Morning Oregonian., January 03, 1907, Page 2, Image 2

THE MOKMM ORE(iOMA-, THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 190T.
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COSTS HUT LIS
Trains Collide Head-On in
Kansas and Thirty-three
Are Killed.
MANY BURNED TO ASHES
Opera (or For?eta to Mold Train at
rassing roint, Tells Mistake and
Flfcn Snrvlvors Burned in
Rescuing Injured. -
TOPEKA. Jan, l-Four white men, a
neurro train porter and about 30 Mexi
can laborers lost their lives, and 55 per
sons were injured when two pBsaeiiKer
trains on the Chicago. Ttoek Island & Pa-
clfle Railroad collided head-on four miles
west of VoUand. XCan., at S:10 o'clock tills
morn in 5,
The Dead.
The dead:
JVUUS BERMEISTER,
Davenport, la.,
lltd 88.
WTT.t.IAM T. MILLER. Soldier City. Kali.
A r.BEKT LIN'K. Topk. colored porter.
FRANK BATRE, paascDger. few L-ondon,
Mo.
Mexican laborer!, numbcrinr supposedly
The Injured.
The fatally Injured:
3ertalla Tbarra Mexican laborer. heaU
crushed, left leg fractured, right leg so
badly crushed that amputation was noees-
K. A. Hlcki, Klnui City, Mo., Injured
intrTnally, knee hurt.
bnnci cruehd, to ashes by the removal, of
the wreckage,
Jack Slater, of Herrlneton. Kan., the
ensrfneer of train No. . saw the other
train's headlight as thr engine came
around the curve, and Jumped after a p-
plying the Drake!, escaping practically
uninjured. His train had been brought
to almost a standstill before the crash
5ntiu-ctor wiiiiam G. Riles, or train
Xo. 29. was sleeping -in a seat In the
KmoKer when
brake applied.
hurled himself through a window and es
Cftlttd with a broken collar-bone.
Rook Island engine JCo. 1834. which
pulled train Xo. 29 this mornlnjjf. is the
same locomotive that drew the Rock
Island passenger train which as wrecked
at WiUard. Kansas, in January. 1904, re
sulting In the loss of nearly SO Hvps. The
two wrpfka nrfiirrAil at nnlnlM Iji than
30 miles apart. The same engine has been
in tnree wrecks in the same locality.
It Is not known to a certainty that
Julius Burmelster of Davenport, Iowa. Is
fleaa, m there Is practically no etiancfl
that he is alive. He was one of a party
of ela-ht homesee-kers from Davenport
who were riding: in the chair car. Short-
ly before the collision he had gone Into
the smoker and since the wreck his com
panions have been unable to And any
trace of nlm or bis body. Xt Is thought
that he was burned to death and the
corpse wag charred beyond recognition.
At the local hospitals ton-lR-ht all of the
Injured are reported to be doing; well with
the exception of Bara and Alva Rico, two
Mexicans, who cannot recover.
Xorse Renders Good Service.
Miss Saddler of Mclntyre, Iowa, a pro-
fcssional nurse, was on the ill-fated
train at the time -of the collision. She
was on 1 j- sllshtly bruised and rendered
service of incalculable value caring for
the Injured before the arrival of the sur-
geons.
The people of Waubaumw County are all
In sympathy with Lynee, and an effort
to convict hint of manslaughter, if made,
will probably fail.
Twelve bodies which were burned be
yond recognition are In a box car at
Aima tonight, They will tie burled to
morrow.
A charred body, supposed to be that of
a woman, has been taken from the wreck.
Various pieces of jewelry, blackened by
the flames, were found, together with a
few long hairs sticking: to the charred
bones. .
Two Inquests will be held, one at To
peka and one at Alma. An Inquest at To-
peka Is made necessary by the fact that
at least two of the victims died after be
ing; brought to this county. Both inquests
will be held tomorrow.
William lDoujriaas. Nevada, Mo., collarbone
broken. ri-rt ankle dislocated and fractured,
bead brulned.
a. Harrison, baggageman, Kansas City,
ilo., head cut and hurt Internally.
