FORE!GNAFFAIRS.
Winston Churchill, the war oorrcspond-
lit, Is mentioned as a ciinillilnto f;r I'arlla
tneiit, to succeed Ihn Puke of Argyll.
The representative!" of flreut Ililtnln,
France, (lermnny, Austria nnd 1 tuly. In
View of the slei taken ly the United Ntuten
Kovernment In regard to tho elnlmn kmwIiik
out of tho Aruicnlnu massacres, hitve asked
their (foTornmnntn for Instructions at to
their respective clnlnis.
Ambassador White discredit the reported
action of tho Herman Chancellor In fort Id
illnif the North Herman T.loyd Menmhlp
Company landing In Oerinnn. Dutch or Ucl
glnm ports lrenh meBts or dairy products.
The lntest note of the United Mutes ot
rnment to Turkey Is In the nature of an ul
timatum, and demands linmedliitn pnyment
of the Indemnity, without, however, fixing
time limit.
The l'rlnce of Widen, lu a putille letter,
acknowledges the sympathy nod congrntu
latlons from nil piirn of the world on his re
cent escupo from assassination.
Two thousand bulldliiKS were destroyed,
seven lives lost and seven thousnnd people
inndo homeless by the conflagration that
swept Hull and Ottawa, Canada.
Tho budget committee of the Osrmnn
KHebstng eliminated from tho niival bill
the rovlslou for mi luercnsq lu the lorelgn
service fleet.
The Horrlnir cabinet resigned InDcnmnrk.
and King (,'hrlstlau appointed another, with
II. do Sohlested as premier.
Twenty Mussulmans, sytiipntlil.TS with
tho Young Turk party, wero nrnstcd In
CmiMantinnple.
In the S:lu;luin Chandler of Deputies So
cialist ninnhers attacked Ktncr Leopold as
lelng Involved in tho India llubber scandals
and tho Congo Free Ntnto atrocities.
Mx perrons were killed anil forty injured
by a bridge that hud been condemned full
ing upon them ou the Exposition grounds
lu I'arls. Tho ilisnstcr cast n gloom over
the crowds at tho Exposition, and the Ex
position authorities wero severely criticized
for allowing an unllnlshcd structure to jeop
ardise tho lives of visitors.
The coal famine In (ierniiiny bns not yet
been relieved. The German sugar syndi
cate bus entered Into n live years' agreement.
FROM WASHINGTON.
The National Society of Colonial Dnincs
elected oflluers and selected Mrs. William
Iteed, of Baltimore, us their delegate, at the
unveiling of tho statue to Washington.
The Senate by a vote of 02 to .'1, decided
that Nathan It. Scott was entitled to a seat
In the Senate. The Aluskuu Civil Code bill
was further considered.
The Herman ambassador paid it was Im
possible for I'rinee llohcnlohn to have issued
an order forbidding tho importation of
American meats.
Senator Mason introduced a resolution re
questing the President to withdraw forces
from Cuba and turn the government of tho
Island over to the natives.
The Industrial Commission submitted its
report to Congress ou the question of em
ployment of convicts in competition with
free Inbor.
I'orfecto Lacosta bns accepted the office
of Secretary of Agriculture In the cabinet of
tho Governor General of Oil n, made vacant
by the resignation of General Klveru.
Congressman Dolliver, of lows, declared
his vlee-r residential boom off. mid announc
ed that 1'ostmanter General Smith was Ills
candidate.
Tho House ndoptcd tlio Foraker bill tem
porarily ooutiuuiug the present ofllcials In
I'orto Kico and placing lestrictious on the
granting of franchises.
The lie was piissod between Attorney Ilob
ertson and Wltniw-s Sluclair while the hitter
was testifying before the House Committee)
on the CuMir d'Aleno riots, unit the nieni
liers of the coinmltteo had a hard titue to
keep the two men from lighting.
lu reply to tho Senate resolution, Secre
tary Gago sent a statement showing that
over one hundred nud elghty-threo millions
Were derived from the war revenue act.
The Assistant Secretory of the navy, Frank
W. Iluckott, was Inducted into office.
The House ordered a bill to be reported to
commit the Spanish war claims to the Court
of Claims.
In the Semite n vote was taken on a reso
lution of sympathy for the lioers, but no
quorum appeared.
The I'resldent Is considering cnndldnteg
for official position under the new law for
Hawaii.
MOTHKIt'S fhigiitiii. Di:i:r.
With lliibn In Her Arms She Jumped In
Front of an Express.
Millington, Mich., (Speclnn.-Mrs. James
Simmons, who lived neur Otter Luke, delib
erately jumped In front of a Michigan Cen
tral express train with her 2-year-old child
In her arms.
Both were terribly mangled, dying almost
instantly.
Mrs. Simmons' mind had boon unbalanced
for several months, but her mania had not
been considered duugerous.
Died After Taking II end actio Meillcliir.
Keyser, W.Vn., (Hpeclnl.) Mrs. Burt Pew,
wife of the West Virginia Central Hull way
agent and operator at Fairfax, nour Thomas,
W. Va., suffered with a headaoho all day!
In the evening slio went to Thomas, secured
a dose of medicine nt a drug store, und re
turning home, drank it. Shu died an hour
later.
FIELD OF LABOR.
France has 100,000 union railroaders.
Uncle Sum is first in copper production.
New York, has 9,000 union cloak makers.
Kan Antonio hasn't u uou-union criming
(hop.
Clilongo building trades claim bO.IKO
unionists.
AH Frisco carpenters have been granted
(3.50 a day.
Mine drivers at Clinton, Ind., struck for
1 2.1)5 a day.
Unorganized Toledo Tollsh laborers struck
tor 'J a day.
Cbloago brewery teamsters have been con
ceded the nine-hour dny.
Frisco woodworkers want the eight-Lour
day on August 1, next.
Now York cloth sponger demand 2l a
week and Saturday hulf holiday.
It will require over 62,000 meu to tuko the
next United States census.
The entertainment of royalty costs British
society eauh year fully 910,000,000.
Monou railway employes have started a
school of instruction at Bloomlugtoii.
