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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-11
DOCTOR Accused Of Murder.

DENVER, Col, June 5.-Dr. Lewis f.
Preston was arrested to day on war
rant charging him with the murder of
David Prank, a cigarmaker from
Brooklyn, N. Y. DR.. Preston is con-
sumptive specialist. 1t is said that
his method of treatment is to run a
trochar, or hollow needle, through
the walls of the chest and introduce
an electric wire into the lungs Prank
died under the treatment. The doctor
sent a certificate to the health depart
ment giving consumption and weak
ness of the heart as the cause OF death.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-11
A FRENZIED NEGRO.

One Woman Dead, Another Dying, q
Third Wounded.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June 5. -Thomas
Clark. jealous negro, in a murderous
frenzy, killed one woman instantly,
fatally wounded another and badly
wounded third, at the home of Mrs.
Mary Robinson, negress, at SIS
Brooklyn avenue, last night. His vic
Tins are: Mrs. Lizzie Hatch, colored,
aged "a. Shot through the heart.
Dead. Miss Lizzie Williamson, col
ored, agel 10, her daughter Shot
three times in the body. Cannot re-
cover. Mrs. Mary Robinson, colored,
aged so. Shot in the right ankle.
Several bones broken.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-11
s.7oo strikers Discharged.

PITTsBURe, Pa, June 5.-This was
pay day at Jones g. Laughlin's, and
as each man was paid he was told the
mill would start Monday and was
asked if he intended to report. Every
man said "No!" unless their demands
were granted, and all were discharged.
There are now 3,700 men on strike,
and trouble is feared when an attempt
is made to start with non-union men
Monday
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-11
An End to BRUTAL Racing. &"

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, June 5.-The
Shannon bill to prevens long contin-
ued and brutal bicycle racing" was
passed in the Senate. The bill had
previously gone through the House
and will receive Governor Tanners
signature. The bill was introduced
shortly after the six days bicycle race
in Chicago, during which ono of the
contestants became insane from inces-
SAINT riding. The new law makes
twelve hours continuous riding the
limit allowed.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-11
NO PARDON FOR COLEAN.
Leedy Suspects the Fort Scott Defaulter
of Having Hidden Stealings

TOPEKA, Kan, June 5. j. r. Colean
was cashier of the bank of Fort Scott,
and when he was found $4,000 short
in his accounts he claimed he had lost
the money in wheat speculation, and
in 1896 was sentenced to five years in
the peniten tiary Yesterday delega-
tion of citizens came from Fort Scott
with petition for Coleans pardon.
Governor Leedy fatty refused to con-
slider it, saying it had been shown at
the trial that Colean had lost but SIS, 900
in speculation and that he suspected
the cashier Of having hidden over $780,
OOo The governor thought $4,000 a
year fair salary for serving time in
the penltenteary.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-11
Tur Blown to Atoms

CHICAGO, June 5.--The tug An
drew II. Green was blown to atoms
at i:45 o'clock this morning by the eX-
plosion of her boiler. No trace of any
of the crew can be found, and there
seems to be no doubt that all on board
the Inflated vessel lost their lives
Five men are known to have been on
hoard
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-11

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, June 5.-Will-
lam F. Clark, ST., supposed to be the
newspaper worker and editor of long
est continuous service in the country,
is dead. He had been identified with
the press since his fourteenth year
and was So years old. His house at
Mercer, Pa, was formerly station
on the underground railway"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-11
REV. J. D. KNOX ACQUITTED
The Preacher Banker Found Not Guilty
of Charges Against Him.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, June 5.-The eccle-
siastical trial of Rev. John d. Knox of
Topeka, Kan, on charges of hypocrisy
and fraud, was concluded here last
night and resulted in acquittal. Mr..
Knox appears to have been sustained
on every point which he set up in his
defense. The finding Of the Manhat-
tan trial WIS declared to be unjust.
He will return to Topeka at once and
make strong fight for appointment
as consul to Me xico.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-11

WASHINGTON, June 3.-The president
to-day sent the following nominations
to the Senate: Interior, Miguel A.
Otero, to be governor of New Mexico;
George H. Wallace, secretary of New
Mexico; William NJ. Jenkins, secretary
of Oklahoma territory.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-11
VIII Pay suicide claims.

