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PAGES -TO-DAY. CT'TUV Tf EATHKR Fair Monday and- I Tuesday; light nd north went winds. 1 Temperature yesterday Maximum, 81; minimum. 69. 12 i no.

iya MONDAY MOHXING, JUX.Y 17; 1911. PKICE FIVE CENTS. SOU GARFIELD Lie Presidency, i part of Progressive plan To Defeat Taft leveland Man's Candi dacy To Split State Weaken Cincinnaiian on His Own Ground. Contest To Have Nation-Wide Results. 0t Believed That Former Secretary Will Kun, ti ATomo Wnnlrl Kftfn jl Hl3 naiii Alive Discussion of iAa T.Follette sue iu-" Favor's Scheme, Ivul rur.r tb.

rxjtisss. 1-The Evening an Jfinn ti f-'IIow tng: rof Present. James Kudlph Garfield. Crsw. Tii is the latest proiKwIllon, and In word ytnon try close Mr.

lac t.jcmrr Secretary of the Interior Krt-us enJ faoraWe roni-lder- 0 kJa of entering the race and 1-AiK fisht to take his home state away -a Taft. Republicans hare some ar- jet rfl their quiver that have not been jtrttd. a flsfit on Taft in bis own state of H-rof-iurf that an outside man could turf ckis-- to take the delegation from FmsieVBt, air. Garfield's friends have feHirg out the situation with the srht of siaxirg Garfield their standard art a tate-wiJe figtit. Taft'i Hold Weakened.

TVt have recently lared that the -nt bM in his own state Is so -a-wd ssd feeling so strong that if fflisil he would be defeated and that ir.r uhio Rf-poblj. leaders are turning the tit of Garfield. It is a tastier of desperate seriousness time leaders. They believe that state ie be certain to go Democratic If Taft Harm-Mi srv-uM be the opposing candl- Aa Otiio lencrat at the White a gne mu' strength to his ty in th- home tate that Republicans i h- hopel-sal- demoralised. It might ear before they could restore "trf withh Republicans would an even chance.

taMary of Mr. Girfl'ld would be -tcuiarlt mbarraasing to Senator Theo- Esnon. He and Garfield both be lt to the v-unJ wing of the party; promi-lng candidate for the gold 1 be toted t. the favorite son ol rts end of the mate. Would Split Ohio.

Eurun has of late tx-en appealing Ws in the attitude of a spokesman AdmmistratKn. "Partes P. Taft would be looked to as twal msnas-r of the Interests of his r. nd the politicians calculate that ot the two candidates would develop BtTi-nrth tn til nwn Um ite- Tft in the joutb. Garfield in the tk i Gam-id would have, should he be- candidate, the support of all antl- the party.

The LaFol- line up behind him. and "at thn th re strong feeling that the HAtJ of Garfield would force Theodore lt into an attitude of acquiescence. 501 a-pport ho cnt-st in the Ohio delegation. fenarel by the antl-Taft Republicans. ve nation-wide Influence.

It would lo the anU-Admln stra- other states and be fol- b)r f'ins the light all along the "tion on the series of Issues naturaii. 4 ttw tame nf ess. 'Wis. fonrer Secretary of the Interior is to-day. exoeeial Uken th.

kv' va nia V'iTVOtM reason of his nresenre. A "i bis progressive friends haVe 'h him recently, and. while h. SHiUIS lo any nnai aecialon. h.

strong hope that he will candidal. Plto of bringins out 0 FOURTH PAGE. CHILD THRICE WEDDED. Bhelbyvllle. Ind.

July 18. -Though only IT year oM. Mra. Mary Luther, the bride of Gary Smith, here, haa beea one of the principals three timea la a wedding She was divorced only last week from, Andrew Luther, to whom she haa been twice wedded. The first time ahe and Lather plighted their troth at Oreene-burg through the aid of the girl's mother.

Mra. Char lee Hoover, who assisted them In the marriage license: The girl, was then only 14. After the couple 'had lived together a year It waa discovered that the man who bad performed the marriage ceremony was not a minister of she gospel, as ha had claimed to be, and the lathers of the couple forced them to separate Toung Luther later stole the girt away from her home and they, were married again, the sect ceremony being performed at Indianapolis. Recently Luther deserted tils wife and la low in the regular army. LARGEST MAN IN OHIO.

