IVhat is Gambling ?
By REV. FRANCES E. TOWNSLEY.
f' ■ » 1 Gambling is not a modern vice Out
side Jerusalem one long ago day. beneath
' the shadow of a cross, Roman guards are di
i viding the garments of the dying. To cut
( w.■ " one of the garments is to destroy it. As he
!> Wy holds it to the light, the Roman soldier has
„ , a bright thought. Seizing a helmet from
112 IK' ''is fellow's head, he shakes dice into it, rat-
I W : l ' es *' le tin >' bits, and announces the result,
j t ' : He is carrying out the supersititon of his
"■* >; ' time, for GAMBLING IS A RELIC OF
- , BARBARISM AND SUPERSTITION.
riable, and to be won over, and their favor or disfavor to be ascer
tained by games of chance. "To-day science and Christianity (says
Dr. Gifford) clasp hands on the certainty of facts and forces." THE
GAMBLER IS AN ANNOUNCED PAGAN, AND AS SUCH HAS
KO PLACE IN A MODERN CHRISTIAN CIVILIZATION.
THE PROFESSIONAL GAMBLER IS A LIVING LIE. He
does not depend on chance, but the credulity of others who do. "His
dice are loaded, his cards marked, his cuff-button has a mirror, his
sleeves are lined with horse-hair cloth, and stocked with aces." He
is the most scientific scoundrel in the city. As a cheat, he deserves
summary punishment.
He is a robber and a menace to society.
THE GAMBLER STANDS FOR THE DESTRUCTON OF
THE FINER ELEMENTS OF CHARACTER. The drunkard,
when sober, may be penitent, affectionate and pitiful, but the gambler
•soon loses all finer sensibilities, which are dried up by the hot blasts
of sin.
GAMBLING IS COYETOUSNESS. We want something that
in time might be ours legitimately. We cannot wait. Honesty is too
slow. We gamble for what is not truly ours. Consequently, the habit
unfits one for business. Money that costs little, counts for little. Come
■easy, go easy, is no motto for business success. Women's gambling
at the races is but the result of parlor gambling, resort gambling,
childhood training to get much for little. The entire method, I re
peat, is barbaric, pagan, superstitious, dishonest and covetous. It has
210 place in a decent Christian civilization. It ought to be suppressed,
quarantined, punished. You and I can help bring on that day!
It is a debt we owe to our country and our God. In our individ
ual circle we must do so, or be untrue to ourselves, as surely as to our
Christian faith.
Nothing is ours that is not so by earning, or by bequest or gift.
More land often means mortgages. More style means often more
scheming. More cash means often a haste that tends to dishonor;
and gambling in stocks, in a poolroom, or at a card table, or in the
children's play for keeps, is of one piece, and unworthy the claim to
siobility.
The Brawn of the
East
By SENATOR JOSEPH R. BURTON,
Of Kansas.
HE eastern college boys may be all right on their ath
-1 letic teams, but they haven't the brawn which can
keep them standing up alongside a Kansas youth in
the harvesting field. We people of Kansas have fault
to find with the effete east. The immense wheat
harvests of the state created a great demand for la
bor. High wages prevailed, and the call went out to
all the country to send forth laborers for our harvest
fields. The eastern college boy heard the cry, and saw the glitter of
the golden coin. He liked the coin all right, but when he got thor
oughly acquainted with the golden grain, he didn't "make good."
These fellows were a fine-looking lot of men when they came,
but they won't do for Kansas and her big crops. Why, we had sorhe
college boys out in our state who rowed on the 'varsity eights, played
on the elevens, and led their nines in batting, but when we sized them
on the harvest fields, according to Kansas calcula
>tions, they weren't one, two, three. /P*
No, the eastern boys will not do. They may be (
-all right on the gridiron, or the diamond, but put WJ y
them out in the harvest field, and they have to call Mafek) \
for substitutes. There is nobody who can compete
■with the sturdy Kansan, unless it be another sturdy '
Kansan, and then it's a race for your life, and a clean ' 112
:swept field in the finish. ' *
The New Food Taw and
Its SuccessfiU Operation
By DR. HARVEY W. WILEY,
Chief Chemist of the Agricultural Department.
§'l he new food law, enacted by the last congress,
is working smoothly and satisfactorily. Under its
provisions the agricultural department is authorized
to issue certificates to exporters of food products.
Under the new law whenever an exporter desires we
will make a chemical analysis to determine the pur
ity of his product. If, after inspection, we find that
he proposes to send abroad something that is pure
and wholesome, a certificate is issued him addressed
'to the officials of the country to which his products are to go.
