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TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 30, 1000.-. TAFT IS GOVERNOR OF TROUBLED ISLE Proclaims Control and Cubans Willingly Accept the Change. SALVP. TO THEIR FEELINGS Secretary Will Soon Transfer Gov ernment to Wlnthrop, ot Porto Rico Prisoners Released and Rebels to Surrender Arms. HAVANA, Sept 29. With far lees osten tation than accompanies the accession of a new municipal administration, the gov ernment of Cuba was formally taken over today by "William H. Taft. Secretary of War of the United States, who in a proc lamation clothed In a kindly and diplo matic tone, indicative of the policy he would pursue, declared himself Provisional Governor of the island. Promptly at noon Governor Taft, Assistant Secretary of State Bacon and Captain McCoy, Mr. Taft's aide-de-camp, called officially at the palace and paid their respecta to the retiring President. Ignoring Senor Palma's message to Congress on Friday, In which he wrongly Interpreted the mission ot the American mediators, Mr. Taft spoke kindly to Senor Palma, to whom, he said, the people of Cuba owed an unquestionable debt of gratitude. Senor Palma's brief reply was .devoted entirely to an expression of re lief at the opportunity of shifting the burden of guiding the tempestuous repub llo to the representative of a Nation strong enough -to force control over it. People Are Indifferent. The fact that . the government had changed from a position of absolute in- dependence to the restraint of a tempo rary protector was received by the masses with utter Indifference. Most of the re fined and thoughtful Cubans, while they feel a certain sensitiveness .over the loss of the island's sovereignty, are inclined ' to hope that the United States protector ate will-be brief.- A Cuban returning to Havana today after a brief absence would not have . recognized from the general attitude of the people that the form ot government had been altered. Business continued the same, except for the vigor exhibited by the wholesale merchants, manufacturers and railroads to regain their former trade throughout the island, which has been at a standstill since the beginning of the revolution six weeks ago. Taft Tender With Cuban Pride. Although it was known Friday that an American provisional government could not be avoided, and despite the fact that It became a reality today,- the last H hours have been the most quiet since the arrival of President Roosevelt's media tors, ten days ago. Mr. Taft. with., true appreciation of the Sensitiveness of the Cuban people, was careful. In Caking. up his new duties and abstained from any act that might have been construed by them.. as humiliating.. His decision not to. lower the flag of the republic was taken on his own responsibility, as Friday, night he was unable to get into communication with Mr. Roosevelt because of a defect in the wireless apparatus on the vessel on which, the President was proceeding to Provlncetownt Mass. He felt certain, however, that Mr. Roosevelt's friendship for Cuba would prompt him to approve this act of courtesy to the broken re public. The release of the prisoners Incarcerated for alleged conspiracy' against the Cuban Government was one of the first acts of the new Governor. He felt that they should be liberated, but there was also an additional ' reason, namely, five of them were members of a committee of eight named by the Liberal party to aid Mr. Taft to procure the peaceful disarm ing of the rebels in the field. Rebels to Lay Down Arms. When the prisoners were released, they hastened to the American Legation to pay their respecta to Mr. Taft, whom they hailed dramatically as the deliverer of their country. There was an affecting scene in the anteroom of the legation when they met Alfredo- Zayas and others of their party leaders and a number of Insurgent leaders. Affectionate embraces were exchanged, and the members of the committee immediately urged the rebel commanders to surrender quietly and promptly to the commission appointed by Governor Taft, and lay down their arms. Already the work has progressed so far that It appears that the Insurgents wel come the opportunity to return to their homes under conditions which to them ap pear to be honorable. Brigadier-General Funston today visited Generals Guerra and Dei Castillo. The latter declared it to be his intention to co-operate In every, possible way to assist the Americans to restore order. At the same time he declared that he would never have abandoned the cause he was lighting for had the mediators endeavored to terminate the conflict, leaving the Mod erates in power. Continue Old Officials. ': Mr. Taft and Assistant Secretary of State Bacon spent one of the busiest days that they have had since their arrival in the Island. . They received the subsecre .larlea of thA axaiiHva floron .v. i. . ' niiw are now the acting heads thereof, and wno reponea on the