TWENTY IN HUE BLOWN TO ATOMS PREMATURE BLAST OF DYNAMITE IN A STONE QUARRY NEAR ALBANY, N. Y. HOUSE WINDOWS SHATTERED One Thousand Pounds of Dynamite Ex plode When a Percussion Cap Is Prematurely Discharged— Bodies Mutilated. Albany, N. Y. —At least 20 men ■were killed by a premature blast of dynamite in a stone quarry operated by the Callanan Itoad Improvement Co., near South Bethlehem, 11 miles southwest of Albany. The dead: John Hoyt Callanan, vice president and general manager of the company; Charles D. Callanan, a broth er of the manager; Leroy McMillan, assistant superintendent; John Hen drickson, steam driller; Fred Snyder, master mechanic; James Maloney, blacksmith; William Baumes, fireman; Fred Zappert, agent of the National Power Co., New York; 12 Italian work men. Bodies Badly Mutilated. One thousand pounds of dynamite exploded, and the bodies of tho vic tims were hurled hundreds of feet by the concussion and so badly mutilated as to be almost beyond recognition. As darkness was falling a wagon drew up to the engine house loaded with bodies that, had been picked up on the quarry hill. A crowd of grief-stricken relatives gathered around eager to Identify the dead, only to turn away at tho sickening sight. Italians with shovels found here and there portions of bodies and brought their gruesome loads in boxes to the engine house. Premature Discharge of Cap. The Callanan Road Improvement Co. furnishes crushed stone for road build ing. The preparations for a day's blast had been going on for six weeks. Thirteen holes, 75 feet deep, had been drilled af< points about 20 feet back of the face of the big quarry, and the explosion of the dynamite with which they were to be loaded was expected to displace 40,000 tons of rock. Over 8,000 pounds of dynamite were to have been used. The workmen had placed 500-pound charges in six of the holes and were working on the seventh hole when a percussion cap was prematurely discharged. A terrific explosion fol lowed which hurled many tons of rock into the air and scattered the bodies of the victims in all directions. The officers were standing near by at the time directing the work. Houses in the vicinity were shaken and win dows shattered by the concussion. MANY EXECUTIONS IN TURKEY Twenty-four Mutineers of the Army and Navy Publicly Hung at Constantinople. Constantinople, Turkey.—Constanti nople witnessed another batch of exe cutions when 24 mutineers of the army and navy were hanged in public within the city limits. This makes a total of 38 executions within the capital since the revolution of April 13. Four of the men were hanged near the sultan's palace, eight at the marine barracks, eight in the Djinzi Meidan quarter of Stamboul and four at the war office. London, Eng.—A special dispatch from Saloniki says that Talaat Bey, vice president of the chamber of depu ties, who was sent there to arrange with Abdul Hamid for the transfer ence of his fortunes to the govern ment, succeeded in obtaining the sig nature of the former sultan for the withdrawal of funds from foreign banks, but that Abdul Hamid reso lutely refused to deliver up the keys to two iron rooms in the Yildiz Kiosk, which had resisted all efforts at forci ble entry. After Talaat Bey's depar ture. the dispatch says, officers of the guard, furious at the ex-sultan's re fusal to comply with the demand, rushed into the room and forced him to surrender the keys without further parley. FAMOUS HOSTELRY IS BURNED Also Railroad Station, Express Office, Two Farm Houses and Timber land in White Mountains. Plymouth, N. II. —After having de stroyed the Pemigewassett House, one of the most famous hostel ries in the White Mountains, the rail road station and the express office, fire jumped into the pine forest, licked up two farm houses and some timberland. The loss on the hotel is estimated at SIOO,OOO, while the destruction of the other i>roper*y will bring the loss up to $150,000. The Pemigewassett House was owned by the Boston & Maine rail road. Nathaniel Hawthorne died in the hotel in 1864. The 75 guests in the hotel escaped without injury. Freighter and Propeller Collide. Buffalo, N. Y.—The bis; steel freight er Thomas Barium crashed into the propeller George Russell, while leaving her berth inside the break water this evening. The damage to the Russell is estimated at $40,000. Consumption Fighter Honored. Philadelphia, Pa.