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o of»-* e Y oy an s { - @he Ligonier Lanner LIGONIER, : : INDIANA ey . 'The bishop of Santiago, who applied to federal authorities in that city for _ his salary, was made to realize that things have changed in Cuba. - - - Longwood, Bonaparte’s house at St. . Helena, is now a :barm; the room in which he died is a stable; on the site of his grave is a machine for grinding cors.,. ’ . On the day the peace protocol was signed the flag went up over Hawaii, though Uncle Sam was not aware of it. " Xt takes time in these days to hear from: all our national interests. - In the last fiscal year our exports to Canada were worth $86,587,000, and we bought Canadian merchandise valued &t $41,122,000. Canada used more American than British products by a margin of $54,000,000. : - ’ The controversy over the title .of - “Father of the House of Lords™ has been settled in England and the honor acknowledged to belong to the earl of Leicester, who has been a member for more than 36 years. : . “There was never yet a family with -an old maid belonging to it,” observed Rev. Anna Shaw in a recent address, “that didn’t rely upon that old maid to help it out of all financial difficulty —past, present and future.” . Joseph Jefferson not long ago wrote ‘& check for two dollars upon a piece of birch bark in the mountains because he had no paper with him. The bank which cashed the check mnow has it - framed and hanging on the wall. ~ British India, the best-known. large area in the torrid zone, embraces tropical islands and hot plains as well as the snow-covered peaks of the Himalayas, and contains the Tegion of the greatest annual rainfall, 600 inches, with arid sands where rain is sometimes unknown for years in suceession. President Kruger is reported to be- - Hleve that the world is as flat as a pan- - cake. When, Joshua Slocum, who is making the grand tour in an eight-ton boat, ran up to Pretoria for an interview with the head of the Boer govern- . ment he observed thathe was voydging around the world. “You mean across the world,” said Oom Paul. j A traveler who has just returned from Athens says that the Greeks, who, not so long ago, were shouting their favorite cry of “Down with the king! *Out with his right eye!” have now returned to the most extravagant loyalty, and King George hasnever enjoyed so much popularity ' since he © eame to the throne. : , When Havanasent its first cargo of tobacco and cigars to New York the other day it inaugurated a new era in CubanAmerican commerce. That cargo will soon be followed by others, not only of tobacco, but of sugar, lumber, tropical _fruits and all the varied products of the - rich island. It will not be long before that single steamer has grown to a fleet, ‘every ship of swhich will be heavily - laden both going and coming. - " Admiral Cervera stated to a friend - in Annapolis, Md., that before hostilities began between his country and

the United States he warned his countrymen that their ships.could not stand up against the ships of the United Btates; that torpedo boats and torpedo boat destroyers, nor any other kind of vessel, would be of any-avail; that the United States would wipe the Spanish navy out of existence. ' '

~ln all wars the deaths by disease exceed those from wounds received .in battle. The best authorities state that | In our ecivil war twice as many union - soldiers died of disease as were Kkilled - in_battle or died - consequently of wounds. In the recent war the liability of troops to disease was increased by the fact that the war began in the spring and had to be prosecuted during ' the summer in a tropical climate. » Russia is tugging away 'h an effort to wrench off.the head of the flowery kingdom; Germany . and France are each pulling one of its legs; England has her surgical case open. and her sleeves rolled up preparing to cut off and appropriate the trunk, while little Japan is buzzing around, waiting expectantly for an arm, a finger, a foot “or the pigtail, which may be thrown’ into the grabbag or upon the ash heap by the disniembering powers. < . 14 gin address before the American . Association for the.Advancement of _ Bcience at arecent meeting in Saratoga, ¢ N. Y., Vice President McGee, of the National Geographical society, said: “Just * as the Lonisiana purchase in 1803 made - America a steamboat nation, and just as the acquisition of California in 1845 made America a telegraph nation, so the acquisition -of Hawaii and Puerto Rico, and, above all, the Philippines, in ~, 1898, must make America the naval na- . tion of the earth.” Science and manifest destiny are evidently ready to march along together. ' " These are the days that try the souls of the makers of American maps. All _ the maps made in the part of 1898 just ended purporting to show the extent of the United States domain will be al-~most-as antiquated 12 months-hence as were the old #rench maps of North ‘America at the close of the Seven - Years’ war in 1763, or'as the British - maps of George lll’s early days be- < eame after the war of American independence. American territory is expanding, and what the next few years may have in store fur us in territorial ~aequisition no one can foretell. : ' The London Saturday Review, always unfriendly to the United States. quite wverdoes the thing in its latest attack *on the country and people. It admiis . that there are “many worthy private persons in the United States,” butsays: “Socially it is sordid to the last degree; its courts of law and all its civil institu- - tioms are corrupt; it has contributed . pothing to the self-respect of human- - jty.” No intelligent Englishman will . indorse such blackguard abuse of a ~ eountry which has given as many evi-

