Show telegraphic NEWS HAVANA april 28 copyrighted by associated arese prese Pre bressan ssAn J an explosion believed to be by dynamite or some other high explosive occurred lo in the palace of the governor general at 1130 this morning while a correspondent of the associated press was waa waiting IQ in the anteroom ante room the detonation was a sharp lotse breaking the glass and scattering plaster to all sides aides part of the root fell in the explosion occurred occa t in a closet in the basement which was waa converted into a heap of rubbish the wall was torn and great stones fell A printer belonging to the to a captain general aloa cafice was waa wounded thero there was the greatest excitement the explosion 18 attributed to the insurgents LONDON april 28 the secretary of state for the colonies joseph chamberlain ber beri lain alu announced in the house of commons today that five leaders of the rearm committee of johannesburg J H hammond francis rhoder george phillips and charles leonard have been condemned damned to death mr chamberlain added that upon bearing the news he be cabled to the governor of jape colony sir hercules robinson to commini com muni cate the following to president krue ren ker the government jim ha just learned that too cue afantenou afante noe of death nai bai been passed upon the five leaders of the reform committee they can feel no doubt that your honor will commute the sentence and have assured parliament of their conviction that this thin to Is your honors hono rim intention john hays hammond one of the men condemned to death is an american CARTHAGE mo april 29 the local ministerial alliance has published a card urging christian people to stay away brorn the lecture to be given here bore thursday night by col robert bobert G ingersoll teri ten days ago the light guari band announced that it bad engaged the lecturer to address them but not on a religious subject too latera protested and evor since theu have endeavored to break up the lecture NEW YORK april 29 workmen have begun to remove the stone atone in front of the washington statue on the stepson aters of thesus the sub treasury the stone will be taken up and placed io in the wall wail of the rotunda of the sub cub treasury where it will be out of danger clanger of the elements jt it to la the same stone washington stood on when he took the oath of office on becoming the first president of the united states PORT townsend wash april 29 the steamer at al ki from alaska had bad tor for passengers two wo sealers who tell a story of privation and suffering they are gus gue peterson ferson a german and a halt hall breed called bikash jimmie they left victoria january in a sealing schooner city of sao san diego on the fourth of april the two men while out hunting bunting seals were lost in a blinding snowstorm and driven before the wind all night in a small canoe when daylight came the schooner was not la in sight eight and the two men were in a small canoe out of sight eight ot of land with nothing to 0 eat but bu frozen raw seat seal meat for six days and nights they drifted until they finally went on the alaskan beach miles west of sitka where with hands and feet frozen tiff stiff they were picked up by indians who oared cared for them until they were able to be taken to fltka from which place they came hero here on the at al KJ YORK april 29 A dispa dispatch to the herald from cairo egypt says saye it is stated here that fifteen miles tooth of akasten may at any moment be occupied as a further advance post A rumor to is circulated that the sirdar kitchener may resign owing to his action on being restricted 41 8 BOSTON maw maas april 29 the annual meeting of stockholders of we the onion pacific railway was held today the old directors were reelected elected re alex A lex miller secretary and assistant comptroller was chosen to succeed 8 endicott Endio ott peabody and george Q cannon of salt lako lake city was elected in place of james sharp as represents of the salt lake interests DENVER april 29 A special to the he times from crip cripple P to creek says the portland hotel Is burning and abnot berbon uon to is feared the roof of the hotel hatel fell in and the fire are jumped across the street streel the fire department part ment la Is blowing up the buildings with dynamite to prevent a cant lAgra tion TEHERAN persia may I awhile while the shah was entering the inner court of the shrine or of shea shan abdul Azim six south of this city lola atter afternoon noon tie be was wag shot later it was officially announced that the shah is in dead the assassin assac sin fired point blank at ac his heart at two this afternoon immediately after the shah shab was shot he be was carried to his bis carriage and con keyed to the palace the a assassin 88 RABID who was promptly arrested is said to be saiyd from cormen corman from the province of that name Is ii is believed the murderer has accomplices i i |