ACT OF A MADMAN. HA Itolll v IHAGINAItY H'KIIMM, UK. KIM. CD 111 llltOTMKII-IX LAW. OTHER NARROW ESCAPES. McKluitn Intended SI urdrrliiic an t'.nllr 1-aiuily nr M-Hr. Minn was llewllng Nuinlnvchool Lesson lit III i lii.Viinr UlUlliiUI, IVhin the Aii..ln ( oii.mit t! tb I rliur. Iwm City, Mo., (Special.) Harboring Imaginary wrougs, John W. MeKimm, aged 2U year, shot and Instantly killed Dr. B. Hhuw, lila brotber-lii-luw, Ks the laller nut reudlng tha 8undny-4chool lesson to bis i-year-old daughter. MchTtnm, who had been au Inmate of a aultarlmn aud la believed to be insane, threatened to kill tlie other II vu members of the family and was only restrained after a truggle. l)r. Shaw I a wldowor. HI mother-In law, M. McKiiqiu, had cared for his chil dren and hia wile uutll sue tiled. Tint doc tor, ns wnti hla custom. iiit Sunday at the McKImm house. After dinner. Shaw seated himself In a cfc.-ilr In the parlor and with his child before him on Iho floor was rending the Suuduy-sehoul lesson to her. MeKimm, as It developed later, hud gone direct y to Ills room from Uw tnluo and written a ram bling stutoineuf, III which h' staled Unit bo had not been treated rightly nud lunt ho lu landed wiping out the whole family, con sisting of Dc Hlmw ami Ills child, lib. mother, two brothers aud a sister. Tlun, descending to the parlor, ho slipped np behind Shaw and, placing tha revolver against the lattur tired. Dr. Sbnw dlod bo fore the family could reuch his Midi-. An the other meuilier of the family cane rushing to tlio scene, McKiiuui coolly raised his revolver to Ore ut the Mrst who appenr-ol. Ilofore he could lire a second time lm was overpowered by his two brothers uud tukou to the station. There the murderer refused to talk ami Appeared unconcerned. The RliawH and MeKlinms camo to Mis souri from Pennsylvania l." years ago. Dr. Shaw married Miss McKliiim at Latbrop, Mo. He graduated from the I'ulverslty Medical College in 1W)!). and was liroinlnent In his profession. MeKlmiu has boisu con sidered of unsound mind for several years nd was-discharged from a local sanitarium two yesrs ago as cured, Beeeittly, however, he hai acted queerly. The McKttninS are well-to-do. SAVANNAH llltriAK HKCOItlf. Kxporfs fur live Moulin Largest In City's History. Savannah, On., (Special.) The exports from this irt for the period of live montlis ended March 31 were the largest of any previous similar period In the history of the port. The records of the customhouse show the total value of exports for this period, always the busiest, to have liem 22,U2'J,375. The best previous record was for the period from November, 1.191, to March, 1M2, both In elusive, when the total value of the exports Were 17,887,7i. Arrangements for tho three new factories for this eiiy have been consummated in the past week. One Is a shoe factory, with a capital of .'iO,uuO. It will employ 50 hands. A box and basket faetory to employ 1QJ hauds Is the second enterprise. The third la hardwood factory on Hutchinson's Islar opposite the city. UltlltlKN KII.I.UI. Fell With I uIUiik Walls While Holding With a Hlme. Owosso, Mich., (Special.) Two firemen were killed by falling walls In a lire which destroyed the Central High School of tills city. Three other firemen were seriously Injured aitd two pupils of the school Were badly hurt. The Are caught from a burning chimney which spread through the cold air ducts to all parts of the large building. -, The school house was on a hill and the engine were unable to furnish sufll deut force to render the fire department of muoh use. A portion of toe walls Ml unexpectedly, onrrying fire men lloss and Tuckvr down to the basement with the debris. The other firemen who fell with the walls were badly bruised and crushed, but are ex pevted to recover. Tha building was valued at ilij.OOO; Insurance, 4G,0.0. l. II K.NCLIKU CANNON. DreAgetl Prom Kavannah Hsrtior k'roin Sunken Warship. 8avnnnab, Oa., (Special.) The drejge tabcock, dredirlng In the river for the ter minals of the Georgia and Alabnmu Hall way, a few days ago picked up two old type SOnglUh cauuou In the man-of-war wreck It Is pulling out nearly opposite the foot of Dull street. One gun weighs about 1,000 pounds and the other about 850 pounds. The vessel Is supposed to .hiive txaeu sunk at the time of the llrltish occupation of the olty and when the French allies sailed up the river to attack them. The dredge bus already taken out a num ber of cannou balls and several silver coins of a date of more than 100 yeuis ago. KILI.KD II V fc.NOW. Kruke lb rough a llarn Ituofand fell t'pon a ltMeeliome. Keysrr, W. Va., (Special) Snow bioka the root of l'ottinai-ter ', M. O'tonner's barn at Monroe, kllll"g "Little Dan," a raeeborse, owned by O. J. Kitig, of lleverly. This horse attracted attention lu the rao-s at fairs throughout West Virginia last yesr, and gave promise of being one of the fastest borset In the state. (luge fears I'lugua aud I ever. Washington, ' (Special.)-. Secretary Gaga has submitted to the House a request for t'iOO.OOO In addition to tlie taOO.000 already appropriated 10 the fund to preveut the in trodnntoa aaJ spread of eptdemlo diseases. Hecretury tlage says: "The Surgoon-Oeueral states that plague lias recently been reported at Kan Francisco aud that the early recru descence of yellow fever In Florida and other Southern States Is seriously appre hended," FROM VASHINGTON. Governor Steuueuberg pretented a peti tion asking Secretary lioot to allow the fed ernl troops lu remain lu the bbosboue min ing district. Goneral G-nsvcuer reported the Shipping bill to the Hons.