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fJv Janesvflle, March a young son of Harry Daverkosen, who Jives near here, -disappeared several days and his parents were of the opinion mat he had been -drowned or had met n'Play. Mr. Daverkosen searched nigh and low for'his son and finally succeeded in locating him in the Mendota insane asylum, where be had been sent the assumed name of Henry Lansing. Qn March 21 Sheriff. Appleby took a stranger whom he found wandering around.the city and placed him in jail.

The next day he discovered that the boys mind was not balanced and secured a commission for'his examination. Drs. Joseph B. Whiting and E. H.

Dudlev examined Lansing at the jail, and while they found his mind greatly impaired tbey did not consider him really insane JJey decided, however, that he was a nt subject for treatment in the state aiyluui. and therefore reported in favor of sending him to Mendota. Immediately -after the ooy was sejit to Mendota the police were notified of Ithe disappearance of young Daveikosen. and the Jatber became very anxious to know of his -w hereabouts. The father described the joung men to Sheriff Appleby and the description fitted Lansing so perfectly that the father went to Meudota wlieie he found hw lost boy.

He secured hib release and him home. THE MORTUARY RECORD. There were Many Deaths In Wisconsin Last Week. Stevens Point, March btuuipf, a well-known resident of this cm. died this He had.

been in Jailing health for the past three mouths but was to walk out yebterday afternopn. A stroke of last night soon ended -fatally. The deceased wiib 07 years of agis He was born in tierniauy and had Inod here since 184'J. lie served Co. Wibcuusm volun- (., teers, for m-er two years, haMng been commissioned firM: lieutenant before discharged on account of wounds, the disability beiug permanent.

He had nelU the olhces of county couutv judge, register of deedh, county tr, clerk court, city tlerk, city treasurer. City attorney and justice of the peace. He was a prominent Odd Fellow uud Mason and leiues a Jamilv of three The funeral nil! lie held Suudav aftepuoou. I'lainheld, March Freeman T. Bound, wife of a prominent farmer of this town, died at her home yesterday after a long and lingering illness, aged about 50 Marniette, March 2S Kimiej, a Mannette man viorkine in the sawmill of the a.

H. Westuiore Lumlier oouipmij at Dnggctt. dead this nioisiiiig at 11 o'clock. Kmuej was fctanding by his saw mid when lie felt narrowly missed striking it. His wift- and four children live here.

He 43 yours of ago. iLT 11 1 1 Wis March 'Mary Alctlroy, one of the oldest settlers of this died this morning, aged SU years, nlio. with her husband, who died about four ago, came to Berlin in 1850. J-hey were married -1S3U, She seven children, viz Thomas Me- TS.V 1 1 much money, those in this dty who'were more familiarly acquainted her and who declare that the old lady's only genres of income -was what she realized by a5he "IS 81 ecn ar eccentric that of sleeping nightly in a epfilrfc Twenty yean ago she-purchased a casket and at her own request she was fanned in it after she had used it a. score of yens for bed.

Her sojourn at the poorhonse was one of contentment. During the summer months she could be seen knitting the shade of the trees, which now mark her final resting place Her dying request was that she be buried in the coffin which she purchased so tone ago and which -was her resting place in life. Jt is not known whether- she had any relatives hereabouts or not. RAILROAD BRIDGE BURNED. Delay In Traffic on the St.

Paul Road at Waterloo. Waterloo, March railroad bridge three miles east of this village on the Watertown division of the St' Paul road, burned last night, and traffic was delayed till noon when the damage wns tem repaired so trains can cross The bridge is supposed to have caught from sparks from the passenger tram west last evening and wai, discovered this morning tefore any trains reached it. Fifty-two feet at the north end of the bridge was destroyed. Passengers on the morning trains were transferred by boat. SUFFOCATED IN THEIR STALLS.

Three Horses Burned to Death In a Barn at Janesville. Janesville. March lorses of Charles Graves vtere suffocated in their stalls shell his barn was de- troyed bj, fire last night Neighbors leard the animals stamping abont before he alarm was turned but thought lothmg of it. Graves' loss will reach 400 and the loss on the building is about TiOO more. EXPIRED OF APOPLEXY.

