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Fearfu1 Calamity at the Iroquois
Theater In Chicago.
Chicago' Theaters All Closed Rus
sia Will Not Grant Proposals Death
of James J. Belden and General
Longstreet President's Canal Mes
sage Fargo Squiers Killed.
Five hundred and eighty-seven peo
ple were killed la 10 minutes Wednes
day afternoon during a fire in
the Iroquois Theater, the newest, tho
largest, and as far as human power
could niak-e It, the safest theater )n
Chicago.
A tew of these people were burned
to death, many were suffocated by
gas and scores were trampled to death
in the panic that followed the mad
plunge of the frightened audience for
the exits. k
Their clothing was torn to rags or
burned to cinders and their faces
trampled into an unrecognizable
pulp by the crowd that fought and
trampled them down as they fled for
safety.
THK IIIOQlOlf THEATER.
The fire broke out during the second
act of the phy "Mr. Bluebeard," tha
first production in the theater since
Its ermtion.
The theat lcil company, which was
very large, escnped to the street In
safety, nearly all of thm. however, be
ing compelled to (lee Into tho snow
with no clothing but thoir stage cos
tumes A few members of the com
pany sustnlnoil minor Injuries but none
were serloi'sly hurt.
Croundcd Electric Wire Caused Blaze.
The acc'i-,it of the origin of the
fl e are co- IcMng and none of them
certain hn Ihe besl reason given Is
that an el ctrlc wire near the lower
nTt of a niT"1 of drop scomvy broke
and g onn tcd. sett'ng thp scenery
sbla.a. The lire spread rapidly to
war I the front of the stage, causing
the members cf the chorus who were
then ergigil In the performance to
flee to the wings with screams of ter
ror. As soon as the fire was discovered
Uddle Foy. the comedian of the com
pany, shouted to lower the curtain. It
descended about half way and then
stuck. The fire was thus glvon prac
tically s fln through Mch a strong
draught, set to the doors which hall
bfen thrown open In the front of tho
theater. With a roar and a bound tho
tinmen shot out through the opening
over the headb of the peoplo on tha
first floor and up to those in the first
balcony, caught them and burned them
to death..
Immediately following this ritsh of
flames there came an explosion which
lifted the entire roof of the theater
fiom Its walls, shattering the great
skylights Into fragments.
It Is believed that the explosion was
caused by the flames coming In Con
tact with the gas reservoirs of the
theater, causing them to b'irst.
As near as can be estimated about
1.300 people were in the theater Thres
hundred of these were on the first
floor, the balance being In tho two up
per balconies, and In the hallways back
of them.
Outside of the people burned and
suffocated by gas It was In thtse two
doorways on the first and second bal
conies that the greatest loss of life oc
curred. When the firemen entered the
building the dead were found stretched
in a pile reaching from the head of the
stairway at least eight feet from the
door back to a point about five feet in
the rear of the door.
This mass of dcd bodies In the cen
ter of the doorway reached to within
two feet of the top of the passageway
All of the corpses at this point were
women and children.
Horrible Fight For Life.
The fight for life which must have
taken plare at these two points is
something that is simply beyond hu
I man power to adequately describe.
Only a faint Idea of its horror could
be derived from the aspect of ' the
bodies as they lay. Women on top of
these masses of dead had been over
taken by death as they were crawling
on their hands and knees over the
bodies of those who had died before.
Tho bodies were In such an Inextric
able mass and so tightly were they
Jammed between the sides of the door
and walls that It was impossible to lift
them one by one and carry them out.
The only possfl thing to do was to
seize a limb or imme other portion of
the body and pull with main strength.
Men worked at the task with tears
running down their cheeks and the sobs
of the rescuers could be heard even In
the hall below where this awful scene
, was being enacted.
