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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 29, 1910)
). I EXPLOSION iOLLS 300 MEN Near nnifnn Colliery, ii.winnri Dnstroved ton, fis,tt,,u .... trnd Near Mouth ers in 300 moil in tho Col- distance iniil torrifl that thlH on- c, tliu roscuo fol-raH-400 tunc resell ors con- ion t mid 1 li fter which of don crowd o VilH H tho II 1(1 III) the 1 . . limn in, " Vision Ib.s cltT1 occurred curly Wm: V.rr the minor- hi BiO 1'"' .... .i.. i,nwu( Be efforts - ... - - f Iron. Uitr.li.. beyond BotO tM" M Ihn out of tho mine and a 5" . . , ... ...i.i). rinviirn 1,0, ucrraru, -? ":..., lino manager were 1 . r flcrraru insw - ferSVbloYhlit any Ir V .... -tin nlivi). car tnc anaii. - ; in.eate.1 io . - "-. i tho pit moum, -K nf Manchester conducted K , SPrvico in tho open air m,1o slowly dispersed. explanation is bvui -of tho explosion, which comploti icked the mine (explosion resilltcn in iv i d Vthlcmcnt of tho liiuchinor by tho cages are lowered an i to tfo snrfnee, nun u whs h w.. Ible time heforo the first rescue flm lmttom of tho nit. SCORE DEAD IN FIRE. I f riveStorv Building Crush I Firemen and Tollco. iiinln),in. Probably twelvo fire- R:ni as many policemen lost thoir 18ml s'orti were injured In a firo 1 If-troud I) I'- Friedlander's IrworkiiiL' phut, a five-story build IlllOt) 11-" North Hodino Htreot, Iwalls crumbled and crushed them rc were two separate disasters k tUc conflagration. Firemen Una the seething furnace of the it fae'orv were caught when the walls fell, and while efforts were made ti rescue tho survivors of Tef't and policemen had been sent prevent a repetition of the ncci at the nnr'h wall, that part of tho tottered and fell, burying linlf le thirty policemen at worlc thoro Ire than twenty injured have boon t to the hospitals. At least twelve ill in the ruins. ithoso taken to hospitals,' half a I have fractured skulls and aro aallv injured. Tho chances of ro y arc slight TCITTIEIt'S POEMS FOUND. iole Nest" of Hitherto Unpub lished Verses DIscoverod. Ie?bury Mass Samuel T. Picknrd linffranher of John Oroenlenf Whit land now living in tho old Whit Rome in this town, tells of liiH ro- fdwoverv of a "wholo nost of !s ov WhlMier never before rceog as his," In commenting on his of a vilutno of the New Englnnd w of 1830 31, Mr. Picknrd says: rtitle it was edited by Whittior, I uiurn innr hnu pspnnrw tun l.itl.nrfn P found a whole nest of poems puiinpr nie signnturo was the pnp, ' termor?. ' T find that Forn nnems arc Whittier's, and that ho ws signature before nnd nftor tnm editor of the Roviow. Iarbin appeals to japs. an Physicians Rcfuso to Succor Cholora Victims, Petprslmi. Tl.. . i idi. I'lirriiNTinnii fUflivoMk of the Roelt tolegrnpl fonRolm are unchecked. Corn Bfrnnv mn.i. ii.. .... . . 1 m : ie iies ot nuand m- "i iiumnus, e S'tiintinn in Ar..i...i .... n ' "'""ll lllll III 1M V lliermnn Mnu..i ir.i . , r K,vi " ,,urn n " 1V r '""'ng note to tho ("""' mnt radical measures ' w sav the epidemic and stn c urnPriviov n ... . - -r Bnn.i 1 " , , " ""y wt" interfere Kin . " 10 w'onu in i . "iirniHiB, UH tho m to pvnnon i ' iJ iiussmnH woro a lonts is nguo S0H onod grav Tnot o nd ni, bo ing inv Hussi Itod (lis nns 1 -182 trickon WAS SOAEE ONLY TRIOR, Shipbuilders and Stool Trust Want Big Ordors. Wniihlngton. Unck of tho war scare caused by Secretary Dickinson's confi dential answer to the request of Con gressman McLaclilan of California is tho activity of tho shipbuilding IntorostB mid tho steel trust as an active factor In tho agitation. A yoar ago corres pondents of Pacific Coust papers woro importuned by representatives of Pa cific Coust shipbuilding concerns to urgo tho nood of a fleot of submarines and tho ouactmont of a law to provide that during the noxt ten years CO Bub- marines bo built on tho Pacific CouBt. This frauk admission that tho West ern shipbuilding Interests woro largely responsible for tho agitation which at that timo was carried on to alarm ho West eoust people, was made to mu when 1 sought to nscortain why bo sud; denly patriots had discovered tho so called defenseless position of tho West coast. A mooting of aomo of tho Pacific Coast Bonators and representatives had been called and a