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Arizona republican., 1902-05-26
STONED THE TRAIN
On Which King Victor Emanuel
 Rode

Naples. May 25.-King Victor Eman- uel and Queen Helena arrived here this evening on their way to Palermo to open an agricultural exhibition. During the stoppage of the royal train a the arsenal here, two stones Were thrown at the train by man named NincenZo GuerTerio. who was immodi- ately arrested. The assault resulted in a great demonstration Of loyalty to- wards their majesties by the assem- blal crowd
Arizona republican., 1902-05-26
QUIET AT MARTINIQUE.

Pointe Pitre, Island of Guadaloupe, May 27.-The steamer Lifjeld, belong ing to the GuadalGupe Steamboat com pany. arrived here this morning from Martinique and reports the conditions of that island unchanged. The people of Fort de France were somewhat quieter when the Lifjeld left here.
Arizona republican., 1902-05-26
THE COURT MARTIAL
 AGQUITTIHG WALLER
Not Sustained by the Findings of the
 Reviewing Authority.

Manila May 25--The official findings of the court martial that tried Majo.' L. w. T. Waller and Lieutenant John ing natives of the island of Sam2r with out trial, have been made public. The reviewing authority of the court expressed it's disapproval of the court's $ findings in both cases.
 Referring to tine case of Major Wal Ter the reviewing authority says: The sending of the natives to their death partook more of unlawful retaliation than of q ,usufiaDIe act or war.
Arizona republican., 1902-05-26
SUICIDE OF COUNTY CLERK.
Jcseph Porter, Rebuked for Laxity in
 Office, Takes His Own Life.

Utica, N. Y, May 25.-Joseph Porter of Rome, county clerk of Oneida county and enc of the most prominent Grand Army men in the central part of the state. committed suicide by asphyxia- tior last night at the Butterfield House. His body was found at noon today by q chambermaid.
 MT. Porter was elected county clerk in 1890 Cl the republican ticket. His administration of the affairs e. the office was faithful and painstaking up to six months ago, when he began a period Of dissipation. He neglected his duties and last week Supreme Court Justice Wright rebuked him for his ap- parent laxity in connection with his official duties. Porter only plunged deeper into dissipation.
Arizona republican., 1902-05-26
TRAINS AT 120 MILES.
Massachusetts Inventor Proposes t
 Reduce Friction on Car Wheels.

Hopkinton. Mass, May 25.-Dcanis D. Mahoney. an inventor. says that railroad trains will soon be passing through the country at the rate of 20 miles an hour.
 He has an invention to reduce the friction of car wheels on their axIes and on the rails to a minimum. and says this will allow of the increasing of speed of railroad cars on a railroad track to at least two miles a minute and that this excessive speed will net in the least inconvenience passengers, for the invention also reduces the jars and sudden motions which usually ac- company fast travelling
Arizona republican., 1902-05-26
4 SUNDAY LYNCHING
 BY MISSOURI HOB
Sheriff and Deputies Wounded in
 Defense of Negro Victim.

Kansas City, May 25.-A special from Paris says: A mob broke into the jail here today after a desperate fight in which the sheriff and his deputies were wounded, and secured Abe Withrop, negro who killed young William Grow last month, and lynched him.
 They took WithrCp to the north end of town and hanged him from bridge The neSro's neck Was broken The sheriff and his deputies are not badly h.-l.:
Arizona republican., 1902-05-26
SHOT A DTSTURBFR.

Chicago. May 25.-Nels Johnson. a north side politician, tonight shot and fatally wounded Mrs. C. j. Gullackson his sister-in-law. whom he asserted was the cause of his wiie's leaving him. and then he committed suicide, shooting himself in the head.
Arizona republican., 1902-05-26
SECRET INVESTIGATION
Of the Arrest of the Chicago's Officers
 at Venice.