DUBUQUE, Iowa, June 5.-The most
important action of the Modern Wood
men to-day was the decision to pay sui
eide claims if death does not occur
than three years after date of certiti-
cate. The next head camp was fixed
for the first Tuesday in June, 1899, at
Kansas CitV
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-11
Watson RuddY Dead.

CHICAGO, Juno 5.-Watson Rudy,
the wealthy horse owner, whose col
ors, white with a green harp" are
well known on race tracks throughout
the West, died to-day of typhoid pneu-
monia after two weeks illness
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-11
Iudre Boeker OF sedalIa Dead.

SEDALIA, Mo-, June 5.-Judge Will
lam Booker died of dropsy last night
at his home near Smithton. aged II
years. Judge Booker was one of the
pioneers of Pettis county, having re-
sided near Smithton for the past fifty
two wears
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-11
Fought with Axes.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, June 5.-A most
horrible double tragedy was enacted
in the woods four miles from Cabot, a
small town in Pulaski county, yester-
day, the parties in the affair being
prominent citizens of that locality.
C. G. Barrentine and John Brown
fought TO finish with axes, and the
fight lasted until both men had re-
ceived their death wounds.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-11
TWO FIGHTS ENDED.
#. NJ. Atkinson and Nat Barnes Made
Postmasters.

WASHINGTON, June 5.-The Presi-
dent settled two long and somewhat
bitter postoffice fights by sending to
the Senate the nomination of Ma
thaniel Barnes, to be postmaster at
Kansas City, Kan, and the nomination
of Frank M. Atkinson, to be postmas-
ter at st. Joseph, Mo.
There will be a fight against the
confirmation of Atkinson, but it is not
likely to be successful. Atkinson was
backed by John L. Bttinger and Ma
tional Committeeman Kerens, while
John Albus was the candidate of eX-
Congressman Crowther and Chauncey
|. Filley.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-11
Died for a pie-wagon Man.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, June 5.-A young
woman who seems to have been in love
with the driver of a Cleveland pie
wagon died in lodging house here to-
day from chloroform poisoning. She
was known to the landlady as Mrs.
Viola Koch
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-11
Mount vosuvIus In Eruption.

LONDON, June S. "A special dispatch
from Naples says Mount Vesuvius is
in eruption. An area of 1000 yards
long by 500 wide is covered with lava,
and it is dangerous to approach within
400 yards Of the principal crater.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-11
germany. pm Against oieo Passed.

BERLIN, June 4.-The bundersrath,
to-day agreed to the oleomargarine
and emigration bills as they were
passed By the reichstag.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-11
MIR. Br,an Lecture. in To, onto.

TcRoSTo, Can, June 5.-W. j. Bryan
lectured to an immense audience in
the Massey music hall last night.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-01
Saved by One Chance In Ten Million.

Tho accidents that astonish railroad
men are those that happen without hurt
ing anybody. Such a mishap occurred
to the Lake Shore flier from Cleveland
coming into Chicago one Saturday
morning. A steel tiro slipped from one
Of the driving wheels Of the engine
with the train going Mt full speed. This
was extraordinary, but that it should
slip of the wheel over the connecting
rod and fall clear of the track instead
of wrecking the train was simply mirac-
ulous.
Tho driving wheel rcvolvee, say, four
times every second, covering that same
second 80 feet Of the rail. Fracture the
tire with its deep inner fiange, made to
keep it on the rail. and try, with that
big connecting rod rising and falling
two feet every quarter Of second and
the broken tire rolling so feet every Sec
ond, to make the tire fall of the wheel
and over the connecting rod so it shall
drop clear Of the wheel, the rod, the
rail and the train.
This could not happen once in TO-.
900, 900 times. Yet on tho Lake Shore
flier coming into Chicago it did that
very thing. and the passengers, instead
of being smashed up in q wreck, mar
veled over the remarkable occurrence. -
Chicago Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-01
Appointed Assistant Secretary
of War.
OTHER NOMINATIONS MADE
The Supreme Court Consoli-
dation Bill Advancing.
Springfield Substitute Finally
Prevails.

