Rk ow pn sn THE PASSION PLAY. | oven AS CHRIST, NERVOUSNESS, ANTON LANG, COME ny GRAND SCENIC EFFECTS. The New Impersonator Goes Through the Scene With Perfect Sell Possession -Jobann Ziviak, Judas, wn Great Improvement Over Hix Prede Cruclifivion aw cessor in the Role. Oberammergau, (By Cable, )—The initial performance of the Passion play, following the grand rehearsal of Bunday, took place Thursday. The attendance Wis enormous, despite the fact that the day was cold, eloudy and generally unfavorable, The representa- tion as a whole, according to the opinion of competent judges, surpasses that of 1890, Herr Joseph Mayer, who recited the pro- logue, was, as on previous occasions, i ma Jostic figure, Herr Anton Lang, as Christ, was excellent, although nervous, His voice is clear and his face sesms to fit the character, although not so reflned as the face of Mayer, who was 80 long the Christ of these representations Lang, however, showed improvement as the performance progressed, his gestures being particularly graceful. During the Dethany scene a weird effect was produced by the sun breaking suddenly from the clouds and casting a brilliant beam on Christ's robe, Fraulein Anna Flunger, the Mary of the representation, has a fine, well-rounded face and is a good actress, bat the pathos that Hosa Lang was wont to display. ‘The player now taking the part of Judas, Johann Zwink, is very fine-—a vast improve- ment upon his predecessor in the role. Un the other hand, Thomas Rendt, the Peter of the cast, scarcely Hett's portrayal, Fraulein Bertha Wolff, as Mary Magdalene, is striking in appearance, and made a pro found impression. Sebastian Lang, as Cal- aphas, realized the ideal impersonation of that relentless priest. Fraulein Mathilde Rutz, the soprano, nas greatly admired and young Boold shows decided promise. During the afterncon performance Herr Anton Lang o by pervousness, but he went through the eruci hee Inoks S83 ROK equals was repeatedly overcom fixion scene with perfect sell-possession words heard by of the Sav the the memorable seven could be distinctly During Christ from the cro vast « course, the 2 swomotive i a x} comoll 4 LACKED NERVE. Half End of an Unhappy Life. A Vianned Double Tragedy Com pleted yaise F ck by Ernst ber and He Syracuse N. Y., was murdered in the Collins Bic Heebt, Hecht first ohloroformed then attempted to ke confessed the crime, saving “She started it and I ended die and then attempted to kill Mrs. Foster was found in Mrs, Mary Wilbur, who lives in the block Hecht was sitting in a chair in the room, Mrs. Wilbur saw that Mrs, Foster was dead A red rose Jay upon her throat, Chloroform was the means used by Hecht to kill Mrs, Foster. The police lound the folio Heeolt “My sweetheart love letter to yon. When you arrive here | will be ready for you. | own until you are ready to keep yi isos, Will ask but well and quickly, and If there lg a berealls I will wait for We will go band hand to meet the beyond b for us, “My darling, you thought me cruel, but Iwas kind. If I bad done as you wished, it would have been so mueh barder to have given it all up. I donot suffer. I have died & bundred deaths, but I am tired of struggle, Fate is stronger than I, "Take me in your arms; i Nnaeial pecia, L take bis o I saw her mysell.” ber room by it it. This is my first and last will bo all your ur f you ~ ro one thing Do it YOu. whatever ids 3 the hold me eloge to your warm, loving heart, until mine grows eold. Let your love be the last thing that I will realize In this world, so that I ean take it with me into the next. Your lips take roy last breath only to give it back when we meet again, for meet we certainly will, be it in heaven or hell, I will go where you go. “I will write po more now, as words are but empty sounds. Be brave, for I will Destroy this letter, for we must leave noth- ing behind for the world to gloat over. My daring, I kiss you.” Hecht said he committed the crime at 1 A. M.. and the woman died at 1.30, He then took a dose of the poison, became ill and lay down. He reeovered shortly and made up bis mind to blow bis brains out with a