THE NEWS, J. C. Root was elected sovereign com- mander of the Woodmen of the World for eight years at a salary of &7,5600, John Bigby, who was shot by the Pal metto, Ga., mob last Thursday, died at Al- lanta, his death making the fifth viotim, During the absence of John Dian and wife, of Greenfell, Manitoba, from their farm, their residence caught fire and thelr five ¢hlidren were burned to death. Toe Woodmen of the World, In conven tion, selected Columbus, Ohio, as the next meeting place, Charleston, 8, (., New Or- leans, and Denver were the other candi- dates, The Iilinols House of Repressntatives passed the Senate bill to prevent the intro- duction and spread in Illinois ol the San Jose scale and other frait insects, Thomas Stubblefield, nephew of Circuit Judge Robbins, was shot and fatally wouund- ed at Mayfloid, Ky., by Joseph Hammonds, of Clarksville, Teno., in a sudden quarrel, A Pitsburg dispateh says ninety-eight per cent. of the manufacturers of flint-glass ta- bleware have given options on their plants for the proposed combination. The lamp combination Is also assured, with a eapital of $6,000,000, A last passenger train on the Erle load jumped the track at Rittman, ten miles west of Akron, Ohnlo, killing Eugineer Wallace Logan, Fireman Barney Ward and two passengers were injured, Every employe of the Buffalo (N. Y.) Smelting Works, the local branch of the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company, re- ceived a bonus of ten per cent. of the wages earned during the past year in lieu of ar in- crease In wages, Maurice Chaney, who Is wanted in New York, charged with operating a swindiing game among the wholesale druggists of that city, was arrested in Chloago. Chaney rep- resented himself as a leading druggist of Chicagu. By the death of Mra. Annette Hyde Col. ton, in Springfield, Mass, a bequest of §35,- 000 becomes available to the town library of Stafford, Conn., the bequest having been made by her brother, Arbey Hyde, formerly a prominent resident of that town. Henry Miller, the old veteran at Montreal who sent threatening letters to President MeKioley and others and was arrested at the request of the Unfted States Cousul Gen. eral, has been examined by the police physi- elans and found to be insane, The Buffalo express, ou the Lehigh Valley Railroad, was deralled at North Wilkesbarre, Pa., by crashing into an engine whieh over- lapped a switeh, The engloeer and fireman escaped with a few bruises. The passengers were badly shaken up, but nose was serious. ly injured. About 650 operatives in the Warren Cotton Mills, at Warren, B. I. stopped work on ac- count of the dismissal of one of the em- pioyes., Six hundred employes of the Fox Pressed Steel Company, of Pittsburg, Pa., have quit work becaus® the firm has refused to grant an advance of 10 per cent, in thelr wages, Mrs. Frank Wilsick, of Oliver, Pa., used kerosene in kindling a fire, and as a result she and her two littie children were {fatally burned in the explosion which followed. C. W. Jefferson, conducting the largest grocery In Louisville, Ky., flied a voluntary petition fa bankruptey. His liabilities, ae- cording tothe schedule flled, are #78170, with assets of about £60,000, Rev, Dr. Maitland Alexander, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, of Harlem, N. Y., bas been unanimously called to the pastorate of the First Presbyterian Chureh, of Pittsburg, Pa. The salary is #6000 » year. The window glass factories of D. O. Cun- pingham, Cunningham & Co, lmited, and Phillips & Co., all of Piusborg, were closed down by tbe strike of eighty lebr-tender and shove boys for an advance of 10 por cent, Martin Schroeder, formerly of Buffalo, N. Y., was fatally stabbed by as unknown person in San Franciseo. The police incline to the theory that the wound, which Is near the heart, was loflicted by a woman. Fuaroaces in the Mahoning Valley, Ohio, bave soid 130,000 tons of Bessemer pig iron this week at £14.50 per ton at the furnace, The National Steel Company bought 90,000 tone; Carnegle Steel Company 20000 tons, and 20.000 tons were disposed of to other concerns, Io the trial of Frank Aloswoith, at Car- rolitown, Lil, who io an attempted hold-up of a night express train on the Chicago, Barlington and Quincey, shot and killed Engineer Fred. Dempsey, the jury returned # verdict of gality, and fixed the penalty at 49 years in the penitentiary. Io an altercation at Tappabannoek Capt. A. F. Bagby shot Georges NH, Soott in the arm, The smalipox is fast disappearing from Alexandria, Va., aod the inspection