ROOFS FALL ON CONGREGATIONS ttioy Persons Injured in Accident Caused By Wind and Lightning. A PREACHER BURIED IN THE DEBRIS. Tt Storm la and About Pllliburg Was So Terrlllc Thai (lie Tall Spire and Chlra eyt Were Unable to Withstand the Oreal ftrct la One Church Forty People Were tajared Pittsburg, Pa., (Special). One of the fiercest windstorms ever known in this section struck the city just before noon, and did almost incalculable damage to property and injured many persons, some of whom may die from the effects of their wounds. Scores of house were unroofed, many trees were blown down, mill stacks toppled over and telegraph and telephone wires generally disabled. The most serious accident reported up to 9 o'clock was the unroofing of the Knoxville Presbyterian Church, in Knoxville. The church at the time was filled with an Easter congregation num bering about 600 persons. While the minister was in the midst of his ser mon a particularly strong gust of wind blew over a large chimney and lifted a portion of the roof of the building. The bricks from the chimney crashed through and carried a huge piece of the hard wood ceiling measuring about 40x30 feet down upon the worshipers in the pews. An indescribable panic ensued, and a frantic rush was made for the doors and windows. The excitement was soon quieted and the work of rescue begun. At least 40 persons were caught by the wreckage and more or less hurt. Of this number five may not recover. In none of the other accident reports throughout the city were there any se rious injury to persons, though many narrow escapes are recorded. The tow boat Belle McGowan was blown over in the Ohio River, opposite Sawmill rtin, and completely wrecked. Her crew narrowly escaped drowning, but all were finally rescued by harbor boats. The corrugated iron roof of the Union br:dge at the point, was lifted from its fastenings by the wind and parts of it carried a distance of a mile. The Whit tier schoolhouse, on Mount Washington, was unroofed and its Walls badly twist ed. Jones & Laughlin had 14 of their furnace stacks blown down, necessitating the shutdown of a portion of their plant for weeks. A WOMAN FOR CONGRESS. Her Platform Is the Golden Rule and Pro hibition. Louisville, Ky., (Special). Mary Burkhart, of Lane, Wolf county, has announced herself as a candidate for Congress on the Prohibition ticket in the Tenth District. She says she will make a house-to-house canvass and will win over her Democratic and Republican opponents by a big vote. Miss Burkhart is 26, and is an attractive brunette. She possesses about $40,000 in her own name and says she will snend some of her money in her campaign. "There is no law," she says, "to pre vent me from taking a scat in Congress if I receive a majority of the votes, which I am certain I will. I defy Con fess to unseat me. The Golden Rule js my platform, with Prohibition thrown in." Tried to Wreck Train. Trenton, Mo. (Special.) George Busch, aged 16 years, and George Young, aged 20, sons of respectable parents of this city, made an unsuccessful attempt to wreck an eastbound Chicago, Rock Is land and Pacific passenger train about &re miles east of here. The track at this point is on a high embankment, and a derailment could scarcely have occurred without the loss of many lives. Both boys were arrested and have confessed. Their motive appears to have been re venge for having been put off a freight train. Dime novels arc believed to have played a part. A Tanncl Five Miles Long. Auburn, Cal. (Special.) A corps of Southern Pacific surveyors and engineers has just completed a survey for a new tunnel through the Sierras, which will be one of the longest in the world. Ac cording to the records of the survey, it will be five miles and 800 feet in length. It will eliminate nearly 1,000 feet of grade and will reduce the length of snowsheds 28 miles. The proposed work will cost millions of dollars and will consume years in construction. British Hammered AzK London (By Cable). A casualty list just published records .1 hitherto unre ported fight in the Rhenoster Valley, near Sutherland, Cape Colony, March 24, when the British were evidently severely bandied. They lost 8 men killed, had 10 men wounded and 29 were captured. The latter have since been released. Youthful Brothers Drowned. Middleboro, Ky. (Special.) Thomas and William Warren, aged 12 and 15 years, respectively, were drowned in the flood which swept down the Powell Val ley. Their father's house was wrecked, but he escaped with their mother by swimming. The loss in that section is estimated at over $5,000. James R. Garfield Accept Position. Washington, D. C, (Special). James R. Garfield, a son of the late President Garfield, has accepted the position of civil service commissioner tendered him about ten days ago by President Roose velt. He takes the place vacated by Mr. William A. F.odenberg. A $51,000 Dank Transfer. Chicago. (Special). Stockholders of the Corn Exchange and Merchants' Na tional Banks have ratified the proposi tion to consolidate the two institutions under tl.e name of the former. The transfer of a large part of the Mer chants' cash has been effective already. The enlarged Corn Exchange will have a capital of $ J. 000,000 and a surplus of $2,000,000. The institutions recently re ported deposits aggregating about $51, 000,000. Pauk Treaurcr Ends Life. New