Naples. May 25.-The court of inquiry being held on board the United States cruiser Chicago to investigate the ar rest of certain officers of that cruiser at Venice on April p continues it's ses- sions. but the strictest secrecy regard : ing the proceedings is maintained or ders having been received from Wash inSton that the findings shall not be divulged until they are passed upon by the United States government
Arizona republican., 1902-05-26
ARRESTED CIGARETTE SMOKER
Youth Accused of Setting Strip of
 Woodland on Fire.

WiIliamsport, Pa, May 25.-CIyde Vollmer, 19 years old. of this city, has been held under bail for q hearing next Saturday on the charge of having care Iessly set fire to the timber on the land of George Rooms, in Eldred township.
 It is alleged that Vollmer visited Koone' woods, smoked a cigarette, and that soon after he left the timber strip was found ablaZe- A large area was burned over before the farmers Of that neighborhood succeeded in putting out the fire.
Arizona republican., 1902-05-26
BLOOD HOUND PUT
 OK WOMAk'S TRAIL

Cory, Pa, May 25.-The entire police and fire departments aided in fruit less search for Mrs. William Weaver. who has been missing from home since yesterday.
 4 bloodhound was placed On the trail and succeeded in tracing the woIn; Il to Bear Lake. where she took a pas sengar train for the east.
Arizona republican., 1902-05-26
FIDELITY WON'T MOVE.
Structure Found Projecting on City Property Will Continue Building.

Buffalo, May 25.-George V. Formar, president of the Fidelity Trust Go. to- day declared that the big new building of the company. which projects on city property on two streets, will be com pIeted without alteration in spite of the mandate of the commissioner of public works.
 He declared that the plans for he building, now partly constructed, were filed regularly and accepted by the bu- reau of buildings. In the meantime, Col. Ward, the public works commits sioner, has notified the bureau Of building to stop all work on the building pending d settlement of the dispute.
Arizona republican., 1902-05-26

Of the men will quit work June unless an eight hour day is granted them. Another officer Of the union says the percentage Of engineers who will quit will net be nearly as large. The per centage of pumpmen who will come out is not known.
Arizona republican., 1902-05-26

this. he says. could be easily remedied and il must be done, sooner or later.
 He has travelled all over the valley within q few miles of Phoenix and he believes that there is nowherein the world mere admirable location for d sanitarium.
Arizona republican., 1902-05-26
AN EARLY PEACE.

London, May 25,-The Daily Mail this morning says that the anonunce- ment of peace may be expected any moment and it will be found that the government has remained intieXible on all vital points.
Arizona republican., 1902-05-26
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.

Kansas City, i; Indianapolis, }.
 Minneapolis, 6; Toledo. D. Second game, Minneapolis, 9; Toledo, l.
 St. Paul. 3; Columbus, f.
 Milwaukee. 3; Louisville. s. Second game, Milwaukee, 1; Louisville. o.
Arizona republican., 1902-05-26
PRETORIA CONFERENCE.
Favorable Progress Being Made in Ne
 gotiations.

Pretoria, May 25.-The Boer deputa- tiCn is still here and conferences at Nereeriging continue. Nothing defin- ite as to the result is known, but it is believed that negotiations are proceed ing favOrably.
Arizona republican., 1902-05-26
THE WEEKS BUSINESS
 THE HOUSE PROGRAMME: E:
Immigration Bill Will Have Right Of
 Way in the Lower Branch

Enough Other Measures to Fill Up the First Week of une After Which the Irrigation Bill Will Receive Attention The Time for Taking Vote the Philippines Bill in the Senate Is Not Yet in Sight, Notwithstanding a Prediction That It Would Be Disposed of Today.
Arizona republican., 1902-05-26
WESTERN LEAGUE

