THE PENNSY’S STOCK.

Om Haodred Million* Added by tbe Slock bolder*. CAPITAL STOCK NOW UiO*,**TV Stock WUl Be Uwed u IV Hrtctora •f Sold Cmh*} May BmafUr Order -Tbe Thlmca Director* ol tbe yuy Are to Be DMded iMa Foer

Fhiladelphl* (Special).—The stock? holders ol ihe I’ennsylvani* Railroad Company at their annual meeting here decided to vote on the question ol increasing the capital ttock of the company $ioo.ouo.ooo and to take a vote on the classification of the director*. The stock will be voted -on jdvete questions on Tuesday. March when the annual election will be held. The < capital Mock is now $151,700 000 and the increase will bring the total to $^51700.000. Nothing was said about the' manner in which the Sock will be issued, the resolution adopted by the shareholders aqthoriring “tbe issuance, disposition %pd sale at a price not less than Ipar ol such increase, at such time o times and in such manner assthe direc tors of — " *- : “

said company

tanner as^the ' shall by re*

The. 13 directors ol the company are be divided into lour classes, the first

into

s to consist of fpur

■f clat

:h of the

of three directors, .and will

follows:

be elected as (ollows:

Those of the first class for the term of one year, those of the second class for the tern of two years, those of the third class for the term of three years, and those of the fourth class for the

term of four, years.

The chairman of the meeting was authorised to apnoint a committee to nominate a ticket for the directorate, which will be voted for on March afi. John P. Green, first vice-president, read the resolutions as they were adopted. In offering them he made some explanations that were the first official statement of the needs and purposes of the increase of capiul Mock, and foretold the policy of the company in the matter of it* internal administration. “In the^annual^report." said • l '* fi '«'

and Commonwealth Attorney Gordon had a desperate fist fight, lowing a quarrel at the County C01

house, in Virginia.

, . Twelve of the crew of the Britis rice-proident. “The company must steamer Campertown were in ironi have, from time to time, the capital charged with mutiny, when the ste which is required for the making of im- arrived at New- York from Cuba,

provements and betterments which the development of its business render im-

arive.

SUMMARY OF .THE NEWS.

cation — _ , estrain _U*e stockholders crican'Smelting and Refining

y -from increasing the capital Mock

to resi A meric

i>any -from increasing th Irom $65,000,000 to $too.

Dr. John Randolph Page, of the wAlknown Virginia family, and l.yttleton T. Walke, of Norfolk, a' student at tbe University ol Virginia, died in Char-

lottesville.

Judge Harrison, in Winchester. Vt.. decided th»t Judge Handly's bequest of $^50,000 for a library for Winchester mi gin be made available at once. Charles Thompson, a messenger boy. died from the effect ofknockou: drops, alleged to have been^ adniini»te“* * disorderly house in New York. J. L._ Tipton, secretary and treasurer of the Switchman's International Union, was arrested in Buffalo oh the char) ci petit larceny. Three person* were killcff and many injured by flying debris during the tornado in the neighborhood of F

City. Ark.

Colonel George W. Cow-lam, who was a member of Duryea's Zouaves, died at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in New

York.

Wisconsin was swept by a terrjfie lirzard. wind, snow and hail combining to make things extremely unpleas-

ant.

The jury could not agree in the ease of Mrs. Carrie Nation, who was tried in Wichita.’ Kan., for joint smashing. Former President Cleveland had a narrow escape while on his ducking V>at near the Back Bay Gub. A *quall struck the boat and the occupants :gled with the wind and waves for Miss Ethel Bartholomew, whose suit against Charles J. Pirmelce, ol Wallingford. Ct.. for damages for frightening her. is on trial, is in a trancelike condition that is pnzzling the docti

Nelson County Jud, ntd Commonwe*' 1

RUSSIA AND EN6LAND. Are Haviax ■ Quarrel Over a Piece of Laud at Tien Tala.

ding

idgc W. G. Loving 1 Attorney B. F.

yV'OEOBOW RAILROAD BUILDING. A.xaiwicl-Blnalaihaw Roat's Bit Boat Issue

—T

Brunswick, Ga. (Special). — The | The Brunswick & Birmingham Rrilroad lias ' Stan filed a mongage in favor of tiie Knick- Som booker TruM Company of New York

e $6750,000 fifty-y interest payable

Nc v

Irdokman was arreMed at the •. in Brooklyn, in a $50.tnder. brought against

Sophie Lagaard.