Weighing 494 rounds, TJiea of Heart Trouble at Canal Dover, metal. MsrsTca to til ssqetsaa. Canal Dover. Ohio. July IS.

William McCarthy, aged 42. believed to be the largest man In the state of Ohio, died at his home here. He weighed 495 pounds. During the past -year be gained flesh at the rate of Ave pounds a month and no treatment he tried kept him from getting beavier. He was troubled with heart disease and became 111 during the hot weather last week.

The deceased waa proprietor of a confectionery here. WIDOW Of Alleged Irish Peer, YU HMsed IlndrrJ Dgs ai. Was Otherwise EeeeBtrie, is Dead. srsruL Btsrsvca to tss ssociaaa. Atlanta, July "-Mrs.

Barah Cab-bett. one of I ha wesJtMest and most eccentric women a Atlanta, and widely knawn aa the -Irish died this morning at the sara of 7. Mra. Gaavbest ewfosw bcr-aaarrssaaa. sraa a Mlsw Rtchwrdssn.

ft gavaamah, daughtsr rof a protbinwnt pbysietan of that piece years ago. 8be married Heary Oaobett, who waa aa Irishman, and about whom there waa much mystery. It waa said that Gabbett waa an Irish nobleman, who had sworn never to live In Ireland or assume his title as long as the Island was under British rule. Gabbett was wealthy, and be and his wife took frequent trips to Europe but never visited Kngland. Scotland or Ireland.

Tears ago Gabbett died, and since then Mrs. Oaboett resided alone la a mansion in Atlanta. wKh more than in dogs for companlona. She dressed In costly attire and made a great display of Jewels. Frequently she was aeen on the streets of Atlanta, always accompanied by her dogs.

The dogs were of all sises and of all breeds, and were devoted to their mistress. Whenever one died Mrs. Oabbett had It Interred as though It were a human being, and it Is said that ahe went Into mourning. She owned a great deal of Atlanta real estate, and so far as Known had no relatives. It Is believed that the bequeathed her property to the Episcopal Church, of which she was a devout communicant.

DENIAL Of Some of the Charges Is Made By Miss Bjiagtai, Aeeised By (he Wldtw the Kaasas Citj Parker. i srs-ML rtisrtTra to tss csecisss. Kansas City. July Id. Denial of some charges and confirmation of others came In an Interview to-day with Mlas Harriette Bylngton, who Is accused of ha rlna taken negotiable bonds valued at I142W0 from Mrs.

Margaret E. Armour, widow of the lata 8. B. Armour. It la altered bv Mrs.

Axmour that Miss Rvinsrton sot 1112.000 In which she tnk from the safety deposit box. Of that she returned in cash, S32.000 la bonds and SO.000 la notes secured by mortgages rel estate. Mr. Stacy. Miss Bytngton's attorney, saya she returned in prop erty which had been bought by hen the most of which was stored in a warehouse.

siy, rrt.nv wronr things have been said and nrinted'about me." said Miss Bylngton to-day. "that I believe it is my duty to set them right. They say I went alone to th ufetv deoosit vaulU and went Into Mra. Armour's box. That is not true.

I never went there except when I went with Mrs. Armour. Tt Is true, however, that I bought a manr exDensive things, but I do net know why I bought them. I am aorry. really and truly sorry.

rha Dlano that 1 bought and paid fl.suu cash for and the taoO music box thst.I hnnsht while I was at Ml Cea-oia a w.w he Armour home and weresent to the Armour home and are there yet. I bought hundreds of dollars- worth og expenalre books and sent them to the Armour home while I was living mere. -Mrs. Armour knew that I was a woman with only my wages and yet and other criticize Mrs. Armoer.

1 k.a me la time. 1 did not know what I was doing. msio.1 Of Asiatic 1 Cholera Threatens New York, Says Port Health Officer. Fifteen Cases of Scourge Now in Steamers From Italy Are Under Observation. Every Water-Front City Fac- ing Serious Task in Putting Down Disease, 1 Declares Dr.

Doty. New Tork. July IS. -Although the) cholera situation at Quarantine at present Ts regarded by Dr. AJvak R.

