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STRANGE TRAIN WRECtf
The Locomotive on Oilier
Blew I'p.
ENGINEER AND HREMAN
AH Ike Pisseners Injure Vcrtijatha East
koosd Train Cart Blt ' prom the
Track Aaonf Tboie ' Were Injured
Wit Jodie Hooker, of Ik Saprene Coorl
I New York. ,
Unca, N. Y. (Siitf.ia!), Two train
men lost their lives r.nd a score or more
of passengers wrre injured in a wreck
on tlic New York, Central Railroad at
Whitesboro, thrr'e miles west of here.
None of the i'.ijured was dangerously
hurt, th.:;r w otiuds being mainly cuts
and bruises.
The dcae'i arc J 'm Allen, engineer,
and John 'Bremirn, firc.nan, of tlic loco
molie or,' ilie Wcst-rn express.
As thij train was pacing the Buffalo
special rastbonnd tiic boiler of tlic loco
motive i f the westb uiml train exploded.
The fiorce e.f the cxplo-ion and the up
heav',1 of die engine threw the entire
rai,i of it cars ce"inin.iuir the "special"
frf.rn the rails as if it had hern a string i
?4 toy coache. The rear Pullmans top-
'Al info a ilitrh on till- si.li of thi trn,-'..-
but the forward cars were hurled into an
adjoining field at di-lanccs varxiug from
10 to 40 feet. Several tlew from the
supporting truck and wheels and plowed i
deep into snow hanks, Ineir ends being
demolished hy the impact.
The westbound train did not leave tlic
track. The knowledge lhat an accident
"had happened came to the sleeping pas
sengers on this train when the car.;
topped with suddenness and a shock
which threw the occupants of the berths
backward with gre.it force, in some cases
tossing them out on the floor. When
the extent of the disaster 10 the east
bound train became known to the res
cuers they expected to find many dead
nd injured.
An hour or more was devoted to ex
tricating passengers from the interior of
she sleeping cars, but whil? many were
lound to be cut and bruised, no otic was
tiead. The work of reaching the passen
gers was carried oil in a freezing atmos
phere which benumbed the feet and
hands, and which caused great distress
to such of the rescuers as had re-ponded
only partially clothed. The roar of
the explosion awakened nearby residents,
who assisted in relieving the imprisoned
assengers. Sleighs were procured, and
several ci the injured were taken to the
Whitesboro Sanitarium.
Among the injured was State Supreme
Court Justice Warren 15. Hooker, of
Fredonia. 1 le was severely bruised. He
aid that he had been thrown with great
force from his berth, and found himself
lying across the woodwork of the oppo
site compartment. Not until assistance
came was the Judge able to leave the car,
which was resting on its right side, wilh
rfs rear end splintered.
Justice Hooker was taken to Buffalo
and subjected to a thorough examination
at the railroad station by Dr. James M.
Putnam. Afterward Dr. Putnam said
that, while he believed that Judge Hook
er's recovery was certain, the Judge was
seriously hurt and was suffering much
pain. His injuries, which were cxcliv
ively internal, the Doctor said, would
tonfine the patient to his bed for several
weeKs, ami lie may suiter considerably
longer from the effect of his injuries.
t-rotn the fact that Fireman Brcnnan
was instantly killed and Engineer Alien
lived but a few minutes the cause of the
taplosion probably never will be known.
Both men lived at Albany.
The strangest feature of the accident
as it appeared to an onlooker was that
he boiler of the westbound locomotive
was resting midway between the rails
f the casibound track at a point where
the Eastern train had passed. This sug
gested the theory to trainmen that the
'Iwiler had struck the second car of the
astbound train as it rushed by at the
rate of jo miles an hour, the blow caus
ing; all the following cars to be hurled
from the track.
Most of the people who were injured
rere in the sleeping car on the cast
lound train that was opposite the en
gine of the westbound train at the in-
tant of the explosion. This car was
lifted from the track and hurled about 50
feet away, and is said to have turned
over several times in the flight. It was
o badly wrecked that its occupants
could not be pollen out for for an hour
fter the accident.
The total damage arising from the
j wreck in property loss is estimated at
-bout $00,000.
Woman killed in Fire.
Buffalo, N. Y., (Special). Fire de
stroyed a part of the lnglcside Home
for Women. In a panic among the 50
inmates of the placctone woman was kiil
l td and four were seriously hurt.
The fire was discovered while the
s -women were preparing for supper. Most
if whom were on the second and third
floors of the building and fhey became
.panic-stricken as the smoke rapidly fiiled
' Che halls.
Thief killed By Sentry.
Billed.
'ew York fSpeciaD.-James Sebery. Ru-ian 'lrVk.- victims, aml'c.p. -.ally for
erne of four men caught in the act of the Mention of Maxim G..rkv, the au
robbing the Brooklyn Navy Yard, was ' thor, continue to be held throughout
shot and instantly
Iinreiiee T. Milton,
Kineu oy rrivate
a sentry. Seberv's
three companions escaped. Milton came
upon the four men before daybreak
while they were slinking along the yard,
carrying a large piece of copper pipe.
When he ordered them to halt they
dropped the pipe and ran. One of four
hots fired by the sentry brought St
Ltry down.
