Indianapolis Journal, Volume 53, Number 306, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 November 1903 — Page 2

1903. WEATHER I0EICAST. CITY NEARLY 1EC1D CHURCH DAMAGED $2,500 1 TT5 Fair To-Day and To-Morrovr, with Light to rreli "Winds. K4 FIRE RUINS INTERIOR OP THE CENTRAL UNIVERSALIST. EXPLOSION OF TWO CARS OP DYNA3HTE AT CRESTLINE, O. It Part of Your

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER

WASHINGTON. Nov. 1. Weather forecast for Monday and Tuesday: Indiana Fair Monday and Tuesday; light to fresh east winds. Ohio Fair la north; rain In southern portion Monday. Tuesday rain, followed by Xair. Ililnol Fair In north: rain In southern portion Monday. Tuesday fair. Kentucky Fhowers Monday. Tuesday fair In weat; ühowors in -antern portion. Lower Mirhlgan Fair on .Monday, with warn:er In northwest portion. Tuesday fair. Wisconsin Fair on Monday and Tuesday; fresh southeast winds. Tour.1? Siiowers Monday. Fair In west, showers In east portion Tuesday. Minnesota Fair Monday and Tuesday. Nebraska. Kansas' and Iowa Fair Monday and Tuesday. I.ocnl Observations on 5nndny, Bar.Ther.R.H. Wind. "vVeather.Pre. 7a.m..3). :l S'east. Cloudy. 00 7 p.m. .30.18 61 it S'east. Cloudy. T Maximum temperature, 6S; minimum temperature, 43. Comparative statement of mean temperature and total precipitation on Nov. 1: Temp. Pre. Normal 43 0.11 Mean SS T Departure for day 10 O.Il Departure Tor month 32 0.78 Departure since Jan. 1 4? 5.SS P1M3. TV. T. BLYTHE. Section Director. Yeitertlay'a Tenipern(nre. Stations. 7 a. m. Max. 7 p. m. Albine. Tex 40 70 f,2 Amarillo, Tex 40 Zi 4o Atlanta, ua w vz eu Bismarck. N. D 32 6S 56 Buffalo. N. Y 62 62 66 Cairo, 111 CO 61 C2 Chattanooga. Tenn 52 6S f4 Cheyenne, Wyo Z2 6G 45 Chicago, III 56 C2 00 Clncinatl, 0 45 70 64 Cincinnati, O 46 70 64 Columbus, 0 45 70 CO Davenport. Ia 10 68 62 Denver, Col SO 54 42 Dodge City. Kan 52 50 Dubuque. Ia.... 43 68 53 Duluth. Minn 33 62 5S Kl Paso, Tex 36 70 5S (Jalvestoo. Tex 60 70 68 Grand Junction, Col 28 62 52 Grand Rapids, Mich 52 63 60 Havre, Mont 42 74 64 Huron. 8. D 26 65 58 Helena. Mont 34 60 52 Jacksonville, Fla 61 78 70 Kansas City, Mo 54 62 62 lender. Wyo 20 60 20 Little Rock. Ark 60 70 64 Doulsville. Ky 43 60 58 Marquette, Mich .'. 46 68 54 Memphis, Tenn 62 70 64 Modena. Utah 24 54 50 Montgomery, Ala 62 68 66 Nashville, Tenn 58 68 66 New Orleans. La 66 82 72 New York, N. Y 52 68 62 Norfolk. Va 54 68 60 North Platte. Neb ....... 42 52 52 Oklahoma. O. T 46 5) 50 Omaha, Neb 54 62 58 Palestine, Tex ...... 48 70 64 Parkersburgr, V. Va 40 66 60 Philadelphia. Pa 50 72 64 Pittsburg. Pa .... 42 68 60 Pueblo, Col 32 53 46 Qu Appelle, Assin 68 54 Rapid City, S. D...: 28 64 4 St. Louis, Mo 56 68 61 St. Paul, Minn !. 28 64 68 Salt Lake City, U'ah.... 34 54 50 San Antonio. Tex 43 76 68 8anta Fe, N. M 28 56 46 Shreveport, La 60 72 64 Springfield, 111 50 68 62 Springfield, Mo 54 66 " 60 Valentine, Neb 24 60 50 Washington, D. C .. 