Doty, Health Officer of the port of New Tork. aa being well in hand he did not conceal hia apprehension to-night that New Tork was, "in the very midst of a threatened invasion or cholera." Further. Dr. Doty declared The Quarantine Department of every port In this country Is facing a very serious and onerous task during the-coming summer." and it is not Improbable that many vessels arriving from Italy during the next few wrecks wlllSirirtg one or more cases of the disease. To-day's official report of the situation shows that there are fifteen cases of the scourge at Swinburne Island Hospital aad four cases symptomatic ef the disease.

Within the past 2 hours one snore victim i has died. The steamer Perugia has been detained and the medical its if la preparing to make bacterioloaical examinations tn the case of each of the 248 persona from the steamer MoJtke. whs bow are ander obstrvaUoa). Goreraor Hat Tag Charfe, It possible that Cevernor Dig will be eaaaal sum as take oharsw a uafwrnUne, die Has Dusnkma. attorney fee the im migrants, 'whoa charge against Dr.

Doty are being Investigated by a commission. made public to-night a letter he wrote Judge Bulger, of ths commission, suggest- i Ing that the letter call upon Governor Dix to take! charge of the Health Officer's department. In a statement Issued to-night In reply to aa Interview attributed by a morning newspaper to Jadge Bulger, Dr. Doty re-views the situation aad polnta te the ele ment of danger. The statements attributed to Judge Bulger, Dr.

Doty says "are so calculated to alarm the pobllo In the very midst of a threatened Invasion ef cholera that I feel Justified la making a Dr. Doty first considers the following question ssked by Judge Bulger la the interview: "What can Dr. Doty, Health Officer of the port, mean wbea he allows five men who have been In daily contact with persons suffering from Asiatic cholera to come to this city In th same clothes they wore when among the cholera victims and touch elbows with everybody they mectr Call as Witnesses, Dr. Doty's statement says oa this point: Too facts are these the. five men referred were called as witnesses by the people la charge of the Investigation and were permitted by me to be absent from duty at Hoffman Island for this purpose.

Cholera Is not transmitted by clothing or by the air, but by actual contact through the mouth with discharges from the Intestinal tract of th cholera victim. There la, therefore, ao danger whatever fTorn contajt with a person who has been In the presence of the disease. "At the present time we are dealing with a very serious outbreak of cholera in Italy aad other sections of the Mediterranean, where It has Increased In virulence since last year. A majority of th vessels which recently have com from Italy either nave brought actual cases of this disease or furnished evidence of Its having occurred In transit. It Is with great difficulty that the tatter condition la established and it Is only tarougH a most exhaustive bacteriological eastastaatioa that we are able to secure the facts.

jt la la the presence of these conditions, wbea the confidence of the public la this department should not be unjustly disturbed nor its facilities for protecting th public health diminished that the man approached ta Investigate this department makes the amaslng declaration which Commissioner Bulger makes this morning la th midst of th hearing, with no testimony la reply yet offered. Th quarantine department of every port la this country is facing a very serious and onerous task during the coming summer. COMTLHUZD OS TOTJUTH PAGB. if! soul stsraTca ro tss saeouss. Zion City, July 1-Artr kissing 284 babies, ranging age six months to five years, aad consecrating them te the "Cause of Zion," Overseer Wilbur Glen- Volivs, successor to John Alexander Dowle, stood by a barrel Ehiloh Tabernacl today and watched bis disciples toss 2T.A00 Into It as a rifle offering." Voliva kissed all the infants and consecrated them la exactly 48 mla-' utes, his oscillatory efforts being mad so rapidly along th Uo of prartlisg babies that some of the mothers dida't know their offspring had been consecrated until the verseer bad gone by.

be'. -This was the annual consecration Sunday at Zion City, and la the Una of mea aad women that contributed to tb "sacrifice fund7tbr ware 1.319 persons. All of them dropped la their offerings and received the blessings the overseer. SOCIETY BELLES' And Dandle Tight Big Oii. Tit; Te Bar Tint Hesideaoes.

