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THE MCHENRY PLAINDEALER HcHKNRT PLAINDEALER CQ. McHENRV, ILLINOIS. --TOLD IN A head-oil collision of two fast freight trains near Hydetown, Pa., re­ sulted in the death of Engineer Will- lam Sitting of Oil City and Flrejniui George Bigman and the injury of sev­ eral trainmen. In the case (of the China Develop­ ment company versus Boyd Judge Morrow decided In San Francisco that an appeal from the decision of the United States States consular court at Shanghai to the United States circuit court would be, allowed. Some doubt has existed as to whether such fin ap­ peal were allowable, under the circuity court, of appeals feet of 1891. Smallpox has broken out among die prisoners in the Blair county jail at Hollidaysburg, Pa. By the explosion of a shotgun Addi­ son H'elderman, 54 years old, was probably fatally injured at Yincennes, Ind. The, Illinois Rural Mail Carriers' as­ sociation at Peoria re-elected E. E. Dyer of Aurora president and urged increased salaries. The Automobife club of Pittsburg has arranged for a national meet of professional drivers on the Brunots island track, Pittsburg, June 28 and 29, Charles Short, a gasfitter of Phila­ delphia, employed by the United Gas Improvement company of Shenandoah, Pa., was murdered by Augustino Bar- ricko, an Italian organ grinder, at Gi- tardsville. The formal opening of the new Union passenger station, which is to replace the antiquated structure in use for years, was made a gala event at Atlanta, Ga., about 50,000 persons accepting the invitation of the rail­ roads to be present. Mrs. Hay, wife of Secretary Hay, ar­ rived at Paris from Bad Nauheim, Ger­ many, on a shopping visit. The annual convention of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers at Buffalo elected H. B. Perham of St. Louis president. Prince Eitel Frederick of Germany, who has been a guest of the duchess of Albany at Esher, left London for Germany. Maj. Colin Campbell and Mrs. Camp­ bell, formerly Miss Nancy Leiter, and Mrs. Levi Z. Leiter sailed from New York for Europe. Vice President Charles W. Fair­ banks will represent the president at the opening of the Lewis and Clarke exposition at Portland, Ore., June 1. David F. Swenson, instructor in phil­ osophy and psychology of the Univer­ sity of Minnesota, has been granted a year's leave of-absence from the uni­ versity. Former President Grover Cleveland has returned from a cruise in south­ ern waters, which began two weeks ago on E. C. Benedict's steam yacht Oneida. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, ac­ companied by Prof. J. M. Spillman and M. A. Carleton, arrived in Mem­ phis to make an investigation of agri­ cultural conditions in the south. E. H. Harriman of the Southern Pa­ cific is reported to have taken over the holdings of the La Dura mine in Son or a, Mexico. The price paid is said to be in the neighborhood 6f $1,- 000,000. 1 Spencer F. Eddy, secretary of the American embassy, who has returned to St. Petersburg from Bad Nauheim, reports Secretary Hay greatly im­ proved, and expects to sail for the United States June 7. Vice president Fairbanks' com­ mencement address which will be de­ livered before the graduates of the state university of Iowa in June is an­ nounced as a chapter in American his­ tory. Mr. Fairbanks also will speak at the commencement In Delaware, O. Holly Vann was hanged in Dallas, Texas, for the murder of Sol Arnoff Nov. 29 last. Capt. F. W. Hart, paymaster of the transport Lawton, was arrested and held for courtmartial at San Francis­ co for becoming intoxicated and losing $10,000 in warrants on the pay office. The twenty-fourth general confer­ ence of the United Brethren church was formally opened in Topeka, Kan., addresses of welcome being made by Gov. Hoch and Rev. Charles M. Shel­ don. The bureau of navigation will pro­ pose that Rear Admiral Sigsbee's squadron be sen| to bring the remains of John Paul Jones from France. Secretary of the Navy Morton will confer with President Roosevelt as to what squadron will be sent to France to bring back the remains of John Paul Jones. The body may be placed in the cemetery at Annapolis. A complaint has been sworn out by a trolley-car motorman in Kansas City, Mo., against Jesse James, son of the famous outlaw of that name, charged with usury. Young James, who is a pawnbroker and money lend­ er, is accused of charging 10 per cent Interest a month. Prof. Zueblin of the University of Chicago is a candidate for superin­ tendent of the Toledo schools. Hugo Lieber, discoverer' of the radl- nm cure for cancer has gone to Europe to conduct tests in London, Vienna Paris. Bishop R. K. Hargrave, president of the board of trustees of Vander- , bilt university, owing to bad health, will, it is understood, resign that po­ sition at the next meeting of the board. He will probably be succeed- #d by Bishop C. B. Galloway of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. The American Smelter Exploration company filed with the secretary of state at Trenton, N. J., a certificate increasing its capital stock from $54,- .600,000 to $77,000,000, and changing its name to the American Smelt' Securities company. LATEST CASH MARKET REPORT*, Chicago Produc*. Butter--Creamery, extra, 24c; print*. 26c; firsts, 22@23c: seconds. 20c: renovat­ ed, dairies, Cooleys, 22c; firsts, 20c; ladles, nominal, packing stock, 17@ 18c. Esgs--Pre«h stock at mark, new <**•*§ Included. H4©15Hc; firsts. 15*4®l«c; prime firsts, packed in whitewood cases, J6^c; extra (nigh-grade), packed for city trade. ISc. Cheese--Full cream, daisies, lS^CMc; twins. Young Americas, 14c; long horns, 13^i®14c; Swiss, block, 12@12V4c; drum. 1-^ic: Limbursfer. choice, .ll@12c; off rrades, 8@10c; .jrfick, 12^c; oft grades. 9@10c. Fish--Black bass. 14c per lb; carp and buffalo. 2c; pike. 7c; pickerel, 6c; perch, 4c; bullheads, skinned, 5Cf6c; sunfish, 2© 3c. Live poultry--Turkeys, per lb, 14c; chickens, fowls. 13c; ducks, geese. $3 @10 per dozen. Berries--Strawberries, 60c®$2.25 per 24 quarts. Potatoes--Car lots on track; Wisconsin. Minnesota and Michigan Burbanks. good to choice. 20@22c; extra. 23c; rurals. good. 20&"-2c; fancy, 23€:24c; coarse, large.-not •^ell assorted, 15@18c; Kings, common to fancy, 2Q4J-22C. New York Produce. Butter--Quiet; extra creamery, 2C@ 26Vbc- Cheese--New, easy* old, firm. Old state, full cream, colored and white, fancy, HV4C: do. fine. 13*4c; new, small, colored and white, fine. 12*4c; do, fair to choice, do, skims, full to light. 3^@ 10s*c. Eggs--Steady, unchanged. Grain Quotations. WHEAT. Chicago--No. 2 red. 97®~98c. c Minneapolis--No. 1 northern. tl.'OTVt.. Duluth--No. 1 northern. J»S%c. . *" New York--No, 2 red, 95sic. St. LoUis--No. 2 red. Kansas City---No. 2 hard. $1 @1.-03. . . . Milwaukee--No. 1 northern, S105®i.<W. CORN. " Chi,dt#4^-No. 2. 49*4®50<5; . :• • Liverpool--American mixed," hew, ,4s. - . St. Loufs--No. 2, 50c. New York--No. 2, F>5c. . ' . Kansas City---No. 2 mixed, 4S@4bHc. Milwaukee--No. 3. 481>s@49%c. OATS. Chicago--Standard, 32iff32*40. New York--Mixed. 35>@35^ic. St. Louis--No. 2, 30»sc. ' Kansas Cjty--No. 2 mixed. 31c. Milwaukee--Standard. 32@32Vie. Live Stock. CATTLE. Chicago--Jl.r»0@ 6.85. Omaha--J2:75<§ 6.30. Kansas City--$2.2."@6.50. St. Louis--$3@6.">0. St. Joseph--$1.75(Q6. N e w Y o r k -- 6 . 3 0 ; Pittsburg--$2.50(8 6.5$. Buffalo^-- $3Si 6.75. HOGS. Chicago--$2@5.60. Omaha--$4@ 5.35.. Kansas City--$4.r!0@5.45, St. Louis--$4(0 5-60. St. Joseph--t4.10fj 5.4S. New York--$6ifi6.10. Pittsburg--?3<g 5.S5. Buffalo--$3 <0 5. SO. SHEEP AND LAMBS. Chicago--12.25(5 ll. ;• Omaha--$4 @5.90. Kansas City--J4(g7. St. Louis--$3<&8.50. St.-Joseph--J3i&7.05. New York--$3.25®6. Pittsburg--J2.50(g 11. Buffalo--$2 (g 6.70. E FOR PENCE IN file STRIKE Owners Give Men Chance to Consider Proposition t<r Deliver Goods. EXECUTIVE J0ARD TO MEET Opposition to General Tie-Up Is 8aid to Have Developed Among the Teamsters, Sortfe of Whom 8peak Vigorously on the Subject. Judge Peter V. Voorhees, lay judge of the court of errors and appeals at Camden, N. J., announced that he had sent his resignation to Gov. Stokes because of ill health. President Hughes of De Pauw uni­ versity at La Pdfte, Ind., announced that there would be two new members of the faculty next year, Prof. R. B. Klinesmid of Evanston, 111., who Is a graduate of Northwestern universi­ ty, who will be principal of the acad­ emy and professor of pedagogics, a^d Prof. Frank E. Watson of Brown unP versity will become the head of the biological department. The pope has appointed Cardinal Satolli, former papal delegate in the United States, to be protector of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word at San Antonio, Texas. Former Foreign Minister