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JAP SHIPS IN DRV DOGKT
Two Battleships Known to Be Repairing
in Tokio Yard.
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TOGO REPORTED IN CAPITAL
Worr Fortifications TJefore Port Arthur
Captured?Outlook For General Stoessel
?Criticism!* of the Kuaaian Naval Policy
Heard From in St. Petersburg
Newspapers and Public.
Tokio. Japan.--Two battleships, the
Mikncfi and the Shikishima. were put
into dry dock in the Sasebo navy yard. ,
The cruisers Tokiwa, Iwate and Idsuina
are in the Yokosuka dry dock, and
three others, names unknown, are inthe
Kure yard. The fact that Admiral
Togo's flagship was in dry dock leads
to the inference that the commander of fi
the Japanese fleet has transferred his
flag to one of the fast light armored
cruisers still on duty before Port Ar- ,
thur. It was rumored here that Ad- j
uiiral Togo actually was in this city, j
viKitod tht* Fnin^ror. but this i
could not be confirmed either in tne j
Imperial Navy or War Department, it ,
might be essential for war purposes to ]
tuppre.ss the whereabouts of the Ad- ]
roiral. but i,t is certain that his battle- ]
ship was put in dry dock. j
One bulletin was made public from <
the Third Army, which Is operating before
Tort Arthur. It announces the \
capture of three small fortifications be- (
tweer. Rulin Mountain and Quail Hill, \
directly north of the new town of Port j
Arthur. The attack was made after \
midnight, and the bulletin says that j
the assaulting forces met with littfe j
resistance in occupying the trenches of (
the enemy. The objective point un- j
doubtedly is Quail Hill, and should ]
General Nogi be able to get his siege j
. pins on the fortifications at that point ]
there would be no further refuge for
General Stoessel. He would then have {
to sacrifice his entire army or surren- ]
der.
.The possession of the Orlung fort
. and the southerly slopes of Rulin
Mountain make it possible to take
Quail Hill by assault, although undoubtedly
the loss of life would be
enormous. Aside from its own defenses
the Russians can protect it by
cross lire from the easterly side of the
Antsze Mountain and the westerly side
. of the fortifications of the Laolui forts;
St. Petersburg, Russia.?Official circles
were plainly disturbed by the publication
in the Russ of an article savagely
attacking the management of the
-navy. 'The Russ says that Admiral
Rojestvensky and his 12,000 heroic
comrades in the Baltic fleet have had
imposed oh them an impossible task.1
Their ships, the Russ declared, are un-:
fit to fight. Some of them are actually
dangerous in a peaceful voyage, and it'
is known that several of the torpedo
boats are in a sinking condition.
"The old system of concealing facts,"
says the Russ, "is responsible for the
loss of the warships in and about Port
Arthur. They were unfit to fight modern
vessels, and their loss has covered
the nation with shame and grief. The
Aaa*- ia r>Af onr? Kaffftt* fiffftrl Tf
.Daiut iiCCL 10 Liui ilia* uvtivi Ubtwu. a v. j
would, be absurd to hide the defects ,
" that can still be repaired in the ships (
that remain at Cronstadt and Libau. (
We have already criminally wasted (
enough of time." i
The article in the Russ is a reply to j
the open letter of Admiral Birrileff.
who appealed to the Russians not to ,
*>pen]y criticise the conditions of the ,
navy. , I
FATAL COLLISION IN FOG. \
Conductor of Belated Local Train i
Killed by Express at Stamford. f
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Stamford. Conn. ? George Howland, ,
of Mount Vernon, N. Y., conductor of ,
the accommodation train from New .
JHaven due to leave Stamford at 7.15
and arrive in the Grand Central Station ;
at 8.35 was instantly killed in a colli- 1
sion at tlie Stamford station at 7.15 the j
other evening while a dense fog pre- .
vailed.
The collision occurred between the
Boston Express, which is due to arrive J
in New York City at 7.59. and the ac- j
commodation train. The express {
crashed into the rear of the accommodation
just as the latter was about to .
be backed out of the station to ieave '
the track clear for the express. Con- ,
ductor Howland was on the second last
tar of the train and was leaning out ,
signaling to his engineer. The last car (
was driven into the car in front, and 5
tbe conductor was crushed to death in- (
istantly.
The accommodation was about (
fifteen minutes late. Nearly all the
passengers then got off. many of them ,
to take the express which was follow- *
ing. The signals were placed against
the express, and as an extra precaution
two torpedoes were placed on the (
tracks at the Atlantic street bridge, ]
which is about 100 yards from the sta- t
tion. When the torpedoes exploded the j
express had already slowed down, ow- j
ing to the stop to be made at Stamford, ]
but the engineer was unable to stop (
until he had struck the accommodation j
train. v
A- passenger on the accommodation
named Joseph Sevinski was injured
* " ubont the hfcad.
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Congregation Shot At.
A congregation of negroes at a service
at Hancevflle. Ala., was fired into
and the pastor and two others fatally ibot.
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Memotial/Chapel Burns. ,
Xbejnemoriaheliapel Sailors' Snug
"^'^'Warbor, New ^ork, was badly dam- ;
* aged by fire. ^ I
Unrest in Russia.
The unr.efet in Russia is increasing,
according'' to dispatches from St. Peln'reburg.