Sndden Demise of B. F. Frlsble at PJne -Riier. Pine River, March I'risbje dropped dead this morning of npoplixy at the age of 7T years. came here in and h.id identified with all niattcts pertaining to the welfare of Waushara county and held many public offices of trust.

He erected the nrst sawmill and sash, door and blind factory in this county. A WOMAN COMMITS SUICIDE Mary- Kesster Drowns Herself In Lake Mendota; Madison, March Marv Kesster. a sister of the wife of Dr. Cornelius, the well-known dentist, -committed this morning by drowning herself in two feet of ater Lake Mendota. fene was about 50 years of age Temporary insanity was the cause of her act.

KILLED IN A PULP MILL, or Richmond fanmed loss Madison, broke out in the huge plant of ihe-Fnller Johnson company at 2 o'clock this after- soon. For a. time it looked as if a disastrous blaze- would result, but the firemen soon had the fire under control. The wind also favored the firemen. The damage will amount to $4000.

Barb Telephone Wire. Marshfield, Wig, April L-The telephone line between this place and Hewitt, a distance, ot five miles, in which-one of tbe barb wires of a- fence extending rC? of the Wisconsin Central railroad is practically a success over which messages are being sent and received. It was only tried as an experiment; but works so wejl that it will be used right along and may be extended to Anburndale farther down the line. New Postmaster Appointed. Washington, D.

March Dowe was today appointed post- Oakh 'D. Jefferson county, vice W. C. Ebbott resigned. Washington, D.

April postmasters were appointed today as follows: Carlisle, Clarke county, O. J. Crockett, vice K. W. Canfidd, resigned- Aen-tonburg.

-Manitowoc county John Ludwjg, vice E. A. Truettner, resigned; ht Joseph, La Crosse county, Nicholas Zanto, -vice John Lusk, deceased. I Blaze Near Trempealean. TrempeJleau, March 29 residence and barn of Charles Klein several miles out on Tamarack creek, was destroyed by fire together with consid- SLAXDEE IS A PEATEB.

7T, ,14. AUUIUUS Jhlroy of bhuIKburg. Alexander McLlroy ol Kockford. SainueL A- Mt'Elrqy Bmte. Mont Mrs.

1). and W. of Milwaukee, and Emma McElroy, who lived a-t home. "March O. Wingnlder, a prosperous and 11 La Prairie farmer, dropped dead while getting into his buggy this morning He was 5o years of age and had lived in Hock county for many years March William hnovt.

aged 76 years, died of kidney disease this morning at the home of his sister, Mrs. Capt Spaulding. Deceased an old Massachusetts whaler but for some years past had made his home vttth sister here. Seeunh. March Nicholas, an old settler of Menasha, died Fri- fln.v night of pneumonia.

His wife died the day previous- of the disease, ine double funeral will take place Sunday nt a p. m. ISscaunba. Mich, March Gor- of the Metropolitan Lumber cornpanv at Metropolitan, dieO- tuddeulv yesterday after an illness of a few days. Bitraboo, April Fowler aged 54 years, died yesterday of mieu- moma after an illness of only two When the war came on he enlisted with Sixth Wisconsin infantry and was, Afterward -promoted to lieutenant in the Seventeenth Wisconsin.

He leaves ft wife and daughter. Portage, April -Koby died Saturdaj of heart failure She 1 at New London. X. Jmmnrv 111. ISH- hhe came to Portage in IgUC Bamboo, April James Fowler, whose husband diet! expired this years.

They Will be- buried together. C. H. Wilcox, representing the boot and shoe firm of M. D.

Wellt Co, of Chicago, died suddenly at the Warren houce at noon today. His home was in Jauesville. Heart failure was the trou- April G. Fatal Accident Caused by a Carlln Bursting at Shawano. Shawano.

April Splitgerber, aged 17 years, was instantly killed at the pulp mills here this morning by the bursting of a carlin disk with kiihes set in its face and called a barker. A portion weighing over seventy-five pounds went crashing through the timbers and JJS? ne lln and was found in the pond, 200 feet FATAL HUNTING TRIP. loulg 1-ederer Accidentally Shot and Killed at Mequon. Mequon, April hunting for ducks on Milwaukee river at this place yesterday, Louis Lederer, a 19-year-old young man, accidentally shot himself and was instantly killed. No one knows how it happened.

