I
son HAS
ANOTHER WRECK
Tin Killed and Four Injured at
Danville.
FLAGMAN BLAMED FOE ACCIDENT.
Similar to the Disaster at Lawyer
Which Resulted in the Death of Freai
drat Spencer and Six Others En
ffineer Kinney and Brakeman King
Met Instant Death.
Danville, Va. (Special). Follow
in k close upon the disaster of Law
yer, 57 miles from here, on Thanks
Riving Day, which resulted In the
death of President Samuel Spencer
ot the Southern Railway, and six
others, another wreck horror on the
Southern occurred In the railway
yards here early Saturday morning.
Two persons met instant death, an
other was fatally wounded and three
others were Injured.
The accident happened about 4
o clock, when northbound train No.
34, a mixed passenger and Pullman
train of about 10 coaches, crashed
into No. 82, a freight train of 30
cars, which was standing on the
main line. All of the passengers es
raped injury of any consequence,
though all were shaken up.
The list of the dead comprises En
gineer George C. Kinney, of Thomas
ville, N. C, and Brakeman V. B.
King, of Danville, Va. Robert Ford,
the negro fireman, sustained Injuries
which will no doubt result In his
death.
The following is a list of the ser
iously Injured, who were taken to
the General Hospital here: O. P.
Mull, of Columbia, S. C flagman;
H. M. Patterson, of Chatham, Va.,
brakeman; Robert Ford, colored,
fireman, and O. O. Mailer, of Wash
ington, postal clerk.
Both of the trains were running
behind time, and the freight train,
after passing the block station, three
miles south of here, was detained
in the yards on account of other
trains. The freight had been stand
ing on the main line for nearly an
hour when No. 34 ra.ne around the
curve at a rate of about 25 miles an
hour. The engine plowed through
the caboose of the freight, and like
a giant bull hurled It over its head.
Knglneer Kinuey stuck to his post
and was instantly killed. Fifty yards
above the scene of the accident the
negro fireman, realizing what was
going to happen, jumped from the
locomotive and landed on the
ground, unconscious.
As soon as the collision occurred
fire followed. Four cars were burn
ed up and other damaged by the
flames. The Are department was
called out, and after several hours
had the flames under control.
Next to the engine on No. 34 was
the postal car, which was demolished,
and a number of clerks In It were
injured. The injured clerks left on a
northbound train, and their injuries
are not regarded as serious.
All of the passengers In the Pull
man and day coaches escaped.
The body of Engineer Kinney was
found pinned under the wrecked en
gine, it was not mangled, and Indi
cations showed that he had been
scalded to death by the steam es
caping from the boiler.
The death of W. B. King, who was
on the caboose of the wrecked
freight train, was frightful. King'
was learning the business of rail
road brakeman, and his bojy was
burned to a crisp. Only the body
from the legs to the neck was ex
tricated from the wreckage, and this
was merely a pile of ashes and co
agulated blood. The head, arms and
legs were missing, and the ashes
was placed In a mail bag and carried
to an undertaker's shop.
KILLED II V AN AUTO.
Au Aged Italian Woman Dies As She
Predicted.
New York (Special). In the par
lor of her little four-room flat, two
flights up In the tenement house at
328 W. Twenty-sixth Street, "Grand
ma" Sera fin a Macalsko was laid out
Sunday afternoon to begin her long
sleep. "Grandma," as everybody In
the neighborhood called her, was
one year less than 90. Until two
days ago she went up and down
stairs and about the neighborhood
as spry as n woman one-third her
age. She had one dread.
"Some day I will try to cross the
street and an automobilu will kill
me," she said often. "In Italy wo
had no such things when I was young
and happy, but just before 1 came
over threo years ago. they had them
there, too. Why should men and
women rush like mad, most of
tbern with nothing much to do when
tliey get there?"
Friday afternoon she put her
daughter's baby to sleep and started
out for a short visit to a son nearby.
JuBt as she got in front of the house,
and about half way across the street,
an electric brougham, running fust,
pulled around the corner and bore
down upon her. She stood still In
her terror. The heavy car hit her
and threw her 15 feet right into the
doorway of the house where she had
lived. She never regained conscious
ness, and lied at lu o'clock Sunday
morning.
"She was never 111 a day, and yet
she was killed, as she said, by an
automobile," said the daughter,
Franceses.
Captain And Crew Rescued.
Nassau, N. P. (Special). Captain
Frederlcksen, of the Norwegian bark
Wellington, his wife and 15 mem
bers of the crew of the vessel, were
rescued December 3, in an exhaust
ed condition, by the Elder-Dempster
steamer Sokoto, in latitude 35 north,
longitude 65 west. The Wellington
which sailed from Gulf port. Miss.,
November 12, with a cargo of lum
ber for Pesario, Argentina, was
waer-loggbJ when deserted. The
8t'koto will take the rescued per
rons to Havana.
