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.Ati elaborate worker in behalf of the
birds is Mrs. Julius S. Brown, of At
lanta, Ga„ who, unaided, has secured
pledges from 2,ti00 Georgia women that
in future they will use on their hats
no wings or other plumage of wild
birds.
Pittsburg cast 60,000 votes at Its
spring election and Allegheny City 20,.
000, a total of 80.000, indicating a prob
able total population of 470,000. By
the federal census of 1900 Pittsburg
had 320,000 inhabitants and Alleghany
130,000.
Sweden's success in dealing wil.it
the problem of temperance is attested
by the fact that her consumption of
liquors is now only foxtr quarts per
head per annum, or one-sixth of what
it was in 1830, whereas in Germany it
is 11.2 quarts per head.
Between the two-cent fees, three
and six-cent fares in public convey
ances, one-cent for a paper, etc., tho
foreigners and the natives heretofore
have been perambulating copper
mines, to say nothing of the conduc
tor, who carries a satchel. The new
piece will be a greater relief, but its
acceptance in payment of debts is not
obligatory in amounts above sl.
Three Chicago ministers who acted
as arbitrators in the recent stock
yards strike presented a bill for SI,OOO
each for their services. They will get
514.40 each or thirty cents an hour.
This rate was the wage the arbitrators
decided upon as a just compensation
for the engineers. The engineers, who
wanted the union scale of 37y 3 cents
an hour, turned the tables on their
arbitrators.
That the microbes which cause dis
ease can not be killed by firing them
out of a gun has been proved in offi
cial government experiments. Microbes
of malignant postule, of abscesses and
of the intestine wore smeared upon the
face of the gun wad. put next the
powder and fired into sterile gelatin
and agar-agar. In each case the mi
crobes developed each after its kind
In the medium receiving the wad.
Plans have been drawn up for an
electric railway from Le Fayet. about
12 miles from Chamounix, to the sum
mit of Mont. Blanc. The first section
to be constructed is to include in its
stations the Montivon, the Col de Voza,
Mount I.achat, I-.es Rognes and Tete
Rousse, the provisional terminus be
ing l'Aiguillo du Gouter, at 12,500
feet above the mean level of the sea.
Later the line is to be prolonged to
the summit, 15,780 feet above the sea
level.
Yale's oldest graduate in years in
Chicago is Sherman M. Booth. Ho
entered Yale as a sophomore in 183S
and was graduated in 1811. He is now
1)2 years old. Of the graduates who
left Yale with Mr. Booth in 1841 sev
eral are living. One of these is Donald
G. Mitchell, the "Ik Marvel" of liter
ature. The Rev. Newton Barrett, of
Chicago, although younger than Mr.
Booth by three years, was graduated
from Yale five years earlier —that is,
in 1836.
John 11. Heaton, M. P., who has re
turned to London from Italy, whither
he accompanied Signor Marconi, says
he saw at an observatory near Rome
specimens of a new system of electric
photography, by which clear pictures
ran be obtained of persons and scenes
20 miles distant. He thinks it con
ceivable that the system can be de
veloped so as to enable the making of
photographs of friends in distant
lands while conversing with them by
wireless telegraphy.
A deed for a tract of land with on<»
Inch front and a depth of 150 feet was
signed and delivered In Philadelphia
Iho other-day. Some time ago Jeweler
Wallace Miller erected a building, set
ting It back one Inch from the line.
The wall cracked, ami later, when Mrs.
Sarah Teed began building on the lot
Mr Miller offered to deed her the one
Inch If Bie would build against his
building and make a solid double wall.
The Miller property has a frontage of
fifi feet nud ihe one Inch Is worth near
ly »CO. _____
From the Hudson river through a
line of pipes more than seventy in lie*
long New York will get Its new water
supply If Commissioner llohert lirler
Monroe's advice Is taken Three ex
perts who for six months have been
going over all watersheds In the slato
and surveying every point supposed to
be available have recommended
plan The cost of the entire project
has been ttxed at ffO.fIOO.OOO not In
cluding * large reservoir, which *lll
lave to In* made about live uiiles (rum
•IK illy limits.
IN LUZON THEN AND NOW.
