Decatur Democrat, Volume 45, Number 51, Decatur, Adams County, 27 February 1902 — Page 1

Kall the news ALL THE TIME.

OLUME XLV.

Erwin is home from Hunt faßou. when' ho hits been graving the circuit court as special i judge Will Kell,", of Portland, was hero yesterday between trains, return SJfrom Warren, where lie had been lining after legal business. JBnh’ Shakespeare club met yester day afternoon with Mrs. Paul G. Hcfcper. Following the regular program the ladies were very nicely en renamed at tea. Mp'c'ther alarm of lire camo in last ing about five o’clock, the scene toeipg the residence of John Burkhead on North Seventh street. The fela. vas soon extinguished with but stna 1 loss. H. L. Confer who has been suff ring from appendicitis for a week ; L K P* fi: * s n ‘P orte( ' slightly improved. She has had more than her share of iffn and her friends earnestly hope '‘■r «ho may soon recover. Alber-, and family of Toledo :-K- Wer here over Sunday guests of the HKiivr- mother Mrs. Catherine Alln-rs who has been quite ill for several Itks. Mr. Albers was formerly a dent of this place and said he saw ly improvements since leaving tatur nearly twenty years ago. Irs. Lovina Amspauger was adged insane by a board of insanity Friday. The board consisted of uire Coverdale, Dr. J. S. Coverdale Dr. S. D. Beavers. Mrs. Antsgh has been violent for some time the inquest was held in order to e her placer! in the Eastern asyjtnETW'e at Richmond. ■The jury in the case of the State vs Stiner. returned a verdict Mon morning after about seven hours finding the defendant and fixing his punishment at a ■n> if fifty dollars. Stiner was chare with allowing his son Noah to die securing medical attendance for him and endeavoring to cure him by prayer. ■Ju-t entering upon manhoad ami time of life for usefulness Christ of Preble township, lias caller! to the long rest. He died Sunday night at the home of his parfats, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gallmeyer. Freidlieim. For several months he has suffered from a lung afHic■fam which finally developed into consumption and brought death. He twenty one years old and well in his neighborhood. The funservices vxill lie held this afterat two o'clock from the Fried h. m church. ■ A number of .air citizens hive been numerous letters and cir from the hex Petroleum Com of Beaumont. Texas, of which K. A DeVoss, a former Deeaturite is secretary, and a few have their intentions of subscrib SKg for some of the stock. Shares sold at five cents each ami ,f they reach face value will bring great ■turns. It is claimed that the com pa already has a SO.(XM) barrel well fad the stock is being sold for the But pose of securing a tank large to hold a day’s production enough for it to be disposed of. The lighting element were out in HMorce Saturday evening ami came near Bfaulting seriously. Charley I.eßrun Ed Touhey had a quarrel ami across the river to settle the while on the way Laßrun to hasten matters a little am. drew his pocket it and HBpened it. When near the river ■Bridge he lunged at Touhey ami sue in carving his neck twice. BLuckily the knife was a little dull and ■lie cuts which are about three inches ■DHL'* ltdri'lv WMlit thriiHtrli tFi.» uLiii

uareiy went tnrougn tne san only caused the loss of a little U» lood■ Afterwards Scott Hughes, jr. friend of Touheys met Leßrun on streets, informed him he was a and knocked him down. was arrested, charged with '•'dt and battery with attempt to EBommit murder and placed in jail. He Bras given a hearing before Mayor Beatty Sunday and was bound over to circuit court in the sum of • 71,000 Hkhich he failed to give. I Among the cases fibs! on the eir Bruit court criminal docket last w.<ek B*as one entitled State of Indiana vs. yV. Woods, forgery. As the young Brian had not ‘ieen arrested no men of the case was made. However. y looks as though none would lie B>*ad« for some time as when officers ■’’■nt to his house to secure him they ■discovered that he had got on to ■heir game in some manner and had ft the country. Ihe story of Woods' ■t'l ime dates back some two months ■Jgo. he desired to purchase some ■household goods and going to the ■Big Store selected about, eighty five worth of tuff, paying for same y. v giving a promisorv note supposisl ■t" have been signed by his father, ■Jonas Woods and by ('rist Harker, a ■b'ighbor. When the note bwame ■>iie a few days ago it was found to ■lave been a (dear east' of forgery and ■"'n came trouble. I p« .n an affidavit information the case was filed by prosecutor Moran and a bench war issued by Judge Erwin, but ws'ins to have had n friend ■ere who notified him and he math' his ('scape.