Thomas Applegate^ a New Jersey

j farnterr’ was found , murdered in his I barn. I* is supposed (hat the crime

j was committed by whitetjaps.

John J.

Masonic Temple, in B 000 suit for slander, him by Miss Sophie L

of New York

ty-year 5 per cent,

semi-annuallj

wen lives

damage done

ips.

Western and Sot

by

property.

The armored cruiser New York, will Rear Admiral Rogers on board, sailed (or Manila and Hong Kong from New-

pon New*.

c general offices of the. New York. Haven and Hartford Company, ir York, were destroyed by fire-

out In

terrific storms, nd considerable

erl

bonds, interest, payable_ semi-annually in gol^. These funds will be sufficient to build and equip the road all the way to Birmingham. Work is Joeing vig- -ru,

orously pushed at this end. A report *• - J Irom Birmingham states that the recent * v- v-«.

cbmbtnation of the St. Louia and San , 101 „ _ . Francisco lines with the Kansas Chy. , -P cor R'. .Philhps, the Chicago Memphis, and Birmingham system wtll 1 Corn King, is the holder of a line join in with the Brunswick and Bir- j options on 7.000.000 bushels for May

mingham company, affording the short- 1 delivery.

eat rqute from Kansas to the Atlantic | John Harrington was arrested in OrSeaboard, wit^_ Brunswick Joj ^he ter- | znge. N. J.. on the charge of setting

^

Major William

nent ex-Confederate in Alexandria. V*.

Herbert, a prom died at hit honv

Lynchers Lodged la JalL

Carthage. N. C. (Special).—L. J.

arrested here, and > Charles Broadway Rouss* offer of $to,000 toward a mortuary chapel in Moun{

Hebron Cemetery, in Winchester. Va.. provided a like amount was raised there, eras accepted by the cemetery

[orth Carolina, were

lodged in jail, charged with being responsible for the horrible death of Silas Martindale.. The jail of Moore Coun- *—* Carthai *—'— : — e -—

Coot

tv at Carthage was broken into Saturday by a mob of fifty men, who secured Martindale, who was corffined on charge of assault, and hanged him to tree. This is the first time in fifty yea:

that a white man has hands of a mob in Not

in fifty years

met death at the

'orth Carolina.

ccial).—Three *. aged 1, 3

... o death aeren miles nprth of this city while their father was felling timber on his farm. The mother went to Cornettsville to do

g. leaving the children in

t trading.

the house /«r>lay. The house caught fire, and when Williams arrived' upon the scene.Vthe children were dead, their charred bodies lying qlosc together-

CnahaR to iMtfc.

Charlotte. N.' C. (Special).—D. W. Harris, » coupler in the employ oi the Southern Railway, was crushed to death baltoetu two cars while in the act of coupling at Air Line junction. His right arm and leg were almost severed lrom_ his body, death resulting soon •her* the accident. Harris was only

twenty-two years old. Tw* Wmmu Hfa Vlctlws.

leigh, N. C. (Sperial).—Ja de, a whhe mam aged twi

here, was 4 stb'oritiea.

Farriga.

The Chancellor of the British Exchequer intimated in the House of Commons that an ilKfease in the civil liM might be expected.' as it must be remembered that King Edward had a Queen Consort. British advices stale that De Wet is moving northward rapidly and is now supposed to be west of KroonMadt. It it reported that several companies of Boers are now in arms against their

people. Trouble

de between the Japanese Cabiand the House of Peers is likely to result in either ih£ dismissal of the cabinet or temporary suspension of the

constitution.

