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MtflONiOniO, TUESDAY KVJINIa,rAUAJtY14, 1908..
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PRIOX TWO OKI V0.
One Hundred and Thirty Lives are Lost in an Opera
House Fire at Boy ert own, Pennsylvania When
a Tank Lets Go, Followed by the Over
turning of Lamps.
Small Opera House was Crowded With Sunday School
Pupils Attending a Church Benefit In Some Instances,
Whole Families were Wiped Out Mad Rush Follows
the Appearance of Fire and Many were Trampled Down
'Scenes Following the Fire Beggar Description-Friends
are Almost Frantic With Grief.
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BULLETIN.
' Boyertown, Pa., Jan. 14. An of
ficial statement given to tho United
Press, this afternoon, by Burgess
Kohler, of Boyertown, places tho
number of dead at one hundred and
thirty, seriously Injured at upwards
of one hundred, a score of whom are
.probably fatally hurt.
lloyertown. Pa., Jan. 14. -Nearly"
t no hundred persons .were
burned to death hero last nigh
in mi tin? which, completely destroyed
lUioadeTs opera house. Sixty are in.
S'd. many fatally. They are
jLtyrtora of the best families In
Ihe town. , .
;inc opera house Was crowded
xwW the -members of St. Johns
"LuUieran Sunday school, who wore
tidlng a benefit given for that
vii., t hiio tvin nVinw was In
While tho
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, 0 Y ;Wn;tliem4elvehftra and to. avoid
the 'awful stampiedo of tho women
and children, ithe coal oil lamps,
which wero used at tho footlights
were overturned, sotting tho placo
j on tire, The flames, fed by tho
oil, ihot almost to tho colling and
there was a wild rush of tho seven
hundred persons to escape from tho
burning building.
bcores of women and children
were trampled upon and several
who escaped being burned to death
died after being dragged from tho
, opera house.
In many cases, tt is said, entire
fami'.'es have been wiped out.
1'he, scene which followed the ex
plosion Is lndescribablo. Scores of
persons who were in tho balcony
at tho time tho explosion occurred
Jumped from the windows and
iBUBUjinod fractured limbs and
slulH,
To add to tho terrible disaster
the flro apparatus became disabled
and the structure was loft entirely
to the mercy of tho soe thing flames.
It is almost certain not a vestige
of tile bodies of tho unfortunates,
who were overcome by tho amoko
anil perished, will ever bo found.
A'.istance wasf rtsked from Potts
tow, but before tho flro appara.
tus from that city reached this
piac the entlro center of tho
structure wus a roaring furnace.
the tncator, was with difficulty ro.
3ttined from throwing herself into
tho roaring flames.
At l o'clock a special train rrom
Krjfling bearing phjslct.ans and
nurses reached hero, but there was
li'.tli for them to do, as tho injurod
wio had dashed themselves to tho
pavement had been cared for by
tho physicians, nss'sted by the Potts-to-n
roller corps.
A fow minutes after midnight,
the rear wall of tho theater col.
lapped. The flames broke out anew
and Ihoso who had vainly hoped
to be uble to fjnd tho romalns or
sonto of their loved ones turned lu
despair from tho sceno of tho aw
ful cataBtropno,
It is estimated that at least 75
pert-ons wero Injured by being
trampled upon cither on tho stair-
war or by Jumping from tho wln-
OJWO Of the burnltif? ntriirlnrn
d this number, at loast a snnro
wen fatally1 inlurpii. n.t. inm. a
hau.d.ozen succumbed to their in-
Juries after being hurried to ono
of tho temnorarv hiisnifnia
'(lime Children rnnirlnr In .,,.
from 8 to 12 years and ono womau
who wero dragged from tho build,
ins by persons who had rushed to
h'inian forms and tho open Btago
door and open windows In tho hall
served to send a draught through
tho lire trap mid tho flames swept
over tho entire house as It by magic
loiplng .about tho Imprisoned
ViVPtched who wero caught without
a. chance of" escape,
Among tho charred corpses to.
day was found ono body of a wo.
man with a child hugged closo to
hor breast, tho two being burned
into one cinder.. Other bodies wero
luiiiul with hands clasped and In
the uttltudo of prnyer.
In tho list of Identified dead
today Is tho name of iMrs. Stella
Mayes, who had coached tho young
cliurch folks in tho play being
given. Mrs. Injes was on tho
stage and gavo hor life in m effort
to save tho young pooplo under her
charge.