Brunswick, N. J., (Special). John W'ycolT, treasurer of the New Brunswick Trust Company, shot himself in the head in the bank building and died two hours later. A meeting of the di rectors of the bank was called imme diately after the shooting and the treas urer's accounth were gone over. It was found that they balanced to a cent. The directors gave out a statement in which they expressed their entire confidence in the treasurer's honesty and assured the public that the funds of the institution wife intact. SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS. Domestic The Union Trust Company1, as re ceiver of the wrecked City Savings Bank of Detroit, asked the court to per mit suit of the tockholders, the assets of the bank being less than $2,000,000 and the liabilities over $3,000,000. The threatened big strike of the weavers in Southern New England has been averted. Many mills have agreed to grant the demanded 10 per cent, increase, and the others are expected to follow. It is reported in Butte, Mont., that John C. Paulsen, a defaulter, reported to have committed suicide, really fled to Germany, where he is now living with his family. The training; stable of Frank II. Colby. at Highland Park, near Detroit, was de stroyed by fire and 17 valuable horses were burned. There was a rough-and-tumble . fiffht between opposing factions of Seventh Day Adventists in a church in Chicago. Charles Woodward, who was sen tenced to be hanged at Casper, Wvo., for the murder of Sheriff Ricker, but in whose behalf a stay of execution was issued by the Supreme Court last Tues day, was lynched at Casper. The floods in Mississippi. Alabama and other parts of the South have caused the railroad companies heavy losses. At Meridian and Jackson, Miss., many people were driven from their homes. Dr. Edmund T. lames. president-elect of Northern University, in Chicago, in his communication to the board of trus tees expressed the view that public sen timent was turning against coeducation. Mrs. Julia K. Birdsall was held in $5,000 bail in Philadelphia to answer charges of embezzlement and forgery made by her former employers, Bern stein, Kauftman & Co., of that city. A warrant was issued for the arrest of H. C. Bell, the missing teller of the Riverside Bank of New York, whose ac counts were found to be $12,500 short. 1 wo were killed and a number se riously injured in a head-on collision on the Johet and Chicago Electric Rail road, near Sag Bridge. The weavers in the Fitchburg and Bcoli mills of the American Woolen Company of Fitchburg, Mass., went on a strike. Dr. Orin S. Sargent, once a promising physician of Philadelphia, died from the effects of morphine in a hospital. Mrs. Mary Hively fell into a pot of boiling sugar in Warsaw, Ind., and was scalded to death. Major J. R. Clagett, of the Second United States Infantry, died in New Or leans. Governor Montague, of Virginia, commuted the death sentence of William O. Boyle, convicted of the murder of Alma Hamilton, his mistress, to life im prisonment. The discharge of 15 union miners at the Fairmount Company's mine at Mt. Clare, W. Va., is causing serious trouble and a number of men are under arrest. During the trial by court-martial of Major Waller, a native scout testified to a plot among the native leaders of the Waller expedition to murder the Major. A jury 111 the United States Court in 1 allahassee, Fla., convicted S. M. O. Clyatt, a wealthy turpentine operator, on the charge of peonage. Emil A. Meyrenburg, a member of the Wisconsin Legislature, was con victed of bribery and his punishment fixed at three years in prison. Foreign. A renewal of the Triple Alliance, with certain modifications, was effected at a conference at Venice between the Ger man Chancellor and the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Jamaicans are generally disap pointed over a note from Mr. Chamber lain, the British colonial secretary, with holding his consent to the1 new constitu tion. Sir Thomas Lipton, it appears, sug gested the idea of King Edward's coro nation dinner to the poor of London. There were 1,500 Boers within the latesi cordon drawn by Lord Kitchener, but all escaped through the gaps in the British lines excepting I7g men, includ ing Commandant H. Kruger. There were exciting races between the British and the Boers, the former recovering two guns captured by the Boers in Feb ruary. Prayers for peace were offered in the churches of England and Pre toria. Dr. Leyds, the European agent of the Boers, denied that he was to have an interview with Lord Rosebery and other British Liberal leaders in Paris. Colonel Grimm, a Russian officer, charged with revealing military secrets to Germany, has been imprisoned. The Turkish government has ordered the mobilizing of 00,000 troops, it is be lieved for use in Macedonia. Turkish troops attacked a Bulgarian post and one Bulgarian was killed and several wounded. King Edward and Queen Alexandra took their final departure from Marl borough House. They will cruise during the Easter holidays on the royal yacht, and on their return to London will take up their residence at Buckingham Pal ace. Kimberly, the "Diamond City," is in mourning, the stores are closed, flags half-masted and work suspended in the mines. The state funeral of Cecil Rhodes will take place. April 2 at Cape Town. The member's of the Transvaal gov ernment, including