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— The Vevald-Review. |PITH OF THE NEWS By EF. C. KILEY. MINNESOTA. EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK IN A GRAND RAPIDS, - CONDENSED FORM. From Washington, Senator Morgan of Alabama is bitter in his opposition to the Panama canal plan, To win a bet a Kansas man ate a box of axle grease. Now his wheels are greased, : Th reme t has -anted Cech Rhodes did pretty well with) withington’s application to fle @ his $30,000,000, but wait till Russel merger suit. Sage’s will is read. Senators ask that Aguinaldo be brought to America to testify at the in- vestigation into charges of cruelty. Gen. Chaffee, in his latest report, ad- mits that trouble may be expected to continue in the Philippines for several years. Sensational stories that immigrants were whipped by special police at the Battery in New Yerk have been promptly denied. « The chief chemist of the department of :griculture declares that the waters of Hot Springs, Ark., possess no cur-~ ative properties. The United States weather bureau re- ports that spring weather has been too warm in the main, elthough freezing retards seeding in North Dakota. The Cuban recipreity bill was passed by the house after an amendment, of- fered by Mr. Morris of Minnesota had been adopted, removing the duty from refined sugar. ‘ King Edward is going to,work the press by knighting a lot of newspaper amen at the coronation. rs ‘Boston papers, forgetful of John L. Sullivan, are now alluding to Dr. Hale as “Boston’s Grand Old Man.” The New York man who prayed for strength to beat his wife evidently did not believe in faith without works. If the meat trust shall succeed in getting control of the henneries and! truck patches, the country will be done for. Emperor William has written a play. Not only this, but he has compelled the public to applaud and the critics to praise it. Personal. Archibald McLecd, a: millionaire rail- rcad man of New York, is dead. Frank R. Stockton, the noted author, died of paralysis at the national capi- tal. Mrs. Margaret &. Hillis, mother of Rev. Newell Dwiv~ht Hillis of Brook- lyn, died at Woodbine, Iowa. Mrs. Hillis has been suffering for several months fiom the effects of a paralytic stroke. Col. Charles Marshall, military sec- retary of Gen. Robert E. Lee during the civil war, and for many years one of the leaders of the Baltimore bar, died of apoplexy at his home in Balti- more. He had been in bad health for about two years. Dr. Meredith Clymer, prominent as a physician, and author of many works of medicine, died in New York. Dr. Clymer was a graduate of the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania and was a grand- It is doubtful, if under the law, ade- quate punishment can be given the man who spends his Sunday shooting song birds. Susan B. Anthony is doubtless of opinion that the tour of Kubelik in this country has done the cause of fe- male suffrage no good. A San Francisco man named. Dennis swallowed carbolic acid. There were! no doubts as to the man’s name by the time a doctor arrived. The czar will probably be obliged to recall some of ais troops from China to assist in subjugating the ob- streperous Russian students. Santos-Dumont enthusiastically says America is the greatest country oD earth. Can he be foolish enough to 80n of George C. Meredith, one of the believe that this is news to us? signers of the Declaration of Inde- pendence. To the Berlin charge about the paste ‘Criminal. diamonds worn at Prince Henry's ball at Chicago the Windy City retorts that, anyway, they were mot Rhine atones, f Negro robbers killed two men during a hold-up near Greensburg, Pa. Because he w1s refused food, a tramp threw a stick of dynamite on a stove surrounded by children. James Noonan was arrested at Hele- na, Mont., for a murder committed in It was the same old Fort Sumter that frowned down upon President Roosevelt at Charleston, but the Preston, Minn., years ago. times have changed since the days of}; The murder of a child servant by a the siege. wealthy Kansas farmer is revealed after three years by his wife, and he was arrested and confessed. The president Las granted a pardon to Robinson Kemp, who was convicted in the United States circuit court for the Western district of Arkansas of The czar has massed 10,000 fresh troops in China. The force will be inadequate, however, unless