The Oregon daily journal., March 26, 1906, Image 1

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VOL. V NO. V 17.
PORTLAND, -OREGON, 'MONDAY EVENING MARCH 28. 1906. TWELVE PAGES.
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Passenger Train, on the?Chicago and North
western CrashesThrbugh Culvert That
Had -Been Weakened 4 by , Rains:
ENGINE PASSES IN SAFETY, BUT
TWO CARS PLUNGE INTO RAVINE
; Washed Out Bridges
lief Train and Injured Unable to: Get
Attendance Doctors Sent jn Wagons
liirii M fSoecial Dispatch
Cheyenne, Wyo., March 26.The worst wreck in the history
of central Wyoming' railroad occurred last night when an accommo
dation train on .the Casoer-Lander extension of '"the" Chicago
T ' .1 . . , 1 - '
v ionnwesicrn wem inrougn a cuiven inauau uccn hmicucuy
I floods: killingeight and injuring
1"",.'" Tl, - "12 JTT. , -,1 A. V.
-. collapsed as the train was on it
- laborers, leu into -the .ravine. ... J, tie
; whoi escaped with their" lives were
-"Many of them will "die;
The workmen were mostly
They were being conveyed to work on the. extension of the road
now being made." The- track was new and the heavy rains that
have been falling for the last week weakened the bridge, as it has
other bridges between Casper and the scene of -the "wreck. , On this
.account, a relief train could not be sent to the scene of the disaster,
- as it was feared that it would be wrecked before it could reach the
scene.
Surgeons
A special train was run from
many section hands as far as it was Judged safe and the party is now
: being taken overland from Casper, a distance of 20 miles to the
wreck; ; .' 'j'.: . . . - . ''.. " ' "
But meager details have been, received from the scene as the
.wires are prostrated. Thecountry is covered with show and ordi-
nary creeks are now swollen rivers and it.'will be' late in "the after
noon before the scene of the disaster can be reached. . '
U - A' message received from the scene by courier, states that many
. will probably die from exposure and the effects of their injuries,
SP .that the death list is bound to be large. It is known that Sec
tion Foreman Charles Horrow of Casper is among the dead, but
the names of others "have not been learned. .
.Wrecked Cars Splintered.
-The-engineaml tender-otihe-worlclrain
as were some of the first cars, when the trestle began" to slide from
h" - nmder - it - 8nd4he - two - rear - coaehes
the ravine, a distance of 30 feet. The cars were splintered to frag
ments and most of those .who were killed were so badly crushed
that identification is almost impossible. .'-
.In falling the rear car struck first, the other car crashing across
its ironL It was in this section Jthat lei ghtbodieswere recovered.
The' splintered timbers and twisted irons pinned survivors down
and wounded them severely. - The workmen in the forward cars
. started at once to the relief of their unfortunate companions and
; rescued the injured from the debris. The dead were laid along the
' track awaiting the arrival of a relief train. ......
V .The wrecked cars were remodeled boxcars and had been fitted
up as bunks and living-rooms for the construction crew.
' A water tank: which Crashed down -on the wrecked cars killed
t many. It will be late this afternoon ortonight before the injured
.are Teached. many- of whom will probably die from exposurerA
ijtijtaxtyhst&rttivrTrtinScir were turne3 BacIT by the snow.