A Toledo dealer was fined tuO for unau
thorized use of the clgurmakcrs' label,
Missouri Is not classed as a cotton State,
but she produced M, 120 bales last year lor
pastime.
The oo-operatlve societies in England and
Wales paid during the last quarter 7,(i(i!J,830
as dividends.
Paris is exhibiting the biggest wlno cask
In the world, forty-live feet high, with its
top used as a dunning pavilion.
A Philadelphia advertisement: "What do
you get when you buy tl hat nt other
tores? stuck. Same bore, 3.60."
The bill to tux department stores In Mas
sachusetts was killed last week In the Htuto
senate. Good. National Labor Tribune.
The wages of Toledo palmers and decora
tors are 2.2J for a nine-hour day, and the
uulon has asked that the hours he reduced
to eight ou September 1, with no reduction
in tw.
TORNADO ON A TEAR,
A THITt.S Of niKM SO HOAItlNO
TllltOt ,ll KANSAS,
PERSONS REPORTED KILLED
l-llght of Hie llrradeil l-'ulinrl-stinped
I'leiiilt llevel Mil li I ii n Kiullii "f
Twenty Allies- Farmhouse. Grnnsrles
mi. I Windmills Mi altered I.IKe Chan ' -A
Hfonn In Nebraska.
Kansas City, Mo., (Special.) -No less than
B dozen tornadoes of morn or less severity
are reported to have occurred In Saline,
Ellsworth and ll irton counties, In Central
Kansas, which Join ench other. At Elltn
wood. 11 irton county, tliree persons are re
ports! killed. Other storms are reported
near Ellsworth and Kannpolis, in Ellsworth
county, and near Throopvllle, In Saline
county.
Near Hnnapolls eight distinct ' funnel
shaped clouds developed within a radius of
twenty n lies, four of them large ones, and
two of which ore known to have traveled
over the enrth for a space of twenty-five
minutes. One of the storms torn down nil
of tho outbuildings, granaries and wind
mills ou tho Walte farm, three miles north
of Kanapolls, and another toro down tho
house and barn of a farmer near Ellsworth.
Brookvllle reports six tornadoes traversed
the country in as many different directions
from that town without touching It. In no
Instance are details reported. The dost ruc
tion wrought has probably been off the rail
roads at Inaccessible points.
A Times spcclul from Ellinwood. Kan.,
Bays:
At 5.30 r. M., n tornndo visited Logan
township. .It formed a lew miles south of
Ellinwood nud passed over tho west portion
of the city. At the Cheyenne Bottoms, six
miles north, It divided lu six different direc
tions and destroyed the residences of Gi orge
and William Helfrlch. Georgo Holfrlchand
wife were Instantly killed. William Hel
frlch, his wife and child were badly hurt.
Tho storm next struck the farm of Curl
Schneider, destroying the outbuildings and
leaving tho dwelling untouched. Eur. her
Into the country a number of othor persons
are reported killed or injured. A large
umoiint of stock was killed.
iumii i. tiif.iic hoi si:s.
The lull's Mm,,,' ,i Nebraska-A Church
and Oilier llmiM-s Destroyed.
Omaha, Neb., (Special.") A severe storm
swept over Wlisonvl le. It wns n gale, ac
companied by heavy rain nud hull. In tho
northern part of the town one house was
blown down, tho occu nnts escaping. A
l'ri'sbytcilan church win destroyed and many
bums and outbuildings demolished.
In the country nloug the path of the storm
several farmhouse were blown to pieces and
n number of peoplo Injured. So Inr as is
known no one was killed. At present It is
Impossible to g, t a list of the sulTercrscrtho
extent of their injuries, but It Is known that
tho family of A. Tower was caught In the
houso when it was crushed, und all were
seriously injured. II. A. Bourne was caught
In tho wreck of his home and badly hurt.
A special to tho lice from Bcnver City,
Neb., gives further details of tho Wllsonvilio
tornado. Jluuy farmhouses were destroyed.
The hailstones were ns largo us baseballs,
and were driven through roofs. The twister
appeared lifter the boml urdmcnt, nud took
a northeasterly course. It was (uiinel-shaped.
ami did damage over a wide area. Farmers
west nud north of Wllsonvilio were the great
est sufferers. Many people lied to their cel
lars. A. Tower's largo houso was di-stroyi d.
Tower, his wife and daugliti-r were serious
ly, though not fatally, Injured. Houses ami
barns of II. H. Furris.Ii, li. 11. ( orbcttand
H. A. Bourne were destroyed. The latter
was seriously Injured.
A dnughtur of L. E. McFarland was In a
summer house which wns lifted and carried
some distance without sciiom Injury to her.
Five cows wero carried n quarter of a mile.
The residence of liov. Lnviuo was destroyed.
His wife and children were carried forty feet
and not seriously injured.
Much livestock wns killed by the stormj
ami tho damago to crops ami fruit trees was
great. The amount of damage has nut been
estimated.
KAIANI I'Olt KM'LANATION.
ICi porleil On tin ill liy lliltlr.li Naval otil.
cer Investigation Instituted.
London, (By Cable). -It has been learned
tlmt United Stales Ambassedor Choato lias
asked Lord Salisbury for explanations us to
the alleged abuse of International right In
tho case of tho American ship Sea Witch,
which, according to the statement of her
commander, Captain Howe, was boarded by
tho British war-ship Wasp within the ilireo
mllo limit of Portuguese terrl'.ory In East
Africa.
The American ship Sea Witch left Wallc
roo December 3, und arrived at Delagou
Bay February 12. Sho sailed March 4 for
Port Natal (Durban, uud urrhd there
March .
Tho American ambassador's communica
tion to the British premier hardly umounts
to a protest, und serious complications are
not likely to ensue. The case, us trans
mitted by Secretary Hay to Loudou, eonslsls
of tho captain's allegation that while the
Hen Witch was off Delagoa Bay ho signalled
to tho Wasp, which was alrolllu, and the
Wasp sent a boat lo her. The captain of
the Sea Witch complains that the visit re
sembled a war-like boarding party, and that
hlu muuifest was exumliied against his wlil,
when palpably within iioutrul waters. If
tho latter statement Is true, a serious oH'cusu
hus been committed by the Wusp, which will
cull lor an amploapology from Great Britain,
But It is pointed out that tlio fact that the
Sea Witch signalled tho Wasp befuie the
warship noticed hor invests the case with a
curious uncertainty. Apparently, both Mr.
