approximate loss in 2824 cases BULLETIN. FLORIN, PA. PHROLL, - Editor and Publisher, SUBSCRIPTION: Cents Per Annum, strictly in advance. x Months, - . - ingle Copies, “law ry Free. Special Rates to Yearly Advertisers. Address all communications to— THE BULLETIN, « Florin, Pa. BRIN - —— — Hntered at the Postoffice at Florin as second-class maid matter. ee " 2h Cents. 3 Cents. —— The discoveries of systems of wires ess telegraphy are becoming too nu- nerous to mention. One of the chief uses of those South American republics is to make new 1istories, geographies and maps nec- 2gsary every year or two. The ann uncement is made that In- liana ‘will Wut about 24,000,000 cans of ‘French eas” on the market this year. N¢w let Europe have another shiver. At ‘a Pacent meeting of spinners at Leipsic a table was sub- mitted, which showed that the world’s consumption of cotton was now about 14,000,000 bales annually.. The United States stands at the head of the list. being credited with a consumption of 3,600,000 bales. Great Britain comes second, with 3,300,000 bales. German The. value of street railway fran chises in a big and growing city is exemplified in the offer which the Chicago City railway has made to the municipality in consideration of a 20 years’ extension of its franchises. It offers to pave the streets it occupies from curb to curb at a cost of $10. 000 in return for the privilege it asks. The last clauge of a will which was filed for probate in Washington, D. C., the other day significantly says: ~The net sum of $186,000 left by this wilggls the financial result of a long life of industry and economy, and if used for good and useful purposes by those to whom it is now given is enough. And if not so used is too much.” The statistics collected during 1899 showing the damage done by light- published by the The number of build- ning have been weather bureau. ings damaged or destroyed by light- ning in 1899 was 5527. In addition to these 729 buildings caught fire as a result of the proximity to other struc- tures that were fired by lightning. The was not reported, owing to the fact that the loss was small. A conservative estimate of the total loss by lightning during the year would be $600,000. The great majority of build- ings struck by lightning were not pro- vided with lightning rods. The same conditions prevailed in the preceding undoubtedly Year. Jules Verne, now long past his seven- tieth year, has begun his ninety-ninth story. .Since he commenced writing dome of hi§ most marvelous tales have been proved to be only prophecies. For instance, we have submarine boats al- most ‘as wonderful as Captain Nemo’s craft, and the journey around the world has been accomplished in much less time than that required by the mythical Fogg. If M. Verne wishes tc write a novel of adventure so improb- able that science will not catch ur ‘with it for a long time to come, he will have to tax his powers of ingenuity tc the utmost; provided that at the same time, as in his earlier stories, he sur: rounds it with the specious atmosphere that imparts one of the chief charms to his narratives. According to a writer in Every body's Magazine the family of the average American lives on a scale an? a daily diet which would be regarded in Europe as lavish, such a one as can be afforded there only by the rich His table is spread with abundance not only with articles of domestic production, but of imported food stuffs. Tor example, his family con _sumés annually 1250 pounds of wheal flour, and 600 pounds of oat and corn meal, 750 pounds of meat, or about two pounds per day; 750 pounds of potatoes, 100 pounds of butter, and 300 pounds of sugar. He is the great est coffee drinker on earth, one pound a week being required for his fam ily’s consumption. Of tea, however, he uses little, five pounds per yea: sufficing for his needs. His table costs him $16 per month. He eats three meals per day, taking his dinner ai noon. He retires between nine and ten at night, and rises at six in the morning. «oo L60ST TRIAL WILL "BE VERY SHORT, It is Not Likely That Any Defense Will Be Made, HE ENTERS A PLEA OF “GUILTY.” Justice White Declares That. the Assassin Shall Have a Fair and Impartial Trial —The Physicians Who Attended the Presi dent Testify—Why the Fatal Bullet Was Not Located. Buffalo, N. Y. (Special).—Leon F. Czolgosz was placed on trial Monday morning, charged with the murder of President William McKinley. He en- tered a plea of “guilty,” which was sub- sequently changed to ‘‘not guilty” by di- rection of the court. All the events of the day indicated that the trial will be short. Court con- vened at 10 o'clock, and within two hours eight jurors had been secured. Technicalities were not raised by ex- amining counsel, but it was significant that every man who said he had not formed an opinion on the case was ex- cused by the district attorney. Those who acknowledged they had formed an opinion or stated that they were preju- diced, but admitted that their opinion could be changed by evidence, were ac- cepted by each side. Justice Truman C. White, one of the oldest and most experienced of the Su- preme