KILLED OVER 100
AN OKLAHOMA TOWN DESTROY
ED BY TORNADO.
NINETY-FIVE BODIES RECOVERED
Belief That the Death List Will Event
ually Reach 130—Relief for the
Stricken Rapidly Being Sent For
ward.
SNYDER. Okla.—At 10 o’clock
Thursday the number of known dead
as a result of the tornado has reached
ninety-five. Arrangements have been
made to convey all the injured who
can be moved to hospitals at Okla
homa City and Lawson.
GUTHRIE. Okla.—The latest official
reports from the tornado-stricken
town of Snyder, Okla., place the list
of dead at ninety-five. Other rumors
advance this figure to 100. It is highly
probable that the death list when ac
curately tabulated will reach 130. Of
.those injured there are various re
ports reaching from 100 to 150.
The storm formed near the Texas
line and its path extends in a north
easterly direction for over forty miles,
causing damage at Altus. Olustee and
other small towns and in the country
as well as at Snyder. Reports indi
cate that the casualties outside of
Snyder will aggregate over twenty
five and may go higher.
Relief is being sent from neighbor
ing towns. From Oklahoma City 100
men went to dig graves and seek the
dead still in the ruins, and also a
dozen undertakers with 100 coffins.
Offers of financial assistance have
come from numerous cities.
Governor Ferguson of Oklahoma has
issued a proclamation calling atten
tion to the needs of the stricken town.
It is still difficult to obtain informa
tion from Snyder. A single telegraph
w'ire furnishes an outlet, but it is
blocked with private messages con
cerning the dead and injured. To add
to the general confusion and distress
after the tornado had passed fire
broke out and burned out many of the
buildings that remained of the busi
ness blocks. So far it is not possible
to find out whether or not any bodies
were cremated, but it is highly pos
sible that such is the case.
An unidentified woman was picked
up dead, having been pinioned to the
ground by a scantling which entered
her left eye and came out through the
back of her head. Clarence Donovan,
railroad engineer, and Miss Nina Fes
senden were to have been married last
night, but had just postponed the nup
tials until this morning. Both were in
stantly killed. Fred Crump, a boy. had
started to a cellar when a flying tim
ber struck him and severed his head
from his body. Debris was carried to
the northeast as far as Cooperton.
• twelve miles, and it is reported that
there are more of the fragments of
homes at that town and in that vi
cinity than are in the tornado path at
Snyder.
About seventy-five head of horses
and cattle were killed on the town
site. A committee was set to work
this morning to remove carcasses.
The mayor of Snyder is having
much trouble arranging for the burial
of the dead. The confusion is great,
owing to the fact that there still re
main a number of unidentified bodies
at the morgues. There is much suf
fering owing to the lack of provisions
aad places to stay. What houses re
main in the town are in bad condi
tion and are unsafe for habitation. Be
sides, there is not room enough to
care for the homeless. Bedding and
wearing apparel are both lacking, and
despite the effort to succor the unfor
tunates they are still in a pitiable
.condition.
CASSINI’S CHANGE GAZETTED
Czar Waits? News Before Naming
Baron de Rosen for Washington.
ST. PETERSBURG—The transfer
of Ambassador Cassini from Washing
ton to Madrid was officially gazetted
under date of May 9. but the appoint
ment of Baron de Rosen to succeed
Count Cassini at Washington has not
yet been gazetted.
In fact. Emperor Nicholas is await
ing a formal notice tbat Baron de
Rosen is persona grata to the United
States before signing his decree of
nomination. Not the slightest doubt
exists here that the baron is perfect
ly acceptable to the government at
Washington, where besides his high
reputation as a diplomat he enjoys the
personal acquaintance of not only
many officials, but of President Roose
velt himself.
Absconder Is a Suicide.
OCONTO. Wis.—Louis J. Rens. one
of the best known men in Octonto,
agent for the McEachren company,
absconded. It is estimated the short
age will be far above $100,000. His
body was found in a barn three miles
south of the city. He had committed
suicide by shooting.
Cummins Calls on President.
WASHINGTON — Governor Cum
mins of Iowa saw the president Fri
day before the cabinet met. The Iowa
governor when asked what he
' thought ought to be done to mee* the
growing deficit of the treasury, said
there were many ways suggested- but
there did not seem to be any crystal
ization of sentiment on the subject
He admitted that change? in the tariff
would be one way of bringing about
additional revenues. He was not pre
pared to say whether he believed this
way would be adopted.
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London Stockbroker Fails.