Acting President Schalburger, were at Kroonstad. Cape Colony, the early part of the week in communication with Stcyn. From Berlin conies the statement that the United States government has been sounding Germany as to how far it would go in maintaining the "open door" in China. The North German Lloyd steamship Company has declared a dividend of fi per cent., 33 against a dividend of 8 per cent, last year Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria, in accordance with his Maundv Thurs day custom, washed the feet of 12 aged men in Vienna. Financial The Lackawanna has declared the reg ular quarterly dividend of ifa per cent. Payable April 21. The principal movements of curren cy this week indicate that the New York banks have lost $1,314,500. The American Sugar Refining Com pany has advanced the price of soft su gars, Nos. 13 and 14, 5 points. It is estimated that the world's sup ply of gold has been reduced by $20, 000,000 during the last two and a half years owing to the closing of the South Africa mines. The Swifts Refrigerator Transporta tion Company, of Chicago, will issue $1, 000,000 4;,, per cent, car mortgage bonds. The stockholders of the Canadian Pa cific Railroad Company have authorized an increase in the common stock to $19, 500,000. The U;uon Traction Company of In diana has declared a dividend of s'j per cent, on preferred stock as register ed! March 31. ' The Lyons Investment Company re ceived advices from Joplin, Mo., that $36 has been refused .'or zinc ore. This is the highest price since November, 1899. SLAUGHTER IN CHINESE RIOTS Hundred of People Killed In the Chi Li Province. MISSIONARY WARNED TO KEEP OUT, The Attempts of Local Olficlats to Collect Indemnities for the Catholic Missionary Claims, as Arranged Between the Officials and the Priests, Cause the Trouble Mowed Down by Troops, Pckin (By Cable). Chinese officials say that 1,000 people have been killed in riots at Ta Ming Fit, the southernmost prefecture of the Province of Chi Li. This, perhaps, is an exaggeration, but the loss of life was undoubtedly great. The riots were due to attempts of local officials to collect indemnities for the Catholics, as arranged between the offi cials and the priests. Soldiers have been dispatched to quell the disturbances, and a taotai has been sent to adjust the differences. The officials warn the missionaries to keep out of the disturbed district. Such resistance to the payment of mis sionary claims is to be expected in locali ties where the population is poor and large sums aed levied. The latest reports from Ta Ming Fu say the greatest loss of life occurred dur ing the fight between Yuan Shi Kai's soldiers and the populace. The inhabi tants of several villages, who were en listed in the so-called United Villagers' Society, resisted the soldiers, but as most of the villagers were only armed with snears and swords, they suffered great slaughter. VERDICT FOR TICKET SCALPERS. Chicago Judge Decides That Tickets Passing Through Their Hands Art Oood. Chicago, (Special). "However repre hensible and odious to a railroad com pany a ticket scalper may be, there is no law that invalidates a ticket which other wise is valid because it passes through his hands." Judge Uiytraus, of the Superior Court, has given this opinion in a suit for damages brought by Moritz Horo witz against the Chicago and Northern Pacific Railroad Company. Damages of $250 were agreed upon. While traveling with his wife to Min nesota on a ticket purchased from a scalper in Chicago, which had originally been issued to a Michigan newspaper, Horowitz was confronted by J. C. Pond, general passenger agent of the road, who happened to be on the train. Horowitz and his wife were ejected from the train at Lake Villa. 51 miles from Chicago. The attorney for the road argued that Horowitz had been guilty of a construc tive fraud. GOVERNMENT SOUNDS OERMANY. Wishes to Know Latter' s Attitude on Chinese Question. London (By Cable). A dispatch from Berlin says that the United States has been sounding the German govern ment to see how far the latter was will ing to go to maintain the open door in China. A definite statement was re quested. Germany's reply was that while it stood for the open door, it would not oppose anything that Russia really de sired. Washington (Special). This Govern ment recently had its attention called to reports that Germany intended to main tain exclusive trade relations with the Shantung peninsula, which is nominally within its sphere of interest. The Government has become satisfied that Germany has manifested no such intention, and stands by her previous assurance that she will recognize the open door. Under the agreement of the Powers, as the outcome of the Pekin negotia tions, all of them are bound to the open- ooor principle. Plot to Kill Waller. Manila, (By Cable). At the continu ation of the trial by court-martial of Major L. W. T. Waller, of the Marine Corps, for the execution without trial of natives on Samar Island, a native scout by the name of Smoke was on the stand. Smoke testified to the existence of a plot among the native leaders of the Waller expedition to murder. Major Waller and Lieutenant Williams. He said that when the marines had rations they shared them with the natives. The scout also said that he personally had suffered severely from hunger. Boys Skinned a Horse. May