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SOUTHERN NEWS.


gone to Norfolk. Va, to train.
Miss. Victoria Hansen, = patient IN
Incendiary attempts to burn Catholic
institutions At New Orleans have been
made
Constable Ramay was assaulted At
Natchez. Miss. by Adam Plummer, and
seriously shot his assailant.
A number OF baseballista are at Hot
Springs, Ark. preparing for the battle
on the diamond this season.
The steamer II. u. Young sunk In the
Tennessee river. near Lookout noun
tain and enc man was drowned.
Roy. J u. wheeland was Killed near
Lake Charles. La. by the blowing down
Of q building during a cyclone
a tornado passed through Hazel
Creer Madison county. Alabama. on
the 18th, destroying many houses
A raft ot logs went to pieces on the
Tennessee river and two raftsmen,
George Smith and George Evans. we're
drowned
Or, VIM Lewis. secretary Of tho
North Carolina state board OF health,
says small pox ls prevalent IN seven
teeen counties Of that state.
The Washington baseball club has
the Arkansas insane asylum At Little
Rock, sulcided by hsnging herself from
the iron bars Of her window by means
Of a towel.
In wreck on the Louisville and
Nashville railway. near Wheeler. Ky.
Fireman Charles Painter was killed
and Engineer Charles shlveley IN.
Iured
Statistics by Insurance Commission.
or Clay show that sixty-thrcc fire In
suranco companies dld business In Ar
kansas last year, the total premium,
were tS52G35l7. and losses incurred
si2i ,G5G0S.
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NO. 20.


Manila. March si.-it Ia reported on
high and reliable authority that Aguln-
aldo ia taking extreme measures 10
suppress signs calculated to cause a
cessation OF hostllIties. Twelve ad-
herents Of the plan Of independence.
residents OF Manila. have been con-
demned TO death because they wrote
advising surrender. aud all loyal Fiji
plnos have been called upon 20 per-
form the national service NJ dispatch.
Ing them.
On Friday last Gen, Legarda visited
Malolos for the purpose OF advising
Asuinaldo to quit lie argued with the
insurgont leader and attempted to con-
vince him not to follow IN tho face
OF overwhelming odds Agulnaldo was
furious at the advice and ordered Gen.
Lcgardo 20 be executed Immediately
The unfortunate general was
promptly decapitated. Among the In
oidenls OF yesterdays lighting was the
coolncss shown by company Of
Washington volunteers. who crossed
tho river in native canoe under a
heavy hre-fiteen being taken across
on each trip OF the small boat-to at
tack tho enemy's trenches.
The inability OF the commlssary train
TO keep UP with the advance led to
considerable suffering and many OF the
mon were completely exhausted when
they were recalled and. falling from
the ranks. were strung along for
distance Of almost six miles. numbers
returning 60 camp IN the artillery am
Distances. which were always close up
to the line. The work OF the ambu-
lances was esp,c cially worthy OF men
7 tlon
Among the dead are several who
were previously reported MS wounded.
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Knoxville, Tenn. March 2O-Col.
William J. Bryan arrived here satur-
day morning at s o'clock. lie was met
at the passenger station By several
hundred Democrats. who had assem-
bled despite heavy rain The storm
continued throughout the day and
night. Al II o'clock Col. Bryan was
Joined by Gov Benton McMlllln OF
Tennessee. The two held a public re-
coptlon In the woman's building In
tho afternoon they were entertained al
dinner by l., II. spllman.
sixteen Democrats and one Ropubll.
cans assembled around the fostal board.
Mr. spilman ana Col. Bryan were boys
Together IN Salem. lll. and later were
friends In Chicago. Saturday night
Col. Bryan delivered his lecture on
Pending Problems" In the large public
hall OF this city. lie was heard by 1900
people. After the lecture he was enter.
talnod az a banquet as the guest OF
hNNNNAAt' k'NANhNAANf AA' AhHNAAA'A "
toast "rhe Democracy OF jefferson,
Jackson and Bryan"
Col, Bryan received a telegram from
a Cincinnati newspaper asking for an
expression In reply 10 Bob ingcrsoll's
criticism that Bryan Is back number
and has no polltiea. future.
Col Bryan's telegraaphlo reply was
that he did not regard lngersoll as n
capable authority 10 speak OF his
eligibility for the back number list nor
upon his prospects for the future, as
Col. Ingorsoll does not believe In n
/ future.
Col. Bryan yesterday celebrated
his Ssth birthday as the guest Of his
COZ sin. Mrs Easter. wife u Rev DR..
Henry d. Easter, an Episcopal rector
OF this city,
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Drafs Received.

