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TROLLEY CAR
LEAPS FROM
A TRESTLE
Distressing Accident Near
Bridgeport on Shellon
Street Railway Line.
PORTY PERSONS KILLED
A Loaded Trolley Car Falls a Dis
tnnce of Forty Feet Only Two
Passengers Escape Without In
juryAn Eye Witness to the Acci
dent States That the Car Was Run
ning at a High Hate of Speed.
Injured Are Taken to Bridgeport
Hospital The Road Opened for
Traffic on Thursdny List of the
Victims.
Bridgeport. Conn.. Auk. C Nearly
furty people were killed lv an acci
dent on llie Stratford extension of the.
Sin lion Stieet Hallway company at I
i. ".lock this afternoon, when a loaded
trolley ear went off tin- trestle over
I .ek'ii mill pond at Oronoque, about
six miles north of Bridgeport, and wink
In th Hats forty feet below. Thus
far thirty-six people are known to be
dead and several more Injured.
List of the Xead.
The idontllled dead are.
JOSEPH HOTCHKISS. Bridgeport, cngl-
neer lire department.
HENRY C. COGSWELL. Bridgeport,
aged tW; employe of New York, New
Haven ami Hartford railroad, mem
ber of boaul of education.
Oltl.ANDO 1!. ffKU.8, aged 03; shoe
maker. SELECTMAN KMAS E. BBADI.EY and
wlf, Mllford.
WILLIAM OSIIOBN, Stratford.
DANIEL CALVIN. Ansonla.
CONDUCTOR JOHN CARROLL, Bridge
port. S BANKS. Shelton.
UltS. MoDONALD. Bridgeport.
WINTON LANTHBAR. motorman,
Bridgeport.
BESSIE TOO.MEY. aged 22: Bridgeport.
WILLIAM II. HARVEY, aped 07; Bridge.
port.
JIBS. .1. II. BU(1(5, Stratford.
JIBS. FBANK BLEW and two ehlldren,
lmy aged P. and girl agd .; Stratford.
A ILI.IAM MeCULLOUOH, Stratford.
MBS. ABTHUB HOLMES. BrldRcpnrt
THOMAS JlcSAl.I.V, 31; Bridgeport.
PFTER El NO. 2S; Bridgeport.
JOHN OALV1N, 22; Ansonla.
MARGARET I'AllllKLI., New York.
PATRICK McDERMOTT. &).
frank kraft. 25.
jibs. patrick bbbnnan. so.
ai.fred bitt. 22.
william cotter, 23.
ntviNo doruz. 23.
MBS. WILLIAM HARVEY, all of
Bridgeport.
Some eight or ten others are serious
ly Injured.
Only two persons are known to nave
escaped unharmed. It Is believed that
there were forty-four passengers on the
car, hut the Indlentnr was removed by
a conductor of another car and spirited
nwnr. so that at present It Is impos
sible to state accurately the number
nboard.
Scene of the Accident.
The scene of the accident Is midway
between Shelton and Bridgeport. The
car was northbound, running toward
Shelton. It was In charge of Conduc
tor John Carroll, of Brldceport. who
was among the killed, and Motorman
Hamilton, of Bridgeport, who escaped
by Jumping. The trestle Is 4)0 feet
long, made of Iron, with stone founda
tions and was not protected by railing
guards. South of the trestle Is an In
cline, down which the car ran at a
high rate of speed. After it ran onto
the trestle for about ten feet the trucks
left the rails nnd then the car con
tinued on the ties for about seventy
flvo feet, when It went off the trestle
nnd dropped Into the pond below, over
turning completely nnd up-ended.
When the car struck, the four-ton
motor and the heavy trucks crashed
Into it, instantly killing many of the
passengers. Three physicians who wero
rassonsers on a car a short distance
behind arrived quickly on the scene
and rendered all possible assistance to
the injured.
Word wns sent to Bridgeport and
three ambulances and a police wngnn
were hurried to the scene nnd the In
jured wete taken to Bridgeport gen
eral hospital. A morgue wns impro
vised In the main room of the town
hall at Stratford and In a very short
time twenty-three bodies weru laid out
awaiting Identification.
The accident was witnessed by Miss
Frances Beck, who resides shout 400
feet from the bridge. She wns upstair.')
at her home ns the car was passing
and she says that It wns running at
nn unusually fast rate. Frank Cramer,
who was bathing near the bridge, states
that the passengers were all singing
ind In the most Joyful mood as they
passed him.
The roud, which is practically con
trolled by the Bridgeport Traction com
pany, wns opened for t faille last Thurs
day. Nearly tho entire medlcnl force of
Bridgeport responded to telephone calN
Bent in, hut when the doctors arrived
they wero unable to render much as
sistance, as so few passengers escaped
llistnnt denth. The car after up-ending
soon settled over jm Its side nnd
there was little difficulty In removing
the bodies of the dend ns well ns as
sisting the wounded.
