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THE l.EHlGH DISASTER
Pixinc the Blame fer Disregardin'r
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Dispatcher’s Orders.
KORE DEATHS EXPECTED.
Bngin e'r Mick and an Infant will Prob-
ably Nut Survive. Sixteen PCIN‘H)!‘ Are
Dead a'ul S—venteen in the- Hospital.
Both I.n;iucers Deny Responsibility f”,
the Collision.
Plainflcld, Jan. 11:--Harry Rutland-
the Lehigh Valley operator in the sig-
rial stauon at South Plainfield, “as
npt in e"; .dence yesterday morning» and
ii; was reported tha' he had been re-
lfeved f1 om duty. vould not again
be stationed in the signal tower pend-
ing the official investigation as to the
cause of the accident at West Dunnel—
1‘90: by \-. hich sixteen persons lost their
lives and many more Were injured. The
mistake which was responsible for the
accident is believed to have occurred
in the {South Plainfield switch tower.
hurt as yet the blame has not been
definitely fixed.
Rutland says that he went on duty
at noon Monday and received no or-
ders to hold the local and not allow
“to train to go on the single track. As
he supposed the single track to be
cleared he allowed the local to pro-
ceed. -
Besides the investigation being made
by the officials of the railroad, the
authorities of Middlesex, the county in
which the accident occurred, are malt--
ing an independent attempt to fix the
responsibility. Coroner Moke of New
Brunswick is the oflicial who will try
to fix the blame. He has impanelled
a; jury, and the preliminaries of the
finquest were begun yesterday.
. Of the twenty persons who were
brought to the Muhlenberg Hospital in
this city three have died. Their names
are:
Henry E. Vl’eikel, photographer. aged
28, of Shamokin, Pa.
William Hinkle, aged
Carmel, Pa.
.‘An unknown man, supposed to be
named Josephs, who wore. a ring made
of a horseshoe nail, bearihg the in-
scription “J. J.”
Superintendent Moss of the Muhlen-
berg Hosp-ital said yesterday that of
the Seventeen injured persons in the
hospital all had passed a fairly good
night, with the exception of Henry J.
Poreca, the four months’ old infant.
The child will probably die.
. Edward W. Rick, the engineer of the
Bound Brook local train and James
Pendergast, the engineer of the Hazle—
ton express train, are among the in-
jured in the Plainfield hospital.
Rick is badly injured, and his re—
covery is considered doubtful.
5 Pendergast was reported to be doing
well and was able to converse with
his attendants. He is worrrying much
as to who was to blame for the collis—
ion. He frequently asks the nurse
whether the papers which he had in
his possession when he was taken to
the hospital are safe. He claims that
these papers will clear him of respon-
sibility for the accident, and will show
that he was running his train accord-
ing to orders.
The list of patients at Muhlenberg
Hospital, which includes so far as
known all the. injured sufficiently se-
rious to require hospital treatment,
with the exception of one man, is as
follows:
H. E. \Veikel, Mount Carmel. I‘m,
died since admitted; Arthur Predenbo,
Llewellyn. Pa.; \Villiam Cheshire, fire—
man, Bound Brook, N. J.; Nicholas
Borrecca. Henry John Borrecca, A1-
bert Borrecca, Louis Borrecca, Mary
Borrecca, all of Shamokin. Pa; O. E.
Schaefer. fireman, South Easton, Pa;
Edward W. Rick, engineer; Joseph Ma-
lesky, Shenandoah, Pa.; Martin Kee—
nan. Locust Gap, Pa.: Mary Jarvis,
Margaret Jarvis and George Launes-
key ,all of Mount Carmel, Pa; —---
Maieosta, Shenandoah, Pa.; J. J. —-—--,
,rest of name and address unknown,
James Pendergast, engineer, Easton,
9a.; Hinkle, Mount Carmel, Pa;
.—-—--- Josephs, residence unknown.
' The exception referred to is O. B.
Stine of Sunbury, Pa., who is at St.
Francis Hospital, Jersey City.
Identifying the Dead.
Bound Brook, N. J., Jan. 11--Coro«
ner Moke yesterday morning began ar~
rangements for the removal of the
dead. Those known to be dead are
_follows:
W. B. Hinkle, Mount Carmel, Pa.
John F. Jarvis, Mount Carmel. Pa.
Abner S. Keiser, Pottsville, Pa.
Jacob Heller, Mount Carmel, Pa.
. Martin Keenan, Mount Carmel, Pa.
i Theodore Kohan or Theodore Steck—
ler, Shamokin, Pa.
l W. Leader, Mount Carmel, Pa.
5 W. B. Markle, Shamokin, Pa.
; Frank Reyeski, Mount Carmel, Pa.
H. E. Wickel, Mount Carmel, Pa.
Richard Wickel, Mount Carmel, Pa.