Kansas City. 6: Milwaukee. ,. Omaha, 6: Colorado Springs, o. St. Joseph, 3: Peoria. 1.
 Des Mcines, 1: Denver. 1.
Arizona republican., 1902-05-26
BASE BALI
The Result Of Contests in the Four
 Leagues Yesterday.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Cincinnati, ,: Brooklyn. 0. Chicago, ,; New York, 1.
Arizona republican., 1902-05-26
COUNT R0CHAnHbEAly
 SEES LIBERTy'S CRADLE
Which His IIIustrjous Great Grand ., Father Helped tO Protect
 "7taa; O.
The F>renchma1l

The Frenchman Party Arrive in Philadelphia on Their Way From V, ashngton and Become Interested ill Independence Hall-The Visit of the First Count After the Surrender of Yorktown Is Recalled-The City Plans an Official Welcome to the Party
Arizona republican., 1902-05-26
IMPENDING WEATHER.

Washington. May 25.-Arizona-Fair Monday and Tuesday.
Arizona republican., 1902-05-26
WILL SEE THE FALLS.
The Members of the Rochambeau
 Mission.

Washington, May 25.-The members of the French mission which came to Washington to attend the ceremonies incident to the unveiling of the Roch- ambeau statue finished their visit here this morning and left for Niagara Falls on tour of the east before re- turning home.
Connecticut western news., 1902-05-15
Astronomical Problems.

Some time ago Professor Darwin of Cambridge pointed out that if star revolved on its axis with certain ve- locity, that of few hours, the star would tend to divide into two, and the form 1t would take before complete separation would be that of a dumb bell or rather of two pears joined top to top. This deduction was purely the oretical. During the past two years an examination of the light changes of some recently discovered variable stars reveals this very condition of things. For example, one star in the southern sky goes through certain regular se- ries of light changes in seven hours, and an examination of these light changes indicates that the star is a twin system, the two bodies composing it being in contact. This dumbbell sys- tem revolves round their common cen ter in seven hours, the most absolute confirmation of the theoretical conclu- sions. Then there is another variable star in the southern sky the light changes of which show that the two stars composing the system are no lon ger in contact. Separation has just taken place, the nexus between them is broken, and two worlds. full born. have started on that outward spiral which in the course of ages will carry them far remote from one another.-- Chambers Journal
Connecticut western news., 1902-05-15
Probing the Reef Trust

Attorney General Davies of New York state on Tuesday made applica. ton to Supreme Court Justice Chester at his chamber for the appointment of a referee to take the testimony of cer- tain witnesses in the matter of the SC called beef trust preliminary to fram' ing a complaint. The application was granted, and ex-Justice Landon of Schenectady was appointed referee. Governor Odell has been fully advised of the result of the investigation made by the attorney general to date, and the proceedings by the attorney gen eral meet with his entire approval At. torney General Davies said that an at. tache of his office had been dispatched to subpoena the various witnesses upon whose evidence his department Intends to prove it's case.
Connecticut western news., 1902-05-15

death of their father have they been on intimate or brotherly terms. This alleged enmity on the part of Malcolm is said to have been brought about by the fact that the father of the boys disinherited Malcolm and that this ac- ton on the fathers part was because he did not wish Malcolm to devote him self to an athletic career
 Paul Leicester Ford was thirty-seven years old, novelist of much note. Janice Meredith" being perhaps his most popular novel. He was married about a year ago to Miss Grace Kid der, daughter of Edward H. Kidder of Brooklyn. He was the son of Gordon Lester Ford of Brooklyn, who died eleven years ago and left an estate of some $2,00O,OO0 divided between his children, with the exception of Nal colm w., who was disinherited by the will MT. Ford is the author of "The Hon. Peter Stirling" "The Great K. and A. Train Robbery" The True George Washington" ''The Many Sided Frank lin," which ran serially in The Century; "Tattle Tales of Cupid" Janice Mere dith," which ran serially in The Book man in 1899, and a collection of short stories. He also edited the writings of Thomas Jefferson in ten volumes, the writings of John Dickinson in three volumes and numerous other works.
Connecticut western news., 1902-05-15
General Markets.