Court judges, was on the bench. Immediately after the opening of the court and after the prisoner had pleaded, Justice Loran L. Lewis, senior counsel for the defendant, announced that, to- gether with his colleague, former Justice Robert C. Titus, and Mr. Carlton Ladd, they were ready to act in behalf of the prisoner. “I thought it best,” he said, “for my colleagues and myself that I should say something regarding our presence here as attorneys far the defendant. At the time my name was suggested I was out of the city and knew nothing of what was transpiring here with reference to the selection of counsel for the defen- dant. When the circumstances of my se- lection were told to me I was extremely reluctant to accept. But the duty had been imposed and I considered it my duty, in all the circumstances, to defend this man. “I ask that no evidence be presented here—that the court will not permit the acceptance of any evidence unless it would be accepted at the trial of the most meager criminal in the land.” “] am familiar with these circum- stances,” said Justice White, in reply, “and I wish to say I will give you every assurance that the prisoner will have a fair and impartial trial, and that during the progress of the trial he will receive stich treatment as the law demands in any criminal case.” The work of securing the jurors was then undertaken with a celerity that was amazing. Before the day was over the entire pane! had been sworn, the jurors had listened to a description of the Tem- ple of Music, where the crime occurred, had seen photographs of the interior of that structure, and had been told by three SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS. / Pl Domestic. ) Rear Admiral Sampson has requested the Navy Department to relieve him [of his present duty as commandant of the Boston Navy Yard on October 1 én account of the bad condition of his health. Secretary Long has granted the request. The anarchists under arrest in Chi- cago were released. In the hearing be- fore Judge Chetlain the prosecution said there was no evidence against them and agreed to their discharge. Frederick Fraley, of Philadelphia, resident of the National Board of rade since its organization, 33 years ago, is dead. He was 97 years of age. George W. Bowman, a wealthy mine owner, has given $1,000,000 to the Peo- ple’s Churchin Chicago for the prose- cution of its work. Senator Hanna declares that he will support President Roosevelt if the President carries out Mr. McKinley's policy. An impressive national memorial ser- vice for President McKinley was held in Washington. Thousands could not get into the building and an overflow meeting was held in the street. The exercises consisted of short addresses by clergymen of different denomina- tions and singing by the entire audi- ence, with the Marine Band accompany- ing. Aguinaldo’s bodyguard, including Major Ahambra, two captains, two lieu- tenants and 20 men, have surrendered and taken the oath of allegiance. Gen- eral Chaffee has refused requests for the release of the prisoners on the Island of Guam. The engagement is announced in Washington of Miss Annie Ridge Ear- ly, a grandniece of General Early, and Mr. Arnold Randolph Fairfax, third in line in succession to the title of Lord Fairfax. Steps have been taken for the organi- zation of an association having in view the erection of a national memorial monument at the cemetery at Canton in which lie President McKinley's re- mains. A suit has been brought in a North Carolina court to increase the railroad valuation in the State to $108,000,000 for the purposes of taxation. An artesian well contractor named Riley was found dead near the railroad track at Keystone, Va. His body was badly mangled. Rev. Dr. Silas C. Swallow was cen- sured at a public meeting at Harrisburg because of his utterances respecting Mr. McKinley. The flagship Kearsarge, of the North Atlantic Squadron, made the best record during the recent target practice. Aaron Leftwich and John Johnston, escaped murderers from Virginia, have been captured in Missouri. Simon Sterne, an authority on rail- road and constitutional law, expired in New York from apoplexy. Mayor Hatch, of Camden, N. J., re- fused to issue a permit for socialists to hold a meeting. | { Martinsburg, W. Va. surgeons what caused the death of the | President and the effect of the assassin’s | shot upon the various organs of the body. fatal bullet had not been located. The presentation of the Government's They had also learned why the | case began shortly before 3 o'clock, when | Assistant District Attorney Haller be- | gan, with much deliberation, to address the jury. | tion. The first witness, Samuel J. Fields, | chief engineer of the Pan-American Ex- | pesition, described the ground floor plan | of the Temple of Music, and was fol- | lowed by Perry A. Bliss, a photographer, who presented views of the interior of | the building. The remainder of the af- ternoon was taken upwith the testimony of three physicians, two of whom had at- tended the President during his last days, while the other performed the au- topsy. The prisoner Czolgosz during the morning evinced no interest whatever in the proceedings, but as the testimony was introduced he paid more attention to what was said and looked at the vari- ous witnesses closely. The probable duration of the trial, it is believed, can be placed at two full days. GRIEF CRUSHING MRS. McKINLEY. She Says the Guards About the Mouse Are Unnecessary; and They Are Removed. Canton, O. (Special).