The Courier-Journal from Louisville, Kentucky • Page 1

-VOT. TVTTT a xue weatner. 15 owned 80,000 shares of stock and that BOTH FACTIONS HAGER ENTHUSES EVERY BUILDING IN yelled and applauded' every point -he made. It was strictly a party speech and made no appeal to Republicans for their votes. FOR HOME PHONE LEVELED TO THE TOWN GROUND By Powder Indiana Village Destroyed Explosion.

3 The Dead Estimated At From Twenty To FortyFive. Dupont Powder Mills At In Ruins. DAMAGE DONE FOR MILES AROUND 4 3 41 A- 31 '4 jyorecast for Wednesday and Thursday: ERjMniucicy cloudy; possibly snow mm in. north portion Wednesday; fair In -touthv Thursday fair. iK.ilndlana Partly cloudy Wednesday; pos stDly showers.

Thursday showers; fresh outa winds. fTennessee Fair and slightly warmer on Thursday fair. THE LATEST. The Court of Appeals, In an Impor tant decision handed down yesterday, hald that a stockholder could not be compelled to pay taxes upon the pre mium on stocks quoted above par when the stock was that of a corporation paying taxes on the fair market value of the stock. Tho opinion was handed down in a suit brought by an Auditor's Kent at Owensboro.

Interstate Commissioner Love stated In Washington yesterday that evidence was secured at the recent bearing: In San Francisco that the Southern Pacific railroad had granted rebates to the amount of $50,000 in violation of law. There was no evidence, he said, to indicate that E. H. Harriman had any knowledge of the granting of these rebates. The engineer and brakeman were killed and the fireman probably fatally injured -when an L.

and N. freight train ran off a bridge near Stanford, Ky. The bridge Is at the foot of a long grade and is built on a curve and when the freight struck the curve one of the rails gave way.i precipitating the engine and even of the cars Into the ravine. Miss Sue C. Nelson, who was shot last Christmas eve by her uncle, Charles Stewart, at Lexington, because she al lowed her sweetheart to remain too late when ho called, died yesterday from the wound.

Stewart is now serving two-year sentence at the Frankfort penitentiary, but may be indicted again and tried for murder. The State Racing Commission yesterday granted sixteen days of addi tional racing to the Latonia Jockey Club, beginning: on "Wednesday and continuing from October 16 to Novem ber 2. These dates were surrendered Saturday by the New Louisville Jockey Club. Fontanet, a town in Indiana, was practically destroyed by fire yesterday by the explosion of the plant of the Dupont Powder Company. Seven mills blew up without warning and every house in the town was destroyed.

The dead number from thirty to fortyrflve. 1 Lroy C. Hardtog, alias Ed who has Just completed a three-year prison term In-Ohio for spectacular financial operations; has been rearrest-. tf and taken to Birmingham, to lie tried' for offenses of the same natter. 'A receiver was yctterday asked for the Leah Manufacturing Company, of Warsaw, of which Theodore P.

i Shonts, former ranama Commissioner, was for many years president. Brooklyn Day at the Jamestown Ex position was celebrated yesterday. The exercises were held in the New York where an oration was delivered by Justice William J. Gaynor. It is reported from Bayonne, France, that the condition of Edniond Rostand, the French playright, who was operat ed upon ten days ago for appendicitis.

does not continue to Improve. A passenger train bound from Scotland to Bristol jumped the track at Shrewsbury, and sixteen persons. Including ten passengers, were killed, and many were Injured. Preparations are being made for boring for oil near Uniontown. Indiana oQ men have leased thousands of acres of land in that vicinity and will make thorough test of the field.

"The State Department has designated Algernon Sartoris, of the District of Columbia, to" be secretary of legation at 'Montevideo. Mr. Sartoris Is the grand- oo 'of President Grant. An International congress of ship own- ars if Qreat Britain and the continental countries was opened In London primarily to discuss the labor question. Vice President Fairbanks 'will visit igloux CHy, October wiien ne will be the guest of the commercial rjhb of Oat city.

