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NATION Hi 1AJW •ffimral lnttr«t * iV HrafraplMi i ..i-vl'v-A •.»' ' caused by ia UM r KMhwUMa (im Alt fMi mt the «v! --laeMMh, CrtM Ud m«. Alleged thief at South, Bethlehem, F;. Jftfc, fatally beaten by Hungarians. %;,t OM killed and five badly hurt In t$.- IliitiH aoddent at La SaUe, 111. ^ , , Dr* Richard Dewey of Milwaukee : ibchured young women art not able to K> - featr the nervous strain :;:v dramatic performances. Pat Crowe in a letter to B. A. Cudahy his innocence of the kidnap­ ing of latter1* son, and offered to give ttfmaslf up. ^ Hurricane wrecked several ships la Australian waters on Jan. 22 and «i. ^ Revolt In Venezuela in growing. Sev- ^ V %ral British steamers destroyed. If;:; , .t French troops repulsed attacks by f(.' Utivet in Algeria. tf- Earl Roberto overruled Gen. Buller •Jr , 4n the tatter's criticism of the artil- : "4ery tactics taught at Aldershot, and latter may resign in consequensa Cuban constitutional convention pre- fcn to regulate relations with the United States by reciprocal treaty rath­ er than by const! tutlonai provision, ij,, Venezuelan murderer of acting Brtt- X '• '4&h consul at Bolivar sentenced to Eleven years' imprisonment. ^ « Count von Welders ee announced lj* postponement of «ngan Fu campaign * free*use of Chinese concessions. *: Six Bulgarians and five Turkish eoi- ->•*; <Uer* toiled in a fight near Gheveghell, Hacedonia. Lord Methenen's force defeated MM v : ioere after hard at Haaxt- : - fteestfootein. lwo new British cruisers, the iarg- •' ! itt of their class, is a ached ! Cirie. Spttkh cabinet reported that tran- fuilUty again prevails in Madrid. p/ Twenty-eight Russian students son* K"' ;Httced to set iSce In the army. s. Cartas Issued edict fixing punishSMStf I-; Of anti-foreign leaders. } v Two Won. charged with complicity ' t̂ e Cudahy kidnaping, arrested In ^ Bt Paul. Pat Crowe believed to bo - 4a the twin cities. St Paul buttermakar expelled from National Creamery Buttermakers' as- . sociatkm for attempted bribery of but- J**dge. 'beonard Deweese and Mat Barnes, K - Who were kidnaped near Petersburg, | . Ind.., found in Evansville, lnd. Thomas J. Fallon jumped from a •window in Boston and killed himself while sick with the grip. Mrs. Carrie Nation will remain in • : Topeka and become editor of the V Smashers' Mail. rS fe t Famous Harvard pump blown op by ^a bomb after seventy years* service. }-• Two negro robbers tortured an .aged couple near Baltimore, Md. ; Two men shot la street light at McCormick, 8. C. 4 Evidence brought to light th*t citv *of Milwaukee has been defrauded of WM that may reach $100,000 by per­ sons not yet named, I 4 Miss Frances Caspar!, former school­ teacher of Baltimore, sentenced to five years' imprisonment for fraud. Frank Hamilton convicted At man­ slaughter at Minneapolis for killing 'Leonard Day. * Six-year-old girl at Stephenson, Mich., killed her baby sister. Andrew Carnegie gave fSOjOM to school board of Marion, lad., for a library. Arthur Hyer robbed bank i**tli1tr at : Fisher, 111., stole a freight? train, and was arrested. Several witnesses tor state testified ^ in Moser murder trial at Pekin, 111. f Bill classifying saloons as public nui- >.;sances passed by Kansas legislature. Dowager empress yielded to demand of powers and Waldersee's proposed • expedition will be abandoned. J. G. A. Leishman, United minister to Switzerland, transferred to Turkey. Five lieutenant mayors of Havana resigned after dispute with their chief. Peter Berry man, colored, was lynched at Mena, Ark., by eight masked men. Berry man was arrested for brutally kicking Essie Osborne, aged 12 years, because she told him not to come in their yard after water. J. E. Gorman, mayor of Kenosha, Wis., married Mists Maria Rosa Moel- ler after courtship of twenty years. Miss Clara B. Longworth of Cincin­ nati, O., married to Count Adeibert de Chambrun of France. Thomas O'Donnell, nationally mem­ ber from Kerry, addressed