field, Ky., (Special). Two boys aged about 14 years were indicted by the recent grand jury for killing a horse, skinning it and selling the hide for $1.50. At this term of the Circuit Court they were tried and sentenced to the School of Reform. There being no room there for them, the court ordered the boys whipped until they shed tears. Sheriff Harris was ordered to do the whipping with a new cowhide. The boys' parents paid for the horse. Whale Sinks a Vessel. New Bedford, Mass. (Special.) Word has been received here by the agents of the whaling hark Kathleen that she had been sunk at sea by a whale. Capt. Thomas I!.. Jenkins ca bles from Pernambuco, Brazil, that three of the four boats had arrived at that place. The missing boat contained nine men. The captain's wife and all the offi cers were among those who reached land. The Kathleen was valued at $12, 000. She was built in 1844. Her gross tonnage was 205. Refuses Carnegie's Offer. Richmond, Va., (Special). The City Council has virtually declined to receive the $100,000 which Andrew Carnegie agreed to give for the establishment of a public library. It would be necessary to set aside $10,000 yearly for the main tenance of the library. The offer was accepted at first. A board of trustees was elected, but those chosen were not satisfactory, and the finance committee has declined to provide the sum needed to buy a site. Oblan Kills Woman. Cincinnati, O. C. N. Pendleton, a real estate dealer, shot and in stantly killed Mrs. Anna Baker, He was arrested on the charge of mur der. The parties lived on adjoining lots in the cast end of the city. They have had quarrels about a division fence. The ouarrel was resumed, and Pendleton shot Mrs. Baker. Death of Esrl Temple. London (By Cable). William Stephen Temple Gorc-Langton, fourth Earl Tem ple, died at Cairo, Egypt. lie was born ::. ie'47 LIVE NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS. Sundry Appropriations. The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill, the most important of the Government supply measures, was completed by the House Committee on Appropriations. It appropriates $49,3l6,3g5, being $12, 463,042 less than the regular and sup plemental estimates and $12,579,512 less than the appropriation for the current fiscal year. Among the contract items provided in excess of the present appropriations are for public buildings, $3,839,646; Yellow stone Park. $500,000; Louisiana Pur chase Exposition, for Government build ing and exhibits. $1,048,000; permanent census office and twelfth census, $1,400, 000; seacoast battery sites, etc., $1,537, 050; rivers and harbors, continuing con tracts, $5,882,757. Some of the other main items are as follows: Atlanta (Ga.) penitentiary, $100,000; Chicamauga and Chattanooga Park, $50,000; Chinese Exclusion act, $200,000; defending suits, Spanish Treaty Claims Commission, $60,000; Leavenworth (Kan.) Penitentiary, $250, 000; enlargement of military posts, $i, 5.17.050; preventing deposits in New York harbor, $50,000; portrait of Wil liam McKinley. $2,500; Shiloh Military Park, $40,000; Vicksburg Military Park, $100,000. The public building items of $50,000 or over include: Baltimore, $100,000; Brunswick, Ga.. Sw.ooo: Chicago. Si.- 000.000; Newport News, Va., $50,000. 1 he river and harbor contract items over $50,000 include: Charleston, S. C, $50,000; Allegheny river, Pennsylvania, $118,000; Monongahcla river. West Vir ginia. $350,000; Congaree river, South Carolina, $50,000; Ocmulgee river, Ga., $56,000; Savannah river. Georgia. $86.- 000: Tampa bay. Florida. $86,000. the bill contains a general provision directing the Secretary of War to re port at the next session of Congress a proposition for the consolidation of the existing commissions having charge of the several national military parks or suDsiuuiing tncrcior a commission con sisting of one or more members to have charge under the War Dcpartmcna of all military parks. Department Will Not Act. The State Department will take no steps to bring to the attention of the Danish Government the charges against the integrity of American statesmen preferred by Capt. Walter Christmas and brought to the attention of the House of Representatives by Mr. Rich ardson. The department regards the charges as unworthy its attention by reason of insufficient evidence and obvious error in statements of alleged facts. The de partment, it is said, is aware also that the Danish Government does not intend to pay one cent of the $500,000 claimed by Christmas as his commission, so that none of that money could be used to cor rupt American Statesmen and news papers. Evans Sends in Resignation. Commissioner of Pensions Evans lias placed his resignation in the hands of the President. It will not take effect until some important position in the dip lomatic service is found for him. The pension committee appointed at the last annual encampment of the G. A. R. to investigate the affairs of the Pension Bureau, has made us report to the President. It has not yet been de cided as to when the report will be made public, if at all. It is stated that the policy of Commissioner Evans will be continued by his successor. To Prevent Fights In Senate. The Senate Committee on Rules has modified an amendment to the rules pro posed by Senator Hoar, which is intend ed to prevent the use of language likely to provoke violence on the