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FREELAND, SEPTEMBER 3, lboo. MANY KILLED IN WRECK Frightful Disaster on the Read ing Railroad. EXCURSIONISTS WERE THE VICTIMS Thirteen People Killed Outriwht anil .11 ore Than a Score Serinunly In jured—Fatal Accident at a tirade CroMMinjK. Philadelphia, Sept. 3.—Thirteen persons ' killed and over 3U others injured is the appalling record of a rear end collision ! between an excursion train and a milk train on the Bethlehem branch of the Philadelphia and Heading railway at llatiicld, 27 miles north of this city. The killed are: .Miss Annie Sherry, aged 21 years, South Bethlehem; Robert Mil ler, South Bethlehem; Richard Baehman. 40, South Bethlehem; William Eh ret, 22. South Bethlehem; Ira Eh ret, 20, a brother of William, South Bethlehem; Joseph Mordauut, 22. South Bethlehem; ('buries \ MeGoniglc, Allentown; Thomas Day, Al lentown; Miss Mamie Kaelin, 14. Tel ford; Godfrey Kaelin, father of Mamie; William Blackburn, Ambler; Harold Landis, Ilattield; Aekermann, Phila delphia. The wrecked train consisted of ten dny coaches and was the first section of a large excursion made up of people from Bethlehem, Allentown and surrounding towns to Atlantic City. This section car ried only those persons who lived in Beth- ' leliein and Allentown and left the Union depot in Bethlehem 35 minutes behind the milk train. The latter train consisted of two milk cars and two passenger coaches and had stopped at every station on the road from Bethlehem en route to Philadelphia. The milk train drew up at the milk station at Ilutfield, and in less j than two minutes the special excursion i train, running at the rate of 35 miles an , hour, crashed into the rear of the milk train. The locomotive plowed through the ; two passenger coaches and crushed them j as if they were eggshells. The milk ear immediately in front was also badly wrecked. Four persons, Godfrey Kaelin, his daughter, Mamie; Harold Landis and William Blackburn, on the passenger ear of the milk train were almost instantly killed. Fortunately there were very few persons on this train. Indeneriltitlile Horror. The excursion train was a picture of in describable horror. The locomotive was a mass of bent and broken iron and firm ly held the bodies of its engineer and fire man beneath its great weight. Behind the engine six of the cars were also a mass of wreckage. The first car was bro ken in twain, and the other five cars were thrown on their sides, completely demol ished. Nine persons were killed in the first two ears, anil the others in these coaches were badly maimed. As soon as the crash came a terrible cry arose from the smashed cars, and those who had not lxjen injured quickly crawled or jumped from the ears and wont to the assistance of the injured. Many were pinned down by wreckage and had to ho freed by the liberal use of axes. With three or four exceptions the dead were killed instantly, the others dying on their way to the hospitals. All the injured wore first taken to a shed at the Hatfield station, and the dead were removed to a barn. Messen gers were sent to the nearby villages for physicians, and a relief train was telegraphed for from Bethlehem. With 15 doctors and half a dozen nurses a special train was sent from Bethlehem, ' hut before it reached the scene of the I wreck it was signaled to return to Beth- ! lehom, as a special, carrying nearly all the injured, had started for the hospital at that place. On the run from Hatfield to the hospital three of the injured died. Great trouble was experienced in keep ing the relatives away from the injured on the train so that the doctors gathered from near Ilattield could attend to the wounded. The second section of the excursion, made up of persons from towns other than Bethlehem and Allentown, left soon after the first section, but was flagged before it reached Hatfield. As it could not get through on account of the block ed tracks, it was returned to Bethlehem, and there was groat rejoicing at the nar row escape of its occupants from the catastrophe. The coroner of Montgomery county visited the wreck early and spent the en tire dny at the scene. He at once directed the removal of the dead to Lnnsdnle, a short distance south of Hatfield. lie promises a rigorous investigation into the horror. There ore conflicting stories as to the responsibility for the accident. One ver sion is that the engineer of the excur sion train had been warned at Soudorton, the station above Hatfield, that n milk train was a few minutes ahead of him. Another story is that the train dispatch er's office in Philadelphia was at fault. The trainmen refused to talk. Wciidier Forecust. Fair; southerly winds; moderate tem perature. You will never find any other pills so prompt and so pleasant aa DeWitt's Little Early Risers, j (jrover's City drug store. 