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THE OCALA BANNER i tJS3-ssia

IT RUSSIAN ADMIRAL

J KILLED BY SOLDIER

Orderly Who Had Been Dismis-

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Shoots His Chief

OTHER NEWS REGARDING WAR

Captain of Vessel Refuses to Load a

Cargo at San FranciscoSeventeenWarships Sighted Near Hong Kong

British Ship Hits Mine and Sinks-

St Petersburg May 15 Vice Admir-al

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Nczitoft was shot and killed by anordrely in his room today The or-

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i fired three sot from a revolvera t the 4clm aITnc crime is attrib-uted o th anger of the murderer athis L L ui from his duties as order-ly

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and beitg ordered to proceed to thefront

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Captains Refuse to Load CargoSan Kaiicisco May 15The Chron-

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today says There is over a mil-

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dollars worth of munitions of waris explosive shells unloaded lying on

i the wharf on the Oakland side gf theI bay The shells are consigned to

the Japanese but were made in Ger-many hence there is a suspicion that

f there ultimate destination may beVladivostok The work of loadirsthese shells began on two steamerstout was stopped today when the masters of the vessels ascertained thecharacter of of their consignmenLilany cars sealed and in bond fromNew York have arrived at Long wharlwithin the last week or so Theywere loaded with strong ironboundwoodn cases shipped from Hamburg-to Kcbe apan marked B M E HH and Invoiced as manufactures ofmetal When notified of the charac-ter

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4 of the boxes he was loading thecaptain of the British steamer Heathdene sought the advice of the Britishconsul-

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Seventeen Ships SightedHong Kong May 15Seventeen

warships were sighted during the even-Ingh of May 10 off the Kings Rocknear the entrance of Vanfong bay-

r Transports were seen in Kuabepas-Hon Haikohe bay 75 miles north of

Xamrnah bay the same day

t British Steamer Strikes MineTokio May HThe British steam-

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Sobralens bound from New Chwangi to Kobe struck a mine on Port Ar-

thur yesterday and sank immediatelyt Boats from Port Arthur rescued all

the Europeans aboard but it is believe-

ed that several of the crew and pas-sengers were drowned It is alfeC

believed that the steamer was insidethe zone that ships have been warnedto avoid

Bound for American PortSan Francisco May 15A third

Class cruiser of the Japanese navy isreported to be on the way to this portto undergo repairs and a general over-haulingi The name of the vessel isnot known but from all accounts thEwarship rtely left the Asiatic coastunder orders to come to this port tcbe reoaiitd and it is likely she willupon arrvxl be detained here as waEthe Kusssn cruiser Ljiia until theenl of the war on the Asiatic coastThe Japrnese cruiser is daly expected-to arrive It is presumed that shehas been scout n the Pacific andhaving become sLorc of fuel was or-dered to put in here both for adviceanti to receive an overhauling in caserepairs should be necessary

Goodwin is Now Secretaryi Baltimore Md May 15lohn B

Goodwin exmayor of Atlanta Gathe newly appointed grand secretaryof the sovereign grand lodge of OddFellows has been installed at Oo

L Fellows hall the installation takingL place in the presence of the grand offi ¬

cers James Young senior represen-tative

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r acted in place of Grand SireRobert E Wright of Allentown PaThe new grand secretary was wel-

comed by J N Chapman Mr Goodwinsucceeds the late Frank Grant MrGoodwin will reside in Baltimore dur-ing his tenure of office but will retainhis citizenship in Atlanta

Punished for Anothers CrimeTopeka Kans May 15For twen-

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years Willie Sell has been a con-vict

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I in the Kansas penitentiaryIi charged with the murder of his father

< mother brother and sister having beenjSentenced to life imprisonment afterbne of the most sensational crimesever committed in this state If thet confession of A W Bane who recentJy served a term in the penitentiary-Is trueSell has been punished for acrime In which he had no hand

i Private Banker AssignsNew York May 15n assignment

made late yesterday by A C Vilcoxa privatet banker at the head o-

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C WilcoxCQ 60 Liberty street de-velops

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theiactthat the concern hada string of ten small banks in thisstate In his statement on Feb 1 190-

