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f r ^ i' g;-'* ̂ f^€yQ^0iW:\- S '•'• g- V' -y '\. r^1*"-^f 7j-r,V a- * « • ' The McHenry Plaindealer Published by F. Q. 8CHREINER. McHENRV. ILLINOIS Charity--which Is love for human­ ity--to**till the greatest of the three virtues. London is reinforcing Its meat sup* *!•> wsf ••! 4 A/4 •*« /\n Vrtir /»<* W W ilil ICIUgOlOlVU uiuunw^ " casses from Peru. British medical experts want insan­ ity made the basis for divorce. And some will say "ain't it great to be crazy!" Chief Horan and Many of His Men Fighting Tornado in Chicago. Lose Lives While of Flames With aeroplanes falling from the clouds, and automobiles blowing chauf­ feurs into trees this is truly »n un­ settled time. Natural Ice has been almost entire­ ly absolved of the charge of harbor­ ing fever germs. These little pets de- test cold feet. Somehow we can't get real good Mid scared over the announcement that a new counterfeit $100 bill is in circulation. It cost an Ohio farmer $14 25 for at­ tempting to kiss his neighbor's wife. Near kisses are as costly as one seal­ ed and delivered. The population of New York state ts nearly 10,000,000, but there is still plenty of room to get around there without touching elbows. Notwithstanding the fact that upper berths are to be lower, it will be nec­ essary to use a ladder for the purpose of getting into one of them. Japan Is going to buy herself a $12,000,000 warship. This ought to precipitate another war scare among the nervous contingent. Chicago.--Fire Chief James Ho­ ran, Battalion Chief Burroughs and Captains Collins and Doyle perished with 21 other firemen in a fire which d'~.troyea the beef plant of Morris & Co. at the stock yards. Scores of firemen were injured. The property loss will reach more than $750,000. F! re Chief Horan's body was re­ covered after repeated efforts to move the smoldering debris under which he was buried and removed to the home f\o w 1 /\ I T IJ •.«••• •> y • -- * --\jl «.•*« %J . ji>i au, oiAi.y first street and Prairie avenue. Firemen Wer»- Powerless. The flames spread so rapidly that the firemen were powerless to save the plant. The entire stock yards dis­ trict was threatened The fire was the most disastrous that the department has had to con­ tend with since the Iroquois fire, and the holocaust at the Seventy-first street crib. All the victims were In the base­ ment of the new beef plant when an explosion occurred that wrecked the building and buried them beneath tons of debris. The explosion came with­ out warning. The men believed they had the flames under control and were preparing to back out of the build- huildlng fell away like a child's house of toy building blocks. A large part of this fell on the canopy over the lo&din? platform. tssrinsr thf jnttAi* away and bearing it to the platform itself, which was crushed like an egg­ shell, with its human freight of fire- lighting men. Falling Bricks Injure Many. There were scores of firemen stand­ ing on the outskirts of where the bricks fell. Many of these were in­ jured, some of them painfully. They were taken to St. Bernard's hospital and to their homes In ambulances and polSee patrols, which were rush­ ed to the scene by the score when the explosion came and U was known that there would be a list of dead and injured. Fumes of ammonia filled the build­ ing with rapidity. It was seen at once that ammonia pipes forming a part of the refrigerating machinery that keeps the south end of the build­ ing chilled for the stoarge of beef carcasses had exploded. At once fear became widespread that many firemen and their officers were in the building at the time and that the ammonia fumes would strike them to the fi^or, leaving them easy prey for flames and smoke or SAD EXCHANGE OF WREATHS ^ 81 EllVlif CHICAfiO F I A* HIMQIS * -- v vt.'K W imtmwmrAMwsx&z "" M fm/. - r r r v a & y ' A >3*; HISM mmmu w m •.-gam* •'ty///,. ,, wmm film/mm WAOE DISPUTE WITH RAILROAD MANAGER8 18 NEARtNQ ' CRI8I8. BREAK IN TRUCE PROBABLE While Only Trifling Percentage In Pay Schedule Styirats* PirtlM, Other Matters of Grave Import Pre­ vent Arbitration. The fight which a Pennsylvania lumber buyer had Jrith a bear may in­ vite recognition of Bruin as one of our leading conservationists. There is one merit which the air­ ship can boast. It leaves the streets deer for pedestrians to walk without fear of being run down by speeders. A man In New York, fired upon on the street, was saved by the opal pin In his necktie. '• This ought to lift th« ban of ill luck from that unlucky stone. There are Indications that the rec­ ord for hunters who were mistaken for deer will be broken this year. It is a remarkable year for broken rec­ ords. More people would be satisfied to : take things as they come, were it i not for the fact that most of the things that come are not worth wait­ ing for. iilptl LOPIMER REPORT IN MAJORITY HOLDS THAT NOT THE 8LIGHTE8T PROOF OF