TAiere were scores and scores of peo
ple whose faces had literally been
jampled completely off by the beels
of those who rushed over them and in
one aisle the body of a man was found
with hardl) a vestige of clothing or
flesh above his waist lino. Tho entire
upper portion of his body bad been
cut into mince meat and carried away
by the feet of those who It am pi 2d
i him. A search was carefully made
' with a hope of finding his head out it
could not be discovered, and all that
will ever tell his friends who he was is
the color and appearance of bis cloth
I Ing on the lower limbs and this is in
! such a condition as to be haidly rec
ognizable. Fir Cscapt Not In Place.
The theater had been constructed
but a short time and all its equipment
was not yet In place. This was un
fortunately the case with a firo escape
In the rear of the building.
The small iron balconies to which
the Iron ladders were, to be attached
were up but the ladders had not yet
been constructed. When tho panic
was at Its height a great number of
women ran for these fire escapes only
to And as they emerged from the door
way upon the little Iron platform that
they were 30 to 50 feet from the
ground, a fire behind and no method
of escape In front.
Those who reached the platform
first endeavored to hold their footing
and to keep back the crowd that
pressed upon them from the rear. The
ffort was utterly useless and in a few
momenta the Iron ledges were jammed
with crowds of women who screamed,
fought and tore at each other like
maniacs.
This lasted but a brief time and the
rush from the Interior of the building
became so violent that many of them
were crowded off and fell to the gran
ite pavement below. Others leaped
from the nlitform, fracturing legs and
arms and two were picked up at this
point with fractured skulU. having
been killed Instantly.
Next to the Chicago fire this Is the
greatest catastronhe that has ever oc
curred In thst city. The news spread
with great rapidity and In a short time
hundreds of men. women and children
were rushing toward the theater.
Although nil the patrol wagons and
every, ambulance owned by the city
were pressod into service, they were
utterly inadequate to ctrry away the
dead and In a short time there was ti
line fin feet long of corpses piled two
and three high on the, sidewalk In
front of the theater.
It was found necessary In crder to
convey the bodies rapidly to the
morgue and to the various undertaking
establishments to Impress trucks Into
service and In these the dead were
hauled away.
Hundreds of Funerals.
Along whitened streets funeral pro
cessions, half hidden In clouds of snow
wound their way to cemeteries from
cry part of the city on Saturday anl
Sunday. From hundreds of doors there
fluttered the black emblem of death.
Half-masted flags added their evidence
that Chicago was in mourning for her
fire victims.
In many blocks three and sometime.,
four funeral cars stood ready for their
passengers. Al cemetery gates corteg,!
waited on cortege. Grave digge-
worked throughout the night.
The list of dead was increased to 583
by the death of Leroy rtalnbold, a boy
4 years old. Of the 10 bodies at tha
county morgue, four ' were identified
Sunday:
At Monday's meeting of the city
council many resolutions were Intro
duced for betterment of management
o theaters. The mayor will endeavor
to canvass the situation wlththe the
atrical managers. He says no theater
will be allowed to open Its doors until
It has complied with every ordinance.
Russia Will Not Grant Proposals.
Baron Hayashl, the Japanese minis
ter at London, has been Informed from
Paris that Russia has decided not to
grant the Japanese proposals.
The baron said to a representative
of the press: "If my information from
Paris is borne out by the wording jf
the Russian reply and if the Japanese
government adheres to its present de
termination, there seems to be small
possibility of averting war."
Death of General Longstreet.
General James Longstreet, 83 years
old, last of the lieutenant general
of the confederacy, hero of the Mexi
can war and United States commit
sloner of railways, died at the home of
bis daughter, Mrs. J. Estin Welchet, in
Gainesville, Ga., Saturday of pneu
monia, which was greatly aggravated
by the old wound received by him a!
the hands of his own men through mis
take at the battle of the Wilderness.
Congress Again In Session.
