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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1897)
4T at 1 1 I f3 5 4 OAR CM Of. A 'UNO. Sa a ateiflasareerer Lisa . H. BolaMa. A counterpart of tbe late H. H. Holmes, tbe niultlmurderer of Chicago and ' otbr ritlea, baa ben found la Prank Butler, with various alia. il la an Australian criminal of tbe same extreme class aa that to which Holmes belonged. ' In aotue reie-t bis feat! In crime equal or surpass those ol Holmes. Tbe criminal career of Butler Id Aua tralla displays consummate dt-jirarltj and running. Ilia method were l!k tboae of Holme In KMiie respects, lit advertised for assistants In lilt busl neat undertakings, generally in pros pecting for minerals. But only men were bia victims. Holmes advertised for female assistant, wbo became vie tima Brat of bia lust and then of bli murderous propensities. Holmes was tbe greater criminal. Tbe various aliases of Butler, ao-csil--d, Included the Dames of Ashe, Har wood slid I-ee Weller. It ia conjecture! tbat Ashe Is !i!s renl name and tbat Butler Is one of b! numerous aliases. But his origin Is obscure, except tbat b was known In some of tbe Kngllsb sea ports before he drifted to Australia. Tbe facts appear to be that a number of mysterious disappearances were re ported to the police at Sydney. In some of tbe cases the nilsslug persons were men without relatives In Sydney, but they had become acquainted with peo ple residing tbere. In other cases men more or less known In business had bfu miaed. In still other cases new comers supposed to bave money for In vestment were lost to view. Tbe eutlre number of mysterious dls-nppr-araiwe amounted to ten or twelve within a short time. It was then no ticed tbat for about the same period of time occasional advertisement bad been printed lu the Sydney papers ask ing for partners, generally to engage Id prospecting for gold In the mining re gions. It liecnme known that person answeriug those advertisement lind bought camp outfits and prospectors' tools and bad left Sydney with a per son giving the various names by which Butler or Ashe was known. But It was always found that a mun giving the name of the person who luid dlsappesr il was afterward seen about Sydney, though not recognized as the missing Individual. At length a well-known sailor of Syd ney named av Weller and carrying the title of "captain" from once having commanded a vessel, announced to his friends that be had answered an adver tisement lu which a companion was wanted for prospecting In the moun tains. He was not seen again, but an other nmu calling himself Captain I.ee Weller apMand at Sydney, remained tbere some time and then shipped under that name us a sailor on a vessel bourn! to San Francisco. After this shipment the facts as to the many disappearances -were collected. The police arrived at the conclusion thai the person advertising for partners In various elltf,r"e,. Including that of prosiKH'tlug in the mineral regions, had taken his companion to remote moun tain neighborhood and there murdered them for the puno- of getting their money and property. The case of Cap tain Ix-e Weller attracted particular attention. A grave In the mountains was found, from which the body was exhumed, the clothing on the remain proving the Identification. Tbe police authorities cabled to San Franciiv, asking the arrest of the sail or who had shipped under the name of Weller when the vessel should arrive at that port. Outside the harbor of Sail Francisco a police tug met the vessel and detet!ve swarmed over Its deck. The sailors were stationed In line and a detective pointed out the man under the name of Weller as the fugitive from justice whose arrest be was authorized to make. "That Is the est sailor among my crew," said the captain of the vessel. The prisoner was taken ashore and Is awaiting the result of extradltlou proceedings, , 1 - The most Interesting part of this criminal history U the episode relating ,lo tbe d -vice which tho inultluuirdcrer adopted to divert pursuit from his crlm iual tracks. He would carry a man away Into the mountains, murder him, seize his jjroperty and return to Syd ney, registering at hotels and .appear ing at rnislnesH resorts In the name of the nmu whose death he bad caused. It was by this device that he assumed the name of Captain Iee Weller, his last victim, under which he