Prinettl in the chamber of Italian deputies inter­ pellated the government as to wheth­ er the agreements of 1899 and 1902 between Italy and France and Great Britain whereby France aqd Great Britain granted Italy preferential rights in Tripoli are still in force. The under-secretary for foreign affairs, Signor Fusinato, replied in the affirm­ ative. The steamer Kingstonlan arrived at Boston abd reported a severe fight with five on board for more than sev­ enty-two hours, the flames being final­ ly extinguished by flooding the No. 2 hold. s The Akin-Erskine flour mill at Ev- ansville, Ind., was destroyed by fire. Loss, $100,000; insurance, $60,000 Christian Voelkert, a fireman, was thrown from a hose wagon and prob­ ably fatally hurt. Andrew Carnegie has offered to Radclifler colloge, Cambridge, Mass., $75,000 for a library building on con­ dition that an equal sum be raised for its endowment, and an effort will be made to meet the requirements. The petitions alleging corrupt prac- practices by Sir Frederick W. Borden, Canadian minister of militia 'and de­ fense, and Hon. W. S. Fielding, Cana­ dian minister of finance, in connection with the recent general elections were dismissed at Halifax. President Roosevelt approved the recommendation of Secretary Morton that the body of John Paul Jones be buried at Annapolis, Md. Dr. L». A. Nevin, a member of the Nevin family of Pittsburg, was found dead on the b&nks of the river near Pueblo, Co. The faculty of the Massachusetts In­ stitute of Technology at Boston, by a. vote of 57 to 5, has disapproved the proposed union of the institute with Harvard University. The matter now will be submitted to the alumni, after which the trustees will take decisive action. • - Aaron Vail, a wealthy mill owner, was killed in an accident at Michigan City, Ind. Mrs. Nicholas Weise of San Jose, 111., was fatally burned by the ex­ plosion of a gasoline stove which she attempted to fill while lighted. E. R. Evans of Des Moines,* Iowa, has been elected master workman of the A. O. U. W. of Iowa. Grover Cleveland arrived in Nor­ folk, Va., as the guest of E. C. Bene­ dict aboard the latter's yacht Oneida, which brought the party from George­ town, S. C. The American Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers in session in Detroit, Mich., decided to demand a scale which is In effect a restoration of the rates of 1903-4, and means an increase in wages of from 10 to 20 per cent over the present scale. Reports received by Rev. W. H. Hubbard of Auburn, N. Y., secretary of the special committee on systematic beneficence of the Presbyterian church, show the aggregate income of the eight boards of the church for the year ending May 1, 1905, to be €63,755, the largest on record. Chicago, May 15.--Before plunging the city into the chaos of a greater strike, leaders on both sides are hesi­ tating. The reactionary force still may avert a spread ©f the trouble. The team owners, who now hold the key to the situation, have determined to give th"e unions one more chance to retreat from their position. In the teamsters' joint council, too. Influ­ ences are said to be at work to end the strike. Rumors that the executive board of the International' Brotherhood of Teamsters will be in session here to- niorrcf/ were persistent during the day. They were denied by the local, officials, but strongly supported by the team owners, who claimed to have se­ cret knowledge on this point. The executive board meeting, It was said, has been called at the behest of two of its members, who have seats In the teamsters' joint council. These men, It is declared, are radically op­ posed to spreading the strike, and at the Saturday night session spoke vig­ orously against the stand taken by the council in answer to the ultimat­ um of the team owners' committee. One of the hopeful signs was the action of the ice wagon teamsters. After going into the meeting at Brick­ layers' hall fired with the strike fever, the icemen at the end of four hours' discussion voted to accept the advice of their employers and accept the wage conditions of last year. Seeks to Limit Strike. In the hope of preventing a spread of the strike Mayor Dunne will form another commission, not to -aim for peace, but to try to induce teamsters and team owners to keep the disturb­ ance within existing limits. Livery stable proprietors agreed, In the event