41 HUURS UNDER M Fireman John Siefert Pin ned Down by Debris Is Taken OutAHve. WAS GIVEN UP AS DEAD Faint Tapping Informed Companions of Ills Plight Hole Cut to Reach llim Keel Through Rubber Xulo Wife Hud Marie Arrange ment for Funeral. New York, Jan. 10. John J. C. Siefert, one of the three firemen of Engine Company 32 who were bu rled under the ruins of the fnlllnc Boom In the George S. Hill paper warehouse at 64 RooBevelt street, New York city, Sunday night, was found to be alive and conscious twenty-four hours later, tinder tons of smoking paper and debris. After working from 6.30 o'clock, Monday evening, at which time It flret be came known that he was alive, un til 1.45 o'clock the following morn Ing. Selfert was removed from his prlHon, apparently unhurt, though much weakened. Siefert was not discovered until twenty-four hours after he had been given up for dead, with two others of his companions who went down In the collapse of the floors of the ware house. He attracted the attention l ' & fireman by tapping on the beam that held him down. Instantly scores if rescuers were set at work. A twelve foot rubber tube wr.s worked through the debris to Siefert and communication established with Mm. Whisky and coffee were poured lown the tube to the Imprisoned nan, and ho called buck thnt he had Seen greatly strengthened by It. He aid he was held down by the Iegn .and couldn't move, but was other--vlso all right, he thought. A roofing af timber had fallen In such a n..in aer as to keep the debrlB from crush ing him. It was found that the man was in : kneeling posture, with his head Mant forward. A beam lay across h!s Xbgn, while a large piece of boarding Behind which were tons of ruins rest ad against the back of his neck. Then spoken to he replied cheer Srtl y, and said that he was all right,' Jut "wouldn't be all right much fcnrrer" if he didn't get out. A handsaw was used to saw trough the beam which war holding itefert down. The saw bro' e, but a - WW one was quickly obtained, .and Ma cut through the bean and ef- - Acted the fireman's reloiuse. The fireman was hastily examined XT Dr. Rels and Dr. Beeuwkes, who und that his heart and pulse were 4 good condition. A cursory examl- : tatlon failed to reveal any serious todlly Injuries. When It was discovered the flre aan was alive in the ruins there was t consultation of the doctors on the sene, and it was decided to employ , ttygen In efforts to keep Siefert live. The oxygen was administered trough a twelve foot tube, which as lowered through a narrow hole at had been steadily dug through jo tons of paper massed on top of e imprisoned man, and Siefert was tstructed how to use the end drop- down to him. Whisky and . .xychnine also were given Siefert by jeans of the tabe. Siefert Is the only man of the tree who wene reported to have ran killed who was married. Over t. Brooklyn, in the home of Siefert, ere mourning scenes. Mrs.. Siefert d already bought her dark clothes id the undertaker had made all ! plans for the funeral. When. ,t8. Sifert, heartbroken and on the rge of prostration, heard that her jsband had been 'found alive she reamed and fell Is a faint. During . i anxious hours' when the firemen ere hopeful one moment and afraid . : e next, ;she was at the scene of the ; acue work. . . Siefert told the story, of his experl ,. tee in his prison aga&n and again. "When I felt the flor give way," said, "I Jumped between two big ties of paper, and went down with m. Another toppled over on top i ' them, making the spene In which . was protected. Enough Hlmber fell : the same time to hold the bales . t;art. It seemed as If God .bad made . i i box for me. "I found myself held In a , stiff po- H,Jon, half sitting, half lying :aga Inst Ve sharp edge tot a wooden box, I o.iuld only turn s little, so that that t.Aarp edge was only cutting Itrto one i tde of me at a time. I couldn't hol ier, for my voice jjave out. I could wove my right arm, found a aUck id began to beat against the wotid- a box. It made a n;se, and cheered i'.iC same. "The water was pouring down alj t!w while. My old helnet kept me f ?ona drowning, I think. When I got 1'jlraty, I'd let some of the water " ickle Into my mouth. Taste? It anted rotten. "I pictured myself In ray grave fii my wife putting floww on It. ays I, -''You're gone. You was al vays an unlucky dub, atyhow.' hen I thought It would be kinder ollow to give up and I kept fcuBy, t'ying to let