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BIG DHUG FIRM FAILS.
-X/nrd , Owen & Co. , One of the
Ilounca in Cliicajjo , Forced to Wall.
Lord , Owen & Co. of Chicago , one of
the oldest wholesale dniy firms in the
West , is bankrupt. The firm confessed
insolvency in the United States District
'Court. The liabilities are fixed at $702.-
730 aud the assets at $ : )15,537. The as
sets consist principally of $123.000 worth
9-
- < f stock in the store and 815(5.000 ( in
uutstandiiiy accounts. Judge Kohlsaat
appointed John . ] . Williams receiver in
bankruptcy , and his bonds were fixed at
fiiOO,000. The members of the firm , each
holding a one-third interest , are Thomas
and George S. Lord of Bvanston and
James R. Owen. The individual debts
of Thomas Lord are placed at $37,525 ,
nnd his assets at $12-1,000. George Lord
lays he owes ? 107,2r > 0 on his own account
mid has about $121,480 assets. Mr.
Owen schedules no individual debts , and
claims exemption for his only assets
$100 worth of wearing apparel , $230 in
cash and a $5,000 life insurance policy.
Among the largest creditors of the part
nership whose names are given in the
schedules are : The Bankers' National
Bank , for ? SO.COO : Harvey B. Hurd of
Evauston. for $11(5,840V. ( ; . T. Richards
& Co. . for $102.500 ; John P. Hollings-
head & Co. of New York , for $100,000 ;
the Mercantile National Bank of New
IX'ork , for $23,000.
CARPENTER DIES WEALTHY.
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Boston Artisan , Working at Bench
Daily , Leavea $3OOOOOO.
Patrick McAIer. the famous million
aire carpenter of Boston , is dead , aged
BS years. He came from St. John , N.
15. , with $1,000 , and while working at
the bench every day amassed a fortune
of $3,000.000. He never signed : i con
tract , although he handled jobs for
buildings counting up in the thousands.
He always paid cash for everything ,
from a pound of nails to n business block
-worth $250,000. Most of his property
was located in the heart of the city aud
included some of the oldest and most
valuable pieces of real estate in Boston.
His son was not allowed to remain idle ,
but when old enough was put to work at
the bench on $15 a week.
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SETTLE STRATTON FIGHT.
Son of Millionaire Agrees to Take
$35OOOO in Cash.
County Judge Orr of Colorado Springs ,
Colo. , has agreed to approve a compro
mise that has been reached between the
Attorneys for I. Harry Stratton and those
for the executors of his father's will.
Young Stratton is to receive $350,000 in
cash. This includes his legacy of " $50-
OOO. The money will be paid at once ,
and all litigation over the estate of the
late multimillionaire mine owner , Win-
field Scott Stratton , will cease. Mr.
Stratton bequeathed the bulk of his for
tune , estimated at $15,000,000 , for the
establishment of a home for the poor in
Colorado Springs.
REFUSED MEDICINE ; IS DEAD.
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Dropsy Patient Would Not Take Hos
pital Treatment.
"Refused to take medicine" is the en
try in the records of the St. Louis city
hospital opposite the name of Henry
Leuiberger , 12 years old , who died from
dropsy. The boy's mother is a teacher
at a school conducted by Christian Sci
entists. The lad entered the hospital
March 27 , but refused medicine. He
-fought the attendants when they tried
to make him take medicine , and at times
when he was able he tried to escape
from the institution.
Orders Capture or Sinkinjrof Gnnboat.
Admiral Coghlan has ordered the
capture or sinking of the Tatambula ,
formerly a tug , now a converted gunboat
in the service of the government of
Spanish Honduras , as the resul of the
forcible detention of the Norwegian
steamer David , a merchantman in com
mand of Captain Warnecke , which ar
rived in New Orleans from Ceiba , Hon
duras.
Incendiaries nt Montgomery , Ind.
The second attempt within a week to
burn the town of Montgomery , Ind. , was
made early Monday. Just before day
light five fires were started with oil
soaked rags in as many buildings in the
business section of the town. All the
fires were extinguished without heavy
loss. The citizens have organized n vig
ilance committee and declare they will
lynch the incendiaries.
