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LATISf «*RKET MiR EVENTS OF IHE WEEK Items of General Interest Told In Paragraphs. I'/J" COMPLEJE NEWS SUMMARY. t*eor«l •( Bippcntan of Mnch mr Uttl* Importance from All Parts of the Civilised War Id--Incident*, Botorprbtt. | Abcldenta, Verdicts. CtUbm H4 War. mi. v I- * Standard Qll company to pay $5,000,- 000 vto Salt Lake City men for device to convert ail Into gas. Ministers and army officers in Corea banished for plotting against Russia. Four natives hanged at Manila for murder of Mr. Wilson, an Englishman. Majority of Cuban Committee on. Re­ lations opposed to terms of Piatt amendment United States Minister Leishman presented hip credentials to Turkish Sultan. Russia said to have given China un­ til April 1 to sign Manchurian treaty. Another battle reported between Mexican troops and Yaqui Indians. Sixto Lopez cabled Aguinaldo from Boston to request permission to come to America. Geiterous treatment for Aguinaldo suggested by many American editors. War department at Washington in­ formed Aguinaldo cannot speak Span­ ish. Threatened strike in hard coal reg­ ion averted. " * Class fight at Ann Arbor, Mich., •topped by sheriff. Two men. declared to be notorious nail box robbers, bank thieves, and forgers, arrested at Omaha, Neb. George A. Puller company, largest construction concern ever organized, to be incorporated' at Trenton, N. J., With $20,000,000 capital. , Maurice Barrymore, the actor, was taken to the pavilion for the insane at Bellevue Hospital, New York, and com­ mitted for treatment by his son. Kaiser caused amazement by ex­ pressing fear of revolt in speech to soldiers and telling them to be ready to guard him from attack. Committee of Cuban convention made five different reports on Piatt resolution. Officially announced at Shanghai China will not .sign Manchurian treaty. Philippine commission received sal­ tan of the Sulus on board the Sum­ ner. Mark Twain's reply to missionaries In China, who said he had been un­ fair to them and demanded an apol­ ogy; taken from advance sheets of North American Review. Kentucky Court of Appeals granted View trials to Powers and Howard, convicted of complicity in Gobel mur­ der. • G. W. Thatcher, claim agent, arrest­ ed at Dayton, O., on charge of forg­ ing P. P. Moet's name to $32,000 note. Two-year-old stakes at Little Rock won by Miss Dora. Nebraska legislature elected two Re­ publican United States senators--Gov­ ernor Charles H. Dietrich for short term and Joseph H, Millard of Omaha Cor long term. People of Kansas booming General Ctonston for senator or governor. Aguinaldo will probably be sent to Guam as prisoner of war and General Funston likely to be made brigadier- general in the regular army. * General MacArthur authorized to consider propositions advanced by rebel leader. State department assured that pres­ ent agreement between Russia and China is merely a modus vivendi. Admiral Dewey believes capture of Aguinaldo toy Funston will end Phil­ ippine insurrection. Rear Admiral Evans said the best way to find a man like Aguinaldo is to find him dead. Lieutenant-General Miles thinks cap­ ture of Aguinaldo will end trouble in Philippines. E. A. R. Green, son of Hetty Green, says better class of Mexicans look for eventual annexation to United States. Lloyd J. Smith released from live indictments for alleged violation of warehouse law at Chicago. Society known as "Straight Edge" teased twenty acres on Sta£en Island to found social colony.. p Work on Rapid Transit tunnel, New York city, stopped by* woman who poured boiling water on laborers. Damage from rapidly rising rivers and. tributaries feared in many parts ; of "New York state . Cruiser New York ordered to sail for Manila instead of threatening Mo- ; rocco. JPekln dispatch sayj^there is no truth In report China has rejected treaty with Russia. Another dispatch reaf­ firms report. Railroad laws of Mexico make it dif- Acult for the United States government to secure prompt trials of American trainmen arrested in that country on : account of accidents. p Arab rebellion, encouraged by young ? Turks party, a menace to sultan's