THE NEWS, Domestic A new Indictment found by th federal grand Jury of New York agatnst F. August-is Hoinze, the cop per man and president of the Mer cantile National Hank at the time of the anl.?. charges Heinze with taking Aums from the t-ank aggregating 2.2.o.000 between March 14 and October 1 4, on.l misapplying them far his own William Adler. former president of the Stata Nntlnnal Hank of New Orleans, whlo'.i crashed to a ruin after bin flight t.- Il3nduras December 20. 1907, wan fjtind guilty by a Jury 1n the United States District Co in on "4 counts In the Indictment brougM against Mai under the national bank in:; lawn. Two of the fiva mn convicted In tho 'Turpentine Trust" case at Savannah, On., were sentenced to serve three, mor.ths In Jail, while flne ranging from J."00 to $5,000 wero i-e?Bed In ea- !i case. Frederick Zimmerman, said to have been stealing eggs, was shot ctml Hllcd 1v Adam Express Com-t-auy detectives In Philadelphia. Jacob rtlss, of New York, has been elected presiu.'-.it of the Playground Association of America. Heven divorces in 2 8 minutes was the new record in the speedy dis solution of the marriage bond set by Superior Judg? George H. Catmniss, of San Francisco. The transport Tralrle which ar1 vived nt the Philadelphia navy yard from Newport, will transport four linnrinnl men to the Isthmus of 1'anaina. The New York Air Brake Company filed papers with the Secretary of State of New Jersey, Increasing It? capital from $10,000,000 to $13,000,. 4JUO. The anthracite coal operators derted as their representatives on a board of conciliation: W. L. Con nell. S. IX Warriner and W. J. Rich ard. Nearl Harris, a negro, la held In Madison county Jail in connection with the killing of Charles Cheatham at Ilrooklyn, III. Rifts in the south polar cap of Mars were reported by Prof. Percl val Lowell from his observatory at Flagstaff. Ariz. Mote than 5,000 persons attended tbo memorial services in honor of the late llenrich Conrled at New York Mrs. Alice Braun, of Waterloo, known throughout the musical world at Itese Ellinger, died In London. Engineers in wireless telegraphy will be trained in the engineering department at Ohio State University. Harry Allen, of Kansas City, was struck by it Now York Central loco motive; at Rochester, N. Y. Twenty men were blown to pieces by the premature explosion of dyna mite In the stono quarry of tho Callalan Road Improvement Com Iany, near Albany. N. Y. J mice K. II Gary, of the "United States t-'teel Corporation, will present a $100,000 Y. M. C. A. building to the town of Gary, Ind. The Now York Central Railroad has paid f 136. 000 In fines for grant ing rebates to the American Sugar Refining Company. The aged machinist of Palnesvllle, O.. who claimed to be the missing Archduke Johunn of Austria, has dis appeared. A monument to Capt. Henry Wlrz, who was In conjmand of the federal prison, was unveiled at Anderson- illff, Ga. Kxtraordlnary large schools of mackerel are reported between Capo Mvnry and Cape Henlopen. COLLISION CAUSED By TRAIN ROBBERS Plundered Mail Runs Back Wild Into Passenger Cars. TWELVE PERSONS ARE INJURED. Trainmen Sec The Collision Impend Ing And Tlace Ties On Tho Track To Lessen Its Violence One Of The Bandit Is Said To He An Old Knglnct-r The Amount Of Their Plunder Is Unknown, Hut It Muy Keach $20,0(10 Deputies Are Now In Pursuit or Robbers. Spokane, Wash. (Special). Fol lowing the holdup of a Great North ern passenger train by six bandits between Colbert and Mead, 12 per sons were injured when the loco motive and the mail car, cut off from the rest of the train, ran back wild after the bandits had rilled the mails of an unknown amount, and collided with the rest of the train, which had been left standing where the bandits got possession of the train. Having taken the detached mall car down the track a considerable distance, the robbers looted the reg istered mall, nnd. reversing the en gine, sent the locomotive and the mull car crashing back into the pas senger coaches. The conductor saw the wild cars backing down the traok 25 miles, and he nnd another trainman placed a tie on the track to stop their flight; but the cars, though partly stopped by this means, plunged into the coaches, throwing passengers from their seats, cutting them with glass from broken windows. A trainman nerved to the task sprang aboard the locomotive as the collision oc curred and shut oft the steam, stop ping the havoc. When the train reached Colbert late some switching had to be done. While the engine crew was busy at this work two men sprang into the cab and, thrusting a revolver against the bodies of Engineer Wm. Miller and Fireman John