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u volcano In action. Five OF the men
were blown of the top Of the furnace
and these are the ones that ARE still
living. The others hung on the rail,
some on the outside and some on the
inalde until their clothing was burned
Oh and their fingers WIRE burned or.
They then fell to the ROOF OF the mill
dead. Seven Of the victims were found
dead on the platform Of the cupoln.
These were completely denuded OF
olothes by the flames and their bodies
were burned almost to a crisp TWO Of
the dead were found in the stookyard
OF the plant. $50 yards from the fur
mace. Every bone In their bodies
seemed 70 havo been broken. All Of
those killed and injured were Slavs and
Poles, The management was unable
to give their names but sent for George
Pitoli, an interpreter, who went TO The
morgue and identified some Of the VIC
tins,
over two tons OF ore, coke and hot
oinders some pieces Weighing almost
three pounds. ralned down on Second
avenue and many pedestrians ran into
houses and stores for protection.
A car was passing just at the tins
the gas let 60. The coke and other ma
torlal falling on the car, which had
twenty-five passengers aboard, caused
a panic and many jumped off. None
OF the passengers was In the least In
jured, but all were badly scared,
When the explosion occurred the men
In the plant became panic stricken and
rushed into the street. The men
thought the entire plant was doomed.
As soon ms the smoke had died away,
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MoRrENsEN CONFIDENT
Saws He WIN Come Ont all Right
Mr., Sharp's View

There are three things the oliicers ana
citizens at the scene of murder To-Day
are looking for. They are ilrs'' the re.
volver from which the murderous sho'
was Aired second, the dead mans nat na.,
wa wa hid The blood stained clothes
Civ nv the murderer. The police ps-
lIeye when they are founa 'hey 1 ,he
clearly establish the idenuy " ,'',f
e1llty party They are sure lneS W. W.
Ana The missing articles Every lGUs
- he surrounding country is pcl's
90 90, and IL the things have p ,5su
sea $500 ,hev win not remain hlduen
i pu',V one thing in Mortensens la TSa
has been established Beyond a l,n Nv, are
reyolver found at his house al9 s, i,b' an" a."
he fatal shot The bullet wn, Nai,ber
, . Hay's head Is forty,iour e', s,,,,,d
.elen a,,s chief Hilton, and the gun .l louIu
40 Mn NV = 70 callber Detective ailsv ~,
Is on .,io nositIye that the gun found u. ~
y H,' uu'a Burbldge has been recen recent,
soaked in hot water , "a s,r re.
n,,rnose he cannot imagine, = o. nater
p ienily ared and soaked u nv ,.se " ~
I'm .ni not retain the smell OF poMsyuel, T is
WE, WI he officers so declare lheie "a "a
least ~ ~, ern somewhere and JUST VIZ w.
snoupe' no pollce and sherihs io'''
,nould give much 10 know ,roctl.
Npus '.,dents OF Forest Dale are prs ..u
o,iiv united In the belief tha ,', % aonrder
oa an bad nothing to do win ine lau'" TO
ss IVA pbey are doing al IN Ilels py ,se NJ.
ana IVY oalrers in the search ror Wy n VA 49,
ana tl'r ,eent,oned II they are fouii9 a'.t
ucles 'u a Nv Mortensen's, then al aolgS'
prove ~ 1,,Ied II they are not l9 s..,.
VIII p % s So another point in hls iaso'
,bay say. The suspected NAV nou,a n ~ aid
w, doing all IN MS DOW owl, r ~ that
CIV CIV yoe,cers. He said thls nol .li , : he
ine o,' not feeling as depressed 90 h ..
NJ VA ,,,,Gsr different circumstance n =,
mlghl s'iV I'm assured that ms i''"'
cause ~ be fully established =,
oence S ,s,n and the police say tna' w., -
Mr. ma IA mot XIII Hay, he knows
M MOI XII said Mr. sharp INA 'nis With
W., " " have begged ana p,e"u oow my
lls nsen 10 swear that ~ ~ 40 N
Mor ,a,,o his gate but he VIII i no, Nv md
son cav More he was assaulted, a as
There Y ~ is where he was inu ,,...
down thsle ~ Ieft that gate ail's
II I knew ~ ~ searching here ~ nv w,
w ~, sonccused that man eu' = "
ho' ~ no knows who uia. "A "a Atior-
40 -, y, ,n'sn,ork was address,tsu Ne broth.
lhr p stewart, who WIN ~"
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HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
AMER TransaotIDg Some Business,
Adjonrns Until January q, 1902.