floor ,as in the Tillman-McLaurin episode. The rule says: "No Senator in debate shall, directly or indirectly, by any form of words, im pute to another Senator or to other Senators any conduct or motive unwor thy or unbecoming a Senator. No Sen ator in debate shall refer offensively to any State of the Union." Secretary Taylor In Trouble. The attention of the President having been called to alleged interviews with Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Taylor in a number of newspapers, in which he had put himself in the position of opposing certain provisions of the Chi nese exclusion bills now pending in Con gress, Secretary Shaw has been request ed by the President to examine into the matter and to report to him as to the truth of the allegations. As Secretary Shaw is in New York, no action will be taken by him in the direction of carrying out the President's instructions until his return. New Design for the Flag. Representative Shafroth, of Colorado, introduced a bill prescribing the size of the field of the United States flag and the arrangement of the stars. The field shall be square and one-third the total length of the flag. The stars of the 13 original States are to be in a circle, surrounding the stars of the 30 admitted States in the form of a star, with the stars of the last two admitted States (Wyoming and Utah) temporar ily one to each side of the interior star. Roosevelt to 01 ve Dlplomar. It was announced that President Roosevelt will deliver the diplomas at the graduating exercises of the Naval Academy at Annapolis on May 2. This advance date for the graduating exer cises was set in order to relieve a dearth in commissioned officers. ' Capital News in General. President Roosevelt sent to Congress the correspondence relating to the re quest of General Miles to be sent to the Philippines and the refusal to comply with his request. The engagement was announced of Miss Alice Hay to James W. Wads worth, Jr., of Genesee, New York. The President approved the sentence of dismissal imposed on First Lieuten ant James H. Aldrich, of the Philippine scouts, convicted of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. The House committee to investigate the Christmas charges has decided to hold tnc hearings in public. Joseph K. Wood, United States attor ney in Alaska, resigned in order to avoid being dismissed. The House Committee on Judiciary decided against the resolution directing the Attorney-General to proceed against the Commercial Cable Company for al leged violation of the anti-trust law. The House considered the bill for in creasing the efficiency of the revenue cutter service. If James R. Garfield declines the nom ination of civil service commissioner, George Everett Adams, of Chicago, may be appointed. President Roosevelt vetoed the bill to release Emanuel Klauser, who had been found guilty of desertion by court-martial. A resolution i was introduced in the House to ask the Secretary of State whether American Jews arc allowed to enter Russia. The Civil Service Commission will instil ute annual tests for all government employee., o the classified list. TENNESSEE TOWNS WRECKED BY WATER Many Lives Lost and Property Ruined By the Floods. 4 PEOPLE TAKE REFUGE ON THE ROOFS The River at Nashville Rises Twenty-two Feet la Twenty-four Hours The Towns of Harriman and Oakda'e Nearly Demolished Many Houses Washed Away aud Manu facturing Plants Destroyed. Nashville, Tenn., (Special). The floods in Tennessee, the greatest known in many years, have resulted in the loss of a number of lives and property ag gregating in value more than $1,000,000. On the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis and Louisville and Nashville Railroads several bridges have been dam aged. Cumberland, Elk and Duck Riv ers and their tributaries rose rapidly dur ing the night, the rise at Nashville being 22 feet. The towns of Harriman and Oakdale, on the Emory River, were ncarlv swept away, manufacturing plants wrecked and numbers of houses destroyed. The streams between Murfrecsboro and Bell Buckle, Tenn., rose so fast that occupants of many houses were obliged to seek safety in the second stories of their houses until the flood had receded. Traffic on the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis and Louisville and Nash ville Railroads at some points has been stopped, owing to the tracks being sub merged. Much property at Mount Pleasant, Shclbyville and Murfrecsboro was dam aged. Several hundred people Bt Mount Pleasant were driven from their homes and took refuge in the courthouse. Three lives were lost in Giles county. John Cole and his family, who resided on Richmond Creek, near Pulaski, were driven to the roof of their home to es cape the rising water. The foundations of the structure gave way and the fam ily were thrown into the flood. Mrs. Cole and her two younger children were drowned. The damage at Murfrecsboro and other portions in Rutherford county is estimated to be $500,000. A special from Kingston, Tenn., within six miles of Harriman, says: "J. C. Cooper, mail carrier between Harriman and Kingston, arrived here from Harri man. He states that the heavy rains caused an unprecedented rise in the Em ory river, the result of which was the almost total destruction of the manufac turing plants along the river in Harri man. Between 300 and 400 people who reside in the river section of Harriman are without homes; 30 to 40 houses at Oakdale and Harriman were destroyed, being swept down stream. HATFIELDS IN A BATTLE Two of Them and Two Officers Killed Revival of Feud. Will iamson, W. Va., (Special). Sen sational reports were received here about another fight with the Hatficlds, in which four men were killed, among them being Harry Watts, proprietor of the Palace Hotel here. John Rutherford, a detect ive, had a warrant for the arrest of Eph raim Hatfield, who is wanted in South Carolina. He finally located Hatfield in Pike county, Ky. Watts went with Rutherford, and they found Ephraim at the home of his father, Thompson Hat field, on Blackberry Creek. Rutherford and Watts broke in the door and secured Ephraim, when the father opened fire on them.