—Mrs. McKin- ley takes a short drive every day now, accompanied by Dr. Rixey and Mrs. Barber. Dr. Rixey says: “I do not feel so con- | fident as earlier this week. Mrs. Mc- Kinley's grief is crushing her, though she | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | is doing as well as could be expected under the circumstances. However, too at this early day.” her window she saw the guards on pa- trol in front of her house. to have the guards removed. arc unnecessary.” Therefore, five minutes later the only sentinel on duty was a gardener from Directing a | : 5 z x asd & Ti 3 . © | jutant, were killed. The British cap- staid to eal Dr. Rives, she ached him { tured by the Boers at Scheepers Nek . | p eleased. “I do not need them,” she said. “They | have been released | them. | captured and shot General Echeverria, | 2 Colombian, who aided the Venezue- : | territory. much ericouragement should not be taken | y When Mrs. McKinley first looked out | ish losses. Johann Most was arrested again in New York, charged with being a disor- derly person. Christ Reformed Church was dedi- cated with appropriate exercises at A company has been organized at Yankee, Col., to mine the ice of a gla- cler. The Medical News publishes a re- view of the McKinley case, giving the surgeons credit for skilful work and de- claring the President's death to be due to an unusual and unexpected complica- Ex-President Cleveland wept as he de- livered a panegyric on President Mec- Kinley before the students of Princeton University. The Third Party conference selected Joseph A. Parker, of Louisville, Ky., and others as the national executive com- mittee. Patrolman William Hinde, of Toledo, who drank to the health of Czolgosz, was discharged from the force. The transit steamer Hudson is believ- ed to have foundered in Lake Superior with her crew of 25 men. Foreign. Otto Pauyr, editor oi an anarchist paper in Berlin, was arrested and the issue of his paper containing articles in connection with the agsassination of President McKinley was confiscated. British manufacturers have decided to fight the entrance of the American To- bacco Company into competition with John Redmond, Michael Davitt and other Irish leaders will sail for the Unit- ed States the latter part of October. The Colombians are reported to have | ENT OF THE BIG STR President Shaffer Says It Failed B cause He Lacked Support. THE OTHER UNIONS HELD ALO4 THE SE Were in Fairly Good Condition to Win Without Help, But Looked for Aid From Other Labor Bodies, and to the General Public, But Especially Relied Upon the American Federation of Labor. Pittsburg, Pa. (Special).—An advance copy of the statement by President Shaf- fer, of the Amalgamated Association, giving a history of the late strike of steel and tinworkers from its inception has been secured. The circular will be mail- ed to all districts at once. President Shaffer says in the circular that the statements contained therein give a fair and truthful account of oc- currences leading up’to and compelling a_ settlement of the strike. In part, the circular, is as follows: “The tinplate people knew that we had decided to enforce Article XIX, Section 35, consequently the charge that we broke our agreement must rest upon the action of the sheet conference. “We were in fairly good condition to win without help, but looked for aid from other labor bodies, some of which were pledged, and to the general public, but especially relied upon the American Federation of Labor, with which body we have been affiliated ever since its in- ception, and toward whose support we have never failed to contribute. “The American Federation gave us not one cent. The report that financial help came from the National Lodge of the Mineworkers is absolutely false—we re- ceived nothing. “Perceiving that lack of money, loss MR. MKINLEY With extraordinary demonstra- tions of mourning throughout the world the body of President Wil- liam McKinley, who died at Buf- falo September 14 from shots fired by Leon F. Czolgosz Sep- tember 6, was committed to the tomb Thursday in Canton, Ohio. (meen Canton, Ohio (Special).