FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Winston Churchill, tho wnr correspond
ent, Is mi'tithmcd hi n ciindldnto for I'arlia
mtnt, lo sucuerd tho Duke of Arjryll.
The representatives of Grout Iliitnln,
Franco, (Icnnany, Austria nnd Italy, In
Yiew of tho nli'1 s taken ly tho United Mules
government In regard to thn claims ttrowliiR
out of the Aruionlun massacres, havo nuked
their RnrnrnmnotH for instructions ns to
their respective claims.
Ambassador White discredit the reported
etlou of thn German Chimcellor In forbid
ding tho North German I.loyd Steamship
Company landing lu Gorman, Dulch or llol
glum port freHh meats or dairy products.
The latest Bote of tho I'nlied Mutes gov
ernment to Turkey Is In the nntrt) of nn ul
timatum, and dcitinndH Immedliito pnyment
of the indemnity, without, bowovor, fixing
time limit.
The I'rlnce of Wales, In a public letter,
aoknowlodgcs the sympMhy ntid congratu
lations from all pnrtH of the world on his re
ton t escape from assassination.
Two thousand buildings were destroyed,
neven lives lost nnd seven thousnnd people
msdo homnlns by tho conflagration, that
swept Hull and Ottawa. Canndii.
Tho budget committee of tho Herman
Ilelohfltng eliminated from the naval bill
the revision for nil Increnso iu the foreign
service fleet.
The Horrinir cabinet resigned In Denmark,
and King Christinu appointed another, with
If. do Kchlostcd as premier.
Twenty Mussulmans, sympathizer with
the Young Turk party, were arnstcd in
Constantinople,
In the Hdgltim Chamber of Deputies Ho
elalist members nttneked King Leopold as
I elng involved In tho India Hubber scundnls
and tho Congo Free State atrocities.
Mx persons were killed and forty Injured
by a bridge that hud been condemned full
ing upon them on tho Exposition grounds
lu 1'nrls. Tho disaster east n gloom over
the crowds at tho Exposition, nnd the Ex
position authorities were severely criticized
for allowing nn unfinished structure to juop
urdlKO tho lives of visitors.
The coal famine In (lernmtiy lins not yet
been relieved. The German sugar syndi
cate has entered Into a live years' agreement.
FROM WASHINGTON.
The National Society of Colonial Dnines
elected officers nud selected Mrs. William
Heed, of Baltimore, ns their delegate lit the
unveiling of the statuo to Washington.
Tho fSennle by u vote of 52 to 8, decided
that Nathan IS. Ncntt was untitled to a scat
in the Senate. The Alaskan Civil Codo bill
Was further considered.
The Oernian ambassndor said it was im
possible for I'rlnce llouciiloho to have issued
an order forbidding tho Importation of
American meats.
Henntor Mason introduced n resolution re
questing the President to withdraw forces
from Cuba nnd turn tho government of the
island over to the natives.
The Industrial Commission submitted its
report to Congress on the question of em
ployment of convicts iu competition with
free labor.
1'erfecto I.acostu hns accepted the office
of Secretary of Agriculture in tho cabinet of
tho Oovernor Oenernl of Cut a, made vaennt
by tho resignation of lleneral Itlveru.
Congressman Dolllver, of lows, declared
his vice-r residential boom off. and announc
ed that Postmaster General Smith was his
candidate.
Thn House adopted tho Foraker bill tem
porarily oontiuuiug tire .present ofllclals in
I'orto llloo and plucing lestrictious on the
granting of franchises.
The Ho was passed between Attorney l!ob-
ertson nml Vt ltnej-s Sinclair while the latter
was testifying before tho House Commlttcu
on the Cu'iir d'Alcno riots, und the mem
bers of the committee, had a hard time to
keep the two men from lighting.
In reply to tho Senate resolution, Secre
tary (itigo sent n statement showing that
over one hundred and eighty-three millions
were derived from the war revenue act.
The Assistant Secretary of the navy, Frank
W. Jlu'kott, was Inducted Into office.
The House ordered a bill to be reported to
commit the Spanish war claims to tho Court
of Claims.
In the Senate n vote wai taken on a reso
lution of sympathy for the Doers, but no
quorum appeared.
The President is considering candidates
for official position under tho new law for
Hawaii,
MOTHKK'S FlilGIITiaX DKIOD.
With Italic In Her Arms Klin Jumped In
Front of nn Express.
Millliigton, Mich., (Special). Mrs. James
Simmons, who lived neur Otter I.uko. dellb.
erately Jumped In front of a Michigan Cen
tral express train with her 2-year-old child
In Her arms.
Both were terribly munglcd, (lying almost
Instantly.
Mrs. Simmons' mind had been unbalanced
for several months, but her mania had not
been considered dangerous.
Weil After Tuklng Hontluelio Medicine.
Keyser, W.Vn., (Special.) Mrs. Hurt Few,
wife of tho Wist Virginia Central Hallway
agent nun operator ui rutrtux.Tiour Thomas,
W. Va., suffered with a beadaoho nil dav.
Iu thn evening sho wont to Thomas, secured
a dose of medicine nt a drug store, nod re
turning home, drunk it. She died an Lour
Inter.
FIELD OF LABOR.
France has 100,000 union railroaders.
Uncle 8am Is first iu copper production.
New York hat 9,000 union cloak makers.
Hun Autonlo hasn't a non-union urlutiiig
shop.
Chicago building trades claim bO.tXO
unionists.
All Frisco curpentors have been granted
3.50 a day.
Mine drivers at Clinton, Ind., struck for
2.1)5 a day.
Unorganized Toledo rollsh laborers struck
for 2 a duy.
Chicago brewery teamsters havo been con
ceded the nine-hour day.
Frisco woodworkers want the eight-hour
Iay on August 1, next.
New York cloth sponger demand (21 n
week and Saturday half holiday.
It will require over 52,000 muu to take the
next United States oeusus.
The eutertalument of royalty costs British
society each year fully 10,000,000.
iuouoa runway employes nave started a
school of Instruction at Dloomingtou.