Hill, ordered them to do as commanded. The engineer and the fireman complied, and the mall cars were cut off from the rest of the train by four other robbers. The locomotive and tho mall car were then run up the track a few miles. Then the engineer and his fireman were forced to leave the cab. Two of the robbers went to the door of the car and ordered It open ed. Their cnmmnnd was obeyed by Benjamin F. Stumpf, mail clerk, who was hurried away from the cars, with the enginemen, by a dozen re volver shots. Manning the locomotive them selves, the outlaws took the mall cars down the track and looted the registered mall. Then they started the locomotive back toward the rest of the train and escaped. Conductor C. L. Robertson had a brakeman cut In the telegraph wire to send word to Spokane. While he was busy telgraphing. about a half hour after the locomotive and the mail car had disappeared, he saw the powerful locomotive career ing toward the coaches In which many persons were asleep, as the robbers had acted quietly In seizing the mall car. Many of the passengers knew nothing of the holdup until awaken ed by the collison. HEARD HIS I -TXKRAIi SERMON. foreign A garden party given by Prince F.himazu, of Japan, at Tokio, to Hear Admiral Harbor, commander of tha tbird division of tho Pacllic Squad rou. U. S. V, and to Rear Admiral l.autbton, commander of the British Squadron, was a magnificent affair. The Heme copyrlcht convention passed its second reading in tho Ger niau Reichstag, the copyright legis lation of the I'nlted States being sharply attacked during the discus sion. I.ady William Beresford, of Eng land, who died recently, left an es tate of 1900,000. She was the daughter of tho late Commodore Price, United States Navy. M. Iopiiklnc. former director of police in St. Petersburg, was sen tenced to flvf years' hard labor for being a member of a revolutionary organization. Only about 1,000 French govern !int employes In Paris are on strike. A diwuPFlon of tho strike in the Chamber of Deputies caused a wili Bcenv. Tno French government has mad Hwir? Vlgnaud first secretary of the American t-niiiam-.y at Paris, a grand officer of the legion of Honor. The IJ. S. revenue cutter Tahoma arrived at Alexandria to protect American interests. Tho new cable connecting Venn aueln with the outside world was opened. Portugal hn a new ministry, with VfntfHlao I Hi Limn as the premier Earthquakes have been duing con siderable damage In Ecuador. The first day of the potitil strike n France pass-nl off wltnoiit any disturbance and without any serlouf Inconvculorcc to a government fot coniiuerclel servlto. , The report of a British depart men nil committee reported that th American beef combination may .rov dangerous to the British trade. The Venezuelan government and the f reach Cable Company signed n asreemcut la settlement of all butstandlng difficulties. The K'niporor and Empress of Ger many exchanged greetings with tha King and Queen of Italy and Brlndlsl. The appointment will be an nounced presently or Marquis d Tlllalobar as Spanish minister at Washington. An enthnslastle welcome was given to the United Slates Commission up on its arrival at Monrovia, Liberia. . Mulat Hafld, sultan of Morocco, demands the evacuation of Spain of the Kin region. S,3I9,000 For C. and I). Canal. Washington, D. C. (Special). A bill providing for an appropriation f IX.SI6.000 for tbe purchase of the Chesapeake and Delaware canal was Introduced by Representative I leal d (Del.). la tbe event of tbe purchase of the canal tbe sum of Slet.00 ia appropriated Man, Told He Is Ahout To Die, Calls In Minister And Friends. Gas City, Ind. (Special). On his ! deathbed, Ellas E. Burns, 88 years old, heard his funeral sermon preach- ed. After having been advised by ; his physician that he could live only ' a few hours more, Mr. Burns sum I moned his minister, Rev. Henry i Schwan, and forty of his friends and neighbors nnd asked them to give j him the satisfaction of attending his funeral service in his bedroom. I Hymns were sung and Mr. Schwan preached a sermon after reading tho eighth chapter of Romans. After the service the sick man seemed j stronger, but later he relapsed into ' delirium. A Magistrate Murdered. Weston, W. Va. (Special). Blood bounds were at noon put upon the trail of Charles B. Townsend, who escaped after shooting and Instant ly killing Peace Justice William P. Moss, of Stouts Milts, near here. Moss Is reported to have attempted to prevent Townsend from beating his wife. Night Rider Juror Suicide. Union city, Tenn. (Special). Mansfield Haroldson, one of the Jurors before whom the eight Night Riders were tried here last