DEAD FROM GIRL'S PRANK
Fire and Explosion la a Torpedo Factory
Has a Terrible Effect.
HEAVY SHOCK IN CLEVELAND, OHIO.
While Playlof Darlaf Lunch Hour Ihs Shoe of
a Olrl Sliding oo the Strikes a Spark,
Ijnlllof Loose Powder In an Instant the
Room la Ablate and Explosion Follows
Pathetic Incidents.
Cleveland, O. (Special)- An explo
sion that caused death and destruction
occured in the plant of the Thor Manu
facturing Company, of this city. Thus
iar three people are dead, while 28
tthers are lying at hospitals, some
fatally and others more or less seriously
injured.
The Thor Manufacturing Company is
rngaged in the manufacture of toy tor
!rdo canes and other explosives. The
company was in the midst of its busiest
reason. A large stock of material was
tm hand. Extra girls were hcing em
ployed, and by the end of the week it
was intended to put on the road the
largest shipment ever sent out by the
company.
The force of the explosion was tre
mendous and windows within a radius
c.f a quarter of a mile were broken.
In the house on Orange street, next to
the factory, lived Maurice Cohen, with
his wife and eight children. With the
collapse of the house simultaneously
with the explosion the woman and four
children were caught in the falling par
titions and .all were horribly crushed.
They were all taken out unconscious.
Mrs. Cohen died on the way to the hos
pital. In the house directly in the roar wore
Mrs. Harney Quass and two boys. All
three were badly injured and taken to
hospitals.
The fire originated in a peculiar man
ner. The torpedo caps are tilled in
molds and there is constant danger of
some of the loose powder, supposed to
te fulminate of mercury, dropping on
the floor. For this reason the girls and
hoys who are employed in the tai tory I
are compelled to remove their riot's
wnnc at worn, so as 10 ivum me i.m- 1 Here were 500 eviction cases no- heard. Putting one hand on tlie shoul
der of striking sparks. ( jforc Justice George Rocsch in the 1 der of Mr. Carter, the President, by a
The explosion was due to the frolic- ; I" .urt H Municipal Court in Xow Vork. j quick movement, sprang upon the nar
yomc propensities r.f a new girl who had j n a rjKiu pjols in Tennessee, row reading desk in front of him and
hcen employed at tlie plant less than a , nc;ir i,a Firry, J. P. McfTurd and i stood at full height, smiling down upon
week. The girls had tln-ir shors on at o,.l,rnc were both killed. j the audience and waving his hand for
the lunch hour and one playfully shoved Ur. Lorcnz operated in Chicago upon ; attention. This was greeted with a
another of the girls. As the girl slid j Knsa Stofller. a little girl brought from j mighty roar of applause, and then tlu
along the floor her shoes struck a spark i j;ristol, England. 1 audience became as silent as such a
in some loose powder. ln-taiuly tlie
i;oor was ablaze. itn great present c 1
pf mind one of the girls ran t a tub of
vater which was standing 111 the room
and threw it on the tire. The blaze had
trained too great headway, however, and
the water did not quench it. At this
juncture a painter, who was working on
the Brudno house, next door, gianced
through the open window and saw the
lire. The girls did not seem to realize
their great danger and were trying to
extinguish the flames. The painter, how
ever, realizing what was stored in the
building, yelled to the girls to run for
their lives.
There were ten girls, four boys and
me man in the factory when the explos
ion occurred. All of these got out ex
cept one, Florence Lipster: one man,
Willard Cole, son of one of the prop
rietors of the place, ami Arthur Conway,
a 14-year-old boy.
The tlamcs were ea-i!y subdued by the
firemen, as there was nothing left of the
factory but a pile of drbris. The fire
fighters at once began the work of dig
ging in the ruins for the imprisoned.
The first to be unearthed was little
Arthur Conway, lie had been thrown
!ovn at the very entrance, his face and
Jiands badly cut. but without injuries of
tiny serious nature. The next found was
AVillard Cole. The firemen dug him
from the rubhi-h near the front door.
His right arm was broken and terribly
lacerated and he was covered with
liruises. He was unconscious when
iound, but almost immediately regained
his senses. He broke away from the
firemen who were carrying him and
pushed back to the ruins, crying:
"Florence! Florence!" From this the
firemen knew that at least one other per
son was buried and, drawing Cole away
from the debris, resumed their search.
In a short time they came upon the un
conscious form of Florence Lipster. She
"was pinned under a great weight of de
Lris and awfully bruised and disfigured.
A falling timber had entirely torn away
Mic side of her face. ,
The pecuniary loss sustained by the
torpedo company will not exceed $10,000.
SEVEN KILLED AND THIRTY INJURED.
Grand Trunk Flyer Dashes Into a BIf Crowd
at Detroit.
Detroit (Special). A day of merry
making and celebration by 1.500 Polish
excursionists from Toledo was brought
to a close by a frightful catastrophe at
the corner of Caniie'd and Dequindre
streets at 8.10 o'clock P. M., in which at
least 7 of the excursionists were killed
and about fia others injured.
The excursion was given by the Polish
I-ancers of Toledo over the Lake Shore
Road. The excursionists left the train
at the corner of Canficld and Dequindre
Ftreets. and were met by a number of
local Poles and Polish societies, who
escorted the visitors to St. Joseph's
Church. An entertainment was held
latrr at Harmonia Hall.
About 8 o'clock the visitors becan to
Rather again at the corner of Canficld
and Dequindre streets to take their train
liaok to Toledo.