house of commons In Irish language and was called to order by speaker. London foreign office waiting tor in­ formation before committing govern­ ment to definite Chinese policy. Ambassador Choate had conference with Lord Landsdowne over England's attitude on canal treaty. Imitators of Carrie Nation smashed windows in three Chicago saloons. General Pole-Carew married to Lady Beatrice Butler at Wellington Bar­ racks. London. Delegate to D. A. R. convention quits the hall because of methods employed in electioneering on the floor.. Bank statements show gains ia near­ ly all items. Government majority in House of Commons cut down from 130 to 46 oa division over Lord Cran home's refusal to answer questions relating to foreign policy. Car famine makes it impossible tor pocking firms to fill orders promptly, Prolongation of the Boer war may result in the overthrow of the "-Mt- bury cabinet Class of seventy-throe oadets gradtt* •ted from West Point and soon |§ go into active servicer Five more traders In Philippines ar> •Meted on charges of disloyalty. v* . at Tepeka. Mrs. Csffrie Nation Is now fa Jell at Topeka, Kan. She under bond to keep the peace, WpefiisHy with reference to M proprietors of the Ice plant and torage room which wsa raided by tha crusaders yesterday. Cal Mc­ Dowell Was lurid in the sum of $1,000, andMrs. Rose Crist and Mrs. Madeline Southard In the sum of $600 oa similar warranto. Mrs. Nation's bond to keep the peace aa dappear tor trial at the next term of court was fixed at $2,009 She aaaounced that she would not give bond, but would go to jaiL The judge remanded her to the custody of the sheriff, aad she will be held in the hospital ward of the county prison. In addition to the above, a peace warrant was sworn out by William Moeser against Mrs. Nation, C. R. McDowell, Mrs. Rose Crist and Madeline South­ ard, charging them with threatening maliciously to destroy property owned by Moeser at his cold storage plant Mrs. Nation was Immediately ar­ raigned in the District court, and the Judge inquired If she had counsel. She replied that she had not, that she sould not afford itsnd would plead her own cause. William Moeser was the first witness called. He testified that the defendants visited his place Sun­ day, chopped the door down, entered the parts of the building known as the butter room, and tried to enter the machinery room. He said he had stock in the butter and ice rooms worth $3,000, and that his plant where the depredation occurred was worth $100,000. Mrs. Nation had a hatchet, and broke a lock on the west door. AW the officers were taking her away to the patrol wagon she said she wouldi come back and smash the walls in. Mrs. Nation cross-examined the wifc- Summtry of Ugftfttkra in N«tion»l Big Vessel Sinks and 122 Persons 1 Drown. CONSUL Vhe Ctty ef Mi *-*«*« ItrikM OfM sin* Mm* laa ' Fe*, •Mka Ot nd Settles OMa-HKmtle for I4fe Beet*. The Pacific Mail company** steam- ship City of Rio de Janeiro, whHe en­ tering the San Francisco harbor from TO* .mmspkitm *&**•*> frlpfBy psTftottd aa |» of.'i(k/a*w pmaftsr. 40^ IPi. WW vfUHl m ,9pp -JMiMI lpti-«leri«l ahe fb«» to call on Setter Sageata, the Uberal mlnleliu'. to form a Ua aatt-oNrloal ideaa .are wiril A eahlMHtm Crom .. _ Ittta tJhat adght diapleaaa: .tfei >opo aad play into the "hands of the pfatitti- ee. Bob C^urloe, by ghiiit «Anmo to the religious orders, especially the Je­ suits. She has therefore determined to 3V .*>" * •" * K , < - jt • •y. M , K' • "Did you see me break iu the doorf asked Mrs. Nation. , ... "Yes." ^ V "What did I useH "You used a "Did you see me strike the ftrat Mow on the door?" "Yes." • '<-v »"-• t~ "'What did I strike UVaAI-, *'f J • • ? "The lock." , <• ' >'• - "How did I approach the door? What did I dor* rvfr _ ? "I saw yon use the hatchet* "Well, everybody knows I use a hatchet; but bow did he see me use ttr *That"i aot material." 