' Among the known deadare cnanes Morrow and c U. Blue Jn
TRUTJK MURDER MYSTERY SOLVED BY
ARREST OF VICTIM'S WIFE
MTsi Emma Ladoux or McVlcar Taken InCo Custody at'Antidch
1 Accused of Slaying Her Former Spouse Induced Him
to Sell His Property and Pocketed Proceeds. '
(Jminul fpceUI SmtIm.I "
San Francisco, Maroh M. Mr. Emm
lAdoux, or McVloar, miprted of mur
derlnc Albert McVlcar, her divorced
huabitnd, whone body was found In a
trunk In the bassase-rnom of the South
ern Paolflo depot at Stockton'' Haturday
nlsht, waa . arreated at Antloch thla
morning. ' . ' , ' ' ' ''
Th arreat wa made by Town Mar
shal P. C Shlnewho took hia prlaoner
.to police lieadqttartera. where ahe la
belrl held swaltine; Inatructlona from
tha Stockton authorities There appeara
to be no que atlon that the woman under
erreat la Mr. Ladoux. So far aha has
mad no. statement retarding tba al
leged crime. . '
Prom Jamestown it waa learned thla
morning that Mrs. La Dous Induced Mo
Vicar to trult -mplornienin the . Raw
hide mine, t gn to Jackaon to aocept
the management of her mother's team
ing Industry, which was a 'myth. Mc
Vlcar drew all hi money, supposed to
be oyer li.000, and had it when- he
came to Stockton. The woman was not
married to McVioar. :
Tha first clue to the whereabouta of
Mrs. La Doux waa secured by Itecttr
Clbaon, who with Under Sheriff Case
of Stockton, made the rounda of the ten
Ssrtola last Bight, where he ascertained
Prevent Rescue by Re
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17 persons.. '
,T,7. ,f fS"STrirFi f -ffcVvrixrfl mmA
and two outfit cars filled with
cars were aemonsnea ana tnose
covered -with cuts and bruises.
Hungarians, Greeks and Italians.
in Wagons.
- Douglai with Jour surgeons and
were across the bridge.
- slippei and fell witrr-arcrash-intoj
that ahe had arrived In this city Sat
urday evening and registered as & Wil
liams at the Royal house. 1 J Ellis
street, and had been assigned to room
13. Previously she. had aent a tele
gram to Joseph Healy ofy116J Florida
street, who at on tlm was engaged to
marry her ' The telegram said: .
"Meet me at the Royal House. .WlU
leave On the :Gi o'clock train,"
Tha message was sent from Stockton-.
' Healy met her and was with her
till lte Saturday night, and also mat
her yeaterday afternoon. At 4 .o'clock
she took the Santa, . Fe , boat .telling
Healy ah waa going to Stockton. Mrs.
Lat -Doux told Healy that McVlcar had
died. .
"I am going back to Stockton to ahlp
his body to his - brother In Colorado,"
shs said to Healy. At thla tlm the
report of the murder- hsd Ml km
published. .
.. i
Urge 0ra Jmtj Oa,
(Jnnrasl Special Servke.)
New Tork, March II. Judg O'SuT
llvan . recharged the members of the
grand Jury this morning, telling them It
was their duty to Investigate Insurance
conditions to the and and urged thm to
demand g perusal of alt evldenc.
Henry Phlpps, -
PHIPPS COMES TO
SEE THE TOWn
Millionaire Steel . Magnate in
Portland on Tour of West
' IhrivfCaA'- 1 '
CAVE MILLION DOLLARS ...V-: --
fOR BETTER TENEMENTS
Is Practical Philanthropist Who Sees
i Conditions as' They Are and At
tempts to Remedy Them Refuses
, to Be Interviewed Never Wss. .'.
i ,
"I never gave an Interview to. a news-
paperjnan ta my jif. I ean not mak
an xoeptlon In- your case. vX trust yo
will sot think ma rude, snd will, pardon
me, when I beg of you to excuse nt
from Ulklng." . i .
Bo said Henry Phlpps at the Portland
hotel thla morning, when he was asked
for an interview on hi tenement house
work among the laboring men In New
York City. Mr. Phlpps was aeated in
the rotunda of th hotel discussing hi
eastbound Itinerary with R. A. Franks,
his private" secretary, .and a Northern
Pacific railroad official. He. was as
much Interested in the rout be would
travel back home Now York City a
though he waa planning another tSOO.000
tenement house for a thousand or more
aon of toll. t
As ha pored over s railroad map, Mr.
Phlppa asked apparently trivial quea-
tiona, characteristic of the man a man
of detail; a man who wants to know
everything about anything Than does.
