Bsns. se ue HOTEL CHICAGO DISASTER DEATH OF THREE 14 SERIOUSLY INJURED. BLAZE. RESULTS IN PEOYVLE. Conflagration Desiroys the Windy City Rescues Were Reported, Whizh were a Policemen. Early nn Hostelry In Gallant Heroes in Morning the Vorter and Beveral Chicago, 1ll., (Special, 1 were killed and 14 were which destroyed the Hotel Hulene, at 110 to 114 Fifty-third street. Five of the injured wiil probably dle, The dead: Charlotte girl; fouad in her room, 0 Lena Pearson, found burned almost beyond recognition in room with Miss I’ BN, G. MeNaddin. The seriously injured: W, E, Horn, burned about face and hands and body, ieg broken, will die; E. E. Tarbux, turned abe body, recovery doubtful; Elizabeth Florence, internally injured and skull fractured, un- consclc doubtful; } both ankles sprained and Interpally injured hree persons y i injured in a fire erson, dinlng-room bure d to A erisp. elerson, ut Lhe recovery T. Allen, back broken and internally | jumped from third-story window, Helen Joseph, badly bruised and overcome by smoke; Stella Neilwol jumped from first floor, overcomes and injured internally; L. porter, burned Sarah Hutchin- son, high school teacher, injured in falling from second floor: Hi cut by falliog glass; Mrs. Bruce an overcome by smoke; Thomas Morgan, poli nao, back injured, and Mrs, Adelia Lawson, badly bruised. The loss to the was §40, 000, The destruction of with daring rescues and r ski, chamber by smoke about face tf James Costin, firemas building and ( the hotel was re Arrow QSCa pes, and of hero. He was a porter in the hotel the first to i upants of their danger, He carried Helen Josey a swaying ladder the third then, amid the cheers of the ounlo turned to was lying He carrie her into The eff rt an MeNeill, he staggered | smoke, Th peo I) was warn the sle } ye fr "wy 0" iron i ronid 2 second floor jent were roi ground asd s The res aroused the Mrs. Bruce, was clinging with the other arm of a second-story nd pouring out and Mrs, Bruce the point of falling. laxing, when carrying a blanket held taut among ti rushed the flames, which darting {rom the basement windows time to caxch the woman and her child, ing them from almost certain death. Bruce was badly burned, } in protecting her baby, There other narrow es and "ue enthu with one arm around } sadder three into were then Just in Mrs ut had succeeded were exhibitions many f the structure, p as there was only one entrance to the J ing, which compelled the the guests t KT exits ws, imber of best they ater y nuke their id through the wind ues were nearly all a The bhiaze ae nen arrived. NEADS saveaq mi have perished, A FATAL DRIVE. A letter ¢f commendation prepared by the colored pastors of Macon sant to Ex-Governor MacCorkle, of West Virginia. of Mattoon, has ngress by the Hepublicans Lins boen Horneo 8. Clark, bean minated for ( of the Nineteenth lilinols District The Washington Supreme ( aflirmed the deol of the Court in the ease of George OC, Lawrenose, appellant, vs, the Times Printing Company and the Associated Press, respondents from Kings ourt Kings County has ion county. Both the Yosemite Valley stuges--ona go- were held up at nig! by a Flat, ing each way lone highwayman at B'g Neck sion of the Meth of the ch, At- Westin The 18th quadrennial ses dist Protestant Church Conference United States opened in Christ Cl City, Dr. J. W. Hering, of Md., presided, The St Louls Preshyterian Assembly re ommended to Congress that no more ap- propriations be made to i tions in this country unless they be closed on Sunday, Fhe Missouri House of the bill to ous Nt, L lantio ster, national exposi Delegates revoke the fraschise of the vari street rallw ase thoy failed t ¢ity ordinances, ous npanies in » run cars in mpliance ports have been recelved to the effect 1 ro men were killed and seven injured, bree fatally, by the explosion of the boller of a locomotive road at Dubols, 11, on the Illinois Central Hall hundred em and Two Seabury run quit work. It was declared flown Cit The Negotiation , Calif en practi ) be $82 8 Are a Nat ¥ A MRLOnDA: the Kansas City gatheriz in a Surrey, Btaunton i wife and surrey alter midnigl he driver. Most driv were drinkin and retu ta coroner's t that in inquest evi a the head % t quarrel Rowe es OF | gree or our be 4 1 Fit 1 Lat, A8 a resul STRUCK BY A LOCAL FREIGHT. One Brother Killed iy Injured. Parkersburg, W, he “necinl and Another Serfons. Adam d 18 and 25 nployed by the Par kersburg ial P or} while home o ari § bart . _eLe ret Wo o clock were struck by al freight train re and Ohio shops, the former instantly the iatter serfously injured. near the PBaltime being Mules for South Africa. New Orleans, Special.) The 1.608 mules, and the cleared for the same port with 1.450 mules, army officials, Fire at Paris Exposition. Exposition. The flames were discovered in the basement of the Chateau d'Etau, The fire was sxtinguished after an hour's hard work. Roanoke's Cotton Mill Roanoke, Va., (S8pecial.)