'Sgid the judge. She then asked the witness if he stored beer in his place. Objected to and objection sustained. "Did you have a carload of beer car­ ried away?" was the next question. The court ruled it out. "But I'm a woman, judge,, and you ought to let me ask what I want to," protested Mrs. Nation. "You have no more rights than a man in this court," said Judge Hasen. "The question whether he kept beer there or not is immaterial." "Then it is immaterial whether I broke the door or not," was her reply. Case against Mrs. Carrie Nation con­ tinued until April term of Topeka court. MM by I-->ih Mrs. Rosa Hudson was killed two farmers wounded during a raid by twenty masked farmers on a saloon run by John Hudson at Millwood, Kan., fourteen mile* north of Leav­ enworth. The woman kilted was the wife of the bartender, UTEST ^KETjWTATIONS. Winter wheat-No. 3 red, 7*074c; No. » hard, 72fc@72c; No. 3 hard, 70071c; No. 4 WMd, «Tc. Spring wheat--No. 1 northern. No. < sprin*. 55@«7c. Corn-- No. 3, 37%eMc; No. 3 white, 38c; No. t yellow, *?%©38r Oats-No 4, No. 4 white, 26@27i.4c; No. 3. 25&02*Kc; n° "• KMBtt k0» jb«.. W^O^-4.70; Blockers and feeders. •w.'Y/.t '4 '̂' A •' % .Si . » * • DON 'MANUEL SII>WiA?^ \. " 4r ^ «• }*%Z Csttl t«M*, Utcher .000 lb«. $2.4004.45; StWKS, $i bi • Shipping •0; dressed $3.70(96.16; and export beef and steers under Pt' cows and heifers, $2.0004.60; cenners, $L2 .̂75, bulls, $3.2504.10; Tex- ans and Indian steers, lf.tO0l.BO; cows and heifers. $2.3S0SJO. Hpgs-Ptgs and lights, fK.2005.10; packers, $5^2005.30; butchers , $S.32%@&-40. Sheep--Native mut­ tons, $4.1004.60: lambs, $4.5O06.M; culls and bucks, $2J0<&4.25; western yearlings, I4.K; western sheep. $4.2S@4.3S. E^ers--Fresh, 15Vz®16c. Butter--Cream­ eries. extra. 21%#22c; firsts. 19fc20c; dairies, choice, 18c; firsts, 14015c. Apples --Greenings, $3.00@3.25 per brl.; Ben Davis, 9t.0dm.7a; Jonathan, $3.50#4.50; Kings, $3.50@3.7B; Baldwins, t2.75^r3.25; Tallman sweets, $2.25@2.50 per bri. Potatoes- Choice rurals or Burbanks, 42@43c per bu.; good. 38£»40c; other varieties, 35®40c; mixed stock, 33<&38c. Live Poultry- Chickens, 7^J@8c per lb.; turkeys, 6V4®7c; ducks. 9c; geese, $6.0006.00 per doz. #>•«•» Neighbor HnrdorMl, The remains of Wood Werkinger, aged 25 years, were found at Lena, 111., by G. Van Eppg, a neighbor, in a shed, partially concealed by a blanket, live miles northeast of this city. The bead was pounded to a jelly and a broken gun, a monkey wrench and an ax, all three covered with blood, told of a struggle. Werkinger, who was a traveling hypnotic, made his home alone In the log cabin which the shed adjoined. Robbery was evidently the motive. Roy Powell, aged 19 years, companion of Werkinger, and who has been trying to dispose of Werk- inger's personal effects during the past week, and John Heth, aged 17 years, were arrested on suspicion. KUl«<t by Watting Walls. , Four firemen were killed by 'ratting walls and a fifth was terribly burned while fighting flames in an unoccupied factory in New Haven, Conn. The fire was in a district containing the shops o|J&g Winchester Arms coi the orient during a heavy fog Friday morning, struck a sunken rock and went down in about fifteen minutes In thirty fathoms of water off Fort Potnt. A large number of lives are known to have been lost, but owing to the confusion following the terrible accident and the failure of those who managed to get ashore to report their safe arrival at the Merchants' exchange Or £he Pacific 2£&il office, it is impos­ sible to fix the exact number of those who went down with the vessel. It is thought that 130 perished. Capt. Will­ iam Ward, the ship's master and an old employe of the Pacific Mail company, went down with his ship. Aa nearly as can be learned, there were 201 per­ sons on board the ship. > VmmI StrikM a tab. The City of Rio de Janeiro was on her way in from the oriental porta Via Honolulu with a valuable cargo. It sailed from Hongkong Jan. 22 for San Francisco via Yokohama. Quar­ termaster Frederick Undstrom gave the clearest idea of the striking