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Morris tribune., 1900-02-03


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There is talk in St. Petersburg of an
alliance Between Russia and Japan.
German ire has again been reused by
the return Of the last outgoing mail for
the Transvaal.
Indications are becoming more appar-
ent that Japan is preparing to strike a
blow at Russia
The ports Of Rio Janeiro and Santos
have been officially declared free from
the bubonic plague.
The grippe is now raging in Berlin,
the spread Of the disease being promoted
by the moist, mild weather.
Senior Veira, until recently Brazilian
minister Of industry, has been elected
governor of Bahia without opposition.
The bubonic plague has broken out at
Rosario, Argentine, and rigorous cor
don has been established at that place.
The strike Of carpenters engaged on
the Paris exposition buildings has
ended, the workmen gaining their
point.
Heavy snow storms prevail through
out France, especially on the north and
west coasts, where numbers of small
wrecks have occurred.
Osman Digna, the principal general
of the Late Khalifa Abdullah, who was
recently taken prisoner by the British
has been brought to Suez.
Spanish gendarmes unearthed Car
list arsenal in house in Palencia, cap
ital Of the province Of that name, and
seized 100000 cartridges and large
quantity of arms.
1t is stated that Great Britain will OBJ
tain an enormous slice as the result of
the Delagoa bay arbitration and that
Portugal will be compelled to make over
the Delagoa bay road in payment
There are several thousand cases Of
influenza at Rome. The Lycee Cavour
at Turin is closed. There are 10, 900 in
huenza cases in that city and many
thousands are reported all over Italy.
General Bernardo Reyes has been
sworn Ia as minister Of war of Mexico,
to succeed the late General Felipe Ber-
riozabel. General Reyes has been gov
ernor Of the state Of Nueyo Leon for
some time.
The extension Of the French SETTLE
iment at Shanghai has been finally set
tied and the new area will be two and a
half times that of the present settle
mont. The arrangement will become
effective March Ia.
Details have been received by steamer
Miowera from Sydney, of the killing Of
the captain and crew of the schooner
Nikawarra, on one of the islands Of the
4 dmiralty group, by the natives, who
are cannibals. It is said all Of the vic
TINS were eaten.
Morris tribune., 1900-02-03
FINANCE AND TRADE.

The First National bank of Canajorie,
n Y, has suspended.
Bicycle tires will be raised in price
about SO per cent, owing to the recent
combine.
Large blocks Of the Union Traction
company have recently been purchased
by the Rockefellers.
The creditors of the Earl of Yarmouth
held meeting and resolved to place his
estate in bankruptcy.
Eight thousand dollars cash was Sc
cured by robbers, who looted the Bank
Of Deerfield, Wis. A quantity of vii
lage waterworks bonds were also stelen.
Americas trade with China and
Japan is increasing at a remarkable
rate In the past fiscal year this trade
amounted to $87,SO5, 1888, against only
az, 1894, 1877 in 1889.
The Grain Growers convention at
Fargo has requested J. j. Hill to go to
Washington and appear before the COM
mittees in opposition to the Hanna
Payne shipping subsidy bill.
Three desperate criminals escaped
from the state prison at Waupun, Wis,
Thursday night. Their names are
Ferdinand Knaak, John Wilson and Ed
ward Ratigan. Knaak was recaptured
later at Oakfeld.
Plans are being prepared for the new
modern hotel to be erected by the Fred
Croker estate, San Francisco. It is
calculated that the hotel will cost at
least S1,5o0,0O0, and it will take about
two years to complete it.
A dispatch from Akron, O., says that
r. A. Schumacher, son Of the oatmeal
king, is at the head of new company
bling formed there to fight the American
Cereal company. Ferdinand Schumacher
will be interested in the company.
Morris tribune., 1900-02-03
CUBA AND PORTO RICO.