shipped for San Francisco, where he was arrested. It la extn;inpy Improbable thai Holmes and Butler, alias An lie, ever had criminal correstondence. But the fact that their method were similar lu many reiect render The case of In terest to those who bave studied the criminal history of Chicago. Chicago Chronicle, Different firartra of Gold. Twenty-four carat gold Is all gold; 22 carat gold has 22 part of gold, 1 M allverand 1 of enpcr; 18 carat gold has 18 parte of gold and 3 each of silver and copper; 12 carat gold Is half gold and baa 3 parts of silver and of copper. It specific gravity I about IS; pure gold Is 10. Millions of Minor Coins. A few yean ago 4,BO0,00O bronze 2-cent pieces were set afloat. Three million of these are still outstanding. Three million 3-cent nickel pieces are scattered over the United States, but It If very rarely that one U seen. Tbe poorest woman extend Inrlta-j ties to Tlalt bar aa lavishly aa If ha otne war a cnefte and her hnaband Do! IflMftM that wall to warn it a CJonUr m aautwajMUtbtj' Bak tt)f tMdaams. At Superior white, corn brings 14 cents a bushel. Cedar county has a medical society. It meets every month. A Brewaterman thinks of starting a newspaper at West L'ni u. Winter wheat in southern Clay coun ty ia in excellent condition. Pone ia trying to eii-t without a laundry, but find it adirty job. Rev. I r. Groh of Omaha has closed a successful revival at Grand Island. The villaga ot Cozid is entirely out of debt, and bu $13J in the trea.ury. It ia reported that Cedar' county it thort twenty tix br.dges since the flood. A man at South Omaha was sentenced to serve eight days in ja.l for stealing coal. Seven rol ut head f catt'.ewere stolen from the pslureo( F. H. PUnk neif Barlleit. The demand of the hour, giyt the Norfolk Ness, is fewer typewriters and more cooks. Amen. tlvira i.'o'Msrtsof Nebraska City wants a divorce from her buiiband, John Bert, lie isn't good to her. Valentine has adopted a curfew ordi nance and the kids scamper home when the gong eounds at 8 p. m. The death of her husband has so pros trated Mrs. F. Behring of Humphrey that her iiie has despaired of. Mrs William Patridge of Grand nJ fell to the bottom of tne cellar and has been sick in be..1 ever since. The weet N'eiira-k t e !u ational asso ciation will iiolil a two days' 'jession in North I'Utie, convening April 30. A year old ilii.d at Stanton fell from a chamber window to tl.e tidewslk, twelve leet below, without sirioug injury. P. W. Wirt, for many yearn a grain dealer at Liuhtield, diei recently at Ueepwater, Tex., aed sixty-three. Edgar and Fairtield l ave already start ed in on bttcebali. Kdgar wad neiested ft week ago wub a score o. 12 to 11. The far western counties, usually dry st tiiis time of the year, are reported in excellent condition for successful farm ing. A sttck asfocia'.ion has been organ ixed in Banner c unty whib haa f ir one bje-t mutual protection againut cattle rustlers. ' Dawes county has more moisture than ,t knows what to do with It rained teadily thirty-six hours and wound ap with a heavy full of snow. James N. Aiiae, who was supposed to have committed suicide at Peru by irownii'g, has shown up at Crib Or Shard alive and in good health. Elder Kapp of Broken Ho rejoices .hat h s winter's work has not been in rain. Sixty names have been odded to .he roll of tbe Christian church. Jimcs Clube, a weh-to-do firmer near tVeening Water, became defponilcnt on j iccount of ill health and ended his life I iy cutting his throat wilh a razor. The proprietors of the new creamery . it (Seward have found it necessary to iu I ;reee the capacity for making butter y a ding another separator and new ( :burn. William Giese,' aged seventeen, of Vlerrick c-)Unty, has been aljudged (n- lane, and is in j iil for safe keeping un 1 ,il room can be secured for him at the Lincoln hospital. Speculation on the board of trade ia ' what caused the downfall of Po-tinacter ' Dhristie of Scotia. Ho hit the wrong tide of the market with u.oney ;Lal be longed to Uncle Sam. j The edit or of the Coleridge Blade be lieves in theofophy, and his mind is eo ' carried away with the glories of rein samation that bis crazy notions take precedence over news. I The North Platte man built a buggy ' hed and found after completion it whs two sizes smaller than the vehicle. He had to tear it down and make a iiiw ane. Tbe moral