Nebraska Newspapers

    THE O’NEILL FRONTIER
D. H. CRONIN. Publisher.
J-NEILL, NEBRASKA
One of the features of the reliability
trials by the London Automobile club
at the Crystal palace was a dust
“trial.' At three points in the banked*
up circular cycle track half the road
way was covered with an inch layer
of flour mill sweepings. One automo
bile acted as pilot to the competing car,
in order that the speed, which was ap
proximately thirty miles an hour,
might be gauged, and as the competing
car flew through the Hour two cameras
recorded the cloud of "dust.” The les
son taught by the dust trials was that
the lower and more cumbersome the
gear and boxes under the body of the
car the greater is the dust raised.
Peter Veregln, leader of the Doukho
bors in Manitoba, is trusted by his fol
lowers with large sums of money, a
good deal of which he carries about
with him in cash. A reporter who
visited him In Winnipeg a few' days
ago found the leader in a poorly fur
nished room with thousands upon
thousands of bank bills scattered
around. Veregln had purchased 300
teams of horses and great quantities of
farm machinery for use by his follow
ers lit their settlements. Over 800
stoves, five complete flouring mills nnd
dry goods of ail kinds are also among
his investments.
New York Times: "I was passing
through a classroom in one of the big
downtown school? the other day,” said
Superintendent Maxwell during a lull
in a board meeting, “when I heard a
remarkable definition of ‘average.’ In
answer to the teacher’s request to de
fine the word a little black-haired
beauty cried out: ‘The thing that hens
lay eggs on.’ When the teacher told
her she was wrong she produced a
book In which she pointed nut the
phrase, a hen lays on an average of
five eggs a week.”
Down In Wall street they are tell
ing a new story about “Jakey” Field.
It seems that he took a few minutes off
to have hts hair cut. Wishing to he
friendly with the barber, who appar
ently was a German, "Jakey" In his sal
utation fell into German: "Guten
morgen," said he to the tonsorial artist.
"Wte geht’s?” The barber sadly looked
at Mr. Field for a moment and then,
!n broad Irish said: “To the divll with
Morgan and Gates. I’ve lost enough
money already.”
Dr. Frank Snow, with a. small party
bf Kansas University students, has
been bug catching In southwest Ari
zona. They brought back fifteen thous
and specimens of which some one hun
dred are new to science. Of these. 6,430
arc beetles, 4,600 are files, 1,926 are but
terflies and moths, and the rest on the
1st are bees and wasps. The butter
flies and moths were collected at night
by spreading on a tree near the camp
a mixture of beer and molasses.
The Lewis and Clark fair, planned
to be held In Portland, Ore., In the
summer of 1906, Is to commemorate the
centennial of the crossing of the con
tinent by the explorers whom Jefferson
Induced to undertake the difficult task
loon after the completion of Ills bargain
for the Louisiana territory. They went
up the Missouri river, crossed the
Rocky mountains and followed down
the course of the Columbia river to the
Pacific.
A special correspondent of the London
Times, who has been Investigating the
conditions of labor In German factor
ies, and has visited many of the prin
cipal cities, reports that the shortest
week In his list is fifty-seven and one
half hours, and the longest slxty-two,
both In textile mills. It may be said
generally that the normal German
working day is ten hours and the nor
mal week sixty hours.
The Chatham Islands are a group In
the South Pacific, 380 miles east of
New Zealand, of which colony they
form a part. They are mainly used for
cattle and iheep breeding for the pur
pose of supplying whalers and other
vessels calling to refit and take In
stores.
Only 8.3 per cent of the 1,330,697 Ger
man born males In the United States
have failed to become naturalized,
while 13 per cent, of the English, 35
per cent, of the Russians, 53 per cent,
of the Italians and 80 per cent, of the
Japanese are still aliens.
A friend of the late Patrick Gleason
bf Long Island City once met the for
mer mayor on the ferryboat and in
quired the cause of the latter's dis
gruntled expression. "Oh. this boat
always makes me cross," was the re
ply- __ _
It has been found that the Anopheles
mosquito, which is responsible for ma
laria, likes red and blue objects, but
has a pronounced aversion to yellow.
This Is considered a further argument
in favor of khaki uniforms In tropical
regions.
TTp to 1870 Paris was the Mecca of
English medical students. After that
date the larger number began to go to
Berlin or Vienna; but the Russian.
rnthern European and South Ameri
can students still frequent Paris.
According to official statements just
published, there were In Russia, at the
beginning of 1902, 17,786 Industrial es
tablishments employing 1,710,375 per
sons, of whom 73.2 per cent, were
males and 26.8 per cent females.