The population Of Porto Rico by the
census just completed is $4,000.
The senate insular committee has de-
cided that ''Porto Rico and not Puerto
Rico" is proper.
London papers comment favorably on
the announcement that the Spanish
bank has $1,OOO,OOO to invest in land
mortgages in Cuba.
Mr.. Frye, superintendent of public
schools at Havana is in receipt Of reports
showing that $40 schools have already
been organized. Reports are coming in
at the rate Of rs day and it is expected
the number will reach 1900, represent
ing 100000 children.
Morris tribune., 1900-02-03

The Chicago Great Western has voted
to spend 50, 900, 900 on impr ovement and
equipment
The Illinois Central has inaugurated
through passenger service to St. Paul
and Minneapolis.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed for the Muscatine, Upton and
Northern Railway company, corpora
ton about to begin construction of a line
of railway from Muscatine to Indepen-
dence, a distance Of 100 miles.
Morris tribune., 1900-02-03
THE DEATH RECORD.


Philip D. Armour, Jr., son Of the big
Chicago packer, died suddenly in Cali
fornia. -~--sgB~
Jones Wolf is dead of pneumonia at
his home near Tishomingo, Tex, He
was for years governor of the Chicka-
saws.
Theodore Bacon, one. OF the most
prominent lawyers of Western New
York, who was an independent candi-
date for governor against Theodore
Roosevelt in 1898, is dead.
Rudolph Nunnemacher, head of the
real estate department of the Pabst
Brewing company, is dead, after an
operation which he underwent for ap-
pendicitis. Mr.. Nunnemacher was a
son-in- law of Captain Frederick Pabst.
Morris tribune., 1900-02-03
BR1r1sH-BoER WAR NEWS.

A Pretoria dispatch says lombard
ment of Kimberley was recommended
last Wednesday.
The British losses up to date in killed,
wounded and captured, according to
General Buffers last list, totals 8,216
linen.
A strong body of General Methuen s
Infantry was surrounded by Beers, who
killed or wounded % men and captured
Is others.
It is stated that the British defeats in
South Africa will be the subject Of con-
siderable debate in parliament, and the
war Office will be scored.
Advices have been received from
Spearmans camp that General Woodgate
has succunbed to the wounds he re-
ceived in the attack upon Spion kop
Tuesday last ~ e,,.pp~SaEg9ssaasS-
The alleged Pretoria telegram adds
that the British losses were 800 men
killed and 1900 wounded The dispatch
comes through Brussels, and does not
receive much credit ip this city.
British are charged with violating the
Geneva conventIn 81 taking prisoners
a gaalnsXaal BED Cross corps, The corps
was Subsequently released but thelN< am
bulance and instruments confiscated. -
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General Buffers troops, driven from
spion kop, have Fecrossed the Tugela
river. Beers claim that the British left
! 800 dead on the field, but in London
this number is supposed to include
t BE-. M SSas 3 81
Sir Alfred Miner, British high COM
missioner, has issued proclamation an
nouncing that her majesty's govern
ment will not recognize as valid any
forfeiture, fine or incumbrance upon
in the Transvaal or Orange
Free State subsequent to Oct. 10, the
date when war was declared.
Morris tribune., 1900-02-03
Live Stock Prices at St. Paul.

HOGS-Market steady, active. Range
of prices, $4.55@4.7b
CATTLE-Market steady. Good de-
mand for fat cattle and good stockers.
Sales ranged at So fO@4l0 for stockers;
$2.25@3.25 for COWS; $s.5O@2.75 for bulls;
1925 for calves.
SHEEP-Markst active and 10c higher.
Sales ranged at 81 O0@4.40 for ewes.
Receipts: Cattle, 200; calves, %; hogs,
1000; sheep, LOO.
Morris tribune., 1900-02-03
Sioux City Live Stock.

CATTLE Market strong on good, 9th
ers slow
Sales ranged at $425(@5.4O for beeves;
$00@40O for cows, bulls and mixed
s. 5O@475 for stockers and feeders; $3.50
@475 for calves and yearlings.
HOGS-MarketNs steady to strong. Range
Of prices, 81. 5O@4.62H.
Receipts Cattle, 2,O0O; hogs, 1000.
Morris tribune., 1900-02-03
Grain Prices at Minneapolis.

WHEAT-In Store-No. 1 Northern,
January, Sc; May 1890; July, 6775@5Sc;
On Track-No. hard, 67Bc; Mol North
ern, $3.50; No 2 N Northern 643sc.
Morris tribune., 1900-02-03
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS ITEMS.

