THE NEWS
Domestic
Tfin mummified body blflney Las
celles, bettor known as Lord Douglas,
an International forger and swindler,
was sent from Ashevllle, N. C, to
Washington for cremation.
Frank Went Rollins, former gov
ernor of New Hampshire, was fined
$2,000 for violating the customs laws
by not declaring dutiable goods cn
his arrival in New York.
Charles W. Partridge, the Chicago
merchant, has divided the Income
from (2,000.000 worth of real es
tate among his four children.
Miss Delvlna Nichols, aged 20 and
5rettv, who performed In an animal
show, was burled at Sheldon, 111., In
a ballot dress.
Jere S. LIUIs, victim of an as
sault by John C. Cudahy, has been
expelled from a third club In Kan
sas City.
Financial circles In New York hear
that the Wabash Railroad is seeking
an outlet at seaboard.
A powerful negro wrecked a patrol
dragon and routed four policemen of
Chicago.
Col. Theodore Roosevelt has ac
cepted the invitltlon of the National
Hoosovolt Rough Riders' Association
to be the guest of honor at a lunch
eon to be given In New York on Juno
23.
The Pullman Company will oppose
reductions in rates made by the In
terstate Commwrce Commission,
denying that the federal body has
Jurisdiction.
Rev. Angolo Bollzzlo, a Catholic
Juriest at Williamsburg, N. J., had
its head and face slashed with a
razor in the hands of an Italian.
Daniol Wlllard. president of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, has
beoii chosen president of the Ameri
can Railway Association.
George W. Coleman, who looted
National City Bank, of Cambridge,
Mass., of $309,000, was sentenced
to 15 years In jail.
Mrs. E. C. Jones and Lieut. J. C.
Walker, U. S. A., were married In a
hospital at San Francisco.
Isaac C. Wyman, said to have orwn
td real estate In every state In the
Vnion, dlied at Salem, Mass.
The coroner's Jury which begun an
investigation of the Cherry Mine dis
aster last November brought In 250
separate verdicts at Princeton, 111.
The InqueBt says the mining laws
(were broken with the knowledge and
consent of the mine inspectors.
Mrs. Jessie L. Forbes, wife of A.
(Holland Forbfs, the aeronaut, was
! taken to the Jail at Bridgeport. Ct.,
for falling to satisfy a Judgment
against her In an alienation suit.
Edward C. Evans and his son,
Marvin, of Harlemton, Va., dlod In
the Cooper Hospital, Camden, N. J
wlille lying Bide by side. The son
was a victim of an explosion.
The Pennsylvania Railroad took a
lease for 999 years of the Pittsburg,
Yountown and Ashtabula RallroaJ,
at a meeting in YoungBtown, O.
In a running fight between a posse
i of citizens and a band of robbers
, who entered a bank In Wapanucka.
' Ok., a member of the posse was shot.
Stephen Zacak, who confessed to
murdering a policeman In Chicago,
after f2 hours of continuous ques
tioning, killed himself in his oell.
Many New England cotton mills
. mill clow down for a month or so,
; throwing thousands out of employ
ment. Hnry Homey, of Newark, N. J.,
after killing his wife, walked to the
police station and surrendered.
Representative Ames created a
. sensation in the House by charging
i Chairman Payne with discourtesy in
refusing to bear him on a resolution
' rega&dirg the Canada tariff question.
Foreign
The Chilian government has decid
ed to acecpt a loan for $13,000,000
from the Rothchilds, in London, for
( the reconstruction of that section in
Valparaiso which was wrecked by the
, earthquake in 1906 and for railway
' Improvement.
A woman, formerly superior of the
Order of St. Anne Nuns, Is under
' arrest In Paris. Her obligations are
estimated at $800,000. Dr. Petit,
, an associate of the woman, commlt
' ted suicide.
Miss A. M. Reynolds, an American
woman, presided at the session yes
terday of the World's Young Wom
en's Christian Association, in Berlin.
Commander Gilmer, of the United
States gunboat Paducab, has served
notice on General Irlas, who is In
command of the Venus, that be will
not permit a bombardment of the
city of Bliu-flolds. Nicaragua, and ho
baa also notified General Estrada
and General Madnlz that he will not
, permit any armed conflict within the
city.
A court-martial has been ordered
at Manila to try Col. Robert F. Ames
on charges of conduct unbecoming
an officer and to the prejudice of
military discipline.
A Joint meditation by the United
Ftates, Brazil and Argentina will
probably settle the Ecuador-Peruvian
bounJry dispute.
' Alexander Suohkoff, president of
the Duma, and Count I varrolf were
sentenced to confinement for duel
ling. .
Forty-seven Russian workmen
were drowned aa the result of the
capsizing of a boat in the River Dnlp.
er.
Fire destroyed an entire residence
Mock In Carlton Place, Ontario,
causing a loss of $200,000.