Li Hung Chang is again seriously ill. but he and Prince,Ching seem to think that they can influence the. foreign min-

""sir--'

spreading rumors

-eign tnint of the

ten

mrt's unwillingness to return to Pekit

tain concessions are granted, ■e outbreak of bubonic plague

in Cape Town there have been 23

tried to prevent lay who had be* ease.

Hi

renty-six. outraged

six weeks ago near Carthage < Mrs. Brown, a young married

while she w*s on her way to tacit school. He way.brought here to prevent lynching and las in jail here forty days. Two weeks 4go he was taken to Carthape. A, mob stormed the jail, took him out. and hanged him in the

outskirts of towzl.

All Bsrt ParWiet by Stow New Britain. Conn. (Special).— Howard Frost, of Elizabeth. N. J.. a mechanical engineer, received terrible scalds while at work in one of the Urge boilers at <he Stanley Wo«-ks here. Frost was inside the boiler when a ' stam guage blew out and turned on the full pressure of Mam and bot water. He was dragged out by workmen, but not until the entire upper part of his body bad been practically parboiled. He is not expected to live. y .

laved Okto Fraa Hn.

Baltimore (Special). —■ Thirty-five working girls made narrow escapes from death in a small fire that destroyed tat of N. Frank* *»*.

e removal ol a Maattacked by the dis-

circles that

mHHP returned'' erred by the Em-

peror qb account of the unfavorable

comir.rnrtn the German press.

\Gencral Tung Fu Hsiang, with 20.000 men. and Printe Tuan, with 10.000. are at King Hsu. prepared to resiM the execution of the punishment demanded by

the powers.

General von Waldcrfee reports that Colonel Ledebur's forces stormed 1 gate of the Great Wall 80 miles jrest ot Pao Ting, Fu. capturing four guns.

Emperot' William's woi ing and his condition is The correspondent of

newspaper, who has been

Noftnern Mane' '

ibstantiatc his zuria will beco

the eMabli ... dealers in rags. Joseph Gillingham. 1 tmplozee of tbe firm, jumped from second-story window wnd procured

the roof of an adjoining building. which they made their way to the ground. The last one to lave the building in that way was almost uncon

arious frem smoke.

1 stormed a mile* jeest of

Ting, Fu. capturing four guns, mperot' William's wound is healand his condition is satisfactory.

.German reling in

uuna. gives facts to statements that Msnme an' integral part of

ocialis: leader, made a vigorous attack in tbe Reichstag against the imperial government concerning the meat inspection law.

THREAT OF RUSSIAN COMMANDER. Rasslaas Cl*In It Is Part «f Their New Cvsceislea-Brttiih CasUod It Bctoat* la tbe Railway Caapasy-Tbe Russians Slap (be Caastnutlea al a Sidlag-As Appeal to Oaeral Barron. London (By Cable).—Friction has arisen at Tien Tsin between the British and the Russians over a piece of land alleged to belong to the railway company and to have been in possession of the company for some year*. According to dispatches from Tien Tsin the Russians assert'that this land is part of their new concession, mid. therefore. Russian property. Mr- Kinder. manager of the railway, had begun to make a siding, but was stoppefT by the Russian atithorities. He appealed to Colonel McDonald, who referred the matter to General Barrow. Bril chief of staff in Pekin, who replied: Carry on the siding with armed

ce, if 1

force, if r

Guards were p_. , British, and the work was contint General Wagasak. the Russian c<

iry.

put On the line by the fork was continued.

sians had had as-many troops 1 British, adding that such ro should be left To diplomacy. Colonel McDonald again t

Gene _ 'qntinue the siding." Gen-

graphed. “Continue the si era! Wagasak. very indig ed to the Russian minister

de Giet

•“■vrs

NO MORE CHINESE HEADS.

