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. - - r -s.i i i- i J, ll 1 1 mBM tl ' f r ' - , , al m m t f t t ;. . . ". i.--' " ) TEDS BOLIVAR BTTT T ILNni TO U II a aHa II 1X1 . VOL. XXXVIII-NO. oO. BOLIVAR, TENNESSEE, FRIDAY, MAY 1, 190":$. SUBSCRIPTION: $1.00 Per Year Tennessee Crop Conditions in Tennessee. The United States Department of Agriculture in a review of crops and crop conditions in Tennessee for the week ending Monday, April 20, among other tilings, says: The cold, damp weather wraith prevailed during the first half of the veek, greatly delayed farming opera tions, which were alreadj- much later than usual, and but little plowing or planting was done previous to the 17th, when more favorable condi tions of warmth and sunshine suc ceeded, and farmers took advantage of this interval to push forward the work of planting corn and cotton, and of plowing where the condition bf the soil permitted. Karly plant ed corn is coming up slowly ; some of it will have to be -.replanted, owing to rotting. Wheat prospects were never better at this time of the year, except some on lowlands which looks yellow, affected by cold and damp conditions ; other, small grains are doing well; spring oats are coming up well. In the western division, tomato plants are reported thrifty, some have been set out, and an in creased area for this and other mar ket vegetables is being prepared. Strawberries are beginning to ripen and the crop is reported fairly good. Irish potatoes are coming up well. Tobacco plants are healthy and plentiful. Early fruits are re ported considerably injured; apples have better prospects. Clover and other grasses are growing well. Light frosts appeared on the morning of the 18th, but did little or no damage. WEST Kit X SECT J OX. I Benton First part of week cold, damp and unfavorable for farm work; tobacco plants looking well. Carroll Unfavorable for farming ing to 17th,- when more pleasant weather succeeded; vegetation slow growth. Chester Cool and rainy; farm work 'greath' delayed and plant growth checked by cold weather. Fa-ette Wet, cold and very dis agreeable: very little corn planted; potatoes up; strawberries ripening. Gibson Corn coming up slowly; tomato plants thrifty and ready to set; upland wheat looks well. Hardin Cool and cloudy; very little work being done; high waters iiooded much bottom land. , Henderson Cold, cloudy and damp to 17th, then fair and warm er: plowing advanced; sonic cotton planted. McXairy Cool, cloudy and unfa vorable fr germination of coin and cotton; farm work later than usual. Obion First four days cold and wet, last two days corn and cotton planting" rushed ; wheat improving. Weakley Farmers mostly done planting corn; favorable for wheat; good prospect for apples. Tennessee National Banks. The latest abstract of the condi tion of Tennessee national banks made by the comptroller of the cur rency gives most significant indica tion of the financial growth of the State. The latest abstract is for April P. A comparison with that of April 30 of the previous year shows an increase in resources of $8,353, t.'6.8'2, the resources this month be ing $56,222,438.39. Individual de posits also give evidence of the pros perity of Tennessee, aggregating $31,081,000.89, a gain of $4,255, M4.76 in a vear. The gold on hand is $1,227,462 and total specie $2, 071.28fi.75. National bank notes to the eum of $3,507,682 have been is sued by the Tennessee banks. The surplus funds of the banks have been increased to $1,914,350.89 and the individual profits to $1,372,529.59. Hannah's Expectations. Adjutant-General Hannah expects to muster five new companies into the National Guard within the next few weeks. These, with the old companies, will enable him to form three regiments, and he plans to hold an encampment of all the troops at Chickamauga in June. The troops of Georgia and Alabama are expect ed to be at Chickamauga. Storm in Benton County. A considerable wind and electrical form passed over Benton county la?t week. The kitchen and dining room of M. C. Cole, who lives in the Third district, was blown down. Much damage was done io timber and fences. Postoffice Wrecked. The postoffice building in Hill City, a suburb of Chattanooga, was wrecked last week by an explosion of 'acetyl ine gis while the generator was being refilled. John C. Knocd ler, the plumber in charge of the work, and Sam Thomas, a negro janitor, were badly burned and oth erwise injured. The building was occupied by the postoffice, the drug etore of S. W. Ault and secret society lodges. v State News Gen. Jackson's Will Probated. The will of Gen. William II. Jack son, of Belle Meade, who died a few days ago, was filed for probate in the Davidson county court last week. All of the furniture and pictures in his room, the pair of horses used by him at the time of his death, also several vehicles and sets of harness, are left to his daughter, Mrs. Sallia Jackson Elliston. To" his son, Wil liam II. Jackson, Jr., who is mAde sole executor without bond,- is li'ft all the balance of the estate, rer, personal and mixed, including choses in action. Voluntary Increase. Through headquarters for District Xo. 19, United Mine Workers of America, the fact was made public last week that five of the largest coal companies at Jellico had voluntarily granted a 10 per cent, increase in wages to their employes. Notices were posted at the mines that the increase is to date from April 1. 