MANY KILLED AND HUNDREDS HURT Terrible Explosion of a Train of Naphtha Cars Near Pittsburg. WAS STARTED FROM SWITCH LIGHT Leaking Naphtha Became Ignited and Soon Tank After Tank Burst, Throwing Flames Far Up la the Air — Many Fearfully Burped, Beg Bystanders to Put Them Out | of Their Misery. | SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS. Domestic. were sent out by J. Morgan & Co, P. to the members of the financed the Steel Trust. Guy Locke, aged 18, and Edward C. Buffey, 20 years old, were sentenced in IVES LOST, murder. The Pittsburg structural workers ac- cepted the American Bridge Company's combine mills The new steel castings control one-fourth of the and be Pittsburg, (Special) ~The Sheraden | yards of the Panhandle Railroad Com- | pany were the scene of one of the most | disastrous explosions and fires known in this section for many years. A score of lives were lost and about 200 pergpns were so badly burned that, according to the judgment of physicians | in attendance, 75 per cent. of them will | die from the effects of their injuries The cause of the: catastrophe was the of which were being switched at the yard In the switching the rear car telescoped : g a car forward, The leaking naphtha ignited from a switch bight, causing an explosion which threw flames 50 feet high. Much of the escaping naphtha ran through Corks run to Esplenhoro, 114 miles. Here it caused another cxplosion, blowing to atoms the Scymonr Hotel and the Collins House, on River badly wrecking a explosion of a train naphtha cars and 1 frame building near by, in which were congregated two hundred or more per- sors from Pitrsburg and vicinity betting on the races and baseball Few pants of this huilding escaped many being badly hurt The first car of na about 4.40 o'clock attracted a large crowd the hills on both sid ides of and parallel the railroad The 1 road, OCCu- ajar, explo ded spectacle SOON 1 streets second car 0.15 when three vw tiladed exploded «¥ the air to such third explosi conscious by the e ims ran ing their burning g: bodies and screa the earliest possible tims were receiving tals are crowded and the morgue @ TWO YEARS FOR MRS. SOFFEL. The Wife of the Former Warden Will Now Be a Penitentiary Pri omer. Pittsburg, Pa., (Special) —Mrs erine Soffel, Cath- the wife of Warden Peter Soffel, of the Allegheny count jail, who entered a plea of } harge of releasing Edward Biddle. the burglars and murderers of Grocer Kah- ney and Detective sen it nd John Was the Western Pen itentiary Soffel received tence calmly tion. Walter Dorman, the member of the Biddle gang who turned states evidence. and entered a plea of gui ty to the mur der of Kahney, was called up tenced to death the sen and w of emo- and sen- NEW STEEL COMBINE Schwab, Gary and Gates in It— The Concerns That Have Consolidated The Daily News printed the announcement of a new com bination of interests try which has just been perfected in this city under the management of Arthur }. Eddy. The name of the new company is to be the American Steel Founders’ Company, with a capital of $40,000,000, equally divided between common and preferred stock Concerns comprising the new combi- nation are: The American Casting Com- | pany and the Sargent Company, of Chi- cago; Light & Howard, of St. Louis: the | Franklin and the Reliance Companies, of Pennsylvania, and the American Casting | Company, of Newark, N. J. ! Chicago, (Special) — in the steel indus Killed by His Brother. New York, (Special).—~The end of | the long existing trouble among the chil- dren of the late Gordon L. Ford, mil- lionaire real estate lawyer, of Brooklyn, | came at 10.20 o'clock A. M. when Mal- colm Webster Ford, who had been dis- inherited, shot and killed his brother, Paul Leicester Ford, the celebrated nov- elist and historian, and then took his own life. The shooting took place in the beautiful new home of the author, 37 East Seventy-seventh street. Estrada Paima’s Reception. Havana, (Special).—The shipping in- terests here arranged a striking reception for President-elect Estrada Palma, who | arrived in Havana Monday morning. Al double line of decorated barges stretched | from Morro Castle to the wreck of the! United States battleship Maine. Between | this double line passed a fleet of vessels | headed by the Julia, having the presiden- tial party on board. The wharves and the whole water front was decorated with bunting and Cuban flags. Augusto Severo Killed. Paris, (By Cable) ~The airship be- longing to senhor Augusto Severo, the Brazilian areonaut, made an ascension here. The airship exploded and the two aeronauts who were on board were kill ed, Earthquake Shocks Felt in Spain Madrid, (By Cable). —Earth shocks were felt at