C. H. rtauchy. assistant engineer, left ear
.badly torn, rlaht leg- bruised, right ankle
(i.a)ocated, head bruised.
W. A. rcabody. Kan., arms
burned, one rib broken, back sprained.
William T. Ml I le r was riding: on the blind
bafiage, and was crushed to death.
A man who has just returned from the
scene of the -wreck says that over 30
persons were burned to death. It Is im
possible to identify the dead Mexicans.
The tTalns were Nos. 29 and 20, run
ning between Chicago and El Paso. They
met on a sharp curve with fearful im
pact. Adding: to the horror of the colli
sion, Are trom the lamps In the cars and
from the locomotives was communicated
to the splintered wreckage and spread
rapidly, consuming five of the forward
cars of train No. 29, west-bound,- and
burning- a number of the passengers. All
but three of those who perished are
thought to have been Mexican laborers.
who were on their way from Columbus
Junction, 0.. to Mexico. .
Opcyator Korgeta Orders.
The officials ot the company place the
blame on John Lynes, the 19-y"ar-oll tele
graph operator at Volland. who failed to
atop train No. 29 at his station arter re
ceiving; orders to hold It there until No.
2(1 had passed. Lynes is being held by
.the authorities of Waubaunsee County
at Alma for Investigation.
By the lig-ht of the flaming; wreckage,
passengers who were uninjured worked
.heroically to save those who were pinned
fast beneath the mass of splintered tlrn
bcra and twisted Iron-work. The lack of
tools to work with In chopping away the
sides of the cars was a Great hindrance
to the early rescue work.
Keller Trains FVom All Sides.
In n hour and a half from the
tlinf of the wreck the first relief train
from UcFarland, Kan., brlna-lna sur-
neons and helpers, readied the -scene.
In the meantime the rescue work was
Peine- pushed by volunteers. while
sura-eons for miles .around promptly
responded to the calls tor their serv-
i('f?8. Another relief train from Topeka
and two wrcokln rt trains soon arrived
and all of the dead and injured that
had been taken from the wreck were
brought to this city, where the In-
jured were placed In hospitals. Two
injured Mexican! died on the "wa y to
Topeka, and Link, the negro porter,
died at Stormont Hospital shortly if.
ter being1 taken there. When Link
was rescued It was necessary to tear
his lesr from Ills body to extricate
him from the vrecKage.
Fivts . minutes before the trains
crashed tosrether the operators for
hundreds of miles along: the line of
the RocK Island system knew that
the collision was certain, as Lynes had
wired from Volland that he had let
No. 2 9 pass, but there was no earthly
means of preventing the disaster,
At 8 o'clock tonight the railroad
company completed a track around
The wreck and the -. line was open
again. , - .
Talks as Me Burns to Death.
A.n Interpreter for the Mexicans was
questioned as he lay slowly burning
to death under the wreckage. He said
there were 2R Mexicans in the party
coins: from Kansas City to Kl Paso to
work, and most of them were burn-
lnt to death, like himself.'
The collision occurred on what Is
lenown as the Alta Vista Hill. The
northbound train came down the steep
tirade at a high rate ot
, and
TERRA OTT.V WRECK INQUIRY
Coroner's Jury Begins Work With
Railroad Officials' Evidence!.
WASHINGTON'. Jan. i-An Investiga-
tlon to ascertain the cause and fix the re
sponsibility for the disaster on the Kalti
mor A- Ohio Railroad at Terra Cotta.
D. C, last Sunday was begun here before
a Coroner's Jury today. The principal
witnesses were three officials of the
road, none of whom could 8Tive any rea-
son for the wreck. Nearly 50 witnesses
have been summoned and the inquiry
promises to occupy the entire week.
The testimony developed tne movements
of the trains involved trom the time they
were both at Washington Junction be
tween 4 and o o clock Sunday afternoon
until the accident took place. Hlldebrand.
engineer ot the "dead" train, had special
orders to run with caution because of
still another extra train, frelg-ht No.
1865, which was at Brunswick, several
miles nearer Washington, and bound th
same way.
