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Show NEGRO MORE TROUBLE IN HAYTI. NEWS SUMMARY. The National Guard Has Been Sum There Is ae truth In the recent re ort that King Oscar of Sweden Is ill moned to Arms. The news comes from Port au number of deaths occurred Prince, Haytl, that tho conflict beMemphis, Tenn., last week as a result tween President Nord and the chain ber continues. A state of siege has of the heat. The most violent earthquake shock been proclaimed, and the national In twenty years was felt at Cape-tows- , guard has been summoned to arms The conflict Is apparently the outCape Colony, on the 9th. come of the discovery some months one of the J. Marshall Funk, ago of alleged extensive frauds In the lawyers In Pennsylvania, sut Issue of Haytien government securi elded at Lebanon last week by hang ties. The amount involved is about tng. $2,000,000, and It was alleged that se Mrs. Blaine, widow at the lat curltles were fraudulently Issued with James G. Blaine, Is reported to be the of the national banks complicity seriously 111 at her home in Ahgusta, of Ilaytl. The president apointed a Me. committee to probe tho matter, and J. Hi. Lagdameo, a cousin of Aguln-.ald- the minister of finance, who was opis in New Haven, Conn., pre- posed to tho Investigation, resigned paring for a course in forestry at President Nord vigorously denounced the attitude of the chambers and the Yale. national bank as being hostile to the An express train struck a wagon government. Tho troops cheered the containing nine people near Cincln president, shouting, "Down with the nati, killing five and injuring the chambers." best-know- others. Three people were killed and fifty Injured In a Missouri Pacific railway wreck near Kansas City, Sunday ynornfng. Rumors are current that fresh troubles have broken out in the province of Yemott, Arabia, In consequence ot the appearance of c new prophet. Chicago has pa sod the mark, and Its present population is '2,231,000, according to the publishers of the Chicago city directory for 1903 Frightened becaiiso he had set firs to his father's barn, Abner Carpenter, Jr., 6 years old, of Terry, Iowa, hid .himself In the bayraow and was com turned in the flames. Contrary to all forecasts made by physicians, Lee Brown, the negi who killed Policeman Massey and precipitated the Evansville, Ind., race riot, will probably live to pay the penalty of his crime. A lone bandit held up a stage coach pear Colusa, Cal., last week, forclnj one of the eleven passengers to secure the valuables of the rest and place them la a sack. The robbef two-mlll!o- n secured about f 150. As a result of urgent represents tions from Austria and Hungary, Prince Ferdinand has given the Strongest assurances that Bulgaria will make no further military preparations against Turkey. While attempting to arrest Martin Puet at Arlington, Oro., Milt De Hai ven was shut and fatally woumlod Puet-heln- g drinking also killed, and resisted luet had been arrest have companies Transportation to rates on the occasion of the seventh annual convention of the National Livestock association, to he hold In Portland, January 12 to 1C. agreed The people of Heppner, Ore., have notified the committee in Portland that no more money Is needed in lloppnor, and ask that a portion of tbo fund now on band In Portland be sent to the families of the Hanna, Wyo., miners who were killed in llio coal mine disaster. Joseph W. Cummin Is In jail at Newburg, N. Y., on a charge of ginnd larceny. He was secretary, treasurer and cashier of the Cornwall tank and la alleged to be a defaulter to the extent of about $30,000, wrecking the bank. Disorders broke out Saturday at meeting of electors at Nagyvarad, capital of Bihar province, which was being addressed by Pr. Barabas, tho leader of the extreme left in the Hum gnrlan Diet. Seventeen persons worn injured. The price of fish has advanced la itJew York City because of a strike of sailors who man the fishing smacks. They have been paid $35 a month and their board, and now demand a bonus of a cent a fish, big or Utile. One tuousand men are involved. Judge Wilcox, the Intimate friend and advisor of the late King Kalnknua and other monarchs of the Hawaiian Islands, Is dead, as tho result of au operation, blood poisoning having set In. Judge Wilcox was a noted authority on tho Hawaiian language. After losing $15, POO In cornering the C. lima bean market and securing 000,000 pounds