42 72 54 Wichita, Kan 43 54 52 HADE A GOOD PKOFIT. nock Island Holding' Company Will Pay Common Stock Dividend. CHICAGO. Nov. 1. The Rock Island Company ef New Jersey, the JISO.OOO.OOO corporation organized as a holding company for the securities of the railroad properties controlled by the Moores and their associates, has earned a little more than 7 per cent, on its outstanding common stock during the first year of its existence, according to the first annual report of the company, which has Just been made public. The report shows a combined surplus of 14.947.526 for the Rock Island company and Itsi operated and auxiliary companies. This Is about 7 per cent op the $65,55S,773 common stock outstanding and about 6i per cent, on the authorized issue of $75.000.000. After charging against the surplus additions and betterments to the properties amounting to $1.104.541. there is still left about 6Vi per cent, on outstanding common. The company paid dividends at the rate of 4 per cent, orr its preferred stock, of which there is outstanding $43,000,000. KB ATZ BEADY TO RETURN. fiaJd to De Antlont to Avoid a Legal Fi a lit In Mexico. GUADALAJARA. Mex., Nor. 1. No doubt bow prevails about the return of Charles J. Kratz to the United States. The prisoner i ald to have lost the confidence which hrt at first displayed before he knew that his arrest was brought abouC under the general extradition laws and not under the revised treaty. It is considered likely that ? the legal formalities will not take as much 'time as anticipated. It is said that Kratz had made overtures to the St. Louis authorities to return to the United States and has expressed a wish to keep out of a legal fight under certain conditions. The Guadalajara judge has not yet received the papers which give him authority to take cognizance of the case. Kratz Is still being held at the disposition of the authorities. ' MOVEMENTS OF STEAMEBS. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. -1. Arrived: Saxonia, from Boston, for Liverpool, and proceeded. Sailed: Campania, from Liverpool, for New- York. NEW YORK. Nov. 2. Arrived: La Champagne, from Havre; Hellig Olav. from Copenhagen, Christiania and Christiansand. LIVERPOOL. Nov. 1. Arrived: Umbria. from New York via Queeustown; Cymric, from New York via Queenstown. NAPLES. Nov. l. Arrived: Auranla, from New York, for Venice, etc. MOVILLE. Nov. 1. Sailed: Columbia, from Glasgow, for New York. LONDON. .Nov. L Sailed: Mlnnetonka, for New York. James L. Illalr la Detter. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 1 James L. Blair, whose recnt collarse left him in a precarious condition, was to-night reported much improved mentally and physically. Ilia son, Percy Blair, made this statement: "I wish lo say that Mr. Blair is much too tick a Nau to he removed and that talk about leaving the city in the near future Is nonsense." Y1!otv Jnrk Abont IlanUhed. SA?r ANTONIO. Tex., Nov. l.-Ycllow fearer has been practically stamped out in Ban Antonio and to-morrow there will b partial lifting of the quarantine that fox over two weeks has prevailed.

