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factures. There were, they raid. bat; B O O K M A K E R
two ennobles In the World where
trade oov14 lucre/sae with much rapid
rtrldes-tierulauy au0 the Dulled
Hiatus. Wages were nigh and work
war plentiful.
Today all le obaug, d Tho bankers
are doing no busbies.' ao4 In ata
carer have much deprecet• 4
tarp. lying
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e houses
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AWFUL TRAGEDY
ON TME RAIL.
Disastrous Head-on Collision on
the Wabash Railway.
T1: ABOUT" EIGHTY LIVES LOST.
Miss
Dentzer, of Tupperville, Cnt., Among the )lead - Many Immigrants
Burned to Death--inglneer Strong Blamed --111. Statement--
tturrors of the Dreadful Ascldent.
Detroit, Not..7.-}'rum 100 to 130
powwow. were klllel or Injured to -
eight In the most dl*aatroue rail-
road wreck In the History of the
Michigan railroads
Two heavily loaded paerenger
trains on the Wabaah Railroad col-
lided heed -on at rue stead unu mile
octet of Seneca, the second statism
west of Adrian.
'iAo went -bound train of twooars,
loaded with tutmlgrbote, and five
other coaches, were smashed and
burned, with the result of aerie loss
of life and fearful injuries to a ma-
jority of 11. paaeongers.
Tho east -bound trete, the Ooulln-
ental Limited, muttered In scarcely
lees degree.
The track le the vicinity of the
wreck 1e strewn with dead and dy-
ing. Many physicians trout Detroit
have gone to the scene.
Nu. 4 Cuutlucutal Llutited had en-
glio No. 1109. Lugineer Strong, Con-
ductor J. U. Martie; and \u. 18,
double-header, magma be, Engineer'
Work. sad eagle. 313l. Engineer
Parke. Lueductur Chante. Trial.
'lite Contluental Limited. it Ir be-
luued, disobeyed order." la not wait-
ing at Peewee for the emigrant
train, thereby cau.lug the wriest.
'Iles truck at tit, poles where the
Cu111.'1001 uccurrol was r.reetet, num
tit first tau otta:lald cuuii but u..-
deretuum 'row tn.. ata:l.N:at tx,ui'a
bate n..ppuued.
law •uu.r..at trate. wkl.k urdin-
atey is eau., to tats.' ,Jetreit tit �...0
u CI.Ka, w Al LWO award lits, l.at Wit
:al •...u, '...0 lW1, Hutu."la..wt-
p, unu/. au•:ureete to
.,,It law, tlMa lachee►l LJaaaa'.i Jl.au
orocrr to W.ut fur tea euesugreet
int outman. •
..arae le. therefore. panted ua
tits u,4iwWtur ur eug.hter til tlw
WtlNa.rtr'a 14WUwL alai told train
-Weir Udd-Yt---a maxee- tic►--sceafe..t
Would nut have u:..urred.
a'ud LOatiarl1ca1 wa.e ors at Semmes
at u ::1, aceuem44 to tad
W ecu .au1e, Out eppareatly u.dur.
to Wan aero ssl..uuo.et.d.
Adv.ow I.-uul t.w Wrd.:a at midnight
Mato that Luso cuuu1rj bur W-wr
arced w /lgaied up- the.1 uria.ug
t4art. and telt .nue ilamd/ uo..:d .nut
be qut-onetl .u•wew w lick W pen
iw'r apparataal
lsa.41.+ti oodles were picked up tiling_
trace traa uy too farmore be.utir tu..
rp ri.tl trate bent Mtn Aaraaa ar-
rived uA the wear. 1u .40114 14414 Intel
the trestles -were mangled uey,+nd re
txegul des, ---_
ane wales w6To5 le re ere hate'
agile to pall from the barging rules
tit tee immigrant carr weed esu bauly
burned Mut their Identity wit pr..
leanly prang lid aavereeiso .
Tut, Immigrant trace wad a regular
tralu, carrylug two Card of 11111111.
grants/ gong west, and war bt elud
time. 11114 trala Was composed tit
revue coacher, hauled by two t•u
stiles -Noe. e'4 and 1..1.
Reports dieter so lar al to 11w num-
ber ui coacher currying Iwuetgraautr,
Oae say* Otero were but two, ae.t
another says Were were lite ur s.x
coacher. carrying this carr of tour-
ist*.
It is post thought that any Detroit
people were MI ,red. am the Coutiuen-
tat Limited Immt.I(ately behind the
immigrant cuntamed tau Detroit per-
seagers for Chicago.
Among the great dist of dead, only
one same i* known here at present.
This Is Miss Delo Dentser, of Tup-
pervLle, Out. Sec was alive when rev -
cued, sax) with her exparing breath
mkt: "Notify Wiliam Moore."
That was all. A epochal to the Tri-
bune from Adrian give• the follow-
ing abet of permeate a" among the In-
jured:
George Sweeney; le B. Rlchnrdson,
prows massenger. Cat and both lege
mauglel ; Mary Dolman. Injured
ehlghtly ; H. B. Whitney, an Ontario
railroad dispatcher, seriously In-
jurad.
The reemon.tbtllty for the accident
is now on the crew of the Continen-
tal Limited. ,
IIOW IT HAI't'N:NE1).
lteglaeer Strong,uf eastbound iraln,
Hlanied.
