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Very Large Volume of Business
Transacted.
The WIDE FLUCTUATIONS
San Francisco Catastrophe the Hahn
Topic.
HEAVY CURRENCY TRANSFERS
Sterling Exchange Rates Weakened
Purchases for Foreign Account
Enormous Liquidation.

NEW YORK. April Notwithstanding
the very large volume of business which
was transacted upon the stock exchange
today, the extremely wide fluctuations In
prices and the generally unsettled state OF
the stock market there was really very lit
tie to be adduced from the dealings that
could not be set forth in the simplest and
most technical terms. 1t would have been
unreasonable to have looked for anything
more than a feverish and unsettled stock
market In all the circumstances OF the case.
there was at least no good ground Tor
surprise at the days occurrences.
The San Francisco catastrophe remained.
OF course the absorbing topic OF interest
ana discussion.
Practically all of the days developments
in the money market and elsewhere bore
some relation to the great calamity which
has befalien the principal community upon
the Pacific slope There did. to be sure,
run along In comments upon the situation
at large some talk of the labor situation in
the coal regions, of the Presidents atti-
tude toward corporations and Of the har-
dening tendencies in the money market. but
the criticisms upon these matters were all
pitched in a minor key. The influence of
the great disaster at San Francisco upon
the market for" securities will eventually, of
course, be measured in terms of dollars
and cents
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TRIAL OF BLACKBURN
Charged With Practicing Be-
fore Departments Here.
HIS AcoUITTAL PROBABLE.
Opinion Prevails That Government
Made No Case.
TESTIMONY OF W. r. KRIDER
Both Sides Rested Yesterday The
Argument of Counsel Was
Heard Today.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
GREENSBORO. N. c.. April 19.-The old
Shakespearean comedy of Much Ado About
Nothing has been successfully revived on
the judicial boards here In the now GEE
brated trial OF Representative E. Spencer
Blackburn, which is nearing Its close In
the federal court. Blackburn Is charged
with violation of section 1882 of the Re-
Vlsed Statutes In practicing before the de-
partments at Washington while a member
OF the lower branch Of the national legis-
latu-e-
Both prosecution and defense rested yes
terday and nothing remains but the argu-
ment of counsel, which began today, to
bring the case to its contamination. 1t Is
the prevailing opinion among those who
have closely followed the trial from its be-
ginning that the government has utterly
failed to make out case against the de-
PENDANT.
Surprising Testimony.
1.-THE political bubble which Is said to
have been behind 1t. and alleged to have in
spired it's inception. burst yesterday when
w. r. Krider. who was called one OF
the principal witnesses for the government.
and upon whose testimony the prosecution
largely relied to convict the congressman,
changed front, and both on direct and
cross-examination proved to be defend
ants witness.
Krider has figured in the 'limelight'' ever
since the charges against Blackburn were
first instituted, and his name is directly
coupled with one of the counts in the in
dictment, for 1t was alleged that Blackburn
received fee from Krfder to settle seiz-
ure case in which he was interested before
the department at Washington.
Political Bubble.
In his testimony, much to the surprise of
both the prosecution and the defense, Kri-
der testified that the defendant positively
refused to accept fee for settling his case
at Washington, but that the money was
paid him as fee as legal services that
Blackburn had performed In the county and
state courts in witness behalf.
With this evidence the governments case
seemed to toppie and fall like house OF
cards" and 1t Is the general impression
that only one verdict is possible.
At the beginning Of the hearing today
the governments atte-=Gy gave rotice that
he would offer no evidence In rebuttai. As
sistant District Attorney j. j. Britt then
proceeded to deliver the opening speech for
the prosecution, during which he severely
arraigned the defendant and said that he
had constructively broken the law as estab-
lished by the evidence.
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IMPORTANT COURT RULING.
Certain Purchase Of Optical Contracts
Declared Illegal.