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JE L. Confer will make a business trip to Chicago next week representing the J. W Place company wholesale ice cream dealers. Dell Locke, the popular manager of the Hotel Bliss, Bluffton, was in the. city Tuesday. He transacted business and shook hands with numerous friends in the mean time. Marriage licenses were issued this week to Noah Stauffer and Birdie Beberstein. Frank Mutter and Mentra Loma Vorchoes. Fred Kline and Tilla Johnson. Clifford E. Troutner and Ella Rice. Lawrence Smith and Lola Miller. A large party of Decatur theater goers will attend the “Second in command. by John Drew at the Temple, Fort \\ ayne, next Wednesday evening. This famous actor has a work! wide reputation and no doubt those who see him this time will add there to by their praises. ’Squire Coverdale’s court was in session Saturday morning, the case being the State vs. John Ford and the charge, the violation of the game laws. Ford lives near Berne and plead guilty to shooting quail. He was fined ten dollars and costs amounting to about forty-five dollars and stayed the docket. Game Warden James H. Smith filed the affidavit.

’Squire James 11. Smith had on his official robes again Saturday night and among other business of note united in marriage Miss Ella Rice and Clifford E. Troutner, and Miss Tillie Johnson and Fred Cline. The ceremony while short in each instance nevertheless served the purpose intended and Mr. and Mrs. Cline and Mr. and Mrs. Troutner went away happy. May they ever remain so. C. E. Bollinger and wife gave a dance last Wednesday evening to the young folks of their neighborhood. Those present were Mrs. Joe Wales. Miss Minnie Coppess. Mr. Frank Carson, Miss Pearl Hendricks, Mr. Tom Johnson, Miss May Sells, Mr. Chas. Wales, Miss Sadie Leßrun, Mr. Henry Myers, Miss Eva Johnson. Mr. Ead Andrews, Miss Bertha Miller. Mr. Alf Bollinger, Miss Mary Walters. Mr. Charley Andrews, Miss Beessie Walters, Mr. John Johnson and wife. All had a merry time. John Lupsicker furnished the music. Hou. Hugh Dougherty returned yesterday from a visit to New York and Washington where ho transacted some important telephone business. It was his first visit to the national capital, but he got to see very little of it as he was too busy to call on the president or to visit all the public buildings. He walked out and saw the White House by moon light and the view killed all of his presidential aspirations. There is a big swamp back of the executive mansion and Mr. Dougherty will not consent to be- 1 come a presidential candidate until' the swamp is drained or the White ■ House moved. Bluffton News,

Albert Brittsou will from present appearance be the next postmaster of Decatur in fact his name has already been recommended by Congressman Cromer and this is virtually an appointment. The news of the selection came in a telegram received Thursday and was a complete surprise to everyone accepting a very few who were on the inside sufficient to have a good sized suspician of the lucky individual. Mr. Brittson was not known to Ims in the race and his name was not mentioned here as a probable choice until Thursday morning when it began to leak out. The various candidates for the office, which by the way is no mean position, of course do not feel very jubilant over the turn of affairs, and there has been a number of strong objections registered. The

j new postmaster will not take his office i until July Ist. Mr. Andrews retiring . June 30. Maynard Frisinger has i been selected for the deputyship. > which pays SI,OOO a year. ’ Civil cases have been disposed of in r the Adams circuit court this week as ’ follows: Milwaukee Avenue Bank vs Anson Van Camp demurer filled to complaint, overruled answer filled. S. A. D. Whipple et al vs Citizens Gas and < )il company, now on trial l»efore special Judge Simons. W. H. Williams vs Grier F. Gimmel change of venue granted to Jay county. Frank E. Extel vs William Swigart i et al commissions bonds filled and approved land sold and deed reported and approved. Arthur S. Nowles vs Mary E. Millott et al case dismiss* ed and costs paid. Samuel Hurless et al, dimurer filled to answer by plaintiff and same*overruled. Oliver D. Reynolds vs Alfred Ruynolds et al j motion to strike out cross complaints 1 of Charles Reynolds over rulled. Town of Geneva vs Josephine and Daniel Bolds judgement for $78.(11. Town of Geneva vs Augusta M. Wat son and Lawrence W Watson judgement $78.81. Herbert Dennis vs Blanch M. Dennis, finding that plaintiff and defendant each own one half of real estate in question and as ’ same is not devisable is ordered sold. Martha J. Everhart vs Perry Ever I hart, defendant restrained from sellI mg or encumbering his real estate or I personal property until further order i of the court.

