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Yamliill County Reporter D. I. ASBl'BT, Fnbllah.r. ticMINNVILLE OREGON III KUS Of TUI WK O«mpreheii»ive Review of the Import ant Happe.»lug« of the Past Week Culled From the Telegraph Columns. Bloemfontein is badly in need ot water. The total British losses in the Boel war are now 23,000. A Texas town in the flooded district was destroyed by a tornado. Fishermen testing the Columbia river near Astoria found but few Chi nooks. The Puerto Rican bill, as amended by the senate, passed the house by a vote of 163 to 153. Admiral Dewey denies the story of iiis withdrawal as a candidate for presi dential nomination. II. C. Frick will dispose of all his holdings, something like 116,000,000, in the Carnegie Company. An internatonal naval demonstration will soon take palce at Taku Cin, the gulf of Pe Chi Li, China. During a tight 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 New York on a charge of perjury in a divorce caw against bis 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 the Ferris wheel. The wheel, which weighs 2,200 tons, will be ship ped to Berlin. In San Francisco, 500 pounds of plug cut tobacco have been seized in various local stores by iuteinal revenue agents, because the packages were in sufficiently stamped. Burglars in Chicago stole diamonds, jewelry and silverware valued at <40,- 000 from the home of Orrin W. Potter, the multi-millionaire and ex-presi dent of the Illinois Steel Company. The period of time allowed Spanish residents in the Philippines to elect whether they shall remain Spanish sub- [ jecis or adopt the nationality of the ter- ' ritory in which thev reside has expired. Commodore William K. Mayo, died i at his homo in Washington, aged 76 years. General Lee has been appointed to command the new department of Havana and l'inard de Rio. Nicaragua has landed troops in Columbian territory. The nature of the movement is not understrsrd. A 2Jj-year-old child was scalded to 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 oft by Skagway troops. The United States government denies the repirt that it has joined with other powers in threatening to land troops in China. A vote on the resolution relative to the seating of M. 8. Quay as senator from Penusvlvauia, will be taken on April 24. Thomas H. Tongue was renominated for congressman horn the Second dis trict on the first ballot at McMinn ville, Or. Texas and Lousiana, to guard against bu Ionic plaguo, may establish a quar antine against Chinamen coming from California. An inventor of thorite has announced his willingness to sell the government the right to manufacture the explosive for <150,000. The British bark Iranian, which nailed from New York, November 35, for Yokohama, lias l>een wrecked on ] the Japanese coast. The Building Trades Assembly, of j Houston, Texas, has ordered a general •trike in sympathy with the carpenters, causing 1.500 men to walk out. Two negro murderers were executed at Summerville, Texas. When sen tenced Isith asked for a deck of cards, aud declined the offer ot a Bible. A minister of Ballard, Cal., near I Ranta Barlstra, committed suicide by blowing the top of hie head off with a shotgun. Temporary insanity was the cause. Former Congressman Charles A. Towne, of Dulnth, Minn , has an nounced himself as a candidate (or the vice-presidential nomination on the i Democratic ticket. LATER NEWS. FRANCE’S GREflI EXPOSITION Congress will adjourn in June. The milk trust of Chicago is broken. War taxes will not be reduced at ¡The Cates Formally Thrown this session of congress. Great Biitain will levy a tax on Open. mines to pay the expenses of the war. A burglar entered a saloon in Che halis, Wash., and took <500 in silver. THE SHOW IS FAR FROM READY Four men were killed and several in jured in a drunken riot of coal miners Speeches of Preatdent Loubet and Min near Johnstown, Pa. ister Millerand — Completeness and Extent of American Exhibit«. Heavy rain and snow storms in the vicinity of Denver are causing much delay to railroad traffic. Paris April 17.—The exposition of John Hannigan, aged 63, one of the 1900 is open, but it will be at least a best-known horse trainers in the coun month before anything but buildings is try, died at Mildale, Ky. to be seen. The day’s ceremonies were Two Mexican outlaws held up a a peculiar mixture of sumptuous splen- gambling house in Johnson, Arizona, i dor in the Salle des Fetes, aud wide- and killed a prominent mining man. ' spread confusion elsewhere. Nothing Rev. William J. Rutledge, of Jack 1 could have execeded the picturesque sonville, Ill., prominent Methodist 1 stage setting in the beautiful building minister and originator of the G. A. in which the ceremonies were held, the gorgeous uniforms of the diplomats and R., ia dead, aged 86. soldiers, the splendid orchestra aud The legislature