IOSE TROUBLE BY CASTKO His Blockade of the Orinoco May Retail

la Farther Complications.

STATE DEPARTMENT IS ADVISED. Caltct Stiles Mar lislst Thai Forclfn Nations Kccofake tk: BcjoliUoa—Fomil Notice ol the tilnorJlnir) War Tax CrtaleS oo Ike Llftiaj ot tke Blockade Has Been ReceireJ trom Mr. Rossetl at Caracas. Washington. D. C. (Special).—Details have been received at the State Department of the conditions ol the blockade declared by President Castro on March 7 of the Orinoco river. It is provided the following Terms o! entry shall hold for vessels dispatched tor the blockaded ports alter the crce of the blockade has been c municatcd to the various governments. Steamships from Europe, one month; sailing vessels, two months. Steal ships from the United States, fifte

days: sailing vessels, one sels from the West Indii erara. whether steamers sels. shall be allowed ' the exception of those from

and Grenada, which *hall have he question of the Orinoco block-

ade is receiving the carefnl attention of the officials here, as it is realized that in it lies the base for further international complications. Great Britain already has indicated that she will not recognize the blockade, and Germany and other foreign countries probably will follow the same course, on the genera! ground that Venezuela having no naw. it is impossible for her effee-

"a!,K

if the blockade oi the river is found to be effective, will promptly recogington government probably will be strongly protested by certain American Steamship interests in Venezuela. It is upon Great Britain, however, that the blockade will fall most heavily, because of the great amount of British trade on the Upper Orinoco. Upon Mr. Bowen's return to Caracas the Orinoco blockade problem will be the first to demand his attention. EXPLOIT OF FOUR ROBBERS.

and Dcmsailing ves-

nwett ten days, with those from Trinidad

Six Handrcd Dollars Worth ol Goods Stoleo From Morio{ Car. Seaford, Del. (Special).—Detective

Hutchins, of the Delaware Railroad, sisted by Special Policeman Thomas sstek, arrested four alleged thieves

ith bre

sisted Messi

here who are charged with breaking

seal on a freifffit car at Ross Station, one ; mile north of this town, and robbing the car of $600 worth of shoes, jumpers and overalls consigned to parties in Poco-

moke City, Mi. and Cape Charles, Va. The robbers boarded the train at Wil-

mington, and when it reached the lonely siding at Ross, threw the cases out, jumping off the train here. They returned to their plunder, broke the cases open and carried the contests off in sacks. They

concealed them in a shanty near town. KINO SENT TO INSANE ASYLUM.

He Shot T»« Skiers at tbe New York found-

- Hog Axylam.

New York (Special).—Henry J. King, who has been confined in the Tombs Prison since July', 1901, having been found guilty on two counts of assault in the second degree, was declared insane by a commission appointed by Recorder Goff. He will be sent to Matteawan In-

sane Asylum.

A year ago last July King went to the New Yorjc foundling Asylum and shot

THE LATEST NEWS W SHORT ORDER.

Arthur R. Pennell, who was

>r Mrs. Burdick in the divorce case which ended with her husband's mysterious murder, was instantly killed by his

going over the edge of an t in Delaware Park, Buffalo.

— mortally injured.

Lin

automobile embankm

Hi* wife . .

The Anchor Line steamer Karamania, from Marseilles, Palermo and Naples, was detained at quarantine in New ^ ork because a number of the crew and sengers died under peculiar circui

stances during the voyage.

The New York, New Haven and Hart-

~ having refused

1 pasrcum-

Yhe New ird Railroad Company

to confer with the grievi

of the conductors '

: grievance committee and trainmen a ballot whether the men shall

The stockholders Railroad Company ted to increase th

of the Pennsylvania in annual meeting

o increase the capital stock of the

rpany 5150.000,000, making the total

horized capital $400,0CO.00a

Justice O'Gorman, in the Suprci Court. New York city, has signed an order directing the exhumation of the

body of Theodore Hagaman.

The sealing fleet of 23 vessels has sailed from Newfoundland for the ice

fields on the annual seal hunt.

John B. Ferguson, man from Pittsburg. 1 at'Neweastle Junction.

tor Sanguilly. in .... Senate on the Reciprocity Treaty,

im Pittsburg, was shot and killed

irastle Junction.