Motorman Hamilton Is suffering
from such n serious shock thnt It was
Impossible to learn anything from
him tonight. President Andrew Kn
dell, of the railroad company, stated
that It was Impossible for him to ne
er'int for the nceldent. Immediately
after his arrival at the scene he made
a thorough Inspection of the tracks on
the trestle and could see nothing
wrong nnd cars were running over the
trestle as usual soon nfterwards. He
denied that the cars were being run
at n high rate of speed nnd claimed
that every possible precaution had
been taken to prevent nccldents. One
theorv advanced Is that faulty con
struction wax responsible for the ac
cident. At the point where the cars
lenw tin- road for the trestle It Is al
leged thai tlii- rails had sunk a little,
and though the forward trucks took
the rails all right the rem trucks did
not connect anil jumped the track,
which caused tbp forward trucks to
nlso leave th" Iron. It Is believed that
If proper guard rails had been placed
on tip' trestle the car would hnve bnen
prevented from toppling over.
All of the persons killed sustained
fractured skulls.
The Stratford town hall where the
bodies wero taken was soon besieged
by more than 1.000 persons, some of
whom had relatives or friends among
the dead, nnd the deputy sheriffs In
charge had much llfllculty In bund
ling the crowd of weeping women and
anxious mn. All the bodies of the
Bridgeport dead nnd the few uniden
tified were taken to the morgue at
Bridgeport late tonight.
It has been ascertained thnt forty
farts were leglstcred, and these with
Hip young children that did not have
to pay the inotormnn nnd conductor
and an extra motorman. who was be
ing taught, make the probable num
ber on the car forty-s"ven.
RENNES ANIMATED.
Public Interest Concentrated on the
Dreyfus Trial Caslmir Perier Un
able to Conceal His Identity.
Bonnes. Aug. 0. The town Is ex
tremely animated todnv 'but every
where perfect tranquility prevails.
Public Interest Is concentrated upon
the arrival from Paris of various per
sonages likely to figure in the trial
of Captain Dreyfus. Among those are
Generals Be Bolsdeffrc, dense nnd
Boget, M. tJodefry Civalgnac, former
minister of war, and M. Caslmir Per
ier, former president of France. A
large crowd which had gathered around
the railway station, greeted the gen
erals on alighting from the train with
cries of "Viva L'Armeo." Tho revis
ionist spectators responded with "Vive
Ln Bepublicque" but there was no dis
turbance. M. Caslmir Perier who was much
fatigued by the long railway Journey
decided to walk to the hotel, hoping
that he would not be recognized but
his Identity soon became known and a
large crowd followed hlin. ns, attired
In a light summer suit he walked
slowly along, chatting with the prefect
of police nnd the chief of the secret
police. M. Vlgulr. who met him at the
railway station and accompanied him
to the hotel. The crowd made no de
monstration. The authorities, how
ever, deems It wise to maintain the
most stringent precautions for the
safety of the former president nnd six
gendearmes now patrol the front of
the hotel where he has apartments,
while n number of detectives watch the
entrance hall closely and scan all ar
rivals. It in now fixed that the trial shall
commence tomorrow morning. After
the Indictment has been read, It Is
thought probable that the president of
the court martial, Col. Jouauast, will
order tho doors closed for the con
sideration of the secret dossier, which
will be presented by fieneral Chnnieln.
The consideration of tho dossier. It Is
expected will occupy two days, so that
the next public session will probably
be on Thursday, although perhaps not
until Friday.
The general Impression is that tho
whole proceedings will occupy at least
three weeks.
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BRYAN FOR GOEBEL.
The Boy Orator Will Invade Ken
tucky. Chicago, Aug. 6. William Jennings
Bryan passed through Chicago today
from Wisconsin to Iowa. He was
nsked:
"Are you going Into Kentucky dur
ing the campaign In that state?'"
"I am," he replied.
"Are you going to speak for Goebel?"
"I am."
"And why?"
"I do not care to discuss that point."
Fillther than that Colonel Bryan
refused to talk about the Kentucky
situation.
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STREET CARS COLLIDE.
A Motorman Killed One Passenger
Injured.
Saunderstown. It. I., Aug. B. Two
cars collided today on tho Seavlcw
electrl. road running between Wick
ford ind Narragansett pier. Merrltt
Lyman Abbey, a motorman, was killed.
Of tho forty passengers, only nnu wns
injured, Miss M. K. Brown", "iff Provi
dence. Both cars were set on lire bv tin
electric current and totally destroyed.
