FATHER SLEW CHILDREN m '^“ <m “ 0E M7 BURIED IN SUBWAY

KUM lbe Little Dan to SpHe HU

FLED FROM WRATH OF LYNCHERS.

.!• ttt JtU ToniAty McCUrf' A<kHte< tkc •tarter •! Kb Tva Cbiotra, «od S«M H* ilrt Llllrt Tkca B: cute HU Wile Hid Lell HId cot Bctnwd u See or Hart Aoy Tkini lo Do With llta.

Minor. Ind. ■ SpecitJ.)—Jeirt Mcfllurr a farm hand, murdered his two sons. aRfd fi\»- and seven years, leaving

their bodies in a fence corner. While a j teller nf the City National Bank of tan-

It is reported in Philadelphia that the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will a«ard the contract for the erection of the new union station at Washington. D. C-. to Pndyhomr. Xrey ft Co., of Philadelphia. The contract will amount

to about Sa.j5n.001j.

The report of Receiver Smith, of the United Mate* Shipbuilding Company, recommends that Schwab's $10,000,003 bond issue be declared void and that the common stork of the company he

assessed.

•nob wa« forming him. hr dtove on gave himself up by the authorities

) capture atn} lynch ' mo. O. to the penitentiary for five

, 1.-.V Wn arreted 1 Fdward RoedeL aged 6a. a tray ding r has been seemed ] dof , or WM arrrlte< j at Cincinnati, who tear attempted I c harged with counterfeiting. One-dol-

vio'enrr ! lar bills have been changed into ten* McClure lived near Frankton. and had ' dollar hills and passed in'Southern In-

leparatrd from fci' wife a year ago, 'he I diana and Ohio.

refusing to live with him and returning Construction of the ship canal which with her children to her lather’s home. i» to connect the south end of I.akc At noon McClure hired a rig at Elwood 1 Michigan with the Calumet river was and drove to fhe farm, thp owner j commenced at Indiana Harbor, being Vrs. McChire s father, lie found n, r bandits who are supposed to the children playing in the from yord. hnvr | ()otw , , he Burrton (Kan ) Bank tpnd induced them, with candy, to take a : „- rrc aught after a desperate battle, in nde with him He drove a mile up the u1 , Ich thrjr | radcr wai , 1Hln ded.

road, earned the children to a fence

Frenilcd WorkaM Da; With Bare Hands to Rescue Me*.

THE ROOF FEU W AFTER A BUST.

It U Believed That ftal 0* •! tta tavesUtg Mea si Work at the Spot Where th: Covela Occnred Will Urt. As Thaw Who Wen Hal Maaxletf Were Shack.i by Ik* Terrific Eaylaaiaa.

NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.

taiwIpstUa tacreaaca

A hearing was had at Lancaster. Pa . 1 the application of John Q. Denny r a receiver for the Susquehanna Iron

and Steel Company.

i John K. Brown, fugitive cashier rsf : the Union Bank of New Holland, in- ! dieted for emberiling $103,000. was ar-

rested in San Francisco.

W. E. 1-attimer, a merchant, was attacked and killed by highwaymen d* he was about to enter his home, in Wooj

New York (Special).—Following a blast of rock in-tjfe rapid tranait subway under Washington Heights a 'collapse of the tunnel roof occurred, burying 17 laborer^ .who were working at that point. Within at> minutes of tlic explosion, which echoed and re-echoed throughont the neighborhood, rescuers had dug out four dead bodies and four

,1,, via ”" , " b » •" K i«mt to, torn recover were soon taken to an opening ,be United States during the year aggrefarther along in the subway and lifted to j gated Diljtj. or 105043 more than the the street. } ******** number heretofore reported for

Iron, ih, J | “TfeVSIi,, „ umtrr

Hood Wnght. the Ford ham and the Lm- , — jyo.dzj—came from Italy, an increase coin Hospitals were hurried to the scene ' '>* S?-347 os-er last year, while Anstriaand s truck fiDm the Fire Department I 1, , un K* r y furnished ao6j)i 1. an increase

The annual repot Of General Frank P. Sargent, of tbc Bureau of Immigration, shows a large increase of steerage immigration over that of the preceding year, the aggregate for the fiscal year of 1903 bring 857/146. an excess over that of last year of 30S.303.

or 3a per cent.

