STRIDES OF POSTAL SERVICE Iiptcinl Adncci. ii Mtdj in Rnrtl Frt Di'.Wtrj, PRACTICAL BENEFITS ARE pEMDNSTRATED roKtiiiiiNlfr llriirrnl IJtiilnln tli A'rttloiinl Vnluo n't lis All vniilfmes Will l)i:vrlip ' I'lillcy 1'nrllicr. WASHINGTON. Nov. 27. Tiie annual re port of PoMuifiHtf r General t'harlts Kmory Smltb, ninde publle today, give? the follow- lng statement of flnnni'lal operations for tho year: ' Ordinary pdstal revenue tlOf,5.U.77S.6i Ilfcclpl" ft'tin money order business' llccvlpln from iniinll money orders moiVtlian ope year old P',i,i..l3 Total receipts, from nil sourcts IIII.CI.1W.SI Total expondltures for the yenr. l5,5fit,Ci.87 Uxcern of expenditures over receipts n,323.7!T.IS While tho expenditures In the ordinary development nnd through varloiiH exten sions of the service are J7.$14,r2.S8 greater than for the preceding year, tho dcflcll Is l,4tl,'J61.22 Ices. Under present prosptr ous conditions tho nhmial Increase of roJ colpta la fortunately larger than Jhc Inev itable inercas'e of outlay nnii for-several years the. df licit has been steadily growing smaller. The postmaster general devotes much spare to the alloyed nbuse of second-class mail matter privileges nnd cltr.i the case of ono publication, presumably of the Main" group of fako magazines, which tho govern ment handles nt a net loss of M3.I21 each Usue, while the publishers through adver tising based on the Immense gratuitous circulation make a profit of $53,780. , Tho government Is carrying, days the postmaster general, 200,000,000 pounds of mall a year 'at 1 cent a pound which ought to pay 8 cents a pound or bo excluded altogether, Involving an acfual cash outlay to the government of JS.000,000. He says that In tho work of reform no change Is Intended regarding legitimate newspapers and magazines. "No criticism falls on them and no laying of the ax nt rooted evils menaces their position. Thy-nak no favors. They stand on their rights. With their fixed plane, their public object nnd their rogular body of readers thoy art? the direct objects of that delib erate nnd enlightened public policy which In the Interest of the pcoplo fosters the sources of public Intelligence. They oh terve and fulfill the requirements of the law,.. nd because they do they have the more concern In eliminating those which do not." It lira I Tree Delivery. Rural free delivery finds ah enthuslastlo placb In the postmaster general's report. Ho'' sayi! Thn ntrnl free delivery has rtdvnnccd with Incrrartil Htrldi:.t. Its extension dur ing th lti.t yenr line been nearly three limes ms went ms the whole amount of service previously established. Tho number nf routes In operation nt tho beginning of the fiscal yuar wns 1.276 nnd nt the closa 4.301. During tho current year, with nn augmented appropriation anil u more ex perienced, force, tlui work will proceed still more, rapidly. At tho opening of December i,W. routi'S will bo running nnd under present plans tlm number will Increase by July 1, 1002. to 8.600. The rural population now recclvlnE dally servlco IS about 4,000.000. nnd nt the end of thn ilscal year It will reach 6,700,000. The delivery system will then cover mora thnn a quarter of the eligible portion of the sountry, -nnd nt tho present rnto of estab lishment tho entire .area suited to tha service that Is. ni. estimated, l.O'Vj.OOO tqunre miles or territory with 31.000 ooo. of rural residents will bo brought within Its icopo lrt' hK8' than' four years. Tho mall will1 thnn. If the "work gods on, bo delivered it every door, In tho Unltsd StAtes except !n tho most remote, mountainous nnd iparsely - settled sections, nnd. In villages )f limited receipts where the postofllee Is vltnln, easy reach. The. demand for tho tervlco 'grown with tho public exporlenen of ts convenience' and utility. Tho number if applications for new routes nt this time st year was 2 159. Those now pending mil awaiting action amount to 6.129.' Thus .ho 6,000 routes which buvo been organized rn only one-half of tho number already isked for. Advantages of thr Pulley. The policy of rural delivery Is no longer i subject of serious dispute. It has tin- nlstakably vindicated Itsolf by Its fruits, .f the tlnnnclul results are still undcter 'nlned .und require greater experience nnd more complete, data beforo a uoncluslvo .udgment can bo pronounced, thn practical benefits and tho popular appreciation and ilemnnd have been decisively demonstrated, t has been made plain that this service, ts i potent educatlonnl force; that ll brlngj igrlcultu.