—Henry Phips has been formally presented with the gold medal awarded by the Interna tional Anti-Tuberculosis association for his aid in waging war against con sumption. RAILROADS'FiNERECORD FATALITIES TO PASSENGERS AND EMPLOYES DECREASE. Special Report Made by Slason Thomp son, Editor of the Bureau of Rail way News and Statistics. Chicago, 111.—There was a silver lining behind the financial clouds of 1907-' OB in the form of a remark able decrease in the number of rail road fatalities, according to a special report made public by Slason Thomp son, editor of the bureau of railway news and statistics. In beginning the report, which is based on statistics of the interstate commerce commis sion, Mr. Thompson says: "There were 1,932 fewer fatalities to passengers and employes in rail way accidents during the calendar year 1908 than in 1907. Comparing the returns of 1908 with those of the fiscal year 1906-'O7, the decrease in fatalities was even more gratifying, being 2,173 or 43.4 per cent. Of these, the decrease in passengers killed was from 570 to 292, or nearly 48.8 per cent, and in employes from 4,430 to 2,535, or 43 per cent." Fatalities to passengers in train ac cidents decreased 70 per cent in the calendar year 1908 as compared with the fiscal year 190C-'O7, and 51 per cent among employes hurt in the same class of accidents. "All things considered," the report continues, "the conclusion is unavoid able that the marked diminution in fatalities in 1908 was due almost en tirely to the recession in freight traf fic, which took the strain off every department of service and substituted orderly observance of rules by passen gers and employes for their violation in the feverish rush of prosperity that culminated in October, 1907." MURDER MYSTERY CLEARED Convict in Joliet Penitentiary Con fesses to Killing a Chicago Po liceman—Studied for Priest. Chicago, 111. —The mystery of the murder of Policeman Robert J. Mackaneny while walking his beat the morning of March 16, 1907, has been cleared by the confession of Jas. O'Neill, a convict now serving a term in the penitentiary at Joliet for rob bery. Capt. P. D. O'Brien of the cen tral detective bureau announced that he and Deputy Warden Sims had se cured the story of the murder from O'Neill. O'Neill, who studied for two years at the Holy Cross college for the priesthood and who is said to come of a wealthy Pittsburg family, is alleged to have said: "On the night before this murder two other men and myself had. robbed a Jewelry store. I was walking along Sixty-third street in the morning with some of the plunder when I saw this policeman. He had searched me a couple of nights before and I thought he would grab me and find the jew elry. So as he came toward me I shot him twice." SUDDEN INSANITY THE CAUSE Two Tragedies Result in Death of Three Persons and the Probable Death of a Fourth. New York City.—Two tragedies re sulting in the death of three persons and the probable death of a fourth occurred in New York or its vicinity. Both are laid to sudden insanity, the result of sickness and worry. In Brooklyn, Joseph Waters, 48, sud denly seized his sister-in-law, Mrs. Elizabeth Brust, and, dragging her to a small bedroom, shot and killed her and then committed suicide by shoot ing himself. Members of the family said Waters had brooded much over the fact that he had been unable to get work, and that this had undoubt edly unsettled his mind. The other tragedy occurred in Eliz abeth, N. J., where Mrs. George W. Wenke, wife of an engineer, shot her nine-year-old daughter and then killed herself by taking poison. Temporary insanity, the result of illness, is given as the probable cause of the act. THIRTY-ONE YEARS IN PRISON Old Soldier, Who Was Charged With Murdering a Young Girl, Pardoned by lowa Governor. Fort Madison, la. —James K. Saun ders, alias William B. Glyndon, has been released from the peniten tiary by pardon of the governor, after serving 31 years for the alleged mur der of a 14-year-old girl in Grundy county. Saunders is now hale and hearty at 71 years. He was a sharp shooter in an Ohio regiment in the civil war and was granted a soldier's pension since his incarceration, during which time he has saved SI,BOO. He came of a prominent eastern Ohio family and has all these years hidden his family name behind that of Glyndon, the family not knowing his whereabouts. He expects togo to Ohio to look up his relatives. Made Love; TOOK Women's Money. Kansas City. Mo. —Charles E. Nord, a real estat. broker accused of winning the love of a number of women in various cites, including New York and Chicago, and inducing them to part with their money, has been sentenced to five years in the peni tentiary. Three Men Drowned. New York City. Three men, an swering the lure of the water on a warm day, lost their lives by drown ing about New York City. