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LIVES LOST IN A WRECK.
Disaster on the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad In Indiana.


Railroad In Indiana.
The Louisville and Nashville limited train
southbound from Chicago was wrecked at
80 In the morning at point one mile
south OF Hazelton, Ind. Five men were
killed and two seriously injured.
Tho accident was the result of the hea7y
rains in Southern Indiana since Saturday
The White River. near Hazelton, overfowed,
and the backwater washed out the track OF
the Terre Haute. Trains were running on
slow orders, rs the roadbed was known to
be In bad condition.
When the "Cannon Ball. train reached the
fill The embankment suddenly gave way, and
the engine and baggage car and q part OF
the smoker dropped into about six feet OF
water.
The engine turned over, but the baggage
car remained upright. The smoker hung ovor
ike end of tho track. The sleeper remained
on the track.
Engineer John McCutchan escaped deach
by Jumping, but his fireman, Boleman, was
caught in the cab and drowned. Conductor
Sears and Herbert Allen, head ianitor OF
the Indiana State House, were also killed.
They were In the smoker with Brakeman
Haursen, who was near the door. When the
baggage CO. went down the jar threw him
against the seat, injuring one OF his legs. He
crswled out OF the door and swan con-
siderable distance TO reach land.
Two unknown men In the smoker we're
also killed.
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4 NATIONS LAWMAKERS.
representatives Cannon and Sayers
Review the Work Of Congress,
INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES.

Rules of the House and Courtesy of the
Senate Responsible for Keeping Ap-
preparations Above Legitimate De-
mands---Increase in Our Navy Also to
Blame-..CIai1ns and Recommendations.
WASHINGTON, D. C. (SpeciaD.-The Con-
xressional Record contains statement
made by the Chairman OF the House Com
nfttee on Appropriations, Mr.. Joseph q.
Cannon, Of Illinois, relative to the appro-
priaiions made by the Fifty-fourth Congress.
Mr. Cannon's statement is, in part, as ioi-
lows:
.sThe total appropriations Of the two ses-
lions Of this Congress aggregate 81 ,o4S. 49,
els53. The appropriations OF the Fifty
third Congress, which was Democratic ln
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KILLED FOR WITcHcRAFT.

A Woman in Indian Territory Shot on
That charge.
The particulars Of the cold-bloodeu mur-
der of a woman charged with being witch
at stonewall, Indian Territory, have just
been made public.
Mrs. Mary allchrist, daughter, OF JudSon
Collins, died and it was charged that her
death was caused by witchcraft. Lucy rae
tor. q woman OF the neighborhood, was
named as the witch whose magic spells na9
done the evil deed. Mr.. Gilchrist, HUSBAND
of the dead woman. and a friend. went TO tne
home of the woman and shot ner 70 oea.u'
Ali ore Indians. Gilchrist and his COM
nnnion were arrested by the tribal authori,,
ties, but soon released, not even being bound
over for trial.
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BLOWN UP IN A STREET CAR.
Six Persons Killed by an Explosion in Bos.
ton, Mass.

Six Persons Killed by an Explosion in Bos.
ton, Mass.
An explosion of gas which leaked from the
two great six-inch mains that cross the SUBJ
way at fremont and Boylston streets, Bos-
ton, Mass, killed six persons, injured two
probably fatally, and hurt nearly fifty other
persons, at II As o'clock Thursday morning.
A boom like that Of cannon was followed
bv a thick cloud Of smoke. and then flames
shot upward and blazed in the midst OF the
thoroughfares, where there Is more travel
than anywhere else in the city. Horses lay
dead on the pavements panic-stricSen pas
ssngers were endeavoring to escape with
their lives from the interior OF turning cars,
and fire engines were on the scene pouring
tons Of warer upon the flames. The glass IN
the buildings was shattered along fremont
street as far south as Lagrange street, and
north beyond the fremont Theatre. east to
Washington street, and west almost TO Park
SQUARE. The list Of dead follows: The Rev.
W. A. Start, bursar Of Tufts College; T.. B.
Bizelor, conductor; Miss A. Matilda Bates;
William Z. Vinal secretary; Benjamin
Downing. hack-driver. dead; D. h. sibley,
aarriage-driver, burned beyond recognition.
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BESIEGED TURKS RELIEVED.
Those Confined in Kandarnos Taken {
Cauea ON an italian Transport.