Both branches of congress met Mon
day after a holiday recess of two
weeks. The session was mainly taken
:p with the reading of the president's
canal message, in which Mr. Rooso
?elt explains the recognition of the
new republic of Panama and gives
arguments for'the Immediate ratifica
tion of the Hay-Bunau Varllla treaty.
Death of James J. Belden.
James Jerome Belden, former mem-
l. .... rf ntrnyfaoa Vt- th a flnnnrl i pa-Mnri.
I IlCI VI tuu1 bo- " ' v..w......0 "
; Ison district, died on Friday, aged
78 years, of uraemlc poisoning. Me
had been confined to his bed since last
Saturday. He is survived by a widow.
I Mr. Belden was Syracuse's richest
citizen, his wealth being estimated at
more than $10,000,000.
Minister Squiers' Son Killed.
Fargo Squiers, the eldest sou of thi
United States minister to Cuba, ac
i cidentally shot and killed hlmsell
DEMOCRATS IN COUNCIL
P.orrinent Men at Banquet In !
Honor of Mayor McClellan.
New York, Jan. 5. Democrats of
prominence of the state, city and na
tion met here laet night in honor of
George B. McClellan, the newly in
stalled mayor of New York city, among
those present being Richard Olney of
Massachusetts, ex-Governor David B.
Hill of New York, Congressman David
DeArmond of Missouri, Charles A.
Towne, former Governor Paulson of
Pennsylvania, W. A. Gaston of Boston,
Charles F. Murphy, Edward Murphy of
Troy, John B. Stanchfield of Elm Ira,
Norman E. Mack and W. J. Connors
f Buffalo, D. Cady Herrlck of Albany,
John Cunneen and John G. Carlisle.
Grover Cleveland, Judge Alton B.
Parker, Senator Arthur P. Gorman of
Maryland and Senator John P. Mor
gan of Alabama sent letters of regret.
The speakers Included Mayor McClel
lan, Richard Olney, David B. Hill,
Charles A. Towne and Congressman
DeArmond.
W. Bourke Cockran, who acted as
toastmaster, Introduced Mayor McClel
lan In an address in which he declared
that the New York victory presaged a
national victory.
The dominant note of Mayor Mc
Clellan's speech was the wresting of
New York state and the nation from
Republican misrule. He characterized
the recent New York city election aa
the preliminary to the great national
battle. He urged a united and loyal
party, to restore the "rule of the peo
ple in Its truest sense and insure to
posterity the blessings of liberty."
Mr. Olney was then Introduced aa
a "man enthroned In the hearts of all
his countrymen."
Governor A. j. Montague of Vir
ginia, who followed Mr. Olney, speak
lug for the Democrats of the South,
said they came forward as the cham
pion of no candidate. As to the atti
tude of the party In the South he said
he believed it should stand forth in be
half of the established and conserva
tive principles of Democracy, that it
should demand that dead Issues be not
disturbed, that it should take the in
Itiative in the "recrudescence of our
party upon the principles which hereto
fore and for so long, led us to victory."
Former Governor David B. Hill was
greeted with loud applause when In his
Introductory remarks he eulogized the
leadership of Charles F. Murphy and
predicted that Mayor McClellan wouli
succeed him as governor of the state
and precede him in the White House.
The letter from Mr. Cleveland said
In part:
"I would be pleased to particlpati
In an event which will give opportun
ity for the expression of a well ground
ed anticipation of the civic benefits
which should result from the triumph
of the New York Democracy.
"While the assumption of the duty
Involved in the government of the
greatest city of our country creates
grave responsibilities the Impressive
thought cannot be evaded that the man
ner in which the Democracy of the citv
thall meet its municipal responsibili
ties, will in a large degree determine
the extent to which our fellow country
men In every part of the land will b?
willing to trust the Democracy of tha
ration in broader fields of government
al rule.
"Those far beyond the limit of New
Tork who love the Democratic partv
confidently exnect that the methods of
the new municipal administration will
be so clean and efficient and Its high
purposes so manifest In all things as
to Impress the entire country with th'j
security and peace promised by thi:
national supremacy of a safe and con
servative Democracy."