DECATUR, INDIANA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1902.

John Wafel. of Preble township, joined his wife at Ft. Wavne last Friday on a visit with relatives. They both returned Monday. The fire insurance companies have been heavy loosers this year on account of the many big fires, and as a consequence it is stated that an advance of twenty per cent will be made on all rates. Rev. D. F. Kain, of Bluffton, has been mentioned as the probable nominee for congress on the prohibition ticket. He is a forceful speaker, a good man and would probably carry the paity vote abou^solid. Mrs. Catherine Meyers, of Union township, died Friday morning of infirmaties. She was one of the oldest ladies of this section of Indiana, lacking but about three months of being ninety. Her long life was one of usefulness, and she will be greatly missed by the many who have learned to love her. Rev. Grether of the Reformed church conducted the funeral services which were held Sunday afternoon at two o’clock from the Salem church. Harrold Murray, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Murray, had his nose broken Thursday evening. He was standing on a bucket in the Big Store and started to’fall. Naturally he tried to save himself and in doing so, grabbed the nearest object, which chanced to be a large jar. In the mixup that followed Harrold was in the middle and the jar striking him in the face broke his nose. Dr. N. Boyers attended and the little fellow is getting along nicely.

Nearly 20,000 square feet of floor space will be the territory included in the mammouth structure to be erected at once by Kirsch & Sellemeyer, the lumber dealers. The new building will cover practically their entire lot on First street and will be ninety feet wide and 160 feet long. The driveway will lie on the inside of the building and the entire structure will be a modern lumber house, pure and simple and will place the firm in a position to do a more extensive business than ever before. Kirsch & Sellemeyer are business hustlers and believe in keeping up to date in all ways possible. I J. S. Coverdale & Son, doctors, is i the name of a new firm soon to be in i existence in this city. The senior Dr. Coverdale has been in the practice here for many years and his skill and ability are well known. While his son, Dr. Earl Coverdale, will this spring conclude a four years course in the Rush medical school at Chicago. He eomes prepared to do good work in treating tbe people of this vicinity and we predict for him a successful future. The new firm have already prepared new and commodious offices over the City News Stand, occupying the entire iioor. The new suite is [ composed of a reception room, labra ' tory and private offices for each physician. The rooms are handsomely finished and well furnisher!.

Huntington ministers have been very cleverly worked by a man giving the name of W. H. Tyler, who claimed to be a representative of the American Review of Reviews. The gentleman called on the ministers and said that the publishing company had agreed to give reduced rates to ministers and stated that six months’ subscription would be taken for seventy-five cents cash and he would give a receipt for $1.25, the regular six months’ rate. Several Huntington ministers, know’ing the value of the magazine, jumped at the chance and were anxiously awaiting the arrival of the first number. They are still waiting. It has Imm'ii since learned that the agent was a fraud. One minister wrote to the company and received a reply that they had received such letters as his from different towns in the northern part of Indiana and desired that he give any further information he could as the company is making an effort for his apprehension. If a bill lately introduced by Congressman Gordon, of Ohio, should become a law, it will forever do away with a fishing place well patronized by Decatur sportsmen. We refer to the Celina reservoir, the largest artificial body of water in the world. As stated, a bill has been introduced to drain this lake, the reason being that the territory is a great oil field and as the use of the reservoir for shipping purposes is no longer of very great consequence it seems better for the public to be given the benefit of the land. The bill is also of great inter est to the oil industry. It provides that 2,614 acres of the St. Mary’s res ervoir, still held by the United States government, be conveyed to the state of Ohio. Should this bill and also a measure now pending before the legislature pass this valuable oil section would be disposed of to private interests. Wells have been drilled all s around this government tract and are I a source of great revenue. Numerous attempts have been made by the Standard 0.1 Company and others to secure thik government possession, but they have always been unsuccess ful. As soon as the state abandons the canal system, as is proposed, and the property is disposed of to private individuals the reservoir would be drained anihtovered with oil derricks.

