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CHILDREN’S RESCUE MAY REQUIRE FORCE ^resident Roosevelt Orders Lit tle On»s Saved From Bad Protectors. • ORPHANS FROM NEW YORK Were Taken West by Sisters of Mercy, Placed With Mexican Families, and Taken Thence by Disreputable White People. VreBcett, Arlz., Nov. 7.—Attorney General Wells has received a private letter from Phoenix stating that Gov tij ernor Bradle has quietly left there for Clifton and Morenci. under orders from President Roosevelt, to gather up forty orphans recently taken away from the Bisters of Mercy, and then prepare at once to return them to New York. It Is alleged the majority of the orphans are now in the ciustody of disreputable people, keepers of grog shops and jbawdy houses. The children were (brought from New York and placed In Mexlca* families, but were taken by force from the Mexicans by whites, the latter threatening to lynch the agent of the Sisters. The governor is said to fee: trouble when he tries to take t(ie children and has instructed the 'Arizona iangers at Douglas to be ready to quell any disturbance. PRESIDENT NEAR DEATH Thrown From His Horse, Scalp Was Cut by a Stunning Fall, While He Was Riding Alone. . Washington, Nov. 7. — President Roosevelt had an escape from death al most miraculous, being thrown from his horse while he was riding near Wash ington a week ago Sunday. The acci dent did not become known until today. The president was approaching a high fence at top speed when his horse stumbled and fell, throwing Mr. Roose velt off forward. He struck squarely on his head, and was so severely stunned that he was unconscious for some time, just jtow long he does not know, as he was'riding entirely alone. When he regained his senses he found his horse standing near. The president was so dizzy he could not stand. It was some time before he re gained control of his legs and arms. He then remounted and rode at a slow pace to the point where his orderly was waiting for him. By that time there was a great lump on the right side of the head and blood trickling from a long, shallow scalp J wound above the right ear. The evi IM dences of it still are there. ■. The president regards it as a miracle (that his neck was not broken. If he (had landed on the stone which (scratched his head, Instead of in the (soft earth beside It, he believes his (skull would have been crushed like an s' ‘ (eggshell. The president ordered that not a ( (word should be said about his accident, i To those who have noticed the bruise * (since the doors were opened, Mr. |Roosevelt has given at least the ex planation that he slipped and fell while Ihe was exercising. ORE SUPPLY IS SHORT. (Steel Manufacturers Alarmed Havt, & j Decided to Turn to Utah and " Mexico. New York, Nov. 7.—Steel manufac turers have become alarmed owing to the fact that within the last year no new ore deposits have been discovered In the Great Lakes district: They have decided to confine prospecting to H tab and Mexico. "It has been stated,” said a promi Inent manufacturer today, “that the (Utah ores are inferior to the‘Mesaba (ores, and that in consequence the finer (grades of steel cannot be produced (from them.' I am of a different oplti jion. While Utah ores are not up to .the Mesaba ores in quality, it will not Lbe many years before they will be em ployed in the manufacture of steel as fine as that now produced by the Unit led State Steel corporation. “The plan to erect a steel plant in (the vicinity of the ore regions of Utah (has not been abandoned by any means. (The expected increase in iron and steel production will bring about a rapid 'exhaustion of the Mesaba ores, and it Iwlll be necessary to look elsewhere for supplies. “I repeat that Mexico and Utah will 'eventually rank among the great iron ore centers in North America.” FERRYBOAT SUNK. *'essel Carrying 150 Peoplo Goes to the Bottom of New Vork Harbor and No Lives Are Lost. New York, Nov. 7.—The ferryboat Columbia of the Wall Street line was |run Into and sunk today by the Nor wich 'lner City of Lowell. There was p'o loss of life. A heavy fog was on the river at the time of the collision. There were about 150 passengers and seventeen teams on board the Colum bia. Ail the passengers were taken ofl In safety but eight or ten of the horses • drowned. WOMAN KILLS CHINEE. She Attacked Him With a Cleaver While He Slept—Woman Badly Injured. New York, Nov. 7.