The Richmond Virginian., December 19, 1910, MARKET EDITION, Image 1

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BUT .
FIVE DAYS
FOR SHOPPING
MARKET
EDITION
VOL. 1.—No. 279.
THE W EATHER—Cloudy.
RICH M O X D, V A., M O X DA V.
f) KC E M 15 K R ID, 1D1<».
iii PAGES.
City MIIm.1
Mai* IMItlaa... .*
By Man Oaa T»«t.
a
SHOPPING THRONG
IOt™ TIDE
Broad Street Crowded and
Stores Jammed With’
Buyers
STOCKS VARIED
AND BUSINESS GOOD
Merchant Who Made More
Elaborate Preparations Not
Disappointed—Poor to
be Well Cared f> >r
I ive « and Sum';. .'■><• more
days—and Christmas:
That is what the calendar shov.e,
and from the way tin . j.iwrt throngs
in the big stores on Broad and Main
street* it i« lair to say that the* same*
Idea is constantly recurring in the
thoughts of every snopper tu town, it
rings in the oars of the women crush
mg their way to th* counters where
special bargain* nr. being oJTertd.
and where myriad presents must bo
bought for every member of largo
lamllios. it rings in the earn or no n
"ho positively must get that present
this very da; and mail or express it
at ono> It rings in the .are of the
girls and boys who are 1.rimming with
holiday anticipation, and even in the
< ars of the tired shop girl It also
tings, Imt with another (Inale. f..r un
til the Christmas buying is over the
wlil know no rest m.r pen. ■ lint
when the day has come ami gone then
there will be a pleasant rest until
lhe new year quietly slide* in '.ring
ing In tht w or f .r another tuev.c
months.
stores Very Attractive.
The stores this year are more al
lractive ihnn the; have ever been
Their stoi k is larger and b* iter, and
their variety greater, whip- with larg
er corps of eb-rks at every establish -
ment shopping <«n be done vvitli nu<rt
vase and dispatch than Klrhnv.mi
shoppers hav. ever known. Autlci
patlng the !nrg. holiday trade the
merchants laid in a stock from 30 to
60 per Cent, better than that exhibit
ed last year.
Many stores have been enlarged
during the year, anti these additions
are now given over a most Completely
to Christmas display s. Besides the
regulation lines of merchandise and
drv goods and notion* and what not
almost every store carries a special
feature, besides showing in it* win
dow attraction* typical of the season,
and yet particularly striking in their
modern nevvtteg*
Inside the stores there is a mad.
incessant whirl. The w id. doors sw ing
Inward t.. admit the pouring crowd,
eager for tht shopping fray. To the
bit tin wid. doors swing outward us
tht. army of l.atti. -scarred and tils
beveled veterans beats against them,
• so h carrying carefully w rapped and
bundled some portion of the spoils
some prize won lc> heroi. .ff.ot at th.
bargain counter
tin account ol additional fn bites
(Continued on KSghtn Page.)
BIG BURLEY BREAK;
PRICES ABE GOOD
LARGE OFFERINGS AT ALL THE
WAREHOUSES AND BUYERS
PAY GOOD FIGURES
Tin- largest Hurl' > break of the year
occurrvdln the Richmond tobacco mar
k'-i Monday. Davenport's narchmif
alone Ki lling >01.00" pounds of B'.irtoy
•as well iis considerable sun-cured
grades. The sales In all the ware
houses of the city probably aggregated
250,000 pound*, the greater part >f !
Which was Hurley. Tin market was
firm. and. in spite of the large "(fer- :
Jilt., the prices gotten were the best of
tin cear The highest any particular
lot brought was !'• 1-2 cents per pound.
Tin bulk of the tobacco wits com
posed of packages shipped by freight
from West Virginia and Ohio, the Oh to
tobacco not bringing a* good prices us
the West Virginia stuff. There Wits
also hundreds of pounds of snn-i tired i
brought in front the neighboring conn- i
ties of the State.
The warehousemen are preparing for
tremendous sales the rest of this week.
The Inst few days espet luily ought to
see the largest breaks, due to the dump i
weather ctf Sunday and Monday anti
the slight falling of tile temperature J
recently. The salts will lie diseontin
ued after Thursday of this week for
the Christmas holidays, and w ill he re
sumed on the 3d of January
ALDRICH WONT I
TAKE JOB AGAIN
—
CNDER NO CONSIDERATION, HE
SAYS. WILL HE ACCEPT RE
ELECTION TO SENATE.