Vuiiui(l On Insurance CumpunicN.
.Vashivlle, Tenn. (Special). State
Commissioner of insurance Folk sent
telegrams to the Mutual and the
New York Life Insurance Companies
giving them 10 days, in which to
Tefiind certain amounts of policy
holders' money. The Mutual, he
charges, used several thousand dol
lars as compensation and expenses
for agents to electioneer for the ad
ministration ticket and elteg the evi
dence. To New York Life officials
10 days are given to cover Into its
treasury money spent for printing or
circulating 800,000 administration
ballots.
THE NEWS Of THE WEEK.
Domestic
The Brotherhood of Trainmen will
confer with General Manager Peck,
of Pennsylvania lines west, about the
23 articles refused them by the gen
eral superintendents.
The revenue cutters Mohawk and
Oresham pulled the barkentlne Bon
ny Doon off Great Round Shoal, near
Vineyard Haven, and landed the
crew.
The strike of 800 men of the Read
ing Iron Company, which began five
months ago, has ended by the men
getting an advance of 12 per rent.
In the Shea trial, Chicago, William
Kelly, former secretary of the Coal
Teamsters' Union, who entered a
plea of guilty, was a witness.
An explosion of gas in the Kidney
vein of the Buttonwood Colliery at
Wllkes-Barre, Pa., killed two and
seriously Injured several others.
Mrs. Leslie Carter, the actress, se
cured a writ of attachment in New
York against the property of Miss
Norma L. Munroe for $42,000.
John Harsen Rhodes, president of
the Greenwich Savings Bank and a
prominent financier of New York, Is
dead at the age of 67.
Herbert Gregerson, exchange tel
ler of the Milwaukee Avenue State
Bank In Chicago, pleaded guilty to
embezzlement.
Banker Jacob Schiff calls the high
Interest charged in Wall Street on
call loans barbarous and destructive
to finance.
Sir Harry Eugene Robinson, of a
nolle English family, has entered the
United States Navy as a mess attend
ant.
Lawyer Patrick, convicted of mur
der in New York is said to have ap
plied for a commutation of sentence.
Former Governor George W. Hen-
dee, of Vermont, died at his home,
Morrlsville, aged 74 years.
Rear Admiral Peter Asserson, U. S.
N., retired, died in Brooklyn at the
age of 66.
The operators In charge of the
block on which the Southern train
wreck occurred Thanksgiving Day-
contradict each other In their state
ments as to the cause of the Bmash-
Fearing that Chester E. Gillette.
found guilty of the murder of Grace
Brown, plans to end his life, the
gas stove has been taken from his
cell, and an extra guard will accom
pany him to Auburn prison.
counsel for Harry K. Thaw has
taken action which abolishes the
proposition to appomt a commission
to go outside of New York State for
evidence in the case.
W. W. Finley, who began his rail
road career as a stenographer, has
been chosen president of the South
ern Railway to succeed Samuel
Spencer.
A man supposed to be Georee A.
Klmmel, missing cashier of the Ar
kansas Bank, has been found In an
asylum at White Plains, N. Y.
The Cincinnati - Chicago Limited
train on the Monon Railroad was
derailed two miles north of Frank
fort, Ind., and 18 persons injured.
Andrew Carnegie formally pre
sented the deeds for a lake three and
one-half miles long to Princeton Un
iversity.
Eight young wlmen were burned
by an explosion of thousands of
matches in a factory at Indianapolis.
Allotments ot land will make
every member of the Osage tribe of
Indians worth $50,000.
Two women were arrested in Chi
cago charged with a score or more
of flat burglaries.
Elias Aslel, a New York broker.
was beaten Insensible by burglars in
his home.
Forty-seven railroads of the West
are considering raises in wages for
employes.
Foreign.
M. Jaures, the French Socialist
leader In the Chamber of Deputies,
warned the government that In the
proceedings toward Morocco it was
embarking on a dangerous adventure,
but the Chamber, by 457 to 56, voted
confidence. When Count Castellane
rose to make a speech, half the depu
ties left the chamber.
The British Foreign Secretary In
formed Parliament that he had no
Information that, any arrangement
had been made under which German
nierchant vessels would be trans
ferred to the American flag In the
event of a war involving Germany.
A census of the German Empire
to December 31, 1905, shows the po
pulation to have been 60,641,278,
compared with 56,367,178 in 1900,
an Increase of 7.6 per cent.
The Agricultural Chamber of West
Prussia adopted resolutions em
powering its executive committee to
import Chinese as farm laborers.
London financiers believe that the
report of Secretary Shaw means that
something will be done to relieve the
financial situation.
A dozen insurgent leaders of San
Domingo were attacked by the gov
ernment forces and Perico la Salle
killed.