Washington. April 1.-Col. Fred
Grant Was this morning offered the
position Of assistant secretary o!
war ond has the offer under consid-
GRAFTON. The president sent to the
senate the following nominations:
Andrew d. White, New York, am.
bassador to Germany; William F.
Draper. Massachusetts,, ambassador
to Italy; Benjamin Butterworth,
Ohio, commissioner Of patents; Oil.
YER L. Spaulding, Michigan. and
William B. Howell, New Jersey, ss.
sistant secretaries Of the treasury,
both customs experts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-01

John" said Mrs. Smythe, with an
anxious touch in her voice, II am wor.
ried to death about Gladys. You know
the child is not 10, and the way she is
beginning to lace is dreadful. Every
chance that comes she draws in the stays
and makes a tiny waist for herself that
I could put my two hands around. "
"what did you say to her about it!''
asked Gladys papa, yawning.
"Say to her? Why, I told her that
she was injuring her constitution, do
forming her figure, laying up lifelong
misery and probable surgical treatment
and everything I could think Of"
Gladys papa laughed "You went
about it the wrong way, my dear" he
remarked. "Just leave ont all that
about deformity and constitution and
surgery, etc, and tell her that she is
growing red nose. That will fetch her.
See IL it doesn't ''-Philadelphia Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-01
MARY ANN ANGELL'S SUIT.
Testimony in tho Case OF tho Woma,
Claiming To Be Jay Gould's Widow.

Testimony in tho Case of the Woman
Claiming To BE Jay Gould's Widow.
New York. April 1.-The deposition of
John w. Champlin. formerly chief JUS
tice of the supreme court OF Michigan,
taken by the defendants before a referee
in Mary Ann Angels action for the
admeasurement OF dover in the estate
Of Jay Gould, was filed yesterday. Mrs.
Angel claims to have been married to
Jay Gould in the early SOS, while she
was living in the town of Champlin.
on the Canada frontier Of this state.
Her story is that young Gould was
engaged in surveying. and after he left
the region, never to return, the claim
ant, supposing him dead, married an
other. Judge Champlin testified that
in the years 1852, 1853 and 1854 he taught
school In Delaware county in this state
and was intimate with Jay Gould, who
was then apparently a youth Of II.
He knew Gould's father. his sisters
and his half-brother. Twenty-four let
ters were produced by the witness writ
ten by Jay Gould to him. dated at Al
bany. Roxbury and Stamford. in Della
ware county, from which the Inference
may be drawn that during the period
covered by the correspondence young
Gould did not sojourn for any length
of time in Clinton county. 200 miles
| north Of Albany.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-01
WOULD RAISE THEIR SALARIES.
Bill introduced in the Illinois Senate 70
State Onicers' Benefit.

BIZ Introduced in the Illinois Senate for
State Omcers' Benefit.
Springfield. April LIN the senate q
bill was introduced to raise the salaries
Of state officers as follows: Governor,
SO, 900; lieutenant governor. $1,000; Sec
retary Of state. 5000; auditor. $1,000:
superintendent Of public instruction, $5,-
900; attorney general, 5000: adjutant
general, g, 500; treasurer, $4,000. The
supreme court bill was amended 30 as
give Springfield the court. Bills were
passed: Authorizing trustee in trust
deed to release mortgage on margin of
record; providing that a husband may
ask in a bill for divorce that the wife
resume her maiden name, or some name
other than her husbands; providing
that a certified copy Of the receipts Of
internal revenue collector shall be pri-
ma facie evidence in q case for violation
Of the dram shop act: authorizing the
st. Louis Bridge company to operate a
street railway over the bridge and to
and through adjacent towns; raising
the age until which children may re-
main in the soldiers and orphans home
at Normal from IA to 16 years: making
It an offense to knowingly use any false
weight or measure.
In the house the Humphreys street
railway bills were postponed until April
s. The judicial apportionment bill was
ordered to third reading. Bills were
passed: Reclassifying the demands to
be made against the estate of adeceased
person: to legalize the judicial proceed
ings OF the March term, 1856 to 1887,
Of the Clay county circuit court.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-01
MISSISSIPPI IS A BIG LAKE.
River Knocks Out the seientists and Inun-
dates 1000 Square Miles.

