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AFTERNOON NEWS CONDENSED Nagasaki-The Japanese steamer Tsuruhiko has been wrecked off Mejima Only one person of those on board was saved. Cape Town-Owing to the restrictions of martial law, the pro-Boer South African news publication. has been obliged to suspend Des Moines, Iowa-Congressman Hull of the committee on military affairs, ill at his home in this city, threatened with bowels. an attack of inflammation of the New York-James Ross, the wealthy Ca. nadian who was reported at Halifax be negotiating for a challenge of the America's cup personally denies that there is any truth in the story, SO far as he is concerned. Stockholm-The postal statistics for the year 1900 show that since international money orders were inaugurated in 1885. the United States sent to Sweden 51,124,000 kroner more than was received in the United States from Sweden. London-A new advance in wireless telegraphy is recorded here. The Daily Telegraph says that Marconi has succeeded in transmitting messages through the air for nearly 350 miles. which is far greater than the maximum distance hitherto reported. Chariton. Iowa-Joseph Buchanan, aged hermit, was found dead in his an cabin near this place, his head having been split open with an ax. He was reputed to have had much wealth stored about his cabin and his murder is supposed to have had robbery as its motive. Vienna-The situation in Albia is evi. dently going from bad to worse. The shadow of authority still retained by the sultan continues to be defied The Turkish troops have not been paid for many months and periodically plunder the villages, seizing all the food and money they can lay their hands on. St. Louis-The thirteenth annual convention of the Order of Railway Telegraphers met here, with President M. M Dolphin in the chair. Over 100 delegates were present, every division of the order being represented. The convention will continue several days, and its sessions will be held behind closed doors. Antwerp-King Leopold has decided to visit New York. He announced this at an interview granted to the burgomaster Saturday His majesty expects, among other advantages, to get in the up United States, making suggestions shipping arrangements, which will prove beneficial to the ports of Belgium. Clifton, Ariz.-An explosion of a boiler in the plant of the Detroit Copper company instantly killed W. W. Morgan and F. A. Adams, firemen. Harry Davidson, converter engineer, and Jose Antiveras, helper on the engine, and several others, were painfully injured by molten metal. but the injuries are not necessar. fatal. ily Mansfield, Ohio-Charles W. Fritz. auditor of Richland county has placed on the tax duplicate against W. S. Kerr and M. M. Parker, as executors of the estate of the late Senator John Sherman, $263,928 back taxes. The amount is said to cover bonds on which no return was made. Treasurer Brumfield will likely bring suit to collect the amount. Grand Rapids, Mich.-William K. Lacey, former president of the First National Bank of Niles, Mich., which was wrecked by the embezzlements of Cashier Johnson, who was indicted by the federal grand jury last week for violation of the national banking law, was released under $10,000 bail. Mr. Lacey had been under arrest since Saturday. Pekin-Pourparlers are proceeding between M Lessas, the Russian minister, and the Chinese envoys for the restitution to the Chinese of the Shan-HaiSinmin Ting railway under conditions which it is expected will be entirely satisfactory. The Chinese hope the railroad will be restored to them within the next fortnight Pinconning. Mich.-The Farmers' bank of this village was attacked by a party of five burglars. The outside door was blown off. and the explosion was SO great that it hurled the door through the front of the building. The explosion aroused the village and the burglars were frightened away before they could secure the steel money box,which contained between $3,000 and $5,000. Chicago-Through his attorney, Robert E. Burke, under indictment for failure to turn over certain funds as city oll inspector, applied for a writ of habeas corpus. The petition avers that the ordinance making the city oil inspector's office a salaried one is Invalid and there is no state law exactly covering Burke's case. Judge Dunn will hear arguments Vednesday. Baltimore-The tenth annual convention of the Master Horseshoers National Protective association began here and will last a week. There are 135 delegates, representing almost every state in the union. This morning's session was devoted to adresses of welcome by Mayor Hayes and local members of the association and responses by the officers. New York-II Novientemo, an Italian newspaper published in Paterson, N. J., makes the statement that scores of Italians have been discharged from the industries of that city because of their nationality since the assassination of the president The paper strongly protests and declares there was nothing in common between the Italians and McKiniey S slayer. Chicago-Mathias Thorsson and his son, Thomas were asphyxiated here. The elder Thorsson was afflicted with partial paralysis. As was his custom, he arose at 3 a. m. to prepare his breakfast. leaving his son asleep in a room adjoining. He turned on the gas, it is thought, but before he could light it was stricken by his malady. Bluffton. Ohio-Burgiars blew open the safe in the office of the Bluffton Milling company here with a large charge of dynamite. The building caught fire and the entire plant was destroyed, causing a loss of $25,000. It is stated the burglars secured nothing, as the safe was empty They fired two shots at Watchman Green, who attempted to turn in an alarm, and made their escape. Auburn, N. -"Absolutely nothing new with Czolgosz" was Warden Mead's reply to a query of an Associated Press representative. "The condemned assassin has not asked for any spiritual adviser whatever. The death warrant has not been read to him as yet. He has not given the least intimation that he would like to make away with himself, contrary reports notwithstanding. Of course, he will not be given the slightest opportunity for this purpose.' Chicago-The mysterious prisoner at Townhall station, accused of many burglaries, and whose name was given as Gibson, is, according to the Tribune, Edward Storey. He was a student he said, at the University of Notre Dame, and one of the athletic stars of the college two years age At that time his family lived in Hyde Park. and the young student was well supplied with money. Storey admits, It is said, that his mother now
