LIVES CRUSHED OUT.
COLLAPSE OF A BUILDING FULL OF
PEOPLE IN CINCINNATI.
A Dntea People Hurled la the Ruins.
Kin Win Killed In the Wreck end
Many Injured an the Street The Terrlfle
Shock Felt Throughout the City.
Cl!ci5!ATT, Mny B. The explosion
that demolished tho flv story building on
Walnut street, In which several people
were burled nllve, has onused general
fcioom and distress In the city. The work
of removing the debris end reaming the
victims has been carried on vigorously
since the explosion, though attended with
much difficulty and danger owing to the
liability of the building wall to fall and
crush the workmen.
The following Is a list of the dead:
Bollln A. Davis. Hamilton, O.
Flla Blngleton, .anesvllle, O. , domestic
Adolph Drach, proprietor of the oafe In
vtlilrh the explosion occurred.
Mrs. Drach, his wife.
Felicia Drach, aged 0 years.
C. 8. Wells, recently from Texas.
Mary Kennedy, domestlo for Drach.
John McKartr.y, olerk.
C. Fred An dross, president Andresf
Wall Paper company.
The list of Injured numbers about SO,
of whom 10 are still In the hospitals. All
will recover.
Details of the Disaster.
Cincinnati, May 5. The five story
building at 480 and 439 Walnut street, be
twoen Fourth and Fifth streets, was blown
to the ground by an explosion. The shock
was so terrific that It wns felt all over the
city, and not one briok on another Is left
In the front and rear walls of the build
ing, while the adjarent buildings are bad
ly damaged, and the glass in the windows
In the tiibson House and the largo John
son building aoross the street were all
broken. The glass was broken out of
street cars that were passing at the time,
and one of the cars was badly wrecked, but
Done of the passengers was seriously hurt.
All the horses In the Immediate neighbor
hood broke from their fastenings and ran
away, and there was not only intense ex
citement, bnt also the greatest confusion.
Ths ground story of 482 Walnut street
was occupied by A. C. Drach as a snloon.
He owned that part of the building, and
the other was owned by M. Goldsmith,
and the first floor of the building at 4 SO
Walnut street was also occupied by a sa
loon run by Louis Fey. The upper floors
- of the five story building were ocoupled as
flat. It Is not known how many people
were In the flats or how many were In the
saloons, but none escaped, as the building
Immediately collapsed. There was no fire
to ooniume the debris and make certain
death of all In the building, but the dust
and dirt continued flying for a long time
so densely that the work of rescuing the
victims proceeded with great difficulty,
although the police and Are departments
rallied heroically to the work. The saloons
were said to be quite full of people. Line
of the barkeepers, who was not on duty at
ths time and escaped, lived In one of the
tipper Mate and was wild with grief be
cause he kDew that his wife and four chll
dree were In the ruins. One of his chil
dren was recovered dead soon aftor the ex
plosion. Pinioned Tinder Timbers.
The body of Mrs. Drach was found soon
after the explosion, but It could not be ex
tricated from the timber.
The 8-year old boy of Adolph Drach was
taken from the ruins so badly hurt that
he Is not likely to live. His aged grand
father was among those who had come to
the scene and soon learned that Mr.
Drach s youngest ohlld had been taken
out dead, his 8-year-old boy removed from
the debris seriously Injured, and that the
body of Mrs. Drach conld not be extricat
ed from the heavy timbers. The old man
broke down under the news and Is In a
Very serious oondltton.
There was much excitement among the
guest In the tilbson House and at all
places In the vicinity of Walnut street.
The exoltement was the more Intense be
cause itoould not be definitely learned for
ome time what caused the explosion. It
was finally ascertained that the saloons In
the building had put In their own electrlo
plants for Incandescent lights and had
just secured a gasoline engine with whloh
to run the dynamo. The plant got out of
fix, and there was a flash, which communi
cated to the gasoline and caused the ex
plosion. The sudden collapse of the large
building smothered everything In the oel
lar, so that there was no fire. The firemen
were toon assisted by some expert engi
neers, who made openings through the
basement walla of adjacent buildings.
They recovered some of the victims in that
manner. The debris seemed to all fall in
to one heap and not scatter about the street,
so that there was the greatest dlflloulty lu
reoaverlng the dead bodice and rescuing
tbe Injured. The loss In property Is quite
large.
Mr. .lohn J. James of the Salt Lake
City Herald was just leaving the Gibson
House at tbe time of tbe explosion and
with hla heavy grip was blown Into the
doorway of an adjplnlng store. He was
knocked senseless, but afterward recover
ed sufficiently to take the train for ISt
Louis on his way west. Roland A. Davis,
a traveling man forth Hamilton Carriage
company, was walking along the street at
the time of the explosion and was blown
under a street oar and killed.
Yale's Crewat Henley,
Nkw Haven, May 4. Captain Tread-
way announced the 11 candidates that will
comprise the Yal crew at the Henley re
gatta. They are: No. 1, Simpson; No. 2,
Brown; Ma 8, Beard; No. 4, Rodgera;
No. 5, Bailey; No. 6, Longaore; No. 7,
Treadway, captain; No. 8, Longford,
stroke. Substitutes, Whitney, Mills and
Marsh. The crew will sail from New York
June ft.
Women and Oulldren Bnrned.
Brooklyn, May ft, Two women were
burned to death and four children serious
ly Injured by the explosion of a gas stove
In tenement bouse in tbe eastern dis
trict of this city. Two of the children
died at tbe hospltaL The two women
burned to death were Mrs. Kebeoca Koha
and her sister, Mrs. I'osternak. The chil
dren burned, all of whom will probably
die, an the dead women s children.
