The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, March 26, 1896, Page 6

EEN CUBAN AUTONOMY. Mr. Mills Presents Radical Resolu- tions in the Senate. WANT CONSUMPTIVES LOOKED AFTER 4 Pian to Grant Fort Stanton, N. M., for . Their Use—A Bill to Abolish the ‘ Death Penalty in Certain * Cases. WASHINGTON, March 24—An unex- pected climax to the Cuban debate was reached in the senate yesterday when, on motion of Mr. Sherman, chairman of the committee on foreign relations, the Cuban resolutions were recommit- ted to the conference committee. The vote to recommit was unanimous and without the formality of a roll call, representing a general concensus of opinion that the committee should so change the resolutions as to overcome the opposition that has developed. Messrs. Sherman, Morgan and Lodge were appointed to represent the senate in a further conference. Simultaneous with this action Mr. Mills presented Cuban resolutions which propose to go further than has been suggested at any previous time. They direct the president to request Spain to grant local self-government to Cuba, and in case Spain refuses, the president is authorized to use the mili- tary and naval forces in taking posses- sion of Cuba and holding it until self- government is established by the Cuban people. Mr. Platt also introduced res- olutions limiting the action of congress to an expression of sympathy for Cuba’s struggle and authorizing the president to extend a free independent republican form of government. With the Cuban resolution recommitted to conference the senate turned its atten- tion to the legislative appropriation bill, which was not disposed of when the senate adjourned. In presenting petitions from Edward Everett Hale, Julia Ward Howe, the faculties of Yale and Williams college and many distinguished public men and scientists, Mr. Gallinger, of New Hampshire, spoke in advocacy of the philanthropic plan of removing con- sumptives to the Rocky mountain region and granting the abandoned Fort Stanton reservation of New Mexico for the uses of the project. Mr. Gallipger showed the heavy mortality from “pulmonary diseases, and urged that the government might well give that attention to saving human life that it gave through the bureau of animal industry to overcoming pleuro- pneumonia in cattle. Mr. Hoar gave notice of a proposed amendment to the rules for the pur- pose “of enabling the senate to dis- patch business more promptly.” It proposes that when any bill or resolu- tion shall have been under discussion not less than four days it shall be in order for any senator to demand that the debate thereon be closed. The house spent most of yesterday considering the Curtis bill to abolish the death penalty in all cases where it is prescribed in the federal statutes (60 in number) save in the cases of murder and criminal assault, under sections 5339 and 5345 of the Revised Statutes, where, however, the jury might qualify the verdict ‘‘without capital punishment.” The bill makes no changes in the penalties that can be inflicted by military and naval court-martial. Among the crimes now punishable by death abolished in the bill are murder and robbery on the high seas, accessory before the fact to murder, piracy, etc., on the high seas, destruction of vessels at sea, piracy, arson of vessels of war, etc. The bill failed to pass for want of a quorum. The house committee on elections of president and vice president reported favorably the bill introduced by Mr. Corliss, of Michigan, providing for the election of senators by a direct vote of the people. Some amendments of minor importance were adopted. AFFAIRS OF THE FIVE TRIBES. WASHINGTON, March 24.—In the sen- ate vesterday Mr. Platt reported from the Indian affairs committee a pro- posed amendment to the Indian appro- priation bill of $50,000 to enable the Dawes commission, appointed to nego- tlate with the five civilized tribes, to proceed at once to hear and deter- mine all questions of citizenship in the several tribes or nations in the Indian territory, and: to make a complete roll of all persons entitled to citizenship therein. The commissioners are also to make a roll of persons of African descent in the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations not entitled to be considered as citi- zens, and when the roll of any one of said nations is complete the president is, at his discretion, to order the com- missioners to allot the lands among the citizens thereof. WILL PASS THE CONTRACTS AROUND. WASHINGTON, March 24.—The house committee on naval affairs decided to have one of the four new battleships provided for in the bill built on the Pacific coast. I. was decided to have one of the fifteen torpedo boats built on the coast, one on the Gulf of Mex- ico and one on the Mississippi river. Packing Basiness Improving. Kansas City, Mo, March 24.