—Jim Wo Kee Is dead frohr nine terrible wounds on the iread and face, received In a fight early [today In his laundry from a white woman companion. The woman, who (says she Is Mollle Donovan, 22 years told, of Philadelphia, is in a dangerous icondition In a hospital from several Ideep cuts In the head, and Is a prisoner [on the charge of causing ihe China V-ri, (man's death. Kee ir. a statement be fore he died said the woman assaulted him with a cleaver while he was asleep, [and claimed he Inflicted her wounds Ir (defending himself. STREET CAR RAN AWAY Motorman Killed and Five Passenger* Seriously Injured in Collision in McKeesport, Pa. Pittsburg, Nov. 7.—A street car rar away on Versailles avenue, McKees rport, this morning and collided with e coal wagon. The motorman was killed and five passengers seriously Injured « ATTEMPTED HOLDUP, j Train Crew on the Pennsylvania Road i Attacked Twice in Unsuccessful Effort. Philadelphia, Nov. 8.—According to, the crew of the Philadelphia and New1 York express train on the Pennsyl-, ! vania, two unsuccessful attempts were made to hold up the train at Havre de Grace and Perryville, In Maryland, by two men, one of whom was a negro. The men escaped. It is believed the men boarded the train at Baltimore. Just as the train approached the long bridge at Havre de Grace, the express messenger, T. Herbert Carter, saw a white man pry ing at the front door of the express car with an iron bar. A moment after he discovered this the man thrust a re volver through the crevice which the bar made. He ordered the messenger to let him in, but the messenger re plied by firing his revolver and pulling the signal cord for the engineer to stop. When the train came to a stop Conduc tor Sibley ran forward to the engine and there found a colored man stand ing on the coal in the tender with a revolver in his hand. He ordered the man down. At first he refused, but after a short argument he left the tender. Going back to the express car he was told by the messenger what had hap pened, but the white man had disap peared. The train resumed its journey, and i when it reached Perryville, on the fav I ther side of the bridge, the two men | again appeared, one on the tender and the other on the front platform of the express car, which was immediately behind the tender. The engine was again promptly stopped, but before the 1 two men could be captured they dis-; ! appeared in the darkness. The conductor says the engineer and J fireman of the locomotive saw the ne gro on the tender, but as they were not armed they could do nothing. MINE STRIKE AT END. Engineers Are Ordered to Return to Work in Illinois. Springfield, 111., Nov. S.—The strike ! of the hoisting engineers came to an end when the union was absorbed by the Mine Workers Of America. At a Joint conference of the miners and op erators the hoisters offered to arbi trate, but the operators refused. The Brotherhood of Coal Hoisting Engi neers was then disrupted and the men were given the privilege of resuming i work at once. The miners sent out.no : tices to members of their union to re turn to work immediately. Should ■ the miners and operators be unable to' I agree on a wage scale for the engi neers, the question will be arbitrated. I ’ A joint committee of the coal oper ators and miners’ union in session here yesterday decided that the Hoisting Engineers’ association shall be affil iated with the miners’ union; that the wages of the engineers shall be reduced 5% per cent., but there were certain other conditions to be settled. The hoisting engineers' executive board, in session here, was inclined to stand out against joining the miners’ union. Reports from various parts of the state were that the miners were ,at work today. SHOT BY OWN SON. Edward Howard, of Detroit, Is Shot, During a Quarrel. Detroit, Mich., Nov. 8.—Edward How ard, a pattern maker, was shot and in i stantly killed today by his son Arthur, ! aged 21 years, while the older man had his wife and daughter pinned to the floor by their throats. He had been drinking and had quarreled with Mrs. Howard because she would not give him more money. The shooting, it is claimed by the son and mother, was accidental. Mrs. Howard says her hus band had been a heavy drinker for a number of years, his habit causing them to leave their home In Man chester, England. Last week he drank very heavily and he demanded more money for liquor. Mrs. Howard re fused him and he ordered her out of the house. As she started to leave he i attacked her. The couple’s young I daughter ran to her mother’s rescue and Howard threw them both to the I floor and \vas holding them there by 1 their throats when Arthur came in the door. The young man rushed up stairs and secured a revolver. Hastening back he capght his father by the i shoulder as he bent over the prostrate j women. As the father turned, the re I volver was discharged. The father lived but a few moments, the bullet having entered his loin. Young Howard is under arrest. SHOT WIFE AND SELF. Seattle Man, Wedded Only Seven Weeks Kills His Spouse Follow ing a Quarrel. Seattle, Wash., Nov. 8.