-nl life Into, far closer relations with tho active business world: that It cops tho farmfer In dally touch with mar kets and prices; that It advances gnneral Intelligence, through the Increased cumula tion of leglt'mate Journals nnd periodicals, stimulates correspondence, quicken all In terchanges, promotes good roads, enhances farm vbIuos. makes farm llfo less Isolated nid.moro attractive nnd unites with other sjiolesomo Influences In checking and hanging tho hitherto prevailing current .Ironi country to city. The national value It theso advantages Is Incalculable. They ire not theoretical, but real, direct and immediate. In diffusing tlum tho beneficent agency of the government H brought Into Mm dally presence nnd thought of tho peo Sift. A. scrvlco which has within three years wrought such a great Improvement n -the condition of rural llfo cannot i,0 halted, It must go on until It shall bo fullv Completed. A. closer consideration of the nmterlnl Interests involved enforces this conclusion. On an average there are 125 families on n route. I'nder the old system they traveled from two to four miles in going to the npMoftlen. If the cost lit' Umo. nniWothur factors bo reckoned nt ll) cents a, day for nal'h fnnilly It Is clearly a modeifitn est), mate. Thnt mndo an aggregate of $12 50 day. The government can deliver tho mall at tho doors of all for i Why j'houldn't It o ko nnd snvn them the larger biirdirt? Hxtend the calculation to the whole country. There ro about 4,0.10 families ilepcndcut on tho rural service. The uggregatu cost to them of going to tho poHtofftco reaches an enormbus sum. Tho government can carry thn postottloo to thorn for .i fraction of the amount. Under such circumstances tho claim to the fccrvlee becomes irresistible. It-Is the business of the government 16 deliver the ntalls as fnr as practicable. The appre hended obstacles to rural delivery liave liirtff.lv vntilalmil tl'lth unhml ........ lind the manifest advantages, now clearly sh6vii, urge tho full development of the MMIU3 . Hven the fear that the ultimate cost of Every Exertion a Task , There is failuro of tho strength tp do and.. tlio power to endure; u feeling of weakness nil over the body. Tho vital functions nro impaired, food does not nourish, and tho wholo system is run.down. ' 'A.rnc.dioinc thnt strengthens tho Btomach, perfects digestion, invig orates and tones is needed. Whot Hoed'sarsnrnrllla did for Sirs. U B Ourland, Slmdr. Tenn,, It hss done tor others. Kb took It f hen she was all run down with out appetite, losing flesh, snd unable to do htr -work. It reutored her appetite, Increnird her welzht, und made her well and stroug. This Is berawn unsolicited statement. Hood's Sarsaparila Promises to cure and keeps tho pTomiso. Tho earlier treatment is ' uu.thebQtcr -begin it today this service would so fnr exceed the returns ns to make It a heavy national burden Is "enslbly dissipated by the results of thn experimental trial. It Is demonstrated that the establishment of rural delivery Is In variably followed by a large Increase of postal receipts, on thn other hand, It pr mlta a mnterlal retrenchment through the discontinuance nf star routes nnd small postotMecs. nnd the combined effect of the augmented revenue and the considerable saving brings the net cost of the delivery system to proportions which may bo re garded without npprehenslon. The saving during the Inst ilscal year on star routes thus superseded was l7.t,tM.H, nnd on postolllces discontinued It was tr.'l.22I.I.1. The two together amount to one-sixth of the entire appropriation for this service. liH'iriioe ii f ItiMoniH'. .The Increase of rovenue Is equally marked. An analysis of tho returns for thi' Inst it son I year shows that In the free delivery olllec the Increase of receipts averaged ll per cent: In (he nondelivery presidential otllces 3i per cent, and In the strictly