Senator Sanguilly. in the debate in the iuban Senate on the Reciprocity Treaty, icd fear of the domination of

expressed fear of Cuba by trusts, and

ts, and contended that recinot a necessity to Cuba's

procity

prcg-esi

Judge

manent a temporary injtr ing Bennett W'asserman ticket scalpers, from buyin) "Grid's Fair excursic- • : ' 1 '

*5

sion tickel

lev. Martin, pastor of Trinity German iheran Church, of Springfield. 111..

of Concordia

at Fort

of^Spni

he New York Lieder-

lyne, Lnd.

The trustees of th

kranz and Arion disappt ir Burmeister's action i

_je White House it House $!5/xo piani

Demands were made by the boijet makers in all the shipyards about Net York for a general increase and shone

>rk

1 roved of Profes-

sor Burmeister's action at the con the White House in not using the

.. territorial chat Texarkana. Oklahon

Railroad, with a capit

:r was granted the and Northwestern rital stock of $15,-

000.00a

A hundred families living below Alton, 111, have lost their homes. The Ohio md all the Western rivers arc booming. The captain of the Austrian steamer Marghcrita reported that his crew had 1 fight a number of armed stowawajs. The American Seeding Machine Comtny was incorporated at Trenton, N. J, ith a capital of 515,000.00a Eight bronze letters were stolen from ic inscription on the Maryland monument in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.

«n—who 1

in a fount

s found <!

BIfi OIL TANKS EXPLODE Awful Death of Spectator* at Freight Wreck Fire. MEN WERE LIKE HUMAN TORCHES. Buralti OU From the Exy.afia| Tanks Cover, ed the Crowd, aod Death Came loalaatly to Some. While Others Died la Horrible Afooy —Boy* R«a Aroaad Screatalaz, la a Biaie from Head to Foot

principal broke ir

;k-

>i! 'ti

Olean, N. Y. (Special).—A score or more of people were killed and a larger number were injured by an ex-

plosion of oil near here.

A freight train on the Erie, made up

of tank cars filled with oil, two near this city about 9

©’crock. The two sections of the train came together with a crash and one of

tanks was demolished. Fire

broke out almost instantly and the sky

was lighted up for miles.

While they were lined up along the tracks a terrific explosion occurred. The flames communicated quickly with the other tank cars and a second and third explosion followed each other in rapid succession. Sheets of flame

shot out in all directions.

Scores of persons were caught within the zone of the fire and enveloped in flames. Men and boys ran screaming down the tracks with their closing a mass of flames. Other* jell where they stood overcome by the awful heat. Just how many were killed is not known, as many of the bodies

were inrinaeaicd.

Sydney Fish, a prominent business man, returned from the scene of the

fire at midnight. He said:

"I was attracted fo the scene of the fire between 9.J0 and 10 o'clock. When I was within a quarter of a mile of the wrecked train there was a terrific explosion._ Flames shot outward and

WITH THE NATIONAL LAWMAKERS. Caul Treaty Reported-.Senate Will Sooo

Rittfy A fret orb!.

The Colombian canal treaty was reported to the Senate in executive session by the committee on foreign relations. When the Senate met a letter was read t o :_i Frs'e

from President pro tempore Frye appointing Mr. Kean (N. J.) as presiding

officer in his absence.

n his at

jath of

lered to James

Stone (Mo.)

office then was adminisP. Clark (Ark ). W. J.

ir Galling'

Stone (1 (N. H.).

There being no legislative business t ransact, the Senate at 12.06 o'clock, o notion of Mr. Cullom (111.), went int

txecutive session. Senator Cullom

ranal

lombian canal treaty, and length, as the rules of t quired. Under the rules

reported the nd it was reai

f the Senate re- 1

quired. Under the rules an objection carried the treaty over for one day be-

fore it could be considered.

^After the reading of the treaty Senator

stated that jic desired to have ish copy of the treaty, so as to it with the English text. The

Morgan state! the Sjianish c compare it wi.

state department was noTificd quest, and it is expected that the treaty in Spanish will be

Members of the committee on foreign relations express the opinion that there will not he any great delay in the ratification of the treaty, although no understanding has been reached with Senator

Morgan on the subject.