This certificate of good character is helpful to him in many wavs,
and acts as a letter of introduction. It is issued with the distinct un
derstanding that it shall in no way be reproduced for advertising pur
poses. So far our inspections have been confined almost exclusively
to flour, breakfast foods and wheat, and it is indeed gratifying to be
able to say that in every instance we have found 110 obstacle to the is
suance of the desired certificate.
The latest advices from Germany received at the department re
port a movement afoot there to modify present discriminating laws,
which are having the effect of closing the markets there to our meat
products. It seems that the people are growing tired of the exactions
of their dealers, and are complaining against the high prices they have
to pay for their meats. The pressure is becoming so great that we have
reason to expect the government will soon revise the laws and give
American meats a better show.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1903.
BADLY WORSTED.
Reliance Again Heats Shamrock
Off Sandy Hook.
At tlie Knil of tlie Fourth llare, Wlilch
11 a* Not l''iiilslic€l Wltliiu Time
Limit, the Cup Defender Ma*
About Two Allien Ahead
of « hullengor.
New York, Aug. 26.- In a glorious
breeze over a triangular COUISJ, ten
miles to a leg, the fleet-footed cup
defender Reliance again on Tuesday
showed her heels to Sir Thomas Lip
tc.n's challenger, taking the second
race of the cup series of 1903 by the
barrow margin of one minute and 1!)
seconds. It was as pretty and as hard
a fought contest as has ever been
sailed off Sandy Hook, an 1, had tha
wind not fallen during the last tea
minutes, the record for the course,
three hours, 12 and l.'i sec
onds, made by Columbia two years
Hffo on her memorable race against
Shamrock 11, would have been
broken.
As it was, Reliance sailed the DO
miles within two minutes r.nd 31) sec
onds of the record, which speaks
wonders for her speed in the wind
that was blowing. Relian.e's victory,
narrow as it was, would have been
even smaller had not ('apt. Wringe,
the skipper of the British ship, bun
gled the start, sending ms craft over
the line 19 seconds after the last gun
and handicapped her to that extent.
At every point of sailing the defen
der's superiority was demonstrated.
She gained one minute and .">1 seconds
in windward work, 40 seconds on the
run to tin* second mark, and 45 sec
onds on the close reach for home.
New York, Aug. 28.—With Reliance
less than a third of a mile from the
finish and Shamrock 111 hull down on
the horizon, fully two miles astern
of the gallant defender, the fourth
race of the present series for the
America's cup Thursday was declared
off because of the expiration of the
time limit of live and one-half hours.
Although officially it was no race,
the defeat administered to the chal
lenger was so ignominious that what
ever lingering hope remained in the
breasts of the friends of Sir Thomas*
boat vanished into thin air. Reli
ance's victory was in every way more
decisive than that of last Saturday.
Outsailed, outpointed and outfooted,
it was a procession from start to fin
ish.
The Herreslioff wonder beat the
Shamrock hopelessly in tlie 15 miles
of windward work, rounding the
outer mark 12 minutes and 30 seconds
ahead of her, a gain in actual time
of 11 minutes and 29 seconds, and
down the wind she steadily increased
her lead. The real race of the day
was not against Shamrock, but it was
seen in the exciting struggle of Reli
ance iu the last half hour to reach
the finish line before the regatta com
mittee tired the gun which should
announce the expiration of the time
limit. Had tlie wind freshened 20
minutes earlier than it did, the cup
series would have ended yesterday
with three straight wins for the de
fender, and Fife's famous light,
weather boat would have sailed back
to Albion's shores one of the most
disastrously worsted challengers in
the history of the American cup con
tests.
Fully as discouraging as the sailing
qualities displayed by the challenger
was the atrocious manner in which
the yacht was handled. She crossed
the line in tlie wake of Ileiianee with
a handicap of 61 of the precious sec
onds for which Fife had sacrificed so
much in sail spread for time allow
ance. 4-toth boats, it is true, went
over after the smoke of the handicap
gun, but where both are handicapped,
it is only the sternmost craft which
actually suffers.
FLOODS IN KANSAS.
Cloudburst funned the 111-: Bine lllver
to Itlse 10 l r eet —tVlar.v*villc Deluded
House* Submersed People Take
Refuse In Treed.
