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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1895. 3 e ——— e e e e e P —.e HOUSES SWEPT AWAY. Great Havoc Wrought by a Cyclone in lIowa. MANY REPORTED KILLED. Terrible Scenes of Great Dey- astation in a Large Section. FURY OF THE BIG STORM. At Least Fifty Persons Perish and Many Bodles Lie Beneath the Tangled Debris. OMAHA, Neer., May 3.—A special to the Bee from Sioux City, Iowa, i patches were recerved there by City and Northern Railway Company at 4:30 o’clock this afternoon from theiragent | a ¢ | of here, telling of a terrible cyclone near | miles northeast at Sioux Center, forty- there, in which a number of people were killed and injured, and much property de- stroyed. The wires were blown down, telegraphic reports are consequently very meager. The first dispatch received by the Northern road said the cyclone passed three miles northeast of there. School- houses near the town were destroyed, teachers were killed, and a number of children were killed and injured. The whole eountry in the path of the storm was devastated. The Sioux City and Northerh track between Perkins and Doon was washed out for several miles. Dis- patches from Sioux Center at 8:30 ». M. say three schoolhouses and at least twenty residences and barns were swept away. At the schoolhouses two teachers and three were killed and many injured. Two en were found dead ebout 6 o’clock not far from the point where one of the school buildings stood. One man who arrived in Sioux Center late in the evening reported his house was blown awsay and his family killed. He himself escaped and reports that at least two or three hundred people must have been killed. Parties have been sent out from Hull, Sioux Center and Orange City, neighbor- owns, but their work is being carried on in total darkness and in the midst of a tremendous wind and rain storm. It is, consequ , progressing slowly. A num- ber of bod have already been recovered, although the exact number cannot be learne Every one is violently excited, efinite accounts cannot be obtained. It is said that Perkins, a small town be- tween Sioux Center and Doon, was directly in the path of the storm and was almost entirely wiped out. The wires leading to it are all down, the railroad tracks are washed out and the wagon roads cannot safely be traveled over, owing to the manner in which they were gullied by the rain. It is, consequently, no easy matter to reach it. Physicians have been sent our from Hull, Orange City and Sioux Center, but are firding every conceivable obstacle in their effort to reach the scene of the storm. Help has been refused from here, but if the same character of reports continue to come in a train may be sent out. No ome seems to know exactly what was the track of the storm. Larer—Definite reports are beginning to come in as to the path followed by the cyclone. The storm originated a mile and a half southwest of Sioux Center. It moved from therein a northeasterly direction and passed directly through Perkins, a small town six miles north of Sioux Center. After passing Perkins nothing was heard of any damage. Later in the evening, however, news was received from Sibley to the effect that a storm struck there about 5 P. M., destroying the house of John Wat- terson, killing Mrs. Watterson, ana injur- ing Watterson and his son. No names can yet be learned of the peo- ple injured about Sioux Center and Per- kins. The Bioux City and Northern train which arrived 2t 10 o'clock this evening brought in several passengers who wit- nessed the storm. They reported that thirteen dead bodies had been brought into Sioux Center at 6 o’clock. They esti- mated that fifty people must have been killed. The Northern train barely escaped a smashup in a washout near Doon, but was stopped by the section men before it passed upon the dangerous territory. The deathroll so far as now known is: Mrs. John Koster, Mrs. Post, Miss Anna Marsden, Charles Marsden, George Mars- den, a child of A. Verhoff, two children of L. B. Coombs, Miss Mamie 8. Haggie #nd five brothers, one Jamieson, two Koster children. These deaths were allin the vieinity of Sioux Center. The names of a few injured near Sibley, where considerable damage was done by the storm, are not known. Besides John Watterson, who was killed by flying timbers, Herman Belknap, a farmer, near Sibley, was killed by light- ning, and Mrs. Frey and the Rossberg brothers were badly hurt. SIBLEY, Iowa, May 3.—A heavy rain and de with a violent wind prevailed here this | No damage was done in the 1, except that some cars were blown off the track, chimneys blown down and windows broken. A cyclone prevailed les west. was completely demolished, h 1 and himself and. son probably jured. Near the 1g. X CITY, Towa, May 8.