All south and central Texas is expert
encing a severe blizzard.
Judge Kohlsaat has declared the Hi
nois antitrust law unconstitutional.
A bitter fight is being made to pre-
vent the deportation of Chinese now
held at Fargo. .aaasssssEss s ssss ssessu-
An epidemic Of varioloid is raging at
Spokane. There are already upwards
Of 70 cases of mild type of smallpox in
the isolation hospital. So far no deaths
have resulted. -.1
Captain Abercrombie, who COM
manded the government exploring ex'
petition to Alaska last summer, reports
that he found hundreds Of people dying
of starvation and scurvy. -s.z,en
SSEEasEEs1zEIGSs %sslzx 1872
The Iowa supreme court has promul-
gated decision in a Des Moines liquor
case which it is stated will close two.
thirds of the saloons in the state. The
decision relates to petitions.
Morris tribune., 1900-02-03
UNFORTUNATE EVENTS.

The Prairie mill elevator at River
Falls, Wis, burned with 10000 bushels
Of grain.
The Danish steamer Livada, Hamburg
for Philadelphia, ashore at Terschelling,
has become a total wreck. The crew
were all safely landed.
The Depew Opera House in Peekskill,
N. Y, owned by United States Senator
Chauncey M. Depew, has been destroyed
by fire. The loss is estimated at $75, 900.
Five men killed and eight badly in
jured is the result Of the runaway train
and the explosion Of dynamite that fol-
lowed, on the Central railroad of New
Jersey, at Ashley, Pa.
Fire at Muncie, Ind, destroyed the
power house, shops, barn and offices of
the electric street railway system, en-
failing loss Of $4,000. Sixteen cars
were consumed and the engines and
dynamos were ruined.
Morris tribune., 1900-02-03
MARKET Quotations.
Price of Wheat at Duluth.

WHEAT-Cash, No. hard, 6S1sc; No.
1 Northern, $3.50; No 2 Northern 691Sc;
No 8, 6O4c To Arrive-No. hard $3.50;
No ] Northern, $3.50; May, 587a@683sc;
July, 695s@6934c.
FLAX-To arrive, 81. AN; cash, $1.47H;
May, $161; September, $1.0779.
Morris tribune., 1900-02-03
CRIMINAL NEWS.

The police at Quincy, Ills, killed two
expert safe blowers and badly injured a
| third
The postofice at Bradley, Ills, was
entered by burglars, the safe blown open
and about 81 400 worth of stamps and
$40 cash taken. .rs~aRzss.-
Diamonds valued at Sc, 900 were stolen
from the safe in the Office Of Joseph K.
Davidson & Son, manufacturing jewel.
ers of Philadelphia
In an attempt to arrest six supposed
train robbers at Holden, Mo-, John Jack
son, a detective for the Missouri, Kan
sas aud Texas railway, from Sedalia,
vas shot through 5- tbs bead and will die,
POLITICAL NEWS. '7fs"
GO ss. ss.ss7as
The Pennsylvania Democratic state
committee declares Bryan it's choice for
president. asssxS, y <4@~ sesA.,
Colonel Bryan has assured the Popu-
lists he will accept their nomination for
the presidency.
Ex-Governor Bots of Iowa is men
toned as possible candidate for the
Democratic presidential nomination.
Judge Orrin N Carter Of Chicago has
announced his candidacy for the Repub-
ican nomination for governor of ILL
nois izSsEsas
A test vote in the Kentucky 1egisla.
ture went against the Republicans. Van
Meter, Dem, was seated by vote Of 81
to 40.
Morris tribune., 1900-02-03
NEWS OF NOTED PERSONS.

President Mckinley was 81 years of
nge Monday.
The shah of Persia, Muaffer- Ed Din,
with bis eldest son, Prince Mohammed
Aid Mira, intends to visit Berlin next
April
Emperor William has conferred on
Admiral Tirpitz the secretary of the adj
mlralty, the first class order Of the Red
Eagle, with oak leaves.
Miss Maude Come, the Irish Joan Of
Arc, has arrived at New York. She
will address several meetings in the in
terest of the Beers while here.
Morris tribune., 1900-02-03
SPORTING NEWS.