Testimony That Set* at \an«ht the
Inflammatory Talk About "The
llunn-Trotltlcn Filipino."
In a recent issue the Independent
published a letter from a Filipino
who, the editor vouches, was former
ly an insurgent against Spain and the
United States. It is an interesting
comparison of what the writer was
able "to do, to say, and to think,"
under Spanish and American rule,
says the Chicago Inter Ocean. It is
too long for extended quotation and
its specifications under each of its
three heads must be summarized.
"I could do," he says of the Span
ish regime, "many things, but all
centered in the ability to attend mass
where I wished." If he neglected
such attendance, he asserts, he was
liable to be denounced as an enemy
of religion and the state and to be
bundled away to Fernando I'o. Sim
ilarly he could not speak save in
praise of those in authority, for it
was a sin even to think that the gov
ernment or any of its agents robbed :
and oppressed.
Then he gives specifications of what 1
he could do, say, and think now un- j
der American rule. They are inter- |
esting illustrations of the reality of
freedom in the Philippines, but it is j
unnecessary to summarize them, for |
this Filipino has done, that himself ;
in his general conclusion.
"To-day," he says,"l can think, j
speak and believe what I please. I j
can speak of religion in the way
that seems best to me, respecting the i
religion of all. Of course, I am not ,
permitted, for instance, to steal. '■
Neither can I be robbed in the name ;
of the government. I can defend my j
rights even against the American in ,
the highest post and lie sure of jus
tice. I can work for the future of,
my country and enter polities. I I
can labor for annexation, for a pro- I
gressive autonomy, or for a free ,
'fatherland' of my ow.n. I can ask !
no more than this."
Such testimony as this will not be j
pleasing 10 those who are always :
talking about "the downtrodden T'ili- i
pino," but the picture it presents, the
comparisons it draws, between con- ;
ditions in Luzon before Dewey came
and now will thoroughly justify to
every fair-minded American the
righteousness of his country's work
in the Philippines.
WHEN FAT YEARS WILL END.
Will I.nmt IIN Long ■> Condition*
Bust-il I'pon Present Proi
pertly Continue.
The question has been asked:
"When will our fat years end?"
Judging from the past, they may Vie
counted to end when the conditions
upon which prosperity is based shall
be injured. The greatest support of
the present prosperity is the full em
ployment of all the people in the
country who must live upon what
they earn. Anything which curtails
this full employment will react upon
the present prosperity, says the In
dianapolis Journal. Of that there
cannot be room for tiie least doubt.
It is the great volume of wages and
salaries earned not atone by manual
laborers, but by workers for hire
in every branch of human industry,
that fills the channels of trade.
When these millions are fully em
ployed at fair wages the country will
enjoy fat years. Any attempt to mod
ify the tariff system along other
lines than protection as the first ob
ject, and particularly an attempt to
adopt a tariff for revenue only, would
create suspicion and make manufac
turers timid, w.hile any change in
the tariff that would transfer a por
tion of our markets to European
competitors would transfer with it
j so much employment, leaving idle
men behind. Anything like the suc
cess of a free trade party would end
the fat days.
The multiplicity of strikes, when
1 they reach a stage that they make
! it impossible for manufacturers and
1 employers to make estimates on the
i cost of production, will help to pro
duce conditions that will invite lean
i days. Labor was never so well paid
as now, lint because it is well paid
it should not be assumed that under
the influence of prosperity there can
lie no limit to the atuount of money
that can be paid for labor. Men
clothed with a little brief authority
In a labor organization, like the ex
alted official who spoke lightly of
callinir to a strike the 200,000 men
employed in the steel industry, are a
menace to the indefinite extension
j of the period of prosperity.
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.
C7Bryan MIJH that the reorganized
democracy can never succeed. Will lie
please tell us when his kind has?- Na
tional Tribune.
IIJ* - The Cleveland boom was started
evidently for the sole purpose of keep
ing William Jennings Bryan busy.
—Chicago Inter Ocean.