Attorney Emerson McGriff of Port land, was in town Monday attending to business, in the circuit court. Ir the meantime he found time to look up his friends, the Democrat being included in the list. Henry Eiling is building another large barn which will give him need ed room for the storing of next year’s grain crop. Mr. Eiting is a farmer on an extensive scale and as a resuit makes money and lots of it. He marketed to exceed GOO tons of hay last year. Rev. E. A. Allen has organized a Boys Brigade from the members of his Sunday school and they have their drill hall over Auth’s jewelry store. The officers are Clarence Win ters. captain; Earl Hughes, first lieutenant; Charles Gerard, second lieutenant and Roland Reynolds,sergeant. The association will no doubt prosper. The Postmaster General has issued a general order announcing the increase in pay of rural free delivery mail carriers SIOO each per annum. Rural free delivery service has been ordered established April Ist at Geneva, Adams county, Indiana, one carrier, length of route twenty-one miles, area covered twenty-one square miles, population served 760, number of houses on route 152; carrier, Perry L. Burk, Star route 33,596 to be discontinued. Postoffices at Phoenix and Domestic will be supplied by rural carriers. Mail to Geneva, Ind. Indianapolis News. Mrs. Blanch Peterson Huffman, died Monday at LaFayette, Indiana, where she has resided for a numtier of years. Her health has been failing for a long time, but never the less the report of her death came as a shock to her relatives and friends here. She was the daughter of H. C. Peterson, of Albion, who formerly resided in this county and is well I known. When a young lady Mrs. Huffman visited here frequently and was very popular. Her husband has been an instructor in Purdue univers ity for a number of years and is quite well known among the educators of the state. Mrs. Huffman was thirtyone vears of age. The funeral services will be held at Auburn, Indiana, to-day. The circuit court is at present and will be during the rest of the week in the hands of visiting clientsand judg es. The case entitled S. A. D. Whipple and Adella G. McFarland vs i The Citizens Gas & Oil Company and I Christian H. Whipple. The case was brought here on a change of venue from Jay county and afterwards a change of judge was granted, Hon. Abe Simons of Bluffton, being appointed to hear the case. The trial began yesterday morning and will continue the rest of the week at least. Emerson McGriff of Portland, and C. J. Lutz of this city appear for the plaintiff and Schafer Peterson and D. B. Erwin of this city for the defendant. The sum of $5,000 is demanded as damages for the loss of the plaintiff’s factory by fire which it is claimed was caused by the uncertainty of the gas pressure in a line owned by the defendants. The case is receiving quite a little attention and much interest is manifested in the outcome.

A wreck occurred on the G. R. & I | railway about seven miles south of | here Friday afternoon and in all their ' history the company has never been so lucky. The accident occurred about three o’clock, at which time the north bound passenger was sailing along about fifty miles an hour midway between Berne and Monroe. They were trying to make up a few minutes lost time in order to arrive here on schedule ami were accomplishing the purpose when the accident happened. It seems that the rear truck of the tender was loose and had been tightened at Berne by chains, the trainmen believing they would be able to run into Ft. Wayne. However when they tried to cross the first switch at Vail’s siding the jaren tirelv loosened the truck and threw it sideways. With a crash the other cars struck the car ahead and were thrown over or off the track. One car, the smoker, jumped a large ditch and ran a hundred feet over into the adjoining field, remaining upright all the while. The next car overturned completely and all the rest were thrown off the track and dashed along the ties for quite a distance. In all seven coaches were derailed and although each car was comfortably filled with passengers not a soul received an injury worth mentioning. A few bruises and a sprained wrist are the only damages so far reported. The train was badly damaged and the wrecking crew which arrived about two hours after the accident were busy until Sunday night repairing the track and clearing away the debris. . A special train was sent down from Fort Wayne and the passengers were brought tn Decatur and Fort Wavne. Among those aboard was a theatrical company billed to present i ‘A runaway girl” at the Temple the | same evening. They arrived too lato|’ and were taken on through to Kala I mazoo. Among the Decaturites who were on the train were A. N Snellen, D. B. Erwin. Ervin Plyes. W. I''. Britt son and Herbert Pennington,