of a failure of a last attempt at reasoning with their drivers, to or­ der them to land patrons at the boy­ cotted stores. Other developments were not so peaceful. Addressing the throng of union men who h,ad attended the fu-, neral of George S. Pierce, Cornelius Shea, president of the teamsters, made an inflammatory appeal that stirred his followers to enthusiasm' for their cause. There was a little rioting during the day and one of these led to a collision of a patrol wagon with a street car, in^ which a number of people were hurt It is the plan of the team owners' association to postpone final action un­ til after the meeting of the team­ sters' executive board. The team owners have not weaken­ ed in their determi&ation to make de­ liveries. They still are prepared to force the issue. They prefer that the strike should end, but, in the other case, they are ready to join hands with the Employers' association and attempt to break it. Several large teaming contractors will not wait for a second answer from the union and will court strikes by beginning deliveries to the strike bound houses. A few were made on Saturday, and it is said that since last Thursday one contractor has been hauling goods secretly to Hlbbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co. Team Owners Hold the Key. Everything in the strike, it is be­ lieved, now hinges upon the action of the Chicago Team Owners' associa­ tion, the dominating organization in the teaming business of Chicago. In this light the statement of Secretary T. J. Cavanagh of the association Is significant. "In one way," said Secretary Cav­ anagh, "the team owners have deliv­ ered their ultimatum to the union. In another, our visit to the teamsters' joint council Saturday night, was merely an entering wedge driven home with a view of forcing the call­ ing off of this strike. We asked to be allowed to make deliveries to the strike bound firms. If the teamsters should permit this it would enable them to withdraw gracefully from the contest. Both sides have put up a good fight. Our chief aim is to re­ move the chips from the shoulders of the two parties concerned and show them that nothing can be gained by continuing." 8ure Peace Will Follow. There were influential men In the team owners' body who professed to know the trend of the discussion in the teamsters' council mc-eting. and PrinceHGustaf Given Appanage. Stockholm cablegram: The rifelsdag has voted Prince Gustaf an appan­ age of $35,000 in view of his ap­ proaching marriage with Princess Margaret of Connaught. King Oacar has presented a summer residence. / --1 Boy Is Drowned. Joliet, 111., dispatch: Louis Rogena, a 7-year-old boy, fell in the drainage channel and his body was swept aivay. He was throwing stones Into the stream when he stumbled and fell. they were even more confident that Secretary Cavanagh that their "force** efforts in the direction of ptaet will ultimately avail. "The teamsters' meetirf§ lasted ftmfr hours," said one man, "and there was some strong opposition before the stand pat' vote prevailed. There are two leaders--both of them members of the national executive board--a£ the head of the opposition. When the_ council meets again to-night the peace sentiment will have gained more ground, and at the Succeeding session has a good chance to triumph." COOPERS' STRIKE IS ENDED Contestants In Milwaukee Settle Dif- Acuity by Making Concessions. Milwaukee, Wis., dispatch: The coopers' strike in the Milwaukee breweries, which has affected a large number of men, has been settled. Both sides conceded important points. The- contract provides that the agreement shall cover four years and that the breweries shall have the option of ex­ tending the contract for an addition­ al year. Coopers engaged in patch­ ing work %ave been granted an in­ crease from 31% to 35 cents per hour. Coopers taken to do any kind of work will be paid. 35 cents per hour, the old rate being 31% and the amount demanded being 37% cents per hour. The wages for machine-workers and for men: engaged in hand work in ma­ chine shops will remain at 35 cents. r P U Z 3 i . i l DISPUTE 18 SETTLED AT LA8T Indiana Sheriff Must Be Paid for Boarding City Prisoners. Kokomo, Indt, special: The conflict of long standing between the county and city officials as to the relative lia­ bility of the corporations for the board of prisoners, which