A Toledo dealer was fluod (50 for uunu.
thorl.cd use of the algarmakers' label.
Missouri is not classed ns a cotton Htuto
but she produced li,120 bules last year for
pastime.
The oo-oporatlvo societies la England nnd
Wales paid during the last quarter 7,0Ga,.iU
as dividends.
Paris Is exhibiting tho biggest wine cask
in the world, forty-live fnt high, with Its
top usod as a dancing pavilion.
A Philadelphia advertisement: "What do
you get when you buy a (1 hat at other
tores' stuck. Same here, (3.50."
The bill to tax department atoms iu Mas
saohusetts was killed last week lu the State
senate. Good. National Labor Tribune.
The wagea of Toledo palmers and decora-
tors are (2.25 for a uiiie-hour duy, and the
uulon has asked that the hours be reduced
to Sight oa September 1, with DO reduction
nay.
TORNADO ON A TEAR.
A DIIZKN Of ill KM f;o lto.ttllMl
l llltot (.11 K tNsAs.
PERSONS REPORTED KILLED
IMtflif nf the Drrndcd l-'iuinel-slinpeil
(loud. Develop Wllliln n llmlllis of
Twenty M lies t'llrniliotism, Ornimrles
nml Windmills Scattered Like UinlY-A
Storm In Nebraska.
Kansas City, Mo., (Special.) -No less than
n dozen tornadoes of more or less severity
ro reported to have occurred In Rnllne,
Ellsworth and Ibirton counties, In Central
Kansas, which Join each other. At Ellin
Wood, Itirton county, threo persons are re
ported kiled. Other storms are reported
near Ellsworth and Kannpolls, in Kllsworth
county, and near Throopvllle, in Sallno
county.
Nonr Kannpolls eight distinct ' funnel
shaped clouds developed within a radius of
twenty ndlos, four of them largo ones, and
two of which nro known to havo traveled
over the onrth for a spoee of twenty-live
minutes. Onn of the storms tore down all
of the outbuilding?, grnnaries and wind
mills on the Walto farm, three miles north
of Kannpolls, und another toro down tho
house and barn of a farmer near Ellsworth.
Jlrookvlllo roports six tornadoes traversed
tho country inns many different directions
irom that town without touching it. In no
instanco are details reported. Tho destruc
tion wrought has probably been off the rail
roads at Inuccossiblo polms.
A limes spcclul from Kllltiwood, Knn.,
says:
At 5.30 T. M., a tornado visited Engan
township. It formed a low miles south of
Elllnwood nnd passed over tho west portion
of the city. At tho Cheyenne Bottoms, six
miles north, it divided In six different direc
tions nnd destroyed tho residences of Oi orgo
and William Hol'frlch. Oeorgo Helfrich and
wife were Instantly killed. William Hel
frich, his wife uud child were badly hurt.
Tho storm next struck the farm of Carl
Schneider, destroying tho outbuildings and
leaving tho dwelling untouched. Fur.her
into the country a number of othur persons
are reported killed or injured. A large
umouut of stock was killed.
UIMII l IN Til KMC IIOI'SKN.
SLAIN BY FILIPINOS.
Twenty Men of 4:ll lteelment Vlml
CntiiblR Only Ten ofHiem
I'-seapeil,
Manila, (Hy Catle.)-The Amerlcnll gnrrl
son of O.iliihig, Island of Kamar. consisting
of :I0 men belonging to the Forty-third Hcgl
mi nt, has been nttneked by rebels. Twenty
of tho An.crb 'answero killed. Theremaludcr
Wero rescued.
The Americans were quartered In theCntu
l)lg Cliurch, which the enemy, numbering
several hundred mep, surrounded nud lloroe
l.v attacked. The American fought for two
days and then the rebels miuiiiirid to ignlto
tho roof of tho church and it burned nwny
and llnully fell upon tlioso lnsldo tho ediliee.
Tho walls remained Intact, however, and
wero used as a she tcr by the besieged Amer
icans for threo days longer, the enemy at
tacking the building on a 1 sides nt once.
Tho Americans continued llrlng from thn
windows nnd doors of the church and did
great execution among tho Filipinos. It Is
estimated that over 200 of the latter wero
killed, many dead bodies being removed
from tho scene of tbo lighting.
After flvo days' resistance by tho Ameri
cans a lieutenant and eight mon arrived
from I.aoitu nnd engaged tho besiegers, who
thereupon retired.
The fortiiuate arrival of these reinforce
ments prevented tho nniiihllntlon of the
American force Intrenched In the church,
who hnd repeatedly declined to surrender
When ordered to do so by the Filipinos.
Tho 10 survivors wero without food, hnd
llttlo ammunition and wero physically ex
hausted wlwil relieved.
This fight bus encouraged the Filipinos,
who are now acting in an aggressive man
ner and threatening that section of tho
coast, particularly the town of Catarma,
whenco thn garrison will probably be with
drawn to I.aunn,
IS AU INAI.IIO DEAD?
Itrllef Growing That I lllpl i l.emlrl
Was Killed.
Mnnlln,(I3y Cable). Ocuornl Funston hns
discovered a rebel warehouse near Cabana
tuan, province of New Egijn, containing ail
tho archives of tho Mnlolos government,
Agulniildo's correspondence "P to the time
of his (light, and much valuable historical
matter.
Tho belief Is growing that Aguina'do wu''
killed by tho Igorottls, There Is no prool
that ho has been alive slnco MaJ. Peyton C.
March, of tho Thirty-third Beglinent, aban
doned tho chn-o afier tho Filipino leader in
the ltcnquct Mountains, although an insurg
ent officer who recently surrendered to (icn
oral Young, snys that the insurgent general
holds this beilcf.
I'.O Kits I I KM.
nt Bt
Tlie Wind's llavnr lu Nchrnska-A Church
nud Other Houkcs Dcntrriycd.
Omaha, Neb.. (Special. ) A sewro storm
swept over Wbsonvi le. It was a gale, oc
oompauied by heavy rain and tin i I. Iu tho
northern part of tho town one house was
blown down, tho occiianta escaping. A
Presbyterian church win destroyed and many
bams nnd outbuildings dcmoll-hed.