throne. Deaths from PlaS«e in Bengal, Ia- v,4ta. numbered 8,000 last week. . Pekin dispatch says that by d'r c- ,^1|an of the emperor the Chinese repr e­ sentatives have definitely refus d o sign the Manchurian treaty.. L^nd n foreign office and Chinese minist r to Russia say treaty has not been signed.. < Name of Sing Sing villiage cha g d Hhjr act of New York legislature to O^- alning, . Baseball emissaries scouring coun­ try to sign players. ?, Renewed activity among Insurgents ,Jb Colombia. Guards at Queen stow n, Cape Colony, •sled out on alarm of Boer raid into ^../•nffony. Com for May delivery at Chicago Monday readied record price of 42*4 Jpats. Edwin Norton, Chicago, eleeted pres- t of American Can company. wiats* Wheat-No S r*at74%«W|c; NO. Sr®d.»THt®«o; No. • hard, n*e; N* 1 hard. «M72%c; No. 4 hard, tte. Bprtns Wheal*--No. l northern, 74% ©7«%c; No. t, nVWo tor poor to chftice; No. 4, WBNBc. Corn--No. s and No. 2 yel­ low, 41%c; No. I, 4l041Kc; No. S yellow, about tie. Oat»--No. « white, 27%c; No. t, tt%c. Hog Products--Mess pork, regu­ lar, $!6.6g#iS.tt; old, $14.25®14.«®. Lard, regular, tt.ioee.i8; neutral, SS.U%C8.50. Short-rib sides, |7.95#8.15; pickled hams, 10@12 lbe, Wi@9%c; 16 lbs, 9%@9V4c; picnic hams. bellies, 9%@12%c; smoked hams, 10@10%c. Cattle--Native shipping and export steers, $4.90&6.75; dressed beef and butcher steers, $4.60@6.60; steers under 1,000 lbs, U.8D04 .50; stockers and feeders, $2.45® 4.66; cows and heifers, $204.76; canners, 11.25^2.76; bulls, ».90@S.60; Texas and In­ dian steers, JS.60@>4.75; cows and heifers, *2.60®8.60. Hogs--Pigs and lights, »6.85@ 6.95; packers, $5.85@6; butchers, *6*96.12%. Sheep--Native muttons, $404.50; lambs, $5 @5.55; culls and bucks, $2.G0#4; western sheep, $4.90. Egxs-~l2i4(g>1214c per dos. Butter--Extra creamery, 20Vfcc; firsts, 18@19o; seconds, 15 @16c; dairies, choice, 18@19c; firsts, 14® 15c; ladle, good to fine, 12@lSc; rolls, 18c. Poultry--L,tve turkeys, choice hens, 7%a per lb; gobblers, 6'ic; chickens, hens, 9V£c; young roosters, 9^6c; old roosters, 5c ppt lb; ducks, 10c per lb; geese, $5.50@7.50 per doz; dressed turkeys, choice, ll%@12c; fair to good. 7%@8%c; chickens, 9c; ca­ pons, 10Vfe@12%c: ducks, 10@lle; geese, 7@9c. Potatoes--Burbanks; 36@38c; ru- rals, 37®f42c; peerless, 33rg36c; Hebron, SI ©35c; Kings, Sl®S5c; mixed, ttGCtto; Rose, «9®41c. Taken American!. FUNSTON'S liET. Chase of Months RMslti In the Tntpptng of Lwtder of Insnrrectlon--Gen. Mao- Arthur Treats the rrUoasr wltll Qm OowMtntloa. Emilio Aguinaldo, leader of the Fil­ ipino army and head and shoulders of the islanders' insurrection, is a pris­ oner in the hands of the Americans. Gen. Frederick Funston lias crowned his brilliant record in the Philippines by directing in person the final hunt that has ended the flight of the fugi­ tive of' fugitives. Funston sent no reports or rumors from the province of Isabella, in southern Luzon, where he led the expedition. He silently worked out his plans, caught his man and brought him In. General MacAr- Text-Boobs Found Improper. The school board of Somerville, Mass., has made the discovery that text-books on physiology and hygiene used in the schools are indecent and corrupting in the hands of scholars. At its meeting Tuesday night the fol­ lowing order was adopted: "That in the primary and grammar schoo's in­ struction in physiology and hygiene bo entirely oral, and that hereafter a single text-book be furnished for the use of teachers only, and it is hereby also ordered that instruction be re­ garding the proper care of the tody, rather than the structural formation." Mr. Sanborn, who offered the order, said that a number of parents had ob­ jected to the use of the books by the children. 