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V- w!:'JMTs ?Z "tft. ijff8 ss5rj?ej r ' s - - J' 0nrm . : VOLUME XXXIV. NUMBER . COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 3. 1903. WHOLE NUMBER 1.725. Ka.- v-":L"s ' J : THE EARTHQUAKE IT SWALLOWS TWO THOUSAND J HUMANS. A TOWN TOTALLY DESTROYED A Settlement in the Valley ef the Eu- j ph rates Chcaen for Destruction Shcck Lasts Thirty Seconds, but - that is Sufficient fcr Devastation. CONSTANTINOPLE Advices that reached here from Asiatic Turkey show that a terrible earthquake oc curred April 23 at Melazzherd. in the valley of Erzeroum. on the Euphrates. The wxn was totally destroyed, -with its entire population, nnmbennz 2.000 souls, including 700 Armenians, as well as the troops forming the garrison of "Melazsherd. "in addition, over 400 houses in the neighboring villages col lapsed. A somewhat severe earthquake shock wt5 felt here, but no damage was done. The foreign offlce here received some details from the British consul at Erzeroum rpcardme the recent earthquake at Melazeherd. according to which a stronz shook, lasting thirty seconds, was felt on the morning of April 23, throughout the entire district b'efween Lake Van and the Russian frontier, and as far -ast as Kharput. The town of Mlazgherd. consisting cf 500 houses, was destroyed and much havoc was wrouzht in the sur roundinz viilazes. Colonel Khalil 3ey. commanding the garrison of Jle lazgherd. with his whole family, three other officers and eighty soldiers per ished in the rums. Lieutenant Colo nel Tayib Bey. whose family perished, became insane. The telegraph operator who sent the news of the catastrophe said he him self was badly injured and that his wife and sister had been killed. The foreign office has appealed for . subscriptions for the relief of the des titute of the Melazgherd district. WASHINGTON Vice Consul Ojal vo at Erzeroum. Turkey, reports to the state department that an earth quake in the canton of Melazgherd. district of Fitlis. ou the 29tn ult caus ed the death of 500 persons and left the city in rums. SHAW STARTS FOR THE WEST After Touring Iowa Will Attend Cor nell Commencement. "WASHINGTON Secretary Shaw left Washington today for Chicago. On June 2 he will join the president at Council Bluffs, la., and accompany him to Denison, the secretary's home town, and probably remain with the party durinc the trip through the state. On June 17 the secretary will attend the commencement exercises of the Cornell college at Mount Ver non, la., his alma mater. His daugh ter Enidia is a member of the grad uating class. Two days later the sec retary will deliver an address to the graduating class in the Armour In stitute of Technology at Chicago. LOVING CUP FOR DE YOUNG. Way in Whicn He Handled Rocsevelt Functions Recognized. SAN FRANCISCO A pleasing sequel to President Roosevelt's visit to San Francisco was a banquet to M. K. De Young Thursday nizht. He was the honored guest of the executive committee of the recent Roosevelt reception. During the even ing eclat was given the occasion by the presentation to him of a large silver loving cup. The motive of the presentation was told by the inscrip tion, as follows: "A Fouvenir from the citizens" com mittee to the Hon. 31 D De Young, in acknowledgment of his executive ability and the masterly and success ful manner in vinch he handled the functions given in honor of the visit of President Roosevelt to San Fran cisco, May. 1303. Editcr Describes Seen- at Pauline. LAWRENCE, Neb Editor D. Liv ingston of the Locomotive, who re turned from the vicinity of Sundays tornado near Pauline, says the scene was almost beyond description. The bodies of the victims were fearfully mangled. One woman's head was mashed to a pulp, and the others had almost every bone In their bodies broken. Editor Livingston says the funeral ef the victims held in the little church was a most impressive and sad affair The wreck of the buildings was most complete, and the lumber and contents were found in all sorts cf places. Mr. Wu Gets New Job. PEKIN An imperial edict issued here appoints Wu Ting Fane, the for mer Chinese minister at "Washington. to be a member of the foreign office. His rank win be ielaw that of the five officials designated in the proto ccL Eleven Children Drown. POSEN A ferryman and eievm childrcr. were dro"?Tied as tha result cf tht capsizing ei a ferryboat on the river Warthe. near DerLro Five Years for Hannigan. ST. LOOS. 3Io. Five years in the penitentiary was the verdict returnee by the