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five thousand dollars, or both. grants are inspected. Each was at least thirty by fifteen" feet and had the place been crowded as is usually the case there would have been a heavy loss of life from falling material. FOUND GUILTY OF DIB IDE LAWS PROPOSED DEFAMING THE KI NG MANHATTAN ROCKED BY BIG EXPLOSION Dynamite Boat Blown Up at Jersey City Dock and Many Are Believed to Have Been Killed. Edward Mylius Sentenced to a Year's Imprisonment Aftef a Short Trial.

KM WAS NOT A WITNESS. SCORES OF OTHERS INJURED Sky-Scrapers in Lower New York Swayed as Though Shaken By an Earthquaake Great Quantities of Glass Broken People Were Badly Frightened and Rushed Into Streets. 6 plosion which has yet beeri told is that of James Wynne, who was weighing bones on a framework built out above the deck of the vessel Ingrid. Story of art Eye-Witness. "I was finishing my work for the noon shift," he said.

"I stood on my little framework, Joking over the harbor. I saw a small powder boat I do not know her name ipull into Pier Five. I knew she was a powder boat because she carried a red flag. She tied up to the pier and men began to run back and forth. They seemed to be carrying dynamite from freight cars, standing close at hand.

These cars bore a sign inflammable', "i knew that meant they were loaded with explosives. at once there was a flash of flame. That little boat disappeared before my eyes. I felt myself being carried through the air. I do not know New York, Feb.

A. dynamite explosion of titanic force on the Jersey City water front exactly at noon today, caused an unknown, as yet, loss of life, shook New York City and its vicinity for miles around to its very foundation and caused heavy financial loss. The explosion Occurred as the dynamite cargo of a lighter moored at a Jersey Central railroad pier was being unloaded into a freight car. The explosion wrecked everything in the vicinity of the pier and shook Manhattan Island, Brooklyn and the smaller boroughs within twenty miles of Jersey City. "Window glass was smashed in thousands of sky-scrapers, in the lower pnrt of New York.

Panics followed in a score of big buildings but no casualties from this source were reported. It was difficult at first to learn where the explosion had occurred. Many wild rumors were afloat. One had the Standard Oil plant at Bayonne, N. blown 'up.

Another located the explosion at Governor's Island, where Uncle Sam has heavy munitions of war. Still others thought it was an explosion of gas in the subway. It was not until the Jersey City police appealed to New York for ambulances and surgeons that any ofnclal knowledge of the scene of the disaster was made known. This was nearly an hour after the explosion, Set Off Fire Alarm. The concussion set off fire alarms in "Section 2 This act shall tab effect immediately." Some Recommendations.

With reference to fire insurance, the committee, makes the following recommendations: i "That the legislature refuse absolutely to countenance this (valued policy) species of insurance heresy. It tends to place a premium on arson and unnecessarily puts temptation in the way of the insured when prosperity fails. "For many reasons your committee believes that it would be most unfor tunate for the public if open competition in rates were forced by thisjstate. The safe policy to follow is to recognize the good which flows from combination well regulated; to permit the companies to use rating associations and bureaus to develop the principle of schedule rating and to spread the coat of determining proper rates among companies, and to permit them to agree to maintain those rates. i It is therefore recommended that no anti-compact law be passed but that in place thereof, a statute be enacted thai will permit combination under state regulation.

Such statute should provide that companies must not seek to strengthen their own agreement by forcing third persons to help them to do so. Tho companies should depend upon their own business integrity in the carrying our of their agreement. "Inasmuch as one important reason for the licensing of brokers by the companies was to exclude untrustworthy persons from the fire insurance field, it is deemed desirable that no person shall be permitted to sell or procure fire insurance as an agent or broker xmtl he shall have a certificate from tho state giving him the proper authority to do so. No Changes in Policy Form. "It seems highly desirable that as many solvent, well-organized and well-conducted companies should be admitted to the state as desire to do business here.