SrWetAL MSTATCa TO TSS SKOCISSS. Pittsburg. July 16. Daintily gowned society girls, aad young men mv maculate linen, fought side by. side with oil workers this afternoon to save the homes of two millionaires from destruction by fire which, started-by at railroad locomotive spark, swept 130 acres of fields and woodland near McDonald, a wealthy ell town Grass, scorched by a drouth, was and.

fanned by a strong wind," the flames leaped directly toward th homes Kay and James McDonald, brothers, and said to be the richest men in the McDonald oil Word was sent to McDonald, Midway and Primrose, near by. Among the crowd that streamed to the threatened district were many society folk from Pittsburg, who were passing th week end at various summer homes la the region. Damage estimated at $10,000. STANDARD PI AGENT Tor Southern Ohio Attempts Suicide Bcaus lot family Tremble. -srsctA DtsrATcw to ras sxacrass.

Georgetown, Ohio, July 18- Walter Reed, agent of ti Standard Oil Company -la Southern OhM.j drained the contents of a bottle of acid to-day. Reed bad become despondent over family troubles. He- is not expected to live. HERMIT Fonnd Dead in the Rains Of Bis Biraiag at Viae Grtre, Ky Crashed Skill l'aiits Te artier. rsciAi.

otsrATca To ras siceeiaaa. Vine Grove. Jul 10. RestdemU here were startled early this morning to see the red flare of a burning structure lighting the sky beyond the suburb. "It is the home of the hermit," people exclaimed.

Marshal K. P. Vertress and others hastened to the scene and found the bom of David Patterson ia ruins and the charred body of the aged owner lying In the ember of the consumed bed. A rifle, with an Indented ahelt. pointed to suicide, but a crushed skull and heavy ax near by Indicated murder, robebry aad arson.

But the secrets of the night are locked la the bosom of the dead recluse, to whose past a deal of speculation and romance Is attached. He was Ti years of age and known to be worth 173,000. He fought ta the Civil War. and many aa aid eltlsen new him a a aaadsome, dashing soldier boy. Then came the fatal romance la the life of the cavalier dragoon.

for his love-making failed to prosper. Th hvdy his choice regarded him but eoMiy. An Inquest wlU be held this week. Mee- whtle Marshal Vertreas Is scouring the country round about, searching for suspicious characters. Th dead man Is survived by a wealthy brother, Isaac, ot Rock Haven, Ky.

RIGHT Of Elmer Swope To Millions of Kansas City Philanthropist Hinjes on Pair of Earrings. srceiAL MMATca to tss Bsqciars. Kansas City, Mo July 16. A pair of old-fashioned gold said to have been given by the late Colonel Thomas H. Swope to a Kaasas City woman.

Is relied upon by the attorneys for Elmer Swope to prove the West Virginian's right to the millions left by tb Ksasas City philanthropist. When this woman, whose nam la bow being withheld, appears upon the witness stand, said on of Klmer Swope's attorneys, ah will testify that the earrings la question were given to her by Colonel Swope some years ago, with the remark that they had belonged to hla wife, who had since died. Aa attempt will mew be made to prove that Aloaso Jones, of Kansas City, sold th earrings to Thomas H. Swope la 1 Jones already has testified that he saw Thomas H. Swope in Kansas City in loos and that ha was the same Swope who kept the hotel In Mt.

Pleasant, and with whom be had business transactions while representing a wholesale Jawelry house. One of thee transactions. It la alleged, was the sale of the earrings In question. MmJTLEY'8 SWDOtXira HOLE. srscui.

srsrATCB To tss isoursas. Sharon, July Is. The old swimming hole in the Neshan Oak Creek at the bridge, used first by th father of President William McKlnley and hla pals and Son and for the last 30 years by students of Westminster College. Is new forbidden ground. The owner of the territory became la-censed because bathers wore nothing.

WHOLESALE KISS1N THE SHIP THAT WAS CLEFT IN TWAIN. sJlsm.TV3-X View of the steamer. Santa. Soaa, which was wreexsd off the coast of California several days She parted amidships; Over two hundred passengers almost miraculously escaped, though some of the crew perished. This remarkable photograph was taken shortly after the passengers were rescued.