one Rus- sian is equal to a full regiment of Chinamen. murder, committed in Indian Territory, id Feb. 27, 1886, entenced to The great powers of the world are vs eee f hares 4 not so much concerned for the terri- torial integrity of China as they are about the prompt payment of indem- nity claims. Casualities. Fire in Kansas City rendered sixty families homeless, Firemen rescued a woman from a ter- rible death in a burning house at La Crosse. The Champion Iren Fence works, at Kenton, Ohio, caught fire, and an hour later the immense plant had crumbled and was a mass of ruins, entailing a loss of from $225,000 to $250,000, and throwing 300 men cut of employment. “A passenger train from Coules City to Spokan? on the Central Washington, was wrecked near Cheney. Neil Bowie of Reardon, Wash., was’ killed and John Kellogg of Reardon and an infant named Phelps so badly injured that they may die. The town ef Maricnville, located on the Pittsburg & Western railroad, in Forest county, Pennsylvania, was prac- tically wiped out of existence by fire. Thirty-five business places and over fifty residences were consumed. The loss will aggregate over $200,000. The citizens are entirely homeless. Foreign Notes. Irreconcilable Boers trek from the Transvaal to the interior and establish If the packing interests of the coun- try continue to advance prices, the genius of man will have to be called upon to invent a substitute for sirloin and porterhouse. While there is room for improve- ment in modern burial customs, the evening funeral is not likely to become what the society reporters would call “deservedly popular.” Future reception committees for royal visiters will do well to remem- ber that after Prince Henry boarded ‘ the Deutschland, he slept almost con- timuously for forty-eight hours. The press is an edueator whose claims are beginning to be recopnized. ‘The superintendent of the public schools of Evanston, Ill., has advised children to read the newspapers, t If the charmed shirts that the Fili- pinos are wearing can go through an a fifth republic. American steam laundry without fad- rhe Australian Commonwealth has ing or ripping it is high time Uncle adopted penny postage fir all places Sam imported a lot for home use. within the British empire. Bocas del Toro, captured by the in- Mrs, Harry Payne Whitney says she surgents on the 18th, has been retaken finds that New York high society is by the government troors. 2 arrival silly. Mrs. Whitney is a young woman Of reinforcements and a threat to bom- who doesn’t regard the biggest string bard the city, ‘mpelled the insurgents of pearls as the greatest thing on ‘© capitualate. earth. | The boilers of the ‘tug boat Anson blew up while tied to a pier at Manhat- tan avenue, New York. John Donnelly, a fireman, was killed; James Cunning- ham, a fireman, and John Kennedy, @ cook, were sericusly injured. - Gov. Gen. Wood has issued an order pardoning W. H. Reeves, who was re- cently sentenced to five years’ impris- orment and to pay a fine of $25,516 for King Edward, it is announced, will complicity in the Cuban postal frauds, give a dinner to half a million poor Reeves was liberated’ at once. Gen. persons in London as a feature of the W0od says he pardoned Reeves because celebration folowing his coronation. "? W28 « witness for the state. ‘After the pageant and the rejoicings are over it might be well for the king to give serious consideration, if he 4s capable of it, to the quesiion why there are 500,000 persons in London The New York World agrees that it 4s not a bad precedent that Boston sets for letting a good man know how warmly his work has been appreciat- ‘ed while he is still living to enjoy the compliment. / General. It is reported that Morgan will build a railroad in China, A couple in Kentucky were recently so poor as to be glad of a dinner from married over a lon-distance telephone. ‘The county board ofWest Superior is aed TOVST earn Tig stad in a dead-lock. over the election of a After all, there may have been a President. Uittle affectation in Dr. CEnglish’s The Transcontinental Passenger as- “strenuous objection to being called S0ciation has adopted the mileage-tick- the author of ‘Ben Bolt.” The poet et system. Gray professed to think lightly of his , Bush Temple, one of the finest halls immortal “Elegy;” but Gen. Wolfo In the United States, was recently