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NO -f2AN9 GOOD EVE RING r fr i THE WEATHER. Fair tonight. Thursday lncreaa-' ; kg cloudiness; easterly winds. ; m VOU IV; NO. 290. : Mr. Nellie Riley of Walla Walla ""Injured In Smash of Runaway--! I rain - air oriuu n Passes' Away; ll -CORONERTWOS ONLY 7 ONE NEW FEATURE r ' ;-y 7?.-. 'A ; Spokane Flyer ' Wat ; Waiting for ; Clearing Away of Wreck Ahead of ' Her .When Pacific Ezpreaa Struck V Conductor Glendenning Took --.' Every Possible Precaution. ' 1 ",77 ' 7" 'Mm.' Nellie Rfley of - Walla Wall. Washington, la' fittli In the Hat of dead as, the result of the colllalon at Bridal . Veil yesterday morning when-the O. R. , ' N. Pacific Express, . weatbound, a smashed into Q. R, ft N. Spokane Klyer, also -weatbound. which waa atandlns on the main track a. Bridal Veil. Mra Riley died at 8b .Vincent' hos- , pltal at ( o'clock, thla mornin. . Bhe ' waa removed to .a honpiul on the ar rival Of the delayed- train - yeatnrday and aurgeona announced that her in- jurlew would reault ?tjlyil'tMnlA 1- mornlne failed to tlx reaponalbllity for the Bridal Veil dtaaater. Testimony at the inquest exploded the reporta that the enclne of train No. I, the Hpekane "Flyer, waa in a crippled condition while waitlna on the main tracks. It " waa brought out. however, that the derail ment of a frela-ht train between Trout dale and Bridal VelT waayiejtrinclpal -pcause orthecoIHslon. ; - Mi. Orden to Walt.' ' At The Dalle both tralna. No, ( and 'No. B; Were tiotlfled of the derailment Af ,h Twm I v h t and Ant.rMl t. nntn. 4 r m full atop at Bridal vlilani await ftir- Tlfc nnlAM ' t ttit nnbiL I Wnrbffmlll Ta ti,-, which waa aaalatlua hw crippled freifht; waa at van rlaht of way. The Spokane flyer waa waltlna; at Bridal Vail tnr Itv. yrrlvll nf th. fr.lg-hf tw fore proceed In a on it way to Portland. . But for the derailment of the f retch t and the subsequent order to hold all westbound trains ' at Bridal Veil pend ing the arrival of the freight the flyer : would, have been speeding" safely on Its Journey toward the city when the run away express came thundering Into the yards. W. R. Qlendennlng of Portland, con ductor of the filer, was the first witness at the Inquest lie declared that trains Noa. 6 and S bad been running only a short distance apart during a greater part of the night. On the arrival of his train at Bridal Veil he attended to his station duties, then ordered the train as far down the main track aa It was pos sible to go without blocking the west witch Into which the freight that had been derailed must enters He went aa far as he could, he said. In order that train No. I, which he knew waa follow- jng cloaoly in his wake, might also ha ve-rooa-en-4h main tracg IB tBI I yards. ' TlagTttaa DM aty. Bridal Veil la a stopping place for all weatbound trains, said Glendenning, and the precaution of sending out his flag man to establish the customary signals to th approaching train was not really necessary. However, aa an extra pre caution. Flagman Lord was sent - too yards In the rear of his train to flag No. t. T. C Lord, the flagman, testified that he was standing at th required dis tance when No. I founded the curve and approached the station. As soon as the -train came into view, tie aaldr he real ised that something was wrong. He signaled to atop, but bo attention was paid hla warning. He was able to dis cern only tha front part of th engine, he said. Th rear was enveloped In m dense oloud of steam. As th train passed him th flagman was able to discern a man on tba -running-board on th side of th engine waving hla arms, as If In warning to the train ahead. Also he was able to distinguish the form of th engineer be tween th tender and th mall car. ap parently trying to uncouple th air tubes, - by which the1 train eeuleV have been stopped. . riremaa Teattae. Fireman Louis Morgan related graph-' tcally the manner of his escape from th runaway engine and hla attempts te reach th throttle. . ' C. N. Smith, brakeman