Choato and Lord Salisbury are inclined to
believe that there is some mistake, perhaps
on both sides. The premier hus referred
the mutter to tho admiralty, which hus no
record of the occurrence, but has cabled to
South Africa for the Wasp's version of the
affair, and it is possible that some time may
ulaj so before the Brit sh reply is ready.
lll'GK S THAM Itl.ltKV TRAFFIC.
Fifteen TlimiHund I'lekern F.nyaged lu One
Itelt In North Carolina.
Raleigh, N.C., (Special.)-During tho week
the shipments of strawberries Irom polmson
the Atlantic Coast Line between Wilmington
and Goblsboro will be immense. Special
trains of express cars will liiuil the berries.
There are thousands of acres ready, and it
It Is said that 15,00 J pii kors will Je at work.
Berries are abundant uud Hue. Prices thus
far as satisfactory.
Groat sums have been mado some seasons
In the section relerred to, but lust season
wus u disastrous oue.
A Furilier Found Dead.
Charleston, W. Vs., (Hpeolul.)-WIUiura
Strickland, a farmer ou Gulbe Fork, of Big
Sandy ltiver, left his borne Saturday on a
hunting trip In the mountulnB, ho lulled to
return at the propor time and his lumlly
sent persons In search of him. His dead
body was found in the woods, half a mile
from his residence, with a bullet hole In his
right side. The gun was found soino dis
tance from the body. Ills death Is believed
to have been accidental and after the shot
he started for home, but died on the way.
General Wheaton reported the capture of
Seuor Pateruo, former y resident of the
Filipino cabinet.
SLAIN BY FILIPINOS.
Twenty Men of 4:ld ltcglincntMiot nt
CiiIuMr Only Tell of Them
Tpc npcil.
Manila, (By Cable.) The American gnrrl
son of C.itubig, Island of Samiir. consisting
of :t0 men belonging to tho Forty-third Kcgi
ment, has been attacked by rebels. Twenty
of tho An.i'rleiuis wero killed. The remainder
were rescued.
The Americans were quartered In the Cntu
blg Church, which the enemy, numbering
several hundred men, .surrounded nud fierce
ly attacked. Tlio Arnerl.'ans fought for two
days and then the rebels mummed to Ignite
tho roof of the church, and it burned awny
and finally fell upon those inside the edifice.
Tho walls remained Intact, howover, and
Were used ns a shelter by tho besieged Amer
icans for tlirco days longer, the enemy at
tacking the building on a'l sides nt once.
The Americans continued firing from tho
windows and doors of the church and did
great execution nmong tho Filipino". It Is
estimated that over 200 of tho latter were
killed, many dead bodies being removed
from the sceno of the lighting.
After live days' resistance I y tho Ameri
cans a lieutenant and eight men arrived
from I. sonu and engaged the besiegers, who
thereupon retired.
The fortunate arrival of these reinforce
ments prevented tho annihilation of tho
American force Intrenched In the church,
who had repeatedly declined to surrender
when ordered to do so by the Filipinos.
The 10 survivors were without food, had
little ammunition and were physically ex
hausted when relieved.
This light lias encouraged the Filipinos,
who are now acting In nn aggressive man
ner and threatening that section of the
coast, particularly the town of Cutarma,
whence the garrison w ill probably be with
drawn to L:ionn.
IS At.MNAI.PO DEAI?
Ilelief Growing Tlint 1 lllpl ) I.ruilri !
Was Killed.
Mnniln,(By Cable). Oonnnil Funston has
dlsr-ovorcd n rebel warnhouso near Ciibnnn
tuun. province of New El-IIii. containing all
tho archives riF Hill Mnlnlriu LTOVOrliniont. !
Agiilmildo's correspondence up to tho time
of his lllght, und much valuable historical
matter.
The belief Is growing that Aguina'do wii'
killed by the Igordils. There Is no prool
that he has been alive since Maj. Peyton C.
March, of the Thirty-third Ileglment, aban
doned the chn-e after tho Filipino lender In
the Bouquet Mountains, although an lnsurg.
out ofllcer who recently surrendered to Gen
oral Young, says that the lusurgent general
holds this belief.
ItOKItS 1IKM.
Geo. Itoliei ts Sulil to He Preparing n II I g
General Advance.
London, Eng., (By Cable.) Lord ltoborb?
Is suld to bo steadily maturing his plans foi
a general advance.
It Is estimated thnt fully .10.000 British
troops are now centred at Thnba N'chu,
whore the Boer forces are said to iiuinbei
botwecn 4.000 und 8,000 men.
President Kruger has Ismcd a proclama
tion to British residents in Pretoria and the
Wltwutersriind gold fields, warning thorn tc
get out of tho country wjthin 30 hours from
noon of April 3D,
Gen. Ian Hamilton's division ronehed
Houtnck from Thaba N'chu altera full day's
lighting, securing the railroad between the
two towns.
A dispatch from Lndysmlth says there If
renuw d activity among the Boers on that
side f the Driiekensbcrg Mountains.
A French steamer Is reported as arriving
nt Lorenzs Mnrqticz with 10,000 I ngs ol i
sugar ii ml 10,000 bags of coffee, consigned to
a syndicate which la buying for the l'retorlu
Goverunio t.
General Po'o-Cnrevv's division uud Steven
son's brigade, with Several bniteiios of ar
tillery, all in winter clothing, left Bloem
fontein. The immediate objective of Lord Itoberts
Is to establish a line of British posts from
oue frontier of the Free State to tho other,
to prevent Boer raids southward.
Killed in Street Fight.
Philadelphia, Pa., (Special.) During a
street light Hugh ('illinium, aged 20 years,
was shot in the forehead by David McGov
ern, aged 31 years. He died at u hospitul an
hour alter his ndmlsslon. McGoveru wus
arrest ;d and committed fur trial.
