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VA.,
SMITH BILLJHHE RUSH
Measure 'rohibitini Kclifliuus Garbs
in Scloul 1'usscs Jirst Kcudiny.
(RAY COl'XTY BILL ALL RIGHT
A U1I1 to Eiwi'tirugo Milltury Instruction
la l'uhlio Schools Is Introduced,
llourd of Inquiry in Miubold
und Uoycr Cusus.
Bpeclul tc tho Si-runtou Trlhuno.
llarrisourtf, Marvh 1. Tlu Smith Mil
to prohibit tho wvuriutf of any tvllnlous
curb ty any timi-lier In tho public
nc-hooH Is boltiK pushed through tho
houso It was road tho first time to
day, and Mr. Smith, of l'hiUidi-lpliiu.
has secured a special order for it for
second reading on Wednesday, Maroh
t, and third reading and filial passage
on Tuesday. Maroh 12.
Jlr. Fow, of 1'lilladelphla, opposed the
special order and demanded a yea and
nay vote on the resolution for it. "i:iw
less the gentleman presents some eoneiit
reason why a measure of this kind
should have precedence over all other
Important leKislation. 1 think this spec
ial order should not be made," said the
member from 1'hiladelphi.i. "I know of
no reason why this should take prece
dence. It Is not a matter affecting the
commonwealth of Pennsylvania to a
great extent. It affects tho schools in
this commonwealth, and why should
all the business on the calendar, busi
ness of Importance connected with au
tonomy of the state, take a back scat
for business of this character.
"I have never asked yet lor a special
order." Mr. Fow continued. "1 don't
believe in special orders unless they are
for the purpose of forwardius the pas
sage of some measure necessary to
remedy some evil that exists In the
state government. This act has not
been Introduced for that purpose. This
legislation is of a personal character.
It is not legislation affecting the public
generally, and I want to say to my
friend on my right (Mr. Smith) that he
is not strikinir at but one class of per
sons by this bill; but that it also affects
the Mennonites and Punkards, who, as
well as other people, wear their pecu
liar garb while teaching school."
The members who voted In the nega
tive: Creasy. Dambly. Dixon, Kley,
Fallweller. Fow, Gritllths, King. Kipp,
Vaple, Martin, Jacob H. Marshall,
John H. Moore. Danl.-l F. Phillips, I'.ut
ledge, Seyfert, Smiley, Sulvely and
Zulick. The strongest objection to the
bill comes from the Democrats.
Step Towards Adjournment.
The first step toward the final ad
journment of the legislature was taken
this morning by the Introduction of a
ooncurrent resolution by Mr. Xlles. of
Tioga, fixing a. the time 12 o'clock noon
on April 2i L'uJr Ue rule tiu resolu
tion lies over until Monday evening.
Should the resolution be adopted one
fourth of the bills on the calendar will
never be reached. Mr. Fow, In speak
ing against It, said there are now in
the appropriation committee 2:t.S bills
which al'ine will keep the house busy
until that time if they were even on
the calendar and that there Is no pros
pect of them being on the calendar
until the latter end of March.
Mr. Fow offered a resolution, which
was defeated, that the rule that no bill
shall be negatived by committee be
fore the parties Interested are given a
hearing be rescinded. A resolution
was also offered by the Philai' yt'hi.i
members that the bill to requir Voter-i
who desire assistance In the prepara
tion of their ballot to disrlose their
disability under oath, which was nega
tived by the general Judiciary commit
tee, be placed on the calendar. The
resolution lies over until Monday even
ing. A resolution was adopted that tlr
board of public buildings and grounds
take Immediate steps to lnprove the
miserable acoustic properties of the
house. The hoard has ordered heavy
lambrequins for the windows as an ex
periment, but they have not been
placed In position. Invisible wires have
been strung in the house in the hope
that they would correct the d"fer
but the experiment has been a failure.
To Furnish Light. .
