THIRTY SHRINERS DEAD J II WRECK Several Roasted Alive in California Disaster. GARS PILE ON TOP OF LOCOMOTIVE. Defective Switch Was the C suse of the Wreck of the Special Train Carrying New York and Pennsyl Tania Mystic Shrinem Back From Loa Angeles. Banta Barbara, Cal. (Special). Thirty dead and a score Injured com prtae the casualties of the wreck at Honda Saturday of the Ismallla spec ial train of New York and Pennsylva nia notables of the Mystic Shrine, Who were returning home from the annual meeting of the Imperial Coun cil of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrlno at Los Angeles. The train, carrying 145 Shriners nd friends from Ismallln Temple, Buffalo; Rajah Temple. Heading, Pa., nd neighboring cities, was rushing Borthward 50 mllos an hour on the Southern Pacific Coast Line, when the locomotive struck a defective witch at tho sand-swept seaooast sid ing at Honda, near the wuterB of the Pacific Ocean, along which the rail Mad runs for a hundred miles north of Santa Bnrbara. The locomotive turned a somersault into the yielding sands. The cars swirled through the air and landed on the fiery mass of wrecked steel. The coaches were crushed to debris and took Are. The flames wero soon extinguished by uninjured persons from the two roar COoichaa As Honda Is Isolated, It was not till late Sunday that defi nite information could be collected. The bodies of 25 victims now He in Santa Barbara, and 4 more are at San Luis Obispo. The injured, many Of whom are terribly hurt, and some of whom may die, are in two sani tariums at San Luis Obispo. The wrerk occurred at 2.35 o'clock, an hour and 40 minutes . after the Oonclave visitors, forming a merry party, had left Santa Barbara, where they had snent all the morning sight seeing. The statement that the train was making a terrific speed when it struck the defective track Is borne ont by the fact thnt It covered the 61 miles of crooked track from Santa Barbara to Honda in 100 minutes. The locomotive in leaving the rails tore up the track, twisting the huge Steel rails into fishhooks. The bag gage car half burled itself In the sand On the right side of the locomotive. It was smashed almost to kindling wood. The dining car, In which were 32 persons eating luncheon, leaped into the air and fell directly on the de molished locomotive. Nearly every person In the dining car was in stantly killed. Scores were scalded by steam escaping from disconnected pipes. Tho rear coaches rushed on the first wreckage, Jamming It on those who might otherwise havo es esped. Several, pinioned In the de bris, were roasted alive. Engineer Frank Champlaln was pitched with the cab 25 feet beyond the engine. He got up and ran a mile, seeking help, before he discov ered that his arm was broken and that he was severely scalded. An instant after the smash those who were not incapacitated by the terrible Impact jumped from the train to render aid. but they were unable to do much beside extinguish the fire, and they had to wait long hours before relief arrived. Frightened women peering through the windows of the undamaged sleep ing cars fainted when they saw the bodies of their friends strewn along the roadside, blood from the wounds staining the sand drifts all about. Men who toiled bard at the task of rescue collapsed. Mrs. John W. Cutler, of Blnghnm ton, N. Y., was in the baggage car at the time of the crash to rearrange her trunk. Her body was driven through tho floor, and tho wrecked car had to be jacked tip before tho body could be released. Mrs. Fred Greenwood , of Blngham ton. was with Mrs. Cutler, and also went down under the tons of bag gage and broken timbers, but she was covered by an arch of trunks. When rescuers burrowed their way to where the two women lay Mrs. Greenwood reached out and grasped the foot of one of the men and shouted: "I'll not let go until you get me out!" Then scalding steam enveloped her and she was terribly burned. She was rescued alive, how over, and was. among those taken to San Luis Ohlsno. oo Dead In Burning Mine. City of Mexico (Special.) -Ninety men are supposed to have lost their lives In a fire which started In the Tenares copper mine at Valardena, in the Btate of Ehtnngo, lai Friday night. The fire Is Btill raglnir :ind is said to be beyond control. Thirty five bodies have been recovered. Seventeen miners are known to have escaped glftO.OOO For to IjilMirer. Kansas City (Special). Attorney for Josez D. Dosal. Mexican