The Yiulln collection of SO, 000 vol
umes on Russia has been bought, for
the Congressional Library at Wash
ington. A widespread conspiracy against
the Ecuadoran government has been
discovered In Guayaquil.
Japanese newspapers eulogize Pres
ident Roosevelt's attitude toward
them in his message.
English newspapers announce that
Borne of the Lloyds are Insuring
against war between Russia and Ja
pan In 1907 at nve guineas per cent.
It Is reported that Count BonI de
Castellane will marry Madame Lo
telller, twice married and twice di
vorced and worth $15,000,000.
Gerald Lowther Is mentioned as a
possible successor to Sir Mortimer
Dnrund as British umbassador to the
United States.
Cottonseed and cottonseed oil,
largely Imported from America, are
threatened with almost prohibitory
duties In France.
The American minister, Mr. Gum
mere, arrived at Tangier from Fez,
by way of El Aralh, on the steamer
Saida.
French newspapers comment fav
orably on the appointment of Henry
White as ambassador to France.
Police Inspector Sheremetleff was
mortally wounded in St. Petersburg
by a Terrorist, who then killed him
self. King Edward Is trying to prevent
the Marlborough divorce scandal
from being aired In the divorce
court.
Mrs. Gerald Fitzgerald secured a
divorce from her husband, a rich
Irish landlord In Dublin, Ireland.
Eleven thousand seamen on the
Black Sea are out on strike and
shipping is tied up.
Charles Wyndham, the actor, has
announced his forthcoming retire
ment from the stage.
TERRIBLE FATE OF
FOUR CORNELL MEN
Athletes Risk Lives To Save Their
Comrades.
SEVERAL ARE SEVERELY BURNED.
One of Finest Fraternity Houses in
the World Destroyed The Unl
versity and Town of Ithaca in
Mourning Fire Breaks Out Early
in the Morning.
Ithaca, N. Y. (Special). Cornell
University and the city of Ithaca are
paralyzed by the worst catastrophe
which has ever occurred in this com
munity. By the burning of the Chi
Psl Fraternity lodge at an early hour
in the morning, seven lives were lost,
$200,000 worth of property was de
stroyed and the finest fraternity
house In the world was practically
demolished.
Seven men are killed. Six of them
died almost Immediately; the other
lingered until evening.
The dead Bre;
William Homes Nichols, of Chica
go, 111., a member of the senior class
of Cornell University, and a son of a
wealthy commission merchant In Chi
cago. He was a member of many
clubs and societies and an editor of
the Cornelllan, which Is the college
annual. A charred body has been
found in the ruins, but It Is toot yet
known whether It is his or that of
Frederick W. Greele, of East Orange,
N. J., who also perished in the
flames.
Oliver LeRoy Schmuck, of Han
over, Pa., a senior in Cornell Univer
sity, a member of many clubs and
very popular among hiB classmates.
He died in the Cornell Infirmary
within a few hours after the death of
his roommate, Nichols.
Frederick W. Greele, of East Or
ange, N. J., a member of the fresh
man class. His body has not yet
been recovered.
James McCutcheon, of Pittsburg,
Pa., a member of the sophomore
class, substitute halfback on the Cor
nell football team and very popular
among his classmates.
The city of Ithaca has lost three
gallant firemen Alfred C. Robinson,
an attorney and a member of the vol
unteer fire department; John Rum
sey, son of a prominent hardware
merchant and a member of the vol
unteer Are company, and Estey J.
Landon, foreman of the Empire State
Furnishing Company and a member
of the volunteer fire department. All
of these men were killed by the fall
ing of the north wall of the building
while they were engaged In the act
of stretching a hose on that Bide.
Just how the fire started will pro
bably remain a mystery, but at 3.30
A. M., S. S. Decamp, of New York
City, a sophomore of Cornell and a
member of the Chi Psl Fraternity,
was awakened by the smell of smoke.
He rushed tothe door of his room.but
found his escape cut off. Running
to the window, he slid down the
vines and reached the ground in safe
ty. He ran to the nearby fraternity
houses and sent out the alarm. It
was fully 30 minutes after the fire
had started before the department
reached the Bcene. The campus fire
facilities were utterly inadequate,
and it remained for the city com
panies to make an attempt to check
the flames, but it was too late.
DEATH WIPES OUT FAMILY.
Demise Of Father And Tour Children
Followed Uy Mother.
Chicago (Special). Mrs. Rose
Vrzal, of 153 West One Hundred and
Fifty-eighth Street committed sui
cide because, it Is believed, of ru
mors circulated regarding the num
erous deaths in her immediate fami
ly within the last ten months. Her
husband, Martin Vrzal, died, nnd
then, within nine months, her four
children died, the cause of each
death being given by the attending
physician as "stomach trouble."
