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mm $fcg$fflwm. mrotr VOL. XLV. 20. 13,861. PORTLAND, OEEGON, FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS. DEAD NUMBER ONE HUNDRED Twice as Many Injured, Many Fatally, fay Tornado at Snyder, Oklahoma. WHOLE' FAMILIES KILLED Fire Destroys Whole Block or Build ings hi Confusion Following Storm Two-Thirds of the Town Utterly Ruined. DEATHS EXCEED ONE HUNDRED. SNTDER, O. T.. May 11, At mid night all estimates or the number of persons killed by lat night's tornado exceeded 109 and ISO persons were In jured, more than 40 seriously. Ninety-five persons are knotvn to be dead, sererai are missing and a num ber of the wouaded are in a critical condition. The rounded found shelter In an Im provised hospital until. tonight, when they were taken to hospitals In Guth rie and Oklahoma Clt.r. The financial loss is estimated at 350,060. SNYDER, Okla.. May -Approximately 100 people were killed In the tor nado which visited Snyder and vicinity last night and as many more were in jured. Following; is the list, so far as the dead have been recovered and ldenti ' fied: Atta-ar. Dewey. Attawa. Mr., wife and two children. Beckwlth, Mrs. E. I. aged 2. Beeman. C. V. Beeman, Earl. Busser. TV'. II. and wife: Buftser. Russell, aged IS. Barnes, C. L., aged 50. Bailey. George IV., aged 40. Buekinsk, A Ivan, aged 27. Buker, Florence. Biggs. Mrs. Mary, aged 2S. Crook. Mr. and two children. Crump. Frederick, aged 19. Coleman. Mrs. Loren and three children. Davis. George, wife and child. Donovan. C. G.. aged 2S. Englesfamlly. three persons, five and; a half miles tpifaw&tifGt ;SlngriWylV3 JjtJit T&rH3s;, wife' and.'fout:hl!drfn FetjiJcn. tHPH. F';nden, WIfs. aced 20. Fast. Mrs. M. A., aged 30. - - Gorton. Harold, aged 11. ton of "Territorial Oil Inspector. Hudson. Mrs., aged SS. and three children, late of Alabama. Hlbbard. Profensor C. C, wife, three chil dren, father and mother. Hughes, Mr., wife and son, five miles west of Olustee. Johnson. Mrs. Mary, aged 40, and two sons. Jones. G C wife and three children. Frank Jones' family at Olustee. McCart. James and wife. Moody. Mi. M. Murphy. Miss, of St. Louis. Mocs. Mr. Orcutt. Mr. and Mrs. Balston family, at OJuee. Russell. Laura. Redwlck, Mra. Fannie, aged -V. -Sims, Mr., wife and daughter. Staley. Tear, of Troyer. Okla. Stubblefleld. William. Stubblefleld, Mrw. C. P. Sutherland, J. P. and wife. Stuxel, Charles, aged 26. Weaver. Mr., wife and three children. Williamson. Mrs. Colonel, aged 28. I nldentlfled man. woman and two children. Unknown family, four personS, 15 miles northeast of Snyder. Of the injured. 11 have skulls fractured, both legs broken or other serious injuries, which will probably prove fatal. Two-Tlil rds of Town Wrecked. The havoc wrought by the tornado is complete. Out or a town of 1000 people not more than a score of bouses are intact, while two-thirds of the buildings are to tally wrecked. The storm formed south of Olustee, near the Texas line, and took a northeasterly course through a well-settled section. At S o'clock it was observed by the people of Sndcr. but the usual funnel-shaped for mation was lacking, and. thbugh the roar was plainly heard for some time before the storm broke, many were of the opinion that it was a hall etorm. Within a few minutes the sky became suddenly dark and a terrific downpour of rain began, lasting for several minutes, when it stopped as suddenly as It had commenced. People Tossed Like Chips. A few moments of omlnlous calm fol lowed, and then the tornado struck, tear ing" buildings to pieces as though they were made of paper. Many people who had thought to tako advantage of the calm to seek refuge In cellars were caught in the streets between buildings, where some were lifted high in the air and dashed to the ground as though hurled from a catapult, while others were struck by flying debris and crushed almost be yond recognition. Those who remained in their houses, except in a few blocks in the" routhcastern corner of the town, fared no better. The frame structures col lapsed like eggshells, burying occupants under the debris, killing, crushing and maiming. Six of tho eight hotels were torn to pieces, burying many In the wreckage. North of the railroad track, where many cottages stood, not one is left, and the wreckage is mostly carried away. Cry Tor Help Sent Forth. In a few moments it was all over, and the air was filled with shrieks of Injured, mingled with cries of those who bad es caped and were seeking lost ones. Within a fihort tlm'e