Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 30, 1901, Page 2

napa at Re ts ED GOVE OY eee 1 | The Hervald--Review, By E. C. KILEY, ND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA, There will be a Pan-American Bible study congress in Buffalo meeting at the city convention hall July 17-31. The Salvation Army has represen- tatives at work in forty-seven differ- mt countries, and issues forty-five pe- nodicals, printed in twenty-one lan- yuages, Charles Bellamy has been a fireman tor sixteen years on the Chicago, Bur- ington and Quincy Roalroad, and has never missed a trip. During that time ae has traveled 606,840 miles, and burned 32,501 tons of coal. Marcus Clark, the author of “His Natural Life,” related to a friend that he had once discovered a French novel that he considered a work of genius. He translated it into English, and when a Melbourne firm brought it out publisher and translator were astound- ed at discovering that he had merely Englished a French translation of onv of George Eliot's works. A flying wedding recently took place in a Nevada town. In order to catch a train, the bride and groom, min- ister and witnesses were all bundled into a hotel omnibus, and the cere- mony yas performed while the driver whipped his horses to the railway sta- tion. “It was a close squeeze,” says the ambiguous report, “but they caught the train, and everybody was happy.” | A young man in Manchester, N. H. Proposed marriage to a lady of that city and was rejected. He angrily de- manded why he was rejected. She manifested her indignation by emphat- ically declaring: “Because you are just one degree above a monkey.” He rushed to a mirror, gazed at his reflec- tion, and. perhaps, being convinced that he bore some resemblance to an ape, he dashed his fist through the glass, and fled from the house. The Avenue Louise, in Brussels, is Mned with chestnut trees, and an elec- tric tramway runs along one side. ‘The chestnuts on that side lose their leaves in August, then bud, and bloom again In October; while those on the other side keep their foliage till near the end of the year, and only bloom again the following spring. It is believed that the electric current of the tramway, passing through the ground, affects the roots and causes this peculiarity in the trees, A railroad is actually building from Sault Ste. Marie to Hudson Bay. It has long been a dream of the Cana- dians to have a water route for Win- nipeg wheat through this great bay; and although that may not be feasible on account of the obstructive tactics of Jack Frost, the railway line is cer- tain to bring down to the lake region great stores of lumber, and—it is said —of iron, copper and gypsum. A mod- ern seaside hotel on Hudson Bay is also proposed, Queen Alexandra’s capacity for self- control was shown when she was tak- ‘ing one of her incognito excursions about Copenhagen. A nobleman saw her entering a “bus,” and as she was doing so a stout man and two women forced their way in front of her. Not a sign of disapproval was on her fea- tures; merely a sort of naive surprise. ‘There was absolutely no comment, As she was unknown, she was tree to angry protest, but she ruled and was thus a model of self-restraint in that hardest of all places to avoid impatience—a public vehicle. Collector of the Port Stratton of San Francisco has received a copy of a let- ter addressed by Secretary of the Treasury Gage to Attorney General Griggs recommending that all Chi- nese women in that city who are be- Meved to be held in slavery be arrested and taken before the courts to test their rights to remain in this coun- try. Chinese Inspector Dunn, to whom the letter was referred, says that he is undecided as to the feasibility of such a method, but that he will co-operate with the state authorities in any move- ment that he may be made to suppress the slave traffic. M. Moulon, assistant instructor of fencing and sword practice in the French army, has invented a fencing horse, a device which is highly spoken of as being a great improvement over all other methods of teaching young cavalrymen in the exercise of the sword and lance. The apparatus ad- vantageously replaces the five or six stationary manikins of the old system, but it also answers for half a dozen combatants on foot or or horseback armed “a la natte” or with the lance, watching ,striking, pricking, cleaving or running through with a real convic- tion that is interesting to observe. The minister of war has authorized the heads of cavalry corps to employ this “fencing horse.” Because of the depredations of win- ter tourists, one of the most beautiful private places in Florida hag, Just been closed to the public. Ivies im- ported from historie