The university at Moscow
*b'rfgi5een closed and further trouble is
promised, while mobilization riots have
occurred Qt several places in Poland.
College Boy Uses Gun.
Kingdon Gould, soil of tne millionaire
George J. Gould, escaped from
hazers at Columbia College by firing a
revolver, in the direction of a crowd of
' sophomores who were pursuing him.
College Notes.
The Deutscher Verein of Pennsylvania
University is preparing to give a
German play.
'The Rumford medal for 1904 has
been awarded to Dr. Rutherford, professor
of physics at McGill University.
The attendance at Brown of postgraduate
students from the Southwest
ibows a considerable increase this
rear.
The Co-operative Society of Corneil.
Vmducting a students' supply store,
las recently declared a dividend of live
jfcr.fisat
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WILD TRAIN'S LONG RUN
Locomotivo Goes Five Miles VVIlhout
Her Engineer.
Queer Accident on the Lackawanna KailroatlNear
Hackensack, J.?Fire
man AverU All Accidcnts.
Dover, X. J.?One of (lie most extraordinary
accidents in the history of
railroading in the United States, happened
when Patrick Fortin, the engineer
of a heavily laden westbound
Lackawanna milk train, -was blown out
of his cab into a ditch and the train
sped on. gathering speed every minute,
-without any hand at the throttle
for five miles.
The milk train is known as No. 43.
It was drawn by one of the big camelbacks,
in which the engineer and his
fireman are cut off from all personal
communication Dy tne nump mac separates
the man at the lever from the
man at the firebox. The fog was
dense, and No. 43 was running, or
rather groping along on orders, but at
a pretty smart clip. Just after passing
Port Morris a connection leading from
the top of the boiler to the engineer's
side of the cab blew out. and the con:ussion
was so great that Foftin was
liurled out, just as if a pair of giant
[lands had picked him up and tossed
[lira into the air. He fell into the
mud and water of a ditch at the roadside.
The rumble of the running train and
the elioo, choo, ehug of the exhaust
irowned the noise of the explosion, so
:he fireman knew nothing of it, and
sept piling in fuel while he watched
:he guage to see if steam was
loidiog up to the standard. Long familiarity
with the road and the needs
if the ensrine told him to set ready to
take water into the,tank at Waterloo.
He climbed out on, the tender, but to
lis amazement, the train, instead of
educing speed, ran faster. . ?
The fireman clambered back and
shouted. No answer came and he
peered in. The cab was vacant. In
in instant he was in the engineer's
>lace with his hand on the throttle.
He brought the train to a standstill
ivith a suddenness that sent the milk
:-ans rattling. He didn't know what
lad happened, but he did know that
:he train was plunging through the
:og without a guiding hand or an eye
ihead.
Meantime Fortin. five miles back,
jruised and shaken a& he was. realized
:he peril of the train. His groans at
racted the attention of a yardman.
"Quick!" he cried. "Be quick. I'm
lurt. I can't move. Run for your life
:o the operator and tell him '43' is run>
ling wild. He must stop her or she
Till tear the road loose!''
Without waiting to did the injured
nan, who waved Jiim away, the man
Lid as he was told.. 'The operator broke
n on the message he was sending with
be call, "Nine;" the emergency cry on
m every telegraph line.
tie "got toe noaosen uisysucuer
?wiftly as lingers could tap. he clicked
>ut a brief message. The dispatcher
mprovising a cure for the trouble od
:he spur of the moment, called Hack'ttstown,
ten miles beyond Port Morris.
In two minutes a crew- had
nauned a heavy but fast engine with
n'ders to run out ahead of the wild
:at, slow down as it approached, let it
;atch up and then send a man era wing
over the boiler into the cab and
:ake control.
The crew detailed for this desperate
?xpedient waited nervously for the
unaway. Many minutes passed, but
:here was not a sound from up the
:rack. Then some one bethought himself
of a freight train that was between
*43" and Hackettstown. The railroad
aaen at once surmised that "43" had
smashed into the freight, and after a
onger wait fo'r safety's sake, the
Anfinp tv/is s?nt carefully back
:o find the wreck. As it happened,
lowever. this freight had been run off
>n a siding, and the old camelback had
i clear track. When the "light" engine
backed down the crew found the
ireman at the throttle, bewildered by
he*"sudden disappearance of his engineer.
A brakeman was at the firebox,
md the others of the crew were out
ooking for the missing man. The firenan
thought he had fallen out only a
!ew yards back.
Pat Fortin was taken to St. Joseph's
Elospitnl in Patersou. He would not
)e satisfied until they told him old
43" was under control.
"That's good." he raid, as he sank
>ack in the cot. "If Bill hadn't
.topped her she'd a' ripped the hinges
)ff everything in her path."
DNLY 14 YEARS FOR SAZONOFF.
Murderer of M. Piehve Gets Revision
of His Sentence.
St. Petersburg. Russia.?The decision
>f tire court which tried Sazonoff and
lis accomplice Sikorifsky. and sen:enced
them. Sazonoff to life and Sikorfsky
to twenty years' imprisonment,
'or the assassination of Minister of the
interior Plehve, has been revised. The,
?ourt Las announced'that the sentence
s tbat "Sazonoff shall serve fourteen
rears and his accomplice ten.
