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Show TUE MOUSING EXAMINER 2- OGDEN, CTAII, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OBJECT TO MEXICAN GREAT JUSTICE Greaser Court prisonment ment for dered Gale Rages Over Coast Endangering Shipping and Blinding Snow Storms in the Interior Render Traffic Difficult and Put a Stop Wrecks to Outdoor Work-Sev- eral Reported Along the Coast Keen frost aud prictor saw his guest sneak covertly Londnu. Nov. from ilii'wu tbit backstairs with u cuuvaa heavy miow squalls are aH iinrn the United. Kingdom. A suit case in his hand and an owiruai glia rage I all night over the maxi y over his arm. He left by the kitchen door atnl walked in the direction oi driving vessels to shelter an srion-ilislucaiiug lie telegraph wires anil the Rorn Island station. A train Icri especially'- In the north of England anil for the west shortly afterward. in Scotland. Blinding snow siorm.-- i are cam-irdrifts anil rendering deep OVATION GIVEN FiSHIMI. traffic riifiieult In ihe country d 1st rid n :m, I are neretwitatiuK a ressanon nf ir work in many of lheprovini-i.i- l tft. Louis, Nov. 23. -- Another ovalowna. in Ixmdnn little snow has fall-- . tion was accorded Frince Fushinii at en but a aliarp fail in temperature is the imperial Japanese gardens, which accentuating the lilKirrM among the he visited again today in the course of wiiii.li ia alntnlv prevalent. his round of eightsseiug at the World's The snow ia so deep at Chntsworth fair. Ou either aide of the avenues that the King of Portugal and others along which the prince's carriage passof the house party there have horn pre- ed, hundreds of bis count ryntcu, Rome email of them dressed in the cost times or vented from shooting, craft have licen wrecked. November their native land, were lined up and the pres- greeted the imperial party with erica of lias been ttnuMually mild tip ent. and the sudden change causes much Tbe prince and purty were Banzai. spec rat ora at a drill and review of misery. Winter weather seems general lu'Knrope, frost being reported as the Sixteenth U. S. infantry, arranged far south as Naples. lament. for their Following a iiinchwm given hy the Directors dull aL ihe pavilion, the prince's party was driven to the building of the board of lady managers, where a reception was bold in their honor. The final function of the day wss a dinner at the St. Lotus club d Murderer In Chicago ia tendered by the Japanese minister. Being Traced. 22. f roiril 1 1 t'lii-ilis- lir 'j MYSTERY OF MR. DOVE" Much-Wante- MIMMMttlftlMtMM MURDERER CAPTURED. 'Chicago,' Nov.' 22. The murderer of William Rate, the chauffeur, is reported to have been i apt tired t a entail elation on the Rock island road between Miuooka, III., and Morris, III. Chicago, Nov. 22. Evidence ' has heed unearthed by the policfe indicating that Mr. Dove. ihe mysterious liasseuger who engaged I he auiuiimhile in which CbauitvAr William Bate was found dead with iwu hit lift wounds' In his head at Lent nut Friday ulglit, was in biding in a Joliet boarding house as late ua sundown Sunday night.' 42 hours after the crime was committed. The clew, which sends the detectives off on ilie first tangible scent picked up elnce the fluding of tbe liody, was discovered at Romeo, a village a few miles out of Juliet. Mayor, Crolius of Joliet, early today rent word to the Chicago detectives at Leinont that the Suspect was under surveillance auil would lie arrested within 4 hours. Frederick Doehly, a saloon keeper at Romeo, told the detectives that early Saturday morning a stranger walked into his banoom. He carried a shabby canvas suit case to which was strapped, with the lining outward, a light overcoat. The man walked nervously about in the tavern for three hours, when he walked out and Imarded a car going In the direction of Joliet. On the car rude Misa Farrell, Ihe Ltllage school mistress, who noted her r.'llow traveler minutely. Her attention was attracted by his extreme nervousness. llnib Doohly and Miss Far-- . when questioned by the detectives, described the man in detail. In every point they pictured "Mr. Dive." A "supplementary racer was picked up late last night at a lsianling house In Joliet kept hy H. Hauser. Ilanscr informed the jiollce that at breakfast timo Sunday tnonilng a strange man had taken lodging at the house. Ho seemed on the verge of nervous 1 e. ' I Cliunce In 1WI. lie made liis hoinc in i.'ic vicinity of Marysville and Gulch. vied and humid 1igi-o- For some lime he remained In hia room, thn floor Hlton-- with newspap-- ' rrs. in the afternoon be invited Hauser to lake a drink nl a saloon opposite the, boarding house. While there ho called for pen and paper and tried lo write a let ter. ilia hands shook so that ho tore the sheet up in despair. Whn darkness had fallen the prn- - Thinks Tun Months is Sufficient Punish- a WITNESS Im- Man Who Mui Two Americans. Washington, Nov. 2. Tnrougli the ambassador lo Mexi.o. General Powell ad(uiton. the (State depart uieutthehas11m-iiuu dressed a vigorous protest, u government air.:ii.t the uenTenc-ii.