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ISTHEREFRAUD?
New Move to Get Tim
ber Now in Contest.
THE GOVERNOR TAKES PART
Tillamook Applications Made
for Lieu Land.
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CASES
Who Actuates State Agent In This
Application Not Revealed Does
Jfot Regard H1h Records aM
Public Property.
" Ctrcunvtanees attending and ante
" dating the application of Governor
'' Geer to select as lieu land the tract In
Tillamook County previously entered
by Eugene Jenkins In the United States
11 lAnd Office at Oregon City- as timber "
,, land, lead to the presumption that per
i sons charged with fraud are attempt'
" lng to get through the state land de-
partment some 14.000 acres of timber ''
, land now under contest for fraud. The
' same oath (respecting contract and
" peculation) must be made In appllca
, tlon to purchase from the state as In
1 1 application to purchase from the United 1
' States, so the allegation of fraud In one
case is deemed to apply equally to the
',', other. An interesting bit of history
" leads up to this action.
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The significance of the state applica
tion to select as lieu land 160 acres that
had previously been entered In the United
States land office as timber land, by Eu
geen Jenkins, lies In the theory that this
Is intended as a test case, and If It shall
pass successfully some 14,000 acres of
valuable timber land In Tillamook County
will be passed through the same process,
In pursuance of a collusive arrangement
to beat tho land lawa of the United
.Stitr ygxexeAe -RJiyeS, no Implication
of Improper "a"ctiori on, the part of the
state land department, its application
to select this tract being In apparent hon-
esty and good faith. But persons who
have observed the course of the Tilla
mook cases. Including officials qualified
to Judge, believe this move through the
state land department is another step
in a conspiracy to get 14,000 acres of per
haps the most valuable Umber land In
Oregon In violation of the spirit and let
ter of tho laws.
In September, 1S99, 100 persons made ap
plication at the Oregon City Land Office
to enter timber land In Tillamook County.
All the land was located in township
2 north, ranges 6 and 7 west, being in
the Lower Nehalem Valley a short dis
tance south of the Nehalem River. In
October following the Northern Pacific
Railway Company applied to select the,
same land, 16,000 acres, offering forest
reserve scrip for it. This application
of the railroad company was rejected be
cause In conflict with the previous timber
filings, but Ume was given for submis
sion of further testimony. However, July
10, 1900, the contest was voluntarily with
drawn. Some of those Interested in the
matter say the withdrawal was the re
sult of an understanding arrived at be
tween the Northern Pacific and Claude
Thayer, the latter being accused of engi
neering the deal by which the large
batch of timber land applications was
fraudulently procured.
December 18, 1S99, B. F. Watklns filed a
protest against 14 entries of the batch
on the ground that the land was agricul
tural rather than timber land, and also
that It was not for the sole and exclusive
benefit of the entrymen. The next day
this protest was dismissed as Insufficient
because final proofs had all been made
and payment on the entries was required
at once: but Receiver Galloway would
not accept it and he gave the applicants
but a few minutes to produce the cash,
and at the last moment the cash was
paid and the receipts issued according to
entries. The protest of Watklns was
said to have been in the Interest of those
who were alleged to be promoting the
timber deal.
The 73 Contests Begrun.
March 20, 1900. Charles E. Hayp insti
tuted a contest against 73 of the appli
cants for the Tillamook timber. He
sought to have the. evidence in the case
against Egbert D. Severance suffice for
the whole 73 cases, but the land officials
and he began n new contest against each
separate entryman, filing this July 8, last.
These are the cases that have been drag
ging through the Oregon City Land Office.
Since the filing of the Hays contest, G. O.
Nolan filed a Junior contest. Among
the entries affected by these is that of
Eugene Jenkins. Now the state applies
to select the Jenkins tract, which Is
Involved In the contest before the Land
Office, presenting with its application
Ihe formal releases of contest by Hays
and Nolan and a relinquishment of entry
by Jenkins. These releases and relin
quishment would leave the tract free for
state selection, and It Is not believed the
persons who executed those documents
did so without arriving at a mutual un
derstanding as to what disposition should
be made of the land in quesUon. Jen
kins' relinquishment and Nolan's release
of contest were both executed the same
-day before the same notary public. Oak
Nolan, "who Is cashier In Claude Thayer's
bank. Hays' release of contest was not
executed until February 26. 1902.
