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FORREST CITY TIMES
URDVOICT I VA3AKIR RlUitlWr*.
FORREST CITY. ARKANSAS,
R\ith expressions of regret tJie Pt-r
Un newspapers print n dispatch fr 'in
Washington to the effect that \ndivw
I). White. Ihe \m»-rican ambassador
to Germany, will retire next Novem
ber.
Vienna newspapers, commenting
tipon the tisit to the I nited States of
Admiral Prince Henry of Prussia, de
clare his \isit will mark an epoch in
the relations between monarchies
and repiiblifs.
The statement of the treasury bal
ances in the general fund, exclusive
of the $130,000,000 poll! reserve iu tin
division of redemption, issued on the
14th, showed: Available cash bal
ance, *174,700,402; gold $94.MV.,000.
The 1'iiion Lead and Oil Co. an
nounces that it will, during the com
ing year erect three large lead cor
roding plants, one in New 1 ork. one
In Toledo and the third in St. Louis
The plants ore to cost a million dol
lar*.
The report that Herbert Booth,
third son of Gen. Booth, who was
iu command of the Salvation army in
Australia, has withdrawn from the
army, is confirmed, lll-liealth is the
cause of Commander Booth’s with
drawal.
The vacancy In the office of door
keeper of the house of representa
tives probably will be filled by the
choice of F. B. Lyon, superintendent
of the folding room, who was an ac
tive assistant of the late doorkeeper,
Mr. Glenn.
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It haring been rumored that a
change in the German embassy in
Washington was possible, the foreign
office in Berlin lias authorized the
dcuial that Hr. Von Ilolleben. the
present ambassador, would be either
furloughed or recalled.
Because a Chinninen threw a stone
at Baroness Romania Avezzana. wife
of the secretary of the Italian lega
tion in l’ckiu, while she was passing
in the street, the dowager empress
lias issued an edict sternly admonish
ing the Chinese against insulting
foreigners.
The Madrid Gazette published h de
eree. on the 17th. establishing an
eight-hour day for all working peo
ple on the state domains and in tin
state mines, workshop-, etc., and pro
viding that each hour of overtime is
to be paid for at the rate of one
eight li of the daily wage.
Cornelius Vanderbilt Cross, elde-t
grandson of the luteCommodore Van
derbilt, died, on the 10th. at his resi
dence in New York city. He was s
years old. and was for many yearsf
eastern agent of the "Red Line"
Freight Transportation Co. lie re
tired about twenty years ngo.
The British admiralty officially an
nounced, on the 17th. that nil hope of
finding the sloop-of-war Condor bad
been given up. and ordered that b< r
books be closed and that the money
due her officers and crew to March
17 be paid. The Condor wn> of ' so
tons, and carried a complement of
L'-O men.
The agreement between tin- Domin
ion government an I William Mar
coni for the establishment of a wire
less telegraph station at t ape Breton
has been brought to a satisfactory
issue. It is expected that wireless
communication w ill be established be
tween the Dominion and tireat Brit
ain by the beginning of June.
Ihe duke of Connaught, the com
mander of the forces in Ireland, and
the duchess of Connaught; Lord Lob
erts, the commander-in-chief of 1 he
army; I'.arl Cadogan. the lord lieuten
ant of Ireland, and countess Cadogan
met with a great reception at the
St. Patrick's day parade at Dublin
castle. Main thousands of people
witnessed the ceremony.
Miss Stone, the \merienn mission
ary. has written a letter, in w,.ich
she expresses surprise and gratitude
at the tiuhersal manifestations of joy
at the release of herself and Mine.
*1 silka. Miss Stone also conn \s her
heartfelt thanks to all those who. by
their labor, their money and their
prayers, co-operated for the release
of herself and companion.
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The duke of l.oubet, who was ie
cently elected to be a correspnn :ing
member of the Paris Acadeinj of
Belles Lett res. has offered the col
lege of France an annuity of 0.000
francs to found and maintain a pro
fessorship for the study of American
antiquities. The college has voted its
acceptance of the annuity, and an ad
dress of gratitude to the duke.