TRIAL pf Mine Rescue Work Will Be Blade at a Mimic Disaster, Vnlb Taft aad 30,000 Per-: aeas PreseaL srscui. Disrsrca re vac sxociaxa. PttUburg. July Taft has accepted an Invitation to witness a real mine disaster and the demonstration by members or the United States testing experts here of how rescue work Is carried on 'after one of ths horrors. Th affair will be staged st Forbes Field.

th National Leagu ball around here, and the President will sit with miners who have been Invited to witness the teats Mine workings win be. shown to tSe big Sls-aat axtrd thsss 'wiHfpsJ 4rrtA av ptosaoav wrtth all the realism that -eaia be added without the terrible loss of human life. Experts tn oxygen helmets snd other equipment, will then Illustrate the flrst-sld measures and actual rescue It Is estimated that 20.000 miners bsve been killed In this 'country in the lsst 20 years. There will be a big parade, and to Illustrate this terrible toll of human life one man out of every 20 will be labeled. Governer Tener also will attend th demonstration, which will be held under the auspices of the Bureau of Mine, the Pittsburg Coal Operators' Association and the American Red Croea.

Operators from every point In the Cnlted State will send delegations of miners to witness and profit by the lessons taught by the Government experts. POLYGAMIST Is a Republican, According To Defl- nition of Candidate Tor Nat uralization Papers. arwoAL DisriTcs To tbb ssomxsa. New Tork, July 10. "Poly gam 1st.

a Re-puwllcan," was the definition given by an applicant for final naturalization papers yesterday In response to a question put him by Robert Wallace, clerk of the Supreme Court Naturalisation Bureau. Wallace, who is a Republican, was so shocked he applied to County Clerk Schneider for a vacation of two days to recover his mental equilibrium. When Wallace asked Giuseppe Antonelli the, first question about organised government. Antonelli said, he did not understand. Are you an Anarchist?" In quired.

"Well, I don't replied 'Antonelli. "Can you tell me what a polygamlst Is 7" pursued Wallace. "Sure," said Antonelli, confidently; "a polygamlst Is a Republican." "Accord In go your lights, then, an Anarchist must be a Democrat," retorted Wallace disgustedly. He advised Antonelli to go home and learn a little more about anarchy and polygamy before asking again to be naturalised. HEART SPECIALISTS Of Paris Will Confer Over Condition of Financier John W.

Gates. SrSCtAL CABLB TO TBS BXaCISBS. Paris. July 16. The condition of John W.

Gates, the American financier, remains unchanged to-day, the patient having rested easily the past 24 hours. According to the physicians th patient's heart is the cause of the gravest concern. Charles G. son of the said to-day: "Wa feel that we have made great gains In our fight to-day. The condition of father's heart, which recently has been causing grave feara.

Is acting better. We have called In Dr. Tessler, the French heart specialist, for a consultation to-morrow. "Dr. Groa, one of the attending physicians, told us to-night not to allow our hopes to rise to high, as father's condition Is such thst th end might come suddenly.

He added that If he was able to control the heart condition for several days there would be a good chance for his recovery." qq3P'qwMtMt'q I PLANS HAVE BEEN DRAWN 1 For lOO -Story Building, But Construction Is Only a Possibility. srsciAt. DisrATra re ras ssq-cnurs. New Tork. July 16.

-George T. Mortimer, who recently returned from the convention of the National Association of Building Owners snd Managers, held In Cleveland last Tuesday, was questioned to-day in regard te his statement th convention that plans had beea drawn for the construction of a building 100 stories high. He admitted that, although the plans for such a structure had been drawn by an architect of this city, his statement In the convention was merely a Jocular remark. Asked if he thought such' a building ever would be constructed Mortimer said: "In my opinion such a structure Is possibility. but not a MUSIC To Reform the Convicts.

Orchestra Dlrecter. Appointed at At-laata Federal Prison Te Taae Up the Priseaers. srSOlAl. OISTATC TO TWS S.1QU1S.S. Atlanta.

July 18. Believing that music haa the power to work a reformation In the hearts of convicts, the United States Department of Justice Is trying an experi ment at the Atlanta Federal Prison. J. P. Matthlessen, 'of Atlanta, a director of several orchestras In the city' and a composer, haa recently been appointed by 'Attorney-General Wlckersham to take charge of the musical feature of th prison work.

