SUFFERINGS mi a m end Irs. McKinley Sinks Into The Eternal Sleep. THE FUNERAL HELD WEDNESDAY. President Roosevelt and Other Officials to Attend Laat Kite -Last Hour of One of America's Noblest of Women Secretary Cortelyou and Members of the Family at the Old Canton Home. MH8. MoKlNLEY'S LIFE. Born at Canton, O., August 8, Daughter of James A. Saxton, banker, who died 1887. Was rashler of the Stark lCoujity It'ank, of which her fath- or was prciKieuu First met William McKlnley whlK she was a teacher in the Presbyterian Sunday School at Canton, of which he was the su perintendent. Married William McKlnley Jan uary 2.1, 1871. in the Presbyter Ian Church, Canton. Mother of two children, Kate born Christmas Day, 1872, died f June. 1876; Ida, who lived only five months. From 1877. when Major Mc- f'Klnley first took his seat in Con gress,, for 14 years she and her husband Bpent most of their time In Washington. Was mistress of the White House from March 4, 1897, when her husband was inaugurated president until ho died In Sep tember, 1901. Died at Canton, O., May 26. 1907. Canton, O. (Special). At 1.05 o'clock Sunday afternoon Mrs. Wil liam McKinley fell into the sleep that knows no waking. The transi tion from life to death was so peace ful and gradual tha It was with diffi fcnlty that the vigilant physicians and attendants noted when dissolution came. There was no struggle no pain. Mrs. McKlnley never knew of the efforts made for days to prolong her lite, nor of the sollcltlous hope against hope of her sister and other relatives and friends for her recovery. Mrs. McKinley's last words were for death. An attendant said: "Mrs. McKinley would say, 'why ehould I linger?' 'Please, God, if it Is thy will, why defer it?' She would also say, 'He is gone and life A dark to me now.' Other kindred expressions would fall from her lips." At the McKinley home when death came there were present Secretary Obrtelyou, Mr. and Mrs. M. 0. Bar ter, Mrs. Sarah Duncan, Mrs. Luther Day, Justice and Mrs. Wtlliam R. Day, Urs. Portmann, Eyman and Rlxey and the nurses. "Mrs. McKinley lasted hours long er than we expected," said the Sec retary. "Her vitality was wonder ful," said Dr. Portmann. It was jby Secretary Cnrtelyou that the an nouncement of the demise was given to the public. MAY HAVE MIXED DRINKS. Scientist's Error Possibly Jtcspon siblc For Deaths. Manila (By Cable). A committee Ot Filipinos appointed to investigate the inoculation of prisoners at Blli bld prison with contaminated serum while a series' of experiments with cholera virus was conducted last November has made a report. The icommlttee finds thai no one was responsible, and exonerates Dr. R. P Strong of the Bureau of Science, who was In charge of the bacteriolo gical work of the laboratory system and was conducting the experiments. Ji scientist who was visiting Dr. Strong was left alone in his labora ,tory for a while, and he may have accidentally mixed other germs. Thirteen prisoners out of 24 who were Inoculated died. Drought In West Ilrokcn. Omaha, Neb. (Special). The drought that has prevailed for many weeks was broken Thursday night, and steady rains are reported from all parts of Nebraska and Southern South Dakota. The rain will prove a salvation to the winter wheat in those sections and comes at a most opportune time for corn. Woman Indicted! For .Murder. Chattanooga, Tenn. (Special). At Cookevllle the Grand Jury returned a true bill again W. S. Bryant and Mrs. Sadie Vestal, charging them Jointly with the murder of Chalmers Vestal at Baxter last February. Mrs. Vestal stood high In society in the county before Vestal wan killed. President At Friends' School. Washington (Special). President Roosevelt delivered an address at the annual presentation exercises of the Friends' Select School, In this city, where Archie Roosevelt is a student. The President's subject, was "The American Boy." Dig l ire In Mexico. San Antonio, Tex. (Special). A special to the Express from San Luis Potosl, Mexico, says: "The great machinery supply and hardware bouse of Fogarty & Dickinson, one of the largest in northern Mexico, was completely destroyed by Are Sunday, causing a loss of about , $500,000, much of which Is covered by Insurance. The fire was of un known origin and created a panic In the district in which the establlsh men was located.' The building was one of the largest In the city. Charges Agolrst A Mayor. Lexington, Ky. (Special). The Citizens' League, an Independent or ganisation, here