A WEEK'S HISTORY

The Important Happenings of a Week Briefly Told.

IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNION

All thé Latest News of Interest from ~ Washington, From the East, the _ West and the South. .

THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES

WAR NEWS.

- On board the transport Chester the advance guard of Gen. Miles’ army arrived in New York from Puerto Rico. | Official records of the war department, as far as completed, show 33 officers and 231 enlisted men killed in battle during the war with Spain. | . Maj. Gen. Miles and his staff, the Second regiment of Wisconsin volunteers .and the hospital corps from Puerto Rico arrived in New York.: Gen. Miles said that the health ef the troops still i Puerto Rico was good. = In a call at the navy department in Washington, . Admiral Cervera = expressed thanks and gratitude for the kindly treatment accorded him and his ‘men while prisoners of the United States. - :

A dispatch was received from Gen. Otis, in charge of the United States forces at Manila, that hé had given Aguinaldo, the rebel leader, 24 hours in which to evacuate the suburbs of the city, under penalty of being fired upon. i _ '

' While bathing at Montauk Point, L. 1., Thomas -H. Wheeler, sonr of Gen. Joseph Wheeler, and Second ; Lieut. Newton: D. Kirkpatrick, First cavalry, were drowned. . -

Gen, Miles’ criticism of army methods was said to be gradually subsiding, and in high official quarters at Washington the belief was expressed that no official attention would be paid to the ecriticisms. ) ‘

The war department has decided to dispatch 7,000 more trcops to Manila, cwing to the danger of war with the Philippine insurgents.. - The secretary of war left Washington to make an inspection of a humber of the army camps, and will go as far south as Jacksonville, Fla., before returning to Washington. ‘ " Secretary of War- Alger has requested the president to order a therough and searching investigation of the war department, and in this request the secretary has been joined by Gen. Gorbin. @ |- : .

Three Filipinos, appointed by Aguinaldo, have left. Hong-Kong in order to confer with President McKinley upon the future of the Philippine islands.

FROM WASHINGTON.

Throughout the country Labor day was generally observed. v The president and his cabinet have accepted an invitation. to visit the ’l‘rans—l\ﬁs,sis*s‘ippilA exposition at Omaha gn October 12. - . :

The president has promised toattend the peace jubilee in Chicago on October 18 and 19. . -

No new legislation will be required to authorize the payment of pensions to the soldiers wwho were disabled in the Spanish war, and the widows of those who fell victims to bullets or fever. : : .

2 ¢ THE EAST. 7 At. Cohoes, N. Y., a trolley car was, struck by a passénger train and 18 persons were killed and ten fatally injured. ol e 'The republicans elected their entire state ticket in the Vermont election, headed by Edward C. Smith for governor, by a majority of 14,000, and reelected Henry Powers as congressman in the First district and William M. Grout in the Second. : Two hundred persons died from the effects of the heat diuring the heated ‘term in New York city. At Towanda, Pa., a tornado did great damage to property and killed three men. ) _ . In New York city three men were killed by the explosion of a barrel of aleohol. : : ' : " WEST AND SOUTH. In session in Cincinnati. the Naiional Association df Ex-Prisoners of War elected James Atwell, of Pittsburgh, commander. . ' The fusion convention in Marshalltown of the democrats, populists and silver republicans of Towa nominated a ticket headed by Claude DPorter (dem.), of Appanoose county, for secretary of state. The platform indorses free silver; favors William J. Bryan for ‘leader in 1900; scores’ the republican ‘party as the tool of corporations, and favors aw income tax. The National Association of the Mex= ican War Veterans will ‘hold their annual meeting in Louisville, Ky., the 21st and 22d of this month.