Iu tho country along thn path of the storm
several farmhouses were blown to pieces nnd
a number of people Injured. So fur as is
known no onn was killed. At present It Is
impossible to get a list of the sufferers or tho
extent of their iujurles. but It is known that
tho fumlly of A. Tower was caught in the
house when it was crushed, and all were
seriously Injured. H. A. Bourno was caught
iutho wreck of his home and badly hurt.
A special to tho Bee from Heaver City,
Neb., gives further details of tho Wllsonvllio
tornado. Many farmhouses were destroyed.
Tho hailstones wero ns largo as baseballs,
and wore driven through roof. The twister
appeared ufter the boml urdment, nud took
nnorthensterlycour.se. It was funnel-shaped,
aud did damage over a wide area. Farmers
west and north of Wllsouvlllo wero tho great
est sufferers. Many people fled to their col
lars. A. Tower's largo house win destroyed.
Tower, his wife and dnughttr wero serious
ly, though not fatally, injured. Houses and
burns of II. H. Farrish, If. H. Corbettatid
H. A. liourno were destroyed. Tho latter
was seriously Injured.
A daughter of I E. McFarlnnd was In a
summer house which was lifted and carried
some distance without solium injury to her.
Flvo cows woro carried a quarter of a mile.
Tho residence of liov. Enviuo was dn-troyed.
His wife and children wero carried forty feet
and uot seriously Injured.
Much livestock was killed by the storing
nud tho dumugo to crops and fruit trees was
great. The amount ot damage has not been
estimated.
-OliUAM) lOH EXPLANATION.
lEeportnd Outrage by llrltlsli Naval Oil!
ccr Investigation Instituted.
London, (By Cable). It has been learned
that United Stales Ambnssedor Choato has
naked Lord Salisbury for explanations as to
the alleged abuse of International rlirht in
tho case of tho American ship Sea Witch,
which, according to thn statement of her
commander, Cuptalu Howe, was boarded by
tho British war-ship Wasp within tho iliroo
mllo limit of Portuguese territory iu East
Africa.
The American ship Sea Witch left Wulle
roo December S, and arrived a Dclugoa
Bay Februury 12. Sho sailed March 4 for
Port Natal (Durban), and urriwu! there
March 9.
Tho American ambassador's communica
tion to tlie British premier hardly aniouuts
to a protest, and serious complications are
not likely to ensue. Tim cmso, us trans
mitted by Secretary Hay to Lundou, consists
of tho captain's ullcgaiiou Unit while the
Sou Witch was off Delagoa Bay ho signalled
to the Wasp, which was alrolllng, and the
Wasp sunt a boat lo her. The captain of
tho Sea Witch complains that tho visit re
emblcd a war-like boarding parly, and that
his mauifest wus examined against his will,
when palpably within neutral waters. If
the hitter statement Is true, a serious oll'euso
has been committed by the Wasp, which will
cull forau aniplo apology from (J rent Britain.
But It is pointed out that the (act that the
Sou Witch signalled the Wasp befote tho
warship notioed hor invests tho cuho with a
curious uncertainty. Apparently, both Mr.
Choato and Lord Salisbury are inclined to
believe that there is some mistake, perhaps
on both sides. Tb premier has referred
tho matter to tho admiralty, which bus no
record of tho occurrence, but has cabled to
South Africa for the Wusp's version of tha
affair, und it Is possible that some time may
elapse betoro the Brit sb reply is ready,
IIK.K bT It AW II 1'. It It V IKAHIC.
rtftcen Thousand I'leknrs KiigRged In One
Pelt III North Carolina.
Raleigh, N.C., (Special.)- During tho week
tlio shipments of strawberries Irom poimson
tho Atlatitio Cou-it Line between Wilmington
aud Uoldsboro will bo Imiuiliso, Special
trains of express curs will luiul tho berries.
There uro thousands of acres ready, uud it
it Is Biiid that 15.0UJ pW kcrs will bo at work.
Berries are nbuuduut aud Hue. Prices thus
far ns satisfactory.
Grout sums have been mndo some seasons
In the section relerred to, but lust season
wus u disastrous oue.
A l'uriuer Pound !eud,
Charleston, W. Vs., (Special.) William
Strickland, a farmer oa (ialbe Fork, of Big
Sandy ltiver, left his home Saturday ou u
hunting trip lu the mountains, ho failed to
returu at the proper time aud bis fumlly
sent persons in search of him. His dead
body was found lu tho woods, half a mile
from his residence, with a bullet hole In his
right side. The gun wag found some dis
tance from ths body. His death Is believed
to have been accidental aud after the shot
he started for home, but died on the way.
General Wbeaton reported the capture of
Peuor Pateruo, former y j resldonC ot the
Filipino cabinet.
TWO HUNDRED DEAD,
rriiitini.i: kxpi.osion of rowinit
IN tTAH COAL MINK.
137 BODIES RECOVERED.
Kcmnliis of Victims llroiiRht lo tlie Snr.
" ly willing lltlllllS irinirrnnniK
Scenes nt the 31 mi III of the Nhnfl-Hnmn
Few Itmlles Have llcen Iitcntllled He
tails nf Catastrophe.
Ocii. Itoberts Said to Ho 1'rcparhiK n 111k
Cellrrnl Advance.
London, Eng., (By Cable.) Lord Ilolierts
Is said to lie steadily maturing bis plans toi
a general advance.
It Is estimated that fully flO.OOO British
troops are now centred at Thaha N'chu,
whoro tbo Doer force are said to number
between 4.000 and 8.000 men.
President Kruger bus isuied n proclama
tion to British residents In Pretoria nnd th
Witwatersrand gold fields, warning thorn tc
got out ot tho country w)thin 80 hours from
noon of April 30.
Oen. Ian Hamilton's division reached
Houtnek from Thubu N'chu after a full day's
lighting, securing tho railroad between the
two towns.
A dispatch from Lndysmlth says thorn If
renew, d activity nmong tho Boers on that
Bide f tho Drivi keusberg Mountains.