In the committee Mr. Morgan made no opposition to reporting the treaty. He offered to consent to a vote on he treaty at 2 o'clock on Saturday, provided the Senate would consent to allow him to print such remarks as he wanted in the Congressional Record or as a public

loejin

Members of the conn iscd the propositi!

the c

tors, and the consensus of opii to be against granting the Some of the remarks hei

imittcc later dis-

with other !

inion

plosion_ Flames shot outward and upward for a great distance. I' saw several persons who started to run away drop on the railroad tracks, and

they never moved again.

"Others who had l^een standing dose to the wreckage were hurled through the air for hundreds of feet. The scene was awful. Half a dozen young boy-s ran down the tracks with their clothing on fire. They resembled human torches. I could hear their agonized screams distinctly from where ••t Ann'* v—n— »-n«. many were kill-

ity bodies bc-

nission.

Some of the remarks heretofore made by Senator Morgan reflected rather severely on the Colombian government, and especially on tbe President of Colombia, and senators think it would be inadvisable to give official sanction to such utterances by allowing them to appear in the records of the Senate. It also is feardd that the Colombian government might take of1 ■* ' ' itify the treaty, and

— 0 j t h c

sent at once

“I don't know how

ed, bm 1 counted^twent

fore I came away.” Word was sent

police headquarters Every' doctor and a

chy and

into ^service

.very' doctor 1— ity was summoned. Grocery

to Oleai telephone

ds wc - .

and everything possible bring the injured will

^was 1 °Ne\v*Havetf p?r'b'who had j delay’ to the hospitals for treat to Chicago with a Yale graduate, | The report from the s

ithout itmenL

President Buchanan, of the International Association of Ironworkers, stated that the strike was ordered because the American Bridge Company had violated its agreement. The cry of "Fire" in Proctor's Filth : Avenue Theater. New York, nearly 1 caused a panic. Five women fainted. J There was no fire and the engines were '

only passing.'

itest report ident says twenty-two bodies

taken from thi

have broi taken from the wreckage. Some of them are burned b ~ J

a, only the trunks

of

lies

^ ge. beyond recand skulls

it in the London courts for the revery' of her daughter from her for•t husband, Eric Gordon, a —

BOY OPENED THE SWITCH.

Wrecked the Seahaard Llmlied Trala Jaat la

See What Woald Happen.

Savannah, Ga. (Special).—It was developed by officials of the Seaboard Air Line that a boy named Bird ala. eight years old, opened the

. ibian gov<

fense and fail to n

it is asserted that ratif treaty can be accomplish

agreement is reached.

Senator Allison, chairman of the republican steering committee, has sent notices to all republican senators requesting them to be present at the sessions of the Senate in order to maintain a quo-

'' r of policy has been

of pressing the

mate ti

rum. No definite 1 agreed on m the

but the -

uite and unde ossible each d

Bowes May Be Praaoted.

Minister Bowen may be promoted from the post at Caracas, where he is only a Minister, to the Ambassadorship at the City of Mexico, wHSch Pow-

ell Clayton now holds.

The success of his Venezuelan negotiations has demonstrated that he is too va|tuble a man to be much longer buried in a South American capital. Mr. Oayton. who has held the post in Mexico for six years, has been undi fire, but. it is said, intends to resig

in order to ' “

as Commissi

. to resign

succeed Eugene F. Ware

lioner of Pensions.

Oeld Record Is Brakes.

:ourt ordering : boai

jer father, i Nev

mcr husband, Eric Gore of Lord Gordon, the ct her to deliver up thp child

Eric Gordon.

Albert Hcyer, formerly a secret ser-

vice agent of the late Transvaal government, is under arrest at Cape Town for stealing a will involving an estate

, , • . , - , , , worth 5500.000. - ,h " - SE IM

name of his supposed ' f. P ms -

While they were try- Two ' vomen and men, clever e drew a revolver and ' rogues, committed a daring robbery in

| St. Petersburg, stealing jewels valued at | $30,000 from a jeweler.

Hoa. James H Blonat Dead. The fortieth anniversary of the mar-

n. James H. i of King Edward and Queen Alexfrom Geer-! ? n<1 . ra was celebrated throughout Eng-

icksonville

on is assigned extnted to see "what

sisters tell him th< wealthy parents, ing to calm him h shot two of them.