An anonymous telephone message
was sent to the police department
saying it was advisable that an In
vestigation be made, as all the mem
bers of the family were Insured a
Bhort time before death. An Investi
gation was commenced, but it de
veloped nothing definite. It 1b be
lieved by the police that either de
spondency over the deaths of her
family or dread of the Investigation
caused Mrs. yrzal to take her life.
Late on the" strength of statements
made by Mrs. Emma Niemann, daugh
ter of Mr. Vrzal, the police arretftod
Hermann Bllleck, said to be a fortune
teller and hypnotist.
LOWER JAW KNOCKED OFF,
Man, Unable To Write, Cannot Tell
How He Wo Mutilated.
Johnstown, Pa. (Special). Caspar
Schoflon, 30 years old, was brought
to a hospital here from Bakerton, a
suburb, where he was found lying on
the street. Part of the man's lower
jaw was missing, the upper Jaw bad
ly splintered and the base of his
tongue lacerated. Schofon is very
weak from loss of blood, and how
he was wounded Is a mystery. The
hospital physicians say his injuries
are such that he will never be able
to talk, and all efforts to have the
man write have been futile. The po
lice authorities say Schofon, who Is
a foreigner, never learned to write,
and will be unable to explain his in
juries until he Is taught to write, if
he should recover.
Strike Of Sailors.
Genoa (Special). The greatest
alarm is being felt here over the de
cision of the shipowners to suspend
the Transatlantic servlce.owing to the
strike of the seamen. Over 4,000
emigrants who had booked passage
are being boarded and lodged at the
expense of the city officials, who de
sire to prevent bloodshed. The gen
eral public la demanding that the
government Intervene in the strike
situation.
A California Khuke.
San Luis Obispo, Cal. (Special).
At 10.40 o'clock P. M this city ex
perienced an earthquake which last
ed more than 30 seconds. The
shock was from north to south. Half
an hour later a second shock was
felt, but was not so pronounced as
the first. The earthquake also was
felt at Santa Maria, Guadaloupe,
Cayucoa and Cambria. At the latter
ilace articles were shaken from
ihelvea. Ne perceptible damage was
justalncd here.
AT THE NATION S CAPITAL
Soma Interesting Happenings Briefly
Told.
The Ship Subsidy.
General Orosvenor, chairman of
the House Committee of Merchant
Marine and Fisheries and most ar
dent of ship subsidy advocates, took
the first step to compromise with the
opposition, which has hitherto been
successful in holding up the Senate
measure In the committee.
General Grosvenor announced to
the committee that he had prepared
important amendments to the Senate
Subsidy Bill. It makes clear that the
subsidies are to be applied only to
lines from the South Atlantic Const
to South American republics, and
from the Pacific Coast to the Orient..
The subsidy for the South African
line is eliminated, also the one for
the short line on the Northern Paci
fic to the Canadian Coast.
The committee will meet again
Thursday to consider the Grosvenor
amendments. These propositions in
a degree meet with the objections of
Speaker Cannon and Representative
Watson, of Indiana. The latter pre
vented action on the matter in the
last session. Now he declares that
he will favor a bill providing subsi
dies for South American lines and
not more than two lines to the Philip
pines. Such a proposition, he be
lieves, will pass the House. This Is
as far as the Speaker will go, accord
ing to the subsidy authorities.
Transport Reserve Fleet.
With a view to securing an ade
quate transport reserve fleet for the
United States Army, General Hum
phrey, in his annual report, stales
that the department might advantag
eously beglven authority of law, to
gether with an adequate appropria
tion, to take options for the charter
of American vessels suitable for
transports, paying therefor a reason
able yearly rate, fixing the charter
price if called into service, and giv
ing the department first right to the
sevice of such vessels when needed.
Looking For A Lunil)or Trust.
Senator Kittredge wants an Inquiry
Into the operation of the manufac
turing Interests of the United States.
In a resolution which he presented
he asks that the Secretary of Com
merce and Labor be directed to con
duct an exhaustive Investigation
with a view of discovering the cause
of the present high prices of lumber,
and particularly to discover whether
a trust exists.
Meat Ilill Amendment.
Senator Beveridge introduced a
bill to amend the meat inspection act
by requiring that the cost of Inspec
tion shall be paid by the packers.
Another amendment requires that the
date of Inspection and packing or
canning shall be placed upon each
package.
New Child Labor Law Bill.
Senator Lodge introduced a bill
designed to prevent the employment
of child labor by prohibiting inter
state commerce in any article In the
production of which a child under
14 years of age has been employed
and the prohibition extends to chil
dren under 16 years of age who can
not read and write. The violation
of the law is made a misdemeanor,
punishable by fine of $500 and im
prisonment for one year.
Senator Beveridge introduced a
bill very similar in its provisions.