I'.Mr, ltryan i> quite willing to be
lieve that Mr. Cleveland is disqualified
by his two terms, and two i* a rather
fatal 11111111111' for Mr. Itry an himself.—
Chicago Itecord Herald.
is i'lie democratic party can hardly
hold the llryaniles and tliel levclniitl-
Itca togcthtr. Without either faction
It can have no hope of sueces in a na
tional election. ( Itveland Leader.
l 'MI this talk about Mr. Civ\eland'»
candidal- \ has enabled a lot of uu-ii I hat
liobods ever heard of before to gain
llli'le or le>> notoriety b\ rising Up to
oppo-i- it I let ri ii t I rei I'ti- villein )
I 'Col. ltryan has •thoughtfully and
gtiirioui-ly noli nulled Mr. 1 levelund
fur pit i-ideal i>ii i l.t- republican ticket.
'I lie colonel .ilw a} » don 112 noini (lung
to help the republicans out.- t hieujo
CJ. ri'U Vt t I'l'in j
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1903.
GORMAN AS CANDIDATE.
One of thr Weakeurt Krada (he De
mocracy linn in View for lta
.Nation*! I Ticket.
In Virginia, at least, Senator Gor
man is. a favorite for the democratic
nomination for 1904. The members of
the legislature of that state who have
been polled on the question of their
preference for the nomination of their
party for next year are all in favor of
•the Maryland man except three, and
their preferences are not stated, if
the Old' Dominion had as much influ
ence now as she exerted at one time in
politics, Gorman's nomination in 1904
would, be assured. Butthat state has
no such pull now as it once had, says
the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Undoubtedly Gorman w ill have some
attraction for a few democrats. He is
a shrewd party manager. Under his
lead the democrats in the senate are
likely to steer clear of some of the
blunders that they would drop into if
he were away. There was general re
joicing among democrats, especially
through the south, when German re
entered the senate this year, it was
assumed, at once that he would lie
placed in the lead, as lie was immedi
ately. The democrats in that cham
ber had been committing so many ab
surdities and follies tlia-t it was natur
ally felt that any sort of a change of
leadership would be better than that
which had been afflict i"ng the demo
crats for a few years past.
Hut Gorman wil never suit the demo
crats of New York or New .Jersey. He
would be utterly repudiated by the
democrats of the west. Bryan hates
Gorman worse than he does Hill, ex
cept as he believes Bill to be stronger
than Gorman, and thus better game
for his gun. Gorman would lose even
Missouri, and he would have no chance
to carry Montana or Nevada. Kvery
state west of the Alleghanies andi
north of Kentucky, Arkansas and Tex
as would go against him. He would
probably be able to carry Maryland,
although this is far from being cer
tain. Outside of the states which con
stitute the revised and reduced solid
south he would be badly beaten. Gor
man. in 1004. could not get anywhere
so near election as Bryan did in 1000.
The republican party would be glad
to see Virginia have its way in the
selection of a democratic candidate
for 1904. The republicans can win as
against any man whom the democrats
tpin put up. but Gorman would lie one
of the weakest of the democratic as
pirants who are in sight.
THE TARIFF AN ISSUE.
W ill He W efleoine il by (lie firpulillcnm
Parity as a Principle in (lie
Ga uipnlßn.
The western republicans who
thought that the time was ripe for
letting down the protection of the
; tariff have seen a light, and have
concluded that the tariff policy of
i the republican party has been a pret
ty good one and is entitled to fur
] tiier continuance. Representative
I Tawney, of Minnesota, one of the re
j publican members of the house eoni
j mitt.ee on ways and means, had been
disposed to favor early revision of
j the tariff. He has just returned to
i Washington from a visit of several
weeks in the west, and he is now con
vinced that the time has not arrived
for the lowering of tariff duties, says
the Troy Times.
The republican party is becoming
thoroughly united in the belief that
it is inexpedient to change the tariff
system at the present time. The
democratic party, always the party
of negation, seems disposed to take
up this tariff issue again, in spite of
the fact that it has been beaten on
this question so often and so severe
ly. The republican party welcomes
the issue for the campaign of 1004,
and believes that those who are re
i joieing iu the grand results of pro
| tection and prosperity will again
j give their allegiance to the policies
j through which the republican party
has made the United States the fore-
I most nation in productive capacity
j and industrial supremacy on the face
of the earth.
Incivility of Ilryiin.