January, six of the accused being sentenced to hang, committed suicide. His body was found hanging In one of the outhouses on his farm. His mind Is believed to have been unbalanced by brooding over tho trial. Knrth(tiake In Montana. Great Falls, Mont. (Special). A distinct earthquake shock was felt hero at 0.15 o'clock, and It was also felt nt Choteau, Havre, Wagner and other points, showing that It prevail ed generally over Northern Montana. While no serious damage was done, the shock wns sufficient to spill arti cles trom shelves In stores, and there was some breaknge of glassware. Saved In Their Cellars. Kansas City, Mo. (Special). Five members of the EckBtrom, supposed to have been killed on their farms near Hollls, Kansas. In the tornado, and Charles Quance, a ranchman who was believes to have succumbed near Laruod, Kan., escaped unharm ed to tornado cellars. The fact became known when wire communi cation was resumed with these points. Tho known dead from the storm Id this part of the Southwest Is tbree and the Injured 55. ' Deposed Sultan's Funds, Constantinople (Special). The Minister of Finance has decided that the cash fund In the Imperial palace of Ylldli, tha residence of Abdul Hnmld, the deposed sultan, shall be used In meeting tbe expenditures In curred by the mobilization of tha First and Second Army Corps and the march on Constantinople to restore constitutional (overomeat. The funds In question amount to nearly 8,f0,000. BIG CIRCUS TENT IS BLOWN DOWN Canvas Takes Fire anJ Pandemonium Reigns in Audience. Accident At Corry, Pa., During An Exhibition Of Cole Brothers Clr. cus Heavy Poles Crush Several Person Ilmervrd Seat Section Also Collapses With Struggling. Shrieking Crowd Mothers Lose Children In Excitement TenU men Work Heroically. Corry, Pa. (Special). The main tent of the Cole Brothers' Circus blew down, without a moment's warning, at 8 o'clock P. M., during a heavy windstorm, while the big top was crowded with spectators for the even ing's performance. At the same mo ment the entire reserved sent section blew down and hurled the shrieking, struggling crowd. The circus peo ple ran madly about, It Is reported, more panic stricken than the audi ence. A portion of the tent took fire from the gas lamps and blazed up. Cries of fire and ah ricks of agony caused the struggling and burning section of canvas to resemble on In ferno. The canvas men. braver than the performers, worked like Trojans, cutting holes In the canvas, and re leased the frightened people as soon as they could be reached. The' Corry Fire Department and all the doctors In the town were call ed out to assist In recovering possible victims. Among the Injured are Mrs. Byron Davids, struck by pole, seriously In jured; Chief of Police Stevens, slight ly injured by a pole; Charles Tuttle. city clerk, struck by pole, extent of injuries unknown. The damage to the show Itself is but slight. TRADE OK THE WORLD. A New Record Made For Internation al Commerce. Washington. D. C. (Special). A new record for the international commerce of tho world was estab lished In 1907. nccording to the statistical abstract of the Vnlted States prepared by the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Com merce and Labor. This abstract puts the total exports of the various coun tries and colonies of the world in that year at $14,ono,ono,000 and the Imports at $16,000,000,000. Of this grand total the Vnlted States Is accredited with 14.4 per cent, of tho imports and with 9.2 per cent, of the exports. Ten coun tries contributed more than two thirds of tfie total. On the export side the Vnlted Kingdom headed the list with $2,073,000, the Vnlted States coming next with $1,835,000, Germany next with $1.C29.000 and France fourth with $1,080,000. On the import side the Vnlted Kingdom again headed the list with $3,143, 000,000, Germany coming second with $2, 0S2, 000,000. France third with $1,201,000,000 and the Vnlted States fourth with $1,194,000,000. Practically two-thirds of this total of international trade is accredited to Europe. TONSILS AND TUBERCULOSIS. TflUST MAGNATES ARE SENT TO JAIL Sentences imposed in Naval Stores Case. BOND GIVEN PENDING AN APPEAL Spencer P. Schotter And 3. F. Cooper Myers Are Given Three Months In Jail By Judge Shep. pa rd. In Addition To Being Fined, While Tlie Three Other Convicted Men Are Only Fined Tho Case Will Be Appealed. Chicago Physicians Hear Their Re moval Aids In Cure. Chicago (Special). Wholesale cutting out of tonsils from the throats of everyone subject to tuber culosis is advocated by the physicians attending the fifty-fourth annual con vention of the Illinois Homeopathic .Medical