4trL Wilcox claimed resources of 554I44 liabilities 193905 capital oi

500000 surplus 550000 and undiviai 4 profits of 10233

CROKERS SON DIES SUDDENLY

Police Investigating Mysterious Death-of Young Man Near Kansas City

Kansas City Mo May 15 Herbert-V Croker a son of Richard Crokerthe New York political leader wasfound dead on a southbound AtchisonTopeka and Santa Fe railway trainbetween Kansas City and NewtonKans yesterday He died during thenight evidently from the effects ofsome drug administered at KansasCity where he took the train lastnight for Bliss Okla

The police have traced Herbert VCrokers movements in this cityThursday afternoon On his returnfrom the Elm Ridge race course hewent to the Coates house and talkwith the bartender givins his nameand saying he was on the way to Ok-

lahoma¬

J The bartender says CrokerI was not intoxicated and drank noth-

ing there In the barroom he metCharles Woodson the negro porterWoodson says he went out to have aIfittle fun visiting a Chinese opiumjoint and two saloons in one of whichCroker took a drink Croker had a

IS20 bill and explained that he nevercarrie much money but used a check-book

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I Woodson says that he andI Croker rode to the railroad station in

a hack that Croker went into thechair car because he could not get aPullman berth that he gave Croker-all the money lefr after paying thehackman 117 or 1S Woodson is

I held at the police station but there isI no charge against himI

Big Gusher at Butler PaI

Butler Pa May 15The best pro-

ducing1 oil well in America is spoutingI out petroleum at the rate of 2IOO bar-t

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rels a day on the Dr O K Waldronfarm about 1 mile west of Butler CoalOil Johnnys sudden leap from povertyto wealth is repeated in the case otSpotty lcBri formerly a street

vendor today a rich man The gush ¬

I er is y a mile west of Dr Waldronahomestead on a tract formerly ownedby the Ehmer heirs It is an oldgrasser drilled down from the 100foot-to the fourth sand Last Thursday

I Isaac McBride familiarly knownI throughout the oil region as Spotty-i put the drill into the fourth sanj

Killed Woman Who Rejected HimLos Angeles Cal May 15A

I Brightman has shot and killed Mrs J

Charles Gurney and then committedsuicide here Unrequieted love was themotive Mrs Gurney who was only

I 19 years of age was formerly Missi Dona Vincent and came here with I

i her mother from Minneapolis about a I

i year ago She recently married CH Gurney a newspaper man after

i it is alleged declining an offer fromBrightman

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Millionaire Weds Hello Girl I

New York May 13 December and I

May were united in St CeciliasI

j church Brooklyn when E R Vhitney 70 years o4 ago a Montreal as

i phalt promoter and Miss Annie Ben-netti 23 years of age formerly a tel-ephone

Ij operator were married by Fr I

j McColdrick The grooms engagement I

present to his fiancee was 100000 andhe also gave her 15000 for her trosseau-

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i Millionaire Held Upi Menominee Mich May 15Hon-i Isaac Stephenson of Marinette mu-

ltimillionaire former congressman and1 candidate for Unted States senator

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was held up by masked men within aI block of his residence the other night-I and relieved of a small sum of money

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NEWS TERSELY TOLDII Hiram Cronk the last survivor ot j

the war 1S12 died today aged 105at Ava N Y

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I A bomb factory has been discoveredin the sailors quarter of Odessa Rus ¬

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sia Six bombs ready for use werefound on the premises

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Twentytwo miners were killed todayby a premature explosion during blast-ing

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operations in the Almasy coalI

I mine at Resicza Hungaryj The workmen of Khahkoff Russia

have proclaimed a general strike forJ tomorrow and the governor is taking

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special precautions to prevent disor-ders

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Joseph Macias who has managedI many pugilists and who was knownI to the sporting fraternity all over theI

country died at Philadelphia today cBrights disease

1 Major Colin Campbell and MrsI Campbell formerly Miss Nancy LeiterI and Mrs Levi Z Leiter sailed for

Europe today on the steamer FinlandI from New YorkI The of thecongress marshals of ntI bility has closed at Moscow MelI nikoff a prominent member attacked

the present congress as unrepresenta-tive

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and advocated a PanAmericancongress

The United States transport Sher¬

man which left Honolulu at 11 oclockyesterday returned to port last nightand went into quarantine After leav-ing

