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%3 HIGHLAND RECORDER vol. xxv. MONTEREY, HIGHLAND COUNTY, VA., AUGUST 14, 1903. NO. 31. LIKE AN EARTHQUAKE Two Tons of Dynamite Are Exploded by Lightning. HOUSES ARE ROCKED BY THE SHOCK A Twenty-Pound Stone Falls Through a Housi a Quarter of a Mile Away?Non: Killed b-.it Several Injured?The Llgb ning Killi Two in Carolinas?Charleston liarboi L ght Struck. Akron, N. Y. (Special).?In a heavj thunderstorm lightning struck a dyna? mite magazine just outside the town line. Two tons of dynamite belonging to the Akron Cement Company wert exploded. There was a tremendous concussion, and people hurried from their houses, fearing an earthquake. Houses rocked and glass was broken for miles around. A 20-pound stone fell through thc roof of the home of J. H. Price, clerk of Erie county, a quarter of a mile from the scene of the explosion. Thc Catholic Church was so shaken that candles on the alt?r tipped over. No one was killed, but several per? sons were slightly injured. Raleigh, N. C. (Special).?A distas trous rain and electric storm did great damage in Stanley county about Al? bemarle. Corn in the lowlands was destroyed. Four tenement houses on the edge of the town were struck and damaged by lightning, their occupants bein:; severely shocked. The family of Zago Smith was ter? ribly shocked, and his daughter Addie was killed instantly. Her body was badly scarred and disfigured. Her clothing was torn and her shoes were taken completely off her feet. Charleston, S. C. (Special).?During a violent electric storm a negro woman was killed in her house in thc suburbs and the harbor light of the United States government in St. Philip's steeple was extinguished. The holt is supposed to have struck and demolished the pipe which furnishes the gas. Thc woodwork in thc belfry was ignited, but the flames soon were extinguished by the fire department. A lamp has been substituted in the steeple for the regular light. Topeka, Kan (Special).?Heavy rains throughout the eastern and central por? tions of the state have caused all the streams to rise. The Smoky Hill, Blue and Solomon Rivers all are high. Many persons in North Topeka are moving out of their homes, although there seems to be little danger. While some damage has been done, no repeti? tion of the May flood is feared. HIS STRANGE REQUEST. Shankl'n's Ashes Scattered Upon the Grave of His Parents. Chicago (Special).?Thc body of the late John Gilbert Shanklin, of Evansville, Ind., was cremated at Graceland Ceme? tery, in this city, and the ashes were taken back to his former home by rela? tives. During his life Mr. Shanklin was deeply attached to his parents. His jeal? ous care of them when they became feeble and old, and his grief at their death marked him as an unusual man. According to his dying wish, impressed time and again upon his executors, his ashes will be sprinkled over the graves of his parents. Mr. Shanklin was widely known throughout the Middle West. He prospered through real estate deals and was highly respected by all who knew him. His parents are buried in beautiful Oak Lawn Cemetery at Evansville, and brief funeral services were held there over the remains of Mr. Shanklin before the body was brought here for incinera? tion. Caught Convicts Quickly. Columbus. Ohio (Special).?Lewis Harmon, the convicted murderer of George Geyer, near Alton; Robert Shif flett, Franklin county, charged with horse stealing; Otis Kellar, another alleged horse thief, and Lewis Eyeting, an al? leged forger, of Dayton, escaped from the county jail in broad daylight hs filing off a bar in the bathroom. The work is supposed to have been done with a potato knife filed in the shape of a saw. Har? mon, Eyeting and Kellar were captured by the Marshal of Canal Winchester, in this county, about noon. Shifflett, thc fourth convict, was with them, but es? caped. Ghouls Also Did Murder. Indianapolis (Special).?Rufus Can? trell, the chief of the negro ghouls, who is serving a sentence for grave robbery, has made a sworn confession to former Superintendent Byers, and it was for? warded to the Attorney-General that the Suite may take action upon it. The con? fession deals with several murders that have occurred in this city, and the cor? rectness of dates and circumstances shows that Cantrell had an intimate con? nection with them. He admits partici? pating in most of the murders and of having a guilty knowledge of thc others. His Sentence 99 Years. Henderson, Texas (Special).?Isham Strong, the negro surrendered by a mob which had taken him from the officers for the purpose of lynching him, was indicted and placed on trial for attempt? ed criminal assault. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to imprisonment for oq years. He was taken to the peniten? tiary this afternoon. Joke Will Prove Fatal. Schenectady, N. Y.