The situation at Nanking Is seri
ous, according to a report by United
States Minister Calhoun.
King George gave a dinner In
Buckingham Palace to the nine for
eign rulers and the several belrs to
thrones who wera In London for the
funeral.
Mme. Mlchcll Paulina Vlardot
Garcla, once a famous French sing
er, dlJ in I"arl.
In Cuban government circle It Is
not believed that the dynamlta tx
plosion in the Rural Guards barracks
was planned by conspirators. The
dead number about (0 and tha in
jured' over 100.
Yle Cbflim Yonf. the Korean who
tabbed Premier Yl in an attempt
t aMamln&tion on December 22,
last, waa sentenced to death.
President Taft floral tribute to
King KJard was a wreath of nalm
loaves and orchids etitwlr-el with a
ilk Air.erican flag-
THE MAIN TEN! OF
BIB CIBCUS BURNED
15,000 in Stampede From the
Harnurn & liailcy Show.
CIGAR SETS FIRE TO THE CANVAS.
Women Fnint And Arc Trnmpled On
In Stampede From Flro Just As
Hhow Waa About To 0Kn Cry
That The Wild Heart Were IiOosc
Added To Terror Great Spread
Of Canvacs Licked Up In A Jiffy
And Dig Pole Fall- One Woman
Hying From Shock.
Schenectady, N. Y. (Special).
Darnum and Bailey's "Big Top," the
main tent of the circus, caught fire
here from a cigar stump and burned
like an overturned ' hot-air balloon.
Fifteen thousand icop!o, who fill
ed the Bi'ftts to overflowing, filed out
like school children at drill. It was
an admirable display of discipline
and coolnrss.
Manager Bailey, In commenting
on the conduct of the crowd, said:
"I consider the ettltute of the
people something marvelous. In all
my experience of circus life I have
never seen anything like it. At least
10,000 of the crowd were women
and children, and they all filed out
like veteran soldiers. Well, perhaps,
a few of the women did faint, and
perhaps a few of the children whimp
ered, but they wore taken care of by
the others; the crowd never lost Its
head. There was no danger for one
moment of a Htampede."
The management attributes the fire
to the obstinacy of a careless smok
er. Employes who saw him carry a
lighted cigar to his seat in me top
tier, close to the canvass walls,
warned him that he muwt not smoke.
Instead of throwing the cigar away
they believe he hid it behind his
back and in so doing brushed the
burning end against the canvass. In
any event the nre started In bis
neighborhood and was soon out of
control.
fieotators first smelt the smoke
and, quickly discovering the fire, be
gan to beat at it with their coats.
The fire Boon reached above their
heads and the next effort to conquer
it came from the circus employes,
who began tearing out huge patches
of canvas. Their efforts met with
no better success, for the fire, eating
upward and soo worked Its way to
the topmost peak.
Energetic men and cool women in
the crowd, aided by employes, bad
already assumed direction of the
audience, and orderly files were soon
moving steadily from tho exits.
When a woman fainted or a
child shrieked in terror; shouts
of reassurance rose and strong arms
were instantly ready for support.
Not a soul was hurt not an ani
mal was Injured. The damage ia es
timated at $10,000.
Excitement Here.
Pittsburg (Special). Five thou
sand persons saw Oscar Leroy, of
Percy, Okla., fall 2,000 feet or more
tJhrough the air at Ellwood, Pa.,
near here, and escape with a broken
leg.
Leroy, who is an aeronuat attach
ed to a circus, had made a balloon
ascension and when he cut loose his
parachute, which was soaked with
the rain of the last 4 8 hours, It fail
ed to open until the aeronaut had
almost reached the ground.
An hour later, while tho circus
performance was in progress . tho
grandstand section of seats col
lapsed carrying down women
and children. The tent also fell
over the struggling people, but
though many were thrown into hys
terica none sustained serious Injury.
The Fire Department and people of
the community, with canvas men and
other circus employes, rescued those
buried beneath the water soaked canvas.
A BOLD ROBBERY
IN PENNSY DEPOT
Three Packages, Containing
$32,024.24, Stolen.
Station Agent At Oil City, Ta., Was
Only 300 Feet Away From Office
Where The Money Was When
The Theft Waa Perpetrated de
tective Believe It Is The Work
Of Only One Man.
Oil City, Pa. (Special). Three
packages of money containing $32,
024.24 were stolen from the Penn
sylvania depot here at 8.30 A. M.,
while John J. Turby, the Btatlon
agent, was loading baggage onto a
Buffalo-hound train. The money was
being shipped by the Adams Express
Company to Philadelphia.
The railroad detective Investigat
ing the robbery are of the opinion
that the theft was the work of one
man unaided, who knew that the
money was In the depot and who
knew Just where It was located.