Suddenly from out of the darkness
ranie the Grand Trunk, Chicago ami
New York express, known as the Pan
American Flyer. It plo-vcd through the
tnass of people, throwing them to both
tides of the track, bruised and maimed
end grinding a number of them under
tne wncfis,
Fruit Injured In the South.
Columbus, Ga. (Special). Fruit
growers throughout this section of the
Iroit belt say that they will have from
one-third to one-half a crop. In the
Buena Vista region, 30 miles south of
litre, the crop is expected to average
fully 50 per cent. The general opinion,
however, secmt to be that the fruit
growing section of Southwestern Geor
gia will not average more than oiie
iourth of crop. Many fruit trees
were killed by the recent cold knaps.
Miners ood Operators Ajrce.
Pittsburg (Special). For the first
time in the history of the United Mine
workers wage scale has been agreed
on by the miners and operators of But
ler, Mercer, Clarion and Armstrong
-cmnffra. This action was the outcome
ol at joint conference held at Gtove
City. Pa. The meeting was attended
ty 17 operators and 37 representative
of the miners. There are J3 mines in
operation in the Acids, and nearly 350c
miners are employed there. Oi ihn
Dumber 3800 are affiliated villi (he
union. Two months ago the di'ru-i,s
were wholly uuorgviucdL
THE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
Domestic.
The Speyers have organized the syn
dictte of American hankers and trust
companies to underwrite an issue of
$15,000,000 notes of the London Un
derground Electric Railway Company,
an eual amount to be underwritten in
London.
Rev. Ferdinand Walzer, a Toledo
priest, was arrested 011 the charge of
murdering Miss Agatha Keichlein at
the priest house of her brother. Rev.
Charles Keichlein, in I.nrrain. O.
In the case of ex-Mayor Ames, on
trial in Minneapolis, testimony was
given to show that his agents collect
ed protection money from unfortunate
women.
A Chicago bookmaker, closely pur
sued by detectives, took refuge in an
undertaking establishment and hid his
papers in a colli n containing a corpse.
Two stable boys and 32 valuable
horses perished in' a fire that destroyed
the stables on W. Gould Ilrokaw's es
tate, at Great N'eck. I.. I.
James Long, Walter Wood. II. W .
Wilson and Charles Rogers, of the No
lan gang of post'iflice robbers and
safe-crackers, were convicted at Green
ville, S. C, and were sentenced each to
five years.
Daniel Kennedy, the Harlem prize
fighter, was arrested in New York on
the charge of murdering James Edward
McMahon, brother oi former Police
Justice McMahon.
C. O. Parker ha resigned the supcr
intendency of the Virginia and South
western Railway, and is succeeded by
J. II. McCttc, at Chattanooga.
The l'ope Manufacturing Company
filed amended articles in Trenton, X.
I . increasing the capital stock from
$-'.'.000 to $-'.2,500,000.
An unknown man secured entrance
into the priest's house in Lorain and
murdered Miss Agatha Keichlein, the
prist's sister. !
A passenger train on the Panhandle
was wrecked near Columbus, ()., ,
tne engineer having disregarded tlie ,
danger signal. i
Capt. Charles D. Sigsbee. ranking as
roar admiral, was installed as coin- j
mandant at the League Island Navy
Yard.
Gen. E. S. Grccly was re-elected pre
i,cnt general of the National Society '
v;,,MS 0- (ilc American Revolution. j
MV j- Wriszlit. vice governor j
fl tle l 11 umines. arrived at Manila ;
and was given a great reception. j
1 he town of Manguma. Province of:
Manila, Philippine Islands, has been 1
destroyed by lire. Insurgents arc sus-
pected of causing the flames. A thou- j
sand houses were burned and the pco-
pie arc in distress. !
The Superior Court at Pittsburg j
granted a writ of supersedeas in the i
case of the sectional school directors j
of Philadelphia convicted of extorting
money from schoolteachers. f
1 lie j.aroness von Kami uorsc- 1
whipped an admirer whose attentions
she said had annoyed her in iront of
the Reading Railroad Terminal Build
ing, in Philadelphia.
Ellen Lang. Louis J. Somerville and
Michael Timpano were held for accel
erating the death ol Leonard Koss, the
New York art dealer.
Ic reign.
In connection with the American
and Japanese engineers' incident and
the generally disturbed conditions in
the interior, the commander oi the
United States monitor Monterey, sta
tioned at Canton. China, and the Amer
ican consul at that port are urging that
more ample moorings be supplied in
the river, in order to provide for emer
gencies. Emperor William was given a mag
nificent reception in Rome. The deco
rations were the same as were used in
honor of King Edward's visit. The
Emperor visited the tombs of King
Victor Emmanuel I. and King Hum
bert, in the Pantheon, and placed
wreaths upon them.
In reference to the reports of trouble
between Russia and Japan regarding
the ownership of property along the
banks of the Yalu river, it is authori
tatively stated that no Russian troops
have crossed the Yalu river.
King Edward witnessed the maneu
vers of 14.000 picked French troops on
the parade grounds at Vincennes. He
subsequently attended the races at
Longchamps.
The Prussian House of Lords had
an exciting discussion over a resolution
from the Conservatives asking the
Chancellor to use bis influence to bring
about the denunciation of the commcr-1
cial treaties and all treaties giving the
most-favorcd-nation treatment.
A state of siege has been proclaimed
at Salonica. The action of the Mace
donian Committee in directing attacks
UMin foreign property was evidently
with the view of provoking the inter
vention of the powers. Italy has dis
patched warships to Salonica.
