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FATAL DYNAMITE EXPLOSION
Men and Women Blown Up at
Pequea, Pa.
Report Was Heard is Miles, Re"
mains Of Victims Hanging to
Trees 100 Yards Away.

Lancaster, Pa.-As a result Of the
explosion of the dyna mite factory near
Pequea, owned by the G. R. McAbee
Company. of Pittsburg, eleven men
were killed and five injured.
The McAbee company's factory was
built by the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company to keep H. S. Kerbaugh &
Co., the contractors, supplied with an
ample quantity of explosives. The
work. involved some of the heaviest
railroad blasting that the country has
witnessed since the construction OF the
transcOntinental lines to the Pacific.
How many tons exploded will never be
known. but the detonation was heard
for a distance of fifteen miles.
All of the buildings save one were
completely destroyed. The structure
that escaped was occupied by women
employees. The cause of the disaster Is
involved in mystery, as all who might
have shed light on the affair are dead.
For great distances the landscape
was laid waste, while the scene or car
mage at the plant was sickening. The
forty girls escaped as if by a miracle,
as the building they occupied was IN
The immediate vicinity. All are pros
trated and deaf from the shock, and it
will be days before some recover. Two
men from York County were leaving
the building with wagon load OF dy-
lamite just as the disaster occurred,
and their bodies were blown to atoms.
Windows in houses mile away were
shattered. Immense holes were torn III
The ground.
The dead are: Benjamin Gebhardt,
aged twenty-five; Benjamin Rineer.
aged twenty-one; George Rineer, aged
twenty; Fred Rice, aged twenty-three,
married; Collins Parker, aged eigh'
teen; Phares Shoff, aged eighteen;
william Funk, aged nineteen; John
Boatman, aged seventeen; an unknown
man; two men unknown, residents or
York County.
All except the last two lived in the
immediate vicinity Of the dynamite
plant.
The seriously injured are: Walter
Brown, MARITIME Rineer, George Gray,
Charles Cramer and Jacob Shof.
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The Books She Bought.

Some of the ways in which the very
poor spend what little money they
manage to get hold Of are source OF
wonder to their more fortunate fellows
says the New York Sun. Some time
ago, for example. man of limited
means undertook, at his wife's urgent
solicitation, to send back West woman
who, with her five children. had got
stranded in New York. He bought
cheap -ickets for her and the children
provided them with substantial
lunches to eat on the way and a few
dollars in cash, and himself escorted
them to the Grand Central Station.
While waiting for fhe train to be an
bounced the woman said:
81 wish had something to read on
the way"
BE got her a newspaper and two
magazines. Still the woman did not
seem satisfied, and Just before the
train started she visited the news stand
herself. When the man read the titles
of the two books she brought back he
nearly collapsed. She had bought
second hand copy OF Ward McAllisters
book on New YOrk's Four Hundred
and a novel of Zola's md had paid.
out of his contribution, dollar apiece
for them.
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TUCKER PUT TO DEATH
Executed at Boston For Murder
of Mabel Page.
Roosevelt Sent Letter Directing to
CIemency--Condemned Man
Protested Innocence.

Boston, Mass. - Charles L. Tucker
was put to death by electricity for the
murder Of Mabel Page in 1904.
Tucker was pronounced dead FIVE
minutes after the current was turned
into his body.
When Tucker arrived in front Of the
death chair he drew from his trousers
pocket brief statement, which he
read. The statement was:
81 hope that God will forgive me for
all the wrongs have ever done in my
past life. forgive everybody who has
ever wronged ME. 1 am at peace with
my Maker. May God lave mercy on
my soul.'
Tucker left a letter to his counsel, i'll
which he protested his innocence. Gov.
ernor Curtis Guild made the following
reply:
James H. Valley, Esq, Attorney:
Dear Sir-I have given careful coll
sderation to your last appeal. l am
regretfully forced to decline to inter.
fere with the execution Of the sentence.
Faithfully yours,
"CURTIS GUILD. Jr."
Some of those who participated in
the Faneuil Hall meeting sent mes
sage to President Roosevelt asking him
to interfere in fuckers behalf. The
Presidents telegram to the Governor
was as follows:
The White House,
Washington, June 10, 1906.
Governor Curtis Guild, Boston, Mass:
Have been requested on behalf OF
certain parties in Boston to interfere
with the execution Of Tucker, it btinS
alleged that it is my duty so to do in.
asmuch as have the power under the
Federal laws.
No showing has been made 70 me
that I have such power, but, without
regard to this, desire to state to yon
that in my judgment your decision not
to interfere with the carrying out of
the sentence Of Tucker seems to me
entirely sound and commands my
hearty sympathy. 1t seems particularly
a case in which there should be no ill.,
reference with the carrying out of the
sentence. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Mabel Page was killed while alone
in her fathers home, near Weston,
Mass, April /, 1904.
No clews to her slayer were found,
except rusty knife and cheap scarf.
pin. Charles L. Tucker was arrested
three days later.
The principal evidence against him
was his peculiar travel in the neighbor'
hood of the Page home on the after
noon of the murder. His ownership OF
a knife the blade of which. had been
broken before i! was concealed was
also brought out against him. Beside
the girls body a Canadian stickpin
was found of which it was proved
Tucker was the owner He was con.
victed Of the murder January %, 1905.
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BUILDING FOOD
To Bring the Babies Around

