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IN 4 natural gas explosion AZ the AL
bion hotel at Marietta. Ohio, Marion
Jones, his wife and ~two-year-old child
was injured. Jones' recovery is doubt
full. The family was blown out of bed
Miss Emma Rousey, aged nineteen
was struck by a train at Hunting, w
Va. Perry Meadows, a section hand
tried TO drag her from in front Of tho
oncoming train, and was himself
killed.
A high wind overturned a big water
tank which was being erected at Ter
ry, Mont. Michael Lacey was caught
beneath the heavy timbers and receiv'
ed injuries which, it is thought. will
prove fatal.
During a severe electrical and rain
storm John Mueller was struck by
lightning and killed in Chicago. Nine
fires were caused by bolts Of lightning
inside of twenty minutes after the
storm began.
Mrs. Charles Caruth, the wife of a
farmer near Webster City, Iowa, was
found dead in the cistern by her hus-
band. 1t is presumed that she acct
dentally fell in, and no one being near
to aid her she was drowned.
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MANY KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK
TRAIN DERAlLED AND WRECKED
COACHES ARE HURLED IN
EVERY DIRECTION.

Cotton, Cal, March so. - A disas-
trous wreck occurred near here yes
terday, when a passenger train ran
into an open switch while going at the
| rate of forty miles an hour. Ten OF
the fourteen coaches were derailed.
Twenty-six persons are known 10
have been killed and the list will total
much higher than this number.
The injured number about 100, many
Of whom will die.
Smashed Into splinters.
The wrecked coaches were hurled
in every direction. -Four of them we're
smashed into splinters. Most of he
dead were Italians who occupied he
smoker and day coach. The dead were
| terribly mangled. The injured were
carried to this city.
But two Americans are known TO
have been killed, although several OF
those among the injured will undoubt-
eddy die within a few hours.
Pullman Passengers Escape.
Out OF about eighty Pullman passen-
gers there were but two who sustained
| serious injuries. The three Pullman
coaches and the diner, which were on
the rear of the train, did not leave the
track. The occupants of these cars
were practically unframed. The Flor
ence Roberts Theatrical company oc-
cupied one coach. which was hurled
from the tracks and both ends of 1t
crushed in by impact against the 9TH
ers. But two members of Miss Rob
erts' company u of a total of twenty
two people were injured.
No Warning Of Danger.
The derailment of the train was
caused by the crew of a switch engine
leaving a switch open at this point.
There was absolutely no warning of
the impending catastrophe. The engl-
neer saw the signal Of the open switch
| when but a few rods distant from 1t
and had no time to sound even a whis-
tie Of warning. much less to reverse
the throttle or set the brakes. He
called to his fireman to jump, n they
both leaped wildly from opposite sides
of the engine.
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From Other Shores.

]. B. Amy, the sculptor, is dead in
Paris.
Prince Won Arenberg. one of the
Centrist leaders in the reichstag, died
ut Grefeld. Germany.
The ban upon Chicago meat as a
food for the British army has been re
moved by the war office.
Prof. Won Bergman. the famous sur
Geon, died at Wiesbaden. Germany, fol
lowing an operation for appendicitis.
Louis Harcourt, the first commits
sioner OF public works OF Great Brit.
ain, has been promoted to cabinet
rank
An explosion occurred on board Tor
pcdO boat No. LAT at Cherbourg,
France. Two men were severely
scalded.
Heinrich Won korn. aged seventy
eight, proprietor OF the Schlesische
Zeitung. is dead at Breslau, Prussia.
He leaves a fortune of about 81. 00O,-
900
X. p. Pobiedonosteff, former prose-
cutor general of the synod of the
Greek church, died at St. Petersburg.
Death was due to extreme old age.
For more than two decades he had
been q prominent factor in shaping
governmental policies, his voice al
ways being lifted in the cause OF reac.
ton.
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Col. Daniel NJ. Taylor. Y. S. A., chief
ordnance officer Of the Department OF
the Lakes, died at Atlanta, Ga.
Swan Swanson. aged ~eighty-one, last
Of the original seven trustees of the
famous communist colony established
~ Swedish immigrants at Bishop Hill,
near Kewanee, ILL.,, sixty years ago,
b dead.
Capt. A. E. Barnes, the oldest man
IN point Of service In the United
States railway mail service, died at
Clkins, w. Va, aged ffty-nine years.
Capt. Barnes was on the stan OF Gen.
Gibbons during the Civil war.
Edwin Bradley Haskell, one OF the
prOprietors OF the Boston Herald, and
formerly editor-in-chief of the paper.
died at his home in a suburb of Bos-
ton. Mr.. Haskell was also heavily in
terested in the Minneapolis Journal.
Hamlin f. Lee. a veteran of the
Mexican and Civil wars and a nephew
Of Gen. r. e. Lee. died at Colorado
Springs, Colo, of heart failure, aged
e~ighty-seven years. Although closely
related to the Southern general and q
virginian by birth, Mr.. Lee fought
with the Union army.
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WILL REPORT 2-ffNT Bill
JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE
REJECTS PROPOSALS OF
RAILROADS.