revolver, but could not nerve bimsaif to the deed, Heelit is a dyer and Las been in the eity only a few months, Ie ls a rover and was born in Austria, Mrs. Foster was the wife of Charles H, Foster, who was sent to El- mira Reformatory in October for forging his wife's name and obtaining jewelry from the Safe and Deposit Company. Hecht called upon Dr. A, J. Campbell, with a fellow workman, The man accom panying him said that Hecht had been talk- fog of kililng Mrs. Foster and himself, and he wanted him examined as to his sanity, Hecbt complained of bad palos in his head and the physician prescribed a nerve rem. ody. The doctor said that Hecht appeared to be intelligent and sane, A RUSH DOWN GRADE. Frightful Accident to a Work-Train 3 Killed and Others Badly Hart, Akron, O., (Special). Three men were killed and a number of others seriously in- jured, as a result of an aceldent to a work- train on the Akron and Cuyahoga Falls Rapid Transit (electric) Suburban Line, The brakes on two cars loaded with gra. vel, and esrrying about a dozen workmen, became disabled at the top of a steep grade, The cars rushed down the incline at a terri. ble speed. Nive of the workmen jumped from the card as they sped along and were * pariously Injured, Three men stuck to the ears until they jamped the track at the bottom of the hill and were killed In the wreek. FROM WASHINGTON, in the Senate the preumatio tube service provision In the Postoffics Appropriation bill was discussed, and Senator Morgan's resolution to Investigate the Panama Canal Company was referred, Governar Smith, of Montana, appointed Martin Maginnis to succeed Senator Clark, and wired a protest agains: the appointment of Clark by the Lieutenant Governor, The House passed a bill to pay Confeder- ate soldiers for losses sustained by them by reason of the violation of the terms of Lee's surrender to Grant, Gi NOTE TO PORTE. Griscom Again Probes Sick Min of the East Not an Ulthmatom,! Constantinople, { By Cable.) The United States Legation having vainly waited four weeks for a reply to the pote of April 24, re- garding the American indemnity claims, Mr. Lloyd C, Griscom, United States Charge d'Affaires, handed to Tewtik Pasha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, a new note, couched In more precige terms and insisting upon a prompt settlement, The note produced a great impression, as the Porte thought the matter postponed, if not abandoned, It is belleved that the Uni ted States will not walt so long this time for an answer, American indulgence thus far not having made a satisfactory impression upon the Porte, Not Denied in Washington, Washingtoh, ( Special.) ment that the department is still earnestly prosecuting the indemnity claims against the Turkish government the officials of the State Department deeline to indicate the character of the last instructions sent to Charge Giriscom {nu relation to these claims. It is certainly not an ultimatum, but itis bellaved to strong in its representa. tions as a diplomatic note could made without actually becoming an ultimatum, It is probable that before taking this step the President might call upon Congress, the war-making power, for an indication of its wish in the matter, 80 as to ensure full sup- port in the execution of any policy which he may feel called upon to adopt, The fact that this last note to Mr, Griscom was cabled the very day that Ahmed Pasha landed in New York, reputedly clothed with some mission in X yond the stale be as bay connection with these mis slonary claims, has given rise to a belief bere that the United States government will no give its sanction to any such compromise o the claims as has Leen suggested, OUR NEW POSSESSIONS. nen on + ¢ irning officers and port Thor of an eariy settiement assuring. as, from Manila, say the f the war Is lieutenant of the the Philippines, after a court- Hobert B. Cramer, Tnirty-fourth Reg was sentenced to martial trial, jr hay stored 4 upon attempted to ont at he guards and ope of them killed, Manila were [ir Uy ruinaldos g the Fillipines no request ission, as the commission President MeKinley withe tion