of boats and cars between that city and Washington has Leea discontinued. Rev. E. T. Welitord, of Newport News, Va., has received a fourth eall to the Pres byteriaa Chureb, at Texarcana, Toxas, In Barbour county, W. Va, Fraok M. Simon, who struck it rieh io Kiondike, was married to Miss Frances Simon, his fifteen year-old cousin. Reports to the West Virginia boar! of agriculture show that all crops were badly damaged by the cold weather in February. It is estimated 90 per cont. of the penches were kilied, A large plant for the masufsotura of doors, sash, ete, Is to be removed from Os wego, N. ¥., to Keyser, W. Va, Mrs. Martha Place was electrocuted at Sing Sing for the murder of her stepdaugh- ter, Ida Pinoe, being the first woman io New York to suffer death in the electric chair, President McKinley, Vice-President MHo- bart and Senator Hanna went to Jekyl Is- land, Ga., where Speaker lived is also a guest, Two men were killed at Laredo, Texas, in a fight with Mexicans, who resisted moas- ures taken to stop the spread of smallpox, The Brooklawn Hotel, st Cleveland, Ohio, was partly destroyed by fire, fifty guests os. eaping without injury, The funeral of Mayor Patrick Welsh, of Augusta, took place with imposing cere. monies. Herbert Putnam, librarian of the Doston public Hbrary, will aecept the appointment as Hbrarian of Congress, Dr. Oliver Marey, dean of the North ern Usiversity, Chicago, and professor of natural history in that igstitutios, died nt his home, in Evanston, after a long illness, aged seveaty-uine. Joseph Nelmoth, of Wilkes-Barre, 'a., has confessed to having murdered John Giveon- ouskl, who was struck on the head bya stone while returning from a political meet. ing at Doriea, in 1800, The passenger train on the Northern, which has 4 stalled for a month near Iron ab on yo, with a number duleisnd trom fis PUT 10 DEATH. Revenge for the Killing of White Planter. PLOTTERS RUN DOWN. Leader of the Colored Man Tried to Starts Race War Ha Murdered sn White Man, Was Arrested and Lynched, and Then Mis Associates Were Unught by Aroused Citizens, o—— Texarkana, Ark., (Special. )~ Wild execite- ment prevails among the negroes of Little Hiver county, and seven negro men have been lynched by residents of that section, The affair originated with the assassina- tion of James A, Stockton, a planter, by “General” Duckett, a negro, last Friday. Duckett was lynched the day alter Htock- ton's murder, . Among those who have fallen ‘victims to the wrath of the whites are Edwin Goodwin, Daniel King, Joseph Jones, Benjamin Jones, Moses Jones, brothers” aad another man whose name could not be obtained, Joseph King and John Johason was also taken in hand by mobs and whipped. They were afterward turned loose and have dis- appeared, Stockton was murdered at his home, near Rocky Comfort, by Duckett last Saturday. The negro escaped at the time, but after re- maluing in hiding in the swamps until Tues. day he surrendered, sayiog he bad nothing to eat since his flight. He was taken to toeky Comfort, and soon after his arrival thare Bheriff Johnson and deputies started with him to Richmond. They were over- iaken by 2 0 armed men, who demanded the prisoner. Duckett was taken to the piace where be killed Stockton, nod alter making a confession be was lynched, When the negro was takes to the George plantation just before the start was made for Richmond, it seemed as I! every man within ten miles knew of the eapture. Bs fore the officer and prisoner could get fairly started the whole county was sroused, After the lynching it was learced that Duekett bad frequently tried to get the ne groes io the county to join him ju a race war against the whiter, A few hours after be killed Stoekton be passed several negroes al a farm house, and, it Is sald, told them be had kliled one white man snd if they would follow him he would kill more. The Jones brothers were Intimate with Duckett, and it was discovered that they were at the head of a scheme avenge thelr comrade’s death, Plots that the followers of Duckeit had coneocted were unearthed, and when the revelation was made a basd of men began their search for the prineipals, Friendiy negroes, who had originally Informed Btoekton of Duckett's threat, knew the plans of the negro schemers, but had best wargsed under penalty of death, not to communicate them to the whites, It was learned that to BE = pegroes were Ime bent ou meting oul summary pusishment to all the conspirators, od, and the work of wipiug out the entire list continues without relaxation, All Ime plicated In