—Un- der a great mound of flowers that covers all the hillside in which is built the receiving vault of beau- tiful Westlawn Cemetery, he who two weeks ago was William Mec- Kinley, President of the United States, now sleeps. Amid scenes so impressive that they will never be erased from the memories of those who witnessed them, the flag cov- ered, flower-laden coffin was car- ried through the gates of the tomb which will not open to re- lease it again until the time comes for it to be placed in its final rest- ing place in the late President's family lot in the cemetery where lie the bodies of his father and mother and his two children. Un- til that time comes a guard of United States soldiers will keep watch over the tomb. So far as the family, the nation and his townsmen are concerned, all funeral. solemnities are now over. One hundred thousand or more persons who gathered to pay their last respects to the murdered President have returned to their homes. There remain now only the plans for a monument to his mem- ory. Already these are under way. Speaker Henderson of the House of Representatives, accom- panied by Congressman Grosve- nor of Ohio, Congressman Sere- no E. Payne of New York and Congressman Dalzell of Pennsyl- vania, was driven to Westlawn Cemetery and viewed the loca- tion of the McKinley plot. The newer part of the cemetery was also visited, and although the statement is not definitely made, it is suggested that the coming ses- sion of Congress will probably ap- propriate funds for the erection of a monument. In addition, the school children lans to invade Colombia. An Indian chief. whose followers are fighting with | the Colombian government, has cut off General Davila's retreat to Venezuelan of Canton have already started a fund to the same end. The late President was especially dear to thie hearts of the school children of his country. Lord Kitchener reports further Brit- The Boers rushed a camp of | Lovelet's scouts. Lieut.-Col. Andrew | Murray and Captain Murray, his ad- | There are now 11,000 Boers in the field, and the Dutch in Cape Colony are | rapidly joining the Boers, who aie over- | the White House, who was raking the | broad lawn of brown leaves. Lunatics in a Fire. Norfolk, Neb. (Special).—The asy- um for the insane in this city was de- stroyed by fire, one mau was burned to running the colony. Harry de Windt, the explorer, will | make a third attempt to travel overland, | via Behring Strait, between Europe and | ! America. is receiving assistance He | from the Russian and American authori- | ties. death and it is believed that two other | inmates aho are missing were burned to death. The loss on buildings and their contents will be about $300,000. There were 6oo inmates in the main siructure and they were rescued with difficulty. Many of the lunatics fought against being saved, while others were | Paris. The Parisians are very riuch disap- pointed because the Czar did not visit It is again reported that Miller- | | and and Baudin tendered their resig- | completely cowed, the attendants hav- | ing no difficulty in leading them out of the burning building. Exzcursienists in a Wreck. Grand Rapids, Mich. (Special).—In a head-n1 collision on the Grand Rapids | $3.216,500 by fires last year. nation from the Cabinet, Miss Helen Stone, the American mis- sionary who was kidnapped by Turkish brigands, has not yet been released. Eleven persons were killed and 17 very | seriously injured by an explosion in a | powder factory in Tours, France. | Financial. . . | The railroads this country lost | of Pu and Indiana Railread, eight miles north | of Cadillac, between a regular freight train and an extra passenger train car- rying Sunday excursionists from Pe- toskey to Cadillac, two men were killed | and four injured. The wreck was caus- ed by Engineer Zimmerman, of the freight train, forgetting an order which was given him verbally to sidetrack his train several miles south of the scene of the accident and await the passage of the passenger train. | on the stock. { latter part of 1898. | | less than in July, 1900. The pools in the New York street railways are actively at work again. It is stated in New York that New jersey Central is earning 20 per cent. The exports of breadstuffs and meat | in August were larger than since the Pig iron production in Germany was 649,539 tons in July, an increase of 16,493 tons over June, but 53,574 tons | | points. ! visibly ratio gain a decisive save what we could. r. Gompers, of the Amey tion of Labor, to meet N effect a settlement. Mr. M8rg his vacation, went to New waited for Mr. Gompers, who appear, nor has he since expla he neglected our interests. called upon at the national office Mitchell, of the United Mine Mr. Easley, of the Civil Federaf Henry White, of the Garme and Professor Jenks, of the Co versity. These gentlemen inqu J fully inte our strike, and M stated that if we would preser sition, which he outlined, he mand acceptance by the tru out the miners, and he said | Mr. Sargeant would call out men to strike also. The propg accepted by the executive bo: Steel Corporation rejected 4 “We waited for the coal min3@ and railroad men to be called out. They were willing to come, as thousands as- sured us, but they have not beet called, and the trust was more sure that with other organized labor bodies agfainst us, wé must be defeated. Our peoplle became disheartened; they sent letters Jand tele- grams asking the board to settfle. That body gave full power to the national offi- cers and the latter requested ypur presi- dent to seek a conference. Hel was suc- cessful after many difficulties.” Mr. Shaffer then gives the terms of the settlement, heretofore published, and closes by saying he is willing to resign if the members think he is inefficient and incapable, Crushed Dead at Lunch. Warren, Mass. (Special).