As Mr. Bryan realizes that ther is
I no longer a prospect that he can be-
I come president of the I'nited States.
| lie develops a disposition to assail his
j betters in the democratic party. Most
of his public utterances of late have
1 been abusive of democrats question
ing their motives, impugning their
| honesty and denying their word. So
j long as lie cherished the idea that he
could reach the white house lie was
reasonably circumspect in his treat
ment of democrats who did not agree
with iiiin iu all (hiitgs. When that
hope was extinguished lie became
studiously offensive. Many years
ago, when Allen G. Thurmiin, a great
jer and better democrat than Mr.
Bryan can ever expect to be, was
asked to give young men a rule of
conduct which would promote sue
cesk iu business and political life, he
replied: "Keep a civil tongue in your
head." If the young man from Ne
braska ever heard this admonition it
vvus h>st upon him.—Chicago Chroni
cle ( Drill.).
WThe Washington I'ost says that
"Si nator Gorman i* by far the ablckt
man iu the democratic parly, anil the
hr*t man it rmi nominate for presi»
dent." I' ii fort unately for l hedeiuoc rut ic
part j, tin ( levelaiul following regard
'him wiili av< ikinii. Indianapolis
| Journal.
I'll i> Mb 11-1 Mi CtettlMMl liM
"Jiihl the temperament" to head the
I ileiiiocrutie til l i*( in a third term tight,
Hut ihe country remember* lliat
( levehiuil itn» a hard-limes punt an
well - a temperament. Si, houM
Globe IK initial
INTENSE HATRED.
Crotians Revolt Against Hun
garian Methods.
Numerous liintaiiees ol Official Tyr
anny People Not Allowed lo
Hold Public .Tleetlnck und
Only 3 Percent. Per
mitted to Vote.
Vienna, May 22.—The revolt in
Croatia is spreading to every part of
the kingdom and threatens to extend
to Dalnmtia. The celebration at
A pram on Wednesday of the anniver
sary of the death of Jellaeihich Von
iiuziin, the former ban of Croatia,
culminated in a fierce conflict with
the police, who attacked tlie crowds
with sabres, wounding many persona
and making 330 arrests, including
several students and women. The
city of Agrani is now completely un
der military rule. The principal
streets are closed by cordons of
troops. Four regiments, fully
equipped for war. have been ordered
to proceed to the A grain district.
At Buccari and Meja thousands of
peasants attempted to destroy the
railroad in order to prevent the arri
val of troops. They tore up the rails
at five different points and when the
military arrived Hie peasants pelted
them with stones, injuring several
soldiers. The troops retaliated by
shooting and bayoneting many of the
peasants.
The Slavs resident in various parts
of Austria and Bohemia are hold
ing indignation meetings to protest
against the proceedings in Croatia,
where over 2,000 persons have already
been imprisoned.
In Dalmatia important demonstra
tions have been planned for May 24,
when protest meetings will be held
in 20 different places.
The disturbances iu Croatia are pri
marily due to the long standing race
hatred between the Slavs and the
Magyars.
The present outbreak lias two main
sources. First, the general discon
tent of the peasantry arising from
the extreme poverty prevailing
everywhere, and from the fact that
in some parts of the country the
peasants are on the verge of famine.
Second, tin; indignation aroused by
the alleged tyrannical rule of Count
Khtten Hedervary, the present ban
of Croatia.
The Croatians attribute much of
their poverty to the financial meth
ods of the Hungarian government,
which is accused of drawing from
Croatia money in excess of its legal
proportion of the taxes, in spite of
the protests of the inhabitants. Con
sequently throughout Croatia there
is increasing hatred of Hungarian
rule and language. The recent at
tempt made to introduce the Mag
yar language in Croatia has especially
aroused popular indignation. The
Hungarian-Croation ausgleieli of isf>B
provided that Croatian should lie the
official language of Croatia in all af
fairs with Hungary, but now the
Hungarian government is placing the
Hungarian coat of arms on the Croa
tian railroad stations, official build
ings, letter boxes ami elsewhere,
thereby occasioning riots at Agram
and other towns, as since the riots
of 1883 the combined Hungarian and
Croatian emblems had been used up
to the present-
As evidence of official tyranny the
Croatians point out that there is ab
solutely no liberty of the press.
