Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 24, 1908, Page 6

By C. E. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA. NEWS OF WEEK SUMMARIZED Digest of the News Worth Telling Cone densed for the Busy Reader. Washington. The census bureau has issued a pre- liminary report showing that the total cut of lumber in the United States during the calendar year 1907 ‘was 47,256,154,000 feet, board measure, the number of mills being 28,850. Postmaster General Meyer has con- cluded a postal convention with Italy, whereby, beginning Aug. 1, merchan- dise may be sent by parcel post be- tween the United States and Ital at the rate of 12 cents a pound, up to eleven pounds. Rear Admiral W. L. Capps, the chief of the bureau of construction and repair of the navy department, has been detailed by Secretary Met- ealf to visit Honolulu and make an inspection of the new Pearl Harbor dry dock, for the construction of which congress has appropriated a large sum. President Roosevelt has appointed three commissioners to represent the United States on the joint interna- tional committee to investigate the opium question in the Far East. They are: Thomas Burke, an attorney of Seattle; Dr. Hamilton Wright of Maine, and Dr. Charles D. Tanney, Chinese secretary of the American le- gation at Pekin. Personal. John D, Rockefeller has gone to his country residence at Cleveland, where he will spend the summer. Frank C. Bangs, the well known tra- gedian, died at Atlantic City, N. J., after an illness of several months. He was seventy-five years of age and re- tird from the stage a year ago. Miss Helen Heron Taft, daughter of Secretary Taft, has won the Penn- sylvania scholarship for the best en- trance examination to Bryn Mawr college, the value of which is $300. Louis Eppinger, manager of the Grand hotel in San Francisco, and one of the best known hotel men on the Pacific coast and in the Orient, died at Yokohama, aged seventy-seven years. Rear Admiral Robley D, Evans has gone to Lake Mohonk, where he will spend the summer. The admiral said he was feeling fairly well and expect- ed to fully regain his health within a few weeks. Col, A. C. Matthews, first controller of the treasury under President Harri- son’s administration in 1889, and at one time prominent in state and na- tional poitics, died at Pittsfield, Il. He held the office of supervisor of in- ternal revenue for Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan, “Blind Tom,” famous negro musi- cian, marvel of three generations of playgoers, is dead in Hoboken, N. J., where he has been living for years in retirement and subsisting on charity. Thomas Wiggins is the name given in the burial certificate, but the surname was one which the famous pianist had adopted. Sins and Sinners. Charles Ray, a farmer living near Jasper, Kan., was shot and killed by his wife. A divorce suit has been pending in the circuit court for months. Warrants were served on all the bookmakers at Overland Park at Den- ver charging them with violation of the gambling law. In most cases bonds were furnished and bookmakers continued to do business, The body of Frank Bunting, thirty- five years old, treasurer of Cleon township, was found hanging to a tree near Copemish, Mich. A coro- ner’s jury decided that he committed suicide. No motive for the suicide is known. In a jealous rage Charles E. Byers of Denver, Colo., shot and killed Mrs. May E. Boren, landlady of a rooming house, murdered Edward Smith and then killed himself. Byers and Smith were lodgers at the rooming house conducted by Mrs. Boren. Fred Geinke, seventy-two years old, committed suicide at Sioux City, Iowa, by hanging himself from a steam pipe in his shoe shop. Brooding over the disposal of a cobbler’s bench on which he had worked for half a cen- tury, as well as family troubles, was the cause of the act which ended in bis death, , The mystery of the missing copper bonding wires from the rails of the Waterloo, Cedar “Falls & Northern railway at Waterloo, Iowa, has been solved, and Jimmy Mack of Waterloo has been bound over to the grand jury on a charge of cutting and selling the wires. About $300 worth of copper wire was stolen. After being in pawn for thirty-one years, a set Of silverware stolen from the house of Lieut. Gov. Sill of Con- necticut has been recovered by the po- lice of Hartford and turned over to William Raymond Sill of New York, a son of the governor. Mrs. George E. Winters shot and killed J. A. Beatty, a business man of Sparks, Mo., with whom she was rid- ing on the Sparks road. The woman drove to Sparks and surrendered, She said Beatty had threatened her life and she killed him in self-defense They had been quarreling. foe eet} Rerald-Review. TAT CHOSEN AS LEADER: OF REPUBLICANS Made Unanimous Choice of Con= vention Amid Wild Uproar « of Enthusiasm. OUTBURST FOR LA FOLLETTE Demonstration for Wisconsin Man Sweeps Convention From: Its Bearings. BATTLE OVER THE PLATFORM Declares for fariff Revision, Currency Reform and Modification of Injunctions. Chicago, June 19.