-. The Democrats will sub mit a mluorlty report. Hecretary Gnge nsked Congress for an ad ditional appropriation of 200,000 for light ing off the plague. The depailmeiit was advised of the death at Santiago, t'ulil, of United Stales Consul Joseph W. Murrimn, Senator lleverldgu made bis speech in the Henate on the I'uerlo Ulcau bill, aud a teet vote taken ou amendmeuls proposed Indi cated the passage of the bill. The Dun aud llrndstreet commercial agen cies protested ngaliikt the proposed appro priation of aOJ.OO I to Hi J l'tiilndelphla Commercial Museum. The memb 'n of-tli'i 1'hlllpplne Commis sion had a conference with Secretary lloot , with, reference to tho scope of their work. The report of the majority of t'10 House (kimmltteu .on Merchant Marine, rocom mending the adoption of tlio Shipping bill, is nlgliiel by all the l'.-pub'lcnus. llepresuiitutlvo Hay, of Virginia, prepared A bill which he is to Introduce lu Congress providing a reserve volunteer urncy. THE NEWS. The low to cro ; liy the floods In the Texas luwlnuds will he . enormous. Tin) powerhou-ie at AnMlti, In which eight work men weio drowned, was undermined by the flood and machinery allied nl 100,000 dt slroyidf 'rom Nntlonni l.imo"nitie li"n JiptartcM cimes a report that preparations are being made to bo.im ex-i luvertior ll .hert K. l'atll on, of I'oinieyl vauie, for vice reri.leu. Webster Dnvlr, former aslMant aecretnry of the Interlr r, iiiudo a speech at the pro llocr meeting stii ugly eoiiib inning I he Url'. ih dlplomiiey and tulliliiry method. Tha largo department store of Joseph Home A Co., In 1'lttshurg, wai destroyed by (Ire. The los will be nearly two million dollars. There was a very large audleiiee nl Wa'. lack's, where the play 1 f "Sapho" wim again put on, with Mis Xethersolo In the title role. A four-vear-oSI uon of l!u-el Mekln. In ( liamberntiirg, l'u., wa killed by luingruu over. Kmmn S.aiiW r, a love-iek glrloT nluotceu vears, commllt'd euielde near I'atersoD, New Jersey. Judge It-own, of tlie 1. uHm,I S'ates Dls Iri.'t I'ourt In New York, kiivh i. deeUlou i!l.'liarglng Iho prisoners lu lh C:irtr con hi'lracy e-i.. was In aecor.laii".. with reee-d-iit. the prosecution having folloived a wrong method of procedure. Three building n-oeliitioti. Hi Atleiits, with brunches In other State, applied for re ceivers In Atlnuta on ucconut of excessive taxation. A trestle on the Durham rind Charlotte, uearOulf, went through, wrecking an ac (.'i.mmodatloii train. The Louisville Courier- fourim! says tl.fiui) whs pal l in inliauce to the man wliu shut Goebel. Harry ilamherirer. eonvieted of murder n I'olroll. Mh h., attempted to commit suicide. A strike Is threatened by the telurai.li ' operators 011 the Southern ilallway system. King and Lewis loodby, colored, were executed In liaxley, (la., for murder. F. O. Dlckenstuiets, 11 Kansas City new paper n a:i, committed suicide lu Atlanta. Dr. Halliuwny, president of the American Sab a!!i I'nlon, announced to the Newark Con'.-r-nee (lint l'resldent M. Klnley had de clared !h tutted states 1 ulldiiig at the l'ari.s Lxpositlon would o c osed ou Suv day. The r,-nny:vanla liemo'.-raii.' l'onvenll.n Instructed Its delegates to the national con ventlon to vote us u unit for lhyin, aud not to change to any aspirant except by a ma jority vote. , The Jury In the .-me of Olg'a XctVrsoIti and others, lu New York, accused of main taining a nuisance In performing the piny "S ipho," returned a verdict of not guilty. Judge l'ughley, lu Toledo, O., decided that the law prohibiting an employer from dis charging a workman because ho was a union man Is unconstitutional. Judge Uoodwyu has ile -lni-cd Ids Intention to resign on account ol the unfavorable com ment of Ins conduct during the Lmporla (Va.; lynching Incident. Little E.lna Cleburne was badly burned In Klchinond. Va., her clothes having caught lire from the grate. Chlcngoans are thinking of abandoning their proposed celebration In honor of Ad miral Dowcy. Tlw) demniuls or the nliimiiiiiiu workers a! Ihel'ltteburg r.cdiietlon Works were granted At l'u In uvllle. N. Y., lih.-hard Martin com mitted aul.-M't on his sweetheart's gruvc. Mary S.illr.A'l.y. of Scrantou, P.i., was ac et'sod of Infuatleide. Concintl ni Hall, in Kansas . 1 'ily, Mo., where the Democratic National Convention Wits to bo held, wa destroyed by (Ire, to gether with the liund-ome l'resbyteriun Church, the Lathrop Kehool and a-hall a block 01 Hat L li.l.l 1 nt--s. Tiio lohs ugregated 400,000. llecause of the strlieJ of the miners lu the Piltlmi; dUtrict, coal is getting scarce, ami the Uostuu Steel aud Iron Works were obliged to shut do.vn. Charh s K. Lieiiaiburger, -i 1 old ni.111 ol New li-iitliiiore, l:i.. Will dio us the result of -in t-llort to hung himself. lilshop Gowler, of tie Methodist Episco pal Church, Is retried to be seriously 111 at BuSTalu. N, V. Theodore, hurley, ol Darkville, V. Va., was arrested, elmrged with assaulting Mrs. jam 11 Mcl'lllati. Nathan italdwlu. a travellu,; man. killed himself lu liochester, N. Y. Dr. W. C. Gray presented to the Chicago i'reslytery a letter Irom Dr. Newell l'wlght lllllis. of l'lyiuouth I'lmr Hrooklyu, re dgulng from the l'reshyterlan Church. Dr. Ilillls' uctlou Is the r.-su'.t of his recent an nouncement of hLs view on the doctrine of predestination. Municipal elect I in were held In the towns tud elites of Uhlo, Connecticut, lov.a uud Sorth Dakota, l i Clnciuuntl the iiepuhli :aos scored a complelo victory over tlio FuslonUts, eleetlug Col. Julius Fleishman mayor. J;i uw:t of the towns party lines were not drawn. Edward Mtriuo was stabbed by David Wnl Irtce, of Chanib'-rsleu-g, l'u., who took this lionns of tli-coiii-ugliig the young mati' iit tentlon to his daughter. Lhvell l'urduu v.a-i fatally sh, and his Brother X.ixj also Wotiudeil, lu a f..