SPAIN'S EX'QDEEN IS DEAD A Tnmultuoas Rojal Career Ended in Paris. jRANDMOMER OF KING ALFONSO. The Lale Queen, Up lo Few Year Ago, Wi Moled for Her CheertolneM and JovlaHty la Fad II Was Thin Inherent Good Humor Which Made Her the Easy Vlillm of Many lolrigues. Paris, (By Cable). Ex-Queen Isa bella of Spain, grandmother of King Alfonso, died here at 945 o'clock A. M. from influenza, with complica tions. The American F.mbassy, which is opposite the Palace Castille, on the Avenue Klcber, the late Queen's resi dence, wit early informed of her death, and Ambassador Porter was among the first to call. The Infantas Isabella, F.ulalie and Marie, daughters of the Queen, were at the bedside when she died. The Queen had been afflicted with the grip two months, and it gradually affected the lungs. At night she be came unconscious and the death agony began at 7 A. M. The three infantas and Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria, hus band of the Infanta Marie, were sum moned to the bedside, but the dying Ouccn did not recognize them The Fapal Nuncio was sent for to i administer the last sacraments, but. owing to his absence from Paris, the rites were administered by the vicar of the Church of St. Pierre. The Queen's death followed shortly after ward. Prince Ferdinand immediately telegraphed the news to Foreign Min ister Delcasse and to all tlic European sovereigns. M. Delcasse called later and was admitted to the death chamber. Presi dent Loubet sent an oliK'cr of his household to present his condolences. It is understood that King Alfonso will not come to Fram e for the fun eral, as he did not come for the fun eral of his grandfather, King Francis, who died in April, iw'. The late Queen had been one of the conspicuous figures of Paris since she left Spain. After her abdication, in 1870, she continued to live with queenly magnificence here, giving largely to charitable and religious works. HURRICANE CAUSES DISASTER. Japanese Bazar at the World's Fair Grounds Was Destroyed. St. Louis, Mo. (Special). The high wind that prevailed here completely destroyed the partially completed ba aar building in the Japanese reserva tion at the world's fair, not a timber being left standing. The building was a two story frame structure and was partly roofed. The work of reconstruction was begun al most immediately. No other buildings on. the grounds were damaged. The storm was general throughout Missouri and neighboring states and much damage was done. A blizzard, the most serious for this season in many years, prevailed at St. Joseph, and the telephone and telegraph ser vice was crippled. Fort Worth, Tex.. (Special). A cyclone passed up the Red river coun try doing much damage. At Mills two children were killed in the wrecked home of Benjamin Digqs and several Other members of the family were in jured. A man driving along the public road rear Point Enterprise, on a load of wood, was picked up and carried over a fence into a field and slightly in jured. Telegraph wires are down and the running of trains on the Cotton Belt .Railway is interfered with. Houston, Tex., (Special). A tor- Mexia killed a family of three per sons and injured nine other persons, three of whom it is feared are fatally hurt. The dead are John Ballard, his wife and 4-year-old child. Many houses were demolished and much damage was done to growing crops. Lincoln, Neb., (Special). Nebraska was swept by the most severe April storm known in many years. A fine sheet of sleet and snow was driven by a wind that at times reached the velocity of a hurricane. Minor dam age was reported from several towns. Owcnsboro, Ky., (Special). The end of a Southern tornado struck Owensboro and vicinity. The street car power house was partially de molished and not a street car is run ning in the city. Much other damage has been done, especially to telegraph and telephone companies. Waves ran ro high on the Ohio river that steam boats were obliged to tie up. St. Paul, Minn., (Special). Another severe wind and snowstorm prevails over North and South Dakota, and in some instances railroad traffic is blocked and telegraph service is ser iously hindered. Twenty-Five Killed By Earthquake. Vienna, (By Cable). According to a dispatch to the Neue I-'reie Pressc an larthquake on April 4 killed 25 per sons, injured 40, destroyed 1500 hous es and caused great distress in the vilayets of Koksovo and Salonica, Macedonia. His U Levels Raak. Omaha, Neb., (Special). Clarence Thurston, son, of former United States Senator John M. Thurston, of Nebras- ta, wealthy and with a high standing society, has just married Miss Nelli. Cotter, daughter of an Omaha railroad switchman. The ceremony was per formed at the Planters' Hotel, St. Louis, where Mr. Turston now. lives. Miks Cotter and Mr. Thurston had been sweethearts ever since the day they first met in the primary