The train record kept by Dnt, the
despatcher. showed that he received a
message from the operator at Takoma
Park that the "dead" train had run,
by his red slfrnsl. . t
rlvlsioa Superintendent O. H. Hobbs
said the company had made no effort to
Investigate the accident, it being lm-
poslble to do so because the members of
the train crew were under arrest. Mr,
Hobbs ascribed the accident to "vio
lation of the rules." The official records
of the Weather Bureau showed that the
wea ther waa foggy on the night of the
accident. ,
The principal point of contention davel-
Oped is whether the proper signals were
displayed at Takoma. a station In the
middle of the block in which the aceW
dent happened. The operator In charge
of this station says his signals were set
red. which. If they had been observed by
II I Idebrand, would have obviated the col"
iision, Hlldebrand maintains there were
no signals at Takoma.
BODIES A 1. 1. M IIED TOGETHER
Parts of Men, Women and Olalldren
In One Mass.
WASHINGTON'. Jan. 2-In an endeav-
or to Identify the mangled bodies of the
victims of the Terra Cotta wreck of Sun-
'day night, a grewsome discovery was
made at the morgue today. What was
supposed to be the mana-led body of a
man attired In a suit of "pepper and salt"
proved to be the composite remains of
several of the unfortunates who died In
the Sunday wreck.
The morsrue master had all the pile of
human flesh and articles which had been
gathered at the wreck removed to the
"dead room" today In an effort to estab
lish identity. When be delved into it. he
found a piece of a baby's skull, a man's
foot badly crushed -and encased in a
shoe, the hand of a woman and a portion
of a" human face, also fingers, toes and
other parts of women's and children's
bodies and those of men, all ground into
the black cost dust and with pieces of
garments mixed Into the mass.
CT
ICE
E
DECLARED FRAUD
Southern Men Ask Postmas-
ter-General Cortelyou to Bar
it rrom use of the Mails.
NEW YORK NOT A MARKET
the engineer had no warning: of the
approach of the other train. He was
only able to slacken speed to a degree
before he Jumped. The trains met at
the bottom of the hill. The smoking;
car on Xo. . 21 was literally spilt In
two and the first chair car was tele-
scoped nearly half way back. The two
baggage cars, ma'il car. smoker and
chair car on No. 2d were consumed
by. flames that followed the collision.
Tha killed and the seriously injured
were In the smoker and the first chair
car. None of the sleeping: cars of either
train was damaged.
Few of the passengers on No. 30 were
injured and none killed. Several how-
ever, were badly burned in their heroic
rescue work. The cars on this train were
not badly damaged. Engineers and fire-
men and most of the trainmen jumped
In time to save themselves. The express
meauenger on .No. 2S Is missing. .
Operator Explains Blunder
laynes says a message was sent him to
have train No. 14 pa NTo. 2f at Volland.
Xo 39 to take the siding. This they did.
After H U had passed, No. 28 backed
down upon the main line and passed the
station ac a terrific speed. He tried to
flag the train with two lanterns. but
both went out, He Bays he had no order
to hold N'o. 29 for No. SO until No. S
got on the main line, and then it was too
late. Iyr.es fled to the country, but after
ward gave himself up.
. Exact Number of Dead Unknown.
The exact number of dead will proba
bly never be known, as the bod tee of a
number ot Mexicans were completely de
atroyed by the flames and the charred
OPERAfftR WAS AT FAULT
J. S. Brady is Responsible for Death
of Two Men in Wreck..
Bl'TTE, Mont,, Jan. . A Livingston,
MontJ special to the Miner says that a
wrcclc occurred at 2:rfo o'oloclc this
momlna- at Coal Spur, a station on tne
Northern pacific 10 miles wet or tnis
city, tn which two rallwaymen of Llv-
Insjston lost their lives. The dead:
JAMES- CARUSO, locomotive engi-
necr.
' J. A. STORKS, freight conductor.
' The men were riding In the caboose
of an extra east. Just as the extra
had secured orders to enter the block
east from Coal Spur and was pulling
out, the train was struck by two light
engine-.
