ANOTHER HLIZZAKD
All tlif Eastern States Swept
by a Great Storm.
All Trallle Impeded—The Storm Is
Particularly Severe In Peniiftyl
vanla— IMflVrent Tu» im lit
K«\v York ICeport a
Itljj Snow lull.
Philadelphia, March 6.—With the
exception of the extreme southeast
ern section of the state, the entire
commonwealth of Pennsylvania is in
the grasp of the heaviest snow storm
of the winter, liailroad travel is
practically tied up in many places.
Easton, Ilazelton, Wilkesbarre and
other points north of Philadelphia
report that snow fell all day and still
continues. There are 22 to 24 inches
of snow on the ground at those
points. Heavy drifts have closed up
mountain passes, blocked railroads
and closed down coal mines. In the
northern central section, Williams
port reports 16 inches oi snow.
The storm is particularly severe
from Harrisburg west to beyond the
Allegheny mountains. At Harrisburg,
■Altoona and Bedford. 24 inches of
snow have fallen. From all points
in that territory, serious delay to
steam railroads is reported. The
main line of the Pennsylvania road is
practically tied up at Altoona, all pas
senger trains being hours behind
schedule time.
Pittsburg, March G.—From all sec
tions of western Pennsylvania and
the northeastern portion of West
Virginia, the reports are that the
snow storm yesterday was the heavi
est of the season. Business in many
places was practically suspended,
schools closed and the heavy drifts
impeded seriously the operation of
railroads and trolley systems. Along
the Allegheny Valley railroad from
-Pittsburg to Oil City the snow on
the level is 12 inches deep and the
drifts in some places are 20 feet high.
On the low grade division of the
Pennsylvania railroad the drifts are
even higher than oil the .Allegheny
Valley, and trains are having a hard
time to gef through.
Baltimore, March 6.—Reports from
all parts of Maryland show that the
storm, which lias been raging here
since Tuesday night was equally bad
in the mountains on tliawest and tin
low lands on the east. .No serious re
sults are as yet reported, the damage
thus far being confined to telegraph
and telephone wires, trees and trol
ley lines. Railway traffic has been im
peded, but not seriously.
Hoosick Falls, N. Y., March G. —This
section of eastern New York is in
the throes of a severe storm. A heavy
snowfall began Wednesday morning,
blockading traffic in general. The
same conditions prevail along the
Vermont line and in eastern .Massa
chusetts.
Elmira, N. V., March 6. —A heavy
snow storm set in Wednesday morn
ing and the entire Chemung valley is
covered with snow to the depth of
eight inches. On account of the re
cent floods, which covered one-third
of the city, the storm is a great hard
ship to the poor people in the flooded
sections.
'Hudson, N. Y., March O.—A heavy
snow storm set in yesterday. The
snow drifted badly and caused the
entire force of men who were clear
ing the tracks of the New York Cen
tral railroad to suspend work. It
will probably be a week before the
New York Central tracks can be used
for through traffic.
Whitehall, N. Y., March 6.—The
worst blizzard of the season struck
northern New York yesterday. Re
ports from Westport. Port Henry,
Crown Point, Fort Ticonderoga and
other lake points state that, a fierce
gaie is raging, with heavy snowfall.
■Boston, March 6. —The heavy storm,
the center of which was off the Caro
linas, struck Boston yesterday. Snow
fell throughout the afternoon.
Huntington, W. Va., March o.—The
enow storm in West Virginia con
tinues. Eighteen inches has fallen
here, 24 at Logan, 20 at Point Pleas
ant, 30 at Dingess, three feet at
Wyoming and five feet is reported in
the Cheat mountains. The Guyan
<lottc, Twelve Pole, Tug, Kanawha,
New and liig Sandy rivers are all ris
ing, the latter very rapidly.
New Haven, Conn., March G.— Aq
average of about 12 inches of snow
has fallen throughout the state and
street car traffic is delayed in all di
rections. Western Connecticut is suf
fering the most, trains being about
two hours late, in the eastern part
of the state, they are running bet
ter.
NUGGETS OF GOLD.
riili-asuaim I-'lnd 'l'licm In Clilckrna
that Came from WiacoiiMiii.
Chicago, March o.—Nuggets of gold
weighing from a quarter of an ounce
to one ounce were found in the crops
of chickens and ducks In South Wa
ter street market yesterday. The
fowls were shipped from Fifleltl, Wis.,
a little town on the Wisconsin Cen
tral railway.