depart ment of the public schools IJ years ago. Church Fight Cads In Pole Cetvt Huntsville, Ala., (Special). The famous factional fight in the Christian Church of this city broke out afresh. A a result two elders and three mem bers of the church were placed under arrest for wilfully defacing and injur ing jhe church building. Only one faction has worshipped in the church for several months past, and Sunday the other faction posted notice on the doors warning everyone away, charging that the present trustee -were illegally electee). NEWS IN SHORT ORDER. The Latest Happening Condensed for Rapid Reading. Domestic Vice Chancellor Bargcn signed an order in New Jersey to show cause why an injunction should not issue to testrain the Northern Securities Com pany from holding a stockholders' meeting. Work at the Bay State Mills of the American Woolen Company, in Low ell, Mass., was suspended, the com pany or Jcring a shutdown for an in definite period. This effects 700 nanus. Miss Jennie Gray, daughter of Col. James R. Gray, editor of the Atlanta Journal, was married in Atlanta, Cia., to Capt. F.arle D'Arcy Pcarce, of the United States Army.. A quarrel over a girl, their compan ion at school, culminated in the kill ing of a 16-ycar-old boy by another in Chicago. For half an hour traffic on Lower Broadway was blocked by a smalt lire in the new subway in New York. John Clevrs Short Harrison, grand son of President W illiam Henry Har rison, died at Los Angclcsc, Cal. . Kdward and Jacob Hammond, broth ers, and Oscar Sigcrtsen were as phyxiated by gas in Philadelphia. l ive persons arc dead and another is (King us the result of a lire in Mount Vrrnon, N. Y. The Exchange Bank of Dow City and i lie Bank of Buck Grove, la., have tailed. The police raided the offices of the Tacilic Underwriting and Trust Corn- pany and the I mix-rial Trust Com- .any. in Chicago, and arrested those 111 charge on the charge of swindling. Sixty-three Indians were wrecked in a train east-bound near Maywood, 111. Three were instantly killed, 3 were fatally injured and 20 others were more or less seriously hurt. The National Cotton Spinners As sociation at Boston adopted resolu tions favoring an eight-hour day, anti injunction laws and a better system of lactory inspection. In an amended bill in the United States Circuit Court at St. Louis an insurance company which is resisting the payment ot policies for $200,000 on the life of James L. Blair, who was vice general counsel of the World's l air, charges that Blair obtained the policies by fraud. Advices from Nome, Alaska, say that the spring cleanup of gold on the Nome Peninsula will be greatly in ex cess of any previous season. Conser vative estimates place the cleanup at $1,250,000. Snuicl W. McCall and Charles F. Choatc, Jr., were appointed receivers for the Union Trust Company in Bos ton. The company's liabilities are placed at $1,600,000. Albert Kobbins and Edward L. Robbins, president and cashier, re spectively, of the defunct Farmers' Bank at Auburn, Ind.were arrested for embezzlement. The retention of 35 Greek strike breakers at the plant of the American Car Company, in Chicago, caused a rumpus there and the Greeks were driven out. The nail department of the Ameri can Steel and Wire Company's plant at Rankin, near Pittsburg, was burned down, causing a loss of $175,000. As the result of playing with pow der, three boys were fatally injured in Salt Lake, Utah, and one crippled for life. Coal has advanced $1.20 a ton in Iowa on account of the scarcity caus ed by the strike. Foreign. It has been arranged that the sign ing of the Panama Canal contract shall take place at the United States Embassy, which is American soil. King Alfonso was well received in Barcelona, a number of anarchists and suspects having been arrested as a precautionary measure. It is officially denied that an anti Jewish demonstration has occurred at Gomel or any other place in Russia. The French foreign minister, M. Delcasse, and the Chevalier de Stuers, the minister of the Netherlands, sign ed an arbitration treaty in Paris. Princess Sophia of Lippc, widow of Prince Gothier Frederic VYaldeinar of Lippe, is dead. The dock authorities at Liverpool have been warned that if they con tinue to hamper the Cuuard Steamship Company's operations by increased charges the company will transfer its chips to another port. The Turks arc reported to have .gain begun the persecution of the Bulgarian in Macedonia. The Hamburg-American Line steam er Prinz Adclbert, from New York, was in collision off Cape Degaton. olf the Spanish coast, with the Spanish bark Jose Roig. The latter vessel was badly damaged, but the steamer proceeded. Hard fighting has occurred in Ni geria, British West Africa, and the British punitive expedition sent against the Okpoto Tribe has suffered a re verse. King Edward, in a reception