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CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 26, 1903.
EIGHT KILLED
High School Pupils Were
the Victims.
Express Train Hits a Trolley
Car at a Crossing.
Dozoiia AVere Severely Injured—The
It alls Were Very Slippery With
Ice and the IWotormai*
Could Not Stop the
Trolley far.
Newark, X. ,T., Feb. 20.—A fast ex
press on the Lackawanna railroad cut
through a trolley car crowded with
school children at the Clifton avenue
crossing yesterday. Kight of the chil
dren were killed and a score or more
of them injured. The motorman of
the car, who stuck to his post, will
die and the engineer was so badly
hurt that there is little hope of his
recovery.
Roth the express and the trolley
were on steep grades, going at right
angles. The express was signalled
and the crossing gates were lowered,
while the trolley car was yet half
way down the hill. The motorman
shut off tlie power and applied the
brakes, but almost immediately the
car began to slip along the icy rails.
It gained tremendous momentum
and at the bottom of the hill crashed
through the gates, directly in the
track of the oncoming train. The
locomotive plowed its way llirough
the trolley, throwing the children in
every direction. The dead are:
Viola 111, 17 years.
Maude Raker, lti years.
Ernestine I'. Mueller.
Mabel E. Karsehner, 17 years, Tif
fin, O.
Alma Loehnberg, 1G years.
Rosebud Kohn.
Ella Werpup, 19 years.
Evan 1.. Eastwood, 1G years.
The accident happened within three
blocks of the high school building
and in the car at the time were
nearly 100 pupils. Thirty others man
aged to throw themselves from the
car before the crash came. The trol
ley was one of the specials which
every day bring the children to
school. It had more than its ordi
nary load, owing to the cold. It
contained every child that could
squeeze inside and others stood on
the rear platform. Recause this car
had been so crowded, many who were
waiting for it before the hill was
reached could not get, on, although
some climbed on the front platform
with the motorman.
A score or more children were com
pelled to walk and they followed
the car afoot. They say that when
the car was stilT Tess than half way
down the hill the railroad gates be
gan to drop. Peter Rrady, the motor
man, promptly shut off the power
and applied the brakes. The speed
of the car was checked, but it con
tinued to move slowly down the in
cline. There was no thought of dan
ger. Then it began to move faster
and faster. The ice-covered rails af
forded no hold for the wheels and j
although Rrady jammed his brake
harder and then swung on the re
verse. the momentum of tlie car grew
at every yard and the car shot down
toward the railroad.
When it was right at the gates the
express thundered into view. Warned
by the cries of those afoot and by
their own sense of danger, those on
the platform • began to throw them
selves off into the snow and as the
car sped along the few remaining
feet toward the rails, perhaps one
third escaped death or injury in this
way, but there was no time for those
within the ec/' to do more than crush
toward the rear door. The gates were
swept aside like toothpicks and be
fore the cracking of the gates died
out came the crash. For.'! 0 seconds
Viefore the air was filled with frantic
cries of those who saw death dashing
down upon them.
The wreck of the trolley car was
complete. The pilot of the engine
struck it almost amidships and
turned it partly around, and then
the engine cut it in two. The upper
part of the trolley was reduced to
fragments under the drivers of the
locomotive. Half of the car was
thrown to one side and lay on the
tracks. The other section was hurled
some distance away. In every direc
tion lay the injured and dead. The
engine was brought to a standstill
and from the train and from nearby
houses men rushed to the rescue.
The spectacle was appalling »ind
many who started to work had to
give up unnerved.
Killed by Suva «£«'«.
Victoria, R. C, Feb. 20.—Mail ad
vices received by the steamer Aorangi
from Australia state that F. F. Win
sters, administrator of New Guinea,
h: advised the Australian govern
ment that James Jossick and James
Rrackenbury, the latter formerly a
California miner, had been killed' by
Kwarmanu tribesmen. Roth were
killed with clubs. Walker and Mul
holland, two other miners, were at
tacked at the same time, but Walker
held off' the blacks with his revol
ver and recovered tin' bodies of the
two de'ad miners. Settlers in the
Hebrides write to Sydney papers that,
slavery is being practiced by French
recruiters there.
