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Sin. and sinners.

Three Poles We're arrested at Joliet,
ILL.,, for robbing freight cars. Two
loads Of goods We're recovered.
Murderer Hill was found guilty and
sentenced to be hanged at Plattsmouth,
Neb. He killed Matt Akreson.
Ten prisoners disarmed the guards in
the Palarm convict camp, Arkansas,
and secured their liberty.
Ed Ross. colored, - years old. was
arrested for breaking into the depot at
| Fort Gibson. /. t.
Two confidence men at Sioux City
| we're shot dead by an intended vic
tim.
Henry Gerber. Il Warsaw. Ind, gar
dener was fatally beaten by muir
derous visitor in search of plunder.
| Mrs Elder. under arrest at Fairfield,
Ia. for filling her husband full of bird
shot, denies the attempted murder.
Officers of the suspended bank at Ere
mont. Neb.. barely escaped lynching
by mob Of infuriated depositors.
John Dossett. sentenced to be hanged
at Guthrie. Jan. s. has been respited TN.
til March 8.
J. Bird Davidson and W. d. Jones
/ notorious thieves and probable murder
ers, are under arrest in New York.
On the witness stand at indianapolis
Anna Wagner protested that she did moi
poison the koesters.
Henry Klcying. Cincinnati carpenter
who was out of work, cut his wife'i
throat and his own.
A Mississippi officer is on his way tt
San Francisco after G. o. Sommers
who tried to kill William Pinkerton.
Trumbull county, Ohio, on the border
of Pennsylvania, has been terrorized by
tramps for month.
| By means of raised check the banl
at Carthage, Mo-, was defrauded o1
$lOOU.
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SIZE is OUT OF HER MIND
SAD CONDITION OF A SPOKANE
LADY IN ST. PAUL.
She Becomes Insane While ON Her
Way to Visit Friends tn illinois,
She l.nbOrs Under the Delu~iDn
That She Hus Been .'OisOncI.

st. Paul, Dee. 2G.-Mrs. c. ]. Smith.
wife of a mine superintendent in Spokane
Wash. was taken To the county Jail yes
serday morning suffering from the in-
sane impression that somebody had lOis-
nned her. Mrs. Smith is handsome
woman about fortysiX years old. Sll"
was richly attired, well supplied with
money. and was Oh her Way from her
home in Spokane to Huntey, ILL.,. where
she Intended visiting relatives during the
holidays. The unfortunate woman's
reason became lctirored while Ell route
on IL Great Northern train i'll Montana
She left the Train at a small station ana
wandered two days around the country,
telling everybody she met ii pitiable tale
about having been poisoned for her
money and jewelry. Her wandcrings
brought her again to the station at which
she had alighted from the train. The
station agent becoming cOgniZant of her
sad mental condition placed her on board
the next east-bound train under the care
of the conductor She was not violent in
her mania until the train neared st. Paul,
when it was feared she nigh. harm her
self. and she was taken to the central
police station and thence to the county
Jail by order of DR.. Hanlcy. At the
central station Mrs. Smith solemnly i'll
formed Police Matron Walker that a
poison had been poured J"er her which
was turning her skin black wherever it
had touched her. She affirmed that her
face and neck had been burnt and swollen
by the poison, and pleaded with the
nation to keep her enemies away from
her. On all other subjects she appeared
rational enough. She spoke intelligently
of her husband and family and of her
journey. but did not mention the two
days which she had wandered around
the country in Montana. Evidently her
mind had then been Il blank. Mrs.
Smith will be detained at the county Jail
nntil her husband and relatives can be
mmunicated with regarding her con-
dition and disposition.
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merchants these days.