It is recommended that the law pertaining to the admission of mutual companies of other states be so amended as to make possible the admission, subject to the approval of the state superintendent of insurance, of such organizations as the New England Factory Mutual Comjjanies and a large number of miscellaneous mutual companies of other states." No alterations in the standard form of fire insurance policy is recommended, except such changes for the making of which application has already been made, as may meet with the approval of the state superintendent of insurance. The law creating the office.fif state fire marshal, th committee bllieves, is one of the most important of all itse-commendations. It says: "Your committee believes that at the root of the whole question of fire insurance is the consideration of fire prevention and that all means possible should be taken by the state to prevent fire waste, Therefore it recommends the enactment of a state fire marshal law to the end that better conditions may prevail." Should the committee's recommendation made the state fire marshal-will have two deputies. Fire marshals, in cities, and ire chief a. eommnnities would be his assistant.

RATS IN A HOLE 1 i i Twelve Men Lost Their Lives at Bottom of the Passaic River. Newark, N. Feb. 1. The bodies of the ten negro workmen who met death in a caisson at the bottom of the Passaic river, were recovered today.

The prosecutor is it is understood, that. the. men met death as the result of carelessness on the part of one of their number. Robert Metvin, superintendent of the bridge building job, said that the pin of a clutch used to haul up the loaded bucket from the caiseon had not been properly adjusted. Because of this, he said, the pin bent and the bucket crashed through the compressed air gates and water -flooded the caisson, drowning the men like rats in a trap.

The accident occurred on a floating pontoon anchored off the Newark bank of the river and close to the bridge. On" the pontoon is double steel caisson which was operated by steam. The steam apparatus was also used to supply air to the interior of the caisson. The caisson, was being sunk for the purpose of building concrete piers intended to carry the Newark extension of the McAdoo tunnel system. Shortl- after 11 clock and while the entire nigtit gang was in the bottom of the caisson, the steam engine broke down.

As the- result the ah-. supply to the men was cut off and they suffocated. Hurry calls for assistance were telephoned by men at work on the bridge. There was immediate response, but the rescuers were powerless. One of them was lowered into the mouth of the caisson and he was able to pass a rope around one of the trapped men, but the victim when hoisted out had been dead for some time.

Another similar effort failed. It was then decided not to attempt further risk of members of the rescue party. The Centei8treet bridge was recently acquired by the McAdoo tunnel system by agreement with the Permeylvaiua railroad, far an extension of the Hudson river tunnel system direct to Newark. Of late gangs of workmen have been working night and day to put into place a new draw for the bridge. It is understood that the accident was directly due to the dropping of a huge metal bncket, loaded with mud and stone.

This struck the caisson on top, breaking the door, thus cutting off the air and allowing the water and gravel to rush into, the caisson from below. PATIENTS AND NURSES WEEE ALIKE IN DANGER. Altoona, Feb: A score of patients and nurses had their lives imperilled early today when fire damaged the Mercy Hospital in this city. The women on the third floor were carried out on stretchers and other patients were heavily blanketed and removed to neighboring The. building was damaged to the extent of about $4,000.

1 01 USE WRECK ON THE GRAND TRUNK. Montreal, Feb. 1. The Grand Trunk railway's Rutland Express was wrecked at L'Acadie, today. Five persons were injured, three fatally.

HUPPUCH WILL TAKE CARLISLE'S PLACE. Not to Take Up Duties Until Com-mission Disposes of R. E. Application. Albany, Feb.

1. Winfield A. Huppuch, chairman of the democratic state committee, has decided to accept the appointment on the up-state public service commission, which was tendered him by Governor Dix, according to in-firmaxion received last night. He is to suecceed John N. CarKsle of Water- f.

It is understood that Mr. Huppuch will not formally enter upon his new duties until after the commission has disposed of the application of the Buffalo, Rochester and Eastern railroad for authority to build a double track railroad from Buffalo to Troy. This matter has been before the commission several months and the hearings are scheduled to close Thursday although final briefs are' to be submitted next month. Brackett Says the Time Not Ripe For Such a Movement. is Albany, Feb.