places in England and Scotland were dug up by the roots; rare fish brought at. great ex- pense from tropical seas were killed the throwing of stones into the pond, and delicate stone carvings were broken from the fountains and sun- dials. We hear much of the exclusive- ness of wealth; but it is not more ob- moxious than the wantonness and in- golence of irresponsible liberty. THE NEWS RESUME KVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK IN 4 CONDENSED FORM. Washington Notes, The postmaster general has decided that intoxicating liquors of all kinds must be barred from the mails in the future. James Smith, who has been in charge of the office of seed and plant introduc- tion in the department of agriculture, has been directed to start in a few days for Honolulu to establish an agri- cultural experiment station there. It is understood on high authority that the president has decided to ap- point P. C. Knox of Pittsburg to fill the vacancy in his cabinet caused by the retirement of Attorney General Griggs on April 1. Capt. Lucius Polk of Nashville, Tenn., has beén promoted to the rank of brevet major for gallantry in action at Hilongos, Leyte, Philippine Islands, on May 6, 1900, when he was wounded three times successively. He is a grand- nephew of ex-President James K. Polk. Casualty. A severe dynamite explosion occurred at Darbeck, Germany, believed to have been the work of a spy. The little town of Bismarck, Mo., was almost wiped out of existence by fire. Loss, $100,000, with little insur- ance. Owing to the effects of the heavy rains in one of the famous marble. quarries at Carrara, Italy, a landslide of 2,000 cubic yards occurred recently, destroying the railway station. In a fire which destroyed the resi- dence of Dudley G. Wootten at Dallas, Texas, the diary of the late O. M. Rob- erts, known as “the old alcalde,” was lost. It was the record of every day of Gen. Roberts’ life from 1843 to 1868, and dealt with some of the most important events in the history of Tex: M Wootten intended to pub Peuple Talked Abo~t. Albert Ives, the oldest bai 8 in De- troit, died, aged ninety-one years. Nicholas Francois Chifflart, the en- graver and painter, is dead. He was born in 182 M. Francois Jules Edmond Gotl, the celebrated French author, is dead. He was born Oct. 2, 1822. Col. F. L. Guenther, in command of the military post at Fort Monroe, Va., has been appointed chief marshal ot the military parade on the occasion of the unveiling of Gen. Logan's statue in Washington, April 9. Emperor Franz Josef of Austria has made Theodore Kundtz of Cleveland, a knight of the Order of Franz Josef, one of the highest non-hereditary honors within the power of a European mon- arch to bestow, for extensive charity to Hungarians. Foreign Notes. The Swedish riksdag passed a law against usury. The Spanish gencral elections will take place May 6, and the cortes will reassemble June 10. Capt. Shanks of the Eighteenth U. S. infantry has captured Diocino, the not- ed Tagal leader, in Capiz province. President Diaz's health is completely restored; his illness never presented any alarming symptoms nor indicated brain disorders. The Japanese house of peers has passed the taxation bills of the govern- ment, but the hostility felt towards the Ito cabinet shows no abatement. The German meat inspection law, ab- solutely prohibiting the importation of American corned beef, sausage, etc., is seriousily criticised in Germany. On Lord Rosebery’s suggestion, Mr. Balfour, Mr. Goschen, Lord Roths- child and other prominent men will give a cinner to Sir John Tenneil, who recently completed a _half-century'’s connection with Punch. “ The British war office, acting upon advices from Cape Town, will not land any more troops there until the bu- bonic plague subsides. The transports there have been ordered to embark the troops at Port London, East London and Elizabeth. The question of attaching the island of Martinique to the province of Taya bas, discussed by the American Filipi- no commission, has been decided in the negative, The sentiment of the people was wholly in favor of forming a sep- arate province, Domestte. Contracts for furnishing the United States army 1,000,000 pounds of meat for u se in the Philippines were award- ed to Chicago packers. A bill has been presented in the Ha- waiian house providing for an annual pension of $12,000 for ex-Queen Liiluo- kalani. It will probably pass. It is reported that a new telephone company, composed of American capi- talists, will shortly be granted a char- ter for operation in the city of Mexico. A movement is said to be on foot among the leading coal operators of Illinois to consolidate the coal inter- ests of the state into one mammoth