messengers were dispatched to Mountain Park. 2V miles away, where the news was sent by telephone to Hobart. Physicians and nurses were called for, and relief trains "were made up at Man gun. Hobart. Chlcasaw and Lawton and hurried to the scene by the 'Frisco Rail road. .Meanwhile the able-bodied survivors In Snyder were working heroically all through tho night amid the most heart rending eccnes. A "building was utilized for a temporary hospital, and another was Used as a morgue. The latter, a dry goods building, presented a grewsomc appear ance -when day dawned, with the corpses lying tier above tier on the shelves. The search for bodies continued during. the day, and at 6 o'clock tonight SO had been recovered. Others arc being searched for, which, with the casualties reported from the country, will probably rates the death list to 100. Money the Greatest Xeed. The most pressing need is financial. Or ganizatlon was perfected among the citl zens today, and appeals were sent out to leading cities of the territories asking for immediate assistance. Jn addition to the many Injured who are being cared for at the hospital, many sustained lesser in juries and are incapacitated for the work of caring for those who are In need of as sistance. Hundreds of inquiries have been pouring In all day frtn relatives and friends of Snyder people in all parts of the country, severely taxing the capacity of the tele graph office. With the 'removal of the Injured to other points, the" strain upon tho people of Snyder will be greatly re lieved. Property lioss Immense. The property loss Is variously estimated at from VSOOfiXi to $400,003. Two hundred residences are demolished, and about half the business buildings are practically a total loss. The remainder are more or less damaged. The Hilton, the largest hotel In town, remains intact, and a por tion of the building was used for an emer gency hospital. -The Injured will not bo taken further than Hobart and Lawton tonight. CUT SWATH FOR FORT MIliES 3Iany Dead Found in Country Sur rounding: Snyder. GUTHRIE. Okla., May. lL-Telephone reports from Lawton, Okla., give fuller details concerning conditions at Snyder. At 4 o'clock this afternoon 97 persons were reported dead at the Snyder Im provised morgue and the list of injured was placed at 200. Details of the sensational escape of one of the operators at the Snyder tele phone exchange aro received. The man ager of the exchange was fatally Injured, and one of the two female operators was killed. The other took refuge in a tele phone booth, which was blown Into a field without seriously injuring Its occu pant. Two trains were started from Lawton today in addition to the regular train from that place to Snyder. Two hundred people have left Lawton for Snyder to render any assistance possible. It is said that not one building at Sny der is left uninjured. Every building .noth.of the Frisco tracks. Is demolished. (Concluded on rifth Page) CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. TODAY'S Cloudy to partly elondy with shower" at Intervals. Winds mostly westerly. TESTERDAVS Maximum temperature. 50 deg.: minimum, 45. Precipitation, 0.55 of ,4n Inch. The War In the Far East. Japanese make first move to new flank at tack. Page 1. Each General claims victory In preliminary fights, rage 1. Russian fleet seen In Vapong Bay. Page 1. France accuses Japan of bluffing on neutral ity question. Page 5. Kassla, Anti-Jewish riot at Zhitomir proves to be battle won by Jews. Page 4. Jewbalters make attack in new place. Page 4. Czar expected . to grant Jews freedom. Pge 4. Police Colonel shot dead. rage 4. Foreign. Balfour tells plans to defend India against Russia and for naval defense. Page 4. Kaiser talks about Germany fighting yellow peril. Page 3. American immigration agent denounced by Hungarian police. Page 5. National. President Roosevelt returns to Washington and plans Southern tour. Page 4. Klamath Canal Company offers to sell out at reduced price. Page 2. Domestic How bankers clipped Harrlman'a claws. Page 1. Details of Harrlsburg disaster and list of killed. Page 1. One hundred dead by tornado at Snyder. Tage 1. Few acts of violence In Chicago strike. Page 3. Union Pacific building more gasoline motors. Page 3. Stockgrowers convention rejects Hagen- barth'8 overtures. Tage 4. How Armour car lines cinch fruit shippers. Page 7. Sport. John L. Sullivan wants to meet his old opponent. Charlie Mlfchell, in the ring and turns down for the time being Burns" challenge. Page 7. Eugene team defeats the local High