The Windward, the Peary \relic
club's steamer of 190U. I'apt. Samuel
M. Bartlett, wliieh lias been winter
ing at St. Johns. V F.. sailed, on the
Fith. for New York, where she will
undergo extensive repairs. She will
receive new engines and boilers prior
to proceeding to the Arctic regions
the coming summer for the relief of
Lieut. Peary, the Arctic explorer.
James Dick, the so-called rubber
king, who died at Glasgow, Scotland.
• «n the 7th. bequeathed £100,000 for
distribution among his employes, and
the bulk of the balance of his for*
tune goes to charities. His cashier
gets £ 3,000. his cook £2.000. and
other domestics are to receive in the
“JflP'egate thousands of pounds. The
clerks get from £300 to £300 each.
CUBBBNT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
In the senate, on th** 12th, a f***v hill*
Were including one providing f*»r
the redemption of Hawaiian silver coins,
and the substitution therefor of American
silver coins The ship subsidy hill was
then tek» n up. and its discussion occu
pied practically the whole . f the day's
session. Mr. ("umber and Mr l> ?•* w' t’«
liverlng carefully-prepared speech** in
i favor of the measure In the house
general debate on the post fTl« *• appro
priation hill was continued, a number of
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house adjourn* d out of respect to the
memory of Doorkeeper Glenn, whose
death was announced
In the senate, on the 13th aft**r the
passage of several unobjected bills con
sideration of the ship subsidy bill was
1 i >• med Mr Berry 'Ark i spok»* atrair <t
’lie measure, and was answered lv Mr.
Hanna <0.1 Mr Perkins lOal.i also de
livered a carefully-prepared speech in
support of the bill, maintaining that it
would add t » the prosperity of the entire
country In the house, the general re
bate on the p«.s? office appropriation bill
was closed and «nnsideratian of 12 of the
27 pages «»f the hill completed. No
j inn ndments were adopted.
In the senate. on the nth. con«i.1eraiK>n
of the whip subsidy bill or, up|.-.i nearly
th- whole session. Messrs M leor-’i
IMtss i. Harrison iK,n t and F< r.,k- i • <> *
epeaking upon the measure. the *w f • •
iner against and the latter tn support of
th.- bill . In the house the post ofti.-e
appropriation bill was passed The on'y
amendment of Importance otopted was
one to Incorporate in the bill Hie provi
sions of the bill to classify the rural
free delivery service passed a few days
previously Quite a number of minor
bills were passed.
In the senate, on th. 1'th. it wa* greed,
at the suggestion of Mr lbi-rrv «A' i i to
take up the ship subsidy bill imrn ’i.ilety
after routine business on th - 17th. m.J
that speeches on the bill be hrm.cd to
fifteen mtnut -* 'xcept a< ta *.• c.r
from Maine iFryei. who was a-corded 30
Mr Teller H7ol > then began a
sp.-ecil ill exposition io the jw : ding r.hip
subsidy bill in the hous-- the most ,.f
the day was devoted to ill it pension
bills, passing 231* bills and . learing th 1 cal
endar This is the largest numb, r of p :n
sion bills ever passed by th»* house at one
session A message from th. president
was received returning the bill r> itoring
Kdward Kirschner to the navy for tecn
niehul correction
In the senate, on the 17th, the ship sub
sidy hitl was passed by a vote of 42 to 31.
six republicans voting against and one
democrat voting for the measure Borne
amendments, acceptable to those having
the measure in el urge, were adopted, all
others being rejected . In tile house,
consideration of tip- river and harbor bill
was begun. Mr burton (<> . making an
. xtended sjw ... h tn explanation of the
measure, in the course of which he nre
s. nted many int.-r*-stlnc facts relative tc.
it. The discussion of the bill, as usual,
took a wide range.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
The Mercantile hank <>f Vera C ru/,
Mexico, has declared an annual ot.i
dend of 12 per cent, on it- -apitai of
■f2,000.000.
