Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 26, 1897, Page 2

ie The Herald-Beview, |THE NEWS RESUME By B. Kiley. GRAND RAPIDS - MINNESOTA. if Toronto, with a system of trans- fers, and no cars running on Sunday, can make money by managing her street railways for herself, other cities ought to do much better. The haughty Illinois hobo who re- fused a pair of old trousers that hap- pened to have a $500 note in them had perhaps previously accepted discarded garments, the pockets of which con- tained no such bonanza, The woman who has invented a ma- chine that will wash dishes—the most monotonous of all domestic tasks—de- serves a large bimetallic medal, with an expression of the gratitude of al) women engraved upon it. A French physician has invented a method by which he says iron can be given in large doses. Hens, he noticed, have powerful internal organs. They can digest considerable quantities of tron, and then render it back, through the albumen of their eggs, in a form which is easily digested by the weaker stomach of mankind. So he feeds his hens with what he calls “a very ab- sorbent salt of iron,” mingled with grains of wheat, and they lay eggs ex- tremely rich in iron already digested. A late scrap of scientific informa- tion is to the effect that a single bee, with all its industry and energy, col- lects only a teaspoonful of honey in a seascn. The scientific statistician, howeve1, fails to tell us what is to be expected of the married bee, who is supposed to have a greater incentive to labor hard and unceasingly. Come to think of it, though, the married bee, unlike the married man, has things dead easy. He does not have to work, Prince Uchtomsky, imperial cham- berlain and editor of the St. Peters- burg Viedomsti, with Lieut, Andrey- evsky, of the Emperor’s Bodyguard Hussars, has left on the volunteer fleet steamer Nijni Novgorod for the far east. They take with them eight tons of presents from the czar and czarina to the Emperor of China, and Prince Uchtomsky will act as special commis- sioner for laying out the line of the Russo-Chinese Railroad. Twenty years ago a newly-appointed postmaster at New York could remove and appoint at will two thousand sub- crdinates. The postmaster whom President McKinley has appointed can fill only two places. This is a striking, though not an exceptional, example of the extent to which reform in the ad- ministration of the civil service has been quietly pushed. “To the victors belong the spoils,” is no longer the universally accepted political maxim it was a generation ago, Reports from all the large towns where General Weyler has congregated helpless Cubans to starve them to death show that the mortality is in- creasing rapidly. In some sections half of the concentrados have died; in oth- ers 25 to 35 per cent has been the death rate. Riots are occurring in several of the larger towns and only the guns of the Spanish soldiers have kept the pacificos from a general outbreak. They are so desperate that they woul about as readily be shot down as to take the chances of starving to death. Spanish officials at the palace deny the great victory of General Garcia at Manza- nillo. The ‘“‘war-chest” of Germany is kept in the fortified city of Spandau. Here is deposited coined gold equivalent to thirty million dollars, instantly avail- able for military purposes. It is un- derstood that Great Britain and France are even more richly supplied with ready money, although neither of these countries keeps its treasure in a “war-ehest.” Italy, on the other ‘hand, has very little, and her people are taxed to the verge of starvation that that little may be kept untouched. Russia has been a chronic borrower, partly to supply a fund of which no one outside of Russia knows the ex- tent. It has been asserted, possibly with some exaggeration, that Germany could put two million men into the field, fully equipped, within ten days after hostilities began. On a war foot- ing the German, Russian and French armies would number, each, more thaa three million men; the Italian and Austrian about two millions each. To gupport such multitudes would soon empty any “war chest.” <A country like Germany, whose public debt is only about ten dollars per capita— Italy’s debt is almost eighty dollars for each inhabitant—could resort to taxation, and by various means with- stand a long strain. But it staggers imagination to dwell upon the burdens that protracted war would lay upon the unhappy subjects of the bankrupt nations, The testimony of the most noted of modern gamblers as to the profits of his occupation should be regarded