A Terrilic tlxplotion.
Montpelicr, lnd. (Special). By
explosion of 2,2-0 quarts of nitrogly
cerr.i i
in one of the magazines ot" the American 1
lalyccruie Lomp.-ny, three miles north
-of here, two of the company's employes
were seriously injured, but probably will
recover. A hide 30 feet deep was torn
in the ground. Several farmhouses
within a radius of two miles were slight
ly damaged. Trees 500 feet away were
uprooted and -tripped. The explosion
wa heard distinctly at Ohio City, 5a
miles a.vjv.
rinds Ureal Sun Spot.
Chicago (Special). A (tin ?pot be
lieved to be one of Ihe largest and best
defined ever observed has been discov
ered by Prof. A. if. Cole, a local as
tronomer. Projected through a small
pera glas on .1 -hict of while paper,
a disk nn-asuring si, inches in diameter
wan disclosed. Mathematical calcula
tions proved that the solar spot was one
tenth of its total diameter, or more, than
Ro.ooo miles in it j widest part, The spot
in egg-shaped and can be easily discerned
through a smoked glass. It is situated
east f the eciit.-al part of lha auv
KtWS IN SnORT GRDER.
the lattst Happening! Condensed lor Rapid
Rtadioi.
Domestic
Dr. Augusta Smith, aged 7.V one ot
the most widely known women phyi
cians in the United Stales, died at her
home, in St. Louis, Mo., as the result of
being struck by a street car.
The home of Charles Otts and fam
ily, in Canaslota, N. Y., was destroyed
by fire and three young children were
burned to death. Mrs. Otis was probably
fatally burned.
George F. Kroehl, president, anil Al
bert C. Twining were acquitted in Tren
ton, N. J., ef the charge of misapplying
the funds ot 1 lie First National liank
of Asbury, N. J.
Albert G. Wheeler, president of the
Illinois Tunnel Compute, and several
city officials of Chicaipi were indicted
for forgery in Connection wilh the cor
poration's franchise.
(ieorge 11. Wood was held in New
York on suspicion of being the murderer
of George Wiliiains, i he grocer, of
aichung. N. J., who was found dead
in his sleigh.
Walter Packwoid, Frc.l Smith and
Fred Weaver, who had been opt rating
.it Biliiiigliam, Wash., for two yeirs,
were arrested for counterfeiting.
J 1;. Barrett, who conducted a tttrf
investment scliiine in New Orlians, was
irresie I in Chicago on the charge of
using the mails to defraud.
Nine persons were injured in a wreck
near Platt-burg, N. V. The collision
was due to the fact that a switch had
been left open.
The reprieve of Mrs. Mary Rogers
by the Covernot ot Vermont has brought
letters and telegrams from all over the
country to Governor Benin p;vUer, of
Pennsylvania, asking l.im to reprieve
Mrs. F.dwareU.
A presentment made by the Philadel
phia Grand Jury charges that organised
vice exists iu that city and tiiat the re
sponsibility rests upon the Director of
Public Safety and other high police offi
cials. Mrs. Chadwick refu-ed to sign a pe
tition to Governor Prnnypacker, of
Pennsylvania, to commute the sentence
of Kate Edwards, sentenced to hane
for the murder of her husband. )
Johann I loch, held in New York for;
l.ie Chicago authorities, was identified
by Mrs. Mary Hendricks, of Chicago, as 1
the man who married her January 2, I
1004, in Hammond, Ind. . I
The lower house Of the Texas legisla
ture has passed the Senate bill forcing)
persons giving ground for action in I
divorce cases to remain single for three
years.
William II. Hunt, a Chicago banker,
is held in New York, without bail, on
a charge of embezzlement to await ex
tradition papers from Illinois.
Dr. Darlington, president of the New
York Health Board, announces that
every physician in the department is fol
lowed by a detective.
A wild runaway of a New York fire
engine was stopped by the prompt, cool
action of the engineer, who theri saved
the driver's life.
George Williams, a young grocer, of
Watchung, N. J., was mysteriously mur
dered in his sleigh by a stranger.
The committee of the New York Cham
ber of Commerce, composed largely of
. railroad men, declared itself opposed to
! the proposition to allow the Interstate
Commerce Commission to fix rates.
A buggy containing Charles Young
and his wife was struck near Fremont,
O., by a rapidly moving trolley car on
the Lake Shore Electric Road and botii
probably fatallv injured.
.Mrs. S. R. Rowley died in llornells-j
yille, N. Y., from injuries received while j
in a sleigh that collided with a train.
She was the eleventh ietini of the cas- '
uahv. i
There was a wild ruh of depositors
on the Lancaster (Pa.) Trust Company,
which met all demands and declared it !
was as solid as Gibraltar. !
Frank Muncula, member of the
-Mafia of Carbondale, Fa., pleaded guilty
and was sentenced to four years and'
time months' imprisonment.
The employes of the Subway and the
elevated roads in New York threaten
to strike unlr,s their demands are con
ceded, j
loreifn.
With the close of testimony before the j
international commission into the North
Sea incident, there i a diminution of j
confidence- in British circles, and the:
French newspapers intimate that the
Russians have irtnally won their case.