\ section of the naval arsenal at
Valparaiso, Chile, was destroyed by
lire on the Pith. The loss is placed at
$1.000.000.
Ileese Evans and A, A. Smith
fought a duel with Winchesters, at
eight feet distance, on the 1.7th, at
l’tirdv station. Nev. Each received in
juries from which death resulted. The
quarrel was over a strip of almost
worthless land.
11. 1>. Nickerson, vice presi lent and
general manager of th** Mexican Cen
tral railway, was. on the loth, elected
president of the Mexican \meriean
Steamship Co., to till the vacancy
caused by the resignation <>f <>. F.
Spindlcr.
Eire, on tin* lfith. dost roved nearly
half the town of Campbell, Nch. It
started in a billard hall, and in an
hour, with a terrific wind blowing,
burned the billiard hall, newspaper
i office, blacksmith shop, post ollicc,
hardware store, drug store and hotel.
Owing to the cholera at Hong Kong,
a quarantine of five days will be en
forced against all vessels arriving at
I Manila from that port.
A Mobile A Ohio freight train was
ditched at Ornville. 111., on the night
of the 16th, and Saiu Forsythe, of
’ Tupelo, Miss., was killed. His three
companions, .lames Dysoti. William
Mauly and Vlexander Smith, were
' dangerously injured. They were rid
: ing in a box ear.
William Turner, a prominent farm
! er who lived a few miles east of Tatn
aroa. 111., died, on the night of the
, l"*th. of pneumonia. His wife's death
followed five minutes later. Both
were buried, on the 16th. in the sam
coffin, which was specially prepared.
Representatives of all classes of
people in the stale of Illinois joined,
on the 16th. in a final tribute of re
spect to cx-tlov. .John I*. Altgel.l,
j "hose remains were laid to rest in
(iraeeland cemetery. Chicago.
\ tornado struck the mining town
of Hiper, Via., on the 16th. wrecking
■hi houses an ! damaging :t.-> others.
1 I Turner, a negro, was killed, and
•lohu Allen, w ife and three children
were severely injured.
David Williams, a prominent citi
zen of Hidalgo. III., shot and killed
F.d Ortman. on the 16th. An old
grudge existed between the two men
and Ortman had threatened Will
iams' life a numlier of times.
V Sue/, dispatch of the 16th said:
" I he canal is at present blocked by
the britisli petroleum steamet— \e
vite, from Marseilles February 24,
and buly.ssi-s. from t onstantinople
February 24. for Port Said. The
former is on fire and the latter ;s
j ashore and abandoned."
Repeated threats to abduct his
three children unless a ransom of
$2.1,000 was left in a certain spot,
and a warning that murder would
follow the placing of detectives on
the ease, have caused Alexander R.
Peacock a prominent citizen of Pitts
burg. Ha., to remove his family to
New York.
Lemuel 1. ut)lilsl>prry. i’liiirjjtMl
with aiding thieves to dispose of
stolen property, was sentenced, at
Oruaha, to serve ten years in the
Nebraska penitentiary. He cursed the
court and attorneys. His two sons
were given lighter sentences.
Plans were completed at Vppleton
\\ is., on the l?th, for a paper mill tc
Ire built at Independence. Kas. which
will manufacture paper from so*-.
| jfhum cane by an improved process.
Ruling Against the Union Traction
Company, of Chicago, by
Judge Ball.
il INVOLVES A MATTER OF TRANSFERS.
Thr l our I Hold* Tbit the Moniit *
|»alit* Iln* thr Ircnl flight to
Megulitr Street A or f irm—Thr
ta*e Will ho to thr *tafe "ill
l»rente Court.
( h.iago. March 20.- .bulge Bull, in
the circuit court, entered a ruling in
which he holds as valid the city ord
inance compelling the I'nion Trac
tion Co. to issue transfers on all its
lines and systems. The I'nion Trac
tion Co., among other things, was
formed chiefly for the p> . po-c of op
erating ill harmony with the West
Chicago and the North Chicago street
railways - two distinct sysr ms. If
sustained. Judge Ball's ruling will al
low a passenger To travel from the
West Side limits to the terminus of
the North Side line on the payment
of one fare, where two had been paid
before. Incidentally, the court holds
that the municipality Isas ihe legal
right to regulate street fare-. 'The
case will go to the supreme court.
