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FURIOUS STORMS.
Wind and Rain Cause Great Damage
In Michigan, Ohio and
Indiana.

Blissfield, Mich, May 9.-Wellsville.
four miles north of here, was visited
by cyclone Tuesday afternoon. The
storm split two miles west of here, and
the part going north struck Burton
Rauch's general store, leaving it q
heap of ruins. Mrs. Rauch was seri-
ously injured. Burton Rauch's leg was
broken, and their five-year-old child
was severely injured. Outbuildings
were reduced to kindling wood.
Columbus, o., May o.-Specials to the
State Journal show that severe storms
swept over northeastern Ohio Tuesday
afternoon. AT Lorain conveying
crane rs feet high at the Lorain steel
plant was blown over. The crane, which
was built of structural steel and
cost $4,000, was wrecked At Mas
sillon several houses and the foundry
of the Massillon steel plant were
blown down. at Canton four new
dwellings were wrecked, one being
turned completely over, and CHM
ney G5 feet high at the Canton spring
factory was destroyed. Considerable
damage is reported throughout the
country districts in Stark county.
Indianapolis, Ind, May ga disas-
trous windstorm passed over northern
Indiana Monday night. Near Wina-
mac two brothers. William and Frank
Ringen, were killed by lightning and
in the oil country great damage was
done. Near Montpelier many derricks
and power houses were blown down,
causing great loss. The oil produce
ton is cut off by the demolishment of
the power and pumping rigs. At Hun
tington the slate roof of the Erie
roundhonsc was blown off and, falling
on the office roof, injured a number of
men. Great damage is also reported
at Peru, Marion, Waterloo and other
places.
Covington, Ky, May 9.-During an
electrical storm William Heidrick and
Louis Moorman, of Covington, KY,
We're killed by lightning while fishing
in Bank Lick creek. near Latonia race
track.
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PASSES THE SENATE.
Nlll for Reorganization of Army Goes
ThrOusll-IiOuScs Passes Free
Homes Dill.

Washington, May 5.-Friday's scs-
sion of the senate was rendered cspe-
cially notable by the passage, after a
debate lasting only three hours, of
the army reorganization bill. The
Notifications appropriation bill, car
rying about $7,50O,00O, was passed.
lin military circles tho army rcorganiza-
ton bill Is regarded as one of the most Inn
portant of the present session. 1t prac-
tically rcvolutioniZcs the present staff ar
ranEcmcnts Of the army. 1t proposes to
change the present system of permanent
appointments in certain staff corps to one
OF detail by Il gradual process. as the Of
hccrS now III those corps 80 out of active
service AS vacancies occur in departments
OF the adiutant general, the inspector gen.
aral, quarlcrlnastcr general and commits
Sary general, they are to be filled by details
from the line. the details to be temporary.
and not to exceed four years. The new sys-
tom is not applied to the corps OF engineers,
medical department, pay department or
judge advocate generals department. The
bill 1iscontinucs the regmentul organiza-
ton OF the artillery, and establishes an ar
tillcry corps of two branches, viz 1.G bat
tcrics of coast artillery and Is batteries of
field artillery, with Il total of HIS men.
1t provides for an increase of 100 in the
corps Of cadets at West Point, two at large
from edCn SlatG ana Ten more 10 inc pres
ent number of 20 from the United States
at large. The rank OF the commanding
general of the army is raised to that OF
lieutenant general, and that Of the ndju-
tant general to major general, the latter
being during the incumbcncy of the pres
ent adjutant general, Gen. Corbin. The
president is empowered to place on the re-
tired list any officer who has been suspend
ed from duty by sentence Of court-martial
or by lesislati order in mitigation of such
sentence. for Il period extending to or with
in one year OF the time OF his compulsory
retirement for age. This is well understood
to apply to Commissary General Egan.]
Washington, May 4.-The house
without division passed the free
home bill which has been pending be-
fore congress for u number of years. A
remarkable thing in connection with
the passage of the bill was II speech in
its favor by Galusha A. Grow (Pa.) }, the
venerable cN-spealter Of the house, who
4S years ago fathcred and passed the
original homestead bill. lie was then
the youngest, and is now the oldest,
member of the house. The remainder
of the day was devoted to the sunday
civil appropriation bill, the last but one
OF the great supply bills.
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REVIEW OF TRADE.
Conditions Which Threaten Disaster
Shown by Dun & Co. Not
to Exist.