Quayites Victorious.
Bock Haven, Pa.. Aug. . Tho Quayites
were victorious In the Republican pri
maries held In this county last night.
Betnrns huve been received from n ma
jority of tho. districts and they lndlcuto
tho nomination of the following ticket
at Tuesday's convention: Delegate to the
stnto convention, Terrencu Shourer; slier.
Iff, H. D. I.ovcland; prothonotnry, J. B.
I.esher: treasurer, F. K. Blokford; com
mlsetonors, A. Y. Jones and Bobert My
ers. '
EXPERIMENTS ON
WESTERN LAND
INVESTIGATIONS BY AGRICUL
TURAL OFFICIALS.
Assistant Director Allen Makes Re
port at the End of a Tour of In
spection Through tho West Look
ing for n Remedy for the Alkaline
Evil Proper Distribution of tho
Available Water Supply.
Washington, Aug. 6. Dr. K. V. Al
len, assistant director of experiment
stations In tho agricultural depart
ment, hns Just returned from a pro
longed tour of the West, made for the
purpose of Inspecting the various sta
tions In Hint section ot the country.
He stntes thnt one of the most inter
esting lines of investigation which is
being pursued In these stations Is with
regnrd to cheese making. The station
In Wisconsin !s taking the lnd In this
t special work, nnd discoveries have
been made there which revolutionize
th- Knropean theory th.tt the ripening
of cheese Is due to bacteria. The
American experiments demonstrate
beyond doubt that the principal change
In the nliiminolds which takes place
In the ripening process Is dependent
upon n ferment which Is contained In
the milk Itself and not to the b:cterla.
It Is believed that this dlscovety will
have an Important bearing upon
cheen manufactured In the future.
In the stations throughout the semi
nild region much nttentlon Is being
given to the Investigation oi exces
sive alkali In the soil. In many sec
tions, notably In California and I'tah,
there are large regions .if Irrigated
land which are practically non pro
ductive on account of the presi ncc of
alkali. Investigation makes It pl.iln
that this Is due to Irrigation and in
many instances to excessive Irriga
tion. Tho water applied to th" soil
brings the salt to the surface when It
rises. In some Instances It has been
found thnt the lower portion of
sti earns hnd been rendered alkaline by
the return of these salts In the water
from the Irrigated tlelds.
Looking for a Remedy.
The work of th" experiment stntlons
in connection with this problem Is to
find a remedy for the evil and this
they are seeking to do by demonstrat
ing' that in most instances crops do
not require nearly so much water as
Is applied to them. They are work
ing along practical lines In the solu
tion of the problem and in sonic cases
the more progressive farmers are co
operating with them. Eventually they
hope to be able to show just what
qinntlty of water Is required for a
given crop In n given locality, nnd
count when able to do this, not only
upon saving from destruction much
land already under ditch, but nlso upon
extending th" Irrigable area by dem
onstrating that more land can be f up
plied with water from the available
supply than now Is." In Montana,
Idaho and other semi-arid states there
Is much work looking to securing for
age plants adaptable to the altitude
nnd climate. In these states most
satisfactory results have been secured
with th" cnw-pea which Is generally
planted with oats. Bed clover Is nlso
found to nourish In th.it section, even
better than In the f astern states. In
other regions much attention Is given
to the rotation of crops. Dr. Allen
reports n growing friendship towards
the experiment stations on the part of
th- farmers. .When the stations were
first established they were regarded
as an Innovation, but In many In
stances, the farmers have come now
to depend upon them and most of them
regard the stations vith favor.
DEWEY AT NAPLES.
He Is Given a Banquet nt the Hotel
Royal.
Naplos.Aug. 6. Mr. Ixiuls M. hidings,
secretary of the United Stntes embassy,
and Mrs. Ridings. who arrived here yes
terday from Bome for the purpose of
welcoming Admiral Dewey, gave a
banquet this evening In his honor at
the Hotel Boynl. The room wns richly
decorated with flowers and hung with
American and Italian llnsa.
The eighteen guests Included Lieu
tenant General (!. Bogllolo, of the
Twentieth (Salome) military division;
Vlee-Admlral Gonzales, commander-in-chief
of the Naples maritime depart
ment', the prefect of police of Naples;
Captain Benjamin P. Lamberton and
fourofllcers of the Olympla; B. C. Par
sons, second secretnry of the embassy;
II. Do Castro, United States consul gen
eral at Bome; A. II. Bylngton, United
States consul nt Naples; Charles M.
Cnughey, United Stntes consul nt Mes
sina, nnd Dr. Ilassler. Mr. Iddlngs
toasted King Humbert, President Mc
Klnley and Admiral Dewey.
There were no set speeches.
CUBANS' PAY DAY.
