Late News In Brief

Six Trainmen Hurt. - A passenger train on the Hocking Valley ran into an open switch at Walbridge, O., striking a freight engine, and six trainmen were injured, only two seriously.

Japanese Miners Killed. - A disastrous fire occurred in the mine of the Otu colliery at Kinshu, Japan, on April 2, resulting in the loss of sixty-five lives. The fire was caused by an explosion.

Confessed to Sixty Murders. - Advices by the steamer Empress of China, arriving at Victoria, B. C., tell of teh crucifixion of a Chinese desperado in Wangtung, who confessed to sixty murders. When he confessed it was decided that decapitation was too lenient a punishment, and he was crucified. 

Cruelly Treated His Children. - John Earl of St. Louis was arrested for torturing two children, whom he had adopted, and was fined $1,000. Testimony showed that Earl, who is a showman, beat with sticks and straps and burned with a hot iron George and Florence Migge, whom he attempted to train for an acrobatic show. The children were in a horrible condition when rescued.