New York, May 5.-R. G. Dun & Co.'S
weekly review of trade says: "I'ailure re-
turns for April are especially valuable be-
cause they show that there does not exist.
in the most important branches of business,
the conditions which threaten disaster
They call attention to one line in which
some curtailment had seemed from previ-
Gus returns to be in progress and has been
FASTENED by extensive strikes in the build
ing trades. The state of business has been
represented to fit and used TO support
several hundred theories already. The SIM
pie fact is that some reaction from the abb
normal excitement and expansion and rise
of prices last year was necessary to con-
tinued prosperity. Its duration may there
fore be expected to depend on the prompts
ness with which production and prices adj
just themselves to actual demands Much
progress in that adjustment has been made
during the past week. with Increased ac-
tivity already resulting. Strikes springing
from disputes about the terms of work and
wages for the coming year have also made
distinct progress toward settlement.
Failures for the week have been 209 in
the United States, against 1853 last year,
and q In Canada. against % last year,
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BOER RETREAT CONTINUES.
British Troops Driving Enemy be-
fore Thcm-EHpccted to Make u
Stand ut KrOOnKtad Hills.

London, May s.-The Beers are
everywhere retiring before the Brit
ish, except on the Natal frontier and
at Mafeking, to the inner circle of
their defenses. They appear deter
mined not to fight until the Kroon-
stad hills are reached. Lord Roberts
is expected to do another 40 or so
miles and then wait for a time in or
der to bring up supplies and to re-
pair the railway.
London, May S.-Lord Roberts re-
ports to the war Office, in a dispatch
dated Smaldeel, May 6, afternoon, as
follows:
1--WE crossed the Vet river this morning,
and are now encamped at Smaldeel juno
ton. The enemy is in full retreat toward
Zand river and kroonstad. The turning
movement was made by the mounted in
fantry just before dark yesterday. 1t
was very dashing affair. The Canadians.
New South Wales. New Zealand rifles and
Queensland mounted infantry Wed with
each other in the determination to close
with the enemy Capt. Anlcy. of the Essex
regiment, commanding the Third infantry
battalion, behaved in very gallant manner.
The naval guns and the artillery made
excellent practice, particularly two five
inch guns used for the first time with this
force.
I'VE captured u Maxim and % prisoners.
Our casualties are very few-only Is wound-
cd one killed and three missing"
Warrenton, May 7.-Saturday Gen.
Barton drove from 1000 to 5000 Beers
from hilly positions at Rooidan, where
they awaited them. They retrcated
after stilf fighting, leaving number
OF dead Oh he field. The British cas-
unltics were slight. Gen. Barton is
still pursuing. Windsorton and Kip
dam have been evacuated. Gen.
Pagct's brigade is attacking the Boer
position ut Warrenton. The engage
mcnt Saturday was severe and lasted
from nine in the morning until four
in the afternoon. More than once the
british infantry were obliged to en-
gage the Beers at close quarters, and
the Beers only retired when their re-
treat was nearly cut off.
The British losses were five killed
and 25 wounded-mostly Welsh fusi
lccrs. The British took a batch of
prisoners, including the Swedish am
bnlance, which they allowed to re-
turn. The Beers, i'll their hurried re-
treat left 13 dead.
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AN OPEN SWITCH.
1t Is Responsible for the WreckinE
of a Train, with u Loss OF
-Four Lives.