The French Minister of Agriculture '
has laid before Ihe Chamlicr of Deputies J
a bill similar to the American Homestead ;
Law, which it is hoped will stop the 1
French rural populations from migrating j
to the cities.
In view of the recent ietory of the 1
Hungarian Independence party. Emperor J
Francis Ju-cph h.is imiied Franz Kos-
stub, sou of the Emperor's most bitter '
enemy, to meet him for a conference.
A London report tli.it Emperor Wil
liam considers it opportune for Great
Briiam and Germany 10 join in an effort
for peace in the Far Ea.,; is not credit, d
in Berlin.
Italy.
Jo epli Priee. formerly vice president
of the Grand Trunk R.i.lroad, and for
merly connected with railroads in ihe
I'mied States, died in London of paraly
sis. The British Foreign Secretary has defi
nitely proposed to the European powers
the appointment of a Christian governor
general of Macedonia.
j Maxim Gorky ami seven other Rns
j sian authors and publicists arc to he
ttied on political charges, but CcneeTl
'J'repoif savs not in connection with am-
reix.rt
il discovery of documents impli-
eating men who were to have comprised
a provisional government. j
President Castrohas mt yet returned !
io varaci irom Ins tour of the coun
try. No progress has been made in the
settlement of American claims.
Prince Ghica of Roumania, who has
been elected chairman of the Albanian
Independence Committee, says he will
start a general revolution in Albania.
Captain Kiehlsen has been engaged to
command Ihe Terra Nova, William Zeig
ler's new vessel, which will leave in
May for the Far North.
The sanitary authorities of the Pan
ama Canal zone government have un
dertaken the -aniiation of the cit-s of
Panama and Colri. Houses are oeing
thoroughly fumigated and work on the
sewer system and water-supply plant
is advancing rapidly.
King Victor Emmanuel discussed with
Cino Speranza, of New York, secretary
pf Ihe Society for the Protection of
Italian Emigrants, the) conditions of
immiaarrjajn tjia UnJ'.eA, Slilt,
WOUNDED FOUND FROZEN
Affgrefale Losses in the Recent Figl t
iug 29,900.
J PANESE CASUALTIES SAID TO BE7.C00
Four Regiment! of Russian Intaolry Nearly
Annihilated -Some Companies Reduced
la Twenty or Thirty Men Froiea Corpses
I Wounded Japanett Found Near the
Chcnhalln Past.
The latest reports of the casualties in
ihe recent three days' lighting in the
vicinity of the Shakhc and Hun Rivers
ay that 13.000 Russians and ;,ooo Jap
anese were killed and wounded. Four
regiments of Russian infantry were near
ly annihilated.
Russians report the finding of a hun
dred frozen corpses of Japanese wound
ed who perished from cold near Chen
botiil Pass. Tlic Japanese battalions
which attacked tlic Russians' left were
repulsed with heavy loss.
I lie artillery duel continues at tin
Russian center.
Attack on Russian Left RepulseC.
Mukden (By Cable). After the Rus
sian bombardment of Sandepas the Jap
anese tried to drive them off, but failed.
The indications arc that the Japanese
wit aDamtun aml'nas.
The usual artillery duel is procccdinu
at t lie center.
Ihe latest returns of the Russian
losses dtirittfe the recent fichtinc show
th.it i.rooo men were killed or wounded.
General Kondratsvitch being among th
latter.
The Japanese offensive in the neiclt
borhood of Dziantchan, 14 miles south
east of Tsinkhctchen, has everywhere
been beaten off. The Japanese left their
killed and carried off a couple of hun
dred wounded.
The Russians subsequently found
hundred frozen corpses of Japanese
wounded who had tried to crawl of!
from Chcnhatin Pass. The appearance
of these corpses was frightful. The
bodies were scantily clad.
Swept Away By Japanete Fire.
Washington, D. C. (Special). The
Japanese Legation has received a report
made by Field Marshal Oyama giving
the details of the fierce fighting from
the 25th of to the 29th of January, when
the Russians were driven to the right
of the Hun River.
The Marshal says lhat the encmv
consisted of the First Siberian Arm
Corps, one mixed army corps, the Sec
ond and Fifth Brigades of the sharp
shooters, part of the Eighth Army Corps,
the Sixth and First Siberian Reserve
Divisions, some chasseurs, etc., making
a total of at least seven divisions, one
"I which was a cavalry division. The
Japanese casualties were about r.ooa
Prisoners state that four regiments
of Russian infantry were nearly annihi
lated. Many of the companies of these
regiments were reduced to from 200 to
30 men each. The Field Marshal ex
presses the opinion that the casualties
must have totaled at least 10,000.
Russians Mutt Retire or Advance.
St. Petersburg (By Cable). Interest
in ihe ill-starred attempt to capture San
depas is eclipsed by the withdrawal of
General Gripcnbcrg and unconfirmed re
ports regarding the retirement of General
Kuropatkin.