—For president of the United States—William H. Taft of Ohio. Taft on the first ballot; Taft by 702 votes; Taft by the unanimous choice of the convention, Such is the record of the culminat- ing day of the Republican national convention of 1908, effected amid scenes of tumultuous enthusiasm and after a nerve-racking, continuous ses- sion lasting nearly eight hours. With the candidate for president named and the platform enunciated, there re- mains only the nomination of the vice president to complete this momentous work. Last night the whole city was given over to wild exultation in honor of the new candidate whose name goes echoing through the country. Favorite Sons Named. The picture within the walls of the vast amphitheater as the presidential candidate was named yesterday was one truly grandiose in its magnitude In front and to the right and left, be- low and above the billowing sea of humanity, restless after hours of wait- ing and stirred from one emotion to another, was in a fever of expectancy for the culminating vote. The favor- ite sons of other states had been named, save Knox and La Follette, and now on the roll call came Ohio. As the Buckeye state was reached the tall, gaunt form of Theodore E. Bur- ton, with studentlike face and severe black, clerical garb, advanced to the platform to nominate Ohio’s candi, date. He ‘spoke fervently, with the singing voice of an evangelist, which went ringing through the great build- ing. Taft Legions Break Loose. The close of his speech was the sig- nal for loosening the long pent-up feeling of the Taft legions. Instantly the Ohio delegates were on their feet, other Taft states following, while the convention hosts, in gallery and on floor, broke into mad demonstrations: “Taft, Taft, W. H. Taft!” came in a roar from the Ohioans. Megaphones seemed to spring from concealed places and swell the Taft tumult into thunder. A huge blue silk banner bearing the familiar features of the secretary of war was swung be- fore the delegates, awakening afresh whirlwinds of enthusiasm. All semblance of ogder had been abandoned and the delegates’ arena was a maelstrom of gesticulating men. Tired Voices Die Down. The band was inaudible, a mere whisper above the deafening volume of sound. For ten, fifteen, then twen- ty minutes, this uproar continued. It was a repetition of the scene of Wednesday, when the name of Roose- velt threw the convention into a fren- zy; repeated in intensity and almost in duration. But there is a limit to the physical resources of throat and lungs; relays had not been establish- ed, and at last the tired voices died down to a hoarse shout and at last subsided. : This lull now gave the opportunity for the speech seconding Taft’s nomi- nation by George H. Knight of Cali- fornia, his big, round face beaming forth on the sympathetic multitude and his splendid baritone voice well- ing forth like the tones of a great church organ. California’s tribute to Taft was brief and fervid. Now there was another lull in the Taft move- ment while the remaining candidates were placed in nomination, - Do It Again for La Follette, It was late in the afternoon before the cgnvention, now literally swelter- ing with the intense heat, weary after nearly seven hours of continuous ses- sion, reached the end of the flood of eloquence, and the decks were at last cleared for the culminating act. But no, just as the last swell of oratory, the seconding speech for La Follette, had died away, like a cyclone from a clear sky burst a La Follette demon- stration which swept the convention from its very bearings. It was the same deafening wave of sound that had greeted Roosevelt Wednesday and Taft a little while before, intense and maddening and with the vital ring of genuine enthusiasm. It seemed as though Wisconsin had suddenly peo- pled every foot of the galleries. The delegates sat calm and waiting ex- cept the frantic Wisconsins, but the convention for the time being was in the possession of the galleries. Another One for Roosevelt. Now a singular transformation oc- ually the whirlwind veer- ‘ed from La Follette to Roosevelt. banner bearing the Roosevelt portrait and waved from the gallery was the signal for the change, but in the con- fused babel of voices there was no distinguishing where the La Follette cheers ended and those for Roosevelt began.