BRIBERY BY SENATOR 18 SHOWN. FIGHT ON FLOOR IS CERTAIN Beveridga And Frailer Do Not Sign Committee Finding Which la Pre­ sented to Senate and May File Minority Repo'rts Later. New York is erecting a building 18 feet higher than the Singer building. If this goes on, aeroplanlsts are go­ ing to protest against the obstruction of traffic. CHIEF HORAN JUST BEFORE HE WAS KILLED AT MORR18 FIRE. it is announced that the govern­ ment is going to substitute dollar bills for bills of $20 and more. That's good; it will make it easier to flash a large roll. When the ocean liners take some­ thing of their size for collision pur­ poses the results are different from those achieved when they run into fishing smacks. A schoolboy was directed to write aa essay about cotton, and he began It by saying "it Is chiefly used in ma­ king woolen goods." That boy keeps his eyes open. Hobble skirts hinder business, is the conclusion of the Atlantic City shop keepers. Maybe the Atlantic City girls can show speed in other ways than walking. An Ohio man offers $5,000 for an airship ride. If that sum Is to be es­ tablished as the regular fare the aU mosphere will not be crowded for a long time to come. A Wellesley student has been ex­ pelled for getting married. It was probably decided that she took an un­ fair advantage of the. many Massa­ chusetts spinsters who are looking for men. Still another biggest-yet and most luxurious steamship is planned. Event­ ually, we suppose, no passenger ves­ sel will be complete without a golf course, a portecochere and outdoor sleeping porches. The councilmen of several of the cities are legislate g against the long hatpin- If they were wise they would Issue their commands to their own wives first, to ascertain what measure of submission they are likely to meet with. Ing when the explosion of -vhat is be­ lieved to have been ammonia took place. A minute later companion* were making a frantic battle to reack the burled sufferers. Wild excitement followed. Extra calls for help were sent In. A major­ ity of the fire companies In the city were rushed to the scene. Watchman Discovers Fire. A watchman who was making his rounds through the structure discov­ ered the fire. He saw flames in what is known as the hide storeroom in the basement. He at once telephoned an alarm and fled from the building. The flames spread rapidly and with the arrival of the first companies of fire­ men a general alarm was sounded which brought over 15 companies of firemen to the scene. Fire broke out at 4 a. m. and a spectacular battle with the flames en­ sued until, at 5 a. m., a terrific ex­ plosion of ammonia in the beef cold- storage section of the building sent a heavy canopy crashing down on a squad of Bremen who were directing their operations from a loading plat­ form. 8end Many Calls for Help. The fatalities all occurred in one place on the loading platform. When : the blaze first was discovered and | an alarm turned in the first of the i fire department forces to arrive on the scene sent in a 4-11 call for help. Following this came special call after special call, until 50 streams of water | were trained on the blaze. J A stubborn fight occurred between I the flames and the firemen. The fire ! spread to many parts of the building despite the efforts of the men who I sought 1o check it. The fight had continued for an hour when the crash came. Away up in the roof of the structure, near a point directly over the loading platform on which stood Fire Chief Horan, Bur­ roughs, his second assistant, Lieten- ant Fitzgerald and nearly a score of others, there was a sudden, sharp, loud report like the instantaneous rending of a high-pressure boiler. Portions of the masonry of the The school board of Pocahontas, Va., has issued a rule forbidding the schoolma'ams of that place the right to attend dances. What has become of southern chivalry? Prince Henry of Prussia has made several flights in an aeroplane. But the prince had convinced Americans some years before the aeroplane that he was a pretty high flyer. All cities that have aviation meets soon discover that none of the bird- men are flying for their health. One way to remain happily mar­ ried is to cut out your relatives who *re afflicted with the butt-in habit. Only 300,000 pounds of chewing igiim were sold last year. This leads us to suspect that a large proportion of what we have seen in use must have been stolen. ' Aj-Oaan who was killed by a street car In a Michigan town was carrying a suitcase containing seven quarts of whisky. That's a new way of running |4owa the liquor business. killing them outright. Fireman Work in Danger. The rescuers worked under the greatest danger to their own lives and ignoring burns and hazard of falling walls. Despite the fact that they were aware of the fatality and knew that the bodies of the victims were buried under the brick pile, tremen worked about the pile, directing streams of water into