Speaker Walton announced that he
had appointed Messrs. Kow, Kunk'-I
and Merrick a committee to confer
with the board of public buildings and
grounds as to the cost and advisability
of the state constructing a plant of
Its own to supply light and heat to the
public buildings.
Chairman Itlter, of the house ways
and menns committee, announced that
the committee would give hearings
next Wednesday and Thursday to rep
resentatives of the local building and
loan associations In the atate on the
new revenue bill framed by the state
tax conference. These concerns ore
kicking, on the one mill tax levied by
the bill on their capital stock.
A bill was Introduced by Mr. Fow for
the prevention of accidents to children
on railroads, omnibuses and railways
and other vehicles. It Is a druCt of the
New York act, which provides that the
parents or guardians of any child who
permits them to Jump fin street cars,
wagons, etc., shall be fined not less
than $.1, nor more than $10. Constables
and policemen mny arrest children vio
lating the act and upon conviction they
Shall be fined, not exceeding $.r. for each
Offense.
Mr. Page, of Dauphin, presented a bill
to encourage military Instruction In the
public schools. It provides thnt the
principals of the schools shall enroll
the pupils as members of the "Ameri
can Guards of Pennsylvania," and that
the school shall be organized Into com
panies anil battalions with ofllcers
similar to the National Otmrd.
Governor Hastings will give a hear
ing next Monday afternoon on the Mar
shall bill repealing the act prohibiting
the consolidation of competing pipe lino
companies. A delegation of Independ
ent oil producers and refiners from
western Pennsylvania, under tho lead
ership of ex-Heniitor James W. I,ee, of
rittsburg, will be here to speak against
the measure. Their contention Is that
It would force out of business nil the
small pipe line companies If It becomes
, a law.
Quay County 11111.
The bill creating the county of Quay
out of portions of Luzerne and Sehuyl
. kill counties Is still before the house
committee on counties and townships.
The committee will resume considera
tion nt ftlA maasilTA nevf Tliaailnv Am
far as can be lenrned seventeen of the
twenty-live members of tho committee
are In favor of bringing It out. The op
position claim to have the support of
Chairman James. The hearing next
Tuesday will be final, us far ns the com
mittee Is concerned. A canvass of the
house shows that the member un
favorably Inclined and that the pros
pects of passing are excellent. The bill
lias ulivtidy passed the senate.
lieprescutatlvo Smith, of Philadel
phia, has presented a A'tltlon to the
governor signed by officers and mem
bers of the National liunrtl and many
of the leadliiK citizens of the state ask
ing that a board of Inquiry be appoint
ed to try Messrs. Muchold and Hoyer.
of Philadelphia, late captains of tho
Third regiment, who were discharged
a year ago by Governor Patlison with
out a hearing. The dismissal of these
ollicers is said to have been effected by
Inspector General Morrell, who was
commander of the regiment nt the time
and ulleged that they were Insubordi
nate ami Inimical to the discipline of
the troops,
WRECK OX THE KKADlMi.
Ill uc Line Express flushes Into a Horn Hod
Coal Car with Terrible Effect -1 nyliicer
lies at His Post.
By the United l'ress.
New York, March 1. The I! o'clock
express of the Itoyul ISlue line, Philadel
phia and Heading railroad, was wrecked
while passing through Hayonne at fi.XO
this evening. At bast thirty passen
gers had a wonderful escape. The en
gineer und an assistant fireman were
killed. Their names mv: William
Thomas, of Philadelphia, engineer;
Wintield Holland, of Philadelphia, as
sistant fireman. The Injured are: II.
Orrell, of Lafayette, N. J., fireman, con
tusion of the body and scalp wounds.
Frank Applegate. of Tioga. Philadel
phia, bruises on leg and side, not se
rious; George Hopkins, baggage mas
ter. Injuries not serious.