Hays allegations In his contest against
the 73 entrymen included the following:
Contestant further alleges that said contestee,
In violation of the laws of the United States
and of tho requirements therein Imposed, made
and Entered Into a contract with Claude Thay
er, Morris Leach and Clark Hadley for the pur
pose of .circumventing? tho law relative to Um
ber entries, and fraudulently combined and
confederated with them for the purpose of spec
ulation and for personal profit, wherein and
whereby the said contestee was to enter under
said timber entry act the land hereinafter de
scribed, and the said Claude Thayer. Morris
Leach and Clark Hadley were to furnish In ad
vance the cost and expenses of publication, le
gal notice of such Intended entry, and to pay
$2 CO per acre, as required by said act; and
the said contestee. In pursuance of said fraudu
lent combination and contract, was to hold
the land hereinafter described in trust for the
benefit of the parties to the said fraudulent con
tract, and the same was to be sold under and
by the direction of said Thayer, Hadley and
Leach at the best figures obtainable therefor,
and the profits of said unlawful transaction so
obtained were to be equally divided between
the said parties thereto, towlt, between the
said contestee, Claude Thayer, Morris Leach
and Clark Hadley, all of which was In viola
tion of the lawa of tne United States.
The chief witnesses for the contestant
were Miss Kate E. Parker and John F.
"Watts. The former had been stenog
rapher In the law office of Thayer & St,
Rayner in, Portland, and the latter had
been a. law student In the same office.
Miss Parker did work as a public stenog
rapher In addition to that f6r the law
firm. She Is still a public stenographer
in the Chamber of Commerce building,
and "Watts now has a law office, also In
that building. Miss Parker was one of
the 100 applicants, as also was Mr. "Watts.
She withdrew her application before time
to prove arrived. "Watts' Is still hanging
fire.
Seme Interesting: Exhibits.
A number of InteresUng exhibits were
Introduced and filed in the case, and are
now a part of the record. Among these
is a warranty deed, duly executed and ac
knowledged by Egbert D. Severance, one
of the contestees. In which the consider
ation and the name of the grantee was
blank. This was dated December 29, 1599.
Another exhibit is the receipt from C. &
E. Thayer to F. & S. R. Severance, for
deed for J1S00, for timber claims, "to be
left with us in escrow 60 days." This bore
date December 28. 1S99. There is a pro
posal of Claude Thayer to a Mr. Bradley
(said to be of the Bridal Veil Lumber
Company), in which "practically 14.000
acres" of timber land, averaging 5.000,000
feet to the quarter section, was offered
for ?1000 per 160 acres. A description of
the facilities for reaching the San Fran
cisco market is given with this, and the
case with which the timber may be gotten
to log-driving streams is set forth. It
closes with the statement that "It is quite
probable, although this Is not guaranteed,
that additional land adjoining the "Wilson
and the Trask Rivers can be secured,
amounting to probably 10.000 acres or
more." This was dated at Portland, Octo
ber 23, 1S99, about a month after the En
tries were made at the United States Land
Office at Oregon City. All these exhibits
were offered by the contestant, of course,
as were also two letters purporting to
have been written by Claude Thayer. On
the part of the contestees three letters,
written by J. F. "Watts, were presented,
one of which is trivial. Tho letters are
here given in chronological order.
That "Watts was not averse to partici
pating In the work of taking timber land
is shown by the following letter:
Portland. Or.. Sept. 20. 1SS0.-C. Thayer.
Esq.. Tillamook Dear Sir: "While In Oregon
City today, helping look after the Interests
of a number of Tillamook residents. I found
there was ICO acres. E. of W. . section 20,
T. 2 N.. R. 0 W., which was not taken up,
and which some other parties were after, so
I filed upon It myself. I know nothing about
timber claims myself, as I am asking your
advice, and If you wish It, I will prove on It
and hold It subject to your order.