'J ho startling charge, that cowar
dice on tho 'part or somo or tho
fo. men in tho audience wns chiefly
lusiinrsioio ior tlio great loss of
ui-, m made today by Uouben "W.
Sfwor, oso or the, men who escaped
by dropumg rrom a window of tho
OpfM liouso.
i-iitittDrcme Criurt Cleric Lawson
tam.!-. of St. ClalNvlM wero
fottnd'gh.lKy' In" the supremo court
Tuesday of contfempt of court for
altering- the, records of that court In
an endeavor to make It appear that
(Austin had passed tho state , law
examlntlon and had been admitted to
tho bar. Emerson uavo him fraud
ulent certificates.
lAustln was, fined ?100 and given
ten days in the Franklin county Jail
and Emerson was sentenced to ten
days In Jail, without lino,
WANTS TO TAKE IK
THE ISLE OF PINES
Washington, Jan. 14 .-nSenator
Dick has Intioduced a Joint resolu
tion placing tho government of tho
Isle of Pines In the control fit tho
United Stated until othorwlse'nrovld-
ed by act of congress or through
treaty with Cuba.
fl'ho president Is given direction of
tho military, civil and Judicial af
fairs of tho Island, ,
TRIE
IS BEGUN
HUGHES
IS WILLIN'
New York's Governor De
cides to Get Into the
Race in Earnest ,
Albany, N. Y(, Jan. 14, Govornor
Hughes Is willing. That ho llkos his
presidential boom becamo apparent
today. Ho talked with Harry W
the ipscuo, wero trampled almost to 'Mack' ot Now YorK' who wU1 cal1
up uie uugnos presidential resolution
In Now York county Republican coni-
u ii-ijn to HiriUl nf n..n .1
untortunnto clUldren was rrnh.,i
as though an egg sh".
'!ho flro was under control er.ur:..:'
bofoio 1 o'clock, but It was abso.
lutc'y imposslblo to attempt to
rr.aUo a search of tho ruins last
.night. It Is oxtromely doubtrul
if tlio remains of tho victims can
b nlstingulshed from tho debris,
as many poisons In tho audlenco
wer" coverod with burning oil as
the lamps exploded.
mlttec, Thursday night, and admit
ted that ho has agreed to meet Sen
ator Crano of Massachusetts, In Now
York, the latter part of the week.
lit Is a war on Toft and Roosevelt
from now on and lu tho open. Sen
ator Crano it Is said represents tho
antl-rraft Interests.
Uoyortown. Pa., .lan. 14. An
enlorntlon of tho steaming ruins or
Uiode's Opora Houso, shortly bo
foro noon today and a poll of tho
li-imes In tho llttlo parish or St.
John's Lutheran church. Indicates
that tho list of dead, resulting from
the tiro and panic, last night, which
terminated an amatour production,
gi'on undor Uie auspices of tho
church, will approximate ono bun
dled and fifty. Sevonty.flvo bodies
htivo nlrcady been Identified, ac;
coidlng to tho coronor, androports
from temporary hospitals indicate
that sevoral fatalities may result
Man Suspected of Brutal
Murder Before the
Court Again.
TAFT-FORAKER
SURE TO REACH
The Row in Cleveland is Far From Being Settled
and the Fight Goes Merrily on Contestants
Refuse to be Governed by Secretary
Thompson's Ruling.
Chairman Brown Takes a Hand in the Fight and Gives
Assurance to the Taft Leaders That Their Delegation
Will be Seated m Convention Burton and His Political
Leadership and Future are Brought into the Muddle
Meeting Held in Columbus Today Promises to be a Warm
One With Some Rather Sensational Disclosures.
THE COURTS
iMlllcrsburg, 0., Jan. 14. The sec
ond trial of Ben Dlckcrson, ot Cosh
octon, charged with tho murder ot
Mrs. Kate Hughes, two years ago,
began hero Tuesday.
Mrs. Hughes was os'saulted as she
wont to a spring for water. Death
was cused by forcing her head be
tween two saplings. Judge WJckam
noiu Tuesday, mat uiouerson must
answer to all, three counts of the In
dictment, jj
Blckerfirm was,convlcted on tho first
trl al but 45 aSKpre.me .Qouxtgranted, a
now trial otv!ho'igfound that tho'evl
denco of bloodhounds, which figured
In tho case, was not competent.