jury in the bribery case of J. J. Hannigan. a former member in the house of delegates. Wa?mtg -ws found guilty of accepting a bribe in connection with the passage of the Suburban railway bilL When the ver dict was announced Hannigan made no sign cf concern. He is the eighteenth man tried on charges resulting froa the local boodle mvesugation. IMMENSE IRRIGATION DAM. Geelsftcal Survey Completes Plans for the Same. WASHINGTON The Geological surrey has had prepared a model of the extensive dam to be constructed on Salt river, sixty-five miles above Phoenix. Ariz. This dam will be among the first and also among the largest irrigation enterprises to be undertaken by the government under the new law. The model shows the exact pro portions of the dam, which is to be 1SS feet thick at the base. 830 feet long at the top, and 250 feet high. It will contain 1L600.000 cubic feet of masonry. The reservoir to be constructed will drain over 6,000 square miles of territory and add 300.000 acres to the tillable area in the vicinity of Phoenix. ORDER IN BEEP TRUST CASE. Restrained from Violating the Sher man Anti-Trust Law. CHICAGO. I1L Judge Grosscup in the federal court Tuesday entereu the final order in the bef trust case, re straining the packers from combining to regulate the trade. The order cov ers all the points in the previous de cision and is received as a complete victory for the government. An appeal will be taken. The order covers all the large pack ing concerns doing business in this district and in substance permanently enjoins them from doing anything in violation of the Sherman anti-trust act. The name of the late Gustavus F. Swift was eliminated from the list, though the firm of Swift & Co. is still covered by the decree. THE DEADLY AUTOMOBILE. Six are Killed, Two Fatally and Ten Others Badly Injured. PARIS It is now possible to as semble from the many reports along J the route of the first stage of the Paris-Madrid automobile race a com plete list of casualties. This shows six persons killed, two so dangerously injured that they may die and ten seriously injured. During the day it was asserted here that seventeen persons had been killed and that seventeen were injured, but this was not warranted. Estate of $60000,000. PITTSBURG. Pa. The will of Ben jamin F Jones, the well known steel ' manufacturer, was filed for probate. No estimate is made of the value of the estate, but it is said to be not less than $60,000,000. The widow is to get ' the bulk of the estate, the bal-1 ance to go to four children. On Mrs. Jones death the balance is to be divided each year among the four children. On the death of the four children the principal is to be divided equally among all the testa tor's grandchildren. OKLAHOMA IS IN BAD SHAPE- Crops in Many Localities Are Totally Destroyed. GUTHRIE. O. T. Official reports from Anadarko to territorial officials place the flood losses at three times that of any former year There will be no trains over the 'Frisco. Choctaw. Enid & Anadarko and Rock Island rail road in that vicinity under ten or twenty days. From Hobart the estimate of losses is placed at S500.000 All telephone and telegraph lines are down and thirty-two miles of the Rock Island tracks are ou between Kobarr and Anadarko The Rock Island's loss art Hobart is 3250,000 and the 'Frisco's S30.0V) The wheat and oats crops in that vicinity are total failures as a result of the terrific hail storms. Chicago Faces Hunger. CHICAGO. III. The breach between the restaurant employes and the own ers association opened wide Thurs day.. The joint board of the eight un ions making demands have opeaed strike headquarters and appointed committees to arrange for the handling of pickets. The unions declare a gen eral walkout will occur Monday in all places where the union scale has not oeen signed. Lawrence Suecceca Miller. WASHINGTON. D. a Edward ,W. Lawrence of Rutland. Vt was on Wednesday appointed assistant attor ney general for the postoffice de partment to succeed Daniel V. Miller, recently removed. Mr Lawrence is ' a member of the Vermont bar. The : investigation of affairs in the assist-1 ant attorney general's office continues. Both Sidss Get Divorces. LONDON Lady Margaret Cowell- Stepney. daughter of Lord de Tabley. was granted a judicial separation from her husband. Sir Arthur Coweil-Step- ney. on the ground of desertion. The baronet, who is a former member of parliament and a wealthy landed pro prietor of Wales, is now in Boise City. Idaho, wehre he recently re nounced his