Farmer Hilled by a Bona.
RrBynmNSA, Fa., May 6. Robert
Barnard, a prominent farmer of Harford
this oounty, was killed by on of his
horses In a horrible manner. Barnard bad
gone to tbe stable to look after tbe ani
mal, and while he was patting it on tha
nose the hors suddenly leaped upon him
and hurled it teeth In his throat, causing
almost instant death.
Electric Chair For Mayhew,
Lose Island Crrr, N. Y., May ft. In
the Queens county supreme court, crimi
nal branch, In this city, Judge Keugbsen
tenoed Arthur Maybew, colored, oonvlcted
of the murder of old Stephen Powell at
Hempstead on tbe night of March 7 last.
to be put to death in the electric chair In
titng blng prison during the week begin
t dug June Si.
Khodes Aikad to Resign.
London, May 6. The director of ths
British South Africa oompaoy held
meeting, at which they discussed the con
nnotlou of Cecil Rhodes and Mr. Beit, oili-
curs of the company, with the projected
overthrow of the Transvaal government.
It was finally decided thai Uouti Rhode
and Belt should be requested to resign.
SLAIN AT A SHffiNE.
ftha of Persia Attnnt Instantly Klilfd
by an Assassin.
Tkhrran, Persia, May 2. While ap
proaching the shrine of Abdul Asltn, six
miles south of this city, the shah of Per
sia was shot by an assassin and died soon
after. He had just entered the inner court
of the shrine when the assassin fired colnt
blank at his heart.
Immediately after the shah was shot h
was carried to his carriage and conveyed
to the palace In this city. There he was
attended by Dr. Thnlngan, his ohlef phy
sician, nnd other physicians who were
hastily sent for. But In spite of their com
bined efforts his majesty expired soon aft
er his arrival at the palace.
Hi assassin, whose name Is Mallah
Rezo, was promptly arrested. He is sun-
posed to be a sahib from Kerman or from
the province of that name. It la believed
Tv
1
TM1t LATH BHAH OF TRUST A.
that be Is a member of the Babl secret so
ciety, a criminal association, which has
hitherto made attempts upon the shah's
life with a shot from a revolver.
Much discontent has existed for some
time through the dearnoss of provisions,
partly caused by the excessive issue of
copper coins.
Considerable alarm prevails here, and
Prince Naibes Bultaneh, third son of the
ate shah, has retired to his palace at the
request of the government. t
The heir apparent, Muza(Ter-ed-Dln,
was Immediately advised of the assassina
tion of hla father, and will leave Tabriz,
where he was sojourning, for Teheran as
soon as possible.
rloza, the assassin, has made a confes
sion.
CRIME OF A BRUTE.
Yonng Cllrl's Throat Cut and Her Body
Thrown Into a Creek.
Washington, Moy 5. Klsla Kreglo, a
white girl 16 years old, was murdered In
a ravine near the National Zoological park.
The body was found In a small creek about
1(10 yards from the girl's homo. Cries for
help were heard by the Kreglo family, and
a sister of the girl and a colored boy rush
ed to the scene whence the cries proceeded.
They found Elsie standing In a creek of
shallow water between two hills. She had
been overcome by loss of blood and exhaus
tion and fell back dead Into the water be
fore help arrived. The girl's throat had
been gashed six times with knife.
1 he circumstances of the murder are
such as to make It one of peoullar atrocity.
The young victim's olothes were partly
torn from her and strewn about for quite
a distance, showing that she had made a
desperate resistance against the attempts
of her assailants. The pathway leading
to the bottom of the ravine was bespatter
ed with blood, and the water In whloh she
was standing was red with It when she
was found. The affair ho caused muoh
exoltement. A lady riding in the vicinity
about the time of the murder saw a negro
running aoross the road just at that time,
and this, besides the finding of a pistol
near by, Is the only clew. The Kreglo
family are Industrious working people, and
the vlotlm was one of five sisters.
Wabhihoton, May 8. Harrison Nicks,
a negro, was arrested, suspeoted of the
brutal murder of the young girl Elsie
Kreglo, near Zoologloal park. The police
will not disclose what evidence they have
against him, and tbe prisoner protest his
innocence.
Assemblyman Malone Iead.
New York, May 4. Bernard H. Ma
lone, Tammany assemblyman from tht
Twenty-fourth district, died of consump
tion. Mr. Melon was compelled to leave
Albany six weeks ago and returned only a
few days ago from Asheville. Mr. Malone
waa 43 year old and was born here. He
had long been a member of Tammany
hall, one of tbe com nit I tee on organlza
tlon and a member of the Sagamore club
He was admitted to the bar reoently.
Death of Hamilton Dlsston.
Philadelphia, May 1. Hamilton Diss-
tou, the well known saw manufacturer,
waa found dead in bed at hla home In this
city. He attended a meeting of the Na
tlonal Saw company In Newark, N. J.,
and returned home apparently In his usual
health. With his wife he attended the
theater and afterward took supper at tht
Hotel Bellevue with Mayor Warwick and
the latter' wife. When hi private secre
tary, aocording to his usual custom, went
to Mr. Dlsston' room, be found bis em
ployer oold In death.
Thread Mills Consolidate.
Newark. N. J., May 5. Director W.