Vs it is >Btd to !>*• iinpo-siole for the
1 ruction company to secure a sta\,
it i- asserted that the street railway
companies w iH violate 1 he ordinance
and tight individual eases in the low
er courts till the pper court has
acted on the soundness of Judge
I’all's ruling. Judge Hit 11 also ruled
that the I'nion Traction Co. and ihe
Consolidated 'Traction Co. (the for
mer operates the latter under a
lease), are practically one company,
and one company must reeogre/.c the
transfers of the other; and that “i
tive-cent fare to all points within the
city limits shall be the maximum
fare. Hitherto, citizens of Vustin
and northwestern suburbs, which,
"hile many miles from ‘he center of
Ihe city, are -till within the corpo
rate limits, have been paying two
fare- one to the •feeders” of the
• onsolidated Co., anil another to the
I tiion Traction Co., which eon p'etes
the route- to the city.
VALUABLE LUOT FROM CHINA. I
Ten .lade- Tallin,. „f HUtnrie \n!ue. !
taken from t< Hcturneil sol
dier I'rom 1 hinn.
Ran 1-rarieiseo, March jo. ’|Vn jade
tablets, on winch, almost .o I vc.uk
ago. the cunning hand of a chin-sp
workman engraved, by or ler of his
imperial master, an acknowledgment
iM the wisdom, power and goednes
of Shun Che, ihe founder of the Tar
t.ir dynasty in ( hina. are locked in
the .-aft- of the customs appraiser,
•*°hn ‘ Hare, awaiting authority
from Washington to return them to
the emperor of China or ois repre
sentative. dim Stones are one foot
in length, six inches wide and nearly
t n inch thick. 'Through holes drilled
across 1 heir width cords are passed
to hold them together. miiI ,vheu tnk
111 Ey tfie customs inspector from a
private soldier, returning from serv
ice in (hina. they were wrapped in
elaborately embroidered vello.v slit.
It is believed that they were taken
as loot from the imperial apart
ments in the Forbidden City.
nirinq their value to the < ii'nesc ru
ler as a descendant of the cm pc nr
whose deeds they commemorate, the
customs authorities here notified the
secretary of the treasury, an 1 await
notification as to the arrangements
lie may have made with the depart
ment of state for the return of the
tablets.
PATRI01IC PORTO RICANS.
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Thou.H.MU Of Them Have Contrib
uted To ,bc McKInle* Memo,
rial Monument.
( lev,-lan.l. O.March 20. Thousands
"f Porto Ricans have contributed to
tile McKinley national mem, rial.
Hunt, in u letter received by
Ryerson Ritchie, national segr< t .v/v
reports that S1.407.-I2 has been raised
in the island, and the number of con
tributors runs far up into the thou
sands. fio\. Hunt asked sonit one in
each town to receive the funds, and
tio contribution was to he to , f,.n
cents. The people of the island re
sponded at once. To each of the con
tributors will he presented a certifi
cate. and in this manner, pie: ,rcs ,,f
McKinley, the White Hou-e and t he
Mi Kin lev home at Canton will adorn
thousands of tit,,- homes and cabins
n I’or to l»ii*o
KING HAS SET THE FASHION
It I* in Order. Now. to To U r Snulf.
Kina Kdvvard tlavinu He
' ■' ed t b e I ailiim.
London, March 20. King Kdvvard
has -fi t he custom of snuff taking,
which a- a refujt, promises to be
generaII\ revived. At the Marlbor
ough house dinners a Oeorgian si|,,.r
snuffbox, once used bv the prince re
gent, is handed >.o hi* majestv. at the
beginning of the desert, while the la
dies are still at the t. bh I he kin'-A
helps himself liberally, sharing his
pinch** with fax«»rc<) cxicsis
tvillcMl »I> I*r»*iiini urc Hln»r.
s *> March 70.-A prema
ture ida>t k!lcd (ieojje \\.
president of the local'miners' unitin’,
on the 700 foot level of the
stake mine. He was tiring block
holes and one of the charges explod
ed
OTHERWISE UNNOTICEIx
Kaiser William saluted Prinee Hen
ry with a his- on each eheek when he
landed at Cuxhaten ruesday.