—During a o-night Rudolph Schwerde- 15 killed by lightning near Suther- wa. Peter Stimmer, a farmer near » Was killed in his house by light- ning. —— CAUSED 4 GIRL’S DEATH. Arrestof a Physician for Criminal Mal- practice. _GUTHRIE, O. T., May 3—Dr. C. Far- rington, who came here from Des Moines, Towa, two years ago, was arrested to-day, and : 1000 bail to answer the ing caused the death of Miss Daisie Roe, a handsome girl of 19, who came here with her parents from Omaha, Nebr., two years ago. Miss Roeldied sud- denly yesterday, heart disease being given as the cause, Developments show that the girl died from the effects of a criminal operation, held ARSI Hilton to Conduct It Alone. NEW YORK, N, Y., May 3.—1t is an- pounced that the entire interest of John M. Hughes in the dry-goods firm of Hilton, Hughes & CQ. has hgep purchased John Watterman’s farm | | same place | ckmore’s barns were destroyed. Rossburg's buildings were all Serious damage was done to by his partner, Albert P. Hilton, who will in the future conduct the business alone. It is understood that the name of the firm will remain unchanged. The business of the firm of Hilton, Hughes & Co. is the continuation of the immense business so firmly established by the late A. T. Stewart. Since his death it has undergone many changes. —_——— HAVOC OF THE LIGRTNL Houses Struck and Two Persons and Many Caitle Killed. MILWAUKEE, Wis., May 3.—A severe electrical storm, accompanied by terrific thunder, heavy winds and rain, passed over Wisconsin to. . At Kellnerville, near Manitowoc, John Anderla, a 14-year- old boy, was killed by a boit of lightning while lying in bed. At the town of York, near Neillsville, the house of Joseph Suth- erland was shattered by a bolt of light- ning. Mrs. Sutherland, who had taken refuge in the cellar, was killed. Her hus- band was stunned. Near Beloit the barn of Frank Ensigle’s farm was struck by lightning and burned. Four horses and thirteen head of cattle perished. — - Utah's State Constitution. SALT LAKE, Uran, May 3.—The con- stitutional convention spent the day in a final revision of the work of the conven- tion. It is expected that adjournment will take place next week. Against the Plaintiff. ALBANY, N. Y., May 3.—The Court of Appeals to-day decided against the Sol- iers’ and Sailors’ Home of St. Louisin a suit against Russell Sage and the sons of Jay Gould. e Appointed Silver Delegates. DENVER, Coro., May 8.—Governor Mc- Intire has appointed Senators Teller and Wolcott and Congressman Shairoth deles gates to the silver conference at Salt Lake May 15. DETANED 1§ QLARKNTIE The Spanish Gunboat Infanta Isabella Seized by Florida Officers. Health Laws Violated and the Ves- sel Overhauled in Summary Style. TAMPA, Fra., May 3.—The Spanish gunboat Infanta Isabella is detained here by State Quarantine officers. Last evening the gunboat passed by the guarantine sta- tion at Mullet Key without paying any at- tention to the quarantine law, and anch- ored for the night about ten 1iles this side. State Quarantine officers on the patrol steamer Germ escorted the gunboat back to the quarantine station, where Com- mander Francis Coduenas was informed that before he could proceed his ship would have to be fumigated and detained at least five days. The gunboat has 175 newly imported Spaniards on board, and is only four days from Havana. Her commander is highly indignant. It is possible that after receiv- ing his orders the commander of the In- fanta Isabella will defy the orders of the quarantine authoritie: KANSAS JOHNNY Gives Gotham a Taste of Wild Western Life. Because he threw up his hands when so ordered by a drunken Westerner who had him cove ed with a large revolver, Police- man Ge o e Strong of the Madison-street station may have to attend trial at police headquarters on a technical charge of neglect of duty. Captain Donald Grant of the Madison-street station yesterday re- ported the case to Superintendent Byrnes, and the latter ordered that charges be made. The man who caused the trouble for Policeman Strong is “Kansas Johnny,” who made his appearance in Cherry Hill haunts about two weeks ago, and who, de- spite the fact that scores of policemen and detectives were searching for him yester- day, has escaped arrest. *‘Kansas Johnny” also made Strong sprint up Catherine street shouting for help. And all of this happened, too, when the policeman was in full uniform and before a crowd of several dozen Cherry Hill citizens, both male and female. There was a shame-faced reticence about the matter at the Madison-street Station yesterday, but the facts were easily obtain- able. “Kansas Johnny” is known as a “panhandler’’—a Western term for a man who will do anything from stealing a chicken to holding up a train. He wears high-neeled boots, a sombrero and a re- volver nearly two feet long. Three days ago he won a Cherry Hill belle, known as “Bridgey” Lannon. In defiance of the excise law they both imbibea freely of Cherry street ‘‘red eye’ Sunday, and at the corner of Catherine and Cherry streets several of ‘“Bridgey’s” old acquaintances made remarks about a new ‘“guy’’ she had ‘“caught.” “Kansas Johnny'in two seconds had whipped the whole crowd, and remarked : ‘It will take two daysto dig the teeth out nuckles.” Just then some one cried “Police!” and Strong appeared. ‘Youse wants tostop that scrappin’, see?” he said to Kansas Johnny. “But nobody can in- sult my girl,”” answered Johnny. ‘Shut up and move on,” cried Strong, and he gave the Westerner a push. ¢ Kansas Johnny” flashed out his big pistol, cocked and loaded, and pointed it at the liceman’s waist. “Throw up your hands and gimme your gun,” shouted “Johnny.” Strong didn’t ar- gue. He obeyed and even stood on his tip- toes. “If I had a gun,” he said, glaring at “Johnny,” “I’d shoot you dead.”’ The West- erner ordered ‘“‘Bridgey” to ‘sneak,”’ which she did. *New,” continued ‘‘Johnny,” without taking his eyes from Strong’s face, you walk backward to the corner and dust for your life.” Strong re- treated, and so did “Johnny.” The police- man ran around the corner of Catherine street shouting for help, and ‘Johnny” went into & saloon at No. 142 for a drink. In five minutes | Strong returned with three other police- men, but the Kansas youth had disap- peared. Since then no trace has been found of him. “I think any man of common sense would have acted as Strong did,” remarked Custum Grant yesterday, ““but the charge had to be made.””—New York Advertiser. ——————— Music-Boxes to Let. If you wish to hear the music of a thou- sand-dollar music-box at your home, it is not necessary to buy one, for you can rent one for an afternoon or an evening for $25, and it will be delivered at your house an taken away. It will be fixed to play any tunes that f’ou may desire. A music-box, such as sells at from $150 to $200, ma be rented for $10, and boxes that sell at say $400, $600 or $800, at from $15 to $20 for an afternoon or evening. Music-boxes are rented to play at weddings, appropri- ate music being provided; at 5 o’clock teas and for various social entertainments, in- cluding dancing parties. For dancing, programmes may be made in advance, an the music-box will be prepared to play two- steps, waltzes, whatever may be desired. Soft as it is, the music of such a box is suf- ficient volume to be heard throughout a house. It is not an extensive branch of the music-box business, the renting of them, but it isincreasing, and the renting of a music-box often leads to a ule.—lfcw York Sun. 10 FURNISH A BOND, Nicaragua Is Willing to Pay Within a Fort- night IF THE BRITISH RETIRE. Other Claims of Great Britain to Be Settled by a Joint Committee. BLUEFIELDS NOW A STATE. This Action on the Part of Zelaya’s Government May Cause Fur- ther Trouble. LONDON, Exa., May 3.—It is officially announced that as a result of the commu- nications between the Earl of Kimberley, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and Senor Christanto Medina, the Salvadoran Minister, acting for Nicaragua, the British Government has agreed if the Nicaraguan Government addresses a note to Rear-Ad- miral Stephenson accepting the terms of the British ultimatum and undertaking under the guarantee of Salvador that the indemnity will be paid in London within a fortnight, the other claims of Great Britain against Nicaragua, it is added, will be settled by 2 joint committee. The Exchange Telegraph Company this afternoon claims that it is officially in- formed that Nicaragaa has agreed to pay the British Government £15,000 within a fortnight, provided Corinto is evacuated by the British forces, and Great Britain accepted the offer under the guarantee of the United States thata bond will be ex- ecuted. NEW YORK, N. Y., May 4.—A special to the World from Corinto, Nicaragua, says: The garrison on the mainland has been re-enforced and the troops are pre- pared for immediate movement. Two of the bridges connecting the town with the mainland have been destroyed. A special to the World from Managaua says: A howling mob is rushing through the streets howling, “Death to Zelaya and his advisers.” An outbreak is imminent. The troops are confined to the barracks all ready for emergency. Re-enforcements are coming from Leon. A special to the World from Corinto, Nicaragua, says: Captain French, whom the British appointed Governor, denies that he has ordered any arrests made. He says that the people are orderly and friendly, and he has found the inhabitants of Corinto and the Nicaraguan officials ex- tremely courteous. Captain French ordered the embarkation of the greater portion of his men. Only fifty-eight British marines remain onshore now. They will embark as soon as Captain French turns the town over to the Nicaraguans. NEW STATE OF ZELAYA. Nicaragua Does Away With thejMosguito Reservation. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 3.