He will deliver an addrem -J. O'Brien, the new Amsrl- Recommitted By Njm vote in Lower Upper Board Demands hook At the Books. Committee To lot With Commercial Organisations. $10,000 FOR CONVENTION. Despite Mayor Bingham's champion- ship of the ordinance creating- for-tha- Home Telephone Company a new franchise, the measure was and thus practically killed, by a majority of one of the lower board manw bers at the called meeting of the General Council last night.

The motion to recommit the measure to the Revision Committee was" made by Councilman SchUdH, and carried by a vote of 11 to 1K Those who voted to recommit were Councilmen Carpenter, Kirehdorter, Moir, Retehert, Schildt. Schreck. Wagner, Watson, Wells, Simons and Tount Those who voted against recommitment were Councilmen Kerr, Coblens, Conn, Gernert, Keenan, Lannnleln, Me- nar. Miller, Moran and Smith. To Look At the Book.

Previous to the vote in the lower board on the ordinance the ugper board adopted a resolution providing for the appointment of a committee of six, three from the Board Aldermen and the other three to be representatives from the Commercial Club, th Board of Trade and the Retail Merchants' Association, to look over th books of the Home Telephone Company and ascertain whether tt Is real necessary to permit the company to Increase its rates In order to 'live. President Otter named as members of tali committee from the upper board Alder- men Hardin, Williamson and resolution was so amended, on motion of Alderman MecMing, as to pro-vide that no member of the committe should be a stockholder either in-the Home Telephone Company or the Cumberland. Telephone and' Telegraph Com-' pany. Three Amandipenta PiopoMd, Argument in the lower board on th Home Telephone Company ordinance followed the offering of a number of amendments. These amendments were offered by the Revision Committee and among them was one Axing the upset price on the proposed new franchise at $20,000.

Another gave to the olty a revenue of $1 on each telephone ovef 6,000 operated within the olty by th Home Telephone Company. A third gava to the city telephone service from tho Home Telephone Company at the same rate It is paying now. A fourthTro- vides for the forfeiture of the proposed franchise and the forfeiture to the city of the company's plant and paraphernalia in case it should tt any future tlms, consolidate or co-operate with the Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company. Alderman Williamson's Ordinance. In the upper board, Alderman Williamson introduced an ordinance, which was referred to the Revision Committee, fixing rates to be charged by telephone companies operating In the city of Louisville at $6 net for business 'phones, single lines; $4 net for business 'phones, party lines; $2.60 net for, residence 'phones, single lines, and $2 nst for residence 'phones, party $10,000 For Democratic Conysstteo.

Alderman Williamson Introduced i in the upper board an ordinance, which was unanimously passed, appropriating. $10,000 to be used In securing- for Lou- -lsville the next National Democratic: Convention. The ordinance that the money Is to be taken from general purpose fund and charged. -to-incidental expenses. It further provide that the money Is" not to be: paid by city until it has been definitely decided to hold the convention In Louisville The ordinance, which, lis the approval of Mayor Bingham and Judga A- B.

Richards, City, AttorneyhsVyst to pass the lower board. MotJf th lower board members expressed last night as being In favor vo( the ordinance, and there is -naroiy doubt but what it will Fay For the An ordinance prarliingfinjfrkit at $10 each for members of 'the next! Gen- eral Council for every meUnof -th upper board by a vote of elf htlto opa, in the years 1901 to 1905 Inclusive, the proxies ifor this stock were given to Fish and voted by him at the annual meeting. It was also declared by Mr. Herrick that at all annual meetings plor to 1906, Mr. Fish had voted by proxy 5,000 shares of the Mutual Life Insurance Company, of New York, a proceeding which he now claims was Illegal.

General Counsel Dickinson, of the Illinois Central Railroad, spoke briefly In support of the motion for modification. Judge Farxar's Argument. This concluded the argument of counsel for Mr. Harriman and President Harohan and Judge Farrar, of New Orleans, opened for Mr. Fish.