of Trinidad has re chorus and the magnificent effect pro jected the offer of Canada for recipro duced by the grand staircase, up which cal trade and adopted the convention President Loubet proceeded to view the with the United States. exposition, lined with some 290 picked Two hundred or 300 families bought men of the Republican guard, with 1,200 acres of land near Eugene, Or., jackboots, white breeches, gleaming with the intention of dividing it up cuirasses and horse-hair plumes stream into 40-acre tracts and working on the ing from shining helmets. At the top colonization plan. j of this stairway was a room, the in Burglars at Toronto, Ont., dug terior of which could be seen from the through the nine-inch brick wall of Salle des Fetes, and this was huug with the vault of St. Simon’s church with priceless gobelins from the Louvre. crowbars ami picks and stole <1,175, Into this splendid apartment President . Loubet entered and walked down the the Easter offering. avenue to his boat. This part of the Conditions in famine-stricken India day’s arrangement was perfect, but the are deplorable. Sixty millions of peo rest was chaos. ple are suffering and 30,000,000 are in | The weather today was luckily all dire distress, ami only 5,000,000 are . that could be desired. Fourteen thous- receiving government aid. [ and guests had been invited to the In New York. Julius Koster, a brick function, and they had, because of the layer, who had inherited <300,000 fine weaher, only the dust to endure. from his brother’s estate in Germany, Had the day been wet, the unrolled was found dead, swinging from a rope paths of the exposition grounds would in an empty water tank on the roof of have been turned into a mass of mud. his house. He had been ill, and the The afternoon was a holiday in Paris sudden change from poverty to riches by general consent, and a host of affected his mind. country people crowded into the city In New York, a school of voice cul to swell the multitudes, who from an ture was begun on a portentious scale early hour serged in the direction of the at Carnegie Hall, under the direction 1 exposition and took up positions along of Giacomo Minkowsky, called the the route of the presidential procession Metropolitan School of Voice and Sing | and at the approaches to the grounds. The immense number of guests prac ing. Edouard de Reezke and Mme. Nordlca will give scholarships to the tically swept the central streets clean best gifted pupils under Minowsky. j of cabs, of which an unbroken stream, Maurice Grau and Andrew A. McCor several deep, drifted slowly toward the mick are lending their influence. Min gates between noon and 2:30 P. M. Drifted is the correct expression for the kowsky is a composer of note. The Paris exposition was formally rate of progress, because the traffic ar rangements were so inadequate that opened. hundreds of vehicles did not reach the Filipinos are again active near exposition at all. and the occupants Manila. were either left stranded en route or One man was killed and a boy fatal were obliged to abandon their carriages ly injured in a <400,000 fire which oc and proceed on foot. This was the ex pedient ordinarily adopted, even by curred in Brooklyn. During a fire in a coal mine near ' several members of the diplomatic Pittsburg, Pa., one man perished and ' corps and two gorgeously attired offi cials of the Chinese embassy, after two others in the pit escaped. hastily walking several blocks, arrived During the siege of Ladysmith, Gen in the Salle des Fetes just in time to eral White’s total losses from all hear the cheering at the conclusion of causes were 169 otlicers mid 3,163 men. the ceremony. British people insist on a change in TROOPS CALLED OUT. the army service, owing to the unsatis factory conduct of the campaign against To SuppreNA Italian Strikers at Croton the Boers. Landing. Three men are said to have found Croton Landing, N. Y., April 17.— gold in quartz formation within two miles of Joplin, Mo., which assays <40 While everything is quiet and peaceful in the neighborhood of the Cornell dam to <80 a ton. tonight, nearly 300 armed deputies are A Chinaman, possessing documents guarding the works, and each one of bearing the seal of the court of Peking, them is guessing as to what tomorrow identifying him as enqieior, was arrest may bring forth. The striking Italian ed at Wu Chang. laborers, whose homes are in the vicin The University of Edinburgh, Scot ity of the works, are behaving them But underneath land, conferred the degree of LL D. on selves excellently. Joseph H. Choate, United States am their assumed quiet there is stubborn resolve not to go back to work nor let bassador to Great Britain. any outsiders take their places until At New York, 5,000 cigarmakers, etnploved by six of the largest firms in the contractors agree to pay the in