Queen Wllhelmlna’s pet amusement
Is taking photographs. She goes about
on foot, snapping a passing peasant,
a group of children coming from school
or a bit of scenery, whenever an agree
able subject presents Itself.
Exploration of the Yenisei and Obi
rivers, of Siberia, which empty Into
the Antartlc ocean near Nova Zembla,
has shown them to be navigable to
ocean steamers for a distance of nearly
1,000 miles.
Baltimore American; Naggsby—
Aren’t those baggagemen destructive
cusses? Waggsby—I should say so.
They treat a trunk as If It were a
promise, and they were the sultan of
Turkey.
In September Scottish shipbuilders
launched eighteen steamships, aggre
gating 23.000 tons. Orders are scarce,
and prospects for the next few months
are not good.
Of 400 natives belonging to the Amer
ican mission at Rahuri, Bombay, India,
who were Inoculated against plague,
only one girl caught the disease, and
she recovered.
A single American system, the Penn
sylvania, carries more freight than all
the lines combined In any other nation
of the world.
Some splendid specimens of tur
quoise stones are being found In the
mines on the upper King river, Vic
toria, Australia.
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ELMWOOD CITIZENS
ARE MUCH EXCITED
Man Called at Bank Wanting
to Deposit Box Containing
$80,000.
PROVED TO BE MISTAKE
Caldwell Is Man's Name—Afterward
Admitted to the Sheriff That Box
Was Empty and He Had
No Money.
Plattsmouth, Neb., Oct. 31.—Sheriff
J. D. McBride received word that the
.citizens of Elmwood were very much
..excited over the strange actions of a
man who gave his name as Caldwell,
and who had been staying there for
about one week. It stated that Cald
,we!l secured a team, drove out Into the
.country a short distance, dug up a box
and drove buck to the village. Then he
went to a bank and Inquired about a
'safety deposit vault. The banker told
'him he had no such place. Caldwell
said he wanted to put away $80,000 for
a few days. The story leaked out im
mediately und the citizens began to
speculate. Visions of train holdups
and robberies and the blowing open of
.a safe with dynamite and the robbery
[of the Commercial bank In Louisville,
|ln this county, flitted before their
'vision. As requested, Sheriff McBride
'.went to Elmwood and investigated the
matter. From him It Is learned that
Caldwell Is a man about 35 years of
age. medium height and build, with a
light must**be. So far as known he
has no relatives nor acquaintances in
the vicinity of Elmwood and nothing
was town of his past history. The
fellow admitted he had no money and
.was just fooling the people. There was
■no $80,000 nor any other sum of money
in the box and the sheriff said CaldSell
did not act right and he thought he
was mentally unbalanced.
BANK CHANGES OWNERS.
°resident of Wauneta Falls Bank Sells
His Interest to Cattlemen.
Wauneta, Neb., Oct. 31.—A very im
portant financial transaction took place
here when the former president of the
Wauneta Falla bank sold out his Interests
and good will to John Woods, a prominent
cattleman of Chase county. This bank
lias always enjoyed the confidence of the
entire community, and Is now In position
to retain this confidence, and to handle
the hanking business of Wauneta and
vicinity. F. T. Dlmick will continue as
cashier, and have general supervision over
the bank.
THROWN FROM HORSE.
Small Boy Suffers Fracture of Skull by
the Fall.
York, Neb., Oct. 31.—Little Pete Day
ton. son of W. E. Dayton of the York
Republican, with two other boys, was
attempting to ride a horse. The horse i
objected to carrying all three of the
boys and threw them off. The other
two boys received slight injuries, but
little Pete Dayton was thrown onto
some brick, and lighting on his head
he received a very hard Jolt. From Sat
urday evening until Tuesday he was
unconscious. Physicians In attendance
think now he will recover. There was
no fracture of the skull, the Injury be
ing supposed to have caused concus
sion of the brain.
GOVERNOR AS FARMER.
Will Accept an Invitation to Help
Thresh at State Asylum Farm.
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 81.—Governor
Mickey announced that he nnd accept
ed an Invitation to be present at the
beginning of the fall threshing at the
Insane asylum, near Lincoln, and. that
be would go Into the field tomorrow and
help In the work of threshing the crops
there.
The governor was a farmer several
years ago. and wants to keep his hand
In. He will wear the garb of a harvest
hand, and v'lll work alongside the em
ployes of the farm.
BIG LAND DEAL.