title and became an r: American citizen and also secured a divorce there. Against a Consolidation. LEXINGTON". Va The Southern Presbyterian general assembly decid ed against consolidating the offices of the general superintendemt of Sunday schools and young people's societies. The report of the committee on the ological seminaries, which was adopt ed, showed that the character of the work of the student bodies of these institutions have teen highly satisfac tory. This year there will be thirty iine a-ra&Kes. IOWA IS SMITTEN STORM FIEND BRINGS DEATH AND DESTRUCTION. SERIAL DEAD AT CLEMWIOD Scfcaol ef the Feeble Minded Stmck With Deadly Effect Ocs Mmet ami Buxton AIm Sufferers From the Elements. DES MOINES la. Iowa has bees storm swept for the past twenty-four hours. Three tornadoes caused the loss of six lives, the fatal injury of three persons and the serious injury of a score more, besides great prop erty loss. The dead at Glenwood are: Maggie Blettner Adaza, la.; Hazel Wright, Adaza, la. The dead near .fluxtmu. Georgia, Blakealey .Herbert Rhodes. The dead at South Des Moines are Russell A. Knauff, aged 30; Floyd Knaoft. his S-months-old son. Injured at Glenwood: -Mary Eck ert, Annie Delaney, Myrtle Dickinson. Etta Newton. Harrison Johnson and Roll Rathbone. The injured near Buxton: Molietas Rhodes, fatally; Mollie Rhodes, fatal ly: Eliza Blakesley, Seward, Lucy. George and Addison Rhodes, Buddie Reasby and Mary Walker. The injured at South Des Moines: Mrs. Knauff. bruised and cut: Mrs. Margaret Barston. skull injured by falling brick: Charles McNutt. hurt by falling tree; Mrs. John McCoy, breast and head cut by flying glass. The victims at Glenwood were all inmates of the school for the feeble minded, where the storm struck at 9:30 p. m. The tornado struck the girls' dormitory, commonly known as the old building, first. The roof was torn oft. and. with a terrible crash, fell back again upon the wrecked building. All the buildings of the group, including the hospital, dormi tory. boy3' building, custodian's build ing, farm colleges and the boiler room were more or less damaged by the storm. The superintendent estimates that the loss will be at least $75,000. The buildings of the institution are situated on a slight raise and were a mark for the heavy wind which swept down upon them with terrible fury. The eleven girls who were injured are being cared for in the hospital, which is practically intact. The tornado near Buxton struck, at about 9 30 p. m. near what is known as No. 10 Junction, a mining settle ment. All the victims were colored. The storm came from the southwest and the destructive wind seemed to descend suddenly from a great bank of clouds which was sweeping toward the northwest. The houses occupied by the Rhodes and Blakeleys were smashed to kindling wood. Half a dozen boxes were shattered and scattered over the surrounding country. From all sections of the state come reports of exceptionally heavy rain fall, accompanied in most cases by severe wind and lightning. In the northern part of Iowa there was a fall of hail in such size that lambs, calves and pigs are reported killed and in another case a horse. Rivers are swollen out of the banks everywhere. The flood is at its crest in northwest Iowa. Numerous wash outs are reported in that section, and two railroad wrecks due to that cause were attended with one death each. Wires are prostrated so generally as to preclude obtaining particulars. Insurgents Badly Defeated. MANILA Lieutenant Javier, com manding a force of constabulary and volnntters, has defeated 200 fanatical insurgents in the island r.f Cebu. kill ing sixty-eight of them an.I capturing twenty-nine- The fight occurred in the mountains of Takogan. No de tails of the engagement have bee a re ceived and the government losses are rot known. Mrs. Tibbies Dead. BANCROFT, Neb. Mrs. T. H. Tib bies, well known as a correspondent and writer, under the name of "Bright Eyes." died at her home near this place Tuesday night. Her hus band. T. H. Tibbies, was formerly connected with the Nebraska Inde pendent. King Alfonso Is Enriched. LONDON. A special dispatch from Madrid says: King Alfonso has inher ited f7.500.000 under the will cf his grandfather. King Francis. The will was opened about a month ago in ac cordance with the desire of King Francis that it should not be read un til twelve months after his death. Buried the Wrong Man. KANSAS CITT. Mo. A curious complication over the suicide of George Littleton in St. Joseph. May 1. by drowning in