United States Consul Landger was
fined .o marks by the judge oi a local
court in Solingcn, Rhenish Prussia, fo'
disorderly conduct in the courtroom.
The Socialists celebrated May Day
throughout Germany with public meet
ings. The engineers on the Clyde struck
against a reduction in wages.
Father" lllack, the London clergy
man who opposes the marriage of di
vorced persons, continues to criticise
Henry White, secretary of the United
States Embassy at London, for the
latter's assistance at the Vandcrbilt
marriage ceremony. At the London
diocesan conference the Right Rev.
Arthur F. Ingram, bishop of London,
said the use of St. Mark s Church for
,1,0 weddincr was a "crave moral scan
dal.'
DnaociaL
Rank ol France added $35,000,000 to
its notes in circulation the past week.
Pennsylvania officials have gonetothc
Soo to inspect Lake Superior's plants.
Rock Island this year will earn about
8 per cent. 0:1 its $75,000 of common
stock.
The big trust companies were the
first to break down the price of money
in Philadelphia.
Union Pacific's net earnings for
March, were $1,64.2.081, an increase of
$.161,670,, or more than 20 per cent.
Ontario and Western's net earnings
for March gained $jy.866.
President Shields is quoted as say
ing he finds Lake Superior affairs in
belter condition than he expected.
. Money conditions abroad are still
tight enough to induce the Bank of
England to keep up its high discount
rate.
New York is buying Lake Superior.
Sliort selling by that town drove the
preferred down to lj I-a not very long
ago.
In March the United States export
ed 3 '..ML. 8 pounds of copper. Last
year tnu exports for that io"'h wrrc
tX,07Q.ofS pounds, '
MICH POMP AT ST. LOUIS
The Big Ftlr Buildings Dedicated by
President Roosevelt.
TRAMP OF THE TROOPS HEARD.
The Chief Executive ol the United State at a
Lunch Counter, Passing Piatt s of Food to
Members ol HI Parly, On; of the Novel
Incidents of Ihs Day drover Cleveland
Spoke In ths Liberal Arts Building.
St. Louis (Special). The resident
of the United States climbing upon the
speakers' desk to enable the crowd in
the great hall to see and hear him and
the tremendous ovation given cx-Prcsi-dent
Grover Cleveland are two inci
dents of the World's Fair dedication
ceremonies which will be remembered.
The Liberal Arts Building, in which
the ceremonies were held at the con
culsion of a brilliant military parade,
covers a square of about to acres, and
every foot of space within its walls was
crowded. Such was the capacity of
the building that it was impossible for
any speaker to make himself heard
throughout the audience, and the noise
of the people trying to get as near the
front as possible was soon such as to
render it difficult for a speaker to make
himself heard 40 feet away.
The invocation of Cardinal Gibbons
was not audible above the hum of
voices and shulding of feet. Ex-Senator
Thomas II. Carter, the presiding
officer for the day. who closed his ca
reer in the Senate by a 12-hour speech
without losing voice, could not make
himself heard for more than half a
dozen sentences.
Ex-Gov. David R. Francis, who
ccms to be the idol of St. Louis, de
jiv,.rC( his presentation address with-
out being heard. Only the music of
the band and the voices of the grand
chorus could rise above the tumult of
the vast assemblage,
When the President was introduced
by Mr. Francis the building resounded
u'oli tlip :imil:uise :mrl cheers of 2?.ooo i
or 10,000 persons. The President tried
to speak, but no word of his could be j
crowd could be. Mr. Kooseelt com
nlctcd his address standme unoii the :
desk, motioning the audience to atten-
t ion when it became too demonstrative.
for him to be heard. .
Mr. Cleveland, whose address follow-'
ed that of the President, was received
with an extraordinary demonstration.
Tlie audience shouted and cheered.
waving hats and handkerchiefs audi
cried. - Grover, Grover." The President !
joined in the demonstration, waving j
hjs sjk hat and encouraging the con-1
tinuanee of the ovation, which lasted
several minutes
SUICIDE AT THE AQE OP 72 YEARS.
Jacob LadMbcrg, Once Wealthy, Had Lost All
I h Speculation.
! Bayonnc, X. J. (Special). At the
! , !,..,.. I 1.or,r ,.f
lk;ST IJI J (-.11 s I.UUMIII.I),!
Hayonne, committed suicide. He had
been ill for several years. With 50
cents in his pocket he leit his home
at J5 Center street, and started for a
walk in the direction of Jersey City.
On the bank of the Morris Canal
Rudolph Schumann, of Jersey City,
passeil Ladenberg as he stood looking
at the water in the canal.
A few hours later Schumann return
ed and noticed a coat and hat lying
near the water. Looking into the ca
nal he was surprised to see the body
of a man. partly clad, but was more
surprised to recognize it as that of
Ladenberg.
It is believed that Ladenberg walked
into the water, which was only four
feet deep, and held his head under wa
ter until he died. It is said the deceas
ed was wealthy at one time, but lost
his money in speculation. He was well
known in Hayonne.
KILLED IN A WKECK.
Two Men Deal and Five Injured la a Collision
In Connecticut.
South Norwalk-, Ct. (Special). Two
dead and five seriously injured is the
result of a collision between a west
bound passenger train and a freight
train just east of the New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad Station.