on train No. " I, was also called to the "stand. Ha testified that fie realised that something was wrong with the train when it passed th section houae Just east of Bridal Veil Th train was- running rapidly, be said, more so than Is cus tomary at that point. Knowing that th train must stop at Bridal Veil he turned th conductor's valve, applying, th airbrake and thereby ' prevented mora serious consequences. Had he turned th. salve few moments sonnet th train would have been brought to stop before It struck the other train. Chief Engineer Graham of th O. R. A N. was called and testified concern ing th condition of the engines o I. both ' trains. The engine of No. was In good condition and but for- the broken In jector pip on No. t the engine of that train was all right at t he time of the : colllalon. - Other teetlmony was heard before the case was submitted to the Jury. rz . CMXlalom Can V: A verdict waa returned that those who were killed In th an-ident cam to their deaths In a collision . between trains No. S and I of the O. B. N. which ; was "una voids ble. Attorney "Arthur C Spencer represented the com jeny and Jputy District Attorney i ca Page Iw REFUSES :-TO II II I II II -T X ML M V erfSI N. .ef -V-V Xrf"i , ' k Till n-ef-Vl "V 1 " W ",,, X "X I ' Ml ' " ' ' '''"' '" ' T 1 ' iiis.s . ' ' , , m ' ' 1 .4 mm .. ., 'Z'.'. i n ins iiiiii i,t..y-gMMii,im,ij.i 4' Wrecked. Engine of the Pacific Express That Crashed Into the BRAVE HEN RODE : WITH DEATH RreTTiarr Morgane1Is-Kow"He - Closetft the Throttle of Runaway Train. WAS Itf ACCIDENT OF if ' SAME KIND BEFORE Engineer Swain Horribly Scalded but .Will Probably Recover Every- where la Heard Praise of Hla Ef forta to Stop Train. , . To the heroism displayed - by En gineer W. II. Swain and Fireman Lewis Morgrr of -the runaway Oregon Railroad ft Navigation Paclfla express, many paaaengers on Hb trains wrecked at Brlday Veil yesterday probably owe their lives.' Had It not been for the courage and- devotions -to duty ; that prompted Morgan to risk being cooked altv or crushed to "death while - h fought his way over the engine cab through clonds of boiling steam te the t,M.tln Hint K. ,hll flff furcoTuat U driving the tiain ta da at ruction, the runaway would , have plowed into th Spokane flyer at full speed. Driven by a steam pressure -of 00 pounds to the square Inch and the accumulated momentum of a four-mile run. the express would 'Undoubtedly hav plunged through the entire length of th flyer. "( - - But Morgan, with a thought for th safety only of th live on- th runaway express and th helpless passengers on th flyer, clung to th running board or the Jumping engine until he succeeded In closing ths throttle. He tried te reach the air-brake- leverv but-ceuld not find It In th blinding steam. Realising that his efforts to prevent a collision were ' useless, Morgan leaped from his post to save hie own lire only 'at the Instant the trains came together. - ' , While Fireman Morgan was clinging to a runaway engine and fighting his way through scalding . steam, to th throttle, Kngtnecr W. H. Swain, with the flesh oh hla arms and hands cooked, was lying on the bumpers back of - the tender striving' la vain te cut the air pipe and set th emergency brakes. Though ea'h effort caused the flesh to peel from his hands, be remained at bis poor -antrl the crash earns and -he - waa thrown off npon the ground. The aloud of steam was so dens that neither the fireman nor engineer saw each other from th time th Injector burst until the crash, was over. But each was working desperately and risking - hla life In an effort to stop the train. They failed-because-It .waa. beyond human power to accomplish th task. - With his badly burned and lacerated head, hands and arm wrapped In ban dages,' rireman Morgan Wag found at his home, Albina avenue, this morning. Though it waa evident he was suffer ing much pain, the young fireman only laughed when reference . was mad - to hla heroic work on th runaway train. To