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LATER NEWS.
I ER OF THE II
OsniprvlienalTO Itavlow of tha Import
ant Happening of tha Tait Weak
Culled rmm tha Tatagraph Column.
Bloomfontcin is badly in need ot
voter. .
Tho total British losses in tho I5ooi
war aro now 23,000. .
A Texas town in tho flooded district
was destroyed by a tornado.
Fishermen testing tho Columbia
river near Astoria found but fow Chi
nooks. Tho Puerto Rican bill, as amended
tiy the senate, passed tho house by a
TOto of 103 to 1B3.
Admiral Dewey denies the story of
liis withdrawal as a candidate for presi
dential nomination.
II. 0. Frick will dispose of nil his
ioldings. something like ?10,000,000,
in the Carnegie Company.
An interuatonal naval demonstiation
will soon take palce at Taku Cin, the
gulf of Pe Chi Li, China.
Dnrinc a finbt with riotous laborers
in New York, one Italian striker was
killed and several wounded.
At the Georgia Populist convention,
Senator Marion Butler, of North Caro
lina, was denounced as the "chief of
all traitors."
George W. Hull, an Arizona million
aire, was arrested in Now York on a
charge of perjury in a divorce caw
against his wife.
Competent authorities estimate that
the wastage of horses monthly by the
British forces in South Africa, must be
calculated at not less than 5,000.
B. C. Bergin, an assayer in the Uni
ted States mint at San Francisco, has
' been arrested for stealing small
amounts of gold daily for months past.
Capitalists of Berlin, through a Chi
cago firm, have made an offer to pur
chase tho Ferris wheel. The wheel,
which weighs 2,200 tons, will be ship
ped to Berlin.
In San Fiancisco, 500 pounds of
ping-cut tobacco have been seized in
-various local stores by internal le venue
sgents, because tho packages were in
sufficiently stumped.
Burglars in Chicago stole diamonds,
jewelry and silverware valued at $40,
000 from the home of Orrin W. Potter,
the multi-millionairo and ex-preai
dent of the Illinois Steel Company.
The period of time allowed Spanish
residents in the Philippines to elect
whether they shall remain Spanish sub
jects or adopt the nationality of the tei
xitory in which they reside has expired
Commodore William K. Mayo, died
at his homo in Washington, aged 76
years.
General Lee has been appointed
command the new department
Havana and Pinard de Rio.
Nicaragua has landed troops
Columbian territory. The nature
the movement is not understood.
A 2 M-y ear-old child was scalded
death by falling into a tub of hot water
and lye, near Ashland, Or.
Indians attempted to rescue the
murderers of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Horton,
but were driven off by Skagway troops.
The United States government denies
the report that it has joined with other
powers in threatening to land troops in
China.
A vote on the resolution relative to
tho seating of M. S. Quay as senator
from Pennsylvania, will be taken on
April 24.
Thomas II. Tongue was renominated
lor congressman horn the Second dis
trict on the first ballot at McMinn
-vllle, Or.
Texas and Lousiana, to guard against
bubonic plague, may establish a quar
ontine against Chinamen coming from
California.
An inventor of thorite has announced
bis willingness to sell the government
Abe right to manufacture the explosive
for $150,000.
Tho British bark Iranian, which
aailed from New York, November 25,
lor lokoiiania. nas been wrecked on
the Japanese coast.
The Building 'J rades Assembly, of
Houston, Texas, lias ordered a general
strike in sympathy with the carpenters,
causing 1,500 men to walk out.
Two negro murderers were executed
at fjummervillo, Texas. When sen
tenced both asked fqr a deck of cards,
and declined the offer of a Bible.
A minister of Ballard, Cal., near
Santa Barbara, committed suicide by
blowing tho top of his head oil with a
shotgun. Temporary insanity was tho
cause.
Former Congressman Charles A.
