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THE TITUSVILLE HERALD. FORTY-FIRST YEAB. TITUSVILLE, PA, DECEMBER 89, 1903 VOLUME XL1 . *0. 8S. ANOTHER ADDED TO LIST OF THIB-TIME TWENTY-TWO KILLED AND TWENTY-NINE INJURED. NOT DUB TO MAN'S MISTAKES. Accident Occurred at East Paris, Mich.—Blizzard Blew Out Red Signal Light. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Dec. 27 — Tonight the death Hat resulting from tbe head-on collision between two Pere Marquette railroad trains near East Paris early, yesterday evening, stands at twenty-two with twenty-nine injured, several of them- probably fatally. Tha Dead. MR. J. L. BALDWIN, Mulllken, Mich. MRS. J. L. BALDWIN, J&illlken, Mich. ' LOUIS BALDWIN, son of above, Mulllken, Mich. LESTER WILLIAMS, Lansing Mich. MRS. DAISY GILES, Lowell, Mich. BTTRT MEYERS, Grandville or Lake Odessa, Mich. WALTER JORDAN, Grand Rapid*. JOSEPH HULL, (colored), Windsor, Ont. AUSTIN I. WAGER, baggagemaster, 192 Sixteenth street, Detroit CHARLES A. STODDARD, Detroit, engineer No. 0, CHARLES A. Devine, Grand Rapids. WILLIAM HELMRICH, Detroit, baggageman. F. M. GILLET, Burr Oak or Portland, Mich. ALLEN H. WELLS, Big Rapids, Mich. FRANK BURNS, Detroit, Mich., fireman No. 5. PETER W. WISRENCB, Grand Rapids. GEORGE PALMER, Detroit, American Express agent on No. 6. WILLIAM SMITH, Saranac, Mich. FOUR UNIDENTIFIED MEN. ' f£& The Injured. Gerr'it Motman, Grand Rapids; internal injury and hip crushed; dying. Charles West, Saranac, Mich.; both legs broken, left hand torn off; probably fatally in j ured.._ John Post, Clarksville, Mich.; skull fractured, nose broken and injured seriously about body and hips. Michael Maltburg, Hart, Mich.; badly burned about legs, hands and breast. Charles T. Chambers, Ionoa, Mich.; injured about head, face, body;'"hands and legs. Frank Waterman, Detroit, engineer of No. 5; seriously injured about head, face lacerated and internal injuries. J. C. Woodworth, Salem, Mich.; injured about head and body. Edward Weigel, Grand Rapids; right leg broken and head injured. George Neil, Grand Rapids, conductor No. 5; left leg broken and badly injured about body. R. E. Gay, Detroit, brakeman; head, body and right leg injured. Harry Marcus, New York oity, president of the E. H. Marcus company; left leg fractured and injured about shoulders.- E. B. Moon, Grand Rapids, fireman train No. 5; injured about head and body. ' Mrs. H. Kent, Grand Rapids; Injured internally. C. N. Botsford, Farmington, Mich., mail clerk yon train No. 6; badly cut about heed. Mrs. H. O. GTay, Grand Rapids; badly bruised about head and hips. H. O. Branch, Sunfield, Mich.; badly injured about head and shoulders. George C. Raymond, Grand Rapids; Injured about head and legs and collar bone broken. Andrew Sprague, Allegheny, Mich.; injured about nead and body. Miss Gale Sprague, Allegan, Mich.; : injured about head. Claud Brown, Grand Rapids; leg Injured. Mrs. H. R. Streeter, Grand Ledge, Mich.; badly cut about head. Howard, Miner, Grand Rapids; left arm broken. W. J. Barber, Muskegon Heights; Injured about head and face. Rev. James Humphrey, pastor of {JJXttrch of Christ, Lansing ,Mich.; bad- ly cut about face. Timothy QuaJey, Grand Rapids; seriously injured about back. J. T. Gould, Grand Rapids; badly cut about hands and shoulders. John Ross, Lansing; Injured about legs and arms. Henry T. Bois, Grand Rapids;" leg badly injured. Ada Keller, Clarksville, Midi.; left leg injured. Moat Disastrous Wrack of tha Road. It was the most disastrous wreck in the history of the Pere Marquette system, and Instead of being caused by . man's carelessness or mistake is charged to the high wind which ex- tinguished the red signal light* in the board at McCord's station, where the west-bound train was expected to stop and receive new orders. Two minutes before the train rushed by McCords the light was burning, says the operator, but in that brief interval the blizzard that was raging extinguished it, and train No. 5 flashed by the station to crash into east-bound train No. 6, near East Pdris. j ■ Pile of Broken Timbers. The trains, which were two of the finest on the system, were reduced to a promiscuous pile of broken and twisted timber and metal, with the dead and injured pinned down and crushed by the fragments of the heavy cars. Five i cars and two locomotives* were jammed into a space ordinarily occupied by three coaches and the wreckage was strewn across the railroad right of wqy from fence to fence. Medical Aid Summoned. When train No. 5, bound west, whizzed by McCords 'instead of stopping, the frightened operator notified -the dispatcher, then found that his red light had been extinguished. He reported this fact and then there was but one action to take. The collision was Inevitable. A Call for Medical Aid. The dispatcher's office called for medical aid and gave orders to hold the train over the Saginaw branch at the depot and get tbe wrecking outfit under steam. They then waited for the word they knew must come. There was no chance of the fast running trains to see each other through the driving blizzard iri time to even slow down, and in a few minutes word came from the conductor of No. 5 that they had crashed together, and that there was an awful loss of life. Engines Twisted Like Shells. The west-bound engine No. 897, drove through No. 6's engine like a wedge, separating the gear from the boiler, and standing the latter on end like a broken and twisted shell. The running gear was crumpled up like so much twine. Great cast steel rods were bent into many shapes and even the steel tires of the big driving wheels split and sprung from the wheels, landing in some cases ten feet from, the engine. The boiler of engine No. 897 turned over several times and the very force of the twisting impact seems to have been the means of saving the life of Engineer Waterman. He-was Aung forty feet over the fence at the edge of the right of way. His fireman was sitting on the opposite side of the cab and he, too, was thrown clear of the pile erf wreckage. One Fortunate Circumstance. As the trains'* came together the steam domes of each boiler blew off, releasing their