him, taking hla fife in bis own hands s-ana1nhl wn eyes his condact.of yesterday was noth ing unusual. - i ' , "Th Injector-pipe exploded Just : as w reached th foot ef the grade, about four miles east-of Bridal Veil," said Morgan. "When the report sounded I thought it wss ths water-glass. .In u Instant the cab was filled with scalding steam forced through the broken two Inch pipe of the Injector with a pressure of 0 pounds te th square Inch. 1 knew what the trouble wae In a second. I couldn't see the engineer, th levers or anylhln til the cab. ' There was no time for either of us to.de anything but leap from the cab t" the teoder to eecape being cooked atlv. " The whole nglne and tender were enveloped In a dense eloiid of steam so that 1 could see noth ing. : I had to feel my way nn on the tender. I couldn't eee the engineer and XCentlnued oa JPag Two.). PORTLAND. OREGON,. WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1B06. TWELVE PAGES ww!,lTiii,''yifiW)f-,'(lt.'ii'ytll 'WW ; ' 3 ... ( ' : m. f!v 1 " TV''"' f ' "r-V.:j .'i.-t-i l"!.i t . I I i t 1 Lewts' Morgan, Fireman of the Pacific V;' ; ' ' Save Those DEFENDANT imPAFJELED TO SERVE AS JUROR HI James Anderson Has Decided Opinions as to Innocence or Guilt (' of James Anderson.' Chareed , ' Excused From Jury Service. 1 , ,. , ,-, : ,", - . . . James Anderson, a, member of'., th, "Hav you sny opinions to th in regular Jmpaneled jury for the February I nocenc or aullt of the man accusedr term, has decided opinions .regarding the. case ef the State of Oregon against James Anderson. The defendant Is charged with the crime of. aaaault and battery, the complaining witness being H F. Gray. Th case Is being tried before a Jury in Judge George's court, (7eotg B. Shepherd Is attorney for the defendant. : -. ... . . . ., . When 11 summoned Jurors had taken their plaoe tn the eiiuririxini -thts morning Shepherd and Deputy 'District Attorney Bert Haney began to examine them for their fitness to serve. Among th dosen was on James Anderson. - "Do you know snythtng about this case. Mr. Anderson?" aaked Shepherd. Prao'""uIckI' "pnl te man. In the Jury-box. . MORMON APOSTLE : r. 7; - LEAVES FIVE. WIDOWS t - l -' , - uooraal Mpeetai KerrKe.) - ; Logan, Utah, Feb. , 7. ApoeUe Mar riner Merrill of the Mormon church, died at Richmond, Utah, last nlfehUA He .was -credited with having are wlves'and over, to children. '. ,. ... .....j:, ; DYNAMITE EXPLOSION ' ; ; . IN UTAH KILLS FIVE '' ' -2 ; - Jes3raal fleeefsi sereke.f :- ' ' Grantavllle. I'tah. Keb. 1. A siewn gr Xrem the .Western l'aclflo' grading . ... .. V . -V .... ' COWGLUSlVErflF -COWARDS- -ACCUSERS c "'W isiiiiyssa'iyevwyi ; 4 S Jr , Spokane Flyer at Bridal VeiL Ezpreaa, .Who Riakcd- Hia , Life to of Othera. HIS OWN CASE With , Assault, and Is aaked th attorney. - . "Tee. sir: I have," was th reply. At this Juncture Attorney Charles J. Scjinabel entered the courtroom. Bchna bel bad been . engaged by Gray as a privet prosecutor In the eaee, and he quickly 'noticed that the Juror being questioned was ths defendant In the case to be tried." Bcfiftabet xptBtnwt-tbe-fact to Judga George, who smiled broadly, aa did the Jurors. Anderson wss quickly exeusect from serving en the Jury. MunlclDsl'Judce Cameron fined Ander son 124 several weeks sgo and the ease waa appealed. . Gray aliases thst.he was a cook In a restaurant owned by Ander son. - who aaaaulted 1 him on December 2 because the orders were not being goHenoursaTpilck1y s wauled. The- cook says that his arm was broken. camp, I$mnee west of here, reports en explosion of dynamite yesterday. Two laborers ere ' deed end seven Injured. Doctors and th. coroner hav. left for the eoene. , , ' IS KILLED BEFORE v HE CAN CROSS TRACK fjearaal apsetel Bertlre.l ; : ' Sandusky, Ohio, Feb. 7. Charles Ash this morning saw th i I -hour Penn sylvania Chicago-New York train a mile away and started across ths track. ' He waa hit and 'ground plenes. His companion ' barely esrsped. ' 'The train didn't atop The' same train killed. an a a Identified 'man .six j miles ahead of .where It. struck Ash, : - -- lAirrMnr ni nnnlPAnTAinrn nu'iAMi I nrinnAOir ". 