-ud llglit clth Albert aud Arthur Cyrus, near Centre -.-llle, V. Vu. Tlicr-i v. ore fonuul ecreruonles ut l'lioeblis, Va., tiio occasion b.-lug '.ho Inslallatlou of the town oilleers under the charter recently granted. .lowelrj of tlio value r l i 10.000 was stolen f-o:n I lie resldeuc.j of Charles W. Smith at U'-rnii.t.toivu. l'u. The special grand Jurv of Newport News, Vu., Iiillcud 1'rol. H. J. 1'rawley for forgery The actrvssKllv t'oglur wai taken to ilelle vile ll-.spltal In NuW York, probuhly insane. The ic-w male l-.r the mining of bltuuil noiis coal went Into effect in 1'eiuisvlvuula. Wllliii ii Dnvis was nearly killed by a fall lowu ati elev.-itf.r shaft In Norfolk, Va. Twl to llfteen thousand minors went on it fetrike In Hie l'lttsburg dls'rlct. Late frosts hnvu damaged the fruit crop in leorgln to some extent. The voters of Luruy, Va., voted a bond loan for waterworks. Henry Fejee was killed t a falling wall In r.lchmoud, Va. Mrs. Mary Thompson, of Cheswold, Del., lot herself ou lire. Journeymen plumbers In Cleveland we.'it iu u strike. The New York Commissioner of Excise tins taken 11 baud In the crusade itgalust vice in New York, aud the dlvukoepers are much slarmed. It was repotted that Chief Deveiy wan to be sucrllloed. Nathan Lermoiid, a llonton engineer, run oil with Miss Winnie Noyurs, of Houlton, Me., us she was about to marry l'blneit lawyer, carried her to a minister and they irere married. " Two llremeu were killed and throe seri ously injured at Owusso, Mleb., In afire which destroyed the Central High School In the town. Two of the pupils were also hurt. Sidney A. Kent, for years a prominent. peculator iu Chicago, and the organizer id the Chicago Gas Trust, died at SiilMeld, X John W. McKluuu, while Insane, shot and tilled Dr. 11. F. Sbaw, his hrotbr-lu-law, ut bis home, In Kansas City. Mo, The liloouilngtoti (Tnd.) Star made Its n peurnuce for one day. ns the editor ui - uounaud, ns the Devil would run It. Two hundsume brick houses iu Carlisle, l'u., were gutted by u fire that started troiti an Incubator. Governor lloosovolt, of Now York, refused to pardon "Frunvliy," the Whltecbapel mur RAIDS IN FREE STATE ii-:lt- CAl'lTltK MVH (OVIIMMIi, llltlTlsll T.IIIK r.H MK. 3EN. MAREUIL IS KILLED. tl en ei.f Itunthei S ilil to Iw Stvlngliiu South In t ut Hallway- The lloers Make Another Hold Nlroku by Isolating Hen eiul Tucker uud l'roiu 10,om to .oou .Men ut Kuree. London, Lug., ( Ily Cibie... The daring 'aids of the Uovrs In the Orang ) Free State jnve led to a success aud a failure. They lave captured live w hole com j anles ot Lord Huberts' troops near U iddersburg, 40 miles oiith of lllnemfotileln, but ft) of their men. 'ncludlng wounded, have teeu taken prln jtiers fit! tulles uorthwsto( the Free State upitil. The number of men lufliellvn Cap t ired companies Is not stated, but It Is be leved in London to bo about 501). lleforn the 51 I'.oers were captured by the British eltjlit others had lieeu killed, Includ ing General Vlllebols do Mareull, the noted French tactician, who was chief of staff to Ueiii-r.il Joubert. H i loss Is n severe one to .he Uoers. but they have many other able r:itglsts In their army. In the light which 'ns marked by MareuU's death and which "etirrcd nine miles jittbeiist of l:oh )f the I'. i 'rs were surrounded on a kopje by a li.-itlsh furce, believed to have been of argely uiorlor number, under Lord Methiieti. The lljers fought four hours and were then captured. Lord M-tlitien says he lot four killed and about seven wounded. The .-upturn of the llv riritlsh companies .rented consternation ii London. Lord iioherls says tho llocrs vi ho made the cul ture went superior lu numbers. The liners hnvu made another bold stroke 1 y Isolating General Tucker and from 10.0UO o l.".oo(i in.-u nt Karee, ii miles north ot UloeiuroiilelD. Kuree was Lord Huberts idviineed northern pi sr. A force of burgh--rs hns gotten b-tweeu Tucker and ltoberts. Another Boer force Is swinging south from 1'. n'm Nehu, presumably to cut the railroad son t h of llloemfontoln. The policy of Lord Hubert, it is believed, will be to concentrate his men as fur us he can. OS MAN P ASHAT E AD. Ileru uf Plevna r.splres in Constantinople - HI Iteconl In the Crimea. Constantinople, (liy Cable.) Ghazi Ol mau Nubar l'ashn, the hero of l'levtut, died Thursday evening, altliough the recent Im provement In his condition led to hopes of his recovery. He was born lu 1 98 J. Tho Noted Leader. Hunan p.ishit won great distinction In the Uuo-Turklsh war, when ho held the flower uf tho liiisslau nrmy In front of Plevna and -uiw the Turkish scimlter and shell mow down P',000 Slavs, tpon assuming com mand nt rievua he begau fortlflcntlon, which, completed lu a month lu the face of "oustnui attack, proved too strong for the llussians to carry by usjiiiilt. Time and figaln Oman's nrrny repulsed the enemy, and, In spite of heavy reinforcements, the liusslnus were forced to resort to a "starvn t on siege." The Czur himself turned from the field disheartened when, after Tour days of furi ous cannonading nnd continued assaults September 7 to 11. 