0Ivof A0ook8 Out the SC1e0t18bo anu mum
dates 1000 square Miles.
Greenville. Miss, April From all
present indications this section Of the
Country has been selected by all-wise
waters of the great river are tumbling
surcharged Mississippi river. Through
three large breeches in the levee within
q distance Of 100 miles the mad muddy
waters Of theg reat river are tumbling
over the remnants Of levees and spread
ing devastation over some Of the fairest
counties in the state Of Mississippi This
year the Father Of Waters has estab-
lished q precedent for himself. Not only
Is the river higher than 1t has been foE
years. but contrary to all human theo-
ries and boasted science, instead OF
breaking through its banks on the west
ern side It has selected openings In the
eastern bank. Scientists and learned
men in former years asserted quite bold
ly that all Che great crevasses would
occur on the western bank Of the river
giving the rotation Of the earth as the
foundation Of their theories.
This year the river, deriding theories
as well as the feeble barriers opposed te
its might, opened for it's surplus waters
three wide gaps, one-the first-at Lee
Lake: the second at the Sledge place
eighty miles north Of here. and the last
at Stopp's Landing. eighty miles above
Greenville. The plantations which are
inundated up to the present time by the
crevasse in. Lee lake levee are Deerdeld
Refuge, Hollywood, Swift Water. GleI
Mary. Belmont, Hartford and La
Grange-all very extensive tracts oi
rich land and under high state Of cult.
walton. The principal loss up to the
present time has been the drowning Of
stock, the Deerfleld and Glen MARI
places suffering heavily in this respect
The total land likely to be overdowet
Is 1000 square miles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-01
1hs United Prsss is rhroush.

New York, April 1.-The following
notice has been issued by the as
signee Of the United Press: ITO
whom II may concern: The news
service Of the United Press has been
discontinued after the night of April
z. or about 2 o'clock in the morning
Of April 8. No news dispatches will
be received from correspondents, re-
porters or news agencies. or paid for.
and the service Of all employees will
be dispensed with after that time.
(Signed.) F. G. MASON, Assignee"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-01
Legislation for Wisconsin.

Madison. Wis. April 1.-Two impor-
tant measures were advanced in the
legislature yesterday. The senate or
dered the wylie anti-pool-selling bill
to a third reading without a word of
debate. and the assembly ordered the
Davidson substitute express bill en-
crossed after something OF a fight. Da-
wilson's bill compels the express COM
panies to pay a license for maintaining
ofYices in cities and imposes fines fol
violation of the law. The assembly
passed twelve bills and killed five. The
senate passed three bills and killed SIX
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-01
fhe saprens Coart Conaolidatlop.

Springfield, April LIN the SEN
ate the bill for the consolidation OF
the supreme court at springfield
passed without . dissenting vote.
Torren's land title bill also passed.
Also Q bill for the consolidation OF
the townships In Cook county under
one township organization. In the
house the action Of the senate amend
ing the supreme court consolidation
bill by locating the court at Spring
field was concurred in.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-01
FOOD AND MEDICINE SCARCE.

