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Eleven Killed and Five Injured in Ex
plosion of Dynamite Factory
Near Lancaster, Pa.
Lancaster, Pa. Eleven men were
blown to pieces and five others were
seriously injured by the explosion of
a dynamite plant today near Pequea,
along the Susquehanna river. The
dead are:
Benjamin Gebhardt, aged 22.
Benjamin Rineer, aged 21.
George Rineer, aged 20.
Fred Rice, aged zi.
Collins Parker, aged 18.
Phares Shoff, aged 18.
William Funk, aged 19. -
John Boatman, aged 17.
Three unidentified men.
Seriously injured:
Walter Brown.
Martin Rineer."
George Gray
Charles Cramer.
Jacob ShofiV "
;. Bodies Horribly Mangled
The accident was one of the most
horrible in the history of Lancaster
county. The victims were literally
torn to pieces, hardly enough remain
ing of the bodies to make identifica
tion possible.
The cause of the explosion is not
known. Two of the unidentified vic
tims had just started to drive irom
the place with a load of dynamite.
They had gone scarcely fifty feet when
the plant blew up with a detonation
that was plainly heard fifteen miles
away. A great cloud of smoke cov
it cleared away "there was not a
vestige of the horses, wagon or men.
Fragments of human human dobies
were found hanging to trees 10 ) yards
away.
Injured Taken. to Homes
Persons living near the factory be
gan the work of rescue, but there
were few in the place who had not
been blown to atoms. The remains
of these were gathered up and placed
in soap boxes, identification being im
possible. The injured, some of whom
it is thought will die, were taken to
their homes in the immediate vicinity.
George and Benjamin Rineer, who
were killed, were sons of Martin
Rineer, one of the injured.
The plant consisted of dozen
buildings. All. were blown to pieces
except a remote structure in which
seven girls were at work. The factory
wa3 owned by G. R. McAbee & .Co.,
of PTtsburg, and manufactured ex
plosives for use in the Pennsylvania
railroad construction work.
DOCTORS CONDEMN PACKERS
Association Says Antiseptics Will Not
Kill Pureiactiori
Boston. Before adjourning today
the American Medical association
passed the following resolutions deal
ing with the conditions at the Chi
cago stock yards r ,
"We strongly condemn the revolt-
A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO
POLITICS; AGRICULTURE AND HOME
Lincoln, Nebraska, June 14, 1906
ing evils which have been shown to
exist in regard to foods and food sup
plies, especially in the meat packing
industry.
"In the fundamental interests of
the people such evils must be con
trolled by appropriate and adequate
legislation, which' we strongly urge
as the paramount duty of the national
(congress.
I "In connection with 'this question
we wish to emphasize the fact that
antiseptics and preservatives can not
i.mitigate in any degree the dangers
! frnm rTpravprl or decavine meat. Anti-
septica may destroy putrifiactive or
ganisms, but can not neutralize toxines
or ptomaines.
Any contention to the contrary is
unsound and meat that requires such
treatment is totally unfit for food be
cause it still contains poisons of a
virulent and dangerous character."
A resolution also was passed urg
ing the establishment of a national
department of health, ' with a repre
sentative in the cabinet.
EXPORT RATE ISSUE IS RAISED
District Attorney Argues Kansas City
Rebate Case of Packer
Kansas City. Advancing in a fed
eral court for the first time the con
tention that the interstate commerce
commission has the power to regu
late export rates, District Attorney
Van Valkenburgh concludes today the
argument in the rebating case of the
Armour, Swift, Cudahy and Morris
Packing companies and the Burlington
railway. Judge McPherson then ad
journed court until next Tuesday, say
ing the importance of the issues raised
demands that he give them deliber
ate consideration. He will instruct the
jury when court reconvenes. .;
GOVERNOR FOLK WILL PRESIDE
Will Be at Meeting That Is to Wel
come Bryan.
'Jefferson City, Mo. Governor Jos.
V. Folk tonight telegraphed his ac
ceptance of the invitation extended
by Harvey Walker of New York to
preside over the meeting which will
welcome William Jennings Bryan
when he returns from "his trip around
the world;
FEVER IN NEW ORLEANS
Three Cases Are ... Quarantined on
Ship Island
New Orleans, La. The fact that
three-cases of yellow fever have beeh
under quarantine for - the past ten
days at Ship Island,' a government
quarantine station in the Gulf of
Mexco, about midway between the
mouth of the Mississippi and Mobile,
Ala., was made public by Dr. C. H.
Irion, president of the Louisiana board
of health.