A Real Estate Transaction Comprising
Five Farms for $65,000.
Randolph, Neb.. Oct. 31.—A big land
(teal has Just been closed here by which
John G.-Spencer, the well known Are
Insurance solicitor of this section, has
purchased the balance of the Living
ston & Nichols real estate holdings.
Fifteen hundred acres of Improved
lands comprising five farms, all near
Randolph, Is the extent of the deal. The
purchase price was 865,000. It Is con
sidered the biggest land deal of the
year In this section.
Politicans Active.
Schuyler. Neb., Oct. 81.—The final ef
forts of candidates are being made this
week, and while there has been little
activity heretofore, no time Is being
wasted now to have the last say to the
electors. There has been a great deal
of Interest manifested In the Judicial
contest, and the friends of Judge
Grimison are not feeling at all
sanguine of his success, and the re
publicans are hopeful of compassfiig
ills defeat.
Hunter Too Careless.
Beatrice, Neb., Oct. 31.—Some care
less hunter Is responsible for the death
of a tine colt belonging to F. H. Ktm
iberllng, who resides a few miles north
of the city. The animal was slwt In
one of the hind legs, and the veterinary
isurgeon succeeded In extracting the
bull, but the animal died from the ef
fects of blood poisoning.
A Grand Experience.
Albion, Neb., Oct. 31.—Company M ot
the Second regiment, Nebraska National
Guard, returned from the maneuvers at
Fort Rllev, arriving over the Northwest
ern. The boys stood the trip In fine
shape, but It seems to be a debatable ques
tion with some of them as to whether It
I was a pleasure trip. All admit, however,
they had a gland experience, and one that
names to but few In times of peace. The
health of the company was excellent all
of the time It was gone.
ALLEGE A GREAT PLOT.
Armenians in New York Say Sagoun.
Wat One of a Long List.
New York, Oct. 31.—Armenians In thi
city are beginning to talk more freely
about the murder of Sagatel Sagounl In
London Monday. These men, who re
fuse to permit the use of their names,
dreading the vengeance of their or
ganized enemies, Insist that Sagounl
was the real head of the Armenian rev
olutionary party and that he was mur
Cdered by an assassin in the pay_ of a
j certain European government. ~
GOOD YEAR FOR BEETS.
Average Is Large and the Rains Ad*
Sweetness to the Root.
Norfolk, Neb., Nov. 3.—This has been
an exceptionally productive year tacr
sugar'beets In Nebraska, and the result
Is that while the heavy rains and con
tinued wet weather have In some places
injured the corn the saccharins bulbs
have thrived better than ever and the
more acres of the white roots that a
farmer planted this year the bigger is
his bank account this fall.
Nebraska always has been a great
stale for the sugar beet. That is why
the Oxnards came in here years and
years ago, when the industry was but
In its infancy, and began to manufac
ture sugar. The soil Is essentially well
fitted for saturating the beets with the
purest sweetness in the world, and it
will always be a paying proposition
from whatever viewpoint.
While every year—even the worst of
years for other crops in this state—is
generaliy'-good for beets, such years as
the exceptionally wet one which has
just passed prove eminently satisfac
tory to all parties who are concerned
In this industry. The only difficulty
that we experienced at all from the
rainy season was the hindrance it gave
to beet weeders and the chance it gave
to the fields for getting filled with for
eign vegetation. Otherwise every drop
of water that fell put the beets in bet
ter way and when we began to harvest
them four weeks ago we were agree
ably surprised with our results.
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ABUNDANT CROPS.
The First Complete Crop Report Showi
That Yield Is Good.
Omaha, Neb., Nov. 3.—The first com
plete crop report in Nebraska shows
that prosperity will again prevuil In
the state as a result of abundant crops.
It is interesting, too, because condi
tions in Nebraska are practically those
of adjoining states, and the crops will
be proportionate. On barley, hay, po
tatoes and alfalfa the returns are not
complete, but the report on corn,
wheat, oats and rye are authentic, be
ing gathered from officials and corre
spondents. The corn crop is the small
est In six years, with one exception,
and all crops fall below those of last
'ear.
INQUEST WILL BE HELD.
Suspected That Jefferson Smith Wat
Victim of Slow Poisoning.
Falrbury. Neb., Nov. 3.—Jefferson
Smith, publisher of the Falrbury Times,
dlde after an illness of several weeks,
but only confined to his bed for a cou
ple of days. The physicians In charge
of the case reported to the coroner that
there was reason to suspect slow poi
soning as the cause of death and an in
quest was ordered and commenced
yesterday afternoon. An autopsy was
made and the stomach sent to Lincoln
tor analysis of Its contents, pending
which the Jury will withhold its ver
dict.
