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VOL. XXVI.
MONTEREY. HIGHLAND COUNTY, VA., .MAY 0, 1904.
NO. 10.
lPANESE victorious in five days battle
Ul TIEN CHENG, KEY OF TBE YALU POSITION, CAPTURED BY JAPANESE
AFTER HARD FOUGHT BATTLE?CZAR'S TROOPS IN
RETREAT?EIGHT HUNDRED THEIR LOSS
IN KILLED AND WOUNDED.
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Tokio, (By Cable).?After five days
of fighting, largely with artillery, the
first Japanese army, tinder General
Kuroki. has forced a crossing of the
Yalu River, and with a gallant infan?
try charge, covering a frontage of four
miles, it drove thc Russians from
Chiutienchcng and the heights on the
right bank of the lho or Aida River,
which enters the Yalu from the north,
almost opposite Wiju. The Japanese
turned the left flank of the Russian
position, and in the hattie they swept
away the new front interposed by the
Russians to check their onward move?
ment.
The Russians were also forced to
abandon Antung. They burned the
town and retreated to Feng Huan
cheng.
The Japanese now control the es?
tuary of thc Yalu.
Mn the decisive battle the losses
were:
Japanese, 700 killed and wounded.
Russians, 800.
The Japanese captured 28 quick
firing guns, 20 officers and many men.
The Russians made two stands.
The Russians say their forces en?
gaged numbered less than 5,000 and
that the Japanese greatly outnum?
bered them.
General Kuroki began the move?
ment on Tuesday by ordering a de?
tachment oi the Imperial Guards Di?
vision to seize the Island of Kurito.
which is in the Yalu above Wiju, and
a detachment of the Second Divis?
ion, lo seize thc Island of Kinteito.
which is situated below Wiju.
The detachment of the imperial
guards met with some resistance, but
it succeeded in clearing the enemy out
and occupied Kurito Island. The Rus?
sians abandoned the island of Kin?
teito when attacked by thc detachment
of the second division.
The actual losses sustained by the
detachment of the imperial guards is
not known, as there is an error in that
J tart of the message received here re
erring to thc number killed, but 9 of
the detachments were severely and 16
slightly wounded. The detachment
of the second division which took the
Island of Kinteito sustained no losses.
During these movements on the is?
lands the Russians opened fire on the
Japanese with eight 91/ centimeter
guns from a hill behind Chiu T|;n
Cheng and two Hotchkiss guns, which
were mounted on the bank of the river
?t Kosan, where the Russians seemed
to have established Mteir headquarters.
One battery of Japanese artillery
?/hich had taken a position on a hill
to the east of Wiju, fired three volleys
lt Poaata, and at noon of Tuesday the
Russian batteries behind Chiu Tien
Cheng shelled Wiju, wounding one
Japanese soldier with shrapnel.
On Wednesday the Russians resum
rd the bombardment of Wiju, firing at
Intervals throughout the day. The
Japanese artillery did not respond to
this fire. General Kumki has received
reports to thc effect that thc Russians
ire fortifying the heights on thc right
bank of the lho River. These new
defenses are declared to extend from
Chiu Tien Cheng through the village
of Mokao to Koshoki, a distance of
three and a quarter miles.
The reports of this fighting which
have been received herc do not indi
EIGHT KILLED IN WRECK
World's Fair Special Wrecked on Iron
Mountain Road.
TRAIN ORDERS MISUNDERSTOOD.
Wreck Occurred While tbe Train Was Qolog
it a High Rate of Speed, and One of the
Cara Was Thrown a Hundred Peet Prom tbe
Track?Three of Dead Unidentified Passen?
gers, tbe Others Trainmen.
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Kimswick, Mo., (Special).?A mis?
understanding of orders by the engi?
neer of train No. 18 on the St. Louis,
Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad
running as a World's Fair special,
resulted in a serious wreck at Wickes
Siding, about a mile and a half north
of here, in which 8 were killed and 17
Injured.
