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EXPLOSION OF GASOLINE STOVE
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Omaha, Neb., March 22.—Compara-
tively Insignificant material In destruc-
tion, but appalling In Its harvest of
deatV and suffering, was a fire that
partially destroyed the Patterson block
on Seventeenth ar d Douglas streets
yesterday afternoo l. Two of the vic-
tims have already'passed away, one
more Is not expected to live, and about
twenty others are suffering from brok-
en limbs and burned and lacerated
flesh.
Killed—Mrs. Thomas Taylor and
Anna Schamel.
A group of happy women, busy with
the affairs of the secret order with
which they were afllliated, were in a
moment brought face to face with
4ieath. Sixty seconds later seven lay
burned and bleeding on the pave-
ments to which they had dropped,
forty feet below, and the others were
rescued after they had been more or
less severely injured in their desperate
dash down the single pair of stairs
that led to safety.
The blaze started just after 3 o'clock
from a gasoline stove explosion in a
room in the rear of the third floor of
the building and next to the elevator
shaft. It was not discovered until it
had spread to the adjoining apart-
ments and the entire floor was tilled
with smoke and flames. About twen-
ty members of the woman's lodge of
Maccabees were attending a committee
meeting in the waiting room in front
of the building on the same floor. They
were unconscious of danger until a
janitor threw open the door and told
them to get out before the flames cut
them off. The warning came too late.
The lire swept through the door anil
down the single stairway. Those near-
est the door fled through the blinding
smoke and reached the street with
hands and faces burned and blistered.
The rest faced a solid wail of flame.
There was a lire escape at the south
front of the building ,but none of them
seems to have thought of it. They
rush oil panic-stricken to the windows,
through which the smoke was al-
ready pouring in suffocating puffs. The
fire was scarcely a foot behind them.
It caught their clothing, and scorched
their faces with increasing intensity.
In another instant the spectators at-
* tfsett-iYrb.y jUie. ^Iduds of smoke were
horrified to seoe one after another
spring from the open windows and fall
heavily to the pavement. Not one
arose. They lay in an inert and ap-
parently lifeless heap until carried into
the office of a physician across tha
street. Most of them were bleeding
from severe cuts and bruises and all
were burned until their torn and
blackened skin hung in shreds. In a
few minutes all except Mrs. Taylor re-
covered consciousness, and physicians
,and nurses hastily summoned did all
that was possible to relieve their suf-
ferings. As fast as hasty dressings
could be applied the victims wcro
taken to the Clarkson hospital by the
ambulance.
Property loss about $50,000.
Diva load Man'* Deed.
Chicago, 111., March 22.—John T.
Shayne ,a wealthy furrier and a prom-
inent Democratic politician, was shot
and probably fatally wounded yester-
day by Harry H. Hammond, a tailor.
The shooting occurred In the cafe of
the Auditorium annex, where he was
sitting at lunch with Mrs. Hammond,
the divorced vife of Hammond, and
two other ladles. The party had been
seated for some time when Hammond
walked into the cafe, stood for a few
minutes and went out. In about ten
minutes re returned and standing in-
side the door, deliberately pulled off
Ills gloves and then walking quickly
up to Shayne, who was sitting with his
back toward him, drew a revolver
Slnyne attempted to rise, but stumble")
over the legs of his chair and fell to
the floor. As he was trying to rise.
Hammond llrcd a bullet into his back.
Shayne fell under the table and Ham-
mond pulling up the table cloth, fired
two more bullets into the helpless
man. Ho then walked into the office
of the hotel, where he stood awaiting
the arrival of an officer. He was
quickly placed ttjider arrest and taker
to Harrison street station, Where li<
declined to make any statement.
Aliiioiit Obliterated.
Cumberland, Md„ March 22.—Word
was received here of the explosion ol
the saw mill boiler at the plant ol
Hudson Shuess, near Mattie, fifteen
miles north of Cumberland, killing
Phietus Wink, Dan Smither, Jr., and
a man named Shuess, and wounding
John Snyder, Harry Slglee and An-
thony Whitfield. The boiler had been
in use many years. The fly-wheel,
weighing about a ton, was thrown a
great distance. The big steel saw was
broken into bits. Snyder was horri-
bly crushed and blown about 100 feet
and Winks' head was blown off. John
Snyder's condition is serious. The
mill was almost entirely obliterated.
