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ASTORIA, OKKGONi TUCKS DA Y JANUARY 3 1907
PRICE FIVE CENTS
CREMATED N
TAN
WRECK
conference In lh(j r'
Mm,
Many Burned to Ashes In
Kansas Collision.
OPERATOR ARRESTED
Smoking Car Crowded With Mexi
cans Bears Brunt of
the Shock.
TRAINS MEET AT FULL SPEED
Trainman Eecape Injury by Jumping
Cari Catch Fira and Wounded,
Pinned In Wreekaga, Suffer
Slow Death.
TOPKKA, Kan., Jan. J.-One of lh
moat disastrous wrecks In (ho hlatory
of the Rock Island Hallway Hyatem
occur rod early thin morning, five
rnllre taat of Alia Vista, 50 mllee went
of Topeka, when paaarnger trains
No. 29, anuthhmind, nnd No. JO, north
bound, collided hd-on while trav
eling nt a high rate of Tlia
brunt of the collision waa austnlned
by train No. 19, which was heavily
laden with passengers. The rara on
thin (rain went Into the illtrh nnd
several of them cnuifht fire nnd witp
conaumii1. Cloo to 30 persona, most
ly Mexican laborers. In the smoking
car of No. 29, lout their live. Many
of them were pinioned In the wreck
and were burned to death, nnd rmlv
their ahoa remain. Forty persons
were Injured. Twelve of the Injured
were seriously hurt, nnd It la believed
that half of theao will die. The Mex
icans were I'll route to K Paso ti
work for the Hock Inland Railroad.
Hut few persons on train No. 30
were seriously Injured. The earn on
thla train were not Imdly damaged.
Engineers and firemen ami moat of
tho trnlnmen Jumped In time to save
themselves. The ex pe s tiicascnger
on No. 29 la missing.
John I.ynes. the telegraph operator
at Volland, who nppenra to be reapon
alblo for the collision, ha been nr
reatei). Lynes rerelved an order to
top both tralna nt Volland. but let
No. 29 Mil p by. Lyrics fled tn Ihe
country, but afterward gave himself
up.
An Interpreter for the Mexicans was
questioned oh lie lay slowly burning
to deaih under the wreckage. He s:ild
there were 215 Mexlrana Id the party
going from Kansas City to Kl Pun to
work and most of them were burnlnir
to death like himself.
The collision occurred on what la
known as the Alta Vista hill. The
northbound train came down the
ateep grade nt a high nit" of speed,
and the engineer had no warning of
the approach of the other train. Tie
waa only able to alacken speed to a
dngree before ho Jumped, The trains
mot at the bottom of the hill. The
smoking oar on No. 29 was literally
apllt In two and the first chnlr car
waa telescoped nearly hnlf way back.
The two bnggngo cars, mall enr, smok
er and chair car on No. 2!) were con
sumed by flames that followed the
collision. The killed and seriously In
jured were In the smoker nnd the first
chair car. None of the sleeping enra
of either train was damaged.
roller I'liinMT or .,y uverilng,
January 12, i- auspices of the
NntloiMil ' ..juration. It la ex-
pouted tha .ta president, August
llelin'int, will he In attendance. At
the annual meeting of tbo National
C'lvli! Federation In New York three
weeks ago, Mia, Palmer offered the
use of her residence, nnd Invitation:
are to be sent out today to about
300 einplnyeta of labor and an equal
number of representative union men.
It la hoped by the civic federation
members that the meeting will be a
great auccaa and that one of Ita fruit
will be the establishment In Chicago
of a branch of the national associa
tion, such a has been eatubllshed re
cently In Boston. When the project
waa first broached a few daya ago, It
was fared that the labor men might
refuse to attend because of the fact
FRANK
(ER
PASSES AWAY
YEAR S CRIME
IN FIGURES
Former State Printer Died
Early Yesterday.
WAS NOTED POLITICIAN
a Lawless One.
that ., meeting wa. to be held I Republican Party Loses Staunch
Mra. Palmer a home on the Lake Shore . , '
mampion ana inea
drive. The more conservative of la
bor leadnra hnve been approached on
the aubject and they have declared
that they are willing to meet rcpre-
aentatlve employer! In any place If
the meeting will have a tendency to
bring about a bolter understanding
Leader.
SON OF WELL KNOWN PIONEERS
FAMOUS CHURCH ORCANI8T.
