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A terrible accidont occurred seven miles north
of Pueblo, Colo., when an express train dropped
into what Is called Steele's Hollow and 100 people
lost their lives. A trestle which spanned this
creek had given way on account of the recent
heavy rains and the locomotive with two pas
senger coaches and the baggage car, was hurled
into the stream, three other cars remaining on
the track. So quietly did it all happen that the
occupants of these remaining cars did not know
.what had happened until they alightedto ascertain
the reason for stopping.
Frankfort, Ky., and was seventy-four years Of
age. He was senator from Missouri continuously
from 1870 to 1903.
Fire broke out next door to the Academy of
Music at Buffalo, N. Y., causing a loss of (400,000.
Assistant Fire Chief .Murphy went into the acad
emy where an audience was witnesstng a play
and asked the people to leave their seats and
file out, as there was a Are In the neighborhood,
cautioning them not to hwy as there was no
danger and the house was cleared In a few
minutes.
An Associated Press cablegram from London,
England, dated August 9, says; "In the foim of
a letter from a correspondent, signed 'Heathcoto
Hardinge the Daily Cronicle this morning makes
a strong appeal- on 'behalf of Mrs. Maybrick. The
letter urges-that Mr$, Maybrick is innocent and
that she ought to be granted a !free pardon.' and
contends thdt she nover wpuld . have been con
victed had there fteoti a court of criminal appeal
in England. The .Chronicle alsb prints an editorial
which strongly, supports 'Heathcote Hafdingo's'
view of tiie case."
Clifford O. Baxter and Captain John Enrlght
of Now York, started on a swimming contest
from the Brooklyn bridge to Coney Island, and
after seven hours of hard swimming, when within
a milo of their goal, they both bocamo crazy
from the great physical effort.
An Associated Press report from SL. Louis
, says that the attendance at the fair, for the week
ending August 6, was 601,411, making the total at
tendance since the opening 6,258,988.
Reports from London say that 9,000 Armen
ians have been massacred in the Mush and Sassum
districts of Asia Minor. The report says that
these figures aro probably exaggerated.
'The Times -and other London newspapers con
tain editorials strongly approving the circular is
sued by Mr. Hay, the American secretary of. state,
as"to' what constitutes contraband of war.
An Associated Press- Dispatch under dato of
Bogota, Columbia, August 7, says: 'General Ra
fael Reyes assumed office as president of Columbia,
succeeding Senor Marroquln. The cabinet Is as
folldws: Secretary of state, Bonlfacla Velez; sec
retary of war, Diego Castro; secretary of finance,
Jorge Holguln; secretary Of public Instruction,
Carlos Curevo; secretary of foreign affairs, En
rique Cortes. Complete quiet prevails here."
. ,'jtfhe. government of" Venezuela requested a
cpinpptent court to declare forfeited Hamilton's
cqjcesslon to he asphdft fields because of non
fujUilment of obligations."
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o' An. Asociated Press, dispatch under date of.
Indianapolis, Ind., August 7, says: "A special. from.
Carbondale, ill., says: Joseph Leiter h&s sold his
mine stockade and tlie town of Ziegler. The deed
coiiveys 7'i500- acres of land, including; tho town
of Ziegler in Franklin county, to the Ziegler Coal
company, a corporation chartered in Delaware
several months ago, for a consideration of ?4S9,-600.-'
Vincenzo Donnoto. an Italian of New York
City, who is believed to belong to the' "Black
Hand" society, which has been terrorizing the
Italian residents in that-city, threw a bomb into
a crowd of his countrymen and dangerously
wounded several of them. He receivod the worst
injury himself, however, ode of bis limbs' being
almost torn from Tils body.
,. A cloudburst at Fisher Canon, three miles
fi;6m Trinidad, Colo., caused the death of William
Haigh and William Richardscfru A son of the
former, George Halgh, Was thrown upon a rock
by the force of the torrent, where he clung until
help arrived:
' A circular has "been issued by Secretary Hay
on the Tight of neutral countries during a war.
This circular has been sent to American ambassa
dors in all the countries of Europe. It is based
on the declaration made by the Russian govern-,
mont that coal, naptha, alcohol and other fuel
have been declared contraband. '
Clarence Anderson, a 15-year-old boy of Sioux
Falls, South JDalcota, while driving a binder, no
ticed something out of order on the machine, and
getting down, to fix it, his shoulder was caught in
tho cogs of the main gearing and the horses
started off. Tho boy, knowing that time was pre
cious and that the nearest help was half a mild
away drew out a pocket kiilfe and began cutting
off his shoulder, to extricate himself. Hearing his
cries, help, arrived shortly after, but not until
the boy' had made great gashes in his flesh,
wFlre broke, out in the arsenal at Toulon,
jifance' ahd 'raged oyer a day and a night doing
great damage. The troops' had' to be 'drilled out
and neighboring cities were appealed to for help..
An Associated Press report from Manila, P.
I., August 9, says: "F. L. Dorr and B. F. O'Brien,
formerly tho owners and editors of Freedom, a
paper published in this city, were sentenced some
time ago by two of the Philippine courts to six
months' imprisonment and. to a fine of ?1,0G0 for
libeling M. Tavera. a member of the Philippine
commission. This sentence has now been con
firmed by the supreme court of the United Stales;
where an appeal was lodged and the prisoners
have been committed to the prison at Billbid."