The first railroad train, carrying
material, entered the St. Louis
World's fair ground' Tuesday.
It i' reported that the Frisco llall
r> ad Co. will so n oontro a line from
Savannah, tia . to San Francisco.
The Ohio legislature pa-'cd a bill
appropriating ST5.000 for a state ex
hibit at the St. Louis W rid s fair.
James McBride, one of the old
time criminal lawyers of >t. I.nui*
and an ardent Irish partisan, is dead.
ban Bowen, who was on trial sine#
March 10. at Bowling tlreen. Mo., on
the charee <>f killing Wright (lilluin,
was acquitted.
A s-pe. in 1 grand jury impaneled at
New Madrid. Mo., will investigate the
lynching of Wright, the negro min
stiel. February lfi.
Friendly rivalry between central
and southern California to have the
best exhibit at ihe St. l.ouis World’s
fair is springing up.
Luther Johnson, it St. Louis negro,
shot Ora (touch, liecatlse she refused
to marry him, and then committed
suicide. He was jealous.
Three men killed, the entire mill
wrecked and one man injured is the
result of a boiler explosion in Wheel
er (iavitt's sawmill, near ( allot), W is.
Much good work is being accom
plished by the St. l.ouis Merchants’
exchange committee for the relief of
sufferers in southern Missouri coun
ties.
Lake steamers will adopt the Mar
coni system of wireless telegraphy
in order to remain in touch witii
th< ir own docks throughout the
v oy age.
Mrs. J. Ellen Foster has filed a pro
test with the civil-service commission
■n the ground that women are being
systematically excluded from em
ployment.
Orin P. Cowen. formerly chief clerk
of the Northern Illinois hospital for
the insane, and well known in state
politics, committed suicide by shoot
ing at Hockford.
A census bulletin gives statistics of
fourteen of the leading manufactur
ing industries of Missouri. Slaugh
tering and meat pocking heads the
list of singI-» industries..
Colombian liberal forces have won
another victory and now control the
territory on the isthmus west of
Panama. The I’nited States is pre
pared to preserve order.
l)ani< I WelN. Jr., the pioneer lum
berman of Wisconsin, died. Tue-dnv
night, at the ago of tears.
was known as the richest man in
W i cousin, and the oldest resident of
Milwaukee.
sheriff (’ran. recovered a verdict of
*•‘<"0. at Anna. 111., against the Pacific
Express. ( <>. for the reward which the
company offered for the capture of
\ndersnn, who st.de *10,000 from the
company at stutgarf. Ark.
Ihe general immigration bill
framed for congress proposes to ,
' l'ulc anarchists, deport criminal or
public charges within five years after
landing, exclude epileptics and per
sons insane within riveyears previous
to arrival and increase the per capita
tax.
MURRELL NOT YET LOCATED
live St. I.oulftinn Who DUn ji|»en red
Hut her Than slHI,,i rrliil on
< ha rue „f Hriherj .
St. Louis. March cn The ease
against .1. K. Murrell, member of rhe
house <.f delegates, accused in eon
nection with the passage of the Sub
urban franchise bill, was called in
Judge Douglas’ court Wednesdav
morning. The defendant, as on Tues
day, did not respond.
Efforts of police, deputy sheriff'
and ( ire tut Attorney Folk to locate
Murrell.whose bond of <:>.0OO,gi \ en bv
his brother, Edward E. Murrell, al.-'o
a hou-c member. has be, n declared
forfeited, have been put forth with
out avail. Folk will ask (io\. Duck
er\ to offer a reward f <r tin- appre
hensi, n of the fugitive. His descrip
tiou has been wired to the police of
leading cities.