Washington, Dec ls,--Wnan the
House met today there was q waste OF
vacant seats OWING 10 the hoiiaay eAo-
Gus. The session was brief.
The message OF the President rela-
tive TO the creation OF an Appalachian
forest reserve was laid before the
House.
Mr. De Almond, OF Missouri at THIS
Ioint rose 70 q question OF personnel
privilege. He said that while he was
absent in the Philippines q iumor was
circulated In his state 70 the effect
that the rural free delivery service was
being held W In his district until his
return.
II desire" said Mr. De Almond, ITO
present some testimony TO disabuse the
loinds o. those who may have been mis-
I'D, to unconyert those who may have
been hypocrtcal and 10 COMPUTE those
who may have lied"
He thereupon sent 70 the clerks desk
and had read letter sent by him to
the first assistant postmaster-g general
asking that Official what his status was
20 be In regard 10 appointments III lhs
rl~al free delivery service in his dis
trict. Mr. Payne, OF New York, made
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PREMISES SEARCHED.
Dust on; Rafters Where Money Was
Supposed 10 be.

Among those early on the scene this
morning was District Attorney Eichnor
and he was very anxious that every bit
OF ground in the neighborhood be gone
over carefully and the distance be
measured from various points TO the
SPOT where the grave was dug. Mr..
Eichnor was OF the opinion from the
location Of the grave, that the assassin
was well acquainted In that vicinity,
and selected well the place to commit
the foul deed The grave Is almost eX-
actly half way between the road on
Seventh East and a farm house directly
west,
Almost the first thing the officers did
when they arrived on the scene with
Mortensen, was TO have the photogra-
pher take pictures Of the house inside
and out. A picture Of the cellar was
taken and OF the place where Morten-
sen claims to have concealed the money
In three fruit jars. The rafter on which
the money Is said to have been placed
Is still dust-covered and bears no evil
dence OF having been disturbed,
officer Davies secured the Jars In
which Mortensen claims he placed the
money, and they are being held Tor
further reference,
Someone asked Davies If he found
any money In the Jars, and Mortensen
who was standing near by turned
quickly and said
after / paid Hay the money there
were three OF four $50 gold pieces In one
of those Jars, but | see they are now
gone
The house and premises were
searched again and again for the miss
lnp money but not coin could be
found The cellar was literally turned
inside down. every foot OF the yard
ana The sheds we're explored but no
money was found
shortly before noon the county COM
,,,,seioners along with County Physician
Havo started from the city and county
building for the Cannon farm In order
70 make a careful examination OF the
scene OF the murder.
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BIG COLLISION ON
SOUTHERN PACIFIC

burned and cut about face and body.
Two brakemen, Names not known;
badly cut and bruised.
Fireman G. +. Cameron and Ensi-
neer Jack Coffee. jumped and escaped
with slight injury.
Engineer knold Of train No. 10, also
jumped and escaped injury.
Several passengers were slightly in
Jured IN the chair and smoking cars.
Considerable cash was shipped on
Wells, Fargo car. A safe Containing
bullion being still in the flames. The
loss 60 the railroad company Is said 10
be about $4,000. General Manager Az
Ter and several other officials OF the
road were on board the train al the
time OF the accident A relief train
with two or three physicians arrived
about o'clock and dressed the
wounds Tho track Is being built around
the wreckage for trains 10 pass
The Sunset Limited will remain here
Until the track can be cleared. A
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MORT ENSEM SAYS
HE Is INNOCENT.
f,er One Hundred Men Today Search at
Forest Dale for The Revolver, Missing
Hat and Bloody Clothes

Yes and other officers were nrosor, =,
.ne preliminary examination the don
, .pr : round a small hole in the back ~
.ne nead three and one-half inchss fpn,a
t ,ne lelt ear, That il was made by ~ q
uuilel was plainly evident from tho foct
,nat lhe lead had been scraped Inv n.y.
Done When frst seen the wound sn
peared quite large and in fact an tbo
surface II was, and looked as tboncS
y nad been made by an iron mstrn'
menl the idea that Hay was shot
never entered the minds Of the ofBcers
eiiu hours OF useless search was made
Tor me implement OF death ''''D'
when the physicians cut tho hair
away rom the wound Il was found that
tne bullet had taken an upward course
az an angle OF about i5 degrees ana
fractured the top Of the skull Tbe
bullet then took downward course and
was discovered lmbcdded In the front
portion OF the brain Further Inyestl-
cation made It almost certaln that the
shot was fired from short range and
by q person walking by the side or lust
10 me rear Of the murdered man.
Mr. james sharp and the police were
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FURNACE EXPLODES,
KILLING NINE MEN
We're al Work on Top When Accident 0c-
Cured Bodies Burned to Cinders-
Were SIavs and Poles.