rural seetimis 2 1-." per ent. l,ong expei lento has mndo It clear Hint under the old conditions the linnilnl rnto of growfjj of postal revenue In country com munities Is nbout 2 per cent. Hut whet ever rural delivery ias been established this annual gain hns risen to S or 1" per cent Th" ratio of Increase on the rural routes Is substantially equal to that of the ffee delivery cities. This, .is an true of those which have been operated for three years ns of lho."i operated only for a year, allowing that It Is not it it exceptional and transient expansion In tho natuto of a spurt, but tlm It Is the normal, uniform nnd legitimate Increase which always fol lows Improved facilities. In the ten com plete county services which hnve been es tablished this Is more marked than In the fragmentary system, proving that the more perfict the service the better the lestilt. It Is clear thnt If a saving can be effected in tho curtailment of star routes nnd fourth-class olllces to the .extent of one sixth of Jhn coat of mwl delivery, nnd if tho rtnuiinL gntn In postal TeWmhes shall ad Vatitm wherever If Is nppllt'J' leant 2 per cent tu or to per cent, then. the net nut lay involved In the comptete development of-tho system will not be so groat tlint It need deter congress" from the prosecution of this enlightened policy. With Its ncceptaiice ns a fixed and en during service the wisdom of placing It on. n iicrmftncnt basis and of bringing it Into full harmony with the general principles of the postal establishment enforces Itself. In authorizing rural delivery ns an experi ment congress adopted no directing man date and simply made the requisite appro priation. It did not undertake to prescribe the rules' or methods of organization, It gave Jhe depurtment full discretion to de termine the means nnd select the agents for Us trial. As tho service was experi mental In Its nature, as Its development depended upon tho results of nctual ex perience, ns Its progress might require changes In form and method, congress deemed It wise to leave the plan flexible nnd capable of modlllcatlon nn observation dlutntcd. It did not desire to restrict the freedom of the depnrtment to avail Itsolf of the best suggestions and the ripest fruits of the prnctlcal test. The controlling ob ject wns to determine tho feasibility rind utllltv of rural delivery, nnd the yearly en largement of the appropriation In the same unlimited terms indicated the purpose of eonirress to allow full latitude for the amplest trial and the development of tho nest agencies aim mcuioun oi application. With this discretionary authority the existing system has been crented. At the beginning of tho Ilscal yenr 1800 there were less than 200 routes In operation. Ther are now 6,000. The organization necessary for this large establishment litis been made: tho agents to locate nnd the Inspec tors to examine the operation of these routes hnve been appointed: the carriers, who ilnliv traverse- the routes nnd collect nnd deliver the ninll, hay been named, and these more than 6.W0 selections hnve been made without friction, nndr It Is be. llevcd. with little complaint, The merit nrlnclple of appointment has substntlnlly been npplled, nnd no removals haye ben mnde excent for cause. Hoth the clerical administrative force nnd the force In the Hold have ticen clioscn witn care, upon grounds of tltness and nunllllcatlon. nnd none have been named who were not be lieved to come up to a high stnndnrd of In tegrity nnd cnunctty. Out of this method hns grown a body of faithful and earnest employes, who. It Is eonlldr ntly felt, will eompnre favorably In Intelligence auiT effi ciency with any pnrt of tho civil service. He advises the extension of civil, ncrvlce rules to every branch of the rural free de livery service. Regarding parcels post the report sug gests: "Other countries In Europe seek parcels post conventions with us, but it may bo, a question how Jar. a foreign scrvjeo of this character should be extended bo- fore n domestic parcels post iball be In augurated. The establishment of a domestic system Is a question with congress." Tho free delivery system In cities now serves 32,000,000 patrons at a cost of SO cents