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rffj'iJi A a A JV A . A . ft A A A i r fi ' 1 VOL. XLVI. NO. li,:?!0. PORTLAND, OREGON, 3IOXDAY, JANUARY 21. 1007. PKICE five cents. DAVIS TOLD TO IT British Governor Re fuses Proffered Aid, MERCY MISSION AT AN END American Admiral Withdraws Warships From Jamaica. PEOPLE DEPLORE INCIDENT Sailors JIad Rendered Assistance in .Caring for Injured, Clearing Away Iebrls and Guard ing Property. KINGSTON, Jamaica, Jan. 19 (Satur day,) Roar-Admiral Davis' mission of mercy to stricken Kingston came to an abrupt and painful conclusion In conse- ciuence of Governor Swettcnham's objec tion to the presence of American sailors enBHged in the worlc of clearing the streets, guarding property and succoring the wounded and sick, culminating in a letter to the . Admiral, peremptorily requesting- him ' f p re-embark "all parties which had been , landed. , Admiral JJavIg was greatly shocked and pained, and paid a formal visit to Gover nor Swetlenham today. Informing him that the United States battleships Mis- souri and Indiana apd the gunboat Tank- ton would sail this afternoon. To the Afisociated Press Admiral Davis said that immediate compliance with Gov- ernor Swettenham's request as the only course consistent with the dignity of the United States. , The friction between the Governor and the Admiral began with the arrival of the American warships, when the. Gover nor, objected to the firing" of a salute in his honor on the ground that the citizen might mistake the firing for a new earth quake. He also declared there was no necessity for American aid that his gov ernment was fully able to preserve order", tend to the wounded and succor the home-. less. - Rear-Admiral Davis, however, landed parties of bluejackets, who patrolled the streets, cleared the debris, razed ruins, attended many of the wounded and won the highest praise from citizens and mili tary officers for excellent work. ? Ori the -afternoon of the salute incident, Read-Admiral Davis wrote Governor Swetlenham as follows-: Davis Explalatt to Governor.' My Dear Governor:' I beg you to accept my apology for the mistake of the valuta thin afternoon. My order was mitundrstood and the dlsregr&rd of your wishes was due to & mistake in the transmission of my order. I trust the apparent disregard of your wlnhf8 will be overlooked. I landed worklnK parties from both ships today to aid in clearing; the various streets and buildings, and purpose landing parties tomorrow for the same purpose unless you expressly do not desire It. I think a. great deal may be done In the way of assistance to private individuals without Interfering with the force of yourself and the govern- merit officials. As the only object of my being- here la to render such assistance as I tan, I trust you will justify me In this matter for the cause of common humanity. I held a patrol of six men ashore today to guard and secure the archives of the United States Consulate, together with a party of ten clearing away wreckage. This party, after finishing Us work, at the Con sulate, assisted other working; parties to catch thieves, recovering from them a safe, taken from a Jewelry store, valued at 50O0. From this I judge that the police surveil lance of the city Is Inadequate for the pro tection of private property. Actuated by the faroa motive, namely common humanity, I shall direct the medt- ral officers of my squadron to make all ef forts to aid cases of distress which perhaps do not com under tha observation of your medical officers. I shall have pleasure In meeting you at the hour appointed, 10 A. M., at headquar ters hOUM. I trust you approve my action In this mat ter. Tour obedient servant, (Signed.) C. H. DAVIS. Rear-Admiral. Governor Swettenham responded Friday as follows: Governor's Caustic Reply. Tear Admiral: Thanks very much for your letter, your kind call and all the as sistance given or offered us. While I most heartily appreciate the very generous of fers of assistance, I feel It my duty to ask you to re-embark the working: party and all parties which your kindness prompted you to land us. if In consideration of the Vice-Consul's assiduous attention to his family at his country house, the American Consulate needs guarding. In your opinion. although be was present and it was not guarded an hour ago, I have no objection to your de tailing a force for tlie sole purpose of guarding, hut the party must have no firearms and nothing mora offensive, than clubs or staves for this function. I nnd your working party was tnla morn ing helping- Mr. Orosswell clean hia store. cromwfll was delighted that the work was rtoni" without cost. If your excellency should remain long enough I am sure almost all tl.fi private owners would be glad of the services of the Navy to save expense. It Is no lonsrer a question of humanity: all the dead dld days mjco and the work of giving them burial is merely one of con- vcnlrnct I mould be glad to accept delivery of the fiafe which It is aliased thieves had pos rRMlnn of. Th American Vlce-Conul has no knowledge of it, the store is close to a sentry post, and the officer nl the post pro- fess Ignorance of the Incident. I helleve th police surveillance of the 1 v Is adaqukt for th protect Ion of pri vate property. J may remind your excel- IriKy tVisi not long ago It was (Uncovered that thieves had lodged In and pillaged the maldnc of some Nw York mllllonalm dur. ins his absent.