of the craft and let it be known that the mass' of rode with which the iron prow came tn contact was Mile rock, against whicu a pretty stiff current was setting. The rock is in a line off Fort Point with Point Ixibos, and two-thirds of a mile from the San Francisco shore. His ex­ planation was that the vessel struck head Oh, crushed in her bows and filled immediately. Instantly the decke were crowded with Una passengers and crew aad the Chi&ese steerage passengers rushed up from below and tried to crowd into the boats. The members of the crew, headed by Capt Ward an< his assistants, kept the Chinese anr the white men off while the boats wer | being lowered. By this time the ship had feacked off and waa eettling down by the head. atraggle to Reacb MM Boat*. A number of women were hurried into the lifeboats, but as the ship was going down fast confusion got the «x.t- ter of heads that were not cool, and there was a struggle to get into the smaller craft. Some of the Chinese aad male passengers on the afterdeck jumped overboard. No one can say Just how many took to the water, but it is reckoned that about forty went over the side. The fog kept settling down on the bay and It became diffi­ cult to see a ship's length, abaft the hows. Rounseville Wildman, United States consul-general to Hongkong, his wife and two children, were among those who perished in the wreck. . , « ;i-j|Me Jkmumm How General Otis arrived in St. Paul from Chicago Thursday and assumed temporary charge of the Department of the Dakotaa. Inspector General C. H. Murray is with General Otis as aid-de-camp. aak Senor 6ilvela to form a ministry. Whatever government may assume power the queen regent will insist on the re-establishment of the old rela­ tions with the church and the religious orders. General Weyler will be continued in his command as well as all the gen­ erals recently appointed through his influence. S«M4m mm Pmm Offerings. ' The ministers were approached at Pekin by attaches of the Chinese Peace commission, who inquired if the com­ pulsory suicide of Chao Shu Chao and Ying Lien, whose heads are demanded by thev powers, would, be satisfactory to the,foreign representatives. It is mtderstpod that all the ministers said that the suicide of Chao Shu Chao and Ying Lien would be satisfactory if the other punishment were inflicted. It is probable that the action of the Chi­ nese in this matter is based on instruc­ tions received from the dowager em­ press. Chao Shu Chao and Ying Lien are the only officials whose punish* raent Is causing trouble. ioii 8and for iagaA Chicago police are looking for a gang of sugar swindlers which has been operating on the west side. Bar­ rels mostly Ailed with mad and stone, with a top layer of stigar, have been sold for 18 each. Mrs. Bertba Autt, 367 West Van Buren street, was one of he victims. She purchased a barrel of • he alleged sugar for $8 and soon dis­ covered that she had paid for a barrel )f sand.. After discovering the fraud, he woman went to the Desplaines treet station and swore out a warrant 'gainst a man named Brueker, who .be said was the peddler who had, spid her the barrel. - • ;- MEASURES IN BOTH HOUSES. as.eee.eoe iw mm at t fMM%» 1 'hi PmMmg with. bin, after da$ of etdtins de- Takw Bin*1* Cash and Statlt ACTS AT ftSHCR, ttU at^se (imb w- >v •BrtqeBlie ta Twmwtt||.y ~ Quite a severe earthquake shbek was felt at 6; 15 o'clock Thursday night throughout Tennessee. Houses rocked and windows and crockery rattled. The wave was from west to east, and lasted several seconds. Fertiliser Oatpat The Virginia-Carolina Chemical com­ pany, the $12,000,000 which controls practically all of the fertilizer output in the south, has entirely wiped out all danger of opposition by purchasing the plant of the Charleston Mining com­ pany for $1,500,000. The purchase in­ cludes 27,000 acres of phosphate land. Farmers fear the price of fertilizer, an absolute necessity for the cotton in­ dustry, will be advanced. Philip God- ley is president of the Charleston Min­ ing company, and nearly all of the stodk is owned- by Philadelphia capi­ talists. 