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klLLED BY ELECTRIC LIGHT.
Lima Capitalist Meets Death in Hi's
BathroomLima.
Ohio.?J. W. Griffin, one of the
wealthiest oil operators in the city,
ind Vice-President of the Lima Trust
Company, was accidentally shocked to
ieath in his'bathroom here.
He stood on a register and touched
in electric light chandelier with his
bands.
ACT FOR FORMER PRINCESS.
Saxons Protest Against Her Exclusion
. From the Country.
Dresden, Germany?A committee has
been formed here to prepare a monster
petition protesting against the exclusion
from Saxony of the former Crown
Princess Louise, divorced wife of King
Frederick August, now known as Countess
Jlontignoso. It will be sent to the
German Reichstag. The Countess is
now iu Florence, and is in good health.
British Control of Tonga Islands.
A British commissioner has taken
over the legal and financial administration
of the Tonga Islands with the
consent of the King and chiefs. It is
not expected that the islands will be
annexed to Great Britain during the
lifetime of the present King.
Bandit Causes Trouble.
Apostol, a Bulgarian bandit, made a
raid on a neighboring town. Greeks
surrounded the place and Turkish
troops surrounded the Greeks. The
bandit escaped and three persons were
assassinated during the uaelee^
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W ISSUES 1ANIFES
Pledges Liberty For Peasants
Press and in Religion.
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PRESENT AGITATION MUST E
Decrce iu Eight Divisions Given On!
His Imperial 3Iajosty? Deals More
pecially With tho liOtrer Pea
Classes?Concessions Precodod by SI
Declaration Against Demonstrat
St. Petersburg, Russia. ? Empi
, Nicholas" long expected reform ul
has been issued. The document d?
! under eight heads, with practically
j the subjects brought to?the Emper
i attention by the memorial of the (
I gressi of Zemstvos Presidents 1
here last month, and. while not i
cifically pledging the Government
carry out the various reforms in t
entirety, as demanded by the memo
promises that each shall be referrei
the Council of Ministers, with order
report* promptly on the fullest m
ures of relief which can be affordec
the various subjects.
One question not touched by
ukase is that of the Constitutional
sembly. Neither is the Jewish relij
specifically mentioned, though free<
for all creeds or sects, whether Ct
tian or otherwise, is among the !
jects which will be dealt with.
The various subjects will be referi
to committees for early report.
The Imperial decree, which is
titled "A Scheme For the Improven
of the Administration of the State,
addresed to the Senate and is as
lows:
"In accordance with the revered
of our crowned predecessor, and th
ing unceasingly of the welfare of
realm instrusted to us by God, we
gard it as our duty and the Gov
ment's duty, in conjunction with
undeviating maintenance of the im
tability of the fundamental laws of
Empire, to have untiring care for
country's needs, distinguishing
tween all that is really in the inter
of the Russian people from tenden
r*rk+ c-o,Trlrvrr> mfatnlron 1 tlfi i n fl ll?riO?C
transitory circumstances.
"When the need oC this or 1
change is proved ripe, then we cons
it necessary to meet it. even though
transformation to which this leads
volves the introduction of essential
novations in legislation.-. We do
doubt that the realization of sucb
undertaking -will meet with the s
pathy of the well-disjtosed -sectior
our subjects, who see the true pros
tiy of the fatherland in the suppor
civil tranquility and the uninterrui
satisfaction of the daily needs of
people.
'Placing in the forefront of our <
thought for the best ordering of
life of *the most numerous of our
tates, the peasant population, we i
remark that this matter is already
der examination.
"Simultaneously with a detailed
ve3tigation of the initial proposal:
the Ministry of the Interior, which
being carried out locally, eonferei
are now being held by Commissioi
specially selected from among the u
' experienced of the' highest adminis
tive officials regarding the most imp
ant questions of peasant life, assi:
in their investigation of the gen
needs of the agricultural industry
the knowledge and experience of 1
committees.
"We command these to labor to. bi
the laws regarding peasants into u
with the general imperial legislat
I thereby facilitating the task of att
I itic nprmflnpnt senuritv of this est
which, by decree of the Czar Liben
is recognized as consisting of free
izens possessing full rights."
Here follow the eigbt divisions
subheads of fche manifesto.
BRYAN LOCKED IN.
Rescued in a Fainting Condition F:
. .. a Room in Which He Was Shut
Denver, Col.?Securely locked in
office of the station master at
Union Station, unable to open a ^
dow or to turn off the steam. Will
. >.T. Bryan spent the hottest hour an
half he has known for some time,
was rescued in a fainting condition,
Mr. Bryan arrived some time bei
his train was due and asked for a pi
to write a letter. He was taken to
station master's office and as the c
has a spring lock was fastened in
a long time before he could sumi
help.
MOB KTLLS RUSSIAN OFFICI
Fatal Riot Near Warsaw Wbeu Trc
Try to Stop a Parade.
Warsaw. Russia.?There was a bio
riot at Radem, fifty-seven miles so
of this city, at midnight. The trc
attempted to disberse a parade
whitfh a number of red flags were
ried, and the paraders Sred on tb
killing tlie commander of an infai
regiment nnd wounding others.
