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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-06
SIX Men KILLED
TERRIFIC EXPLOSION CAUSED, .,
THE IGNITION OF A o,,An
THY OF GAS,
Thirty OTHERS ARE NJuafp
FOREMAN OPENS COAL BIN An,
A VIOLENT EXPLOSION
OCCURS.
PLANT IS PARTIALLY DtSIpOyf.
WRECkAGE TAKES FIRE ANN
THE FLAMES SPREAD
QUICKLY.

Easton, Pa, March 4.-Six men orr
thought to be dead and twenty-five q,
thirty others are injured, several n
them seriously, from the effects Of an
explosion at the Edison cement nlapt
at New Village, N. j., seven miles from
here on the line of the Delaware. Lack.
awanna & Western railroad. A largo
part of the plant was burned. Six mo,
are missing and it is feared their
bodies are in the ruins. Their names
have not been learned. The explosion
occurred in one of the large coal bins
and was caused by the ignition of a
Quantity Of Gas.
The day force had discovered ,
slight fire about 5 o'clock, but the me,
thought they had extinguished il
Foreman Rose went to the bin lust he
fore quitting time and as he opened q
door a terrific explosion occurred The
bin was blown to pieces and the work.
men who were near it were injured
The ~wreckage took fire and the flames
spread rapidly. For a time no effort
was made to check this progress. the
attention of the uninjured being d..
rected to the care of their less for.
tunate companions. The coal bin. the
coal blower house, the fine coal house
the coal storage building. three con-
veyors and one receiving tower are in
ashes. Assistance was asked from
the Washington, N. j., fire department.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-06
Otherwise.

John Mitchell, president Of the Mine
Workers, says that he will not enter
politics.
Both houses OF the Wyoming legisla-
ture adopted a joint resolution strong
ly indorsing woman suffrage.
The Pennsylvania state supreme
court has decided that belief in Spir-
itualism is not proof of insanity.
A movement is on foot among the
Chinese merchants Of San Francisco
the public schools.
Andrew Carnegie will give 800, 900
to Western Reserve university of
Cleveland to establish q school for the
training of librarians.
The long strike among the clothing
makers of Chicago has ended. The To-
cal organization will be absorbed by
the United Garment Workers.
DR.. Lee de Forest of New York was
in Buffalo recently making arrange
ments for the establishment of a wire
less telegraph station for the Great
Lakes.
Col. Paul r. Hawkins Of Springfield,
Mass, was elected commander-in-chief
of the Legion of Spanish War Veter-
ans at the national encampment at
Lawrence, Mass.
States Attorney Deneen Of Chicago
says that owing to too few judges
there are three hundred more prison.
ers in the jails of Cook county than
there should be.
n secret marriage of Joseph Hin
kins, twenty-four years old, and Miss
Barbara Reel aged thirty-eight, came
to light at Flora, Ind, recently. He
was her foster son.
Claiming descent from the duke Of
sutherland Of three generations ago.
Mrs Edmund D. Hennessy, wife of a
lawyer living in Brooklyn, is planning
a tight TOR a part of the estates of the
dukedom of Sutherland in Scotland.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and his
brother Kermit, sons Of President
Roosevelt, will go to Maine this year
1gnt with Wilmot Dow and Fred
-li Of Island Falls, as their father
st4 years ago to hunt with the fathers
Ire two Maine boys.
The Virginia State senate passed a
bill, prepared at the suggestion of the
attorney general and the governor.
providing for an increase of the an.
preparation to defend the suits brought
by negroes to test the validity Of the
constitution.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-06
Resume Of The HeWS.

Princess Djemil Tousson, sister OF
the khedive and wife of Prince Die
mil Tousson, recently made an unsuc,
cessful attempt at self-destruction by
taking poison.
There is a probability of Lord Cur.
Zon being recalled from India shortly,
and MIR. Brodrick, minister for war,
being raised to the peerage and sent
out as %viceroy.
Former Archduke Leopold Ferdi-
nand Leopold, brother Of the crown
Princess Of SaXony, has t~elegraphed
tc his parents at SalZberg that he in
tends to become an officer in the Unit
ed States army.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-06
RIVERS ON A TEAR.
Hundreds Of Families at Pittsburgh
Forced from Their Homes.