A French steamer is reported as arriving
at Lorenzs Marquez with 10,000 lugs ol
sugar and 10,(101) bags of coffee, consigned to
a syndicate which is buying for tho Pretoria
tlovcrnmo 't.
tli ncral Po'o-l'nrcw'sdlvl.slon und Steven
son's brigade, with several batteries ot ar
tillery, nil in winter clothing, left Bloem
fonloin. Tho immediate objective of Lord Itoberts
is to establish n lino ot British posts from
one frontier of tho Free State to tho other,
to prevent Doer raids southward.
Killed In Street FIKht.
Philadelphia, Pa., (Special.) During u
street light Hugh Callahan, uged 2'i years,
was shot in tlie forehead by David Mctiov
eru, aged 01 years. He died at u hospital un
hour after his ndiulsslon. MoGoyeru was
urrestid und committed for trial.
llllllet Hole In Ills Skull. -
Wheeling, W. Va.. (Special.) Tho body
of Patrick Sweeney, 30 years ot ago, unmar
ried, was found lying at tho foot of Fifth
street. Death had evidently occurred twelve
or llfteen hours befor Beside tho body
was one empty beer bottlo and threo full
ones. No trnco of violence was to be found
nnd the only wound was n bullet holu in tlie
skull. Tho murder is a complete mystery.
ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE.
Salt Lake, Ctnh, (Special.) A special
from Scholleld, Utah, snyi:
Tho English language cannot doscrlbe the
appalling dlsnster wnloh occurred hero nt
10.25 A. M., by nn explosion in Mine No. 4
of the Pleasant Valley Coal Compnny, nnd
! by which cortnlnly 200 men and upward havo
I lost their live. So fnr 137 bodies have been
recovered, nnd tho work of rescue is still
I proceeding nnd will continue until all the
bodies uro brought to tho surfnee.
There are willing hands at work, nml as
fast ns bodies are ronchod they are brought
down to tho boarding-houses and othcrooin
pnny buildings, where they are dressed nnd
prnpnred for tho coroner's Inquest. These
buildings nro numerous, and In each are
from 10 to 35 bodies. When a corpso Is
brought out it Is usually carried from the
mouth of each tunnel nt tho respective en
Irauccs to tho place of deposit. Hero there
Is a corps of men from four to ton in num
ber, with sponges, hot nnd cold water in
tubs and other receptacles. Tho clothing Is
lirst removed; tho soot, smoke nnd powder
burns washed from tholr faces, tho bodies
prepared and laid out in long robes, where
they nro ideutillcd by a tag with nnmo nnd
nddress attached to await identlllcullon by
relatives or friends.
The removal of bodies began at once and
every diligence wns usod to get tho charred
and mangled remains out of tho mini).
! Many hundreds of men havo freely volun
teered their services, nnd ns fast as one set
is tired or worn out others take their places.
While, tho stench of smoko und powder is
; sickening, resembling much that of n dis
secting room, there nro bravo-hoaried and
brawny men who havo boon continually at
work sinco tho moment of the explosion.
As soon ns tho uoeiduut was known, officials
of tho coal company at Suit Lako City and
also the railroad company wero notified of
the disaster, and though tho uumberof dend
was reportod lower thun it really is It would
appear that everything by them that lies in
their power has beeu done.
Tho explo-lon is attributed to the blowing
up of a number of kegs of blasting powder.
LONG LIST OF MINE VICTIMS
Two Hundred and Twenty-llvo Oodles
lluve Now llcnu Uncovered.
Scoflold, Utah, (Spoclal.) 22-5 bodies havo
been removed from tho mines. Of tho new
bodies thirteen came from Tunnel No. 1.
Nearly all are lu a frlgbfiil condition. Six
more bodies were taken from No. 4 mine,
two of them mangled beyond recognition.
Stato Coul Mine Inspector Thomas, who
is acquainted with all tho workings in tho
mine, says, to tho best of his belief, there
are twelve more bodies In tho mine buried
under enves and broken timbers.
The recovery of James Oatlierum's body
makes tho last of three brothers taken from
tho ill-fnlcd mliies.
If nny man Is lo blame for the necldont
it will never bo known, for no man who cnu
tell the story has como out of the initio
nlivo. Many old coal minors, familiar with
those mines, state that they havo always
been regarded ns tho snfest mines iu tho
state. These men nlso say that the com
pany's policy hns always been to sparo no
expense In order to keep the mines iu a
thoroughly safe condition. At tho coal
company's store everything is beiug glveu
out free of charge, that tho lamllles of tho
dead arc In limned nto need of, and thestoro
is being kept open day nud night.
Tho relief fund amounts to 47,800, nud
contributions iu tho shape of money and
provisions are being received from many
places lu und out of the state, ,
Thero are ugt enough coffins iu tho camp
to bury tho dead, and, to add horror to tho
situation, the bodies nro rapidly decompos
ing, and it litis boon suggested t!int crumu
tion may have to be resorted to. Thcro ore
fifty bodies for which no provision for burial
has been mmin. A joint commlttoo of Odd
Fellows nnd Knights of Pythias spent the
day among the dead, Identifying members
of their orders. They found about twenty
ot euch order umoug tho dend.
Tho Baroness do liothschlld has given,
during the past month, 20,000 fruues to Par
isian hohpitnls.
Mayor Weaver, of Louisville, Ky has
boon greatly Injured iu heulth by tho recent
troubles in that city.
It is feared ill Paris t ti lit the serious ill
ness of I'M nf Hid Itostand may result iu per
manent insanity, if tho patient does not die.
The Dowager Emprets of China has oribir
ed the Chinese Minister to France to have
500 largo photogruphs of tho Purls Exposi
tion buildings taken tor her.
Hammond Lamout, professor of English
at Brown University, lias resigned from that
position and will become managing editor ot
the Now York Evening Post.
"Dcro ought to bo two Presidents oue to
do do business nnd one to do do liand
shaklii'." Such lit least Is tho opinion ot
Jerry Smith, an old negro servant ut the
White House.