According to the latest information re
ceixed by the War Office, operations oti
the right flank- of the Russian Army
are at a stand-till Tl e extreme right
of tlic Russians continues to hold Chi
aiitsanhenan, on the Hun River, six
mile.! northwest of Sandepas. Apparent
ly both sides are unable to move, owing
to the terrible weather. There are 5
degrees of frost, accompanied by wind;
but, in view of the sudden fluctuations in
temperature at this time of the year, the
frost niay suddenly decrease, and the
Russians would then be confronted with
the alternative of withdrawing in order
to avoid beins intercepted by a Japanese
column from Shilikhe. or of undertaking
a general ad ance. The latter iev finds
some confirmation in a dispatch to the
Associated l'res from Tsinkhctchen. re
porting a reconnaissance by General Ren
nenkainpf'f'j force on t he Russian left,
which perhaps is preliminary to an ad
vance. The military authorities here are
encouraged by the report as showing
that the Ru-sians at-,, able to repeat the
plan of reachintj the enemy's line of
communication.
FARMERS CKVSIKE HEPBl'RN.
Congressman Hsnrtd in Hffijy Near His Iowa
Home.
Dis Moiiic-. Iowa (Special). News
has readied hare that the Farmers' Al
liance of Cass County, Iowa, hanged
Congressman Peter Hepburn, of the
Eighth Iowa di-'rut, in elligy at Cum
berland. The farmers had a big meeting and
the railroad problem was one of the
principal rpie-iiou- under discussion.
Congressman Hepburn was severely cen-siiu-d
for the bill he has introduced and
his attitude toward the railways. The
next morning an effigy, bearing the narrtc
"Pete Hepburn," was found hanging
from a telephone poie near the hall.
A number of farmers' associations in
Iowa hae rm-ured Congressman Hep
burn severely for his attitude on the
railway question, asj-crting that the bill
he recently introduced was drafted by
.1. W. Blythe, general counsel of the
Chicago, Burlington and Ouincy Rail
way Company.
Family Perish io Fire.
Johnstown, N. Y. ( Special). The
fanii'y of Jay Amis, consisting of Amis
and h;s wife and two grown-up daugh
ters, tire suppo-ed to have perished in a
tire which destroyed their home in this
city. The house was completely envel
oped in flames when neighbors discov
ered lite fire, and owing to the density
ot the smoke, all efforts fo gain admis
sion to the burning structure were futile.
Amis and his wife and daughters were
known to have been at home, and no
traces of them have been found.
Blf Blat It St. Louis.
F.ast St. Louis, 111. (Special). Six of
the largest office and store buildings here
were destroyed or badly damaged by
fire and several persons were injured.
The loss is estimated at $j65,ooo, par
tially covered by insurance. Several
families, who occupied flats in the upper
floors of one of the buildings, were
driven out into the frigid weather. Miss
Annie Keeley was overcome by smojie
and carried out of her room by fire
men. Joseph Smith was hurt by falling
debris. Several olheri are reported in-
iurul j
LIE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS.
Seed Distribution I tdcr Fire.
The Senate spent much of a day dis
cussing hc distribution of ordinary farm
and garden seeds by the Agricultnr-il
Department, the Agricultural Appro
priation Bill bring under consideration.
An attack n the seed-distribution cus
tom was made by Mr. Lodge. He and
those who stood with . h::r. contended
that the seeds were of the common va
rieties to be bought of dealers every
where, and urged that only rare varieties
should be supplied free. Their oppo
ncf' - contended that much good was
accomplished hy the work of the depart
ment. Mr. Pelttn, the venerable Ala
bama senator, stood with the latter class
and appealed to his feIlow-"yonthfiil"
enators not to forget the days when
they enjoved Ihe violets that grew iu
the fl-werbox on Ihe front porch. The
bill was not completed.
Mr. Proctor announced his personal
opposition to the distribution of com
mon seeds, but said he had found it im
possible to get the committee to strike
it out. "It is a humbug," he said; "a
cheap chromo, but one that w e can t
get nd of."
Mr. Gorman, criticising Ihe increases
in appropriations, said $50,000,000 could
be saved by a return to the old .system,
when the appropriations committee con
sidered all bills.
For Ihe Jameslonn Fair.
Tlic House Committee on Industrial
Arts and Expositions authorized, by a
vole of - to 4, a favorable report on the
bill prepared by a subcommittee for the
holding of an international naval, marine
and military exposition at Jamestown,
Ya., in 11)07. The amounts of the appro
priation to be hereafter made, if the
bill passes, were not named.
The bill contemplates the appointment
of a national commission of five by the
President. Foreign nations are to be
invited to participate in the military
and naval features. A second feature
of the plan is Government participation
in the land exhibit and the construction
of either permanent or temporary build
ings for this purpose, in tiic discretion
of Ihe President.
Secretary Shaw informed the com
mittee that the estimates for these pur
poses would be prepared and furnished
as soon as possible. The date of expo
sition was fixed from May 17 to Novem
ber 1, 1007.
Sea-Level Canal Io 1"05.
In view of the lack of public informa
tion as to the status of the work of
canal digging on the Isthmus and as
to the exact amount of work executed
so far by the Americans since they took
up the task, the American Minister to
Panama has, after consultation with
Chief Engineer Wallace and a personal
inspection of the route of the proposed
canal, submitted to the State Department
a report upon this subject. The most
important statement tn the report is this:
"If the next six months show a prog-
gress corresponding to that of the past
six, it is the conviction of the best engi
neers on the Isthmus that a sea-level
canal can be constructed in 10 vears
and be ready for large vessels by Janu
ary I, 1915-
Disease on ihe Isthmus.