New York. May M FLoUR-Held firmly at yesterdays a1- vance, but was less active; Minneeote patents, s4aA.20, winter Atraighta. C @A SsO: winter extras, ta.i5a2ao; winter pN- ents, sSsOa4fo.
 wHEAT--Opened up on the orob ~cport and then eased or under realizing and up- favorable late cables: July, S 7-ieas2to.i [ September 7sysaS0hc, RYE-Firm; state, 62a69o., c. !, f., New York carlots; No. 2 western. eSsto.. I. e b, afioat.
 CoRN-opened stronger with wheat, but also reacted toward noon; July, 67hasINc.; 1; September. 66a66hc.
 oATs-Quiet, but firm: track. white. state. t9a5Sc. track. white, western. ss@ PoRK-Firm; mess. sisaIsbO; family. yia. 50a2o.
 LARD-Firm; prime western steam. 10 roc.
 BJJTTER-Isower, closing steady state dairy. 20a22c. creamery. 2o,xax2Ao. - EGGS-Steady. state and Pannsyivania, I7c. western. at mark, i6Nai7Mo. SUGAR-Raw irregular. fair refining g5sc; centrifugal. % test. sAe.. refined steady; crushed, 5ibo powdered, ATso. MoLASsEs-stcady: New orleans. na~ uc.
 RICE-steady; domestic. tssasMo,; Js- pan, AAa5o.
 TALLow-Firm; city, s%o.; country. tAa7c.
 HAY-steady; shipping, Dasso,; rood te choice, S7lsasSc.
Connecticut western news., 1902-05-15

LOCATION OF MARTINIQUE. Mont Pelee crater All day Wednesday horrid detonations had been heard. These had been echoed from St. Thom- as, on the north, to Barbados, on the south. During the night of Wednes- day these had ceased, and only fine ashes, like rain, fell on St. Pierre.
 Governor Deprecate. Danger.
 As this continued the governor, NJ. Mouttet, who was then at Fort de France, tried to stop the panic which the volcanic disturbance caused. He declared the danger would not in crease, sent a detachment of soldiers to prevent a general exodus of the in, habitants and later went to St. Pierre himself with his wife.
 The British steamer Roraima arrived at St. Pierre some time afterward. with ten passengers, among whom were Mrs. Stokes and her three children and Mrs. H. J. Ince. They were all watch ing the rain of ashes, when, with a frightful roar and terrific electric dis steam swept down from the crater over town and bay, destroying fleet of yes sells at anchor off the shore.
 Twelve survivors only are in the mil itary hospital at Fort de France, while 30,O00 corpses are strewn about or bur jed in the ruins of St. Pierre or else floating, gnawed by sharks, in the sur rounding seas. Twentyeight charred, half dead human beings were brought here. Sixteen of them are already dead, and four others only are expected to receveN
 Waters Filled With Bodies. A steamer chartered in Guadeloupe reached Martinique at 6:30 Sunday morning. The lofty hilled island was hidden behind huge veil of violet or leaden colored haze. Enormous quanti- ties of the wreckage of large and small ships and houses were met with. Huge trees and too often floating bodies, | with fiocks of sea gulls soaring above and hideous sharks fighting about them, were floating here and there. From behind the volcanic veil came
 blasts of hot wind mingled with others ice cold.
 At Le Precheur, five miles north of | SI. fleFre, canoes Wltn men ana wOm-
 en, frantic to get away, begged for a | passage on the steamer.
 | The whole north end of the island was covered with a silver gray coat ing of ashes resembling dirty snow.
 Furious blasts of fire, ashes and mud | swept over the steamer, but finally St. 1 Pierre was reached.
 l The city of St. Pierre stretched near | ly two miles along the water front and half a mile back to cliff at the base of
 the volcano. The houses of the richer | French families were built of stone
 The ash covered hills were fianked bJ
 the still smoking volcano. The ruins
 were still burning in many places, ana frightful odors of burned flesh filled
 the air. With great difficulty a landing
 was effected. Not one house was Jeff
 intact. Everywhere were viscid heaps
 of mud, of brighter ashes or piles of
 volcanic stones.
 Streets Can Hardly He Traced.
 The streets could hardly be traced
 Here and there amid the ruins were
 heaps of corpses. Almost all the faces
 were downward. In one corner twenty.
 two men, women and children weEs
Connecticut western news., 1902-05-15
winufun by Lomiuw.