Cassatt Fires Aikens
Philadelphia, Pa. Joseph Aikens,
chief clerk to the' superintendent of
the Monongahelia- division of the
Pennsylvania railroad, was dismissed
by direction of President Cassatt. In
his testimony before the interstate
commerce commission, Aikens said
that while his salary had averaged
between $30 and $126 per mouth he
owned nearly $75,000 worth of coal
stock. He admitted having received
checks from coal companies and also
gifts from company stores.
In Honor of Colonel Bryan
Chicago- Plans are being made by;
both the Jefferson and Iroquois clubs
to give banquets in honor of the re
turn of William J. Bryan. It is ex
pected that Governor Folk, Senator
Tillman and ex-Senator Pettigrew will:
attend the Jefferson and Iroquois
clubs. .
Bryan at German Springs
Karlsbad. William J. Bryan, his
wife, son and daughter, arrived here
and left for Dresden today. Mr. Bry
an's plans are somewhat uncertain,
though he probably will proceed to!
St. Petersburg by. way of Berlin.
American to Build Railroad
Washington Papers have been
signed and will soon be submitted to
the Bolivian congress for ratification,
whereby American capitalists will en
ter into an agreement to build a num
ber of new railways for the Bolivian
government.
, Angry Husband Kills Self
St.,; Louis, Mo. After firing a bul
let into the brain of his wife, Daniel
Szelig shot and killed himself in his
wife's boarding house. Szelig was a
San Francisco refugee and committed
the act because his wife, from whom
he had been separated for several
years, had refused to advance him
money to start a tailor shop.
Delayed in Constructing Balloon
Washington The war department
has been advised that, the completion
of a war-baloon ordered from a
French firm has been ' delayed be
cause of a rush of work for Walter
Wellman's "airship." It is not prob
able that the balloon will arrive in
time to be used in this year's mobili
zation; maneuvers.
Mystery in Murder of Woman
New Yovk The police are not leav
ing a stone 'unturned in their efforts
to capture the man who struck down
Mrs. Alice H. Kinnan in her doorway
and Inflicting injuries from which she
died later at the Fordham hospital.
They believe jealousy was the motive
for the murder. They are looking for
: a man who was nightly a caller at
: the house for the past two months,
and are also looking for Mrs Kin
nan's husband, from whom she had
been separated for eight years. It
was believed he was dead, but re
cently he was reported alive and liv
ing, in , Brooklyn. .. Mrs. Kinnan was
called to the door of her house and
struck over the head with a club by
a man. who disappeared in the dark
less. ;
LIFE
Subscription $1.00
DRYAN VS. ROOSEVELT
Cround-Swii of " Opinion Toward
Bryan Strikes CapitalElection
Over Roosevelt Predicted
Washington, D. C, June 13. (Spe
cial.) The activity anions: th mom.
bers of congress during the past week
has exceeded that of any week dur
ing the session, although nothing has
been accomplished that strikes the
public eye with especial force. The
fact is the members are becoming
very anxious to complete the work
of the session and return to their
respective states where they feel
that their presence is needed to keep
the political machine in the ruts.
Th exposures of revolting condi
tions in connection with the prepar
ation ''.of? articles of food at the pack
ing houses have caused a good deal
of friction between the members of
congress and senators representing
the vari6iisTsSfe8.Those represent
ing the packing house states are be:
sieged by the packers for protection
against drastic regulation "of their
business. While the people from the
other states are demanding in no un
certain tones that not only should
drastic legislation for the control of
the packing houses , by passes, but
that also an exacting pure food bill
should be immediately passed. The
exposures of the packing house pro
ducts has called attention to the
adulterations that enter into almost
every article of merchandise that is
susceptible of adulteration which in
vestigation shows covers nearly the
whole list of f6od products. m
..The ground swell of opinion towards
Bryan for the nomination of the dem
ocratic party in 1908 struck the cap
ital last week, with terrific force. Per
haps no place in the country is Bryan
so thoroughly appreciated as in Wash
ington. Here are assembled the mem
bers who during the past ten years
have sought to influence the opinion
and action of the sturdy NelrasUan
only to find that his convictions and
opinions are not subject to the order
of special interests or political bos
ses, and that Mr. Bryan himself was
content to await the judgment of the
people and 'bide his time, fully con
fident that4he was right and must
triumph in the end. Here it is be
lieved that Roosevelt will be pitted
against Bryan in the contest in 1908
and while opinion is devideJ upon the
subject many, of the men who are
considered politically wise look for
Mr. Bryan to triumph. ;
Two months ago Roosevelt was
considered invincible, but his retreat
and surrender cn the rate bill, de
priving the country of the great ben
efits that would accrue to them from
the bill of the president had not yield
ed, and his betrayal of his allies have
so weakened the president in the
eyes of the country thati he is now
considered a quitter and more of a
noise than of a -substance. Yet he
is the strongest candidate that the
