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DERRICK CRASHES
FROM SKySCRAPER
ON WALL STREET
Tons of Steel on Twenty-fourth
Story Fall Through
Seven Floors.
Dicd to Save -.

Tons OF steel. comprising the huge
derrick being used t~wen;y.four stories
above the heart OF the financial dis
trict for the construction OF the Bank
ers Trust Building, at Wall and
Nassau streets, crashed through .th,
seven top floors of the building to-
day. until the derrick rested upon the
huge steel Orders below. In the de-
scent several workmen employed in
setting the structural iron and steel
were carried down with the immense
machine.
Bankers and brokers who thronged
tho Wall street district at it's busies:
time heard he deafenlng crash and
the cries of the workmen.
The derrick caught Albert Hanson,
t~hirty-slX years old. OF Lynbrook. y. j.,
pinning him between the framework Of
the building and the derrick. Both
legs, below the knees, were practically
amputated. and other injuries were re-
ceived.
Peter Norman. r fellow-workman,
! was also seriously hurt. Both were
taken to the Volunteer Hospital.
MANY NARROW LscG
The escapes of the other men en-
plpyed on the twenty-fc Jrth floor were
narrow ana thrilling. The derrick was
used OF hat floor and II was there
that the seriously hurt were employed.
The men were carried down the space
made by the avalanche Of steel.
Just across the street is the office o.
]. p. Morgan X Co. and on another cor,
ner is the S~ub-Treasury. The Stocl
Exchange Is half "A short block ava,
and the curb market was in full swim,
within a hundred feet OF the accident
All the financial institutions of tn,
neighborhood were at the senith OF tn,
days transactions an the excitemen
created by the smashing. crashing tum
BILE as 1t came from he lofty static,
was intense.
No one could tell what might harper
TO those In the streets. AMI 10 occupant,
OF nearby buildings OF less height. Am.
bu,ances were hastily called to carr FOR
the injured. The 'onwcrk on the build.
ing is being lone by u, a. McCord.
Curb Mar'.et Stampeded.
As the sound Of the falling mas
echoed over the streets the shouting
gesticulating curb market army cease
making deaf and dumb signs to tn,
windows above them, forgot for IN,
time the rise and fall OF mining securi
ties n rushed toward the corner IL
alarm.
only pure luck saved the other work
men employed in the steel work. Tit
floor where the boom finally struck i
used FOR assembling structural steel fol
elevation to the higher floors. Twenty
five men were struggling with TIT
heavy stuff when the boom. withou
warning. crashed into their midst. And
strangely. not one of the workers belov
had the slightest injury.
AT the Volunteer Hospital. where tn
Injured men were taken. DR.. a. j. Saw
age said that Hanson had little chanc,
to recover. Norman. whose home is a
No. IA Fourth street. Brooklyn. ma!
live.
There have been several accidents OF
the building since it was started, 4
take the place of a twelve-story build
ing that formerly occupied the corner
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los CONVICTS BURIED
BY NINE EXPLOSION.

BIRMINGIiA.i. Ala. April s,-One
hundred and hfteon men, mainly negro
convic,s, were believed 20 be dead this
afternoon In the BANNER mine of the
Pratt Consolidated Coal Company at
Llt,leton. eighteen miles from her as
the ret nit of a gas explosion early to-
day. There were rs mon In tho mine at
the time OF the accident. including lG5
convicts and ten free laborers. OF the
convicts thirty were whites.
The explosion occurred In Entry No.
6. Forty-nve living and nve dead men
have been taken out.
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RACING f S$S !;
PENSACOLA ENTRIES.

~pENSArOI,A Fla \nril s-ThP entries fur
MONDAYS races are ~ fullows
FIRST RACE selling. thrc yearol1s and M.
ward four and = half furllras, Fluy Battle, %
Cmiin l,tcr. los. Blark Domino. lCn. HlEnche
France. ~ Lad, narthdrs. lCo; Lucby Mate.
IA zach. lNnn, l0i ,haiioe, 100,
SECOND RArE-Stlirg. four year-ohS and
npwari, fopr aud a hal' iurlonss. -eyrrn, lWl
l'earl liopAns,. 100 Is. J. SwanneG III treIa,
lo6. Albion " 100. pandcr. III AMY, 100
TiuRp EACh-SelHgg three g r3lds AID
Hello Of the Ray, im H. Hollis, hi; Myrt,
Qu.en, 30 Mis-, im9Gene lU, Regards. III
FOURTH RACE-scllins, iout.yearplls aud
upward mile and a siyt@gh.- Cherry Gil. loi
Iouis Cey,nrsh, l", MaIn;r ,Ugt'Teil i4I
mim, ll0; Virginia Lindsey, los carew, l0J
FIFTH RACE Selling three yearuld- aud n,
vapl seven iurlong,. sweet owen, los, Ossian
ii6 shawnee, III -, nuustan, us; lIanroc,
ilB. ROYAL LADY, III,
Weather cloudy. Tack fast.
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Eddie Kelly Defeats Rose.

