STEAMER SINKS Two Passengers Drown and Twenty-Two of Crew Missing. WENT DOWN IN 25 FEET OF WATER Drowned Have Been Recovered--All of the Officers Were Saved-The Steamboat Drifted a Third of a Mile Below the Landing Before She Sank--Will Be a Total Wreck. Grand Tower. III. (Special) steamer City Paducah sank in 25 of water about 10 o'clock p. m., than five minutes after striking a g and while backing out from Brunkhorst landing. The bodies of the two passen gers who were drowned have been re covered, and 22 members of the most of them negroes, are missing of the officers were saved First Tobias Royal, of St. Louis. says about twelve passengers were ot and all were excep body of Dr. J Bell, ing. Tenn., roar Th s on whom The feet Of in less crew, All Mate ¥ SAN ed WwW “Mrs. Harry 1 nue, St. Louis the snag. MAN KILLED AT EXPOSITION. Two of His Companions Horribly Barned Try- ing to Release Him. NY . Bank Cashier Pleads Guilty. ork Soeciald in left Ch sail where the river carloads « York. whict used by the 1s to ex Zaragoza, on they Ne be Wreck on Hlinois Central New Orlean rails Central fast mail from Chicago the track on 30 miles sons were kille Rose, of F Thomas Gus Nelson, pen, LS caused K i ve near Hazlehurst. Jackson per lee, fireman were engineer, and M assistant mail clerk, were Strangled Her Chi'd to Daath. Wichita, Kan. (Special). —Mrs Mark and Mary the wife and daughter of a pros farmer, took Mary Mark's child § hospital on the pretext taking it to their home ward it was found choked and the sand the Arkansas women were arrested and the confessed that she killed the child her dawohter ner daughter Of Rebuke to the Sultan. Constantinople (By Cable) —A third note, evidently emanating direct from the Sultan, was delivered to the ambassadors demanding in peremptory language the immediate suppression of the foreign postoffices and reiterating the charges of smuggling against foreign officials. The ambassadors, immediately returned the note to the Porte, thus creating a partial cessation of relations between th: em- bassies and the Turkish government Weight Determines Fertility of Eggs. Morgantown, W. Va (Special). —A succession of experiments by Horace Atwood, of the W. Va. Agricultural Experiment Station, has led to the dis- covery that whether eggs are properly incubating may be told by the decrease in weight, a certain decrease in weight showing without question their non-fer- tility. Killed the Wrong Man. Birmingham, Ala. (Special. )—<An un known negro, Supposed at the time to be James Brown, who was charged with as. saulting a woman at Springville, was near Leeds, 12 miles from Birmingham. The coroner expressed the opinion that the wrong man was killéd. Dumont Nearly Destroyed by Fire, Waverly, Towa (Special). — Near! whole of the business portion o town of Dumont was destroyed by fire, Eighteen business houses were burned. SUMMARY OF THE NEWS, Domestic. Mr. Bernard Baker, of Baltimore, re turned from London to New York on the Atlantic Transport liner Minneapo lis, said that Mr. Morgan was not yet ¢d of the controlling interest in that company Charles KR, Westervelt, the defaulting cashier of the Dime Savings Bank in Newark, N. J.. was sentenced to nine year g' mprisonment on two charg Spread ng rails caused the outhb und Central fast mail ump the Hazlehurst, Mi 'wo m were killed and two injured } arrived at I'he cruiser Buffalo York from Manila, bringing the of Lieut,-Com geon Stott and possess {to track near were impo Doleino casing her Russian frontier petroleum st I at Astrakhan, Russia Duke and Duchess of Maribor took an active part in the Prim ¢ League meeting in London, as if to show there was no truth in the stories of a disagreement between them The South African News states that it has been decided to reconstruct the Cape Colony ministry with Cecil Rhodes as premier, but Sir John Sprigg denies the report. an avalanche at ( Germany incr on the rAMmers Were ros Constantinople returned to the of the postoffices. that a number of revolutionary Macedo- nians, including women, have been shot The Americans have evacuated all the dictricis under their