PUSHED INTO THE FLAMES A Mad Fight For Life in a Factory Fire. SEVEN DEAD AND MANY INJURED. Explosion of a Fuse Causes a Fire ln a Fuse Factory—Men and Women Employes Rush Terror-stricken for the Doors and Windows ~Those Usable to Escape Burued to Death. Avon, of a fuse explosion yy a fire, in a build- fu ¢ Company, this city, caused a panic among 20 em- Ct. , foll the in ing of Climax lding, and resulted in that ployes in the | the d and injuries fatal to cath of seven doubtless will prove several others, There was no way of coping with the flames, which soo ly occurred ti Cape were in eventually b As he y Se Wore in th while oth The the ent of the by smoke fles and ti one of the the An accou employe given. "Ten force Ing were came known to them in tl the Y Were req in the evening the was seen near the ; an effort was made t the heat Old Confederate Flag Returned. Chicago (Special As 14 pierced, ragged of the last in the taken from the walls and formal Regiment o flag was cap ; ville, in 1862, by the iment and was t 4 meeting Veterans, C old flag be the regiment during the Civi y ly vf tu re Mayor Collins Dead. Boston (Special).—The dea or Patrick Va., was week ago greatly needed his eld rarted cat was apparently m Indiana's Auditor Removed. Indianapolis, Ind. David { Special). f the State, was mssued by Govern charges that the ty of vio lation of the law yal of public trust in the investment of trust belonging to the State in private ests of his own. r Hanly. and inter- Adams Hanged at Raleigh Raleigh, N. C. (Special), — William Adams, a negro, 20 years old, was hang- ed here for the murder of a negro wo- man, Mary Bridgers, and her child in this county in January, 1904 Adams had been tried twice, the Supreme Court twice reviewed the case and Gov- ernor Glenn reprieved him three times. Adams declared his innocense to the end. Woman Beaten to Death, New York (Special). —Mrs. Mary Horn, who lived with her husband at St. George, Staten Island, was beaten to death by one of two men who called at her house during the afternoon and with whom she was heard quarreling. It is said by neighbors that Mrs. Horn ordered the men out of her house and it was while she was in the from yard that she was attacked. The woman stag- gered 200 yards from her house, and then sank to the ground, being dead when help arrived. BURNED TWO AGED FARMERS, Brothers May Die of Injures laflicted By Robbers. Elgin, Ill. (Special) —Andrew ohn Fohren, old and wealthy farmers ving near Spring Lake, 12 miles north and J of here, were nearly murdered by three men who forced an entrance to the house, bound and gagged the two and plundered the premises, securing $360, In an effort to find the location of other valuables the robbers placed burn ing papers at the feet of the two men. In the struggle the elder brother, An drew, was so badly injured that he may die. When the assailants found not gain the information, they riedly,. Andrew started to stance, but fainted before he had ar, and lay in a field "cl he morning, } SCC!H far, the when he to reach a cheese facton med help. He had been murdere As was and Dr n ance several Mason found FEVER IN CINCINNATI Five Genuine Cases Are Brought To Light, FROM FEVER DISTRICTS OF LOUISIANA. Two Hundred People From Fever-lnlected Towns Arrive—Among Them Were Five Persons Showing Symptoms of the Malady Upon an Investigation They Were Found te Be Suffering With the Fever. { Special) Cincinnati suspected of arrived here over SUICIDE COMPACT BETWEEN GIRLS. Her Chum Killed Herself. n, Ind. (Special) her part Children Saw {Spe Cincinnati Tobacco Growers to Meet. . Ind. (Specia (srower inapolis A pres 0 he attribut i i early ris vd fsermany 14, Ong { $ gr sr de Ww a INCI GH 2 atte lced ing, nealiniu fo Pittsburg (Special) Oil Company grades of was raised were advance foll advanced cents; South Lima an Somerset, 77 cents; | | Miss Alice la Pekin, Peking t By Cable) Major-General Miss other members arrived here. They were American Minister W. W. Rockh Rockhill, Baron Mumm de Se zenstein, Wu Ting-fang, vice-president 2f the Chinese Board of Foreign Affairs; nd other notables Miss sevelt is the guest of Minister Rock- iI and family, and Baron Mumm { Schwarzenstein is entertaining several of the visitors. FINANCIAL, Roosevelt and party and fe irs of the ahead this has run well amount in Business in country as meas ever before, Union Pacific's net earnings in July gained $451,000 and Southern Pacific's gained $391,000. : America exported of last