VOL, XII.
A FURIOUS CATTLE.
Thrilling Experience With a Band of
Armed Bank Robbers
THEY DESTROYED MICH MONEY
?
D'emollshcd Saicty Vault of the Bank
With Dynamite and liscaped?Men
i in Hot Pursuit.
Fort Worth, Texas, Special.?A
special from South McAlcstor, I. T..
tn Th? Record, snvs:
"A bold bank robbery, attended by
a desperate battle between a posse of
citizens and robbers, occurred at Kiowa,
a small town 1<> miles south of j
this city Sundt*. the robbers securing
and destroying about J2S.OOO
which was in the bank.
"The men gained entrance to the
bank building through a rear win- ;
dow. The first c harge of nitro-gly- i
cerlne made no impression on the safe '
but the noise aroused residents of the
town and soon a posse, composed of
50 men. was congregated in the stock- j
yards at the rear of the hank.
"A volley of shots was fired at the
building and it was at once returned
by tho sentinels of th robbers sec re- j
ted on the outside of the structure. !
An almost incessant fire was kept up 1
for half an hour, during which timo j
the robbers continued their effort to
open the safe.
"It required three discharges to
force the door. The third explosion
was terrific and almost completely
demolished the cafe as well as the in- j
ner part i f the bank building. Tho
paper money was blown to shreds,
large quantities of mutilated bills being
left by the bandits. After looting
the safe the robbers left th bank
by tho front and backed off into the
darkness, keeping up a fire on the
posse.
"The men went in a southerly <li#
reetion and were followed quit ; distance.
It is said that one of the robbers
was injured.
"The 1 ank o"i< pi ?< e tin ir monetary
lo;s at ^2^.0(10. It is Inlioved
that the bandit n.n ie away with only
a small part of this sun;, the (taper
money being almost allot; filter destroyed
l:y exple i< n.
"A posse ?>f Unite i States marshals
is in pursuit of the robbers."
Ominous .S go < f War.
London Cable.- The Ually Mail's
Kobe correspondent as-cits that the
Japanese at my authorities have re.
que; ted the newspapers t;> refrain publishing
news concerning the movement
of tro >ps or other war-like p ?paratiens.
In an edunrinl, the Daily Mail
says it regards this as a practical censorship
and an ominous sign. Kditorial
articles in other morning papers
express concern over the movement of
foreign war-ships toward the far Mast
and particularly over the statement
thnt the United States marines have
been ordered to Corra. fearing some
unforeseen Incident may precipitate
events.
On the other hand, the sueeeh delivered
by M. Delcasse, the French Foreign
Minister in tlie Senate Saturday,
(saying that nothing had occurred to
make him place faith in the reports
that were being published daily), is
looked upon rs reassuring and it is believed
that cfo ts of the powers may
still he sue essful in preserving peace.
cxpioi' Ot -> t it \V TS,
Philadelphia?Special?Two white
men with revclvers hlew open a safe,
hold up several per ons an! otherwise
caused considerable excitement last
night in the cuhurbhan towns tJong
the main line of the Pennsylvania
Railroad. Two men were hel l up at
Hnverfcrd. Several hours later the
men appeared at Straford, cover <1
an aged watchmen with revolvers
and blindfolded him. The u en then
blew open the safe in the railroad
station, which al-o is u-el a ; a postofllce,
and took aln yt $1,000 in money
and stamps. The police have a good
description of the burglars but up to
today they have been unab!? to find
any trace of them.
Church h?dr on n S'r'k*1.
Montreal, Special.?Melville church,
the leading Presbyterian place < f worship
in West M< unt, the fashionable
residential suburb cf Montreal, was
without the services of a choir Sunday.
In his sermon on Christmas
morning Rev. T. W. Winfe'd, pastor
of tho church, severely criticised the
members of the choir for eatinp candy
during the servire. As a result n' tho
criticism, a deputation from tin v.< ir
waited upon the reverend gent ."nan
on Saturday and requested a retraction.
This ho ro'usod to make and as
a result the choir, without an exception,
went on* on drike.