It is said b\ friends of Murrell, the
P°liee say. that a eonferenee of per
sons interested in suppressing the
facts likely to be brought nut if Mur
rell were tried, was held SumSij
night, and it was then decided that
it was eminently desirable that Mur
rell go away for a period of 60 or
,lf* da\s. when public opinion would
be 1 e s feverish against bond ling, and
boodlers and attorney- would be bet
tor prepared to make an adequate
defense.
there are stories afloat that Mur
rell has sought an asylum in Mexico.
Mississippi t>)lnm Burned.
Jack son, Miss.. March i.‘0. The Mis
sissippi institution for the deaf and
dumb, located in this city was de
stroyed by tire Tuesday. There were
no fatalities, all of the inmates of
the building having been rescued.
I he loss is estimated at $4 >,000, or
ered by only 000 insuranc e.
World's Fair Bill Failed.
Frankfort. Ky.. March ‘,‘0. The bill
to appropriate $100,000 for Kon.
turky s exhibit at the Louisiana Pur
chase exposition was defeated in the
legislature, on the eve „f adjourn
ment. by reason of the failure to re
ceive .'«] Tote*, ihe required constitu
tional majority.
Brill.I, lon.nl l. I * Proieetlnn.
N'" Orl.aiK. March l'O. Mr. (Jeo.
Vm Sittart, British consul here. de
t'Utrec hN lif,. ,n,j proper!v in dan
per from Boers and Boer svinpthiz
ers in that ally, and hat appealed to
'Vh* mmur aoj chief of police for
protection.
t
All of Those Who Were on Board
the Steamer British Queen
Accounted For.
Q:iE INJURED 'LONGSHOREMAN DEAD.
Irvrrnl «rc Known to llnvr l.rp|ied
Into the H mf r to l>cnpr llif|
I Ininra. nntl How Many «>f Them
Were Driin nrd May Never he
■v non n-The l.nss Urj Heavy.
New York. March JO.— No estimate
hi. _. > i nee it made of the loss of life
in t ia fire that started. Tuesday
night, oil the l’hoenix line piei in Ho
boken an I it was thought the num
ber of dead never would be known.
Patrick Hussey.a 'longshoreman, who
was limned while trying to escape
front ihc pier. died. Wednesday, front
the effects of his injuries.
Dr. Ilelfcr. the health officer of Ho
le ken. says that all the men of the
liriti-h Queen have been accounted
for.
besides Hussey, four ’longshore
men were taken to >t. Mary's hos
pital. and are now under treatnnnt.
there. All were more or less burned.
Some of the 'longshoremen who
saved themselves by swimming
ashore say they saw JO or Jo nun
leap into t he riv er.
l oss of l ife May Never lie Known.
Although some of those who
jumped into the water were picked
up by tug-, it is feared that a num
ber sank before they could be
reached by the rescuers. Many of
the 'longshoremen are single men,
and have no relatives who could re
port them in the event of their being
missing or having perished in the
fire.
'The I’ritish Queen lias . . h< d
off < ommmiipaw. in the ii| \.
Hussey, the ‘longshorema. who
died, was 40 years t . i. lie leaves a
largi family.
Ill#* 1.0 AM \ crj IIhim ,
Siipl. Mason of tlie- Phoenix line
Fain that it. would lie impo.-sibh to
definitely state the los- by the tire
in less than two weeks. lb- was
asked if he thought $1.10.0(h) would
cover it. ami he replied that lie did
not think it would. The P.ritish
Queen was worth s-oO.O .<>. and there
"us a great quantity of valuable
merchandise on that vessel. , ,, , |,,,
pier ami on lighters that \v de
stroyed. This includ'd cotton, hides,
oil.-, grains, and u quantity oi har
vest: i _ maeliinery .