contents, else there would have been added horrors from the blistering steam- No. 6, east-bound, was composed of a mail and baggage car, combination smoker, buffet parlor car, day coach and diner. The baggage coach, caught between the engine and heavy train,- crumpled up like pasteboard, only the roof remaining partially unbroken. The blind mail coach, heavily built, took the brunt of the blow hut withstood the crash and communicated it to the smpker next in the rear. Where the Bodies Were Found. The* smoker was swept'clean as the mail car telescoped Its entire length arid turned over at the north side of the track." The smoker 'in turn crashed several feet into the parlor car, and it was at the rear end of the smoker and the forward end of the cafe car where all the passengers were killed and injured. From a space six feet square the bodies of two women, a boy and a man were taken out. Caring ' for the Suffering. The west-bound train, with heavy bulk-headed cars, staid on the rails, back of the baggage and mail cars, and thejpassengers In this train escaped serious injury. As one man they rushed out of the train to assist the less fortunate ones on the train ftom this city. many stripped warm overcoats from their backs and covered the suffering injured as they were borne to the less shattered cars of No. 5 and into the remains of the parlor oar of No. 6. Nearby farmers, hearing the crash, turned out/with blankets and did valiant service. Scene of the Disaster. According to a statement made by officials of the Pere Marquette, the west-bound train was traveling down grade at the rate of sixty miles an hour. The east-bound train was climbing the hill at the rate of forty miles an hour. The former carried probably seventy-five passengers while the latter is believed to have been carrying at least 125 persons. The two trains coli lided at about the middle of a long, sweeping curve, three-quarters of a mile west of East Paris. On the inner side of ^he curve is a high embankment, preventing a view of the track ahead.'. , When the engines met, one turned completely over and lay with its nose in a direction opposite to that in which it had been traveling. TBe other climbed the wreckage of the first, Its boiler torh* from the trucks, standing in the center of the debris. A Shocking Tragedy. Tn the cafe coach of the ill-fated east-bound train, which was demolished as far back as the rear of the forward trucks, one ot the most shocking of the many tragedies of the wreck was enacted. Section Foreman Linden J. Baldwin, wife and son had spent Christmas in Grand Rapids and were returning to their home at Mulllken. Between the man and wife, sitting on the top of the car seat and playing with a bank receiver as a Christmas gift, was their little son. The crash came and all three met death. A beam flying through the air struck the chyd, beheading him.1 Mother and son Were found together on the floor of the cafe car by the wrecking crew when they penetrated into the wreck. AFTERMATH OF THE NEWS FROM NEAR-BY TOWNS Shawmut Connection Completed. OLEAN, N. Y., Dee. 27.—The last link of the Pittsbrg, Shawmut and Northern railroad between Angelica and Boliver, in Allegany county, has been completed and regular trains will begin running over the lines tomorrow. The Shawmut has a connection with the Erie 'and with the Lackawanna giving It access to the coal flelds of Elk, Jefferson and Clearfield counties of Pennsylvania. A PITIFUL STORY OF A YOUNG ENGLISH GIRL. FOUND HER AFFIANCED DEAD, After a Journey of 4,000 Miles to Marry Him—All the Bodies Identified and Claimed But Five. DOWIE BIDS HIS FRIENDS FAREWELL. STANDING ROOM IN AUDITORIUM AT A PREMIUM. FRIENDSHIP FOR ROOSEVEL1 A Subject of Discussion and Prayer. "Will Leave .Everything In Zion City"—To Sail Jan. 21. CHICAGO, Dec. 27.—-Preparatory to leaving for Australia, John Alexander Dowie bade farewell to his Chicago adherents at a meeting in the Auditorium today. Standing room was at a premium. Aftec an all night "watch meeting" in Zion City New Year's eve, Dowie will leave for New Orleans and will travel to San Francisco via the Southwestern route, stopping at various large cities en route. He Intends to sail from the latter port Jan. 21 and counts on being back ia Chicago next June. "I am going to leave everything In Zion City and not steal away with either the lace works or the temple," said Dowie. "That was a malicious lie about my wife taking away $7,000,000, but I'm' foolish to deny it again. I will only take with me enough .cash for spending money." Several times in the course of his remarks Dowie spoke in a friendly manner of President Roosevelt, and in his prayer asked that Mr. Roosevelt's enemies be circumvented and forestalled "in carrying out their mischievous plans." PANAMA WILLING TO ASSUME PART OF DEBT. Willing to Pay an Amount In Proportion to Population. NEW YORK, Dec, 27.—Mr. Bunau- Varilla, minister of Panama to the United States, stated tonight that he had notified Sir H. Mortimer Durand, the British ambassador to the United States of Panama's willingness to assume a part of the exterior debt of Colombia, in proportion to the population of Panama compared with that of Colombia. The minister says this will be done as soon as the Independence of Panama is recognized by Colombia. The total amount of the exterior debt, with interest added, is about $16,- 000,000, and Panama has a population of about one-fifteenth of that of Colombia, so that Panama will take upon itself the payment of a million, dollars if the conditions are carried out. Attend % off sale at Bazar. Attend % off sale at Bazar. d&w d&w SOME TRAINED NURSES ARE LEAVING BUTLER. New Fever Cases Nearly Keep Pace With the Convalescent. BUTLER, Pa., Dec. 27.—Sunday's fever record shows one death and eight new cases. The number of new cases may be* larger than reported as the Third and Fourth wards only were heard from. The increase can only be accounted for by the second infection, as at least six of the new cases are in families where other members already have-the fever. The new cases nearly keep pace with the convalescent and the number is nearly as great as at the beginning of the month. A number of nurses, whose patients have recovered from the fever and for whom there was no further work, have returned to their homes. Probably twenty-five have left and the relief committee at present has not over 100 on Its pay Iroll. '.