1 • 1 • I •> Escapes from Two KldnspHU A daring attempt was made to kid­ nap Edward McAvoy, aged 11 years, of Wilkesbarfe, Pa. Two men picked him up in the yard of his father's house, carried him to a surrey, placed a handkerchief saturated with chloroform over his nose and drove away. The child be­ came unconscious, and when he re­ vived he found himself on the 'back seat of the vehicle, which was then jarring over the couhtry road. Young McAvoy jumped from the carriage. One of the men ran after him, but the youngster's cries attracted the atten­ tion of the occupants of another car­ riage, and the kidnapers whipped up their horses and disappeared. ' Krs. Nation 8ms the Mayor* Mrs. Nation called on Mayor Julius Fleischmann at the Cincinnati c'.ty hall and scolded him for ope: at- ing a distillery there. On her ar­ rival the mayor greeted her cordial­ ly and asked her if he could do any­ thing for her. She said: "Yes; I want you to give me some advice as to how to close the hell holes in this city. You know that they exist. What are you going to do i You will never die well as long as you are a man who manufactures intoxicating drinks. You will have some serious questions to answer when you face your God. I can do no more than warn you, and that I must do." Si Manila Wednesday morning on the ntted {Rates gunboat Vicksburg, Commander E. B. Barry. Story of Agalnaldo'a Csptan. Following arb the details of the cap­ ture of Aguinaldo by General Funston: On Jan. 14 a detachment of General Funston's troops captured at Punta Bangan, province of Neuva Ecija, a messenger from Aguinaldo's headquar­ ters at Palanan, Isabella province, who was carrying letters to the various in­ surgent chiefs asking them to send re­ inforcements. On Feb. 8 one of Agui­ naldo's staff officers surrendered to Lieutenant Taylor of the Twenty- fourth infantry. This officer had in his possession valuable correspond­ ence, which told of Aguinaldo's where­ abouts and of the strength of the force with him. One of the letters was ad­ dressed to Baldomero Aguinaldo, or­ dering him to take command of the In­ surgents in central Luzon and to send 400 riflemen to Aguinaldo's headquar­ ters. Upon learning the nature of the correspondence, General Funston im­ mediately conceived the plan of equip­ ping a number of native troops who would pass themselves off as the ex- X- GENERAL FREDERICK FUNSTON. Be porters Win Their Strike. The Press-Post reporters who left their desks at Columbus, O., on a strike to compel the managing editor to sign the salary scale,have won their fight. Committees from the local typographical union, and the trades as­ sembly, called upon the editor,express- ing the sympathy of their organiza­ tions with the reporters and urging him to sign the scale. This and tha evident preparations of the employ: a of the mechanical departments of the paper to quit led to an unconditional surrender and the signing of the scale, The regular editions of the paper /trc appearing. Incorporation In Arlsona. Governor Murphy of Arizona h-c signed a bill regulating the inco - porating of corporations just pa s d by the Arizona legislature, mat­ ing a law which will become as fa­ mous, if not more so, than New Jer­ sey's corporation law. The process ol incorporating can now be conducted cheaper in Arizona than in any other state or territqry in the country, and the laws affecting corporations are the most liberal. Wabash Most Reduce (Fare. The Supreme Court at Lansing, Mich., filed an opinion upholding the ruling of Commissioner Osborn that the earnings of the Wabash Railroad in Michigan exceeded |3,000 per mil: last year and that the company must reduce its passenger fare in Mlchig:Q to 2 cents per mile. The court holds that in determining what the domestic fares shall be it is competent to In­ clude the amount of interstate fares eaiued by that portion of the road lying within this state. That was (h# question involved. thur was fitting in his headquarters Wednesday morning when a gaunt, haggard and discouraged native in a frayed uniform adorned with a gener­ al's chevrons entered accompanied by General Funston. The Kansas fighter said quietly and with no semblance of' exultation or boasting: "General, this Is Chief Aguinaldo."