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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-11
SCRANTON. DECEMBER II, 1900.

Z The experiment of lowering the arc
lights in Scranton's streets so that the
glare of the carbon a block away Will
be continually in the eyes of the pedes-
trian is not meeting with public ap-
proval. This system. it is said. has met
with protest in every city where 1t has
been tried heretofore. For best results
The arc light should be placed at an
elevation that will enable one to OBJ
serve the pavement a few feet ahead
without having his vision impaired by
the dazzling rays of the lamp upon the
next corner. 1t is to be hoped that the
electric light company will not con-
tinue the expensive alterations that
viii transform Il public convenience
into nuisance,
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Lehigh Valley Railroad.
In Ellect NOV. 20, lJ0U.


Trains leave Scranton
For philadelphia and New York via u. Il II.
Il. r.. AT 6.Aj and Hos a. m, and els, Az
(Back Diamond ENpcsa), and ll30 p m. Sun
days, D. & ii. II, H., l.5S, s.a7 p. m.
For White Haven, ilazleton and principal
points in the coal regions, via ID. a II. r. H.,
0,l5, 2,ls and i.2I p. IN. For pottsyilc, d,4o,
2,lS and 4.27 p. m.
For Bethlehem, Easton, Reading, Harrisburg
and principal Intermediate stations via u. 4 H.
Il. r., Gas, ll.55 a, m; Els, 427 (Black Dia-
mond EXpress), ll3O p. in Sundays, d. q IL, II.
r., Las, S,2I p. m.
For Tunkhannock, Towanda, Elmira, Ithaca,
Geneva and principal intermediate stations, via
~, l.. * W. r. H., SOS a. M; los and $40
u. m.
For Geneva, Rochester, Buffalo, Niagara Falls,
Chicago, and all points west, via d. 4 H. r. r.,
ll.55 a, M, 3.3S lBlack Diamond Express), 7.lS,
lotl, ll,so p. M. Sundays, ID. IL, r. r.,
1l.55, s.27 p. m.
Pullman parlor and sleeping or Lehgh Valley
parlor cars on all trains between Wilkes-Barre
and New York, Philadelphia, Buffalo and sus-
pension Bridge.
RoLLlN Ii. WILBUR, Gen. supt,, % Cortland
street, New York.
CHARLES S. LEE, Gen Pass Agt., 20 Cortland
street New York.
Bethlehem. Pa.
For tickets and Pullman reservations apply 10
500 Laekawanna avenue, Scranton. Pa.
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The caucus we hear so much about is not in.
tended in any sense to be a Republican caucus
hut simply Il Quay caucus. Republicans who be-
leve in RcpublicanisIn, distinguished from
Quayisni. have no business in Quay caucus.-
Wilkcsl Barre Record.
Then the last state convention was
not Republican convention but n
Quay convention and the Record had
no business to support its nominees. II
the majority has not the right to claim
the party name and sanction, claim
conceded by the Record with regard to
the nominees OF the last state conven-
tion. whose names it ran at the head Of
its editorial columns during the recent
campaign. it remains to be explained
on what ground the minority can make
and defend such a claim. Must major
ity rule be waived whenever a minor
ity objects? On that basis how long
could party organization endure?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-11

- FFORTS MADE by abolitonists in English
II parliament to put an end to the British
II slave trade for foreign supply were again
futile. Six years later a bill to this effect
was passed by Lord Grenville and Fox. The
first symptoms of reaction in Russia against
slavery also came with the close OF the century.
Paul issued ukase that the serfs should not be
forced to work for their masters more than three
days in each week. Other feeble attempts at fur
thcr reform and even abortive projects OF enan-
cipation soon followed, but no decisive measures
were taken until Alexander II. IS famous procla-
nation sixty years later, when more than 40 0O0,.
600 serfs-peasant and domestic-were enamel.
patcd. Notwithstanding all this the slave trade
in native Africans was at its height For the
fifteen years of which this period is center
from 1892 to 1s07-3,5 900 were taken from
their homes and either pershed on shipboard or
we're sold in the West Indies The slaves in the
United States numbered 607,S97. When the war
between the states began sixty years later there
We're about six times as many.
Charles Goodyear, who obtained a patent ~
the age of fortyiour for vucanized rubber, and
lived to see his material applied 10 nearly fvc
hundred uses and to give employment TO more
than G0,0O0 persons, was born.
Glass magazines were first represented by the
in Scotland.
The Mahratta Contederacy began in India
Among the births Of the year of persons who
won fame in lie We're the following:
John Phillips, British geoogist.
James Princep, English orienast.
John Edmund Reade, English poet.
Alexis Paulin, Paris French author.
Sarah Peters, American philanthropist.
James Meadows Rende, English engineer.
James b. Pyne, English landscape painter.
Levin Myne Powell, American naval officer
Edward Bauverie P,isey, English clergyman.
Harvey Rice, American poet and statesman.
Robert Barnwell Rhett, American statesman.
David Reese, American physician and author.
Willard Parker, American surgeon and writer
William s. Patten, American lawyer and states.
man.
Norman Pinney, American clergyman and au-
thor.
Sampson Reedc, American journalist and au.
thor.
Alonzo Potter, American Protestant Episcopal
bishop.
Felix A. Pouchet French naturalist and physi.
ologist.
Daniel T.. NJ. Peixotto, Dutch physician in
America.
Aaron $. Pennington American lawyer and
statesman.
John B. Purcell, Irish Roman Catnolie bishop
in America.
Robert Everett Patterson, American clergyman
and author.
Francisco Satero dos Refs, Brazilian journalist
Benjamin Orrs Peers, American clergyman, edu
Gator and editor
Courtland Palmer, American merchant and Ro
man Catholic priest.
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RAILROAD TIME TABLES,
Delaware and Hudson.