8enate: Nearly the whole day waa devoted to consideration of the post- office appropriation bill. Amendment appropriating fi00,000 for an exteotioa of pneumatic tube service remain* undisposed of. Mr. Pettus of Alabama delivered a speech in opposition to th* ship subsidy Mil. Conference report on the military academic appropriation bill was submitted. Mr. Daniel of Vir­ ginia, made a vigorous attack upon the provision which debars a cadet con­ victed of hiring or holding a commis­ sion in the aritty, navy or marine corps. The house, under suspension of the rules by a vote of 191 to 41 passed the bill appropriating $5,000,000 for the St Louis exposition. The bill to define the word "conspiracy" in the Sherman anti-trust law to avoid the possibility of its being held applicable to labor or­ ganisation was defeated by almost a two-thirds vote on account of two amendments which the judiciary com­ mittee placed upon the bill and which were opposed by the labor organiza­ tions. The sundry civil bill was under consideration late in tbe day. ToMdtjr. February 19. The senate, by vote of 18 to 42, re* jected conference report on military academy appropriation bill. This ac­ tion came at conclusion of spirited de­ bate upon provisions against hazing inserted in bill by conference commit­ tee. Report of conferees was rejected because regarded by large majority of senate as too drastic. Mr. Deboe de­ livered his announced speech upon Nicaragua canal, advocating construc­ tion of waterway by United States. Effort was made to obtain considera­ tion for bill reviving grade of vice ad­ miral of the navy for benefit of Rear Admirals Sampson and Schley, hut it unavailing. The house devoted the day to consid­ eration of sundry civil appropriation bill, de-bate being chiefly upon national irrigation of arid lands. Passed reso­ lution calling upon secretary of state aad secretary of treasury regarding shipments to South Africa of horses, mules and other army supplies. WedMMtef, Itobrmvy Ift The senate spent the dajr on the poetoffice appropriation bill. The amendment of Mr. Butler proposing a reduction of about 9 per cent in the pay for railway postal service was de­ feated--18 to 51--after a debate in which Mr. Depew answered Mr. But­ ler's criticisms on the large profits made by American roads. Tha house passed the sundry civil appropriation bill and entered upon consideration of the general deficiency --the laat of the general appropriation Mils. *r*ai the* tip six Wm*.' fls<foimidh m» hwiu Iwfcteift lMcillties tHMk S2f!fe:s wtfrHajtar dlscussAoti. By a4a- eielve vote- MmannthHwu fiewe continued. An » made to ob- tain an appropriattOti td continue the pneumatic "tab* service In Jfew Toik, Boston and Philadelphia, but it failed. House devoted an hoar to unanimous' consent legislation and two hours and a half each to the passage of private elalms bills and private pension bills. Nine bills wera thy consent and twenty-nine claims bills and 139 pension bills were passed. Among the lata* waa the senate bill to pension the widow ot the late Ge*. Henry W. Lawton, who was killed la the Philippines. Thirty WUi May CohMm. A number of milling, plants In the neighborhood of Hanover have been secured by Philadelphia promoters to be combined under one management. Among the thirty mills said to have been secured are the York Milling Company, the Philadelphia Milling pany, the Lancaster Milling Company, pany, the Lakeside Milling Company of Cham berg burg, John D. Graybill's mill at Carlisle, the Steel ton Flour Milling Company, the Paxton Milling Company of Harrisburg and the mill and warehouse of E. T. Moul at Fel- ton. Shoota Bar Father Mm. Bessie Slater, a pretty 15-year-old girt, at Fort Wayne, lnd., twice shot and fatally wounded her father, Isaac Slater, at their home tonight. Slater Is addicted to drink, and when in liquor