Next time there Is a crowd coming down
here If you can send me their names and th
description beforehand, I can have all thMr
papers mad" out so as there will be no delay
In the matter. Kindly let me hear from you.
Yours truly. J. F. "WATTS.
In the following letter from Thayer to
"Watts the "Governor" referred to was
ex-Gonor W. "W Thayer, f.ube- of ibc
writer of the letter:
Tillamook. Or.. Oct. 8, 1600. Mr. J. F.
"Watts, Portland Dear Sir: Tours of iOth at
hand. So you "fell by the wayside" and com
mittedtold a naughty one. In fact, did you?
Don't let the Governor find It out. He Is la
arms. He has been dunned for ?4 13. He
wants to know (like Captain Dodge In a fog)
"whero In hell we are, anyhow?" Have thi
Governor explain to the dunnor that he (tho
Governor) Is not proper dunnee; that this debt
was Incurred by 'an Iniquitous combine of
Claude Thayer. George Conn, Morris Leach and
Clarke Hadley, united together to steal timber
land, encourage perjury among honest young
Portland lawyers, etc
I will get around and pay you some money.
In regard to your claim. I will try to ascertain
how you fared In the lottery In the way of get
ting a good claim, and then will advise with
you further. Please keep in touch with Oat
man. He had a buyer In view. If his buyer
turns up telegraph me, please, at once As
the wire Is alive with busybodles you had bet
ter use a telegram saying Oatman can do noth
ing. We are liable to handle the thing hero any
minute now, and Oatman don't want to bo
slow himself. He should use the wire with bla
man If he locates htm. Yours, very truly,
CLAUDE THAYER.
The "Morris, Clarke & George" to whom
the following letter from Claude Thayer
was addressed were represented In the
evidence to be Morris Leach, Clark Had
ley and George Cohen:
ThonRHt He Had Land Sold.
Portland, Or., Nov. 18. ISM. Morris. Clarke
& George: I think I have had the land sold at
$0 25. I knocked the everlasting spots out of
$1000 trying It. It Is not too certain. I en
counter common men and brokers and hogs and
one thing and another on every corner.
Now, I don't need any cruiser estimates from
W. S. Cone, and after paying out what we will
have to we won't have a margin to pay htm
for the regular estimates. Don't make any
mistake about this. It we make the sale we
can pay him as high as $1000 for a general
statement such as I Inclose for htm to sign.
Of course, make It as much less as possible. I
will try to throw the whole crulMng Into his
hand, out of which he would make a consid
erable sum of money .
Look out that no one tampers with your peo
ple. It Is very easy for any one to say: "Why,
I have a man comlnn from Rhlnelander (or
any old place) who will give $S an acre." But
It Isn't easy to say. as I can: "I have got ?30,
000 to back you up." Some of our people
would get excited like sheep and when they got
here to prove up would get left-
The N. P. R. R. Co. wants these lands, and
If one of the boys didn't have the money to
prove up the scrip would get that land before
next morning, and no power on earth could
help It. A St Paul man has paid $5,000,000
for the Northern Pacific lands, and he could
run In a man thero who would fool the people
right up to the lost moment, or who would get
statements from them to use in a content.
Don't, for God's sake, let anything happen at
that end now.
All the trend In the East was for Southern
pine lands, and It was the hardest thing I had
to buck against. I have been "up against"
the big ftllow, but can't say that I was
"skeered."
Stumpage Is worth $S there, eh?
CLAUDE THAYER.
A mistake was evidently made In the
year of the following letter. 1899 having
been written for 1900. It pertained to cer
tain letters relating to the contest of the
Northern Pacific Railway Company that
was then In progress:
Thayer SRsplcions of Hays.
Portland, Or., Jan. 20. 1800. Dear Clauder
Hays and I have Just had an Interview with
Moreland in reference to those letters which
you received copies of and which Hays ho
been working on in the hope of recovering
them. He has had several Interviews with
Miner, who, as a matter of fact. Is a friend or
employe of the real possessor of the letters. He
has found out from Miner that this man pro
poses to use them to sustain a contest which
he intends to file against all the lands selected
by Tillamook people. The basis of the contest
will be that the filings were fraudulent, and
were made in the interest of third parties.