The train was the Washington ex
press, which left Jersey City at 6.12. The
train was moving at a high rate of
speed throug-h Hayonne. when a coal
car from a passing freight was thrown
from the track across the track upon
which the express was running. The
express engine, with Its four cars,
dashed into the derailed coal car. The
momentum of the massive engine was
so great thnt rails and ties were torn
up and empty coal cars were smashed
to splinters, ami finally when Its force
was spent, 2im) yards away, the en
gine la v- upon its side, a tangled mass
of scrap iron. The baggage car was
telescoped, ami was utterly demolished.
The smoker left the rails and slid over
the tap of tho tender. The day coach
and the sleeper left the tracks, but
remained on the ground. Half a dozen
cars of the coal train Were wrecked.
The wreck caught tire from the en
gine and the Bayonne fire department
was summoned to the scene. They put
out the fire and assisted the railroad
men in searching the wreck.
William Thomas, the engineer, stuck
to his post. He was taken out and laid
on the bank, where he died. His legs
were broken and he was Injured In
ternaUy. Fireman Orrell was lifted
out and taken to the hospital. He Is
badly bruised, but not fatally Injured.
P.aggagemaster Hopkins does not
know how he got out of his car. Noth
ing remained of the car but a portion
of the roof.
Frank ApplesatP, a passengpr In the
smoker, was slightly Injured. He pro
ceeded on his Journey.
The body of "Winfield Holland was
taken from the wreck after the fire
had been extinguished. He was assist
ant fireman, or "door swinger," as it is
called.
The papsenpors had a bad shaking up
and a dozen of them sustained slight
bruises.
rOTTSYILli: EISTEDDFOD.
Mincrsvillc Choir Wins tho Pric of SI 00.
Wilkes-I'.nrrc Left In tho Noor-Tho
I.vcntn ISig Success.
By the ITnlted l'ress.
Pottsville, Pa.. March 1. The Cam
brian elsteddofd held here today vas a
j big success. Professor W. K. Jones, of
t nnaoeipnia, aojiioicareii tne singing
competition. Thi Christ. Cnth'-ilrnl
choir, of Heading, enrrled away the
principal prize of 120U for the best ren
dition of "Come Gentle Spring," by
Hayden. The competitors were choirs
from Mlnersvllle, Pottsville nnd Wllki:i
Carre. The same choir also took the
prize of :, for the best rendition of the
children chorus, "Pretty Village Maid
en," by Gonaud. The Mlnersvllle choir
won the prize of $100 for singing the
chorus, "On the Sea," by Mendelssohn,
against the Cathedral choir ami thp
choir from Wllkes-ISnrre. The prize of
a silver cup. valued at r0, was award
ed the St. Steven's Catholic church of
Port Carbon, who competed with tli"
St. Mary's church choir, of St. Clair, In
a sntiftus from Mozart.
This morning T. I). Jones, superin
tendent of the Mill Creek Coal com
pany, presided. The chair was filled In
the afternoon by K. J,. Pollock, superin
tendent of the Dodson Coiil company,
ami this evening Congressman-elect C.
N. Ilnimm presided. Itev. Dr. Lewis,
of CaKi!iaiiiiia, was the conductor of nil
three sessions. The evening programme
consisted of exhibitions of singing anil
contests for small prizes. The Acad
emy of Music whs entirely too small to
accommodate the crowd that came
from all parts of the coal regions.
Hesldes those mentioned, choirs were
present from Hhuinnkln, Centralla and
Muhnnoy City.
Ulclmrd (I'fiorinan KcnJ.
By tho United Press.
New York, March 1. lllchnrd fl'Oor
mun, the eminent Irish nationalist schol
ar ami orator, died at Id o'clock last even
ing In the seventy-llfth year of his age.
Two years iiito he hnd a severe attack of
grip, from which he never fully recovered,
although able to be about until confined
to his room a month ngo.
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Morgan Kefulns Ills Nerve.
By tho United Press.
Fredericksburg, Vn., March 1. Morgan
nnd Boarcey, the A quia Creek train rob
bers, were brought here today and again
lodged In jn II. Morgan's wonderful nerve
has not deserted him. Morgan was taken
to the Jail In the ambulance, but Heurccy
walked along unconcernedly handcuffed
to Detective 1 Untie.
