BANK BLOWN UP WITH A BONB Thrower and Cashier Are Instantly K lled. THE CRANK DEMANDS $5,000. While Fourth National Bank of Phila- delphia Was Crowded at Noon Hour a Stranger, Who Is Refused a Loan, Hurls Explosives at Vault, Blowing Himself and Cashier to Pieces. Philadelphia (Special).—Two men dead, a score of others injured, two of whom may die, and the beautiful interior of a bank building laid in ruins, is the result of a bomb being dropped in the Fourth Street Nation- al Bank here Saturday by a man who had demanded a loan of $5,000 for which he could show no collat- eral. The identity of the perpetrator of the outrage is wrapped in for he was blown to pieces by his own engine death. Nothing is left to tell who he was but a bunch of 10 keys found in a fragment clothing belonging to the bomb- thrower. A plate on the ring hold- ing the keys the name of “R. Steele, Garner, Iowa,” are looking up the F Ui bore man, sion was W. Z. McLear, the of the bank, who had been talking to the stranger and had refused I request. is ik President First. who dropped the bomb called upon Richard H. Rushton, president of the bank, who is also president of the Philadelphia Clear- ing House Association, shortly be- fore noon and asked for a loan of $56,000, The president cluded that the man and turned him over to with the idea thht the latter would have him taken from the building Before leaving Mr. Rushton the man showed him a of a woman and a child, with the remark: “Ain't they all ; A few moments later terrific explosion, which big building and completely the interior of the bank. Cashier McLear was in when the man threw the bomb was instantly killed With the ex- ception of his right arm and shoulde: he was not mq ¢ The most liam Crump who made the object to drop fi he was an Saw The man was eccentric the cashier, picture right?” there was a the We Ki d shook gurvives bably wi Eight found are to those us One is for fs a large been photog the picture cities in th which will cle tity of the tion of the Rushton, 1 Gainer, lov that sec tion Ae b na and of the Wes Largest Bank In The City. Fourth Stre t Natl 3 1 The the 1Onal is the t tion of Building on Fourh Stre Chestrtut and Walnut Streets heart the explosion was i mendous excitement in the building The « of financial district. i and t crowded before 12 » when the bank usually ed with per gons in a hurry to transact business before the bank ! No one saw the unknown ter the bank except E. F. er, the vice president, who was pass- ing out of the building on his to luncheon. He noticed the was poorly sed, looked Russian and carried a The r walked to the rear of the bank and asked a clerk to direct him the office President Rushton What took place in his office is best told by the presi- dent himself, President “1 was busy when entered m: . sald Mr. “and I asked him to be seated for a moment. He was dressed, had patches on and his entire appearance a bit courious While he ing for me finish the business 1 had in hand at the moment I happens to notice that he looked at me very curiously, 1 asked him his business and he gave his name as GQ. E Williams and said he wanted a loan of $5,000, “He did not look like a man who could make a loan of that amount and 1 asked him for collateral. He sald something about an insurance policy and that it would mature in from one to five years. [ was then convineed the man was a crank and decided to dismiss him at once, not for a moment thinking there was any harm in him. 1 told him he would have to see the cashier and directed him out into the banking depart- ment, “As I turned to continue my work at the desk there was a terrific ex- plogion and 1 thought the building was coming down. The man had not time to reach the cashier, the explo- sion came so soon.” i 4 0 ClOCK, is closes, way ares like a parcel sinNaii gira straight back ro ge to of Rushton's Story. very the man office,” very his made was poorly shoes wait- to Near A Lynching. New Haven, Ct. (Special). -- A young white man was probably fatal. ly shot here by a negro near the corner of Church and Crown Streets. The negro was captured a few mo- ments later on Crown BStreet near the scene of the shooting. [1 large crowd quickly gathered, and as the officers were marching the négro to police headquarters there were cries of “Lynch him,” but no violence was offered. Domestic. R. C. Flower, a fugitive since 1893, charged with grand larceny and gwindling credulous investors out of about $1,000,000 on alleged bogus mining operations, was arrested in New York, after beng hunted throughout Mexico and South Amer- ica, The operating managers of nearly all the railroads in the United States will soon be confronted with demands by the trainmen and other labor for an eight-hour day and an increase in wages, Three thousands residents of Chi- cago have received notices of eject- ment in the suit of Sidney Smith, at $40,000,000, Harry Thaw's wife well himself, are averse straightout insanity plea as his fense at the coming trial J. 8. Young, of Baltimore, in tifying in the licorice paste (trial, denied that he had conspired to limit the output. Boston bas revived the “blue laws” such an extent that a casket for dead cannot be moved on Sun- io i de- HE {es day, William De Costa, the mulatto the recent Hartje-Hooe trial in Ptitsburg, was found guilty, He was remanded for sentence In Chicago Judge Federal District Court of Northern sustained eight of the In- against the Standard Oil of Illinois and dismissed at Landis, of the two. No asigned for the sui- Dana Swan, an in- Harvard Architec- tural School, who shot himself over heart and died in the hospital. It said in Pittsburg that Mrs. Holman, the mother-in-law of Harry Thaw, will give testimony at the trial to him. Because of epidemic of water st of the reason is cide Walter gtructor in the of is typhoid uppls city of I Scranton has been State, In legislature Governor cided stand against Governor Cobb of Maine Missouri J e- his message to the Folk took a lobbvi was Inaugurated wernor for the second ime ‘Dr. Frank M. Ridley, Jr., a law of the late Gen. John was shot, 1 i wounded by just after the » wedding ceremony of Miss Ella i of Dr. Ridley, at La Gri ad and two jured 1 fresh o son- M srted, Hill, a ceremony of and, it is Harvey rep to Ga tt © a cousin ver iin Swanson ange, in iB McDonald, ant sa Foreign. ¢ Lr to disc The « lines that the resig Officers’ As Wi Prince, are diss the Colonial Office lemanded from sociation Emperor and his reported to hav serious greement of The reports that a reconciliation be Duke and Duchess of Marl had heen effected are 1 1¢ ad William syorough de Emperor ficially anid to ‘ the gual have been doubled Germs Foreign Office has an affirmative reply to the of French Foreign Of- Cambon, the at Madrid, to Germany as Bhiourd at The made the Jules ambassador of France would be agreeable the of M lin. The text of the of the Polish National League describes the aim of the league ‘to unite all the national resources for the restora- tion of the independence of Poland The officers of all the Bremen lines resigned as members of the Mercan- tile Marine Association in compliance with the requirements of the com- pany. All the British insurance compan- fees have repudiated their llabilities ariging out of the earthquake at Valparaiso, The train service is Bulgaria is greatly disorganized, owing to a strike of the employes on the rail roads. The President of France signed the Briand law amending the Church and State Separation Law. The French Admiralty has ord 1 the construction of four submarine cruisers, Tire destroyed British army equip- ment at Porismouth, Eng., to the value of $1,250,000, A number of people in Southern and Southwestern Russia have per- ished from cold. Chancellor von Buelow, in ex plaining the dissolution of the Reich stag, sald he appealed to the country to free the government from depend- ence on the Clerical party aad to strengthen the Liberal groups. SUCCOS80T articles ANOTHER GIFT FROM MR, ANOREN CARNEGIE Home For the Bureau of American Republics. IT WILL BE A TEMPLE OF PEACE The Philanthropic Scot Celebrated New Year's Day by Donating Three- quarters of a Million to Provide a Home in Washington for the Pan- American Union. Washington (Special) It was an- the White Andrew Carnegie House Friday at has given ing in Washington for the Bureau of American Republics. The United States government and the various South American republics agreed to purchase the site, Mr. Carnegie was at the State Secretary Root, who is chairman the board of governors of the bureau. Secretary Root informally him for his gift, and indicated he would at once send him a letter of acceptance President Roosevelt already has written Mr. Carnegie expressing his and acceptance of the donation, The gift having been made to Bureau of American Republics, permission Congress will not be necessary Congress appropriated as the share of the United ward the site and bullding for bureau, and between $25,000 that the the of to accept it Several ago States to- and by the South and Central American countrieg belonging to the bureau. Mr, Carnegie's Letter, Mr. Carnegie’s offering the gift is addressed Root, as ex-chairman of the governing Board of the Bureau of South American Republics, and reads as follows: “1 am greatly pleased that your colleagues of the th Ameri- can republics have done me the hion- to suggest that I might fi home Washington for the Bureau of American Republips “The api { plicat by the governing board the 1t Roos satisf jaf letter to Secretary Sou . irnish # or irnish a sey ip hig in BUILAD IE in roval o ion inter- ap national t veit's tion au an expression gratify kind] hearty are most & His do how much $ to give than to ider myself and | being the where the con highly worthy “ny orthy to m considered forthcoming inion to mee! I trust, t re gations in 1¢ bonds of un- roken peace " The President's letter y Mi ele was ag follows I am so much pleased from etary Root 12 to do for the Bureau of You substantially the Of 1¢ cause of peace at This new gift of vours or quite equal the of Hemisphere is concer Bureau of American i is striving to accomplish for this hemis- ‘here Car- at learning what vo Sect 1 Are Ameri already thing Hague almost have game 1 Reg fiblice gignificand far As case peace in nal is striving to accomplish for both hemispheres I thank you heartily.” Girl Bound To A Tree, Dayton, O. (8pecial).