He looks before he leaps.. And that he
lands feet first Is proven by the finan
cial success he has made In life, for
Mr. Phlpps of the United States Steel
corporation la on of the wealthiest men
in th country. . ,
' Of VakaowB Wealth. '
Honry Phlpps does not know what he
I worth. But that doea not prevent
him apendlng his money for the better
ment, uplifting and edification of the
laboring man. Ha spend ten of thou
sands of dollars yearly, not upon him
self, but upon others, those -who have
not bad the opportunity to make money
he ha had. He believe In th old
adage "Llv snd let live" snd goes
the sentiment one better by giving those
who seek to llv th chance to exist In
environments favorable to physical de
velopment, educational advantage and
Socialetanding ... :
Mr. Phlpps got up from his easy
chair7"towedpol1tcly, put -on" his., hat
and1 ascended to hla room. ''
'Mr. Phlpps never talks to newspaper
men," said Mr.- Franks, the secretary.
fter the multimillionaire had gotten
beyond earshot "He - never spoke SO
words to a newspaper man for publica
tion In his life. Credited Interviews
beyond that length ar fakes." .
Mr. Plilpp 1 making a pleasure tour
qf th weat." continued Mr. Franka.
WS came in yeaterday on our private
car. snd will leave this evening for Ta-
coma. From there we go to Seattle, and
on back home." ' . ' .'.. ..
i ' Only for a Ylalt. ' ' '
Vis it true, as rumor has It, that Mr.
Phlppa ' Intends building . a - tenement
house In Portland for the working
manT" .-. - "
Mr. Franka laughed he said;.
"No, my boy; bo. Ml Is bers for s
visit; nothing else." i -
The other member of th party ar
H. Li Shaffer, H. Walton, Mlaa Walton
and Mrs. R. A. Franka. . ... .
Mr. Phlppa la a small man, rather
heav-set.' and dresses . modestly.. His
beard is atreaked with gray and his eye
are gray. He Is growing bald. 1
expression - of his, fce ' when Hi
smiles, th kindly light In ' hi pierc
ing eyes and hla modesty ar th not
able feature. For en hour he sat in
the rotunds df the 'Portland hotel thla
morning, and aside from th clerk of
th hotel and those with whom he was
talking, not a soul knew that on of
th richest men In th country was
almost touching elbows with him.
Mr. Phlppa Arat cam Into publlo at
tention to any' great extent about a
year aro. when hi gav tl. 000.000 to
establish a fund for the erection, of Im
proved tenement nouses ror the work
lngmen of New York City. Mr. Phlpps'
gift ta Important not so much for th
amount of money It repreaenta as f jr
th philanthropy which Impelled It and
for the precedent Which it can scarcely
-fall to establish, , ,
Th project has for Its object ' th
complete regeneration of the housing
and aanltary condition of fully three
fourths of the population of . Manhat-
JCenUnued. on rag Thrss.)
Charges That W. A. Johnson
"Attacked Him In His Office
; '; ' and Demands His
V L'.liiiiV'Arrist.' : .' ,-": '':'."'
LATTER SAYS HE WAS
i! HIMSELF ASSAULTED
Declares He Protested A(inst Ors
gonian Personalities Against C. F.
UAdsins and:jN4-TeaLpndWas
Called Back Twice and Set Upon,
First by Two, Then, by Four. ..
A. Johnson was arrested at - noon
today ; on complaint Of Edgar! B. Piper,
managing editor of th Uregonian, who
charges th defendant with assault and
battery and threat to kill. - Th war
rants, , issued from the police court,
were served, on Johnson after he waa
taken to pollc headquarters by Detec
tive Vaughn and HarUnan. He was
released on cash bonda ' aggregating
1400. furnished by J. O. Wilson.