as good evidence. It goes a long way toward destroytng such false state- ments as are contained in silly news- paper stories of wealth easily got at the gaming-table. This modern game- ster of world-wide notoriety said: “Show me a gambler with a bank ac- count, Show me one with a bit of real estate. You can’t do it. If I had the money I wouldn’t scour the earth for games to play. I'd stay right chere.” DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD, - A Comprehensive Review of the Important Happenings of the Past Week Culled From the Tel- egraph Reports—The Notable Events at Home and Abroad That Have Attracted Attention. The Nation’s Capital. The senate has confirmed John F. Gowry of Washington as consul gen- eral at Kanawaga, Japan. In accordance with An order issued | by the war department the office of the Southern inspeciion district, heretofore established at Santa Fe, N. Mex., has been transferred to Los Angeles, Cal. In anticipation of the passage of the pending tariff bill by congress the leg- islative council of Jamaica has d up a bill in which duties on articles imported from the United States are to be largely increased with the expec- tation that later on a reciprocity treaty may be negotiated. People Talked About. Alphonso M. Ross of South Dakota has been appointed carpenter at Rose- bud Indian school at $600 per annum. William H. Hutton, surgeon in the United States marine hospital service, died at Detroit, Mich., aged fifty-nine years. He had a brilliant war record. Tudge Joseph Sibley died at Quincy. Il, aged eighty years. He on the circuit bench from 1855 to 1879 and seryed two years on the appellate bench. Patrick Hunchon, worth about $1,- 000,000, is dead at La Porte, Ind., aged seventy. He and his brother, both bachelors, lived together for thirty | years without speaking, and the sil- ence remained unbroken at his death. Accidental Happenings. John Vahl. a farmer living near Marion Iowa, took cramps while swim- ming in the Cedar river and drowned. He leaves a wife and five children. B. Johnson, a sailor on the schooner Fanny Neil, of Chicago, drowned last week at Washburn, Wis. has been found. Elmer Dahl, eight years old, son of Martin Dahl of La Crosse, was drowned by going into the river over depth. James Jewett and Martin Marquardt attempted to drive across the railroad tracks near Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and were struck by a train. Jewett was cut in two and Marquardt terribly in- jured. George Senn, aged sixteen, was drowned at Cedar Rapids, lowa, while bathing in Cedar river. Rene Whip- ple, son of ex-County Attorney Whip- ple, was drowned at Vinton while at | a picnic and with others in bathing in the river. At Great Falls, Mont., lightning struck and killed Mrs. Emily 8. Howe. Her Son-in-law was knocked down but recovered. Mrs. Howe leaves three sons and two daughters. She born in Ohio but had lived in Montana for twenty years. Crimes and Criminals. Terrell Hudson, colored, sentenced | to hang at Decatur, Ga., for the mur- | der of another negro, has been respit- | ed for two weeks. | W. D. Moore, treasurer of Boone | county, Iowa, ha igned. He is said to be a defaulter to the probable | amount of $10,000. He says he used | the money to pay old debts. | Bushrod Kelch, the wife murderer, | has pleaded guilty to murder in the ; second degree at Cleveland, Ohio, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. At a previous trial he was convicted of murder in the first degree. At Macon, Ga., Judge Candler re- | fused to grant an extraordinary motion for a new trial for Tom, a young white man of good fam who s to have | been hanged last week for murder and resentenced him to be executed July 9. An appeal will be takeu to the su- | preme court. | Clarence Burrell, principal of the Jesup, Iowa, public schools, has been acquitted of the charge of assault and battery on Frankie Young, a thirteen- year-old school girl. While the body bore marks of a severe beating, the court held that the punishment was not inflicted with malice and would leave no permanent injury. An attempt to poison the entire fam- ily of William Rickenberg of West Superior is alleged to have been made. M Rickenberg took water from a barrel outside the house and made cof- fee from which a son became violently ill. Medical aid was summoned and his life saved. Investigation disclosed large quantities of rough on rats in the water barrel. Foreign Gossip. The Cape Town parliament has ad- journed out of respect for the late | Barney Barnato. Russia has agreed to ist the Unit- | ec States in the better protection