general conditions concerning the administration of affairs. The Governor requested each of these sec retnrlPR in rinrtmiA at hla rmat . - port directly to him. He informed them that he would not appoint a cabinet until he had familiarized himself with the most available timber for Cabinet nnsitinn. Carlos Roloff, who has been' treasurer since tjuDa receivea ner Independence, submitted a financial statement on the ireaaurv hut this ha. nnt hcwn TnMt.j Nevertheless, Mr. Taft gave him a re ceipL ior me money, according to the statement presented, and begged Senor nuion 10 continue in ms position. AVinthrop to Succeed Taft. Mr. Taft stated tonight that he ex pected to remain in Cuba only a fort night longer, . and ' would then return to Washington, as affairs concerning the Philippines and the Panama Canal de mand his Immediate attention. He has requested Mr. Bacon to remain another week to further assist In prefecting an organization necessary tnoroughly to in stall a provisional -government. Mr.. Taft has nominated Beckman Wln throp, Governor of Porto Rico, for the provisional Governorship here, recom mending to the Cubans Mr. - WInthroD's special fitness for the position. Mr. Taft says that as long aw the provisional gov ernment continues it will be under his supervision as Secretary of War. On Monday Mr. Taft will receive- the Judges and the members of the City Council. Lincoln Dezais, Acting Secre tary 6f Publlo Instruction, today Invit ed Mr. Taft to preside on Monday at the annual opening of the University of Havana. .Custom has always ac corded this honor to the Chief Execu tive. Senor Dezais urged that the cus tom should not be overlooked on ac count of the crisis in governmental af fairs. Mr. Taft promised to attend the ceremony If possible. At General Menocal's request, owing to the urgency of private business, his name has been withdrawn from the committee to supervise the laying down of arms, and that of General Thomas Grinau has been substituted. ;- - Mr. Taft is cognizant of the presence of three cases of yellow fever in Ha vana, and is taking special precautions to prevent the infection of the Ameri can forces. Ex-President Palma's furniture and effects are being prepared for removal from the Palace. His family will leave for Matanzas on Monday by . special train.- and later will go to Bayamo. Preparing Camp for Troops.- Camp Columbia, the permanent bar racks originally erected by the United States Government of Intervention, af ter the Hispano-Amerlcan War, to ac commodate the American troops,, is con sidered to be an ideal camp. It Is dry, cool and oonvenlent, and has an abund ant supply of water. Altogether, the outlook for the provisional government and armed occupation of the island is considered to be highly promising. Mr. Taft this afternoon received many prominent Cubans, Including the Mayor, municipal officers and sugar growers and cattle-breeders of Cama guey. The latter . complained to him that anarchy was rampant in the Prov ince of Puertd Principe, and that many of their cattle and horses had been stolen, that fences have been destroyed and some women assaulted. Captain McCoy assured them that American sol- PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING SECRETARY TAFT'S ARRIVAL IN CUBA r 4 t ; . ..." diers. would be there-within-a -week." Nt additional marines were, landed to-r day, but arrangements were perfected, under ' direction of Captain Schroeder of -the battleship Virginia, General' Funston and a Navy surgeon, to transfer a marine brigade from the warships to Camp Co lumbia tomorrow. These officers today had a force cleaning and fumigating Camp Columbia, leaving it- In charge of a company of rural guards and police. The landing of marines tomorrow will be as much for the relieving- of the conges tion on board the . ships as for the pro tection of the city. The ships really are much nearer Havana that is Camp Co lumbia. Thirty Marines Guard City. The only force of American troops on duty in Havana tonight Is made up of 30 marines who are guarding the treas ury. They are encamped within the court yard and are not visible from the street. All these precautions are in conformity with Mr. Taft's plan of reducing the act of intervention to a minimum by making as little display as possible. His idea is to make Cuba feel rather than see the strong arm of the United States. The Official Gazette containing Mr. Tart's proclamation was posted In all publlo places, but did not attract extraordinary attention despite the fact that the day would be recorded in the pages of history as one of the most important to Cuba. Annthv nrevalled everywhere. ' Mr. Taft today receivea a letter signea by Jose Miguel Gomel and other con spiracy prisoners as follows: Commission to Receive Arms. We understand that the provisional gov ernment .this day established In Cuba In tends to carry out, so far the same may be applicable to the changed conditions, the