—James C. Bramen, a restaurateur, shot and fatally wounded his wife and then blew out his own brains at Brementon, a suburb of this city. The tragedy was the result of a quarrel. The couple came from Wisconsin where they were married seven weeks ago. MURDERED HIS WIFE. Virginia Lawyer Must Die, Is Verdict of Court Before Which He Practiced for Years. Charlottesville, Va., Nov. 8.—D. J. Samuel MeCue, for two terms mayor of Carioitesville, and for many years a lawyer at the bar before, which he was tried, today was found guilty of murder in the first degree on the charge of having killed his wife. This carries the death penalty. GLASS WORKERS FIGHT One Is Fatally Shot in Hartford City, Ind., Row. Hartford City, Ind., Nov. 8.—Trouble, which has been brewing between the organization of window glass workers contesting for supremacy here, culmi nated in a fight today which resulted in the fatal shooting of Ollie Walker, a member of the Philips organization, known as New L. A. 300, K. of L. President Paul St. Peter of Old L. A., 300, and Patrick McFall, a member of the old organization, have been ar rested charged with assault with intent to kill. INJUNCTION DENIED, Court Will Not Compel Competition ir> Getting Decorations for Iowa's State House. Des Moines. Ia., Nov. 8.—Judge Hugh Brennan today declined to grant an injunction against the state capltol commission requiring ft to cancel Its I contract with E. E. Oarsney, a New York artist and decorator, to whom they had let a contract to decorate the state house for $60,000. He held that , in securing art work competition la j Impracticable. JAPAN’S LOSSES I PLACED AT 40,000 Number of Casualties Before Port Arthur in Three Months So Stated. -. NO NEWS OF LATE DOINGS Not a Word Comes of the Most Recent Progress of the Assault—Confir mation of the Great Gains v Recently Made. Shanghai Nov. 7.—The British steam er Victoria, which succeeded In running the Port Arthur blockade, has returned here and confirmed the rumor that the Japanese have captured all the main northwestern positions of the fortress. Chefoo, Nov. 7.—Chinese who left yesterday evening report that batches of wounded were passing through Dal ny and that fresh Japanese troops were constantly going to the front. It Is reported the Japanese killed or wounded In front of Port Arthur dur ing the last three months approximate 10,000. There are persistent rumors that the Japanese have occupied the forts of Rih’iung mountain and certain forts of the Keekwan group, but well Informed Japanese here consider these rumors are premature. These Japanese, how ever, are confident the end of Russian occupation of Port Arthur is fast ap proaching. They admit they have been disap pointed heretofore, but say their pre vious hopes never had much fact-based foundation a-i those they at present entertain. The fact that General Nogi. commander ot the Third Japanese army, heiore Port Arthur, has allowed Associated Press dispatches to leave the base of his operations is looked up on as strongly indicating the confident spirit of the besiegers. Further tid ings of events at Port Arthur are awaited here with an intensity of in terest greater than displayed since the beginning of the war. MOBOLIZATION RIOTS. They Break Out Seriously in Polland and Six Are Killed. Breslau. Nov. 7.—Three thousand Poles marched through the streets of Czestochowa, Russian Poland, Wednes day, as a protest against the mobtlizn tlon. A detachment of Infantry charged the mob with bayonets and six persons were killed and twenty wounded. JAPANESE REPULSE ASSAULT. Cossacks Go After a Russian Battery and Are Beaten Back. I Mukden, Nov. 7.—There was a brisk exchange of artillery fire here yester day, extending from Lichlntoun east ward or. botl sides of the railroad, but the firing ceased at noon. The Japan ese are continuing their concentration opposite the Russian center. The Japa nese positions along their whole line are strongly fortified and they are now en trenching along the Hun river to the Westward. On Monday, on the Rus sian extreme right, a squadron of Don Cossacks charged a battery of Japanese artillery near Llaontoun, but were re pulsed. The Cossacks lost twenty men. —t— ANGLO-RUSSIAN CONVENTION. Details Have Not Yet Been Arranged for the Big Arbitration. London. Nov. 7.