—The Nicaraguan Government has recently done away with the Mosquito reservation, which has been the cause of trouble, and in- corporated it as a state of Nicaragua, with the name of Department of Zelaya, after the President of the republic. This action has been officially communicated to the State Department. The British squadron will be withdrawn from Nicaraguan waters. The significance of the movement has attracted little public attention, but itis stated by officials that it involves greater considerations than the armed occupation of Corinto. Now that the latter crisisis passed officials are turning their attention to what Great Britain will do toward Nicaragua’s course in creating the new state and thus indirectly terminating all British authority or influence in the old Mosquito country. Earl Kimberly has given notice to Nica- ragna that this new question will receive the “kindly consideration’’ of her Majes- ty’s Government after the three demands of the ultimatum are settled. The agree- ment yesterday practically settles those demands, only one of them, the arbitra- tion of damages to the property of British subjects, remaining to be executed. After that will come the promise of “kindly con- sideration” of Nicaragua’s creation of the State of Zelaya out of what has long been a sort of British dependency. It is stated that the decision will settle what further influence England intendsto exert in Nica- ragua, as the recognition of the new State will give Nicaragua complete sovereignty over all her territory. The importance of the creating of the new State arises from the political struggles since 1860 over the Mosquito country. In that year England and Nicaragua made a treaty by which Nicaragua was given sovereignty over the Mosquito territory, but the latter retained the right of self-government. This latter right was so broadly construed as to in- clude coining money, collecting duties, etc. So much trouble resulted that Francis Joseph of Austria was put in as arbitrator in 1881. His decision was largely senti- mental. Itallowed the Nicaraguan flag to be raised in the country and also allowed the Mosquito people their own flag. The contention as to who governed the country continued until last year, when Nicaragua took forcible possession and expelled British Vice-Consul Hatch, who was ac- cused of encouraging a rebellion against the Nicaraguan control of the territory. This expulsion of Hatch and other British subjects has been the cause of the trouble just settled. But while the settlement has been pending Nicaragua has permanently entrenched herself in the disputed terri- tory and has established a complete inter- nal system of government. It isan execu- tion of the plan against which the British Consul was accused of inciting rebellion, and for this reason there is much appre- hension as to whether Great Britain will assent to the obliteration of the old Mos- quito country, which was the seat of all British influence in Nicaragua. The new State extends along almost the entire Atlantic coast line of Nicaragua. The southerly portion is near Greytown, the eastern terminus of the Nicaragua canal, and this fact has given the country its chief importance. Now that it is a Nicara- guan State Consul Hatch will have to be accredited direct to the Nicaraguan Gov- ernment and not to the Mosquito authori- ties. The return of Hatch was one of the terms insisted on by Great Britain, WORK OF SALVADOR’S MINISTER. He Conducted Al} the Negotiations With Great Britain. LONDON, Enc., May 3.—Senor Chri- santo Medina, the Salvadoran Minister here and at Paris, made the followigs | writing in kesping the sccounts, statement to the Associated Press regard- ing the negotiations which have been con- ducted through him as the representative of Nicaragua: “On the departure of General Barros, the Nicaraguan envoy, from this city for Nicaragua, the Nicaraguan legation was left in my charge pending his return or the appointment of his successor. In that capacity I transmitted to the Foreign Offices various propositions of the Nica- raguan Government. The Earl of Kim- berly has throughout been perfectly firm in his attitude, and in my interviews with him and with other officials of the Foreign Office my representations have always been treated with consideration and atten- tion and courtesy. The Earl of Kimberly throughout has shomn an anxiety to avoid a conflict with the Central American re- publics, but it being considered necessary by the British Ministers in council to make a firm stand, all efforts to move them have failed. “However, I am happy.to express the belief that this unfortunate dispute is on the eve of a settlement, and that in a few aays a definite reply will be wired from the Nicaraguan Government in answer to a dispatch sent at 7 o’clock yesterday even- ing to Managua after my last interview with the Earl of Kimberly. The Central American republics are all anxious to help Nicaragua in her present difficulty, and they have used every means in their power todoso. Asthe representative of Salva- dor I have offered the guarantee of my Government to pay the indemnity