The statistics show an increase jp immigration from all foreign sources, suggesting as the chief cause of the influx of aliens into the United States during the year the inducements offered tiers here, rattier than xny special causes of discontent in their own countries Of the total steerage immigration there came from Europe 814.507. from Asia 39.966 and from adl other sources 13.573. If to these figures are added those representing the total arrivals of alien cabin

.-cm ...hi, toll „ 1 '£%SEE "I

There were wild semes as some of the] tt^fc; Sweden.' 46.038. 'an” inenite of fellow-workmen who had escaped any | 15-i.Vi: Ireland. 35^10. an increase of serious injuries ran to the spot and Iran- 6, 7 2 ' * nfl » n increase ,^1, «... ^ to r;^, ,“^,. 0 .isfi ! srrs: huge mound of earth and broken stone j crease of 5698. while China contributed in hysterical endeavors to get at the vie- j an increase of 560 ever last year, tims honed under tons of debris. ! ^.° f *. h ' nu ,,,brt ' . of “"r*** aliCT*

The surgeons went about administer-

ing anesthetics to those who

'.s,n, iwtod/Yr^hi's

613.146 were males and 343-900 were females, of whom 103.431 were less than 14 years of age. There were of these

he umpire.

By the will of Mist , . | of Salem. Mass.. $1.000000 Is I;

1 believed ;

A work

: the spot where the cave-in occurred

write, and 185.667 who could neither read nor wrhe. leaving a balance able both to read and to wrhe of 668.038.

net and shot them with a revolver. The older one was found dead a few- minutes later and the younger r.ne was dying, a piece of the candy being still in his mouth. McClure fled and was pursued by a crowd of young farmers ben: on .deadly vengeance The alarm was given and from ali surrounding towns armed phrstiers started. McClure succeeded in

reaching the jail in safety.

To the )ail turnkey McClure admitted | . q the murder of his two children and said , ‘ •».'

he had killed them because his wife had I,.- . Vof'carnVnter^'hvvr I for treatment. M, h.n, .0 « h» He ^ ■>' .’ h ' «

said. 1 j. mnnire * : CI>n " vT to '£ld I 'ntolrfiiSUetritoXiuoto S3 I TS. -Me.,

p "1- I >'e«-d & 53. S.oke m j j to M ceed

mile boy. Dee. He toled .o ,n, >nd . ^ ^ ^ Un ,, ,1 , , ra i|, „.™ ..US,,.,

.>• borers was swept over the Springdale “ d ^ Fordham Hospital wa* jecte d dor various dlusrs. the number

n n-.rr ms .-vrs nnn took ®* nl - n ^ ar Colfax Station, in the fog ' p ."’P* 5 and ur * cd ,0 M ‘ n< ' lU ! of rejections being nearly double those ™ to.w frnm 3 .Km him (onr of the occupants were drown- | ,* n ? 1,nlin ^ and 10 » rr angc for trucks on of lhe preceding rear. Of these 581 j my gun from my pocket and shot h m , . H Iwher vehicles to convey the injured to : _.. r . r , Sd^iw"^ 'i ; Af ,hf American Banker's Comen- iu A ^ |f . . , . | diseased tt^iere confr^i l.Wr

VtoK *rK a .ho ! *■“" in San FranciWo. Ellis H. Rob- ! .. Ab P w . ,, oc,ock a , no,h " rcport *« P 0 * | er*.

^ h ^ t^? : ***»- treasurer of the United Stars, read | J]" headquarters, that later proved to h f „7 h ^t > y. h .l .1! «» the effect, of the inflow of ' }* irreatly exaggerated, placed the num- . Pro t r.a .1 Naval Ucreate, tom of the buggy. I drove the horse to .. I»er of victims at 65. of whom it was said 1 tv,. (V n - ra | R n . r 3 ,1.,' v,^_ the side ^f the road an-J lifted both 1 -j-/ ( . ^ ; 15 were killed outright and 50 were so; ... . j - , r- rv 7 ’t bodies c-C$nd laid them out on the w .th- ^tri^e Mas. coSs I CRtrfted and bruised that the number of j Ad "> ,r * 1 Ge ^f e ^ewey .» the ered grass. I then drove directly to Ma- j a . C 8 CM o{ e« -00 oj^ ,b e Pennsylvania i dcad m, 8 h t he greatly increased. president, has recommended to See re

e ’' e College! at Gettysburg* A,,rT * iHinr iBr, ”

dtota- ^,r ak U * ta ' *“* **•

* “ *"*! r *P ort .<y *h»i Exclusive Of those denied admission

1 for a distance

at the land boundaries of the United

“'Papa, what arc you going to do?’ “I put my hand over his eyes and ti

Maine farmer'"

rion. to the jail, and

JXrSTh,: i" b. On Grtra. who 3L it -ritowd .I... 1 >° »!«•» » ,ht s “" »h«»

