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The Yale Expositor. J. A. Mkkziks, Publisher. YALE, MICH Chile baa Just ordered two new bat tleships. isLiu'i out for trouble. London school board children used over 4.000,000 esertiao and copy books lat year. The Venezuelans are at It aealn. Tho South American martial Ejplrlt uvtr rises but It revolubs. The Chine8o court has been rehabil itated by making the clothes of tho common people a little shorter. Andrew Carnegie has succeeded In boosting his library record u; ta thirty-eight endowments In a sln&lo day. J. Plerpont Morgan has made a little loan of $12,500,000 to Ch!. Later ho may decide to buy tho wholo country. Ten thousand students In Itusala are giving tho college yell for liberty. Tor 'rah-'rah rflccls It Is hard to beat. Things must bo fretting d-?porato In Colombia, for the Kovernment is going to spring a curfew law on tho revolutionists. It la reported that Sir Thomas Lip ton Is going to marry an American girl baa found something over here that he can lift. Mohanied Dudu has been proclaimed Sultan of Wadal. Africa, lie Is a lin eal descendant of tho famous Dudu, xny huckleberry, Du. It Is figured out that tho winter cost New York J7.000.000, and as it was not counted, u luxury tho New Yorkers aro growling about it. Tho death of tso many prominent burnt-cork artists within the past few weeks has not reduced the number of traveling minstrel companies. The Richmond Dispatch Is anxious about the proper way to pronounce apjondlcltl3." Those wh. have It pronounce It the worst ever. When a shaft Is sunk In Colorado now the Finker l:;u a double chance of tucccKS, as ho is likely to btrlko either a precious mineral or a How 01 oil Hearing In mind that a cow onec Jumped over tho moon It would be well to equip ouo's air chip with a cowcatcher for such another contin gency. Minister Wu contend! that female offenders fhould bo tried by JurSra of women. If Wu has his way good look ing women will do well to keep out of the dock. A Tennessee Judge h:u declined a re nomlnation after holding public office for forty years. It can't be possible, however, that be U Quitting because he neejs rest. Tho new president of the Western Fnlon Telegraph Company started a. a mesiicngi r buy. Ills ca.se seems to upset the ihiory that a messenger boy never gets there. This Is tho season when tho woman who hesitates wluth.r to Invent hrr capital lu her Ulster offering or her Faster bound Is lost In the abyss of the millinery shop. Thero appears to bo no good reason why William Waldorf Astor houhl not gratify his ambition to becnuo n member of the Hrltlsh parllameuL I Jo undoubtedly has the price. The only objection that the Ilavarl nns havo to the American locomotives Is whai they call Its outlandish whit tle. Perhaps they think that a voice swct and low Ls a fine thing lu a loco motive. Ho needn't travel far that Iowa Trapplst monk who, after twenty-five years seclusion, renounces hU vows to fee the world. In the human nature of the first village ho will find the world In miniature. A Iiostoa man has died of over exertion brought on by playing ping pong. Dostonlans who havo been lucd to tho quiet, studious life -should be more careful about Indulging In these riotous and violent practices. It Is boasted by a Uurlington editor that not a newspaper man of that town uses tobacco In any form. And it 1a feared that this may lead to such a tate of acetlehm that the Uurlington editors will even refuse to drink. As f-oon as the news got abroad thai Samuel Denton, a ha minora o New York newspaper canvasser, was Jailed for ninety days for kissing a pretty little housemaid, every old maid In the tlty bfgan to answer her own door bell. Mrs. Adolph May of New Itrunswlck, N. J., found a clothed tramp asleep in a bathtub a quarter full of water. When awakened he blushed horribly, and Immediately fled. Museum man agers are trailing him with blood bunds. Women who desire Uncle Ilussel Sage to Invest their money for them will do well to call on him in person, lie has taken a bitter resolution to hare nothing more to do with