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Join the Host of Fans ] Fear of Call to Court Cause of Suicide of John F. Randolph, Edison s Secretary.
the Newark baseball team to Harry K. Thaw Rages in Asylum When He Hears Evelyn Dined With Millionaire.
rr- Mother Salves One Child from Burning House, But Baby Perishes in the Flames.
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PLAN! EXPLOSION
Member of Hough Company and
Employees Meet Hor
rible Death.
PEDESTRIANS THROWN OFF \
FEET; WIDE AREA SHAKEN
Wharton and Dover Residents
Panic-stricken as Homes
Tremble.
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tSpecia.1 to the Evening Star.]
WHARTON, Fob. 18.—Three men j
were blown to atoms and this town
and Dover were shaken to their foun
dations today by an explosion at the
packing house of the Hough Powder
Works, adjacent to the junction of |
the High Bridge branch of the New
Jersey Central and Lackawanna roads, j
Shook Felt Many Miles.
The shock was also felt throughout :
Morris County and as far as Essex
County, reports from Newark telling of
the earth trembling there.
The dead:
.loMopb Hough, one of the proprietors
of the plant.
•leremiiih l tier, employee.
Joseph Cnvinuigli. cm payee.
llulldlng Toro Apart.
It was the nttro-glycerlne plant of
the works at which the explosion oc
eurr.d. and a- largo hole now marks
the spot where the building, a one
story brick structure, stood.
Here and In Dover the windows of
every house were shuttered and many
pea®** had narrow escapes from Jn
jujey by the flying gltnr*.—-—
"■lie debris of the wrecked building as
it Vent whirling through the air fell
about a train on the Lackawanna,
frightening passengers.
Hnrln People to Ground.
People here were thrown flat by the
force of the explosion, which many at
first thought had occurred at the gov
ernment powder works, near tills place.
Thirty persons were employed at the
packing house and escapes from death .
of several were remarkable.
Wharton has a population of 2,300,
and every resident here received the
fright of their lives when the explo- j
sion occurred today.
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SEWER EASES
PUT LIS OF |
THREE IN PERIL
Tw o Women and a Boy Topple
Into a Flooded Cel*
lar.
Two women and a boy have been
made seriously ill and one of the women
was perhaps fatally Injured by a fall,
as the result of poisonous gases, aris
ing from n sewage-flooded cellar at t'O
Pine street today.
Mrs. Mildred Schlaray. 18 years old,
one of the victims. Is lying so badly In- i
Jured from a fall Into the cellar that j
she may die on her cot In 8t. Barnabas's
Hospital. She had tried to enter the
cellar, but fainted and. in falling, frac
tured three ribs. One of the ribs punc
tured one of her lungs. The other woman
is Mrs. Elizabeth Vockroll, and the
boy Is 10-year-old William D. McCon
nell, son of Mrs. Harry A. W. Liver
more. who, with her husband, conducts
the house.
Mrs. Livermore has mad u com
plaint to the Board of Health after
attempts to havf* the agent institute
repairs. The gases came from the sew
age from a break in a stopped-up drain
pipe.
Agent Hoepb denied today that he j
had been notified of the conditions, and J
said that it was spite work on the part
o' Mrs. Livermore. He disavowed any
responsibility fov the conditions that
hr.ve existed there for a month past.
SEEKS $5,000 DA/viAuta.
Driver Says He Has Been In*
capacitated Two Years.
Lgss of Ills son's services are worth
.ii.OftO to Cornelius Riley, according to
the. declaration tiled in the damage suit
being tried today before Judge Holslcy
in the Ciicult Court.
The action is brought against the
."North Jersey Street Railway Company
as a result of a collision at Broad and
Orange streets, December Id, l'.*b6. be
tween a wagon of. R. A. Walsh & Co.,
driven by Joseph Riley, in behalf of
whom suit is brought, and a Broad
,-tjyet car.
Riley claims ho has Iron- incapacita
te'} ever since. J. A. Beecher repre
sents the plaintiff; Chauncey, Beasley,
the defendant.
THAW MAY TRY TO
DIVORCE WIEE TOR
MIDNIGHT DINNER
Millionaire Is on Verge oi Brain-storm in Mattea wan
as He Hears oi Young Wife’s Exploit
in Cafe With E. R. Thomas.
| EVELYN NESBIT THAW, WHO I
1 MAY BE SUED FOR DIVORCE j
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NEW YORK, Feb. 18.
IMMEDIATE steps, according to persons closely Identified with Harry
Kendall Thaw, arc to be taken by the slayer of Stanford White to di
vorce Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, his'young and beautiful wife and the cen
tral motive of tho great Thaw-While tragedy.
The final culmination of a growing intention on Thaw’s part to break
with Evelyn Thaw came today, it is reported, when sensational stories were
printed of her dinner with E. R. Thomas.