For some time past there has been "an orchestra at the prison, but there was no trained man ta lead it. The men' were so deeply interested In. the work'of the orchestra, however, and it seemed to give them so much pleasure that Warden Moy-er believed It would eventually aid at least In bringing them to a better kind of life. With this end in view he asked for the appointment of an orchestra leader. Aa examination was held under civil service rules and Matthlessen was given the place.

He has now been at work for over a week and haa found the interest Intense- He Intends to organise a band, la the near future, aa well as the orchestra. New music is being secured "every Warden Moyer is well pleased with the progress up to date. I i WEE BOY Tried To Save Baby Brother and Came Near Drowning Three of Family Per shed. i it rsCIAL DISTATCa TO TBS Exorisss. St.

Louis. July 10. Francesco Tuc- cioreUo. of 1328 North Klgnth street, and twotof his children were drowned this after noon, when a skiff upset in the Missis sippi River. Two other children narrowly escaped being drowned, Mrs.

Tucciorello, erased at seeing her children and husband sink before her eyes. tried to throw herself after them and was only prevented after a long struggle by two men. i Angelo Tucciorello, 10 years old, threw himself into the water to save his baby brother' Tony and was almost drowned. The eight-months-old i baby was badly bruised by being thrown violently to the ground, as the mother dashed to the water's edge in her attempt to follow her husband and two children. Tucciorello brought ill his family to the river bank to spend the day In the open.

The oldest child. Maria. 12 years old, suggested -they climb Into a skiff. The four oldest children clambered down from the barge into a red boat Just a few feet from the shore. In their play the Steffi suddenly tilted to one side snd the boat upset.

ILOTITIED BY-ILELATITZS. srSCIAL DISTATCa TO TUB BSSC1BKB. Chattanooga, July 16. The unknown well-dressed white mam who, while suffering from loss of memory, found himself In Chattanooga yesterday without knowledge of his name or his residence, has been Identified as John King, of Nor. folk.

by relatives living in Wyoming, Ohio. PANIC a Among ThousandPeople When Seven Amusement Buildings at Olentaagy Park, Columbus, Went Up in Smoke. Coram bus, Ohio. July 18. Seven buildings, whichboused that number of places of amusement, "together with the paraphernalia In them were destroyed, and a crowd of probably 1.000 persons was thrown Into a panic at 0:30 to-night by a fire in Olen-tangy Park, a summer resort.

The fire swept a district over an area about the sise of a city block. i The park is located at the extreme north end of the city. Several persons were injured in the panic, Jrat it tf-Aot believed awy fatwlitiew resarted; Defective wiring in on of the buildings is said to have caused the brase, the inflammable material feeding the flames and causing them to spread with lightning-like rapidity. But few persons. It was said, were In any of the places when the fire started, and all of these, i( was declared, were accounted for.

I No estimate of the fire loss could be obtained to-night, but it was said that all of the property burned was' uninsured. BUCKET BRIGADE By Congregation, and the Church Was Saved. i sraCIAL DIsrATCB TO TBB BXQUIBEB. Zanesvllle, Ohio. July 18.

When a barn adjoining the Presbyterian Church at Ful-tonham, Ohio, was set on fire by children at play this, afternoon, the church services then in progress were dismissed and the 100 members of the congregation formed a bucket brigade and fought the flames. A horse belonging to Ed Wilkins and tied' to the barn was so badly burned that it will die. WORSHIPERS Clubbed By Police When Attempt Is Made To Prevent Priest Front i Celebrating Mass. sraciAi. DitrATca ro tbb ssqctxbb.

South Bend, Ind, July 16. Trouble which has been brewing during the last seven weeks culminated this morning, when a mob ot from 1,000 to 1,500 men and women made an attempt to prevent Rev. Paul Von Kovacs, late of New York, from celebrating high mass at St. Stephens Hungarian Catholic Church. The priest escaped injury only through the foresight of Chief of Detectives William Cassidy in stationing a squad of 4o police men in the vicinity of the church.