-' McKEESPORT, Pa., Dec. 27.—After a journey of nearly 4,000 miles, which was to have had its termination at the nuptial altar, Miss Lillian Bennett of Wednesdaybury, England, today stood in the presence of the remains of her betrothed, Ambrose Good, who was killed In the wreck of the Duquesne limited last Wednesday evening. The scene in the little darkened parlor of the home of Thomas R. Good, fn brotlfer of Ambrose, was pathetic. Just across the street from the home of Thomas Good stands the cottage which Miss Bennett's intended husband had purchased and furnished for [her. Tomorrow, which was to have been the last before the wedding, will Witness the funeral. Miss Bennett is profuse in her gratitude for the kindness of the Bills Island officials and others but refutes the statement that she is without friends. She says she will likely remain In America. ALL BUT FIVE BODIE8 OF VICTIMS OF WRECK t Attend % off sale at Bazar. d&w Have Been . Identified and Claimed. Two Yet Unknown. CONNELLSVILLB, Pa., Dec. 27.— Three bodies In the morgue were identified today. They are Henry -M. Tobies of Reading, Pa. This man was previously reported as Louis Scaler, and it was learned today that the man had assumed that name a year ago for some reason unknown. He was working to Pittsbrg and was presumably on his way home- Leonard Sancenato, of New York, identified the body of his brother, Antonio Sancenato. The young man having on his person the Westinghouse employ checks was today identified as Charles Ehrensberg, of Park Ridge, N. J. He had been employed at the Westinghouse plant and was on his way to the home of his stepfather, Orlans Peterson, at Park Ridge. Relatives from Pittsburg today claimed the body of James Fox, colored, and' it was sKif-ped'to'that city. The body of Johft Simon', who had been working fn Pittsburg, but Whose home is in New York, was identified by a brother and his body will be interred in tho cemetery here tomorrow. Only three bodies remain to be identified. Two have been identified but not claimed, making in all five bodies of the sixty-five that will probably be buried in unknown graves. HUNGRY CHICAGOANS 8TORM THE COLI8EUM, Police Have Difficulty In Stopping a Stampede at Christmas Dinner. CHICAGO, Dec. 27.—During a stampede of the 10,000 men, women and children, waiting for admission, which attended the opening of the doors of the Coliseum, where the Volunteers of America today gave their annual Christmas dinner, several, glass doors were demolished and' the dozen policemen on duty at the place managed to restore order with the greatest difficulty. In the rush several women and children were knocked down and trampled on but none was seriously injured. The crowd was the largest that ever assembled at such an affair in Chicago and when everyone had been satisfied not a morsel of the tons of food remained. THE OHIO OIL COMPANY/ MAKES BIG PURCHA8E. Acquires 4,000 Acres of Leases With 275 Producing Wells. FINDLAY, O., Dec. 27.—J. C. Don- nell of the Ohio Oil company has closed a purchase of the Exchange Oil company's holdings in Wood, Hancock ahd Sandusky counties. The transfer consists of 4,000 acres of leases and 275 producing wells with an average production of 600 barrels. The -consideration is said to be nearly $600,000. Mental Anxiety Caused Suicide. NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—Referring to the disappearance from the steamer Denver, on her way to Galveston, of Granville W. Garth, president of the Mechanic's National bank of this city, Alex A. Orr, vice president of the bank, said tonight that Mr. Garth, in the past few weeks had seemed to be on the verge of mental prostration. For this reason the board of directors urged Mr. Garth to take a vacation of four months. To this he assented and sailed with a companion on the Denver on Dec. 19. Mr. Orr said his death was solely due to mental .anxiety purely of a personal character. TRYONVILLE. Dec. 28. Funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Samuel Hazen, who died at her home, on the Centreville and Hydetown road/ Christmas day, and were brought to this place Sunday for burial, were held at the M. E. church, at 1:30 o'clock, Rev. E. S. Rickenbrode of Hydetown, pastor in charge of this circuit, officiating. Deceased is survived by'her aged mother, Mrs. Finley Ross, three sisters and two Brothers, William Ross of Tryonville, Ernest Ross of Dunkirk, N. Y., lira. Eva Lavlnis of Lima, O., Mrs. Arthur Watson and Mrs. Martin Bougher of Titusville. Dr. and Mrs. Lee Odell and daughter, Grace of Leeper, Clarion county, Pa., are the guests of the doctor's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alvertus Odell. Mrs. Isaiah. Clark, son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Edson Irwin, left last week Wednesday for Sharon, for a fow days' visit with Mrs. Clark's SOn, E. D. Clark. The many friends here In Tryonville of Mrs. E. D. Clark, where she has visited for so many years, will regret to learn of her continued ill health. Miss Josie Wald of Meadviile, who has been the guest for a day or two of Mr. and Mrs. William Matthews, and son George, too, ia at present visiting at the home of her grandfather, John Waid. Word was received here last week that Charles Titus, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nuam Titus, was married at Meadviile, Christmas eve, to Miss Florence Gob- harett. Oscar Titus, a brother, left on Thursday morning for Meadviile to be present at the important event. Nothing less than a ten center will do us, Chralle. Jacob Beck and son of JohnsonburgJ who have been the guests for several days of Mr. Beck's brother and sister, Add and Miss Laura Beck, departed for their home this morning. It has been at least thirty years since we met Mr. Beck and' naturally we were glad to have a chance of renewing old acquaintances. Mr. and