consul In Kansas City, brought 15 suits In the Circuit Court against the Chica go, Itock Island and Pacific Hallway for actual damages aggregating $150,000 for the death of 15 Mexi can laborers. THE NEWS OF THE WEEK. Domestic. An Indictment of grand larceny on three separate counts was reported by the New York grand Jury against William O. Dauglasi, tho assistant loan clerk of the Trust Company of America, who was recently arrested. Oeorge Osborn. a faith curlst, Is under arrest In Philadelphia, charg ed with criminal neglect In not call ing a physician to attend a child, who died without medical attend ance. Mrs. Yerkcs-Mlzner. widow of Charles T. Yerkes, has dropped her suit for divorce. It Is believed, be cause Judge Howling showed a dis position to not seal the papers In the rase. Frank Hmett. formerly a superin tendent in a Pittsburg steel mill, tes tified that patched up and falsely certified tubes were placed In the hollers of American war vessels. James Henry Smith, who disposed of $25,000,000 In his will, gave away $27,000,000 before his death. Tho business section of Bnrnes boro. Pa., was destroyed by fire. Mexican consul In Kansas City has brought suit for $150,000 damages against the Hock Island Kallroad for the death of 15 Mexican laborers that were killed In a wreck on the road. One passenger was killed and about 20 Injured In the wreck of a suburban trnln of the Chicago, Bur lington and Quincy Railroad about six miles out of Chicago. Tho United States District Court In Indiana has perpetually enjoined the Drug Trust, from continuing operations. A disagreement between the stone cutters and bricklayers' unions has caused a building tie up In Little Rock. The gruln elevator of the Callahan & SonB flour mills, at Louisville, Ky., was burned. Loss, $75,000. The will of James Henry Smith gives $3,000,000 of $25,000,000 to his widow, makes two nephews the principal beneficiaries, and gives sums ranging from $50,000 to $500, 000 to sisters, nephews, nieces and cousins. Engineer James Claw, of the Northern Pacific's North Coast Limit ed, was shot and killed while at tempting to put full speed on his train while covered with tho revol vers of highwaymen. Tho Chicago, Rock Island and Pa cific, the Ontario and Western, the Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul and the Western Transit Company were indicted in New York, charged with rebating. The New York Association of Life Insurance Presidents Intimate that insurance companies will withdraw from Texas owing to recent legisla tion requiring Investments in Texas securities. Harold S. Jones, of Philadelphia, aged 10 years, who attempted to hold up two street car conductors and was being pursued by the police, shot and killed himself. The Portsmouth (N. H.) nnvy yard dry dock has been sold as Junk and will be towed to Boston. Mrs. William Thaw has mortgaged Lvndhurst, her Pittsburg home, for $100,000. AND STILL IT RISES. One Hoy Kills Another. Brunswick. M I, (Special). Cher ishing resentment over a boyish quarrel which took place two weeks ago, Sydney Preble, 15 years old, shot and killed Morris W. Heath, aged IK years. In Dowdoinham Satur day night. The crime was not dis covered until Sunday, when M. S. Heath, father of the murdered boy, found the body buried under pine spills and leaves at the edge of a swamp. Prfhle was arrested and im mediately confessed. ssssssssss ssassjstsssssss From the Pittsburg Dispatch. AN HEIR TO SPANISH THRONE IS BORN Stork Carries Son To King and Queen of Spain-Joy Throughout the Kingdom. THE ROYAL FAMILY. Alfonso XIII. born May 17, 18S6; son of Alfonso XII. and Queen Maria Christina; ninth descendant of the House of Bour bon to occupy throne of Spain. Queen Victoria, formerly the Princess Ena, born October 24, 1889; daughter of Prince Henry of Battenburg and Princess Beat rice, the youngest daughter of the lnte Queen Victoria. Alfonso and Victoria Married in Madrid May 31, 1906. The heir to the throne, a Prlnco of the Asturias, born May 10, 1907. In addition to Prince of As turias, the new-born heir must carry these titles: Prince of Spain, Prince of Cas tile, Prince of Leon, Prince D'Ar ragon, Prince des Deux-Clclles, Prince of Jerusalem. Prince of Navarre, Prince of Grenada, Prince of Toledo, Prince of Valence, Prince of Gallce, Prince of Mlnorque, Prince of Seville, Prince of Cerdena, Prince of Cordone, Prince of Juen, Prince D'Algarve, Prince D'Algerzire, Prince of Isles