Nearly 5,000 Soldiers Assemble nt
Santiago.
Santiago De Cuba, Aug. 0. There
nre nearly 5,000 Cuban soldiers In town
this evening, expecting to bo paid
here tomorrow. The remainder of the
Cuban troops In the province of San
tlao will be paid at the towns of San
Luis. Clisto, Songo and Kl Caney.
Colonel Menhi, on the United States
transport Ingnlls, arrived yesterday
with the money.
All the Incoming trains are crowded
with Cubans. No new cases of yellow
fever were olllclally reported.
Killed by Her Mother.
areentown, O., Ave. C Ruth Swnrtz,
aged 10, was killed by her mother, Mrs.
Catherine Wise, today. The mother then
drowned herself In u pool of water at an
abandoned stone quarry. The young girl,
who Is unmarried, was In n condition
which distracted hor mother.
Toral nnd Pareja Acquitted,
Madrid, Aug. C The court martini be
fore which (Jenernls Toral and Pareja
liuvo been on trial charged with surren
dering Suntlago wtthuiit uxliiiiixtlng all
menus of defonbe. today brought in n ver.
diet ot ticqultlnl on the grounds that they
u bayed the orders of superior officers.
PHILIPPINE CORPORAL'S STORY
Says Otis Lives Like n King nnd
Ignored Alger's Cablegrams.
Hnzlelon, Pa., August C CorpornJ
Bobert Tnlt. of Company C, Eighteenth
United States Infantry, who returned
recently from the Philippines, made
some important statements today re
garding the conduct of the war by den
eral Otis. Tnlt, who Is on exception
ally Intelligent young man, served ns
telegraph operator nt Manila, and In
that capacity learned some facts which
have heretofore been given no public
ity. Corporal Tnlt says that not long be
fore he left Manila n cablegram was
received from Washington, directed to
Otis, In which the secretary of war
nsked, "Whv don't you supply Krng
Jorgenson rifles to troops?" plenty of
which, It Is said, are on hand ready nt
nny time to be Issued to the men. On
another occasion. Corporal Talt says,
this message came from Washington,
"Telegraph facts hereafter." Corporal
''"alt declares that to his knowledge
aenernl Otis did not reply to these
messages.
"All the bovr are glad to get out of
Manila." said Talt. "They don't like
fighting the Flllnlnos and then be
obliged to fall back again c.enernl
Otis, whom I saw frequently, has not
been out of the city five miles since be
got there and we wero among the first
to Inni7 on the Islands. He is living
like a king nt the palace, surrounded
by n strong gunrd, and Issues all bis
orders by telegraph. He Is not familiar
nt nil with the lay of the land, and the
soldiers don't like him.
"I never saw such sights as met my
"yes at .Manila during the Inst few
weeks I -was there. Some of the men
nte government soap to get slfk so that
they con'd secure their dlsclinrrres. T
know some who deliberately sprained
their legs and arms so they could get
back to the states."
SCHNELL'S SHOCKING CRIME.
A Pension Examiner Kills a 13-Year-Old
Girl.
Washington, Aug. . A horrible mur
der wi) committed today In the
northeastern section of the cltv. The
murderer was Benjamin II. Schnell.
n special examiner In the pension of
fice, a man about K years of age. Ills
victim wns Liza Welssenberger. si girl
13 years of age, who had been employed
In bis household until a few months
ago when she was taken home by her
parents who became suspicious of
SchnelTs conduct towards her. Schnell
seemed to be Infatuated with the child
and paid her a great deal of attention
which, however, she resented.
This morning Schnell went to hlr
victim's house and entering nt the
front door passed on through the
middle room whero the girl was sleep
ing to the dining room door. AVhlle
standing nt the door, the mother or
dered him out of tbe house. Schnell
started to go passing again through
tbe room where the child was. He
bent over the sleeping child and drew
her from the boa. Awakened sudden
ly she screamed in terror. Twisting
one hand In the gill's hair nnd throw-
I lug back her head, Schnell drew n raz
or from his pocket nnd swept It twice
ncross her throat. The head was al
most severed from the body and both
the murderer nnd his victim were
drenched with blood.
Attracted by the "hlld's screams,
the mother ran to the r-Pii. In a
frenzy she grappled with the murder
er and wa hadlv slashed on the nrm
with the razor. The murderer at
tempted to escape, but was soon cap
tured by the police nnd locked up In
tbe Ninth precinct station. He refus
es to give nny explanation of his acts,
nnd says he icmembers nothing nbout
them. The murderer is a native ot
Vermont, nnd wns at one time employ
ed In a bank in Montgomery, Ala. Ho
bus n wife nnd two children.
JUVISY COLLISION.