Two Shot by Hijr
John Stephens was shot and fatally
injured and Ben P. Edens was danger
ously wounded during a battle with high
waymen in the western limits of Hunt-
dngton , W. Va. Stephens had his skull
fractured by a blow. Edens leaped into
stream and escaped. ,
J Killed by City Marshal.
City Marshal S. P. Rowland of Gard
ner , Kan. , during a fight lasting half an
hour , shot and killed Bud Briggs in
Gardner while Briggs with two compan
ions was trying to secure the release of
Bstelle Briggs , a brother , whom the offi
cer had arrested for disorderly conduct.
Three Are'IJurned to Death.
Mrs. Yetta Brownstein , 30 years old ,
and her two children , Cecilia and Yetta ,
Tfcre burned to death in their home ; u
Philadelphia. Two other members of the
family are in a critical condition. The
fire was caused by tbe overturning of an
oil stove.
Threatened with Famine.
Holland is threatened with famine be
cause of the railroad strike. Peed ship
ments by land and water are practically
stopped , and sympathetic walkout of
bakers ordered. Shipowners have de
clared a general lockout.
I
mobile accident on March 10 , it is claim
ed , was a defaulter to the extent of
$150,000 or $200.000. He is said to
have swindled the estates of friends in
the East out of large sums of money.
He carried over $200.000 life insurance ,
iu order , it is said , that after his death
the estates might be able to recoup the
losses.
AFTER THE VILE 3IO : QUITOES.
Officials Watch Incoming Vessels for
Traces of Disease-Spreading 1'ests.
The watchful government ollicials sta
tioned at the several porfs where big
ocean ships come in are not confining
their attention , it appears , to thu exclu
sion of infirm , diseased , pauper , convict ,
anarchistic and yellow-skinned aliens ,
but have for some time been watching
the members of a fly-by-night class of
immigrants until recently disregarded.
These are the stegomyia fascia ! a and a
less important relative , the common cu-
lex. The invaders are perhapX better
known by their popular name , mosqui
toes. Ever since last June observations
have been made at the gulf quarantine
station under the supervision of Passed
Assistant Surgeon S. 15. Grubbs , every
vessel arriving from ports where the
stegomyia , the yellow fever bearing mos
quito , prevails , has been carefully exam
ined to ascertain whether mosquitoes are
on board and , if so , their variety , whore
and when they took passage and under
what conditions. The inspector is armed
for this work with a cyanide killing bottle
tle and a sheet of questions for the cap
tain to answer.
GIVES $3,000,000 TO CHARITY.
I e risla.ture Rushes Throiich Act to
Make Woman's Will Valid.
The unusual spectacle of a State Leg
islature passing a bill under suspension
of the rules in order to validate the will
of a woman on her deathbed has been
witnessed in Minnesota , although few
legislators knew the nature of the work
they were doing. The case uas that of
Mrs. A. H. Wilder , mother of Mrs. A. V.
Appleby , who died recently. The moth
er was known to have drawn a will con
taining charitable bequests of $3,000,000.
She was taken ill and knowing the na
ture of her will prominent attorneys in
duced the Legislature to rush through a
bill reviving the law of "uses and trusts , "
as in old English law. The House passed
the bill. The measure went to the Sen
ate , which passed it under suspension of
the rules , and Governor Van Sant im
mediately affixed his signature and it
became a law. Twelve hours later Mrs.
Wilder died.
HATCHET MAY 15E HISTORIC.
Quaint Old Weapon Found in Ceiling
of Georsre Washington's Home.
The House in Fredericksburg , Va. ,
occupied by Mary Washington , mother
of George Washington , during the Revo
lution and his presidency is being con
verted into the Mary Washington Hos
pital , fn removing a ceiling a quaintly
shaped hatchet was found of ancient
type. George Washington was grown
before his mother owned the house , how
ever , and there seems little likelihood
that this was the famous hatchet con
nected with the no less famous cherry
tree.