Towne, of Duluth, Minn , has an
nounced himself as u candidate for the
vice-presidential nomination on the
Democratic tioket.
Congress will adjourn in Juno.
Tho milk trust ot Chicago is broken.
War taxoa will not bo reduced at
this session of congress.
Groat Biitaiu will levy a tax on
mines to pay tho expenses of tho war.
A burglar ontered a saloon in Oho
halls, Wash., and took $500 in silver.
Four men wore killed mid several in
jured in n drunken riot of coal mluers
near Johnstown, Pa.
Heavy rain and biiow storms in tho
vicinity of Denver aro causing much
delay to railroad tratllo;
John HannigRU, aged 03, one of tho
best-known horse trainors in tho conn
try, diod at Mlldalo, Ky.
Two Moxlcan outlaws hold up a
gambling honso in Johnson, Arizona,
and killed a prominent mining man.
Row William J. Rutledgo, of Jack
sonville, 111., promineut Methodist
minister and originator of tho G. A.
It., ia dead, aged 80.
Tho legislature of Trinidad has re
jected the offer of Canada for recipro
cal trade and adopted the convention
with the United States.
Two hundred or 300 families bought
1,200 aorvs of laud near Eugene, Or.,
with the intention of dividing it up
into 40-acro tracts and working on tho
colonization plan.
Burglars at Torouto, Out., dug
through tho nlno-inoh brick wall of
tho vault of St. Simon's church with
crowbars and picks and etolo $1,175,
the Easter offoiing.
Conditions in famine-stricken India
are deplorable. Sixty millions of peo
plo are suffering and 30,000,000 are in
dire distress, and only 6,000,000 aro
recoiving government aid.
In Now York, Julius Koster, a brick
layer, who had inherited $300,000
from his brother's estato in Germany,
was found dead, swinging from a ropo
in an empty water tank on the roof of
his house. Ho had been ill. and tho
sudden change from poverty to riches
affected his mind.
In New York, a school of voice cul
ture was begun on a portentious scale
NIGH HIT
Will
Tho Gates Formally Thrown
Open.
THE SHOW IS FAR FROM READY
Bpcrrhn of Vrr.lili-.it I.outirl ami Mhf
Utrr Jllllaraml-CoiiiplrtriiM mot
Kitrnt of American KaltiUlla.
Paris April 17. Tho exposition o'
1000 is open, but it will bo at least a
month before auythlng.but buildings it
to bo seeu. Tho day's ceremonies were
a peculiar mixture ot sumptuous splen
dor in tho Salle des Foto.H, and wide
spread contusion olsowhoi-e. Nothing
could have exceeded tho pletureMiue
stauo sotting in tho beautiful building
in which tho coremoiiles were held, the
uonreous uniforms of tho diplomat owl
soldiers, tho snleudid orchestra aud
chorus and tho mmmificent effect pro
duced bv tho irrand staircase, up which
President Loubot proceeded to view the
oxnosition. lined with some 200 picked
men of tho Roiiubllcan guard, with
1 Jackboots, white 'breeched, gleaming
cuirasses and horso-hair plumes r-tream
ing from shining helmets. At the to
of this stairway was a room, tho in
terior of which could bo seen from tho
. Sallo des Fetes, and this was hung with
I priceless gobelins from tho Louvre
Into this splendid atartmont President
Loubet entered aud walked down tlio
avenuo to his boat. This part of the
day's arrangement was perfect, but tho
rest was chaos.
