Show TO DAYS TELEGRAMS A powder explosion kills three men WILLIAM GEORGE HANGED IN OHIO FOR MURDER the southern floods destroy life and property three wen killed STOCKMAN N Y may 17 A terrific explosion of powder and dynamite occurred here in the powder mill aliis morning three men were killed outright and the mill was demolished it contained barrels of powder and of dynamite the explosion shook the country for miles abour A lilone vp N J may 17 A terrific explosion occurred at the powder house at the prattsville Pratts ville brown stone quarry this morning one man was killed and several others injured A number of houses were wrecked and considerable property destroyed tho report was heard twenty aniles away three hundred kegs of powder exploded caused by a workman dropping a keg of powder A aier lt COLUMBUS ohio may 17 william george was executed at alie penitentiary annex to for the murder of james scott in muskingum ngum county july last the nanon suicide washington may 17 Senor Romero mexican minister speaking today to day of alie benson suicide said he regretted very much tho occurrence and believed it a labh and uncalled for act benson once in mexico senor romero added would have been tried by a jury which might possibly have acquitted him because the mexicans instead of having an ill will against benson could not help admiring the ingenuity adroitness and audacity with which he deceived them and felt rather kindly towards him A may 17 last night at mouth a pinkerton man employed by the burlington Burli nuton road was assaulted by several brotherhood he cliot peter rogers fatally and started to run a crowd after iliin yelling hang him 1 the pinkerton man shot again the bullet passing through ane leg of bills and wounding kaay the de escaped there is great excitement abe ST louis may 17 there are now five bad breaks in llie levee and alie whole oi the bultsma reaching fur miles from opposite louisiana missouri to hannibal missouri are inundated the flood covers an area of fifty miles lung anil anve miles wide over acres of crops will be injured or debt roved quincy ady 17 the upper levee ade way near east hannibal ibis morning and the destruction of the levee district in this section of the mia sib sippi valley is now complete many thousand acres of moat productive farming lands are covered with bom six to fifteen feet of water and the loss from alie great flood cannot be estimated the river lias risen six inches bince morning and reports from biale that the water is still rising tonight to night a largely attended meeting nas held lu fur belief of the destitute along thu low lands ST louis may 17 advises advices from mississippi towns above here say that at this morning a break occurred in the igny isny levee at a point abbul two miles below hannibal bridge and this was followed at ylo by a larger and mure above the bridge tho wildest excitement excite mant prevailed iu hannibal among the few farmers who stubbornly refused to leave the bottoms two li undred men who biad been engaged all bight in the work of slopping beeps and placing baat of sand on lop af the levee to kepp the river back attempted to close the breaks but without luccese BUc cese the more s farmers had removed their stock to the bluffs but some remained until the moment of calamity consequently they bavero losses hog and horses could be seen Tinning Bw in the flood until they come in contact with some obstacle upon xi aich their bodies would be mangled the smaller houdes in ibe bottoms were wrecked no less of eifle ia reported yet the territory bow covered with water is 1 orl ave annlea long and mx miles wide with acrea under cultivation the depth of the rater is from one to twenty feet consequent upon uio breaking of iha levee llie water is receding rapidly ane tenants falate if the aroun d gets in favorable tavo rable condition by the middle of june can raise aate corn their luna is incalculable the damage to railroad property pio perty will be great word comes that it was thought alie burat was over but deiy heavy rains set in there this morning and as the des moines kiar ia rising rapidly there ii no telling what the result wilt be the overflow is constantly covering more land every day and the water is getting deeper vast quantities of water are creeping over the levees a mile north of alexandria fluva in a current that sweeps through the town and threatens to carry away u number of houses foundations have been weakened many fd milies have abandoned their homes tim i NEW may 16 late this afternoon ferrig a bondsman in vm K ferns and was released lawyer jerome buck declares lie is no longer counsel fur mrs scofield he is disgusted with her conduct and lias abandoned her case he will inako enort to obtain bail for her mrs lillian scofield is completely prostrated ami is apparently bordering on insanity alie keepers at the house of detention said this morning that she passed the timo on a i cot and pacing tier room with her hair all tangled and her attire disordered her speech is nt and from time to time she bursts out in torrents of abuse of the coroner police and the newspapers she eats nothing and lias not slept for thirty six houra she is unable to net bail though ehe lias more than to lier credit W T halcli sons the papers in alie case have not reached the imilce assistant district Alto altoney nuy biad tay baid today to day there wat no likelihood ot the grand jury finding an indictment against either mrs or farris llie case will be submitted to the grand joiy with the statement thai in the opinion of the crime has been committed in connection with the death of W T Hs tali jisha tip you arc feeling depressed your ap petit poor QU are bothered with ne adache nervous and generally out of sorts and want to brace up brace up but not spring medicines or bitters which have for their basis very cheap bad whisky and which stimulates you for an hour and then leaves you in a worse condition than before what you want ia an alterative that will blood start healthy action of liver and kidneys restore your vitality and civo renewed health and strength such a medicine you till find in electric bitters and only 50 cents a bottle at cos drug storo r wo have just received a carload of barn and mitchell wagons with a fine variety of carts we arc expecting ft largo shipment of farming including and howera farmers cannot do hotter than call and inspect our goods aaa co eab |