School by a good score. Page 7. Portland loses to Tacoma in the tenth in ning, 4 to 5. Page 7. Paclflo Coast. Charles Sweeny, of Spokane, to build eight story building In Portland. Page 7. Governor Chamberlain proclaims holiday at opening of the Exposition. Page fl. Yamhill referendum committee has more than enough signatures to petition on $1,000,000 appropriation. Page 6. Igorrotes hold weird ceremonies to lay ghost of the dead. Page 6. Insane Scandinavian seeks Judge Wicker sham with a rifle. Page 6. Commercial and Marine. Oriental flour demand practically ceases.' Page 15. Active buying of wool In interior. Page 15. Two carloads of California strawberries re ceived. Page 15. ' Extensive wheat damage sends up Chicago prices. Page 15. Quiet trade in cereals at San Francisco. Page 15. Active movement In stocks of Northern Se curities group. Page 15. Port of Portland petitioned for removal of bar. Page 11. Portland and Viciaky. Conductors will pass resolutions asking Gov ernment to interfere In the Imprisonment of American trainmen in Mexico. Page 11. Committees of both political parties perfect organlration. Page 10. Lights at the Exposition will all be turned on Monday night. Page 14. Judge Bellinger Is growing weaker. Page 8. Trial of R. M. Rlner begins. Page 11. Million, five hundred thousand dollars at stake in suit .over will. Page 11. Mayor Williams Is confident of election. Page 10. Kfiraged at finding a stranger with hU vwire, August Kratz tries to kill the rasa. Page 16. KftRfllMAN IS FORCED TOTEHMS New Treaty for Division of Transcontinental Rail road Territory. NO HARRIMAN EXTENSIONS Kuhn, Xocb & Co. Compels Union Pacific Magnate to Keep Out of Hill's Territory and Aban don Chicago Project. . 4 - NEW YORK. May lL-Opeclal.) There are strong, if not' unmistakable, signs that H. H. Harrlman has given in to the pres sure brought to bear upon him In the past two weeks, and has agreed to the terms HISTORIC DISASTERS OTHER Among the destructive cyclones and tomadoe of the past have been those at Rochester, Minn.: St. Cloud and Sauk Center, Minn.; New Ulm. Minn.: St. Loul; New Richmond, Wis.; Clear Lake. Wis.; Marsballtown, Iowa, and the one of only a week ago at Marquette, Kan., where -"9 lives were taken and much property, was destroyed. All of the storms have occurred within the last 25 years. A list of not able etorms. showing a terrible loss of life and property, follows: Adams County Mississippi, May 7. 1840-100 killed; property loss $1,000,000. Adams County. Mississippi. June 16. 1542500 killed: property loss J3.000.000. Erie. Pa., July 26. 1S75 13 killed; property loss $500,000. Barry and Stone Counties, Missouri, April IS, 18601O0 killed. COO Injured; prop erty loss $1,000,000. Grinnell. Iowa, June 17. 16S2-100 killed, 300 Injured; property loss $1,000,000. Emmetsburg. Iowa, June 21, 1882 100 killed; property loss $250,000. Illinois. Kentucky. Mississippi. Georgia, Tennessee. Virginia. North and South Carolina, February 9, 1SS4 800 killed, 2500 Injured: 10.000 buildings destroyed: un paralleled series of tornadoes, there being over 30 altered over the territory named after 10 A M. on that day. Louisville, Ky.. March 27. 189076 people killed. 700 injured. 000 buildings de stroyed; the storm cut a path 1CO0 feet wide through the city, destroying property of the value of $2,500,000. Savannah, Ga., Charleston, S. C, and Southern Coast, August 28, 18031000 peo ple killed, great destruction of pro pert'. Gulf Coast of Louisiana. October 7, 16332000 people killed; Ions of property $5,000,000. Terrific gale on Lake Michigan, May 10, 169425 lives lost and 20 vessels de stroyed off the water front of Chicago. The cyclone which swept St. Louis in 1896, taking nearly & hundred lives and destroying $10,000,000 worth of property, came from the southwest out of the same, storm-brccdlng center as the storm of last night. One of the severest etorms of the country, which was not cyclonic. In character, was the hurricane and tidal wave which destroyed the better part of the City of Galveston In September. 