After sifting down these incorrect rumor* the troth was ascertained. Suffering from cuts and braises,

w Thomas Vend ran and a man named WilJiams were taken to Fordham Hospital. b« They said they knew that'a number of persons had been killed by tbc cave-in

and many more injured.

Both ambulances of the hospital.

^ 0 -eH a ru f .°rw ‘"rwfv'sw ' "A*monument erected to the memory rnnf members of the house staff.

^m..rrf«rr of Shabbona, the famous chief of the d "‘° n 10 ,he l _ re F u ' ar ambulance

fwa^^^ftanH ZuZ& I P-tawattomlea.' was unveiled a, Mor- , «££ !he ^ ’

*° l " d ‘ ana P° l1 *- I Thre bandits dynamited and robbed

the State Bank at Burton. Kao., and obtained between $1000 and $20C

it WU Be Pad forjfc^ra *f PbUideh A pitched battle at Fort Riley

,15:

DYNAMITE CARS IN COLLISION.

pkia MJMootirr.

SU.BJ3 REWARD OFFERED.

| Terrific Force of the Etplsslea that Folio 1

r j interesting and dashing feature of the j cd—Soar Strange Effects.

Bis Sum Gap. Va. <Sp«ial)-Ptoj "Shto-G^ol otos 'Mia-, w.'-I N " “£* ▼sous rewards offered by D. B Wentz; - considered at the Lake Mohbnk Con- i car '. onc t ‘* *" em loaded with dynamite, brother of Edward L Wert.-, the 1 '"cnee. : that had broken away from a freight

train on the Harlem River lirznch of the

occn siuu -in-- ‘^ cw ' or * t " New Haven and Hartford

| H>, .itoailon at Data* -.."to Ltotms | *' Baj-chtow, rollidcd with I Peninsula, says Russia has Joaooo the remainder of the train at the bottom

fc-rtot K~ it,, A’letatoi-. r™t ,,,3 Hoops in Manchuria, and is also of a steep decline, and the car with the Somnanv - ^ ‘ ' 'I strengthening her position on the west explosive in it was blown up. dcmolish-

1 li .1.. to-wc—. „ -,ito -k i * ,:lnk cf ,hc ' a,u f‘ Ycr - Japan contm- me three other cars,

ducted Edward I-rinenne Went* Wed ,ie< hcr t K> '‘ c - v settling Korea. The engineer. Thomas Corrigar, was

Philadeljdiia tiiilliona : *e who disappeared I

alive they will be paid $3szxx) by theATr- ! fmeuotaiion 01 anairs in Mawdonia. minutes slightly Manned. He managed einia Coal and Iron Ownnanv ^ ,ust * n hmitted to Turkey, provides for t„ regain In* presence of mind, however, **2 A reward of Siotro will t<- naid bv ccm,r ?* branches of the adminis- and shut off the steam, bringing the train

•vf v-IfT r- i 0 ?* i b S- P * <d br ! tration of the disturbed provinces by t„ , stop. j Austria and Russia lor two years. Nearly every house in Bay Chester suf- ! Emperor William wa* present at the , fered damage from the explosion. *

tary Moody that the navy should be increased each year by 4 first-class battleships, 2 armored cruisers. 4 torpedoboat destroyers and 4 fast and large

scout ships.