PROVIDENCE. It. I . Dec. 19.—
Senator Nelson W. Aldrh h, it became
known to-day, la unequivocally op-i
posed to any attempt to rename hint
for the United State senatorshlp. He
has declared positively that he could
not consider any attempt to nominate
him in oaae of a deadlock' In the
Legislature.
When the question was put to him
ns to whether there was any founda
tion for the report that he would
be nUced to run again If the Jtepub
Uoana should become deadlocked over
the candidacies of Col. Henry F. Up- ■
pit and Judge I,e Baron It. Colt, the !
Senator shook his head emphatically, j
"No, no," said he. "1 can't do that.
You seem to- lose sight of the fact I
(hat I nm slaty-nine years old."
RECALL OLD PASTOR
i
Rev. R. 5. Egg.••ton.
CHURCH RECALLS
THIRD !• It R << II I T r It I \ \ » l,«( K
n\NTH DM. »;i.t,l.kWTO\ TO
> it'll: nti k iti HiniMoMi.
HL IS NOW IN LOUISA
oiim:ru;i) \\\ w hiom i,ot i*\ n i.k
HK< It M IMMVTK HID \I»T
alhki: with in**
UK \ I TU.
*
At. c"tig! * gutional meeting <f the
Third Pt t« rian ctiur« h Sunday a {
tall was extended Rev. Dr. R. R Kg
gl*>9ton former pastor of th cnurch, ■
who Htv^pUi! hl call to Htuart- Robin- •
son M» rTMvr1.il in itle the siuiy
part of the fall
The Louisville v'imai*- has not prov-j
f*«! ;.Rogeir;* r b* r•• 'ial t*» I *r. KkkIch-.!
tor. s health .4.iitl it is said that he wa?
rft ently ordered away from that < ity
hy lila physician Ho i« now i?t Roulsa j
/‘••'inty with hi* family. having come
on t" Virginia for the purpose of spend
lw« tin Christmas holidays. and It is
unilt rstood that he in ill most probably
accept tho tall t<» tome back to his
former chars'** here
Ministry Successful.
In KggleMon .anu* t< Klfimitvid ten
yt ors g*- from Portsmouth to accept
the pastorate of the Third < hur< h 11
ministry hern was very successful and
i: was with much reluctance that ins
tb*« k agreed to let him K ■ to Routs-';
villi- N ■« thm are doubly glad that
h' i\ili hk»dy ho their paster again.
Dr. f ".g«h‘st* • took ( barge of the
- )h i !rtir« the first of Septem
ber H* tniued tii'Un two previous
alls t<> tin- church u fore finally ac
cepting
Mr. Krhvin ht asams w as named spe
cial < on i miss ion*- r at the Third church
congregational non tin*; to to to Routs
vilk* and prosecute the release of Dr. f
Kggh. Mlon before the presby tery of that
• tty He will lea*.- on this mission j
about the first of th. year. It is under- *
st «»v»d
Dr. McFaden Presided.
Ho- I »r !■“. T McFaden, pastor of i
First Presbyterian church, presided!
over the meeting as moderator.
After Dr. 1'ggleston left for liouis- i
vllle the Third church extended a call j
to Rev. Dr. I). P McGeachy, of Re- \
n.olr X t*. After some th liberation. ‘
hovve\ ct. he declined the call.
It is understood that tlu* RouisviU*' ,
climate proved - specially trying on Dr ,
Kgg batons throat and it was chiefly
on that douimt that he was « rdered
aw ay for bis health.
Sevornl weeks i.go |>r. KggU-^ton vU
ited Richmond o» officiate at a mar
riage.
SUFFOLK TO-IAY
msl\l>s IMtAC 'TICAid A Ms
i*»:\i>i:i) whiij mkai, <»»*n«>.\
I N(iA(iKS «.i:\KHAIv ATTKN
THIN.
(Mpcciul i" Tlif Ulcntnond Virginian.)