TbcNaaet of NiaetySlx Mlaor Official* Win Be SnbaitlcS lor Trial held reports ol the committees were heard. Regarding more punishment of the Chinese connected with tha. Boxers, there is strenuous opposition against demanding many more heads, but a list containing the names of 96 minor officials will shortly be presented to Prince Ching and Li Hi

when found gui .,. ... the Chinese ^themselves see fit. except in (he case of six men. who. the ministers think, should be execute!!. The report of the committee on the general principle* on which indemnity claims should be considered 7«vas adopted. Those claims which are palpably unjust will be disallowed. UNITED STATES HOLDS ALOOF. WID No! Take Aay Part Is laleraatioaal DtesgrccaKsts Betweva Forsiga Poser*. Washington (Special).—The orders given to- General Chaffee to withdraw all troops from Pekin except the two companies of the Ninth Infantry which will remain as a legation guard, indicate that this government adheres consistently to the policy which it hat always announced of taking nd ptut in any international disagreements that may arise between the powers in Pekin over the division of Chins** territory. The announcement that the Signal Corps has taken down the telegraph wires it built from Tietj Tsin to. Pekin and that General Chaffee himself nuking ready to sail for Manila, whi

t its 1 1 end-

NORMAL SCHOOL BURNED DOWN.

A Big Blaze la Sbepberdstawa-laL'Aegutc Facilities to F.gbt the Hre. Harpers" Ferry. W. Va. (Special).— ’ire in the new building of the Shep..erd College Normal School. Shep-herdstownr-zhit county. deMroyed the building, burning all the woodwork within, while two of its walls caved in. It broke out in the upper Mory. The Hagerstown Fire Company was summoned. but did not respond. The “ ling was of brick and stone; twof and batemetft. built several years at a com of $25,000. and sat up to in the minutest detail. The legislature had just appropriated 'an additional $35,000 for the college. The ■ilding possessed a tank of water ithin. was but 200 feet from the fire engine, and the town "run" ran through its yard, yet it availed nothing at against the fire. The building was insured.

LIVE NATIONAL AFFAIRS.

At the last meeting of the Cabinet the President asked his official family to make all arrangements for accompanying him upon his trip across the continent During the month of May, therefore, tht administration will be a governmem'upon wheels The transfer of the National Capital'to a railroad train is probably unique in American history, but. a* Secretary Conelyou explained! no other coursa is possible under the circumstances. Witn the Cuban problem still unsolved, with affair* in China demand ing constant attention, and with the Philippine situation requiring constant watchfulness, the President dors not feel juMified in leaving Washington for a month and severing all connection with the Cabinet. The probability is. therefore. Out the Cabinet will hold regular seuions while en route, for the business of the department*. except purely minor matters, will be forwarded from Washington aod will be considered with as much dispatch av if the President and his adviser* were in Washington. All the arrangements for the trip are in the hands of Secretary Cortelyou, who will Juve charge of the train. There will be a regular office on board the train, with a force of stenographers and clerks and with telegraph operators. A detailed schedule will be arranged before the Mart, and the party will adhere to it closely, so that at any moment it will be possible to communicate with the-Presidem by wire from the White House. Mail will be received, i letters of immediate importtmee iwered. Cipher messages will be received as usual, and they will be at once translated and laid before the President. Business will be transacted in a manner that would be impossible if 3000 miles of territory intervened between Qte President and the Cabinet. HayPaancetott Treaty. Lord Pauncefote, the British Ambassador, formally communicated to Secretary Hay an instruction from his Government rejecting the Senate amendments to the Isthmian Canal traty. The British reply is such as to leave no doubt that Great Britain regards the Clayton Bulwer traty as in

her consent, canal across the isthmus of Cenral America. Bakesic Playae la Saa Fra ad see. The treasury department has become atisfied that bubonic plague exists to n alarming extent in San Francisco and that stringent measures most be taken to prevent the spread of the diseasc. The State authorities in California have maintained heretofore that the disease has not appeared there al all, but they have at last been forced to admit that, the^ Washington officials are 'cdet'al commissM

usion pointed by the secretary some time ago to investigate the alarming situation in “an Francisco recently returned a condential report that bubouie plague oes exist beyond a doubt in that city. Schley Ordered ttoac. Washington (Special).—In the naval orders Rear Admiral Schley is detached from the command of the South Atlantic Station and is instructed to proceed home, there to await further orders. It is understood that he will not be git a new command, but will be kept “waiting orders” until his retiretn