Scarcely a day has passed for many
years without opposition newspapers
being confiscated and latterly they
were all suppressed. The people
have not the right to hold public
meetings, not even at election time,
and the government is accused of ab
solutely controlling the elections. In
support of this accusation it is point
ed out that in spite of the anti-Hun
garian sentiment throughout the
country 54 of the ss deputies in the
Croatian diet are supporters of Hun
gary. Only 3 per cent, of the popu
lation is allowed to vote and many
opposition voters and even opposition
candidates have been imprisoned on
the eve of election day. The Croa
tians. in brief, enjoy absolutely no
rights of citizenship.
The present- agitation covers the
entire country from Kssegg. in the
east, to the districts on the Adriatic
coast, its immediate cause varying ac
cording to the different localities.
In the districts around Kreutz the
disturbances have a socialistic origin,
the peasants attacking the Hungar
ians not on account of their national
ity. but because they are wealthy.
Count Khuen Hedervary. who has
been ban of Croatia for 20 years, is
the object of special detestation on
the part of the Croatians. Although
he was born ia Croatia ami educated
at the Cniversitv of Agram. the ban
is intensely Hungarian and he is re
garded by the people as being a
proud aristocrat, seeking only per
sonal power regardless of the wel
fare of the country.
Willie Scale ■« I'll changed.
Pittsburg, May 22.—The Amalga
mated association officials have re
lumed to this city a nil it is announc
ed that tin- tin plate scale was signed
at the conference with the manufac
turers ia New York. The most Im
portant feature of the new agree
ment was the limit of output and was
the cause of the delay nt the meet
ing. The wages of the skilled work
men remain unchanged, being on a
sliding scale based on the selling
price. The scale goes into effect
.luly 1.
A fatal V. \ ploilou.
New York, May 22. \n explosion
of five barrels of hydro-carbon in the
New York Central railroad yards at
(tin* Hundred and Fifty-sixth street
Hud Sheridan avenue yesterday cans.
■il a disastrous fire ami resulted in
the death of one man and the serious
injury of several others \n erron
eous report to the effect that eight
iiit-ii had been burned lo ileal li was
vent to police headquarters, but was
shortly afterward.- denied. The man
who lost his life wa- Joseph Carenp,
S8 years old. The fire spre id to
three gn- tanks, the machine and ru
pair hops and e\eral freight cars.
HIS WESTERN TRIP.
President Romevrlt Tlaltei a t.reat
Many Mop* uud Speceiie*.
Berenda, Cal., May 19 —President
Roosevelt broke all road records for
Yosemite park travel when his coach
came from Yosemite to Raymond,
where his train awaited him, in ten
hours of actual travel. The distance
is 60 miles.
Carson, Xev., May 20. —President
Roosevelt reached here Tuesday
morning. Gov. Sparks and Mayor
Mackev met the president at. the
state line and accompanied the party
to this city. The entire, party was
driven to the state capitol building,
where a platform had been erected.
The portico of the capitol was circled
with rifles, forming an arch over the
desk from which the president spoke.
Fully 15,000 people gave the president
welcome. He made a 20-niinute talk,
Ashland, Ore., May 21. President
Roosevelt yesterday completed his
lour of California and entered upon
the last stages of his long trip. His
journey was through the mountain
ous region about Mount Shasta,
where the towns are few and far be
tween, and consequently he was
called upon to do but little speaking.
Salem, Ore., May 22. — Salem pre
sented a gala appearance yesterday
when President Roosevelt and party
arrived. Three brass bands greeted
the president as he appeared upon
the rear platform of his ear and he
was greeted with deafening cheers
from thousands of people. The pres
ident was met by Gov. Chamberlain,
George C. Brownell, president of the
senate; L. T. Harris, speaker of the
house; Mayor Hishop and a citizens'
committee. After exchanging greet
ings the parity Mas escorted to car
riages, a local military company act
ing as guard of honor. The president
was greeted along the line of march
by cheering crowds. The procession
stopped at Marion square, where
2.000 school children were assembled.
The president delivered a few words
of greeting to the children.