Alicante, Murcia and Elche, on the southwestern coast of Spain. Pan- ics followed, but there were no fatali- tics. comitted prison, Blackman Somers in New Jersey I'renton, tate his brother, Malcolm Ford, were buried in different parts of the family plot in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Tarrytown Walter Pearce, of Norfolk, Va. the Supreme Council, Royal Arcanum for the endowment of the death of his brother, John L. Pearce The government bill against the Beef Trust was filed in the United States Court in Chicago A general strike of the miners of the anthracite coal region was ordered by the executive committee of the three di tricts upon receiving answers f sued from the various railroad presidents and coal op- erators, all refusing to agree to the pro posed method of adjusting differences J. H. Wade, who gave $100,000 to the 1" fn assist its charitable work, has given a similar sum of money to Lakeside Hos pital in that city. The gift is in the form of 400 shares of United States Steel Cor poration preferred stock and 400 si American Shipbuilding Company ferred stock, each bearing 7 mterest Clara Taylor, who kids Margaret Taylor, from ( | by the Italian authorities to as ares pre per cent Inapped her niece, INCInnas 1 by the United States government session in The police chiefs, . Ky . re-elected ashington, ie presid pr i against Byram, 1 ing her i he annual ty that a special agency had been among i husband’ meets as stated lished the ored people in was clected Foreign. secretary of Britsh H the 3 Gring Rise Of that agreement, th renewed mons recently hite Star L mus the Britsh flag The chancellor of the British exchequer ¥ strong pressure and announc ed the withdrawal of the proposed or penny stamp tax on checks fF steamers must continue to fy welded to ¥ tn ie collapse of Senh in Paris death of himself and tr dt the leakage of gas A conference committee IP. {sa Saves % rarinament now loon which je 10 has tion. Archduchess Maria daug! ter of Archduke Frederick Austria, and Prince Emanuel Salm-Saln married in the chapel of the Hofburg in Vienna. Portugyese advices from South Africa peace 1s sure to be the out- come of the conferences of the Boer leaders to be held at Vereeniging, Trans vaal, May 1s. The dictatorship paragraph is to be eliminated from the consgtution of Al sace-Lorraine. The condition of Queen Wilhelmina Christine, % of were The United States cruiser Cincinnati pitals there are filled with men who were wounded in the last engagements be tween the revolutionists and the forces English advices from Borneo state that the Sea Dyaks have been head hunting again, and have murdered a number of the peaceful Land Dyaks, in order to secure their heads as trophies. King Edward has expressed strong disapproval of the shippin bine on patnotic grounds. The newspapers continue to dwell distrust- fully upon it, The Chinese rebels bombarded Nan Ning Fu, using modern field guns, From 300 to 400 people were killed. his com- today. the republic of Hayti, has resigned. The town of St. Pierre, Island of Mar: tinique, is reported to have been totally all the inhabitants killed, and the steamer Roraima and other vessels wrecked. Financial The Norfolk & Western Railroad di- rectors have declared a dividend of i per cent, on the common stock, deny that their company has secured con- trol of the American Writing Paper Company. The former board of directors of the N. Y. C. & St. Ll. Railway have been re-elected. The old directors of the Lake Shore have also been re-elected. he American Cereal Compan has de- clared a regular quarterly d vide é of 3 per cent, -— Fort de { ble). —It i bout 30,000 France, Martinique, (By Ca now generally estimated that abe their lives at the o persons lost St. Pierre of the as result of utbreak Mount Pelee volcano last perished H 10W many mn towns and on plantations is not St sul at United { loupe, Col. Louis H. Ayme, has tour of the desc St with C i he ates con made a Pierre late site where stood. From donel Ay paper man, formerly of Chic y an mterview me, whe a trained American the { news ago, lowing tacts are learned il mormng the the city awoke to find hrouding the Mou 3 1 ' day Wednesday been h i Fur weep over Nearly all the COVETIng had sought the bodies burning furiously had their hands showing that relief from suffocation gases victims mouths, they All waier i Every vestige of clothing was burned from the charred bodies, and in cases the abdomens had been burst open by the intense heat. In one place a group of nine children were found lock ed in each other's arms, _ Three hours’ exploration f St. Pierre re the American ¢« uited in y trace of ul Thomas | are arter of the rumn of Mr Pierre 31 IVIL