BEAR ON THE TRACK.
Engineer 6topped His Train on an Up
Grade Held Up For 6everal
Hours.
Altoona, Pa., Jan. 5. While going up
o steep grade near Dunlo early Mon
day morning, a Pennsylvania railroad
freight engineer say a black object on
the track ahead. ' Thinking it a man,
he stopped, and as the light from the
headlight flashed on the form It arose
and walked toward the locomotive.
Seeing It 'was a bear, the engineer
attempted to start the engine. Meaf
time bruin leisurely Inspected the loco
motive and tried to warm himself in
the reflection of the headlight. The
engineer tried In vain to start his en
gine. The steam pipes failed and the
train lay frozen up for several hours
until another engine could be secured.
The bear, frightened by the whistle,
ren off to the woods.
Died at the Age of 102.
Syracuse, Jan. 5 Mrs. Olive Cleve
land of Lafayette. Onondaga county,
died yesterday at that place, aged 102
years, 10 months and 8 days She
knit, did other light work and read the
rewspapers up to a week ago when
r-he became very weak and took to her
bed. -Mrs. Cleveland's parents wero
Thomas and Betsy Newell, who located
In this county in 1803.
Missing Since Christmas Night.
Schenectady, Jan. 5. Fears are en
tertained that Frank Curley, an Am
sterdam silk weaver, has met with foul
play. He visited his brother John
here Christmas and left at midnight
to hoard a trolley car bound for hia
home and has not been seen since It
Is believed that he was murdered, as
lie had some little money about his
perron. I
TO TAKE JEWS FROM RUSSIA.
Movement Started In Philadelphia to
Provide Homes In Other Countries.
Philadelphia, Jan. 5. A national
movement was set on foot at a mass
meeting of Jewa here for the removal
of all Hebrews from Russia. It is
planned to begin work at once.
The movement bad Its inception in
the suggestion of the Rev. B. L. Lev
inthal, chief rabbi of Philadelphia, at
a mass meeting for the purpose of dis
cussing means of providing aid for the
persecuted Jews in Kishineff. A num
ber of prominent New York Hebrews
present expressed their willingness to
co-operate.
A special committee was appointed
tc make arrangements for a national
convention in this city within a few
Weeks. Representatives of various
Jewish lodges and societies through
out the country will be invited.
According to the plan outlined at
yesterday's meeting, it is the Inten
tion to get the Hebrews out of Rus
sia as quickly as possible. Money
raised for this purpose will be sent
to Kishineff and other points through
out Russia. These sections will be
first relieved. Then the other portions
of the czar's domain will be taxen up
until practically every Jew has quitted
the country. The refugees will be per
mitted to choose their own homes.
UNREST IN CHINA.
Grave Menace to American Trade If
China Should Be Involved In
Russian War.
Washington, Jan. 5. Reports of un
rest In China and indications that the
Pekin government is inclined to join
bands with Toklo In the event of war
between Russia and Japan have been
received at the state department with
regret
The possibility of China becoming
involved in such a conflict presents, it
is said, a very grave menace to Amer
ican trade and the officials of the
Washington government are dlBposed
to bring to bear all the legitimate
moral pressure they command, both at
St. Petersburg and Pekin, to preserve
peace between Russia and China, even
If war between Russia and Japan can
not be averted.
Unofficially, however, our govern
ment has learned that China is dis
posed to refer the Manchurlan ques
tion to The Hague and agree not to
mix In a war between Russia and Ja
pan. Second- Class Mail Privileges.
Washington, Jan. 5. The District
circuit court sustained the demurrer o'
the postmaster general to the reply in
the case of Sidney Sherwood, publisher
of a live stock paper in Buffalo, who
protested against being rejected from
the second-class mail privileges. The
court held that the postmaster general
having the authority to determine on
the facts of the case as developed by
an investigation, the court could not
revise that decision or say whether thf
facts were erroneously found.
