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ire conducting an investigation.

er Frankfurt bringing in from Bre-
| men about l.75O. Three other yes
sells brought in an average OF 1000
| each.
CHICAGO. April 11.-At Marion
| band OF desperadoes attempted to rob
the vault of the Bank of Marion.
They used a heavy charge of dyna-
mi.e, the explosion of which aroused
| sleeping citizens. and the robbers
were copeIied to flee without getting
a cent.
OMAHA, Neb., April 1.-THE south
| bound Wabash train which left here
| last night was wrecked at Wilcox, Mo.
The train ran into an open switch.
-.e engine and mail car was ditch
| ed.
| Several were hurt. hut none serous-
ly.
| LONDON. April 11.-Up to noon
war office officials say that no official
confirmation has been received of the
| report that General Botha has reopen
| ed peace negotiations.
The news is regarded as being
semi-oiiicially true. however.
| WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE
president today announced a large
number Of appointments in all the
| government departments. The most
important wre: Oliver Hughes of
Connecticut, to be United States CON
sui general at Coburg; Francis b.
Gessner to be consul general at Ut
teau, Germany; Robert p. Skinner of
|
seilles, France. Among the army
appointments John A. Logan, Jr.. was
made captain of commissary gener-
ais department.
| FRANKFORT. Ky, April IA re-
QUESTION Will be made on Governor
Durbin OF Indiana at the close of the
ripley trial for the return of Governor
| Iaylor. The testimony of eX-Gov-
ernor Bradley in the case today w.
be the basis for the reGuisition.
| PUEBLO, April l1.-A misplaced
= and Rock Island train to meet
head-on at Eden, seven miles north
OF here. Three persons were badly
| injured Traffic is blocked.
| COLOMBO, Ceylon. April 1l.-Great
preparations are being made to enter
tain the duke and duchess of Cornwall
upon their arrival.
The United States cruiser Buffalo
reached port last night. The cruiser
| New York is expected to arrive in Il
few hours on her way to Manila.
BERLIN, April lit is reported
that the sultan has raised loan to
! Dtt oh -I,,i in,
firm of Cramps for the cruiser he or
| dered.
NEW YORK, April 11.-Three po-
lite but hard working elephants as
sisted eighty-three other animals, des-
tined for Chicago. to disembark from
the Hamburg American liner Pretoria.
The captain OF the steamship must
have felt many of the responsibilities
of Noah when in command of the ark.
On board the Pretoria were seven
elephants, four camels, six hyenas,
two lions, one leopard. three water
buifaloes, a horned horse, two ante
iopes. two Isabella antelopes. six pei
leans. two porcupines and fifty mon
ycys.
1t was feared that the sound of
steam would scare the big beasts and
send the hyenas into Mysteries. There
fore the three gentlemanly elephants
were hitched to a derrick, which is orr
dinariiy worked by steam, and safely
raised the twenty-nine cages contain
ing their fellow-passengers from the
hold to the pier.
The animals came from Hagen
uacks. in Hamburg. which supplies
the menageries and ZOOS of the world;
does business SO extensive that it
may have bargain days in monkeys.
During the voyage camel tried to
step out of the hold and broke its
leg, so it had to be shot and thrown
overheard.
One of the elephants is baby;
the smallest ever brought here, ~
hands high. not much higher than
pony. 1t is going to kip's Lilliputian
show at kokomo, Ind. The rest of
the creatures are billed for Ringlings
circus in Chicago.
| WASHINGTON, April 12.-The
state department is in receipt Of the
annual report of United States Con
sui Berliner at Tenerifre, Canary Is
lands.
The consul says leprosy and ele
phantiasis are epidemic there and zoe
horrible cases are known to exist.
The lepers live in a small town a
mile from the city, but are allowed
to visit the city daily for the purpose
OF begging
Horrible sights meet the eyes of
strangers on the streets as the lepers
show their sores and beg for aims.
Citizens and strangers alike are ex-
posed to contagion The local author
tiles declare the disease is not conta-
gious, but the consul says he believes
1t to be infectious.
WASHINGTON, April l1.-Througf
an order Just issued by Secretary o
the Navy Long, Schley is SIMPSONS
superior.
he order gives the relative posi-
tons OF the officers on the naval reg