to the diplomats at Copenhagen, expressed to United States Minister Swenson his admiration for President Roosevelt. The United States Consul at Odessa reports that a demonstration against the Jews at this time is unlikely. The English annihilation of the best part of the Tibetan Army has revived irritation throughout Russia. United States Ambassador Mc Cormic is negotiating a treaty in St. Petersburg to secure for American corporations the right to sue in Russia. Reports from the interior of Russia indicate that the precationary measures taken to prevent aiifr-Jewi sjla riots have been successful. Financial. One of the' Rockefellers last week brought 200,000 shares of Union Pa cific, putting up a margin in cash of 40 per cent. Missouri's wheat crop is 81 per cent, against a ten-year average at this season of 84 per cent. One year ago it was 01 per cent. Public trading in bank stocks was resumed in the Pittsburg Exchange. Such transactions had been susprnded since last October, because of the un settled condition in banking affairs there. A Philadelphia broker bought 10,000 shares of Mohave mining stock at a cents a share. Once it sold at $j a share and during the Winter it waa 80 cents. There are 20,000 new shares of Pennsylvania Salt Company. They are offered to shareholders at $75 The old stock sells around $105, but the rights have been very weak. Norfolk & Western's net earnings in February decreased $565 or just I per cent. For eight months the sur plus increased $14.1,041. The cost of operation this year was 6.1 per cent., against unly 60 per ccnL lt year. STRONG ON THE YULU RIVER Japs Cross and Occupy Important Positions. CRUISING NEAR PORT ARTHUR. Admiral Togo Likely Watching for ao Oppor tunlty to Make Another Attack Japanese Supply Steamers Enter the Estuary of Valu River and Land Cargoes oa the Korean Shore. London, (By Cable). With the Ja panese fleet again cruising in the vi cinity of Port Arthur and a portion of the Japanese forces on the fighting line having crossed the Y'alu River and occupied strong positions at sev eral important points, news of both naval and military operations is mo mentarily expected. Advices from Seoul, Korea, state that the Russians are occupying six of the largest border towns on the Tumen River, in northeastern Korea. A Korean prefect has sent in a re port that the Russians and -Chinese who were at Yongampoo, Korea, have withdrawn to Antung, across the Yaln River. Only a few merchants remain at the former place. The Japanese authorities at Tokio have no confirm ation of a reported engagement be tween Russians and Japanese at Kwi sung. They have, however, received advices from Seoul that the Japanese supply steamers are safely entering the estuary of the Yalu River and arc landing their cargoes at various points on the Korean shore. It is presumed here that the movement of these sup ply steamers is covered by Japanese gunboats. If this is true, the Russian forts erected upon the Chinese side of the Y'alu -River are evidently not effective. According to reliable Korean re ports the American mines at Unsan and the English mines at Gwendolen are safely guarded by detachments of Japanese troops. Refugees who have arrived at Shanghai from Korea assert that the fear that the Japanese may land at Possiet Bay (in Manchuria, about 65 miles southwest of Vladivostok) is causing a general exodus inland. Even the Russian garrison in that locality are retreating, leaving only small out posts behind them. Massed for Fight. Niuchwang, Manchuria, (By Cable.) General Kuropatkin's visit to Niuch wang has inspired boundless confi dence. The Commander-in-Chief ordered 10,000 reserves to reinforce this po sition, in view of the expected Japan ese attack, while an additional force of 15,000 is ready to concentrate upon the place at short notice if necessary. It is estimated now that there arc 400,000 Russian troops in Manchuria. General Dragomiroff is actively as sisting General Kuropatkin. General Wogack has taken over the command here from General Kond ratsvitch. The preparations foi the defense of the town arc complete. Mines Laid in River. Washington, (Special). U n i t e d States Minister Conger, at Peking, cables the State Department that Con sul Miller, at Niuchwang has been notified by the Russian authorities that mines have been placed in the river, but that neutral ships will be conducted in and out safely. RIVALS HAVE FATAL QUARREL. Sixteen-year-old Boy Shoots Another Because of Jealousy. Chicago, (Special). A quarrel over a girl, their companion at school, cul minated in the killing of one 16-ycar-old boy by another. The victim was Paul Jelick and the slayer was Henry Schazc. He was arrested and has con fessed the killing, but declares he shot in self-defense. The boys became enemies when Schazc escorted a girl pupil from school a year ago. The