Secretary Moody some time ago asked the board to recommend a building program which would extend over a period of several years, and which is. in the opinion of the board, essential to bring the navy lo a strength adequate to the couirtry’s possible requirements. ft is understood the above recommendation is the result, with the suggestion that in case Congress in any year fails to make a sufficient ap--propriation for all of these ships, the 2 armored cruisers and 4 torpedo-boat dettroyers can best be eliminated from

the program.

bterior Depsriaeal Eiprose Dc errs sis [ The Secretary of the Interior has completed and forwarded to the Secretary of the Treasurer his estimate of the ajjpropriations necessary to conduct the affairs of the Interior Department for the fiscal year ending June 30. 1905. The estimate places the total requirement for the department at $156000.000. which is about $3.000000 less than the

INSURGENTS SURRENDER

PIm of Revattfioaary Committee lo Avoid Rigor of Wioler.

LEAVE THEIR ARMS BEHIND THEM.

Torks Rrpert Both Uak ala reft aad Saralall, the taaargaat Leaders. Were lllltd Recaotly lo Iks Village el Baal, la il-c Fleriaa District—Tbc Baigsrlsai Assert That Saralell Is as Nit Way la BalgarU.

Solonica, Macedonia (By Cable).— Recent advices from Monastir <ay that a considerable number of insurgenthave surrendered in response to the Sultan’s last call. The first of those who surrendered were beaten and imprisoned, but umler stringent order, from the Yildie palace all the men who are now coming in arc well received and

have been pardoned.

This, however, does not indicate the collapse of the rebellion, but is in conformance with the revolutionary committee’s decision to thin out the insurgent bands during the winter and retain under arms only an aggregate of about 3500 men. The insurgents who oming iiCare men of inferior phy-

sique. who could not stand .1 whiter campaign. They leave their rifles with the leaders, who secrete them in the mountains, in readiness Cor operations in the spring. Not one of the leaders

has surrendered.

The revolntionary coimnittce has no intention of resorting to the use of dynamite bombs in the towns this winter, but it declares that if the powers do not succeed in causing the establishment of a satisfactory form of governt by the spring every available ma'i will be called out and every desperate method for gaining the ends of the rev olutionists will be resorted to. The Turks report that both Chaka faroff and Sarafoff. the insurgent leaders, were killed recently in the village ol Bool, in fhe Fiorina district. The Bulgarians assert that Sarafoff is on ’ is way to Bulgaria. The Rev. Henry Haskell, the Ameran missionary, has arrived at Monastir to help in the relief work inau gurated by the Rev. XI r. Bond. Constantinople.—The Austrian and Russian ambassadors presented to the Porte notes embodying the demands agreed on at the recent conference between the Cear and Emperor Francis Joseph held at Muresteg. Styria. Sofia, Bulgaria—The war nrinistrt has dismissed the reservists of the second class, and it is expected that all the reservists wrill be disbanded prior to the

elections.

THE MISSOURI NOW QUEEN.

New Ballleshig Proves Herself Very

Speedy

Boston, Mass. (Special).—The new battleship Missouri proved herself the queen of the »eav m her class in a

peed trial over the Cape Ann course, with weather conditions of a consid-

erably handicapping nature.

Steaming over a course of 33 nautical « miles and return, the batsleship made m average speed of 1805 knots per lour, which, with tidal correct ions treatly in hri favor, it is believed will tdvance it to 18.22 knots, a new world'• •ecord for battleships of her clan The fir it part of the run was made (gainst a strong northwest breeer. vhich kept down the speed .to 17-64 ■mots, but coming back the conditions acre more favorable, and the 33 knot* were covered in 1 hour and 47 mmites and 9 seconds, a speed of 1846

r liou

PAID HIS FINE

for information which secures the errest and conviction of the murderers of Ed-

ward L. Wentr.

DEATH IN THE CAN.

. Twa Peddlers Mistake NUro-ftycerioc f*r Maple Syrup. Butler. Pa.(Special).—William Marks ' was instantly killed and Patrick Hardy fatally injured here by an explosion of eritro-glycerine. The men were peddlers •f small notions, and had camped in the woods near here. They found an empty can which they supposed had contained maple syrup from the small bit of sticky substance adhering to the top. Xfarks sat down with the can between his knees and commenced to cut out the top. to as to transform h into a water vessel. The small portion of the nitro-glycrr-tne at once exploded, and Marks r head, hands and feet were blown off and-his body disemboweled. Hardy, who was standing close by. had his eyes blown ont and the bones in his arms and legs a dorm places. He cannot

shattered f

Boston (Special).—The collection and delivery of telegrams by the Western Union Telegraph Company by means of messenger* was practically eot off owing to the lockout of the 150 or more messengers in the employ •f the American District Telegraph Mompanr. Several girls were used for •be collection apd delivery of messages. but the greater part of the work was carried on by telephone. Supcriwtendeni Ames, 'of the Western Union, said that the messenger service hercaltei would be conducted by girls. During the day the .rather limited force of ^irfs at first employed was gradually increased and the service showed considerable improvement.