of seals in the North seas. Giuzeppe Verdi, the celebrated com- peser, now in the eighty-third year of his age, is reported seriously ill at | Rome. | A dispatch from Paris announces the marriage of Puvis de Chavannes, the famous painter, and Princess Canta- cuzene. The state department has been in- formed by Consul General Lee of the release of Vargal Remedios, an Ameri- can citizen arrested at Porto Cabanas May 28. Charlotte E. Wolter, the tragedienne, | at one time known as the “tragedy queen of Germany,” is dead at Vienna, after a long illness. She was born at Cologne in 1834. The Rome Tribuna announces that the Italian punitive expedition sent against the Somalis to avenge the murder of several Italian officers has been defeated by superior numbers with a loss of thirteen killed and wounded. The Mexican official gazette de- nources the report published in the United States that the government has fund for Marl | edged its failure to s | the committee on the | Lieut. Col. Noyes, granted a charter for gambling houses at Tijuana, Lower California. The re- quest was recently made by some Americans for a charter for a lottery in Lower California but the govern- ment did not consider the petition. The Madrid correspondent of the London Daily Mail says: A succession of cyclones and fierce hail storms have destroyed the crops and vine yards in the Provinces of Valladolid and Guad- alaraja In the district of Neweastle heuses have been flooded, hundreds of / cattle drowned and a number of lives lost. Otherwise. The American Bell Telephone com- pany has declared a dividend of $3 reg- ular and 0 extra, payable July 15. A formidable movement is cn foot to oust Russell ge from the presidency ; of the Iowa Central railway. 8S. H. E Pacic re Louis. Clarke, one of the Union ers, is seriously ill at St- , the pugilist, has made delphia for a li- y Miss Agnes Torphey of that city. The Ohio Weslean conferred the degree of doctor of the- ology upon Rey. Dr. William McAffee of Columbus. university has The New York police commissioners, at their meeting. unanimously decided that the so-called boxing contests in the city should be stopped. The government knows any attempt of Pine Ridge Sioux erect a monument, and doubts story. The United States torpedo boat Porter made the marvelous record of a mile in less than two minutes with scarcely an effort at New York. The Paine Shoe Company of Hol- brook, Mass., has assigned. The com- pany was one of the largest in Hol- brook. The jury in the Wintersteen dyna- mite conspiracy case at Bloomsburg, Pa., declared that it cannot ag! and asks to be discharged. Within a short time three furnaces in the Mahoning valley, Ohio, which have been out of blast for some time, will resume. The New York Herald has Twain, the ¢ nothing of to the rted a lebrated American humorist, opening the list with a subscription of $1,000. The directors of the Dover, Del. National bank have adopted a resolu- tion favoring the reduction of the capital stock of the bank from $100,- | 000 to $50,000 as a result of the recent defalcation of Teller Boggs. The National Steam and Hot Water Fitters’ association a three days’ convention at New York. It is a Inasters’ convention and the ninth annual meeting. Over 300 delegates are in attendance. The chief of police of Berlin has prohibited mectings of the Independ- ent Exchange which was started by former members of the produce ex- | change as a protest against the boerse | law. The Vose Edge Finishing company, manufacturers of shoe machinery and wood working tools of Lynn, M has made an assignment. The as are unknown but the liabilities placed at $700,000. The two commissions representing the United States and the Cherokee na- tion have adjourned without coming to an agreement. The Dawes com- mmission told the Cherokees that no fur- ther attempt would be made, and that congress would now act. At the end of seven days’ investiga- ion at Chicago of the alleged cuttin of grain rates the interstate commerc commission has practically acknow. eure any evi- adjourred to a date not ets are dence and fixed. The Lake Shore Railway company has filed a mortgage at Adrian, Mich., fer $50,000,000 running to the United States Trust Company of New York. The mortgage provides 31-2 per cent | interest, payable semiannually in gold, present standard. All confirmations in the cavalry are held up by the s te committee on military affa awaiting the action of nomination of who has been pro- moted to be colonel, and to whom ob- jections are made which are being in- Mrs. young widow from San Franci brought suit at Butte, Mont., for $10,- handsome has Marion Kelly, a 000 Gamages for breach of promise against Oscar Bell, a mining engineer, and to get title to $30,000 worth ot property which he had promised her and which she is now in possession of- The compilation of statistics of coal production in the United States in 1896, which has just been completed by tne geological surveys. shows that during that year Io produced 028 short tons, valued at $4 North Dakota, 78,050 tons, valued at $84,908. The other Northwestern states produced no coal at all. Rey. Father Alberic has been elected abbot of the New Melloray monastery trappist at Dubuque, and Archbishop I will soon consecrate him. New Melioray has been heretofore ruled by a prior from Mount Melloray, Treland, but has acquired independ- ence by acquiring a certain number of members. New York capitalists have pur- chased the San Xavier mines near Tucson, Ariz., from the Boston owners. The group comprises seven mines ex- tensively developed. They were warked forty years ago, and are con- sidered to contain the largest deposits of copper, silver and lead ores in Southern Arizona. The joint committee appointed to in- vestigate the condition of the miners in the anthracite coal regions has made its report to the Pennsylvania senate, and the report was adopted. ‘The report shows a deplorable condi- tion of affairs, and recommends a law abolishing company stores, and the enactment of a compulsory semi- monthly pay law; also the restriction of foreign immigration. The statement that Julia Marlowe and her husband, Robert Tabor, will star separately next season is true. Miss Marlowe has gone to Europe to secure some new plays and will «p- pear under the management of Mr. J‘rohman next season. This in nowise affects the domestic relations of Mr. and Mrs. Tabor. Mrs. Tabor will stage her plays. A DEADLY TORNADO LOSS OF LIFE AND DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY IN ILLINOIS, Logan County Visited by a Terrible Tornado—Four Killed and Sever- al Severely Wounded—Buildings at the State Institution for Fee- ble Minded Demolished — Thou- sands of Dollars Worth of Prop- erty Destroyed. Lincoln, Il, June 20. — A tornado which passed over the central and southern portions of Logan county de- stroyed thousands of dollars’ worth of property and completely dem hed the immense cow barn on the farm of the state institution for the feeble minded. Twenty-six persons seeking refuge from the storm were buried in the debris. Four of the refugees, boy pupils from Chicago, were taken out de#d. Five others were severely in- jured, one of whom, the farm superin- tendent, will probably die. The tornado was first seen approach- ing the city from the southwest. The state institution for the feeble minded, containing over 700 inmates, seemed to be directly in the path of the storm and stringent measures were quickly taken to prevent a panic. The roofs of several of the buildings were carried away and much damage done about the grounds; but the 700 inmates es- caped all harm. The tornado passed on to the northeast, touching next on the farm and stock barns conrected with the asylum, three miles distant. The tornado passed on, doing great damage, the extent of which is not yet known. The storm divided inte two sections and covered a wide territory. It is feared that the loss of life will be greatly enlarged when reports are re- ceived from outside the city. Damage in Iowa. Ottumwa, Io June 20. — A small cyclone passed over Roseville, touch- ing the ground in several places just outside of town. The damage done v corfined to trees and outbuildings. An- otker cyclone of somewhat greater vi- olence passed six miles east of Os! loosa. Its path was over two miles in length and about fifty yards in width. The damage was slight, however. Buried in the Debris. Muncie, Ind., June 1v. — The west wing of the Paragon paper mil! at Eaton was blown down during the storm. Four people are reported buried in the debris. The property loss is $25,000. The roof of the Eaton window glass works was lifted off and much damage to other property was done. In Muncie the storm damag will amount to several thousand dol- lars. Several large residences were lifted. Charch Blown Down. Charlotte, N. C., June 20.