femi nine investors, and nobody can blam fclm much. The Trust Now After the Michigan Sugar Factories, McGARRY'S STRUGGLE USELESS Tit f'oixllllon of lh llwnk I. V. .tmlrrwa WrKknl - ruhenu4n !niwnM Tlor Ul olT Wllh SJi.OOO tin - alitwUI llurar i'rfoiiatr.l ar.oua Slattvra. After llir Urrt Mumtr I'nctorle. It Is understood that the sugar ro lining tru.t. or parties closely nllied thereto, halo made overture t- th" sl Kilby sugar b. et plant In tho Sag lu.ixv Valley, tin n jto.ltliiil lolng to take over -I per rent of tin- slock, tie remainder to lo held by tin local oplc. President I'.t noyar. of t ho Su g In.iw Sugar Co.. In a general conversa tion. Sllld that "something Is Volllg ' but I ;im nl nt hU-ity Ji!t now t. give any lnfi i-mathm." The Church lilll fa i Very In lt.-ty City is n. lu.h-d lu th- list, in I Hi- Ainu factory. V. K. Hurt, u large stockholder in tin Al n:i factory. hii) that th'-rc has been t ill; of this kind but li- Is ii"t aware licit it ha yet leai lied tli- point of consummation. Mili'li up; rcl: n!-ti i felt l:ie that tin- pa-i:i' i-f tin lal f.ictnilcH Into tli- hainl-i op tli- trust mean t!i- d ntnn t Ion of the Indn-trv. Inii ir. 1'ciioyar mi l other loi al stock holder In ni.'ar I'oinpar.les l.nuli ;it ti.e pio;Mi-itl-n. Tliev h.iy that it will ! ( th- ndv.intii- -f t!i- owncri of tin factorb- to op-rate tli-tu. sin-' tli-y will b- . pn!. table n nnv ether form of business in t!ie country and there will 1m no ineniie f.r the trust to h:it t!ie:n il v.vn. 15. side new tuw cot. Id be built. It i to the greater a.l v:i ut :t of the tmt to iutro the mit put llian to attempt 1: detru. tl-n. 'Hie report of the appraisers of th iiset and llab'llil.s of the hetr lt City Savin'H bank indicates that t lie depositors of Cie Wlecke.l batik will receive at lear-t ." r cent, and If th-K-C'.mm ,,f 1'iaiik C. Aiiilrews" eer'I lied rhecks liebl by various Detrol b.lllks ate ilei l ih Dot to lie go-td claims, the illvM-nds will pndtahiy auiotint to iii'M-e than U p-r edit. The reeelvi'r Jlsks fof the privilege of pro eceiling jcalllst tlie in k lets . f the bank to collect tin- amounts f,,;' which tli;-y are liable i-..!er the bank Ing law. The report of the appraisers hows t!;at th- nihilities of the bank jitnoiint to .:: I. .Vj;:.:: I. and the value of the assets of ti.e bank as appraised thus far Is l.'.iTI.IJT. Mmrl .",7oo. Tho ep-rt who eaiuine.l th- 1 k of Mr ri in Kail. in. 1-r. ih ased. tnas ut er of 1 hc'chl county, report.su short- lije of WTlN) lu Ills iieeour.'s. He had I wen using the county's funis in bis own private bu--inesi n,. doubt wlt'i t!i- Intention of ni.iklng the sliortage good before the evpliatlon of his t.'ini of o'lice. net .1 inujry. When hh b.ioks W ere eNMtnllied by t h- eoimt y auditors last . toU r th-v foutid no shortage. , nise K'allatelcr had le Histii etio'igli money to -oiiate hlin self, but iteinediately after the exami nation the money was withdrawn, hav ing probably I teen 1mrrowe for that purpose, Tlr' I" I Mr. Henry A. Tajlor. the young eastt in in'lllonairo who was found utility of complicity in the tlranl Kaplds water deal. :ipp-:trei before Judge New nii.ini in tin- Superior Court Friday alter, in on, and subrnitting to the mmm-ih c of the eoiirt. paid a I'm- of sj.ihmi ;md w as I t h-ied ti io.ll rils'ihly, Ta.br 1 4 tile Co'ineetleut mail who j.e'l! $ot.tiS) to Crand HnpMs to 1h u,d in secur ing n water contract with th- city, .".ml although he claimed tii.it ;'.ll but $7 Tm was afterward returned t hint It Is b-l'eved that h- leeched but .k : liiall portion of it back. If any. Itnulrr Mm 11 n r f v illrtl. T. C. Tinker, an AlM-n dry good- man. b.i I occasion to top in nt his store Thursday night to get an um brella, as It was railing. Wh-11 he tepptil liisld- h- found that It was more than raining there. A family pip- over bead had sprung ,-t leak, ami was Irene:. ing evervthln-4 In sight, llositiu lllolieil help and they Worked ulitll I i' I'M-k In the morning removing irN to places of safety. All bis line Faster stock was rulmd and the loss will leach several thousand dollars. Plrr