Awful Affnir.
Hutchinson, Kan., March 21.—An
atrocious crime was roveailed here yes-
treday when the coroner and his as-
sistant removed the dead bodies of
five little children from the house oc-
cupied by John More which burned at
at an curly hour. The coroner's Jury
Investigated the case and in accord-
ance with the Jury's recommendations
Moore, the father of the dead children,
was arested on the charge of murder.
The tragedy has caused much excite-
ment here and and there is some talk
of lynching the prisoner. When the
firemen and neighbors reached the
burning house the father was the
only member of the family of sevsn
found outside. While the building
was still burning and his children
within the burning walls he took a
horse from the stable and rode away.
When the firemen entered the house
after having partly quenched the
flames they found the five children
lying on the floor, all dead, but badly
burned. The coroner's autopsy held
yesterday afternoon developed evi-
dence of an aweful crime. The skull
of each child was deeply indented. All
but one of the children had been stab-
bed in the neck. It was upon these
facts and the strange behavior of the
father 'that the authorities base their
charge or murder.
When Moore was called before the
coroner's jury to testify he pretanded
to believe that an exploding lamp had
cause the fire and that his children
met death in the flames. He testified
that he was awakened from a deep
sleep by the smoke and that he found
the house afire all over. It was fifteen
minutes, he said, before he recovered
his senses and that he did not try to
save his children because he knew
they must be dead, as the fire had
started in the room In which they
were sleeping. His riding away from
the lire he explained by stating that
ills wife was away from home attend-
ing a sick friend and that he went to
tell her of their loss. Moore showed
little concern when the jury returned
the verdict charging him with murder.
Dacapltatsd.
Manila, March 7.L—It Is reported ou
high and reliable authority that Aguin-
aldo la taking extreme measures to
suppress slgno calculated to cause a
cessation of hostilities. Twelve ad-
herents of the plan of Independence,
residents of Manila, have been con-
demned to death because they wrote
advising surrender, and all loyal Fili-
pinos have been called upon to par-
form the national service of dispatch-
ing them.
On Friday last Gen. Legarda visited
Malolos for the purpose of advising
Aguinaldo to quit. He argued with the
insurgent leader and attempted to con-
vince him not to follow In the face
of overwhelming odds. Aguinaldo was
furious at the advice and ordered Gen.
Logardo to be executed Immediately.
The unfortunate general was
promptly decapitated. Among tha In-
cidents of yesterday's fighting was the
coolness shown by a company of
Washington volunteers, who crossed
the river in a nativo canoe under a
heavy fire—fifteen being taken across
on each trip of the small boat—to at-
tack the enemy's trenches.
The inability of the commissary train
to keep up with tile advance led to
considerable suffering and many of the
men were completely exhausted when
they were recalled and, falling from
Hut.l Destroyed.
New York, March II.—Flame*
which originated from the Igniting of
a lace curtain burst forth from the
first floor of the Windsor hotel at
Forty-seventh street and Fifth avenue
shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday af
ternoon Just as the St. Patrick's day
parade was passing the building, and
in a few moments they had leaped up
to the roof and enveloped the entire
Fifth avenue and Forty-seventh «treet
fonts of the hotel. Ten minutes
later the flames were roaring through
the Interior of the hotel and ail escape
by means of stairways and elevators
was cut off. There was the wildest
scene of excitement within ami with-
out the building. Hundreds of guests
and employes were in the hotel when
the fire broke out and for many of
them to escape with safety was impos-
sible. Probablv from ten to fifteen
lives were lost within a half hour and
thirty or forty persona were injured
in Jumping from windows and in rush-
ing through the roaring flames in tlio
corridors and on the stairways. Many
who were injured died later at near by
residences and at hospitals and others
who made wild leaps to the stone side-
walk were so badly injured that they
are still hovering between life and
death.
The northeast wing of the hotel con-
>
were previously reported as wounded.
To b« .
