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Buffalo, n. Y.-The tragedy of the
new century eliminated at 2.15 O'Clock
On Saturday morning, when President
Mckinley peacefully passed away at
the residence of John G. Milburn. Mrs.
Mckinley had retired to her room,
and was not with him at the end. His
last conscious words reduced to writ
ing by DR.. Mann, who stood at his
bedside when they were uttered, were
as follows;
Good bye. All good bye. 1t is
Gods way. His will be done, not
ours
Those present at the time of the
Presidents death were Secretary Cor
telyou, DR.. Rlxey, Mrs. and Miss
Barber and Miss Duncan.
President McKinley's last conscious
hour on earth n spent with his wife
to whom he devoted n lifetime of care.
He died unattended by a minister of
the gospel. but his last words were a
humble submission to the will Of the
God in Whom he believed. He was
reeonciled to the cruel fate to which
an assassin's bullet had condemned
him, and faced death in the same
spirit of calmness and pOise which
had marked his long and honorable
career.
Mrs. Mckinley last saw her husband
between IL and IL o'clock. At that
time she sat by the bedside, holding
his hand. The members of the Cabi-
net were admitted to the sick room
singly at that time.
President McKinley's relatives and
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The funeral train a for miles and
miles over pennies, nickels and silver
!coins. This novelty in souvenir hunt
ing was displayed most strongly in
Pennsylvania. The pieces of money
were placed on the rails to be fat
tened out of shape by the wheels of
THE car which bore McKinley's body,
thus constituting the memento.
Late in the afternoon President
Roosevelt, who had passed an unusu-
ally quiet day, made a little speech
TO the Buffalo delegation assembled
in his car. He thanked the Buffalo
mans first in the name of the Govern
|ment for their hospitality and devoted
'attention to the stricken President.
Then he thanked them again in the
name Of Mrs. Mckinley and the
household. John G. Milburn respond
led. He said Buffalo simply had done
Its duty in the emergency that arose.
There were less than a half dozen
stops on the whole trip, and the sched-
'uled itinerary was adhered TO almost
ito the minute all along the line.
Not a drum was heard, not n fun
Ieral note, as the slim cortege of cav
airy anu p|dllDtdItIS GStUTlluS lHe
body of President Mckinley marched
silently along Pennsylvania avenue
from the station to the White House
between the crowded lines of grieving
citizens. Just as the funeral process
sion turned into the White House
grounds the immense multitude sang
NEARER. My God, to Thee" the dead
Presidents favorite hymn.
The ceremony was severely military
in character, in recognition of the fact
that the President was the Comman-
der-in-Chief of the Army and Navy.
Nowhere was there a show of civilian
participation.
The guard of honor entered the
White House and formed open ranks
within the inner reception hall. The
sailors and soldiers, who with the
veterans were placed OH guard around
the bier likewise formed open ranks
in extension of the line of veterans
and at present arms.
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consciousness for his final parting with
his wife. He asked for her, and she
sat at his side and held his hand. He
consoled her and babe her good by.
She went through the heart-trying
scene with the same bravery and for
titude with which she has borne the
grief of the tragedy which ended his
life.
At various times the Presidents
mind wandered during the night, and
in his delirium he spoke of his home
in Canton. That he was suffering
seemed evident from the pitiful way
in which he spoke about his longing
for rest. 1t was in connection with
his longing for rest that he wandered
about his home. To get home and
rest-that vas the one thing that ran
through all his deliYious moments
The actual death probably occurred
about 2 O'Clock, it being understood
that DR.. Rixey delayed the announce
ment momentarily TO assure himself.
When the news was impaired to
those downstairs 4 great sigh of an
gulsh went up from the strong men
there assembled. The members of the
Cabinet, Senators and close friends re-
NAMED only Il few minutes. Then
with m|ournful tread and bowed
heads they came GU in the darkness
and went away. There was not one
among them with dry eyes, and some
moaned in an agony of grief.