CHICAGO. April 19.-The appellate court
today decided that the purchase OF optional
contracts by one member Of the board OF
trade from another Is illegal. The effect Of
the decision Is to do away with bids and
Offers" which were bought ana sold by cer-
tain members Of the board after tho deci-
sion against puts and-calls' was made by
the governing committee Of the board Of
trade.
The decision was In . suit brought by
member Of the board OF trade named Harry
Woods against another member named
Mark Bates regarding the purchase Of co.
600 bushels OF wheat. The court declared
that the purchase ON an optional contract ID
In violation OF the criminal code.
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The World Of
Finance and Trade

in price since the above quotations. there
being no change In the balance or the CLOS
ing figures as given above:
Amalgamated Copper I0SN-
American Car and Foundry. -
American Locomotive. 6Sl5.
American Smelling. iJ5.
American Smelling preferred. 1872.
American Sugar. 13t1z.
American Tobacco preferred 1894
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fee. 1891
Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe preferred,
1O2H
Anaconda, 2isS1h
Baltimore and Ohio. l10k.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit, So
Canadian Pacific. 172L.
Chesapeake and Ohio. 5-h.
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul 172tz.
Colorado Fuel and Iron. ass.
Consolidated Cas- 1889
Delaware and Hudson 20s;zl
Erie, common, 42is.
Erie, preferred 81.
Erie. I'd preferred, G61s.
General Electric, 2y34.
Illinois Central 171E.
International Paper, 81
Manhattan Elevated, 100.
Mexican Central, -.
Mo-, Kan. & Texas com. 1884.
Missouri Pacific, 9iss
National Lead So
New York Central, 141.
n Y: Ontario West. 1875.
Norfolk & Western, ssh
Northern Pacific. 214A
Pacific Mail Steamship. sOs4
Pennsylvania r. r.. 1854
Peoples Gas of Chicago, 93h.
Pressed Steel Car, 80.
Reading, 125k.
Republic Steel and Iron, 295a
Rock Island, COM, 621a
Rock Island. pfd.. 63k.
Southern Pacific, GJ.
Southern Railway, 80.
Texas Pacific. 32b.
Union Pacific. 151
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Today's Cotton Summary,
Liverpool Cotton Prices.

LIVERPOOL, April l9.-Cotton. spot in
fair demand; prices easier; American mid
ding, fair. 6.66 good middling. 6.3G; mid
ding, GIG; low meddling 900; good ordi-
nary, 5.s2: ordinary, 5.62 The sales of the
day were 10000 bales, of which 1900 were
for speculation and export, and included
$500 American. Receipts. u. coo, included
"a, 500 American Futures opened quiet and
steady and closed quiet. April, 5.96: April
and May, 5.96: May and June, 5.96; June
and July, 5.96; July and August 5.06; Aug
ust and September. $50; September and
October, 5.76 October and November, 5.63;
November and December, 567; December
and January, 5.67; January and February,
5-6S
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Washington Stock Exchange.

Sales.--Regular call. IL o'clock noon--W ashngton
Rwy. and Flee. Is. 81 600 at 87%. 81 900 mt S7N,
81 600 at STA.
Capital Traction. 20 at las.
Washington Rwy and Elec. pfd., IL at 911s.
WASHINGTON Rwy. and Elec. COM. 20 at AZ, so
at 41% 80 at 4124 so at Ain. 90 at AN
Union Trust, l at 1855
Arlington insurance, IL at BIZ.
Columbia Insurance, 80 at 1oN.
Washington Gas % at s6OA, 8 at s6OH.
Mergenthaler Linotype, 10 at 1925. 10 at 1o2N,
10 ut 1925
Lnnston Monotype 100 at 14h.
American Graphopkone COM, Mt 81 told stock,
at 5A (1ld stock.
Greene Copper, 20 at $685. 100 at soA. 100 at
30A.
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat, Mt 300
Mitchell Mining. 100 at 105s. 100 at 10A.
After call-Washington Rwy. and Elec. pfd., 80
at 81, 10 at 81.
Washington Cas- So at co. 30 at CO. 10 at CO.
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GREENE CONSOLIDATED COPPER COMPANY.
"A Broad Street.
DIVIDEND NO. II.
At a meeting Of the board OF directors OF the
Greene Consolidated Copper Company held at the
Office Of the company. No. ~ Broad street. New
York. Saturday, March 81, 1906. dividend Of four
per cent forty cents per sharel was declared
upon the outstanding stock Of the company as
shown at the closing of the books on April IL,
1906. payable Monday, April 40, 1905. to stock
hclders of record at the closing Of the books on
April 49, 1905.
Transfer books will close at the close Of business
on April IS, 1906 and reopen on May !, 1900.
ap2, 10, 17-3t.i6 ALFRED ROMER. Treasurer.
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THE GRAIN MARKETS.