/ The American commander gasped incredulously. But when he peered a second time at the sallow countenance of the indomita­ ble Filipino he realized that the object for which more than a year of time and the efforts of thousands of soldiers had been expended fruitlessly was at­ tained at last. The commander's first utterance #as that the insurrection would die out as soon as the hostile natives iearned for a certainty that their leader was a prisoner. He had an Immediate audience with Aguinaldo, whom he treated with great considera­ tion. General MacArthur, however, would not divulge anything that passed during the conversation. The most rigid precautions were taken to guard against any attempt at escape on the part of Aguinaldo or of any of his faithful adherents to rescue him. The end of General Funston's chase came on March 23. He had just be­ gun to carry out his daring project when it was unexpectedly consum­ mated. He was scouting with a small force in Isabella province, when he ran into the hiding place of Aguinaldo. MMked Men Hob Ag«d News has been received at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, that Hugh Brody. an aged miser living near Marysvllle. in Benton county, w*s robbed' Sunday night of a sack of gold said to ha.e contained over |600. Three mask d men entered his house while he was ill in bed, bound and gagged him and made a search of his house. They found the sack which contained t e savings of a lifetime and made off with it. There is no clew. Mr. Brody is over 90 years of age. \ n Shot Down by • Wnaife» { A W. Hogin, senior member of the A™1 of A. W. Hogin & Co., one of the mostf prominent brokerage firms in the south, was shot by a woman Dorris Nobele on Beale street, Mem­ phis, Tenn. The ball entered Hogin's abdomen, and the wound is thought to be fatal. The woman was liquor-mad and was being' accused of drunkenness by Hogin. Dorris Noble is a well- known character in Memphis, and at one time slashed a woman almost fa- telly. She was arrested. Hogin la SI GEN. EMIL.IO AGUINALlM The native leader waB attended only by a few followers and made no re­ sistance when called upon to yield. He was at once conveyed to Funston's camp aitd a start was made for Man 11a. } The important prisoner arrived Ballet Kill* a Burglar. Cornelius Dougherty was shot and killed in Chicago by Watchman Frank Kelly while trying to break into the Derby laundry, 141 East Ontario street Three companions who were with Dougherty made their escape. Former Po*tma*trr Sentimeeri. 8. B Paterson, former postmaster at Halls, Mo., was given a two years' sen­ tence In the penitentiary in the f deral court at St. Joseph for being |j|gr| ia his money accounts. Colorado Kzelted Over Colorado Springs and Pueblo are greatly excited over discoveries of oil in wells now sinking in the Valley of the Fountain^ which reaches from Colorado Springs to the Arkansas rlv- «r at Pueblo, forty-five miles distant Child Slay** Is Ommtt, . Charles Frldman, a tailor who, Mon­ day last, killed his two children at their home in Brooklyn, N. Y., by strangling one add beating out the brains of the other, died in Jail of illUHUrtiOlL l * t • gi more adfentwes the Tagalos „ the houie where Aguinaldo wa<t Sud­ denly the Spanish o«ee** noticing that Aguinaldo's aid was watching - th» Americans suspiciously, exclaimed, "Now, Macabebes, go for them.'*. The Macabebes opened fire, but their aim was rather ineffective, and only three insurgents were killed. The reb-. els returned the fire. On. hearing tbe firing Aguinaldo, who evidently thought his men were merely celebrat­ ing the arrival of re-enforcements, ran to the window and shouted, "Stop that foolishness; quit wasting ammu­ nition." 'Hilario Placido, one of the Tagalog officers, and a former insurgent major, who was wounded in the lung by the* fire of the Kansas regiment at the bat­ tle of Caloocan, threw his arms around Aguinaldo, exclaiming, "You -%re a prisoner of the Americans!" Col. Simeon Vlllia, Aguinaldo's chief of staff, Major Alambra, and others, at­ tacked the men who were holding Aguinaldo. Placido shot Villia in the shoulder. Alambra jumped out of the window and attempted to cross the river. It Is supposed that he was drowned. Five other insurgent officers fought for a few minutes and then fled, making their escape. When the firing began General Funston assumed com­ mand and directed the. attack on the house, personally assisting in the cap­ ture of Aguinaldo. The Insurgent body guard fled, leaving twenty rifles. San­ tiago Barcelona, the insurgent treas­ urer, surrendered without resistance. More Filipinos Quit the Straggle. The War Department has received the following dispatch: "Manila, March 29.