Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, February 07, 1906, Image 1

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YOXi. XLYI. NO. 14,093.- -
PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1906.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
JW
FOOR ARE KILLED
UNO EIGHT HURT
Disastrous Wneckat
Bridal Veil;
EXftHE STRIKES PULLMAN CAR
heroism of Engineer jn a Crip
pled Locomotive;
WORK WITH BURKED 'HANDS'.
Rear - End Collision . of Passenger
TrainsProvfest1ic Mbjt Serious;
In-.lhd . History, .of i thp . .
"O.. R&..,Co.
Tkc Dead.
George "WV Buchanan, 45, member
of thVflrm of Clark & Buchanan, ac
countants, Maelcay building.'
Edward "Blnnott, 35, 173 Sher
man street traveling salenman "Amer
ican Typefounders Company.
Atidrcgr ; .Edwardf-. ?, messenger
for "f.hn Bkgsa.ec Omnibus' Trans
fer, CompanyCfY -,
3, i "jj' FrostjCO, en . route from
"Walla .Walla to his son at Bcio.
TheBjured.
Mrs. NcllIeRIley,! Walla Walla.
JameslC Rusncll,- San Fran'clnco.-
Mrn. frah."A.VKllncman,. of Kern
Park," Tor tlarid.
W. II. 'Swain, engineer of No. 5.
Silently Injured.
Louis Morgan; fireman No. .
Mr. L. M. Coburn; Hot Lake.
Mrs. V. Well, Tacoma.
W. -A. Duncan, Portland, porter
buffet car No. 5.
In the most disastrous wreck In, the
history of tho 'Oregon Railroad & Naviga
tion Company and "the only one in which
the life Of a passenger on that road; has
been killed,, pJUcaBorAUwdfeprjesj
'No. 5 Tan into the rear end 'of the Spo
kanc Flyer, No. 3, at Bridal Veil yester
day morning at 7:50,-telescoping- the Pull
man car Galatea, killing four persons
and injuring a score of others.- Engine
193, in charge of Engineer William Swain,
became unmanageable and dashed into
No. 3, which was standing on the track
William Swain, the Eaclaeer Who
Left JIJs rout Aftr MaklBC
Heroic FteM.
at Bridal Veil. Had It not been for the
presence of mind of Silas Smith, brake
man on the Chicago-Portland Express,
who pulled the emergency cord when he
realized the train was beyond the control
of the engineer and was running away,
thus setting the brakes, the collision
would have been one of the worst In the
history of Western railroading.
Delayed by Jts Engine.
Train No. 3 had stopped at. Bridal Veil
station, and was delayed there by-its en
gine, which was out of order. The rear
car of the train, the Pullman sleeper from
Walla Walla, picked up by the Spokane
train at Wallula Junction, was, standing
opposite the depot. Flagmen had been
sent back 15 telegraph poles, or the re
quired distance of about 2000 feet, to flag
No. 5, which was. following, and torpedoes
were also placed on the track. When
about fdur miles cast of Bridal Veil, the
locomotive hauling the Chicago-Portland
Express got out of order and became un
manageable.
Injector Pipe Breaks.
The Injector -pipe "broke inside the cab
of engine 193, letting out a flood of steam
and driving the engineer and the fire
man out of the can. Engineer Swain
reached for the .throttle, .to. stop, the en
gine, but could not reach It: In a mo
ment he heard the torpedoes on the
track and realized the . Spokane. Flyer
was ahead on the main track and rushed
back into the cloud of burning steam that
filled the cab in the effort -to stop the
flying train. He- groped about- for the
levers he could not see, fearing even to
breathe in the deadly atmosphere, suf
fering tortures to his scorched hands and
face, and. Anally baffled, was compelled
to retreat to the engine tender. Both he
and the fireman then leaped 'to the cbn
ncctions between the tender and the mall
3tx and tried "to reach the air nose and
break the connection, thus applying the
brakes, but Engineer Swain's hands were
fo 'terribly burned thcy.'were "useless, and
ho could notTdlsconcti,the. hose. In. an 1
instant the engine crashed . into, tho Pull
man.' . .