Now that the spring of the year is almost here, the various road officials should see to it that heavy hauling is stopped on the pikes. There are hundreds of dollars spent every year repairing the pikes by reason of the violation of the law on the subject. If the law is of any force it might as well be enforced now as any time. This interests every one. Mr. and Mrs. John Heller enter- ; tained the whist club Tuesday evening at their home on Adams street and the record of delightful meetings remains unbroken. Mrs. Harry Daniel and L. G. Ellingham carried away the trophies, by making the highest total, their score being 211 points. The club will meet next week with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Moltz. „ A special from Kokomo says: “Rev. Frank S. Stamm, of the M. E. church has filed suit fordivorceon the ground that his wife, Hester G. Stamm, deserted him and her two sons last Sunday and eloped with James Downey.[ Tn his complaint Stamm charges his wife with criminal relations with W. | J. Chase, of Orland, and James Dow- : ney, who formerly lived at Frankfort. \ Mrs. Stamm is now said to be visiting | relatives at Columbus, Ohio.

r The law firm of D. D. Heller & Son i v have opened an office above Black | burn & Christen’s drug store, and ini x a few days will lie ready to greet [ v their friends and business in their | I new office. A finely furnished suit . of rooms is now being chaperoned in- ■ to position and soon their shingle will i, float to the breezes. The senior mem- ,, ber is Judge D. D. Heller, who for r the past twelve years has graced the - bench of the Adams circuit court, s while the junior member of the firm i is Henry H. Heller, a graduate of the s Indiana Law School. They are neither new to the profession or to the peo- - pie of Adams county, and there is 1 nothing we might say that would give i. them a better prestige than they al--1 ready enjoy. s Curtis Mumma. whose serious in juries received while at work in the | “ railroad shops at Indian Springs, and , f mention of which was made last week,: ■ died Sunday morning after several • days of terrible suffering. The re- , mains were brought to this city Monday morning and the funeral services ] he'd Tuesday morning at ten o’clock n from the Salem church in Root township. Curtis was thirty years old and leaves a wife and child, besides nums erous other relatives and friends to ] mourn their sad loss. The accident , which eventually caused death was j rather a peculiar one. Curtis was. , working at the anvil when a piece of the metal upon which he was working! flew and struck a can of dynamite.'. ] Instantly there was a terrible report ■ ] and the building was badly demol-! ished. When Curtis was rescued he i was almost beyond help, his head be-1 , ing crushed, one leg broken and be-J I ing otherwise injured. For a time' . friends believed he had a chance for■; recovery, but when the reaction from ■ C his wounds set in, it proved too much , t and death came Sunday.

Attorney D. E. Smith was at Fort Wayne yesterday representing John McNamera in a legal matter which is just at present being discussed pretty thoroughly all over the state. The question involved is the right of transfering an account to some party outside the state for the purpose ui |

allowing that party to garnishee the wages of the person against whom said account is held. In this maimer McNamera was defrauded out of his wages last mouth for an account of 1 $32, which he claims he knows noth- ; ing about. The account was sent to ; Illinois and his wages then garnisheed j and if McNamera wanted to oppose the claim fie would have to go there to do so. This is a violation of the j laws of Indiana and Mr. Smith’s pur pose at Fort Wayne is to find the I party who claims McNamera owes him and demand the money back that was thus unlawfully taken from a day laborer. Should he refuse to refund the money he will be prosecuted at once. Mr. Smith does the work gratuitously and simply because he wishes to right a wrong against a poor man and his actions are certainly commendable. The practice has been stamped out of Indiana almost completely but recently Fort Wayne parties have sought do make a nice bunch of money by the old scheme and similar frauds were this month worked against several hundred railroad men. The matter was taken up by attorney general Taylor who wrote to E. V. Emrick prosecuting attorney of Allen county saying in part. "It is an out rage that this is lining carried on in your city, and it is strange that it is iM'ing carried on in your city alone in Indiana. This is against the positve criminal statutes of this state and it seems to me that you could stop it. I wish you would vigorously take up, this matter. Certainly a level headed jury will have no trouble in finding that .these claims have been sold for the purpose of garnishment and (hat the people who sold them knew it. The i law applies to olhei laboring men as,; well as railroad men. These garnish meat proceedings render th<> laborer defenseless for he can not afford to employ lawyers in a foreign state pay for depositions etc., for the small sum I1 involved.