- g of 11. Torres, local judge of the with of Fuertr, for ills ronne-Miode Kara, the murder at Aguas Culii-ni- e on July 19, last, oi Clarence Way and V'divai'd Latimer, two American Torres who, according to rtporta. was the chief instigator of the crime, rei tived a sentence of ten luonths' and a small fine, which t Ids government deemu w holly It is ehui'gcl I' residents of the F'uerle district that the court shjeldeJ Torres st his trial and that Torres had threatened other foreigners. Led-bDavid Gibson, formerly a resident of Chicago, the foreigners lisve prepared a detailed sstement which has Wn presented to the Slate dis-tv- nt citi-xi-n- a, dis-cu- v TRUSTED MAN GOES WRONG Steala United States Steel Stock Woetli 111,000. LEAP FROM BURNING - - BUILDING Thirty Negroes Penned in by Fire on Second and Third Stories of a Building Jump to Ground Below. i'ne pubNew York, Nov. 22. lication bv a dele live agency in Wall Street of a nut he naming brokers sJd St. I amis. Nov. 22. Thirty negroes, men, women and children, peuimd iu on baukers that the assignment on two tlie sciuind and third fhxira of a burncertificates for one hundred shares or ing Morgan street bulging house today United Stales Sii-c- l preferred storks, saved themselves from death by jumpamounting of fld.i'tin, u.i.l tne certifi- ing from windows in in tarpaulins held cate for fifty shares of Michigan Cop- by firemen, groping their wa.v to tbe per Mining stork worth about $.'00, had street down smoke aud laiqo-fllle- d been forged is a report that the certifistairways and by climbing through a cates were stolen by a trusted man in scuttle to the roof and thence to adthe employ of Edward Breitling of Mar- joining buildings to 1h- taken off by firemen. FYiur women, injured in their efquette. It Is staled that the employe express- fort to escape, are at the city hosed a desire to take a short pital. One of them is unconscious. three weeks sgo. After he had gone - vai-ath- Ureitung learned that the man bad left no definite address and told different persona various stories aa to his destination. Suspicion was aroused snd an examination of the safety deMONTANA GOLD DISposit box to which the inun had acwas hurriedly made. It ia said COVERER IS DEAD. cess to have resulted in the discovery that several hundred shares were missiug besides ilia certificates mentioned. Billie. Mont.. Nuv. 22. John AlU-n- , one of Ihe men whose discovery of Breitling hurried east and found gold in what ia now Montana Clly that the man alreaJy had transferred of prospectors Into tliL some of the shares to his own name. turnod the-tbiHelena wing to the form of sssignment which country, died last night in Ihe certificates bore there is some queswhere he had Imen under treat t was tion us to who will have to bear the since Iasi September. Death due to cancer. Allen came to land kiss. un-n- n-1- , ENFORCE PURE FOOD LAW Collector of Port of New York Has Taken Aggrescive forthe Gov- ernment. 1 New York, Nov. 22. Collector of Customs Stranabaa at tbe port of New York has assumed the aggressive for tlie government iiv its attitude towards the enforcement uf- the Pure Food law with especial reference to tbe labeling of all imported products with the formula noting the use of coloring or preserving substances of whatever kind, such as sulphate of copper, bor-ac- lc add glucose, etc. That the authorities have iled4d to show no mure leniency toward iui purlers and foreign manufacturer failing to comply with the law ia evidenced by tho fact that a a pasty large quantity of preparation used extensively by bakers and confectioners found to contain a dangerous amount of boracic add was to France. ordered trans-shippAt the same time importers generally went notified that hereafter the policy of the government would be to force the to the original point of shipment of al gopiis brought, here without proper labels. This wss the first intimation the importers had received that radical measures were to