m know I waa alive. "And my wife was up thereovfc ide Just at that lime. "One timo a pile of blazing paper oil near me. ( thought It would rn rc y.n or KtJJe me, bqt it W0t yur." C: LYNCH1XGS IN 10j. Only One In the North -Suicide! Otitmnnnihcrs the Homicides. Chicago, 111., Jan. 10. The lynch ing record for 1908 was sixty-nine During the first six months the: ..was a prospect that - the showlnt might be less than that of 190C, but race hatred Increased and In two ot three localities serious riots oc curred. There was a hope that tli North might got1 through the yv without a lynching, but after the lapse of eleven months and twenty seven days Colorado had a lynch ing. In the total of sixty-nine persons lynched the twelve negroes killed I't Atlanta In September and thetwelvr killed at Seooba and Wahala, Mlns., In December, are not Included. Mis sissippi led with twelve lynching. The number of legal executions In 1900 was 123, as compared with 12, in 1905. The total number of deaths by vio lence during 1906 shows a small In crease over 1905, being '9,350, as compared with 9,212. The steady in crease of suicides continues. Tito number for 1906 Is 10,125, which ex ceeds the homicide record, and is aa increase of 143 over 1905. The record of embezzlement, for gery, defaulting and bank wrecking shows a large Increase over 1905 and Is the largest total since 1894, belnp; $14,734,863, as compared with $9,613,172, In 1905. This large increase 'Is principally due to the looting of bank deposit? by Bitch bankers as Stenslnnd in Chi cago and Hippie In Philadelphia. Th losses of 1906 are distributed n fol lows: Stolen by public officials, $1, 684,554; from banks, $10.745. 3S7; by agents, $379,571; forgot les, $223,687; from loan associations, $248,100; by post odlce employes, $22,585; miscellaneous 'Stealings, $1,433,969. . K. II. Ilitirlinun, whose railroad system and public land operations are being investi gated. ITJtSIAN MONARCH DEAD. Aftor Long Fight for Life the Shall of Persia Succumbs. London, Jan. .1Q. Muzaffar-ed-Dln, Shah of Perslu, was born in Te heran on March 25, 1853. Although the second son, he was appointed heir to the throne, Nasr-ed-Dlu, his father, was assassinated May 1. 16, in the Mosque of Abdul Azim, near Teheran, and, while Muzaffar-ed-EHn ascended the throne the same day, it was not until .June 8, 1896, that he waB formally Invested with sovereign power. In celebration of this occasion the taxes .on meat and bread were remitted throughout Per sia. The Shah vlslta Europe In 1900. In Paris an unsuccessful at tempt was made upon his life by au Anarchist. He again went to Europe in 1902, vtsftlng Germany, England, France and Russia. He Visited Em peror Nicholas In St. Petersburg ln September, 1905. He had a faintrng spell owing to the heat while In Paris, Jnly 2tS, 1905, and In Febru ary of the present year It was report ed that he had a stroke of apoplexy. In May last he was again reported 1 bo seriously 111, and these repo-ta, frequently contradicted, were reriv ed from time to time. In August last, as the result of long continued agitation in Persia and many disturbances of a serious nature, the Shah granted a constitu tion, with a nations! Assembly, and other reforms. , Tht Shah will be succeeded by his eldest son, Mohammed All Mlrza, the Vallahd, or heir apparent, and Gov ernor of the Province ttf Azerbaijan, who was born in 1871 and who is now In Teheran. It was evident for some time the end was rapidly approaching and four Injections of camphor were em ployed to prolong the ruler's life. The heir apparent and the Ministers were summoned. The women of the palace also tegun preparations for mourning. Soon after sutiset the doors f the harem were closed. This was the stpn that all wub over. Expose Gambling Trust. Paris, Jan. 8. Sensational rev elations have been made of the operations of a great gambling club trust ot forty-two members, Includ ing Jean JMarquet, a friend of King Leopold, wlio was expelled from the country. The police discovered that each house netted $750,000 profit an nually. In the pt year the Trust It self netted more than five nillllojw.. MftU wPP)en were ylctlms. I ,. THE COLUMBIAN, JAr.vx xoTXooKixa van war. Discourages Emigration to I'ttlted Htates. Washington, D. C, Jan. 10. OH clal luformaton has been received in Washington concerning Japan's atti tude toward the mlKrat!on of her subjects to the Untt"d States that may or may not