dinner had been giv en, one of tho results of which' had bcon tho appointment of a committee of memborH from Washington and Cali fornia to prcsont to tho president a memorial embodying plans for submarines. These facts woro given mo by a rcn- rcsentativo of u Seattle Bhip yard, working with whom, as ho admitted, was tho vice president of a San Fran cisco ship yard. About that timo Secretary Moyor de livered an address at Philadelphia in wnicu no auvocaicu tno miliums of bat tleships for ono reason that It gavo business to tho steel industry. Apparently congressman Tawnoy is right in charging moro or loss conspir acy to scare the country into bolstering up tho program of military enthusiasts. Those evidences point to activities bv a snip yaru to lobby and tho advocates of a largo standing army. Secretary Dickinson hints at tho need of a standing army of 450,000 men, in stead of tho. present effective forco of li3,000. Tho international importance of tho acts of theso war propagandists is snown by editorials in Japanese nows nanors. tclcuranhcd to tho state dennrt ment hero, citing tho proposals to for- tiiy tho Panama cnnal, increase tho standing army and create n powerful Pacific floot, as evidences to tho Jnpa nose that this country desires war with them. Strangely, the war scare comes at tho very time when the peace society is in session hero, as if the scare had been planned to offset tho pleas for disar marnont. . MEXICAN TROOPS LOSE. German niri, -n.t- I"'"- AH a roaiiH nf - i.ii "ly eomplotod, It is found Unit tl.o do2il a(,r"iny Ih decreasing, n to Z nnxomy ,lrving at- ropuiati i . ror ovory 1O0t oalv ! M0.thrnn.B'""'t "to omnlN Mo thl i'1'"11",0 !s nttributed orous nr .". """'"R.'Wmc tanco of Iccent Ik i r8Pcc"iy n cities, jf the burden of raising largo ;,c Goods stolon. h of', , tl,0U8nnl dollars' C S V"0' Jop. were e' Tho S C," J workora aro on 5I"la,o OelW 'Vl,,ir romy for 11 S Rwn' bo mndn up in 8 ovprn5 7,"e'w?'. bowovor, bren into n, j".1,"1" ',,,no as Government Forces Noarly Annihilated by Inaurroctos at La Junta. El Paso, Tex. Presidont Diaz Mexi can nrmy has suffered n loss of 050 men in dead and woundod in a battle at La Junta, according to tho latest nows from tho scene of hostilities. Tho federal troops engaged in the fight numbered 1000 men. When they raised tho white flag thoro woro only 50 able bodied men in tho forco that surren dorod to the victorious revolutionists. Ln Junta iri a small town on the Mexico, Northwestern & Orient rail road. Nows of tho bottle and its ro suit was sent out by railway employes. Tho telegraph wires were cut later, Thoro has beon fighting near Ojlniga, south of Marfa, Toxas. Many horses belonging to Mexican troops escaped into Texas and it is boliovcd that tho fedorals wore annihilated. Roinforco mcnts should havo arrived thoro last nitrht or todnv if thov wcro not do fentod, marching westward from tho orient railroad station at J'aiomir, Thoy loft Chihuahua last Sunday for ralomir, Troops sent out from Jlminc?., tho railroad junction point for tho road loading into Pnrral, havo not been hoard from. Thoy woro nttompting to join Nnvarro's forces marching from Chihuahua Today ordors woro issuod throughout tho stnto of Chihuahua by tho .Tofcs of villagos nnd towns instructing nil men hnvlng nrms to come in nnd register thorn and give an account of why thoy aro In their possession. John D. Draws $10.32 a Minuto. Now York. John D. Rockof oiler's 8tandnrd Oil incomo is .1510.32 a minuto, nccording to tho quarterly dividend of 10 por cent, r-mounting to fiu.uuu.uuu on all tho stocic whien lias noon nuw.or lfrn1 liv Mm illrnpfrirs. Tf. Is now Csti mated that Ttnckofollor. slnco 1S82. has recoivod $180,000,000 in Standard Oil dividonds in addition to $100,000,000, Slnco 18R2 tho comnany has disbursed VtuvfliZfUvv out or us pnuim i v, 120..M2.001, leaving a surplus of $110, UYU,1'11. Soalsklns No Hlghor. Victoria, IJ. C Tho sealskin snlo hold nt Lnmppon's in London, nt which tho total catch, ovor 3,000 skins, of tlio Vintnrlu nnlnirlc fleot. tllO TJnltod ----- i n Itatos covorntnnnt fnko of 12,000 from tho Prlbilof rookeries nnd catches of locallv owned schooners in tho' south Atlnntic and Antarctic, about 10,000 or 17,000 polts in