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INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY MOHMNG, JANUARY 21, 1904 TWELVE PAGES.
IT LUST TWELVE MEN
KILLED MID TWENTV-FIVE
iUREDJTJOHNSTOl
Deadly Havoc Created by Explo
sion of a Steam in the
Cambria Works.
PANAMA CANAL IS NOT
A DIFFICULT TASK TOR
It Presents Xo Obstacle Skill, In
genuity and Enterprise Can
not Overcome.
KEY TO TIIK PROBLEM
r-
ROOF CRASHED DOWX
Burying Nearly Two Score Work
men in the Ruins of the
THE
j .
AMERICAN
HEEK
lo the Chagres River, and Its Wa
ters Will Be Cared for in
Building Bohio Dam.
FREXCII PLANS COMPLEX
Building.
Changes Are Proposed Which Vill
Simplify Both Construction
and Operation.
rom the Journal' a Special Commissioner.
COLON. K. P.. Dec. 33, UW3.-There la
nothing in the nature of the work which
has to be done on the isthmus before the
ship canal can be opened to navigation to
daunt :in American. I have made three ex
cursion, over the canal route, taking in the
eea-ievei sections at either end and the
middle portion, which run. through dry rut
ting, and, while I do not pretend to speak
axpertly of the engineering aspects of the
problem. I should say that the building of
the canal will be a comparatively easy task
for knowing, enterprising and energetic
Americans. That Americans have under
taken and successfully onluded projc ts
presenting vastly greater engineering com
plexities Is indisputable. As a problem in
engineering science the New York subway
ystem dwarfs the canal scheme into in
significance. 80 does the plan of the Peun
lvani.i Railroad to tunnel the North river
and construct in the very heart of New
York city a great subterranean tunnel. On
some of our Western railroads notably on
the lino which runs o-r Marshall pass, in
southwestern ("(dorado infinitely more in
tricate problems were successfully solved at
a time when engineering science was not
iw arly as exact as it is to-day. and from
the engine rings as well as from the finan
cial point of view. New York State is to-day
dealing with a proj'-ct the enlargement of
the Erie canal which deserves to stand on
a plane with that one which centers here.
As I remarked in a previous letter, the
activity of the American engineers who
have dealt with this problem with a view to
Its solution by the United States has been
In t he direction of simplification. Great
success has attended their efforts. In our
tcheme we have Rone many strides ahead
of anything the French, even in their final
plans, contemplated. Instead of a canal
with five 1m ks and six levels, we shall
build a waterway with two sets of locks, a
tied gate and three levels. Instead of a
complicated arrangement for controlling
the torrential tiow of the Chagres river,
with auxiliary canals and storage reser
voirs to provide water for certain of the
levels, our plan is to build one monster
darn and then let the natural swamps take
care of the Chagres.
TU R A M HUH 'AN PLAN.
Should we bulid this canal and nearly
vary stiuiUüli wiü die. of disappointment
should we dunk on the project which incu
bated this baby republic there will be a
sea-le vel section 6U0 feet wide on the sur
face. 130 feet wide of the bottom and deep
enough to safely accommodate vesesls
drawing thir ty-live feet of water, extending
from the entrance back of Cristobal Colon
Point, the northern terminus, to Bohio,
a distance of fourteen miles. In this sec
tion we will utilise the bed of the Chagres
river at certain points, and the entire sec
tion can be constructed by the dredging
pro . -s This s.'cii'in is now open fr its
entire length to very light-draft vessels,
and the soil underlying it is soft mud and
still softer alluvial deposit, so that the
dredges can work steadily and without en
countering any serious obstruction. One
problem alone presents itself on this por
tion of the work, and the French partially
solved that. We shall have to make effect
ive the plan to divert the current of the
Mindl and Oatun rivers. The French con
structed the diversion canal; it remains for
us to put it to practical use by making it
carry the waier of these rivers. This done
and the doing of it will be a simple matter-
there will be no difficulty encountered
beyon.l that of preventing silt deposits that
might obstruct the channel. This latter
will entail constant dredging, an Item
which will come within the annual cost of
maintenant re and to which engineers are
How paying no attention.
THE GREAT BOHIO DAM.