When a little human machine Tor a
large one) goes wrong, nothing Is SO
important as the selection of food to
bring it around again.
"My little baby boy fifteen months
old had pneumonia, then came brain
fever. and no sooner had lie got over
these than lie began to cut teeth and.
being 50 weak, lie was frequently
thrown into convuIsions." says a Colo
RADIO mother.
81 decided change might Eelp, so
look him to Kansas City for visit.
When we goc there he was so very
weak whcu he would cry he would
sink away and seemed like lie would
lie.
when / reached my sisters home
She said Immediately that we must
.eed him Grape-Nuts and. although l
lad never used the food, we got some
md for q few days gave him just the
Iuice of Grape-Nuts and milk. He got
stronger so quickly we were soon feed
ing him the GrapeNuts itself and in
wonderfully short time re fatteHed
right up and became strong and we'll.
THAT showed me something worth
knowing and, when later on my girl
came, raised her on Grape-Nuts. and
she is a strong, healthy baby and has
been. You will see from the little pho.
tograph l send you wEat strong.
chubby youngster Tic boy il now. but
he didn't look anything like that be-
fore we found this nourlshins food.
Grape-Nuts nourished Lin back 10
strength when he was so weak he
couldn't keep any other food on his
stomach" Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle 1reek. Mich.
All children can be built to more
sturdy and healthy condition upon
Grape-Nuts and cream. The food con-
tains the elements nature demands,
from which to make the soft gray fill.
Ing in the nerve centres and brain.
A. we'll fed b:ain and strong, sturdy
nerves absolutely insure a healthy
body.
Look In pkgs. for the famous little
book. 1.-The Road to Weilvilie.'
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8 INDICTMENTS AGAINST
TWO MUTUAL MEN
Granniss and Gillette Held For
Perjury and Forgery.
BOTH RELEASED ON BAIL

Members of the Mecurdy thinner
Circle" indicted by the Special
Insurance Grand jury in New
York City.
New York City.-Important steps
were taken toward the punishment of
two of the important figures in the life
insurance scandals of the past seven
teen months when the special Grand
Jury returned indictments against Rob-
ert A. GranHiss and Walter R. Gill
lette, both until recently Vice-Presi-
dents of the Mutual Life and for many
years the right hand man Of Richard
A. McCurdy.
Six indictments were found against
DR.. Gillette and two against Mr.. Gran
Mss. In five of the indictments DR..
Gillette is charged with forgery in the
third degree and in the sixth with per-
jury committed before the special
Grand Jury which has been investl-
eating life insurance crime since May
Z. One of the indictments against Mr..
Granniss is for forgery in the third
degree and the other merely charges
misdemeanor.
The maximum punishment for per-
jury on indictment for felony, as in
the case of Dr. Gillette. is twenty
years in State prison. Forgery in the
third degree is punishable with i'm
prisonment for five years. A miSde-
meanor is punishable with one years
imprisonment or a fine of $500, or both.
All of the five indictments for forgery
against DR.. Gillette are based upon the
fraudulent doings of the Mutual Life's
supply department under Andrew G.
Fields and the consequent false entries
in the books of the company, made. it
is alleged, by direction Of DR.. Gillette
to conceal the fraud. Falsifying the
books or records Of a corporation con-
stitutes forgery in the third degree.
The tw5 indicted men were not SUBJ
jected to the humiliation of arrest, ar
rangements having been made with
their counsel to have them within easy
reach at the time the indictments were
filed in court. Both men pleaded not
guilty and were admitted to bail. DR..
Gillette in $4,000 and Mr.. Granniss in
$4,000.
With the true bills against the two
former officials Of the Mutual, the
special Grand Jury brought into court
a presentment which was a scathing
arraignment of the methods in vogue
during the McCurdy regime and in a
sense as significant as the indictments
themselves. It was read in court by
Henry e. Joyce, the foreman, amid
profound silence.
The statement of the special Grand
Jury indicates that the same tactics
were resorted TO before that body as
before the Armstrong Committee,
where prominent Mutual officials, un-
der cross-examination by Charles e.
Hughes regarding the questionable ex-
penditures they had authorized. said
that those items could all be explained
by one or other of these officials: e.
Lyman Shortt. former General Solic-
itor for the Mutual, who died i'll the
summer Of 1905; Louis May, one of the
most active trustees, who has been in
his grave for years, and Herrick. who
preceded Robert Olyphant as Chair
man of the Committee on Expendi-
lures When Mr.. Hughes asked that
the officers referred to be produced ms
witnesses, he was met with the state
ment that they were dead.
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waIkfnp m Lost Art.