From information slathered at the
Coroner's inquest this afternoon, it
seems that the wreck and loss of life
la due entireely to Operator J. S. Brady,
at .Hoppers. ' permitting the two lipht
engines to enter the block east of his
station before he got a clear block
from the operator at Coal Spur.
Operator Brady admits that he' was
at fault in letting; the light engines
enter the block before he secured a
c lea ra nee.
He stated that ri rest Is badly
broken and tbat he id unable to get
more than two hours' gleep a day.
Booth Will Make Farewell Tour.
L0KD0N'. Jan. J.-Genera'l Booth.
head of the Salvation Army, will start
about the middle or February on his
tour of the world. He will go to -New
York, thence to Canada, and win em-
bark from Seattle foe Japan on April 3.
The remainder of his Itinerary has not
vet been planned. General Booth says
It is the last trip of the kind he will
make. - . .
formal Charges That Exchanfce In
Metropolis Is Merely Gambling '
JPlaoe) irsed to Depress
Frice or Cotton.
WASHINGTON'. Jan. J.-Charges of
fraud were filed late this evening with
rJIstmaster-General Cortelyou against
the ofTciais and members of the .New
York, Cotton Exchange by Represent
ative Livingston, of Georgia, and 3 f arvle
EL Jordan, president of the Sun Cotton
Association, Atlanta, On the charge they
filed they base a request that the Post
office Department Issue a fraud order
against the officials and members of the
New' York Cotton Exchange in order to
bar them from the use of the United
States mails In conducting what the
charges term fraudulent practices.
The Postmaster-General referred his
callers to Judge Goodwin. Assistant Attorney-General
for the PoatolYtce Depart
ment, It is likely- a hearfnff on the
charges will he held' by Judge Goodwin
before a determination of the questions
Is reached.
r-nrely Gambling Market.
Following" is a summary of the charges
presented to Mr. Cortelyou :
1. We charge tbat New -York hat ceased to
be a commercial spot cotton market and that
the New York Cotton Exchange, operating
under - its xvresent debased and fraudulent
contractu, has tlvtlopel Into a purely Bpec il
lative or gambling exchange and that the
grades of cotton shipped to New York ami
tendered on the eontracts under tbe rules of
the Ne York. Cotton ExchartBre cannot
used for oommerclal spinning pu rposts and
that such grades of cotton are used solely to
depress the price of splnnahle grade In the
South, to further the upeculative features of
the T" w Torlc Cotton Exchange, to the heavy
detriment of the legitimate cotton trade of the
United States,
2. We further charge that the satcT New
York Cotton Pxchanjte. through it officers
and members, in dally using the United States
malls for the purpose of. transmuting and ad
vertising their business to the legitimate cot
ton trade of the 1'nited .States and we charge
that said business la fraudulent and said offi
cials and members of the New York: Cotton
Exchange should be denied the use of the
United States mails.
Handles l-Vactlon of Crop.
X "We farther charge that the quotation
sent out daily on the debased contracts of the
New York Cotton Ebcchange exercise a pre
dominating influence over the legitimate cot
ton trade, to Ita detrimont and injury.
4. We further charge that New York City
has ceased to be a spot cotton market for
commercial, apinnable grades of cotton, due
to tb debaaed tactics ot the New York Cotton
Exchange, and as proof of this charge, we
cite' to you the fact that from September 1.
jm-a, to December 31 . ISM Mi. there was only
deliverer from that market 30,146 bales or
spot cotton tq shippers, out of a total of prac
tically 8.000,000 bales of American cotton
placed on the markets of this country at other
points.
5. we further charge that under the pres
ent debased and fraudulent rule of the Now
York Cotton Ezrhanse a large number of ur
plnnabla low cradea of cotton are tendered.
which ara not permitted under the rules of
any other cotton exchange In the world, and
we affirm that such rules are fraudulent.
Quotations Below Value.
t tte charge further that the official daily
quotations sent out through the United States
malls by the olT1cer and members of the :-w
York Cotton Eaxchttnge to their customer.
both as to futures and spot prices, are fraud
ulent, In that neither represents the true and
actual value of trpot cotton, but that the aame
are from SS to f 7.50 pel bale lesa than the
market price at which arplnnable grades of
cotton count he purchased In tile South and
shipped to New York for tender on said fraud
ulent contract.