1. There were no shifts in today's ballot for the United States senatorship. The vote on the thirteenth bailot was: Democrats Sheehan, 82; Shepard, 10; Keraan, Glynn, Littleton, O'Brien, Parker, Sulzer, Taylor. 1. Republican Depew, 77, Total vote cast, 189.

Necessary for choice, 95. The movement for a conference of republican members of the legislature with a view to reconvening the republican caucus and substituting- a new candidate for Chauncey M. Depew for United States senator received a setback today from Minority Leader "In my judgment," said Senator Brack-ettr-Z'tly timeJs Jot. such a movement." Asked if he looked for the election of a senator this week, he said he did not. "It seems, to be locked good and! fast," he continued, "arid no man can tell when the end will be." Senator Emerson, who has been active in promoting the conference movement, seemed discouraged at Senator Bracken's attitude.

"All I can say," said Senator Emerson, "is that there will be no conference today and I don't know when there will be, if at all." He to say how many senators had committed themselves to the proposition. Reports were current that the insur gents, had been approached by an em-1 missary of the republicans, with a view to agreeing on a compromise candidate, It was said that the republicans had asked the insurgents to support an independent republican or name an independent democrat on whom the republicans might unite. Senator Roosevelt, leader of the insurgents, said he knew ol no direct overtures from the republicans, although had heard reports to that effect. The insurgents apparently are determined not to vote for an independent republican and are said to have so informed friends of Charles F. Murphy.

Senator Roosevelt said there was no change in the situation so far as the Insurgents were concerned and he did not look foe any new developments this week. Assemblyman Cosad of Seneca declined to be swerved from his allegiance to the insurgents by the resolutions adopted by certain democrats in his county, urging him to vote for Sheehan. Caucus Scheme Probably Dead. Special to The Commercial. Albany, N.

Feb. 1. That attempt on the part of the young republican legislators to get another caucus' appears to have been quelled. They held no conference- last night or this morning and let themselves down easy by saying that it was because Senator Brackett is not here. Another and wiser course has been adopted.

They are going to recqgnize that William Barnes, is now state leader of the party and do nothing t'll he has been consulted and then follow the course of procedure he maps out. Mr. Barnes is now quite ill and cannot be seen. William F. Sheehan says he has heard of no new developments and could not say whether there would be.

any decisive action taken in the senatorial contest this week or not. He appeared to be as confident as ever. The democratic organizations in the counties represented by many of the insurgents are daily sending them letters disapproving of their course in bolting their party's caucus. The two Schenectady representatives who were called off by Santvoord yesterday in the afternoon went to see Superintendent of Public Works Treman about the appointment of one Wasson as superintendent of the eastern division of the canal, but there was nothing doing for them. Several of the insurgent legislators have been before committees asking for the report of their local bills but to date there has been "no large number reported.

When Charles. F. Murphy was asked if there was anything in the talk of a possible compromise candidate he replied: "We have one candidate now and there is no use talking of any one else as long as he is the choice of the majority of the party." Mr. Murphy denied the report that he had. failed to secure his daily interview with Governor Dix.

ens sen GETS fl SETBACK For Dealing With Legislative Bribers and Regulating Fire Insurance. STATE FIRE MARSHAL. legislative Investigating Committee Makes Radical Recommendations. Albany, Feb. The enactment of a drastic corrupt practices act, with a maximum penalty of ten years' imprisonment and $5,000 fine for the failure of a legislator to report immediately any attempt to buy or influence his vote.

iud the adoption of sweeping changes and far-reaching reforms in the fire insurance laws of the state, are recommended in a lengthy report of the legislative investigating committee, submitted to the legislature today. Minority Leader Merritt, chairman of the committee, presented the report in the assembly and Senator Allen handed it up in the senate. Majority Leader Wagner and Assemblyman Foley, the democratic members of the committee put in a minority report. They concur in the recommendation proposing the enactment of a statute intended to expose the offer of a bribe and the findings and reductions concerning fire insurance. They make the further recommendation, however, that a bureau be created in the office of the state superintendent of insurance with power to order a revision or modification of fire insurance rates if they are found to be unreasonable, or excessive.