Marysville, Kan., Aug. 26. —A cloud
burst struck in this vicinity early
yesterday, causing the Big Blue river
tori» 18 feet within a few hours and
sending a great flood of water down
the bottoms along that stream. Many
inhabitants in the lowlands were
driven from their homes and heavy
damage to property was done. One
death by drowning is reported. Marys
ville was deluged and the bottoms
were filled with water from 10 to 15
feet deep. Fifty houses were almost
entirely submerged, their inmates
taking refuge in trees and on house
tops.
Seventy-five persons had been res
cued in boats by daylight, and by
noon 20 others were taken to places
ef safety. The storm washed out the
tracks on the Mine Valley branch of
the Union Pacific for several miles
and telegraph and telephone wires
were down, cutting off outside com
munication till late in the day. One
of the rescuing parties was headed by
Congressman William A. Calderhead,
The river is falling now, although
farms for miles around will be under
water for several days. South of here
at the town of Blue Rapids, the Blue
river rose to within a few inches of
the highest point of the June rise,
causing much damage to farm prop
erty.
A wall of water struck Yliet, a
town of 1,000 on the Vermillion river,
east of here, in tlie same county,
driving tlie residents from their
houses. The Vermillion rose four
feet in an hour and Vliet is five feet
under water.
Two Women Drowned.
New York, Aug. 26. In the gale
yesterday two women lost their lives
in Jamaica Bay. Tlicy were Mrs.
John llolm and her slater, Miss Itas
mussen. of Brooklyn. They went
sailing in a cat boat w'tli Mr. Holm
and the boat was upset about half a
mile off shore. In the heavy sea that
was running, all three found it im
possible to reach the be it and started
to swim ashore, lie was picked up by
a sailboat. The two women were
taken from the water by a p-.rtv in
a steam launch, but they died with
out regaining consciousness.
OUR VICE CONSUL ALIVE.
«5e Had Keen Shot at but Not 111 -
Tiirhlsli Official* I-:\press itcjtrct.
Wshington, Vug. 29. A decided
turn in the rise of United States
Nice Consul William ('. Magelssen at
Beirut, Syria, who was reported to
have been assassinated last Sunday,
developed last night when it became
known that the report was incorrect,
and that although Mr. Magelssen had
been shot at he had not even been
injured. This information came to
the state department in a dispatch
from United States Minister Irish
man af Constantinople, who said the
mistake in making the original an
nouncement was due to an error in
the transmission of the cipher dis
patch from Consul Ruvndal at Beirut
in reporting tlie incident to the min
ister.
Acting Secretary Loouiis declined
to make public the text of Minister
Leishmau's dispatch, but lie gave a
summary of its contents. It shows
that Mr. Magelssen had been shot at
by some person at the time unknown
to the officials, but that he hail not
been hit. The local Turkish officials
were prompt to express their regret
at the occurrence and were exerting
themselves to apprehend the assas
sin. but thus far had been unsuccess
ful.
The minister's dispatch also said
that Consul Ravndal had reported to
him that some of the foreign consuls
at Beirut had reported to their gov
ernments that the situation at that
place had become exceedingly un
safe, that this condition of affairs
had existed for some time and that
something ought to be done to re
lieve the tension.
Oyster Bay, N. Y., Aug. 29. Presi
dent Koosevelt was informed last
night of the incorrectness of the re
port that Nice Consul Magelssen, at
Beirut, Syria, had been assassinated.
The president expressed gratifica
tion that Consul Magelssen had es
caped without injury from the as
sault of the would-be murderer, lie
announced, however, that no change
at present would be made in tiie
plans of this government and that
the European squadron which he had
ordered to proceed to Beirut would
continue to its ordered destination.
It can be said to be the purpose of
President Roosevelt to afford Ameri
can citizens in the disturbed prov
inces of Turkey all the protection
possible. For that reason and for
others which may develop in a short
time the decision is reached that no
change at this time will be made in
the orders to the European squadron.
Admiral Cotton will proceed with his
vessels to Turkish waters with the
idea of fully safeguarding Americans
and American interests.
The president and Secretary of
State Hay both regard it advisable,
in view of the present state of unrest
in Turkey, to have American war ves
sels in Turkish waters.
"FAKE DIRECTORY."
Merchant* in cities Have Been
Swindled bv Its Promoter*.