The Pennsylvania RallroaJ pay
car arrived in Oil City late and turn,
ed. over to the day station agent
three packages wrapped In manlla
pater containing $32,024.24, which
were receipted for in the name of
the Adam Express Company. The
money was consigned to the treas
urer's office of the Pennsylvania
Railroad In Philadelphia. The pack
ages proved to be too bulky for stor.
age In the small depot safe and
Night Agent Truby placed them
under a sack behind the ticket coun
ter, covering them carefully. There
was no one In the depot at the time.
At 3.30 A. M., a Buffalo-bound
Pennsylvania train pulled into the
station and Truby stepped onto the
platform. The door Is self-locking.
While about 200 feet from the depot
office Truby saw by the light of the
station platform lamp that the office
door was not closed. Hurrying back
be ran Into the office and im
mediately discovered that the three
packages of money were missing.
Shouting loudly he attracted the
attention of five policemen, who were
within a block of the place. A hur
ried search of the train and vicinity
of the station waa made with no
result.
AMKRICAN FORCE LANDS.
100 V. 8. Bluejackets Arc On Guard
At Itlueflelds.
Blueflelds, Nicaragua. (Special)
The United States gunboats Dubuque
and Poducah landed 160 bluejackets
here to protect American Interests
In Blueflolds and to prevent fighting
within the town limits. The Ameri
can force Is prepared for any emer
gency, having taken ashore several
fild guns and rapid-flrers.
This Is the first occasion that it
has been deemed advisable to send
bluejackets ashore from the Ameri
can warships on Nlcaraguan terri
tory. Landing parties were held in
readiness on the America ships when
Aoa UBn3BJKi eqi jo seajo; eu,
ernment and the provisional govern
ment opposed each other several
months ago, but it was not necessary
to send the men ashore.
COLLF.GK GIRL AS FLF,KCEB.
Kills Ills Itescuer.
Lakevllle, Mass. (Special). Two
lives were lost In Lake Assawampsett
when John J. Gallagher, a Boston
telegraph operator, went down, car
rying with him In a frenzied death
grnsp Adam Bopp, a Mlddleboro
shoemaker, who was trying to save
him. Bopp was 19 years old. Gal
lagher, who was slightly crippled,
was out alone In a rowboat, when
suddenly he shouted loudly for help
and Jumped overboard.
$11,000 Gone From Army Safe.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Be
cause $11,000 mysteriously disap
peared from an army safe at Fort
Giblon, Alaska, coincident with the
disappearance of a private soldier,
who has not yet been apprehended,
Col. George F. Cooke, who was re
cently retired from the Twenty-second
infantry, will probably have to
face a court-martial trial. The
charge will be lack of precaution in
guarding the money.
Pax-r Strike Settled.
New York (Special). All the
striking employes of the Internation
al Paper Company will return to
work Monday morning, under the
terms of an agreement entered Into
between officers of the company and
the ollicers or the Pulp Makers and
Paper Makers' Union.
Ecuador Agrees To Mediation,
Washington (Special). The suc
cess of Secretary Knox's plan to me
diation In the dispute between Peru
and Ecuador Is assured, both coun
tries having notified the State De
partment of their hearty acceptance
or tne oner.
Electricity Kill Trainmen,
St. Loula. Mo. (Special). Two
trainmen were killed aad their
bodies cremated by 33,000 volts of
electricity when a Peoria sleeper on
the Illinois Traction system collided
with an electric freight train near
Lovelace, 111. The passengers In the
sleeper escaped with alight b mi lac a
Ovrbead electric wires fell on the
car in the freight train and set Are
to tha wreckage. Tha men killed
were caught in the wreckage.
Smoked Cigar For 110 Minutes,
Chicago ( Special ). Walter W
armfotA UmVm th 'onir-dta inrai Ma.
ar smoking record recently eatablum
ej by William McKentlu, of Wash
ington, D. C. Soergel, a telegrapher,
ftmftbiut i car oi uruinmrT iiiuirun
115 minutes and 20 second without
relighting. Th previous record was
94 minute au seconq.
" sfl irt a Vaj-tnpv IturnawV.
Tampa. Fla. (Special). Fire, sup
posedly of Inorndtary origin, destnoy.
L. Davis Co, entailing a Ions' of
between $75,uoo and iimo.uuq.
Worked With Convict And Defrauded
Dressmakers.
Moston (Special ) . Headquarters
inspectors are trailing a young wom
an known as a Radcllffe graduate
and admitted to be such by her com
panion, Frederick Roland, a former
State prison convict, sentenced to 21
months In the House of Correction.
The woman Is the daughter of
wealthy parents, well dressed and
spends money liberally. She, assist
ed by the convict, fleeced fashionable
dressmakers, milliners and other
tradesmen of more than $1,000
worth of good.
TOWN WIPED OFF THE MAI.
A GREAT CRUSH AT
THE MP'S FUNERAL
15,000 Persons Faint or Drop
Exhausted in Crowds.