The collision occurred as the passen
ger train was pulling into the westbound
depot. It bad crossed the bridge over
Washington street, when the rear Hat
car on the freight train, which was run
ning on a parallel track, went over the
track and crashed into the rear of the
passenger engine tender and the smok
ing car.
The side of the smoking car, which
bore the brunt of the collision, was
crushed in and passengers were pinned
under the seats and timbers. Two cars
immediately following the smoker were
thrown from the track.
Prlvste Bank Robbed.
Albion, Mich. (Special). Halstead's
private bank at Concord was entered by
thieves and the safe dynamited. It is
said that all the funds in the bank, in
cluding postoffice money and stamps,
was secured by the robbers. The
cracksmen stole a horse and buggy and
escaped to this city, where they are sup
posed to have taken a train at 4 o'clock.
Scores Dead at Salonica.
Salonica (By Cable). The number of
Bulgarians killed during the recent dy
namite riots is now estimated at 100.
A complete bomb manufacturing plant
has been discovered in a shoemaker's
shop, communicating by an under
ground passage with the Ottoman
Bank. It is feared that the presence of
three Austrian warships, which have
arrived here, will encourage the Bul
garians to irritate the Turks, who, up
to the present time, have behaved well.
Watchman Bolted In Vat.
Philadelphia (Special). J. Schlick
ing, 60 years old, of Scluer and Sal
mon streets, a watchman at the Allen
Dyeing Company's plant, Frankford
avenue and William street, fell into a
vat of bciliiiz potah during the night,
and next morning early his skeleton
was found by fellow-workmen protrud
ing from the fiery bleaching liquid.
Schlicking was subject to attacks of
vertigo, and it is believed that he was
overcome immediately after turning on
the steam under the big vat and pitclt
ri hatiirst 'ou the caustic lio''''L
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
Issue of Paper Currency.
The total paper currency of all de
nominations outstanding April ,10, ac
cording to n tabic issued by United
States Treasurer Roberts, was $1,634,
258.613, less $1,000,000 of unknown de
nominations which has- been destroy
ed. The amount of each denomination
follows:
One dollar. $77,417,766; 2 dollars,
$45,669.10.?; 5 dollars. $348,045,639: 10
dollars, $449,030,70,2: 20 dollars, $346,
922.786; 50 dollars, $59,974,615; too dol
lars, $91,23.2.870: 500 dollars, $20,491.
500; 1000 dollars, $73,377,500: 5000 dol
lars. $28,8oo.oco; 10,000 dollars, $92,
660.000; fractional parts, $36,042.
Of the grand total $346,681,016 is in
United States notes, $20,795,000 in
Treasury notes of 1890, $391,151,728 in
national bank notes, $410,257,869 in
gold certificates, and $464,373,000 in sil
ver certificates,
Alaskan Case Prepared.
The case of the United States, which
is to be laid before the Alaskan Boun
dary Commision, has been completed
and was delivered at the British Em
bassy here.
At the same time the British case
was turned over in London to the
American Embassy. The United States
case makes a volume of no less than
650 pages.
The next step" will be the prepa
ration of the counter cases, and these
must be delivered, one in Washington
and one in London, July 3 next. All
this is preparatory to the meeting of
the joint commission which will take
place in London on September 3.
Mr. Hay as "Artful Jeems."
Secretary I lav in a note addressed
to Count Cassini expresses refect that j
.l,pr. slw.nld l-.nvp !.,. rvP n tern-
porary misconception or doubt as to!jR additional explosions. Terror
Russia's position in Manchuria and re- j stricken farmers and limestone quar
turns thanks of this Government for rymcn have Hocked into the town of
the frank and satisfactory declaration ! Williamsburg for rcfunc.
of Russian principles.
Incidental v. of course, the note 1
serves to make a permanent record of I
Russia s position as verbally explained. 1
Dlplomailc Changes. !
George L. I.orillard. a son of the late j
Pierre I.orillard, has been appointed
second secretary of legation at Ha
vana, in place oi Henry P. Fletcher, of
Pennsylvania, who has been transferred
to Peking to replace William E. Bain
1 1 1. . 1... . : 1 ... ...
I HI IMI, who ills risimisu 10 ai us
1 ;.,.,i c....,.,, -.r1,itrrop in tlio
proachinir Caracas arbitration.
ap-
William J. Pike, of Pennsylvania, has
been appointed consul at Zittau. in
j,iact. ol- Hugo -Mcunsch, transferred to
plav.cn.
To Help the Scientific Congress.
Tl c,.,, 11. ,., ; .,,,.,1
1 ,c IPrtment issued spec.u
credentials to three distinguished
scientists who arc going to Europe for
tle World's Fair Commission to in-
sure the success of the Scientific Con
gress, which is to be held in St. Louis.
They were Simon Xewcomb, of Wash
ington; Prof. Hugo Munsterberg, of
Harvard, and Prof. Albion W. Small,
of the University of Chicago.
Neeley Money Is Locked L'p.
The Postmaster-General has turned
over to the Treasurer of the United
States for safekeeping the sum o
about $0000 found in the possession of
C. E. W.Xcely at the time of his arrest
in connection with the Cuban postal
frauds.
More Soldiers Die ol Cholera.
Acting Adjutant General McCain has
received a report from General Davis,
commanding the department of the
Philippines, in which he says that of
10 deaths since his last report 7 were
caused by cholera.
Consul Landger Must Explain.
The State Department will call upon
United States Consul Joseph J. Land
ger, at Solingcn, Germany, for a re
port upon the imposition of a fine upon
him for contempt of court, as reported
111 the cable dispatches.
