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Ear From the Maddine Crowd.

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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1894-07-20

JANI-N IIOV-NUHIfE,
Gen'l Passenger Agent.
Kansas City, Mo
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stress, Nsvsrki scierH =, $40 srosdwsyi arm brOtss
and face cut. At home.
YouSa. LurtrR n. Of Summit % years sid. head
slightly injurs and leg bruised At ST. Nsrys Hospitsr
This train which was run into was the Dover
express. due in Hoboken at 1920. The other
train was the East Oran &c accommodation.
due Mt Hoboken at 500. The cause OF the
collision was primarily the fog. which had de-
lAyed the express and prevented the en- gineer
OF the accom- m odation from seeing more than
two car lengths ahead. The second cause
was the approach ofboth trains to the Hacken-
sack drawbridee. The express slowed down.
according to the rule. to observe the drop aig-
MAJ that arches tho track 500 feet west OF the
bridge. The brakeman whose duty II was to
flag the accommodation dropped on the rear
platform red flag in hand, as soon as
the train had sufficiently slowed up.
Just AZ his feet came In contact with
the ground he heard the roar OF an approach
ing train. Before more than two or three Of
the passengers could take advantage OF his
warning shout and iump the locomotive Of the
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accom- m odation was crashing through the
rear cars OF the express as an axe oleaves It's
way through stick OF kindling wood. Right
into the rear car went tho engine. lifting the
roof up in the air. The edge OF the roof cut of
the smokestack OF the engine close to tho
boiler and damaged the cab. Then the dam
aged rear car was forced into the car in front.
telescoping II. The whole OF the left side OF
the rear car was ground to bits. The right
hand side OF the car In front was cut of evenly
along the window stills. and the left-hand side.
with the roof adhering, fell of across the west
bound track. This second car had begun to
telescope the third car when the train stopped.
The rear car was com bination baggage car
and smoker. with the baggage end toward the
engine OF the accomm odation. The car next
to 1t was a general passenger car and was full
OF passengers, most Of them being residents
OF Summit and the towns lying on the New
Jersey West Limo road. which Joins the Morris
and Essex at Summit. The third car from the
end was general passenger car and had been
at the end OF the express train until Summit
was reached. whom the other two cars were
taken on. These two cars come into Summit
every morning along the Now Jersey West
Line Railroad. which accounts for the large
number OF injured hailng from Bornardsville.
Lyons. and other towns along this branch
road.
The locomotive OF the accommodation passed
nearly half way through the combination
car. that IL. up to tho smokers part OF
It. Then the smokers half was driven along
into the second car. The result was that the
passengers in the smoker were forced back
with seats. cushions. twisted iron bars and
broken glass and wood IN n heap against the
accommodation's engine head. As for the
passengers In the second car. many OF whom
were ladies. they were swept forward by the
invading car and piled uD In mass OF wreck
age against the rear OF the third car.
There are no stoves in use In these cars. II
there had been the whole wreck. with its hun
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made up, and the hospitals Of Hoboten and
gersey city were notified TO SEND ampuianees
Express wagons we're pressed into service.
and physicians began to arrive from Al parts
Of the city. The rooms Of the Railroad branch
the second floor Of the station we're turned
Into Temporary hospital, and when the eX x;
press with the injured arrived nt III o clock all
preparations had been made.
squad Of policemen under Sergeant Mar;
bel pushed back the large eLowa Ih az, h re-.
Those who we're only slightly injured had
their wounds examined and bandaRed at the
station, and most Of them soon LETT Tor homes.
The dead were taken to, Coroner anthony
where some Of the bodies were claimed later
;. Al s. Iary's Hospital, at willow avenue and
Drs. Chabert. Fisher, Rue. Grew, Steadman,
PITTS. Hoenine. P!ndsr. Gel.ach, kullich end
Alexander and Mrs Palmer Campbell called
att The hospital and offered theit services. a..
inquest yesterday afternoon.
Washington Irving, who lie in Christ Hos
nital Jersey City, with severe put not u9 n
When boarded the Dover express took
settled myself to look over the morning paper.
