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' ; tA GBAXPE., PSION COPXTY, OREGON, . WEDXKsD.Viy SEPT. 23, 1
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FATAL COLLISION
pEXSE EOG RESPOXSIBLE .i
I Olt DISASTROUS ACCIDENT
'seven At Thought to Be Fatally in
Jured ud 8frra Seriously ' Hurt
Result of Collision Between Two
' Fast Trolley Ci&h Ncur Philadelphia
.... Aims ami Legs Cut Off In Several
Iustaiifos Tlie Cans Crowded With
. Workmen Kcvcnt y-tvo Hurt.
Philadelphia,' Sept. 23. At least
seven were fatally injured and 72 seri
ously hurt when two trolley cars col
lided in a fog today on the South-
J western Traction line between Ches
.,., .ml PWi.rh!;. T..v cr were
"I running, at a high rate of speed and
j vere crowded with workingmen.
The Injured.
' ' John Boyer,' ribs broken, not expect
ed to live; Thomas Ryan, both arms
cushed; Philip Flannagan In believed
to be fatally Injured; Edward Smith,
ntotorman of the Chester car, leg cut
off. expected to die; the motorman of
the Philadelphia car had' both , legs
cut off.. ; ' . '
Neither motorman could see far
ahead on account of a dense fog.
lift eon Cars In Klter.,
Elkton, MA.. Sept. 23. Fifteen cars
oT a freight, trfliq on the Baltimore &
Ohio road, plunged Into the Delaware
river today when the east span of thel
bridge at Port Deposit gave way. It
Is thought all of the crew escaped.
The engine an4.Xist car had Just
crossed the span when' the collapse
ame. '
! The Fair
Ei.lMJ-'JE. - 1 Uil W"Wggg 1 r
Thursday and Friday to get
Ready for the Bankrupt
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Samp omufmy,
i Extra Salesman Wanted-Apply at 0nce.
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Cotton King, Sullr. Employed nt'n
Salary on Broadway.
New York. Sept. 23.Danlel Sul
hV,the former, cotton kins:. who i i..B
Cornered the market and has been In
. ft hatlut t. . . -
"'"iroi, or the situation, is
now woyking.;0r a. salary as a sales
man for Broad street brokers, at a
salary of $10,000. His last futiu .i
tempt to coiner the market several
months ago cost him a million dollars.
He has. soli his), seats on. the cotton
exchange. :
BITTER FEELING RIFF mm
, Hlhi CANDIDATE . '
Eeaumont, Texas, Sept. 22. The
feeling against Thomas Hlsgen, pres
idential candidate of the Independence
league, Is bitter today, following his
attack upon United States Senator
Bailey of Texas. When asked for a
statement H!gen again attacked Bai
ley. " '
Judge D. H. Hardy, secretary of
state when the Waters-Pierce OH com
pany was allowed to re-enter the state,
took exceptions to the( remark that
Bailey is responsible for the readmls
sion of the little octopus.
, ' Build Road to Portland.
Seattle, Sept. 23. President Wl'n-
chell, of the Rock Island railroad
stated here Jfnaf that his road-' is not
building to the coast. It will go to
Portland. ,
Store will
S a l e.