Association. Tonsils clearly had no friends among the assembled physicians. One described them as "things good tor Dreeaing microbes. " Another de clared that no use for them ever has heen round, and tho agreement wns general that their removal checked incipient tuberculosis. "Twelve per cent, of the children examined recently." said Dr. Richard H. Street, "were found Infected with incipient tuberculosis. When the tonsils of these children were remov ed there was complete recovery." "Rnt" Saves Woman's Life. Jackson, Mich. (Special). A large of Mrs. Richard Frost In an automo bile accident here, her physicians say. Mrs. Frost and her baby were both thrown from the machine when It collided with a telegraph pole. Mrs. Frost, whose husband was driving the machine, struck on her head with such force that hairpins were driven Into her scalp. At the hospital the surgeons who attended her said that the "rat" saved her head from being crushed. A child was also Injured. DID Coal Contracts. Washington (Special). Contracts have been let by the Navy Depart ment for tho transportation of be tween 40,000 and 48,000 tons of coal from the Atlantic seaboard to the Mare Island and Bremerton navy yards. It Is exnocted that much of the coal will be shipped from Balti more. The New , York and Porto Uico Steamship Company will trans port six ship loads nt the rate of $3.30 per ton. Bowrlng & Co., of New York, will have two shiploads at $3.2!) per ton. Danced Herself To Death. Chicago (Special). Marie Fron. 20 years old, danced herself to death in a public dance hall, according to the verdict of a coroner's Jury. The girl possessed a frail constitution, but waltzing was a mania with her. She was warned by her parents not to ex ert herself, but tbe music caused her to forget the warning and she danced continuously until she had to be car ried out of the hall fainting. She died In a hospital. Florence Nightingale 00 Years Old. London, Eng. (Special). Florence Nightingale, who has Just entered her ninetieth year, has received In numerable congratulatory messages and bouquets. She Is very feeble and Is now confined at all times to her room. Savannah. Ga. (Special). Over ruling the motion in arrest of Judg ment offered by the defense. Judge Will am B. Sheppard sentenced the five men found guilty of violating the Sherman anti-trust law and In two cases Jail sentences were im posed. Spencer P. Shotter, chairman of the board of directors of the Amer ican Naval Stores Company, was sen tenced to serve three months in Jali and to pay a fine of $r,000. Edmund S. Nash, president of the company, was fined $3,000. J. F. Cooper Myers, vice president of the American Company and pres ident of the National Transportaalon and Terminal Company, was sentenc ed to three months in Jail and to pa a fine of $2,500. George Mead Boardman, of New York, treasurer of the American Naval Stores Company, was fined $2,000. Carl Moller, of Jacksonville, Fla., agent of the American and general mannger of the National Transpor tation and Terminal Company, Jack sonville, was fined $5,000. Mr. Shotter and Mr. Myers wero sentenced to terms In the Chatham County Jail because they had been before the court two years ago, en tering pleas of guilty. Mr. Moller's sentence was made heavy because of his connection with the Terminal yards in Jacksonville, where regrading and regauglng were alleged to have taken place. The case will be appealed to the Vnlted States Court of Appeals as soon as the bill of exceptions can be prepared and certified to by the court. A writ of error citing 53 grounds was filed immediately after sentence was passed. Nearly every thing the court permlited to come before the Jury, to wh'.ch the de fense entered protest, was attacked. Bond in the sum of $20,000 was given for all the defendants Jointly, and they were released pending the determination of their appeal. The costs they must pay If the convic tion and sentences stand will, it Is said, reach $17,000. The defendants were sentenced separately. Judge Sheppard made no long "address, but merely pave each man an opportunity to say why sentence should not be pronounced, n privilege of which they took but small advantage. Tho defense was represented by W. W. Mackall, former Judge Sam uel B. Adams and Oen. Peter W. Meldiim. With Mr. W. C. Toomer, of Jacksonville, the government was represented by Assistant District At torney Alexander Akerman. TO PLANT 1,000,000 TREES. CAPTAIN PETER C. HAINS FOUND GUILTY Ccnvxted on Manslaughter in the First Degree.. On The First Ballot The Jury Stood Six For Conviction Of Murder In First Degree And Six For Acquit tal On The Ground Of Insanity Result Is