IN the next seat four gentlemen were PLAYING
EiIIeJ Yp9 .pc tnG nv was an NM fnr what ,eems1
q few moments. and ali Of sudden the whole
car appeared to 90 to pieces. The whist party
was Jnst swept out OF sight In an instant. and
j realized that something had happened.
was lying In g mass OF broken timber, anu
some man. with badly cut hand was drag
came, and was taken out"
+. W. Gray. who Is at the same hospital, was
ais" In the smosns car IL giving his I'M
Just as our train slowed up before we
reached the bridge a train went laundering
past US and remarked to a friend;
| am glad I am not on that train II Is
Of the collision came. My first thought was
flying macs. OF tlmbers all mixed up with
peoples bodies. Sanford Tyler. a young boy
who was In the car. went flying In the air. lie
me from the mass OF wreckaRe."
Edward schwartz q broker, at 40 Beaver
street, and relative o. John u. thinner, who
Dover express His account OF the collision
MIR thinner belonged TO a small group Of
whist In the last car | invariably took he
front smoker We were going at about the
rate OF fifteen miles an hour when felt three
shocka Every one In the car jumped up and
ran out Of the rear cars,
The scene was friRhtful one. and IL made
s.rs an on my mind ain thrt h
wreck could he heard shrieks and groans
Every one turned to with q will and tried to
Engineer Holman was In another accident
three years ago. and was credited then with
preventing serious loss of life by sticking to
locomotive was deruiled while tho train was
running at epeed Of about thirty-five miles
an hour The engine ran along on the earth
over 100 yards Hoffman succeeded In stop
ping before any OF the passenger cars were
dcrailed.
A narrow escape was that Of Louis A. s. Boz
Roosevelt Hospital When the train left New
ark he went back into the smoker to enjoy his
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MECCA TEMPLE,s C4RNITIL.
A Glimpse Of tho Far East at Madiss.
squsre Gsrde. Last Might.

A Glimpse of tho Far East at Madisea
squ.re G.rde. Last Night.
The Madison Square Garden look ed like fairy
land last night at the annual hall and carnival
OF Mecca Temple OF the Knights OF tho Mystic
Shrine.
There was an immense number Of persons
present. and the costumes were dAzzlinely
beautiful At the Fourth avenue end OF the hall
was a raised platform on which was presented
q miniature East"
Men. women. and children. dressed to repre-.
sent tho various Eastern races. walked
In and out OF big black Arab
tent woven OF goats hair. while der.
wishes from Cairo and sheiks from
Aleppo and Bagdad performed at intervals
some of their most interesting religious csre-
monies Turkish aud Syrian effendes stood
all around the platform, slipping coffee and
smoking water pipes.
One OF the most interesting persons on the
floor was the whirling dervish sheik. Moham-
med Of Tripoli. Most OF the evening he spent
whiring around on ono toe IN most Devil.
dering fashion.
II was shortly after midnight whom the grand
procession began. ! was headed by dancing
girls and whirling dervlshss.
The feature OF tho parade was the prosenta-
ton OF Mohhmmed's return to Mecca or the
Festival OF tho Daughters OF the Desert lt
was produced under the supervision OF Fred
solomon. tho old Casino favorite.
Miner Superintendent Thomas Byrnsa
Thomas ], Crimmins. + p. Harper. and VII.
liam Ii. White. IL was early this morning be-
fore the last dancer left the floor.
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appeared 70 be on the, two trains. full. twenty
in. As soon as the fret shock OF the accident
was over, the won en- ook mn the work olnurs-
ing the injured. standing beside the sufferers
With. smelling salts and linen bandsRes. while
the doctors did their work.
In n few minutes the next South Orange
local came up. II IL due at Hoboken ut S:Sl
From the opposite direction came train
from Hoboken for Orange Both we're safely
tagged, and mon and doctors from these
trains turned in to help search the wreck.
After this was accom- pllshed, many used the
opportunity TO pick up souvenir OF the asoi-
dent. A tavorite was g rose; There are many
nurseries along the West Line road. and the
wrecked baggage car had contained hun
dreds uf roses for the New York market
Those were spread all about the wreck, gar
land OF pink and white roses living almost
upon some OF the deal beside the track be-
fore they were carried away.