the plot are known, and parties of white men, varyiag in number from 25 to 50, are seouriog the country for them, Wherever one was found be was quickly sirung up and his body perforated with bui- or three was ao easy matter. Bat the news soou spread among the negroes, who, in- the battle they bad threatsasd, became panic-siriokon and began getting oat of the community as quickly as possible Reducing Grades. The contracts have besa let by the Reesiv- ers of the Baltimore and Ohlo Ealiroad, through General Manager Underwood, for the proposed improvements on the line be- tween Wheeling and Pittsburg. A few miles south of Pittsburg thers are two very bad hills, ones known as Whitehall, asd the other as Thomas, The grades on the present ilae, both sides of Whitehall Summit, are 152 feet, plus the survature (from the fact that they were not equated when pul lo) equaling a grads of 158 leet per mile, The grades at Thomas Summit ars 138 fost per mile on the west side and 78 to 104 fest per mile ou the east side, without equation, which add «d makes them equal to 164 and 178 feet por mile, necessitating heipiog power at both summits in boll directions, The proposed new los will shorten the dis tanoe 2.97 miles, and the savitg in elevation at Whitehali Summit will bs 157 feet, equal in equated distances to 31.400 feet, and at Thomas Hill a saving of 32 test in swevation, equal in equated distancs to 6.400 feet, The new line will not exceed 66 foot per mile and will save about $50,000 a year in operation, FIELD OF LABUA Milwrukeo bootblaoks have organized, Great Britain has 210,000 onion miners, Isthers talk of formiog s natiocanl union, Bt. Paul hasn't an idie onion stone-cutte,; | Claeionst! dlergymen want Sanday fuser als abolished, Cincinoatl unionists want a place on the Democratic tioket, Great Dritain’s 1,000,000 unionists may form a pational federation. Cineinnatll molders will sirike on May 1 for 80.75 a day. They now get $2.50, Boye employed in a Muncie, lud,, glass works lost a strike {or the dismissal of eo) ored youths, A briek trust at Milwaukee bas raised the priee to &7 a thousand, an advance of $2.50 and §38 per 1.000, Tuere are more workers employed, says the American Federatiooist, than at any time within the past few years, Bome New York diamond polishers are on strike becanse they can earn oniy #17 a week, They used to get $35, New York union elgarmakers spent $5,000 in prosecuting sucomsiully a firm thet used a counterfeit inbel, Mayor Jones, of Toledo, has Innugurated an eight-tour scales on the police fores and has extended the same to all eity publio work. . After pearly nine years of existence the Bt. Paul Retali Clerks’ Union No, 2. has de aided to abandon the ualon aud return its obartes, The Cleveland Conteal Labor Union has and take “breakfast” at a i0-cent lodging ane, Bundstone, Minn, stonseutiers bave not only been oneded the eight-hour day. bat J Sues raseive 43 & day. They received #2.75 i ow Hew Fork obi si Ny hans Union TO BURN A TOWN, Rebels at Malitbog ‘Threaten elgners— A Heveolt, Manis, Philippine Islands, (By Cable, j= Trouble has begun at Malitbog, the rebels imagining that the foreigners urs plotting agalost them, Catbalogan line been fortified aod the women have been removed, General “Lukban!l threatens to burn the town before he will surrender, The condis tion of the foreigners thero is preearious, and there can Be no immediate movement from Manila for thelr protection, There Is urgent nesd about Manila for all of the troops hers and on the way from the United Btates, and the present small fores renders extensive movements impossible, Advices from Cebu roport everything quiet thers, but say that a feeling of uneasiness prevails, The British guaboat Plover left Cebu on March 14 for Oemoc to reseus O, I, Cogan, » British subject, who wis a prisoner in the hands of the natives, Arriving at Ormoe, it was found that the prisoner had bean removed, and the ganboat proceeded to Catbalogan, the headquarters of the in- surgents.under General Lakbanl, where a native officer was taken on board, The Plover then went to Loyte, where Cogan was found, but a fight was narrowly averted la getting him on board. Alter getting Cogan Captain Cowper, com- mander of the Plover, offered to take three Spanish prisoners who were held by the na- tives, but tHe insurgents refussd to give them up. the Fors SCARE AT NEGROS. Native Tribe at Panay Threaten to Revolt — May Unuse Troable. Liollo, Panay Island, A sonre is reported in the Island of Negro. Upward of 6) Spaulsh refugee