Colli Wavn En Mouto.
By th United Press.
Philadelphia, March 1. The local weath
er bureau sends out tonight tho following
telegram from the heud olllce at Washing
ton: "Hoist cold wave signal, Tempera
ture will full from i!0 to 3U degrees by Bun
day morning,
COLLAPSE 0Ffl BUILDING
A Number of lir'uhliiyers anil Labor
ers Imii IciI in the Kui ns.
VOKK 01' KUSCl'K WAS SLOW
Jimmy Koso, mi Italian I iihoror. Still
Missing -Joseph lluihnru Hurled for
Two Hours in III ic k and Moiuii,
1 1st of Injured.
By tho I'lilteil Press.
New York, March 1. Another build
ing disaster occurred about -1 o'clock
this nrteruoon which proved nearly as
fatal in Its results as did the Tenth
avenue malt house accident. The In
terior of four tenements In course of
construction on Orchard Htreet, near
Hlvington, crashed In without a mo
ment's warning, and u number of brick
layers and laborers who wen- working
on It wi re carried Into the cellar Willi
the falling walls. The dust that arose
had hardly settled before rescuers wi re
at work trying to extricate the burled
men. The firemen were also summoned
and in a lew minutes several of the
unfoi'tuniite workmen were dug out of
the ruins.
The dismantled beams and debris of
brick und mortar formed such an In
tricate mass to disentangle that the
work of rescuing those burled beneath
It was rendered necessarily slow. Their
cries could be plainly heard, however,
und served to loca.te tho various points
where they were to be unearthed.
The hardest task encountered was
In the rescue of Joseph l'.arbara, one
of the Italians who was working In
tho cellar when the collapse occurred.
There was several feet of debris bear
lug upon him, but he was still conscious
when reached. It was two hours after
the building collapsed before the Impris
oned man was finally released from his
terrible position. He was the last olio
rescued.
one man, mi Italian laborer. Is miss
ing, nnd It is believed he Is dead in
the ruins. He was known to his fellow
workmen by the name of Jimmy Hoss.
List of the Injured.
The list of Injured with the extent of
their wounds is as follows:
WILLIAM WILKINSON'. 1 years old;
tiek broken: will probably die.
PATltlCIC MALLOY, aged fS; badly In
jured. PET UK MALLOY, -tli years old; skull
fractured, Injuries serious.
FRANK THOKNTON, IS years old: In
juries of the head and body. His in
juries will likely prove falul.
JOHN TIloKNToN, years old; head
cut and contusion of the body.
GKOKGK GAM B LI-:, 32 years old; gen
eral contusions of the body, und bo'.h
lees broken.
PATIUt'K FLAHKitTY, 22 years old;
head nnd back Injured.
EDWARD LAWLIOIl, aged ID; head cut
and shoulder Inj'ired.
JOSEPH BAKliAK, 2U years old; internal
Injuries.
The wrecked buildings have been In
course of construction for ten weeks,
work had progressed as far as the fifth
floor when the crash came. The owner
of the building is William F. I.ennon.
The contractors were Peter Coomes
and John (5. Gleave. Hoth of the con
tractors, as well as tho owner, were
present when the accident occurred.
They were placed under arrest. The
charge made ugalnst them was crimi
nal negligence.
It la expected that the responsibility
for the disaster will be placed upon the
prisoners.
The materials used In tho construc
tion of the buildings, It Is alleged, were
faulty.
The loss of life In the wreck on the
Inter-Oeeanic railway was made known
late this evening. Sixty-five persons
were killed and forty Injured. The
death list Is likely to be Increased, as
several passengers who were brought
back In the wrecking train are expected
to die within twenty-four hours.
l' to 11 o'clock tonight no bodies had
been recovered from the ruins, ;il
though thirty men were at work re
moving the debris. The general Im
pression Is that the man Hoss, nnotln-r
man named Hcuinann, and two hod
carriers are somewhere buried beneath
the ruins.
DI X'S llYviEW OK TKADE.