1 BREAKING THE CONCERT England Thinks Russia's Posi tion Endangers Peace. NEW GROUPING OF THE POWERS. Action of the United States Said to llirow 1 1 II In ace of Power Into tlie Hiuidn of liOrtl Sal I Mliury—London I'resH on Chinese Situation. London, Sept. 3.—The publication of the text of the Hussian proposals has in tensified rather than diminished the sus picions entertained by England of Rus sia's proceedings. The rupture of the European concert is considered nn ac complished fact. Opinions differ, howev er, as to the way in which the powers will now group themselves. Some papers think that Great Britain, Japan and the triple alliance will stand together in re fusing to leave Peking. The Daily Telegraph, which expresses regret that President McKinloy "has committed the United States to follow the Russian lend," considers, however, that Japan, ''whose consistent policy since the war of ISP4 has been to concili ate and effect u rapprochement with Chi na," will throw in her lot with Russia and will be reluctantly followed by France, who does not dare to risk a diver gence with Russia. "Events have therefore conspired," says The Daily Telegraph, "to throw the balance of the diplomatic power Into Lord Salisbury's hnniis. for Austria-Hungary and Italy must side with Germany, who will probably propose some compromise and be supported by England." Time* Voice* Fun I a ml'* Oppo*it ion. The Times feels perfectly clear, it says, that neither honor nor the interests of England will permit her to follow Rus sia's example. It trusts that Germany ulso will refuse to leave Peking and ex presses the hope that the report that the state department at Washington disap proves the Russian suggestion may prove correct. Most of the other morning papers ex press similar views and decline to believe in the sincerity of Russia's promise to evacuate Manchuria. The Shanghai correspondent of The Times, wiring yesterday, su.vs: "Li Ilung ('hang has received a tele gram from the Chinese minister in Berlin asserting that Germany is prepared to act in concert with Russia with a view to a settlement and that therefore it is prob able Germany will follow Russia and withdraw her troops from Peking." The Shanghai correspondent of The Daily News says that Karl Li's manner has become "objectionable and bluster ing." According to a dispatch from Tien-tsin, dated Aug. 25. to The Standard, an epi demic of suicide has broken out among the Chinese in Peking, where entire fam ilies are hanging themselves. "It is not doubted here," says the Vien na correspondent of The Standard, "that Russia's proposals will in the end be ac cepted by Germany, who cuiinot but shrink from a single handed war with China. The Austrian newspapers, though at first indignant, are now beginning to realize the possibilities of an acceptance of the Russo-Ameriean solution." ROCKHILL'S OPINION. Our Spcolnl Couiiiilhhtoner Give* III* Vlphn on the Cliine**' Situation. Shanghai, Sept. 3.—William Wood ville Rockhill, special commissioner of the United States government to investi gate ami report on conditions in China, In an interview emphasizing the impor tance of the harmonious action of the powers us a measure of self defense, said: "If the Chinese government is able to break the concert of nations and to briug about a disagreement on the part of any government in such away as to secure any relaxation of the joint demands, all the foreigners in China may as well pack up ami leave. "This is the very l>ost opportunity to settle for nil time the status of foreigners in China. If that matter is not settled now. the Chinese will be encouraged to persist in their present policy, and the powers will have the whole trouble to thrash over again every two or three years. I believe that all the govern ments are impressed with this truth, and I believe most of them realize that a def inite and permanent settlement of the status of foreigners and the establish ment of freedom of trade are more im portant to them now than the acquisition of territory. "This has been a deliberately planned movement on the part of the Chinese government to expel all foreigners. The decrees printed in The Imperial Gazette prove this. The movement lias been practically successful, since every for eigner in the interior has been obliged to seek refuge in the treaty ports. The im perial government merely utilized the Boxers as convenient accessories to its schemes. Peking's Relief uu Incident. "The relief of Peking is merely an in cident of the crisis. The really impor tant work remains to be done. Marquis I to, probably the best Informed man alive on eastern politics, said to me that the present was the greatest crisis in the history of China and that