CULBERTSON CHARGES
GROSS FAVORITISM
(Washington, Jan. 11. Tho Dejn
ocrr.tlc demand for a senatorial In
vestigation of Secretary Cortelyou's
administration of tlio treasury -department,
becomes more prcsslpg to
day when Culberson, (Texas) minor
ity leader, charged ''gross fao7ltlsm"
in tho recent awaid of Panama bonds.
AUSTIN AND
EMERSON
Found Guilty of Falsifying
the Court
Recordp.
FOURTEEN SKATERS IN
PARIS ARE DROWNED
Paris, Jan. 14. Fourteen persons
broko through tho Jco today whllo
C ilumbus, O., Jan, 14. Walter
Drown, chairman 'of tho Republican
fctato central committee, ha3 stop
ped forward dn an attempt to
smooth out tho factional light
among Cuyahoga Republicans. Last
nigi.'t Hrown mndo overtures to
tho loaders of tho Taft forces
In Cleveland on tho basis that tho
call for tho primaries In Cuyahoga
bo rovlscd to Include tho selection
of a now county central commit
tee along with delegates to the
o decision has boon reached by., .' '
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Sor.'i'tnry llodway, John II. Price.
or tho old committee, Alaunlco
.Maschkc, b L Taft and James 11.
Uaunldy, nil of whom participated
In a midnight conference with the
state chairman at Tttft headquar
ters. Tho overtures for a settle
ment camo from tho leaders of tho
Ulrk-Korakor forces In Clovoland.
lhoForaker following Is prepar
eeffo deny tnatSecrotary of Stato
Thompson has any Jurisdiction In
th ! Cuyahoga quarrel at tho hear
ing to bo held before the socre.
la-y by tho contesting factions.
i.e threat Is opunly made that At
the secrotary rules Uiat the Cuya
hoga board of elections must recog
nize tho call issued by tho old
coiuiDlttee, tho entlio matter will
be taken Into tho courts.
A refusal on tlio part of tho
Cuyahoga suporvlsois to oboy tho
ruling of tho secretary of stato,
may lend to tho ousting of tho
election board members. Whatever
tho decision of Socrotn'ry 'lhomp.
son today, tho Indications nro that
tho controversy will reach tho
couits.
W. tt. Hopkins, member of tho
Cu:.ihoga election board, around
whom much of tho light In Clovo
land Is contcrlng, called on tho see-
to orag tho controversy Into tho
covrts, nttacklng both the llronson
p-l'iinry net and the form of tho
primary ballots. This will come, In
tho frankly expressed opinion or
Hopkins, no matter how tho secre
tary ot state may rule.
'I no cause of tho old commltteo"
W'll be presented to Secrotary
liiompson by John II. Price and
11ml L. Taft. They nlready havo
placed briefs In the hands or tho
secretary, tlio arguments for tho
I'oraker-Uick forces will be made by
I A. Nefr, and probably
orias McCaslIn. who acted ns
tnr ihl comuvlttee would bo recog
nized by tho stato convention,
"If It comes to the point whero
ynu have to make a rough and
tumble light, why. light It out, pick
a i!legntlon, and wo will see that
it is seated In tho convention",
sa'd Urown.
One ptoposltion submitted to tho
C levinnd polltloians was that com.
mlttre men fiom each precinct bo
selected at tho coming primaries,
tho precinct commltteo to nain-j
tti. central or governing commltteo.
PM. pioposltlon mot with a flat
rolusoi on tho part of thi Taft
leaders. ,
Senators Toraker and Dick will
return from Washington th'ls weeK,
open headquarters in this city and
ro.i'o tho tight on Secrotnry Taft
as vigorous as possible. Tills an.
nouniement was made ' last night
b ( hnrlcs L. Kurtz tho ac
k iov lodged Foraker leader In
t'iilo 1 Ivory means thnt tho two
M'natois can command Is to bo
pxeitfd In nn attempt to break the
rut ranks ana mako imposslblo a
solid nntlonal convention delegation
lif.in Ohio.