1377 his nrmy, under the Grand Dnko Nicholas nnd Prince Charles, ol lioumaula, were re tilseo. Nor was Osuian satlsllcl with Ids brilliant defense alone. Surrounded by the enemy's cnnuori and without hope of reinforcement, tiu tvus 1 vcu aggressive, liurllug his soldier nguiost the t-numy ngula and again with frightful loss to both side. On Scptombet i the Turks nunihlliitcd the corps of Gen eral SkoboU-IT while taking two earthwork. '1 he loss to the Itusslacs and their allics- the i'.omunlnns during these engagements was 10,00.) men. Tha Turks also mfforeil severely. The besieged numbered &0,00l' men nnd j0 cannon; thu ttssalluuts a third more men and three times ns many guns. Til K KKAICSAIK.SI'! A IIH.HTV. Adlilirnl lludui-rs IteporU Thut Her Trial as .SHtiMfaetory. Fortress Monroe, Vu., (Special, j The llua) aoceptauiie trial trip of iho battleship Koar- surge demonstrates that she is thu lluesl lighting ship In the American unvy, and hei builders and members of the trial board enthusiastically nssit that her equal Is no' ailoat. The battleship returned to Hampton llond.' after a forty-eight hour trinl trip outside th i apes, 111 tha midst or a gale, uucomfortu ble and dangerous to the average vessel, I u! which caused the Keiirwirge no Inconven ience. The full trial bonrd. headed by Ad mlrnl Uodgers. was aboard, uud all testj U.ing made under sorvk-o conditions, tb ship's performance Is 11 fair criterion of wbal may bo expected of her iu the future In bat tling with either ctiomles or the elements. Admiral Uodgei-s stiid In nil Interview or. tlio subject of the trial trip shortly after th return of the Kenrsargc. Ho mid; "Tin trinl was most g.-itlafaclory; !t leaves Utile t'i bo dtslrcd. lloth tho seuworlhlness mnl lighting i-nicncy of the ship were t-sted, and both were up to expectutl jus. Shu is pL.-d fl.r!.'.eti knots under natural draught bi !au mr.lnlulned for two ho-irs. This would en ible her to maintain n r.tltlnr; position, on the iiuartcr of any buitlesiilp, uad itlmc,-: any vessel whatever." AIM III It .UAliSII t ONVltTLD. loinicr Alicliluun Inspcctin- r.eui-i-nl The iulisplrau.v to Itrlrnud rilulu. I.au-iing, Mich., (,pecl:il.)--Arthur r. Maish, of AH' gait, Jute Inspector general ol the .Michigan National Guard, uad until recently chairman of tho Itepubllcuu Stu'.tt Central Committee, win convicted of bnvlna feliuilou'ily conspired with certain of IiIj ollleinl cssou'n'.e.s todefruud tho btute. Thu statutory peuuliy Is fourteen years, impris onment or h ss. .Murt'h was iudlclod by tin county grand Jury 0:1 the fhoivlng mudu lm plkinting him lu the Mi-nsntlonnl deal where lu State mllituty clothing uud equipment Inventoried nt some tCO.OOJ was i.llegcd tr have been sold for vl ',M'J, shipped to Chi cago, thunco without brcukin;; bulk to c military supply couourn In Kalaiuuttoo aud then repurchased by the State Military Hoard for about 40,000. CLASH IN J lI'.VNtsl. UAfrlltS. Itussluit Cruiser Dlselturgcs Toi-;indu at Jupuucso Itnttleshlp. Vauooiiver, Ii. C, (Special.) Tlio war to ward which liusstu uud Japan nro believed by Oriental papers to be drifting was almost precipitated by 1111 incident which Japaneim olllclals luivo vulnly endeavored to suppress, as reported by Hhlps' udvlces. On March lil 11 Japanese battloshlp encountered a Itu.islau cruiser lu the neighborhood of Hakodate. Without any warning tlio Kussiuu discharged a torpedo against thu battloshlp, but missed 1I111, uud the J Mianeso eeenpud unhurt, but, huli.ru rctlrlug, tired uevoral shots at her u.-:sal!uiit. A SeundiU ut l.lkln.. r.Htlti. W. Va., (Special.) Wlllltim Hnm lltou has brought suit against J. S. Postal for 10,001 tor alleuiitlug his wlfu'u n'Teo. Hons. Mr. l'oeton U the postmiii.tfsr hero, and owner of the I'oaten Opera Hcnso. Mr. Hamilton, formorly of Grafton, Uniklll-d muclilnlst lu thu Wctt Virgluia Csr.'.rsl Itsii roml shops here, Mr. liaiclilou bus also commenced action for 11 dlvor :, Free State Hnml Adjourm. l'rctorla, (By Cable.) Tlio Free Statu Hand adjourned sine die after ptumlug l'resl dent steyn'n spoech. Twouty-sls meiubsrt were prckoat. FOREIGN AFFAIRS. A iiljeral member of the House of Com mons lu a speech praised American states manship, nud eomplulued that Great Britain lind failed to uphold llritlsh Interests In China, nud he deiunnded a dellulte policy to meet Ilnssla's energetic progress. The French force isjuted tho Arabs at In .ilnh, southwest of Algeria, killing 000 and taking 4fi0 prisoners. Details were received lu London o! the visit of an Amerlean, exploring iu Abyssinia, to King Mcuolik. German emigration last year was 2D, 710, of which number 10,000 came to the Culted States. thujas Dledrlch and Wolfgang Koeselager have been expelled from Prussia. Archibald Forbes, the noted Ktigllh war correspoudont, died In London. The survivors of the South 1'olar expedi tion arrived at Campbell Town, New Zea land, and 0. K. Itorchgrevlnk, the explorer, reports thut the tuaguetlo pole has been lo cated. Illot occurred In Naples and othcx Italian cities between students and Socialists, grow ing out of the agitation for a reform of thu constitution. The Ottoman government has sent a note to tho llussiuu ambassador embo-lylug a plan of settlement of the dispute over the railway concession. The Chinese government has lundc amends to Kngland for tho murder of tun llcv. Mr. Brooks, of tho Church MUs'.onnry Soelety. l ive of the urew of a French torpedo-boat lying at Cherbourg, 1 ranee, were terribly burned by the explosion of the b.