at one time reach­ ed so acute a stage that the county sheriff threatened to deny admission of prisoners arrested by the city po­ lice, has been settled by a decision of the Indiana appellate court, the re­ sult of which will be the payment of several hundred dollars to sheriffs now out of office, particularly to N. S. Stanbro and L. W. Harness. The cit­ ies of Indiana will now be liable for the board of prisoners where county jails are used, even though arrested for violation 0/ state law, until com­ mitted for the crime of which they are found guilty. STEEL MEN DEMAND OLD WAQE Amalgamated Wants to Go Back to 8cale of 1903-4. Detroit, Mich., special: The annt^al convention of the Amalgamated Asso­ ciation of Iron. Steel and Tin Workers adopted the wage committee's recom­ mendation for the restoration of the muck and puddle mill scale of 1903-4.. The wage committee made a similar recommendation in regard to the boil­ er scale, but this recommendation was referred to the boiler committee. It is understood, however, that the boil­ er committee, has already agreed to second the recommendation of the wage committee, so there is every in­ dication that this scale of 1903-4 will also be adopted by the convention. Last year there was a cut of approx­ imately 10 per cent. LIFE CONVICT WILL STUDY LAW Gambler who Murdered Companion Begins Term in Indiana. Terre Haute, Ind., dispatch: Joe Roach, the gambler who killed "Mat­ ty" Robertson, another gambler, in a gambling-room because he suspected Robertson of being a party to the theft of the "bank roll," has been tak­ en to prison. By agreement he plead­ ed guilty, and was sentenced for life, the unexpected proceeding occupying only a few minutes' time. The explan­ ation was that a strong defense might be made showing he used cocaine. On his departure for prison Roach said he is going to read law and that as soon as the drug is out of his system steps will be taken for his release on par role. BIG CORPORATION LIKES OHIO Harvester Company Wants Service In 8uit 8et Aside. * Tiffin, Ohio, dispatch: Ex-Judge W. B. Sanders of Cleveland, representing thelnternational Harvester company in the circuit court here argued a mo­ tion to set aside the service in the suit recently brought by the prosecuting attorney of Wyandotte county to oust the company from doing business in Ohio Under the anti-trust law. The company avers that its agents served with process are not managing agents, as contemplated under the statute. Former Attorney General Monnet and Judge Pugh of Columbus and Elza Xaster appeared for the prosecution. Federal Places for lllinolsans. Washington dispatch: W. A. North* cott of Greenville, 111., has been ap­ pointed district attorney, and L. A. Townsend of Galesburg, 111., has been appointed United States marshal for the southern district of Illinois. • J^Vireless Outfits for Ffclfta. " Smn Francisco dispatch: The rt transport Solace, which left the Ma^e island navy yard en route to Manila, carries outfits for wireless telegraph stations at Honolulu and Guam. German Parliament in Session. Berlin cablegram: The reichstag re­ assembled Thursday after the Easter recess and passed the first and second readings df tljie bill approving the in­ ternational agreement, signed in Paris, Dec. 3, 1903, for fighting the plague and cholera. The United States is also a signatory to this agreement. Cause of Bank Failures. Boston special: In addressing the National Bank Cashiers' association Comptroller of the Currency W. B. Ridgeley said the reason for bank failures to a large extent is specula­ tion on the part of bank officials. , Stockman Dies In Duel. Helena, Mont., special: Floyd Sack- ett and; Mark White, eastern Montana stockmen, quarreled over a piece of land near Wibaux, Dawson county, and White shot and killed Sackett: Kills Salvation Lassie. Lincoln, Neb., special: Peter Kath* elser, a millwright, shot and * killed Miss Grace Toronsby, 18 years old, a lieutenant in the Volunteers of America, and afterward committed suicide. Jealousy was the cause. -- 'WRECK VICTIMS " NUMBERJWENTY One Hundred Persons Injutad ill Collision Near Keystonep# State Capitol STRAIN Oil VALVES TOO GREAT I never saw an oft-transplanted troe. Nor yet an oft-remov ed family, That throve so well as those that settled be. Who Planted the Tree? ROLL OF DEATH GROWS_LARGER Ninty-Five Fatalities Are Re­ ported as Result of Tor­ nado at Snyder. TfSUAL FORMATION IS LACKING Storm Comes Without the Funnel* Shaped Cloud, Catching the People Unawares, Hurling Them to Death and Injury. Buys Mexican Mines. City of Mexico dispatch: Epes Ran­ dolph, acting as the representative of E. E. Harriman, has bought the La dura Mininig company's property in the state of Sonora, Mexico. Guthrie, Okla., special: Ninety-five persons are known to have been killed and fully 150 injured in the tornado which struck the town of Snyder, Okla., at 8:45 o'clock Wednesday night. The death roll probably will go above 100. Twelve business houses and forty residences were destroyed. The storm formed south of Olus- tee, near the Texas line, find took a northeasterly course through a well- settled section. At 8 o'clock it was observed by the people of Snyder, but the usual funnel-shaped forma­ tion was lacking, and though the roar was plainly heard for some time be­ fore the storm broke, many were of the opinion that it was a hail storm. Within & few minutes the sky became suddenly dark and a terrific down­ pour of rain began, lasting for sever­ al minutes, when it stopped alpiost as suddenly as it had commenced. A few moments after an ominous calm followed, and then the tornado struck, tearing buildings to pieces as though they were made of paper. Hurls People In Air. Many people who had thought to take advantage of the calm to seek refuge in cellars were caught in the streets and between buildings, where some were lifted high in the air and dashed to the ground as though hurled from a catapult, while others were struck by flying debris and beaten almost beyond recognition. Those who remained in their houses fared no better in the path of the tor­ nado, which swept across all except­ ing a few blocks in the southeastern corner of the town. The frame struc­ tures collapsed like egg shells, bury­ ing occupants under the debris, kill­ ing, crushing and maiming. Six of the eight hotels were torn to pieces, burying many in the wreck­ age. North of the railroad track, where many cottages stood, none is left, and there the wreckage is most­ ly carried away. In a few moments It was all over and the air was filled with shrieks of injured, mingled with cries of those who had escaped and were seeking lost ones. Vandals Rob the Dead. Then followed a night of terror, pever to be forgotten by those who passed through it. Husbands, wives and children screamed on the streets in search of relatives. The entire uninjured population turned out to assist in removing the debris and res­ cuing bodies. This was not conclud­ ed before noon Thursday. In an hour after the storm had passed ruthless robbers were steal­ ing Into the dark and relieving the dead of money and valuables. One woutided man was relieved of $300 in money and some jewelry was taken. A special police force of fifty men was afterward summoned and they stood guard at various points of the town. They were given instructions to shoot any person found looting. The first Intimation the outside Starts Fire With Oil. Hammond, Ind., special: Mrs. Mary Johnson, prominent in state circles of the L*dy Maccabees, lies at the point of death in St. Margaret's hospi­ tal because she persisted in using ker­ osene oil to start the kitchen fire. Can't Make Women Tell Age. £t. Paul, Minn., special: The state census bureau rules that women can­ not be compelled to give their age when questioned by enumerators, who will be notified to say politely, "May I ask your age?" world had of the disaster was at 7:40 o'clock \vjien the long distance opera­ tor at Hcmart heard the long distance operator in the Snyder exchange scream. Building 8plit in Two. The cause of the scream was the destruction of the Snyder telephone building, which was a long, narrow wood building, and which was split half in two by the wind, the break oc­ curring where the - switchboard was, fastened to the wall. As the wind whipped off the front end of this building a heavy piece of wood was driven into the side of the head of the manager, who was sitting at his desk. The operator, taking in the situa­ tion, gave a scream, which was heard over the telephone at Hobart. A young man who was in the exchange at the time grabbed the operator and fairly flung her into a glass booth nearby and slammed the door. The glas9 in the booth was not even cracked. The