he frequently threatened to kill his wife. The wife is ill and feeble. Slater quarreled with his wife, knocked her down and choked her. Slater is In a critical condition at Hope hospital, and probably will not sur­ vive. Mrs. Slater, who is also badly htprt, la in an adjoining room. Bessie was placed under arrest, but almost immediately released. -- " . M ... #: >;• • FUm m as,000,000 HwtiK*. : ; A mortgage for $5,000,000 was filed at Joliet, 111., by the Pressed Steel CRT Company, covering the works here and at Pittsburg. The mortgage is given to the Morton Trust Company of New York to secure an issue of bomfe in that amount Payments of $500,000 yearly must be made until the bonds are taken up. The instrument re­ quired $2,500 In revenue stamps. The local works burned last December and are being reconstructed and Will be ready for operation eariy next month. WHIPPING POST FOR WIFE DESERTERS. fc 4| *• "• ' f;, Jy;' 7*1^ • »•--vlt Htuato 0®yote(ifV , ^ V;" Theodore Roosevelt and a party of six persons spent Monday morning hunting coyotes south of Colorado Springs, Colo. Those in the party be­ sides the vice-president-elect were Mr, and Mrs. Philip B. Stewart, Dr. and Mm. Gerald Webb, William P. Sar­ gent, and James Kenyon, who. is the best coyote hunter in Colorado. Vhe chases of the morning were two, one after a coyote and the other after a big gray wolf. Both animals escaped by resson of barbed wire fences. Dyaudt* st Woodstock Is undergoing a dynamite scare. In a wreck which took place on the Grand Trunk railway there last week forty tons of dynamite were spilled and has been carried to differ­ ent points about town. El C. Rice, a telegraph operator, found a stick suf­ ficient to blow up several houses in his coal bin. An open window near by faced the street, and someone evi­ dently had thrown the dynamite in. Of the forty tons four are missing and are scattered about town. KlUs Wife »ad Self. Charles E. Bent, aged 26 years, shot and mortally wounded his wife at St Louie, Mo., and then killed himself. It Is thought the crime was the result of a quarrel growing out of jes'ousy. Mrs. Bent died a few moments after reach­ ing the city hospital. Kx-Se»ator & M. White »--•!. ®x-iTnited States Senator Stephen M. White died at his residence in Angeles, Cal., Thursday morning after a short illness. He had bean suffer' Ing from ulceration of tha stomaoh. Woman Shot While hi HMlagw Everett S. Richards, an iron worker at Minneapolis, Minn., chased his wif ?, from whom he had separated, from the rooms of a dancing teacher into a c'os- et near by and fired several 'bullets into her body. When the police arrived they found the woman bad bled pro­ fusely. Mrs. Richards was removed to the hospital, where it Is thought she will live. The husband was arrested. Buttermaker* Award Frlaee. The National Buttermakers* conven­ tion came to an end at St Paul, Minn., the closing hours being devoted to dis­ cussion of topics of interest to the del­ egates. The choice of a place for the next convention was left to the execu­ tive committee. Over 4,000 delegates attended the convention, which is said to have been the most successful hi the history of the association. Min­ nesota secured the highest award, a nd three out of four medals. Kansas * on the silk banner for the highest ntjt» average, 89.44 per cent TMiMie* Mob Lynches Kegr*. An open-air trial was held ia tha courthouse yard, Dyersburg, Tenn., at which Judge Lynch presided ovei a jury of twelve of the most prominent men in the town. This court, after "a fair hearing," adjudged Fred King, a young negro, guilty of attempting vo criminally assault Miss Kiise Arnold, and It was not long until his lifeless body was Wangling from a limb made famous in this section because four other negroes have met their pualslf mment there at the handa ef enraged The Chicago Bnreau of Qharitiea has come to the conclusion that Illinois would be benefited by some more effec­ tive legislation, to punish men