The soldiers returned the fire, kil
?->na nf frho r?orni1or? our? \vf?!inr1inc
era I others.
TORPEDO IS THE NORTH SE
Believed to Be One Fired by the I
sians at British Fisherman.
London, Eng. ? A dispatch to
Daily Mail from Copenhagen says I
fishermen have found off Hjorr
West Jutland, an unexploded Rusi
torpedo, which1: is supposed to L
been discharged by a vessel of the :
tic fleet on the Dogger Bauk at
time the British trawlers were fired
Capmakers on Strike.
in? vap xuanuractursrs Associa
declared for the "open shop." an
strike was begun by the 1G00 capn
m*3 of New York City.
Sail to%Meet Russians.
Two squadrons of Japanese wars
have been seen sailing toward the
posed rendezvous in the Indian Oi
oi ius oaiu? neer.
For Op?n Sen Race.
Nine Xev.' York yachts have cutfor
the Kaiser's ocean rare.
The Field of Sports.
Belmont Park will be ready for
ing next spring.
CJrosceat hockey players defeated
Columbia University.
C. L. Joby, '00, Science, won the
handicap fencing meet at Colui
University.
The,.defeat of tie odds-on favi
Trapper at New Orleans caused n
cotnment. Favorites won half the
gram. -
Ram's Horn won his race at
Orleans in such style ro tn enh
the desire of racegoers to see Iiim i
Trap^r.
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JQ ENTIRE COUNTY SHAKEN
Giant Detonations Wreck Houses For
and * Miles Around.
Hnndred Workman In Powder riant at
-|^q Halifax, N. Y., Had Just Left lJulIdln;; ,
I IV hen First Burst Ca:ne.
1 ** Halifax, N. i\?Defoliations like the
discharging of heavy guns shook this
* city the other morning, and hundreds
I rusue(i froru tlieir homes, believing
. that a disastrous earthquake was ap?ror
proaching. Only after several hours
:ase was discovered that the supposed
'als- seismic disturbance was the result of
a11 the blowing up of a part of the Acadia
or's Powder Company's plant in Waverly,
2on- *en miles away. The whole county
jel(1 was shaken.
Evidences of the terrible force of the
spe- gfty or more explosions are visible for
: to twenty miles in every direction. Great
heir chasms were torn in the ground by the
rial giant force. -Window panes were shat'
tered and heuses shook as if about to
i topple from their foundations. The;
? marvelous Feature 01 me lerriuitr auu- ,
.eas" dent is that nobody was injured, alon
though, there were hundreds of liarrow.
in# experiences. Fortunately the pow :e
der magazine did not blow up. There
y. were hundreds of tons of powder stored
jjl0n in it, and the loss of life and damage to
property would have been appalling
![vj* had it exploded.
In the home of Robert Lay ton, super.
intendent of the plant, the devastatiou
rrea. -wrought was the worst. It stood a
quarter of a mile from the plant, but
there is not enough of it left to put to1,"
. * gether. Margaret Layton, daughter of
f . the manager, was sitting on the second
floor when she was litfted bodily and
... hurled through two rooms and out of a
. l' rear window. Part "of the rear extenfhe
sion was b1(nvn 200 ^eet away from its
original position, and on this the young ,
p ~ woman landed, escaping serious inthe
^ury" w^en slie recovered consciousnass
it was found she had only a few
braises and scratches.
rr* The powder plant is a mile outside (
I of Waverly, and there were 100 men ,
;v" employed in the place. There were
?;fjv twenty of them in -the dry house at
L bv 10-3? in morning, but they had left ,
y the building to go to one of the other
. small houses of which the plant con.,
sists when the dry house blew up. The
.. men were thrown with terrible force to
in- the ?round and lay stunned.
j . * Then the explosions began in rapid
| succession, parts of the stock-in the
twelve buildings affected bloijijing up
at different times. It was i.iutap first
y j explosion that the home of Superintendent
Lay ton was demolished.' The
t of town of Waverly felt the full force of
)ted the concussion8 and shattered glass fell
th from the windows of every house in
iae the town. ' r
Women and children ran screaming
the *nto tbe streets and many fainted from
fright. They had expected the danger~
ous place would go up in the air some
un_ day. but none were prepared for the
ternuie- snasing up xuey experieuteu.
. for about fifteen minutes. So heavy
. j were the detonations that many per'
sons in Waverly and towns further removed
from the powder plant were
" deaf for hours after the last explosion.
^ When quiet fell upon the plant again
Ira there was a rush of men and women to
|Q / the place, for hundreds had relatives
,t j employed there. Their joy was un*
I bounded when they found that nobody
w_ had been hurt.
oca'j The effect of the explosions was felt
in this city with much force. Frightrin~
ene<i Persons from theIr homes in
nity panic, fearing they were to be en olj
gulfed by an earthquake, and for hours
Qin' they refused to be reassured. When
ate the truth was made known messengers
itor were sent to Waverly to offer relief
cit. and medical aid, but their services
were not needed.
or In several instances locked store
doors were burst open by the force of
the concussion. The doors of one of
1 the Fire Department houses were
forced, open and wrecked. In many
houses books were shaken from library
shelves and articles were dashed from ;
tables.
the In? an ;almost similar manner the "
the towns of Bedford. Renfrew and Oldrin
ham suffered. In Bedford a small
iam house was thrown from its foundations
id a and almost buried a crowd of merryHe
makers.