The young man was the to support his mother. RUN DOWN BY A TRAIN. Los Angeles, April Clark has overruled the demurrer interposed by Rev. J. Campbell, in the suit charging -him with "slandering Miss Tesea L.

the librarian of the Los Angeles public library. The basis of the action was a prayer offered by the defendant before his ccugre 0 -ation in the i'Ai ihareh. which he said- Oh, Lord, vouchsafe Thy saving'grace to the librarian of the Los Angeles titv library and cleanse her of all sin anil make her a woman worthy of her "er. Campbell, in his demurrer, took the position tha; statement was privileged. court held that a slander can be perpetrated in the form of a praver as readily as in any other form of speech ana tbat no communication made bv nar- son or priest to hrs congregation is'privi- leged because of such relation unless nernnps.

Alien made in the discharge of his duties with regard to the discipline of the church and then onlr unless'madi' without malice. KILLED HER CHILDEEK Albert tarson Fatally Injured liy the Cars at Kenosha. Kenosha, March Larson, a Danish citizen of this town and a cabinetmaker at Bain's wagon works', was found on the track after the passage of the 0.30 train last night, with one arm entirely severed and hia scalp terribly lacerated. It is feared he cannot live. He is years old and single.

JEWELRY AND SHOES. Burglars BreaV Into 8. P. George's Store at Spring Green. Spring Green, March entered the shoe store of George Post's new block last night" effecting an entrance through a cellar window.

They took $200 worth of Jewelry and shoes. Two burglars were driven away from a store in the same block last Saturday night DEATH OF MYRON HQWE. Columbus, April Saturday Mrs. W. H.

B. Wilhamsi wife Of a rea'l estate man residing at Grove City, about eight miles southeast of Columbus, arrived the city with her three children Annie, aged 14; Maud, 12. and Harry, 7, and registered at the Park hotel. Yesterday morning about o'clock Mrs. Williams left the hotel and about 3 o'clock this afternoon a chambermaid found two of the children, JIatid and Harry, dead in bed Tvith their throate cut.

There was a bloody razor on the foot of the bed. Ine boy had died without a struggle but there were evidences that the. girl had nad a fierce fight with her inhuman mother. Annie said that when her mother went away sEe cautioned her not to go near the bed, and to say nothing to anyone abont her absence. Mr.

Williams arrived this afternoon and would not permit his daughter to talk. FAVOES THE SETTLEBS. Marquette, March land office here has now decided fifty of the eighty contests between the settlers and the Portage Lake Canal company, and but two were decided in favor of the company. All are issues of fact -as to whether bona fide settlement was made prior to May, 5 S5, but the Canal company will appeal to the general land office. All the cases decided against it were on the point as to what constitutes a bona fide settlement.

Many of the caes are intricately, involved, there having oeen as high as eleven claimants for one quarter section and nearly all the attorneys in this county were engaged on that case, SCOTT'S BIG SHOBTAGE. G. a "'Chly respected lady of this city, died tJus morning after a ten days' illneks of tlie grippe and other complications. The funeral will be held Thursday Wis, April Geroud. an old-time resident of this citv died fast evening, need CO years ceased had resided here since 1853 and for a number of years conducted furniture store.

Kenobha, April Head died in t'tica. X. yesterdav' aged 72 years. He was a brother of Daii- ii'l Head, the banker here, and was a prominent merchant of this city betw een 1848 and 1803 and was well known here. A LOST INDUSTRY.

Galesvffle Farmers will Take No Chances in Raising Cane. Galesville, March industry which for the -piast ten years has been engaged in in this section is rapidly going into a state of is the growing of cane and the manufacture- of sorghum. The farmers begau planting cane about ten years ago, and a half dozen manufactories wore established 111 this Immediate viciuity. "The farmers made much of a success in the new ture for several years, but the early of late years have put a damper on the Almost the entire crop was destroyed one season and since that time Mf.6 farmers ha.w been afraid to take the risk of planting heavily. When the sorghum craze began, the factories wore night and day to take' care of the "product, but now but few of the mills are operated and those only for a -few Weeks in a HAD NO INSURANCE.

