Tan E_VEN1NG___HAZETT-l£ EXPLGSION 0F NAPETHA. Death of Superintendent Bulmahan an" \‘l‘wo Workman at lTi'ford, Mass. MILFORD, Mass, 12.—The three men who were injured by the bursting of a naphtha retort in the straw factory of William Knowlton & Son at West Upton, where a water gas plant was being con- structed, died in the hospital here today. They were Fred G. Bulmahan, superin- tendent of the Western Water Gas Con- struct-ion company, Fort Wayne, Ind, aged 23 years; Thomas Williamson, aged 30, of Upton, and John Will‘nson, aged 27,, brother of Thomas. The two injured men, Charles Nelson of Upton an ‘ John Saiham, are doing well considering the nature of their burns. The accident occurred while Superintendent Bulmahan was testing the plant. A naphtha valve sprang a leak and the fluid ran down upon a heater. The naphtha ignited and a terrific, explosion followed, shattering the windows and tear- ing a hole in the roof. The three men who died were blown out of the building. \‘ «.- .W'IV. Lumber Mills \Vorking Again. CAIRO, Ills, Nov. 12.—The Three States Lumber company has added 100 extra men, doubling the force in its mill and. yard. Rusee & Burgess, lumber dealers, have started their mill at Obion, Tenn, employing 50 men. The Chicago Mill and Lumber company started running its pack- ing box factory overtime. It employs 850 men. The Carey-Halliday Lumber com- pany will start up its box factory and . planing mill next week, giving employ- ment to 125 men. Other concerns report a better tone to business and inquiries and. orders coming in rapidly. England Held Her Hand. LONDON, Nov. 12.—In the course of a speech at Enfield Sir Charles Dilke said that England had recently rejected a pro- posal by the three great powers to parti- tion China. He also said that the alleged recent inspection of the forts of the Darda- nelles by a Russian general was by order of the Russian government, and that therefore it was probable that Russia would regard a British attack on the Dar— danelles as a casus belli. Salvation Army's New Departure. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 12.——An innovation in the line of religious church work will be inaugurated shortly by the Salvation Army. It is that of caring for persons who are drunk on the streets. They will be picked up and carried to the Army bar- , racks and taken care of until sober. Both men and women of the Army will do the work. —._ “1'6 Dissolve a Club. ALBANY, N07. 12.—Amasa Thornton of New York has made application to the at- Itorney general for the dissolution of the Black Lake club of that city, against which a judgment of $800 is pending, the result of a protested note. Mr. Thornton :«is one of the members of the club and asks that he be appointed receiver. liIurray Hill Bank Maddie. ALBANY, Nov. 12. —The attorney general has appealed from the decision of the ap- pellate division of th ‘3 supreme court in its decision upholding .l =-:lge Pryor’s appoint— ment of Miles O’Brien. and Spencer: Trask as receivers of the Mm ray Hill bank, New York. ' Russian Cereals For India. ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 12.——Prince Obo- lenski, writing to The Novoe Vremya, '=z‘ecommends the export of Russian cereals Ito India and suggests that rye should be :sold in Odessa at 40 kopecks per pood. J ullo Sanguilly’s Trial. HAVAN x, Nov. 12.—The public trial of Julio Sanguilly, the American citizen charged with conspiracy in kidnaping Fernandez de Castro, will take place on Nov. 21. Baseballists Exehanged. PITTSBURG, Nov. 12.-—A Chronicle-Tele- graph special states that the Pittsburg club has exchanged Stenzel, Truby and Horton for Brodie and Donnelly of the Baltimore club. 0n the Verge of Starvation. LONDON, Nov. 12.——A special dispatch from Bombay says that in 11 districts of the Deccan and Concan 1,250,000 of people are believed to be on the verge of starva- tion. The \Veather. Clearing; colder; westerly winds. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Closing Quotations of the New York Stock Exchange. NEW YORK. Nov. 11.—Money on call easy at 4 per cent. Prime mercantile paper. 5% per cent. Sterling exchange steady. with ac- tual business in bankers’ bills at $4.85%@4.85% for demand and 84.81§(@4.82 for60days. Posted rates. 84.82%@i.831,§ and [email protected]. Commer- cial bills, $4.81. Silver certificates. 64W“ no sales. Bar silver.64%c. Mexican dollars, 50950. Government bonds firm. State bonds quiet. Railroad bonds dull. Closing prices: Alchisou .......... 16 New England..... ~— Bur. & Quincy... 82%, N. J. Central ..... .107“ C., C.. C. & St. L. 39% North Amer-loam. 5% Chesapeake & 0.. 7% Northern Pacific. 