Fire In a Chicago Apartment House.
Chicago, Jan. 5. Fire In the Dela
ware flats at C5th street and Delaware
avenue caused a slight property loss
and for a time considerable apprehen
sion for the safety of the 75 families in
the building. All escaped without in
Jury. The structure was a relic of the
World's fair days when cheap construc
tion was much in use. The people
promptly made their exit and it is be
lieved there was no loss of life.
$15,000 In Bonds and Cash Stolen.
Oneonta, N. Y., Jan. 5. While Miss
Ellen Chapin, a wealthy spinster resid
ing in an old homestead In Butternot
Valley, near Noblesvllle, was attend
ing an entertainment on New Year's
night her home was entered and $15,
COO in bonds and 1 30 in cash were
stolen. It is believed that the burg
lary was committed by some one fa
miliar with the premises.
Court of Appeals Reconvened.
Albany, Jan. 5. The court of ap
peals reconvened after the holiday re
cess with only four judges on tho
bench, the others being delayed by the
lateness of trains. Judges Parker,
Fartlett, Vann and Cullen heard argu
ments in several appeals from orders.
The order calandar will consume prob
ably a good portion if not all this
week's session of the court.
Triple Funeral of Fire Victims.
Beloit, Wis., Jan. 5. A triple fu
neral of Iroquois theater victims
moved a great crowd of people to tears
yesterday. The bodies of Mrs Fred
S Pond and the son and daughter of
Mrs. Grace Tuttle, sister of Mrs. Pond,
were laid In the family plot In the city
cemetery yesterday.
When n man Is determined to rise In
the world, it Is better not to Interfere
with him too much. If lils purpose In
right, he will be n dangerous wrestler.
Scfinolmnster.
The highest shot tower In the world
Is in Vlllnch. Austr'n. Bullets from the
upper level fall "4'.) feet.
Still More Autocratic.
Knlrker Pidu't be liud It hard to re
turn to civil life after commanding in
the nrniy?
r.ocker No, indeed. He got a posi
tion as Janitor. Smart Set.
When a beautiful woman smiles some
nocketbook is weeping. Schoolmaster.
People would be more willing to take
their whipping If the fact could be
concealed that they were getting one.
Atchison Globe.
'OINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Summary of the Week's News
of the World.
Cream of the News Culled From Long
Dispatches and Put In Proper Shape
For the Hurried Reader Who is Too
Busy to Read the Longer Reports
and Desires to Keep Posted.
Wednesday.
A Are at the East Buffalo stock
rards destroyed two big sheep sheds
md 4.000 shen intended for export.
088 about $75,000.
Wealthy citizens living in the u
wrbs of Philadelphia have established
in automobile patrol to check a series
if highway robberies.
The Victoria Sealing company,
vhlch controls the pelagic sealing, has
leclared a profit of 50 per cent a
ihare on last season's work.
The Standard Oil company made a
eduction of 5 cents a barrel in the
rlce of high-grade petroleum, and also
nade a cut of 2 cents in the inferior
trades.
The 20 per cent reduction In duty on
3uban products, which went into ef
lect Monday under the terms of the
eciprocity treaty, resulted In large
withdrawals from bonded warehouses
)f cigars and sugar.
Thursday.
Three prominent citizens of Troy
est their lives in burning of the Troy
:lub building at an early hour Wed
nesday morning.
Japan has completed the purchase
)f the Argentine warshlos Moreno and
Hlvadavla, building at Genoa, Italy, for
which Russia also was negotiating.
The president has designated Secre
:ary Root to conduct the Panama nego
tiations with General Reyes of Colom
)la during the Illness of Secretary
Say.
Five hundred peoplo were either
burned or crushed to death in a fire
which broke out in the new Iroquois
;beater at Chicago during the after
loon performance.