the burning building. Many of them went about with tears stream­ ing down their cheeks, overcome with grief over the fate of the chief and his subordinates. Begin Rescue Immediately. Almost as soon as the wall fell those of the fighters who had escaped the fater of their companions rushed at the ruins to bring to safety those who might still be alive. Amid the blazing timbers, the redhot bricks and the sizzling steel, the firemen worked unmindful of the terrible burns they were suffering. The work of rescue was extremely difficult. The terrific heat of the fire, combined with that of the fallen ma­ terial, made it almost impossible for the rescuers to work without being overcome. Even around the edges, the injured could hardly be found, because the dust and grime with which they were covered made them almost Indistinguishable from the ruins. The peril of the brave fire fighters did not cease after the explosion and the falling of the wall on the score of men on the loading platform. Other and smaller sections of the wall continued to fall and warning calls from commanding officers to men who were imperiled from time to time by these were heard continually. Finally an order was Issued for no man to venture near enough to the building to be caught under any col­ lapsing masonry. The building that was destroyed, for its loss was practically a total one. was the principal beefhouse of the Morris plant. It adjoined on the south the building in which are the main offices of the company, and was the largest of the Morris group of structures. It was six stories high. Washington.--The report of its in­ vestigation of charges of bribery made in connection with the election of Senator William Lorimer of Illi­ nois was submitted to the senate by the committee on privileges and elec­ tions through its chairman. Senator Burrows, Wednesday, just before that body adjourned for the holiday re cess. The conclusion reached by the com­ mittee follows: That, in their opinion, the title of Mr. Lorimer to a seat in the senate has not been shown to be invalid by the use or employment of corrupt methods r practises. Charges that four members of the Illinois legislature were bribed and that three other members paid bribes are not Ignored by the committee. The report declares that those who confessed to receiving bribes should not be belleed and that the votes of those who were charged with paying bribes should be counted. In relation to the charges that there was a corruption fund used In the Illi­ nois legislature and that It was dis­ bursed by one Robert E. Wilson, the report says that there is no evidence that it was used for the benefit of Mr Lorimer. The committee suggests that any investigation of theV use of such a fund should be made by au­ thorities of the state of Illinois. The statement of views of Senator Frazier was made public later. In his statement Senator Frazier declares that the four confessed bribe-takers implicated three other members of the legislature who bribed them; that these three votes were also corrupt, which would make seven tainted votes. Eliminating these seven votes. Senator Frazier holds, would make the vote received less than a majority The report, as presented, was not signed by members of the committee, although it did not appear that there | was any minority. On the floor of the I senate, however, Mr. Beveridge made 1 the statement that he had not been | able to concur with or dissent from I the findings because of the voluminous character of the testimony. Women Voters to Assemble. Tacoma, Wash.--The first na tional convention of women vot | ers will be held here January 14, ac­ cording to plans perfected. The con­ vention was called by Governor Brady of Idaho. Delegates from other equal suffrage states--Utah, Wyo­ ming, Colorado and Washington-- rep­ resenting about 270,000 women vot­ ers, will participate. In the Meanwhile. Rich man (to beggar)--Not a cent! Remember that you will have your reward In heaven. Beggar--Will ? Then lend me five dollars now and 1 will pay it back then. I'll drop it down the chute. Outdoor Life In Norway. Many Norwegian families from the cities spend two months out of each summer in the mountains or along the picturesque fields. Portable cottages are a feature of this outdoor life. President!*! Postmasters. Washington, Dec. 22.--President Taft sent to the senate the nomina­ tions of several postmasters. The list includes John T. Clyne, Joliet., Ill,; Henry E. Blair, Waukesha. Wis., and James A. Pritchard, Racine, Wis. Swope Estate Escapes War. Kansas City, Md., Dec. 22--Felix Swope of Midway, Ky., nephew of the murdered Col. Thomas H. Swope, Is said to have received $60,000 in set­ tlement of his claim to his uncle's estate. He has agreed to drop his plan to sue for a share of the wealth. In his will the uncle left Felix $23,200, of which $10,000 was a specific leg­ acy and the remainder from the residuary estate. Each of the other nephews and the nieces was left about $142,000. Mortally 8hot by Wife. Lafayette, ipd., Dec. 22.