is obvious. , J. H. Rigs whoa withdrawn from the management of the Dodge Criterion, ' which he undertook a few months ago. He does not inform his readeis as to what hi future course will be. j Wild gi-eee flying over Superior the - other night during a hail storm were daxzled and bewildf red by the electric lights, and diopi e I low enough to get in range of several murderous sbotgunr. Tba North Platte Land and Wot?r company has ordertd the nececssry materal for a telephone line to extend from the bead of their canal to the townol Hershey, a distance Of nine mile. Lightning struck the barn of L. G. Hard at Harvard and those who saw it aid it looked I ke ball of fire as big as a barrel. The flra boy responded promptly and saved the building from total destruction. It it reported that the F. A E. railroad officials have invited several Boyd cono ty men to go to Omaha to confer with them relative to tbe amount of business tbere ia in tbat county for railroad, in eaae one was built. Two car loads of Indians from tbe Pine Ridge passed through Blair Sunday afternoon en route (or Brook lyn A. Y., to Join Buffalo Bill's show. They were dressed in their finest end togged in tbelr war paint. Tbe residence ol Alfred Phillips, a (rawer living In Baundere covnty About eleven mil eovtheMt of Fremont, wm earned to the ground last week. Mrs. Phillip and tbe children were at neM I tbe f ate. Kethlng etmM kw dM Hf Om beildlnf and (rreryUlnf la ll w Ifttrtrcd. IN HIGH AVATEU ricodi Contisae All Along tks Yittii irpi Valley. RAGING WATERS THREATEN PROPERTY riat la thm Dafcula mad Klurnla I: swl mm risi SUilruad Track WHlMS Ost MoBwfal llu. St Paul, Minn., April (1. The rivei at this point if still rising slowly, piss ing tbe eighteen-foot mark yesterday afternoon. This is four feet above tbe dnger line and the flat on tSu west side are mostly submerged. The low is chiefly to the poorer people, who are being cared fir by tbe city. This after noon the water swept awsy several ice houses at South St. Paul, with several thousand ton of ice. The following specials to the Pioneer Press give the situation at other points: Yanxtos, 8. D. Conditio! s in the Jim river valley are unchanged, the river remaining stationary. The rail road tracks continu) to wash badly, but the bridges are still firm. Farmers in the valley are now well out of danger. Ht Ron, H. D. The floods over this part of the state are subsiding and with a week of pleasant weather farmers can begin seeding on high ground. Crooxstos, Minn. The Red Lake river at this point has leen at a stand still all day, and the proticts of frost give hope that the flood is checked for the present. Reports from Fisher state that a high wind is driving the water off tbe prairie and washing out the tracks on both railroads. Mooniikad, Minn. It is the general belief that the river here has reached its height, and the only danger now t the ict, which is expected to come and interle.'e with the bridges All commu nication between thi city and Fargo ie cut r ff. Bismarck, X D. The ice in the Mis souri yesterday 'leeame gorged below l.e-e, and the water it now rising at the rate of six feet per hour. A perfect tor rent is rushing toward Mandan, and it is probable that the lower part of that town will bo inundated. The Northern Pacific tracks between this city and Mundan are under water. Winona, Minn The Mir-g'aaippi river at this point is liooming in a wav that exceeds the recollections of even thtj old-timrrr-. Advices are to tbe effect that the ice in Lake Pepin is breaking up and a flood of water is coming down that will materially add to the staue of water here. The water is coining up in the lowlands and forcing the inhabit ants out of their honie in these regi jns. All the sawmills in the city, excepting one, have been compelled to clone. tiiilil 1 lrlleiont at Ynni. Pomona, Cal., April 6. George r. Payne, a well known gold miner of Cali fornia for more than a quarter of a cen ter -. , o has juHt arrived here from At Ajna, bays that Yuiim has suddenly become a most excited mining town. Nothing quite like the present excite ment over the suddenly found riche? and prospects of lurther tinds has been seer. -i:ic the a'my days of Virginia, Nei .line ear.y 70u. Cripple Creek and iuiwjsiuiie were - never in it for unadulte ated excitement. The town is wild with excitement because of two tinds of