Louisville, Ky., Aug. 2S. —A "fake
directory," swindle of national pro
portions and l>y means of which over
$1,000,000 has iieen taken from mer
chants, bankers, etc., all over tiie
country, is alleged by local defectives
as the ground for the arrest of
Jacob W. Geist. (ieist, who claimed to
represent the National (iazetteer, of
New York and Chicago, was taken in
to custody here yesterday, charged
with having obtained money by false
pretenses from five local firms. The
officers declare that (ieist's doings
are connected with those of .lames
Fallon, arrested in New York last
April, and of Arthur Hubbard, arrest
ed in Washington about the same
time on similar charges.
According to the officers the men
goto merchants to solicit advertis
ing in a national business directory
and rating book. If a bona fide order
signed by the merchant is given it
is raised in amount and so changed
as to provide for payment at a date
before delivery of directory and
advertisement. If the merchant re
fuses he is persuaded to sign a blank
application for a sample copy, which
later apppears as a contract for pay
ment over the victim's signature. It
is said that many merchants have
paid rather than become involved in
legal difficulties. The five local firms
were swindled in amounts ranging
from $25 to SIOO.
A Monastery Is Captured.
Paris, Aug. 28. —The expulsion of
the Redemptorist fathers from their
monastery at Les Sables d'Olonne.
department of Vendee, was carried
out yesterday after iui exciting ex
perience. The barricaded building
was surrounded by soldiers, police
and firemen. The inonastry bells
summoned a crowd of people to its
defense, missiles were thrown out of
the windows and several of the be
siegers were injured. After four
hours' siege the barricades were
forced and the fathers retreated to
the roof, where they continued their
defense until dislodged by a stream
of water. Many arrests were made.
Schooner Slniis —Six .Hell Drowned.
Stonington, Conn., Aug. 2S. —The j
steamship 11. M. Whitney, from New j
York to Boston, ran down and sank
the schooner .lohn Booth just west
of New liaven. Wednesday night.
The Whitney rescued tne captain of
the Booth: the Maine, of the Stoning- ;
ton line, saved a sailor, but the five ;
other men in the Booth's crew and a
passenger, who belonged in Salem,
Mass., were drowned.
Idt» W ill ho I'romofpil.
Oyster Bay, V Y., Aug. 2S.—Presi
dent Roosevelt announced last night
that lleiir.v C. Ide, at present a mem
ber of the Philippine commission,
would be designated as vice governor
of the Philippines in succession to
Gen. Luke E. Wright, when the latter
assume.' the office of governor gen
eral. The president lias selected a
man to till the vacancy made in the
personnel of the commission and has
preferred tlie commissionsliip to him.
No answer to the offer has been re
ceived, however, and until this is at
hand the name of the uuui selected
will r.iot be made known.
AN OATH OK ALLEGIANCE.
1 Mm ploy e* of Hie 4.<>\eminent I'ririt-
Injj Otllee are Ordered to Take 11.
Washington, Aug. 27. \ll order
j from Public Printer Palmer was is
! sued to the lii-ail.s of divisions in the
| government printing office just be-
I fore the hour for closing yesterday
: to appear before a notary public in
1 the office and take tne oath of a lie-
I giauce to the I nited States as sub
j scribed to by clerks under the civil
j service law.
Mr. I'almer said he issued the order
I n ' the suggestion of a government
official, whose name he declined to
give. He said that its object was to
■ place the per diem employes in the
same attitude toward the govern
ment as that of the clerks on annual
salaries, who have subscribed to the
ord«-r. He said that every employe
of the office would be affected by the
order, but to prevent loss of time and
confusion, the chiefs of divisions
were asked to take it yesterday and
that gradually the entire force would
have the oath administered.
The issuance of the order created
considerable surprise among- the em
ployes of the office, especially among
members of the Bookbinders' union,
who believe it has indirectly a bear
ing on the issues growing out of the
case of \V. A. Miller, the assistant
foreman of the bindery, who was
discharged from the oftice because he
had been expelled from the local
Bookbinders' union, but who was af
terwards reinstated at the direction
of I'residen' Roosevelt,
Washington, Aug. as.—Public
Printer Palmer made the statement
yesterday that the order for the tak
ing of tlie oath of allegiance by all
employes of the government printing
office was neither directly nor in
directly the result of the controversy
between the Bookbinders' union and
Assistant Foreman Miller.
VESUVIUS IN ERUPTION.
Stream of Lava, 15 Feet Wide, Flows
from a New Opening.
Naples, Aug. 27.—The people of Na
ples and the vicinity witnessed a re
markable spectacle at noon Wednes
day. One thousand feet below the
central cone of Vesuvius the volcano
opened like :i huge mouth, out of
which belched a fiery stream of lava
which ran down the side of the moun
tain and at first seemed to menace
the observatory. This, however, is
protected in the direction of the
stream by a mouno of Java 200 feet
high which was thrown out during
the eruptions of is;),-, and 1900.