—Regarding reports of the Anglo-Russian convention, the foreign office this afternoon reiterated that while an agreement in principle appears to have been reached regarding the form and scope of the international commission, nothing has yet been set tled anent the venue and personnel, and nothing can be definitely settled until the authorities af St. Petersburg have an opportunity to examine the text of the draft of the convention, which is expected to arrive there tonight. RUSSIA IS WAITING. Arbitration Arrangements Hang on Re port of Russian Officers. St. Petersburg, Nov 7.—The delay in final ratification of the convention for inquiry into the North sea incident is over the formulation of questions which the international commission is to decide. The Russian authorities de sire to acquaint themselves with ttie report of Admiral Rojestvensky, which was brought here by Captain Clado and his three brother officers today, in order to ascertain whether any new questions raised by the report should be included. Captain Clado and his comrades this afternoon informed the Associated Press that they had noth ing to say for publication. WARSHIPS TO GO OUT. Belief tc That Russian Vessels Will Sally From Port Arthur. Shanghai, Nov. 7.—Advices reaching Shanghai today say the Japanese as sault on Port Arthur continues with unabated vigor. The Russian defense is dogged and determined. The north ern portion east of Keewan mountain have been captured by the Japanese, who hold it under a furious Russian fire. A fort on the inner line of defenses was destroyed by the explosion of a magazine November 2. ■#he casualties of the Japanese are re ported to be enormous. The belief pre vails that the Russian warships will make another attempt to escape. TELLING PORT ARTHUR’S STORY. Japanese Passing the Reports of the Various Stages of the Siege. [This dispatch to the Associated Press was censored by the Japanese. The dis patch allowed to pass yesterday took the details of the siege up to July 30. The fact that the Japanese are letting out this information has convinced St. Petersburg that the fortress must fall.) Headquarters of the Third Japanese Army in Front of Port Arthur, Nov. 2 via Chefoo, Nov. 4.—When the Jap anese drove /the Russians from thelt strong position upon the last range ol hills in front of the fortress by a sur prise attack, July 30, the Russians re tired to the forts, but they also strong ly held previously prepared advanct lines to prevent the Japanese fiorr closing in upon the fortified ridges This line of 'orts was fourteen mllei long, formihg a semicircle from »h< east coast to four miles from the wcs coast and circling five miles northwes j of Port Arthur. The fortress beli proper was a twelve-mile' semicircle, fror coast to coast. The Japanese po sition • \s a mile from the advance Russia .tne In the center of a range of hills called Fenghoano mountain. On their left flnnk was broken, hilly country east of Taku mountain. Their right flank was over the crests of a range of hills extending In a borth westerly direction from Port Arthur to Louisa bay. Between the Fenghoano mountain and tne Russian fortresses was the triangular Shuishl valley, two miles wide crossed by dry water courses almost to the foot of the forti fied hills. The Russian advance lines passed through the center of the Shu ishl valley. The fortified ridges upon the east and west of the city were In the ap proximate shape of an obtuse angle, with Its apex In the valley. The out skirts of the city were between the east and west fortified -idges. Japs Advanoe Under Fire. Although the advance of the Jap anese center over the valley was com paratively easy, owing to the good cov er afforded by the water courses and waving crops of Chinese corn, they were subjected to a concentrated, con verging fire from the forts upon the east and west ridges. Before the line of Investment was drawn close about the fortress much closing was neces sary upon the part of the Japanese flanks. Two mountains, Taku and SluRiku, close to the eastern extremity of the fortified ridges and essentia’ to a close Investment, were held by the Russians, From the top of Taku. a precipitous mountain, 600 feet high, the Russians were able to see the rear of the Japanese lines. On the right flnnk were two powerful advance forts, on hills