Those Confined in Kandamos Taken to
Cauea ON an italian Transport.
LONDON. England Especially. The Daily
News publishes dispatch from Canea say
ing that the Mussulmans who had been be-
sieged at Kaudamos and who have arrived at
Canea, were conveyed there on board the
Italian transport Trinacria. and that another
vessel Is expected to arrive shortly with more
refugees The force which relieved the be-
leaguered inhabitants of Kandamos also as
sisted 112 soldiers who were besieged in the
Spanish blockhouse.
The correspondent says the utmost credit
Is due to Sir A. Biliotti, the British Consul
at Canea, who managed the entire affair
personally. Without him the besleged people
could never have escaped. In the first
instance, he went alone to Kandamos after
conferrins with the Cretan leaders, who ex-
pressed doubt Of their ability to control
their followers. The place was surrounded
by 1000 Cretans, who kept up continuous
fusilIade. which sometimes was replied to by
light fire.
Consul Blllotti entered the town and re-
mained until nightfall, when, having be-
come convinced OF the absolute necessity Of
employing foreeof Europeans to effect the
release Of the beleagured ones, he returned
to Selino, from which place he started on his
return to Kandsmos before dawn with a
force OF $50 British. 100 French. 100 Aus
trians. $50 Russians, and IS Italians, with
four guns.
Upon arriving at Kandamos the troops re-
mained upon the outskirts, while the Consul
entered the town to arrange for the sortie.
Some delay occurred, owing to lack Of
beasts of burden. The Cretans had ceased
their firing and consented that the Moslem
soldiers should retain their arms, but when
the latter emerged and start was made for
Selino scene Of the widest confusion and
one of great danger took place.
The horde OF Cretan insurgents surround
ed the refugees and, wherever a gap oc-
Cured in the escort, would dash In and tear
their weapons from the Bashi Bazouks and
snatch the bundles which many of the
women and children carried. It was with
the utmost difficulty that the Moslems were
prevented from firing on the insurgents
and thus bringing about horrible slaugh-
ter. During the confusion one girl was xiii
mapped by the Cretans.
The insurgents followed the refugees,
pressing in upon their column, as far as
Spaniako, where there Is O gorge. which was
blocked by the escort after tho refugees had
passed. This prevented the Cretans from
advancing further.
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GREEK AGAINST MOSLEN.
Great Powers Of Europe Are Helping
the Turks.
FIERCE FIGHTING IN CRETE

The Greek Consul Mt Canea Forcibiy Re-
moved by Order of the Italian Conn.,
mandant---ForeiEn War Vessels Bom-
bard the Insurgents Posltions---Siege
of kandamos Raised by the Powers.
CANEA, Crete (SpeciaD. Cretan In
surgents attacked Fort Hierapetra on the re-
tusal of the Turkish garrison to surrender.
Thereupon the foreign war ships bomoarded
the insurgents positions and the latter were
forced to withdraw.
The Italian commandant here has ordered
the correspondents of Greek newspapers to
leave Canea, and they will, in case OF rs'
tusal, be forclbly transported henceto Certeo
on board torpedo boat. A similar notice
Of expulsion has been served upon all Greeks
remaining in Canea.
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Facts About Greece.

The kingdom has population of 2, 1S7, ,2Os.
About one-half OF the people are farmers
and shepherds
No part OF Greece is forty miles from the
sea nor ten from the hills.
The area of the country is about 24,977
square miles, or talf ths size Of Pennsyl-
vania.
About 7o, 900 OF the inhabitants speak the
Greek language only, and all but 20, 900 pro-
fess che Christian religion.
For purposes OF local government, Greece
Is divided into thirteen nom8rchies, under
officers called Nomarchs. r. has an excel
lent legal system, based upon the old
Rnnnan law
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sCycllng Notes.

FrsHkifs,!of the Brooklyn Bicycle Club,
rode 140e9 i1ee last year.
At tSsSH&isGingham Englsnd) bicycle
track ace11nHp4skions are to be provided for
$4,000 sps ~
There aS aS46a{Flbtx newspapers and peri
odicals dirSStty Scnrected with cycling In
the United Hingdom
1t Is estinatsl 1thS f6lly fifty per cent. OF
the application sl6& 1og patents With the
Government reiuke directly or indirectly to
the bicycle.
Experts estlmas TN per cent. Of the
whole population 8han twenty-five
per cent. Of all the y1 voters OF Con-
necticut ride bicycte
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OLDEST MAN ON EARTH.