„ detached Portsmouth J Schley's com

from lavy Yard and assigned tc oand of the South Allan

Alleged Matricide's lasaac Driags.

St. Joseph, Mo.

Ramsey, the znerclu ......... trial under charge of having Strangled to death bis aged mother beshe did not divide the property

Capital News Is OoeraL President McKinley granted a special audience to a delegation sent by a Pdhojlican mass-meeting to proteM against the Hollander Tax Bill. Some idea of the pressure upon Secretary Root for places in'the army an be gained from the statement of yhe ~ fact that there are over 7000 spoliations for the 610 second lieutenants Irom volunteers or %x-volunteers alone. Secretary Long has conferred upon the board of awards the task of procuring a suitable design for the medal which is to be bestowed upon sailors who participated in the battle of Joly 3 v off Santiago, under the terms of The recent act- of Congress The resignation of Mr. Kassom as special plenipotentiary for the ;egotiation of reciprocity truties has been placed in the president's hands. The battleship Oregon was ordered home from the Asiatic station. Superintendent Davit, of the Naval Observatory, bronght charges agaihst Prof. Stinson J. brown, bead of the mathematical department.

cause she did not divide of Ramsey's father to suit

ition in the c

■urtroom-by

imported

nearly $8,000,000

France

gold in Man

A copy of Bradshaw's, railway time tables for 1830. the first edition, lately

sold in London for £25.

The New York, New Haven and Hartford has declared a regular quarterly dividend of 2 per cent., payable

April 1,

The English national debt was £626.078.783 on March 31. 1000. and h has been increased in the fiscal year now

* drawing to a dote.

ol Ramsey s lather

crated a sensation in the courtroi repeatedly interrupting the MU and insulting the court. It is icx| that, the defense'now will be ini Strong evidence against the prison!

it introduced. •

Costly Fire at Oral Biirtngtoa. Great Barrington. <Mast. (Special).— Tbe Mtdtaiwe Building, the largest business structure in town, was burned, causing a total loss of about $65,000. of which $25000 is on building and the balance diMributed among the numcrous tenants. The origin of the fire i» unknown. MiUon Defer ExhlNt. • Jefferson City, Mo. (Special).—Tbe House passed its own bill appropriating $1.000000 for Miisouri's exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Centennial Exposition. to be held in St. Louis-in 1903. The exhibit will be under the managrnfent of a board of nine directors, to be appointed by tbe Governor. While Convict Bala to Dealk. Winston-Salem,' N. C (Special).— The county commissioners passed an order requesting Gov. Aycodc to offer a reward of $200 for the arrest of Pink Fuhon, the guard who stands charged with* bating Rand Hart, a white convict, to death. •

KHM hy the Cara.

- Reidsvitie. N-. C (Special).—Thomas Harris was “killed here by a freight train. He belonged-to a ‘ prominent family, and was a ’native of Virginia. He Idft a widow and five children. - -

Our Now

contract hat been awarded for raisthe Spanith warships which Ad-

pected f mtral Dewey sank in tbe battle of

—lity. Cavite,

ner The

property

The costing steamer Carmen, tons, the property of Galliano Unit and the schooner Orient, 97 tons.

mez, were seized

the

the chart

f cargo Bulan, in the pro'

-ietta.