The plan for the Bohio dam will, beside
greatly simplifying the whole canal project,
minimize the amount of work that will an
nually be reiuirrd to keep the sea-level
etctlon from being tilled up by the action of
the water washing constantly against soft,
yielding mud banks, for this dam will re
Strict the current in the Chagres river until
It will be no more formidable than is the
tide at Colon, which rises only eighteen
inches. The dam at Bohio will be one of
the largest ever constructed. It will extend
In an easterly and westerly direction for a
distance of 1.286 feet, and it will be 300 feet
wtd- ii the bottom, narrowing to about
twenty-live feet on the top, which will b
abiiit eventy-five feet above the level of
the rhagrtB river. The nlv problem now
bothering engineers who havr Riven cap
ful attention to th- canal plans is in rela
xten to this dam.
Th French. In prospecting the countiy
bout Bohio to secure a suitable location
for the dam. did their wo-k in a shlftU-as
manner. Their borings . e wholly Inade-
quute. and Americans have not gone sutfi
cJently Into the matter to have bettered
to any appreciable extent what the French
did. As Investigation n this particular
usmu mo Biainis. w win ue m-cessarv to
....11 .. . .. . 1 .. 1 in
Ink caissons to a Iepth of 12S f, t in order
o se-ur a - iir.it.' roumlatton for the
darn. This depth is greater than has t
been reaehed by the pneumatic process
the only available one of constructing
foundations, the nearest approach to It
having been a depth of 115 feet, to which
the caissons for the new Williamsburg
Midge across the East river at New York,
wer sunk Caiss.n work Is deadly in its
Character, an!, while the engineers are con
fident that the caissons at Rohm can !
sunk 12 feet if neces.-ary. the t.. equally
conthlent that a secure foundation can be
found at a shorter distance down. To find
that foundation either nrth or south of
the present proposed bxution for the dam
will be one of the first things to which the
Americans will a.hlress themselves upon
undertaking the construction of the ca
nal. PCR POSES OF THE DAM
Should it be discovered that the caissons
will not have to be sunk 12s feet, and an
extensive system of boring will decide the
question, the cost, as well ay th- time re
quired to complete the dam. will be greatly
minimised. Th.- .lam must be built, how
ever, no matter to what Iepth the caissons
hav to go, for In building it there will be
solved the prob 1 m of the Chagres river,
which Is the k-y to th.- whole Panama a
nal probl'-m. The dam. when c mplet. il.
Will call Into existence Iike Hohio, an ar
tificial body of water whose bottom will
b about hfty fet ab v. s a 1 and
whose .ir.'.a will
gcr :' T
body of water fr
th- furfa flow f
apprxirr.at ly M.aOO I
es river will ent r this
1 the . ast bringing to it
m nearly 5un souare mtl.-s
Of bigh gr.'U.m
tl rainy ea-
Diost increthb
mous h- ight
thre will he
! that th- rlv r drains Durlnn
;ii tl.. I '.ixrt'.s r - s w Ith a-
e rapidity a? d t an enor-
To control th. rtc sudden rlae
the area of Lak liohio, a
ray in the Iloblo dum ithe
piofM r "iwaj in tne uonio lunn
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General View of the Great Culebra Cut,
JAPAN ARE CONTINUING;
RUSSIAST1LL PACIFIC
Privy Council Getting Ready to
Close Ports and Declare a
State of Siege.
MONEY IS POURING IN
Many Voluntary Subscriptions
First Exchange of Views with
Russia Unsatisfactory.
LONDON. Jan. 20. Cabling from Tokio.
Ihe correspondent of the Standard says
the privy council has approved an urgent
ordinance empowering the commanders of
atlmiralty stations to prevent foreign wnr-
phlps by force if necessary from entering
certain ports in times of emergency.
The Tokio correspondent of the Dally
Telegraph declares the privy council, at the
meeting to-day, discussed a proposal to is
sue an order, in the event of war, proclaim
ing a state of siege in certain places out
side of Japan and a blockade.
The Times correspondent at Tokio cables
that the privy council has adopted drafts
of urgency ordinances relating to maritime
defenses, the transportation of troops by
rail and the organization of a field postal
service. Preparations are being made, the
correspondent goes on, for the issue for a
short period of time of a domestic loan.
Voluntary subscriptions are pouring into
the treasury.
Little confidence Is placed in the pacific
reports received from Europe, and the
symptoms of gnawing unrest in the Korean
provinces creates anxiety In Japan.