—The Roanoke Cotton Mill will be In operation in a few months, The stockholders elected officers for the first year, ————— ——— FROM WASHINGTON. The government officials are vigorously pushing the investigation into the alleged postal frauds In Havana, A dispateh from that city says that one of the culprits bas made a confession which implicates others besides Charles F. W. Neely, The House, by a majority of one, unseated Mr. Crawford, Democrat, of North Carolina, and seated Mr. Pearson, his Republican com- petitor. “Jurisprudence” was the tople discussed at the final day's session of the American Boclal Bolence Asgogiation. vy at Augusta, ut milion t nable doubt was given tk by Judge Fitzgerald in the case the convicted Dean Company reas of Newport News, Va., was charge of attempted assauit Ellis in Elizabeth City county. n attempt was made to kill Father Kion owski, pastor of the Polish Independent The big Street Falr and Carnival at Dich. Churchill D, Webster, a lineal descendant in Richmond, The front of August Martin's saloon, In Wheeling, W. Na,, was blown away by dyna- toite Three thousand Immigrants reached New York from various European ports, Two prosteations from the heat were re- ported in Chicago, Mrs. Marlon James, solored, has gone from Birmingham, Ala, to Rome to tell the Pope that she was commanded to warn him that his death would soon oeeur, Charles Paustein, an athlete, of Butte, Mont. killed Alexander Tate, shot 124 seri. ously wounded Mrs. Tate and then commit ted sulelde, Twenty-five hundred miners in Michigan went on strike, Mre. Richard H, Hunt, wife of a wealthy New York architect, has gone out West to establish a residence for divores pu . Miss Annie Jackson, granddaughter of James E, Miller, In New York, sloped with and married Alfred CC. Terwilliger, her conchman, Federal authorities have Intervened in the Kansas City street-car strike and granted a sweeping and absolute Injunction against interference with the rallways. In St Louls the strike continues, but with less violenoe. Towerman Frank Lamtell slept at his post and allowed one freight train to erash Into another in the Baltimore and Ohlo tunnel, Philadelphia, The engineer and fire d two trams were killed, MORE CUBAN FRAUDS. POSTMASTER THOMPEON, AT HAV. ANA, NOW SUSPENDED, Havana, postal frauds Fuspected, ~ 4 partment, ti iocal offices st offices have extended to throupghon been used f issue of stan I'he re mpson, wi Ho will romans present, Year. the sediers in the mn sltamy in of : 3 | ean ar rested and further arrests aro ted. As as six others hay CLOBCSL BUTrValLance, § 5 sted as soon sg thelr services can be spared, nil to be be ) CATEY h ostal Department As a matter « fact, Hl they werd iddenly rolleved of duty it would not . Rooves and ostal Dey thelr own roo tharge weaver, ander ar of de be the Rrin Special quarters » in some ers will be taken lav's arrests Gian vetween the COTTON GLLONYWREE iantere Will Te Georgin 1 jre gent, Histe and men, mah. merchants and lawyers, by Hon. , president Hon, J. B. English representing every county in the composed of planters, warehouse ne ti acturars, The Hoke Smith, the State F. Hanson, and others, The organization of Growers’ Association cone tion. Harvey Jordan was elected president, F. M. Langley vice president and N. R Hutchinson secrotary.iressurer, An execs. tive of three Congress bankers, convention was addressed Hon, Br Agricul Pope Harvey Jordan, 1 of Hoclety; the Georgia Cotton ded the conven commitiee was chosen omed representatives {rom sional distriet, Fatal Explosion of a Mine. Citfton, W. Va,, (Special. )-An explosion of firedamp in the Camden-Spilman mine killed Charles Varian and several others. The tipple and several mine cars at the mouth of the miae were blown away and demolished, and several persons narrowly escaped from flying debris. A flash of pow- der ignited the gas, rug Store Wrecked, Chicago, (Special) A terrifie explosion at 4 P.M. wrecked the third and fourth floors of the Dale & Semplil drug store in the heart of the business district here and seriously Injured three men, The explosion was due Lo escaping gas, Every window In the building was shattered pnd many persons hit Ly falling glass, A fire followed the explosion, but it was quick- ly extinguished. Nogas Stamp Story Diseredited. Washington, (Bpeeial.)