Washington. March 2e.-The socr-.
tary OF state has just received from
the Peruvian government through the
United States legation at Lima draft
for go 900. representing the amount Of
the JUDGMENT OF the arbItrators In the
case Of the American railway man.
Alex Mccord on account Of his M
treatment IN Peru during revolution
ary movement many years ago. The
draft will bo handed over 10 the Unit
ed States treasury fof collection and
a warrant drawn for the amount Of tho
Judgment will be drawn IN favor OF
Judge Pettis. the attorney for McCord.
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Washington. Match 2l.-Arrange-
mcnts have been completed by tho sur
gcon general Of the marine hospital
service for tho disIrfection In this
country of troops arriving from Cuba.
which can not receive this attention
before embarklng. Tho majority OF
the troops viii be landed at Savannah
and will be dlslnfected there. but 9TH
ers will receive attention at Bruns-
wisk, Blackboard island and Charles
ton. This Is made necessary by the
desire OF the was department 20 get
the troops over before the quarantine
regulations In this country go into sf-
feet on the fiFst Of next month.
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Washington. March 22.-Propara.
tlons are being made by Chief wllkia
81 the secret service to destroy 81 gel.
SOG ,9Ss worth OF counterfeit coin and
bogus notes which have been accumu.
lated by his bureau. OF this amount
SilT2i3 represents United States treas.
ury notes, silver certificates. bank
notes and fractional currency and siO.-
02i Is In imitation gold, silver. nicloI
and copper coin. The balance OF thl,
sum is In imitation OF various other
obligations and securities. including
fac slmilics OF Tennessee state war,
rants, Missouri defense bonds, state
bank notes and fash" notes.
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Birmingham. Ala. March 20.-A
tornado passed through the country
near here. creating great havoc be-
tween Hefln and EdwardsylIle. Eleven
people, members OF the family OF Mr..
Coffee. a farmer. are dead and Il 10
thought many others are injured. al
though on account Of the damage done
by the storm 20 the telegraph wires Il
Is Impossible to get details.
The house OF Mr.. Coffee contained
eleven people when Il was struck by
the storm. Tho building was entirely
demolished and all the inmates we're
killed.
The path OF the storm was about
twenty-five miles Wide and Il tore ov.
erythlng 20 pieces that lay before II.
Telegraph wires and poles are down
IN every direction and trains are de-
iayed greatly on account OF the debris
piled on the track II IL thought great
damage has been done In the farmlEs
district, but Il Is not believed that tLs
tornado struck any town.
The pah OF tho storm was about 200
yards wide aud II trayersed the coun-
try for twelve miles. beginning IN the
northern part OF Cleburle county. near
Irion City. and moving southwark.
Thoes who saw II say that there was
an immense funnel-shaped cloud and
that Il bounded along like rubber
ball. rising at intervals and leaping
for several hundred yards without do
Ing any damage. Then when II de-
sconded II would pick up houses and
crush them to pieces, uproot trees or
twist them on level with the ground
and sweep all before II. Lewis Coffee's
residence. a strong double loghouse,
situated on n little hill. was In tho
path OF the storm. II was swept
away and tho tlmbers scattered for a
mile. Ten OF lts eleven occupants were
instantly killed. Except the body OF
the baby which was found under the
ruins OF the chimney, the corpsus
OF the victims were carried half mile
and nine OF thcm were found heaped
together. Every body had been strip
ped OF its clothing, One was twisted
around a stump aud two others were
headless. Besides the body OF the
father lay Bessie Coffee. the only
members OF the family not instantly
killed. She was unconscious and hei
arms we're around her dead fathers
neck She Is unable to talk and will
die.
In tho same nelghborhood the resi-
donces OF j, w. wilder. j. IT, Cason
Andrew stiepan and Ben stansell wer,
wrecked and their occupants injured
Near Honln q white woman who's,
name cannot be learned was killed
nd Eve persons IN tho same family
hurt. II Is estimated that about Mt,
buildings were destroyed. betweer
twenty and twenty-five persons In
jured and over a score OF farms devas
tated
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Almost obli,sratsd.