Ilullet Hole In His Skull. -
Wheeling," W. Vu.. (Special.) The body
of Patrick Sweeney, 30 years of age, unmar
ried, was fouud lying at tho foot of Fifth
street. Death bad evidently occurred twelve
or llftcen hours befor . Beside the body
was one empty beer bottio and threo full
ones. No trace of vloleuce was to be found
nud the only wound was a bullet hole in the
skull. The murder Is a complete mystery.
ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE.
The Baroness do liothschild has given,
during the past mouth, 20,000 frillies to Pur
lsluu hospitals.
Mayor Weaver, of Louisville, Ky., hus
been greatly Injured iu hculth by tho recent
troubles lu that city.
It is feared in Paris that the serious ill
ness of Edmund ltostand muy result lu per
manent Insanity, if the patient does not die.
The Dowager Emprcfs of China has order
ed the Chinese Minister to France to huve
500 large photographs of the Purls Exposi
tion buildings taken lor her.
Hammond Lurnont, professor of English
ut Brown I'nlverslty, has resigned from that
position and will become managing editor of
the New York Evening Post.
"Dcre ouuht to bo two Presidents ono to
do de business and one to do do liuud
sliuklu'." Such ut loust Is the opinion of
Jerry Smith, an old negro servant ut the
White House,
Gen. John B. Gordon, Commnuder-ln-Chii
f of the United Confederate Veterans,
who is ou a lecturing tour through Texas,
attended u revlvul In Gutesville, Coryell
county, the other day, prennhed a sermon
and "converted" 40 persons presold;.
"America's Grand Old Man" Is the tltlo
bestowed on Senator Hoar by the Itichmoud
Times, a Democratic newspaper.
Mayor Carter Harrison, of Chicago, re.
contly received a letter containing a two-cenl
stamp uud a request that a copy of the city
directory bo sent to the writer by return
mull,
August B "Imont Is -asurer of a fund for
the crcolhih of a mouuiiieutin Mount Morris
Purk, New York City, to commemorate the
beuetucllons of Burou uud Buroness de
Hirsch.
Ex-Queen Lllluoknianl is reported to be
greatly disappointed over tlio failure of her
pension claim, und says that alter her de
parture for Honolulu sho will never again
Set foot In the United States.
Governor Wells, of Utah, Is an ardent stu
dent of experimental chemistry und spends
much of his b-isurn time In 1W laboratory.
George McLeuu Harper, who has been
elected Holmes Professor of II. lies Leltreslu
Princeton, I egan writing us a reporter.
General Fuustou is described as really a
patient, amiable man, with nothing sangulu
ury about him except his style of fighting.
Jcsoph Chamberlain has changed his plans
for the American trip which he planned for
next autumn uud bus postponed It indefi
nitely. Itev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale Is deliver
ing bis course of lectures ou"ltemlnlscences'
of Emerson, Holmes, Lowell uud Longfel
low" lu Indianapolis uud the West,
TWO HUNDRED DEADT
rK.unmi.i-: f.xi-i.osion ok rowmit
IN ITAll ( OIL MINK.
137 BODIES RECOVERED.
llrniRln of Victims Drought to Hie Knr
fnro by Witling HnniU - Distressing;
Neenes at the Aloillh of the Khnfl-Some
Few Ilnille Hnvn Hern ldenlillrd-Hc-lillls
of Cnluslroiilie.
Salt Lake, Utah. (Special.) A special
from Schollebl, Utuh, eayi:
The English language cannot describe tho
appnlllng disaster wnlch occurred hero nt
10.25 A. M., by an explosion In Mine No. 4
of the Pleasant Valley Coal Compnny, nnd
by which certnlnly 200 men and upward have
lost their lives. So far 137 bodies have been
recovered, nnd the work of rescue Is still
proceeding nnd will oontinua until all the
bodies are brought to the surface.
There nro willing hands at work, nnd ns
fast as bodies nre reached they are brought
dowu to the boarding-houses and othereom
pany buildings, whero they are dressed nnd
prepared for tho coroner's Inquest. Theso
buildings nro numerous, and In each are
from 10 to 35 bodies. When a corpse Is
brought out it Is usually carried from the
mouth of each tunnel nt tho respective en
trances to the place of deposit. Hero there
is a corps of men from four to ton In num-1
ber, with sponges, hot and cold water in
tubs nnd other receptacles. Tho clothing Is
Ilrst removed; tho soot, smoke and powder
burns wnshed from tholr faces, the bodies
propnred mid laid out In long robes, whero
they are Identified by a tag with namo ami
address attached to await identilk'Utlon by
relatives or friends.
The removal of bodies began at onco and
every diligence wns used to get tho charred
nnd mnngled remains out of tho mine.
Many hundreds of men hnvo freely volun
teered their services, und ns fast ns ono set
Is tired or worn out others take their places.
While tho stench of smoke und powder Is
sickening, resembling much thut of a dis
secting room, thoro are brave-hearicd and
brawny men who hnvo been continually nt
work sinco tho moment of tho explosion.
As soon n3 the accident was known, ofllclnls
of the coal company at Salt Lake City and
also the railroad company were notified of
the disaster, nnd though tho nutnberof dend
was reported lower thun It really Is It would
appear thut everything by them that lies lu
their power has been done.
Tho explosion Is attributed to tho blowing
up of a number of kegs of blasting powdor.
LONG LIST OF MINE VICTIMS
Tiro Hundred noil Twenty-live Hollies
Huve Now Heeu Iteeovered.
Scoflold, Utnh, (Special.) 225 bodleshnvo
been removed from tho mines. Of tho now
bodies thirteen came from Tunnel No. 1.
Nearly all uio lu a frlgbful condition. Six
more bodies wore taken from No. 4 mine,
two of them mangled beyond recognition.
Stuto Coul Mine Inspector Thomas, who
Is acquainted with all the workings in tho
mine, says, to the best of his belief, tbore
lire twelve more bodies in the mlue burled
under caves and broken timbers.