control in Pekin Financial, The excess of imports in the British $02,000,000. The dividend of the Un#ed States Ex Mr cent, Mr. Thomas W. Lawson, of Boston, The deposits in New York Sate Sav- ings banks are $047.000.000, an increase og $30,000,000 over the same period of last year. STRAW RIDE HAS Car Crashes Into a Party of Merry- makers at College Point. TWO KILLED, FIVE BADLY INJURED, The Driver Saw the Car and Thought He Could Clear the Track, But the Car Hit the Rear Wheel of the Wagon, Demolishing the Vehicle and Hurling the Occupants of the Rear Seats High In the Air, 1 IOUr were ai WIND CARRIED THE FIRE $500,000 Worth of Properiy Destroyed Near Detroit. KILLED WHILE AT PLAY. Thirteen Year-Old Lad Climbs Grasps Live Wire. Pole and gron ed dead : v i Destructive Fire at Wayne. ty 1 ; intington. W. Va { Spe as “NEWS B. C the { Special was brought by steamer Glenogle, which earth April No damage arrived here. that a revere occurred at Yokohama on 4 24. lasting fully two minutes was reported. The Asiatic reports that sion of mines buried on the frontiers of The China Times reports the capture Brigand Headquarters, where Chi- nese were pillaging the neighborhood un. The Germans killed 29 Chinese and cap- tured a junk on which a cannon was mounted. Bodies Blown 400 Yards, Huntington, Pa. (Special) ~The boil- er of a freight engine on the Hunting ton and Broad Top Railroad at Mount Dallas, the southern terminus of the Broad Top Railroad, exploded, in- stantly killing four members of the local freight crew. The bodies of Conductor Hollingshead and Engineer Berkstres- ser were blown 400 yards across the river, The cause of the explosion is not known, but it is believed to have oe- curred while the boiler was being filled with water. DECLINED TO EAT DOG MEAT. Senator Quarles and Congressman Curtis Offend the Snake Indians. Topeka, Kan (Special) Congress man Curtis, of Kansas, and United | States Senator Quarles may have ren {dered a with the Indians impossible by refusing to eat dog meat with these These gentlemen returned from the Snake reservation in the Indian country, discouraged over the effort to bring about an i ] of the government all their lands, Snake irecaty » redskins agreement hese intends tribe from them hey look upon the " swindaiers and Qua wlding its annual joliifica- 1 i Cie tiie t 1 { i alloting agents * 1 were being The big ch differences if the of do ceremonies join them in ast 1 would : y. ined and came home, to Con BINCer trouble BOY FOUGHT FOR MOTHER'S LIFE Brutal Murder by an Illinois Farmer on the Way to Church. 1 ort ivy i LOREE TO SUCCEED MR. COWEN. it Is Affirmed That Peany's Fourth Vice-Presis dent Will Become the Head of B. & 0. - TRAGEDY'S STRANGE SEQUEL Supposed Insanity of Mother and Daughter Attributed to a8 Murder. Grand Duke May Visit Here. ror He { ¥ al " “Pacifying” the Boers. : hener ler date of Since killed, Here He { able) the War Office. un follows been 10, as have . 130 taken surrendered. Nine muni Prise and thousand 230 wag of grau \"¢ been captured.” BY CHINESE MINES. new 7,000-ton liner Sobranion was wrecked on the Chinese coast, near Lung Ling, prior to the sailing of the Glenogle The passengers and mails were The vessel is a total wreck A mixed battalion of English, Japa saved ment with 500 Boxers near Shan Back Wan, The fight lasted all day, and,a number of Chinese were killed The | British lost two men wounded. the | French one and the Japanese two. There were 110 cases of plague, 104 deaths, 65 cases of smallpox and 43 | deaths at Hong Kong from January 12} to April 158. Congressmen to Visit Coast. San Francisco, Cal. (Special).