~The officials at the PostofMies Department generally discredit the report that counterfeit Cuban stamps to the value of $2,000,000 wore manufactured at Munole, Ind, According to a statement prepared at the department, the total value of stamps, stamped envelopes and postal cards supplied Neoly was slightly less than $1,000,000, The last shipment of stamped paper sent to Havana, so far as the depart. ment is aware, was made August 19, 1800, Two freight trains on Pe Lackawanna collided, and Engineer William Eschenbach wes killed, AGUINALDD WRITES. HISALLVGED PROCLAMATION I8 CIR. CULATING IN MANILA. URGES FILIPINOS TO FIGHT. eclares the Committees Was Un authorized by Congress It Also Advises is Welcome sion and Ask for What 1 o: They Des Peace Countrymen to Commis in of Gover. mont fre. porting \ poring Lo have and dated May the Philippi ceu'ating in Mand It says the o pointed | i with i that, he nities ap dent McKinley was ay fi 34 nuih pointe rization of Congress, an it cannot treat officialiy, the the instigation of It urges Filipinos not thelr arms tee ud or wromises whi y urges the sinalically wele he toy in ul for me 1 when It arrives boldly asking oy MANILA MAY REVOLT. HEumors of Nati § in the Philip pine Capital Meetings Broken Up. Filipinos oy cans and Americans lost 1 MAFVEEING RELIEYED Boer Forces Have Ralsed the Siege of iaryison. London, (By Calle Mafeking has been relieved and London is mad with joy. All night thousands paraded the stroetssbout- ing the praise of Daden-Powell, who is now the hero of the hour, The news of the relief came from Pretoria, henoe there is little doubt of the anthenticity of the information, although the Dritish War OfMee has not yet received any definite word, The Boer version is that when the laagers and forts around Mafeking bad been severe. ly bombarded the siege was abandoned, a British foree from the south taking possess sion of the place, It is Hkely, however, that the laagers were bombarded by the British relief column prior to the I jer retreat. it ia officially announced that General Buller has occupied Neweastle, ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE. Mra, Howard Gould has collected one of the finest Hbrariea of works on the Eoglish drama extant in this eountry. Colonel Dalgetty, whose name is associ ated with the defense of Wepener, was born in 1868 and saw active service In Bouth Afri oa in 1896, It is not often that a man is found with such an app Westminster, Md. The appropriatences lies in the fact that the Mr, has the repu- tation of being the tallest man in the Htate, MR. CLARK RESIGNS. Unusunl Proceedings in Montana Contest Cane Is Heappolnted by Acting fCiovernor Spriggs. Helena, Mont, “eruocr Bpriges Butte, United 8 the next Wwrye until legislature hifs pyecos enator Cla y in the day during the artisan of the Daly eft the HHornia to fen some mining cases 1ieh there was resigning, HE A surprise 1 fate tw people, veoks ago for Cal- He iE snntor Clark The resignation just filed came the neastile . inte whe the peopl Biate, who Goy- ¢ tele had no inkilpg of § eruor Bpriggs received over prepared, many ij a great the state urging him to that he was 3 0B large VIICANS as weil, FENATOR CLARK RESIGNS, Montana Millionaire Arraligns His Ene ties in the Senate. Washin u, Special, Mr. Clark, of M« fairly swept the Benate rial sunounes t tba with t he had sent y the governor of tana gFurprise } v au 1 as Benalc ru Announcement came withou gyious ww, and probably not half 0 per- ons in Washington knew that it Mr. ( Wat 1 was 10 be nde irk stra ror iron flomt EDWARD PHILLIPS Sheriff Carrickhoff Harrisonburg. KILLED, by Deputy ' i iver in y ensued SIX LIVES LOST. in Lee Mines of Tom's Creek Coal Field. hpoetin an Explosion lombia state that the ing and that Pasama is bands of the revolu- riots were continued | file and Yalencia, Spain, i clear the sreets, ‘asha started from Constantinopl with new proposals for the : indems The dosed dismasted, her crew the British bark Sealarer. H. T. Norie, manager of the Union Bank of Seotiand, committed suicide at his home in Edinburgh, The Japanese Crown Prince Yoshihito was married to Princess Sada Ko, Professor Dietzel, a German political economist, predicts the ‘downfall of the United States” as a result “of the enormous increase of American manufactured exports, a factor steadily undermining protection. fsm." Marshal Martinez de Campos has summed up the situation in Spain by declaring that “the ministry must govern or resign.’ Demonstrations against the taxation schemes are general throughout Spain, Queen Victoria returned to London appa. rently in good health, IRN Norwegl Superb was aban being saved FIELD OF LABOR. Wheeling hod-carriers earn $2.50 per day. At Cleveland the painters have secured a 6 per cent, advance In wages, and the lath. ers an Inorease from $1.50 to $3.00 per day. A new constitution embodying a declara. tion favoring independent politisal action has been adopted by the United Wood Car vers’ Association. Initiation fee of loeal unions under the district of the United and joloers will be raised to $3 and after May 15. KEYSTONE STATE. LATEST NEWS GLEANED FROM VARI. OUS PARTS, POLICEMAN DEFIES CHIEF. Tenr Down Collid- ed with a Locomotive at Shamokin. Four Children Plead Gulity of Murder at Pitts. burg, But Were Heleased Other News. He Was Ordesed American Flag Clalms to tunawny Train Ches ith Owing to the strike at Hetzel's mill, er, there has been more or less trouble w sympathizers, who bulit a fort near the mill avd placed offensive pla cards on a flag pole, A flag floats from the pole, the boys believing that while it floats Lo one dares 10 molest them, On Wednes. day night nith was arrested and because attached to i Chie! Berry ordered Offices 6 number of boy 2 Georges B the flag taken down Was a placard, Levi T. MeDonald to tear down another ob Jectionable placard, McDonald refused af first, then took off the offensive placard, Immediately thereafter, taking off bis badge and throwing it at the feet of Chief Berry, down chief . the officer { view with the ried 4 hie! says he did 1 wi the flag and ant Leary, Lost TiMe in Train Wreek. an accident or 2 Haliway By Heading Ars were hn Bharpe, caught X CAR , last January, was fi ror i Lhe € Lary tw ballots making st his Ls intimacy wit} Mrs, Dobinson, st once shot O'Neil. send- ing seven bullets into b wdy, The Lt ] set up the plea of emotd , which was sustained b , and on this alone Note Lis was send he J withstanding hi wunsel’'s motion for mediute discharge to jail by Julge Ball Boys Accused of Murder. children agalust whom were ¢ arder appeared io erimin Three lg 5 Dasis us Doyi , It was alleged, an Italian bootblack kn as “Hit Ea Again fight. Joseph Czar ki, a Polish boy of 1 1 b wn iL a street CURIRgeq, uth Rid. 60 8 J-FYear-oid child ot ae doutlh ¥ hurling a brick whi i 8 Murder Followed Quarrel. ) sao} of Mt. Pleasant, was eh i , it is alleged, by William E. Bhivier, a lifelong friend of bis Schachte charged Shivier with carryiog to a woman friend stories of some pleasant action of his the day belore. They quarreled; bot fired revolvers and Bchachte fell, mortally When Shivier discovered that his 3 ur wounded, companion was dead be gave he authorities, declaring f. defense, ¥ mpi oad +008 i The victim was with the Tenth uilet plerced his shoulder Shivier is ix in jail, perved Malat ABLE, Fonr Strikers Arrested. the strik at the Builtonwood is alleged, lod the riot at by Bherill Har- They were given a Chase, and testi {| mony was given yp Superintendent Smythe i and others of the officials and workmen who ] were injured. Each of the prisoners was : 4 1 5 hatl wi i held in $1000 ball Tr court, ore 3.44 core nyraated Ie Arresieq ilies, bearing be Iron Industry's Growth, The construction of the new blast furnace the Warwick Iron and Steel ( ompany, by which its prodection will be increased from 200 tonsa per day to 600, has rendered neces. sary additional dumping grountl upon whieh the cinders from both furnaces may be de- posited, and for this purpose the company bas just purchased = 100.acre farm on the | opposite side of the Schuylkill river. The company proposes to bridge the river at thet point and eventually move the houses in which many of the workmen live over the river into Chester county. of Dead Hermit Identified. As a sequel to the finding of the body of William Rorfek ina shanty in Elk county last week, a mystery has been soived., Mrs, Elizabeth Ploof, of Newberry, has learned that the dead man was her brother from whom she had not heard from for four rs. Roriek was of sn eccentrio 4 tion and lived alone in a shanty, When his dead body was found, a letter written by Mrs, Ploot over four years ago, was found fu a pocket, and this led to the estab lishing of his identity. Jury Disagreed in Pritts Coase. Owing to the disagreement of tho jury John 8. Pritts and Hoary Pritts, of Fayette Couns tg. will have to stand trial again on the charge of moonshining, Their esse wont «over until October, : Forest Fires in Germany. A number of large forest fires, promoted by the dry heat, have destroyed property to the value of 000 Alx- in-Ohapelle. Two
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