basis of settlement which the peace com missioners recommended to both the Moder ate and Liberal parties. Including general amnesty for all political offenders. Tie un dersigned, representing the Insurgent forces in the field by proper declaration, hereby agree on behalf ot such Insurgent forces that they will at once lay down their arms, return to their homes and restore property taken by them for military purposes, which Is now in their possession. We request the appointment of a commission by the pro visional government to meet a similar com. . mission appointed by us to arrange the de tails of the surrender of arms and prop erties, after which we shall return to our homes. Mr. Taft appointed a commission as .re-, quested. The commission consists of General Funston, president; General Menocal, General Agraraonte and Colonel Carlos Fernandez, to represent the Cuban government, aided by Major Ladd, "U. S. A. and Lieutenant Mitchell, General Funston' s aide, as recorder. It is understood the insurgent com mission will consist of the same men who served the Liberals recently as peace commissioners as follows : J. G. Gomez. J. M. Gomez Carlos Garcia, Demetrio Castillo, Manuel Lazo, Alfredo Zayas, Pelavo Garcia and Jesus S. G. Monteagudo. , All political prisoners were released early this afternoon. Those given their freedom numbered JO, including Generals Jose Miguel Gomez, Demetrio Castillo, Montegejo Garcia. The entire revolu tionary committee, including the above named generals and headed by Senator Zayas, departed Immediately for- the revolutionary camp. Minister Quesada Resigns. WASHINGTON. Sept.' 29. Senor don Gonzale de Quesada, the minister of Cuba appointed by President Palma, has ten dered his resignation to the provisional government of Cuba. It Is stated that Mr. Quesada has not taken this step as an act of resentment or as an evidence of any Ill-feeling toward President Roose velt or the American administration,, but that he considered it his duty to do so In order to facilitate the execution of the i President's policy toward Cuba, 1 All Uh- L' . I t Ev-.;,-.-i:wS CALLS AMERICAN S Harmsworth's Writer Turns Loose Abuse on West ern World. ENGLAND BETTER COUNTRY Man Who Tramped Through tJnited States Says Republic Is Joke, Millionaires Worse Than Grand Dukes. LONDON, Sept SO. Alfred Harms, worth, or Lord Northcliffe, as he now Is called, who Is the leader of a small band of anti-American agitators, Is now running an editorial page series . REPUBLIC il tr- , f- SECBETARY-TATT IS'IIT THE ACT OF R AISING HIS of articles by Bqrt Kennedy,' vilifying the United' States. Mr. Kennedy 'is an excellent writer, and of course is only following' Instructions. He ' spent many years in the United States when he was "broke" and bus tramped it from one end to the other. Harmsworth recently sent him to New York as spe cial commissioner to write this series. The first article was one of generali ties and merely praised the air and New York as a city. The others, how ever, contain scarcely anything but abuse- and a Juggling of facts and figures to show that England Is in every way a superior country, not alone for the rich man. but for the working man. Mr. Kennedy says it is time "the bubble was pricked and the sham and the fraud and the boasting and the bluff of the United States ex posed." He says "the country is a sham and fraud" and refers to It again as "a Joke of a republic." He says Americans will soon open their eyes and see their country as the rest of the world sees it "a Joke" among na tions. He declares that labor is 40 per cent better oft In England. To quote again, he says, "America Is the best country In the world for people who labor to stay away from." He. refers to Presi dent Roosevelt by saying that he is "no more than a fly on the wheel." Other quotations: "The real enemies of society are- American millionaires. These mon are worse than the worst clique of Grand Dukes that ever crushed Russia. They are responsible for turning the Unit ed States into a place where a man may commit deliberate murder, with impunity If he possesses enough money." "Such a revolution as has never oe- -curred in the world's history. . . . will occur in the United States," . Mr. Kennejy says this revolution will start In the Western states. He declares Roosevelt may be an honest man, but that he Is In the hands of the million aires Just the same as the Senators and Congressmen who "take their bribes." It Is understood that the series has quite a way to run and that Mr. Ken nedy, who traveled to the West, will come along soon with a pen picture of Chicago which will put William T. Stead and John Burns of ''Hell with the lid off" fame to shame. MONUMENT TO BELOVED DOG. Italian Novelist Keeps Sacred Day of Animal's Death. ROME, Sept, 29. As he threatened he would do, Gabriel D'AnnunzIo has erected a. monument over the grave of his dog. The inscription on It is a lengthy one. beginning with