Tlio recovery of .Tames Gatherum's body
makes tho lust of three brothers tuken from
tho Ill-futed mines.
If any mun is to biamo for the nccldcnt
it will never bo) known, for o man who cau
tell tho story lias come out of the mine
n li vo. Many old coal minors, familiar with
those mines, stnto thut they have ulwuys
been regarded ns tho safest mines lu the
state. These men also say that the com
pany's policy bus always been to spare no
expense In order to keep the mines in n
thoroughly sale condition. At tho coal
company's store everything Is belug given
out free of charge, that the families of tho
dead are lu immediate need of, nnd the stoic
Is being kept open day aud night.
The relief fund amounts to 47, HOD, nud
contributions iu the shnpo of money and
provisions are being received from miiuy
places lu aud out of tho state. ,
There nro not enough coffins lu tho camp
to bury tho dead, and, to add horror to the
situation, the bodies nro rapidly decompos
ing, nnd it bus boon suggested thnt crema
tion may have to be resorted to. There are
fifty bodies for which no provision for burial
has been made. A joint committee of Odd
Fellows and Knights of Pythias spent the
duy among the dead, identifying members
of their ordois, They found about twenty
of each order among tho dead.
ANOTHKK TOWN GONF..
Fourth One lo he destroyed us tho Result
of Forest Fires.
Meuomliioe, Mich., (Special.) The town
of Arnold has been wiped out by tho forest
fires. This makes the fourth town to be de
stroyed. Dotulls lire lucking.
A passenger train reached here for the
ilrst time iu two duys. The conches were
blistered by the heat.
Big cedar yards owned by Perrlgo A Sons,
C. H. Worcester & Co. and tho Lludsloy
Company are burned. Tho losses wlllreu.'h
$:)0,000, with no Insurance Tho forest II res
cover nu area of 30 miles, extending west
ward as far us Swanson and uorthwurd to
Cnrbondule, Mieb,
Much concern is felt for email towns in
Menominee county nloug the Northwestern,
Wlscousln nud Michigan uud Northern roads.
Serious dumuge must result, us high wli.ds
provuil.
DANGF.ltOI'SLY MIAIIKI) 1UNAWAV.
I'eain Ituns Off With a AVagon Containing
a l.ol of Nitro-ielycerllie.
St. Marys, W. Va., (Special.) A team
hitched to a wagon loaded with sixty-quarts
of nltro-glycerlue, en route to the oil llelds,
run off from It aby's livory stable. The team
made a mud dash through tho main struets
of the town. It collided with S. Cotton's
transfer wagon, wrecking It completely, and
a square further along crushed Into another
wugun, breaking off the tongue nnd throw
lug the horses. The team was stopped halt
a mile below towu, with Its loud of explo
sives still Intact nothing less than a miracle.
Windy Meyers, owner of the glycerine
wagon, was lined 100 (or his cnrolessncBS
by the mayor.
Hied fiiuddoiily.
Borryville, Vu., (Speclul.) Nows reached
Mere that ,101111 Bougher, assistant postmas
ter at White Post, this oounty, died sud
denly ut his home lu that place of heart fail
ure. Ho leaves u widow and one child.
New Hotel for I'urkerNburir.
Parkers burg, W. Va., (Speclul.) The di
rectors of the First National Bunk closed the
purchase of n plot of ground on Market
street, upon which they will erect a mam
moth hotel, with a roof-garden attachment.
The total cost of the structure will bu ubout
(200,000.
A Speak F.asy Dynamited.
Fulrmount, W. Va., Spelul.)-A gpeuk
ensy ulong the Hue of the short Line Hall
road, u low miles from here, was dynamited
by uuknown parties. Tho building was
totally wrecked, and other buildings a hulf
mile around worn shaken by tho explosion.
No persou was Injured.
What ths Wur touts Fniclund.
London, (By Cubic). ltuplylug to a ques
tion, In the House of Commons, the Finan
cial Secretary to tlis Treasury, Mr. Hunbury,
said the cost of tho war up to Murcu 81, was
jt'23.250.000.
THE NEWS.
Tornadoes destroyed farming properly and
caused the loss of sovernl lives In Central
Kansas. A wind and hnllstinin d:d consid
erable dnmiigo lu Nebraska. At Wllsonvilio
tho Presbyterian church nnd other buildings
were destroyed. A number of peoplo were
injured by the blowing down of farmhouses
In tho oountry districts.
Fire destroyed the Mallory Lino pier, Now
York, nnd several barges moored near it.
There were many narrow escapes of people
w ho were forcod lo leap Into the wnter. Ono
child was drowned. The property Iofs Is es
timated nt 1,000,000.
Tho Norili Atlnntlo Squadron, Admiral
Farquhur commanding, bus arrived In
Hampton Heads. The squadron assisted In
the installment of Governor Allen, of I'orto
lilco. and the entlro crulso was much en
Joyed, The United Slntes army transport Buford
has arrived In qiiarnntlno nt New York, hav
ing on board the body of Mrs. General Wil
son. The remains will be tuken to Wil
mington, Del., for burial.
There was a pistol duel lit tho Fifth Dis
trict Itepublican Convention In Dndesvlllo,
Gn., In which a brother of the deputy rovc
nue collector was fatally shot aud the post
master arrested.
Plans aro being formed for tho establish
ment of a new shipbuilding piant In Itich
moud to equal In size any shipyard In tho
United States.
The converter nnd billet mills of tho Illi
nois Steel Company, at Jollot, III., have
closed down, throwing 2,600 men out of
work.
Mrs. Carolyn Ahrons, a singer In the choir
of the Church f the Holy ltcdocmer, In
New York, committed suicide.
Susie A. Morris, fourteen yenrs of age,
admitted having set flro to her uuclo's house
In Providence, It. I.
Tho Opera Hotisi. nt Lexington, Va., wns
destroyed by lire. Loss S"J,000; insurance
3,500.
The prosecuting authorities In New York
York have fouud that tho woman whose body
was exhumed, altera quiet burial, ond wheso
name Is not divulged, died from a criminal
operation.