1900. "The loss of life has never been. accurately determined.. The property damage was placed at $10,000,000. The storm came out of the Gulf of Mexico and had been preceded by a long period of barometric depression. dictated by Kuhn, Loeb & Co. as tho price for their further support of the Harrlman plans. These terms may be roughly out lined as follows: That there shall be no attempt to in vade the territory now held by J. J. Hill, in return for which the influence of Jacob Schlff will be used to prevent any Inva sion of Harrlman territory by the Great Northern. That the plan to bring the Union Pa cific over Its own controlled lines Into Chicago shall be -abandoned, the Union Pacific retaining Its present relationship toward the Northwestern and the St, Paul. This concession Is Intended to head oft the plan of the St, Paul to build to the Coast. That EL H. Harrlman shall not attempt to kill the Gould central lines by earn-, ing out hlB threat to compel them to un load their freight at Ogden and El Paso. That the Chicago & Northwestern shall be allowed to share In the control of the San Pedro. Los Angeles & Pacific Hall- road, the new line from Salt Lake to tho Pacific. That the opposition of EL H. Harrlman to the HIH plans for the Northern Secur ities Company shall cease forthwith and shall not be resumed. Roughly, these are the conditions of support. Unless Mr. Harrlman had sub mitted to them, the banking Influence of the Kuhn-Loeb party would have been withdrawn and offered to the HI1! faction and to George J. Gould In his "Western Pacific enterprise. The net result Is the most severe set back that any magnate has ever received at the hands of the banking fraternity. Mr. Harrlman has always been "a dictator. His word has overruled the Judgment of his executive committee at ail times. He has more than once offended the men that sit with him on the board of the Union Pacific. His tussles with Hawlcy and with Gould are too well known to need much comment. Once James Stillman jumped from his scat and left the board meeting of Union Pacific In a white heat on ac count of a remark made to him by Mr. Harrlman. which amounted to an ulti matum. Now the domineering magnate Is brought up with a round jerk. No Itoad Into Clearwater. In the railroad field the result will be far-reaching. It will keep the Harrlman surveying corps out of the Clearwater country unless J. J. Hill co-operates with them." It will possibly center tho atten tion of. the Harrlman offices on the Port land right of way. which needs attention badly. As a result of it. the Shasta route is to be brought up to the standard of the main line of the ( Southern Pacific The shipping facilities of the Portland route are to be improved to compete directly with the main lines of the Northern Pa cific and the Great Northern. In other words, the cash of the Union and South ern Pacific treasuries Is to be used In de velopment of present lines rather than ia building new lines. The San Pedro route Is going to be one of the centers of railroad interest In the "west, Tho position of the road is one of mystery. Neither the Chicago & North western nor the St. Paul has any direct interest In It at present. The Harrlman people hold one-half the stock, which Is In the treasury of the Union Padflc, and the Clark Interests own the rest. Under the new agreement It is expected that the Chicago & Northwestern will cither have a direct traffic agreement for a right of way over this line or will be allowed to buy the second half of the stock. It Is alleged that it was for this reason that the road recently Issued ?ll,00,0OD of new stock at par, and that It will have a direct Interest In the road. Mystery of the Northwestern. The Northwestern mystery Tctaa lor bts. slowly evolving.- JRic Harrlman plan to buy control of the Northwestern was In tended to keep this road out of the Pa cific field. The Vandcrbllt plan called for a right of way over some line to run trains In bulk through from Chicago to the Pacific Ocean. Mr. Harrlman, to head this off, obtained the right to run Union Pacific trains through, to Chicago by con trol of tho Northwestern. The Vanderbllt policy, thanks to the Kuhn-Loeb Interfer ence, has won out. Within 12 months or so, unless present plans are again upset, the Northwestern will operate its own trains over the Union Pacific to a connec tion with the San Pedro at Salt Lake. This also is the mystery of the Moffat line. Mr. Harrlman, when he saw the plan of the Northwestern late last Fall to force him into granting this right of way, took an option on the Moffat line. He thought that the Northwestern In tended to build its own line Into Denver, buy the Moffat line and cut through to an Independent connection with the San Pedro at the south end of Salt Lake. His option carried him to the middle of Janu ary. By that time he hoped to.have the Northwestern safely In his fold. Had ho BY TORNADOES AND STORMS succeeded, he would have notified the Moffat party that he would not take up the option. It docs