The Industries Muko Very Slow Gains
Whcro They MuWo Any-N'o Ksscntiul
Change in the Money Market.
By tlio UnltPd Press.
New York, March 1. It. G. Dun &
Co.'s weekly review of trade tomorrow
will say:
No gold goes out, though sterling ex
change has risen close to the export
In point, and It does not appear that
t:i l yndlcale has yet made any effort
to control the oxclmni'e market. Lon
don iir-.s sold about fii.lmo shares of stock
during the week, und the market Is
distinctly lower for railroad nhnreii,
though a shade stronger for trusts.
The stock market walls abjectly for
London, and foreigner!! show tlniH far
more disposition to fell tlinn to buy.
Withdrawals of gold by redemption of
legal lenders luive not censed, but since
the closing of the syndicate ntruct
have iiveraged iibout $120, nun per day.
There Is no essential change In the
money market, though rates are some
what higher. Agriculture products are
n shade higher, but without nny reason
which looks to future operations.
More people are Idle In the great In
dustries than were Idle, last week, but
not for reasons which distinctly affect
tho future. The industries malic very
slow gains where they make any. Lit
tle Is said of the Htoppnge of the Kdgnr
Thomson steel works, though many
thousand ImiidH depend on lis opera
tions because the Carnegie company
has purchased BO.UOI) tons Bessemer pig
nt J!i.!r to JlO.or. at Pittsburg, a, price
Indicating that the biggest concern In
western Pennsylvania does not wunt
to make Iron for less.
The failures for the week have been
2".0 111 the United Slates against 2(11 last
year, and In Canada 38 against 42 lust
year.
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Prison Boors Opened,
By tho United l'ress. '
Harrlsbiirg, Mureli I. Pardons were Is
sued toilny for William orr, the New
Hloomlleld ntloriu-y, and Mamie Alex
under, Philadelphia, whose pardoue were
recommended by the board of pardons.
Indite Tnvlor Resigns.
By tho United Press. x" :
Harrlsbiirg, March 1. Tho resignation
of Judge Tuylor, of Yenimgo county, hus
been received at the executive department.
'T.n,.. -ill' -
Let Us Mope
CEFICIEBCYJILL PASSED
Hut One linpitrtunt Amiiitlment At
turlnV: to t fie Measure.
HI; Hid Mi SKA NOT IX THE DUAL
Senate Hill toSupprcssTraffic in Lottery
Tickets Approved by the House .Meas
ures That Were Defeated Ac
count Aguiust Old Virginia.
By the United Tress.
Washington, March 1. The general
deficiency bill the lust but one of the
thirteen great appropriation bills which
congress has to pass every session
occupied the attention of the senate
today and was passed this evening.
There was but one important amend
ment reported to it from the committee
on appropriations, and that was one
appropriating $ I. soil. M0 to pay a judg
ment In favor of the Southern Pacific
Ilailroad company for government
transportation. This Item provoked
very strong opposition, und would
probably have experienced the fate
which has overtaken it every session
for many years back had It not been
accidentally fortified by an amendment
to It for the payment of about one-half
the Judgments of the court of claims
under the French spoliation act, und
under what is known as the Bowman
act. This proposition (covering about
$1100,(100) hail been carried and attached
to the other; and then the umendment
us thus amended was carried by the
vote of 32 to 24.
The question of the Hehrlng sea In
demnity fund came up in the shape of
an amendment offered by Mr. Cockrell
to the deficiency bill appropriating $.10,
000 for the expenses of arbitration as
to the Indemnity. That was antagon
ized by Mr, Sherman, Ohio, ns an un
wise proposition, which would result In
much larger cost to the government
and In weakening the principle of in
ternational arbitration. Ho offered a
substitute for It to pay $42r,000, which
was agreed upon by the secretary of
state. Mr. Morgan, Alabama, who had
been a delegate to the original Hehrlng
sea conference nt Paris, declared that
such payment would be disgraceful to
the administration and to the people of
the United States. Mr. Cockrell, In or
der to avoid n long discussion, with
drew the amendment, and Mr. Sher
man's substitute fell with It. And so
tlie deficiency bill contains no Item on
the subject of the Hehrlng sea Indemn
ity. The deficiency bill was passed at
7.110.