be deeply significant The authorities have in their poFnes slon reports which, however, did not como through diplomatic rhnnncln, showing that whilo Japan encour ages her subjects to settle In Hawaii It discourages migration td the mainland. In fart, passports .are freely Issued to laborers destined for Hawaii, but they are denied to those who express a desire to go to tho United States pittper. Japan's willingness to permit na tive laborers to go to Hawaii is ex plained on the ground that Japanese are heavily Interested In various en terprises In the Islands and thnt Ja pan for that reason Is desirous of co-operating with a view to supply ing the demand for labor In Hawaii. Japan, It Is further explained, Is not looking for trottblo with the United States. For that reason she will not Issue passports to Japanese who g've this country as their destination. This attitude is assumed by Japan with a desire to prevent a situation whereby sentiment would develop In the United States for. Japanese exclu sion. The enactment of such n law, it la pointed out, might rupture cor dial relations between the two gov ernments. KOOSKVKIT ACTS IX HTKIKR. His Agents In Chicago to Confer With It. It. Men. Chicago, 111., Jan. 10. President Roosevelt Is making a strong effort to Prevent a generul strlko of engi neers and firmen on forty-nine rail roads of the country as a result of the disagreement between employers and employes over wages Tind hours and of the differences between the firemen and engineers' union and the Rrotherhood of Locomotive En gineers. To accomplish this ho has sent to Chicago E. K. Clark, formerly grand chief of the Order of Railway Con ductors and now a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and Martin A. Knapp, chairman of the commission. These two officials were closeted at the Palmer House with Warren S. Stont, grand chief of the Ilrother hood of Locomotive Engineers; J. J. Hannhan, head of the firemen's union; P. H. Morrlssey, head of the railway trainmen, and other labor leaders. A proposition was made that seemed fair to all excepting Mr. Stone. This proposition specified that if the terms of settlement could be arrived at the men should return to their old places. NEW HEADS BY KVHGERY. Dr. Posner Thinks They Will Be a Question of Speed Iresently. Berlin, Jan. 8. Dr. Posner, a well known professor of surgery at the Berlin University, writing In the Gartenlaube, says that surgery Is making such progress that he quite looks forward to the time when sur geons will be able to attach an arti ficial arm or leg to the body. He even goes further and says that In the future surgeons will find no difficulty In attaching a beheaded head to the trunk provided the operation Is carried out expeditious ly enough. EMMA GOLDMAN JIGGED AGAIN. Caught by the Anarchist Hquad Making a Speech. New York, Jan. 10. Emma Gold man, the anarchist, was telling 600 men and women in Clinton Hall, 151 Clinton street, why governments should be overthrown by force when live detecttveB from Police Head quarters sprang to the platform and ;arrsted her. The audience, which was made up mostly of anarchists, din't take kindly to the Interruption ;and such disorder followed that a hurry call for reserves had to be sent to the Delancy street station. OKDE11S SUBMARINE CKVI8KKS. France ito Have Four jvith a Radius Of Action of 2,fiWtt Mtlea. Paris, France, Jan. . The Ad miralty has ordered the construction of four submarine cruisers, which xe to :be superior to any xlstling type of similar vessels. They are ta be of 800 tons, to have a speed of IS knots on the surface and of 18 knots below the surface, and are to have a radius of action of 2,509 miles. Tb French naval authorities haro laid down twenty submarine boats within the past .year. British Naval Retrenchment. London, Jan. 1. The Mall states officially that there will be a reduc tion of the force in commission of the British Navy after the February manoeuvres. The Channel fleet will be reduced from serenteen battle ships to fourteen, with three small cruisers. Th Atlantic fleet will be reduced from eight batOoshlps to six, with three small cruisers. The Medi terranean fleet will be reduced from eight battleships to six, with four small cruisers. The first and second armored Mrulser squadrons will be reduced from six to four vessels. Thus the main squadrons of the British fleet (a acUve commission will be reduced from thirty-three