The announcement of the news to
those waiting below was postponed
until the members of the family had
withdrawn. Through Secretary Cor
lelyou the waiting newspaper men re-
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THE WORLD IN MOURNING
OUR COUNTRY DR+ I'm BLACK

Il Business Waited. while in Church and
a chool old aud Young Honorcd the
a Passing of the Nation's Martyr-Kins
q Edwards sympathy - British Navy's
Il Unique Homage.
a New YORK City.-In response 10 the
Z prociamations of President Roosevelt
4 and Governor CdeI setting aside the
q day as one OF humiliation and prayer
: and to the general demand and com
Z mon Impulse Of the people, Thursday
\ was given up 10 services and observ-
4 ances honoring the memory Of Presi-
! dent Mckinley. There was practical
1 ly no business done, and with one
I mind the paop.c took the day to mark
/ their sorrow and respect for the late
4 President.
4 There We're services in all of the
1 churches of the city. and tome of the
I patriotic societies had special services
1 for their own bodies in some of the
4 churches. Worship, oratory and music
: We're invoked to give expression to
I the feelings of the people.
4 Mayor Van Wyck issued an order
I directing that all city departments be
4 closed on Thursday las a mark Of
I respect to the nations late Executive,
] whose death is so deeply depIored and
! whose memory will be ever venerat-
ed"
After four days and nights of al,
most continuous wO.k the citizens
completed the draping Of the city in
cloth of mourning. Under a leaden
sky the streets and avenues were
made still more sombre by the masses
OF black that the eye, wherever it was
cast, could not escape.
Upper Broadway. IN the shopplngand
amusement districts, was complete
ly swathed in Grape and black bunt-
ling. Ia many of the store windows
all the articles of merchandise usually
displayed therein have been removed.
and in their places are portraits OF
the martyred President, surrounded
by banks of flowers or draped with the
folds Of the flag.
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.sang alone "Some Time Well Under
3stand." Her voice alone seemed to
;have power sufficient to fill the space
of the dome.
Bishop Edward G. Andrews deliv-
Tered n formal address after reading
the psalm. THE Lord Is My Shep-
HERD" The services were concluded
Thy singing Nearer, My God, to Thee
by the choir and a benediction by Rev.
W. II. Chapman.
Almost twenty minutes were re-
Toured to clear the rotunda sufficient
lily to permit the opening of the doors
for the admission of the general pub
{lic. The lid was lifted from over the
face, and at 11.53 the people began to
file by, coming into the building at the
least door and passing out through the
west door. No n was allowed time
for more than 4 hurried glance. 1t is
estimated that 5000 persons viewed
the body.
The last chapter in the capitals trib
lutte to the nations dead took place
when, in three sections, the trains
carrying to Canton the body of the
Hate President, accompanied by his
widow and the principal officers of the
mckinley Administration, left the
Pennsylvania Railroad station soon af-
tie s o'clock. President Theodore
Roosevelt and the members of the
cabinet, Secretary Cortelyou, the
Eguard Of honor, composed of army
land navy officers, relatives, officials
land correspondents, made up a funeral
company that filed twenty-one cars,
.lfter clearing Washington all was
darkness. The train seemed to be
drumming through a tunnel, so black
was the night. Now and then the
sfaces of a little m%ournful group stand.
Hing bareheaded at the side of the track
acould be seen by the light from the
;death chamber as the train flashed by.
land as villages were passed the sound
To- tolling bells came family to the
sheavy-hearted mourners aboard.
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At 1912 O'Clock the head Of the pro-
lcession arrived. The military contin-
gent passed eastward on B street,
thence south on First street east.
Headed by Major-General John r.
brooke and staff and the Fifth Artll-
slery Corps band. the troops swept
around to the south end of the plaza,
land then marched to position fronting
1.-THE main entrance TO the Capitol
AS soon as they had been formed at
Irest the Artillery Band on the left and
the Marine Band on the right of the
ientrance, the funeral cortege with its
.guard of honor entered the plaza from
1.-THE north. As the hearse halted in
front of the main staircase the troops
presented arms.