filed an amended pe tition to the suit entered on Tues day charging that Mayor Thomas A. Combs, City Auditor Muses Kaufman aud City Treasurer Peter J. Garland had Illegally aud wrongfully divert ed $32,000 from tl public school fund into other clia:iuels. As amend ed, the suit charges that Mayor Combs has not required bonds from the auditor and treasurer commen surate T.'ltb. the responsibility they ie under. THE NEWS OF THE WEEK. Domestic. Commissioner Anthony, appointed by the Missouri Supreme Court to take .testimony In the ouster suit ot the state against the Standard Oil Oil Company, made a report to the court that the evidence introduced before him is sufficient to oust the Standard Oil Company and tributary companies from Missouri. The town of Hornell, N. Y., was terrorized by a gang of yeggraan. Night Watchman John Henry was fatally shot and Night Watchman Thomas Kelley was badly beaten and others were Injured. Three yeggmen arrested after two of the prang hd been shot. Attorney General Jackson, of New York, applied to the Supreme Court for an order to cite the Consolidated Gas Company to show cause why the charter and franchises of the com pany shonld not be annnlled as an alleged monopoly. Te South Omaha Live Stock Ex change decided not to se.ll heifers and cows to the packing houses on account of the heavy condemnation of this class of tattle. The New York Tunnel Company, which is constructing the tunnel from the Battery to Brooklyn, was adjudged an Involuntary bankrupt In the United States District Court. The jury in the case of Judge James Hurgis, Lexington, Ky.. charg ed with the murder of Thonins Cock rill, returned a verdict of not guilty. The auditors' report will show that lnrge sums were advanced to the con tractors who built the state capltol at Harrlsburg, Pa. John Bell, who shot and killed Dr. Charles Wilmot Townsend at New Brighton, S. I., was sentenced to be electrocuted. Two persons were suffocated In the burning Metropolitan Hofcel. in Uticn. N. Y., and several persons were injured. The charge Is made that Inferior rails made by the Steel Trust are re sponsible for many serious railroad disasters. Mrs. Kilo Farman Pratt, author of books for young people, died at her home In Concord, N. H. The Philadelphia and Reading an nounced Increases on Its suburban rates from Philadelphia. The body of Mrs. Louis B. Hall was recovered from the Eden Park Reservoir, in Cincinnati. Theodore TUton, the American editor and author, is dying In Paris ot pneumonia. The Switchmen's t'nlon of America adopted resolutions denouncing Pres ident Roosevelt for his utterances on Haywood, Mover and Pettibone, sympathizing with the miners on trial and demanding that their "kid napping" from Colorado into Idaho be declared illegal. Pinkerton detectives are looking for J. Edward Boeck, a prominent New York diamond broker, who is said to have Jilted the daughter of a Pittsburg steel king and disap peared with $250,000 worth of Jewels and cash. Frederick A. Burnham. Indicted for larceny and forgery, has resigned as president of the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Society. Archibald E. Hayes, formerly general agent of he Equitable, haB succeeded him. The Jermyn No. 2 breaker of the Jermyn Coal Company at Old Forge, Pa., was destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of over $125,000. Harlow N. Htgglnbotham, of Chi cago, who recently was elected a trustee of the Mutual Life Insurance Company, sent in his resignation to Secretary Dix. Mr. Higginbotham sharply criticises the "indifference or delay" by the Slate of New York In enacting laws for the proper reg ulation of corporations. The passenger steamer Naomi, plying between Chicago and Mil waukee, burned in mldlake at 1 A. M. Four Milwaukee coalpassers were burned to death and several pas- esengers Injured, among them J. M. Rhodes, of Detroit. The boat carried 50 passengers, who were taken off by other vessels. District Attorney Jerome and Po lice Commissioner Bingham, of New York, had a conference concerning the charges of a conspiracy against Mrs. Howard Gould in which police officers were alleged to be Involved. A director of the American Pro tective Turiff League says it will not support either Taft or Root, for pres ident because they are unstable on the tariff. Speaker Cannon and Les lie M. Shaw are the league s favorites. Foreign. Ambassador and Mrs. Reld gave a magnificent entertainment at Dor chester House, the special guests