Secretary Taft received a report from
Governor Davis, of the Panama Canal
zone stating that reports of health con
ditions on the Isthmus arc "cruellv exag
gerated," and lhat the sanitation of Pan
ama is progressing tin efficiently as thai
of any city in the United States.
General Davis savs that the total num
ber of yellow fever cases originating in
the zone since the Americans assumed
control is JJ, of which nine were fat tl
and six are convalescing. He says that
in the opinion of Colonel Gorgas, chief
sanitary officer, the material and appli
ances lor controlling the yellow fever
situation have been sufficient for all re
quirements.
Advocates Whlpping-Poi t.
Every married man who does not
support this bill in Congress lays him
self open to suspicion." This was the
statement of Representative Adams
(Pennsylvania) before ihe House Com
mittee on the District of Columbia, in
advocacy of his bill establishing a whip
ping post in the District jail for wife-beater-.
Mr. Adams said that three
years ago, when this subject was first
brought to his attention, he was inclined
to treat it with levity. Since then he
has made the matter a subject of care
ful and conscientious study, and is thor
oughly in earnest. He did not give sta
tistics regarding wite-beating. but as-
seried that a jail sentence made no im-pre-sion
on a wife-beater.
Darling Gives Ip His Place.
Charles W. Darling, a-sistant secre
tary of the navy, tendered his resigna
tion to the President, asking that it take
effect near the expiration of his four
yearj' term of service, which expires in
December, 1905. The President staled
in a letter to Mr. Darling that when his
resignation took effect it was his purpose
to appoint him collector of the port at
Burlington, Vt.
Ooodnow to Retire.
It is understood that Consul-Geneial
Goodnow, who is now in this city, has
decided to retire from his office as Consul-General
at Shanghai and a change
in the post will be announced next week.
Il is suited charges had been preferred
against Mr. Goodnow.
Hawley to Be a Brigadier.
Senator Plait (Ct.) introduced a bill
authorizing the retirement of Gen. Jo
seph R. Hawley, the retiring senator
from Connecticut as. a brigadier general.
Notes of the Departments.
George B. Bobbins, president of the
Armour car lines, explained his com
pany's side of the controversy before the
House Interstate Comtner.e Committee,
denying all charges of unfairness made.
President Roo.-evelt has written a let
ter to Secretary Hitchcock oil the sub
ject of granting contracts for the educa
tion of Indians to denominational
schools.
Secretary Taft was heard hy the llijuse
Committee on Ways and Means in fa
vor of a revision of the Philippine tarilT.
President Cassatt, of the Pennsylvania,
and President Spencer had a talk with
the President upon the subject of rail
road rates.
The Senate Committee on Appropria
tions reported the Listrict of Columbia
Hill, carrying appropriations aggregating
19.930.525.
The House passed the Diplomatic and
Consular Appropriation Bill.
Summons have been served on Secne
tariei Hitchcock and Shaw and United
State Treasurer Robert in proceed
ings instituted by a Choctaw Indian to
enjoin them from paying a large fee to
i firm of attorney!.
TEN KILLED IN A SLEIGH
Passenger Train Crashes Into a
Merry Party.
THEY WERE ALL MARRIED WOMEN.
Thirteen Memhert of iho Ladles' Aid Society
f the Unlverinllm Church of Horoellvlll
Were Returnlnz Homo Id Slclfth When n
Paiuenf erTrata, Ooln if High Speed, Sjruck
Them ind Everyone In Sleigh Injured.
Ilornellsville, N. Y. (Special). A
passenger tram on the Pittsburg, Shaw
nutt and Northern Railroad crashed
into a sleigh containing t.l women, kill
ing 7 of litem outright and so seriously
injuring the remaining 6 that 3 of them
died after being removed to the hos
pital. Of Ihe other 3. 2 are in a serious
condition. The accident occurred near
Arkporl. The sleigh was our of three
carrying a party from the l'nivcrnli-t
church of this city.
Members of the Ladies' Aid So
ciety of the Universalist Church went
to a farmhouse near Arkpcrt to spend
the afternoon. It was nearly night when
they started on the return trip to th
city. The occupants of the leading
sleigh saw the train ! 1 . j 1 oaching as
they neared the Niawmut crossing.
The driver urged his hor.es ahead and
the sleigh passed over the tracks in
safety. The women in the first sleigh
then attempted to warn those in th?
one following of the danger, and they
did succeed in directing their attention
to the rapidly approaching train.
The driver pulled up his horsis. but
he could not check the heavy bob sled
quickly enough, and when it came to a
standstill the box of the sleigh was di
rectly across the railroad track. The
pilot of the engine struck the sleigh
with great force, reducing il to splin
ters and hurling the women in all direc
tions. Every woman in the sleigh was
killed or injured.
The other members of the party hur
ried back to the assistance of their un
fortunate companions and the train was
stopped and backed up to the crossing.