In llnmnil. iMirand jH-ople ti:rnel out nt o'clock Thuixlay morning to ss a huge frani hoiiM burn down. It was located Just out of the tniratioii limit, nnd oe. ttpied by Nellie Hamilton and two other females. Tho house was well fur nbhcil. nnd the furniture dealers Jose. An Owohmo music house l.s n plan . Th- feirahs eseajxsl without enough cloMies to npix-ar oil the streets with. Ml-s llnmillon claims the houe was set oil Hie. Other o.ir her out hi this statement. !. of 9niHllMt . Ilejxtrts to the Mtiite boanl of h.Hilth from representative phjshlans In ac tive praitlce In var'oiis parts of the stnto lndi ite that f heiiuiat isni. bron chitis. Intiiienr.a. iieiinilgla nnd tonsil Ills, in tho order named, caused most ulckiiess lu Mhhlg.in during the past week. Meningitis was reported nt live places. whMplng cough nt 1.4. diph theria nt 'Jo. typhoid fever nt bi, inene( at "'. scarlet fever at 1 1 rj. smallpox nt l.VS an. con-tiniptlon nt -Ml. The llli boat of John I.undgren w,n swamjsd In Fake Michigan while try ing to iiuike Si ttg.it n,k harbor Satnr dny iiiornlng. nid Joim Fundgren, Jr.. ngiNl drowned. Ills brother reached iihoro exhausteil. Tlielr father stiM. on tho shore watching them, and hl dlstnes wsk pitiful to witness. The body wn recorend. It Is rstlmnted tliat 1!hmh),ooo an will c-ome down the Menominee river this season. Montague w III give a cash bonus of f ;.( m to mimre tho location of n furni ture factory In the vP'ige. (iriinil llilila Trlntra. I"to;n one to seven homes have been fold icd In tlrand Itapidn every night for the liit two weeks, but hltbert tho burglar have taken nothing but money. The idice are making strenuous effort to eaten the robbers, but yet thept seeir.s to be n.i clue to their Identity. Ill iicai ly every instance the burglarie have been committed w hen the fatulllo wern absent. The Umv of an eight or nlno month' ohl baby was found in n basket In the river at C.riind Itaplds by Claudo Itrown. 11 fisherman. Thursday niter ioii. ami turned over to Coroner Wright. The babv was ivercd by :i eoPee nick and the bilLet welghtisl down wnh stones. The basket wn foiiml In shallow water, ami It Is U Ueeil was placi'd hi the river farther u; stream than when- It was found. I I rr mt IllcttUitu l'rk. How the Highland Fark training edibles. Just outside pctrolt. w Idea were d-stioyed by lire early Saturday morning, came to be burned Is si 111 u mvstcry. The entire loss will reach $'J.".ni. Mr. Colby lo-t two colts, ami n n.umber of vehicles nnd considerable h.innsK. Their value he places at ."Sl. .". Among tlie lioires bullied were: Ibd Uoyal. 1 owned by W. W. Collier and valued at .. ; The King. '- J'i 1 11 trotter valned nt Harry I'.. l-l, value .-..-.!: Maid en ijuceii. pacer. -:b" I I. valinil at Jg.iMo; Moiieo. trotter. .:.".- 1 it. val id d at So.mii; Marie, trr.iter. valued a: I..".IS. In-stoie eleven colt. These W Cl owned by different horvemcii in atil iiit of Hetndt who had left lliem at the stables for training or for safe ki cping. .Intlrni' I'liotiielrrlntt. Seuatloual disclosut t s of enormous deals In Amalgamated Copper stock carried 011 by Frank C. An drews, during the months of Septeiu- In! Oetobi-r, .NovcmlH-r. I-cemb-r. Jatntary nnd l'ebruaiv were mad- by the drm of F. F. & J." T. Mclaughlin, befor- Circuit Court Commissioner May, of Hetroit. Tuesday afternoon. Ills operations extended t,i within n few day of his failure, and mounting lu the aggregate to the nlin'st fabu lous Mini of nearly iUi. exceed ed greatly the largest figure that had previously Jiciu tnelit ioncil. This broke the hcttoit City Savings Hank, of which he was vice-president. MHinrr)' ltn.1 l h. Thomas F. MciJarry. win"- trhtl under Indictment for conspiracy in the Critnl Itaplds w ater IkhmIIo sch-im . has exhawted every means t ecap trial In-fore Judge Newnham. At a conference of attorneys ami Judg Ni wnliaiu It in reported that Mi Han y U::tie a pr.'poslt .,n to take Hi jut'o'.l for Velllle If the Jude W llld prollli.se to bt him oil with ii Hue without :i Jail sentence, jis in the case of Taior. If convh-tcd. It Is said Judge New 11 haui would make 110 pioiul.ses. ensureil llir rniilnri, The eveciitive cointMitte- of the state grange has adopted resolutions vnur lug ihe Michigan senators (or their vote on t'ie shlji siilisidv bill; 11N0 urg lug the 'oloptieii of the bill calling for the election of senators y direct Vote of the people, and urging the Michigan se!