P'ttsburg, Pa, Dec, 1o.-By an explo-
sion of gas In the Soho furnace Of Jones
n Laughlin near Brady street, this city,
at 62S o'clock this morning nine men
were burned to death and 1--WE badly
injured. The damage to the plant win
amount TO $4,000.
The bodies OF the victims we're all
removed to the morgue, They we're ter
rlbly mangled and burned. The dead
identified thus Tar are as follows;
Joseph Frankovltch.
Joseph Sisul.
Michael Gasdovicz, 20 years old
leaves q wife and child in Hungary
Michael Mcao aged IS, married ana
leaves widow in Hungary,
John Kochanko,
George sgrenko
John Sabo
George Wellico
The others injured ore at their homes
ana nave not yet been located, The
three az Mercy hospital are so badly
burned that they cannot talk and are
not expected TO survive, Five persona
employed near the furnace are unac-
counted for ana II Is not known wheth-
er they have perishod.
The explosion occurred In one OF the
big blast furnaces. The men were at
work at the top Of the furnace over
l2O feet from the ground when the
gas, which had accumulated In the
furnace, exploded and tons of molten
metal cinders and Stag, were thrown
over them. They made a rush for the
elevator but II had gone down ana
there was no escape
The cries OF the injured broke the
stiffness which had spread over the
place when the fury Of the explosion
and fire had abated. Firemen carried
the burned, oharred ana mis-shapen
masses OF humanity to the morgue
wagon.
Thomas Jones and Arthur Young
managers OF the plant said that ordl-
narily only three filters work on Tor
Of the furnace but this morning ont
| Of the heavy iron wagons used IN TAX.
ing up ore got stuck and the tire,
filters sent for assistance More mer
We're sent up until the number Their
reached fourteen II was while they
we're trying TO get the wagon loaded
that the fatal explosion took place.
Eye witnesses say there was loud
report and the murky heavens were II,
Illuminated with great sheet OF flame
showing the men ON top OF the furnace
| running abouf Dpettaulatt nr Wilde
The flames and hot metal looked like
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BULLET FOUND.
'nen Search the Mortensen's
nome aud Find Revolver.

ta SO, ,. sAlll 70 o'clock last night was the
h sss, .si0ssled that James Il. Hay was
Nyhsn ~ by murderers bullet
hu,os.vh w truth was made known by an
|IoupSss The officers were simply dumb
in M ~ examination Of the wound
AumsS mead after the body was ex-
d lsts A. yesterday morning. and until
abs as aour last night, the officers were
The yonr y positive, so they said. that
head cd,E man bad been struck on the
spoi VA club, carried to the lonely
fendlsSS H ere The assassin finished his
head nv Hork by beating his victims
vas % ue railroad track. The wound
no pos,i Isasged and large there seemed
4 buIlsii . Of It being inflicted with
mad s y, and when the facts were
give e, 1epsl last night Il was hard to
Drs ue,o before 10 O'clock last night,
norrua1 y !, and Root proceeded 10 the
b orio , q Joseph Il. Taylor and at
|ecaa,y ,lney began an autopsy. The
s'''Fnsy sheriff, several depu-
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en- b. ], Stewart. Is looking after the
interests Of the accused man, The
attorneys called at the police station
today and had a long consultation Win
the prisoner, and later went down 20
the scene OF the tragedy II Is said
that several other lawyers have volun-
teered their services In behalf OF Nor
Jensen.
The man says he realizes he IL IN q
bad box and that the situation az
present is not very bright but he is con-
ldent of being cleared eventually OF the
dark suspicious that now hover over
him
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NOTICE.