The bodies of the dead were placed
upon the train and the injured were laid
upon improvised cots in Ihe baggage
car. The train then proceeded to Ilor
nellsville. The news of the accident
had been telephoned to the city an.l
hundreds of friends and relatives of the
unfortunate women were waiting at the
station. The dead were at once taken
to the morgue and the injured were
placed iu ambulances and taken to the
Mercy Hospi'l.
Elisha Quick, driver of the second
lcigh, was badly hurt, but was able
to make the following statement :
"1 was driving along at a sharp can
ter, when I suddenly saw the flash of
the headlight and heard the ladies in
the front sleigh call out not to attempt
to cross. The women in my sleigh saw
Ihe train at the same time, and, realiz
ing their peril, began to scream and
shriek for help. Their cries and the
glare of the light so frightened Iho
horses that I was unable to stop them,
and they sprang upon the track. Tiny
succeeded in clearing it. but just as the
sleigh was hatf way across the engine
'truck us wilh a terrible crash, and I
remember nothing more until I found
myself being picked up out of the
snow. 1 simply could not control my
horses."
'STEEL TRUST EARNED MORE.
Lin Quarter Showed Increase Dividend on
Preferred Slock.
New York (Special). A regular quar
terly dividend of 1J4 per cent, on the
company's preferred stock was declared
by the directors of the Lhiited Stales
Steel Corporation. No dividend was
de-clared on the common stock.
A report was is, tied showing that net
earnings for the quarter ended Decem
ber 31 were $.'1,458,734, an increase of
$".421,533, as compared with the same
quarter a year ago.
The unfilled orders 011 hand December
31 last were 4.6f),jo. tons, an increase
of 1.481,0X0 tons, as compared will un
filled orders on December 31, 1903.
Net earning-' for 1004, subject to slight
changes, aggregate $72,932,277, a de
crease of $30.2375, as compared with
1903.
THE BANDIT I.ADR0NES.
Troops Will Remain in Cavite L'ntll All Are
. Captured.
Manila (By Cable). Gov ernor Gen
eral Wright, accompanied by the native
members of the Philippine Commi s.sicm.
visited Cavite, capital of the Province
of Cavite, and held a conference with
all the presidents of the province. After
the conference the Giivernor Genera'
anuounceel that the federal troops would
remain in the dist tubed area until all
the bandit ladrones bad been captured-
The trial of Major Carrington, who
commanded the Philippine scouts sent to
the St. Louis Exposition, but who was
ordered back to answer charges of falsi
fying vouchers of the civil government
to the amount of $1,500, will b.' finished
by the military court-man ial without
reijard to the decision of the civil court.
Train Crashes Into C:r.
Grand Rapids, Mich. ( Special).- Six
per-ons were injured, four probably ?.t
tally, when a Grand Rapids and Indi
ana northbound passenger train crashed
into a street car on the West Leonard
street crossing. The street car was toss
ed so feet.
Sent Adder Io Actress.
Munich, Bavaria f By Cable).-Frau-lein
Reubke, of the Court Theater, who
is playing the juvenile lead in Hattpt
.niann's "Be rgschmiede," found e.n her
dressing table a beautiful bonbon box
with a note reepiesling her to open the
box before going on Ihe stage. ThP ac
tress was too much occupied to do to
until just before the lat act. When she
opened the box an adder darted out and
fastened its fangs in her dress.
Cotton Pool Formed,
New Orleans (Special). The legal
name of the cotton pool formed by the
executive committee of the Southern
Cotton Growers' Association hat been
fixed as "Ihe Southern Planters' Com
mission and Holding Company." The
headquarters will be in New Orleans.
The executive committee of the South
ern Cotton Grower Association is ex
pected to indorse the coriipleted details of
the pool at its meeting in Atlanta cn
February 7.
RISSIAN REF3RM SCHEME.
Report of Ihe Committee ol the Ministers
Plans Proposed.
London (By Cubic). A dispatch to
a news agency from St. Petersburg says
the report of the Committee of hiinistrrs
appointed to devise the best means of
giving effect to the Emperor's reform
ukase of December 25 makes many im
portant recommendations, especially in
regard to increasing the powers of the
Senate over the ministers and nafe
guareling its independence, urges that
Ihe right alrc.nl) belonging to the Sen
ate of legislative initiative should be
enlarged and favors the establishment of
lower administrative tribunals connected
with the Senate.
The committee of ministers distin
guished three fundamental points a
bases for defense of the laws:
First Prevention of violation of law
Second Investigation of the powers
and methods of action of the;e respon
sible for the administration of the laws.
ThirdResponsibility of ollieials.
As regard the first point, the eotmu;t
lee decided that it was necessary to pre
vent ministers exceeding their legal pow
ers by means of imperial ordinances, and
that cnnvequenlly all exceptieuis to the
onl iary course of laws must be for-
bidden, and that in exceptional cases,
where the Emperor has ordered mini
lers to deliberate concerning thanges, the
decisions of the cot'imittec 'niu.st first
be submitted to the Senate.
The' committer decided to ask the
consent of the Emperor for the issue
of an interpretation of existing laws
and other points affecting the method
ical carrying out of existing laws. The
commit, re also agreed upon the neces
sity of independence of the Senate, as
! opposed to all ministers and the inter
nal reorganisation of the Senal-.