The eruption occurred without any
warning whatever. There was no
earthquake, detonation or rain of
ashes, nothing but a clear stream of
lava and red-hot stones, which were
thrown to a height of 700 feet, pro
ducing an extremely beautiful scene
from Naples.
Naples, Aug. 29.—With tremendous
detonations heard for miles around
a new fissure opened at 5 o'clock
yesterday afternoon in the cone of
Vesuvius, and from the new gap came
pouring out tons of burning lava
which (lowed in the direction of the
village of Ottajano.
IMMENSE RAILROAD YARDS.
rile PPIIII*}' Plans lor a <«reat Num
ber of Tracks at Shire Oak*. Pa.
Washington, Pa., Aug. 27.—The
Pennsylvania Railroad Co., to make
room for its immense yards to be
built at Shire Oaks, thiscounty, has
just purchased more than $1,000,000
worth of property between Courtney
and Suiin.vsVle and a large portion of
the town o Shire Oaks has been
bought by tue company. The grad
ing has about been completed for the
great classification yards of the Penn
sylvania. Thirty-eight tracks are to
be laid, each of which will be consid
erably more than a mile in length.
All the coal trains from the upper
Monongahela valley, the New Klon
dike coke region and the coal dis
tricts of Fayette county as far east
as I'niontown will be hauled to Shire
Oaks and made up for points west on
the Fort Wayne and for the Pan-
Handle, and also for eastern points
on the Pennsylvania. Nearly a thou
sand men will be given employment
in the yards to start with and this
number will be increased later.
Long Strike !■: 112 led.
Pittsburg, Aug. 27.—Word was re
ceived yesterday at the headquarters
of the Amalgamated Association of
Iron and Steel Workers from Assisst
ant President John Pierce that the
long strike at the Ashland, Kv„ sheet
mills had been amicably settled. The
strike was declared February 6 last.
It has been bitterly fought and sev
eral clashes between non-union men i
and sympathizers have occurred. For
some months no attempt has been
made to operate the mill. Nearly 300 I
men are affected by the settlement. I
The cause of The strike was a dis- !
agreement over the wage scale. Op- '
erations will be resumed at once.
Smyu goodwill ICmbezzled a tuition.
Philadelphia, Aug. 27. —A bill iu
equity was filed in court here yester
day by Cassatt & Co., bankers of this
city, against the widow of the late
Howard T. Goodwin, in which it is a I- j
leged that Goodwin misappropriated
about $1,000,000. Goodwin had been i
employed as manager for the firm J
for a long period and committed sui- '
cide last December.
Schooner and Seven Liven Lout.
South Norwalk, Conn., Aug. 27—The I
Bcnopner Willie L. Newton, of Mat- :
gor. Me., capsized off Norwalk light;
during the storm Tuesday night and j
the crew, believed to number seven :
men, were drowned.
Helloes of (lie lluraiMl Disaster.
Durand Mich., Aug. 2S. —The coro
ner's inquest into the death of the
23 victims who were Killed in tlie ;
wreck of Wallace Brothers' circus I
train on the Crawl Trunk railroad on
August 7 was concluded yesterday.
The jury rendered a verdict that the
wreck was caused by the failure of
the nit* brakes to work on the see- j
ond section; that the wreck might
have been averted if the engineer,!
Cliarle» M. Propst, had watched the
air gauge before him, and also if j
Wallace Brothers had had their cars
properly equipped with haud brakes. '
CONSERVATIVE PROGRESS
It Given Prouilae ol (irralrr IVmia«
IWIIL (iuiii In KH*IIICM*.
New York, Aug. 29. -R. (J. Dun &
Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says:
There i.s still no indication of the
depression in trade and industry that
pessimists predicted would follow
the decline in securities. Con»erva
j tism was developed by the uncertain
ty regarding the effect upon finan
cial conditions, hut legitimate busi
ness is able to secure funds as they
are required, and the more cautious
progress of business gives promise
of greater permanent gain. Weak
spots have been disclosed, and the
technical position strengthened, just
as occurred in the stock market.
Readjustnient after ii period of infla
tion must of necessity bring some
losses, yet the outlook is brightened
! by the removal of threatening indus
trial clouds.
Dispatches from all sections tes
tify to the liberal distribution of nier
j chanrlise and the disposition to pre
j pare for greater consumption of all
the necessaries of life, while the
crops are making good progress aside
from some cotton districts in Texas.