Mr. Smith was about 60 years old
and had lived In Falrbury twenty-two
years. He leaves three children by his
Hrst wife, who died about ten years
ago, and a second wife to whom he was
married last spring.
WORE MAN’S ATTIRE.
Woman Has Been Following Vocations
of Man for Years.
Omaha, Neb., Nov. 3.—A dermatolo
gist and specialist practicing in this
city today made the discovery that a
patient who for ten years has followed
the vocations of a man, wearing man’s
attire and keeping the company of men.
Is a woman. The identity of the wom
an could not be learned by the news
papers, but the confused woman ad
mitted that she hud been masquerading
for yeurs, and the dermatologist, from
whom the name was withheld, too. says
that In a partial confession this woman
tbld him of having been the member
of a prominent Des Moines, la., fam
ily.
"Mr. Arger Baker, Sibley, la.,” Is the
name this strange woman has assumed.
When she was a girl she used to shave
with her father’s razor "for fun." 'fills
made shaving a necessity soon, and
shame later at having a tine beard like
a man’s drove thb woman to take
man’s attire and live as a man. She
has worked In offices and has been a
ranger In Wyoming, according to her
>wn statements.
TEACHER KIDNAPED.
Strange Woman Stopped at Schoo
House and Made .the Steal.
Norfolk, Neb., Nov, 3.—A sensational
kidnaping Is reported from Petersburg,
where Edith Reynolds, an 18-year-old
school teacher, who has been in charge
of a school ten miles east of town. Is
missing and Is supposed to have been
stolen and taken to Colorado by an
aunt. The girl’s father, B. P. Reynolds,
who clerks in a store, left this after
noon for the western state in search of
Ills daughter.
The school was to have been closed
last night for a month's vacation. Her
father drove to the district school house
and was given the startling story that
his child had been gone since Tuesday
night. It was discovered that a strange
woman had driven to Foster and that
she had Induced the young teacher to
accompany her. A man was also In
the carriage. A family feud Is said
have existed for years and the father
Is confident that It Is the Colorado
\unt who lias made the steal.
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GREWSOME DISCOVERY.
Fisherman Drags in Articles That Re
vive an Old Murder Case.
Omaha, Neb., Nov. 3.—A fisherman's
grewsome discovery at Cutoff lake yes
terday has revived Interest in the my
sterious murder of Mrs. F. E. Knight
last April. Tony Foots, warehouseman,
had his fishing line caught fast by an
dbptacle on the bottom of the lake near
where he sat angling. When the line
was dragged In a piece of a woman’s
skirt throwing off a strong odor of
human flesh was attached to It. Foots’
further casting brought up other parts
of the skirt. The cloth was said by de
tectives at the police station to corre
spond with the dress worn by Mrs.
Knight at the time of her mysterious
disappearance. The woman’s husband
practically admitted guilt of her mur
der In a letter written to a friend. Po
'lce are dragging the lake.
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NEW CHURCH DEDICATED.
Roman Catholic* Have Erected a
j Building at Cost of $16,000.
Hastings, Neb., Nov. 3.—The large
Roman Catholic church, the corner
stone of which was laid last spring
three miles north of Roselund. has been
completed and was dedicated with an
impressive ceremony. The services
were conducted by Rev. Thomas Ilona -
cum. bishop of Lincoln, assisted by
many other priests. This building has
been erected at a cost of J1R.000. and
is the most magnificent country chu.<
in the state.
MANY STUDENTS ARE
KILLED IN A WRECK
Fated Special Was Carrying
Students of Purdue to
a Football Game.
COLLIDE AT HIGH SPEED
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Engineers on Both Trains Which Col
lided Disclaim Responsibility—
Fearful Mutilation of Many
of the Bodies.
Indianapolis, Ind. Nov. 3.—A special
train on the Big Four, bearing 954 La
fayette passengers, including several
hundred students of Purdue university,
was wrecked Saturday near Riverside
park, at the edge of the city.
| Fifteen dead have been taken from
the wreck. Forty passengers were in
jured, twenty-four of them seriously,
j Among the dead are several members
of the Purdue university football team,
i which was to have played Indiana uni
; verslty for the state championship here
i this afternoon. The dead thus far
identified are:
W. H. GRUBE, substitute player, In
dianapolis, Ind.
| WALTER FURR, member of the
team, Texas.
| E. C. ROBERTSON, assistant coach.