eptember
STAR
8F BEIICAL
TO. TtlE CAPT OF IWth TUGS
11ITSICAL AXD MEXTAJi WRECKS, THE
v .RVIVOR8 REACII WKAXGEt,, ALASKA, Tills'. MORXIXoi
Captain AVugncr, of the Bark Star of' Kengal, 'and TweMynix Other Kur.:
vlvors'of Wreck Where 110 Wero" i.rowiiort, Remhw AlusUa Shore-
IWMch How Two Tug Watched Bark Swshed on Roeki-Whlto V!r
tinw Given Detent Burial on Beat- h Ship a Total Wr k, Saj ImmU
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Wra'ngel, Alaska. Sept. 23. Of tho
110 whites and Chinese swept to death
when the cannery bark .Star of Bengal
broke to pieces on Coronation Island,
27, lnelueinfe Captain Wagner. " .were
rescued and are now "here, all )hyslcnl
and mental wreckR,' from, tie tarribU
Captain AVagner calls the cnptalns
of the tugs Hattie Gage and Kayak
cowards, and says they, should te In
.prison. He told how the shlD was al
lowed to drift on the rocks, while the
tugs stood by, making no effort to
rescue U until It was pounded to
pieces. , He said:
"The tugs cut loose and ran away
like dogs, letting us to . fight deah
alone. For four hours we burned
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ABE RUEF ENACTS
San Pranclsco, Sept. 23. Abe Ruef
me erstwhile boss played the role of
a hero today in an auto accident In
which tho Misses Cox, were thrown
J tcom n auto at Union street, one them,
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chauffeur were going along Union
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OREGON. WEDNESDAY, SKIT. 23, 1908. ' .... ; '! , ,
.WRECK MED
lights.. Then something hit.. When 1
camo to I was on th beach." . -Seamen
Jlulr and Olsen reached
shofe In a boat with Wagner, .
Whiten Given Buriul.
'.tTTr - reached ' the
teach alive, but the remainder were
thrown up dead. Mulrand Olstn dus
15 graves and gave tho white decent
burial. The Chinese lay where the
landed. '. 1 . " '
The Kayak took the survivors from
the beach and brought them here. Tht
cable ship Burnslde -has reached the
scene of the wreck. Captain Stamford
of the Burnslde, reports the vessel u
total wreck. The beach is strewn with
jalmon cases and gasoline drums.
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street when they were attracted by
two young women who had lost con
trol of their machine. Ruef ordered
his chauffeur to run his machine in
tr.on,V t tne other, thereyby stopping
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ik'. ms mavmno -was Dauiy damaged
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IIa Picked up the girls, put them In
hi. mu, ., .....,,., . ...
. ...... nine niiu unutru irit'TH lO me
hospital.
IROI RAILROAD KINGS.
MKsourl t'ontmlKsion UuniU (iotild nnil
Harrtniuii Orders. -
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Topeka. Sept. 23. Alh-'glng that th.
:.II.-Koiirl Pacific tracks in this statf
ure In such poor condition that thi
line Is unsafe, the state railway y(m
mission has notified George Gouihl and
E. H. Harilman, who recently acnutrro
an l!t:-tPt n the road, that repaid
must be made Immediately.
FEDERATED CLUBS CONVENE
lllillf, 10-12
Final announcement f tho date i.r.
which the state convention of tin
federated Women's clubs of O-okop
will be c alled In this eity. was m'le to
day when announcement wijs made by
Saruh A. Evans, the state president,
that November Id, 11 and 12 are tht
date set. '
The two clubs of the city, throu-;')
the various committees have he-r.
working for several weeks on IhU
ter. but have been handlinr ;,ed . i
details bet-anna of thu n tt - ' fay
the dates. Now tMtl" ' ;iv been
snnotinced. prepnrn" .nl fairly
hum until evr'-;. ; ...aiids ready for
the arrival f tin- ,i;Ht of the 70 wo
i.an dei.;.i.-.' .expected here on that
date.
(iaiix tilling AbriNiil.
Baltltnorc, S-pt. 23. Joe Gun In
tends t'i go abroad for the entertain
ment of King Edward and oilier imm
arctm who ate Interested In the "man
ly art." He will be neconipunled by
Doe Krone of Chiiag". tians has re
ceived flittering offers from Europe.
liAI DATES OF
: BIC COipTll
HOLV ROIXEr-S NOlsi'
Taeoma. dleo Will Huvo to Quiet the
"Holy Roller" EnthuMusto.
Tacoma, Sept. 23 The "Holy Roll
ers" are making so much disturbance
ln tholr hnl1 tha numerous complaints
have been mnde.,to the -'police. The
hall Is over an trndertaklng parlor,
the directors of which snyhe disturb
ance interferes v.Uh funeral services.
The Rollers regain in their hall all
day talking In many tongues and
shouting and howling.,,,,..