of : Another charge against as defrau ms departn f several thousand d« worth « orting nominally for postal use large juantities of paper, which was subse sold to a large printing house in Havana. There has sonsiderable fighting on the Isiand of Samar, Philippines, Seven hundred insurgents attacked the Forty-third Infantry: only three Americans were wound- ed, and two hundred Filipinos were killed, W. H. Reeves, deputy auditor of Cuba, bas made a confession and given up £4,500 given him by Neely. It i= sald that his confession was the only Jick required in ihe evidenoe, William H. Hunt, of Montana, Was nomi- uated by President McKinley for secretary of state for the Island of Porto Rico, Congress, is that hie ent out f duties Neoaly led the inrs by img queatly been Over chain of A MAN OF MYSTERY. rank Friday Will Tell Nothing of Fast Life. Wheeling, W. Va, (Bpeclal. ) Frank Fri- day, who with John Mooney has been sein. tenced to be hanged July 13 for murdering James Hervey March 1, will likely go to the gallows without ultering one ryiable that could give the suthorities a bint as 10 what his past career has been, The couple intended to rob old man Her- vey, a rich landowner living in the suburbs, but when a show of resistance was made they shot him as he stood in his library sur. rounded by the members of his family. To the police Mooney Is well koown. Years ago he executed a daring bank rob bery in Pittsburg and bid in the waters of the Ohio River, although it was In the month of Mareh, for 12 long hours. Even when sentenced to be hanged ha refused to tell his attorney anything about bis family, KANSAS CITY HOTEL ROBBED. One Man Helds Up the Night Employes and Makes a Valuable Haul. Kansas City, Mo, (Special). A lone high- wayman ettered the corridor of the Coates Hotel, one of the leading hotels here, at 11.30 o'clock P. M., and fureing the strong box of the cigar stand, escaped. The box eantained dinmonds valued at $1 200, $260 goid, currency and silver, and checks 10 the amonnt of $100. He held the night clerk and another employe of the hotel off at the point of a revolver, and escaped on a horse that he had tied to the curbing. in in Hanged for Killing His Sweetheart. Allentown, Pa., (Bpecial) -— Frank J, Krause was hanged in the county jail for the murder of his sweethoart, Maggie Guth, at Cedarville, on March 3, 1809, on which occa- sion he also fatally wounded Owen Kern, Krause was hostler in a hotel kept by Kern, and the girl was employed as a servant, FOREIGN AFFAIRS. In the British House of Commons Mr Chamberlain introduced the Australian Come monwealth bill. He sald a bill would also be introduced in the House of Lords pro. viding for appointment of a representative each of Capada, South Africa, Australia and India, to be members of the Privy Couneil, and who would aot as lords of appeal, The recent speech of Emperor Francis Joseph in which he declared an entents with Russia on the subject of Oriental questions ne , is peverely eriticised in German politieal circles, There wore twenty-three cases of the ba bonie plague at Port Bald, of which thirteen were [atal, Two Ohinamen, condemned to death for the murder of Missionary Drooks in China, bought two substitutes, who suffered ihe death penalty in their pince, The London Dally Graphie correspondent sends a pathetio plotare of the desolation in famine-stricken India Ambassador Choate was the guest of honor at the Flsbmongers” dinner In London and made a witty speech, The Boxers are reported to have murdered a number of native Cbristians near Tien TWENTY-TWO DEAD. TEN WHITE, TWELVE (COLORED MEN VICTIMS OF DISASTER, CAUSED BY FIRE - DAMP. Comnock Coal The Superin- Who Lost ne Fx. Explosion Occurred in Mines in North Carolina tendent Was Among Those All Bodies, With Hevcovered., Their Lives ception, Raleigh, N. C., (Special), - Twenty-two miners, ten white and twelve negroes, lost their lives in an explosion at Cumnoek Coal Mines, Chatham county, N. C. The explo- slon is supposed to have been caused by a broken guaze In a safety lamp, Forty or fifty men were in the mine at the time, The nceldent was