The weather today was luckily all
that could bo desired. Fourteen thous
and guests had Ijeon invited to the
function, aud they had. because of tho
fine woahor. only tho dust to endure
Had the day been wot, tho unrolled
paths of tho oxiKMitiou grounds would
have been turned into a mass of mud
Tho afternoon was a holiday in Pari
by general consent, aud a host of
country peoplo crowded into tho city
to swell tho multitudes, who from an
CHINESE REIGN OF TERROR.
earlv hour served in tho direction of tho
IU4D 11 a fcVii- . -
t Cnmeaie Hall, under the direction exposition aud took up positions aloug
of Giacomo Minkowsky, called tho . tho ronto of tho presidential procession
Metropolitan School of Voice and Sing- and at tho approaches to the grounds
in... Kdnnard de Iieezko and Mmo. Tho immenso number of guests pruc
nrrlirn will Hvn scholarship to tho tically swopt the central streets clean
best pitted ouirils under Minowsky. of cabs, of which an unbroken stream
Maurico Grau and Andrew A. McCor- several tteop, united slowly toward uie
M in
to
of
in
of
to
Great Britain's naval estimates
amount to 30,000,000.
Buffalo Bill says 80,000 Mormons
from Salt Luke will found a city in
Wyoming.
Steamer Prairie, with American ex
hibits for tho Paris exposition, has
arrived at Havre.
It costs $4,400,000 a year to main
tain the 24 royal palaces of Emperor
"William throughout tho Qeivata
mick are. lending their influence
kowsky is a composer of note.
The Paris exposition was formally
opened.
Filipinos are again activo near
Manila.
One man was killed and n boy fatal
ly injured in a $400,000 firo which oc
curred in Brooklyn.
During a fire in a coal mmo near
Pittsburg. Pa., one man perished and
two others in the pit escaped.
During the siege of Ladysmitb, Gen
eral White's total losses from all
causes were 109 officers nad 3,103 men.
British people insist on a change in
the army service, owing to the unsatis
factory conduct of the campaign ogahut
the Boers.
Three men are said to have found
cold in quartz formation within two
miles of Joplin, Mo., which assays $40
to $80 a ton.
A Chinaman, possessing documents
bearing the seal of the court of Peking,
identifying him as emperor, was arrest
ed at Wn Chang.
The University of Edinburgh, Scot
land, conferred the degree of LL D. on
Joseph H. Cboato, United States am
bassador to. Great Britain.
At New York, 5,000 cigarmakers,
emploved by six of the largest firms in
that city, have been locked out. No
reason is given for the action.
Rufus Wright, a millionaire and
treasurer of tho firm of Morgan &
Wright, bicycle tire manufacturers,
was fatally shot by a woman in Chicago.
The cruisers Detroit and Marblehead
and gunboats Bennington and Concord
have been ordered out of commission,
owing to the lack of a sufficient number
of oflicere.
The Chinese government has sent
7,000 troops to Shan Ting to suppress
the "Boxers." However, it is notori
ous that tho majority of the troops are
members of tho samo society.
Tho transport Lnko Erie, with up
wards of 500 Transvaal prisonors, in
cluding French, German and Russian
members of the foreign legion, captured
at Boshof, sailed from Cape Town for
St. Holena.
The trial of Terico Pipln, who re
cently led a small uprising against the
government of Santo Domingo, has
ended with the conviction of tho pris
oner, wno was eentnnced to 20 years'
imprisonment and to pay a fine of $30,-
000 in gold.
Mrs. Kruger, wife of Oora Paul, on
being interviewed, said that sho trust
ed God would soon stop the merciless
bloodshed, but that tho republic would
bo victoriously defended, oven if Pre
toria were finally taken. Sho added
that she had had in tho field 33 grand
sons, two of whom wero killed, fonr
sons, six sons-in-law, and numerous
other relatives."
t'atcs between noon and 2:30 P. M
Drifted is tho correct expression for tho
rate of progress, because tho trathc ar
rangements were so inadequate that
hundreds of vehicles did not reach tho
exposition at all, aud tho occupant
were either left stranded eti route or
were obliged to abandon their carriage
and proceed on foot. This was tho ex
pedient ordinarily adopted, even by
several members of tho diplomatio
corps and two gorgeously attired oil!
cials of tho ChineFO embassy, after
hastily walking Feveral blocks, arrived
in the Sallo des Fetes just in time to
hear tho cheering at tho conclusion o
tho ceremony.