M*"'n ? do t P rrnta.
Colon Rv Cable.?The marines fro-i
tho converted cruiser Prai io, who
have been stationed at Yaviia, have
gone to Panama on 1 are now locate 1
at Ras Obispo. rtntlon on the Fan
ama Railroad, occupying tho houses
of the canal eo-np~n". The election
of delegates to the constitutional ccn
ention took plare Sund?v. The United
States gunboat Caslino has ar- ,
rived heie. '
FO
TliRlLLING STORY OF THE SEA I
Transport Steamer Was Five Days at
the Mercy of the Waves.
Now York?Special?A number of
the passengers who were on the steamer
Menominee, bound for this port,
when she was struck by a hurricane
December 7 and disabled so that she
drifted at the mercy of the storm for
five days, arrived hehre Friday on the
Cedric. They told a thrilling story of
their experience.
The Menominee left London December
3. Four days later she ran into a
terrific gale and a huge wave, which
the ship's officers said was GO feet
high, struck the ship, throwing lier on
her beam ends. It came with such force
as to crash in the heavy dead lights in
the cabin ports on the starboard side
and the state rooms were flooded,
of the passengers were in bed when
the wave hit the ship. They were
thrown from their berths to the floor
with bedding, baggage and everything
movable, on top of them.
The utmost confusion prevailed for a
time among the passengers, according
to the story told today and the officers
had difficulty in quieting them.
When the ship righted itself it was
found that her rudder post had been
snapped off, leaving the steering gear
disabled and the ship helpless.
One sailor was caught in the back
wash of the wave and dashed against
the bulwarks, receiving injuries from
which lie died an hour later.
Three other seamen were seriously
injured by waves which broke over the
ship while they were trying to make
repairs to the shattered steering gear
i and it became ueceessary to lock the
passengers in the cabin. Oil was used
; t<> still the waves, but with little effect.
! For live days the ship rolled in tiie
| trough of the sea. the captain remnini
ing < ii the bridge. Finally at noon of
; the fifth d:iy a temporary steering gear
was rigged and the ship limped back to
Falmouth, where the pas. ngers were
'sent to Liverpool, and si ch of the*.11 as
cho "> were sint to N< v York on the
Ccdric.
Christmas at the Wit te House.
Washington, Special.?Christ mas
at the White House was a quiet day.
President Roosevelt's morning rid *
! wa ; abandoned, that lie might attend
the funeral services < f Mrs. lloar.
Prior to this he spent an hour at hi.
1 desk. Distribution of the numerous
I prevents to the children took place
immediately after breakfast.. There
was no family tree, although Archie
Roosevelt took possession of the
White House sewing 'room s veral
ill vc o o-ri ?i nit fini'iq/i.! *1 ti'tui
| ...... .. ...... ... .
own. on which he hung remembrances
to the family. Secretary Cortclyou.
' of the Department of Commerce an.l
laihor. and General Young, chief-ofj
staff of the army, saw the President
during the morning. Commander
and Mrs. Cowles spent a portion of
the day at the White House. This
evening the President entertained a
number of friends at dinner.
Situation Critical.
Tokio, by Cable.?At the dinner
given by the Oriental Association
former Foreign Minister Kato, wno
presided, said he deeply regretted
that the people had not been taken
into the confidence of the government
-egarding the position of affairs bewecn
Japan and Russia. Nevertheless,
he said, should the Kmperor declare
war, the nation would be found
ready to give his unanimous support.
Count Okuma, the foreign Premier,
........A.I ...ill, (l.n ..I,-... n.n.noo.
3d by Mr. Kato and bo thought it was
new high timo to lot tho poop.c know
tho actual position occupied by tho
govern moat. I (o also declared that not
mly a fooling of chivalry, but a do*
;iro for so'f-j reservation rcquirou that
Japan should buttress tho integrity
f China. Both speakers thought that
the situation had reached an extremely
critical staye.
At (1 f >r D-rr v.