Seventeen Persons Killed nnd Seventy-three
Are Wounded.
Paris. Aug. C The olllcla' investi
gation Into the collision Inst evening at
.luvlsy, a suburb of Paris, on the
southern side, between the Orleans
lines Paris und Nnntes trnln and the
Paris and Lyons Mediterranean train,
show that seventeen persons were
hilled nnd seventy-three Injured.
Juvlsy, Aug. C The collision oc
curred during a terrific thunderstorm
nnd it Is supposed that the electric cur
rent may have been responsible for the
defective signalling.
The first train was at a standstill
nnd the second came down upon It nt
the rate of fifty miles an hour. The
locomotive of th"" latter crashed through
the brake van of the former and tele
scoped three passenger carriages. The
moving train was not injured. Heart
rendlns" screams and cries for assist
ance filled tho air, but the passengers
were so massed In by debris thnt they
were extricated only nfter the great
est dltllcnltv. All three cars were
crowded with excursionists.
QUIET AT CLEVELAND.
Cleveland, Aug. C It Is announced
tonight thnt all the military will lie
withdrawn from Cleveland perhaps
before tomorrow night. This has been
one of the quietest days since the be
ginning of the strike. A'lolence has
ceased entirely und thero Is no appre
hension of a fresh outbreak.
The action of the merchants In de
claring their purpose to resist the boy
cott has already had Its effect. The
cars were well patronized today on the
Euclid and Cedar lines and there w;ts
n noticeable increase In the number
of passengers carried on other lines.
Steamship Arrivals.
New York. Aug. . Arilved: Cymric,
from Liverpool: Lit Champagne, from
Havre. Lizard Pusned: Lu (luscogno,
from New York for Havre. Southampton
-Sailed: Prlns Regent Lulpolcl, from
Bnmen for Now Vif.'l. CJueenstown
Sullcd: Umbrln. for New York.
Fire at Glens Falls.
(Bens Falln, N. Y.. Aug. C.-Flre en
tailing a loss of about JKO.OoO. totally de
stroyed the works of the Glens Fulls
Portland Cement company this uvonliuf.
Thu buildings which wero of wood bururd
llkn tiinlor und lu one hour thu entire,
plant was lu ruins.
G00DNOW DECIDES
AGAINST FILIPINOS
AN OPINION THAT WILL BE
FAR REACHING IN RESULTS.
As Referee in Consular Court the
American Representative at
Shanghai Gives a Decibiun That
Will Have the Effect of Shutstng
Off Filipino Supplies.
Washington, Aug. 6. Hon. John
Ooodnow, consul general of the United
States at Shanghai, has rendered a de
( Islon as referee In the consular court
v hlch will be of far reaching impor
tance during the continuance ot the
war In the Philippines. The c.is was
In relation to tho steamer Abbey,
charged with taking urnis from Can
ton tn Luzon. It has been In conten
tion for some time. The owners of
the vessel gave a bond that tho ship
should land the arms nurchnsed nt
Singapore but he did not do so. The
bind wns demanded by the Chinese
customs authorities. Mr. (loodnow
holds that It must be paid. The Im
portance of the decision Is pointed out
by the Shanghai Mercury, which says:
"The effect of the decision of Mr.
Oooilnow reaches much bevond the
mere fact of being Judgment for the
Plaintiff with the penalty ot the bond
and the costs of the suit. Hitherto
the American forces nt .Manila have
had to fight agalifst Filipinos well
armed with modern rllles nnd guns,
and It Is no secret that the majorl'y
of these nrms have been landed in the
Philippines from Chinese ports. When
United Stntes Consular nfllclalh- hive
received Information that cargoes of
weapons were about to be shlpp.'l
from China their urgent protests to the
Chinese authorities have been the
means of stopping nil shipments. But
when the United States ofllclals,
tliiough want of knowledge, have been
Ignorant of such contraband runs, the
Chinese olliclals have likewise been
blind to these shipments, though no
doubt well aware of such. It Is In
this resnect that Mr. Ooodnow has
scored such an Important point. On
the strength of that Judgment the of
ficers of the imperial maritime cus
toms much necessarily do all In their
power to stop shipments of arms to
suspicious destinations. It hns been
decided on the motion of the customs
that China is liable for any shipments
of arms which get to the Philippines
through lack of diligence or honesty
on the part of the customs of the
Chinese ofllclals. Therefore, the Judg
ment In the Drew vs. Sylvester case
will be the means ot checking the
chief source of supply of arms nnd
warlike material that the Filipinos
have possessed."
The North China Daily News pub
lishes the decision ot Consul General
Ooodnow In full nnd comments edit
orially upon Its Importance In the mat
ter of preventing further shipments of
arms to the Insurgents In the Philip
pines and savs that it will be far
reaching In Its effect in stopping the
sending of arms to the Filipinos.