° Amid this pandemonium, and with the galleries in full control, Chairman Lodge decided upon heroic action in order again to make the convention master of its affairs. He ordered the roll call of state to begin for the vote on president. Such a call, under such circumstances of intense confusion, has probably never before occurred in the history of national conventions. The secretary was powerless to make his call of the states heard above the deafening clamor. Seizing a mega- phone, he shouted the roll of states— Alabama, Arkansas—but his voice was swallowed up in the mad uproar. Gradually, however, the curiosity of the multitude conquered their enthu- siasm and they lapsed into silence to hear the result of the roll call. 702 Votes for Taft. A hush of expectancy hung over the assembly as the call proceeded. Hasty summaries showed that Taft was far in advance. When New York was reached the Taft column totaled 427. Ohio carried the Taft total to 511, or twenty more than enough to nominate, Still the call went on until the final result was announced by Chairman Lodge: “For Theodore Roosevelt, 3 votes; for Joseph B. Foraker of Ohio, 16 votes; for Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana, 40 votes; for Joseph G. Can- non of Illinois, 61 votes; for Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin, 25 votes; for Charles E. Hughes of New York, 63 votes; for Philander C. Knox of Pennsylvania, 68 votes, and William H. Taft of Ohio, 702 votes.” A great shout went up as Lodge concluded his announcement, and with one accord the cohorts of Cannon and Knox and Hughes and the other heroes joined in a common tribute fo for the candidate of the party. Make It Unanimous. Gen. Stewart L. Woodford, for Gov. Hughes, leaping upon a chair, moved to make the nomination of Taft unani- mous; Senator Penrose, for Knox, and Boutell, for Cannon, and Henry of Georgia for Foraker, and Cochems of Wisconsin, for La Follette, seconded the movement for a unanimous vote for the candidate. The vote was giv- en with ringing cheers, and then with shouts of exultation over the new can- didate the convention adjourned until 10 o’clock this morning, when the nomination for vice president will be made. SHERMAN FOR SECOND PLACE. Chicago, June 20. — Taft and Sher- man. This is the ticket of the Re- publican party flung to the breeze yes- terday as the Republican national con- vention concluded with the nomina- tion of James S. Sherman of New York for vice president, amid a final roar of tumultuous demonstration. From the outbursts of enthusiasm which greeted every mention of Sher- man’s name it was plain that the mind of the convention had been made up and that the decision was only to be recorded. But for a mo- ment there was a halt in the Sherman movement, as Senator Lodge, leaving the presiding officer’s chair, advanced to nominate Gov. Guild of Massachu- setts for the vice presidency. The senator’s voice was strained with the exertions of recent days, but he spoke eloquently and forcibly for the Massa- chusetts candidate. Michigan, through Charles T. Osborne, added her voice for Guild, and New Jersey brought forward her favorite son in a speech by Thomas N. McCarter nominating Former Governor Murphy of New Jer- sey for the second place on the ticket. Pandemonium Breaks Loose. The steady advance of the Sherman movement now began again, as state after state fell into line—North Caro- lina in a ringing speech from the floor by Harry Skinner, Oklahoma by Den- ny T. Flynn, Pennsylvania by Con- gressman Myron Olmstead, Tennessee by H. Clay Evans, Virginia by C. B. Slemp. if Now began the vote, taken amid confusion first, which increased as the figures climbed upward to the nominating point. The result was never in doubt, as the totals of states were heaped one upon another. There were scattering votes, but the great pody of delegates swelled the total for Sherman until it touched 816. With keen appreciation of the effect of cli- max, Chairman Lodge announced the result, reserving Sherman’s total until the last: “Vice President Fairbanks gets 1 vote; Gov. Sheldon of Nebraska, 10 votes; Gov. Curtis Guild of Massachu- ‘setts, 75 votes; Gov. Murphy of New Jersey. 