—The packing business seems to be brighten- ing up. The high price of poultry and the disappearing from the market of most game is causing a freer use of packing house meats and more liberal killing by the packers here. Their slaughter last week was 14,527 cattle, 44,954 hogs and 15,810 sheep, against 13,843 cattle, 35,5$4 hogs and 7,550 sheep the same week last year. The same week in 1894 the killing was 13,863 cat- tle, 37,036 hogs and 6,498 sheep. blowers for Blackburn. WASHINGTON, March °4. — Senator Blackburn’s return to the senate after the exciting and fruitless senatorial contest before the Kentucky legisla- ture, was signalized by an unusual demonstration by his colleagues. On the gee ae desk was the most mam- moth and elaborate floral desi drought to the senate. gta BANK ROBBERY CHARGED. ‘Two Men in Jail at San Francisco Charged with the tavannah, Mo., Bank Robbery. San Francisco, March 24.—William Loughbridge, a recent arrival from the east, is locked up at the city prison at the request of the police officials of Kansas City, Mo. Dr. B. B. Lee, of this city, is also in custody as ap ac- complice after the fact in the crime which it is supposed Loughbridge and other crooks committed. On the night} of February 7 the State bank of Savan- nah, Mo., was entered. The safe was cracked and 14 bonds worth $1,000 each, belonging to Mrs Eliza Breckenridge, were stolen. Accompanying the order for the ar- rest of the men was an offer of a re- ward of $1,000 for the apprehension of the safe crackers and the recovery of the property. Loughbridge was soon located and placed under police sur- veillance, but not arrested. The Mar- ket street bank notified the police that bonds had been offered for sale, and Dr. Lee, the holder, was induced to call again. When arrested Lee claimed that he was an innocent party, negotiating the sale of the bonds for a friend who had acted for Loughbridge. BURGHERS ARE ARMING. The Transvaql Being Fortified and Other Warlike Preparations Under Way. New York, March 24—A dispatch from Cape Town, South Africa, says: The Transvaal is being fortified, the burghers are arming to the teeth and other warlike preparations are being made. Eight forts are being built at Pretoria, the capital. Hostility to Great Britain is openly and freely ex- pressed at Pretoria. Emissaries have been sent to the Orange Free State and to Cape Colony, it is reported, to stir up race feeling. Germany, Austria and France, it is said here, will guar- antee the independence of the Trans- vaal if necessary. DAVIS LEFT OUT. Minnesota Republicans Refuse to Stand by Tv Home Man for President. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., March 24.—The republicans of Minnesota will meet in state convention here to-day to elect four delegates-at-large to the St. Louis convention. A majority of the dele- gates are already here and but one name is mentioned. The delegates from the Duluth district are instructed for Davis, but they are not talking anti-McKinley, and it is not believed that C. F. Davis’ name will be men- tioned. The four delegates-at-large will certainly be instructed for McKin- ley. The Nicaragua Rebellion. New York, March 24.—The revolu- tion in Nicaragua, according to intelli- gence received in New York, through private channels, is more serious than the dispatches from that country would indicate. Shrewd observers of the political events in Central America are of the opinion that all five of the republics may become embroiled unless a peaceful solution is reached within a few weeks. Big Row After a Lecture. Scranton, Pa., March 24.—Following a lecture given at the Christian church at Dunmore by an alleged ex-priest named Ruthven, a fight broke out, during which about 50 shots were fired and resulted in four men being injured. The ex-priest has been giving lectures in this vicinity for some time, and as he was leaving the church fully 500 people gathered about the place and greeted him with a volley of eggs. A $900 a Year Job Going a Begging. WASHINGTON, March 24.—The civil service commission has announced that the list of eligible candidates for the offices of physicians in the Indian serv- ice is entirely exhausted. The last va- cancy isat the Grand river boarding school at the Standing Rock agency, in North Dakota. This is a $900 per annum office and there is no one avail- able for appointment. Fought Fifteen Rounds. Hor Springs, Ark., March 24.—Fully 1,200 sports witnessed the fight at Cen- tral park yesterday between Billy O'Donnell, of Memphis, and George Stout, of Omaha. It was a hard fight and both men received considerable punishment. At the end of the 15th round the referee declared the bout a draw. McKinley Gets Six; Davis, Four. St. Pavt, Minn., March 24.