Bellefonte, Pa., March 13, 1908.
Fearful Holocaust at North Collin-
wood, 0., School
DEATH ROLL NUMBERS 167
Cleveland, O., March 6.—As a result
of the disaster which swept.into eter-
pity approximately one-third of the
school children of North Collinwood,
near Cleveland. O., the death roll num-
bered 167.
When the flames were discovered.
the teachers, who throughout seem to
have acted with courage and self-pos-
session and to have struggled he-
roical!ly for the safety of their pupils,
marshaled the little ones into column
for the “fire drill,” which they had |
often practiced.
Unfortunately the line of march in
this exercise had aiways led to the
front door, and the children had not
been trained to seek any other exit. |
The fire came from a furnace situated |
directly under this part of the Suild- |
ing. When the children reached the |
foot of the stairs they found the flames
close upon them, and so swift a rush
was made for the door that in an in
stant a tightly packed mass of chil!
dren was piled up against it. From |
that second none of those who were
upon any portion of the first flight of |
stairs had a chance for their lives.
The children at the foot of the stairs |
attempted to fight their way back |
to the floor above, while those who
were coming down shoved them merci-
lessly back into the flames below. In
an Instant there was a frightful panic,
with 200 of the pupils fighting for
their lives. Most of those who were
killed died here. The greater part of |
those who escaped managed to turn
back and reached the fire escape, and
the windows in the rear.
For supreme horror the scenes that
were enacted around the rear door of
the fll-fated schoolhouse have had few
parallels. Little children lay six and
eight deep. while men and women
struggled with desperation to release |
them, until they were compelled to
give way before the flames and smoke. |
One woman found her own daughter |
fn this press and stroked her hair in |
the effort to keep the flames away.
She failed, and the child was burned
to death while her mother looked on.
An investigation conducted by the
Collinwood school board at which a |
number of survivors of the horror told |
their stories brought forth these facts: |
That one of the inner doors at the |
west entrance of the school was closed |
and fastened while children were pil- |
ing up against it in the passage; wing
partitions in the vestibule narrowed
the exit by at least three feet; the
flames came first from a closet below |
the stairway at the east entrance; the
closet contained lime and sawdust;
three little girls had been found hiding
in play in the closet earlier in the
morning: there was but one fire es-
cape and that its use never was taught
as a part of the fire drill. Survivors
among the teachers estimate that only
two or three minutes passed from the
time of the alarm until all escape was
cut off. The building was a [fair
sample of the kind of school construc:
tion’ in use in small towns. The halls
and stairways were enclosed between
interior brick walls, forming a huge
flue through which the flames shot up
with great rapidity.
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Inland Harbor Assured.
Representatives of the secretary of
war met the officials of the Cape May
Real Estate company in Philadelphia,
when the latter paid to Assistant Unit-
ed States Treasurer Bosler $100,000 in
cash in consideration of securing a
‘much deeper channel to the inland
harbor at Cape May, where the com:
pany has dredged an area of about
500 acres.
This inner harbor, which is now be-
ing dredged to a depth of forty feet,
becomes available to commerce when
the government constructs a channel
coanecting it with deep water of the
Atlantic ocean. This channel will have
a width of 850 feet and a depth of
from twenty-five to forty feet, suffi-
clent to admit the largest vessels of
‘the merchant marine or the greatest
battleships.
Nine Chinese to Hang.
Warry Charles. one of the wealthiest
and most influential Chinamen of Bos-
ton, and eight of his countrymen, said
to he notorious “Hatchetmen,” were
found guilty by a jury in the superior
eriminal court of first degree murder
on four counts, alleging the killing of
four Chinamen in Boston on Aug. 2
last. A tenth defendant died suddenly
in his cell last Tuesday.
The murders grew out of a long-
standing feud between the Hip Sing
Fong and On Leong Tong, rival Chi-
nese societies.
According to one witness, Warry
Charles proposed sending to New
York, Philadelphia and Chicago for
*Hatchetmen” who were unknown to
do the killing, as they would be better
able to escape.
Pitchfork Handle Penetrated Abdomen
William Eberscie, a farmer living
pear Duncannon, Pa., fell out of a hay
mow, striking his stomach against the
handle of a pitchfork, which penetrat-
ed his abdomen. His injuries are be-
lieved to be fatal.
Found $200 Pearl in Neck of a Pig.
A big pearl was found in the neck
of a pig he was dressing by William
Weaver, a Bayonne, N. J. butcher
The gem was appraised at $200 by 2
jeweler.