ded- dat Chicago. : eaid, just before he fell on the Plains (at Ot Gee van, Mich, sue of Abraham, “I would rather have cessfully grafted a piece of a dog’s written that poem than taken Quebec.” skull to a human head, | The Omaha city council orders the King Alfonso is reported to be Union Pacific to reopen its foundry, gealous of King Bdward. Yet the lat- Which is closed by a strike. ter would doubtless be gled to give The Minnesota Society of New York half of his years and half \f his was auspiciously organized at a ban- t to Alf if it were (oe? at the Waldorf Astoria. BOYS ARB FIENDS. They Participated in the Massacre by Samar Natives. Manila, May 1. — When the trial by court-martial of Gen. Jacob ,H. Smith was resumed yesterday Pedro Bella, a boy “mascot” of Company E of the Ninth infantry, commanded by Capt. Thomas W. Connell, who was massa- cred by the Samar natives at Balangi- ga, testified that he saw Capt. Connell’s death wound given by a boy of fifteen. The witness saw several other boys of the same age among the natives who took part in the massacre, and thought he himself could use a bolo against a soldier. Capt. Waldo E. Ayer, Gen. Smith’s adjutant general, said he had been closely in touch with all the move- ments and knew Gen. Smith’s plans, purposes and feeling at every phase. He added that on the general’s arrival the coast was deserted and he saw the same towns filled with people when he left. But, so far as the people of Sa- mar were concerned, he met only One Man Worthy of Respect. who was sincere, patriotic and honor- able. He must admit, however, that the man with this qualification was born at Marinduque, of Tagalog an- cestry. First Lieut. Van Deman of the Twenty-first infantry, who had charge of the military information bureau, de- scribed, from the records, the treachery of the natives of Samar. Gen. George Davis has arrived at Yake Lano, Island of Mindanao, and has had an interview with nine Dattos, who are’ desirous of peace and friend- ship. Pappack, one of these Dattos, says he did not write the ¢efiant letter received by the Americans at the time of the massacre of the American troops in Mindanao. He asserted that it was written in the house of a priest from Taisaira, while he was sick. The priest fied on the appearance of the troops. Gen. Davis says the policy of waiting for a strong force, showing friendship to the natives and paying for supplies is having good results. Clearing the Trails. Capt. Lea Febiger of the Seventeenth infantry is clearing the trails, He gets more work out of the Morros than any one else. When the reinforcements reach Samar the Americans will be hear Datto bay and may invite the chief to a friendly conference and re- quest him to deliver up the murderers of American soldiers who are known to be among his forces. If he refuses the troops will demolish his fort. Not a shot has been fired since Lieut. Col. Frank A. Baldwin of the Fourth infan- try captured the fort. The Morros are now impressed with American valor. They previously thought themselves invincible, the Spaniards not having reached the lake. It is believed when the campaign is concluded the most satisfactory condi- tions will exist, the natives will be friendly and fast assimilate with the ways of the Americans. CORRIGAN GROWS WORSE, Archbishop’s Condition Causes Some Uneasiness. New York, May 1. — Archbishop Cor- tigan’s condition took a turn for the worse yesterday, and though Father Curley, the prelate's secretary, declared the restlessness and weakness of the archbishop had been anticipated extra precautions were taken to insure the patient’s recovery. No bulletin on the archbishop’s condition was issued last wont. After the consultation among tae three physicians in the afternoon the patient did not sleep until 9 o'clock, when he fell into a doze. He was rest- less all day. He is very weak. It be- came necessary to administer a stimu- lant, and this was given to him in the shape of a little champagne. His diet consisted of gruel, nothing stronger be- ing allowed. This was a cut from the diet of Sunday and Monday, when he was permitted a little roast beef and potatoes. In order to save his strength the archbishop was ordered not to talk. The fact that no visitors were admitted, to the sick room gave rise to ap- prehension on the part of many friends, causing a larger number of callers dur- ing