Campbell Clark of the Clark Thread com
pany confirmed the report of the amalga
mation of the Clark Thread work of this
olty, the Kearny & Paisley mills of Scot
land, and to J. r. Coatee Thread compa
ny of Glasgow, Sootland. Mr. Clark re
fused to discuss the details, but said that
no change would follow at present a a
result of the amalgamation.
Aa Oyster Schooner Sunk.
Atlantic City, May 6. The sohoonei
Palestine, from Hampton Roads to this
city with oysters, struck on the bar In
Great Egg Harbor bay and sunk In S5 feet
of water. The Longport life saving crew
rescued tbe crew of five from the rigging.
The sailors lost everything.
General Markets.
New York. Mar t.KLOUR State and
western quiet and easy at nominally unchanged
ertoce: city null- patent. $4.Uu04.&U; winter pat
eat. iU.Va 86; city mills clears. J4.lUu.4JU
winter straights, SS.lAiii.au.
WHEA T No. I red declined nnder foreign
ealllug and favorable i ron nswe. but rallied on
complaint cf insect damage to winter wheat,
cauvtng local covering; May, actabeeo.; Jane,
uoHN-No. t quiet, but steady: May. il?c.;
July. 86 t-ltk&iAHu.
OATS No. nominal: track, white, state, 84
ftaio.: track while, weatern, iiiWx.
rtJHK-feteady; old to new mesa, 1310:
family. tUl6ou.ll.
LAUD steady: prime western, steam, $3.06,
nominal.
Birri'ER Steady; state dairy, lliftlSci stale
Creamery, lla liic
CHr-Kf-K Wuiuu state, largo, maHc.
small, tailfc.
.iOa Mady: state and Pennsylvania, 10H
&11C.I weautru. 0&)OfciO.
M liAK-lUw Arm: (air leaning. ic; cn
trtfugal. US umt. 4v .; refined euy; urushed.
Sc.; powdered, oHc.
TUKPENTINB-Dull: x&2HWc
M1AbMK Hteadr; Hw Unauns, S337c.
Hick- bleud. douieaUc !;; Japan, i&
'J ALLOW Quiet city, WsdSa l&c.; country.
HI T-I6C.
BA IT -Firm: skipping. TfcaaOo.; good to
cuutua, K0tL
SltOT AVJFE AND lUBE
EDWIN PLANT KILLS HIMSELF WHEN
PURSUED.
Threatened Jlsa to Blny a Neighbor The
Terrible Kndlng of an Unhappy Mar
riage la a Massachusetts Village Re
served the Last Rnllet For Himself.
Cl.ATTOX. Mass., Mny S. Edward Plnnt
hot and Instantly killed his wife Ada,
stabbed to death his baby Ceclle, and,
rather than surrender to a posse of pursu
ing officers, committed suicide by sending
a bullet through his own heart.
A neighbor of Plnnt was attracted by
the sound of a revolver shot In Plant's
house. It was followed by a scream and
then by another shot. In a second Plant
was seen running from the house. The
neighbor hastened to the house, and, en
tering, was greeted with a horrible sight.
On the floor In a pool of blood lay Mrs.
Plant with a bullet hole In her forehead.
A few feet from the body of the mother
was the body of the Infant, and through a
small hole In tha ohlld' dress blood was
oozing.
After Plant had killed his wife and
babe he proceeded to the office of the
White Brink and Terra Cotta company,
where his father Is employed as superin
tendent, and coolly told him what he had
done, also saying he would kill Harry
Lyles, a young man whom he claimed was
res;Kinslble for his dotnestlo trouble, but
the latter was warned, and, securing a
team, fled out of town. Plant' father,
who Is quite well to do, felt the affair so
keenly that he has left town for Toronto.
The authorities were notified, and a
posse was organized. Plant was traced
throngh the lots to the swamps near the
Karkaput river, nearly a mile distant from
the scene of the crime. The man was
easily traced by footprints In the mud of
the swamp, and at length he was discov
ered by a deputy sheriff hiding In the long
grass. He was ordered to onme and sur
render. Tbe order was greeted with a
prompt refusal, accompanied by a threat
to shoot at the first to advanoe. The olll
cer notified the rest of the posse, and tha
work of closing In on the murderer be
gan. The circle narrowed slowly until It
was possibly DO feet In diameter, when
Plant cried out, "The first man who ad
vance another step will be shot." By
this time the crowd was wild with rage,
and threat of lynching were heard.
Rather Die Than ftnrrender.
The deputy sheriff In ohargeof the posse
offered Plnnt protection If ha would sur
render, but all overtures were disregard
ed. For three hours the posse remained in
Its position, being held In chock by the
murderer, who said he would rather die
than surrender.
The posse was re-en foroed by assistants
from surrounding towns, and a reorgani
zation of the posse was effeoted. It was
led by Deputy Sheriff Cropper, Constables
Norton and Dudler, all of Ashley f alls.
Mass , and Deputy Sheriff Van Dusen and
Constable Drake of Canaan. Plant was
ordered to give himself up, but his only
reply was a revolver shot Then began a
fusillade of shots. Plant conoealed him
self In the tall grass, lying prostrate In
the midst of bogs, which afforded him
protection from the flying bullets. For
fifteen minutes the shooting continued.
At the time Plant had but one bullot loft,
and realizing that the posse was deter
mined In Its efforts to capture him he
placed the revolver to his head, pulled the
trigger and fell back dead.
On April 16 last Plant married his wife,
whose maiden name was Ada Sanford,
Ota the day of tho marriage the ohlld was
born, and the Infant ha caused Plant no
little anger. It has been observed that tbe
relations between Plant and his wife were
not peaoefuL and it is supposed that in a
fit of anger the man murdered bis wife
and child.