Detroit, Nov. 2$. -Whin night fell
ane.' the .gene of yesterday etea-
Ing's accident on the Wablbh Rail-
road near Senern, Mir,h., thoac who
hnd been tnvoirtlgatteg the disaster
had found nothing to altar the es-
timate of about eighty nose lost an
a result of the culltelun. Supt. Own
laf Burns, off the divlefon on which
this wreck occurred, Iaelata that the
retaliator, are too high. "I do not
consider," staid lie, " that the total
death list will exceed twenty." How-
ever, (n rapport of the larger realm -
ate Lt Is pointed out that there are
now fnnrteen pa.wengers known to
be dead. The bollen of eight of theme
tarn been recovered, and It le con-
sidered that the frngmrnti of other
bailey now at the morgue nt Adrian
will aeoount for mnny more titan the
twelve dead necessary to make np
Supt. Burns' eatimnto of twenty. In
addition to the compnintively few
fragments recovered and sent to the
simmer. these who were early on the
serene way that ninny morn pieces
were discovered which crumpled to
powder while they were being re-
Ur6nrte F4..".. Not DliteleabM.
Seperintindent Burns said to the
AMoeslyd Press to -night that he
was unable to ta11 the exact nnmber
of Roden Immigrants aboard the Im-
migrant train. hat tivnighi than
were no more than G0. Paseengere on
the train, and it number of those who
ware early on the arena dlwpnte this,
evod tray the nmmher waw nearer S0.
Superintendent Berne had reeeivel no
)sport an yet from T3eket Oollector
Eames', of the immigrant train, who
probably knowie nearer ttmu any-
one etre the number til It/thane In
the ears. Coroner Hamilton, of Ad-
rian, title afternoon empanelled a
jury, and wUl begin an inquiry Into
the disaster to -morrow. All the Agr-
eed are prumtitaut in the uwlneer 111-
talr0of the little City of Adrian. Nu
step" have been taken as yet toward
tint arrest of Engineer Strong.
One Ilundred llvee Lust.
The official Ilrt of the dead given
to the k,eal papery shows that the
names of but ten dead and 4s in-
jured, but Detroit newrpuper men
who were at the scene til the wreck
uw1 talked woe sureivort ut beth
traits,' say that the official lid doer
not bear out the statement of the
passengers nor evidence uf the hor-
rible Torr of life which they wit-
nessed at the spot where the fleet -
dent occurred. The Free Press to-
morrow' will ray that the loam of Ilte
war In round numbers 100, and that
the blatementr made by the Italian
immigrants bear out this claha Those
Immigrant.' may that there were
about 11:3 of their nationality on the
immigrant train, awl that only about
25 of them encapud. W'hde there are
Only ten 0f theta kouwo to bo dead.
it. le asserted that the other 90 were
completely hcenerateel, and that
with the removal of the wreckage
the bodies crumbled to dust, which
wast 'mattered by the wad which
swept acroes the country. 1f the
neuter of these dead are ever known
it will be when friends make in-
quiry fur them. In many instanter
Dile scums highly improbable.
Tisa two {messenger trams were the
westbound train known ism No., 13, a
reg,tler, wheel, besides Its regular
coaches, had boterul coacher idled
with Bailin immigrants, going West
front New York, end filo eu/tboui:I
train, known as No. 4, the Conti-
nental Limited. 11 war ea v-ertib lied
train, conetsttng of a baggage car,
cowhuat:nu coach anal bleeper. The
cauro of the wreck war a misreading
of orders by Engineer Strong, of the
mootal Lietatrd• The order, it le
ala rated, read "Pass at Seneca,' bait
Strong ncderetood it to read Ban.)
Creek. The conductor of the train did
not know that the engineer had utir
understood the order. and suppoved
that Ida train was going on a biding.
Feeling that the train was running
rapidly-. tho condurtrr put on the air
brake,. aini.+.'If, but It was too late
Tile two trains ora.hed together, and
Oars on the westboaod train were
. rumpled up In a Heap Ortega
The F:ugtne,•r'r atatesaeat.
Eagiuoer Strong Mated To poillTtie
terine to an Associated I'res, re-
porter that blur order directed hint
to pare the weetbousd and No. 3 (the
latter cl•.aly- followed tram Detroit)
at Sand Creek. Said Strong: "I saw
the headlight of the wentboiend four
or five Wine b^fore the collision oc-
°erred, bit I supposed the train was
sidetracked at Sand Creek welting
for nor to pries. Tito glare of the
powerfnl electric headlight mnde it
Iu.poealble to see the exact location
of the other train. My fireman and I
both jumped from the right-hand
gangway." Strong and the firerpan
were both hurled 300 feet, bet nl-
though scrntched, cut, and terrible
jarred, they were not serlonely In-
jured. The Immigrants and other
pnsbengere on the westbound wore
eremite.] between the splintered care.
Tho epee where the wreck oecnrreal
war in the open country-. with bit
min fnrrnhoi&e near by, and faculties
for aiding the Weaved were extreme-
ly Inadequate,
Supt. Burns today said that En-
gineer Strong. of No. 4. was respon-
sible. "His orders," said he, "clearly
directed him to p.•ss train No. 13 at
Seneca. Ile undoubtedly forgot
them, for he did not stop there,
and the eotllslon resulted." Supt.
Burns estimated the financial love
to rho. Wabash at $18.000.
the Inunegran, t.' Ned Might.