The correspondent of the Times at
Seoul reports the issuing of an imperial
decree which announces the reconstruc
tion of the government, commencing to
day, the minor departments being sup
pressed. The government maintains a
Micawber-like att'tude, and aU is quit t.
The correspondent of the Times stationed
at Vladivostok, under date of Jan. 19,
cables as follows: "No military movements
are being made hre towards the South and
the prospects for peace are improving. I
am informed that work has been suspended
on the new railway through Mongolia to
Kalgan."
BLACK SEA FLEET USELESS.
From Moscow another correspondent of
the Times sends this dispatch: 'Owing to
a serious accident neither the Kleff nor
the Vladimir, the two volunteer fleet trans
ports, will be able to leave the Black sea
for the far East with stores and reinforce
ments for over a month to come. The war
department is reported to be intensely an
noyed at these breakdowns."
The Tokio correspondent of the Reuter's
Telegram Company cables that the Privy
Council met to-dsy and received a lengthy
and detailed report from Foreign Minister
M omura on the negotiations with Russia. No
statement of the proceedings will be given
out at present. Japanese newspapers pub
lish a report from continental sources, the
correspondent continues, that Russia has de-
ided to appeal to the powers lo avert war.
This is regarded here as proof of Russia's
unreadiness to make satisfactory conces
sions. All the special dispatches from St. Peters
burg this moining reflect the more peaceful
feeling which prevails there. Little change,
however. Is to be observed In the dispatches
from Tokio, which represent the situation
as unchanged.
The St. Petersburg correspondent of the
Dally Telegraph says he learns that th
llspatches of the Russian viceroy, Alexieff.
now Incline toward efforts for a diplomatic
settlement on the ground that war would
check the natural course of events, which
must promote Russian aspirations in the
far East. The correspondent argues that
th. key to the problem is the army and not
th.- navy, ;ml h.it no ..riifi.i.il barriers
can Ions prevent Russia from playing a
predominant role in the far East. Russia's
main strength lies in her land forces, the
orrespondent concludes, which are not yet
sufficiently in evidence
The St. Petersburg correspondent of the
I 'ally Mall nas telegraphed a curious Htory
to the effect that M. Bezobr.uuff. leader
of the war party and who the Czar recently
made a secretary of state, has b-en black
balled twice in succession lately for ad-
mlsslcn to a very .-xclusive club consisting
! Rnrllsh riuh." in HnifP
11 ii.uii oiuciais .111.1 uipiornais caiiei in
of the favorable
Influence of Interior Minister Von Plehve,
who ak! for the second vot.
I h oul correspondent of the Daily
Mail reports the Emperor of Corea as now
4 favoring a
.
resumption of the Chlnes
fearing that either the Japan-
. suseraiuty
or Russians will destroy the Koreans
His Majesty, according to the correspond
ent, has invited two Chinese cruisers into
Korean waters.
Dispatches published here this morning
refer to the probable removal of Viceroy
A.exleff to Harbin and to the sending of a
Korean officer to Port Arthur to see
Alexieff on behalf of the Korean govern
ment. It is also reported that H. N. Allen.
I Tilte.l t;it.s minist r at Seoul, desires
the opening of wiju in?tead of Tongampho,
while Cr at Britain and Japan Insist that
Yongampho be opened.
RUSSIA A.XD JAPAN ARE
XOT YET AHLE TO AGREE
ST. rETKRSHI'Kii, Jan. sn.-Th- first ex
change of views between the Foreign Office.
Viceroy Alexieff and Huron I.- Ronen, the
Kussian minister to Japan, on the Japanese
reply, has not resulted in a definite decision.
Consequently. Russia's answer, probably,
will be delayed a little longer than antici
pated .
At the Fort inn Office it was explained in
a general anl unofficial way with reference
to foreign s.ttlements at the open Man-
ch'irian ports that no reservation was made
in the recognltln of uciulr-1 trenty rights,
but Inasmuch as the Russian military anl
Ivll authorities are now exercising- Joint
control with China. Russia, naturally, must
b- consulted on juestlons arising out of
consular representation. Including s.-rrl.-mtiits.
A high official informed the Associated
I'r s corresimndent that the anti-An:. i i-
in irritation In certain government quar
ters h re is due to conviction that Japan's
aggressiveness is largely the 1 .-,! t .if the
tCöNTlNl KU UN PAGE 2. CUL. 4J
W PREPARATIONS IN
Looking Northward Toward Emperador.