A Compromise Be lieved Mrs. Hulns Wns Utility And That Annls Deserved His Fate, Hut Barred I'mviittcn Law, THE CASE IN A NUTSHELL. Date of murder August 16, 1908. Place TJayslde Yacht Club, Long Island. Victim William E. Annls, ac cused of betraying the wife of Capt. Peter C. Hains, Jr. Accused Capt. Peter C. Halns. Jr., Vnlted States Army, nnd his older bro;her, Thornton Jenkins Halns, author. Trial of Thornton Jenkins Hains began December 14. Last ed one month. Acquitted after tho Jury considered case 22 hours. Trial of Capt. Peter C. Halns, Jr., began April 19, ended May 11; Jury out three hotirB. Verd ct Manslaughter In the first degree. Pennsylvania Rnllroad Planning For Timber Supply In Future. New York (Special). The Penn sylvania Railroad is planning to set out this spring more than 1,000,000 trees. This will make a total of 3,430,000 trees, which have been planted In the last three years to provide for some of the company's future requirements in timber and cross ties. , This constitutes the largest fores try plan yet undertaken by any priv ate corporation. Heretofore the com pany's forestry operations have been confined to a limited area between Philadelphia and Altoona. This year, however, 5,000 trees are being set out on tracks of land near Metucben and New Brunswick, N. J. In ad dition there are to be planted within the next month 207,000 trees near Conewago, Pa.; 186,000 In the vicinity of Van Dyke; 334.000 at Lewlston Junction; 7,000 at Pome roy, and 205,000 at Denholm. The bare places in the locust tree plantations, which were started some years ago, are being filled In with new seedlings, in order that these may follow as a second growth after the older trees have been removed for fence posts and other purposes. Of the trees that are to be set out this spring, 893,000 are red oak, 4 0,000 Scotch pine, 29,000 locust, 14,000 hardy catalpa, 14,000 pin oak, .1,000 European larch, 3,000 chestnut, 3,000 yellow poplar, 2,000 black walnut and 1,000 white pine. Two Dead In Old House. Gloucester. N. J. (Special). Ly ing side by side with their skulls crushed, the bodies of James Purdy and John Whltelaw, were discovered In an abandoned tallow house here by three boys. Nearby wan a shovel and an Iron bar, both covered with blood. Purdy, who was Identified through a letter found In his pocket, recently received a money onler for $210 from St. Thomas, Onturlo, j where he lived at one time. He was an ironworner ny iratio. it is De lleved that he and his companion were murdered by tramps. IN THE WORLD OF FINANCE White Mountain's Hotel Afire. Plymouth. N. H. (Special). Tbe Pemlgowasset House, one of the largest hotels In the White Moun tains, was destroyed by Are. The loss la estimated at 1100.000. Gold exports for the year now ap proximate $50,000,000. Uncle Sam has $62,000,000 In na tional banks. New York Air Brake will add $3, 000,000 to its capital stock. It cost Tonopah approximately $8.50 to mine and treat a ton of ore, Montana Tonopah has made a pay ment of $10,000 upon Its mill, leav ing tbe debt upon that property $40, 000. Samuel Newhouse. "King of Utah mines," is in tbe West looking over his properties. In the flnt quarter of 1900 Utah Copper earned net $382,470 compar ed with $540,282 In tbe last quarter of 1908. i Trading In Belmont continues ac tive In Philadelphia, but the price of the stock changes by the smallest possible fraction. Pblladelphlans who paid $4 a share for 100,000 shares of Mohawk which Is now worth an equivalent of $1S a share In Goldfleld Consolidated, still retain a fair proportion of their original purchase. New York (Special). Capt. Peter C. Hains, Jr., was found guilty of manslaughter In the first degree by tbe Jury which tried him for the killing of William E. Annls, a pub lisher, at the Bayslde Yacht Cfub, Flushing, L. 1.. August 15, 190S. The penalty for manslaughter in the first degree is from one to 20 years' imprisonment. The prisoner was Immediately remanded to the cus tody of the sheriff until sentence is imposed. Captain Halns showed no emotion when, on command to rise and face the Jury, he heard the verdict against him. His face wore the dull and un comprehending look which has been noted during the trial According to the assertions given out by the lawyers for the defense a few minutes before the quick re turns of the Jury, the verdict was totally unexpected, Mr. Mclntyre basing hopes of n mistrial resultant from disagreement upon a story which had been told him that two Jurors were holding out for convic tion, while the others were for ac quittal. The Jury, which went to Its deliberations at 1 o'clock, report ed ready to bring In the verdict