The ducks and chickens were re
ceived by one of the many commis
sion merchants along South Water
street, and the discovery of the pre
cious metal was made by his helpers
when they slaughtered the fowls.
The commission men express the
opinion that there must be gold in
considerable quantities about the
bottoms near Fifield.
A Conference on Cuban Reciprocity.
'Washington, March G. —Speaker
Henderson and Representative Can
non, of Illinois, called at the WliitV
House yesterday and discussed with
the president the subject of Cuban
reciprocity. Active canvassing con
tinued among republican members
preliminary to the third caucus on
Cuban reciprocity to be held to
night. Positive claims are made by
those opposed to Representative
Payne's 20 per cent, reciprocity piuij
that there is a clear majority against
it. Mr. Payne and his associates do
not concede this.
BOATS COLLIDE.
sifanmr Wfiealniid Slnlm OIT th« I7M-
Klluli Coawt—Two Llvm
London, March 7.—The American
line steamer .Waesland, Capt. Apfeld,
from Liverpool March 5 for Philadel
phia. and the British steamship Har
nionides, Capt. Pentin, from Para
for Liverpool met in collision Wed
nesday liight off Holyhead, Wales.
The Waesland sank. All but two of
her passengers and crew were saved.
The Waesland carried 32 cabin and
S3 steerage passengers and is owned
by the International Navigation Co.,
but flies the 'Belgian finer. She plied
regularly between Philadelphia and
Liverpool, touching at Qucenstown
each way. Formerly she was Known
as the Russia. She is a four-masted
bark-rigged iron vessel of 3,G7ii ton.;
nft. Messrs. J. & 0. Thompson
built her at (llasgow in 1867.
Liverpool. March 7.—Fifty-three of
the passengers and crew of the
Waesland arrived at Liverpool on
board the Harnionides this morning.
They were received l>v the agents of
the American line here and were
quartered at various hotels.
The collision occurred in a thick
fog at 11:30 o'clock Wednesday night,
when the Waesland was about 40
miles southwest of Holyhead. The
Harnionides struck the Waesland
amidships and there was a terrible
shock. Most of the Waesland's pas
sengers had retired for the night.
Perfect order and discipline pre
vailed.
The crew of the steamer rapidly
turned out the passengers and suc
ceeding in assuring them that their
lives were safe. The passengers
were greatly influenced by the cold
ness of the crew and obeyed instruc
tions willingly and quickly. The
Waesland's boats were speedily got
out and in less than half an hour the
entire ship's company had been
transferred to the ITarmonides.
Unfortunately two lives were lost.
The dead are a steerage passenger
named Dangerfield and a child named
Elsie Emmett, the daughter of a
cabin passenger.
The Waesland sank in 35 minutes
after the collision. Die passengers
anil crew lost all their belongings.
The vessel carried no mails. The
passengers unite in the highest praise
of the behavior of Capt. Apfeld and
his crew. It is expected the com
pany will send on the passengers by
another vessel next week.
A CHICAGO MYSTERY.
Dentil of a <!au In si ftiitli I Sou tie Puz
«lo* tile Wiiidy rilj'» Poller*
Chicago, March 7. —After spending
24 hours in the Great Northern bath
house J. 11. Davidson, western man
ager for the Philadelphia Watch and
Case Co. and prominent in Chicago
jewelry trade circles, was found un
conscious by attendants in the place.
He was removed to St. Luke's hos
pital, where he died. A post-mortem
examination revealed a serious frac
ture of the skull. Even the frontal
lobes of the brain bad been affected,
and it was made clear that. David
son died from the effects of a severe
blow. Whether Davidson fell on the
marble floor, or was struck has not
yet been determined by the police,
though Davidson's friends do not sus
pect that be was the victim of foul
play.
Attendants at the bath establish
ment assert that Davidson was in
good health when he entered tha
place. Davidson died without mak
ing a statement.
Itelunes to IHnband IIIk Army.
Pekin, March 7.—The actions of
Gen. Tung Fu Hsiang are causing
excitement and apprehension at the
imperial court. Tung Fu Hsiang has
a considerable body of troops. The
dowager empress, through Yung Lu,
the first grand secretary, recently
wrote to the general offeringto main
tain him comfortably if he would
disband his followers. This Tung
Fu Hsiang refused to do, intimating
that he felt safer with his army
around him. The court fears that
when his resources fail, Tung Fu
11 si a Tiff may be compelled to resort to
pillage in order to support his fol
lowers and that this would eventual
ly lead to rebellion.