In n fast battle Of ten rounds. Eddie
Kelly, the lightweight OF Harlem, de-
fcated Kid Rose of Brooklyn In the
main event at the New Polo A. A. STAG.
Rose broke his ha I In the fourth
round OF the bou by hitting Kelly m
the head with n wild rip ut swing Des-
pite the injury. Rose fought right on
to the hnlsh with the disabled hand.
In the semi-hnal frankie Fleming,
the Canadian fighter. met Jack McCor-
mick and knocked him out In the third
round with a heavy swing on the jaw.
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loving band % blttc"s: l.ush, u; John.
son, RI: Becker. ci.: Gowdy, III;
Manush, So; Fullerton. ID, Fletcher,
50; Hartley. e.. Tcs9eau, y.
The Bulldog failed to bite a chunk
out C the Younger set. this being es-
p~erially hard on a cunt OF the bear
hunter frcn the Dzarks being on. guard
In tie hoN Toe colts then picked ~
the war Ciu) and there were doing y
galore. Details IN a case like this are
cdioJs, but ta.chits. Wild throw
busted siin> and a hnIl two-bazzor b."
Manush nett,i or coming heroes ~ .
rams and tiey crtirCd IL the bench with
a chip on tho shoulders and It swell
ing In their chests.
In the third inr.ry ~ the second
gruelliag contest thEe were more
ca, ualties for tho BULLDOG. With two
out Gowdy singled ana Manush sent
him home with another twO-baerer. but
that was al. 'rhlsd !r1l1g-New York.
/: Yale. o.
AS a damper t. baseball enthusiasm
snow began to fall. and :lc Young attn
letes who were born and bred In south
west Texas looked ON askance. Flo -
cher got u base on balls and went To
second by stealing tne bag. Hartley
singled and Fletcher. who had stopped
to listen 10 a short story between third
and home. Was called out at the plate.
Fourth-New York. .: Yale. o.
The bulldog failed 70 mI;crlallze In
the last first par; of the mfr, inning Of
the second game and the Giants won by
a score Of \ to o In the afternoons play.
EIRsT nAME
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passengers was good and there was no
stop at Quarantine.
No Delay for Baggage.