being the Duke and Duchess of Con naught, accompanied by Prince Ar thur and Princess Patricia ot Con naught. The German Admiralty Court de cides that the wreck of the Hamburg American liner Princess Victoria Louise neur Kingston, Jamaica, was due to the captain mistaking one light for another. A bill introduced in the French Chamber of Deputies to reinstate Captain Relnach, who was dismissed from the army for connection with the Dreyfus case. Six Russian students have been ordered to leave Russian territory, incriminating anarchistic pamphlets having been found in their rooms. The Shah and his court followers are alarmed over the growth of the revolt led by his brother, Solar Dewleh. Lord Curzon of Kedleston proba bly will be invited by the Unionists of Rutland to contest the parliamen tary vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Finch, who had represented that constituency for 40 years. E. H. Southern and Julia Marlowe are negotiating for the purchase of the house In which Joan of Arc once lived, at Orleans with the intention of presenting to New York City. Premier Stolypln told the Douma that If the prlnicple of the forcible expropriation of land was permitted a social upheaval would be precipi tated. Twenty members of the Russian Army Revolt League were arrested In St. Petersburg in connection with the revolutionary conspiracies. Second ballots were cast through out Austria In the elections which began last week under the new law providing for universal suffrage. Four of the men who tried to kill President Cabrera of Guatemala, kill ed themselves when surrounded by soldiers. Two hundred lives are reported to have been lost In a tidal wave, which swept over the Caroline Islands. San Francisco's "Graft Quake." awCartoon Drawn by F. Bowors, for the Indianapolis News. GIVE BONO FOR HALF A MILLION The Indicted Frisco Capitalists In Court --Schmitz Carries $210,000. San Francisco (Special). The grand jury Indicted six millionaires on charges of bribery and attempted bribery, and returned additional In dictments against Abraham Ruef and Mayor E. E. Schmitz. Frank G. Drum, Eugene De Saba- la, John Martin, Abraham Ruef aud Mayor Schmitz were Indicted on 14 counts, each charging that they jointly bribed 1 4 oi the 1 8 -super visors In the sum of $7;0 a man to fix the gas rate for 19 00 at 85 cents Instead of 75 cents. G. II. I'mbsen, E. E. Green, W. I. Brobeck and Ruef were Indicted on 14 counts, each charging that they jointly attempted to bribe 14 super visors In the sum of $1,000 a man to vote a trolley franchise to the Parkslde Transit Company. Judge Coffey fixed ball at $1,000 on each of the 126 counts contalnod in the 28 indictments. The grand Jnry adjourned until June 10, whon investigation of alleg ed bribery by officers of the Home Telephone Company and by other persons will be resumed. Millionaires and multimillionaires, presidents and vice presidents and lesser officers of great corporations thronged Judge Coffey's court room Saturday to give ball in excess of half a million dollars to procure per sonal liberty pending trial on felony Indictments returned ngaln6t tbem. First came Louis Glass, vice pres ident of the Pnciflc States Telephone and Telegraph Company, who gave bonds in the sum of $20,000 on the charge of bribing two supervisors to vote for the granting of a competing telephone franchise in San Francisco. President Patrick Calhoun and Assistant President Mullally, of the 1'nlted Railways Investment Com pany, and General Counsel Tlrey L. Ford and Assistant Counsel William L. Abbott, of that corporation, each of them indicted on 14 counts on the charge of bribing 13 Supervisors and Mayor Schmitz to grant a trolley franchise under which the United Hallways was electrified, had Wil liam H. Crocker, president of the Crocker National Bank and fore most capitalist of San Francisco, and President Henry T. Scott, of the Pa cific States Telephone and Telegraph Company, In court to furnish person al ball of $500,000. Arrangements, however, had already been made with a surety company of New York, whoso attorney handed to' Judge Coffey 56 bonds for $10,000 each. Attorney Schlesslnger gave ball for Theodore V. Halsey, of the Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Com pany, indicted upon the same charges brought against Vice President Glass. Schmitz had to give $160,000 ball bonds in addition to the $50,000 bonds already put up by him on five indictments charging extortion. Af ter much