He Has Just Died In Guadalajara, Mexico,
at the age of 154.
Jesus Campeche, Of Guadalajara, mexico.
thought to be the Oldest man on earth' dieo
on Friday, and. according to his affirmation
and other testimony, he was lA years old.
He said he was born in Spain in l742 and
came to this country when he was twenty
four years old. He was living with nus
great-great-grandson. and bad copies OF the
church register at Valladolid. Spain, snow
Ing the date Of his birth and baptism. Ac-
cording to these papers he was born Decem-
ber 12, 1742. He related incidents which &C.
Cured In the last century, showing that ne
had told the truth or had stored MS mlnu
we'll With the happenings of that time.
4 priest in the church which he ATTENDED,
who is now eighty-four years old, says ne
remembered Campeche as being an old man
when he was a little boy.
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TEMPERANCE
A MODERN FRErsoor.a.

MODERN FREG9ooTE3.
Mans life Is a warsare-'tis hard to with.
stand
The foes that assail US by sea and by land;
To meet their attacks let us wisely combine;
And pray without ceasing for succor divine;
And that We may not suffer shipwreck or
loss,
Let faith be our shield, and our standard the
cross.
The passion for drink, so degrading and
Has become for tie millions the mightiest
foe;
On life's stormy pillows this pirate pursues
The best laden vessels to plunder their crews,
Till. pillaged and wrecked, in mid-ocean
they sink,
The most helpless of beings, the victims OF
drink!
All Christians should ever this enemy fly ;
And, like true disciples, the flesh mortify-
Should fly what is sinful, and gladly abb
stain,
To conquer the demon, the goal to attain; :
Should fervently pray for assistance the
And fly ali indulgence degrading aud vile.
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MoRMoNs TARRED AND :EATHEREo.
Aggrievsd Woodsrnen Raid the Elders
Camp in Florida.

Argrievsd woodsmen Raid the Elders
Camp In Florida.
Six Mormon elders who have been proselyt-
ing about McClenny, Fla, for two months
past were seized the other night by a party
of incensed woodsmen, relieved OF part OF
their clothing, smeared with tar and feathers
and at the muzzle OF shot guns escorted to
the county line and told to go. One Of the
elders was badly wounded by a charge OF
buckshot fred as the party was leaving.
These elders had camp at Ten Mile Greek.
They had converted many women, and at
least ten families In the county had been
broken up by them. In one case mother
and four daughters left home to 90 with
them.
A mass meeting OF fifteen or twenty ag
grieved men was held, when It was decided
that the Mormons must leave. Fifteen wom-
en- found in the camp during the "crack-
ers" raid were sent to their several homes
with the threat that il they were found In
such quarters again hickory switches would
bo used.
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ALABAMA TRAIN ROBBERY.
a Gang Of Masked Men Secure $4,000
an Express Car.

a Gang Of Masked Men Secure $1,000 In
an Express Car.
Robbers halted the Louisville and Nash
Vile train near Calera, Ala, and made of
with about $4,000.
Two Of the robbers, carrying rifles, boarded
the engine Us the train pulled out Of Calera
and ordered the train stopped at the water
tank two miles north, where four other men
were waiting, all masked and armed with
rifles and pistols.
The bandits attempted to cut off the ex-
press car from the remainder of the train,
but failed. They then ordered the express
car door opened and threatenedto dynamite
1t. AS they carried thirty sticks OF dynamite
IN bags, the order was obeyed by Messenger
Gordon, and the safe vas robbed.
The money packages wore placed In the
bag which had contained the dynamite. The
dynamite was left beside the track, and the
gang took to the woods.
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NAMED AND CONFIRMED.
President Mckinley Formally Nom
mates His Cabinet.
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS OPENS.

Upon Receipt of the First Communication
Ffom the New Chief Magistrate the
Senate Went Into Executive Sessions"
Mark Hanna Sworn In---Floral Trib"
utes Given to the New Senators.
WASHINGTON. D. C. (SpeciaD.-The open
ing proceedings Of the first session OF the
Flfty-ffth Congress. were witnessed by a
very large assemblage OF spectators in the
galleries of the Senate Chamber. The Senate
was without the legislative partnership OF
the House Of Representatives.
The Republican side Of the Chamber looked
as though the contents Of conservatory had
been deposited in 1t. Flowers had been
placed on the desks Of numerous Senators
who had just taken the oath OF office, as we'll
as on that of Vice-President Hobart.
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NJ. Baraklis, the Greek Vioe-Consul, who
was ordered to leave Oanea by Commandant
Amoretti, under pain OF being treated as
prisoner, and who refused to submit except
to force, was taken of by an Italian steam
launch, with the dragoman Of the Consulate,
and placed on board a Greek warship.
troops and the insurgents at the outposts In
Akrotiri. Numbers were wounded and
brought to town.
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socIABrLITY AND SUCCESS.

