The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-05-07
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Ship Sinks With 25o-Three BAD
Fires-War Breaks Out in India
Grover Cleveland Nears Death s
Door.


explosion OF one OF her powder mag
azInes or boilers-lt is uncertain
which. The vessel upset and most
OF her crew went down with her.
THREE BAD FIRES:--A total OF
thirty eight people were killed in fires
In the last week. The worst was at
hotel at Fort Wayne. Ind, where 20
died. The hotel was the best In the
city and many of the dead were rich.
Seven were killed In an explosion
and fire In Chicago, and in New York
six cluding one whole family. were
kilit by jumping from a high win
dow 20 escape.
REVOLT AGAINST ENGLAND
There Is revolt against England in
her Indian colony. and there Is also
war going on along her Afghan
border. The revolt has not amount
ed to anything yet. but a plot TO
massacre all the English officials
has been discovered. The war Is more
serious. About twenty thousand Az
ghans have come down from the
mountains and attacked the English
outposts These are all holding cut.
and several brigades OF troops are
being sent 10 the rescue. The cause
Of the fighting has not been told.
CLEVELAND NEAR DEATH:-Ex-
President Cleveland Is said to be
near death at the hospital at Lake
wood. y. j.. where he went for HIS
health. lie is reported TO have can
Ger OF the stomach. which cannot be
ciied.
SUBMARINE SCANDAL ENDS
The investigation into the charges
that bribery had been used in con-
Icction with the contracts for sub
marine boats ended In startling fash
ion when =. b. Whitney. formerly
clerk OF the House Naval Committee
admitted writing the unsigned letters
on which the charges were based
in the interests OF a rival OF the
company that got the contract.
WHERE Is DEwEYg.-Peoplo
with very good memories remember
that there Is a man by the name OF
George Melville Dewey. DO you?
Ten years ago last Friday he was the
greatest man In the United States.
for he had Just beaten the Spanish
fleet In Manila Bay. Every body
was praising him. and for perhaps
year he was honored In every poss-
ible way. lie is still alive and Is lIv-
ing In Washington. This helps 10
show how regulations wear out.
INSANE OVER RELIGIoN:-one
Of the most awful cases OF insanity
over religion In recent years occur
ed last week at Nazareth. Ia. A Eel
low named nachman had declared he
was TO be the savior OF the world.
ana had converted several Of his
fi;sads Their services were terrible.
and they sacrificed chickens aud 9th
or animals, declaring that they drove
tho, devils out OF them. Finally one
n / Bachman choked TO death the
six year old girl OF one OF his friends
saying that the baby had n devil.
and the parents. who believed I'm
him. did nothing 20 stop hin. Now
the morhtr has gone insane. and the
father has come to his senses and
the Savior" Is TO be tried for muir
der. He wants TO be crucified, and
says that he will rise again after
sixteen days and go on with his
mission.
SLEPT IS DAYS:-Mrs. Beulah
Hawkins last Saturday woke up from
an IS days nap at a hospital in Los
Angeles, Cal No one knows what
made her sleep so long. or wake un,
either.
SUFFERING IN sOUTH:-It has
taken days of hard work to get some
of the Southern towns destroyed In
the cyclones mentioned last week,
and always there have been new
stories of suffering and death when
town has been reached. The total
Of known dead Is now about four
hundred. and there may be still more.
Many have almost starved TO death
as In some towns every thing was
carried away by the winds. and It was
DAYS before help got In from out
outside Thousands Of people were
left destitute.
BLOW FOR TEMPERANCE:--A
decision has been given by the Fed
eral Court at Indianapolis that @
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