T. We further charge that out of the ad
vertised' stock of cotton at present stored in
the ware-hoUM of New York City, amounting
to 114,000 bales, fully 70.000 bales of said cot
ton la of uch sraideasi as render the staple
unfit for spinning purposes. We therefore ask
you a? Postmaster General to send representa-
tlves of your department for Investigation pur-
poaea.
in addition to the formal charges, many
letters ana affidavits In support ol them
rere submitted to Mr. Cortelyou.
EXCHANGE PBESIDEM DENIES
Aaks'for Copy oft Charges 'I'lia t He
"May Answer.
MEW YORK, Jan. 2. Walter C. Hub
bard, president of the Je w York Cotton
Exchange, announced today that he had
asked Postmaster-General Cortelyou to
send him copies of any complaints that
might have been made against the New
York Cotton Exchange. This action was
taKen on tne publication ot reports that
an application Will be made to the Postmaster-General
In behalf of cotton -growing
interests in the South for the iasu-
ance of a fraud order against the Sty
iork Cotton Exchansre denying It the
use of the United States mails.
It was to have been charged that cot.
tori delivered on contracts and sold OH
the floor Of theNew York Cotton Ex-
change was not of the grade called for
b- the contracts. On publication of these
reports. Mr. Hubbard first sent a tele-
gram to Mr. Cortelyou. and then, on De-
eember si. wrote to him. asking that Mr.
Cortelyou "favor the Xew York Ex
Change with conies of anv romnlnint
made against It, In order that action
might be taken to protect its interests
against such unwarrantable attacks."
UNITE AGAINST WILDCATS
Mexican and American Mining Con
gresses Will Co-operate.
dbnvbr, Jan. 2. secretary James F.
Galbreath. Jr., of the American Mining
Congress, has received word from A. CI.
Oanilazo. Director-General of the Inter-
national Bureau ot Finance Of Mexico, tO
the effect that the Mexican Association
has agreed to the alliance offered where
by the American and Alex lean associa
tions undertake to work together helping'
investors from either country to get com-
plete Information about mining invest
ments. Under the agreement, any Mexi
can capital seeking Investment In
America will be directed to tha
American MinlnR1 Congress for Informa
tion and In a like manner the Mining
-Congress will direct Aaierlcan capital to
tne Mexican association, i any Investor
Ctfmes to its attention.
One of the objects of this movement is
to still further limit the scone of the
wildcat speculator. The Mexican asso-
iMflMnn ' rrnaranroaa aafnh aI1 i
I wwi ud f,um uniLi.' oa i- i.j iu in u lit. Ill
Vested in Its Republic and, so far as pos-
Mail
Orders
FllU
OLDS , WORTMAN & KING
FIFTH, SIXTH AND WASHING TON STREETS
Royal
Worcester
Corsets
THE- CLEARANCE SALE
A.t This Store Points the Way to Hundred Qf
Chances to SavaCom& Economizing Today
Notions and Small Wares
Paper and Envelopes in eabmets;
fine Irish linen paper, oO sheets
paper and 50 envelopes to the
package ; regularly 5c, Q),
for only ?
"Writing Paper, odd lots, J Oar
regular values to 35c, for. f-C
Dress Shields, light weight, while
only; medium sizes; - reprular
pi-ice, 25e the pair; 1 (l f
clearance sale price I vw.
Shell Horn Hairpins, in assorted
shapes; regxilarly 25c "J -.-'
the dozen; sale
Fancy Dress Buttons, all colors;
two dozen on card j val- 71
ues up to 00c tUe card. , 17
, Nickel-Plated Scissors. 7 inches
I longr, and splendid -values at 50c
each. Special for clear- 9fl
anee sale OUL
Toilet Paper, in large-sized, rolls,
that pell regularly tor ifc, fg
Clearance sale price.
Envelopes, plain white, long or
square shapes. 23 ms the pack
age ; regrularly 5c, now 2 C
for .