to find nobody who Co. of wanted the beans, Lyden Ban Francisco have assigned. The will amount to $.imflno. Tho VENEZUELAN REBELS BEATEN. Government Troopa Capture Soledad, a Strategetlc Position. Soledad, which Is a strategic post tlon opposite Ciudad, Bolivar, on the Orinoco river, has been taken by the Venezuelan government troops. It Is believed that the government troops will make a landing on that side of the river upon the arrival of General Gomez, tho government commander-ln-chief- . It Is learned through deserters that General Gomez, before entering the valley of the Orinoco, defeated the revolutionists under General Antonio Paredes, who surrendered Puerto Cabelloo In 1889, and who was subsequently captured by the liberals near Ira pa. General Gomez thus secured the safety of his rear guard. Notwithstanding local public opinion to the contrary In government circles, it is not believed that General Rolando, who holds Ciudad Bolivar, will be able to resist the government's attack. Crops Ruined and Heavy Loss of Life Reported. The highest floods known In the region for many years are reported from Silesia. Nearly the whole town of Troppoau was under water. The crops of tho entire district were destroyed and traffic at several points Interrupted. owing to the destruction of hrldges and embankments. In the Su doten valley all the ylllages were flood ed so rrpldly that thirty of the inhabitants vere drowned. Fifty houses were destroyed. Even tho town of Breslau Is reported to be in danger and the firemen have been railed out to repair the dykes protecting the rtty from the overflowing river Oder. Terrible halMorms have devastated tho country along the lower Rhine. The dnniare to the w Ine crop Is Incalculable. Several persons were killed by lightning. BIG TENT COLLAPSED. Christian Endeauorers Have Narrow Escapes From Death in Denver. Tho Mg tent Endeavor, In Denver, where tho Christian Endeavor convention had been held for the past four days, was blown over Monday after-rwat 4 o'clock, while more than 8.000 people were attending the pro-ceThe Injured numbered lings. nearly a score, hut fortunately none of them was seriously hurt. The presence of mind of A. M. Ramsey of Chicago, who sprang to a chair and called to the people to hold up the ranvas and polos, undoubtedly prevented danger of suffocation, but as It was many women fainted and were extricated from the folds of the can vas with much difficulty. FEMALE BLUEBEARO. n e, Missouri Woman Charged With Murdering Two Husbands. The scaled verdict of the Jury finds Mrs. Minnln Cummings of St. Louis, charged with killing her husband, Dorris Cummings, April 18. 1903, guilty cf murder In the second degree. The penalty was fixed at ten years ImMrs. prisonment In the penitentiary. Cummings will, on July. 20, bo tried for the murder of her third husband. Fdvar M. Harris, who died to Octohor, 1902. THEIR TURN NEXT. Lives vou-gcanc- wh-ho- TJIE West Virginians Wreak Horrible Vengeance on Negro Brute. Tie little town of Devon, Mingo county, West Virginia, was the scene Saturday of the assaulting of a little girl by a negro, followed by las subsequent lynching by an enraged mob numbering over 200 men. The negro, who was caught in the aet of committing the crime, was tied to a post, his clothing torn from his body and pins, taoks, pen knives and every conceivable weapon of torture was stuck into the skin of the negro aa he struggled, vainly pleading for his life. He was allowed to suffer a hundred deaths with his body bleeding in a thousand places. The almost lifeless form of his little victim was then placed before the glaring eyes of the brute, while willing bands cut the tongue from his swollen mouth. His cries became incoherent and before the enraged citizens could be checked the skin was literally cut from bis body and distributed among the villagers. lie died with his eyes on the little girl whose life he had ruined. His heart was then cut out with his toes and fingers Jackknives, chopped off and carried away as mementos. His bloody and mangled form was then soaked with kerosene and fired. lOlE improving DOCTORS TAKE HOPEFUL OF HIS CASE. VIEW Russia Wants to Postpons Opsnlng of Manchuria Ports. According to the newspaper Novlk-rs- . published at lort Arthur, Russia las Informed China that aha Is compelled to exclude foreigners from Manchuria and postpone tho opening of Manchurian ports, owing to the presence of Englishmen and