"ANARCHY IN HAWAII."
Ex-Queen Llliuoknlnni Says There Is
No Such Thhiir as Justice.
Washington, Aug. 5. The Post prints
nn Interview with Lllunkalanl, ex-
Queen of tbe Huwallnn Islands, who Is
residing here. The former queen re-
says what the people .need there Is
som head to the government. She
adds:
"Reports to the contrary notwith
standing, the Islands arc In a state ot
practical anarchy. Wo (I say we be
cause 1 count myself one of my peo
ple) have no laws, but those which
have obtained for many years, and a
few which have been foisted upon us
by the Ilnwalian republic
"Thete is no such thing ns real Jus
tice. The native has not the same
standing wheu he g-ics to law with the
white man, and even some of the for
eigners find thnt they cannot obtain
their dues. Lnws are administered In
n careless fashion. The government Is
en oligarchy instead of a republic.
Caprice dictates tho administration of
affairs. I speak with no bitterness
whatever. I nm merely enden voting
to give a correct picture of the con
ditions. The Inhabitants of the islands
know nothing whatever of their fate,
or what sort of government will bo
placed over them."
I.lliuokalant expresses every confi
doncn In the honorable Intentions ot
America, an J hopes when n deci
sion Is made as to a form of govern
ment for the Islands that the officials
will be appointed from this country.
FEARS A MAN WHO LAUGHS.
Mrs. L. O. Cole's Reason for Asking
a Divorce from Her Husband.
Bellofontnlne, O., Aug. C Mrs. Lu
ella O. Cole, now living In Hngers
town. Mil., wants a legal separation
from her husband, a farmr's nssistant
in this county, as she complains that
he is known ns "the man who grins."
She says that when he laughs his facial
distortions are fiendish to witness.
Ills mouth, she says, slides from
car to ear, his skin wrinkles nnd his
eyes aru turned up, the eyeballs rolb
lug In u grotesque manner. IBs ap
pearance on these occasions, she says,
is so repulsive that she fears for her
life.
To Test Yellow Fever Serum.
New York, Aug. C Health Ofllcer Doty
lias made arrangements to have a lest
made of the ellow fever serum among
patients Hiiffeilng frem that disease at
Ilahla, Brur.il, whero much yellow fever
has been reported. The serum with the
apparatus for its uto was sent on the
steamer Hevllus, which suited yesterday
for Brazil.
An Audience with the Emperor.
Auscee, Austria. Aug. b. I'iIiicb Von
Holienlolie was given an midlenco nt tho
railway station today by Emperor Fran
cis Joseph, of Austria who was pasting
through. IBs majesty left the railway
carriage to welcome tho Herman chan
cellor and Invited him to cuter the train
whero thuy had a long coineisutlun.
THE NKWS THIS MOKNINU
Weather Indications To'iyi
fAIRl MODERATE TEMPERATURE.
1 Oenernl Fatal Trolley Car Wreck at
Bridgeport, Conn.
Score of Perrons Killed by tho Col
lapse of a Onng Plank.
Investigations on Western Laud.
Decision Shutting Oft Filipino Supplies.
2 .Ornernl Base Ball Results.
Flnnnclnl and Commercial.
3 Local-Sermon by Rev. O. P. Eckman.
Boycott Is Now On.
4 F.dltorlnt.
News anil Comment.
5 Local Mention of Some Men of the
Hour.
Central Labor Union Approves the
Boycott.
C Local-West Scrnnton and Suburban.
7 News Bound About Scrnnton.
8 Local Live Industrial News.
STRIKE ON THE SUN.
More Than One Hundred Composi
tors and Others Go Out A Circular
Calling for Non-Union Printers
from Philadelphia Precipitates the
Trouble.
New York, Aug. i!. One hundred nnd
ten compositors, ten stereotypcrs and
light boys employed lu the composing
rooms of the Sun went on strike at
10.15 o'clock lust night. Tills number
of men and boys constituted the whole
force of union representatives of the
various allied printing trades In the
oniee, and crippled the work In those
departments of the Sun. The press
men employed 111 the olllce are not
members of the Allied Printing Tunics
Council, but most of them belong to
various unions. It Is said that the
force at work on the presses at the
time the stereotypcrs and those lu the
composing room went on strike d--clded
to quit work ns soon as the paper
rolls on the presses were run off.
According to J. .1. Ferrell. the presi
dent of "Big Six," the cause of the
strike Is an effort of the Sun to break
away from the rules and srnle of wages
of the allied printing trades and to em
ploy union or non-union men, ns It
suits the heads" of the paper. This
strike will also affect the Evening Sun.