U. 8. Senator Proctor Dead. | A Bell Ridden Town.
United States Senator Redfield Proc-' 4 well known tourist of the world
tor, of Vermont, died at his apartments ' pag grated as his opinion that Lucerne
in Washington, D. C., after a short ill-| is the most bell ridden town in Europe.
ness, following an attack of grip. The | He had assuredly never been to
senator's son, Governor Fletcher Proc! gohwyz To begin with. the countless
tor, of Vermont, who was summoned ' .4itje that pass through the streets in
to the city, was at the bedside when gh. gyuall hours of the morning on
the senator passed away. Senator | y.ir way to or from the upland pas-
Proctor was seventy-seven vears old. | tras wear bells as big as buckets.
The senator had been ill and con- 4, here are church bells too. A fine
fined to his room at the Champlain | seal they are, no doubt. but the noble
apartment in this city for about a! ,.4 of pell ringing either never existed
week. His ailment was diagnosed 88 pr 155 been lost here. The bells are
the grip. which later developed into rung by being smitten or banged to-
pleurisy with pneumonic complica-| gether by two small boys, whose legs
tions which affected the heart, and po ,jainly visible—an alluring mark
which in his enfeebled condition prov- | for an alr gun—through the open
ou soe much for his powers of el louvres of the church tower, the
ce.
: unds produced being abo -
Senator Proctor is survived by his il Ks Proguced of : Shop 2s ity
wife. two sons, Fletcher D. Prector,
governor of Vermont, and Rerfield | in full play. The petformance begins
. | at 4:30 a. m. and continues until early
Proctor. Jr., and a daughter, Miss Bm- | ..i.0 at 5. and if there is a funeral—
ily D. Proctor. which is every other day or so—there
will he another sustained burst of mel-
Receiver For Railroad Company. ody from 6 to 7. During the remainder |
A bill was filed in the U. 8. circuit | o¢" pe day the ringing is varied and |
court at Baltimore, Md.. by the Bowl ent, but it lacks the irritating |
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ing Green Trust Co. of New York, |, wer of the early morning exercises. |
asking the appointment of receivers g. ar or later public opinion will be |
for the Western Maryland railroad.
Kipling at Work.
ling's den at Brattleboro, Vi. before
ne deserted America for England aud
saw him at his work. He sat at bis
table in a revolving chair. | bad a
brook in my hand and said nothing un-
jess 1 was spoken to. for | was enjoy-
ing a great privilege that was granted
to no one eise but his wife. He would
write for a moment. perhaps for ten or
fifteen minutes at a time. If be was
writing verses he would hum very
softly to himself an air which proba-
bly kept the rhythm in his mind.
When writing prose, he was silent. but
often he would lay down his pen.
whirl round in his chair and chat for
awhile. It might be something relat-
ing to the subject he was treating or
bear no relation to it. Suddenly he
would wheel back again, and his pen
would fairly fly over the paper. He
can easily concentrate his thoughts
and as easily descend from cloud land
to the commonplace of the day, though
in his mind and on his lips nothing is
ever commonplace. Some of his poems |
he has written when speeding in a
Pullman car at the rate of sixty miles
an hour.” —Pacific Monthly.
| the effects of gas which
| been unoccupied for some time. A
Judge Thomas J. Morris appointed
President Benjamin F. Bush, the rail-
road having filed an answer admitting
the allegations in the bill of complaint
and assenting to the receivership. The
allegation of the Bowling Green Trust
company is that the Western Maryland
will he unable to meet fixed charzes
due April 1, amounting to $1,250,000,
The Western Maryland was bought
fn 1902 by what was known as the
Fuller syndicate, acting for the Gould
interest, the price paid being $8.000.-
000. At that time the road was indebt-
ed to Baltimore city on account of
mortgages and accrued interest to the
extent of $12.000,000.
Gas In Tunnel Kills Four.
Four men are dead and ten others
aroused. Those boys will be dragged | - re
from their perch. figuratively if not | Birds Shot With Water.
literally, and peace and quiet will reign | Shooting a humming bird with the
in the eponymous capital of the con- | smallest bird shot made is out of the
federacy.—Blackwood’s Magazine. | question for the tiniest seeds of lead
eee would destroy his coat. The only way
Wolves of the Sea. | in which the bird can be captured for
Of all the inhabitants of the ocean i commercial purposes is to shoot him
few are more destructive than the sea | with a drop of water from a blowgun
wolf, a kind of dolphin which attains | or a fine jet from a small syringe.
when full grown a length of fourteen | Skillfully directed. the water stuns
feet and a weight of 3,000 pounds. him. He falls into a silken net and
A swift swimmer, it is quick in its | before he recovers consciousness is
movements, cunning as a fox and has | suspended over a cyanide jar. This
an insatiable appetite. It feeds on the | must be done quickly. for if he comes
young of seal. whale and walrus and | to his senses before the cyanide whiff
also on the tongue of the adult whale. | snuffs out his life he is sure to ruin
When a mother walrus perceives a | his plumage in his struggles to escape.
sea wolf, she endeavors to throw her |
cub on to an iceberg if one is near. |
were taken to a hospital suffering from |
overcame |
them while at work in the Pennsyl- |
vania railroad tunnel at Baltimore, Md. |
A number of others were affected, but |
managed to reach the entrance to the
tunnel and the safety of fresh air
before being overcome. The accumu-|
lation of gas is said to have been due
| to the fact that the exhaust fan de-
i pended upon to carry off the gas and |
smoke from trains using the tunnel]
was out of order and had not heen |
working for several days. Of the dead |
one was the white foreman of the gang |
and the others were negro laborers.