the Missouri river, has arisen. The identified body of Littleton was found in the Missouri river at Atchison. Kas- Saturday and buried by relatives at De Kalb, Mc but Wednesday a floater was picked up in Kansas City, with papers on it showing it to be the body of Little ton. Ten Cases ef Plague. SANTIAGO DE CHILE The report that cases of bubonic plague had been discovered at the seaport of Iquique is confirmed. There were tsa. cases Monday, six of which were fa tal. The disease was brought to Iquique in a cargo of rice from India. Exntkit ef Irish industries. LONDON The Irish department of agriculture has decided to organize a special exhibit of Irish industries for the St. Louis expositlsz. CRITAtN LZFT BCH1NO. BBnfBBBBBV.4c J 'BSBa SrfSBBBBBBBsV i vSFJtV flit rfBflsaaaswvrJrvv' BBBa. BBBBBBBBBBBTrBi a .sBBlT. u I m 5?S8BBBBK7"TawiBBaVBr BBBaWaBBBrvA "3"bssT.. j p"" "a"BaHssB asBsr sBss s3""sjaO5sBE5&S "Wash-rrgrsn the Proper Capital cf drew Carnegie. RECLAIMING OF ARID LANDS. Expenditures in Past Two Years Were $7,53033. WASHINGTON, D. C. Commission er Rirhards of the general land office has had prepared a statement giving the exact amount of the fund set apart for the reclamation of arid lands un der the irrigation act of 1302. It shows a total of J7.530.33S for the fis cal years 1901 and 1902. distributed among the states and territories as follows: Arizona. $81,773; California. $303, 270; Colorado. $628,995; Idaho, $507, 448; Kansas, $49,135; Montana. $772. 377; Nebraska. $235.194 ; Nevada. $23. 414; New Mexico, $147,237; North Da kota. $1,227,496; Oklahoma. $1,008,795, Oregon. $910,961. South Dakota. $307. 562; Utah, $146.5524. Washington. $734,088; Wyoming. $385,762. The total for 1901 was $3J.44,S61 and. for 19L-2 $4,565,516. The returns of tne sale of public lands for the fir3t threa quarters of the present fiscal year indicate hat the receipts will be about eiiial to the two preceding years, so tha; by J.ily 1 next the" irrigation fund in the treas ury department will amount to about $15,000,000. BOILER MAKERS GO TO WORK. Old Union Pacific Employes Return to the Shops. OMAHA After being out on strike for over eleven months Union Pa cific boiler makers returned to work Thursday morning, at least some of them. This is the ultimate result of the conrerence in New York with President Burt whereby a settlement was effected and the immediate out come of a conference Wednesday aft ernoon with Superintendent McKeen of the motive power department, when minor differences arising since the New York conference were disposed ot. Forty-five boiler makers and their helpers went out of the local shops June IS of last year. Thirty-six on vednesday went down to the shops and reported to Master Mechanic Thompson and re-entered the com pany's employ. Veterans N?me New Haven. WASHINGTON Colonel E. 31. Urel. commander-in-chief of the Span ish War Veterans, announced Wed nesday that the national encampment this year would be held in New Ha ven. Conn. The dates have not been fixed definitely, but they probably will be September 28-30. It is expected that President Roosevelt will attend the encampment. The cities which were candidates for the encampment were Cleveland. Asheville and New, Haven. Tragedy at a Wedding Ball. ARRAS. France A wedding party at the Citadel barracks here Tuesday. night ended tragically with the deatt of three women and the injury of twenty-seven other persons. At the dance following the wedding a lamp was overturned and set fire to the deco rative hangings. A panic ensued, the doors were blocked and thre of the women were unable to escape and per ished in the flames. Rockefeller Helps Y. M. C. A. WASHINGTON The Post will an nounce Monday that John D. Rocke feller has given $50,000 to the Wash- ingtcn Young Men's Christian asso-' tiation. This announcement has been made by Mr Rockefeller thrcugh HI B. Macfariand, president of thef Board of District Commissioners. ' The gift is conditioned on the com pletion cf a canvass for $300,000 for use of the association before Jan uary 1. 