each per annum. On July '1 last S6C cities and towns were Included In .the sys tom. In which nt least two mnlla per day were delivered nnd collected by' the" 16,380 carriers employed. During tho year there were more casu alties In the railway mail scrvlco than in any simitar period since Its organization. the totnt number bolug 825, In which seven clerks were killed and sixty-three seriously nnd 229 slightly Injured. The postmaster general renews his recommendation for leg islation for the relief of tho families of railway mall clerks who are killed while on duty, Congrecslonal action has been recommended by .tho department for some years, he says, nnd le urgently needed for relief in deserving enses of this kind. A new domestic postal card will very shortly be Issued under a contract recently executed. This card will be of an entirely new and Improved, design nnd will bear In the uppor right hand corner rt likeness of tho late President McKlnley. Itecnninipiiilnt luns for Legislation. The following recommcndntlons for legls lallon, some of which have heretofore boon made, are submitted for the consideration of congress: That the maximum fee for n monnv order be llxed nt 25, instead of SO cents. Thilt a fund bo created out of the salnrles of rnllwuy mall clerks to provide for tne retirement or sucn cicncs as liavo, after long periods of service, become Incn- paettntcti ror ncuve nuiy. 'i nni nuoiiHiiers nc reooireu 10 mnue n nrellmlnary senarutlon of nowsnaners. under the direction of the depnrtment, nAx I'uiiiiiiiuii iiiiui-i niiii.ii wit'j buuii enjoy me exceedingly iioerni raics provmed ror carrying soconu-ciass manor tiirougn tlio mans. That a building be provided In the rltv of Washington to be used whollv or (ii part by the mall hag and mall lock repair simo aim us a iiepusuory lor man lings, 'flint section 3 of the net nf Junn II IK44 ehnpter 416, providing that assistant post masters, cusiuers ana oiner employes in postotllces of the first, .second nnd third clntaes shall give bond direct to tho United Htates be repealed, nnd thnt a statute lie enacted requiring such officers to give bond 'directly to the postmaster nnd holding liosimaxiers rcspoiismie unoer tneir ojvn bond, for.nnv And nil acts nnd defnults otT- currlng nt their respective olllces. ' That provision be made for tho payment of Incidental expenses Incurred by locai otnenrs or outers in tne arrest, detention and keeping of prisoners charged with vio lations of the Postal laws ' until nueh prlBoneni can b transferred to the custody oi n i in (tMi nun en nuirsuui. That a statute no enacted nuthorlz nc nostolHce Inspectors to take nut searoh wnrriiuis wnenever uie samo may no neces- sary in inn prosecution or meir ottlcuil duties. Thnt an appropriation be made for tho niirposo or constructing iookouis wnorever, In tho opinion of tho postmaster general, theV'inny be needed. That the Interstate commerce law bo amended to prohibit common carriers, in wit,, lelegrnpli and express companies, or any or meir employes, irom nuillig and abetting In tho green goods or lottery swindles, or any other fcchenie carried on pnrtly by mall nnd partly by common oar rler and which Is In violation of the postal laws, Sit, Louis Wiirrlionne, ST. LOUIS, Nov. 27, Fire tonight de stroyed tho three-story brick building at Main and Brooklyn streets, occupied by the Scnrrltt-Corastork Manufacturing company ns a Mnhhlng shop and warehouse. Holiday goods nnd stock of furistture to the amount of $175,000 wcro burned. Tho building was valued nt $25,000. The loss Is praatlcally covered by insur ance. One hundred and twenty persons nt work in the building nt the time had nar row escapes from Injury ami death. Southern 1'itplflo Depot. AI,KXANDIUA, La.. Nov. '27. Tho South erri Pacific depot here fllleii with freight was destroyed by Ore, together with a nun) her at caia, Tho loss, ts citlmatcd at J 70,000. THE OMAHA DAILY LIST OF DEAD INCREASES Twantj-Nim Workman Amonj; tke Huiai at Datroit. UND TO RELIEVE STRICKEN FAMILIES Prosecuting Attorney Knuilii; Pro fessor ('nnlcy t lleternilnp Cnne uf Ht illusion nt Prmlierlh j Plnnt. DKTKOIT. Nov. 27. When the search nf the Pemberthy Injector company's plant, wrecked