Thirteen Are Reported Killed.
Meager information has been received
regarding a cyclone which passed a mile
north of Hanceville , Ala. Persons on
the Louisville and Nashville accommo
dation train from Decatur , which passed
the scene of the disaster , say that thir
teen dead bodies are reported to have
been found and that about twenty-five
persons were injured and many farm
houses destroyed.
Elections in Ohio and Michigan.
M. E. Ingalls was defeated for Mayor
of Cincinnati by Julius Fleischmaun ,
Republican ; Tom L. Johnson and Demo
cratic city ticket was elected at Cleve
land ; Sam Jones , non-partisan , and Re
publican ticket , at Toledo ; Michigan
Republican State ticket was elected by
35,000 plurality.
Bible Barred in California.
Attorney General Webb of California
has rendered an opinion declaring the
use of the Bible in the public schools to
be unconstitutional. Not only may teach
ers not use the scriptures as a text book ,
but even reading from them , as is the
custom frequently at the opening exer
cises , is barred.
Offers Post to HefFelfinger.
It transpires that President Roosevelt
in the course of his recent stay in Min
neapolis offered the vacancy in the Civil
Service Commission to W. W. Heffel-
flngpr. the famous Yale guard and now
a leading citizen of Minneapolis. Mr.
Heffelfinger has not yet given his an
swer.
Triei New Method o Suicide.
Mrs. Mary Phillips , 27 years old , at
tempted suicide at St. Paul by swallow
ing pennies. She took at least half a
dozen of them , and. failing to end her
life in this way , she drank carbolic acid.
She was hurried to the hospital and will
recover. She is hopelessly insane.
Hich Fine for Cigarettes.
Governor Penny packer , of Pennsyl
vania , has signed the act of the Legis
lature prohibiting the sale of cigarettes
or cigarette paper to any person under
21 years of age. The penalty for viola
tion of the act is a fine of from $100
to $300.
James H. Tillman Indtcted.
The grand jury returned a true bill
against James H. Tillman , charging him
with the murder of N. G. Gonzales last
January. In the indictment also occurs
the charge of carrying concealed weap-
one.
POISON KILLS DUKE'S KIN ,
G. II. Guest , Said to Be Chicago n and
Related to Marlboroiijrh , Dead.
George H. Guest , a civil engineer ,
whose home is thought to be in Chicago ,
and who may be a relative of the Duke
of Marlborough , died at the Blossom
House in Kansas City from the effects
oT morphine. Whether lie took the drug
with suicidal intent or by accident is a
mystery. Guest arrived in Kansas City
March 31. From letters found in his
possession it was learned that he was
on his way to Little Rock. Ark. , where
he was to work as a draughtsman for
the Rock Island Railway. Why he
stayed in Kansas City is a mystery. Sev
eral newspaper clippings found in the
man's pocketbook indicate that he may
have had titled relatives. One clipping
from a New York paper referred to I he
"Hon. Lionel Guest , sou of Lord Wil-
bourne and first cousin to the Duke of
Marlborough. " was was at the Waldorf-
Astoria Hotel. Another clipping refer
red to "Lieut. G. Guest of London , " who
had arrived in New York.
JOHN BROWN'S COTTAGE BURNED.
Old Home of Abolitionist atTnbor , la. ,
Is Destroyed.
The small cottage in which John
Braowu , the abolitionist , lived for sev
eral years in the 50's , and which was
used as the headquarters of his under
ground railroad for the helping of run
away slaves , burned at Tabor , Iowa. In
connection with his headquarters in Ta
bor , Brown organized a military school
in which his sympathizers were taught
the manual of arms , the knowledge to
be used in an uprising which never oc
curred. From this building Brown di
rected his companions in running away
slaves , who were taken through various
resting places , traveling at night only ,
to the Canadian border and freedom.
The building was one of the show places
of the town , although small and dilapi
dated.
SUSPENDED BY RED CROSS.
Prominent Washington Members Are
Ousted by Clara Barton.
