlie state will resist the order of the interior department that their fences around government lands must come down. A contest is being waged be tween the cattle owners and farm ers there, and np to this time the farmers have been unsuccessful in their efforts to have the fences re moved. More than 40,000 acres of government land will be thrown open for settlement, in Kansas, when the fences shall be removed by the cattle men. 3
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