Washington. March 22.—Prepara-
tions are being made by Chief Wllkle
of the secret service to destroy $1,221,-
306,988 worth of counterfeit coin and
bogus notes which have been accumu-
lated by his bureau. Of this amount
$117,243 represents United States treas-
ury notes, silver certificates, banli
notes and fractional currency and $ 10,-
021 is in imitation gold, silver, nickel
and copper coin. The balance of this
sum is in imitation of various othei
obligations and securities, Including
fac similies of Tennesseee state war-
rants, Missouri defense bonds, state
bank notes and "flash" notes.
Powder Kxploiled.
DeWitt, Ark., March 22.—A terrible
explosion of powder occurred here yes-
terday afternoon, as a result of which
two children are in a dying condition,
several other persons are htufly hurt
and property to the value of several
thousand dollars is destroyed.
The explosion occurred in the store
of S. L. Leslie, one of the most im
portant establishments in town.
About 3 o'clock a report was heard in
the store, and the explosion which
followed wrecked tho building, de-
stroying it entirely. The large stock
of goods was damaged. There were
about a dozen people 111 the building
when tho explosion occurred, including
Mr. Leslie's family and some cus-
tomers Two of l^esile's children were
fatally burned. The others in the 3tor?
were more or less injured, several very
badly, but not fatally. It is supposed
that the explosion was ra i;«'d by the
children playing in tho store, who, it
is thought, accidentally spt fire to a
keg of gunpowder.
Mrs. Place was electrocuted at Sing
Siug. N. V.. for the 1. 1 ier of her
husband.
Confederate lleitnloit.
Charleston,S. C., March 22.—Charles-
f toll Will open her hemes, as well as her
boarding-house.- and hotels, for com-
fortable and pleasant accommodation
of all the visitors v/h.) will attend th •
t'onfederate reunicn May 10 to 13 nex*.
Kates >f beard anil lodgicg range from
•30 cents to $1 per day at private
houst s. and $. and upward at notels.
There will b • restaurants under the
• out of Me King's Daughters.
Daughters o' the Confederacy, Daugh-
ters of the ' evolution and church so-
. ietles and of all denominations.
Draft, ItecHIv«m1.
i Washington. March 22.—The secre-
| tary of state has just received from
[ the Pe-uvian government through the
United States legation at Lima a draft
for $40,000, representing the amount ol
tht judgment of the arbitrators in the
case of the American railway man,
j Alex McCord. on account of his ill -
; treatment in Peru during a revolution-
ary movement many years ago. The
draft will be handed over to the Unit-
ed States treasury for collection and
a warrant drawn for the amount of tho
judgment will be drawn in favor of
Judge Pettis, the attorney for McCord.
Hutchison, Kan., March 22.—John
Moore, under arrest suspected of mur-
dering his five children, then firing
the house over their heads to cover
the crime, has been taken to McPher-
son to prevent a lynching. The feel-
ing against him is intense. Prior to
the lira he was considered a hard-
working, upright man. Ha seemed
particularly fond of his children, but
often expressed the fear that they
would grow up worthless. He has
been subject to epileptic fits. A
hatchet bespattered with blood was
discoverer in the ashes of the de-
stroyed house.
YVulnh I>cn<l.
Augusta. Ga.. March 21.—Hon. Pat-
rick Walsh, ex-United States senator
and mayor of Augusta, died at his res-
idence here, after a three months'
illness of nervous prostration. There
was little hope in tho community of
his recovery, but his death was not
thought to be so near at band.
Mayor Walsh was one of the most
prominent men in Georgia, and had na-
tional recognition as the earnest charn- i
plon of southern development, and per- ,
haps the best authority on the mate-
rial resources anil manufacturing pro-
ducts of the south.
Mr. Walsh was born in Ireland on
Jan. 1, 1840. At the age of 12 ho was
apprenticed in the Charleston Engi-
neers. and In due time became a Jour-
neyman printer. He came to Augusta
in 1862, and has ever since been identi-
fied with the press of the city, for twen-
tv-five years past as editor and pro-
prietor of the Augusta Chronicle.
In 1S7P he became a member of the
city council, and from 1S72 to 1873 he
served in the state legislature. In 1880-
84 and 1S9S he was a delegate to the
Democratic national convention.!, and
served four years as the Georgia mem-;
l er of the national Democratic execu-:
tive committee. He served as member
at large of the world's fair commis-
sion; in 1894 was appointed by Gov.