at 4 o'clock. Judge Garretson was notified by Court Captain Ashmead and hurried from his hotel to convene court. The Hains counsel rushed In from the Flushing Hotel and the district at torney's Btaff from "Ye Olden Tav ern." Captain Halns seated himself at the counsel tahle and dully awaited the word to stand up and face his Jury when the 12 men had filed Into the box. Judge Garretson announc ed that there must be no sign of ap proval and disproval at the verdict, and the clerk of the court was or dered to demand the result of the deliberations. "The officers will see that every one will remain in his seat," said the court. "Defendant, rise," sang out the court clerk. Tbe army officer, his face deadly pale, his lips closed tightly, reached out and, grasping the table in front of him, rose to his feet. He did not appear to need any assistance, and no one offered any. Slowly the prisoner turned his head and directed his gaze at the foreman of the Jury. "Have you agreed upon a ver dict?" the clerk asked the foreman of the Jury. "Yes, we have," replied the fore man. "Manslaughter In the first degree, he added without waiting for any further questions from the clerk. Captain Halns stood facing the Jury, squaring his shoulders, thrown back in military fashion, as Foreman Sundlng recited the verdict. As he heard the decision of the Jurors Halns' face was as white as chalk. He stood for a few moments motion less, staring at the Jury after he heard the verdict. Then one of his lawyers touched him, and he quietly sat down. In striking contrast to the demean or of the prisoner was the grief of his aged father, Gen. Peter C. Hains. and his brother. Major John Power Hains. For a moment they sat as if dazed, then broke down and wept. The Captain's aged mother, who was such a pitiful figure In court during the trial, was not In court. Now Killing Giraffes. Nairobi, British East Africa (Special). Theodore Roosevelt's hunting trips continue to be success ful. The animals that most recently have fallen before his gun Include two giraffes and a rhinoceros Ker mlt Roosevelt, his son, haB succeeded In bringing down a big bull giraffe. Mr. RooBevelt visited the American mission at Mac.hakos. The entire party will break camp near Macakos and move to the Ju Ja ranch of George McMillan. All the members of the expedition are well. Mercury The Rest Senator. Washington, D. C. (Special). "Uncle Joe" Cannon has given the Senate a solar plexus because of Its snaillike progress in the tariff debate. "The only thing that moves and car ales the previous question and brings about a vote In the Senate," be said, "la from 96 to 100 degrees In the shade." It Is now pretty generally believed that tropical weather Is the only bnpe of an adjournment of Congress before August 1. Taft's Aged Vncle Elopes. Escanaba. Mich. (Special). Charles Whitney, an uncle et Presi dent Taft, and a wealthy merchant of Green Bay, has eloped with Miss Eva Gerardln, an unusually pretty and attractive dressmaker of Green Bay, The bridegroom Is 60 years old and the bride 40 years bis Junior. The couple arrived here on an after noon train and were married Im mediately. Mr. and Mrs. Whitney left for Chicago for a short honeymoon. TWENTY BODIES 8L0WN SKYWARD Premature Explosion of Dynamite in a Stone Quarry. A THOUSAND POUNDS GO OFF. Thirteen Holes Had Been Drilled When Percussion Cap Acciden tally Explodes, Firing All The Chnrges Workmen And Tons Of Rock Hurled Hundreds Of Feet Into The Air Panic Reigns In Village Half A Mile From The Quarry Fragments Of Unrecog nizable Dead Carted To Morgue, Albany, N. Y. fSpecial). At least 20 men were killed by a premature blast of dynamite In a stone quarry operated by the Callalan Road Im provement Company, near Soutu Bethlehem, 11 miles southwest of Albany. One thousand pounds of dynamite exploded, nd the bodies of tie vic tims wete hurled hundreds of feet by the concussion and so badly muti lated as to be almost beyond recog nition. As darkness was falling a wagon drew up to the cnglnehouse loaded with bodies that had been picked up back on the quarry hill. A crowd of grlefstricken relatives Fathered around, eager to Identify the dead, only to turn away at the sickening eight. Italians with shovels found here and there portions of bodies and brought their gruesome loads In box es to the englnehouse, which served as a temporary morgue. The Callalan Road Improvement Company furnished crushed stone for road building. The preparat'ons for the day's blast had been going on for six weeks. Thirteen holes, 75 feet deep, had been drilled at points about 20 feet back of the face of the big quarry, and the explosion of