A 875,000,000 mortgage.
Clarksburg, W. Va., March 7. —A
mortgage for $75,000,000 given by the
•Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. was
admitted for record in the office of
the county clerk here yesterday. It
was in favor of the Union Trust Co.,
of New York. The purpose of the
mortgage is to liquidate all outstand
ing mortgages previously given on all
lines operated by the Baltimore &
Ohio system in Pennsylvania. Ohio
and West Virginia. Twenty million
dollars' worth of bonds already have
been issued for this purpose. The
largest single issue to be taken up
is that of $13,810,5330 on the Pitts
burg, Lake Erie & Western system.
A Kit; llml of Iron Ore.
Plattsburg, N. Y., March 7.—The
Cliateaugay Ore and Iron Co. has dis
covered that the vein of iron ore at
its mines near Lyon Mountain, N. Y.,
which it was supposed was 30 feet in
thickness, is over 70 feet and extends
for six miles, making it one of the
largest deposits of iron ore in the
world. The company lias increased
its capital stock, of which the Dela
ware & Hudson Cft. owns a controll
ing interest. The charcoal blast fur
nace at iStandish will Vie rebuilt with
an annual capacity of 25,000 tons of
charcoal pig iron. The company
will double its present output of ore.
Organize a Hunk Every Hay.
■Washington, March 7. —A report is
sued by the treasury department
shows that since the passage of the
act of March 14, 1000, there have been
organized S7H national banking asso
ciations, with .aggregate capital
stock of $ 15,510,000. Of these 582
had individual capital of less than
$50,000. During last month there was
an average of one bank organized
daily. At the close of business on
February OS there were in active
operation 1,585 national banking as*
social ions with capital stock ox' Jjio7?,«
879,195.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1902.
FIVE MEN KILLED.
TwO Explosions Play Havoc
with Mine Workers.
ratiifflroplif Occurred IVcar itloiioiiga*
hela, I'u. —Several Oilier Winer*
Injured, Two I'robably Fu
(ally*-Itellel I'urtlen
tUMUCCONNfuI.
Monongaliela, Pa., March 7.—An
explosion in the I'atsburg mine of
the Monongaliela Hiver Consolidated
Coal and Coke Co. on Thursday re
sulted in the death of five men, and
serious injury of several others, two
fatally. The dead:
Mine Boss IJobert Howey, aged SO
years, married.
.Tames llowey, aged 20 years, son
of mine boss.
Isaac Fast wood, of Monongaliela,
40 years old, married.
John Gilder, of Cliarleroi, Pa.,
single.
William McFariand, of Mononga
liela, married.
Fatally injured: .Tames Ilagger,
married, badly burned; James Ter
rent, married, badly burned.
On Monday a premature explosion
of dynamite caused gas to ignite and
since that time the mine has been
burning. A'J the air channels were
closed and it was hoped that the
flames could be smothered. Yester
day morning 20 men entered the
mine to investigate. Tt is not ex
plained what caused the explosion,
but it is thought that the turning on
of the air which had been shut off
by the fan caused the gas which had
accumulated to ignite. A terrible
explosion followed, soon after the
men entered. \ relief party headed
by Superintendent ■Seddon and Mine
Inspector Leiitift, made nn effort
and nearly succeeded in reaching the
imprisoned men, but were compelled
to return for air. All were over
come and are in a serious condition.
A second relief party, headed by
John Coulter, entered the mine by
another way, but a second explosion
occurred and they were forced to re
treat. A third relief party made a
futile attempt. A fourrti attempt
will be made to reach the bodies of
the men who are believed to liavn
jie rished.
James Ilagger was reached by one
rescuing party. He was found bad
ly burned. James Terrent was burned
by flames that shot up all around
him, but he crawled a thousand feet
from his companion, Gilder, who was
killed instantly.
A COAL FAMINE.
It .Tluy be Felt al l.etlllehem, I'a., a*
a ICewiill ill a Snow Itlorkudc.
Bethlehem, Pa„ March 7. Snow
drifts of ten feet extend from one end
of the Lehigh Valley to the other,
blocking the trolley roads and the
Lehigh Lackawanna branch of the
Jersey Central railroad and choking
up every township road Tier ween here
and the Blue mountains. He] ♦i ts
from Wind Gap and vicinity say that
much live stock has perishi'd. Ac
companying the embarrassment of
the storm is the announcement by
coal dealers that a coal famine is
inevitable.