The demand for space in the
CHRISTMAS NEWS has been so
great that i has been found
necessary to Enlarge the issue to
nlaHTy-PorR PAGES.
No large advertisements can be
accepted latef than 70 o'clock to-
morrow.
Last adyert'ains forms viii close
az Ii o'clock Saturday morning,
after which no advertisements.
large or small, can be accepted
The paper WIN be for sale at the
once, the Cannon Book store and
on the streets at O'Clock p, M,
saturday.
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San Ardo, Dec. ls.--southern Pacific
train No hound for San Francisco,
and No. 10 southbound collIded between
this place and Uplands about l o'clock
this morning. The trains were to meet
az Uplands. but the air brake on No.
10 would not hold and crashed into No.
Q before the latter train could be
stopped, smashed both engines, two
baggage cars and one mall car into
kidding wood. The cars took fire Inn
medIately and were entirely edestroyed.
Some mail and express packages were
burned.
THE KILLED.
Fireman VIII Garland, San Francis
co: jumped and caught under his en-
glne.
Assistant Express Messenger, name
unknown
INJURED.
-Four Italians, names unknown; badly
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county attorney permitted her 20 re-
turn to her children,
The sister-in law, Mrs. Henry Nor
Jensen, said that she put her four chi !.
dren TO sleep and went TO the nome OF
her brother-in law and spent the even
Ing. After Hay left the house, Morten-
sen accompanied her TO her home, she
says, unlocked the door, lighted up the
house, chatted pleasantly for short
time and left She heard his foot steps
as he walked away On talking the af-
fair over with his wife later, Mrs Nor
Jensen said that her husband returned
and went 10 bed and slept soundly
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cHINaMaN SHOWS UP.
Theory that He Was The Murderer
Fxploded THIS Morning.

The theory as TO the chinaman was
evnloded this morning when the Of
ccers found the Monaghan quietly
WORKING about his place and attending
N the needs OF his horses. He was
1nastloned very closely but said he
new nothing about the case. Asked
n he heard shot on Monday night he
renlled: Me no hear eny ting, me
slcepee way, me no stay here"
II is o fact that the Chinaman only
blows % on MS place In the DAY time.
This ls accounted for by the fact that
about year ago the poor fellow was
SHOT through the arm and robbed by
Gang OF Young toughs. and since that
lime he has remained down town az
nights and goes TO his place in the day
time.
n was thought AT first that he had
ieard the shot Monday night and,
thinking II was another gang come to
,nb him. locked his door and fled. But
Tho Chinaman Is absolutely positive
mat he was not there on Monday night
CONTINUED on page two)
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pInNT oBEY oRpERs.

San Francisco, Dec. iS.-G. +. Rich
ardson, masler Of transportation OF the
Southern Pacific company said TO the
Associated Press 49, ..r,
THE aocident was due to the failure
Of the engineer on the southbound train
TO obey orde,s sent him to stop a. Up
the Dispatch would have ordered the
engineer Ia meet the northbound train
at San Ardo the usual meeting place
The conductor Of the southbound tram
was aware ~ the engineers error and
turned on n, air brakes but was TOO
late and III two trains met. So tar
as our repors indicate the news OF The
ties. fremsn and baggageman and
his helper cannot estimate the num-
Der Of injured at this time but ! am
certain that the number Of injured win
not be large. So far as the dls PAT RS
Office IL concerned everything was
straight. n was the error OF the engin-
ear Of the southbound train"
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CAUSE OF ACCIDENT.