Abundant Evidence of Graft. In probing corrupt practices in connection with legislation, the committee, according to the report, investigated alleged bribe-giving brought to the sur-iace in investigations conducted in 1910 by the senate and the state superintendent of insurance and certain other unverified allegations. These allegations, the report says, were made in connection with the payment by the state of a beet sugar bounty; the passage of the anti-race-track gambling law and of amend-' ments to the agricultural law with reference to milk. The committee found" abundant evidence of graft. In the beet sugar bounty case, however, the committee rejects the testimony of Harry F.

Zimmerlin, who swore that he had paid $3,000 to a sen's tor and $1,500 to an assemblyman, both of whom are now dead, for their votes in favor of legislation favoring Zim-merlin's employers, the Lyons Beet Sugar Refining Company. The report says: "The committee is impressed with the significance of the fact that each of the legislators iw alleged pay-ment was made is dead and unable to face his accuser and the committee cannot conclude or report that these payments' were made to the members as alleged." The committee haa this to say concerning bribery: "The crime of bribery is one of the most difficult of all crimes to uncover. All the resources of ingenuity are used to conceal it. and only in exceedingly rare instances are either of the parties to the crime willing to come forward and disclose the facts." Drafts of bills which the committee proposes shall be enacted into law are included in the report. So far as tho corrupt practices phase of the investigation is the committee states its belief that the enactment of the one law proposed would go far towards remedying the evil.

Ten changes in the laws governing the issuance of fire insurance are recommended, however; each suggestion being accompanied by a draft of the proposed remedial bill. These proposed reforms include Changes in Insurance Laws. The placing of rate-making associations and organizations, including the New York Ee Insurance Exchange, under the control and supervision of the state superintendent of insurance. Vesting in the superintendent am-, pie power to prevent in rates. The transfer of the power to license brokers from the New York Fire Insurance Exchange and similar organizations, to the state superintendent of insurance.

The enactment of an anti-rebate law, prohibiting the sharing or "splitting" of premiums, and making it a misdemeanor to give or accept rebates. The bill is similar to the corresponding clause in the law governing insurance companies. Another measure provides that fire insurance companies shall report to the state superintendent of insurance the amount of insurance issued by them in the "congested value" sections of all the large cities of the country. The admission to New York of the New England factory mutual Insurance companies, under supervision of the state superintendent of insurance. The organization of two new Lloyds and inter-insurance organizations.

The creation of a new office to be known as state fire marshal, to be empowered with sweeping authority for inspection of property and investigation of fires. To Reach Future Bribers. By making the following bill a law, the committee believes that the giving and taking of bribes would be greatly reduced: "Section 1 A member of either of the houses composing the legislature of this state, to whom a person shall offer, or cause to be offered, a bribe, or any money, property, or value of any kind, or any promise or agreement therefor, or when any person shall attempt, directly or indirectly, by menace, deceit, suppression of truth, or other corrupt means, to influence to give or withhold his vote, or to absent himself from the house of which he is a member, or from "any committee thereof, who shall fail to Immediately submit the facts in relation thereto to the house of which he is a member, if the house be in session, or if not in session, at the next session thereof, and to the district attorney of the county in which the offer or promise was made, is punishable by Imprisonment for not more than ten Tears, cr by a fine of not more than many parts of the financial district of New York and the clatter of fire ap- paratus-and the. shrill shrieks the -ftrrBnglne sirens added" ts the confusion. Men and women swarmed out of the buildings, some of them by the fire route, and added.

to the confusion-The firemen hunted in vain for a blaze. Instead, they vound the streets dangerously crowded and the sidewalks with broken glass from the skyscrapers, while frightened storekeepers guarded their exposed wares. The shock caused some trouble in the telephone exchanges and when subscribers called up the newspapers and police stations they could not get connected promptly. Even after they did, no one knew where the accident had happened, or what it was. The explosion caused as much commo-tion on the water as on land.

New York fire boats and police patrol boats crossed the river to the scene and Jersey Central tug boats and- other craft hurried to the foot of Henderson street, Jersey City, where what was left of the dyna London, Feb. 1. Edward F. Myllus was today found guilty of defaming King George. He was sentenced to one year's imprisonment.