In order to accelerate the course of
justice in administration of affairs it
was decided to be ad. isablc to facilitate,
access to the- Senate by persons who
, have suffered from the arbitrary acts of
I administrative bodies, and also to af
j ford the right of direct relations between
I the Senate and the Emperor and the
extension of the Senate's c.xi.sling sitlit
01 legisi.itive initiative
DEATH WAR r'avTTe A D.
Neither Thai or Repriee Eicited Mrs.
Roger.'.
Windsor, Vt. (Special). -Mrs. Mary
M. Rogers, who was to have been hang
ed here Friday for the murder of her
hn-band. but was reprieved by Govern
or Bell, had her own death warrant read
to her. The document recited the crime
and gac directions regarding the hang
ing. II. I. Walters, private secretary of the
Governor, arrived with the reprieve, lfc
was met by Sheriff Peck, and luier went
with him to the penitentiary.
Mrs. Rogers was called to her cell
door by te guard, and the death war
ant was read, after which the reprieve
was read. She merely thanked Sheriff
Peck and again declared that Governor
Bell was a good, man. She did not seem
unduly alTected.
"She is a fin looking woman ; it
would 'have broken my heart to hang
her," was the first tiling .Sheriff Peck,
the indefatigable defender of woman
hood, sai'l after reading the official re
prieve to Mary Rogers in her death cell.
It was the first time he had ever seen
her. .
Sheriff Peck is a widower, and lias
already received several offers of mar
riage. If what his friends say is true,
he received a letter from a rich Ver
mont widow offering him her heart and
hand and home.
When he re'eeived the reprieve from
Governor Bell over t'e telephone the
Sheriff jumped up and dowli like a boy.
He hurried to the prison and told the
news to Mrs. Rogers in her cell. After
he had told her the good news he re
lumed to his room at the W'indor
Hotel and had Deputy Love bring out
the rope and the black shroud. He held
them up before him and smiled cynical
ly. He exclaimed:
"You arc cheated out of a hideous
crime. A hangman's noose and a gib
bet shroud for a woman that belongs
to the Dark Ages and not to modern
civilization."
Mrs. (takes, the superintendent's wife,
was so overjoyed that she was able to
gel out of a sick bed and entertain
some of her neighbors for lunch. The
matron, Miss Nurky. was made happy
and, with Warden llarpin, she visited
the cell of the reprieved woman and
shook her hand.
Sooner or later Mrs. h'om-rs hopes
to be able to write n book on her sad
experiences, a sort of message to Ihe
young women of America. . Site has al
ready outline-el her ambit ions and desires
to make some restitution for her mis
spent life in helping others.
The book will be addressed to girls.
It will leach the iueoiist ancy of man. It
will review the temptation of young lives
and tlic reckle-.iu s. of marriage.
Governor BriT, renrieve of Mrs. Mary
M. Rogers will probably result as fol
lows: The S-.tp.-.'tne Court of Vermont will
titobably. in May, hear her counsel's
application for a new trial on the new
evidence ihe confession of Perhnm,
now serving a life sentence that he per
jured hiin-elf at the previous trial. li
the court grams a new trial, it may be
necessary for Governor Bell to grant
". further reprieve, unless such trial ran
V finished before June 2. If at thr
rial site i acquitted that will end the
nailer. If the Supreme Court refuses
to grant a new trial then, unless Gov
ernor Bell extends the time of the re
prieve, Mrs. Rogers must hang on Fri
day, June 2.
FINANCIAL.
Mexican Central's net profits in De
cember increased $i.',i,)-i8.
Morgan and bis friends are openly
bullish on nearly all good.. slocks.
1 is officially denied that President
Ranr-ey, of the Wabash, is to resign,
Beti lehem Sleel will spend $5,000,000
em improvements, says President Mc
Uvain. "No increase in Baltimore & t)hjo's
dividend," says a leading railroader who
ought to know.
The greatly increased business given
by the railroads to locomotive builders
is reflected in the advance of American
Locomotive shares.
The Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad is
opening up a great soft coal field in the
Big Sandy Valley, Kentucky. The re
gion is estimated to contain 1,500,000,000
tons of bituminous.
The receivership of the Standard Rope
ti Twine Company mrann reorganization
for one more industrial concern that was
killed by too much "water." The Re
organization Committee consists of A.
W. Krech, J. B. Clews, C K. OrWs,
Donald MoKey and V, f. Bnyder.
KILLED 12 ,0F HIS WIVES
Alleged Crimes of Johann Hc?i, TbV
Modem Bluebeard.
EVIDENCE OF POISONING FOUND.
Clues Discovered Loading to Ihe Belief Thtl
Johana Hock Cot Rid of Many tl HI
Wires hy Poison-Difficulty In Otilslnlif
Indictments for Blfamy, es t Wife Ctnnol
Testify Aftlnst Her Huthind.
Chicago (Special). Chief cf Police
O'Neill declared his belief that Johann
Adolph Hech, alleged to have been mar
ried 10 over a score of women, has mur
dered at last u of them. This state
ment was made by Chief O'Neill in
letter written by him to Capt. James J.