I, **•» f- tame t ean*. I imrf

Washington. D. C (Special).—The temporary men clerks in the War Department are disgruntled ewer what they declare is favoritism shown women who have been transferred lo the permanent roll. These clerks were given places at the outbreak of fhe SpanishAmerican War. No ei/Wiination was required. After the war all.were‘retained on account of the mats of work 1 by the acquisition of new terrl when Congress eoawnm* someig may be done for the men clerks.

„ of monuments at Kuestrin. Prussia—one to mark the grave of Johann. who built the fortress at Kuestrin. and another in memory of Fred-

erick the Great Elector.

Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, the British ambassadoffat Madrid, has been selected to succeed the late Sir Xfirhacl

Herbert at Washington.

Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, the British ambassador at Madrid, will probably succeed the late Sir Michael Herbert as ambassador to the United

States.

At the suggestion of Signor Zanardelli, uRio has resigned the Italian premiership. the King ha* charged Signor Gioletti with the formation of a new

cabinet.

The underwriters at Lloyds have doubled the insnrance rates, to the Far East, covering all risks if war is declared within three months. The Turkish authorities have hurried troops to Utknb because of the discovery of a military plot to kill the Russian consul there. The Japanese minister at Pari* ■insists that the negotiations between Ja-

il result.

The detachment of the Honourable Artillery Company of l^ndon. arrived at Livetpool on their return from the

United States.

While deer-stalking at Rominten Em-

i the

_ and the foresters pulled him

of the mire-

British Secretary Lyttleton. LiberalUnionist. has been re-elected to the House of Commons by a greatly re-

duced majority.

The Russian viceroy df the Far East. Admiral Alrxieff, i* opposed to the opening of Manchurian towns to foreign trade. The treaty of commerce between China and the United States provides that concession* be given at Mukden and

Antung.

Illinois Central will

of 4 per cent, refunding bands The Philipfines have Mopped buying

•ilver bullion »»d will recoin tanonono

Spanish dollars.

Gould's friends gathered in more Missouri Pacific. They tay it must gu to

per on the first real rally.

The Alton pool is Mill active. Since the tip was given that H would go to 40

'• J —from —“

It i

that _ _ make room for Receiver

Receiver FachenthaL

ho was thrown from bed be the only person who was

injured by the expiosi

’ a ho wa* crossing the

A policeman _ tracks a niUe from the scene was knocked down by the concussion. The three detached cars and the rear ear of the main portion of the train were

burned

Within half a mile of the Baychester station not a pane of glass in any of the

houses remained intact.

In Westchester village almost a panic reigned. Men rushed to the postoffice armed with clubs, guns and knives, believing that burglars had blown open* the

safe.

Two boathouses on Long Island Sound, half a mile away from the scene of the explosion, were wrecked There was some damage done at Gty Island.

DANGEROUS FIRE IN NORFOLK.

B*i:d's| ea Caauuerdaf Place I* DcCraytd-

N or folk. Va. (Special).—The Bye-story building of the Old Dominion Paper Company, on Commercial Place, was gutted by fire. A high northeast wind threw blaring brands for squares and seriously endangered lhe heart- of the wholesale section, but the flames were

confined to one building.

The fire originated on the fifth floor and had gained great headway before it was discovered. About 100 sailors from the navy yard aided the firemen, and one sailor fell from the top of a 40-foot ladder into the outstretched arms of three of bis companions, who saw him coming and braced themselves to catch

him. nc was uninjured.

Wliat portion* of the building escaped tbc flames were rained by water, and stock is a total loss. The damage it . timatrd at from $504100 to ffioyooo,- tn-

Os Strike far Qss4 FseA..