combination. A sensational murder was committed in Dresden. Herr Gunkela, a promi- nent musical composer was shot by Merie Jaihnel, the divorced wife of a railroad director in Prague. The mio- tive was jealousy. In accordance with President Mc- Kinley’s recent order that the treasur- er of Cuba should be a citizen of that island, Goy. Gen. Wood cabled to the war department that he had appointed Carlos Rolos as treasurer of Cuba, Secretary Root confirmed the appoint- ment. Harvard and Yale have challengeé Oxford and Cambridge for a regular set of track games to be held in New York during the early part of next July. The challenge was sent last week. and am answer by cable is expected in a few days. Capt. John W. Hallowell. of the Harvard track team .confirmed the fact that the challenge had been sent, Vice Admiral Charles Marius Albert Dompierre a’Hornoy, who was a mem- ber of the first cabinet of President MacMahon, died in Paris. He was born Feb. 24, 1956. MILWAUK) SCORCHED. o—— ctory Completely Wiped out. Milwaukee, March 24. — Fire com- pletely wiped out the big piano estab- lishment of William Rohlfing & Sons, on Broadway between Wisconsin and Mason streets, and wrought farther destruction to adjoining property en- tailing a loss close onto $300,000; fully covered by insurance. The fire started in the Rholfing store, a four-story structure which was heavily stocked with pianos and sheet music. The building and contents were licked up in the space of half an hour and quickly spread to buildings on either side. William Rholfing & Sons’ loss will reach $250,000. William E. Goodman, plumber, occupying the next building north, lost $15,000 on his stock, and Ferry & Class and Elmer Grey, urchi- tect firms, and William Marnitz, tailor, sustained losses aggregating $25,000. The flames then leaped to the sixth floor of the old insurance building to the south and completely destroyed that floor. The loss on the old insur- ance building will will reach fully $10,- 000. Price & Thomas, furniture store, sust2ined a small loss from water. Carroll & Carroll, lawyers; Benedict & Morsell, patent ‘attorneys and Miss Gray, stenographer, occupying offices on the sixth floor of the old insurance building, sustained small losses. The cause of the fifire is unknown. ‘Piano LOWRY’S DAUGHTER FOUND DEAD. Police Believe That She Committed Suicide. New York, March 24.—A good-look- ing woman about thirty years old was found dead yesterday morning in a boarding house at 321 West 124th street. She was known at the board- ing house as Mrs. L. B. Robertson, the wife of a Chicago tailor. Dr. Thomas J. Carrey, who viewed the body at the Harlem morgue, said that he was al- most positive the woman was Mrs. L. R. Robinson, the daughter of Thomas Lowry, the millionaire street railway man of St. Paul and Minneapolis. Dr. Carney said that Mr. Lowry’s daugh- ter was in the Glen Springs sanitari- um at Watkin’s Glen, New York, when he was on the house staff there about three years ago. In the room where the woman was found were two vials containing the remains of some dark liquid. ‘The boardinghouse keeper said the bottles had contained bromide of soda and blackberry brandy. The po- lice are inclined to believe that she committed suicide, and Coroner’s Phy- sician O'Hanlon will perform an au- topsy on the body to-day. When Dr. Carney was examining the body he said he got a perceptible odor of laud- anum from the woman’s lips. M’KINLEY IN TWIN CITIES. President May Change the Itinerary of His Western Trip. Washington, March 24. — President McKinley may change his itinerary any pay Chicago a visit during his re- turn from the Pacific. Charles Truax, representing the National Business league, has called upon the president and extended an invitation to visit Chicago. The present plans of the presidential party are to pass over- land as far as Duluth, whence the journey east will be continued by the great lakes to Buffalo. It is possible, however, that the president will change his route and come home via St. Paul and Minneapolis, stopping at Chicago and depart for Buffalo via the lakes from there. There is no inten- tion to slight Chicago, and there is every prospect that the invitation will be accepted. CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH. Penned in the Bedrooms of a Burn- ing House. Davenport, Iowa, March 24. — Two children were burned to death and six other members of his family are in a hospital as a result of the burning of the home of John Holland near Milan, Il, about five miles from here yester- day morning. The house caught fire from a defective fiue and the flames made rapid progress before they were discovered. Holland's father, wife and six children were