NIKE MONARCHS FOLLOW i HE DEAD.
A Wonderful Scene Of Picturesque
Solemnity In The Chapel Royal Of
The Historic Cast le Greatest Ar.
rny Of Floral Tribute Ever Been.
Procession In London Passe Be
tween Line Of .10,000 Troop And
Police Keeping Rack The Surging
Masse Of I'eopie.
Several Fatalities HeKrtod From
Oklulioina Storm.
Pauls Valley, Okla. (Special).
Maysvlllo, a small town 15 miles
northwest of here 'was wiped off the
map by a tornado, and several per
sons w?;re killed, according to meagre
reports.
The town of McCarty, near Mays-
vllle, waa nearly all swept away, and
three persona there were killed. All
wires are down.
One of the hardest hailstorms in
the history of this region swept over
a stretch of country near here in
places obliterating all signs of vegetation.
Grandson Of Paul Revere Dead.
Morristown. N. J. (Special). Au
gustus L. Revere, the great-grandson
of Paul Revere and said to have been
the last direct descendant of the
Revolutionary hero, died In his home
here, Mr. Revere was 52 years old
nd was the son of Uen. Joseph Re
vere. He was never married.
American Sailor Stablted. (
Toulon (Special). Sailor AdaniB,
of the United States cruiser New
York, is in the hospital ward of his
vessel a the result of stab wounds
he received in a fight in the "Red
Light district" with a French engi
neer named Marcel, of tho warshtn
Mlchelet. Morcel is under arrest.
Adams' Injuries are serious.
No Pictures In Pant
Wellesley, Mass. (Special) In ac
cordance with a new faculty edict
no photograph of Wellesley College
students who take part In college
play In men' costumes may be
made. So far aa I possible, the facul.
win attempt to nave an existing
photograph of girls playing mascu
line fti arurt&rm nit off at th waist.
The action waa taken because of the
recent publication or tne pictures or
two Wellesley girls in full men's
regalia trousers ana an.
Give Up $100,000 For Love.
Lo Angeles. Cat. ( Special). Mr.
Edward Swortflguer. recently Miss
Marietta Swortflguer, left with
bar husband for St. Helena, Cal.,
with no property save tha clothes she
wore, having deeded back to her
brother the $100,000 estate which
she Inherited recently. Determined
to prova that her cousin, Edward
8wortfiguer, was marrying her for
lov, aa a preliminary to the wed
ding ceremony, sha transferred all
right la the estata of har mother,
who died recently, to her brother,
ba agreeing not to oppose their mar.
rlaga further.
A WORLD'S TRIBUTE.
In every city In England, in
Canada, in every British posses
sion, In all the European capi
tals, in Japan and in Washington
and other American cities me
morial services were held.
Nearly 3.000,000 people In the
crush and Jam In London to see
the procession.
Hundreds of women fainted In
the oppressive heat In the crowds.
The ambulance corps rendered
aid to over 6,000 persons and 15,
000 were injured and overcome
in the crush.
Thirty thousand troope and 5,
000 police lined the route and
kept back the crowds.
Emperor William, King George
and half a dozen other ruling
monarchs and other royalties
rode horseback In the cortege.
Colonel Roosevelt rode in a
carriage with Foreign Minister
Plohon of France.
The Archbishop of Canterbury,
assisted by the Archbishop of
York and several bishops, con
ducted the services in Windsor.
King Edward's remains now lie
In the crypt of St. George's Chap
el Royal, Windsor.
London (Special). King Edward
VII. passed Into history amid scenes
of homage such as no man has ever
before received from his fellows.
His remains now rest In St. George's
chapel at Windsor Castle, where the
bones of Edward IV., the sixth and
eighth Henrys, Charles I., the third
and fourth George and William IV.
are entombed.
Death was never closed in a
panoply more sublime; dignity in
grief never received expression more
stately, more exalted. Rulers of men
never have assembled In such num
bers to do honor to one of the great
est among them all, and yet nothing
n the stupendous spectacle has been
so imposing as the spectators themselves.
Englishmen had failed to realize
that their king was almost an old
man. The first shock of his death
aroused a sentiment of keen resent
ment against fate. The fortnight's
interval since his death has served
to bring into truer realization that
sense of personal love and loyalty
which during later years, has been
unanimous among his people. It
was this abiding universal emotion
which gained expression today in
such a tribute as finds no parallel
n human records.
Empire In Mourning.
Throughout the British Empire
the day was observed as one of
mourning. Business was suspended
generally and memorial services
held. Similar services were held In
all European capitals. The Emperor
and Empress of Russia attended the
EngllBh Chu h at St. Petersburg, as
did Premier Stolypln and the mem
bers of the Douma; and other Euro
pean monarchs and rulers who were
not present at the funeral paid simi
lar tributes at their homes.