be reaorted to at ones to enforce the law. They quick I v sought cover by cabling tlie manufacturers la Europe to hold up further shipments indefi. nitely. From official sources it la learned that hereafter little or no attention is to be paid to the analysis furnished hy importers themselves or those attested by officials of other governments, and that no other laliels are to be passed until after a sample of the goods has been analyzed by the bureau of cbemia-tr- y of the department, of agriculture. Several large consignments of cherries preserved iu glucose, or grape augar. will be ordered returned to the manufacturer for proper labeling probably today, und the practice of allowing" imiNirleru to remove a portion of a shipment under penal bond is to be discontinued for the present. Extremely Radical Resolution Introduced in A, F. of L. is Defeated Overwhelmingly Pension System for Superannuated Workers Also Rejected. San Francisco, Nov. The 23. provided that, to be elglble to dele- gates to the Federation of Labor real' j pension which was placed at a this mlni-- I a month, the worker must uiu:u of have earned not more than an average of fl.UUD a year and have been a citizen of the United States for 41 years. Tbe convention defeated it by a large vote. I). C. Copley, a member of the executive council of the Western Federation of Miners, addressed tbe delegates. thanking them fur their aid in the recent struggle in Colorado and expressing the hope that the day was not far distant when all of the labor organizations of the cation would be a'.mlgaiuaii'il intu one grand federation. The committee on boycotts recommended the placing of a number of firms throughout the United States on the unfair list. Afu--r a healed debate the delegatus voted not to concur in the recommendations. at tlie oiKtuing of tho session day that the overwhelming defeat to the socialistic element vesterduy had not quieted them. As u aftermath of the bitter debate of Monday came Ihe resolution by Delegate Vletur Berger of the Typographical union, Who asked that the convention vote for a measure aliolishiiig the milllia as it now exists. The resolution called for the substitution or th.i system now In vogue in Switzerland, where every mnu bears un arm, but each individual is perm tiled to keep the wcaisin in his own house.. The advocates of the measure maintained that, tf members of lie militia knew that woratngmen were ready to shoot back there would be no usurpation of right upon the1 pan Of tbe 'Hilary branch. Thu resolution was overwhelmingly defeated, the debate having been prolonged for over an hour. A measnra, likewise socialistic, calling for tho pensioning of all workers after they had reached the age oi 0, was also driest ed. The measure to- ixi-- 12 1 DEATH trans-shipme- SLASHER SENT TO PROVO Young IN THE Salt Laker With Homicidal Ma- nia ia Sent to Provo. Luke (Tty. Nov. Roy L. who attemptScott, the voting M udi-ed to cut tho tliroaL of F21se ( la! lac her o.i Main street Saturday night, was c und euinutk-te- d adjudged by (slay to the state instituiiou at Troto. Ball 22. THREE FATALITIES LIABILITY Nov. 22- .- U. S. l)is Sun tier Judge lie llavcn lias ba.ulcd down an opinion iimiiing the lialdliiy or tint Michigan Steamship cou.pany ns ownexcitement among the Imgrcsso, which passeugers ers of tli- 9ii2. th" exaboard an express train wh.i lor a tew blew up in IWrinlier, minutes believed timl Hie train was plosion killing several persons. Claims the amount of fliiU.lUiij liail been on fire aud tried to escape. McMillin had been adjiiitiing a sig- Ired.by heirs of tint deceascii. The nal when the train rushed upon him. opinion limits the liability of the comth? appraised value The third rail arm on tho first car pany to threw him down and lie was instantly oi the wreck. killed. Hia cloihing caught tho emerthrew off the current gency ingg-.Tand set tho air bra.k-- on the whole a train, which stopped very suddenly. cars The jammed Inge; lien, by tho UNION MEN CHARGED sudden impact aud the iron gate fell to the third rail causing a shore cirWITH GRAVE CRIMES. cuit. Blue flumes shot up around the curs and fiighicueil the passengers almost out of their wits, but ihe Cincinnati. Nov. 22. Following guards remained c mllv .u their vms, the arrest cf Thomas Bracken; a to the doors, and iu a open refusing union founder, at Detroit fast few miuutrs the scare du d out. night, foi the alleged murder here FIGHTING l)OB" TVII.L IU. DRO-- I October 7t-- , cf Samuel Weakly, MoTCIi. man, private detec- t'vrs terfry charged two plots ;ii Roli-Ic.