Junction City Farmer Loses His Barns and Machinery by Fire. -Junction City, March Arudt, a farmer, wat. burning brush ves- terday. The high wind earned a sp'ark and eet fire to his which was totally destroyed with alT bis hay, grain and farm machinery. The loss is estimated at $2500; ad insurance.

Johnsons Creek, targe wooden warehouse owned by Fred Jaehnke used as a storage for farm ngrlcnttural Implements -was partially destroyed by fire late yesterday afternoon. The loss on the building was partly insurance. HER BED FORA COFFIN. Mrs. Sesoh Buried in the Gsnket She Had in for Twenty fears.

Oshtnah March 28. The re- Resch, for many years' an of this city, were laid rtst yegtwday afternoon in the ceme- gf Poor farm. There were friends of the deceased -at the who attended the funeral serv- by the name of "BaaU," She had attained of 100 most HP other pack -of docs a pecoliai ivssEii He was Prominent and Wealthy Kesl- dent of Omro. Oshkosh, April Howe, a prominent and wealthy pioneer resident of Jhe town of Omro, died last night of paralysis, aged 84 years. Wisconsin Granted.

Washington, D. C. March pensions were granted today as follows: Ellis (deceased) Milwaukee; James H. Flint, Fort Atkinson. L.

Moss, National Soldiers' home. James A. Tilden, Smnner; James Lewis, Cadott. Tauberg. JauesviUe.

H' Miles, Wittenberg. of -Henry J. Sides, Mount Horeb Washington, D. March pensions were granted today as follows: Wick, National home; James Rochford, National Soldiers' home. Additional- George F.

Barker, Manitowoc. Restoration-Jeremiah Hickman, Fremont National Soldiers' home; Henry Tipp, Gratiot; Patrick Lnlly, ew Reap (deceased). Milwaukee. Washington, D. April pensions were granted today as fol- G.

Duell MorrilL S. Rich- Hermon Hohr, Wayside; Robert Ciller 1 ortage. Reissue and Darling, Niellsville; Widow Minerva Adams, Oconto. D. April pensions were granted today -as follows: Langenhagen.

tional Milwaukee home. Patrick Cahul. National home. Restoration and Additional Micliael (deadV. Milwanbec.

Reissue-John Pear- sou. Widows Margaret A Mosher, Applehin; Katrina £Tmmt oneboygan; Louisa Schafer, Wansau. Two bwellinics Burned. Palmyra March Thompson's residence in the town of La 1 as by fire together will all the contents. The loss is $800- insurance J450.

The dwelling of A. Walskie in the town Awarded Highest Fair. Winona, rumored shortage in the accounts of George C. Scott, late cashier of the Mississippi River Logging company, is now definitely known. Mr.

Dimmock of iloline has been checking up the firm's books and the deficit already discovered amounts to $22,000. It is said Scott's peculations have been carried on for several years. As cashier of the company he was intrusted with the care of large sums of moner. Ihe officials of the company placed im- pUcit confidence- in Scott's honesty and the result is a great surprise to TAYLOE 18 IN CHILI. death of John Wi" see at tie legal depart ment ot the Chlcagq, Mjlwankee Paul Raflway oialpanj" and for many years general counsel of.

that corporation, occurred at his rooms in tye Victoria hotel, Chicago, at o'ctoct on tre morning of the 29th. Of the "old guard" that served when the strnggles-of-the St. territory and supremacy began which Mr. Cary an actree member, S.J?S ority Passed Of those left there are D. Keyes of the general freignt department, who has been with the road since-its inception; Don J.

Whittemore, chief engineer; W. E. Kittridge of the mechanical departtnent; C. A. Place, paymaster, and J.

p. Whaling, the first now retired John W. Cary was recognized as one of the -shrewdest railroad lawyers in the country. He became connected with what is now the great St. Paul system its mfaucy joining the forces of Alexander S.

S. Merrill and the other leaders in building up that system, in December, 1859. He was bin in Addison county, February 11, J.ai and consequently past 78 years Hib rwnoved to Western Sgsr York when he was about ti years old and he entered school there, completing his collegiate education at Union college. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1844, and until 1S3U he practiced in Wayne and Cayuga counties, when he started for the New West locating that year in Racine, where he began the practice of the law. A few years later he was elected from that county to the state and in 1SOT was elected mayor of Racine.