Walter P. Phillips , a member of Clara
Barton's inner board of control of die
Red Cross Society , has issued an an
nouncement that the executive commit
tee of the society has suspended from
membership what is known as the Wash
ington "minority , " or those members
who have been trying to oust Miss Bar
ton from the presidency. Among ihe
Washingtonians suspended are Gen. John
M. Wilson , W. K. Van Reypen , surgeon
general of the navy ; John W. Foster ,
former Secretary of State ; Harriet
Blaine Beale , Anna Roosevelt Cowles ,
sister of President Roosevelt , and Hilary
A. Herbert , former Secretary of the
Navy.
INDIANS FLEE TO THE HILLS.
Government Will Have Trouble in
Moving Them from Warner Ranch.
The Warner ranch Indians , near San
Bernardino , Cal. , are fleeing to the hills
to escape eviction. Albert Juan , an In
dian interpreter , who has just returned
from the ranch , states that there is very
little hope of the Indians submitting
quietly to be carted off from Agua Cali-
ente , and that they are now leaving the
reservation and the commissioners v. ill
find no one to move when they arrive.
Juan intimates that before the Indians
leave they will demand the payment of
$50,000 for improvements made on the
ranch.
Drive Mob iu the Streets.
A body of police officers marching in
solid front from curb to curb drove 1,000
noisy Greek millworkers through the
streets of Lowell , Mass. , for nearly a
mile Tuesday night and prevented what
might have developed into a riot growing
out of the return to work of a number
of ring spinners of the Lawrence Hosiery
Company who left work in sympathy
with the strike order of the Textile
Council.
Killed by a Foiling Tree.
One fatality and considerable loss of
property resulted from a windstorm
which visited the vicinity of Appleton ,
Wis. Percy M. Clark , civil engineer of
the Chicago and Northwestern Railway ,
was struck by a falling tree and killed ,
about thirty miles north of Appleton.
Property losses throughout the county
will aggregate several thousand dollars.
Washington , Ind. , Hotel Burns.
The Walters Hotel at Washington ,
Ind. , burned , the fire being of incendiary
origin. Twenty guests barely escaped
with their lives. Harry Kramer , a rail
road man , carried Mrs. John Harlan from
the building after she had been overcome
by smoke. Mrs. Lucy Trainer jumped
from the second-story window with her
boy in her arms.
May Need an Extra Session.
The regular session of the Fourteenth
Colorado General Assembly came to a
close by constitutional limitation. The
general appropriation bill was passed by
the Senate after the adjournment the
House. Some members claim that for
this reason it is illegal and an extra ses
sion will be necessary.
Claims S1,000OOO on Patent.
An attachment amounting to $1,000-
000 has been served on the United Shoe
Machinery Company in a suit instituted
by Harry E. Cilley of Boston in the
United States District Court in Boston.
Cilley claims damages for infringement
of patent.
Will of O. H. Swift.
The will of Gustavus H. Swift , of
Chicago , filed for probate , disposes of
$12,000,000 estate ; $250,000 is to be
distributed b the widow to charities :
the balance is left to her and the chil
dren after special bequest * are paid.
A GUEST OF LABOR UNIONS
WorWngmeaof Butte. Mont , wll Entertali
tlic Presi ent
Butte , Mont , Ap-il2 21. President
Roosevelt will be the guest of Butte'
[ abor Unions during a part of tbe
time he expects to stay here May 27.
Eebas ; accepted the invitation of
the Silver Bow trades and labor ns-
lemly. Immediately upon the receipt
of the invitation Private Secretary
Loeb drove ten miles to where the
President was and laid the matter be
fore him. When Malcom Gilis of
the labor unions' committee , arrived
in Cinnabar , Secretary Loeb had re-
hirned and informed the labor repre-
lentative that the president was
[ leased to accept the invitation. * In
ill oreparations will be made to en
tertain thejpresi den tat assembly gar-
len. j
Elder Vanderbilt to Wed.
New York , April 21 It is reported
nere says tne Paris correspondent of
! The American , that William K.Van-
derbilt is to be married here quietly
i > n Wednesday to a young American
ivid w , to whom he had been recent
ly paying atten"ion.