Frances Wilson, n chorus girl of Anna
Hold's "Papa's Wife" Company, was held In
$M)0 ball In Philadelphia for stealing jewelry
and money from Comedian Blgelow's wife.
Burglars dynamited the postofllce at
Franklin, Southampton county, Va., and
got away with a large quantity of stain is
and considerable cash.
Henry W. Flagler, the Standard Oil mag
nate, asked tho Now York court to relievo
ti i in as committee of tho person of his wife.
Two hundred bodies have been removed
from tho Utah mine. Tho total number of
victims will probably bo threo hundred.
The North Carolina Pino Association, in
session In Norfolk, decided to reduco the
output and maintain tho prices.
Tho Pittsburg coul operators conceded the
twenty per cent, increase iu wages demanded
by tho dny laborers.
Charles Offutt. of Cupon Bridge, Va.. wnp
seriously hurt by a tree that fell upon hint.
Miss Emma Stelz was shot nud killed by
Mrs. Albert Hoist in Chicago.
Chairman Maaley, of the sub-commlttct
of tbo llopublleuu National Comtuittee,
thinks that Postmasters General Charier
Emory Smith may be tho uomlnee for vice
president. It is suld thut Senator Wolcott
will bo temporary chairman of the National
Convention, und Senator Lodge, of Muspa
chusctts, pormanent chairman.
Tho British steamer Virginia, Coptnln
Charles Samuels, from Dalqulry, Cuba, foi
Baltimore, Willi a cargo of iron ore, was
wrecked off Capo Hattcras. Six men wore
drowned.
ll'iijiunln Douglass, a native of Baltimore,
who founded a mercantile agency and was n
noted Hebrew i-chohir, died in Santa Bar
burn, Cut., aged eighty-four years.
A stutue lo tho Confederate dend wns un
veiled in Lynchburg. Senator Daniel dc
liverod the oration.
I'our persons lost their lives In fires iu dif
ferent purls of New York.
Employes at tho Standard Oil Works In
New York went on a strike.
Massachusetts llcpubllciins have declared
for McKlnloy nnd Long.
In reply to Cruz suit the United Status
questions plaintiff's citizenship.
Tho strike situation In Philadelphia Is no
nearer n solution.
It is estimated that 303 wero killed lu the
Ut'lh mine disaster.
Changing of tho wind snved several vil
lages from forest llres In Michigan.
Fires lu tho vicinity of Bloomsburg, Pa.,
continuo to grow In volume.
The Chlcugo colebratlon in honor of Ad
miral Dewey practically came to a close with
an excursion by the Admiral and members
of the general celebration committee down
the Chicago drainage canal us fur as the
controlling gates at Lockport.
An amendment offered to Army Appropri
ation bill in the Semite by Mr. Berry to ex
clude trusts from competition in furnishing
supplies for tho army wus defeated 20 to 13.
Frco rural delivery was started In thu
country around Gettysburg, Pa. .
Th5 General Couforonce of tho Methodist
Episcopal Church w'as held In Chicago. The
feature of the exorcises was tho contest ol
tho provisional luy delogutes to secure equal
recognition.
Thousands of men nlllodwlth tho building
trades In Northern cities have quit work be
cause of refusal of contractors to yield to
demands for eight-hour duy nnd for moro
wuges.
Mrs. Francis Schaborg committed suicide
ut Hanover, Pa.
Miss Helen Blpley Benedict, daughter of
F.lias C. Benedict, wns married to Thomas
Hastings, of New York, nt Greenwich, Ct.
Mr. Benedict's gift to his daughter Is said to
huve been u chock for (1,000,00 .
The New York Centrul Itullroud ofllcliils
announced that they would consider the re
quest of employes for increased wages, but
would not submit to any dictation us to
whom they should discharge.
Admiral Dewey was given a magnificent
reception In Chicago, the bull lu his honor
at the Auditorium ut night being a brilliant
u flair.
Willlum F. Miller, of the Franklin Syndi
cate, wus sentenced lu Brooklyn to ten years
In the penitentiary.
Lewis Flulr, who broke jail In Berkeley
Springs, W. Vu., lust February, was rearrested.'-
Minnie M.Wrny, a beautiful young woman,
killed herself In the Palmer House, Chlcugo.
Fully a thousand people wero present ut
the county Jail at Dover, Del., to witness thu
whippings of nine culprits, ull colored, who
hud been sentenced for petty larceny.
It Is admitted thut President Lambert and
Chairman Gates, of the American Steel and
Wire Company, ure to be prosecuted lu New
York.
Henry While,' secretary of tho United
States embassy In London, and Bishop Hart
zell reached Now York on tho steamer St.
Louis.
Heavy rnlns contluue In Texas, und the
floods ura destroying both life uud property.
In Waco uloue the loss Is 150,000.
Postmaster Charles H. Plorson, of Bridge
ton, N. J., has disappeared, aud his accounts
huve been fouud to be short.
W. D. Dickinson, a farmer, shot Miss Edna
Wilkinson lu Caldwell, O., uud blew bis
brill ns out.
Henry Y. Yard, who was acquitted of
abetting the wrecking of the Keystone
National Bank, was discharged In bank
ruptcy In Trenton, N. J.
E. M. Wyott, of Parkersburg, W.Vo.. after
being lilted, committed suicide.
KEYSTONE STATE.
t.ATF.ST NF.W8 GM'.ANF.D FROM VAItl
Ol'd I'AUT?.
FIRE DESTROYS 8 HOUSES.
I lames Canso n Loss of 12,000 nt Worn
elsilorf, llerk's nnntv-Slnrteil at Sepa
rate Points-Itlnr.o Which Threatened
" Town With lclt urtlon Attributed In
Iiireiirllnrlsiii. I.ejj Cut Off by a Circular
Suw.