Americans, who, In disguise, are engaged In espionage. Russia, according to the paper, promises to open the ports alx years hence, when the country has been tranquIlUod and Mottled. j mm m WW POPE LI O XIII. question if ho believed the popes improved condition could continue: "I believe if the pope lasts until July 21 we may not perhaps achieve an absolute cure, hut wo will secure such a good state of health in the patient as will allay our anxiety. WAR TALK IN THE AIR. A Bargain. Fred Kitty didnt Bl marry n lionaire duffer After all, did sjj , hurt Jack No; he backed out 2' at exhibit A feature of Wyomings sued him for breach of cola be will large the Worlds Fair Fred What damages? lection of colored photographs of WyJack Twenty-fiv- e thousand she got it. oming scenes. Fred Clear case of $25,000 c An unknown man was run over and wasnt it? I didnt think' from cash, distance a short killed by a train was so sharp at driving a bar' been had man The Baxter, Wyo. ' Comfort. Btealing a ride. Clever Scheme. W. J. Anderson, president of the at Livingston water works, Is dead was He Africa. South Johannesburg. an officer in the British army during the Boer war. Bloodhounds have been placed on the trail of Smith, the murderer of Marshal Parsons of Centralla, Wash., and it Is believed he will be captured in a few days. Serious trouble between the cattlemen and sheepmen oa Sage creel near Butte, has broken out and It Is expected blood will be spilled before the end Is reached. In a freight wreck near Havre, Mont., caused by a defective rail, four cars tramps were killed. Forty-sevewent Into the ditch, twenty being com pletely demolished. Rev. S. W. Sample of Denver was last week found guilty of brutally whipping hts two sons, and by order of the court the children were taken from under his control. Rev. Samples mind had been weakened because of grief over the dezth of his wife a year ago, and he will not he prosecuted. The preliminary report of the special examiner who has been examining the books and accounts of former City Clerk D. C. Weyand of Cripple Creek, Colo., was made Saturday. It says that through defalcations, gross carelessness, favoritism or other cause a loss has accrued to the city which may reach $25,000. The striking smeltermen and all others have been enjoined by the courts from Interfering with the operation of the Grant smelters at Denver. The officers of the different unions have been forbidden to post pickets or attempt to prevent men from going to work or dissuade men from accepting positions with the company. Rev. A. K. Wright of Boise. Ida., created a sensation at a meeting at Trinity rhnrch in Denver, Sunday last, denouncing Mormouinn and declaring that the political leaders oi Idaho and Utah and some other stiles hid formed alliances with the Mormon church. Ha predicted tint there would soon be seen ten Mormons in the United Stcte3 senate. At Coloros, the first station eist of Laramie, the holler of a freight engine. in chi-g- e of Engineer Mike Lyons of Cht-ynhew up, tearin.j Lyons body to pieces and badly scalding nnd otherwise injuring Alfred Hansen, the fireman. The came of the accident la a mystery, as the boiler is said to have byn filled with water shortly before the explosion Sheriff IIoi ton of Rawlins, Wyo., left that city Saturday night for Sedan, Kans., where he goes with requisition papers for a man named Charles Mizner, wanted for Mizner, vx ith hla family, went through thi county a few weeks ego In a prairie schooner, it seems that ho wns In need of a hor-ind took possession of the first one he came to without having asked questions All hope of reaching the bodies of tho deid miners in the Hmni min nas been given up, at loast for the time being, as when the rescuers tiproj the brattice which Ins been built In the hope nf smothering the flro In tho seventeenth entry, the gis and flames drove them hack. None hut the most experienced are now per tnltted to go Into any part of tho mine as the danger of a second has become too great to explosion permit o' 9uy carelessness. Bheenmcn say that In all probability (here will b fewer sheep in Wyoming during next winter thin has be,,,' the case for several winters pnst The ctoM of this Is that the lamb crop of this year has turned out to be lln. usually light; In fact, not much more Chinese Situation Causes Many Pre tests by the Powers. The political atmorphere of Japnn during tho last week has been think with rumors