penned in bedrooms. All jumped from sccond-story windows but Willie and Edward, aged five and three. years. Their bodies are in the ashes of the home. The others were burned and bruised except Holland and a sixteen-year-old son, but will probably recover. DESERTED HIS CHILDREN. An Arab Peddler Fails to Return for the Children He Left in Sargent Courty. . Ferman, N. D., March 24. — Five months ago a peddler left three chil- dren to be boarded at the residence of John Murach, in the northwestern part of Sargent county. The man has not since been heard of. The children are Arabs, aged 10, 8 and 4 years respect- ively, one being a girl. FROM A HOT PULLEY. Elevator Fire From a Peculiar Cause Does Damage. Mayville, N. D., March 24. — The Northwestern elevator at Murray, six miles south of here, burned. The’ fire caught from a hot pulley chain in the top of the building. There was no protection and the loss is prohably to- tal, with a large amount of wheat. Arrested for Burglary. Fargo, N. D., March 24. — Ed Lee, who was arrested on the charge of burglarizing a store at Tower City, pleaded guilty. Sentence was post- poned till some men whom Lee had formerly worked for could testify as to his character. Lee says he was in a Northern Pacific sand house when the real robbers came along and di- vided the booty with him to avoid ex- posure. Company D Elects Officers. Zumbrota, Minn., March 24. — Com- pany D, Third regiment, M. N. G., elected officers last evening. The com- pany is in a prosperous condition and arrangements are being made to erect an armory this summer. Fergus Falls Grocery Fire. Fergus Falls, Minn., March 24, — Wheeler Holmes’ grocery store was to- tally destroyed by fire. Total loss about $2,000; insurance, $1,400. The fire ap- parently originated from a defective climnev. TO CAPTURE AGGIE GEN. FUNSTON UNDERTAKES A DANGEROUS MISSION, Risks His Life in an Effort to Cap- ture the Lender of the Filipinos— Goes to the Heart of the Enemy's Country With a Small Escort— Company of Trusted Natives Ac- companies the Intrepid Kansas— News of Aguinaldo’s Capture Is Expected Now at Any Time, Manila, March 26.—The news of the capture of Aguinaldo by Gen. Funston is daily expected. Gen. Funston left Manila two weeks ago at the head of an expedition organized by Gov. Gen. MacArthur for the express purpose of capturing the insurgent leader. The expedition is made up of trusted na- tives, under command of Gen. Funston, assisted by Capt. John Newton of the Thirty-fourth Volunteer infantry, Lieut. Admire of the Twenty-second infantry, Lieut. Mitchell of the Forti- eth volunteers and Surgeon Major Harris. The expedition was conveyed by the gunboat Vicksburg and the cruiser Albany to a landing place on the east coast of Luzon, north of Baler. From the landing place Funston had a six- days’ march inland before reaching Aguinaldo’s hiding place. It is believed that the Kansas general has already carried out the details of his plans. Gen. Funston’s present attempt to capture Aguinaldo is the most danger- ous of the many daring projects he has undertaken during his dashing career in the Philippines. He is stak- ing his freedom and perhaps his life, for he has gone into the heart of the enemy’s country with no other escort than four American officers and a com- pany of Filipinos, upon whose faithful- ness his liberty depends. Insurgents Surrender. Manila, March 26. — In the province of Cavite four insurgent officers and 53 men with 66 rifles have surrendered to Lieut. Col. Frank D. Baldwin, of the Fourth United States infantry, and 1 sergeant and 12 men, with 16 rifles to Col. Walter S. Schuyler of the For- ty-sixth volunteer infantry. The at- tendance at the Evangelical church services in Manila is not diminished. Protestantism is spreading rapidly in the province of Pampanga. RUSSIA LOOOSENS UP. Modification in the Manchtrian Con- vention. Pekin, March 26. — It is understood here that the Russian government has consented to the following modifica- tions in the Manchurian convention: First, that Kinchew and Port Arthur shall not be annexed, but shall be leased frcm the Chinese government as heretofore; second, that Russia will not insist upon there being a Russian resident at Loukden; third, the Chinese army will be permitted to maintain order in Manchuria prior to the com- pletion of the Manchurian railway, which, while in course of construction, will not necessarily require the pro- tection of Russian troops; and, fourth, »that Russia will forego her demand that mining and railway concessions in Magnolia, Turkestan and Kashgara shall be granted to none but Russian subjects. Russia stipulates, however, that none but Chinese and Russians shall be allowed to undertake such en- terprises. In consequence of these concessions the Russian government insists upon the early signature of the convention. The Chinese minister at St. Peters- burg thinks that the modifications are satisfactory, but the advisers of the court still refuse to recommend the ratification of the convention. Viceroy Lui Kun Yi likewise strongly protests against reaffirmation. Li Hung Chang says that the responsibility for signing rests with the Chinese minister at St. Petersburg. The Russians continue to threaten to bring troops if China fails to comply with the demands. Russians Retake Siding. London, March 26.