Locomotive -Is Detached
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Meanwhile (Silas Smithy iK'lng.'at. Sec
ond and Grant streets,. brakeman ion1
No. 5, refilled the Engine mis Vyoftd .
thecontrol 'oMhe engineer nndipulledSihc
emergency cord, setUngttho 1brakcS.,TThia
slowcdMhc train, "and the locomotive was
dctached"from the indnWnd shot ahead,"
crashing into the Pullrian.""In nnioracnt
Uie .rest of-llic train, coming at a slower .
Bpecd, struck (J.he engine, -Jand again '
iiurica ii aguinst '.ine wroctica xruumaiui
Those in the. wreck fclt Uwo," .distinct.
shocks, and y Ills prompt action inbrlng-i
ing Che Chlcago-Porfiantl Express' almost!
to -a stop, Bnakcman- Snjiy"ij;cTrjited,a;
Special Train Sent Out.
$ A spqpiaj! trajn left-Portland aSfi,ooii a?
the news reached the railroad "officials In
"this city, carrying-dQctors.and nurses to.
'brought, to Portland the dead arid ln
jurcd."Thc former were' taken to Corp-j
nnr irinlov'K TnnrSilP anA 111 In1url WCre
rnet at the train with ambulances and
Edward t. SiBBett. Killed la Wreck, j
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conveyed to St. Vincent's Hospital. An
inquest will be held by Coroner FInlcy
at 10 o'clock this morning.
Engine 193, upon which the break In the
Injector pipe occurred, Is one of tho best
passenger engines on the lines o the O.
It. & N and arrived in Oregon early last
.year Just out of the shops of the Bald-f
wlu Locomotive Works, where it V'"as
manufactured. That the accident was
one of tliogci things, llmt cannot bo
weAr c(IT?h Ii) i tm-orx precAtl9af'ifMd'
been taken to safeguard the train stand
ing at Bridal Veil, is Ihr belief of Gen
eral 'Jtariager X P. OIBricn and other
-officials of the company.
Escaped by a. Fortunate Cliancc.
The wrecked' train was in charge of
Conductor Glendcnnlng, but Jefferson D.
Hayes, Pullman conductor, was on duty
in the Galatea, and; escaped death only
by ft fortunate chance. Just before the
wreck happened he stepped out on the
rear platform of his car and then went
forward Into the Pullman ahead, where
he was when the collision occurred. He
sustained .some, slight bruises; but Im
mediately went t to work holplng the
wounded. Two nurses who. wore -on the
Chicago-Portland Express, en ..route from
Hot. Lake to'Pdrtlarid,- got. on the scene
as soon as "the "crash was' over' and were,
busy wherever their skilled" ilngors cotild
bring relief to the suffering. They ban
daged the wounds .of injured' .passengers
and with Dr. Vincent of Bridal -"Veil
cared for them untu a special train "ar
rived from Portland.; . . "
Reports Two DlstinctShocks.
Conductor Hayes said he felt two dis
tinct shocks; due" to the appllc tlon ofvthe.
emergency brakes by Brakeman- Smith,
which checked the speed-of -the-heavy
train, with the exception -of the engine.
which broke away from the train and
dashed into the Galatea, This ill-fated
car lias been on the Pendleton-Spokane
(Concluded on Pago 10. 1
SPEW BOARD
TOEHOLD INQUIRY-
.3
PnesicienUWants FactsAbout
HheWalencia Disaster;
i Discoveredi
fTOtBSTiHOROUGH'AND RIGID'
tRciHest or AVaslilnglou lcIcga-
fsAfl Xot Delay aHdrFryo
' Will GIto Assistance?
ORBGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. Peb. 6. At the request of Senators
Ankcny and Piles and Representative
Humphrey. President Roosevelt today or
dered that a searching investigation be
madeanto the 'disaster to the steamship
Valencia. This Investigation will be inde
pendent of that now being conducted by
inspectors of the steamboat Inspection ser
vice. The request of the three members of the
Washington delegation was made at the
instance of tho people of Washington
State. They informed the President that
ihe people of their state are highly
wrought up over this affair and unhesi
tatingly express the opinion that an In
vestigation by two steamboat inspectors
will never bring out the facts or result In
the punishment of those .guilty of neglect
or cowardice. What they want and de
mand" Is a -commission composed of big,
broad-gauge men who would not be. sus
ceptible to local influence, and who would
luivc the ability to get at facts which
might be concealed from the two Inspect
ors. President Acts Promptly.
The President took up the matter imme
diately with Secretary Mctcalf. and It was
at first Intended that the board which In
vestigated tho cause of the Slocura disas
ter should make the inquiry into that of
the Valencia. That was found Imprac
ticable. Mr. Mctcalf then announced that
the commission would consist of Assist
ant Secretary Lawrence O. Murray, of the
Department of Commerce and Labor; Her
bert Knox Smith, Assistant. Deputy Com
missioner of Corporations, both of whom
were, members of the SJocum board, and
Captain William T. Burwcll, commandant
Inqalry Thorough and Rigid.
The Department of Commerce and La
Tor expects them to make the thorough
and rirtd Investigation . desired by the
President.
United States District Attorney Fryc.
lias been directed to assist the commis
sion. Thus the commission will be able
to summon witnesses and secure neces
sary testimony. The commission will have
a wider scope than the local board now
making an investigation. The latter, how
ever, will prosecute Its Inquiry to a con
clusion and report to Washington.
Root A so Gets Busy.
Secretary Root has takon up with the
Canadian authorities the question of es
tablishing and maintaining suitable light
houses on the Vancouver coast, with a
view to preventing further serious acci
dents, to vessels navigating In those wat
ers. Representative Jones today Introduced a
bill authorizing the construction of a Gov
ernment telephone line from Cape Flat
tery to the Hfesavlng station at Gray's
Harbor, and will press this bill In bonnec
,tlon with the bill establishing a Hfesavlng
station at Flattery.
WTLIi ACT WITK XOCAIi BOARD
Special 'Commission 'Will Begin In
quiry Without Delay.
SEATTLE. Feb. 6. The Chamber of
THE O. R. '. WXKCK1NG TRAIN C LEAKING AWAY THE DEBRIS AT BRIDAL
Commerce this afternoon-received the fol
lowing telegram from William Loeb.Jr.
secretary to the President, which supple
ments a dispatch from Senator Plies this
morning, promising a Federal Investiga
tion. Into thjs Valencia wreck:
"The President has directed the Secre
tary of Commerce ana'taoor to 'send out
a commission immediately to Investigate.
The comralsrton must, of course, act with
theocal board, because it. Is. only, the
Iocal;board that has authority to admin
ister oaths and ' compel the attendance
ot'jwHnessc.'' 4
fffrhc Commandant of the Bremerton
Navy-Yard will be added to Uie two other
members.- oh the commission, .who will
probably be Assistant Secretary of the
Department, Mr. Murray, and De'puty
Commissioner of Corporations, Mr. Smith,
both'jof twhom -were on the' Jfiocum com
mission," ('$..'
ELOPES TO CHAUFFEUR
XJSVAD A-M I NTXG 3 LAX LOSES HIS
BlllbE OP TWO 3IOXTUS.
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Mining Stock Also Dlspi!ri--Xcw
'. York Enjoys -Hot Race Be
tween Automobiles';
NEW .YORK. Feb. George ;C Cole
man. 5ald to be the president -of a gold-
mining -company In Goldtlcld. Nev.. to
day caused thc-arrcst-of his .jtffc .Mrs..