SI' I' KUl.K. YA. fitcrniUff IP.—A
pcriect election dot. *•- far as whether
Is concerned. favored the voters on
hoth sides of the I oral option iiue.s
tlt>n Since early morning every vot
ing precinct has been .row/tect and the
largest vote ever polled in Smtolk is
the expected result.
Thu contest looks close and many
are in doubt as to the final outcome.
Betting has been spirited since Fri
day but few odds nre being given.
Several bets of $500 und $300 hate
been placed outright by "wet" men.
tho> being covered by "dry" poola.
The dry* claim h majority of 100 at
leaat while the tveta are equally con
fident hut they do not place their ma
jority at so high a figure.
The election Is the one question In ,
the city to-day. All business la prar- j
tically suspended and every eligible j
voter is being -outed out by the party j
leaders. There has not yet developed
any feeling of bitterness, although this ,
Is the hardest campaign ever fought
in thla section. The women of ths .
i tty are "dry" In their sympathies but i
have taken no active part In the cam- j
palgn.
*
LYNCHBURG m
F|LE_PETITION
Two Election Judges Disqual
ified on Account of Holding
Federal Position:?
VALIDITY OF 1910
REGISTRATION ASSAILED
Case Will Probably be Heard
at February Term of Court
—Many Irregularities
Shown
LY.Vf HJIUP.U. O... D<« li*. - At n
!a'r hour M-itur.i.-v evening tin' petition
ijt ti i I.;, nehb urg Anti-Saloon League
contesting the result of the ioca! op
titon election held riecenjber i* wu*
filed in the Corporation Cutirt of tins
city, the »ttornc—a for flu* petition*!-*
being .Messrs. 'Jeorg< K. Casktr ntni
Thomas W hitohfod, of Lyiichbunr. and
Judge A. A. Phlogar. of Bristol.
The petition covers raven typewrit
ten pages of legal cap. going into the
election at great length.
The first allegation made is that
Thomas J. O'Hrian. United States cum.
missioner. and A. It. Percy, United
States jury commissioner, who wen
Judges ai different precinct*, were dis
qualified aa election officials by reaaon
of their Federal position*. The peti
tion holds that the hh majority for the
wets" in these precincts should he
thrown out
The second count attacks the valid
ity of the tegistration of the lUlti vot
ers because nearly al! of these new
inters acre not required to make
written application for registration.
This calls in question the vote of .Hi<>
persons The petition algo expresses
the belief that practically the entire
registration here since 1!01« has Iwet;
illegal, a* I* the failur. of the rrgt~
trars to certify their registration t
the Corporation Court, which, it is
i laimed has mu hern done for four
years. it also allege* that three poi
son* voted who were not registered and
that 111 voted in precincts in which
they did not reside.
Th* issue wiii be i.ade up shortly,
und It is stated that tlie rase will he
heard at tlie February term ■ f the Cor
poration Court
Th* Petition.
To tile Hon. F. IV Christian Judge of
the Corporation Court for the City of
Lynchburg
The undersigned, A. A. Anderson. B.
P. Thornhill. P»ter Ainslie. John G.
Hay the, 3. T Nodi. Jr. r.. E. Menefee.
Continued on Fourth Page.)
hie iid Him urn
[XCIUNGE SEATS
M1T1J-: CHiKMOW ATTENDS IN
inrnox of new chief ,u >
Tin: or M i’iinu: court.
WASHINGTON. i’. c.. Dec. 1 x.—
All preparations «'crc completed early
to-day fur tin simple corfniuny which
make h Edward Douginas White chief
justice ■ .f the Fritted States.
Though man., persons look upon
thi acet salon ..f a chief Justice as
equally important to the nation a*
the inauguration of a president, the
different in the character of the two
events could scarcely he more marked.
There is no grand parade, no pub
lic announcement in advance, and, in
fact, the small Supreme Court cham
ber w 111 hold but a score of specta
tors.
It realty simply amounts to Jus
tices White and IlAtlan exchanging
seats. said an official of the court
to-day Justice Harlan, as presiding
justice, ha* occupied the chair In the
center of the bench the death of Chief
Justice Fuller on July 4 last. White s
seat has been next to Harlan,
Jiietioc White Takes Seat.
Chief Justice White took his seal
at the head of the supreme court
bench to-day at ten minutes past 1J
o’clock.
The new chief justice took the ror
mal oath <v office in the robing room.