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY MAY 20, 1909. DOZENS KILLED; MANY INJURED KANSAS, MISSOURI AND OKLA HOMA VISITED BY SERIES OF CYCLONES. DAMAGE TO PROPERTY HEAVY Storm Spread Over Wide Farming Area and Laid Waste Numerous Farm Houses and Barns — Rain and Hail Storms. Kansas City, Mo. —A series of tor nadoes in Kansas, Missouri and Okla homa killed a dozen persons, injured about 100, devastated Hollis, Kan., wrecked a train, and did great damage to property. Twenty-five were injured in suburbs of Kansas City. Details of Storm's Work. At Hollis three men were killed and 10 seriously injured. The Eckstrom family of live persons is missing and may be dead in the ruins of the home. Near Great Bend a tornado killed two and injured 20. All wires are down in that vicinity and it is feared the death list may be greater. William Ackerly, a Santa Fe engi neer, was killed while working with a bridge gang between Great Bend and Kinsley. Frank Nicholson, a con ductor, was also killed. The tornado wrecked the work train of which Ack erly was engineer and blew it into a ditch. Several members of the crew were blown 100 feet or more. The storm spread over a wide farm ing area and laid waste many farm houses and barns. An estimate of tha rural casualties could not be obtained. At lioisington, Kan., a tornado injured a number of persons and greatly dam aged farm property. At Pond Creek, Okla., a severe wind storm injured four persons and unroofed several houses. A blinding rain and hail storm ac companied the wind in all three states. Many washouts interrupted railroad traffic. Electrical disturbances crip pled telegraph and telephone wires. INDUSTRIAL SITUATION GOOD Better Weather for Both Agricultural and Mercantile Interests Im proves Trade. New York City.—R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: Further significant improvements have been made in iron and steel, and as they form a great basic trade, this goes far toward establishing the long desired readjustment of the whole in dustrial situation. This, and the bet ter weather for both agricultural and mercantile interests, are the week's most important trade developments. A marked optimistic feeling therefore prevails in most branches of business, in spite of the fact that the unsettling tariff debate continues, not having yet reached its last stage—that of confer ence committee. The notable event of the week in cotton goods has been the reduction in staple prints, led by the leading producer. The shoe trade is improved. BOAT TOO HEAVILY LOADED Four Girls and a Young Man Drowned When Small Craft Was Capsized. Hackensack, N. J. —Five persons— four girls and a young man—members of a party of eight, were drowned when a boat in which they were at tempting to cross the Hackensack river during a storm capsized. The remaining three swam to the shore. The victims were on their way home from a paper mill on the river bank when the accident occurred. There is no bridge at hand and as a short cut they adopted the water route, all eight crowding into a small boat. The craft had not proceeded far, however, when it was struck by a sudden gust of wind. The girls became frightened and stood up, thus adding to the unstability of the boat, which turned over, throwing all into the water. TRAGEDY At ENTERTAINMENT Two Young Men Shoot and Kill Each Other While Trying to Kill Another Man. Doanoke, Ya. —William Bailey and R. N. Young, two young men of promi nent families of Lee county, shot and killed each other while trying to kill another man at a school entertain ment at Dryden. Young and Bailey had an alterca tion with William Jesse over the mat ter of tickets of admission, it is al leged. Young and Bailey abused Jesse and the latter struck one of them. Jesse and Young clinched and Bailey, in an effort to shoot Jesse, shot Young. As Young was falling he fired aim lessly, the ball killing his friend Bai ley. Jesse was shot in the side and another man was slightly wounded. Terrible Deed of Madman. Boylesville, 111.