Washington, Special.?It was ascertained
at tho Navy Department that
Secretary Mcodv. in addition to a letter
of commendation to Boatswain
Patrick Deery. cf the Peoria, who at
rr*eat peril swa.ru to tho submarine
boat Adder and attached a line to her,
will rr ler that a medal of honor be
nrerented to him as an ev:lence of
he Department's appreciation of his
erci ni. Boatswain Beory's net of
avtv was rtrcnglv commended bv
* ieutc-nant Kngland. cnmrnan-Jin:; the
Peoria, an 1 be- Admiral Harlngton,
. omir.nndnnt cf the Portsmouth, Va..
navy yard.
Sm I'pox i i P met* H ill.
PufTalo. Spe< ial.?Nine persons. tuif
fcr n r f:om smallpox, were taken to
the quarantine hospital. Six of the
ra?:s were discovered nt. a dance hall
n broad dav light, where a lirge nurtier
cf perrons were exposed to inrecti'
n. The health authorities are
vorking hard to stamp out the disrn-e.
Two buildings hav< ben quarsoMnerl
and placed under a strong
police guard.
RT MILL, S. C? WEI)>
A CLOSED INCIDENT
The Panama Matter is So Regarded
By European Powers
HOSTILE BODIES MIST NOT LAND
Proposition to Submit natters In Dispute
to the Hague Tribunal is Not
to Ue Considered.
Washington, Special.?Refusal by
the United States to consent to a
proposition from Colombia for a reference
of the Panama question to The
Haimo tribunal is oxueeted. and will
bo fully approved by tho European
powers. This statement was made to
a representative of the Associated
Press tonight by a European ambassador
to high rank and influence, it
has already been made, in substance,
though in a rather inoro diplomatic
language, to General Itafael Reyes,
the Colombian minister, wuo is expected,
in his forthcoming note to
the otate Department, to suggest 'i ne
Hague tribunal as the proper place
lor tho settlement of the isthmian
problem.
The ambassador quoted, in explaining
the attitude of the European powers,
said: 'Panama is a closed chapter
in tho history of tho nations, and
Tho Hague court is not the place for
settled questions, but for ponding
problems, which are referred to it
with the full approval of a.i the parties
interested. While Russia, Germany
and Prance recognized the independence
of Panama, they set their
seal of approval on the prompt action
of the Washington government in
pledging nself to guarantee and maini
loin the independence of the Repute
it had prev.ously recognized. Nations
j can hardly he expected to seu.e questions
of sovereignty or national lion
J I' ill 1ih* ll.li II". IIICIU If, iiimh ivi,
i question between Colombia and
Panama which with all propriety,
ai'glit bo ucf >rrcd to The Hague. anil
to which reference the United States
wiil scarcely offer objection. It is the
question of the assumption by Pana1
oia ol' a p. t of the Colombian."
At toe Navy Department the statement.
is made tonight that the instructions
to the naval commanders
in isthmian waters to prevent the
landing of forces with hostile intent
have not as yet been modi flea. Thos?
! instructions, it is believe i, nro su>
: flciently comprehensive to enable tho
| commanders to maintain open transt
across tue isthmus and to protect tt?e
now republic from Colombian expeu.
! tions.
July Cotton Takes big Jump
New York, Special.?The cotton
market became very active and excited
Tuesday afternoon on a rush ?f
orders, led by New Orleans, as prices
worked upward, and there was acti*c
! covering. The list was forced up to
, new records for the season, with January
selling at 13.17; March, 13.IS;
May, 13.43, and July. 13.50. According
to room gossip the advance was
largely due to reports that a tip vas
In circulation in New Orleans regarding
the forthcoming Census Bureau report,
making it appear that about 2.000.000
bales of cotton had been ;in
ne-1 between November 14 and December
14. with the amount remaining to
be ginned about 7 per cent, of the
crop. The market closed steady with
in a point or two of the best of the
session, with January quote! at 11.21;
March. 1.1.45; Mav, 13.58 and July,
13.59, being a net gain of 45 to a5
points. Sales were estimated at 1,200,000
bales.
Tel' ? iiplt c Brl fs.