—A cycione has swept over West Burham. The Baptist church was blown down. The large storage house of the Erwin Cot- ton mills was blown down and the stock of cotton stored there was soaked with rain. The loss is considerable. No fatalities reported. Twisted Off Their Foundations, Sedalia, Mo., Jvne 20. — This town was visited by a fierce electrical and wind storm. The power house of the Sedalia Electric Railway and Power company was struck by lightning and all of the dynamos ruined, leaving the city without lights and stopping the cars on all the lines. A number of: buildings were twisted off their foun- dations, while fruit, shade and ord: mental trees in all parts of the city were broken down. HOWLER L Windstorm = Frightens KENTUCKY. A Severe Louisville People. Louisville, Ky., June severe wind storm passed over th ity. Con- siderable damage was done to prope! ty, but no lives were lost. In several cases houses were blown down or un- roofed, but in no instance y there a fatality, though a number sustained injuries. Reports received from cen- tral and Eastern Kentucky indicate that great damage has been done to crops. The wheat fields have been laid low, farm houses and barns were wrecked and fences destroyed. Two people were killed at Irvington. At English, Ind., the court house was damaged to the extent of $3,000. A south-bound Monon train, eight miles beyond Bloomington, Ind., was struck by lightning and the passengers shak- ¢n up severely. Conductor Johnson was painfully injured. but will re- cover. Later, as the train was near- ing Gasburg, it ran into a large tree that had blown across the track and the engine was badly damaged. In Jeffersonville the damage was slight, while in New Albany it is es mated that $10,000 worth of damage wee done to property, but no lives were lost. Not a General Investigation, Madison, Wis., June 20.—The reports that all the state institutions would be investigated after the board of control closes the investigation of the Wauke- sha reform school are apparently witt- out foun board, s to investigation by the board the round. The first heard of crueities at the Mendota insane asylum was in the papers this morning, but the superin- tendent, Dr. Lyman, has been ordered to investigate and report to the board. A Big Land Deal. Boston, June 20.—The Bartlett Lum- ber company has completed the big- gest land deal ever accomplished in the Eastern States. It has purchased out- right Mount Washington, the entire presidential range, and twenty lesser emizences of the White mountain group, and in addition some 60,000 xcres of fuel land in the wilds of New Hampshire. Gaffney Captured. Rhinelander, Wis., June 20. — James Gaffney, who was implicated in the robbery here June 5, has been cap- tured. Gaffney is a desperate charac- ter, and was only recently released from state prison. Fastest Time on Record. Nyae, N. Y., June 20. — The steam yacuat Ellide, built for E. B. Warren of New York, in her trial trip made a mile in 1:30, which means a rate of forty miles an hour, the fastest time on rec- org: - eisee TO AVENGE A MURDER. Col, Stone Will Pull the Drop for His Wife's Murderer, Deadwood, S. D., June 20.—By a spe- cial request Col. L. P. Stone, husband of the woman murdered by the colored man, Brown, in this city, will be per- mitted to perform ihe execution of the murderer on the day appointed. Prob- ably such an occurrence has never be- fore happened in the history of crime. If no change is made in the plan, July 14, some time between the hours of 10 a. m. and 2 p. m., Mr. Stone will place the black cap over the head of the convicted negro and will cut the cord t holds the death trap and will swing the murderer of his wife into eternity. Mr. Stone has been especially desirous to see justice done to the murderer, and it was through his intercession that the negro’s life was saved from lynching. JAIL OR AS\L nt Imbecile Hammill Be in Jail. Chamberlain, D., June 20.—In the sensational case of the state against Dr. T. A- Hammill, charged with shoot- ing at Rev. E. W. Jenney with intent to kill, Judge Smith has ordered that Hammill be confined in the Yankton insane asylum until such time as it is safe for him to be turned at large. Hammill was a few day ago ac- quitted of the charge of attempting the life of Rev. Jenney because of his being insane, but the jury deemed it not safe to turn him at large at pres- €h a\s the Yankton asylum is over- crowded at present Hammill will be kept in jail here until such time as there is room for him at Yankton. For the Pre: w BETTER OFF HERE. Immigrants Persuaded to Locate in North Dakota Rather Than in Canada. Bismarck. N. D., June 0 Russians and Polanders, com- sing about fifty families, have ar- rived over the Northern Pacific. They were taken to Grand Haven, Mercer county, on the steamer Batchelor, where they will lo e. The party came over the Canadian Pacific to Winnipeg and were to have located in the North- st Territory, but