Th police wer notified by 'an em
ploye of th Oregonlan about 11 o'clock
that "a lfia'ng1vlng thernsm vf ' John
son had wricked Piper's private office
and - beaten th editor. Yaughn. and
Hartman hastened to tha scen. .Thar
Plpr Informed them that Johnson had
called at the office, abused hint because
of th attacka ' mad by the paper on
Charles F. -Adams. - president of th
Portland Gas company, and J. N. Teal
of th law Arm of Teal Ac Minor, threat
ened hla life and finally assaulted him.
Piper's face and on hand showed that
h bad been in a scrlmmag.
. Jobnsoa's aVsosu Slffexm.
When Johnson was takes, to police
headauarters h told a tory Mai-owing
an entirely different light oaiths af
fair. H asserted that riper and otner
employe of .the paper assault him
twte and -Ahat-tn arrast jsu am,
his succeeding not only in preventing
them from materially injuring him but
In punishing eeveral of his assailant.
Johnson t la -a young man, corn in
South Carolina, who came her about
six month ago and want into th law
offlc of Teal Minor. H Is a grad
uate of Yal college, of about medium
height and average build. He told hla
story coolly - and 'without appearance
either of excitement or bravado.
"The -unwarranted and blackguardly
attacks mad, by th Oregonlan on Mr.
Teal and Mrr Adams, who are friends of
mine." said Mr. Johnson, "aroused my
lr. J studied th matter over, without
saying, anything to anybody, and con
cluded that something should be don
to protect them personally. - This morn
ing I went to the Oregonlsn offlc and
saw Mr. Piper, that meeting ending in
l the assault on m.
1 acaoV no Attack.
"I waa as courteous as could be ex
pected la my demeanor and my lan
guage. I told Mr. Piper that Mr. Teal
and Mr. Adams are personal friends of
mine snd that th unwarranted and
blackguardly attacks on them peraon-
slly must cease.. As regards th gaa
company,' I. aald. I bad nothing to say.
that I waa not poalng a it champion.
but that th personal attacks on Mr.
Teal and Mr. Adam would hav to end.
I gav Mr. Piper my nam and told him
that if th attack continued I Intended
to., hold him personally responsible. -1
added that nothing I aald to him was to
b construed as a threat. -
"With that 1 left th office. I got
Into the elevator and it had started
down, when Piper rushed ont and called
ma back, saying that he would like to
talk the matter over further. 1 accom
panied him back to hla of flee. Jiardlr
and snother - man - attacked me. , I
thrashed both of them.
'When they drew away I walked out
of the office and got on th elevator.
After th elevator started on of them
yelled to th elevator boy to bring It
back. I then got Off and e tar ted
toward th step, when four or flv, in-
(Continued on Page Two.)
EASTERN LABOR UNIONS ON
THE WAY TO 80ISE
Want to Hear Confessions Good
ing Promises but May. Be
Disappointed.
(Apodal Dissatrs to Th Joarml )
Boise, Idaho, March 2. John C
Chas. former mayor of Haverhill, Mas
sachusetts, a prominent Socialist leader,
telegraphed Governor Gooding from New
Tork this morning stating that a com
mittee - representing 120 labor union
waa coming to Boise In reaponss to th
governor's proclamation that such com
mittee would He permitted to hear Or
chard and Steve Adams repeat their con
fessions made' to. Deteotiv McParland
In order to convince them of th guilt
of Haywood, Moyer and Pettlbon. .
It I believed that the committee will
not be allowed to see Orchard when it
arrive, aa th ' prosecuting attorney
ar making strenuous objections to- any
such arrangement. -Report ar In cir
culation thla morning that th prosecu
tion I endeavoring to aecur th re
moval or- Moyer,- Haywood and PtO
bone from th Ad county jail' to th
penitentiary. ' The defendants' attor
ney declare that such a move will be
resisted by. habeas corpus proceedings
on th ground that there Is no law Is
Idaho for .Imprisonment In state's
orison of men net convicted of crime,
. ..' ,;,...".. 'j.- , .... - -Msji
John D. Rockefeller, Who
ROCKEFELER'S PRECAUTIONS
zrsffowiniiffiorassssiNs
(Jeai-nal Special Service.) .. .