( Special.?K. Reas ki, a lad cmyployed at the works of the American Locomotive Company, is dying as the result of a cruel practical joke. Stephen Boroski is under arrest, charged with responsibly for the act, and other arrests are to follow. A compressed air hose was pressed against the body of Rcaski and ? quantity of the contents turned on. Thc lad was taken to the hospital, screaming with parin, and it was found that he was internally injured. THO LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER. Domestic. Judge de Bait, of the territorial cir? cuit, refused to grant an injunction lo the Hawaiian Commercial Company against die Wailuku Sugar Company. A gigantic corporation has been formed in Trenton, N. J., to acquire and operate department stores in all parts of the United States and Europe. Thc Missouri World's Fair Commis? sion report that the collection of ex? hibits representing the different re? sources of the State are progressing rapidly. One man was killed and several others were injured by being swept off their feet by the projecting ends of a hook and ladder in New York. William- H. Matthews, of Brooklyn, has received a medal of honor for dis? tinguished gallantry in action before Petersburg. Charles A. Gould and his wife were seriously injured by being thrown from their automobile. Harry Howard, an aged negro wait? er, killed his white son-in-law in New York. A number of cotton mills in Massa? chusetts have closed down for a month. A national immigration congress is to be held in St. Louis next June. In the Caleb Powers trial at George? town. Ky., the charge was made by the defense that the jurors had been sum? moned by partisan agents. The judge overruled motion to discharge the entire venire. Ihe Cash Buyers' Co-operative So? ciety was incorporated in Trenton, N. J., with an authorized capital of $5,000,000, to conduct department stores. The shortage of Thomas W. Dcavey, the absconding cashier of the Farmers and Merchants' Bank of Newbcrn, N. C., is now shown to be $125,000. In an address in Chicago Dr. Hender? son, of the university of that city, said that county jails are the most disgraceful I tl.i-~s in this country. Henry S. Louchheim. of the Philadel ' ph'a banking firm of H. S. Louchheim , & Co., died in Zurich, Switzerland. Will Hudson and Will Jones, both j ( negroes, were hanged in Birmingham, ' i Ala., for highway robbery. Two sisters, aged, respectively, 18 and ] j IJ years,- were asphyxiated by gas in : 1 Philadelphia. | Mary Lowe, aged 15 years, daugh- 1 ter of Henry Lowe, engineer of thc \ *' ' United States Steel Corporation, died ; J ; in Los Angeles, Cal., while her father j : I was speeding across the continent on a j { I special train to reach her bedside before , her death. J Charles J. Davis, a forger, who had \ ; violated thc parole under which he was ' ? released from the Illinois State Re- ! 1 formatory, surrendered himself to the I New York police and asked to be cern j fined again. Miss Louise Haby, 17 years of age, effected her escape from a ranch in South Dakota, where she had been held practically a slave, having been sold by her father when she was a child. Albert W. Deibel, teller of the Can? ton (O.) National Bank, has been ar? rested. Criminal proceedings have been taken, charging him with embez? zling $22,000. Conrad Schroeder, a millionaire con? tractor of Scranton. Pa., committed i suicide by shooting himself. I ?? In Philadelphia, Annie E. Shapley ! j confessed that she ,had raised United States postal orders. I treign. Attorney General Finlay, in London, ordered the investigations of Promo? ter E. T. Hooley in Connection with , . the Sapphire Corundum Mine of Can- i " ada. The British commission reported c that flies were the active agents in dis- | s seininating enteric fever among the 1 * soldiers during the Boer war. Colonel Schiel, who was a command- a ant in the Boer army during the | v Transvaal war, died in Munich. Andrew Carnegie has offered the j j City of Dublin the sum of $140,000 j " toward the erection of a free library. It was reported in Vienna that Premier Hedevary of Hungary had tendered his resignation to Emperor Francis Joseph. There was a light between French troops and Moors who had crossed the frontier in pursuit of insurgents. Whitaker Wright was released from jail, satisfactory sureties for his $250,000 bail having been furnished. King Edward has approved thc ap? pointment of.Lord Northcote as gover? nor general of Australia. A parliamentary paper was issued in London giving thc terms of the agree? ment between thc British Admiralty and the IntcrnatSonal Mercantile Ma? rine Company. A number of Servian officers were ar? rested at Belgrade on suspicion of con? spiring against the War Minister. Siegfried Wagner has finished his new opera, entitled "Goblin," which will be given its