He said: "My client has no desire to take advantage of this restraining order. He wants the matter dually disposed of by the courts. We are willing to do anything reasonable to get a speedy hearing of this issue on its merits. We suggest that both sides agree to have the meeting continued until the court has had opportunity to hear the case on its merits." Both Judge Farrar and Attorney Le-man, who followed him for Mr. Fish, declared that the court was authorized in issuing the temporary injunction, i William Nelson Cromwell, of New-York, who opened the afternoon argument objected to the postponement of the meeting as suggested by Judge Farrar saying that they were poweriess to make such an agreement.

"Doesn't Mr. Harahan hold 500,000 proxies," asked Judge Farrar. "The holding of proxies." said Mr. Cromwell, "does not carry with it per mission to enter the appearance of their owners in court. Our friend too learned to stake his reputation on that assertion.

Turning to Mr. Fish, whose eyes never left the face of the speaker, Mr. Cromwell, said: "Here is a man who seeks a tern iwrarv injunction at the last Hour to enable him to prevent the voting of stock that he has voted for years, to grab control, to seize with a minority the management of this corporation He has not votes enough, and that is why he seeks an injunction. Attorneys Confer. At the conclusion of Mr.

Cromwen's argument, Judge Ball said: "I believe that I will have to modify the injunction. I have no power to adjourn the meeting of the directors to-morrow. I suggest that the nttor neys confer and see if some agreement cannot be reached." Judge Farrar and Mr. Cromwell re tired to the chambers of Judjre Bail. Judsre Farrar suggested that every pos srble effort be made to secure the con duct of the meeting in an orderly and manner, and declared that Mr.

Fish was willing to agree to the modification of the injunction as asked by Mr. Harriman attorneys, provided that a committee of three snouta ue appointed consider and report upon the proxies. Thie was uftreecl to Mr. Cromwell, and a stipulation to the effect was Incorporated In the order of Judee Ball. Of this committee Mr.

Harriman Is to select one, Mr. Fish another, and -the two a third. The comtnlttee will make Its report to the general meeting of stockholders. The court also directed that the proceedings of tb-day shall not prejudice any proceedings mat may De com menced. hereafiE by neither- to.

the dispute. I Both Claiming Victory. As the matter stands to-night, both (Concluded On Page 2, Column 7.) WOT SATISFACTORY TO THE SHIPPERS HEABINO ON UNIFORM BI1L OF LADING. TWO SEPARATE BILLS SUGGEST ED TO COMMISSION. RAILROADS TO BE HEARD.

Washington. Oct. 15. That the uni form bill of lading which it is proposed to put into effect on all the railroads of the country on January 1, next, by the Interstate Commerce Commission is not satisfactory to the commercial Interests and that two separate bills of lading should be adopted instead, was pointed out at a hearing of these Interests before the Interstate Com merce Commission to-day. The hearing was one of the most important ever held by the commission from the standpoint of the Interests affected as the adoption of a uniform bill of lading in the transportation of freight by railroad wil linvolve a rad leal departure from the methods now In use.

At the present time the rail roads of the United States use separate bills of lading and It Is the desire of the commission, the shipping and the railroad Interests to secure uniformity In the matter, the only question at 1s- te. It was the consensus of opinion of the representatives of the Interests heard that a recommendation should be made for the adoption by the commission in stead of the one which It was pro posed to put into effect, of two distinct bills of- lading which should be uniform In character, one to be known as a "straight" bill of lading and the other an "order Mil or lading. An -oraer bill of lading, it was explained, is a negotiable instrument upon which money can be loaned, and a straight bill of lading Is an ordinary receipt which the railroad company gives for a consignment of goods. It was argued that should the commission adopt the two proposed bills of lading, substantial justice to all interests concerned would be anecteo. One of the most Important interests heard was the banking concerns of the country, which were represented by R.

E. L. Marshall and Samuel Williston, who pointed out that the crops of the country are moved upon loans to the producers made on bills of lading which are not negotiable, the courts having so held, although the banks still recog nize tnem. rne injury to tne oanKing Interests that would result from the proposed bill of. lading was dwelt upon and Hie necessity for protection was urged.