nil preceding eastern questions sank into insignificance beside it. Are civilized nations to yield to the Chinese conceit of their own su periority?" Mr. Rockhill and other officials in Shanghai, like the public, are utterly ig norant of the course of diplomatic and military events in Peking. The consuls of the various governments have sent frequent telegrams to their respective ministers, but have been unable to get replies. It is suspected that official mes sages are tampered with between Shang hai and ('hefu. The attitude of the southern viceroys in protecting foreigners commands con fidence in their good faith, and negotia tions will probably be conducted through them. There is a financial panic in Chinese business circles here. Probably an im portant factor is the money rate, which is now 30 per cent per month. The traders are trying to get the ear of the officials. 1.1 Hnne Chang still remains in Shanc hni. lie is thoroughly discredited, but is Intriguing to act the foreigner* to qnnrrel among themselves. Ycsterdny he told American unci English diplomats thnt the Uussinns had promised to withdraw from Peking regardless of the policy of other nations. His statement is not believed. On the contrary, it is thought probable ihut he is simultaneously assuring the | Russians that the Americans and British nave promised to withdraw. IN THE WAKE OF WAR. I Stories* of CuriinKe and Hiiplne In the Pel-110 Valley. J Shanghai, Sept. 3.—A correspondent sends the following from Taku, dated j Aug. 30: "The Chinese in the Pei-110 valley are paying dearly for the folly of their gov ernment. The retribution they are suf i feting exceeds the ordinary penalties of j war. Along the rivers nnd the roads I traveled by the foreign troops between j Tien-tsin and Peking an orgy of looting I and destruction continues, with much use ; less slaughter of unoffending inhabitants. ; While the international forces were ad vancing the commanders, notably the Japanese and British, enforced a certain degree of protection for property not I needed for military purposes. ! "At that time most of the population except the lighting men had fled. But j now the people are returning to their j homes, only to find no shelter or rice or i occupation. In the overcrowded famine : threatened districts away from the river their lives aud small possessions are at the mercy of bands of soldiers traveling | about without officers, j "The conditions prevailing leave little I ground for the favorable comparison of | civilized warfare with Chinese methods. | Robbery, ravishing and murder are so I common that every responsible person j oue meets contributes stories from per sonal observation. The walled city of | Tungchau was the only town in the pathway of the international forces whose people remained and attempted to I continue business. During its occupation , the Japanese patrolled the place etticient i ly protected the people and prevented I looting beyond the amount inevitable with l an army. General Chaffee stationed a guard around the historic temple outside j the wall, forbidding his troops to enter. The commanders encouraged the inhabit | ants to resume business, promising pro tection to all peaceful persons. "When the armies advanced, however, | the guards were removed, only a small British and American garrison being left I outside the wall. A correspondent re turning from Peking found Tungchau stripped like a cornfield after a plague of grasshoppers. Everything portable of the smallest value had been taken, goods from shops, food nnd furniture. Parties of soldiers of every nationality were roaming about unrestricted and presuma bly were doing much wanton destruction, in the spirit of deviltry smashing furni ture and glassware and trampling books and pictures under foot. Most of the Chi i nese were submitting to all this in abject ; fear. The few who dared to protest were kicked about. "Several bodies lay in the streets, ap parently those of noncombatants. The inhabitants, without food or clothing, w # ere huddling in back yards in a pitiable condition. The Brutality of RiiNwinnn. "The villages to/the southward are even worse despoiled. One week after Peking was taken the traveler to Tien-tsin was seldom out of sight of burning houses. Fires are started daily, although the shelter will be much needed if the troops are to hold the country during the win ter. "The soldiers are having 'fine sport' in using natives who creep back to their houses or attempt to work in the fields as targets. The sight of a farmer lying where he was shot, with a basket of grain or an armful of other produce near by, is quite common. The Russians are the chief actors in this style of conquest, but the French are remarkably conspic uous, considering their small numbers. The