—Five re- publican congressional conventions were held in Minnesota yesterday to choose two delegates each to St. Louis. In the Second, Third and Seventh dis- tricts McKinley men were elected, and in the Fourth and Sixth districts the delegates were instructed for Davis. McKinley Delegates from Boston. Boston, March 24.—At the Tenth congressional district republican con- vention last night, Messrs. Augustus Sweat and Charles Hammond were elected delegates to St. Louis’ Both men are the candidates of Congress- Harry Atwood, an avowed McKinley man. a BREVITIES. The spring race meeting at Kansas City, Mo., will open May 23 instead of May 2 as previously advertised. Fire at Girard, Kan., destroyed the engine house, pottery and elevator buildings of the zinc company. Mrs. Jennie R. Kimball, the well- known opera company manager and mother of Corinne, died suddenly at St. Paul, Minn. The Glendon Iron Co., of Easton, Pa., capitalized at $1,000,000. has made an assignment, due to dull trade. Cred- itors will be paid in full. Ex-Senator John Martin, of Topeka, Kan., is out inan interview advocating fusion between democrats and popu- lists in that state this year. A new morning newspaper, backed by ample capital, is to be started at Atlanta, Ga. It will be independent democratic and will advocate a protec- tive tariff. Advices from London say ex-consul John L. Waller's solicitor is trring to arrange an amicable settiement with France for damages growing out of Waller's imprisonment Missouri State Bank OF BUTLER, MO. CAPITAL, $110,000. Transacts a general banking busine We solicit the accounts of far- mers, merchants and the public generally, promising a safe depository for all funds committed to our charge. We are prepared to extend liberal ac- commodation in the way of loans to our customers. Funds always on hand to loan on real estate at lowest rates, allowing borrowers to pay part or all at any time and stop interest. DIRECTORS. ¥ Frank M Voris Pi i asi aivare Pere ore gM Christy John Deerwester} C R Radford RG West JR Jenkins TJ Wright Wm E Walton Geo L Smith OTHER STOCKHOLDERS E Bartlett D A DeArmond Dr W D Hannab Dr W E Tucker Margaret Bryner John Evans Robert McCracken W BTyler Lulu Brown DrJ Everingham A McCracken E Turner Hurley Lumber Co Edith Everingham John Pharis Wm W Trigg HB Chelf C & E Freeman JK Rosier Wm Walls J M Courtney GB Hickman J W Reisner GP Wyatt Robert Clark DB Heath L B Starke Dr NL Whipple C* ¥ ) x Weiner Frank Deerwester Peter Swartzendruber J M Christy a SILVER MEN IN MAJORITY. | tion and estimates the gold standard delegates at 306. A silver man esti- l jmated that his friends would have | 549 votes in the conventicn. The | Star thicks the silver men will num- | ber about 500. A number of infer Review of the Situation by the Wash- | views are printed. This from Sena- ington Star. ;tor Daniel of Virginia, is a good phe Republic Bureau, | illustration of the public sentiment Penn. Ave. and Mth St. | a F | expressed: Washington, D. C, March 21.— |“) ee The Washington Star of this evening | |. The Democrats of Virginia be devotes a page to a reviow of the lieve in conserving the institutions : ; -,| of the country and the property of litical situation from a Democratic | : Sachets The Star reporters in- | the people. They are therefore for terciowed citizens of all tha Stater=| restoring silver coinage and arresting mostly Representatives or Senators | ‘he system of contraction which and gives an estimate of their | Shrinks property and increases the In summarizing the opin- | burden of taxes and debt. The eens | Democratic State convention will, in ions, the Star says: | my opinion, so declare if it repre by the Stur re | ‘ : . gnacemagre peomire ae | sents its constituency, as I hope and ake S | believe it will. ions indi tat the silver | ; ee cache ot “The Democratic party will carry eat P the country as soon as it becomes the delegates to the Democratic Na. | : : tional Convention. It take two-thirds | "#oroughly Democratic and it mould not have been overthrown in 1894 if to nominate, but a majority adopts : : ; ; the platform. There are expected to | me me cme woe = EER to do be 930 delegates, including six from | Ast = woe i nia — each territory and the District ee ne We coouR nee a way; bu Columbia. The choice of candidates | who will bell the cat? The question does not enter much into the discus- asked of the mien supplanted by sion of the National Convention. |*be avestion, Who will guarantee This choice depends so much upon |or enforce international agreement? | When we were three or four miliions i bat ae potiey