Killed at a Clrens Parade.
Patrrson, N. J., May 6. -The horse
attaohed to a loaded coal wagon became
frightened at the elephants In the Barnum
& Bailey circus parade, which was pass
ing through Main street, dashed through
the orowd and killed a boy, Edward
Sohults, aged 11 years, nnd Injured six per
sons before their progress was oheoked.
The Injured are Mm Greer, bruises and
out; Thome Hampden, 10 Lane street,
face out; Edward Olsen, 77 Clinton street,
contusions; Olga Olsen, 18 years old, 77
Clinton street, shoulder broken; William
H. SchafThauBser, 0 Close street, bruised ;
Mamie Tallen, 18 Klin street, face and
shoulders bruised.
A HUSBAND'S CRIME.
William Kersetter Bhoots and Kills Bis
Wire, and His Motber Vies suddenly,
Sunbury, Pa., Mayo. William S. Ker
setter, a young farmer, shot and killed
hi wife Caroline at thi place. Keraet-
tnr's mother was so shocked by tha trage
dy that she fell dead from heart failure
while running to a neighbor' bouse for
help.
Tbe Kersetter lived on a farm near ths
village of Seven Point, four mile from
here. The murderer shot his wife as she
stepped out of the kitchen door to a side
porch. A full charge of buoksbot entered
ber brain, and she died an hour afterward.
Coroner Shindel arrested Kersetter and
brought him to the couuty prison here.
Kersetter 1 25 year old, and hi wife
whi a yefr younger. They bave one child.
10 month old. Tbe babe was In Its moth
er's arm when she was shot down. Then
old Mrs. Kersetter pioked up the child and
started aoross the orchard, orying for help.
She had ruq but a few yard when she
fell dead, tbe arm tightly olasped around
tha baby. Kersetter was ill with the grip
several months ago, and bis mind was af
fected. There was no motive tor tbe orline.
for tha family lived happily together and
had no quarrels. Only Sunday last they
attended church together.
Batolll Settles a Difficulty.
Damei-son, Conn., May 4. The trou
ble between Rev. N. Le Cause, pastor of
the Cathollo church here, and some of his
Frenoh Canadian congregation, who
ought his removal on tbe nllegod ground
of not being In sympathy with them, has
been decided by Cardinal batolll In favor
of tbe priest. The trouble ha existed foi
more than a year, during which time tbe
controversy ha been referred to Bishop
Tlerney, Cardinal Sutolll and finally to
the pope, to whom a written statement ot
the affair waa sent. The pope gave charge
of the matter to Cardinal batolll. and hi
baa succeeded in bringing about an amica
ble adjustment of the trouble.
Pennsylvania Democrats For Paulson.
Allkntow, Pa., April 80 Robert
Emery Pattlson was unanimously and
thuslastloally Indorsed as tbe choice ot the
Democracy of Pennsylvania for the presi
dential nomination at Chloaso In tha atjttA
convention held In this city. The sound
money, gold standard, platform provided
tor him to go before the people upon
pledges the 64 delegate chosen to earnest
ly support Mr. Pattlson.
Boork Cocnran Took a Header.
New Yokk, May 1. Bourke Cockran,
the lawyer, Intended to sail for Europe
next Wednesday, but hi departure will b
delayed owing to an aouldunt he mot with
while bicycling In the park. He collided
with another bityoilat and was thrown
from bis wheel. He Is now In his apart
usnta in the Holland House sufferlug
from sever bruise and a fraotured thigh
bona.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Thursday, April 30.
A furious storm of wind, aocompanled
by vivid lightning, fept over Lincoln
Neb.
Counsel for Maria Parhcrl, who Is to be
tried agnln on the charge of murder, de
clare that their client will plead not
ullty.
The American schooner Competitor,
with a party of Cuban filibusters and
arms and ammunition on board, was cap
tured by a Spanish gunboat off the coast
of Cuba.
The commissioner of Immigration of
New York renelved a letter from an accom
plished Vienna beauty requesting him to
find a suitable husband for her In this
oountry.
A rich vein of sllvor has been encounter
ed by New York and Pennsylvania pros
pectors at South Canaan, Wayne oounty,
Pa. How extensive tne lead Is cannot
yet be ascertained.
The second trial of Dr. J. C. Moore for
the alleged overissue of stock of the Man
chester Union (newspaper) company
while an officer of the company was be
gun at Nashua, N. H.
Friday, May 1.
The New York state legislature ad
journed.
The National Society of the Sons of th
American Revolution met at Richmond.
Prompt measures were taken in Colora
do cities for the relief of tbe homeless peo
ple of Cripple Creek.
Theresa Kensington, who Is probably
driftwood In New York, 1 declared to be
heiress to 1 1,000,000.
William Herbert Coulson was Instantly
killed by the explosion of a gas cylinder
at his homo in Jersey Ulty.
Premier Mellne of France made a state
ment of his policy, whloh met with the
approval of tbe trench chamber of depu
ties. Two boys In the House of Refuge, Ran
dall's Islnnd, New York, defied the keep
ers and were subdued by policemen, who
fired over their heads.
Louis C. Bloch, arrested at tbe Marl
borough hotel In New York because some
articles taken from Sonator Darby's room
were found In one reoently vacated by
him, was honorably discharged.
Saturday, May 9.
Commissioner Roosevelt was re-elected
president of the New York polloe board.
Felix Qulnonez, alleged to be one of the
principal leaders of the Nfcnrsguan rebel
lion, has been captured and is now In
prison.