The wreck occurred while thc train
was going at an excessive rate of
speed. There was trouble with a
freight car on one of the fast trains,
and it was necessary to abandon it on.
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Suicide of Millionaire.
Chicago, (Special).?George McKay,
wealthy real estate owner of New
' city, shot and killed himself
j^K Auditorium Hotel. Death was
self-infected, as when found he was
sitting upright in a chair and a re?
volver was lying on the bed beside
him. Relatives of the dead man are
unable to assign a reason for the sui?
cide. McKay, who made his home in
New York, came to Chicago last Mon?
day to attend to some business con?
nected with his real estate. His hold?
ings, which are said to be worth fully
$1,000,000, were all located in Chicago.
American Women as Nurses.
Chicago (Special).?A party of
young women who are on their way
to Port Arthur to act as Russian
nurses arrived in Chicago. The party
is under the leadership of the Coun?
tess of Bavanda, who has lived sev?
eral years in Russia. Countess Ba?
vanda is an American by birth, a na?
tive of New Orleans. The six young
women accompanying the Countess
belong to prominent families in New
jjfork, Boston and Pittsburg.
cate whether the Russians retired
down the river or in the direction of
Feng Haun Cheng, on the road to Li
aoyang.
The Japanese captured Chiu Tien
Cheng, io miles north of Antung,
which is regarded as the key to the
Russian position on the right bank of
the Yalu River. It is reported that
the Russians will retreat to Feng
Huan Cheng, which is on thc road to
Liaoyang, Manchuria.
Died With tbe Flag.
St. Petersburg (By Cable).?The
operations of the Vladivostok squad?
ron have revived the spirits of the
people of St. Petersburg, who have
been downcast since the destruction
of the Petropavlovsk and the conse?
quent confinement of the remnant of
the Port Arthur fleet to the harbor.
The fact that the navy is doing some?
thing of an offensive character appeals
to the popular mind, which has been
unable to appreciate the reason for
the inactivity of thc fine ships of the
VMadivostok squadron.
The official report of Rear Admiral
Yeszen to the Emperor is as follows:
"During the night of April 26 two
Russian torpedo boats met at sea the
Japanese military transport Kinshiu
Maru, of 4,000 tons, laden with rice
j and other military stores and about
, 1,500 tons of coal. The transport was
armed with four Hotchkiss guns of
forty-seven millimeters. The Rus?
sians captured on board seventeen offi?
cers, twenty soldiers, eighty-five mili?
tary carriers, or coolies, and sixty-five
of the crew, who surrendered. The
remainder of the men, who were to
form a landing party, and who were
left without officers, obstinately re?
fused to surrender or go on board a
Russian cruiser. Furthermore, they
offered armed resistance to the Rus?
sians. In the end they were sent to
the bottom with the transport."
He adds that there were 200 men
aboard the transport.
Admiral Yeszen also reports that
besides the sinking of the Japanese
steamer Goyo-Maru at Won-San (Gen
San) April 25 the Russians sank at
sea the same evening thc Japanese
steamer Nakamura-Maru, of 220 tons,
whose crew was saved.
It is generally recognized that Rear
Admiral Yeszen cannot do more than
frighten the Japanese and compel
them to exercise greater care in their
military movements, as the sinking
of a few transports or even cruisers
can have no permanent effect on the
result of the war. Moreover, he is
bound by his instructions not to risk
his ships unduly, the intention being
to keep them safe for an attack with
the Baltic fleet when it arrives in the
Pacific.
The possibility of a Japanese at?
tempt to mine the entrances to Vladi?
vostok, as was done at Port Arthur,
is considered, but the conditions are
different, and besides, Rear Admiral
Yeszen, with the lesson of the Petro?
pavlovsk disaster fresh in his mind,
will observe the utmost caution.