atioeiet bx Re perks Oe lot people we set up independence blecots — i aaeee wa | without international agreement. ee ee iow that meas TURAN Aa de mes et eee | clare our independence is a folly stupendous. The fact is, internation trol the convention. i is what are The first question is wha Sa disnait Sas Geena ae: which bas been used to amuse Democratic principles? A large ele- | ment, composed chiefly of the old-} z . fashioned Democrats and those hold- | wae oe oe = nue a: ing to old fashioned theories, insist | on a ae ql Sage on x that bimetallism in the true sense of | PiCASC® With A allie and tickle with a straw. the word, that is, silver and gold on | Wm R. Morrison seems to be the equal footing as standard money, 18 | ‘ .,| Only man mentioned for the presi et the articles of Democratic | 07 , whose supporters are san- aith. Another element of which | guine and not confined to one or Mr. Cieveland is the recognized ! two States or to a certain locality. leader, hold toa gold standard of | value and the use of silver only in a’ subordinate capacity, if at all, meas- ured in its value by gold. Which of these elements represents the party | Witiislee who iasibean! onthe is to be determined. Candidates are | ein = ca ie — - | Thomas Jr. thinks he’s the best ee as eke oo man Summit township, but there are there is not even a boom started yet | a number of others who think decid- . | edly to the contrary. i — Lad The candidates are beginning to ple have come to the conclusion that | sashay round again in our township Mr. Cleveland himself will not again be a candidate, the opinion is held Will Control the Next Nationa Convention. Summit Items. We've lain aside that little super- | stition we had as to Mr ground hog. Some of our citizens are busy cutting hedge. and how we are to spare the time to hear their little talks &c., has not been decided yet by us. We may by men eminent in the party and of| find the solution of it by our ig me : next. the widest political bd ae that | Dan Lafollett visited his mother he desires the nomination, if he can | Sunday. We were informed by Homer;Clark that Chas Holland had caught a very strange animal under a culvert near his residence; said it whipped Mr H, and seven other big degs, and ‘twas neither an elephant ora bear,thought in this locality was very rare, and must have escaped froma menagerie. On further investigation we found it to be an otter and was caught on Lick Skillet creek near Mr Holland’s. Turn out, democrats, to the con- ventions Saturday and send good silver men to the county convention that we may take no chances in send- ‘ing ae ies to the —— conven- ;. | tion and likewise to icago. The men had control of the convention | (ni, Salvation for the aeaeed fg. teee and he would consent to run. The | declarations which has been it's time obstacle of his disinclination might | honored custom or principles. a | GROVER. be overcome, but a prerequisite to | es his candidacy would be the defeat FRESH BULK of the silver men in convention. Ol-; CARDEN SEEDS ney might become a candidate under 5 |. Do youraise s garden? Nothin, sys you the same circumstances and he would | Bettie and acento is of more Genco than probably be more acceptable to | ‘° 37 seeds that are many Democrats; on aceount of his) Fresh and True to Name record in the State Department, get matters adjusted in advance to suit him. He cannot, therefore, be left out of the reckoning in counting over the candidates. Morrison of Illinois and Matthews | of Indiana are generally regarded as the candidates most worth consider- ing at this time. Carlisle's candidacy | excites no more than a passing com- | ment. Whitney might be taken into | account as acandidate if the gold Having had fifteen years a experi- ; £nee in market gardening and having tried = which would be expected to count \ greg minmy catitien otveactubies ican ad | Vise you as to what will do best in this climate. for POR in the pe igh : Piaryewtege aemctmaecs ee hod laser acenstaue gd Me om See eee A gold standard man soso that | Fuse reais seaaaaa his friends will have 589 votes in the | will pay you to see me before buying. convention. The Star says this clam | J- B. PACET. eannot be borne out by its informar | xorth side Squaré, with Fisk Bros. 1-2m | Co.’s first addition tothe city ie are | Order of Publication. | STATE OF MISSOURI, ? | County of ee ° ae Res. | irenit court 0! Sates o ty, Mis-/ Deeet aa vacation, March 20th. Iso, the State of Missouri at the relation and to the use of $ H Fisher, ex-officio collector of the reve- nue of Bates county. in the state of Missouri plaintiff, vs. J M Pitchford and Virginia L Wright, defendants. Civil action for delingent taxes, } Now at this day comes the