CHICAGO. April 19.-Wheat opened weak
today. There was lively selling by COM
mission houses and pit traders because of
lower cables and large receipts at Mime
apolis. May opened asa5s lower. at s0al to
81, and sold al size.
May corn, lower cables and clear
weather in the corn belt. eased off to 461gc.
In sympathy with other grain May oats
eased off TO 32sa32I4c.
July provisions opened easy pork at $50
lard at S.S2lz. ribs at S.S21a to SIS.
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New York Stock Market.

Furnished by w. B. Hubs 6, Co.. bankers
and brokers, l4l9 street, members New
York stock exchange Washington STOCK
exchange and Chicago board of trade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-19

Judge q. Harry Davis, Of Philadelphia,
died suddenly yesterday Of heart failure,
following an attack OF acute indigestion.
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Bar silver, steady. 20 1874. per ounce.
Money, 2a.a3H per cent
The rate Of discount In the open market for short
bills Ia 3% per cent
The rate of discount in the open market for
three-months bflls Is 5h per cent.
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The San Francisco Losses.

1t is plain, however, that many weeks
must elapse before any definite even ap-
proximate estimate can be made with re-
gard to the financial losses which have been
suffered by the Inflated community, and
from a business viewpoint some compensa-
ton will be derived from the demands
which will be made upon labor AMI Industry
Ia the rebuilding of the city.
The stock market in no mood today
however. to derive much consolation from
that prospect. Very heavy transfers Of
currency were made by the banks through
the subtreasury, and this was promptly fol-
lowed by rise in the rates for money for
all periods.
Rather indefinite advices from Washing
ton that the Secretary of the Treasury in
tended increasing the government deposits
in the San Francisco national banks was
received but Il was commonly recognized
that tremendous transfers of capital repre-
senting relief contributions ard other forms
of remittance would necessarily be made
to the distressed city.
Sterling exchange rates weakened in re-
Spouse to the harder money market. and
further Withdrawals of gold from the Bank
of England for shipment to New York were
reported The Bank of Eugland's rate of
discount was left unchanged at 3le per cent
but the London stock market was generally
heavy. with a very nervous tone In the
American department.
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CURB QUOTATIONS.

Furnished by K. r. Chapman & Co. &c. B.
Chapman. manager), members New York Stock Ex-
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Selling Upon Large Scale.

Selling upon large scale for New YORK
account was reported in the London mar
ket although. as a matter of fact. the
chief source Of support in the early local
dealings came from the purchases her"
for foreign account. which In the Instance
of Union Pacific alone were estimated at
about 25.OGO shares. As was the case yes
ter6ay. interest in particular movements
was quite submerged in the oyershadoWins
concern with regard TO the conditions upon
the Paciic slope.
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Closing Quotations.

. At the close of the stock market at sos
o'clock the following stocks had changed
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-01-25
FIVE MINERS LOSE
LIVES IN SN0WSLIDE
Railroad Tracks Blocked By
Snow Drifts.
MILL CRUSHED BY sEowsLIoE
There Are Eleven Slides Between ST..
serton ana Elm PARK. Colo. Averac.
ing From 70 30 Fee, Deep ard 80
20 $50 Feet long.