- Both offi cers and both Hatficlds were killed. The wife and little children witnessed the tragedy. The Rutherfords were rela tives of "Cap" Hatfield, of feud fame. Rutherford., was a brother of the two Rutherfords killed at the election in 1896 by "Cap" Hatfield. Watts was well known throughout the southern part of the State. It is said he could have saved himself had he not stopped firing for a moment when one of the Hatfield children was within his range. The excitement among the feud ists is as great as at the time of the burning of the McCoys at the stake by the Hatficlds years ago, and more trouble is expected. Boers Escape Through Lines. Pretoria. Transvaal Colonv. CRv fa. blc). About 1,500 Boers, under Delarey. Liebonborg, Kemp and Wolmarans, were within the area of Lord Kitchener's latest movement, but though surprised by the rapidity displayed by the British troops, gaps in the hitter's lines enabled most of the burghers to escape. The Boer prisoners totaled 179 men, includ ing Commandant H. Kruger and Ex Landroft Neethling of Klerksdorp. Voting Woman's Body In Mill Pond. Charlotte, N. C, (Special). Newv. has reached here from Wilkes county, N. C, of the finding of the body of a young woman in a mill nond. The un fortunate girl was Sarah Bcnge, the daughter of a farmer, and she had been missing for three weeks. Evidences of blows on the head were discovered and there was a large bruise on the breast. There was no water in the lungs. ft'rs. Rcoscvclt Going to Charleston. Charleston, S. C. (Special.) The fol lowing will constitute the party which will visit the exposition here, ir, com pany with President Roosevelt, April 9: Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss Carow, Secretary Root, Attorney General Knox, Miss Knox, Secretary Wilson, Secretary Cor telyou, Assistant Secretary Loch) Mrs. Loeb, J. K. Gracie, Dr. John F. Wise, Commander W. S. Cowlcs, and Col. L. S. Brown, general agent of the Southern Ra 'way. Four Drowned by Cnpslilng Skiff. New Orleans, (Special). Four men were drowned in the Mississippi River while going to their work on the British steamer Atlantean, anchored in mid stream. A skiff containing 19 coal hand lers left the shore for the Atlantean. The craft in trying to land against' side of the steamer was capsized. J. Allen, J. Cunningham, J. Garrity and a negro, Ed. Thornton, were drowned. Some of the survivors were picked up after drifting several miles down the river. $350,000 Fire In Giribrir. Guthrie, Okla. (Special.) Guthrie was visited by a $350,000 fire, and as a result the State Capital printing plant, the Ho tel Capitol, the St. James' Hotel, the Cammack liver)' barn and the Richey general merchandise store are in ruins. Everything in the State Capital newspa per plant was destroyed, including two presses, machines of every kind, linotype machines, electric and steam heating sys tem, libraries mil a large stock of sup plies. The loss of the various buildings is $350,000. BULGARIA'S SLAP AT AMERICA. Turns Down Mr. Dickinson as Diplomatic Agent. Washington, D. C. (Special.) As one result of his activities in the Stone case, Mr. Dickinson has lost his position. as diplomatic representative to Bulgaria. When he was in Sofia last fall he ad dressed some very strong representations to the Bulgarian Minister for Foreign Affairs, and apparently he has not been forgiven, for now information comes tc hand that he is persona non grata. A minister or diplomatic agent cannot be retained at his place against the will of the country to which he is accredited, and that is Mr. Dickinson's position. It is very probable, however, that our gov ernment, as a manifestation of its dis pleasure, will refrain from sending an other diplomatic agent to Sofia, though it will, not be thus prevented from mak ing any demands upon the Bulgarian government in the matter of the Stone case, which the inquiry now in progress may seem to justify. The Bulgarian government has no rep resentative here. Mr. Dickinson is con sul general at Constantinople, besides being diplomatic agent to Bulgaria, and receives a lump salary of $5,000 per an num. It is not likely that he will suffer financially by this Bulgarian action. CECIL RHODES DIES AT CAPETOWN. Life of the Empire-Builder and Millionaire at an End. Cape Town, (By Cable). Cecil RhodcS, multi-millionaire and cmpirc; builder, is dead. Mr. Rhodes had been gradually grow ing weaker for several days, and it was thought early Wednesday that the end was near. He slept during the after noon, but his breathing became more difficult and his strength perceptibly