The cause OF the accident was the
failure of the northbound train to wait
at a siding at Uplands. Instead OF
waiting the train went past tne sluins
ct the rate Of thirty miles an hour'
Half a mile beyond the siding II crash'
ed into the northbound train IRON
Los Angeles, which was going az an
equal rate of speed. Just as the crash
came both engine crews Jumped Tor
their lives. Al escaped except Fire
man Gerber o. the northbound engine.
He was crushed 10 death.
Both enuines we're completely wreck
ed and the baggage car piled up on the
engines. The smoking car OF the
northbound in which there we're t1lf
dozen Italian laborers, was also
smashed and four Of the Italians were
badly bruised aud scalded py escaping
steam. None Of them were DelieVeu 10
be fatally hurt
In the char car were q number Oh
first-class passengers. Sheriff Keese' OF
Monterey and O man named kelsnaW
Of San Luis oblispo, were bruised nut
not seriously
Immediately after the collision the
baggage car OF the northbound tram
caught fire and Baggageman Garianu,
who was crushed in the wreck, was
burned with Ms car. The chair car was
also destroyed by fire. but all the pas,
ssngers in ID managed to get out IN
safety.
The first reports of the wreck were
greatly exaggerated. There Is no telc-
graph station at uplsnds and messages 1
had to be SEMI from San Ardo, four
miles away. Wrecking crews were sent
from Salinas and San Luis Oolspo ana
surgeons were also sent from salinas.
Fortunately there were not much tor
them 10 do when they arrived The
track Is completely blocked, but tenn
porary track Is being built around the
wreck and traffic will be resumed to-
dav.
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wrecklng train and force of about ilfty
section men are At work
REPORT OF CASUALTIES.
can Jove, Cal, Dec. lg.-The following
yenort OF killed and injured at Uplands
has been received at the railroad Office
here.
KILLED.
Mr.. Garland. Brennan
Wells, Fargo messenger name un-
known).
INJURED,
John Caroeala
Mrs, wright,
L. l.. Oston
A. A. Irvine.
ida Soderberr
John kelshaY
Mr.. Felipe.
Mr.. Randadort'
salvador Buena Borso.
Christian Jensen
Mr.. saberino
Joe Rundee.
John Jordon
George Meeker
chris iIendrIckson
III. G. Martin
Emmon Beefier
Iohn q. Williams,
A. E. Wakefeld.
Mr. Holcomt
| Charles WATSON
MRS Iiolbrioge'
| Mrs Naughton,
| Mrs Gerudo
Mrs Mary ]. Booth.
Mrs, q. II, Fands
Two cars OF No. 10, and three Of NO.
wero DESTROYED None of the pas
sengors were seriously injured as tar
| as known Tie responsibility Tor the
wreck Is not yet hxed.
SAN FRATcIsco's ACCOUNT
San Francisco, Dec. ls.--News OF the
collision between Southern pacine pas.
.enger train 81 upands on the coas!
road is very nleager and conlilcuns' ~
| hrst II was reported that at east zen
,eople were Killed and fifty injured
passenger on one Of the trains tele-
phoned the Associated Press from san
iucas thai only three were killed a
frtman and baggageman ana MS
helper. and that four Italian laborers
were injured, none Of them fatally
/ Later another passenger wired thal
three were killed aud thirty injured
many OF them fatally This dispaleh u
authentic B.a,a,.. ..o
a message from Salinas to the Asso
cjated Press says than the coroner hoi
been notified that two were killed an'
that eighty were injured, fourteen IA
tally. The railway officials III sai
Farncisco say their reports show tire,
killed and no others seriously injured
General Manager Kruttschnltt OF ms
Southern Paciac was passenger on tu'
northbound train, There was NJ
telegraph ofTi,e at Uplands, where III
wreck occurred and reports come IRON
san Lucas aill San Ardo, small VII
lagos several miles away. The wv
trains in collision were the norm ah'
southbound Sunset Limited trains, on
from Los Angeles and the other IRON
San FRANCHISE Both were heaVh'
loaded with passengers 49,
Four Itallnns, who were IN th'
smoking car Of the northbound tram
were bruised and scalded but not ialal
ly. 10th engines we're demolished an'
the baggage, smoking ana chair cur,
4 " the northbound train were burned
None OF the cars on the southboun'
train were injured and none OF the paS
sengers were hurt
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taken. But Mr.. De Almond insisted
that reports circulated In his district
were false and injurious to him In his
legislative capacity
Mr. DeArmond then obtained consent
10 make personal statement. He
said statements had been made that he
had taken action npou rural free de-
livery routes held up while he was In
the Philippines. but that those who had
made such statements had He'd. He
declared that the postofllce department
had not treated him IN n manly way.
Mr. DeArmond charged that his letter
TO the postmaster general had been
held up In the course of his remarks,
he said he wondered II the postmaster
general who was leaving the DEPART
ment, was weary OF trying 10 solve the
rural free delivery delivery patronage
problem. He asserted that the course
of the department was In the interest
Of certain bosses In Missouri.
No action was taken on his state
ment.
The House has agreed 20 consider the
Nicaragua canal bin Tuesday, January
I, and thereafter until disposed OF, the
order not, however. 20 interfere with
revenue or appropriation bills.
At Las p. m, the House adjourned
until Monday, January g. 1902.
Suicide OF a London Merchant.
London Dec, 19.-IIugh Kekewich, OF
the firm Of Morrison Kekewioh & com-
pany. leading member OF the metal
exchange died suddenly this morning.
II Is said he committed suicide. Tho
belief prevails that Mr. Kekewlch re-
Gently suffered heavy losses IN copper.
: The metal exchange has Chased as
mark Of sympathy
Absconder Fleischmann Not Caught
San Francisco, Dec. 1911. M, He'll
man, president Of the Nevada bank Of
this city and also Of the Farmers &
Merchants hank OF Los Angeles, states
| that there II no truth In the report be-
in~ circulated throughout the country
10 the effect that Fleischmann, the abb
scondlng cashier OF the Farmers g. Mer-
chants bank. has been captured IN
Mexico. Mr. Hellman states that
Fleschman has several relatives IN
Mexico and that II any arrests have
been made 1t is probable that one OF
the relatives has been placed behind
the bars by mistake.