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Show 1 V NEWS SUMMARY v I 'i Fire In tho manufacturing district of Rvnnavlllo, Ind., destroyed 200,000 worth of property. As tho result of an explosion at tho powder workH near Hantn Cruz, Cnl., two of tho employes were killed. Frank Palmer, said to bo tho original origin-al "Deadwood Dick" of dlmo novel fame, died nt the county hospital In Denver last week of pneumonia. A Fort Worth and Denver passenger train collided with somo box cars near Wichita Falls, Tux. Tho engineer, fireman and fifteen passongors wcro Injured. Clinton Parish, a Frcnch-Cnnndlan, deliberately placed n stick of giant powder under his hat and blow his head off, nt tho Bonanza King mlno In Trinity county, California. The Klangst riots havo boon suppressed. sup-pressed. Thcro wero two smnll engagements en-gagements In which ten rioters wero killed and sixteen mado prisoners. Foreigners wcro not molested. A mob of 200 citizens lynched J. V. Johnson, accused of murdering his brother-in-law nt Dadcsboro, N. C. Johnson was In jail, tho jury In his caso hnvlng disagreed on tho first trial. On n threat of British warships to bombard them, tho Moors havo desisted de-sisted In their attack on tho British Bteamcr Cralghall, from Cnrdlff for Snvonla, which Is ashoro oft Point Cores. Mayor 13. 13. Schmltz of San Francisco Fran-cisco has written to President nooso-vclt, nooso-vclt, testifying to tho excellent scrv-lco scrv-lco rendered by tho United States .troops during tho flro and carthquako that dovnstatcd tho city. Emperor Francis Joseph, In a lottcr to Prlnco Conrnd Von Hohcnloho-Schllllngsruorst, Hohcnloho-Schllllngsruorst, nccopU tho resignation resigna-tion of tho cabinet nnd asks that tho ministers carry on affairs pending tho formation of a now cabinet. Tho Nntlonnl Bank of Mexico has declared an nnnunl dividend of 18 per cent. Tho not profit rcnllzod was $n,G8G.35 and $4,579,000 was dlstrlb-utcd dlstrlb-utcd ns dividends, whllo tho rcscrvo fund wns Increased by $508,320. 1 Tho extra session of tho Dolawnro legislature convened nt Dover on tho 31st. Tho Democratic advisory com-mlttco com-mlttco had decided to take no part in tho spcclnl session. Thoy claim the calling or tho session Is Illegal. Confcdernto nnd Federal veterans nt Nashvlllo, Tcnn., nnd nt other points In tho state, Including Knox-vlllo, Knox-vlllo, Memphis nnd other largo towns, united on Decoration day In decorating tho graves of departed comrades. In n pistol duel on tho main street of I3nld, Oklahoma, Robert White, a bystander, was killed, nnd Itobert Johnson nnd Fred Capers, tho principals, princi-pals, wero wounded. Johnson escaped from tho officers nnd has not been captured. James II. Bntty, tho natural history collector, has been nccldcntnlly killed by tho dlschargo of his gun In Mexico, according to word received in Now York. Mr. Bntty formerly wns nn official of-ficial collector of birds and animals In tho Hocky mountains. Cnnnda's now Sunday obsorvanco lnw, now bolng enacted by parliament nt Ottawa, will not only prohibit tho publication ot nowspnpers on Sunday throughout tho Dominion, but will prevent pre-vent tho importation of Sunday papora from tho United States. The Woman's Gcnernl Missionary socloty, roportlng to tho assembly ol tho United ProBbytcrlan church at Richmond, Ind., reports n membership ot 30,1 CS and contributions of 984,826. The foreign mission field asks for $295,401 to carry on tho work. Mr. Coret, tho NIcnraguan minister, called at tho stato department to deliver de-liver a message from tho president ot Nicaragua, stating that neither Nicaragua Nica-ragua or any of tho other Central American republics Is Involved In tho internnl troubles In Guatemala. A mob engaged a special train at Monroo, La., and went to Tallulah, La,, whoro thoy forced tho jail and hanged It. L. Ilogcrs, n white man, tho alleged murderer of Jesse Drown, a prominent morchnnt ot Glrard, La. Brown wns klllod Feb. 19, 1901. Tho death sentence has been oxo-cuted oxo-cuted on tho eight murderers of Pollco Lloutennnt Porsehltsk. These wcro tho workmen In whoso bohnlt tho lower low-er houso ot parliament Interpellated Premier Goromykln and demanded a commutation of tholr sentences. Frank Johnsoirwas hanged at Honolulu Hono-lulu for murdering tho sovon-year-old son of Henry Wharton, January 2. Ho eonfeBsed his crime, and Bald his real namo wus John O'ConnoIl, and ho had relatives In Ireland. Johnson cut tho boy's body Into bits and burled tho pieces, Tho trials by court-martial of Ad. mirals Nobogatoff, Grlgorleff nnd Smirnoff Smir-noff and subordinate unwounded naval officers for surrendering to tho Japanese Japan-ese In tho bnttlo of tho Sea or Japan, will begin In a fow days. The accused ac-cused officers aro liable to tho death penalty. |