Myllus- was charged with distributing in England copies of The a Paris publication edited by Edward H. James, and in which it was alleged that his majesty while Prince of Wales had contracted a morganatic marriage with, the elder daughter of Admiral Sir Michael Seymour at. Malta in 1890. The crown called the admiral as a witness and he testified that the daughter in question, flow the wife of Captain Napier of the British navy, had -never seen his majesty until 1898 when the king called upon the iwltness at Portsmouth. His only other daughter died in 1895 and for three years preceding her death had been with her father at Malta where he was commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean squadron.

The king had, not visited Malta while his daughters were there and the younger daughter had never spoken to him. Admiral Seymour was followed In the witness box by his datfghter Mrs. Napier. She testified that she married Captain Napier in 1889, and had never JUSTICE SOGERS OF WATERTOWN DEAD. Watertown, N.

i7eb.t 1. Supreme Court Justice Watson M. Rogers died this morning. Death occurred as the result of an injury to his head received by a fall on an icy sidewalk three weeks ago. Justice Rogers was born in the town of Cape Vincent, December 3, In early life he taught school and later took up the study of law and was graduated from the Albany Law School in 1868.

In 1901 he was elected to the bench. He was the presiding justice at the trial of Mary Farmer for thej murder of Sarah Brennan. Abe Hummel was convicted of conspiracy before Justice Rogers. The last "time that Albert T. Patrick, the convicted murderer of William Marsh Rice, was sentenced to the electric chair he appeared before Justice REAR ADMIRAL SPERRY IS DEAD.

Washington, Feb. 1. Rear Admiral Charles Stillman Sperry, S. navy, retired, who commanded the Atlantic fleet nn the last leg of its round the world cruise, died suddenly; this morning at Garfield Hospital here of pneumonia. Rear Admiral Sperry had- been ill only a day or so.

He was 63 years of age, having been born in Brooklyn, N. September 3, 1847. Entering the navy in 1862, he reached the rank of rear aamirni iu xenu ttuu reureu on attaining the age of 62 years in 1909. Washington, Feb. I.

That Seaator William Lorimer of Illinois had full knowledge of the bribery- by which it is charged his election was- procured was asserted by Senator Norris Brown of in the course of a speech made in the senate today. This was a step in advance of any that had been taken on the "subject and if accepted would result in Mr. Lori-mer's expulsion. Brown's reference to the Lorimer case was incidental to a discussion of the resolution providing for the election of United States senators by direct vote of the people. Senator Root of New York today gave notice that he would speak next Friday on the Lorimer case.

It has been commonly reported that he would oppo-Ms Senator Loriiner but he has not com mitted himself publicly on that point. ARCHBISHOP RYAN VERY NEAR DEATH. Philadelphia, Feb. "We are waiting for the end," was the answer given at the Cathedral residence today wheo inquiry was made concerning the condition of Archbishop Ryan. The archbishop had another sinking spell at 4 a.

m. and he barely rallied. The physicians were hurriedly called and by the use of stimulants slightly revived their patient. HUNTER SHAKEN BY LION. London, Feb.

I. Sir Edward Grey's brother George had a thrilling escape from death on Sunday. He was with a partv stalking lions near the Althi river. British East Africa, when he rash ly galloped forward and fired A large lion sprang at him. ana seizing me mutter, worried him like a rat.

Grey frittnilo mine to his rescue, which was effected with difficulty. He was badly mauled, but is progressing favorably. DEATHS OF A DAY. Rochester, Feb. I.

Harold C. Kimball, secretary of the Post Express Company, died this morning in the General Hospital of pneumonia following an operation for acute appendicitis. He was prominently identified with the business and social L'f of Rochester. CHS Hi KNEW OF BRIBES' oeen ntunm previously, cure una swu the kii'g when he was a cadet on the training ship Brittania, in 1879, when she seven years old. She had seen him again at Portsmouth, in.