marvelou-ly rich bodies of gold ore. At Pichac.o miningdlstrict, some twcniy-llve miles north of Yuma, on the California side of the Colorado liver, there arj the Golden Dream r.d .Noonday mine?. For i.evi-ral weeks the m n ai thofe mines bave been getting into rich ore and the owner has been uttered aB high xi $175,0OJ for his min -s. On Thursday men in both mines at al most tbe fame hour ran into ledges of ore that yield over f(0 to the ton. Four lei-imen from tl.ese ledgee were found to run 2,750 per ton. Twelve carelessly selected bitH of n ek auyed $3,120 lo the ton, The ledges in the Pichico di Irictareoll very lare. One ledgw of low grade ore there is even sixty feet wide. No one can tell yet what the di rnensioiiH aie of the ledge in which th s rich ore has been found, but It is cer twinlv a big one. Besides there is con stantly lomi.ig into Yuma every day news of rich tinds in the Gleason dis (r ct. That is twenty miles east of Yu ma, Atiz,, near lacna station, and is nurroundnd by a desert. To Hueeor mi tTrrs Washington, April 6. The situation In the fi Hided Mississippi district Is be ing earnestly inquired into by the presi dent and the Arkansas '"congressional delegation, headed by Senator Jones, railed upon Mr. McRinley to urge upon him the advicahility of sending a special message to congress urging appropriate legislation for the relief of the flood euf. ferers. A delegation of citizen from Memphis, headed by Representative Carmack, also called ou the same mil lion. Mr. MKinley has already tele graphed the governors of the slates in which the floods exist for information, and be has practically decided to tend a special message to congress tomorrow on tbe subject with a recommdatlon tbat such legislation for the relief of tbe sufferers ss congress may deem fit be enacted witbont delay. CoaipUt4 Ike IWnlag Hoard. Baltimore, April 6. Tbe racing board of tbe L. A. W. has been completed by tbe appointment of Henry 8. Diion of Dixon, I1L, wbo will aoeume charge of Fred Oerlacb'a old dketrlot, comprising Illinois, Wleconain, Iowa, Minnesota, DnkotM and Hebraaka. Chairman Motl of the racing board eaye that eJI Idea of tbe league' (ending men to represent America at tb International ehaaiptoa chip Meeting to Qloegow m H July, nae look eon atmeuouwi. Www Ta.k tipeci MUltca T wi w iJaicall4a ml OiHl l SI BUSMaS. Nxw Tons. Ap'il 7. Tbe police de partment and hotel men estimate tbat there will be one million visitor to Mew York city on April 27, when Grant's tomb is dedicstej. The entire national giurd of Ne York, 13,000 men, will take part in the parade, having a place in toe line directly following the United Stales troop. Ten vessels of Admiral Dunce's squad ron will putiiipite in the naval parade, fvevesses of the revenue fleet and e even of tbe light house fleet. Italy, Frsnuo and Spain will be represented by one warship each, and England will probably send two. President McKin ley will review tbe naval parade after the laal parade is over. Tu5 Grant monument association have received from the park commissioners permission for the removal of the bo.ly of G ner.il Grant I rum its temporary resting p'ace in the new tomb. Its re moval will be attended with grea' sscrecy and will take place at night. I'sptarrd an'l Brought Hark. Ukhana, 0., April 7. Z. T. Lewis, who became a fugitive from juHtice two years ago, after committing a series of the m tkt daring forgeries ever attempted in tliU state, was biought back to Ur bana last nitiL from Yyeilanti, Mich., where he was arrested. He is a physi cal wreck. Lewis, who had leen counted a shrewd financier, confined his forgeries to county nd school dis trict bonds.. The forgeries amounted to aliout $300,000 and the securities he forged wera represented to have been is sued in five d iff -rent Ohio counties. Four hundred indictments are now pending in various court agnintit Lwie, When arreste I at Yvsilanti he was liv ing with his family under the name of J mies leache. He consented to return to Ohio without a requisition. PtrlkaGrow Hvilous. PiTTHBi hu, Pa , April 7. The strike troubles at A. M. Flyers' mills, where the pinldlers ar striking against a re duction, are, from all indications at mid nirfht, likely to culminate in a riot this morning. Seventeen of the twenty eight puddling furnace) of tbe plant have been lighted, anil the managers are determined to s'.art 