in Lon- don within fifteen days after the evacua- tion of Corinto. The Earl of Kimberly having accepted this arrangement, I so informed my Government last night, and I have no doubt that the terms will meet the views of the Nicaraguan Government.” It is felt by all concerned that Senor Guzman, the Nicaraguan Minister at Washington, is largely responsible for the continued opposition of Nicaragua, as, being of a sanguine temperament, he has led his Government astray as to what it might expect from the United States. Continuing, Senor Medina said: “It would have been more satisfactory to any of the Central American republics to have themselves paid the indemnity rather than be subject to the calumny, misrepresenta- tion and distrust which has appeared in the American and European press during the past few days. There is no question about the Monree doctrine being involved. In fact, the doctrine is obsolete. If Eng- land or any other power is unable to pro- tect the safety and rights of its subjects in Central America they are unable to pro- tect their interests anywhere. If England had tried to annex Corinto it would be a different matter, but she was only demand- ing reparation for insults offered to her subjects.” The Associated Press learns that the present Government of Great Britain would not view with disfavor a United States protectorate over the whole of Cen- tral America. Indeed, during the present investigations, the Earl of Kimberly said that under certain circumstances it would, perhaps, have been better for the United States to proclaim a protectorate over Cen- tral America and make herself responsible for the acts of its people. MADE NO MISSTATEMENTS. Dr. Guzman Explains That He Did Not State Unele Sam Wonld Intervene. WASHINGTON, D. C, May 3.—Dr. Guzman, the Nicaraguan Minister to Wash: ington, was shown the London interview criticizing his course. He read it with in- terest and said: “Perhaps it is to be expected when as- saults have been made on Mr. Gresham, Mr. Bayard and the President that I shonld not escape from the slanders. There are always some people ready to assert that they would have done something else. They do not know the difficulties and em- barrassments of the situation. This was a matter of the greatest urgency which had to be handled entirely by cable. Usually the exchange of views, personally and by mail, permits a full expression of every shadeof judgment, butin dealing by cable with points so far apart as London, Managua and Washington it is not easy to have the most complete exchange of views. But at all times I have acted as my judg- ment indicated was best for the occasion.” «Is there any reason,” Dr. Guzman was asked, ‘‘for the assertion that Nicaragua was misled into believing that the United States would render assistance ?”’ “Not in the least,” said he. “There has been no misunderstanding further than such as might arise from hope or expecta- tion. General Barros, the special envoy, was here, and personally canvassed the sit- uation. Then he proceeded to Nicaragna and was in personal communication with the Government. Nor is it true that I have encouraged the expectation that the United States would intervene. I have kept my Government advised in every way at my command, but it has not been on the lines of claiming that the United States would intervene.” THAT SHARP LITTLE LESSON. English Papers Can Also Do Their Share of Blustering and Bragging. LONDON, Exc., May 3.—The Globe this afternoon, commenting upon the trouble between Nicaragua and Great Britain, says: “The sharp little lesson which we had the painful duty to inflict upon Nicaragua cannot fail to be productive of good. An- other and more powerful state has been taking a useful lesson. The American Re- public assumes the post of arbitrator in all disputes between the smaller states and Europe; and what is more important, it shows a disposition to interfere in those disputes, which is as objectionable as it is unasked for. The tone of the American press ever since the present difflculty arose has reflected very clearly the usual tone of that country in these matters, though, per- haps, their bluster and braggadocio upon this occasion was rendered louder because they felt there was little chance of being listened to. We do not wish to heap in- dignity upon any state, however small and insignificant. “England has never played the part of bully and never will, but she must be care- ful to see that her good nature is not too much presumed upon.” The St. James Gazette, referring to the same subject, remarks: “The Nicaragua bill is backed by Salvador. It would be rude to inquire too closely into the value of the guarantee. The average user is sat- isfied with a second name, and if Zelaya has played us false we will not only oc- cupy, but will wipe Corinto off the map, and other places witk it. If any of the great powers had behaved as Nicaragua has we should have been at war with it within a week.” Sir William’s Course. LONDON, EXG., May 3.