Northern to the United States senate
on the death of Senator Colquitt; in
December, 1897, was cycled mayor of
Augusta, which office he iillo.i at the
time of his death.
Miss Minnie Wright of Gainesville
has jus>t received a letter from Major
Major C. Irvin Walker, commanding
officer of the South Carolina United
Confederate Veterans, asking her to
accept the office of maid of honor of
that state at the Charleston reunion
this summer. Miss Wright has writ-
ten her acceptance.
the ranks, were strung along for a \ tinued to burn for a half hour after
distance of almost six miles, numbers j the walls of the other part of the build- {
returning to camp in the artillery am- j ing fell. Firemen continued to play
bulances, which were always close up | streams on the affmes and also upon all
to the line. The work of the ambu- j the adjacent buildings, including Miss
lances was e&pccially worthy of men- Gould's residence, which seemed in
tjon, i danger of catching fire, but the flames
Among the dead are several who j were brought under control before they
; could reach any of them.
I There were many thrilling scenes in
s«riou« Trouble. i the hotel during the earlier stages of
Havana. March 21—During the troub-j the lire. A bell boy discovered the
1c between the Havana police and the j names while he was passing along the
populace Sunday night three police- j fourth Poor, immediately over the
men were killed and about twenty-five [ rooms occupied by President McKln-
persons were wounded on both sides. | |oy's brother, Abner McKinley, and his 1
Public opinion supports the police j family. The boy pulled a chain at-
wiihout reserve. Inched to the fire alarm, but the chain
Chief of Police Menoeal gave orders j broke and then cried out an alarm of
to suspend the public balls Sunday flre am] ran to the fi0(>r i)eiovv. The
night and Gen. Ludlow, in command i blaze was then licking up everything
of the city of Havana, sustained the | 0!1 pjcti, avenue end of the build-
cliief of police. As the police were j ing and t)lP iadi when ]le got (Q the
approaching the place where the ball nnor ab0Ve the main hall ran into the
of the Society of Pilar was in progress,, American dining room and gave the
near Cerro, for the purpose of dispers-; aiarnl to t)le guei|s there. Only a few
ing it. in accordance with orders, the pPraolls were in the dining room at the
people opened fire on them from the tinle an(1 thcy whe[) the boy
house. The lire was returned by the rpar.ho(1 the malll floor where Warreu
police. The result of a fusilade was j F t,eland, the proprietor of the hotel,
that two policemen were seriously ! was he sh0(lted that the bui!ding
wounded and eighteen of their oppon-,on fire 0n Mr Le]. ;,g illstructlona
ents were wounded. s the clerks tried to save all the books
In different wards three policemen and pa[,ergi and the ]j0y (llen rushed
were assassinated whie on duty. The j down the basement stairway and
murderers crept up behind them and j a]armed the women who were at wor!.
stabbed the officers to death. j jn tj]e ]aUndry. It Is believed that all
Three colored men in Galiano street I 0f them escaped.
attacked a policeman with knives.. Fully a score of lives were lose
Officer defended liimsef with a revolv- |
ier, killing one of his assailants and • need Kestiog.
wounding another one. The third man Brunswick, Ga., March 18.—Speaker
escaped. j Thos. B. Reed and daughter arrived
: yesterday from Washington. They
For DULnfeotion. reached Brunswick on an accommoda-
Washington, March 21.—Arrange- j tion train of freight and passenger
ments have been completed by the sur- j cars and were en route to JeRyl island,
geon general of the marine hospital j Their stay in this city was short. The
service for the disinfection in this speaker was asked what was the pur-
country of troops arriving from Cuba, pose of his visit.
which can not receive this attention \ "Rest, simply rest," said the speak-
before embarking. The majority of! er.
the troops will be landed at Savannah "There is no political significance at-
atul will be disinfected there, but oth- tached to my visit. I did not know
ers will receive attention at Bruns- , that my coming would attract any at-
wlsk, Blackboard island and Charles- tention at this time. My stay will be
ton. This is made necessary by the for a few days. There is no one in
desire of the war department to get my party except my daughter. There
the troops over before the quarantine is not to be a gathering of men promi-
regulations in this country go into ef- nent in national affairs on Jek.vl island
feet on the first of next month.