—While a neighbor girl lay trembling in bed, a wit ness to the mad tragedy, Henry Williamson killed his wife and two children and committed suicide. lie arose early, the neighbor girl says, went to the bedside of his wife and children and shot all of them while they were sleeping. Then he beat his dead wife with a lire poker. He after ward poured kerosene on the floor and set it afire. With the flames leaping around him, Williamson placed the re volver to his temple and killed himself IN PRAISE OF THE COUNTRY. Residence There Has Many Advan tages of Which City Dweller Knows Nothing. There are hardships in the country; struggles are necessary to wrest a live lihood from the soil or from business in a small community. But every stroke can be made to count for per manence, comments the Columbia State. The food and the air are bet ter; man's independence is more real, where he can own the roof that shel ters him and the ground upon which he can grow his provisions. Every cow or horse added to his holdings is an Increase of his capital. Little by little, year by year, he can, with indus try and good judgment, Increase his store of worldly goods and give to his children a tangible inheritanca, a foothold in their own land, an anchor age from which the shifting tides of trade cannot dislodge them. And while such a family is living its own life, solving its own problems, it may en joy the same literary and artistic pleasures, and the same general ad vantages that tho city family has. ECZEMA COVERED HIM. Itching Torture Was Beyond Words— Slept Only from Sheer Exhaustion —Relieved in 24 Hours and Cured by Cuticura In a Month. "I am seventy-seven years old, and some years ago I was taken with ec zema from head to foot. I was sick for six months and what I suffered tongue could not tell. I could not sleep day or night because of that dreadful itching; when I did sleep it was from sheer exhaustion. I was one mass of irritation; it was even In my scalp. Tho doctor's medicine seemed to make me worse and I was almost out of my mind. I got a set of the Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Resolvent. I used them persistently for twenty-four hours. That night I slept like an infant, the first solid night's sleep I had had for six months. Tn a month I was cured. W. Harrison Smith, Mt. Kisco, N. Y„ Feb. 3, 1908." Potter Drug & Chcm. Corp., Sole I'rops., Huston. NEVER SAY DIE. She—But if you have completely cured Mrs. Tooter, you have done away with one of your most lucrative sources of income. The Doctor —Ah, but I'll present her with my bill, and then I'll have to treat her for nervous prostration. Shiloh Church to Be Repullt. An effort is being made to build a suitable memorial church on the site of the original Shiloh church, on Shi loh battlefield, now one of the most altractive of military parks. It was on this very spot the bloody battle of Shiloh was begun on the morning of April 6, 1862. It is the purpose to build a memorial church to cost not less than SIO,OOO. The names of all contributors will be recorded in a permanent register and kept on ex hibition in the church, which will be open to visitors and tourists. Work of Fish Hatcheries. As the result of special efforts in the hatchery work during the year the output of fish and eggs in 1908 was greater than ever before in the history of the national bureau, reaching a to tal of 2,871,456,280. Of this number 2,413,809,225 were young fish distrib uted for the stocking and restocking of public and private waters, and the remaining 457,647,055 were eggs de livered to state and foreign hatcheries. The output of young fish exceeds the greatest previous record for any one year by 376,000,000. NOT DRUGS Food Did It. After using laxative and cathartic medicines from childhood a case of chronic and apparently incurable con stipation yielded to tho scientific food, Grape-Nuts, in a few days. "From early childhood I suffered with such terrible constipation that I had to use laxatives continuously go ing from one drug to another and suf fering more or less all the time. "A prominent physician whom I con sulted told me the muscles of the di gestive organs were partially par alyzed and could not perform their work without help of some kind, so I have tried at different times about every laxative and cathartic known, but found no help that was at all per manent. I had finally become discour aged and had given my case up as hopeless when I began to use the pre digested food, Grape-Nuts. "Although I had not expected this food to help my trouble, to my great surprise Grape-Nuts digested imme diately from the first and in a few days I was convinced that this was just what my system needed. "The bowels performed their func tions regularly and I am now com pletely and permanently cured of this awful trouble. "Truly the power of scientific food must be unlimited." "There's a Reason." Read "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. Kvor