Cheyenne. Wyo.. May 9.-One of the
worst wrecks which has occurred in
Wyoming in recent years took place on
O'Neill Sidetrack, 16 miles west of Raw
Inns, on the Union Pacific, Tuesday,
when an east-bound fast fruit train
drawn by two locomotives dashed
through an open switch and down a
high embankment. The dead are:
Louis Banta, fireman, Rawlins; James
johnson, fireman, Rawlins; two boys,
aged about 20 years, who were stealing
a ride, names unknown. Engineers
Rehmeyer and Sheeler jumped from
their engines before the end of the sid
ing was reached and escaped with a
few injuries.
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Found Guilty,

Trenton, No., May o.-Winiam Fer
guson was on Tuesday found guilty
of numbering S. G. Wilson, a Trenton
merchant, in March, 1897, on evidence
he gave in former trial while play
ing detective. This was his third
trial. Previously Ferguson instigated
the arrest of two suspects, one of
whom he claimed tried to get him to
assist in the murder. Later he said
he was present himself and saw the
death blow struck. Wilson was killed
by blow from an ak. The motive
was robbery.
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WHOLE TOWN WIPED OUT.
Corbctt, Pa, Destroyed and 500 Per.
son: ..oisse.sss-AEea Couv;s
Burned to Death.

Galeton, Pa, May e.-The lumber
town of Corbett, five miles west of
Galeton, on the Buffalo G. Susque-
hanna railroad, was destroyed by a
forest fire Tuesday. The town had 500
population. Only five buildings are
left standing. A relief train took away
one load of people and started to re-
turn after the rest. A mile out Of
Corbett the fires compelled the train
to turn back. George Luke and wife,
an aged couple, were surrounded by
the fire and burned to death. Many
of the women and children who es-
capped were seriously burned.
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Destructive Cyclones.

San Antonio, Tex, May s.-A de-
structivc cyclone wrecked the San
Antonio Loan and Trust company's
five-story steel and terra Gotta build
ing. The loss is about $4,000. The
building was uninsured.
The tornado caused a loss aggrcgat-
ing over 100000 No loss of life is re-
ported. At Fort Sam Houston the en-
tire galleries of three barracks were
demolished and the officers quarters
were unroofed. Hundreds of trees
within the fort are utterly ruined.
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Fatal Hotel Fire,

Geneseo, N. Y, May o.-The Amer.
lean hotel here was destroyed by fire
at an early hour in the day. At first
it was thought that all the guests had
escaped from the burning building,
but search after the fire had been
gotten under control resulted in the
finding of the bodies of Lafayette
Carney and Sherman Dcboray, of West
Sparta, on the third floor. 1t is
thought a woman also lost her life,
but her identity is unknown and the
BODY has not vet been found.
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The Mine nfsnstcr.

Salt Lake City, May s.-W. G. Sharp.
superintendent of the Pleasant Valley
Coal company, has made report to
the treasurer of the company in re-
gard to the mine disaster at ScofeId,
in which he says: "Total killed, 100;
bodies recovered to date, 1876; injured,
z. OF those in the mine, 1o3 escaped
alive and uninjured. There are 105
widows and 27O orphans"
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Six Drowned.

Cape Henry, Va, May 5.-The Brit.
ish steamer Virginia, Capt. Charles
Samuel, from Daquiri, Cuba, for Bal
timore, with a cargo of iron ore and
with a crew of 26 men, including one
stowaway, stranded on Diamond
shoal about six p. m. Wednesday, May
8, during thick, heavy weather. The
crew took to the boats and attempted
to leave the ship. One boat with IS
of the crew got away, but the other
boat was swamped and six men
drowned
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Hail Cause. Great On mage.