to twenty-six bat' tleshlps, And from Bjxtflen armored fJul?Cf tD twelv, BLOOMSBURO, PA. B0FI11 Covering Minor Happen ings from all over the Qlobe. HOME AND FOREIGN. Compiled and Condensed for the Busy Reader A Complete Record of Enropeoo Despatches and Im portant Events from Everywhere Boiled Down for Ilasty,IrusiU. Before the Interstate Commerce Commission E, P. Ripley, president of the Santa Fe, testified that an at tempt had been made by the Union Pacific to obtain control of his road. Announcement was made In Wash ington that President Roosevelt will send another message to the Senate, with more evidence in the Browns ville case. Village of Montreal, N. C. woo transferred by John C. Huyler to tho Presbyterian Synod. Governor Fardee said California will deal with the Japanese school children question as It deems bort and that Mr. Roosevelt does not understand the situation. Edwin Gould capitulated to the Hclnze-Morse Thomas Interests nnil got out of the Mercantile National Bank. The Idea of an American protec torate for Cuba is steadily gaining strength in the Island. Mr. John D. Rockefeller will givo $3,000,000 more to tho University of Chicago for the purpose of pension lug Its superannuated professors. Senator Gearin, of Oregon, advo cated exclusion of Japanese laborers from the United States. A fireman caught In a burned building In Roosevelt street, Now York city, Sunday nlcht was found alive and rescued thirty-six houru afterwards. Attorney General Jackson began action in the Supreme Court to forca Mayor McClellan of New York, to surrender his office to W. It. Heni'st. Mayor McClellan of New York, in his annual message, reported the city's debt to be $525,0G0,475 and Its borrowing capacity $65,570,000. Counsel for Harry Thaw told Judge Fitzgerald that his client feared that he could not get a fair trial In New York City, because of newspaper misrepresentations. Attorney for Mayor McClellan of New York City, obtained a court order stopping proceedings In tho quo warranto petition" for the re count of the votes In the contest started by W. R. Hearst. Attorney General Jackson will go on with quo warranto proceedings In the recount case, despite the court's order. In his first skirmish over the bal lots Attorney General Jackson ob tained possession of some of the boxes. Interstate Commerce Commission hearings In New York in Harrlman merger ended for the present, with William Rockefeller under subpoena to give details of big stock purchase and Bale. George W. Perkins made sworn answer to the charge against him in the insursance scandal, declaring himself to be Innocent in all particu lars. Thomas W. LawBon's boom In Trinity Copper collapsed when the stock suddenly dropped 14 points. Less opposition to the reforms ad vocated by Governor Hughes was no ticed in the Legislature at Albany. President Rooaevelt will bring be fore Congress the German tariff question for settlement. The steamer City of Panama, for the safety of which fears were felt in San Francisco, was reported as Blghted off Mazatlan, Mexico, appar ently all right. . Railroads and the Interstate Com merce Commission are engaged In a struggle for the mastery under the new rate regulation law. More Immigrants landed In the United States In the last Oscar year than In any previous year. Guests at Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh's masked ball In Washington were perturbed when an Interloper, costumed as Mephlstopheles, became so obnoxious that he was asked to leave. Two visions seen by a New York .lawyer have been taken 'up by the Society for Psychical Research In hope that they may be a clew to spirit communication. Engineers on the Pennsylvania's East River tunnel construct a ma chine to force artificial rock Into the ground and stop flow of air. A new church was formed in New York city which Is to Include any body and. manage everything from governments to skating rinks. FOREIGN NEWS. The movement of Egyptian na tionalist against tho British protec torate Inspires the Paris Temps to give them advice, which is Just as applicable to the Cubans, says a de spatch. The British battleship Dread nought is about to cross the Atlantic and will be In West Indinn waters at the same time as Admiral Evana' oquadron. Everything around Zlnat has been burned, says a despatch from Tan gier, and the Moroccan Minister of War Is about to continue operations against Italsull. In Joint manoeuvres of the