1 Chicago Gas ...... 77% Do. pref, ........... Cordage ........... N. Y. Central ..... 96% Cotton Oil....».... 17 Omaha ............ 43% Del. & Hudson. ..128 Ontario & West“ . 10% Distillers’ ’l‘rust.. —- Pacific Mail ....... 25% Erie ............... 17 Reading ........... 80% General Electric. :cck Island ..... .. "3% Hocking,r Valley.. 1955’, Silver Bullion ..... 64% Lackawanna......160}4 St. Paul ......... .. 78% Lake Shore ....... 153 Sugar Refinery. . .121“ Lead .............. 27% Texas Pacific ..... . 11% Louisville &: Nash 51% Union Pacific ..... 11% Wabash pref... . .. 18% Western Union... 89 I'lissouri Pacific. . 25% Northwestern. . “105% General Markets. New Your, Nov. 11.—FLOUR —- State and western fairly steady at unchanged prices: city mills patents. [email protected]: winter patents, 34.758? 4.90; city mills clears, [email protected]; winter straights, [email protected]. ' W'HEAT—No. 2 red opened weak and lower and declined further under disappointing ca- bles. foreign selling 'and general unloading; December. 86%@880.; January, 88%@89}§c. CORN — No. 2 quiet and weaker, with wheat: December. &@32%c.; May. 35 7-]6@35%c. OATS—No. 2 ruled dull: track, white, state. W2C; track. while, western. 23@33c. PORK—Dull; mess. $8.50@9: family, 810.50 @11. LARD—Easy: prime western steam, 84:45. nominal. BUTTER-Steady; state dairy, 11@18c.: state creamery. 12%@l9}§c. ' CHEESE—Steady; state. large. 7m10%c.: Ismail. 7%,@10c. EGGS—Firm: slate and Pennsylvania, m 250.: western, l5@230. SUGAR—Raw quiet. but very firm; fair to- fining. 3a.: centrifugal. 96 test, 3340-; refined firm; crushed, Mo; powdered, 4%c. TURPENTlNE—Quiet at 2854@28%c. ,_ MOLASSES—Steady.’ New Orleans, Woo, nominal. RICE—Firm; domestic, 3%@Bc.: Japan. 8%, Me. . TALLOW—Steady: City, 3560.; country. 3933. HAY—Quiet; shipping. 55@BOc.; good to choice, 75@821/§c., l ‘ NOW is he III/I ‘ To Subscribe for the A- — AND A QUAKER MARRIAGE. Bow Members of the Society of Friends ‘ Wed Each Other. A young man and woman in Wor- cester belonging to' the Society of Friends, who have certified their in-V tention of marriage at the City Hall, are having to undergo the regular form which the society imposes by waiting for the approval of the 'month- ly meeting before they can be married. The first stage in the proceedings is for them both to appear at the month- ly meeting of the society, which is the only time that any business is done, and make known their intention. They both stand up before the meet- ing, and the man says: “With divine permission and the Friends’ approba— ; tion I declare my intention to take this woman (and he calls her name) to be my wife,” and then they sit down. But the sanction of the society for the marriage requires more than this formality. It is never granted unless both parties are Friends, and so if one of the young people is out of the fold, they have to be married without the formal approval of the society. When the approval is secured the couple marry themselves. The cere- mony is appointed by the society to take place at some regular meeting, or else at one specially appointed. In the latter case it may be at a house where any one of the-society has the right to be present. But the most in- teresting ceremony is that which takes place in a regular assembly of the so ciety at the meeting house. Any one who has been to a Quaker service knows the fashion of the meeting house, with its high seats in front, facing the rest of the meeting. The elders usually sit there, but when a couple of young people are going to get married they have to occupy this conspicuous place, and have to stand up bravely, without minister or elder, and marry themselves. An old Quaker minister who said he had seen six couples stand up in this way before the congregation, was asked why the young people had to do it alone, and he said it was a matter that did not concern an intermediate person, but rested between themselves and God.‘ Then he described how the young man would stand up in that high-perched place in the meeting house along with his bride, and taking her hand, say: “In the presence of God and this assembly, I take thee, A. B., to be my wife, promising to be unto thee an affectionate and loving husband until the hand of the Lord by death shall separate us.”- The bride then speaks in a similar fashion. At the end of this ceremony a minis- ter prays or speaks, and then. when there is a pause and the spirit moves no one else, the meeting is adjourned. At the close of the meeting the mar- riage certificate. parchment, is brought forward, and any one can sign it. cA special law sanctions this marriage ceremony. This document, which amounts to the legal sanction of the marriage, is greatly prized among the descendants of Friends, so much so that the children often have similar marriage certificates made for themselves, though they may have been married outside of the so- ciety.