di minished until he passed away. Mr. Rhodes was stricken with his last illness about three weeks ago. He was never robust, and was in feeble health for years. A few days ago the physi cians diagnosed the case as angina pec toris. His heart gradually enlarged, en croaching on the lung space and mak ing respiration difficult. Relief was ob tained only by the periodical administra tion ot oxygen. London, (By Cable). It is announced in London that a syndicate has been formed to take un the ercnt enterprises of Cecil Rhodes, the late millionaire, and prevent a panic in South African af fairs by keeping his principal interests together. Right Hon. Cecil John "Rhodes was born in 1853, and was a comparatively young man at the time of his death. He was the fourth son of the late Rev. F. W. Rhodes, vicar of Bishop Stortford. He went to Oriel College. Oxford, in 1872, but his health broke down and he went to South Africa to recuperate. Then began the meteoric career in that far-away land that made him one nf the most prominent men in the world an empire builder, as it were. Shot Former Wife and Himself. Emporia, Kan. (Special.) Stephen G. Conkling, of the grocery firm of Em ery & Conkline. shot hir. and-then shot himself. He is dead and she is not expected to live. Domestic troubles caused the tragedy. Last Feb ruary Mrs. Conklin obtained a divorce, and since that time he has been trying iu iiiuuce ner 10 return to him.' New Counterfeit la Circulation. Washington, D. C. (Soecial.1 The secret service announced that a new five- dollar national banknote counterfeit, the face of which is fntrlv Hf.-r ...a tc circulation. It is a photographic print on two pieces of paper, with fiber be tween, on the Union National Bank o New Orleans. Another Gift to President. Washington, D. C. (Special). Presi dent Roosevelt has received through the German Embassy another remembrance from Prince Henry a porcelain repro duction of the German Navy, the whole being under glass and surrounded by a massive gold frame. This great fleet floats, as it were, on the sea, and each miniature warship is complete in every detail. The coloring is exquisite. Old Coin Countcrfeltr. Lima, O., (Special). A stranger giv ing his name as H. B. Smith, tried to sell two silver dollars of the famous 1804 issue for a small pittance here. They are worth $2,000 cacn and his gen erous offer aroused suspicion. The dol lars are pronounced counterfeit. Smith was arrested and turned over to the fed eral authorities. Fire In State rrtoon. Auburn, N. Y (Special). A lire in the chair simp at the State prison caused considerable excitement among the pris oners until the Haines were extinguished by the convict fire department. The loss was insignificant. The chair shop is separated from the condemned mur derers' cells only by a narrow alley. Well-linowo Diplomat Dead. Hanover, Prussia, (By Cable). Trince Bcrncbttrg. better known as Count von Muncstcr-Ledenburg, who was, during the course of his career, German Ambassador to France. Great Britain and Russia, is dead. He was born in London on December 3, i$x. Long Favors Use of Water Bottle. Denver, (Special). Responding to a letter forwarded to him asking for his opinion in the matter, ex-Secretary of the Navy John 1). Long says that per sonally he favors the christening of the new cruiser Denver with water instead of wine. ODDS AND ENDS OP THE NEWS. The bitur.iiii.ms coal operators and miners met ii Altoona, Pa., and decided to continue the present scale for another year. A censur. of Berlin gives the population at 1,901,567. The increase in population during the last year is only 12,857. The German Imperial yacht Hohen zollrrn arrived in home waters. The furniture store of D. E. Boldcn & Co., at Piedmont, W. Va., was burned. Loss, $6,000; partly insured. Other buildings were damaged. The Corporation Court of Norfolk granted an injunction against twenty leading street car strikers, requiring them to desist from molesting the prop erty of the company in any manner. Albert T. Patrick, a lawyer, was con victed at New York of murdering Mil lionaire William Marsh Rice on Septem ber 23, 1900. Noricl, the last Filipino general in the field besides Malvar, was captured by Lieut. Frank E. Bamford, of the Twenty-eighth Infantry. He admitted that the insurrection is broken. Moses Schwartz, cha'-ged with for geries on the Seventh National Bank of New York, was arrested in Philadelphia, PENNSYLVANIA BRIEFLY TOLD: Special Dispatches Boiled Down for, Quick Reading. PATENTS AND 'PENSIONS GRANTED. Manacled Madman's Suicide Threw Himsell Backward Through the Window of a Car Temple of Labor for Plttsburj Cannot Tell What Hit Him Skyscraper's Dlro Record Tax Collector Accused. Pennsylvania patent: Jos. E. Bainrs, Pittsburg, threading tool; Murray C. Bcebe, Pittsburg, system of distribution; Edward C. Bricc, Colwyn, kiln for burn ing bricks, etc.; Harry H. Butler and W. A. Daulcy, Brockwayvillc, waste cock; Frank Conrad, Wilkinsburg, in strument for indicating the phase and frequency relations of alternating cur rents; James Culbertson, Gohcenville, nut lock; George H. Fernald, North east, thill coupling; Charles Rutland, Pittsburg, stand pipe; Marshall W. Hanks, Pittsburg, removable heater foi electric lamps ; John J. Hennnessy. New Kensington, spinning top; Henry Huff stickler, Coal Valley, hoof trimmer; Benjamin