all, wero otrorou, snowuu no ndvanco ln prices over lass yuur, cording to advices rcoivcu nero. Tromondoua Earthquako Recorded. Clovolnnd, O. An earthquake similar ... IX 1. I. In to tnnt wntcn wrought miou uuvuu i tho islnnrt of Java many yonrs ngo, wiib rocordod on tho seismograph at St. TgnntiiiB college. Tho rocords of tho two quakos nro boing compared WnBhington, Doc. 17. Socrotnry of tho Navy Moyor tins nrtornoon usaignuu tho obsoioto cruisers jjosiqn mm cord to tho Oregon nnd Washington na vai muitia, yoBpocHvoi. a, BRIEF REPORT OF THE DAILY WORK OF NATION'S LAWMAKERS Wednesday, Doc. 21. Washington Dec. 21. Declaring "calendar Wednesday" wn "nnnn. llarly sacred," Speaker Cannon today rofusod to pormit the immediate con sideration of a special message sent iu congress oy 1'rosident Taft. Less than eighty members woro nrusont. in splto of tho fact that it was "calen dar Wednesday." Most of tho sossion was taken up with n discussion of tho Moon bill for a revision of laws relating to tho judiciary. 1 aft's special message recommended tho adoption of a law authorizing Pres ident Taft and officials of tho 'atato of Texas to mark tho boundary be tween Texas and New Mexico. Tho message was read and its consideration suggested but the spoakor objected. Tho Bonato today adjourned at 2 o'clock. It will reconvene Junuarv 5. 'i'ho senate this afternoon adopted tho recommondatnion of tho president authorizing him to settle tho Texas New Mexico boundary question. i no physicul valuation or railroads is demanded in tho report of the inter state commerce commission submitted today to congress. Tho report rofors to "the well known fact that no court, commission, accountant or financial writer would for u moment consider that the present balance sheet in tho statement purporting to givo 'cost of property' suggests even remotely or in a reliable measure cither the money in vested or the present value of tho rail roads." Tuesday, Docombor 20. Washington. Tho spectacle of a con gressman desiring to withdraw from committee a bill tor a government ap propriation of $5,000,000 for his con stituency and of another congressman opposing the motion was presented in tho liouso of representatives when Julius Kalm, of California, moved that a houso committee, bo discharged from consider ing a resolution introduced last .Decem ber asking federal aid for the Panama exposition to bo held in San Francisco in 1015. In making tho motion, Kahn declared that California no longer needed a federal appropriation, having raised $17,500,000 lor tlio project. Washington. In order to conform with tho puro food laws, all packages of foods will havo to bear a statement of the exact measure of tho contents on tho label, if a substitute bill to be sub mitted to tho houso by Representative Maun, of Illinois, becomes a law. Tho substitute bill is intended to take tho place of Mann's original amendment to tho puro food lawi Mann decided to chango his bill after a conferenco with Chicago and Now York business men Tho death knell of "suspension of tho rules" duy was sounded, so far as tho present session is concerned, through tho instrumentality of tapcakor Cannon, who thereby got a unique revenge. Tho house had finished the unanimous consont calendar, and Speaker Cannon called up tho first bill on tho calendar ui iiiuiiuiis io uiscuargo committees. Tho measuro was a provision for revision and codification of the postal laws. Tho document contains hundreds of paces, and probably would occupy all tho time of n "suspension day" that would last through tho remainder of tho session. Cannon's ruling will probably cut off all further attempts to suspond tho rules. Tho appointment of Martin A. Knapp to Dc a judge or tno united states com merco court was confirmed by tho sen ate. Knapp has been chairman of tho interstate commerce commission for sov oral years. Monday, December 19. Washington, Dec. 19. Tho Indian appropriation bill, carrying items ag gregating $9,215,130, was reported to tlio senate today. Tho total represents a net increase of $9S7,995 over tho amount of tho bill as it was passed by tho house. Of this incrcaso $000,000 is to carry out tho awards to tho loyal Lost Creeks, in accordanco with an agreement mado with