year's great cotton crop over 8627000 bales. This is the South's contribution to the na- tion's wealth Drexel & Co. and other large bankers advanced call money from 3 to 3%; per cent. The most tangible thing about the speculative raid on Copper shares has been the marked weakness in the price of copper metal. Directors of the West Jersey and Sea- shore Railroad declared a semi-annual dividend of 3 per cent. This 1s an ine crease of one-half of one per cent. over the previous rate. For the year ending June 30 the Amer. ican Locomotive Company earned gross $24,150,000, compared with $33,000,000 the previous year gressman ence, La his srsons ! ot get w yw, fistrict, they , and there, pped for them, the men and are : i 8 children got these among the Improvement ia New Orleans. Orleans ye BARON KOMURA HAS TYPHOID. Fever, New York the { Special). —Baron Komu- Japanese peace envoy, has ty- Thi Francis Delafield, Dr. W. B e Brewer, who have charge phoid fever in its first ed by Dr stages was after on with Sato, spokesman for the Japan- gation, gave out the news. Dr however, said that he original diagnosis of the gall bladder Many messages of ing Komura's condits y President Roosevelt, reached Flowers and cards have y many friends. Mr. Sats, man for the Japanese party, wing statement Delafield, Brewer Komurs y M. the been nd nd Pritch. titation £93 ATS ard saw again at 6 | Baron's eondition mntom a io Baron Vv ZRBOUNCE be favorable, ped to having Ving passed = comio al : T are unanimous in the opinion that the Baron's condition indi- nothing alarming or serious at ” new sy level and vers hey | present Fell From Capita! Dome, i C. (Special). While | writing his name with a picce of chalk the of the State Capitol, | Warren Seruggs, Jr, the 15-year-old son | of Warren Scruggs, of this city, fell from i the inside dome to the marble floor, fo feet below, and was instantly killed Young Scruggs had not finished the name when the metal ceiling upon which he was standing gave way, the chalk making a long mark as he fell Ministers at Theatre. Chicago (Special) =A clergymen'’s matinee was held at McVickar's Thea tre by invitation of William A. Brady and Joseph R. Grismer for preachers of all denominations to see a perform- ance of “Ax Ye Sow,” by Rev. John Sny- der, the first play written by a preacher to be presented on an American stage. There were more than 1,000 preachers at the matinee, which was given exclu sively for them, the theatre being closed to the paying public. The play was well received, Columbia, 8S { upon dome DOMESTIC Receiver Bradley, of the defunct First National Bank of Topeka, Kan., has been informed a New York underwrit- ing corporation ha organized assume all of the Devlin labili- ties, The quarierly report E. Clark show affiliated wit Society that to been C y societies h the Christia Endeavor since the Baltimore convention. In testifying again former St Sen tale nator ia, told the complete he was ie mem concerned. ers of the re stranded in Several managed to Mary H an unknown ym her home at St. Geor rm was beaten had Staten m 5 ge, tigation is being made the causes Company on the lis brought news the CISCO 101 on % M. Witte and Baron R¢ | Blan peace commissioners, New York for { from the Japanese env Two persons were a fire which destr tof William Thomps i Grove, N. H The Blairsville mai open switch at Creighton lided with a freight were injured The 22 railroads centering in Chicago refused the demands of the freighthan idlers for an increase in wages and conference One man was killed and several others seriously injured by coming in contact with a live wire in Waterbury, CL FOREIGN Vice Admiral Rojestvensky has com- i pletely recovered * from the wounds which he sustained at the battle of the Sea of Japan, but he will not return to ' Russia until the peace treaty is ratihed burned to jeath n at Harmony mail an Crile fran ran . Pa, Several 1nd and persons a { The flibustering steamer sunk by her | crew after landing a portion of her cargo f Bothnia has been identified as the John Grafton, of London, Eng. Alexieff T¢ | the University of Moscow, who was im- | prisoned for alleged complicity in the {assassination of Alexander 11, in 188), will become an American citizen. Premier Katsuka, in a speech to the local governors of Japan, expressed the hope that, under their experienced guid. ance, the nation would fully realize the fruits of its victories. Dr. Nansen, the Arctic explorer, who has been $0 active in Norwegian poli- tics, says