St. Petersburg is loaded with ru?
mors regarding the sinking of the
Japanese military transport the Kin
shiu-Maru. One report has it that
3,600 men were aboard the transport
when she went down, but the ad?
miralty insists that there were only
200.
the main line near Wickes Siding.
Orders were issued for all north?
bound and southbound trains to use
the switch at that point instead of the
'matu line. Five trains passed the sid?
ing during the interval between the
breakdown of the freight car and the
arrival of No. 18.
It is stated by Conductor Austin
that he read the order to the engineer
and handed a copy to him. The of
ficals of the road cannot account for
the fact that the train approached the
siding at the high rate of speed it
must have done to cause the damage
it did.
The engine turned completely over,
pinioning Engineer Bailey beneath
tons of steel. Master Mechanic Taber
who was riding in the engine, was also
instantly killed.
The baggage car was thrown nearly
100 feet from thc wreck, and is entire?
ly demolished. The two coaches di?
rectly in the rear of the baggage car
were also overturned and badly
wrecked. The sleeping car in the rear
of the coaches was thrown on its side
and damaged.
Three Thousand Miners Strike.
Canton, O., (Special).?Miners of
the Tuscarawas district, about 3,000 in
number, quit work until an agreement
is reached on the scale. The trouble
is over the machine rate, which a ten
days' conference in Canton early in
the month failed to settle. That con?
ference referred thc whole question
to a committee of five operators and
five miners, but so far the committee
has failed to agree on a time and place
of meeting. They will probably get
together this week. There are about
thirty-five mines in the district, locat?
ed in Eastern Stark, Carroll and Tus?
carawas counties.
Serious Flood at Fort Scott.
Fort Scott, Kan., (Special).?Fort
Scott is experienceing the most serious
tlood in its history. Marmaton river
and Mill Creek, which runs into the
former stream here, have risen ten
feet in the past twenty four hours,
the result of heavy rains. Several
hundreds of persons have been res?
cued in boats. As far as known
no lives have been lost. The esti?
mated loss to live slocjt drowned and
pmp?rty damaged is
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
The Latest Happenings Condensed for Rapid
Reading.
Domestic
Counsel for the Michigan Central
Railroad Company filed a bill to pre?
vent the ticket-brokers in Chicago
from continuing their business, charg?
ing that they have conspired to de?
fraud railroad companies.
Governor Odell signed three im?
portant bills affecting the business of
corporations whose titles are mis?
leading owing to the presence therein
of such words as "trust," guarantee,"
etc.
A sweeping injunction was granted
by Judge B. S. Banker, of the United
States District Court in Alquerque, N.
M., against the striking machinists
and boilermakers of the Santa Fe
Railroad.
Tom Searcy, a negro, 20 years of
age, was lynched in a remote part of
Helwood county, Tenn. Searcy at?
tempted an assault on a nine-year-old
girl.
Capt. A. E. McDonald and his crew
of eight men were resued by life?
savers of the Old Harbor Station
from the Boston schooner Future.
Charles Rocker was found guilty
of murder in Rock Rapids, Ia. He had
killed August Schroeder, a farmer, and
married thc widow.
The will of Jane H. Reamer, mak?
ing many bequests for religious and
charitable institutions, was filed for
probate in Pittsburg.
A deputy sheriff took possession of
the offices of Wooden & Co., members
of the Consolidated Stock Exchange
of New York.
William Broderick, a well-known
opera singer, dropped dead at the
Burnett House, in Cincinnati, from
heart disease.
The United States Steel Corporation
has bought the Clairton steel proper?
ties from thc Crucible Steel Company.
The subject of municipal accounting
was discussed at the final session of
the Municipal League in Chicago.
Harry Hart, a youth of 18, shot him?
self in the presence of his sweetheart
in Mount Holly, N. J.
H. E. Osgood, of Hiram, Me.,
killed his wife and himself while on
a train en route for home.
The Standard Oil Company made a
cut of three cents in all grades of oil.
Four lives were lost by the burning
of the Bryant House, in Lansing,
Mich.