Unknown man, supposed to be nam-
ed Josephs.
Unknown woman, supposed
named Wrelik.
Unknown woman wearing wedding
ring. '
Unknown .man. of stout build, with
blue eyes and sandy moustache, havn
ing the initial “H.” on his handker-
chief.
Unknowri woman wearing gray dress
trimmed with two rows of black braid.
As fast as the bodies were claimed
by friends, Coroner Moke granted per-
mits for the removal of the dead.
The unrecognized bodies will be sent
to the morgue in New Brunswick.
Traffic was resumed on both tracks
yesterday morning.
Many persons visited the scene of
the wreck, hoping to find some trace
of friends who were believed to have
been on the east bound train.
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Gov. Roosevelt’s Work.
Albany, N. Y., Jan. 11.~-The an-
nouncement of Governor Roosevelt’s
choice for superintendent of public
works to succeed George W. Aldridge
of Rochester will probably be made on
ThursdaY-
The indications now point clearly to
the selection of Colonel John N. Par-
tridge of Brooklyn.
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“Fweddy, why don’t you lot yom'
mustache grow?”
"Why don’t I let it? Good heave: 5'
ooh bay, 1 do, but it won't.”
* to the head, but MCCO§r side stepped
z/‘V .
»Before he had staggered to his feet
SHARKEY wrups M’cov. l
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flute Strength Triumphs Over Science
in the Prize Bing.
New York, Jan. 11.--At the Lenoxf
Athletic Club last night, before a how- '
ling mob that completely filled the
arena. Sharkey, the sailor, knocked out ,
Kid McCoy.
An old, old timer, who had gone:
through the talk of a' thousand fistic
festivals, said it was numerous degrees
colder than Corbett’s backers were at
Carson City in the March when Sulli-
van’s conqueror passed the heavy—
weight championship up to Fitzsim-
mons.
First Round—-They advance to the
center and shake hands. McCoy circ-
led around Sharkey, led left for the
body and put the right under the chin.
They clinched and broke clean. Mc-
Coy kept his feet going and got the
right to Sharkey’s face. A vicious left
swing by Sharkey was cleverly duck—
ed. The Kid pjut the left to Tom’s:
ribs and put a. hot right hander to the
face. Sharkey tried a right swing
without avail. Both were smiling as
the round closed. -
Second Round--McCoy immediately
put his feet to work and got his left
to the face in easy fashion, but with
out strength. Sharkey forced the Kid
t1 the ropes and then tried to rough
him to the ground, but without harm.
Sharkey tried with the left for a swing
and then jabbed left to the wind. An—
other tremendous swing by Sharkey’s
left was finely ,ducked and then the
Kid but the left into Sharkey’s neck.
There was evidence of attempted
roughing on the part of the ex—sailot
as the round closed.
Third Round--The Kid opened th-‘z
round with a solid left on the eye.
Sharkey tried swings and uppercuts
without reaching the spot intended,
and the Kid kept his feet going and
got into close quarters, where he work~
ed on the stomach. Sharkey missed 3
left swing. and the Kid got his left to
the chest with good effect. Sharkey
got in a left swing lightly under the
chin. McCoy knocked Sharkey down
twice and kept up the same furious
gait when the mariner came to his
feet, having him thoroughly at sea
when time was called at the end of the
round. -
Fourth Round—-A feint with the right
on McCoy’s part was mimicked ludic-
rously by the sailor. The Kid landed
left and right on the nose. Sharkey
clinched. Sharkey missed left hook.
and the Kid lost no time in returning
with a straight left.
Fifth Round--Sharkey started to
rough it, missed with both hands, and
when the Kid ducked, the. sailor dove
into the ropes. The Kid landed the
left full on the neck. Again he put it
home fair and blocked the sailor’s right
counter. The crowd hissed as Shar-
key continued to rough matters.
Sixth Round--The Kid began with
putting the left to Sharkey’s forehead.
Sharkey rushed and got home a blow
with the right under the Kid‘s heart.
but without doing apparent harm. The
round ended with Sharkey blowing like
a whale and the Kid as comporSed as at
the start.
Seventh Round—~Thc Kid again jab-
bed the left to the eye. McCoy upper—
cut Sharkey.
Eighth Round—-Sharkey ran into a
left lead. Vv’hen McCoy stood Sharkcy
off the sailor addressed the crowd with
“He’s tired.” Sharkey sent in two low
blows, taking the Kid cleanly below
the belt. The Kid fell in a heap. but
got up and continued with speed, Shar—
key again began to rough and landed
left and right to the head. '
Ninth Round—~Sharkey landed two
lefts on the ear in quick succession.
Sharkey fouled repeatedly.