In eIc"t Nov. %. 1000.
Trains for (arbondalc leave Scranton OF G2O,
75s, S53, 1O.l3 Il. m.; 1900, lao, 24l. ,, 81 so,
G.2j, 7.57, 9.l5, ll.l5 p. M: l.lG a. M.
For lIonesdale-G20, lOlS a. M: 2H and
500 p m.
11.55 a. n,.; LIS, Els, 1885, i.27, 6,l0 7iS, lO4i
1l.S0 p. III.
For l.. V. Il. II. points-G45. 1i.jj a. M; us
Ar and 113O y. m
For PENNSYLVANIA r. X. points-GiI, 93s 4.
H.. 2.ls and 4.27 p. m.
For Albany and al! points north $50 a. 1n
and 3.52 p. H.
SUNDAY TRAINS
For Carbondale-9.00, lbs Il. M; 2.i4, 80,
541, 1852 p. M
For Wilkes-Barre-9.3s, 1l.55 a. M; Las, 3.aS,
627 s.27 p. m
For Albany and points nortl--",52 p. IN.
For llonesdale 400 Il, m. and 3.52 q. H.
Lowest rates to all points in United state. anl
Canada
j. W, BrRDiCK, g. p. A., Albany, " Y.
II. W. CROSS D. =. A., Scranton, Pa.
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The EskinnOs.

S TIE ANNUAL report of the
governor of Alaska attention Ia
Il called to the necessity for lesis-
lation defining the legal status
Of the natives of that territory. who
promise to cndow the republic with a
new race problem at no distant day.
According to Governor Brady whole
communities of Eskimos have aban-
doned the old style of living and have
adopted the vocations of the white
man. Then engage in the hardest
kind OF labor in the mines, logging
camps and sawmills; they work upon
wharVes or as deck hands or coal
passers on steamships, and few EN-
gage in mercantile pursuits. In no re-
spect have they been a burden since
American occupation of Alaska began.
They aspire to citizenship, which will
enable them to locate mining claims,
take out licenses as steam engineers
and pilots, and to compete with the
white settlers who are crowding upon
them. II they commit crime they find
that they are held amenable to white
mans law; they wish to enjoy its BEN
efiss also. Congressional action which
will enable native Alaskans to become
American citizens is strongly urged.
Upon the subject of their merits the
governor is enthusiastic He says:
The Eskimos deserve our earnest solicitation
and care. They stand the peers Of any native
stock upon the continent, Their clothing. their
instruments Tor hunting and fishing, their kyals
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Central Railroad of New Jersey.