President G. IT. Gue. of the Acadia
fore Company, said the thermometer in the
lace dry house registered' 150 degrees just
the before the accident, and that that was
loor normal temperature. The heat must
for havfc beet increased suddenly through
non some unknown agency, he thought, to
cause the two tons of powder in the
building to blow up. He said the comSR.
pany's damage woq?d not exceed $23,000.
The^cost of replacing thousands
ops of window panes in tbe surrounding
towns will be great, but Mr. Gue said
, the company could not bear that expense.
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PARDONS AS CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
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po r.
* Texas Governor Frees Twenty-seven
em,
jtrv Convicts, Including Some Murderers.
New Orleans. La. ?Governor Lanling
ham. of Texas, issued twenty-seven
sav- pardons as Christmas presents to the
convicts in the various prisons ef the
State. The majority of the pardons
!A. were given to men who had long terms
to Serve for various crimes. A number
VjS. of murderers were pardoned. The men
were released as soon as the notice of
the pardons was received, in order that
the might spend Christmas at home.
that *
ing,
siau Nogl Reports Captures.
iave General Nogl reported the capture
Bal- of live large and eight frmall guns and
the a quantity of ammunition in the north
. on. fort of East Kikwan Hill.
uia Linvfcr Asyu,vimim.
t'on Asphyxiated by gas. .Tames P. Sana
(lers, the oldest lawyer in New York
iak* State, was found iu his heme at Yonkars.
j,:pS Accused Murderer Froo.
sup- Clara Adler, accused of killing her
ean bahy, was set free by a \t?w York City
court.
EE-Senator Shoup Dead.
frC(l Er-Senator George F. Shouo. of Idaho,
died after several weeks' iilness.
Miscellaneous News Notes.
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To manufacture tobacco grown in
Canada a factory is about to be opened
tIle iu Winnipeg.
f Turin, one of the largest cities in
- . Italy, has nrt a single building with a
nbia tirst-class elevator.
orjt Rapid transit plans for New York
b have caused up, in th* Bronx a lively
prCH speculation in real estate.
? The Russian Government Is soon to
hold an international competition, for
auce best milk separators, under the ausaieet
pices of the Department of Agriculture.
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KILLED IN R. I COLLISION(
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Hotel Riuiner Disarranged Stoo Signal
For a Train.
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SEVEN ARE KILLED OUTRIGHT
Engineer Went by and Met Another Train
in a Head-on SVreck on the Southern
p
Railroad Near Brown's Croaainj;, III.?
Score of Person* Hart Seriously?Crew
of One Engine Jnuaped. ^
Indianapolis, Ind. ? Through the
thoughtless meddling of a hotel runner j,
at the little way station at Brown's jj
Crossirifr. 111., a liead-on collision of two ?
y
passenger trains occurred at an early e
hour in the morning in which seven t.
persons were killed, two injured mortally
and more than a score more or J,
less seriously hurt. The trains were s
No. 1. eastbound, and l\o. 2, westbound, (
on the St. Louis division of the South- b
ern Railway, and the collision took
place between Mount Carmel and ?
Mauds, 111. f
Station Agent Lindley, at Brown's t,
Crossing, had orders for the eastbound c
train and set the red light, requiring S
the train to stop. He was on the sta- f
tion platform' attending to baggage, c
when the train whistled, and a hotel
runner pulled the rope inside the sta- t
tion, drawing up the* red light and I
showing white. The eastbound train r
went by the station at forty miles au
hour, while the agent vainly attempted C
to attract the attention of the Engineer, tl
He immediately notified the officers 1
of the road, but he could not notify the c
agent at the next station because there ii
was no telegraph operator there.
^norinppr Ruehanan of the eastbound t
train, knowing he was running with- p
out orders, brought his train down to t
eight miles an hour, after passing the b
statiom of Mauds, and was feeling his i
way carefully when he saw the head- p
light of the westbound train coming \
iround a curve at the rate of fifty miles v
an hour, the engineer having orders p
to pass the eastbound train at Mauds. |i
Buchanan and his fireman jumped just e
as the two trains came together and *
thus escaped injury. o
The impact of the two trains was terrific.
The cars of the eastbound train, t
which had come nearly to standstill, a
were instantly telescoped and caught ]
fire, while the cars of the westbound g
train were only telescoped partly and \
all the passengefs; escaped without serious
injury. Engineer Brown and c
Fireman Rutte wfepfe both caught un- a
der the burning train and perished in fc
agony in sight of the passengers and a
train crews,who were powerless to give t
them aid. t
The men passengers soon formed a ,
fire brigade and carried water from c
a creek near by in their hats.. Th^'in- t
jured were taken care of by the sur- v
vivors and physicians were rushed to
the scene at once. The score or mpre s
of persons injured were in the east- c
bouhd train and their hurts were of s
every conceivable description. As the r
two trains came together the passen- i
zers were hurled violently forward and f
were piled up against the doors of the I T
coaches, many of them so. stunned and s
bruised that they could not move.