that tribo in 1901. A bill to promote commerce between tho United State and foreign coun tries in wood pulp nnd tho printing paper industry was introduced today by Kopresentntive r orris, ot UKiaiioma It provides that wood pulp and print ing paper shall bo admitted to the United Stntcs frco of duty, on con dition that the government whero it i produced nnd from which it is im ported restricts tno exportation or jiu nosos an export charge. Washington, Dec. 19. Tho majority and minority reports ot tho special nallincor-Pinehot investigating com- mittoo will bo roportod out of tho houso committee on agriculture with nut commont. Tho reports woro re ferrcd to that committee and mombors of tho committeo havo been loath to tako tho question, figuring that tho reports having como from a committeo should hnvo boon left on tho speaker's tabln instead of goinc to nnothor com mittec. Tho committee on agricultnro considered tho mnttor briefly, and the plan is to send tho reports bnck to tho liouso. This will put tho mat tor" boforo tho houso in tl.o snape tnnt ino muioruj inoinberH wish and tho motion to adopt Mm maioritv ronort will bo followed by a minority proposition to substitute tho minority ronort. Consldorablo qiinnMiTiinkinir on tho wholo issuo i prolmblo boforo tho controversy Is out of tho way. Tho question will not como up until aftor tho holiday rocoss. Tho govornmont could hnvo saved 4i r;nn nnn If It could havo tho battlo- ship Now York built in a private yard nstend of at tho New York navy yard. according to the testimony of Chiof uonstructor watt, of tho navy, before tho liouso committee on naval affairs today. llo said thcro would bo material sav ing to tho covcrnmont if It could build all the vessels by contract. Saturday, Doc. 17. Washington, Dec. 17. Action on tho ense of William Lorimor, whose election o the United States sonato from Illi- iois it was charged was accomplished through bribery, was dofcrred today by the sonato committeo on privileges and elections until next Tuoaday. Senator IJourno's resolution validat ng the local expenditures on tho Sius- law improvement project, was adopted by the senate today. Senator Chamberlain today procured a favorable report from tho committee on tho $15,000 appropriation for tno Chcmawa Indian school, for building and improvements. The senate this afternoon passed tho urgent deficiency bill, which was passed by tho houso this morning. President Taft today ordored a modi fication of tho walking test required of naval officers. Tho officers aro re quired to walk 25 miles in two days. No officer must exert himself in order to finish under eight hours of actual walking. Tho Roosevelt requirement was a 50 mile test in three days. Senator Lodge today attacked tho Cummins resolution to provido for tar iff revision schedule by schedulo, do daring he favored the purpose of the Cummins measure, but differed with the Iowa senator as to tho method of execution. Lodgo added that he thought a senate resolution would bo sufficient and that it was unnecessary to bind both houses to a certain mode of pro ccdurc. LAND SALES $12,198,460. Reclamation Fund Secures Moro Than Half of Sum. Washington. Twenty - three states participated in tho division of tho money received from public lands dur ing last year, according to figures given out at tho general land office. The total amount received from tho public land sales totaled approximately $12,198,400, of which $5,257,095 was placed in tho United States treasury as tho net pro ceeds of tho sales, $0,078,854 went to the credit of tho reclamation fund, and $201,991 was turned over to tho United States as its share of tho proceeds. Only 15 states participated in tho divisions of tho reclamation funds. Those states receiving no funds on this account have, no reclamation projects within their borders. North Dakota leads with tho largest amount turnod into the treas ury, $788,974; ranks first in tho amount received by tho states, $39,448, but takes third place in the amount givon to tho credit of tho reclamation fund, 82,714. South Dakota is second in all tho di visions. Tho not proceeds converted into tho treasury from tho salo of lands in that stato amounted to $701,395: tho amount accredited to