Indian troops and the Japanese are participants only when beyond the ken of their officers. "From the beginning the conduct of the Russians has been a blot on the cam paign. The recital of notorious facts speaks more forcibly than could any ad jectives. "A Peking correspondent saw Cos sacks smash down Chinese women with the butts of their guns nnd pound their heads until they were dead. The Cos sacks would pick up children barely old enough to walk, hold them by the ankles and beat out their brains on the pave ment. Russian officers looked on without protest. "While General Chaffee was watering his horse at a stream under the wall of Tungchau the Russians found a feeble ; old man nearly hidden in the mud and dragged him out by the cue. shouting gleefully. They impaled hi in on their bayonets. General Chaffee remarked: 'This is not war. It is brutal murder.' "American officers at Taku, days after the lighting was finished, saw Russians bayonet children and throw old men into the river, clubbing them to death when they tried to swim. The Russians killed women who knelt before them and begged for mercy. "Everybody was disposed to be friend ly toward the Russians in the early days of the fighting at Tien-tsin because of their bravery, but such incidents as the foregoing have been so prominent a fea ture of the campaign that no one who is supposed to report important facts can ignore them. They are so numerous as to compel the conclusion that they are not isolated episodes, but the ordinary practices of Russian methods of war fare." To Relieve Destitute Miner**. San Francisco, Sept. 3.—-The United States transport Lawton, which has ar rived in ballast front Seattle, is to he sent to Cape Nome to relieve the desti tute miners, many of whom have peti tioned through General Randall for transportation south before the hard Alaskan winter sets in. The Lawton will sail for the north as soon as she can be got ready, probably within a few days. Site has accommodations for about 700 men. Deposed Official Restored. Sernnton, Pa., Sept. 3.—A. C. Salis bury, who was deposed from his position of main line superintendent of the Dela ware, Lackawanna and Western railroad two weeks ago by former General Super intendent E. G. Russell, who resigned last Thursday, has been replaced h.v or der of President Truesdnle. Mr. Salis bury is expected to enter upon the duties of the superintendency next week. Ilrynn'a l abor Dny Sentiment. Chicago, Sept. 3.—ln response to a re quest from the press for a sentiment on Labor day Mr. Bryan wrote the follow ing: " 'The laborer is worthy of his hire.* On this dny set apart for the considera tion of the wage workers' interests let each one inquire whether the man who toils enjoys a fair share of the proceds *f his labor, and, if not, let him apply a remedy." THE TRANSVAAL ANNEXED. Roberta Said to Have iNnncd a Mani festo to That Effect. London, Sept. 3.—lt is reported that Lord Roberts has issued a proclamation formally annexing the Transvaal to the? dominions of the British crown. General Christian De Wet, according to The Daily Mail's Cape Town advices, is reported to have appeared again along the railway near the Winburg road. A dispatch from Pretoria says: "Mr. Krnger nnd Mr. Steyn have gone to Barberton. It is believed that they ore preparing for flight. The general opiniou is that the war is now very near the end. but should the Boers construct strong | holds in the bush, on the veldt or else where and begin a system of raids the British would require further largo sup plies of horses. "General Bailor moved 14 miles north westward along the Lydenburg road and crossed the Crocodile river to Badfontein. He found the Boers concentrating in the Crocodile mountains. "A force of Boers under Commandant Thorn broke through the British lines and j captured and burned a supply train at Klip River Station, taking 35 prisoners. Brabant's horse proceeded thither, recap tured all the prisoners and drove the Boers into the hills. "Colonel Plumer dispersed a small com mando under Commandant Pretorius east of Pinaar's river, capturing 2(1 Boers, a number of wagons and a quantity of cat tle and rifles." Denial From I'reNlilent Fnlioy. Shnmokin, Pa., Sept. 3.—John Fahcy, president of No. 9 district, United Mine Workers of America, comprising the counties of Northumberland*, Schuylkill, Columbia and Dauphin, has issued a statement that the claim made by the operators that by a poll of the miners it was found 75 per cent of them would not strike is Incorrect. lie says all members of the organization will cense work, as will the unorganized men, who are in sympathy with the invitation of the or ganized men for a conference with the mine operators. He also denied the truth of the published statement that bitumi nous mine operators are fomenting a strike in the anthracite region. Where Did the Money Gof City of Mexico, Sept. 3.