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here a case of smallpox was dis¬

covered on boardThe defense was to have begun its

side of the case today in Chicago inthe trial of Hoch the alleged Blue ¬

beard Hochs attorneys however de ¬

sired additional time for preparation-The case was acordingiy put overuntil Monday

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Developments Expected SoonFor Better Or Worse

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8OOO MORE DRIVERS MAY STRIKEI

Team Owners Association Sends Ulti-

matum to Teamsters Union thatThey Must Deliver Goods to Boycot-

ted

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Firmsj Chicago May 15Peter Doyle of

the Chicago Team Owners associationdenied tirat the association her totoreneutral in the teamsters strike haildefinitel determined to abandon itsconciliatory policy The presentation

i of the association will go before thej teamsters joint council tonight an

the meantime will determine whetherj

to demand that the deliveries be adeI by union drivers to boycotted concernsI It was reported last night that thei members of four associations whoI have preserved a neutral attitude thus

far have taken a positive stand andeither a settlement of the presentstrike of a spread to far greater pro-

portions is expected by the early partI

of next weekj The team owners held a conference

at the Briggs house after which Pres-ident

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Shea was sent for and asked-he

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would permit his union teamsters-to deliver goods for the team owners-to boycott houses Upon the refusal oiShea it was announced that a commit-teeI of team owners ould go before

I the joint council which is deemed a-

more conservative organization thatthe strike committee

Members of the Chicago Team Own ¬

ers association were in the confer ¬

ence The associations representedemploy approximately 8000 men Ithas been represented to the team owners that they must make deliveries inorder to live up to contracts Th <

committee which transmitted the newsto Shea and other labor leaders wascomposed of T J Dixon EdwardHines Secretary T J Cavanaugh olthe Team Owners organization ansiPeter Doyle who today declared thrrthe association had definitely deter-mined to abandon conciliation Whenthe action of the owners was madeknown to Shea he is said to haveresponde-

dVell win If they want to fightlet em come on Ve can still Cc

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out every member of our union in thecity and paralyze the transfer busntaof Chicago I do not say this U-

be done but we will do it ratLr il i

give up-

Rumorsi

of a strike ol the employof the Union Traction cuupaa wer1revived today The aT errant b <

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jtween tIle employes sn ths ccrnanyexpires ouiuy L t f2it ol tiiii

month eocrii u r itjacn oi i

the traction contpaav denied thatj

there wa no ilsairteineiit of anykind betwcn the tvo sides Despttfthis denial the rumor was widely cir-

culated and was given credence in la-

bor circlesj

Union officials expect a big demonration of sympathy at the funeral-of

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George S Pierce a union driver j

who was shot and killed by DeputySheriff F T Waldson Arrangements-for

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the funeral have been made bythe department store wagon drivers i

union Services are to be held atPierces home where an address is to i

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be made by President Shea of the In-

ternational¬

Teamsters union

Paymaster Loses 10000 I

Chicago May 15A dispatch to the I

Tribune from San Francisco says thatCaptain Franklin W Hart of Washing-ton

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D C paymaster of the transportLawson has been arrested for drunk ¬

enness and will be courtmartiak d

Hart it is alleged came down fromMare island with orders for 100on the navy pay office He returned-so much under the influence of li-

quor¬

that he was unable to transactbusiness He was accompanied by afriend who was more intoxicated thanhimself Officials after trying invain to get a lucid statement hadhim arrested It could not be learnedwhat he had done with the 10000

Alabama Needs LaborersBirmingham Ala May 15To meet

the demand for more labor in thisstate the railroads entering Alabamahave just concluded an arrangementfor the establishment of an immigra-tion

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and industrial bureau here whichwill cooperate with the state authori ¬

ties and the various industrial andcommercial bodies with a view tobringing desirable immigrants to thestate The organization will be known-as the Imigration and Industrial As ¬

sociation of Alabama Part of thegeneral plan is undedstood to be to se¬

cure a share of alien imigration forAlabama by having the steamship-lines land them direct at southernports

Patrick Henrys Granddaughter InsaneIthaca N Y May 15Virginia

Henry Beasley aged 88 years agrandaughter of Patrick Henry whobeing without means of support is aninmate of a charitable institution herewas committed to the state hospitalfor the insane at Willard N Y