SilNtripL. COLO. IAN Zi.-ElIc I'al
ian L.in'r> 'iAp.u>'u al -, sum, sid,
nsn". have host then lives ala an Ia.
mems. NuuWsilv.
NJ lG.i tcuiars or TIE names OF n,
men can b" oD'aln-l a. the telephone
line l. down. AMI coLmunica Ion OF
all kinds l. destroyed IN. mlLr
black smith shop and several tram cars
AT, also Known to have been swept
sway
No trains from Durango or Denver
have arrived since last "Wednesday.
du" 10 SHOES and immense drifts OF
snow. which have blocked the tracks.
All the shor; lin" roads running to
outil ing camps are now showed In.
There ar" eleven slides between Sil.
verton and Elk Park The slides av.
orage from seven 10 thirty feet deep
ami ~ 10 $50 feet wide.
One imm'n slide went into the An.
imas river. forming dam ~ snow
snd ice. which caused the stream 20
ta.s up ahI iiu~ ih" rio Grande
tracks 10 i'H;" of f.Ur feet Il
viii bs TWO week hcfors traffic can
be r"san"' oo're"" sil'c ION and Dn.
range.
Thu Iowa min N Arastra Culch. has
been crushed IN py heavy snowsliics
which cam" down l.i,'lo Giant noun
tain
Tho Storm. which ro- about spent i's
force. la '"'n orc Of Ike worst ever
kroWn IN jhi> section.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-01-25
Lumber association coovec...

New orleans. Jan - The sig
'e"uth annual convention ~ the South
ern Lumber Manufacturers associa
t!on Ia, opened here President X. A
Long pres. led Most 81 the 212 ac
hive m'mL-rs were Included In the nj
Tendance \ matter AZ some discus
sion sU'r" ~" DELEGATES before the
n"c'inp ", ~" announcement Of the
appointment 81 Joint committee bv
N,' N.ri..i rpl .r1~'s'ure to lnvcsii
-. '.' lumber trust IN that state
with '. rru5ahi'.i, hat the commit
-" voulG ruil. .o NV Orleans mi.
N'eE Members of he A. -ocia,Ior
ra.d 'l.r prr4uiZa'iol Vas without
'ri.' t'a'urs-
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-01-25
GIRL MARRIED A GIRL.
The Woman Bridegroom Will De Pros.
eeuted for Perjury.

Kansas City. No. Jan. 2i.-John Al.
laine Whitman and Miss Marietta Jel
ley. cashier In a restaurant. were mar.
ried Friday morning in independence,
Mo, by Justice r. q. Buchanan.
The bride had a little money. and
some Of her friends, who suspected
NAt'mAn's sincerity. caused his arrest
In police h";iqnart"rs. 1t was learned
the bridegroom was a woman The
prisoner VAL le prosecuted for perjury.
committed IN obtaining the marriage
license
Il am a Woman. but have dressed
as man Tor three Years" said John
Alan" Whitman. when questioned In
the presence ~ chief Hayes Il have
worried as a man and lived as one.
married tai, girl a. matter Of accom-.
notation. Sh" said she could not live
witho,lt mo My real name Il Pauline
Webster. and am from Gaffney. SC.
have dressed as man for several
years, because II was easier 10 get
work +"
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-01-25
1856 SAILORS GO
DOWN WITH SHIP
Brazilian Ship Destroyed By
Explosion.
THREE ADmiRsLs ARE DROWNED
Three Minutes After the Explosion oe
Cured the Ship Went oo~n-Nesrl,
All the Officers Were Either kiiies
or Wounded.

RI" Jan"iro. Brazil. Jan. Eth,
cruiS'r BarrOss has arrived here from
Po;i Jac,r' rasua. win those injuret
by the EXPLOSION On the Acquidahan
Nearly all the officers we're killed OF
injured Tne dead number 1876. AM
thu injured 70. The explosion occur
red in IN" powder magazine. and TIA
vessel sunk In three minutes.
9Th following members VI the com
mission which lef; The arsenal on
board the AQuidaban. accompanying
the minister Of marine. were drowned
Rear ADMIRAL Rodrigo Jose Darocha
Rear Admiral Francisco Calhoiros
Dat;TaCa-
Rear Admiral Joao Candida Brazil
Captain Alves DE Larrigo.
Two commanders. two German pho
tographers and one reporter also we're
drowned.
The AGuidaban was Of 1850 tons
displacement and $500 horse power.
She was built In England in 1885 as q
cost ~ sl.:25.OO0. The armament con.
sisted OF four s.t.inch guns. four SIS
inch guns and q number of smaller
guns. She had ave torpedo tubee. Her
crew numbered $50 oticers and men.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-01-25
BANK Roe5CR is KILLED.
Unsuccessful Attempt Made on Mon.
tsgue. Tex. institution.