Onildlnir Shattered Iy Concnmilon, Tnro 3Ien Fatally Hart and Hundreds of Women Prostrated,

PTJLLY 350 CABS DESTB0YED WRECKS AHE ni'RNING, MAKING A MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY. AH Buildings Denuded of Glnx Engines Half n Mile Airny Derailed by the Concussion. CRESTLINE, O.. Nov. l.-Crestline and vicinity was thrown into a panic to-night by a terrible explosion at S o'clock. Many buildings were sha.kcn and in some instances the walls fell. Church congregations were thrown Into screaming masses of humanity. People who were at home n'ere terrified by the 'fearful roar that was heard. Two cars of dynamite, which exploded in the Pennsylvania yards were the cause of the excitement. The destruction Is so complete and o great that it is impossible to say anything of the property damage or whether there is any life loss to-night. Yardrnaster Courtier and Clerk Geisinger, who were at work In the yard office, half a mile away, were seriously and possibly fatally hurt by the destruction of the building In which they were working. Hundreds of Pennsylvania employes are at work searching the ruins for the dead or Injured. The entire west yards of the road are complete wrecks. Officials of the railroad have said that there are not less than 330 cars smashed. . Where the explosion occurred a hole twenty feet wide, twice as long and fifteen feet deep has been torn Into the ground. Engines at vork a mile away were thrown from the track. In the downtown portion of the city there Is not a building that has not suffered considerable damage. Many persons who were on the streets were cut and otherwise hurt by flying glass and hundreds of women are In a serious condition from shock and concussion. All the physicians of the city are at the scene of the wreck to assist those who may be found injured. The streets are filled with people who do not wish to go home. The sidewalks and road are littered with the glass from the shattered panes. The mayor has sworn In many extrai policemen to guard the property. All the churches were holding services when the explosion occurred. Doors were blown off and windows smashed In many of the buildings. The full extent of the loss to property will not be known for many days. And It cannot be told until daylight whether there has been loss of life. The disaster Is one of the, worst that Crestline has ever experienced. The wrecked cars are burning and the spectacular effects are magnificent. The explosion was plainly heard fifty miles away. Trains on the Pennsylvania road will be delayed for at least one day. Telegrams have been sent to Cleveland and Pittsburg for an unlimited supply of glass. All the switching crews of the Pennsylvania yard have been accounted for. Mansfield heard the report of the explosion and sent fire apparatus by a special ,train shortly after the report came of the great fire that was raging. There sre thirty tracks in the Crestline yards, all of which have been more or less damaged. . The main tracks are piled ten feet high with dirt, bent rails, car trucks and other railroad machinery. William H. Caulter, yard master, was standing. In his office a quarter of a mile away from the scene of the explosion. The crashing glass of the windows flew in his eyes, blinding him and his hearing has also probably been destroyed as is also that of Operator Redman, who was in the office with Coulter. Yard Clerk Geisinger was severely cut and bruised and others received injuries. It is thought that when daylight dawns It will be found that lives were lost. The business thoroughfares are covered with broken glass, windows were shattered and plastering fell from walls and ceilings of nearly every business place and residence. At some places great damage was done. The two banks are practically without windows. The Pennsylvania and Big Four depots present an appearance as though a tornado had passed over them. Many persons within doors and on the streets were knocked from their feet and others were thrown from chairs and beds. The houses of Abraham Koonts and Lon Frownfelter, and the Mietz. Smith and Gowenstlne houses, located within a short distance of the explosion, were demolished and the Inmates hurt. A steel rail was blown about half a mile north of the yards and into the side of a dwelling on the Bucyrus road. Reports reached here that windows in business places at Gallon, Bucyrus, Mansfield and other cities within a radius of twenty miles were brok.-n and the shock was felt as far as fifty miles or more. . People who were attending church services became frantic from fright and panics were narrowly averted by the presence of mind of some of the male members, who succeeded in quieting the women, many of whom had dropped to their knees In prayer. MAMMOTH MODEL. Reproduction of Baltimore &. Ohio Washington Terminal at St. Louis. Pittsburg Gazette. A complete model of the Baltimore & Ohio-Pennsylvania railroad station to be bullt lu Washington. D. C, will be exhibited at the St. Louis world's fair next year. It will be built on a scale of proportions and effectiveness believed to have never before been attempted In an architectural model. Its front will be eighty feet, with a depth of forty feet and a height of fifteen feet from the floor. The model .will be built under the personal direction of Major Daugborn, director of the Baltimore & Ohio section at the world's fair, and it will be placed in that section. The representation of both exterior and Interior will be made with the most conscientious attention to truth of detail. The scale will be au Inch to a foot and those who fee this model can obtain a conception of what D. H. Buruham, architect of the Chicago world's fair and of great buildings in Pittsburg and other cities, claims will be his proudest monument. Several years will be required to complete the Washington station. The contracts have Just been let. Not only every other American station, but every station In the world will be made second-class when compared with this huge and artistic structure. It is said that 20.W0 people could move about in its interior, 10,000 have a square yard each for standing room, while 5.000 will be far from a crowd. Its frontage will be 760 feet, and its depth 350 feet. AH' will be of marble and the architect has aimed for the impressive rather than the ornate. That Danklnsr Plan. Philadelphia Record. The project said to have originated in Indianapolis for the formation by all the banks of the country of a mutual fidelity association to guarantee all creditors against loss Is not so chlmerclal as it might seem at the first look. Such mutual liability is the protection of the note holders in Canada, and was that of note holders In some of our States before the national bank system. In all large cities most of the banks are united into clearing house associations, which keep extremely well informed regarding the condition of each of their members, and by means of which the banks assist each other. The actual cost of this co-operation would not be very great, and every bank would be Insured not only against insolvency, but against a run. for the depositors would be absolutely protected and therefore they would not withdraw their funds. On Saturday Margaret Timberlake, daughter of Rev. W. H. Chambers, of this city, died at Louisville. The funeral will be held to-day at 2 p. ra. at Jones's chapel.