Appeals In Criminal Cases.
Chairman Clark, of the Senate
Committee on the Judiciary, was au
thorized by the committee to request
the return to it of the bill passed by
the Senate last session which gives
the government the right of appeal
on questions of law In criminal cases.
This is a measure which the Presi
dent urges as being very necessary
to strengthen the hands of the gov
ernment in the anti-trust cases.
Attacking the Panama Canal pro
ject. Senator Morgan says the United
States was in the shipping business
under the sea flag of a dummy cor
poration. The report of the Paymaster Gen
eral of the Navy shows that it cost
$19,604,749 to keep the warships in
commission during the past year.
Mrs. Helen L. Sewell, widow of
the former New Jersey Benator, died
suddenly of heart disease.
The House defeated the Pilotage
Bill by a vote ot 110 to 164.
President Roosevelt commuted to
life Imprisonment the sentence of
death passed upon Arthur Adams
and Robert Sawyer, negroes, who
mutinied and killed the officers and
part of the crew of the schooner
Harry Berwlnd.
The bill permitting national bank
ing associations to make loans on
real estate as security and limiting
the amount of such loans passed the
House.
The Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations made a report favoring
the ratification of the Algcclras
Treaty regarding Morocco.
The House Committee on Banking
and Currency held a meeting prepar
atory to framing a bill for a more
elastic currency.
Consideration of the Fortifications
Appropriation Bill was begun by a
subcommittee of the House Com
mittee on Appropriations.
The President nominated W. Mor
gan Shuster, of the District of Col
umbia, to be secretary of instruction
In the Philippines.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
given notice that he will anticipate
Interest without rebate amounting to
$12,000,000.
Cotton .Mills Raise Wages.
Providence, R. I. (Special). An
advance in wages varying from 5 to
10 por cent, will be made in the
cotton mills of Rhode Island this
week. About 20,000 operatives will
be affected, and In addition, it Is un
derstood, the pay of about 5,000 mill
hands In Massachusetts and Connec
ticut factories controlled by Provi
dence officers will be raised to cor
respond with the schedules in this
etute.
Put Crowe In Trouble,
Council ' 11 luffs, la. (Special).
Pat Crowe, whose recent trial and
acquittal of the charge of robbing
A. E. Cuduhy, the millionaire pack
er, of $25,000 through the kidnap
ping of the latter'a son gave hi in
wide notoriety, will be placed ton
trial on a charge of robbing a street
car crew in Council Bluffs last sum
mer, Ambassador and Mrs. Whltela'w
Rold sailed from England for New
York.
Several severe earthquake shocks
were felt in the West Indies.
EXPLOSION IN A
FACTORY TOWN
Eleven Persons Hurt, Fourteen Build
ings Burned.
LOSSES OVER HALF A MILLION.
Boiler Bursts, Shattering the Four
story Factory of the . J. Harvey
Shoe Company, Lynn, Mass Stair
ways and Fire Escapes Hold Until
Most of the Employes Escape.
Lynn, Mass. (Special). The ex
plosion of a boiler in the four-story
factory building of the P. J. Harney
Shoe Manufacturing Company, on
Alley Street, and the fire which im
mediately followed destroyed 14
buildings In the West Lynn manufac
turing district, causing a total loss
estimated at about $520,000.
Eleven persons were injured, one,
Miss Cclia Tradenburg, an operative
in one of the burned factories, being
in a critical condition at a hospital.
In addition to the direct loss the
shoe manufacturers will suffer se
verely from the Interruption to their
Christmas business.
The properties destroyed and dam
aged are:
P. J. Harnpy Shoo Company.
Tufts fr Friedman Shoe Company.
H. P. Hood Creamery.
Boston and Maine West Lynn Rail
road Station.
Jacobs Leather Stock Company.
M. J. Worthley Shoe Company.
Eight dwellings.
The explosion occurred Just before
7 o'clock, when the employes were
assembling at their benches. There
was a roar and the building, a five
story wooden structure, was torn apart
heavy machinery dropping from floor
to floor. Almost immediately the
ruins took fire.
Fortunately for those in the build
ing, or a majority of them, the stair
ways held for the most part, as did
the fire-escapes, and to this fact the
absence of a large loss of life is due.
In the other factories nearby the ef
fect of the explosion was felt, win
dows being smashed and holes torn
in the walls. The Boston and Maine
station, immediately across the rail
road tracks, was wrecked. Debris
from the Harney building piled on
the track 10 feet high and blocked
all traffic over the Eastern division.
The scene of disaster in West
Lynn bordering on Charles and Alley
Streets was well fitted for a big fire,
and the weather conditions a high
southwest wind and hard going
were also ngalnst the firemen. The
district Is the newer factory section
of the town, and dates back to the
great fire of November 26, 1889,
when, because of the passage of the
fire limit law, cheaper factories than
brick were sought for, as well as
cheaper land. The factories were
built close together, and to a great
extent filled with inflammable ma
terial. FIGHT AT HKAUTY CONTEST.
