FIVE PERSONS DROWNED. Cruise is the NEWS IN SHORT OROER. | STRONG ON THE YULU RIVER | The Latest Happenings Condensed for Rapid | SPAIN'S EX-QUEEN IS DEAD LIVE WASHINGTON ALFAIRS. A Tumultuous Royal Career Ended in (EXTERMINATED BY FIRE | Disastrous End to a Night 'Japs Cross and Occupy Important Father and Three Children Cauhgt in Paris. Noted for Her Cheerfulness and Joviality In Fact it Was This lnberent Which Made Her the Easy Victim of Many latrigues. Paris, (By Cable). bella 6f Spain, grandmother of ~Ex-Queen Jaa M. influenza, with fons. The American Embassy, opposite the Palace C Avenue Kleber, the late Queen's res: of her from which is istilie, on informed rte dence, was carly death, among the first to call The Infantas Isabella, Marie, daughters of the Queen, at the bedside when she died, The Queen had been afflicted wi and Ambassador P Eulalie the grip two months, and it grad affected the lungs. At night she came unconscious and the d began at 7 A. M. The three and Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria, bh be iantas 1S. Reading. Domestic. | Vice Bargen Jersey to hould not restrain the Northern pany from holding a nmiceting, Work at i American Woolen Company, in Low suspended, the hutdown for This Chancellor im New signed an order i Cailsg INE i SECU the lay State Mil Mass, was ordering a pe riod, pany cHects hands, Miss Jennie Gray, daughter of Col Gray, editor of the Atlanta was married in Atlanta, to Capt. Earle D'Arcy Pearce, of United States Army. James R. (a. the A quarrel over a girl, their at school, culminated in the ny of a 10-year-« Id boy by an in Chicago, For halt an hour Broadway fire in the new York John Cleves Short Harrison, grand son of President William Henry Har rison, died at Los : Edward and Jacob Hammond, broth ers, and Sigertsen were phyxiated by gas in Philadelphia Five persons dead and another is dying esult of {rath blocked subway in Angelese, Cal (scar HS arg f the as moned to the bedside, but the dying Queen did not recognize them. The Papal Nuncio was sent for to administer the last sacraments, but, owing to his absence from Pp: the rites were administered by the vicar of the Church of St. Derre. 1 he Queen's death followed shortly alter- ward. Prince i immediately telegraphed the news t ister Delcasse and SOVereigns M. Delcasse called admitted to the death chamber dent Loubet household to present his It 1s understood that King will not « to France eral, as h t eral of his § who died in The late Queen had been or Par Aris, ‘oreign Min- » Furopean d later father conspicuous ngures left Span After 1870. she queen! largely works CONTI HURRICANE CAUSES DISASTER. Japanese Bazar at the World's Fair (irounds Was Destroyed. St. Louis, Mo. wind that g destroyed the partially build at Zar ing in tion being le most mmmedia No other buildings damag The Miss Were any years, pr and the teleph crippled. Fort Worth lone passed uj Cye ng much damage children were killed in home of Benjamin Diggs other members of the famil jured A man « near Pon wood, wi a fence jured Telegraph wires are de runing of trains on the Railway 1s interfered witl Houston, Tex, (Special).—A tor nado which passed near the town of Mexia killed a family of three per sons and injured nine other persons, three of whom it is feared are fatally hurt. The dead are John Ballard, his wife and 4-year-old child Many houses were demolished and much damage was done to growing Crops. Lincoln, Neb., (Special).—Nebraska was swept by the most severe April storm known in many years. A fine sheet of sleet and snow was driven try de wrecked several wie In into a hie wn and Belt otton velocity of a hurricane. Minor dam- sge was reported from several towns Owensboro, Ky., (Special). — The end of a Southern tormado struck Owensboro and vicinity. car power house was partially molished and not a street car 1s run- sing mn the city. Much other damage has been done, especially to telegraph and telephone companies. Waves ran ro high on the Ohio river that steam boats were obliged to tic up. St. Paul, Minn., (Special) Another severe wind and snowstorm prevails over North and South Dakota, and in some instances railroad traffic blocked and telegraph service is ser tously hindered Twenty-Five Killed By Earth quake. Vienna, (By Cable) a dispatch to the Neue Freie Presse an carthquake on April 4 killed 25 per- sons, injured 40, destroyed 1500 hous- es and caused great distress vilayets of Kossovo and Macedonia. His Love Levels Rank. Omaha, Neb, (Special) Thurston, son of former Upited States Senator John M. Thurston, of Nebras ka, wealthy and with a high standing In society, has just married Miss Nellig Cotter, daughter of an Omaha railroad