Treaty Blgu.d,
Washington, March 18.—'The quean
regent haa signed the treaty of peaca
between Spain and the United States.
The signed treaty of peace will be for-
warded to the French ambassador at
Washington, M. Jules Cambon, for ex-
change with the one signed by Presi-
dent McKinley. No decree on the sul>-
)ect will be published In the official
Gazette.
The first news of the signature of
the treaty of peace by the queen regent
of Spain wa« conveyed to Secretary
Hay and to the officials of the adminis-
tration by a bulletin. The secretary
was naturally gratified at the action
which he had expected would follow
tha course of the cortee. The aotion
makes it possible to exchange the rat-
ification and thus complete the treaty
within the time set by the treaty Itself
as the maximum. The protocol waa
signed Aug. 13 last at the white house
by the president and Ambassador Cam-
bon. Dec. 10 the treaty was signed at
Paris by the commissioners. Feb. 6
it was ratified by the United States sen-
ate after a memorable struggle. Feb.
10 the president gave it Ills signature,
and now, seven months and four days
after the signing of the protocol, tha
Spanish queen regent gave the official
her assent and signature.
Official news of the action at Madrid
was not conveyed to the state depart-
ment for the day. M. Gambon called
at the department about 3:50 o'clock
and In the absence of Secretary Hay
called upon Assistant Secretary Hill.
He told the latter that he believed the
treaty had been signed. It seems now
probable that to the ambassador will
be confided the honor of closing up the
task which he set about seven months
ago, of bringing two great nations
then at war to a state of peace.
MoHqiiiio
Washington, March 18.—The navy
department is taking steps toward the
formation of a mosquito fleet for the
Philippines. The conditions now pre-
vailing in Luzon indicate that for a
long time it wll be necessary to main-
tain a strict police on tha coast and
inland waters. For the inland work
especially the department will need
some very ligv«t draught boats. For
this work the big ocean tugs that form-
the "mosquito fleet" that operated
around Cuba during the blockade and
of which the government has a num-
ber. are now being looked over with a
view to just such service.
Injunction <;rantw«l.
South McAlester, I. T., March 18.—Id
the United States court at AtolTa yes-
terday Judge Clayton granted an in-
junction restraining the striking
miners from interfering with or mo-
lesting other miners who wanted to
work with federal protection tor the
non-union men and Imported miners
arriving daily. The strike is consider-
ed as being off and no further trouble
is anticipated. The Osage mines at
Krebs and the Choctaw mines worked
full blast yesterday. All other mines
worked with reduced forces.
during the time I am there as far as I
know."
At Jekyl Speaker Reed is the guest
of John G. Moore of New York.
Large Mnu Dies.
Fort Dodge, la., March 19.—Alfrel
Daniels, the largest man in Iowa, and
probably in the northwest, died at his
home near Lehigh, la. Daniels was
about 5 feet 9 inches tall, and meas-
ured 2 inches more around than he did
in height. His weight was' something
over COO pounds. After his death a
special coffin of huge dimensions was
made for him, and the corpse was
taken outside to be put into it, as it
was imposible to take it into th-j
house.
KepuUerl*
Manila March 22.—The mountain
banditti of Panay Island recently
threatened a tcrious attack upon Iloilo,
but they were repulsed with a loss of
2'.'0 i en by Gen. Miller.
mm to Purl*
London, March 22.—Agoncillo, the
agent of Aguinaldo. and the members
of the former's staff of Filipinos at
Washington have gone to Paris in or-,
dcr to confer with the Filipino junta
there. Neither body has received any
news fron. the Philippine Islands dtl-
ir.g the p*»st pight days. They say that
th<>y fi'ir the Americans have discov-
ered and stopped their means of news
getting from Manila.
Last Tennessee was visited by a se-
vere tornado on the ISth, in some
places accompanied by immense hail
stones. Several railway washouts also
occurred.
Walsh's Funernl.