CIRCULATION 2800 WEEKLY

s I pon call of County Assessor Elias ( rist, the township assessors and their s deputies met at the commissioners -office Saturday, and listened to an in- - structive talk by the State Tax Com- • missioner John C. Wingate. Heretof fore it has been customary to hold a > similar meeting in each congressional . district, but. as many who are inter- | ested were unable to go such a distance, it was this year decided to hold ; meetings in each county and the plan is proving very successful. 'i Rev. E. A. Allen delivered the annual K. of I’, sermon to that popular order last Sunday at the Presbyterian church. His text was, “Bear ye one , anothers burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ,” and was certainly a fitting one for the occasion. This is i the foundation of all prosperous i lodges and in all the teachings of the ! bible are taught and followed as closely as possible. Rev. Alien's discourse : was able and instructive and was well ; received by the large audience. B«- ! sides the Knights of Pythias, the j Rathbone sisters also attended in a I body. Congressman Cromer, says the Indi- ! napolis News, has at last returned to Washington. He has been in attendance a few days only of the present session, as his canvass for a renomi[nation required his entire attention. It is said that his victory cost him be- | tween $3,000 and $4,000 and some i who are familiar with the situation say he spent as much as $5,000, one year s salary. The opponents of Cromer are also credited with having expended an amount equally as large in their efforts to defeat him. Mr. Cromer is a member of the congressional committee on post offices and post roads, and before he left it is understood, he telegrapher! the chairman that he would sign his name to a minority report against the bill providing for the farming out of rural mail routes under the old star route system. An old feud between John Worden and Chauncey Steele was renewed j Saturday with results strongly favor [ ing the latter. Nearly two years ago | the boys had some trouble and one evening Worden met Steele on the street and planted a brick bat square against bis mouth, knocking out two teeth and otherwise disfiguring the young man s face. Steele recovered and soon afterwards went to Pitts burg where he has been employed in the iron mills. He came home on a visit last week and the desire to be revenged seemed to renew itself when ! ho saw Worden in town Saturday. Securing a piece of brick which fit his hand snugly he prepared for his enemy and finally met him in front of Winnees’ shoe store. Tbe encounter was a short one and lasted only one round, during which the brick was applied to \\ ordeu's cheek, knocking him down and drawing blood in a large quantity. It looks like a “leg" apiece and should be the end of the trouble, although it is rumored that dire threats of a worse duel have been made. No arrests up-to-date.

Ed Phillips received the following telegram yesterday morning: “Ko 1 komo, Indiana, February 26. Ida Achey’s house burned, ’ total loss. Mrs. Phillips and Mrs. Barrington serious, Ida dying.” The message partially explains itself and was a | terrible shock to Mr. Phillips and i family. Mrs. Phillips who is spoken |of is Ed’s mother. She is past the | four score year mark and has been ill | for several mouths. She has been ■ making her home with her daughter. | Mrs. Achey, at Kokomo, and another (laughter, Mrs. Barrington, whose : home is at Wabash, has been helping , care for her for some time. A disj patch from Kokomo tells the awful story thus: The residence of Mrs. ; Ida Achey of this city was wrecked by a natural gas explosion at 4 o’clock this morning. Three persons were injured, one, and perhaps two, fatally. ' Mrs. Achey died of her injuries at 10 o’clock. Her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Phillips, will probably die. Her sister, Mrs. Mary Barrington, who was visiting there from Wabash, was also burned, but her injuries are less serious and she will probably recover. All three were in beet fast asleep when the explosion occurred. The house | was instantly in flames. The women rushed from their beds without clothing and were compelled to walk through the seething flames to escape from the house. Neighbors carried the victims to adjacent residences. Mrs. Achey was terribly burned all over the body and lived but six hours. Mrs. Phillips, who is quite old and suffering from chronic heart trouble, is not expected to re cover. Mrs. Barrington will get well. The disastrous wreck is attributed to leaky service pipes that caused an accumulation of gas under the floors. This is the fourth bad explosion here within ten days, in which two women, Mrs. Achey and Mrs. Thomas Kane, were killed and three possibly fatally injured. Mrs. Achey could have saved her life except for her efforts to save her aged mother and sister. She was carried out by Frank Wyatt, u Pan-Handle yardman, who stopped his engine and went to the rescue. His hands and arms were badly lacerated by glass in forcing a window. He was also seriously burned.

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