AS the eight body-bearers drew the
lhag-draped casket from the hearse the
bands again played Nearer, My God,
ito Thee and every head in the vast
attendant throng was barred.
With careful and solemn tread the
Ibody-bearers began the ascent of the
staircase with their precious burden
lard tenderly bore it to the catafalque
in the rOtunda.
i It Oilf SlSh VI iAhS II ~ ~
was the Grape on the hits of the
Officers swords. Senators and Repre-
|sentatives occupied seats on the east
|side. The family of the late President
had seats reserved on the north and
Immediately next to the catafalque,
The choir was to the west. and behind
lit We're members of the Supreme
The foreign Ministers were
seated to the east, and all were in full
uniform. There was also a large num-
Der of military and naval officers.
The services were brief. After the
coffin had been brought in and laid
ON the catafalque the choir, led by
the marvelously sweet voice of Mrs.
c. Noyes, sang ~ 1. Kindly
Light" The singers from the
,church that NJ ley had at
tended in We Then Rev. II.
IN. NayI~- ser, the words of
(which ,tinguishable at a
dlstans steps. Mrs. Moves
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BODY BORNE TO wAsHINGroN.
Journey Made Through Almost Soil,
Walls of Grief-Stricken Faces.

Walls OF Grief-stricken races.
vosh,nctor n C.-po,sod h,oh =,
N"sn,o ,hot II nonfa ~ soon
Il ea],ai .n'nSch tha hroaS ND. 81
o. "i nro" - nor pon;ec tha ooer
.he n|ns pnnst5an+ NcEin,ar,s hnar
c%ol'aihnns feon' Pnesaia 40 yyosh Uu
was e"'tie'
Ton, ..o snooio, tr,i, nodo mn ~, III,
IN tng SpGoi" Paii,oad up " th'
ems inI tth ,o,a 49, ana s.,onas u'ho
WluoW, VIZ O. tho Goat "a snono" 4,
Were pIes prosidont hao@oro Poosa
b9unio1 a,r mombors of tho Cabine,
ven anu VA ~d,stinmn,y, of5njaIs
ana many .hn 7o,ta fo' a9o milo,
All alVns nv - -
the sta,iohs ahu a u-ho %al
road tI"chs eio"NS ~ ia.
come 10 d por@ln hiar r' yhnEe s raste5 tT Tl
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1.-THE stomach near its lower border
aBoth holes We're found to be perfectly
5closed by the stitches, but the tissue
] around each hole had become gangre
nous.
After passing through the stomach
1.-THE bullet passed into the back walls
aof the abdomen, hitting and tearing
/ the upper end of the kidney. This
) portion of the bullet track was also
d gangrenous, the gangrene involving
! the pancreas. The bullet has not yet
been found.
There was no sign of peritonitls or
sdisease of other organs. The heart
walls were very thin. There was no
.4evidence of any attempt at repair on
I the part of nature and death resulted
4 from the gangrene which affected the
K stomach around the bullet, as well as
q 1.-THE tissues around the further course
OF the bullet. Death was unavoidable
Z by any surgical or medical treatment,
and was the direct result Of the bullet
wound.
4 (Signed)
Z HARVEY D. GAYLORD, NJ. d.
4 HERMAN G. METZINGER, NJ. D.
i "P. NJ. RIXEY. NJ. d.
'MATTHEW d. MANN, NJ. D.
a "HERMAN MYNTER, NJ. d.
a "ROSWELL PARK, NJ. d.
4 EUGENE WASDIN, NJ. D..
CHARLES G. STOCKTON, NJ. D.
!. "EDW. G. JANEWAY, NJ. d.
! wv. W. JOHNSON, NJ. d.
v Nv. T. KENDALL, Surgeon U. S. A.
4 CHARLES CARY. NJ. d.
EDWARD l.. MUNSON,
u Assistant Surgeon, U. S. A.
a "HERMANUS L. BAER, NJ. D."
h There is much that is new in this
Statement. Gangrene had not beer
Z suspected by any of the doctors in at.
atendance on the President, and theiI
q Statements made just after his dealt
Mshowed that they believed there was
Ssomething the matter with the heart
aThis organ was found to be free from
1disease, however, when the body was
8opened, although the statement is
3made that the heart walls We're very
Athin.
n The startling feature Of the autopsy
ahowever, is the discovery that the hui.