Augusta, Ga., March 21. The funer-
al of ex-Senator Patrick Walsh took
place here at 3:30 yesterday. During
ti e morning the remains lay in state
at. St. Patrick's church. Public busi-
ness was suspended and public and
private buildings in the business por-
tion of the city were draped in mourn-
ing. IMshop llei ker conducted the re-
ligious funeral exercises at the Church
of the Sacred Heart. The oration w is
by Rev. John Ureslan of Charleston.
Fatal Shooting.
Little Rock, Ark., March 21.—At
Beasiey's switch, near Kingsland.
John Brandon shot Jeff Barnett and
killed him instantly and shot and fa-
tally wounded another whose name is
unknown. All were colored and the
row occurred over a trifling matter.
A posse Id in pursuit of the murder-
er. Ijate last night one ol the sheriff's
posse while on guard shot and jfataUy
Injured Bob Atkins. The man was
hailed by the guard, but failed to re-
spond.
At ( liitUnnonga.
Chattanooga, Tenn., March 21.—Hon.
William J. Bryan was the guest of the iioye. Arrives,
Bryan Birthday Anniversary Club New Orleans, La., March 18.—Gen. J,
Democratic association of this city P. Reyes, the leader of the ill-fated
yesterday and has been tendered an Nicaragua revolution, arrived in the
ovation by the democracy of the third city last night from Bocas del Toro,
congressional district. A general re- via Mobile. He is in bad health and
caption was tendered Mr. Bryan and is undecided about future plans.
Gov. Benton McMillan at the Southern —
hotel during the afternoon, where the A fierce battle between Americans
sovereigns met and shook hands with an(l Canadian miners occurred in
tha distinguished visitors. British Columbia.
Prisoners Capturoil.
Manila. March 18—Company G of the
Washington regiment has captured 150
additional prisoners near Tagulg and
also seized some ammunition. Most
of the rebels' arms were hidden or
thrown into the river.
The engineers threw a temporary
bridge across the Pasig river for the
artillery and commissary trains.
The twentieth regiment has returned
from the front.
.An Advance.
rittsburg, Pa., March 21.—The
American Steel and Wire company has
made another advance of 15 «*ents a
keg in the f>rice of nails. This is an
advance since December of $23 a ton.
Bessemer pig iron is also higher,
selling at $15.05.
Steel billets sold in small lots yes-
terday at $25 per on and $25 is now
asked.
Tho Tennessee river is on a boom.
William at Kial.
Kiel. March 21.—Emperor William
arrived yesterday and attended the
ceremonies of enrolling Piince Walde-
nvar. the eldest son of Prinze Henry
of Prusssia. who was born March 20.
18S9. at Kiel, in the army and navy.
His majesty delivered an address.
Mrs. Minerva McElrov, aged SO years,
died near Oxilla, Ellis county. She
seitled in that county in 1856 and
leaves descendants—children, grand
and great-grand children—to the num-
ber of 10S.
Died at Honolulu-
San Francisco, C;*l., March 18.
Princess Kaiitolani died March 6 of in-
flanatory rheumatism.
Th* »fi.neral of the dead princess
took plsrce on Sunday, March 12, from
the native church and was under the
direction of the government. The
ceremonies were on a scale befitting
the rank of the young princess. Flags
on the government buildings were at
half-mast, as were these on the resi-
dences of the foreign consuls.
Well Known (.enr-gluti
Macon. Ga., March 18—Mrs. Alice
W. Price, among the injured In the
Windsor hotel fire In New York, is the
widow of the late W. F Price, a prom-
inent coton merchant of Macon: was a
sister-in-law of Gov. Candler of
Georgia and to Mayor S. B. Price of
Macon. £he is one of the handsomest
women in Georgia and mother of Miss
Alice Price, last season's belle at N'ar-
ragansett Pier, and who died three
months agp in Atlanta.
Tourist Partr.
Ponce, Porto Rico, March IS.—The
American line steamer Paris, with a
party of tourists voyaging in the West
Indian waters, arrived here yesterday
morning, but left without communica-
tion with the shore, as Capt. Watkins
feared the ship might be quarantined
at Bahama, owing to the fact that l
few cases of small-pox exist in Ponce.
In a difficulty at New Waverly, Tex.,
J. W. Benrick was seriously stabbed.
Million* Involved.