MatM Coleman, aged 19, and Frank
Stay, a chauffeur and forpier employe,
on Virgcs of grand larceny' Coleman allege.-,
thjitjho wi 'deserted by his wife
January la last, at'wfirch time his chauf
fir left him and .he discovered the loss
dt d,tJ shares of a gold-mining company
'with n par value of cach.
Mr. Colemanf has been living1 at a hotel
In this city for several months. When
he- came here with 'his wire, who was
Miss Mabel Zlmmer, of Philadelphia, and
whom he married November 2$ last, he
leased an automobile and employed Stan
ley as chauffeur.
Stanley was . arrested during the jarly
afternoon after a lively chase, which
lasted for 30 blocks. Ho said he lived at
10r West Sixty-first street. Tonight the
police located Mrs. Coleman at that ad
dress. She denied any knowledge of tho
missing stock. Stanley was held In $4000
ball for further examination. - Mrs. Cole
man will be arraigned tomorrow.
DOUGLAS' NEW CAMPAIGN
Will Read Organization to -Agitate
for Tariff Reform-
BOSTON,. Feb. 6. The announcement
U authorized on behalf of cx-Govemor
W. L. Douglas' that before his recent
departure for a two months visit In the
South' he accepted the presidency of an
organization which has just been
formed under the name of the Business
Men's. TarlJC Scleral-. League. Ti.or
IrMaguaMiuS;. is'taeliaht.'cJ-1 heaquarlcnv
ncrc aim is preparing to enicr unon an
nctlve campaign of education to ad
vance the cause of reciprocity and re
vision of the tariff. Tae 'membership
Includes a number of thojeadln? "busi
ness men of the state.
PUTS PRE3IIU3I OX PERJURY
Folk Proposes Repeal of Tax on Per
sonal Property.
ST. IJOUfS. Feb. C. Governor Folk
made tnc statement here today that he
Is In favor of repeal by. the Legislature
of . the personal property tax law, ns
he nolds thnt It Is responsible for the
indiscriminate spread of the crime of
perjury.
T Uiink the state Is In a, position to
lift this burden completely from its
citizens,' he said.
Two-Cent Fares for Ohio.
COLUMBUS, O., Feb. G. Tho House
today by a vote of 104 to 1 passqd tho
Frelncr 2-ccnt-fare ' bill. ' which -was
submitted for the Rathbun bill, passed
v.. ,t,.. Cinotn Tho Rinntp It Ik said
ijy leaders of that body, will accept
the Freiner mil. wnicn win go into
effect 30 days after it Is signed by the
Governor.
Rill Out for Alger's Scat.
DETROIT. Feb. 6. Arthur HUL of
Saginaw,' a wealthy lumberman, today
made formal announcement of hlscan
dldacy for the United States Senate In
opposition to senator lu A. Alger in
1907.
OE CHINA
American Consuls AH Tell of
increasing -Hatred of
- - Whites.
OUTBREAK IS AT HAND
State Department Alarmed at Spread
. :o Boycott,,, "Which No Conccs
slons Restrain "Troops Are
Ready In Philippines.
, , WASHINGTON, Feb. $. SpeciaI.)-It is
at Jast: admitted that the Chinese situa
tion is causing the gravest apprehension
to tho State Department. Under the in
structions sent to the Legation at Pckin
and the Consular officers and agents
throughout China, reports by cable' and
mall arp ppurlng into the. department de
picting" the development of . the antt-for-clgn
feeling among the merchants and la
boring classes of nearly the whole of
Eastern China.
The extremities to which the Consular
ofDccrs have been reduced may be ap
preciated by a recent dispatch from one
of the northern seaports sent by a Vlcc
CoiisuL He Inclosed an edict by the local
merchants' Chamber of Commerce, or
dering the total suspension of trade in
American goods.
Consul's Peremptory Demand-
To the Viceroy of the province the Vlce-
Consul sent a peremptory letter calling
his attention to the edict, and Informing
him that It was his duty under the im
perial edict Issued at Pekin August ,
denouncing the boycott, to suppress the
propaganda, and warning him that the
United States Government would insist
upon his obedience to the imperial edict.
