Show A BA K TUB the aeby company lose two to hundred linc dred thousand FLOOD UNDER ar 2 another Anotle er mine mina barror in ia wales three hundred miners hiners entombed at ponty polity pred sax SAN franchi wo co april 12 J IV flood for twenty five years year ch ashier of the dononue kelly hanking banking company this city was arrested last night on oil the charge of embezzlement the shortage t e is is said bald to amount to it was discovered disco vereil sonic days ap ago and flood was allowed to resign it is understood that lie ile made tion and iu in view of his long ver eer vices it was not thought that lie he would be prosecuted so 0 o to arrest came caine to hirn him as a surprise this afternoon it was learned that the amount of the defalcation was as heretofore given out by the bank officials the banking company today filed suit against floud to recover lecove r he only having made resit restitution ution of the sheriff issued a writ of attachment on oil the residence of flood valued at the developments created it a sensation bensi tion in financial lin ancial circles flood acknowledged that the anoney money was abstracted from the band and the shor shortage tare was not made up tip of a series of speculations exten extending din over a teries of years as supposed eup posed flood alio confesses that the defalcation aaion occurred since march 4 when the bank moved from the quarters it had occupied for years to lo its now and more pretentious tent ious location but what lie he did with it arid and why he took it flood absolutely absolute refuses to state ire has been a I 1 in itan ill heretofore of upright life and rigid habits and no theory that it was expended in dissipation or gambling gamblin 0 is tenable some think it may have leave been wa wasted ted in speculation but the bank officials do not consider it possible so much money could have been used in that manner in so short a time when tile the theft was discovered last tuesday by the state bauk bank commissioners flood was called into the private office by 1 resident president donohue and he immediately acknowledged his responsibility for the disappearance of the money but declined absolutely to tell where it had n gone tine lie ile did say however that lie he paid it over the counter in the usual manner to persons now out of the jurisdiction of california courts lie would not di divulge 0 their identity even under duress but declared the bank was at liberty to hold him accountable and send him to prison lie ile cheerfully gave up property worth in reparation flood has been with the barild ban d thirty years twenty five as teller and cashier cahier and possessed the respect and entire c confidence onri dence of the directors and officers of the bank and all others tile the theory advanced by some is that lie he volun mariy tari y sacrificed his liberty and reputation to shield others ile he suggested 0 to president donohue that he might 0 make disclosures before his death which might be in 1 a I couple of days seeming eining ic C to imply his intention 0 co commit suicide tiie THE WELSH HORROR LONDON loddo v april 12 V apai spai k hoin an engine c ignited th the e gas u a coal pit near polity wales evales and caused a frightful explosion and hundred minora areen are entombed toni bed the engine h house dollize is is in in lames flames and the greatest fea fear 1 is that hundreds have perished 11 rescuers rescuers tescue rs were driven back ii without ishou brin bringing ing up more than five of the ded dead and the fate of hie others othera is in ill dolbt do the most agonizing ing scenes beenes were witnessed at tile the mouth of the pit around which relatives of tile the miners gathered seventy men inen succeeded in reaching im C the through 15 the main dip working led by a miner who knew the roads they had a terrible st struggle to aft out forcin forcing 0 their way through lire fire and smoke at this evenin evening it is till more than inears meagre 0 de defail lail of lie hie accident the rho men aliu saved themselves were too loo conjured and frightened to observe the position of their fellow working mer they are unable ablerto to giveans rive any clear account of the distribution of miners and tile tho work wok of roche must therefore proceed under all the difficulties of uncertainty at present the flames and smoke would render any attempt at rescue bahi vain if not fatal to the party making the descent there is ia little doubt bo however never thit il if not all the men below suffocated art arf or burned to death A second attempt to enter the warn scam in which the fire started and although tho the rescue party saw six six dead bodies they were prevented by bv smoke and heat from reiching rei leiching ching tiem them the number of nien men still in in the mine cannot be ascertained L at madni midnight ht the firo fire was burning in all sections of the mine the sections of pipe which were used to tn pour water in the mine mine burst ill ahe difficulties in the way of quen quenching ebing the fire increased greatly and thu the rescue of the men below is is regarded as hopeless A NEGROS BLOODY DUED DIED BOWLING garn ky april 12 last night george bradley a well nell known negro flew flen into a 0 great rage about something something his seven year yea ro old boy had done and beat the child to death horrified at what lie ila had done bradley went down town goirn and purchased some rat ral poison and went back home ile he and his wife both took a dose of it the poison did not operate fast enough 0 for bradley and lie he procured a razor and cut liis his throat nearly severing the J jugular neighbors 0 this morning found the lifeless body of the boy on alie floor and in bed to 0 colier were P radley bradley and liis his wife the former bloody and gasping for breath and his wife in fear fearful fill agony from the poison bradley will rill lie die but is thought the woman will recover A CURIOUS CASE NAMPA idi ida april 12 last sunday morning in what appeared to bi b a free for all fight near the del depot at this place geor george L a fieffer ter nian man and dave smith were badly beaten by william mcgree formerly of cour coeur dalene smith had been drunk for some time and was wag taken to tho the hospital today lie got a pint of whisky which lie drunk drank and died almost instantly I 1 r lie he coroners jury decided that smith came to iii his death from froin peritonitis produced by causes unknown to the jury mcgee gave himself up and is now under arrest public sentiment is in his favor as smith and had been imposing C on oil him alim A RAPIST ALMOST HUNG SALINA kan april 12 john hudson the negro negro arrested for assault on mrs F J af M frost was taken from jail last night by tile the mob a rope was put about liis his neck and lie he was taken and confronted with sirs mrs frost by whom I 1 lie e was positively identified as her assailant the mob then took him away and told him to prepare for death ile he earnestly protested his innocence and after a time the sentiment turned in his favor to tile the extent of causing protests a 0 aina summary action and after conciliatory concilia lory fory addresses by the ma mayor vor aud and others lie he was returned to jail presidential nominations AV ASHINGTON april 1 11 L th the e president has sent the senate tile the following nominations E II if Strop cl new york third assistant secretary ol of state 11 II 1 V johnson colorado united states attorney colorado C B dollin dollinger ler l er 0 oregon regon united st states a tes district J judge U dge oregon IV K reid utah probate judge of sanpete ofSan pote county ut utah till D 1 11 browning illinois commissioner iniss ioner of indian affairs F C armstrong washington lol achiu ton D C assistant commissioner r oi of indian affairs daniel NL M ill r an connecticut treasurer or of the ho united united states conrad L jordan ionian new york vork assistant treasurer of the united 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