Canaries, Arch duke of Austria, Duke of Bour goyne, Duke of Brabant, Duke of Milan, Count of Flanders, Count Tyrol and Barcelone. Madrid (By Cable). Announce ment that the direct male succession to the throne of Spain has been as sured by the birth Friday of a son to Queen Victoria sent a thrill of re joicing throughout the country, and the happy event Is being celebrated from one end of the land to another. Queen Vlctorin and her babe are both doing well. The hurried departure of royal messengers from the palace at 10 o'clock A. M. to summon the cour tiers and the members of the diplo matic corps gave the first Indication that the birth was Imminent. The usual gathering outside the palace courtyard was soon swelled by Im mense throngs of the excited popu lace, who watched the continual stream of brilliantly uniformed per sonages driving up to the royal resi dence and tried to identify the Indi viduals. The crowd nwalted in suspense un til nearly 1 o'clock, when the thun dering out of the first cannon Bhot signified that the royal accouchement was over. The reports were counted anxiously until the fifteenth, and then a complete silence ensued. The sec onds appeared as hours until the sixteenth shot boomed forth, and the continuation until 21 had been fired Informed the public that the royal child was a son. The sixteenth report brought forth a ringing cheer and at the same time the royal standard was hoisted over the palace, and It was known that no mistake had been made. The people danced with Joy and embraced each other, shouting: "Long live the King." "Long live the Queen." They then rushed from the spot carrying the news to tho furthermost points of the city. Negro's Home Dynamited, Kit ton La., (Special). -Someone set off dynamite tinder the house of Samuel Cook, a negro, blowing the bouse to ploces and killing Cook and four other negroes sleeping In a front room Cook's body was blown so feet Into tho fork of a tree. The body Of a woman wu. blown u hundr I feot Into the ulr. f illing through the branches of a high tree and mapping the wires of a telegraph line before I finally struck the ground. The en tire town was shaken by the explosion. Foreign Then Chun Hauan, a prominent reactionist, has gained the upper hand at the Peking court, and Is re versing recent appointments of pro gressists and replacing them with men of his own. Dr. Beseler, German minister, de clared in the Prussian Parliament that it is impossible to' put a stop to dueling In the urmy by legislation. Lieutenant Colonel George Vincent Fosbery, V. C, inventor of the Para dox gun. an automatic revolver, etc., died in London. Horace G. Knowles. the new American minister to Roumnnia, pre sented his credentials to King Charles. President Flgueron of San Salva dor received Lionel Garden, the Brit ish minister to Central America. The British government's bill for home rule does not arouse any en thusiasm In the United Kingdom. In the French Chamber of Depu ties M. Paul Deschanel made an at tack on the Federation of Labor. The British government has decid ed to make Jamaica a gift of $7 50, 000 and a loan of $4,000,000. The British torpedo destroyer Afrld was launched at the Elslnor yards. The approaching conclusion of the Husso-Japanese negotiations for the restoration of normal relations be tween the two countries Is hailed with gratification by the entire Rus sian press. Several hundred men, Including some of the petty officers, deserted from the British cruiser squadron commanded, by Rear Admiral Ne ville while the ships were in Ameri can waters. One hundred and eighty Russian revolutionists who were not permitted to hold a congress In Norway, Swe den or Denmark havo arrived In London for the purpose. Large forces of llrltlsh troops are being concentrated near Lehore, India. In antlcipatln of an uprising. A, prominent organizer of riots lias been arrested. France Issues an official note de claring the Moorish government's reply Is not acceptable, as It only partly agree to the French demands. The new White Star liner Adriatic sailed from Liverpool for New York on her maiden voyage with 3,000 persons on board. The Irish Council Bill, the object of which Is to "provide for the es tablishment and functions of an ad ministrative council" at Dublin, was Introduced In the Houbo of Com mons. An agent of the Liverpool Salvage Association reportB that It will be impossible to salvage the steamer Dakota, the VoB on which is $3,750, 