MINERS LAUGH AND TALK
AS RADICAL RESOLUTION
OF SOCIALISTS IS
Efforts to Commit Great Labor Or
ganization Denied Even
Records of Convention.
BUTT OF MANY JOKES
Amendment Is that All Miners Be
Made to Join the Ancient
Order of Hibernians.
Introduced, read, laughed at, turned
down and thrown aside without even a dis
honorable mention in the minutes is the
brief history of the resolutions presented
by the Socialists at yesterday's session of
the convention of the Cnited Mine Work
ers of America. The resolution came from
delegates of the local at Leavenworth, Kan.,
and provided for the commitment of the
organization to a socialism of even a newer
type than the so-called "new socialism. '
When the resolution was first introduced
and its contents hinted at, the delegate
listened with the keenest attention, not
dreaming of the radical statements to fol
low. However, as the reading of the reso
lution progressed the delegates began to
smile and whisper and finally burst out
in loud laughter. Many of the miners
thought it a Joke, while all could not re
frain from laughter. The resolution lived
but a few minutes after it was read and
was consigned to the waste basket, denied
even record on the minutes of the conven
tion. Just before the resolution received its
death blow, Patrick Dolan, president of
District No. 5, arose and displayed his
Irish wit by offering an amendment to the
Socialists' resolution L e.. that every mem
ber of the United Mine Workers be com
pelled to Join the Ancient Order of Hiberni
an.. The suggestion caused a good round
of laughter and as It passed away the first
effort of the Socialist iassed away with it.
Among other radical things, the resolu
tion proposed that the United Mine Work
ers become the head end of the labor party,
declaring that the Socialists' party would
put none but union men In office and that
by first capturing township offices union
men should In time be placed in the ex
ecutive positions. When it was suggested
that the tickets of the new party bear the
design of the A. F. of L. and the union
label the climax was reached and the con
vention hall re-echoed with laughter and
cheers. The resolution also suggested that
the miners purchase mines and railroads
and operate them according to their own
plans.
While the first resolution bearing the
glaring Imprint of the Socialists was mer
cilessly turned down, others are expected
at the convention to-day. It was rumored
around the hotels last night that a resolu
tion embodying socialistic ideas will be pre
sented by the Illinois districts. Some of the
delegates consider it a Joke resolution,
while others betters that it will come In
earnest. Whatever attempts the Socialists
make to commit the organization to their
principles are not anticipated with any d
gree of fear. The majority of the delegates
are against the mixture of socialism and
trade unionism, saying that the two cannot
mix any more than oil and water.
As on Tuesday, only a morning session
of the convention was hell yesterday, and
adjournment was called before 11 o'clock.
At the opening of the session a rather hot
discussion arose among the delegates over
a resolution to the effect that no State or
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FATAL ASSAULT ON A
YOUNG GLASSWORKER
Mtmck Man's Skull Crushed,
Probably with a Beer Bottle,
Wednesday Morning.
ASSAILANT LEFT TOWN
Special t- the Indianapolis Journal.
MCNCIE. Ind.. Jan. 30. Harry Fisher,
twenty-four years old and unmarried, a
glass presser and gatherer employed in Pall
Brothers' factory, was fatally assaulted
stme time b.'tween 1 and 3 o'clock this
morning and is now dying at his home. 504
Windsor street. The assault probably was
committed with a heavy bur bottl .
Fisher stagger. 1 home after the assault
and wa.i found lying across the bed by his
father an hour later, when he heard his
son's groans. A teaspoonful of brains had
oozrd from the wound. Fisher was semi
conscious a short time and Indicated the
Identity of his assailant. The polios will
not divulge the name, but the man is
known to have left this city this after
noon. Young Fisher attended the theater last
nlüht and the assault was committed on
his way home. The attsadtasj physicians
say Fisher can live but a few hours. No
motive for the crime is known.
AMERICAN ENGINEERS.
They Will Take a Letter Vote on
Accepting Carnegie! Offer.
NEW YORK. Jan. 2". At the annual
meeting of the American Soeh-ty of Civil
Engineers her- to-day, attended by nearly
a thousand members of the profession from
various parts f th l'nlt d States, it was
decided to submit to a letter ballot of the
members of the society the question of ac
ccpting. n behalf of the society, the offer
of An.lnw Carnegie to give $1.000.000 toward
a union building In New York for this and
other engineering associations.