the evening. The four trained nurses were also told by the physi- eians to keep the archbishop.as quiet as possible, JOB FOR EVANS. He May Go as Consul General to London. Washirgton, May 1. — Commissioner of Pensions Evans was a caller at the White House yesterday, and while there the president informed him of the death of William McKinley Osborne, consul general to London, and in an informal manner offered him the» va- cant position. No formal tender of the place was made and none will be, as the president wants to pay the proper respect to the memory of the dead consul. Mr. Evans said that he would take the offer under advisement. but no doubt he will accept it when it is made in a formal manner. SHARING WITH EMPLOYES. 4 Raliroad Man Displaying Unprece- dented Liberality. Knoxville, Tenn., May 1. — John B. Newton, who was general manager of the Atlanta, Knoxville & Northern road when it was sold to the Louisville & Nashville, has received a check for $25,000 from Henry McHarg, former owner of the Atlanta, Knoxville & Northern, as a present. Mr. McHarg has also asked*for a copy of the last monthly pay roll, and his reported in- tention 18 to give each of the 1,000 em- ployes one month’s salary as a present. Mr. McHarg is reported to have cleared between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000 by the sale of his road. Waskington, May 1.—Surrounded by the graves of hundreds of statesmen who have made history, a score of: patriotic men representing the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution a: serabled yesterday afternoon in the Con- gressional cemetery on the banks of the eastern branch of the Potomac, and for- mally placed the official marker of the, order at the monument of Gen. George Clintoh, New York's Revolutionary war governor. President Roosevelt, a member of the special committee of the Empire State society appointed for the occasion, was detained at the White House, but scat a wreath of roses and pansies, Gen. Thomas M. Vincent presided. | lowering clouds and occasional showers. | luncheon the admiral and his wife ‘were driven to the Auditorium, where a amounts came from Arkansas, Mis- accepted the gift. At 9 o'clock last night a@ barquet ef 300 covers was spread in PACKERS CONTROL BUYING AND SELIANG OF CATTLE MANIPULATED BY CHICAGO FIRMs. FACTS ARE CLEARLY PRESENTED NATURAL CONDITIONS DO NOT aus. ‘TIFY ADVANCE IN MEAT PRICES. RAILWAYS HELP THE TRUST ENORMOUS PROFITS REALIZED BY THE MANIPULATION OF THE MARKET. Chicago, April 30. — During the last two weeks correspondents of the Chi- cago Record-Herald have made ex- tensive and painstaking investigations into cattle and feed conditions in Min- nesota, Illinois, Ncrth Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, Texas, Canada and Mexico. These correspondents have inter- viewed stockraisers, bankers interested in cattle loans, stock reporters, railway have placed themselves in touch with the great cattle, sheep and hog pro- ducing factors. ‘ In the United States they touched the 600 and 600-mile area out from Chicago, in which the finest beef, portk and mutton of the world are produced. In Mexico and Canada they studied the peculiar conditions surrounding the cattle industry brought about by American tariff restrictions. Care was taken to investigate other subjects that might throw light on the actual reasons for the present high prices of provisions to the consumer. Ag a result of their investigations the following summary is presented: Drouth areas haye been comparative- ly small, the drouth period short, and the present condirions of the grase fair to excellent. No permanently destruct- ive drouth has -xisted. Feed was high during the fall and winter, and this led to the throwing on the market of many thin cattle, but not ia sufficient quantity nor so inferior in quality as to justify the recent sharp price advances. The cattle shortage has been greatly exaggerated, and in steers does not ex- ceed over 1,300,000, as compared with the last stock census, that 10,000,000 steers are now on the ranges. Hogs and sheep are in excellent con- dition, and the supply is apparently ample for ordinary demands, Combirations of the railways with the big packing firms have existed to the injury of the competitive stock raiser and packer. Prices to cattle sellers have been reg- wiated by either a one-man market, as at