As coon ns tho news of the dlens-
-ter reached Supt. Burns here a re-
lief train was deapnta lied to the
scene with it scare orluore of sur-
geons on board. Farinerci from near
by and thorny who escaped from the
wreck alive mlde heroic efforts to
rescan the lease fortunate. The
condition of the wreck was such
that In the darkness It was 'repo*.
e lhks to render Immediate aid. Im-
mediately nfter the colllelon six of
tho earn of the westbound train.
crowded with Immigrants, burst Into
flares. The Immigrant train was
outdo tip of trine ea» behind
glnt.. Six of phase care were jam-
med together. There was absolutely
no moans at Ilan l to fight tho fire.
and the agonized shrieks Of the por
'nnfortennle• were appalling.. The
immigrants, who were lucky enough
to get out alive from the last ono or
two immigrant cars were unable to
aapenk Engniih, and'0001(1 -Mee-eine
khat, nppnrt rTtl7, of •ttlw •ttembee of
people that were In each car. When
tho relief train. arrlvrel as martyrs(
the Injured as could be carried were
taken to Montpelier, 0.. Peru, ind..
and the hospitals at Adrian. Devel-
opments after daylight dawned this
morning upon the scone of wreck ore
did not tend to minimize or detrnet
from the night's nwful enlmnity.
CANADA'S IRON FUTURE.
London Economist Looks Forward
to la real Develtq*nnnt.
Caw we, Dee. 3.-04typeinit.-.Tile
Iominn Reonointet of the 16th Nov-
ember )fns a renlarkaley strong se-
ttees on the dnvalnpmont of the Iron
Indnetry In Canada. It alerts out it.
rollover': "The fact that ('anadlan
Iron le now bring cnnnumed to Root-
lanel and tha charters are being we-
gntiatenl for the conveyance of Can-
adian .nal to Sennett/laden and Bat-
tle port., demand* mere ettentlon
than It has yet receive,' In thin
Country. hath the Iran end the coal
come from Nova Renata and In that
Province 01 tke Domloloe a Ilei►
rt . aS 'Tia 44"'..!*
ttllt,r�(i} r�r
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' +S ;,sa. 414e•fidioey.e
evenuwlc fume is being developed not
only of the first Importance to the
British Empire, but which may 1141
dsettaed to change the currents of
luteruatlonal trade.
We do nut wet to be mleunder-
ertoud In the matter. The exports of
Iron from Nova Scotia are not yet
eztenelve and the expert thence of
oval to Europe have hardly begun.
it be to the future we look.
Since smelting began at Sydney,
Cnpe Breton, this year -,me 30,000
toue of plg Iron hare been reoelyed
at ailnsgow and it few small lots we
believe at Liverpool. There le more
on the way, and by the end of the
year the Clyde imports will reach
if not exceed 50,000 tuns. The Nova
Scotts iron does not compete to any
greet extent with Scotch Iron, but
rather mach the qualitlee which
Scotch oonrtungrs are wont to Im-
port from the north of England for
ruimixture with Soottlsh Iron. Thus
Nova Roods I. rather competing
with Cleveland in Scotland than with
SCotch smelters In their own pre-
serves."
After dealing at length with the Im-
portance uf the subject, It concludes
as follows: "Now the porta of Nova
Poona are almost as near to us as
the ore ports of Spilt aro nearer
than those of Algeria and Greece.
Why should not our bleat furnaces
be fed from Canadian mines? It, how-
ever. any advantage is to be gained
le the aggregate of ooets by melt-
ing. on the other aide tit the Atlantic
rather than on this, why should it
not be done by British cnpltal and
colonial enterprise In combination'?
HAYE 8NOITS
¶LEO CAPTIYES?
U. S. Missionaries at Sam-
kov Fear So,
MAY ACCOUNT FOR DELAY.
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Steps`eakea to Amorist. Denniteey
How things Are-Sf erHl' Melee -ea
Trait, In Oklahoma -A Drunken
Mao's Awful ('rinse.
New York, Dec, ?.-Rev. Dr. Henry C.
Haskell, representative of ttie Am-
erican hoard of Foreign Mlosion■ of
Ilostun at Samakor, Bulgaria, has
sent the following despatch from
Salla, Bulgaria, to tho World con-
cerning rumors uS the death of Miss
Ellen M. Stone, the mussing mission-
ary :
"We hope that the dreadful news
tr untrue, bat there a remount to
make ur fear othorwiao..
"If tee captives are dead, the fact
would anemia fur ted determined 1n-
sbetauoe on the par: of the brig -
sods that the ransom money should
be paid before the captives are
surrendered to ur.
"11 would account also for the
brigand'' stubborn cetera! to give
sato conduct to one of our repreeen-
tatives to see -Mise ttuae and Mrs.
Truk*, In order to ruddy we that
they are alive before we pay over
the mamma muney.
eaMly"1e would appearJ
that it was
real-
ly
on tide poen, and nut on tho col-
lention that the ran offered by cls
wan Ineuttpetont, thatnegotiations
for tits surrender of the captl ea
were broken off recently.
"Besides, the brlgatkls Intimated
that they would delay giving up the
prisoners uuIU spring, nlclwugh it Is_
their first Interest to close the nat-
ter a* quickly as possible.