Cleveland, O., March 21. To protect
himself from fanatics during th com
ing ummr. John . D. Rockefeller has
supplemented the burglsr alarm system
in hi horn at Forest Hill with tele
phone and call buttons, placed at va-1
rlous parts of th park to- enable work
men to call for assistance In case they
ar unabl to aubdu any Intruder. An
organised guard will be atationad in
th grounda aa soon as he returns from
New Tork and extra precautions taken
to protect his life.
pail hy'j r plaoed . In, v Incon
spicuous i hes on ths limbs of tress.
Other ar Imbedded Inatde th trees,
while stUl other ar fastened to post
and parts of th gates.. Wherever a
workman or guard may be, h is sur
to hav on clos at hand. No stranger
CONVICT SHOT FOR
KILLING GUARD
Sunny Anderson, Prisoner at
4MissourLPenitentiary, Stabs
; ;:' James Vood to Death.-
INSTANT LATTER FALLS
RIDDLED WITH BULLETS
Fancied Grievances at the Hands of
the Authorities Cause .Convict to
Steal Up Behind and Attack Of
ficer With Fatal Results.
Joernst Special Service.)
Jefferson City, Mo.. March 2. Seek
ing rvfHg., pr f fwl -wyrmf wM-h
Ba believed b had endured' at the hand
i-'"-- i -
deraon, a convict serving a sentence in
ths Stat penitentiary, thla -. morning
crept quietly up behind Guard Jame
Wood at th prison and stubbed htm to
death before th officer could protect
himself or help could reach him..'. Al
most in ' sn Instant Anderson : wa . a
corpse at th feet of th man whom he
had treacherously alaln, thla body rld-
dlad with bulleta from the suns . of
other officer who war near the scene.
Anderson was brought to th peni
tentiary som time ago from St. Lout,
where h waa convicted of assault with
Intent to kill. Whll. a hla nickname
Implies, hs was ot a cheerful, disposi
tion, at time h waa surly, and it la
said Jhat lately ha formed th belief
that he-was being, made an especial
target of ' th - guard.
Th squad with, which Anderaon was
connected waa detailed to Its various
dutlea-this morning-and Guard Wood
wa standing but a few feet away from
Anderaon with hi back towardthe
latter. Anderaon cautiously approached
th guard and rapidly plunged a ahet
knife Into th- tatter's' body. Captain
Z, th deputy warden, and several
other offloers of th prison Immediately
upon realising the nature f the con
flict, fired at' th erased convict, who
fell riddled with bullet.;
FLEET OF. WARSHIPS
GATHERS AT SHANGHAI
(Jonrnsl Spclal Serrlfe.)
. Waahlngton, March 26. Word reached
th navy department today that the
battleship Ohio, flagship of Rear-Ad-mlral
Charlea J. Train., left Manila foi
BhanghaL It I supposed th admiral
la aboard, though th dispatch doe not
Indlcata whether he is or not. The bat
tleship Wisconsin preceded tha Ohio to
Shanghai by on day. These movement
th offlclls of the navigation t bureau
aay, wer not ordered by the- depart
ment, but th fact that eight American
warships are now at Shanghai Jearia to
th belief that th situation Is frsvs,
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f' : 1 lV .- ' .
i ,-ri in 'fi t
sm,
Fetrt AiMssination.
will ba allowed to paaa. be ha minister,
financier or . what, until th guard 1
satisfied a to his right to enter th
grounds. Th house Itself haa th roost
oomplet burglar alarm system In th
United States.