Now Miner tells Hays he Is willing to turn
over all papers that this man holds for the
sum of $300; In other words, he Is willing to
steal them and give them to us for that
amount. But hi .opportunity to get them Is
liable to vanish at any time, and if we get
them we must act quickly, as the man may
make a change of base any time, which will
make It Impossible for Miner to get them. All
this Is merely a reiteration of our conversation
with Mr. Moreland, and as a result ha advisod
me to write you immediately and have you In-
(Concluded on Fa 11.)
BIG SPLIT IN PARTY
Republicans Badly Divided on
Cuban Reciprocity;
ROOSEVELT'S HARD POSITION
"Wants to Carry Oat McKInley's
Promise "WitlioHt Using: Patronage
to Pacify Men In Revolt Rnle
of Leaders Threatened.
WASHINGTON, March 7. Cuban reci
procity has caused the greatest split that
has occurred in the Republican party since
it gained power in the Congressional cam
paign of 1894. Roorevelt Is manfully at
tempting to carry out the promises made
by McKinley to the Cuban delegates who
visited "Washington last Summer to find
out what this Government would do In
case the convention accepted the Piatt
amendment. McKinley probably could
have succeeded, as he was a past master
in the art of controlling refractory Pe
publican Congressmen, and was more of
a politician than Roosevelt. McKinley
won Democrats as welt as Republicans
in distributing political honors, and es
pecially Army appointments, on a nonpar-
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"ALL SIMON MEN "
SAYS DR. PLUAiMER.
Chairman Plummer, of the
Republican County Central
Committee, has apparently
not been fully advised aa to
the personnel of the machine
candidates for delegates to the
Republican County Conven
tion. But one thing he does
know about them, and that Is
that they are to be Simon men
first, last and always. After
the meeting of the central
committee, Thursday night,
he made the following state
ment to a reporter of The
Oregonian:
"Am the faction of the
party that Ik inimical to
Senator Simon does not care
to Mupport the regrular can
didates, it I quite likely
that the candidates will be
Simon men."
Thus it is authoritatively
known that all the "regular"
candidates before the Repub
lican primary are put up with
Aole'ref-irence to any rvlce
they may tie able to render to
Senator Simon; and any plea
that may hereafter be made
that they are not for Simon,
but merely for the several
candidates of -the "push" for
city and county offices, may
be given the credence it de
serves, which is no credence
at all.
tlsan basis Prominent Republican poli
ticians of the Senate say that, by a Judi
cious use of the patronage at his disposal,
Roosevelt will be able to defeat the plan
of the radical beet-sugar men who are op
posing his plan for reciprocity with Cuba.
But Roosevelt does not like to use pat
ronage for any such purpose, and feels
a question of a public nature of this kind
should be settled on Its merits.
It appears, however, that the revolt
against Cuban reciprocity, which Is fa
vored by the President, the Speaker of
the House and the men who have here
tofore controlled the affairs of the House,
Is too large for suppression by the use
of patronage, or even the power of any
Administration. The rule of Henderson,
Payne, Dalzell, Grosvenor and Cannon has
been threatened In the House before, but
they have always managed, by the aid of
tho Administration, and by the power
which the Speaker and those men exert
in the control of legislation, to "whip Into
line" enough refractory members to carry
their point. It was so on the Porto Rican
legislation, on the Philippine legislation,
and other measures of less Importance.
Then, however, they were fighting on the
high protective lines, and now they are
on tho other side. Cuban reciprocity Is
regarded as the entering wedge against
the high protective system, and the beet
sugar Republicans threaten to tear down
the protective citadel If their Interests
are touched by granting concessions to
Cuba. These beet-sugar organizers under
the lead of Tawney, Babcock and Morris
begin to taste nower, and It is possible
that they hold the nucleus of an organiza
tion which may overthrow Henderson and
hla particular followers in another Speak
ership contest. The fight la regarded as
presaging disaster to the Republicans in
the coming Congressional campaign. The
beet-sugar men allege that enough Demo
crats will be elected if reciprocity Is grant
ed to turn the scales in the House, while
on the other hand it Is said that a defeat
of the Administration policy will mean
defeat at the polls this FalL
Mitchell Has Piatt's Proxy.