"Those courlleratlous oeeessarUy
weight with u', in view of thio re-
ports now prevalent (teat the two
women aro dead.) Moreover, we have
sewn confirmation of the grave
news, ami `we aro sending men to
learn the feels."
3.u11.4. Gets Mledrl.
London, Doc. 2. --Sousa has brought
to Luuduu trout Sandringham. (where
Isla b hJ played, by royal command,
Last night, before their Majesties
and the royal family), the Royal
1 ictori:t modal, w-ltlt which Kling
Edward pre•onted the bandmaster,
in appreciation of lids cervicos to
music. Tee Prince of Wales perme-
ably affixed the decoration to Muu-
wes breast.. In describing the viva,
Somee said to a representative of
the Assot;Latod Press, "It war among
tho molt gratifying experience.' of
my life. The royal command -was
received several days prior to the
visit, but was kept a strict secret.
the King d.lring to give the Queen
a birthday surprise."
Mr. flown said further : "The King's
motor ear took myself and wife
from the station. We marched into
the ball -roots at 10.:;0. Some twenty
persona were pre.enta Including the
King and Queen. the Prince and
Prlticens of Wale., and Duke of Cam-
brklgo.
eherllf Seizes a Prrin.
Guthrie, 0. T., Dec. :l.-Salurdaty'e
wetrtbound Choctaw pasueng.lr train
woo attached by the Sheref of Park-
s
rsb0 • Oslahoma d
a fdetained
a un-
tlla t of
rg $76 was r.at s
jad�en1 tlyd.
When the engineer wan about to
leave the etatkai he found that his
engine was prevented from oontlnu-
lag on Its journey because of a log
chain which had been fastened to
by--the-eher*tf.-ik discharged- -em-
ploye-e had .soured the nttaelsment.
H. E. 'Taxmen. 7'reaourer of the
road, wns In his priv-at.n ear at the
rear of the trek', aocenipan1N1 177 a
Ietrty of eaxtern friends. Atter par-
leying with the Sheriff for half en
hour Mr. Turman paid the judgment.
Tb_eo the train waw released.
Drunken Mere Crime.
Et.' Lents. 'Der. 2. -While to n
drunken frienzy tart night Joseph
Flory, a clerk In the employ (If the
Grnubner Ice (bmpnny, ranbleed hi.
wife, Lena, In thr breamt with a hug
hinting knife and then cut hie own
thrvint, loth dying Invtnntly. Flory
and hal wife had had et quarrel etymat
money matter's, which led to the
trtgcdy. A ten year-old non of the
couple was a witness of the nffalr
ABORI AN ANTI•DREYFUSARD
Lo.gSince 1)Iscontenoed ills Inter -
I -m. .e With the Traitor.
i'aris, Tee. 1.-M. Marcel Bfutin dr-
elnre* le the Cokes do Perlis Oust M
Jeeeph Brennen, who Is being weed by
the widow of Colonel Henry, hrok.
with hl* eotsneel, Meltre Lahorl, he
armee the latter had been perming
en nail-Welrleek-Ratemean pnliey H••
Add, that Maitre Lebon and Colonel
Plegn.srt tong «inc. dl•eontlrned their
intenvmr«, with Dreyfus. Lnhorl la
on the high road to became a papa.
ler hero with the anti-Dreyfn,rtrd,
if Bette pmmt.neto stake further
revelatlosa
tint;{.
gra a.ife' .
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160110IE NOW
BEHIND BARS.
Embezzling Liverpool Book-
keeper Arrested.
HEARINC OF THE CASE.
lave Other I'rlsuuer. Demanded -
flow the Urine Was Wurkrd-
There Were 27 Forged r'hrques-
Laurle !larks needled the Pieper
cud Kelly War A1,.0 Cuucerurd.
London. Dec. Thomas Peterson
Goalie, the bookkeeper of the ILauk
of Liverpool, who disappeared at the
time of the discovery that the bank
brad been robbed of about X170,000
t$830,0()(1l, was captured this morn-
ing at Montle, near Liverpool, where
114 )mal been in hiding. Goodie hall
4300 in him pocket when arrested.
He will be brought to Loudon for
trial with the other men taken late
custody W connection with the rob-
bery, two of whulu, "Diok" Burge,
the pugtllet, and t'. T. Kelly, the
bookmaker., of hradford, were re-
manded title murutug atter a partial
hearime of the evidence egalnot
them.
Hnudreele of people chonored for
admWriou Into 1110 email cuurt roam
at akrw street. beret,y capable w
isuld.ug tuose directly Interested is
the wore.
Slurp- til the Crises.
Charier Mattarwm, 00aaee1 • for the
Minimised tans. la pruranting the
menu aga.art tee whet /re, gave Ob.
Ilrrt WWI all Lin deta.ld est tow frauds.
lie explainai Wet there had beau
T eeetluer torged. The Arm two ue-
levie l esoodle., 11111 4,311 twel.e. re•
ptewlltWg la value. £•:..Milli. Wieuie
,w metal/ %moue t0 6euy. Anolber
e.t.a cn.quee. agsr.g..t.ag t.l$ 0u0.
would be Bert tr..o.el to Kelly unu
afterwards' to Kelly and sweater per -
sou not yet bolero tee court. els
utter cheques, valued at 1.81.0011,
would be traced, f.rdtly, to Laurie
Marti, wbu pail them tato air Dana
aeuuuuLm. blot NOM/ of the proceeds
were etre traceaule to barge.