- In th Bummer. but tm would not have Justified a JBritisn Admiral OU KINGSTON landing an armed party anil assisting the New York police. I have the honor to be. with, profound gratitude and the highest respect; your obe- dient servant." (Signed.) ALEXANDER SWETTENHAM. Governor. When Rear Admiral ravls called at the Headquarters House this morning to bid farewell to Governor Swettenham he waited 16 minutes. He then informed the Governor's aide he would wait no long er, and requested him to tell the Gov ernor that in consequence of the atti tude In not desiring American aid. he had countermanded President Roosevelt's order regarding the supply ship Celtic laden with beef for the relief of Kings ton. Escorts Davis to His Carriage. Governor Swettenham arriving at that moment, there was a brief private meet ing, and the Governor escorted Rear Admiral Davis to his carriage. Saluta tions were exchanged, ani the Governor, r Madame Schumann-Heluk, Whose Private Car Was Derailed In a California. Wreck Yesterday. replying to Rear Admiral Davis' regret that lie was unable to do more for Kings. ton, eald; "All the more to your honor adding a deep bow. evidently In reply to Ad miral Davis reference to his departure and meaning he would leave it In the Admiral's place. Rear Admiral Davis told the Associated Press he deeply regretted the Governor's tttltude. He was still convinced that the Governor was unequal to the task of relieving distress that this was evi dent from the fact that the American Held hospital had tended many sick and wounded and others were constantly ar riving-, having- been unable to train ad mission to the Government Hospital.. Americans Establish Hospital; The American hospital was established in Winchester Park, the property of . the Jesuits, Thursday, under the American flag . and In 'charge ' of Fleet Surgeon Ames and Surgeon Norton, of the Bat tleship Missouri, and aided by the Sisters of Charity. The hospital received more than oO sufferers, including .persons with fractured bones and skulls and cases of blood poisoning, which bad resulted from neglect of wounds, etc. Governor Swettenham and the local medical men were greatly opposed to the American Hospital, insisting that there was no necessity for it, as all the wound ed had been attended to. Surgeon Ames said the local medical men were very willing- to accept medical supplies, but wished no American interference with the wounded. Consequently there was much suffering which the American officers. In the name of humanity, were anxious to relieve, A party of American sailors worked at repairing the hospital building to the last moment, when they hauled down their flag, the Jesuits taking charge, and returned to their ships, the Yankton sailing- at 1 o'clock, followed by the battleship at 4 o'clock. Governor Swettenham's attitude toward a friendly American officer's assistance Is greatly deplored by many of the resi dents of Kingston, some of them even suggesting that the Governor be peti tioned to resign. His action is construed by some as Inspired by the resentment of President Roosevelt's attitude toward Jamaican negroes on the Panama Canal. Others ridicule the Governor's objection to the landing of American sailors, armed or not armed. The Insecurity of the city Is evidenced by the attempt last Friday night by six negroes to waylay a midshipman from the Missouri, who drew a revolver and put his assailants to flight Last night the streets of the burned district still reeked -with the stench of decaying bodies. The burned ruins were Illuminated only by the baneful glow of the corpse fires lining; the roadways. Today many bodies were recovered through the aid of vultures, which perch In flocks on the ruins beneath which their prey is buried. As fast as they are uncovered the bodies are thrown on the funeral pyres and slowly con- sumed. Famine and Pestilence Feared. The total number of known dead Is about 50, and It is "believed there are at least ISO persons who have not been ac- counted for. Food is coming: into the