When the justices Hied In as usual.
Presiding Justice Harlan announced
the appointment and confirmation,
saying; "We welcome our brother to
bis new position.”
Chief Justice White in his place on
the bench which he occupied as asso
ciate justice, then took the judicial
oath with hand upraised. Justice Mar
ian also raising his hand and holding
the open Wide. He read the oath tn
a firm ami distinct voice, nml when
the phrase. ”Sn help you Clod,” was
reached Justice Harlan uttered th"
words with great solemnity, bowing
his head. The chief justice repcatea
them with bowed head, and the two
venerable jurists exchanged seats.
Justice Harlan grasping the hand of
his colleague.
Chief Justice White, with no at
tempt to conceal his emotion, bowed
to his colleagues and took his seat. The
ceremony was marked by the utmost
simplicity.
COURT SAYS SECTION
HAND SHARES RISK
HENCE DAMAGES ARE AWARDED,
AS IF HE WERE ACTIVELY
ENGAGED IX OPERATING
T I I
TRAIN’S. i
Washington, d. o„ lice, is.—on;
the ground that a section hand shares
the risk of railroad employsa, al- i
he is not engaged In the opera- ‘
tlon of trains, the Supreme Court of i
the United Stats* to-day confirmed a
decision of the lower courts award
ing damages for the death of Ray
Hicks, who was killed on the- Mo
bile. Jackson and Kansas City rail*
road. Hicks was standing beside tha
tracks when a derailed car turned
*»er and crushed him to death
?
Attempted to Kill Mayor Gaynor
4 •*t«H tMj
JnES GALLACHtR
* »a! hi K lior is to be tried
natic»n of Mayor Qfcvnor
in New York this week for ■■ •■#•• a'tempted a.«sa*si
MR. DAVIS NAMED
NEWJSSI5TANT
PRO MINI: NT PKTKRMU !W. L\U>i:H
BKrOMEH IIIC.H'I BOWER TO
ATTORNEY tt&NKRAL U IL
TAKES OATH OF OFFICE
MtCTHMDE HV»; . COSi> TO
HK IIMMD. tCCKPT* nmol,
AND I* IMMtODIATf'IA
'HORN IN.
Attorii.-> It to hard R Da >; •. . Pe
tersburg, Miint!«\ accepted the ufflrc
ft assistant att >rney-gcn»ral. made
va ant lij- thf dtatii <>f Captain W. E.
Hlbb ton tints ago. Mr. Davis was
*" urn in at th. utllce of Attorney
Gem-ral William a immediat. !y alter
signifying hi? willingness to s* rv< .
Mr. Hat is eeptane. • arac as a
greui s-urpris. to all th. ..m< ials .>t
tnv C&pttol ami Library and his h<'st
of friends in Ft!• hmnnii. Although it
was known that thf- offict was ten
dered him several days ago, the opin
ion prevailed that he wmild tl> rime,
iifcKust ht> anti his partner. Charles
Hall Davis. hat- a large and lucra
tive prat th t> in Itersburg. and it was
not thought lie truth] Jen's* that to
take the assistant position, whit h pays
Id.500 a y at*
Mr. Davis. hovvver. tunic, i * Rich
mond Monday at noon, aw Judge
Williams and det land in t ier, of the
fa. t that he lived hut twenty-one
miles trom Richmond and eoul.i make
the trip to work and h;o k home in
such short time, that h< would ac
cept the office Judge Williams was
delighted to hear this and Mr Davis
w as w icorn. ti t" the office as the
new assistant.
Few lawyers enjoy a wider ac
quaintance t.r stand higher in the
estimation of the people than Mr.
Davis, lit- is a profound arid widely
experienced lawyer. Veteran of the
war between the States anti served
In the legislature during a trying and
important time.
Mr. Davis was a member ut the
revision committee of the Legislature
In lt'02-1903. and did much work to
ward adopting tile law;* of the State
to the new Constitution. lie served
on the committee with Senator Wil
liam Hodges Mann, now Governor;
W. H. Hon?;, of the House: C. H.
Walker, of the Senate; George Wayne
Anderson, or the Senate, and J K.
Cat >n. of the House. Mr. Davis was
also a member of the House.