premiere at Lcipsic. Trie government was defeated in the Britisli House of Lords on three amendments to the Irish Land Bill. An agreement has been concluded by which Russia acquires 200 acres of land at Yongampho. in Korea. In the House of Commons the Sugar Convention was passed to a third read? ing. Baron d'Estourncllcs de Constant has written a letter to Foreign Minister Dcl casse giving the results of conferences between English and French statesmen with the view of thc adoption of an arbitration agreement. Premier Balfour announced in thc House of Commons that thc British minister at Peking had been instructed not to agree to the Chinese government's demand for thc surrendering of thc Shanghai reform editor. Seven hundred persons were reported to have been drowned in thc disastrous floods at Chefoo, China, July 27. Whitaker Wright, the promoter, was arraigned in London on the charge of issuing a false balance-sheet of the Lon? don and Globe Corporation, and released on $250,000 bail. Financial. Three thousand letters received by a Chicago bank indicate a depreciation in the crop condition exceeding io per cent. Union Pacific last fiscal year earned $51 .ooo.cco gross, $22,000,000 net and had a surplus of $15x00,000. The last sum exceeded 1902 figures by $789,000. William C. Whitney and other horse? men have hurried away from Saratoga for Wall street, where a bigger game is going on. But John W. Gates is still watching thc Saratoga races, I i MSii at baseball park he Collapse of a Walk Crowded With Spectators. OUR KILLED, OTHERS INJURED. Hundred and Fifty More or Less Seriously Hurt?The Terrible Accident Due to Ihe Curiosity to See a Quarrel Between Drunk? en men?Panic on the Stands?Street Looked Like a Field of Battle. Philadelphia (Special).?Four pcr dus are dead, at least 12 arc thought ) be fatally injured and fully 15c thers hurt, some seriously, as thc re? lit of an accident which occurred at ic Philadelphia National League ascball park. A boardwalk which vcrhung thc left field bleachers fell ) the street, carrying 200 spectators. Two games were scheduled between oston and Philadelphia, and the at action drew over 10,000 people to thc ill park. The accident occurred at 140 o'clock, while thc Boston team as at bat and in its half of the fourth ming of the second game, and was idirectly due to a quarrel between two ranken men in the street. The Na onal League stands are built of steel id brick, the brick wall extending itirely around the grounds. At thc >p of the leftfield seats and extending om the grandstand to thc end of the teachers there was a walk about three et wide, which overhung the street, was this walk which gave way under ie heavy weight. Men who were standing on the walk ere attracted by a disturbance in the reet. They leaned over the side of ic railing to see what the trouble was, id this drew the attention of other >ectators sitting on the top rows of ie bleachers. Then occurred what is en almost every day at a ball game -a rush to see what the other spec tors were looking at. The walk be? rne overcrowded, and without a mo ent's warning 200 feet of it fell to the dewalk 20 feet below, carrying all ho were on it. There were probably co persons sitting in thc left-field eachers. and the roar made by the liing timber created a panic. In antly the spectators rose en masse id made a rush down the stand into c playing field. It was one great ack wave of humanity. Men and iys climbed over one another in their Fort to escape from the grounds. Not lowing what had occurred, the ball ayers and others tried to stop thc ad rush, but they were swept aside their unsuccessful efforts and scv~ al persons were badly hurt in thc uah. Outside the grounds the scene was ie of horror. For an entire block on fteenth street?from Huntingdon reet to Lehigh avenue?men and boys "?re lying writhing in agony. Some ?re buried under the wreckage, others ??rc lying in thc gutters and dozens ;re stretched out in Fifteenth street 1 the car tracks. Some lay uncon ious. others were rolling over suffcr g great pain and others attempted get up and walk only to fall again, ie 10,000 persons within the grounds t the place and crowded about the iured. of whom there were more than 0. Indescribable confusion reigned r a time because of the great crowd, irtunately there were at the game vera! city officials. As soon as they w what had occurred they telephoned the city hall, and a general ambu icc call was sent out. While waiting for conveyances to rry the victims to hospitals thou nds of willing hands looked after e injured. They were carried from c street and laid on the 'sidewalk, d some were taken into nearby pri tc houses. All the houses in the vi? lify were thrown open to the vic ns. One of thc largest street-car rns in this city is situated across the ?eet from the ball park and all the eckin'g