1904. Dr. Wendt Takes His Life. PARIS. Dr. E. Charles Wendt cf New York shot and killed himself, with s pistol in his apartments here Temporary aberration of mind is sup posed to be the cause. Trampled ta Death in Car. CHEYENNE. Wyo. Alies Kaldy. who -was raking two tTF 2nd an elephant to Minneapolis to jcir a cr-' ens. was trampled to death by the ele phant in a. car ax Medicine Bow stance-i the English-Speaking Wortd.' FIFTEEN ARE KILLED. Disastrous Tornado in Central Ne braska. PAULINE, Neb. At 6 o clock Sun day night a disastrous tornado struck the farm house of John Mumma. which was located two miles southeast c" Pauline, and killed six people. The dead: JOHN MUMMA. aged 51. MRS. JOHN MUMMA. aged 47. MISS GERTRUDE MUMMA. aged 18. MISS FLORENCE PALMER, agei 19. JOHN PALMER, aged IS. RAT QUIGG. agpd 21. All the horses and cattle about tho premises were killed with the excep tion cf a horse belonging to young Quigg. which escaped, after the buggy had been torn loose and broken into bits. Miss Florence Palme- and broth er John, daughter and son of Mr. and Mrs. Emma D. Hughes, were visiting at the Mumma hcuse and Ray Quigg was spending the afternoon with Mi?3 Gertrude Mumma, to whom ho was enzaged to be married. The entire family and visitor", were seated around the table partaking of the evening meal when the tornado nrnved without a moment's warning. The house was lifted 150 feet in tho air. where it was quickly shattered and scattered for miles around. The bodies were terribly mutilated. They were dropped into the canyon on the southwest, one on the east side and one on the west side of the ravine. The head of John Mumma was smash ed to a pulp. Mrs. William Overy, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mumma, is tae only close relative who survives the Mumma fam ily, and she and her husband witness ed the catastrophe from their farm house, which is located within a mile of the scene. Mr. Overy described the tornado as coming frcm the southeast in a lazy sort of manner. It had the appearance ot a huge balloon and was hugging close to tne ground without making much noise, which accounts for its stealing upon the Mumma home without givmg warning. After it struck the Mumma farm it turned and headed northwest, direct for Pauline, after striking the railroad-Huge trees were uprooted, telegraph poles rulled out and rods and rods of barb wire were twisted into one large balL The tornado tore every piece ol clothing from Mrs. Mumma and de posited them in a heap a mile away. The bodies were taken to William Overy "s home, from where the funeral was held. In the storm's wake, so far it Lj known that nfteen people lost their lives. t Man Sees Humor in Murder. ST. LOUIS Laughing, as if mur der and suicide were jokes. Charles E. Wolz. a contractor, while talking to Mrs. Louis P. Nelson on Wednes day at. the corner of Grand and Chou teau avenues, suddenly drew a revol ver and shot her twice in the head and then sent a bullet into his own brain. Passersby heard Wolz plead ing with the woman and then he sud denly laughed loudly and fired the shots. It is believed both will die. Haytien Ministry Resigns. PORT AU PRINCE. Hayti. The entrie Haytien ministry with the min ister for war,, have resigned. The ministry are opposed to continuing the investigation into the alleged frauds in the issuing of Haytien gov ernment securities amounting to $2. 000,000. The commicsion of inquiry are supported by President Alexis Nond. who insisted on the investiga tion being continued. The ministry handed in its resignation. Government. Accepts Bids. WASHINGTON. D. C Colonel Pat ten, acting quartemiasteT general cf the army, decided to accept two bids for carrying freight from the Pacific coast, to the Philippines- -The bids frere the same mi miscellaneous freight and passengers. The contract w31 te made with the Pacific Mail Steamship company for San Frcn-: Cisco freight and with, the Eos-! ton Steamship cempaay fcr Jreisfcr j front Sexttlu. I MURDER AVENGED SLAYER OF MR. AND MRS. CHURCH PAYS PENALTY. HANEO TO A HIGH BRIDGE A Drop ef Forty Feet Sewers the Head Frwn the Body Mounted Ranch men Make Short Work sf Their Victim. NEW CASTLE, Wyo. VT. C. Clif ton, murderer of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Church, formerly of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was lynched by a mob from Gillette Tuesday night. The mob battered down the jail door, holding up the sheriff and dep uty while, they hung Clifton to a bridge west of town. Clifton's head was cut off by the fall of forty feet The mob, which was composed of fifty mounted ranchmen, was perfect ly organized and proceeded with methodical deliberation. The sheriff and his deputies were bound and confined. Clifton's cries were stifled with a gag. He was bound hand and foot and was roughly dragged to the scene of execution. The commands of the mob leader were given quietly and none of the townspeople were aroused by the lynchers. When the body of Clifton was re