Was for Twenty Year One of the
Leadera of Hie Party in the State
-Hid Retired to Domestio
Life.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2. Profeasor Al
bert Wllthelm flerg, for thirty years
organist at the "Utile Church Around
the Corner," Is dying at bla home In
thla city. Por a month he haa been
suffering from heart disease and drop
sy and his burden of St yeara la
against him. On June 29, 1903, he and
hla wife celebrated their golden wed
dlgn. Professor Berg waa for many I... ... , . ,
' I of the Republican State Central com
yeara voluminous composer cf
PORTLAND. Jan. 2. Frank C. Ba
ker, former slate printer, ex-chairman
church music.
HAS SHOT AT JUDGE
mlttce and prominent politician, died
at 4 o'clock at hla residence, Gll!"nn
and Twenty-fourth etreae. He had
been suffering from abates! of the
Inner ear, which waa complicated by
other allmenta, and during the past
week his heart action waa bad. Dr.
Young Woman Creates Excite- r"1' Nlcho"'' who hftd been at-
ment in St. Louis Tr . T'n VT. . " T'"1'
uuy yenii.roity, dui laai nigni .Mr.
Haker grew worse and died a few
minutes after the physician arrived.
For 20 years Mr. Baker had been
1 1 1 r r neriiiiF rAiinnrnnr I .
JUUUC KCIMIO VAJiriKUJUrxC m the politics of the state. He served
two terms as state printer and since
his Incumbency directed several po
litical campaigns. He retired last
year as chairman of the state organ
Iwitlon. He waa alwaya a Republican,
nnd when the party In Multnomah
county spilt Into factions, he allied
nimseif with the Mitchell wing. Up
to within a few months ago he was
an applicant for United States collec
tor of customs.
Since his retirement he has resided
J. A. McDonald, of the Circuit court, , ,,nrtlnn(li engaging In the commls
liad convened court this morning, Miss nnn business. Ho made a fortune
ItoMi Well suddenly arose from among from the state printing office nnd In-
the spectators and fired point blank ""lL" lo ""vaniage. so mat ne
leaves a large estate. Mr. Baker's
Association of Machinists, enme to
New York yesterday and had a con
ference with the local officers fis to
what had been accomplished during
the last year. After the conference
Wilson said that there had been more
advances of wages and fewer strikes
than in any preceding year.
"Advances In wages," he said, "have
been received by 115,000 machinist
throughout the country thla year with
out strike., which win aggregate $.. I ict Ttyf1 VrmAntri Chnum
. JUal l TT VI T Villi tl 111 UUUffU
', ''iv cur in wKe Hovancea, j ne
advances were principally on the part
of the railroad companies, but there
has been a general tendency to ad
vance wages. The year has shown
more advances and fewer strikes than
any other year and has been generally FEW LEGAL EXECUTIONS
ii linjHTiiun,
A referendum vote will be taken
about February 2 on the question of
holding an International convention
this year. If the vote Is for the con
vention, which will be held In St.
Louis, the question of a general eight
hour work day demand will be taken
up. If there Is no convention this
year the eight-hour question will re
main In abeyance.
Corresponding Increase in Lynch-
Furnishet Food for
Thought.
8HOOT8 THREE MEN.
and
Opem Fire Without Warning
t Without Apparent Motive.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2. John Vandell,
22 years of age, was fatally shot In
an uptown street early today by a
man known to the police aa "Chop
Sucy Joe." Two companions of Van
dell, Charles Carberry and William
Murray, were also wounded, the lat
ter seriously. No motive but pur
devlllflhness can be assigned for the
shooting. The young men were es
corting their sweethearts to their
homes when the assailant stepped!
from a hallway and began shooting.
The would-be murderer escaped, 'but
as he left a trail of blood for some
distance, It Is thought he Is wounded,
probably by his own pistol.
MORE MURDERS BY ROBBERS
CONTEST SHORTER HOURS.
CHICAGO. Jan. 2. Delegates from
the Brotherhood of Locomotive En
gineers, reprerentlng all lines In the
district west, of Chicago will meet
with officials of the railways here to
day to further dlcuas their demand
for an Increase In wages and an eight
hour day scale. Grandmaster Stone
will act as spokesman for the engl-
Record is an Evil One in All Depart
ment! of Crime and Compare! Ill
With That of Lait Many Em
bezzlement!.
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER HURT.
HOOD RIVER, Jan. 2. Mra. Will-
lam Scobey and her small daughter
were severely burned in a fire that
destroyed the Scobey house south of
Hood River yesterday. The mother
rushed upstairs for the child and had
to pass through flames carrying her
outside. She got outdoors a few mo
ments before the roof fell In. Both
will recover.
SHOOTS DOWIE LEADER.