A Birmingham. <?.a., dispatch says
I the aggregate of pig iron orders hot k
| ed by the Birmingham district
| makers since November 1st Is in the
| neigtii.orhocd of 400,000 tons. The
i furnace will start the new year with
orders for 300,OoO tons, to be ddiver
Jed prior to April 1, in addition to or
| dors that may ccme t!ie;e fter.
General J. olifford i oster. presi
dent of the Florida National Guard
Association, sent ? ut yesterday a eir
ciila,r cf information to all Irtgaue
regimental and company comnjanderof
the National Guard cf the united
States, caning their attention to the
sixth annual convention to te he'd
in St. Augustine January 25 ind 2S.
inclusive
Tho Virginia House of . Megntpf
has voted to extend the time !i which
the J mos.own Exposition Company
may raise tho ni....on dollars of capl
tal sto-k4 which, by tho terns of tne
coino'i.y's legislative chart<r, must
be subscribed by January 1 ic.xt.
The provisional governmen; of Sin
to Domingo consented to aL th? de
mands made by United Stasis Minister
Powoll.
j
LL '
IESDAY, DECEMBER
63 PEOPLE KILLED
Fast Train on the Baltimore & Ohio
Totally Wrecked
CRASHED INTO A PILE OF LUMBER
Fearful Destruction of l.'fe- Confusion
Reigned Suprem ? All the Passengers
Craz.d Y\ 1th Fright.
Conncllsvllle, pa., Special.?With a
terrible crash and a grinding noise,
the Dusquene limited, the last through
passenger train from Pittsburg to
New York, on the Daltinu re A- Ohio
Railroad, ploughed into a pile of lumber
at Laurel Run, two miles west of
Dawson, at 7:45 o'clock Wednesday
evening, and it is estimated that 03
lives were bu t and 50 persons injured.
The dead are:
Engineer Win. Thornley, of Hazel
wood;
Engineer Heater, of Hazelwood;
Fireman Cook, of Hazelwood;
Herbert Holmes, of Emmelton, Pa.;
Jessie Ilines, of Tnrboro, N. C., the
Union News Company's agent on the
train;
Charles Linclford. of Confluence.
Pi..;
Edwards, of Pittsburg; wife in
Cumberland;
J. W. Martin, of lla.nrock. Md.;
Richard Duckett, of Baltimore;
Edson Goldsmith, of Connellsville;
The other r>;? dead ar mostly foreigners
and negroes who were ridii
ir. the smoking oar. The work of
their identification has not y? t begim
The train left Pittsburg running a
few minutos late, in charge of Engineer
Win. Thornley. of Cooiiel! n ille.
When apnroaehing l.aurel Run, which
is a particularly, line i ' re ( roa.l
bed, the train was running at a high
rate of spc ul. Suddenly tit pas:-ongors
were thrown fr< m their ats by
the liglitnin;.-!i!: application ?.f life
air-brain and a moment later there
was a terrific c rash. ; i. train w
made up ?.f two baggage, two dag
roaches, one sleeper and one dining
car and was < arrying at tin- time at
the lowest estimate, 1 "?0 pa.engers.
The train ploughed along for a
considerable di lame a:: 1 the ears
were torn to pieces, passengers jumping,
screaming, falling from the wreck
as it tore along. Suddenly the < ngine
swerved to the left and plunged
down the embankment to the edge of
the Youghlogheny riv< r.
The minute the cars stopped roll
ing, there was a wild soene. Many
persons wore pinioned beneath tne
wrocknge and the screams and cries
that rent the air were bevond description.
Many were injured in their mad
excitement and plunged into the river.
Others that w re caught beneath the
heavy timbers, pleaded in agonized
tones for relief. So territie was the
force cf the wreck that nearly ever;;
passenger suffered a moment's unconsciousness
and rnanv of the able
bodied men were unable to a ri t in
helping the injured front the wreck
on account of having fainted.
tut lu I on ; rul Steel Plants.