that city, have been locked out. No crease of wages demanded. Strenous efforts are being made by Italian Con reason is given for the action. sul Branchi to bring about a settlement Rufus Wright, a millionaire and of the difficulty. The strikers are very treasurer of the firm of Morgan & determined in their demands, and swear Wright, bicycle tire manufacturers, that if outside labor is brought here was fatally shot by a woman in Chicago. they will fight tooth and nail to prevent The cruisers Detroit and Matblehead ». Angelo Rotella, who is the recog and gunlsiats Bennington and Concord nized leader of the strikers, said today: “This is a fight to a finish. We earn have been ordered out of commission, owing to the lack of a sufficient number more money than we are receiving, and the contractors must pay us for our of otlicers. The Chinese government has sent work. The state should protect us, 7,000 troops to Shan Ting to suppress and, instead of sending deputies and the “Boxers.” However, it is notori soldiers to help the bosses, they should ous that the majority of the troops are compel them to treat us rightfully. If the bosses attempt to bring the other members of the same society. laliorers here we shall prevent any work The transport Lake Erie, with up beiug done, and if the military comes wards of 500 Transvaal prisoners, in to help them, then we will fight the cluding French, German and Russian soldiers.” members of the foreign legion, captured at Boshof, sailed from Cape Town for Attempted Murder and Suicide. St. Helena. Carbondale, Hl., April 16.—Gus The trial of Perico Pipin, who re Young, a prominent young man of cently led a small uprising against the Murphysboro, shot and wounded Miss government of Sauto Domingo, has Kate Van Clooater and then blew out ended with the conviction of tbe pris his brains in a temporary fit of jeal oner, who was sentenced to 20 years’ ousy. Young was a real estate man imprisonment and to pay a tine of <30,- anil the lady was a member of one of the best families of Southern Illinois. 000 in gold. She will recover. Mrs. Kruger, wife of Oom Paul, on lining interviewed, said that she trust Tornado*« Work In Teian Town. ed God would soon stop the merciless Dallas, Tex., April 17. — A social to bloodshe I, but that the republic would be victoriously defended, even if Pre the News from Royse, Tex., dated April toria were finally taken. She added 16. says: “A tornado struck this place at mid that she had hud' in the field 33 graud- sons, two of whom were killed, tour night, aud it is believed that several Eight houses eons, six sons-in-law, and numerous lives have l>een lost. were wrecked, and at this hour the other relatives. ” greatest excitement prevails. At a meeting o( the De Beers com- Great Britain's naval estimates pmiv Cecil Rhodes said annual profits •mount to £30,000,000. of diamond mines in Kimberley are Buffalo Bill says 30.000 Mormons <10,000,000. from Salt Lake will found a city in Public sentiment in England insists Wyoming. upon absolute supremacy of Great Brit Steamer Prairie, with American ex ain in the Boer states after the war's hibits for the Pan. exposition, has end, arrived at Havre. A private cablegram from Port of It costa <4,400,000 a year to main Spain, Venezuela, says the British con tain the 34 royal palaces of Emperor sul at Bolivar, named Lyons, has been William throughout the Germa» ' assassinated i ritchrr Purchn«f»d for •TAO. Kansas City April, 17.—Manager Manning, of the Blues, has closed a deal with Pittsburg ior Pitcher Chum my Gray, formerly of Buffalo, purchas ing him for <750, Chile Importing Wheat. Santiago de Chile, via Galveston, Tex., April 17.—In consequence of th* p«x>r crope, wheat prices are advancing, and the situation will allow large im portations from California I CHINESE REIGN OF GAS TERROR. On* Powerful Viceroys Protest to the Em press DowHgvr. Shanghai, April 16.—A full account has been received here of the meeting on March 5 at Peking between the em press dowager and the grand council. Protests were read from the viceroys aud governors of nine of the 18 prov inces against the policy of the empress dowager. These officials are the great est provincial authorities in China. They declared unitedly that, if the em press dowager persists in persecuting the reformers and continuing her reigu of terror policy, the Chinese under them will rebel against the Manchus. The viceroy at Nanking says he haB 140,000 lluuauese troops who are anx ious to fight the Manchus, aud he fears he cannot control them. The vice roys who united in this remarkable step represent the provinces of Kiang-Su, Anhui, Kiaugsi, Hunan, Hupeh, Che kiang, Fookien, Quangsi aud Kwaug- tung, with an aggregate population of 180,000,000. Until this protest had been made, the dowager empress bail been having things quite her own way. Though