Several years ago an American con tractor cast eyes upon certain con- tract on the Nikolaevsky railway. Not being able to obtain 1t by fair means, he went on a beautiful cloudless day to the parsonage who had control of the contract, taking with him huge um- brella. In reply to the personage's re- mark that there was no danger of rain the contractor offered to bet 100000 rubles that 1t would be pouring with in half an hour. The offer was accept ed. At the end of the half hour the sky was still cloudless, the sun was shining even more beautifully. The contracting therefore lost the bet, but he got the contract.
Connecticut western news., 1902-05-15
Wrestling With the Language

At recent dinner given In Philadel- phia there were present a Frenchman and his wife who had lately come to this country. They were having some difficulty with the language. In the course of the conversation the French man remarked to his next neighbor; "I haf mooch interest in your high build- Ings in xis coontree. Vat you call sem --skycreepersr 'A0h, no,- broke in his wife; ''Eat iss not right 1t ias sky- sCratchsrAs - -s
Connecticut western news., 1902-05-15
senhor seyero,. Airship Explode,

Senhor Severe, the Brazilian aero. naut, with an assistant, was killed by the explosion of his airship La PaiX, in which he was making a trial trip al Paris on Sunday. Senhor Severe had invited a number of friends to witness the ascension, and his wife and a mum. Der of relatives were following the course of the balloon in motor cars Suddenly the spectators wepe mortified by a bright flash of light, followed by a loud explosion. The balloon, which at this time was 1,500 feet above the ground, fell rapidly, landing on the roof of a house. The aeronaut fell into the street and was dashed to riaaaS
Connecticut western news., 1902-05-15
May 1A.

l536-Queen Anne Boleyn beheaded on the Tower green; birth date unknown. l762-Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German phi losopher. born; died 1914 17S0-"Dark day. in New England: dark ness commenced at Il a. m. and cov- cred the country from New York city to Maine; in Massachusetts and DOT tions of New Hampshire artificial lights were required.
 l.95-Josiah Bartlett, "signer." member of the convention of 17S7 and governor of New Hampshire, died; born l729. iS94-Andrew J. Graham, author of the Graham system of shorthand, died al Orange, N. J.. born 1880. 1S96-Kate Field, lecturer and journalist, died at Honolulu; born 1840. l90l-M. w Pretorius, first president oi the Transvaal Republic. died at Jo- hannesburg: born 1918.
Connecticut western news., 1902-05-15
The Story of One Verdict.

The other day, when the jury in a murder trial in the Louisville courts had retired to their room, the foreman said: "Gentlemen, this Is serious case we have to decide. A mans life may be forfeited by our decision. How many Christians are among usY" Nine men raised their hands. twill one of you pray?" asked the foreman. One of the oldest jurors said he would do his best. All knelt, and a most earnest and impressive prayer was offered. Balloting was then begun. Several Jurors were in favor of a life sen tence and others for terms as short as eight years. The jury finally agreed on eighteen yeRrG "
Connecticut western news., 1902-05-15
BURIED BY LAVA. Disaster In Martinique With out Parallel In History. THIRTY THOUSAND DEAD. The City of St. Pierre Utterly
 Destroyed.
THIRTY THOUSAND DEAD
ST. VINCENT DEVASTATED.