Pittsburg. Special Semi-official information
w?3 giv n cut Mon iay that
a general reduet'on in wages is to lc
made c.t all non-onion it on and stcr1
plants in the country that will av> re
about 10 per c nt. It is not pro: esc '
to mn'-o any olTi-ial mv o ivcrra :.i <
the cut until after C'hrh'tmas. H< port
of the I'nitel Sates Sic I Cirnordi n
ore said to have met with ln.!t > nde:?
interests and an '< "tcmant Ir-s he
reached for a uni'o m ndjup'"'cnt o
wares of nil employes. TJ e rate of t o
highest pa'd tonnage met m-y li
greater t'",n a 10 per rent re !u-t:< '<
and it will lie less for tee d" v b' i !:
The wages of mtut of the emp >ycs *'f
the blost furnaces have alioady ?>c?
cut.
No Conc.-r e.1 Ac ion.
Fail River, Mass., Special ?vo o
bio notice of action taken bv i.e.*
cash ire, England. cotton mnnufactir
crs has boon received in this fit'
Tlio consenrus of opinion horo scon
to ho that mills which arc well s<j?
p'io!l with cotton will run, v.hi'
others may stop, but it is doubtful
a concerted action in curtailment
possible in this city at the pre o
time. N'o iu tires have been roooiv
from the coinmitto < f iifto n South'*
manufacturers which was appoint
at the Charlotte, N. C., convention
South"! n in 111 owners to arrange
conference i i K "shinglon
L b ?r L ni'crs Indicted.
Chicago, Special.?The grand bh's
voted indictiueiiis r gainst ?<*
men prominent in labor circles, TS
are: J. E Johnson, a business ag"
of the Hrass Workers' Union* I
Fisher, secretary <f th** Intenatio
Order of Machinists; R. S Crane, h
re.ss agent of the International Or
of Machinists, and James J J.at
business agent rf tho .nternntn *
lirothci hood of Electrical Workers.
1903.
PROMINENT PEOPLE
Tin* l*v.'\r has jriven S7>0(iu lo sr. fToror*
) from the Neva tlomls.
Kinjr I.ewaniea. ruler of Itasutnlaml.
is odu?Mliu^ several of his many sons
j in l-.u^lnml ami Ansiralia.
Kins Alfonso of Spain is about to
start on a tour of luirope. visiting all
llio principal courts on the Continent.
Croat White I tear, gveat grainlsoii
of Tall Tree, once ?liief of the Crows.
Is a butler in the Cult oil sitiv...-.
Kdwin Warlield, Covornor-oloct of
the Stair of Maryland, lias born everytiling
from a fanner's hired man to a
banker.
Captain Alfred .Tnlinson, who was the
first man to cross the oeean in a small
boat in 1ST?">. is still living at I Hom ester,
Mass.
I'ope Pins X. is suffering from a
! rheumatie afl'eetinn of tie- foot in conse<ineiiee
<>f a cold contracted at Venire
before his election to the papal
I chair.
President T.onbct will resume shortly
1 his study of astronomy. An observatory
is being built on the grounds of
the chateau which the President recently
purchased.
King Christian of Denmark was
| handed his appointment as Ceneral in
the Herman Army by tlm Kaiser's
Aide -de Camp. Major <Icneral von
Melike. a nephew of tin* great strategist.
It is said that the widow of the
late Mar; O'Uell will return to the
stage. She was once well known in
comic ?pera as l'.eatriee Kresiiani.
Ma.i-i P. II. Kills, of the Itritish
War iMllee. has been commissioned
to examine the military surveys in
Canada for the purpose of bringing
mem up 10 ?isiI *.
I >r. Lot-en/. is s:iid to have rpocivcil
nn offer of Stn.ODO to reduee tlio eongenital
hiji dislocation of tlio sum 11 son
of :i brown* in the Cuited States, the
name not In iujj .riven.
I ABOR WORLD.
An effort is heinp: made to orrrnnlzts
cooks and waiters at Albany. N. Y.
A new Allied Print in:; Trades Conn*
r'l has b. en formed at Minneapolis.
Minn.