Walking is an everyday act; and 1t
would seem that, if practice made per-
feet, most people would walk correct
". As a matter Of fact, however, a
correct walk is very unusual. Hand
some faces are rare; good figures are
much more rare. But as to correct
gait and carriage-out Of 500 people,
it is safe to say that we shall find
thirty or forty handsome faces and
perhaps a dozen fine figures. But rare
ly out of that number shall we find
one or two who walk properly.-Healh
Culture.
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Labor World.

New Jersey factory laws are being
rigidly enforced.
Men of Milwaukee building trades
will have no open shop.
The coppersmiths have joined the
Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers
National Alliance.
Street railway employees at Omaha
have adjusted their differences with
the street railway company.
A fine Of SIS will be levied on any
member Of the Worcester (Mass) cigar
makers who is caught smoking cigar
cites.
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SHAW TURNS DOWN DAY.

Secretary Refuses to Speak at Syra'
cuse University commencement.
Syracuse, n. Y.-Chancellor James
r. Day, of Syracuse University, re-
ceived a message from the Secretary
of the Treasury, Leslie NJ. Shaw, cam
ceiling his engagement to deliver the
commencement grafton.
1t is thought that Secretary Shaw
did not wish to appear here because OF
Chancellor Days attack on President
Roosevelt and his defense of the STAN
dard Oil Company and the Beef Trust.
John d. Archbold, the Standard Oil
magnate. president Of the Board OF
Trustees, sent word that lie would be
unable to attend the annual meeting of
the trustees.
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MIR. c. B. FIZER, Mt. Sterling, Ky,
lM writes:
"lhdre suffered ,Utth kidney and
bladder trouble for ten, gears past.
Last March I commenced using Peruna
and continued for three months. | have
not used it since. nor have felt pain.
81 believe that am well and there
fore give my highest commentator 10
the curative powers Of Peruna."
Pe-ru-na Fer Kidney Trouble.
Mrs Geo. u. Simser, Grant, Ontario,
Can, writes:
"T had not been well for about four
years. 1 had ktdneY trouble. and, IN
jact, 1eit badly nearly all the time.
This simmer | got so very bad
thought ] would tIy Peruna, so wrote
to you and began at once to take Peruna
and Manalin.
Fl sook only two bottles of Peruna and
one OF Manalin, and now feel better than
| have for some time.
"I feel that Peruna and Manalin cured
me and made different woman of me al.
together. ] bless the day picked up the
little book and read of your Peruna"
1t is the b1t SfneSs OF The EtdneDS 10
remove from the blood alt poisonous
materials. They must be active all the
time, else the system suffers. There are
times when they need little assistance,
Peruna is exactly this sort of remedy.
1t has saved many people from disaster. by
rendering the kidneys service at a time
when they were not able to bear their own
burdens
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Sporting Notes.

The trout season Oh Long Island
opened auspiciouslT.
Eighty-two clubs are now III the
Western Golf Association list Of NELL
bers.
Chester W. CutheIl was elected cap
tain of the Columbia basketball team
for 1907.
John Harper Mallory. of PittsburS,
has been made captain Of the Yale
freshman nine.
General John B. Castleman, of Louis
vile, has accepted the presidency OF
the Western jockey Club.
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Prominent People.