moved from under the bridge the fol lowing message was found pinned to his clothing: "We think the law too slow in hang ing this most cold blooded murderer, who took the lives of our dear friends and neighbors, and wo take it upon ourselves to revenge in behalf of the parents. Hoping that the action on our part will meet the approval of the community at large, we remain. (Signed) THE MOB- DENVER. John W. Church and his wife, who lived on a homestead claim seventy-five miles southwest of Newcastle, were never seen alive after March 14 last. Clifton, whose ranch adjoined Church's, was arrested April of sale covering personal property to secure payment of $600 advanced him 3Irs. Church. Their bodies were found at the place indicated by him. Clifton claimed that he had killed the couple in self defense. He had given Church a bill of sale covering prsonal proprry to scure payment of $6.0 advanced him by Church. He said he had repaid this sum and obtained the bill of sale and that Mrs. Church had then threatened him with a six-shooter, demanding the return of the papers. He shot her, he ad mitted, and. being attacked by her husband, killed him also. This story was discredited, as Mrs. Church was a slender little woman of 22 years of age. Church was formerly a stenographer in the Union Pacific offices in Omaha. His family and Clifton resided in Council Bluffs. About a year ago Church and Clifton made an agree ment to go into the cattle business in Wyoming together and Church then took up a homestead adjoining Clif ton's. Clifton was 31 years of ae. SUES AN AMERICAN OFFICER. Gabrial Galza. a Filipino. Seeks to Rs - cover Damages. MANILA Gabrial Galza. living m the island ot Leyte. has sued Major Edward Gleen of the Fifth infantry for 25.030 pesos damages on the ground of alleged false imprisonment. Galza. who was an insurgent sympathizer, was suspected of aiding the Samar in surgents. In 1201 he was arrested by Major Glenn's orders, General Smth approving, and was confined in Sa mar. Ultimately Galza was released. Major Glenn has reported the filing of the suit to Major General Davis, who will probably refer the matter to Sec retary Root. MICKEY POSTPONES ACTION. Governor of Nebraska Will Mak No Decision in Rhea Case. INDIANAPOLIS A telegram Wed nesday from Governor John H. Mick ey of Nebraska to Governor Durbia announced that th-re would be no ac tion this week in the case of William Rhea, the Mount Vernon. Ind.. young man now under sentence to be hang ed for murder in that state. Con gressman Hemenway of the First In diana district. Major G. V Mensies of Mount Vernon and Governor Durbin interceded in behalf of young Rhra and Governor Mickey has promised to make a thorough investigation of the case before allowing the execution to proceed- To Improve Upoer Missouri. SIOUX CITY. la. Captain W. H. Gould of the government snagboat Mandan has arrived here to consult with Lieutenant E. D. Vincent, engi neer in charge of the work on the upper Missouri river. It is expected by Lieutenant Vincent that the chief work en the upper section of the river will be done at Yankton, where about $20.000 will be expended in building extensions to the dikes now standing there. Mrs. Patterson Brings Suit. CHICAGO. A damage suit of $10. 000. as a sequel to the sensationaj at tack of Mrs. Elizabeth V. Cronk of Omaha, on Mrs. Cora Larhrop Patter son on an Illinois Central train at. Council Bluffs, Ia. a week ago last Saturday, has been filed in the so- perior court. A deputy sheriff served the notice late Saturday evening as Mrs. Cronkr was going through Chi cago with her husband on their way tome from Washington. -: 1 1 1 1 ; it t MCf TOKBMtS. i A. in 1 1 1 :: ii iniii n : ii i u i 1 1 ii B. F. Swain of Seymour. IntL. was elected president of the National Hardwood Lumbermen's association at Indianapolis. Senor Montoro. the Cuban minister to Great Britain, will leave Havana, for London on May 28 instead of May f31, the date previously fixed. A serious motor cycle accident oc curred at Bristol. England. The moeor swerved into a crowd of spectators, two of whom were killed and many others seriously injurtd. Nicomedes Zuloaga. a lawyer, has been appointed Venezuelan represent ative at Caracas on the mixed claims commission in the matter of the Ital ian claim against Venezuela. The engagement is announced of 1 Honore Palmer, eldest soa of Mrs. Potter Palmer, of Chicago, to Miss Grace Greenway Brown, daughter of the late George Brown, of Baltimore. Justice Fletcher Ladd of the su preme court