respectively 174 yards and 203 yards high. Three more strong ad vance works were situated upon the lower peaks of the same range, ex tending In a northwesterly direction from the city towards Louisa bay. These works protected the Russian left flank and prevented the Japanese from pushing a force on Port Arthur, through the valley from the shores of Pigeon bay. as the works commanded the gap in the Chair Hill forts upon the west coast. s The advance works wero well construct ed and more difficult to take than some of the permanent forts. It was decided to close In t}ie Japanese left flank, first taking Taku and Shaku mountains. The former was rugged. Isolate1’ and had pre cipitous slopes on Its east and northwest sides. The advance south was made un der the fire of the east forts of Shaku mountain. A division was ordered to take the hills and August 7 the homhardment began In the afternoon, the divisional ar tillery being assisted by throe batteries of 4.7-inch naval guns and four batteries of 3-!nch howitzers. Russian Guns Silenced. The Russians replied with field guns from Taku mountain and with larger guns from the east forts. The artillery on two hills was silenced at 6 o’clock in the evening and the Japanese infantry ad vanced at 7 o’clock in three columns, the right flank keeping in touch with the left flank of the main line in the Shuis^ui val ley. The advance was made in the form of a segment of a circle from the east. Heavy rain stopped all the movements and early darkness stopped the artillery fire. When the Infantry closed In on Taku mountain, where they had previously silenced the Russian guns, the Russians suddenly opened a heavy rifle fire from the crests i of the hills and compelled the Japanese attacking force to build trenches for their ; protection from north to east, close t* the foot of the hills’ slopes. | One Japanese regiment took an essential angle upon the first ascent of the soutfc. | slope. In the night a battalion of Japan j ese reserves was added to the attacking force upon the south slope. The following day rain continued. The Japanese upon the south slope were shelled in their : trenches from the east forts and were | unable to advance up the slippery slopes, j Russian topedo gunboats appeared off | the coast near Salt park village and bom barded a Japanese regiment upon the south slope so that It had to retire. The fleet finally was compelled to retire under the fire of the howitzer batteries. Then a general bombardment commenced, and all fire from Taku and Shaku mountains was stopped. Eight Japanese regiments from the southeast part of Port Arthur and one from the northwest section gained a foot hold upon the crests of Taku mountain and, after a desperate hand to hand en counter, compelled the Russians to retire westward into their permanent forts. Four field guns wore captured. Japanese Meet a Repulse. The Japanese regiments then combined for an attack on Shakliu mountain, but were>repulsed and compelled to spend the night in their trenches at the foot of the hills. At 4 o’clock in the morning the at tack was renewed and the hills were cap tured. The Russians left hundreds of dead on their abandoned position. The Japai nese casualties were l,40u. Although the Japanese were unable to permanently occupy the captured hills, | they robbed the Russians of Invaluable observation points. This enabled the in vestment line to be drawn from thhe coast between the two hills and the eastern for tified ridges. , Attention was then turned to the Rus sian left flank. Two Jupanese brigades were ordered to advance. They started in the night a line two miles in length.. At 2 in the morning a heavy rain greatly im peded their progress, but they removed the Russian entanglements under heavy fire A quarter-inch steel wire compelled the Japanese to cut the poles to open the way. The position was captured at 4 o’clock in the morning august 14, the Russian counter attacks being repulsed. A h^avy Japanese bombardment of the Rus sian advance works, on a low hill north of 174 yards hill, finally compelled the fire to slacken. A night attack was made upon i the Russian advance works. The Japanese I reached the outer entanglements, but | were then repulsed. Starlight shells lo jeatod the Japanese lines, on which search j lights were thrown, after which the Rus l sian machine guns played havoc all night with the Japanese troops in the trenches upon the hillside. Finally a concerted fire from Etse mountain and the advance forte compelled the Japanese to cease