Fire started and was spreading to- j,
ward the passenger coaches from the n
baggage car and eating its way toward t
the injured passengers when the unin- ^
jured pass'engers formed their fire t
brigade and succeeded in stopping the ^
flames. E. E. McNeely. a newspaper j
man of Princeton, was riding on the E
engine with Engineer Brown. a
Mrs. McNeely was also on the train,
but had refused to ride on the engine,
having a presentiment that something
was going to happen and had tried to ?
dissuade her husband from accepting
the engineer's invitation. BIcNeely
tried to jump from the engine when
he saw a collision was inevitable, but e
caught his foot and did not clear the v
track. He was badly injured. Eugene t
Carleton, of Dale. Ind.; and Ray ,Un- j
derwood, of Huntington, Ind., were in- j
jured mortally, and the following were^ t
killed cutright:' ' J
Albert P. Brown, forty-five years old. i
Princeton. Ind.. engineer westbound j
train, luuea at ms post; uuanes rtuue.
Princeton, Ind., fireman westbound \
train; Homer D. Hogan, mail clerk e
train No. 1, Georgetown. Ind., crushed p
to death in car; Henry Oskins. section- s
mau, Tennyson, Ind.; William Under- j
wood, section foreman. Belleville, 111.; <3
Cyrus Hudson, sectionman, Tennyson, t
Ind.; Charles Schmidt, coal miner, Ceu- \
traiia. III. i
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HORSE RESCUES A CHILD.
Lifts Her Out of Danger With His j
Teeth and Gets a Cheer.
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Omaha. Neb.?A jet black horse rescued
a child from a perilous position I
here and was rewarded for his act with 1
the cheers of a large crowd. Fiveyear-old
Ruth O'Hara. carrying a doll
iii her arms, slipped and fell off the
curbstone on Farnam street, alighting
under the feet of the horse.
The. child's mother became hysterical,
and excitedly called to passers-by *
to rescue the little one. Before any- .
body could respond the horse moved.
back away from the child, being careful
not to step upon her. and then. 1
putting his head down, he grasped her ,
skirts firmly with his teeth, lifted her
clear off the pavement and set her
down on the curb. Then he stepped *
back and looked at her with evident "
satisfaction. ;T 1
The streets were crowded with
Christmas shoppers, and a great clieer
wept up from those who saw the incident.
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DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF VOTE.
Colorado Lawyer, Who Was Delayed !
l)y Wreck, Sues the Railroad. (
Denver, Col.?Ernest Morris, a law- j
yer. has sued the Colorado Midland
Railroad Company for $10,010.3.") damages
for loss of his vote at the November
election. Morris took a train at
Glenwood Springs timed to reach here
the morning of Election Day, but was ,:
laid out twelve hours by a wreck in
thp mountains."
Personal Mention.
King Carlos of Portugal is a crack
shot with the revolver.
The Duke of Norfo.k is oue of the
richest men in Great Britain.
Lafcauio Hearn attracted much at
tentiou iu Germany shortly before his
death.
It is stated that Field Marshal' Sir
George White is to be appointed Governor
of Chelsea Hospital. '
Judge A. Starke, who has just died
at San Bernardino, Cal., was the first
white child , bora In Foncmst County,
that State. ,
X)TT0N BURNED IN SOUTH f
leorg-ia Growers Start Movement to '
Destroy 2,003,000 Bales. v
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!ad Break in the Market?It Follow* tha "
Government Keport That 11,8^8,113
Bales Had Been Ginned.
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Atlanta. Ga.?Fearing bankruptcy be- bi
ause of the tremendous slump in cot- c<
011. the farmers and merchants began
aklng a heroic measure to prevent a
arther fall and to advance the price.
BC
'his measure is no less than the burn- .
rig of apportion of the oottou which si
as not beeu marketed. It was proosed
that 2.000,000 bales be destroyed,. a(
ach State to burn its proper propor- L
ion. " m
The burning: began in Georgia, and N
t wus estimated that several thousand ia
lales of cotton were ablaze in the tt
outhern section of the State. At Fort L
faines alone over 3000 bales were sc
urned. and other towns report similar - hi
onflres." ,
Much ceremony was observed ir tl
iurning the cotton. At -Fort Gaines- it
armers came Irom all over Clay Coun- (ij
y to join with the merchants. The a<
otton was rolled into the Court House x
Iquare, and after the merchants and R
armers had marched around it in pro- M
ession the torch was applied. - W
In several other towns scenes similar
o those in Fort Gaines were enacted,
t is estimated that more than $100,000
rorth of cotton was destroyed. ,
It is said that the example set by
Jeorgia will be generally followed 1
brougliout the cotton-producing States. ?
'he farmers and merchants have deided
to set the pace and began rnovng
determinedly. w
Fear of a*decline in the price of coton
that will put it below the cost of
roduction has caused the movement b<
o burn the surplus of about 2,000.000 hi
ales above any crop heretofore grown tl
tl the South. Even at the low prices
prevailing the realization of this plan p(
vould result in the destruction of upvard
of 560,000.000 worth of the sta- .