Cumberland, Md, March 22.-Word
was received here OF the explosion OF
the saw mill boiler at the plant OF
Hudson shuess. near Matte. fifteen
miles north OF Cumberland. killing
Phletus Wink. Dan smither, Jr., and
q man named shuess. and woundlna
John Snyder. Harry siglee and AM
thony whitfield. The boiler had been
In use many years. The ny-wheel.
Weighing about ton, was thrown q
great distance The big steel saw was
broken into bits. Snyder was horri.
bly, crushed and blown about 100 feet
and Wlnks' head was blown on John
snydor's condition Is serious The
mill was almost entirely oblltcrated.
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Awfui Anair

Hutchinson. Kan, March 2i.-An
Atroclous crime was revealed here yes
treday when the coroner and his as
ristant removed the dead bodies OF
i've little children from the house oc-
cupled by John More which burned at
az an carly hour. The coroner's jury
Investigated the case and In accord
ance with the jury's recommendation
Moore. the father OF the dead children,
was arrested on the charge OF murder
The tragedy has caused much excite
ment here and and there Is some talk
OF lynchlng the prisoner. When the
fremen and nelghbors reached the
burning house the father was the
only member Of the family Of seven
found outside. While the building
was still burning ana his children
within the burning walls he took a
horse from the sinhle and rode away.
when the firemen entered the house
after having partly quenchod the
flames they found tho Ave children
lying on the floor. all dead, but badly
! burned The cOroner's autopsy held
yesterday afternoon developed evi.
donce Of an aweful crime. The skull
OF each child was deeply indented. Al
but one OF the children had been stab,
bed in the neck II was upon these
facts and the strange behavior OF th'
father that the authorities base thell
charge or murder.
When Moore was called before IN,
coroner's jury TO testify he pretende,
TO believe that an exploding lamp hat
cause the FIRE and that his children
met death In the flames. Ho testified
that he was awakened from deeI
sleep by the smoke and that he founl
the house anre all over. IL was ffteer
minutes, he said before he rccoverel
his senses and that he did not try 4
save his children because no knew
they must be dead. as the nre ha,
started In the room In which the!
were sleeping, ITS riding away iron
tho fire he explained by stating tina
his wife was away from home attend
Ing a sick friend and that he went 4
tell her OF their loss. Moore shove,
little concern when the jury returne
the verdict charging him with murder
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EXPLOSION OF GASOLINE STOVE
Causes Building at Omaha to Catch Fire
and as a Consequence Several Fa-
talites Happened.


Chicago. H., March 22.--John T,
shayne n wealthy furrler and a prom.
inent Democratic politician. was shot
and probably fatally wounded ycster-
day by Harry II. Hammond. tailor.
The shooting occurred In the cafe OF
the Auditorium annex. where he was
sitting at lunch with Mrs. Hammond.
tho divorced v'ifO Of Hammond, and
two other ladies. The party had been
seated for some time when Hammond
walked into the cafe. stood for few
minutes aud went out. In about ten
minutes re returned and standing In
side the door, deliberately pulled on
his gloves and then walking quickly
up 10 shayne. who was sitting with his
back toward him, drew revolver.
shayne attempted 10 rise. but stumbled
over the legs OF his chair and fell 10
the floor. As he was trying 10 rise.
Hammond fred a bullet into his back
shayne fell under the table and Ham.
mond pulling up the table cloth. fred
two more bullets into the helpless
man. lie then walked into the once
OF the hotel. where he stood awaiting
| the arrival OF an officer. lie was
quickly placed ,ulder arrest and taken
to Harrison street station. where h'
declined TO make any statement.
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Powder Exploded.

Dewitt. Ark, March 22.-A terrible
explosion OF powder occurred here yes"
terday afternoon. aa a result OF which
two children are IN dying condition.
several other persons are eadly hurt
and property 10 the value OF several
thousand dollars Is destroyed.
The explosion occurred In the store
OF s. l.. Leslie one Of the most Inn
portant establishments In town,
About o'clock a report wan heard IN
the store. and the explosion which
followed wrecked the building. de-
stroying II entirely. The large stock
OF goods was damaged. There we're
about a dozen people IN the building
when the explosion occurred. including
Mr. Lesile's family and some Gus
toners. Two OF Leslle's children we're
fatally burned. The others In the stors
we're more or less injured. several very
badly but not fatally, Il is supposed
that the explosion was caused by the
children playlng In tho store, who, Il
10 thought accidentally Bet Are 10 a
keg OF gunpowder.
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serious Trouble.