opera tions. Siege Guns Prepared, It was announced at the Japanese head quarters August 15 that the siege guns would be In position and ready to begin a bombardment upon thhe 20th. The head quarters August 18 were at the village ol Swangtalkow, close to the railroad and thirteen miles north of Port Arthur. The Associated Press correspondent upon his arrival there was welcomed by Genera Nogi, who said he was Jus In time to see the conclusion of a successful campaigr and the capture of Port Arthur. The cor 1 respondent went to the front the morn ing of August 19 and saw the positions from the highest peak wf Fenghoani mountain, at a range of five miles fron Port Arthur, and two miles west of th< railroad. l It was evident that a general attack ha< been planned. The railroad to Port Dal ny was taxed to its capacity In bringing troops ,siege guns, ammunition and sup piles to the front and the roads wen crowded with marching troops and trans porta. Great activity prevailed everywhen In the Japanese lines. A good view of thi operations could be obtained upon th< right front of Port Arthur. Cradled amonj ; the hills, only the outskirts were visible . backed by the beetling brow of the Tiger’ Tall peninsula, further south to the right towering the Jagged ridge of the .Liaotlaj : mountains. 4 BANKER ACCUSED OF ARSON SHOWS CASE perry Will Undertake to Show That Hegewisch Shelters a Firebug. MORE EVIDENCE FOUND * Discovery That Carbon Bricks Havt Been Missed From Stable Where Perry Kept His Horse In jures His Defense. Chicago, Nov. 8.—Two of the deep laid schemes of Attorney Moritz Ros enthal for the defense of 1. N. Perry, charged with setting Are to the plant of the Chicago car and locomotive works at Hegewlsch on October 9. came to light yesterday. The lawyer, It was learned, will at tempt to prove the burning of the buildings was In line with numerous other incendiary Ares in Hegewlsch within the last six months, and that there is a pyromaniac In the village. He also will attack the character and credibility of the chief witness for the prosecution, Police Lieutenant Crane, who started the Investigation. Rosenthal was visited yesterday by O. P. Nelson, an expressman, whose son was arrested several months ago by Lieutenant Crane In connection with the flring of a store lit Hegewlsch. Nel son and his friends asserted that ihe .policeman had threatened Ills son Into |a false confession. It Is said the man land his friends have offered their serv ices to the defense In the attack on iCrnne. Between twelve and twenty fires are alleged to have been started in Hege wtsch by firebugs within the last six months. The last $ne was last Friday night, w.hen a barn was destroyed at One Hundred and Thirty-third and Erie streets. The police fount, evidence ol incendiarism, but In no Instance was a fuse and carbon used. Towels saturated with oil have been thrown against the sides of barm and houses and lighted. The police suspect a young man in Hegewisch, but are nut j able to prove a ci se. Crane Says He Is Satisfied. The attempt to question Lieutenant Crane’s motives in the Perry prosecu tion Is regarded by him with Interest. "I will be satisfied if they do not ; iprove I am a firebug,” he said last night. “I suppose they will bring up my alleged declaration that my su perior officer and the state's attorney » office were blocking this Investigation d wish to say now that It Is absolutely (false. I never made such accusations, and never have believed that such was the state of affairs. We all have worked In harmony, and It is no more than right that a man should have a hearing before being convicted." Frank Bock, day watchman for the plant, who was the only man in the factory when Perry made his Sunday visit on the day of the fire, will say be fore Justice Callahan today: “I let Mr. Perry Into the grounds that day. After walking through some of the buildings with him he noticed I ,was ill and told me to go to a doctor. He Jold me that he had something to |say to me and to meet him at the Erie .Station at train time. I was there shortly before B o'clock, and as he did not appear I became uneasy and re turned to the factory. "I met Perry coming out of oue of the buildings. He acted in a peculiai manner and appeared nervous. We went fo the station together, where he took ihe 5 o’clock train to Hammond When I started to return I saw the smoke and flames bursting from Ihe wrecked building." Fire attorney Thomas J. Johnson an nounced that carbon bricks, resembling those found by Lieutenant Crane .in the Hegewisch plant the day after the fire, has disappeared from the livery barn of Martin Farrell, 201 Thirtieth street, where Perry has stabled his horses for the last twenty years. The fact was discovered after a visit ol the banker to the barn four days before the fire. “This evidence, coupled with some which has not been disclosed. Is In controvertible,” declared Attorney Johnson. "1 have facts to connect him with the fire, and I believe he will be indicted no matter what the Justice court decision may be." Missing Bricks Are Traced. The bricks were stamped with an “L" by the Lehman Carriage company, which manufactured them. Five or ders have been sold this fall. Farrell’s livery Is near Mr. Perry’s reslden-e. at Twenty-ninth streets and Prairie avenue. The banker 13 known to all 1 the stablemen, and has the freedom of 1 the place.. On October 3 Farrell placed an order for two boxes of the bricks, which are used as warmers in carriages. Cin Oc tober 4 they were delivered. One box containin'- 100 carbons, was opened anil put on the windowsill of the office. I On the evening of October 5. it if said, Perry called on the livery man and sat within three feet of the box Farrell was called away. The next days ten carbons were missing. The box was moved into the basement nexl day. The bricks are two inches square an on inch thick. They were tested, ii the fire attorney’^ office yesterday anc burned readily wMh a steady flame foi I fifteen minutes. A similar brick stamped with an “L,” was found In tin foreman’s office of the machine sho| the day after the Hegewlsch fire, am one In the pattern room of the won mill. Both were saturated with oil un attached to a fuse which also was soaked. New evidence, it is believed, wil’. hi ; developed before the hearing ill Justici Callahan’s court tomorrow. Fourteei ‘witnesses have been subpoened. W. C. Hunt, superintendent of thi plant, said he noticed a falling off ii business shortly before ihe Are. "A number of Lit -Is for work I an swered I since have learned neve reached the parties addressed," h« said “They were stopped by some high of flclal." _ _ IT BRCKi HIS HEAET. Dr. Grear of Kossuth County Lost Gir of His Heart and Tried to i Suicide. Des Moines. Ka„ Nov. 8.—Becaus i Miss Mattie Shiinor, a pretty schoc ma'am of Burt, Kossuth county, dt : dined to marry him and announce her intention of wedding another ma > nex* Christmas, Dr. C. B. Grear, prominent physician of Burt, made tw I unsuccessful attempts to commit suicid > here. Grear boarded with the Shanor: » He left after learning the sad news an ' came to Sunbeam mission here, whet , he made the attempts at suicide. H 1 talked freely of his love affair, and sai • lie was dying of a broken heart. He i a graduate of the state university am I la a prominent Methodise I I ■■■■■ ■■■■■■■. .I... » RESERVOIR BURST. Seventeen People Known to Have Been Drown in a Carolina Horror. I Charlotte, N. C„ Not. 4.—A report, reached here this morning that the reservoir at Winston-Salem has burst. The loss of life Is said to be large. The reservoir burst at 5 a. m. Seven teen are known to be dead and several are missing. The north wall of the reservoir gave way, carrying 1,500,000 gallons of water into the houses adjoin ing, containing over fifty people. The cause of the disaster was over flow from the reservoir, one brick wall collapsing, which released 1,500,000 gal lons of water and destroyed over a mile of territory- Thirteen residences were destroyed. The occupants were mostly negroes. Rescuing parties are {Working heroically in hopes of saving .many whom are known to have been carried down by the rushing waters. The dead: MRS. MARTIN PEOPLES. THOMAS SOUTHERN. MRS. JOHN TOE AND DAUGH. TER. FIVE NEGROES. AIRSHIP ESCAPES. After an Unsuccessful Trial Trip Against Time Baldwin's "Arrow" Takes French Leave. St. Louis, Nov. 4.