- iters to up;rt the amendment. Attoi mi i nr. sr ati:. It is l.el'eved that I he btirubi rlotH rrang lliat has Uo:i operating in ilraiel Fi.pl Is end Kalamar.Mi h.n struck Mat tie C 1 ek. Ill gi tting off n moving train at Faw Few Mrs. I". A. Wildey. wife of Land ComiuUs'ener Wihhy. fell and broke In r 1 Ight hip. lotis .Ioi'otien. of Han'-ock, Is get ting n,i In the world rapidly. lie is only lo' y-ais old. but already Is 11 ear ! seven' feet tall. Mi.-eg. county farmer will have a chain o to ploe wh'-t'or I hey UlleVe iii go-I mads or not at the township e. ( I ion neM W ei k. Ib-U'ir Mao:is are ji'anning t re-liei- th-ir hall and u ;ke It ot.- of I th- ino-t attra the lodge looms la j s iatli n Michigan. ! Hen. It. F. Tracy. ec secretary of the navy, w ho was suddenly nvereoiiv by lilne-is lu court Saturday. Is rcjtorted to be steadily Improving. Sl !rt term prisoners w ere received at Mhhlgan ltetermatory, Ionia. '1 i.ursday nun Marnuette on n war r:it of transfer siiel by Cov. I'llss. Wnshtenaw county Is planning for n big einiiiclpath 11 day celebrati..? In Ann Arlr this 3 car. Hooker T. Wash ington has been ph ked as the orator. Itev. J. F. le II. Kay. of I roil wood, has teiidercil bis ri-Igr.atloii as chap tail, or the Third Itcglment to Adjt. Cii. Frown. N-c.iuse of hi removal from the state. S,-r1smcu of Harry rod Faton counties have formed an organisation with the object of securing n better enforcement of the law for the pro tection of t sli and game. William I.ynk. the Havlsou township man win' little daughter was Imnnsl to death lat week, will be crippled for life In his hair! r.s n result of trying to extinguish tbe flames. The mammoth new paint shop of the .dain e 'I brasher Wi rks at Fattle Creek, wa dedh'iited by n public ball, over :'..' people utt idling it. The shop men cleared over Jl.oo. Fred Smiirr. of huratnl. n tlranl Trunk brakeinan. fell from a box cur Saturday uioiulng and suffered 11 scalp wound six Inehi's long, a fr.ieturiil skull nidi Internal Injuries. VI!torn to Hetroit week of April 7 will find a great bil nt Womb-Hand nnd Temp'- theater. Itndiiioff. who Is 11 marveloUsly versatile entertainer, will be n lii-mi er of the bill. Ihe dead body of Mrs. Itlo Demap ct. aged living in C.lr.ird, was found In her bed 'Ihursilar. She had Im-i 11 deal since Monly. Her huband wa .iwny. A"pbxy killed her. A largo new state flag I floating over tho enpltol. It has the Michigan rout of onus In white, on a dark blue field, with rcil guidon. It I vlslblo as far 11 I tho dome of the enpltol. Tho village of Furton, west of Owosso. Is In fnto of terror. Mr. Harris. cbidmlstress, has smallpox, and it I said that every Inhabitant ha been cxjmi1. Fraetlcally every on of tho ! Inhabitants Is lu quarantine. (Ira ml Itaplds bin, 'buds have agn'ed to adv ance rent on all store an I dwelling l ouse 10 j r cent on April 1. An ntteiu4 will N made to convert Isle Ho.vale Into 11 summer resort. A project I now 0:1 foot to erect a $."o, ioo hotel at Washington harbor. Timber stealing on 11 large scale has been going on lu the Meuominee river, ntid th- Menominee llooni Co. has ap pointed a committee to apprehend the guilty parties ami bring them to Jus tice. Tho state military board Is preparing to send out eoplc of the new National Hiiard rules and resolution. In pamph let form. A tiumlM-r of Important In novation are contained ill the new rules. A dog -hiwlng evidence of hydro phobia s terrorizing the northeastern part of Itoynl Oak. James Cary wa lightly bitten 011 tlie arm by the brute and 11 number of rheep have been killed. l'ostal Ii spii-tor have ln-en working fcr thre. weeks on the my-tcrlou dis appearance of a money package con taining 1.1 mm. It was consigned by a Chicago bank to Iron Fiver, and