not appear that the Northwest ern ran against this option. Mr. Harrl man was rather surprised that there was little effort on the part of Vanderbllt to fight his option. As a matter of fact, the Vanderbllt plans did not go so far. It was not contemplated at the outset to own an Independent line either into Den ver or west of it- The only plan was for a right of way over Harrlman lines clear from the river to the Pacific The Van derbllt plans were not very radical. They contemplated no Invasion - of territory with new lines. Had they been forced to an Issue by'the failure of their plans. It Is very likely that a new and more radi cal plan would have been adopted, and the Northwestern would have forced its way through the Denver country by the purchase of the Moffat line. Light on a 3Iazc of Lies. These facts are slowly coming to light. The whole transcontinental situation has been so mixed, so confused and so chang ing that no one, even of the directors of the various roads, knew at any time Just where the roads stood with respect to one another. Mr. Harrlman, as noted above, was away out in his calculations with respect to .the Intentions of the Northwestern. Mr. Hill belieed that the Rock Island Intended to buy the Moffat lino and was blocked by Harrlman's op tion. The Rock Island party believed that Mr. Harrlman intended to take up the option on the Moffat line and said so. They counted the Moffat line one of the Union Pacific properties. AH were wrong. It was this uncertainty that has tested the principle of community of interests to the breaking- point. Not one of the magnates was. In thorough accord with any other one. Not one knew Just what were the plana .of the other. Vaguely, Harrlman knew that Gould Intended to build the "Western Pacific Vaguely Gould knew that the course of events In the Northwest was drawing the Union Pacific Into alliance with other lines more, and more closely to the exclusion of his lines. He knew that the Missouri Pacific and the Denver lines were being slowly frozen out of the alliance west of the great divide. Hill only knew about the Northwest, and he did not like the shape of events up there. Not one of the whole crowd trusted another. Marvin Hughltt, the president of the Northwestern, avoid ed the directors meetings of the Union Pacific because he did not want to be asked what the Northwestern was do ing. The St. Paul crowd carefully lied every time anyone asked them what the road was doing west of the Missouri River. It is safe to say that there has never been. In the history of the trans contlncntals, a period of so much uncer tainty, distrust and Ignorance as there has been for the past six months. THE DAY'S DEATH RECORD James Tomlinson, Bridge Designer. CEDAR RAPIDS. Ia,. May 11. James Tomlfhson, famous as a designer of cantilever bridges, is dead, aged 89 years. Ifcnry C. Brown, Turfman. BALTIMORE, ICay 11. Henry ,C. Brown, ef "Nashville, -Tean.. for' years a censfteevs .figure ea -"Asserlcaa rase oeurees,' I"iSi3hre.,, - A -Ay .V- 'iv' N ARE TWENTY More Than One Hundred ln jured in Railroad Disaster, at Harrisburg. NOT A WHOLE BODY FOUND All Those Recovered Are Only Frag ments, and Many Arc Totally Cremated Bursting of Alr Hose Original Cause. HARRISBURG, Pa.. May 11. Twenty 'persons are known to be dead and more than 100 were Injured In the rail road wreck and dynamite explosion which occurred early today on the Pennsylvania Railroad In the southern part of this city. That not more per 'sons were killed is considered remark able, by the Pennsylvania officials, as a full box-car of dynamite exploded directly at the middle of the heavy ex press train. The list of dead follows: U V. L. Crabbe, Pittsburg. ueorge zcigier. nttsaurg. . James R. Phillips. Pittsburg. ..Paul Bright. Pittsburg. , Mr. Shaw. Pittsburg. . a, omerinau, x-nii&ucipnia. Mrs. Robert G. Dougherty. Philadelphia, II. K. Thomas, Parkaaurg, Pa., engineer of express. G. Kulman, Altoona, Pa. Alfred Crosby. Norman Martina. 