They Will Not Strike.
Chicago, Feb. 20.—There will lie no
strike of the employes of the Chicago
City Railway Co. At a meeting «>f
the men held last night It was de
cided to accept the offer of tin* com
pany to submit the differences be
tween the company and the union to
arbitration. National Organizer
Pratt, of the Amalgamated Associa
tion of Street Car Men, was present
at the meeting and urged the men
n..! t.l strike, saying that if they did
*«> they would forfeit all the
itnce uf the national body, ills ad
vice was taken.
DEMAND MORE PAY.
WabitMi Trainmen I.lUrly to Strike If
Their Iteiinetttii Shall he Hcl'iifced.
St. Louis, Fob. 19.—As a result of
the inability of President Ramsay
and the committee of the Wabash
trainmen and conductors to come to
terms, a poll has been ordered by the
officers of the orders on the original
demand for ail increase of 15 per cent,
to all freight conductors and train
men and 12 per cent, to the passen
ger conductors and trainmen.
At a conference between President
Ramsey and the committees, the com
mittees offered a compromise on the
original demand, to the effect that
the increase asked should apply to
trainmen and conductors employed
on Wabash lines west of a line drawn
from Chicago to Danville, excluding
600 mile.* of the system. This propo
sition was refused by President Ram
sey on the ground 'that the Wabash
lines in Illinois are not and should
not be included in the western divis
ions of the road and that the same
wages should apply to them as to the
eastern lines.
It is stated that unless there shall
be an adjustment of the matter a
strike will be ordered, as it is believed
the trainmen and conductors will en
dorse the original demand.
HITS THE BEEF TRUST.
Jntlgc (iroftwrup Deelarea that »»io
Combine Srckn to Itentrutn Trade.
Chicago, Feb. I!).—The demurrer of
the packers in the so-called "beef
trust" case, was overruled by Judge
Grosscup in the United States circuit
court yesterday, and a motion grant
ed for a temporary injunction.
There can be no doubt, said Judge
Grosscup, that the agreement of the
defendants to refrain from bidding
against each other in the purchase of
cattle is a combination in restraint
of trade; so also their agreement t<i
bid up prices to stimulate shipments,
intending to cease from bidding when
the shipments have arrived. The same
result follows when we turn to the
combination of defendants to fix
prices upon, and restrict the quanti
ties of meat shipped to their agents
or their customers. Such agreements
can be nothing less than restriction
iipon competition, and therefore
combination in restraint of trade;
and thus viewed, the petition, as an
entirety, makes out a case under the
Sherman act.
The packers did not announce what
♦ heir next step would be. They have
20 days within which to make up their
minds.
TORTURE AND MURDER.
OTethodn i:iii|ilo>ed l>y the Insurance
Fraud Schemer* to Secure Money.
New York, Feb. 10. —Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Krotel said yesterday
that the insurance fraud case now
under investigation in this city prom
ised to develop into one of the most
startling ever known in the criminal
history of the city.
"Refore the district attorney's of
fice has finished its investigation of
the astounding New York insurance
frauds," he said, "I would not be sur
prised if it were proved that the con
spirators even went so far as to mur
der in cold blood to get bodies for the
purpose of collecting policies. We
have found that 23 substitute bodies
were passed off on the Hancock In
surance Co. alone, and as soon as the
plotters are indicted these will be ex
humed. The Investigation into the
remarkable plot has hardly begun."
The fate of Sarah Weber, who, it is
alleged, died from the effects of bru
tal treatment she received at the
hands of the conspirators, Mr. Krotel
said was but a single 'instance.
According to stories told by her rel
atives Sarah Weber was tortured in
order to compel her to aid in the in
surance frauds.
A THREAT TO STRIKE.
It In .Made by Street Hallway Kin
ploye* In IMttßbiir;:.
Pittsburg, Feb. 19.—A committee
of the members of the Amalgamated
Association of Street Railway Em
ployes yesterday met General Super
intendent Murphy, of the Pittsburg
Railways Co., and presented to him a
list of grievances and demands which
they wanted agreed to within 43
hours or a strike would follow. Mr.