Stations in New York-Foot OF Liberty street
n. r., and Soul! Ferry.
Anthracite coal used exclusively, nlsming
cleanliness anl comfort
TINE TABLE N EFFECT NOV. %, 1900.
Trains leave Scranton for New York. Newark
Elizabeth, Philadelphia, Easton, Bethlehem, Al
lcntown, Mauch Chunl; and White Haven. AT $50
a. m.; express, llO; express, $50 p. m Sun
days, 2,l5 p. III.
For Pittston and Wilkes-Barre, $50 a. m; 40
and 3. 30 p m. sundays, 215 D. NJ
For Baltimore and Washington, and points
south and West via Bethlehem, $50 A. m, 40
$40 D. m. sunday, 2,l5 p. m.
For Long Branch, Ocean Grove, ETC., at $50
a. m. and l.l0 p. m.
For Reading, Lebanon and Harrisburg, VIA Al
lentown, $50 a. IN. and 10 p. m, Sundays,
2.15 y. m.
For pottsville, $50 a. m, 1,10 r. m.
Through tickets to all points east, south and
west at lowest rates at the station,
H.. p. BALDWIN, Gen. Pass Aat.
j. ii. OLHAUSEN, Gen. Supt.
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4 y operations have a very
hazy conception of the
problem involved in conveying and sup
plying an army on foreign campaign.
Some facts mentioned incidentally in
Secretary Roots recent report shed
light upon this subject, and show that
tn send 10000 men many miles by land
and water into Il strange country. as
Mas done with the American part of
the Pekin relief expedition, is no
laughing matter. For example:
The supplies sent from this country
and Manila to China. in addition to the
ordinary supplies which the troops
carried with them included 1865 horses
2.1OS mules and 222 large army wagons
81 ambulances: 6.229 tors of oats; 1855
tons of hay: 4.21S.54, feet of lumber; Z
distiling plants. with capacity of 4,40O
gallons PEE day; 80 Stcrilizers: 9,100 gall
Ions OF oil: ~ boilers for boiling water:
140O heating; stoves with pipe; 566
ranges and ovens with utensils: II
water wagons: 1000 coffee and wash
boilers; $1,000 pounds of horseshoes;
10000 pounds of mule shoes; 2O,5OO
pounds horseshoe nails, and great
variety of other articles for black
smiths, wheelwrights', farriers', and
carpenters use; 10000 wool blankets;
10000 lined blouses: $4,000 warm caps:
10000 canton flannel drawers: $1,000
wool undcrsllirts; 10000 pairs of wool
gloves: $4,000 overcoats; $4,000 cam
paisn hats; 10000 pairs of arctic over
shoes, $4,000 flannel shirts: 10000 pairs
OF shoes: 20,5O0 pairs of trousers; $4,000
pairs of stockings; 1853 conical wall
and hospital tents in addition to the
common tents together with great
variety of other articles for clothing
and camp use.
In addition to all this the subsist-
"nce department shipped from the
United States and Manila 19,9S4, $40
pounds of subsistence stores; the medl-
cal department.. in addition to the
equipment of the hospital ship Relief
and the regular medical attendance of
the organizations. sent full equipment
for field hospital of 1000 beds. with
full medical supplies. and took the nee
cssary steps for the establishment of
an additional base hospital at Nagas-
aki; the signal corps provided all the
material and personnel for the con-
struction and operation of 80 miles of
telegraph line, together with the signal
flags. heiosraphs lanterns. telescopes,
etc. for visual signaling service; en-
2lneer implements and materials We're
shipped from Manila, and the neces-
sarN reserve OF equipment and arms
with an adequate equipment of rapic-
Tire guns. with ammunition. and with
over 100000 rounds of small-arms am
munition, We're promptly provided for
ny the ordnance department. Then
when the expedition got to Taku, the
emDarking point on the Chinese coast.
the gulf was so shallow that the trans
ports had to anchor ten miles from
shore and all OF the men, animals, ord
nance and supplies had to be carried
to the landing in small boats, most of
the time Ill tempestuous sea.
These We're Il few of the problems
which had to be solved out of hand by
our ISar department last summer in
addition to its difficulties in Porto
Rico. Cuba, the United States proper,
Alaska, Hawaii, and the Philippines.
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ing. The whole freight traH'c Of the
lakes. while growing rapidly, amounts
to only $iO,OO0,0O0 year. Could ths
proposed canal command third Of
1t? Not unless a new type of vessel.
equally adapted to lake, canal and
ocean navigation. could be depended
upon. It has yet to appear.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-11

Announcement is made OF the inten-
tion of a number of religious and hu-
name societies to ask the legislature
to sanction the submission to popular
vote of another proposed prohibitory
amendment. What is the use?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-11
THE PORTO RICAN WAY.
Correspondence Of the Sun.

correspondence Of the Sun
This is the American method OF describing tn
manner In which suit, to which an American
is party, is conducted in one of the insula
courts Of Porto Rico:
Conrt-You are the plaintiff in this case2
Litigant-Yes, your Honor.
Conrt-fou are an American, presumed
Litigant-ies, your Honor.
Court-You lose.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-11

bronze statue Of General Winfield Scott in the
circle which bears his name.
The Society of the Army OF the Tennessee
erected the $4,000 statue of General James I.
Mcpherson in the square which bears his name.
The bronze propeller of his famous flagship,
the Hartford was cast into the statue of !Ad.
miral Farragnt.
Manila is 0,360 miles from the capital.
Honolulu is 4,513 miles west of Washington.
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Erie and Wyoming Valley.