USOtIOI Gus VI VdH1IiicS dI FttISOuFQn
Forced from Their Homes.
Pittsburg, March 8. With every
tributary of the Allegheny and Monon-
gahela rivers emptying swirling tor
rents into the banks of these two
streams and rushing down to the point
where they converge to form the Ohio,
Pittsburg vas given a visitation yes
terday which forced hundreds of
families to either abandon their
homes or seek escape from the water
In the upper stories while mud and
water dispensed destruction and dis
comfort below. Mills in the low lying
levels throughout the county, num-
bering between fifty and sixty, were
flooded, and 3S,375 men are thrown
Idle for four or five days with a loss
In wages of more than $326.74S.
The flood was general throughout
Western Pennsylvania. the streams
everywhere overlooking their banks
and causing more or less damage to
the houses and farms that lay in
their course. Down town in Pittsburg
cellars and Easements of business
houses which are in the general food
belt
Were Inundated,
while i~n*Allegheny two railroads were
temporarily paralyzed owing to the
water which covered their tracks.
People in the First and Third wards.
Allegheny. had to adopt Venice meth
DDS OF going to and from their homes.
Gondolas of the ordinary skiff type
were commoner than wheeled We
hicles.
Ample warning had been received
by most of the residents and business
firms threatened in time for them to
make preparations to minimize the
losses.
From the territory up the Monon-
gahela and Allegheny rivers comes re-
ports that much damage was done by
the flooding of the lower floors of
houses, mills and factories. From all
points above on both rivers the waters
are reported as either falling or sta
tionary and danger is averted.
Towns below here on the Ohio. how.
ever, are still to have their worst ex-
periences during the present high
water to-day or later.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-06
MYSTERY IS UNSOLVED.
Buffalo Police Still Working on tht
Burdick Mystery.

Buffalo, N. Y, March 4HNearly four
days have elapsed since the body OF
Edwin L. Burdick was found in his
den on the first floor of his home in
Ashland avenue, with his skull
crushed to a pulp. During that time
the district attorneys office and the
detective force of the city have
worked night and day on the case.
Scores of persons have been called
into the district attorneys office at
all times of the day and night. The
third degree has been worked in
some cases by the authorities in their
endeavor to follow a clue to some
tangible end. There does not appear
the remotest possibility of an arrest,
though the authorities will o deny
that they are working along some
definite lines. Three women are nov
under suspicion.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-06
DEATHS IN FLOOD.
All Rivers In Ohio Higher Than They
Have Been for Twenty Years.

Have Been for Twenty Years.
Toledo, Ohio, March 4. - Although
the danger Of a serious flood in To.
ledo passed yesterday when the ice
moved out Of the Maumee river. it is
not true of other towns in this section
of Ohio. Specials from Northwestern
Ohio towns show that the situation is
serious at Findlay, Lima, Tifin,
M~arysville, Upper Sandusky and
neighboring towns. Several deaths
from drowning are reported. All the
rivers are higher than they have been
for twenty years, steam and electric
railway tracks have been washed out
and bridges are in danger. Persons
living in the lowlands have abandoned
their homes.
Much Damage Will Be Done.
Cincinnati, March 4.-The Ohio riv-
er will reach the danger line, fifty feet,
by noon to-day, and will probably con
tinue to rise tomorrow. The rise here
GA feet. With the rapid fall at Pitts
burg and at Charleston, w. Va. where
the Kanawha fell 20 feet, and with
continued cold weather, the rise here
will probably % be disastrous, al
though much damage undoubtedly will
be done.
Serious in Indiana.
Indianapolis, March 4. - Dispatches
show that at several points in the
state the food situation is serious.
The Wabash river at Vincennes CON
tinues to rise and the government
gauge o registers II feet. 1t is es-
timated hat the damage to farms
along white river from Indianapolis to
Noun Carmel, H., will reach $12O, 900.
This does nc include heavy losses of
live stock that has been drowned.
Above the Danger Line.
Memphis, Tenn, March AFTER re-
naming stationary for tw%enty-four
hours, the Mississippi river at this
point began to rise slowly again yes
terday and is now IL feet above the
danger line.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-06
Accidental HAPPENINGS,