'So far only about 1,500 men are affect ed, but United Mine Workers' offi cials believe that all mines at Jelli co and several at Coal Creek, will voluntarily make the same advance. Gulf & Chicago. Secretary of State Morton last week granted a charter to the Gulf & Chicago Railroad Company, a line being projected from a point near Jackson. Madison county, to a point on t lie boundary line between Ten nessee and Mississsippi. in Harde man county. The capital stock is $50,000. this is believed to be an Illinois Central project. Wesley Bicentenary. rians were set on foot at Nash ville last week for a celebration of the Wesley bicentenary, to begin on the first Sunday in June and con tinue until the second Sunday, with appropriate services each da One object of the celebration is to inau gurate a movement for the establish ment in Nashville of a AVesley me morial home. Shot in Eye. Will Jackson and Ora Hastings who live in the eastern portion of Weakley county in district No. 1, were pitching dollars last week, and had a falling out over the game. They pulled out their pistols and began firing. Jackson killing Has tings by shooting him in the eye. Jackson is gone and has not been found yet. World's Fair Association. Committees from the Nashville Chamber of Commerce, and the Re tail Merchants' Association, at a meeting last week, decided to or ganize the . Tennessee-St. Louis World's Fair Exhibit Association. An effort will be. made to raise $G0, 000 by popular subscription to sup plement the State appropriation. Moonshiner Sentenced. Tn the Federal Court at Nashville last week, Frank AVhittakcr, the Putnam county moonshiner, who took part in the battle in which Dep uties Price and Mackey were so bad ly wounded, was sentenced to four years' imprisonment and to pay fines aggregating $1,500. Gnats on Rampage. Buffalo gnats have appeared in (he Troy vicinity in such large numbers that farmers have been compelled to stop plowing, and many teams have been taken off the road. Passed the Examination. Booth McKinney, of KuoxviHe, successfully passed an examination to Annapolis. " He is a son of Mrs. Annie Booth McKinney, a talented writer and literary woman of that city. Honors Awarded. The commencement exercises of the S. AY. B. University, at Jackson, have been announced for June 4. L. L. Fonville, of Dyer, has been awarded the first honor for t he class of 1903, and will be valedictorian. D. C. Warden, of Halls, received sec ond honor as salutatorian. New Depot for Paris. The Nashville. Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway is constructing a new frame freight depot at Faris. The new brick passenger depot has just been completed, and when the build ing now being constructed is com pleted the two will add very much to the beautv of the town. Shipment of Fluorspar. Seven carloads of fluorspar were shipped last week to St. Louis from, the Tennessee Fluorspar Company's mines in Smith county. Electric Plant Burns. The Henderson electric light plant, owned by Mayor T. B. Harde man and AY. J. Ozier, burned last week. The cause of the fire is un known. The loss is great to the own Pi, nd the town will be thrown into darkness indefinitely. 0THEKWISE tTNNOTICED. Masked men robbed a drug- store at St. Joseph, Mo., and secured $300. Fourteen hundred members were enrolled at Illinois State Teachers' association at Sycamore. The De' Forest system of -wireless telegraphy has been installed on the St. Louis World's fair site. Gen. Maximo Gomez is expected to arrive in St. Louis, from Havana, in time for the World's fair dedication. Ten alleged "get-rick-quick" con cerns were raided in Chicago, and the reputed proprietor of all of them ar rested. A sharp advance in the price of beef and mutton has been noted and the dealers declare that the advance is to continue. St. Louis detectives are rounding up all known crooks, and will endeav or to keep them out of mischief dur ing the dedication period. Lieut.