View of the Passenger Coaches After the Smash-up. : l :

ONE M0BE DEAD. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) tlrely too frequent, people say. Many think that the crew of the switching train had no orders to proceed along the main track, and that they simply took a chance, as switching crews have been known to do. In getting to North Indianapolis before the special came along. RELATIVES CLAI3I THEIR DEAD. Victims of the Wreck Taken to Former Homes for Ilarlnl. The sorrowful task of moving the dead from the city was completed shortly after 12 o'clock last night," when the last of the victims of the fatal wreck of Saturday morning were taken from the city to their homes by relatives and friends. Word3 fail to express the sorrow of the parents who came to Indianapolis in answer to telegrams that their sons were dead and the scenes in the offices of the different funeral directors was most affecting. The body of W. L. Roush, Gas City, Ind., was taken home by the grief-stricken parents on a special car over the interurban road at 10:30 o'clock Saturday night and his funeral will be held to-day. Mr. and Mrs. Roush were notified by telegraph as soon as the death of their son was discovered and they at once came to this city, arriving here shortly after 7 o'clock. Mr. Tutewiler, who had charge of the body of the young man, gave the parents a private room in his establishment away from the morbidly curious and they etaid with the remains of their boy until their special car was ready to leave the city. BODY OF W. D. HAMILTON. The body of W. D. Hamilton was sent to Bridgetown, 111., in care of his college roommate yesterday morning early, his parents being prostrated by the sad news of his death and unable to come to Indianapolis themselves. The body of G. S. Drolllnger, of Mill Creek, Ind., was taken home by one of his life long friends and fellow-students .at Purdue University. The young man who accompanied the remains lived across the street from Drollinger's home and his grief over his friend's death was pathetic. The body of Patrick McClaire was taken to Chicago at 12:05 yesterday morning by one of the members of the second eleven of the Purdue football team. IcClalre was one of the athletic trainers and his death took place at the City Hospital shortly after he had been removed there from the wreck. The body of B. J. Powell was accompanied to Corpus Christi, Tex., by Walter Stern, a fellow-student and townsman, shortly after 12 o'clock this morning. Dr. Stone, president of Purdue University, made the arrangements for Stern to care for Powell's body en route to his home. PARENTS PROSTRATED. The remains of J. C. Coates were taken to his home in Berwyn, Pa., at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon by his brother, who arrived here yesterday from Philadelphia, Pa. He said that the news of his brother's death was such a shock to his parents that he had feared for their health. His mother was prostrated and his father suffered a nervous collapse. A brother of Charles Furr. of Vecdcrsburg, Ind., arrived in the city Saturday night and left with the remains for his home at once. The young man's funeral will be held this afternoon. A number of his Purdue classmates accompanied the remains of Q. L. Shaw to his home In Indiana Harbor, Ind., last night at 11:50. Ills funeral will be held this afternoon. The remains of Samuel Truitt, of Noblesvllle, were taken home yesterday noon by his parents, who were prostrated with grief over their son's untimely death. Mrs. Truitt bore up under the strain until she arrived In Indianapolis, but became so weak that It was necessary to carry her to English's Hotel, where she remained while her husband made the arrangements for their son's funeral. The body of William Bailey, who died yesterday morning at the residence of Dr. S. R. Cunningham, where he was taken after being extricated from the wreckage, was taken home by his parents early this morning and his funeral will be held this afternoon. The remains of Jay Hamilton, of Huntington, Ind., were taken to South Bend, where the funeral will be held at 7 o'clock this morning by his grief-stricken parents. Young Hamilton was the youngest of any of those who were killed In the wreck. His mother was unable to view the remains, so affected was she by the horrible death her son had met, and the father was broken-hearted. BODY TAKEN TO .MONTANA. The body of E. C. Robertson, who made his home in Indianapolis with his aunt during the time he was in Purdue University as a student and as one of the assistant coaches of the football team, was taken to East Helena, Mont., the home of his parents, by brother members of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity early this morning. Funeral services were held over his remains from Whltsett & Culver's chapel yesterday morning, the Rev. J. Cumming Smith officiating. The body of Charles Grube, of Butler, Ind., was accompanied home by his father, who was almost broken-hearted over the death of his son. His funeral, like most of the victims of the wreck, will be held this afternoon. A brother went home with the remains of N. It. Howard, of Lafayette, shortly

after noon yesterday. Howard's family were so unsettled by the horrible news of their son's death that they were unable to come to Indianapolis. The remains of Bert Price, of Spencer, Ind., were sent home yesterday afternoon in the care of his father, who came here at once on hearing of his sou's death, and made arrangements for the fuueral. Dr. Stone, president of Purdue University, sent messages of condolence to all the relatives of the young men who were either killed or injured in the wreck of Saturday morning, and personally made arrangements for the care of the bodies of the dead until the relatives could arrive in the city. STUDENT BODY OF PTHDL'E.