who de­ sert their wives and families. The muAber of deserted families needing public' aid in Cook county apparently exceeds 2,000, and they assert some­ thing should be done to check the evil. Under the present laws, when a man deserts his family, he can be ar­ rested and ordered by a court to give a Cat Is Olren Marat Burial. The crew of United States ship Alba­ tross, with naval honors, burled at San Francisco the body of Jerry, the far mous fighting cat of the vessel. Jerry had been in the navy sixteen years and seen many hard battles. He re­ ceived serious injuries in a light re­ cently with another ship's cat called certain proportion of his wages for his family's support Zf he fail to do this he can be Imprisoned, but in jail he is idle, so that his family continues as destitute as before. The Bureau of Charities has investigated the Dela­ ware plan of using the whipping post for such cases and look with much favor upon the idea. Another prac­ tical plan is that of placing the delin­ quent husband in prison at hard labor and applying his earnings to the sup­ port of his family. Hade Hyaterieal bjr "ahit" Because a rival for the favors of a young lady played "ghoet" Fred Har­ mon is critically ill at bis home near Montrose, 111., with nervous prostra­ tion. In going to see his swastbeart young Harmon was obliged to pass the spot where a peddler was mur­ dered several years ago and which la reputed to be haunted. The rival took to red Jerry and he was on the road to recovery when his enemy once more attacked and killed him. Prime Oration Is a Theft. It wgs discovered at Princeton, N. J., that an oration by George W. Kefcr, entitled "An Ideal of American His­ tory," which won the McLean prize of $100 in June last In the junior orator­ ical contest, had been written and twice delivered by Frank P. Hellman of Pennsylvania oollege, Gettysburg, Pa., under the title of "Abraham Lin­ coln." Kehr has confessed the plag­ iarism and has been dismissed by the authorities of the university, which would have conferred upon him the de- jpee o< bachelor of arts next June. The Black Gentleman. The crew doc- ! advantage of these circumstances and of the credulity of Harmon and Imper­ sonated the ghost. Harmon at timer becomes quite frenzied. ^ Jteflway Oeoot Ia BornedU The now Union depot building, erected jointly by the Santa Pe and Huston & Texas Central railroads, in Fort Worth, Tex., at a coat of $50,000, burned Thursday. It will be strutted at once. The loss Is avrsred by insurance. Big Fire at Ariantm, Ga Fire destroyed almost an entire Moek in the wholesale district of Atlanta, Ga., entailing a loss of $500,000, oa whNsh there is insurance amouatbm to nearly $450,000. TV Ha P'. A wflrlm Jtnker boy anted wfl|k <a tong-barr^led iwrolver, robbed aiiMfe. etole a freight train, defled a ^ aad la tWo«JHtani put i&ofs tfertflb.toifr life in the sleepy village JMaher, BL, Wedneeday. than fwl beeh kmss ia & half-centpry of its existence, fib Is Arth|irtp|»«r, 22 years of age. MM 1* o'clock* m., young Heyer eaten# the bank of Vennum * Go. Only one ptxmm, F. B. Veennta, was la tha bank. Mr. Vennum waa busy money and sorting out bills. He nod­ ded to Heyer and went on counting. When he looked again, he saw tha long-barreled pistol within two feet ot his (head. The banker thought It waa a jofce and said: "Put that dewa; it Odtfit s» off!" "It'll go oil sure If you don't pass o<ver all the you've got In there," was the answer. "I backed away," said the beaker In discussing the aflUr later, '%*t he just kept coihlng, and Hacked me against the wall. I gave him $800 I had on the counter, but he wasn't satisfied. 