-Gov. Lee was before the St. Louis grand jury one hour and a quarter, Friday, and his testimony, it it believed, will result in more indict ments. Andrew Carnegie, just before his de parture for Europe, announced the gift of $1,500,000 for a permanent building- for The Hague court of ar bitration. From the Russia embassy in Wash ington comes the assurance that nothing a ill be done to affect injuri ously the interests of the United States in Manchuria. Senator Shelby M. Cullom, of Illi nois; suffered a slight fainting- attack at Springfield, Friday, which caused the circulation of an exciting- rumor that he was dying. Circuit Attorney Folk of St. Louis is determined that Col. William II. Phelps shall appear before the St. Louis body if he can find a sheriff who will serve a subpoena on him. The Missouri, Kansas fc Texas mil road lias been completed ami the first train ran into Georgetown, Tex., Fri day. The last spike was driven in the presence of several hundred people. Gen. Pleasant Porter, of Muscogee, T. T., chief of the Creek nation, and Green McCurtain, of San Bois, I. T., chief of the Cherokee nation, have ac cepted invitation to attend the St. Louis World's fair dedication. A six-and-a-half foot vein of coal was struck on the Dud Thompson land, six miles south of Harrisburg-, 111., near Carrier Mills, at a depth of 73 feet. While prospecting- for zinc in the southern part of Saline county, 111., a ten-inch vein of silver and lead was struck at a depth of ten feet, and is g-aining- one inch in thickness to the foot in depth. The government authorities have withdrawn 70,000 acres of timber land which had been offered for allotment in the Choctaw nation. The authori ties found that scheming investors had arranged to gel control of nearly all of the timber and cheat the In dians of their possessions. FISHING FOR MORE TROUBLE. John Most, the Anarchist, Getting; Ills Fiery Tongue in Working Order Asaln. New York, April 23. Addressing a meeting- of anarchists in this city last nig-ht, John Most, who was recently released after having served a term of imprisonment on BlackweH'sIsh.nd, declared that John Mitchell was either a fool or a knave for not snubbing the anthracite strike com mission. "As to kings," he said "there is an idiot for a king. In Italy the. ghosts of popes play high jinks, but what is a pope compared to a Malatcsa or a Bresi. Anarchists are the only pure, noble, gentle and high-minded people in the world." Justice While Yon Walt. Lexington.Ky ..April 23. The Louis ville & Nashville train to Maysville was held ten minutes here Saturday while Louis Lunsford, a passenger who got into a fight on the train, was arrested, taken to a stationhouse, tried, fined, paid the fine and was al lowed to leave for home. It Had a Bad Flavor. Harrisburg-, Fa., April 25. Got. Pcnnypacker has vetoed h ?!! fe ceutJr piBd vv "hs legislature reg ulating the manufacture and sale of alum baking powder. The governor detected a flavor- in the measure that smacked of improper influence. i The Post Office at Ferguson, Mo.f Raided and the Safe Looted by Robbers. ESCAPED WITH BOOTY UNDER FIRE. They Only Got Aboat f ISO, Includ ing Money and Stamps, While the Diimaicr to the Post Office and Adjoining Bulldlnff Will Amoant to Nearly 500. St. Louis, April 25. Three robbers, who blew the safe in the post office at Ferguson, St. Louis county, at 2:30 Saturday morning, and escaped on foot after a running fight with citi zens led by Mayor Reed, are being soug-ht' by a special posse in St. Louis county, the St. Louis police force, and every sheriff within 200 miles. Mlgrhty Poor Shooting-.' Immediately after the fight, in which 200 shots were fired, without injury to either robbers or citizens, Mayor Reed telephoned Night Chief Gillaspie in St. Louis and reported the robbery. All St. Louis districts were notified and the word sent to each policeman as he reported, and men sent to each of the railroad stations and to all wagon roads and street car lines en tering St. Louis to watch for men who might answer to the vague de scriptions of the men implicated in the robbery. All Sheriff Notified. Special notices were sent without loss of time to all sheriffs of adjoin ing counties, ami to Sheriff Henken of St. Louis county, and every effort made to hedge Ihe men in. The booty from their daring rob bery and grim fight to escape from the officers and citizens amounted to I'MTEII STATES MONITOR "ARKANS $130 in cash and stamps to the value of about $20. The damage to the post office from the terrific explosion was about $130; that to the three-story brick building", the larg-est in Fergiison, was about $300. The walls were cracked, and every window in the building- shat tered. Explosion Aronaed Sleeping- Town. The explosion was sufficient to arouse every resident of Ferguson. Joe Smith, night operator at the Wa bash depot, across the street from the post office, and W. C. Wack, who was at the depot with liim, were the first to realize what had occurred. When they came from the depot they found the street liglit out, and they at once thought of the post of