--Brigadier-Gen­ eral William A. Kobbe reports surren­ der at Sumulao, Mindanao, of nine of­ ficers, 160 men, 187 rifles, eighty shot­ guns, Capistrano's command. This ends trouble in Mindanao as far as Filipinos are concerned. "Brigadier General Robert P. Hughes reports Allkpali and Ruiz, thirty-four guns, surrendered to Captain David G. Shanks, Eighteenth United States In­ fantry, at Mamburao. Two hundred and six guns Ful Ion's command sur­ rendered to Lieutenant Colonel Wil­ liam S. Scott, Forty-fourth United States Volunteers. , , V . ' "MACARTHliSfcif WASHINGTON. pected reinforcements, several Ameri­ cans going* with the party ostensibly as prisoners, the object being, of course, to trap Aguinaldo. Some months previously Funston had cap­ tured the camp of the insurgent Gen­ eral Lacuna, incidentally obtaining La­ cuna's seal, official papers and a quan­ tity of signed correspondence. From this material two letters were con­ structed, ostensibly from Lacuna to Aguinaldo. One of these contained in­ formation as to the progress of the war. The other asserted that, pursu­ ant to orders received from Baldomero Aguinaldo, Lacuna was sending his best company to Presidente Emilio Ag­ uinaldo. His plans completed and approved, Gfeneral Funston went to Manila and organized his expedition, selecting sev­ enty-eight Macabebes, all of whom spoke Tagalog fluently. Twenty wore insurgent uniforms, and the others the dress of Filipino laborers. The Maca- bebe company, armed with fifty Maus­ ers, eighteen Remingtons and ten Krag-Jorgensons, was commanded by Captain Russell T. Hazzard of the Eleventh United States volunteer cav­ alry. With him was his brother, Lieu­ tenant Oliver P. M. Hazzard, of the same regiment; Captain Harry W. Newton, Thirty-fourth infantry, Was taken because of his familiarity with Casiguran bay, and Lieutenant Burton J. Mitchell,. Fortieth infantry, went as General Funston's aid. These were the only Americans accompanying the leader of the expedition. With the Macabebes were four ex-insurgent of­ ficers, one being a Spaniard and the other three Tagalos, whom General Funston trusted implicitly. General Funston and the officers wore plain blue shirts and khaki trousers. They carried each a half blanket, but wor^ no insignia of rank. .The Macabebes were carefully instructed to obey the orders of the four ex-insurgent officers. Having arrived at Casiguran the ex- insurgent officers, ostensibly command­ ing the party, announced that they were on the way to join Aguinaldo •between Pautobang and Baler, that they had surprised an American sur­ veying party, and that they had killed a number, capturing five. They ex­ hibited General Funston and the oth­ er Americans as their prisoners. The insurgent presidente of Casigu­ ran believed the story. Two of the Lacuna letters, previously concocted, were forwarded to Aguinaldo at Pala­ nan, province of Isabels. General Fun­ ston and the others were kept impris- gtadunt* Killed In Corea. At Intschau, Corea, collisions havo occurred between the people and mis­ sionary students, according to the St. Petersburg correspondent of the Lon­ don Mail, and several students hftve been killed or wounded. Memhnm of Janta Arr«st«-d. - Jose Lozado and Francisco Rivera, prominent members of the Filipino junta at Hong-Kong, were arrested by the military authorities on the gteajgy Loongsang. * Charlotte M. Tone* Is PsaS, • Charlotte Mary Yonge, the autlor, died in Winchester, England, Sunday. She was born August 11, 1823. Miss Yonge was the only daughter of Wil­ liam Cranley Yonge, a British army officer and hero of the battle of Water­ loo. ' ' j -- - Court Bit* Investasent Companies. The Interstate Investment company, Cincinnati, Ohio, has been turned over to receivers by Supreme Court decision. Three other similar concerns have been enjoined from doing buslnass la QUO. Miss Alice Hay, daughter