The score or more of clergymen
who were passengers on a trolley ear
returning from a German Methodist
conference at Bangor and were
caught in a drift on the Blue moun
tains were released Wednesday night
by farmers. They reached the Ban
gor & Portland railroad subsequent
ly and got to their homes in Phila
delphia by steam cars.
Kaston, Pa.. March 7.—This city
and towns and country districts
nearby are snowbound and it is very
cold. A high wind drifted the snow
badly. The city trolley lines have
recovered somewhat, but the rural
roads are drifted sliuj and it will be
several days before traffic on them
is resumed.
Claim* of tlalue Victim* are Denied.
Washington, March 7. —The Span
ish treaty claims commission has
handed down a decision against the
claimants for deaths and injuries re
ceived by seamen in the wreck of the
battleship Miiine, in Havana harbor.
The commission holds that "indi
vidual claims of citizens of one na
tion may arise against the govern
ment of another nation for redress
of injuries which such citizens may
have sustained from such govern
ment, or its agents. But such indi
vidual claims do not arise in favor of
the men of a ship who receive, in the
line of duty, injuries to their person::
for which a foreign government is
responsible.
To lie t'oui t-Martlaled for Cruelty.
Manila, March 7.—A court-martial
has been ordered to try Maj. Little
ton Waller, and Lieut. John A. Day,
of the marine corps, on March 17
next, on the charge of executing
natives of the island of Samar with
out trial. Some of the circumstan
ces in the ease are peculiarly atro
cious. One native was tied to a tree
and shot in the thigh. The next day
the man was shot in the arms. The
third day he was shot in the body,
and the fourth day the native was
killed.
Perfume .Tinker* to Combine.
Detroit, Mich., March 7.—The
American Perfume Co., with a capital
of $5,000,000, is a combination which
will be effected in a few days by
about 15 of the largest perfume
manufacturers of the United States.
Seized l>y the Shcrill*.
Derby, Conn., March 7.—The
Driggs-Scabury (inn and Ammunition
Co.'s plant was closed up by the
sheriff last night and 100 men were
thrown out of work. Some lime
ago LafTiin & Hand, New York pow
der manufacturers, attached .the
plant for $30,000 to satisfy a claim of
$22,000. The company has not set
tled the account and the action
yesterday resided. The Driggs-
Scilbury Co. has been working night
and day on government contracts and
a large portion of the %vork has been
ift ual uishod.
NATION'S GUEST.
Prince Henry's Tonr of Ameri
can Cities Very Enjoyable.
Crowd* Turn Out anil (.'reel lllm at
Clilcueu. Ililu auhi'K mid |l»n>
ton—The Frlneo Finally
ltctu rn* to New York
Mult- ai.tl H <'ll.
Chicago, March 4.—A glare of rod
fire that could be seen for miles, tin;
blaze of hundreds of torches, ine
sparkle of myriads of electric lights,
and the cheers of thousands of peo
ple made up the first taste of Chi
cago's hospitality that was given
Prince Henry upon his arrival in this
city last evening. His train arrived
at the depot of the Chicago & Alton
railroad at 6:150 o'clock and from
there, after he had been welcomed
by Mayor Harrison and the general
reception committee,
The chief event of the stay of the
prince in Chicago was the grand ball
held last night in the Auditoriura.
Chicago, March s.—l'rince Henry
of Prussia on Tuesday listened to an
address from the Central Hund, of
St. Paul, placed a wreath on the Lin
coln monument in Lincoln park and
enjoyed a luncheon and reception at
the (iermania club.
Milwaukee, Wis., March 5. —Mil-
waukee was host to Prince Henry of
Prussia for six hours last evening
and gave him a reception that was
highly enthusiastic and an entertain
ment that was unique. His special
train came at 4 o'clock and at 10
o'clock was away again on the run to
Niagara and New England. The in
tervening time was all given over to
the reception and entertainment of
the royal visitor. It began with a
drive through the business and resi
dential districts in review before a
crowd that numbered 200,000. Then
there was a public reception at which
Gov. Lafolette and Mayor Ifose voiced
the official welcomes, and the United
Singing societies raised their voices
in mighty chorus.