cars and teams were gotten idy to transport the injured to hos als. One wrecking car was quickly ed with helpless men and rushed uth of Fifteenth street to St. Jo? sh's Hospital, more than two miles ?ay. Others were quickly loaded in wagons of all descriptions belonging the street car company and rushed thc Samaritan, St. Mary's, thc Jew 1 or St. Luke's Hospitals. Nearly cry injured person taken away was vercd with blood and the street look? like a field of carnage. Saved By a Beltpln. \sbury Park (Special).?A bcltpin i*cd the life of Mrs. McMichael, who staying at a local hotel with her tighter. Mrs. McMichael was one a fishing party on the Shark river, hile baiting their hooks the sharp nek of a rifle was heard and Mrs. ??Michael felt something strike her in ! back. A second bullet whizzed past rs. Beers, another of the party. Then ! men with the rifle, who were on thc lmar side of the river, were warn by shouts to stop shooting. They I so and decamped hurriedly. In? stigation showed that thc bullet had tick Mrs. McMichatTs bcltpin and d been deflected. Soon Tired of tbe Stage. Los Angeles (Special).?The two ek vaudeville career of Mabel Mc nley, which closed at the Orpheum ?e Sunday, was her last appearance vaudeville, for she has decided to it stage life for good, owing to ob tions of her father and husband, Dr. L. Baer. of New York. As daughter Abner McKinley, brother of the hi? nted President, whose favorite niece ! was, Mrs. Baer gained theatrical lown, and in reality commanded her n price. She was a clever artist, and lg with taste and finished style, but * name was her biggest drawing card. s. Baer is a cripple, unable to take tcp without crutches. Shot and Killed His Daughter. feillsville, Wis. (Special).?During a lily fight in the town of Scif, Gott ) Schultz shot and killed his daugh , Mrs. Patrick Leyden. Leyden him i received a bullet in the chest, and jxpected to die> Schultz's skull was shed, but he is expected to recover. I, Schultz was injured also. Schultz i been awaiting trial for an alleged empt to kill his wife, and || believed be mentally unbalanccdi ' NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS, May Have Left thc Country. Postoffice Department officials believe George W. Beavers, former Superinten? dent of thc Division of Salaries and Al? lowances, now under indictment, has left New York for parts unknown. After Beavers was indicted by tht Brooklyn grand jury for conspiracy tc defraund the impression prevailed that he was where inspectors could put their hands on him at any time and.that the Government did not care to make pub? lic thc evidence against him at a preli? minary hearing before a United States commissioner. Many stories have been printed con? cerning Beavers' movements in New York, but they have all been second hand. Thc public has. heard nothing from persons who have actually seen thc mysterious Beavers. Postoffice Department officials arc said to have been approached within the last 24 hours by persons who asked that August W. Madlen's bond bc increased, to make it certain that die will not flee from thc country to escape the charges which arc pending against him. Since thc return of thc indictments against Machen the Department of Justice is in charge of his case and must decide whether his bond is sufficient. It hts been predicted that the former Superintendent of Free Delivery will leave thc country and forfeit his bail, if there be no other way of escaping Jrial on the charges of. conspiracy brought against him in connection with the Post office Department scandals. Domestic Trade is Good. Internal commerce conditions in thc United States are reported by the De? partment of Commerce and Labor, 0irough its Bureau of Statistics, and shows that thc first half of the current year compares favorably with the cor? responding period of 1902 and 1901. With a few exceptions, the volume of trade thus far this year equaled, if not exceeded, that of last year, though oc? casionally falling below the high level of 1901. There is no evidence, says thc Bureau, of a general recession in com? mercial activities corresponding to the extraordinary shrinkage in speculative values. Western staples for this year have gained materially over last year, receipts of live stock at five markets having amounted to 15,126.661 head, compared with 14.058.345 head in thc first six months of 1002. Wheat receipts at eight interior mar? kets for the crop year ended June 30, 1003. were 236.675.669 bushels, compared with 221.766.387 bushels in 1902. The total shipments of provisions from Chicago and Chicago points for the first 26 weeks of 1903 were 621,133 tons, against 653.217 tons in the same period of 1902 and 566,029 tons in 1901. Q:nerai .Miss in Retirement. At noon Saturday Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles rclinguishcd the com? mand