LONDON—The failure of E. C.
Hawkins, a stock broker, was an
nounced on the Stock exchange. Ke
was long about 40.000 shares of stock,
principally Missouri Pacific, Union
Pacific. Ontario & Western. United
States Steel and Mexican securities.
Eleven Drown in Hungary.
VIENNA—It is reported from Zit
mar. Hungary, that a rowboat contain
ing fourteen peasants was capsized
while crossing the river, with the re
sult that eleven men were drowned.
A KANSAS TORNADO.
Tears Path Across the State in the
Night.
MARQUETTE. Kan—When dark
ness fell upon this stricken town Tues
day night it was known that twenty
nine lives had been lost in the tornado
that wrecked part of Marquette early
in the day and did much damage in
this vicinity and that forty-four per
sons had been injured. Of the injured
thirty-five were seriously hurt and
some of them may die. During the day
Carl Warnquist and Mrs. J. A. Carlson
died of their wounds. Several of the
others are suffering from broken limbs
and internal injuries.
In several cases entire families have
been killed. A man named Switzer, a
night watchman at the railroad yards,
lost his three children. N. P. Nelson,
with his wife and three children, were
found dead. Two other children were
not at home and escaped injury.
Last night order had practically
been brought out of the chaotic condi
tion that prevailed, and a relief com
mittee had begun dispensing aid.
Among the relief sent from outside
were twenty-five pupils from Bethany
college, who acted as nurses.
The tornado seems to have formed
three miles south of Marquette and did
not spend its force until it had passed
many miles north of the town. In Mar
quette the residence portion, west ol
the main street, suffered the principal
damage. Houses in the course of the
tornado were all with one or two ex
ceptions, wrecked. In this section
there were a number cf modern resi
dences. only one of which was left
standing. The Swedish Lutheran and
Methodist churches were among the
first buildings struck and they, to
gether with the parsonage adjoining
the Methodist church, were complete
ly demolished.
Yesterday afternoon had been hot
and oppresive, the atmosphere loaded
with electricity. Late in the evening a
terrific rain storm broke over the
town. The rain continued to fall iD
torrents untl 11:55 last night, when
the tornado struck. Within less than
five minutes it had wrought its terrible
work and passed on. Telegraph and
telephone wires were carried down
and it was several hours before the
outside world could be informed of the
plight of the city.
Marquette is a town of 1.500 people
in McPherson county. It is in the
exact center of Kansas and in the
richest farming county in the state.
OPPOSED TO RATE BILL.
No Measure With Force In It to Be
Reported.
WASHINGTON—No railroad rate
bill with force in it will come out ol
the senate committee on interstate
commerce. There have been sufficient
developments in the series of hearings
now on to show that there is no in
tention in this committee to frame a
bill giving to a federal commissior
any kind of rate-fixing power.
Representative Townsend of Michi
gan. one of the authors of the Esch
Townsend bill, which has been the ob
ject of attack by nearly every witness
summoned by the committee, has been
watching these hearings with no little
interest. He returned home yesterday,
thoroughly convinced that there was
no chance of a rate bill in the senate
committee along the lines recommend
ed by President Roosevelt in his last
annual message.
Colonel Hepburn, chairman of the
house committee on interstate and for
eign commerce, holds the same view.
Their opinion is that the fight, so far
as regulation of rates by a govern
ment commission is concerned, will
have to be started again.
HOT FIGHT WITH DESPERADO
Captured After Shooting Several Men,
One of Them Fatally.
CHEYENNE. Wyo.—Frank Davis,
alias Black Mike, the notorious des
perado, resisted arrest at Wolton,
Wyo., and shot Deputy Sheriff Ho
i back. Black Mike fled to a deserted
: cabin and held a party of forty sheep
men at bay until late in the after
noon. Over 100 shots were fired into
the cabin, and finally, when the sheep
men withdrew to Wolton for more
ammunition and rifles. Davis fled te
the brush.
The sheepmen and officers returned
and. shielded by a barricade of baled
hay placed on two wagon wheels, they
advanced upon Black Mike. Over 50C
| shots were fired down into the can
non in which Mike had made a stand
j He returned the fire. Walter Knudson
was shot through the neck and will
die. W. J. Morton was shot through
■ the arm. and Charles Skinner re
ceived a scalp wound. Black Mike fin
j ally surrendered when his ammuni
tion gave out.
Adds to Preferred Stock.