Almost all OF the baggage aboard was
examined by customs Inspectors, and
after a brief personal examination This
morning the weary voyagcrs were al.
lowed to land. he heavier baggage
will be passed az quickly as possible,
but the owners we're not held TO see 1t
through. being permitted to land and
claim their effects later In the day.
Not a passenger came ashore that did
not speak In the highest terms OF the
officers OF the I-enc. and all agreed
there was perfect order on the liner
even after she struck and before the
passengers knew just what had hap.
pened.
There was feastins and merry maxi
ing on the rescuing ship from the time
she left Fire Island last night until
she dropped anchor of the Statue OF
Liberty. The captain and crew were
toasted again n again. and tho life
savers who stood by and aided so
greatly in transshipping tho passengers
came in for much deserved praise.
Tie life savers havc taken every pos.
siole precaution to provide for the
rescue OF the crew IN the event OF
nasty weather. Breeches buoy lines have
been strung from the vessel to the
h.ach ara ~. co.., ,a,ro, 4. ,o,...,,,~
- IA
dig wind.
The CHANGING OF the wind into the
northeast and the appearance of a fist
ful of grayish clouds on the horizon at.
tracted the attention OF the Uf~e.saycrs
as they tool their observations through
Tho lifting haze Allattvh sha vgA1 49,
a..a.,. - -
,ssi.s,a W 49,. o.e, tne.e were
""''" '"e "ea'her"ise re-
Garded as ominous "A northeaster and
"a hard blow coming" was the way IL
was interpreted by Surfman REYNOLDS.
However. with tho passengers all
safcly landed. ana tho t.el n, the hi,
,hin a., 4, a "a ~. 80 -.
..s....s o'o" !"
"ou''"'e '".e''y oou'u NOT nave the
'erroFs TOT the captain ana crew which
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BALTIMORE, April S,-Local hght
fans were treated to a rare BIT of box
Ing at the Germania Maennerchor Hail,
when Johnny Dohan, the clever Brook
Ign welterweight, o|utfought Joe Seiger
OF Denver before the Armory A.. G. in
their six-round encounter. Blows were
exchanged with such rapidity and
amazing force that II was dINcult &C
distinguish which man was rece.yms
and which was giving the wallops.
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Sr. JOSEPH, No, April ~N-iludolph
Unholz. the Boer lightHeight was
knocked u IN the third round OF a
scheduled htteen-round bout by Tommy
Moore OF Chicago. UnhoiE was suffer
Ing from an infected ear. due to an
operation. nnd Moore won by pounding
the injured member,
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at Don vas very hay with light rains
and ] could not see the horizon. I had
s%oundinss taken every hour. beginning
at noon that day. and found they COM
pared with those taken on the previous
voyage In clear weather.
AT s o'clock that night We ran into a
heavy fog and reduced our speed to four
Knots. Just enoug 60 keep steersge way
on tho ship. All the watortight bulk
heads were closed as usual when tho
nrst blast OF the fog horn sounded ana
they were kept shat until she went
aground.
Soundings Every Hour.
THE soundinss were taken all through
Tho night every hour. and there was
nothing TO Indicate that We we're run.
ming into the land. At 2 A. NJ Thurs
day I was on the bridge with Second
oflcer koennecke and Fourth Officer
vetsernig. There was a lookout In the
bows and one In the crows nest. The
fog lifted then. and I told the lookout
forward to 70 into the crows nest with
the other man and keep his eyes open
for the Fire Island Lightship.
Going by the soundings, I Judged
that the ship was fifteen miles TO the
south OF the lishtship. ! laid the ours
five degrees TO the north and allowed
two degrees for drifting. and believed
that we should pass seven miles south
Of the iishtship.
Was Going Full Speed.
"A few minutes after four bells e.
o'clock) I gave the order to go fun
spced ahead. NshIot, il fourteen knots an
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TFrOm Inc TlTtshlTg TOsTI
you don't mean TO tell me that you
are going to wear a mixture Of red,
brown and yellow putfs"'
For one evening only" rep,ied the
bride, II had these made from the
vSTiuns lOuru o.. rair trJ' U. uushsU'
had on hand when | married him. The
Original donora VIII all be at tho bah
tonight.
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Hank surplus s28.4ys.325.

The Clearing House statement FOR the
week shows that the banks hold $50,
AIS. 325 more than the requirements OF
the - per cent. reserve rule. This H. a
decrease of 81. 1864 in the proportion
ate ash reserve as compared with las,
weak
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sullivan Makes Alton Quit.

van made n veritable punching bag out
Of Jack Alton, alleged champion middle
weight OF the navy, forcing him TO aiit
at the end OF the ninth round. Alton
did not land half "A dozen blows. while
he himself was literally cut TO pieces.
The evening world., 1911-04-08

the Deutscher Heulfs NePein of Rich
mond will be given at the German club
rooms In Stapleton on April 20,
An enjoyable affair was a dance given
by the Bon Ton Athletic Club of Marin
ers Harbor at the clubhouse last
evening.
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zbysnko wins over Cutler.

DENVER, April SIN the presence ot
500 spectators Zbyszko. the Polish
wrestler. defeated Kid cutler in a finish
match here. The Pole won the first fai.
in one hour and six minutes and the
fmal in nine minutes. Xbyr2ko left for
New York after the bout. where he 5
TO appear Tuesday night.
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4 Rare Cnsc.

From the Louisville Cnurier-Journsl.)
He takes Il cold bath every morning
Il very remarkable man"
Plenty OF men do tina
But ! knew him for five years before
he ever mentioned the fact
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IncompromisingD Domination.

Froin the Washington Star)
u you think that women could MS
sumo an attitude OF uncompromising
domination in Rffairs?'
surely" replied Mr.. Meekton. III you
don't believe 1t come and zee our cook. -
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Not m had d.

From the Baltimore American
What "a blessing civilization has been
to the world Consider for a momen;
the bloody sports of ancient Rome
why, what's the matter with an auto
mobile Gun race
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Harry Puts HeInnp Away.

TULSA OKLA, April :. 49, Jim Barry.
the Chicago heavyweight, knocked out
Jack Heinan OF Chicago In the fourth
rouHd OF their fight here tonight.
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Gotch Defeats we.terxaard.

