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IOleuo, o., April Z2.-RObeTt H.
Finch, a prominent Republican state
politician and former mayor OF To
ledo, was reported as missing by the
Toledo police force today.
Mr.. Finch had been in poor health
for some time.
Park City, Utah, April 22.-Two
armed bat unmasked highway men
boldly entered the Oak saloon on Main
street at 12:45 this morning and
lined the twenty occupants of the ga.
loon up in the back room, tapped the
faro bank and roulette game, from
which they procured $500 in gold and
silver, and made good their escape.
Steubenville, Ohio, April 22.-Twen-
ty-five coal miners were imprisoned
by the explosion of gas in the Youghi-
ogheny & Ohio Coal company's mines
at Amsterdam, % miles northwest of
Steubenville, at 8 o'clock last night
Four miners have been rescued and
may recover, though in precarious con.
dition. One dead body has been taken
out. The remaining 200 men are still
inside and all may be dead.
Terre Haute, Ind, April 22-This
morning Big Four train of empty
express cars struck defective switch
and smashed the car of the construc-
ton crew at Sanford, Ind, killing En-
gineer Eli II. Driscoll and l.. II. Don
nelly. Eight others were fatally hurt
Chicago, April 22.-Norman P Cum
mings, millionaire business man, and
retired real estate dealer, is missing
and his wife has appealed to the po-
| lice of the Chicago avenue police sta.
tion to find him.
When Mr.. Cummings was last seen,
shortly after ten o'clock, Wednesday
morning he had in his possession jew
elry valued at $4,000 and $500 in
currency.
Mrs. Cummings fears her husband
mas been waylaid and robbed.
Hankow, China, April 22.-The sit
uation in Human province is reported
as critical. Women and children are
fleeing for their lives from Chang
Sha, the capitol A number of vii
lagos near that city have been re.
duced to ashes by native mobs
The country is placarded with
threats to kill all foreigners.
Unless poultry breeders at other
places are having better luck than
those In Wooster and vicinity the
price of chickens will be away be-
yond the purses of the average citi-
zens. Inquiry among those engaged
in raising poultry for the market
and likewise those breeding for lay
ing purposes, went to show that for
some reason unknown the greater
per cent of eggs placed in the incu-
bators and under hens thus far, have
proved unfertile. One man saying
that out of 100 eggs he had only got
six peeps, another lost an entire set
ting Of 100, others reported the
same bad luck, and it should be said
that it was not because something
went wrong with the incubator eth
er. One of the gentlemen who has al.
ways been successful asked to give
his reason for such a large percent
age of unfertile eggs, said, There is
only one reason that l can not figure
out that is that 1t comes as result
,I of the cold weather and so much
snow during the winter, which caused
the hens to be penned up so long dur
ing the cold snaps. have talked with
many farmers about their success and
all tell me the same story as to the
eggs being unfertile. Wooster Re-
publican.
Columbus, O., April 22.-speaker
Mooney of the house announced Fri
day that the legislature will recess a
week from Friday for 10 days. In the
mean time two sessions will be held
daily.
No action has as yet been taken
on the concurrent resolution fixing
May 10, as the date of the final ad-
journment. Another date may yet be
named.
New York, April 22.-On the theory
that a woman's growing beauty is her
hair a jury in the Supreme Court to-
day awarded $500 to Amelia Kirwin,
whose hair was torn out in an accl-