Macon, Ga. (Special).—Hon.

Blount, member of Congress from Georgia for twenty years—from 1872 to 1892 —died at his home in Macon, aged sixtyfive years, of congestion of the lungs

He had been in impaired health for two Emperor William gave a private reHis last public service was ST ’“pt'on to President Frangis, of the

ycarv

commissioner paramount to the Hawaiian Islands during President Cleveland's second term. It was on his report that Mr. Cleveland reversed the policy of Mr. Harrison. Upon retiring from that position in November, 1893. Mr. Blount left public life and has since remained quietly at home attending to his

private business.

“Nym Cfiafcir is Dead.

Nyadt, N. Y. (Special).—Andrew C. Wheeler, better known as "Nym CrinMe.’ - a well-known newspaper critic, novelist and playwright, died at his home at Mousey. Rockland county. He left a widow, two sons and a daughter. He was born in New York 67 years ago. and had served as dramatic and musical critic on several New York papers. His books include -The Chronicle of Milwaukee": "The Twins.” a comedy: "The Primrose Path of Dalliance" and "East-

er a Hospital Bed " Wnt Water Use. Nat wiae.

Topeka, Kan. (Special).—The Sute Temperance Union has started a movement to have the baulc-ship Kansas christened with water instead of wine. Efforts arc being made to have resolutions considered by the Legislature.

Paascagcr Trala Wreck**. ■Ala. (Special) .—While

running ax a high rate of speed in an effort to make up lost time, passenger train Na 4. north-bound, on the Looi«- , viBe and Nashville Railroad, was badly

““ of fin*

andra was

land.

The Chili

is a

1 torpedo

Mery is a total wreck scuth paraiso. The crew were saved.

Ingeniero It of Val-

St. Louis Exposition, and reraarl that expositions did as much towai

ttnde

positions aid as moc understanding betwi

s of diplomacy.

xked ird a

nations

better - years

Secretary Cranbome stated in the of Commons that the question

rtween Great

1 thei

been discu

House of Commons that the quest of an understanding between Gi Britain and Russia as to their intei es^ in Persia had been discussed. The severity of German parents toward their children is said to be the cause of an alarming increase in the number of suicides among juvenile* in The British naval estimates for 19034 provide for an dXpetiditare of 5i79,184^05. and 127,190 officers and men,

an increase of 4600.

The rebellion of the Kwangsi Provf China is spreading. A church •en destroyed in the Shantung

Province.

A slij Restive

to be causing

iety.

Lord Lovat, who commanded a corps of scouts and won the Distinguished Service Order in the war in South Africa, in making his maiden speech in the House of Lords failed utterly and had to sit down.

ince of China i has been desti

“rovinee.

A slight disorder of the Pope's dicstivc and intestinal functions is said o be causing his physician some aux-

wveck

place So tar as known only five pen were injured, three of whom were m her* of the train crew. Occurring at the •w>t of a deep grade, the wrecked ears were thrown u> either 'id* of the track, official* attributing the wreck to the

—*^*'-1 of » iwttrfc

Mercantile financial troubles in New York have been adjusted. Six per cent, it charged for some six month leans in New York. Gould put his shoulder under Missouri Pacific and lifted it two point*. Kansas Cty Southern prefet ed 2 per cent, the last ten min Uadr- ~ ■

York. No r< •pt that the child would happen."

Thirty minutes before the arrival of the train the boy told Postmaster A. Herring, of Evergreen, that he intended to open tbe switch, but the postmaster, though he live* erithin 150 feet of the switch, took no notice of the boy's threat. Both the boy and Herring have confessed to these facta. Acting Superintendent A. W. Tousley, of the Fifth Division, said the boy was in the custody of officers of the

road.

NEW CRUISER LAUNCHED.

Tbe Ibattanooga Glides Dowo tbe Ways—

Large Crowd Attended.