Mrs. John Kohmann, a bride and groom of but a few weeks, arrived In Tryonville Wednesday evening from Wyandotte county, O., to visit his parents. Mr. and Mrs. William Kellogg left on Friday for a few days' visit with friends at Union City. Jeff Post and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Post of Marion, Ind., are visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Post Clair Lewis, an employe on the telephone line at East Brady, is the guest of his parents. Alfred Hunt and Mrs. Martha Cow- drey, both of Tryonville, Were married at Meadviile, Dec. 24, by legal acknowledgement before Clerk of the Courts H. H. Finney. GARLAND. ■ Dec 28. A very pretty home wedding was performed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Anderson's Wednesday evening, Dec. 23. at 9 o'clock _». m., when their daughter, Miss Hattle, was united in the holy bonds of matrimony to Mr. Bert MeCullough, both of this place. Rev. Parsons performed the ceremony, after • which a wedding supper was served. There was quite a sad and sudden death In Garland last Thursday when Mrs. G. W. Richards, dropped dead in Horn Bros, store while purchasing Cnristmas presents. -Mrs. Richards was highly respected by all. She was a great church worker and always took an active part in everything pertaining . to the church and Sabbath school. The Xmas exercises were postponed on account of her death. The deceased was; born at Torpedo and has always lived in this vicinity, bite was about 44 years of' age. She leaves a husband, "one son, two brothers and two sisters; Mrs. Mary aud Mrs. Alike Marvin and Mr. Alton Jordan, of Conneaut O., and Mr. Wesley Jordan, of this place and a great many other relatives and friends to mourn her loss. The funeral was held Saturday at 2 o'clock p. m. at the M. E. church, Rev. Parsons officiating. The ifema^ns were laid to rest in the M. E. cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Hartwell, of Spring Creek, spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. W C. Beardsley. Mrs. C. S Morris and daughter, Miss Ethyl, left for South Carolina, where Miss Ethyl is going for her health, tion, and is visiting her parenta in Tyler sburg. J. E. Catlin of Warren and Miss Mildred of Sheffield Junction spent Christmas with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Catlin. Miss Edna Beck and Amanda Setley are spending the holidays with friends and relatives in Tionesta. OBITUARY. Mrs. Louise Countys. Mrs. Louise Countys died at her home, East Central avenue, at 6:20 o'clock Sunday morning, in her 83rd year. She had been ill but two weeks, suffering from typhoid pneumonia, and until within a few days of her death it was believed that her naturally rugged constitution would avail against the ravages of the disease. She always enjoyed excellent health until her fatal illness. Mrs. Countys, whose maiden name was Louise Vilequez, was born in Gounon, France, on April 1, 1821. When 8 years of age she came to America with her parents. The family settled in Buffalo and she married there, removing to Tituaville forty years ago, when there was one house and only half a dozen families. She was a witness to the development and growth of the city. One daughter, Mrs. Mary A. Borne, wife of Joseph J. Borne of West Central avenue, waa the only child. Mr. Countys died twenty-four years ago. Besides the daughter she leaves one sister, Mrs. Charles Chabel of Buffalo. The deceased was a member of St. Titus congregation and services in her memory will be held in that church at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning, Father J. M, Dunn officiating. Interment will be made in St Cather- * ine's cemetery. yMti. Mrs. J. H. Falkinburg. Word was received in thia city yesterday of the death on Christmas day at Tiffin, 0., of Mrs. Sarah Jane Falkinburg, wife of J. H. Falkinburg, formerly a well known resident of Titua> ville. Services over the remains were held at Tiffin at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Falkinburg was born on Christmas day, 1836, and her death <vas upon the anniversary of her birth. The family removed from this city about ten years ago. WHIG HILL. Dec. 28. Harry Kiffer came home from Warren for a few days. Miss Etta Rodgers, teacher of Town Line school, is having a week's vaca- Mra. John Carney. Mrs. Anna Carney, aged 62 years, the wife of John Carney, ot Oil City, died at Shaw Farm Saturday after a short illness of grip. She Is survived by two sons, M. J. of Emlenton, and Thomas of Petroleum Centre; three daughters, Mrs. J. F. Barr and Mrs. F. J. Prich- ard, ot Siverly, and Mrs. E. H. McFadden of Shaw Farm. The, funeral will be held at Oil City this morning with interment in St Joseph's cemetery., The following Titusville friends will be in attendance: Mrs, Joseph Kirk, Mrs, Ellen Kleean, Daniel Kleean and Miss Maggie Maloney. Mrs. Samuel Hazen. Mrs. Samuel W. Hazen, of the Bogg settlement between Hydetown and Sturtevant, mention of whose serious illness appeared in the Herald last week, died Christmas day and after services Sunday was buried at Tryoar ville. She is survived by her husband and several children. \ An Explanation to Subscribers. Owing to a delay in th'e shipment of S page paper it became necessary to use for this issue~"of the Semi-Weekly the smaller size commonly used in the Morning Herald. This reduction to 6 pages is not likely to occur again unless present conditions should unexpectedly prevail for several days longer. S. A. BLOSS, Prop. San-Cura Ointment is guaranteed to relieve at once that itching, burning. pain and permanently cure Eczema, Tetter, Salt Rheum, Itching, Bleeding or Protruding Piles, Burns, Cuts, Bruises, Old Sores, Pimples, Boiles, Carbuncles, Chapped Hands. Chilblains, Festers, Insect bites and Poison Ivy. San Cura Ointment at drug gists. Sic and 50c. A Record Of Nearly Forty Years Successful Business Experience is Back of the .... Second National Bank Titusville, Pcnn'a. CAPITAL SURPLUS DEPOSITS OVER $300,000 00 100,000 00 1,100,000 00 OUR AIM—-To promote in every legitimate fray the interests of our patrons. SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS.