in what is known as the Fast Heading, Five were brought out alive from the East Heading, while pone of the men in the other parts of the mine was in Jured, Within an hour after the explosion the work of rescue began, and by daylight all the bodies except one, that of Sim Melntyre, bad been brought to the top. All the bodies were horribly burned, The at the the mine, where many of the widows and children of the dead men were gathered, were heart rending I'he bodies of the victims of the explosion were prepared for burial and the funerals of several took place John Connolly, the mine superintendent came to this Stats from Pittst Pa three children ROOnes enirance to about three years ago urg He leaves 8 widow and + Ihe mines are situated at Cumpoek, about six miles from Nan. used ina A. Henzy, of Phiindelphin, organized a company and modern machinery are two shafts, ventilation working shaft ly more than M0 {ee has bean long desuitory way, hut in 1588 Samuel an uber, 1805, the an same time, In his explosic fire damp, the this oceasd lost thelr lives fr IgG many « ng explosi ont 200 pu thal other explosl mite Years ag FOISON IN HER MEDICINE, An Aged Farmer's Desperate Method of Getting Rid of His Wife. Hastiogs, Mich. (Special A. RB of Hope Township, was brought to charge The man is 88 years old, and his teen of attempting to polsor | prosper years of age r half a century ily together. us farn 1 hey but er wile is 3 have married never lived happl) A few years ago he put paris green in her tea, Lut she discoverad it in time to save ber life Then he ison for himself and drank a large quantity, but | ans an emetic. Since that time Mrs, Smith bas been an invalid and conflaed to her bed. Smith poison her Ly degrees. He put arsenie in her medicine, but it felied to work, Then he resorted to paris green again, giviog it to her In slight doses. He increased the dose from day to day and finally put in enough of the poison to color the medicine gresn. A servant girl detected the greenness and called the wife's attention to iL, The wile thereupon complained to a neighbor, and officers were set to wateh the id man, and be was caught in the act of dosing the medicine, When arrested he de clined to make any statement and has since to an explanation He re- mates mute and declines even to consult & mixed a po t acted evidently decided to refused yield IaWyer TWO ARE DEAD. a Wedding a Frightful Fight Took Place. (8pecial Instead of Macon, Ga, Word was evived here to the effect that a Mr, Gleaton rode out to the home of his sweetheart, a Miss Raines, about eight miles from Cor dele, and was accompanied by a friend, in tending to have a wedding. When they arrived at the home of the young lady she joined them, but her father interfered and tried to induces her not to jeave him. Ope word brought on another, and fioaliy 6 quarrel was on. The younm lady's brother rushed up with his pistol and commenced to shoot at Gleaton and Glest- en's friend. Gleaton drew his pistol and shot the young lady's father, killing him in- stantly. He then shot the brother, By this time a friend of the Eaine's family rushed up and tried to stop the trouble, and was himself shot down, Gilraton then drove awny, returning to his home, and the young lady went into } " then the brother has ‘died The friend of the Haines family is believed to be mortally wounded, and the friend of Gilealon is in a critical condition. The situation at Inst reports was as follows {he young lady's brother dead, and the friends of ties are ex pected to die, re. er honey Rinoe father are opposing par and the Young Girl as Mall Carrier. Ripley, W, Va., (Special) Mise Dora Wolfe, a gir! of sixteen, was sworn in as mail earrier here, She is the daughter of C. P. Wolfe, a liveryman, and ber daties will be to earty the mall on horseback between here and BSandyville, one trip each way, daily. She will have two bags of letters each way, and goes armed and ready for in. traders, She has frequently carried the mall on this route when the former mail carrier was fndisposed, FIELD OF LABOR. London bas 00 union bakers, Ranta Monies, Cal,, elected