The question now arose how 70 get the dead
and wounded to Hobokep, The wreckaRe
completely nllrd both tracks, and on the side
where the injured were living along the west.
hound track norton OF tho wreck extended
over the bank The only way 10 get the In
jured around this obstruction was to carry
them down the hank to the bottom on one aide
and Chamber. up on the other. Conductor
Charles Of the latest train to arrive from
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pine. He heard n shout and. looking around.
saw through the open door the headlight OF
saw brakeman with dag in his hand look
ing out Ola window but he does not know
whether this akeman was the one assigned
Jump into the aisle when the collision occurred.
He was slightly cut by flying splinters, hut
found himself on top Of the heap OF wreckaEe
when tho dust cleared lie at once began
he could. on 20 arrival OF other physician
lac gave them his instruments. Erwin Metz
fireman OF the wrecked locomotive stuck to
his post and was not hurt at all He said the
hour when the collision occurred, The fog
was so thick that they were within 100 feet Of
the EXPRESS before they saw u.
President Samuel sloan OF the Delaware.
OF the company, William street and Exchange
place, that from the information sent to him
he was convinced that the engineer Of the sec
ond train was responsible for the rScident.
ming at full speed In dense fog when ne
should have been running SLOWLY.
Mr. y L. Bray, secretary OF Superintendent
Reasoner was on the rear train when the acci-
Investigation cannot be completed until the
injured engineer is able to talk. Other en-
ployees say that Holman ought TO have
slowed up his train after passing the car
A, o. Tate. Vice President OF the North
American Monograph Company was one OF
the happiest men IN Wall street yesterday lie
missed tho train by two minutes at Brick
and everybody else on hiS good luck.
Many members of the New York stock Ex-
change. the Produce Exchange, and other
down-town exchanges live on the line, Of the
missing the train and all were inclined TO
celebrate their good fortune.
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dred pinioned passengers, would probably
have been set on fire. The fact that one side
OF each car was com pletely torn out saved the
imprisoned passengers from being scalded, as
the escaping steam from the heating appara-
tus found free access to the open air. where it
hung over tho wreck in clouds until 1t was abb
sorbed in the general mistlness.
The army OF over hundred men, who
promptly began the work OF rescue. deserve
great praise. When the crash occurred sew
eral passengers were thrown bodily through
the windows. Their bodies lay where they
fell. upon the ground alongside the train. One
old man. who had been thrown out OF a smok-
ing car window lay dead beside the last car o;
the accommodation. which shows that the
crash carried both trains the length OF the ae-
eommodation before they stopped He was
horribly mangled. Beside the third car OF the
accommodation lay another old man. who
looked like a farmer his head thrown back.
his gray beard extended upward. and his eyes
half open, but with no life in them. He also
had received a shocking wound. A third
mediation. but the mans head was not visible
II looked as ~ II had been driven Into his body
with clothes torn from the bodies OF the VIE
tins; here vest there part OF a coat or pair
q trousers: The scattered Fragments Of cloth
The accident occurred on the Hackensack
Meadows, dreary stretch of naked landscape
which Jersey Ctr Heights Is built. and at the
other, the lower ridge where the eastern
suburb OF Newark begins, The only other bit
Of high land In sight Is Snake Hill. its abrupt
sides covered with timber. while at its base
and Its heights stand the penal institutions Of
jersey City. About a mile west Of the wreck
the PennsylyAniA Railroad car shops are built
on a narrow strip OF land between the tracks
OF the two roads. A branch Of the Erie Rail-
WAY, the Newark and Paterson line.
parallels the Morris and Essex through
this part OF the meadows. Nothing
Of these landmarks was visible after
the collision, however. the thick fog
made IL impossible TO see more than 200 feet.
All the railroad tracks are built on high en-
bankments as the meadows are OF the nature
OF a salt marsh several passengers who, by
jumping, escaped i'm mediate death were seri-
Ously injured By rolling down the smbAnk-
msnt, which Was frozen nearly IS hard as rock.
several times panic seize. the crowd that
emerged from the two trains when they heard
the roar OF an approaching train on the Erie
branch road IL sounded exactly IS II q train
we're coming at full speed to crash into the
WTeckage. which was scattered over both
tracks At such times men and women aband-
Oning their Efforts 70 relieve the Injured.
would dash down the steep banks, slipping ard
sliding and would fall In little heaps al the
bottom on the frozen swamp
Five minutes after the collision the volunteer
TescueTs were hard at work earring out the
Injured. Car doors and cushions and backs II
car seals were eNtsmporized into stretchers-
1t vas remarkable the number Of doctors who
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steam and then jumped on. So fast was the
train going that hs was thrown violently over
on his head and with his head he ploughsd a
1urrOW down the frozen eIuhankment TO the
bottom. His skull was fractured.