After the passage of the deficiency
bill the remainder of the night's session
was given to private pension bills ami
to the delivery of eulogies on the late
Hepresentatlves Lisle, of Kentucky;
Wright, of Pennsylvania; Post, of Illi
nois, and lloulc, of Ohio. ,
House proceedings.
Senate bill to suppress truffle In lot
tery lckots between the several states
anil with foreigif countries. These two
measures were passed without a divi
sion of the house.
The house bill directing the secretary
of the treasury to pay to the state of
West Vlrglna the balance of the direct
tax voted to It In IN'il-nbout $l.r,4,0(0
was passed. The money was withheld
because the comptroller of the trasury
decided that It was u offset for her
proportion of the claim of the United
States against Old Virginia, on account
of certain Indian trust bonds,
Those that met defeat were the fol
lowing: Joint resolution authorizing the pub
lication of the dairy tests made at the
World's fair.
The senate bill with house amend
ments to amend the Inter-state com
merce net so us to nbollsh the penally
of Imprisonment for Its violation and
substitute a line of Jfi.ouo ngalnst the
corporation. This was defeated be
cause of a fi'iir that If It were passed
the eonfi'l reeii would add the pooling
bill to It.
AViTM'ssr.D Tin: iian(;im;.
Crowd of .'1,000 Break Into u Jail Yni J In
GcoikIu.
By tho United Press.
Fulrburn, On., March 1. At noon o
day Joseph Denn, a negro, convicted of
the murder of a while farmer, A. H.
Height, who resided here, was hanged.
He wus allowed to make a speech at
the court house In which he reiterated
his confession nnd warned the people
of hln race against whiskey and crime.
He told In detull the circumstances
of the murder.
There were fully n.000 people In this
little town to witness the execution.
The hanging was to have been In
private, but Just after Dean had been
let to the Hi-affold, the crowd broke
down the Inclosure. The first effort to
hang the man was a failure, as the rope
broke. He was cnrrled to the scaffold
and another drop was taken. This
proved successful.
WILL TAKE THKIK OATHS.
New Set of Officers of Lackawanna
Township M ill llu Sworn In Monday.
According to law which provides that
.new ofllcers of ownshlpa shall tuke
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0u; Streets Will Not Come to This.
their places on the first Monday of
March, the reel fly elected ollicers of
LackuWanna IhwiihIiIp will take the
oath of olllce .Monday night.
A no i 1 1 n f of the old board of audi
tors will be luld at .Mullen's hotel in
Greenwood ut 7 o'clock. After trans
acting the unfinished business of the
township tin- auditors will adjourn sine
die and the -w board will organize.
John T. Brown will be superseded In the
clerkship by Alex. McCormlck; Thomas
It. Lovering will retire from the board
of auditors and besucceeded by Michael
Hogan.
Patrick Coyne and Michael Gibbons
will be sworn In us supervisors and
John S. Metz us treasurer, and their
bonds approved.
alhostTmikder.
Watchman Hamilton, of the I'nnconst
Breaker ut I luoop. Is the Victim.
Four drunken Hungarians tried to
cross private land of the Pancoast Coal
company at Throop Tuesday. An
Italian boy named Anthony Dodge,
employed on the rock dump ut the Pan
coast breaker saw them nnd ordered
them off. When they refused, he called
for the watchmen, Thomas Hamilton
and A. L. liampllcld.
They responded und the result was an
attack upon the employes by the
drunken Huns. One of the latter used
a knife and slashed Watchman Hamil
ton on the face. The blade was drawrl
down across the left eye and the ball
severed, almost. The gash extended
down the cheek and cut a deep furrow.