Rochester, X. Y., March 0. — Prince
Henry of Prussia traveled from Clii
cago to .Niagara Palls yesterday,
crossed the Canadian frontier for a
brief stay, during which he was wel
comed by Dominion otfieials and re
sumed his journey last night,
Huston, .March 7. Prince Henry of
Prussia was the guest of Huston yes
terday and his welet;jne to the city
was a cordial one. (Jov. Crane and
Mayor Collins, acting for the state
and the city, extended the official
courtesies to him and when the prince
had returned their calls he weni to
Cambridge to deliver the gifts of his
brother, the kaiser, to the Germanic
museum, and to receive from Har
vard the honorary degree of doctor
of laws.
Last night the prince was given a
dinner by the city of Boston and sat
at a table with more than 200 repre
sentative citizens of the common
wealth.
New York, March B.—Prince Henry
of Prussia yesterday completed his
tour and is once more in New York,
where he will remain until Monday,
when he goes to Philadelphia. lie
was absent from the city for nine
days, during which time his special
train was within the territory of 13
states and ran a total distance of 4,-
li5S miles. He was greatly pleased
with his trip, and last night, through
his aide, ('apt. Yon Mtiller, issued a
statement expressing his satisfaction
at the opportunity which came to
him, and his gratification at the cor
diality with which he was received
throughout the country. ('apt. Von
Midler said:
"His royal highness is very much
pleased by his trip into the interior
of the United States. lie is fully
aware of the fact that he has had
only a very superficial glimpse of a
very small portion of the Unittfl
States, and that he might perhaps
have used his time to greater advan
tage had he remained in one of the
larger cities of the east. Hut he is
convinced, nevertheless, that, consid
ering the character of his mission,
the trip was the right thing for him
to do. In making it he has obtained
a very fair idea of the vastness of th<
country and its resources, which the
capital of the United States and the
great commercial centers of the east
alone could not have given li'Vi. Hut
more than this impression he values
the hearty welcome which he met in
all the places lie went through, a
welcome that showed him that the
people of the United States every
where understood and appreciated
the intention of the German emperor
in sending him here.
"The prince made a speech in St.
Lnruis in which he said he regretted
not to have been able always to ex
press his thanks to those who greet
ed him at the railway stations, or
who otherwise desired to show him
their respect. He wishes to have
the intent of that speech conveyed
to all those who in the course of the
trip gave him such a cordial recep
tion, and especially he wishes to ex
press his thanks to those who, early
in the morning when he was not pre
pared and still in bed, welcomed him
with music and cheers."
His last day on the special train
which carried him to the south, west
and east, rivalled in interest any of
the others spent by the prince on the
tour, for it began with a visit to Al
bany, included a run down the west
shore of the Hudson river, and closed
with a reception at the United States
military academy at West Point.
lCnd of a a Bl« Strike.
San Francisco, March 6. —After con
tinuing for nine and a half months,
the strike of the iron workers of this
city, begun on May 1 of last year
to enforce a demand for a nine-hour
day, is ended. Two-thirds of the
unions composing the iron trades
council acted upon a recommenda
tion made by that body advising that
the strike be prosecuted no longer
and voted to allow their members to
return to work. Within a week be
tween 2,000 and :i.()00 men will be em
ployed. The men accept slight con
cessions.
PLEA FOR PEUEF.
Mlnnc*ola Hake* It 111 Kesard to the
Flirht to Prevent Combine*.
Minneapolis, Minn., March B.—At
torney General Douglas has appealed
to congress in the Northern Securi
ties case. With the backing of the
Minnesota legislature and of the Min
nesota delegation in both branches
at Washington he hopes for an
amendment to the judicial acts, which
will change the anomalous position
in which Minnesota is now placed.
The supreme court's decision in the
Northern Securities case shuts out
the state completely from redress in
the federal courts. The court lays
down the rule that a state cannot
sue a citizen of another state where
citizens of plaintiff state are neces
sary parties. This class of case is
absolutely barred from the federal
courts. In the belief of most at
torneys fhe Northern Securities Co.
cannot be reached in the state courts
of Minnesota. An effort in this di
rection may be made by service upon
President Hill, himself a citizen of
the state, but there is not much hope
of success in this direction.
Attorney General Douglas has
recognized the far-reaching effect of
this decision and has called the at
tention of Gov. Yan Sant, to it in a
letter. This was transmitted to the
legislature. The senate received it
late Thursday afternoon and at the
same time Senator Wilson presented
a resolution drawn by the attorney
general. It was passed immediately.