Writing Paper, in white, gray
and blue tinted, 120 sheets to
the package-, regular 50c V8lue,
Clearance sale spe- 2Sc
Toilet Paper, Hanay raciage, in
patent hanging box reg- 7
ular 12c package
Tootli Brtisl.es, a special lot of
assorted styles ; reoilar J
value 3oc each; sale ...
Photo Altjums, with fancy cellu-
loid covers, that sell resrtilarly
for 3oc each; clearance O)
sale mice, onlv atv
i ,
Regular 75c Vlbums or..60c
Regular -fl.OO Albums for..60
Regular fl.25 Albums for. ,6o
Solid Back Hair Brushes, all bris
tles, recrular price Toe each.
Clearance sale pricc.-each
55c
$1 Petcale Wrappers 69q
Women's Kimonos, made
of outing flannel and'
fleeced flannelette, dark
colorings, with pretty
figured designs; regular
price values up to $1.50
clearance
each ;
sale
Women's Kimonos, made
of dark colored onting
flannel and fleeced flan-
nelette: refrular 75e val
ue; sale yjfQr.
nricp siwn
r
-Women's Percale Wrap
pers, come in red, blue,
black and white or gray ;
well made and pood, full
sizes; regular $1 values j
clearance sale
price
6Q
Women's Silk Petticoat3,
come in plaids only;
very pretty patterns and
made of a splendid qual
ify of silk; regular value
irT.-O each ; clearance
price 2,30
Sale of Coats and Walking Shirts
WOMEN'S WALKING SKIRTS, all this year's styles; come in navy,
black and brown, and tliey are regular ,$10, $12 and $13 value's.
Your choice of any in this immense lot of over four !?i QC
, yra s
hundred to choose from
WOMEN'S COATS, m fanoy mixed materials a lot of 3.V) that
are determined to sell at once. Ketilar values Jf.oO,
$8.50 and $9.00 each. Clearance sale price
$3.98
Ch
a"t y X n r
iea.ra.nce Jale or women s ovzzzs
A lot of 200 to choose your suit from, loo. They are very smart tail
ored suits, in navv black or brown. Come in the Eton, Pony, half
nttinp. or tipnt-nttinr styles, aud Jlie coats are from 24-inch length
to the swagger three-quarter style. Every one of (hose suits is
made in the best possible manner, well 1 rimmed and the regular
values are all the way from $25 to ifSS.50. and. the clearance sale
makes them all one price. Choice of anv one in A CO
the lot at $14.00
Clearance '
of
Underwear
Women's White Cashmere
French Band Fants and
Tights, ankle length, me
dium Tveight a splendid
$1.50 value j spe
cial, each
. Women ' s Natural Merino
Vests, long sleeves, medium
weigrrit ; 75c value. r
Special. each.,,,,tf0i,C
Women's VThite Cashmere
Union Suits, long sleeves-
ankle length, half open
front ; $3 -v.al
98i
ues; special.
:.$i.98
Fine Hemstitched Sheets 76c Each
c
cx-
BEST QUALITY HEMSTITCHED
SHEETS, made of good material, and
nicely made,, too; size 72x30 ins.; 7
clearance price ., ;, vC
Size SlxOO for 82fc Size 90x09 for 93
BLEACHED BATH TOWELS, large size,
wry special lor the clearance Of
sale, each "4 M.
ROUND THREAD PILLOW CASES,
tra finnniol fnr- thie cnln 4 e .
each, only J- 5 2C
OTJTINCr FLANNEL, extra heavy and the
best quality; special for this sale, 1 v
yard lC
UNBLEACHED BATH TOWELS, large
size, special for the clearance 1
sale, each J- OC
PILLOW CASES, made from nice soft finish sheet-
ing-; size 40x30 inches; special at, lf
each lUC
HALF WOOL CH ALLIES, medium dark y T
coioringsj special clearance sale, yard,,,vC
:
In the Linen
Aisle 1st Floor
5th St.
afltSv
LINEN TABLECLOTHS of an exlra heavy
quaHty of fine damask, warranted to wear;
'- a pood-sized one, 2 yards square, that-sells-
regularly for $3.00; clear- tfO Aft
ance sale price, each..