He also served as school commissioner and was active establishing the school system upon a substantial basis In IS-j'J he was appointed attorney of the St. laul company and soon became its general solicitor. In that capacity he sncr-c-sfuHy conducted all of the cum- pany s- extensile nearly alwajs winning his Of his capacity for legal work and his great success as a pleader it is said of Mr. Cary that at one session of the Supreme court he tried fourteen important tases and won every one of them, with such distinguished attorneys as CaJtb Curbing, Henrv A. Lram and Matt.

H. Carpenter opposing him. These suits from SoOO- 000 to $1.000,000 each. A numbeV of his friends insisted on nominating him for Congress in IfelH, the Democratic ticket, but he was defeated by the votes of the soldiers at the front, although he received a majority of the votes of men at home. He was elected, however, to the assembly in 1872.

Mr. Cary was united in marriage in Wayne countv. New lork, to Isabel Brinkerhoff and she and seven children, five sons and two daughters, survive, him. The of Mr. Cary, all of whom are successful busmen men, are Melbert Aon lorfc, a soii-in-Iaw of the kite W' H.

Metcalf; Fred Chicago; John -jNew tork: George and Paul, Chicago. The daughters are Mrs. Sherburn San- buni, wife of the general superintendent of the Chicago Xorth-WeVtern railroad and Mrs. Kendrick, widow of U. Ivendncfc, who resided with her parents at Hmsdale, a suburb of Chicago Mr, Cary's hrst legal work for the railroad company was to foreclose the mortgages given by the La Crosse -Milwaukee Railroad company and to procure decrees for the sale of the property On the sale under these mortgages the present road was organized and ever since its organization and up to the hour of his death Mr, Cary had full charge of its legal department and ably administered its affairs.

He fought to speedy termination all the big suits against the company growing out of foreclosures and attendant upon railroad organization and building at tbat early day and no attorney engaged by a railway corporation anywhere iu the country stood higher than John W. Carv It is not believed tfiat there will be a successor to General Counsel Cary, or at least not for some tiAe. The fact that all the really extensive and exceedingly important litigation for the company, such as the complete settlement of the old La Crosse suits, has. been ended under -Mr. Cary 3 management and there are no extensive cases before the legal department points to the possibility that the department will remain, for the time being at least, as it is at present organized, with the following assistant general solicitors in charge: Burton Hanson.

Field and Charles B. Keeler, all of whom have had thorough training under and are in i'very way familiar with the work of the department" In tne event of an advancement in the ranks Mr. Field or Mr. Hanson would succeed to the position, but this is not now considered likelr. Mr Field fs a relative of Justice Field of the United StaU'S Supreme court, and formerly practiced lay Milwaukee.

Mr. Hanson is also a Milwaukeean and standa high in his profession. 1 across 1 to the- Sickles- 0 place, wKere he nna tne stone facing of- the IB crowd of nends oj- a shooting and. emptied his re- Hung; Chang's wound ia healing lolera is increasing at Port Arthur, GUATEMALA IS SAFE. City of Mexico, April Guatemalan boundary question is -settled.

President Diaz has formally signed, with, the Guatemalan minister, the official Whi revent ed the threaS ptn bet veen ft two countries, for tul are heard pn all sides Mhiil? i ken 16 President, 1 generally at a time full of danger and menace to taenatiqns safety and dignity. -ine uij Bias, a newspaper, says it was watate mbitlon to set'Mexico into war. were, pushed so un to a short time ago country tW Guatemala was forced to desist by lack of funds for arming and equipping troops to push against the mobilized by Mexico on the- south? era frontier. The action of Guatemala further interest on itt foreign debt proved a swift boomerang upon- itself when it tried to raise the Sary rr am onut to "Punish military stores. Having no other alternative has Washington, D.