-ll'-r. The foreign emlasvi'-s In Constantinople sent a joint note to the Turkish government protesting against the propose! Increase Iu customs duties. Tho preparation have been nearly com pleted for the Uermnii Antarctic expedition. Thu liu.ssiau Sipiadron has arrived at Fort Arlhtir. liuoiors of lmieiiding hostilities between liussiannd Japan caise considerable ilia cussion in London. Lord Salisbury does tu t believe that liussla intends to break the treaties concerning Korea. It U also be lieved in London that Japan Is not ready for hostilities. British government ofllninL are closely Watching litissla's remarkable military activ ity and bvr menauiiig attitude toward Tur key. Thea,uestiun to what extent British moral iLislstan te can be given tj Turkey Is ptur.lljig Frlme Mlnlster Sallsbury. Oermany asks the Vulteii 'Stattvs for tho same open-door policy lu the I'hlllppLne as that applied to China. NO PLACK Klf PtKIK MJ1N. Cwha t- urnlsltes OpiMirtunltles fur Ttiase With 1'apltKt. Wa Jiingtou, (Speidal.) The War Depart ment has be-in obliged to sound a note of warning to restrain overconfident Americans from flocking Into Cuba without resources. General Wood has made this a mutter of special representations to Secretary hoot. He reports that there are quite 11 number of such Americans completely stranded In Cuba, whom he is unable to relieve. His suggestion was that the War Department authorl.-.e him to ship them bank to the Vnl ted States on the army transports, but, so far, Secretury Hoot has not boon able to see how he can do this. Aocordlug to the uJ vioes reeelveU by the department, Cuba is no place for'a man without mouey. With some cupltal there Is lurge opportunity fot returns, but, otherwise, even willing work Ingtneu and clerks cannot secure utnploy muut, and must soon come to grief. Secre tary lloot uient oned the Into of some of the Amecicaus who had gone to Cuba as parts ot alleged "colonies" us particularly bard, and if it shall appear proper to extend relief ut ulJ, it may be he will authorise all ll-ose who aro iu tiering In thuse. colonies to b brought home iu the transports. uii Tiiiii r op .ij;wKi.v. Coacbjuun Is Missing, and SiiMplt-iua Him 1-alien I. pun lliiu. ' Atlnutn, Ga., (Special.) An eighty-horsepower boiler weighing several tons exploded nt the G. O. Williams l.uu.bor Company's brickyard, killing three white men and In juring huvernl others. The dead are: John M. Smith, agesl lllty Qve, one of the owners of the yard. James 1'erkit.s, aged twenty-five, engineer. Wal ter Kvuns, aged twenty-one. The iijured are: liufus Glass, colored, badly scalded and bruised. Kdwurd Hardeuittu, colored. Thomas Glass, colored, badly bruised. Charles Hardeman and Charles Bailey, col ored, injured by tlylug dubrls. bjimue) Banks, it negro boy, badly hurt. Tho body ot Perkins was found wrapped, areund 11 post ten feet from the euglne. No lltiil s were torn lrom the body, though one of his arms and both logs hung by ahroda of flesh. The lower part it lb 13 body was stripped of clothing. K1I.L.KI Uf UOILKJt KAPl.OSIIlN. Jtudy of the Vlrtiiu Veiiud Wrapped Around a Ptut. l'hllnilelphla, (Special.) Diumonas, Jew. elry. und money to the value uf 410,000 were stolen from the residence of Charles W. Smith, nt Germautown, a suburb of this city, nud sitsplcuiu rests upon lldwurd Uruiiuin. Mr. Kmlth's coiichmnu, who is missing. The stolen property belougud to Mrs. Smith, I'.raiinln, who had been given notice of his dismissal, was ordered to light a fire in the sitting-room, which adjoins Mrs. Kmlth's boudoir. Two hours later Mrs. Smith discovered that her Jewel enso had been broken open, and her poeketbook robbed of its ooulent. Cue necklace Is val ued nt i ,(I0 J. in addition to this, the thief secured two gold watclies nnd other Jewelry, besllcs over iUUO in oash. ABOUT NQTEiTPEOPLE. A Jeff Dnvis Is a cuudldate for the Demo cratic nouiluiiUou for Attorney-General iu Arkausa. Of the British g-nnmia lu South Africa Lord itoberts, Lor 1 Kitchener, Lord Duu douald, French and Macdonald never passed the Uunl ex 11 111 1 nation nt the Staff College. Senator Bute.', of Tennessee, enjoys the all to rare distinction of never Laving ac cepted a railroad pass In his life. li -u Austrian, the noted painter of chick ens at Bonding, Pn., has trained birds wbl.th pose for him, and, after u good deal of In vestigation, bu lias become convinced that hens talk among themselves. Prof. David Ldward Hughes, the Inventor of tho printing telegraph and of the micro phone, has left his fortune of 'J,HOO,000 to four hospitals the Middlesex, Loudon, b lug's College and Charing Cross. j The estate of thu late Dr. Thomas W. 1 Evans, tho American dentist who became famous lu Purls, promises to realize nearly M.OOJ.O 0. Ot this amount r3.0 0,-OOJO will bu used lu establishing a iiiuieum In Phil adelphia. Governor Steuueuberg, of Idaho, does nut wear a cravat. Whcu he appeared before the Committee oil Military Affairs of thu House lust week he wore a big slouch hat, fish-tail coat, white shirt uud turudowu col lar. His gold collar-button shone brightly aud was not obscured' by any silken neck wear. While the national House of 1! 