immigration agents of this state intercepted the party and stole them away from the Canadian Pacific. ‘They will locate on govern- ment land. Stone for the Capitol. Winona, Minn., June 20. — Capitol Commissioner W. H. Lambertcn, in an interview here to-¢ stated that the comnission had given over consider- ation of Winona Bear Creek white marble capitol, and also inti- mated th: nges were now being made by S Gilbert in the capitol plans which will materially decrease cost of the stone, whatever kind may be decided upon. He stated the entire conmission is in favor of using Minnesota stone if possible, yet there are many matters which must be con- sidered, and he personally could give no decision as to what his own vote would be in the matter. for the Raehar The Manitoba School Question. Winnipeg, June — Ex-Attorney General Sifton. minister of the interior, is expected here from Ottawa to final- ly settle the Manitoba parochial school question. Before Mgr. Merry del Val left for Ottawa the clergy agreed to accept the public schools in all except one small particular. This point, which has not yet been made public, the Catholics wanted to change.If it were made it will not in any v af- fect the principle of public schools, and the manitoba schools would be satis- factory to the tholics and Protes- tants alike, so Mr. Sifton has left for Winnipeg to interview the provincial authorities on the subject. Hindoos Won't Eat the Grain. Duluth, Minn., June 2 Japt. Alex- ander McDougall has returned from San I’rancisco, were he superintend- ed the getting away of the whaleback City of Everett for Calcutta with a cargo of corn for the famine sufferers of India. Old skippers told him the Hirdoos will not touch the Christians’ grain, owing to their deep-steated re- ligious superstitions. City of Everett will be the first American merchant steamer to enter the port of Calcutta. Found a Kindred Missing Man, Abercrombie, N. D., June 20. — The body of a man w found in the Red river here. In his pocketbook was $1.80 and a Wodman excursion souy- enir which shows that he went on the Woodman ex:zursion last Sunday to Ortonville. He was seen to get off here Sunday night. He arswers the de- scription of a man from Kindred who is missing and who attended the ex- cursion, but did not return home. A Civeus Strikes Wind. Mountain Lake, Minn., June 20.—A severe storm passed over the western part of this village. It blew down Bonheur Bros.’ show tent, tipped over their wagons and injured several of the show people. One man w quite seriously hurt, being blown against a stake. The show has had to cancel several of its engagements. Pushing Telephone Lines. Aberdeen, D., June 20.—The work cn the eastern extension of the Dakota Central Telephone lines reached Web- ster this morning. and is now in ope- ration. Workmen are pushing on to Waubay with ithe intention of runuing through to Ortonville, Minn Black Bears at Ashland. Ashland, Wis., June 20.—Ben Mullen of Moqueh shot a large black bear near Ashland and sold it to the Ash- land meat market. Not less than a dozen bears have been seen near the city during the past week. In Hot Water. Mapleton, Minn., June 20. — Erwin Knight, aged eight, fell into a large pail of scalding hot water. He is not expected to live. Shot Him Dead. Montgomery, Minn., June 20. — The chief of police at Gordon had an ex- citing encounter with a negro tramp early this morning in which the tramp endeavored to do him up. The officer shot him dead. Grasshoppers Appear, Aberdeen, S. D., June 20.—Grasshop- pers haye appeared in several new places about Ipswich and are causing much additional anxiety. Several farmers have been entirely cleaned out __ ewe Se THROUGHTHEDRAW SUBURBAN TRAIN PLUNGES INTO THE CHICAGO RIVER. Six Men Hart bat It Is Not Expected m Will Die—The but © That Any of The Lights Signalled All Right, Too Late the Engineer Discover= ed That the Draw Was Open— Efforts to Stop the Train Were Fatile. Chicago, June 19. — A north-bound suburban train on the Chicago, Mil- waukee & St. Paul road ran into the Chicago river at Kinzie street. Six men were hurt but it is not expected that any of them will die- The train, which corsisted of the engine and two ears, the first being @ combination smoking and. bagsi car, and the second car a passenger coach, which left the depot and tive minutes later the engine and first car were under the surfact of the Chicago river. The railroad crorses the river at Kinzie street, which is not over & quarter of a mile rorth of the depot, and that train was consequently mov- ing slowly. But for this fact the entire train must have gone into the river and the loss of life b2en very heavy; as the passenger coach which did not £0 in contained about thirty passengers- The trains always stop an instant be- fore going upon the bridge, and En- gineer Cleveland came to a stop about 200 feet south of the bridge. ‘The lights were all right, signalling that the draw was closed, and he started up again. In a minute he saw through the darkness that the bridge was opens and made desperate efforts to stop the train. It was too late, however. 