of Secre­ tary Hay, said to be engaged to James Wadsworth, New York. Note of British government refusing to accept amended Hay-Pauncefote treaty made public. Retiring Postmaster Gordon and his successor, Coyne, made arrangements for transfer of Chicago postoffice. President McKinley approved new army ration. Large number of fourth-class post- offices advanced to presidential c'ass. Representative Warner of Illinois, returned from Cuba, says withdrawal of United States will be followed by reign of terror in the island, and United States will have to intcrvo?.o within ninety days to restore order. Senator Mason and Collector Coyne unable to avert cut of $15,000 in inter­ nal revenue office expenses in Chicago. Dispatch from European foreign of­ fice says Britain has protested against China's making confession with any power till present troubles are over. Owing to lack of officers for new reg­ iments more time will be required to recruit new army than was at first thought would be necessary. Representative McCall says suffrage In Cuba should be restricted. Shortage in postage stamps contin­ ues. Members of Congress who visited Porto Rico recently say islanders show desire to manage their own af­ fairs and want native governor. Chief Wilkie of the secret service issued warning against new $5 counter- felt nota Naval officials exercised over auction sale of army guns at Dry Tortugas. P. C. Knox, Pittsburg, Pa., accepted appointment as attorney-general. HHsn Shot for Belna Slow ;̂.-̂ The llecond Imperial Light roJfife, which is made up of Natalians, is busy in Swaziland. The regiment has cap­ tured 1,000 head of Boer cattle. Some of the men met a Boer party consisting of a commandant and several other of­ ficers. They ordered the Boers to throw up their hands. Two who Were slow in obeying the order were winged, whereupon the party surrendered. Later a number of snipers were cap­ tured. The regiment then captured a convoy of twenty-six wagons and a number of cattle, sheep and horses. Later another convoy of ten wagons was captured. For State Telephone Fystem. Representative Sageng has Intro­ duced a bill In the Minnesota hcuse to provide for the construction by townshps of a state telephone syst-m at public expense to be extended over the entire state and connected with every business place, residence, town hall, school house and church. George «J Cannon Very 111. (George Q. Cannon, the head of the Mormon church at Salt Lake City, a man famous In Utah politics and church matters. Is critically sick in Monterey, Cal., and bis death is like­ ly at any time. He Ktdnsped Cndahy. H. C. Henderson of Dallas, who says he is giMlty of the Cjidahy kidnaping, has been asked by attorneys t r James Callahan, the Omaha suspect, to make a deposition for the latter's benefit . Loses #78,000 by Msrrjrlo» Dollie i£. Wilkins, the adopted daughter of Mrs. Sarah E. Wilkins, a rich and eccentric widow living near Atchison, Kan., loses an estate valued at $75,000 because she married the man she loved. She was married a few days sgo to George Woods, the son of James Woods, a farmer, against the wishes of Mrs. Wilkin, and the widow now announces that her adopted daughter, who was her sole heir, will not receive a penny of her fortune. The girl is I 20 and her husband,Is several year* [ her sealer. T«n«do SwMDjThroiifti .Bii ' ingham. All. . TWENTY-FIVE ARE KILLED. A Half Hand red Others Hart--Building* I* the Sterna's Path Am crashed 1IIM **«s hells--property %*m Xs BhIsmM •t asso.eoo. Twenty-five persons were killed out­ right, a dozen more received injuries from which they cannot recover, a half hundred others were hurt more or less severely and a property loss reach­ ing a total of $350,000 or more was en­ tailed by a tornado which swept over the southern part of Birmingham, Ala., Monday. Fully 500 houses were demolished or damaged by the gale and more than 2,000 persons were ren­ dered homeless. The storm first struck the city at the southeastern corner about 10 o'clock a. m. It passed east­ ward with terrific velocity, sweeping away all buildings, trees and telegraph and telephone poles that stood in its