New York (Special).—In the presence of 3000 spectators, including officials of the State of Tennessee, tbe City of Chattanooga, the City of New Y'ork and many naval officers, the United States cruiser Chattanooga was launched at the shipyards of the United States Shipbuilding Company at Elizabethport, N. J. With flying colors the warship slid gracefully down the ways and took the water amid a tumult of cheers and deafening whistle blasts from yachts and other vessels crowded ■‘with spectators. The Q nooga was christened by the y daughter of the Mayor-of Chattanooga, Lillian Chambliss, who broke a bottle of champagne against Oie prow, with the words. “I Christen thee, good ship, in honor of Chattanooga.” The maids

of honor were Miss ""

Miss Rieta Fa;

FLAHES CAUSE DEATH Holocaust io tbe West Virginia Mioiog

Town of Leiler.

CAUSED BY THE EXPL.0S10N OF LAMP. Tbe House Was a Frame Structure ant Burned With Greit Rapidity—Nothlog in tb; House Wa* Saved, aod !b: Sleep'-ag lo- ! mates Awoke to Find tbe Lower Pari ol the

Structure iu a Blaze.

Elkins, burning 1

ling

nmg to

iV. Ya. (Special).—In tl a double house at Leiter, n below Elkins, six persoi to have lost their lives ai

dly

It is believed by some that seven per sons in all lost their lives, one ether max

being tifissing.

The house was occupied on one side b)

Thomas Coughlan and on the other bj Silds Finley. They kept a hotel together

The fire was first discovered in Miss

Coughlan's room and is believed to have been caused by the explosion of a lamp The flames made such headway that th«

building collapsed a few moment the blare was detected. Thosi

escape barely

Mr. Anderson was foreman of the Roaring Creek and Bcllington railroad operations. He and his family lived on the Finley- side of the house. The others who were cremated lived on the Cough-

lan sida

A brisk south wind was blowing at the time the fire occurred. The house was built in a flimsy manner and the weatherboarding was dry. It burned - like tinder, the flames spreading from one part to

another with astdnishing rapidity.

The lower part of the house was full of fire and smoke when the inmates awoke. Those who were saved wert compelled to leap from the upper-story window. They were slccpinp soundly

ised by the cr- J ' ,: — ^

otn their beds,

time

NINETEEN LIVES LOST. : A lerribh Struizle for Lift lo tbe Hudsoa

River *t Spier Fills.

Glens Falls. N. Y. (Special).—NineI tec*; men are dead as a result of the capsizing of the ferryboat used by i workmen at Spier Falls, about 10 miles west of Glen. Falls, on the Hudson river. Over a thousand men arc em1 ployed there at present in the con- ! Mruction of ihc power dam of the Hudson River Power Company. The I laborers and many of the masons arc ! Italians, who. live in shanties on the north side of the river. The main J portion of the work is carried on at . present on the opposite ride oi the j river. The men have been in the habit j of crossing a small bridge wTtrre the j river flows through the unfinished por- | tion of the dam, but the river has been rising for several days, and the company, fearing that the bridge was unsafe. destroyed it with dynamite.

- i^jf mi | c> _ rT.S'j. cables. It if

•y a heavily loaded as 150 men have

large enough team, and as been taken

. ... across a: one nine.

»~,!rfipuis

d time to do so. There • Cigarette” became frightened and fell

when aroused by the crackling flames Arising from their beds, they just had time to run to the top story and jump out of the wind^vs. Clad only in their night clothes, they saw in a few moi

the building entirclj that six of their fi in the h*--

were cremated.

Says Her Has

There was more gold in the custody of the Government of the United

£y. I States at the close of business Wcdncs- J uc j,

. eight years old, opened the switch ! » h «? ever before in the history of | her Si'rr.' »d ness's £

ird's limited from Jacksonville to / nndl

igarette” became frightened at

overboard. He was rescued, however. Saturday morning 70 or 80 men got aboard, and the boat started, leaving a big crowd on the bank waiting for the next trip. When 80 feet from shore, the water splashed against the rail, and the Italian boy- who had fallen over the previous day seized one of the tackle ropes which ran from the overhead cable to the stem of the boat. Someol the men started toward him. and instantly the boat careened and filled, everyone being thrown into the water The Hudson, swollen by the freshet, bore a score or more of the struggling men down the stream. Many others succeeded in catching hold of the boat, which had righted, and they clung

there until pulled ashore.