The officers charged the crowd with drawn clubs the moment the rush for the clergyman was made. The result was a riot in which from 230 to 300 Hungarians were severely beaten. As soon as the police succeeded In arresting the ringleaders and sending ithem to the central station in the patrol the rioters dispersed. 1 The trio under arrest are John Mesler, aged 38; Louis Mesler. 34.

and IGysee Kulch-ar. 38. The riot followed the appointment of Father Kovacs as priest of the church over the protests of the parish. 1 I HUNGARIAN CASTLE, Throne Curtain of Hungarian King, May Be Bought By Korgan. FECIAL CABLB TO TBB BKOCUSB, Budapest, July 16.

Emperor Francis Joseph is considering a tentative offer of by Plerpont Morgan for the throne curtain and ether relics of Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary in tfie fifteenth The relics constitute a part Of the collection of Count I roe Kr- doedy. Not alone does Mr. Morgan -want the relics, but the wonderful castle of Galgoeos, In which the collection Is kept Should Mr. Morgan secure the castle he would also be come possessed of the right of a teudal baron. Inasmuch as the castle Is part of.

an ancient principality. Emperor Francis Joseph Is still very lee. hie from the effects of a recent iliass. While, be has the matter under considera tion, the decision is a matter of much I AFTERDAUP The Deadly Agent That SnniTs bat Lives of a Score of Miners, Following Explosion in Sykesville Shaft. Twenty Men Believed To Be Still Entombed.

Harrowing Scenes Are Met By Rescuers. Bodies of Father and Son Found in Embrace And Those of Two Brothers Clasped in Each Other's 'Arms Quick Re: lief Work. srsciAX otsrATca to the sKQmara. Dubois, July 18. The greatest mino disaster In this section of the country occurred last night at 9:30 o'clock in a a hatt of the Cascade Coal and Coke Company at Sykesville, nine miles South of Dubois, the lives -of 21 miners being snuffed out almost Instantly as the result of an explosion.

The dead: George Hook, 24, single. John Hook, 20, single, 3. 18. single. Ralph Marian, 23, single.

Con Chickel, 32, married. Marietta Gillie. 24. married. Frank Patesvich, 32, single.

Nick Pavelick, 43, married. Andy PaYellek, 13, son of Nick. Mike Bluff, motor man, S3, slngl. John Misslssock, 35. single.

Plena Sandy, 30, married. George Sheesley, 20, single. Grover Kunrod, 24. single. Nick Gasper, 21, single.

Rock Gasper, 23, married. Joe Kuffta, 40, married. William Spencer, 25, single. John Mesla, married. Andrew Krinak, married.

-Unknown Slav. Clasped in Death. i Three sets of brothers and a lather and son are Included in the list of the dead. George and John Hook, brothers, wra found clasped in each other's arms, as were also Nick Pavelick and his young son, sged 15 years. The explosion Itself waa a slight one, as was shown by the condition of the bodies.

only a few of them being burned, and none ot them was badly mutilated. It is clear that the deadly after damp that followed the explosion was responsible for most of the deaths, as 11 of the men, found in one heading, had their dinner pails wjth them and were apparently headed for the open ing when they fell exhausted. Nick Pavelick and his son were hurrying along together, and, finding that death was i inevitable, they embraced each other in a farewell and died while clasped together. The first intimation that the people on the surface had that an explosion had occurred was when the safety door on ths fan blew open and the machinery began ta run wild. It was immediately surmised that something wss radically wrong lo the shaft, but of the disaster was not known until 11 o'clock, when rescuer entered the mine.

It required some time to get back to th scene of death, as the members of the first rescuing party had to take wiih them a supply of fresh air. Far From the Opening. The explosion occurred one and one halt miles' from the opening. The first group of six bodies were found in what is known as 8 heading on the south. Thesq bodies were Immediately hoisted to the surface.

The body of Ralph Marian was burned beyond recognition, and he was) identified only by his working check found tn the pocket ot his trousers. The other were only slightly burned. No Ore followed the explosion and the i machinery was not out of commission, a fact that enabled the rescuers to enter the mine Immediately, but one of the beading had caved In, and It was Impossible to reach: four of the bodies until late this afternoon. It was dejiicd to keep all of the dead, bat the'first six brought up, at the bottom of the shaft, to avoid excitement and ucm- I onstrationa on the part of the crowds standing about the moulh of the shaft- In contrast with the usual scenes Incident to a mine explosion there was but lit 1.

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