—Three men were killed and 21 injured in a collision on the Boston and Albany Railroad be- tween a switching freight and a gravel train. NOW AT REST. ¢ 0 Murdered President’s Body Now in the Tomb —Thousands Join in the Last Tribute. (rms The program for the ceremo- nies as origindlly arranged was carried out with only some trif- ling variations. The body of the late President was conveyed from the home on North Market street to the First Methodist Episcopal Church, there was a brief service and a brief sermon, and then, starting at 16 minutes after 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the body was carried to the Westlawn receiving vault and there left to remain for an indefinite time. It was one of the most impos- ing and impressive funerals ever seen in the United States. To convey an adequate idea of the feature of it which was most con- spieuous—the depth and sincerity of the grief displayed—is quite be yond words. In that respsmsc#ie scenes were enacted over again with increased intensity. All along the great black lane of pdo- ple that stretched from the Mc- Kinley home to the cemetery— quite two miles—were men gnd women weeping as though their own dearest friend were being borne to the tomb. About the tomb itself the out- burst of grief was still mose strik- ing. As the coffin was borne in- to tiie vault there was not a mem- ber of the Cabinet who was not affected, while several were weeping. Secretary of War Root seemed especially moved, although controlling himself to some degree of outward calm, while President Roosevelt repeat- edly pressed his handkerchief to his eyes. Among the bystanders many made no effort to conceal their emotion. It was a scene under the cheer- less, gray skies and in the bleak wind as cold as on a November day, that even the radiant glory of all the great mass of flowers could not relieve—the very picture of all the sorrow and desolation that death leaves in its wake. The one on whom this terrible blow falls hardest was not at the cemetery. In spite of her own ex- pressed wish to be present to the last, Mrs. McKinley finally yield- ed to the entreaties of her physi- cian and those who are dearest to her and remained at the house. All of those about her feared the effect of this final strain. FROM THE EULOGIES. STRIKING SENTENCES “The cause of this universal mourning is to be found in the | man himself.”"—Rev. C. E. Man- chester’'s Funeral Address at Can- ton. “One hundred thousand preach- ers in 100,000 sermons could not have taught as much as these last words, ‘It is God's way; his will, not ours, be done.’ ”’—Rev. Dr. Henry C. McCook. “In the temple of American honor another is written among the immortals.””—Rev. O. B. Mil- ligan's Opening Prayer. “An obedient and affectionate son, patriotic and faithful as a soldier, honest and upright as a citizen, tender and devoted as a husband, and truthful, generous, Revolution in Brazil Rio Janeiro (By Cazile).—A revolu- tion has been declared in the southern part of the state of Matto-Grosso, near the frontier of Paraguay, against the government of the state. The rebels | have occupied Bella Vista, San Carlos, | and Taruma. The government forces, assisted by the gunboat Carioca, succeed- ed in expelling the rebels from those A brother of the governor of the state, who was persecuted by the insur- gents, and who succeeded in crossing the frontier and entering Paraguay, ar- | rived at Asunscion. unselfish, moral and clean in ev- ery relation of life.”—Grover i Cleveland. “He was never so much alive | as now. It is God's way. —Rev. | John R. Paxton. | “He has intensified and ener- | gized our love of country and our devotion to our political institu- tions.”’—Cardinal Gibbons. “I know of nothi more sub- lime in all the roll ot martyrs or heroes than the calm and child- | like resignation with which he said, ‘It is God’s way; His will be done.’ "—James M. Beck. “Whatever he did was done for the general welfare; like Lincoln and Garfield, he was too good an American to care to be rich.”— Wayne MacVeagh. French Cabinet Changes. Paris (By Cable).—The Matin asserts that there is no foundation for the ru- mors that changes in the French cabinet are impending. Parisians are intensely disappointed at the failure of Emperor Nicholas to come to Paris, and are freely blaming the government. contradiction given by the Matin, the Journal des Debats maintains. the cor- rectness of its original statement that MM. Millerand and Baudin tendered their resignations to the premier, but were induced to. retain their posts until after the Czar’s vigit. Despite the | AND GAG TWO bw Open Two } Safes, From Which Took the Day’s\Receipts, Amounting, ,200—After Securing Their Booty the, ers Went to the Delaware River, a Rowbgat and Escaped. iladelphia, Pa. (Special).