In the vicinity of Two Rivers, Wis., forest fires were doing great damage. Fire destroyed the residence of Judge H. T. Andrews at Prescott, A. T., and his wife and Celia Nyren:perished in the flames. . s e

R. B. Hawley, present republican congressman from the Tenth (Tex.) district, was renominated by the converition held at Columbus. -

' Republicans in the Twelfth (Mich.) district nominated Carl Shelden for congress. - i G

Funeral services over the remains of President Woodruff, of the Mormon church, took place at Salt Lake City, national guards, city, county and state officials and educational and church societies forming the funeral cgrtege to the cemetery. . . E. J. Seruggs, a physician of Montserrat, Mo., accidentally fatally poisoned himself by taking aconite instead of quinine. - : . " 'Jaohn Boyd, his danghter and son-in-law, living four miles east of Columbus, 0., were murdered by thieves who entered their home. . v The death of Rev. Caleb Foster, for G 2 years a minister of the Methodist c¢hurch, occurred at his home in Aurora, 111, ‘ L ~ Democratic union silverites and populists in convention at Mount Pleasant, Mich., nominated Dr. A. W. Nichols, pop;xligt, of Greenville, for '-congresg,f

Fire totally destroyed the Memphis Grain, Elevator and Manufacturing company's and the Eagle millsat Men:~ phis, Tenu,the total loss being $242,000.

James A. Sexton, of Chicago, was elected commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic at the convention held in Cincinnati. Philadelphia was selected as the place for meeting next year. ; : The death of Congressman Northway, of the Nineteenth Ohio district, gccurred: at his home in . Jefferson township aged 65 years. '

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

In riots between Mussulmans and British at Candia, Crete, many persons were killed and a warship fired shells into the city, destroying a portion of the town. By

Spans of a bridge under construetion over the SBt. Lawrence river near Cornwall, Ont., fell, and 80 workmen were thrown into the river, at least 20 of them being drowned. A plot was said to have been discovered in Moscow to assdssinate the czar of Russia. - . ’ Advices from Guatemala were to the effect that Manuel Estrada Cabrera had been elected to the presidency of that republic. - ‘

~ Dispatches were received in London from the British minister at Peking confirming the report that ILi Hung Chang had been dismissed at his own request. ‘ ' '

Spain’s cabinet has agreed to take the most stringent measures to prevent the publication 'of the proceedings of the cortes and to provide for the censcrship of telegraphic dispatches. . 3 _

In London a committeeof the AngloAmerican leagiie presented United States Ambassador Hay with an address congratulating him upon his acceptance of thé portfolio of secretary of state at Washington.

LATER NEWS,

President McKinley has .decided to appoint a commission to investigate the war department. Maj. Gen. Schofield and ex-Senator John B. Gordon, of Georgia, have been asked to accept places upon the commission. ‘ ‘ In the silver party convention at Reno, Nev., Francis G. Newlands was nominated for .congress and P. Sadler for governor: . . ~American miners on the Yukon have joined in an urgent request for the government to locate an assay office and government bank deépository at Circle City, their object being to protect miners against the money brokers. \ ;

: The Conshohoecken brewery plant, located at Conshohocken, a suburb of Philadelphia, was destroyed by fire, the loss being $lOO,OOO. o W. H. Lawrence, of Cleveland, 0., was shot and mortally wounded in a room at:the Oxford hotel in Denver by a woman named Florence Richardson. The woman then shot herself in the heart, dying almost instantly. :

Five hundred Illinois naval reserves and the Seventh Illinois regiment arrived in Chicago and were given a most enthusiastic. welcome as they marched through the streets to their quarters. ~ President McKinley has named Senator George Gray, of Delaware, as the ifth member of the peace delegates, thus completing the personnel of the sommission. *

Advices from Manila were to the effect that Admiral Dewey considers the situation there as criticdl, Aguinaldo’s exasperating conduct calling for the most careful management of affairs by the American commanders.