Senator Piatt; of New York, who Is a
member of the committee on lnteroceanlc
canals, left for Florida today. Before go
ing he ,gave Senator Mitchell full author
ity to vote for him in favor of the Nica
ragua bill whenever the committee acted,
although this authority cannot be used in
the Senate.
Launch for Astoria Officials.
Representative Moody today secured the
passage of a bill authorizing the purchase
or construction of a launch for the use
of the customs officials at Astoria, to
cost not over ?10.000. This amount will
probably be carried In the sundry civil
bill.
Game Iaws for Alaslca.
The House committee on territories to
day authorized Representative Cushman
to favorably report the bill introduced by
Representative Lacey to provide game
laws for Alaska. The bill had tha unani
mous indorsement of the committee.
Klamath Indian Treaty Approved.
Representative Moody today favorably
reported in the Indian committee Repre
sentative Tongue's bill to ratify the treaty
with the Klamath Indians whereby they
cede to the United States a tract of 621,824
acres of their reservation, for which the
Government agrees to pay them 5537,007.
WORKING FOR BOHE3IIA RAILWAY.
Portland Men Ask to Have Lands
"Withdrawn Front Reserve.
"WASHINGTON, March 7.-1. Frank
"Watson and M. B. Rankin, of Portland,
are In "Washington endeavoring to secure
an executive order withdrawing from the
Cascade forest reserve a tract of four
townships In Linn and Douglas Counties,
on which are located some 2000 mines. If
this withdrawal can be made, these par
ties propose to construct a railroad from
the mines westerly to connect with the
Southern Pacific at Cottage Grove. It is
shown that these mines now have diffi
culty in getting their products to mar
ket, but the construction of this 40-mlle
railroad will give them the desired outlet.
These gentlemen assert that it is Impossi
ble to secure sufficient capital for the
construction of a road If It must be
through the forest reserve, although there
Is an abundance of money available If
the townships through which the road will
run can first be eliminated from the re
serve. They further allege that if their
road is constructed lt.will send sufficient
ore to Portland to warrant the establish
ment of a smelter at that place. Both
Senator Mitchell and Representative
Moody have Interested themselves In -the
project, and expect to lay the papers be
fore the department with a view to secur
ing the withdrawal of the townships In
question.
A survey for this road has already been
made, and the project 13 ready for active
operations when the territory to be pene
trated shall be eliminated from the re
serve. An Individual mlneowner would be
authorized under the law to build the road
out from his mine, but there is no indi
vidual operator in the Bohemia district
who Is able to build 40 miles of railroad
In tho mountains. No corporation is per
mitted to build a railroad through a for
est reserve; thereforo it Is deem2d Imprac
ticable to proceed with the development
of the Bohemia district until it shall be
withdrawn from the reserve. In addition
to this Is the fact that the timber of the
district would afford a considerable vol
ume of traffic for the railroad, thus con
tributing to its maintenance and making
the charges lighter on ore than they
would otherwise be. And the tlmbar
could not be removed if the section were
to remain a part of the reserve.
"Vancouver Bridge and Pedestrians.
Representative Jones has been advised
.by representatives of the Washington &
Oregon Railroad Company, which pro
poses to construct a railroad bridge across
the Columbia River at or near Vancouver,
that the company docs not desire to make
provision on its bridge for the accom
modation of a trolley line, although they
have no objection to a roadway and ac
commodation for pedestrians. It has not
yet been flnaUyde.termlncdwhaL wilL be
'done with thisiIlC and the trolley propo.
sltlon will probably be settled by the com.
mlttee.
DISPUTE BETWEEN CONSULS
French and American Representa
tives at Tien Tain Having: Trouble.
LONDON. March 8.-;Cabling from Tien
Tsin, the correspondent of the Standard
reports a dispute between the French and
American Consuls there, arising from the
attempts of the French Consul to include
certain mission properties In the French
settlement. The American Consul, eays
the correspondent, hoisted the American
flag on the disputed buildings. The French
Consul now threatens to hoist the French
flag abovo the American.