'prescuta lives tvus all a murmur with general conver sation oue day last week, Spcnkcr Hmid-r-lou rapped loudly with Ids gavel, nud said sternly: "The chair will p'east preserve order." Tho Homo roared, tho Speaker looked shuuplsh, uud nftur a mluuta or two the member who hud the floor pruui-eduj with bis remarks undUturbed. PERISHED JN FLOOD. IIIMMIF.DS liKPeUTM) ll!0VNJ- l 11 tkxas i.ot'imi itsr. MILLIONS OF DAMAGE. Large Darn Hurst and I.nwer Part f Aestln was InnnilNtnd Korea of W itter was Mho the Johnstown Flood and Carried Death and Destruction In Its Cnnraa Wholn Families Gone. Austin. Tex., (Spoolul.) As tha result of a flood that has never been paralleled in this country except by tho Johnstown disaster, Austin, tho capital olty of Texas, lostl,400, 000 worth of municipal property. Tho lower portion of the nlty was inundated, fully 100 houses along tho river hnvnbeen swept away nnd 10 lives aro known to have been lost, nnd messages from up nnd down tho river report the drowlng of 32 persons In all. The flood Is one without a parallel In the history of the Stat", oxeeedlng In point of danger and in Keotlnnnl losses the great ltrszor. Bottom flood of last spring. It began raining on tho watershed of tho Colorado River as far north as tho Concha Blvnr, somo 1U5 miles north of hero, on Wed nesday night, and never ceased until Satur day morning. From midnight until rtny ilght so terrific wa tho downpour that creeks were transformed Into surging tor rents, and rivers were swollen to 11 width ol a mile. It I estimated thut within an hour fnur Inches of ruin fell In this immediate vicinity. By daylight It became evident thai the hltuntloti wa serious. The river began rising three feet an hour, nnd by 10 o'clock it hud Increased to four feet. The situation nt tho city's power station, above the city, became s"rious from the very lli-st. The Immense dam spinning the river 1,200 feet h'lig and 00 feet high, with the power house aud three-quarter of n million ol dollars' worth of muehltiery located along side was threutened from the vory first. The water roso so rapidly that the power-house would bo Inundated within a short time. Tho surging torrent bore on its crest tons and tons of trees, houses and debris by the wagon load. Ml this Immense mass was piled upon the dam. very rapidly forming 11 solid mass VI) feet high and 1,000 feet thick, over which the water surged and fretted be fore taking Its CO-foot plunge. So ferritin was tho strain that It wns evi dent that the dam must give way. At ll.lfi exactly the crash came, and ff slice of granite 8 feet thick, 25 feet in depth nd 500 feet long rolled out of the middle ol the dam nud Into the river below as though it bad been prlied out with a crowbar. Thi released ' tho immense quantity of debris, treos und houses and thu vast volume ol water, and within a thrice it was bellowinp ou Its way down the river, onrrying death and destruction In its wake. Just below the dam were located eight fnalllca of poor people, numbering som five ami sl.x apiece, who camped and fished for their living. All of these, disappeared with the breaking of the dam and have 110' beou heard of since. Light men standing on the edge of tin river when the dam broke were caught nni! swept Into the torrent, but were rescued 1 quarter of a mile down tho river more dcm.' than alive. In addition to this list then were) eight of th employes cnught in tin power-house und drowned llko so muny ran lu a holo. lteportsfrom below, ulong tho river valley Is that tho waters have engulfod everything and houses, livestock nud human Uvea hnvi been forfeited. No nucurato reports cau In had, as tho excitement Is so Intense that ni names can be secured. It Is feared, how ever, thut hundreds of lives have been h-t GEN. OTIS RELIEVED. He Will leant the Philippines AImmh May I Mc Arthur to ( oiiiiiiunrl. Washington, (Special.) General Otis hn. been fortunlly relieved of the commund o the United SUiti-a forcos in the Philippine. and of tho Eighth Army Corps. The cor re.spondcuce showing how this wns brought about wns made public ut the War Dopnrt lucnt. It is us follows: a The Cahlco;) ains. Manila. Agwnr, Washington: Private In terests; require icy return to Statos; absent from family and business, nttuntlou to w hich important, since November, 1897, except few days. Wish to sail by Mny 1, if possible believe matters hero, can bo placed in quit satisfactory condition by that date, nlthotigt a largo repressive military force must In maintained some time. OTIH." Itcqtlest Granted. Washington.-Otis, Manila: Boplyiiig tr your cable of April 3, tho Secretary of Wat instructs me to say that tlio President re grets to havo you leave the Philippines, Put he feels that your distinguished and success ful servioe In both military nnd civil admin Istratlou for nearly two yuai entitles you u prompt compliance with whatever wish you choose to express regarding your assign ment to duty, and the requisite order will be made for your returu May 1, by such route nud talcing such time ns nuiy bu agreeable to you. With the understanding that Gen eral McArthur will suoflcod you as military Governor, the Secretory of War wlshe rec ommendation for Commander of tUu D. partmuutol Northern Luzon. Final Arrangement. Munllu. Agtvar, Washington: Will remain until certain Important modlllcatiuns of civil ndmiiilstrallou Is concerned. Now code Judicial criminal procedure approaching completion and other .'cutters receiving con sideration: think can lenvu about May 1. Will cable latter part of month date I d-sim to be relieved and recommend olll.-er for de partment commander. Wish to return by mott expeditious muto and await orders short time until private bu.diuvs receives uttentioti. No request to make regarding future sphere of duty. Oris." Curlew Law In F.lklns. F.iklns, W. Vu.. ( Special.) Major Irots has Issued a prix-lumiillun euforcli g the "curlew" ordinance, by willed till children under stUeeu years of uge will Is-11 nested If found on thu streets alter eight oVlo -k 1', unless intended by their parents. tl.ASII IN KK.NTM WV. Sn-t lal Policeman Knout a Deputy Klter 111 aud Is Himself Killed. Mlddlesboru, Ky., (Special.) Much ex citement prevails Imro over a clash of the uutliorltl h. Will Mosh-y, a special police man, shot Charles Cecil, a deputy sheriff, aud was himself later killed by uuktiown persons. Warrants have been sworn out for tho ur rest "f Chief ot Police King, Joliu Mosley, a bi other of the miiu killed, and Will Sullivan. The latter two, who were extra policemen, went with Chief .of Pollen Kitg to arnst a uegro. Cuu led erute Memorial Day. ' New Orleans, (Speclnl.)