JL-Philadelphia dispatch says: , Fear
of a subpoena from th federal court
In thla city, calling him to testify In
an oil rebat - caa brought by th
French refining firm agalnat th Penn
aylvanla Jtatlroad company. I believed
to b th reason why John D. Rocke
feller has been In hiding sine last !-
oember. .The Missouri summon Is In
Operative outside of New York, end
there la no reason why "Rockefeller
should hid to avoid that. Rockefeller
ha been ordered to appear here April
t, bat officer hav been nnabl to lo
cate him.-
FLOODS SUBMERGE
CALIFORNIA
Waterways Brimful and Over
flowing Throughout Central
T'ortion orstater
TOWN OF VISALIA IM
PARTIALLY SUBMERGED
Miles of Railroad Track Under Water
' Thousands ' of Acres of Grain
Ruined San Joaquin River on a
Rampage. . . - -
(Journal Special Servlee.)
. Vlaalla, Cal.. March IS. Central CsM
forala la, literal'?, flooded. For a week
past there- haa been a' ateadyflo sj upeur
of an almost unprecedented rainfall and
the entire country Is soaked. la addi
tion snow ar melting In th mountains
and all rivers ar out of their banks,
flooding ths lowlands to a depth of ev
eral feet ,
Great damage is reported throughout
th ' San Joaquin valley, a tremendous
volume of water Is pouring into Tulare
lake and mora than 10,000 acres of wheat
ha been, ruined.
At this city th water I rising lowly
and many building hav been flooded!
The Southern Paciflo tracks for mil
ar Inundated and washed. Th depot
in- thla olty, two grammar schools,' Ma
sonic temple and Odd Fellows' hall, msny
business houses, and a larg residence
district is -covered by the flood.
- Tho- town of Alpaugh is entirely cut
off. The town of Klmwood on th
Santa' F Is completely flooded! snd th
Santa . F -track washed out. A larg
volurnfof water la pouring over th Ir
rigation . dam of ' th Modeata-Turlock
district, doing much damage. Every
bridge on th Tuolumne river has been
waahed -nif .-
"Th rain still continues In th moun
tain and high water is expected thla
afternoon. Angela Camp and James
town report th highest water ever
known in th district. ....
-At Stockton, th Tlver 1S shove 'th
danger Una and still rising. " Mormon
snd minor channels ar carrying larg
volume of water but it I running alug
glahly, showing that ths greatest danger
la from baok water on account of th
congested condition of th river west of
8tockton-' It takes two or three day
for flood' water from th 'mountains
to get down this far and a flood Is in
evitable. ... I
i
DELUGE AT SUMMIT.
Terrtfi
Storm lTs Preeoott Traok
and Ft las Covered.
't'Sneelsl Dt.ttcli to The Jonretl.)
Prescott, Wash., Msrch t. A terrific
Cloudburst following a thunderstorm
occurred af Summit, two mile weat of
here, at t:10 o'clock last night, covering
..(Continued on Pag l'wo)
Governor L of Samar Escapes
:From Treacherous Pulajanes
Who Make Attack Under '
. Flag of Truce.
MAGNIFICENT VICTORY
UNDER GREATEST ODDS'
Native Constabulary Win Sanguinary
Battle With the Outlaw Natives,
Though Half of Command Is Wiped
fOutederiTroopSenttQAiL
Modern Rifles for Fighters. ;
' (Joennl Spn-ttl fWvkv.V -.
' Msnlla, March It. Governor Curry. ,
reported missing since the battle t -Nagtaon,
Samar,- between th coa -tabulary
and th Pulsjanea last Satur
day. 1 af and well. He report to th .
government aa follows; .
"W had a hard fight with th Pula-7 ,
Jane ' In which Captain Jones -of th '
constabulary lost half of hla command, -gaining
a magnulcent victory against .
th greatest odds. The Pulajanes flred
and charged .whll under a flag of trace
promising to aurrender. With th s
rTange orraataT'TTovjps the ewnstabu-t
lary will be ible to extermtnat - th -
fugitive Pulajanes. 7 - Tha . natives of .
Samar ar in sympathy with Us and
lending aid from every. town. Judg ;
Lobinger-and all other Americana ar ,
aafe." ..- . .