youths fought first, when Jelick declared the other had tried to "cut him out," as other pupils said, and in a fist battle behind the school building Schaze was victor over lelick. I After that time, it is said, the boys would quarrel every nmc uiey met, until Schaze organised his companions into a bodyguard and the feud spread throughout the school. Both boys of ten would be acompanicd by bauds of supporters, and challenges were Irc diient. The clash finally came, when, after quarreling for several minutes, Jelick struck the other in the lace and threw him to the ground. Schaze then drew a revolver and shot Jelick, who died almost instantly. INDIANS KILLED IN SMASHl'P. Their Special Car Wrecked lo Collision Due to Fog. Maywood, 111, (Special). Sixty three Indians in a special car on their way East to go aboard with a Wild West show were smashed into by a mail train two miles west of here during a fog. Three of the Indians were instantly killed, three were fa tally injured, and 20 others were more or less seriously hurt. The (ndians w ho were not pinned in the wreck tied 111 a name across the prairie. The trains which collided were the Oregon express and a fast mail on the Chicago and Northeastern wan way. The express train was run into by the mail train. Uotn trains were castbound. Mob Lost Its Courage. Chattanooga, Tenn, (Special). A special to the Times from Bristol, Tenn., says a mob tried to get pos session of Finley Preston, the negro who murdered Lilian Shaw, colored, in Johnson county, and who is now in jail at Mountain City. The mob al most had the man in their possession when their courage failed them and they scampered away. Those com posing the mob are said to have been negroes. Ta KUled as Wreck. Sandusky, Ohio, (Special). In a head-on collision between freight traina on the Lakeside and Marble head road, near Lakeside Station. Fireman Frederick Doell and Brake man William Pokey were killed, while Brakeman John Brady, Engineer Jas. Cullen and Brakeman George Ward were perhaps fatally injured, the ac cident occurring during a dense fog. Both trains were moving at a high rate of speed when thry came together. LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS. Sale of Spanish Mausers. The response of the Assistant Sec retary of War to the suggestion of a Georgia Representative that the Mau ser rilles captured during the Spanish American War had been sold to the revolutionists of Panama has some humorous aspects. While the circumstances of the sale were such that few, if any, of the arms could possibly have reached the 1 anamaians, the list ot purcnascrs, it is said, contains the names of three members of Congress M. E. Olm sted, of Pennsylvania ; C. B. Landis, of Indiana, and Charles II. Grosve nor, of Ohio. Mr. Olmsted bought one, Mr. Landis and General Grosve- lior two apiece. The total number received from all sources was 21,154. Only three are left at the Spring field Armory. To the L'niled States Army 63 were issued and 20.2J0 were sold at auction, 18,200 going to a single purchaser. Country's Mineral Resources. The Geological Survey will soon issue its report on mineral resources for 1902, showing that in that year for the third time the total value of the commercial mineral products of the United States exceeded $1,000,000, 000. The exact fiirures for 1002 were $1,260,630,415, which, as compared with $t,oHo,584,85i in 1001, shows a gain 01 10.02 per cent. I he fuels increased $26,667,743, or 6 per cent. Every va riety of fuel increased in value except inthracite coal, which shows a de crease in quantity of 23,301,850 long tons and in value of $36,330,434. The metallic products increased $123902,325 and non-metallic products $50,072,089. I o these should be added estimated un specified products, including building, moulding and other sands reported to this office, the rare mineral moly bdenum and other mineral products valued at $1,000,000. An Educator for Coosul. The President will nominate James R. Parsons, Jr., as United! States Consul-Gcncral to the City of Mexico, vice A. D. Barlow, resigned. 1 his a personal appointment on the part of the President. Mr. Parsons is a distinguished educator, 42 years old and a native of Albany, N. Y. He is secretary 01 the board ot re gents of the State University of New tork and has taken an important part in the development of the public school system of that State. Mr. Parsons has had experience in consu lar work, having been from 1888 to 1890 United States Consul at Aix-lc-Chapcllc. Improvements In Philippines. Senator Lodge reported favorably from the Senate Committee on the Philippines the Lodge-Cooper bill to amend the Philippines Civil Govern ment catby authorizing the issuance of bonds for municipal improvements and guaranteeing a 5 per cent, in come on the cost of railroads. The report of the House