Brlt qh Channel, Atlantic and Medkcr rannn fleet, says a cable from London, the largest number Of bat tleships nnd cruisers ever assembled will gather off lagos. Talklns to Mr. Alexander Har dary, of New York, Mr. Israel Zang wlll, according to a cable from Lon don, called Amerlia the Jews euthanasia nnd said he would nliow none to come here If he could pro vent It. Persia's Assembly, acrordlnr: to n cnble despatch from Teheran, Is split Into two parties, one demand ing Immediate, the other gradual, reforms. A St. Petersburg despatch says that great importance Is attached to a prolonged audience given by tho Cznr to the Premier, M. Stolypln. In collision at Naples of the Prln zess Irene, of the North German Lloyd fleet, bound for New York, nnd the' steamship Moltke, both vessels wero seriously damaged and there was a panic on the former. In London there was a more cher ful tone to speculation during tho week, owing to easier money, says a despatch. t Count Leo Tolstoi expressed fear In an interview lest Japan should yet make Christian nations her van salfl. According to a despatch from Te heran both the Shah and the Crown Prince have accepted and signed tho Persian constitution. HPOHTIXG NEWS. i The Aero Club of Grent Britain has decided to send a challenge for theCoupe international at St. Louis In October. E. C. Benedict has been re-elected coi.miodore of the deawnnhaka-Co-rlnthlan Yacht Club for 1907. H. L. Doherty, champion iawn i tennis player of England, denies th.it I i- ... . .v.... n.. ! ue is iu rriiiu nun tH-ur-uu. Tho National Baseball Commis sion has admitted the Trl-Stato League to the protection of tho na tional agreement. The officers of the Motor Boat Club of America are busy nrranglng an interesting schedule of events lor the coming season. Tho Executive Committee of the Lawn Tennis Association is consid ering the advisablltly of sending an American team abroad for the Davis trophy this year. The Governor's Recommendations. Albany, N. Y Jan. 10. The Fol lowing are tho most Important rec ommendations In the Governor's message: Immediate provision for recount of Mayoralty vote and provision for re count of ballots In future. Provision taking away from At torney General power to authorize bringing of action to test title to of fice and vesting it in Supreme Court. Abolition of Rapid Transit Com mission and creation of new board to have powers of old board and ad ditional powers over all traffic "be tween points within the city and points elsewhere in the State." New board also to have Jurisdiction over gas and electricity corporations with in New York city and perhaps In surrounding on n ties. Abolition of Railroad Commission and Gas and Electricity Commission and creation of new board with pow ers of each of the old boards and ad ditional powers to have Jurisdiction In the rest of State. New board to have power to Inflict penalties for disobedience of Its orders. Provision in Election Jaw to free the splU-ballot section from ambig uity and to do away with the party column, bunching the candidates un der the names of the offices. Provslon limiting the amount a candidate may spend to secure office. Law to authorize courts to review action of State conventions, to pre vent minority gaining control by fraudulent methods.. Trial of direct nomination by pri mary by authorizing general com mittee of any party to adopt the plan. That the State Labor Department be overhauled and an eight-hour law passed for children less than 16 years old. BILL AIMED At ALBANY GRAFT. Senators Hove Roen Getting Big Counsel Fees. . Albany, N. Y., Jan. 10. Very many Republicans who have been disap pointed in their desire for a reor ganization ot the Senate have de cided that something must be dono to( convince the voters of the State that those In charge of the party's affairs should take some steps to make good their desire for reform. With this end In view It was learned that a bill Is to be Intro duced simultaneously In the Senate and the Assembly which will prevent Senators, Assemblymen and Con gressmen and all otherB holding pub lic office from participating In the fees which they as legislators and public officials creute through legis lation. , It was asserted that tho bill to be introduced is to be buBed upon the Federal law which precludes a United States Senator or a member Of the House of Representatives from participating In the financial results which might accrue from