Judge Atchison, of the United States
Court in Pittsburg, dismisssed the
habeas corpus writs secured for Lieu?
tenant Drury and Private Dowd, U.
S. A., held by the civil authorities for
shooting William Crowie}'.
Albert Gallerton Shepard, 74 years
old, of Wilkesbarre, Pa., died on
board the Clyde Line steamer' Com?
anche, which arrived at New York
from Jacksonville and Charleston.
The committee of arrangement for
the Democratic National Convention
met in St. Louis. The number of
tickets to be issued for the convention
will not exceed 9,500.
Thomas W. Lawson, the Boston
millionaire, retired from his slock
exchange firm so that he may be un?
hampered in his fight against "certain
interests."
Edward Rogers and Thomas Tate
were held for court, charged with the
larceny of a pocketbook, the pro?
perty of Henry C. Johnson, the arrest
of the prisioners being the outcome of
a deal for two horses.
At Athens, N. Y., Andrew Jackson
Duncan, Jr., of New York, nephew of
the late President McKinley, was mar?
ried to Miss Jessie Rand Van Deusen.
A misunderstanding of signals cause
a railroad wreck at Charitiers Cross?
ing, McKees Rocks, Pa., in which five
I persons were injured, one fatally.
Clement Goyette was hanged at
L'Original, Ont., for the murder of
Daniel Colligan, a farmer, and his
son, Thomas, on January 24 last.
An attempt was, made at Jefferson
ville, Ind., to assassinate D. M. Rob?
bins, candidate for mayor on the inde?
pendent labor ticket.
All but io of the families of Eskimos
living in the Mackenzie Basin have
been wiped out by the measles.
Frederick Graber, made melan?
choly by the death of his wife, com?
mitted suicide in Camden, N. j.
Major General Peter Joseph Oster
haus arrived in New York after an
absence of 36 years in Germany,
where he resides. He commanded one
of thc divisions of the Union Army
in the Civil War.
Mrs. Lizzie Travers, on trial in
Chicago with her husband for shop?
lifting, advanced through counsel thc
plea that under biblical laws she was
compelled to obey her husband.
In New York Gustave Fingbush, a
German sailor, shot and wounded
Adeline Buttner and then shot him?
self, perhaps fatally.
Foreign.
The review of the French and
Italian squadrons by King Victor Em?
manuel and President Loubet in the
Gulf of Naples was a brilliant event.
The United States battleship Ken?
tucky, flying the flag of Rear Admiral
Evans, assisted in the review.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra
attended the Leopardstown races, the
smartest day of the Dublin race week.
Richard Croker saw his horse, Ameri?
can Boy, win the April Plate.
Nine-tenths of Fernie, B. C., a town
of 3,000, the largest settlement in
Crow's Nest Pass district, was des?
troyed by fire. Estimated loss,
$500,000.
Paul Xruger, former president of
the Transvaal, is reported to be af?
flicted with cerebral trouble and he is
now extremely weak.
It is reported through Russian
sources that the Russiart government
is about to moderate the anti-Jewish
legislation.
The commandant of the Groolfon
tein district, German Southwest Afri?
ca, reports that the Germans there
have suffered severe losses and lack
the necessaries of life. The Berlin
Vossiche-Zeitung says the Emperor
has expressed dissatisfaction witi: the I
management of affairs in Southwost
Africa.
Ernest Deligne, former secret'.y of
Don Jaime de Bourbon, son of Don
Carlos, pretender to the Spanish
throne, was sentenced in Paris to io
months' imprisonment for pawning
the famous jeweled necklace of Maria
Antoinette.
WORLD'S JAIR OPEN
The Ceremonies hi St Louis a:d
Washington.
ENORMOUS CROWDS AT THE OPENING
President Roosajatt to Touch the Button
at the White House?Program at tb?
Louisiana Purchase Monument--Rush Work
to (iel Grounds in Condition for the Exercises
Warships and Distinguished Persons Arrive.