St. Paul, or by mutual agreement meetings of packers’ representatives, as at Sioux City. ‘ No incorporated beef ‘trust is alleged, but a distinct public opinion exists that all buying and selling of cattle is regulated by six big packing firms, without regard to natural conditions. Excessive storage facilities and rafl- way rebates have enabled the big pack- ers to monopolize and manipulate the live stock and dressed beef markets, and incidentally poultry and eggs- The investigation of the interstate commerce commission in January of this year sustains the charges now made as to a community of interests , between the packers and railways, Between the protection of the tariff and the rebates of the railways the packers of the country controlled 400,- , 000,006 pounds of stored provisions on | the opening of this year, on which a 1-cent advance in price meant a profit of $4,000,000, In.all parts of the west there is strong belief that the beef market is ‘manipulated by the packers. GIFT FOR SCHLEY. Magnificent Silver Service Presented to the Admiral. Memphis, Tenn., April 30.—The first day of the visit to Memphis of Admiral and Mrs. W. 8. Schley opened with Despite the downpour great crowds be- gan to gather around the Cayoso hotel as early at 9 o'clock. pestpone the parade until this morning. It was decided to Many prominent people paid their re- spects to the admiral and his wife during the morning hours, including Gov. Benton McMillin and wife. After magnificent silver service was pre- sented to Admiral schley on behalf of ; 18,000 subscribers to a fund for that purpose. The movement to present a testimonial to the admiral was begun by the Commercial-Appeal about @ year ago and contributions in small sissippi, Alabama and Tennessee. Fomer Senator Turley made the pre- sentation spezch and Admiral Schley the new Gayoso in honor of Admiral Schley. MUSOLINO MAY COME. {talian Bandit May Inoculate Ame1i- cans With Hysterics. Rome, April 30. — The latest story from Lucca regarcing the bandit Mus- olino, who is on trial there for murder, is that an American impressario has made a contract with him to make a tour of the United States*in the event of his acquittal, CONSTITUTION FOR RUSSIA. St. Petersburg, April 30.—President reports are in circulation that the czar shortly will issue a rescript giving Rus- sia a constitution similar to the scheme for administrative réform drawn up by the late Gen. Loris-Melikoff when he was minister of the interior and which was sanctioned by the late czar, Alexander II. The rioting continues to spread in South Russia, The thus far have been unable to prevent: undering incendiarism, terrorism and pl ve 2 i ds stock jobbers, editors and others and’ ‘1 to 3 cents on beef of last week and a CONDEMNED IN MISSOURI AND CON- FISCATED IN NEW YORK. Judge Clarke of St. Louis has con- victed and fined heavily a number of grocers for selling baking powders con- taining alum. ‘The week before the Health Depart- ment of New York seized a quantity of stuff being sold ‘for baking powder which they fouad was made from alum mixed with ground rock; and dumped it into the river. rf The Health Authorities are thus tak- ing effective means to prevent the in- troduction into our markets of injuri- cus substitutes in place of wholesome baking powders. As alum costs only two cents @ pound, there is a great temptation for those manufacturers who make substi- tutes and imitation goods, to use it. Alum baking powders can be detected by the health authorities by chemical analysis, but the ordinary housekeeper, ose assistance in protecting the health of the people is important, can- not make a chemical examination. She may easily know the alum powders, however, from the fact that they are solid at ‘rom ten to twenty cents for a pound can, or that some prize—like a shoon or glass, or piece of crockery, or wooden ware—is given with the powder as an inducement. As the people continue to realize the importance of this subject and consum- ers insist on havirg baking powder of established name and character, and as the health authorities continue their vigorous crusades, the alum danger will, it is hoped, finally be driven from our homes. SOL SMITH RUSSELL DEAD. Famous Actor Succuiabs After Long Ilness, Washington, April 30. — Sol Smith Russell, so well known everywhere as an actor, died here at 2:30 o’clock yes- terday