Murphy told the committee that the
demands would not be agreed to and
the committee will report to a meet
ing of the association to-night, when
the question of strike or no strike
will be decided.
The principal demands of the men
nre for a uniform increase of wages
to 25 cents an hour and recognition
of the union by the signing of a con
tract between the company and the
officers of the organization. The dis
affected employes are on the lines
which were formerly controlled by
the Consolidated Traction Co. The
employes on the Second avenue lines
and the Allegheny lines formerly con.
trolled by the United Traction Co. are
not organized and it is understood
will not go out if a strike is called.
The Iturflott" llelrm Win.
Caracas, Feb. 19. —The supreme
court yesterday rendered its decision
in the suit brought by the heirs of
Henry Rudloff, an American citizen,
against the Venezuelan government
for damages for the annulment of a
conccrsion given in 18i>2 to build a
market 'n Caracas. Judgment was
given in mvor of KudlolT's heirs. Their
claim for $700,000, to be paid by the
Venezuelan government, was admit
ted.
I Shrapnel ImprmiMd the Moro*.
Manila, Feb. 19.- While Capt. I'er
i shing was at Itayan, the Moro strong-
I hold in the Lanao district of the isl-
I :md -of Mindanao, the Moros conse
| crated him a datto, which is a
I priestlv office. After the consecra
tion the Moro leaders and l'ershing
subscribed to peace over a copy of
the Koran. When the United States
flag raised over the liayan forts
Pershing** butteries saluted it by tir
ing shrapnel shells, having no salut
j ing e:trtridges. The execution dun*
by the shrapnel impressed the Moms
wonderfully.
A HOTEL FIRE.
Nine People Roasted to Death
at Cedar Rapids, Ja.
Guests Became Panic-Stricken
and Jumped from Windows.
Forty of Thrill Were Injured, Some
I'utally, by Doltm So- Kulldlny;
Watt a Fire Trap and
■turned Llkii
Tinder.
Cedar Rapids, la., Feb. 21.—Firu
early Friday morning destroyed the
Clifton hotel, cremated nine of the
guests and caused injuries to 42 per
sons, who were scorched or forced to
jump to the frozen street from sec
ond and third story windows. After
an all-day search in the debris, four
•bodies have been recovered. It is
now believed that five more bodies
remain in the ruins of the hotel,
which is said t,<» have been a flimsy
stricture and filled with delegates to
the state Young Men's Christian as
sociation convention and the district
convention of the Knights of Pythias.
The hotel register was destroyed,
thus making it difficult to ascertain
the number of missing persons. The
loss is SGO,OOO. The dead:
W. A. Mowery, What Cheer, la.
E. C. Young, Minneapolis.
Two unidentified men, bodies recov
ered.
Five bodies still in debris.
The flames started in a pile of rub
bish in the basement, presumably ig
nited by defective electric lignt wires.
The night clerk was on the third floor
when the cry of fire, raised by a bell
boy, startled him. He took up the
cry and in an instant the hallways
were choked with frightened guests.
A rush was made for the stairways.
It was then that the crowd already
collected in the street heard heart
| rending cries of anguish, for the fire,
j feeding ravenously on the tinder-like
i material of the lower floor, had com
; pletely cut off escape. There fol
i lowed a stampede for the windows,
I the only means of exit, left. . The
I street below was filled with a crowd
I scarcely less frantic than the despair
' ing ones in the fast burning building.
"It was like a Dore picture of the
I Inferno sprung to life," said one spec
| tntor in describing the scene. The
flames, looking blood red, from re-
I flection against the snow, lit up the
pale, drawn faces of the people in the
; windows with a glow that was un
earthly.
The victims were literally driven by
the flames to jump. Nearly every
one of them lingered to the last mo
ment, urged by the people below to
wait as long as possible in the hope
I of assistance. Then a cry would tell
that the fire had reached some one,
or the smoke had made it impossible
to breathe, and one after another
jumped to the street and some, more
fortunate, to the roofs of buildings
adjoining. In a short space of time
the street was filled with men and
women bruised, battered, broken
limbed and half-crazed.