-——A myster- fous assault on a girl in the immedi ate neighborhood of the scene of the Gilman murder has aroused the greatest excitement here. The as- sault occurred early New Year's morning and the victim is Miss Mar- garet Rocee, 8he attended a watch party at the home of Tony Brunett and stepped outside the house. When she did not return a hunt was started and she was found gagged and bound to a tree. She sald she was attacked by a strange man, who gagged her and tied her to the tree. Lafayette College Endowment, Easton, Pa. (Special). —At the opening exercises of the new col- lege year, President Warfield, of Lafayette College, announced that $325,000 had been secured toward the $600,000 endownment, which is being raised to mark the seven.y- fifth anniversary of the college. Of this sum Andrew Carnegie has given $50,000 for a mechanical engineer- ing course and will give an addition- al $60,000 provided the entire en- dowment is secured AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL Evans, Important Case, by Judge Federal Court at Judg: McCall, in at Memphis, both unconstitutional Act passed recent decisions the and by Federal Court whom declared the Employers’ Liability at the last s fon of Congress, were brought President Roosevell’'s at- tention the announcement was made at White House that the President will direct that an be taken from these decisions. dent Roosevelt is greatly interested in this act, and earnestly recom- mended to Congress at its last ses- sion that {it passed, He had a Attorney General Straus, of and in Louisville the Of {to and the be with and iment Secretary of Commerce Bonaparte Depar Although the government was CASES, thel: asked ints Harr these cases, golely to involved, information yet, in view of the government celved permission Assistant Attorney argument in both of recting hig attention constitutional Mr Harr from counse tify the appeal import- and 1 and an di- the Ou to rvene, made question received 1 representing the plain- Louisville case that an would in immediately be taken doubt, however, that sometime will elapse before the CASES can come final adjudica- in the Court is no up for Supreme Supt, J. E. James E White Resigns, White, for 16 years gen- ! superintendent of the ha General was on the 10 make it im perform with railway mail resig- nation service, tendered hig White's action, voluntary, was his health is extent as him further of his office tivity essential of the ser- wholls iy based fact that such an Lo possible for the that force and to the hest to management vice in letter to General White, Post Corts ivon accepted the resignation ith regret and p a tribute r the high state efficiency t hich he Hh mastar-General had bro © TRIIWAY ma: nation Grvice will take effect February 4 Child Labor Bill Beveridge reintroduced his hild Labor Bill 0 the Di 0 B As Gambling. Bar To kot gambiing Congress And The Departments, Speake an 0 Committiee d Re Oregon, Engl 5 BUCO n, of ivicted of being in- frauds, of the Commission, be- igation of the wrecks on the Southern, and the Ballimore an ii Clements, Interstate Commerc yout i lartholdt, ative of Mis- , received the of the Association tional Conciliation, voted to Council hronze mie interna- for the General Major hief rom Franklin Army, he has American General J, staff of the where the returned been in military of Cuba, of arees Hitchcock has issued an President Roosevelt's ap- emoval of all Secretary with fencing. Kahn, of an invitation Middlesex Club of February in Representative has accepted Boston on the evening 12th on the Japanese situation California. The first resolution introduced in the House was one providing that Congress should probe the recent Baltimore and Ohio, Southern and Rock Island wrecks. Representative Morrell, of Penn- sylvania, introduced a resolution to authorize the Becretary of War to widen the channel in the Delaware River between Philadelphia and Delaware Bay. Representative Morrell, of Penn- sylvania, introduced a resolution for an investigation by Congress of re cent railroad wrecks, Capt. Carl Reichmann explained that his jetter criticising his super- fore was not intended for pablication, The Senate set Saturday, January 26, as the time for culogizing the late Sentaor Arthur P. Gorman, of Maryland. Representative Gill, of Maryland, will introduce a bill for the preser- vation of Fort McHenry. Capt. John R. King, formerly of Baltimore, has been reappointed pension agent for Washington, Senator Lodge Introduced a bill to provide for promotions in consular service, ——————— A —— POLICE MURDERED Shot By Terrorist at Service In a Chapel. THE ASSASSIN IS CUT DOAN. Major General von der Launitz the Latest Victim of Secret League As Tyrannical Methods. Bt. Petersburg (By Maj- der Cable) {or General von Launitz, tof police and virtually dictator of St shot the | Petersburg, wa killed of and Institute Von of A young man perimental Launitz, at Peter Alexandrovi i [33] ' enbure nburg, at Medicine the | 9% der invitation