The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-05-21

on buildings and contents. Severa
frame buildings in the vicinity fwer,
damaged 4$
A Manila dispatch of the 18th SAIL
that Lieut.. Winfield Harper and 81
men of FBcompany of the seventeentl
United States infantry were caught, OF
May 8, in an ambush by several hun
dred Moros. on the east shore of Lake
Liguasan, Fl Mindan.ao. a., Lieutenants H
A. Woodruff and JOS III Hall and II
men were killed and five men wounded
The coroner's jury at Bristol, Tenn.
returned a verdict, en- the 18th, to the
effect that young Edward l.. Wentz
death was due to the accidental dis
charge of his own pistol The body
twas found on the mountainside 9il
Wise county, Va.
Tho Japanese torpedo boat No. as
was destroyed while removing mines
from Kerr bay, north of Port Dalny,
on the 18th Seven men were killed
and seven were Wounded " This is the
first warship Japan has lost in the
war
AS the result of an explosion of six
kegs of powder in shaft No. 7 of the
Big Muddy Coal & Iron Co.'S mine at
Herrin, ILL.,, on the 18th, five men were
killed and IA others injured, some of
whom will die. A number of mine
mules were also killed.
An attempt to wreck Pennsylvania
train. No, 80 near. Richmond. Ind, was
discovered on the 10th, when the en-
sineer stopped the train within few
feet of pile of bricks and stone which
had been placed on the track. Two
boys have been arrested. -,..-
limited States Msrshal III M Barnes,
Of Macon, Ca, was removed from ONCE,
on the 10th. on Geographic instructions
from President RoqgsVefts eThe -eause
of the removals. through a difficulty
which took place a short time ago at
Ealdosta, Ga, 4stweerf Judge Emory
Speer and the marshal. Judge Speer
left Macon for Washington. on, the 7th.
"a collision occurred, on. The 18th, at
Whittier, Is miles south of Los An
gelear Cal, between a. Santa Fe. pas
sehger, train from San Diego to Los
Angeles and an electric car. Fifteen
peEso nsr were injured. several seriously,
BIC none; it is believed, fatally. THE
injured werespassengers on the electric
car. The names of the injured. are not
available. ~~- 80 = 81 ~ .
1t was reported, on the 18th, that
the; Russians were blowing up their
warships in the inner 'harbor of Port
Arthur, numerous heavy, explosions
having been heardr from that direction.
The Russians, however, denied the re-
port, saying they were not going tc
repeat the" mistake Of sebastqpol.
In an auto accident seven miles west
of Newton Kas., on the 10th, Judge
N. p Simpson; Of the district court, |
was killed. Miss Anna Lees, Mrs. M.
H: Simpson. and S.. Lehman were i'm
Iured The machine got beyond control
and dashed off a bridge, falling Is feet
into a ditch. -. .--.- g. .Y,. rtY-
.5Advices from the far east, offthe 9th |
nst., indicated that the Russians were
either making or. preparing to make
'etregrade movements, with. Hardin |
he probable new headquarters and |
Iukden the advance post.
All the railroads composing the Cen
raj Passenger association have decided
O grant stop-overs in Chicago on all
ickets sold in connection with the eX-
POSITION in st. Louis. A committee
las been appointed to confer with the
Western Passenger association and ar
ange a common basis upon which
top-overs will be authorized.
An Illinois Central passenger train
yas ditched, on the 18th, at ten
'clock, two miles south of Dixon, ILL.,
EN- people were injured, three seri-
usly. The first three cars and the
ngine rolled over a 17-foot emhank-
1ent, demolishing the cars.
Edward Morse Field, son of the late
yrus w. Field, is agin in the insanity
ard at Bellevue hospital, in New
ork, for treatment. He went to the
ospital himself and was examined by
IT. Richards.
The Farmers state bank at Nardin,
Ikla failed on the 18th Assets and
abilities not given. 1t had about $751;
no in the Capital national bank at
uthrie. which failed recently.
ATTORNEYS for the striking Santa F,
,ilway machinists at Topeka. kas.,
led a motion in the district court to
ave the restraining order against the
rikers dissolved. The hearing is set !
n Nav 16. The strike situation is
ractically unchanged.
If has been showing for "a hours In :
orth Dakota. Over two inches of
low was on the ground on the 18th. All
I'D work has been stopped. The
heat crop is only half In.