BaggeRemaster BAlantins also heard the
bTakeman's cry OF warning, and looking out
OF the rear door. he saw the approaching
headlight He happened to see a bright little
boy standing between him and the rear door.
He had often seen the hoy before. and knew
he came from Gillette on the West Inc road.
lie gave a bound for the rear platform and
grabbed the Gillette boy by the coat collar as
he passed, Still retaining his hold on the collar
rolled down the embAnkment. but neither was
hurt much. BalAntins thinks the locomotive
struck the platform the same instant that he
Jumped as he was hit in the side by missile
before he touched the ground
As soon a. the crash was felt John Pierce a
express. ran out and taking his flag. went
with ali speed toward Houoken. The nearest
telegraph Office is ut West End, and there he
sent a despatch to the superintendent lie
also saw to II that the next train out from
Hoboken was tagged. In the same manner
three brakemen on the accommodation hug
Tied back toward Newark, tagged the next
train from that direction, and tslegraphed TO
Newark.
Conductor George. In the next 70 the last car
Of hls train, Was caught up and buried at ths
forward end OF the car under a great mass ~
debris. along with iiitY others. When he vas
dug out he was not dangerously hurt, although
egg CpniurtOr kundis Of the accommodation
was thrown down, but nobody on his train was
seriously hurt except Engineer Hoffman.
The Nr-t news OF the accident was received
AZ Hoboken at $50 O'clock. Superintendent
hessoneT at once ordered relief train to bs
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dueenly. her natural reserve and refinement
both lending charms to her presentation An
her poses are art to be entirely approprist.,
she never hesitates or makes vague or restless
gestures. The music OF this part, too. lies well
within her voice.
Nine. Fursch- Madi brought dignity to IN.
role OF Ortrud. although her delineatlon was
less marked by bitterness and hate than
Frsuein Brandt Of secredmemory made the
character. Fursch- Maids voice was no.
ticeably weak and incompetent TO e1-
press the ,animps Of 0rtr,.d though
her finished style and mature stage
experience stood her in good stead; There
out the opera-each. part was so we'll filled
as to, create q semhlance at least OF an
Ideal cast" signor vignas outdid him self Ia
the role Of Lohengri,L Not only did bis
splendid voice cope perfectly with the de-.
mands OF the score. but his acting was spirited
and he made him self quito the central figure
OF the opera as undoubtedly the hero should
be. but Is not, always
No better King coul be lima gined than Plan.
CON, his voice is higher than Edouard Do
feszke's. but the music gains from this bari.
tone quality IN Plancon's tones. Duirichs
made a fine Herald The phrases written for
this part are some OF them as beautiful as any
in the ODera.
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The Comanche Club OF POI Bowery have in
hand $1,000. which they intend to give to the
needy OF the Third Assembly district. The
money will be distribute ed every evening at the
club rooms Every applicant will have his
name and address taken and his case will be
investigated. The Chairman OF the fund is
Julius simon. who has already attended to
]. 11S applicants.
The General Committee Of Tammany Hall OF
the Ninth Assembly district has raised 81, 900
by personal contributions OF the members
Next Sunday evening the committee will give
n benefit entertainment at the Grand Opera
House. District Attorney Fellows and Police
Justice Grady will sneak. The entertainmen t
will be under the direction Of Leader James
W. Boyle.
- meeting OF the executive committee Of the
Business Mems Relief Committee OF the In
afternoon in yermilye, .S Co.'S office. 10 Nassau
street. secretary Milbury reported that ar
two peoples restaurants. one will be at =, 2,3
between Hamilton and Monroe streets. They
Will have a capacity OF LOCO meals each daily.