LOS ANGELES, Cal. April s.-Frank
dotch defeated Jesss westervard OF
Dss Mo!nss. Ia. in two straight falls.
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Bodies of Men and Boys Found
Heaped in Pancoast Col
liery Near Scranton.

SCRANTON. Pa. April S.-Mine Off
Gals In charge Of the searching parties
announced this afternoon that the mum
her OF dead as the result of the fire in
the PancoGSt Mine at Throop yesterday
was seventy-four. The bodies of all the
victims had been recovered. The large
number OF dead exceeds that of any
mine disaster In the anthracite coal re-
gions in recent years. The origin OF the
fire has not yet been asccrtained, but n
rigid investigation Is being conducted by
the State mine officials.
The fire. which started in one of
the ho!s:!ng engine rooms in the
China vein. $50 feet beneath the sur
face. the lowest working in the mine.
did not DO as much damage as had
been believed. The fire did not reach
the entom5ed men, and the condition
OF their bodies showed that death was
due to sufrocltlon from smoke or ss-
phyxiation from the accumulated gas.
None OF the bodies which were found
In a heap in the blind gansway was in
the least mutlliteu.
All Mourn He
Heading the list OF victims Is Joseph
! e.. Evans OF West Scranton. who was
foreman OF the United States rescue
car. which was hurried to the mine
from its station at Wllkes-Barre. lie
was thirty-fve years Did. DR.. ]. A.
Holmes. director OF the u. S. Bureau
OF Mining, who arrived during the night
accompanied by ID. W. Roberts of the
instruction Department of the bureau,
Paid a high tribute to the heroism OF
Evans, who was leading a rescue gang
into the smokc-laden mine filed with
deadly black damp.
There are martyrs In every cause
he said. ours has poor Evans for its
first"
1t was the first time that the Federal
rescue system was brought into action
in the anthracite coal region, and Evans
is regarded AS the real hero OF the day.
1t has not yet been definitely established
how he came to his death. One theory
is that In adjusting his helmet, after
humping 1t against the low roof OF the
smoke-hlled gangway, he released II
slightly from his head and in SO doing
inhaled black damp.
Another theory advanced by DIR.
Holmes is that Evans may have dled
from carbon dioxide poisoning. He sald
the air exhaled in the helmet is gener
ated by the oxygen and breathed
again. \ wearer OF the helmet. DR.
Holmes said, who over-exerted hlmsel
might meet the fate that befell Evans
II there is much gas in the mine.
1T is like a man running up hill
The supply OF fresh air Is not suffcien
and a man wearing a helmet dies from
carbon dioxide.
Night Search for Dead.
All through the night the rescuinl
parties kept a. the gruesome task o
picking up the dead, who lay strewl
along the further parts OF the ~ill-ratc
tunnel OF the Pancoast colliery. from
off which We're the chambers and head
inss into which they had entered 70
their uay's toll.
Tho disaster was the worst in tn
; history of tho har coal fields in thi
section, exceeding h number OF dsa
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In the terrible twin shaft disaster o
here some years ago, when afty.ons
mon and boys lost their lives by en-
tombmsnt.
Dlcd to Save -.
Stories OF brave deeds done by res
cuers are being tod to-day BY miners
who had been warned OF the fire in
tine to make their escape. a. u re-
lated tina: Councilman Perry. MINI Fore
man knight and Fire Boss Dawes per-
lshed as a result ~ their going into
the depths OF the mine to warn Others
OF their danger. They were overcome
before they could return to safety.
The bodies of the dead showed that
all had made a hard struggle for life.
burying their heads deep In the culm
and wrapping their coats about their
heads in an effort to ward on the pois-
onouS air.
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GIANTSvS. YALE.

CONTINUED rom First rage)
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-09-08
RaY State Democrats.

Boston, Sept. 'S.-Massachusetta
democrats will open the state rcam.
paign tomorrow with a big rally and
barbecue at West Roxbury, with GOV.
Harmon of Ohio the guest of honor.
Il will be the first eastern visit OF
the Brckeye state governor since
the beginning OF his campaign for
first place on the national ticket.
Governor Foss will also make his
first stump appearance in his can
ddacy for reelection, and he will be
surrounded by all the other candi.
dates on the democratic state ticket.
Mayor Fitzgerald OF this city will
make his first extended public ad-
dress since his return from Europe.
In addition to the feast of oratory
there will be a barbecue which will
supply food for 10000 people
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WHAT SAVED
HER LIFE
Mrs. Martin Tells About q Painful
Experience that Might Have
Ended Seriously.