2x2 yards, worth $3.75, for S3.00
2x2V2 yards, worth $4.00, for..... $3.25
And a verv larere size, 2x3 vards,
rejyu.arlv $4.50 for $3.BO
BEDSPREADS, Marseilles pattern, with
bemmefl edpres, good mz?s and extra heavy,
splendid special ; sale price $1.25
LINEN NAPKINS Three rood specials,
priced like this, make a biyr linen business
assured : Th rerular ipo grade -for $3.75;
the regular .f4.o0 -rade or $3.60, fllKl
tlie regular t---" grade $2 SO
HEMMED NAPKINS, extra heavy, dice Pattern j
500 dozen of lliem for tlio sale. Special, JO-
Wf2C
20x40
the dozen
BLEACHED BATH TOWELS,
inches; 9 splendid clearance special...
J
1hl. the American Mining Congress will
Jo the a.m- According to Mr. Qal-
breath, American capital In Mexico Is
much more safe than In America. He
Kays the Mexican mining law are much
more liberal in treatment of mining capi
tal, yet they protect the rights or capital
much more effectually than America.
The Congress hopes by Introducing Mexi
can Ideas in mining into this country
graduallv to make the American system
as effective as the Mexican.
CHARGED WITH TWO CRIMES
Suspected Murderer of rlslie May
lie Trainrobber,
P3B TX). Colo.. J.n. I. A spcll to
the Chieftain from Iamar. -Colo., says:
The authorities here believe that the
man captured at Asto. Kan., who gives
hUrr name aa Thompson, la not only one of
the men who murdered Marahal FrlstMe
here, but Andrew Hanson, one of the men
who held up the Denver & ' Rio- Grande
train at Malta J unction recently.
As evidence of this the authorities have
possession of a hat which was picked up
in. the alley near the Union Hotel on the
nlpht of th murder and which contains
the trademark, of a leading Leadvllle
clothing house. A description of the mur
derer was wired to the Leadvill author
ities and a prominent citizen of that city
expected to arrive tomorrow to identify
tho man. .
There is no talk of lynching the prte-
oner here tonight.
COULDN'T BEAR HIS DEFEAT
Failing in Re-elec-tion, Aged Regis
trar of Deeds Kills Himself.'
BOSTON, Jan. 2. Depreased, it is be
lieved, over his defeat for re-e!ectiol as
Registrar of Xeeds. an office whfcV ho
had tilled for 25 consecutive years. TDm-
as Temple committed suicide today by
Inhaling illuminating gas. He wai
years old.
Crushed to Death by Train,
NEW YORK. Jan. 2. Elmer Duin,
Clarence Bennett, William 15. Casey lnd
W illiam Bell, all of Newark, N. J., Vere
killed last night by the breaking l a
coupling pin on a Lehisrh Valley train
at South Plain field. N- J.
The boys were stealing a ride on a
freight tram and stepped oft the t'iln
directly in front of the Chlcagro-boind
HUH HITS HAM LI
Denounces Convention Fixers
and Transit Trust.
candidate may expend
election he limited.
procure his
GIVE RECOUNT TO HEARST
I
won id Allow Expelled Delegates .Ap
peal to Court and Permit Direct
Prinuirlea TEapltl Transit
System of Xew York Bad.
ALBANY. Jf. Y. Jan. 2. I.st nlgrht's
caucuses settled the possible contro
versies which might have made the
opening of the Legislature today other
than perfunctory, and, when the two
houses convened at noon, there wan
less public concern In ceremonies and
a smaller attendance than last year,
when the hot contest for the Spe a It
er ship had 3 ust closed. Interest cen
tered In the message ' of Governor
Hughes.
Lieutenant-Governor Chanler, the
flrst Democratic President of the Sen
ate in many years, wa"s cordially re-
cbived. Speaker Wadswortli, assured
of re-election, also was heartily wel
comed. After the organization of the two
nouses, J. w. wadsworth being re-
elected Speaker of the Assembly, the
nrst mess a sre of Governor Hughe was
submitted. The Governor made the f ol-
lowing recommendations;
The Governor's Message.