rend the above h'llor? A nevr one nppenrM from time to time. They are gfnulpe, true, and full of human interest. AN INTERESTING PAINT TEST There is a very simple and Interest ing chemical test by which to detect impurity in paint materials. Thou- Bands and thousands of people, all over the country, are making this test. It is a sure way to safeguard against the many adulterated white leads which are on the market. Any one can make the test —all that is needed is a simple little instrument which may be had free by writing National Lead Company, 1902 Trinity Building, New York, and asking for House owner's Painting Outfit No. 49. The cutfit includes also a set of color schemes for exterior or Interior paint ing, or both, if you wish, and a book of specifications. No houseowner should make any arrangements fop painting till he gets this outfit. One can't expect a satisfactory paint ing job without pure white lead. There is a way to make sure you're getting a pure white lead—without testing it. See that the keg bears National Lead Com pany's famous Dutch Roy Painter trade mark, which is a positive guarantee of purity. Your dealer probably has this white lead. If not let National Lead Company know. VARIETY. Hewitt—l've been pinched for moi ey lately. Jewitt—Well, women have different ways of getting it. My wife kissea me when she wants any. A CURE FOR FITS. The Treatment Is to Accomplish What Science Has Been Strug gling to Attain for Centuries. The intense interest that has been mani fested throughout the country by the won derful cures that are being accomplished daily by epilepticide still continues. It is really surprising the vast number of peo ple who have already been cured of fits and nervousness. In order that everybody may have a chance to test the medicine, large trial bottles, valuable literature, His tory of Epilepsy and testimonials, will be sent by iriail absolutely free to all who write to the Dr. May Laboratory, 648 Pearl Street, New York City. Mrs. Howe's Opinion. Mrs. Julia Ward Howe's sense of the ridiculous has always been a sa ving grace, leading her to avoid grand iloquence. On one occasion a lady at Newport, trying to get a fine senti ment out of her, said, one moonlit evening on a vine-hung veranda: "Mrs. Howe, do say something lovely about my piazza!" Whereupon every one listened for the reply. In her delicately cultivated voice Mrs. Howe responded: "I think it is a bully piaz."—New York Herald. Eyes Are Relieved By Murine when Irritated by Chalk Dust and Eye Strain, incident to tho average School Room. A recent Census of New York City reveals the fact that in that City alone 17.92S School Children needed Eye Care. Why not try Murine Eye Remedy for Red. Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes, Granulation, Pink Eye and Eye Strain? Murine Doesn't Smart; Soothes Eye Pain. Is Compounded by Experienced Physi cians; Contains no Injurious or Prohibit ed Drugs. Try Murine for Your Eye Troubles; You Will Like Murine. Try It in Baby's Eyes for Scaly Eyelids. Drug cists Sell Murine at 50c. The Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago, Will Send You In teresting Eye Books Free. Fattest French Soldiers. Occasionally our Paris contemporar ies entertain their readers with an ao count of the tallest and the shortest conscript. Now a journal has gone one better and discovered the fat test recruit in the French army, who has been found at Corbeil. . This hon orable distinction belongs to M. La verdit, the son of a merchant in the lo cality. The young man turns the scale at 2GB pounds, avoirdupois, or rather over 19 stone. STATE OT Onto CITT or TOLEDO. I LUCAS COUNTY. ( SS FRIAN'K J. CHENEY makes oath that he Is wntot E artn<T of tho firm of F. J. CHENEY <fe Co., doing ualnoHS in the '.'lty of Toledo. County and State aforesaid, and that eriid firm will pay the sum of O.N'i: HITNDRKD DOLLAKS for each and every case of CATAHKH that cannot be cured by the use ot HALL'S CATARRH CLUE. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presenct, this 6th day of December. A. D., 1880. 4 J A. W. GLEASON. « F NOTARY PUBLIC. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is takon Internally and acts directly u|xm the blood and mucous surfaces of tht system. Send for testimonials. fr<*e. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O Sold by all Druggists, 75c. 