tho stato is $35, 009, and tho amount for tho reclama tion fund is $948,514. The third stato in tho matter of not proceeds turned into tho treasury and tho amount accredited the stato, tops thoso receiving money for tho reclama tion fund. Montana takes this position. Tho net proceeds in that state amounted to $033,175. Tlio amount to tho stato is $31,G5S, nnd the amount to tho recla mation fund is givon as $9S3,721. DRY DOCK BIDS OPENED. GIRLS IN THE MIDDLE AGES Love Was Favorite Theme of Conver satlon Relations With Young Men Very Distant. Dancing, for Bomethlnu llko three hundred yoarB, waa a function rather than a pleasure, though certain of tho boautlful elaborate flguroa which have come down to us ended with tho part ners giving each othor a klis, says a writer ln tho Lady's Pictorial. Kiss ing Indeed was hold ln high favor, and a medieval way of saying, "When I first mot her" ran "Tho first time I klsaod her hand." But tho relations between young men and young women ln brdlnary day-to-day llfo wero dis tant ln tho extreme. As to tho actual subjects of conver sation botweon' the sexes, and oven when only ladles, young and old, we're present, It was usual to chooso some lofty therno and then discuss it ln all Its bearings. Ono of tho damsels pres ent would be asked to sot a problem, and then thoso round her would deal with It to tho best of their ability. Love, which is comparatively seldom discussed In any abstruse or Imper sonal way by the modern girl and her companions, waa a very favorite themo; and as to tho type of love question which Interostod our me dieval maiden two or three examples may be given. "Is It easier to feign love than to hide it?" "Which is easier, to win love or to keep It?" "How does a miser's avarice affect his love?" "Is the knight who is In love more likely to show bravery on tho field of battle, or will his love make him coward?" Such were the problems sot with earnestness by the medieval maiden. These discussions sometimes took place before a circle of interested lis teners, Detween a nonie. damsel and a youth who was supposed to be learned in the subtleties of tho tender pas slon; and It Is on record that so In terestlng and moving did these conver sations become at times that the on lookers shed tears! Such word tourna ments often took place aftor great family festivals, and formed part of be entertainment of the guests. TWELVE KILLED IN EXPLOSION New York Central Power House Completely Wrecked. Trolley Car Hurled on Top of Auto By Blast Children In Hospital Narrowly Escape. The Quality Girl. She is none other than the strictly up-to-date business woman. D. C. Lar son, writing ln the Progress Magazine says: It Is necessary to be attractive as well as competent; and to be both you should aim to be a quality girl Many a faithful girl has been left ln the rear because she neglected her per sonal appearance; and many a girl whose appearance received the best ol attention has failed to realize her ideal because she did not give expres slon to her best. Your appearance de penda largely upon what you put on but real quality comes from what you are, how you act, how you conduct yourself, how you express yourself. and how you have improved all those things ln your nature that can be ex pressed. To be a quality girl, there fore, in the truest sense of that term It is necessary to do your beat, be your best and appear your best. Tnousanaa or gooa positions are open to the quality girl, and thousands of desirable young men are looking for Just such girls to become their wives. Bo a quality girl and you need not be disturbed about the future You may have good positions in the world's work as lpng as you like, and you may have a worthy husband and good home whenever you like. Care of the Family Pillows. Eight or ten hours spent upon the family supply of pillows will prove anything but a waste of time. Al though the busy housewife may gasp at the thought. If she bo as wise as she is busy she will recognize the Meyer Will Not Raise Eight-Hour Ques- truth and act accordingly. tlon on Work. Pillows require beating with a stout Washington, Dec. 23.