WALTER R. ROUGH, Pittsburg.
R. J. POWELL, Corpus Christ!, Tex.
! W. D. HAMILTON, center rush, La
fayette.
i GABRIEL S. DROLLINGER; be
headed.
I SAM SQUIBB, Lafayette.
JAY HAMILTON, sub-player, Hunt
ington, Ind.
N. R. HOWARD, Lafayette.
WALTER ROBERTSON.
PATRICK McCLAIR, Chicago, as
sistant coach; died at hospital.
SAMUEL TRUIT, Noblesville, Ind ,
sub-quarterback; died at hospital.
G. L. SHAW, student, Lafayette.
List of the Injured.
i ne injured:
William Sprau, Sandusky, O.; I
bruised hip.
H. C. Adams, Frankfort, Ind.; ankles '
fractured.
John C. Taylor, Lafayette; bruised.
Harry Van Tuyle, Indianapolis.
J. C. Coates, Burwin, Pa.; left side
crushed; may be fatal.
Louis Smith, Purdue, student; back
hurt.
A. L. Holler: leg crushed.
J. R. Whitehead.
R. W. Rusterbolz, Lafayette.
S. Miller, student.
O. Nichols, student.
E. W. Frank, Lafayette.
R. S. Mills, student.
W. W. Taggart, student.
D. S. O’Brien, student.
Hendricks Johnstone, student.
Walter Rush, student.
R. Wilmore, student.
M. Steele, Canton, O.
J. W. Mowrey. Indianapolis.
G. G. Leslie, student.
L. P. Rush. Pittsburg.
John Miller, player.
Prof. A. W. Bitting of Purdue; dislo
cated hip.
W. G. McManus of Davenport, la.;
legs crushed.
Carlk Meyers of Monticello, Ind.
T. A. Bailey of Richmond, Ind.
H. O. Wright of Pendleton, Ind.; in
ternal injuries.
The accident was due to cars run
ning down from a switch at the gravel
pit at Eighteenth street. The engi
neer of the special saw the cars ap
proaching and jumped from his en
gine. The first coach was cut in two
and the engine thrown on its side. 1
Many of the students who were in the
rear coach were shaken up. The sec
ond car, occupied by the Purdue band,
was telescoped.
The special train bore the Lafayette
rooters, numbering nearly 1,000. It
consisted of twelve coaches and tvas
running as the first section at a high
speed. At the gravel pit switch near
Eighteenth street the switch engine,
with the cut coal cars, collided with the
passenger.
The passenger engine and first three
coaches were almost totally destroyed.
The first coach was crushed to splin
ters, the second telescoped and thrown
down an embankment fifteen feet high,
and the third overturned and thrown
across the track.
Engineers Disclaim Blame.
There is confusion as to what caused !
the accident, each engineer insisting
he had the track and did not know of
the other train. The deep cut prevented
a clear view of the track. The crash
of the two trains threw the coal cars
through the first two coaches in which '
were many players and substitutes. |
The engine, two coal cars and two
coaches were crushed into a confused
mass of wreckage. Under this pile of
debris were fifty or more students of
the university. The uninjured ones in
the rear coaches hurried to aid the vie- \
tims.
The condition of some of the dead was
frightful; one body was entirely be
headed; others terribly mutilated. Two
of the dead Hamilton boys were broth
ers; one lived at Lafayette and one at
Huntington.
Scenes were Lnstrescing.
At 3 o'clock it was learned the list of
dead reached fifteen. The wounds of
the injured were temporarily dressed
and they were hurried to hospitals, u
few going to the homes o' "’ lends.
All the killed were in rst coach,
which was smashed to kim.dng wood.
They were found, mangled and bleed
ing, with the injured pinned against
them. All were young. Seventy per
sons were in the coach, and those re
taining consciousness urged friends to
hasten to the telegraph office and in
form friends of their escape with a few
injuries.
The number of Injured will reach
about thirty, many of whom it is feared
are fatally hurt. The Injured are be
ing cared for at hospitals, and surgeons
have already amputated several limbs
and are still at work over the danger
ously wounded. Incoming trains
brought friends and relatives of the in
jured students, who at once began to
search the hospitals and morgues.
Downtown 1.300 cheering students ar
rived on a special from Bloomington.
When the news of the disaster reached
them the cheering ceased and the bands
stopped playing. The colors were In
stantly lowered and tears followed
laughter, college yells fading Into
mournful expressions of heartfelt sym
pathy.
Iowa Stockman Bankrupt.