These gentlemen made It clear that even If the banking and other Interests secure the modification desired, they would ask Congress at Its next session to pass a law placing bills of lading In the same class as notes and other negotiable Instruments. The shipplns Interests of th? country will continue their arguments to-morrow, after which the railroad Interests will be heard. At the, conclusion of the hearing the commission will take the under1 advisement. No decision will be reach-. ed for some time.

CLAIM VICTORY Desperate Fight For Control of Illinois Central. Harriman Deprived of Voting 286,731 Shares. Court's Decision Makes Outcome of Election Uncertain. A COMMITTEE ON PROXIES. Chicago, Oct.

15. E. H. Harriman was to-day, by an order of court, deprived of the voting power of 286,731 shares of Illinois Central stock In the annual meeiing of that railroad company, whioh opens at noon to-morrow. The order of the court was practically identical with the modification asked by the attorneys of Mr.

Harriman. Both sides claim a victory, ilr. Fish because the enjoined shares will not be effective at the election, and Mr. Harriman because his modification was secured. The shares of stock ruled out are those held by the Union Pacific Railway Company, the Railroad Securities Company of New Jersey, and the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, against whioh a temporary injunction was yesterday issued by Judge Ball In the Superior Court Mr.

Fish yesterday askod that the voting of these shares be enjoined. May Vote Conditionally. The court today, after extensive argument by the attorneys of both sides, modified the Injunction by permitting the shares to be voted under the condition that if anyone of these shares should have a decisive effect on any vote taken, the entire vote is then to be null and" void; In other words, Mr. Fish Is given by the court a handicap of 2S6.731 votes, and, in order to defeat him on any motion or resolution which comes before the annual meeting, Mr. Harriman and Ms friends must cast 286.732 votes more than are cast by Mr.

Fish and Ms followers. The total outstanding shares of the Illinois Central number 950,400. Counting out the shares affected by Judge Ball's decision to-day, the total ex fprtiv vote Is 663.669 shares. Based upon previous meetings of the Illinois Central railroad, "the estimate is made that approximately 100.000 shares will not bo voted. This, In tho opinion of the attorneys In the case, will leave a nmhatilB reoresentation ot obJ.lib'J shares at the meeting.

The decision of Judge Ball was grant ed after tho attorneys for air. Harri man and Mr. Fish had filled the day with arguments and was the result ot an agreement reached between Thomas Nelson Cromwell, representing Mr Harriman, and Judge Farrar, ot jNew Orleans, who acted for Mr. Fish. Mr.

Harahan's Motion. At the opening of court Attorney Ralph M. Shaw presented a motion in the name of President Harahan, of tho Illinois Central, asking for a modification of the temporary injunction is sued yesterday. The modification sug gested by Mr. Shaw was as follows: There shall be received and tabu lated by the Inspectors of those ap pointed to receive and canvass the bal lots, all the votes of all the snares oi such corporation, Including those shares herein before restrained from voting, which may be-voted on any motion or resolution, or for the election of directors of said corporation, and the votes of the shares of stock, the voting which has heretofore been restrained, shall be kept arid tabulated In a separate list and If It shall appear that the results of the votes on any motion or resolution would be different If the shares of stock heretofore restrained from voting should be counted, then the entire vote on such motion or resolution shall be of no effect and the same as If It had never been taken; and If It shall appear that the result of the vote for any of the directors to be elected-at the annual meeting on the 16th day of Oc tober, 1907, would be different If the shares of stock heretofore restrained from voting should be counted, then the entire vote for any such director or directors shall be of no effect and the same as If It had never been taken; and thereupon the election of -directors shall be postponed." Court's Final Order.

The final order of court Issued by Judge Ball was the same as that just quoted, which was submitted by Mr. Shaw. A few trifling alterations were made which did not affect the general sense, and It was provided in Judge Ball's order that the date of the postponed meeting. If an adjournment be comes necessary, shall be December 18. Attorney Herrick In speaking In sup port of the modification declared that President Harahan, of the Illinois Central, held proxies to the amount of 500,000 shares, and that cthsr stockholders representing 95,000 shares would vote with Mr.