Riyesyille, W. Va.-Mrs. Dora Martin,
in a letter from Rivesville. writes:
For three years. suffered with wo-
manly troubles, and had pains In my
back and side. was nervous and
could not sleep at night
The doctor could not help me. He
said | would have to be operated on be-
fore | could get better thought
would try using Cardui.
Now, am entirely well.
| am sure Cardui saved my life. I
will never be without Cardui in my
home. recommend it to my friends"
For fifty years, Cardui has been re-
lieving pain and distress caused by wo-
manly trouble. 1t will surely help you.
1t goes to the spot-reaches the
trouble-relieyes the symptoms, and
drives away the cause.
II you suffer from any symptoms OF
womanly trouble, take Cardui
Your druggist sells and recommends
it. Get bottle from him today.
n b Write ~: Inile, Advisory Dept. Chau.-
nOogs Medicine Co., Chattanooga. Tenn. for Special
HiSftltc'lDnS and O+-page book Home Treatment
for Women. sent In plain wrapper, on request.
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TO OPEN OHIO GRAFT.
Confession Of Oeea' May Involve
Many State Officials.

Columbus Ohio, Sept. S.-A confer
ence Will be held tomorrow between
Attorney General Hogan and county
authorities at which it is expected
that Col. Rodney Diesel will present
promised complete confession of the
part he played in the recently eX'
posed corruption in the Ohio legis
lature. Diegel will probably escape a
prison sentence.
Diegels confession, it is alleged,
will involve many more persons oi
prominence than were mentioned in
connection with the upheaval in the
legislature last winter. It is limited
that several lobbyists will be drawn
into court.
Diegel was Jointly indicted With
Senators HUFFMAN of Butter county
and Celon of Dayton. Each is charg-
ed with having solicited bribes from
detectives employed to uncover al.
legged graft in the state house. The
sleuths used an instrumnt called the
"dctagraph" secreted in a room in
which the alleged conversation re-
earding graft was going on. One OF
the detectives was in the room
while others recorded the converse.
ton as it went over the wires.
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SEPTEMBER SIN HISTORY.

l757-The Duke OF Cumberland in be
half OF England signed the con
vention OF Closter Seven, by
which the electorate of Hanover
was left in he hands of the
French. and the entire army dis.
armed.
11S2-Tremendous cannonade and
bombardment from Gibraltar upon
the Spanish besiegcrs. TWO
floating batteries were consumed
British, under the Duke of York.
raised the siege of Dunkirk. in
France.
l79S-The frs number of the ALE
meine Zeiturg General Garzette)
published at Augsburg. in Ia.
yaria. 1t is considered one Of the
most celebrated newspapers in
the world
lS29-General Lafayette feted at w.
onns, Franc
lS53-The frs chamber in Holland
adopted the much disputed law
on religious liberty by a vote OF
twenty-five to sixteen
1S54-The government of Brazil pass.
ed law prohibiting an army of.
ficer under the rank OF colonel
from marrying without the per.
mission of Nh, government
1864 -Petersburg Va. cannonaded
and shelled by union troops.
1S6S-Prof. Watson Of the Detroit
Obseryatory announced the dis
covery of minor planet, shining
like star of the tenth masni-
tude.
1SGS-Fight with the Indians within
two miles OF Fort Lyons, two In
dians and two soldiers killed.
lS7O-The United States recognized
the French republic as the delacto
government
1S7O-M. Thiers leaves Paris on
peace miss on.
19O4- Signals flashed around the
world in honor of opening Of In
ternatonal Geographical congress
in Washington, ID. c.
1910-An explosion on the battleship
North Dakota killed three and in.
iured nine Of the crew
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material before school opens as each
child will be furnished with a list OF
his needs by his teacher the first day
of school.
morning at their respective buildings
at the usual hour for the purpose of
classification and graduation II there
are pupils who were conditioned in
one or two subjects or If there are pu-
pills who were absent from eXamina-
tions at the close of school last spring
they will be given an examination in
such subjects next Monday. The ques-
tions for these examinations will be
prepared by the teachers of the differ
ent grades under the direction of their
respective principals.
desire to urge every patron of the
schools to give us your hearty coop
Grafton in this great work of educat-
ing the children of our town so well
that they may be fitted for larger
service and usefulness than we have
ever been able to render. | desire
that we may make the schools of Ard
more the best in our country, that the
advantages which our boys and our
girls may receive here may be as good
as the best in the land.
n W DTCIIApnC c,tnt