Gun, John B. Gordon, Commander-in-Chief
of the United Confederate Veterans,
who is ou a lecturing tour through Texas,
attended a revival in Gatcsvllie, Coryell
county, the other day, prenahed a sormou
and "converted" 40 persons present.
"America's (fraud Old Man" Is tho title
b. slowed ou Senator Hoar by the liichmoud
Times, a Democratic newspaper.
Mnyor Carter Harrlsoti, of Chlongo, re
cently received a letter containing a two-oent
stamp aud a request that a copy of the city
directory be sout to tho writer by return
mall.
August B dmont is -asurer of a fund for
tho erection of a monument in Mount Morris
Purk, New Yurk City, to commemorate the
benefactions of JJaroa uud Buroucss do
HirHcb.
Ex-Queen Lllluokaiimt Is reported to bo
greatly disappointed over the failure of her
pension claim, and suys that after her de
parture for Honolulu sho wfll never again
set foot iu tho United States.
' Governor Wells, of Utah, Is an ardent stu
dent of experimental chemistry and spends
much of his leisure time in Ids laboratory.
tb orgo McLean Harper, who has beeu
elected Holmes Professor of H' Hob Lottreslu
Princeton, I eguu writing us a reporter.
Uuuurul Futistou is described as really a
pat lent, amiable man, with nothing sanguin
ary about him except his style of llghtiug.
Ji sepli Chamberlain lias changed his plans
for the American trip which he planned for
next autumn aud bus postponed it Indefi
nitely, Itev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale is deliver
ing bis course of lectures on 'ltemlnUceuc.es
of Emerson, Holmes, Lowell and Longfel
low" in Indianapolis aud ths West,
ANOTHKR TOWN OONK.
Fourth Olio to he Oestrnyed us tho Result
of Forest Fires.
Menominee, Mich., (Special.) Tho town
ot Arnold has been wiped out by tho forest
11 res. This makes tho fourth town to bo de
stroyed. Details arc lucking.
A passenger train reached here for the
first time iu two days. The coaches were
bllsterod by tlie heat.
Big cedar yards owned by Perrlgo A Sons,
C. II. Worcester A Co. nnd tho Liudsloy
Company are burned. Tho losses will reach
i:t0,000, with no iusuranco. Tho forest fires
cover uu area of 80 miles, extending west
ward as fnr as Bwanson and northward to
Carbondulo, Mich,
Much concern is felt for small towns in
Menominee county along the Northwestern,
Wiscouslu uud Michigan uud Northern roads.
Serious dumugo must result, us high winds
provull.
DANCF.ltorsl.Y I.OAOFO ItlNAWAY.
1'eum Kims Off AVItli a Vaou Containing
a Lot of Nitro-gl ycerlno.
fit. Marys, W. Va., (Special.) A team
bitched to a wagon loaded with slxty-quurts
of nitro-glycerlue, en route to tho oil Holds,
run off from It lby's 1 Ivory stable. The team
mude a mad dash through tho main streets
of tho towu. It collided with S. Cotton's
transfer wagon, wrecking It completely, und
a squuro further along cruhud Into another
wugon, breaking off the tongue and throw
ing the horses. The team wus stopped half
a mile below town, with Its load of explo
sives still Intact nothing less than a miracle.
Windy Meyers, owner of the glycerine
wagon, wus flued (100 for his carelessness
by the mayor.
Died feuddonly,
Borryvillo, Vu., (Speclul.) News reached
bore that John Bougher, assistant postmas
ter at White Post, this county, died sud
denly ut his home iu that place of heart full
ure. He h aves a widow aud one child.
New Hotel for 1'urkershurff.
rurkersburg, W. Va., (Special.) The di
rectors ot tho Fiist National Bnuk closed tho
purchase ot a plot ot ground on Market
street, upon which they will erect a mam
moth hotel, with a roof garden attachment.
Thn total cost of tho structure will be ubout
(200,000.
A Speak F-usy Dynamited.
Fulrmounr, W. Va., Speciul.)-A speak
easy ulung the lino of the Short Line ltatl
roud, a low miles from here, wns dynamited
by unknown parties. The building was
totally wrecked, and othur buildings a hulf
mile around wero shaken by tho explosion.
No person was injured,
What ths tVur Costs Fngland.
London, (By Cublu). lloplylug to a ques
tion, la the House of Commons, tho Finan
cial Secretary to ths Treasury, Mr. Hnnbury,
said the cost of tho war up to Murch 81, was
23.250.000.
THE NEWS,
Tornadoes destroyed farming property nud
caused the loss of several lives in Central
Kansas, A w lud and hailstorm d d consid
erable damage in Nebraska. At Wllsonvllio
tho Presbyterian oliurch nnd other building
were destroyed. A number of peoplo wore
Injured by tho blowing down of farmhouses
In the country districts.
I'lro destroyed the Mnllory Lino pier. Now
York, nnd several burges mooted near It.
There wero many narrow escapps of people
who wero forced to leap Into the water. Ono
child was drowned. The property lots Is es
timated nt (1,000,000.
Tho Nonh Atlantic Squadron, Admiral
Farqnhiir commanding, has arrived iu
Hampton Bonds. The squadron nsslsted In
the iustailmnnt of Governor Allen, of Porto
lilco. and tho entire cruise was much en
joyed. Tho United states army transport Buford
hns urrlved In quarantine at New York, hav
ing ou board tho body of Mrs. General Wil
son. The remains will be tuken to Wil
mington, Del., for burial.
Thoro wns a pistol duel nt tho Fifth Dis
trict Republican Convention in Dndesvillo,
Oa., In which a brother of tbo deputy reve
nue collector was fatally hot and the post
master arrested.
Plans nro Lolng formed for tho establish
ment of n now shipbuilding pinnt in liich
moud to equal In sizn nny shipyard In tho
United States.
The converter nnd billet mills of the Illi
nois Steel Company, nt Joilct, III., havo
closed down, throwing 2,600 men out of
work.
Mrs. Carolyn Ahrons, a singer In the choir
of tho Church f the Holy Itcdnemer, In
Now York, committed suicide.
Susie A. Morris, fourteen years of age.
admitted having set lire to her uncle's house
in Providence, It. I.