fice, and kept a close watch on the building. A few moments later they saw a man come from the post oftice and they hailed him. The answer was a shot. Sent Shot tor Shot. They answered in the same way, and the rojber was joined by his companions from the building-! Smith and Wack were joined at once by Mayor Reed and Marshal Gras, who has been aroused by the explosion and were hastening- toward the post oftice. Other citizens eame at once, .and the shooting became g-eneral. The robbers were in the dark shad ows of the building", and the citizens could not see how many there were, and as a constant fire was kept up they did not think best to close in. The Robbein Escaped. After some minutes of battle the robbers fought their way to a road leading" from Ferguson toward St. Louis, and were lost sight of in the darkues. The Ferg-uson officers do not know whether they had means for travel or not. Marshal Gras recognized the men as three suspicious characters he had escorted beyond the city limits late the night before. Gen. - n I ti St. Lonlx. B. Louis, April 23. BrigGen. Fred D. Grant and Mrs. Grant arrived at St- Louis, Friday, from San Antonio, Tex. Gen. Grant has been detailed to command a portion of the troops participating' in the World's fair dedication. THE MONITOR ARKANSAS. The Visit of the Marine Moaater tm St. LonU Recalls the Fate of Its Namesake. St. Louis, April 25. The visit to St. Louis of the monitor Arkansas, which is expected to reach the city Sunday, recalls the terrific fight of the ves sel's namesake with the Fssex, the union g-unboat, during the sieg-e of Vicksburg, in 1862, when the original Arkansas, in the thick of the fight, when defeat was certain, was sunk by her own men. There are two men living in St. Louis who participated in the mem orable battle. They are Capt, John C. Parker and llenry J. Lyda. Capt. Farker was an officer on board the Essex, and is one of the few living survivors of the crew of that vessel. He witnessed the figbt from the time the Arkansas ran past Vicksburg- between lines of union ships, when the union forces were afraid to fire for fear of injuring their own vessels, to the time when the Arkansas and the Essex grappled in a bend of the river above Baton Rouge, and the fight was ended by the blowing- up and sinking of the confederate gunboat. Mr. Lyda was a sailor on board the Essex and saw the Arkansas go down. He shared, with other members of the crew, the $30,000 voted by con gress for the destruction of the con federate ram. He has been drawing a pension for 40 years, and is believed to bo one of the oldest pensioners on the rolls. The monitor will rest at Kennett Castle, 12 miles down the river, below Jefferson barracks, Saturday night. Sunday morning- after the sun has cleared away the mists of the river, the sturdy craft will again breast the current of the Mississippi and steam to Jefferson ba racks, where Congress- AS." man Bartholdt and the receiving par ti will board her. By noon anchor will have been cast in the Mississippi off the foot of Olive street, and the boat will be open for visitors Monday. A TRAGIC MYSTERY. Herman Metz, an Illinois Hermit, Killed, and His Body Muti lated by Hogs. St. Louis, April 23. Herman Metz, aged 63, was found dead in his or chard, four miles southeast of Ed wardsville, 11L, at seven o'clock Fri day night. Blood on the floor of the hermit's farmhouse and the disarrangement of the furniture indicate that Metz may have been attacked in his house and his bodj' dragged out into the yard. The body "had been mutilated b3' hogs, and the cause of death could not be determined. The coroner's jury decided that he came to his death from "unknown canses," and it will be left for the Madison county grand jury to at tempt to solve the tragic mystery. NO MORE HE'LL LOOP THE LOOP Homer Croutsea, I'nderstudy mt Dinvolo, Fatally Injured at St. Louis. St. Louis, April 25. Homer Crout zen, aged 25 years, an understudy of Diavolo, the loop-the-loop bicycle rid er with the Forepaug-h-Sells show, while practising, Saturday morning, swerved to the right and ran off the track at the highest point, and was hurled a distance of thirty or forty feet, striking his head on a stake and fracturing- his skull. He was taken to St. Mary's infirmary, w-here he lies in a critical condition, his recovery being considered almost impossible. on-Rcidents Barred. Little Bock, Ark., April 23. Gov Davis has signed an act of the legisla ture making it unlawful for non-resi dents of the state to hunt or fish at an- fecason of the year in Arkansas. The acts gofs into effect at onpe. Foreigners Warned. Madrid, April 25. Advices from Morocco say the consuls at Tetuan and Ceuta have warned" the foreign residents to be ready to leave, at a moment's notice. If III Russia's Latest Demand on China b No Surprise to the German