In tbe Departments.
General Davis, commanding the De
partment of the Philippines, reported
that of 10 deaths since his last report
7 were caused by cholera.
A number of important appointments
were announced in the Department of
Commerce and Labor and in the Treas
ury Department.
Governor Cailles, of Laguna Prov
ince, has captured Rios, the fanatical
leader, who is Said to be guilty of many
crimes A fanatical Moro attacked an
outpost at Camp Vicars. Island of
Mindanao, Philippine Islands, and
wounded three soldiers before he was
killed.
Henry M. Clabaugh took the oath oi
office as chief justice of the Supreme j
Court of the District of Columbia, j
The State Department received ad
vices from United States Consul Gen
eral McWade, at Canton, stating that a
mob of anliforeign Chinese attacked a
party ol American engineers at Yuan
tan, on North river, 140 miles from
Canton.
Col. T. A. Bingham retired from the
office of superintendent of public build
ings and grounds at Washington.
It was decided at the meeting of the
Association of Officials of the Bureaus
of Labor Statistics that better results
were secured by tactful agents than by
experts.
The text of the opinion of the United
States Supreme Court in the Alabama
registration case has been made public.
Passenger Train Ditched.
Columbus, O. (Special). with the
danger block set against it, a Panhan
dle passenger train bound for Cincin
nati on the Little Miami division,
struck the derail at the Baltimore and
Ohio crossing and was ditched. The
U. and O. passenger train whizzed past
a moment later. The Panhandle engine
and combination baggage and passen
ger car were turned completely over
and the day coach back of the combin
ation car was dragged into the ditch,
but remained upright. The diner and
Pullman cars did not leave the track.
, Stenographer Fatally Shot
Roanoke, Va. (Special). Harvey T.
Moore, a stenographer in the law of
fice of J. F. Strothcr, at Welch, W. Va.,
was shot and instantly killed while tit
ting by a window at that place. A
neighbor fired rifle at a chicken: the
shot went wild and struck Moore in
the left breast, going through his heart
Double Tragedy Over "No License."
Owego, N. Y. (Special). Louis V.
Lacey, proprietor of a hotel at Richford,
shot and killed his wife and then com
mitted suicide. He was despondent on
vco'int of U town going "un Ucent.''
POWDER JILL HORROR
Nine Workmen Killed by an Explosion
at Pincy Creek.
LARGE POWDER PLANT WRECKED.
Women Employed In the Building Managed
to Escape Window Panes In Town Five
Miles Away Were Broken Men Who Met
Dcalh Were Blown to P.ecs V.nny Homes
Art Demolished Value of Plant $35,009. ,
Hollidaysburg, Ta. (Special). The
extensive plant of the Crescent Powder
Company, at Canister, about ten miles
south of here, was completely wrecked
by a scries of four explosions. '
Of the thirty employees nine were
killed outright and all the others were
badly injured by being blown about the
buildings in which they were employed.
The ages of the dead ranged from 20
to 25 years. Seven of them were Amer
icans and two were Italians.
The list of injured includes Adam
Taggart, of Tittsburg, the superinten
dent of the company, who was found
unconscious in his oliiee by his wife and
was dragged out of the burning build
ing by her at the peril of her own life.
The first explosion occurred among
the material in the mixing house, blow
ing that building to atoms and also de
stroying the two punching houses and
the office. Nothing was left of these
structures. Fire arose in the other
buildings to complete the chapter of
horrors. The force of the explosion was
felt in towns five miles away and all
houses in the locality were damaged.
The bodies of the dead arc unrecog
nizable and the country around about
is strewn with the melancholy remnants
of what were once human forms. The
fire at the deserted plant continued
throughout the day and no person ven-
ttit-f1 nofir tUn fliirminrl ct iMli'f 11 TP. fctlX-
The Crescent Powder Company sup-
nlicd the nowder and dvnamile used in
the large limestone quarries oi the
United States Steel Corporation 111 tins
countrv and is owned bv Pittsburg cap
italists. There were eleven buildings
in the plant, of which number five are
stil
standing, 1 lie estimated vaiuc oil
tli.. ii1-,.it ..-no SiEnnri ti-orL'e K.I
MaeCabc. of Pittsliurg. is the president
oi the powder company and George
I routman,
treasurer.
of the same city, is me i
I
Motorman Madden.
Pittsfield, Mass. (Special). The fine
of $500 imposed on .Motorman lutciui 1
Madden, in connection with the sou- 1
lencc of six months for manslaughter!
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Craig, President Roosevelt s body
ward, was naid bv the Pittsfield Elec
trie Street Railway Company. The pay
ment of the "fine! 'it is understood, whs j
made in connection with a plan to se
cure Madden's release from the House
of Correction. Pardon papers were at
once forwarded to District Attorney
Malone. and it is understood that if
Mr. Malone signs the petition for the
motorman's release, the county com
missioners will at once give Madden
his freedom.
Wrote Lett:rs to Riosevclt.
Chicago, 111. (Special). Otto Hcim.
writer, of a series of rambling and
threatening letters to President Roosc-
velt. has been arrested and taken to tn
detention hospital, where his sanity
will be inquired into. He fancies that
he has been greatly wronged and that
lie has been cheated out of $jo.coo oi
life insurance by an insurance company.
Postmaster Coyne, to whom some of
the letters were referred, laid the mat
ter before Chief of Police O'Xeil and
Captain Porter, of the government Se
cret Service. Hcim lives at 187 Vv'est
Seventeenth street with his wiic and
child, and is employed at a sheet-iron
foundry.