city from the country districts, but a famine is greatly feared. The filthy conditions of the camps on the parade grounds and race courm, where thousands of persons are huddled under improvised tents, roofed over and sheathed with palm leaves, causes great apprehension of an outbreak of typhoid fever. At present there Is a most urgent need for ters for several thousand persona, but the government Is not supplied with these and is not rrwildng- endeavors to obtain them. Rain Is now threatening. and if it should come it will Involve un told suffering on the homeless thousands. Warships Go to Guantananio. KINGSTON. Jamaica. Jan. 19. (Batur- ' V J I t i I t i: y :: J (Coadiul4 an Jav. 2- NEW SCHEME TO EVADE MONOPOLY Government to Hold All Coal Lands. HIS PUN TO LEASE THEM Oil, Gas and Asphalt Lands Also Kept From Entry. RENTERS TO PAY ROYALTY So Common Carrier Will Be Given Right to Secure License to Op erate Coal T'lelds System of Inspection Provided. WASHINGTON". Jan. 20.-(Speclal.) An elaborate scheme perpetually reserving from entry and sale all public lands in the United States containing coal, 'oil; gas and asphalt, and providing for the granting of licenses to raise said minerals, has been worked out by the Department of Justice In the bill which Senator I l Follette of Wisconsin will introduce this week. . President Roosevelt has devoted much personal attention to the matter and has held many conferences with those most Interested in furthering his pro gramme of preventing the 45.000,000 acres of public coal and oil lands from coming under the control of a monopoly. Justice Moody, while still Attorney General, assigned Otis J. Carleton, a spe cial assistant attorney of the Department of Justice, to work out details of the proposed law on tlie subject. It has been one of the most intricate problems the department has had to deal with in the way of framing; legislation, a principal difficulty being to circumvent the schemes of railroads and trusts to evade the pro visions made to protect the masses of the people. Expect Opposition In the West If put into effect, the measure will, ab solutely revolutionize the public lands entry of the country, and therefore it is likely to precipitate a bis: fight, as the Congressmen from the public land states are inclined to view matters from a corporation standpoint. The bill of foremost Importance among the big measures which the present Ad ministration - has put forward provides that a person of legal age or an associa tion, corporate or otherwise, may apply for a license to raise coal, oil, gas or asphalt on areas not to exceed five gov ernmental sections of land. But there is this stringent prohibition: That no common carriers, or any associ ation of which any member Is a shareholder of. Or in any manner interested in a com- mon carrier,, shall be permitted to hold a license. No corporation can receive licenses to more than one area, and elaborate pro vision is made, to prevent associations from merging tbelr respective areas, and so In time build up a trust. Called Rentals and Royalties. The term of the license, to bfe issued by direction of the Secretary of the interior, is to be for no longer than 30 years. There is to be a rental of so much per acre, and the licensee ie to be required to pay In addition a royalty of from 8 to 15 cents per ton on all coal mined, and a royalty likewise on oil and asphalt. Covenants are required to secure the proper working of the mines or wells, for the observance of rules relative to the safety of employes, for he proper protection of the surface of licensed areas and for the surrender of the works at the expiration of the license. Provision Is made for the patenting: of ourface right for agricultural purposes. A thorough system of Government in spection is provided, and. if circum stances warrant, the President may at any time resume the occupancy of the land and premises after paying compen sation fixed by a District Federal Court. The Government also may take posses sion of all Improvement on fuel lands if the licensee suspend operations for more than three months for any other reason than strikes, accident or other unavoid able' cause. y Keep Tab on Accldentsv A most rigid prohibition of child labor is prescribed. Whenever any accident occurs, through the explosion of gas or other explosive, or where loss of life or any serious per sonal injury occurs, a report must be made within 24 hours to the inspector for the district who will at once investigate the cause. It 1s .provided that licenses shall termi nate Immediately tf business be conducted In a wasteful or extravagant mariner, or if there be any violation of the Sherman act to protect trade and commerces from unlawful restraints and monopolies. GREAT NORTHERN IS CLEAR Main Line Open After Very Heavy Snow Storms. BUTTE, Mont., Jan. SO.