It is estimated that nearly 3,000,-
000 people saw the funeral proces
sion or tried to see it. Thirty thou
sand troops and 5,000 police kept
back the surging, struggling masses
of people. Every window and. point
of vantage along the route of the
procession were filled with spectators,
among whom were a number of
American. Following a night of
thunderstorms the day was swelter
ing hot and men as well as women
in the vast crowd suffered. Thous
ands fainted or collapsed.
Many Broken Limb.
At the mall in St. James Street
and at Hyde Park the throng almost
overwhelmed! the procession. The
police and soldiers bad to fight to
prevent the lines being swept away
by the crush. There were many
broken limbs and other injuries re
ceived. Hundreds of person faint
ed, especially among the women who
had been standing on the pavement
for hours before the procession left
Westminster Hall.
The St. John' Ambulance Society,
which had men posted along the
route of the procession In this city,
treated 6,014 case, of which a score
were so serious that the victims were
sent to the hospital. In most In
stances the cases were of heat pros
trations.
In addition to the ambulance of
the St. John' Society, the military
and other ambulances dealt with a
vast number of cases of Injured peo
ple. Many of them had broken limbs
or ribs, but a majority suffered from
heart stroke or fainting. It is es
timated that there were altogether
15,000 persons who were either in
jured or overcome in the crash. Sev
eral patient still remain in the hos
pital.
UP BY DYNAMITE
Families of Some Officers Wiped
Out of Existince.
The List Of Injured ProbnMy As
Large As -The Death Roll Two
Explosion At The Same Moment
Completely Destroys The llulldlng
Not Yet Known Whether It Was
An Accident Or The Deed Of Con
spirators Searching The Ruin
For Snrvivors.
Havana. Two almost simultane
ous explosions of dynamite supposed
to consist of 3,000 pounds complete
ly demolished the Rural Guard' bar
racks In city of PInar del Rio. Fully
100 persons were killed and nearly
as many wounded.
Most of the dead were rural
guards, but the entire families of
several of the officers of the rural
guard, it is reported, were killed
also, as well as several employes of
the public work department and res.
idents of the city, on which fell a
deluge of masonry and debris from
the blown-up building.
It Is not' known yet whether the
explosion was the result of an acci
dent or was due to an act of con
spirators, but the former hypothesis
Is considered the more probable.
Two Terrific Explosions.
The barracks was a massive build
ing of Spanish construction, and oc
cupied an eminence in the outskirts
of the city to the north. During th
late intervention It was the head
quarters of Colonel Parker' regi
ment, the Eleventh Calvary. Ad
jacent to the barracks was a long
row of officers' quarters. Recently
the barracks was occupied by the
public works department and four
troops of rural cavalry. In conse
quence of the alarm over race dis
turbances the government ordered
all deposits of dynamite in, the vicln
lty in the possession of contractor
for road construction and other pub
lie works, to be removed to the bar
racks for safe keeping. The work of
removing tha dynamite from . the
barracks for shipment to the govern
ment magazines in Havanna was be
gun by employes of the public works
department, assisted by rural guards,
guards.
They were engaged in loading
cases of the dynamite.,, on wagons
when a terrific explosion occured, in.
stantly followed by another, strewing
tho central court in which the work
waa going on with dead and wound
ed. The whole massive barracks
buidlng was destroyed, the adjacent
row of officers' quarters was demol
ished, and the whole northern sec
tion of the city was deluged with a
torrent of fragments of masonry.
Probably Accident.
The explosion occurred at five
o'clock, a few minutes before the
men would have quit work, and it
Is generally believed that the . first
resulted from the accident of a fall
of a box of dvnamlte. which was be
ing lifted on a wagon. It Is im- !
possible, however, to determine abso
lutely the cause for the reason that
all the immediate vicinity was blown
to fragments. It Is believed that the
majority of the wounded are resi
dents of the town, as practically all
within the barracks were instantly
killed or burled in the ruins.
According to reports received here
the mangled remains of victims were
found In the streets of the city a
mile from the scene of the explosion..
There is great anxiety In Havana
owing to the fact that a large num.
ber of the rural garrison at Pinnr
del Rio recently were sent from this
city, where their families reside.
TWENTY HER DEAD
IN TERRIFIC
WRIGHT MACHINE IMPROVED.
Army Man Make A Change In
- Placing Rudder.
San Antonio (Special). Lieut. B.
D. Foulois ha been experimenting
with the army's Wright aeroplane at
Fort Sam Houston, placing the rud
der In front and constructing a nam
rudder for the rear. Two flight
were made ,and the speed of the ma
chine was Increased about ten mile
an hour by tb chango.
. .
SUICIDE OVER THE COMET.
Girl Worried Ilerans She Failed To
See The Phenomenon.'
New York (Special). Suicide hav
been reported before because of fear
at the approach of Halley's Comet,
but BeMle Bradley, 25 year old,
committed suicide at Haatlngs-on
Hudson, whera h was employed as
a maid, becausa tha comet fallej to
appear.
