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WOMEN AND CHILDREN
TRAMPLED TO DEATH.
Ini) Explodes on Stage and Burning
Oil Engulfed Audience Sunday
, School Entertainment Was in Prog-
ress Accident In Kinall Town ami
Nearly Eery Family Is In Mourning
Fire Department Vmiblo to Assist.
Boyerstown, Pa., Jan. 14. One of
the most terrible theater disasters in
- the history of the state occurred here
. last evening. The theater was the
scene of an entertainment given by
the St. John's Lutheran Sunday school
and was crowded with men, women
and children. Fully 700 people were
In the house at the time the fire was
' discovered. The building is lighted
,-.rKn oil lamps and as so'on as the
taA one exploded the others did also
and In a few moments the entire
structure was ablaze. It is thought
that the first explosion was that of
a gasoline lamp upon the stage. The
fire there soon communicated with
the rest of the building and the panic
ensued. '
Fully 150 people, the majority being
women andrhildren, are dead, and It
Is believed that death will claim many
of the Injured. Many were killed by
the crush of the panic. Many who,
had they not been held back by the
crowd at the doors, would have been
able to escape from the building, but.
were forced to remain and were cre
mated. It was a repetition of the Iroquois
disaster In Chicago. Instantly follow
ing the first rush to the door the exit
became clogged. The wall of strug
gling forms blocked the doorway and
many were forced to the floor and
trampled under foot. As the panic
increased the heap grew, amid piteous
shrieks and cries of the dying. While
this scene of death and terror was be
ing enacted In the front, members of
trie amateur company who were on
the program In "Mary, Queen of
Scots," filed out the rear door in
safety. Panic-stricken players left the
rear door open and the draught creat
ed caused the roaring fire which ate
up the rear of the maddened mob of
spectators, engulfing them In flames.
Mrs. Stella Mayes, who presented the
play, could have saved her life, but
sacrificed It In saving the lives of her
company. She reached the open air
in safety but returned to see that all
had escaped, and was burned to death.
Boyerstown Is a place of about 2.-
600 people, and
house in the city Is either a temporary
hospital or an Improvised morgue.
To make matters worse, . If possible.
Just as the fire department arrived on
the scene, the water supply gave out
and the department was absolutely
powerless to render any special as
sistance, ,
WANTS NO INTERFERENCE.
Objects to Having Salary Warrant
Disallowed. .
'' Boise, Idaho, Jan. 14. State Audi
tor Bragaw filed in the supreme
court today, a petition for writ of pro
hibition preventing Governor Good
ing and other state officials from in
terfering with his administration of
his office. The contest originates over
Bragaw's" refusal to issue a deficiency
warrant in the Moyer, May wood and
Pettibone cases, and the ensuing re
fusal of examiners to endorse the sal
ary wararnts of Bragaw's wife and
son, who are employed In his office,
Bragaw has a $30,000 libel suit against
Governor Gooding and the Boise
Statesman, at present.
FOUND SOLVENT.
Ilnnk Closed During Flurry, But Will
Reopen.
New York, Jan. 14. The Hamilton
bank has been found solvent and Jt
will lopen January 20 with $1,800,
000 on hand. The bank suspended
today almost every during the recent flurry.
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Littleton Will Uncover Thaw's Part
as It Was Never Done Before Will
(Show That lie Was a "Wild-Eyed-
and DlHtant Boy" Thaw Objects to
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New York, Jan. ' 14. The Thaw
case opened this morning In the hands
of the defense. Dr. John R. T. De
mar, who has been the Thaw family
physician for many years, was the
first witness called by Attorney Lit
tleton. Through Demar Littleton ex
pects to prove that as a child and a
boy Thaw was a "wild-eyed, distant
boy," erratlo and unreliable. From
this point he will take up each period
of the young man's life and trace 4ts
uncertain windings, laying bare much
that was hidden by Delmas In the
first battle and exposing to the world
much that Thaw had hoped to keep
forever burled.
When Thaw entered the court room
he looked more depressed than usual.
He does not like the ruthless display
of his deficiencies.
Evelyn was excluded from the court
room this morning with other wit
nesses. Dr, Demar was questioned by Little
ton. The witness said that when Thaw
was a child he was nervous and a vic
tim of St. Vitus dance. He declared
that a brother of Mrs. Thaw was an
Imbecile six years before his death.
Jerome objected when Littleton start
ed to go Into the condition of John
Ross, son of Mrs. Thaw's sister, and
this line of examination was closed.
Jerome cross-questioned Demar
closely, but failed to bring out any
thing of value. Dr. William F. But
ler, of Roanoke, Va., was the next
witness. He testified to the condition
of Horace Thaw, son of the first Mrs.
William Thaw, while he was at the
state hospital for the Insane. Jerome
fought the Introduction of this evl
dence but lost his battle and Butler
testified that Horace Thaw was men
tally incompetent.
munlty. - He would not, unless he was.
He realized that he had" the probable
success pr failure of the prosecution
in his hands and pressed his point.
Apparently he won. Heney, however,
this morning refused to state what
action he will take In regard to Ruef.
As he entered Judge Hunt's court
room this morning prior to th calling
of the Hall trial, he was shown a
United Press dispatch relating to Ahe
Ruefs demand for absolute immunity.
Ha scowled as he read It.
"I will say nothing." he declared
shortly, "nothing at all."
Heney has no friendship for Ruef.