Toledo. o., May ga terrific hail
storm here Monday broke many thou
sands of dollars worth of plate glass,
damaged the city greenhouses,
stripped young fruit trees of buds
and blossoms and caused number
of serious runaways. The aggregate
of losses over the city and vicinity
will be large.
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Illinois G, A. II.

jacksonville, ILL.,, May 5.-The last
session of the Grand Army of the Re-
public encampment was held Friday
amid much enthusiasm. Peoria will
have the gathering next year. The
principal officers elected were: Judge
Longenecker, Chicago, commander;
F. M. Berry, Chicago, senior vice COM
mander; T. F. Blankley, Litchfeld.
junior vice commander; Rev. S. w.
Thornton, Jacksonville, chaplain; r
I. Lane, South Galesburg, medical di-
rector.
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Gen, Bailey Dead,

Uniontown, Pa, May Cen. Silas
M. Bailey, one of the BOG of the IA
nous "old guard" which stood by
Gen. Grant in the convention of 1880,
died at his home here Saturday, aged
ca years, of brain trouble, which re-
suited from bullet wound received
during the war. After the war Pres
ident Johnson brevetted him major
general of volunteers for gallant serv-
ice. He was elected state treasurer
by the republicans of Pennsylvania
in 1881,
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Status of Porto Rico.

St. Paul, Mimi, May 4.-Judge Loeb
rem, in the United States circuit court
on Thursday remanded Rafael Ortiz
the Porto Rican, back to Saltwater
prison. IN his decision Judge Lochren
held that by the cession of Porto Rico
that island became an integral part
of the United States. and that the fed
eral constitution thcreupon, ex pro
pria vigore, extended over the island
and it's people.
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Torn n Il Opx Visit Knux0w

Kansas City, Mo-, May 7.-Half
dozen distinct tornadoes occurred in
Central Kansas Sunday afternoon, fol-
lowing a day of exceedingly high tenn
perature. Two people are known to
have been killed and three injured.
Wires are down in the affected districts,
making it impossible to accurately
sum up the damage done.
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New York, May 5.-Explosion after
explosion followed the breaking out
of a fire in the extensive Standard var
nish works at Elm Park, Staten Island,
shortly after midnight. Vast tanks
of varnish were blown to pieces, and
the blazing material. hurled high in
the air, made a pyrotechnic display
that was wonderful to behold. The
damage was S1500OO. After a hard
fight of four hours The 1iremen saved
the main plant of the works.
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Pier Burns.

New York, May IA fire that start
ed at the river end of the Mallory line
steamship pier, at the foot of Maiden
Lane and the East river, early Sunday
morning, completely destroyed the
pier and valuable contents. The po-
lice place the loss at 100000. Sew
eral barges which were moored near
the pier were also destroyed, and
many rescues of their captains and
of the members of the families on
board were made. Only one life was
lost. The nine-months'-old daughter
of Capt. Charles Lochs, of the barge
Sherwood, was drowned.
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Sent to Prison.

New York, May S.-,ludge Foster dis
missed four old indictments against
Francis II. Weeks. Weeks is lawyer
who as manager and executor of about
70 estates misappropriated about ST.
100000. Five indictments were found
against him. Recorder Smyth SEN
fenced him to ten years at hard labor
on his confession to one of the indict-
Inants
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SAY WAR Is OVER.
Leading Filipinos So Express Them.
selves to Gen. Otis-Lending In
surgents Surrenle ring.