The name of the bride to-be , who
h at present living in Paris , is kept
n secret. She is reported to have vis- ,
jted New York a year ago , where she
tvas entertained by her sister , an un-
. tnarried woman who is in the secret ]
fif the approaching marriage , to the ,
inclusion of Mr. Vanderbilt's rela
tives in New Yortc.
Poison In Can of Peaches
DCS Moincs April 21 Asa result ol
R ptomaine poisoning , caused by eat
ing from a can of peeachestwo mem-
l-ers of the family of L. H. Evans a
| > ritnt right attorneyresiding at 317 ,
iSast Twelfth street , are dead and
live are ill.
Earl aged five , died on Friday , and
Eva , aged four , passed away Monday
inorning. An nquest was called and
ti p > rtion of tbe peaches submitted
f'o State Chemist Marcey for an anal-
{ sis. The peaches were purchased
from a neighboring grocery. The
bumming members of the family will
Recover.
Sheepmen Ready for War.
Cheyenne. Wyo. , April 21 The
jhcopmen of the Sweetwater country
have declared open war on tbe caitfe-
fien and a clash is imminent unless
S-cps ( are at once taken to get the
warring factions'together on apprsi-
lion of a satisfactory division of the
ranges of that section.
Information from Lander is to tbe
effect that I he malitla there may be
callnd out to prevent a general fight
find much bloodshed. Sheriff Charles
Slough of Lander , has gone to the ,
tange country land if he finds thei
fcond i I iaon of affairs as alarming as' '
reported he will immediately make a
formal request of Governor Richards
for ' at least one company of the state
nilitia.
Trolly Car Ran Away ,
Pittsburg , Pa. April 21 Because
( in electric brake refused' to work a
fcrowded western avenue car of the
tittsburg Eailway company ran away
on Federal street , Allegheny , wreck
ing a carriagehroke through the safe
tv gates of the Fort Wayne railroad ,
Herailiner a fast moving freight train
and then went to pieces. Almost all
ihe forty-three passengers aboard the
L'ar were hurt , th ugh only one fa
tally. When the motorman tried to
inake the safety stop on the steep
p-ade at Stockton avenue he found
the power hrake useless and the car
beyond ' control. It had about 125
yards to go before reaching the gates
of the railroad which were down to
let a freight train pass. The big car
fained rndL-ntum every second.
v Harry Catlin was trying to get his
rarriage off tbe track but failed and
ft was wrecked completly. The car
llashed through the safety gates ,
[ . truck an empty refrigerator car on
the moving freight train , turned it
n vei and derailed several other cars.
? this time the trollev was a wreck
Itself and its passengers were strewn
fn all directions , the wonder being
'hat there were not any fatalities.
Death Claimed Them Both.
New York , April 21 Frank J.
Feeley and his wife * quarreled on ( he
street today and less than an Ivur
later both of their bodies were taken
Dut of the North river The police
pelieve that the woman cnmmittedj i
suicide ' : ind that the husband was'
'drowned in trying to rescue her.
The couple had qunrreled early in
the day in their appartments and
both left the house , the wife writing
a note threatening suicide. Whrni
Feeley returned he read the note and
ushed from the house , overt'rk hi-
jrife with the result that the quarrel
was renewed. A policeman inter-
feared and the woman breaking away
from her husband , ran to the river
imd Jumped in. Her husband dived
after her. but both weie cauerht un-
? r some barges and drowned.