April un- I0e3 roachin Washington, the te rJ ay by w)licl1 wa between Mexico and Guatemala was avoided are sub- r1. own tM demanS were the form of an ultimatum sent by Secretary Mariscal on Nevember 27, embracing the following points? Ie VS? satisfaction for Injuries re- whert by the Invasion of her territory'and for the vexations of wlik-h and 'T 1K Wood of Pedro nn 'nS Pt San and Sau llean resldeuts SSrJ thn Un( l'' rsto that 52,000,000 was tne amount of indemnity demanded by Mesico, also that she insists on Guatemala uismisbing her surveyor-general who had taken part in locating the boundary ailu 12. Guatemala answered the ultimatum. It was pacific in tone but did not concede Mexico's right to the tne right of a fixed cash indemnity fn Be otmt are a compromise between the ultimatum and reply It is believed that Mexico has agreed fo arbitrate the amount of cash indemnity, in- claimed exactms the first Senor Romero, the Mexican minister nas oeen kept advised of the negotiations' but neither he nor Senor ArfSSTSS Guatemalan mmi-ter, are yet in a position to make public the exact terms on which war was averted. President Diaz has announced that the terms would be communicated to Congress later.

J-He peace agreement is regarded as rwt far importance to the Central American states which have expected for the last six months to be plunged into a bloody struggle. The Ca arm 7 and Quavy have b( preparing for the conflict and calculations have been made as to where the troops could be landed in Guatemala The -Mexican army numbers on a peace footing, with 165,000 available on The Guatemalan army numbers 3000 on a peace footing The agreement now effected puts an end to the active war preparations. the forest fires which have been raging in Southern Indiana. Illinois" Supreme court decided legal. appOTtwnme nt act-of 1893 was an Supreme court of Iowa has five hundred coal min- er Appanoose (Ia.) district have towns voted on license ot ority J9 loons carried in MeFarland was fatally injured by a premature explosion of dynamite at Clinton, la.

Ballard, traveUng man for the Baylor bhoe company, committed suicide- at Cincmnati. -George W. Prince (Rep.) was elected -nrvnTT the Tenth Illinois district by 1000 plurality. le i as 6 sn ddenly Pnrdy vegetable, mfld i digesBpn. completa fawrpuu healthful regularity.

For Ihe cure of i orders of tie- Stomach. Lrrtr, BovOt, Bladder, Nervous Diseases. DYSPEPSIA M.BA1WAT: jg. IHAVE BEENSOFFKEEfG FKOSirT SIA FOB OVER HGHTEES YKAKS; HAD A NUMtJKE OP DOCTORS TO Mi BDT WITHOOT ANY BE I TRIED DR. PIUS XaTHE OF BOXES, 3r 1 1 UfO I GREWWOHS THAI i MEALS BEFORE MS TO LOSE MTAP AND BE OJfABLE TO EAT ASVfE NOW 1 HAVE BEEJT TAKISQ PttLS AND THEY HAVE HELPED 60 GRATEFUL THAT I MUST EX THANKS TO YOU.

1AM ALL RIGHT. AND CAS VT DRISK WITH TION ESJOYMENT. JOHX REOEN, 147 aumptcr Bio Price 25 cu. per boz. Sold by all oas ssw ias noros i TO A MONUMENT.

Bomb Exploded -at Hentzi Shaft la Budapest. Budapest, April attempt was made last night to blow up the Hentzi monument erected to the memory of the Austrian general Hentzi and the 418 soldiers who fell while defending the fortress against the Hungarians in 1849. ine monument, which stands on George, platz, is a Gothic column in bronze 00 feet high, rising over a group of the dv- ing heroes, crowned by Victory. A well- dressed man was seen to deposit a parcel to which was attached a lighted fuse near the monument. The tremendous shock following shattered the windows of Archduke Joseph's palace, the armory and other buildings in the vicinity.

The monument, however, was not injured. DEATH OF DAVID M. STONE. W. Maines, while leading a cow MI Wa dr half a mile and killed at Sedalia, Mo.

Moriarity, aged 91, in th a prs nal Wend of Daniel O'Connell, died at Dubuque, la. Fulton, aged SO. for thirty- five years toll-gatekeeper at Sterling, 111., died at Lmou Mills, Ind. body of Edith Duvall, who disappeared November 13, was found floatin- in the river at Quincy. 111.