a socialist to the council, New York socialists will hold a State cone vention next month, Princeton, Illinois, has lately changed from private to publio lighting, An English authority states that 140,317 farm laborers have been thrown out of em- ployment by machinery in the last fow years and that but 4,000 of them are needed to operate the machinery, The municipal eouncil of Brussels voted to pay the expenses of workmen delegates to the Paris exposition, The socialists made an unsuccessful attempt to secure an appropriniion to double the amount. Alter Pennsylvania comes Indiana with the next largest representation in the Amal gamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, Pennsylvania, of all the States organized, fs much the strongest, with forty locals or lodges and approximately 8.000 metmbers, Jodiana has twenty-threa odes and 4,000 members. The rest of the 25.000 members are saatlered in the other diatrios of the organization, eon Oho, Ii. nols, Kentucky, West aud Alabama, gp AS NEELY IN JAIL. Uncle Sam To Recover » Balugnees Due. New York, (Special) department at Havana, Cuba, was rearrested by a United States marshal, made on a warrant issued by United Btates Nealy, by the United States, He Is charged with the wrongful conversion of $45,800.26. His bail was fixed at #050,000, was made on information furnished was endorsed by Edward K. Jones, special attorney general, and Frederick P, Smith, States marshal’'s office, ralgned before Judge Lacombe. Counsel for the prisoner made application for a reduc tion of the bail, but it was denied. Neely was then taken to the Ludlow Street Jail, to examine accounts and vouchers in the Department of Posts fn Coba, He examined the seceounts, and found irregularities that made it necessary for him to visit Neely's office, He saw a Mr. Reynolds in Neely's office, and this man, he asserts, held frequent whispered talks with his superior. After Nesiy learned his accounts were to be ex- amined he left Havana on the steamship Mexico, Mr. Burton further alleges that be learned from F. G. Rathbone, director of posts in Cuba, that Neely had gone to the Waldorf. Astoria, In New York. A eabledispateh was sent to Neely to return, but he paid no at- tention to it. Continuing, Cole Burton says: “The duties of the chief of the Bureau of Finances, Charles F. Neely, were to collect all the rev enues derived from the postal department of the Island of Cuba, lgcluding the sale of stamped paper, bo pis and the fees from the postal money-order business, and to de- posit the same to the eredit of the director of posts with the treasurer of the Island « f Cuba, in Havanh, In order to ascertain the sald revenues I domanded the entire records of nei xX re amonnt of cash book, ledger and the office from January 1 to April 30, Mr. Rich, { the director of posts, stated was Mr, Neely's ledger, and also stated that the ledger was all the record that Neely bad left per- in the presence « handed which he me a book which sistement The ledger 0h~ sori pts for stamg me re business from 1800 with the talping to postal earnis Mr. Rathbone corrobor tained a statement « I paper, box rents and se fees of the money-order April 30 exception the receipts of the Havana ost fMled 15. 1800, to April 30, 1. 1 asked fF postal sara- and be answered in negative, but stated that be bad rec of May 1 and 2, 1900, that be bad collected $5,000 since Neelys depart which money he produced, stated that all the moneys received by Neely had been deposit ed with the treasurer of the f Cuba before April 30." Mr. Burton then goes inlo sliows that the difference between recelpts and deposits was $45,850.26 ride f pis from January 1, 1900, to FBS BO re 1% not yet o eipls re Rich also Island « details, and Keely's Miare in Danville. Danville, Va, (8pecial. j Fire broke cut in the tobacco warehouse and factory dis trict and was got under control only after two of the largest warehouses in the coun try, two factories and a storage warehouse filed with the bright lea! tobacco were de stroyed and upward of 80,000 pounds of valuable tobaceo, valued at about #115000, and