—A number of Eastern Congressmen, most | of them members of the rivers and har. | bors committee, will soon visit Califor. | nia, and during their stay of three weeks | will thoroughly inspect the rivers and | harbors of the State. Congressman ! Burton, of Ohio, will head the party, which will include B. B. Dovener, of West Virginia; E. F. Acheson, of Penn. sylvania; R. P. Bishop, of Michigan: D. 8. Alexander, of New York, Fd G P. Lawrence, of Massachusetts. MRS. WKINLEY IS | | She Is Removed to San Francisce for Treatment. A Bone Felon that Developed on the Trip from New Oileans Has Caused Her to Be Fever. ish and Aggravated Her Generally Weak Condition The Felon Lanced by Her Attend- ing Physician on the Train, San Francisco (8 train bearing Kinley, Miss tary Cortelyou and rived here at 4 o' from Delmonte, Cal Mrs. McKinley Francisco by the Presider the regular program tl X Pres jarber, 1 Clo complete rest { ‘ro fpr “ 1 Pre aept and de nee of Henry occupy during thei; A ae 1 Mrs. McKinl to be { Since trie Tip WILL OF GEO. OQ. CANNON. Provides for His Thirty-Three Children His Four Wives. J Lan President us nephew, John 1olders. to THE PREACHER SPECULATED. Ae Lost Money Eatrusted to Him by Parish ioncrs, Who Expected Different Results, Rey, § A Har nti recent 1 Spec al veral years u pi Longregational Ch been suspended from months pending has the minstry for six i investigation of charges which are by his former parishioners, wi they are out $100,000 wl had entrusted to the minister for lations that are said to have turned out unfortunately Mr. Harris was at one time a lawver of Chicago and a member of the Board of Trade Mr. Harris and his blame can be attached to him: that junds were put into his hands that he might do the best he could to in- crease them, and that the going wrong of the various enterprises mn which the money was sunk was no fault of his. Won $5,000,000 in Stocks, Scranton, Pa. (Special). —During the recent flurry in stocks several forirnes were made by residents of this city. The who ( over friends assert that no i " recently president of the Temple Iron He is said to have cleared up $5000. of which $1,000000 was made Thursday in Northern Pacific, Two Children Burned to Death. Malone, N. Y.(Special).~~Two children | girl—were burned to death in | Burke, N. Y. The remainder of the | family were at church, and the house caught fire after the children had gone More Rioting in Russia. St. Petersburg (By Cable). — The May s. orkmen and others displayed a rod flag, the symbol of anarchy. Fhe olice attacked the crowd and fought or a quarter of an hour before they! cleared the square in which the assemb. lage was, hany were wounded on both sides, Troops had to be chiled out be- fore quiet was finally restored. Forty- one arrests were made, including one man and three women students, who had been recently expelled from St Petersburg. ] LIVE NATIONAL AFFAIRS, To Sell Government Secrets. confidential Attorney sell the between the {03 ations 1s var in the ief Wil on rid the Secre was unearthed by Secret Ser rma E i151 NEW signed $ him Judge 163 Many New Baoks During Year. ¥ Ioland Scas May Be 1 ry ; . Capital News in Gegera Our New Possessing port of the Cuban mmitice D. ferred with President McKinley retary Roo: upon the Plas was submit to Cubs mstitutional conven referred ine fee On jority of oma the acceptance The Cubans defeated the Americans na seball game at Santiago. and a Cuban attempted to haul the American flag to hali-mast. A fight followed: the offender was arrested, but released on disclaiming any intentional disrespect to the flag General MacArthur has ordered Major Vose to cease his unauthorized assump tions of authority in Batagn Province, and not enforce his own ordinance to collect taxes, Sylvester Fletcher, a civilian emplovee Pa was sentenced to five years’ imprison. ment for selling government bacon and coffee, The United States Philippine Com- mission is overrun with apphcations for civil positions and the officers i the new proveces are submitting mauy : | ma- members of which favor its i The trial of Captain Frederick I. Bar. rows, of the Thirtieth Volunteer Infant. ry, quattetmanter of the department of Southern Luzon, on charges connected with the commissary scandals, was fin. ished. The verdict has not yet been ane nounced. Cailles, the insurgent leader in Lagu. na province, is closely pursued, Insurgents attacked Pagliboc, in Ta. yabos, which province had been consid. ered pacified. General Lacuna promised General Funston to collect his forces and arms and surrender, *
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