of impending war. The signal for their birth was the arrival of Goncral Kouropatkln, Russlaa minister of war. The Immediate cause of tho angry sentiment is a sao- cession of reports of Chinese dlplo- matte Intrigue with Russia at Teklng and of the Russian encroachment upon Korea. On the 19th it was wired that Mr. Uchlda, Japnneso minister at Taking, the day before filed a formal demand n the Chinese authorities to open ",ouk(,'n and Tai Tun& Kout to for- o'.gn trade and requited them not to accept even one article of the Russian demands. As to the opening of the ports in question, the Chinese authorities replied that the circumstances were not favorable for compliance. The British charge daffaires, Mr. Townloy, was reported to have taken the same stand as Japan. The Tulted States demand for the of the harbors Is In addition opening to the other demands. In this connection, negotiations are under wsy between th" Secretary Hay and the Chinese am- demandwH always occurs In th- "1 fror bassador In Washington. This reply 9 11 uniisusii to the Japanese demand created ft flom.h.?WV"r; nd '"'"Uircn.cd the movoment In government circles. th hnr,aM vt SbI Broad ireatsri nceedl blouse ! Lived 104 Years. John Burling, a resident of South Walra, New Zealand, has lived to the remarkable age of 104 years, having been born In 1800. He had resided at South Walra sixty four years. Ills eldest son Is 78 years of age, and his youngest son 61. his eldest granddaughter 50, eldest grandson 48, great granddaughter 32. and the great great grandchild 17. Mr. Burling retains ail his faculties, walks about ss vigorously as sver. He has 330 living Ths largest tree In Oregon war to b nt cun.- ,r',etly World Fair. It is the Abr deen spruce and stood nearly 200 fret high, Is 40 feet around and 118 feet from ths around to the first limb ,U Is calculated a, 44ft 9ge Mr. Anlenen A. Fmlds. ,lf John Forhls. e, im,T ll)l!lf, , and James F. Forhls of dIM rir Vr! S"n,Mr BO1 Of ll blue ecru laO' The b foundati bck a their up My new play is sure to make, said the eminent actress, it gv, an opportunity to show twenty, round y 1 e ind Its Inner ittachec gowns. Gracious, how many scenes i( appear in? Only five, but one of them's t at tho dressmakers. rlbt the stock ai the wall desired valet w The 8t ( the tor Inches yard "inches for able Mrs. Kidder You can always k girl who has Just graduated. Mr. r der Not on, your life. You can't her anything. aa d Objected to the Eating. That new neighbor of mine an acquaintance that I was a ja' lng idiot," said Meeker, "so I to make him eat his word. for you, said Naggsby. "And did succeed? "No, replied Meeker tones redolent with sadness, proved to be one of those stren: chaps who would rather fight t C eat" Crafty. Mrs. Testy i don't knew hnv iA Bridget, but it looks as though fj took pleasure In breaking dishes cannot bo duplicated. Bridget It's not pleasure, mum, common sense. If a dish can't be plicated, as ycu call It, of course an't expect me to replace it broken It. n Her Patience Not Really Tirec Griselda was being praiced for . patience. Yes. I know," slfi) continued, have put up with a good deal, but V ter hasn't yet dared to come without wiping h!s feet. Feeling that the worst was it come, she smiled serenely. There Are Always Exception. Mrs. Chatter They say prom grayness la caused by too muchb work. Mrs. Saphead That may be t' but Is has exceptions. Therei husband, for Instance; hes gray 1! and he never had any brains to with. Not 80 Bad as It Might Ba to 1 Neighbor Kldk Ins Babys teeth! now and cries 'most all tho lime. H"" It dLttirb you much. N iRh, Kikd. ns Well, we're thankful conrro. that It Isn't ft taby clcp tusklrg. . A Therell Modern Version. bo quite ft number of fP' a to this month," to attend deputy sheriff. ' 1 tull have to take rare of the rpP!M the sheriff. "Ivo Pt 1 my wife in Romo on th nuj't hd I sail on Saturday. r Gut there are merchants go1 b selze-- and " "Cant help tt. Not that I l"Tr.' ure but that I lovo Rome mort h'. Too Trus t ilustera All the fn" make seem to I nvenior Hvu.1 for In lieena. Mr. Forbls was n pioneer of Montana mj j , he state by way of 1 prstty horse-Mealin- son-in-la- Will Avert Race War. Negro loaders in Indianapolis, Ind., are taking stops to avert ft race war. The Evansville riots and conflicts bo tween the races In other cities have made them apprehensive of a similar outbreak here. An organization known aa the 'Negro