SALT LAKE CITY—The Union Pa
cific Railway company filed with the
, secretary of state amended articles of
' incorporation increasing the amount
| of its preferred stock $100,000,000. as
authorized on Friday last at the spe
cial meeting of stockholders held it
i this city.
President to Conduct Inquiry.
WASHINGTON—The case involv
ing Assistant Secretary of State
Loomis and Herbert W. Bowen. Ameri
can minister at Caracas, will be taken
up by the president. President Roose
; veil will conduct the inquiry into the
1 matter personally and both Mr. Loom
| *3 and Mr. Bowen will be given what
; ever opportunity they may want to
• rreseat their respective sides. Mr.
Bowen is expected soon and the prob
| ability is the whole matter will be
taken up by President Roosevelt Mon
! day.
Mine in the Mid-Pacific.
SAN FRANCISCO—The trading
j schooner Triton, just arrived here
f from the Marshall islands, reports
sighting a floating mine adrift on
April 21. in latitude 37 degrees 21
i minutes north and longitude 169 de
| grees west.
Shot Dead at His Home.
NIJNI. Novgorod—Lieutenant Col
onel Greschner. of the gendermarie,
was shot dead as he was entering his
residence at midnight on his retain
from the theater
CHICACO STRIKE
IT MAY CO ON OR POCSIDLY BE
SETTLED.
MEETINGS ARE TO BE HELD
Team Owners’ Association Believe
Teamsters May Reconsider Their
Ultimatum—Final Action to Be
Taken on Tuesday.
CHICAGO—Unless compromises are
offered by all the opposing interests
in the fight now in progress in Chi
cago between capital and labor the
teamsters’ strike will spread many
fold during the next forty-eight hours.
The refusal of the teamsters’ joint
council, representing 35,000 union
drivers, to accede to the demands of
the Chicago Team Owners’ association
to handle merchandise for all houses
having contracts with the members of
the owners’ organization, without dis
criminating against the firms involved
in the present strike, has brought the
controversy tf> a point where a speedy
settlement will have to be made to
prevent an extension of the trouble.
There is a probability, however, that
the whole trouble may be satisfactor
ily adjusted without resorting to such
drastic measures. After receiving the
announcement of the teamsters’ joint
council refusing to obey the ultimatum
of the Team Owners’ association, a
meeting of the latter organization was
held and it was decided to give the
teamsters more time to consider the
proposition. At first it was the inten
tion of the team owners to put their
ultimatum into effect Monday morn
ing. but believing that the teamsters
could be induced to change their
minds, they are given until Tuesday
to make final answer to the proposi
tion. Information which the team own
ers say they received that the team
sters’ joint council was not a unit, in
its determination to fight the owners,
was given by the owners as the reason
for th# postponement of the enforce
ment of the ultimatum until Tuesday.
That Saturday night’s decision of
the teamsters will be reconsidered
was evidenced Sunday when a call
was sent out for another meeting of
the teamsters’ joint council for Sun
day night. In addition to this meeting
of the officials of the teamsters’ union
another call was issued Sunday for a
meeting on Tuesday of the executive
committee of the International Broth
erhood of Teamsters. This committee
is the controling body of the team
sters’ organization and it is this body
of officials that orders, or has the
final word, in the settlement of a
strike of its members.
The Chicago Liverymen’s associa
‘ tion has become involved in the
trouble and a strike of the 2.000
drivers employed by this organization
Is imminent. The trouble was brought
about by the union carriage drivers
refusing to carry patrons of the asso
ciation to the strike-bound depart
ment stores.
A statement was given out by the
association that, commencing Mon
day the men would be compelled to
carry all patrons to their destination
and that a refusal meant immediate
discharge. The officials of the Cab
Drivers’ union declared that their men
would all be ordered to *-;trike if but
even one member of their union was
discharged for refusing to obey the
command of the association. Should
this strike be called it will involve
the hearse drivers, and it was said
would necessitate the use of mounted
gaurds to escort funerals to outlaying
denaeteries, should it be necessary to
use non-union drivers.
NAN PATTERSON RELEASED
Former Show Girl Charged With Mur
der of Bookmaker Goes Free.
NEW YORK—After more than
eleven months in prison and three
mistrials on the charge of murdering
Cae6ar Young, Nan Patterson walked
from the Tombs on Friday a free wo
man. As she left the great building
which has been her home since a few
days after Young was found dying in
a cab in lower New York. 2,000 peo
ple greeted her with cheers, for the
news that District Attorney Jerome
would move for her dismissal from
custody had spread throughout the
vicinity of the courthouse. But the
accused girl had but a few seconds to
see and hear the demonstrations be
fore she was whisked away in a cab
with her attorney, Abraham I/evj*.