Committee on Insular Affairs in iavor ot the iiassage of the bill amending the Philippine Government act in several minor matters was filed by Chairman Cooper. Successor for Judge Kalua. Attorney General Knox announced that A. N. Kepoikai will be appointed by the President to succeed John W. Kalua as judge of the Second Circuit at Honolulu. Judge Kula was re moved from office because he had adjourned his court until the day following the expiration of his com mission on learning that he would not be reappointed. Judge Kepoikai is at present treasurer of Hawaii. Formerly under the kingdom he was judge of the same district to which he has now bceiT appointed. Favorable Report on Hepburn Bill The report favoring the passage of the Hepburn-Dollivcr bill granting the states police, power over original packages of liquor shipped within their borders as interstate commerce was filed in the House by Represen tative Clayton of Alabama. Congressional and Departments. Former Secretary Root will be tem porary chairman and Speaker Cannon permanent chairman of the Republi can National Convention at Chicago. The oral arguments on the Eight hour Bill before the Senate Committee on education and Labor were closed by Samuel Gompers. Bishop Spalding, a member of the Coal Strike Commission, urged the Arbitration Bill before the House Committee on Labor. The remains of Gen. Amcricus V. Rice were buried at the National Cem ctary at Arlington. Secretary Hay and Senor Quesada, the Cuban minister, signed a treaty of extradition. James Thaddeus Small, a corporal of marines on Jie Mayflower, com mitted suicide in his room in. Wash ington. President D. C. Oilman presided at the opening session of the annual meeting of the Oriental Society. The District of Columbia Court of Appeals holds that the statute to pun ish conspiracy covers the charges made in the indictments against for mer Assistant Attorney General Ty'ncr and Law Clerk Barrett. The Senate Committee on Finance authorized Senator Aldrich to report an amendment to the bill for the gov ernment of the Panama Canal zone. A delegation of representative Por to Ricans has arrived in Washington for the purpose of placing a loan of $3,000,000. Gen. Americus V. Rice, of Ottawa, O., who had a brilliant war record nu.l who held a number of government po sitions, died in Washington. The United States Supreme Ciurt decided that the city of Chicago had the right to fix the price of gas at 75 cents. Southard Parker Warner, of Wash ington, son of Brainard II. Warner, has been appointed United States con sular agent at Gera, Germany. The President has approved the court-martial sentence of dismissal from the Army imposed on First Lieu tenant A. C. SharHey and Second Lieutenant Oakes. In the anthracite coal case the Unit ed States Supreme .Court decided that the railroad companies must produce certain contracts with the coal com panies that were called for. The Patent Office at Washington during 1903 granted 31,699 patents. The net balance to the credit of this office since it waa founded in 1836 is $5682,540. The labor troubles on the Isthmus of Poua taken a serious tua EXTERMINATED BY FIRE Father and Three Children Cauhgt hi Death Trap. WIFE THE ONLY ONE TO SURVIVE. The Flames Spread Throughout the Top Floor With Oreat Rapldlty-The Inmates Were Aroused by the Smoke and Heat and all En deavored to Make Their Escape, Bui the Members of the Frey Family Were Overcome. Mount Vernon, N. Y., (Special). Five persons were burned, one fatally, in a conflagration which destroyed Columbia Hall shortly before 5 o'clock A. M. Nearly the entire family of Nathan I-'rcy perished in the flames. Columbia Hall was occupied on the ground floor by the piano factory of J. C. Schlicher and the carriage re pository of D. R. Woods. The second was an auditorium used for theatrical purposes and the top floor was oc cupied by families. The building was frame. It was shortly before 5 o'clock when Louis Levine smclled smoke. He found the complete lower floor in flames and escaped by the stairway cut-off. Levine seized his baby and calling to his wife to follow him, fled to the roof, where he made his- escape to the adjoining building. Mrs. Le vine was overcome by smoke and was rescued in an unconscious condition. Levine" aroused the house by his cries and the frightened tenants poured into the smoke-filled hallways. Na than Frey, seized by fear, stumbled bsck into his apartment and awoke his wife, the three shildrcn and maid. The open door of the apartment created a draft and the flames caught them. Mrs. Frey made her escape, but Mr. Frey carrying two children in his arms, and followed by the eldest child and the maid, were caught and burned in the doorway. Mrs. A. K. Berry, while descending a ladder, which broke, fell and dis located her hip. The fire department in the mean time had arrived, and