Control of the United States Steel
jorporatlon is said to be now vested in
:he Rockefeller group of capitalists and
Henry Clay Frlck, the enemy of An
Irew Carnegie.
Friday.
James N. Abell was locked up In
Wetland, Ont.,' without bail, on i
;harge of forgery.
As a result of the American mission
:c Abyssinia, a treaty with the Unitel
3tates has been signed by Emperor
Vlenellk.
Governor Odell returned to Albany
ifter an hour's talk with Senator Piatt.
Everything was harmonious in tho
jarty, he declared.
Making a tour of Europe, a man,
who gave the name of S. W. Spencer,
s drawing forged checks and drafts
in New York merchants.
Government officials in Washington
ire closely watching conditions on the
tthmus for signs of a possible revolt
igainst the new republic of Panama.
Saturday.
Poisoned candy was sent by a mys
terious woman to a family In Ithaca.
S. Y and two children were rendered
jrltically III eating it.
Baron Hayashl, Japanese minister at
London, has been Informed from Paris
that Russia has decided not to grant
:he Japanese proposals.
The latest record of the lroquoi3
.beater disaster at Chicago Is: Identi
fied dead, 440; unidentified dead. 340;
Hissing. 285; Injured, 180; total, 1,
!45. Eastbound limited No. 22 on the
Lake Shore was wrecked near Ashta
bula and Engineer George Mcintosh
ind Fireman O. W. Kelpflln of Buffalo
ind Enginer Spring of Colllngwood, O.,
ivera killed.
Monday.
Police stopped a panic Satutday aft
ernoon at the New York Thalia thea
ter, caused by a needless alarm of
El re.
Treasury department experts begin
n Investigation Into charges of ir
regularity In the accounts of the in
terstate commerce commission.
Every theater in Chicago is close i
Dy Mayor Harrison. A Becosui order
supplemented the edict of Friday
night, by which 18 houses were 'shut
IP-
Advices from London say that war
jetween Russia and Japan is now a
;ertainty. and other dlspatchei; say
Russia has replied to Japan'a hote re
acting the latter's terms.
No loss of life to patrons of licensed
(heaters has been recorded in London
;ince 1858. The regulations are very
strict, including automatic exits doors
ind fire proof scenery.
Tuesday.
At the opening of the senate the
Shaplaln, Rev. Edward Everett Hale,
piayed for peace between Japan and
Russia.
The president sent to the senate tho
nomination of William H. Taft for sec
retary of war, and Luke E. Wright nf
rtnnessee as civil governor of the
Philippines.
Iowa's state capital at Des Molnei
as destroyed by fire, catching from
jroken electric light wire. The build
ng was erected 20 years ago at a cost
)f 13.000.000.
Solely from witnessing the horror in
;he Iroquois theater. Miss Rita Wild,
12 years old, a teacher at the Feldon
.bal public school, is dead. Her death
rlngs the total of theater fire fatall- .
' ilea up to 68!). 1
PROSPERITY TO CONTINUE.
President Cassatt of the Pennsylvania
Says Iron Trade Will Revive.
Philadelphia, Jan. 4. President Cas
satt of the Pennsylvania behoves thai
this year will be as prosperous aa 1900
He is of the opinion that business wil,
be good and that it will not be lony
before the iron and steel induMiy wil)
again be busy. He says that the conn
try Is in good condition, and through
out the West everything is prosperous
Mr. Cassatt said:
"At the present time there has been
a falling off in shipments, wnich has
been brought about by the decline in
the iron business. There are onh
about 30 per cent of the Iron furnaces
in blast at the present time, but this
state of affairs cannot last, for the
supply will soon be exhausted and the
mills will have to start up.
"General business Is very food and
there are no signs of it falling off.
The iron and steel shipments I ave al
ready begun to pick up. and it lcoks as
I', we will have a prosperous new
ytar."
Protection For Philadelphia Theaters.