Philadelphia (Special).—Twenty-four thirty-fourth session. mw.A * 1 .. , l , f _ — ■ l, l_

. men and five girl*, employed at the Municipal Hospital, are on strike for pure and nourishing food. The force at the hospital is crippled and the physicians are acting as ambulance driver*. The strikers ■ J ’ ---*■•

U S Mlakter (Tims BrfsMd t« Ask far Its KeaUiiox. Rome (By Cable).—Richmond Pearson. formerly United States consul at Genoa and now minister to Persia, lias been fined $60 and $15 costs for insulting an Italian railway official last Decesriber, previous to bis appointment minister. ■Hie government was dc-

. . reduction will be made the Pension Bureau and the Indian office. The estimate for pensions is $1364)00.00a or $ 1.700.000 less than the appro-' pnation made for this year. There also is a cut of $1,300,000 in the estimate for the Indian Bureau. The estimate for the expenses of conducting the affairs of the Five Civilired Tribes <jf In-

gmicnpn is doe to a calculation of deaths of pensioners made by the Commissioner of Pensions.

New Cow'yrlc-t la QrrafsU— - The Secret Service announce* the discovery of a new counterfeit $10 national banknote on the Miller’s River National Bank of Athol. Mass., check letter B, series of 1882. Bruce register. Wynpn treasurer. It is a photographic production printed on two thin pieces of paper, between which silk threads have been distributed. The bank and Treasury numbers are colored maroon, instead of carmine, and the seal is yellowish brown, instead of chocolate. The back ol the note is several shades darker than the genuine.

la th* DcyartMOts

Lieut. R. E. Peary discussed before

the National Geographical Society the

plans for the next expedition

North Pole.

Adjutant General Corbin exchanged farewell greetings with the officers and

employes of the office.

The immigration officials ordered the 'deportation of John Turner, the Eng-

lish anarchist.

The Postmaster General signed an order disbarring H. J. Barrett from practicing before the Postofficc DepartHarrison D. Barrett, of Newham,

Mass., was re-elected president of the

■. and the National Spiritualists’ Association.

Commissioner General Frank P. Sargent. of the Bureau of Immigration,

submitted his annual report.

The Woman's Centenary Association ol the Universalist Church began its

In accordance with Attorney General Knox's opinion, there will be no criminal

proceedings against Littaner.

William H. Laadvoigbt, chief of the classification division of the Postofice

ioning Mr. Pearson, but the latter fused to ask for the King's clemency, as prescribed by law. Mr. Pearson, on December 2. had some words at the railroad station at Genoa with some other passengers, about seats in a car and an employe ol the road intervened, whereupon Mr Pearson, ft is claimed, used insulting language in addressing the employe The train left and Cic incident would have been closed if Mr. Pearson, on returning to Genoa, had not made a report to the station-master against the employe, repeating the alleged insults in writing and signing his name, as consol general of the United States, thus compelling the employe to defend himself. The latter nted the consul general's letter as evidence before the judicial authorities and Mr. Pearson, not appearing, he was sentenced by default.

The big battleship at one time attain:d a speed of 18.75 knots per hour. The tontract requirement* call for 18 knots, tnd the margin was very gratifying not inly to the builders, the Newport Xe«: Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, but to the government officials or The best previous record made by a battleship in the ^distouri's class is that of the Maine, a sister ship. Wfeu'h

was 17.08 per hour.

The Missonri left her anchorage 10 Presidents Roads shortly after 8 a m., md steamed down to Cape Ann. wberr ■he measured course began. On thr battleship was the naval trial board, a number of naval officers stationed in and near Boston and guests of the company. The weather was clear, bnt j •tiff quartering breere blew from th« northwest and roughed np the wato considerably. The cruiser Chicago marking the southern end of the course lighted soon after to o'clock, a

half an hour later the Xfissoun headed for the line. It was found tba steam was a trifle Ion-, and so the bi{ warship described a couple of circle: before she again headed northward. :h« stokers shoveling coal upon the fire ili the while, until at it o'clock th« steam pressure was satisfactory to th*

engineers in charge.