Portland, Ore., May 22. President
Roosevelt arrived in Portland at 2:15
p. m.and spent the night here. As
the train drew on the bridge span
ning the Willamette river a saint" of
21 guns was fired by a battery of the
Oregon national guard stationed on
the elevation across the river from
the Union depot. A few minutes
later the train entered the station
amid the cheering of an immense
crowd, the din of steam whistles and
the playing of bands.
A section of the parade that at
tracted great attention was a human
flag, composed of 400 school girls,
who had been drilled for weeks. A
military company of 50 American
born ChWiese brought up the rear of
the procession.
SENSATIONAL STORY.
A Woman Is Accused ol" Playing a
Deep <>» me ol' Fraud lor a 8500,000
Stake.
London, May 18.—Mrs. Gunning S.
Bedford, who was arrested by detec
tives from Scotland Yard at Queens
town on Saturday upon the arrival
of the Cunard line steamer Cmbria,
upon which vessel she, her baby and
a maid were saloon passengers, will
be charged in Bow Street police
court today with making a false
declaration of birth. Mrs. Bedford's
husband, who lived in London, died
recently in Paris, leaving property es
timated to be worth $500,000 to his
wife and child. Relatives who are
contesting the will allege that Mrs.
Bedford had no children and that
she procured a child, pretended it
was hers and deceived her husband
for the purpose of securing his en
tire property.
It. is alleged that on December 18,
1902, Mrs. Bedford, representing her
self as the infant's aunt, registered
the birth of the child. Eugenie, as
having occurred in London on Decem
ber 17. Two months later Mrs. Bed
ford is said to have, gone to the
United States to claim the money.
Having failed in this she was on her
way to Paris to prosecute further
the child's claim. The prosecution
asserts that no child was born at the
address given in Woborn place, Lon
don, for three years prior to the date
given.
OVERTON WAS CARELESS.
lie and a Coiiipaniiiil Were Killed by
Prisoner* Wliom They Were (Guard
ing.
Manila, May 18. —Capt. Clougli
Overton, of the Fifteenth cavalry,
and Private Harry Noyes, who were
killed May 15 at Sueatlan, Mindanao,
met their deaths at the hands of in
surgent prisoners whom they were
guarding. Thvir companion in this
duty, Private Ifartlow, was wounded
nt the same time. Capt. Overton's
troops had been scouting in the de
partment of Misamis, on the trail of
the insurgent leader, Flores. The
cavalrymen captured 50 of Flores' fol
lowers and confined them in a house
nt Sueatlan. Capt. Overton and
! three men remained to guard the
prisoners while Lieut. Cameron con
tinued in pursuit of Flores.
The prisoners suddenly broke out
of the house where they were con
fined, secured their bolos and rushed
the four \mericans oil guard. Over
ton was slashed with a liolo and bled
to death. After escaping the insurg
ents gathered and renewed their at
tacks on the Americans. The caval
rymen who was not wounded repuls
ed the enemy and defended his dead
nnd wounded companions until the
return of Lieut. Cameron. Capt.
Overton is criticized for having kept
only three men to guard 50 and for
having neglected to destroy the in
surgents' bolos.
Omalia Klrlker* Weaken.
Omaha. Neb. May I s . The strike in
this city seems to be nearing an end,
so far as the shutting down of busi
ness is concerned. The first break
iu the teamsters' ranks came Sunday,
when 25 men employed by one of the
large delivery companies decided to
return to work. Th* Teamsters'
union also decided to withdraw the
objectioiiable features of their de
mands on employers, but it was
stated t lut t the latter demand a
lower scale of wages. Several large
restaurant; will open their places to
day "tith nun union men, most of
whom nr» colored.
AFALLTOJJEATH.
Four People Killed in an El
evator at Pittsburg.
CAGE DROPPED 50 FEET.
The Dead are Mashed Almost
Beyond Recognition.
A STEEL CABLE SNA IT ED.
Elevator Foil Four Stories and the 13
People Therein Were Jammed I'nder
Twisted Steel und llroken Timbers
—Huge Weight* Fell on Them.
Pittsburg, May 2D. —One man and
three women were killed and five or
six injured last, night at 103G Fifth
avenue, a building 1 occupied by a
dancing aeademy. The cause of Ihe
fatalities was the snapping of Hie
elevator ropes, allowing the cage to
drop 50 feet.