Slglsmund tie Kapl, a Hungarian vis
count, pleaded guilty to forgery lu general
sessions In New York and was sent to the
penitentiary.
Joseph Dreyer of First place, Brooklyn.
Identified as his wile the Insane woman
found In Newnrk, N. J., who called her
self Elmlna Durand.
A dispatch from Havana says It Is prob
able that the filibusters captured on board
the Anierioan schooner Competitor will be
oonvlcted and shot.
Jennie Powell, a child, was burned to
death In Conterrille Station, Sullivan
county, N. Y., and her mother was fatally
burned while trying to extinguish ths
flames.
Judge Truax of the supreme oourt In
New York continued the Injunction for
bidding the Lloyds Insurance companies
transacting business pending the Issue of
the attorney general's suit to forfeit their
charters.
. Monday, May 4.
A general strike of the employees of tha
Adams Express company Is threatened.
John Gallagher and John Summers of
Nevr York were drowned near Blackwell's
Island.
Edwin F. ITbl, United States embassa
dor to Germany, was offloially received by
the kaiser In Berlin.
Germany will shortly exchange repre
sentatives with the Transvaal without
consulting England.
Patrick Johnson was suffocated to
death In a fire which oocurred early at 848
East Thirty-first street. New York.
A dispatch from Milan say that th
grand International race for 5,000 lire
was won by Slgnor HosbI's Demons.
Ex-President Banlgan of tbe United
States Rubber company will build a 11,
000,000 factory In Provldenoe and fight
the Rubber trust.
Claude Falls Wright and Miss Mary K
L. Leonard were married at theosophloal
headquarters In New York, a mysterious
mahutina presiding. The oouple olalm to
have been married 6,000 years ago.
Tuesday, May 5.
Kate Stoke Stetson, widow of the let
John Stetson, millionaire theatrical man
ager, died suddenly In Boston.
New London, Conn., Is preparing to
oelebrate the two hundred and fiftieth an
niversary ot the foundation of the olty.
Theodore Graham, managing partner of
Young, Smyth, Field & Co., Philadelphia,
disappeared. He had lost heavily In stooks.
Da Witt Rodd, 7 years old, was shot and
mortally wounded by hi 11-year-old
brother Raymond at their home in urooK-
lyn.
Captain Charpelgne, a Frenoh army
officer, oommltted aulolde in New York
because he failed to receive remittance
from Franoa.
When Clarenoe Bhrnett, accused of forg
ing Southern Paolflo railroad tickets, fail
ed to appear for trial In general session
In San Franalsoo, It was discovered that
be had been released by a straw bonds
man.
Governor Morton opened the National
Klcotrlo exposition at the Grand Central
palace in New York. The pressure of a
key lighted the place, set the machinery
going and fired cannon In all parts of th
country. Electrlo power transmitted from
Niagara falls ODerated a small model of
tbe fulls, while a telephone brought the
roar of the waters clear across th stale
to add realism to th etfeot
Wednesday. May 8.
Tbe fiftieth anniversary of Dr. William
Henry Greon, president of Princeton Theo
logical seminary, was oelebratedat Prince
ton, N. J.
The Italian minister of the treasury
says that the country's flnanoial condition
la satisfactory. Tbe deficit of l.OOO.Ood
lire will be made up by increased revenue.
Bishop Potter, at tbe dinner of the
Church Assoolatlon for tbe Advancement
ot the Interests of Labor, In New York
praised trades union and th labor lead
er of the day.
The mutilated body of Teresa Carney,
a former Inmate ot th Doyera street mis
sion, was found on the truok of the Long
Island railroad near Evergreen oemetery
Brooklyn, where it had been run over by
a train.
A dispatch from Bulawayo ay that
Karl Grer, administrator ot tne ttriusn
South Africa company, in reviewing th
garrison at that Diace expressed tne opin
ion that the Matubele revolt ha beeoy
broken and that Bulawayo is safe.
Popa'a Mediation Declined.
London, Muy 4. Tbe Standard has t
dispatch from Madrid which says: "Thi
Unaniah iroverniiient ha declined thi
pope's mediation in Cuban affairs, on thi
ground that an acceptance would be tan
tamount to recogutxlng America' right U
Interfere. '
Kdected Lover's Sulelde.
Bhockvillk, Ont, May 6. Julia Whit,
refused Alfred Thoinos' escort hum from
i .. r, h. riM.w a ravulvel
WUIUHi T. 1I..1.U-1.U
from hi pocket and shot himself througl
th bond, dying in a ooupie ui uuun.
COLONEL NOJtTH DEAD
THE NITRATE KINQ PASSES AWAY
IN LONDON.
Apoplexy, tndneed by Fating Oysters and
Drinking Stout. Was the Canse I.r ft
an Kttate of 200,000,000 Th Story ol
His Life.
London, MayB. Colonel John Thomas
North, known ss the Nitrate King, died
suddenly nnd under somewhat peculiar
olrcumstanees at the offices of the Nitrate
company in the Woolpack building In this
oity. Colonel North was In apparently
good health and had attended a meeting
of the guano syndloate, after which he re
turned to his private offices In tha same
building. He had a drink with some
friends at a saloon In the same building
and then mounted the stairs In order to
attend a meeting of Nitrate euinpany.