Killed By Boiler Explosion.
Newark. O. (Special). Reinhard
Schcidler, one of Newark's foremost
manufacturers and citizens, vice-president
of the Newark Savings Bank and
former owner of the Newark and Gran
ville Electric Railway, was killed and
eight other men- were injured by a
boiler explosion at the Schcidler ma
chine shops. Mr. Schcidler and four
employees were testing an engine when
the boiler exploded.
Have Engin:ers Perished.
Hongkong (By Cable). The Uritrd
States gunboat Callao, which was dis
patched to the nearest point up the
river from Canton to aid the engineers
at work on the Canton-Hankow Rai
road, who were recently attacked by a
mob. reports having found broken in
Mruments and books belonging to the
engineers, and their empty, drilling
houseboat.
False Teeth Caused Death.
Davenport, Iowa (Special). t.aui'i
Beckman, an insane patient at Mercy
Hospital, found a set of false teeth and
tried to wear them, although she had
a good set of natural teeth. The false
teeth slipped down her throat and chok
ed her to death in live minutes. Phy
sicians, at a past-mortem examination,
recovered thcr.i from her right lung.
Express Agent Robbed.
Dcs Moines, la. (Special). Two
masked men grabbed the package con
taining $10,000 from Agent Peterson
of the United State Express Company
while a train was standing at Britt.
They secured the money and escaped
after a struggle. Two suspects have
been arrested.
Few Children Affected.
Charleston, S. C. (Special). The
Child Labor bill, known as the Mar
shall law, went into effect throughout
South Carolina. Lender its provisions
no child under 10 years can legally
work in any cotton mill. There were
so few of such employes that the en
forcement of the law did not create a
ripple at Columbia, the State capital
and a great factory center, where about
20 children were employed. The chil
dren reported for work as usual, bul
were not permitted to work.
Howard Found Guilty.
Frankfort, K. (Special). In the third
trial of James Howard for the killing
of Gov. William Gotbel, over three
ycara ago, the prisoner was found
guilty. The jury first reported that it
could not agree. Judge Cantrell then
sent its members back with instructions
to remain until an agreement was
reached. A half hour later the jury
again reported with a verdict of guilty
and fixing the punishment at life im
prisonment. Tho jurors) all voted for
a verdict ol guilty, the disagreement be
a j ie"t of ouuishuiC-UL.
112 PERSONS REPORTED KILLED.
Entire Top of Mountain Hurled Upon
Sleeping Town of Frank.
Vancouver, B. C. (Special). Over
whelmed by countless tons of rock and
with probably 112 of its inhabitant!
killed almost instantly, the little mining
town of Frank, in Southwestern Alberta,
is threatened with complete destruction,
by flood.
Old Man's river, which flows tiirough
the center of the town, is dammed up b
the fallen rocks to the height of nearly
ico feet and the entire valley above the
town is flooded for miles. A big body ol
water is pressing with force upon the
dam, the only protection the town ol
Frank now has, unless the river shall
find another channel. Should the im
promptu dam break the entire village
would be swept away.
A dispatch from Frank says:
"A tremendously loud reverberation
shook the whole valley of the Old Man'
river at 4.10 o'clock and scarcely hall
the inhabitants of this town awakened
to a realization of the immediate danger,
when from the top of Turtle mountain,
overlooking the settlement, millions of
tons of rock were hurled.
"The Frank mines, operated by the
French-Canadian Coal Company, across
the river from the town, were seen to be
buried under hundreds of feet of rock
just as the morning light was breaking.
Inside of five minutes from the first
thunderous shock and he fore half of the
town realized what had happened a
small force of men had started to the
relief of the miners, despite the great
risk they ran 1 f being buried under the
rocks, which were still being precipitated
from the loftv mountain top. The vol
unteer relief force was unable to get intc
the mine, but managed to get neat
enough to determine that not a man at
the workings had escaped death. Many
had been fearfully mangled.
"The disaster was merciful to those
men who were employed above ground
in that they must have been killed in
stantly, while those men in the working?
of the mine may yet be alive if they hav
air to breathe. If all the air shafts to
the mine were closed up under that
awful avalanche, all the men must have
died.
" The disaster was not confined to the
vicinity of the mine alone, for many of
the dwelling horses in the town ol
frank were demolished by the falling
rock. Some of the occupant ; of these
houses escaped death, but many w;cre in-
-s........ . n i.nu
mated that the loss of life will exceed
ice, and the !a'ect returns place the
number of dead at 2.
.t noon it was impossible to arrive
at any accurate estimate of the loss of
jfej a5i owj,, to the excitement and
hurry and rush r.f people 011 the street-.,
c could say who is missing and
" ho is not. I here arc no records avan-
able that will tell how many men were
working in and about the mine at the
time of the disaster. It is variously re-
1lcd. thai there were from eighteen tc
fifty miners tinder ground. It is known
that many women ami children have suf
fered death, but just how many it is im
possible to tell at present."
When reports concerning the magni
tude of the disaster and details came in
from reliable men who had been out
prospecting for news, it was discovered
that the earth opened for three-quarters
of a mile and many feet in width, and
that the whole northern face of Turtle
mountain slipped from its place.
The shock resultant upon the precipi
tation of the millions of tons of rock intc
j the valley, while only actually demolish
ing comparatively few of the houses,
shook the foundations of a majority ol
the dwellings in the town so' that they
arc unsafe to live in, and many hundreds
of people will have to live in the ope::
or under such temporary shelter as' may
be procurable.