—The Sunday Spe- cial’s Tien-tsin correspondent says: “A new and unfortunate hitch has oc- curred in “the Anglo-Russian siding dispute. After both parties had with- drawn, according to. agreement, the Russians suddenly returned to the dis- puted spot and planted flags over the territory. They afterward again ree tired, leaving the flags flying.” WORK OF A MANIAC, Horrible Injuries Self-Inflicted hy a Woman. Toledo, Ohio, March 26. — Mrs. G. Brunschneider, residing near the city limits, occupies a ward at St. Vincent's hospital and is in a serious condition as a result of horrible injuries self-in- flicted. About 5 o'clock in the evening, armed with an ordinary pair of scis- sors, she cut off al: the toes on her left foot, both her ears close to her head and about an inch of her nose. Then she cut out a portion of her right cheek, inflicted five gashes in the left cheek and finally began on her arms. Begirning at the left forearm she re- moved every vestige of skin, laying bare the muscles. She also lacerated the fight arm in a horrible manner. Nothing was known of the affair until her husband, who was absent during the night, returned home in the morn- ing and found her in bed in a semi- conscious condition. A surgeon was called at once and she was taken to the hospital. Her recovery is doubt- ful. The woman is about fifty years of age. It is thought that she was temporarily insane on account of do- mestic troubles. ia BICYCLE RIDER'S STRANGE END. Legs of Pennsylvania Man_ Burst ‘After Overexertion on Old-Fash- joned Wheel. Reading, Pa., March 26—Jonas Wag- ner, aged thirty-five, died at Tama- qua of an affliction that puzzles the doctors. Overexertion on the steep hills on an old-fashioned high wheel bicycle caused the calves of both his legs to suddenly swell. In a few hours the skin burst at several places. The swelling continued until the pain was so intense that in a short time he died. KILLED BY TORNADO. | Twenty-five Persons Lose Theit faves im Alabama, Birmingham, Ala., March 27.—Shortly before 10 o'clock yesterday morning a fearful tornado, traveling in an east- erly direction, swept over the southern part.of the city. The number of killed is estimated at twenty-five, of whom five are white. The destruction of property is placed at a quarter of a million. Eighteen bodies had been re- covered up to a late hour and scores of injured had been removed to the hospitals. Among the dead are Dr. G. C. Chapman, of the firm of Tally & Chapman, who conduct a private in- firmary in this city, and the wife and infant child of Hon. Robert J. Lowe, chairman of the Democratic state ex- ecutive committee. The storm struck the city in the ex- treme southwestern corner and plowed its way eastward, leaving a path 150 feet wide, through the entire southern section, extxending from Green Springs on the west to Avondale on the east, and continued its course until its fury Was spent in the mountains beyond Irondale, a small town sixx miles east of the city. A terrific rainstorm fol- lowed the wind and greatly retarded the work of relief. Mayor Drennan and many of the city officials were soon or. the scene and a relief station was established. Several People Killed. Buera Vista, Ga., March 27.—A cy- clone struck the southern edge of this town last night, doing considerable damage. Several persons are reported killed, among them the child of J. D. Harrell. Mrs. Harrell, his wife, had her leg broken. Every member of the family was more or less injured. The residence of Messrs. Woodall and Bethune were also blown down but nobody was killed. Fifteen or twenty negro cabins were blown down, one negro child of Ike Rushing being killed and several others seriously injured. Train Blown From a Track. Columbus, Ga., March 27.