President McKinley has decided that the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Towa regiments are needed and will be kept in the service. s - o

After compleiing the election of officers and adopting resolutions in praise of President McKinley and Secretary of War Alger the thirty-second encampment of the G. A. R. came to a close at Cincinnati. N

The Ocean house at Newport, R. I, one of the best-known hotels.on the Atlantic coast, was destroyed by fire, the loss being $lOO,OOO. - Before leaving Washington to inspect the army camps Secretary Alger directed that an order be issued-that instead of the regular allowance of ten doliars for the burial of a soldier that $35 shall be allowed, and the remains

transported home at the goverment’s expense. . - : ‘ ’ .

Theé American and Spanish commissioners held their first conference in the hall of the Colonial parliament in Havana. The proceedings were private. : : Positive orders have been issued by Gen. Miles directing that Camp Wikoff be broken as soon as possible. ' The town of Jerome, A. T., was completely wiped out by fire, entailing a Toss of over $1,000900 in property. Eleven bodies had been ‘recovered, while a score or more were in the ruins. i : s " )

While drunk Ezekiel Lazetti killed his wife at Wyandotte, Mich./and then killed himself. ;

The powers were discussing the nature of an ultimatum to Turkey demanding -the complete withdrawal of her troops from Crete. P Henry Banks, the oldest man in Michigan, celebrated -his one hundred and fifth birthday at Bangor. . Mrs. Eli Potter, a prominent woman suffragist, was robbed of $lO,OOO by highwaymen in the outskirts of Kansas City. Kan, . By the explosion of 40 gallons of gasoline in the cellar of a grocery store atPhiladelphia certaily four and possibly a dozen or more lives were lost. sk The aggressive attitude of some of the insurgent leaders in the vicinity of Manila has caused great uneasiness and a feeling of insecurity among residents, and the troops are kept under arms day and night. - - Mrs. Sarah Ann Gray died at Hamilton, 11, aged 101 years. & -~ Jesse Badgerow, a farmer living near Grand Rapids, Mich., killed his iwife and fatally stabbed her sister, Miss Aylesworth, after which he committed suicide. Jealousy was the cause. Elizabeth Amelia Eugenia, empress of Austria and queen of Hungary, was assassinated at Geneva, Switzerland, as she was walking from the Hotel Beaurivage, where she had been at luncheon, to the steamboat dock. Her murderer, who is an Italian anarchist, was arrested shortly after he commitfed the crime. o

~ New Westminster, B. C., suffered a loss of $2,500,000 by a fire which burned }oﬁt the business portion of the town. l The percentages of the baseball clubs in the National league for the week ended on the 12th were: Boston, .653; Cincinnati, .627; Baltimore, .619; Cleveland, .579; Chicago, .552; New York, .541; Philadelphia, .504; Dittsburgh, .500; Louisville, .433; Broozgzﬂn, «397; Washington, .328; St.'Louisl\; 8.

EMPRESSISSLAIN

Assassin Takes Life of Em‘press of Austria at Geneva, Switzerland.

With a Stiletto He Stabs the Unfortunate Lady Through Do tha Bagk, ;

The Cruel Blade Pierces the Heart - and Lung---D:ath Ensues in a Short Time.

The Murderer, Who Is Captured, Glories in His Deed—He Is an Italian Anarchist.

Pitiable Grief of the Aged Empéror on Learning the Fate of His Spouse —The World Horrified. =

Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 12.— Elizabeth Amelia Eugenie, empress of Austria and queen of Hungary, was assassinated at two o’clock Saturday afternoon as she was walking from the Hotei Beaurivage, where she had been at luncheon, to the steamboat dock. She intended taking a steamer to the Castle Chillon, at Territet, and was'accompanied only by the-ladies of her suite. As the empress was passing the Brunswick monument a rough-looking man rushed at her and struck her a blow in the chest, which knocked her to the ground. The ladies with her picked her up and carried her to the boat, while her assailant ran away. The captain of the steamer did not wish to leave the dock, as the empresé was unconscious, but the ladies in attendance thought the. empress had only been rudely knocked down and under their permission he put the steamer under way. The ladies endeavored for some time to bring the empress back to consciousness, when they were horrified to discover a stain of blood on one of her garments. The boat at once returned to the dock. The empress was carried on a litter to thé hotel. A physician and the mayor ’ u({(((k”_,.-/’fm.f %/ﬁ ) (P 2B NN ;»"'I({(é‘?:?; 24 - == 5. - l‘lkhé T o : AN \ & R N ' s )\AR ’ 3 [ AR\ : «\ | >’ )/ W J - f s PR N o S . \“d!‘w Wang{th . VY ? NeR : /P DU A i ‘ ;’« \~\§‘ . EMPRESS ELIZABETH OF. AUSTRIA. were called and everything pessible was done to restore her majesty, but she breathed her last at three o’clock without regaining consciousness.

Stabbed ‘ith a File.

A more careful examination was now made and it was discovered that the empress had been stabbed to the heart with a stilletto apparently made from a triangular file. After striking his death blow the assassin ran along the Rue Alps, but was caught by two men, who handed him over to a gendarme. He proved to be Luigi Laochini, an Italian anarchist from Paris. Wken arrested he said: “I have struck well.

She must be dead. I came to Geneva purposely to assassinate her.” The empress had been staying at Montcaux, near Geneva. Her majesty was visiting Geneva for pleasure, accompanied only by her suite. At the police station .the prisoner said: “Who am I? Tam an anarchist —a starving anarchigt.” » S “Then you hate mankind?” said the commigsary. ;

“No, I have no hatred for the poor—only for the rich,” was the reply. Taken to court and examined by a magistrate in the presence of the police and three members of-the local government, he remained silent, indicating falsely that he knew no French. His name was learned by documents found in his pcckets. These showed that he was born in Paris, of I{alian parents, in 1873, and served in the [talian army. - Paa

Punishment for the Crime.

The murderer cannot, under the laws of Switzerland, suffer anything more severe than a lifetime imprisonment, even for killing an empress. This is assuming that extraordinary measures are not taken by the government, because of international sympathy and international pressure, to visit vengeance on the murderer, regardless of the laws of the canton in which the crime was committed. This question will be decided at an extraordinary federal council to be held fn Tlerne at once. !

After the Duc de Orleans.

The assassin while being interrogated by the magistrate said he came to Geneva with the intention of killing Duc D’Orleans, but the latter had already left. Toachini followed the duke to Evian, about 25 miles northeast of Geneva, on the lake, where he was again unsuccessful. He then returned to Geneva and learned from the papers of the presence of the Austrian empress. Friday he dogged her footsteps, but found no opportunity to carry out his purpose, though he watched the Hotel Beaurivage all day. The assassin maintains his c¢ynical demeanor and frankly congratulates himself upon the_success of his crime. He says: ‘I am.an anarchist, butl belong to no committee. I acted on my own initiative. Let them do as they like with me. That is my strength.”

Horror in Switzerliand.

Berne, Switzerland, Sept. 12.—The president of Switzerland and other members of the government were stunned with horror and grief when the news reached the palace that the empress, 8o beloved by all Europeans,

had fallen a victim to an assassin within the borders of their eountry. Thfey immediately arranged to hold an extraordinary federal council on Sunday morning in order to cousider the mgas_ures to take against the assassin. The latter' must be tried according to the statutes of the canton'in which the ecrime was committed,which forbid -capital punishment .and make lif%a_imprisonme'nt the, most - severe penalty which can be imposed.

[ An Autopsy. ‘ Emperor Francis Joseph telegraphed the Austrian minister, Count \"dn Kuefstein, to consent to a post mértem examination. Dr. Reverdin, Dr. Megevaus and M. Golday,.mayor of Geneva, were intrusted with the examination of the wound, on behalf of the judicial authorities, and accordingly proceeded to the Hotel Beaurivage, where they carried out their instructions. At the close of the examination they announced that death

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Great Grief in Vienna.