The significance of this attitude by the
Vice-Consul toward the Viceroy Is that
the State Department fully Indorses the
peremptory steps now bclne cmploj'ed
towards Chinese officials to stem the ris
ing tide of anti-foreign feeling In China.
Prepared for Violence.
The awakening In China is believed In
the State Department to have actually ar
rived. It iiJ also believed to have taken
the form of the most violent hatred .of
-foreigners, pcrtlcnlarly Americans. A
multiplicity of cases In addition to the
exclusion laws In this country Ig assigned
for the movement. From the undercur
rent of .opinion at .the State Department.
It seems to be the belief of certain high
officials that an outbreak of violence may
develop in the not distant future.
In the course of three months this Gov
crnmcnt will have two additional regi
ments of Infantry and six field batteries
Installed In the Philippines ready for Im
mediate field service- In China.
WHOLE EMPIRE IX FERMENT
Bojcotters Demand Repeal of Ex
clusion and Turn Against Whites.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 6. Reports con
tlnue to nour into the Department of
State from diplomatic and consular
agents in China regarding the rapia
Increase of feeling against Amorlcans
and things American as expressed in
edicts issued by local authorities In
various parts of the empire. For six
months the situation In China has been
tho subject of very genuine concern
to the department, and Mr. Rlckhlll
thA American Minister at Pekin, Is un
dcr" Instructions to keep Washington
thoroughly and frequently informed of
thi. situation. He is also exerting him
self at the Chinese capital In' an effort
to check or allay the anti-foreign feel
Ing that appears to be growing. While
not admitting that the situation is one
VEIL
J 1
MENACING
of danger, the officials here would not
be at all surprised at any developments
that a month may bring forth.
Although at the outset demanding
only a return to the provisions of the
original exclusion treaty of 1SS0, which
excluded from this country Chinese
laborers without specifying the class
es of Chinamen which should be ad
mitted. In some provinces manifestos
have been issued declaring that, if the
boycott is rigidly adhered to, Ameri
cans will be forced to forgo any ex
clusion at all. Such, expressions have
been immediately denied by Mr. Rock
hill at Pekin.
Although directed primarily against
Americans, the feeling of ill-will that
seems to be growing in various parts
of the Empire is interpreted by Ori
entalists to have a far deeper mean
ing. In a word, it Is declared to be
anti-foreign and there are indications
that all foreigners, with the possible
exception of Japanese, will soon be as
keenly affected as are Americans.
Other Nations Consult.
Informal representations regarding
the Chinese situation already have been
exchunged between some of the Euro
peanpowers, but thus far this country
has not called foreign nations into con
sultation because there Is a very gen
eral feeling among the European pow
ers that the Chinese are unjustly dls-.
criminated against by the Americans.
So long as the antl-forejgn feeling
I3 confined to the Americans, the Eu
ropeans arc expected to bide their
time.
The dispatch from Pekin published
yesterday regarding the activity of
Russia in Mongolia has been taken note
of by the officials here.
BOYCOTTERS GROW DARIXG
English Bishop in China Fears Out
break Against Whites.
LONDON. Feb. 7. J. C. Hoare, bishop
of Victoria. Hongkong, in an interview
today on the situation In China, ex
pressed the view that the outlook was
more serious In the south, at any rate.
than before the Boxer rising. He added:
The persistent American boycott la stirring
up much trouble and there Is danger that
the Chinese mar extend the boycotting prin
ciple. Inevitably leading to a general antl-
forelgn feeling among the more Ignorant
classes. The attack on Dr. Andrew Seattle
(the American Presbyterian missionary at
Fall, whose residence was looted on Febru
ary 2) was particularly daring, as It oc
curred Just across the river from the Amer
ican settlement and was within a few yards
-of European gunboats. It Is also significant
that such, a pro-foreign official as VIceroy
Shi Kal should have discharged Professor
C. D. Tcnney (an American and director of
education, who organized the new school sjs
ttfm In Pc Chi LI province).