St. Louis, (Special).?At noon Presi?
dent Roosevelt pregsed an electric
button in the Green Room of the
White House at Washington, which
started the machinery of the World's
Fair at St. Louis, nearly a thousand
miles away.
The program for the opening cere?
monies at St. Louis began at 9 A. M.,
when the officers of the Exposition,
the national commission antj> the board
of la"dy managers assembled in the
Administration Building to march to
the Plaza of St. Louis, where fhey
took their places upon the platform
erected at the base of the Louisiana
Purchase Monument. A detachment
of the Jefferson Guards, with a band
and an officer of the United States
Army, escorted the party. Represen?
tatives of foreign governments as?
sembled in the Hall of Congress at
9.15 A. M., and walked with a similat
escort to the plaza. The state, and
territorial commissioners, with the
governors of several states were in
the United States Government Build?
ing and proceeded, to the plaza under
escort of Jefferson Guards and a
military officer. The exercises were
held in the open air, the audience
occupying the broad Plaza of St.
Louis facing the monument.
President David R. Francis, of the
Exposition called the assemblage to
order at io o'clock, and after an
invocation by Rev. Dr. Frank W. Gun
saulus, of Chicago, concluding with
the Lord's Prayer, in which the audi?
ence joined, President Francis then
delivered his address.
From this point forward the pro?
gram proceeded as follows:
March?"Louisiana," Van der Stucken.
Transfer of the Exhibit Palaces?By
the President to the director of
exhibits, Mr. Frederick J. V. Skiff,
with presentation of official com?
mission and insignia of office.
Address*?The director of exhibits,
Mr.'T^ederick J. V. Skiff, will pre?
sent to the chiefs of his division their
official commissions and insignias of
office.
Chorus?"Hymn of the Wrest," words
by Edmund Clarence Steadman;
music by John Knowles Paine.
Address?The mayor of the City of
St. Lotti;* Hon. Rolla Wells.
Address?The president of the Na?
tional Commission, Hon. Thomas
E. Carter.
Addresses?By a United States sena?
tor and Representative James A.
Tawney on behalf ot the committee
of the United States Congress.
Address for the Exhibitors?Mr. Ed?
ward H. -Hariman, president New
York State Commission.
Music?"The Star-Spangled Banner,"
Francis Scott Key.
Addresses?The representatives of the
President of the United States, the
Secretary of War, Hon. William H.
Taft.
At the conclusion of the address by
the Secretary of War the President
of the United States, in the White
House in fhe presence of members of
the Diplomatic Corps, chief justice
and associate justices of the Supreme
Court, members of the Cabinet, the
president of the Senate, the Speaker
of the House of Representatives and
other persons distinguished in official
life, pressed the butfon connected by
wire with the Exposition grounds and
started the machinery, the same act
unfurling flags on all the buildings
and setting the great cascades in mo?
tion.
The singing of "America" in grand
chorus concluded the exercises.
The parade of the Pike concessiona?
ries, a gorgeous affair in which
thousands of men, and .women and
animals took part, followed the open?
ing ceremonies.
Scorpoln in Slipper.
Minneapolis, Minn.,( Special).?
Miss Mabel Lane was bitten by a
large black scorpion at her home,
near Minnetonka Lake. Despite the
pain of the sting, Miss Lane seized a
pair of hai* curlers, wrenched the
scorpion from her finger and placed
it in alcohol. Then she telephoned
for a physician. Dr. Miles, of Excel?
sior, arrived at the Lane residence
and prescribed opiates to relieve the
pain. He permitted the wound to
bleed freely and Miss Lane is recover?
ing. Miss Lane, who had been in
Cuba for three months, returned home
on Sunday morning. She unpacked
her trunk on Monday and removed a
number of articles, including a pair
of house slippers. Jt was in one
of these that the scorpion had been
brought over.