'l'akH Hall's Family Fills for constipation. Oldest Man In the World. Jose Gaudaloupe Aleitd of Jalostl tlan, state of Jalisco, Mexico, is said to be the oldest man in the world. The record of his birth as contained in the archives of the parish church shows that he was born in 1770, which makes him 139 years old. He is ia good physical condition. Breaking Up Colds. A cold may be stopped at the start l>y a couple of Lane's Pleasant Tablets. Kven in cases where a cold has seemed to Rain so strong a hold that nothing could break it, these tablets have done it in an hour or two. All druggists and dealers sell them at 25 cents a box. If you cannot get them send to the proprietor, Orator F. Wood ward, Le Roy, N. Y. Sample free. A Fitting Penalty. "What penalty do you think a man ought to have for losing his head when he falls in love?" "I would suggest marriage as a caj>- ltal punishment." Use Allen's Foot-Ease. It Is the only relief for Swollen Smart ing, Tired, Aching, Hot, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot- Ease, a powder to be shaken into the shoes. Cures while you walk. At all Drug gists and Shoo Stores, 25c. Don't accept any substitute. Sample sent FREE. Ad dress, Allen S. Olmsted, Leßoy, N. Y. To make the most of the figure I turn It bottom upward. AMBITIOUS. Employer—What! want another raise? Why, you're getting $5 • month! Office Boy—Yesslr; but I'm engaged now, and my girl wanta to ba took about. PRESCRIPTION FOR NERVOUS MEN AND WOMEN—TRY IT The impairment of the nervous foroe In men and women is first manifested by extreme nervousness, sleeplessness, dread, worry and anxiety without rea son, trembling of the hands and limbs, with the slightest exertion, heart pal pitation, constipation, kidney trouble, and a general inability to act ration ally at all times as others with health In their bodies do. In a half pint bottle get three ounces of syrup sarsaparilla compound and add to this one ounce compound fluid balm wort, and let stand two hours; then get one ounce compound essence cardiol, and one ounce tincture cado mene compound (not cardamom); mix all together, shake well and take a tea spoonful after each meal and one at re tiring. All Over. While work on a new building was going on in a southern town not long ago an old negro employed as a hod carrier suddenly slipped while near ing the third story and plunged head long to the ground. Several passers by rushed over expecting to find a man dead with a broken neck, as the old fellow had struck squarely on the top of his head. Finding the old man still alive some one emptied the con tents of a whisky bottle down his throat. In a few moments the old negro sat up and looked around. "How do you feel now, uncle?"* asked a bystander kindly. "Well, sah," came the reply, "I wuj sorter cornfused when I fust started, but now dat I's hit I's all right!" Many a Day Is Spoiled By a cough which cannot be broken by ordinary remedies. But why not try a medicine that will cure any cough tliat any medicine can cure? That is Kemp's Balsam. It is recommended by doctors and nurses, and it costs only 25 cents at any druggists' or dealers'. Keep a bottle always in the house and vou will always be prepared to treat a cold or cough be fore it causes any suffering at all. 'Twas Ever Thus. "There are so many fast young mea nowadays," remarked the first young woman. "H'm, yes; you do seem to havs difficulty in catching one," replied ths other young woman. Now they meet without speaking. Particularly for Particular People. Souders' Vanilla Extract is produced from fine Mexican Vanilla Beans—a pure, rich concentrated flavor. All grocers. Put up in 10, 15 and 25-cent bottles. Two of a Kind. "Yes," said the farmer, "I get my living from the soil." "Same here," rejoined the washlady. The way ITamlins Wizard Oil soothes and allays all'aches, pains, soreness, swell ing and inflammation is a surprise and delight to the afflicted. It ia simply great to relieve all kinds of pain. German Proverb. Though you drive Nature out with a pitchfork, she always comes back. SORE EYES, weak, inflamed, red, watery and swollen eves, use PETTIT'S EYfl SAL VI 0, 25c. All druggists or Howard Bros., Buffalo, N. Y. Some roses are known by thf cheeks they decorate. slicSßS^^® wear well yJEJ and they Keep you (Icf J dry while you are nil wearing them (fll 11 •1300 Jm n, EVERYWHEPE JFL I GUAfiANTEFD V/AmP/tOOT^7I 1 CATALOG WEE A J.TOWER CO. BOSTON. "** TOWER CANADIAN CO. LIMITED, TOROHTO. CAM. PUMPS WATER UPHILL > ami work* duy ami nlffht without any at fw tent ion from you. No expense for pow'er. <y H RIFE HYD R R A A „ ULIC ** t#T ,n ,n 7 I"*ntlty «• ur jpi "* to® «trsain, sprtn< or pond. 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