Incendlmv Humor ^contrA.
d here was a rumor that tin tire
v. a - i ; incendiary origin, but Mr. Ma
t-on -aid lie was positive 1 hi ri was
no truth iti it. lie said he thought
tin- bla.-e started in a quamily of
1 eker
in\ pier, and this was confirmed iiv
( buries ( hristianson, who was at
Work on the lighter < astletmi. which
wa- l\ing forward off the dock. ( hri
tianson said the flames s'-emed to
burst forth from a pile of wicker
baskets that had been unloaded
from the itritish Queen on Monday,
lb- .-aid the tire spread m an im n-d
ildy short time over the outer end of
tin- pier. I he Hritisli queen was > mu
ai iu/.e. and the men on hoard had to
leap into the water to save their
lives. Ihe lines by which the ve -el
was moored to the pier were burned
away, ami it was then feared that
i-iu- might float against some of ihe
dock- lower down the riv.r and .-<1
them afire.
' Tiir’s Timely Work.
In spite ol the intense heat given
0,11 by the burning steamer, a tug
ran in under her stern and mad-- a
line fast to her rudder, bines were
then passed from several other tug-s
to the first one. and in that wav ; he
big steamship was hauled out into
the Stream. Ihe ruins of the pier
v ■ ft* >i - i?i«>!• It i inij.
1 hose seriously hurt in the tire are
John Jensen, who jumped fr m the
burning pier and struck his head
ac:m -t a beam, and l’eter ( .u roll.
' badly
I It I it r**<• l{<»iin<]c<l ( |».
•lie Chinamen who fl.-d from the
^t'-amship Ib athburn. when that ves
sel was endangered by flames, ami
who were captured by l uited States
custom oil' eis. have been eturned
•" theii ship, l’lie Chinamen were
a i rested in order to prevent a possi
ble violation of the Chinese , wlusion
Hot.
* nuliif-rr H«»ntt **>ufr.
f'liief Knpineer Scott, win* it was at
fir't reported perished in Hi- Dritish
Queen, walked into a Hoboken hotel
Wednesday He was badly burned
about the feet, and said lie had
urtitdful t*\j»t*i ieufp.
Dallas Hotel lliirnetl.
Dallas. Tex..March 20. ••Inpleside."
b large family hotel in one of Hie
Iiio-t fashionable i evidence districts
t,r Dallas, was destroyed by fire earlv
Tuesday inorninp. Tin- house was
crowded with boarders probably as
iu**U'\ iis lif?\ and f^ar^ art* out^r*
tain* t! that n i did not **scap<\
Ihoniu* Da n n CnKliih III.
New York. March 20. Dr. Thomas
Ihtnn Knplis p-.et. n *v.*|is, dramat
ist and politician, is ill at his home.
''■"ark. V .I,, and is n<*t expofc
ed to recover. He will be best
kno\Mi as tlie author of "Den Dolt."
written in IM ; and simp the world
c\ er.
I mperillr<1 U> an lee (.ora*.
Sioux < it y . la.. March 20. t he
formation of a hope ice gorge in the
Missouri ri\er imperils thousands of
dollars’ worth of property ia this
vicinity.
WAR ON PLANT PARASITES.
LfTopla of the Aairlin 11 ■■ rn I |,„pa
Kiient to Mai»|iOut l aiijdim ***
Ulaeaara.
If further experiments shall rPO
force the almost conclusive re. ^
already obtained, the agricultural';.!
partment will soon he able t.» l*
nounee that the prevention of ;,|j ,.U'
fungoid parasitic diseases that . *.*
tack plants is within the reach of *1'
Success so far may positively 1 "
claimed in connection with peuche
sea-island cotton and cow
there is little doubt that the method
successful with these will also pr,*v_
applicable to most other plants p,
if this be not so, the success jT*
taint'd is of immense value, savs th "
Philadelphia Saturday Kveniny
The frequent failure of the
crop on account of “yellows," “ptnj.
leaf curl," and "little peach di-catt
is known to every one. In j|l(. s
•"land region «.f the south, "here the
lincst gratles of American cotton «r(5
prodiicetl, hundreds of acres, includ
ing many fine farms, have been ren
tleretl worthless for cotton bv a |,N.
case known as “wilt." Knowledge 111
regard to cow peas is lc.s general
although these form the great forage
ami green fertilizer crop of the south.