she has desisted from her purpose to set' up a new emperor, yet her wrath to wards those who opposed her has shown no abatement. It is unbounded. Kin Lien-Shan has been captured in the Portugese colony of Macao, off the South China coast, by Li Hung Chang’s detectives. Mr. Kin fled from Shang- I bai last month. He is the manager of the national system of telegraphs in China, and headed the petition signed by 1,200 notables against setting up a new emperor. Probably he will be decapitated. An English law firm here has been retained to defend him. The government has trumped up charges of defalcation against Mr. Kin, who is really a very able and enlight ened man. On March 1 instructions were wired from Peking to Soo Chow, capital of Kiaug-Su, to arrest and put to death the reformers Weng T’Ung-Ho and Shen Pong. These men had been in very important positions in Peking, but were easily captured in Soo Chow. The chief reformer. Kang Yu Wei, has fled to Singapore. The empress dow ager has offered <100,000 for his body, dead or alive. It is said that there is an official list, prepared by the Peking govern ment, of the names of 300 reformers who are proscribed. A special list of over 35 names exists of those who are to be killed as soon as they are cap tured. BUILDING COLLAPSED. Three Person« Killed and Number In jured in a i’ittMbui'g Accident. Pittsburg, April 14.—Without warn ing aud with a rush and a roar, the four-story brick building at the corner of Second avenue and Wood street col lapsed today, burying in its ruins a I number of people, three of whom were | taken out dead, five were badly hurt, and several others slightly injured. The building was occupied by the Armstrong, McKelvy Lead & Oil Com pany. It. was lasing remodeled by Con tractors McGovern and Lyte, who were converting the lower floors of the comer store and that next door into one large room. About 48 feet of the middle partition had been removed, and steel girders, supported by heavy iron posts, were in place, ami the finishing touches were being put on the remodeled work. The firm this morning began the trans fer of its stock from one room to tin other, and apparently centralized the heavy weight of the leads and oils about the middle of the structure. The 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 the building. The fact that the rear portion of th« building on Second avenue did not col lapse saved many lives. It was in that part of the building that the offices were located, in which there were about 10 persons. Those who were in th« rear portion of the building heard the crash and ran out of the side door into Second avenue and escaped. The loss of the firm will be about <40,000. Maahona In More Trouble. Cape Town, April 16.—The admiral in charge of the British fleet in these waters has refused to permit the Brit ish steamer Mashona, Captain John- ' ston, to proceed beyond Durban. The agents of the vessel announce that the cargo destined for Delagoa bay will be landed at Durban. The British gunboat Partridge on i Deceml»er 8 captured the steamer Ma- 1 shona, which had sailed from New York, November 3. via St. Vincent, ] November 6, for Algoa bay, loaded i with flour for the Transvaal. The ves- 1 sei and the foodstuffs were subsequently 1 released on bond and the prize court on March 13 rendered a verdict that a portion of the cargo was condemned, but that the steamer was formally released. Attacked the Garrison Batoo, North llocos. at REPULSED WITH A LOSS OF 106 Captain Dodd*« Cavalry Force Sur rounded a Village Capturing Many Prisoner»—Report of a Gold Find. Manila, April 18.—General Young ,-eportB that 300 insurgent riflemen and bolomen attacked th» American garri son at Batoo, province of North 1 locos, yesterday, bnt were repulsed, losing 106 men. The Americans had no casualties. Captain Dodd, with a squadron of the Third cavalry, recently surrounded a village in Union province, and sur prised 200 insurgents living in bar racks, it apparently being the recruit ing center for the province. The enemy lost 53 men killed. Our troops also captured 44 men and burned the village. One American was wounded. Gold in Luzon. San Francisco, April 18.—The trans port Tartar, which arrived Saturday afternoon from Manila, was released from quarantine today. The Tartar brought advices from the Philippines up to March 6. One of the reports from Manila is that William Odun, who is spoken of as a miner of large experience, has returned from a pros pecting trip on the distant coast of Vigan. He showed rich specimens’ of gold, and declared that he had located a ledge of quartz as rich as anything in Colorado or California. He is organiz ing a company of ex-soldiers, and will go into the mountain districts of Vigan to secure claims. In an interview in the Manila Freedom, Odun says: “Nev ir before did I see such indica tions of mineral wealth. I have trav eled from the Klondike to South Africa, and I am convinced that there is not a much richer mineral country in the world than the Island of Luzon.” 