"Only Germany now opposes the resti
tution of Tien Tsin to China," says the
correspondent of the Times, cabling from
Pekin. "The other powers are ready to
restore the administration of that city to
the Chinese May L"
Territory of Jefferson.
"WASHINGTON, March 7. The House
committee on territories today decided to
report the bill giving Indian Territory a
territorial form of government, to be
known as the Territory of Jefferson, with
a Legislature slmllnr to the other terri
tories, a Governor and a delegate in Con
gress. SUMMARY OF THE DAY'S NEWS.
Congress.
Cuban reciprocity causes a great split In the
Republican party. Pajje 1.
The Senate passed the diplomatic appropria
tion bill. Page 2.
The House will vote on the rural delivery
classification bill Monday. Page 2.
The Mitchell exclusion bill will be reported to
the Senate In a few dajs. Page 2.
Prince Henry.
Prince Henry and bis party have returned to
New York. Page 3.
The Capitol at Albany and the Military Acad
emy at West Point were visited. Page 3.
The Prince will remain at New Yorlc until
Monday, when he goes to Philadelphia.
Page 3.
Foreign.
The Spanish regency may be prolonged, owing
to King Alfonso's incapacity. Page 3.
Cecil Rhodes Is critically 111. Page 3.
King Edward laid the corner-stone of the
Royal Naval College at Dartmouth. Page 3.
Domestic.
Fifteen persons were killed and many Injured
in a train wreck In Texas. Page 1.
Many of the victims were Immigrants bound
for California. Page 1.
The President will not permit his daughter to
attend the coronation. Page 2.
Pacific Coast.
W. J. Furnish carries Umatilla County Repub
lican primaries by a big majority. Page 4.
Kittitas Valley, Washington, company organ
ized to Irrigate 30.000 acres. Page 4.
Great "Waldo copper mines In Southern Oregon
are to be developed extensively. Page 4.
Marine.
Heavy ehlpments of wheat and flour from
North Pacific ports to South Africa.
Page 12.
Inchcape Rock reaches port with a mixed Ant
werp cargo. Page 12.
Two more March grain ships finish loading.
Page 12.
Ocean grain freights have fallen below 25
shillings In San Francisco. Page 12.
But two Uvea lost In the Waesland disaster.
Page 12.
Portland and Vicinity.
How state- figures In new move In Tillamook
timber land cases. Page 1.
Many election judgea and clerks decline ap
pointment. Page 8.
Columbia Telephone Company will make large
Improvements. Page 10.
Multnomah Club plans Fall carnival. Page 10.
Teachers receive eight per cent Increase In
salaries. Page 12.
March 10 named as date of Republican county
convention. Pago 10.
Frightful Train Wreck
in Texas.
FIFTEEN PERSONS ARE DEAD
Twenty-eight More or Less
Injured.
FIRE ADDED TO THE HORORR
The Victims "Were Mostly Immi
grants, Bound for California
Train Was Trying: to Mak
Up Lost Time.
A train wreck on the Southern Pacific
near Sanderson, Tex., resulted In the
deaths of 15 persons and Injuries to 23
more. The train as west bound, and
most of the lctlms, aside f rom ' the
crew, were Immigrants going to Cali
fornia. The wreck caught fire, and
many of the passengers, pinned down
In the broken coaches, were cremated.
A broken rail caused the disaster.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex., March 7. A brok
en rail caused a frightful wreck on the
Southern Pacific near Maxon station, 25
miles west of Sanderson, at 3 o'clock this
morning. From the latest accounts re
ceived here, 15 persons were killed out
right and 2S were more or less injured, as
follows:
The Dead.
Three children of MART RIDDLE; of
Chetopa, Kan.
ESTAVON CONTRARAS. Del Rio. Tex.
ANDREW C. SHELLICK, wife and
child, Loiror, Tex.
Child of D. E. HOUSEN, Racine, Wis.
CHRIS KEEL, contractor, San Antonio.
"W. "W. PRINCE, engineer, San Antonio.
Mr. and Mrs. "WHITE, Manitowoc, "Wis.
Engineer AL MAST, E Saso, Tex.
Fireman HBERTSCHOST, Bj-Faso,
Tex.