News of Mr. Davis' acceptance war
received with general gratification
throughout the State official circles
and on all sides It was agreed that
Attorney-General Williams had made
a most admirable selection anti was
fortunate in getting the prominent
and learned Petersburger 1" accept
the arsistantship.
ENGLISH OFFICERS
TO BE TRIED AS SPIES
LONDOX, l >ec. IS.—Sir William
Bull, of the firm of solicitor* repre
senting the two English officers. Cap
tain Trench and Lieutenant Brandon,
charged with spying upon the German
fortifications at Borkum, left to-day
for Leipsie, where the accused men's
trial will begin Wednesday morning.
HHAVV it\i,i.i)C
IJi VKSTIG ATIUX MX PKN S MS
WAHH1XGTOX. I>ec. 19.—Expenses
of the Ballinger-I’lnehot Investigation
from February 1* to June HO amount
ed to 913,944, according to the an
nual report of tho secretary of the
Senate, Issued to-day. The cost of the
stenographic report of the proceed
ings was $5,071. The expense of pro
curing the attendance of witnesses
amounted In many Individual cases
from $200 to $350. On# witness cost
$377. The star, however, was Henry
K. Love, who came from Fairbanks,
Alaska, and whose attendance cost
th» government $111.
EARTH SLIPS INTO
PACIFIC OCEAN
I UK III Mlftr.D LUSK
IIF>I LT OF (iRK %T KVRTII
Ul %I4K OFF MLVADOR.
ISLANDS DISAPPEAR
WILD MHIMBI.L FOR 1IUA1 ^ lik:
MLT« |M M\N\ SMALL C HAFT
t
-»l KVIVOHS TFLL
THAUIS STIIRV.
wr:sr t'oiiOX,, i^< n»—idspateh
■ from Ia\ J,ibe:l.«id, SaAaU'-r, re
ceived here to-diiv. dcdare that earth
quake sho< ks throughout Salvador
havr subsided «ft* r causing at least
five hundred deaths un islands off the
Pacific roast. The sinking of ;i larg»*
inland In the lllepango La^i-nn. off
Salvador drowned 20«» persum*. many
of these having1 tied from smaller isl
ands.
S' ore? of small islands slid into the
s» a when th«* earth tremors Logan
last Tuesda;.. th» out-r group beyondj
the lag -on disappearing ilr*t. .\x the
shocks increased, whole groups, for
mer!.\ two . r more land put h»* were
hurled into the .-an and the natives
m d toward th. mainland. Most of
there t .ok r«-fug** n the larger la
goon island.
I »ej»' riptions of the striking of* Ul« -
pango Island reveal th»* disparate
dash of the natives for the high ridge
ef land as the island slowly settled
i Into the ocean. The whole popula
tion was thrown Into hysterica! ex
citement and the dash for fishing
boats on the shores reunited in the
' death of numerous men and w.men.
<*nly the strongest getting possession
of the boats and survived. In the
scramble for small boats the crafts
| were* * wrecked or made unsea worthy.
Survivors coming in to-day from
nearby reefs tell of the tragic dis
appears tue of the inhabitants ,.f the
Islands
THREE KILLED IN
MINE EXPLOSION
MINERS MADE DASH FOR SHAFT
WHEN ACCIDENT HAPPENED.
TWO OTHERS INJURED
; KAIRMOTXT. \V Y.V.. Deo. 1!«. — j
! Thnv men jvere kilted as the result <»r
i an explosion to-day in the .Middleton
i mine, nme hitler, south of this city.
Those who were in .the mine at the
: time ran for the shaft, ami all hut the
j three men. with the exception of two
j others, who received slight burns,
escaped.
ROCKEFELLER WILL
SDOH BE HJRO FROM
WASHINGTON. Decent her II*.—-It
became apparent to-dav that i’anny
Andy Carnegie has tattled Johnnie I>. j
Hoekefeller In the garden game of
Riving away millions and declared
“You’re it:"
Johnnie is peeved, and curious
forced to ndmit that he Is really "it."
and cun do nothing now hut protest
’"taint fair."
Johnnie Isn’t used to being "It."
and a* a result h« set his agents at
work here to try to turn the tables.