Daniel O'Reilly and A. Russel Pea body, personal counsel of Thaw, re
ceived word from their client at Mntteuwun today that he desired to see
them at once for a conference regarding last night's escapade. Both went
to the asylum to confer with Thaw today.
The fact is well known that Thaw and Evelyn were involved in an ugly
altercation two months ago in tlio Tombs, in which Thaw threatened to break
with hie wife if she did not cease to receive the- attention of a wealthy New
Yorker.
Last night's dinner is supposed to Indicate that Evelyn Nesbit Thaw has
openly hurled the gauntlet at the elder Mrs. Thaw and the other members of
the Thaw family, who have treated her with extreme coolness since the first
Thaw trial.__
A. Rus: cl Peabody, of counsel for
Thaw, said today: “A family confer
ence. at which Mrs. William Thaw will
preside, will be held this week. No
definite steps regarding divorce pro
ceedings have yet peen taken.”
Daniel O'Reilly, also of counsel f'b’
Thaw, said today: "It. Is possible that
the publicity given to the fact that
Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw dined with
E. It. Thomas at the Cafe Boulevard
may bring about the first step in pro
ceedings to annul the marriage of
Harry Thaw and .Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw.”
Mrs. E. K. Thomas, at her home in
Fifty-seventh street, denied today that
Iter husband had dined with Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw last night.
Manager Rosenthal, of the Cafe
Boulevard, said that the two diners
closely resembled Mr. Thomas and
Mrs. Thaw, but that he was not posi
tive as to their identity'. Other persons
who dined at the restaurant last night
who know both Mrs. Thaw and Mr.
Thomas say that there Is no question
out that they were ^iere together.
MATTEAWAN, N. Y„ Feb. 18.~
Harry Kendall Thaw, slayer of Stan
ford White, went into a wild rage to
lay, when he read that his beautiful
••oung wife, Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, had
lined at the Cafe Boulevard, in New
fork, last night, en tete tete with
3. R. Thomas, the young banker, who is
dentified with the Morse-Helnco
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Thomas chain ol banks, now under In
vestigation by the Federal Grand Jury.
Thaw's raving, which nearly resulted
in another brainstorm, was caused by
sensational stories appearing today, in
which it was stated that young Mrs.
I Thaw, dining In a. secluded corner of
1 tlie noted Bohemian restaurant with
| the wealthy Mr. Thomas, practically
broke up the dinner of the Sunrise
Club, one of the ''highbrow'' organlza
I lions which make the metropolis dizzy
| with their scintillating wit and humor.
Thaw Incensed at Thomas.
The fact that bin wife was unchapcr
oned, although she Is supposed to lie
living in seclusion, caused great men
till anguish to Thaw, and it Is under
stood that he immediately sent for his
personal counsel, A. Russell Peabody,
and risked that he escort Kvclj;n to
Matteawan instanter for a conference.
Thaw was also highly incensed that
Thomas -deliberately left * Mrs. Thaw
at the table laid with covers for two
and retired to the business office of the
restaurant, where for two hours he
talked over business matters, in which
a big bundle of legal documents played
an important part. During this time
Evelyn Thaw sat alone, the cynosure
of all eyes, and especially of those of a
number of members of the Sunrise
Club. These gentlemen, as soon as the j
whispered Information had swept
through the big rooms that Evelyn
Thaw was dining alone with E. It.
Thomas, Immediately began a cam
paign of "rubbering” which the heroine
of the Thor-White tragedy endured as
calmly au II she were upon the witness
stand.
CIO BORNS IN
MOTHER BEGS '
Neighbors Fail to Realize Cause
of Mrs. Browne's Cries
Till It Is Too Late.
FIREMAN MURPHY RISKS
LIFE IN FUTILE RESCUE i
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Only Charred Body Left When{
He Entered Wickliffe St.
' Apartment.
Despite the frenzied efforts of his
mother, 8-month-old John J. Browne.
Jr., perished last night in a lire that!
partially destroyed a dwelling at 122
AVlekllffe street. The mother would
have rushed int i the llame-swept rooms
to save her baby had she not been
restrained by neighbors. When the fire
men arrived from Hook and Ladder j
Company No. 3, and finally effected
an entrance, into the room where the
child had been sleeping and rescued
j the charred body.
I The baby had beenvput to sleep, by
Ids mother, Mrs. John J. Browne,
: shortly before the fire broke out at
about 8 o'clock. The sleeping Infant
was placed in his crib In the bedroom
that adjoins the parlor of the Browne
apartment on the second floor of the
, three-story fiat house. Mrs. Browne,
; with her 3-year-old daughter Margaret
I und Miss Helen Buckley, a friend, had
gone into the kitchen which, with the
dining-room, is on a three-foot lower
level. Miss Buckley happened to go
from the kitchen Into the dining-room.