of thc Army and was placed on thc retired list, in accordance with the statute requiring the retirements of offi? cers of the Army at thc agc of 64 years. Ali during the morning General Miles held a reception of Army officers at his office in the headquarters of thc Army, and a large number of officers in full dress came to bid him farewell and pay their last respects to thc General. Promptly at noon General Miles, ac? companied by Colonel Reber. his chief of staff, left his office at Army head? quarters, walked through thc corridors of the War Department and left that building just as thc clock was striking 12, walking across Pennsylvania avenue to Seventeenth street and then proceeded to his home, on N street. Sternberg Received. Sagamore Hill, President Roosevelt's country home, was the scene of an inter? esting ceremony. Baron Speck von Sternburg, who has been Minister Pleni? potentiary of Germany to thc United S'atcs since Ambassador von Holleben returned to Europe and who recently, on the retirement of Mr. von Holleben was elevated to the rank of Ambassador, pre? sented to the President his credentials as Ambassador and was received formally in his new diplomatic rank by President Roosevelt. in (he Departments. Major Edwin C. Carter, Bishop Rrent and Dr. Albert have been ap? pointed as an opium commission to visit countries where thc drug is used. Rear Admiral George W. Melville, who was retired for age last January, relinquished his duties as chief of thc Bureau of Steam Engineering. The Navy Department authorized a denial of thc report that the Euro? pean Squadron is destined for Chinese and Japanese waters. Lieutenant General Young issued an order assuming the command of thc army of the United States. Gen. Nelson A. Miles retired from the command of the Amy, having reached the age limit. John F. Carnell, 63 years old, a vet? eran clerk of the office of the auditor for the. Postoffico Department, for? merly of Iowa, was arrested by post office inspectors on thc charge of op? ening letters addressed to thc auditor and appropriating thc contents. Matter sent in decoy letters was found on him. Thc Interstate Commerce Commis? sion ordered a temporary extension un? til October 15th of the time within which railroads must complete their safety equipment. Thc President has designated Lieu? tenant General Young to command thc Army from August 8, the date of the rctiicment of General Miles, until Au? gust 15, when the General Staff Law goes into effect. Thc Interstate Commerce Commis? sion gave a hearing to railroad com? panies which ask for time in which to equip their rolling stock with safety appliances. Because of his lack crt Civil War service of at least one year Col, Henry Lipptncott, of thc McdicafDeflartmcnt, will not bc retired, CIRCUS TRAIN WRECKEI Twenty-Three People Were Killed in thi Collision. ENGINEER LAYS IT ON THE BRAKES Two Sections of tbe Train Came Togethe With a Fearful Crash?The Victims Suffer ed Torture Before Death Relieved Them Pitiful Condition of the Wounded is The; Were Taken to the Hospital. Durand, Mich. (Special).?An air brake on, the second section of Wallac Brothers' circus train refused to worl in the Grand Trunk railway yards herc causing a collision between the tw< sections, in which 23 people were kill ed and abolit 30 injured. An official statement issued by th Grand Trunk road says that the air brakes were not applied by the enginee of thc second section, as he had claim cd. The circus travels in two trains 0 about thirty-five cars each. After th night's exhibition at Charlotte the tw< trains left for Lapeer, over the Gram Trunk road, the second section leavinf a half hour after the first. It wa? 3.4; o'clock when the first section pullet into the west end of the Grand Trunl yards here. A red light was hung 01 the rear car to stop the second sec tion. Engineer Propst of Battle Creek, whe was running the engine of the real train, says he saw this light, and appliec the airbrake. To his horror, it refusec to work. He reversed his engine, bul thc momentum of the heavy train be hind was too great, and, with a eras! that aroused all of the town near thc yards, thc second section crashed intc the first Three cars of the stationary first sec? tion were telescoped, and the engine and five cars of thc moving train were demolished. Engineer Propst, Fireman Colter and Head Brakeman Benedict, who was alsc on the engine of the second section all agree that if the brakes had worked there would have been no accident. Thc escaping steam and screams and cries of'those pinned in the wreck made a horrifying spectacle in the gray ol the early morning, when the trainmen in the yards and the aroused townspeo? ple first reached thc scene. Many fear? ed at first that some of the menagerie had escaped, as some of the animal: could be heard crying. A fire whistle