DEAD FROM GIRL'S PRANK Fire and Explosion in a Torpedo Factory Has a Terrible Effect. HEAVY SHOCK IN CLEVELAND, OHIO. While Playing During Lunch Hour the Shoe of a Girl Sliding on the Strikes a Spark Igniting Loose Powder—In an Instant the Room is Ablaze and Explosion Follows Pathetic Incidents. An and destruc { Spe al) ¢ xplo death l | hor ' : lant « ile plant of th 11 engaged pedo tL omg seas on plo) ne side The pe SEVEN KILLED AND THIRTY INJURED. lirand Trunk Flyer Dashes lato a Big Crowd at Detroit. i A day erty least and about he Lancers 0 Foledo 14 ake Shore Road Fhe excursionis lefr the train at the f Street oer oO sitors began aga at the er of Dequindre I 1 i ily Cit Oe CG0 ke their train from out of the Grand Trunk eXpress, Suddenly the KF. ot 1 0TK Chicago and came J known as the Pan New American Flyer, mass of people, throwing them to both sides of the track, bruised and maimed and grinding a number of them under the wheels, Fruit lojured in the South. Columbus, (Special). Fruit growers throughout this section of the fruit belt say that they will have from one-third to one-hali a crop. In the Buena Vista region, 30 miles south of here, the crop is expected to averhge fully 50 per cent. The general opinion, however, seems ta be that the fruit growing section of Southwestern Geor gia will not average more than one fourth of a crop. Many fruit trees were killed by the recent cold snopes (xa THE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER. Domestic. i The Speyers have organized the syn {| dicate of American bankers and trust | companies to underwrite an issue of | $15,000,000 notes of the London Un | derground Electric Railway Company, | an equal amount to be underwritten in | London Walzer, a the Reichlein at brother, Rey in Lorrain, O ex-Mayor Ames Toledo charge of i Rev. Ferdinand | priest, was arrested on | murdering Miss Agatha | priest house of | Charles In the { trial in given to Reichle: Case Minne testim agents colle show Pp otection 1010 ir ed ym unfortunate women A Chicago { by d lertaking establishment I's In a stable 3 : 3 DOOKmaxker closely detectives, took refuge and coffin cont: INing a boys i 32 ew Ol provoki » i the powers al warships to Salonica States a the S throughout Germany Ings The ag engineers Clyde in wages the London clerz : red y wat Ea rh Father Black, who orced Henry States persons, White, secretary « Embassy at assistance at marriage ceremony diocesan conference Arthur F said the use of St the wedding was a “grave moral scan dal. continves to of the London, the At the criticise United for the the Right Rey Financial. Bank of France added $35,000,000 t its notes in circulation the past week, _ Pennsylvania officials have gonetothe S00 to mspect Lake Superior's plants stock. The big trust companies were first to break down the price of money in Philadelphia. Union Pacific's net earnings for March were $1,642.081, an increase of $201.670. or more than 20 per cent, President Roosevelt, { TRAMP OF THE The Chief Executive of the United States at a Lunch Counter, Passing Plats of Food to Members of His Parly, Onz of the Novel Incidents of the Day. Grover Cleveland Spoke in the Libzrai Arts Building. Ihe climbing upon the President able the « and hear him and Presi Cll CX +} po 1d SUICIDE AT THE AGE OF 72 YEARS. Jacob Ladzaderg, Oace Wealthy, Had Lost All la Speculation KILLED IN A WRECK. Two Men Deal and Five lajured ia a Collision in Connecticut. { » { Soecial Spec rp run the was over smoking of the passengers were pinned fied timbers wo cars Howing the smoker were wn the track Private Bank Robbed, Albion, Mich i thieves and the safe dynamited. It is said that all the funds in the bank, in cluding postoffice money and stamps, secured by the robbers The cracksmen stole a horse and buggy and escaped to this city, where they are sup- posed to have taken a train at 4 o'clock. was Scores Dead at Salonica. Salonica (By Cable).«~The number oi Bulgarians killed during the recent dy- namite riots is now estimated at 100. has been discovered in a shoemaker's communicating by an under- ground passage with the Ottoman Bank. [It is feared that the presence of three Austrian warships, which have arrived here, will encovrage the Bul gurians to irritate the Turks, who, u (ro the pragent time, have behaved wal shop, NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS, Issue of Paper Currency. The total of nommanons paper currency outstanding April 30, ac States Treasurer Roberts, was $1,634, $1,000,000 of unknown de nominations which has been destroy ed Fhe amount of each denominati ollow One dollar $50.074.015; 100 dol dollars, $20,491, SOK) 1000 doll 377 S500 SOOO «1 iar $28,800,000 il 10.000 dollar Sz 30.042 G00, 000 (Jf the grand t« : 621.016 Alaskan Case Prepared. if the 1 To Help the Scientific Congress. riment 3 £ Neeley Money is Locked Up. : in teres Soldiers Die of Cholera. 