6TEEL Labor PLANTS SHUT Trouble« In Building Given as the Reason. DOWN. Trade« Chicago, April 18.—Labor troubles in the building, trades are stated by President John W. Lambert, of the American Steel & Wire Company, as reasons for orders issued today for the closing down of all the plants of the couoi rn in the vicinity of Chicago aud those of Joliet, 111., excepting the Rockdale mill aud the extensive plant at Anderson, Ind. Twelve plants were ordered closed. Thousands of skilled workmen were temporarily suspended by the action of the wire magnates. President Lambert said: "Labor trou bles are at the bottom of it. Our market has been destroyed by the stop ping of buidling labor, and we ha e had to shut down until the accumulated stock is sold.” New York, April 18.—John W. Gates, president of the American Steel & Wire Company, was seen today in reference to a dispatch from the West which stated that a number of con stituents concerned in the main com pany had suspended operations. He confirmed the statement, and said that 12 of the mills have been shut down. They are located at Pittsburg, Cleve land, Joliet, Waukegan, Ill.; De Kalb, Ill.; Newcastle, Ind., and Anderson, Ind. Mr. Gates said the cause of the closing down of the mills was over production. He said he was unable to state when the mills would resume operations. When asked for h's view as to the trade situation and outlook, Mr. Gates stated that the shut-down of the mills was the best evidence of the current situation. Mr. Gates made another statement later, in which he said the 12 mills which had been closed had a daily capacity of from 3,000 to 4,000 tons. It is said as many as 4,000 men, boys and girls will be affected by the shut-down. Pittsburg, April 18.—The American Steel & Wire Company’s mills closed in this district include those at New castle, Rraddock, and the Oliver mill, on the South Side, Pittsburg. It is estimated that about 2,000 men are affected in this section. Rain In Mi«(*ii*aip|>i. Bombay, April 14.— Plague riots : have taken place at Cownpore, where the segregation camp has l>een destroyed and 10 )K*rsous have been killed. The rioters killed live constables and threw their bodies into the burning camp, j Order is uow restored, but all business | is suspended and the populace is sul- | len. Troop* ami volunteers are patrol- ' ling the city, guarding the mills and factories. Meridian, Miss., April 18 —Seven inches of rain has fallen in this city and vicinity since yesterday. The damage by high water will reach up wards of <200,000, and two fatalities have been reported. This city is sur rounded on three sides by a vast ex panse of water, and all trains are in definitely delayed by disastrous wash outs. Recently planted crops in the lowlands in a radius of 10 miles are under water, and citizens in flooded districts have fled to the highlands for safety. The dam of the Meridian Waterworks Company reservoir gave way this afternoon, and the damage will reach <10,000. Two negro boys who attempted to cross SowMhie creek, east of the city, this afternoon, were drowned. The rain is still falling in torrents. The storm is general throughout the state, an-1 railway traf fic is generally suspended, owing to washouts in all directions. Ckleaga Tailors Will Fight. Anti-Lynching Law Invalid. Plague Riots in India. Chicago, April 16.—A secret meet ing of the Merchant Tailors & Drapers' Exchange was held last night. When the meeting broke op it was announced that the memlen of the exchange were opposed to receding in any particular from the stand taken in the ‘fight with the Journeymen Tailors’ Union in their demand for the back shop system. Columbus, O., April 18.—The su preme covwt today declared that the anti-lynching law is unconstitutional. The law proi ides that the heirs of any person who is lynched may collect <5,- 000 from the commissioner in the 1 county in which the affair occurs. The decision was rendered in the cases of Click Mitchell, haneed by a mob at The fire of genius is frequently ex- | Urbana, and J. W. Caldwell, who was .tinguished by having cold water poured •hot and beaten by strikers at Cleve on it.—Chicago Daily News. . land. MAIN EXPLODED. Man Instantly ~ Kill.«! and l-robably Fatally Injured. Fl»» Logansport, Ind., April 18.