1 - , t II ts I I : Bw- x iiiii aa Bwr-aB I I Irv If 'IIII I l.-i .11 I IIIIII mil i i .1 r , . ' - . ; i ; .v. i i i , t nat-' . ' Witness at Smoot Inquiry Says That Endowment Oath Binds : . One to Pray Ceaselessly..-:, for Vengeance. - BELIEVES POLYGAMY INCREASING IN UTAH Women of America - Preea Proeecu tion of Mormon Senator and Pre sent Large Petition Signed by Over a Million People Apoatle ' Smith Among Those Present. - 1 - ' ' (Jouraa! Saeclsl Berlr.) Washington, D. C, Feb. 7 Tlis sup plementary hearing of testimony In the Smoot case was begun today before the senate committee on privileges and elec tions, of which Senator Beverldge of In diana is chairman. -Th hearing prob ably will be prolonged, aa numerous wltneaaes are to be heard and a mass of testimony Introduced. Senator Smoot was present, accom panied 'by a number of Mormons, In cluding Apostle Smith. Tha prntestanta who are seeking to have Mr. Hmoot ex-nelled-from 1he senate init ground that he pledged hi first alleglnnce to the Mormon hierarchy, thua setting It above the United Hla tea government, are represented before the committee by A. 8. Worthlngton, who represented John G. Carlisle. There waa a big attendance,' chiefly of women. 'Walter Wolfe, formerly pro- feasor, of Brlgham : Young, college Of. Pro vo, Utah, was the chief witness for the- prosecution toduy. Wolfe told of th plural marriage of Professor Benja min Cluff to- Florencd Reynolds. Wolfe said that he - had ' taken endowment oaths 11 times, each time, taking , the oath 1 to pray ceaselessly that God avsnge th blood of ths prophet upon this nation. 1 The witness said that he believed that polygamous cohabitation had Increased sine Utah was admitted as a state. 11 said thst Smoot knew of IB conditions 1 In onnectlon with the esse there will be submitted to the committee the most numerously signed protest ever pre sented In th United Ststes senste. Th protest agalnat Senator Smoot ia signed by over a million names, members of the National league of Women's Or ganisations. It Is bound In a aeries of volumos, each containing th names of th signers for-on state. Some of th volumes hav already been aub mltted by th senatora for th reapeclv ststes, while other will ba presented to th senat on the day on which the committee for privileges and -elections will submit Its report on the Smoot ease. Th protest for Utah will be Intrusted to Senator Sutherland, -who (Continued on Page Two.) " , ' LMUwsJe. l-Mt'jt barf ' '..' 'vjrH Relative Circulation of the Three ., , I . . . - ......,-.'" ' ' i ' . i ..- ' I . V'''"- v'' ','' '" '""-'''I "--'"-'-J " 1 ' ..." !.-..: '- . . -.. f - ':- s.' ' - '' '-'.- - -': T' - i ,,,,, . ' v - V' - ; ' ; .'- t , 4 I -: fr-- H ' f v V L - " . . i, i r.-',t'l - f -' i -.". It .v - . , , awr " -.'..-. -i ;; ' I . -' , . s . V" " ; ' ?'5 'I' '- ' -t-- '( - .1 1 j t V. , '" ' y t . lJ T:-:' Yt - ' it lili-r1 oO ; : 186- :;STANDJE PLEDGE 'iIJClC PRICE 'TWO Skipper of Tugboat , Wallowa When NotifiediofLyalencia- , Wreck Refused Help, Claim - Ing Ignorance of Coast. . TWO TUGS ATNEAH BAY . : ALSO REFUSED TO ACT .' - v t -'" - , -I . -v ( President" Roosevelt Orders,' Federal Commission to Investigate Diaaater and ' Conduct of Boats, Officers - and Managenrent Also . Condition of Shore Line In Vlcinity. 