Alet, after piercing both walls of the
b stomach, struck and tore the upper
Aend of the kidney. The doctors were
3confident all through the PRESIDENT
Sillness that 10 other organ of the body
chad been injured except the stomach
;9and that the bullet had lodged in the
a muscular tissue of the back after leay.
ling the stomach.
Great surprise was caused by the
republication of the official report Of the
4autopsy. 1t seems to be the impress
d sion that unless the physicians were
Is misquoted in some of their statements
9they were seriously in error as to theiI
. diagnosis of the cass.
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LAST RITES AT CANTON,
All Ohio Turns Out to Pay Tribute tC
Fallen Chiefs Memory.

Canton, Ohio.-The train bringing
ithe body of William Mckinley, late
president of the United States, for
burial in the town where his early life
Twas passed, completed Its journey at
;11.50 O'Clock Wednesday morning.
Thousands of persons had come here
Ito be present at the final services in
Honor of the dead President, and a
sgreat crowd stood with barred heads
sabout the station as the train drew in.
/ The funeral train was met at the
sstation on its arrival by the following
honorary pa~llbearers, selected by the
Family: John c. Dueber, George r.
\ Frease, X. \. Cassidy, William Il
2Day, Joseph Biechele, Henry w. Har-
I ter, william A. Lynch and Thomas t
McCarty, and also Troop A, of Cleve-
Hand, Ohio, as an escort with the
3Grand Army band of Canton.
The Reception Committee was pres
lent upon the arrival OF the train, The
4 body was borne to the rotunda of the
sCOurt House, where it lay in state un
It'll 0 p. m. Under the escort Of Cantor
SPost, &. A. r., of which the late Presl
sdent was a member, the body was
\ borne to the Presidents late residence
4 there to lie during the night. on
SThursday, after a short service at tn,
4 First Methodist Church, the late Pres
I ident's body was taken TO WestlawI
4 Cemetery, and there deposited in ;
Temporary vault,
4 The journey of the funeral traif
Il from Washington was marked by evi
z dences of the universal sorrow no les
marked than the trip from Buffalo
\ although the train left the Capita
\ long after sunset and did not emerg,
4 into daylight until its journey haC
Z been more than half run, there wa.
mot a mile along the entire route tina
Twas not covered by persons to observ,
Sits passing,
7 During the last nalf-hour's run into
sCanton, where the body was to be re
Il ceived into The arms Of its own PEG
dple, mile by mile the evidences of deeI
Spersonal anlictlon seemed If possible
8to increase. Flags that had Otter
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GANGRENE CAUSED DEATH.
The Autopsy Shows That Mckinley Neve
Had a Chance to Recover.

Buffalo, N. Y.-The result of the au.
|topsy performed upon the body OF
president Mckinley shows that death
was caused by the development OF
!gangrene in the tissue of the stomach
'around each of the two p~erforations
made by the bullet which pierced thai
1t was also shown that the
bullet had torn one of the kidneys
1.-THE autopsy showed that the bulle,
wound was fatal and that the Presi'
dent never had any chance to recover
The official report of the autopsy fol
lows:
THE bullet which struck over tho
breast bone did not pass through the
skin and did little harm. The Other
bullet passed through both walls OF
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the members of his official family who
were at the Milburn house, except
Secretary Wilson, who did not avail
himself of the opportunity, and some
Of his personal and polltical friends
took leave of him. His friends came
TO the door of the sick room, took n
long glance at him and turned tear
fully away. He was practically I'M
conscious during this time, But pow
arful heart stimulants, including oxy-
gen, were employed to restore him to
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London.-The Admiralty ordered
that the American flag be hoisted at
halfmast on the mainmasts of all war
vessels in port, and that the Union
Jack and the white ensign be half
masted until after the funeral. This
is the first occasion when such an
order has been issued for the presi-
dent of n republic.