-A Miner fpe- clal from Havre this evening; states that th Great Northern track was reported clfar tonlgrht. Several passenger trains Wre tiCtl up in pnovdrins near Brown- in. Cutbank and Inverness. YesterdayB snowfall was extremely heavy, but the absence of - wind helped budcinfc" the PHW. HOW long the tracks will remain open Is a problem, as the weather Ib threatening more snow. As a re ii It or the oontlnurrl cold weather heavy stock losses arc expected EVENTS OF COMING WEEK The automobile races will be held on the Ormond-Dayton la Beach In Flo rida, during; the week. There 'will be 23 contests, besides record trials. The trial of Harry Thaw for kill ing; Stanford White Is expected to begin Wednesday or Thursday, further actio11 In tbe attempt to oust Mayor McClellan, of New York City, from fell office li expected to be taken In the New Tork State Su preme Court in New Tork City on Saturday. Mayor McClellan: has served notice that fee will then ask the court to Imprison Attorney-General Jackson for alleged contempt of court in beginning the ouster pro ceedings while a restraining order preventing; him from holding; a hearing- on the question of a recount was .'in force. The parliamentary campaign, with its consequent discussion of Inter national and colonial questions. -.Which has occupied the attention of ' the. German public since the disso lution last December of the Reich stag, will come to a close January So. when the members or the new i ative body will be elected. On Monday, the Japanese Diet will ua.mble to consider the bud Set for 1807-06. which will be pre sented In Its Hnal shape. The budget provides for an expenditure of about ssos.ooo.ooo. by all stockmen, though definite estimates are hard to obtain at the present time. J. B. Long & Co., ranging near the Ca nadian border, report the loss of 16,000 sneep in the vicinity of Chinook. A. S. Lohman has lost ' 6000 sheep south of Havre. Jesus A. Van Rove reports a loss in the Bear Paw mountains of 6000 head of sheep. No freight has been received In Havre. either from the east or west, for the past 30 days over the main line of the Great Northern, and but for small shipments from the south over the Montana Cen tral suffering; for lack of food would have resulted. The temperature remains at about 20 degrees below zero. FIVE INDIfiHSflUnHEO ALIVE FIRE IX OIATILLA AGENCY JAIL CREMATES PRISOXERS. Inmates Started Blaze, and Jailer Could Not Be Reached In Time to Save . Lives. PENDLETON, Or.. Jan. 20. (Special.) Five Indians were burned to death In a Are which destroyed the jail at the Umatilla Indian, Reservation Agency at 7t o'cloclc itbi, morning-.- Titer origrln of the fire is unknown, but it is thought the Indiana were trying to burn their way out."- ' ' The Coroner's Jury refused to fix the responsibility other than that it was due to the careless system of handling the key to the jail, and In carina; for the prisoners, four of the bodies were found huddled together face downward in the corner beneath the one small window, while the other was in an op- poslte corner. The dead are: Richard Thomas. Yak ima Indian; Abraham Lyman and Henry Cook. Umatillas; Um'ta' Ki Lilpt and WetVsnoot, Nez Perces Indians, from Idaho. Alice Pad wea identified the body of Thomas as that of her husband by a ring and the remnants of his cordu roy trousers. The relatives of the others simply had to take one body from the pile of corpses. The prisoners were locked up by the Indian police for beings drunk. Their clothing: was searched for matches, knives and weapons. There Had been no fire In the jail since Christmas. The only key at the agency was In the hands of Officer Gardner. Gardner stays at the dormitory, and when the fire bell rings his first duty Is to get all the children out. This he did. and by that time It was too late to open the door of the jail. An attempt to cut down the door with an axe failed. Frank W. Hlgglm Very Low. OLEAN. N. X., Jan. 20. It is reported tonight from the bedside of ex-Governor Frank W. Higglns that his condition has not changed materially' during: the last 32 hours. The physicians agreed that the end is not for off. CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. TERTTCRDAT'S Maximum temperature, 52 degrees; minimum. 48. TODAY'S Rain; southerly winds. Foreign. Socialist lahor demonstration fn Paris a total failure. Pass 3. National. Formal char against Senator Bailey will be filed today. Page 4, Senator Tillman will make reply today to Senator Spooner. Page 3. Government works out scheme for leasing of coal and oil lands. Page 1. Resolution commending President's dis- charjee of negro troops will be introduced in Senate today. Page 3. Domestic. Flood In Ohio may reach height of that 'of 18S4. Tage 1 List of dead In Sand ford wreck Is placed at 22; Injured. 