planters have arrived at llollo, and state that a na- tive tribe of 20000 strong, living on the Montsseos River, 20 miles south of Bacolad, threaten to destroy the hacienda nnd crops, They have a few firearms, equipped with spears and bows. The Hpanu- fards requested arms from Geperal Miller to defend themselves and thelr property. There is no change In the situation here, The wounded men are recoveriog. ADDRESS TO THE NATIVES, United tates Commissioners’ Has Made Public Mdtiln, Philippine Islands, (By Cable.) The address to the natives of the Philippine Been sion in behalf of the United BSiutes Govers. ident, has been made public, After transiated into all the antive dialects It be disseminated throughoutthe archipelag: The address assures the Filipinos of intention of the Americans to develop powers of ssil-government in the people, It explains that the United States has international obligations then whieh It to the whole civilized world for the The Cou of the natives the purposes and intentions shall suit the capacity and requirements onsistent with the ine 10 be exercised in any apirit of vengoutos: but haviug tyranny sovereignty States fs bound the Philippines. To ny them The majority of the Commissioners incline under » tral government whieh shall be mil be Tens NAVY HAs ANOTHE ® v x SSEL, boats, Has Been Saved, Washington, I. C., (Special b-Anotber oy in the shape of the ganboat Baracoa, The sunk pear Guantanamo, Caba, It is a Gee fultype of vessel for patrol work and is about 30 per cent. larger thas the gusbonts Sandoval and Alvarado, sow at the Waal ington navy yard, The Baracos is of steal, 114 feet long, 16 feet boa and 8 feet draft, Its displavemeans is 135 tons and with 220 horsepower it is able to make 10 knots an hour. It curries one Hostoria gun of 3.5-inch ealiber, one of 1.7 caliber and two machine guns, he Bara con will be ordered north as soon as it ean be made ready lor the voyage, The Navy Department is still waiting to hear from the Swedish Company which has undertaken to raise the Crisioual The project has not been abandosed ly means, Exper: engioeers in the employ of earelul stady of the situation, tuted to Sweden and, sccording to thele report, began the preparation of exact esti mates of the cost of raisiog the ship, entertained no doubt of their abiiity to raise the ship, JOHN MOORE CONFESSES The Kansas Marderer of His Children Says it Was "Like sn Dron" MeDPherson, lan. (Special. )-~John Moors, the Hutchinson murderer, made a algued statement of his horrible erime, Moore murdered his five children with a hatebet and knife, then burned the house over their heads, He and his wife Bad quarreled, and he says they were about to separate, Iu the statement Moore says: “I had bean feeling prety bad for tho past two or three days, The children were all in bed asleep. I turned the lamp down and wenttobed, 1 then had one of my worst spells, and my bead hurt me awlfuily and everyihing seemed floating before me, nud the pext thing that | remember alter this was in irging to get cut of the house, I have a recoliection of going throagh =» struggio Hike a dream thet 1 hall remember, HAH the recollection I have about this is that | wonid rather soe my children dead than to leave them in the hands of my wifi’ people, It was like a dream 10 mw that I done something to the children, but | do not recollect using the knife or hatehet, 1 loved my children and 1 lived for them," A iso A Your of Grant Prosperity. Wheeling, W. Va, (Spocial, } The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Pitts burg, Wheeling and Restueky Ratiroad Company was held In this city, The follow. ing directors were elected: LP. Hubbard, . List, 8e, H. K. List and Joseph i, ot Wheeling; James MeCron and rE A tart year was gue 0 great prosperity with this lise, which is operated by the . The gross Sen show An inrenus of over 8 RIOTS IN HAVANA. om———— Many Persons Wounded in a. Conflict With Police, w——— PEOPLE OPENED FIGHT. Bad Feeling Between the Folice snd the to Fifty Persons Were Wounded. ————— resulted in much shooting and elubbing, From thirty to fifty persons were wounded, some seriously, Captain Estampes, formerly a Colonel in the Cuban army, week ago with the demonstration in boaor of Gen, Maximo Gomez, the police have been them and deelnre them inefficient, Certain newspapers let no opportunity escaps to criticise the foros, denouncing the arrests as unfair, and charging the police with “tramp . ling upon the rights of a free people,’ who have to make the people fear them in | order to secure