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A Double Lynching. i
Two negroes, Curry Robertson and
John Henry, were lynched near Haw: |
kinsville. Ga., and their bodies burned. |
They were charged with the murder of |
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Hart.
One of the negroes confessed to the |
srime and said the motive was rob-
bery. Robertson and Henry were ar
rested Wednesday, following the d's
covery of the body of Warren Hart,
His wife was lying in a dying condi
tion.
The negroes were taken from the
county jail and hanged to a tree. Af
ter the lynching the bodies were cut
down and burned. There is no excite
ment as a result of the lynching.
Vaccination Kills Little Girl.
A victim of vaccination, nine
months-old Viola Marguerite Lusby,
of Philadelphia, died from blood poi
goning, which is declared to have
been the direct result of her inocula:
tion with the vaccine virus three
weeks ago. Before she was vaccinat:
ed the baby was strong and healthy,
but two days after the operation sores
broke out in various parts of the body
and Dr. J. W. Thatcher who was call-
ed in and who treated her up until
the time of her death, said that the
blood poisoning was caused entirely
by vaccination.
Two Meet Fiery Death.
The bodies of Lydia Carter, of Bor
dentown, and William Fleck, of Roeb-
ling, were found in the ruins of a
farmhouse between Florence and
Roebling. near Burlington, N. J., which
was destroyed by fire Sunday night.
The burned building was on what is
known as the English farm and had
farmer who looked into the ruins saw
the body of the Carter woman and
later the coroner in making an exami-
nation found the body of Fleck. The
pair were seen together Saturday.
Custer’s Trusty Messenger Dead.
Thomas J. Callan, whom General Cus
ter sent for reinforcements when his
command was entrapped by Indians
on the Little Big Horn river, in Mon:
tana, and who led a relief force back
to the place where Custer and his men
had been slaughtered, died at Yonk-
ers, N. Y. Callan received a medal
from congress in recognition of his
bravery in making the dash for rein
forcements for Custer
Rich Man's Son a Firebug.
Dallas Willard, son of a wealthy res
{dent of Paine, O., confessed at La.
crosse, Wis., that he was a pyromaniac
and that it was he who had start
ed a number of destructive fires at
Lacrosse and West Salem. He was
sentenced to the state reformatory at
Green Bay for two years.
will Be Paid In Full,
The depositors of the Leechburg
Banking company at Kittanning, Pa,
wili be pald in full, according to a
statement given out by the Safe De-
posit & Title Guaranty company, re-
ceiver for the closed institution.
Shot to Death While He Slept.
Fred. Dolph, of Clinton, Ia., was shot
to death while he slept. His head was
blown off with a shotgun, placed
against his cheek. Mrs. Dolph is up-
| ment later the dog's owner inquired
Failing this, she gets it on top of her
head and swims with it above water. |
But this is vain. Diving far below, the
fish of prey comes up with tremendous
force, striking the frantic mother a
terrific blow and jolting the cub off |
her head inte the water. Here it falls |
an easy victim to the assailant and 5
soon devoured.
In its work of destruction the sea |
wolf is frequently aided by the thrash-
er. a fish which can deliver a terrible |
blow with its tail.
Got Something For Nothing.
Mark Twain told how he got some- |
thing for nothing one day in the early
sixties when he needed the money. He |
walked into a hotel and was petting a |
strange dog. General Nelson A. Miies, |
who chanced to be present, offered him
$10 for the canine.
“To be frank,” said the humorist to |
General Miles, “I haven't really got
any right to sell you this animal, but if |
you'll give me $3 you may take the pup |
away when I'm not looking, and I'll
not tell who took it.”
The bargain was closed. and General
Miles took the dog to his room. A mo-
for his pet, and Mark Twain offered to
find the animal for $3. The humorist
then went to General Miles’ room and
explained all, had the dog returned to
him, gave the army officer back his
money and returned the canine to its
origina) owner, thereby making $3.
How to Get Poor Quick.
Do not try to save your loose change.
It Is too small an amount to put in the
savings bank. It would not amount to
much anyway, and there is great com-
fort in spending it. Just wait until you
get sufficient worth while before you
deposit it.
Do not try to economize. It is an in-
fernal nuisance to always try to save
a few cents here and there. Besides,
you will get the reputation of being
mean and stingy. You want everybody
to think you are generous.