Fort Worth ToN. Jan.2l-An ua.
successful art"mpr wa made 10 rob
The va1'' at tH' Hanh III Montague.
TcN. and a. a result one of The rob
bcr> j. dead and another is believed -
b. wounded
q " Bradley who has sleeping
apartment, IN M, b.nk building. was
awakened 10y n, uHrled report Of an
explosion ON approaching the room
~h.rp lie vault * locRted he was fred
on J., parties from within H. re-
turned ta" Ere. billing one 81 the rob.
b.r- Two other men ran from tho
building one ar,par'rr'y being wound.
"a TIC body - he nan Killed. has
no. Boon ii'uHl'l Th" robbers are
- a. ,.ut-I-i O., - pos~,. VINO have
tra'.,l them - rsl. o.tN NJ money
Wa secured
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-01-25
Strike N Humble OIL Field.

Houston. Tex, Jan - Tn. strikc
N ." fiuwhl" oil Mold now involve
i"r -. "a there. tn. iar s">t producer,
are e'rlcusiv handicapped No Noon
-hi'" and Producers anl he T"sas
rumpan, plant, being entirely ~hur
Gown Son rocognitiun ~ the union
snf tNc di-c.ars, Of union mon H. gi,
- lhr cause ~ the strife T. H.
stated Pos o." STRIFE header that ~.
-.r., vii pol" 'NI'0'ei tu ~" other
''.. rrF Hr = las resort Tine man
..''. .f t.. companies ans,.,I .a..
'...'.' i" ''.a' vita '.- -'ukers Tor
a.N '..r..r ' OF il. trglt
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-01-25
RAIN DOES MUCH DAMAGE.
May Bridges On the Tennessee Rail
roacs Were DESTROYED.

kI"\>ill'. Tent. Jan :i.-DLc 10 ex
- s.. rams II the last tvW ...S LA
80 np"Uta.a r, LIONS. streams Ia TIM
s'Cii' n a,c OIL, ~ their banks
Ii".Ic In uggci Eat Tennessee il
i'Ia!'i, aad railroad, ar sunrrln.
N''n>N' GaLl-c
On a." Norfolk and Western. above
h'"~'on, Tenn. TWO bridges wcr, wash
80 ava! Mon lay aad trains wcr, dc
Ia'"n more than II hours
o. t!'r Sou'Ncrn railway the newly
''hS'fu''' ! br.deC over IN, Molecules
- rn'r al EmDrrcN..!e. Tenn. Was
'a'i!"It;, one a. Duiin'hi and the iIcstie
approach belLg carried away!
ON The South AM Western railroad
~" bridge over the Toe river Was
d. >'roicd. aud that ut Ches;oa. over
H." N"ianchucky river was forced out
ni alignment and weakened
One mile Of the South and Western
roadb'd is also under water About
inrc" miles OF the Virginia and South
western road between bristol and
Mountain City. Tenn. Is also reported
under water
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-01-25

Evergreen, Ma. Jan 2t.-Jack
rhulapnon. white. on trial for he mur.
dor IL his wife and father.in law.
jumped from window " the court
"uum IN which the case was betng
head Thompson landed On his head
and rdu.s on the ground 80 feet be.
low ~" Mas picked up and surgical
attention Was given. II was announc
90 that N injuries would not prove
fatal bat his sounds were such az tO
can>" IN adjournment Of court Prob
ably -" persons were in the court
loom ~ M" time Thompson made The
leap Tor liberty
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-01-25
REJECT A SOUTHERN MAN.
raiiadess College Students Walk Out
on .Strtke."