TROOPS CALLED OUT.
To Huppret Itullnn Striker at Croton
I.Hiidlng.
Croton Landing, N. Y., April 17.
While everything is quiet and peaceful
in the neighborhood of the Cornell dam
tonight, nearly 300 armed deputies are
guarding tho works, and each one of
them is guessing as to what tomorrow
may bring forth. The striking Italian
laborers, whose homes are in the vlcin
ity ot the works, aro behaving them
selves excellently. But uuderneath
their assumed quiot there is stubborn
resolve not to go back to work nor let
any outsiders take their places until
tho contractors agree to pay tho in'
crease of wages demanded. Strenous
efforts are boing mado by Italian Con
sul Branch! to bring about a settlement
of the difficulty. The strikers are very
determined in their domands, and swoar
that if outsido labor is brought here
thoy will fight tooth and nail to prevent
Pi. Angelo Rotolla, who is tho re cog
nized leader of tho strikers, said today:
"This is a fight to a finish. We earn
moro money than we aro receiving, and
the contractors must pay us for our
work. The state should protect us,
and, instead of sending deputies tmd
soldiers to help the bosses, they should
compel them to treat us rightfully. If
tho bosses attempt to bring the other
laborers hero wo shall prevent any work
being done, and if tho military comes
to help them, then wo will fight the
soldiers."
At a meeting ot the De Beers com
pany Cecil Rhodes said annual profits
of diamond minos in Kimberley are
$10,000,000."
Publio sentiment in England insists
upon absolute supromaoy of Groat Brit
ain in tho Boer states after tho war's
end.
A private cablegram from Port of
Spain, Venezuela, says the British con
sul at Bolivar, uamod Lyons, has been
assassinated
Attempted Muriler anil Hulelde.
Carbondale, 111., April 10. Gus
Young, a prominent young man of
Murphysboro, shot and wounded Miss
Kate Van Clooster and then blew out
bis brains in a temporary fit of jeal
ousy. Young was a roal ostato man
and tho lady was a member of one of
tho host families of Southern Illinois.
She will recover.
powerful Vlei-r.iy.
Tornado' Work In Teim Town.
Dallas, Tex., April 17. A special to
tne inows irom Koyso, Tox., dated April
10, says:
"A tornado struck this placo ut mid
night, and it is bolleved that several
lives havo beon lost. Eight houses
woro wrecked, and at this hour the
greatest excitement provails.
Fltclier l'urcliaiecl for 87SO,
Kansas City April, 17. Manager
Manning, of tho Blues, has closed a
deal with Pittsburg for Pitcher Chum
my Gray, formerly of Buffalo, purchas
ing him for $750.
Chile Importing; Whent.
Santiago do Chilp, via Galveston,
Tox., April 17. In consequeneo of the.
poor crops, wheat prices aro advancing,
and tho situation will allow laruo im.
llinutser.
i r.iil lii'i'ouut
Shanghai. Apr i n.-
rotcl were read from '
.md luveinois of nine of tho in F"
mcc ZtMrt tl.o IH.Uoy ot th m.pr
dowager These l.llletalH an. th great
t w lnA.ll authorities in China.
Ttv Z2mlu..UHllyllmt. itth.- ou,
pros" dowager persists in
ho reformers nnd continuing her ieH.it
of t error policy, tl.o VMnw under
U cm willrelH-lagalnn U. M' '
Tho viceroy at Nanking ,!, ,,!
140.000 lltuiaiioso tro. who art. nil
. ,o fight tho Miu.ohus. and he ;
i... .....,i ..niitml them. lho
who ..nited in this remarkable Hen
represent tho province of Klang-Sn,
i..i.i k'i,iini. Hunan, lluiwh, i-liu-
klung. FK.klen, juiii!l " ";
tung, with an aggregaie pupui.w.. -180.000.000.