The whole atoo ,it had been drawn
out of the Bank of Liverta►ul by
eu:.tuem drawn to the aWx0uuot of
It. W. Itudeusi.
Ltkl.•uce cam then presented to
show that Laurie Marts optnod an
acceont with the Credit Lyonnaise
u
tile end of 18318. la (Jeteteer, 1901,
It, ps11,1 Irl -tits -firs Umtata otioseey
um.uutiug to La,UOJ. Later he Illiw-
duced Burge, who opened an no-
uouat. After first Hudson cheque
was paid In, In Out+.bur, Mark.. die
p ),ted two mo Hudson checks, fur
1Lt,00d. On hov. 1, Burge., accum
punted .by Mark., shed a cheque
Iur £13 OJO, r.cei lag £7,00) w
notes. The Name da the ldentloal
DMus w.rdep.s.t•d Jam.ee Mese
ewe whom Meek/ had . the m au-
nt. Mark.
while Introtlu.:ed at the
int Nov. {tn d.podted a Hudson
cbequc for L$0.Ot7J, and o Nov. 11(3
Burge presented a cheque £15,-
0110. drawn by Mirka to h( favor,
Mance.. he
h o fi e to sa u
w H ]fa m day' sited
another of Mailer ale for t10,•
TAO. A witness teettfl to number
of similar transactions. When the
bank was enjoined the amounts.
rtan.ling to the credit of the accused
were: Burge £13,:.8J; Marks, 110,-
1101, andManees t15,t)87. The tatter
had also L18,000 worth of connote.
According to the books, Werke re-
ceived £82,000 from the Bank of Liv-
erpool, of which amount L47.000 war
trauaferred to Burge, and C20,000
to Mance., leaving Marko 115,000.
JILT WEDS R PUGILI
T.
Callous Desertion of Man She
Pledged Marriage.
WINNER WAS A \ANADIkN.
Cumberland, Md., Dec. s.• -Clerk Le-
nten on Saturday ensued marriage li
censer for Edward S. Jones and Mtas
Kitty Smith, William 11. Bowim and
Mmes Isla J. Smith, both marked "don t
puldL•h,' and both licenses ware for
tho come girl, a pretty steoograpl.er
of Eckhart.
Bowen won her consent to a mar-
ringr, to take place at her father s
l:omo on Wednewlny. While the young
lady war Melting in Cumberland do
mat Edward Joined, of PnUadelpids, a
handsome and t.a,shing lover, who once
hid the lightweight pugil.Ue cham-
pketelhlp of Canada. Ile tell In love
with Ida. Time with hum waw short,
but he lost no opportunity and tool
won her heart. The ceremony was
performed and Mr. and Mrs. Jones.
left for Pheadelptikt to reside,
Young Bowen knew nothing of the
marriage performed In (kuenberland:
engaged a minister and atartcll fen
Rrkhitrt. 11» met n Mead, who la
formed him that his wife -to -be was
the bride of another. For a dale he
was dazed, then ho turned_towVitl
his }'roetl*irg home and now has a
werend•hnnd mnrreere 11 enseferiatec
TUE- CRASH IN CEUMA Y.
Period' of Inflation Followeo
by Hard Times,
THOUSANDS FACE STARVATION.
Berlin, Deo. 3. -Just a year and
at half ago trade) was booming In Ber-
lin and thraighout Germans. TO day
311 I+ dull and d proesed and 110 busl
neon le bring done.
Eighteen nn,ntlin ago the errors On
the Berlin Russia were much as were
neer known before. People almost
fought In their engernn,s to hay
dhnrru. nankeen grew rnptdly rich.
end we great Wag their teedneav that
In many ease* they bought adjacent
honey s end doubled the rite of thtlr
honk*. Brokers grew rlrh eta, and
nought fine lannsee, over hose.' and
ynehts. Everything fk nrl•hed.
german• "poke of (iermnn ndvenee-
menr with trinmph, nevi threetenr4
to overran Brttaln sed rale her mase.
upon their hands, whlra,they
gladly get r14 01. Brisk
low wandering bow they
find money to keep up
and horeer which la.1
bad plenty of cash to
The Boeree le half deserted and
battened. there Is well-nigh dead. It
looks as though there were exceed-
ingly little likelihood of any Mune-
dints reeurreottbn.
From ell over the country come
report* of large industrial con-
cerns, each alike telling the sante
tale of bad trade and dludnlrhud re-
ceipts.
The piteour lament of women and
of the workman', fatally to -day
rises front one end of the manufac-
turing portion of the country to the
other.
Thirty-five thousand workingmen
aro idle In Berlin alone.
All over the country le the ennte
ery. What le more -lead though It
be -that lament le likely to be
hoard etIll heeler. for every day nine-
teen nre r.7dncing the number of their
hand*, beca,ine there Is not work for
the hands to do. And with this, the
poor people have winter upon them.
And protection does nothing but
take of their earnings.
THE LIYERPOOL
BANK FRAUOSI
Police Looking for Goudie's
Confederates.
BETTING AGENT ARRESTED,
Is Goadle Dead or Ile. Ile Fled tt.
Ifyaall? - 11 lent About Marks :'
How the 'frauds Were ('unuultled
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-Ubrdls Ileleuged 10lbstihellau.1
Isles.