the words, "Sacred to the imperishable memory of my greatest and most faithful friend." It will be remem bered that the dog was killed by a peas ant some months ago. The novelist pros ecuted the man, Francson Volpe by name. The peasant at the trial In Flor ence said he killed the dog because It worried his hens. The author had en gaged the services of two notable coun sellors at an expense of $1000 to prosecute. He won and the peasant was sentenced to 10 days Imprisonment. The author wrote to the papers that it ought to have been 10 years, and that trie re was no Justice In Italy. He also said that June 14, the date of the dog's death, would be sacredly observed bv him during his lifetime a8 a day ot Intense mourning, xne dog occupied a house by Itself close to the novelist's residence at Capponova. STEAD SHOCKS THE GOO-GOOS. Living Statue of Venus at Music Hall Beautiful. LONDON, Sept. 29. England has been vastly amused at W. T. Stead's latest. He has actually been to a music hall, and has written a page of criticism about it In his last number of the "Review of Re views." Mr. Stead last year went to his first musical comedy and roasted it from page to page until the poor theater couldn't hold the audiences that thronged there. The piece ran afterward for m whole year. The music hall he honored a week ago was the London Pavilion. It is the same music hall that' "a. committee of clergymen went to some weeks and then reported to their '.'goo-goo" societies that the performance was putrid and Im moral, etc. Their one objection was the posing of a young woman called "La Mllo." She poses practically, or seemingly in the alto gether as different famous statues. Stead writes of the performance that It was "hideous, horrifying, amazing and drivel for the dregs." He declines to say It is Immoral, but rather senseless idiocy and vulgarity. After "a . dreary two and a half hours, there came one- gleam," and strange to say that one. gleam was La Milo. Stead was delighted with the beauty of It. "As to its being Indecent," he says, "It was not more Indecent than any classical statue. It was of the beau tiful. ..." .. . LATEST DODGE OF SWINDLERS. Clever Parisian Women Practice Original Scheme.. PARIS, Sept. 29. The dodges of Paris Ian thieves, particularly the Vomen, are daily becoming more wily. The police have just arrested a couple of adventur esses In a house in the Rue Epee de Bols. i . HAT. The women' rented the ground floor flat. It Was well furnished, but in a strictly business-like way. The women set up as doctors. Their victims were all people from the country. The pair flooded the provinces with Ingeniously worded pros pectuses and advertisements, according to which they cured all abdominal trou bles without recourse to operations. Many persons, who, while suffering, are afraid of the surgeon's knife, swallowed the bait and hied them to Paris. One of the women posed as the doctor. She made her clients undress In a room ad Joining her consulting room. Then she pretended to subject the patient to a long and careful examination. While this was taking place, her accom pllce rifled- the patient's clothes and went of with whatever valuables were found in the pockets. Patients did not find out their losses until some time after leaving the house, and in a majority of cases they dared not report it to the police. How ever, a woman who had nothing to fear from publicity went teh other day to the police - station and took detectives back with her to the house. The two smart young .women were arrested and have been cnarged with having practiced medi cine illegally and also with swindling. WINS HER BET BY LIFE BLOOD. Danish Woman Victim of Strange Tragedy on Steamer. COPENHAGEN, Sept. 29.-A terrible tragedy has occurred on a coast steamer. It was taking an excursion party to the islands. On board were also a few out side passengers. One of these was a tall. saturnine man, who, with a sorrowful dreamy look, wandered about the deck or looked over the rail at the sea. He was conspicuous. Mrs. Marie Fels, a young, pretty and fashionable matron. laughingly said she would cheer him up, and a bet was made that she wouldn't get him. to speak to her first. Other bets were made that the mysterious stranger would fall in love with Mrs. Fels. The merry crowd watched the two closely. yet did not crowd round or in any way Interfere. Mrs. Fels approached the man and cast bewitching glances at him, but he paid no attention. She. then passed in front of him and first dropped a book: then a handkerchief, but the man took no notice. Piqued at this, the pretty wo man determined on a bolder move, and brushed against the man as she passed him. The wind fanned the lace veil she wore round her hat so that a perfumed end swirled into the man s face. With a wild cry, the man sprang for ward, seised the woman In his arms, rained passionate kisses on her Hps. hugged her tightly, and then .as her friends rushed to