B. & 0. Locomotive Explodes.
Pittsburg, Pa., (Special).?Engine
No. 2220, of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, east-bound, exploded while
passing Tenth street. Braddock, j
Three men were fatally injured, three
others dangerously hurt and five
buildings were wrecked. Two of the
houses caught fire and were des?
troyed. The cause of the explosion
has not been ascertained.
Failed to Obtain Immunity.
Minneapolis, Minn., (Special).?
Charles H. Brown, who was secretary
of the board of corrections and chari?
ties under former Mayor Ames and
who went on the stand in the trial
of William H. Jonhson, former super?
intendent of the poor, and under oath
described the system of "graft" by
which the poor fund was looted, was
arraigned under three indictments
charging official malfeasance. Brown
soughtMo obtain immunity by testi?
fying against Johnson, but the latter
was acquitted by the jury.
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What will be the total Popular Vote cast for President (votea
for all candidates combined* at the election November 8. 1904? Ia
1900 election, 11.959.653people voted for President. For nearest cor?
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2 Prises?$600.00 eacl. .1,000.00
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20 Prises?
60 Prises?
260 Prizes?
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TBE CANAl TRANSFERRED
Closing Negotations in Panania Deal
Consummated By Day ant. Russell.
FORTY MILLIOfTDOLLARS ADVANCED
Deeds of the Properly, Archives and
Other Papers aod Documents Which Will Be<
long to the United States lader tbe
Transfer, Have Alreay Been Turned Over
to tbe Represenadves of Our Qoverment
Washington, D. C. (Special).?The
attorney general lias receive! cable?
grams from Messrs. Day and Russell,
who went to Paris as his representa?
tive to conduct the closing negotia?
tions for the Panama canal property,
to the effect that the deeds of the
property, archives and all other papers
and document! which will belong to
the United States tinder the transfer
have already been turned over to
them and that thc purchase price of
$40,000,000 has been advanced to the
canal company by a Paris syndicate of
bankers. This syndicate, it is under?
stood, offers to pay over the money
with a view to expediting the con?
summation of the sale on the assur?
ance of thc attorney general that the
draft of the syndicate on he United
States for the $40,000,000, would be
honored on presentation at ihe treas?
ury at Washington.
At the time thc money was paid
over to tin- cattai company in Paris.
Maj. Mark Brooke, of lilt' enK'uc?r
corp*; of the army, now in Colon.
was authorized to formally receiva
the property on thc isthmus in the
name of thc United States. Whether
this transfer has actually been made
by the Republic of Panama the de?
partment of justice has not yet been
advised, but it is assumed it will be
made within a day or two. Messrs
Day and Russell are expected to re?
turn to Washington withing the next
ten days and will bring with them the
title deeds of thc canal property.
Though sympathizing with the ef?
forts of the European holders of Co?
lombian bonds to induce the new state
of Panama to assume some share of
the foreign indebtedness of Colom?
bia, the state department has made
no move in that matter since the re?
tirement from Washington of M.
Bunau-Varilla, the Panaman minister.
Before the minister left Washing?
ton, Secretary Hay took occasion to
impress upon him the fact that con?
siderations of equity should move
Panama to an assumption o' some
part of the national debt, but the
minister wa? not particularly im?
pressed and no effort was made to
tiring pressure jo bear on the new
government. The attempt to deJay
the payment of t*ie $10,000,000 to
Panama by the presentation of the
ijld Colon fire claims orobably. wjll
n6t receive the indorsement of the
department.
Paris, (Ry Cable).?The case of
Colombia against the Panama Canal
Company, involving the former's right
to hold 50.000 shares of stock, was
again postponed for another fortnight.
COLOR PUT INTO HIS EYE.
boston Specialists Paint Man's Iris Witb
India Ink.
Philadelphia,(Soecial).?A dispatch
:o the Public Ledger from Boston
says:
"An operation which took place at
.he Eye and Ear Infirmary in this
rity seems to indicate that the color of
lie human eye can be changed by
he use of needle's.