Ir.gan, of the eleleclive bureau of New
York, in which he requested the police
department of hal city to follow a clew
given through an auonvmous h tier re
ceived by Inspector of Police Shippy
Irom a woman living at the Belvider
Hotel. New York. In this letter it i
intimated lhat I loch marrie d two NeiT
York women, whom he has abandoned
An attempt was made to have IIocls
tndictfd by the grand jury on charges
n; wife abandonment and bigamy. Thef
comp'aintants were Mrs. Amelia AuV
g.tsta Fischer lloch. Mrs. Anna HendJ
rickson 'lloch and Mrs. Mare GoerV
Hoch. It was found. Iiowevev, that in
bigamy eases the wife. cannot testify
against her husband and that witnesses
to the marriages must be secured before
a.'tinn can be taken.
As the marriages took place in various
parts of the country time will be re
quired in which to secure witnesses te
give testimony against lloch sufficient
to indict him.
Coroner's Physician Lewkr. who ii
making a chemical analysis of the in
testines of Mrs. Marie W'eikcr Hoch,
informed Coroner Hoffman that lii had
discovered evidence of extraneous poi
son, although the analysis had not yet
been completed. Dr. Lewke said:
"The microscopical examination haf
shown no poisons other than those con
taincd in the mcrlicines and the embalm
ing fluid ued by the undertaker, but in
the chemical analysis so far as it has
progressed there is distinct evidence ol
extraneous pefison."
FIRE AT A SHIPYARD.
Valuable Blueprints, Models sod Charts Art
Burned.
Philadelphia ( Special ).--Fire in the
chart department of Cramps' ship-building
plant elestroycd valuable blueprints,
mode's and charts. Secretary Taylor,
of the company, slated that the- mone
tary loss will not amount to more than
$6,000. Work on the battleship Idaho
and Mississippi and the armored cruiser
Tennessee, the plans for which were de
stroyed, will not be seriously impceled.'
Drawings for the revenue cuiter Galves
ton, the Espanza a Venezuelan govern
ment vessel, and two Clyde Line steam-'
crs, all under construction, were btirnedj
but the vessels arc so far advanced that
their construction will not be impeded.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
Jait Islet British Ship.
Tokio (By Cable). The Japanese
captured eiff Hokkaido Islam!, Northern
Japan, the British steamer Wye-field, la-'
elen with contraband for Vladivostok.'
Marine records show that the slcamef
Wycfirld, Captain Watson! saiicd from
San Francisco December jo for Comoxv
She arrived there January 2 and left1
that port January 6 for Moji. The Wye
field is owned by J. II. I.aw-on (R. P.
Rithlct & Co., limited), of Victoria, B.
Sluier a Mass of Flames.
Cincinnati ( Special). While ihe au-'
dience in a local theatre was awaiting;
the appearance of Mamie Rsyburn,
singe'r, the girl rushed out of her dress
ing room, her clulhing aflame, and ran
screaming through Ihe theatre. Several
men threw coats over her and a pail
of water finally extinguished the fire, but
not before the girl va burned from
bead to foot.
Two Convicts Itsctpt.
Hnntsville, Tex. (Special). Two
convicts made a daring escape from tht
penitentiary here. They overpowered
the engineer and fireman of a locomotive'
in the penitentiary yards and rfcamed
fro it the grounds under fire of th
gu: i ds. They ran the engine about twe)
mi' s. when they abamlom-d il and took
to the woeids. One eif the prisoners waj
serving a liie sentence for inur-lcriiig hi
father.
Treed By Wolves.
La Crosse, Wis. (Special). -Pursued
by wolves and freed for eight houra,
with the temperature jo degrees bcloxt
zero, has been the experience of Hans
l'rli rson, a farmer of Com Valley. H
was found by rescuers wedp.ed in ths
tree's branches. He was um onsciou.
and his hands, feet and face we re frozen.
His feet and fingers will probably have
to be amputated.
Kobbery at Prlnceloo.
Pii-teitou, N. J. (Special). A well,
ilre-sid nv.u entered l.'n.'ver-ity Hall
while the "ti'ekiu s were at dinner and
siole jewelry and oilier valuables worth
nearly $1,000. The chief losers were
II. I.. Dillon, !.xr, and If. R. McAlpin,
mete. Detectives are on the case, but no
clue , s yet has been found.
Tvculy Hurt In Collision.
Fort Worth, Tex. (Special). Twenty
pe-rsoiis' were injured, two ser-cmsly, in
a collision between a freight train on
the St. .Louis and San Francisco Rail
road and a street car at grade crossing
here. There was t heavy fog; ;.nd 5ey.
eral stock cars in fron of the locomo
tive, says the niotormalt, so ob-eured the
headlight that he did not see the train
approaching. A freight car struck the
rear of the street car, throwing it Jq
feet, -
Over Million to Seminary.
New York (Special).- Announcement
of the gift of $1,100,000 to Union Theew
logical Seminary was made by Dr. Chasj
Cuthbert Hall,-president of the faculty,'
who declined to, reveal the name of the
donor. Included in the gift are 36 clli
lots between One Hundred and Twen?
tieth and One Hundred and Twenty4
second ttrecls, just off Riverside Drivn
It is the announced intention of the db
rectors to utilize the gift as soon ai
possible for the removal of the temM
nary from the present quarters to th
all included in the gift,
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