L A. BOONE, news agent, Doylene, La.
The Injured.
Mary Kohler, San Francisco, internal
injuries; A. S. Turner, Black Hawk. Miss.,
hand crushed; Mrs. E. M. Shoppaed. GItn
Mills. Pa., head hurt; J. Fuller. Washing
ton, D. C. leg and foot crushed; Antonio
Elrio, Del Rio, Tex., internal injuries;
George Ollenburg. Lexington, Ky., hand
crushed; E. C. Baker. Angleton. Tex.,
bruised; Charles H. Hoy, San Antonio,
Tex., both feet scalded; A. E. Massey,
Wilby, Tex., scalp wound: J. I. Taylor,
Mulberry, Kan., head Injured: Mrs. Mitch
ell. Philadelphia, hurt internally; W. R.
Adams, express messenger. Internal in
juries and badly scalded; Craig Battle
man, North Dakota, head and back hurt;
Briscoe Rodriguez, Del Rio, Tex., bruised;
Lulons Merales. Del Rio, Tex., slightly
bruised; Antonio Donul. Del Rio, Tex.,
bruised; M. Lobert, residence unknown,
head hurt; D. P. Havens, El Paso,
bruised; A. E. McKenzIe. Safford. Ariz,
slightly injured; H. J. Todd. Frankfort,
Ky., bruised; Thomas O. Crowder. Hous
ton, Tex., bruised; William Josephs. San
Jose, Cal., back injured; J. H. Taylor, Bir
mingham, Ala., slightly hurt; Hugh Mills,
Chetopa. Tex., slightly Injured; Dr. G. C.
Martin. Pecos City, Tex., slightly Injured;
G. W. B. Bennett. St. Paul. Kan., bruised;
W. S. Glenn, Black Hawk, Miss., leg brok
en; Miss Annie Wortherst, San Francisco,
leg and hand crushed.
Caused by a Broken Rail.
The Ill-fated train left San Antonio at
noon Thursday 2 hours late, and at the
time of the accident was running at a
high rate of speed to make up time. The
road at the point where the wreck oc
curred Is In a rough country, the curves
being sharp and the grades heavy. It
was when rounding a curve that the train
left the track. It Is said, on account of a
broken rail. The hour was 3 A. M., 15
hours after the train had left San An
tonio, showing that it was still behind
time.
All the passengers were asleep, and the
shock that followed was the first intima
tion they had of the danger. The train
was going at such a rate of speed that
the tender and engine landed 75 feet from
where they left the rails. The cars be
hind piled up against the engine, caught
firo, and all were consumed except the
sleepere.
A private car owned by Thomas Ryan,
a New York capitalist, with his family
aboard, was attached to the rear of the
train, but it was pulled away before the
fire reached it, and no one in it was in
jured. All the Injured. in the coaches juet be
hind the express and baggage cars were
cremated. The people In the sleepers
were saved with the assistance of the un
injured passengers.
Wreck Caught Fire.
The wrecked train was the Galveston,
Harrisburg & San Antonio west-bound
passenger No. 9, and consisted of an en
gine, mall car, baggage car, one coach,
one chair car, three tourist sleepers, one
Pullman sleeper and one private car. The
mall car, the baggage car and the day
coaches were piled together behind the en
gine, and were ablaze in a few seconds.
It was impossible to move any of the
coaches or the tourist cars, as they were
all off the rails, and were soon, consumed
by the flames.
W. G. Van Vleck. general manager of
the Galveston. Harrisburg & San An
tonio Railroad,' was at San Antonio, and
left at once on a special train for the
scene of the wreck.
Conductor Stockwell, who was only
slightly Injured, upon finding his crew
were killed and disabled, started out for
Tabor to warn the east-bound train. For
two hours he dragged himself through the
darkness, arriving In time to stop the ap
proaching train
When, at last communication was made
with Sanderpon, San Antonio and El Paso
wrecking trains left for the scene from
this place and San Antonio, surgeons for
the company being called up all along the
line. A relief train was also dispatched
from Sanderson, which took to tne sur
vivors of tho wreck clothes and covering.
Railroad men In this city have many
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