- v Washington. Nnv. against ceruin strikers, one for : P. (vans, now niv, of the the murder cf Weakly and the iV.ltbo.ise board. dl iv ;,ipiOii.d i.j other fer poisoning a number of the supreme eomm.vsd oi t,.e North men, who were staying fleet, when Ri'j.r Admiral Barat a large boarding' house. ker ret ires next Varh. duiml Davis will b eotoud in command. New York. Nov, 22.-- A p culiar in tho etibwai, wliich resulted in the iiihtanl 'death of William II. a signal man, him caused great, Fram-Lco- . - Blaze Destroys Two Buildings and Five Firemen .are Injured Severely in Fighting the Flames. t . s women nrms. Tito rornhe gave way ltencaih T f i n probably fn tally hurt and five the (omiiinrd v. eight of the women and vire injured ,Mverr1y in a they were pitvipitatort to the ground.to Mrs. Sc;iIikm)U riasped the infant h'ii.'.c tnal ihst roved two buildings hi her txiMiin in Mich s way that when she Br.ioHvn early today. TV. fiiS elirtu.i jn the reliar of a struck t lie. sidewalk the Mill" one esThe women were hurdr.:' rio;e at Fulton aud FVlippi. The caped i.ijur.i by riedly tarried to a hospital where iltcir l'pjif f floors were 'l.r-- e ; imiiirs consisting of fifteen injuries wets pronounced prolmhly Three fir-rr- m 3 V - f..tnl. Mfli'l. Too rl'imcs f.proal upward wi quickly Light families, comprising 34 were Wici th. kierpuig tetr.tuis fscHpr.l or were if s.'uel from a s.noho atnl rracki'ng b.b.'ding ndjoiriug tho lirug stme fcfor--thi.r;iUf.''d by i ' iviiii all es- - api- - by tho ilaiur house was iicsrojc.1. Tlie tirenu-ibud Vfu cut off. aUiiway-dirpLave.I fr-a- t braver, in the work of I'.eiiw Hill, Florence Soulirook and rescue sad two oi them U frcr.t h.iharjE,in H f whom lived on swerving ladilcr two Morii-- nimve The fourth floor, mad. ihPir way down Three others were badly cut hy hc-- s no si my s i. mil (ii.m s luruice. was falling debris. Tlie finam-ia- l Mrs. had her baby in lie small. per-MUl- s, e C-- i Hi-tt- a s I et. OF STEAMSHIP UOMlANY LIMITED. non-unio- n 22.-A- .i-r non-unio- n Rt t I c 1 n h ui New York, Nv. 22. Search for a missing witness who formerly has eluded the detectives of the district at torney's office ami the possibility that one of the central figures in the case the dead man's widow would apiiear before the jury. and tell her story, were the points of special Interest tOila when the trial of Nan Patterson was opened. In outlining bis esse yceler-la- r. Assistant District Attorney Hand informed 1 lie jury that the prosecution, after months of endeavor, had been unsuccessful in locating J. Morgan Smith, who. he claimed, purchased the revolver with which Y'oung was killed. If the prosecution wants Smith as a witness, they have got to find him. are having our own troubles with the defense and are not going out of our way to help the people supply the rents in their fabric of evidence, said Mr. Levy. He said that he did not know where Smith anj his wife were, nor would he take any pains to discover their whereabouts. FYil lowing the announcement it was said the district attorneys office renewed its search for tne missing witness. Only the announcement that the defendant herself would go on tbe stand and tell of her acquaintance with Y'oung could havs created more public interest than the report that the dead bookmaker's widow might appear in the case. Mrs. Y'oung has remained in seclusion, except when ah called at the district attorneys office and testified before the grand jury. During the trial she had not appeared in the court room, hut it is said she has followed all Ihe proceedings from an aljoining room. A large crowd waa present In the court room. Among them sat Milton W. Hazelton. of Oneonta, one of - the men aim clama to have seenYroung fire the shot that caused Lis death. Several police officers wrre called to the stand in quick succession and examined briefly regarding happenings in tbe police station when Mtsa Patterson was brought there uuder arrest. Captain Sweeney, who waa in charge of the station house at the time, identified tne revolver which he said waa found in Y'uunga pocket, aud turned over to District Attorney Carvin with the three loaded rartridgea and the he exploded shell. Misa Patterson, said, told him the atury of tne ride down town, and declared that aha had not seen the shooting. She denied that she had any words with Y'oung, and said that she had picked up the revolver Wrhicb fell from Y'oung's hand when he fired the fatal ahot and placed It in his