The move to discharge Nan Pat
terson came rather unexpectedly to
the public. It was an hour or so before
noon when District Attorney Jerome
appeared before Recorder Goff in spec
ial sessions and announced that he de
sired to move the discharge of the
former chorus girl without bail and on
her own recognizance. This announce
ment followed three trials for murder.
! The second and third of these trials—
the latter concluded but a few days
ago—resulted in disagreements; the
first in the discharge of the jury be
cause of the illness of a juror before
the case had been concluded.
Net Frightened by Task.
CHICAGO—Theodore P. Shonts. !
president of the Panama canal com- '
mission, declared that in the few '
weeks he had been actively at work
in the affairs of the canal he had dis
covered that while the immensity of
the project is likely to stagger even
an enthusiastic supporter of it. the
obstacles presented are by no means
insuperable. Mr. Shonts left for Wa;h- ■
ington to resume his duties in con
nection with the canal. He goe* to
Panama to remain permanently about
the end of June.
Tendered a Garden Party.
WASHINGTON—A reception and
garden party given by Mrs. Roosevelt
in the grounds of the White house
constituted the feature in Saturday’s
proceedings of the international rail
way congress. President Roosevelt at
tended the reception, as did Vice
President and Mrs. Fairbanks, the
members of the president’s cabinet
who are in the city, and their wives
and members of the diplomatic corps
as well as officers of the army and
navy and distinguished citizens of the
city.
THINKS WELL OF PRESIDENT
Bryan Glad Iroquois Club Entertained
Him.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—William J.
Bryan was the guest of honor and
principal speaker at a dinner given by
the Knife and Fork club of this city
at the Midland hotel here. In an Inter
view Mr. Bryan said that he admired
the position of President Roosevelt
and Secretary Taft upon the question
of railroad rate legislation. When ask
ed if he thought the president would
call a special session of congress and
urge upon that body the necessity of
immediate railroad legislation, Mr.
Bryan refused to commit himself. In
regard to the recent Iroquois banquet
in Chicago, at which President Roose
velt was the guest of honor, Mr.
Bryan said:
“I was gratified at the recent ex
pression of good will of the democrats
in Chicago toward the president and
I am glad that the democrats of the
nation are supporting President Roose
velt in his position on the railroad
rate question.
“The westerners like Mr. Roosevelt.
I am glad to see the democrats greet
ing him out here. It shows that they
are supporting him in many of his
policies. They have a regard and re
spect that I am sure must be pleasing
to our president. He was given a big
ovation by the Iroquois club. But that
which is most gratifying to me is his
outspoken policy on rate legislation. I
am heartily with him on his position.
Secretary Taft has spoken a policy
which must appeal to our citizens and
President Roosevelt, in his customary
manner, ‘backs him up.’ This question
will come before the people for solu
tion.”
THESE MEN ARE SATISFIED
Nebraskans Testify Before Senate
Railroad Committee.
WASHINGTON—T. B. Hord, cattle
raiser, farmer and grain dealer of Cen
tral City, Neb., appeared before the
senate committee on interstate com
merce to protest against the proposed
rate legislation. He said in part:
“At the present time the railroads
in this state give us good service.
They grant all reasonable demands;
we have the railway officers among
us and we want conditions to remain
unchanged because we are prospering.
I came here at the request of friends
who agree with me because we think
it right to enter our protest.”
Mr. Hord said that he knew of no
complaints from the southwest about
rates on live stock.
“How do you happen to come here?”
asked Senator Foraker.
The witness replied that he had
been invited to come by friends.
Peter Jansen, a farmer and sheep
raiser of Jansen, Neb., also was a wit
ness before the committee. He stated
that he shipped several hundred car
loads of sheep a year and pastured
20.000 sheep annually, and that he
represented a number of friends
among stock raisers and farmers of
Nebraska.
“We do not want any rate legisla
tion.” said Mr. Jansen, "for we feel
that traffic managers are nearer to
us than any commission could ever
be. and we are satisfied that they are
always ready to meet any reasonable
man half way. The present system of
adjusting rates between shipper and
carrier is perfectly satisfactory to us.”
INSANE MAN AT WHITE HOUSE
Italian Who Says His Murdered Wife
is Inside Tries to Enter.