Philadelphia, Jan. 4. Mayor Weaver
has appointed a commission to ex
amine and report upon the conditions
existing In the theaters and other
places of amusement In this city. The
appointment was announced hfter a
conference with Mayor Weaver and
Director of Public Safety D. .1 Smith.
The commission will begin their in
vestigation on Monday. Director Smith
said: "The mayor is determined that
adequate protection shall be given the
theater-going public in Philadelphia.
The commission will be allowed the
fullest latitude In their recommenda
tions." New Freight Line For Pittsburg.
Pittsburg. Jan. 4. Pittsburg is to
have a new freight line to Chicago ana
the West. With the entrance of the
Pero Marquette into Chicago, thus en
titling it to the distinction of a trunk
line, a close traffic arrangement h.n
been made between that system and
tho Bessemer and Lake Erie and the
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern railroad, tho
latter of which are properties of the
United States Steel corporation. Tho
alliance will mean that much of the.
tonnage of the Carnegie Steel com
pany for Pittsburg will go to Chicago
and tho Northwestern via the Pero
Marquette.
Hiccoughs Caused Death.
Kittanning, Pa., Jan. 4. After suf
fering with hiccoughs since tho night
before Christmas, Burgess Robert L.
Brown of Wickboro died at a o'clock
Saturday afternoon. He was promi
nent in railroad and oil clrclos. Hi?
was associated with W. IT. 11. Piper
and the late B. B. Campbell In the oil
business In the early days of the Par
ker City boom. Mr. Brown w:ts In his
71st year and leaves a wife and ono
daughter.
Car Wrecked on Mountain.
Pittsburg, Jan. 4. A traction car of
the Knoxville and Mount Oliver line
got beyond control of the mctorman
while descending Monastery hill and
after colliding with two vagons.
Jumped the rails and was wricked at
the foot of the hill. The conductor
and motorman and four passengers
wero seriously hurt. All will recover.
The accident was caused by (Olppery
rails.
Charged With Bribery
Scranton, Pa., Jan. 4. A warrant
was Issued by Magistrate Milhr at tho
instance of Robert Wilson, aent for
the Municipal league, for the arrest
of P. O'Boyle, street commissioner un
der tho administration of Mayor Bail
ey, on the charge of bribery. Mr.
O'Boyle is accused of having handled
money paid to certain members of city
councils in connection with tht Con
Burners' Gas company.
Alleged Train Robbers Held.
Greensburg, Pa., Jan. 4. Hand
cuffed together 19 Syrians and Slavs,
employed by the Pennsylvania Rail
road company at Youngwood. wero
brought to Jail, charged with having
robbed freight cars in the yards at
Youngwood. A preliminary bearing
was given them, and they were held
for court.
Retired on a Pension.
Irwin, Pa., Jn. 4. William H. So
wash, for many years yardmastr-r hero
for the Pennsylvania railroad, retired
on the pension list after .'ta ears of
continuous service. Last week rail
road men presented him with nn easy
chair, gold-headed walking stick and a
purse of money.
Burglars Tracked In the Snow.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Jan. 4. - A gan;
of burglars that In six weeks bad com
mitted 36 robberies was tracked tiv
citizens Saturday morning in the snow
i'hey were trarked from a Morn t
their bouse, but escaped. Quantities
of stolen goods were found in the
bouse.
Blew Out the Gas.
Philadelphia, Jan. 4 John McCaul-k-y,
19 years old, and Goorgo Mc.Mul
lin, 11 years old, wero found dead in
bed, having been aspl,yxlat"d by il
luminating gas. Mct'aulley arrived
from Ireland Saturday. It in believed
ho blew out the gss upon ruth ing.
More Pay For Brewers.
Pittsburg, Jan. 4.Slx bundled mem
bers of the National Union of United
Brewery Workers In tills city have
boon given an increase in wagjs aver
aging 10 per cvut.