, ,
Until this ptoteat tul boen i"'IM,
tho dowager emprtw bad been huviiiK
things quito her own way. Iliuugii
she has desisted from her purptHte to et
up a now emperor, .vet her wrath to
ward tho who oi'l-'M-tl her ha shown
no abatement. It l unbounded. Mi
Lien-Shati has been captured In t ie
Portugese, colony "f Macao. "IT tho
South China coast, by Li Hung Chang
detectives. Mr. Kin lied from Miaug
hal last mouth, llu is tho manager ot
tho national system of telegraph In
Chiurt, ami headed the petition r-lgnwl
by 1,200 notables against retting up a
new emperor. Probably he will bo
decapitated. An English law linn
hero has been retained to defend him.
Tho government bus trumped V
charges ot defalcation agalmt Mr. Kin.
who is really a very able aud enlight
ened man.
On March 1 instructions woro wired
from Poking to Soo Chow, capital id
Kiiiug-feu, to arrtwt and put to death
tho reformers Weng T'Ung-lIo and
Shon Pong. Then, men had been in
very imrtaiit portion in Peking,
but wen. wiklly captured In Soo Chow.
Tho chief reformer. Kang Yu Wei, ha
(led to Singapore. The etnprue dow
ager has oflcred $100,000 for his body,
dead or alive.
It is mid that there is an olllclal
list, prepared by the Peking govern
ment, of tho names ot 300 reformer
who aro proscribed. A special lint ot
over 35 namos exist of thoM) who are
to bo killed as coon as they are cap
tured. BUILDING COLLAPSED.
Three lrron Killed mid Nmnlier In
jured In n rittiliiirc Areldent.
Pittsburg, April 1 1. Without warn
ing aud witli a ruh aud a roar, the
four-story brick building at tho cornel
of Second avenuo and Wood street col
lapiod today, burying in its nil tin a
number of jwople, three of whom wuro
taken out dead, five nero b.tdly hurt,
and hovcral others slightly injured.
Tho building was occupied by tho
Armstrong, McKeivy Lead it Oil Com
pany. It was being remodeled by Con
tractors McGovern uud Lyte, who wero
converting tho loner floors of tho corner
store and that next door into one largo
room. About 48 feet ot the tnlddlo
partition hail been removed, and steel
girders, supported by heavy iron xU,
wero in placo, aud tho finishing touchei
wero being put on the remodeled work.
The firm this morning began the trans
fer of its stock from one room to the
other, and apparently centralized the
heavy weight of the leads and oils about
the middle ot tho structure. Tho col
lapse began by the second floor break
ing through, carrying with it the two
floors above, making a breach from top
to bottom through the center of th
bnilding.
The fact that the rear portion ut tin
building on Second avenuo did not col
lapse saved many lives. It was in that
part ot the building that tho odlcei
wero located, in which thoro wero about
10 perrons. Those who were in the
rear portion of tho building heard the
crash und ran out of the side door into
Second avenuo and escaped. Tho loss
of tho firm will bo about $40,000.
MftOiona in Store Trouble.
Capo Town, April 10. Tho admiral
in charge of tho British fleet in these
waters has rotusod to pormlt tho Brit
ish steamer Mashoua, Captain John
ston, to proceed beyond Durban. Tho
agents of the vessol announce tliut tho
cargo destined for Delagoa bay will be
landed at Durban.
itio jsritisii gunboat i'artriilgo on
December R captured tho steamer Ma
shona, which had gulled from Now
York, November 3. via St. Vlncont,
November 0, for Algoa bay, loaded
with flour for tho Transvaal. Tho ves
sol and tho foodstuffs wero subsequently
released on bond and tho prizo court on
March 13 rendered a veidict that a
portion of tho cargo was condemned,
but that tho steamer was formally
roleasou.
Plufc'iiii Illota In Inilln.