—The Timus says that the immediate cause of Sir William Vernon Harcourt's singular announcement in the House of Commons Thursday, when introducing the budget he said that it would probably be the last time he would address the House of Commons on finance, is said to have been a difference of opinion in the Cabinet early in the day. In the Bank of England sixty-folio ‘volumes or ledgers are filled daily with RATIFIES THE TREATY, China’s Emperor Yields to the Demands of Japan. PEACE NOW IN ORDER. Needless Precautions Taken by the Authorities at Peking. THEY CAUSE A FATAL FLOOD. Russia Yet Bent on Keeping the Mikado Out of the Main~ land. LONDON, E~a., May 3.—The Times has a dispatch from Shanghai stating that the Emperor of China ratitied the treaty of peace with Japan yesterday and that Li Hung Chang will at once proceed to Che- foo to exchange ratifications with the Japanese representatives. Ratifications will be exchanged at Che- foo on May 8. The Mikado ratified the treaty on April 20. Prince Kung, the President of the Chinese Council of Minis- ters and heading the Foreign Office, absent on sick leave some time, will now resume active control of the Government depart- ment under his supervision. PARIS, France, May 3.—The Japanese Minister, in an interview published in Figaro to-day, is quoted as saying that the intervention of the other powers in the arrangements for peace arrived at between China and Japan is only a small difficulty. China, he adds, has every interest in ratifying the treaty and leaving Japan to arrange the matters with the European powers. The Minister also said that the Japanese most desire the payment of the indemnity and the commercial concessions upon the part of China to Japan. The Journal des Debats learns from an authentic source that Japan has decided to abandon her demand for territory in Liao Tung peninsula, except Port Arthur, in return for compensation elsewhere. SHANGHAI, CHINa, May 3.—In accord- ance with a special imperial edict issued to prevent the possibility of the Japanese en- tering Peking, the Chinese have cut the river embankments near Peking. Miles of territory have been flooded and 100 Chinese drowned. The British Minister to China, M. N. R. 0’Connor, has gone to Peking to make an attempt to recover from the Chinese Gov- ernment the arrears of pay due the foreign- ers serving in the Chinese army before the outbreak of hostilities. It is reported in Tientsin that a German syndicate which took the indemnity failed to negotiate the loan with China, and the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank is making arrangements for the loan. ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, May 3.—A semi-official statement has been issued here dealing at length with the situation of affairs in the far East. It declares that the maintenance of the status quo on the Chinese mainland is a political necessity. ‘Whatever the issue of the present struggle, a realization of Japanese claims would en- tirely abolish the fictitious independence of the Koreans and place in Japan’s hands the key to China’s capital. Moreover, Russia and France would be compelled, in their own interests, to ward off their fron- tiers any cause for permanent uneasiness or serious crisis. The statement says Germany has her commerce in those regions too much at heart to see without misgivings German commercial houses exposed to continual disturbance. These three powers which have communicated their views to Tokio, and know how to enforce respect for them, do not intend to deprive Japan of the fruits of her victory, but her civilizing progress will sooner or later be menaced with destruction unless it is based upon the principles on which rests the concord of civilized nations. REDOMESTICATING ELEPHANTS, Work of the German Government for an African Beast of Burden. Germany, which feels the want of a re- liable beast of burden in her East African territory even more than England, seems to have resolved on the redomestication of the African elephant. Some time ago a German officer commenced a series of visits to the Indian “keddahs,” and after master- ing so far as possible the Indian methods and systems of catching and training wild elephants, has hired a staff of experienced Indian catchers and trainers, and is to es- tablish a Government “elephant stud” in Germany East Africa. Commenting on the chances of the success of this enterprise, Mr. Carl Hagenbeck, proprietor of the Zoological Gardens at Hamburg and New York, has contributed an interesting article to the Hamburger Nachrichten, says the London Spectator. Mr. Hagenbeck’s paper takes the form of a plea for the preservation of the African elephant. But with him preservation is merely the necessary preliminary to their redomestication, for the probable success in which he gives reasons which should be very encouraging to those now pledged