Loudon, Dec. 1.-A warrant itas
leen Witted for the arrest of James
Haloes. a New Yorker, who 1s also
well known la Chicago. He le wanted
foe alleged oompliclty Is the theft
at the Bank of Liverpool.
Maine has been in London for
shale time, and was associated with
LattrleMarks In the betting behinds.
11 was turoilah Murk., It 14 alleged,
that Maines llecume coso.rued Lu the
frauds Mattes lived at the Charing
Cross Hotel, where the police seized
hie luggage. It contained a number
of appleseces tired by card sharper'.
Mainee disappeared tit the same time
es Laurie Marks, and 1t le beloved
that hp called for New York.
A betting agent of the name of
Kelly, win is charged with having
been concerned In, the Bank of Llver-
teoul frauds, war arraigned In court
sate
ria The
cc 1
rOd tit a cul
3 7 o J the
p
ee le of forged rged ehtgael to the
amount tit 173,000 lutd been traced
o Ke Ily. Tete attorneys for the de-
fendant routed oat that Kelly had
voluntarily surrendered to the pollee.
1111 magistrate retuned to admit
Kelly to bull.
Ad already reported, however, no-
body saw 'Laurie Marks Jump over-
board tram the channel ..teamos
which he boarded at Boulogne the
day previous, and he did nut Lund With
lie other passengers at Folkstone.
Illusive rumors as to the whereubuute
of Laurie Mark./ are started daily.'
The Iate.t le that Lurie and Goudle,
the missing clerk of the Bank of Liv-
erpool,
Palled Vrom ellenoa
for Brasil on Tuesday laic. The Liv-
erpool pollee have received a letter
:o the effect that the writer knew
the enact whereabouts of Clondle, and
asking If he would receive the full
rewael If he located the fugitive.
Not for forty years has a British
uk suffered a fraud of much magni-
tude abs Is the case with the Bank of
Livderp.ol. According to the official
atate3uent Issued the bank authorlth ■
at firsts estimated their probable loss
at '1170,000 (4850,0..01. Some of tide
hits been, r is In process of being,
recovered,
Thom ,s Peterson Gguele, the bank'.
bookkeeper, whose disappearance is
the oeaulon of so much speculation,
had been four or (Ivo years in the
employment of the bunk. He possess-
ed all the characteristics of a good
clerk, and
Iliad Won Confidence
by hie methodical, punctual, and teal-
oue lmbite. He wan a nativo of Ler-
wick, In the Shetland Teles, aged
about twenty-eight, of middle height,
with sallow complexi .0, square jaw•.,
:101 of square belil, speaking with
as slow utterance and Scottie!' accent.
It was his duty as the cheques sent
to the
bunk
were passed through his
Iepnrtment to make en entry In the
ledger of their receipt. The cheques
of a certain London bank were re-
ceived by him, but no entry was made
of their receipt, and he le supposed
to have himself cashed them and de-
-t asee_llorgasar..4youestlon
:rose as to the rec'elpt of one of these
cholera, and Oundle "•ae, consulted
abont It.
110 replied that he moat e cod
terol It to a wrong account In the
tetarr. [nveettgntlon was promptly
set on foot, an 1 flan clerk IIIm+.'If
proffered his nssstance. Ila offered)
sad faeces a macaw bookirom
another port of the building. ile
Alai 110t return, and It was toned
that he had
Walked Out of the Rank
without his hat or coat and dleap-
peerid. 'that was on Noy, 21st,
'1 hough n reward of $1.,250 has been
offered for his arrest, or for any In-
formation that might Irvin to It,
no truce Iron so far been obtained
of tho missing man. iia may he In
hiding or have drowned himself In
lite Liverpool docket. He fitly have
taken Damage to the other mete of
the Atlantic. either directly or by
n devious route, nm has been suggest-
ed, by Genre% to Brasil.
As he is it min of peculiar physiog-
nomy, his portrait may feel to hla
klentlflcntlon, supposing lin escnpe4'
to foreign part., dlegnse, It le step-
pes/end In hie none being difficult.
Monnwhlln the Liverpool deter-
lit•es, following np some clues, had
developed the nffalr with startling
effect. They notal 00 thn presump-
tion that (km ill. was prohnbly e
miner agent of some more clever
nn.l daring criminal.. &urlt gigantic
nperallone stggestal o•Ialde eon-
federatea
SOUGHT OEATH
Rather Than be Interviewed
by Detectives
ON LIVERPOOL BANK FRAUD
Ilad Largs Suess Pleading IN 111s
Name end They Were Selsed-
Ilouur to Dead Vat. llataleldt-
Mr. 7'shlke Appeals fur ills WUtah
Ileleasr,
London, Dec. 2.-Lawrle Marks,
well known la Louduu sesurttog cir-
cler as a0 Amerluau bookmaker, Jump-
id overboard from It chancel steamer
.o -day std war drowned. It is said
that ne'ectiveo wuuted to interview
Marled le coruieotion with the Liver-
,oul bank trawls. An injunction was
granted In rico High Court this morn-
ing to prevent the withdrawal of
large spins a money 'tending In a
Loudon bale In the name of Marks
Jr Vo,, 11'stafrWl's Donor.