Miss Maud Roper will represent the
Jamestown schools in the state oratori-
cal contest at Wahpcton.
The school census recently completed
gives IL total of 80 children between
the ages of 6 and ~ in Jamestown.
There We're 523 last year
The Wife of eN-State Auditor Rray
has been seriously i'll ut Grand Forks
for some time. but hopes for her re-
covery are now entertained.
1t is reported from Valley City that
Ora I.ampman son of the state oil i'll
spector has skipped 10 parts unknown.
number of eases of scarlet fever
exist in Jamestown.
Secretary Grant of the railroad COM
misSioncrs says that body has not vet
receiver the written answer Of the
Great Northern officials to the request
of the commissioners for better service
on the st. John branch. but they OK
tcct it in Il few days. The officials ac-
knowledge the charges made as to in
terror train service. and have agreed
verbally TO remedy them.
liillsboro is to have Il new flour MILL
Lincoln Clark OF Jamestown. who
was recently hurt by an unknown AS
sailant, is slowly recovering from the
effects of his injuries. The wounds in
his head are healing UP we'll. His as
sailaut whose identity is suspected,
and against whom there is strong cir
cumstantial evidence, left the city early
the morning of the assault and has not
been seen or heard of since. though an
active search has been instituted.
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THE CRANK is CALLED
A DANGEROUS PERSON ARRESTED
IN WASHINGTON,
He ls the Man Who Has Been Writ
inw Threatening Letters to the
PreasHent and Other Prominent
PersOns-He Makes IL ConfesniOn.

Washington. Dec. 26-,Toscph Donjon,
tho ns.n who has been writing threaten
ing letters to Il number of prominent
public men during the last two weeks is
in Jail here. lie walked into the de-
trc,iv" bureau of james 4. McDevitt
Yesterday afternoon asking for fiod The
detective took him in coffee house and
had something prepared for him to eat
Meantime he questioned him and learned
enough I" fix his identity. He started
toward the station house with his man
and on the way met Detective Ned
Wrel"n and George Boyd. i'll whose
hands he placed him. 1t will be remem-
hrl'rd that Il letter from this man to Sen
at"r Mills n few days ago caused the
senator's son, Charles III. Mills, to secure
leave from the authorities to go armed
for the protection of his father This
WAS the cause "t llinging the mans acts
more prominently before the public. For
several minth> past he has been writing
similar letters to u number of promi-
nent public men, amcng whom We're Vice
President Stevenson, Senator German,
Senator Mills, Senator Sherman, and, as
The man himself claims. President Cleve-
land and Secretary of War Lamont AS
long ago as during the fight over the
silver question in the senate, Vice presi-
dent Stevenson received letters almost
daily from Donjon, who was then in
Newark, y. j. No attention was paid
TO them and they We're consigned to the
waste basket. The vice president yester-
day received one which was dated from
4O4 Leigh street, this city. 4 number
of reporters We're at the first precinct
station to see the man, and he talked very
f.cely to all of them. Donjon is an
Austrian by birth and lays stress upon
the assertion that he is Il Catholic and
lrofesscs Il degree of piety. With Gin
siderable emphasis he denied that he is
an anarchist or socialist, or ever attended
rry meetings of those bodies, but con-
tends that lie was prevented from Sc.
curing employment because he was not
member of the knights of Labor or any
other labor union. AS to the letters that
he has been writing he claims that he
was incite'l to write them by other people,
r"eiving 500 for doing it. Asked as to
| the character of the persons that did
this. he disrlaimcd that they We're an
archist>. or that they formed any asso-
clation. They were merely private per-
sons He also denied that there We're
any threats in the letters he had written
or any references whatever to dynamite.
II never saw dynamite and would not
| know it if saw it," he said. When
asked what right lie had to compose such
letters at the bidding of others, he simply
! inquired, what right have you to write
down what am telling you!'
| ut was simply Il business l went into
to make Il living, just as you write news
| for the newspapers
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THE WEEKLY NEWS DIGEST
EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK IN
A CONDENSED FORM.
The Latest and Most Important News
of the World, .Cullcd From tho
Telegraph Reports OF the Press
AfsOciatiOns.
Washington Gossip.