The Northwestern curling .bonspie,
began Monday at Milwaukee.
Eddie Connolly and Jack Daily fought
90 rounds to draw at Buffalo3 N. Y.
The international athletic meet is
threatened by disagreement as to the
field.
At Baltimore Terry McGovern
knocked out Jack Ward Of Newark in
seven minutes.
At the Broadway Athletic club, New
York, Mysterious Billy Smith knocked
out Frank Mcconnell in the god round.
Jim Hall, the Australian heavy
weight, and Tommy Dixon, heavy
weight, fought % rounds to draw at
Murphysboro, Ills - 'sEs C. g.,
It is announced that Peter Donaldson
of London has sold the yacht Isolde to
an American, Mr.. Hoyt, who intends to
race her in the United States under the
command of Captain Archie Hogarth.
Morris tribune., 1900-02-03
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FOREIGN NEWS.

The bundesrath has passed the naval
hill FgssSssslssE FgsssEggaensefEsassss
Morris tribune., 1900-02-03

There are several thousand cases Of
influenza at Rome. The Lycee Cavour
at Turin is closed. There are 10, 900 in
fuenza cases. in that city and many
thousands are reported all over Italy.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-11-22
OCEANIC WAS SToRMToSSED
Collision with an Outgoing
stenmer Yesterday.

New York. Nov 2.-Altaough storm
tossed and delayed by adverse winds and
rough seas. the big white Star line
steamship Oceanic arrived this evening.
but few hours behind her regular time
OF arrival
At $50 a. m. the vessel was approaching
the coast az moderate speed. when Capt.
Cameron. who was on the bridge. made
QUE the red sidenght OF large steam
ship nearing him. The oucominE vessel
was approaching at an angle and when
he blew twice she sheered around 80 that
he could a,e her etarboard light. There
was shouting and more whistling and the
captain of the Oceanic checked down hls
vessel ana swung her stern around. at the
same time the other vessel PASSED uncom-
Portable close astern, barely avoiding a
collision with the Oceanic, The outgoing
vessel il supposed 10 be the Trave.
For nearly an the trip the Oceanic ex-
perienccd northwest gales and rough.
squally weather
Nothing was seen Of che helated North
German Lloyd liner Kaiser Wilhelm DER
Crosse. due here Tuesday.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-11-22
REFUNDINe TO BE STOPPED.
secretary Gaze Announces He VIII
Exchange No More Honds Under
Recent Act After Dee. I.

Washington Nov ei-secrstary Of tho
Treasury Gage to-day ISSUED the follow
INK circular disseminating the refunding
operations.
Referring to the circular ~ March u.
1870 known as the refuuding circular
which invited the attention Of owners Of
United States pr cent bonds. loan OF
isos-lglS. I per cent bonds, funded loan Of
1877: and s per cent bonds. loan OF 1914.
10 the provisions OF the act Of March u.
iaoo relative 60 the exchange of such
bonds for per cent. consula OF 1890. as
authorized by said act. public notice is
hereby given that it L. the purpose ~ the
department. To suspend refunding opera
tions undr tho above circular All per
sons interested are therefore hereby no
tined that bonds intended FOR exchange
into 2 per cent cousols Of l9o must D.
forwarded for that purpose not later than
Dec. 81, isp
Tho circular 81 March a. 1900 Is here
nv rescindca to take effect in accordance
with tho provisions 81 this circular
Under the refundng operations tho
treasury has exchanged about f2a5 o.. 90
for per cent hon.is thus saving large
sum In interest 10 the government. In
10 oct -. the 2 per cents issued in ex-
change for other loans aggregated s45.
Ao,7an Il s believed that the nxing OF a
date 60 close che rcfuudiug operations will
hasten exchanges Treasury officials be
ilevo that before the close ~ Dee. ~.
the total exchange VIA amount 10 over
500 40 go or nearly half the nENreEat e.
Of She various loans subject 10 refund
when the original circular was issued.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-11-22
Disastrous Results of the storm a'
ArknbucIa, Miss.