Washington. March IS.—Germany
and the United States are in a diplo-
matic wrangle over the responsibility
for German property destroyed by tho
Cuban insurgents. Millions of dollars
are involved.
Messrs. Waterbury and Bucklen have
deposited $10,000 with the city treasu-
rer of Houston. Tex., as a guarante*
of good faith of their intention to build
a new telephone system.
Siir.ieenfnl Te*t.
Mlddleto vn. Conn.. March 22.—Prof.
\t-vater. experimenting on food and its
values, placed a man in an air-tight
compartment .yet so arranged -Ihut
pure air was admitted. The man was
in siuct March 12. He was released
last night. The experiment was sue-
CMSflll.
Oo7 Saver* has vetoed thr bill au-
th arizing consolidation of the St.
I aiuis Southwestern ar.d tho Tylsr
Southeastern roads.
Active Kruptlon.
City of Mexico, March 22.—The vol-
cano of Colir.ia is again in active erup-
tion and is shooting up lava, Ilame and
smoke in a fiery column nearly 300
fti>( in height. The manifestation il
accompanied by subterranean noises
and tremMinss of the earth. The
spectacle from the neighborhood is
most Imposing and ha« attracted many
spectators. The people have become
so accustomed to these eruptions that
they ar* losing the s*in^t cf fear of
them.
Flr^d On.
Paris. March 21.—The Journal says
that a sentinel stationed at the Beau-
mont tower near Toulon, was fired up-
on Sunday night, the bullet penetrating
his cap. Tho sentry replied to the
shot, '.nit his assailant fled. An inquiry
into the ufiair ha- been instituted.
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suuaiu &;qi a"u "SJ^dBd aSusipsip sjq
P3J3AO.MU puu ucatqjliv ol lUJ.Vi -jjj-St
'isnSnv u] pjajGqjsip Xiqriouoq su*
puu 'SiaaSuoj oicauj aqj C.j pa.ujs
cq.u uoim-; JJ u-isaxeK «uisf
>IoKlnley antl Kee<l.
Brunswick. Ga., March 21.—Presi-
dent McKinley rested last night on
Jekyl island, the beautiful winter club
home of a number of eastern million-
aires on St. Simond s sound, ten miles
up the coast from Brunswick. With
him are Mrs. McKinley. Vice President1
and Mrs. Hobart and Senator Hanna.
They are the guests of ex-Secretary of
the Interior Cornelius N. Bliss, whom
the presiiieut promised to visit last
year. In another cottage on tlw Is-
land is Speaker Thomas 13. Beed.
At Havana.
Havana, March IS.—The 1'nited
States transport Meade (formerly
Berlin), having on board $' 000,000 for
the payment of the Cuban troops pre-
vious to there being disbanded ac-
cording to the agreement arrived at
between Robert Porter, President Mc-
Kinley s representative, an I Gen. Max-
imo Gomel, commander-in-chief of the
army, arrived at 1 o'clock yesterday
norma*, es.oued by the Cruiser Chi-
C*fO.
The Southwestern Ice Makers' as-
sociation hold an Interesting meeting
at Houston. W. J. Lemp and Adol-
phus Btisch of St. IjOuIs were elected
honorary members. The association
meets next year at Dallas.
Oliver Provost was hanged at Port
Arthur. Can., for the murder of two
swine herderr.
Charles Beeler. charged with em-
betzling $.i0,000 from Wells Fargo. A
Co . has arrived at San AntoaiA.
Italy, Ellis county, U to hare
works.
Mrs. A. J. Russell, aged 74 year*,
dropped dead at Terrell.
Several substantial buildings are be-
ing erected at Texarkana.
A local option election will be held
In Johnson county on April 8.
fit. Patrick's day was generally ob-
served throughout the atate.
The sixth Infantry will not start to
the Philippines before April 10.
Work has commenced on the new
Maaonic building at Brownwood.
Gonzales A. Sanchez, former Mexican
consul at Laredo, died there of heart
disease.
A mad dog ran amuck at Corpus
Chrlutl, biting two children and a num-
ber of canines.
Jim Johnson, a Sherma.1 epileptic,
died In that city after a series of
frightful convulsion!,'.