—A mixed train was blown off the Central of Georgia railroad tracks one mile east of Buena Vista, thirty-seven miles from here, late yesterday by a tornado, The engine was lifted from-the track, the tender was turned over and the baggage car, two coaches and three freight cars were thrown on their sides. No one was killed but several were injured. Almost a Tornado. Crawfordsville, Ind., March 27. — A severe wind storm amounting almost to a tornodo and accompanied with electrical disturbances, swept over East Fountain and West Montgomery counties at an early hour yesterday morning. The loss amounts to thou- sands of dollars. Barns, fences, trees end windmills were razed. Tice Liv- engood’s barn was blown down, killing twenty cattle and a horse. Cyclone in Michigan. Kalamozoo, Mich., March 27.—A cy- clone struck the town of Pavilion, a small village about twenty-five miles southeast of, here, which wrecked a number of houses, uprooting trees, tore down telegraph poles and did much other damage. One wcman who was ill in one of the houses blown down is reported fatally hurt and many others injured. CHARGED TO ALLIES. Murder of a Missionary Laid at Their Door. Pekin, March 27.—Missionaries Owen and Diggan, belonging to the London mission, started yesterday to recover the body of Missionary Stonehouse, who was murdered last Saturday while crossing a ferry in,the Tungan district, sixty miles south of Pekin. The perpe- trators of the crime were a band of robbers who were implicated in the Boxer movement. This murder illus- trates the dangerous condition of the surrounding country. The local offi- cials are forbidden to use native troops to maintain order and hence they are helpless and in the presnt case they are not responsible. The allicd powers have already divided a large part of the province of Chili into spheres which are nominaily under foreign control, but the troops Are Not Sufficient to maintain posts in the cities and other places in the districts or to pro- tect missionaries visiting converts and securing indemnities for losses sus- tained by converts. Mr. Stonehouse traveled without an escort through a turbulent section of the country. The missicnaries held that his murder shows clearly the mistake of the for- eign powers in refusing to include in the indemnity to be demanded a list of the losses of converts who suffered through their connection with the for- eigners. Sir Ernest Satow, the British minister, has been especially emphatic in protesting against indemnifying the converts through the aid of the for- eign powers. The missionaries are left to arrange matters by consultation with local officials, who generally are ready to meet their desires, especially those of the British and American mis- sionaries. CONSPIRACY CHARGED. Civil Service Examination Papers Fraudulently Exhibited. Washington, March 27. — The civil service commission has recommended to the secretary of the treasury the dismissal of Moses Dillon, United States collector of customs at El Paso, Tex., and Inspectors Fink, Bloom and Race, on the ground that all four of these persons were implicated in an alleged corspiracy whereby a package of civil service exxamination papers were opened and the same furnished to applicants for exaxmination before- hand. Mrs. Dillon and Bloom are also charged with leveying political assess- ments. A press dispatch from El Paso yesterday announced the arrest of Collector Dillon on the charge stated above. APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT. Frederick Allen Made Commissioner of Patents. Washington, March 27. — The presi- dent has announced the appointment of Frederick Allen, commissioner of patents, and William Rodenburg mem- ber of the civil service commission. Other appointments are Henry Miller of Oregon, consul at Niushwang, China; Henry L. Hertz, collector of in- rternal revenue, First district of Il- nois; Marion Edwin, United States dis- trict attorney for Southern district of Georgia. A RIVER OF FLAMES, Burning Oil Sweeps Down on @& Sleeping Village. New Yerk, March 26. — A river of flaming oil swept down upon the little~ village of Glen Gardner, N. J., while its inhabitants were asleep yesterday” morning and reduced eleven buildings, stores and residences, to ashes. The- conflagration was noteworthy in char- acter and it its origin. The village was* on the line of the Jersey Central rail- way. An immense freight train was coming east at 6:30 a. m. It was com- posed of a string of cars and eighteen. tank cars. High above the village the tracks of the railway run along the: side of the mountain. They decline as* they aprroach the village, but even at the station are completely above the’ level of the street,-which runs to the depot up a steep incline. A few miles west of the village while coming down the incline around the mountain the train parted, The engineer on the for- ward part pulled open the throttle of the engine and tricd to race away from the second section which was in- creasing its speed every moment. He managed to keep clear of the