ST. Paul, April 3.-There will be no
compromise on the 2-cent passenger
fare proposition recommended by the
legislative conference committee. "A
instead the committee will report a
2-cent rate bill to-day. Efforts TO eff
feet a compromise Oh the whole rate
question, both passenger M freight,
in consideration of the reconsideration
in the senate and house of the vote on
the passage of the 2-cent passenger
fare bills and the substitution of a
> 12 CEN fare bill were not successful.
SO far as the conference COMMITTEES
and the railroad and warehouse COM
mission are concerned.
Proposals Are Disappointing.
The proposals of the railroads upon
which the compromise was to be made
were received by the committee and
the commission last evening. The
terms of the proposed compromise did
not come up to the expectations of the
committee, and while the committee
will have performed its full duty when
it transmits the offer to the Legislature
to-day the committee will in effect re
port against the compromise by report
ing in a bill providing for a 2-cent pas
senger rate.
Report 2-cent Bill.
The bill will be short, providing for
a maximum 2-cent rate, with stringent
penalties for violation.
The offer received by the committee
yesterday provided for a maximum
IL cent passenger rate. with 1000
lie books as now issued and a 500
lmily mileage book, to be sold for
10. The expected offer of a 2-cenr
ate for all return trip tickets did not
materialize.
On Commodity Rates.
The proposed concessions in freight
rates also disappointed the COMMITTEES.
The concession in the commodity
rates, in which a cut of about II II
per cent OH the average recently was
ordered by the railroad commission.
was about 80 per cent Of this cut. The
rates ordered by the commission are
held in allegiance pending the settle
ment of litigation pending in the
courts.
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Crimes and Criminals.

John Hippo, a white man, hanged
Nashville. Tenn.
H. Clay Ewing, who was an attorney
general Of Missouri from 1872 to 1874,
died at Jefferson City, Mo, aged sew
enty-nine.
In a duel over a poker game at Re
serve. La, T. w. Farrell was killed
and his opponent, B. p. Bourgeois, was
seriously wounded.
Lady Dorothy Stanley, widow of Sir
Henry M. Stanley, the African ex-
plorer, was married in London to Hen.
ry Curtis, F. X. G.. S.
William A. Proctor, president of the
Proctor & Gamble company, and son
of one of the firms founders, died
from a bullet wound, self-inflicted, at
his home in Cincinnati.
John j. Nolan, a retired leather mer-
chant, formerly of Salem, Mass, COM
mitted suicide at the Crawford house
IN Boston by cutting his throat. Mr..
Nolan had been troubled with insom-
mia.
Eight residents Of Helena, Mont,
have been arrested charged with I'M
lawful practices during the recent Re-
publican primaries. 1t is alleged that
they attempted unduly to influence
voters.
Interrupted in an evident attempt to
commit suicide, Charles Wallace of
Memphis shot and seriously wounded
his brother-in-law, J. E. Rousch, and
firing two bullets into his W breast
ended his life.
Charles Rocker, who confessed in a
dream to the murder of August Schra-
der over a year ago, was found guilty
at Sibley, Iowa, and sentenced to life
Imprisonment. This is the third time
Rocker was convicted.
An indictment charging Mrs. Mi
chael Mcdonald with the murder of
Webster M. Guerin has been returned
by the grand jury in Chicago. Mrs.
Mcdonald shot Guerin after a quarrel
in his Office on Feb. 81.
Miss Nancy Miller, a waitress EN-
ployed at a hotel in East Pittsburg,
was stabbed seven times with a butch
err knife and died within a few min
utes. Walter Howard. a rejected suit
or, is charged with the crime.
Fred Miller was hanged at the peni-
tertiary at Walla Walla. Wash, for the
murder of Fred Dierk at Castle Rock
last October. Miller collapsed during
the march to the gallows and was un-
conscious when the drop was sprung.
Albert Shuka, a special policeman,
was stabbed to death at Cleveland
just after he had left a dance hall
where he had been on duty. Shuka
had trouble with several young men
whom he elected from the hall and at
ter the place was closed the party re-
newed the trouble.
With his throat cut from ear to ear,
and no evidence at hand to reveal the
perpetrator of the deed, James Ander-
son, custodian of the Masonic temple
at Council Bluffs, was found dead a
short time after the last OF a party OF
dancers had left the hall. That the
murder was committed in cold blood is
the opinion OF the police.
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IRA|NMfN CUT
DOWN DEMANDS
NINE.AOUR WoRkpAY ALL THAT
STANDS IN WAY OF AGREE
MENT.
Will TAKE WAGE INCREASE
FEDERAL OFFICIALS PUT IN RUSY
OAY IN THE INTEREST OF
PEACE.