The wildest excitement prevailed, but the current carried many of the men in toward shore, where they were Teams were quickly harnessed and loaded with the skilled log drivers and" sem down along the river to pointi where the bodies would be likely to land. Dozens of dinner pails, hats and coats were fished out. but it was nearly 4 o'clock before the first body was found. _ This was found in a log jam two miles below the dam. and was recognized as that of Fred Forran. an-

Italian interpreter.

The river for miles is being watched! and dragged in hopes of finding bodies of the other victims. There werebut two or three English-speaking menon the boat, the Italians being all designated by number. The rolls of the men were called and everybody had been accounted for except 16 men, and it^ is ^certain that . these men were HOMES DEVASTATED BY FljXJDS.

id Fared Her to Assist lo ■ Great Donate Dooe By tbe Swollen Rivera

Throughout Sooth and West.

St. Lorn's, Mo. (Special).—One hundred families living below -Alton, have been rendered homeless, and many have lost their belongings as a result of

isumcd and knew

friends had met dcatf

. _ blazing structure. Hardly ar. article out of all their numerous personal belongings in the house was saved. After the ashes had cooled off to some extent the search of the ruins began. Soon the bodies of the six rictims were recovered. All of them were terrible burned, being charred beyond all recogrff Leiter, where this tragedy occurred, is a small town eight miles south of Elkins. Almost its entire population is composed

^_pulation is compoi of persons connected with the mines that place. There is little apparatus for fighting fire there, and no matter how

good it might have been the house bu 'dly that it would hardly have

BRIDE AS A BURGLAR.

Robbery.

Oswego, N. Y. (Special).—Alonzo Clark, 22, and Elizabeth Austin, 19. )|erc married six weeks ago. They are now in jail here, charged with burglary and larceny in breaking into and robbing the store of Truman Cook

Mrs. Clark is the pretty •'

Austin, of Phoeni ----re ahr L -

"ook.

daughter of

i bullion in Division of

coin

Redemption, 5iS0.i

■Id coin held against gold certifi-

bullion, general fund.

ales, *400,696,096. Gold com and b

84.260,557.26.

Cholera la tbe PHBppiata.

nave

irgc is still

itry, according

ceived.’ In Mil

rying oL • iu American surgt are in charge.

•astating the 1 to advices jus

irge numbe :con and ti

s Frances Bond and

Chicago (Special).—Exhausted

: of hk

attack of hiccoughs, which had

without Rev. J.

by an lasted

ithout interruption for several days, the F. McCleary. an Army chaplain, y of Fort Logan, but lately on the retired fiat, is dead at the residence of his son-in-law, Captxun Alvord, at Fort Sheridan. The chaplain, a hale and vigorous man of 60 years, had an attack

of pneumonia three weeks

covered after a stubborn _ the disease. He was rapidly convalesc-

ing. when seven days

Led by a spdl of

. Hy convalesc-

lys ago,^ he was at-

Saxaay Sbak.ro. Berlin (By Cable).—Earth shocks have been lelt for two days in tbe district of Voigt land. Saxony, and m tbe Erzgebirge (Ore mountains). The inhabitant* of Graaliu left their house* and patatd the night in the streets Tremor, were felt *u hr as Pluen, fcr wvrra! treoudv Theft was great

Unsealed Packages la Mail By mutual agreement between the United States and Mexico, unsealed packages which contain in sealed receptacles articles which cannot be safely transmitted unsealed will be admitted to the mails between the two conntries with certain minor restrictions as to covering.

her marriage she was a bookkeeper. On the night of February 5 she says her husband forced her, by threats and fear ‘ of bodily harm, to accompany him to the Cook General Store, at Hastings Centre, near here, and assist him in entering and robbing it. She says she dressed in male attire and

The temporary military stations in the various provinces of the Philippines have been named after those officers who fell in battle or afterwards died from their wounds. • The President has appointed William Plimley. of New York, to be assistant treasurer of the United States, to succeed the late Conrad Jordan. The contract for the ownership and maintenance of 35 miles of electric road in Manila has been awarded to Charles M. Swift and others. The Inter*talc Commerce Commission has ordered a further hearing in what is known as the Southern merger case. A- W. Pontius, of Minnesota, was 1. pointed a student interpreter at Pekin. Vfr. Pontius, under tbe law, is pledged — ** — ‘hat capacity for a a salary of 5i.ooo A cablegram was received from Mr. RussclL United States charge at Caracas, stating that the Venezuelan government bad established a blockade of the

Secretary Hay appointed Charles M. Pepper special repmentative to develop a scheme for an international railway to

says sh« dressed in male attire and waited outside the store while he broke a window in the rear and went in. He signaled, and she followed him through the window. She says she pointed out the most valuable goods, and held the bags and baskets while her husband filled them. They had been married two weeks at the tone of

the theft.