Bombay, April 14. Plaguo riots
havo taken placo at Cownporo, whero
lho segregation camp has boon dostrovod
and 10 persons havo been killod. Tho
rioters killed fivo constables and throw
their bodies into tho burning camp.
Order is now restored, but all bnsinoss
is suspended and tho populnco is sul
len. Troops and volunteers aro patrol
ling tho city, guarding tho mills and
factories.
Clilcuto Tullor IV 1 1 1 1'lght.
Chicago, April 10. A SOCrot mnnr.
ing of tho Merchant Tailors & Drapers'
j-.xenango was now hist Mailt. When
tho meeting broko up it was announced
that tho members of tho oxohanco'worn
opposed to receding in any particular
irom mo sianu taon in tho fight with
tho Journoymon Tailors' Union in thnlr
demand tor tho back shop systom.
The flro of genius is frenuontlv r.
tlnguished by having cold water nonrod
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Manila, April I8.-U"iwji. Vtmng
.vportH that 1100 insurgent riflemen and
Udome.. attaeko.1 tho American garrl
Hiu at Hntoo. province nt .North IIitrtM,
yesterday, but wort, repulsed,
100 men. Tho Amerlwiui had no
easualtlw. ,
Captain Dodd. with n Huadrt.n o
the Third oavalry, recently suriotinded
a Hinge In Union I'"" llu'''
prised ttHi Insurgents
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San Pranclsco, April 18. Tho trim.
irt Tartar, whloh arrived Saturday
1 alternooii Irom Manila, w releai-e..
1 from ouariiiUluo today. The Tartar
; brought advice Irom tho Philippine
1 mi to Mnrch 0. Ono 'f tho rejrw
fiom Manila Is that William Odun,
who is M-oken of a a miner of largo
miierlenro, ha returned from a pro
petting trip on tho distant const
viu ti khowud rich speuliupu
pild. aud .leclareil that ho had loented
a Iwlge of imuru as rich u anything In
Colorado or California. Ho is organis
ing a company ot ex-M.ldletn, and will
go Into the mountain district ot Vlgan
to eeur claims. In an Interview in
the Manila l-'reodoui. lun
"Nuvjr beton. did 1 wo such Indica
tion of mineral wealth. 1 have trav
eled from tha Klondike to South
Africa, ami I am convlnctxl that there
1. nut a much richer mineral country
l. tin. world than tlw Island ut
Luzon."
6TEEL PLrNTS8HUr DOWN.
l.l,,.r Truiililra III llultilliiK TruiU
tlltrii Ihn ltin.
ChiMM. Anrll IH. IiUir tnKiblM
in the building trades ant mated by
President John W. Umlwrt. nt th
Auicrloaii Steel it N ire Company, a
reHM.ns tor orders liwiwl to.lay ttir thu
closing down ot nit tho plants ot the.
oonet rn In the vicinity ot Chlragt. and
thoso ot .lollet, 111., excepting the
ltockdalu milt and the viteiislto plant
at Anderson, 1ml. Twtdttt plant wuro
onlered closed. Thousand of skilled
workmen went temsirarlly mishiiiIihI
by the action of the win. inaifiiat'
President IamlKirt mlil: "laals.r trou
bles are at the bottom of it. Our
market linn been destroyed hy tint slp
ping of laildllng laix.r, ami we iia n
had to shut down until llieuccumuuied
stock is Nld."
New York, April 18. John W.
(iatos, president ot tho Aliitirli.-nn Htinil
He Wlro Comixiny. wan wen twnty In
referenco to a dispatch (nun the Wett
which statoil that a niimln:r nt coil
stltuents coiicerneil In the main cMd
pauy had suspended oterittlons. lie
conllrmtxl lho statement, and wild thut
1'J of thu mills have Wen shut down.