Orient, 97 tons, the

poi/ ui juk Ysanez, were seized the recommendation of the comnder of the United States gunboat

PetreL on th

general agent

lies gunl

irge of illicit transbetween Sopsoc and

' Albay. ado Rut

BUILDIN6 BLOWN UP.

FLOODS FOLLOW STURM?. J Sliiett topic lifed sag Tweaty others la- /'

Distressini Death of a Namber of Peo- Jar*-Havoc .1 M ia* Pol at. / * pie la Chicago. Washington (Special). — Reports/ l|

1 from at) sections of the country indicate/ - S

tn\ S ern \ : day J

(Special). — Report*!

lections of the country indicator •»

>10 LAUNDRY BGILEK EXPLODES. ^

w ™ um. ^ win. "j ss f w T"; l Cuara Dews. Agata Caastof a Oeaeral Ul- the lo«. of life and property wa> heavy. N (agaa as* Barylag tha Eapleyts la Ifej Wmm a f « down in every direction and J

R*- u -“ , “ t feu n'for sever ^

•aralag Dcbris-A Naa

r at Charred Re

casual- 1

uJu K... Bmi run 0.L i S

son* pen-hed .1 the 1 Wills Point. Tex. (Special). — A * of cyclone passed through the west side of

Chicago (Special).—A boiler of Doremut Laundry, occupying part the old Waverly Thatcr Building, o West Madison street, between Throo and !.oornii streets, exploded, destroy

_ — joml. dettray- ib™.

iafrasb ’zts’srvs aurs xr**-"**-

bodies have been recovered from the

bodies have

ruins, several peri be missing, while

girls were so sc: — many of them will die. ^ nc '

The most conservative estimate by blown off the the police concedes that at least three— ls placed at $50.0 dead or alive—are still in the ruins; ye: j * conserrajisc *■

the search fc to a sudden

indoned.

cyclone passed through tbr west side ol this town, demoliahing everything vn ita track. Four people, are dead, and

•d. Fourteen dwell-

The public loss. The

. uly wre

....1 sai£rto ! loss- The rotten oil mill is damaged, at IcaM 25 meit and ; and the largest gin plant is in splimeis. were so seriously injured that , The wires were blown off the pole, and

abandc

Tbe

search was a men and polii sible fo '

VKaSTS^rVi^en hanging

nd arly in the afternoon. ; t *' e southwest all morning. The atm t of rescue was entirely P'>crc was heavy, and at interval* th

1 freight car was

,rack

in

of the cessat dispute betwi

as to who

-iving Rfdisurgems. papers have been dis- _ which place in an unfavorable light M. de Berard. former French consul in Manila, who has returned to

Europe.

The American authorities have seised small starrier* plying on Laguna de Bay 00 tbe charge of trading with the insurgent Filipino*. • Nine natives are on trial by courtmartial for murdering Qutsimbling. presidente of Calamba, ip the Philippines. because he was friendly to the Americans.' * General MacArthur reported the surrender of General Marian de Dios, four officers and S7 uniformed met. Judge Taft and associates, of the Philipping Commission, ailed from Manus for Lucent*. Province of Tayabes. Luzon; where they will organize provincial government. The Methodist* report tao converts in Manila last we^k.

phere was heavy, a

had been blustering shot

of the ' was just at noon, when there was a

the fire- long roar of rumbling thunder, a puff

respon- 1 wind, and then the air was thick with bodies 1 flying timber*. The cyclone came from the southwest and held to a straight northeast course. Its path was about

work-fb dig for bodies, and nobody else > , J' rec hundred yards wide. ft struck volunteered to do the work. i •j 1 ' northweM quarter of the town, in The explosio:. took place at a time | J'‘ e residence section. No house is when many of the employes of the laun- | ,e ' 1 while those that are not irreparably dry had gone to work, a time regis- : wrecked are in the minority. Most of ter found in the ruins showing that 36 ! are demolished—mere heaps of had alrady reported for duty, while ] debris. Household furniture and utentwo or three other* were known to have ! strewn farther than the eye can

iuM entered the building. CM these I re *" , •

hsrdly one esaped injury of some sort. . The town of NV ills Point was demolThe working force of the laundry is ls hed by a tornado in May. 18^3 Re-

much larger, felt none of the £ om * ron | J

usually much larger, felt t srsurs

terrific that buildings for blocks around »<>"* are reported drowned or missing, were shaken as if by an arthqaake, and .-'Icmphis. Tenn. (Special).—A havjr hundreds of windows were shattered. ^ ID ^ ar l d Worm prevailed here, and