An Associated Press report under date of
Washington, D. C, August 10, says: "President
Roosevelt today appointed Regis H. Post of New
York to be secretary of Porto Rico and E. R.
Rockwell of tho District of Columbia to 1)0 audi
tor of Porto Rico, to take effect September 1, next.
These appointments, it is said, aro made tempo
rarily until the president shall have time to
reorganize the entire council of the island, government"
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The twenty-third- convention of the supreme
lodge of the Knights of Pythias met at Louisville,
Ky. .It is estimated that 17,000 members "took
part in the parade held Tuesday, afternoon, Aug-,--
ust 9. -......' ' '
"Monsieur Leon," theman who has performed
the "sliding act" at the St. Louis fair, is dead,
as the result of fracturing his skull by the break
ing of a wire while he was giving a performance
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Senator George G: .Vest of Missouri, passed
away at Sweet SprIngs,$ Mo.; on August 9. The.,
senator had 'been ill for some time and lor the,
last three weeks he lias-jbeen soj.neac, death that,
the end. came very peacefully He was born--at
Former Premier Waldeck-Rousseau ' died at
Corbell, France, on August 10, as the result of an
operation. '' - ,
While Mrs. Walter Porter of Sioux Falls,
South Dakota, was standing In her doorway, she
was struck by lightning and nearly killed a few
days ago. Mrs. Porter was wearing a -pair of
steel-bowed spectacles which attracted the light
ning. An heir to the throne of Russia -was born
- August 2. The czar has had' four other children,
all girls and is delighted that this one is a boy.
An Associated Press dispatch says: "In roceiv-
ing the congraiuiauona uj. m wmi., , Vm
peror, in a brief reply, said: 'I am happier at
i, w-n, nr n nnn nhrf heir than at d victory of
my troops, for now I face the future calmly and
without alarm, knowing by this sign that the war
will 'be brought to, a happy conclusion.".
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. Secretary of Agriculture James Wilspnmand
Senator Kittredge' are-.on a tour, of investigation
in tho Black Hills. Tho secretary intends to taka
back with him to Washington species of the
beetles which havo been devastating tho plno
trees in tho hopo of finding something to exter
minate them.
No now developments In the strike situation
have been reported. Occasional rioting of littlo
consequence occurs In difforont places. Prospects
for a settlement aro as gloomy as ovor, neither
side showing a tendency to relont. Mayor Car
tor H. Harrison of Chicago has been asked to sot
tle Uie strike In that city. The. American Can
company of Chicago has refused to furnish cans
to tho packers, In this way avortlng a strike at
their own plant.
Rov. Thomas S. Lcland of tho Victor, Colo
rado, Methodist Episcopal church, who lias been
denouncing the officials for tho deportation of
union miners, was waited upon by a delegation
of masked men and warned to leave the district.
Mr. Loland refused, saying that if ho was forced
to defend himself ho would not call upon tho
sheriff for help. He is known as tho "Cowboy
Treacher' and twenty-five prominent church"
members have demanded protection for him from
'Nlayor French,
to An Associated Press cablegram from Berlin,
Germany, dated August 13, says: "Tho Dresden
correspondent of tho 'Klein Journal declares that
the condition of King George of Saxony gives
rteo to the greatest concern. The king, ho says,
is suffering from asthma, and experiences an
ever growing difficulty In breathing. He spends
the nights In a chair because a sitting posture
renders respiration caslor." n
A cloudburst east of Leadvlllo, Colorado, un
dermined a great portion of the city causing great
damage to prqperty. It is feared that that portion
qf -tho,. city is rendered permanently unlit for
ws.i'dcn,ce ; 'purposes; ' ,?.",'
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August 12 was an eventful day for astron
omers. In several parts . of tho United States
brilliant meotorlc showers were observed, some
of them lasting for flvo seconds. About 35 miles
from Meadvllle, Pa., a largo aerolite struck tho
earth causing a terrific explosion followed by a
high -wind which shook buildings twenty miles
away.
President Roosevelt received a personal Invi
tation to visit tho St. Louis exposition, but said
that it probably would be Impossible for him to
accept, as he could not undertake to make such
a trip during the campaign.
An epidemic of smallpox has broken out. In
Zlon City, the home of Alexander rDowie, the
so-called "divine healer." There are said to be
fifteen persons 111 with the disease.
' Ambassador McCormick has cabled tho state
department the first official report It has had of
the results of the work of the prize court ,at
.Vladivostok in the case-of tho steamer Arabia".
W. A. Burns, secretary of theCanadlan com
mission to the World's fair, has been decorated by
the emperor of Japan with tho order of the Rising
Su'n. '
Brigadier General Carpenter, retired, Is dead.
He was 67 years old. He Is survived by his
widow and four children.
One of tho most atrocious acts imaginable In
modern warfare was perpetrated by the Japanese
upon a Russian boat destroyer, "Rytshitelnl,"
which had already been disarmed by Chinese.
The Japanese boarded the vessel and ordered Ad
miral Shestakpvsky, who was in command of the
ship, to come out and fight. The admiral ex
plained the situation but was compelled to order
his men to defend themselves with their hands
against the guns and. bayonets ot tho Japanese.
The Russians , then attempted to . blow up their
slilp hoping thus to avoid surrender, , but out of.
the crew of forty-seven all Jaut seventeen wera
-slaughtered, - .
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