was sounded and the whole town was aroused. The rescuers could see un fortunates in the tangled wreckage anc went furiously to work without waitui*; for tools to extricate them. A wreck? ing crew is kept in the yards here ane it was on the scene in a few minutes bringing tools and equipment in plenty All the physicians and trained nurse; in Durand were sent for and those ir nearby places were rushed to the scene on handcars. Thc Hotel Richelieu wa< converted into a temporary hospital, and the injured persons were taken there as fast as thc rescuers could extricate them. The dead, many of them so ter? ribly mangled that identification seemed well nigh impossible, were carefully laid on the green sward a short distance from the scene. By 6 o'clock a corps of 12 physicians was operating on the injured anei dress? ing their wounds in the temporary hos? pital. Four of the injured died at the hospital before 8.30 o'clock and a fifth at noon. When thc wrecking-trafn crews had finished pulling to pieces the tangled and broken cars 17 dead men were lying on thc grass awaiting removal to the morgue. A minority of them were killed while asleep. Wallace Brothers say that their loss was very heavy, but have given no esti? mate of it as yet. This is the second wreck that the Wallace shows have suffered within a month. BLOOD TO FLOW IN MACEDONIA, Struggle Likely to Be a Bitter One?Kurds Geing Armed. Salonica (By Cable).?A special mes? senger from Monastir reports that the Bulgarian insurgents have dynamited the Konak (governor's palace) in the Town of Krushevox, 23 miles north of Monastir. Fifty Turks were killed. A detachment of Ottoman troops has ?burned the village of Dihovo, near Monastir. Eight Turkish battalions have been dispatched to Monastir and three bat? talions to Salonica from Kossovo. Telegraphic communication with Monastir is still interrupted. Constantinople (By Cable).?Consu? lar advices which were received here from Monastir indicated that the sit* nation in Mace/ionia was constantly growing worse. At a meeting of the ministers it has been decided, therefore, to adopt mea? sures of extreme severity in order to suppress the revolution. It is reported that Albanian troops will be employed, in which event massacres are almost in? evitable. Thc Bulgarian exarch was summoned to the Yilditz Palace Wednesday, and urged to make a final appeal' to his flock to deliver up their arms and thereby avoid bloodshed. The menacing attitude.of the Kurds in Armenia is causing increasing alarm at Erzeroum, Bitlis and Kharput. It is asserted in some quarters that the authorities arc secretly arming the Kurds, while endeavoring to convict the Armenians of revolutionary inten? tions. Sofia, Bulgaria (By Cable).?The newspapers announce that Prince Fer? dinand is returning. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. Announcement was made at the Building Trades Employers' Association rooms, in New York, that a general arbitration board had been organized to take care of all differences between employes and the unions which have signed the plan of arbitration. Hurlbutt, Hatch & Co., members ol the New York Stock Exchange, have failed. The firm was composed of John H. Hurlbutt, E. S. Hatch (a board member) and J. F. Smith. The co? partnership wai formed September \2. SIKJKES WORLDS FAIR. Storm Kills One Maa and Injures Eight Others. St. Louis (Special).?One of the lieav est 6torms of the year, though of brief turation, swept over St. Louis. The kirious wind tore through the World's Fair Grounds, killing one man, probably !atally injuring another and seriously in? uring seven others, besides causing lamage to World's Fair buildings and ithcr property generally throughout the :ity to the extent of $10,000. The dead: Theodore Richter, of Kirkwood, lorist. The injured: A. R. Clark, carpenter; taken to hos jital in dying condition William Koch, carpenter. Henry Fahrnkopf, carpenter. Ray Mannville, laborer. John W. Wheelhouse, Staffworker. Adrien Smith, painter. Phyneas L. Going, carpenter. Charles Covington, laborer. The day had been extremely warm, he temperature registering 94 degrees Suddenly the sky began to grow dark, ind soon after the storm broke with the force of a gale. In the city pedestrians hurried to shelter and thc wind swept through the streets, causing little dam? age outside of broken windows here and there, the falling of a few street sign* ind leveling of shade trees. At the World's Fair grounds the agri cultural building was struck by the gale, ind six laborers working on scaffolding ?.vere hurled to the ground. Theodore Richter, a florist from Kirk? wood, a suburb, was on the ground run hing to shelter when a flying plank struck him. The World's Fair department turned out and hastily dug the injured from the debris and hurried them to the hospital. A. R. Clark was so badly