afternoon. Mr. Russell’s con- dition became critical yesterday morn- ing and the disease progressed rapidly to the end. He had been confined to his bed many weeks and for two weeks past has been unable to recognize any one. Sol Smith Russell was born in Bruns- wick, Me., June 15, 1848. He followed the Union army as a drummer boy; left_at Cairo, Ill, where he sang in a theater, acted smail parts and beat drum in orchestra; later joined a trav- eling company and played at St. Louis in 1865. His first eppearance in New York was in 1871, and he joined Daly’s company in 1874. For a number of years he starred with his own company. in “Edgewood Folks,” “Felix Mc- Cusick,” “A Poor Relation,” “Peaceful Valley,” etc, His a0me for many years past has been in Minneapolis. HURLED FROM A TRAIN, Almost a Panic Is Created by a Wild Fight on a Train in Indiana. Indianapolis, April 30.—There was a wild scene and a.general stampede of passengers on a Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern train last Conductor James Defrates tried to compe! a passenger to pay his fare. Defartes attempted to pull the bell cord. but the stranger caught him, and a struggle ensued. Before assistance arrived the stranger picked the con- ductor up and threw him headlong from the platform. The train was running forty miles an hour, but the conductor struck on miry ground and was not badly injured. When the train was stopped to back up to the conductor the stranger got off the other side of the car and escaped. BEGINS BEEF TRUST SUIT. Muet Show the State State of Mis- souri All the, Facts. Jefferson City, Mo., April 30,—Attor- ney General Crow began a proceeding last night in the supreme court which is intended to break up the so-called beef trust. He applied for and received from Chief Justice Burgess of the su- preme court an order directing the of- ficials of the various packing concerns to appear before the supreme court on May 6 and answer such interrogations as may be asked touching the question of a combination and the regulation of dressed beef and meats in Missouri. This proceeding is brought under the law of 1899, which is the same as the New York State law, held constitution- al. ANOTHER ADVANCE IN MEATS. Butchers of Kansas City Are As- sessed Half a Cent a Pound for Beef and Pork. Kansas City, April 30—Another ad- vance in meat prices was made yester- day. The raise was on ordinary cuts and was half a cent a pound to the butchers. Pork and provisions also were advanced about half a cent all along the line. This latest increase, coming as it does after a slump of from restoration to the maximum schedule /on Saturday, has brought discourage- ment to local butchers, many of whom say a few weeks more of the same con- ditions will bring them to ruin, MAD MOTHER’S DEED. Kills Her Infant and Then Hangs Herself. Winside, Neb., April 30. — Mrs. Kate Dimmell, divorced wife of John Dim- mell, was found hanging to her bed- post yesterday morning. Her small child laid on the bed dead. Mrs. Dim- mell’s mind has been unbalanced for some time, although she was thought to be harmless. The coroner’s jury re- turned a verdict of cuicide in the moth- er’s case and that the child came to its death by its mother’s hands. ~ Desultory Fighting. ‘London, April 30. — The war office has made public the following dispatch from Lord Kitchener, at Pretoria: “Since April 21 25 Boers have been killed, 78 have been taken prisoners and 25 have surrendered. There has been desultory fighting in various. sections of the Transvaal and the Orange Riv- er Colony. The garrison at O'Okip (Cape Colony) successfully held out un- ‘tl it was relieved by the) columns.” night when. KILLED IN WRECK — PASSENGER TRAIN ‘DERAFLER WHILE GOING AT TREAEANDOUS ve rr. SPEED. IVE DEAD —— AND MANY IRJDRED THE DERAILED COACHES WERE §MASHED INTO KINDLING woon. SLEEPERS WENT INTO THE DITCH i * SPREAD WHILE TRAIN a WAS MAKING UP LOST 4 TIME. RAJLS Keokuk, Iowa, May 1. — Phe Califor- nia limited on the Atchisom "Bopeka & Santa Fe road, east-bound, was de- railed on a curve at Cama, a switch five miles west of Medill, Mo, at % —— o'clock yesterday morning whife going at tremendous speed. Five persons were killed and twenty-three iajured. ‘The train was over an howr late and passed Wyaconda, the last statinn west, at the rate of sixty-five miles an hour When the heavy train struck the curve at