Froc-For-All Fight In Pennsylvania
District School.
Washington, Pa. (Special). East
Finley township, 10 miles from this
city Is in a turmoil over a free-for-all
fight in the district school during a
beauty contest and as a result many
resldnets of the township are carry
ing bruises. The trouble was started
when Samuel Teegarden and John
Sampson, who were buying votes for
the leading contestants in the beauty
contest, were informed that they
were $3 In arrears in the payment of
the votes, nnd all votes cast after
their money had become exhausted
would be thrown out, Teegarden and
Sampson are said to have resented
this action and endeavored to destroy
the ballot box. A general flpt fol
lowed, in which the lights in the
schoolhouse were put out. Many girls
and women were trampled upon, but
none were sdiously injured. War
rants have been issued for the arrest
of all Involved In the fight.
lOXTOMBKD MINERS RESCUED.
Carelessness Hud Caused Explosion
Of A Lot Of Dynamite.
Houghton, Mich. (Special) .Four
teen boxes of dynumite exploded in
the Quincy Mine, cutting off from
escape over 40 miners who had gone
down the shaft before the explosion
occurred. Rescuing parties believed
them dead until they were found in
a sheltering level, where they had
fled after the explosion.
One man, William Gogln, was
blown to pieces, and three others
were wounded. Over a score of
miners were half-suffocated from
smoke and were resuscitated with
much difficulty.
A careless miner let fall some
burning grease In a powder box and
the explosion followed.
Will Sue The World.
San Francisco (Special). The Su
preme Court decided that the Mc
Enery Act, passed at the last session
of the legislature, is constitutional,
and that propertyowners can estab
lish title to their lands, the records
of which were destroyed by the great
fire, by suing the world at large. If
no claimant appears within a certain
period, title to the property is re
established. ,
Gillette Is Guilty.
Herkimer, N. Y. (Special). Ches
ter Gillette, charged with the killing
of Grace Brown, waB found guilty of
murder in tho first degree Tuesday
night by the Jury, which had the
case ' under deliberation for five
hours. Tho verdict was rendered
shortly after 11 o'clock. Gillette
took the verdict stoically. He will
bo sentenced ou Thursday morning
to death In tho electric chulr at Au
burn. A Hat lie At Leyte.
Manila (By Cable). A column of
constabulary troops encountered a
band of Pulajaneg between La Pus
and Terragona, on the Island of
Leyte, December 5. In the battle
that followed four soldiers were kill
ed and eight were wounded. Among
the wounded was Lieut. Ralph p,
Yates, Jr. Ills wounds are not seri
ous. Thirty Pulajanes were killed
and many were wounded and cap
tured. No details ot the fight have
been received.
LIVES LOST IN RAGING FLOOD
Half of Arizona Town is Swept
Awy.
Thoenlx. Ariz. (Special). Private
railroad dispatches received -here say
that 60 lives were lost at Clifton in
the great flood that swept through
the ramp, destroying many business
buildings, wrecking the smelting
plant of the Arizona Copper Com
pany and tearing out miles of track
of the Arizona and Mexico Railroad.
Clifton, which has about 3,500
people, lies In a narrow valley near
the eastern line of Arizona. The less
prosperous of tho Inhabitants livo In
Chase Creek Canon, a peculiarly dan
gerous situation In times of high
water. Two years ago 1 2 lives were
lost In the canon and Immense dam
age was done by the rise of the San
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inuim;u nivt'r.
The principal business section of
the town was almost completely
ruined. The name of only one vic
tim, however, has been obtained
Mrs. Joseph Thorm, who, with her
husband and children, was caught in
a falling building nnd killed. The
other members of the family had
narrow escapes.
The Coronndo Railway from Clif
ton to Longfellow is destroyed. It
will be several weeks before business
can be resumed over the road. The
financial loss cannot be estimated.
The Gila River bridge went out,
cutting oft all communication with
the Clifton section by that route. All
wires are down on the main lines,
with the exception of one by way of
Lordsburg, which Is working inter
mlttingly. Owing to the Isolated
Bectlon In which the floods occurred
the work of securing exact details of
the disaster is difficult.
The concentrator dnm which gave
way, precipitating the great flood
upon the town, was constructed en
tirely of earth. The dam was car
ried away two years ago as a result
of the swollen streams and a num
ber of persons were drowned.
Tho water came down the San
Francisco River and Chase Creek
wkh a rush late yesterday. There
s hardly a building In town which
was not damaged to some extent.
The greatest damage was done In
North Clifton, where several stores
and residences were washed down.