Justice Brown reached the age Of
seventy last March.
Mark Twain will work two hours
daily op his autobiography, his final
task.
King Alfonso of Spain is devoted to
the pleasures of the table and keeps a
cook on duty until 4 in the morning.
President Woodrow Wilson. of
Princeton University, is being talked
about good deal nowadays as a pos
sible Democratic candidate for Presi-
dent.
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Feminine News Notes.

The young King of Spain is several
inches shorter than his bride.
Miss Bret Harte. with the aid OF
number of her fathers English TRENDS
has opened a typewritinS office i'll LON
don.
A woman in Paris who suedthe owner
of motor car which had splashed
mud over her clothes has won heF
case.
Bertha Krupp, the richest girl Ill the
world, was betrothed to Secretary
Bohien of the Prussiau Legation at tie
Vatican
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KILLS WIDOW AND SELF NOR SIC
Youth, Refused Money, Commits
Brutal Double Murder.

Findlay, Ohio-Herbert Ostrand2r,
of st. Louis, Mo-, shot and instantly
killed Mrs. Anna Mckee and then
killed himself. The tragedy occurred
at the Mckee home shortly after U.s.
trander demanded SO of Mrs. Mckee
Ostrander was cousin of Mrs. Nc
KEGS husband, who died more than
wear ago. 1t is said he wanted her to
deed her property to him and return 10
ST Louis with him, which Mrs. Mckee
refused to do.
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A Side Light on History.

The following is quoted verbatim
from a Long Island City examination
paper in English history:
william Of Orange was a good and
wise man. The people were tired OF
James I. rule and they hoped that
Mary would become Queen. Just then
James gave birth to prince, and this
done Mary out Of her chance. The
people would not stand for this. and
they appointed William of Orange as
their King."-Harper's Weekly.
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National Game.

Jimmy Casey is playing great ball
and hitting hard for Brooklyn.
Shortstop Offa Neal, late of New
York. has joined the Providence Club.
which has released third bascman
Krucger.
There is not pitcher in either league
showing more this year than Lundgren.
the Young Swede twirler Of the Chi
cago Nationals.
The Boston Club has brought Catcher
Criger to Bostor for treatment by Dr.
Andrew +. Christian, noted expert OIL
nervous troubles.
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FOUR KILLED BY FIRE.
Three by Explosion of OIL Stove ana
One by Playing With Matches.

Syracuse, N. Yin fire caused by
the explosion of an oil stove, Mrs.
Homer G. Alexander, her sister-in-'
law. Mrs. Desmond Davis, and the
latter's three-y year-old daughter Gladys
received burns from which they died
at st. Joseph's Hospital. Hearing the
explosion the two women rushed into
an adjoining room to rescue Mrs.
Davis two children, but one of whom
escaped injury.
while playing with matches in the
rear of the Alexander residence Viola,
the three-year-old daughter OF Bur-
dette Brooks, received burns which re,
suited in her death. Her father had
his hands burned in trying to save here
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EDISON'S NEW BATTERY.
Says He Will Reduce Cost of Auto
Power-Finds Cobalt Beds.

ON1S>'S
Asheville, n. C.-Thomas A. Edison
has found important cobalt deposits in
North Carolina, as result of which
lie says he will be able to reduce the
cost of storage batteries in automobiles
fifty per cent and the cost of traffic in
cities fifty-fiye per cent.
II have found cobalt in Lincoln, Cas-
ton, Shelby and Jackson Counties" he
said. "In Jackson County there is a
large quantity of it, while the beds
are valuable in the other counties. I
made assays of the mineral in many
places and | found the quality to be
just what I was looking for.
"The electric vehicles have been un-
der a great handicap because Of the
very heavy storage batteries we were
forced to put in them. When l can
equip an automobile propelled by the
cobalt system the weight will be one
half"
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Newsy Gleanings.

The Southern States want immi-
grants from Europe.
There are twenty-seven Governors
of States to be elected next November.
The Standard Oil Company has
raised prices again Oh all grades Of
gasoline.
Hail stones weighing twelve pounds
are declared TO have fallen near Sara
toga, N. Y, during storm.
Of the foreign-born population. nine
ty-four per cent. is resident in the
North, and six per cent in the South.
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LONGWORTHS MEET THE KING.
Edward VII. Guest at Dinner Given
by Ambassador Reid.