with long lad ders the tenants, who were huddled on the roof, were carried to the street in safety. The origin of the fire has not been determined. The loss is estimated at $15,000. The tenants lost all their belong ings. BURTON IS SENTENCED. Six Moolhs In Jail and a Fine ol $2,500 Bill of Exceptions Filed. St. Louis, Mo., (Special). Senator J. R. Burton, of Kansas, was sen tenced to six months' imprisonment in jail and a fine of $2500 for using his influence before the postol'Sce de partment in behalf of the Rialto Grain and Securities Company of St. Louis for having received payment from the company for his services. When Senator Burton, accompanied by his attorney, came into the United States District Court Judge Adams spoke of the motions that had been filed for arrest of judgment. The court, after briefly reviewing the mo tions, overruled them both. The court then said to the defendant: "Have you anything to say as to why sentence should not be passed upon you. Evidently suppressing his emotions with a strong effort, Senator. Burton stood leaning with both hands on a chair back as he said: "Your honor will please allow me to respectfully decline to say any thing." The courtroom was almost empty, with the exception of a few persons who had remained out of curiosity, and the silence was almost oppressive as Judge Adams, in a low tone began delivery of the sentence. VIRGINIA LAUNCHED. Big Batik-ship Floated Amid the Cheers of Thousands. Newport News, Va., (Special). About forty-two years ago a fighting ship named Virginia showed in a few hours that the navies of the world would have to be rebuilt. Almost in sight of Newport News the Confeder ate ram Virginia and the first monitor tried conclusions in a battle which revolutionized all theories of naval construction, and sounded the death knell of the wooden ship as a war vessel. Tuesday a new battle-ship, ad mittedly representing the highest type of naval achievement, was launched from the yards of the Newport News Shipbuilding Company, bearing the name Virginia, representing a people and a State that have always stood for the highest type of chivalry, cour age, and endurance and an insatiable appetite for carrying their conviction by superior skill in open, honorable contest. The new Virginia is not expected to revolutionize naval con struction, but the expert constructors r.nd the most experienced officers of the navy arc confident that her thun dering batteries and stanch and un yielding armor will prove more than a match for any lighting ship afloat and enable her to do her full share in placing the United States at the head of the naval powers of the world, potent for peace and invincible in wvar. Three Firemen Killed at York. York, Pa., (Special). The worst fire in recent years in this city wiped out the big six-story brick factory of the York Carriage Company, damag ing the big farm implement warehouse of Ernest & Bupp, the foundry 'of the Variety Iron Works, nine dwellings and other property, causing loss of $200,000. By the collapse of a wall of the plant of the York Carriage Company three firemen were killed and three injured. Killed Girl Who Would Not Elope. Water Valley, Miss., (Special). Farmer J. L. Kimsey, while at work in a field, was shot and instantly killed by Ed Gammon, who had been for bidden by Kimsey to pay court to his daughter Fannie. After killing the father, Gammon went to the Kimsey home and, finding the girl alone, en deavored to get her to elope. She refused, and he also killed her and left. The double murder soon became kjiowil kuiI a josscsslartcd in pursuit FIVE PERSONS DROWNED. Disastrous End to a Night Cruise la the Oulf of Mexico. Tampa, F"la., (Special). Five per sons, members of a pleasure party from the Florida Methodist College, at Sutherland, were drowned near An clotc lighthouse. The dead are: Mrs. Walker, wife of the president of the college. Miss O'Connor, of Atlanta. Miss Slaughter, of Sutherland. Miss McCray, of Sutherland. Mr. Bouland, of Sutherland. President Walker and Miss Newton reached the beach alive. The bodies of Mrs. Walker and Miss O'Connor have not yet been recovered. The bodies of the other three who lost their lives were washed ashore and recovered. President Walker had taken the party out for a cruise to the light house, but met rough weather and the boat was overturned in the gulf. The Florida Methodist College is located at Sutherland, on the west coast of the gulf, about thirty miles from Tampa. Tustin, Mich.. (Special). The three children of Mr. anJ Mrs. Robert Holmes Laura, aged 13; Hazel, aged 11, and Wendell, aged 9 years resid ing three miles southwest of Tustin, were drowned in a large pond less than forty rods back of their home. The pond was covered with a thin coat of ice, on which the children ventured. The ice was not strong enough to support them