to the undertaking. Mr. Hagenbeck writes with authority on the subject. Out of 200 African elephants brought to Europe in recent years he has imported 170, and many of these have remained in his zoological ardens at Hamburg and in America. %Vith the histories of the rest since they rnssed into other hands he is perfectly amiliar. He was recenty able to tell the present writer the exact number of African elephants and the owner of each in the dif- ferent countries of Europe, and he has a natural insight into the ways and means of animal domestication. He gives it as his opinion that the general belief that “African elephants are not so strong as, are wilder and less easily tamed and pos- sess less endurance than the Indian species is wrong.”” He maintains, on the contrary, that they are stronger, and at least as tractable and as useful as beasts of burden -or to be ridden as Indian elephants, and he claims to have convinced the Berlin Geo- graphical Society that this view was cor- rect as early as 1878, when he had a number of African elephants in that city. It will be quite sufficient for practical purposes if a part only of these anticipa- tions are realized. If the African elephant can be trained and made an obedient slave, it will be a factor of enormous importance in a district where the tsetse fly stops all animal carriage and where, for genera- tions, human—that is, slave—transport has been the sole means of eonveyinfi goods from the interior to the coast. The Afri- can elephant may well answer this pur- pose without becoming such a marvel of intelligence and docility as his Indian relative. Moreover, he is not only as strong, but far stronger in mere physique than the Indian—the males being on an average two feet and the females one foot higher than the Asiatic species. Whether they have quite the same massive dray- horse build may be doubted; but for most purposes they would probably be even more serviceable as beasts of burden, and the &nestion of general constitution would hardly arise in the case of animals used in their own country, as these would be in the German colonies. — - WANTS THE OLD GAME. Thomas Foley Would Restrain the Man in the Box. “If baseball is ever to returnto its old- time popularity it must be made the same it was when it was at the height of its pres- tige,”” said Thomas Foley yesterday. “I mean that all this legislation making the game a battle of pitchers should be re- pealed and the whole field should be in the play. 1t must be made what it origin- ally was—a game in which the ball was batted plenty and the men on the outfield given a chance to do some of the work.” ‘“You think that the public wants to see the ball knocked about ?” “Just that. Every change in the rules of the game has tended to put the result of the play in the hands of the twirler. Now you and I, not being pitchers, don’t want to go and see a ball game where the whole play consists in the pitching and catching of the ball by the battery. “The rulemakers of the game have gone in so much for science that the vigor of the play is between a couple of men. They have got things fixed so that they put an automatic pitching machine in the box and give him leave to throw the ball with all the strength he has at the catcher. I wonder that they don’t provide him with a cannon—they might just as well, for there is no batter who can do anithing to keep the outfield busy the way the pitch- ing is done now. “My idea is to put the pitcher at least twenty feet farther away from the home plate and deaden the ball, if the same st y1 of delivery is to be tolerated. Then there would be some batting, and the fans would have an opportunity to get warmed uj over the game once in a while. You mark my words, if the rules are changed on these lines there will be as many ball cranks as there were in the old days. The papers should take the matter up and advocate these changes.—St. Paul Pioneer Press.” TRILBY CAUSES SUICE Peculiar Hallucinations of a Youth Crazed by the Book. Hypnotized by Svengall, the Vil- lain of Du Maurier’s Fascl~ nating Novel. HARTFORD, Coxx., May 3.—Norton Reed lies in the morgue here as a result of the “Trilby” craze, having committed sui- cide by taking arsenic while harboring the hallucination that he was under the hyp- notic influence of Svengali, the bad man of Du Maurier’s novel. Reed was 18 years of age, son of Mrs, Amos Pratt, who as a widow married a wealthy shipbuilder of Essex, Conn. A year ago Reed came to this city and | entered the employ of Brown, Thompson | & Co. as stenographer and typewriter. He gave up this place three weeksago to be- | come amanuensis to the Rev. Payson Hammond, the evangelist. Reed was fond of literature, chiefly novels. When “Trilby” came out he was enthusiastic and read the volume until he became “Trilby” mad. Mr. Hammond | heard groans in the barn in the rear of his house and found Reed lying on the floor of the carriage-house writhing in pain. A physician was called and asked him why he attempted suicide. Reed replied: “Because the villain Svengali hypno- tized me. I tried tosing this afternoon and he would not let me. The only way I can escape him is by dying. Do you think he can hypnotize me after I am dead ?”’ He wanted to know whether he would see Trilby and Little Billee in heaven. Soon after this he died. ———.—— A Buzzard’s Fate. When the Seaboard Air Line train ran into the Union Station at Raleigh, N. C., a few days ago, it brought an unwilling and dying feathered passenger. It was a huge buzzard. Engineer Nowell said that soon after leaving the town of Apez, fifteen miles from there, he was running fifty miles per hour. e saw a buzzard flying very low toward and across the track. In a twinkling he saw a fluttering object on one of the brass rods which extends the whole length of the boiler. The bird had been struck by this rod and was pierced through and hung impaled thereon. When the train came to_a standstill the buzzard fell off and gasped its last in the presence of a number of pcople.—Washington Star. MILLS ARE BLOWN UP Series of Very Serious Explosions of Powder. FIVE WOREKMEN KILLED. Woods Are Set on Fire and Threaten an Immense Magazine. EMPLOYES FLEE IN TERROR In All Three Bulldings Are Wrecked and the Damage Is Con= siderable. SOUTH ACTON, Mass., May 3.—Three mills of the American Powder Company here blew up this morning, one after the other. Five persons are believed to have been killed. The woods close by the mills were set on fire and burned fiercely, threatening the biggest storehouse of the company, con- taining 20,000 pounds of powder, and pre- venting the saving of property, Fiity men were employed in the mills. After the first explosion the employes in the corning-mill, about forty in number, rushed from the building and escaped be- fore the flames spread to the mill. There were ten mills, separated and in- closed by high board fences. The explo- sion of the first mill set fire to the sur- rounding fence, and the flames spread to the second mill and the third mill. The list of the dead is as follows: Charles O’Neill Jr., Maynard, Mass., un- married; Nelson Morris, Acton, leaves a widow and several children; Frederick K. Winslow, South Acton, married; Charles Estes, South Acton, unmarried; A. Estes, South Acton, leaves a widow and six children. A TEST OASE. Having Succeeded So Far He Was Forced to Draw the Line. It wasn’t late when the Pitcher-street man came home, and notwithstanding he walked in with a smile and sat down on the other side of the lampstand from his wife and picked up & newspaper as men do when they come home. she, for some un- accountable reason, suspected him. She | looked up over her work at him two or three times and finally spoke: “By the way, John,” she said, “will you do me a favor?” “Certainly, my dear, what is it?” said John. “I want you to say this for me: ‘Gaze on the gay gray brigade.””’ “‘Graze on the gray gay bigrade,” replied John, trinmphantly. ‘‘Lovely,’” she exclaimed. *Now try this one: ‘Give Grimes Jim’'s gilt gig whip.”” “Grive Jimes Gim’s gig jilt whip,” Te- sponded John, as glibly as you please. *‘Excellent, excellent!” she cried. “Now this one: ‘Sarah in a shawl shoveled soft snow softly.’ ’ He shivered a little, but never let on. ‘“‘Sharah in a sawl soveled shoft snow softly,” he said with oratorical effect. “‘Oh, you dear old thing,” she laughed. ‘“Now, one more, and then I won’t trouble you again.” ‘‘No trouble, I assure you my dear,” said John. “Go ahead.” “Well, say this: ‘Say, should such a shapely sash such shabby stitches show.’ ”? John gave a great gulp to his Adam’s ap- ple, which oscillated in his throat. My dear,” he said, slowly, “I begin to shuspect that you shuspicion me; but you are mistaken, entirely mistaken, ang I positively decfl_ne to pose further as a pro- nouncing dictionary. You have observed that I have made a shucshess as far as I have gone, but there is a limit, and the next thing iou know you will be ask- ing me to say ‘the scene was truly rural,’ a thing I never could say without gete ting my twongue tisted, and you will think your shuspicions are well grounded, when Kou‘ ought to know they are not,” and John uried himself in his newspaper and utterly refused to hear any further appeals from tphe other side of the table.—Detroit Free Tess. NEW T WE HAVE ARRANGED '0-DAY. 1T SO THAT YOU CAN BUY CILLOTHING BOTH IN THE WHOLESALE AND RE. TAIL DISTRICTS AT WHOLESALE PRICES TO-DAY FOR THE FIRST TIME. CLOTHING FOR MAN, BOY OR CHILD, SOLD YOU AT ONE-HALF THE PRICE THE RETAIL DEALERS CHARGE YOU. Drop in Here—25 and 27 Sansome Street, or Step in There—34, 36, 38 and 40 Kearny Street. YOU CAN'T MAKE A MISTAKE AT EITHER PLACE—PRICES THE SAME, AND YOUR DOLLAR MADE T0 DO DOUBLE SERVICE. HYAMY, PAUSON & (0, 25 and 27 Sansome Street, —AND— 34, 36, 38 and 40 Kearny Street, Manufacturing Clothiers Selling Direct to the Publje