Washington, May 5.-The war de-
partment has received the following
report from Gen. Otis:
Manila, May April captures from
enemy were 80 pieces artillery 1900 rifles,
| considerable ammunition and large stores
OF property. During the early portion of
| the month the enemy was active in the ex-
IRENE northern and southern Luzon and
some Viscayan islands. Our reported
, losses for the month were - enlisted men
killed, three officers, "a enlisted men
~ killed and number wounded not yet re-
ported. This is due to small detachments
scouting in mountains in the interior Of
the island. The enemy losses officially re-
ported were 1,721 killed, wounded and cap
tured. Leading Filipinos express conf
dence in the early pacifcation of the
islands. They say the war has termin-
ated. Leading insurgents are surrender
ing. OTIS"
Washington, May Sin accordance
with Gen. Otis request to be allowed
to return to the United States the war
department Friday issued orders re-
lieving him, to take effect Saturday
morning, May S, the date fixed by Gen.
Otis for sailing.
The orders designate Maj. Gen. Mac
Arthur to succeed Gen. Otis in COM
mand of the division of the Philippines.
Brevet Maj. Gen. Wheaton is designat-
ed to succeed Gen. Macarthur as COM
mander Of the department of southern
Luzon.
Manila, May 7.-Gen. PANTHEON Gar
cha, the highest insurgent officer ex-
cept Aguinaldo, was captured Sunday
by Lieut.. Z. V. Smith, of Gen. Funs-
toms staff, in the town of Jaen, three
miles northeast of San Isidro, PROV
ince of New Ecija.
Manila, May s.-Telegrams received
here from Gen. Young report that
Aguinaldo has rejoined the rebel gen.
eral, limo, in the north, and that they
have reassembled considerable force
in the mountains. Gen. Young desires
to strike them before the rains and
asks for requirements.
The tenor of the dispatches indi-
Gates that Gen. Young is confident
that Aguinaldo is with Tino and it is
presumed they are planning to re-
sumo fighting during the rains.
Two rebel attacks on the American
garrisons in the Visayan islands re-
Gently have resulted in the killing of
ESQ of the enemy and the wounding of
two Americans.
a force of Filipinos estimated to
number eco men armed with rifles and
and 600 armed with bolos, and oper-
ating four muzzleloading cannon, at
tackled Jaro, on Leyte island, April IS,
which place was garrisoned by rs men
of Z company, of the Forty third regi-
ment, Lieut.. Estes commanding.
Estes left Is men to protect the town
and with the remaining ten men he
advanced on the enemy in two squads,
sheltered by the rides south of the
town, whence they stood off the Fill
pinos for three hours. then 20 armed
members of the local police force sal
lied out to help Estes Americans.
The latter, with the police, charged
the enemy, and together they dis
persed the Filipinos and after the
fight was over buried 1875 of them.
There were no American casualties.
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Drowned Oxsfera

Boil one pint of oyster liquor until re-
duced to one-half the quantity, add a
half pint of white wine, and boil 20 min
utes. Mix wei! one-half pint bechamel
with beaten yol1s of two eggs. Stir
into the oysters and wine liquor. But
ter little china shells, sprinkle lightly
with toasted bread-crumbs, fill with
raw oysters and the sauce; cover the
top with bread-crumbs and brown in a
quick oven. Serve hot.-Good House.
keeping.
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Grant Incrcascd Wages

La Crosse, Wis, May 9.-Thc new
scale of wages at IS cents per hour,
presented to the master plumbers by
the journeymen was agreed to, but
their demand tor an eight-hour work.
day with nine hours pay was not al
lowed. The new deal seems to give
satisfaction to all concerned.
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No Minister Sent to Turkey.

Washington, May Tt is authori-
tatively announced that until the
pending issue relative to the payment
of the American indemnity claims is
settled to the satisfaction of the state
department no United States min
lister will attend at the Turkish cap
ital, and Mr.. Straus' leave of absence
will remain as it is now, indefinite as
tn 1uratiOn
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New Record Established.

Springfield, Ill.,, May fired Gilbert,
of Spirit Lake, Ia. established worlds
record at the Illinois Gun club shoot
Thursday, when he killed so pigeons
straight at 81 yards rise in the Grand
Capital City handicap. In the shoot-off
Gilbert won purse of 500. This makes
run of 1875 pigeons for Gilbert at
this shoot. and he has not missed yet.
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Ex-secrctury Endicott Dead.