telegraph and telephone wires went down with the storm, and for several hours no word of the disaster reached the outside world. A tele­ phone operator walked through the darkness and the storm to Mountain Grove, a neighboring village, and from there4elephoned bare facts of the dis­ aster. He was unable to give any de­ tails except to say that hundreds of. persons were dead. Debris Fills the Streets. The first man to reach Snyder and return to a telegraph point was the station agent.at Mountain Park. He had walked into Snyder, reachfbg there at daylight, and, after taking a hasty view of the situation and with­ out gathering any exact details of the storm's effects, returned to Mountain Park. Every man and woman who escaped has a story to relate of escape, death, and destruction, while floods of tears flowed down their cheeks. Some mothers lost babes and others hus­ bands and sons. POLICEMAN KILL8 A SOLDIER Tragedy F'ollows a Battle in 8treets of. Phoebus, Va. Newport News, Va., special: Artil­ leryman Dowey, a member of the six­ ty-eighth company heavy coast artil­ lery, was killed in Phoebus by Police Officer Phillips. According to Officer Phillips he had occasion to reprimand three artillerymen for an infraction of a town ordinance, whereupon Dowey picked a fight with him. In the me­ lee which followed seven artillerymen participated, handling the policeman roughly. Citizens interfered and the soldiers tried to escape to the reser­ vation. Phillips, however, pursued and cornered Dowey. He declares that the dead artilleryman advanced an him in a threatening manner and refused to halt, whereupon be shot him. NOBLEMAN 18 PLACED IN JAIL Autograph Brings $10. New York dispatch: At a sale of autograph letters the last communica­ tion written by Gen. George B. Mc- Clellan, found sealed and stamped after his death, brought $10. It was % business note. Foils a Highwayman. Marinette, Wis., dispatch: Isaac Stephenson, millionaire lumberman and politician, smashed a highwayman over the head with his cane when or­ dered to hold up his hands. "Raggi Conte Carlo" Caught In Act of Stealing a Diamond. New Y&rk dispatch: The West Thirtieth street police station harbors a nobleman. He tried to run away with a $1,500 diamond bow . knot brooch from the burglar-proof dia­ mond "pen" In the jewelry store of Lebolt & Co., on West Twenty-third street, and actually did manage to lose himself in the crowd of Broadway for a few minutes. When asked his name for police record he handed over the desk an engraved card bearing a heraldie device and the name "Raggi Conte Carlo." The idea that he had a vocation he Indignantly spurned. He speaks French and Italian, hut no English. Attempts to Exterminate Family. Valdosta, Ga., special: John Hew­ itt, a white man living near here, shot and killed his wife, shot her sister and brother, wounding them slightly and, when surrounded by a posse cf citizens, shot and killed himself. Was Authority on Rail "Rates. London cablegram: Sir Bemjiard Samuelson, the well known authority on railroad rates, who for years was chairman of the association of Brit­ ish Chambers of Commerce is dead. He was bern in 1820. Favors Townsend Bill. 8t. IJOUIS, Mo., dispatch: The Mer­ chants' Exchange will send a commis­ sion to Washington to urge the pas­ sage of the Townsend bill, giving the Interstate Commerce Commission rate making powers. T9 Wed Caesar Young's widow; New York dispatch: It is rumored that Mrs. Young, widow of "Caesar" Young, who was killed while riding in a cab with Nan Patterson, is engaged to John Millin, her husband's cashier. Connecting Air Hose Blows Out, Al­ lowing Damaged Cars to Fall in- Front of Approaching Train, Which Jars Dynamite. Harrlsburg, Pa., dispatch: Twenty dead, more than 100 injured, is the sasualty record in the destruction of a. Pennsylvanla passenger train in the- outskirts of the city early Thursday by collision, dynamite, and fire. The' train of six Pullmans, one day coach and one combination coach was en­ tirely consumed. Nine of the dead were so burned that they cannot be identified. The cumulative causes of the trag­ edy may now be explained. At 1:40, o'clock a. m. the engine on an east* bound freight train was flagged by the crew of a shifting engine ahead on the same track. The engineer quickly put on his air brakes, and the train, an unusually long one, came to a