President Stone Has Called a Consultation for To-Day at 11 o'clock. President Stone, after consultation with members of the faculty, has called a convocation of the entire student body of Purdue for to-day at 11 o'clock. At this time complete and official information will be given out in regard to those who lost their lives In the recent calamity, and also In regard to the condition of the Injured. It is probable, too, that a plan for resuming the work of the university will also be announced. There is a feeling on the part of the president and members o'f the faculty that the best interests of the university will be subserved by resuming the regular work as soon as may be. An appropriate memorial service will be held in the near future. Room 33 at the1 Denlson Hotel will be kept open for several days for the purpose of supplying information to inquiring friends. GREAT CROWD VISITS CITY. Thousands Came In on Railroads and Interurbans to Inspect the Scene. Everywhere people came together yesterday, In the hotels, at the railroad station, in church, in street cars and on the streets, there was just one topic of conversation the wreck of the Purdue special train Saturday morning. The awful disaster which overtook the Purdue students a few minutes before they would have alighted safely at the Union Station, killing and fatally injuring fifteen of their number and injuring nearly fifty others, was discussed In all Its details. Nothing else could hold the Interest and attention of people, and conversation always reverted to the wreck. Nothing has happened In Indiana for years that created such absorbing interest and general sadness as the wreck of the Purdue excursion. People of all kinds talked about the disaster and lamented the death of the Purdue students just the same as the young men and women who have friends in Purdue or have attended the institution or are members of the student body there. Thousands of people went to the scene of the wreck, near Eighteenth and Mill streets, yesterday. Little idea of the extent of the disaster could be had by going there yesterday, for most of the debris had been cleared away. Thousands of men and women walked about the place yesterday, speculating as to how the accident occurred and discussing other details of the wreck. All day long, from early morning until darkness fell, a great crowd of people visited the scene of the wreck where Yardmaster John Q. Hicks and a large force of workmen were engaged in clearing away the debris. By night nearly all of the debris had been loaded on cars and taken away. Yardrnaster Hicks had the wreck sufficiently cleared away for all trains to pass by 6 o'clock Saturday night eight hours after the collision occurred. So the work yesterday was entirely in loading the debris on cars and cleaning the company's premises. CAME ON TRACTION CARS. The wreck created as much interest in towns and cities within forty and fifty miles of Indianapolis, as right In the city, and all the traction lines brought hundreds of people to Indianapolis yesterday to see the wreck. The unusually large amount of Sunday travel to Indianapolis was noticed on . the cars of nearly all the traction lines from 9 o'clock In the morning until the middle of the afternoon. As soon as the people from the neighboring cities and towns reached the down-town district they immediately took street cars which would carry them to the scene of the wreck. The travel to Senate avenue and Sixteenth and Eighteenth streets, .which are the nearest points to the wreck to be reached by street cars, was so heavy that the Street-railway Company found it necessary to continue In operation its special schedule over the Northwestern avenue line. A large number of extra cars were put on thl3 line Saturday morning immediately after news of the wreck reached the business section of the city, and It was necessary to run all the extra cars yesterday to furnish adequate accommodation to the visitors to the scene of the most terrible railroad disaster that ever occurred in this city. At the newspaper offices, hotels and other places where bulletins concerning the condition of the injured students were displayed, people congregated all day, eagerly reading each new bit of information. Throngs cf people congregated all day about the pictures of the wreck displayed In The Journal window and at other places down town. A large number of good views of the wreck were displayed, and they were even mure interesting to thousands than the bulletin boards. So great was the demand for the story of the catastrophe, in the newspapers of yesterday that early in

the day the newstands had exhausted their supply of- Journals and other morning papers. PRAYERS IN 31 ANY PtLPITS.