There she instantly became aware that
fire had started In the bedroom. She
tried to enter the room, but the flam'
drove her back. She at once gav' „,io
alarm, and Mrs. Browne came '"■.earn
ing into the dining-room.
With the arrival of the firemen re
newed attempts were made to at least
save the baby. This was achieved only
with the greatest difficulty. Fireman
Joseph Murphy, assisted by other men
from Hook and Ladder Company No. 3,
placed a ladder against the rear of
the building. Murphy scaled the ladder,
entered the apartment, and. fighting
his way through smoke and flame, en
tered the bedroom and discovered the
body in the ruins of the crib.
John J. Browne, father of the baby,
was not at home, and did not le.arn of
Ills son’s fate until late last night. He
is a. brother of Father Browne, of St.
Philip Neri’s ft. C. Church.
FOR 25 GIRLS IN
BRYNMAWRSGHOQL
Pupils of Exclusive Seminary
Treat Scarlet Epidemic
Outbreak Lightly.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 18.—Twenty
live girls, members of the exclusive
Bryn Mawr School, have been quaran
tilled in the school building since yes
terday and may have to be detained
there several days, because of an out
break of scarlet fever.
The school, which is conducted by
Miss Florence Baldwin. Is attended by
about eighty pupils, and yesterday
afternoon two of the younger girls were
stricken with scarlet fever.
The quarantined girls take their im
prisonment lightly, and they suffer no
Inconvenience. TOie school building
during the summer months is used as
a hotel, but all of the necessities of the
girls In quarantine are being supplied !
from their homes.
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YORK, Pa., Fob. It-I .o deaths re
sulted from a fire today in the home of i
Isaac Harrington, agent for the Penu- !
sylvanta Railroad In this city. Har- 1
rlngton started the kitchen tire shortly
after 7 o'clock and stepped outside tem
porarily. When he returned the house
was ablaze.
Mrs. Harrington rushed upstairs to
rescue a grandchild sleeping there. She
was overcome bp smoko and suffocated.
Her body Wfu taken out by firemen.
The child was also suffocated.
RANDOLPH FEARED TRIAL
OF BANKRUPTCY ACTION
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BEARD UNTIL WIPE
GETS A DIVORCE ?
Fair Plaintiff Jests of Time
■ When Husband Needn’t Ask
Her for Shave Money.
Pretty Mrs. Olive, Blanche Dunn, who
is suing Wesley .1. Dunn for divorce,
breathed a sigh of reliqf yesterday aft
ernoon when the long proceedings
came to a close, and Vice-Chancellor
Emery requested counsel to lilo briefs.
Sho is confident she will be granted a
decree.
The session yesterday afternoon was
taken by Dr. N. H. Probasco, ot I’la in
field, whose testimony was distinctly
favorable to Mrs. Dunn, although he
appeared as a witness for the defend
ant.
"I’m glad it's all over,” said Mrs.
Tiunn today. "Hereafter Mr. Dunn can
get shaved without asking me. for
money to pay the barber,” she added
with a laugh.
Dunn declares in hie answer that he
gave his entire weekly earnings to
Ills wife, regularly, but that when he
asked her for money to go to the bar
ber’s site drew tin purse strings tight,
and that lie could not get money from
her to buy clothes.
Mrs. Dunn was Olive Blanche nickel,
of 62 Westerville avenue, Plainfield, be
fore her marriage to Dunn in 1S02.
Dunn Is a resident of Plainfield. At
present Mis. Dunn is living with her
mother at 571 West I82d street. New
York city.
MRS. NEEL’S BODY FOUND
IN PATERSON RACEWAY.
PATERSON. Feb. 18.—The body ol
Mrs. Pauline Neel, of 553 River street,
was found In the rareway near Pros- ,
pect street today by Morgue-keeper
McBride. Mrs. Neel disappeared from
her home last Friday, and Is believed |
to have thrown herself into the river,
BlTtHEBS' AXO UHOrKRS’ Supplies. I
Macknet 6c Dor^mus Co.. 79S-703 Broad at.—Ad.
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DRAMATIC SCENE
AS THE‘COUNTESS’
RETURNS TO JAIL
The De Anderson's Tradesmen
Charge Her with Having
Defrauded Them.
Mrs. Mary Dc Anderson, who was
luhou into custody by the sheriff's m«n
several weeks ago. created a scene in
Judge Ten Eyck's court today, as well
ms at police headquarters. She was
brought from the. county Jail, -where
she has been conilned with her daugh
ters, Helen and Bessie, for several
weeks, charged with obtaining goods
under false pretense by Nutley mer
chants, and grand larceny by Mrs.
Clive X. Elliott, also of that town.
Since their arrest, complaints have
been pouring in from various parts of
the country.
The woman was taken later to po
lice headquarters for the purpose of
having her picture taken for the
rogues’ gallery.