7 month old. Nine unidentified bodies. The Pennsylvania railroad officials to night gave out a list containing the names of 3S persons who were Injured and treated at hospitals or elsewhere. The company also gave out a list containing the names of 58 persons who were in the wreck and whose Injuries are not given. The train carried a number of promi nent persons, and most of them es caped with only slight Injuries. The wrecked train was the second section of the Cleveland and Cincinnati Ex press, leaving Philadelphia at 11:05 o'clock last night. It consisted of a combination baggage and smoking car, one day coach and six sleepers. Causes or the Wreck. There arc various stories of how the wreck occurred. The official version is as follows: '' About 1:40 o'clock the engine on an east-bound freight train was flagged by the crew of a shifting engine ahead on the same track. The engineer Quickly put on his airbrakes, and the train, an unusually long one, came to a sudden stop. The strain on the air valves was severe, and a connecting alrhose In the middle of the train blew out. This caused the middle of the train to "buckle" and the damaged cars fell over" on the passenger tracks. Just as this happened, the Cleveland Express came thundering up and "side swiped" the wreck. The express was stopped within its own length and the third sleeper was opposite the wrecked car. Before any one could leave the passenger train, which was not -ery badly damaged, a few slight explosions occurred, and then there was one great flash and roar that shook the earth. The whole affair occurred within a period of a few seconds. Crawl From "Windows to Safety. A scene of horror followed the ex plosion of the dynamite. The passen ger cars and some of the freight cara Instantly took fire. As the reverbera tion of the terrific explosion died away across the Susquehanna River, the agonizing cries of the Injured could be heard. Men and women came tum bling and climbing from the car win dows and crawled from under the wreckage. Shortly afterward another explosion occurred. Fearing that the entire freight train might be loaded with dynamite, no one dared go near the wreck. Finally, the railroad men, who knew the contents of the burned freight train, led the way, and the un injured passengers followed. Scores of those who were trapped In their sleeping-berths or pinioned un der wreckage were taken out and laid in the field, badly hurt. The advance of the fire drove the rescuers back as they were about to take others from the wreck, and the unfortunates, men and women, were soon enveloped in the flames. The cries of the dying were heartrending, but nothing could be done for them. An alarm of fire was sent In. but when the firemen reached the scene the flames had done their work. The entire train was consumed. "With the firemen came a corps of physicians from the city. As quickly as the injured were temporarily re lieved of pain, they were placed on special trains and trolley cars and hurried to the hospital here. Not One Whole Body Found. Several hundred railroad laborers were on the spot within an hour, and by daybreak their number had been Increased to 1000. It was a gruesome task for the railroad men. Not a whole body was found In -the wreck. Either an arm. or a leg or all four limbs were burned off "the trunk, and In several cases only portions of the trunks were found. Ten charred bodies were found under one 'Pullman car. It is the be lief of the railroad officials that. It the explosion had not occurred, there would have been no loss of life. Coroner Klouse empaneled a Jury which viewed the "bodies this after noon. He will "begin taking testimony temerrow. The physicians and nurses at the' Harrlsburg Hospital, assisted by the trustees aad members ef the beard ef wHiea managers, have' be working' WRECK incessantly since the first of the in jured were taken there at 2:39 o'clock this morning. The hospital is crowded to the doors, and row after row of cots now occupy the wards. Nearby Houses Shattered. In the vicinity of the wreck many fam ilies living In the small houses about the place were tossed from their beds, and, thinking some catastrophe had befallen them, rushed out clad only In their night clothes. Several small bouses near the Lochlel furnace were badly shattered. Flying glass and articles which were knocked from the walls struck the In mates as they lay in their beds, and a number of minor Injuries were reported. The shock and effects of the explosion were felt for many miles, and panes of glass of large windows were broken for miles around. Henry Silverman, a New Tork jewelry salesman, had a satchel in his berth which contained $17,000 worth of jewelry. In or der to escape- being burned to death he was compelled to leave the satchel in the coach, which was destroyed by fire. Among those who received slight inju ries was Miss Brown, daughter of Con gressman Brown, of Pittsburg, and her companion. Miss "Woodworth, of Philadel phia. They escaped through a car win dow. The Rev. T. H. Acheson, of Den ver, escaped unhurt. There was a large crowd around