CHICAGO, Jan. 1. The mystery
which surrounded the shooting of El
der Peter Ropp, one of John Alexander
Dowle's closest followers and friends,
at Zlon City, was cleared up when the
CHICAGO, Jan. 2. For those who I police learned that his assailant, Ru-
neers. It Is probable the Increase In contend that the people of the United I dolph Zollinger, fired the shot while in
wages wil Ibe allowed, but the 8 hour States are growing better Instead of a frenzy over losing his life savings,
work day will be warmly contested worse there Is little comfort in the which he had Invested in Zion enter-
by the railways.
FORCES 01 DEATH
GUNV
MILLIONAIRE
Batchelor Suicides Although the
Means or Relief are at Hand.
Disappointed in tha Outcome of an In
heritance Liwiuit, Mil! Roia Weil
Vents Her Wrath in a Startling
Manner.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 2 -Just after Judge
with a revolver at the Judge. The
bullet missed him. She wns disarmed
Judgment on politics was noted
throughout Oregon, since nt every
and arrest "d. she was a litigant In a rlc-c-tlon ho laid heavy wagers on the
Slowly Strangled With End of Rope in
Hii Hand, Whereby He Could In
stantly Have Saved Himeelf
Had He Withed.
LONG CREEK, Ore., Jan. 2. Nall-
caso concerning a disputed Inheritance
that was tried before Judge McDonald
two montliH ago,
When taken from the courtroom
MIhh Well retained remarkable com
po.Hiire and snld In a calm tone, "I
ought to have got him." She was ae
compauled by her sinter.
Judge McDonald did not arise from
his seat during the excitement. "Take
the two women but of the courtroom'
ho said to Deputy Sheriff Burns, and
when the woman had been led from
the room and order restored, the
Judge turned to several Attorneys who
wero walling to make motions and
said:
"Proceed, gentlemen."
CHAMPIONSHIP CHESS.
LABOR MEETS CAPITAL.
The Lamb and the Lion Will Lie Down
Together.
CHICAGO, Jan. 2. Captains of In
dustry and representatives of orgnn-
M 1. .nA IM 41...
IBCU WUItllllUIl (UQ IV IIIUCl IL JIMIIl
NEW YORK, Jan. 2. The chnm
plonshlp chess match between Prank
J. Marshnll of Brooklyn nnd Dr. Eman
uel Lasker, chess champion of the
world, which wns scheduled to begin
at Philadelphia on Friday is attract
ing Interest nil over the chess world.
The men will play eight games, draws
not to count and fifteen moves must
be made within an hour. The games
will be played every other day and
no more than three games are to be
played In a week. Beside the title
the winner will receive a prize of
$1,000.
result, nnd wns rarely mistaken In
the outcome. He was the son of W.
W. Baker, formerly state food com
mlsslonor nnd publisher of the Rural
Spirit, on which paper deceased
worked for many years. Mr. Baker
wns one of the best-known printers In
the state and was Instrumental in or
gnnlzlng the first typographical union
In Oregon. His policy was to pay the
highest wage to his employes In the
state printing ofllce and he recognized
that It was through the loyal sup
port of his fellow Journeymen nt the
case that he wns originally elected and
placed on the road to wealth and
prominence.
Mr. Baker was born In Washington
county In 1854. His parents emigrat
ed to Oregon in 1S53, remaining In
Portland until 1S65. In the latter year
they moved to La Grande, Union
county, whore, at the age of 14, Frank
began his printing career with E. S.
McComns on the Mountain Sentinel.
Mr, Baker leaves a widow and one
child. The date of the funeral will
be announced later.
statistics of 1906 on crime, dishonesty, I prizes.
and contempt for law and order. The
figures, carefully gathered, show in
comparison with 1905 an Increase in
lynchlngs, homicides, suicides and the
amount Involved in embezzlements and
kindred crimes.
The number of legal hangings in
1906 was 123. as compared with 123 Woman DtulaK! HTll Hi. Wif
in 19115. Tne record follows: . .
Alabama 5, Arkansas 6. California 3. and demands MOOey.
Georgia 10, Idaho 2, Illinois 5, Iowa 2,
Kentucky 8, Louisiana 8, Maryland 4,
Massachusetts 2, Mississippi 10, Mls-
SH0WED GREAT RESOLUTION 80url 5' Montana Nevada 2- New ABSENTLYGIVES WRONG NAME
jersey g, North Carolina 1, Ohio 1,
Pennsylvania 6, South Carolina 7.
i
Washington 2, District of Columbia 2,
New Mexico 3, Indian Territory 1.
There were 35 hanged in the North
and 88 in the South, and of these 45
were whites, "6 negroes and 2 In
dians. The crimes for which they were I
executed were: Murder 114, rape 8,
murder and rape 1.