delay the Mayor, accom panied by two attorneys, President Thomas Williams, of the New Cali fornia Jockey Club, and President William A. Dingey, of the Contra Costa Water Company, entered and offered 16 bonds of $10,000 each. They were approved. Before leaving the court room Mayor Schmitz said: "I have no statement to make at this time further than this: The charges brought against mo are ab solutely false and mallelouB. I shall prove my entire Innocence In the court.'' As Abraham Ruef 13 a prisoner on charges of extortion to which he pleaded guilty, he prefers Elisor Blg gy's Fillmore Street prison house to liberty, and failed to appear in court Saturday. WRECKERS DITCH JUM EXPRESS Hid In Hills and Pulled Rails Apart With Wires. ONE DEAD, TWENTY-TWO INJURED. Southern Pacific Flyer Is Thrown From a Trestle Into a Ditch The Tracks Loosened and Drawn Toward Outer Edge of Trestle as Train Approaches the Structure. Los Angeles, Cal. (Special) Train No. 20, one of the Southern Pacific's coast line flyers, due at 9 o'clock P. M., was wrecked at West Glendale, 10 miles north of here, at 12.30 A. M. The wreck was the deliberate work of tralnwreckers. One man was killed and 22 persons injured, 3 probably fatally. In accomplishing the wreck of the train, which was the Coast Line Limited, a devilish ingenuity had been exercised. At a point on a trestle over the Arroyo Beco the fish plates and bolts of two connecting rails on the southbound track had been removed, and lu the aperture whence the bolts were, taken strands of heavy wire were fastened at e end of each rail. From the appear ance of the track after the wreck It was evident that some person hidden on a hillside close to the trestle had pulled the wire as the train ap proached and spread the rails out ward toward the edge of the treBtle. The train, three hours late, was traveling at a rate of between 36 and 40 miles an hour. The engine wheels were first to leave the rails, and the engine took to the ties, traveling nearly 100 yards before it was brought to a standstill. The tender, the diner, two Pullmans, the buffet, mail and baggage cars plung ed over the edge of the trestle, fnll ing a distance of 16 feet. The buffet car, the express car and one of the Pullmans were turned completely up side down, and the others landed on their sides. All were bady crushed and splintered. The man killed was T. J. Mc Mahon, of Santa Barbara, a member of the Electrical Workers' Union. He Is believed to have been stealing a ride on the baggage car, and had as his companion Frank Naylor, a 15-year-old boy from Santa Barbara, who was fatally injured. Two Pullmans and the observation car remained on the tracks. The fall crushed and damaged several cars, and It was In the grinding crash that, the passengers were hurt. As soon as possible the uninjured trainmen and passengers scrambled down the steep bank to the over turned cars. Through broken win dows and doors, forced with axes, wielded from within and without, frightened passengers emerged, while from the darkened Interiors came the groans and cries of the injured. A retlef train carrying several physi cians started from here as soon as news of the wreck was received. With the aid of lanterns the train men made an examination of the track, In order to determine, if possi ble, the reason for the derailment. Under the first coach, which remain ed on the train, was found the loosened rails, with the wires se curely fastened through the bolt holes, and the ends uniting in a sin gle strand that led luto the brush on the hillside. The Injured were brought to this city. Woniun Under PUs Of Hocks. Lexington, Ky. (Special). A tele gram from Sergeant, Ky., says that the body of Mrs. Ellen Flauary, aged 30 years, a widow, whose home was on Perry Creek, was discovered near her home beneath a heap of rocks. She had been stabbed In the breast, her throat was cut and several bones had been fractured. Floyd Ftazler, aged 18 years, was arrested, charg ed with the murder. No motive for the crime !s known. Mrs. Ilurrls Set Free. Batb, N. Y., (Special). Mrsr. Bertha Harris, who was arrested in Buffalo on the charge of placing poison lu tea drunk by iter mother-in-law, Mrs. Samuniha Harris, has been set free, there being no evidence on which to hold her. It is now the opinion that Mrs. Harris was poisoned by eating canned salmon. A committee of experts of the De partment of Commerce and Labor will visit the shipping offices at vari ous ports to study the