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NO FESTIVITIES FOR THE DUKE.


Engagements in Honor of Mckinley. 4
Quebec.-It was announced that I'M
til after Mr.. McKinley's funeral, IL.
K. II. the Duke Of Cornwall and York
would not attend any public function
of d festive nature. He lunched with
the Lieutelant-Goyernor on Tuesday
at his official residence, Spencerwood,
and entertained him and the Govern
/ or-General and their suites on board
; the royal yacht Ophir. The royal
! party decided to abstain from such So
] cial Festivities as receptions, etc. For
I this reason he asked the cancellation
! of the garden party to be given at
1 Spencerwood in his honor. though 700
I invitations had been issued for the
I function, and it was cancelled in con
/ sequence. So 1t was with the grand
] reception which had been arranged fol
\ i'm Montreal.
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Notwithstanding has written 10
Civil Governor Taft and Military Gov
ernor Chatfee saying lat h. regrets,
with the rest Of the American Nation,
the great loss suffered by the people
Of the United States in the C-.th -
President Mckinley.
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san Juan, Porto RlCo,-lhe elaDO.-
ate ceremonies that had been prepared
for the inauguration Of Governor Hunt
we"a not carried out owing TO the
death Of President Mckinley, The
oath of office was, instead, i1minis'
tered to Governor Hunt ut the palace
in the presence Of not over 10 Of
j hcialS.
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Memorial Services in st. Petersburg.

st. Petersburg, Russia.-A memorial
service in honor of President McAin-
lev was held on Thursday III the
British American Chapel, Many mem
bers Of TIE American colony, the Dip
lomatic 'Jorps and many high Rus
sian officials attended.
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prhce Cnun through the Chinese
Niais,er at Berlin, Germany, begged
permis. on Of the mother OF the late
Baron SJu E.etteler to express person
ally his coodolence with her on the
death OF her son at Pekin, Frau vol
Ketteler, however, refused to recely'
the Prince
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Furtl Evidence of a state of war
betweef Yenezuela and Colombia has
been SPIT toShe State Department IN
Washiktonlb y Consul Plumacher, IL
Mare Sbo, Venezuela.
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1t WIS STATED at the Navy Depart
ment n Washington that an applica
ton lad bden made and granted for
two Weeks extension to Eear-Admira
Sampon's sick leave.
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q Indictment Charges MURDER IN the firs'
4 Degree on Two Counts-Court AssIgns
\ Former Justices Loran L. Lewis and
a Robert C. Titus to Act For the Pris.
q oner, who Feigned Insanity.
Buffalo, n. Y-Leon f. Czolgosz,
alias Fred Niemann, was indicted
3 Monday afternoon by the County
SCourt Grand Jury for the crime Of
Amurder in the first degree in fatally
4 shooting President William Mc1iu-
ley at the Temple of Music in the
zPan-American Exposition grounds a.
44.15 o'clock on the afternoon CT Sep
:ember 9.
i When arraigned before Judge Ed
/ ward X. Emery in the County Court
lat 5.36 O'Clock the prisoner stubborn
lily refused to answer questions repeat
q eddy asked III him by District Attor-
ney Penney as to whether he had
counsel or Wanted counsel. The Dis
Strict AttorneE then suggested that, in
4asmucl as eihe defendant refused to
aanswer. coufIse should be assigned,
81 Judge Emtry assigned the Hon. Lo-
Iran L. Iew,A and the Hon. Robert c..
HTit1s. former Supreme Court justices
Z of this city,i whose names a been
suggested blythe Erie County Bar AS
Esociation.
I District Attorney Penney presented
! the evidencf in the murder case TO
1.-THE Grand JHy from 10 o'clock in the
morning unil a few minutes past 4
O'Clock in tie afternoon.
Aside from the surgeons and physi-
4 clans in the case, no witnesses were.
sworn othef than those who were in.
the Temple of Music and witnessed
1.-THE shooting.