There are more than 2,OtV\OdO ineint
-rs i the Trades I nion Congress of
1 at; land.
r.very proviiu ? in the Dnininion is
repre.-ented in tiie Tradi ; ami Labor
i 'nmir *s of i 'anada.
Ti e < Mrn i. International
l'n on hr. s,."ill,nun in the treasuries of
it i lib nali; ale unions.
San 1". a in i-eo. Cal. A11 " 1 I'rovi i
Trade Council is roilsIdcrlUR tllO C8lahiishm
nl of a deft i. e fund.
The re ! tmi p ?r < nl. r diietion i i
V. axes of v. La_land'a eolloii textile
operatives affivte i bS.OO i men.
l'nion laker.-? al Milwaukee. Wis.
v. ill iudis'.'e Siale auiiioi iiie to invesil11
- the i n.iition.s of Lakes-hops hi
thai eily.
T.< nnilivo Ihmineers' ftoelely. of
C'l -iand. h i ? ile idi d I ? fede rate with
' tli" Ama!- mi.ned Society of Jtailway
I S' I'l-illlc
Iteeenliy hi ? T'hotngrnnh ts* Cnion
was formed in San Francisco. Cal., tin*
first <>f tiiis craft to be organized in the
I'niled States.
Six per rent-, of the membership of
the I'niled Machine work r.s of the
t'nited Kingdom are in receipt of outof-work
donations.
The report of the T.nbir Commission
which lists just been signed at .l<>lianncshurg.
South Africa, approves the
employment of Asiatics in the mines.
Mine owners in South Wales have
given notice of a claim for a reduction
of five per cent, in wages. It will he
passed upon by the Conciliation Hoard.
Coal miners in Scotland have begun
n crusade against non union workers,
with the object either of compelling
Ihoni to join the union or driving tlieiu
from the mines.
For Cotis?;iu' onat Convection.
r. -nma My Cable.?Elections for
month r. of th> constitit'icnal convention
toed: place In every part <f
the republic. 'i*I:* re nil.- are not yet
known, hut t> Jo gram fr- m the interior
report the : ipar ut t ;un<ph of
the candidates proponed bv the popular
junta, composed (f liberals and
Con: ervafvo;. For the first time in
the hi--Lory of the intimitis the el c
tier. . in tlie Isthmus of Manama have
been conducted without any attempt
at bribery or otherwise ilh gal action.
N wspaper Pronr'e'or K' I -d.
1'l iiad Iphia, Special.?Hugh A.
Mullen, one of the proprietors of the
sr.n a/ I'liiladcdphla World, an 1 well
-now 11 in loc al politics, was in tint I '
illod l>" bc'mr struck hv a train at
be; .Ycrth Phils Vlphis stat'on <f the
Yn" vivanin l?ni!r< ad How the ac
' Int rerun ed nobo:l\ seenis to
now. but it is bo'leved hr> attornpf
> cic- the tracks. Amount the pa
-?rs found in hi; pocket was an a
lent lr> ura-co uclicv for $">.000
r. Mullen was f.fi vf.;irs old an.l a
xtlv cf Philadelphia.
R-nson or R Ri??\a'.
Washington, fijc irl. It is said l ore
:at the reason for the removal at th s
r.:c of the body of .he founder of the
ulthEoninn InaMti ?'.ou from 'd'nei t j
's country Is jccar.si a stone quatry
is encuoarhed on the Mn/lish ccrue
ty at Genoa lo cuch an extent tha
has become necessary to remove th
ma ns interred there. Mr. Ue'.l lc4
is country a little more than a wee*
,o.
It. Is the soul and net the sentence
.nut makes the sermon.
1/v!3o
NO. 41.
AN AWFUL WRECK
I wo Train Leads of People Ground
Ip Together
S\N ILL-MOVING TRAINS CRASH
Seventeen Killed nnd Tliirty-One Seriously
Injured Near Urand Rapids,
nichigan. Last Saturday.
C. rand Rapids.?Special.?An east
bound and u host-bound passenger
train on the IVre Marquette Railroad
mot in a head-on collision, six mile*
east ol' this city, about G o'clock .
day evening, west of Mast Paris. Seventeen
persons are known to be dead
and it is expected several more bodies
will be found under the wreckage.