pathway. The course of the tornado was due east and from Green Springs on the west to Avondale on the east It left In its wake a scene of ruin, death and desolation. Leaving the city the storm continued eastward un­ til it found its fury checked by the mountains beyond Irondale, a small town six miles east of Birmingham. The path of the storm was narrow, the damage being confined to a track only 150 feet In width. The work of the tornado was quickly done, and res­ cuing parties were hastily formed to search the ruins for the dead and In­ jured. The former were removed to temporary morgues, and the latter were taken to the various hospitals of the1 city. Eighteen dead bodies were recovered, of which all but five were those of negroes. It is known that there are other bodies in the ruins, and the number of dead may exceed the esti­ mate of twenty-five made. A large part of the wreckage has not yet been searched and the work of rescue will be resumed at dawn tomorrow. All the members of the fire and police de­ partments and the hospital corps are engaged in the work, along with a large force of volunteers Among the dead are Dr. G. C. Chapman of the firm of Tally ft Chapman, who conduct a private Infirmary in this city, and the wife and infant child of Robert J. Lowe, chairman of the democratic state executive committee. The morning dawned cloudy and sultry and grew more threatening as the day advanced. Shortly after 9 o'clock sharp lightning flashed from the southwest. The ve­ locity of the wind suddenly increased and from out of the southeast came the dreaded funnel-shaped cloud. Sweep­ ing close to the earth, it passed through the city in leaps and bounds. The altitude of the cyclone was not more than seventy-five feet Negro shanties and cottages in the lowlands in the path of the storm were the prin­ cipal sufferers. The larger residences on the higher grounds suffered but slightly. Large trees were torn up by the roots and great masses of stone were twisted out of the ground and broken and scattered about. From Eighth to Tenth street the tornado bounded like a rubber ball and when it again descended it struck a two- story house occupied by Joseph Busen- helhner and almost razed it to the ground. The 11-year-old daughter of John Krunsey was caught under the debris and severely injnred. A house HOT *1**1 to Bits. ? Xra Addle Harris and her 10-y«u^ oH 'jUagtfter, Wannette, fairly backed to pieces at Ensley, Ala., Mrs. Ella 'Humphreys, who was suspected of be­ ing intiiftate with Richard Harris, the husbaB44f the Harris woman. Mrs. to Ensley to make a per- •0&4E investigation of the alleged re­ lationship of her Husband and Mra, Humphreys: She went to the Hum­ phrey's home. There she found he» husband in Mrs. Humphrey's loom. She demanded admission, but her hue- band barred the door. At this Mrs. Humphreys emerged from a back door. The Harris women attacked Mrs* Humphreys and stabbed her to death. Tbe mother and daughter wereTjNp r e s t e d . , i t y Faraitnre Men to Unite. Announcement is made that organi­ zation of the furniture trust, capital­ ized at $6,000,000, will be completed about May 1. The trust will take ilk the leading Grand Rapids, Mich., man­ ufacturers. Charles R. Flint of New York is conducting the negotiations. The manager of the new company and most of the directors will be Grand Rapids men. The companies that will go into the combine are: Berkey A Gay, Widdicomb company, John Wid- dicomb company, Oriel, Grand Rapida Chair, Michigan Chair, Royal New England, Fancy, Luce & Nelson Matter companies. Farmers Banded to Flzkt. The farmers of central Kansas are organizing againBt a grain combina­ tion. ' At Solomon forty-three farmers have organized a stock company and will operate an elevator of their own. At Salina a similar scheme is on foot. M. P. Collins, vice president of the company, said today: "Solomon is a big shipping point, with three rail­ roads, and on* each road there is one grain buyer. Our company includes most of the large wheat growers of the neighborhood and our. plan is to have an elevator of our own, employ a man to run it and have him pay always a