Three men were killed in the Fort
Lafayette explosion at New York.
The Hotel Deveau at Toledo was al
most completely destroyed by fire.
The inmates escaped without trouble.
Four mail clerks and one passenger
were killed and several others severe
ly injured in a Big Four wreck near
Berea, Ohio.
The bodies of six Mexicans, three
women and three children, who had
frozen to death, were found on the
river eight miles above Goliad, Tex.
Seven persons were injured in a col
lision between a crowded electric car
and a Chicago & Grand Trunk freight
train at the Center avenue crossing at
Chicago.
Claude de Lorraine, who was chief
engineer of the Monitor when that YES
sci fought the Merrimac, and his O
Edward, aged t~wenty-four, were found
dead from asphyxiation at their home
In Brooklyn.
The car sheds and sixty-seven stitet
cars of the st. Louis & Suburban Rail-
way company at De Hodimont, Mo-,
were destroyed by fire, entailing a loss
estimated at nearly 100000. The
origin of the fire is not known, but it
Is said to have started from an elec-
trio wire.
Fire partially destroyed the new
brick car barn at the new winter quar-
tiers of the Barnum & Bailey circus at
Bridgeport, Conn, and burned a num-
Der of cars belonging to the circus.
The loss is estimated at $10O, 900, O n
which there is an insurance of s33 900.
Fourteen elephants were rescued.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-06
THE COAL REPORT,
The Commissions Finding to Be Made
Soon.

Washington, March 4. - The report
of the coal strike commission will be
given to the president in ii few weeks.
The early decision is due to unlocked
for unanimity among the commission.
ers on the main points involved. They
have gone over the testimony of the
565 witnesses. which covers 10000
typewriter pages, and have discussed
the chief points. 1t is expected that
he report will be unanimous as to
the main features. The commission
ers hope there will be no minority re-
port, but if there is one it will relate
only to minor features.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-06

A New York musician has deserted
his wife for his piano because he feels
that he twas created for better
things" Probably his wife protested
against his practicing eight hours out
Of every t~wenty-four.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-06

Mr.. Carnegie says that neither he
nor his wife cares for money, except
to do good to others with it. And
there r quite a lot of people who
are willing to have the good done to
them.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-06
CAN'T ESCAPE X

Interstate Commerce Will Not Shield
Pullman Company.
Washington, March 4. - In the SUI
preme court of the United States yes
terday an opinion vas handed down
by Justice Holmes in the case of the
Pullman company VS.. Writ Adams.
state revenue agent of Mississippi.
The case involved the validity of a
special state tax on sleeping cars
which the Pullman company resisted
on the ground that the law is an inter
erence with interstate commerce. The
law was sustained by the Mississippi
supreme court and yesterdays decis.
affirmed that judgment.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-06

And II ever there should be occasion
Tor Uncle Sam to use his II, 900, 900
lighting men there will be enough old
men and boys left to raise the neces-
sary supplies for the commissary de.
partment.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-06

The supreme court of Minnesota has
decided that advertisers must tell the
truth. Truly, this is putting a curb
on fancy in n field of literary en-
deavors.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-06

a member Of the German ~reichstag.
after carefully removing the bullet
from the cartridge. fired a revolver at
himself the other day. He might have
made his suicidal attempt by jumping
into the water somewhere if it hadn't
been SO cold.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-06

! One French statesman has scratched
another's face, but neither tried to
pull the others hair. 1t has long been
common, however, for French states
men to wear corsets.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-06

The Salvation Army proposes to
start a movement" for the purpose of
saving rich men Can it be possible
that the army thinks 1t has finished
with the poor?
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-06

It is said that Armour made over
half a million dollars in his recent
whea. deal. OF course nobody lost.
The money was just in the deal. to be
picked up.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-06

The Gar of all the Russias has un-
limited power in many respects, but
he can't follow the example of King
Oscar and turn over his job as ruler
to his son.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-06

An ambitious Boston society
woman has been obliged to pay SIS
to q servant who sued her. That is
. small price for about $1,000 worth
Of advertising.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-06

Perhaps the Missouri clergyman
who married eight wives was inf1u-
enced solely by a desire to make sure
OF a congregation.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-06

AS Mr.. Jeffries insists that his talk
with Mr.. Corbett shall be to a finish
there is some prospect of an eventual
rest for a tired public.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-06

Senator-elect Ankeny of Washing
ton owes his election. it is said, to
his wife's able management of his
campaign. But Mr.. Ankeny he paid
the freight.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-06
ALL RECORDS BROKEN.
First Peaceful Transfer of SaIvadorian
Presidency in Fifty Years.