"The surgeons were Dr. TIenry H.
Haskell and Dr. I letterman and the
.latient was a young man who has
)een suffering for some time with an
iffection which partially distroyed the
?olor of his eye, but only in the
(lightest degree affected its sight.
"The iris contained a white streak
tlmost its entire width. Two drops
>f a 2 per cent, solution of cocaine
.vere put under the eyelid in prepara
:ion for the operation. The instfu
nents used consisted of five ordinary
rambric needles. These were applied
to the cornea, making a large number
jf holes of thc tiniest size. Minute
iiiantities of Indra ink, previously
maded to match the iris as nearly as
possible, were rubbed into the cornea
frith the finger, and in this man?.fjf
corked into each of the holes made
iy the needle points.
"The physicians say the operation
kvas completely, successful."
TORNADO LEAVES DEATH AND RUIN.
Nearly a Score of Lives Lost io Indian
Territory.
Pryor Creek, I. T., (Special).?Six
persons were killed by a tornado
which swept through the country
ibotit four miles south of here.
Reports hav* ^een received that a
number of others were injured, but
names of only, two are known.
The storm started near Chowteau, on
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Road
?ight miles from here, and swerved
lo the northeast, cutting a path from
one-half to a mile wide and about 20
miles long.
The Abbott home was demolished
and the four members of the family
instantly killed.
The storm then struck the Dealy
home, blowing it to pieces, killing the
young son and probably fatally in?
juring the father
Tale University lins; received $200(
from Henry F. English, of New Hav
en, the largest real estate owner ii
Connecticut, t<> establish the Alic*
Kimball English scholarship for grad
nate work iu Un art school.
THREE LIVES LOST IN FIRE.
:ataliHes Attending Burning of a Soap Factory
In New York.
New York, (Special).?Three lives
vere lost and property valued at $200,
)oo was destroyed in a fire at the John
stanley soap works here. The dead,
ill of whom were firemen, are:
Thomas Madigan. I
James Crean.
Hugo Arigone.
Madigan and Crean were buried
under tons of debris when the walls
of the building fell, and it was many
hours before their bodies were re
rovered. Arigone, who was caught
n the same crash, was still alive when
released, but was so badly injured
that he died at a hospital several
nours later.
Many other firemen who had been
called out by the four alarms had nar?
row escapes during the progress ol
the fire, one great source of danger
being the frequent explosions ol
chemicals in the building.
Besides the soap plant the Dunbar
Box and Lumber Company's lumber
cards, adjoining, were badly damaged.
Killed Holdup Mao,
San Jose, Cal., (Special).?A masked
man, armed with two revolvers, en
ed the rooms of the Delmonte S
Club, and after lining up again
wail six men who were in thf+jj
took a diamond ring vaUre"d at^
fronv-one *oT"~tlTe~TTTr^T'Krabbed tXj..
~r$400 from thc table and then backed
out of thc room. After pursuit by
citizens lasting over an hour, during
which 30 shots were exchanged, tha
robii&r was finally killed. Upon in?
vestigation the dead man was found,
to be Bert Thorndyke, a prominent
young man.
Business Blocks in Ruins.
Fairland, I. T., (Special).? Half a
dozen business blocks were destroyed
by a tornado that swept through here
killing seven persons outright and
injuring ? number of others. Three
of the injured will die. It is estimated
that the tornado caused property dam.
age to the extent of $10,000. Four
miles south of here the tornado was
even more severe Farah mses and
hams were completely demonshed and
farm steck was killed.
TACTS WORTH REMEMBERING.
A little over IS per cent, of milk it
solid matter
Trades unions have existed in China
for 4,000 years.
The penguin's wings are useful only
under water.
A woman 5 feet 5 inches high
should weigh, 142 pounds.
Mexico produce* about 48,000,000
pounds of cotton annually.
Friman agricultural schools are
now established in twelve cities of
Saxony.
America furnished lapan 260,000000