WASHINGTON—A man who said
his name is Daniel Costable, an
Italian, was arrested by Policeman
Hopkins while trying to force an en
trance at the rear door of the white
house, about midnight Friday. He was
locked up at the police station.
When questioned as to the reason
for being on the white house grounds
he declared a spirit had entered his
head and told him that his murdered
wife was to be found in the white
house. The man was hatless and clad
only in a coat of thin serge. He was
first seen by a negro climbing over
the iron fence surrounding the
grounds of the white house and atten
tion was attracted by the sound of an
attempted entrance at the rear door.
He was tugging frantically at the door
and shouting. “Francesca, it is I.” He
was arrested and jailed.
CLAIM JEWS WERE AGGRESSORS
Official Statement in Connection With
Recent Massacre.
ST. PETERSBURG—Some private
reports from Zhitomir place the num
ber of persons killed at as high as
forty. The governor of Vbolinv has
caused the streets of Zhitomir to
be placarded with notices to the ef
fect that the troops have reeived in
structions to fire upon any persons in
terfering with the Jews. The Official
Messenger's account of the Zhitomir
outbreak attributes it to the provo
cative attitude of the Jews, who it
adds, used a portrait of the emperor
as a target in shooting practice.
Awful Charoe Made by Girl.
CHICAGO—Accused by his 7-year
old stepdaughter of having killed his
wife and infant child by pouring kero
sene over their bodies as they lay
asleep and then setting fire to the bed
clothing. Joseph Leiding was arrested
here on Sunday and is being held
while an investigation of the affair
is being made. Leiding. who is a
brass finisher by trade, denies the
story of tne child and declares that
his wife’s dress caught on fire while
she was using kerosene to start a fire
in the kitchen stove.
* Conciliation Association.
PARIS—A powerful body, compris
ing leading public men of Europe and
America, have founded the National
Interests and International Concilia
tion association, under the presidency
of Senator Berthelot. Former Pre
mier Leon Bourgeois and Senator
d Estournelles de Constant represent
ed France. Andrew Carnegie the Uni
ted States and the Duke of Marlbor
ough Great Britain. The purpose of
the association is to preserve the
peace of the respective countries by
means of good relations
DEAD LIST CROWS:
THE TOWN OF SNYDER LOSES AT
LEAST 125.
MANY DEAD MTTHE COUNTRY
Information From Outside Districts
Now Coming In—Hundreds are In
jured, Many of Them, However, but
Slightly.
SNYDER, Okla.—All estimates of
the number killed by Wednesday
night’s tornado in the south of Snyder
make the total at least 125. The tor
nado traveled a distance of thirty
five miles, cutting a path from a quar
ter mile to a half mile wide. The farm
houses in this path were demolished
and the occupants killed or injured.
All the men available are needed here
to clear away debris, bury the dead
and care for the sick, and the fate
of the farmers struck by the storm
has not been fully investigated. Esti
mates of the number killed outside of
Snyder range from twenty-five to
forty. More than 100 laborers brought
here by the ’Frisco railroad, together
with a big force of volunteers, began
moving and burning debris today.
Two men dead and another barely
alive were found in a heap of rubbish
piled against railroad freight cars
near the station this morning. They
had been there since last Wednesday
night at 8:15 o’clock, at which time
every clock in town stopped.
Statements that 400 persons were
injured are correct, but most of these
suffered only slight bruises. Forty-five
persons are receiving hospital treat
ment. On account of lack of accommo
dations here, the wounded are being
taken to larger towns. J. W. Hudson,
a capitalist, and his daughter are at
Lawton, and Mr. Hudson is reported
to be dying. Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Mill
er are also at Lawton, and Mrs. Mill
er is not expected to survive. .7. M.
Eagan, the ’Frisco station agent, and
several other patients have been
taken to Springfield, Mo.
There were four members in the
family of William Hughes of Willow
vale; three in that of J. D. Ralston of
Olustee, and three in that of Mr.
Moore, in the same neighborhood. All
were killed. At the ranch of E. L.
Peckham. president of the Denver,
Fhiid & Gulf Railroad company, six
miles west of h«re. the tornado totally
destroyed a $25,000 residence and a
$10,000 barn.
Every building in town bears evi
dence of the tornado, and the rain
poured through roofs in torrents. The
temporary hospital buildings, where
men, women and children lay swathed
in bandages and moaning in pain, and
where surgeons were performing op
erations were quickly flooded. Oil
cloths were spread over the sufferers,
but this afforded only scant protec
tion against the water.
Excellent order has been maintain
ed. and only two or three cases of
pillaging have been reported. E. C.