by a boiler explosion yesterday mornlne; was completed tonight the death list had reached a total of twenty-nine. Afl but to of the company's employes have been located and ns theso men worked In tho front building, which was not wiccked, It Is thought that they nro at their homes. The men's addresses arc not on' tho' company's books, so It may bo somo time before they are located, Following Is the list of dead: I.OUIP A. HKNNINCf, nged 38, married. PATIUfK MALLOV. married. CHARLKS MAKV1N. aged 24. JACOII KOKI1KL. OHAHLK3 A. LILY, nged 21. A. K. MILLKIt. aged 20, A. K, HOFFMAN, aged 28. ED HUrtTCM, figed 17. : EUOKNI2 HKftTCH, nged 21. STEVEN K 11098, nged 20. IJAUNEY MIOTKE. OEOnOE SCHOENKn. CIIItlSTOPHEIt WALDMAN. . JOSEPH COFFEY, nged 17. JOHN Fit E AY. OKOIIOE DOWNES. ADOLl'H KNAPP. JOSEPH KOSACK. WALT EH IDE. niCHAItD HHYAN. ... . .JOHN HCIIA111LE. s, - DOUOLASS DICKSON, boy WILLIAM EflOEItS, hoy.. PETEIt DOLL', I. IIUOCK. JAMES THOMAS, WILLIAM MANN. THOMAS MULLANE. CHARLES LUTH. llliiekriK-il nml MmiKleit Hurtle. Of the (lend, twcnty-ono were dug out of the ruins, burned nnd blackened corpses. nnd the other six died In tho hospitals from their injuries. All the rest of the Injured were reported oh the road to rtcovery to- flny, excepting John Kllnowlcz, who Is suf fering from n fractured skull. Engineer Ulley s recovery ts now considered to bo certain. At G p. m the searchers finished tho work of overturning tho debris. Only two bodies were found today, both of whloh were terribly mungled. The prosecuting attorney this afternoon began nn examination into tho cause of the explosion. Prof. MorUmcr E. Coolcy of the university of .Michigan, who has been asked by Prosecutor Hunt to make an ex pert examination of he wrecked boiler, camo In from Ann Arbor this nfternoon and went Immediately to the scene of tho ex plosion. Ho Inspected the exterior of the boiler, but said that ho ventured no opinion with regard to the cause of tho explosion. Alrcndy over $000 has been raised for tha families of tho victims nnd subscriptions nfe rapidly coming In. The Pemberthy In jector company carried $85,000 Insurance nnd President Johnson today sold that this would cover the compnny's loss. FIRES FIFTY SHOTS Continued from First Page.) was dispatched Tuesday, having on board about fifty soldiers for Clinmo, or Its vicin ity, where It was qlalmcd a par.y of liber als under General Torras has received quite recently n fresh supply of arms and ammunition. 'Sa Paulo nnd Barhncon nro known here to be liberal strongholds and plnces very easy to defend, while to cross tho bridge spanning tho Chagres river, now swollen. was noxt to impasslblo for nn attacking force. The feat wns accomplished, how ever, hut the reason the liberals aban doned liarbnena Is not mndo clear. Tho death rate on tho government sldo was very great, many bodies falling. Into tho river. 'An nttompt was also mado ,to mqko n detour on tho river In bonts. but ns the Cbngrcs was swollen the boats woro cap sized nnd many men were drowned. "General Cnstro commanded tho govern ment forces at Barbacoa. General Alban tried to get a train yesterday morning to convey 200 men to the sceno of the en gageraent nt Barbacoa, but Captain Potty of Iowa said that not a single armed man would he allowed to entrain. Hitter, Kewllnir Annlnst American". "The feeling here against foreigners, par ticularly Americans, runs high. "A special train nt Panama to convey General Alban, alone and unarmed, awaited the arrival for hours of tho morning train SKNSF, ABOU I FOOD, Facts Aim ii I Fitful M'nrtli Knowing. It is a sorlous question sometimes to know Just what to cat when n' person's stomach Is out of ordor and most foods cause griping and 'pains. Ornpe-Nuts Food can be taken at any time with the certainty that It will dlgost. Actual experience of people Is valuable to any one Interested In foods. Mrs. Ella Nntlon, 1452 Grand Ave., Terra Haute, Iml., "Had suffered with Indigestion fop 'About four years, ' over since nn at tack. Of typhoid ever, nnd at times couTd cnt Tiofhlng. but the very lightest food, and then suffer much ngony with my stomach I would wish I never hnd to eat anything; I was urgod to try