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MUSTANGS STAMPEDE GOTHAM

One Hundred Wild Horses Roam theStreets of New York

New York May 15A taste of lifeon the range has bean given to the res¬

idents of the upper west side by thestampeding of 100 mustangs at Six¬

tieth street and West End avenueThere was a wild scramble by the

cowboys who came east with the ani-mals

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which were to be sold herebut the bunch scattered in all direc-tions

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After three hours most orthem had been rounded up by aid ofthe police-

A small boy started the stampede-by hurling a stone at the ponies

Quickly alarmed by the stone andby the unusual street scenes which

I iad confronted them on nelng inI ed at a North river dock pacKS of the

animals dashed up and down CentraI park West Broadway West End av-

enue and Riverside drive and rushedi back and forth through the crosct streets the clatter of their hoofsalarming the neighborhood and bringing crowds to the windows as theypassed-

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I SENDS COUNT TO HOSPITALI

German Nobleman Endeavors to SeeMrs Vanderbilt-

New York May 15A man whosaid he was Adolph Radel a count oftho German empire was taken to j-

Pellevue hospital last night after hay-ing

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attempted to enter the residencei of Cornelius Vanderbilt for the pur ¬

pose of calling on Mrs VanderlIIwith whom he declared he was well

i acquainted and who had been hsguest at hs castle on the Rhine j

t The count had a fine gold watch i

from which hung a large gold and sil-

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treefoil on the leaves of whichwere inscriptions of presentation bythe emperor of Germany King Leo¬

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pold and Emperor Franz Josef fori service to the country I

Around his neck he had a wide ribbon from which suspended a silverfiligree ornament which he said had

f been given him by King Edward VIIHe said he had just arrived In NewYork from California

SEVEN MINERS BLOWN TO ATOMS I

Forty Sticks of Dynamite Explode I

With Fearful Resultsj

Butte Mont May 15Seven meni

were killed and several were injuredone fatally in the Cora mine one of I

the Heinz properties The cause of t

the explosion is not known I

Nels Wampa was carrying 40 sticks-of

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dynamite up a ladder to join com-panions

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on the 100foot level when j

the dynamite exploded with terrific j

force It is believed that Vampa aci

cidentally touched his candle to the ex-

plosive Wampa was blown to bits j

fragments of his body being foundseveral hundred feet away i

Two men working nearby were also j

blown to pieces the remains wheni

picked up tilling seven sacks Fourothers 100 feet distant were instantly j

killed though their bodies were not I

mutilated

Increase Height by MachineAnnapolis Md May 15Luther i

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Welch a candidate for the naval acad i

emy from Kansas City and not yet 16 r

years old arrived here Vhen he received his appointment early in thewinter he was two inches under size j

but has managed to stretch himself to t

the required height through the use I

of a specially devised machine He j

brought the apparatus with him for j

fear he might settle down again with-out

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jConsigns His Ashes to the Sea

Cambridge Mass May I5The in¬

tent of this is that my wife shall not j

feel sad thinking of a lonely grace-as she will not know where it isThese words conclude a codicil to thewill of William H Lovelace of Maplewood filed at the registry of pro¬

bate The will directs that his bodyI

shall be cremated and the ashes beput overboard at such convenient-

time and place as seen fit

Drilling Fifth Oil Well j

Huntsville Ala May I5The New j

YorkAlabama Oil company has begun i

drilling a fifth well at Hazle GreenThe company is following the instruc-tions

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of government geological ex-

pertsj

in locating its well and has not j

failed to find natural gas in any of t

them S L Whitten general manager I

of the company has resigned and issucceeded by T W Pratt I

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Fall River Strikes FailFall River Mass May 15The Da

vol mills where a strike against a I

warp shop motion and long bobbins was r

declared seven weeks ago are nowrunning in full The strike is still on I

however so far as the union weaversare concerned The Granite mills at I

which a strike occurred about thesame time are also running substan ¬

tially in full-

Famous St Louis Hotel Closed-

St Louis May 15The register ofthe Ldndell hotel was formally closetf

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today and the patrons who now haveaccomodations there will be forced tomove next Tuesday when the building-will be torn down to make way for adepartment stora The Lindell has