Boston, May 7.-WiIiam Crownin-
shield Endicott, secretary of war under
President Clevelands first administra-
ton, died at his residence in this city
Sunday afternoon of pneumonia, aged
73 years. The funeral will be private
and burial will be in Salem. Mr.. Endi-
colts daughter, the wife of Joseph
Chamberlain. the English secretary of
state for the colonies, was notified by
cable.
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Decided to Strike,

St. Louis, May Sat two o'clock this
(Tuesday) morning the mass meeting
of employees of the st. Louis Transit
company without dissenting voice de-
cided to go on strike Immediately.
Twenty-six hundred men participated
in the meeting.
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Heavy Losscs in Michigan,

Houghton, Mich, May 0.-Thc dane
age to standing and cut timber in the
upper peninsula of Michigan, through
the fires Of the past three weeks, will
probably exceed $4,000 and may pos
sibly reach Sl,O00,o0O. Heavy damage
has also been done in Canada on the
north shore of Lake Superior. Further
heavy rains are required to put the
district out of danger.
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Damaging Erosts,

Pittsburgh, Pa, May 5.-There have
been heavy frosts in this section. Re-
ports of damage to the fruit crop, veg
etablcs and flowers are coming in
from all directions, but just what dew
astaiion was wrought cannot yet be
estimated.
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Seeks Il Ecw Trinl.

Lansing, Mich, May 1.-The attor-
ncy for Arthur +. Marsh, ex-inspcctor
general of the Michigan national
guard, who was recently convicted of
conspiracy to dcfraud the state in
connection with the fraudulent cloth
ing DEAL filed motion Thursday for
n new trial. The basis for the motion
is Irregularities in the drawing of the
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Will control CYCLE icing

Montreal, May o.-The new Cana
dian Cyclists association, which is to
have exclusive control Of racing in
the dominion and will act with the
N. G. A., has just been formed here.
The association will be under q do
minion board of control.
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Two Ladies' Drowned,

jacksonville, Fla, May 9.-Mrs. M.
II. iutt and Mrs. Eliza Flowerday
were drowned in the St. Johns river
here Monday night. With a party Of
eight they were crossing the river in
a boat. The craft leaked badly and
finally turned over, throwing all the
occupants into the water. Six were
rescued
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SIX to he Hanged.

jefferson City, Mo-, May o.-The Mis-
souri, supreme court sentenced six
murderers to be hanged on June Is,
1900. They are: Ernest Clevenger,
Robert Cushenberry, John A. Hollo-
way, Sam Waters, David Miller and
Incl, Rradfnrd
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Victim Of the Heat.

Pittsburgh, Pa, May 9.-Tuesday
was the hottest May day since 1887, the
thermometer reaching "a degrees.
Much suffering resulted, and one man,
Charles Malukiewicz, pipe feeder in
Carnegie's Thirty-third street mill,
was Frustrated by the heat and died
shortly after reaching the hospital.
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Lynched IL.

Douglas, Ca, May5.-Marshall Jones,
a negro. implicated in the murder of
Allen Crosby, white man, at Gillis'
still, in Coffee county, was taken from
Jail at Douglas and lynched. The ne
gro was tied to small pine tree and
his body riddled with bullets.
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VIII Dress Like a Man.

London, May s.-The St. Petersburg
correspondent of the Daily Mail says:
"The favoritc wife of the shah of Per-
STA, a beautiful Circassian, will ac-
company him during his forthcoming
tour in Europe, disguised in male at
tire
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Much Lumber Deytroyed

Parlersburg, w. Va, May 9.-Forest
fires raging in Webster county de-
stroyed over 100000 feet of fine tim
Der in the stick and sawed, and burned
up two of the largest lumber mills in
that part Of the state. The loss will
be close to $4,000.
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Atlanta, Ca, May 9.-President W..
v. Powell, of the Order of Hallway
Photographers, issued an order to be
effective at II a. NJ, Tuesday, formally
discontinuing the strike of the South.
ern railway telegraphers declared
April ~. 1900.