The spread of, the boycott will be more
difficult to contend with than the Boxer
..movement. As the exclusion of the CbJccsa
from, the united States ana FMUppinc is
lands caused the boycott or American goods,
their exclusion from Australia and Canada
will cause a feeling against Great Britain.
ENFORCE SUNDAY CLOSING
Advocates Seek Mandamus Against
Mayor of Chicago.
SPRINGFIELD. III.. Feb. 6. A petition
asking that a writ of mandamus be is
sued to compel Mayor Dunne to enforce
the Sunday closing law in Chicago as re
gards saloons was filed today In the Su
preme Court. Corporation Counsel Lewis
questioned the right of the court to take
the petition under consideration.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 30
deg.: minimum temperature, -io aeg. ire
clpltatlon. none.
TODAY" S-T-Falr. North to east winds.
YorelgB.
French mob tries to burn cathedral, but la
h.st.n artbi- Mt-ht. Pace 4.
Chamberlain will split Unionists and form
new party, .rage
Date of Russian election fixed. Page 4.
Automobile acrobat killed In Portugal and
riot results. Page 1.
National.
Senator Bacon accuses Roosevelt of en
croaching on power or senate, rase
House will vote on rate bill today. Page 2.
Wallace continues testimony on canal.
Page a.
Bristol's appointment withdrawn. Page 3.
State Department alarmed at growing' agita
tion In China. Page 1.
President proposes change In hazing law.,
Pace 4.
Moody denies correctness of Presidents
statement about beef trust Inquiry. Page 1.
Pacific Coast.
Clackamas Countv man attacks "statement
No. 1. Page 0.
Aberdeen editor sued for alleged fraud In
newspaper sale. Page -
Anti-ticket scalping law held constitutional.
Page C.
tri-. 1. rw.n.-. 4nrv f r-.p Valencia's can-
tain from blame for occurrences after
wreck. Page (X
Oregon's salmon pack for 1305 greater than
In 1004. Page U.
Harrlman buys $2,000,000 worth of Seattlo
tide land, .rage u.
Domestic.
-r. , 1 1 anA TwilfHMan pnmmlta Sill-
ciae w uc ii iuiwui."v -
Jerome calls witnesses for insurance prose-
cutlons. Page .
Mlnln? man's wife elopes with chauffeur.
'Pare L
Lawson claims control of New York Life
and Mutual Lire. Jfage o.
Commercial aad Marine.
M. K. Durst. California hopman. submlta
plan to Oregon growers for raising prices.
Page is.
-ni.,nn market, stronser. Pare 10.
Buying by shorts strengthens' Chicago wheat
market- Page 13.
Liquidation causes weakness at San Tran-
Hill and. Harrlman stocks strong. Page 15.
Sickness follows steamship Nlcomeaia. trom
Yokohama and wife of Captain Wageman
acts as nurse. Page 11.
Ship Argus arrives from Mollendo to load
grata for Europe, rage 11.
Portland aad Vicinity.
Board of Trade favors municipal ownership
of public utilities, rage o.
Dr. Brougher exonerates Councilman Mas
Four killed, and eight Injured In rear-end
ontiLinn at Bridal Veil. Paxe 1.
Wife wants husband sent to the whipping
post, but Judge Cameron fines htm. de
claring' mat irouuic wiia uue 10 muiucs
In law. Page 10.
Tom Richardson declares that there Is no
need for roroana to copy atier -ijs An
gela. Page 11.
Politicians seek fat Jobs. Page 10.
Gasaage case leads to heated talk in Mu
nlrina.1 Court. Page 10.
Court holds that Dr. Rockey must abide by
hnru .all" Paz. 0
Teal tells of chance for Columbia River Im
provement. Page II.
See "America First convention to meet In
.roruaau. .rue a.
MOODY AT ISSUE
WITH PRESIDENT
Denies Accuracy of Statemi
About Beef Trust
Inquiry.
