Wt lA HO AA SO HUNDRED MILES “ SWEPT BY FIRE four Towns Gone in Michigan and Wisconsin, FOUR DEAD AND MANY MISSING, Forest Fires Devastate Five Counties, Leav- " lng Huodreds of Families Homeless and Burning Millions of Dollars’ Worth of Prop- erty— Nine Villages Partially Destroyed Refugees Flee on Tralos. Wis, Milwaukee Milwaukee, (Special) .—A special dispatch to the Sent from Mich known Escanaba, “Four more persons families homeless, orth property i out and a five counties (uare 01 riped smoke threw women and i panic “Gradually the ing the night and flames began to fires still smolder anc ipreading. : them will only tO start AL ary id igat tan see there is sm Detalls Jesus’ Words? New Haven, Conn 1 Thos Spe ¥ Seymour, 1 fragment | oun | Three Men Drowned. Lawrenece, Mass. Kehil, { Speci al) OTR Andoer three young Syrians, were dr wned in the Merrimack River while anoe They were inexperienced in the handling of the craft and capsized in midstream No one was near the scene of the ac dent, but from the other of river two men saw the canoe turn over They rowed across the river as quickly as possible, but the three conoeists had disappeared below the surface before the wonld-be rescuers arrived Salem George and to ticle ————— Czar Arouses People's Rage. St Petersburg, (By Cable) A bomb was thrown into the parhamentary camp by a note received by President Mou romtseff, of the lower house, from Peter. hof, which, instead of making an ap pointment for an audience at which he and the deputation could present the ad dress in reply to the speech from the throne, contained the information that Emperor Nicholas would not receive the deputation, and that the address must be presented through the ministry of the court, It was reported Pennsylvania Rail quire more - 1 % provement pians ti by the f th months Vice President Sale notes denying the of Corp rations ( road reb Oil Company, First Vic granted Pre Scar York | shot and kille Second i New ‘rump, of 1ed before ‘ommission being in Wall Street road Compan to carry an the amou ¢ $50,000,000 od » Penns ad S$ Issued a Of Commu : $ 3 +} $ sarficld that ites to siden urance imnsylvani ter- State ( 2 graveside dur- Austrian Si ightning. ns in favor of gen ig place in front Russia as resigned, ow amet of the Association nicrence nrisian wvited Ken- , inspect the to her daughter, y- a coup which would appointed a dictator, Sweden's first the on of Ase i GISSOl fete day since the union of Sweden siasm, coast of Moroco The general metal workers as has of German to lock out sociation decided On May Day, t he political prisoners gendarmer and by the South Russia, injured. The St new revolutionary arrest the editor, | ber of Parliament The third worl Young Women's opened in Paris, ie at Tekatermoslay, some were seriously paper, but could not cause he 15 a mem- of the Association I's conference Christian RATE PASSED | Foraker, Morgan and Pettus Alone | Opposed the Measure, | DEBATE LASTED FOR 170 DAYS. LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS, Red Cross, to fill Robert iman of the Central Ce A aN . American Ni place O'Reilly, who 1s of igadier Genera to atte Acting Secretary Newberry, in a Re mission All Amendments Voted Dowp, txcept One by Mr. Teller to Strengthen Loonstitutionality of Measure. Pp. (C., 8 Cont Washington, { Spe Friday, Rat vO tiroad take the responsi jax Senator Fulton f the words, preme (Cou leclared, ence the absence could affect the measure Tar, : “the words are retained, will have explicit auth it must necessarily omitted.” Locket Saved Graduate, Joston, (Special) At the of the Cambridge graduates George M Dewolfe, aged 18 years, fired a shot at Lillian Thorough good, aged 17 years, and then shot him self in the head. Dewolf died an hour later. A locket worn by the girl saved her from being injured although her clothing was set on fire. The two had quarreled of a } 5 CiOse feunion Auto and Bonds Stolen. New York (Special) —A $10,000 auto. mobile, containing $2,400 worth of bonds, script and other valuable papers, was stolen by a daring thief, who jumped into the machine while it stood unoccupied on Broadway, near Forty-second Street. Its owner, J. H. Clarke, an automobile manufacturer, had steppen into a restaur- int near by. He heard the auto puffing as it started away, and, although he rushed immediately to the street, the thief sped the machine around a corner and escaped. topped mad { { done b Mr. A i tnd §¢ sented to lengths 1 red Wa Burned en His Ship. { Special } i mate Edgar Cl Wf the FINANCIAL AFFAIRS. predict Smelters Bull Ww mda, specu f * Amalgmated Copper. creased 406 per cent. over the period of last year, The “Manufacturers” Record publishes a list of more than Boo establishments, representing same oil invest- cotton-seed an and an output of more than $100,000,000 United States Rubber's annual report shows gross sales in the year ending March 31,1006, of $354,723000 against $57,030,000 in the previous year, and $64, £53,000 in the year preceding that. Net sales were $32868000, against $32,031,- 000, and $33,306,000 in the two previous years, The depression continues in the Ne- vada mining stocks. There have been some pretty large declines. Belmont A man identified prominently with the Pennsylvania Railroad says: “I am told that when President Cassatt arrives in Europe, an impotiafit annoduncement is to be made by Vices President Green” Have American banks borrowed or bought the gold in Europe which has been engaged for export? This question was answered by an international banker as follows: "A good deal has been borrowed. Some fo. been secured in exchanged for American securities. LOOTERS FOILED IN BOLD GAME Soldiers Fire at Them at the Frisco Subtreasury., THE SUSPECTED MEN HRE BACK. Ao Exciting Fray at Midoight— Members of Company ©, Fleventh Infantry, Say They Saw Men Near the Entrance. 4 CHINESE DEFIANT ATTITUDE Migisters of the Powers Teke Joint May Action. AVENGES GIRL REVOLUTIONIST. Unkoown Person Kills Officer Whe Maltreated Her. Sane by passenger attempt rescue Plighted Troth By Wire. Oakland, Cal, (Special).«-Col. Edwin Emerson, Jr, of New York, lecturer and war correspondent, and Miss Edith Gris- wold of city were married at the home of Mrs, Robert Louis Stevenson Col. Emerson proposed by teleghaph and was accepted. Miss Griswold was Sssist. ant editor of he Sunset magazine, and is well known as a literary worker, this Accused Agent Viadicated, Washington (Special) —Having sat. isfied the State Department officials that the charges against him contained in As. sistant Secretary Peirce’s confidential re- port were without foundation and that he was the victim of mistaken identity in some measure, Richard T. Greener, late commercial agent at Viadi- vostok, Siberia, will be given another appointment in the consular service when sufficient a suitable opening is found. TROOPS OUT TO SUPPRESS RIOT, 1,000 Unlon 280 Nosunion Men lis Pliched Battle. | severely CARNEGIE HERO FUND AWARDS. Twenty-One Men Medals, brave end Women Get How Gapos D ed. k lamp and ab vioded, bed Her screams aros but by that time she The hause was burn ¥ been cut of ver her arred re irom rescue mains were found, Killed Beside Grave, London (By Cable) A dispatch to a agency from Berlin 13 mourners who were at a graveside dur img a funeral at Teschen, Austrian Sil esia, were struck by lightning and killed, while 20 others were severely burned. news savs that Doesn't Like Thier Money. Northampton, Mass, (Special). Be cause the college trustees lave accepted girts from John D, Rockefeller and An- drew Carnegie, Mary E. Bird for 14 Years an instructor m the astronomical department of Smith College, tendered her resignation.’ Mise Bird ave (ir she will prepare a formal statement of her position to be read at the cominencement exercises in June, when the matter of control of changes in the faculty and staf are considered,
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