of the Philippine Islanda has resigned on account of the illness of his wife and has left Manila for home. He belongs at Lancaster, N. H- Oliver T. Sherwood, the missing cashier of the Southport (Conn.) Na tional bank, who is said to be a de faulter for more than $100,000. was indicted on the charge of embezzle ment. Paul Blouet (Max O'RcIl) died in Paris. He had been ailing fcr sev eral months and never recovered en tirely from the effects of an operation performed some time ago in New York. The Malone (N. Y.) paper mill. o3 ed by the MaFone Paper company, was destroyed by fire. Seven or eisht dwellings were also burned. The loss is estimated at $100,000; insurance, $80,000. Richard Croker is said to have of fered to Mr Silver, the squire of Lercombe. $135,000 for his extensive Letcombe estates, including the principal house in the district, called Letcombe Bowers. John D. Rockefeller has offered to increase his donation to the student building fund of Indiana university, from $30.00j to $."0.0n. on condition that a fund of $50,000 be raised from other sourr:s before July I. Consul MrWade at Canton has ci bled the sta"1 department tha: famine is increasing in Kwang S: provtr." and that relief is urgently needed. He alo informed the department that spor adic Asiatic cholera exists in Canton. Samuel A. Ashby of Portland, near Martin's Ferry, 0 murdered his wife at their home in that place. Ashby turned hi: wife out of the house, but she returned. After a conversation he drew a gun and shot her thrce times. Suit to recover $1,600,000 was file I in the supreme court of New York by several preferred stockholders of the National Salt company against the u rectors of the company, fraud be-rg alleged in the purchase of the ousi ness of the United States Salt com pany. Under the division of presidential electors for 1904 New York continues at the head of the list, with thirty nine, while New Jersey will have twelve a gain of nve for the twu states. Tna states ot unio. inuiana. and Michigan had forty-six electors in 13S2. 1835 and 1300 and will have the same representation in 1304. Lily. Duchess of Marlborough, for merly Mrs. Hammerstein of New York, who has been critically ill of blood poisoning, contracted, it is be lieved, through defective drainage at Deepdene. her beautiful home in Sur rey. England, is now well enough to be removed to another house, which Fshe has taken in the same country. while the sanitary arrangements at Deepdene are being rectinec. The Kentucky court of appeals has sustained the motion made by Com monwealth's Attorney Frank in that Circuit Judze Cantrill vacate the bench in the trial of the case of tne commonwealth azainst Caleb Powers, charged with being an accessory to the murder of William Goebel. Gov ernor Beckham is expected to appoint a special trial judge. All reports received at Yokahama agree as to the presence of 20 Rns sian Toons at Yonsampho. on the rvui r.ui. 2iUT ul cu-t ioiu n emu against the occupation of which by the Prussians the Korean government: energetically protested. The Macedonian committee reports that the Turks have burned the vil lage of Banitzi. near Seres, and only forty-eight of the 500 inhabitants es caped, many women and girls beins outraged and murdered and their bodies cast into the water. Theodore Richman, the famous bar itone of the Vienna opera house, is dead of apoplexy. He achieved his richest triumph in New York in "The Flying Dutchman" during the year 1S33, and afterward made a tour cf the United States. A motion for a change of venue in the trial of J. J. Hannigan. a farmer member of the house of delegates, charged with bribery in connection with the suburban bill, was denied in Judge Ryan's division of the criminal rnurt at St. Louis. ".Irs. Agnes Ethel Tracy, who. as igaes EtheL ,as known on the staze rhree decades ago. died at her heme in New York City Consul General Bellows at Yokoha ma cables the department that plague exists there. ProL Thompson Jay Hudson, author of a number of psychological works and a lecturer on those subjects, died Zm,. r.I .1.T. V"Tm wi,.& ..4 Lat his home at Detroit, Mich- Miss Alice Roosevelt is waiting for her father to return, when she win ask permission, to buy as. autosobile. 9 Bbm ssM BMaaftsW t IBS VBl BKBMBBKa Bss Bsv t A-B B $ r BflWBBlBJ State fink! o mmtmtrv vm .. Bit tt 4NIII nviriw" o CUta NewYBffc. o o o Bwy Cood Hotes, I o o a 6 6 I M9 oiNecTcns O. - una. vtea-m. t M. SWUSS. CMHIH. O mt L. nmmmr. 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