and they sank together in thirteen feet of water. When the bodies were recovered two hours later the children's hands were still tightly clasped. CONSOLIDATION OF MILLIONS. Court Asked to Set Aside Merger of Electric Light and Power Companies. St. Louis, Mo., (Special). Suit to .set aside the $20,000,000 consolidation of the Missouri Electric Light and Power Company and the Citizens' Electric Light and Tower Company, now constituent corporations of the North American Electric Company of Philadelphia, alleging that the merger was effected by fraud, was institucd by Morgan Jones, of Denver, Col., in the United States Circuit Court here. Mr. Jones avers that he is the owner of more than $100,000 worth of stock and that other stockholders stand leady to join in the proceedings. Through his attorneys he asks the court: First To declare the merger ille gal. Second That an injunction be forth with issued to restrain the officers of the consolidation companies from a further use of the funds. Third The appointment of a re ceiver to take charge of the Missouri Edison Company's property and pur chases pending the settlement of the litigation. Briefly, Mr. Jones' complaint is that the merger was voted without his consent, and that as a result the stock of the Missouri-Edison Company has greatly appreciated in value. The defendant to the action are the Missouri-Edison Electric Company, August Gehner, Charles H. Huttig, Herman C. Stifcl, C. Marquard F'ors ter, Eugene H. Pcnoist, Philip Stock, William F. Nolkcr, Henry S. Ames, William D. Arthwein and the Union Electric Light and Power CompaViy. The merger was effected on Sep tember 8, 1903, and was ratified on the following day. A Woman Kicked to Death. Wheeling, W. Va , (Special). Mrs. Peter Minto, the wife of a coal miner living a few miles below Bcllairc, O., on Pipe Creek, was kicked to death Sunday night, and Monday morning the womarTs body was found on the floor of the poorly furnished cabin. Minto was arrested, and has been placed in St. Clairsville jail. Minto came home drunk and be gun to kick his wife. The neighbors paid little attention to her cries, be cause it was a common thing to hear the people quarreling. Sunday even ing the abuse continued until the woman died, life being crushed out of her body by Miuto's heavy mining shoes. FACTS WORTH REMEMBERINQ. Combs are found in the earliest known graves. Guinea fowls are becoming popular as table birds. For 300 years the C.iincsc have made waterproof paper. A woman 5 feet 4 inches should weigh 134 pounds.1 The sale of patent medicines is pro hibited in Sweden. The proportion of divorces to mar riages in Japan is one to our. There are in use in the UniteJ States 1,400,000 miles of telegraph wire. The annual number of divorces in Canada has averaged two for thirty four years. The exports of Canada for 190J were $478,574,591, and imports $243,141,016. The general depth of the Niagara River at the brink of the falls ia four iect. The age at which the greatest num ber of, Japanese girls marry is be tween twenty and twenty-one. Nearly,all business transactions in Columbia are based on United States currency. .In the religious communities where the use of meat is forbidden appendi citis is unknown. The records of the Weather Bureau conflict with the popular belief in the equinoctial storm. The propellers of tfhe fast auto boata revolve 1,250 timea minute, giving speed of twenty-five miles an hour. Germany's imports exceed her ex porta by 20 per cent; France's, by 11 per cent.; and those of Belgium by 26 per cent. The plans tinder operation and pres ent contemplation at Niagara Falls propose to save about one seventh of its power for the world. The first woman minister in Eng land, Miss Von Putzhold, has been appointed as pastor to the Unitarian Free Church, of Leicester. 'f The farm laborer of Russia gets $60 a year, half of it in produce. Mia diet is bread, potatoes, and, occasionally, a little mijk. , KING OF SPAIN IN PERIL. Narrowly Escapes a Bomb Intended for Him. AN EXPLOSION IN BARCELONA. The Petard Burst Upon the Portico ol a House, Doing Considerable Damage- Two Persons Injured, but the King Us harmed Perpetrator of Outrage Not Dls covered Said It was Qas Explosion. Madrid, (By Cable). Private ac counts received from Barcelona re gnrding the explosion which took" place as King Alfonso was leaving the exhibition there continue to vary in detail. The following official report of the affair hu been issued here: "At 9:30 o'clocU a petard exploded in the portico of the house No. IJ Rambla del Centro. There was a loud explosion, which caused material damage. In the ensuing panic two persons were slightly injured. "King Alfonso passed the spot with in a few minutes after the occurrence, and was warmly cheered by the crowfl which had then become tranquil. "The originator of the outrage