injured that it is believed he will die. Destruction By Lightning Louisville, Ky. (Special).?Fire caused by lightning destroyed the Bourbon Stockyards and two buildings adjoining. Four hundred and fifty head of sheep were burned. Thc loss is about $250,000, with insurance one-half. Captain Eber liart Dillman and Pipeman Richard Moore were injured by falling timbers. Knocked Senseless by Lightning. Mishawaka, Ind. (Special).?A storm at noon did great damage here. Five persons were knocked senseless by light ling. Several buildings were burner' and chimneys, trees and fences were leveled. One of the injured men maj die. Killed by a Bal*. Hillside. Mich. (Special).?Herber' Cox, aged 11 years, was killed by light aing while standing in the door of 1 arge ham owned by Jonas Brown, five niles southwest of this city. Mr. Browr was struck and seriously injured, bu! ?viii recover. The barn was totally de stroyed. JSED AX ON WIFE AND KNIFE ON SELF (ersry City M-a A'tempts to KMl Ills Sponsf ant Cats His Own Throat. New York (Special).?Ed a ard Wood 53 years old, tried to kill his wife and Himself at their home on the second floo? it No. 153 Morgan street, Jersey City He struck his wife three times on the nead with an axe and then cut his throaf - a ith a tableknife, which had been ground down to a razor edge. Wood and his wife are in the city hospital Tiie woman has a chance of recovery out it is thought Wood will die. Wood has had trouble with his wife on various occasions and the po'Le say he served a term of 18 months' im? prisonment for beating her. They have two sons. Edward, 26 years old, and Arthur, 23 years old. The sons on Monday last put their father out of cheir apartments, but allowed him to sleep in a hall bedroom. Wood Iud been drinking heavily, it is said, and had made himself a nuisance to the rest of the family. After the older son had gone out, Wood knocked on the door of his wife's room and asked her for a drink of water. She opened the door and went to the kitchen to get the water. Wood followed her, and on reaching (he kitchen picked up an ax and struck iis wife three times on ihe head with it. She fell to the floor unconscious. Wood .hen turned to a table, and picking up i knife drew it across his throat. Earthquake In California. San Francisco (Special).?Report? received from different portions of Cal fornia say but little damage was done ay the seismic disturbance, although t was quite severe. The tremor wa? .-entered at San Jose, where numerous Aundows and much crockery waa >roken. Mrs. P. M. Lusson, a sufferer 'rom heart disease, died during the shock. Lick Observatory reports the ?hock thc heaviest in the history of he place. The indicator of the seis nograph was dislodged, and no record >btained. In San Jose, thc shock last rd from twenty to thirty seconds, and ,vas from east tri west. Farmer Murdered By Employe. Rcnnselacr, Ind. (Special).?Charle? Medworth, a farmer living near Mount Ayr, eight miles west of here, was mur iered by his farm employe, known only is John. The murderer set fire to the 'louse and thc bodies of both were ound in the ruins. The man had work? ed for Medworth for three years, and ilways refused to give his name. They ud quarreled over a settlement. Fatally Injured In Wreck. Portsmouth. Ohio (Special).?South ?xnind Norfolk and Western passenger -rain No. 8 was wrecked at East Ports? mouth by spreading rails. The engine eft the track and turned over, and En ?jinecr William Simonton. of Colum? bus, Ohio, was caught under the wreck md fatally injured. Fireman S. N, McDonald, of Portsmouth, was also probably fatally injured. Twenty-five were more, pr des* iniurr'd, but none ? fatally, THE CID DOMINION. Latest News (ilcanea r-rom AU Over the State. These pensions were granted Virgin* Ians:?Mary Jane Riddick. Margaret A. Hudson, each $8; Daniel Rahily, $6; Isaac Giesler. $6; Juda A. Jasper, $8; Robert C. Crawford, $12; Catherine Jones. $8; Rosetta Bright. $8. Bettie Lucas, a colored woman living near Kopp, has been married twice ind is the mother of 24 children. Mrs. Anderson, who lives at Rcctortow;:, Fauquier county, adjoining county, has been married once and is the mother of 23 children. There are three men iving at Stafford Courthouse who have 76 children: There is living within a few miles of Manassas a young mar .vhose wife within 12 months present sd him with five children. He is 31 /ears edd and is thc father of io chil? dren, all of them living. H. C. Baxter, of Pulaski city, wai ?earfully beaten on an excursion trair it Roanoke by a crowd of negroes. They used blackjacks, knuckles and beer bottles. His face was beaten into tn unrecognizable mass and his con? dition is senors. It happened just a? the train was pulling out of the station. ft was stopped and the injured man was removed and taken to a surgeon'; pffice. No arrests were made. Suit was instituted in Richmond bj Polloch & Lamb in behalf of Millie C Took, who asks $30,000 damages from Mexander Tompkins and others. Th; plaintiff sets forth that she paid tbe defendants $103 for a room for lif.