000. The Newfoundland Supreme Courl nave a majority decision upholding the colonial government in Its conte-.i-tlotis respecting the Hay of Islands herring fisheries case, in which the light of Newfoundland fishermen to lut employed by American vessel own ers within the three-mile limit was Involved. M. Kurlno, the Jaimneso nilnlstei at Paris, says the Franoo-.'apaiiesi arrangement guarantees the lnd"pon- dent and integrity of China. The llrltlih government has il. pl od to make a grant of 1750,000 gratis to Jamaica and to guarantee the Island a loan of $5,000,000. Havana's Big Strike. Havanna. Cuba (Special). The strike situation among the clgar niakers, who are staying out for tho enforcement of theirdemands for pay mentof thelrwages in American money instead of Spanish gold, Is becoming critical. There aro now 17,000 men out aad the number is growing daily. No settlement is in slight, and It is feared that the strikers may resort to violence. Contributions for the support of the strikers are being sent hero from the United States, Canada and Mexico. A Century Hence. London (By Cable). Sir Hugh Bell, presiding at the meeting of the Iron and Steel Institute, suggested that a century hence a ship will, with hardly any machinery or crew, speen across the Atlantic propelled by electric force generated by the Falls of Niagara and transmitted to the vessel wlrelessly. Such a fore cast, the speaker declared, was no mora Incredible than the develop ments of the past century. Against The Pennsy. Washington (Special). Tho Hill side Coal and Coke Company, of In diana County, Pa., has filled a com plaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission, charging the Pennsyl vania Railroad Company with such prejudicial ratings, illegal methods of car averages and preferential treatment In favor of the complain ant's competitors as to have caused It a direct loss in trade amounting to almost $200,000. Unions Disagree. Little Rock. Ark. (SneclnH A disagreement between tho stonecut ters and bricklayers' union resulted In a suspension of construction work on many public buildings and im provements. Tho Btone cuttterB have heretofore laid all stone In construc tion or buildings unless the Btone was laid on brick. The bricklayers now demand the right to lay this stone. Work on the new million-dollar state rapltol, the new city hall, a 10-story office building and the Union Depot is at a standstill. Mob Leaders Indicted. South McAlester, I. T. (Speclnl). The grand Jury in the United States Court here returned indict ments charging J. S. Newman and John Williams, of Durant; Thomas Lawrence, of Sterrett, and Seymour Tale, of Texas, with murder. They are charged with being tho leaders of n mob which hanged a negro James Williams charged with at tacking a white girl at Sterrett March 13. AT THE NATION S CAPITAL Some Interesting Happenings Briefly Told. Senatorial lienillock. Madison, WIb., (Special). The deadlock continues in the United States senatorial situation despite the Tact mat l-enroot ana uoopvi have withdrawn from the contest. It Is estimated that 00,000 labor ers will be needed during this sea son In different sections of Canada in constructing new railroads. New steamers are going into commission and all available ones will be char tered for the new Immigrants that are hooked In Great Britain for the Dt minion. Deputy Consul Krnest Darker re ports that continuous building opera tions in Birmingham eraat' a market for large quantities of construction materials. The value of the maple sugn put of Canada Is placed at $1,000, 000, which Is supposed to represent three-sevenths of the output of the World. The adulteration of foods act has measurably put a stop to the mixing of cane or beet sugar with maple, as such mixtures must b marked , "adulterated" or "com pound." In some part of Switzerland' all the dead are buried by the government, without rcsoect to wealth or noul- I tlon. Attorney General Bonaparte de nounces as a fulsehood the statement that the work of hlB subordinates in the Department of Justice has fallen below the usual high standard. Makes no reference to reflection up on himself. Upon the recommendation of At torney General Bonaparte, the Presi dent approved of tho commutation of the sentence of J. W. January mi ii oi uu paruoneq July 1 9 . The Tftthmlnn Cannt i... 1 i nun urunreu me appraisement of the Improvements made by tho Pacific Man bteamship Company on the Island