--The Confederate ctunps celebrated Memorial or Decoration Day Friday, which I. a legal hollduy lu Louisiana. The militia, Sons of Veterans and Tho Confederate ladles' organizations participated. The tombs und statues of Confederate memory were decorated with flowers und memorial services were held ut the ci-meletliis. At night thu Army of Ti-n-uesbue held its annual bunuuet, l-'x-Xcoretury Noble 111. ' St. Louis, Mu., (Special.) -Hon. John W. Noble, Secretary of tho Interior under l'res ldent llurrloon, has beu ordered to Florida by his physician. He is RUfferlnj with throat trouble. ENGLAND STUNNED. sthni k lo Ihe Country ( eased by the Hoer Victory Walked Into u lcat!i-rrtti. London. Fug., (By Cnblo.) London Is astounded at the dlea-dor to tlufTlrltwh arms between Bloemlohtoln and lirnndfort, Gen 9rai Itoberts' dispatch. con llrm tho loss of men and guns. There bt no news of the re capture of the artillery. Boors still hold the waterworks outside of Bloemfonteln, which woro shelled by the British, and they maintained a vigorous srtlllery tire. Thero have boon many on iplcnous acts of gallantry displayed. One battery made several attempts to bring lu two guns, but their horses were shot each .luie. A correspondent, who witnessed the bat tle at the waterworks, cnbli-s that he never nw such gallantry as watt displayed by the British. Tun admiration of the entire burgher army was excited. Lata dispatches tli of tho defeat of Col unci I'lumer, but thu locality ol the buttle ia not announced. Fears are aroused for the afoty of .,1)00 ilhodeslan Hough Klders. All hope ol tho relief of Mafuklug baa now been abandoned. Boers are ready with 10,. 000 men to dash on itoberts or prevent movement from Kimbcriey, making the posi tion purllons. Tho reported leadership of tho Boer Army Is doubted In boMi London ami Washington. Hols tho Amerlean military attache nud aetivo action on his part Would bu a grave offon.. IIKWIIV i Tin: It ACP.. The Admiral Announces That lie Is 11 President lul Cilllilldale. New York, (Special.) A spu?lal from Washington says; "Admiral Dewey authorizes tho Wuild to announce to tho American poopto that after mature reflection and In response to the earnest entreaties from nil purL of tho (sum try his former decision not undor nuy cir cumstances lo run for the Preskleucy is re scinded." Admiral Dewoy said: "1 realize Hint the time has arrived when 1 must definitely deflno my position. "When 1 arrived iu this country last Sep tembor I said then thut nothing would iu tluco me to bo n candidate for the Presidency. "Slnco then, however, I have had the leisure and Inclination to study the matter, and have reached a different conclusion, Inasmuch as so many assurances have come to me from my countrymen that I would bo acceptable as. it candidate for this groat office. If the American people want me for this high oMIce, I shall be only too willing to serve them. "It is the highest honor In the gift of this nation; what citizen would refuse it? "Since studying this subject I am con vinced thut the ofllco of the President is not ucli a vory dlilicult one to All, his duties being mainly to execute tho laws of Congres.. "Should 1 bo ohosen for this exulted posi tion I would exeonte tho laws of Cougrosa as faithfully as I hove always exeouted the orders of my superiors." HAVIV PKOSI'KCTS. Former Assistant Secretary of Interior May be Homnefl. SL LouU, Mo., (Spoclal.) Webster Davis' resignation from MoKluluy'a Cabinet Is caus ing a furor in tho ranks of the Ilopubllcun party of Missouri, nnd there Is strong pro bability that a least a part of tho State dele gation may go to tho Philadelphia convert, tion Instructed for ltooeevolt and Davis for Preeidcnt and Vice-President, respectively. This is the ticket that his friends (.re pro posing, of course if Davis will ooneent to make tho fight. Davis has a host of friends in Mhmourl. The party organization is in the hands of the Administration's enemies, except in a few Isolated districts. Davis has already been slated by the Mis souri Kopublicnus as ono of tho big font lielcgatee-aHai go to Philadelphia. HI present attitude forbodea troublo In the State. The Administration Kepubllcans lire greatly chagrined nnd do ' not attempt to hldo their augur. SAVAMNAII IUVF.K Fit A CDS. The Attention ot Congress Will II Called lo Cases. Savannah, Ga., (Speolal.) As a conse quence of tho action taken by tho Cnltod States District Court, Judge Spoor, in ses slon here, the attention of Con gross will lie ut onco called to tho delay In the case of P.. D. Greene, J. F. Gaynor, K. H. Gaynor, W. T. Gaynor, of Now i'ork; Hx-Cnpt. O. M. Carter and others, for alleged conspiracy to defraud tho government lu connection with tho improvements iu Savannah itiver aud hiirbor and Cumhurland Sound. Hoy Fatally Injured. KroeMburg, Md., (Special.) William Gold worthy, 16 years of age, sou of Paul Gold worthy, of Frostburg, met with a fatal acci dent at Kloudlko mine, south ot Frojtbtirg. Tha boy wns employed lu handling the trips ot coal cars as they came from tho mine. Iu attempting to draw one of tho brakes he fell between the i-nrs. Oue of his arms was crushed and he was otherwise injured. Ho (lied ahortly after beiug.brought homo. Cost of Onr Paris Inhibit. W'adilngton, (Special.) The President sent to the Senate 11 statement from Com missioner" General Pock, showing tho ex penditures made by tho