Tenth and last Round--Sharkey came
up still on the aggressiv-se. McCoy led
to the face, and Sharkey, with one
hand free, uppercut him. The referee
did not notice the blowy. McCoy back-
ed away and then jumped in with a
vicious left on Sharkey’s bad eye, the
right one. Sharkey bored McCoy go-
i'ng away, but before he could get out
of distance Sharkey flashed a left hook
to the jaw. The Kid went down against
the ropes on the east side of the ring.
he was counted out, but Sharkey did
not know this, and rushing in before
the referee could stop him, again fel-
led his man. Then the referee Sent
Sharkey to his corner, and McCoy,
who was groggy, slowly rose and stag-
gered to his corner, soundly and de-
cisively beaten. Time of round, one
minute and thirteen seconds.
Ambassador to Russia.
Washington, D. 0., Jan. 11.--Thc
president has sent these nominations
to the Senate:
Charlemange Tower of Pennsylvania
now minister to Austria-Hungary, to
be ambassador to Russia.
Addison C. Harrislof Indiana to be
minister to Austria—Hungary.
Mr. Addison C. Harris, who has
been nominated as minister to Austria—
Hungary, to succeed Mr. Tower, is a
.well known lawyer of Indianapolis and
a life long friend of Senator Fair-
banks.
Mrs. Place Must Die.
, Albany, N. Y., Jan. 11.--The court of
appeals have affirmed the judgment of
conviction in the case of the people
vs. Place.
In this case Marth. Place was con-
.victed of having smothered her step—
{daughter, Ida Place, on February '1
Llast in Brooklyn.‘
CLEARING RAILWAY TRACK WEEDS.
A Cu Equipped With Apparatus Which
Fires Them With Blazing Kerosene.
The law in most Staterrequires that
railroad- companies shall keep their
right of way cleared of weeds and
? other growth which might prove harnr
ful to agricriltural interests by becom—
ing propagating beds for noxious
plants, and it is a common sight
along the railroads of this part of the
country to see gangs of men at work
during the growing season cutting
down the grass and Weeds beside the
'ailroad tracks, raking these up and
destroying them.
On some of the Western railroads a
method of recent device is in use
which is much more economical for
this purpose and thoroughly effective.
Fire and machinery do the work
which men are employed for else-
where. A crude petroleum oil, which
costs 1 3-8 cents a gallon, is the
material used. ‘
A box‘ car is fitted up with a small
mining engine, which drives it along
by means of a sprocket chain run-
ning to one of the axles, which gives
it all the speed that is needed. Au
upright boiler supplies the steam, and
wlthiln the car, besides the boiler and
engine, are tanks of oil. From the
rear end of the car projects the burn-
ers, arranged in a. series of eight, all
under a metal shield to confine the
heat. The shield is ten feet square,
and on the “Vestern roads is used only
to destroy the growth of vegetation
along the track and for a few feet on
each side. A blast of air supplied by
an air pump makes the flames from
the burners long 'and intense.
The car moves along the track at
the rate of about a mile an hour. The
first time it goes over the weeds are
killed, and the next time, after the
weeds have had a few days to dry in,
it sets fire to them and destroyes them
completely with all their seeds. In-
sects orr grabs, which the weeds har-
bor, are also destroyed by the flames.
The cost of the oil for this work and.
the wages of the three men employed
on the car is only about $1.08 a mile
of single track.
Another petroleum oil is entering
largely into the new field of useful-
ness on railroads as a means for per-
manent-1y laying the annoying dust
which the commotion of passing trains
raises from every sort of railroad bed.
The first experiment to use oil to hold
down this dust was tried two years
ago on the West Jersey Railroad in
New Jersey. It proved so successful
that a company was formed for c};—
tending the work, and during the past
summer hundreds of miles of tracks
on Long Island, in New Jersey and
s 'll’ll’.‘ of the Eastern States \vcre so
treated. The oil used is, a cheap.
heavy product distilled for the pill»
pose, and it is sprinkled over the
tracks and the road‘bed on each side
by a sprinkling car mode for the pin"
pose. It takes about 2,000 gallons of
oil to the mile of track for the first
sprinkling, and after that a slighter
sprinkling once a. year or so is said
to be all that ‘is necessary. The oil
does not evaporate, and not only
holds the dust down, but is said to
help the life of the ties by making
them Waterproof.
American timber is exported from
Oregon for the construction of the
great Russian railroad through Man.
chura. The item would be more wel-
come if Oregon was doing anything
to replace its splendid forests that are
‘ . . like!
.lashed down. _ .,§,.5
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' r ...=‘ POPE’S GOLDEN ROSE.
It: Cost to the Recipient is About lilx
. Thousand Dollars,
Perhaps they donot do things better
In the effete old world, but tli y some-
times do them more picturesq 11013:
When an American woman gives 1.5:
erously to her country, the governor 1'.