pocket. Fred Ik Jlichaela, who was drlviug the hansom cab in which Young was shot, said the first he knew of any trouble in the egb waa when he heard the sound of a piatol ahot and his startled horses sprang forward. A moment later Misa Patterson opened the trap and told him to drive to a drug store. He followed her instructions without mailing any investigation and did not look Inside the cab when the drug clerk refused to treat the injured man and ordered him taken to a hospital wlih all speed. Michaels said he picked up Y'oung and Miss Paitersun at the circle at Fifty-nint- h street and Broadway on the morning of June 41b, and Young ordered him to drive to a hat store. Young came out of the store wearing a new hat and they continued on down town and stopped at a saloon on the corner of Blether street and . YYesc Broadway. The man and woman went into the place and remained there for several minutes. YVhen they came out they got into tbr t ab, U drove down town aimtu Y, asj gJT VZ of Neither them way SigUB of liquor. The man told him m arlvu aa he had lo be ai the pier raiwj;. at foot of Fallen street ai 9 o'clock tkn waa then between 8:20 and I clock. They had just passed VaJ street when he heard the pistol tho' and bis horse spiang forward sudUn! ly. A moment later .Mig 1aitcrys raised the lid in the rout of the rll( and told him to drive to a drug When they reached tne sturc. the up to the cab and 1h&i and then told him to drive at once toi hospital. At Franklin street a pofim man jumped on the frout of tut Ha then drove to the Hudson strict hospital. "On Rgg aels said that when Mtsv lYuter raised the trap and told him to ilrin to the drug more, she spoke acini' like. , n Washington, Nov. 22. Official u. nouncement was made lodav that Bradv will be goo ernor of Alaska. j 11 Fi Wi D at Tl th hi ? ui to In iu I Js GYMNASIUM. Ithaca, N. Y., Nov. E. 8chmidt, a sophomore In Cornell university, has suffers most paculiar and possibly fatal sc- cldsnt Ho waa performing on the parallel bare In tha gymnasium whan ha fall, atriking tha back sf hia head and nock en tho floor with great force. Although no bone ' was broken and ha remained pee fsctly conscious, he lost ths power ' of opeoch and waa completely par-' alyxed. After being removed to ths is firmary, whore he now lies, 8chmidt ' partly recovered his speaking fic-- ' ulty, but is still totally paralyzed. ' Physicians aay that If he survivei ' tha accident It is doubtful that he will over recover control of hn 1 nervous system, e di rick a IM d ii Hi fl T, on vk bci hn An liai B. BUI 1 I OLD GLORY sal ilc TO RULE Quartermaster General Humphrey Favors Continuing Army Transport Services THE WAVES Movement Started to Have American Foreign Commerce Can. ried in American Ships. Government Salaries and Washington Living Expenses are not Conducive to Affluence. nuated employes of the government is advised It will not do, the report says, to aay that in a long period of service the employes should have saved sui- flclant to provide a competence for old Government salaries age. adding: and Washington living expenses are not conducive to affluence. 1 ALEX1EFF APPOINTED Hi MINISTRY. An ft tl (K MEET8 DEATH IN ANNUAL ARMY REPORT St. Petersburg. Nov. 22. P cl su PERTINENT POINTS IN Washington, Nov. 22. General C. F. Humphrey, quartermaster general, in his annual report, nays tbe enormous amount of work Involved ia meeting the needs of the army, cna hardly be comprehended by any one not in close touch with the service. He Buys: This work, which would tax the best ability and energies of a force numerically at rung enough to permit of giving it proper official attention at all points, has been made doubly onerous because of the inadequate number of quartermasters now- - provided by law, and the greatly 'depleted civilian force in the quartermaster general's office. General Humphrey strongly recommends some increase ' in his 'clerical force, 'ihe total cost of animals, wagons and harness purchased hy the department during the iwsl fiscal year in given at 8,127,050. 'There were shipped to the Philippines 37.654,000 pounds oi liny atnl 4i.ytUi.OOO pounds of oats, while 1,246,193 pounds of native forage were in the islands. During the year transportation was furnished, exclusive of army transport service, for 3 820.910 persons. 