Grape-Nuts Food nnd slneo using it I do not hnvo to starvo my self any more, but I can eat it nt any time nnd feel nourished nnd satisfied, and dys pepsia Is a thing of tho past. "When my stomach used to have that burn ing, hungry sensation my heart would flut ter, Just as sufferers with stomach trouble, know about, nnd when I wns so weak I could hardly walk I would get up and git somo Grape-Nuts nnd cream and nt them and tho trpublo would stop right away, nnd I kept growing better nnd better. "My husband also had nn experience with Grape-Nuts Food, Ho wns very weak nnd sickly In the spring. Could not nttend to 'hln work. He was put under tho doctor's care but medicine did not seem to do him any good until ho began to leave ort ordi nary food and uso Ornpe-Nuts. It was positively surprising to see the chango In. him. no grew Potter right orr, and naturally ho has none but words of pralso for Grape Nuts. "Our boy thinks he cannot eat a moal without bo haB Grape-Nuts, and ho learns so fast at school that his teacher am other scholars comment nn It. I am satUfled that It Is because of the great nourishing elements 111 Grape. Nuts. "It Is n pity that people do not know what to feed their children, There art many mothers who feed- their youngsters .on nl most any kind of- food and when they be come sick begin to pour the medlclim down them. Thn real way Is to stick to proper .food and bo healthy nnd get along-without tho medicine ani expense." BEE: TIltTKSDAY. SOVKMBEH 28, 1001. from Colon, but on tho arrival of the latter here at 6 o'clock In the cve'nlng, bringing forty wounded men. among whom were several officers, with tho news thnt the government troops had victoriously crossed the bridge nt BnrtJncoa, tho special train was not dispatched and General Alban re mained at Panama, "At S:.10 p. m. yesterday n lnrge pro cession, headed by n band of music, marched In an orderly manner all over Panama, shouting General Alhan's praise nnd pro claiming that tlio denth blow had been given to the liberal cnuso In this depart ment." SLAIN IN TORMENT (Continued from First Page.) hound train are believed to bo booked from New York tor settlement In the west. The depot nt Seneca nnd two compara tively uninjured coaches hnvo been utilized as temporary hospitals. One relief trnln Is now returning to Detroit from the wreck nnd other trains are enrotito to Peru nnd Adrian. I.ntrat Hepnrtu nn in Cnsnnltlrs, The Intest reports from Adrian nro to the effect that there srn eighty dead nnd ISO Injured, of which twenty-five cases are serious. Fifty of tho-dead were killed out right. Among' tbo-tnjurod nfet L. Loyd, Mcmpton, N. D.; head badly in jured. ' Victor Cohen,.1 StoTaul, Minn., hit on head by water bottle. Frank R. Uledlien, Baltimore, left arm broken. , , H. Walter Orcls. Jopltn, Mo., seriously. E. V... Smith. .Detroit, sHghtly. George Peffcr, Detroit, not serious. W. E. Glllcn, Jumped from smoker window with four others, and cut Bc'rlously. Ellarcdell, porter, slight. S. McElmore, porter No. 13, slight. Mrs. C. H. Chryon, Buffalo. ,.Mrs, Richard, residence- unknown. Georgo Eliot. South Sebrl, Mo., not seri ous. Victor Grcenbaum, New York, slight, H. C. Whitney, Grand Rapids, In car on eastbound train which was telescoped. Walter Grclg. Joplln, Mo., badly hurt about head. F. A. ralmcr, conductor parlor car, got out nil right. Engineer Strong makes the following statement: Mrs. M. E. Stringer, Bellevue. Mich., spine Injured and skull fractured; may dl?. Frank Bcldlcr. Baltimore, rlbn broken. Salla Zoak, Burnable. III.; slight. Louis Shoemaker, Adrian, Mich., blp in jured. Victor Cohen, 101 West Green street, Brooklyn; home St. Paul, Minn. Jessie Williams, Detroit; back and hip hurt. George T. White. 