Confessed Before Dying

Pittsburgh, Pa., March 18. Georsre S. Rees, foreman of the squib factory at Plymouth whloh exploded,k.üüng ten girls, mado a confession bufore dying that it was he and not Katie Jonns who caused the explosión. He was smoking a pipe in tlie basement when a spnrk tiew in a powder-keff. The coroner's jury returned a verdict that Katie Jones caused the accident by throwing a squib in the stove.