hat not been discovered. One man was arrested, but has since been released." London (By Cable). Julius G. Lay, United States consul general at Barce' lona, telegraphs as follows: "An explosion of gas occurred here giving rise to a report that a 'petard' was exploded as King Alfonso wal leaving the exhibition. The explo sion, however, took place half a mil from where the King was." Another disnatch from Barcelona says it has been definitely ascertained that the explosion which took place when King Alfonso was leaving the exhibition was due to an escape ol gas and that no importance is attach ed to the incident. King Alfonso arrived at Barcelona for a fortnight's visit to Catalonia. He was accompanied by Prcmief Maura and War Minister Linares and a numerous suite. The visit of the King to Barcelona, which is the hot bed of Republicanism, caused dis auietude in Spanish official quarters, as it was feared that the RcpublicaiU and Socialists would vent on the King1 their hatred of the Premier, whos strong measures in dealing with th strike rioters had made him very un popular. As a preventative measure large numbers of anarchists and other sus pects were arrested last week and 1 cruiser, three gunboats and a large force of gendarmes were sent to Bar' celona. The Spanish King was accorded a respectful reception at Barcelona and shortly after his arrival attended a Te Deum at the Cathedral. The streets were decorated with flags and lined by crowds of people. MUST FREE CORRESPONDENTS. Secretary Hay Takes Prompt Action Against Russia. Washington, D. C, (Special). Sco' retary Hay has instructed Ambassa dor McCormick, at St. Petersburg, ancf Minister Conger, at Peking, to take immediate steps to secure the release of the two American newspaper cor respondents now held by the Russian at New Chwang. The news that the1 dispatch-boat has been released, has not been officially brought to the atf tention of the State Department. Secretary Hay acted upon advices from two sources Consul Genera Fowler, at Che Foo, and the proprie tors of the Chicago Daily News. Thf latter reported that their correspond ents, Washburn and Little, were ar rested at the eutrace of New Chwang' harbor, on their dispatch-boat, thi Fuhwan, -a British craft; that their two Japanese servants were throws! inttj jail, and that the correspondent were only saved from the same fate bj the energetic action of Mr. Miller, th United States Consul there. , MORMON COLONY RAIDED. Bandits Carried Away Three of Elder Jobs' son's Wives. El Paso, Tex., (Special). Pros nectars from the lower Sierra Madrl1 Mountains of Mexico, southwest of El Paso, bring the story of a rail made by Guan Colorado, alias "Johr Redhead," upon Don Felipe, a newlj formed Mormon colony. The note bandit and his band pillaged the seti tlement, carrying away three of Eldel Hiram Johnson's wives, one of whic is the favorite of his large household A posse of Mexican rural police; and a- squad of Mormons, who, as ( vigilance committee, styled thenv selves as "avenging angels," pur sued the bandits for thirty-six hourf and finally surprised them in the fast nesscs of the Sierra Madre Moun tains. A fight took place, in which twej of the outlaws were wounded. Th band fled, leaving the women. They had been kept two days in a cave where a considerable amount of bul lion treasure waa found, which it i believed, was stolen from a pack trairJ recently, ( Brakeman and Tramp KlL;d. Trrr Haute. Ind.. fSoecial). On brakeman and two tramps were killed! and two engines and about forty can demolished in the head-on collision o two Vandalia freight trains at Locus Cut, eleven miles- east ot I erre naut the wreck is auriouica 10 me misi; terpretation of a train order. Played With Powder. Salt Lake, Utah, (Special). As ' result of playing with powder and matches three boys will die and onaj will be crippled for life. The boys left home, in Provo, in a wagon for a day1 outing in the canon. They carried m quantity of black powder and 32-ealM ber cartridgea in their pockets. One of the boys placed some of the powded on the aeat and touched a match' to itJ The flash ignited the powder n thai pockets of the boys and their clothing) wit completely burned from, theii 1:.. 1 . ... Sweat By CeatUf ration. . Tampa, Fla. (Special). A fire swept West Tampa and before it was pracV tically under control at 6 o'clock bad caused a loss which will exceed $300,1 000. The only death loss so fal known is that of a Cuban baby, which! was burned in ono of the cigar facJ tories. A panic was created in thi town when the fire began to spreaa) and hundreda of men, and womeu an children fled from the factories. Thi factories of Santa Ella & Co. and Sanf Caro & Co., both of Chicago, and Jl M. Martinea and L. Sanschcz, of Tamf pa, vvcie ,hc heaviest losers. J
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