The man who used llu knife escaped
and bis name Is not known. Hanipficl'l
and Dodge escaped with trivial in
juries. Hamilton has another wound
on the ' ,ht side of the head. His in
juried 1 not result seriously. Hut he
will lose the sight of nis left eye anj
his face will be awfully disfigured.
Three of the lluns. Jnhn Drlsha, John
Shabuck and George Cotnbosky are in
the county jail. They were arrested
before Justice of the Peace Kdwin
Unmpfield, of Throop, and committed
to await the result of Hamilton's In
juries. The man who did the cutting
Is believed to have made his escape
from the country, ns it was supposed
that Hamilton would die from his
won nds.
ANOTllMt AKRLST MADE.
.Michael CngRlns ChargcJ w ith Being Im
plicated In Moon Stubbing Affray.
Another arrest hns been made In a
stabbing affray which occurred Tues
day night near the Jersey Central
round house. L. P. Moon, a watchman,
was assaulted by several men and cut
with n knife. Karly yesterday morn
ing Michael Cogglns, of Fifth street,
the fourth man to be arrested, was
brought to the central station on n
warrant by Patrolmen Block nn-1
Walsh and In default of ball was com
mitted to Jail.
Patrick O'Brien, of Meridian street,
the man accused of using the knife,
had been arrested Wednesday nnd on
the day following was released by
Judge 1-M wards under ball, ns the
watchman Is not seriously hurt.
Mlchm-I Hlllund and Martin Lavelle,
of Fourth street, were nrrcsled Thurs
day night. The former furnished bnil
yesterday and Lavelle was sent to Jail.
Lewis Brown, the last one of the gang
of toughs, was arrested at liMH last
night by Patrolmen Walsh nnd Johler.
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KIN AWAY HOI S DAMAtii:.
Milkman I dwnrJ Conrad Injured in a
Street Collision Yesterday.
A snia.'ihup occurred yesterday morn
ing at the foot of the Penn avenue hill,
where the avenue Intersects Olive
street.
A team of horses nt Inched to a henry
wagon, and owned by P. J. Heap, of the
South Side, broke loose on Lackawanna
avenue and (in lied down Penn. Under
the bridge the living team diishrd Into
a milk wagon driven by I-Mwurd Con
rad, who was thrown out nnd his shoul
der severely Injured.
Ills little u-yeur-old son was In the
wagon nnd narrowly escaped a blow
from a broken neck yoke on Heap's
wugon. The milk wagon was smashed
ami the contents scattered upon the
street. Both of the runaway horses
suffered ugly bruises.
SPARKS 11 Y TI'.I.ECKAIMI.
Illinois tins established a nuuruntlnc
nKiilnst entile from ninny southern and
western stales.
The American Protective nssoolntlon
will hold Its national convention at Sagi
naw, Mich., March 12.
Ht. Louis' smallpox epidemic Is rapidly
decreasing, Wi.ihhi people having been vlc
clmited In two weeks.
Te mall carrier on the roiilo between
Forest and Trenton, Miss,, wus murdered
und the mull rolihed on Tuesihiy.
After hiccoughing seven days, T. P.
Prnckert, a New York stenographer, got
relief from diluted nltro-liyilrochlorlc
acid.
Upon receiving n. three years' sentence
for defrauding a 'Frisco bunk, Frank
Truemlell made un affecting speech to the
jury.
On the plea of financial adversity, Hub
ert A. Muntell, the uetor, usks the New
York courts to red tiro tho alimony payable
to his divorced wlfo.
Accusing his brother, Wllllnm, of be
traying hln tnoonshlnlng proclivities to
tho sheriff, .Charles Jenkins, of Monroe
county, Tenn., kllhslhlm with a stick. ;
MEXICAN PMOAD WRECK
MtiNt Horrible Disaster on the; Inter
Oeeiinie Komi.
THE TRAIN LEAPS U0WX A BANK
I'usscngcry .Munled inn Shocking Manner-Ylctims
Lose 'I heir Limbs in Be
ing Torn from the Wreck,
licurt Heading Scenes.
By tho United Press.