1 At al McCamn Landger Deg Most Explain. 1 artment wild De reported reg appomtment Jepariment of id in the Trea: Departn y Prove fanatical vernor Cailles, of Laguna has captured Rios, the 10 18 said to be guilty of many A fanatical Moro atta ked a at Cam Vicars, Island of and was crime outy Mindas wounded killed Henry M as chief of the District State Department received ad from United States Consul Gen eral McWade, at Canton, stating that a mob antiforeign Chinese attacked a American engineers at Yuan party of tan, on North river, 140 miles from slands, he Clabaugh the oath of Supreme ‘olumbia, office justice of Ihe vices ‘81 i Col. T. A. Bingham retired from the office of superintendent of public build- ings and grounds at Washington, it was decided at the meetin Association of Officials of the Bureaus of Labor Statistics that better results were secured by tactful agents than by experts, The text of the opinion of the United States Supreme Court in the Alabama registration case has been made public Passenger Train Ditched. Columbus, OQ. (Special). ~~with the danger block set against it, a Panhan- dle passenger train bound for Cincin- nati on the Little Miami division, struck the derail at the Baltimore and Ohio crossing and was ditched. The B. and O, passenger train whizzed past a moment later, he Panhandle engine and combination baggage and passen- ger car were ay completely over and the day coach back of the combin- ation car was dragged into the ditch, but remained upright. The diner and Pollen cars did not leave the track : at Piney Creek. to Escape Miles Away Were Broken —Mea Who Met Death Were Blown to Pieces Many Homes Are Demolished — Value of Plant $35,000. ireedon Wrote Letters to Roosevelt Killed By Boller Explosion. {) ¢ } Have Engin cers Perished. sngkong (By The Son DON on to aid the engin Canton- Hankow attacked fiver at work road, mob struments CHigIneers, houseboat who were recently reports having | 1d broken nRing 1 y False Teeth Caused Death. Davenport, wa ~~ CCS Beckman, an Hospital tried to a good set ol teeth slipped qowt ed her to death 1n five sicians, at a past-y recovered them from Express Agent Robbed. Moines, la fond waar throat and miinuies rtem her right lar examination iY : {apelial) {wo Des masked men grabbed the package con- taining $10000 from Agent of the United States Express while a train was standing They secured the money after a struggle. Two Company at Brit and “mt ana esc aped suspects have Few Children Affected. | Charleston, S. C. (Special). ~The Child Labor bill, known as the Mar- shall law, went into effect throughout South Carolina. Under its provisions no child under 10 years can legally work in any cotton mill, There were so few of such employes that the en: forcement of the law did not create a ripple at Columbia, the State capital and a great factory center, where about 20 children were employed. The chil dren reported for work as usual, bate were wot permitted to work Sleeping Town of Frank. Vancouver, B. C. (Special). ~Over- Imed by countless tons of rock and of t mstantly, the whel probably 112 immhabitants i af i AIMNOs of Fr intie mis ¥ 11 Syrptitt n in Soul AIR CLAST IN GOLD-MINING How Edison Proposes to Separate Precious Metal From Gravel A French Steamer Wrecked. 3.1 od ca {By Ca Th e).- SPARKS FROM THE WIRES At a special meeting of the tors of the Cramp Shipbuilding any all the Voting trust was Jormed The cornerstone the $10,000,000 steel plant of the Mohawk Valley Steel and Wire Company was laid at Bruns. wick, (a The Bishop of London has summoned Rev, Mr. Hadden, who married Me. Vanderbilt and Mrs. Rutherford to make an explanation In Chicago the Board of Arbitration has decided that the City Railway Com. pany must place no obstacles m the way of the labor amon strengthening strell and that the employes must not discriminate against ponusion men, The International and National Good Roads Convention, in session in St. Louis, adopted resolutions containing recommendations for the construction of good roads throughout the country, Forest fires threaten the destruction of Onaway, Mich. The lumber camps! near the city are surrounded by the: flames and it is feared that there will} be Bh lass of His old directors resigned and of
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