the "hospital. In every room of the building there were persons, which so taxed the institution that some of the Injured had to be propped up In chairs. The hospital supply of bandages, bedding and clothing was soon exhausted. Survivor's Story of Horror. "The first Intimation I had of the wreck," said John B. Reynolds, of Pitts burg, a newspaper man, who was going home from New York, and escaped with slight Injuries, "was when I heard an awful crash and was thrown out into the aisle of the car. I was dazed for a little time, and only realized my position and what had happened when I felt a woman grabbing me and screaming, "For God's sake, help me!' I pushed her out of the window, and a fellow- passenger handed out a child which belonged to her. He then left tho train and called to me to jump through the window. "Just then thero was a terrific explo sion. As I dropped to the ground a mis sile struck and knocked mo down. I don't know how long I lay there, but when I recovered, I crawled across the tracks under a freight train and rolled down the embankment on the other side. I was In my night clothes, and all my other clothing and belongings were lost. "I never want to witness such a sight as that which followed the collision. Women were screaming, children were crying, and strong men were wandering about dazed and helpless. The tracks were strewn In all directions with half naked men and women, some of whom were dead and others seriously injured." On this same train were Sam Shubert, the well-known theatrical man, and Abe Thalhelmer, one of Shubert's agents. They wxrae'comafOedbi; Samuel Kline, a New York lawyer, -and were on their way to Pittsburg. Shubert was slightly Injured, and was taken to a hotel with scarcely any clothing. Mr. Thalhelmer was cut about the face and head. The millhands working- near the scene of the accident were quick to respond to. tne cries or the Injured, and carried some of them to their homes In that locality and fitted some of them out with shoes and clothing. This was soon exhausted and a call was sent out to the citizens for supplies. Scene at Daylight. The scene of the wreck when daylight broke was a grewsome one. Splintered and smouldering cars and twisted Iron were plied high on the four tracks, and an enormous amount of wreckage was lying on the marsh land between tho rail road embankment and the river. One thousand laborers were soon at work, and before noon two freight tracks were opened. The passenger tracks for several hun dred feet were blown away by the ex plosion. It will be some time before they can be repaired. Passenger trains are being sent over tho new low-grade freight line. About a dozen boatmen are dragging the river for bodies. Several thousand persons visited tho scene, but they were kept at a safe distance by a large force of police. Victor L. Grabbe, of Pittsburg, son-in-law of Robert Pitcalrn, of Pittsburg, as sistant to President Cassatt, of the Penn sylvania Railroad, died at noon. Mr. and Mrs. Tindell, the latter a daughter of Senator Knox, wero on the train and escaped practically unhurt. They were on their way to Pittsburg from New York. After the crash, they hurriedly left the car In which they were sleeping and walked along the railroad tracks to the home of Mr. McNaughton, at Steelton. Mr. Tindell telephoned Gov ernor Pennypacker their condition, and the Governor 'Immediately sent for Pri vate Secretary "Wharton and directed that he take care of them. Mr. "Wharton took a cab to Steelton and brought the Tln dells to the executive mansion, where they were cared for by a physician. Injured Swamp Hospitals. The first special train brought 68 In jured to the hospital and the second brought 20. Delivery wagons, automobiles and a Steelton fire engine brought be tween 20 and 30 to the hospital, and the city patrol wagon carried. 11. Twenty more were brought on trolley cars, and were carried to the hospital on stretchers. The stretchers ran out and shutters were torn off houses and utilized to carry the Injured. After those whose Injuries would permit it had been sent away from the hospital, there were fully 100 left. At 5 o'clock this morning most of these had been put Into, wards, two to the nar row bed. Many of Harrlsburg's wealthy citizens sent their equipages to carry the In jured, and sent great quantities of cotton and linen bandages. Some of those resid ing near the hospital sent their best tabla llnen- A reporter at the scene of the wreck found on the coat of a dead man. who was so badly burned that his features