—The popular organ here, La Nnelon Espanola, wants to know what has become of the big patri otic fund raised here by patriotic Span iards for the purpose of purchasing a warship for the Spanish navy. It calls for an open statement of the committee's accounts and declares that the war con tribution account will not be permitted to be liquidated in silence. The news paper charges that there is a deep mys tery about the fund which should he cleared up. The article has caused ex citement in the Spanish colony, which liberally subscribed for an addition to the Spnnish navy during the war with the United Stntes. better Curriers In Session. Detroit, Sept. 3.—Several hundred members of the National Association of Letter Carriers have arrived to attend the annual meeting of the association to he held this week. The early arrivals came quite largely from the east and middle west. The presence of the letter carriers resulted In two Labor day pa rades. Officers of the association an nounce that it has now a membership of 16,000, with 745 local branches, and that all the government letter carriers in the country, with the exception of about 1,000, are included in its membership. The Bank Note Circulation. Washington, Sept. 3.—The monthly cir culation statement issued by the comp troller of the currency shows that at the close of business Aug. 31, INOO, the total circulation of national hank notes was $324,223,810, an increase for the year of $82,152,018 nnd an increase for the month of $4,208,454. The circulation, based on United States bonds, was $290,- 641,350, an increase for the year of $84,- 408,007 ami an increase for the month of $4,103,922. Try Inn to Free Powers. Lexington, K.v., Sept. 3.—Ex-Governor John Young Brown, Judge James Smas nnd 11. C. Faulkner, counsel for Caleb Powers, are here en route to Georgetown to appear before Judge Cantrell relative to a hill of exceptions in the Powers case. Governor Brown said the hill of excep tions was not completed nnd could not he completed in the time allowed by the court. Onr China Policy Commended. Denver. Sept. 3.—The Colorado confer ence of the Methodist church in session at Salida almost unanimously passed a resolution commending the Chinese policy of the administration and also applaud ing the "course of all those in the senate and house of representatives who have supported the administration in the for eign policy which means an open door for Christianity as well as for trade and the protection of American life and property all over the world." Bnd Fire In Mexican Town, Nognles, A. T„ Sept. 3—Fire at Guny ninns, Sonora. Mexico, consumed the gen eral merchandise establishment of F. A. Agunllnre. The building covered an en tire block and was the largest of its kind on the west coast of Mexico. The stock of goods carried was valued at nearly $1,OCX),000, on which a loss of $300,000 was sustained. The insurance was only about $20,000. Dentil Cnunefl by Fall. Ringhnmton. N. Y., Sept. 3.—Mrs. Cc lia Watson, aged 65. Is dead at her home in Leatershire from the effects of n fall down stairs two weeks ago. She broke her ankle, and the left leg had to be am putated above the knee, hut it was what were supposed to he unimportant bruises about the back and hips that caused her death. Chile Hallway Opened. Santiago de Chile, Sept. 3.—ln the presence of President Errazuriz and the local authorities the electric tramway system of Santiago was formally inau gurated yesterday. The public was great ly delighted at the outcome, and the in stallation of similar methods of transpor tation will rapidly multiply. Fern Fears Chinese Influx. Lima, Peru, Sept. B.—The Peruvian senate has under consideration a proposal for preventing Chinese immigration in view of a possible exodus from China as ft result of the present disturbances. The government publicly announces that the new Peruvian customs schedule will come Into force Jun. 1,1001. 1 on All Lin. I ffij Our remaining lots of Summer Goods arc fflj ra offered at prices so low that they will astonish I® Igj If you wish comfort, come to our store E| rglj and we will fit you out at prices so moderate p] In Men's and Boys' Furnishings we are pjl fp In Men's Boys', Youth's and Women's f§j Shoes we take the lead for variety of style, S y§] quality and low prices. We are now offering pi lEe] all Summer Shoes at a reduction of from 25 to [§] J3I BO per cent. |l j§! Hats, Shirts, Collars and Ties. All the jMj pj latest novelties of the season. b] ! Ho not miss this great opportunity of se- p 3J curing the best and latest designs in our lines rS] at greatly reduced prices. 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