plaintif® herein j by her attorney, before the undersigned clerk | of the circuit court of Bi county in the | state of Missouri, in va n and Niles her} affidavit, stating among other things that the | above named defendant, Virginia L Wright is | a non-resident ofthe state of Missouri Where- upon itis crdered by the clerk in vacation | that said defendant be notified by pul tion | that plaintiff has commenced & suit against herin this court by petition and aMidavit the | object and general nature of which is to en force the lien of the state of Missouri for th delinquent taxes of the year Is) in the aggregate to the sum of $ with interest, costs, commission and | upon the following described tracts of land | situated in Bates county, Missouri, t>-wit j Lote five (5) and six (8) block three (3) town of Rich H and that unless the said defendant be and ap- | pear at the next term of this court to be begun | and holden in the cit. f Butler, Bates c ty Missouri. on the fi esday after the second Monday in June, 1536, and on or before the | third day thereof (if the term shall so long continue, and if not then before tbe end of the term,) and plead to said petition according to law, the same will be taken as eonfessed and judgment rendere gto the prayer of | sail petition, and t ove described real estate sold to satisfy the same ‘And it is further ordered by the clerk afore- said that acopy hereof be published in the} Butler Weekly Times, a weekly newspaper} printed and published in Bates county, Mis- souri, for four weeks successively, the last in- sertion to be at least fifteen days before the first day of the next term ofthis court A true copy from the record Witness my hand as clerk “aforesaid with the seal of said court {seat} hereunto affixed. Done at office in Butler on this the 20th day of March 1s STEWART ATCH 19-4t ireuit Order of Publication. STATE OF MISSOURI, } as County of Bates. ees ‘ ‘ In the circuit court of Bates county, Missouri, in vacation, March 20th, Ise6, The State of Missouri at the relation and to the use of S H Fisher. ex-officio collector of the revenue of Bates county in the state of Missouri, plaintiff, vs. Mary A Williams, J W Wil- liams, Lewis N Anthony and A T Lowry, defendants. Civil action for delinquent taxes. Now at this aay comes the plaintiff herein by her attorney, before the undersigned clerk of the circuit court of Bates couaty in the state of Missouri. in vacation and files her affidavit stating among other things that the above named defendants, J W Williams and Lewis N Anthony are non residents of the state of Missouri. Whereuponit is ordered by the clerk injvacation,that said defendants be noti- fied by publication that plaintiff! has com- menced a suit against them in this court by petition and affidavit the object and general nature of which is toenforce the lien of the state of Missouri forthe delinquent taxes of the years 159), 1891, 1892 and 1893 amounting in the aggregate to the sum of $15.14, together with interest, costs, commission and fees, upon the following described tracts of land situated in Bates county, Missouri, to-wit Lots seven (7) eight (8) nine (9) ten (10) and eleven (11), block thirteen (13) in the town of Rockville, and that unless the said defendants be and appear at the next term of this court to be begun and holden in the city of Butler, Bates county, Missouri, onthe first Tuesday after the second Monday in June, 1896, and on or before the third day thereof (if the term shall so long continue, and if not then before the end of the term,) and plead to said peti- tion aceording to law,the same will be taken as confessed and judgment rendered according to the prayer of eaid petition, and the above de- scribed real estate sold to satisfy the same. And it ie further ordered by the clerk afore- said that a copy hereof be published in the Butler Weekly Times, a weekly newspaper printed and published in Bates county, Mis- souri, forfour weeks successively, the last insertion to be at least fifteen days before the first day of the next term of said court A true copy from the record Witness my hand as clerk aforesaid with the seal (sxat] of said court hereunto afixed. Done at oflice in Butler on this the 20th day of March, is}. STEWAKT ATCHESON, 19-4¢ Cireuit Clerk. Order of Publication. STATE OF MISSOURI, { as County ot Bates. In the circuit court of Bates county, Missouri, in yacation, March 20th, 1296, the state of Missouri at the relation and to the use ofS H Fisher, ex-officio collector of the revenue of Bates county in the state of Missouri, plaintiff, vs James Burrows and W M Rob- inson, defendants, Civil action for delinquent taxes, Now at this day comes the plaintiff by her attorney, before the undersigned