Cama the rails spread. The train consisted of two mail cars. seven Pullmans and one dining car and the two forward sleepers went into the, ditch. The tender was ditched but the engine remained on the track. The derailed coaches were smashed to kind- ling woed, even the axles being bent out of shape. The conductor went to a farm house and telephoned a report of the wreck. ‘The railroad officials then hurried a re- lief train from Fort Madison. The trainmen worked nobty, assisted by unhurt passengers and neighboring farmers. The place of the wreck is dis- tant from all communication. Every effort is being made to comptete the list of dead and‘ wounded, but most of the Jatter are in the railroad hespital at . Fort Madison, an‘ those in charge re-* * fuse information. r TAKE FRESH GRIP. Rebels Administer Defeat to Vene- ¢ * zuclan Government Troops. Trinidad, B. W. I.. May 1.—The news of the descent of the government troops near San Antonio last Tuesday is now confirmed. It now appears the engage- ment proved a disaster for the gov- ernment. The death of the government general, Castillo, is also confirmed. Gen. Escallante, the second in com- mand of the Venezuelan army, who was \ reported missing after Tuesday’s fighi. has been made prisoner by the insur- gents. He was made prisoner by the insurgents. He was one of Castro’s most faithful officers and was formerly governor of Caracas. He came from Castro’s native state, Los Andes. Gen. Landette and his entire staff | » were taken prisoners by the fasmegents” | mae the Venezuelan forces also lost heir ammunition and arttllezy to the insurgents, Barcelona, in the State of Bermudez where Gen, Velutini, the, minister of the interior, was stationed, was men- aced by insurgents yesterday, The Venezuelan government is said to be in ignorance of the whereabouts of the insurgent general, Monegas, who. E a force of 1,800 men has not been , heard from in six days. It is generally believed that he has taken advantage of the battle of last Tuesday to push his command forward in the direction of Caracas, Coro Is Threatened. . New York, Apri] 30.—M. Botet Mono- « gas, of the revolutionary junta, has re- ceived from Curocao the following news about the revolution in Veneguela: “The revolutionary general, Riera, at the head of 2,000 men, is at the out- ' skirts of Coro, capital of the State of + Falcon, and is expected at any ‘mo- ment to take it. Gen. Salaigne has taken the Port of Tuscicas, in the | State of Barquisimeeto, which is an important place where the revolutionist steamer Bolivar can take coat and land ammuntition for the revolutiontsts of |the interior of the country. Al the eastern part of the country is lost to the government and taken by Generals Mendoza, Rolla and Bolles, The forces of Mendoza and other generals have joined and are marching to attack Caracas. The government is intrench- ing Puerto Cabello, as Gen. Mantejo of the State of Cojedes is marshing to- ward that point. The government has taken the defensive as it has no more troops to send out.” EIGHT LIVES WERE LosrT. Tornado in Texas Also Caused Great + NDamag Dallas, Tex., May 1.—A sspeciat from Granbury, Tex., confirms the report of e damage done at Glenrose by a tornado ' Monday. One additional death, mak- ing a total of eight, is reported, and three of the injuded will probably die. There were fifty-seven persens injured but with the exception of three men- tioned as fatally hurt, it is thought al! will recover. In Glenrose thirty-three buildings were totally destroyed. More than 100 persons are homeless and des- titute of food or shelter. Relief parties have started for Granbury with medi- cines and other supplies and accompa- ‘ nied by several physicians. The tor- nado literally devastated farm prop- erty and crops for a distance of five - miles north of Glenrose and seven mile south, but no fatalities or serious in- juries are reported outside of the town of Glenrese. 4 aor ‘WILL BRING A BAND, French Rochambeau Mission to Pur on Some Style. Toulon, May 1. — Orders have been given to make special arrangements for the Rochambeau mission, which is to sail from Toulon for the United States May 5 on the battleship Gaulois. In view of the Mail renga ica prebably a banquet which will be given on board of her during the vessel's stay in Amer- ica, the excellent band of the Mediter- [ranean fleet will —— _