Chicago. April >. - The railway EN-.
ployes in the train service OF the West
ern railroads have reduced their de
mands to a nine-hour workday, and the
government officials VINO came to Chi
cagO last week To bring about a peace
able adjustment of the threatened
strike are working hard to overcome
that obstacle. Commissioners Knapp
and Neill held an almost continuous
session ~yesterda. with the general
managers and the representatives OF
the trainmen and conductors.
Urge One, Then the Other.
The opposing interests met in ad
joining room and the peace emissa
ries Went back and forth between
them, urging n side or the other tt
concede a point in the interests .
peace.
The men yesterday signitied the
Willingness to accept the wage IL.
crease offered by the railroads if the
managers would grant the demand foi
the nine-hour %workday.
The labor delegates declared that
the wage increase asked for is a minor
consideration with them. but that they
could not face their constituents with
out securing Improvements in the
working conditions.
Prevented Settlement.
1t was learned hat the nine-hOur de
mand of the locomotive firemen was
what has prevented a settlement OF
that end of the labor difficulties the
Western roads are experiencing. While
acting separately entirely from the
conductors and trainmen. the firemer
are standing out for the same de
mands. and it is said in the event of a
strike being ordered they, too. would
walk out.
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Indicted Man Shoots Self.

st. Peter, Mimi, April 8. G. A.
Blomberg. Jr., former clerk of the
court of Nicollet county, is dying at
his home in this city from a self-in-
flicted wound. Fearing the outcome
of his approaching trial for the alleged
misuse of public funds, he fired a re-
yOlver bullet into his head. 1t enter
ed the right ear, and it is a miracle
that death was not ~instaneous. The
ball lodged in the brain and the wound
will prove fatal.
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Domestic.

The outbreak of measles on board
the ~battleship Georgia has developed
into an epidemic, more that fifty men
having been taken from the. ship to
the naval hospital.
Announcement was made at the
Houston, Tex, recruiting station that
orders have been received from the
war department at Washington in.
structing that no more negroes be ac'
cepted for service in the army.
Judge Bromwell OF the superior
court overruled the demurrers OF the
Cincinnati ice men indicted last sum
mer on a charge Of maintaining a con-
spiracy in restraint of trade, and those
indicted will be compelled to stand
trial.
Mai. C.. w. Penrose Of the Twenty
fifth infantry was acquitted of the
charge of neglect of duty as preferred
against him for alleged misconduct In
Brownsville. Tex, by negro troops oi
the Twenty-ffth infantry last August,
connection with the shooting up" Of
The jury ut Burlington. Iowa. rem
dered q verdict In the Beans-D Denny
breach of promise suit Of $4,000. Den.
nv IL a wealthy Iowa land owner. and
Miss Beans was his h~ousekeeper while
he lived at Galeshurg, III.
The Chicago a North Western OF
Aces In Boone, Iowa, have received
word from Chicago that ", 000. 900 will
be- spent by the company within the
next three years In making improve.
meuts At and near Clinton. Among
tho improvements Nlready arranged
for are new double tracks, u new pas
aenger station and freight house and
steel bridges across the Mississippi.
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Accidental Happenings.