bulidings at #35000 had either passed to smoke or were ruined, Several farmers narrowly Leir lives, escaped will Followed Friend's Example. Reading, Pa., (Special. } Ernest A. Deh- ren, aged 35 years, a native of Hanover, Germany, committed suicide by taking pol son. He was found in the City Park ina dying condition and expired before reach- ing & hospital. Behren was a friend of Theodore Kolb, a Germans musician and composer, who also committed suicide a week ago by taking poison, Many Lives Lost. Chicago, Tit, (Bpeocial. }--A special Vietoria, BC. says: The steamer Kinshiu, which left Yoko hama May 7, vrings the latest advices of » eatsstrophe on the Chinese const in whieh 140 lives were lost. A Chinese slenmer was wrecked, the disaster being due to the over crowding of the vessel, from Planing Mill Barned. Petersburg, Va. (8peecial).—The planing mill on Market street, owned and operated by Mrs. Fannie Clark since the death of ber husband several years ago, was destroyed by fire, Loss, #7000. Insurance, about £5,000, Consuls Confirmed. Washington, (Special. ) Confirmations by the Senate To be consule-—-T, Haynes, of South Caro. nole, at Bnsenada, Mexico, ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE. the Shab of Persia is to make a tour through Eugland and Scotland, visiting London, William Jennings Bryan is fond of books cares little for art, and rarely visits a ploture gallery. Rev, George C. Lorimer, pastor of Tre. mont Temple Baptist Church, of Boston, and for many yoars a leading Baptist clergyman of Chicago, has been Invited 1o accept the presidency of the Columblan University, of Washington, A lady named Alexander has been appoint- od and confirmed postmaster of Elizabeth. ton, Carter county, Tenn, The word “post. master” is used advisedly, for the Govern. mont does not officially recognize such a title as postmistress, Wiliam J, Bryan, Congressman Willlams, of Illinoks, and Richard Yates, who has been nominated for Governor by the liinols Re. pubilonns, were all in the same clase in the old Tilinols College. French papers are indignant because a representative of the Paris Matin, alter go- ing all the way to Si. Helena to interview Cronje and his fellow prisoners, was not even permitted to land, but was ordered to take his vessel out of the harbor, President Eliot, of Harvard, i= a good horseman aud frequently spends a part of his vacations in riding through New Eng jand, When st such times he passes a coun try sovooihouse he never falls to dismount and visit it if the school is In session, Admiral Bampson ls much annoyed by re. quests for autographs, Though these are not #0 numerous as they were after the wai tuey still average some fifty a week, FAVORS BECKHAM. TUCKY CASE. WANT OF This is Urged in Opinion by the Chief Justices Four Dissented Their Side Was Explained by Mr. Marian, Whe Took Directiy the Opposite View, Handed Down The Kentucky A Washington, (Bpecial Htates Bupreme Court in the Beckham, affirming the decision of the Hen. tucky Court of Appeals. The opinion in the case was not mous, Justices Brewer, Harlan, Brown apd The Justice for want of jurisdietion. should be the last to overstep limiting its own jurisdiction determination of this Fuller and the case was dismissed He eaid the court the bounds canes Of character settled by the political branch of the gov ernment, That branch acted In the Kentucky cnse when ibe General Assembly took jurisdiction. There was no appeal from decision, which was favorable to Beckham, except to the tribunal of the peo- ple, which tribun the Chief was always in sess) WAS purely a State cass in the full member of the Unjon, and no emergency at thi ference, had the Assembly » He also sald the ease that Kentucky was ’ pORpessl fi t Boulos as that there TAYLOR SAYS HL EAPECTED Renomination Depends on the Will of the Veople, He Bays. iai Ww. 8 Frankfort and v the Custombs After res ulletin, he Louisville, Ky. Bye arrived in the city frov ft ones te the Associated Press} “J rather expected the decision w against The State courts here 186 wad me, adverse made a sort of pessimist « me, and I am not surprise