--Alva Stew­ ard and his wife quarreled at their home and in a At of rage the wife fired three Bhots at her husband, one of the bullets Inflicting a mortal wound. Mrs. Steward has been arrested. Burns Town's Business Section. Springfield, 111., Dec. 23--The en­ tire business section of New Berlin, 15 miles southwest of this city, is doomed from a fire which started in the J. W. Oarrett livery stable. Ia the livery stable 20 horses perished. The loss is $76,000. $300,000 Left by Cripple. Brashear, Mo., X>ec. 22.--Cal G. Cor­ nell, a cripple since childhood, who amassed a fortune estimated at $300,- 090, was burled at Brashear. Ho was 7$ years old. Machine Sells Red Cross Seals. New York.--The best salesman of Red Cross Christmas seals in tho United States is a nickel-in-the-slot machine in the Madison square post office. The machine has disposed of more than 1,000,000 seals. ^ Cow 8ets a New Butter Record. Syracuse. N. Y.--Pontlac Clothllde de Kol II., a Holstein-Friesian cow owned by Stevens Bros, of Liverpool, N. Y„ has broken the world's seven- day butter record, by producing 37.28 pounds. Ship Ashore In Gale. Morehead City, N. C.--A large four- masted schooner was stranded on the west side of Cape Lookout shoals Wednesday, and the heavy running tide and strong wind drove the vessel high on the shoals. RAIL TIE-UP MAY BE NEAR RELATIONS BETWEEN ENGINEER8 AND MANAGERS STRAINED. Mediator Nell Sees Little Hope of Bringing About Peace--Grand Chief Stone Stubborn. Chicago.--A crisis ha# developed in the threatened strike of the 33,700 engineers employed on the sixty-one western railroads and an open rupture may occur within the next two or three days. In spite of conciliatory efforts of La­ bor Commissioner Dr. C. P. Neill neither side has conceded a single point nor evinced a desire to yield a little to preserve peace and harmony. Doctor Neill was in session with the engineers for several hours, going over each clause in the proposed agreement in the hope that he could find a point which the men would be willing to give up He also spent some time with the managers, but found them equally as determined as the men. Warren S. Stone, grand chief ot the engineers, appears determined to force the managers (o yield something. If they do not, he insists the engineers will go out. Should a strike be called' Mr. Stone said it would not be a par­ tial one, confined to a few of the weak­ er roads, but would hit them all at the same time, and he believes would cause a complete tie-up. According to close observers of the situation the engineers have placed themselves In a position where they cannot back down. They have taken a strike vote which was almost unani­ mous, and should they now accept the advance of 9^ per cent, offered by the managers before the vote was ta­ ken the rank and file of the organiza­ tion would be up in arms against their officers. Chief Stone is said to realize the position he is placed in and will go to the limit pf calling a strike rather than lose his prestige in the organiza­ tion. Chicago.--The wage controversy between managers of 61 western, northern and southern railroads and their locomotive engineers has reached a critical stage and it was admitted Friday that it would cause no great surprise if negotiations were abruptly broken off and a strike called. None of the parties to the contro­ versy--the board of railway mana­ gers, Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the brotherhood, or Mediator Charles B. Neill--would say anything touch­ ing on the situation. Elsewhere It was learned, however, that despite the fact that only a trifling percentage of the present wage schedule separated them, each side saw in the efforts of the other matter of grave import which overshadowed the mere dollars and cents involved, and hence each was unwilling to come farther. It -'as learned that both sides had advanced closer to a com­ promise than they were when Media­ tor Neill was called In. Then the en­ gineers w^re asking an approximate increase in wages of 15 per cent., and the railroads were offering approx­ imately 9% per cent. It was unofficially admitted this difference had been cut more than In half. However, the suggestion of the railroads that the whole matter go to arbitration under the Erdman act storred up new trouble, it was sr.id. The engineers were said to be will­ ing for arbitration, but only on the existing differences. Here the matter stands, with likelihood, of a break in any direction at any time. TAKEN AS MURDER SUSPECT Henry W. Morris, Arrested for Slay­ ing Woman, Is Threatened With Lynching at Aurora, SIS. Aurora, 111.