More than :b> people were injured,
some of whom will probably die. The
known killed are:
Kngineer Charles A. Stoddard, of
the east-bound train, whore home was
in Detroit:
Baggageman William llelinrich,
west-bound train. Grand Rapids:
Baggageman Wagar. of Detroit:
Pi reman Kd. Burns, not accounted
for.
The injured were all Michigan peo
pie.
Th" two trains *vro running at full
spe?-I :.?.d the engines were redtieed to
tangled bits of wreckage. The lirst
ears were also demolished and the ontil,.
I..CI ...
... ..it in.- u.ii'it, I'xci'pi ino
Inst * o: . h on each, so groat was tin*
for* * of ') o collision.
The? ?-ast-bound train was duo to
j leave |u>ro at "?: L'O hound for Detroit
and was a little Into. The west-hound
train was duo from Detroit at 5: 15. It
j was also late. The latter was supposed
to l?o in Grand ttapids uofore tlto
other loaves this oity. but on aooount
of I ii.g lot*- was sent out before the
o.her arrived. The wreck is said <*?
he *l.ir to a i;:isunderstanding of or
! dors.
The * a i-I ourd train was crowded
with jKtssengors when it left Grand
liapiils. ?t cnriio.i scores of t'hrisiinas
visitors returning to tuclr homos along
tlie I'ere Marquette line, after spend
ing lite holiday here. The train wasmuch
heavier than usual on account
of this extra in h. ! is reported that
ihe incoming train was also heavily
. loaded. It. Kill ho'-e :i lui'i.l-lv- Hi-imnl
well ;>.s the regular Saturday rush
of par-oncers. As usual, the smokers
| were i.umaged inure tlian any of the
t oilier coaches and in the smokers
evi ry ; e;it was oroupiod. The wreck
took place about half a mile west of
i l-ki-t Paris. There is a curve at that
point, and a long grade extends from
half a mile east, of Kast Paris to neat
| the scene of the wreck. The west
blind train bad just descended the
grade when the collision occurred.
The speed of the train must have been
; high, became of the velocity given hy
the descent cf the grade and of the
fact that the train was trying to niak?
up time.
A relief train was dispatched from
here, a seeoi d train being made up to
*.' ) out as soon as the relief train re
iturned.
i The trains met with a terrier crash.
I the baggage and smoking cars behind
i each locomotive bo in instantly reduced
to a pile of kindling wood. The
! it es were completely wr cke:l. the
i boiler of that which had pulled the
j o-iN* hound train biiag lorn comoletely
: from the muring \ >ar and standi ng
! i -no nd irnl:irl v i i ? ilitdi of <i,n '"
I * **" v"' """
! of tho track.
Tho engineer says i.c never saw tlx*
oast-hound train. Assistance was at
or.ro rendered to tho Injured and tho
dead wore rol; arc 1 from tho wreck.
Many hoar, re:din;; scenes worn witnos
rod.
Equal to the "Ctunl."
Harold c l. hr.ur.t his fifth birthday
by aticndh.g Sunday school, 1ns hrst
( \pori 'lice. The t r ,,, tlio class
to which he had h m assigned ^.ivo
to each child a card on wli.ch was
printed th< Apostles' Creed and told
ach one that she should expect thorn
to memorize it l>y tho f dhn. ing Souday
mcrning.
iiarold. having b-on ivon one of
the cards, fell so very important to
tnink lie had a lesson to learn that
>11 his return from Sunday school ho
rushed to h:.- mother's room, and. holding
tho card for iur to see, remarked
importantly:
"Sc. mother, what I shall have to
icarn by no: t Sunday!"
"My dear chl'd." exclaim -d the .
mother, "you cannot pca^ibly laarn It
I by then!"
"Yes, 1 can. too," rer.ponded Harold,
"Why, I know '\ ay down to hell now!"
| In New York City fxbcole 1,000 chJI4rep
have trichoma