88 votes, and James School- craft Sherman of New York, 816 votes,” | Again the floodgates of wild enthu- siasm were let loose as floor and gal- lery joined in the pandemonium of demonstration for the nominee. i Convention Adjourns. The nominations completed, final details were quickly perfected—com- mittces from the various states to wait upon the candidates for president and vice president and formally notify them of the action of the convention in nominating them; prospective meetings of the national committee to perfect plans for the coming cam- paign, and thanks and _ congratula- tions to the Chicagoans who have given a convention of such perfect equizment. And then, just before noon, amid cheers still echoing and the inspiring strains of the national anthem, the national convention final- ly adjourned and the multitudes dis- persed. ’ Oratory*is merely talk with its Sun- day clothes on. : IN STORM'S PATH Crops in Parts of Southern Min- nesota, Wisconsin and lowa Are Ruined. HAIL CAUSES MOST DAMAGE Storm Swegps Wide Area and Scarcely a Farm in Its Path Escapes Destruction. St. Paul, June 22.—A terrific storm that swept through Southern and Southwestern Minnesota Saturday afternoon did damage that conserva- tively may be estimated in the neigh- borhood of $1,000,000. As the loss principally lies in the crops of the rich agricultural region that was vis- ited, it is difficult to sum up the dam- age. Only one death has been reported. Carl Gramenza, a farmer in Burns township, Brown county, was killed by a stroke of lightning that set fire to his barn. No injuries other than of a minor character have been re- ported. “While the wind blew with the fury of a tornado in several plages, the principal damage was by hail, which fell to an extent and with a force probably unequaled in the history of the southern part of the state. Grain was beaten into the ground, and few farms in the path of the storm, which was a score of miles wide at most places, escaped some damage, while ruin was wrought in every field on a large number. Lightning struck many farm buildings and killed a large number of stock. ‘ From the Northwest. The storm struck Canby, in the western part of Yellow Medicine county, and not far from the South Dakota boundary, before noon on Sat- urday, coming from the northwest. Accompanied by the pelting hail, it swept on in a southwestern direction over an area a score of miles in width. Cottonwood, in the northeast- ern corner of Lyon county, felt its fury, and south of that village, over practically the whole county, crop damage was widespread. Redwood and Brown counties next were visited, and reports show that the damage will reach far into the thousands. Sweeping across Blue Earth county, the storm struck parts of Waseca, Steele, Faribault and Free- born counties and gave vent to its greatest fury at Austin and vicinity, in Mower county. For forty minutes the wind and hail battered in win- dows, ripped off , roofs, demolished shade trees and tore down telegraph and telephone wires. Along the Line. From here the storm moved into the southern part of Fillmore county and across the Iowa line, into Alla- makee county, where it did much damage in Lansing, the county seat. Prairie du Chien felt the storm at 6:30 p. m. and was g heavy sufferer. Hail eight inches deep piled up on the walks; buildings were unroofed and trees three feet in diameter were up- rooted. At New Richland, Minn., the hail was accompanied by a high wind that blew down a dozen barns on the farms in the vicinity of the village. The hail stripped many of the trees of every leaf and twig, and the crops were literally pounded into the ground, being completely destroyed. Church Razed. Crops in the vicinity of Sleepy Eye were beaten into the ground by the hail, and wind mills and outbuildings were destroyed on many farms. A number of cattle were killed by light- ning. At Eden the Danish Baptist church was razed, and the Brookville creamery was blown off its founda- tion. South and west of Cottonwood, in Lyon county, crop destruction was general. Damage Amounts to Millions. Prairie du Chien, Wis., June 22. — The wake of Saturday night’s damage left millions of dollars cf damage to crops in the vicinity of Prairie due Chien and totally destroyed buildings, unroofed and wrecked glass fronts, smashed trees, uprooted or broken down. The loss in Prairie du Chien will reach $200,000. In McGregor, across the Mississippi river, the loss will reach $300,000. BABY DROWNED IN TUB. Tot Falls into Three Inches of Water * and Is Unable to Rise. Crookston, Minn., June 22.—The sev- enteen months’ old baby of Louis Trudeau was drowned at its home in this city’in three inches of water in the bottom of a wash tub. The child was Playing with its brothers and sisters, fell into the tub and was un- able to rise. Sword Fish Caught, Eau Claire, Wis., June 22.