Can do little more than present l.«
with an illuminated receipt for :1
money. Also. she may possibly is:
filled in very superior penmansli-ii-
a municipal vote of thanks. Wollo-
doubt these are gratifying tokens. ll
from an ornamental point of view: Ill
have their limitations. , Not so the w
der of St. Elizabeth. which the Eu.
pcror of Austria gives to women of
unusual merit, nor the ' golden ru-s'
which the pope occasionally ll-i'b‘tow:
upon some great Culllolic lady. (1;
course the rose is not wearable. an:
that may seem to be a drawback n:
feizzlninc eyes. But it makes :1 most
desirable heirloom. even now when
some of its, glory is departed.
The rose of to-day is a small plain
of gold. with leaves, buds and flowers
into which the pope pours rose balsam
when he blesses the gift. When thu-
Vatican treasury was richer than it is
now, a great ruby was used to repre-
sent a bud, and there were diamond
dewdrops on the leaves. The vzzsc.
too. in which the plant- stood. was of
gold. The diamond drops have evapo
rated now. the ruby bud has turned.
yellow, the once golden vase is only
silver gilt. and the gift costs the re-
ceiver more than it does the giver. but
still it is a coveted honor. The cost of
receiving it is said to be $6,000, which
goes to cover the expenses of those
who convey it from the pope to the re-
cipient. This manner of prescirtniimy
is another hit of old world picturesque
uess. In this country the illumiimtetl
receipt and engrossed resolutions .5!”
by mail or express, with no details
more spectacular than the official blur
of the envelopes.
The golden rose is an annual possi-
bility. but. like many humbler "11mm
nls" of the rose species, it does not al-
ways bloom on time. A sufficiently."
meritorious personage is not always
to be found and the gift is not bestow.
4;
ed. There is a tradition that the gift
brings unhappiness with it.——Harper's
Bazar.
Colorado is in favor of the abolition
of capital punishment, but thinks, with
Alphonse ‘Karr, that the murderers
should stop first. Two years ago the
state passed a law making life impris-
onment instead of death the penalty
for murder, and now there is a popu—
lar agitation for its repeal. It was
found by experiment that as to stop-
ping first, the Colorado murderer
would not think of it; in fact, he would
not stop at all, and went on worse
than ever as soon as the law abolish-
ing the death penalty was passed. An
eli'ort will now be made to have it re-
stored, and though it promises to en-
counter sentimental and humanitarian
opposition, the prospects "are that it
will succeed, and the moral average
of homicides in thatstatc be restored.
Bow to Persuade Things.
“It would be impossible for a man
to make a greater mistake,” said Mr.
Staybolt, ‘than to sit down and wait.
under the delusion that things will
come his way some time. They nev-
er will, not even to his funeral.
’ “The only way to make things come
our way is with a club.”-—New York
Sun.
A Feeling of Exhaustion, General Debility, a Breaking up of the Vital Forces; '
. That is a Sign of Many Terrible Diseases, -
. GURED‘ BY
LlGreen _ , ountam
RENOVATOR. ‘
It is not natural for man to suffer from exhaustion. j
The patient who has a continual tired fe'eling is in danger. ‘
If you suffer that way, you should look after yourself and regain ,
your lost strength. Do not let your trouble
go so far that you
find you are in an advanced stage of consumption ‘or some other serious trouble.l
If you are feeling depressed and ' weary,
It will strengthen you in a marvelous manner.
nerve tonic and the greatest. blood purifierikuown to science.
- “ For along time I felt very much run .
At last in the Spring I commenced coughing and raising
‘ blood. I was very much” alarmed, as many of my relatives
had died with consumption.
clans, but obtained no relief.
. began to agree with my friends and
consumption, and would not last six months.
time your Smith’s Green Mountain Renovator came to my
d totry it. For the first two or three
weeks it did not seem to affect my cough much, but my
appetite improved and I gained in strength. I continued
to take it and gradually all the soreness left my side and
Renovator.
. notice.
I resolve
take Smith’s Green Mountain
It is a natural
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down and weak.1
I consulted several physi-
My cough continued and I
the doctors, I had
About this
lungs. My cough disappeared. 'I am now well. I can most cordially recom-
mend it as not only a. valuable spring medicin’e, but as a great remedy for cone
sumption. HELEN M. PILLsnuiifs', Johnson,
Vt}!
If in such an aggravated cas‘éas the above Smith’s Green Mauntain Reno-
vator was able to effect a cure, how much mere quickly would it accomplish
its mission of doing good where the
to such a serious stage.
disease had not "bgon allowed" to; ackvanoe
Remember every bottle of this medicine is sold under
a guarantee, and the purchaser’s money 'will in every
instance be refunded
where all that is claimed for the medicine is not accomplished.
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