Government. NO GERMAN INTERESTS ARE INVOLVED. Belief In Berlin that Vnited State and British "Open Door" De mands of Rnssla Will be Diplo matically Bruhed Aside by tlie Russian Korelarn Oftice. Berlin, April 25. Bussia's latest de mands on China are no surprise to the German government. Some indications even exist that the foreign oftice here was privy to Bussia's purposes in ad vance and expressed indifference to them. This is in exact accord with the policy to resist Russia in nothing in which she is really in earnest. The constant expression in government quarters concerning- Manchuria ever since Chancellor Von Buelow's declar ations in the reichstag, two years ago, has been that Germany has no in terests there and hence that Germany is simply in a position of calm ob servance. Von Buelow might find it consistent with this attitude to join with other powers in expressing the hope that trade will have freedom in Manchuria. Bussia would not object to Germany's participation in such representation. What Germany will not do is to join in any energetic pressure at Pekin to prevent China from yielding- on every point. The ex pectation! here is that all kinds of written protests, from Great Britain and the United States especially, will be lodged at the Bussian foreign of fice and that these will be replied to with ample courtesy and reasonable ness, but that the correspondence will be. the only satisfaction the United States and Great Britain will get for their open. door demands. Germany is reconciled to Russian mastery in Man churia. COVKIHMED FROM TOKIO. The Japanese .Minister In London Advised of Russian Demands. London,April 25. Viscount Hayashi, the Japanese minister here, has re ceived a cablegram from the govern ment at Tokio fully confirming the re ports of the Russian demands regard ing- Manchuria. The minister ex pressed the opinion that they were entirely opposed to the policy of the open door, but he added that he was not yet in a position to say what ac tion would be taken by the interested powers. DISClSKD AT WASHrXGTO.1. The Belief Kxpresscd that Man churia is Lost to China. Washington, April 25. The Japa nese minister, Mr. Takahira, and Karon Von Sternberg called upon Secretary Hay Saturday and it is be lieved that the Manchuri'an question was discussed. Secretary Hay has no advices from St. Petersburg or Lon don, but it is expected that he will shortly hear from the latter capital through the ambassador here. These onferences and exchanges are all preliminary to the preparation of a protest which i3 to be made against the Bussian demands, but it is not vet clear what form this will take. The protest, however, must be di rected not to Russia, but to China, who will be warned that the nations which sign the protest will not look with favor on any action by China that will alienate Chinese territory or will confer special advantage on one nation (meaning Bussia) over others. The tone of the press advices from the European capitals have done much to depress officials here who have la bored so long to preserve the integri ty of China. It begins to appear to them that Manchuria is hopelessly lost to China, and the best that can be done now is to save as much as possible from the wreck and there fore the effort will probably be made to procure from Russia a binding promise that the powers will not be entirely deprived of the right to ex ploit Manchuria commercially. It may be possible to secure the opening of one or two ports such as.was pro posed in the pending" treaty between China and the United States, which will probably have to be amended in view of these last developments. THE GUESTS OF NEBRASKA. President Roosevelt nnd I'arty Enjoying- the Hospitality of the Slate of Xebraska. Lincoln, b., April 25. President Roosevelt and party became the guests of the state of Nebraska at 4:43 o'clock Saturday afternoon with the arrival of their special train at Alliance. Neb., and until the party leaves the state. Tuesday morning, the president will be accorded one of the mot brilliant and hospitable re ceptions ever given to a chief execu tive in this state. At the first formal stop, Saturday afternon, at Alliance, Gen. Culver and a special reception committee on behlf of Gov. Mickey, welcomed the party to the state. It is probable that at no other,point in the state will so gTeat a stretch of country be represented by visitors as at Alliance! Many persons traveled 100 miles overland to see the presi dent at the western Nebraska town. President Roosevelt will spend one hour and t5 minutes in Alliance. Sailors Say They are Crowded. New York, April 23. The men on board the United States receiving ship Columbia at the Brooklyn navy yard are complaining- that 1,300 men have been crowded into a space in tended for 4o0- n 1 111 Another Addition to the United States