He haf frequently stated that he
would send Ruef to Jail before all
others, and It will pique him to relent
In this Instance. : ,
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JFDGF, FLATLY REFUSES TO
ENTER INTO AGREEMENT.
Now the QtioMllon Ik, Without Abso
lute Guarantee Prom the Court
That He Will JUs Granted Immunity,
Will Itnef Go on the Witness Stand
and Tell What Ho Knows About
tlie.Gruft? He Is an ' Initortunt
Witness,
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$1.25 Mens Ribbed Wool Vnderwear
in Natural Qny, this week
It $2.50 Australian Lambs Wool, this
? week
.00 values. In Tan Ribbed Medium
H Weight Wool, this week .
75c values Heavy Wool Fleeced, this
weex
$1.25 Heavy All Wool Men's Flat
Knit Underwear
$2.50 Mens line Ribbed Worsted
Underwear, this week
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75c
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$1.29
52c
69c
$1.77
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Boys, Misses and Childrens odd Wool
. Garments worth up to $1.00, this
w;ek
75c Ladies Heavv Ribbed Fleece lined
Underwear
$1.00 Ladies Union Suits, Fleece lined
$1.75 values in Ladies fine ribbed All
Wool Underwear, this week
$2.50 values In White ribbed All
Wool Underwear
Childrens Heavy Fleece lined ribbed
Underwear, regular price 25c to
50c, this week 19c to
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WHEN QUESTIONED BY RE-.
PORTER, SAYS NOTHING.
Ruef Seenis to Have Upper Hand, and
Refuses to Recede From Vantage
PointWill Not Testify Unless He
Is Given Absolute Immunity Heney
Does Not Like" Turn of Affairs.
Portland, Jan. 14. Abraham Ruef
and Francis J. Heney are dominant
factors In the San Francisco graft sit
uatlon again as1 a result of yesterday'
conference between Ruef ad Langdon
In relation to Ruefs testimony and
his demand for Immunity.
This morning's San Francisco Call
the supposed organ of the prosecution
declares In unqualified terms that
Ruef will get Immunity If Heney
agrees to Ruefs terms. Ruef fought
his battle for freedom yesterday In
Longdon's office In San Francisco.
Burns, Dwver and Langdon represent
ed the prosecution. Ruef, It Is do'
clared, was adamant. He would tes
tlfy If he was granted complete Im
STILL AFTER v
' THE JAPAIiESE
VANCOUVER ANTI-j.VPANESB
SENTIMENT WILL NOT DOWHV
City Council Will Attempt to Disarm
tlio Little Brown Men An Effort
Being Made to DlKarm All Foreign,
era Who Attempt to Enter the Do
minion of Canada.
Vancouver, B. C, Jan. 14. Tha
Japanese question will not . down In ,
British Columbia and constant agita
tion Is being kept up., against tha
brown men. At last night's meeting .
of the city council a motion was mad
to secure the opinion of the city so-
llcltor In relation to the legality of ,
the resolution disarming the Japanese.
Following this meeting the Asiatlo
Exclusion league held a meeting at
which the treasurer, after a stormy "
session, resigned, because the league
was not taking as aggrosslve a stand
against the Japanese as he thought
they should.
A special to the News-Advertiser
from Ottawa, states that the represen
tative. In the Dominion parliament Is
taking steps toiiave the immigration
act amended so that all people enter-.
ing the country shall be searched and
deprived of firearms.
San Francisco, Jan. 14. After a
ong and stormy conference this morn
ing Judge Dunne, before whom Ruef
pleaded guilty and In whose court a
large number of the indictments
against Ruef are to be tried, flatly de
clared to District Attorney Langdon
that he would not enter Into any
agreement by which Ruef could gain
immunity and Informed the district
attorney that any motion or agree
ment In relation to the Ruef Indict
ments must come before him In open
court.
What the result of this ruling by
the court will be remains to be seen.
It Is a well known fart that the pros
ecution Is loath to proceed with the
graft cases unless they can secure
Ruefs testimony and whether or not
the state can get him to tell all he
knows without an absolute promise of
Immunity. It was for this reason that
the district attorney persisted that he
could go to Ruef with the assurance
from Judge Dunne that he could be
able to deliver the goods when the
time came. '
Birth Record.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Perry Allen
in this city Tuesday, January 14, a
daughter.
NARROW ESCAPE.
Hotel IniMrlol Came Near Being De
stroyed by Fire. -
Portland, Ore., Jan. 14. The Hotel
Imperial underwent a narrow escape '
from fire late yesterday, when flame
crept up between the walls. The firs '
was not discovered until after the flra
had been burning some time. The
hotel force cut a hole In the wall and
applied extinguishers and saved the
building.
Had the fire progressed a few mo-'
ments more It would have, had such a
start that the entire building would
have been threatened and perhaps destroyed.
CHOLERA AT MANILA. .
Ho Far Only Native Have Succumbed '
to the Disease.
Manila, Jan. 14. Forty-three have
died In this city In four days, as a re
sult of cholera In Marlqulna valley,
the source of Manila's water supply.
Fatalities were confined to natives, no
far.
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WE SINCERELY THANK i
Our many customers for the liberal patronage
bestowed upon us, which nas in? bled us to
make this the foremost drug store in this sec
tion of the country. All can rest assured tnat
our gratitude will b further shown by giving
tne most scrupulous care and conscientious at
tention to every detail of our business.
IF YOU
Are not yet one of our customers let this be
your invitation to become one. (Jet the habit
of coming her with your prescaiptions and for
your drug wants; you will never care to change
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