—Eight ked men entered the carbarn of the blmeshurg, Tacony and Frankford ay, in the extreme northeastern pn of the city, and after binding and ng two watchmen, proceeded to the , where they blew open two safes ail robbed them of the day's receipts, afnounting to about $1200. George No- lan and Clarence Depew, the watchmen, were the only occupants of the biulding at the time. Acording to their story, it was about 2.30 o'clock in the morning when the eight masked robbers appear- ed. Each man was armed with a revol- ver. Without ceremony the intruders bound the watchmen securely with wire, and after gagging them pushed them into a corner, With heavy hammers the robbers broke the combination knobs from the doors of the safes and inserted dynamite in the holes. The explosions blew off the doors and wrecked the office. | After securing their booty the rob- bers went to the Tacony Water Works, | on the banks of the Delaware river, { where they stole a rowboat and es- { caped. Nolan succeeded in loosening | his hands after a half hour's hard work. { He released Depew and they notified the police. | WARSHIP SINKS AND MANY PERISH. Cobra g Off] English Torpedo Boat Destroyer Wrecked by an Explosion. | | |, London (By Cable).—The torpedo- | boat destroyer, the Cobra, has founder- | ed in the North Sea, the result of an | explosion. | The ship was en route from the yard of her builders, the Armstrongs, of Newcastle, to Portsmouth, and carried a crew of 79 men. It is reported that | all were lost with the exception of about | a dozen persons. | The first intimation of the disaster { was the arrival of a fishing boat at Yar- | mouth with six bodies which she had | picked up in the vieinity of the spot | where the Cobra was seen last. According to the fishermen, the | Cobra was sighted by the lightship off | Dowsing Sands, enveloped in steam, and she shortly afterward disappeared. I'he men on the lightship supposed the Cobra had sailed away, until the even- ing, when they observed bodies floating in the water and signaled to the fishing | boat to investigate the disaster. A dispatch from Middlesboro says twelve survivors of the crew of the Cobra were landed there, and confirms | the first report that all the others were drowned. TERRIBLE RAILROAD WREOK “Two Were dllled and Nine Inj rania.. - Bucharest, imania (By" Cab { A collision which occurred at Palotz tween the Vienna express and a petr® leum train appears in the light of the | latest developments, to haye been a ter- | rible affair. Thirty-two were killed and | nine injured. | In a few seconds the whole area of | collision became a huge lake of burning | petroleum. Trees and everything in- | flammable within a quarter.of a square | mile were destroyed. | There were some ghastly scenes. A | girl was burned to death in sight of both | her parents, who escaped. M. Dinu, a | Roumanian millionaire, got his foot jam- { med in the wreckage and begged one of | the train guards to sever his foot with | an ax, promising him a large reward if | he would do so. Before the guard could [ help him he sank back into the flames | and was burned to death. | MM. Schwartz, conductor of one of the | trains, who was similarly jammed, clung | so desperately to the man who tried to | extricate him that his would-be rescuer sustained flesh wounds in the neck and had to be dragged away just as Schwartz perished in the flames. Most of the 32 who were killed were burned to death. STRIKERS HOLD OHIO BRIDGE. 1,309 Freight Cars Tied Up, and Eight Lines Crippled by Forty Men. Louisville, Ky. (Special).—The strike for higher wages of forty switchmen em- ployed at the Kentucky and Indiana | bridge, across the Ohio River, has caused a tie-up of freight trains which affects eight railroads more or less seriously. About 1300 freight cars are sidetracked at New Albany, Youngstown and Rere. Engines with steam’ up and their en- gineers and firemen ready to move are to be seen by the dozen at Youngstown and at the terminals of the bridge. The roads directly affected by the strike are the Baltimore and Ohio Seuth- western, the Monon, and the Southern Others affected indirectly are the LouisviHe and Nashville, the Louisville Hendersom and St. Louis, the Illinois Central, and some of the freights of the Big Four and the Chesapeake and Ohio A Singular Accident. Bridgeville, Del. (Special).—George Smith, living near Houston’s branch was at Smithville on a load of cane stalks at the mill of John Willoughby, when by the sudden starting of hie team he sustained painful injuries. In grab- bing for the reins the handle of a piteh- fork which he held in his other hand i became entangled in the spokes of the wheel, the motion of which drove the | fork through Mr. Smith’s leg, the tines going through the fleshy part and com- | ing out the other side. ‘ Expiosion on Movicg Train. Milton, Pa. (Special).—As the pas- senger train on the Philadelphia & Erie Railroad, due here at 6.14 p. m. was going east, the tank which supplies gas oline for light in one of the cars explod ed with terrific force. In an instant the car was enveloped in flames and the many passeengers in the coach who could not escape by the doors were taken out | through the windows. A flagman was severely burned about the face and one { woman fainted in the paaic which pre- | vailed. The local fire com®any was call- ed out and assisted in subduing the flames.