FLUTTER AMONG Pi
Identifies Copy of RoocvriVstte
1
hut Declares Incorrect Sttcaeiit
Departments Worked. To-i
gethcr in.llnquiry.
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CHICAGO, Feb. 6. The unique spectacle
was presented in the. beefpackers trial
today of the Attorney-General of the
Ulnted States denying the accuracy of an
official statement made by tho President.
Mr. Moody was called upon by John S.
Miller, attorney for Armour & Co.. to ad
mit the authenticity of a copy of tho let
ter of Mr. Roosevelt on the subject of tho
beef-trust inquiry. He did so, but added
that the President's statement that the
Departments of Justice and of Commerce
and Labor were working together in the
matter was incorrect. This assertion
caused much excitement among tho attor
neys for the packers, and they objected to
it as improper before the Jury. The letter
was not offered In evidence, but was
marked for identification.
Not Actings In XFnisou.
The Attorney-General declared that he-
would admit the authenticity of the letter.
subject to Its. verification by J. A. Kratz,
his private secretary. The letter as pro
duced in court by tho attorneys for tho
packers was a copy of the original docu
ment as it appeared in a published ac
count of the proceedings in the United
States Senate. The Attorney-General read
the letter and then rose to his fet.
If it please the court, he said. T feel
it my duty upon reading this letter to say
in regard to this sentence which it con
tains, 'With my permission, the Depart
ment of Justice and the Department of
Commerce and Labor. is not correct."
Packers Lawyers Staggered.
All the lawyers rose to their feet at the
words of the Attorney-General, several of
themadar,esslng the court excitedly,
v I would like to finish," said the Attorney-General.
"I understand that the Attorney-General
merely assented to the authenticity of
the document," said Judge Humphrey.
Mr. Miller did not Introduce the docu
ment In evidence, but had It marked for
identification.
The cross-examination of C. M. McFar
lane was then resumed by District At
torney Morrison. The questioning was
directed toward the subsidiary companies
which. It Is claimed by the Government.
were the medium through which tho con
trol of prices on all by-products was ef
fected. The witness and the Government
agents examined the books of the Aetna
Trading Company and the Kenwood Com
pany, but he said that he knew very little
about the operations of the subsidiary
companies.
The afternoon session was taken up by
the reading of the Garfield report on the
packing industry.
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WOMAN" FALLS WHILE LOOPING
, LOOP ON MACHINE.
Panic Follows, Mob Attacks Circus
and Battle With Police and
Troops Besults.
LISBON. Feb. 7. (Special.) While
"looping the loop" In an automobile at
a circus performance last night, Mile.
Thiers, one of the most noted circus
performers in Europe, was probably
fatally injured by her machine dash
ing from the grooves In the runway
while turning over, performer and ma
chine being precipitated into the arena
many feet below.
She was picked up unconscious and
hurried to the Lisbon Hospital, where
it is said she sustained fractures of
many bones and internal Injuries which
will cause her death within a few
hours.
'The horrified spectators made a mad
rush for the doors and many women
and children were knocked down and
seriously hurt. Afterwards a crowd,
attacked the circus and a fight fol
lowed, which was not quelled until po
lice and troops charged the combatants.
THIS CAPTAIN NOT AFRAID
Clyde Line Rewards Rescuer of Peo
ple on Board Cherokee.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.. Feb. 6. Cap
tain Mark Casto, who with his crew of
six men rescued 52 persons from the f
stranded steamer Cherokee, tonight re-,
celved a check for $300 from the Clyde1
Lino Steamship Company, the owners of
the steamer.
NEGRO MURDERED BY MOB
Penalty for Shooting at White Who
Thrashed Him.
OZARK. Ala., Feb. 6. Jim Cotton, a
negro, was shot to death Sunday at
Elmaville.by a mob of white men. Cot
ton was accused of shooting at Jim
Philips, a guano salesman, .who had
administered a thrashing to Cotton