Tne WeMi church, disestablishment Dill passed its second reading in Commons with a majority of 44. are twenty-one lepers in the Canadian lazaretto in New Brunswick cases remain at large. 0 tfme Missouri has signed the legislative bill under which-train robbery is made a capit.il offense. M. dean of the medical department of Uie Western Reserve university, died at Cleveland, aged 01.

Deskins. a -mountain terror of Kentucky, was shot and mortally wounded while resisting arrest at Saylorsville. Thomas-son and Hugeta Xoe were killed in Brodhead mine Trinidad, by falling coal and timbers. W. Cole of the University of Michigan has been made professor of mathematics at Columbia college, New cyclone swept across Boone county uuroonng tearing up trees and-doing other damage.

No lives are reported lost. Macomb, Miss Hattie Davidson was shot and seriously wounded by Lewis Anderson because she refused to marry him. Hicks' team ran away at JNiIes, and his two small children were killed. Hicks and his wife were slightly injured. boys 4 and 6 years of age, were frozen to death in trying to find the sugar- btrsh of their father.

Frank Audrus, near Rose City, Mich. George Anltman, vrfe, of a prosperous farmer, committed suicide by hanging at Pontiac, through illness and despondency. Anna Kahn was taken from Mascoutah, 111., to -Joliet to serve a life term for the murder of her husband, Frederick Kahn. Fisher was shot and at St. Bernard, by Policeman Barney Degnan, who had arrested him for personally abusive language.

Ruggles, daughter of Dr. J. Kuggles of Creston, committed sui- Gcilectfsn aoo Varieties, 7 homo fuhions: I'ThrccMmnluud ulh. IMiblo 1. 1 j.

uf Don-dmtltoff! SU Ox AC MM, LLa fti. lull fun rfJiltoo to all the pxM 2 Fi Lfurd 1'cafc larv Una tart-tie. r.nnlm -ac KaJoor, noniibj nVi i. tue Warerlr, Mrs, -Bnner, ru. -t- popular bon.jret colwlM-7 tamisU slone wortb tha pnre charged for SREAfOFFEB! Td ratecnptloa pra) Tbo Tear, tosrthw our i ParL.

Place. New AIT MTJEDEE. Minneapolis, March special to the Journal from Pierre, S. says that ex-State Treasurer Taylor of bouth Dakpta has been located at Valparaiso, Chili, where he expects to be safe from extradition. He left Havana five weeks ahead of the Pinkerton detectives.

INSANE ASYLUM BDfiNS. A Patient Gives the Alarm and Saves Thirty lives. Columbus April Licking county building for insane was burned before daylight this morning. Jennie Jacoby, an insane patient, gave thS alarm thus saving thirty inmates from death. The origin oT the fire is not known.

EX-COTTON KING DEAD. Close of the Career of Wm. Steenstrand Who was In the Corner. Liverpool, April 2. William Steen- strand, cotton king who exploited the great corner in cotton in 1890, which caused such a sensation and which resulted in his fosing $5,000,000, is dead.

Death of Cainllle Aoacet. Parie, April Doucet, perpetual secretary of the French academy is dead: He was born in Paris May l(j 1S12, studied law and for some "time practiced as a notarv. His earlier dramas were produced at the Odeon with considerable-success. He was elected a member of the French academy April 7, 18G5, in the place of Alfred DP- vigny, and on March 30, 1875, sncceeded- M. Patin as perpetual secretary.

CREAM NMCE. Body Found After Xhree Tears. Indianapolis. April J. Uoacn, a well-known lumlwr merchant Sfr ir 8 1118 received, word from Oty, the remains of his son Harry, aged 25, who was-kflled by a cave-in intbe lead mines near that place May IslKi, nave been uneipectedlv turned np ISO feet bdow the surface and 2oO feet back of-the point where he was carried is announced of Miss Fort Howard, to George Wilson of Medford.

The ceremonytoofc place at the home of the bride's parents. fetsMMictef' to son was torn to Mr. and MTA Arery Hurdl-of New London, and.at St Louis, April saloon of Louis Cella, candidate for the House of Delegates, at Twenty-first and Washington avenues was the scene of a cowardly murder about noon today. George W. Thorn, a watchman employed at the Madison race track, who lived in this city, was fatally shot by O.