Navy Successfully Launched at Philadelphia. AN ARMORED CRUISER OF FIRST CLASS. One of a Xfw Type, Corabininsr Tre mendous llnttery Power with the Speed of an Ocean Liner Daugh ter of C!ov. PcnboUy of Colorado Christened Her. Philadelphia, April 25. The armored cruiser Colorado was launched, Sat urday at Cramps ship yard in the presence of a distinguished g-athering of officials from Washington and the state of Colorado, including" the en tire congressional delegation. Miss Cora May Peabody. daughter of Gov. Peabody of Colorado, broke the bot tle of wine on the prow of the cruiser as she glided down the ways at 12:35, and into the Delaware river. Miss Tcabody was escorted to the christening- stand by Charles If. Cramp, presi dent of the Cramp Shipbuilding- Co, and the fair sponsor was followed by her father. Gov. Peabody, Mrs. Pea body, James C. and Miss Jessie Pea body. The WnshiiiKton Party. The Washington party arrived here at 11 o'clock and proceeded at once to the ship yard. It included Assistant Secretary Darling and Mrs. Darling, Adnriitil and Mrs. Bowles, Admiral and Mrs. Bradford, Admirals O'Neill, Melville and Endicott and Mr. Cowles, Commanders Southerland and Schroe der. Click ib Bey, the Turkish minis ter, and his two sons; Senor Biano, of the Spanish legation; Capt. BoutekofT, of the Russian legation, and Lieutcn-nnt-Coniniander Takcshita of the Jap anese legation, and Bepresentative Miner, of Wisconsin. (ticst At the Launching'. Among the guests from Colorado were: Mrs. Wright, wife of Mayor Wright of Denver, and her daughters, one of which, Boberta, recently chris tened the cruiser Denver; Mr. and Mrs.-.T. C. Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Steinmetz, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. GFant, Mr. Grant, Judge O. K. Lefevre and Mrs. Lefevre, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Welch, ex-Gov. Thomas and Mrs. Thomas. Mayor Weaver and other Philadel phia offieals, were among those invit ed. One of a tt Type. The cruiser Colorado is of a new class of xsels added to the Ameri can navy. She is an armored cruiser of the first class, yet she bears the name of a state, an honor formerly only accorded battleships. Coupled with tremendous battery power she has the speed of an ocean liner. The vessel is 502 feet long, 59 feet 6 inches wide with a draught of 21 feet 6 inches. Her speed requirement calls for 22 knots an hour for four con secutive hours. She is fitted with twin screws, twin triple expansion en pines, which must develop 23,000 indi cated horse power. Improved Krupp Armor. All of the armor is of the most im proved Krupp type. The water line region is guarded by a seven-and-a half-foot, belt reaching- from bow to stern. Amidships for a distance of 244 feet abreast the eng-ines, boilers and magazines, the belt has a maxi mum thickness of six inches. For ward and aft this belt will have a uni form thickness of 3'i inches. Five inch armor will surround the six inch trims at the four corners of the superstructure on the main deck. The four 8-inch guns are mounted on two balanced turrets, with slanting- faces, having ermor six and six and a half inches thick. A belt of cellulose, ex tending from bow to stern, above the protective deck, will automatically plug all shot, holes admitting the wa ter. The Vessel's FifshtinK I'orce. Tlio fifrhiinf force of the Colorado ------ o is centered principally in two bat teries. She will carry a main oattery of four uD-to-date S-inch and 14 six- inch rapid-fire rifles, a secondary bat tery of eighteen 4-pounders and twelve 3-pounders and a supplemental force of eight 1-pounuers, two neia pieces, two machine guns and six au tomatic guns for service on the bridges and in the tops. The 8-inch puns are designed to fire once every 50 seconds and the G-inch guns are ex pected to fire three times a minute. The contract price, of the Colorado was $3,T0,000. A Heavy Life Insurance Poller. New York, April 25. A local life in surance company, through its Phila delphia agents, has just issued to Bod man Wanamaker, son of John Wana maker, a policy for $1,000,000. The premium on the policy will be $30, 000 a year. Guardian for Moses Fowler Chase. Cincinnati, April 25. Judge Nippert appointed Geo. Hoadley.as guardian of the person and estate of Moses Fowler Chase. A similar case for the appointment of his father had been previously set for Lafayette next Monday. Would-Be Robbers Eaeapcd. Frankfort, Ind., April 25. A posse of citizens who were on the lookout had a running pistol fight with six would-be bank robbers early Satur day morning. Many shots were fired but the intruders escaped. A IliRh-Priced Colt. Lexincton, Ky- April 23. Edward ZicgWr, ot oucinuaii, JiA purchased from Milton Young- a three-year-old colt by Imp. Mirthful, dam ZorliDp-, Cor $5,OC0. 1 i i i ! I: - -I