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Show Chattanoga.Tenn. May 4 InfJtnu-tion InfJtnu-tion reached here this morning 1 of a horrible hjlocaust which occured last night at Duck Creak siding on the Chattanooga Chat-tanooga Southern railroad thirty miles soiith of this city. The kitchen con struction train used in building the new road caught fire in some unknown manner man-ner and four colored menKing Meadows, Mead-ows, John Harvey, Will Broder and Elder AMes wete burned to death. The theory is the men were murdered and then burned. A novel experiment has been advised for the entertainment of dinner guests w ho partake of it. The secret of preforming pre-forming this magic feat lies in soaking good germinating lettuce seed m alcohol alco-hol for about six hours and sowing it in an equal'mixture of u.islacked lime and rich soil. After the soup has been served serv-ed sprinkle the seeds with luke warm water and they will sprout immediately the lettuce growing to about the sire of hazel nuts before the time for serving the salad arrives. The village of Draper iS miles south of Salt Lake, was the scene Sunday of a terrible struggle for life on the part of several young pe ip!e, and of the heroic death of one of their number-in his attempts at-tempts to save his younger brother and sister. There is a large pond in Draper, from twelve to fifteen feet deep, and on Sunday while playing on its banks, a little b-y and girl, children of Bishop Allen, fell into tl e water, one first slipping slip-ping in and the otherjumping after her, or being in attempt to save it. The screams ol the children drew their brother broth-er to the spot a boy of fourteen named Louis Allen who at once jumped into the pond to their rescue. He succeeded 111 getting the little bey to the shore and returned to aid the girl, she in her fright clasped the brave fellow around the neck and both went down. In the mean time her screams had attracted a young man who was pasaing by, and jumping in, he was just in time to save net; the boy Louis however, had gone to the bottom, and though he was soon brought to the surface and every means possible taken to rescuitate him, the vital spatk had fed. The death of the brave boy has cast a gloom on the whole village, 1 and his paients have the sympathy of entire community in their bereavment.-: Her aid. j News Items. The President has visited California and Oregon. Great Britain's national debt amounts at present to $5,492,000,000. It is m ire than four times as large a ths debt of the United Slates. The scottsdale strikers are kicking up ' considerable trouble. One of them was killed on Monday while resisting the officers. Evictions Continue. Germany and Au tria Hr.u-ary have invited Italy. Switzerland and Holland to assist them in forming a coalitition ( f the Central European, states against pro'.icii mist countries. Fourdifferentmountain peaks in Idaho are from 13 to 23 feet lower, by actual measurement, that thev were nfteen Tears ago, and it is believed that settling is eoing'on withJmanvotheis.lThe -dea is that quicksant's have undermined them. v Immediately on the establishment of two or three tin-plate manufactores in the United States, where fn-plate is made from tin imported from Wales, the announcement comes that a tm-plate trust has been formed. Lookout tor a raise in the piice of pie-pans- Santa Fe.N M,May4.-Tlie RioGrande is within a lew inches of the highest point reacted in i8S4,and the inhabitants along j its banks are greath alarmed. A sligtn uaihur rise will d. great darrnge The prospech is for ine greatest fljod ever known, with great accj rpaniug danage. Liverpool. May 4 -Influenza is spread ing alaimtngly here. A number ol clergymen are ill with the malady and at many ch'irches services could not be held vestt-rdav in consequence. It has been found necessary to close the Wool ton Convalescent institute as the whole staff of doctors and nurses are pro' started with influenza |