Panama, March A dispatch from
San Salvador received here yesterday
says that Gen. Regalado handed over
the presidency to Gen. Pedro Jose
Escalon, who was declared elected
Feb. 10. This was the first peaceful
transfer OF the presidency in fifty
years, and has caused great rejoicing
throughout Salvador.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-06

A wal is on between the Turks and
Bulgarians. This is a scrap in which
even The Hague tribunal will be urged
to keep hands off.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-06

The Moorish pretender has been Of
fered for sale by his followers. He
wouldn't bring much of a price in
0outh America, where every man may
boa pretender for the price of a cou
pie Of pounds Of powder and a tin
sword.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-06

A trust is being formed to control
the growth and sale Of parrots. Later
on it will probably be merged with the
cracker trust.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-06

Col. Watterson declares that happi-
ness does not depend upon the stom-
ach. Right down in M~intjulepville,
too!
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-06

A Swiss clockmaker has devised
. Photographic alarm clock that tells
. man why he should get up. 1t must
be q cuckoo.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-06

Some people might be cured of sea
sickness by looking into a mirror-but
there are others.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-06

An exchange says: Cremation is
making strides" We have always
supposed ashes were it's specially.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-06
TURKS SUFFER REPULsE.
Reported Engagement Between Turks
and cedonians and Buluarians.

London, March 3.-The Geneva cor.
respondent OF the Daily Chronicle tel
egraphs that news has been received
there OF an engagement between
Turkish troops and bodies of Mace.
domains and Bulgarians near Monastir.
The Turks suffered a repulse. After
the lighting thirty-two dead and many
wounded men were found.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-06

II you are smart enough to let her
think she is having her own way, you
may succeed in having yours.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-06

II lodge resolutions really help some
every deceased member will surely
get to heaven.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-06
OUT.

Three Thousand Employees in PhiIa.
delphia Go on Strike.
Philadelphia, March 4.-Two strikes
involving 5000 hands were inaugur-
ated here. Four branches of the
United Garmentworkers of America.
including coal operators, ~tailors, press
ers and buttonhole workers, struck
for better conditions, shorter hours
and recognition of the union.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-06

Why is it easier to stand up in a
chilly barroom than to sit on a cush-
Ion in a warm church?
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-06

The idea of leaving Arizona out in
the cold" will strike those familiar
with its climate as deliciously funny.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-06

Those who are receiving the wages
OF sin never strike for shorter hours
and more pay.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-06
WORK OF
Freight Train Oeraiied and Two Train
men SEVERELY Injured. q

men Severely Injured.
Washington, Ind, March 4.-Train
wreckers attempted to wreck the
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern fast
train near Lebanon, Ill. A freight
train struck an open switch and a
wrecked. two trainmen being severely
injured. Railroad officials think rob-
berry was the intention.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-06

1t is a great thing for royalty that
would-be assassins as a rule are not
good shots.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-06
Does DR.. Parkhurst imagine his
Ideal newspaper will fill a real want!

The employees of the U. S. steel COR
poration are obviously taking stock
in it.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1903-03-06

1t Is about time for Mr.. Gates to
win Or lose a few more fortunes.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-09-02
WITH THE MAGAZINES.
What the Current Issues of the Leading
Periodicals Present This Month.

Rev. Lyman Abbott opens the Sep
TENDER Atlantic with an able and sug-
gestive article on Why Women do not
Wish the Suffrage, an attitude which
he claims results not from any in
feriority OF woman to man, but from
her essential difference, bodily and
mentally. Herbert w. Horwill fol-
lows with a paper on the question of
The Bible in Public Schools, and he
discusses as pertaining thereto the IL
creasing and generally acknowledged
biblical ignorance of the rising gene
ration.
The Living Age of August % re-
prints from The Quarterly Review one
of the most interesting articles which
has yet appeared upon Pope Leo XIII.
1t is not written in a tone of indis-
criminate eulogy, but it treats fairly
and comprehensively the chief Incl
dents of his long term of Office, and
his attitude toward the social and
political questions of the time.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-09-02
Editor MedarY Also Ran.