AIR CLAST IN OOLD-MININQ.
How Edison Proposes to Separate Precious
Metal From (travel.
New York (Special). Thomas A
Edison has a scheme for extracting the
untold billions of dollars' worth of gold
that lie in the immense "low-grade"
quartz gravel beds in Lower Califor
nia, New Mexico, Arizona and North
ern Mexico. These cannot now bf
worked, because water for the
old-fashioned placer hydraulic system
is lacking and the gold runs in toe
small a quantity to the ton to make min
ing it profitable under other systems.
An air blast is employed by -Edison
in his solution of the problem to sep
arate the gold from the mass. Experi
ments on the desert near Santa Fc by
Claude Chapman, one of Edison's as
sistants, have enabled Edison and Chap
man to produce a machine which they
declare will reclaim 08 per cent, of the
J Ko!d from the gravel. The plant near
Santa Fc was constructed to see what
could actually be accomplished under
the most adverse conditions.
A French Steamer Wrecked.
Salonica (Ey Cable). The boilers of
the French steamer Guadalquivir blew
ns she u-a lcavintr this nort. and the
1 steamer broke in two. Fire then broke
j out in the aftcrpnrt of the vessel. Sev-
eral of the engineers were badly injured.
The passengers are safe. The ship will
be a total loss.
SPAKKS FROM THE WIRES.
At a 'special meeting of th direc
tors of the Cramp Shipbuilding Com
pany all the old directors resigned and
a voting trust was formed.
The cornerstone of the S 10,000,000
steel plant of the Mohawk Valley Steel
and Wire Company was laid at Bruns
wick. Ga.
The Bishop of London has summoned
Rev. Mr. Haddcn, who married Mr,
Vandcrbiit and Mrs, Rutherford, to
make an explanation. yf
In Chicauo the Bare ' Arbitration
has decided that the ('iai Iwny Com
pany must place ( obstn ,:lcs in the
way of the labor ion lengthening
itself Liid that the .iplon yes must not
uiscrimiiialR againsnov iiunion men.
The Iii'.Tiin'.io'ial KJ National Good
Roads Convention, tn session in. St.
Louis, adopted rcMi'utioiiK containing
recommendations fk.r the construction
of good roads llv-w.bout the country.
Forest fires thrcvton the destruction
of Onaway, Mich. The lumber camps
near, the city arv. surrounded by the
flames and it ii feared that there will
be a loss 01 life
An official di,,patch was received by
the State Depbnmeiit from Ambassa
dor MeCoriuii;k declaring that he had
received asuraii.cts that Russia had no
intention oi closing the door in Man-
Vlllll Id. j
The O:to.n-:n Bank, at Salonica,
European 'inrkev. was destroyed by
dynamite. . 'I he postoffice and other
building.;'.' divert also attacked, resulting
in a t-i' u: s.l during which two men were
killed ap! two persons injured. It is
now li'i:,evtd the French steamer
Gna b!',iu irtr, which was -destroyed
wl'! -,f viug the port of Sntfnica,j was
M' I'.'t, " bv " bol,,l- ' " ' '
THE KEYSTONE STATE
Latest Neiva ot Pennsylvania Told 0
Short Order.
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1 aieins grained: jonn l., Allncsf
West Homestead, switch; James
vrmstrong, i'iitsiv;rg, tricK toy: Ar.
.1 n T,1l - . 1
uiui u. uciiows, 1 lusimrg, sieci car
construction, also car truck and bul
titer; Harry Gilchrist, Pittsburg. m0.
tor vehicle; Sigmund V. Hubcr. Pin,,
burg, shearing mechanism; William K
Kicssel, Altoona, door operating near
ior coai or cokc cars; jonn r. Nocpp,
New Kensington, curtain stretcher'
William Maxwell. Pittsburg, mctallit
pole; Camillc Mercadcr, Pittsburg,
coal heating furnace; John W. Nowak'
All 1 -I . 1 : '
Miegiicny, clonics wringer gear cast
ing; Peter Patterson, McKcesport, per
forated bottom furnace; S. A. Rs,,
Eric, net lifting machine; Edwin El
Slick, Pittsburg, repeater for rolling
mills; Frank N. Smith. Bradford, pipt
coupling; 1 nomas, 1. voorms, .McDon
ald, non-explosive can.
Pensions granted: Henry T. Con.
fer, Wclmcrding, $6; Thomas Smith,
Pittsburg, $40: John Griffith, Pleasant
Gap, $8; Esau Harding, Fairchance,
$10: Sherwood Pierce. Emporium
$8: Amos G. Ealy. Bcalleville, $10: Rob.
crt A. Hill, Pittsburg. $40; John H nob
ler. Atlantic, $55: William II. Chain
hers. Tidioute, $u: Hiram I. Fox,
Sacgcrtown, $10; James I. Carroll,
Erie. $10; Alexander Nedrow. Ursina,
$10; William Bruce, Sheaklcyville, $10:
Henry Krcmis, Krcmis, $46: Williair
G. Kane, Pittsburg, $li; Walter k
Johns. Oil Citv, $12; Harriet A. Wiles,
Pctrolia. $R; Sarah E. Clousc, Cotiflu
ence, $S: Ellen Burns, Gallitzin, Su
Martha J. Clark. Pittsburg, $8: I-;iiz)
Chamberlain, Dugalls, $12; Hamuli
McAUigott. Pittsburg. $8: John W
Gorsuch, Titusvillc. $3; Edward II.