The young woman became greatly
worried over tha contradictory re
port of what tha com would do
and what It would not do.
WASHINGTON
BY TELEGRAPH
Before the Senate Committee hear
ing arguments on the bill for a de
partment of health, Arthur E. Hol
den, an official of the Federation ot
Labor, denounced the Bethlehem
Steel Company's mills as human
slaughter-houses.
Dr. J. S. Fulton, with other medi
cal men, appeared befort the Senate
Committee in favor of the proposed
department of health.
The Senate Committee favorably
reported the House bill requiring
wireless apparatus on ocean-going
vessels. ,
Representative Longworth, In a
8otch In the House defending the
Tariff Lot, advocated a tariff board.
Domlclo Da Gama has been slated
to become Brazilian ambassador tc
the United States.
The Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations reported to the Senate a
bill extending to the United State
consular districts of China the phar
macy laws of this -country, which,
alms at the supression of opium
trifflc.
Herman Slelcken, a New York cof.
fee importer, told the House Ship
Subsidy Investigating Committee
that the middleman's profit on coffee
in 15 cents a pound.'
Speaker SerJIo Osmena, of the
Philippine Assembly, cabled to Dele
gate Quezon declaring that the Fili
pinos' desire for Independence re
mains unalterable.
Tha naval appropriation bill was
recommitted to the Committee on
Naval Affair by the Senate for
amendment.
President Taft denied with em
phasis the story that he spoke In
terms of opprobrium ot the insur
gent senators.
John A. Kasson, former United
States minister to Austria and Ger
many, died In Washington. i
The Navy Year Book show that
the United States rank second to
Great Britain In the total displace
ment of its warships.
Kerby, the stenographer, and As
sistant Attorney General Lawler tes
tified before the &3nat committee
Investigating the Ballinger charges,
and soma lively tilts occurred.
The Bureau of Labor ha begun
a study ot Industrial education In the
United State.
The War Department estimate
that it will coat halt a million to
raise tha wreck of tha Mains in Ha
vana harbor.
The citizen of New Orleans 'r
making a strong bid for tha ex
position to mark the opening of
the Panama Canal.
The Farthing Gazette, pronahly
tha cheapest dally a?wspappr in ex
latence, has been started In1 Moscow,
and b alread" a considerable circulate.
Dead and Dying Hurled Through
4ir For a Block.
ONLY SHELL Of'TuE WSTlM LEFT.
N'cAily All Of Hundred Men In Four
Mill Of American Sheet And Tin
Plant At Canton, O., Killed Or In
Jured When The Nest Of Boiler
Explode At Once The Ronr Wa
Heard Three Mile Distant
Ruin Durst Into Flame Flesh
Found On Hoofs And In Trees.
Canton, Ohio (Special). With a
roar that was heard three miles
away, a battery of even boiler at
the plant of the American Sheet and
Tin Plate Company exploded, killing
at least 20 and Injuring about 5).
Among the Injured are a half dozen
who, it Is said, will probably die be
fore morning. Others, physicians
say, cannot recover from their in
juries. Mere Egg Shell IWt.
The cause of the explosion is at
present Unknown. The fireman and
engineer who were In the boiler-room
are dead. No one else about the
plant who survived the accident can
give an explanation. One workman
says that he heard three distinct ex
plosions in quick succession. They
came so close, however,- that It was
all over in a minute. The force of
the concussion was terrific. The big
plant is In such a state of ruin as
to b practically a total loss. A
mere eggshell of the building Is left.
Identification of the men was dif
ficult because many of them were so
mutilated that even the most Inti
mate friends of the dead could not
recognize the features. Hends were
blown from several bodies. Arms
and legs were torn from the trunks.
Fragments of bodies wer blown sev
eral squares from the scene, and bits
of human flesh have been picked up
on porches and roofs of houses and
in trees..
There were 100 men at labor in the
plant at the time of the accident.
But a dozen or so escaped some in
Jury. These and others who rushed
to the plant as soon as tho disaster
was known worked heroically to res
cue the injured from the ruins, which
soon took fire, but tho flro depart
ment extinguished the flames.
Blown Through House.
Members of the bereaved families
rushed frantically to the plant and
thence to hospitals and residences
near the ruined shois In an effort to
find a trace of their loved ones.
The body of one man, unknown,
was blown through a house, over 700
feet from the plant. The bodv en
tered the house from the east side
and continued in a straight line
through a bedroori and out the other
side of the house on Louis Avenue.
The torso of another man was found
in the garden of a yard about 500 feet
west of the scene. Arms, legs and
parts of bodies were strewn about
the neighborhood.
The bodies of seven men, mutilat
ed beyond recognition, were found
in the north end of the mill.