—Too much pressure and a piece oi defective gas pipe in the mains of the Chicago Pipe Line Company at a joint four miles southeast of here was the cause of a terrific explosion today, in which Michael Ellison, Jr., was instantly killed, and five other men teceived in juries from which it is doubtful if they will recover. Twelve men wer» in the trench repairing a leak in a 10-incn. main, from which the gas had been transferred to an eight-inch main near it. The men were around a “T” oil the eight-inch main, and Ellison was stooping over it when the pipe explod ed. He was found 150 feet away, his lames broken and having probably met instant death. George Morrison, in charge of the work, was sent sprawling on the ground 30 feet away, with gravel and dirt blown into his skin, his body wrenched, aud his clothes torn and tat tered. Will Briggs inhaled gas and was taken home unconscious. Threo laborers were knocked down and bruised in a frightful manner. The- rest of the men escaped with alight in juries from flying dirt and rock. The “T” weighs 1.000 pounds, and it was .carried a distance of 50 feet. The ex plosion tore the ground for a distance of 400 feet, and was heard for miles,, besides the heavy jar. NATAL BOERS MOVING. Natives Report They Have Left Eland'» Laagte District. London, April 18.—A Ladysmith special, dated April 16, says that natives report that the Boers in Eland’s Laagte have retired beyond Biggars- berg. This information tends to con firm the report that the Boers blew u;» three important colliers, near Wessel’s Nek, completely destroying the same. A Cape Town dispatch says nearly 3,000 horses have landed there since- April 13, which indicates that every effort is being made to remedy a great defect in the British organization. The chief Boer delegate, Fisher, ao- companied by Dr. Leyds, visited the- president of the Dutch cabinet today at The Hague, but the doings of the dele gates create little speculation in Eng land . Frederick Villiers, the veteran war correspon-lent, who arrived at South ampton today from the front, said lie believed that the worst of the war is over, but that guerrilla warfare will continue for some time. A bulletin issued at Pietoria, April 13, reports that the burghers captured 500 slaughtered oxen at Wepener, and that General Froneman that day de feated the British, causing them to fly in the direction of Wolverjxirt, appar ently over the Orange river. Troop» Are on Hand. Groton Landing, N. Y., April 18.— The first bloodshed as the outcome of" the strike at the Cornell dam was the life blood of Sergeant Robert Douglass, of the Eleventh separate company, of Mount Vernon, who was shot dead by an unknown assassin while he was re lieving guard at 8:50 o’clock last night. The wildest excitement prevailed troughout the camp as soon as the news of the assassination spread to the differ ent tents, and the soldiers are frantic over the crime. The point where the sergeant fell is known as Post 10. which was in charge of Corporal Mc Dowell. I-t is situated on top of the hill, near Little Italy, where armed strikeis were seen drilling or marching about early this morning, brandishing rifles ami shotguns. The spot is high, over the huge pile of masonry, and from it one can command a view of the country on each side up and down th* Croton valley. Negro Shot Into a Crowd. Indianafiolis, Ind., April 17.—A colored man riding a bicycle shot into a crowd of 20 boys in West Indianapolia this afternoon, wounding Clarence Vort in the hip ami George («older in the thigh. Both are seriously wounded. As the colored man was passing the crowd they began to chaff him and he fired. He then rode away, pursued by an infnriated mob of 100 people, who threw bricks, stones and clubs at him. but failed to overtake him. Cries of “lynch him” were heard on all sides. The man is said to have had another difficulty in the same vicinity about a month ago, and at that time threatened to shoot. The police failed to locate the negro. French Church Burned. Paris, April 18.—The historic church of Notre Dame des Vortus, in the out skirts of Paris, was entered Sunday evening or Monday morning by van dals, who, after pillaging it, set it on fire. Several firemen were badly in jured by burning brands. The interior of the chnrch was found in a state of great disorder, ami the communion ves sels are believed to have been stolen, unless they are buried in the debris. One of the huge bells fell into the sacristy and three others through a roof into the organ. Three men were seen leaving the church just after the fire was discovered. Kan«»« City Carp.nter«' Strike. Kansas City, April 18.—Slightly over 400 union carpenters went on strike today for in increase of wages to 37 •« cent« an hour. The contract ors offered 35 cents, but it was rejected by the men. Chattanooga, Tenn., April 18.—A through freight train on the Southern railway struck a mule and was wrecked while running at full speed near Huntsville, Ala., while going down a steep embankment. The freight cars crowded upon the over turned engine ami suffocated and crushed to death in the cab both Engi neer Percy Aruf-trong and Fireman O«- lonte, who had stuck to their poets. Five of the train crew were seriously injured.