Tho borough of Womo'sdorf, was visited
by a flro that destroyed eight dwelling
houses on the north side of Franklin Street,
between Front and Second, entailing a less
of over twelve thousand dollars. Tho lira
was first discovered in tho two-story frame
house of Thomin Oapp, nnd almost simulta
neously flames IsBtied from the windows of
nn uuocoupled houso nearly two hundred
feet away, belonging to the estalo of John
Stoucb. The Intermediate houses soon
caught fire, and with eight houses burning
nt one lime, and a high wind prevulllng, tho
destruction of the whole eastern portion of
the town was threatened. Tho flro depart
ment of Bending, Sinking Spring, Itobcso
nla and Myerstown were called on for nnslst
ance. Meanwhile tho Womolnlorf firemen
worked nobly and succeeded ln getting the
flro under control after two hours of hard
offort. Most of tho fttrnlturo was removed
from the burning houses, with the exception
of that In Thomas Casey's dwelling, which,
with It contents, wus completely destroyed.
His losn Is t'2,03i. Tho next two houses,
occupied by Samuel Schite and John Mounts,
wero owned by Frank Fnrry. of Slmmokln,
whose loss Is S3.00). The next hous, occu
pied by Mrs. Christina liechtel. wns owned
by John Matthew, whoso Ions Is 1,000. Tho
remaining four house be onged to the es
tate of John Stoueh. nnd the loi-s to the es
talo Is IH.BOO. Threo of them were occu
pied by Isojio Miller, George Sclienck and
Frank Dundy, respectively, while the fourth
has been vacant since thu ilrst of April.
Tho large brick house adjoining the last
mentioned, ou tho west, owned by John N.
Lewy, aud occupied by Edward Schcnck,
was also aflro, but was saved without hnvlng
been much damaged. The occupants of tho
snvornl houses Ioe In personal effects from
tlOO to 200. Tin origin of the lire is un
known. As two houses so far separated wen!
discovered oil flro nt tho tamo time, Inceudl
Hrisin Is suspected.
FiKit Yf.aiis a Ma(iistbate. Benjamlu
Evans, who has been justice of the pence
continuously for fifty years in Nescopeek
Township, received bis eleventh commis
sion. He Is now HI years old, but Is active
and nttends regularly to the duties of hla
Dflleo. Mr. Evans received his Ilrst roramlt
flou in 1850, when William F. Johnson wns
Governor. Ills second commission lu 1355,
was signed by Governor Pollock; the third,
In lH(ii), by Governor Packer, aud the fourth,
In 1S05, was signed by Governor Curtlu,
Governor Geary signed the fifth commission
In 1870; Governor Hart ran ft tho sixth, iu
1H75, nnd Governor Hot signed tho seventh
commission in 1KH0. Tho eighth commlFsion
was Issued by Governor ruttlson, in 18H5;
:he ninth by Governor Denver, in 18SI0; the
lentil by Governor Hastings, iu 1805, and tho
mst which he has just received was signed
by Governor (Stone,
Abiiekt in Mciiier Case. The murder
of Joseph Moran, nn Italian junk dealer, o!
Ilazloton, wus followed by the arrest of Do
uali h'midul, another Junk man, suspected of
si-lng Implicated in tho crime. Snndul wni
lodged iu Jail In llnzlcton. He was soon i'i
?ompauy with tho murdered mnn, It Is snld,
1 short time before till) trngedy. Neatly
u s ore of officers aro at work on the ease,
lud other suspects ure under surveillance.
Fniux-XATK Discovery. Operations nt tlio
Pine Brook Colliery, of the Scrunton Coal
Compnny, has In ou suspended because of
the disr-overy of a body of water ill the old
workings of ta Pennsylvania Coal Com
pany, which threatens to broak through tin
barriers which mpurate tlio workings. Tlio
discovery of tho water wns fortunate, for If
It happened to break Into the Pino Brook
Colliery It would deluge tho mine uud very
llkoly many meu would have lost their lives.
Operations hnvo beou begun with n view to
removing the water Irom tho in lie,
Naxtiookb Dot Duowned. Jorin Ackcr
niun, a young landsman of tho crew of the
training ship Buffalo, and who hulled from
NHntleok", Pa., wni accidontly drowned at
Norfolk, Va. Ackerman was detailed with
others to clean tho ship's side, nnd fell over
board from tho staging, striking on his bend
and sinking Immediately. Tho body was
not recovered.
Ki-ndav School in Old Hotel. Iu the
famous old Jeiinervillo Hotel, whero hun
dreds of gallons of whisky wore told over
the bar in days gouo by, a nourishing Sun
day school has been sinrted, and It Is ex
pected thnt a Chapel w 111 bo erected there lu
the near futuro. About sixty cliizous of tho
neighborhood have interested themselves lu
tho project, and already $300 iu cath has
been raised.
Leo CiitOfi-'Iiya Ciucm.AtiSAW. Edward
Lncas, un employee of tho DrlHtol Iron nnd
Steel Company, slipped and fell against a
rapidly revolving circular suw, Tho suw
out through his leg at the l;ueo, completely
severing tho member.
James Leutuirt wa.i held for court at Lnw
Isburg to answer for tho murder of Newton
Motse. The trial will be held in May.
A baby carriage containing Anna Young,
aged 2 years, wus run over by a log wagon
at Shumokiu and thu child was seriously in
jured. The Hoard of Poor Directors of West Ches
ter decided to transfer all male patients un
der their care from the Norrlstown State
Asylum to tho Chester County Insane
Asylum.
Mujor Miller, Inspector of tho Third Drl
gsde, conducted tho spring Inspection of
Companies A and I, Fourth Ileglment, Na
tional Guard, at tho Auditorium. Colonel
O'Noll and his ttnil were present.
Mrs. llelecca Oswald, an aged woman of
JViueuster, was struck by au engine ou the
Quarroyvlllo Itullroud at the Lemon street
crofslng. Her skull was fracturud and sho
Is believed to bo fatally Injured.
A spcclul meeting of West Susquehanna
Deformed Chisels was held nt Jacksonville,
to receive Dev. Hurvoy Crow, from West
moreland Clussis, nnd iustnl him us pastor
of tho Nittuny Valley charges. Dev. T.
Perr, pnstor of St. Luke's Deformed Church,
Lock Haven, preached Uio sermon.
Where Custom Palls.