In the election . r officers Charles Her
mann, of Cincinnati, was chosen president.
READ -sm sas &
1
HOUSE IS MOVED TO mil
Citv, in Answer to Pesthouse Com
plaint. Charges Mrs. Fletcher
with Shifting Her House
STATE'S SIDE OF THE CASE
The city of Indianapolis. In its answer to
the complaint of Mrs. Ellen Fletcher, who
sued to enjoin the city from building a pest
house near her home on West Fourteenth
street, says that after the condemnation
proceedings had been commenced the
plaintiff moved her house to the rear of her
lot in order that it might bo within the
500 feet.
The answer states that the erection of a
pesthouse on the proposed site will be con
siderably more than 1.50) feet from any
public or privat- hospital and that distance
from any psblic or private school, and will
be more than 500 feet from any residence.
The city attorney submitted the affidavits
of Drs. Theodore A. Wagner, C. E. Fergu
son, Eugen- liuobler and M. J. Spencer,
whieh declare there would be no danger
of the spread of smallpox If the pesthouse
was properly conducted. The affidavit of
H. A. Cox. civil engineer, stated that the
proposed site had been the site of the pest
house for fifty years. Affidavits of members
of the Board of Public Works were also
submitted. It is stated in these that Mrs.
Fletcher's house will be condemned.
CHICAGO HAS ALLEGED
DR. JEKYL AND MR. HYDE
Accused of Being Ticket Broker
by Day and ' 'Fence" Keeper
at Night.
CHICAGO. Jan. 30. A prosperous ticket
broker in a fashionable hotel by day and
a general receiver of stolen property by
night. Is the character given by the police
to Charles F. Stout, who has for some
time conducted a ticket broker's office In
the Kaiserhof Hotel. Stout was arrested
on the confession of a burglar who de
clares that he sold his stolen property to
him and did not receive its value. The
broker was held in bonds of $5,000.
RADIUM MAY TAN SKIN
OF THE NEGRO WHITE
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 20 A series of
experiments with radium, startling in their
scope, has been undertaken at the Univer
sity of California. An attempt will be made
to turn the skin of the negro white.
NEGRO QUESTION KEEPS
UNIONS FROM MERGING
Brotherhood of Carmen Not Will-
ing
to Admit Blacks Into
Their Order.
CONFERENCE IS ENDED
The Rrotherhood of Railway Car Men
and the International Association of Car
Workers will not amalgamate. This deci
sion was reached yesterday afternoon at
the meeting of the executive committees
of the two unions held at the Sherman
Home,
The negro question was the rock upon
which the two organizations split. Tie
car workers admit negroes and helpers
around the roundhouse into their organiza
tion and it was held by the members of the
car men's unlor that hese were not car
workers. The car men wtre willing to
organise, the negroes and roundhouse help
into a separate order, and, If nee ssary,
give the union thus organised financial as
sistance, but the -ar workers refused all
propositions tending toward this settle
m i t of the matter.
The members f the executive committee
of ÜM car wrkers left the city last night
for their hom's. Th members of the ex
ecutive committee of the tar men will k
early this morning.
BRYAN TILES ANSWER.
Declares the Roundabout Bequest
of $50,000 Is Valid.
NEW HAVEN. Conn.. Jan. 30. The an
swer of William J. Ilryan to the appeal
from the Probate Court brought by heirs
of Philo S. Bennett was died to-day In the
Superior Court. In the answer Mr. Bfyai
rtgures both a executor f the Benn't will
ami as trustee under the t-rms of the will.
In effect the answer declares that the
sealed letter referred to in the will makes
It the duty f .he asaOUtor to pay $5Ci.0Oti to
Mrs Bennett to be turned over to William
J. Bryan, and that Section 12 of the will,
uittutionlns the scaled luter, is valid.
GROUNDS
0
INJUNCTION
Hearst and Bryan.
The "Yellow Peril" Is Now a Duet, and It Is Doing Great Team Work.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
JOKES WITH MR,
Puts Hand on Senator's Shoulder I
and Asks "Yhv Don't You
Cut Bait?"
WHITE HOUSE INCIDENT
Special' to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. There was an
Incident nt the Cabinet dinner given last
night by Postmaster General Payne which
will be rend with interest by the Republic
ans of Indiana.
The President was in attendance, and so
was Senator Mark A. Hanna, of Ohio.