1S98, and also sb him at a garden party, in 1903. but dll not speak to Her first visit Malta was five months after Kiug JGeorge and Queen Mary were marrud. The j. admiral's three sons wears also called and all swore that neither of their sisters had been at Malta previous 1893. After sentence hd been passed Sir Ruf us" read a letter signed by King" George and authorizing the attorney general tp state publicy that the writer had never been married except to Queeu, MaryJ had never 'gone througlv a cere-monyjof marriage except with the queen and that he would have attended the proceedings to give evidence to' this effect except for the advice of the law officers of the crown- that it would be unconstitutional for hm to do so.

(Cojtinued on? Page Z) President Taft Hopeful That Present -One Will a. Approve Reciprocity. Washington. Feb. President Taft refascs to discuss the possibilty of au extra- session In connection with the reciprocity agreement withj Canada, He hopes that the present session wflJ act favorably on the queetlon In coiwersa- tion he emphasied his bglief that reciprocity, will establish currents of commerce which will benefit feioth the United States and Canada.

i The fears which are bljing expressed in some quarters, he savs, are ghosts which will melt away aTi soon as the agreement goes into effe. Many letters have be receivort at the White House congi ulating the President on the stand Ve has taken. He has been told, also, tjiat he would have the backing of many influential assoejatkms throughout the country. Whife a few missives have reached the President criticising the proposed reciprocity, they have been in the minor- The President called attention yesterday to the fact that on the day his message went to the congress, when its effect on the market might have been supposed to be felt, there was a difference of only one cent ih the price of wheat at Winnipeg and in Minnesota. He "declared-behad riot talked any, one about thepossibility of an extra sessionin case the present congress fails to ratify the agreement He said he had foot did not intend to hold confidence in the present session.

(Continued on 'age 2.) WELLESLEY GIRLS VOTE AGAINST WOMAN SUFFRAGE. Weliesley, Feb. For nearly a week, the young women of Weliesley College have been voting on woman suffrage the auspices of the Equal Suffrage League. The ballot, declared last shows 293, in favor the ballofor women, and: 557 opposed. "I SUGAR PRICES DROP.

New Feb. All grades of re- fined, sugar were reduced ten cents a hundred pounds today. bus ruin! 4 Philadelphia, Feb. L-It was said at police headquarters here today that Dorohy Arnold, mitming New York girl, Jivas until recently in PhOadelphm and Jad written to her father from this city. Francis R.

4old, her father, and Captain of Detectives Souder, it said, a long distknee telephone talk last night during wfrjch it is declared Mr. 'rnold said he shad received a let ter tf ftn his missing caughter postmarked Phib lelphia. Captain Souder said he did I it know the contents of the letter. jrill deny anything" published about the 4 pe said Capiin Souder. "Thi-i.

letteiwas given in confidence and I not tfjheuss it. I don'g want any publicity giventthe affair." Publicity at this tne, he said, wouIJ tend to injure the work of those investigating the ease. Is said Mr. Arnold may come to MI III OF 1 i in mite boat lay. The damage was heavy in many sections of Jersey City and the result of the explosion resembled the visitation OE an earthquake.

Glass was blown out of windows of business places and houses. In some buildings the ings fell and ornaments were shaken from mantel pieces. Cause of Explosion Unknown. what happened, precisely. I did not feeli any pain or shock, only surprise.

The air seemed filled with pieces of flying plank and iron lien ins. It seems to me that I saw men's bodies being thrown in the air. I fell into the water and that is all I know." A policeman in a launch picked Wynne out of tlie water as he floated unconscious. He was not seriously hurt, though he had many cuts and he suffered from shock. Bad Scare in Wall Street: One of the most turbulent- scenes of the confusion down-town was outeide of the banking offices of J.

P. Morgan Company at Broim alia Walr streets. The impression prevailed in the streets that a bomb had been hurled, and instantly a crowd of. at least a thousand collected about the entrance. Several men eluded the police and went ino the Most of the windows of the Morgan building had been blown in, as had the windows of the Mills building on.