They are often alternated with cot
ton. as their roots po.-sesS the some
what rare power of extracting the
free nitrogen from the air and stor
ing it up. ultimately leaving it in tho
soil for the benefit of other plants,
llecently. whole fields of this have be
come "pea sick,” nearly every plaut
dying while quite young.
All these diseases are due to fun
gus parasites, which, year by year,
have been slowly but surely spread
ing Hi rough the country. P.esides the
external symptoms, they manifest
themselves by causing knots to form
on the roots, whereupon all the small
fillers become distorted, swollen and
incapable of fulfilling their proper
functions, and this leads, of course
to the death of the plant. Kvery at
tempt to kill the fungus by the or
dinary ways of treating the soil and
the plants with fungicides failed ut
terly, and growers were in despair
"hen the department hit upon the
cure.
When found it was so astounding
ly simple that the only wonder was
that no one had thought of it before.
It stems that in many eotton fields,
in many peach orchards, in many pea
patches there were often observed to
be one or more plants that refused
to die with the rest and which sur
vived to come to bearing. When the
seeds or cuttings of these were
sowed in the same soil, it was found
that a large proportion of the re
sultant plants possessed the resist
ing power of the parent. Repeating
this process of artificial selection
again and again, sooner or later there
developed a strain that was wholly
resistant to the attacks of the fun
gus. When this was done the prob
lem vva- solved.
MIMIC SNOW-BIRDS.
\\ hiu» Hlrcti < nun That < iiiilala
Man) Seed* with U Iiik nud
Tall "Knilhir*."
Many seeds are scattered by tits
winter storms, an I forest-planting
goes on in th»‘ woods long before we
dream of gardening.
When tin logs me hauled in from
the woods, many of our country boys
and girls have noticed small brown
specks clinging to the snowy sticks.
Kxaminc a brown bit, and you will
find it i- a veritable miniature ‘"snow
bird"- in shap> , at least. Head, wings
and tail are all there, say s a writer in
St. Nicholas.
If you wish to know where this
strange little brown thick came from,
follow the sled back to the snowy
woods, where the men are chopping,
and somewhere near yon will surely
find a white birch t rcc Imng with dark
brown cm. -s, the fruited catkins of
last - in imr.
Shake "lie < f t he cone-bearing bran
rlirs, ami tlmie mis cf linmn sprrks,
like those 1 ■ ■ m_ ki li<ime to the wood*
pile, will sail mi r tin snow. These
specks are t! r s mall scales which cover
the little seeps ,,f the birch tree. The
tiny yeilow seeds arc harder to find
than t In -1 r IP r IT! ; coverings, for they
arc lighter, and are borne a\va\ on
their wings. Some of the cones on
the brand * s 1 ]n^t part of their
seeds, and Pave stiff, straight ends.
Pinch the 1.. it tom of a perfect cone,
and mm ttill soon discover a method
of scattering seed ;ls marvellous as
that of the witch hazel. In ripening,
the rows of seeds with their birdlike
covering- have lot i-cned from the .stem
of t he cone, and a re now held together
by the contact and pressure. The one
hard male at the end unlocks the se
cret. Touch that and the whole flock
of seeds takes (light as if we had un
locked the ilour of a cage and real bird#
were gladly escaping from thdr cap
tivity.
The sturdy black birch scatter' it#
seed' in a similar m inner. One winter
day I saw a hungrv little brown bird
opening this small .storehouse of seed*
with its bill.
Oetnpi;s«n*il.
"I'd love to be the octopus.”
"Why?”
"He has a bund'..,; . rms, and l M like
to use them all hugging yon.”
"Is that so? Well, it's sinful wast
ingtime w ishing for the impossible in
stead of making the best use of oppor
tunities you now have!”
Then he rose to the occasion and oc*
topusseJ. .bulge.
t -uni Thing.
Bigg:—I hear yon are financially
embarrassed; is it true?
Diggs No; my creditors seem to
ae a little embarrased, but l’ui not.-*
Chicago Daily >ew*.