Representatives of the Democratic press
spent the greater part of the night in the
corridors of the hotel, waylaying the guests
as they departed and seeking information
as to a possible incident involving the
President and the chairmsn of the Repub
lican national committee.
"I don't know what the boys expected,"
said one of the gentlemen who attended last
night's dinner, "unless it was that Senator
Hanna and the President would engage in
a fist tight be cause the Democrats had made
an effort to make it appear that there is a
wide gulf between the two men."
One of the most interesting things that
has been printed in connection with the al
leged differences between the two men was
to the effect that the President had told a
prominent visitor from Indianapolis that
when Senator Hanna returned to Washing
ton he purposed to make him either "fish or
cut bait." So persistent and apparently
authoritative were- these stories that when
Senator Hanna arrived in Washington Sec
rotary Cortelyou called on Senator Hanna
and explained to him that the President had
said nothing of the kind, nor nothing that
could even be so construed.
Last night, after dinner. Mr. Payne sug
gested that the gentlemen retire to indulge
In after-dinner cigars. All arose to depart,
except the Persident. who lingered. None
of the male guests would leave the dining
room in advance of th" President. There
w is an awkward pause, each of the Cabinet
officers and other public men awaiting the
1 'resident's pleasure. The President finally
took in the situation and started toward
the smoking room, and found Senator
Hanna at the head of the other guestr
Throwing his arm across the senator's
shoulder, he said:
"Well, well, senator, why do you hesi
tate? Why don't you cut bait or fish?"
J. E. M.
Ilnnnit mid (inrmnii Invited.
FRANKFORT. Ky.. Jan. 30 The Senate
to-day concurred in the House joint reso
lution Inviting Senator Marcus A. Hanna.
of Ohio, to address the General Assembly
of Kentucky. By a previous resolution.
Senator Gorman, of Maryland, has been in
vited 10 address the Legislature.
CATCHER SEEKS TO
BE TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE
Unusual Announcement of an Un
usual Candidacy in Clark
County.
WEALTHY AT OXE TIME
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
JEFK1:US( -NV1LLE. Ind.. Jan. 20.
"N wton W Tomlin, the Frog Catcher, is
a Candidate for Township Trustee, Jeffer
son ville Township: Subject to the Action
of the Democratic- Prlrrfary."
Neat candidate cards, decorated on one
corner by the picture of a frog, and bear
ing the foregoing announcement, were
freely circulated to-day by "Newt" Tom
lin, one of the b'st-known characters in
the city. Th.T are six other avowed and
several prospective candidates for the
Democratic nomination for township trus
tee, but Tomlin thinks he can beat them
all. His campaign will be unique In that he
will not spend a cent of money and will
work among the poorer class of voters for
his sapport.
Tomlin is quite poor, but he was not al
ways so. For three months, several years
ago, he was rich, very rich. Before this pe
riod of prosperity he caught and sold frufrs
for a living, and he does so now. Tomlin
was one of the heirs of the Wathan SS täte,
and several years ago received his portion,
which amounted to thousands of dollars.
Tomlin started In to have a god time, and
he had it. while the money lasted, but this
was a very short period. Attired in a hand
some suit, with ilk hat and wearing big
diamonds in his tl- and on his ftners, he
would drive Ids t-am of handsome blacks
through the treats, but never failed to s-e
one of als old chums and stop to buy him a
drink. Tomlin never took change. When he
presented a bill In payment of a drink, his
answer Invariably was "Keep the change. '
Ail.-r a t.-w months his money was n.n ami
he fell back into his old habits, as though he
had m ver be-tn rich, and he never mentions
liic Cact 10 any 0Ma
A A
RUG
FIRE LOSS OP $3,000
AT SHELBY TUBE
000
WORKS
Immense Warehouses of the Steel
Corporation's Great Ohio
Plant Destroyed
COSTLY STOCK RUINED
SHELBY. O.. Jan. 20. The Cnited States
Steel Corporation stock suffered a IS.odO.ix)
loss by fire to-night at the plant of the
Shelby Steel Tube Company. The fire
started in one of the smaller rooms from a
defective electric wire and spread to the
larger stockrooms, destroying all of them.
The product of the entire plant for the past
six months was destroyed within an hour,
consisting of 800,000 tons, making in all 25,
OuO.uOO feet of finished product, and valued
at $3.000.000.