the legislation on which they are direct ly or Indirectly Interested in' getting a tho statute books. NEGRO TROOPS TO I'lIILtPriXK. .Sweeping Order Cmtwn Much Com ment in Washington. Washington, D. C-. Jan. 10. All of the negro soldiers In the regular army have been ordered to get ready to go to the Philippines. They will depart between March 6 and June t of this year. The Twenty-fourth In fantry Is already In the Philippines, nnd the negro regiment.i that nr now to go are tho Ninth and Tenth cavalry and the Twenty fifth la fantry. Tho sixth cavalry, the Eighteenth, Twenty - sixth, Twenty - ninth nnd Thirtieth Infantry, all white soldle s, have also been ordered to the Phil ippines to relieve the Fourth, Sev enth and Eighth cavalry and the Ninth, Thirteenth, Fifteenth, Six teenth and Nineteenth Infantry. The sending away of all the negro soldiers has caused much comment, and In explrnntlon Secretary Taft Is sued a statement, the purpose of which v.ns to show that this action was In no way a result of the Brownsville episode, and thnt the following Investigation was but film ply a matter of department routine. In his explanation the Secretary snys that the negro troops which have seen service In the Islands have been very satisfactory, and that he has no doubt that those about to go will prove of equal uervlce. He quotes General Wood upon the sat isfaction which the people of the Vlsayns and Mlmlango express nv f-nrdlng th pretence of the Twenty, fourth Infantry. Tho remainder of, the statement Is given to nn explanation of the ne cessity of transferring the different regiments of tho service to duty in the various possessions of the United States. By doing so, it is asserted, tho army Is made more mobile. Foreign servic), it should be stat ed, Increaes the pay of the men twen ty per cent, and counts double time ur irurewieni, conciueiis mo state ment. "It wns pointed out at the de partment, therefore, that the idea that these orders were prejudicial to the cejored troops or were made on account of the Brownsville affair was utterly absurd." PLAN TO DEFEND THAW. Senator Knox Advises Mrs. Thaw How to Save Her Son. Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 10. United Statin Senator P. C. Knox, it is said, has convinced Mrs. William Thaw that her proper plan Is to let her son, Harry Thaw, understand he will be tried for the murder of Mr. Stanford White with the "unwritten law' 'plea as the defence. Then, nt the last mo ment, the plan Is to have a commis sion appointed, after which Thaw may be whisked away to Mattea wan's Criminal Asylum nud go into retirement until such time as It Is considered propitious to ask for his trial "after recovering his reason." Thaw will not have a word to say. He will be Insane In the eye of the Court, and any protest he might make will not avail. The med ical men will render, their opinion, the Court will accept their report) and despite his protests he will be adjudged crazy. FINANCIAL , Stock were weak, with Irregular recoveries, selling off nt tho close of the market. Artclles amending the charter of tho charter of the Harvester Trust were filed In Trenton, N. J., permit ting the issuance of common and preferred stock. NEW YORK MARKETS. Wholesale Prices of Farm Prodnee Quoted for the Week. The Milk Exchanc? price for stan dard quality Is 3c. per qt. Butter. Creamery, extra S2U83 29 S1H State dairy, fancy 29 Q- Cheese. Fancy 13H0UH Small 1314 014 Prt Skims 7H8V4 Egg. State and Penn 87 88 Western Firsts 27 28 Live Poultry. Chickens, per lb ' u Fowls, per lb Dressed Poultry. , Turkeys, per lb n jj . Fowls, per lb 8 IS ISM Chickens, Phlla. lb.... 18 25 Fowls, per lb ( 14 Ducklings, per lb...... 8 QfH Fruits Freeh. Apples Greonlngs per bbl $i 60$S 00 King, per bbl 2 00 3 25 Ben Davis per bbl... 1 60(g) t 80 Vegetables. Potatoes, L. I., bbl...$l 60$1 71 Cabbages, per 100... 1 50 4 SO Onions, whito, bbl... 3 00 6 00 Carrots, per bbl 1 25 1 7S Turnips, per bbl s 80 Hoy and Straw. Hay, prime, cwt...$l 10 $1 IS No. 1, per cwt.. 1 00 1 05 , No. 3, per cwt.... 95 1 00 Clover, mixed, cwt. 75 1 00 Straw, long rye... '60 65 " Grain; Etc Flour, Win. pats.$3 60 $3 75 Spring pats... 4 20 6 00 Wheat, No. 1 . . , . 90 . No. 2, red. . . . 81 Oats, mixed.... $9 Clipped white. 40 44 j Live Stock. Beeves.clty drs'd (u Calves, city drs'd. 8 14 ' . Country, drs'd. 7 ' 13 Bheep, ifi..cwiJJ3 00 $5 50
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