At Ais oelock, just exactly ten days.
zafter the Shooting, the Grand Jury
Z voted unan mously to indict Czolgosz
) for murder in the first degree. At AL
So'clock the secret Indictment was pre-
scented TO J5dge Emery, in the County,
Court.
8 After tn indictment was reported,
! the prisonr was driven from the peni-
4 tentiary, asnile from the City Hall, tol
! the Jail acoss the street from thel
&hall. Czolg,sz vas then taken under al
q strong quail from the Jail through
Inc tunnel plder Delaware avenue to.
sthe basemen of the CITY Han and UNI
Sthe stairs 1 the courtroom on the
second eoorl {
! The prisonr was shackled to De- {
3 Elective So5mon and Detective Geary Z
n held hiss Ether arm, Assistant Super {
INTENDING Cusack marching in front /
Hand A nupber of patrolmen behind. :
Z C~zolgoss is of medium height, Of
afairlv gooa build. and has light curlyN
shair. bui a 'a,a. days 9owth of beardE
94s. .hissS ne 90, -hjmsn- unkomnt any,
speaTaIce. % alE Ne lelghea ms
Il sanityl ND En-utIy, ana MS Elthccs q
roamefl al put ms eyes We're az
ways 9oWAst Not once ana ne look d
sthe cohnSY osecutot OF the Judge lnE
4 the face!asI H
6 "CzoIg! YhR.A you got 4 laWyer:a
Edo youA-l :, sawyer o haVeM
Sbeen in{ugNt fTs murder IN the lr't
Sdegree, M'you want a lawyer 10 de-E
Hfend YOU Czo!sosz' LOOK at me ana 4
Sanswer.hY
Distriq 1uorhey Pehhey hred these i
s1uestloTt M r-SoAer' ms voice ilS-ss
cling wit II succeeding Nquestlon' putR
4 Czolgoe% bbornly rcfuseNu 10 answer. b
Judge h%A then asked tne pIiSortt
before ~ r. he had counsel but
there wtt5 answer dtspl5e tnAIacts
1hat thgolice GIhcers T that f ho m, ,nt [
n I1nnn Nn gnpuKilV ann llltl lt ullEl y
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Informa .1u has been received from
.Haytl thai revolution is probable ii
President FaIl persis, S in extending
his term oilce'
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Thfwidow Of Theodore Stern, a Ger
manbanker, has given Frankfort OF
the lain $250,00o to promote medica
ohiehs
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Three hundred Colombian rebels ct
Eo.as del Toro were routed by Gov
e.lmCnt t,oops.
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|ND|CI or CzOLG0Sz.
Prisoner Refused Absolutely to An
swer Questions,
ASSASSIN DECLINED TO PLEAD

Indictment Charges Murder in the First
Degree on Two Counts-Court Assigns
Former Justices Loran L. Lewis and.
Robert C. Titus to Act For the Pris-
oper, Who Feigned Insanity.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-03-12
Told by a Railroad Official.

| have heard of some curious eXpedi-
ents being used to clear the tracks in
cases of railroad wrecks, but the meth
DDS used on a small railroad not far
from Baltimore a few years ago to
clear the tracks and, incidentally, save
fine engine from serious damage was
the most original l ever heard of. The
wreck had been caused by ice forming
on the rail from an overlooking tank
near a trestle. The train had two en-
gines. The first engine and the
cars had run out on the trestle and
dropped over. The rear engine was
left standing half sidewise on the tres
tie, which was thirty feet high. 1t
seemed as if the touch of a mans hand
would cause it to topple over, and il
blocked the road, which was only sin
gle tracked, and the wrecking car with
its derrick could not be used If we
only had something soft TO drop it on
and then hoist it back" said one off
cial. I'VE could manage all right" This
remark gave a farmer Of the neighbor-
hood an idea. He offered to sell his
big stock of corn fodder. The plan
was to pile the fodder from the ground
underneath the trestle to within few
feet of the track and then topple the
engine over. The plan worked well.
and owing to the elasticity of the fod-
der the engine was not damaged in the
1naSr