ABOUT 800 men and women. members of the
Congregational Club. sat down to dinner at
the Hotel st. Denis last night. After the dim
ner the m LENDERS began to talk about the con-
dition Of the poor and how to alleviate Il,
the company by reading lecture on the abb
surdty OF their meeting and eating dinner
Why. said the speaker. the 5000 spent
for this dinner would have given 5000 poor,
half--tarving men q comfortable meal"
This speech seemed to meet with the APP
proval OF all. and 1t was agreed that at the next
meeting there should be no dinner and that
the money usually spent for that feast should
be given to the poor.
Thirty-thr-e actors applied for help to the
Actors Fund Relief Committee yesterday and
all were supplied with money Something like
$500 was expended by the committee.
An actor who appeared at benefit for the
poor of tho city on sunday AZ piled to the COM
mittee for moi ey to provide for his own family
He was actually hungry himself when he went
to the benefit
Money is given in some cases and In others
tickets emitting the bearers to dinner at a
hotel. Some subscriptions to the fund have
been received within the last week.
The dramatic association in connection
with Adelphi CHAPTER ~. q. j.. s.. will give
an entertainment and ball on March 10, the
proceeds OF which will be given to Mayor
Giroy for the city department relief fund
Typographical Union No. u has assessed all
its members who earn more than SO a week,
five per cent OF their earnings for the relief OF
their une N poyed brethren. The contribution
l. to be m ade for four weeks. and Is expected
to bring in ST 800 q week.
with the Inited States pension agency In this
city n fund has been raised to provide a hot
meal daily to any soldier or sailar. or the wife,
widow. or child OF any veteran OF the late war.
who may be In need Of assistance.
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WIN withhold Wages Against q Tariff
Reduction.

WHEELING. W. Va. Jan. 15.-To-day tho pot
tors employed In tho La Belle and Wheeling
potteries were notified that. beginning next
Monday. a general cut OF 10 per cent in wages
would be demanded. In addition to this it
will be proposed that 20 per cent. OF their
wages at the new rnte will he withheld until
1t is known what changes will be made In the
tariff schedules In case there IL no change
the 20 per cent. will be handed to the work
men. lfths tariff Is reduced a proportionate
part OF the money will be retained by the
manufacturer 10 make them whole on all
ton with the foreign made goods. II Is not
likely that the operatives will accept the pro-
posal The same general proposition has been
rejected by Last Liverpool potters.
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The Performance OF " IOheRgrIn" ~ the
Metropolitan Opera House.

Last night Was a fortunate one at the Opera
House. "Lohsngrin " was given. with Emma
ERmes as lisa. Nine Fursch- Madi as Or'y7d
S!gnor Nignas a. Lohs'grH. PlanGon as kUlg
Iasqlle Ir1dmUlL aud Dufriehe as The H4'aL
Together with the smoo;hncss bred Of
long familiarity with the score, which both
chorus aud orchestra know thoroughly these
admirable artists made a noteworthy per-
formance. The chorus. 10 he sure. sang
or pitch in the scene Of L1hrHg.utS arrival.
but that worthy body has 80 long ac-
customcd US 10 tho identical degree Of
fatuess that We now regard the delinquency
with the same sort ofFesignation that gives US
patience Ia endure crowded cOnyeyanres " Ia
grippe" and other Ills and weaknesses OF hu-
manly otherwise than in the arst scenes.
the cnorusss did good and vigorous work.
NlyidIy wrong note in the pages song icing
the only real error
Miss Esmss makes an exceedingly beautiful
and satisfying E.sa. bhe Is graceful aud
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The Sanford Carps, MN. Resume.

AMSTERDAM. y. Y. Jan. 15.-Aiter a shut
down OF six months operations were resumed
this morning in the carpet mills OF Stephen
Sanford 4 Sons OF tho 3 900 employees
about three-fourths went to work to day. The
others will return the middle OF the week.
There has been a general reAdJustmsnt Of
wages, which means "A cut OF about twenty per
cent. Hundreds OF new hands applied Tor
work today, but were refused. Mr. sanford
Gays that the general Teadlustment ot wages
Is based on existing conditions. and in con
formty with others In their branch OF manu-
featuring. The mills. he adds, are not started
because OF expected trade, but because our
goods must be Kept hefors the public even at
a loss