Tho Opera House at Lexington, Vn., was
destroyed by lire. Loss 0,000j insurance
(.1,500.
Tlie prosecuting authorities In New York
York have fouud that tho woman whose body
wns exhumed, altera qiiletburlnl, nud whese
name Is not divulged, died from a criminal
operation.
Frances Wilson, n chorus girl ot Anna
Hold's "Pupa's Wlfo" Company, was held in
M0O ball lu Philadelphia for stealing jowelry
and money from Comedian Blgelow's wlfo.
Burglars dynamited tho postofllce nt
Franklin, Southampton county, Va., and
got away with a large quantity of stamps
and considerable cash.
Henry W. Flagler, tho Standard Oil mng
nuto, asked tho Now York court to relieve
him ns committee of tho person of bis wife.
Two hundred bodies havo been removed
from tlie Utah mine. Tho total number of
victims will probably bo threo hundred.
The North Carolina Pino Association, in
session in Norfolk, decided to reduce the
output and maintain tho prices.
Tho Pittsburg coul operators conceded the
twenty per cent, increase In wages demanded
by the day Inborcrs.
Charles Offutt. of Capon Bridge, Vu.. was
seriously hurt by a tree that fell upon him.
Miss Emma Stelz was shot nud killed by
Mrs. Albert Hoist In Chicago.
Chairman Mauloy, of tho sub-committee
of tho liopiiblleuu National Comnvittoe,
thinks Hint Postmasters General Chnrles
i:mory Siultli tuny bo tho nominee for vice
president. It is said that Sonntor Wolcotl
will bo tuinporary chairman of the National
Convention, and Seuator Lodge, of Massa
chusetts, pormanent chairman.
Tho British steamer Virginia, Captain
Charles Sinnuels, from Dalqulry, Cuba, foi
Baltimore, with a cargo ot irou ore, was
wrecked off Capo Hattcras. Six men were
drowned.
B 'iijaniln Douglass, a native of Baltimore,
who founded a mercantile agency and was n
noted Hebrew scholar, died in Santn Bar
bara, (Jul., oged eighty-four yours,
A statuo lo tho Confederate dead was un
veiled in Lynchburg. Scuntor Daniel dc
livorod the oration.
Four persons lost their lives in (Ires in dif
ferent par!s of Now York.
Employes nt tho Standard till Works in
Now York went on a strike.
Massachusetts Republicans huve declared
for McKlnley nnd Long.
iu reply to Cruz, suit tho United States
questions plaintiff's citizenship.
The strike situation In Philadelphia Is nc
nearer a solution.
It is estimated that :!00 wero killed in tho
Utih nilue disustcr.
Chnugiug of tho wind snved several vil
lages from forest llrcs In Michigan.
Fires iu tho vicinity of Blooinsburg, Fa.,
contin no to grow In volume.
Tho Chicago celebration in honor of Ad
miral Dowey practically came to a close with
an excursion by tbo Admiral uud members
of the geuoral colobrutlon committee down
the Chicago drainagu canal ns fur ns the
controlling gates at Lock port.
An amendment offered to Army Appropri
ation bill In the Semite by Mr. Berry to ox.
cluda trusts from competition in furnishing
supplies tor the army was defeated 20 to 18.
Free rural delivery was started in ths
country uroiind Gettysburg, Pn. ,
Thfi Geuoral Conference of tho Methodist
Episcopal Church was held lu Chicago. Tho
feature of the exercises wus the contest ol
the provisional lay delegates to secure equal
recognition.
Thousands of mon allied with tho building
trades in Northern cities have quit work be
cause of refusal of contractors to yield to
demands for eight-hour day nnd for moro
wuges.
Mrs. Francis Schabcrg committed sulcldo
at Hauover, Pa.
Miss Helen lllpley Benedict, daughter of
Elias C. Benedict, wns married to Thomas
Hastings, of New York, at Greenwich, Ct.
Mr. Benedict's gift to bis dauebter is said to
huve been n chock for (1,000,00 1.
The Now York Central Itnilroud offlclnls
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 glveu a magnificent
reception in Chicago, tho ball iu bis honor
ut tho Auditorium ut night beiug a brilliant
affair.
Wlllium F. Miller, of the Franklin Syndi
cate, wus sentenced In Brooklyn to ten yeurs
lu the punllcutlury,
Lewis Flair, who broke jail in Berkeley
Springs, W. Vu., lust Fubruary, was roar
rested." Minnie M.Wrny, a beautiful young woman,
killed herself iu the Palmer House, Chlcugo.
Fully a thousand peoplo were present at
tho oounty jail at Dover, Del., to witness tho
whippings of nine culprits, all colored, who
hud been sentenced for potty liircony.
It Is admitted thut President Lambert and
Chairman Gates, of the American Steel nud
Wiro Company, uro to be prosoouted Iu New
York.
Henry White,' secretary of the United
States embassy iu I.ondou, und Bishop Hurt
zcll reached New York ou tho steamer St.
Louis.
Heavy ruins continue In Texas, nud tho
fluods are destroying both life and property.
Iu Waco alone the loss is $150,000.
rostmnstor Charles H. Plersou, of Bridge
ton, N.J. .has disappeared, aud his accounts
huve beeu touud to bo short.
W. D. Dickinson, u furmor, shot Miss Edna
Wilkinson in Caldwell, O., aud blew his
brains out.
Iloury Y. Yard, who was acquitted of
ubettlug the wrecking of the Keystone
National Bank, was discharged in bank
ruptcy in Treuton, N, J.
E. M. Wyatt, of Parkershurg, W. Vu.. after
being lilted, committed suicide.
KEYSTONE STATE.
f.ATKST NICU'S OI.F.ANED FltOM VAltf.
OC9 rAItT).
FIRE DESTROYS 8 HOUSES.
fumes Cause n l.nsa of 1 3,000 at Wntn
elsdorf, llcrk's Comity Started at Hepa
ratn Points llln.o Which Threatened
Town With llesli urllnil Attributed to
Incendiarism. - Leg Cut Off by a Circular
Saw.