—A sword fish was caught in the Eau Claire river here just below the linen mill dam by James J. Raymond. It meas- ured three feet in length and had a sword six inches long. Rock Crushes Out Life. Lead, S. D., June 22.—While blast- ing in a difficult place on the 700-foot level of the Homestake mine in this dity, Saki Rouna, an Austrian miner, was crushed to death by the falling rock. s ~ {FAIL T0 SELECT A MANAGER Taft and G. 0. P. Leaders Will Not Choose Campaign Chairman Un- stil July 1. Cincinnati, June 22. — Secretary Taft’s visit ‘to his home city, so far as concerned the selection of a Re- pubiican national chairman, was a fruitless mission. Frank H. Hitchcock, who managed the preliminary campaign of the’ war secretary at Washington, might, have had the chairmanship, but at the last moment he declined to permit the use of his name because of the condition of his health. A telegram was réceived by Secre- tary Taft from Mr. Hitchcock request- ing that he be not considered in con- nection with the chairmanship. He said that his physical condition was such as to render it substantially im- possible for him to undertake the on- erous duties of campaign manager at the presént time. It is significant that, after a confer- ence. lasting about two hours, Secre- tary Taft, Representative Sherman and the members of the subcommit- tee of the national committee, decid- ed to postpone action on the chair- manship and the treasurership of the national committee until July 1. PRESIDENT HAS QUIET DAY. Goes to Church With Mrs. Roosevelt; Looks Well and Happy. Oyster Bay, L. I., June 22.—Clad in a suit of white duck, wearing tan shoes and a Panama hat and looking extremely well and happy on the sec- ond day of his vacation, President Roosevelt drove yesterday with Mrs. Roosevelt to the village from Saga- more Hill and attended the morning service at’ Christ church. During the day the president received no visitors and passed the afternoon, which was extremely hot, at Sagamore Hill. WAR WITH YAQUIS BEGUN. American and Mexican Troops Pursu- ing Indians. City of Mexico, June 22. — The Yaqui war has begun in earnest, and American and Mexican troops are pur- suing the Indians as before the re- cent futile peace arrangements were arranged. In a battle which occurred at the town of Buena Vista, near Can- ton del Nordeste, in the State of Chi- huahua, four Indians were killed and several wounded. KING PETER TO ABDICATE. Servian Parliamentary Crisis Acute and Outlook Is Gloomy. Vienna, Austria, June 22.—Informa- tion reaches here that the parliamen- tary crisis in Servia is acute. It has been learned from a Servian politician that it is extremely probable the diffi- culties will end in the abdication of King Peter. As the country has little confidence in the crown prince, the national outlook is gloomy. BITTEN FORTY TIMES BY DOG. Buffalo Woman Is the Victim and Pet Bites Child Ten Times. Buffalo, N. Y., June 22. — Mrs. George Kent of this city was bitten forty times and her eleven-year-old daughter Ethel was bitten ten times by a pet bulldog while in the parlor of their home Saturday. The condition of both mother and daughter is seri- ous. The dog was killed. THE MARKETS. Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers. St. Paul, June 22. — Wheat — No. 1 hard, $1.11; No. 1 Northern, $1.09; No. 2 Northern, $1.07. Corn—No. 3 yellow, 693-4@703-4c. Oats—No. 3 white, 47 3-8@47 7-8c. Minneapolis, June 22.— Wheat—No. 1 hard, $1.11; No. 1 Northern, $1.09; No. 2 Northern, $1.07. Corn—No. 3 yellow, 693-4@703-4c. Oats—No. 3 white, 4%3-8@47 7-8c. Duluth, June 22. — Wheat — No. 1 hard, 1.101-2; No. 1 Northern, $1.08 1-2; No. 2 Northern, $1.03 1-2. Flax—$1.24. Oats—60c. Chicago, June 22. — Wheat — No. 2 red, 92@938c; No. 2 Northern, $1; No. 8 spring, 95c@$1. Corn—No. 2 yel- low, 691-2@701-2c. Oats — No. 2, 53 1-2@54e. Milwaukee, June 22. — Wheat—No. 1 Northern, $1.10@1.111-2; No. 2 Northern, $1.07@1.09. Barley—No. 2, 60c. Chicago, June 22.—Cattle—Beeves, $5@8.20; stockers and feeders, $2.60@ 5.50; cows and heifers, $2.50@6.50. Hogs—Bulk, $5.60@5.80. Sheep—Na- tive, $3.40@5.50; lambs, $4.25@6.50. Sioux City, Iowa, June 22. — Cattle —Beeves, $5.20@6.70; stockers and feeders, $3.40@4.35; calves and year- lings, $2.85@4.20. Hogs—Range, $5.35 @5.55. South St. Paul, June 22. — Cattle— Grain-fed steers, $6@6.75; cows and heifers, $3.50@4.50; veal calves, $3.75 @5; good to choice stock steers, $3.25@3.75. Hogs—Bulk, $5.55@5.60. Sheep—Yearlings, $4.75@5.25; spring lambs, $6@6.50. : Kentucky Politics Is Fatal. Lexington, Ky., June 22.