Ray, sheriff of Kiowa, last night
guarded the town with thirty-five de
puties.
Pitiable scenes of want and suffer
ing were seen here on all sides. Much
confusion still existed, despite the ef
forts of hundreds of outsiders to aid
the victims of Wednesday's night’s
; tornado. Last night many who had
lost everything they possessed went
hungry and practically unprotected
from the cold.
Many bodies, lying in temporary
morgues, remained unidentified, while
among the injured, dozens who suffer
ed from ugly wounds or broken limbs,
were without proper medical atten
tion. Others still were missing, and
an exact list of the casualties was not
to be had.
FRENCH ARE ON THEIR GUARD
Japan Learns that Russians Are Kept
From Waters of France.
TOKIO—The following announce
ment was made by the Japanese for
eign office:
Since the Kamranh bay incident the
French government has instructed
both the civil and military officials in
Indo-China to maintain a close watch
on the coast of French territory and
to warn belligerent ships not to en
ter French waters.
When it was reported that the third
Russian squadron, commanded by
Rear Admiral Nebogatoff. was ap
proaching French waters, the French
government again instructed the
naval authorities to maintain a close
watch and take effective measures
with ail their power to prevent a vio
lation of neutrality, and it simultan
eously notified the Russian govern
ment.
The French government has notified
the Japanese legation at Paris that it
has received a telegraphic report that
no Russian ships were sighted off
Hon Koke bay May 9.
General Davis Sails.
COLON—General Davis, the retir
ing governor of the canal zone, and
his two daughters, sailed for New
York on the steamer Alliance.
Corn Hearing Is Postponed.
CHICAGO—The Interstate Com
merce Commission during its "Corn
Products” investigation heard repre
sentatives of California milling inter
ests who protested against reduction
of the 10 per cent differential existing
I on corn meal rates over rates on corn
from Nebraska to Pacific points.
When the testimony of the San Fran
cisco manufacturers was completed
Chairman Clements announced that
the corn investigation would rest for
the present and that the commission
investigate woodenware rates.
Mrs. Hoch Continues Story.
CHICAGO—Mrs. Amelia Fischer
Hoch resumed her testimony in the
trial of Johann Hoch. She told how j
Hoch had wooed her immediately af- i
ter the death of her sister; told of <
his success in obtaining possession {
of her money after she had married j
him at Joliet, 111., and told how Hoch i
had then fled from Chicago. Hoch i
sat close to his lawyer and appeared
to take no great Interest in the pr^>
ceedings, bat occasionally he leaned :
over In order to catch a reply to a j
1 question oat to the witness
TRAIN STRIKES DYNAMITE
Western Express on Pennsylvania
Runs Into Two Cars of Explosive.
HARRISBURG, Pa.—An express
train on the Pennsylvania railroad ran
into a freight train in which there
were two cars loaded with dynamite,
at 1:10 o’clock Thursday morning in
South Harrisburg, near the plant of
ihe Paxtang Light, Heat and Power
company.
Three terrific explosions that broke
windows all over the city followed and
the two trains were completely wreck
ed and took fire. It was estimated at
3 o’clock that fifty persons were kill
ed and 100 Injured, though these
figures may be too small.
It is impossible to ascertain the ex
act number of fatalities because the
wreckage is still ablaze and unap
proachable, in which many of the pas
sengers and some members of the
train crews are pinned, and many
small explosions occurred continually.
Immediately after the wreck all the
passengers who could do so ran from
the scenes of horror to safety from
the incessant small explosions. The
agonizing cries of the unfortunates
were heartrending.
With practically no clothing many
women and children from the train
wrere compelled to wander about the
fields, as there are few houses in the
immediate vicinity of the wreck.
The train was the second section of
No. 19. There were U19 passengers in
the train and the latest estimate is
that fifty were killed. The hospital is
crowded to the doors and the hotels
are being opened for the care of the
injured. It may he necessary for the
authorities to seize one of the hotels
and turn it into a temporary hospital.
LATER—Twenty persons are
known to be dead and more than 100
others were injured in the railroad
wreck and dynamite explosion which
occurred yesterday on the Pennsyl
vania railroad in the southern part
of this city. That not more persons
were killed is considered remarkable
by the Pennsylvania officials, as a
box car full of dynamite exploded di
rectly at the middle of the heavy ex
press train.