of Naos, Bay of Panama. The government will take the island when the canal Is completed. Tho War Department has made public a statement by General Funs ton to the effect that he approved of the promotion of General McCaskey over himself. The body of Brigadier General James M. J. Sanno, U. S. A., retired, whose death occurred a few days ago at Fort Oglethorpe. Ga., was Interred in Arlington National Cemetery, Official announcement was made of the appointment of William K Wllloughby to be secretary of Port'. Rico. Gen. George M. 8ternborg, has ac ewpted tin appointment of the coin mlsBlon in report on housing condl tlona in the District of Columbia. Garcia Valdex, dismissed Instruc tor in Spanish at the Naval Aoadem . . appeals for reinstatement, saying he is the victim of persecution. . Dr. Henry Barton Jacobs waj . i ctod le clary of the National As reflation for the Prevention of Tuber miosis. Representative J. II. Moore an nounced that he will offer in the next Congress a measure making train wrecking aud rape capital offenses. NOTED ARTISTS IN FIRE PANIC One Dead and Six Missing In Kansss City. Kansas City, Mo. (Special). George De Mare was killed and II persons were injured In a fire that destroyed the five-story brick Univer sity Building, at the Northwest cor ner of LocuBt nnd Ninth Streets, causing a property damage of $250, 000. Six persons are missing and may be burled in the ruins. The building wus occupied by Montgom ery Ward & Co., as offices, employing 200 girls, tnd by numerous artists nnd musicians, who lost everything. Among the missing Ib a Miss Maude Wllteborn. a piano teacher; last seen nt the window of her studio, on the firth floor. The severely Injured: Countess Alexandria Blumberg. a Husslan artist; skull fractured; may die. Maud Speyer, fell from ladder; serious. Mrs. Eva S. Boyle, Sheridan, Mo.; fell from ladder; severe. J. M. Kranlchfield, flremnn, leg broken. William Vandusen, fireman; seri ous. Peter Karagard, violin teacher; fell from fire escape; serious. Started In Hasenient. The fire started in a basement storeroom close to the only elevator In the building. Ten minutes after the fire broke out the flames began shooting up the elevator shaft, and all escape save by the fire escapes was shut off. The halls quickly filled with n dense, suffocating smoke, nnd 10 minutes later, when the first fire ap paratus arrived on the scene, people crwded almost every window appeal ing for help, while scores of others, mostly women nnd glrlB, filled the fire-escapes and were scrambling to tho ground. When tho alarm of Are war, first sounded 50 Boclety women, who were holding a meeting In the Athencum rooms, thought thnt It was a joke, and they made no effort to leave. A moment later, as the room filled with smoke, there was a wild scramble for tho exits. All the women es caped with little hurt by using the Locust Street fire escape. Jumped to Death. The third, fourth nnd fifth floors were occupied by artists and musi cians, and somo of tho upper rooms were UBed as living apartments. George De Mare, 32 yenrs old, art Instructor In the Central High School and a portrait painter, who came four years ago from Paris, Jumped from his studio window, on the fifth floor, and was found dead. De Mare recently was married to a prominent society woman. She was waiting In a nearby drug store, where her hus band's dead body wan taken, and she fainted. Countess Alexandria Blumberg, a miniature artist, who camo to Amer ica two years ago from Paris, and who had a studio on the fourth floor, was overcome by smoke and carried from her room by a fireman, who started down a ladder with her. When tho two wore within 30 feet of the ground the firemen below in their excitement turned a stream of water on them, knocking them from the ladder. Miss Blumberg suffered a fractured skull. Her studio con tained many rare workB of art. They wero all destroyed. Carl Busch, a composer and vio linist, and his wife, a pianist known In Europe, escaped after exciting ex periences. They lost all their musi cal instruments, which Included two stradivarlus violins. HALTIMOHK, ELECTION. While There Are Disappointments, It Is A Democratic Sweep. Bnltlmore, Md. (Special). Tho result of tho election In Baltimore Tuesday was to .put tho control of the. municipal government for the next four years completely In the hand3 of the Democratic party through tho election of its candidates for Mayor, President of the