"I will not allow it," she shouted, "I
am innocent and 1 have never been in
Baltimore. Washington, Boston or
other places in my life, and my bus- ;
band was a cripple not a crook,"
Jacob Ttuhl. messenger at police
headquarters, was finally compelled to [
hold the woman In a chair while the !
photographer squeezed the bulb.
While the camera man managed to j
get a picture. Superintendent Schwartz, I
of the Bertilliori system, was unable to |
get her linger prints.
The daughters were also photo- j
graphed, though they protested, wept |
and refused permission for a time.
When led into court, the "Countess”
screamed: "My Oodl My God: Every
body knows that I am an innocent
woman! I never intentionally wronged
anybody in my life!”
Then she said that a lawyer had ad
vised her to pica, but that she could not
conscientiously do If. The fact is that,
q lawyer has been engaged by her and,
as ho expected, to plead for her, but
she obstinately rt fused to take the ad
vice.
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HE ENDED LIFE
Petition for Receiver of Co. of
Which He Was Treasurer
Down for Next Week.
VICTIM WAS DEPRESSED;
HIS ACCOUNTS CORRECT
Had Declared That He Was
“Merely a Figurehead,
Good to Sign Checks.’’
FEAR of a call to court in a case
which Is sail! to be on the calen
dar tor next Monday is thought
to have boon the cause of the suicide
of John F. Randolph, Thomas A, Edi
son’s private secretary and treasurer
of all the Edison companies, who shot
himself yesterday morning in the cellar
of Ills West Orange home.
The case in which Mr. Randolph was
to have been called was a petition in
bankruptcy and for (lie appointment of
a receiver of the New Jersey ami
Pennsylvania Concentrating Company,
manufacturing under Edison patents, of
which Mr, Randolph was treasurer. The
company was capitalized at .$2,250,000.
and it is thought that, the bankruptcy
of the mammoth concern preyed on his
mind until it became weakened under
the strain.
Men who were close to the wizard's
secretary in his private and official life
scout the idea of dishonesty. He whs
scrupulously honest, his friends say,
and accountants who hava examPed
his books declare that they arc correct
to a penny.
Declared the Company Insolvent,
On December 27, 1907, a petition in
bankruptcy Was filed in Chancery
Court by .lumen D. W. Cutting, of Nbw
Vnrly, ns the owner of stock to the value,
of $19,200 In his own name and $201,390
in the name ot' the Cutting estate, of
which he is administrator. Mr. Cut
ting asked for the appointment of a
receiver and the sale of tlie- assets of
the concentrating company, on the
ground that it was insolvent.
The case was adjourned several times,
and was finally set down for a hear
ing Monday next. according to the
statement given out this morning at
the. office of McDermont & Enright,
Mr. Cutting's attorneys at Jersey
City
Since early in January, a few days
alter the tiling of the petition, it is
said by close friends of the dead man,
Mr. Randolph had been depressed and
in low spirits. He became nervous.
Irritable and easily excited, according
to the story told by his close asso
ciates. It was said that he worked in
cessantly on the cage, rarely leaving
his office in the inventor’s laboratory
before midnight during the week, and
taking Ills work home with him Sun
day, when there were no clerks to as
sist him til his ufflcc.
Had Appeared Despondent.
As time passed it Is said ho became
more ami more depressed. Several of
the managers of departments of the
National Phonograph Company and the
Edison Phonograph Works endeavored
to cheer him, but he repelled them.
During the past two weeks lie would
walk the Hour of his ofiice for hours at
a time, it is said, sometimes muttering
to himself, but always with downcast
look und distraught air.
"I am merely a figure-head,” he is
said to have remarked often during the
past two weeks. "1 am treasurer of
these companies, and I don’t know
wliut is going on as I should. T am a
wooden man, a dummy, good to sign
checks, but unable to keep in touch
with the details of every transaction as
I should.”
it is known to several close friends
oi Mr. Randolph that lie was greatly
worried because of tlm condition of the
concentrating company, and explained
ids depression by saying that had he
kept In closer touch with the concern
it might not have been thrown into
bankruptcy.
< otiipniiy'N < npiial Subscribed Quickly.
The New- Jersey and Pennsylvania
Concentrating Company was incor
porated in 1890. it was to operate mi
ller patents of Thomas A. Edison for
the concentration of Iron ore contain
ing zinc in sufficient quantities to make
it undesirable for use in blast furnaces.
Under the patents of Mr. Edison, the
ore was to have undergone a treatment
with chemicals to remove the surplus
zinc. It was also pulverized before be
ing placed on the market.
Oncb having undergone the concen
tration treatment, lean ore would b«
c-omc rich in iron. and. consequently in
demand ill this section, as most of the
iron ore used in local furnaces cornea gj
from the region of the Great Lakes.
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