'lie mill at 3 a. in. with non-union men. The strikers are equally determined to prevent it and are in readiness to take decide I action to carry their point. The puddlerswere reinforced by the flnisheig, 200 in num ber, who were ordered out by Vice Presi dent Carney of the amalgamated associ ation of iron and steel workers. The amalgamated association is di rectly interested in the fight because the firm tigned its scale to pay $1.50 per ton for puddling until July I Ding-tinted and Kmlg-ni. Havana, April 7. It is understood Hint Senor Jofe Porrua, who in Febru ary lant, succeeded Gen. Suraez Valdecas civil governor of Havana and western Cuba, haj tendered his resignation by ciihle to Premier Canovas dtl CaBtillo, forwarding by mail the reasons for tbe act. Captain-General Weyler is said to oppose the resignation, because he con siders Senor Porrua'a presence in the island expedient for the time., Senor Porrua, however, ia evidently resolved and it is not impossible that the affair may bring about Weyler's own resigna tion. StMior Porrua gives up his office chee. fully, he says, because it will bring an end of 'compromise and dif.gut." The insurgents, ltd by Paul Chango have dynamited and burned the works and cane fields on the Cayajobo:o plan tation, near Madenga, Matanzas, the property of an American, Andrew Terry, valued at $400,000, it is rumored here thrtt Captain-General Weyier will short ly return and declare the province of Mai anzau, .Santa Clara, Pinar del Rio and llavana'"pacified." Mowly M arvlug to Ileal h Reddi.vo, Cal., April 7. The remnant of Captnin Jack's trite of Modoc In dians, living in Modoc county, in the neighborhood of the scenes of Captain Jack's treachery and General Canby'i ilenth in 1872, are now in a pitiable con dition verging on actual starvation. In a'l there are about 200 families of the tribe. The winter has been a severe one, and the Indians have been unable to ohteia the necessaiies of life. It is reported that their number hai been reduced one-half this winter by death, due to starvation and exposure. There is no reservation for them, and no appeal to the Unit'd 8tates govern ment. DlvttM. llfal-r Again. Nw HaVkn, Cinn., April 7. Schra der the "divine healer," made his sud den appearance here yesterday, as he claims, after a fast of forty days in the mountains of New Mexico. During that time he declares that he tasted no food and that water was all that passed his lips. Already several hundred men and women an I children, most of them Italians and people of the laboring class have crowded his quarters on Meadow street, and had him pass his hands over them and give them a blessing. 01 eKInlay Takss Mo Aetlua. Washinotow, April 7. The president ha decided to take no action in tbe matter ot revoking or modifying tbe or der of Mr. Cleveland letting aside twenty-one forest reserve in the west until he aeeertaini whether oongrees will lag. lslate on the subject or not. A Jek fa BatsMweeiei Tf AinnroTO, April 7. The senate to fey confirmed tbe following nomination : Beanmle Botterworth of Ohio to U ooamlatiooer of wtoatfc A RAGING FLOOD Sue in ths the Rivers of the north Greater Thai Ever Before FLOOD IS THE GREATEST ON RECORD Iakla and Mlaa aota Suffer Mcmaly tiam .ha Devastations of Hlgk Water Kallroada Har Heavy Uh. Y ask ton, 8. D., April 8. Never be fore in tbe history if this section of the country has there occuired the flood that is now raging in the valley of the Jim river. The vast snow country, reaching far into North Dakota, is now pouring huge volumes of water down here. Reports reach here day by day of immense rises far up tbe river. Railroads have now suffered great loss bv tbe flood. Tbe Milwaukee, Northwest and Great Northern roads entering this city from the east, have miles of their road beds demolished w ith prospects of suff ring still greater loss. No trains have entered here for nearly a week, and it will probably be a month beforn railroad traffic is restored to its normal condition. Farmers are well prepared for the worst of the flood. Bicmahck, S. D., April 8. There is practically no change in the flood situa tion from yesterday. The water in the Missouri fell a foot Tuesday night. Last night the river was gradually falling. All of the lowlands are covered with water and there is no prospect of the water receding much until the gjrge below breaks. Moorhkad, Minn., April 