G. Lammc. Pittsburg, alter nating electric current generating and distributing system; also, alternating current motor; John McAlister, Berwin salc, mining car; Michael B. McManus, Titusville, lift for well drilling and pumping rigs; David Gorman, Pitts burg ram ; John S. Pack, Pittsburg, sys tem of electrical distribution; Henry U. Potter, Pittsburg, heater wire support for electric lamps and making same; also, electric glower lamp; Cyrus Robin son, Edgcwood Park, fluid pressure en gine; Norman W. Stoncr, Edgcwood Park, system of electrical distribution; Patrick Wall and B. W. Moore, Alle gheny, oil can. Pennsylvania pensions : August Douch, Allegheny, $6; William D. Noyes, Al legheny, $8; Louis V. Swope, Pittsburg, $10; Samuel Jcnsy, Etna, $8; Alonzo Foust, Tamarac, $12; David Jericho, McDonald, $12; John Gallagher, Alle gheny, $8; Daniel Braun, Jr., Pittsburg, $8; Samuel D. Hess, Lcwistown, $18; Samuel Bolingcr, Natrona, $12; John Simons, North Towanda, $12; Andrew F. Birch, Edinburg, $10; Henry Linhart, Turtle Creek, $10; Charles Langhorst, Valencia, $12; Benjamin R. Jones. Cor ry, $12; Regina Langhorst, Valencia, $8; Mary S. Beighel, Altoona, $8; Ma tilda Hatch, Cambridge Springs, $8. With both hands manacled and fasten ed to a belt around his waist, George E. Anderson threw himself backward through the window of a passenger :ar and was killed. Anderson was being laken to the insane department at Clare nont on the West Pennsylvania Rail road. When the train was Hearing Clarcmont, Anderson asked his attend mt for a drink of water. As the at tendant was returning with a glass, he aw Anderson project himself back ward and head first through the car window, taking the sash with him. The train was running at high speed. When it was backed up to where the man was lying he was found to be dead. Policeman A. B. Simmons, who two tveeks ago was severely injured during 111 encounter with Chief of Police Strykcr, of Williainsport, has recovered sufficiently to make a statement regard-' ing the affair, so far as he remembers it. He denies that there was a fight. He says he went to see Chief Strykcr to ask for permission to go to supper one hour earlier than usual. The chief was sit ting in tne sergeant's room and Simmons called him to the door and presented his request. From that moment Simmons says all is blank to him. He remembers nothing more until he came to his senses at his home several days later. He de clares positively, however, that he had no quarrel with the chief. ( Constable Joseph Matthews, of Schaefferstown, attempted to arrest Henry Hoffman, a tramp, who is charg ed with robbing Samuel Missley. of Lin coln, Lancaster county, of $150. Hoffman was armed with a knife and revolver and resisted arrest. A posse was then organ ized and Hoffman was overpowered and guarded in a room of the hotel, until the arrival of Lancaster county constables. Benjamin Dorrance, of Wilkes-Barre, who had an exhibit at the annual show of the American Rose Society in New York city, won eleven prizes and the sil ver medal for the best collection of roses, lie had 2000 blooms. Mr. Dor rance was also awarded a certificate for the new rose, Sara Nesbitt, named for the daughter of Abram Nesbitt, of Kingston. Lincoln L. Carl, of Williamstown, was arrested in llarrisburg and placed in jail on charges of embezzlemejit. Carl was tax collector for two years and is charged with collecting and keeping $769 of county lax and also with hold ing back school tax. The big office building erected in Pittsburg by Henry C. Frick, is com pleted. In addition to the expenditure of several millions of dollars, it has cost eleven lives. During its construction, ten men were killed accidentally and one murder was committed. At a meeting of the charter members of the board of trustees of the Pittsburg Carnegie Library, ex-Judge James 11. Reed was elected a trustee to fill the va cancy caused by the death of the late David McCargo. The Altoona & Logan Valley and the City Passenger Electric Railway Compa nies granted an increase of one-half cent an hour in the wages of conductors and motoriucn. Roy Raymond, the 4-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. James Miller, accidentally fell into the mill race along the Monoc acy Creek, near Bethlehem, and was drowned. Rachel Weigley, a 6-ycard-old daugh ter of J. W. Weigley, of Richland, was killed at that place by a train on the Philadelphia & Reading Railway. Work on the trolley line of the Wilkes-Barre & Scranton Company be tween Wilkes-Barre and Pittston has commenced. A letter from Rev. Joseph Bennett, the Methodist minister who disappeared while on his way to the Columbia con ference, is made public by a young woni au in Lansford. with whom the min ister's name had been coupled. In it Rev. Mr. Bennett says he will die and absolves the young woman from any charges of misconduct. A exnl ' Three men were killed b'is. sion in a powder mill at D,u, c Sterling B. Tripp, of Ming hhn'cTf committed suicide by s''e refused to in the head because hi' live with him. -'ed for a tempi Plans are being pi'ne '"bor orirani of labor to be buill00' of $60,000 zations of Pittsbu'W'Ikcs-Barre wh " Mayor Nichr, '7 years' ' V retire? April. ,TeVecfc. Oty ice, issues office that the Council, utne jf i,,. er would, importiuf 1 co'ititiued in make . .
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