Arkabucla. Tate county. Miss. Nov. p.
Yesterday afternoon a tornado descend
ed upon this little town and as a result
ten persons were killed outright ard TWEEN
Is were injured.
The dead are: Jack Kellum. aged 80
years: William Kellum. aged l. years.
Nicholas Blake, aged = years. Mrs. VIII
liam Mckay. four children OF Mrs. VIII
liam Mckay. unknown negro; negro in
f4ut
Tho injured are; Press Blake, seriously
hurt IN back: John Parker. internally, Sc
r.ously. Mrs. John Parker. seriously
cryshed John Bake. right Lex broken:
A lpha Blackwell leg broken: Charles Bo-
she'll seriously hurt in back G. l.. Thorn
ason. injured IN head: William scroffan.
hurt in back. c. Parker painfully bruised !;
Mrs Toombs. painfully hurt; Miss Bunch
Eradley, bruised not seriously; five chill
dren Of Robert Pickles. painfully injured:
Gus Aldrldge. bruised. Miss Lottie Pick
ems. seriously hurt; Ann Jackson, colored,
seriously hurt: colorcd boy. may die.
The storm overW Whclmed the town about
s o'clock In the afternoon and la few
minutes nearly every building was de-
molished. Many of the victims were pin
ned under the wreckage ana were ex,ri-
Gated with much dificul,y The tornado
passed 10 the northeast and caused much
damage through the country districts.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-11-22
Loss OF LIFE WAS HEAVY.
Death aud Destruction In storm
swept District

~NfpA
Memphis. Tenn Nov. 2i.-Adviccs re-
celved tonight from the stormswept sec
ions of Mississippi Arkansas and Ten
nessee. indicate that the loss Of life and
damage to property Is far greater than
al first reported.
In Mississippi the greatest loss OF life
and damage to property occurred near
Tunica. Lula and Hernando IMPORT
by carrier from point thirteen miles
from Tuuica, SAYS that the tornado's DO
vastatlon was - great tnat q viii take
weeks 10 calculate and repair Il. Five
negroes lost their tiyes on the Hamlin
place
IN Tunica the schoolhouse. church and
a number Of buildings were totally de-
molshcd More than nifty negroes are
missing and IL is feared that several Of
them have perisheG. cotton is reported
badly damaged
At fernando. a white man was killed
and negro fatally injured by flying
debris Numerous slwmills. several res
idences ana hundreds Of negro cabins were
blown away.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-11-22
Mucu rIRING NEAn TIEN TsIx.
Chinese believe Boxers Are March
ing on THAT Place.

Tlen Tsiu. Nov 90 via Shanghai. Nov.
q There has been considerable friug re-
Gently in the neighborhood OF Tien Tain.
and owing to report that the German
quarter Of the city would be attacked last
night the German scntries were doubled
regiment patrolled the opposite bank
of the river and the remainder of the Ger
man troops were ordered to hold them
selves la readiness for action at an In
s,5uts notice.
Nothing happened however, TO chow
cause for the alarm. although to-day al
the Chinese servants OF the Bengal Lam
GERS officers ana men left. saying they
had been informed that the Boxers were
marching in a large body on Tien Tsin
and Pelsin.
Neither Cen. Lorne Campbell of the
British troops. nor col Moaie OF the
Americans believe there is any truth in
thc rumor. but the natives evidently be-
dove II. and many Of them are leaving
the service OF the foreigners
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-11-22
WITHOUT Any FRANCHISE.
PARTIES who Are nuilding Railroad
In Cuba On Faith.

Santiago de cuba Nov. 2l.-Beforc re-
turning 10 Washington Secretary Root
,yu, meet Sir william Van Horne "a Pucr-
10 Principe. Local business interests ore
intensely anxious with reference 60 the
section of the cuba company of which
Sir william Van Horne Is president. The
,ompany is now employing 1000 men in
the construction OF "a railroad. bias win
out a franchise. Everyone IN this part
~ cuba wants the line built. but tne For
aker resolution forbids the granting %
railroad concessions.
cen Wood, referring to the matter to-
day. said.
The cuba company ~ doing an excellent
bu, an unauih%ized work IN BUILDING .ne
road. II has no franchise. assume
assryesar that she Cuban repuhic OF the
future will iegifimatize the company ac-
ton and grant It the privilege Of doins
,susiness.s
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-11-22
rARKHunsT TO TAKE AIiAND.
WIN Discuss Question Of Vice at "a
Public Meeting.


