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
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“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
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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 {
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“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
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signed
$
him
Judge
163
Many New Baoks During Year.
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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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