Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1902-04-12

blowing the safe.
Fl. G. Squires, secretary of the
American legation at Pekin, has
been rendered the post of United
States minister to Cuba.
A passenger train on the Burling-
ton road was held up three miles
north Of the city Limits of st. Jo-
seph, Mo-, on the night of the 4th
by four masked men. The railroad
authorities assert that the men did
not get anything.
Chicago and Kansas City pack
ers have advanced the price Of dress
ed beef l cent per pound. An ordina-
ry steak now costs the consumer
about 80 cents, while enough choice
meat for meal for a family OF
four will cost so cents.
Mrs. Mary Mcdonald was fatally
shot by Mrs. John Kane at Clinton,
a suburb of Terre Haute, Ind, as
the result of a quarrel between the
children of the two households. The
two elderly women Joined in the dis
pute, and when Mrs. Mcdonald
threw a rock at Mrs. Kane the latter
went into the house and returned
with a revolver, firing two shots, one
of which entered Mrs. McDonald's
abdomen.
Capt. Joseph B. Coghlan, of the
navy, Of "Hoch der Kaiser" fame,
has been pardoned by the president.
Some years ago Capt. Coghlan
sharply criticised the register Of the
navy in letter written to the latter,
and was reduced nine numbers in
rank. The pardon places Capt.
Coghlan at the head of the list of
captains, so that, on the 10Th of this
month, upon the retirement of Ad-
miral Farquhar, he will become a
rear admiral.
The president has decided to in
vestigate the conditions maintaining
in the vicinity of New Orleans,
where the British are forwarding
horses, mules and forage for the use
of their army in South Africa. At
torney General Knox has reported 70
the president and Mr.. Hay, the Sec
retary of state, advising that an in
vestigation should be made. He
has not passed upon the question
whether the operations of the Brit
ish officers and employees thus far
constitute violations of the neutral
ity laws.
Dun's Review reports commercial
failures for the first quarter this
year, 3,41S in number and $33,731,-
758 in amount of defaulted liabili-
ties, compared with 1886 failures
for $31,7O3,486 during the same
three months of 1901. Manufacture
ing insolvencies numbered 746,
against 71O last year, while liabili-
ties aggregated $14,775,904, COM
pared with $12,504,222 in 1901.
There were 2,5O2 trading failures
for $15,51T327, and last year there
were 2,46S for $14,552,906. Other
commercial failures not properly in
cluded under either Of the two prin-
cipal divisions numbered 17O, with
liabilities of $3,438,527, against 157
last year for $4,646,358. Banking
and other fiduciary defaults were 2G
in number, against S1 a year ago,
but there was a large increase in
liabilities to $15,58S,663, compared
with only $3,441,3S year ago.
Dick Balen, aged 10 of Joplin,
Mo-, is a hero. The hosting plant
in a mine in which he was employed
caught fire. The building was very
dry and the boards were very much
oil-soaked, and the flames spread at
a tremendous rate. The hoisterman
seemed pnralyzed with fear and
started for assistance to try and
quench the flames. Young Bayless,
who was employed to run the tubs
from the shaft to the main plant,
saw the assistance could not arrive
in time and rushed into the burning
building to the holster and signaled
to the eleven men below to be hoist
ed out He heroically stood at the
holster until nine of the imprisoned
miners were boisted to the surface,
and the othere two succeeded in es-
Gaping just as the building collapsed.
Bayless had lost consciousness from
the intense hest and he was jerked
from the totteFing building just in
time to save his own life.
F. P. Sargent, president Of the
Brotherhood OF Locomotive Fire
men, has accepted the appointment
If commissioner general Of immigra-
hon, to succeed T. V. Powderly.