was stolen l:i transit. According to n Jrangevllle. Idaho, paH r, W. W. Stevens, who vvus a ill rtor of ihe defunct First National bank, of Mb s. ami owe It Slo.noo, l an applicant in the Idaho tow 11 for an electric lighting franchise. I Idler the shadow of the wall of the Jn ksaii prl'i u where ho had previ ni ly served five 3 ears for a similar otfetMo, I Mi li b s Mallet, attempted il iiiii.e against .1 '.t yeur-ohl girl Sunday morning. H- was nrrestetl. A great eruption l:i the schools of Kahuna. mi repurtei not be-au- o' any trouble with teaehe-s r tn- Inurd of education, but b-eailse of measles, due hundred and lliirtv live p ipits are said to U 111 of the dlse.is-. M. II. Wells, the ex veteran soldier, w ho undertook to cut and sl.:sh an of ficer last llecemUcr. who att-mpted his arn-st. pleaded guilty to aault. and wan sciiteticed to .V) day in Jail. He h.dl already been in Jail over thno mouths. James bite, of I lilb-rt. w as run down by a train m the tlratid Kaphls i Indiana, u-ar Manton. and cut In tv.o. e h id 1.1st be. 11 seen in an lu-t-xlciited condition, at'd It Is supiMised that he lay down on the track ami Went to sleep. The state boanl of agriculture has coiifcricil the degree of master of s-i-eiieo ,,n ir,,f. J. . Towar. of the Agii cultural Col'ege, who b-avis the tlrst of uei icoiith to t;ike u; hi new work at the head of the Agricultural College of South Australia. l.inV. the eight 3 ear old daugh ter of Win. 1.311k. of Mavison. Wiis playing around a burning stnniji lu :i swamp that wa being burned ovir. when 1 cr dns caught lire and she received burns jh.it resulted ill her death three hours later. Kalamazoo parties are interested In the F.ig Fay Lumber Co. with a capi tal of .lm.MM. Just organized at Mar- luetic. They have purchased !". acres of laud in Marquette ciuiuty, miles northwest of Marquette and havo I. MM MM" feet of rtatldillg tllU- M-r. Iteporls from points In south-rti aid central .Michigan show il severe wind, s et nnd silo- storm ragisl Sunday icght. Whde the damage done In any one place was iio large the aggregate w Ii amount to many thousands ot d diirs. '1 1 lcph.l;e (otnpiililes Were the worst Mtfferi rs. The l.ly i f Herman KI07. was taken from the river in St. Joseph Satuid.iy by the life saving crew. The I my dis appeared Thanksgiving, after making tbe rounds of the saloons, on th lu a I was :'o,iiid a severe contusion, luit as tlie po. ki ts contained and a sold wale. 1. it is iH-McVcd he fell into the sticaui. Sheriff St ih-s. of Mesiotnlu-o. Is now oil his way to Meho to gel Archie '. Fn email, who Is wanted in this !tv for forgery ami eml rzl-inent and for bil lumping. He was am-stiil In Mexi co iiii oif a m-nth ago and ha 1m e i latignishin-g !n a dirty Mexican Jail eve iiice, while the f-rmnliiie for his extradition were lio'ng complcti-d. A westbound freight train on the Air LI no division of tho MUhig.in Central wa wreckisl near Vand.iU.i Wiiim--day morning. A car In the mi. lib- of the train. loaded with ci'glne Iron, col lapse,!, and seven ear lo.obsl with merchandise and grain were hurled In to 11 diteii. 'Flie load I tied up and th- loss will ii mount to thousand of dollars. No olio was hurt. The Fewablc mining property litiga tion, growing out of n riirganlzatlon scheme, has been ternilliateil nfter IS vi-irs. Th-nia II. Mason i allowed .""."s-. ltecelvcr Peter White get $:Io.mmi. ami is discharged, and Dickin son. Warren & Warren, attorney. .tll.psH. About JpMi.isMi remain lu the cutoly of the court for distribution to stoi kholder nnd creditor. It I ndmitfci! lu Itonton llarltor that tho Craham A- Morton Transpor tation Co. will risirganizo under tho law of Indiana to csca Michigan taxation of vel proiTt.v. Indiana has n tonnage t;ix law, and the change will save the Criiham & Morton com pany several thousand dollars In taxes each year. Tho Ihinkh-y company, of South Haven, is already an Indiana corporation. AllH-rt !. F.rook. a fanner living six mile southwest of Kalamazoo, while erar.ed from the effect of drink, gashed hi throat with a piece of class and nearly severed tho