Fire at Savannah, Mo-, destroyed
two stores and damaged . lumber
yard. LOSS, 10000.
The plant Of the Mennonite Publish
Ing company at Elkhart, Ind, was par
TALLY destroyed by IRE. LOSS $65.OOO.
The Morton salt block. the largest in
the world, was destroyed at Hutchin-
nor Kan. The loss may reach $1,000
zoe.
A train was wrecked near YazOo
City, Miss, and the engineer was kill
ed and three negro passengers were
injured.
A locomotive exploded at Lockwood,
Ohio. The engineer cannot be found
and it is supposed that he was blown
to pieces.
Fire At Memphis destroyed the plant
Of the Memphis Furniture Manufac-
turing company, entailing q loss Of
9l25. 900.
Fifteen students of the Bliss mill.
tary college were injured in q wreck
near Pendlet0n. Mo. Spreading rails
caused the wreck.
Parvin Runyan. aged seventy. a
farmer residing nine miles south OF
Hammond, Ind. was struck by light
ming and killed.
The factory Of the Schulz company.
manufacturers Of pianos, was almost
totally destroyed by tire In Chicago
The loss n o1OO. 900.
The sporting goods house Of A. q.
6pnulding = Bros. was partiallv de.
lstroycd ~ 0rs In Chicago. The loss
n estimated IT t3bO. O0O.
r1ro ~ unknown origin destroyed
- bsoweFv 1T the Union Brewing
s18eneeny - Pottsvills. Pa. ~enisiipg :
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Theft OF Hay in Railway Camp Causes
Fracas

jamestown, N. D., April 3. - Six
italians are under the care Of physi-
clans as a result of severe knife
wounds received in a general fight.
The gang. which is part of the force
employed at n of the railway camps.
had been charged with the theft of hay
and demand had been made upon them
for payment. Some of hen wanted
10 settle the matter. but others refused
and an argument followed which final
ly resulted in a general melee, IN
which knives and stilettos were freely
used.
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MURDERED FOR MONEY.
Unidentified Man Is Victim Of Brutal
Crime in Montana.

Billings, Mont, April 3. = The body
of an unknown man, who had been
brutally murdered, was found yester-
day on the ranch of John Mcconnell,
seven miles west of this city.
The body was badly gashed by knife
wounds and a heavy blood-stained
club. which told its mute story OF the
crime. lay near by. The pockets of
the trousers were turned inside out
and an empty money sack was found
near the body, showing that the stran-
ger had been murdered for his money.
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MURDER.

Man Slabs Sister, Kills Her Husband
and Wounds Several Neighbors.
Alexandropol, Armenia. April 2.-A
series Of brutal murders was perpe'
trated here by a man named Kara.
petyants, who lately had been without
employment and was refused further
board and lodging in the home Of a
married sister.
Karapetyants, with a s~tiletto, NOR
tally wounded his sister, killed her
husband, MORALLY wounded a nephew
and niece, killed a neighbor who an
swered their cry for help and mortally
wounded the wife and mother Of this
neighhor. Then he committed suicide.
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Died Without Warning.

Calumet, Mich, April 3. - Michael
Atfield. a brother of the Rev. Father
Atfield OF Hancock, dropped dead on
the w%est-bound South Shore train at
Nestoria. He was weighing the mail
AS he stepped to a tank to take a
drink of water he expired without
warning.
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killa in Jealous Fit.

Portland. Or, April 3.-Rendered In
sanely Jealous at the sight or his
sweetheart In company with another
man, Roscoe james shot and Killed
Miss Grace N. Disney OF Warren Or.
and then shot himself in the head, He
will die.
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Snow III Maryland.

Cumberland. Md, April =. More
than an inch nj snow fell ut Frosybnrs
yesterday. The temperature i'm the
Alleghenies dropped To below freezing
II In believed that early vegetation is
ruined,
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SULTAN is
Assures French Minister That OrdeI
Will Be Maintained.

Tangier, Morocco, March 81. The
representative of the sultan Of Moroc-
CO., Mohammed Ell Torres, yesterday
called upon the French minister, M.
Regnault, and also on the commander
Of the French cruiser Jeanne dare,
with both of whom he had courteous
interviews. He assured the French
minister that measures had been
taken for the maintenance of order
and for the security Of the Europeans
in Morocco.
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browns Self and Children.

Dover, N. J., April 2.-Having fas,
tened their garments securely to her
own. Mrs. Otto Drifting carried her
two little children into Shongum lake,
where all three yerc drowned, Her act
IL ascribed to mental trouble.
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Uses Acid to End Life.

Iowa Falls, Iowa, April 3.-Tom n.
Johnson of East Iowa Falls. committed
suicide by drinking carbolic acid. III
health caused dependency which it is
supposed led him to take his life.
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costlv Fire on lsthmus.