switchman. The ceremony was per. iormed at the Planters’ Hotel, St 1.onis, where Mr. Turston now lives Miss Cotter and Mr. Thurston had been sweethearts ever since the day they first met in the primary depart- ment of the public schools 15 years ago. t ae 8 According to Salonica, Bank of of Buck Dow Gr The Exchange and the Bank have failed The police Pacific Underwriting and T pany Imperial pany, in Chicago, and in charge on Sixty-three Im a tran cas 111 Three fatally nore raided the and the we \ * 4 i ~NELIONR ciation at Boston tions favoring an eight-h id a better lona, a m having been CHNnary yomel or any other vr ! The French Delcasse, and the Cheval of the : ed an arbitration treaty in Paris f Netherland Princess Sophia of L Prince Gothier Frederu Lippe, 12 dead he dock Bima i tw 2 t have been warned that tinue to hamper the Cun Company's the ppe, widow Waldemar authoriti at Liverpo t they cq ard Steamship operations by increased company to another port Turks are t begun the per in Macedoma ¢ Hamburg-American Line steam er Prinz Adelbert, from New York, was in collision off Cape Degaton. off the Spanish coast, with the Spanish bark Jose Roig The latter was badly damaged, but the steamer arrans vessel | ! Ni the Hard fighting has occurred in geria, British West Africa, and the Okpoto Tribe has suffered a re verse, King Edward, in a reception to the | Copenhagen, expressed to United States Minister Swenson his | admiration for President Roosevelt The United States Consul at Odessa | The English annihilation of the best part of the Tibetan Army has revived irritation throughout Russia, United States Ambassador Cormic 18 negotiating a treaty in St Petersburg to secure for the right Me- | American | to sue inj Russia. Reports from the interior of Russia indicate that the precationary measures | to prevent anli-Jewigh riots] have been successful, i Financial. One of the Rockefellers last week cific, putting up a margin in cash of 40 per cent, Missouri's wheat crop is Bi per cent, against a ten-year average at this One year ago it was QI per cent. Public trading in bank stocks was resumed in the Pittsburg Exchange: Such transactions Bad been suspended since last October, because of the un- settled condition in banking affairs there _ Positions. Admiral Toge Likely Watching for an Oppor- tunity to Make Another Attack Japanese Supply Steamers Enter the Esiuary of Yalu River and Land Cargoes on the Korean Shore. London, (By Cable) anese fleet df Port the Japanese agam cruising in the vi Arthin forces on the fighting line having crossed the and occupied strong positions eral important points, news of 1 114+ £10511 and miilary operation expect d from S¢ Advices he Russians b largest at 100 were hd t “tr 1 itnarawn 10 J iu « ACTOSS Lit ver Only a few hants remain the former plac The Japanese firm be authorities at Tok have no con ation of a igagement reported e tween ANCSe § SUN LEV IC Russians and Jag They have, h fre Seo] steamers y of the landing their cargoes Korean shor that the ply steamers 1# If thi Never, rs 1 } suppl LUpply the estuar on the here move gunboats forts erected RIVALS HAVE FATAL QUARREL. Sixteen -vear-old Boy Shoots Another Because of Jeslousy. After that time ould quarrel Net are ors rs A The clash finally after quarreling | Jelick struck the othe threw him to the g a revolver and died almost instantly INDIANS KILLED IN SMASHUP. Urew to Fog. Maywood, IH, Sixty three Indians in a special car on their { Special) miles west of Three of the Indians were mstantly killed, three were fa- tram (wo or less seriously hurt The Indians Rail way. ; by the mail train. eastbound SR Mob Lost its Courage. Chattanooga, Tenn, (Special). A special to the Times from Bristol, Tenn, says a mob tried to get pos- session of Finley Preston, the negro who murdered Lilian Shaw, colored, in Johnson county, and who is now in juil at Mountain City. The mob al- most had the man in their possession when their courage failed them and they scampered away. Those com. posing the mob are said to have been Negroes. Humor i Asp While the « that roam any, Of the reached the purchasers, ames of thre M. E. Olm B H. Grosve Mr. Olmsted bought and General Grosve The total number SOUT few thly thie hist © ontains the n Congress Were poss Panamaans, it 18 said, « Charles Als of Indiana, and Ohio I.andis apece are io Mt nor two from left 1h ie d and 18 three Armory Army 03 wer at i auction 3 Durch pi i SUH Sing ie Jasey Country's Mineral Resources, neral resources hat m that years otal value inera pre ducts of ceded $1.,000,00x 1902 ompared with were 4 gain INCreas Very va ile excep Improvemcnls in Philippines. Faverabiz Report on Hepburn BL vs § ¥ DassSage within