the demolition of the forts would be the only possible cause of rup- ture, A strong Japanese organization of business men has been formed to work for the development of home industries and foreign trade. The Japanese Minister of the Navy denies reports that mutiny occurred on the battleship Mikosa. A plot to assassinate King Peter of Servia and Prince Ferdinand of Bul gana js ried to have been unearthed at Belgrade. The police found a lot of ordnance in the rooms of M. Kowaleyk, an astrono- mer, in Warsaw, and arrested the whole family. The Norwegian and Swedish dele gates appointed .to consider the dissoln« tion met at Karlstad, Sweden. The sixth-year class of the Norwe- gian conscription have been mobilized. i i i Over $8,000,000 Worth of Cotton Goods in Shanghai, hal Alone Is Placed at $25.000,000 Gold ~~ Boycott at Shaoghal As End, But It Still Exists tent in Canton. to Some Ex- TEXT OF THE ARMISTICE. Plags For Cessation of Hostilitles Between Rossia snd japan. TEMPERS PURE GOLD? Californian Claims to Have Process. al. (8S Angeles. Cs al).—~Years ught Z. F pect unceasing toil ha CINE d for needles y from pure pment ery has been the a shop fitted up going on. LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS. Copies were received of the pr ings in Witham S. the American who was Amer €xXeq has been of hve nyp rey rnd uments orme fermi i general yf mach East sSurgica gold A sl received and FAT rom Work weed. the case of and wan onsul Di nald- as canceled son, whose eT, ualur i ident Zelaya William F Porte Rico, 4 % rl usted Willoughby, treasurer submitted his report is insular finances An effective war being waged on the "lazy worm” disease in Porto Rico. The Comm ner of Internal Revenue has decided that manufacturers ent medicines composed largely of tilled liquors must take out rectifiers’ licenses United States Consul! Marshall Hal stead, consul at Birmingham, reports a method devised by a German, by which alcohol can be made from sawdust. Brigadier General George H. Weeks, a retired army officer, and at one time quartermaster general of the Army, died at his home, in Washington. President Roosevelt approved Chair man Shonts’ action in awarding the ho- tel and subsistence concession on the Isthmus of Panama to Markel Acting Public Printer Ricketts has de- cided to put a stop to the custom of daily passing around “hand books” on races in Government Printing Office. Money sharks will also have to go. According to advices received in Wash- ington, the boycott situation in Shan. ghai is improving. In Canton, however, there is an appreciable growth in anti- foreign sentiment. There was a notable increase duri August in the postal receipts of 0 the largest cities, as compared with re- ceipts of same month last year William F. Powell, of New Jersey, of pat- 348 minister to Hay, will resign. NEW TORK AS SEEN DAY BY DAY. New Yorx Ciry, N. Y. al being pretty i% that suffered oddest for yea len Caw TRE, i= of g1 John been 80 yii, Who Nas Apr September 22 {the new streets after ma, Oko wi f Amen ged shore 0 A ere second i Miss A. W. Wild neatly A : i the a sitet at and ey, AT { was | had Miss A W. Wi wn in Washingt The name the local pol learned and > oo What was supposed to have been an by asphyxia- in the expert his {ordinary case of suicide | tion may case of develop » 2 Alired suntant, who was at 436 West Fifty-sixth Coroner Scholer was abo give a certificate, when it was discovered that the transom was open, the doorkey bro- ken and a window wunlocked-—unusual circumstances in such cases. A further examination disclosed a bruise over the right ear. A diamond pin worth $1100 was missing, as well ar a wallet, usually well filled. The man’s face was not dis- colored, as would have been the case in death by gps. There was so little smell of gas that a theory is offered that some murderer for robbery turned on the gas to hide his crime. _- Lo A burglar with a distinctly humorous vein visited the historic home of Dr. Joseph Hasbrouck, on North Broadway in Dobbs Ferry last week. In the din- ing room he left the following note: | dear Sir—Why the dickens don't you, hire a man to look after your things while you are away? 1 read in the ge pers the other day that the police blame, street. right. It is your own carelessness; you can only blame yourself for it. It is no use to tell the police Don't bother them; they have enough to do already. the public for all the burglaries, and it is |
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