RED BLOOD
HIGHLY IIDIIIUT OYER CHAIH
m KfTEHCGCK S LETHARGY
Washington, p, C.Sept. 23. "The
card Index system Is fine for govern
ment work, but In heaven's' name
pump some hot, red blood Into the
campaign. Never mind card-indexing
the people to find out how we think
they ought to vote. Let's get out wlfh
red fire, stump talk, use bands and
money, and stln 'em up. so they do
vote. In heaven's name, remember
.Vovember is almost here."
These are tho words used by Pres
ident Roosevelt in his criticism of the
work of , the republican national
chairman, Hitchcock, according ti a
cabinet officer who does not like
Hitchcock. He says the president's
words led to the appointment of Sen
ator Cranc-fi pilot of the republican
campaign. ' '
Pioneer Hchoohiiu'nm Dead.
North Yakima, Wash.,'-airs," Martha
'.J. Beck, a teacher in the first public
ehotd In this part of WashinKton, died
if pnVumotilun today, HKod 78 years,
i-he is a Yakima pioneer,, having lived
'iere sine 1869. . '
Cruller Colorado O. K. Aguln.
Navy Yard, Ptiget Sound, Sept. 23.
An exatnlnutlon of the interior of
.he cruiser ('(dorado shows there Is no
oak in the new plates In plaeo of those
lamaged when the' cruiser' ran
tground on August 15.
, Kentucky Doctors.
.Winchester, Ky Sept. i'3. Physi
cians to the number of several hundred
are the gti'tM of Winchester today at
thuoprning of the 53d annual meet
ing of the Kentucky State Medical as
lorlatlon. ,
Army of Went Vlrglnlti, ,
Huntington, W, Va., Sept. 23. Vet
erans from many states answered to
he. roll Vail when the Society of the
Army 6f West Virginia "convened
x-re today in its 27th annual reunion.
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ROOSEVELT TO ANSWER s
BRYA X'S TELEGRAM TONIGHT.
Appear -a. Though IinettSathm of
Haskdl Incident Wl!l Be Made hy
tho I'i;4.ldi nt Haskell U-Cali m
Routcu-It Ulth " ''Other Sontliern
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SideGreat : E.wliemeni Ire
tuIIh, Oyer Inehlent.
; . Washington. Sept. 23. Secre
tary, juoel) tills -iHfternjon- an
nounced that Roosevelf Is pre
paring to anwer the telegram
sent hjm yesterday by Bryan.
Owing to the length of the re-
ply he said It would probably
not be given out until tonight.
Washington. Sept. 23. What may
bo the start of an Investigation by
President Roosevelt of the Hearst
charges against Governor Haskell, was
begun today when W. C. Haskell, tho
sealer of weights" In the District of
Columbia and formerly United State
marshal in Ohio, called on the presi
dent. They talked for half an hour.
This is tho Haskell mentioned by Gov.
Haskell as the man who was probably
meant by Attorney General Monnett
of Ohio, lit connection wlti tho charge
that "Haskell was Implicated In an
attempt to stop the Standard Oil pros
ecution by bribery." .. .
W. C. Haskell ifnld the- rreslder.t
,that he was never connected with the
Standard Oil company ha any capacity
and knew nothing about the Monnett
charges. ;
Govt rnor Curry of New, Mexico, and
many other official culled today.
Mcnnett l!uhe to . Rryun..
Oolumhu, C) ;Sf pt; 23. in re
spoh.tu to a telephone message from
Bryan nt Detroit at midnight, former
Attorney General Monnett left hero
this morning to confer with Bryan.
He said he would supply Bryan with
information regarding the alleged at
tempt of Governor Haskell to briba
him.
, lorin Outer, of I'lditlea.
Columbus, O., Sept. 22. Columbu
Is the storm Center of the presidential
campalKn today. Attorney General
Monnett Is heie to repent the charges
against Haskell to Bryan who con
ferred with democratic leaders alt af
trnoon. , Monnett refused to exoner-
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SimnMi War Veterans.
Ablllne, Kan.. Hi pt. 23. A t bree
ds y reunion, which will be murked by
many elaborate entertulnments, was
ojtened here tuday by the United
SpauUh War Veterans of KHno.
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