The attorney general's letter was
read before the house yesterday but
the resolution did not make its ap
pearance until later, when it was
brought in from the senate. The
house concurred by a viva voce vote.
Attorney General Douglas already
has written two members of the Min
nesota delegation, Senator Nelson
and Representative Stevens. He has
asked them to look after the matter,
and it is probable that they will in
troduce a bill in both branches
amending the judiciary act as the at
torney general suggests.
THREE IN ONE.
Tile Southern I'aeilic Co. Absorb* a
Trio of ICallroad Corporation*.
Sail Francisco, March B.—The
•Southern Pacific Co. filed articles of
incorporation here Friday by which
it transferred all its property in
'California, Arizona and New Mexico
to a new corporation and hereafter
its holdings in the three states will
be managed by one company instead
of three.
The new corporation is a consolida
tion of the three old companies. It
is known as the '"Southern Pacific
Railroad Company." Its capital stock
is fixed at $15!) 145,000, making it.the
largest corporation ever organized in
California.
Hy the terms of the articles of in
corporation, the stock in the new
company is to be taken up by the
stockholders of the old corporations.
The old stock will be cancelled and
the new stock issued in its place.
When the exchange shall have been
completed the original companies
will be dissolved.
The companies that have been su
perseded are the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company of California, the
Southern Pacific- Railroad Company
of Arizona and the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company of New Mexico.
M'LAURIN'S AMENDMENT.
Would Prevent Judge* or t'onsjre**"
men from Fronting by the Ship Sub
*ldy Kill If It Heroine* Law.
'Washington, March S.—Senator Mc-
Laurin, of Mississippi, has given no
tice of an amendment he will offer
to the ship subsidy bill, intended to
prevent the high officials of the Uni
ted States government from receiv
ing any benefit from the enactment
of the proposed law. The amend
ment requires that the names of all
members of firms or of incorpora
tors and stockholders of all corpora
tions, whether owners of subsidized
ships or contractors to build the
same, shall be made public. Jt then
proceeds as follows:
"No senator or representative of
the United States, or judge of any
court of the United States shall be
directly or indirectly interested in
any contract under this act, or in any
corporation having a contract under
this act, or directly or indirectly re
ceive any money or thing of value
under the provisions of this act, or
be directly or indirectly interested
in any corporation or vessel which is
a beneficiary under this act."
The Hiwe ill the Ohio lllver.
Evansville, Intl., March S.—The Ohio
river is rising slowly. The general
opinion is that a stage of .'SS feet will
lie reached, while some think it may
goto 40. The high water complete
ly covers the low lands between here
and Henderson and thousands of
acres of wheat will be badly dam
aged. Forty feet will bring the
water up to the corn cribs in the bot
toms and thousands of bushels of
corn are in danger. Several farm
ers between here and Paducali were
forced to move out to higher ground.
An Kariy Breakup.
La Crosse, Wis., March S. —Ice in
the Mississippi began moving yester
day. Much damage was done. Huge
cakes of ice piled up at the bridge
and did much damage to piers.
Hoathouses were crushed and the
city's pile driver and many buildings
along the levee carried away. The
breaking up of the river is the ear
liest in 20 years.
lilunip 1* Arre*ted.
Lowell, Mich., March S.—The coro
ner's jury which has been investigat
ing the mysterious death of Mrs.
William Klump here, on Friday decid
ed that she was murdered and ren
dered a verdict to that effect. Mrs.
Klump received a supposed sample
headache powtler by mail last Satur
day and Sunday morning she took it.
In a very short time the woman was
writhing in agony and she lived but
a few hours. William Klump, the.
woman's husband, has been arrested.
It is said he recently became inter
ested in a woman in Grand Wapitis.
A I! if OK EN KAIL.
It Caused ,t Frightful Railroad
Accident in Texas.
Wreck (audit Flrf"PamirNgt)r(
Were Anlcep Whcu I lie (runli
<! ain e -- Fifteen People
Hilled aim 48 In
jured.
Sun Antonio, Tex., March B.—A
broken rail caused a frightful wreck
on the •Southern Pacific railroad near
Maxon station, 25 miles west of San
derson, at 3 o'clock Friday morning.
From the latest accounts received
here 15 people were killed outright
and 28 were injured. The dead:
Three children of Martin ltiildle, of
Chetopa, Kan.