Dy Ambassador Relu.
London.-Seidom has the entertain
ment of visitors from any foreign coun-
try attracted the attention of the social,
diplomatic and political world as did
the dinner and reception given by AM
bassador and Mrs. Reid in Dorchester
House for Representative and Mrs.
Nicholas Longworth. King Edward.
by his presence and attention to Presl-
dent Roosevelt's daughter, marked his
esteem for the United States and the
Chief Executive.
At the desire of King Edward Mrs.
Longworth, daughter of President
Roosevelt, occupied the place on his left
hand. Thus she took precedence Of all
the duchesses and other ladies present,
Including those of the first rank in Lon
don society. There were forty-two cov-
ers. The King sat in the centre on one
side of long table. He wore ordinary
evening dress, with knee breeches and
a number Of orders. Ambassador Reid
faced His Majesty.
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PATRICK GETS ANOTHER STAY.
Justice Day Grants a Writ of Error
Case to Be Heard in October.

Canton, Ohio. - United States Su-
preme Court Justice William Il. Day
granted to ex-senator William Lind
say, of Kentucky. and y. c. Shenstone,
of New York City. on behalf of their
client, Albert I. Patrick, of New York.
who was convicted of and sentenced
to death for the murder Of William
Marsh Rice. writ OF error and stay
of execution.
This gives the counsel for Patrick
the privilege of carrying the case be-
fore the United States Supreme Court
in October.
Justice Days decision again delays
the carrying ont of the death sentence
on Patrick, who is now in the death
house at Sing Sing. 1t makes the fifth
postponement for Patrick.
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Two Men Killed by LIGHTNING.

While hceing corn OIL Mrs. Bernice
Weston's farm, one mile south Of
GAINESVILLE. n. v, at 4.30 O'Clock p. m.
John Burns and John Long. forty-five
and forty-eight years of age, were
struck by lightning and instantly
killed. They were working III the
middle of the lot
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Cures Tuberculosis in Cattle.

DR.. Leonard Pearson. of Phlladcl-
phia, discovered cure for tuberculosis
in cattle which it is expected eventu-
ally can be applied successfully to the
treatment of tuberculosis in the human
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Speaks of Peace, Acts Warlikc.

Emperor Francis Joseph told the Del
egations that AuStria-Hungary is at
peace with all the world and means to
STAY so, then notified them that they
would be asked for money for arms
and warships in hurry.
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$50 ZULUS KILLED.
British Lose Two Officers in a Battle
Rebels Routed.

Durham, South Africa. - Natalian
forces under Colonels Mackenzie and
Barker have had severe fight with
rebels in the Nome Valley. The rebels
were defeated, $50 of them being killed,
including the important Chief Mehlo-
kaZulu.
The Natalians lost Captain Mactar-
lane, of the Transvaal Rifles, and Lieu,
tenant Marsden, killed, and several
TROOPERS wounded. 1t is reported that
Chief Bambaata was wounded. Ihe
rebels fed demoraiiZed.
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THREE BURNED TO DEATH.
Woman, Daughter and Granddaughter
Lose Lives.


Middletown, N. Y.-By the burning
of a farmhouse at Wallpack Center, n:
T., q grandmother, her daughter and
granddaughter were burned to death.
The three were Mrs. Jacob Emory, sew
enty-two years old; Mrs. Matilda Gar.
rison, forty-two years old, and Elijah
Garrison, twelve years old. Jacob En-
DRY, the husband of Mrs. Emory, was
awakened by the smoke and found the
whole house in flames. Jacob Garrl-
son, his grandson, leaped from a Sec
ond story window and escaped unhurt:
The three women were in a back
room up stairs and ladder was run
up to the window by the men. Flames
were bursting forth and the women
could be heard moving about for all In.
stant, Then there came cry and all
was still. Some hours later the bodies
were found in the cellar burned to a
crisp.
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FOOLISH FATHERS ACT.

Upsets Canoe by Trying to Sail With
Umbrella-Two Boys Drown.
Rochester. n. Y.-Noah Wright took
his son Arthur and his chum, Elmer
Schermerhorn, to Genesee Valley Park
for an outing. The boys were about
seventeen years old. Wright hired a
canoe from one of the boat houses.
After padding about for time he
tired of the work. and seizing an um-
brella attempted to sail the canoe.
The boys protested, but Wright per-
sisted until gust of wind overturned
the craft. Wright was saved, but both
boys were drowned. His sons last
words were, "Father, it is your fault"