Times Table In Effect Sept. II, 1900
Trains for iIawley and local points, connect.
ing at Hawley with Erie railroad for New York.
Newburgh ad intermediate points, leave Scrsn.
ton at 7.O5 q. m. and 2.95 p. m.
Trains arrive at Scranton at 1880 q m. aud
9.l0 p. IN.
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN APPGL-
cation will be made to the Court of Common
Pleas OF Lackawanna county or Il law judge
thereof. on Saturday, the 2pth day Of December,
vide for the incorporation and regulation of ccr-
tain corporations, approved April Goth. 1874, and
its supplements, by The Order Of st. Otecz Niko-
laja Cudotworecz, for the charter OF an intended
corporation to be called The Order OF st. Otecz
Nikolaja Cudotworecz. the character and object
of which is to provide funds for the relief of
its members il case Of accident sickness and
for their families in OF DEATH from funds
collected therein, and for these purposes TO have,
enjoy and possess all the rights and privileges
conferred by the said act Of assembly and its
supplements The application for the said char
tary Of Lackawanna county. to No. 240 January
term, 1901. CLARENCE BALENTlNF,
Solicitor,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-11

There seems no question as to the
genuineness of the Anglo Portuguese
alliance.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-11

Estimating the cost of maintenance
of a deep-water ship canal from the
great lakes to tide water at $4,000, 900
a year, which is the estimate of the
commission of experts that has just
reported upon the subject; and allow
ing per cent. on the investment cost
of $526,OOO,OOo,, we find that II would
make such a waterway seIf-sustAin-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-11

DR.. Schaeffer advises that the mill
ion dollar state school appropriation, II
restored, shall be used for the "better-
ment of schools, and not for the reduc-
tion of local taxation or in the pur-
chase of useless apparatus and snowy
appliances" The opinion as to what
should not be done is proper, but
Superintendent Schaeffer should be
more specific as to the manner in
which the fund could best be disposed
of, If he desires his advice to have
weight.
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Recruits Wanted,

MARINE CORrS, U. S. NAVY, RECRUITS
wanted-Ahe.botlie men, service our
war ships in all parts Of the world and On land
in the Philippines when required. Recruiting OF.
fcer. lO3 Wyoming avenue, Scranton.
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FOR sALE-A DELIVERY COVERED WAGON,
has been in Use about two months. Suitable
for grocery store, dry goods store or other
mercantile purposes Apply to William Craig.
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Lost.

IOST-A BLACK SHOPPING BAG on BLAKE
ly street, between Green Ridge and Cherry
streets, Dunmorc containing money and railroad
tickets. Liberal reward for its return to II. p.
Savage, Green Ridge street.
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FOR SALE-BRlCK BUILDING, NO. i3i LACK
awanna avenue corner Washington avenue,
being the property recently occupied and now
being vacated by the Hunt Il Connell Company.
A. T.. HUNT.
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FURNITURE AND HOUSEHOLD GOODS FOR
sale at COS Adams avenue Call after y. IN.
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.Boarders Wanted.
Money to Loan.

MONEY TO LOAN ON BOND AND MORTGAGE,
any amount. NJ. II. Holgate, Commonwealth
building.
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ihe present session of congress gives
promise of lowering the records in the
way of rapid transaction of business.
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Business Opportunity.

WALL STREET-lF YOU WANT TO MAKE
money in the present markets, write us.
Stocks, Bonds, Provisions, carried on per cent.
margin. p. j. Peters & Co., 55 Broadway New
York.
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1.-THE WORLD .S.s+$&%
ONE HUNDRED YEARS
AGO TODAY".S.*%&%& y

Copyright, 1900, by X. L. Hughes, Louis
VILE.
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FOR sALE-CONTENTs OF HOUSE ruRNt.
turc, carpets, bedding, etc. 63S Washington
avenue.
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For Sale.

>Nee-U>~ >et>t.>~
FOR SALE CiItAp--cARRfAGE HORSE, SIX
years old, sound and gentle. 81 olive St
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Wanted---To Buy.
Board Wanted.

BOARD WANTED--FOR THREE ADULTS AND
one small child, in respectable jewish fam.
lily, living IL first.class neighbofliood. State
price w. A., Tribune office.
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LEGAL,

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCKIIULD-
ers OF the Third National Bank OF Scranton
tor the election OF directors will be held in the
directors room OF the bank building Tues
day, Jan. s, 1901, from 3 to 4 o'clock p nj.
WM. II. PECK, Secretary.
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Supplying all Army.