Harahan. This Included the 2SS.731 shares enjoined yesterday, leaving the clfUm of the Harriman people of their voting strength at 308,000 shares In rmnd numbers. Mr. Herrick asserted that Stuyvcsant Fish was deslrou of being elected a director of the nil: Mis Central and declared that the Railroad Securities Company the votVir cf -stock had, prior to 1901, LARGE AUDIENCE Owensboro Democrats Applaud Every Point Made. Figures Show How State's Wealth Has Increased.

Congressman Stanley Scores Both Willson and Bradley. RECEPTION IN THE MORNING. Owensboro, Oct 15. "We're for you," yelled an aged but enthusiastic Democrat as the curtain of the Grand Theater was raised here this afternoon, and the crowd caught sight of Judge S. W.

Hager, the Democratic candidate for Governor, seated on the platform. The old man who had worn the gray uniform of the Confederate States and who has voted the Democratic ticket all the days of his manhood, expressed the sentiments of the big crowd which had gathered to hear the candidate for Governor, and his cry, distinctly heard even above the music of tho band, started the applause which greeted Judge Hager. The old man was full of enthusiasm and it was contagious, everybody catching the spirit so that by the time Judge Hager had finished his speech they were all yelling. Judge Hager had been holding a continuous reception during the morning and the reception at the theater this afternoon was merely a continuation of the cordial welcome which Daviess 'county gave him. The Third Regiment Band added much to the success of the meeting and headed the parade to the theater from the hotel.

Judge Hager reached here last night from Hawes-vllle and this morning as soon as he had breakfast the Democrats began coming to the hotel to call on him. The party leaders in the city and county all called and hundreds of Democrats followed to shake hands with the man they believe will be the next Gov- ernor of Kentucky. Kentucky's Prosperity. In the theater this afternoon about 800 men and women heard Judge Ha- ger discuss democratic. piaLrormj and explain how the revenues of the State had been expended.

In answer ing tho charge that the Republicans had Increased the valuation of the property In the State and in that way increased the revenues he said that the Manufacturer's Record, of Baltimore, gave the total valuation of property in Kentucky four years ago as 000. This same authority, he said, gave the total present valuation as 000,000, an Increase in four years of Yet, he said, the people pay taxes on only $700,000,000 of property. only $200,000,000 more than the increase In four years. He showed that this in crease has been a natural one, caused by the growth of the actual value of the property. Why Bradley Vetoed Bill.

Judge Hager charged that Gov. Bradley had vetoed the McChord Rail road Bill at the instance and demand of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, and said that the Democratic party had kept its pledge to give to, the people a law that would relieve them ot the oppression of the railroads. The Legislature passed a railroad law," said Judge Hager, but a Republican Governor vetoed It. The Democratic Legislature then passed it, and a Democratic Governor signed It. Ask the shippers of your olty whether or not it Is a good law and helps them.

They will tell you that It Is a good thing." I As Judge Hager finished his speech he was handed a note, which he read. It was from a temperance worker, who said that he had not made hl-mself en tirely clear as to whether or not he would sign a bill extending the county unit law, so as to have It apply to every county In the State, and asking Judge Hager to define his position more emphatically. Judge Hager saiH he thought he had made himself perfectly plain, but he again stated that he favored the extension of the county unit law so as to apply to every county, and further said that If such a bill passed the General Assembly that he would sign it. Stanley Ridicules Willson. Congressman A.

0. Stanley spoke after Judge Hager had finished, and discussed the speech made by the Republican candidate for Governor at Maysville. He read from this speech where Mr. Willson had said: "I would not step on a caterplll-ar or throw a rock at a cat." This mildness, Mr. Stanley said, came too late.

He said Mr. Willson should have developed this aversion to feuds and troubles earlier. "Where were you ten years ago. Gus Wil la on, with your advice against feuds and murder?" asked Mr. Stanley.

HC said that had Mr. Willson counseled this then. Goebel might be allveWo-oay to speak to the, people of this Aunty. He discussed othV. portions of Mr.

Willson's speech, and then read extracts from the speech mode-rat Princeton by William O. -Bradley. He dealt largely in ridicule, and the crowd Judge Hager and Mr. Stanley will go to Calhoun to-morrow and a big meeting has been arranged for them. The Third Regiment band wfll go with the party.