The train carried a number of
prominent persons and most of them
escaped with only slight injuries. The
wrecked train was the second section
of the Cleveland and Cincinnati ex
press, leaving Philadelphia at 11:05
Wednesday night. It consisted of a
combination baggage and smoking
car. one day coach and six sleepers.
The scene of the wreck was visited
by probably more than 50,000 persons.
There were at least 5.000 persons con
stantly at the place. They came from
all towns within fifty miles.
HARRISBURG, Pa-Two more vic
tims of the wreck of the Cleveland
and Cincinnati express on the Penn
sylvania railroad at South Harrisburg
Friday, are dead, bringing the total
number of victims to twenty-two. Two
others are in a critical condition.
Sixteen of the dead have been identi
fied. The bodies of the others are so
horribly charred and burned that it is
doubtful if they will ever be positive
ly identified.
AMERICANS LOSE SEVENTEEN.
Fierce Fighting Reported on the Is
land of Join.
MANILA—Fierce fighting has been
going on the past two weeks on the
island of Jolo between the outlaw
Moro chief. Pala, with COO well-armed
followers, and troops under the per
sonal command of Major General
Leonard Wood. Pala’s forces lost 400
killed, while the losses of General
Wood are seven killed and nineteen
wounded. Pala and hi3 remaining
followers, in accordance with Moro
tradition, prefer death to capture.
General Wood, with detachments
from the Fourteenth cavalry, the Sev
enteenth. the Twenty-second, the
Twenty-third infantries and the con
stabulary scouts, have chased Pala
and his followers into a swamp, which
is surrounded. Pala was a noted
slave trader ar.d warrior when the
Americans occupied the island. Lat
er he escaped with his followers Lo
the island of Pula Sekar. near Bor
neo. One cf Pala's leaders deserted
and took refuge in the British settle
ment at Lahad. Pala landed with a
following and demanded of the Brit
ish magistrate that he turn the de
serter over to him.
NEW YORK WANTS FARMERS
State Agricultural Department Will
Endeavor to Get Them.
ALBANY N. Y.—With the view of
attracting tc this state desirable im
migrant farmers and farm laborers,
the State Department of Agriculture
is preparing to collect and disseminate
information of the farm and dairy ad
vantages which New York state off
ers. One of the several handicaps with
which the farmers of this state have
to contend is the scarcity of farm la
borers.
For many years the State Agricul
tural department has observed that
foreign farm hands and small farmers
seldom Settle in the east, but travel
straight through to the west. .
Speck Can’t Go to Boat Race.
WASHINGTON—Important engage
ments will prevent Baron Speck von
Sternberg, the German ambassador,
rrom going to New York next Tues
day to witness the start o? the At
lantic race for the emperor’s cup. ' He
will be represented bv his counsellor
»nd first secretary, Baron von Dem
Bische-Haddenhusen, who left Wash
ington Sunday night, accompanied by
Second Secretarr Robert Scheller
Bteinwartz and Otto van Etzel. the
military attache. Commander Hans
ieorg Hebbenhas is now in New York.
Flood Anticipated in Texas.
HOUSTON. Tex.—A heavy rain has
fallen over south and eastern Texas
ind considerable damage was done.
[>nly minor damage was reported lo
yally and no loss of life except a ne
»ro child was r ported. The Brazos
s rising at !~r; an at the rate, of one
foot an !: ur. With the rains along
he l-'-ver river Sunday night the river
r f?l go out of its banks Monday below
Bryan, and indications are that the
lood will exceed that of 1S99. which
jb now the record. Great damage
iras done to property that year.
NEW PHASE OF OLD GAME.
Ingenious Flim-Flam Worked on Man
Who Thought He Was Wise.
“I want to tell you how I was flim
flammed on my way to Milwaukee.”
said George C. Harding, of Peoria, to
the Milwaukee Sentinel. “My experi
ence may be of value to the men on
the road. As the train was about to
pull out of Chicago, a big, prosperous
looking fellow came into the smoking
compartment where I was sitting. He
was bareheaded and had a roll of bills
in his hand. He counted them care
fully and I noticed that there was $40
in fives.
“He slipped them into an envelope,
which he sealed and held in his hand.
As the train was pulling out he en
gaged me in conversation and asked
where he would have a chance to
mail the money to his wife, I told him.
and after apparently thinking the mat
ter over he said he did not think it
would be wise to mail the bills unless
they were registered, and decided to
wait until he reached Milwaukee. As
he was about to slip the envelope in
his pocket he asked me whether T
had the amount in larger bills that
would l)e less bulky. I found two
twenties in my pocket and gave them
to him in exchange for the sealed
package.