Second Branch City Council and Comptrol ler, together with a majority In both branches of the Council. Although this Ik in the nature of a sweeping victory, currying with it all the substantial fruits of a big party triumph, the overwhelming confidence of tho Democratic leaders and party men generally, based upon tho harmonious condition of their forces nnd the excellence of their ticket, wbb such that tho majority for tho Mayoralty candidate surpris ed them by its comparative small-ness. Grain Elevator Burned. Loulsvillo, Ky. (Special). The grain elevator of tho Callahan & SonB flour mills burned Thursday. Loss, $75,000. Capt. Martin Joyce, of the fire department, cut nn artery In his right arm while attempting to break in a window, and nearly bled to death before he was found. theater For Doll shown. Berlin (By Cable). Preparations are being made for tho erection of n theater In Berlin at which only doll shadow plays will be presented. It will be run on the lines of the Chat Nolr Theater, in Paris, which flour ished during tho 80s. Many of Orlm's fairy tales will bo staged. The Idea Is duo to the succcbs of a marionette theater at Munich, which Is having crowded houses. Prisoner Shot And Killed. Butte, Mont. (Special). Patrol man Jackson shot and killed Harry Cole as the latter was attempting to iscape. Cole was arrested on sus picion of being one of the Northern Pacific train robbers. A mob of .000 persons besomed the city jail, led by Cole's brother, In an effort to lynch Detective Mia,,irvey. who they thought shot Colo, McGurvey was put In the Jull for protection. The mob had a rope and clamored to lynch McGurvey. Bogus Lord Head. ' Asheville, N. C. t Special t it has onto to light thut tho notorious bo gux l.ord Heresford. whoso career was similar to that of the notorious Lord Douglas, onded his daya in Ashsvijle, having been followed from placo to place by flWectlves, but es aping detections His body, which an Asheville undertaking firm has been holding to be clitlmud by rela tive: or friends, Huh been identified i,. w. T chenoy and Linton A. Deal, of Rome, Ga. ONE KILLED AND SIXTT ARE INJURED C, B. & Q Train Is Wrecked Near Chcago. SPREADING RAILS PROBABLY CAUSE. Locomotive Leaves the Rails While Speeding at 40 Miles an Hour, Drag ging a Crowded Passenger Coach With It- Kveryone in 1 hat Coach Was Injured and Mrs. Miller Was Killed. Chicago, (Special). One woman was killed and threescore other per sons were Injured In a wreck on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rail read at the crossing of that line, with Hamlin Avenue, In the Bouth western part of the city. The womitn whose life was lost was Mrs. Mitry Miller, widow ol Thomas Miller, formerly freight traf fic manager of the Burlington Road. Mr. Miller died IS months ago. Fully 40 ungers other than those me-. , ,oned below were Injured,, bu' ia so Lllght a manner that they did not report their injuries to thf police. The train was No. 114, which runs between Aurora. III., and Chi cago. It consisted of four cars, all well filled with passenger. The cause of the accident is not known, but it Is believed to have been the spread ing of the railB, although by some of the pasBengers It was said that something was out of order with the tender of the locomotive. The trnln was running nt the rate of 40 miles an hour, when the loco motive suddenly left the rails, ran along the roadbed for 75 feet and then rolled down a slight embank ment, carrying With It the first pas senger coach. The other rnrs left the rolls, but did not go down, as tho engine nnd first roach had fallen In such a way that they acted as a prop for the cars in the rear. All tho passengers In the first roach were more or less hurt. Mrs. Mary .Miller, who was killed, was thrown down between two seats and a mass of wreckage piled upon her. She ut first insisted that she was not badly hurt, but she died while bong taken to the hospital. Mrs. Miller was accompanied by her three daughters Mrs. George Morton and Misses Elizabeth and Sarah Miller. Mrs. Morton escaped with slight Injuries, but both of the MisseB Miller were badly bruised and each sustained a fractured leg. Immediately after the accident the wreckage of the forward car burst into flames, but they were promptly extlnquished by the members of a nearby company of the fire depart ment. Engineer Newlands. of the wreck ed train, who was badly scalded and was severely cut about the head, re mained about the train nsslstlng In the rescue work until all of the pas sengers had been taken awny. He declared that he was absolutely In the dark as to the cause of the disaster. DIED BOASTING OF HEALTH. .lutnes Hatldeld. Aged .", Stricken On The Witness Stand Des Moines, la., (Special).