35. Fm.gr, 2. Prdrick T. Haekfna tells of success at tained by negroes. Page 1. Storm over Lake Erie does damage esti mated at S2.0O0.uO0. Page 1. Psxeifle Coast. Relief felt In Olympla at retirement of John McMlUIn from Washington Railroad Commission. Page 4. Ii- captive Indians cremated In burning of jail on UFmatLlIla reservation. 'Tm.g; i. Gold Held miners show sympathy for Moyer, Hywood and Petttbone by striking pa rade. Pag 4. Represent stive Jones will present bill In teKlnltur thin week ex tending initia tive to local affairs. Page 9. rortland and Ylclnltj. Evans. 1st Geil speaks before large audience at White Temple. Page ft. Peter Deklnder. afeed hermit, found dead, a suicide. Page 12. Old guard ana rrrorm eifmmt m local Dmocracr at outs over reception to Bryan. Page 8. Captain J- J- Reynold almost loses lire in Columbia River Ice blockadf. Pane T. Prospective appointment-or ewer or pour arouses expectations of local Democracy. Page R. County prisoners complain ox food served. STORM JIG TWO MILLIONS A Fierce Gale Sweeps Over Lake Erie. GITY OF BUFFALO SUFFERS Niagara River and Falls Are Gorged With Wreckage. TWO LIVES REPORTED LOST i Shipping Damage Alone Will Total $1,500,000 and Miles or Docks Have Been Washed Away. I.ii ke Ttose Three I'Vt't. BUFFALO. Jan. 20. During the last 24 hours this city lias been swept by the most destructive windstorm of a decade. Tonight the Xlagara Kalis lie In- the midst of a scene of wreckage In the wake of the storm, Two lives are reported lost so far and a property damage that will aggregate S2.000.00O when the accounting Is made. Is the toll of the storm. Lake Erie, with Its level higher than has been known for 20 years, has gorged the Niagara River to overflowing and thousands of dollars worth of property has been carded down the stream, Miles of docks at the (treat lumber market at North Tonawanda have been destroyed and millions of feet of lum- tier have been carried out Into the river. Immense Damage to Shipping. The damage to shipping in Buffalo Harbor alone is $1,500,000, Five large lake liners. Wintering just Inside the breakwater, were driven aground. The gale still rages and no aid can be given the endangered vessels, the Hurlburt W. Smith. William Nottingham, J. Q. Riddle. Monroe C. Smith and A. G. Brower. Thirteen others are making brave at tempts to ride out the gale, and may add to the storm loss. For hour the -gale swept the water front, wrecking everything that stood in its path. Docks and wharves were wrecked and carried away, craft brole from their mQorlngs, and smashed against bridges,, doing- serious damage. Rapid Rise in Lake Erie. lake Krte rose three feet In as many minutes. The "breakwater walls have been pounded until portions of them have been broken away. Railroad tracks along the waterfront are being held down with strings of freight cars. Niagara Falls power was cut off when the cable snapped, and the city Is In par tial darkness tonight. Damage to homes and buildings is widespread. Railroad service has been badly disar ranged. The gale brought with It a blinding snowstorm. ' STORM SWEEPS CLEVELAND Two Deaths Are Cnsed and Many Are Injured. CLEVELAND. Jan. 20. Cleveland was swept by a gale today which resulted In the death of one person, fatal Injury to another, serious Injuries to many others and a property loss amounting to many thousands of dollars. Michael Corrlgan, 13 years old, was electrocuted while trying to disengage his feet from an electric wire, which had been blown down. Charles Frakfta fell and fractured his Fkull. Several Immense stacks at the New- turg plant of the American Steel Wire Company were blown down. crashing through the roof of a building In which 60 men were exposed. Steam pipes burst and several workmen were burned. Mill! WIPED Dill COAL GAS OVERCOMES FIVE PKHSOXS AT CALGARY. After Being Suffocated, Victims Were Frozen to Death by Intense Cold. CALGARY. Alberta. Jan. 20. A trag edy, the full details of which probably never will be known, wiped out the en tire family of Edward Ferdinand, pro prietor of a. tannery here. The polloe. on breaking- Into the house, found Ferdinand dead in bed, the dead body of a newly-born infant .t hln aide, while the dead body of Mrs. Ferdinand lay on the floor near the bed. In another bed were two young boys, still alive, but so badly -frozen that they died while he Ins taken to the hospital. The supposition Is 'that the family was overcome by coal fras: that the wife recovered mifYiciontly to attempt the adjufltment the pipes, gave pre mature birth to a child and died. TELLS STORY OF WRECK Mcamcr Vadorland, Which Sank Ha wort It ('anile. Arrives. ANTWERP. Jan. 30.