New York. Nov. 2i.-whecler IT. Peck
ham and ,he Rev. Dr Charles ~ Park
hurst viii discuss tho question 81 vice IN
this cfty al a public meeting 20 be held
NJ Cooper Union Dec H.
This will be the first appearance Of pr
Parkhurst on the platform since the cam
paign OF issa when the late William l..
Strong was elected Mayor The meeting
viii BE- held under the auspices of the
city vigilance league ana Will Dee its
Hrst move toward taking an active part
in the mayoralty campaign Of next fan
Agents Of the league have boeu collect
ing data which wifi be used by Dr Pork
hrust so show the prevalence Of vice.
Acting Inspector James Campbell and
Roundsman Ccnboy OF the Sheepahcad
Bay precinct today made a descent on
the hotel kept by William Sehuesfcr.
borough of Brooklyn. and seized q guam
tity Of racing cards on BenninRs races
About Feventy-fve men who were in the
building NJ the time made their escape
and no arrests we're made.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-11-22
NEAMAN's EFfonT no KILL.
shot Young DAILY and Died From "a
Dose at CnrboItr Acid.

Dose of CnrboIf~ Acid.
New York. Nov Zi.-John Daly. u years
o'd. a telegraph messenger az Broad
e:reet. was shot Ia the head az that place
to-day by Joseph +. Ncamun a barten-
der Neamsn took carbolie acid and died
within a fcw minutes
A few minutes before ? O'Clock Neaman
entered the telegraph office AMI called 10
DAILY who Was back Of thc counter The
hoy went out - once moment later the
peop'e 81 thes building were startled by
three shots in rapid succession. Daily fell.
shot through the lef, side n the face
number Of men rushed toward Nea-
man. but he was too quick for them lie
took "a small bottle o. carholir acij from
his pocket ard drained IL. becoming help
less almost Immediately
Daily Is an orphan. Formerly the boy
and Neaman boarded and r5omed together
IN let'cr handed hy Neamau "a u poe
ncemau the former spoke Of how much be
toved the lad nud wanted 20 ald him He
had he said repeatedly tried 10 induce
him To return - him
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-11-22

The stranding Of the coastiug transport
Irdiana Is causing long delay iu reach
ing "A number 81 the remote coast stations
in Southern Luzon. which have suaslst-
ence 10 Nov J. only and viii have ia
Del pend largely on foraging until the In-
diana IL ho8tei or a steamer Is secured
The customs warehouse are eonge=ted
waich Is delaying the commerce of Ma
ria Gen. Smith. the collector Of toe
port at meeting to-day of
Manila importers urged the me-
cessity Tor the removal OF the
goods. The merchants talk Of organizing
a company for the erection OF boudel
warehouses.
The soldiers and marines who have re-
turned from China are selling quantities
OF curos looted from the residences of
the nobility or wealthy persons az pekn
and Tien Tsine Many OF them are valu-
able and ridicuiously cheap and a number
OF presents OF such loot have been mailed
10 the United States for Christmas pres
cntg
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-11-22
sIxTY-FouR WE'RE KILLED.
Loss of Life Ia the Territory Visited
by the Tornado.

Nashville. Tenn. Nov. 2i.-Dispatches
up to a. IN. indicate that last nights
storm. which swept over Northern Mis-
slsslppi aud Central and Western Tennes-
see was one OF great severity.
AdviCcs by the Associated Press and
from special correspondents show that
the loss Of lite IA the territory visited BY
the tornado already amounts 60 siXty-four,
and the number injured TO over ATTY.
Telegraphic communication 20 the re-
Rions visited by the cyclone Is interrupted,
and il ia feared that when fun details
are known. that the list OF the dead viii
be heightened.
Tiw following table shows the loss of
life together with the injured. complied
from dispatches forced through By courier
and telephone from the devastated locah-
ties.