Prince Duke of “in-law of the Em 8 attending the consecration tit teh, ad brother peror, of the D n wa in; ute chapel the s¢ Hr with the refect of from behind by a drew a revolver the base of the The assassination of was preceded by Di actionary ple the home, without The was and while gh officials, approached man, who hot him 17 ral hi police iring mingiing BEV i } was young amd brain attempt of Hus i tussi attacked an Dubrovin, president League of the A revolutionist street while he Ww firing effect fall of followed by a hysteria and Due of Oldenburg, who few tained composure, assassi hand twice, % wel BEeEVeral Asx geveral shots eneral Von der itz of gcribable The of the i i ECENE } gion. was conf one who re their the fired men sefzed he had succeeding charged into the ceiling the Muke could disarm hb the officers who Prefect drew his saber the ssassin a powerful blow, completely cut fit a ekull after shots accomi portion Hacked With Sabers. the man was falling the NAVE the Traitor Among The Police, mitted ti $50. 000 Miranda robbed A on an while thes York to embark his wife, jaye ago of the Line from Coasb on route they in wher: hi Were ITI Havana and with they the Pullman They relaxed vigilence, and at Jacksonvi satchel disappeared Merry the colored found the contents, and train kept it them ite preci were on the on ports r No Yellow Jack In Havana, Nashington Accord- at the { Special) cablegram received of Affairs, not at the present time a single cas« vellow fever in Havana From 30 to December 28 there under treatment, whom seven died. There are two cases under treatment in the whole island outside of Havana --one in Cruces and the other at Nueva Paz. ing to a insular only Diamond Robbery At Tagopah. Tonopah, Nev. (Special). A dar- ing robbery of the jewelry store of George E. Blakely occurred: last night when the store was still open. The robber put a broomstick through the outer handle of the door so that it could not be opened from the in- gide. With a hammer wrapped in paper he broke the plateglass and took a tray containing diamonds worth $20,000, jumped a fence and disappeared. RW LUPIN oY Consul's Salary Too Small. Washington (Special). Frederick McMasters, American consul at Zan- zibar, hag tendered his resignation and proposes to embark In private business. He aseigns as his reason for his resignation the impossibility of properly conducting the conulate at Zanzibar on the $2,500 salary au- thorized by law, It is stated at the State Department that here are no charges pending against Mr, McMas- ters, THIRTY DEAD IN WRECK Telegraph Operator Aged 18 Caused Disaster. Kan, persons, all killed and were collision of the Chicago, fic Railroad, near % on train No. 29 went geveral of fire Many foned in burned to Thirty- but two, 20 Mexi- head-on r traing of and Paci- The cars y a ditch and imed by the vi ! were pine were ashes were Topeka, five {Bpecial). Mexicans wera bodies of cans incinerated in a two passe Rock ve them wer HE of the death niured them may en route Hock le- on were seriously injured. were not Kl land Paso worl } Rallroad But few persons No 10 S30 re Fhe cars on damaged L.vne 8, operator thi badly John telegraph appears the who for the bo aged 18 years, Volland, to be *B PONS je collision, fled ut wa arrests fore noon el i order to stop both trains at V and but let No. 2% ted 29 p ithbound All WARE carry) £ 1 L 1°% & for tne traffic heavy and consisted of Car Grade at High collision occur «4 own Speed. of Sy Engines act 160 telescoped (WO Dagrags O6n« COnEnn and the a d if §¢ gg crowd- ngers, bu » i “'n 20 Wreckage in Flames, Hrrirote § # but a conscious and men's Country- horrorg of ATTACKED BY LION. Of Bostock's Trainers Has A Narrow Escape, hile per- "he Lion Ray, of was at of ti animals, and upon th had both shoulde; reast jacer- With great p ce of mind £% He I'raine Aanimai one » jay sides, his wistol pened the ’ 4d arena Two other doors « lions which were in the made for open. by the attacking ani which turned at the sound of heavy catches on the doors. A physician was summoned and the in- jured trainer was taken 8{. Vin- cents Hospital in an ambulance, It ig not known just how serious his in- juries are, but it is feared they will result fatally immediately followed the mal, 0 IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD. J. H. Hoardley has been elected president of Alabama Consolidated Coal & Iron Co. Last year 104 well-known com panies increaged their dividends, of which 34 were railroads A representative of the firm which has been the biggest buyer of Cam- bria tips the stock for $50. A. C. Dinkey is spoken of as a sue cesgor to W. E. Corey, president of United States Steel, President MeCrea and Robert K. Cassatt were elected directors of the Commercial Trust Company, For the year 1006, lacking two days, the Pennsyivania lines east hauled 49%.426.018 tons of coal and coke, compared with 46,320,562 tons in 1905, Wall Street traders heard that B. H. Harriman's illness {8 of a more serfons nature than was at first ex- pected, hence the heavy selling of Union Pacific stock,
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