Talladega. Ala. Jan. 2i.-One hun.
dr"d and seven students of Talladcga
college for negroes. have left a. the
result Of the faculty electing l. O
Parks. southern white man. a. ca
psrini"rhen' over the agricultural de
partmcnt
The students said I'VE won't have
a southern white man 10 oversee us."
Trouble has been brewing for several
days. the students In different depart
men's refusing tO attend class. The
trouble Is not ended and others are ex
peeted io leave.
Tallad"ga college Is controlled by
the CONGREGATIONAL Society Of New
iork ani has n faculty ~ northern
white teachers. There are about COO
pupils III attendance.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-01-25

Washington. Jan. 2s.-lmmediately
upon receipt Of Onicial news Of the de.
struction Of the Brazilian battleship
AQuidabcn SECRETARY Bonaparte sent
cableeram 10 the brazilian minister OF
marine extending sympathy.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-01-25
CRIME WILL FLOURISH
IN CITIES OF RUSSIA
So Saws An Am orlcan Manufac
turer la Moscow.
MAS GLOOMY VIEW ON SITUATION
Re Says that Fully Fifty Per Cent Of
the Workman IN the Cites Of Russia
viii Be out Of Work IN 1906 and
Will Wander 6lek to the VILLAGES.

Moscow, "LI. Al,NanL,r Barr,
the prOCi!i.Sh; manufacturers ot Mo,
COW. tah,s a. exceedingly kloOu.y vi, y
Of tn situation inLustrially and pu.It
ioal!y. Mr. Barr, eLplUye. from 80.
10 5000 mon, and unqu-stiun4hly hal
a more prOi"Eni kuuNlcdg, ct Hu,
sian conditions than any American IA
the empire, aud Is capable OF gavin. 4
close diagnosis OF the situation IL,
Is convinced that the Russian pcopl.
are not ripe for full constitutional
regime
The opening OF the foodga'e, II ayi
tatiOn by the publication ui IT,, inn".
rial manifesto only served 10 drmnr.
sliZe a grear portion ~ the masses
which had already been disturbed by
the agitatOrs
Continuing Mr. Berry said:
The ignorant mG,sc, really have
none of n" political aspirations, a;rrlh
utC Ia them hN "a, ag''a'urs. hu' ow
tag 10 their rpNer'y they are eaS, prey
for their appeals TIA, they neither
undo rst?nI nor care TO- true poli'iCa,
rights. l. proved by III, fact tia: H.
Moscow les, Than ten pr c,at and in
the provinces no' over tNo u.r cent ~
the QuvHti'i voter W., r'ri-'or. CON
sequcnN ~ -" 70 tH.,I ',.~rr..',.
ina l.I' p...puat a..o'fl. vii Il,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-07-06
FATAL SMASH IN Mine PIT
RUNAWAY CARS DASH DOWN
TRACK AND FOUR PERSONS
ARE KILLED.

Eveleth, Mimi, July 3.-At least
four men were killed in a wreck in
Fayal No. 8 extension pit at 1920 last
night, and other bodies may be found.
Five steel cars, loaded with over fifty
tons of iron ore each. dashed down
the grade into the pit and struck
a Drake & Stratton shovel in the strip
ping and buried the crew in ore and
debris.
The five cars were the first pulled
out of the pit that night and they were
left on the track running into the pit.
Then they started to run back. The
pit is over seventy-five feet deep and
the heavy cars. were soon running at
q speed which must have been to-
wards 100 miles an hour.
At the end of the track they jumped
a bank of ore ten feet high and smash
ed into the back end of the Drake &
Stratton shovel in the strippings.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-07-06
SUspENDER SAVES LIFE.

Bullet Fired by Jealous Woman
Strikes Buckle.
Des Moines, Iowa, July "a sus-
pender buckle saved the life of August
Vessels, by protecting his heart from
a bullet fired by the hand OF jealous
woman. He, with several companions
in a boat, were rowing up the river at
Clinton AS they passed the home OF
a woman who, it is said bears Vessels
a grudge and is jealous Of him, she
fired a revolver. Her aim fell short,
but the bullet, striking the water,
glanced and struck Vessels. His sus-
pender buckle proved armor, and the
bullet fell harmless into the bottom
of the beat.