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THE TITUSVILLE HERALD.
FORTY-FIRST YEAB.
TITUSVILLE, PA, DECEMBER 89, 1903
VOLUME XL1 . *0. 8S.
ANOTHER ADDED TO LIST
OF
THIB-TIME TWENTY-TWO KILLED
AND TWENTY-NINE INJURED.
NOT DUB TO MAN'S MISTAKES.
Accident Occurred at East Paris,
Mich.—Blizzard Blew Out Red
Signal Light.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Dec. 27 —
Tonight the death Hat resulting from
tbe head-on collision between two
Pere Marquette railroad trains near
East Paris early, yesterday evening,
stands at twenty-two with twenty-nine
injured, several of them- probably
fatally.
Tha Dead.
MR. J. L. BALDWIN, Mulllken,
Mich.
MRS. J. L. BALDWIN, J&illlken,
Mich. '
LOUIS BALDWIN, son of above,
Mulllken, Mich.
LESTER WILLIAMS, Lansing Mich.
MRS. DAISY GILES, Lowell, Mich.
BTTRT MEYERS, Grandville or Lake
Odessa, Mich.
WALTER JORDAN, Grand Rapid*.
JOSEPH HULL, (colored), Windsor,
Ont.
AUSTIN I. WAGER, baggagemaster,
192 Sixteenth street, Detroit
CHARLES A. STODDARD, Detroit,
engineer No. 0,
CHARLES A. Devine, Grand Rapids.
WILLIAM HELMRICH, Detroit,
baggageman.
F. M. GILLET, Burr Oak or Portland,
Mich.
ALLEN H. WELLS, Big Rapids,
Mich.
FRANK BURNS, Detroit, Mich., fireman No. 5.
PETER W. WISRENCB, Grand
Rapids.
GEORGE PALMER, Detroit, American Express agent on No. 6.
WILLIAM SMITH, Saranac, Mich.
FOUR UNIDENTIFIED MEN. ' f£&
The Injured.
Gerr'it Motman, Grand Rapids; internal injury and hip crushed; dying.
Charles West, Saranac, Mich.; both
legs broken, left hand torn off; probably fatally in j ured.._
John Post, Clarksville, Mich.; skull
fractured, nose broken and injured seriously about body and hips.
Michael Maltburg, Hart, Mich.; badly
burned about legs, hands and breast.
Charles T. Chambers, Ionoa, Mich.;
injured about head, face, body;'"hands
and legs.
Frank Waterman, Detroit, engineer
of No. 5; seriously injured about head,
face lacerated and internal injuries.
J. C. Woodworth, Salem, Mich.; injured about head and body.
Edward Weigel, Grand Rapids; right
leg broken and head injured.
George Neil, Grand Rapids, conductor No. 5; left leg broken and badly
injured about body.
R. E. Gay, Detroit, brakeman; head,
body and right leg injured.
Harry Marcus, New York oity, president of the E. H. Marcus company;
left leg fractured and injured about
shoulders.-
E. B. Moon, Grand Rapids, fireman
train No. 5; injured about head and
body. '
Mrs. H. Kent, Grand Rapids; Injured
internally.
C. N. Botsford, Farmington, Mich.,
mail clerk yon train No. 6; badly cut
about heed.
Mrs. H. O. GTay, Grand Rapids; badly bruised about head and hips.
H. O. Branch, Sunfield, Mich.; badly
injured about head and shoulders.
George C. Raymond, Grand Rapids;
Injured about head and legs and collar
bone broken.
Andrew Sprague, Allegheny, Mich.;
injured about nead and body.
Miss Gale Sprague, Allegan, Mich.;
: injured about head.
Claud Brown, Grand Rapids; leg Injured.
Mrs. H. R. Streeter, Grand Ledge,
Mich.; badly cut about head.
Howard, Miner, Grand Rapids; left
arm broken.
W. J. Barber, Muskegon Heights; Injured about head and face.
Rev. James Humphrey, pastor of
{JJXttrch of Christ, Lansing ,Mich.; bad-
ly cut about face.
Timothy QuaJey, Grand Rapids; seriously injured about back.
J. T. Gould, Grand Rapids; badly cut
about hands and shoulders.
John Ross, Lansing; Injured about
legs and arms.
Henry T. Bois, Grand Rapids;" leg
badly injured.
Ada Keller, Clarksville, Midi.; left
leg injured.
Moat Disastrous Wrack of tha Road.
It was the most disastrous wreck in
the history of the Pere Marquette system, and Instead of being caused by
. man's carelessness or mistake is
charged to the high wind which ex-
tinguished the red signal light* in the
board at McCord's station, where the
west-bound train was expected to stop
and receive new orders. Two minutes
before the train rushed by McCords the
light was burning, says the operator,
but in that brief interval the blizzard
that was raging extinguished it, and
train No. 5 flashed by the station to
crash into east-bound train No. 6, near
East Pdris. j
■ Pile of Broken Timbers.
The trains, which were two of the
finest on the system, were reduced to
a promiscuous pile of broken and
twisted timber and metal, with the
dead and injured pinned down and
crushed by the fragments of the heavy
cars.
Five i cars and two locomotives* were
jammed into a space ordinarily occupied by three coaches and the wreckage was strewn across the railroad
right of wqy from fence to fence.
Medical Aid Summoned.