clerk of the circuit court of Bates county in the state of Missouriin vaeation and files an affidayit, stating among other things that the above named defendant, W M hobinson, is a non- resident of the state of Missouri. Whereupon it is ordered by the clerk in yaction, that said defendant be notified by publication that plaintiff has commenced a suit against him in thjs court by petition and affidavit the object and general nature of which is to enforce the lien of the state of Missouri for the delinquent taxes of the years 1591, 1892 and 1893, amount- ing in the aggregate to the sum of $56 97, to- gether with interest, costs, commission and tees, upon the followinz described tracts of Jand situated in Bates county, Missouri,to-wit Lot two (2) block three (3) also blocks four and five (4 & 5) all situated in the yillaze of Mulberry, and that uniess the said defendant be and appear at the next term of this court to be begun and holden in the city at Butler, Bates county, Miseouri, onthe first Tuesday after the second Monday in June, 1836, and on or before the third day thereof (if the term shall so long continue, and if not then before the end of the term) and plead to said petition according to law, the same will be taken as confessed and judgment rendered according to to the prayer of said petition, and the above described real estate sold to satiefy the same. And it is further ordered by the clerk afore- said that acopy hereof be published in the Butler Weekly Times, a weekly newspaper printed and published in Bates county, Mis- souri, for four weeks successively the last in- sertion to be at least fifteen days before the first day of the next term of said court A true copy from the record. Witness my band as clerk aforesaid with the seal {seax] of said court hereunto afixed. Done at office in Butleron this the 20th day of March, 18%. STEWART ATCHESON, 19-4t. Cirenit Clerk. Order of Publication. STATE OF MISSOURI,§ .. County et Bates. pe In the circuit eourt of Bates county Missouri, in vacation, March 1th i806, the state of Missonri at the relation and to the use of S H Fisher, ex-officio collector of the revenue of Batescounty in the state of Missouri, plaintiff, vs. Robert S Stevens, defendant. Civil action for delinquent taxes. Now atthisday comes the plaintiff herein by her attorney before the undersigned clerk of the circuit court of Bates county in the state of Missouri in vacation, and files her affidavit stating among other things that the above defendant Robert 8 Stevens, is a non- resident of the state of Missouri Whereupon it is ordered by the clerk in vacation, that said «tefendant be notified by publication that plaintiff has commenced a suit against him in this court by petition and affidavit the object and general nature of which is to enforce the lien of the state of Missouri for the delinquent taxes oe seers of 1380. 1891, 1892 and 1895, amountingip the aggregate to the su: $16.68, together with interest, costs, cates 4 sion and fees, upon the following ‘described tracts of land situated in Bates County, Mis- fouri, to-wit: The southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section twenty-three (23) township thirty-eight (38) range twenty-nine (23), and that unless the ssid defendant be and appear at the next term of this court to be begnn and holden in the city of Butler, Bates county, Missouri, on the firet Tuesday after the sec_| ond Monday in Jane, 18%, and on or before | the third day thereof (if the term shall so long! continue, and if not then betore the end of the | term) and plead tosaid petition according to | law, the same will be taken as confessed and | Lay mons rendered according to the prayer of said petitior, and the above described real — 4 — epiiet dipes same. nd it is further ordered by the clerk afore- said that acopy hereof be published in the | Butler Weekly Times, a ekly newspaper printed and published in Bates county, Mis- souri, for four weeks successively, the last) insertion to be at least fifteen days before the | first day of the next term of said court. i Atruecopy fromthe record. Witness my and as clerk aforesaid with the seal | {sear} of said court hereunto affixed.’ Done at office in Butler on this the 19th day | of March, 18%. STEWART ATCHESON, 194t Cirenit Clerk. | FATAL GAS EXPLOSION IN 4 yyy | fire broke out about three o'clock | Manufacturing Co., kers and q ers in faney gas fi res and eang bra. ‘The firm employed abont ; eaten its wa | quired to deposit at the Canadian eat Nearly Half a Million Property Go Up in Smoke Two Dead Men Brought Out andag g known Number Yet tn the Mine. Three Boys Found Dead on a Railroad Track. Puna pELPHia, March 24. Street west of Fifteenth was yi a most destructive tire last night, the six story building of the Thai 1 ds, who were at work at the timg_ ve fire originated in the front eel and was not discovered until it y through the first 4 An alarm was sounded, but before engines arrived the entire front part the building was on fire. Mean a majority of the workmen made escape. About a dozen or more, ho; ever, were hemmed in and had to } taken from the windows The loss on. the building is about $150,000, Thackera company’s stock, machi and patents were valued atabout 000. These are a total loss, but protected by an insurance of about, $150,000. Other tenants also sustained small losses. FATAL GAS EXPLOSION. ; PunxsuTAwney, Pa., March 24 ~The” gas in mine } 1, Adrian, operated by _ the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsb : Coal and Iron Co., exploded Sui night and the mine is on fire. It is ime possible to get into the mines any dis tance, although the explosion Occurred two miles back. Shortly after ig o'clock Sunday night, the fire boss heard the explosion and yesterday morning the men going in to work Were overcome. Some escaped and the alarm was given. Eleven men have been brought out, with two dead Both these men were rescuers. How many more there may be in the ming cannot be stated. It is supposed that some miners went in Sunday night to: work and ignited the gas. SAD FATE OF THREE RUNAWAYS CHANDLER, Tex., March 24.—The™ dead bodies of three boys, aged 18, I} @ and 11 years, named Boone Smith, Tom | Shiflet and Charles McMillan, were found on the railroad track two miles south of Brownsboro. The boys are: supposed to have been killed bya train = during the night. The first two named lived at Brownsboro, MeMillan li in the Indian territory. The boys had run away from home. 4 WILL PAY TO CONFESS, A New York Publisher Will Give Holme 7,500 for His Autobiography, PHILADELPHIA, March 24.—Effort are being made by several Philadel phia and New York publishers to im duce Murderer H. H. Holmes to make a full confession and to tell the story” of his life. One New York publisher began with an offer of $1,000 fora trath- ful and detailed story of his criminal ew reer, and gradually increased it to $5,000 because of the indifference of the con- demned man. While Homes was com sidering this last proposition, a rival New York newspaper offered him $7,500 flat for the same thing. It is not known whether he has accepted the _ offer, but he has been doing a great deal of writing lately, the character of which he has concealed. AN EIGHT-HOUR DAY. A Concerted Effort May Be Made by the — Federation of Labor to Bring It About. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 24.—The executive committee of the Nationsl Federation of Labor began its regular | conference in this city yesterday. The conference lasted until a late hour and was devoted chiefly toa discussion — of the best means of bringing about sn eight-hour day. A poll of those pree ent showed a ununimous sentiment in favor of taking executive action at once that will test the question ast whether the affiliated labor organize tions of the country are capable of a& curing what they claim to be their rights in this particular. It was the sentiment that a concerted effort should be made and in order to devise ways and means the matter was re ferred to a sub-committee. SWEPT BY FIRE. Better Half of the Commercial Part of Colon Destroyed—Loss $500,000. Coton, Colombia, March 24—A tem rific fire raged here for five hours apd burned itself out last night. Itde- stroyed the better half of the commer cial part of Colon. There was much looting of property during the excite ment of the fire. One life was lost ané hundreds are left homeless. The dam age is roughly estimated at $500, the insurance covering about ope twentieth part. Business has beet suspended. AN AWFUL HURRICANE. A Whole T own Destroyed and Nearly Half a Handred Lines Lost. Vieroria, B. C., March 24 —The steamship Warrimoo, which has just arrived, brings news of the destruction of Suva, the capital of Fiji, by hurrk canes on March 6. It was the most tremendous storm ever known in the southern seas.) The loss of the ferry steamer Pear] in the Brisbane river, by which 37 people lost their lives, is also reported. Tough on Bicycle Tourists. Ottawa, Ont., March 24.—Bieyele tourists from the United States other countries will this year be re toms house the full retail price of wheels on entering this country, when they are exported back tht money will be refunded to the owner® A Chicago Lawyer Assigns. Cuicaco, March 24.—Attorney Pat rick W. Snowhvok made an assign’ yesterday. The assignee is Homer Galpin. Mr. Snowhook placed assets, consisiting of real estrte, $350,000 and his liabilities at $200,000.