"For God's sake hit me on the
head and kill me," cried one work
man to a man who found him. The
Injured man had an arm torn off and
U great hole In his side.
The plant had five mills. All the
employes worklnr at mills Nos. 1,
2, 3 and 4 were either killed or In
jured, while the men on mill No.
5, farthest from the boilers, escaped
serious injury. . ;
Fights Bull With Penknife.
Huntington, W. Va. (Special).
Word has reached here ofa terrible
encounter P. V. Thornley, a woll-to-do-farmer
at Greenbottom, had
with an enraged bull. The Infuri
ated animal lunged at him while he
was separating t cattle for market.
The prostrate farmer fought back
with a penknife. Four of his ribs
were broken and he was otherwise
badly Injured before his son arrived
and drove the animal off with a club.i
Eight Drowned In Lake.
Gijham, Ark. (Special). x s.
Y.'esley Wright and Mrs. Genea
Heath and six children were drown
ed In the Gossattot River at 8
o'clock. They were trying to cross
the river in a wagon and in the
darkness did not observe that the
river was out of its banks.
City Of Denver Goes Wet.
Denver, Col. (Special). Partial
returns from 44 scattered precltctf
indicated that Denver went wet and
that the extension of the franchise
of the Denver Union Water Compan
for 20 years was defeated In the
election. Returns indicate the suc
cess of the Democratic candidates
for election commissioners, supervis
or and aldermen.
Victihi Of "Third Degree."
Chicago. (Special) Stephen
Zacak, 24 year old, who, after 62
hours of almost continuous question
ing, during which. It I said, he was
not permitted to sleep, confessed to
the murder of a policeman, commit
ted suicide. The alleged slayer
hanged himself with a handkerchief
in hi cell.
Will Not Wed JuyGould.
London (Special). Miss Beatrice
Van Brunner, who was reported by
cable from Paris, about two w'-
ago, to be on the eve of an engage
ment to marry Jay Gould, second son
of George Gould, denied that such
an arrangement existed.
Bond of fl.OOO was given.
It we shown at the heunlna- mat
Professor Snyder had whipped Mabel
Ferber, 14 year old, and Marie El
son 16 year old. with a piece of
h,a!f-lDch hoe about two feet long,
which he kept on hand for meting
out punishment when, in hi opinion,
the occasion demanded It.
Village Swept By Fire.
Earanao Lake, N. Y. (Special)--The
village of Faust was swept by
fire. The damage 1 estimated at
lioo.ooo1 '
Fall Crushes His Skull.
Bristol. Va. (Special). GorgV
Line, 12 years old, fell from a tele
phone pole, which be was playfully
climbing, her and was killed, hi
skull being crushed on the curbing.
He waa a messenger for the East Tuu
neeaea Telephone Company.
Income Ta Favored.. '
Albany, N. V. (Special).- The beto-.
ate by a vot of It to 30, adopted'
the Davenport reaolutlon placing vCw
York State on record as favor lug tho
income tax mondment to tha Fod-'
ami Constitution..
COMMERCIAL
Weekly Review of Trade and
Market Reports.
Bradstreet's says:
Trade Is quiet as a whole, un favor,
able weather, the Indefinite crop out.
look and uncertainty as to prices of
merchandise all tending to retard
distributive demand, both at whole,
sale and retail.
Trade report from the West not
a quiet to fair trade at retail, whli
jobbing business ha been largely
confined, to fill-in orders, and fall
trad is reported backward, though,
perhaos. noual to a year ago at thli
date. Except in the lower Missis
sippi Valley, Southern trade reporti
are of fair to good trade for the sea
son of the year. Retail trade in the
East 1 only fair, and wholesale
trade is disappointing.
Among the industries, one of the
best circumstanced lines is building,
which shows a next to largest month
ly expenditure for April, second, In.
'deed, only to May, 1909, and allied
lines all show good condition. In
the Iron and steel trade, furnace pro.
ductlon is still being decreased, and
Western reports from the finished
lines are of lower quotation being
offered. In cotton goods, the raw
material has advanced sharply, while
distribution has retarded by the un
certainty as to future values, indue
ing buying only for immediate want.
In other textile lines quiet rules, but
it ig significant that manufacturers
this week have bought more freely
of raw wool at concessions than for,
'a Ion o time past. 1
Collections reflect the Influence of
retarded spring trade In reports of
only fair co slow payments. Land
speculations in the West has receiv
ed a check in the higher rates being
exacted for loans.
Wholesale Markets.
New York. Wheat Spot Arm;
No. 2 red, 115c. nominal c. 1. f.;
No. 1 Northern, 1.21 nominal f.
o. b.
Corn Spot steady; No. 2, 70c,
elevator domestic basis; export No.
2, 68 nominal f. o. b.
Oats Spot steady; mixed, 26 32
lbs., nominal; natural white, 26(f-32
lbs., 46 48; clipped white, 34
42 lbs., 475152.