Touching Allusions Made to the Victims of Saturday's Wreck. Almost without exception the pastors of the city alluded in their morning services yesterday to the calamity which befell the Purdue students Saturday morning. In most instances reference was made In the prayers of the pastors, although a number alluded directly or indirectly to the accident in the prefaces of their sermons or at some point in their discourses. Many in the congregations of the churches were visibly affected by the beautiful prayers pronounced by the pastors in behalf of the friends and parents of the young men killed in the wreck, as well as those seriously injured. The worship throughout the city following so closely upon the catastrophe, before the people had recovered from the shock, vas much more impressive and solemn than usual. At the Memorial Presbyterian Church the pastor. Rev. Frank Ballard, chose a text applying indirectly to the accident and his entire sermon was appropriately fitting for the occasion. He spoke from a passage in Proverbs, xxvii, 1: "Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." The Rev. C. B. Newnam, of the Third Christian Chruch, also chose his text in reference to the calamity and referred to it in many instances. In his opening prayer, the Rev. Joshua Stansfleld, of the Meridian-street M. E. Church, alluded to the wreck. Rev. Thomas J. Villers, of the First Baptist Church, and Dr. M. L. Haines, of the First Presbyterian Chruch, also made their opening prayers especially fitting to the occasion. CHEER UP INJURED BOYS. Governor and Mayor Visit the Hospitals on Errands of Mercy. Governor Durbin, Mrs. Durbin and their son Fletcher M. Durbin, visited the City Hospital yesterday to inquire personally as to the condition of the injured. Some of the boys who could receive visitors for a short time, were brightened up a good deal by the cheerry words of the Governor. Mayor Holtzman and Mrs. Holtzman also visited the City Hospital and afterward went to St. Vincent's. They talked to a number of the Injured young men and did what they could to lessen the pain and lighten the heavy burden of sorrow. CONEY ISLAND BLAZE FAMOUS RESORT FLAMES WEPT TO EXTENT OF 1,000,000 DAMAGE. Bowery Reduced to Ashes, Two People Known to Be Killed and Others Injured. NEW YORK, Nov. L In a blare to-day that baffled the firemen for seven hours the Bowery at Coney Island was again laid in ashes. Two lives so far are reported to be lost, one man mortally Injured, a score of others hurt, 300 buildings destroyed, five hundred persons made homeless and more than $1,000,000 damage done. How many more dead are in the ruins is not known to-night. The casualty' list includes Lizzie Stein, six years old, and an unidentified negro, dead, and Albert Reuben, dying In Kings County Hospital. The most severely Injured Include six men and seven women. It was a fire marked by rescue, not alone by the police, but by citizens. Before it had been an hour under way the police could do nothing more than to try to keep the 50,000 sightseers out of danger. Reserves from all the precincts within ten miles were brought there, while Deputy Commissioners Ebstein and Piper took general charge. The fire engines found it impossible to get In action for nearly four hours. The alarm came from the Hippodrome, a low frame building used in summer for a merry-go-round. The firemen thought it would all be over in a moment, but the blaze had gained headway. It crept under the buildings under the raised street around the piling, and ten minutes later the Albatross Hotel was aflame. From that time on, while alarm after alarm brought every fireman within ten miles, the fire seemed to jump from walk to walk and from flimsy building to flimsy building. With the lack of water the fire had the forest of wooden structures at its mercy, and all that could be done was to save life If possible and furniture. Everything portable was carried out, and soon Surf avenue for blocks was impassable because of the barriers of household goods, weeping women and children and complaining men. The burned area extended from Tilyou's walk south to Jones walk, where a brick wall saved the rest of the resort, and from the Bowery to the ocean, a distance of seven blocks. For two blocks the flames cut a swath westward of the Bowery, reaching Surf avenue, the principal thoroughfare of the resort. In all this territory but two buildings were standing tonight untouched. F. F. Henderson's music hall, erected two years ago of steel and brick, aud costing $250,000, and Louis Stauch's pavilion, valued at a like sum, are among the buildings destroyed. The center of the line where the fire lay thickest was the Bowery, a narrow, board-walked alley thoroughfare dedicated to cheap dance halls and side snows. The roofs of these flimsy structures were In most instances of tarred paper. Caught by the rapid running fire they Ignited in quick succession, and then collapsed in a great dust of sparks, which were carried on to the row of like buildings. Two men. Frank Conly, a salesman, and Peter A. Skelly, a bartender, are under arrest, suspected of knowing the cause of the fire. They had been seen passing In and out of the frame building in which the blaze was first seen. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AU druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature Is on each box, 2c.

Flames Sprang From an Overheated Furnace and Made Rapid Headway 'Department's Good Work.