' Creston, la., Oct. 31.—"M. C. Sanders,
one of the best known stock raisers and
shippers of this section, has tiled a pe
tition in voluntary bankruptcy.
Mellen Goes to New Haven.
New York, Oct. 31.—Chas. S. Alellen
was today elected president of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford rail
road.
j RUSSIANS IN MUKDEN.
China Much Worried arc! Empress
Dowager Calls Conferer.ee.
Pekin, Nov. 4.—A conference of high
I officials with the dowager empress con
! cerning the reoccupation of Mukden by
Russian troops was held at the summer
• palace today. Yuan Ski Kai, governor
general of Chi Li province, was sum
moned hastily from Tien Tsin and pro
ceeded directly to the palace. The
Russians have a Tartar general at
Mukden and the province is In the cus
tody of his yaraen.
The Chinese government is greatly
disturbed at the reoccupation of Muk
den, the capital of Manchuria. The
foreign office Is appealing to friendly
foreign legations for helo and advice,
admitting Its own helplessness in the
matter.
The Russians returned to Mukden on
Thursday of last week. According to
advices received by the Chinese gov
ernment, 1,500 Russian soldiers took
possession of the official buildings
there, barricaded the gates ar.d evicted
the Chinese officials. There are be
tween 10,000 and 12,000 Chinese troops
in and about Mukden and the Chinese
commanders In Manchuria have been
given imperative orders in no wise to
resist the Russian government and to
use every effort to avert collisions. The
circumstances leading to reoccupation
of Mukden are as follows:
Brigand’s Head Cause Trouble.
The Russians employed a notet
brigand, who was accused of many
crimes against the Chinese, as chief of
one of the irregular bands of police
they are organizing in Manchuria. The
Chinese authorities repeatedly request
ed the surrender of this man and the
Russians recently consented to give
him up. When this became known the
Russians demanded the execution of
this officer within five days, giving as
an alternative the seizure of Mukden.
The-Chinese foreign office was nego
tiating with Paul Lossar, the Russian
minister, on the matter and offered to
banish the officer in question, pleading
that he had exceeded his instructions,
and to remove the taotai, his superior,
from office. There was a misunder
standing as to the time limit set for the
negotiation; the Chinese thought It ex
pired yesterday. Before the negotia
tions were completed the news was re
ceived here that Russia had fulfilled
her threat to reoccupy Mukden.
The fact that Viceroy Alexieff has
moved headquarters from Port Arthur
to Vladivostok has caused great sur
prise in Peking. It is generally con
jectured that he was unwilling to risk
passing the winter at a port which the
Japanese would undoubtedly make a
strenuous attempt to blockade in the
event of war.
FATALITY AVERTED.
Engine Jumps Track and Nearly
Pushes Elevated Train Into
the Street.
New York, Nov. 4.—A great fatality
was narrowly averted here today when
an engine jumped the track on the ap
proach to the Second avenue bridge
over Harlam river and crashed into
the rear car of an elevated train, de
railing it and all but pushing it from
the bridge to the surface fifty feet be
llow.
Luckily the engine was running so
slowly that the guard rails kept the
car with its load of passen.*»rs from
falling from the bridge, and the collis
ion itself damaged the car but slight
ly and injured no one. Among the 400
passengers on the train there was slight
panic.
6ERMAM CHAMPIONSHIP
"Jr. G. O. Webster, American, Takes
Golf Honors Formerly Held by
Englishman.
Berlin, Nov. 2.—Dr. George O. Web
ster, American, has won the golf cham
pionship of Germany from H. H.
Dobbs, Enblishman. Webster also won
the handicap championship.
THE MARKETS.
Sioux City Live Stock.
Sioux City, Nov. 3.—Sioux City Stocl,
Yards.—Hogs—Light and butcher, $4.90@)
5.00: heavy, $4.60@4.85.
Cattle—Fat cows and heifers, $2.20@3.50; 1
stock cows and heifers, $1.5L@p'.00; stock
ers and feeders, $2.50@3.70; butcher steers,
$4.00@5.50; yearlings and calves, $2.2o@3.50, j
Chicago.
Chicago, Nov. 3.—Hogs—Receipts, 20,000.
Heavy o@10c lower; light 15@2oc lower.
Good heavy, $4.80@6.2u; light, $4.80@6.27Vfe;
mixed arkl butcher, $4.S5@5.35; rough
heavy, $4.oO@4.8U.
Cattle—Receipts, 7,500. Market steady. I
Sheep—Receipts, 25,000. Market for best =
steady; others lower.
