Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1906 — HOTEL WALLS FALL. [ARTICLE]

HOTEL WALLS FALL.

MANY PERSONS KILLED jAND IN- ~ JUREDIN COLLAPSE. F««Hy Cement Structnre nt .Long * WeicK, CKIT, WomBecome* Forjrer trt Protect Guilty Son—l.nte»t Xcw». At least one dozen workmen arc believed to have been killed in the collapse of. the new THxby hotel iiFDonig Beacli, Cal. A score of other persons were injured and taken from the t njlss wreckage. About twelve men nr<‘ niis'ing and two bodies have Feon rccovc-rctL The total death list will probably reach twelve. TJie .MructiiirTwlnFir ’ com Crete construction.. caved. iiLXrt>mrh<" basement to fourth floor. leaving but one wing standing. The cause of the crash is declared to. have beer, du-? to in sufficient floor, support. Scenesof confusion and panic followed the collapse. The air was filled with the cries of the injured and the groans of the dying. Rescue parties were quickly’ organized and the ruins entered to carry out those that were still alive. Pinned under tons of cement and steel gir ders. . t was a difficult, task to lanaH' I t,.----that were rescued were quickly taken to the TxingTVeaclfTiospital. which wa< soon crowded. Others had to lie cared for in private dwellings. The Hotel Bixby. which had been under course of construction for several months, was to have been one of the i»cst apjiointed hotels on the south era coast. The total cost of the building was estimated at .ST.~>‘».<*X». The plans called for 276 guest chambers and the building covered a ground space «f 17.” x 348 feet. Four stories of the structure had reached eemptetion. It was being built on the beach facing the ocean “and about 200 feet distant from the shore.

FIVE BANDITS HOB TRAIN. Armed Men Take Money from Pn»•cnaer« on Wnbanh Train. Five masked bandits boarded the W«bash express train near Peru, Ind., and escaped after robbing many passengers. The highwaymen signaled the train to •top with a lantern covered with a red rag. When the train was stopped the bandits forced the engineer to cut the locomotive away from the train. They then boarded a coach filled with immigrants and after robbing most of them tried to enter one of the o:her cars. Shots were heard nnd the bandits, fearing an' attack. left the ear hastily. Hurrying to • crossing, where they had tied their horses, the bandits mounted and rode away in different directions. The amount •ecured by the robbers is not known. WOMAN GUILTY OF FORGERY. Convicted in Connection with Failure of Newark, O. The jury in the trial of Mrs. Mary Lingafelter for complicity in the forgery involved in the failure of the Newark. Ohio, bank two years ago returned a verdict of guilty after five hours' delibera tion. Mrs. Lingafelter’s defense practically admitted that she had made false entries in order to protect her son. Robert J., who is now in the reformatory at Mansfield. The defense will file a motion for a new trial to be argued at once at Newark. <500.000 Fire at Scranton Pa. In Scranton. Pa., fire destroyed the Carter & Kennedy six-story building occupied by the Foote & Shear Hardware Company and the J. Scott-TngHs Carpet and Furniture Company, and the building of the J. D. Williams Brothers Company, dealers in confectionery, toys and honse furnishings, causing a ’oss of about $450,000. The Connell Building, an eight•tory office structure adjoining, was damaged $50,000. Two Charged with Murder. FrankvEllsworth and Joe Burk were arrested in Wichita. Kan., charged with the murder oFa young man named Dockray, near Amarillo, Texas, four months ago. He was last seen alive in their company. it is alleged, and sl<X) he was known to have had was missing when his body was found. ■— —»— — Two Killed at Cros«lnit. Robert L. Slack of Portsmouth, Ohio, •nd Jackson Sutterfield. a farmer living near there, while crossing the Norfolk and Western Railroad track with a wagon, were struck and instantly killed by a passenger train at Youngs Station. Slack’s son jumped in time to save his life. Great Theatrical Trust Planned. Flans of a great theatrical trust that will embrace every playhouse, actor and playwright in the United States and which will be financed by its own bank have been made known at St. Ixniis. Aate-Seaxon Fatalttiea. —Fifteen —persons have been killed and twenty-one wounded before thedpening-of-the hunting season this year in Wisconsin and Michigan. Bay Bandit Bob* Travelers. A boy bandit held up a slteper on the Bock Island limited near Slater, Mo., and took S7O from the passengers. Fire Dewtroya Coal Docks. Fire destroyed the big coal docks of the Lehigh Talley Company at South Chicago, 111., causing a loss of $957,000. ■ Tramp Robber Kill* a Waman. Mrs. Henry Williams. 50 years old. has been found murdered in her home in Stafford Springs. Conn. Robbery apparently waa the motive and the murderer 1* believed to be a tramp. Death Strike* at-Re»lval. “*”~ D. O- Smart, a wealthy pioneer resident of Kansas City, died suddenly while participating in a revival service at the Independence Avenue Christian rlprch. Mr. Smart drop)>ed dead' after rising to request that the words of a certain hymn j fee read as prayer.