London, Deo. 2.- A teq uiem ser -
ice for Count von HatzfelJt-Wflden-
tx•rg, the late German umbamador to
the Court of 8t. James, who diel
,Yee OU Nov. 22.aU and whose body
was removed yesterday evening, from
he ewua.ry to Victoria Statlou with
.ull welter, honor., was celebrated
at a Roman Catholic church here to -
lay. Mout of the diplomatic co
anti hlgb court and foreign offtctu
attended. King Edward was reeler
-tented by the lord chamberlain, tit
Earl 01 Clarendon. Lord Salisbury
was prevented from being present
owing to a slight Indleposltlon.
Mr. 'l'..lka's Appeal.
New York, Dec. 2.-"i have no Idea
where my wife and Mss Stone are
now," said peorge T*ilka, to the Sofia
correspondent of 1110. World, husband
of the American missionary's com-
p 'h&on.
I have not heard from my wife
since Oct. 27th. 1 believe that she
and Misr Stone are well, but they
aro suffering acutely from the great
cold and the storms In the moun-
tains. a
"I do not expect under the pre-
sent circumstances that they will be
released for many weeks."
Mr. Tltilka Inas made n paselonate
appeal to the State department 10,
do w.mething definite with either the
Turkish or Bulg:trine Government for
the rescue of the captives.
iUflflEO AWAY A QUEEN.
Liliuokalani Was Treated
_ Badly_ at Hotels..
HAD TROUBLE TO GET NODGINGS.
New York. Dec: 2. -Hall a dozen
hotels la this town. one of which.
at least, ►pectal!y advertises al adv tides a roy
delta, have turned away a Queen
without knowing it. The clerks
'Minuet her a.nd her retinue for the
third or [Mord' road company of
Mack Patti Trotbadoure and closed
the registers. `
The Quren was accompanied by
Joshua Rea; the Royal Secretary,
John Almokn and Myralleleinhe.
Iten triol to do bullnose with the
Waldorf hotel clerks while the resit
of the party remained in the shadow
of the hotel lobby. Almost any
hotel clerk who hadn't travelled ex-
tensively might, on a b.iey after-
noon. mistake Ria for a negro, In
spite of hie straight hair. Thiat mis-
take was marlo all along Fifth ave-
nue and Brrxulwnv. Revs didn't say
that he represented the Qneen.
An the royal party was leaving
the. In"t hotel on Broadway a bell-
boy espial the Queen. Ho bowed so
low toward her that he batted the
hoed waiter, .who war passing be-
hind him. It wanld have been better
for hen If he hard traneposnd the butt
and the bow for the head waiter war
once a Count, Ile was about to
Wive tho bell boy fired when the boy
explained matters. The boy also
dal n good turn for it! former sov-
ereign.
Ifs had heard Rea tell the driver
to go next to the Hotel land. He
called friend n rend
of hs e1mvel a t
to
the Roland and warned hint that the
Qneen We. coning. The friend told
the clerk and then nude 1t pow. bee
for the Qneen to get to bad at
Rea, the ercretary, had passed
rigid examination.
iTo meted the clerk at the Roland,
for the two beet rooms le the house,
one for "two ladle.," the other for
lemsolf and a friend.
"We are very Itrlot at this hotel
about whoin we take In," sa►Irl the
olork. "Have you any baggage?"
"Sir," etolalmed Rea. throwing,
down seventeen trunk' and bag-
cltecks. "I ant tired of these Inenits.
T nut the Qnpen'r Secretary. The
(Innen Is there."
What's she the Qneen of?"
eelelftrtw-tfneleneen Lnluoitotn3lt.
Thnt satisfied the clerk. He let
the Qneen and Myra have room 810
and sent John and Joshua to 807.
'117 Arai lereffg tb 1eend t? -ad WfIItg"r
la date rata, and- Wash4agtoa. - .. --- .. .
VICTIMS
BE SCNBU B.
Thousands Fleeced by Crook-
ed Investment Schemes.
HOW THEY DESTROYED EVIDENCE
New York, ike.. 2. -Tho moist re-
markable Wall street swindle ever
perpetrated upon a gullible public -
chiefly countrymen -was revealed
yesterdny, when another "stet-Rlch-
Qulck" cuneern wan gathered In by
Captain Titus, the head of the De-
tective berate.
New veal and Ingwnlus were the
Machinations of the gang of ewlnd-
k•rl will be inderstnorl when It Ie
known that to cover up th•Irtraeke
then, first changed thole farm 33110)0*
fit nine different thins, rat Inter-
est's ranging from threw week. to
two months, anal second, when they
know lint thn gime wee np 'hey
beratme re "Detective and reelection
Aimee'," cyst• to their vMthnse for
evidence against themselves
ooueelsg themselves as .witxUers-
secured this evidence. sad dwtr07-
.d D.
The amuaut of cash the swlodlerS
secured u)u7 reach a million.
7 ur.e of the goo. have twee ae.
rooted thus fur, and there ar• at
luurt three others lu the gang, saki
Caplan' Titus. Although none of
the prisoners would divulge the Idea-
tity of their accomplieue, Uetectivu
Sergeants Mcthsaaville and Savage
declare they will have them in cu♦
Wel In elwrt order.
Tho victim* of the swindlers are
euuttured throughout the wuutry,
easel luuludo women and nutuy prufe.e-
sletuul men.
1uriug the eighteen uoutbr that
the gaug have beau operating, 'mem-
neatly without muleatatloa. they
hat u roped le thousands of dupes.