A fellow must be sociabls to get along.
This is one OF the commonest excuses for bad
habits among young men. If he drinks to
excess on some occasion, II he stays out un-
reasonably late at night, or does anything
else for which he is properly chided by those
who naturally have an interest In him. the
first thing the young man pleads In se:f-de.
fense Is the necessity Of sociability. He must
be sociable to get on A moments sober re-
Election would show even him the foolish
ness of this excuse. What does he uEder-
stand by sociabllity2 He probably could
not define what he means by the term II be
were asked to do 80. Certainly, he would
utterly fail to demonstrate how the cultiva-
tton Of bad habits becomes contributory to
success in any worthy application of the
word. One Of the first fruits Of yielding to
temptation is the stimulation OF guile, and
the person who stoops to do mean and
shameful thing will not hesitateto lie to
cover his tracks, II he deems 1t convenient or
expedient to deceive those who question his
acts. We would say. continues the Catholic
American. to all young persons, whatever
their conditions or surroundings. begin your
, habits Of sociability at home, practice amia-
bility and cheerfuIness there, cIlti vate these
virtues first Of all for domestic use, and they
will serve you and promote your welfare In
q practical sense where 1t will do the most
good. But above all, do not be dishonest
with yourselves, false to your best friends
and disloyal to your own highest purposes
of life by masking the culture Of vicious and
dangerous habits under the specious plea OF
sociability. Misanthropy is a thousand
times better than that love OF companionshtp
which finds expression In dissolute acts.
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Four Men Killed by q Snowslide.

A heavy snowslide started from the noun
tain peak west Of the Morgan Mine, near
Park City, Utah, and struck one Oh tne lay
Mine hunk houses, which was shivered into
atoms. Nine men were sleeping in the house
at the time. Five were rescued alive about
an hour afterwards. Late in the afternoon
the dead bodies OF Nicholas Peffis. James
Keating and Nicholas Puffeto were reeov'
cred. Joseph yucca was the fourth victim.
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KENTUcKY'S NEW SENATOR.

Governor Bradley Names A. I. Wool to
Succeed Senator Blackburn.
Governor Bradley, OF Kentucky, has ap-
pointed Major A. T. Wood, Of Mount sterl-
ing, to succeed j. C. s. Blackburn as United
States Senator. With the appointment was
also given out the call OF an extra session OF
tho Legislature, to convene March IS, the
election Of a Senator being among the OBJ
iects named.
A. T. Wood has been Republican leader
in Kentucky for many years, and made the
race Tor Governor against John Young
Brown in 1880.
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FanatIcal Outbreak In Brazil.

A dispatch from Rio de Janeiro, by way OF
Paris. saws that a band OF fanatics, led by
Consslheiro, have killed Colonel Moreira
Caesar, three officers and 200 soldiers in
Rshia There Is much excitement In Rio
de Janelro, where the populace has plllayed
and burned the offices OF the two honarchist
papers.
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KEEP YOUR TOP COOL.

It Is reported OF Artemus Ward that he
once offered his flask Of whisky to the driver
Of the stage on which he was riding through
q mountainous section. The stage driver
refused the flask in most decided tones. Said
he:
"I don't drink; won't drink. don't like
to see anybody else drink. I am of the
opinion OF those mounta.ns-Seep your top
cool! They've got snow, and I've got brains;
that's all the difference.
There Is great deal OF wisdom in his re-
mark-"Keep your top COOL" Without q
sound brain man is not Of much use in the
world. Alcohol, whether in beer, cider,
wine, brandy or whisky, is foe of the brain;
and when 1t gets there infames it and rem
ders IL unfit for use. Be like the honest stage
driver and resolve to keep your top COOL"
Youths Temperance Banner.
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". C. T, c. WORK IN MEXICO.

Miss Frances E. Willard writes that Mrs.
Helen NJ. Stoddard, President of the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union OF Texas,
has been appointed National Organizer Of
the Worlds Woman's Christian Temperance
Union for Mexico as result Of her recent
trip to the City of Mexico. where, in confer
enee with the missionaries OF that country
extended plans were arranged for tntroduc-
.ng the ribbon movement into Mexico.
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Four in a Family Die of Measles.