City of Mexico, March 1. A wreck
Iiik truin arrived here early this morn
intf from the scene of yesterday's acci
dent on the Inter-Oceanic railway. Jt
brought tilxty-five persons who had
b'-en injuied In the crash, and Lr. Al
fred Uray, L)r. Francis Crosson and
two other surgeons who were sent out
yesterday afternoon boon after the
tn-wa of the disaster was received here,
ilany persons wen- left dead near the
spot where the train left the rails; otn
ers were on the point of death, and of
those who were brouKht back, ten or
twelve cannot possibly recover.
Tile crew of the wrecking train told
the first detailed story of the accident.
The train consisted of ten coaches. It
was chartered to pilgrims from Ame
cameca and the engineer was under or
ders to run carefully, it was filled with
pilKi-ims many of them women and
children at the City station shortly be
fore 1 o'clock and was started at 1.25.
It proceeded slowly at first, but gradu
ally the engineer began running at the
rate of thirty miles nn hour.
About twenty-eight miles from the
capital and midway between Toma
niatla and Tenango there is a steep
down grade. On one side of the track
the blasted rock forms a high wall; on
the other Is a sleep descent. At a point
where the descent reaches down about
thirty feet the track makes a sharp
curve. The trains usually round It at
half speed, but for a reason not yet as
certained, the engineer tried to take it
without slowing down. Klther the rails
spread or the engine Jumped the track.
The engine and tender broke loose from
the coaches and rolled down the em
bankment. The coaches ran off about
fifty yards further on. The rear coaches
crashed down ngalnst the engine and
tender nnd the rest went til pieces at
the foot of tho embankment near by.
The Work of Kcscuc.
Five roaches were .smashed so as to
be little more than piles of splintered
boards nnd beams and twisted iron.
About twenty passengers were able to
extricate themselves without severe
Injury, nnd they began rescuing those
who were pinioned under the wrer-k.
Four women were found with their
arms crushed and immovable under
beams nnd twisted axles. They lay
near the engine nnd were screaming
for fenr of the llames.
After nil efforts to clear them had
proved unavailing they were torn loose.
One of them lost her arm from the
shoulder, another her arm from the el
bow, nnd each of the other two having
both arms crushed nnd legs terribly
mutilated. Three of the four will die.
Three children of one family were
found deail together under nn upset enr
truck. Their mother lay nearby with
her skull crushed and one leg gone.
The father escaped with only a broken
shoulder, although he was on the same
seat w ith the children who were killed.
Fragments of arms and legs were
strewn through the wreckage and sev
eral of the bodies were so mutilated
that no attempt to Identify them will
be made.
tiliustly Spectacle.
When the doctors arrived on the
wrecking train they found sixty pil
grims near the wreck and live who hud
not yet been taken from the ruins be
cause there was no way of cutting them
loose. The five were rescued first nnd
put on the train. The doctors worked
for five hours to get the injured Into
condition to make the journey back.
F.very one of the sixty-live was spat
tered with blood from some open
wound.
Three men had lort hnlf of their
scalps. Four had fractured skulls. Six
women were so badly Injured In the
buck and ubdomen thnt It was feared
they would die before reaching the
city. All the doctors agree that the
scenes at the wreck ami In the coach-s
during their Journey home were the
most terrible In their experience. When
tho train came Into the station forty of
the Injured passengers were stretched
at full length, helpless from their
woundH. All the pllgt Ims were Mexi
cans. Tho engineer and conductor of
the train are supposed to have escaped
serloim Injury und to have fled to the
woods,
Dentil Warrants to lie Issued.
Dy the United Press.
llarrlsburg, March 1. Clovernor Hust
ings will Issuo ilenlh warrants on Tuesday
for the following convicted murderers.
John Klswlnger, tlreene county; Daniel
Werllng. Allegheny county; Charles Gar
rett, Lebanon county.
WEATHER REPORT.
For cnittorn Tenniiylvnnla, ruin or Bnow;
much colder with a. cold wave.
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