Fatal Tornado In Kansas
c
Topeka , Kas. , April 21 Word has
t
lust reached here of a tornado at St
i
Paul , Neosho county , Saturday night i
which destroyed a great amount of
property aed injured five people , fouri
bf whom cannot recover. Mrs. David 1
phambers and three members or a 1
fierman family named Longham will 1
Jfe , it is thought. David Chambers
as bruises of a severe character wh ile 1
several other persons sustained miner
( n juries. " I
Notes
The death of Chaplain Henry Mas-
terman of Farragut post G. A E. , of
Lincoln , will cause sorrow among his
old corarads all over Nebraska , for he
ivas one of the most notable of all
the veterans of the civil war in the
feiate. The stories that are told of
him are legion * About twenty years
ago Mr Mastcrman complained that
be was greatly handicapped in the
camp lires by tde fact/ that he held
the uosition of chaplain. Some of
the boys had been telling rather able
stories of their experiences and he
said that so long as he was chaplain
he couldn't keep within gun shot of
them. "If I wasn't chaplain , " he
Said in one meeting. "I could tell
you some interestiug stories , but on
account of my ollice it is necessary fur
me to stick to the truth . " Then he
told of his exciting experience when
he had charge of a wagon load of loose
powder which he was carting across
the zone of fire to one of the batter
ies. He was very much afraid that
the powder would lake lire , and in
bpite of all his precautions a shell fell
into the wagon box and exploded.
' That was about the liveliest time I
cvi r had in my life , " the veteran
ihanlain declared , "for the plageJy
stutr took lire and more'n a bushel of
it must have burned up before I could
.tamp it out. "
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The two -year old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jesse Newton of Wymore
was found dead in bed Monday moin-
ing. The child had suffered an attacK -
tac-K of measles but was thought to
he recovering. Some time during
Sunday night the baby was found to
be quite cold , and was taken in bed
with her parents , where she was
warmed. She then insisted that she
should be allowed to return to her
bed with her little brother until her
parents consented. They took her to
her bed and covered her un warmly.
In the morning \\hen 'they went to'
the bed they found she was a corpse.
Both the father and mother are nearly -
ly heartbroken.
The linemen of the Tcpeka Tele
phone company wno live in the vi
cinity of Beatrice are still idle on
account of the strike. An employe
of the local exchange , named Lawson
who is employd as collector and telephone - .
phone repairer was put to work this
morning i with one helper on line work
but was speedily requested to desist
by the union strikers , which he did.
The independent Telephone company
which has secured a firm foothold in
Beatrice is taking considerable in
terest in the strike. Several outside
officials of that company were seen
talking to the striking linemen butt
'
what passed between them is a mat-
Ler of question. Anyhow the line-1
men do not seem to be uneasy about
the results of the strike and it is a
possibility that he Independent Tel
ephone company may be directly in
terested in it.
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Daniel M. Logan , who shot and
killed Charles Cbrisenson at Hol-1
brook on Aoril 1 over an account ofj
810 had his preliminary hearing in ;
county court here. lie was bound )
ocr to the district court , which'
will convene June 1. Three eyewit
nesses testified to the shooting ai d
aH agreed as to the details of the
affair. Loaan is an old man and is
gieatly depressed over his trouble.
Home apprehnsion has been entertain
ed for his health and by advice of the
county physician his jailer has given ,
him daily exercise. This has beenj
objected to by the people of Holbrookj
where feeling against him has been
very strong.
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Jess Calkins a bell boy at the Lin-
Oel hotel of Lincoln , was arrested
Monday afternoon on complaint
Sworn out by Detective Bently. The
youth is charged with "swiping" ar
ticles of small value.
The governor yesterday appointed
J. W. Steinhart , of Nebraska City ,
a member of the board of trutees of ;
the Institute for the Blind at Nebraska - ,
braska City. This position was made.
vacant by the death of C. G. Ell- '
wangger.
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A lighetd lamp settting in the
draft near a broken window in the
Commercial hotel , at Elk Creek , ex
ploded Tuesday night. The oil took
fire and in an instant the entire
room was ablaze entailing a loss of
8150 to furinture and $25 to the buildings - ' i
ings before it could be extinguished.
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Mr and Mrs. E. E. Mentkin , re
siding seven miles northeast of Fre
mont , celebrated their silver wedding
anniversary Saturday by entertain
ing two hundred of vheir relatives
and friends at one of the biggest
functons ever given in their neigh
borhood. Card playing and dancing
furnished the pastime between the
four sumptuous feasts. Music , was
furnished by the Uickerson military
band , ,
A SHOCKING DEATH
Burned Herself to Death With Kcrosie
Responsible For It i
Ashland , Neb. . April 22. Mrs .Ai
G. Bentz , who succeeded in killln |
herself Tu esday , will be buried tot
morrow in the Ashland cemetery !