mmerce presen Congressional and Departments, Secretary Root will be rormer i tem > ker ( of ¢ Republi Chicago Eight mmittee closed va nan « ti fiventon at arguments the he Senate L« bor were e oral Bill before t eqgucats hoor on by Samuel Bishop i Coal Strike of the urged the the House nember 1ssion, before Committee on r The Americus V. Rice were buried at the National Cem etary at Arlington Secretary Hay and Senor (Juesada, remams of Gen of marines on the Mavflower, com. President D. C the opening session of the annual The District of Columbia Court of Appeals holds that the statute to pun- conspiracy covers the charges and Law Clerk Barrett The Senate Committee on amthorized Senator Aldrich to report an amendment to the bill for the gov- A delegation of representative Por- to Ricans has arrived in Washington for the purpose of placing a loan of $3,000,000, : Gen, Americus V. Rice, of Ottawa, O., who had a brillant war record and who held a number of governinent po- sitions, died in Washington, The United States Supreme Ciurt decided that the city of Chicago had the right to fix the price of gas at 75 cents, Southard Parker Warner, of Wash. ington, son of Brainard H. Warner, has been appointed United States con- sular agent at Gera, Germany. Death Trap. | WIFE THE ONLY ONE TO SURVIVE. The Flames Spread Throughout the Top Floor With Great Rapidity The Inmates Were Aroused by the Smoke and Heat and all En deavared to Make Their Escape, But the Members of the Frey Family Were Overcome. . 4 . “t .» “ Vernon, N. Y., (Special) were burned, int Ve Persons one fatally, destroyed 1 5 0 CIOCK | conflagration which umbia Hall shortly bel: ) re Nearly the ents perished The second theatrical was oo buildin gE Was shortly before 5 o'clock when | smoke, He fi Levine smelled the complete Jower in Sed he tl aped by scrzed BURTON IS SENTENCED Six Months in Jail and a Fine of $2500 Bi 1 of Exceptions Filed sentence VIRGINIA LAUNCHED. Big Baiticship Floated Amid the Cheers of Thousands. Almost News the Confeder- and the first monitor which ate ram tried conclusions m a battle all and revolutiomzed theories of naval eounded the death > den ship as a war Tuesday a new battle-ship, ad- mittedly representing the highest type of naval achievement, was launched from the yards of the Newport News Company, bearing the name Virginia, representing a people and a State that have always stood | wo pre. and endurance and an msatiable | by superior skill in open, honorable contest. The new Virgmnia is not | struction, but the expert constructors dering batteries and stanch and un- yielding armor will prove more than | and enable her to do her full share | potent for peace and invincible in war Thre: Firemen Killed at York. York, Pa, (Special)—The worst fire in recent years in this city wiped out the big six-story brick factory of the York Carriage Company, damag- mg the big farm implement warehouse of Ernest & Bupp, the foundry of the Variety Iron Works, nine dwellings and other property, causing a loss of $200,000. By the collapse of a wall of the plant of the York Carriage Company three firemen were killed and three injured. | Gulf of Mexico, ve pers party oliege, ir An- Migs O'Conno Ad. 4 - 4 Miss Slaughter, "4 . NIRS McA ray, . 1 Mr Bouland, i Iker and Miss Newton yJies mnor President Wa the Ah? 3 i ¢ YY alKer ana sis J A.1 beach aliv I'l b not yet been who : bh 6 WW Wak i ashore syed \ ane reCcow CONSOLIDATION OF MILLIONS of Piectric Court Asked to Set Aside Light Merger snd Power Companies alse 1 a“ a is mmaon the quarreling ing the continued woman died, her body by shores FACTS WORTH REMEMBERING. peopic abuse shed on mining hie beng cry Minto's heavy Combe are found the carliest known graves in Gumea fowls are becoming popular birds For 300 vears the Chinese waterproof paper re ws table have made A woman § feet 4 inches should weigh 134 pounds The sale of patent medicines 1s pro nbited in Sweden, The proportion of divorces to man the United of telegraph are in 1,400,000 There States use mm mics The annual number of dworces ie The exports of Canada for 1003 were $478.574.501, and imports $243.141,016 The general depth of the Niagars River at the brink of the {alls is fom The age at which the greatest num. tween (wenty and twenty-one Nearly all business transactions ie Columbia are based on United States currency. In the religions communities where the use of meat is forbidden appendi- cities 18 unknown. The records of the Weather Bureae conflict with the popular belief in the equinoctial storm, The propellers of he fast ato boats revolve 1.2% times a minute giving a tpeed of twenty-five miles as Our,
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