arterle of his wrlrt. Ho fnlntisl from ! of bliMsl, but ll reviving dracgisl himself to the otlbe of lr. McKlbtH-n. where the woMnd w re dressed. Tho man ha bei ii adjudged insane and will bo sent to nn n S3 In in. Henry Punning nnd wife, of Perry, had 11 bse call Wednesday morning from Iw-lng asphyxiated by coal gi. They wero aroused from their stupor by nn alarm eh k. set to ring nt ." o'clock, ami groping their way to n diMir. sism revlveil In tho fresh nlr. Tho clock raveil their live. Owing to the tronldo rneonntered In tho enforcetvent of tho Inheritance tox law. Attorney -tieneral t)ren ami Audi tor Heneral Powers havo nprod an extended circular to lo Issuoil to Judges of probato and county treasur ers einlM-lylng comment on tie var ious section of the law as It Js con irucil bv them. Tennessee Lcses Millions by Great Floods. DEATH BY FLOOD AND STORMS. How th Hazing Ilnlu Surpl 1hrii(h Trniif 'rr)lnff Ilrtirlloii .if I. If mbiI irtjrl jr--A IVnnaflvaula t'hurrlt I uriKjfpl ind .Mur lnjur.l. lllnMBlrr In lr 11 n) t niiln. One of th- t.ercest wind storm ever known Pi ti e section struck Fltlsimrg Sunday Jot before 110011 nnd did al- 1110. t lid ah ii.il.i,- !.imag( to proju-rty :n'l Inji.K.I many pei pb, sou.e of wheat may die from the elVects of th- r wounds. Scores of houses were iiu r 'ofed. many trees were b'ow 11 down, mill stacks toppied over and Idegrap.i and telephone w lr.-s genei a'ly ili-ahl- I. 'I ii- 11 st serious acebb-ut report-1 Wiis ihe unrooting of the Knowille IY csh.v tfiiau ciiuicii. lu Ktiowlll". Thi 1 Lurch at the tine was Idle with an Fa-icr congregation numbering a'suit :oii persons. hlle the ininistcr wa l:i th- i.ildst of hi, 11:1011. a p.uiiculati strong gust of wicd blew over the large chimney ami lifVn! a tiio:i of tl:e n-.f off the build. tig. Tho bricks from the eiil i.iM-y 1 lashed through the loof and c:;rriii n 1 1 1 1 g piece of the h ;i v im I cclii.ig. measuring about lOX'Jo fct. down f.poll the Worsh',efS in the p-w. An Indescribable pin!.-eti-iKi!, ai: n frantic rush was 111 id for the d.. rs and windows. Th- ex citement Wiis soon ijuieied. and tl e wiii I; of rescue itogiin. At l- it forty persons wen eatlgid b.V the wreck:!-;: iiiul in. re or less hurt. Of this nuin b r live iiki.v not iecivcr. TJ Tntirr -'lotla. Fcports from the tb.Mbil ilisirht of Teiiliissee emj h:isl.e the MMVitV of the situation. The damage icuUlug. It is InIh-viiI. will reach I.mmi.msi. wild- twenty-two live. ar. known to have Im-i n b-t. Several counties, cer tain to have s'lflered heavily, are still cut of fnun communication, and the b-s In property and life may go hlgii or than these tlgiires. Tli- section vis Itcd by Ihe llo s enibrace-i one of III rit ln-t portions of the state, and the damage t, fjirtu Ian. Is Is .1 seriotM llelil. It lli'b'ibs cnt:itlc Ijlllg be twieu th- mountains on th- east .-111 I tin Tc!in---oo rive: 0.1 tii west, and between the CiucIm i 1:1, river an 1 fid: .Mabi'iia li e-. Sione fences thit liav too, tl:- storms of f.uty v -i-rs w :. wailed a way In m:;:iy of t!ie well ktlow n llscrs'de fiilllis of Llllcd l iiiilllt.V, lllld ciops have been destrov e 1 : ill Ii r lf' llrtti) !". tlittlnie. Ok., was v!lted Sunday by a v.::h.immi lite and as a result tii Stat Capital printing plant, the Hotel i':ri to. the St. James hotel, the Camilla-!; livery barn mi I the Kb hey general tncrehan.'isc store are pi ruin-. Fvciy thiug In Ihe Capital jlint was d sfoyed, ilicliidiiig two presses, nil chines f every kind, linotype ma chines, ebs; trie ami tcain heating sy ten , libraries arid a large stm k of supplies. Frank II. t.reer. the owner t:ite.s that the total loss -.gVi.tiiHi No) ii thing but mailing lUis 0f the p i M'l was saved. The bus lu tit- oth -i l-trlhliiig will make the entire loss to tlu town fully !S.""m M 11 h 1. A llloo.lv Hatltr. Sensational reports were received In Williamson. W. Va.. Saturday a!eit iiuother llgiit with tli- ll.itilcbls. in which four were killed, among theia being IlaiT.v Watts, pr. j li-t-r of tue Palace h tel. Joim K herford. :i de tective, had a warrant for the arret