Ibeen in existence for 30 years andwas very popular with traveling men I

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ACTRESS HASTENS-

TO FORMER HOME

Florodora Girl Greeted WithCheers As She Leaves Car

SHE WILL TAKE A LONG RESTI

Nan Patterson Her Father and Mor-

ganI Smith and Wife Arrive In Wash

Iirgton This MorningPatheticMeeting of Mother and Daughter

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I Washngton May 15Xan Patter-i son accompanied by her iatfld andj Jir and Mrs J Iorgan Smith arrivedj in ahmgton from Sew ioru at 7ut-his morning and proceeded to the

I Patterson home on Columbia heightsI a modest 2story cottage where theyi arrived in time for breakfastj A crowd of curious person awaited-

the arrival o > the train at the Pennsyl-vania

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depot Afttr some minutes-the sleeper in which were the Pat-tersOn F rty was withdrawn to a place-onI a siding The car was soon sur-

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i by a much larger crowdi which as the delay continued

grew in size It was announced thatMiss Patterson had not completed hertoilet It was just S oclock whenMiss Patterson made her appearance-fromt tLe stateroom she had occupiedwith her sister luring the night Acarrage was in waiting and the policepreset the crowd back while all theparty entered the vehicle As the doorof the carriage slammd th crowdwhich Lad been silent voiced iu cpproval m cheers Miss Patterson wasdressed in a costume of blue with lineto match and looked well and refreshed-by the good sleep she said she hadenjoyed As she reached the car doorher father who was with her said toa number of newspaper men on itsplatform

This is Nan PattersonI can only say that I am glad to

see you immediately responded MissPatte on and that I am so glad toget home

When the carriage conveying theparty reached the corner of the streetadjacent to the Patterson residencethe impatient girl could not restrainherself She sprang from the Vehicleand ran down the block stopping tohug and kiss her relatives as shecame to them on their way to meether She hesitated only long enough-to give a brief greeting to each inher hurry to reach home and motherShe disappeared through the door af-

ter running up the steps with outstretched arms and the word motheron her lips

Mrs Patterson who was prostratedby the news of her daughters freedomyesterday stood supported by the armof her husband on the front verandaand with tears of happiness glkvenmgin her eyes and a quiver of emotionin her voice said

My daughter is with me now A

my children are home I am so hap ¬

pyNan said that though many flatter

ing offers of engagement had come toher none had been considered andwould not be for some time

She will remain at home and takea good rest After that she willtake up the question of the futuresaid her father

Statue of Gen Gordon SelectedAtlanta May 15At a meeting Fri

day afternQon at the office of StateTreasurer Robert E Park the JohnB Gordon Monument association se ¬

lected Solon H Borglum of New Yorkas the sculptor to build the statue olthe late General John B Gordonwhich will stand at the Hunter andWashington street corner of Capitolsquare The selection was made afterconsiderable discussion the monumentcommittee A C Bruce chairmanhaving favorably reported upon theBorglum design

Marshal Removed by PresidentWashington May 15Walter F

Matthews of Portland United Statesmarshal for the district of Oregonhas been removed by order of thepresident It is understood that thisaction was taken at the instance of theauthorities of Oregon as it was believed that Mr Matthews was not suf-ficiently in harmony with the prosecu ¬

tion of land fraud cases now takingplace in that state

Cut Worms Attack Orange TreesSan Francisco Cal May 15The

horde of cutworms which have beenincreasing by millions in this vicinityduring the last few weeks have begun-an attack on orange orchards Theworms have attacked the green fruitand buds boring through the rind ofthe fruit and devouring the interiorThe horticulture commission immedi ¬

ately ordered powdered paris greensprayed on the trees

Woman Lawyer Pleads for ManMontgomery Ala May I5Mrs W

O Butler wife of a leading lawyer-of Chipley Fla appeared before thepardoning board in behalf of J CPerritt former marshal of High otewho killed a man in the discharge-9f his duty She made a good speechShe is associated with her husband itis understood

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ALABAMA I O QFAOtffiN

Officers for the Ensuing Year WereNamed at Close of Session

Anniston Ala May 15rbe grandlodge of Independent Order of Odd

Fellws of Alabama adjourned forthe year 1905 to meet the second Tues-

day

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in May in Birmingham The meet-

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here drew together bout 700 < <