Paulson s Addition was almost, wip
ed out. East Cliton also Buffered
greatly. Grent damage was inflicted
on the Detroit nnd Shannon copper
concentrators.
A sudden rise In the Gila River
caused by heavy snows nnd rains in
the last two weeks was responsible
for the flood.
Clifton is a town in Graham
County, Southeastern Arizona. In
1900 the population was 861. It is
located at the end of a branch :St the
Arizona nnd New Mexico Railroad,
and has a telegraph and express of
fice. It Is built upon the bank of
the Rio San Francisco, a branch of
the Salt River.
ITALY TO ADMIT l S. MEATS.
Will Accept Government Stamp As
Sufficient.
Washington (Special). Restric
tions upon the entrance into Italy
of American pork products have been
removed by the Italian Government.
Heretofore Italy, In common with
some other European Governments,
has insisted upon making its own
microscopical examination of Ameri
can pork products Bent to that coun
try. The expense of the examination
had to be paid by the American ex
porters. This requirement placed
the packers In the position of having
to pay twice for tho examination,
onco here and again in Italy.
Secretary Wilson took up the ques
tion with the State Department and
has Induced the Italian Government
to accept the certificate of Inspection
placed on meats by the Agricultural
Department.
Lives Lost In Flood.
El Paso, Tex. (Special) .From in
formation received 'here, !t Is be
lieved that the town of Clifton, Ariz.,
has been practically washed away.
The Copper Queen Hotel Is said to
have been swept away by the flood
and at least 50 persons lost their
lives.
Phoenix, Ariz. It is reported that
50 people have been drowned in the
floods at Clifton, Ariz.
Prominent Man Assassinated.
Macon, Ga. (Special). Charles
Brooks, prominent citizen of Chlpley,'
Ga., was assnsslnuted while sitting
in a chair at his home. The shot was
fired through a window. There 1b no
clue. Blood hounds will be put on
the tiinl at onco.
tfl.NAV AL WOULD.
Union Pacific's net profits in Oc
tober increased $105,395.
Bank of England directors con
tinue the 6 per cent, discount rate.
Reading directors are now ex
pected to take dividend action on
December 17.
Call money in New York ranged
from 20 to 2 8 per cent. The con
tinued high rate discourages specula
tion. The American Car & Foundry
Company's new plant at Madison,
III., is making forty cars a dny.
Samuel M. Newberger, of Phlla-
dolphia, has been elected a member
of the New York Stock Exchange.
A New York Stock Exchange seat
was sold Thursday for $82,500, a
drop of $2500 from the lust previous
sale.
In three months wire products
have risen $4 the ton.
Commercial failures In the United
States during the month of Novem
ber were 885 In number und $11,
980,782 In amount of liabilities. In
the corresponding month last year
there were 817 defaults with a total
indebtedness of. $8,866,798.
While the $12,000,000 to bo dis
tributed by Secretary Shaw on De-
cember 15, in tho shape of antici
pated Interest on Government bonds
will help a little, tho sum Is too
small to make much Impression on
the money market.
Bunkers connected with tho com
pany seem very confident that Kan
sas City Southern preferred will go
upon a 6 per cent, dividend basis
next year. The Block is tipped by
good people to cross 80.
It Atchison follows the example
of other railroads it will increase its
dividend at about tho same time that
It Increases its capital.
Although 10,000,000 tons ot an
thracite wore mined lu October and
N'ovember, the coal companies soli
500,000 tons from tjielr previously!
accumulated stock which hud beonjj
mined when anthracite was 50 eontu
i ton cheaper than U la now.
STATE OF PEIiNSTO "
Latest News Gleaned From Various
Parts.
The Eagle Hotel property In West
Chester, and a large building lot,
property of the late Emily J. Hayes,
widow of Nathan T. Hayes, was sold
to John F. Donovan for $68,100.
Spreading rails on Lie " Pennsyl
vania Railroad, near Danville, caus
ed eight cars, loaded with coal, to
leave the track and topple Into the
river.
A mine Are. which was started
thirty years ago in a mine branch In
the Sharp Mountain, above East Mt.
Carbon, has started with new vigor
and it sends forth sparks and
tongues of fire like a volcano. The
Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron
Company owns the laud upon which
the old mine is located and will take
steps at onco to put out the fire.
Trying to escape from a mine
chamber at' the Burnslde colliery,
near Shomokln, Anthony Delshant
was killed and Domlnlck Dolsota fa
tally Injured by a fall of coal.
Jacob Jaeoby, aged 81 years, of
Kuston, died in hlB room at the Mt.
Vernon Hotel, having been asphyxi
ated by gas, which escuped from a
heater In his room.