Tho borough of Womolsdorf, wns visited
by a fire that destroyed eight dwelling
houses on tho north side of Franklin Street,
betwoen Front nnd Second, unfailing a less
of over twelve thousand dollars. Tho fire
was first discovered In tho two-story frame
house of Thomas Cnpp, and almost simulta
neously finmes Issued trom the windows of
an unoccupied house nearly two hundred
feet away, belonging to tho estate of John
Stoucb. Tho Intermediate houses soon
caught flro, nnd with eight houses burning
nt one time, and a high wind prevailing, tho
destruction of tho whole eastern rortion of
the town wns threatened. Tho flro depart
ment of Beading, Sinking Spring, ltoiieso
nia and Myerstown wero called on for assist
ance. Meanwhile tho Womolsdorf firemen
worked nobly nml succeeded sin getting tho
flro under control after two hours of hard
offort. Most of tho furniture was removed
from the burning houses, with thn exception
of that in Thomas Casey's dwelling, which,
with Its contents, was completely destroyed.
His losn Is 62,00(1. The next two bouses,
occupied by S'imiiel Scliuo and John Mounts,
wero owned 1) Frank Fnrry. of Shamokln,
whnsn loss is S3.00 ). The next hou. occu
pied by Mr. Christina llcchtel. wn owned
by John Matthew, whoso loss Is H.600. Tho
remaining four houses bo onged to tho es
tate of John Stoueh, nnd tho lots to thn es
tate Is 4,500. Threo of thorn wero occu
pied by Isrvio Miller, Gnorgo Sehonek and
Frank Bundy, respectively, whilo the fourth
has been vacant since tho first of April.
Tho largo brick house adjoining tho last
mentioned, ou thn west, owned by John N.
Lewy, nud occupied by Edward Kchnnck,
was also afire, but wns savod without having
beeu much damaged. Tho occupant ot the
several houses loe In personal effect from
flOO to 200. Tin origin of the Urn Is un
known. As two houses so far separated wore
discovered on flro nt tho sumo lime, lucoudl
srNm Is suspocted.
Fikii Ykars a Maoisthati?. Benjamlu
Evans, who hns been justice of tho pence
rontliiitously for llfty years in Ncscnpeck
Township, received his eleventh ooinmh
lon. Ho is now HI years old, but Is active
and nttends regularly to tho duties of Ida
Jfflco. Mr. Evnna received his first rommlfc
lou In 1S50. when Wlllium F. Johnson was
ttovernor. Ills second commission In 1855,
was signed by Governor Pollock; the third,
In lii). by Governor Packor, and tho fourth,
In 1805, was signed by Governor Curtiu,
Governor Geary signed tho fifth commission
In 1870; Governor Hurtrnnft tho sixth, in
1875, nnd Governor Ho)t signed the seventh
lommission In 1880. The eighth commission
was issued by Governor Puttlson, in 1885;
the ninth by Governor Beaver, in 1800; the
teuth by Governor Hastings, iu 1805, nnd tho
111st which he has Just reoelvcd was signed
by (ioveruor Htone.
AnnissT in Mi'itiiKa Case. Tho murder
of Joseph Moran, nn Italian junk dealer, of
llnzlnton, was followed by the nrrest ot Do.
tiatl h'andiii, another juuk man, suspocted of
'jclng Implicated in tho crime. Sandui win
lodged in jail In Hnzieton. Ho was soon iu
company with tho murdered imin, it is said,
short time before tho tragedy. Nearly
a s ore of officers nro at work on tho cos -,
and other suspects uro under surveillance.
I'Vin uxATB DiscovKn v. Operations at the
Pino Brook Colliery, of tho Scranton Coal
Company, hns Icon suspended because of
the discovery of a body of water in tho oid
workings of tho Pennsylvania Coal Com
pany, which threatens to break through ths
harrlcrs'whicli separate the workings. The
discovery of the water was fortunate, fur if
It happened to break Into tho Pine Brook
Colliery It would deluge tho nilue nnd very
llkoly nititiy men would have lost their lives.
Operations havo been begun with a view to
removing the water from tho mini,
Nasticoke Boy Dhownkd. Jorin Acker
man, n young landsman of tho crew of the
training ship Buffalo, and who hailed from
Nnutieoke, Pa., was uccidentiy drowned at
Norfolk, Va. Ackcrmun was detailed with
others to clean tho ship'ssldo, and fell over
board from tho staging, striking on his bend
and sinking Immediately. Tho body was
not recovered.
Sunday ficnoor, jv Oi.n no-rrx. In tlie
famous old Jeunervillo Hotel, where hun
dreds of gallons of whisky wore sold over
tlie bar ill days gone by, a flourishing Sun
day school has been started, and It Is ex
pected that a Chapel will be erected there in
tbo near future About sixty cIiIhous of tho
neighborhood havo Interested themselves In
the project, nud already fciiOO in cash has
bocn raised.
Leo Cut Off nv a Ciucmi.An Saw. Edward
Lucas, an employee of tho Bristol Iron aud
Steel Company, silppc d and full ugain-,t a
rapidly revolving circular euw. Tho saw
out through bis leg ut thu'kueo, completely
severing the member.
James Leuhart wn.i held for court at Low
Isburg to answer for tho murder of liewtou
Motse. The trial will be held lu May.
A baby curriago continuing Anna Y'onng,
aged 2 years, was run over by a log wagon
nt Shumoklu nnd the child was Seriously In
jured. The Board of Poor Directors ot West Ches
ter decided to transfer all main patients un
der their cure from tho Norristown Stato
Asylum to tho Chester Couuty Insane
Asylum.
Mujor Miller, inspector of tho Third Bri
gade, conducted tho spring Inspection of
Companies A and I, Fourth Kegimont, Na
tional Guard, at tho Auditorium. Coloud
O'Noll and his stuff were present.
Mrs. Rebecca Oswald, an nged woman of
Lancaster, was struck by au engine ou tho
Quarroyvlllo ltuilroad ut tho Lemon street
crossing. Her skull was fractured and sho
Is believed to be fatally injured.