IA n ANY PERSONS unfamiliar
M :s:n.,;:s. %',n S:; Or .:Ss s,;s n'';s:y ;::y
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Help Wanted--Female.


WANTED - A GOOD GiRL FOR GENERAL
housework. Apply 1l25 1uzernc street.
WAN1fD-fOuR SALESLADIf.S; MUST HAVE
experience in Japanese goods; with city
references. Address Shun,n & Co., 12i Wyoming
avenue, city,
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Canal Estimates

. HE REPORT of the latest
transisthmian canal COM
Il mission on the subject Of
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Entered at the Postoifco AZ Scranton, Pa, as
!" Second-tass Mail Matter.
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GENTLEMEN AND LDIEs STOPPING AT
hotels can have their laundry done by hand
by an expert laundress. Prices reasonable; best
Of city references 526 Pleasant street, West Side
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Situations Wanted.

SITUATION WANTED--BY MIDDLE-At;ED WfD-
ow as housekecpcr in widower's family. Ad-
dress NJ. j., General Delivery, city.
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SITUATION WANTED-By A GOOD MAN, TO
drive grocery wagon or any kind OF business
sober and Industrious; 80 years old. Address
Louis Osterhout, Tribune
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-07-07
DRIFTING INTO BARBARISM.
Chinese Subject Captured Europeans
20 the sIicing Process.

London, July 5.-The commanders of
the allies in Tien Tsin inform the cor
respondents that il would be suicide to
attempt to reach Pekin with the troops
now available, in the face of the col
ossal force of imperial troops and
Boxers occupying the country between
Tien Tsin and Pekin. So far from
taking the offensive, the 10000 inter-
national troops at Tien Tsin and the
5000 others at Talu and intermediate
points can barely keep up communica-
lions, fighting necessarily with over
whelming number using far more nu-
merous artillery pieces than the allies.
1t viii require 100000 men, and three
years time, to suppress the rebels.
This telegram has been received:
Shanghai, July 4, 11s10 a. M, via
Chefoo: Tien Tsin city fell between 7
and s o'clock on the morning OF June
&c."
It I understood that Shanghai nn-
doubtealy 1eferred to the native city
of Tien Tsin. from which the Chinese
have been bombarding the foreign
quarter, and the disr is taken to
mean that the allies are more than
holding their own. Other dispatches
received by way of Shanghai aver that
the Chinese losses around Tien Tsin
are between 1000 and 5000, according
to official estimates.
A Chefoo dispatch of yesterday says
Admiral Seymour was wounded while
sitting in house at Tien Tsin by Chi
nese sharpshooters. News received at
Chefoo shows that the Chinese have
been guilty of horrible cruelty toward
the wounded and captured, subjecting
them to what is known as ling-ehe, or
the slicing process. Under this hid
eous rite the bodies Of the fallen have
been mutilated. The Russians are re-
taliating by the wholesale shooting OF
natives. The situation shows signs OF
drifting into barbarism and savagery.
Three Chinese servants of foreigners
have, it is rumored from good source,
escaped from Pekin. They report that
all the foreigners, 1000 in number, in
Guiding 400 soldiers, 100 members OF
the Chinese customs staff and num-
Der of women and children, held out
till their ammunition was exhausted.
in the British legation. The legation
was finally burned and all the foreign
ers killed.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-07-07

Nc. 25. southbouhd. Engineer Carr
saw that the main track was open, and
came slowly toward the yards. The
switch was open and the train ran into
the sidetrack. colliding with the tank
car. The collision caused hole to be
bored in the top part OF the tank, and
the oil ignited. This happened at a
few minutes after 8 a. m. Master Me-
chanic Lalime and General Superin-
tendent ]. r. Hamilton were called
upon to devise some means of Kidding
the track of the burning tank and ex-
tinguishing the blaze The effort was
made to tip the car over There We're
Jew people who were close to the car,
as the heat was so intense that this
manner of disposing Of the fire was
given up. Pouring water on it had
absolutely no effect.
While some of the men were group
ed near the tank after o'clock an ex-
plosion occurred, caused by the ire
igniting with the gas that had formed
from the burning oil. 1t came with
fash of fire and a deafening report.
Some people who were standing near
were not affected by it at all. These
saw the bodies of men flying in the
air and saw others knocked to the
ground by the conclusion of the air as
the tank went through the air. 1t had
parted and went in two directions.
There were numbers of persons knock
ed down by the force of the air. Those
who were killed were struck by the
flying end of the tank, which went in
a southerly direction. 1t was DO yards
distant from the victims and came to
the ground near the shops alongside
of engine No. 81, where all of the ia
talities occurred The piece which
went so yards in the other direction
killed no one