Prior to this meeting Colonol North ate a
doren oysters and drank n bottle of stout,
both of which were lent to hltn from a
neighboring restaurant. Shortly after
ward he complained of severe pains, call
ed for brandy. He drank initio, but col
lapsed in his chair and expired soon after,
Physlolaiis were summoned almost Imme
diately after the colonel fainted, but their
efforts were unavailing. An autopsy and
Inquest will be held this afternoon. Mean
while the body, under polloe guard, will
remain In the room where the colonel
died until the end of the Inquest.
The shells of the oysters which he ate
were taken possession of by the police and
will be preserved until after an examina
tion has been made to ascertain whethet
the food was wholesome or contained any
COLONEL NORTH.
poisonous substance. The officials of tht
Nitrate company are retloent about tht
matter and were even reluctant to admit
that the colonel was dead.
It Is generally believed Colonel North
died from a stroke of apoplexy, a at first
generally believed, and that the oysters.
stout and drink at ths bar probably were
the direct cause of the attack.
The death of Colonel North has caused
considerable excitement In flnanoial cir
cles and oreated a sensation when it wai
announced In the lobby of the house ol
commons.
Life Reads Like a Romance.
The story of John T. North's life rendi
like a tale from the "Arabian Nights.'-
He was born on Jan. 80, 1842, at Leeds,
England, his father being a ooal mer
chant. At the age of 16 the son was ap
prenticed to a firm of millwrights and en
gineers, with whom he remained until
his twenty-tlilrt' year, wheu he became s
foreman In the Fowler Looomotlvo worki
at Leeds. About this time he married
Jane Woodhead, daughter of the Conserva
tive ohairman of that oity, who survive!
him. His father dying soon afterward,
North made over to hla mother the small
fortune which he had inherited, and, with
hla young wife, emigrated to South Amer
Ion. Upon his arrival In Chile he secured
an engagement at Carrlznl as englneei
with a railway company At a time when
speculation about the weilth of the unde
veloped nitrate fields In Peru was rife.
Leaving the service of the oompauy at
the end ot six months, he went to Peru
and began to deal In a small way In ni
trate. He soon mastered the details of th
business and ereoted works at Turapaca,
the chief town of a provlnoe containing
vast deposits of nitrate of soda. He buili
railways to transport his nitrate to the ooasl
and steamships to carry It abroad. Want
ing water to develop the fields, he bougbl
out the Arlca Water company. In 20 year,
he controlled the nitrate output and had
made a colossal fortuna
The late Cyrus W. Field, speaking Ol
Colonel North' fortune, ono said, "A
billion dollars I a greater sum than thi
human mind can grasp, but when wi
have a man like John Thomas North,
with the wonderful resources of a conti
nent at his back, you can't tell what will
happen." The most conservative esti
mated Colonel North' fortune a amoun
Ing to 1(10,000,000. Some estimate madt
it as high as 500,000,000, but these wen
no doubt extravagant.
SNYDER POISON CASE.
Mrs. Whlttnker Held on the Charge of
Murdering Her Parents.
Pout Jkhvip, N. Y., Mny 6. Sealed
verdict were rendered by the coroner's
jury In the cam of Mr. and Mr. Snyder,
who died several weeks ago, and In con
nection with whose death Mr. Martha
Whittaker, their daughter, wns plaoed un
der arrest. The verdlot rendered In the
case ot Mrs. Snyder Is as follow:
"That Mr. Franols Snyder cam to her
death by arsenical poisoning, tbe poison
administered by some person, and sus
picion point to Mr. Martha Whittaker."
The verdict In th case of Mr. Snyder Is
that deceased came to his death from ar
senlo, the poison being taken accidentally
or administered by some on unknown to
the jury.
Mrs. Whittaker has been held for th
grand jury, whloh meet In June.
nuanand Killed and WlfInJurd.
Camden, N. J,, May 5. An Atlantic
City express train struok a carriage con
taining Joseph Potter of 841 South Sixth
treet, Philadelphia, and hla wife near
Colllngswood, killing Mr. Potter almost
Instantly and seriously Injuriug hi wife.
She wns brought to the Cooper hospital,
this olty, where she Is lying In a precari
ous condition from bruises all over hex
body and lacerated wound of the scalp.
Lnbra Favors Cuban Autonomy.
Madhid, May 1. Senor Lnbra, deputy
for Cuba, speaking at Seville, declared
that Spain's natural policy was an al
liance with France against America. The
Cubun war, be said, if prolonged, meant
ruin for Spain, and there would be renew
ed struggle unles reform for Cuba were
conceded. Local autonomy, be laid, was
indispensable.
KUlad by the tan.
Worcester, Mass., May 4. An un
known man was found killed by the oars
In tbe deep cut on tbe Boston and Al
bany railroad just east of thi city. He
had a memoraudum book, In which was
written the name "Charles Humphrey,
Med way, Mass." He had evidently been
walking on the track In the night and
was struok by a train.
Failed For saoo.uuo.
New Yokk, May 6. Th firm of K &
G. Friend & Co., wholesale dealers In leaf
tuhacoo at 13U Maiden lane, failed. This
la their second failure, the first having
eoourred in lt74, with liabilities of IHu,
(HJO. The partner ar Edward, Gustav
and TanntKl krlend.
FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
Summary of tbe Proceedings In House
and Senate.
WAsnricnTnN, April SO. In the senate
Messrs. Toller and Sherman engaged In a
spirited discussion of the silver question.
The Morqnctte statue was accepted. In
the house Mr. Dockery presented figures
of the appropriations by this congress
which were oontra lloted by Mr. Dlngley.
The bankruptcy bill was discussed.