When the word was given the Mis •onri's whistle notified the Chicago tha she was ready to start on her trial snd then Capt. F. M. Howes, win iteered the craft with great precisioi aver tb? course, headed for the line lhe new warship was abeam of the firs auoy at 11:13:50. and with speed tha increased steadily she sped away to th* lorthward. passing stakeboat afte itakeboat, until the cruiser Baltimor. was astern The latter craft marked th* northern end of the course, and swing ng off to port, the Xlissouri turned ii i circle and steamed back again. Go ng to the northward, the warship en countered heavy seas, that swept ovet her low bows, and a breere of half s gale s strength. Added to thts« speed-reducing conditions, the tide rat strong against the new vessel, so thai h-er speed was figured as averaging

Paris (By Cable).—M. Santos-Du-mont, the Brazilian aeronaut, said: "li there is no modification ol the conditions stipulated I shall participate in the contest at St. Lotus for the aeronautic prize. The Condition* named are perfect, for the numerous'difficult ir> prescribed enable a splendid test ol the difigibility of balloons. There will be three points to encircle, instead ol one. as in the contest for the Deutsch prize, in which it sufficed to double the Eiffel Tower. I believe my No. 7 will attain the speed fixed upon. This balloon is really an arrow. It measures 154-feet in length, has a diameter of 23 feet and is driven by a motor having 80 horsepower.”

Slxkt al a HaaxiaxBirmingham. Al*- (Special):—A gruesome spectacle was witnessed here wber. Felix Hall, colored, wa* hanged for th: murder of Norwood Clark, white. When the drop fell the rope slipped, and the condemned man hung for 10 minutes only half choking, lie was hauled up and the rope readjusted. This time iht fall broke his neck. Hall's last act wa> to write a declaration o< hi* mnwrnce.

WHc sad Matbrr la-Law Sosprcted. Helena, Xfont. (Special).—Mrs. Han-

na Hall, mother-in-law of Albert W Falke. who died suddenly in Great Falls last March, has been arretted here on » warrant sworn out by Falke'* father.

17.64 an hoar.

The vessel* racking the course wrr. stationed 6.6 knots apart and the Mis iouri*s lowest elapsed time between cn> two of the mark boats was 21 minuter i setond*. made oji the homeward leg which make* her best actual spccc 18.75 knots per hour. On the northerr leg tliC'engine attained a speed of tci revolutions a minute and the average for the entire trial was 117. Command,! Cowles said that the tidal correction, would no doubt add .17 of a knot ; ,-t hour to the speed of the ship.

POiSO.VOUS WORM IN CABBAGE.

1Uay Desths S«1J to Hsre Bees Csssei a

Uearxls by ksecL

Gainesville, Ga. (Special).—A great loss of life is reported in the counties a} Northeast Georgia, due to persons eat mg cabbage saturated with poison by,* strange wonr.. During the past few weeks persons coming here from White .L'nicn. Dawson. Forsythe and othci' counties surrounding them have reporter' over a score of deaths from this cause At first tlic many deaths were not m* ucr-tood, anti! it was noticed that al occurred after eating cabbage. Then ; farmer in White county, in gathcrinj cabbage, discovered a worm about tw» inches long and about the size of : needle. He say* when he touched th« leaf the worm, which wa* on it. lickcc rmt its tongue like a snake and acted it every way like a reptile. Beosmini alarmed, he sent the worm to the (tan chemist, who reported that it containet enough poison to kill 15 people. Th.

worm is to small that it is hard ft* nouse wives to find it when preparing cab bage for cooking, and many have Wet .-coked in this way. The cabbage croj i* of%reat value in this section, but thdiscovery ol the poisoqoc* worm ha: completely annihilated the demand. Uj tu this time no scheme has been dp vised for getting rid of the worm. « whatever it is that has been prodnetiv.

of so many deaths.

charging her with having cansed hi* death by " “ *

^ „ means of poison. Falke'* wife was arrested recently in Labe Ik. Mo., or a similar charge. Mrs. Hal declares she

is innocent.

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in her official trial trip on the Cape Ann course. Her avenge was tfijB knots..

Company, of Pets aHairs in the

k State, died at his home in

Mere Dyisait* oa Track*. Missoula, Mont. (Special).—Twc sticks, of dynamite have been found by section men near the mouth of Hell gate canyon, on the Northern Pacific tracks, east of here, just before the pas-

sage of an eastbound passenger * *—“ “ - ~w patrolling the

Aurora. Ma (Special)^—Two men were killed and 18 seriously injured by an explosion of dynamite nsed for Wast-

ing on the construe

White Riser Road, in Stone c

mi km east of here,

sage from Stone county, the •

explosion, says a second exj curved at Tunnel C, 10 miles t» k there.

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