The Central Universalist Church, at New Jersey and Fifteenth streets, was partially destroyed by fire at an early hour this morning, the loss being about $2,500. The fire, which originated from an overheated furnace, was discovered at 2:43 o'clock. Three companies responded to the alarm and had the flames under control within thirty minutes. The church was a large frame structure adjoining the pastoral residence. The flames practically ruined the interior of the building. The Rev. Marlon Crosley is the pastor of the church, which has a large congregation of North Side people. For a time it looked as if the church would be burned to the ground, but the rapid response of the fire department and the efficient work of the firemen checked the flames and saved the framework of the building. Many people were aroused from sleep by cries of fire, the noise of the fire companies and the general excitement. PURDUE'S DAY OF WOE. (CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE) Fowler Hall to-morrow night has been canceled, but the other lectures and concerts will be held later. Nearly l,500 tickets have been sold for the course. Professor Goss to-day received many more telegrams from college presidents and athletic managers expressing sympathy. President Andrew Morrisey, of Notre Dame, telegraphed the message that appeared in The Indianapolis Journal this morning. Other telegrams received were as follows: From James McWeeny, ex-football coach of Notre Dame: "Please accept my condolence." E. H. Hughes, president: "De Pauw University sends Purdue sincere sympathy." W. O. Thompson: "Ohio State University sympathizes with Purdue in the awful disaster of yesterday;" A. S. Draper, president Illinois University: "We are appalled with the disaster that affects Purdue so sadly, and send our deepest sympathy." E. J. Fogarty: "Accept expression of condolence from people of South Bend." H A. Fleager, captain: "Northwestern University football team extends its profound sympathies to Purdue in its great bereavement." A. G. Slocum, president: "Accept sincere sympathy of Kalamazoo College in your terrible calamity." The remains of N. F. Howard, the Lafayette business man who was one of the wreck victims, arrived here early to-day and were taken to his residence at South and Seventh streets. His brother Claude Howard, of Frankfort, accompanied the body. The funeral will take place Monday afternoon from the residence. Mrs. Mary G. Leslie, mother of Harry G. Leslie, who is at the Deaconess Hospital, has gone to the bedside of her son. She went in response to a telegram from her son W. H. Leslie, who was with his brother when the latter was injured. Vivo Smith, the former Purdue football star, now of Chicago, arrived here last night and went at once to Indianapolis, where his brother Louis Smith is in a serious condition at the City Hospital. Purdue Seniors Take Action. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE. Ind., Nov. 1. The senior class of Purdue met in the chapel at 7 o'clock to-night for the purpose of taking action on the case of Walter L. Roush, the only member of the '04 class who was killed in the wreck. Prof. W. F. M. Goss addressed the seventy-five students assembled saying that it would be appropriate to send a class representative and flowers to the Roush funeral at Gas City. Secretary Bert hold presided at the meeting in the absence of President Leslie, now in the Deaconess Hospital. It was decided to appoint two committees, one to purchase flowers and another to prepare resolutions. A discussion arose as to the propriety of resuming work at the university to-morrow afternoon. L. M. Grant, president of the athletic association, spoke against the plan, saying that classes should be suspended at least for two days as nobody was in condition for work. Professor Goss said that anybody who desired could remain away from classes, but that it had been decidedto resume to-morrow after the convocation. The seniors appointed Hlnsley and Herrick to draft resolutions and Charles Adams, a close friend of the late Walter Roush, will be sent to attend the funeral. The seniors will hold another meeting to-morrow after the general meeting at Fowler Hall. It has also been decided to send flowers to the injured now in Indianapolis hospitals. Freshmen and sophomores also held meetings to-night and arranged to take action similar to that of the seniors. In the churches to-day the pastors in their prayers alluded to the catastrophe. Crowds are about the bulletin boards to-night watching the reports from the Injured. PASTORS ALLUDE TO WRECK. Anderson Ministers Talk of Catastrophe Hartley Moss's Experience. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON. Ind., Nov. 1. In the four leading church pulpits of this city touching allusions were made this morning to the catastrophe in Indianapolis that wiped out the flower of the athletic association of Purdue University. Anderson has a large delegation of students attending Purdue, and the utterances this morning in the pulpits were of thankfulness on the escape of the Anderson boys, of condolence with those who suffered, and a prayer for divine blessing on the Institution of which the counts and city are justly proud. Four Anderson young men were in the second car, and their escapes are on the order of the miraculous. Hartley Moss had been sitting with the Ill-fated Hamilton but a moment before the crash. Moss started for the rear of the train, and was at the rear of the car when the Impact came. All that saved him was an open door through which he was thrown to the gravel pit. Moss has a severely sprained hand, wrist and forearm. He was slated for a place on the basketball squad of the university, but will be compelled to drop out. His physician said this afternoon, after rebandaging his arm. that he would not be able to use it under six weeks. Moss found Hamilton's watch and suit case, and assisted in getting him out from under the debris. Chester Misner. George McMahan and Albert Diven were the other Anderson boys in that car. Moss started back to Purdue to-night with his arm in a bandage. ROSE FOLY'S SYMPATHY Athletic Association Will Draft Memortal "Bart" Bailey's Career. Specail to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE. Ind.. Nov. l. T. A. Bailey, one of the Purdue injured players, is a Terre Haute High School boy. His home was at New Richmond. A sister is a student at the Indiana Normal here. He was known as "Bart" Bailey in the high school, and was on the football team for two years, ending last winter. He entered Purdue this fall. It was understood here that Coach Cutts had picked him for second sub-guard for the game with Indiana. Last evening, at a meeting of the Rose Polytechnic Athletic Association, at the suggestion of Professor Hathaway a committee was appointed to draft resolutions and send them to Purdue. KIND WORDS FROM CHICAGO. Comments of Faculty and Football Men of University. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CHICAGO, Nov. L The Purdue accident aroused a general feeling of sympathy at the University of Chicago. Comments by members of the faculty and of football men follow: President Harper: "I have telegraphed my sympathy to the president of Purdue University. If is an awful disaster. I am afraid that in the minds of some persons It will be charged up to the account of