Swisher, Bellwood. $12; John Craiv.cr,
Snowshoe, $12; Robert Barr. Hobokcn,
$10; Nelson Sherman, F.d.inboro. $10;
Joseph A. Kashner, New Hamburg,
fo; Charles Smith, Iicllcfontc, $40;
Alfred J. Roth, Prospect, $10: J.ihn
McRridc, Hermitage, $12; Cathariaa
Tenure, Pittsburg. $8.
Burglars at Voungwood broke i;ti
Mie general store of P. N. Pl i'.t ;;:-J
stole $500 in clothing and mcrchan.i!
which they hauled away in a wagrivt.
Fire at the plant of the CIcarf.cM
Clsy Working Company, caused by t':i
explosion of dynamite, destroyed tin
boiler house and blacksmith shop.
Four hundred miners at the Hick'
:oal works near Lccchburg, an; ot
strike for 51 cents a ton for ma.ii'in
mining. The company offers 47 c-iiis.
Butler borough council awarded tli:
contract lor paving West Water strert
to Harry Crooks, of that place. Tit
Kittannm- rire Llav Company will iv.r-
nisli the bricks, the work will cot
fjo.ooo.
Mrs. James 1. Rouse was 1 jj:;.1
dead in bed at New Castle.
ashuiKloii Council has passed a:
ordinance requiring all dogs to be muz
zled. Eighty-five cases arc scheduled to bi
tried at the May term of Crimia
Court in Greensburg.
Plans arc under consideration ffi
.-onstruc'.ing a $50,000 1 nunc Mem
Christian Association building ir
Gree isburg.
1 he Charleroi Chamber of Commcr."
paid $20,000 for J2 1-2 acres of -groin'
near that town and will offer it a ;
site to some manufacturing coiiarr
seeking a location.
Elizabeth L. Payne, Pearl .. x
maker, Tessic Lowcry, Bertha (.
Jones, Irene Stowars. Bessie E. M iller
John Kramer and 'Charles V. Rivet
were graduated irom the Jiynimr
High bchool.
Solomon Harvey died m the Punt
sutawney hospital from a fractu
skull, received bv a falline rock.
Kev. K. V. J liompson, ot .Mays, ir.fl.
has accented a call to the pastorate
the New Wilmington United IV-bv
tcrian congregation.
New Wilmington citizens want trft
Icy connections with Sharon and .V
Castle and a committee has been a?
nointcd to confer with the traction
ficials on the matter of extending the
lines to that place.
Among the wreckage ol seven
Reading Railroad box cars rcccr-t
was a barrel wlucli the wreck cm
thought contained dirt. The barrel
burned along with the pile. A cut
aeent found that the barrel contains
gold dust and sweepings worth $Soo
Irom a manufacturing jewelry coinpj'
in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Jacob bteielc. ol Keamsto
died suddenly in the Evangelm
liurch, that place, while the congrcs:
lion was in the middle of the service
The woman was seen to fall fonvi
from her seat and when friends rea
cd her side she was dead. The co;
grcgation was at once dismissed w
the body of Mrs. Stcigle removed t'
her home. She was 40 years old.
Tho nriv r.hrist German KvailOCilC
Church at Oil Citv was dedicated. I1
building cost $25,000.
.Mayor b. M. tloyer, ot Altoona.
rested on a charge ol violating r
nrdinniiri ii-nQ rlisi-hnrirprl at a lieartf'
Wilham Havs. colored, convicted
killing William Terkins at Masonto-
was sentenced at Uuiotitown to l" s
The district committee of the Mcl
odist Protestant conlercnce, has ste
ed Kitannmg as the next meeting P J
Hannah Burke, 38 years oiu, s
niMtip Ir.oM blitircr wfis in.St3''t
killed bv a Dasscnuer train at the I'1'
rison avenue crossing of the Pcnnv
vania Railroad. She was thrown a
tancc of 75 feet, almost every bone
her body being broken. ,
larnh F Hi'fnrr. a miner, was rru
to death bv a fall of coal at DuHmi
Harry Hoover, with a bullet wj?
It. ...3 ....(, -
tie, and is being held pending a"
vestigation.
The Odd Fellows' building at U
was damaced bv fire to the exlc"!
ri.l.ooo. Charles Spratt, who co
pied the lower tloor, lost neavnj-
As John Loughrey, of Conshoho
was being taken to jail ne sang '
Me Back to Home, Sweet H0,
John, according to records, sPenl."
of the 365 days of the past year tj
on sliort sentences for drunkentie
Leaping the rails at Mahanoy
two gondolas and an oil tank car 1
Philadelphia and Reading Ne1
freight played "tag" with teleg
poles, mounted switches and cf
bridges for a mile without otlicf
dent until the train stopped. . ,
W. H. Marstcrs. aged 45. fc" &li
the street at Latrobc.
William Ordikowsky was held '1
bail at bhamokm charged witn ' J
ing his wife. It fs claimed '"'. i
.!.... . ...if- . j v.;.,. in nil f"1
1117 III a wus mm j
smith shop, and when he as? 1
second wife to assist in his 'rj
r.r...H ii aiiorf in have i"
and beat her in return.
Not satisfied with losing fl
under the wheels ol a coat j
time ago, Joseph Gilchen, ageo-u
a crutch under his arm, crawled
another train at Mahanoy City- y
he attempted to alight, the ,
lower limb was injured and 1
be amputated ' ' .