bench has overruled the writ of error. “This ls not atimeto talk, 1 will only reiterate my former ren mination--taat § ill depend on the will of the people, d that the supreme prnents in regarc t KENTUCKY TO CELEBRATE, Troops of Victories: Governor Will Fire 3 : {81 yo deelsion i irft was as have been made cannon af i be firing of the garrison overs be folic and a general salute « v diers of the victoric The os will mal transfer of the executive b The oa atandoned by GY decislc wed by the for iilding and offices, clash of armed forces, Taylor Leaves Frankfort Frankfort, Ky., (Special). Republican Governor W. 8 Taylor left Frankfort en route to Louisville, At the executive office those in charge said they did ison of the rahip contest following the anticipated d Supreme Court in the Govern case, BOER MISSION A FAILURE, Secretary Hay Gives Peace Envoys Cold Comfort, Washington, (Rpecial The Btate Depart. to Washington of the Boer delegation by de. clining to interfere in behalf of the South Atricas republies in the present struggie. In view of this announced decision all ques. tions as to the character to be extended to the sufficiency of thelr credentials dropped ones into the background, of little moment whether or not the Boers were received as diplomatic agents or min- isters, so long as they were powerless to pro- mote the prime object of their mission, namely, cause the United Blates government to intervene to bring about peace, The meeting between the delegates and at simplest manser. Geoeral O Beirne had se. tertain sny credentia’e that might be pre. sented, A note can to the State Depart. ment from the delegates asking that they be permitted to pregesi themselves al the de partment. A prompt acquiescence was returned by Secretary Hay, and the hour of 2.530 was fixed for the meeting. At that time the three del egates appeared. They were unaccompan- fod, and William Gwinn, the Beeretary's messenger, having besa so instructed, show. ed the callers at once into the diplomatic room. Secretary Haz. sccompanied by Mr. Babeock, his private secretary and step ographer, entered the diplomatic room and Just what passed between them will prob- ably never be exactly known, for when the mesting was over, alter lasting an hour, the Boers, in departing, stated to a number of anxious newspaper men that they bad and would have nothing to say as to what hap- pened. For bis part the Secretary of Btate was more communicative, but before making any statement made his way to the White House and consulted with the” President, A Nrakeman Killed. Hanover, Pa., (8pecial.)~John F, Dezen- berg, a Western Maryland Railroad brake- man, met death in a peculiar accident at Spring Grove, near here. Two cars In charge of the unfortunate man were run on aswiteh over the coal chutes at the paper mills, So great was thelr momentum that they tore away the buffers at the end of the trestle, tearing into the walls of the mill and com. pletely wrecking the trestie. Mules for South Africa. New Orleans, (Special) ~The steamer Monarch sailed lor Cape Town, Africa, with 1,500 mules, and the steamer Corinthia cleared for the same port with 1.450 mules, all the animals being consigned to British army officials, Arm Torn Of. Hambleton, W. Va., (8pecial).-Thomus Williams, aged 62 years, smployed by Otter Creek Lumber Company, while taking his coat off to go to work, bad his right arm eaught in the live rollers, and it was torn off ust below the elbow. Physicians ampu- fated the arm above the elbow, Drug Stare Weeekeds Chieago, (Bpoolal )A terrific explosion at 4 P.M, wrecked the third and fourth floors of the Dale & Sempihil drug stors in the heart of the distriot here sud THE NEWS. Ernest Heelt admitted that he chiorofor her consent nnd was t wn it hi¥ nerve falled hin Mrs. Benriotia 1 gressian Harry St Va syracuse, N. 3.. Louise ¥outer it puleide 5 med MM ker, wil { exAl0n- orgs Tucker, died at nerated on for fy appendicitis The lugrain {| Weavers Fizars and Leist upon iadelphin Union rrecentiy- mad ¢ {ip ’h i for an inerease i +3 tthe ei Puente died pu Death i Hignor Gluseppl if Known baritons in