commission to tho Paris Exposition during last year. Tho total outlay wua 1H0.U03. lu his letter of trans mittal Mr. Punk says tho United States will bo represented at the exposition by 7,000 ex hibitors. No Muloous for This Town. Parsons, W. Vu., (Special.) Tho County Court here refused to grunt any llipior lloenso in the town ot Thomas. There were six applicants from saloons now running. They grnnted the town of Davis, three mllee away, six licenses. Thomas has about live thousand population. Killed by a Log. Grantsvilio, W. Va., (Special.) Frederick Browning, a wealthy lumberman, was killed by n rolling log. Illow for Woman's ffurl'ruice. Albany, N. Y., (Special.) The only woman suffrage proposition considered tills year by the legislature was killed in the r'enate. Sunntor Humphrey moved to take from com mittee the Assembly bill allowing women to vote at town elections. There was so much opposition that ho was compelled to with draw tho motion. Hurled in a Well. Warsuw, Va., (Special.) Charles Koy nolds, reeldiug mvar Oldham, Westmoreland county, was killed. While digging a well for S. II. Stranghnm, thu well caved iu, burying lilm ten feet. Maltreated by Masked Itoblmra. Wellsburg, W. Va., (Special.) Ou Cross Creek, uuur the Pennsylvania line, five masked men broke iuto the home of David Melinite, bound tho four oocupnnts hand and foot, ransacked the house from cellar to garret, aud secured (100 In cash aud several thousand dollars' worth of valuable papers. McGulre'a sou Frank resisted, and wua beatuu so badly that ho will die. More German, fur the Transvaal. London, (By Cable.) The Gorman llnei Kooulg has again reached Lourenzo Mar qusz, this tltiia having on board To! pascu gore bouud for tho Transvaal. 1(EYStl I.ATI KT Nl .Vs A BIG BLA2E Physical "nd 1.1" f PN-Iel, Ilestr.,,,,,, ' IheFIro- lln..rBf , Lantern I'sed ,,,17 inner 1.1111 l-'ire ileuti-.....! .. laboratory of l,.',,',, Bethlehom, th.. i., the splendid coll, ,.,, th.) finest eq,,,, y country. Th., Mr -Tho South Betli,.h;F T; not eopo with the H Jf burned on iinrestriL, that could feed ,, j Alltheccn oats of th,., f .r0,n00. nt the ,,Ww,'. I tho most modern nnv. physh nl engh rli . dostroyed, onlya.r,,,, Tho building wa.vm, tho llromon arrived u found to bo so ,, (ill Htllfl force and .-ou ,, ( i! floors. Windows u.j,j( broken and the ,ini vU that In ten mlniiti, ,V lm nuco of flnme... Vw, ' ihe Jlnthluhe,,, (jr. promptly accor,, , floor thick volumes, iiverwh'-lt::!,,'; j!5 ' ladders and at thin s tho l-ulldlng from tin,.' '"i of spectators wliu klt hint work was d,,,,,!, fls university, who .-nt,.,,, b" carried out bonks :n..i ( ran, j'resnient ,(( of tho first nt the iin, of tho student, l'r of tho chair of p,v. ticorlng, who saw 11',,, "1 1 years consumed in ti,, tho flames, l,-ilin..,l it somo of his reeonl .sun. (ui tho second noio- t .... . .. "7.7 .i n m 1.1 . , Flro threatened (i,, I 1 Iwlsburg with l..-str;t; a tiro broke out In thu 1 i" Llectrlo nud Foundry fi" short time had sprewki i I A number of frame lmi.:jlll dry were completer -j i wind f mined the flsmis jrj, emlxtrs to a number nil y took lire. The sltnMioj that tho nutlioi-ltli's t. four miles distant, soil; JT uway, for asslstaneii. tf a special train, but jiis; , c pany was about to 1 n to them was reviik-.il, t 1 was bally lnmag.l, I House building. Thi -Be partially covered t,y i.it originated iron: ;i nimi rg, fell Girl's liNrutn r: Short'y before inniiii; W 7 yours old, illcd ol .1 11 to In tho evening from the T I of a pistol which sh I jje at her home, in SivcJi-i. ' the house with her tir : F 11, nnd Wayne, agcll. her playing with tlini take ft from her, iil-I i; n pushing It to lil 111 nh': ll Tlio ball entered hertr jro ear. Jit t( t at at Pall In.'" While Mrs. Marcari-t;u bur 9-month-old nlewui u iu Wllkes-Barrc, t b I'll 1 steps with the child. 7 k was crushed and one ol Mi child died from the It. Jr was Kcrloasly injured. JL, child's mother arc In , owiii; 10 uie .sium'k er.:- ltltten sixteen f in a battle with mhs onel Motter. near lli' son of l-'rnnklln Wolf, d tho Moddt-r farm, on the urin and tu ay ill-' Tho dog was shot hv tacking another 11:10. flanged IlimselftMH John J. Warren, -ni: been n oontractor In cido lu nn Allegheny I bnnging himself with Warren was about m f ei" that tiusiuoss trouhloib Varmcr Jiirnit While Milton Hussln; who lived about twoiui' was cugngeii In biiriiits caught lire. Despite tt man to save him, k ! agony. I urnltiiro Wurkt II" After nn idleness ol ' Bloomsburg School ':: sutued operations. T!ii largo number of ui"n, ",: rc-clved to keep it gelof ttohbers Is-llTri-P Thieves entered tlet"j 1 miller, nt Shoemakers! , ler tired lit them anil t- tt They escnM-d, li-aving 1 -u hind. One of thct.isli 1 :i! State l "1. The body of ntl W' t' found lying along li',j short distance from 'ftfil face was cut consider"1'.' ( tallied tooh) and utk'lJ'i,, brellas. L Mrs. A.FauBt, ol'PeW-J, lag the stairs at her lw'' h apoplexy and foil to the- She fractured her ukullr gerlous Injuries. Tho Blossburg drap' 18 was struck, has setiW Kj flow of sixty barrel"'1' 'I1 producer lu the Giilii ' i Ground has bm-ti "'jl for shirt factory. i operation It will Bivoofff five people. pUii'"1 As Dr. I)arin a-T in his gurilor. lio " ' upon tho gruvel wl( ncai-ly an big as lls' cuttght. Kueelliit! i0 buw It cut off the W nnd thou taking u'' ' trunk or middle I''Hi to which the wings"; lly awity; but a l" ing 011 tho wliig rotind tha wusp impoilcd its pros"'1, nllghted again ou tl libcrately sawod o"1", then tho other. ni '. moved tlio causo of (lew off with Its hoo"' derer.