Not Half Enough Conans to Bury the VIC
tims-The Casualty Roll.
Food Is scarce and there are not half
enough collins to bury the dead, and
practically all the towns supply Of
medicine has been destroyed. A list OF
the dead follows: Attorney John Daw-
son. E. R. Demoff, Emma Dressinger.
unknown woman; child (burned to death
by being pinned down by wreck of Lin
coin bank), Mrs. Tom Smith, Mrs
Philip johnson and child. Mrs. DR.. L.
Lee. A. W. Kellar and wife, unknown
man, three unknown children (burned
to death), Mrs. Mitchell, James Wood
yard and wife (of Edorado, Kan.), Mrs
Demment, H. Remar, D. F. Johnson
Emma Rittenstein; Mrs. F. G. johnson,
babe and little boy.
Fatally injured: woodward girl. DR.
L. Lee. Arthur Jewett, Peggie Johnson
Mrs. Mccall, D. c. Gooding. Mollie
Ulam, Andrew Asher and wife. Sidney
Kennon, D. c. johnson and wife, Will
lam Tilghman. George Hefendon.
Badly injured: Mrs. Emery Foster
and baby. the mothers leg broken; Mrs
Cullom. Mrs. ]. D. Dumleyn, Maggie
Reeves, Chandler Reeves, Arch Shep.
ard; Alec Bishop. leg broken; Mrs. Co.
burn, G. c.. Niblack, F. A. Niblack
bruised: John Mccartney, Ulam girls
Sam Hfghtower, McElhany family;
Woodward boy, arm broken; w. D. He
rod, arm broken; DR.. Walcott, eye tor
out; S. D. Decker bruised; Tom Wilson
Wilson child; P. S. Hoffman, arm
crushed; NJ. w. Sawyer. c. D. Day
Mrs. Frank McGraw, Matte Reeves
Mrs. Sarah Gillespie, George Henrick'
son. Dozens of others received injurie:
| more or less serious.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-01
Famous King Or.

Og. the famous king Of Bashan. mem
toned in Deuteronomy, had bedstead
0 cubits long. or about 161< feet. 1t ID
doubtful whether Og himself was Of the
full length Of his bedstead. Many bones
Of reputed giants have been found in
different countries Of the world, and un-
informed people hastily concluded that
tho men to whom these bones were sup.
posed to have belonged must have been
from Is to 80 feet in height All such
remains have been proved to be those Of
the Rigantic animals existing in for
mer era Of the worlds history.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-01
Latter Day Saints to Meet.

Lamont, Ia, April 1.-The conference
of the Reorganized Church Of Latter
Day Saints will meet here the 9Th of
April and continue until about the 18th.
majority Of the apostles have been in
session for several days, and a number
of prominent officials and churchmen
have already arrived.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-01

Why have we memory sufncient to
retain the minutest circumstances that
have happened 70 rs and yet not enough
to remember how often we have related
them to the same person?-La Roche
foucauld
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-01

40 Cure . Gold in One Day
Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets. All druggists refund thu
money II it fails to cure. IS cents
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-01
The Bicycle Score.

Washington, April ::1.-Noon bi-
cycle score: Schoch, 1908 miles;
Lawssn, 1,101; Albert, 1,064; Golden,
1,016; Cassidy, 972; Revere. 793.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-01
HORRIBLE SCENE IN IT'S WAKE.
Tho Storm Leaves q Tangled Mass Of Dealt
Wounds and Wrecked Homes.

Thc storm Leaves Tangled Mass Of Death,
Wounds and Wrecked Homes.
Passing on to the residence district the
cyclone toppled over dwelling after
dwelling. turned houses on their tops
and made the streets unacceptable,
piling them high with debris. A two
days old baby was carried four blocks
and not injured. while the mother was
crushed In her bed. The trail the storm
left was one Of wreck and ruin most
complete. When an effort to send for
aid was made it was found that all
communication with the outside world
had been cut of, the telephone Office
being among the buildings destroyed.
1t was several hours before communica-
ton with Guthrie was secured. A brief
idea of the nature of the devastation
wrought, together with an appeal tor
aid. had been sent the neighboring city,
when the wires snapped and Chandler
was again shut of. In the meantime.