When train No. 5, bound west, whizzed by McCords 'instead of stopping, the
frightened operator notified -the dispatcher, then found that his red light
had been extinguished. He reported
this fact and then there was but one
action to take. The collision was Inevitable.
A Call for Medical Aid.
The dispatcher's office called for medical aid and gave orders to hold the
train over the Saginaw branch at the
depot and get tbe wrecking outfit under
steam. They then waited for the word
they knew must come. There was no
chance of the fast running trains to see
each other through the driving blizzard
iri time to even slow down, and in a
few minutes word came from the conductor of No. 5 that they had crashed
together, and that there was an awful
loss of life.
Engines Twisted Like Shells.
The west-bound engine No. 897,
drove through No. 6's engine like a
wedge, separating the gear from the
boiler, and standing the latter on end
like a broken and twisted shell. The
running gear was crumpled up like so
much twine. Great cast steel rods were
bent into many shapes and even the
steel tires of the big driving wheels
split and sprung from the wheels, landing in some cases ten feet from, the
engine. The boiler of engine No. 897
turned over several times and the very
force of the twisting impact seems to
have been the means of saving the
life of Engineer Waterman. He-was
Aung forty feet over the fence at the
edge of the right of way. His fireman
was sitting on the opposite side of the
cab and he, too, was thrown clear of
the pile erf wreckage.
One Fortunate Circumstance.
As the trains'* came together the
steam domes of each boiler blew off, releasing their contents, else there would
have been added horrors from the
blistering steam-
No. 6, east-bound, was composed of a
mail and baggage car, combination
smoker, buffet parlor car, day coach
and diner. The baggage coach, caught
between the engine and heavy train,-
crumpled up like pasteboard, only the
roof remaining partially unbroken. The
blind mail coach, heavily built, took the
brunt of the blow hut withstood the
crash and communicated it to the
smpker next in the rear.
Where the Bodies Were Found.
The* smoker was swept'clean as the
mail car telescoped Its entire length
arid turned over at the north side of the
track." The smoker 'in turn crashed
several feet into the parlor car, and it
was at the rear end of the smoker and
the forward end of the cafe car where
all the passengers were killed and injured. From a space six feet square
the bodies of two women, a boy and a
man were taken out.
Caring ' for the Suffering.
The west-bound train, with heavy
bulk-headed cars, staid on the rails,
back of the baggage and mail cars, and
thejpassengers In this train escaped serious injury. As one man they rushed
out of the train to assist the less fortunate ones on the train ftom this city.
many stripped warm overcoats from
their backs and covered the suffering
injured as they were borne to the less
shattered cars of No. 5 and into the
remains of the parlor oar of No. 6.
Nearby farmers, hearing the crash,
turned out/with blankets and did valiant service.
Scene of the Disaster.
According to a statement made by
officials of the Pere Marquette, the
west-bound train was traveling down
grade at the rate of sixty miles an
hour. The east-bound train was climbing the hill at the rate of forty miles
an hour. The former carried probably
seventy-five passengers while the latter is believed to have been carrying at
least 125 persons. The two trains coli
lided at about the middle of a long,
sweeping curve, three-quarters of a
mile west of East Paris. On the inner side of ^he curve is a high embankment, preventing a view of the track
ahead.'. ,
When the engines met, one turned
completely over and lay with its nose
in a direction opposite to that in which
it had been traveling. TBe other
climbed the wreckage of the first, Its
boiler torh* from the trucks, standing
in the center of the debris.
A Shocking Tragedy.
Tn the cafe coach of the ill-fated
east-bound train, which was demolished as far back as the rear of the
forward trucks, one ot the most shocking of the many tragedies of the wreck
was enacted.
Section Foreman Linden J. Baldwin,
wife and son had spent Christmas in
Grand Rapids and were returning to
their home at Mulllken. Between the
man and wife, sitting on the top of the
car seat and playing with a bank receiver as a Christmas gift, was their
little son. The crash came and all
three met death. A beam flying
through the air struck the chyd, beheading him.1 Mother and son Were
found together on the floor of the cafe
car by the wrecking crew when they
penetrated into the wreck.
AFTERMATH OF THE
NEWS FROM
NEAR-BY TOWNS
Shawmut Connection Completed.
OLEAN, N. Y., Dee. 27.—The last
link of the Pittsbrg, Shawmut and
Northern railroad between Angelica
and Boliver, in Allegany county, has
been completed and regular trains will
begin running over the lines tomorrow.
The Shawmut has a connection with
the Erie 'and with the Lackawanna
giving It access to the coal flelds of
Elk, Jefferson and Clearfield counties
of Pennsylvania.
A PITIFUL STORY OF A YOUNG
ENGLISH GIRL.
FOUND HER AFFIANCED DEAD,
After a Journey of 4,000 Miles to
Marry Him—All the Bodies Identified and Claimed But Five.
DOWIE BIDS HIS
FRIENDS FAREWELL.
STANDING ROOM IN AUDITORIUM
AT A PREMIUM.
FRIENDSHIP FOR ROOSEVEL1
A Subject of Discussion and Prayer.
"Will Leave .Everything In Zion
City"—To Sail Jan. 21.
CHICAGO, Dec. 27.—-Preparatory to
leaving for Australia, John Alexander
Dowie bade farewell to his Chicago
adherents at a meeting in the Auditorium today. Standing room was at
a premium. Aftec an all night "watch
meeting" in Zion City New Year's
eve, Dowie will leave for New Orleans and will travel to San Francisco
via the Southwestern route, stopping
at various large cities en route. He
Intends to sail from the latter port
Jan. 21 and counts on being back ia
Chicago next June.
"I am going to leave everything In
Zion City and not steal away with
either the lace works or the temple,"
said Dowie. "That was a malicious lie
about my wife taking away $7,000,000,
but I'm' foolish to deny it again. I
will only take with me enough .cash
for spending money."