Butter Steady; receipts, 5,350
packages; creamery, old, 23 25c.
Cheese Firm; receipts, 3,098
boxes; prices unchanged.
Egg Firmer; receipts, 28,820
cases; fresh gathered In storage
package, selections, 214 22 He;
regular packed, extra firsts, 21
22; firsts, 20 21.
Poultry Alive easy; fowls, 18c;
turkeys, 10iil4. Dressed quiet;
frozen chicken, 17 28c; Western
fowls, 1519; do., turkeys, 1620.
Philadelphia. Wheat Weak and
lc. lower; contract grade, May, 111
3113c.
Corn Quiet but firm; May, 64
64 c.
Oats Steady; No. 2 white natur
al, 48 49c.
Butter Weak and lc. lower; ex
tra Western creamery, 29 c; do.,
nearby prints, 31.
Egg Steady; fair demand
Pennsylvania and other nearby firsts,
f. c, 22c. at mark; do., current re
ceipt in returnable cases, 20 at
mark; Western firsts, f. c, 22 at
mark; do., current receipts, f. c,
20 at mark. . .
Cheese Firm, c. higher; New
York full creams, choice new, 14
(f?14; do., fair to good, new, 13
14.
Poultry Live, steady; fowls, 17
fD18c; eld rposters, 13(3V4;
broiling chickens. 32 036; ducks,
1415; geese, 1213.
. Baltimore. Wheat No. 2 red
"Western, 108c; No. 2 red, 108;
No. 3 red. 104.
The closing was quiet; No. 2 red
spot, 108 bid; July, 1.03 nomi
nal. Corn Spot and May, 64 c. bid;
July!. 67 bid.
Oats White No. 2, a to weight,
4949c; No. 3. as to weight,'
47 0 48; No. 4 a to weight,
4445. Mixed No. 2, 47
47c; No. 3, 4646.
Hay We quote, per ton: Timo
thy No. 1, 120.60; No. 2, $19.50(7"
20: No. 3, $17 18. Clover Mixed
Choice, $19T19.50; No. 1, $1 F0
019; No. 2. $16.507)17.50. Clover
No. 1. $1819: No. 2. $16.50
17.60. 1
Butter Steadv .demand for de
sirable toc1t. We quote, per lb.;
Creamery Fancy. 28UJ29; choice,
27(3)28; good, 25(326; Imitation,
21(23; print, 29fff30.
Cheese We nnote, Jobbing prices,
per lb., 15 (f)16.
Egg We quote, per dozen;
Varvland, Pennsylvania and nesrbv
first. 80c ; rn arsts. 20; Wtj
Virginia first. 20; Southern firsts,
19. Guinea eggs, 10 11. .'
, Live Poultry Old hen firmer;';
other line unchanged. We quote,)
per lb.: rhlcken Old hen, heavy,
17c; small to medium, 17: old roos
ter. lOffrll; winter, aa to tze. 25
if 28: spring. 1 lbs. and overi
850)38; small, 80 ffti 88. Dnckf r
Large, lSfll 14c: small, 18: Muscovy
mnA nnnral 1 9 fib 1 1
Live Stock.
(Chicago. Cattle Market steady
to lower; steers, $3.25 St 8.70; cows,,
$4.S56.76; heifer. $4.25(3)7.45:'
bulls, $506.75; calves, $3(78 7.75;
stockers and feeders, $4.75 6.75.
Sheep Market strong; sheep,
$6.35 7.50; yearlings, $7.60
lambs, $7.65 0 9; spring lambs, '$9
011.
Kama City. C a 1 1 1 e Market
teady to- 10c. lower; choice export
and dressed beef steers $7.30 8.25;
fair to good, $6 0 7.50; Western
steers, $5.75 (ft 8; stockers and feed
er. Hfi S.SO; southern steer, $4.50
07.75; Southern cowa, $3.45 0 6.75;
native cow. $4 06.75; native heif
er. $4.6507.40; bulls, $4.5006.26;,
calve. $3.60 07.75.
Hog Market 5 to 10c. lower;
top, $9.45; bulk of sales, $9.80 Si
9.40;. heavy, $9.35 f? 9.45; packers
and butchers', $9.3009.40; light
$9.2509.40; pigs, $$76009.;
Pittsburg. Cattle-Z-Cholce, $8.30
08.60; prime, $808.25 t -
Sheep Prima wether. $6.76"
6.90; cull and common, $804.50;
lamb, $5 09. Veal calve,. $8.50
0.
Hog Prime heavies, $10.10; me
dium, $10.16 010.20; heavy York
er, Ilaht Yorker nd pig, $10.30
010.35; rough. $8.600$.
' The small losses from forest fires,
and the strict requirement and de
mands of the Insurance companies,
re said to account for tha low per
centage of forests Insured by their
owner In Prussia,