obedifnee, record to fall back upon for example, ball in Ban Jose street, an unsavory quarter of Havana, Many Cuban officers, and Captains among them, attended the affair. A policeman on duty on that street, Hie request was unheeded, the group, whereupon many men his elab roughly, The polloomen Immediately notified head- quarters, who ordered tweutly reserves lo trouble, The crowd had pre. pared for thelr arrival, Itis sald they opened with a revolver fire upon the police, which 14 and revolver, and bandied him until The opponents of the poiles acted with dee termination In the affray. Many who were the rool, od Hired upon the up is comparatively low, poiles from that point, They were appar- well armed and, this fact together with the resolution with which they fought, Gg party was mostly made up of Cuban offi. cores, as ordisary olvillans would Pabilie opinion conflieting charge thet n with interfering with the rights of the people, As the facts becomes kpown, however, opinion foree, respecting American troops were ealied to When the trouble was Over, arresis followed. Police Capt who is well known io Cuban military elreles, is #0 badly Inj ited that fears are entertained that be will pot recover, FP Baoul Arango, who came into polices ou the day ol the Gomez the scene bis atliem pts to break up the procession, and who sulsequently chaliouged Gen, Alejandro chief of staff of Gen, Gomer, or efforts to resic order, ype BANDITS KILLED, Miller Hepulses Their Upan Liolle. Manila, Phillippines Isiands, Attack {By Cable} untais bacditii of Pasay Isiand re- threatened a sericgs aitack upos Liolio, but they were repulsed, with a loss ef two hundred gen, by General Miller, It is reported, oo hitherto reliabies author ity, that Agoisaido Is taking extreme mons. ures (0 suppress sigus caleuinted to cate A cesstition of hostilities, Twelve adherents independetce, residents of Manila, have been condemoed to death bee en dod upon 10 Ou Friday last General Lagarda Aguisaido to quit, He argoed with the jo him of the foliy of his persistence in the face of overwhelmiog odds, Aguinaldo was furious at ihe advice, aud ordered Goneral Lagarda to be executed immediately, The unfortuuste general was promptiy Among the Incidents of the fighting was the coolness exhibited by 8 compnny of ‘the Washington Volunteers, who crossed ine filteats being taken across ol each trip of small bodi-win aitack the caswy's The ivaldiity of the commissary train to keep up with the advance ied 10 considers. bie suffering, and many of the men were compioieiy eaisusted when they were ree called, and, falling from the ranks, ware sirung along for a distance of almost six miles, numbers returning to camp in the artillery ambulsoces, wiieh were always close up to the lines. The work of tue ambulances was especially worthy of meus ticu, NO APPOINTMENT Yrom UTAR, Only One Senator From Utah Until the Next Lagistature Moots. Balt Lake, Uiab, (Special j—Governor Wells bas decided for the present, at lonst, not to appoiot a United States Senator to sticeerd Senator Cannon, whose successor falied of election in the jolt assembly, which closed (is session in a deadlock March § Inst, Should s Senator be appointed from one of the States, and the Senate acts favorably on the appointment, Governor Wells wil then name Seoator Cannon's saeceasor, but otherwise bo will allow the matter to be seis tied by the next legisisture, CAMBON TO ACT YOR SPAIN, ir SMOKELESS POWDER BLOWS UF | Three Men Killed and a Number Injured wt the Dupont Works, Penn's Grove, N. J.. (Bpecinl, j=-Over 3,000 pounds of smokeless powder exploded j at the E, I Dupont Powder Works, st Car. ney Polut, near here, and opposite Whiming- { ton, Dal, lostautly killing three workmen | and injuring a number of others slightly. } The bodies of the dead wore blackened | and disfigured by the explosion, | It bas not boon determined what essed { the accident, whieh took place about I i o'clock in one of the arying Louses, The { shoek from this explosion shook the eoun- | xy for miles around and fu this town heavy | panes of glass were broken In many houses, Aeross the Delawsre river in Wilmington the noise of the explosion was also heard, Immediately following the first #xplosion same several other distinet, apd nearly me oud, explosions In small storehouses, Both the dreylug bonuses and the storehouses were 1smolished, and other small buildings abou? ihe works were damaged, Francis G. Dupont and his nephew were | at work fo the laboratory at the time of the | explosion and were slightly