Chris Keel, San Antonio, Tex.
E«tavon Contraras, Del Rio, Tex.
W. \V. Price, engineer, San Antonio.
Andrew C. Shelly, wife and child,
Del Rio, Tex.
<hi Id of D. E. Ilousen, Racine,
Wis.
'Mr. and Mrs. White, Manitowoc,
Wis.
'Engineer AI Mast, El Paso, Tex.
Fireman H. iiertscholst. El Paso.
L. A. Joene, news agent, Doyline,
La.
The ill-fated train left San Antonio
at noon Thursday, two and a half
hours late, and at the time of the ac
cident was running at a high rate of
speed in order to make up time. The
road at the point where the wreck
occurred is in a rough country, the
curves being sharp and the grades
heavy. It was when rounding a
curve that the train left, the track,
it is said, oil account of a broken
rail.
The hour was 3 a. m., 15 hours
after the train had left San Antonio,
showing that it was still behind time.
All the passengers were asleep and
the shock that followed was the first
intimation they had of the danger.
The train \v;is going at such speed
that the tender and engine landed 75
feet from where they left the rails.
The ears behind piled up against the
engine, caught fire and all were con
sumed except the sleepers.
All (lie injured in the coaches just
behind the express and baggage cars
were cremated. The people in the
sleepers were saved with the assist
ance of the uniirfm-cd passengers.
The wrecked train was the Galveston,
Jlarrisburg & San Antonio westbound
passenger, and consisted of an en
gine, mail car, baggage car, one
coach, one chair ear, three tourist
sleepers, one Pullman sleeper and
one private car.
The mail car, the baggage car and
coaches were piled together against
the engine and were ablaze in a few
seconds. It was impossible to move
any of the coaches or the tourist
cars, as they were all off the rails
and were soon consumed by the
flames.
So soon as it was possible to pet
in communication with the division
headquarters relief trains with sur
geons and physicians were started
from El Paso, Del Rio and Sanderson,
picking up along the line all the sur
geons that could be found.
All the injured who were in a con
dition to be moved were sent to El
Paso, where they are receiving care
ful attention.
Stockton. Oil., March B. Al Mast,
the engineer killed in the wreck, was
a former resident of this city. This
was the fourth railroad wreck he
had been in. After the third he
told his friends he expected to lose
his life in the next wreck.
LIGHT OUT.'UT,
The .tlnln Feature of tlie I'a*t Week
In the Industrial World.
New York, March B.—R. (!. Dun &
Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says:
Unsettled weather was the most un
satisfactory feature of the business
situation. A sudden thaw follow
ing an exceptionally heavy snowfall
produced freshets and floods. Man
ufacturing and transporting inter
ests suffered severely and consumers
were urgent for shipment of delayed
goods, while great quantities of mer
chandise became stalled in transit.
Preparations for an enormous spring
trade continue undiminished.
Not only is there no improvement
to be rtvorded in the iron and steel
outlook, but floods in the Pittsburg
region added to the pressure by com
pletely closing many plants and dam
aping much eostl.v machinery. Sup
plies of coke failed to increase be
cause the railways were badly disor
ganized, and the net result was a
week of light output when require
ments were notably heavy. Recent
destruction by the elements makes an
unusual demand for structural mate
rial, and on spot business buyers
gladly pay premiums of $G a ton
above list prices.
Nothing new has developed in the
footwear industry. Buyers are de
laying the placing of fall business in
expectation of securing more satis
factory terms. Shipments have fal
len below the figures for the same
week last year, but since January 1
there still appears a good increase
over 1901.
Cotton goods are well sustained,
but there is much uncertainty as to
the labor situation. Less activity is
reported in the market for woolens.
Failures for the week numbered 178
in the United States, against 20S last
year, and 17 in Canada, against IS last
year.
A Itlysterloii* Cremation.
Winsted, Conn., March B.—Coroner
Uiggins is investigating a mysterious
death which occurred in Barkham
stead Friday morning. Neighbors
entering the house of Mrs. James
M. Howard discovered the body of
Mrs. Howard burned to a crisp, hang
ing over a potato bin in the cellar. A
search failed to reveal a lamp or any
other article which would have set
fire to her clothing, and the wood*
Work upon which the body was hang
ing was not burned. Mrs. Howard's
husband was away at work at th©'
oupposed time of the burning. '
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