^V :he house at ptlj-i North Sixth street It is contended that she was denied admission to the room at night, hi? ing to remain out in the weather ind suffered from cold. Dr. F. S. Goodman, steward in the LI. S. hospital service, Norfolk, will per? mit "malarial" mosquitoes to bite him in the interests of science. He wishe? to see whether one bitten by them wil bc inoculated with malaria. Dr. G-^od man believes he is immune from yellov ?ever. The Lynchburg City Council author :zed the Water Committee to expend ?7000 for the purchase of land for the lam site and watershed for the pro josed gravity water supply. The Conn :il also authorized a joint committee !0 place the public school building, in ? thorough sanitary condition, a wort hat will cost about $8000. Samuel Dennis, while at work on thc bridge wdiich is being erected aero.-' :*he RappahannTck river at Beni? ngton, was killed by being caught jnder a heavy beam, the rope by which t was suspended hiving broken. After five attempt! to commit sui ride Mrs. Jas. Smith, of Staunton, .:; /ears old, succeeded in ending her life Py strangling. Mrs. Smith came ta Staunton several weeks ago from Mil? ler's School to spend thc summer foi ncr health, and she made three uiisuc ressful attempts to throw herself in "rout of the Staunton street cars. Last Friday she was taken to the Western State Hospital, where several days ago she tried to choke herself with a cord. Thursday after dinner she succeeded in dipping away from the guards, inn into a room and tied a handkerchief iround her neck, the other end of which she tied to a window guard, and threw herself forward, strangling to death She was in the infirmary ward and a :lose watch had been kept on her evet ;ince she had been confined in thc hos? pital. This ward has more guards and IS the closest guarded ward in thc hos? pital. Jfcrs was a case of suit^da' mania, and in such cases patients are under strict guard. At the coroner's inquest no blame was attached to the authorities. William Coulter and his sweetheart went to thc Court Clerk's office at Wil? liamson to secure a marriage license. The document was written by th? clerk and Coulter laid down a hali (lol lar, evidently believing that to be the fee. When informed that it requirer that much more he was not able to pro? duce it and asked thc young woman i' she could advance thc amount. She be? came enraged and refused to marr) him. They left thc office quarreling and upon reaching thc street Coulter became enraged and fiercely attacked his companion, beating her unmerci? fully. He was arrested and lodged id jail. Next morning when Jailer Thom? as took Coulter's breakfast to him he was found dead on the stone floor of the cell. He had been dead severar hours when discovered. Judge A. A. Phlcgar, late of the Sn preme Court of Virginia, has announc? ed himself a candidate for the Stat? Senate f-*om the Fourth district. Sena? tor Lyle, the present Senator, for busi? ness reasons will retire. Judge Phlc? gar was for years the general attorney of the Virginia Iron, Coal and Cok; Company. He was later general mana? ger, and retired recently to resume th; practice of law. Edward C. Carty and his cousin. Maggie Carty, the latter a pretty girl of 18 years old, cloped from Castle? wood, Russell county. They traveled ill night, crossing the mountains in au open wagon and arriving in Bristol at 4 o'clock in thc morning. They werc marricd and started for home as thc} rame. R. C. Stearns, of Salem, announcer iis candidacy to represent his district lil the State Senate of Virginia, subject to the Democratic nominating pri nary. ? A barn belonging to D. E. Kefauver Commissioner of the Revenue for Ro moke county, was struck by lightning and totally destroyed. Thc loss i $1200 with $400 insurance. Mrs Cornelia R. Johnston, 56 year? sid, of Memphis, Tenn., who was spend ing thc summer at Virginia Beach, wa; (old she had received a telegram anc* died from the excitement before4he mes sage, which was of minor importance rould bc read to her. She was a daugli ter of thc late Dr. T. B. Johnston, o Kentucky. The body was shipped tc Memphis. Late Saturday evening, while driving from Pamlin Depot to his farm, Oti* Gilliam, a young farmer, of Lynchburg was shot in the head by a spent bullet which came from no one knows where No report of a gun was heard ami nt one was in sight with a weapon. Mt Gilliam was not seriously hurt Mack Fletcher was killed hy a fal' from a window at thc home of Mr. G A. Eubank, near Round Hi!l#I/->udour county. ? Samuel Hodges, a fireman, was rut over and both his legs crushed, in til' railroad yards at Ruanolte, A