They are located at Pittsburg, Clove
land, Joliet, Waukrgaii, 111.; Do Knllt,
III.; Newcastle, lud., and Anderson,
Intl. Mr. Oates said the cause ot tho
closing down of the mills was over
production. I'm said ho was tumble to
tvtato when thu mills would resume
oiieratlons. When askod for his vlow
ns to thu trade situation and outlook,
Mr. Oates stated that the shut-down of
tho mills was tho best evidence ot tho
current situation. Mr. Oaten tuiido
another stuteiiient later, In which ho
said tho I a mills which had been
closed had a daily capacity ot from
u.OOO to 4,000 tons. It Is said in
many as 4,000 men, boys and girls will
bo affected by the shut-down.
Pittsburg, April 18. Tho American
Steel & Wlro Company's mills clnsod
in this district iucludo thoso nt Miw
castlo, Braddook, and tho Oliver mill,
on tho South Sldo, Pittsburg. It is
estimated tnat about 2,U00 men itro
affected in this section.
It it I ii In Sllallii,
Meridian, Miss., April 18 Seven
inches ot rain has fallen in this city
and vicinity sinco yesterday. Tho
damage hy high water will reach up
wards of $200,000, and two fatalities.
havo been reported. This city is sur
rounded on three sides by a vast ux
panso ot water, and all trains are in
definitely delayed by disastrous wash'
outs. Recently planted crops in the
lowlands in u radius of 10 miles aro
under water, and citizens in flooded
districts have fled to tho highlands for
safety. Tho dam of tho Meridian
Waterworks Company reservoir gavo
way this afternoon, and the damage will
roach $10,000. Two negro boys who
iittomptod to cross Sowashio crook,
oast of tho oity, this afternoon, wero
drownod. Thu rain is still falling in
torrents. Tho storm is general
throughout lho stain, and railway traf
fic is generally suspended, owing to
washouts in all directions,
Antl-T.yiichliiK f.uw Ijitiilld,
Columbus, O., April 18. Tho su
prcmo court today declared that tho
antl-lyiiohliig law is unconstitutional.
Tho law providos that tho heirs of any
person who is lynched may collect $fi,
000 from tho commissioner in tho
county in which tho affair occurs.
The decision was rendered in tho casos
ot Click Mitchell, hiingod hy a mob nt
Urbann, nnd J. V. Caldwoll, who whs
shot and beaten by strikers at Cleveland,
iwU
Ml
MiH.piug '.iriiw.- 1
t) wit f,,,,,,,!, ,w' r,
elmrgtt of the work ?! HEa
ed. Hi
Imiihik brnlfc
on the griH,d !!o fNt
and dirt M. u
i-
.hi, i .
wrmifhed. ,ui hu,l,tu 8
t.,.Hi win a
mi iiiki-ii n. .lno .,..
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lltiniiriR Hl'Ml kIWi. 1-J
1. I I . "
im in mi i in ii hll.i
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re-si in tun uu u p., nu.:s
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T" .....i .i. ' wl
"u pJM( J
earrliul n ili.i,.,. ... 1
; . . . . :r '"'""hi
r..-i..n ,.i. v mi' hPjIIM (,
(I 400 fet. mi l n., it
. II . -nL
lawmen llie lifivy
NATAL
"UfcHS W
Nllr. It.
DIiIm
I.ndou, April u .Mden
n.clal. datr.l j,
natlven reiM.rl Hut lUlJSitt
Iritagte hatn ' M Uijifffi
ln-rg. 'lino tnrjrtntk.SyyS
tlrlil 1ih ri.iw.ri I. .1. . Htu2
...... ..... .4.41 Of I
iini'u iniMi. iniii lodicrt,.
eK, eninpii-ti'ir ilnir
A I'MlKI 1- VMl ill! ! .
a.lHK) h.iu-i. hSv UakS
April 1.1. wh. i, lnuJfif
etlnrt I Ieii.' i vU i.i rsTi!
lleftH't III thi I r..h J$'
TIih chief r,U,Sm
COIlliMUItd v (ir L.'jirrti,
jire.iilent il ih IhUhe
Tho llagun. i hi6.ifS
gate oreHto i.ii:o
laud.