The building in which the explosion occurred was known as the Old Waverly Theater, and was built in 1877. Subsequently it was remodeled, and the

tornado in May. 18)3. Jerrell, Texas, say that

iy that the occurred

Subsequently it was remode

rar used by the Dorensus Laundry. The part of the'auditorium running toward* Throop street ■'wras used by the Volunteers of America, while the small Mores buih out from the wing; of the auditorium, and facing on Madi-

ted to sho] ‘

access wras had to the laund

ectly “back of the office and in southwest corner of the bufldinz Qic

boiler-room wras located. Lfektoias B.xlis Sosa's Work.

Rochester. N. Y. (Special).—Rochester and vicinity experienced a terrific rainstorm, accompanied by lightning, thunder and wind. The noted Green-

leaf stock barn, two miles

lone, owned by Greenlaf. wras struck deMroyed, togethc

west of Char- - Congressman lightning and

, ier with 49 hgad of Jer>rth $100 each; a valuable

all ' * 1 '

by lightning ith 49 head of

a vali

implcra

be

the pet

Buigsrlc Fan Basket

stallion and all the farm implements. Loss, 25.00a Th* burn sat tbe best

equipped in the rountry and th hqbby of Colonel Greenleaf.

isidn is felt in Bulgaria 9

concentration of Turkish troops o the Macedonian frqntier. It is know

that large quantities of 1

7i'

,{'!,? c3;

,c ”

^nd

much damage was wroug

were washed out. and fences and stml trees in this vicinity suffered severely. Texarkana. Ark. (Special).—A storm having the fury of a tornado swept over the west part of this county. It is reported that many buildings were de-

stroyed and several lives lost.

SIXTEEN LIVES LOST.

Sevca Men Cast*! la a Flooded Miae--A Dozes

Build lags Deaotished.

Litfftle Rock. Ark. (Special).ports frpm over the state snow

storm bf Saturday

grater than farthere are

seccola.

Re-

that the*

as far Thus

and Sunday

repot ts iodiated.

— to deaths reported. Great damage was done at Osc

Piggot and Paragould.

Forest Chy. Ark. (Special).—Threw persons were killed and many injured in this vicinity Saturday by^a tornado. Four miles west of this city Pinkey Watson, colored, and her infant child were the first victims. In the same neighborhood 16 houses and miles of fences and trees were leveled. In Johnston township. ;o mile* northeast, the tornado literally lifted the house of J, A.Wooley from its foundation and shattered it to fragments, killing Wooley and seriously injuring hi* wife and stepson. Boh Allen. Outbuildings and miles of fences were blown down.

THE DEFIANT RADICALS.

Cotaas Mill Not Accept the Platt Aoeadaral

Monastir. The Bulgarian govern- ! -Havaa Placarded,

ment has received sharp reminders from Havana (Special). — Although the three of the grrat powers that it will be political demonstrations have ended, held responsible for the preservation of} vhe radial element in the Cuban Conorder in the border districts. stitmional Convention has not given up ■ -: - r_n,_ -—- . hope that the United States will Vecede towa feu-r B«Mai feraed. , (rom ^ tslkcn reKarding ,be Iowa City, Iowa (Specsal).—Fire de- Platt amendment The Radial press strayed the college ol medicine and lit- , is doing everything in its power to keep erary buildings at the University of • this view before the public It atmlowa. The loss is not less than $250- | butes the action of the United Statra

Both buildings were burned in Conj - - -

Idtngs 1 . A sc

to the university on account of s of recitation rooms. The colaedicine will close in three

two hours' time,

struck to the the loss of re-' lege of medi

weeks and arrangements have been made to carry the work uninterrupt-

edly.