Thew. after they had piled up a
vast utamber of 'wakes odente, who
begun to clamor for sumo returns for
their inverted capital. the gang con-
ceived tee scheme of eteteWlehtag
their "detective a,a4 exeleotloo
kg”ney, which sent out plausibly
worded circulars to the defrauded
customers of the mythical "get-rlob-
quick" brokerage firms. offering for
a smell comeideratloa to give accur-
ate Information, and also to collect
dollar for dollar from the "owle-
t/Imre." who were, of course, no other
than the detective agency heel'.
In title way they 'succeeded in get-
ting back from a majority of their
dupee their original lettere and clr-
cu:nre, together with any other est -
deuce the victims mlgtxt have had
to their possession, such as "fake"
stock certificates or notices of the
purchase or sale of stocks or other
necurltlas, which had been made oa
paper only.
FIFTY WERE
ORO?NEDI
errible Collision of Ferry-
boats at San Francisco.
°ESPERATE FIGHTS FOR LIFE
Terror-Ptrlcken Men and Women t!
Crowd Life floats and .lump Into
the Wneer Before Ship sank -
Number Lost Believed to be Large
San Francisco, CaL, Deo. I. -Dui -ins
the heaviest fog which occurred here
for years', the ferryboats San Rafael
and Sausalito, plying between this ?'
city and Sausalito, to Marin county,
collided off Alcatraz Island at 0.50
o'clock lust evening. The former vee -
set war sunk. It is believed by mass
that fully 50 persons, mostly women
and cluldren, perished.
The crash was fullowed by the ut-
most confusion on both vessels, but
a. itis Sausalito reversed ber engines
and baukel away from the San Ita-
fael, the pursengers aol crew of the
latter verset, imaglniag that the for-
mer sus ahaul to abandon them to
their tate, gave way to their tears,
ant a semen of Indescribable confusion
emitted. LUebelts were cut down from
their hanginge and served out to the
frontlet people by tuolr cooler com-
panion'''. whi.e (he terror-stricken
crew rueheu to the chip's boats. la
the midst of the cuufusion the tlaesa-
ilto eteumed slowly alongside the
'oinking ban Rafael, and with some
alificuaty succeeded in getting a
couple of lanes aboard, with which
they were moored together.
instuntly there war a frantic rusk
over the ride of the sinking ship to
the Sausalito, and Wen and Wumoa
toughs ucrperately at the bulwarks
of the doomed verset in their haste
to reach a place of safety. The crew
of the Suumeito attempted to re-
store same mart of order and to calm
the fear. of the San ltafaei's p -
gere, but was utterly unable to stem
the surging We of humanity.
Jumped From einem"( ahlp.
To adJ to the ocean of horror many
of thio feetrcruzed people were jump -
log into tb ' bit, from the eint,ng snip.
well, the rhrt,rks of the injured and
frightened women and eh,ldres, for
m.uny_ had been hurt when the coi-
Imhia Occurred. added to the eon.
fustss.a. Sudd nly, when mutt of the
eon Rafael'.' passenger. had been
transferred to the Sausalito, the for-
mer vessel gave a lurch. anal just as
lit.. 'Wee mooring her to the Sausa-
lito could be cart off, the San Rae
fuel sank beneath the watery of the
bay.
The result of the crushing was
that the greatest disorder pre-
vail el and the weaker were trodden
under foot and thrust amble in the
mad rush for safety. Fielding their
stanpe cut off by the struggling moss
of humanity, tunny of the terror-
etr ek n women jumped Into the boy.
.sumo without even it lifebelt. Some
of thee° were subsequently picked up
more d than slime by boats/ from
the 8a Ilio and tugs, which had
been att led Re the Meese bythe_
batt --
ar o�a.
d esJeTs sigmas oT distress, bit
the majority Were drowned.
Fifty Were Drowned.
Oa thn arrival of the tueallto in
Utla city the wcantie) ware 0onveyed-
to the harbor and receiting hoivpltals,
while the surv)yora many of whom
were half clad, scattered over the
city. The new. of the disaster soon
'ppeeead and created great excitement,
rite ferry tttntttm being crowd d with --
people looking for fri"nde rind rela-
tifs. whom they believed to have
eassan-+��etil-fW ttaWhll t medhl•tm•
to obtrtln any d-flotte Bet of the lost.
11 Is conservatively estimated that
60 at leant were drowsed as the '�
unit of the collision sled 20 w•t�
labored. '
IMPALED ON A BOARD.
PArthlful Accident to lirockvllle
Girl.
Brockville, Dee. A. --East Hoaeley, a
le -year -Mil girl, of Brockville, has re-
ceived Injnrtrs which m,ty prove
fatal. in eompnny with Nome other
children she was playing on the
etrer't, and jumped on n board pro-
jecting from the rad of a passing
'sleigh. Her weight on the hoard
ertuwtr1 It to pall out. Another tease
,Iriven by a man named Darling wn■
immellttely bellied, and the driver,
not notking the�Qredloament the girl
waw te, Arnow TTRllt e11 to herand in
such a way as to foree the end of the
hoird merlons Into Injuries body,
ibt g
.he hadtouM
DOOM to the hospital. The body was
badly lacerated, nod an operatic
had to be psrforOgt, ?t I6 foebtfel
U elle w1U r•eoest
yttily
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