——Worcester (Mass) Gazette. Heroism in Mines. Never was there a mining disaster of any magnitude without several in- stances of individual gallantry in sav- ing boys .alone. As a colliery mana- ger said the other day, “there may be a score of cases of that kind after a single accident, and nobody be. any the wiser.” “A boy told me once,” he proceeded, “that after an explosion, one of the men who was with him brought him along a considerable distance in the workings. At last they met the after- damp. The lad was so terrified, so anxious to get out, that he wanted to rush through and make his way to the shaft. If he had gone on he certainly would have dropped, but the man would not let him—he stopped him by force, and though the lad had bit and fought like a little demon, he stuck to him, and held him near to the ground, so that they could breathe. How do you think he calmed the boy at last? Sang comic songs to him! W’ell. they had to keep where they were for about five hours, and then, when the air had got better, the man started off and brought the youngster out safely, though once he was nearly suffocated by the afterdamp. Now, there’s a case that nobody would have heardcf probably if the lad hadn’t happened to have told me about it.” On the occasion referred to a man named Haslam brought from the workings, or met as he was scurrying along to the pit mouth, a youth about 16; and throughout the terrible joure may he stuck to the lad with the most heroic determination. Twice the boy stumbled and fell, but the noble col- lier dragged him to his feet and urged him to push on with all speed. Other mishzips befell them, yet both, I re- joice to say, gained the surface alive and comparatively welt—Chums. Illachine for Measuring Power. A machine of great value to power lessees and power lessors has been in- vented by a German engineer. It is called a dynamometer, is easily hau' died, aml by its use the consumption of power at any time, can be checked elf in a most precise manner. The in- vector has one of the machines at tached to his desk, and by means of it ascertains the difference in the amount of coal used before and after cleaning Lhc boilers. ' The Symptoms. Cholly—Ever been in love, Chaplpie'l Chappic—.Ya-as. "' L‘holly—How does it feel? , (Shapplc—As if you hadn’t smoked a 'i;‘,...'.".\'clr.c fuw a week—Puck. which is made of. u A Philadelphia Tragedy. PHILADEPHIA, Nov. 10. —- With their throats cut from ear to ear William Hayes and his wife were found dead today at 2120 Ridge avenue. The police suppose Hayes first murdered his wife and then kl led himself. Last night, after Hayes a 6 his wife had retired to their room, the other occupants of the house heard them quarrellng and heard the wife shriek, “Oh, Will, don't do that!” Sl- lencc followed. - Arrest of a Boston Broker. NEW YORK, Nov. 10. —Edward Records, a stock broker of Boston, who says he is president of a Massachusttes car company, was arrested at the Hotel Martin by’De- tective Sergeants Flay and O’Connell on a warrant sent here by Chief Watts of Bos- ton, which charges the prisoner with ob- taining $33,333.33 under false pretenses. In the Center street court Records was held to $2,500 bail to await the arrival of papers from Boston. Chicago Tramway Abroad. LONDON. Nov. 10.—The Financial NeWs says that A. D. Dewar, a Chicago broker, is here with the mission to place Yerkes 'trnmway line securities and also to raise money to finance a Chicago Stock Ex. change. Goddard \Vhips Smith. , JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 10.——In the prize fight between Joe Goddard, the Australian heavyweight, and Denver Ed Smith of Colorado the former won in four rounds. [allowing instructions. “Why, Jimmie,” said the gracious hostess, “you have taken half a pie on your plate.” “Yes’m; mamma said I mustn’t have but one piece when I was visitin’.”— Detroit Free Press. : _ 1"1 WOULDN’T BE MISSED. if” Mr. Skinner—Spare me, as I have a wife and six children at home to feed. " Cannibal—Say, you would’nt make much of a meal for such a. large family. [guess they’ll not miss you—New York Herald. emu 7 _ . —. a . Brass \‘I‘r‘fh‘,’ . 33.1. local dealer. Barstow fi<fi>§<fib%<>fi<fibfi<fib FOUNDRIES—Prnvidence, R.l. BOSTON OFFICE—56 Union St. a) %D%<%D%<%>fiGfi§>fi<fiDfi<fi>fi<§ Hinge Pins are placed upon all the doors of the Bay State Fur- ‘ naces. 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