Nile*. Mich. (Special).—The_my*trry surrounding th* disappearance'of Cashier Charles A. Johnson, of the FtrM National Bank, nas been dared up. Mrs. Johnson returned from Chicago, where, she uys, her husband is ill at the hoine of his brother-in-law. The officers of the hank are satisfied that her story is true. They ay that a search of tha bank's books shows that not a

dollar it missing.

Reported Mr* the Seaboard.

New York (Special).—August Belmont -hat acquired control of the Seaboard Air Line, and devised a close

says. 1

our conn-

action of the United S

gress to the influence of the trusts, declaring that the American people “are in fay or of giving Cuba absolute independence and of rebuking the ac-

tion of the administration."

Articles from American papers which seem to sustain the attitude of the 'onvention are given wide publicity. Senor Gualberto Coma says in

Patria:

"Lit us, the champions of _ _

try's -independence and sovereignty, .preserve the calm, dignified attitude we nave assumed Do not let us lose our calm judgment. Let us maintain omr energetic resolution to be free, but let us avoid furnishing the sligkteM pretext for the unhealthy imperialism which is corrupting the blood of a generous people and inclining them to

trample upon our rights.

"Let us still have faith in the justice of our rause and in the honor 01 the country which produced Washing-

ton. Jefferson and Lincoln.''

close j At street corners in various places

posted, which read

Louisville' placards have been

Iroad. In this new j thus;

Belmont & I -To the people of the United States:

traffice arrangement and Nashville Raili

railway enterprise August . . _ J|H|| ■

;fi d ro!u' M rs i

£$& Efs.ft'jr* ’■» s "

ferences at the offices ol August Belmon) and John Skelton Williams, of Richmond. Va., president of the Sea-

bard Air Line.

Baptisl 2ttb Ceatary McrtmtaL Meridian. Mias. (Special).—Tbe Baptiat Twentieth Century movement for the Southern States was inaugurated /here. A large number of distinguished ministers.. edoralors fed well-known laymen from all sections of the South took part in the exercises of launching a movement to be taken up by every State in the South. Rev. J. K. Willingham. secretary of tbe Foreign Mission Board, of Richmond, Va.. was among the speakers.

TrM toBtow Upa Baak.

Toledo, Ohio (Special).—Five men broke into the store of R. Danz. at Perrysburg, and made (wo attempts to “blow a hole through the wall with nitro-glycerine into the Citizens’ Bank, adjoining. They aroused the toaru. and abandoned the attempt. As they were leaving the place, George Reither uw them. They fired a shot at him. Fred Hit la brand uw the crowd from a second-story window, and recognized all. Henry Kellar and Geo. Taylor were arrested, and warrants are out for (he other*. All • • • -

on the wi (Signed)

"GEORGE WASHINGTON.” This is recommended to the eonsid-

-ation of “Ml worthy

ic great As

tofec

Washington (Special).—The report of the United States Geological Survey on the production c‘

as pre special

tigapon

—. — of mining a— lurccs, shows that the total

predr 900 i

at compared with $165770 i

gain of $46.440 or 25 per cent. \

mineral reset

value of the . BB in the United Stall

ired

t-put of precious s tales for 1900 is $232,210,

j in ifea- a

Ezstosk* UBs Hr* Mm Is Misuari Mlaa. Five men

others nite at

. « Valley. eight miles eaM of this place. Two shots had been fired in the morning and one had failed to explode. A box bf dypamite Had been sent down into the min*. »*d in working with the un- ■ shot one of the men set off

exploded shot one of the men set c that and the new box of dyuynitc.

Cleveland rouncilmen say the hook

ust and furniture combine 1 ‘ taking a part ; 1 —’ —