HAZINR TE in spe wit bore ca fe} SINR ie (re r sate-KecpDing ST. VINCENT QUAKING Shocks Add te the Terrifying Eruption From Lofty Sewfricre Dominica, B. The Soufriere vo have TR pers ms iis of i 1 to | darkness for a time. Pebbles and grit ubsta have fallen there wded with refugees are ar- their oc The neces Canoes oe Taran ad Dominica, and upants hospitably received refugees woman protruded i he fitter silence and aw ful, Overpow ering odor from the thousands of dead were fearful Careful inspection shows that the fiery stream which destroyed St. Pierre must have been composed in part of poison- ous gases, which instantly A VALUABLE TESTAMENT. Priaceton (ets Facsimile of One Presented to Empress Dowager. Princeton, N. J, (Special) A Chi- nese New Testament of considrable value has been presented to the Theological Seminary library The book. which is a fac-simile of the one recently given to the Empress Dow- ager of China, is probably the only one of its kind in America. It was given to the library by Mrs. John Stranoch, of Philadelphia. The Testament was pre- sented to her by the British and Foreign Bible Society in recognition of the serv- | ices of her husband, who translated the | New Testament into Chinese. The book is bound in full morocco and has solid gold clasps. It was published at the Uni- versity of Oxford Acrobat Fails From Tower. | Nashville, Tenn, (Special) —While | Booo persons were watching the feat of | Achille Phelion, at the Eagles’ Carnival | here, the equilibrist fell from the cable at the top of the spiral tower and plunged | headlong to the platform beneath. It is feared that his injuries are fatal Eleven Men Killed. London (By Cable). Lord Kitchener reports another accident on May 7 to a train bound from Pretoria to Pieters- burg, Northern Transvaal. The cars were derailed at a curve and an officer and ten men were killed. Lord Kitchener also re- ported that 47 additional Boers were made prisoners May 7 and May 8, Manila, (By Cable). ~The cholera sta- tistics to date are as follows: Manila, B67 cases and deaths ; the provinces, 2.452 cases and 1,805 deaths, ing Many empty canoes are inn the channel, A few ref. ugees from Martimque have arrived at Dominica in a sloop The French cableship Pouyer Quer- tier is trying to repair the cable. It is reported that she " yards of water, where formerly it was only 300 yards below the surface. Seven Were Drowned Toledo, Ohio (Special) Seven young people, members of a Sunday school class city as the result of the naphtha lasnch Frolic, on which they were taking a pleasure ride, being run down the tug Arthur Woods, of the Great Lakes Tow- ing Company's fleet. The launch is owned by Joseph W. Hepburn, of this city, who invited eleven young people to take an evening ride with him. He Disliked W Hamilton, Ohio, (Special). ~The will of John D. Maud, a Butler County farm- er, who died last week, has been filed here. During all his life Mr. Maud was noted for His hatred ‘of weeds. This characteristic appeared in his will, by which he left $4,000 to the Mound Ceme- tery, at Menroe, where he was buried, “to keep the cemetery free from weeds and all noxious plants Killed in a Mige. Roanoke, Va, (Special) ~George Bishop, of Roanoke, was run over and fatally hurt by a mine car in a coal mine near Bluefield. TA rr Wichita, Kan., (Special) —~Major E. R. Powell, said to be the first American ship captain to round the Horn for Cal fornia, was killed here in a runaway. For years he had been a inent bank. er, business man and philanthropist of this city. Ship Canal Co. Morgan's? Lives {By Sui The Live pool “Journal o " asserts tively that J, E: Mos Bae a, some arrangem w h Manchester Ship Canal A { i i LIVE NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS, Coronation Envoy's Expenses A lively debate occurred in the Senate upon an amendment to the Army Appro- priation Bill offered by Mr. Bailey, of Texas, providing that no part of the ap- be used in defraying the expenses of the special embassy to the coronation of United States should not send a special ambassador to the coronation of England's King, or to hen a like courtesy to the United States on the inauguration of a president. After discussion the amendment Subsequently Mr. Bailey offered a res which will be later, covering the point made in his amend- ment. It provides “that it is contrary to the of the United States to ac credit fore considered policy te ambasss do + I ign officer or the United any hered also provide power to with the represent tion of io} nation agen £ it prince State ary or pre an y 1 that the 1 appoint such envoy, Senate's sanction The New Republic. Departipent The Won po \ method it Instead of department wil