The number of buyers in New York
, is increasing and a heavy fall trade
I is anticipated.
it is gratifying to find that con
sumers of pig iron have at last appar-
I ently decided to place contracts with
out waiting for further concessions.
Failures this week numbered 70
in the i'nited States, against 17.T last
year, and 33 in Canada, compared
j with 14 a year ago.
BOLD BANDITS.
"tluoki-d Mm A*«aulled antl Itohliril a
Party of ItallroadrrN.
McKni'land, Kan., Aug. 29. —At 1
o'clock Friday morning six masked
men heavily armed appeared at the
Hock Island depot and started to en
ter the office door. Conductor Mon
nelian, of a freight train which had
just pulled in, and Haggageman
C harles Toler saw them and attempt
ed to block flic door, but the rob
bers forced an entrance and, after
taking their money and watches, beat
the railroad men into insensibility.
They then rifled the depot of its
contents and.going to the eating
house, held up and took all the valu
ables from a half dozen railroad em
ployes on the platform. Passengers
at the lunch counter scurried up
stairs and blocked the entrance ef
fectively.
I lie bandits looted the eating house
cash register and stole some silver
ware. Then they marched and car
ried six of the Rock Island employes
into a refrigerator car and disap
peared.
Two hours after the robbers disap
peared, Sheriff Frey had organized a
posse, released the prisoners from
tne car and started in purcuit of the
bandits, who headed towards To
peka.
A Fatal Storm.
Connellsville, Pa., Aug. 29. —A storm
passed over tins section Friday dur
ing which people were lifted oft their
feet and houses were moved off their
foundations. Mrs. Lizzie Levowitz,
i Slavish woman, was struck by
lightning and instantly killed. A
frame house in course of construc
tion at (ireenwood was toppled off its
foundation, severely injuring Samuel
Kuhlnian, a carpenter, and Frank
Wooden, a painter. Harry White, a
painter, was caught in a whirlwind
md hurled 30 feet. The Fourth ward
school house was struck by light
ning and 000 children were thrown
into a panic but no one was injured.
Mi Li'od OelVafx JciikliiM.
Hamilton, Ont., Aug. 29.—Dan Mc-
Leod defeated Torn .Jenkins, the
world's champion eateh-as-eatch-can
wrestler in a handicap match at the
armory last night. According to the
articles of agreement /Jenkins under
took to throw Mel.eod twice in one
hour of actual wrestling time, Mc-
Leoil to win the match if lie secured
one fall. Jenkins took the first fall
in 15:30. MeLeod assumed the ag
gressive and succeeded in pinning the
champion's shoulders to the mat in
10:38.
Three <>irl« Drowned.
Pittsburgh, Aug". 29.—While a party
of young people were driving home
from a social gathering near Ever
green borough, north of Allegheny,
early Friday their vehicle was pre
cipitated over a high embankment
into (iirty's run and three were
drowned. The dead: Myrtle Scott,
aged 20 years. Xannie Scott, sister,
aged IS years. Annie Clifford, a
cousin, aged about 20 years.
Kxploxlon 4'auxeil a Panic,
Chicago. Aug. 29. —Michael Fozinsky
was killed and six of his companions
more or less seriously injured as the
result of an explosion in Ihe Illinois
Steel Co.'s works in South Chicago
yesterday. A draft pipe is said to
have burst. Five thousand workmen
in the building were thrown in a
panic and all the laborers in the north
end of the plant were thrown to the
floor.
A I'l-lnliUm Disaster,
Home, Aug. 29.—A train filled with
soldiers going to the maneuvers at
I dine yesterday collided with a
freight train, and 20 soldiers were
killed and so injured. A captain who
was killed had his head cut off and
an engine driver was burned alive.
Hotli engines were entirely destroyed
and several cars were crushed into
splinters.
A line] on tlie Slrepl.
Seymour, Ind., Aug. 29.—As the re
sult of a quarrel on the street be
tween ex-Mayor Albert W. Mills and
Policemen John lieddingcr and Enoch
Itaughman, Mills was shot, and per
haps fatally wounded by the police
men. lleddingcr was shot in the
h*ad and dangerously wounded and
Haitghman was shot twice in the side.
Mills had been ordered home by the
officers and resented it. He flourish
ed a revolver, which was taken from
him and he then drew a s;nife. Later
he went to his office, secured an
other revolver and retatned, when
the shooting took place.
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