“Then he said he believed ho would
go and get his hat. The train was
just stopping for an instant at Cly
bourn Junction as he started from the
coach, and I have never seen him
since, needless to say, for upon open
ing the envelope I found some neatly
folded pieces of paper. The next man
that gets any of my money, however,
will have to use a gun or a piece of
lead pipe.”
OWES MUCH TO CHEFS.
Reason Ascribed for Lord Cromer's
Diplomatic Success.
Lord Cromer owes no little of (he
marvelous success which he has
achieved in Egypt to the skill of the
succession of splendid chefs whom he
has had in his employ at Cairo.
Fortunately he is a rich man and
able to pay to the presiding deity of
the agency kitchens nearly a third of
the sum which he himself receives as
salary from the British government
for administering not only the Land
of the Nile but also the Sad Soudan.
His chefs, far more than his secre
taries, have assisted him to overcome
difficulties, especially those of an in
ternational order. For the foreign en
voys found it difficult to maintain an
attitude of unfriendly opposition to
ward a colleague who is famous not
only for his gracious and cordial hos
pitality but likewise for keeping the
only table in the Egyptian capital ou
1'on mange vraiment bien (where one
dines really well.)—Pittsburg Dis
patch.
The Truth About the Fable.
Once upon a time a fresh kid tended
sheep upon a bleak hillside. He had a
peculiar habit of yelling “Wolf!
Wolf!” and when the other shepherds
rushed to the rescue he would give
them the merry laugh. This made
them sore.
One day he gave the same old come
on and the shepherds, after hot-foot
ing over, lost their tempers and clawed
him until death relieved his suffer
ings.
“Now,” said the leader of the as
sailants, after he had cooled down and
seen what they had done, “we’re in a
pretty pickle. The only thing for ns
to do is to swear that the wolf did
it. We can say that we heard the
decedent give the alarm, but that we
had been joshed so many times that
we failed to respond.”
Moral: A good joke often becomes
a serious thing if allowed to go too
far.—Detroit Tribune.
True Greatness.
How sad that all gr*-at things are sad—
That greatness knows not to be glad.
The boundless, spouseless. fearful sea
Pursues the moon incessantly;
And Caesar, childless lives and dies.
The thunder torn Sequoia tree
In solemn isolation cries
Sad chorus with the homeless wind
Above the clouds, above his kind.
Above his bastioned peak, above
All sign or sound or sense of love.
How mateless, desolate, and drear
His lorn, long seven thousand year!
Mv comrades, lovers, dare to be
More truly great than Caesar; h*
Who hewed three hundred towns apart.
Yet never truly touched or.*- heart.
The tearful, lorn, complaining sea
The very moon looks down upon.
Then changes, as a saber drawn,
The great Sequoia lo:&» as lone
As God upon that fabled throne
No. no! True greatness, glory", fame.
Is his who claims nor place nor name.
But loves and lives content, complete.
With baby flowers at his feet.
—Joaquin Miller.
New York Flower Hospital.
A new kind of flower hospital has
recently come into existence. It is
intended literally only for floral pa
tients and especially those that can
not trace the place of their origin.
•‘We take care of the plants that
have begun to fade,” the proprietor
said yesterday, “whether they were
bought from us or not. Many ladles
receive as presents palms and other
kinds of plants without remembering
who the florist was, and they want
after a while to send them to a green
house for restoration or repotting.
Now, most florists refuse to take
plants not bought from them. My hos
pital Is open to ail, and no suffering
green thing will be turned away from
the door.”—New York Sun.
Skeleton of Diplodocus.
The South Kensington Museum,
London, is rejoicing in the arrival of
a skeleton of a diplodocus, a pre-ent
from Andrew Carnegie to King Ed
ward. It came from Pittsburg In
thirty-sfx cases, having been found In
Wyoming. It is the first diplodocus to
visit Europe, and it Is an Interesting
combination, In its structure, of reptile
and bird.
“Sweet Potato King.”
H. F. Wattson, the sweet potato
king of Oklahoma, last year raised
5.&00 bushels of sweet potatoes and
this year he will plant fifty acres to
that crop. Mustang township Is the
greatest sweet potato raising region
of Oklahoma, and the acreage will be
much larger this season than In any
previous year.
Aged Church 8inger.
As a church choir singer Mrs. Fred
erick B. Busbnell, of Oennisvfile. S.
J„ is believed to hold the record. At
seventy-five years of age she is still
a member of the choir of the Method*
1st church.