In which olllce more than seventy union
compositors and others are employed.
The story of the men who went out
on stilke was to the effect thni It was
learned some days ago that the Sun
wns making efforts to replace the
union men. It was learned about the
same time that John William Kdwaids
who wonted to be stat" printer some
time ngo. but failed to gel th place,
had caused to be scattered broadcast
In Philadelphia n circular onllltn; ffir
non-union men to come to thU city
to besln work In the Sun olllce. The
circular was signed: 'John William
Edwards, superintendent of printing!
for the Sun.
The memburs of the typographical
union In this citv obtained routes of
,the circular, nnd were unable to leain
when Mr. F.lwards became an em
ploye of the Sun, or why he was Inter
ested in the alleged effort of the in ws
paper to make thdr office what
Ij,
known us nn "open ofllce." close
watch of Mr. Edwards and his woik
I among printers In Philadelphia was
I at or.ee begun, with the reult that It
becnm" Known yesterday morning tb.r.
Mr. Edwards with eighty-seven print
ers, mnrt of whom were non-union
I men, had lett Philadelphia In the day
' on lmnfr 11m f-vnlll"jlrM GlP'imni' l.t.-
dcavor, for this city for thr purpose
of accepting work In the Sun oWce.
About thirty members of Typograph
ical union. No, if, reached Philadel
phia before the bont sailed, and board
ed the boat us members of Mr. Ed
wards's band of printers. According
to reports. It was the Intention of Mr.
Edwards to have the boat touch at
! Newcastle, whi re the printers on boird
i were to go ashore and thPn proceed to
j the city by ttnln. This plan wns evi
dently changed, for tho boat did not
stop .it Newcastle at the time it was
1 expeced to nrrlve there, nnd it is
now thought that, it l bound directly
for this city.
I The action of Mr. Edwards and the
1 reported plans of The Sun were dls
I cussed at length by the ofllclals of tho
' Allied Printing Trades Council yester
I day. and about 0 o'clock last night
they visited The Sun ofllce to acquaint
i the heads of the paper with what they
had learned and demand that an agree
ment be signed that no non-union
men he employed In the ofllce. The
ofllclals were told at the time they
called that there was no person in
the ofllce with authority to sign or
to take into consideration such nn
agreement.
The press nnd composing rooms were
In darkness but the editorial room
presented tho usual appearance. Tho
Sun appeared this morning with only
four pages In Its news section.
In nn editorial The Sun of this morn
ing says thnt it may be Impossible for
the paper to bo published tomorrow
mornlns.
DEATHS OF A DAY.
New Yoik. Aug. (i. Colonel Azor Smith
Marvin, fur many years president of the
Marvin Safe compuny, Is dead at his
home In Brooklyn, aged 7) years.
Cleveland, Aug. !. Rev. Qeorge W. Pep
prr, D. D., died eaily this morning at his
I homo In this city. Dr. Pepper was or
dulued a Methodist mbister In 1S.0. In
1S!0 he was appointed United States con
sul at Milan. Itnlv. He U survived by
four children.
Holllilaysburg. Pa., Aug. C Jnmcs
Funk, une of tho commissioners of Blair
county, a lime manufacturer and tin
owner of tho two largest llnie kilns In the
United States, died at Ins homo nt Dim
cunsvllle last nlsht of Brlght's disease,
lined TH years.
Towandc. Pa., Aug. . Isaac C. Blight.
M'pcrintt-udc-nt of the State Lino and
Bulllviiii railroad nnd the llerulce mines.
tho Barclay railroad and tho Long Vallov
Coal company, died suddenly at his homo
today. Mr. Blight was born hi Philadel
phia In 1S.10 und graduated from tho Uni
versity of Pennsylvania In lSlfl.
Hiuiover. Pa.. Auff. C At tho deilleu.
Hun ceremonies nt Hostetters meeting
house, four miles west of here, toduy,
Rev Samuel II. Meyers, pastor of tho
Monmouth congregation, died on the pul.
pit platform Immediately after Mulshing
a sermon on tho uncertainly of life. Ho
was TS years old.
COLLAPSE OF
GANG PLANK
Score of Persons Are
Drowned at Mount
Desert Ferry.
MANY BODIES ARE LOST
Train Loads of Sunday Excursion
ists Who Had Gathered at the
Coast to View the United States
Battleships Rush for the Steamer
Sappho and the Gang Plank Gives
Way Under the Weight of the
Human Freight One Hundred and
Fifty Struggle in the Water.
Bar Harbor, Me., Aug. C A score of
persons were killed today bv the col
lapse of a gang plank of the Mount
Desert ferry. Following is a list of th
dead:
MBS. WILLIAM MURRAY, of Brewer.