In Paraguay a gentleman Is en
joined by the luwa of good society to
kiss every lady whom lie Is Introduced.
This sounds alluring unless you hap
pen to have met a lady In Paraguay.--Boston
Traveler.
Rather Conflicting;.
The widow Why was Minerva call
ed the goddess of wisdom? The bachel
orProbably because she never mar
ried. The widow Then why was Solo
mon, who had several hundred wives,
called the wisest man?
Quaint Little Fsopl.
The natlvea of the Andaman Island,
the smallest people In the world, av
erage three feet eleven Inches in
height aird less than sevt&tjr poundr
In wight
TOSSED OVERBOARD -,
IIOW Two Tnnn.
Moist If Nt ""
Jn-Uco Cole,
Court No. IT., w. n?.
peals in civil cases, C,",11'1
Lolin MaUlicwM,au w d ' '
Matthews, in which eMC;,'
ladies Hoeltn to recover t.
5300 (lnranses from F j l
It appeared from t'lio ?
mitted to the j,lr, tbat "'J;
or his employes were n,i ''
load an unruly mn "e
Harry Itaudall t Cn( J, J'
juh inoius were itn
by, rather enjoying the inu
uo "'n. The anim.i 1
forcibly after the maU
gladiatorial eoutest whiTn'
..x..v,.ucno null ever.ffitn
they occupied front
formonee. Finally ue
loose from his cnni,..
traded by the bright alti,
young women plcut,, i,
head to the ground, ii."!
caudal annnmliinrA
ii , "uu with
met bellow ninilo ir,'i.i. .
less girls. They were almost ti
with fear, and al though theT 1
tr retreat. trei-A . . 1
un,,!, tatchingtL.
bis outspreading horns, hem
take the pose of Ljgi, M
Vatlis." nnd then. m.i.L.
the water s edge, he Rracefai;!
them ntfli- inf.. 11. ... . .
... vuo eaeeiu i
As a matter of courso the
garments were more or c
The curl was taken ont of the
nud tho starch out of theirshj.
to any nothing of tho ilamiW
their feet Buffered. Fortntu'
them, the water was shallow
bottom was sandy, so thatthn
any serious bodily harm, h
were nbout ns tlioioughlv'fii
ns two girls chased liyan
couiu wen no. There was i
splashing about iu tl. a!
help soon arriving, tlioy were .
rescued. '
Tho nuimnl wus recan'.ur
when the young ladies cai'no I
they told tlio story of tlit.jr f.
experience to Attorney JI. J, i
Iu their behalf ho brought
cover danVtges iu tho nam
each. Justice of the 1'eace F.
JIattingly heard the case ori.
aud iu rendering his decision
that both Miss Lelia nud Miss
wero entitled to H0i) ,mK
cave a verdict aecnnlimrlu v
dall was unwilling to nay tL
and entered an appeal.
Cedars Twenty Centurin 01
Some cedars are mulouliteJ',;
than two thousand years old
though ou good moraino soil
grow about us fust an o;iks, oJ
pavemeuto and smoothly fli
overswept granite ridges in the
region they .grew extremely
One on tlio Starr King Iti.lg
two feet eleven inches in ilia
was 1110 years old. Another i
same ridge, only one foot setr
one-half iucliOH iu diameter,
reached the ni;o of 8:11 years,
lli'st fifteen indies from the k:
medium-sized tree six feet ia
eter on tbo north Tcnayu uv
had 8j! layers of wood, or fiflj
to the inch. Ueyoml this the
was stopped by dry rot anil over
wounds.
Tho largest I examined was li
three foot in girth, or nearly
diameter; and though I failed 1
anything like a complete cot
learned enough from this ami
other specimens to convince m.
most of tho trees eight totei
thick, staudiug on polished r.'.
pavemonts, are more than twenty
tunes of ago rather than lesi.
ring aooideuts. for all I can ice,
would live forever. Vueo A
they waste out of existence alx
slowly ns granite. Even when
thrown by avalanches, after sta:
so long, they refuse to lie '
loaning stubbornly on their big t
as if auxiouitorise, nnd whiles
root holds to tho rock, putting
fresh leaves with a grim ncycr-n
aud never-lie-down exprossiou.
Muir, iu tbo Atlantic.
IV hero the Tramp Vt'nrM.
Tho prisoner was muting h
pearauce before tlw maislratel
hundredth time.
"Well," suid tho magistrate,
here again?"
"Yes, your worship," rr
tho pvisouer.
"What's tbo charge?"
"Vagrancy same as before,
worship." ,
"It seems to mo you nre here"
half your timo."
"Yes, about that, your wo
"Well, what do you do it w"
don't you work?"
"1 do, your worship, moiei--my
time."
"Ah, now," said tho inagWr"'
prised, "if you can tell w!?::
huve ever worked I'll lot you on.
"Iu prison, your worship,' a!
the priHouer, brazenly; 1119
kept bis word.
rnmllii (irerilt.
One of the most futuilint fort-
wet meadows is erroneously ,
"cowslip" (vulgarly
onnnrnl fiivm-itM iu spriui'tl
greous. How it received i,c"i
appellation is not oleir.
It furl"'
4:i,:.. :ii......i; nr lite "
. .1. n
u oiiiihiUj lllliatiuwui. jt
untlrtiticr biiiI imul
popular Dames, for it hear"
inn tn ll.o 1." Ill irl i ull COffSltPi
closely allied to the biittt'rcop
suggested to the uuiuitiaten i .
shining yellow petals d.8Ul'
duuee of stamens. To T T,,
tion in names, the botani" i ,
vored rooogniziug it under i
name, marsu-marigoi"i -again
we may bo led slightly. '
to its relationship, for it r
a primrose. It is proporly
uaitua paiustris. Beu-
ziue.
Twenty Million '! v"
ti . nfinort
Jii requires nu vtn- - ltf,-
twenty miuiou pma p" --'. -in!
the falling skirtB, roplace U
needs of the American peoP'1, J
i n ii. iina i' .!.!
tion that nobody has ? J
answer, but there i no "'ZA
the demand, so that thin 0"l",jJ
disappear in some mauner