methods employed. IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD. E. B. Havens & Co., a New York Stock Exchange house, failed. The liabilities were, placed at $100,000. Employees of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Work ers have decided to demand ad vances In wages. Missouri Pacific directors de clared the regular semi-annual divi dend of 24 per cent., thus dispos ing of the fear that the rate would be reduced. Rumors affecting a United States Steel deal are still afloat. One of them Is that It has bought control Of Tennessee Coal & Iron from the Gates crowd. One Philadelphia bank holding MOO .ioo of Lake Superior notes, which will be due on June 1, will not renew them, but arrangement! are making elsewhere to look after this amount. New York Central sold at 1094, wJJklf.ll arnu 1 . . rw s, .. Vi K 14 m J B M . 1 ' wan luwci man imu UVi'n IOT 111 number of veani. It warn ..- In fact, than at any time alnco Ita dividend waa 4 per cent. Now It U 6 per cent. MAY HAVE TAKEN II MILLION Boeck's Alleged Thefts of Gems Stead ily Growing. New York (Special) That the Jewel thefts of J. Edward Boeck, club member, art expert, soldier of fortune and Jewelry broker, who dis appeared on May 10, will approxi mate a million dollars and may cause the ruin of several small deal ers in precious stones, were the startling disclosures mado Wednes day In what has already become one of the most remarkable criminal cases on record. Boeck was in dicted on two counts by the grand Jury. That the smooth-tongued adven turer and friends of Eastern royalty had at least three women among his victlmB, one of whom worshipped him and wore stolen engagement rings wbich he had given to her, wero oth er developments of one day's inves tigation. One of the women chased him around the world and finally discovered, it Is alleged, that he had a criminal record in many countries, notably In China, where he was sus pected of having looted the palace of a high Chinese family during the Boxer troubles. This woman re cently appeared In New Yerk and told the Pinkerton detectives what she had learned. She also said that she had been swindled by Boeck Ctt of upward of $35,000. From one of Boeck's acquaint ances detectives learned that the man had frequently said ho had been employed by tne wife of Senator Thomas C. Piatt to sell her home, Tioga Lodge, Highland Mills. He said he had for years been a close friend of Mrs. Piatt, as well as of her husband, and that he had fre quently mnde investments for her. He boasted of his friendship for the aged Senator. Among bookmakers there was a report that Boeck was the "mysteri ous source" of a flood of money which poured into the betting ring to back Roseben, the favorite In the Metropolitan handicap at Belmont Park on May 10 Just before the books closed. Boeck'was a frequent er of the track, having become in terested in the horses through women associates, who wero related to a prominent bookmaker. It ts declar ed Boeck was executing n grand coup to make up enormous losses he had sustained in various ventures. Roseben lost. Boeck disappeared next day. That ho Is the smoothest swindler that ever struck the Maiden Lane district nnd could ea-Mly have ob tained $2,000,000 worth of precious stones was the opinion of all tho large jewelers. Interesting nmong the stories told of his remarkable career, which ex tends to many countries and Includes experiences with nobility and Gov ernment officials of high rank, was one involving a smuggling venture which was participated in by an American Government employe In Cuba. According to the story, this man brought into America without paying the customs duties thousands of dollars' worth of rare Chinese porcelains and other objects of art. It had been arranged that Boeck, who was n" expert in porcelains, shonld sell them at a big profit and divide with the Government employe. The sales were made, it is alleged, and a snug fortune realized, but Boeck refused to surrender a penny of It to his accomplice, who was un able to take action to recover with out revealing his own guilt. Pawn tickets led to the recovery of something like $85,000 worth of Jewelry obtained by Boeck from various well-known houses on memo randa. But It is the belief ot the dealers that the most valuable of his supposed stealings he has with him. Many firms where It 1b known Boeck did business are disinclined to make known their losser for fear of sustaining injury to their credit. It was