nited States amba abroad that the United 45 of ti} 1 rama nh ters as been « new government of the Agricultural Appropriation BL yo ¢ €rone the ator < r § 3 ec 1 the aid This Shoe Weighs 8 Pounds Empty. Protest Against “Jim Crow” Cars. protest agam rac hiscrim “Tim Crow railway ai 1 Cars made Com Was nmitiee on i men Rev. Walter on asked Interstate Commerce mination on pas- Fup Resignation Was Volustary Act 1¢ statements to au was n or prom President or any His resignation luntary act and Con Civil Service Eligibles 1 Servi to the House an answer « of Representative Gillet information regarding the eligible the The statement that there now 3.584 eligibles register July 1, 1901, April 15, 1002, 7072 persons were pointed to office from this register eso { Mass } Commission ire From to 5 af “yr Roosevelt Signs Oles Bill has signed the QOleo. margarine bill. This new law provides for a tax of 10 cents a pound on oleo- margarine, and further a yearly license The President the product, a license fee of $300 to be paid by makers of removated butter and makers of process butter, Sargest Is Contirmed. The Senate in executive session cons gent, of Illinois, late grand master of Stricken In Pleading. After a dramatic incident in which Delegate Marcus A. Smith, of Arizona, collapsed under the strain of pleading for its passage, the House passed with- out division the bill granting Statehood to the Territories of Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arizona. Capital News in General President Roosevelt sent a message to Congress asking for an appropriation of $500,000 for the aid of the sufferers by the disaster in Martinique. Both houses ssed a hill appropriating $200,000. The Var and Navy Departments adopted measures looking to the prompt relief of the sufferers, Secretary Frost, of the Holland Sub. marine Company, explained to Secretary Moody that the accident to the Fulton was due, not to any gasoline leakage, but to lack of ventilation, which can be easily remedied. Senator Foraker made a speech in the Senate defending the Administration's policy in the Philippines. The Senate Committee on the Philip pines decided to call Miss Clemencia Lo- pez to Ju Oh The Forti Bill as completed by the Senate committee carries $7,046,481 { BI Toaakit os the acess # AT MALABANG Into Affairs in Island. Yersonally Looking Mindanao CONCENTRATED IN TOWNS, iccompanied by General Davis snd an Escort, He Starts for Lake Lagas, iu the foterior — Armed losurgent Resist ance Haviog Ceased the Previsce of Batangas. has arrived lanao, where he Generals cor, at once # records ase of the eRe, warded x pines, records heir ber & Aavaiiab ® ise whi 3 i NC wen heard before 51. 01 Philinpine Commissar i mim Mint ontested wae eg OWnes HELD UP TRAIN, BUT GOT NOTHING lobbers Resort to Desperate Measures, But Did Not Profit By Them. choot JANKE wante to SSENReT ut the others . the messenger opened sale Wars wWrecs Llew CNRINe TaN where it stopped on the vd the wed and i the Ono as wired io returning With the hich the Corporations to De United. Mass * S nounced that the 1 hy " wl I : - Boston, PeCIas ~~} £ ane ny i Ic riant and Fla. 1} trolley lines Jacksonville Webster interests ready control val- ilway and light- electric bight plant 1 city, which al 4 i of this olumbus, Ga., Houston, Tex. and Paso and he new siderable sum will be expended in devel- oping the properties, Spaniards Discuss War. Madrid (By Cable) For the last two days the Senate has been discussing the interpellation of Marshal Primo Rivera concerning the causes of the war between Spain and the United States. Senor Mo- de Cuba on the advice of the Council of the Admiralty, which had been convoked it Madnd. Senor Moret was Spanish Minister of the Colonies at the time of the war. West Has 8 May Soow Storm. Detroit, Mich, (Special). Snow fell aver the central part of the Lower Pe- ninsula, and fruitgrowers in Western Michigan are alarmed. Grand Haven ind Sparta report a fall of six inches. Reed City and lonia report light falls. Fruit trees are in full bloom in the fruit belt along Lake Michigan, and if the temperature falls any lower the crop will be seriously damaged. There were very heavy flurries of snow in Detroit. Georgia Cattie-raising Project. Atlanta, Ga., (Special). —A company has purchased and fenced in 1,100 acres of land in Lincoln county, Ga., and will, it is stated, devote the tract to the rais- ing of Georgia cattle for the market The corporation is said to have options on 10,000 acres in the vicinity. The first carload of cattle was sent from Atlanta and the com. to the new ures. The is. Tc Tn To Te y missioner Rt ye ieuluure assisted in see
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