The cause of his mental unrest Is th«
presidential approval placed on the
*1(1.000,000 peace foundation or fhe
smiling Scot. The oil king, according
to hls agents, can’t see why President
Taft should l>e so enthusiastic over
the gift of Carnegie, w hen an attempt
on his part to turn over n major por- ,
tion of hls proflu on oil, for the gen
eral purpoae of tenanting the human -
race, has met with1 cold Indifference at
the hand* of congress
NEARLY A SCORE
DEAD OR MISSING
IN BIG EXPLOSIOl
New Voik Experiences a Most Harrowing Disaster, Costing !
Many Lives While at Least Fifty Are Injured
Property Loss is Large
MILK DEPOT, CARPENTER
SHOP AND POWER PLANT OF
N. Y., N. II., & IL R. R. IN RUINS
Street Car Blown From Track By Violence of Explosion, ■
Crushes Occupant of Automobile--* Buildings
Damaged in Area of Twelve Citv Blocks
--Numerous Narrow Escapes
NKW VollK, l)iv. ID,—Vino person* are (load, ritlit art* inlvdng t
supposed to he dead and more than <•>.) were injured iim the mall
a mysterious explosion which wrecked the milk depot and ear|»enter
of the Neu York Central Hallway at Forty-ninth street and Inln|tw
avenue to-day. So lerrllle was the force of the explosion that the
power house of the New Haven Kail rood, which is Immediately
the demolished structure, was almost completely destroyed, while aH
jais'nl property was badly bettered and windows In all buildings for |
dlu« of a dozen blocks were blown out.
The police later said that the exploeion was probably caused by the
tion of a tank containing acetylene gee which was in a car in the milk
It was set off. they said, by a spark from the third rail. This expli
caused the blowing up of a car laden with dynamite.
The dynamite was owned by the Terry 4. Tench Contracting Comp
which is building the new New York Centrsl hi net. and the officials Of I
firm sent word to the district attorney askn.y tnat he institute an inveetifas^
ttion to locate the responsibility.
THE IDENTIFIED DEAD.
The identified deed are:
..Mrs. Mary B. Poke, passenger in street car.
Patrick Jordan.
Prank Spagg.
E. B. Livermore, an employe of the railroad.
C M. Morrow, an employee of the ra,lp°*cl.
Misa Edith Ossman, eecretary to Geo r9e ^or* Utassy, general manager Of
the Cosmopolitan Magazine.
Jack Ryan.
William Poetschke.
Thomas Stagg.
The three latter are workmen at the Grand Central. '
Twenty of the Injured wore taken t° Plower Hospital, fifteen to BellO*
vue and a like number to the Presbyl,r'*n Hospital. iig
t.SK3
I
I
GOTHAMITES DELAYED
fir MORNING FI..E
Tl'NNElj TRAINS ITT (JI T OK
COMMISSION nv n,.\MI> \T
idh i u hoi si:.
JKUSKV CITY. Defimlier 11*.—The
worst i rush in the history of down
town i ummuting in Non York follow
'd »n w. id'nt to-day that put the on
tiro Hudson i.n.l Manhattan railway
“.'ton., operating the tunnel trains !.<•
livi'i.n 1 loli..Uon .I.Tifv i’it;. and Sixth
avenue and Thirty-third stre.t. Man
hattan. out "f husin.-ss. Th. a. . ideiit
was a tiro in the Jersey City I'mivr
House Company and the entire system
was 1 elt- without electric power for
hoars.
The I’ennsy Ivania railway has. as
the result .>! tit. opening of its tunnel
and new station, abolished the Twen
Ij-third street ferry entlri ly and re-I
duced the number of boats ..n the
..titer two lines The result was that
the thousands of oommuters on that
road and on the Jersey trolleys were
herded like rattle on the few boats
running and it was nei essary in ran
out police reserves to k. ep the crow ds
in check
The fire started from some unknown
cause in the main power house of the
Hudson and Manhattan Company in
Jersey City shortly after 4 o'clock. It
burned all of the woodwork. waste
and Inflammable materials on the
main .floor and put the small engines
which furnish the air to th. boiler
room and boilers of commissi.>n. This
caused the boiler room force to aban
don the machinery Hnd make for th"
Street
The fire was put out after a couple
of hours but the machinery was dam
aged so hadly that several hours were
needed to make repairs. Meanwhile
the entir* system was ii.-.l up.