Colon. April 3.-The cold storage es.
t%ablishment at Mount Hope. one of the
most valuable on the isthmus. was al.
most completely destroyed by fire yes.
terday. The loss h placed AT several
hundred thousand dollars.
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Statewide Bill Passed.

Lincoln, Neb.. March 3l.-The sen'
ate yesterday passed the statewide
direct primary bill. The bill, which
will go TO the governor to-day, does
away with state, county and city nomil.
mating conventions.
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DiETZ CASE STILL IN AIR.

Sawyer County Jury Takes Recess Be-
fore Reaching a Conclusion.
Chippewa Falls, April 3.-The Saw
yer county grand Jury has adjourned
to Wednesday and no decision has yet
been reached in the John F. Dietz
case, 1t is not likely that anything
will be, definitely learned until the jury
has finished it's work.
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NEGRO ID Lynched.

Durnnt. L. r.. April 2-Jim Williams.
colored, charged with criminal assault
on Lille Wtsener. white, "a Colbert.
/. r. Saturday afternoon, was lynched
nj DnrAnt last night by a mob Of 1000
people.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-04-05

Yankior. q. ID, Apri! J. William
Hand, narrowly escaped death here hY
being buried In "A excavation
eleven feet deep lie was dus ont aft
er fifteen minutes work,
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NEWS OF THE WEEK IN fPITOMl
TELLING CONDENSED FOR
BUSY READERS.
DIGEST OF THE NEWS WORTH
Washjnutcn Notes.

There are now nearly 5000, 900 more
people in continental United States
thar there were six years o accord
ing I figures compiled by the census
bureau.
Col. Albert l.. Myer, Eleventh cav
airy. has been selected for promotion
to the rank of brigadier general to fill
4 vacancy created by the death of Gen
Whit.
Admiral Dewey and his wife have
decided to abandon the home in Rhode
island avenue. Washington, which was
presented to them by the contributions
of the American people. They will
live in the future in the house Mrs
Dewey occupied before her marriage.
The chamber of commerce of Spo-
kane, Wash. has drafted a petition
calling on President Roosevelt to
cause an investigation to be made OF
the methods of the fire insurance com
panies. The petition asserts that only
Is to 80 per cent of the millions col
lected are actually paid for fire losses
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BUILDING Operations Blocked.

Vancouver. b. c., April All car-
penters and painters in Vancouver
went ON strike yesterday. and building
operations are ut a ~standstill.
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Restore Order in Roumania

Bucharest. April "a report based
on intelligence received from all parts
of the country indicates that tran
uuillity is being restored generally
throughout ROumania.
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RIPE PEACHES IN SOUTH.

Fruit Natures Month Ahead Of Time
in Louisiana.
New Orleans, March 81. Ripe
peaches, gathered months ahead OF
time, were picked yesterday In Pla-
quomine parish, Louisiana. The mild
est winter in thirty years was the
cause Of the peaches ripening in
March, and samples of the fruit will
be saved for the jamestown cxposi-
ton.
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Raises telegraph Rates.

Chicago, March 3i.-The Western
Union Telegraph company has an
nounced a new scale Of telegraph
rates. representing nm increase, IN
some cases. OF 20 per cent. effective
April /.
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Crazed by RELIGION.

R%hinelander, Wis, April s. Chris
Warner, married and the father of
FIVE children. was adjudged insane. His
Insanity was of the religious turn, and
it took several officers to control him.
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Six Trainmen Killed.

Fort Worth, Tex. April 3. - Six
between two freight trains on the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad.
six miles south OF here.
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To Harness River.

Black River Falls, Wis, April 3. -
Work was started on the great water
power plant on Black river a few miles
above here yesterday.
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Speaker and Party Are Being Enter.
tanned by Officials.
Havana, March 81. - The steamer
Bluecher, with Speaker Cannon and
his congressional party o. board, ar
rived here yesterday morning from
Colon. The visitors were received by
Gov. Megoon. Later the congressman
were shown the city in a special street
car by Gov. Nunez and Mayor Carde-
mas.
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81 cRossTlEs ON TRACK.
Wreckers Cause Disaster and Louis
janjans Are Aroused.

New Orleans, April 2.-Train wreck.
ers chained thirty-one crossties at in
tervals of a few yards across the rails
of the Louisiana Southern railway
south of New Orleans and caused the
wrecking of a local passenger train.
There were no serious injuries in the
wreck.