Philadelphia, iexy Walter Lovett, 4 mulatio of eighteen, wes arrested at Chambersburg on the charges of commiting s number of the widely his home 10 apop- ideniy at wes due ITRIATIeE Three men were killed and others injured i In an aceldent to 6 work tals in Akron, O A fire of lpcendiary origin destroyed 13 i bulidings in York : The labor unfons of Bt. 1. taeir sympathy for the men iis are showing priking street-osr by contributing to thelr support end fining members for riding on the cars | A movement was reccmmended in the Aswermi of the southern erian Chureb 1 | fund of %1.000,000 for educational institution Friek, « untlermanao ed new t General Prost t raise President of CATS, inded for mi obbers dyna ™ VUre ther valuables Three Japa: sstody by Stephen Baptist was sentenced in Meckien. { burg county, Va, i { Peter Jones Four fishe { gale that suddenly be hanged for the mus rmen were drow during the nb the Uregol nlinuance yer ali B is make TNATITIAESS deere quiring a «f rp Twentiv-iwo miners. ten whites and tweivs | BOZroes--- were Killed The Methodist Ey nler enoe 81 Chicago voled #0 41 limit on pastorates Neely's shortage { by the prosecuting a we $400, 000 The Wheeling Bridge Hall road Company went to foreclosure sale, ADG | was bought by Kubn, Loeb & Co,, of New | York, for $1,515,000, It is stated on relisbie {| authority that the purchase was in the in. { terests of the Pennsylvania Anpouncement bas wade thal the | Pennsylvania Raliroad bas secured control | of the Lehigh Valley Raliroad by the pur {| chase of 66.600 shares through outside par. | ties. The price paid is given as $31.50 a share, { A monument to Father Ryan, the poet © | the Confederacy, was unveiled at Norfolk as i part of the exercises of Confederate Mem. orial Day. The monument is a rough gran. ite eross seven feet high The Norfoik-bound Old Point express ran an open switch, injuring the train The passengers were badly shakes | up, but none were injured, Charies F. W. Neely was rearrested ic opal General C4 he time fish 12 Rua Aerinings teen | into crew, New York on a warrast in a civil sult by the United States, charged with wrongliul om | version of §45.8500.20. The engineer-in-chief of the Turkish Navy { is expected at Newport News to look after i the construction of the cruisers for the Tur. | Kish Navy. Reversal large tobacco burned in Danville, Va. pounds of ch leaf, valued warehouses were Nearly a million at #115000 } oe were cEns | Dr. J. W. Hamilton and DD, H. Moore were {| elected bishops by the Methodist Episcopal Geporal Conference at Chicago. A planing mill owned and operated by Mrs. Fannie Clark was burned in Peters burg. Loss, $7,000. Insurance, 5.000, Two Genesee street cars, loaded with pas sengers, jumped the track in Buffalo, Twen- ty persons were injured, Mormon elders are doing misslonary work in Winchester, with little result. Two companies of Philipplue Insurgents have surrendered voluntarily, Former Senator Hill, of Colorado, is dead, aged 68 years. The Senate passed the Postoffice Appro- priation bill and refused to puss the resolu tion admitting the Boer peace envoys to the courtesies of the floor. The Bupreme Court of Pennsylvania de cided that the bank paying a check with & forged endorsement must stand the loss, Four hundred and twenty-one linemen of the Bell Telephone Company in Cleveland went on a strike, The House passed the Bight-hour bill and the bill prohibiting interstate traffle in prison-made goods, Frits Meyer, who killed Policeman Smith in New York, was electrocuted at Sing Sing. Two men wers lost from the Brith bark Alert during a squall in Delaware Bay. Senator Matthew Quay has announced himsel! to be a candidate for re-election, The banking-bouse of Nielsen & Co., in Pentwater, Mich,, suspended. : At the General Assembly of the Camber land Presbyteriace, in Chattanooga, Tenn, prayers were received for and ea; alost the removal of Dr. RV. Foster from Comber. land University. b er of persons at the station. / Judge Hughes, in the Circuit Court W. Va. sentenced John Mooney to be banged for {
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