-Tlie Red Star line ttteamer Vaderland from New York for this port, which on Saturday ftanlc the Dundua steamer Haworth Castl near Dover, arrived this evening after having been seriously delayed by tog. When the steamer entered the harbor she showed no Blgns of dumage. the Injury to her plates being below the water line. The Associated Press correspondent learned from the captain of the Vader land that she was steaming at half-speed at 2:30 Saturday morning and suddenly found herself upon the Haworth Castle. It was too late to go astern, and the Vaderland struck, the vessel on the star board stock hole. A. panic followed on the Haworth Os- tle. The Vaderland kept her noise into the breach in the other vessel, in order to facilitate llfesavtng. Three ladders were thrown over the Vader land's bows. By thes$ 17 of the Haworth Castle's crew. Including Captain Whltten. climbed aboard. Seaman Nicholson was crushed between the vessel. Steward Parkinson was Imprisoned in the cabin. Engineer Lowe was killed by steam from the ex ploding boilers. Several of the Vader- land's passengers came on deck 30 min utes after the accident occurred, but were only in time to see the Haworth Castle sink. Captain Whitten. of the Haworth Cafi- t . . yy 1 : & r J "' . Booker T. Washington, Mho Leads Hasklna' I.btt of Negroes Who Have 'AttoUned Fun. by Genius. tie. said the Vailerlands officers did everything possible. Several other sur- vlvors think .the density of the fog ren dered the accident unavoidable. PASSE.YGE11S FROM KINGSTON TKLL ,OF DISASTER. . Pitiful Scenes Following Huln of City Are Kelaied by Return- lug Survivors. PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 30. The Vnited Fruit Company's steamer Admiral Fara- gut arrived here today from Port An tonio with three passengers aboard who were in Kingston at - the time of the earthquake. The three were Mrs. Albert Turner and Miss Grace B. Turner, of Passaic. N. J., and Edward W. Longley. of Newtonville, Mass. They were guests at a hotel which was partially destroyed, but none of the three was hurt, but Miss Turner was cut by the falling debris. Miss Turner, who Is a member of the Red Cross Society, said: "Men, women and children were buried under the falling debris everywhere, and the cries of the wounded could be heard through the streets. When the shocks came and the hotel walls began tumbling we got out safely. There were many heartrending scenes, but one of the most pitiful came beneath my Immediate no tice. We had found a mother and five children burled beneath the ruins of a cottage. While efforts were being made to get the woman and little ones from under the wreckage, a soldier came up and shouldered his way in between the workers. It was the mother and husband. When he saw his wife and children lying In the wreckage of the house, lie stepped baok. and drawing a revolver, sent a bullet Into his head, killing himself in stantly." Edward Ixmgley said of the earthquake: "I had just returned to the Hotel Royal when there was a shock and the earth began to shake. Plaster began falling from the walls and ceiling and as I fled. I was nearly thrown to the ground hy the terrible swaying. The heaviest loss of life was along the harbor districts, where buildings three and four stories high fell like eggshells." In a walk through the streets after the shock. Mr. Ixngley saw nearly 400 un buried dead lying among the debris, and he is sure five Americans were killed in the Myrtle Bank Hotel. SHEA JURY IS STILL OUT At Last Report Vote Stood Seven to Five for Conviction. CHICAGO, Jan. 20.The jury which since Saturday morning has been striv ing to reach a verdict In the case of Cornelius I. Shea and 13 other labor leaders on trial lor conspiracy in con- nrction with the teamsters strike of was Mill out late tonight. One of the jurors became 111 during the afternoon and a. couch was sent to the Jury room. A number of ballots were taken during the day and at noon the jurors were said to stand 6 to 6. Two hours later they were reported to be 7 to 5 for conviction. The defense made efforts to have the jury discharged, but Judge Ball ruled that the jurors could- not discharged except upon t r own request. NOTED SINGER IN WRECK Private Car or Madame Schuraan- Helnk Derailed In California. SACRAMENTO, Cal.. Jan. 20. Wet- Ijound passenger trail No, 1 was wrecked this forenoon, east of Newcastle, three Pullman Rleepers ftolnjr into the ditch. One of the coai-hen derailed wat? tn prl vate car of Madame Sehuman-Helnk, who was on ner v?y to Ban rrancirco. Nobody was hurt, but a special wan sent up the line frome this city to bring In HUOIfruT EARTHQUAKE SUCCESS BY COLORED Negroes Who Earned Fame by Genius. BOOKER WASHINGTON LEADS Builds Up Great Educational Institute on Little. VICTORS OVER OBSTACLES RLack Men and Women or First Kank as ralnters, Sculptors, Mu sician. Lawyers. Surgeons, Architects, farmers. ,. BY FREDERIC J. HASKIX. WASHINGTON. Jan. lS.