MURDERER KNAPP. No D*abt Whatever About Defcose Pleading

lasaaity.

Hamilton, Ontario (Special).—Alfrel A. Knapp, the self-confessed murderer, was visited by his Cincinnati attorneys and they cannot get ready for the preliminary hearing this week. There is no doubt whatever about the defense pleading insanity and the first movement will be for an inquest. Knapp's fourth wife, parents, brothers, sisters and brothers-in-law, will testify that Knapp has not been right mentally since he was kicked by a colt when he was 5 years old. and it is expected that neighbors of the Knapps and fellow workmen of the prisoner will testify as to Knapp's queer ways. Knapp is as indifferent as ever, playing cards and reading, and apparently is the most cheerful of all the prison-

living below -Alton. Ill,

L

ippi.

also threatens to inundate the fine farm-

the rise in the Missis

ing lari' river, a

lands on Missouri Point, across the r. and farmers and stockmen are-

preparing to move.

Hundreds of farmers living in the lawlands about Harrisburg. HI., have been forced to move by the rising of Saline and Bankston creeks, some abandoning stock to the flood. For miles the country thereabouts is a vast sheet of water. Reports from Hannibal. Mo., state that the upper Mississippi is sending great volumes of water, and the river is higher for this time of the season than for

Tracks Uader Water.

Cojumjus, Neb.—Three hundred famits in Columbus hare been compelled

leave their homes. The

lies ... _ by high v Lewis rii

-Three imbtis have 1

water to leave their ho river at this point_is t

ind a half wide.

than 1 Pa-

Paul Kruger a Wreck. Paris (By Cable).—From Mentone comes the must distressing news of the condition of Paul Kruger, the vetBoer

eran Boer leader, whose present home is there. The health of tbe former head of the republic in far South Africa has become affected to such an extent that his friends are alarmed and fears are entertained of early dissolution. Mr. Kruger is described as having sunk into an absolute lethargy, his mind having failed under the fearful strain to which the old patriot has been subjected during tbe long, weary months following the reverses of his army and his flight from his beloved land.

Gfeaul Tribal Mi* Wart Nobles ville, Ind. (Special).—Rufits Cantrell, the alleged grave robber, came here from Indianapolis to testify before tbe grand jury. He was accompanied by his attorney and two detective*. Cantrell wa* before tbe jury all the morning and mads a Ml «mfe**Lm of hi. alleged with as* ol thi* county

a mile and a half wide. The Union cific tracks from Columbus to the Bridge over the Lewis river are under

water.

Town Uodcr Water.

Columbia, Tex.—The crest of the flood in the Brazos river has reached this point, and the town is under water. The is going across country to the **“ regular channels not being

carry it

Distress Prevail*.

water 1 Gulf, t

sufficient t

_ Nashville, Tenn.—The. Cumberland river is nearly a foot above the danger line. Distress prevails • l -- ' —

land inhabitants. The

will pass Nashville today, but no marial damage- to property is expected.

waSs among the lowic crest of the rise

today, but 1

imagexio property is ex; General Over Tennessee.

Chattanooga, Tenn.—The rainfall here in the past twenty-four hours was two and one-half inches and is general over ike Tennessee river system. Tributanes about here are swollen.

SPARKS FROM THE WIRES

End. was sunk by the steamer Margaret and all on board were forced to

swim to the shore.

In a head-on collision between passenger trains on the Burlington Railroad, John Peteraon was fatally crushed and three other passengers injured, e officers and joint committees of Irotherhoods of Firemen and Trainmt a circular to their respective advising them not to strike pendeostoo by the court on the injunc-

The

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The Porto Rico House of Delegates passed the Million-Dollar ’— Loan BUI. All the A

The plant ol the Franklin Baker Company, importers of cocnaans*, in Hutode.phta, was partially destroyed T CorneR University piofcuart are to after .naming the age of 70