Several times in the course of his
remarks Dowie spoke in a friendly
manner of President Roosevelt, and
in his prayer asked that Mr. Roosevelt's enemies be circumvented and
forestalled "in carrying out their mischievous plans."
PANAMA WILLING TO
ASSUME PART OF DEBT.
Willing to Pay an Amount In Proportion to Population.
NEW YORK, Dec, 27.—Mr. Bunau-
Varilla, minister of Panama to the
United States, stated tonight that he
had notified Sir H. Mortimer Durand,
the British ambassador to the United
States of Panama's willingness to assume a part of the exterior debt of Colombia, in proportion to the population
of Panama compared with that of Colombia. The minister says this will be
done as soon as the Independence of
Panama is recognized by Colombia.
The total amount of the exterior
debt, with interest added, is about $16,-
000,000, and Panama has a population
of about one-fifteenth of that of Colombia, so that Panama will take upon
itself the payment of a million, dollars
if the conditions are carried out.
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SOME TRAINED NURSES
ARE LEAVING BUTLER.
New Fever Cases Nearly Keep Pace
With the Convalescent.
BUTLER, Pa., Dec. 27.—Sunday's
fever record shows one death and eight
new cases. The number of new cases
may be* larger than reported as the
Third and Fourth wards only were
heard from. The increase can only be
accounted for by the second infection,
as at least six of the new cases are in
families where other members already
have-the fever. The new cases nearly
keep pace with the convalescent and
the number is nearly as great as at the
beginning of the month. A number of
nurses, whose patients have recovered
from the fever and for whom there was
no further work, have returned to
their homes. Probably twenty-five
have left and the relief committee at
present has not over 100 on Its pay
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McKEESPORT, Pa., Dec. 27.—After a
journey of nearly 4,000 miles, which
was to have had its termination at the
nuptial altar, Miss Lillian Bennett of
Wednesdaybury, England, today stood
in the presence of the remains of her
betrothed, Ambrose Good, who was
killed In the wreck of the Duquesne
limited last Wednesday evening.
The scene in the little darkened parlor of the home of Thomas R. Good,
fn brotlfer of Ambrose, was pathetic.
Just across the street from the home
of Thomas Good stands the cottage
which Miss Bennett's intended husband had purchased and furnished for
[her.
Tomorrow, which was to have been
the last before the wedding, will Witness the funeral.
Miss Bennett is profuse in her gratitude for the kindness of the Bills
Island officials and others but refutes
the statement that she is without
friends. She says she will likely remain In America.
ALL BUT FIVE BODIE8
OF VICTIMS OF WRECK
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Have Been . Identified and Claimed.
Two Yet Unknown.
CONNELLSVILLB, Pa., Dec. 27.—
Three bodies In the morgue were identified today. They are Henry -M. Tobies
of Reading, Pa. This man was previously reported as Louis Scaler, and it
was learned today that the man had
assumed that name a year ago for
some reason unknown. He was working to Pittsbrg and was presumably on
his way home- Leonard Sancenato, of
New York, identified the body of his
brother, Antonio Sancenato. The young
man having on his person the Westinghouse employ checks was today
identified as Charles Ehrensberg, of
Park Ridge, N. J. He had been employed at the Westinghouse plant and
was on his way to the home of his
stepfather, Orlans Peterson, at Park
Ridge. Relatives from Pittsburg today
claimed the body of James Fox, colored,
and' it was sKif-ped'to'that city. The
body of Johft Simon', who had been
working fn Pittsburg, but Whose home
is in New York, was identified by a
brother and his body will be interred
in tho cemetery here tomorrow. Only
three bodies remain to be identified.
Two have been identified but not
claimed, making in all five bodies of
the sixty-five that will probably be
buried in unknown graves.
HUNGRY CHICAGOANS
8TORM THE COLI8EUM,
Police Have Difficulty In Stopping a
Stampede at Christmas Dinner.
CHICAGO, Dec. 27.—During a stampede of the 10,000 men, women and
children, waiting for admission, which
attended the opening of the doors of
the Coliseum, where the Volunteers of
America today gave their annual
Christmas dinner, several, glass doors
were demolished and' the dozen policemen on duty at the place managed to
restore order with the greatest difficulty. In the rush several women and
children were knocked down and
trampled on but none was seriously injured. The crowd was the largest that
ever assembled at such an affair in
Chicago and when everyone had been
satisfied not a morsel of the tons of
food remained.
THE OHIO OIL COMPANY/
MAKES BIG PURCHA8E.
Acquires 4,000 Acres of Leases With
275 Producing Wells.
FINDLAY, O., Dec. 27.—J. C. Don-
nell of the Ohio Oil company has closed
a purchase of the Exchange Oil company's holdings in Wood, Hancock ahd
Sandusky counties. The transfer consists of 4,000 acres of leases and 275
producing wells with an average production of 600 barrels. The -consideration is said to be nearly $600,000.
Mental Anxiety Caused Suicide.
NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—Referring to
the disappearance from the steamer
Denver, on her way to Galveston, of
Granville W. Garth, president of the
Mechanic's National bank of this city,
Alex A. Orr, vice president of the
bank, said tonight that Mr. Garth, in
the past few weeks had seemed to be
on the verge of mental prostration. For
this reason the board of directors urged
Mr. Garth to take a vacation of four
months. To this he assented and sailed
with a companion on the Denver on
Dec. 19. Mr. Orr said his death was
solely due to mental .anxiety purely of
a personal character.
TRYONVILLE.
Dec. 28.