-(SpeflaI Cor respondence. ) The trouble with the negro soldiers at Brownsville and race disturb ances .riavbu. have caused so much feeling that one wonders what Is to come of the whole sorry business. The worst side of negro character has hal a thorough airing: the fault and short comings of the black man have been laid bare to the bone. Can any good be said of him? Is he doing anything com mendable? Without attempting to raise the race question or solve it for any particular community where It may be an Issue. X .offer herewith a collection of specific Instances of negro success. It ought to cause us to encourage the negro to ko to work and try to dtf something for himself Instead of brooding over the cheerlessness of his lot. Booker Washington's Work. . Booker T. Washington is the foremost negro In America. He stands at the head of his race as an educator and moulder of thought- He believes In train ing the hands as well as the brain, and ':, training hands and brain together. When, v Washington founded the Tuskegee Nor mal and Industrial Institute, h had,, J.' money and the school had none. Dur ing the first year he was Its only teacher. - and the 30 pupils were given instruction in an old church and a dilapidated shanty lent by the colored people of the neigh borhood. The Institute now owns 2000 acres of land. 83 buildings dwellings, dormitories, classrooms, shops and bams, livestock, farm implements, etc.. all valued at $85.- 000. This does not Include 22,000 acres of public land granted by Congress, valued at .135.000. nor the endowment fund of J1.275.O0O. The Institute now iiast over 1800 pupils In all Its departments and la growing every year. This Is the quarter- of-a-century record of a negro who be lieves in Improving his race by teaching the honorableiiess of work. Painter and Sculptress. Henry O. Tanner la & negro artist Who has gained an International reputa tion. He studied In Philadelphia, and later In Paris. His picture Daniel In the Lion's Den" was bought by the Penn- . gylvanla Academy, and later "The Rais ing of Lazarus- was purchased by the French government and now hangs on the waHs of the Luxembourg. Another work tf his. "The Two Disciples at the. Tomb." -was purchased for the art col lection of the Museum of Chicago. He has been awarded both the Walter Up- pincott prize offered by the Pennsylvania. Academy of Fine Arts, and the Harris prixe for the best exhibit shown in the Chicago Art Institute. Bdmonla Lewis, the colored sculptress, has lived abroad so long that many peo ple do not Know that she was born In th Vicinity Of Albany, New Tork. She 4a quite an old woman now. her first exhi bition having been made In Boston In 1865. Her statue, "The TV eed woman.'- was completed prior to her departure ror Rome. Upon her arrival In the Eternat trity her work gave so much evidence of genuine talent that she was great! be friended by Harriet Hosmer, charlotte Cushman and others. Two of the finest specimens of her work are "The Mar riage of Hiawatha." owned In New Tork, and the portrait bust of Abraham L.in- ooln. which Is In San Jose. California. Musicians and Composers. A prominent figure in the musical world Is Lieutenant Walter H. Ijoving, the negro bandmaster who captivated the crowd at the St. Louis Exposition with his Filipino band of 80 pieces. The best bands in the world came to participate In the musical contest at St. Louis, and IjOviriK was awarded second prize, de feating famous organizations liKe Sousa's. the Mexican National Band, and , th Royal Band of England. The first prize wa.a won by the French musicians, but there were many authorities who Claimed that the Filipinos were equally as good. Ueutpnant Lovin? Is a. native of St. Paul, Minn. He studied In Boston, and omanlEed two Army banda before golna; to the Philippines, where he had to master the Spani?n, Tagaiog and Ilocano languages In order to make him- re1 f understood tv n m men. H e r hearnMl ei&ht hours a day on the ship which brought his band to America, and continued the dally drill until the open. lng of the Exposition, at which time his men were thorough ly familiar with over a thousand Mlectlonn. Co'e and Johnson are not only success ful artorR. but composers of popular airs as well. They wrote "The MisalRslppi Re-lle.' which wan nunir by 'May Irwin, and many other well-known pieces, such as ."Under the Bamboo Tree," "The Congo txve 9ong.M "The Maiden WVth (Concluded on Pai