There were Ioj additions to the
Dixie Street Christian church, Gaines-
ville, during the recent revival.
Mrs. A. R. Hunt, one of Fannin
county'ls oidett pioneers, passed away
at Bonham in the seventy-fourth year
of her age.
George Blackburn of Gainesville, th»
well known base ball man, has signed
with the Southern League club at
Shreveport, La.,
The fair and bazar held at Waco un-
der the auspices of the congregation of
Rodef Sholem was a grand succes3, tha
receipts exceeding $1000.
Dr. Robert Robertson of Sylvan,
Smith county, a practicing physician
of that section for over fifty years, died
suddenly, aged 72 years.
Every Greenville grocer has given
his written pledge to keep his store
closed from Saturday night at 12 to
Monday morning.
At the request of Congressman Haw-
ley, the secretary of war has changed
the name of Fort Point, Galveston, to
Fort San Jacinto.
Senor M. Asperoz, ambassador to the
United States from Mexico, waa ban-
queted at Juarez, Mexico, by citizens
of El Paso and Juarez.
John B. Daily, assistant United States
attorney for the eastern district of
Texas, has resigned, and Frank Lee of
Paris has been appointed as his suc-
cessor.
The first Jewish wedding solemnized
at Corpus Christ! for many years took
place on the 14th, when J. A. Simon of
Victoria and Miss Seraphine Opipen-
heimer Joined hearts and hands.
Aaron Moore of Ennis has closed the
sale of the Bard well hotel property
there to Gus Less of Texarkana, get-
ting in exchange therefor a tract of 720
ac,s of land on Red river in Bowie
county.
Through the death of Mrs. Martilena
Martinez, who died in Monterey on
Feb. 3, Mrs. P. G. Maffl, wife of a San
Antonio scissors grinder, falls heir to
$268,000 worth of property in Mon-
terey, Mexico.
Rev. W. J. Anderson, an aged Pces-
byterian minister, father of Rev. WJM.
Anderson, pastor of the First Presoy-
terian church of Dallas, died suddoyly
In that city. Deceased was formevly
a prominent divine in Tennessee.
A number of uandsome residenees
have been erected In different parts fof
Bonham recently, and several are now
in course of construction. Work is
soon to begin on the new M i.hodist
parsonage, the former building having
been burned with the Methodist church
recently.
L>
The Galveston Wharf company has
1st a contract for an addition to it3
grain elevator A. It will have a ca-
pacity of 550,000 bushels of wheat,
making the total capacity of the ele-
vator 1,550,000 bushels.
A cherry tree at Greenville is a frealc
of nature. Two large limbs are con-
nected about eight feet above tha
ground by a branch two inches in di-
ameter and three or four inches long,
which grows into each limb, connect-
ing in Siamese-twin fashion.
V »
The Houston and Texas Central
Railway company, Is putting In at
some of the streets in Dallas, where its
line intersects, electric signals. They
serve the purpose of indicating the ap-
proach of trains., so as to warn ve-
hicles.
The Houston and Texas Central
railway is preparing to build a park
on Its property between Main and
Commerce streets, Dallas, just north
of the road. Its dimensions will be
177x300 feet, and the idea is to convert
It into an attractive flower garden.
J. P. Hely of Denison has received
from relatives in Ireland a box of
shamrocks picked from the "ould 3od."
and frugal branches of it have been
distributed among Mr. Hely's friends.
They were utilizeu on St. Patrick's
day, attracting favorable attention.
City Attorney Cummins his given
instructions to the police officers of
Denison that the corporation court bill
has been passed, granting the corpora-
tion courts of the state the same juris-
diction in all eases that the justice
cours now have jurisdiction in.
The comptroller of the currency has
approved the selection of the following
banks as reserve asents for the Texas
banks: Hanover National, of N«w
York, for the First National of El
Paso. National Bank of commerce of
Kan«as City. Mo., for the First Nation-
al of Nacogdoches
The comptroller of the currency has
declared a third dividend of 10 per
cent in favor of the creditors of the
First National bank of Tyler, Tex.,
making in all SO per cent on claim*
( that have been proved, amounting \m
765.27.
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