I It hns become evident to the
1'aft ninnngcis that organization
po'ifcs In Cuynhogn has more to
do with the present fight In thnt
rrunty than tho question of n presi
dential indorsement. Word wni
ui-juglit to Columbus today that
piit or the trouble In Cleveland
Is actuated by a deslro of tho
or.onles of Congressman llurtou
to put htm lu a holo r possible
una open tno way for n fieiit
chairman of tho Civuhoga rump
coinentlon.
vMillo Chnlrman Urown of the stato
cn'..nilttee is doing what ho can to
net ns a peacemaker, ho renewed his
pieugotc tho Cleveland Taft leaders npainst him as Kepublican lender
"..m mo ntiitc uuiivenuon ueiegation in Cleveland as well as tor renoml
solHded under the call Issued by I intlou to congress
FORAKER IS LEFT
OOT IN THE
COLD
The Washington Post Takes a Poll of the House and Bases
a Prediction on the Result Its Figures Fail to Give
the Gallant Joe a Single Vote in the Coming Na
tional Convention.
skating In Dols De Boulogne park and ,"" .con"5 . ca uou o ,, ,, , r;-
wero drowned. iretiry oi stuio .Moiuuiy auuruuuu. "-" "' oiiiiiaiuu
no win uo present nt tno Hearing .'vi iuuuy neariy one-nan ot tlio tto-
In Kamschatka thcro grows a mush
room called the false orange, from
which Is made liquor that produces
dellrum and convulsions. Nover-the-less.
It Is n favorite beverage.
'Rov. Thomas Spurgcon, tho fnm-
iWashlngton, Jan. II. According for Uafollettc, five and for Foraker,
to a poll of tho house of loprosenta- ,one. Fifteen members were uou-coni-
mlttnl and twenty absent.
un mis uas's, not counting tho
today
in tho opinion of Hopkins, Sec
rot.'ry Thompson has absolutely' presidency. There aio for Taft, nine
i.u iiuinuru iu jiiuku u tnuito uu- iy-tnree members; for Cannon, thirty
Iweon tho contending committees ns ni,,,,. for Knox twenty-six- for Fulr-co-tllied
to tho Cuyahoga oloctlon banks, Uilrteen; for Hughes elRhf
Riinnrvltinra Ho RnH Hut pnnfpnt.lnn 1 ' !? '
delegates fiom southern states which
Klllir Ilr WAtill i ijmi ......i a
linmlnntlnn r o-. .ir..,. .- .... I" ",, w,, uiuiJlUUrH 10 COU-
supervlsors. Ho sas tho contention
tha. tho secrotary has final decls-
,,,, , , , . m.-it-Kuiu noiu outi ern state:
JS"- " "l."lljr8llJ1' 110W. .'r.et0.rb l ,0 ,ont no nopubl'tnn memuora
gross, tlio Post figures that tho first
ballot in convention would result In
Taft getting 300 votes; Cannon US',
Hughes, S; Knox CS; Lafollctto, 20,
and Fairbanks 31.
ous Emrl'sh clergyman.Is now In ,on in tno matter wouiu not siaua
Venice,
ho will
.. Jan. 14. Ex-State
H . Austin, of Toledo, year ontirely regain his health.
ciergyniun,ia now m i- ........... .. uu.u
but Is so much better that;'" ' courts uvo minutes.
probably within tho next 'ihoro a ovment a plan already
JUUUWUIH
ascrihcd to tho senatorial
Hdd the
heeded the warning or tho cooler ri urly injured, Tlioro Is scarcely a
heads in tho audlenco. tho horri.lhomo in this nlaco today, but m
women and chlldron among tho soventy-ilvo persons so.
THIS TIME
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ble Joss of llfo might
vo'tea, but thoro was tho usual
panic and stampedo which Invar
iably follows at such a catastrophe.
Jllie flames sproad rapidly, and
communicated to tho other parts
of the theater. Men, wmon and
children rushod for the many exits
aud the weaker sex and tho chlld
ron wore trnmpled and maimed In
, th- hiad rush to gain tlio street.
Miery homo within a radius of
halt a dozen blocks or tho opora
hpudF was, mado a temporary hos
pital, vwhore the wounded wero
ruVfied by; carriages and other
mequv or convoyanco. ,
1 '" boyertown Is nhnrnm.li ,IK
W M'JpoMMon of abou't 2500. and is ,lq"
catd about hil,iwn i,nf,.... n.iir
4 fln -OTtovri; and IteadfnL it V
&'Aa.f. ?ndre'd8''6rl'e?sonslsurroun,l tho
-- i .i,:n,ng Btruct)-eft..appareht,iy un.
froin falliiKf walls. Many parents
Who had chlldron In the opera
house are naclnir to nnrt rM
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havo been .sifoonea oy tlio ueath of one or
moro relatives or friends.