Her husband is a prosperous farmer ,
living near Memphis and there is a
large family of grown up children.
All the home life and family con ?
nections seem to be pleasant witlj
nothing to cause insanity.
Her death was a shocking one
Several months ago she beg n to
show a tendency to take her I * ? ; . . , an < | ,
after some earnest attempts she was
placed in the insane hospital at Lin
coln. It is only a few weeks sinca
she was brought home and while ib
was hoped that she was cured , a very
close watch was kepc over her-by the
family , but yesterday morning he *
opportunity came. She slipped into
the cob house where the kerosene can
stood , pouied oil all over her clothes
and over a quilt.whieh she wrapped
a round her and set them on fire. As
the flames llarctl up around her sha
ran ouc screaming around the house.
A soninlaw seized her and tore off
the burning clothes. Medical aid
was obtained and everything done to
save her life but she died about 5 ,
o'clock. After being taken into tha
bouse she was very anxious to have
the fire in tue cob house extinguished
in order no& to burn down the resi
dence , and other buildings. DuringU
all the hours of her suffering she
never uttered a scream or a wordbud
bore it all without a murmur.
Want Chinamen for nines
SanFrancisco Cal , . April 22. That
feasibility of importing Chinese la
borers to work in the gold mines ofi
the transvaal is a question which H. '
Ross Kinner and IJ. H. Noyes , at >
present in the city , are now on their
way to the orient to investigate. 3
"Since the close of the Boer war' * :
said Mr. Noyes. "mining in South
Africa has gone ahead with tremendous
deus strides , but the future develope-
ments of the industry is seriously
hampered by the want of cheap laborv
There is not sufficient Kaffir labor to
operate the mines , and the Chamber
of Mines of South Africa , has , ac
cordingly undertaken the feasibility
of importing Chinese labor.
"The idea of employing white la
bor is out of the question. White
men will not work alongside of Kaffirs
We think , however , that under wise
governmental regulations , we will be
able to get sufficient Chinese labor to
mee : the conditions. Mr. Skinner
and myself are now on our way to
the orient to report to the chamber
of mines on the capabilities of the
Chinese worker. '
"At the present time I think 100- ,
000 Chinese laborers could be profita ;
bly employed in the South African
mines. To overcome political ob
jections , it is proposed that Chinese
shall be indentured in China and
taken to South Africa for a term of
years and upon the expiration of their
fixed term" of service will be returned-
to their homes.
Work on Alaska Cable
JSan Francisco , April 22. Jame&
Allen has returned from the nortt
M
where be went to attend to matters
connected with the laying of the new
Alaskan cable. He said today thate
the first half of the cable , which is ;
being made in New York , will arrive ,
at Seattle August 1. The second balfj
will reach its destination about October - .
tober 1. The cable ship Burnside.j
which is now undergoing repairs at' '
Hong Kong , may not get here unlilj
early in July. 'Sue will go to Sitkaj
making soundings south Irom there ,
and then will lay the first part ofj
the cable from Juonea , which will be *
cut in and connected with the newi
military post at ; Haines } Landing , sot
that the new cable connecting Skag-j
way and Sitka will also bring Sitka
' into cornmuni-J
and Haines' Landing -
cation.
Colonel Allen says that the princi
ple cause of delay is the non-arrivalj
of the cable , but "the work will ba
completed late in the fall , .
Soldiers Sentenced to Die
Pretoria , April 22. Five privat > ,
soldiers belonging to the Leinster ;
regiment tjday were sentenced to ,
death in the supreme court in con-j
nection with a ri'jt which took place-
at the barracks May 28. When the *
military police attempted to arrest a >
number of drunken suldiers the latter -
(
ter , reinforced by some of their cam- ;
radea , fire on the police. One.ofj
the latter , a member of the Leinsteq
regiment , was killed and sixteen ;
men were injured.