Which will Include a number of Democrats froin this city. A stop will be made at Llvermore, where Judge Hager will -address the school children at the school, of which Liver-more Is especially proud, and which is one of the best In the State. The trip from Llvermore will be made In a launch and the entrance Co Calhoun will be In the nature of a triumphal march, with the band playing "Dixie" and all banners flying. A. R.

DUNLAF. MAYSVILLE SPEECH MISQUOTED What Hager Said On the Temperance Issue. Franklin, Oct. 15. Special.

The Rev. J. T. McGlothlln. vice president of the Anti-Saloon League of Simpson county, in view of the published statement that s.

W. Hager. Democratic nominee for Governor, was accredited in the Louisville Herald with having in a public speech used the following language: "I am a Democrat, and If the Democratic party is for whisky I am for ltfflnd If It Is against whisky. I am gainst It," wrote him concerning the matter. The following characteristic reply was made by Judge Hager: Henderson.

Oct 13, 1907. The Rev. James T. McGlothlln, Franklin. Ky.

Deur Sir: Your letter of the 10th Inst, was forwarded to me here. Mr. Willson's statement that I said at Maysville, or anywhere else, that "I am a Democrat, and If the Democratic party Is for whisky, I am for it, and If it Is against whisky. 1 am against It," is untrue. I said that my position upon the temperance question had been well defined and was thoroughly understood, which was in glaring contrast with my opponent's position.

I said, Jn subsiance, I believed the county should be the governing unit without regard lo class, and under our democratic form of government the majority must control. If a majority of the voters of the county should be registered at the polls for or against the sale of liquor, the minority must j-leld to the expressed wishes of the majority. This Is democratic, and for that reason I am for it. In view of the many glaring misstatements (to use a mild expression) made by the Republicans in this compalgn, I am (Concluded On Page 4, Column 8.) RAIL GIVES WAY; TRAIN JUMPS BRIDGE ENGINEER AND BRAKEMAN KILLED. DISASTROUS WRECK ON L.

AND N. NEAR STANFORD. TRAFFIC DELAYED FOR HOURS Cedar Creek, Oct. 15. Special.

Two deaths resulted from a wreck which occurred here. yesterday 2:15 o'clock, when a southbound freight train left the track near the middle of bridge No. 20, about 110 miles south of Louisville. The train was a package local of eight cars. The dead: R.

A. NELSON, brakeman, Camp-bellsville, scalded to death. WILLIAM BOHLEN, engineer, of Blizabethtown, scalded and crushed. Tho Injured: John Braiden, fireman, of Lebanon, cut and bruised. Tho engine and seven of the cars turned over an embankment thirty feet high.

The engine was badly damaged. while most of the cars were crushed Into splinters. The train crew received orders at Rowland to meet northbound passenger, No. 22, at Crab Orchard, and was making for that point when the wreck occurred. The bridge at this place is at the foot of two grades and is built on a sharp curve.

The freight was traveling at a high rate of speed to reach the siding before the passenger was due. Railroad men say tht when the en gine struck the curve the outer rail gave way and let the engine go down on the ties. The engine ran on the ties for about seventy-five yards, when it plunged headlong over the embankment, carrying with It the engineer, fireman and head brakeman. Seven cars loaded with merchandise also went off the mil. One car and the caboose remained on the ties.

Mose Pitman, Birt Kldd, Garland James and H. F. Newland, farmers, were cutting corn near by and were the first to reach the wreck. When the escaping steam had cleared away they, with the remainder of the crew, rescued the injured men from the wreckage of the engine and cab. Drs.

Edmonton and Pnilllps, of Crab I Orchard, were summoned. Engineer William Bohlen had his hand fast be- i tween the cab and a root ot a tree, Which had to be cut to get him out He was badly scalded by steam, cut about the head and otherwise injured. Fireman John Braiden received several severe cuts and badly bruised. Brakeman R. A.