Ot tlio ilvo hundred persons in the
llttlo opora houso wiion tlio flio
and panic broko, scarcoly ono hun
dred escaped death or Injury.
ltcscue parties, searching tho
ruins today, nro grooted with appal
ling sights. Many of tho bodies or
tho victims wero entlroly consumed
by tho flnmes only charred pieces
of bono remain. Others, which woro
protected from tho flames by bolng
burled undor piles of dead bodies,
have boon takon out today un
scorched but horribly mutilated.
IJismomborod hands nnd flngors
havo heen found which woro moral
ly trampled oft. A shocking number
bf chlldron woro among tho victims
?"? V,VVH!)or 9r the9 tlny forms,
brougbr'dut today, yero literally
crhihod to a pulp; show4ng that tho
ltlllo ones had been ruthlessly
trniplod down in tho fronzlod rush
ti safoty.
Uio ontlro dlsantnp wiia iiim .-i
m-iBt( maddened by the awful sight. mnr,,y' to a l'anl ind stampede.
The night was ono, of walling and : J"0 "rst ox'"lpn, whtck resulted
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uuBuien. 'jne shrieks of mothers
who rushed to tho scone as soon as
Ihti learned of tho nro, was pltl.
w, Ab tho night wore on tho
ciewda surrounding tho "building
grfiw to 'such proportions that It
watf alrhont Imposslblo for tho po
lice force, which had been augment
ed by acore of mon frm Potts.
own ana.,teaaing to keep the
PnnlJM:k, -,One woman, who'sald
rrom a escano of cm nmH
muving picturo machlno
in the
Wna 1t
o cisequentol in Itseir. 'Tlio flash
of tho explosion, however, torrlfiod
the children and lu tho packod hall
and they started a mad rush for
the doors. 'Ihoso on the stago bo.
camo rrigniened nna Uio korosono
lamps, used for footlights wore
KipKou over and tho nluco nnd
Almost in a twinkling the narrow
Columbus,
Senator L. L
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&,. HE WILL TRY THE ' JOB ALONE
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REAL FIGHT WILL BE
OVER EVELYN'S STORY
MMMMBn
Battle of Experts was Begun in Court This Morning When
Three Physicians Testified to Insanity in Thaw's
FamilyA Wooster Tutor Tells of Thaw's Con
duct While in School.
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i..' lt M(Mtlmr enUre torollyfJa exlt M cloggod with a wall ot l ., 1 , . tT ?',
New York, Jan. i4.Tho battU
of experts tor tho life of Harry
ll.aw began in earnest this morn
injT when Attorney 1ttloton call
ed to tho stand, throe physicians
who know nbout his mutornal and
pati'ii..il ancestors. They also callod
Chailes i,t KpchJor of i wytupna,
Minn., who, ns a tutpr In tho
Woo' tor, Ohio university, had Thaw
under observation when Jio was sax
tern. An early adjournment of tho
mri'img session wns taken by
JiibMce Dowllng at tho request of
A'tunoy Littleton who explalnod
thnt nn important witness hnd not
yet nrilved.
Li Decmnr, a physician or
KiliMinlng, d'a., told about Thaw's
ea I- attacl- or St. Vitus' danco
nnd about ilnsnnity In tho family
of lliaw's mother.
IV Wm. llutlor, or Jtoanoko Va.,
and Dr. Foster or .Norfolk, Va.
told or insanity in Thaw's ances
tors M. Koehler said that yhen Thaw
wi al Wooster, ho was anaemic
and norvouK and at all,, times was
an PLcentrlq studont. ,,Hp was an
ovcopllonally jnoqjly youth, given
to 'lights ol eUrqnip . cjatlon or
esfcnie g.lo6m, , ,,,i0
1'he real fliit wlWlflomo over
tin- li.tiodufrtjoii of Evelyn Tliaw's
story of her betrayal at,, the hands
of .I'anford AVhlto. Jerome has
mado up lis mind that this story
slnll not bo repented and so soon
as sl-t Is sworn ho will ontor an
ooj-cuon to her testifying to any
tltlr.pr excepting actual occurrences
o.i tho night of tho trugody and
Immediately prior thoroto Llttloton
will insist that her story'la mater
'al.
HERO OF COLD HARBOR
DIES m MASSACHUSKTTS
-Worcester, Mass., Jan. 14. .bHe-
adler Qonoral Joslah Pickett, onq of.
mo huiuub oi yom unifijor, died here
today. Ho was desperately wounded
In that engagement. ' 1
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