Warrington Gossip.
The majority report on tSe Wilson
tariff bill is presented to the house.
A new treaty will be submitted to
our government by China.
Silver men decided in caucus to sup
port for official position cnly those who
are friendly to the white metal.
The house adops measure forbid
ding the suspension of pensions until
the pensioner has had months no.
tice and chance to defend himself.
Secretary Carlisle, in his annual re-
port, estimates the deficit at S2S,o0O.-
OOO. He recommends the sale Of $500
100000 per cent. bonds. and favors
the income tax plan to increase the
revenue.
The president has signed the joint
resolution for the protection of those
parties who have heretofore been al
lowed to make entries for lands with
in the former Mile Lacs lndain reser-
walton in Minnesota.
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EartIlUunke.

Huntington. Pa. Dec. 2G.-A very per-
ceptible shock of earthquake was felt
in this section this morning about i
o'clock. lasting only few seconds. and
apparently moving from southwest to
narthMest.
Bedford. Pa. Dec. 26.-Iteports from
various parts of this country indicate
that yesterdays earthquake lasted
eighteen or twenty seconds. In many
places houses were shaken to such an e1-
tent as to seriously alarm the in mates.
The shock appears to have Travelled in
a southeasterly direction, and was inost
perceptible to those persons living near
the mountains.
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Coleman Prote.t..

Washington. Dec. pa telegram has
been received at the war department
from Gen. D. C. Coleman of ST. Louis
protesting against the award of medal
of honor to Gen. Dennis l.. Kirby for
services at the battle of Chickamanga.
Gen. Coleman commanded the Eighth
Missouri volunteers, of which Kirby was
the major Gen. Coleman comedies Gen.
Kirby's bravery. but says that reward
for service on that occasion is due to
Capt. Neil rather than Gen. Kirby.
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Mcdncs.lux. Dec. 20.

The Murphy ho,Iicidc ease. where
Banker Murphy of Reynolds; shot and
killed Link, IL painter who assaulted
Forks.
Mrs Maly Winfield Bush died at
jamestown after three months illness
valvular disease of the heart. She
has resided in Jamestown since 1880.
Receiver kinter Of Lloyds suspended
state bank at LaMoure, says that with
i tweleve buShel crop next year the
bank would certainly pay 100 cents ON
the dollar.
-uoo oVl 5u!.MouH ul!M po5Luuo S! UlLoJ
-stl!GD ..iLpss3ooU uo!lolLasop .I!olIl
ditiOn of the horse sold to Farley, but
will maintain Il vigorous defense to
this assertion.
William Farley, Il farmer living near
Spiritwood has brought suit against
Richard G:insforth to recover the sum
Of $1,000 damages which he alleges to
have sustained by the purchase of some
stock from the defendant 1t is claim
ed that Il few months after the pur-
chase the animal was afflicted with
glanders. and that the disease affected
other horses owned by Farley, making
Senator Palmer says in the Devils
Lake Free Press that he has never
known the Indians on the Fort Tot
ten reservation to be as hard up as
they are at the present time. They
have absolutely nothing to eat or wear.
and unless the government comes to
their aid they will actually starvc. A
statement as to their condition has
been rendered to the interior depart
mcnt asking an immediate invcstiga-
tinn
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M LANCER Arxres.ixs.

Grand Rapids, Mich. Dec. 26.-John
Wundergen shot and killed John Eick-
man of this city. For some time Flick
man has been paying attention to Wun-
dergen's young wife. Wundergen inter-
posed an objection. whereupon Hickman
announced thar he would kill the entire
family. Immediately after supper he ap-
peared with double-baryelcd shotgun
ana tried to force the front door of
Wundergen's house. Failing in this, he
went around to the kitchen and smashed
in the door. Wundergen stood in the
room with Il shotgun, and as the door
swung open fired the entire charge into
Eickman's neck.
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Kansas City, Dec. 26.-The committee
authorized TO make arrangements for the
forthcoming meeting Of winter wheat
millcrs of the Southwest at Kansas City.
Jan. %, has completed the programme
for what will probably be the biggest
millcrs' meeting held in America for
years. The millers west of the Missis-
sirpi river will discuss among other i'm
portant matters. the formation of an or
ganization to include all the millers of the
entire West and Southwest for the
avowed purpose of inducing congress to
modify the existing MexicanAmerican
tariff laws
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Cleveland. Ohio. Dec. 26.-Chauncey
II. Andrews. one of the leading citizens
of Youngstown. Ohio, died, aged seventy.
For years he had taken leading part in
building up the business of Mahoning
valley, and he accumulated fortune in
developing the coal lands. building rail
ways and establishing manufacturing
plants in that section. He was also
largely interested in the banking insti-
tutions Of Youngstown. Mr.. Andrews
leaves widow and two daughters. one
of whom is the wife Of John A. Logan,
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Louis d San Francisco.
,l,1nls An I'm SlfcIf