Broad street and other buildings in the vicinity. There was tremendous excitement on the floors of all the exchanges. Trading on the stock exchange was practically, suspended for a time while the brokers darted out to see what had happened. Great damage at the government immigration station on Ellis Island was caused by the explosion. Windows all over the island were smashed to bits and many employes-were injured by the fragments of flying glass.

The force of the explosion blew out glass windows and doors on a large number of buildings from Park How to the Battery, a mile and a half away. Show windows were shattered and passing pedestrians covered with broken glass. Goods on exhibit in the windows were scattered over the streets. The wildest confusion prevailed in the down-town streets. The whole front of Henderson's seed house was blown out and many window panes in the Hudson Terminal buildings-were shattered.

There was much ex-' citement on the tall Singer building. Some people who were in the tower at the time say they felt a perceptible sway. There were no panes broken in the tower but several windows in the main building were blown in. After the shock of the explosion there wa a rush for the elevators and for a time the cars were taxed to their capacity. Even In Brooklyn, three miles from scene of the explosion, the heavy jar was felt, windows were blown out and the most intense excitement prevailed.

The first police boat to come in from the place of the explosion brought a man named Harry Ford, 29 years old, cook on the tug boat William McAllister. The tug boat was lying in its slip next to that occupied by the exploding dynamite boat. Ford was painfully but not fatally injured. Appeal For Help. The Jersey City police asked the New York police department to send all the available medical assistance possible to Jersey City.

The same request was made to police headquarters from the United States Express Company in Jersey City. It was said that many injured were waiting assistance. Commissioner Cropsey ordered all available police surgeons despatched in" haste to- Jersey City. Train schedules on the Jersey Central railroad were interrupted for a short time. Windows all over the station were shattered and passengers received injuries more or less serious from falling glass.

Portions of the station facing the water front was badly damaged. A force of men was set at sweeping Ujr the ambulances were summoned to take care of the injured and doctors in the vicinity were busily engaged in -dressing minor cuts. People who witnessed the explosion from the windows of office buildings in Manhattan fronting on the New Jersey side say they saw an immense black cloud shoot upward to a great height, estimated at several hundred feet This cloud reached its height before the crash of the explosion was heard by them. No immigrants were being handled at Ellis. Island at the time.

Three immense holes were torn in the hall where immi- The aynamite Doat jatnerrne was iilrt rlnifr at ho .1 otuov rttTl Tiler. iirHem th Fxnlfwinii tnnk Tilace. Just wnat cau sea it may never oe Known. The ferry boat Somerville of the Jer sey Central with a big load of passengers on board, was close to the scene of the explosion when it occurred and many of her passengers were injured. When the Somerville reached the ferry nouse at toe loot ui.

ttoc r-n-cc-v uu this side of the river a temporary hospital was established in charge of a New York hospital surgeon The boat was about 200 feet from the slip on the other side of the river when the explosion occurred and was crowded with passengers from the noon trip. Many of these injured by flying glass and splinters. Among the injured were Rev. Dr. Ernest- Saunders, Khinebeck, N.

and Mrs. Saunders, and David Ladd, 10T7 I All of those injured were suffering from cuts about the face, limbs and body from flying glass and splinters and all went to their homes after being attended. Boat Was Being Loaded. The dynamite in boxes was being carted from the freight cars to the boat on the pier, it being handled with all the precautions usually adopted in unloading explosives. It is doubtful if any one tear enough to see what happened f' alive to tell just what detonated the ex- Many of the injured were blown into the river, from which they Were rescued by tugs and taken to hospitals.

Father CTReilly of Jersey City, who was near the docks, says he administered the last rites of the Catholic church to five men and saw one headless corpse near the pier. Once it was discovered where the ex- plosion happened assistance was promptly volunteered. The police and fire-boats rem New York hastened across the river, while surgeons and lances were rushed to the wharves. -asmuch, kowever, as each boat which was believed to have pickel up dead or m-rtvmrlfwl from the river, went to a dif ferent wharf with its argo, it was im-possible to'learn the toll in dead and in- jured. i The omli connected story of the ex i.