VENEZUELAN AFFAIRS.
Alllew Delay ttctiirn of Captured Ships
—Two Victories lor Castro.
Caracas, Feb. 31. —The papers here
publish a protest directed to Venezu
ela. the United States and European
nations as follows:
"In order that the public may know
! how Germany, Great Britain and
Italy execute their engagements, we
call attention to the grave fact that
up to February 20 the ships taken by
the three powers have not been de
livered to the government of Vene
zuela as stipulated in the protocols."
The German commodore has noti
fied the authorities at Puerto Cabel
-10 that the Venezuelan gunboat Res
taurador, which was captured by t'le
Germans, will be returned to Vene
zuela on February 23, at 3 o'clock in
the afternoon and not before.
A revolutionary army estimated at
2,800 men has reached a point about
20 miles south of Caracas.
The revolution organized by Gen.
Matos, during the course of the block
ade of the Venezuelan coast by the
allied warships was reorganized and
three armies formed. One, under
command of Antonio Fernandez, num
bering 1,800 men, was routed near
Calaibozo, in the province of Miran
da, several days ago and its chief is
now fleeing in the direction of the
river Apure. The second army, led
by Gens. Mantilla, and Soloagnie,
1.200 strong, was defeated last
Wednesday near Urachiche.
! The third army, commanded by
Gens. Rolando, Penaloza and Vidal,
which was expecting to meet thf
first two armies, arrived Thursday at
a point about ten miles from Petare,
which is situated ten miles southeast
of Caracas, after having lost SOO men
; from desertion en route. The
I strength of this third army is estl-
I mated at 2,800 men. It has taken up
11 strong position and the troops sent
against it by the government are
n<lso strongly placed.
Paris, Feb. 21.—The correspondent
of the Matin at Caracas telegraphs
that, the battle near Uraschiclie in
; which the revolutionary generals
Mantilla and Solagnie were defeated
lasted three hours. There were
.many killed and wounded and the
| government troops captured one gun,
many rifles and much ammunition.
I .Money Shark* <.et Hu*y.
Springfield, 111., Feb. 21. It Is re
ported here that the money sharks
of Chicago, who loan money to em
ployes and take as security an as
signment of their undue salaries,
have raised a fund to defeat legisla
tion looking to the prohibition of
the assignment uf salaries. The sen
ate has had the mnHer under consid
eration and the judiciary convnlttee
reported an ntiuMidinenf to one Mil
which. It Is claimed, affords no protco-
I tlon whatever l • employers, w ji , will
| still lir liable to kiiit In in .nej
'shut! - "in a -foments of Mtlnrtw.
CAD WEATHER.
It Has llliirii-rcd Traffic-linn's iff e«
vJew of '2 r»dc.
New York, Feb. 21. —R. O. Dun &
Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says:
Just as the railway congestion be
gan to, give way before the vigorous
efforts of traffic managers, the sit.u-»
ntion became further complicated by
the worst snow storm of the season*
and the movement of merchandise
was again interrupted. Latest figures)
of gross earnings show the usual!
gains, February thus far surpassing
by 17.0 per cent, last year. Increased'
cost of operation, however, necessi
tated further advances in rates.
Trade was interrupted to a consider-,
able extent by the inclement weath
er, except in certain seasonable lines,
notabT.v heavy wearing apparel.
Wholesale houses dealing in sta
ples have received liberal orders and
much forward business has been
plaeed. Jobbers urge quicker ship
ments on old orders, while travelers
send in many new contracts. Man
ufacturers of paper, straw goods and
clothing report conditions fully as
satisfactory as a year ago. Condi
tions in the silk industry are shown
by enormous imports of raw mater
ial, and one large maker has recently
rejected orders sufficient to occupy
his 'plant for two years.
15ids are invited for extensive build
ing ■operations, giving strength and
activity to materials and supplies.