the dynamite with which they were to be leaded was expected to displace 40,000 tons of rock. Over 8,000 pounds of dynamite were to have been used. The work men had placed 500-pound charges In six of the holes and were work ing on the seventh when a percus s'on cap was prematurely discharg ed. A terrlffic explosion followed, which hurled tons of rock Into the air and scattered the bodies of tho victims in all directions. The offi cers were standing nearby at the time directing the work. Houses in the vicinity were shak en and windows shattered by the concussion and consternation reign ed in the little village half a mile away. All that was capable of recognition of LcRoy McMillen was his head, found some distance from the ex plosion and nowhere near anything .that might have been his body. The body of one of the Callalan brothers, John, was found on top of the ledge, where the charge holes had been drilled and were being fill ed, 50 feet from the explosion. In the pit below, outside of the displaced rock, lay the body of the other brother, Charles. All there was left to Identify him by was a charred trunk and head. Both bod ies were torn asunder. The bodies of Baumes and Maloney were burned black. and dismember ed. The quarrymen being unfamiliar with the powder expert, Zephart, there Is some doubt as to the identity of the body believed to be his. He was a large man, six foot or more tall, weighing about 250 pounds or more. Such a body, dismembered and with the head and face burned be yond recognition, was picked up, In addition to the trunks and larger part of the bodies recovered, a table three feet wide and ten long was filled heaping with burned and broken arms and legs, parts of head and trunks of the victims of the accident. The nine bodies of Italians not yet recovered are either burled in the rocks or have been blown into such small pieces that it will be impos sible to associate them as bodies. THE FOURTH MEMBER OF GANG TO DIE Death Taking Off State Capitol Grafters. The Philadelphia Contractor Out On $2.1,000 Hall Pending An Appeal, F.xpires At Sherry's, In Ne York He" Charged Six Million, For Work On Rig Structure Tint Cost One Million. New York (Special). John H. Sanderson, the Philadelphia con tractor, who has been out on $2$, 000 ball pending an appeal In his conviction for defrauding the Stat of Pennsylvania in the building of the $13,000,000 capitol building at Harrisburg, died In his .;artmenti here at Sherry's. He has been living at Sherry's ever since his conviction on March 12, 1908, having cost there with his bride. All Information concerning Mr. Sanderson's death . was refused (j Sherry's, and the statement was it f.rst given out that he was out of town. It was known that he had heen 111 in his apartments for several months. Whether or not his wif was with him Is not known, but It Was Raid hv n frlnnrt Ihnt lila all. j was In Philadelphia. When the contracts for the ne capitol were let Sanderson was found to be the favored bidder, although It was Inter brought out that hit was by no means the lowest hid. When the bills for the building began coming in. Items In them at tracted the attention of tho authori ties, and a commission was appoint ed by Governor Pennypacker to In- vestigate the matter. The conimlj- slon had not gone far berore it be came known that large frauds had bem practiced, and in 1907 Indict ments were found- against a number of men concerned In the letting of the contracts and the actual work of building. Among the men Indicted were former Auditor Gen. William P. Snyder, former State Treasurer William L. Mathuos, former Super intendent of Public Grounds James M. Shumaker. Sanderson and a num- ! ber of lesser officials and contractors It was found that Sanderson had charged $6,434,748.94 for the work and that it had cost him f 1.574, 399. f.6 to do It. An examination showed that where he had contract ed to put in mahogany rostrums In the two legislative houses he had put In putty and veneered it with ma hogany. In tho furniture transac tions involving pnvments of $53,000 Sanderson had presented bills on which the state was defrauded of $19,000. WASHINGTON BY TELEGRAPH A police census of the District of Columbia shows a population of 343,006, including 97,142 negroes and 15,425 more women than men. President Taft has written to Governor Stubbs, of Kansas, resent ing the effort to ubb him in the fac tion fight in that state. The body of Rear Admiral Charles S. Cotton, U. S. N., retired, was burled In Arlington National Ceme tery. Employes of the navy yards will be given half holidays on Saturdays during July, August and September. The meeting of the