Parsons. Kan, Dee. 2G.-Anothcr and
the boldcst train robbery ever pcrpetratcd
has been recorded in the Indian Terri
tory. The robbery occurred at Seminole, a
small station on the Kansas Il Arkansas
Valley, which is division of the Mis-
souri, Pacific The train robbed was No.
232, a train bound for Little Rock. Ark.
Eight men corrallrd the trainmen and
went through the express and mail ears
and then robbed every passenger, securing
Il large sum.
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Cannot Fight.

Jacksonville. Fla, Dec. 26.-It is stated
here officially that Gov. Mitchell will
not allow the prize fight between Corbrtt
and Mitchell to come off anywhere il. the
State Of Florida. The governors words
are said to be as follows: This fight
shall not come off in Jacksonville or any
where else in Florida. have the power
to stop it, and will stop ii if live to
exercise my authority when the proper
time cOmes."
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I,v.Ix sh,ot,nu Arr,~

l'rimbe. Ohio, Dec. 2G-Near Glouces-
ter, Athens county. at IL low dance of
whites and negroes Frank James, colored,
broke into the dance house and with
revolver began firing ut the crowd. Sew
eral of the company returned the fire
from pistols The result was that Jake
Harris, Il by-standcr was shot dead and
Andrew Loveland was shot nortally
through the lungs. James. the starter of
the riot, was mortally shot in the chest.
Eight participants have been arrested
and lynching ON a large scale is a possi
hility
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Fate of SANTA Fe.

Little Rcrk, Ark, Dee. 26.-Thc cx-
pcctcd in the railroad world has hap
p,l,d. Tie Atrhison, Topeka d Santa
Fc and tha ST louis a San Francisco
railroads nd brrches, comprising tfo
Santa Fee system. have been placed in the
f9lds of three rec '',crs, the order being
nadc by United States Circuit Judge
Caldwell in chambers in this city. The
aIplication was made by the Union Trust
Company of New York, trustee. for tn.
Lcntholdrrs of the Santa Fe, and the
Mercantile Trust Company of New York,
trustees for the bondhodcrs of the st.
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Mncveaah Pleased.

Wayne MacNeagh of Pennsylvania. who
is in this city, said that the president of
the United States could not have placed
him in position more to his liking than
the Italian mission. And 1 am much
gratifed," he added, '.and highly fattered
at the prompt confirmation of my appoint
ment. l shall remain in Florida about
two weeks, and start for Rome in Feb
ruary.
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THROUGH OUT TIE STATE
INTERESTING NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE STATE.
A Condemned Record of the lmpor-
tant happenings of the Week In
North Dakota, Arranged for Rapid
Reading.

The North Dakota Agricultural Col
lcge is the farmer boys school. The
course OF study tends to make them
better farmers and should he the choice
of all desiring practical education in
the line of their chosen work. Special
attention will he given to dailyins,
feeding and caro- of live stock.
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sunday, Dec. -