Havana. March I'll During the troub-
10 between the Havana police and the
populace Sunday night three police
men were killed and about twenty-five
PERSONS were wounded on both Sides.
Public opinion supports the police
without reserve
Chief OF Police Menocal gave orders
to suspend the public balls Sunday
night ana Gen. Ludlow. in command
of the city OF Havana. sustained the
chief u police. As the police were
approaching the place where the ball
OF the Society OF Pllbr was In progress.
near Cerro, for the purpose OF dlsperH-
ing II. IN accordance with orders. the
people opened fro on them from tho
house Tho nro was returned by the
police. The result OF fusllado was
that two policemen were seriously
wounded aud eighteen OF their oppon-
ents were wounded.
In different wards three policemen
we're assasslnated whlo on duty. The
murdercrs crept up behind them and
stabbed the officers to death.
Three colorcd men In Galiano street
attacked a policeman with knives,
Omcor defended hlmsof with a reyoly-
81. killing one Of his assallants and
wuunding another one. The third man
eacaDed
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Memphis, Tenn. March 2O.-A series
OF wind storms passed over portions Of
Alabama. Mississippi AMI Arkansas
saturdy, doing an immense amount OF
property damage and killing a number
OF people. The storms co yercd a radius
OF several hundred miles. destroying
telegraph wires and cutting on com.
munlcatlon with n large part OF the
affected country. Cleburne county.
Alabama. seems 10 have suffered the
most severely. the storm assuming the
proportions OF a tornado. The reports
OF fatalities in the county vary from
six TO twenty and many more are re-
ported 70 have been injured.
At Sellers and Luyerne, Ala. much
damage Is reported. Dumas. Ark. was
practically wiped out OF existence and
several other towns IN the vicinity sut-
fered severely. One person Ia reported
killed at Hickory Flat. Miss. and as
che farm houses IN the vicinity suf-
ferod heartily II Is not unlikely that
many fatalities occurred which have
not yet been reported.
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Hot Springs. Ark. March 20.--Hot
Springs wound up Us mourning over
the late pOllce-sherih shooting ARRAY
by closing all saloons and other resorts
during tho ceremony of hurylnE their
dead. Three graves were hlled With
victims. The ceremonies over Sherih'a
Williams son. John, was one OF the
most extensive known In The city He
was a society youth and merchant OF
good standing. Ooslee and Hinkle
were quietly and without ostentatlon
put away. Sheriff Williams and others,
under ofneial escort attended young
Johns burial.
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Augusta. Ca. March 2i. The funer-
al Of ex-senator Pat TX Walsh took
place here at $3.50 yesterday. During
ths morning tho remains lay IN state
at ST. Patricks church. Public busl-
ness was suspended and public and
private buildings In the business por-
ton Of the city we're drapod IN mourn
inE bishop becker conducted the re-
ilglous funeral exercises a. the Church
OF the Sacred Heart The oratiOn was
by Rev. John nroslan OF Charleston.
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cha,tansss..

Chattanooga. Tenn. March 2i.-Hon.
William J. Bryan was the guest Of the
Bryan Birthday Anniversary Club
Democratic association OF this city
yesterday and has been rendered an
ovation by the democracy Of the third
congressional district A general re-
ception was rendered Mr., Bryan and
Gov. Benton Mcmillan at the Southern
hotel during the afternoon. where the
sovereigns met and shook hands With
the distinguished visitors.
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NNANNMH ANfNHf NRNhM 80 h"NNNNtAAN"
lively insignificant material In destruc-
tion, but appalling In It's harvest Of
death and suffering. was a FIRE that
partially destroyed the Patterson block
ON Seventeenth and Douglas streets |
yesterday afternoon. Two Of the vie
Tins have already passed away. one
Iaore IL not expected to live, and about
twenty others are suffering from brok-
en- limbs and burned and lacerated
ficah.
Killed Mrs. Thomas Taylor and
Anna schamel.
a group Of happy women, busy with
the Affairs OF tho secret order with
which they were afiillated, were In
moment brought face TO face with
death, sixty seconds later seven lay
burned and bleeding on the pave
ments to which they had dropped,
forty feet below, and the others we're
rescued after they had been more or
less severely injured In their desperate
dash down the single pair OF stairs
that led 20 safety.
The blaze started just after o'clock
from a gasoline stove explosion In n
room In the rear OF the third hocr Of
the building and next 10 the elevator
shaft. II was not discovered until II
had spread 20 the adjoining apart
n,onts and the entire floor was filled
with smoke and flames. About twen-
ty members of the woman's lodge OF
hlaccabees were attending a committee
meeting IN the waiting room In front
OF the building on the same floor. They
were unconscious OF danger until n
janltor threw open the door and told
them to get ont before the flames cut
them OFF. Tho warning came too late.
The fire swept through the door and
down the single stairway Those near
est the door fed through the binding
smoke and reached the street with
hands and faces burned and bllstered.
The rest faced n solid wall OF flame.
There was n fire escape at the south
front OF the building but none Of them
seems 10 have thought OF H. They
rushed panlc-slrlckon 10 the Windows,
through which the smoke was al
ready pouring in sunocatIng pnfis. The
frc was scarcely u foot behind them.
II caught their clothing, and scorched
their faces with increasing intensity
In another instant the spectators at
tractcd by the clluds OF smoke were
horriaed 20 seee one after another
spring from the open windows and fall
heavily TO the pavement, Not one
arose. They lay In an inert and ap-
parently lifoless heap until carried into
the Office OF n physician across the
street. Most Of them were bleeding
from severe cuts and bruises and all
we're burned until their torn and
blaekened skin hung IN shreds. In a
few minutes all except Mrs. Taylor re.
covered consciousness. ard physicians
aud nurses hastily summoned did all
that was possible 20 relieve their suf-
feringr. A. fast as hasty dressings
could be applied the victims were
taken to the Clarkson hospital by the
ambulance.
Property loss about $4,000.
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ol.ran Arrl,s..