fair. market price for the wheat." Big Boom In Ship Balldlns, Great activity is shown at the New- , port News, Va„ ship yards. Everything Is building there from a steam yacht to ! a battle-ship. The Pacific Mail steam- ^ er Korea, which was launched Satur- day, will be followed in a few weeks . ' by her twin, the Siberia. On the ways i vacated by these two ships the keels for two more vessels will be laid at once. Probably one of the ways will . be occupied by the last of the four Morgan liners, and the other by one'ot. the new warships for which contract was recently closed with the navy de­ partment. •' - V. ^ V Farmer fnllaeaee Prevails. ' J1 Governor Bliss of Michigan haa fixed his signature to the bill prohibit­ ing the coloring of oleomargarine. A strong effort was made to induce the governor to veto the measure by resi­ dents of cities, but farmer Influence prevailed. The governor has also signed the bill providing for the admis­ sion to the soldiers' home at Grand Rapids of veterans of the Spanish- American and Philippine wars. Sll iS Crazv Man Destroys Wank Bills. - H. Bohler* en route from Louisiana^ to sail for his old home in Germany, became crazy on the train, and tore up and threw away $2,800, for wh'eh he had just sold his farm near Shreve- port. He had to be put under restraint and on reaching Charlottesville, Vtu* he was placed in jaU. CROWN OF PORTUGAL, WHICH HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT OF PAWN •J-i'WU .1 •?' m *f^5 The crown of Portugal, which King Carlos has just taken out of pawn, is a most highly prized ornament. A few years ago, when his majesty needed ready cash, he gave it as security for a loan which, while considerable, waB in no wise commensurate with its real value. It is said that the king took his crown out of pawn not so much as a matter of pride as for future use in the way of a pledge with which to raise money. He was given pecuniary as­ sistance by Edward of England. The gems in this royal bauble are said, to; be worth $6,000,000. ;"i ; Pnnl«hln|k III 'not* Klo^srs. Oonsternatlori prevail8 at kjalesburg, 111., among those who Wednesday night led in the attempt to lynch Ed Jack­ son, the murderer of Charles B. Rowe, because the sheriff has sworn out a number of warrants. The first arrest was that of E. C. Gross of Madison- ville, O., who, during the riot, urged the crowd to kill the sheriff. Gross was arraigned before Judge Post, who fined him $100 and gave him a year's term in the county Jail. Gross has a wife and four children, at Madison villa. - Kxplams Agreemen*. v ft is stated at Washington on excel­ lent Russian authority that the Man­ churian convention has from the first been regarded simply as a modus vi­ vendi. It was this phase of the sub­ ject which Count Cassini brought to tbe attention of Secretary Hay yester­ day and simultaneously it appears to have been Impressed upon the minds of the British officials, as Lord Lans- downe announced to the house of lords that the convention, viewed as a modus vivendi, might not present the objec- >iaih harstofora bald against It. /»'JvWh 1 ; • Massacred by Turk*. According to,private advices from Macedonia, a band of Turks massacred three Bulgarian families, men, women, and children, in the village of Agha- mahalleh. near Seres, a town forty- eeven miles northeast of Salonlca. De­ tails of the outrage have not been re­ ceived. The news created a profound sensation. It is reported that a village near Monastor, in Macedonia, with a mixed population of Mussulmans and Bulgarians, has been burned. Big Locomotive Plant Said. New York capitalists have closet* a deal by which the Rogers Locomotive works at Paterson were bought out­ right What was the price paid and who were the purchasers were not made public. William Barbour, one of the receivers, said: "It is impossible for me to make known any of the con­ ditions of the sale. I will say, how­ ever, that the sale is practically closed, and that within two or three weoks at the latest the works will be ruanlng full capacity and that 2,000 or mora j mu *U! employed." ( ISfe"--:. *?„ -- •. ~ •= ' rfea ' v ' . ' mailto:4.60@6.60