Business League" has Just been formed to rid the city ot what the hotter clement of the negro rare calls the "Jim Crow nigger." Those who will not work will be reported to the police with a request that they be driven out of town. accordiThe population of Tacoma, of Polks direcng- to advance sheets of 7,177 since tory is 62.642, a gain d Son-In-La- Camp Meeting In Nebraska Struck by Electrical Windstorm. A terrific electrical and windstorm prevailed at neaver City, Neb., Sunday afternoon, doing much damage to small buildings and windmills. The wheat crop, Just ready for harvest, was also damaged. The Salvation Army of Kansas and Nebrnska, now holding a camp meeting at Beaver City, suffered much loss. Nino of their tents were blown down. Commander Holland was struck by the fallng tent pole and sustained a serious lujuiy The camp was flooded. NOTES. 1902. Pope Leo has lived to see another Sunday, and there are distinct signs of improvement in his condlcinn. During the morning the Pontiff participated In the celebration tl mass. The ceremony was held in the chapel adjoining the sick chamber, Marsoni being the celeMotnslgnor brant. The door connecting the sick room with the chapel was opened so that his Holiness might follow the services. He insisted that Dr. Lap-pon- l and his valet, Contra, should leave bis side and enter the chapol in order to better hear the mass. During the afternoon the pope felt strong enough to get up. He lose, dressed himself in white and went to sit iu his usual armchair, where he remained for some time. Then the windows were opened for a change of air, the sun streaming in. together with a light, refreshing breeze from the Meditoranean. Lato in the afternoon he received Cardinals Mathteu, Stelnhuber, Agliardl and Caaill. The pope showed his usual brightness and BLEW HIS HEAD OFF. lucidity of mind, and spoke to each Indiana Farmer Murders without showing any perceptible faIn Cold Blood. tigue. John Terrill, a farmer living near Sunday night Dr. Lapponi made the Petroleum, Indiana, killed his eon-in- following Important statement to the law, Melvine Wolfe, firing the charges of both barrels of a shotgun into Wolfe's head as he lay on an operating table. The operation was compelled by a gunshot wound Inflicted by Terrill a short time before. Wolfe bad deserted his wife and baby and a suit was brought to compel him to support them. Early Sun- day Wolfe drove past the Terrill home, shouting insulting remarks and shaking his fist at Terrill. When Wolfe came by again Terrill shot him in the leg. Wolfe was hurried to Petroleum, placed on an operating table and preparations were made to amputate his leg. While a crowd stood around watsh- ing the surgeon Terrill broke in the door. He drove tho crowd from the room at the point of his gun, and with the remark, "I am going to get him now," fired both barrels Into his head. Wolfe was terribly mutilated. At the time Terrill fired Wolfe was half unconscious. .SOUTHWEST Himself, collision near Green A head-enPope Strong Enough to Dress AnticiIs in the demoliand an Absolute Cure River, Wyo., resulted one was Hia Physicians. pated by tion of two engines, bnt no FLOODS IN SILESIA. of Servian Regicides Now Threatened by Soldiers. According to a dispatch from Bucharest, Rounmnla. the Servian authorities have unearthed a conspiracy assets are estimated at $25,000. Minister Rico of Bogota has stated to avenge tho late King Alexander. A la congress that 8enor Ucrrta signed lieutenant of the frontier hsrrlon has arrested, charged with making the Panama canal treaty under In been A threats against Colonel Miwehin. umettons from the Colombian govern- search cf the lirntenans quarters disment The public discussion of the closed evidence thnt twelve officers e treaty was secured by the opposition, had formed s league to take on the regicides. headed by former President Caro. During a terrific tnundcr storm In Washington, D. C., Sunday, lightning struck a boathouse near the Potomac river la which a doren men had takcu refuge. One man was killed outright, another so badly Injured that he nuy die, and still another severely hurt William Spenrer, the negro and killed Superintendent Ctinrlee C. McFarlann of the Ant! policy society on June 13 In a corridor of tho Court of General Sessions, New York, has been fouu1 guilty of murder In the first dogruA FLAYED ALIVE. Yi-s- Hot-- s ith li? Work. 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