All the children in the Palmer family OF
Tolu,a. ILL.,, have died from measles. Will
lam was taken sick with measles and DIED IN
iess Tban week. He was buried Friday,
February 27. The three other brothers were
stricken down with the measles few days
Inter. Edward died Friday morning. Thomas
died Friday night, and sllas, the youngest,
died Saturday. The three brothers were
buried Sunday.
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To Help Cuba's Wounded.

4 club has been formed in Buffalo, N. T.,
by pbyfcians, dental, surgeons, chemists,
and pharmacists to provide the army OF lib
Grafton In Cuba with the necessary rene lies
AMI surgi al appliances for the wounded.
About 100 men OF high standing In their pro-
fessions Joined the club.
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Father an. Sons Dieh Together.

Orlando Howe, OF Little Rock. ARK,
suarrsled with his wife and they decided to
separate. Being without money, Howe took
his twin sons, aged ten years, aud started to
walk TO Stillwell, Mo- A train struck the
fs.her ami two sons on n trestle near Oil
pbant, inst antly killing Howe and one son
and fatally woundinS the other boy.
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We MUST LIVE.

"There was an old lady" says Sir Wilfrid
Lawson, "whom knew in London couple
of years ago, who was guardian OF one OF
the large unions in the West OF London.
There came a man on the licensing day to
have his public house license renewed, and
this good lady came and said: Don't renew
the license, your Worships. The old women
from the workhouse where am guardian 20
over there and get drunk, and 1t causes q
deal OF evil; and the chairman said: We'll,
what have we to do with that? Do great
many go2' oh, yes the lady said "a great
many what does it matter to u.s. he said,
If hundreds go3 The man who comes for
the license must live" -.... -
Now we have the whole thing In nut
she'll. Men engaged In the LIQUOR business
say, "We must live" To all such we might
reply, as DR.. johnson did to the beggar who
urged the same plea, "We must live. I'VE
see no necessity at all for that" Ger
tainly the community would lose by the
death Of some people, but when did 1t ever
60 into mourning for the death OF rum
seller? The man who cannot live but by the
ruin Of others had better not live at all. It
Is a libel on the character OF God to suppose
that men cannot live Under His government
and support their families without continu-
ing to be knowingly and voluntarily acces-
sorry to the ruin Of their fellow-men.
If saloonists must live, better the COM
munity tax itself for their support than tax
Itself to support, as 1t now does, both the sa-
loonist and his victims.-National Temper
ance Advocate. a -.
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Stunned by a Meteor.

Farmers near New Msrtinsburg, Ohio, are
excited over the fall Of meteorite near that
burst before reaching the earth. Many per-
sons were stunned. and one farmer. Daniel
Leisure, was insensible for several hours.
Some pigs were struck by pieces OF the me-
teorite and killed.
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A nI,dret Runs for Mayor.

"Colonel Joe' Lefrel, the famous midget
OF Springfield, Ohio, has formally announced
his candidacy for the Republican nomination
for Mayor, and Is actively WORKING TO secuee
II. The "Colonsl" was once q City Council
man. He Is three feet ten inches hlgh,
weighs sixty pounds, and is forty-three years
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Inauguration Surplus to Go to Charity.
The Inaugural Committee at Washington
estimated total receipts weuld foot up about
$4,000 over and above expensss. The surplus
will probably be turned over to local char'
ties, as has heretofore bean done, ana tne
guarantee fund will be returned TO tne SUD-
Ghar
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ATHLETICS WITH AND WITHOUT ALCOHOL.

An ex-President of the Cambridge Uni
yersity Athletic Club. whoss letter appears
in the Temperance Chronicle, says:
, II am not now teetotaier. but very
strong advocate of temperance. When at
Cambridge. during my first year, when did
nv best times in long-distance racing, l
was total abstainer, and trained entirely
without alcohol During my last two years
Idrank alcohol occasionally and very mod
erately, chiefly In the form OF beer. claret.
aud sometimes port; but the stubborn fact
remains that 1 never beat or equaled the
times I accomplished In races, of very
severe bodily strain, when took no alcohol
In any shape or form. If I were to go In
training now for long race I should be
strongly inclined to do 1t entirely on water
las far as liquor is concernedD as Of yore."