1 ' '.' Had it not been for the timidity of the captain of the tugboat Wallowa, which was lying at Port Crescent at the time th Valencia waa wracked 'near Cap Ueale, every passenger on board tha doomed veaael - might hav been saved. Ths captains of two tugs at Neah bay were also, notified of the wreck, but they declined to go to-the scene until they received orders from the home office at Seattle. . Additional light was thrown, on th horror this morning by a letter received by District Forecaster Beals from Chief Operator I Q. utloh,atatloned at Port Crescent. , , i t . .. , In his letter -to Mr. Beals Sutton de clares that the Monday night th Va- lenulwaa wrecked the government wire connecting Port Crescent went down, breaking In different places. He describes It ss on of the most vio lent storms of the season. Tha work of repstrlng It was started at once and by WedneaiUyatnoorTF13 tn goodT shspe again. He at once notified the captain of the tug Wallowa of the wreck, the f lrat man In a position to perform any real service who had been told Of the affair. Operator Muttoa da clarea that th captain replied that.be was a stranger in ' those waters and would not take any chances. . . Frantio with despair, the operator sent a message to th captains of tugs st .Neah bay and Implored them to do aomathlng to save the people en tha Valencia. - They sent word to th oper ator that they -wer subject to. the or ders from Seattle, and until they got permission they would be powerless to do anything. . Mr. Sutton then Immedi ately notified the home office at Heattl. But th official of th tugboat eoim pany refused to take any action In th matter until 23 hour had elapsed. FEDERAL INQUIRY. Secretary Xetoaif, at Blreotloa of jpreei- Seat, Orders Investigation, '(Joereal Rieelal Service.) Washington, D. C, Feb. 7. Secretary Melealf, at the direction of the presl- (Contlnued. on. Page Two.) omii fi:.V -- Daily. Newspaper., la the Cc--"'" I '.' ... i . i Journal, Circulation CENTS. ; ?ZJXxUr,El ' ' u y'L:'J it,- ' r.'t '.. ;-V"'. Attempt to, Railroad Bn'stol Out " -of District Attorney ship ort . i. i .--." t - .. Secret Charges Receives.; t; c - ' ...a. Sudden 1 Check. vr,'i-' ... T el '.i' t Sr. -l''- i .',."it ;n', , X ,'l t' ;v i' l l 'I I i I 1 i.'JJ,IWi ";'. vr :- viP 'wsV's r.vt.-' BRiSTOLHWllliJHAVE'X"- AlrTWAIsCETUREPL Boss Jack Matthews, It Is Suspected, Is the Moving Force Behind the- At tack Which Resulted in Roosevelt . Withdrawing the Nomination Front the Senate..''.." "-', ' '7 I , ' The effort to railroad William C Brie. tol out of the office of United State district attorney haa met with a check. When President Uooasvelt notified th senate yestsrday that th nomination had been withdrawn It waa th prelimi nary to giving th accused official th opportunity, strangely denied te htm white-th charges wer before th sen at committee, to know reliably th pre cis nature of th offense charged against him and to make hla defense. Political Influences hostile to Bristol have been active In the effort- to oust him from office andnmany of hla friends believe that "Jack" Matthewa, ,the de posed United , States marshal, waa a moving spirit In . the cabal ,' which fathered the charges.' ' Th Identity of Bristol's accusers . Is still Jealously -guarded and U. H. ' Maxwell, secretary " of tha Coos Bay Land A Investment company,' refuses to disclose the, nam of th person to whom he gave the letter which forms the basis ef the chargea. Mr. Brlatol himself refuse, te nay , anything until he ha received' from Washington official Informatlnn 'as to the precis ace usat tons agatmrf mm. He says then In du time h will hav a full ststement to make which will demos strata the falsity . of the .charges,, but for th present he remains silent. . . Th action of th president In' with- drawlng.Brlatol'a rrmrnartofl"Toretal1s The possibility of Its rejection by the senate without giving the accused of flclal any chanc to be heard In his own defense. The extraordinary secrecy which has shrouded th-moves of his assailants, th effort to keep from hi knowledge all Information which would ordinarily be accorded as a mattsr of right and without demur, and the un willingness of his accusers to be known, lead Bristol and his friends to believe that th purpose was to hav his noml- . nations-rejected by ths senate before b could lift a finger In self-defense. - sTstare of Attack. - BrlaCol'a eeaailants have vouchsafed : to th public some scanty Information a to th nature of th charges. In articles published In the Oregonlan It la (Continued on Page Two.) Y