- "I am 05, but sound as a dollar and good for at least 85." With the sound of his own voice still lingering on his Hps, James Had field. a pioneer of this state, Vestiflng as n witness in a civil action, gave a sudden gnsp, slipped forward on the chair nnd dropped to the floor dead. Heart, disease was the cause of his death. Apparently Hadfield was In the best of health. Ho was In the act of answering the usual question as to age put to a witness, when ho Jocularly boasted of the future. MADE INSANE BV SHOCK. Victim of Wreck on the Pennsylvania Loses Her Reason. Chicago (Special). Lillian M. Miller, one of the Injured In the wreck of the Pennsylvania Railroad 18-hour flyer, In which Mayor Fred A. Busse also whb Injured on the night of February 22, was adjudged Insane by Judgo Pond In the county court. Miss Mlller'B Insanity Is said to have been a result of the shock cho received In the wreck. Miss Miller, who Is 22 years old, had been visiting friends In the East and was on hor roturn to Chicago when the wreck occurred. Tho coun ty officials know little of her family, except that her mother lives some where In Kentucky. IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD. July wheat rose, lo 80 cents In Chicago, its top prlco this year. In ten months Illinois Central':! gross earnings havo risen 9 per cent. Pig Iron output In April amounted to 2,210,558 tons, tho biggest dally r.veruge on record. What aro Union and Southern Pacific going to do with their mouey? wan a question which puzzled the street. The Bank of England will hardly reduco Us discount rato until the Bank of France puts down ItB rate to three per cent. Slnco March 25 Unlou Pacific, Heading nnd Amalgamated Copper have been tho big market leaders. During this period, not Including yesterday, 5.1 54,310 tdiiircs of Union, 5,096,715 sharer, of Heading and 2. 901,320 shares of Copper havo been dealt In, which was 4 3 por cent, of the total transactions on the Wall Street Exchange. Orders have been tnsued by tho Southern Railway abolishing the positions of twenty-nine traveling passenger agents for retrenchment reasons. It Is announced that tho Pennsyl vania is now placing its orders fo, steel rails for !(U8 delivery. The amount is 140,000 tops, which is considerably under thin year's ton uage. The company hat recently placed order:: for 195 passenger coaches. The Dnlon PncifV pi, jjjq . bare fet 1)00, 000 worth of Rmf timore & Ohio common i;t.ock, which Is nuv. uiotind 9 'i'lils show, ihstt even Investors of the greatest cali ber sometimes buy too soou. The Pennsylvania's profit on that jtocK amounted to many millions. STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. Latest News Gleaned From Various Parts. M. Huthmaker, n witness in th ease of Edward Pahl against Ransom Township, stated In court that he1 had been a justice of the peace in Ransom contlnunlly for forty-five years. He received his first commis sion from Andrew Ccrtln nnd has had the same official nuthorlty from every Governor since that time. William 8. 8elzer brought suit, for; divorce against Mary A. Selzer, of Harrlsburg. He alleges that his wife Is a veritable human tigress, and that she threw furniture at and beat him. Patrick Clifford, of Scranton. now on trial for counterfeiting, has made, Buch good twenty-dollar IiIHb fromj ten-dollar notes, that some of thcmi have been accepted nt the banks. Clifford Is a cripple In both lgs,' nnd was In jail on a year's senten'O for counterfeiting. While Incarcerat ed he struck up an Intimacy with; Rlccardo, an Italian, nnd with the help of this man's wife, who bought for him pen and Inks of various col ors, he raised three ten-dollar "buf falo" notes to twenty-dollar hills which looked exactly like the real thing. The counterfeits made In jail were all circulated, nt first without detection. Some have not been locnt ed y?t. Upon the question whether a bald eagle is a destructive bird hinges the guilt or Innocence of A. M. Dlmmlck, n well known man of Wilkcs-Bnrre, who Is accused of violation of the game laws in wounding nnd captur ing the bird. Dlmmlck, who caught the bird after shooting nnd wound ing It some days ago, was