injured by ploces of glass, but personally directed the sare of theother injured and the recovery i of the dead, | The works have bess runnlog on large government orders for smokeless powder, MORE sAMOAN TROUBLES, | Germans Demand the Removal of Chief Justice and the British Consul Berlin, (By Calis, A petition was re { eeived at the Vorelgn OMece beto signed by | the Gormuaus in Beamon, protesting vehie. | men:ly against the retention of Chief Justice Chambers and a further malntenstce of the i Beriin treaty, which is characterized as no longer bearable, Toe petitivoers detnll a i number of alisged contraventions of the { treaty by Mr, Chambers, especially toward Herr Grevesmubl, the ebiof of polles, The petition and the cMdal reports will { be sent tothe United Btates Ambassador Andrew D, White, in support of the Germs case, The Lokal Anze from its Samoan correspondent, { Wolltorsdorff, dated February 21. After | recounting the eritienl situation the writer | declares that if the German { will not help the Germans of Apia agninst { the alleged Injustice and outrages of { Chambers the Gormnans wii rise armed i obtain the desired redress, The correspondent then describes the ier publishes a iets: the in. { tions of the Foreigo OMoe arrived, { the recognition of Mr. Chambers. Tue Tageblatt domuads the removal of E B. 8 Maxse, Beitles Consul at Apis { elaimivg be is rine canes of all the | tre the the ya bie, A SMYRNIOTE IN OUR NAVY, John VYervevis Kilted in Action on Winslow in Cabs. Washingtos, D. « Special The Department has received an SOL msmorative service in Minor, in honor of John Vervevis, ote, who was a nom ie { torpedo boat Winslow and i tion In the battle of i May 11.1 The BErvic as Rav) BOC Bmyrne, Asis a Smyra- r of the crow of the was killed in se Cardenas, € aseount stales abs nat | posing luneral took plaos in Church of 8, John the Baptist in the pre. saoe of the friends aad Kinsmen of the dond | snlior and many spectators Mr. Stllpou the director of | museum tho Greek { or his warm admirs- nation, moved all { sonciuded by a panegyrie upon can flag, which be bojped i hmughtily lor centu and be respec { all countries, diffasing ol progres ¢ justios and civilization Pitinkis, and leader of i well known, It Is said, {tion of the American | speech which deeply delivered the Ameri ries rays DUG UP HIDDEN WEALTH, Farmer Found Money Buarled in O14 Shoes and Now He is Arrested Terre Haute, lod. (Special. ) ~The police of this city have arrested Rocam logran farmer band, on a pocaliar charge. Ingram was employed on the farm of George Il Prink, near Chrisman, lik, and several days ago, while digging sear employer's barn, anearthod ac old tomas ean coutnining $80, Ingram search with such good resuits that brought to the surface £160) which bad bean tried In old cans snd shoes, Frank, whose mon=3 it was, discovered bis joss nud telegraphed the police of this pity. [Ingram has agreed 10 return to Li nois without requisition papors, and an offi- cer will take him back. CAPTUKED BY BEAD HUNTERS, n—— inn Yitipine Prison, San Prapciseo, Oal,, (Special, A Jette: trom Captain MeQuosten, surgeon of the Twonty-sighth Infanty, now at Manila, telis of the release of A. B, Peters, an American photographer, who was eaptured and tor. tared by Filipinos. Voters was munds prisonet while taking pictures oatside ths American lines, He by a native captain, who tested bis sword on the prisonor’s body and threatened lo kill him, The Filipino chisel then ealied in a number of naked savages, all armed, who made passes at Peters, and one of whom wonntded him In the arm, The next morsing be waa itakenio Mal iolos, where he found eight other Ameri onus, two Eaglishmes and a Spaniard, Finally be got his release through the fu- tervention of American ofMelnls. A A RAN Recrnits for Garrison Dmy, Columbus, O,, (Special. )—Au order for the organization of a naw company at the United Stalns barcacks hore ls believed to mean that all posts in the United States will be garrisoned by recruils, while the regular infantry will bo sent ro the Philippines, The cavalry only Is expected to be retained for duty in the Woes, Mother and un Bursed. Uniontown, Pa., (B;welal)~Mre, Frank Witslek, of Oliver, vo kindio the fire poured coal oil In the stove while she was holding n Lube in ber arms and another obild was standing near, Baddenly thero was ab ex plosion, and the flames shot out snd envel: oped them all, Thelr clothing was barned off and thelr bodies were fatally burned. PERSONAL NATURE, © Gen, Biwell Oils is aiways ous