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.
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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.