Vienna, Sept. 12.—7The news of the assassination became known here shortly before six o’clock Saturday evening. It spread like lightning. The streets suddenly filled with multitudes of people, many becoming impdssable for vehicles. . Extra editions were issued by all the papers. Many Viennese considered the report incredible, until .the semi-official Wiener Abendpost appeared, confirming the statements of the other papers. All the papers accompanied the anmouncement with warm tributes to the empress. They were eagerly snatched from the hands of the sellers and were read aloud to groups of citizens. An incredible grief overpowers the people. The performances at the court theaters and the jubilee exhibition have been canceled.

Plans for the Fumeral.

.Vienna, Sept. 12.—The plans for the funera! of the late Empress Elizabeth contemplate bringing the remains to Vienna next Thursday, a-lying-in-stats on Friday, and the obsequies of interment on Saturday. Every flag in the city is at half-mast and the theaters, races and other amusements are suspended indefinitely. All'the archdukes and Archduchess Marie Valerie have arrived at Schoenbrunn. It was reported that Emperor Francis Joseph had gone to Geneva by a special.train, but this was an error. Atnoon Sunday lfle had not: yet left Schoenbrunn. Crown Princess Stephanie, who has been staying at Darmstadt, has been summoned. I The Emperor’s Grief,

| The emperor’s fortitude is the topic of universal admiration. He is bearing up manfully despite the terrible shock, which, in" view cf his age, had inspired the greatest apprehension. Although at first stunned and then slightly hysterical, he soon regained his self-control, and displayed remarkable calmness. Occasionally, however, ¢ompletely overpowered by ‘his grief, he moaned piteously, repeatedly sobbing the name of 'the empress. Addressing Prince Von Lieccthstein, chief marshal of the imperial household, he exclaimed Saturday evening: “It.is inconceivable how a man could lift his hand against one who never in her life injured anybody, one who did nothingt but goad.” Then he moaned: ‘“Nothing is spared to me in this world.” He managed to sleep several hours Saturday night, and said in the morning he felt comparatively well, discouraging the attempts of his attendants to display solicitude for his health. ’ ] i

' Dispatches 6f condolence are arriving ‘at the palace from all parts of the world, testifying to profound horror and sympathy. Among them are messages from President McKinley, from Emperor William: and from nearly all the European sovereigns. The court will go into mourning for six months.

The Late Empress.

[The empress of Austria was born- December 24, 1837. She was a daughter of Duke Maxmiliar of Bavaria, and was married to Francis Joseph, emperor of Austria, and king of Hungary, April 24, 1854, They had three children, Archduchess Gisela, who is married to Prince Luitpold, of Bavaria; Archduke Rudolph, who married Princess Stephanie of Belgium, and who was (seemingly) assassinated in 1889, and Archduchess Maria Valeria, who married Archduke Franz Salvator, of Austria-Tus-cany. The late empress was an enthusiastic horsewoman.]

TRAGEDY IN MICHIGAN.

A Farmer Murders His Wife and Fatally Stabs Her Sjgter Near Grand Rapids.

Grand Rapids, Mich., Sept. 12.—Jesse Badgerow, a farmer living seven miles southeast of here, on Saturday killed his wife and fatally stabbed her sister, Miss Aylesworth, after which he fled. Mrs, Badgerow went to visit her father, John Aylesworth, five miles north, about a week ago. Badgerow wanted her to return, but she refused. Saturday she came back with her two-year-old son, accompanied by her sister, aged 17 years. Badgerow met them at the gate and after a few angry words drew a knife, i‘l‘{led his wife, fatally stabbed her sisk{\r\ and then took to the woods. .

. After cémmit_ting the crime Badgerow went to the home of his mother, told her what had happened, kissed her farewell and disappeared. He was found a few hours later in his brother’s barn, and when the officers ordered him to surrender he drove his knife into his heart and died before their eyes. Pan 3

A Hundred Lives Lost.