of bed be. Tore = feels geands, Nevada, is sald to be ones, stil ony of the beat rough riders in the Senator Pairbanke has been so sword, the Rif ——o—— Women Leap From a Blazing Lodge Room. sooo aor TWO OF THEM KILLED. A Number of the Women Rush Through Smoke und Fiame Down the Only Stair way —All of Them More or Less Burned ~Explosion of a Gasoline Stove the Cause. Omaha, Neb, (Bpreinl, ) Comparatively insignificant ju mwaterin! destruction, but appalling in its burvest of deaths and suffer. fog, was a fire that partially destroyed the Patterson Block, at Seventeenth snd Doug- ins streets, Two of its victims have already puseed away, one more is not expected Lo live, and ubout 26 others are sufl.riag from broken limbs and burned and incerated flesh. The biszs started sboriy aiter 1hres o'clock, A group of women, busy with the affairs of the secret orders with which they were affiliated, wore in a moment brought face to face with death, Sixty seconds ister reves of them lay burned aud bleeding on the pavement to which they bad drop ped, 40 fest below, and the others wers rescusd after they had been more or less severely injured in their desperate dash down the single fight of stairs that Jed to salety. The fire originated from & gasoline sve explosion in a room ip the rear of the third floor of the building and next to the slave It was not discovered until it had About twenty members of the Women's mittee meeting in the front weiting-room, ob the same floor, They were unconscious of danger until janitor threw open tie door and told them flames cut them off. The warning came too late. The fire swept WAY, Those pearest the door the with The rest faced au solid wall of Same, There was a fire escape at the south front of the bulld- of it. They papie-siricken to the Windows through which the smoke was siready pour The fire, scarcely a foot behind them, scorched their fled through In another instant the spectators sitracted by the cloud of smoke were horrified 10 ses one aftsr another spring from the open beavily to lhe pejymmenti They were quickly carried bysicias across the Most of them were bleeding from in shreds, uid be appited Viarkson Hopi the tad. out As fast ss dressings co DRECIOUGN NGS, Aside from the fatslities and the injuries one, ball of The losses are Various secret rupied halls on the second lost their regalia and pa~- exceed #50000 which was on the buiiding. A PALACE OF SALT. to Attract Visitors, Balt Lake, Utadb, (Special )-Bomethiag this city shortly. Cities in a enid climate srest ice palaces, put up a salt pale Miilions of tons of salt rook ar~ avail It #s sald that there are no difcuition in the way of making the proposed palsce be a noveily, and iy from from al When completed it will visitors not © inter-mogutsin section, bul the country. paris of Aow it is an Ugster Trust. New Haven, Conu,. (Special) -Uader the laws of the State of New Jesey an or- over 86 000.000, which will sontrel the oyster grounds on both sides of Long | leland Sound, in New York and New Jersey | bays, oyster farms of Narragauseil bay and ! Rhode Island and orster ground« of Massa- ehasstte, Andrew Radel, of Bridgeport, pany, it is said, will be made president of the pew company. A Chattanooga Hallway Leased. Chattanooga, Tesn., (Special )-~Presi- dent 8. W., Divine, of the Chattanooga Rapid Transit Company, bas just returned from the East. Al Washiugioa he signed a cone tract with the Southern Hallway for a nine tracks snd will equip tbe suburban lip with electricity, The same company pow build an eisetrie line to Chickamauga, the work to be commenced al once. Baltle more, Poiladaiphin and New York eapitaie ists are furnishing the fuods, To Increase Southern Iron Oatput, Birmingham, Ala, (Special }— Because of utprecedented demand for Bouthern pig fron, furnace operators are preparing to in. arease the output of this distriot 50 per cont, within the next sixty days by tlowing in seven farnaces now idle, This will make 21 furnaces in operation, with a daily capacity of 2.600 tons, High iron prices are expected to cnuse an other advance in the wages of 10,000 miners Apri 1, according to the siding wags sonls, Esverhazy to Jolin Aguinalde? London, Boag, (By Cable Major Count Eoterhazy bas made tome seemingly frank statements thin week 10 aa Interviewer. He raid that the French beadquarters’ staff sup. plied bim with anti-Direylus articles “ready written for ipsertion in the American pa- He also expressed the wish that he had a uianido und sayy .
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