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Being a football enthusiast, in spite of the horror of the accident I think the press should do something to protect the game from responsibility in the lo.s of life and the injuries sustained in the smash-up. Enemies of the game, I am afraid, will make capital of this in denouncing the game." Dr. Thoraaa Goodman: "I can only say that I was deeply shocked to hear of It, and pitied the fellows from the bottom of my heart." OBERLIN STUDENTS 3IOI RN. Resolution of Condolence Telegraphed to President Stone. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. OBERLIN, O.. Nov. L This afternoon the students of Oberlin College gathered in the First Congregational Church in a body and discussed the calamity that had fallen on the Purdue students, several of whom formerly had been attendants at Oberlin. The following resolution was adopted and at once telegraphed to President Stone, of Purdue University: "The students and faculty of Oberlin College to-day assembled In special gathering send their sincere sympathy to the faculty and students of Purdue University in the recent sad disaster. Especially do we remember the Injured and the friends of the deceased." Miller Friends Shocked. Special to the Indianapolis JouroaJ. FRANKLIN, Ind.. Nov. L Sirn Miller, the Purdue football player who was" so badly hurt In Saturday's wreck, is 'from tho south part of this county, and formerly attended college here. His many friends lu the country were greatly shocked over the accident. He a brother of Representative Hugh Miller, of Columbus, and John Miller, the Earlham coach. He was the only ono of the several Johnson county boys on the Ill-fated train who was hurt. Anxiety at Richmond Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND. Ind., Nov. X. The wreck of the special train carrying the Purdue students to Indianapolis created great anxiety in this city. There are several young men of Richmond attending Purdue and a halfdozen of them were on the train, but none was hurt. The death of Robertson, one of the players, is greatly regretted here. He was coach at Earlham College In 1901 and a short time ago was here as an official in & game. BLOCK SYSTEM ADOPTED. ! The Most Important Step Ever Taken by Railroads of This Country. Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph. The adoption of a block system of signals by the American Railway Association at the meeting of the association at Richmond, Va., this week. Is the most Important action ever taken by the railroads of the United States. It means the elimination of telegraphic order trains on all double-track railroads, and the prompt movement of freight and passenger trains. It also means that there will be a better demand for good telegraph operators, for every man employed in the interlocking switching towers will have to be a telegrapher. Instead, however, of each train stopping at the block towers to receive orders, it will proceed In the blocks that show a white light. Some of the railroads have adopted the system, but all the double track roads of the country are now pledged to Its use. Robert Pitcalrn, resident assistant to Alexander J. Cassatt, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, is chairman of the committee which had the matter under discussion. The Pennsylvania Railroad and the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Raliroad have used the block system for some ttme. The American Railway Association is composed of - the leading officials of all railroads in America, and its representatives are empowered at each meeting to speak for the road each represents. The action of the convention in adopting the block system was unanimous, tso that the movement becomes general. J. D. Yohe, general superintendent of the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad, this morning returned from the convention. He said: "The adoption of the block system is a most important move In railroading. The old custom of hanging a red flag from the window of the telegraph stations to nag a train for orders has been relegated to the rear. This system of railroading only causes delays. The engineer and conductor are compelled to leave their train to get orders. These orders have to be countersigned and while the train Is thus waiting on orders, it might have gone ten miles under the block system. When a train is running in the block, a white light denotes that the track Is clear, and if it is necessary to run a freight in one siding, to let a passenger train by, it can be done without having to stop the freight at the tower station to get orders, for the man at the interlocking switch works the switches and the trains proceed. When the passenger train has gone on. the freight can pull on the main track, after th white light appears in the block, which is a warning that the train has safely passed the preceding block. A red light is shown as long as the train is within the next block ahead. It will cause a good demand for telegraph operators, because the movement of trains will be entirely by the train dispatcher, the operator In the tower being there for the purpose of operating the switches. He will be constantly informed as to the movements of the trains on the road, so that he Is in touch with the whereabouts of trains and knows how to handle those passing his station. The national cipher telegraph code was reported on by the committee. Its adoption will be an Important step In railroading, because under the system all railroads will use the same code. It will be a great time savor. The matter will be up for discussion at the next session of the convention, which meets next spring In New York. Arrangements are being made to entertain the International Railway convention delegates st the convention next June, in Washington. Delegates from all over the world will attend this meeting, which will be the first of Its kind to be held in America.

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