A. Day Iborn was taken to the city hospital wnere it was said he could not live more than a few hours. Day was arested and OC rSf up at th Chestnut street station. or fi, Was in Cella's saloon, known as -Ine Place," veith some friends when Day entered. Immediately afterward the shooting began.

Day and Thorn each fired several snots. Bullets from Dav's pistol entered Thorn's breast and shoulder and he fell to the floor. Day ran out Give Away Dr. Pellets To any tme sending name and'address to us on a Postal turd. an Alwira I.

sending JJV TRIA jOieyafec-lgtelyfttrf out some substitute said to if the dealer Jess. Venerable Editor ot the New York Journal of Commerce Passes Away. Brooklyn, N. April M. Stone, the venerable ex-editor of the New York Jsuriial of Commerce, died at his home in this city last night Mr.

Stone was born in Oxford, December 3 1817. He came to Xew -York ia 1S19 to work on the Dry Goods Reporter. Later hi that year he went on the Journal of Commerce to report the dry goods mar- i.et, the produce exchange and the financial news. He has been connected with the paper ever since, at one time bem" its proprietor. For about twenty-five years Mr.

Stone was president of the old" Associated press. His opinions on com. mercial and other matters given in his famous "answers to correspondents" were considered an authority. CLEAN SWEEP IN CLEVELAND. Every Bepnbllcan Elected by Pluralities Cleveland, April made a clean sweep- in yesterday's municipal election in this city, electing every candidate on their ticket by pluralities of from 7000 to 13,000.

MeKjssion (Rep) for mayor, received a plurality of 7171. lie is the youngest man ever elected mayor of the city, being but 32 years of age. Catherine H. T. Avery, the only woman on the Republican school board ticket, is elected.

Although nearly 6000 women registered less than 5000 -This fact is probably due to inclement weaiher. Reports from many towns in Jsoithern Ohio show that women were elected to school boards. As'a rule large Republican gains are reported. FOREST FIBES BAGING. Three Lives Have Already Been Sacrificed In Kentucky.

Bowling Green, April lives are reported to have been lost by the forest fires in this county and one hi Grayson county. Near Hadley in the western part of this countv abont 500 acres of timber have been burned over. The homes of Henry Eiler, Otis Smith and James Walters were destroyed. The families escaped hors.es, but Henry Eiler was fatally burned and a negro farm hand perished ia the Eiler farm. News -was received here that William Edwards, colored, was burned to death while fighting the fire near Anneta in the southern part of Grayson county, where a large amount of timber was burned.

RIDDLED WITH BULLETS, Posse a Negro Wno Had Annoyed Yomi IJMlles. St-Louis. March special to the Post Dispatch from- Jackson, Miss, says that hi the southwestern portion of this county three young ladies en route to an entertainment in with their littlf brother were overtaken-fay an unknown negro, who requested let him nde. They declined iSe, undertook to force himself-into the vehicle, bnt they beat pIL Anfrini At the entertainment they tda whatiad happened and a posse was They found the- negro "and: with-bnDets. uumiujtiea suicide by shooting because of a trivial disagreement with her parents.

-Newton Walters, aged 19. assaulted Dolhe Cos at Galena, Kas. Her brothers George and James came to her rescue and Walters shot killed them. tv eks honeymoon of Prof. M.

w. Harrison, superintendent of schools at Wabash. has -uded in divorce, the professor being the plaintiff. the eldest son of Thomas Mc- t.rigg of Lebanon, committed suicide by shooting himself the heart because of disappointment in lore. J- a coal miner of Boone, shot 14-year-old boy because the boy would not tell where his mother was.

Danl was drunk. The boy ia still alive. J)r, Price's Cream Baking Powder Awarded gold medal Midwinter Fair San Groulx was convicted of a criminal charge at Eagle River and sentenced to seven months at Waupun. InomoM a luxuriant JVevor EUls to Boston "air to ita Youthful Ptmraiiftr GONSUMPTIV VIGOR Easily, Qfllokly, Ponanenffy RetforaL' ITesdneu, Debility, and all the erOs from early erron or later excesses, toe temltt ot explanation and proofs mailed ERIE MEDICAL Buffalo. I PILLS FOR MARRIED This vegetable pill is perfectly tamuess amJaiii produced ia from iu to ti boon.

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