Although many new blast furnaces
are nearing completion and others
will be finished within six months,
the actual output of pig iron 'de
creases because fuel cannot be se
cured. Last week's moderate im
provement in the situation has been
succeeded by a decided setback,
many more furnaces being compelled
to bank through lack of fuel.
Failures this week numbered 247 in
the United States, against 250 a year
ago, and 2'i in Canada, as compared
with 31 last year.
BIGGEST OF ALL SHIPS. :
Tin- Steamer Cedric Complete* Her
I*'lrst Voyage Across the Atlantic.
Xew York, Feb. 21. —The steamer
Cedric. the largest vessel in the
world, arrived here Friday from Liv
erpool and Queenstown after her
maiden trans-Atlantic voyage. The
passage from Daunt's Rock to this
port was made in eight days, eight
hours and I(i minutes. She brought
742 passengers, of which number 430
were steerage. The external dimen
sions of the Cedric are identical with
those of her sister ship, the Celtic, of
the same line, but by reason of struc
tural differences, has increased pas
senger accommodations.
The Cedric Is 700 feet in extreme
length, <;.) feet in breadth and 4!) 1-3
feet deep, with a gross tonnage of
21.034 tons, dead weight about IS,OOO
tons and a displacement of 38.000.
The vessel is designed to attain a
speed of 17 knots at sea. The Cedric
has four masts and two funnels, the
height of the latter being 131 feet
above the keel. Accommodations for
350 first class, 200 second class and
2M steerage passengers are provided.
JEST CAUSED TRAGEDY.
.llan Kill* Ills Svvcptlioart ami Shoota
Her ICrotlier and Himself.
Xew Decatur, Ala., Feb. 21.—A re
port comes from the mountain dis
trict of Winston county of a terrible
i tragedy, as the result of which Mag
gie Schadf, aged IS, is dead; her
brother, John Schadf, is seriously,
: and her lover, William Jones, fatally
wounded. The brother has been liv-
I ing at Slielbyville, Ind. lie returned
without the knowledge of Jones,
whom he had never met. lie was in
! conversation with his sister when
Jones approached them. The sister
tauntingly asked her lover "How do
you like my new sweetheart?"
Jones immediately shot the young
woman through the heart, causing in
stant death, and he (then fired at her
brother, the ball penetrating the
breast. The brother made his rela
tionship to the young lady known,
and Jones turned his revolver against
his own breast and fired. The bullet
took effect near the heart.
Ovations for Tliree.
New Orleans, Feb. 21. —Admiral
Schley, Col. McClure and Joseph
Wheeler were given an ovation by the
people of Xew Orleans Friday after
noon. They came at the invitation of
the Progressive union. Admiral
Schley made a patriotic speech. Col.
McClure delivered an address in
which he emphasized the good feel
ing that had grown up in the coun
try between the sections which bad
once fought so valiantly. He re
ferred to Admiral Schley, saying he
was big enough at the battle of San
tiago to say that there was honor
enough for all. Gen. Wheeler was
compelled to respond to the loud calls
and made a happy speech.
Tlic Pope's Mlver Jubilee.
Rome, Feb. 21. —The twenty-fifth
anniversary of the election of Pope
Leo XIII. to the head of the Roman
Catholic church was celebrated Fri
day in the Yatican hall of the Beatifi
cation. Admission was only by tick
et and about 4,000 persons were pres
ent. The ceremony consisted in the
pope receiving delegations of pil
grims from all parts of the world.
Tins was followed by the presenta
tion of gifts to his holiness, chief of
which was a magnificent triple crown,
the offering of lloman Catholics
throughout the world.
\ Smallpox Kpldcmlc.
Erie, I'a., Feb. 21.—The state nor
mal school and the public schools of
Kdinlroro have been closed owing to
a severe outbreak of smallpox among
the pupils of i he former institituion.
The matter of the epidemic has been
kept >er_\ unlet and it was not until
a committee of eiti/ens who were
■ ware of the existing conditions ap
pealed to Krie for aid that the mat
ter I line public. Within an hour
after li became kn >wn ill the normal
school that seven ■. I»• • I;«> were down
with smallpox, 411(1 indents had
p.o k< I their trunks and left town.
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