2nd the engine plunged into the open draw dragging with it the first car. ‘The ac- cident, according to.James Harrington, the bridge tender, v due entirely to- the arrangement of the lights on the bridge. The tracks are not more tham four feet above the surface of the water and the fall was not ‘great. About fifteen people, including the trainmen, were carried into the er but all were rescued without difficulty. MURDERED BY A WOMAN: exas Woman and Her Three- Brothers Take Part in 2 Tragedy. Paris, Tex., June 19.—EdKilgore, a eontractor and builder, at the hands of Miss F ard her three brothe <ilgore was sitting in the waiting room at Ladonia station when Miss Jackson, accom- panied by a sister and three brothers, entered, the men taking positions at the doors. The girl drew a revolver and fired at Kilgore. The bullet went wild and struck her brother, Brode Jackson, in the forehead, killing himr instantly. Kilgore dashed down the railroad track behind some freight cars. Bud Jackson, another brothery intercepted him and shot him in the back. After Bud Jackson had emptied: his revolver Miss Jackson walked up and fired three more shots into Kil- gore, exclaiming: “You coward. You have slandered me long enough.’ Ex- amination showed that rine shots ha@ teken effect, any one of which:.would ! have proved fatal. A HIT BY LIGHTNING. Illinois Natural History Building: Damaged $75,000 Worth: Champaign, Ill, June 19.—The natur- al history building at the University of Illirois was struck by lightning, re- sulting in damage to the building, furniture, paratus and libr: probably $75.000. The building itself is damaged to the extent of $7,500, an@ the loss on the contents cannot be ac- curately ascertained for several da Everything in the building was wnt soaked. The building was erected in: 1891 at a cost of $82,000. and the value - of the furniture nd apparatus was over $125.000. The building is occu- pied by the departments of botany, zoology, physiology, mineralogy and@ geology It also contained the office and equipments of the state laboratory of natural history and the state ento- mologist and the office and library of the agricultural experiment station. RAVAGES OF LIGHTNING, One Man Killed and Several Badly, Injured, Defiance, Ohio, June 19. — During a terrific thunder storm Jacob Criner, a@ farmer near Ayersville, this county, was struck by lightning while in his stable and instantly killed. The barn was destroyed. Lightning struck the Citizens opera house in this city, the high school graduating class was re- hearsing and Clinton Gravery and Fred Maller, members of the class, were knocked senseless. Gravery being rendered both blind and deaf for an hour. At Wapakoneti Peter Kebler, a farmer, was killed by lightning in his house, which was consumed by fire. His wife and children were seriously injured by the shock. The Methodist church at New Hampshire, this county, was struck by lightning and badly damaged. At Canaldoyer the electric light wires were burned out, leaving the city in darkness. In Delaware county the storm ruined growing crops by the acre. The German Point of View. Berlin, June 19.—The Vossische Zei- tung thinks that the action of the United States imposes upon Germany and England the necessity of devising: measures to prevent the adoption of a similar policy as to Samoa. The post, however, expresses the authoritative view held here when it says: “Ger- many has long regarded Hawaii as: within the sphere of American interests. and can scarcely find any pretext either to question the right of the United States to annex or to interfere by protest or obstruction. Doctors at Ottumrta. : Ottumwa, Iowa, June 19. — The Des Moines has commenced a two days’ session i this city. About 150 sicians are in attendance. They wilk banquet this evening and discuss vari- ous subjects to-morrow. : The Osceola county, Iowa, Demo-' cratic convention elected James Fly: chairman of the central committee an@ chose five delegates each to the state, judicial and representative convene ions. — 2 oe Valley Medical association 5 ? leading phy- f