—While Captain Baldwin of San Francisco, Inventor of the •‘California Arrow” airship, and several assistants were returning the airship from the place It landed In St. Louis county, after Its unsuccessful [flight, to the world’s fair aeronautic concourse the lead rope was dragged through the hands of Baldwin’s as sistants and the airship broke loose and soared Into the air. When last seen the airship was drifting rapidly In a northwesterly direction. The airship escaped at 8:16 o’clock last night Just as the persons towing |lt Into the concourse had reached the |lmmedlate vicinity of the place. There .was a trolley line to be crossed and In order to pass the prow of the cfaft over the trolley wire and catch the down hanging rope and then release the rope that hung from the rear, in the dark ness the men manipulating the ropes miscalculated and both the front and rear ropes were released at the same time. In a twinkling the buoyant' air ship, from which had been taken .twenty-five pounds of ballast, and which was not even encumbered with Aeronaut Knabenshue, shot up and was gone. In the dim light projected by the nearby electric lamp the yellow balloon loomed distinctly but for ! enough space of time to show that the light wind was carrying It toward [ the northwest. ! There was absolutely nothing for I Baldwin, Knabenshue and the other 1 members of the party to do but accept the situation and make the best of it. | After some little discussion as to the probable length of time that the supply of gas would sustain the airship Bald win stated that he believed the "Ar I row” would descend to the ground i within an hour. The party then pro I ceeded to the concourse, where the an nouncement that the airship had es I caped caused general consternation among the crowd that had remained expecting to see the "Arrow” brought back. At 11 o’clock nothing had been heard regarding the probable location of the airship, which Baldwin felt that by that time had landed through con densation of the gas, and he decided not to look further for any tidings. He considered it probable that word would be received during tl>e early morning that the airship had been found. In which wvent It will be conveyed to the concourse wtthput delay and made ready for another trip. The trip, how ever, cannot be made until the end of the week, even If the airship is unin jured, as It will require some little time to Inflate the balloon. What was to have been a speed dem onstration around a prescribed quad rangular course of about fifteen miles developed Into a drifting exhibition, the "Arrow" finally landing In a corn-' Held four miles west of the aeronautic concourse at the world's fair after the motor had been disabled by an exhaust cap again blowing off when the vessel had resumed Its flight after the first breakdown had been repaired. FORTY INJURED. Fatal Explosion of Over a Ton of Dynamite in City of Mt. Vernon, New York. Mt. Vernon, N. Y„ Nov. 4.—The ex plosion of over a ton of dynamite under the Bond street bridge shook the city and the surrounding country within a radius of five miles, probably killed at least one person and Injured nearly forty others, two of whom may die. The man sup posed to have been killed was an Italian in charge of the dynamite. He was seen at his post of duty Just before the explo sion and no trace of him has since been found. There were 2.300 pounds of dynamite stored at the side of the deep rock cut running from the limits of the city to the New York, New Haven and Hartford railway station, which was used for blast ing a path for additional tracks. The ex plosion tore a hole In the ground eighty feet deep that Is now full of water from a hidden spring, wrecked the Bond street bridge over the tracks and broke all the windows within a quarter of a mile. The force of the explosion, as usual, was downward, but the upheaval along the side of the cut hurled large stones for blocks. Many houses were shifted from their foundation, walld were stripped of plaster and furniture was splintered. A heavy train bound for New York was Just pulling out of Mt. Vernon station when the explosion occurred, and the en gineer stopped until the track was clear. Another minute and the train would have reached the building. Most of those Injured were caught by falling ceilings and walls In the bouses near by. Stoves in stores and dwellings were overturned and many tires were started, but In each case tre flames were quickly extinguished. Chief of Police Foley at once ordered the arrest of William F. Ryan, foreman of the gang of workmen employed on the blasting operations, and many witnesses are belhg examined. The dynamite was owned by the Egly Bunton Construction company, which Is , doing blasting for trte railroad company preparatory to the establishment of the new four-track system. Those fatally injured are: » Child. 4 months of age. ] Mrs. George Harlow. Mrs. Nicholson. ! ONLY ONE ft.ORE TWIST o ■ ■ — Pennsylvania Coal Goes Up 35 Cents j More Per Ton With Summer Weather Still Prevailing. j Pittsburg. Nov. 4.—Prices at all grades of coal has been advanced 35 j cents per ton. the result of Increased demand for coal and the strike of en gineers In Illinois.