AraUag' th VatlvM. "
GenertttI.eonardWpod has entifd-
ral troop to aid th constabulary and
ha given th natlv aoldler Krag
Jorgenaerrs to replac th . antiquated
rifles they have been using.
On March 21 Governor Curry. Judg
Loblnger and Superintendent of Bchool :.
Hoover arrived near - Nagtaon. Samar,
and camped near th Pulajanea. Tbelr.
arrival was- mad known to th re
bellious aborigines, who announced that
they would surrender in fore the next -day.
Th American returned to Nag
taon accompanied by Colonel Agullar, a
Pulajan chief. Saturday morning four
chlefa of th Pulajanea with more than
100 man and 14 guns came to Nagtaon.
Whll converging with th American of-'
flclala on of th chief asked that hla
follower b photographed in th act of
urrenderlng. - Superintendent . Hoover .
waa taking th photograph, when the
Pulajanes' leaders signaled a, charge on
the American officials, who escaped to .
the Nagtaon river and swam to th op- '
posit bank.
' -. Puzsnlag the Fnlajam., 1
- The constabulary opened tire upon th
dlacovery of th natlv treaohery and a
fiercely fought battle enaued. In which
the ' constabulary achieved a decisive
victory. Th Pulajanea wer pursued 1
to th mountain and th pursuit la still
being conducted into th Jungle. -'. , ,
Three hundred constabulary ar fol
lowing up- the fugitive natives. They
rescued Governor Curry, who had fled'"-;
into th brush to escape being killed.
General Buchanan, commanding th de-
part m en t of Vlsayaa. ha gon to Cat- '
balogan. capital of Samar, to assist la .
th pursuit. . r " --r--
CRACKSMEN WRECK
SAFE AT MEDICAL LAKE
(NmcUI Dtsestck to The JowsaLl
Spokane. Wash., March IS. Tha gang
of crackamen which for a month or more
ha been wrecking eafea in th email
town of th Inland Emplr. operated at
Medical Xak yeaterday morning. Th
safs In A. W. Green's store, opposite th
Virgin hotel, was blown open and. S20)
secured, half of which belonged to tha
Woodmtw -t . 4 hs jyprld, ,.Th stor wss
ransacked and six or seven, doien pocket
knives taken.
Tools wer stolen from th Northern
Paciflo section house. Entranc - was
gained by breaking down th front door
with a sledge. Th combination waa
knocked off th earn and th bole filled
with nitroglycerin. -Th foVee of th
explosion waa terrific. Th door ef th -safe
wa hurled aero tha stor awak
enlng th guest in th hotel. . Th
cracksmen mad their eaeap on two
horses they stole, on of which returned
latar. .-v. ' . ',
SAYS ROCKEFELLER IS
MERELY A NAME NOW
fjewail Spedsl Service. -'
' Nw Tork,- March Jt. Attorney-General
Hadley of Missouri this morning
xamlnad John D. Archbold, th Stand
ard Oil official. In th ouster proceed
ing brought by Missouri against ,
trust. Th Missouri n is still confident
that ha. will get all he want in the way
of evidence In this city. "
Archbold said that John D. Rocke
feller had not been, actlv In Standard
Oil management for IS years and was
merely It nominal head. H aald that
no "master mind'' ruled th Standard. -
but an aggregation of minds. H wa
questioned concerning the ownership of
took In th Water Plero ana ttepuo-
llo Oil corapani
OPERATORS QUARRELING
AMONG THEMSELVES
' (lonrsal SpetUI Serrlx.)1
. Indianapolis, Msrtli t Delsy In
reaching a senlement In th anthracite
fields may result from the ooaferenc
htr. It waa predicted this morning
that th Joint cae Oonfeienc wuulj
continue for eeveral day. A miner rep
resentative declared tnst an agrerrnmt
would be reached by Thurr. '1 tie
Is bitter strife In the tonf rn' , esi't
to be mostly among th eprtra thrtn.
1re. not between th miners and tat
vjytUlwra. -