-Bids for tho'!attim boater' whl? 1U n,ei,"ier 6u construction of tho caissons for tho drt 1 luo Beuul "ur weul lu, cln&- " . . ...... v. i nn n H ptinnv rintr 4-liln mill ( nfi ka now in nrncnss nf hmlilintr nt uuuv "ij, uajr mm win Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, naval station, clear out a goodly supply of dust the Tugot Sound, Washington, nnvj Scrubbing is sometimes resorted to yard, and tho New York navy yard i when the old ticking covers aro still woro opened at tho navy department firm and strong enough for continued toilny. liise. With a hand brush a liberal sun Tho caissons aro built in tho shnpo of pjy of soapy lather Is rubbed into the viHMMM, Juki oiibiuiuu uiu guttm iu tuu j cas0, which Is spread out on a table, The labor problem raised in connoc Preferably outdoors A fter a forceful tion with tho work, involving applica- scrubbing it Is rinsed ln several clear tion of tho oight-hour law to tho con struction of the caissons, was not do elded by tho nttornoy gonoral, who said tho question was boyond his jurisdic tion. Tho nttornoy goneral said tho question was ono for tho courts to do cido in enso tho issuo woro raised. Tho navy department informed bid waters and thoroughly dried sun. in tho "Raising" Names. While walking through Academy street tho other day, says the Newark News, Joseph A. Beecher .was "braoed Wtno colored boys about seven years mont! of course, was unable to speak'" d. who asked: "Got any cigarette for the labor interests. In tho ovont pictures, mister? Explaining that .he tho unions raised tho auostion. it would i did not Indulge, tho lawyor asked the bo n snbiect for judicial dotormination.lboys their names. "Johnslng," was. Tho lowest bidder for tho New York i the reply; "we'so twins." "Well, what caisson was tho Snaro & Triost Com-nro your flrat names?" Insisted the puny, of JNow oru, wnoso pneo wasnmumj questioner. "Mnh name," an SiMIV.inu. i no iMornn company, oi ou nttlo, wns tho lowest biddor for tho othor two caissons, th'ofr proposnl for tho Pearl Harbor caissons boing $110, 000, and for tho Pugot Souud structure $125,000. Will Alight on Warship. Washington. In rosponso to a ro quost by nontenant Paul Bock and tho San Francisco eltizons' nvlntion com. mittoo, a nnvnl vossel will bo assignod for oxporimontnl duty in San Prancisco Day during tho nvlntion moot in Janu nry. Qlonn H. Curtiss and his assist ants havo signified n willlngnoss to at tempt to land on tho dock of a warship in an lioroplano. Roar Admiral Barry wns ordored to nrrango with tho San Francisco committeo for tho oxporimont. swered ono, "Is" Soda and his liamo, pointing to tho othor, "Is Saleratus Maw done Iobo all do others and she give us names sho find successful In raisin'." Canal Mon dot No liaise. Time to Stop. Washington. H. L. Mnyhow, repro- It Wfta the quiet moment at' tho sontlng tho hourly employes on tno bronkiast table. Pnnnnin Hniinl. was at till) WIlllO iiousu .... iinn nir . - " 1 - , i-ll U1U J UU Dew ill nimo BklUAl nnd nslto.1 Pros .lent Tntt to pant . rtill rf ,h imrS ho tnd ro,Lc;?,ss.! vssxvi Tl 10 EurOM to a pr" ..!U l.n nin tlin President do- DUZZle contest. !.. fn, n crminml Increase in "Oh. yes," yawned tho buffoon nuv. but oxtondod from two to four boarder as ho reached for tho, celery, 1 - . . .it 1 !M. i II will .Hnlr m 1 1 i hntlcii. nn ci wooks tho amount or louvo wm j"y au mini - uw u crnntod tho hourly omployos. It is windy day than a derby." doubtful if tho Prosidout will make any nd then ovon tho landlady launhed, further concessions. New York, Dec. 19. Twolvo persons were killed, two of them women, and 30' wero injured ;in a double explosion of gas and dynamite in tho .new electric power houso of the Now York Central Railr6ad, shortly aftor 8 o'clock this morning. Tlio forco of tho explosion shattered hundreds of windows in the big hotels and apartment houses in tho neighbor hoou of tho railroad terminal, causing alarm among tho guests. Tho dynamite blast picked up a northbound trolloy car, lifted it in the air and sent it crashing down upon an automobile which was passing along tho other sido of the street. Four of the passengers were killed, and every ono in tho car was injured. Tho railroad service was only tem porarily interrupted. Tho new sub-sta tion power house, where tno explosion occurred, is at Fiftieth street and Lex- ngton avenue, which is half a dozen blocks north of the Grand Central sta tion. The explosion partly wrecked tho engine houso near by and prevented tho firemen from gtting their appar atus into the street. Monsignors La Petto and Hayes and Fathers O'Connor, McQuade, Sinnott and Byrnes, of St. Patrick's Cathedral, hurried to tho scene and administered the last rites of tho church to the more seriously in jured. At tho postoflice substation at For tieth and Madison avenues, the explo sion slightly injured several clerks and At . 