Washington, May 1. In the senate the
naval appropriation bill was considered,
but not finished, in the house the general
debate on the bankruptcy hill was closed.
Washtnciton, May . In the senate
two of the four now battleships were
stricken from the naval appropriation hill.
In the house tho bankruptcy bill was dis
cussed. Washington, May 8. In the tonate
yesterday the naval appropriation as
amended was passed. In the bouse the
bankruptcy bill was passod.
Washington, May 5. In the senate
yesterday the programme ftgremd upon for
the consideration of the river and harbor
bill was changed, and tho Hit Pont election
cass was briefly taken up, but again de
ferred. The Peffer bond resolution was
discussed, the principal speaker being Mr.
Hill In defense of the administration.- In
the house the senate amendments to the
naval appropriation bills were discussed.
Many minor bills were passod under sus
pension of the rules.
Washington, May 6. In the senate yes
terday Mr. Hill continued his flpeeoh
against the Peffer bond Investigation reso
lution. Ths consideration of the river and
harbor bill was hegun. In the house the
senate amendment to the naval appropria
tion bill striking out two battleships was
nonooncurred In. It was voted to devote
two days to private pension bills.
Ready to Aid Cuba.
Newark, N. J., May 8. Preparations
are under way In this city to send a fili
bustering party to Cuba. It is Btated that
from 7ft to 100 men have been already en
listed, most of whom are war veterans.
For some time pnst the work of enlisting
men has been going on, find some of those
who have nndertaken to go to Cuba are
residents of New York city. When the
move will be made oannot be learned at
present, but it Is thought that the time, la
not far off. The steamer which I to con
vey the party will carry a largo stock ot
arms and ammunition, and, It was ru
mored, would sail from Perth Amboy.
Killed by Lightning.
Camdkn, N. J., May 4. An unknown
man was killed by a stroke of lightning
while lying under a tree In this town. Pa
pers found on him Indicate that he was
Captain Donald Morrison of Boston.
ONE SPORTSMAN'S AMBITION.
It Is to Hunt In the Undiscovered Fetches
Along America's Coast.
"I'll tell yon -what I would like to
do, " said a man whose life la spent rov
ing about from city to lumber camp
and from park to forest. "I would like
to own a schooner fit to weather any
galo on the seas and travel in it np and
down the American coast from Labra
dor to Cape Horn and north again to
Bering strait There's a whole lot of
odd places one could visit seldom or
never heard of.
"Take it about Cape Hatteras. Now,
what do you know about the mainland
alongshore there? What can you tell of
the people in the swamps there and of
the game these people find in the
woods? It's so littlo, you have to guess
at it. Then there is a whole lot of the
gulf of Mexico's shore line, not to men
tion the islands and lands south of there.
Why, only the other day I heard of a
tribe of Indians on some islands some
where down that way that buy buckshot
to kill deer with and poor shotguns,
using only a dram of powder for a
charge. Just think what sport a fellow
with a good riflo would have among
them if they'd let him. what is more,
they pay for what they buy with pure
gold, and if ever a white man visited
them he did not come back to tell about
it, nor will the Indians say where they
got their stuff.
"When yon come to think about it
the sportsman nosing abqut in these out
of the way places could get more game
and curiosities than he could get out of
Blue Mountain park or from any other
of the big preserves.
"I hope to make just such a trip some
time. I ll take a 4o-90, a 10 gauge,
20 gaugo and a target pistol, with stacks
of fishing tackle of all kinds and no end
of ammunition. The specimens I will
gather will pay for the trip, as I shall
go along prepared to skin and dry any
thing from a tapir to a crocodile, from
a condor to a beetle, not to mention
snakes and other things. "New York
Sun,
Tree Climbing Rabbits.
The London Field has an item that is
likely to call out a discussion among
English correspondents of that paper. A
man writes that "when ehooting witl a
friend in Banffshire last December .y
friend called out, "There's a rabbit np
a tree I" Sure enough one was there at
least ten feet from the ground. The tree
was an upright fir, and the man had
seen the rabbit run np the smooth bark
as easily as a squirrel. The rabbit stop
ped on the first branch to look down.
What is more, "there is a lot of
blown timber in the wood, and I sup
pose the rabbits have got accustomed to
climbing on it, for I have often seen
them jump on to a root and run np the
slanting trunk till they were sometimes
15 feet from the ground," which must
have been a dizzy height for an animal
of such ground habits.
Corroborative letters will probably
come in, and rabbits will have an es
tablished reputation as climbers. It is
said that in Australia the imported rab
bits have begun to develop hooked
claws, with the aid of which they are
able to climb the rabbit proof fences.
A large number of animals with hab
its acquired because of environment
have been noted from time to time
foxes that climb trues, rats that are
beasts of prey, birds that build nests
adapted to. certain conditions, and so
on indefinitely.
Bar DU
They met at the linen counter, and
the girl in blue looked so sadly perplex
ed that the girl in brown said sympa
thetically:
"Why, May, what is the matter? You
look so miserable. "
"I'm bothered, " ait-know lodged May.
You see, Kudulph and I quarreled bit
terly lust night And to save my life I
can't make up my mind whether to go
on buying household linens in expecta
tion of a reconciliation or to buy me an
organdie to begin a new campaign.
' 'It is bothering, " agreed the girl in
brown, "Ah I We women have so many
hard problems to solve!" Naw York
Journal.
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PEACHES IN NEW ENGLAND.