8. The river began falling at 3 o'clock yester day morning and at 6 o'clock in the evening had fallen four inches. Then, is an immenee quantity of ice yet about five miles up theiiver. Mayor Lewis issued a call for a relief meeting. There will undoubtedly be a general response to this invitation, as tbe flooded section reveals a tad picture of desolation and ruin. Faroo, N. D , April 8 One of the saddest even's of the flood was tbe drowning yesterdav morning of Clar ence Lyon, son of Cashier S. S. Lvon of the First National bank. With two companions young Lyon rowed over the rapids formed by the water from the big Coulee over Eight street toward Red river. The boat was upset and the othrr t"0 boys reached shore, but Lyon was drowned. The hotly was recovered. Pikrre, S. D., April 8. William Be noit came in yesterday morning from the Moreau river country and estimates the loss of cattle in ,bat section at be- tween 40 and 50 per cent. The storm of : last Saturday was very severe on stock and added largely to the winter loss. He reports the river clear of ice from the mouth of the Moreau down. St. Paul, Minn., April 8. The water began lo recede at South St. Paul Tues day night, and the fears of a break in the levee are at an end. There is a strong current flowing outwards towaids the bottom lands at the south end, which ari four to six feet lower than in the yards. Attention is now being turned to setting thingi right. Couldn't K 11 illra on Tlma. Cdi.UMiiis, 0., April 8. Although Governor Bushnell yesterday afternoon refused to commute the sentence of Wil liam liars, the Cincinnati rapist and murderer, the electrocution will not take place Thursday mornin . At 3:30 yes terday afternoon, while a final test of theelectrical machinery at the peniten- tiary was being made, the dynamo j burned out. As no one was in the dy I namo room at the time of the accident J except the prisoners detailed to take care of the machinery some of the olfi I ciajS suspected the dynamo had leen tampered witn, nut tne prisoners indig nantly denied the imputation. Harry Canfleld, the electrician, thought it pos sible to repair the dvmuno so that tbe I electrocution could take place, but the probability of another accident induced l the hoard of managers to hold a confer ence with Governor Busiinelland it waB decided to grant the condemned man a respite until the dynamo could ba repaiied and tested. Contrary to previ ous custom the death warrant had been read to Haas during thi afternoon. He was found playing checkers with the other annex inmates ard when the war rant had been read resumed the game as though there had bee"n only an or dinary interruption. Haai, who is only nineteen years old, maintained his indifference during the afternoon and evening and he whs noiifie) of the respite tmtil late night. linn Li moiit IIhh u Jub. Nkw York, April 8. The Mail not lat and Express yesterday evening cays: Official confirmation was given yester day to the report that Col. Daniel 8. La mont, x -secretary of war under Presi dent Cleveland, is to be placed at the bead of (he Northern Pacific within ixty days. The title of Colonel Ia mont will be president, and it is thought that his headquarters will be in this city. Want an lnvailatlon. Austik, Tx., April 8. Yesterday al ternoon the house of the Texas legisla ture adopted a resolution instructing the Texas members of congress to de mand an investigation ol the case of Max Stewart, a Texan and a confederate veteran, who baa been sentenced un justly to be hanged. The friends of Stewart tome time ago petitioned Presi dent Cleveland to intercede in bU b. halt. Hewei emoted for hooUisi a Moskna poliooau. . atfcoKviu.Bt aVka axatArr i nan. tVaart ml OU j ws la ak Uva la Saw A KnoxvnxB, Tenn., April .Knox' ville wae visited Wednesday by tbe aeeO detractive fire in ite history, i Tbe very heart ol tbe city, inelndinf , some of tbe largest wholesale and retail , business boose in the south, were deV I mtrr .Ful Tk. I.mrn iM .. . .1 .t . -.