—As the result ‘of bad blood engendered by a hotly contested Republican primary for circuit judge, John P. Turner shot and instantly killed a young man named Arrowwood at Canoe. Caceres Proclaimed. Santo Domingo, June 22—The na- tional congress yesterday proclaimed Gen. Ramon Caceres re-elected presi- dent of the republic for a term of six years. The ceremony was carried out with great solemnity. SECRETARY TAFT HAS CLOSE CALL Train on Which He Is Traveling Has Narrow Escape From Being Wrecked. FRANK B. KELLOGG WiTt! HIM Prompt Action of Signal Towerman and Engineer of Flyer Prevents Wreck. - Denison, Ohio, June 22.—Secretary Taft had a narrow escape last night from being involved in a_ serious wreck on, the Pennsylvania flyer, which was carrying him East. Prompt action of the tower man in a signal station, a third of a mile east of Co- shocton, and of the engineer of the flyer alone averted what might have been a dreadful wreck. As the train was speeding along at the rate of fifty miles an hour the piston rod on the left side of the locomotive broke short off. Almost instantly the cylinder of the engine was cracked by the unman- ageable rod. The train was just ap- proaching a signal tower east of Co- shocton. The operator saw that some- thing serious was wrong and threw down a signal to stop the train. Saved by Good Luck. The engineer applied the emergen- cy brakes and the train of six cars came to a stop on a sharp curve. The accident occurred at 6:30 o’clock as many of the passengers on the train were at dinner in the dining car. Few of them realized how nar- row their escape had been from an awful accident. Secretary Taft and National Committeeman Kellogg of St. Paul entered the dining car and sat down to dinner after the accident oc- curred without thought of anything serious in connection with the stop- ping and delay of the train. The secretary. made no comment on the in- cident when informed of it. The en- gineer off the locomotive explained that it was merely good luck that averted a bad accident. On Their Way to Yale. Secretary Taft left Cincinnati yes- terday afternoon at 3:10 and expects to reach New York this morning at 9:30. If his train should be on time he will catch a train for New Haven, Conn., so as to arrive there just be- fore noon. He will remain at New Haven throughout the commencement exercises of Yale, his alma mater. As he is likely to make a brief stop in New York on his way to Washing- ton it is probable he will not reach the national capital. before next Sat- urday. He will remain in Washington until after the session of the subcom- mittee of the Republican national committee, which is to be held there on the first day of July. FARM FLOATS AWAY. Missouri River Is Keeping Real Es- tate Moving. Yankton, S. D., June 22.—The Mis- souri river is very high here and is doing considerable cutting, one farm five miles up losing seventy-five acres in a few days. Immense damage has been done to the government dyke, of which 500 feet has been under- mined and carried away. Originally this dyke was 2,600 feet long, but ice and this last damage has reduced the dyke to but a’short spur jutting out from the sand bar a few hundred feet. It has destroyed a harbor used by the ferryboat and much property will have to be moved. CRASHES INTO SKULL. South Dakota Farmer Hurt While Building Fence. Watertown, S. D., June 22.—Henry Leibert, a farmer living near Elkton, met with an accident Wednesday. He was building a fence and as his hired man’ was driving a post the beetle slipped, throwing the handle out of his hand and forcing itself endwise into Mr. Leibert’s head, the end of the handle crashing into the skull just above the right eye. The injury may be fatal. Fatally Wounds Wife. Cleveland, June 22—John Kelley, seventy-five years old, a retired con- tractor and real estate dealer, fatally wounded his wife Margaret, seventy- three years of age, the police assert, early yesterday in their home. : Kelley then tried to commit suicide. It is said they quarreled over money mat- ters, Mangled Body in Harbor. New York, June 22. — The naked and mangled body of an unidentified man was found in the Hudson river near One Hundred and Fifteenth street. It is not known whether the man was murdered or the body was mangled by passing tugs. Killed by Explosion, Philadelphia, June 22—One man is dead, another is missing and nearly a score of others were injured by an explosion on board the German steam- er Arcadia, which arrived here from Hamburg. Decapitated by Train. Columbus, Ohio, June 22, — Early yesterday morning Mrs. James Com- stock of Sunbury threw herself in front of a fast passenger train and was decapitated. She had been in ill health. eg a: -- +