--Heniy W. Morris, for whom search has been made on sus­ picion that he was the assailant of Mrs. Stella Dumas, who was shot and killed in Montgomery, 111., was ar­ rested in the attic of his home in Piano Friday and brought here. Morris admits he killed Mrs. Dumas but claims he shot her in self­ -defense. He wr-ested the gun from her and then shot her, he says. To prove his contention he showed a bul­ let wound on the side of his head and a bullet hole in the rim of his hat which he claims were made by Mrs. Dumas when she shot at him. He would give no account of himself since the murder of Mrs. Dumas. He was hungry and careworn and made no resistance. Morris attempted to commit suicide on the way from the jail to the hos­ pital by taking a tablet supposed to be poison. The effects of the drug was said to be apparent when he reached the hospital and antidotes were administered. A crowd of 500, men gathered In front of the city hall when it was learned that Morris had been caught. Threats of lynching were heard and the police to escape the mob took their captive direct to St. Charles hospital in an automobile. THREE DIE IN RAIL WRECK Passenger Train Runs Into Debris of Another 8mashup and Trainmen Are Killed. New York.--An east-bound coal train ran into a freight train which had stopped to drop cars near Mill­ stone Junction, N. J., Thursday. The wreck blocked the tracks and before an alarm could be given the Philadel­ phia "owl" oift of New York, ran in­ to the debris and was derailed. The engineer of the coal train, John Longenberger, was so scalded and burned that he died in the Wells hos­ pital, New Brunswick. Frank Knox, a brakeman on the passenger train, was instantly killed. J. B. Monaghan, brakeman of the freight train, whose duty it was to protect the\rear end with a red lantern? has not been found. It was believed he was asleep ^n the caboose and that he was killed and burned up. The engine of the passenger train jumped clear of the right of way when the debris threw it from the track and plunged into a shanty in which laborers were sleeping. They came bolting out and were at once set to work. None of them was hurt. SAYS HE-STARTED BIG FIRE Man Gives Himself Up to Philadelphia Policeman and Confesses to Arson. Philadelphia.--A foreigner giving his name as John Karnego walked up to a policeman Friday near the scene of Wednesday night's fire, in which 14 lives were lost, and, pointing to a picture of the burned building in a newspaper, told the policeman that he had set fire to the place. Karnego said he had formerly been employed at the leather factory and had been discharged. Three weeks ago he ap­ plied for reinstatement, but was re­ fused. Fear Aviator Is Lost. London. England.--No news has come of the fate of Cecil S. Grace, the American-born aviator who dis­ appeared in the fog Thursday while attempting a return flight from Calais, France, to Dover. It is feared that he fell into the North sea- A fleet of motor cars was out to search the east coast of England, while war­ ships scattered along the shores of the North sea swept the waters with ] wireless inquiry concerning the air­ man. Smokers Cause Big Loss. Norfolk, Va.--Carelessness of Odd Fellows smoking in their hall caused the destruction of the building Fri­ day. The building was formerly the old opera house, one of the most famous playhouses in the south. The loss is $150,600. English Pugilist Dies. Liverpool.--Jim Holand, the pugilist, died Friday as the result of a knock­ out sustained in his match Thursday night with Dick Knock of London. Knock was arrested. Woman Makes Long Flight. Etampes, France.--The longest sus­ tained flight ever made by a woman was negotiated here Wednesday by Mile. Helene Dutrieu, who covered 103 miles In two hours and thirty three minutes. Dies, Saving Little Onas. Joliet, 111.--To protect several small children who were playing near a "live wire" which had fallen to the street, Domlnick Davis, aged seven­ teen, an employe of the Santa Fe railway, picked up the wire believing it insulated and was electrocuted tn Coal City, near here, Thursday. Dlea at Age of 106. Fond du Lac, Wis.--Mrs. Sophia Unferth died at the age of 106 years Thursday. She was born in Germany la 10A&- and has three children living, Denies Hinshaw a Parole. Laporte, Ind.--Governor Marshall announced four paroles for prisoners In the state penitentiary Friday To the state and the country at large more interesting is the fact that he refused to exercise clemency in the case of William E. Hinshaw, the for­ mer preacher, serving a life sentence for violation of his parole after serv­ ing time for wife murder. The efforts made on behalf of the prisoner as well as the protests of those who op­ posed pardon have attracted the at­ tention of the country for months. Prison for English 8pies. Leipzig. Germany.