Fargoitcs arc discussing tho advis.
ability of having Il painting of the fire
for the drop curtain in the new opera
house.
The high school cmbroglio ut Devils
Lake, resulting from foolish letter
written by Il Schoolma'am 10 Il married
man, wa> settled by the resignation of
the teacher.
Mai. Fleming says they now take
out 2oO tons of coal Il day at the I.r-
high Valley mine and are making an
rangcmcnts to raise the output to 400
tons Il day.
Dickey county commissioners have
been notified to meet at the auditors
office On the 18th to prepare Il list Of
grand jurors to meet January 3Oth, at
special term of court for the purpose
of investigating the Barrett case.
Judge Thomas. of the United States
court. handed down II decision dismiss
ing the habcas corpus proceedings in
the case of Emil j. tcppc of Walsh
county. charged with Il violation of the
prohibition law. The argument in IA
vor of the labras corpus was mainly
based on the claim that the title did
not express all the law contained and
the legislature had also usurpcd the
power Of the courts in some of the pro-
visions of the case.
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Naval Battle I'm Braxi,.

Pernambuco, Dec 26.-The first big
naval battle between the Republica, Ad-
miral Melio's best warship. aud the Aqui-
daban. her companion rebel ship. on the
one side. and the Nictheroy, President
Peixoto's dynamite gun cruiser, on the
other. will take place in few days.
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Old ACCOUNT Against Meyer

Portland. Ind. Dec. 2G.-An agent of
the State of New York was at Decatur,
the old home of DIR. Meyer, the alleged
poisoser. Thursday, looking up evidence.
Meyer lived there seven years, and it is
now claimed that Il woman who died
under his attendance while prac,icins
there, was poisoned.
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a city Marshal Depo,..,.

lankt"n. $. d., Dec. 26.--After being
in session two days to try City Marshal
Seibert on charges preferred by Mayor
Power'. the council found him guilty and
removed him from Office. lie was charged
with drunkenness and retaining hush
money and general Incompetence
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\. j, Small. agent of the Big -Four
Railroad ut KesSlers. o.. has been ar
rested, Il shortage in his accounts being

\. j, Small. agent of the Big -Four
Railroad ut KeSSlerS. o.. has been ar
rested. Il shortage in his accounts being
alleged
Chris Hanson. wanted i'll Poplar, Ia.
for robbing registered mail While as.
sistant postmaster, has been arrested
in California.
Mrs. Sutherland, the divorced wife
eide ut Albuquerque, n NJ. by cutting
her throat.
Hunter Wilson, Il StOckman in BaX-
ter County, Ark, was murdered and
his wife fatally wounded by robbers
Who secured $1,000.
Out of work and dcspondcnt, Henry
Weber, Il New York tailor. hanged him
self in sight of three motherless child
ren.
Burglars blew off the front of the
safe in the OskalooSa. Ia. post-office
and Still failed to gain access to its
contents.
]. NJ. Piggott, night operator at the
Jacksonville Southeastern depot at Ha-
vana. ILL.,, was assaulted and robbed by
trampS.
The four train rObberS-Wallace,
Dalton. Sheldon and Brunson-were
sentenced ut Galveston. Tex. to thir-
ty-tive years imprisonment each.
Michael Roach. Il young farmer liv-
ing near Huntington, Ind, was shot by
some one in ambush. supposed to be Il
jealous rival Roach will recover.
Twenty-cight indictments were found
at Dubuque against Van Leuvcn, ac-
cuscd of pension frauds, and two medi-
cal examiners We're indicted with him.
Walter Shannon and Mrs. Ann Dav-
| is, negroes. were found dead in Bristol,
| Tenn. There was bullet hole in the
head of each. Matthew Davis. hus-
band Of the woman is suspected.
John Roller, Il miner, is under arrest
at Breckenridge. Colo, charged with
having attempted to assassinate Banker
Engle Monday by throwing bomb into
| his bedroom.
John Costello. II brother of "Buffa-
10" Costello. the pugilist. and Joseph
Higgins, and Frank Stone go to prison
for a year each at Buffalo. n. ". for
assaulting Il policeman and resisting
| arrest
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Dcnth of Mrs. Mnr.hu,l,

st. Paul, Dec. @.-AIrs. Abby Lang
foid Marshall. wife of "x-Gov. William
II. Marshall, died Saturday morning at
ler II sidrnce, corner of Muckubin street
ana Marshall avenue. The announcement
OF her death came as 4 sudden shock to
her many ST Paul friends, who had not
beer aware that she was SO seriously ill.,
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Police .tcu IA Scrap.