Nelson was terribly scalded from head to foot by the escaping steam. The men were taken to Crab Orchard, where Nelson died In a tew hours. Bohlen died to-night at 10 o'clock. A passenger train conveyed Braiden to the hospital at Lebanon. Bohlen lived at Elizabethtown.

He leaves a wife and one child. Braiden lives at Lebanon Junction. He has a wife and three children. Nelson was from Campbellsx'llle and had no family. He was a young man about nineteen years of age.

He had been In the employ of the company only about three months. Coniuctor J. F. Osborne and the other brakemen received no serious injuries. rne iracK is lurn up ior nearly xuu yards, and no trains could pass over this morning at 8 o'clock.

The Liv ingston wrecker arrived at 6M0 o'clock and the Louisville wrecker at 9 20 o'clock last nlgnt. Immediately after his arrival Frank Reeds, foreman of the wrecking crew, made a misstep on the bridge and fell about tuenty-fivs feet. At the same time a lieaiy piece of timber fen on his head, cutting It severely. He was taken to Crab Orchard where twUv-one stitches were required, to close the wound. -r, Fontanet Left Mrs.

Rachael Montgomery, cut about head, cannot recover. W. P. McCoy, scalp wounds. M.

Shearrowd, hands, feet and body crushed. Charles Nash, cannot recover. Willard Carroll, cut about head. Elmor Bright, cut about face and body. Prof.

J. Tt. Shoptaguh, of Fontanet school, serious bodily injuries. George Stewart, seriously hurt. Miss Susan Bishop, teacher at Coal Bluff.

Mrs. Wasteller, fatally injured. John Grey, employe powder mill. Alex Bidden. Harvey Chandler.

A'lvie Edwards. Fred Cross. Edward Cross. Harvey Kelson. L.

J. Harris. Carl Hemerick. Mr. Vulker.

William Walker. James Thompson. H. M. Edwards.

Mrs. Biras Brannon. Mary Brannon. Three Distinct Explosions. The mills went up with three distinct explosions, followed nfnprtv mlnn.tps la- or by a fourth even more serious than i Tmmfdl.Mv fn, Vnlortnn the wrcctage took flre and tne lnhabl.

tants of the town who rushed to the rescue of the employes found themselves powerless to aid thOEe burning in the ruins. Their Ruined Homes. They worked frantically In constant danger from possible succeeding explosions unmindful of their ruined homes. Dead and dying were picked up and collected. Eighteen bodies hor ribly burned and mangled were carted to a protected spot to await iden tification while the badly injured, numbering upward of fifty, were put on a special train and taken to Terre Haute for hospital accommodations.

Scarcely one of the 1,000 inhabitants of the town but carried blood on hands and face from his own wounds or those of people who had required aid. The mills were located one mile south of the town. With the first explosion the employes ran for safety, but most of them were killed or wounded by the quick-following explosions in th3 other mills. When the heat from the burn ing mills exploded the giant powder magazine ninety minutes later, destroy ing the town by the concussion, many of those engaged in relief work were badly injured and several killed. Superintendent Killed.

Superintendent Monahan of the plant was killed while sitting in his office, and his wife and slBter-ln-law were killed In their home some distance away. That the death list is not far greater is due to the fact that the people of the town had left their houses at the first explosion and were not In them when the explosion of the 40,000 kegs of powder In the magazine hurled their homes to pieces and scattered their household goods In heaps of debris. Among the buildings destroyed In the town were the Methodist and Christian churches, two acnool buildings, the depot, all business blocks including a large block just completed, a large warehouse and 500 homes. In many of them the fronts were blown away, while in others the roofs were hurled into space, the sides blown out or they were left a confused mass of collapsed wreckage. A Big Four railroad freight train on the switch leading to the mills was partially destroyed by the explosion and the wreckage caught lire.

Engineer Charles Wells was badly burned and received a facture of the right leg. School Buildings Destroyed. Three school buildings were destroyed at Fontanet and Coal Bluff, two miles away. AH were filled with school children and every one of those was more or less Injured by the collapse of the buildings. A four-room schocl building was torn to pieces and not one of the .200 children escaped unhurt.