1 . . 1 ll i 1 ' I T. mruw mo man an over mu jiuur. ui the New York Nursery and Child's Hospital ceilings wero partly shaken down, and the windows broken but fortunately none of tho 300 children, there was badly injured. Tho power house, which is built of stone and brick, and is six stories high, took fire after tho explosion, and the interior was practically burned out. Just what caused the double explosion may probably never be known. lor- tunately for the thousands of commut ers on tho New York Central lines, the force of the dynamite blasts was di rected in an opposite direction trom the railroad tracks, otherwise tho load ed incoming trains might havo been. wrecked. Officials of the railroad learned that there were many workmen in the build ing at the time of the explosion, and that but few of these had been account ed for. In tho Bible Teachers' Train ing School, on Lexington avenue, di rectly opposite tho power house, 125 men and women who were on their way to breakfast, were thrown to tho floor by the blast. Many of the men and women were injured, and several ot them wero taken to hospitals. AH the windows in the building wero blown in and the ceilings fell. The damage to the power house and other buildings has not been estimated, ' but it was stated that it will likely exceed $5UU,uuo. The employes of tho railroad have been unable thus far definitely to as sign the cause of the explosion, but it is believed a large quantity of dyna mite stored in magazines close to the substation was responsible for tho greater part of tho damage. Wireless Stops Train. Ottawa, Canada. Drawing a train of twelve cars and rushing over the rails at a speed of forty-fivo miles an hour on a stretch of track near the city of Toronto, a powerful engino on tho Ca nadian Pacific railway service was brought to a quick standstill, with tho throttle wido open, and tho engineer standing in his cab, a mere spectator, like thoso present with him to view tho wonder. Tho brakes had been applied on tho big locomotive and train of cars by a wireless wave of electricity. It seemed as if a giant had seized tho equipment nnd held it with ease. Experiments with a wireless train control system havo been quietly con ducted by tho Canadian Pacific Rail way company since last May, and this demonstration was tho culmination of a long series of successful tosts. Balloonist's Body Found. Bremen, A fishing cutter has found in the North Sea tho body of Liouton ant Lnngo, pilot of tho balloon Saar. Tho Saar and eight other balloons started in a rnco from Essen-on-tha Ruhr, Rhennish Prussia, November 13. Seven of the balloons mado safo land ings the following day nnd lator tho Hossen descended in North Germany. Tho Saar never was heard from again, although tho 22 German tornodo boats and other craft watched tho North Sea for soveral days. Lieutenant Lango, Lieutenant Rommoler and a civilian, Horr Zimmerman, woro on board Ohineso Royalty Balks. Pekin. The throno has issuod an edict refusing to create a constitutional cabinet in complianco with a memorial recontly presented by tho national as sembly and also declining to nccopt tho resignations of tho grand council lors. Tho imperial sonato also adopted a resolution praying for tho immediato creation of n cabinet, nnd it wns bo li.ovod tho throno had docided to ac cede Tho national assembly will soon meot and tho wholo subject will bo discussod. Hebrows Aro to Oonveno. Now York. Theodore Roosovolt, Mayor Gaynor, Oscar S. Strauss, Judge Josiah Cohen of Pittsburg, and Dr. David Philllpson of Cincinnati will nd dross tho twonty-second conforonca of tho Union of Amorlcan Hebrow Congre gations to bo hold horo on January 10 to 19 inclusive. Y