A recount of the -votes cast for Mayor
in the New York City election In 1306,
when, on the face of the returns. W. R.
Hearst was defeated by George B. Me
Clellan: that the courts be empowered
tn order a recount iiimmnrll v In tha
future and that the power to bring an ae-
1rn n w a rltla a r.lA lu. o
the Attorney-General and conferred upon
the Supreme Court.
Adoption of a new ballot whereon the
name of a candidate will appear but once.
That the amount of money- which a
That the courts be empowered to re-
view the acts of political state conven
tions and state committee in expelling
delegates and members.
That any general committee of a party
may adopt rules for direct nominations
of candidates a t prl marles.
That the State Board of Itallroad Com-
missioned ana trie commission on gas and
electricity be abolished and a new board
be constituted with power to enforce its
ordera through the courts. On the Hearst
recount matter the Governor Bald;
Square Deal In Elections.
"Tt in a matter of gravest concern
that the view should be, though errone-
ously. held that one who has been elected
to office has been deprived of his seat
through Invalid returns. The failure to
obtain a summary recount through a de-
feet in the law has aggravated the sense
of injustice.
Referring to the lack of any- limitation
upon the authority of political state con-
vcntiona and state committees arbitrar
ily to exclude honestly 'elected deles-atea
and members and the fact that the fraud
ulent or corrupt action of such a convene.
tlon or committee cannot be reviewed or
Corrected by any court, the Governor de-
clared that "minorities should not be per
mitted to make themselves majorities by
the arbitrary seizure of political organ!-
zations nor through corruption or dishon-
est methods, .and the courts should be
vested with ample power to review In a
summary manner all such abuses and to
restore to defrauded persons the political
rights to which they are justly entitled."
The present scheme of . regulation of
railroad operations In this state, the Gov
ernor said, is inadequate because the
Board Qf Railroad Commissioners has no
authority to compel compliance with Its
decisions. The expenses of the commis
sion, the Governor asserted, should not
be borne by the corporations which It reg-
ulates. Enactment of laws to secure Im
partial treatment to shippers and insure
more regard for public convenience and
safety is recommended. i
Hard Rap at Transit Trust.
All the existing transportation lines In
Greater New York, the Governor said,
are overburdened. The people of Brook-
lyn who are in business In Manhattan
are subjected to such maltreatment and
indignities incident to their disgraceful
herding1 that relief should be afforded at
the earliest possible moment.
"Over-capltallzatlon and the lmprovl-
dent creation of guaranties and fixed
charges to suit the exigencies of succes
sive combinations entered into for the
purpose of monopolizing: the traffic have
produced their nnal results," ho declared.
An anomalous condition exists In New
York City, said the Governor, where the
State Board of Kallroad Conu
and the City Board of Rapid Transit
commissioners divide their authority,
and where the same corporations con
trol elevated, surface and subway lines.
This should be met by the abolition of
the present City Board and the creation
of a new Board having all Its powers.
and In addition the powr to control and
regulate Ha-htlnpr i-orporations.
One of the first bills introduced in
the Assembly was by Murphy. Repuhll.
can. of Kings County-, providing for a
recount of tj"x llotn in the Mayoralty
election in New York City.
Colorado Lretcl nlsturc Organized.
DB.VVER, Colo., Jan. 2. The 16th
General Assembly of Colorado orjan-
ized this afternoon. It consists of 70
Republicans and SO lemocrsts. There
was no contest over the organization,
orncers having already been agreed
upon in the Republican caucus. Rep
resentative Robert G. Breckenrldire, of
Xtlo Grande County, was elected Speak
er ot the House, and Senator M. B,
Lewis, of Fremont, President pro tem.
of the Senate.
Folk will send Message Todft'.
JEFFERSOX CITY". Mo.. Jan. ' 2. The
General Asnembly convened here at noon
today. After temporary organization wag
effected, both Houses adjourned until to
morrow, when the Governor's message
will be read. Representative Atkinson,
of Ripley, has been chosen by the Iemo-
cratic caucus tor Speaker Of the IlOUfC.
Gondii
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