Yokohama, Sept. 12.—The central provinces of Japan have been swept by a terrible typhoon which has caused heavy floods, doing immense damage ‘and destroying 100 lives. e

LIVES CRUSHED OUT. - Explosion of Gasoline Demolishes Several Buildings in Philadelphia —At Least Four' Deaths Result. Philadelphia, Sept. 12.—8 y the explosion of 40 gallons of gasoline in the cellar of a grocery store at 1444 South street Sunday, certainly four and possibly a dozen or more lives were lost. As an immediate consequence of the explosion the building where it occurred and those adjoining it on either side collapsed and up to ten o’clock, four hours after the occurrence, four bocies had been recovered from -the ruins and three of these identified as follows: Samuel Schattehstein, keep‘er of the grocery store; his 19-year-old son, Abraham; a ten-months-old child named Goldberg. The fourth body was that of a girl about ten years old. - How the explosion occurred is yet unknown. The front of 1444 was immediately blown out and this was followed by the collapse of that struecture and Nos. 1442, occupied by Morris Goldberg’s furniture store, and 1446, Louis Sallonese’s shoe store. The west wall of 1440, occupied by L. Wanger's clothing store, wasßlown out. All the buildings were cf brick, three stories in height. o o T In the confusion and excitement following the disaster, it is as yet impossible to secure anything like an accurate census of the occupants, but it is generally stated that the upper floors were crowded with families, huddled together tenement fashion. Coming as it did at the supper hour, it is feared. the lcss of life will be hieavy. The list of injured will be long. They were taken to all the hospitals within a radius of a mile. '

After the. recovery of the four bodies, the authorities decided to pestpone the search for additional victims uatil this morning, thus obviating the dangers and delays of ‘working upon the mass of debris and wreckage in th& darkness. RGP

The corpses of Schattenstein and his son were picked up on the steps of No. 1444, The unidentified ten-year-old girl was found pinioned by a mass of timbers in the rear of the same building and the Goldberg child died while being takem to a hospital. The injured at the Howard hospital number seven. C - .

Estimates of the number of missing vary from eighteen to six. - The accepted theory of the accident is that Schatterstein went into the cellar with a lighted lamp, which ignited the fumes of the gasoline. From the position of his body and that of his son on the front steps it is thought they were emerging from the house when caught by the falling walls. The collapsé of the buildings occurred within two minutes of the explosion, and/the occupants had little time or chance to escape. o ‘ .

FOUR WILL NOT SERVE.

Men Selected for the Commission of - Army Inquiry Refuse < ‘ S - to Aect.

Washington, Sept. 12. — The president has urged the following named gentlemen amongrothe’rs to accept place on the committee requested by Secretary Alger- to investigate the conduct of the war: | Lieut. Gen. John M. Schofield. . Gen. John E. Gordon. : ’ i Gen. Grenville M. Dodge. z President D. C. Gilman. Gen. Charles F. Manderson. - Hon. Robert T. Lincoln. . Daniel S. Lamont. . o Dr. W. W. Keene. - . Col. James A. Sexton.’

Gen. Schofield has declined to serve on the commission. Declinations have also been received from former Secretaries of War Robert T. Lincoln and Daniel S. Lamont. : Gen. Gordon has already informed the president his health ~will not permit him to take part in the proposed investigation. President C. D. Gilman, of Johns Hopkin's univérsity, will, it is now believed, accept. There'is some hesitation to accept on the part of others who have been invited to serve on the commission, but have intimated that they would gccept and have asked further time to consider. . ; .

It is not known why Gen. Schofield has declined to serve. Ex-Secretary Lamont is reported to have declined for séveral reasons, the most -important of which is that he considers itarather delicate thing to investigate the administration of his Ssuccessor, and besides this his large business in. terests demand all of his time. It i the president’s wish that the commission to investigate the war department should finish'its labors'and formulate its report before congress meets, so that its findings and recommendations may be embodied in the annual message. - ,

SPAIN’S SENATE APFROVES.

American Protocol Is Adopted by Formal Vote of Members—Attack on United States. .

Madrid, Sept. 12.—The ‘senate has adopted the Hispano-American protocol by a sitting and standing vote. During the seénate session Senator Lastres, of Puerto Rico, and Senator Pinedo, of Cuba, violently attacked the United States for “having seized the Autilles, regardless of justice and legality,” and for “discarding the mask of humanity assumed in order to get possession of the two islands, the great majority of whose people is devoted to Spain.”