Editor Ed. Medary of the Waukon
Democrat had a little experience a
week ago Saturday, which, had it not
been for his agility with his feet and
the thoughtfulness of his foreman in
holding the door open for him while
he few out, might have resulted
rather disastrously for him instead of
leaving him only badly scared The
issue of that weeks Democrat. in
writing up the aspirants for republi-
can nominations for county offices,
gave w. Hart. a candidate for re-
preventative, few digs, which enrag-
ed Harris brother. M. ]. Hart of
Waterville. and Saturday he came to
Waukon to settle matters. After pay
ing up his subscription and stopping
his paper, he made an assault on Me-
Diary, who. knowing of Harris
strength, did not care to engage in a
losing fight, so made for the door and
out into the street, followed by his
assailant. He was chased some dis
lance up the street. where a crowd
soon gathered and Hart was ordered
by the mayor to desist, and later he
took the train for his home 1t was
: close call for Medary, for Hart is a
giant in stature and strength and was
thoroughly mad. Ed. gave the whole
affair over a column write-up in last
weeks Democrat, setting forth the
facts in the case, and by the way, for
man who must have been pretty
nearly scared out of his boots, his
memory of the details of the case was
remarkable.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-09-02
SWEET CLOVER"
To Be the Opening Attraction at the
Grand, Wednesday Night, Sept. 10.

The management of the Grana take
more than the usual pride in announc-
ing the'forthcoming appearance of the
beautiful scenic production of the
comedy drama. Sweet Glover"
The clever young newspaper and
magazine writer's, the Misses Pauline
Phelps and Marion Short, are the
authors, and that they have con-
tributed 10 the literature Of the stage
with their pretty play is evidenced by
the success the drama is meeting with
in all cities where it has been given.
Sweet Glover" is said to be of the
class of plays that endure more than
one season. 1t tells a charming,
strong, coherent story. and happily
blends pathos with humor. The
characters are possible human beings,
and the plot, situations and climaxes
plausible enough for the auditor to
recognize their possibility.
There is no more charming adjunct
to good play than ricn and appropri-
ate costuming, and ''Sweet Glover"
admits of the most elaborate Kind.
The scene of the second act is laid in
the interior of Mrs. Emmett's New
York homo during the progress of a
tableau party. Romeo, Rosiland, Car
men, Priscilla, Queen Guinevere in
her gorgeous robes, and other historical
personagcs are there, and the silks,
satins, laces and jewels worn, make a
notable display.
In the third act, which occurs in the
drawing room of the Grosvenor man
sion, all opportunity is afforded the
ladies to display some marvellous
| toilettes.
The locals of the stirring incidents
of the play are Oh the beautiful farm
of Jerome Holcombe The first act is
an exterior and shows the pretty Con-
necticut home with it's beautiful
flowers and wide spreading oaks
which shelter the door yard and ex-
tend welcome to the visitors of the
Holcombe farm. The sun has set,
leaving a crimson glow in the horizon
the tinkle of the cow bells grows dim
crickets chirp and fire flies warn that
peaceful night is approaching.
The second and third acts show the
homes of two wealthy New York
| families, and these are the faithful
reproductions of the most magnificent
apartments ever conceived by an archi-
tect and executed by multi million
aire, the original of which exists
today on Fifth Avenue. The last act
shows the interior of the Holcombe
home. The old-fashioned furniture il
quaint in the extreme. No detail has
been neglected to preserve the atmos.
pnere of the play.
Mr.. Otis B. Thayer, the versatile
character comedian, still assumes the
role of "Jerome Holcombe. The
talented young emotional actress,
Miss Edna Robb, appears as "Lois. y
and the original company is retained.
Special scenery for every act il
carried by the company. together with
all the superb costumes. quaint fur
niture and appropriate lighting effects.