A speolol meeting of West Susquehanna
Koformed Claisls was held nt Jacksonville,
to receive Bev. Hurvoy Crow, from West
moreland Classls, aud iustnl hint ss piibtur
of tho Nittany Valley charges. Itev, T.
Derr, pastor of St. Luke's ltoformed Church,
Lock Haven, preached tho sermon.
Where Custom Falls,
In Paraguay a gentleman la en
joined by the laws of good society to
kiss every lady whom he la 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
or Probably because she never mar
ried. The widow Then why was Solo,
mon, who had several hundred wives,
called the wisest man?
Qualot Little rsopla.
The natives of the Andaman Islands,
tie smallest people In ths world, y
erage three feet eleven Inches In
height and less than WTtnty poundf
in wight
TOSSED OVERBOARD -By
now Two Tonn, uT I
M..i.t it ,
.Tnslico Colo, iitiB.
peals in civil cases , ,
Lolm Matthew,,, Rna hc'rJ
Matthews, in wiiicli .1
llt'liM sock, t0 rotW
$300 damn-cs from E H P
It imneni-eil fm n!' ' 1"
milled to tlie jury tuRt M
or his emn oves w. . "
load an unruly bull 0
Horry lUndul. ftt C1 ;
or Hh.pment t Washing,'0
the young; Indies were ,
the transition. The .1
forcibly after the mmtnei o,'
It was tbo neatest appro,
gladiatorial coutcst which t
iuauuews Had ever wiin. j
they occupied front s.i. .'.1
orraatice. Finally th, ,
oose from b,s captor,
Uj uie nright atlir
young women spectators, i0
caudal appendage, amll
jug bel ow made straight t
with fear, and although tbr
to rotrcat, were eoon overtake
infuriated beast. Catcbingf
bis outspreading borus, he tt
take the nose of T.;.
Vadis," and then, rushim ,1
-a.Ku, ue graceful;
them over into the neawt,.i r
As a matter of course lh
garnienis were more or le
The curl was taken out of hV
nud tho starch out of tlieir shi
to say nothing of tho Umpne
their feet suffered, i'ortuna
them, the wntcr wns iu,now
bottom was sandy, so that thev
any serious bodily hurm j,
were about as thiiinni,i,'i.
as two ffirla chiiseil hy a
couiu wen no. llieri) wai
1-..1.; i. ...
spiasuiug nuoin, lu tile wst
help soon arriving, (boy were
rescued.
Tbo animal wns r,ii,i.
when the young ladies camo i
they tuld tho story ot their lJ
experionoo to Attorney )I. J, i!
In their bqUulf ho brought in I
cover diinAges iu tlio sum I
each. Justico of the Peace F
Mattingly heard the case on;
aud iu reudoring his ilcciMon
that both Miss Lelia and Miss
were entitled to frlilO aW
gave a verdicl accordingly. JI
dall was unwilling to paj tj,
aud entered an appeal.
Cellars Twenty Centiirlei 01
Some ccdurs nto nuiloaliteJ!
than two thousand year! olj
though ou good moral ue io;
grow about as fast as oalts,
pavements unci smoothly f
overswept granite ridges iu tb
region they grew extremely
One on tho Starr Kiug Hit
two feet eleven iuches in ilu:
was 1110 years old. Another
sumo ridge, only one foot set
on c-li ill f itichcH iu diametti,
reached the ago of tvH year
llrst fifteen inches from the ba:
medium-sized tree six feet iu
ctcr on tho north Tenaya
had Hull layers of wood, or ml
to tho inch. Beyond this tin
wns stopped by dry rot nudovt
wounds.
Tho largest I examined m( :
three foot iu girth, or nearly
diameter; and thoiigli I failed :
anything like a complete cr
learued enough from this anil
other specimens to I'onviuce a.
most of tho treos eight tott
thick, standing on polished i
pavements, are mote than twent;
turies of ago rather than lew.
ring accidents, for all I can ut,
would live forever. When
tiiey waste out of existence b
slowly as granite. Eveuniien
thrown by avalanches, nits'
so long, they refuse to lie
loaning stubbornly on tlieir big
as if auxiotutoriae, nndnhilci
root holds to tho rock, putting
fresh leaves with a grim new
nud uever-lie-down expression. -t
Muir, iu tho Atlantic.
tVliero tlie T-rump WnrkeA
Tbo prisoner was matins
pearnuce boforo tho iunb'istrate:
hundredth time.
"Well," said tho wagM
hero arain?"
"Yes, your worship," 'c!!
the prisoner.
"What's thu nharire?"
"Vucrrnncv sumo as lio-fiM
o
worsbii). "
"It seems to mo yon me hen
half your time.
"Yes, about that, your woisnj
"Well, what do you do it for!
"I do, your worship, woretW-
my time." .
"Ah, now," said the msgist'
prisod, "if you can toll me1'1
bava ever worked I'll lot you ol
"In prison, your worship."1'!
the prisoner, brazenly; uu'"
kept bis word.
Cowslip irni.
Onn tf 41m mnut. fntuilinr
wet meadows is erroucottsty k11'.'
"oowslin" fvnlararlv "OOWiWf
ooiiornl fdvnvitrt iii snrinS"1
tureens. How it received it""'1
uppellation is not oleir. I""
n sfi-ibinn it I n u t t itll llf tilt0''
unfitting aud misleading
nnnnlni naioos for it IjOUrS
tion to tho English cawsl'P
cioseiy amen to tne uu;',' ",
aiinrruafoil .- 111.. 11 11 ilUl;ltJ
shining yellow petals ami mil'
tion in names, the botttU''
vored reoogniziug it und"
name, marsn-murigui"i
attain we inav bo led slif,dit'J,
to its relationship, for it .
a primrose. It is proporlj1 ,
tjaiiua patustris. oeu-
ziue. ,
va
Aweiiiy juiiiiuil
ofB""
twenty million pins per "t,
the falling skirts, replace tw ;
suspender buttons aud mM f
needs of the American peop
nt .11 II,... lllOS .
tt.at ..i..,i. baa bee'
answer, but there is no I""' ,
the demand, so that this nu