Fire in Wal\rla Walla, Wash.

Walla Walla, Wash., Sept. 12.—Near!y $60,000 worth of property was destroyed by fire here. The plant of the Hunt Manufacturing company, which supplies a large portion of the harvesting machinery used in Walla Walla: and Palouse valley, also Roberts’ foundry, two dwellings and a warehouse, werecompletely destroyed.

Two Men Killed.

Ottumwa, la., Sept. 12.—1 n a wreck on the East lowa division -of the Burlington road’at Tyrone, a small station 40 miles west of here, the engineer and fireman were killed. | T

Business Block Burned.

Red Bluff, Cal., Sept. 12.—Fire broke out early Sunday morning on Main street and before it was extinguished destroyed an entire block of the finest buildings ivf the town. The loss to property owners will be more than $lOO,OOO, of which the insurance is barely half that sum. The origin of the fire is unknown. 5 :

- - Passed Away. | : ~ New York, Sept. 12.—Rev. Dr, Albert S. Hult, for 20 years secretary of the American Bible society, died Sunday at his home in Brooklyn of bxgnchit}‘s.ﬂ aged 72 years. L TP o

Taints the blood of millions, and sooner oz later may, break out in hip disease, running sores ‘or some more complicated form. Ta ‘cure scrofula or prevent ' it, . thoroughly purify your blood with Hood's Sarsuparilla, which -has a‘continually growing record of wonderful cures. - . ‘. Hood’s®asa - ¥ - I § | ~ parilla ‘ls America’s Greatest Medicine. 81; six for &. Hood’s Pills cure indigestion, biliousness. m’ e e e e e e e ettt New Mother-in-Law Story. . A Cleveland man who went east to spend Lis vacation brought home w:ith him what he thinks is a new mother-in-law story. Moth-er-in-law stories are a drug on the market, but this-one seems to pe a little less Jdruggy thdan usual. A man and his wife went to Eurape and the man’s mother-in-law went along.” Up to- this point there is no novelty in the story. ‘On the voyage the mother-in: law fell ill and died.” Of course she had to be ‘buried at sea, and so the usual canvas sack was made, but instead of an iron weight to sink the body they used a big bag of coal. In commenting .on the arrangements afterward the bereaved son-in-law, who stuttered badly, said: “I—always knew where m-m-m--mother-in-law was g-going; but b-b-blame me if I s-s-supposed she’dshave to carry her own £f-f-fuel.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer.

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“Have you a soul for music?” she asked as she turned-from the piano. >« “For music, yes,” he replied, and then he hastily changed the subject and neglected to ask her to sing again. ) S s But she knew.. You can’t always fool a girl, even if she does think she has a voice.— Chicago Post. |

Free Homes in Western Florida. There are about 1,000,000 acres of Gov-. ernment land in Northwest Florida, subject to homestead entry, and about half as much again of railroad lands-for sale at very low rates. These lands are on_or near the line of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, and Mr. R. J. Wemyss, General Land Commis-/ sioner, Pensacola, will be glad to write you all about them. If you wish to go down and look at them, the Louisville & Nashville Railroad provides the way and the opportunity on- the first. and third Tuesday ‘of each month,,with excursions at only $2 over one fare, for round-trip tickets. Write Mr. C. P. Atmore, General Passenger Agent, Louisville, Ky., for particulars. - * - —— e . Where a Strong Bond Is Needed. Jeweler—Narrower and lighter wedding rings are fashionable. MzWhy do you want one so broad and heavy? __Customer—We expect to move to North: Dakota -after ~ the- wedding. — Jewelers’ Weekly. - ; i | e i e ” FREE! i \ Tl «a Home in Texas” Is the title of a wamphlet giving full description of 30,000-acres of fertile farm lands on sale at Chesterville, Colerado County, Texas. This with full particulars in regard to cheap rates, ete., furnished free upon application to Southepn Texas Colonization Company, John Linﬁlerholm, Megr.; No. 110 Rialto Bldg., Chieago, 111. !

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