sudden halt. The strain on the air valves'was a severe one, and a connecting air hose in the middle of the train blew out. This caused the middle of the train to "buckle," and the damaged cars fell over on the passenger tracks. Express Runs Into Wreck. Just as this happened the Cleve­ land express came thundering up and "sldeswiped" the wreck. The express> was stopped within its own length and the third sleeper was opposite the wrecked cars. Before any one could leave the passenger train, which was not badly damaged, a few slight ex­ plosions occurred, and then there wae one great flash and roar that shook the earth. A scene of horror followed the ex­ plosion of the dynamite. The passen­ ger cars and some of the freight cars Instantly took fire. Men and women came tumbling and climbing from the car windows and crawled from under the wreckage. No one for the mo­ ment seemed to know what to do and many of the passengers, momentarily seized with terror, ran wildly about the fields on the north side of the railroad, or waded into the shallow waters of the river which parallels the railroad on the south. Quick to Aid Victims. Realizing their safety and the dan* ger still threatening others, the unin­ jured but frightened passengers turned in and began the rescue of the living. As they approached the wreck another explosion occurred, which sent them hurrying back. Fearing that the en­ tire freight train might be loaded with dynamite, no one for a time dared go near the wreck. Finally railroad men who knew the contents of the burning train led the way and the uninjured passengers followed. Mrs. Tindle's Experience. Mr. and Mrs. R. Tindle had a thrill­ ing experience. They were in one of the sleepers near the rear of the train, and consequently their car was not seriously damaged. The force of the collision, however, threw them from their berth, and each was bad­ ly cut with shattered glass. Mr. Tindle, with his wife in his arms, rushed to the door of the car. He was scantily clad and so was his wife, but neither dared to turn back for clothing. The next Instant a ter­ rific detonation, as the dynamite car exploded, threw them to the ground. Rising, Mr. Tindle, half carrying, half dragging his wife, walked as rapidly as pOsible from the wreck. Finding out from one of the crowd that had gathered just where the wreck had occurred, he made his way to Steel- ton, where he telephoned to the ex­ ecutive mansion at Harrlsburg and explained the plight of his wife and himself to Gov. Pennypacker. Among other prominent persons on the train were Miss Brown, daughter of Congressman Brown of Pittsburg; Mrs. A. J. Barr, wife of the propri­ etor of the Pittsburg Post, and her two daughters; Victor L. Crabbe, son- in-law of Robert Pitcairn of Pitts­ burg, assistant to President A. J. Cassatt of the Pennsylvania railroad, and Samuel S. Shubert, one of the prominent theatrical managers of- New York. Mr. Crabbe died in the Harrlsburg hospital a few minutes af­ ter his father-in-law reached his bed­ side. Mr. Shubert was reported to be badly injured, but the others were only slightly hurt. Gave Away Clothing. O. C. Jordan of Lorain, Ohio, got out with hig suit case after dragging half a dozen others from the burning cars and distributed the contents of his satchel among them. Women attd , men alike were obliged to take ad­ vantage of his generosity and left the scene of the .wreck clothed in the garments he was able to give them. THREE BURIED BY AVALANCHK Austrian Professors Die While Climb­ ing the Styrian Alps. Vienna cablegram: Professors Von Glanvell and Petritsch of Graz uni­ versity and an official named Stopper were killed by an avalanche while they were climbing the Foelzstein in the Styrian Alps. The bodies have been recovered. The three men were experienced climbers and were as* cending the mountain without the as­ sistance of guides. Stanford Professor Quits. flan Francisco dispatch: Dr. Sam­ uel Jackson Barnett, assistant profes­ sor of physics at Leland Stanford university, has resigned to become head of the physics department of Tulane university at New Orleans. Dies to 8ave Brother. Cincinnati, Ohio, dispatch: Marie Brlnkmann, aged 4 years, lost her life while trying to save her 2-year-old brother, Joe, who had toddled out on the street In the way of a heavy truck. The Infant escaped uninjured. mailto:2@5.60 mailto:0@5.45