of Fj hriaiii II itlictd, who '1 wanted in South Carolina. He llnally iu'atel Hatticll In Pike county. Ky. Watts went with Rutherford, and they foi;n 1 liphriain at the home of hi father. Thoiuison Hatfield, o'l Fblckbeiry rrn k. Rutherford mil Watt broke in the d.s.r mid secured liphriain. The father opeticil tire oil them. It ill Hatfield and Is.th olibers were kllb-l In the niche. The wife and bttle chil dren of liphriain witnessed the trag edy. Orll Itlioilf- Drml. Cecil .1. Rhodes, the great pr'inotiT of South African enterprises, died of heart disease nt C.ipe Town. Rhode had been a victim of enlarge ment of the heart for many months. Some week ago the disease 1 gaii to make rapid stride. About three week ago he Wii comicl!cd to take to his bill. Severe mid frequent attacks gradually weakened his robust con stitution, ami It b -c.u ue a 1 -parent n few days ago that recovery wa Im-m. slide despite repeated rallies and t In most skillful tm-dlcal treatment. Prop. S3 complicated the rase during tho last few days, and tho great statesman presented a pitiable iectacle. In-coming very nervous. Irritable and restless. Norlel. the only Insurgent general with the exception of Malvar still In tho Philippine. i been captured by Lieut. Frank F. Famferd. of the 'gotii Infantry. A major, a captain, n lieu tenant and live ineu who were acting a n bodyguard t' Norlel wero cap tured with him. They have all been held n prisoner of w,ir. There Is some reason to believe that one mem ber of thi iMNjyguar.l 1 Hon. Malvar lu disguise. Lieut. Panifonl certain that if this general Is not one of the raptured patty be I In the Imuiedia'o IielghliorhiMsl of the scene of .Nor hi' capture. Tho revolvir from which was fired tho bullet that killed President Me Klnley, the handkerchief wph whl.di lb- iiiissln ooveriil tho bind which held tho revolver as ho thrust It toward the president, and tho cart ridges In tho revolver have all been turned over to tho F.ilffalo Historical Society and will bo placed In tho mu seum of tho society. The council of Cnro will give th" Lacy Shoo C.. of Mlddlojsrt. O.. a Imtnr of Sd.tMMi for tho erection of 1 factory there to employ Iim hand ID otolith In the year. It Is exjiected tho factory will be ready for operation by June i.M M. 1irltnta Mary l'llir Carl lisch-r Hansen, of New York, who was nttorm-y for Widter Christ -imis. the represeiitatlvo of the Punlsli u'over.iaicut In the overtures) for the pi n l.ae of tho Piiu sh Wert Indian Isl.imU In Fmk, was Indignant at lh coudliet of bis client, shown lit lib se en t n-iN.rt to the Paiilsli mlnkstry late ly published. Onlinaril.v. legal ctbjuetto.' s-iiid'he. "would prevent luy Mpouklng. Uut this n jMirl Is so defamatory and outrageous that I fel Jit'tltlisl 'in washing my hand of tlie whole affair.' Christ 11. a uiidertiM.I;. accordlug tis lUcher-l lanseu, to htnrt thesileof the Islands Tor the Herring ministry. A- f;ir back as l.vai th- s;ile bad Un al inost consummated, but ut the last mo ment this irnv eminent hid univvii 1 biuk. Thus peuiuark ouM not overtures or do inr.' suggest that ovcitllies ! iiccet.tnble. This Christ mil I make j t ban : would lid. II conducted Secretary White, of the American ea.basy to Loudon, f Com nhlL'cii. "At t!i;tt p. int." said Fin-hor-H.-in-sen, "his sci vie ended. The negotia tion fii.ui there vv-re arriis forward by th- American minister In Piumnrk and tii- lunls'.i mini-ter at Wa-.Mng- toll." llnii.;ri o it 'llrurni!t tilr. Mis. Henrietta II. Miller, a gray na'red woman, aged C.7. g-ilug from Los Angeles. Cal., to peiiver. 1 visit relative, w.is brutally iiss;iultil 1 the Siintii Fe railroad v.irds by 11 negro p iter on a Pulimou car. running Ik twieii lienver and La Junta. She w,i knocked down by a blow 011 tho head, and after a struggle with ld-r ;isillaiit was choked Into Insensibility. Wash ington If. Wallace, a Pullman c.r porter, wa arrested In the car of which he had charge. He was Identi fied by Mr. Miller and locked up hi Jail. With a telegraph pole for 11 I ot tering ram. the crowd broke In the doors and Wallace vv as taken out. Tin crowd inovi 1 dow n the snet ('.rag ging the negro by 11 rope. A lsiy wu sent up a telegraph pole with :l rope. It was thrown over the cross l..r -in l then dropped Into the crowd. A bun dud hands grasped It. r.nd In nn in stant the negro was In the nlr. Hardly had the boy climbed out of danger when hundreds of pi-tols were drawn ami be: ore the negro body r-aiMn-1 the top of the pole It was riddl-d W Itll bullets. ( it lot's 1 Mi 11 ; r nun-Mi. Sis ri luy Root has made puii his order to ;.