The fire broke out at 9 o'clock, and at 10
o'clock the immense buildings fell in with
a crash, which could be heard distinctly
for miles from the city. Battered and
twisted, the finished product lies in a heap,
and is almost a total loss. Tube works of
ficials state that a portion can be worked
over, but it wil require the entire capacity
of the plant and will delay the mills on
other orders. The stock consisted mostly
of locomotive boile r flues and other govern
ment work of various kinds. The fire was
confined tei the stock buildings, which were
built at an expense of $100.00u.
The tubing manufactured by the Shelby
plant was used extensively by the gov in
ment for boiler Hues In 1'nited Stat, s
vessels. The demand of the government
alone is sufficient to keep a good-sized plant
running centinuously the ear round. The
I'nlted Slates government has been the
best customer of the local plant. The plant
was erected In 1N, and has made gigantic
strides forward until to-day It covers near
ly ten acies of ground.
OPERATOR SCARED BY
"LIGHT THAT FAILED"
Anderson Telegrapher Thought
the Town Was Burning Two
Wires Had Crossed.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
ANDERSON. Ind.. Jan. 21 The local
Western Union Telegraph operator was
badly scared soon after Wednesday mid
night by the burning out of an electric light
wire se vers I blocks from where he was, but
leaving him in total darkness. It took the
operator several minutes to get over his
scare, and. Incidentally, procure an oil
lamp.
The operator was busily engaged send
ing a dlspate h into the Indianapolis Jour
nal office telling of a banquet given the
members of the Anderson Lodge of Elks
by T. G. Morris, exalted ruler of the herd,
who has lat ly been enjoy InK a honeymoon,
when the light went out; not figuratively
speaking, but it ceased to illuminate the
room.
Just as the light was extinguished the
operator glanced out of the window, and.
from the display he witnessed. h imagined
the town was tturning;. Hut it wasn't. An
electric light wire in front of the Kagle
Clotnlnf? s-tore. at Main and Ninth streets,
bacaasa oroaaad with another wir- ami
then- was an elactHcaf display calculated
to startle everybody in sight. Some quick
witted individual cut the wire, but the
lights remained out for some time.
MAY RUN TRAINS OVER
120 MILES AN HOUR
Xew York Central Railway and
the General Electric Company
to Make Tests.
SOHKNEOTADY. N. Y.. Jan. 20.-PI;ms
to equal and possibly beat th speed
re'cord of 120 miles an hour made at Iros
sen. Germany, come time- ago, we re made
to-day at a confrenre between officials and
experts representing the New York Cen
tral Railroad and the General Electric
Company. The tests are to be made on the
tracks not Won this city and Hoffmans.
If prepent plans hold, the. Central will thus
be enabled to run trains through N-w
York c ity and on its suburban lines at an
unparalleled rate of spee-d.
ON SECOND RE A DI XG.
Asiatic Labor Bill Passed at Pre
toria Australia Rebuked.
PRETORIA. Jan. 20. The Asiatic labor
bill passed Its second reading 1 - T 1 . the
Legislative Council to-day. Tlr Pery
Fitzgerald criticised the pimie-rs of the
Australian commonwealth and of New Zea
lanel for having cabb'd the authorities here
th-ir conviction th.it It w;i imperative- to
prohibit the intrexlucthm of Chinese labor
Into the Transvaal.
He said these opinions must be based on
profound ignorance of coneiltietns In the
Transvaal; that dictation from siM.-r lo
nles would be lisastrous. and that the- . x
ample of Australia was not one for emulation.
IT RE SOOX BROKE OUT
And Some of the Victims Were
Burned Others Scalded
and Crushed.
JOHNSTOWN. Pa.. Jan. 21.-2:40 a. m.
At least twelve workmen were killed and
twenty-five injured, some fatally, by an
explosion at the Cambria St. 1 tympany's
plant this morning. Two bodies have been
recovered.
The disaster was caused by the explosion
of an immense steam pipe ellr ctly iver the
engine in the boiler room of Nex 2 mill of
the Cambria Steel Company about 1:30
o'clock a. m.. which breiught down t ha
whole section of roof running fnm tho
puddling mill to the finishing shed of the
mill. Tin- woodwork at once took fire frm
the furnaces and at this time Is burning
fiercely.
Added to the fire and explosion disaster,
a large, waterplpe burst and flooded the
ground about the scene of th- acn.lent.