?le. January cotton sold in New Oreans
at 6.40 cents, which, with the ar- rj
raca h.ilo wpifrhinir nvw nOO nounds.
rould make each, bale worth upward
f $32. W
Those who have worked up the cot- ie
on-burning plan do not propose that
11 the burning be done in a few days. a1
?hey proposed to have the cotton de- ft
troyed[ gradually in order to show the yi
rorldjfhat they are in earnest. :1
The planters and many of the merhants
in the smaller towns of Georgia ;Q]
nd' the "other ootton-growing States y
iave been rendered well nigh desper- ia
.te by the slump, and they felt that
hey must resort to desperate measures ^
o cause an advance. ?
Dispatches from Fort Gaines and ,
>ther- places where the cotton was
turned lay stress on the seriousness
rith which the deed was done.'
Those taking part went about it as P;
olemnly as if engaged in a religious A
eremony. At Fort Gaines b^mris were "
ung and prayers said. There was is
lothing riofcoite about the proaeetyrigs,
?he farmers and mercliant^eclfied to 01
eel that they had been driven to the
vail and were making a last effort to n
ave themselves from nltti*. ' n
James B. Harrison^ one of Georgia's
fading cotton buyers, killed himself; a,
t. BannesviIW.< Harrison had 120Q^,
iales of etftfon . which he purdhased^ luring
the season: He frequently said
hat he expected to hold the cottou unit
he got twenty cents. When lie 1 *
earned of the bredk in New York lie ~
>urcuasea a pisroi. went to his room, ~
nd shot himself through the head.
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FOUR, SHOT DEAD AT DANCE. 5
"rouble Started When One Man Tried tl
to Take Away Another's Girl. C)
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Grangers. W. Va.?As a result of a
aan daucing with another man's girl E
vithout asking his permission., four *
aen are dead and two are seriously inured
here. The victims are John and
larvin Hart, twenty-three and tweny-sis-years
old. respectively; Martin
ohnsoft and Lusher Bascom. William ?
iiley and Henry Turbevllle are inured.
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The tragedy occurred at a dance "
vhich began about 9 o'clock after an o
ntertainment in the church iu that
ilace. Martin Johnson, without ob-' C
erviug the usual custom, asked Lucy p
Ltkins. whom Turbeville had taken, to <j
tance with him, but said nothing to
ler escort. As the music ceased Turbe- ^
-ille called Martin Johnson's friends. a
k general shooting followed, in which 0
core than twenty shots were fired. q
MANY HURT COLLISION*.
Fast Train Struck Freight and Both *
Were Wrecked. e
Peru. Ind.?A fast train on the Wa
>asu uaiwau. ease oouna. came m cui- y
ision with a freight train at 9 o'clock b
it night at Fort Wayne and one man c
ras killed, two persons fatally injured
!ud twelve or fourteen more or less seiously
hurt. The collision occurred on
t steep grade, and both engines and .
tev'eral ears were demolished.* ^
Engineer Ernest, of the passenger
rain, had both arms broken, his right '
eg crushed t\nd received internal injtr- t!
ies. Engineer Carpenter, of the freight
l-aiu, jumped and was badly hurt. c
Students Hare Teacher; t
Students of the Ogontz (S. Y.) School ?
lazed their principal. Miss Eastman,
iy mistake, plunging her into a bathtub a
>f icy water.. . " . f
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. Ferry boats-Collide. c..
Two New York ferryboats wertf.ir s
jollision. three persons being hurt. s
Resignation of Federal Judge. jj
Judge Francis J. Wing, of Cleveland.
Dhio. said that he had forwarded to the
President his resignation of the office
)f United States District Judge for the ^
Northern District of Ohio.
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* New Yorkers Accused.
Farmers near Katonah. N. Y.. ncrust s
New York City water officials of turn i
iug a herd of cattle on a condemne( t
farm out to starve and freeze iu :
3UU O:I>L uu. , t
Broker Commits Suicide. c
George S. Evans, a Wall Street bro t
ker aud promoter, who had met witl
reverses, killed himself iu the Hote g
Melropole. Jersey City. . I
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' , London's Recent Fog.
A special London dispatch gave th< i
week's, loss to shipping at the port o i
Loudon, due to the unprecedented fo? t
at not less than $00,000,000. , , i
Denies Sanitary Reports. ,
Senor Quesada, the Cuban Miuiste. \
In Washington, D. C., denied report, i
of ')ad santtarr conditions In Cuba. <
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WASHINGTON.
President Roosevelt decided npon
igorous coercive meaBureit against
enezuela.
Commissioner of Immigration Sarent
aas planned to bead off a scheme
) pass hundred* of Chinamen into
lis country through Canada.
Christmas at the White Hou3e was
)iely a family celebration. '
Changes in gun positions on the;ne*t,
attle ships authorized'by Congress are
mtemplated by the Getferil Board,
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.
Governor Wright cabled that a mooton
prevented hi* reinforcing scouts
Samar, who '.afterward w^re m'asicre^
'/r.
The Pulajanes ambushed and filled j
: Dolores, on the Inland'of Samar. a
Leutenant aud thirty-atfeti enlisted
en of the Thirty-eighth Company of '
ative Scoots, Two thousand Pula
nes threaten the town of Dolores, and
le situation was said to be critical,
ieutenant Abbott, in command of the 1
:outs,.has requested titat aid be sent
im.
The'
luxuries of American clviliza3o
extended to him through the sollcude
of the American Government
lve not tended to increase, the useful- N
iss of the Filipino as a soldier, acs
rding to the annual report of General
food, commanding the Department of
lndnnao,.Just made public by the
rar Department.