Comparative Hardiness and Valaa of Dtf
ferent Varieties
Much has been said respecting the
comparative hardiness of different vari
eties of peaches and their value far. our
New England climate. Tbe variety
most talked about for tbe past few yearn
by some nurserymen as being the most
hardy and profitable peach to plant in
this section is the Crosby. A corre
spondent of The New England Home
stead, writing from Hampshire county,
Mass., reports a peach record for 13
years. He lays :
In the spring; of 1886 I planted be
tween 100 and 800 Crosby peach trees,
with other varieties Crawford's Barly
and Late and Old Mixon. The first fruit
produced by these trees was In 1801, five
years from the time of planting, when
each of the several varieties gave a good
crop. In 1892 the Crosby and Old Mix
on prodnoed about one-fourth of a fnll
crop of fruit, the other varieties nothing.
In 18B3 each of the several varieties bore
a good crop. In 1894 Crosby and Old
Mixon prodnoed scattering fruit, other
kinds nothing. The past season all bore
well The condition of the fruit buds
Feb. 8, 18!)B, was the same with all
varieties examined, including Crawford's
fcarly and Late, Crosby, Old Mixon and
Morris White. No live buds were found.
From the above it can be seen that
the Crosby is more hardy than either
Crawford's Early or Late, but no more
hardy than Old Mixon. During the past
is years Crawford's Early and Late
have produced in my orchard five full
crops 1888, 1889, 1891, 1898, 1895.
Old Mixon has given seven full crops
1883, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1891, 1898, 1895
and two medium crops, 1892, 1894. The
lowest degree recorded by my thermom
eter each season Is. as follows: 1888,
Jan. 28, 8 degrees; 1887, Jan. 19, 22)
1888, Jan. 28, 22; 1889, 1891 and 1892,
no record, as I was ont of the state;
1893, Jan. 17, 14; 1894, Deo. 14, and
1893, 14; 1895, Jan. 20, 12, and for
this present season of 1896, Feb. 17, 17
degrees below zero.
As a market frnitwith me the Crosby
has not given satisfaction. It is under
sized and as a rule of poor color, and
when grown side by side with the Craw
fords the fruit will not average but lit
tle if any better than good Na 8 Craw
ford. So unsatisfactory has been my
experience with the Crosby as a market
peach (having fruited it five different
seasons) that if I had a young orchard
of 1,000 trees of this variety I should
dig up every tree and reset the land
with Crawford's Early and Late, Old
Mixon and Elberta. If, on the other
band, I waa planting peaches for home
use, I should always include the Crosby
in the list, as it is a yellow peach of me
dium size, good flavor and among the
most hardy. The Crosby and OH Mixon
I consider the most hardy and reliable
of all the different varieties of peaches 1
have had anything to do with. The
Crosby is one of the most reliable peaches
to grow for home nse, but with me it
has been a poor market fruit
Alfalfa and Trees.
Alfalfa is winning its way in many
localities to which it was not formerly
regarded as adapted. It will undoubted
ly prove a great boon to pretty muoh all
the country west of the Missouri river,
and still farther west it is already the
chief reliance, without which live stock
growing nnder any other than purely
range conditions wonld be well nigh
impossible. East of the river it is also
gaining ground, and localities in which
it is reported to be proving successful
are every year increasing aa experience
with it increases.
The experience contains some warn
ings, too, that should be heeded, accord
ing to the Iowa Homestead, which tells,
for example, that in those portions of
Kansas and Nebraska where alfalfa has
been successful for a considerable time
it has occurred to a great many to seed
orchards with it. This proved to be a
very serious mistake, for in only ordina
rily dry weather the alfalfa robbed the
trees of the moisture tbey needed, and
the wonld be fruit grower found him
self without an orchard, but with a verv
good alfalfa field. The alfalfa is a deep :
rooted plant, going down into the soil
long distance for its water supply and
requiring good deal of it When it
and the trees contest for supply that
is only sufficient for one form of plant
life or the other, the alfalfa is always '
the winner and the trees go to the walL
It may be set down as a fact, reasonably
well established, that alfalfa is nnsuited
for seeding an orchard exoept in locali- '
ties where there is no question about th
sufficiency of moisture.
Bow te Sow Pea and Oat. .
A .Rural New Yorker correspondent
writes: Peas should be "ganged" ot
plowed in about two inches deep. The
oats may then be sowed on the surface
and harrowed or drilled. This will give
a far better orop than to plant the pea
shallow, as is the nsnal praotioe. Bow '
about 1 bushels of oats and a bushel
of peas per acre. Use some stiff strawed
variety of oats, and the Canada field pea.
Cut with the mower and cure aa for hay.
Since the pea vines will be full of water,
they will Deed to be cured more than or
dinary hay. Peas and oats make a most
excellent soiling orop. For winter feed
ing one can get twice as muoh food pet
acre for animals by raising corn instead
of oats and peas. True, the cost of rais
ing will be slightly more per acre with
tbe former than with the latter, but it
should be kept constantly in mind that
ia tha r , . .. 1 1 aaa r. .. .1
age plants.
emus iviivwi an nanacBBama
The state legislative committee is
considering the advisability of adopting
measures for compulsory destruction of
trees affected by the disease. Mr. 3. H.
Hale said that he thought Worcester, '
Middlesex, Plymouth and other eastern '
and southern counties will be leading
peach growing sections. Of oourse there '
is an opposition, but if contagion ean be
proved the necessary appropriation will
no doubt be made.
McKknl. Crba 1 1 1 Inula
; Si'HIXokiki.d, Ilia, May 1. Th Re-
lutlon Indorsing th oandldaoy ot Wllliaia"
Mckinley for president.