were obliterated, a Masonic emblem, war ing the name of Jacob F. Silverman. On the man's clothing was found the name of a tailoring firm in Bridgetos. N. J. Superintendent M. C Caleb, of the Pennsylvania Road, who was seen by a reporter this morning, said; "I do. not knew bow many- are dead:' We FUG AGAIN MANCHURIA Japanese Take First Step Towards New Attack on Russian Flanks. TWO VERSIONS OF BATTLE Each General Tells About Part He Won Russian Fleet In Vafon BayMay Divide for Dash to Vladivostok JAPANESB TURNING MOVEMENT. LONDON, May 12. A dispatch xrora Guarchuling says Japanese reserves are advancing on the Kalyuen line. This is thought to Indicate a forward and turning movement on the part of Oyama. TOKIO, May 12. The following tele gram from army headquarters In Man churia was officially given out today: "On the morning of May 3; the enemy, consisting of two regiments- of Infantry, five sotnias of cavalry and one battery of artillery, made an attack In tho vicinity of Ylngecheng from the direction of Nan shanchengtzu, which is 15 miles east of Ylngecheng. "At 2 o'clock in the afternoon the enemy made a resolute attack. Under the cover of the artillery the Infantry advanced to within 100 metres of our line, whereupon our garrison assumed the offensive, at tacked and dispersed the enemy. "The enemy left 60 killed and 160 wound ed on the field. Besides these, soldiers dressed In Chinese clothing carried away many killed and wounded. The enemy's losses are estimated at COO. "Our casualties were one killed and 40 wounded." JAPANESE ATTACK HEPULSED Linievltch Says He Then Attacked and Forced He treat. ST. PETERSBURG, May 1L General Linievltch, in a dispatch to Emperor Nichols, dated May D, saysr "0trr. advamasa posts along the line from Fodysouzsche to Sblbouza were attacked by the enemy'3 cavalry on May 7. The Japanese were repulsed. They renewed the attack May 8, but were again unsuccess ful. "On May 9 our cavalry advanced In the direction of the Shahetzy mines, which were occupied by the Japanese, who in the face of our artillery fire and turning movement west of the mines, were obliged to retire toward the village of Slnlanzou. from, which they subsequently were dis lodged, retiring to the village of Ma diopa." FEINT TO TEST STRENGTH Russian Explanation of Japanese Advance and Attack. GUNSHU PASS, May 1L Tho Japanese advance now appears to have been a. feint to ascertain the strength of the Russian outposts, which have again been pushed toward on the left at Lafangol, Erdayol and Tungol and along the center line from. Poldyzusuch to Shlhousa, where the Japa nese attacked the Russians May 7 and. May 8, but were repulsed. The next day, in order to oust the Japa nese from the Shahetzy mines, from which their attack was organized, a col umn of cavalry, supported by artillery, moved forward under cover of the Rus sian mines, and the lines were turned, the Japanese retiring first to SInyanzou and later to Madiopa, three miles south, of Chantafu. On the right flank the situation is un changed. The Russian front resembles a crescent, with the center resting on the railroad and the horns pointing south. Prisoners say the new troops from Japan are old men and youths. They believe the Japaneso losses at Mukden were 13,553 killed and about 70,000 wound ed. Oyama was at the front during the recent activity, making his headquarters at Chantafu. Japanese Moving on Flanks. GADJEYANDANA. May 1L A move ment of the Japanese has been observed on both flanks to the westward, mainly small bodies pt cavalry and Chinese ban dits, evidently endeavoring to ascertain the Russian dispositions, but to the east ward Japanese in considerable force ap pear to be concentrating on the line held by the Russian advance troops and grad ually occupying the roads and passes. En ergetic sapping and road-making are In progress along the whole Japanese front. RUSSIAN" FTjEET AT VAFONG, BAY Seen by British Skipper on 3Ionday In French Waters. SINGAPORE. May 12. Captain Mount fort, of the steaftner Corlmander which arrived hero late last night, reports that at 4:30. on the afternoon of Monday, he passed Vafong and observed 22 Russian warships and 10 colliers anchored Insida of the bay. Five hours before, he had sighted four warships off Cape Padaran, which, he thinks, were the rearguard of Nebogatoff's squadron on the way to tho rendezvous. Strcator People's Narrow Escape. STREATOR, HI,. May 11. A tornado struck Streater today, tearing down trees and baras.' No ene was injured, altaosgk there were many aarrew escapes.