Closing: Hogs—Bulk, $5,157/5.43; good
heavy, *5.15@5.5o; light, $o.l5u3.50; mixed |
and butchers, $3.20@5.6u: rough neavy, $4.90
@5.15. I
Cattle—Steady, with beeves quoted at
$3.50@5.75; cowa and heifers, $2.00@4.25;
stockers and feeders, $2.23@4.00.
Sheep—Steady to strong at $2.25@3.85;
lambs, $3.25@5.75.
South C^.iaha.
South Omaha, Nov. 3.—Cattle—Market
steady. Native steers, $3.75'g.5.40; cows and
heifers, $3.00@4.10; western steers, $3.15@
4.40; stockers and feeders, $2.50@4.00;
calves, $3.00@5.25.
Hogs—Market 6@10c lower. Heavy, $4.85
@5.00; packers, $4.96@5.00; light, $5.10@5.25;
pigs, $4.80@5.20.
Sheep—Market steady. Yearlings, $2.40 i
@3.70; wethers, $3.20@3.50; ewes, $2.75@3.15; !
common to stockers, $2.00@3.50; lambs, $4.00 .
@5.00. <
Kansas City.
Kansas City. Nov. 3.—Market weak to
10c lower. Native steers, $3.40@6.45; Texas
and Indian steers, $2.00@3.00; stockers and
feeders, $2.25@4.25; calves, $2.50@6.00; west
ern steers, $3.00^/4.60; cows, $1.75@2.65.
Hogs—Market 5@10c lower. Heavy, $5.05 1
@5.27^; packers. $5.20@5.3U; medium, $5.25
@5.40; light, $5.30@5.40.
Sheep—Market steady to strong. Mut
tons, $2.GO@3.95; lambs, $2.90@5.25; range
vethers, $2.10@3.25; ewes, $2.25@3.45.
GRAIN MARKETS.
Grain and Provisions.
Chicago, Nov. 3.—Cash quotations were
as follows:
Flour—Market firm.
Wheat—No. 2 spring, 81@84c; No. 3
spring, 75©S2c; No. 2 red, 81!fe®82%c.
Corn—No. 2, 44-%c; No. 2 yellow, 44?i@
45 Vic
Oats—No. 2, 3614c; No. 3 white, 35®38c.
Rye—No. 2, 56c.
Barley—Good feeding, 4Ci@44c; fair to
.choice malting, 47®66c.
Timothy Seed—Prime, $2.80.
Clover—Contract grade, $10.6ogil0.75.
Provisions—Mess pork, $11.25®U.37%;
lard, $6.62H<&«-55; short rib sides, $7.00®
'7 50; short clear sides, $7.25<g7.50.
I Whisky—On basis of high wines, $3.25.
.' Butter—Market firm. Creamery, 1514®
2U4c; dairy, 14®18e.
Eggs—Market firm at 19‘4ig2014c.
Cheese—Market easy. 10®lle.
Minneapolis.
Minneapolis, Nov. 3.—Closing prices o.
grain on track:
Wheat—No. 1 northern, 82c; to arrive,
8114c; No. 2 northern, 80c; to arrive, 7014c;
No. 3, 68c; to arrive, 65c.
Corn—No. 3 yellow. 4514c; No. 4, 43c.
Oats—No. 2 white, 3414c; No. 3 white,
34c; No. 3, 32©34c.
Rye—No. 2, 571|c.
Barley—eed, 37®43c; malting, 43©55c.
lax—No. 1 northwestern, 92?ic; to ar
rive, 9.‘114c.
Explosion heabi >
\ FuR FIFTY PIS
I —
Two Carloads of Dynamite
Caused a Heavy Loss of
Property.
WAS TERRIFIC DISASTER
--
Not a Structure in Main Part of Crest*
line That Did Not Suffer—Many
People Badly Frightened and
Made Sick by Shock.
—
Crestline, O., Nov. 3.—Two carloads
of dynamite in the western end of the
Pennsylvania railroad yards exploded
last night as a result of a jolting into
other cars, blowing a hole forty feet
deep in the ground, twisting tracks out
of shape for a long distance, smashing
glass for a mile, shattering waits, top
pling roofs, rocking many persons to
seasickness and setting fire to BOO load
ed and empty cars. Burning brands
and splintered ties were hurled a quar
ter of a mile. The ties crashed through
roofs, while the brands set fire to
strings of cars.
The explosion occurred about two
miles outside of Crestline, and save
jolts and bruises, few, it is believed,
were severely hurt, though the police
are searching for possible victims, It
will be many hours before the tracks
can be cleared.