Just look out for today. Have a good
time as you go along. Just use your
money yourself. Don’t deprive your-
self for the sake of laying up some-
thing for other people to fight over.
Besides, you are sure of today. You
might not be alive tomorrow.—Success
Magazine.
Helping the Postoffice.
In a history of the great advance in
postal methods accomplished by Sir
Rowland Hill is given this anecdote:
To the postoffice of at that time tiny
Ambleside came one day a well to do
man to buy a stamp to put on the let-
ter he was about to post. “Is this new
reform going to last?” he asked the
postmaster. “Certainly,” was the re-
ply. “It Is quite established.” “Oh,
well, then.” said the man, resolved to
give the thing generous support, “give
me three stamps!”
His Bachelor's Degree.
“I'm so happy,” said Mrs. Oldcastle.
“My son is to get his bachelor’s degree
this year.”
“Is he?" replied Ler hostess. “Well,
1 can't blame you for feelin’ as you do
about it. 1 never thought much of that
snippy Wilson girl he's been goin’
with. How did you get the match
broke off 7’—Chicago Record-Herald.
Smoothing the Way.
“My lawyer told me he thought I
would have a hard time establishing
my claims under the will.”
“What did you say?”
“1 asked him how much more money
he wanted.”
When They Are Quiet.
“1 like to go to church.”
“Why?
“Well, it's comforting to see a man
keep a hundred women or so quiet for
an hour.”—Bohemian,
Old men's eyes are like old men's
memories; they are strongest fot
der arrest.
things a long way off.—Eliot.
Humming birds vary in size from spee-
fmens perhaps half as large as a spar.
row to those scarcely bigger than a
bee. The quickest eye cannot follow
them in full flight. It is only when,
though stiil fiying furiously. they are
practically motioniess over flowers
that the best marksman can bring
them to earth.—New York Press.
The Feeding of Dogs.
“No doz kept indoors and indeed
very few outside should be fed on
meat nor should he be fed from the
table at mealtimes, as he will soon
become a nuisance, especially when
there are visitors. If he is always fed
at the conclusion of a certain meal—
dinner, for instance—he will wait pa-
tiently until the prescribed time. It is
a good plan to feed after one's midday
meal, giving plenty of green vegeta-
bles. bread and potatoes, with a very
few scraps of finely cut meat, the
whole well mixed and some gravy
poured over it. If two meals are given,
one should be at breakfast time and
one in the evening. One should con-
| sist of only a little oatmeal and milk
or a plece of dry dog biscuit.
“At no time should the dog have
more than he will eat. and if he leaves
anything on his plate except the pat-
tern his allowance should be reduced
or a meal omitted.”—Suburban Life.
The Shoulder Strap.
If it were possible to compile such
data it would be extremely interesting
to know to what extent women have
influenced the uniforms and equip-
ment of their fighting states. A little
instance in point is the steel curb
shouider strap of the British cavalry.
When Sir George Luck was setting
out for Kandahar during the Afghan
| operations Lady Luck, knowing prob-
ably something of the fighting methods
of the tribesmen, whose four foot knife
can cut clean from shoulder to belt,
sewed a couple of steel curb chains
under each of the shoulder straps on
her husband's tunic. As a protection
from sword cuts these proved so ef-
fective that at the end of the campaign
Sir George made a report in relation
thereto, with the result that they were
adopted as a permanent feature of the
cavalry uniform.—Harper's Weekly.
Seized Her Opportunity.
He was not a very rapid wooer, and
she was getting a bit anxious.
Again he called, and they sat togeth-
er in the parlor, “just those two.”
A loud rap came at the front door.
“Oh, bother!” she said. “Who can be
calling?’
“Say you're out.” said the deceiver.
“Oh. no; that would be untrue.” mur-
mured the ingenuous one.
“Then say you're engaged,” he urged.
“Oh, may I, Charlie?’ she cried as
she threw herself in his arms.
And the man kept on knocking at the
front door.—Illustrated Bits.
A Rejection Slip.
“Sir,” said the shivering beggar,
stopping the prosperous magazine ed-
{tor on the street. “I have a long, sad
story” —
“Sorry,” briskly replied the maga+
zine editor, passing on, “but we are
only open for short, funny stories now;
full of the other kind.”—Success Maga-
zine.
No Thanks.
“] broke a record today. Had the
last word with a woman.”
“Didn't think it possible. How'd fit
happen?”
“Why, 1 said to a woman in the car.
‘Madam, have my seat’ —Philadel-
phia Ledger.
Good Trade.
“Oh, my business is good,” sald the
trombone player. “In fact, I am al-
ways blowing about it.”
“Well, I'm sooted with mine, too,”
sald the chimney sweep.
“And mine is out of sight,” said the
Do one thing at a time and the big
things first.—Lincoln.
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