6,266 animals and tods of freight. There were tarried from San Francisco to tho Philippines by the army transports 10,036. anil from the Philippines to San Francisco, 14,821 persons. General Humphrey says there has been expended during the year on account of tlie army traioqxirt service The value of the work performed by the army transports on the basis of tlie lowest "obtainable rates offered for the same service, he says, was $3,472,260, or a difference in favor of the army transport service. 8398.236. The report adds: The earnings hare, in addition to supporting the service and leaving a margin of $398236, also kept, in good condition the reserve of fleets in Bon Francisco and New York harbors, which have been available at all times for any service for which they might be called upon. Continuing, he says: Another year's experience lias only tended to confirm and emphasize the" views expressed in n;y last annual report of tlie utility, economy and necessity of the army trausiKirt system and the wisdom of cuntinviuB our present policy." Maneuvers at Tv. (and, YVest Point, New 3 oik and Fort Riley apyregnted in rout $4C9,32. A recommendation for fifty additional post qumtermaster 4 i!ia)p. General Humphrey vay s a generil service orps is desirable co t!,e ground? of efficiency, economy i) l ,i!s. inline. In time or war or emer-yentun h a corps would fumt-- h a t n'yoi trained rom to instruct and dl-itppoiaiees from civil life and V r sit ed Signal Man Caught and Killed Train, Hia Clothing Catching Emergency Trigger cf Air Brakes, Suddenly Stopping the Train, New York. Nwy. 22. Prosecution in Nan Patterson Case Looking for Man Who is Alleged to Have Bought the Weapon Which Killed Caesar Young-D-ead Bookmakers Widow to Testify. egg-whit- e" SUBWAY IN NOVEMBER 23, 190 f. Cleveland. Nov. S3. At a merlin here of prominent business men be! at the Union club, tbe National Un chut Marine league has been W ized with the object of restoring American flag to the high era. T resolution a adopted declare thsl ' State oreign rum merer of tho United of total the t0 grown great jj,, ouo,ooo per annum, and the countryi Whole prosperity depend upon ths disturbed continuation and extension this commerce. Yet it is being ctiwj over sea today tinder foreign flagaDj tonnage of American ship engngw the foreign trade aggregates only Pj' w 000 tons, while there m not todiiy a IM in gin ship building anywhere United States for this trade. The ait.ua tlon is critical and for immediate action." will later be chotw onm from each state in the union, in to make it national in scope. dei .nd vet trh fit vit mu ill for o( is I yei lrc VII 1 1 tin unr rd the Pyl ifti ua vit B Vice-preside- im- - perisl decree issued today appoints Viceroy Alexieff a member of the council Of the empire, and of tbe . committee of ministers. er ess Leghorn, Italy. Nov. De Moines left here today for r.- RE Cot pun-hiMe- 261,-59- Be ae Prominent Attorney for Gvic Federation is Narrowly Misses Death House W recked by aT errif ic Explosion. n- bu cka tin ut via t dei Omaha, Neb., Nov. 22. ,aT" the ground. The interior of th wreck. a is Ing th Kfi A squad of police were pf In a short time, but no clue deed could the of p petrmiori -The man evidently made (ol which fuse gw after setting the the bomb. Mr. ThomasThew leaving the premisef was heard tor three rotie. beAttorney Thomas has Ton , some time ia the prosccdl of iM veil ia keepers charged with a for Bloi-uilaw, which provide,m nirrht rn.l Sunday closing He hits a lo been acting Mro 9 Federation in the habeas u ceedinse bv which 1htu has sought io avoid iin VL, a Iowa in contortion Bollock diamond robbery. u - ry civii-iiiempi- ny "N fur asr-f.our- .ts ct vel bio The borne of Elmer E. Thomas, a prominent lawyer of this city, and attorney for the Civic Federation, was badly wrecked by a bomb placed on the front, porch at 3 o'clock thia morning. Mr. Thomas and his family were In the house at the tfaie and he considers It miraculous that none of them wss injured. Mrs. Thomas was awakened about t o'clock by a noise on the front porch und k roused her husband, believing that the burglars were trying to enter houec. Mr. Thomas began an investigation and discovered a fire on tne front rorvh. Ha picked up a Urge rug the flame, and attempted lo nnoth-when a terrific explosion occurred. Although hut a few feet from Hie zr.ifwile ea. he escaped Injury. The froct wail of Some conservative and practical plan the house was blown in. doors were shattered and an immense hole torn in looking to the retiiYmrnt Of mper-a- ; cut PERPETRATED IN r j flrcumsttnces Mr. ThnmW Press he attribu inck on his home Associuted , to to Us fit: lB am tot rat U tlx ky d tha v. mn h is tha to: if dm |