The property loss will amount to
many thousands of dollars. The con
cussion was felt several miles away,
and the report of the explosion reached
persons fifty miles from Crestline.
Church congregations were thrown into
consternation. Several buildings were
wrecked. Several persons say that the
vibration due to the explosion caused
them to experience nausea and vertigo.
People rushed from churches and
houses to ascertain the cause of the
shock.
Yardmaster Courtier and Clerk Gei
singer, who were at work in the yard
office half a mile away, were severely
hurt by the falling debris in the build
ing in which they were working.
Hundreds of Pennsylvania employes
worked all night searching the ruins
for possible dead or injured.
The west yards of the Pennsylvania
road are a wreck. Many cars were
shivered by the blast. Locomotives a
mile from the explosion were thrown
from the rails.
In the downtown portion of Crestline
there is not a building that has not
suffered damage. Many persons who
were on the streets were cut and oth
erwise hurt by flying glass, and hun
dreds of women were frightened into
•ysterlcs.
All physicians were kept busy dur- A
ing the night administering sedatives. W
The streets were filled for several
hours by people who were afraid to go
home. Sidewalks and roadways were
littered with shattered glass.
The mayor has sworn in many extra. -
policemen to guard exposed property.
All the churches were holding serv
ices when the explosion occurred.
Doors were blown off and windows
smashed in many of the buildings. The
(lames from the burning cars produced
a spectacle that drew the attention of
many for a long time.
TWENTY-FIVE DEAD.
Terrible Loss of Life in a New York
Tenement House.
New York, Nov. 3.—Twenty-one men,
three women and a baby were burned
to death or suffocated in a fire that
caused $7,000 damage to the "house of
all nations,” a flve-story tenement
house at 426 Eleventh avenue.
The police believe the fire to be of in
cendiary origin. The dead are mostly
Italians. The fire was extinguished in
twenty minutes.
The only person injured is Mary Jane
ljuinn, who was burned about the face
and hands and severely bruised by
leaping from the second floor.
In several apartments in the tene
ment Hallowe'en parties were in prog:
ress and guests at these added greatly
to the number of persons in the house
and the crush and jam to escape more
Lhan it ordinarily would have been. Al
though plentifully provided with fire
escapes front and rear escape was cut
off a few minutes after the fire started
by the bodies of the dead which wedged
In the openings leading to the ladders.
The fire started in the basement and
rushing upwards attacked the stairway
leading to the apartments.
In a short space of time the flames
enveloped the stairway. The house
from the third floor to the fifth floor
was destroyed.
At the windows, front and rear,
bodies of men and women were
Jammed, showing that a desperate
struggle to escape had resulted in the
choking of these exits to the fire es
capes and had been the cause of suffo
cation.
When the firemen reached the build
ing there was a mass of flame burst
ing through the roof, while the air was
filled with the screams of women and
the curses of men. Many daring res
cues were made by the firemen, who at
times had to use violence in their at
tempts to disentangle the mass of
writhing human beings struggling in
vain efforts to reach safety from the
crowded fire escapes. One fireman
climbed to the fourth floor where a
window was filled with a mass of peo
ple jammed in and fighting to get okit.
He struck the heads of all the men'he
could see with his fist and they fell
back. He then handed down to the
firemen on ladders below three wom
en and a baby. Another firemen per
formed a similar feat and rescued two
girls from the fourth floor.
Life nets played a prominent part in
the work of rescue. The firemen
dropped men and women, dead and
alive, from one floor to another and,
finally, men standing on ladders on the v
first floor let them fall into the nets
held by policemen and firemen in the
street.
MORGAN AT TOMB.
A Brief Stop at Canton With Pennsyl
vania Railroad Officials.
Canton, O., Nov. 2.—J. Pierpont Morgaitf *
with a party of ten officials of the Penn
sylvania railroad, visited the tomb
President McKinley. The party was on
the way from New York to Chicago in a
special train. It was the first time Mr.
Morgan had been in the vicinity of Can
ton since the president's death and it was
at his wish that the train was stopped here
and a visit made to the vault. Through
the corporal of the guard, the party ob
tained permission to go as far as the gates
of the tomb. Besides J. P. Morgan, the
members of the party were President Lar
imer of New York, head of the Fort
Wayne railroad; Mr. Spencer, secretary
of the road; Thomas Rood of Pittsburg,
chief engineer of the Pennsylvania rail
road, and the division superintendent, E ;
T. Whiter, kJ
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