stated by a representative of Marcellus, Pitt 4 Co., of Maiden Lane, thai often Boeck had out for exhibition to prospective customers Jewelry of the firm valued at $200, 000. Many of the larger firms had the same confidence in him. WOULD WITHHOLD APPROVAL. Presbyterian Marriage And Divorce Committee To Act. Columbus, Ohio (Special). The committee on marriage and divorce of the Presbyterian General Assem bly (Northern) reported this Impor tant resolution: "That Presyterians are hereby en joined to enforce the standards of our Church, to hold to strict account all ministers under their call, and to urge all ministers to regard the comity that should refrain from giv ing the sanction of our Church to the members of another Church whose marriage is in violation of the laws of the Church whose com munion they may have chosen." Gave Him A Hundred Lashes. Thomasvllle, Ga. (Special). R. H. Milam, a white farmer, living near Moultrie, Ga., came to Thomas vllle to have hlB wounds dressed, which he asserts were inflicted on him by a band of whitecaps. He tells a harrowing story of being given 100 lashes. He alleges that two men, one claiming to be a deputy sheriff, came to his home and told him he was under arrest, and carried him to the rest of the party. He was Informed that the whipping was "because you won't work." Halted Train At Mood's Edge. Chicago (Special). A passenger train on the Chicago and Alton rail road had a narrow escape from be ing wrecked at Lemont, 111., where a rainstorm overflowed the sewer tunnel and loosened the rails on the railroad bridge. A few minutes be fore the train reached the bridge E. 8. Welmer, ticket agent, who had been awakened by the telephone manager, ran down the tracks with a red flag mid halted the train. 1,000 Turkish Troops Desert. Belgrade, Servla (By Cable). The Turkish garrison at Uskub, con sisting or about 1,000 men, hus de serted. The soldiers claimed that they were given bad food aud that other conditions were unendurable. They carried off thelf arms', and thuB far only 50 members hav been captured. One interesting street report was thst New York Central Is going to issue 50,000.00u of short-term notes. NINETEEN MEN DOOMED TO DIE Protest Made Against Wholesale Execution. SITUATION SAID TO BE GRAVE Men Merely Suspected of Complicity in the Attempt to Assassinate Presi dent Cabrera of Guatemala Sentenced to be Shot Sentences Were Based Upon False Testimony. Mexico City (Special). News was received here of the Imprisonment and sentencing to death of 19 men charged with complicity In the re cent attempt to assassinate President Cabrora, of Guatemala. The following telegram has been received from Dr. Rodrlgues Parra, Mexican consul nt Guatemala City, who Is acting as charge d'affaires since the departure of Minister Gum boa: "The author of the plot to as sassins Cabrera comrattteed Bulclde while the Guatemalan officials were in the act. of arresting bfm. De spite this fact the Council of War passed upon the testimony of 19 persons charged with being sus pected accomplices In the crime and sentenced them all to death. Among the doomed are two Italians, one Spaniard, one Belgian and two Mex icans. "The diplomatic corps met and decided that each minister accredited to the Guatemalan government should ask President Estrada Cabrera for an annulment of the sentences which, they allege, were the result of irreg ularities and false testimony, and. If this action on their part does not bring Immediate results, the diplo matic corps will direct a collective note to President Cabrera. All the members of (he corps were In ac cord with the derision reached, there bring not a single dissenting voice." The situation la considered by Mexican officers to be grave, but there is n prevailing opinion that If the pressure from foreign powers becomes sufficiently great Cabrera will pardon all the men doomed to death, thus endeavoring to nullify the stories of his alleged atrocities which have been sent broadcast A high officer said that the greatest care would be taken by those in trusted with guarding Mexican In terests, for an unguarded word might have serious results. He con tinued: "This last act of Cabrera's will convince doubting Thomases nmong the nations of the world of Mexico's great forbearance in this great crisis. In just 20 days after the alleged at tempt was made on the life of Pres ident Cabrera three men killed them selves rather than submit to arrest and 19 are sentenced to be shot. Is is within the limits of reason that fair trials could have been given these men? Mexico thinks not. and we will not stand quietly by and see two clfizens shot in such n summary manner." STATE Of PENNSYLVANIA. Litest News Gleaned From Various Parts. CREMATED IN FURNACE. Fire Men Lose Their Lives in a Pitts burg Mill. Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). Two Americana, well known millmen, and three foreigners wero cremated and four foreigners were seriously burn ed when an explosion occurred at the Eliza Furnace No. 1, of the Jones &. Laughlin Steel Company, limited, in the Hazelwood district of the city. Of a crew of 10 men at the furnace when the accident hap pened only one, a foreigner, escaped uninjured. The names of the four foreigners who were Injured are not known. They were hurled to a hospital hor ribly burned. The accident occurred without a moment's warning. The 10 men were about ready to draw off the molten metal when the ore slipped, falling to the bottom of the furnace. The heavy weight of the ore forced the gas with terrific pressure through the first dust-catcher which was un able to stand the strain, and, there fore, burst. A tremendous roar accompanied the breaking of the dust-catcher and before the men-could escape they were caught by the flames. Wll liard, West and the three foreigners were directly In front of tho fur nace. The five other men were back several yards. For fully 10 minutes the flames shot out before the furnace for a great distance, and when finally the gas was turned off only a few bones of the five men were found. The four injured men were caught by the first flash and severely burn ed, but were able to escape before they fell to the ground writhing in agony. The uninjured foreigner says that Wllllard's head was blown off by the force of the explosion. Wllllard and West are said to be two of the most prominent furnace men in the country. They were ex perts at furnace work, and for this reason it is believed the accident was without warning, as these two men would have known there was some thing wrong. The explosion Is similar to the one that occurrred at the Eliza Fur nace No. 2 last January, when 15 men were burned to death and many Injured. AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL home interesting Happenings Briefly Told. Brigadier General Constant Wil liams, until recently in command of the Department of the Colorado, will be placed on the retired list today. Chairman Knapp, of the Interstate Commerce Commission, denies a pub lished report that the commission has examined E. H. Harriman. Iu the Senate Investigation Amos Llttlefield, ex-deputy sheriff, told of his observations on the night of the shooting up of Brownsville. The Bureau of Corporal Inns has begun an Investigation of the Lum ber Trust. President Fehsenfeld, of the Red C Oil Company, of Baltimore, testl Bed before the Interstate Commerce Commission on the charges alleging railroad discrimination lu favor of the Standard. Chief Wllkte lias little hope of re covering tbs $173,000 stolen from the Chicago subtressury. Returning from the cemetery,! where she had Just directed a foroe of men who were erecting a montt merit over tho grave of her late hus-i band, Mrs. Tllghman Blose, of Slat Ington, w,as thrown from her car riage and Instantly klljed. The horse which the party was driving became frightened at a dog wbich ran out and harked and the team ran away,1 upsetting the carriage. What is believed to he the last specluipn of a gray wolf In Pennsyl vania woe killed a day or two ago by Jacob Roye'r and 3. C. Long, at Beaver Dams, ten miles below HolUJ daysburg. These farmers have been mlssiig sheep for the past two yeartt nnd never knew the cause until Roy er discovered the wolf with a lamb In his powerful jaws and shot it. A so-called "prairie, wolf" killed last year In Bedford County, is supposed to have been the mate of the gray wolf killed by Hoyer and Long. Thi skeleton will be mounted for the Carnegie Museum, Pittsburg. Fire originating from the furnace ruined four roomB In Pennsborg't fine public school building. School was not In session nt the time. In carrying a line of hose Into one of the rooms, School Director Charle Frios broke through a burning floori Rev. George W. Lutr, the principal! wont to Mr. Fries' aid and attempted to hold the hose, but tho nozzle wal whirled abont with such violence that he was thrown out of a window. The loss is $2,000 and Insured ample. A