runaway cars until he got opposite the depot, when the second section smashed into- the first. The first section, composed of coal cars, was goind at a high rate of speed and none of its cars were jolted off the track. The forward car of the runaway section, one of the oil tanks, was hurled on its side across the track and the oil cars were piled on top of it in every way. The first crash caused the oil in one of the tanks to ignite and The Terrible Heat caused the tanks to explode one after another. The incline running from the depot down to the main street formed a sluice for the burning oil and it poured into the chief thoroughfare of the village, setting fire to every- thing it touched. Houses, fences, trees, shrubbery and barns were reduced to ashes in an incredibly skort time. Vil- lagers awakened by the explosions rushed from the oncoming flood of blazing oil carrying children in their arms. Some risked their lives to free horses, cows and dogs in outbuildings, but other unfortunate animals could not be reached in time and were burned. Within five minutes after the first explosion the flowing river of oil had reached the Masonic temple in the heart of the village and ten minutes later that structure was enveloped in flames. Then building after building, all of them frame, took fire as the oil reached them, and within half an hour an area 500 feet square was a mass of” flames. From the wrecked cars the oil also flowed down the incline of the railway track, making a long line of* fire that destroyed the ties and bet and twisted the tracks. The loss is esti- mated at from $60,000 to $75,000. WANTED FOR KIDNAPPING. Authorities Making a Search for a. Prominent Merchant. Mobile, Ala., March 26. — W. Ii. Stevens, aged fifty-five ani a promi- nent merchant of Lucedale, Miss., is being searched for by the authorities of several counties on the charge of kidnapping. Stevens is charged with having kidnapped the thirteen-year-old daughter of B. M. Stearns of Luce- dale. It is charged that Stevens boarded with the family ond on Wednesday took the girl to Mobile. With them was J. A. Freeman, who- was arrested on the charge of assisting in the affair. Freeman says Stevens and the girl intended to get married, but up to Saturday night the ceremony had not been performed so far as is known in Mobile. The local officers went to the place where Stevens and the girl had been stopping, but they had left. The father of the girl and a. number of friends are assisting in the search for her and Stevens. TOLSTOI DISGUS' D. It Is Reported That He Contemplates Leaving Russia Forever. London, March 26.—Count Tolstoi is: reported to be making preparations for- quitting Russia forever in disgust and despair. His English friends are urg~ ing him to settle in this country, it is said. The report is scarcely credible, but it comes from a quarter that justi- fies its mention. The latest direct ad- vices from the great writer indicate- that while he is justly indignant at the- monstrous action of the Orthodox church bigots in procuring his excom- munication and not without apprehen- sion that that action foreshadowed po- litical persecution, he entertained not the shadcw of a doubt that all consid- erations of personal dignity and devo- tion to duty required that he should remain ct his post. He feels that ex- patriation would seriously diminish his: opportunities and power for usefulness to this country. WEST POINT CADETS. Four Applicants From Minnesota is the Examination. West Point, N. Y., March 26. — The- superintendent has received from the war department the names of all the candidates who were examined at the various posts throughout the country regarding their qualifications for ad- mission to West Point as cadets. Out of 214 examined 104 passed successful- ly. Those from Minnesota are W. A. Howard, W. H. Dodds, Jr., R. W. Case- and B. H. Williams. ON A SOUTHERN CRUISE. J. J. Hill and Party Will Satl on Yacht Wacou New York, March 26. — J. J. Hill's: yacht Wacouta has left for Baltimore. It is reported she is to be provisioned’ for a cruise in southern waters, start- ing from Baltimore. Vice President Daniel Lamont, of the Northern Pa- cific, and wife, and President Hill family are to be the party, COULDN'T STAND THAT. Mrs. Nation Fires Her Publisher for: Suppressing an Editorial, Topeka, Kan., March 26.—Mrs. Carrie- Nation has dissolved partnership with Nick Chiles, the colored publisher. She will hereafter endeavor to edit and have printed her paper, The- Smoshber’s Mail, without his assistance. The trouble grew out of the suppres- sion. by Chiles of an editorial written: by Mrs. Nation scoring District Judge Hazen, before whom she has appeareJ. @ number of times,