The number of lynchlngs is 69, com
pared with 66 in 1905. The 12 negroes
lng a board across the top of the door- killed In Atlanta in September and O'clock thls morning a woman claim
way of his lonely Grant county home, the 12 killed at Scooba and Wahala, ln& to be the wife of George Wing-
Leon Battig, a half-invalid bachelor, Mlss- ,n December, are not Included field, the Goldfleld millionaire, stepped
in this total.
As the lynching evil is a problem of
general interest, occupying the at
tention of courts, legislatures, congress watchm:ln at tn door, waiving a pis-
and the President himself, the record tol and declaring her Intention of
of the last 10 years Is given:
1S97 166.. 1902 96
1S9S 127.. 1903 104
1S99 107.. 1904 87
1900 113.. 1905 66
1901 135.. 1906 69
The classification follows:
Alabama 6, Arkansas 5, Colorado 1,
Horida 6, Georgia 5, Kentucky 1,
Louisiana 8, Maryland 2, Mississippi,
12, Missouri 3, North Carolina 5, South
Carolina 5, Tennessee 2, Texas 6, In
dian Territory 2.
Of this number 64 were negroes and
5 whites. The crimes alleged were as
follows: Murder, 24; murderous as
sault, 7; murder and rape, 1; rape,
15; attempted rape. 14: susnected of
rape 1; theft, 3; insulting woman, l;
arson, 1; miscegenation, 1; disorderly
conduct, 1.
The total number of deaths by mur-
living by himself on the old Keeney
ranch, looped a piece of clothesline
over the board and b : liimself strangle
to death.
Battlg's suicide was a curious one,
being executed in such a way that he
could have called it off at any time
before unconsciousness set in, as the
loop was so arranged that by hands or
feet he could hnve gotten his toes on
the floor nnd have freed himself. When
found, after the body had been hang
lng probably several days, the knees
were touching the floor, Hans Hanson
found him. On calling at the cabin
and opening tho door he was astonish
ed to behold the face of the man he
came to see swaying at a rope's end.
Battig must have had extraordinary
resolution.
Battig had Just sold his ranch for
$4,500, but he owed the state $1,000
on it, the purchase having been school
land, and by the terms he was not
to get any of the money for two years.
In addition, he suffered from stomach
trouble, nnd It Is supposed he decided
not to wait and suffer. The coroner's
Jury verdict was death from an "un
known cause."
When Arrested Claims to be Wing-
field'! Wife, but Let Slip Her Name
Which ia Olivette Barrio
Wingfield Repudiate! Her.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2. At S
from an automobile at the St. Fran
cis hotel and forced her way past the
killing Wingfield if he did not comply
with her demand for money. A tele
phone message to the Bush street po
lice station brought Sergeant Shaw
and a squad of policemen, who arrest
ed the woman and took her to the
station. There she became wildly
hysterical and had to be taken in the
patrol wagon to the Central Emergen
cy hospital, where she remained until
9 o'clock.
Although the woman claims to be
Wingfleld's wife, she gave the name -f
Olivette Barric, when arrested. Her
home is at San Jose, and she says she
came up yesterday for the purpose of
forcing Wingfield to pay her money.
Wingfield denies that she is his wife.
ROAD NEARLY DONE.
WAGES ADVANCE.
Tendency to Give Employes More
Money Without Awaiting Strikei.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2. Fourth Vice
President Wilson of the International
FORTUNE FOR HUSBAND.
LONDON, Jan. 2. The Dally Mail
quotes a friend of the late Lady Bur-dett-Couts
as saying that the bulk
of her great fortune will go to her
late husband, and that It Is unlikely
that her will contains large bequests
to charity.
der and violence of every kind dur- FREEWATER, Ore., Jan. 2. Work
lng 1906, as reported by telegraph, on the electric suburban line between
shows a small increase over 1905, be- this city and Walla Walla has been
9,350, as compared with 9,212. It was considerably delayed by the recent
remarked last year that "the start- high water which carried away near-
ling feature of the record Is the in- ly all the temporary bridges. Grading
crease of murders committed by high- and tracklaylng are progressing rap
waymen, burglars, hold-up men and Idly, the roadbed is completed and the
that class of criminals." This feature track laid Is within one mile of Free-
is even more apparent in 1906, for the water. It is expected the line will be
number of murders to be credited to ready for operation by January 10,
them Is 605, as compared with 582 In with the exception of a permanent
1905, 464 in 1904, 406 in 1903, 333 in structure across the Walla Walla rlv-
1902 and 103 in 1901. I er.