DOMESTIC.
A fire that destroyed the laundry. - :< ;
jilding on' Blackwell's Island, New
orkOity. imperilled the Upetpof many
en and women, some of tnem hospital
itients. *
Seven men were suffocated by smoke
hich was drawn into a mine at Bolixrt
Pa.
The $250,000 rolling mill at Onya-.
3ga Falls, Ohio, has been purchased
tr man P.Alfi7nhnfl finrl Trill YTIAVPd
i the latter city.
William R. WIllcox took the oath as
>stmaster of New York City. ' '( - 7' 3
On a ferryboat bound from New York
Jersey vCity, Emanuel Slegel, of Balimore,
Md., fell dead after a hard tun
catch the boat.
Congressman J.v J. Erfcb' of Lacrosse,
fls., announced his candidacy.for.the /'/
;at of United States Senator QuarlesTwo
indictments were returned '
: Chlca'go, I1I? against I?aae N. Perry, k
irmer President of the National Bank
J North ^America, arson -being the
large. " f.
An unidentified young woman, found:
Bconscious in. Riverside Drive, Newi
ork/ City, died' in a hospital ambu- 1
mce.
Plans were adopted by the New York
entral for the improvement dflte
ew-York City terminal at an expense
' $25,000,000.
Captain Kaempff. of th& Deutschland,
t the Hamburg-American Line, coinlefed
his 150th round trip across the
tiaatjc In the service of the company.
i?he Rev. John Bacon, tbe aeronaut,
i dead at the age of fifty-eight.
Z'Tdm" Sharkey, pugilist, was the latJt'
subject' used by a little Japanese
? Jlliiafrntii fhA-art of 1in-iitsu to Po- 1
ce Commissioner- McAdoo axwl his
ten, of New York City. ' In
an investigation into the Glen Islad
accident It was brought out that le
mate of the steamboat had no
late's license.
The will of Miss Bertha M. Dolbeer,
rho was killed by a fall at the Walorf-Astoria,
New York City, was sualined
in San Francisco. Cal.
Charles Silmmerfleld, a riveter, fell , t
rom the Williamsburg Bridge (New;
ork City) into the river and live*. *
After eight days' Incessant,labor at
le pomps to keep afloat the' rescued
rew of the schooner Clara Goodwin
sached New York Harbor.
In collision with the floating derrick
[ercules, in the New York Navy Yard,
section of Opiate of the battle ship
'exas wa$ ripped up.
George Lfiird Sboup, first Governor
f Idaho vaqd for/many years United .
tates Senator, died in Boise.
The Edith Alien, disabled by . *
unken wreck off Hatteras, was tewed
ito New York Harbor by .the Siblne,
f the Mnllory Lfne. ,
Without opposition the New York,
lity Rapid Transit Commission approved
the franchise for a subway uner
Sixth, avenue and also Ninth street
Dr. Chadwick was infiieted Jointly
rlth his wife, Cassle L- Chadwick, by.
Cleveland (Ohio) court, on a charge
f forging and uttering the $5,000,000
Carnegie notes. '
With several city blocks, each worth,
i buildings and Contents. ?25,000,000,
rew York was declared by the Insuruce
Press to lead American cities In 1
oncentration of health.
Tea thousand unmarried men emloyed
by the Pittsburg Coal Company
ave been laid off on account of the,
losinsr of mines bv the severe droucht
FOREIGN".
Prince Inayat Uilah. son of the
imeer of Afghanistan, is at Calcutta
nd will yidlfc Lord Curaon. "1 .
Bulgaria lias notified, tlie Powers
Iiat she'will not accept responsibility "
or repHsahrmade because of excesses "
ommitted by Turkish troops.
The Frencli Foreign Office considers
he situation in Morocco extremely
;rave.
Diplomatic relations between France
nd .Morocco, a special cable dispatck
rom Tangier states, have been broken
ff. - .... .
Tlie French Government is to pre'
ent a bust of .Lafayette ,to"thelUniverity
of Virginia, at Charlottesville, V&
Since the reduction of England'?
aval force in American wntAra it ha#
teen suggested that Canada. build a
mvy of !ier own. "
Several former Minister^ of Haytl
nd officials of the National Bank have
>een sentenced to long terms of imprionmeut
for the fraudulent issue o( >-'
K>nds.
Brazil, a special Washington dispatch ? , :
tates. will raise her Legation at Washington,
D. C\, to the rank of an Emlassy.
Sir Erasmus Ommaney. "Father ol
he British Navy," died at Portsmouth, '
A Bernese resident, a special. cable
uspatcu says, nas maae me ascent 01
he Flnsteraarhorn, in the Oberland.
Christmas shoppers in 'London were
shrouded in a dense fog, pedestrians
ost their way and all vehicles were
>bliged to .come to a standstill.
Seelciag to see her children the forner
Crown Princess of Saxony was
forbidden to enter the palace In DresIon,
leaving that city a few hours at;or
her arrival there.
A special cable dispatch from- Tan- <
;ier said Moorish tribes were besieging
the town of Alcazar, demanding thu
surrender of a Spaniard who had a
quarrel with a tribesman.
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