'You've got more than this,' ha said. "He made <ne go into the vault and swore he would shoot me and lock tha door if I didn't bring out all the mon- «y. I brought out $820 and told that was all except some silver, h--II with the silver!' waa his < meat "He began backing out of the _ keeping me covered all the time. told -me if >1 came out inside of a an hour I would be shot, as he had a friend on guard. I gave the alsras wlttaln five minutes.. Two men observed Heyer leave the bank,- revolver in hand, and mount his horse. They suspected a robbery and met Vennum coming. In five minutes a dozen armed men, several of them mounted, had begun pursuit. Heyer galloped for half a mile toward Bliiiois Central station. He had ed the station, when he saw a train coming In slowly from the north. He galloped up, dismounted, and eaaghft a car near the engine. Running over the top, he leaped on the tender, and, pulling the big revolver, levelled it up­ on the enginoef and fireman. "Gat out of t9iat cab d---n qukfc," fee cried, "or I'll kill you both." Tha trainmen Jumped off. Heyer entered the cab and pulled th* throttle open. There was a clear track ahead right past the station. By the time the pursuers had reached the station and were following the road north they were attracted by shouts and gesticulations of the ertefe- ed trainmen. -It was a heavy train* but it soon began to make speed. A* the engine puffed past the station Hey­ er croobhed 4own in the cdb, hoMttnr his weapon ready for instant use. The pursuers were not yet aware the quarry wai In the cab. Before half the traia had passed they knew it The rate of spSSd was then nearly fifteen mllee aa hour. SBght men attempted to board the caboose. Six succeeded, and three of thsni were armed, one with a short •Winchester, with a magaslne filled with shells. There was one revolver in the caboose. In possession of a brake- man. When Heyer observed the sue- cess of the posse he hurried hack ever the tender and tried to uncouple tha engine. This he found impossible to dfr without stopping. When the train, slowed up Heyer jumped from the ear* gine and surrendered. He was put la the caboose and the brakettiaa reversed the engine and ran the tialn bade tfr town. • The $1,620 was all recovered. Th* only explanation Heyer would make was: "I needed the money." His fam­ ily is influential and prominent Heyer was immediately taken before the vil­ lage squire, where he was given a pre­ liminary bearing and bound over to the grand jury In $3,000 bond. He oould not furnish bond, and he was taken to the jail at Champaign to await tha of the grand Jury. . . |TMal Wt««k at Kaet St. $he fast express on the Vandlttiir ran into an open switch at the St. Clair crossing, near East St. Louis,- 111., probably fatally injuring John Van Cleave, engineer, and Henry Rickelman, fireman. John Gregg, mall clerk, was seriously hurt All live in. St Louis. When the express struck the open switch it ran into a car load­ ed with long bridge timbers. Some ot the timbers were jammed Into the en­ gine head and boiler a distance of six. feet Escaping steam and boiling wa­ ter flew in every direction. The mail car was wrecked and Mall Clerk Gr was caught behind the safe. The senger coach next to the mall ear partially wrecked, but none of the aeogers was injured. : otd PhftMaa Ends Life. the Old Dominion Jamestown arrived at Norfolk, Va.» from New York she brought the body of a well-dressed man about 70 years old, who Is probably Dr. C. L. War­ ren of Portsmouth, N. H. He was found dead on the steamer's deck, a bullet hole througb his head and a revolver grasped in his right hand. It is to all outward appearances a cuse of suicde. He had a pocket-lance and a first-class ticket from New Yor|t to Newport Mews in his po&it and $11.65. ~ Adopt the Single Degree. % The regents of the University of Michigan adopted without any division the recommendation of the literary faculty that the bachelor of arts de­ gree be granted as a substitute for all those who, from this date on, com­ plete the requirements for the A. B., Ph. B., B. S. and B. L. degrees. Ita taking immediate effect makes those seniors who have been working along the lines of the three latter degrees very happy, and the "A. a." student*, a trifle exasperated at tha good «f their classmates*