-J from $1,000,000 to $l,X),0CO, with about 00 per cent of insurance. - The loss of life is icry unortain, as the hotel register in which fifty-sis peo pls were sleeping was burned. Tbe pro prietor of the hotel ray tbat he bad five or six guest who had not put in an appearance. A. E. H'eeks of Locke, N. York., a drummer for a Rochester stamping crmpany. is known to have perished in tbe flames. R. W, Hopkins a St. Louis drummer, was last seen in the burning building in a suffocating condition. W. H. Kepbart, ex-serre-tary of the chamber of commerce, saved the life of John Bogle, an old farmer, by Dragging him to a window- and letting him out on tbe roof of another building. Kepbart jumped oue story and was in jured. When the fi remen thought all tbe in mates of tbe hotel had escaped, a wo man, with an infant in her arms, rushed to the rear window and scaeamed for help. A net was quickly stretched and the woman asked to drop the child, but as the smoke almost chocked her, she told them tbat if she had to die both would die. The woman was finally res cued by the firemen. From the hotel building, which is five stories, the fire spread east and west, and a stiff wind made the flumes very ugly and the fire department was inade quate. In the wholesale hardware house of W. W. Woodruff & Co., a large dyna mite explosion occurred and scores of people were hurt by flying brick and glass. It became necessary at lat-t, to have the walls of one building blown down by cannon to stop the mai career of the fire. A mountain howitzer of tbe Knoxville legion wag called into play and a load of canister did the work, at the same time tearing up some resi dences in a different part of the city. OUTSIDE HELP SUMMONED. The city authorities, realiz ngtbat ths fire department was unable to conquer the flames, telegraphed to Chattanooga for assistance. An engine was placed aboard a flat) ar and started, the run of 111 miles, wh en was made by Engineer Robertson In 109 minutes, breaking the record. When the engine arrived here the fire was about under control, yet the Chattanooga boys did some good work. The liet of dead and injured so far re ported is as follows : Dead : A. E. W?eks, Locke, N. Y. R. W. HopkinB. St. Louia, Mo. Robinson, Pulaski, Term. S. E. Williams, Springfield, Maes. The injured : J. C. M. Bogle, Tennessee, burned and will die. D. M. Dean, Indianapolis. Tom 8, Peck, Morristown, Tenn, Lieutenant Hood, Knoxville police. Claude Harris, Knoxvilli. Policeman Afquith. Policeman Duncan, badly burned and was carried home. Fire Chief Mcintosh. W. H. Kephart, Knoxville. W. J. B. jan Injured. St. Augustine, Fla., April 9. Hon. W. J. Bryan was injured here Thursday evening by the caving in of the piazza from which he was speaking. Nearly 100 men and women were precipitated about twenty feet to the ground and many of them weie injured, but none fatally. Mr. Bryan was picked up un conscious and removed to a physician's office, where an examination revealed that he had received no injuries of a serious character. It was deemed best, however, ' to abandon the reception which was to have been given him this evening. Mr. Bryan addressed fully 3,000 per sons from the piazza of the San Marco hotel. At the close of hisVeeoh hun dreds of people flocked about him And so great was the strain that oue section ! of the piazza, forty feet square, fell through. Edtcn by Cannibal. Victoria, B. 0 , April 9. Australian advices state that Mr. Duncan, a white! t'ader, wbo leached Sydney from. South, Africa last year, met his death in a very painful way while trading with natives of New Hebrides, fie was tied up to a tree for three days, being kept alive and forcibly stuffed with food. He was then cut down, killed and eaten, women even joining joyfully in the cannibalistic feast. Duncan was a single man, - about ' thirty-three years of age. From those who know the New He bride, has been collected the informa tion that the natives are very treacher ous, they having on several occasions dealt murderously with European ves sels. - llarnats Makars Units BurrALo, N. Y.. April 9. The consol-, Idation of three of the largest manu'ao-' toriea ot harness in the country, those at Columbus, 0., Syracuse and Buffalo, N. Y., has been effected by the organize tien of the United Heme company. Tbe officer and factories of tbe company will be located here. Unral Rivera Vrd. Kby West, Fla., April . News was received here at a late hoar Wednesday night tbat the Cuban insurgents had mad aa attack on the train upon wbiob General Rivera was being taken frost San Cristobal to Havana. Reports say taat the Insurgent were inoceetfnl la their stuck and that General Rifeva Iwss freed. 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