-n. Wood llilO-tlilg bint l turn over the rontr-1 aud -o eminent i f Cuba o Its pcopl- 0,1 May -V next. The older rciiires the I'nlian -.rovcrn-lu-iit 1.. a-siime all tnatv obb-at !o;i and directs iji-ii. WimmI to co.iiinr.e ;i si:,.:II iiititlcry f n e ! avoid leavbir th - l.lt:d illtltely def.'tlsi le.s.s until the Cuban government shall hive o e poitunity to organ!e its own fore-. Oi'H, WoimI Is i!s, (M e't.d to coiiv-n-thc Cuban congress p, j. r- May .'. II also ! directed to con-'lit witii Fre-1-dein-ih ct Faliiia mi l Mil stliute s-idi H't'so:i n b- sinil ib sire f-r those I10W hohllli:; otllehil pi,-it!ous In Cuba. On May 'Jo. l.srj. iu!ri will formally a Uiie absolute ind-peiid. li 'e Utt l la stall !a : !l"s pn-sideiil 1 ( Ii leu uo Ctmrrli t iirimr. live men mid line.- women entered the Seventh Pay Adventlsf 1 hunn. Chicago, where an Interstate ndv-ntist ioifere::ce was In session, chorll) -if-ter iiooii Saturday mid crea'.ed such a dlsturbillice that they were finally beaten and nistieil from the ciinrch by almost l.'.'l worshipers. The e-ght alleged ill -.1 url cr.s were nr tse. I'tld taken to til- police rl.ltioll. All these persons are nieiiiN rs of this sai l- religion, but of another church. Tli tioi l. t eg. in when one of Ih- j party i.c:iied .1 t-tateu-.eut being mad liy 3lr. Anna White. :i prophei rn ni Fattb- Crei k. Mich. When this man was ordcifd out. it is said. s-ven con panlon spoke up mid lu a moment the church wa In an uproar. tlrrni sirlUe Co 111 In v. The Foiled Mlr.o Worker. of Amer ica, who-e national oibce are la In dii.iiapolis, have for some tim- Ih-ci making pic-nral!ons for trouble lu 1m)Ji the Peiii'sylvauhi anthracite le gion and the bil ut'ilnot-s Jit his of West Virginia and Virginia, an I it Is rai t that the organization Is In better ol Hon than ever U-foro to m.iko a light for 1 c ognition. If there is a Mi Ike In the alithia.lte legion all the Member of the organization, which cover twenty-four states, may be called out. a the January convention in Indiana; ob.s empowered tho national odder t go to that extreme If insrrvsuO to 1 ring ah ut 11 settlement. M Men Sitint hrrrtl. A tho result of n cave-In of a bug bank of earth nt the Main street plant of the Cleveland Cnl!ght V Cil:o Co. six m-n nn dead. The men were working close n ;l bank of clay, when It suddenly gavo way without the slightest warning, burying them lneath the ma of earth. Fellow workmen l:nnns.atcl.r lgati the work of rescue, nnd Its il very short lime six of the men bad been taken out. Some of them wero alive. 01 iters were already dead, their live- having Im-cii smothered out. Th living were started to tlio several near by hospitals, J, ut duil en route, and H eir ImmIIc were thi 11 takeu t under taking ctaMihn:cnt. Maggie Clino. the famou Irlh com edirl'fe. will be one of the big feature at Wi midland mi l Tempi- U rate:' wick of April 7. A bill appropriating f..r tin en t.'oti of y iiioiniui-nt nt FnfTalo hi memory of Pn-sld-nt MeKlnJ.-y ba pnssl the New York m nnto. Joseph K. Wots!, Fnited State at torney for the second divlsicn ,,f Al itska. ban reslgn-il. Wmh l serving a term In prison for onntcn-jt of oaut lu conm-ctlou with the Judge Novo case. Tho department w about to take net lull III his case when hi. resig nation wn received. The minority member of the senate committee on the Philippine nre eon shbrlng tho ndvls-ibiittjr of prrnentlng to the full commlttei a proposition for 11 visit to tho Philippine Islands dur ing tho next vacation for tho purHe of Investigating- conditions there nnd of taking the testimony of leading Filipinos' 'i i 'J