arrested today by .Game Warden Shoemaker. A hearing will be held this week. His attorneys clnim the bird Is de structive and that the game law per mits It to bo shot. Ogden Brands and George Rice, of Halneaburg, was taken into cus tody for fast driving and fined $16.90. Chief BurgcsB Jos. M. Kerr, who Is trying to prevent any fast driving, noticing tho rapid approach of the team, darted out into the street and, nt his own peril, grabbed the horse nnd brought it to a stand still. . United States Commissioner C. P. Nelll has notified anthracite operators and mine workers that, average sell ing prico of hard coal at tidewater In the month of April was $4,411 a ton, making the Ma,y wage rate at basis. When coal reaches a $4.55 a ton price, tho rate will be advanced 1 per cent, or one out of five. Petitions aro being circulated throughout Adams County in lit.' In terest of William Eyler, Benteffred to be hanged on June 25. It Is hoped, to have his sentence commuted to Imprisonment for life. Tho Schuylkill Court decided to drop oil of the numerous cases in which William Fowler Thompson, of non-refillable bottle fame, was the defendant. It was agreed thnt they will bo wiped off the records by tho paying of the costs. Edward Nicholas, n young man a-.)d a School Director of West Ma ianoy Township, was fatally injured ,' being caught between n car that moke away on tho slope of Lost Creek No. 2 collier and another car. The BuckB County Medical 8ociety nt its annual meeting at Newtown declared an ndvance in fees necessary owing to higher coBt of living nnd tho cost of Instruments and drugs. Dr. George M. Grim, of Ottsvllle, was elected delegate to the State Medical Society, and Dr. J. B. Walter, of Solo bury, was chosen district censor. Abraham Seltzer, of Symmetry Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Hamburg, 1b confined to his room as the result of a stroke of paralysis. He Is 87 yearB old and has been nn Odd Fellow for 62 years. Alter but two days of married life, Mrs. Sallle McKejjtley, wife of Jos eph McKentley. of Reading commit ted suicide by Inhaling illuminated gas. Her body was found in the attic of her sister's home by the lat ter. The surroundings pointed to a determined effort to end her life during her honeymoon. The gas jet In the room was unscrewed to per mit n steady flow of gas, and every crack In the doors and windows was carefully plugged with rags and pa per. Even tho keyholo was thus closed. After having made sure of death the bride lay down on a bag of rags and waited tho ond. No cause of her self-destruction Is known. Rev. Jesse R. Zelgler, former pas tor o Great Island PreBbyterlan' Ghurch, Lock Haven ,has accepted a call to the First Presbyterian Church at Frankfort, Ky., at a sal ary of $3000 per year. Attorneys for the daughter of the late rank Q. urnnam nieq a petition with the court at Carlisle alleging that Graham was not of testamen tary rapacity tit the time of his death last year. Graham died at the home of his two sisters. Tho disputed will left his estate in trust ?or these sis ters and directed that at their death is should go to his brother's chil dren. Graham had been divorced from his wife, but had a daughter, of whom he had been quite fond, liv ing In Louisville, Ky. Joseph Albert met with an untime ly death at Bath. Crawling under Machinery at the Pennsylvania Ce ment Works to do repairing, he was struck by a bolt and Instantly killed. Dr. George Hummel, of Siegfried, let a contract for tho erection of thirty houses there. Roy Ryan and Harry Patchall, house painters, from West Grove, who went to West Chestor to work had a narrow escape from death dur ing the night in their room In the Farmors' Hotel. They were found unconscious with the room full of gas. On going to bed they had rais ed the window to, its full height and left rhe light burning low. During the night the wind blew out the gas. They were taken to the hospital and revived. The town of Beaver-Brook was the scene of a fatal fire at midnight when Mrs. Joseph DuUcavltz and her two Infant children wero con sumed in the flames. Dutzcavlts was first awakened by the smoke and In his excitement he forgot all about his wife aud little ones and Juinped out of tho window, Wheu the fire was at Its height a pot cut crawled up alongside of tho house, Jumped Into the room where Mrai Dutzcuvlts and tho children wero nnd perlahed with them.
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