Funeral services over the remains of
Mrs. Samuel Hazen, who died at her
home, on the Centreville and Hydetown
road/ Christmas day, and were brought
to this place Sunday for burial, were
held at the M. E. church, at 1:30
o'clock, Rev. E. S. Rickenbrode of
Hydetown, pastor in charge of this circuit, officiating. Deceased is survived
by'her aged mother, Mrs. Finley Ross,
three sisters and two Brothers, William
Ross of Tryonville, Ernest Ross of
Dunkirk, N. Y., lira. Eva Lavlnis of
Lima, O., Mrs. Arthur Watson and Mrs.
Martin Bougher of Titusville.
Dr. and Mrs. Lee Odell and daughter,
Grace of Leeper, Clarion county, Pa.,
are the guests of the doctor's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Alvertus Odell.
Mrs. Isaiah. Clark, son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Edson Irwin,
left last week Wednesday for Sharon,
for a fow days' visit with Mrs. Clark's
SOn, E. D. Clark. The many friends
here In Tryonville of Mrs. E. D. Clark,
where she has visited for so many
years, will regret to learn of her continued ill health.
Miss Josie Wald of Meadviile, who
has been the guest for a day or two of
Mr. and Mrs. William Matthews, and
son George, too, ia at present visiting
at the home of her grandfather, John
Waid.
Word was received here last week
that Charles Titus, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Nuam Titus, was married at Meadviile,
Christmas eve, to Miss Florence Gob-
harett. Oscar Titus, a brother, left on
Thursday morning for Meadviile to be
present at the important event. Nothing less than a ten center will do us,
Chralle.
Jacob Beck and son of JohnsonburgJ
who have been the guests for several
days of Mr. Beck's brother and sister,
Add and Miss Laura Beck, departed for
their home this morning. It has been
at least thirty years since we met Mr.
Beck and' naturally we were glad to
have a chance of renewing old acquaintances.
Mr. and Mrs. John Kohmann, a
bride and groom of but a few weeks,
arrived In Tryonville Wednesday evening from Wyandotte county, O., to
visit his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. William Kellogg left
on Friday for a few days' visit with
friends at Union City.
Jeff Post and daughter and Mr. and
Mrs. Joshua Post of Marion, Ind., are
visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Post
Clair Lewis, an employe on the telephone line at East Brady, is the guest
of his parents.
Alfred Hunt and Mrs. Martha Cow-
drey, both of Tryonville, Were married
at Meadviile, Dec. 24, by legal acknowledgement before Clerk of the Courts H.
H. Finney.
GARLAND.
■ Dec 28.
A very pretty home wedding was
performed at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Anderson's Wednesday
evening, Dec. 23. at 9 o'clock _». m.,
when their daughter, Miss Hattle, was
united in the holy bonds of matrimony
to Mr. Bert MeCullough, both of this
place. Rev. Parsons performed the
ceremony, after • which a wedding
supper was served.
There was quite a sad and sudden
death In Garland last Thursday when
Mrs. G. W. Richards, dropped dead
in Horn Bros, store while purchasing
Cnristmas presents. -Mrs. Richards
was highly respected by all. She was
a great church worker and always
took an active part in everything pertaining . to the church and Sabbath
school. The Xmas exercises were
postponed on account of her death.
The deceased was; born at Torpedo
and has always lived in this vicinity,
bite was about 44 years of' age. She
leaves a husband, "one son, two
brothers and two sisters; Mrs. Mary
aud Mrs. Alike Marvin and Mr. Alton
Jordan, of Conneaut O., and Mr.
Wesley Jordan, of this place and a
great many other relatives and
friends to mourn her loss. The
funeral was held Saturday at 2 o'clock
p. m. at the M. E. church, Rev. Parsons officiating. The ifema^ns were
laid to rest in the M. E. cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Hartwell, of
Spring Creek, spent Christmas with
Mr. and Mrs. W C. Beardsley.
Mrs. C. S Morris and daughter, Miss
Ethyl, left for South Carolina, where
Miss Ethyl is going for her health,
tion, and is visiting her parenta in Tyler sburg.
J. E. Catlin of Warren and Miss Mildred of Sheffield Junction spent Christmas with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
M. P. Catlin.
Miss Edna Beck and Amanda Setley
are spending the holidays with friends
and relatives in Tionesta.
OBITUARY.
Mrs. Louise Countys.
Mrs. Louise Countys died at her
home, East Central avenue, at 6:20
o'clock Sunday morning, in her 83rd
year. She had been ill but two weeks,
suffering from typhoid pneumonia, and
until within a few days of her death it
was believed that her naturally rugged
constitution would avail against the
ravages of the disease. She always enjoyed excellent health until her fatal
illness. Mrs. Countys, whose maiden
name was Louise Vilequez, was born in
Gounon, France, on April 1, 1821. When
8 years of age she came to America
with her parents. The family settled
in Buffalo and she married there, removing to Tituaville forty years ago, when
there was one house and only half a
dozen families. She was a witness to
the development and growth of the
city. One daughter, Mrs. Mary A.
Borne, wife of Joseph J. Borne of
West Central avenue, waa the only
child. Mr. Countys died twenty-four
years ago. Besides the daughter she
leaves one sister, Mrs. Charles Chabel
of Buffalo. The deceased was a member of St. Titus congregation and
services in her memory will be held
in that church at 9 o'clock Tuesday
morning, Father J. M, Dunn officiating.
Interment will be made in St Cather- *
ine's cemetery. yMti.
Mrs. J. H. Falkinburg.
Word was received in thia city yesterday of the death on Christmas day
at Tiffin, 0., of Mrs. Sarah Jane Falkinburg, wife of J. H. Falkinburg, formerly a well known resident of Titua>
ville. Services over the remains were
held at Tiffin at 2:30 o'clock Sunday
afternoon. Mrs. Falkinburg was born
on Christmas day, 1836, and her death
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