I'rwlerlck t
oorrmtpoii'li-ui ttfrurtt&jmj
nuipiou nKiitv - 111 -hiont
twllevixl tlwt tt.o w.itu flolK
over, but th.-t k'a-n; .i ttraf
ClilltlllllM for ' r.o 111'
A bulb ti't iailt gS7l
13, n-jmri tli.il tlv 1 vyiaqutl
bW) litll(l,ti rv'l " tratllqmw
that (Iwi-ral I r nb u tadini
ftwtiil the rrinli. rMUvol
ill till) dlrecti' ! ( Wrnloj
ently over tim rarirroIiTri
(irototl landing, X fifa
llltllinii i;niiiiiiii'i ii j
tho strike at Hm ivm-i
life IiIihmI of serial I
ot tlin Kleienth Kpwj
Mount Vernon. whoi
an link now n iif-aia
llovitig gtiHrd at N &ii
Tim wildest exeit.
troughout tho r.impin
ot the Mnutsslimti' iiir"!
out tents, aud the
over tint crime TM
uirviKlit fell 1 Vbo3
which was In cbsrs '&iS
Unwell. It Is ltttW
hill, near Lltil- lul"
strlkeis were srrii tlflll
itlKiut early thli inon
rifles and shotgunii.
over tho Hugo pne "SBJS
from it ono can "''''yfe,
country on each lilergr,
Croton vnlley. .ipoli.
ttrngm Hhol ll'lo35
Ihdlmi:iK.lls, Ind., 'n
colored man riding iVPjy
a crowd ot 0 boy In JhJj
this afternoon, wundimnd(
in tho hip anil (ii nt tj1.1
thigh. Both aro KrWipg,
An tho colored man
crowd they began toriEU
fired. I n then rodtonUi
.... I. .fiirf.it, l in ill nlHUUlg
threw hrk
im fiiiiuii
"lynch hlm" wi re llaffl
Tho iiiiin is said to bfaS
dilllculty in tho same rVSffi
month ago, nnd at tWHlS
to rhoot. Tho iolk Sl
the negro.
I'rrnrh C"hurr'5ffBS
Paris, April l8.-TlWa!
of Notro Damo des tr.coTi
skirts of Paris, wi" thl
uvenlmr or Monday ""M
dais, who, nftor plU'tUE
firo. Sovonil llri'iiifaK0.1
jured by burning brffftSuor?
ot tho church was '"JHE
groat disorder, and "''g
koIh aro believed to enu1
unless thoy are biirM
Ono of tho Jingo tl(,1" Wm-'
sacristy nnd threo o'kfiliSrc
Into the organ. T'VgMl
leaving tho church J" ipouTd
WIIB tliHCOVlirt'd. Jtyfol
K lUiy Crr:
Kansas City, tiflMM
over 400 union csrggfig
Htrllco today tor n tBaft
to !17 lu cents an homm
..(V..,.l ii k pniitO, I1"'!
tun iiiimij'i ' "
by tho men.
t?
tiot
io int'ii roiiiuii
luted mob ol"SHJ
icks, stoui-itl'lS&
d to overt.iU PS
UiiaiuiuKi ,..,
through trolght truing
wrookod while ruuo l
1l....ryvlll0. AJ,."i
JIUIII Jl.i...". '
down a sttiep f
i i. -i.t ....-a rnwnw
tlirilOll Ollgl"" (t.()I
...ull dnutll l ,w.jW
ncor Percy Arm8tnfilB
horno, who ha 1 Ul (ifft'S
w... . ti, train ere fe,vr.
Xcnn.i
Mm
mm
ft
portatlons from California.
on it. Chicago Daily Now. i
lnj'irod.