TWO DEAD, THREE
HURT J FIGHT!
[ ITIZI W I'USSi; ATTKMl*TN c.\i»
Tl Hi: OF TllliFF HIRGDAHs
IN COLORADO.
GUANO .HWCTIoN. (\IL, Dpi'. IS. j
>tie man is il* hi I and two others are
n the county jail here to-day at the
result uf a battle between a posse '
if citizens and three men who r ib- i
bed a general store at Clifton, near !
acre.
Nothing was heard of the men after
the robin ry until a party of boys
reported that the bandits wore lin
urlsoned in a dug-out northeast of
.'lift.m
The boys hail come upon the men,
uid, coxertng them with their ,
altbre rifles, had sent ono of th»tr !
number Into tow n for help. By the ;
time the posse arrives!, howover, the !
rolibers had compelled the lads to as- j
list in hiding the loot. The posse j
followed them for nearly four miles,
■vhen the hamllts turned, and, using •
the- bodies of tho lads a* shields, !
jpened lire.
. w. H. llarrlson, of Clifton, who was '
eadlng the pome, despite the fact
hat tw o of h!s sons wer being , held
,>y the bandits, returned the fire and
killed the leader, after vyljlch the
>ther two surrendered.
CM
iteports ( ontradlctory.
Jt w as at tirst rep.tried that tha **.
plosion was in the boiler house,
thin was proved a mistake, and
tho officials of the railroad and
poli.e h.-ard that it was due elli
to the explosion of a quantity
acetylene or fitnamtte. The flrM
port Has that switchmen running
' ■tr loaded with dynamite to be US
with the excavation of the .New y«
iVntral terminal into the depot
control of it and It smashed a
a track bumper and exploded.
That the disaster was not far
or is due lo the fact that it
place at s 15 in the morning. Tht
duarters of an hour later there
have been many additional vie
because .•! th. iact that the con.
sion wrecked the big parochial act
•>( St. Patrick's cathedral, ut
ilrst street and l .ext ng ton avci
This school has an attendance of
than l.r.00 scholars. and tho la.
class room in it was demolished.
' hi account of the early hour,
ever, there were only half a
scholars in the building. They
not badly hurt. Two boys stand
ic front of the building. hows
"er. knocked down ami terribly
b> Hying glass.
Hurry f ulls for Help.
W ith the noise of the explc.
came the crash of shattered glass,
this was quickly followed by .he
of the injured. Hurry calls fa£l
of the available nnibulauces In
hattan were sent out, and two
alarms called tire apparatus tt> .
seem-. As soon as the report ot tj
explosion reached police headqi)|_
the entire polb e reserves of th«
were hurried to the scene. They
their work cut out for them, ’
crowd of some twenty-five thou
people were soon surging to the f
Police lines were hastily estnblti
and only those having business
were permitted within them.
As soon as order had been par
established it was possible to
comprehensive line on the ni<_
the disaster. The milk depot and .
penter shop were completely
ed. and nearly everybody In It;
been killed. The big steel bolls
was well nigh wrecked, as iru«,
the small railway buildings in tht !
Two
A street car of the Iwxington ;
tme line, whieli was passing at
time, was thrown clear front,
trio ks on its side, t rushing
automobile owned by Charles A.
hard, of the Edison Electric
pany. which was passing,
sons in the street ear and one
mitymibile were killed, while a
bcr^P others were badly hurt.
Damage Is Ultlrspitiail.
The Bible Training School, ‘
story building, at Lexington
anti Forty-ninth street, waa
and every window In the bul
ried away.
There were numeroua
tapes from death. The
Merry Nursery, at Fiftieth
Lexington avenue, waa badly
ed. There were five huju
dren and thirty nurses in tlw
Ing at the time.
The dying glass cut aom
nurses and children, whlla
malnder were thrown into
panic. There was a mad
stairs, but a few cool
the nuraea managed' to atop
before any one waa hurt.
Kelly a Hero of
Policeman Francis Kelly,
i passenger on the wreak
*nd Lexington avenue car,
reported dead, but is In
hospital critically Injured.
Kelly waa on# of thi
accident. To a United
tentative this afternoon
"I waa standing oa tl
form of the car, and
looking directly at the
•aw a
would
plosion,
which I