few days ago Andrew Klpplt received a crate of chickens from Center County and in the lot wai a rooster with four legs. It cost him twenty-five cents. Thursday h i was offered $100 for the freak, which was wanted by a showman fof exhibition purposes. A slick check forger has been aperating in Chester and as a result Dver fifteen merchants have been de frauded out of sums of money from $7 to $20. Tho checks were signed fohn Morlock, superintendent of the Prudential Insurance Company and bore the stencil mark of tlfb Insur ince company. Thomas McCauley, aged 60 years, lied suddenly at his home in Uppef Delaware County. Up until tw? rears ago he was In business in Philadelphia and resided at German town. Fred Davis, 18 years old, of Tay lor, had his life crushed out by his ;lothes catching in the revolving shaft of a fan-wheel at the Holden solllery, and being whirled about un til he was lifeless. Harry Hartman, a son of Wil liam Hartman, of Loganvllle, had his left arm crushed by being caught In the cog wheels of a gasoline engine. Harry S. Ebert, a York capitalist, has broken ground for thirty small dwelling houses valued at about $2,000 and five $10,000 residences. Mrf. Ambrose Llnebaugh waB frightfully burned at her home at Davldsburg, nine miles from York. The woman was rendering fat for the purpose of making soap and in feeding the fire the wind blew her clothing across the blaze. Taking fire In a minute her clothing was a mass of flumes. Sho died of her In juries a few hours lator. Henry William Vandersllce, aged 82 years, u veteran of the Civil War, died at hiB home at Cabin Run, Col umbia County, after an Illness of several weeks from a complication of diseases. Mr. Vandersllce was a school teacher for many years. The body of George Boehmer, a German, quite well known in Clear field County, who disappeared last December, has been found In the brush near DuBols. Clark D, Lamberton, of Carlisle, who was graduated from Dickinson five years ago and who has been abroad for a year, has been appoint ed to the fellowship of Christian Archaeology by the American Insti tute of Archaeology having colleges In Rome, Athens and Palestine. Three horses belonging to a gipsy camp decided 'to walk to Scranton by way of the railroad ties and while on a high bridge fell through as a train was approaching. The engineer stopped the locomotive In time to avoid running oiler the ani mals, but all had broken legs and were uhot. While fishing for trout about a mllo from Tannersvllle, Monroe County, Clinton Dlehl and Harry Sterner saw n big bear sitting on Its haunches. The two boys took to their heels. A Pennsylvania Railroad engine and twenty-eight freight cars were piled up In the bed of Scotch Valley Run, near Bloomsburg, when the en gine jumped the tracks at the bot tom of a steep grade. The crew es caped Injury by Jumping. Near Duncannon a man was killed on the Pennsylvania Railroad and from a paper on his person he Is believed to be John Christian Stein, of Cleveland, Ohio. Caught under a fall of rock at tuo Sayre colliery, near Mount Car mel, Howard Fertlg, aged 33, was instantly killed. During a fight at Gilberton which followed a dispute on the relative strength of two men, George Ruva kusky was beaten with an Iron plpo by five men who are under arrest. Ruvakusky's skull was fractured and his life Is In danger. John N. Maahs and wife, ot Land enburg, were awarded $800 damages In the Chester County Court against the supervisors of Louden Britain Township for Injuries received in an accident by the bad condition of the public roads In that township. Ten-year-old William Law, of Bridgeport, at the risk of his life, rescued Goorge Hummell, 5 years old, from drowning. The child fell Into the river below the bridge. Law suw the little one's plight, ami removing his coat jumped Into the Btreum, bringing George safely ashore. Although 84 years old, WiU'.am M. Qrlscora, who, after a re',ience of twettty-five yoarB in Berlin, where ho looked after the foreign interests of his company, now lives in a hand some home at Bryn Mawr, spends the greater part of every day at his desk, In Reading, where he is presi dent of tho Reading Hardware Com pany. In his will, David Smith, a wealthy Wslsenberg, Lehigh County, farmer, bequeathes h'ls farm to his house keeper, Jennie Schllcher. 1e Cuban students at Schuylkill, , Seminary celebrated the fifth anni versary of the Independence of Cuba.'
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