One man caught In the de-bris is In plain
sight but cannot be rescued, owing to the
Intensity of the heat. It Is probable that
not one of the men penn 1 in can eeaie
death either by drowning or fire. The ac
cident occurred between turns and a gre-at
many men were seated in the mill.
At 2:40 a. m. the number of dead was
estimated at from taelve to fourteen men.
The injured will number twenty-five or
more, many of whom are terribly scalded
and cannot live. Two bodies have been re
covered. The injured are being hurried
rapidly as possible to hospitals.
TRAINS ARE STALLED
IN THE HEAVY SNOW
Traffic in Central and Northern
New York Almost Completely
Blocked by Drifts.
SYRAOCSK. N. Y.. Jan. .-The east-
bound train on the Delaware, Lackawanna
& Western, which left here at 10 o'clock
last night, become stalled in the snow at
Summit and was unable to move until
nearly noon to-day. Heavy, drifting snow
has paralysed all the railroads except the
main line of the New York Central, whera
trains are late.
The worst blockade in recent years pre
vails on the Rome. Watertown A 0rd ens
burg road. Trains are ten to fifteen hours
late and many have been abandoned. Th
road between Watertown and Syracuse Is
c ompletely closed, no train having passed
over the line since yesterda' afternoon.
Several trains are stalled in snowbanks
near Richland.
ELECTRIFIED THE "L."
Storm at Chicago Endangered
Traction Passengers' Lives.
CHICAGO. Jan. 26. As the result of
storm, train service on the South Side Ele
vated Railroad was paralysed for nearly
two hours to-day. endangering life and
discommoding hundreds of passengers.
Rain, soaking through the wood substruc
ture of the road, cauned the moisture to
communicate to a defective third rail sup
port near a network of switches. The elec
tric current deserted the car motors and
flowed through the ironwork of the struc
ture to the ground. The entire struc ture
for a considerable distance was electrified
and menaced the- safety of horses and men
below until the current was shut off at the
power hejuse.
Trains on the road were crowded. Pas
sengers on the stalled trains, after waiting
for sm- time- for signs of life In the- mo
tors, toedt surface line s ami r ach d th lr
destinations down town after long delay.
TWO TRAINS COLLIDE.
Ten Cars of Coal, Coke and Beef
Are Destroyed by Fire.
ALTOONA, Ph.. Jan. 21. -An east bound
freight train, early thin morning, collided
head-on with a westbound freight at the
Horseshoe Curve, on the Pennsylvania raft
j road, and as a result two engine-s. a cab and
eleven cars we're- wn-ckcl Th. wreckage
at once took Are and burn-l fiercely. A
hurry call wus sent to this city und a fire
engine of the city department has gone to
tin w--ne. It. -for- lhe-y 1 ull sat th- rtra
ander control ten cars ef coal, coke and
beef were destroyed. The trainmen all es
caped Injury.
At 1 o'clock this iThtird;i morning,
two tr;n ks sere cleared and it will take
thr-e hiiurs to 1 ;it nj th- other two.
H. E. VON HOLST DEAD.
Was at Head of Chicago Uni
versity History Department.
CHICAGO. Jan. 30. A cablegram receive
to-day by lreside-nt Harper, ef the- I'mver-
-ity f Chicago, announced the death of
i'rof. Hermann Eduoarel Von Hoist at his
residence- in Freiburg. Ge rmany, umr. for
three- years, he has been on leave of absence
trom the university seeking to regain his
health. The message was sent by lira.
I Von Hoist.
Pl fessor Von HoNt was at the head of
I the university's department of history, and
was n vimn in roor u se nioruy 01 toe
faculty. He wis sixtv-thret years of ace.
PRIEST PAID THE DEBT
OF CATHOLIC CHURCH
B KANTON. Pa . Jan. 30. A surprise of
a pleasant and closely-bordering on a esa
national nature aas plven th.- ngr. gat loo
of St. Patrick s Catholic Church rvcently.
when the assistant priest. Re v J E Ly
nott, announced that th- congregation wae
out of debt. The parishioners, who be
lieved they Wer- owing about $''. Were
an. bl- 1 1 und rstand the .ro r tic tit,
until Father Lynott explained that the
venerable pastor. He-v. James li. Whelau.
during hin twentv-one years' pastorate, had
never drawn a cent of salary, but instead
bad pii.-tly diverted it lo the payimut ot
-.n.ba- bill.