West Superior, Wis. Dec. 26.-Tom
Gleason Of jamestown, y. d.. and Billy
Daniels of R!linelandcr. Wis, fought
twelve rounds at the Gem last night,
when the police separated them and the
fight was declared ii draw. 1t was the
hottest contest seen in Superior. for a
long time
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Kidnapped,

Chicago. Dee. 2G.-llclry B. Shields,
of Coleman, Shields Il Co.. ircn manu-
facturrrs Of Niles, Ohio. and manager of
the Girard furnace at Girar'l, Ohio was
arrested charged with kidnapping Il. NJ.
Byrrs of ttSbnrg. Pa, a lit mhrr of the
wealthy iron manufacturing firm of \.
NJ. Bycrs Il Co of that city. The war-
rant was sworn ont by Mrs. Byers.
Shields arrived in the city and registered
at the Hotel Grace under the name of j.
Il. Perry, Boston. Ohio. Th" arrest was
made 80 quietly that no one about the
hotel knew it. The prisoner was taken
bcfor" Justice Murphy and admitted to
bail in the sum of S1O.MO. Byers dis
appeared eight months ago, and was once
found in st. Paul. but has again disap-
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Minneapolis, De-. 2G.-fire broke ont
in the bakery of the Minneapolis Baking
c.n I;1y, 2iO4 and 2G6 Lvndale avenue
sci th, and the building was gu,ted loss,
S11 $40
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Unfortunate Events.

Nine bodies have been recovered
from the Louisville bridge wreck.
Melville Runyan, a farmer. was
struck by an Eric passenger train and
instantly Killed at Mansfield, ..
Frank Frederick, miner, tried to
walk across from Tower to Biwabik,
Mimi, and was frozen to death.
A man supposed to be Mr.. Trainer,
Dorchester, ILL.,, was killed by passen-
ger train near Bunker Hill, Ill.
The schooner Oracle, Of Albert0n,
Prince Edwards Island, went down of
st. Pierre with all hands.
John L. Joplin, an inmate Of the In
sane asylum at Cleveland, o.. fell from
a second story window and was in
stantly killed.
Simon Eitzer of st. Louis, was killed
while trying to board a Baltimore Il
Ohio Southwestern freight train near
Sandoval.
A bomb aimed to enter the State Tx
change Bank at Breckinbridge, Col,
exploded on the sidewalk in front OF
the building, doing considerable dam
age.
A. j. NlcuOlS, EcheIal SupeliulSAucAl
Of the Little Rock, Mississippi River &
Northern railroad, was struck by an
engine and instantly killed at Pine
Bluff, Ark.
An elevator in an annex to Marshall
Fields store at Chicago fell five stories.
The elevator contained dozen persons.
No one was injured, but all were badly
shaken up.
A fire occurred at Braddock, Pa,
in which woman and a five-ycar-old
boy were fatally burned, and an eight
months old baby badly burned. The
fire was in the house of Charles Streke,
Hungarian on Thirteenth street.
The residence of John Andrews at
st. Joseph, Mo-, was burned recently.
Mrs. Jane Pistole, his mother-in-law,
was in the top story Of the building
and was carried down ladder While
so doing her clothing caught fire and
she was burned to death.
The three -maste1 schooner Lizzie H.,
of Boston, was discovered by the crew
Of the Cold Springs Life Saving station
abandoned and disabled at Mecray' S
shoal, eight miles southeast OF the sta
ton. 1t is thought she was abandoned
Friday night.
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Did They Cause the Wreck

Wikesbarre. Pa. Dec. 26.-Seven of
the operators of the Lehigh Valley rail-
read have been arrested at White Haven,
charged with being the cause of the
wreck ut that place during the strike,
which cost the company S1I0,OOO. Five
of the seven are brotherhood men.