None fatally hurt. A two-room school bulid- at Coal Bluff was turned over and collapsed. The teacher and ninety pupils were more or less injured. The force of the explosion destroyed all telephone communication with the outside and It was with great difficulty i that aid was summoned. Terre Haute and Brazil: sent physicians and nurses with' supplies In carriages (Concluded On Page 9, 7.) I I I- 1 H-H-H-H- Fontanel, Oct.

15. Gov. J. Frank Hanly, of Indiana, arrived here at 7:30 o'clock to-night, and immediately took charge of the situation, and late to-night proclaimed martial law. Tho Governor Issued an order that all places where liquor or Intoxicating drinks of any kind are sold shall be closed tight.

Fontanet, Oct. 15. Fontanet was practically destroyed to-dny by the ex plosion of the plant of tho Dupont Powder Company. The dead number from twenty-live to forty-five. Over 600 persons were injured and every building in the town was wholly or partially levelled to the ground.

Where stood i a thriving and busy town of 1,000 people this morning, tonight there Is ruin and scattered wreckage. The dead and more seriously injured have been taken away. Five hundred Inhabitants, all more or less wounded, remain to gather their scattered household goods and sleep under tents and on cots, guarded by soldiers of the State. Without "Warning. witnout warning me powaer nuns, 1 seven in number, tiew up at tnis employ bjiu oi tnese seventy-nve were at wont when the flrst explosion occurred In the press mill.

In quick succession the glazing mill, the two coining mills and the powder magazine blew up, followed by the cap mill. In the magazine, situated several hundred yards from the mills, were stored 40,000 kegs of powder. The concussion when it blew up was felt nearly 200 miles away. Every House Destroyed. Efvery house In this town was destroyed.

Farm houses two miles away and school houses equally distant were torn to pieces and their occupants In jured. A passenger train on the Big 3H Four railroad, four miles away, hai every coach window broken and sev eral passengers were injured by flying glass. List of Dead. Sallowing is a list of the identified dead and a partial list of the more seriously Injured: A. B.

general superin tendent. MRS. A. B. MONAHAN.

MRS. MONAHAN' 8 SISTER. GEORGE JUSTICE. JOHN BOBO. GEORGE BOBO.

WM. SHERRIUL. HENRY HARRINGTON. STLVESTER DIAL. AD WEBSTER.

SAMMY NBVTNS. YATES. "WTLL, ALTON. TWO UNIDENTIFIED DEAD. GEORGE HODGE.

EARL WOOD. JOHN GREY. DON FRANK DIAL. JAMES BIGGS. FRED CRESS.

JOHN NEVENS. EDWARD NEVENS. SAMUEL INGALLS. FRANK INGALLS. WILLD3 HODGE, aged seven.

T. L. KELLUP, Wilmington, Del. The following died in St Anthony's Hospital. Terra Haute: HENRY CHANDLER.

E. CRIFF. EARL WOOD. L. J.

CARROLL: UNIDBNTTFED MAN. The Injured. Albert Webster, lea; broken. Miss Grace Brannon, eye put out and acalp Elmer Bright, limbs crushed. Geore Hodges, wheelright in mill.

Walker, burned and Internally-Injured. L. -M. 'darroli, 'flesh cooked. scalp wounds.

MrijMartha Webster, cut on head. badly burned. Internal cut about head and ft the Japanese. Bmper.ir nt an u5ce In the palace Toklo yeater. Oram -A.

Pettlbone, lne.urumaiiuc iiw HTECsf-Swm with complicity In. the murder Jltennenlwrg, was post. iv until uctooer esM'st Bobw yeaterday, MlnTrtate In cr ooara provol. It was introduced nlnned bv Alderman; vvrfb An ordinance, ina; and the Board of prlaUng an- troduced in loweropoara; erred to 'the Finance Street -Jtauway. ximngnu Councilman' Shrecfcjlnb dinance," which Railroad- Committi Loulsvllle-RaJls coal nrine at law.

Fm crusl t. crushed a man and a KMM'iiMtt. Tbe irl' TiM to The irl' mother. r-ri- V. L5V town'BXPoauiqn mwr.

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