Rov. Geo. II. Millet', who haB been
pastor of the Pottstown Landing Re
formed Church for the past ten
years, tendered his resignation to
accept a call to Christ Reformed
Church, Fayette, N. Y. A meeting
of the comslstory of the church was
held nt which the resignation of the
pastor was not accepted, and he was
prevailed upon to remain. Rev. Mr.
Miller is president of the Philadel
phia Clasais of the Reformed Church.
It is believed by the Chester po
lice that Augustus Andrews, the
young rcan from Phoenlxville, who
refuses to tell how he was injured
Monday night, was stabbed while
trying to hold up two Italians. He
has been detained under $500 ball.
James O'Malley was convicted In
Pittsburg of holding up nnd robbing
two men in the East End district re
cently and sentenced to serve twenty
years in the Western Pennsylvania
Penitentiary.
Annie Shutt, 10 years old, a mark
er, employed In the Cumberland
shirt factory, Mt. Carmel, got her
hair caught In the machinery and
the top of her scalp was torn off.
She had crawled under a machine
to get a bobin that dropped, when
her hnir caught in a revolving shaft.
Many girls fainted at tho horrible
Right nnd a panic ensued in which
several were slightly injured. The
injured girl may die.
William Cole, aged 28, a contrac
tor, at Patton, died on the Pennsyl
vania Limited, while being taken to
a Philadelphia hospital for treat
ment. Ho was very ill when placed
on the train at Altoonn, and the
conductor at first refused to admit
him.
Robbers entered the home of Alex
ander Stlney, a wealthy contract
miner, of Shenandoah, while the
family was absent, and ransacked the
house. Two gold wutches, several
lings, $75 in cash and a quanity
of silverware were taken.
Two young women, giving their
names as Mary Dougher nnd Mary
lloska, were committed to prison by
Magistrate Gillespie, of the North
Scranton police precinct, to answer
a charge of highway robbery, pre
ferred by two little girls who charg
ed the prlsouevs with having held
them up nnd robbed them of their
pay envelopes. The little girl, Mar
garot Jones and Margaret Smith,
went to the police station at 7 o'clock
and complained that two women had
stopped them nt the corner of Brick
Avenue and Putnum Street and took
from them their pay envelopes, con
taining $6.45 and $5.46 respectively.
Both girls are employed at the Klotz
Silk Mill, and were on their way
home. They gave a good desclptlon
of the women and early next morn
ing. Miss Dougher and Miss lloska
were, arrested at their homes.
The Eastern Pennsylvania Rail
ways Company lias decided to build
a new trolley branch through Miners
ville and out to Lytle and Primrose.
This will cover about a dozen miles
and will tap a territory populated
by some 5000 people.
Harry Lntton, of Colwyn, who
miraculously escaped being killed In
an automobile- smashup at Point
Breeze race track, in which his com
panion was instantly killed, is slowly
recovering, and now it is though thai
ho will pull through.
Benjamin Behofleld, aged 61 years
a member of the G. A. R., and a veO
eran of the Fifty-eighth Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry, died after a
month's Illness at the residence -oi
his daughter, Walnut Street, Darby.
George Miller and his wife, an aged
couple in the service of Dr. F. X,
StraesBley. of 621 Washington Street,
Allegheny, were found dead in a room
over the physician's stable, having
been asphyxiated by natural gas.
which escaped from the .stove while
they were sleeping. It Is supposed
that in turning off the Illuminating
gaa when they retired at night the
heating valve was accidentally turn
ed on allowing tho gas to escape In
to the room.
Mayor Dimmlck, of Scranton, will
permit sacred concerts by Bauer's
Band at the theaters on Sunday
nights if tho program is strictly
tucred. There must be no jig tunes.
Somebody has written a letter to the
Mayor asking if "Waiting at the
Church" will be considered ss sacred
music. No decision hus yet been an
nounced. Running ahead of his traln to
throw a switch, William Siefert, aged
19 years, of Hellertown, a brakeman
at tha Bethlehem Steel Works, slip
ped and fell on tho rails and the lo
comotive speeding along cut him to
pieces.
Hr. W. W. Cottingham, of Easton,
was elected secretary of Dallas Lodge
No. 896, F. and A. M., for the for
tieth consecutive time. This Is said
to be the record for continuous ser
vice in the same office In any of the
Becret fraternities in this section of
the Statu.
Mrs. Caroline Lclnbach died of a.
broken heart, grieving for her hus
hand, Israel G. Lelnbach, who died!
last Sunday. Both were pioneer citi
zens of South Bethlehem. Their ages'
wore 69 and 73 respectively. J
It was noted at Hhamokln that in
the last year, deposits in the four!
local banks increased $750,000, ow-
Ing lurgely to the fact that miners
saved their money because President'
John Mitchell and other labor lead
ers advised the United Mine Workv
ers as well as all other tollers not
to spend all their money foolishly;
The collieries have worked almost
continuously since last January.
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