the front to help her escape, the mysterious stranger drew a knife from ms coat, plunged it into the heart of the woman who lay In his arms, and then, as she sild lifeless to the deck. he Jumped the rail and disappeared In the sea. His identity will never be known. as there Is little chance that the body will be recovered. Mrs. Fels, bathed in her life's blood and cold in death, had won her bet. FREIGHT BARGE CAPSIZES Turns Turtle at Chicago Harbor Three Men Drown. CHICAGO, Sept. 29. (Special.) Caught In the tremendous sea Just outside the breakwater at the entrance to Chicago Harbor, a barge owned by the Ames Car Ferry Company turned turtle . tonight and went to the bottom. Three members of the crew were drowned and three were rescued by the lifesavers. The barge was In tow of the Thames and was bring ing 20 ireigut cars from PeahUgo, Mich. SOUTHERN PORTS SWEPT BY WAVES (Continued From Page 1.) lifeboat and were later picked up by the army steamer Poe. - Further 'down the island the United States, main quarantine station has dis appeared except one house. Several ves sels detained there are damaged. Cus toms Inspector Bailey, stationed there. saved the lives of eight of the attaches by swimming with a line across a channel to the- remaining, house, and the men were enabled to reach that point. The hospital there collapsed early in the night. The patients, with two nurses Colllne and Bass clung to the floating roof. Five spent the night on the raging sea, and were washed upon this side. The other five perished. Further down the island was camped a pleasure party." " Among these was the Sheriff of this county. They, fought des perately to save themselves, and were rescued when nearly dead. - Two had per ished. At Escambia trestle, a mile in length, was the cottage of the keeper of the drawbridge. This was carried away, and his wife and two little chil dren drowned. He and his assistants were washed up on the beach five miles distant. Ships Driven Into Buildings. Across in the city here it will be -fully three months before the vessels can be dug out from their positions. Of the 22 . ships and barks of foreign flags anchored In the harbor, only one -remains and It is badly damaged. Some of the immense ocean ships of 2000 tons are resting in front yards; others have been driven through houses; some have their noses pointed into stores, while some others are keeled over on their side in the bay or piled up in masses of wreckage. Only four tugs out of a fleet of about 20 remain. About 30 fishing schooners of E0 or 75 tons were moored alongside wharves, and two re main Intact. Some of the schooners are half a mile Inshore. For one mile west of the city were the- small cottages of fishermen, all close to the beach. These have been wiped out. Three persons are known to be dead there. WRECK AND RUIN FOLLOW. Death in Storm and Flood at Missis sippi Sound. NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 29. Six persons drowned, eight good-sized sailing vessels wrecked, about 30 smaller vessels sunk or ashore, and property damage of more than Jl. 000,000. was the result of the hurricane in the Mississippi Sound. The full extent of the disaster there be came known today, when Ship and Horn islands were heard from. They had been completely submerged, according to the reports of tugs sent out from the main land to the islands to investigate. AH the loss of life and the greater part of the wreckage occurred at the eastern end of the sound, about 60 miles away from Mobile. The worst catastrophe was at Horn Island, where Llghtkeeper John ston, with -his wife and daughter, -were swept into the gulf with" their lighthouse and drowned. , During the storm two bodies were seen floating in Pascagoula Bay, but were not recovered. The assistant keeper, Gaston Pertevent, saved hia wife and two small children at the height of the storm by lowering them Into a launch with ropes. He then climbed Immediately Into the launch San Francisco. The head keeper was rescued in the open bay, where he was drifting in a small boat without oars. The Federal quarantine station at Ship Island was badly crippled, the Isolation -hospital and Dr. Moncrues' residence be ing the only buildings on the island to escape damage. Three men In the Klondike building on Ship Island, were swept out to- sea. A shift In the wind came when they were half a mile off shore and swept them back safely' to land. Outside of shipping destroyed, the main property loss to the sound cities occurred about Pascagoula. Fifteen lumber mills located there . reported many of their buildings and machinery razed to the ground. MOBILE LOSES $5,000,000. Beside Great Property ' Damage, Many Fatalities Reported. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept 23. Mobile is still cut off from the outslcte world. Dispatches Just reaching here by mall, which left Mobile at 8:30 A. M. Saturday, say that the city will suffer a loss of 5,000,000 in damage done to buildings, steamboats, shippings, railroads and com mercial houses. The famous Shell Road Is gone, and probably will not be re built. Fifty-nine are known to have lost their lives at points west of the city, the loss being heaviest at Coden. The following is a correct list of the Henri: At Coden: Mrs. Kloskle; Miss Susie Krevallie, Mrs. Werneth, Miss Una Wer- neth, body not recovered; Mrs. Be tan court, Mrs. Turner, Mrs. Crae, Mrs. Wil cox. Mabel Wilcox, Mabel Clark, Mrs. Clark and two children, aged 1 and 3 years; Mrs.. Clark's mother-in-law, Major Stevens, three Alexander children, Mrs, Hazen and two children, Sid Thomas, two children, Mabel and Luther Cox, Miss Annie Watts school teacher; Luta Wilcox. At Kipling: Payson Morgan (colored). At Delchamps; OUle Donlin, brother of Paheeton Donli. tax collector, and two children; Dick Warricks and wife (col ored.) At Bayou La Batre: Two Bohemians, unknown. At Herron Bay: Twenty discovered, no names could be ascertained. At Bon Zecourdeau: Mrs. Frank Alex ander, Mrs. Marx Alexander, Miss D. Alexander. Miss Cooper and son. Hair Help o many persons have weak hair, lifeless hair, hair that falls cfut, splits at the ends, keeps rough and uneven. Such hair needs help. The roots, need feeding with a good hair-food Ayer's Hair Vigor. The hair )ecomes stronger, grows faster, tops falling out, keeps soft and smooth. 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I also thank you for your kind attention to me. I am as well as could be ever since I began taking Peruna." A Letter to th Public. Mr. Tefft Johnson, 1J29 Eighty-fifth street, Bath Beach, Brooklyn, N. Y., writes: "In all my experiments with medi TAFT TELXS THEM HIS RULE IS ONLY TEMPORARY. Abdication of Government. Renders Intervention ' Necessary Until Election Can Be Held. To the1 People-of Cuba: The failure of Congress tor act on the irrevocable res ignation of the President of the repub lic of Cuba, or to elect a successor, leaves the country without a govern ment at a time when great disorder prevails, and requires that, pursuant to the request of Mr. Palma, the nec essary steps be taken In the name and by the authority of the President of tne United States, to restore order and protect life and property In the Island of Cuba and the islands and keys ad jacent thereto, and for this purpose to establish therein a provisional govern ment. The provisional government hereby established will be maintained Only long enough to restore peace, order and public confidence by direction and In the name of the President of the United States, and then to hold such elections as may be necessary to determine on those persons upon whom the perma nent government of the republic should be devolved. Insofar as is consistent with the nature of a provisional gov ernment established under the author ity of the United States this will be a Cuban government, conforming with the constitution of Cuba. The Cuban flag will be hoisted as usual over the government buildings of the island, all the executive departments and provin cial and municipal governments, in cluding that of the City of Havana, will continue to be administered as under the Cuban republic; the courts will continue to administer Justice, and all the laws not In their nature inap plicable by reason of the temporary and emergent character of the govern ment will be In force. -President Roosevelt has been most anxious to bring about peace under the constitutional government of Cuba, and he made every endeavor to avoid the present step. Longer delay, however, would be .dangerous In view of the res ignation of the Cabinet. Until further notice the heads of all the departments of the central govern ment will report to me for Instructions, Including General Alexandro Rodriguez, in command of the rural guards and other regular (government forces, and General Carlos . Roloff, Treasurer of Cuba. Until further notice the Civil Gov ernors and Alcaldes will also report to me for Instruction. I ask all citizens and residents of Cuba to assist me in the work of re storing order, tranquillity and public confidence. WILLIAM H. TAFT, Provisional Governor of Cuba. Havana, Sept. 29, 1906. EXPRESS DASHES INTO IT Stalled Train Smashed Three Pas sengers Killed, 39 Injured. PHILADELPHIA, Sept 29. Running at great speed past a signal set up against It and a flagman who was wildly waving a warning to the engineer of danger ahead, the New York express train bound for Philadelphia on the New York divi sion of the Pennsylvania Railroad crashed into a stalled Long Branch express at Eddington today with the result that three persons are dead and 39 Injured, several of whom are believed to be fatally hurt. That more persons were not killed is considered remarkable, as three of the cars of the Long Branch train were com pletely telescoped by the terrific impact of the heavy New York express. 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