Fully Two Thousand Victims of Vol
 canO on British IsIand-MOnt Pe-
 lee, on Martinique, Stin In Erup-
 tion-FamIne Threatens the Few
 can Consul. and Their Famtlier
 Believed to Have Perinhed.
 Fort de France, Island of Marti' nique, May 13.-It now seems to be generally admitted that about 30,OOO persons lost their lives as a result of the outbreak of the Mont Pelee volca' no at St. Pierre on Thursday last. Care, ful investigation by competent govern ment officials shows that the earlier re ports were accurate.
 Briefly put, last Thursday morning the cityof St. Pierre disappeared with In ten minutes in a whirling cyclone ot fire vomited from Mont Pelee. Thirty thousand persons were instantly and horribly killed, and the volcano, whose ancient crater had been occupied by 8 quiet lake in which picnic parties bathed, suddenly discharged torrent of fiery mud which rolled toward the sea, engulfing everything before it Then the last of cable communication was broken, and the doomed city was isolated from the world.
 The commander of the French cruis' CT Suchet gave the American consul at Guadeloupe, Louis H. Ayme, the first news of the appalling disaster the day after it occurred. Mir. Ayme has reached the desolate spot where St Pierre stood and confirms the awful story in all its essential features.
 From an interview with Colonel Ayme, who is a trained American news paper man, the following facts were learned regarding the destruction of St Pierre:
 Thursday morning found the inhab itants of that city anxiously looking to ward the thick clouds shrouding the
Connecticut western news., 1902-05-15
May 21.

 1691-Cornelus van Tromp, famous Dutch admiral. died. Cornelius was the son of the more celebrated Dutch com mander, Marten Harpertzoon. He fought in company with De Ruyter. his fathers chief rival and successor. and on the death of De Ruyter became lieutenant admiral general of the Unit ed Provinces.
 i7S0-Elizabeth Gurney (Fry). Quaker preacher and prison reformer, born near Norwich. England; died 1S45 1S49-Maria Edgeworth. English novelist. died In County Longford. Ireland; born in England 1767. lS79-Famous naval engagement off Iqui- qui. Chile; the Peruvian monitor Huas- car sank the Chilean ironclad Esme- ralda. ls94-General Phil Cooke. a distinguished Confederate veteran. died in Atlanta born 1877. IS99-Admiral Dewey sailed from Manila on the cruiser Olympia on his voyage home
Connecticut western news., 1902-05-15
May 18.

180t-Napoleon Bonaparte was declared emperor of France.
 lS6-Nathaniel Hawthorne, distinguished American novelist and sketch writer. died in Plymouth, N. H.; born in Sa- lem, Mass, 1894 Hawthorne's TO- mances have been before the public forty odd years and still retain a hold upon readers. His Scarlet Letter" published first in 1850. lifted him at once to the front rank of contemporary novelists. lSe4-Fierce storm on Lake Michigan, fol- lowed by numerous wrecks and heavy loss of life among sailors.
 1S96-Otto Camphausen, noted Prussian financier, died at Berlin; born 1872. 1900-Mafeking relieved by the British ar my after siege of 217 days.
Connecticut western news., 1902-05-15
TIRE BIG COAL STRIKE.
One Hundred and Forty-hve Thou
 sand Miners Idle.


 sand Miners Idle.
 Mine workers in the anthracite re- gions of Pennsylvania to the number of 145,OO0 have formally begun their struggle for increased wages and short CT hours. Never in the history of hard coal mining has a tieup been so com plete, not one of the 357 collieries in the territory being in operation. There is every indication for the belief that tho suspension which was to cover only tn. first three days of this week will b. made permanent by the miners gener al convention which will meet at Ha zleton on Wednesday,.
 The coal companies in various parts of the regions have already made prep arations for a siege. Coal train crews telegraph operators, switchmen, car, penters, machinists and other employ. ees numbering several thousand not identified with the Mine Workers un ion have been laid off until further no tice. Some of the companies have alsa brought their mules to the surface and placed them in pasture.