IRVINtI BRIOUKS. of West Hancock.
AI.BKRT CULSON. of I.eMint.
MBS. AI.O.V.O P. OAKKS. or Rancor.
MISS CRACK SU.MMIBt. of tlangor.
JOSI'Lll MURPHY, of Ol.ltowu
.MBS. MOLLIS V. i:STKi . nt Ellsworth.
CLIFFORD CISILMAN. of Cnrlnth.
MISS I.IZ.IE WARD, of Bangui'
lilARLKS W. DOW NFS. of Ellsworth.
F. K. JW-KTSF.R. of Portland.
DBA M. LANK, of Diuiforlli
C. II. BENNETT, of llrewer
MRS. C. II. BHNNI'TT. of Hrewcr.
MRS. CHARLES STOVER, of Ellsworth.
MEI.VIN Jlri'Altl). l Coi'lntli.
MRS. A. II IMI.LI.VBS. of Bnngnr.
MBS. C.KOKdE DERWENT. ot Bangor.
MISS LEWIS, of Hampden. -Maine.
UNKNOWN WOMAN. belloM-d to be a
u! swumnn fur a Boston publishing
house.
The Maine Central railroad today ran
excursions to Bar Harbor from all sec
tions of Its line In Maine, the attrac
tion being Hie warships which were ex
pected today.
All the morning long trains wicked
with excursionists were rushing to Bar
Harbor. The train which left B-itij.iir
nt S.2.- consisted of twelve cars Jammed
with people. At Mount Desert, ferry,
the terminus of the line, the train is
left for the boat for an eight-mil sail
to Bar Harbor. From the wharf a slip
or gang plank forty feet long i.nd ten
feet wide led up to the bcit. Tho slip
wns hinged nt the lnnr end, tbe outer
end being supported by-rhftlns by
whlch It wns raised or lowered to suit
the tide. The wharf extends on both
I s"les " w' lll(" ol1" or llle wooueu
gang piaiiK. five umoers. tour ny
twelve Inches, set vertically ran tho
length of the plank and these wero
crossed by two-Inch planking. It Is
said that there was no support for the
i plank between the hinges at the outer
edge.
The PInnk Gives Way.
When th" excursion train from Ban-
, gor arrived at the ferry there was a
rush for the stt;nmer Sappho. The first
few passengers had crossed tho gang
I idank safely nnd it Is estimated that
I two hundred people were massed on
the plank. Suddenly they fell, the plank
' giving way beneath them. The long:
j timber supporting the plank broke In
. the middle The hinges held up ono
end and the chain tho other, while the
broken ends of the plank dropped, nnd.
n struggling, screaming mass of hu
manity wns plunged Into tho water,
fifteen fen below the wharf. A few
clung to the Inclined sides of tho plank,
but at least one hundred nnd fifty wore
snuggling In the water. Tho piling of
the wharf partially penned them in on
three sides nnd the boat lying nt thr
wharf closed the outer end of the open
lug. After the first moment of stupe
faction the work of rescue began.
Ropes and life-preservers were thrown
to th'- crowd, hut lu the panic the peo
ple In the water clutched one another
and many sank thus in groups in a
denth struggle.
Many taken from the water were un
conscious and were reived with dlfll
culty. Doctors were summoned from
all directions, but It was half an hour
before the first arrived. The freight
housn at the ferry was turned Into a
morgue, the bodies being taken there
for Identification as fast as recovered.
Seventeen were recovered, and threo
other persons who were taken on board
the Snrpho died on the way to Bni
Harbor.
Work of Rescue.
The nwful nature of the accident
was not comprehended nt once by
those who were the last to lenvo the
train although the scene changed In
stantly from one of holiday gaiety to
n death struggle. When the first mo
ment of the calamity had passed, a
panic seemed to seize those who wero
safe and they drew back from th
edge of the water but only for a
minute, as then the cooler heads in
tlie crowd, more- especially among the
ot'leers nnd crew of the steamer as
serted themselves and the work of
icseue began.
In the course of the next half hour
several bodis were recovered from
the water and these were tnken to
the nenrbv freight house nnd lnid out
nwnlilnp Identification. It wns u grue
some sight and a pitiful sight. The
hteamer Cymbrhi from Bir Ilnrbo'
four physicians and n speclnl train
was hurried from Bnngor with physi
cians and iiuives. Th" sufferers from
Injuries will not be ns nunietous in
those who suffered from shock and
exposure due to the Immersion In tho
water. Of these several were reported1
tonlBht to be in a ciitlcal state.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Washington. Aug. 0. Forecast
fur Monday: For eastern Pennsyl
vania, fair Monday and Tuesday,
with inodeiato tempiiratui'esj fresh
norlheily winds.
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