John Jones, a workman, who was

slightly injured when a thousand pounds

of powder exploded and wrecked the

Three-Ex Powder mill last night, was

taken to the St. James hospital.

The presence of mind and coolness of

Mrs. J. B. Sweeny, 758 North Street,

saved little Johnny Sweeny from death

last night when she caught him by the

coattail and dragged him from beneath

the fender of a street car. Mrs. Sweeny

was dragged 50 feet by the car and taken

to the St. Luke's hospital in an ambulance

that was hastily summoned.

Falling through a street car window

without receiving so much as a bruise was

the unusual experience of Michael Casey

last night on Main Street. Michael was

not intoxicated--so he says.

Recklessly driving his automobile over

the curb on Smith street, Mr. James

White, who resides at 764 Smith street,

was fatally hurt by a careless chauffeur,

who was unable to handle his machine

and skidded at the corner near Mr.

White's home.

At a meeting of the Sane Fourth com-

mittee in the city library last evening

at seven thirty, it was decided that Smith-

town must pa.s.s a law forbidding the sale

and use of cannon crackers.