The dead are so badly smashed
that identification was impossible up
to midnight. The only one whose
name may be correct is Catherine
Curt in. On her body was found a
railroad ticket with the name 011 it..
Among the injured are:
Harry Lipson, aged 22, bruised all
over body and hurt internally.
Miss Kate Flanigan, 27, bruised all
ovc.r the body and Buffering from
shock.
Albert Myers, 20, fractured leg.
Mrs. Lulu Postlewaite, scalp wound
and body bruised.
A banquet and ball was being held
in the building by the Pennsylvania
Electro-Meclianieal institute. and
every available portion of the fifth
and sixth floors was crowded I >y
members of the institute and their
friends.
At about 10 o'clock the elevator
with a load of 13 passengers started
for the banquet room on the sixth
floor. When that floor was reached
it, was found that every place was
crowded and the passengers decided
togo to the fifth floor, where the
dancing was in progress. When be
tween the sixth and fifth floors the
steel cable snapped and with a re
sounding crash that was heard
blocks away the cage dropped with
its load of human freight.
It smashed through the floor above
the cellar of the building and was
stopped by a braced post of wood,
three feet below the first floor, fn
this inaccessible position the passen
gers were jammed under broken tim
bers and twisted steel, yet none
might have been killed had not the
heavy iron balance weights, weigh
ing over a ton. come crashing down
upon them. Miraculously all but four
were able to scramble out. The
others were pinioned under heavy
weights. Four were mashed almost
1 >evond recognition.
Albert Myers was held a prisoner
mor more than an hour. While fire
men and volunteer rescuers were pre
paring riggings to lift the machine
so as to be accessible, he lay pinioned
under the wreckage. Whisky and
water were passed to him, with
words of encouragement. A fireman
endangered his life by dropping into
the mass of wreckage and holding
the injured man's head. "Heavens,
it.was hot down there." was the
brave man's first words spoken while
being carried from his prison to a.
hospital ambulance. That more peo
ple were not killed is a miracle. The
wreck of the elevator was complete.
It required dozens of firemen to ac
complish the work of securing the
bodies.
When the accident occurred more
than 400 men, women and children
were on the dancing floor. As the
elevator struck the bottom a cloud
of dust blew into the room from the
open elevator door. Quickly Harry
(iilsoii closed the entrance and cried,
"Take your partners for a two-step."
Scores of policemen were present
and ordered all persons in the build
ing to remain quiet. In this way the
people were allowed to pass from the
building by relays, avoiding a panic
that might have resulted in many
more fatalities.
The opinion prevails that the ele
vator was overcrowded and Superin
tendent of Police McTighe ordered
the arrest of Prof. L, X. Oiles. a me
chanical engineer and instructor of
the Pennsylvania Kleotro-Mechanical
institute.
At the time of the accident he was
running the elevator. It is alleged
that he allowed the elevator to be
overcrowded and that he had no ex
perience in running an elevator and
was partly responsible for the acci
dent.
Col. Amnion I* ItonrreMed.
New York, May 2.1. Col. Robert A.
Amnion, who has been out on $.>,000
bail for two years on a charge of
receiving stolen goods in connection
with the 520 per cent. Miller case, was
rearrested Friday and his bail in
creased to $20,000. The rearrest was
made at the instance of District At
torney Jerome, who says he has facts
iu his possession, including a state
ment from Miller, which show that
Amnion received $240,000 from Miller
u few days before Miller was ar
rested.
Flulilln'i In Turkey.
Salonica, Kuropean Turkey. May 21.
Fighting is reported to have oc
curred at Dorujun, Xs miles north of
here. Ilulgarian hands aggregating
2,000 men rc< ently crossed the fron
tier and will operate in UifVeient
regions of Macedonia.
SIII<III<<I |<) I'.ilkoli,
Iterliu, May 33. The sislci of Dr.
I arl Voiding, who >■ hot nt and \\i.iuk|.
Ed Knipcror William I in l**"', cum
uli tied suicide yesterday hi poi mj.
ing at Schwcrlu after making tn<, m,.
Micecfcktiil attempt!, to end |,ct Jiie
by droit tiing.