--Capt. Bernard Trench and Lieut. Vivian Brandon, the two officers of the British navy who were placed on trial here Thurs­ day charged with espionage on the fortifications at Borkum, were con­ victed and sentenced to serve four year*' imprisonment in a fortress. There was no chance for the two offi­ cers to escape conviction, as their own admissions and the papers found on them were conclusive evidence. They refused to disclose the names of their eorrasDondenu In M1URETANIA BREAKS RECORB | STEAMER MAKES ROUND TWELVE DAYS. ^ Ocean Greyhound Reaches Flshguartl, ^ and Lands Its Passengers As»M " Cheers if Crowds. Fishguard, England. The Mauri­ tania has broken the Journey tfr New York and return, having oc- ooiuplisiieu that undertaking in a ram against time in 12 days. The quick voyage across the oceaK and back and the rapid taking on at cargo at New York enabling the co»«" tin«ntal passengers to reach their destinations before Christmas, Is a source of the greatest satisfaction both among the passengers and thoso who gathered here to meet the steamer. The harbor was ablaze with search­ lights, fares and rockets. Vessels blew their whistles, sirens brayed and the crowds cheered as the Maure- tania steamed In, her band playing: and her decks crowded ^vith passen­ gers. The weather throughout th« eastern voyage was favorable. By the aid of four tenders, 600 passengers and tho mails were landed with tha greatest expedition. Th» passage of the Mauretania oc­ cupied four days, fifteen hours and fifty-seven minutes. She maintained an average speed of 25.07 knots. SUSTAIN STATE PRIMARY LAW Illinois Supreme Court Divided as to Interpretation cf Act But Hold It Valid. Springfield, 111.--The supreme court Wednesday held the legislative pri- ttiary( j*ct providing for the nominatloa of members of the lower house of the legislature valid in a decision handed down in the case of Espey vs. Mo Inerney and others. Three opinions were banded dowa by the court, as the members are di­ vided as to the interpretation of the act. The opinion follows the decision of the court rendered verbally shortly befors the election, Nov ember 8, PEARY TO FURNISH PROOFS Will 60 Before Congress and Give Full Information of His Discovery. Washington. -- Capt. Robert H. Peary, the arctic exp.orer, after months of persistent refusal on the ground of interference with contracts with publishers, has promised to fur­ nish congress with the proofs upon which he relies to support his claim of attainment of the north pole. The assurance has been communi­ cated indirectly to some of his advo­ cates at the capitol in connection with the bill to reward him with a rear admlralship on the staff in recognition of his arctic achievements.' SEEKS RAISE FOR CLZRKS Representative Carey Introduces Reso­ lution to Increase Wages of Govern­ ment Employes 25 Per Cent. Washington.--Mr. Carey, Wisconsin, introduced a joint resolution in­ creasing 25 per cent, the salary or wage of government employes re­ ceiving less than $2,500 a year. The Increase to become effective March 1. In his resolution Mr. Carey says the high cost of living has come to stay and that congress has set a bad ex­ ample in increasing the salaries of leg­ islators and high officials while neg­ lecting the clerks. BINGES HERMANN GOES FREE Fraud Indictments Against Former Head of Land Office Are All Portland, Ore --All charges against Blnger Hermann, former congressman and former commissioner of the gen­ eral land office, growing out of the Oregon land fraud indictments, were dismissed in the federal cuurt. Willard J. Jones, the timber dealer and political worker, was sentenced to serve four months and to pay a fine of $10,000. ASKS FOR WOODMEN PROBE Iowa Insurance Department Is Re­ quested to Investigate Affairs of Fraternal Order. Des Moines, Ia. -- John D. Den* nison of Dubuque, who recently filed a request with the Illinois insur­ ance department for an Investigation into the management of the Modem Woodmen affairs, filed a request with the Iowa Insurance department (the state auditor) for an investigation. British Mine Horror Grows. Bolton. Eng. -- The disaster .at the Little Hulton colliery, wrecked by an explosion that was followed by fire. Is greater than at first real­ ized. It Is probable at least 360 lives were lost. Woman Killed In Coasting. Pittsburg, Pa.--Mrs. Louis Patter^ son was so seriously injured Friday that she died, and her husband, Louis Patterson, was badly hurt when the sled on which they were coasting down Jenny Lind street in McKees- port, dashed from the beaten path and struck a telegraph pole. Minnesots Town Swept by Fire. Madison Lake, Minn.--The bust* ness part of this town was wiped out by fire Friday. The loss is estimated at $100,000. Modesty Costs GIH's Life. New York.--Because she would not allow her fellow employes to fasten • tourniquet about her leg, Miss Helen Gerschen died at St. Vincent's hospital Wednesday. Miss Gerschen accident­ ally stabbed herself in the leg with • pair of scissors. Confirm McChord and Meyers. Washington.--The senate In exact* tive. se8sion Wednesday confirmed the nominations of C. C. McChord and B. H. Meyers as members of the ii state eommerca comatwtop. r:;s A