National As sociation for the Study and Preven tion of Tuberculosis was concluded. The Porto Rlcan Bill was taken under consideration by the House Committee on Way and Means. The Secretary of tho Navy approv ed the program for the maneuvers of the Atlantic fleet. President Taft was mustered In as n member of the Associate 8oclety of Farnsworth Tost. ' The Senate Committee on Finance has decided to leave crude petroleum on the free list. Mr. L. Duncan Bulkley, a New York specialist, visited leper Karly and took cultures. Guinea pigs, rabbits and rats, and like small animals, must be trans ported by express companies at mer chandise rates under an order Issued by the Interstate Commerce Commis sion. Senor Espinosa. tha Nlcaraguan minister, presented to Socretary of State Knox Pedro Gonzales, who has come to Washington to settle the Emery claim. Rear Admiral Uriah R. Harris was ordered to assume command of the navy yard and station at Philadelphia on May 25. Tha "summer headquarters" of President Taft, at Beverly Cove were Inspected by Chief Wilkie, of the Secret Bervlco. In the Senate the committee amendment making Iron ore dutiable at 25 cents ton was adopted, CI to ti. Senators Raynor and Smith, of Maryland, made earnest pleas for free Iron ore. 1 Senator Clay, of Georgia, urged the President to reinstate Major Frank Pel Carrlngton, of the Philippine scouts, dismissed from the army on tbe charge of irregularities... SEVEN PERSONS DROWN. Launch Capsized And None Of The Occupnnts Could Swim. Eau Claire. Wis. (Special). Not being able to swim, George Hall, R. H. Sweet, Sweet's wife and four chil dren were drowned in the swollen waters of the Chippewa River, when Hall's gasoline launch, which they wero trying out. for the first time, capsized in midstream, striking some sunken piling. Nobody saw the launch capsize, but r: man fishing on the river bank heard cries for help nnd saw Sweet and Hall clinging to the overturned boat. The current carried theni rapidly down the stream. The overturned boat and tbe men soon disappeared from view. The launch was found later on a sandbar. A Suicide Pact. Vienna (Special). All Fafiuy Bey, secretary of the Turkish Legation at Belgrade, and Mile. Ludovlca Mil necka were found dead In a room of a hotel in S.-nnlln, across the river from Belgrade, this morning. The couple were lovers, and it is evident that the tragedy was pre-arranged. The secretary apparently shot the young woman and then committed suicide. A sum of money wns laid out on a table In tho room, with the request that they bo burled in the same grave. American Became A King. Carml, 111. (Special). News has been received here of the death of Edgar Thompson, king of one of the Fiji Islands, who left his home ) at Albion, near this city, 25 year ago In search of adventure. Sonic years after his departure Thomp son's sister, living In San Francisco, received a letter from him telling of his wanderings and stating tbat be had been married to a young princess of one of the Fiji Island! and had been crowned king. Inquiry through the United States consular department verified his story. New Typewriter Speed Record. Kansas City, Mo. (Special). A new speed record for typewriting was made here by E. A. Trefzger, of New York, when he wrote an average of 109 words from copy each minute for 15 minutes Trefzger was second in tbe international contest recently, when Rose L. Frits won the hour contest. C II. M. Downing Killed, Falls Church. Va. (Special). Bedford M. Downing, of Fall Church, is dead as the result of pistol shot wound Inflicted about 12 o'clock P. M. Dr. George B. Fadely, who was called, says be is of tbe opinion that Downing accidentally shot himself. Across one of the main streets of Cincinnati and facing the celebrated Fountain Square hangs, In front of a liquor store, a big wooden sign on which is painted: "Let us send gallon of our best whlBky by express to tbat dry town of yours." Consul Wilbur T. Gracoy, of Tslng tu. reports that tho section of tbe Pektng-Kalgan Railway from Nan kow to Huallla was opened on Feb ruary (. From tbe entranre to the pass at Nankow the road rises 1,800 feet in JO miles. j The Mexican Central plant et Aguascallentes for preserving rail-, road ties with ol, which was started some years ago as an experimental plant to develop and perfect the Eba no oil process, Is now treating about a carload, or 8,500 ties dally. Each tie takes up about three gallons of oil. According to their own figures the: Pennsylvania's coal and coke traffic! In a week Is almost exactly equal tel Chesapeake A Ohio's similar traffic! In on Month.
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