Washington, March 2O.-The navy
department has been advised OF the ar
rival at Manila OF the battleship ore
gon.
The following Is the cablegram re-
oolyed from Admiral Dewey;
Manila. March is.-secrotary OF the
navy. Washington. The oregon and
the irls arrived to-day. Thu Oregon Il
In ht condition Tor aay duty
DEWEY.
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Hutehlson. Kan. March 22.-John
Moore. under arrest suspected OF muir
derins his Ave children. then firing
the house over their heads 20 cover
this crime. has been taken 10 MePher-
son 20 prevent a lynchlng, The feel
ing against him Is intense Prior 20
the hre he was considered hard
working. upright man. lie seemed
particularly fond OF his children, but
often expressed the fear that they
would grow up worthless, He has
been subject TO epileptle hts. A
hatohet bespattered with blood was
diseoverer IN the ashes Of the de-
stroyed house.
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sn.nl.h R.a cre...

Washington, March 2O.-Miss clara
Barton has received the following ca
blegram:
Negotiations begun for the peouni-
ary ransom OF he prisoners IN the
Philippines were interrupted by Gen.
Otis because he feared the sums offered
would be employed against his troops.
We pray you earnestly 10 intereedo
with your government 20 insure tho
triumph OF humanity With profound
gratitude,
MARQUIS VlLLABROs,
President OF spanish Red Gross
The cablegram has been referred 20
the secretary OF war.
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Pittsburg. Pa, March 2i.-Tho
American steel and Wire company has
made another advance Of IS cents a
keg In the price Of nails. This Is an
advance since December OF t23 a ton.
Bessemer pig iron Is also higher,
selling al sl5.G5.
Steel blllets sold IN small lots yes
terday at t25 per on and t25 is now
asked.
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Miss Minnie Wright OF Gainesville
has Just received letter from Major
Major c, Irwin Walker. commanding
ofiieer OF the south Carolina United
Confederate Veterans. asking her to
accept the ONCE OF maid OF honor OF
that state at the Charleston reunion
this summer. Miss Wright has writ
ten her acceptance.
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Msnila. March 22.-The mountain
banditu OF Panay island recently
threatened a serious attack upon Iloilo,
but they were repulsed with a loss oi
200 men BY Gen. Miller.
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Al the request Of Sovereign Com
mander Root the life term tenure for
that Office OF the woodmen Of the
World. has been changed 10 eight
yeaw.
The Eddy current., 1899-03-25

Mra. Place was eiectrocuted a Sins
Sing. n. T. for the H0rder OF her
husband.
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East Tennessee was visited By a Sc
we're tornado on the 18th, IN some
places accompanied by Immense hail
stones. Several railway washouts also
occurred.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-27

.,o s,ums OF New-York would be complete with
.n . IiIzabeth-st Mott and Mulberry SIS. yet
o ,e,l much the same story as OF DID, little has
heen done but not much
Jewry indeed. has had light let into IT, but the
,rooYn of Improvement must sweep much OF the
,S ont Of existence before the Ghetto problem
oiu E According to the Charity Organization
societv and other experts, much Of the so called
Enforcement going on to-day Is not improve
ment at all. even retrogression Tor the an new,
So e ore no better habitations. and may be
worse. than were the old rookeries.
Briefly, the Ghetto is much the same. me
an, marks have hardly changed the surround
ings a whit. They have simply abolished rev
Of the vilest tenement houses and the human
acreage has hardly altered the hundredln Oh a
noint Essex. Ludlow, Stanton, Hester, Delaney.
Allen and all the other highways of'Judasm on
,he East side have their same old characters.
It's The influence of Warning yet continues. ana
,ho nth is somewhat modified. 1t is more out
~ sight. and house owners are eareful In
greater degree But still the rookeries, the tene-