I rpast grands from all over the stateand much business was attended toThe new officers were installed Fri¬

afternoon as followsGrand master DrV C Wheeler-

of Huntsville grand warden E Erswell of Birmingham deputy grandmaster Rev W M Rafcord of Mont-

gomery¬ iwas not installed having been

called away from the meeting GrandSecretary H C Weaver of HuntsvilLeand Grand Treasurer J C Bowie oteTalladega were also installed Grand-Master Wheeler announced the apontment of Grand Marshal G A Thomasof Mobile Grand Conductor G BRandolph of Anniston grand guard-ian

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J D McClusky of Decaturgrand herald J M Tucker of Whis-tler

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and grand chaplain Rev J M

Dannelley of Troy

MISSIONARY SOCIETYS OFFICERS

Womans Society of Southern BaptistConvention In Session

I Kansas City May 1The womansmissionary society of the South Bap-

tist Society bas elected the followingofficers Mrs J A Barker CliftonForge Va president Mrs D M Ma-

lone Alabama Mrs E L LongleyArkansas Mrs C F Winbigter Dis ¬

trict of Columbia Mrs W S Ship ¬

ley Florida Mrs J D EasterlinI Georgia Mrs T C Carlton IndianI Territory Miss E S Broaduff Ken-

tucky¬

i Mrs X Ammen Louisiana-MrsI James Tyler Maryland Mrs WA McComb Miss Sims Burnham Mis-

souriI Miss F E S Heck North Car-olina

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I Miss Mary Jane Oklahoma-MrsJ J R S Checkman South Caro-lina

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Mrs A J Keen Wheeler Ten¬I

nessee Mrs W J Truett Texas-i Mrs J Leak Virginia vice presi¬ tlldents Miss Annie W Armstrong ofI

Miss M E Wright of Georgia and lBaltimore corresonding secretary-Mrs A G Johnson Maryland record-ing

¬ Ifsecretaries Miss Ella Vricker of

Maryland treasurer

Whitecapper Arraigned In Court 3Jackson Miss May 15The Frank-

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county whitecap cases were calledfor trial in the federal court 400 L

Franklin county citizens being pres ¬

ent The cases against A M Newman tJassessor J N Halford treasurer Jas iWhitehead and six others were calledfirst Demurrers were filed alleging-that the indictments do not charge spe ¬

cific offenses and Judge Niles took I

them under advisement United StatesSenator McLaurin is among the attorneys for the defense Three hun-dred

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Franklin county citizens are un-

der¬

I indictment charged with intimidat ¬

ing a government homesteader 11

Lightning Takes Two LivesBennettsville S C May 15Two

persons lost their lives from lightningstrokes in this county the first was

I Charles Sawyer a young citizen ofBrownsville and the other was a negro j

I child in Hebron 15 miles distant MrSawyer was plowing in his field andhe and his mule were both killed Heleaves a young wife and three smallchildren Later in the afternoon thehouse of Joe Watkins was struck andhis child killed Watkins and anotherchild were severely shocked and also

I burned 4

Declared His Fate a Just OneI

Roanoke Va May 15FloYd Hale-a 1mulatto was hanged at Pulaski Vafor the murder of John Hart a white

<man whom he brutally killed fiveweeks ago in a quarrel over fche barter-of a coat At a special session of If

I Judge Jacksons court Hale was indict-ed

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tried convicted and given thedeath sentence the proceedings lasttI ing less than two hours On the gal ¬

lows Hale declared hisfate a just one1 and warned his race to let whisky

alone and to keep out of politics

Fire Destroys Lumber PlantTallaposa Goa May 15A fierce

fire occurred here when Colonel C BHitchcocks immense plant including-saw mill planing mill and crate fac-tory

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Iwas discovered to be enveloped in-

flamesI

Absolutely everything wasj

destroyed with two yoke of oxen onehorse and a large twostory housenear by Even the books in the of-fice were lost No insurance whateverLoss 20000

Fatal HeadOn CollisionCorry Pa May 15Two fast

Ifreights on the Chautauqua division ofthe Pennsylvania railroad collidedheadon this side of Hydetown todayThe locomotives and a dozen loaded Jcars were demolished Engineer Wil-liam

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Sitting of Oil City was instant-ly

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I killed Fireman George Bigmandied later In the Titusville hospitalSeveral other trainmen were injured

Child Drowns In a TubColumbia S CMay lSVhlIe-

son of Mr and Mrs H H Hinnant ofBookmans this county fell into a tubof water and was drowned Whendiscovered the little fellows head was iunder the water with his feet and leghanging outside of the vessel o

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