670 East One Hundred and Sovcnty-slxtll street, New York; se rious. Thomas Crchan, 161 Norway street, Buf falo; leg lujured. Winifred Crchan, Batavla, N. Y.j slight. D, Bnnard, Lognnsport, Ind.; Internally Injured. Anna Kasou, Denver; Injured nbout head. Katherlno Plutt, Denver, slight. Mrs. Joseph Jacksa, Elobcvlllc, Colo, slight. S. F. Carroll, Tonnwanda, N. Y badly bruised. Amelia, Collon. Colorado, slight. O.4 W. Sweeney, Detroit', bruised about bond and legsj A Mrs. Donlvao of 6641 Wcntworth ave- riue, Chicago, Is among the rescued. "I nns rtinnliiBjf.slxty-llvo miles an hour when I Haw a light on tho westbound train. I shut dovcriifo.flttytmllGS. -We 'hnd eeyen coachoa and ,g jbaggago car. I Jumped, so did my, fireman., .The, first car 'was strong and wns not smashed'. Tho second collap-iod and not n soul escaped." Ciiiiar nf the Wreck. Wlllard Stearns, editor of the Adrian Press, who had' Just returned from the wreck at 2:.10 n. m telephoned the follow lng to the Associated Press: Mr. Steams said the cause of the disaster wns tho misreading of his orders by Engi neer Strong of the Continental Limited. Tho ordor rend. "Pass nt Seneca," but Strong understood It to read "Sand Creek." The conductor of tho train read tho order rightly. Ho did not know tbnt tho engineer misunderstood It and supposed that the train wns going on n siding. Finding that the train was running rapidly tho conduc tor put. on tho air brakes htmnclf, but he was too late, and Just then the cnglncor sot the hrakes to try to avert the force nf tho collision, Tho engineer's leg was broken nnd ho was othcrwlso Injured. Seven dead were taken out of one' car of tho Contlncntnl limited. All those on that train who wcro killed were on that car, which was be tween tho smoker nnd dining cars. The bulk of tho injured persons were takon to Peru, Ind., and Montpellcr, O., the tracks of tho Detroit & Lima Northern and Cin cinnati Northern being utilized In getting around the wreck.- Mr. Stearns said that tho sceno of the wreck beggars description Tho night Is bttterly cold and as there Is but one farmhouse adjacent to tbo scene there won but little shelter for tho sufferers. Matters, nro In an extremely chaotic con dltlon and thero are scarcely Any facilities! for identifying the dead and tho railroad will not permit the use of Its wires, the 'only ones, availably for carrying the news. Theso dead havo been Identified: JAMES BROWN, porter, Detroit. JOB WITCHELL, Detroit. E. N. DEN ELL, Detroit. GEORGE W. YEOMAN, capitalist. Kansas City. PERU, Ind.. Nov. 28. Two relief trains aro on the way from tbo sceno of the wreck at Senoca bearing tho Injured. Ono of tho trains will not roach Peru until 3:45 a. ra The general hospital for the Wabah sys tem Is located In this .city, Trnln Klila Two' Women. PRINCETON, Ind.. Nov. 27. Mrs. John Hays and Mrs. Frank Klghtiy wcro klllod by nn Evansvlllc & Terro Hauto passenger train at llazclton today. They wcro cross lng tho track In a buggy, whero an embank ment hid tho approaching train from view. MUTUAL INSURANCE MEETING Kxruutlvr ('nniihtu'rr ArrniiKcs Pinna for tlr .Nntlonnl Convention nt St. Pniil. Tho executive committee of tho Mutual Insurancn Companies' Association of the United States mot at the Millard hotel Wednesday1 afternoon to fix tho dale and or range other details for the national conven Hon of tho association. It. wns decided to hold the convention In St. Paul, Minn., the ft rut Tuesday In March, 1002. The work of arranging I ho program for that occasion has tle'en left to tho 'secretary. It Is sup posed that about 200 delegates will bo pros cnt, representing every state In tho union The following officers and inembors of tho executive commlttoo wcro present: W, D, Forbes, Des Moines, prosldeut; W, B. Ltnch Lincoln, secretary and treasurer; II. A 'Wiley, Kewenna, Ind.; C. N. Doane, Newton la.; R, M. Bcott, Topoka, Kan, II. J. Young Oe'lweln. la. They will leavo today for tholr homes. T Cure Colli in line nny. take Laxative Bromo Qulnlno Tablets. All druggists refund the money If' It falls to euro. E. W. Grovo'a signature Is on' each box. 23c. LONG LEASE OF BURLINGTON Ni. M.Ar.A .- Wn.i.-N . V..t. I. Ally UBUIIIU fftfju uawi ' w v mw tha Tm Specified. RATIFICATION DUE IN CHICAGO TODAY Krerj- l.lnr :uvr Contrnllcil nml Operated liy the llulnoy lliintc In Involved In (Ills Trnnsfer nf Atitliorlt) . lU.RLINGTON, la., Nov. 27. (Special Telegram.) The Chicago, Burlington it Qulncy Rnllwny company, tho $100,000,000 corporation recently Incorporated here for the purpose of operating lines In this nii'l other states, Is Hbout to enter Into n 99 year lease of nil the lines owned, controlled and opcrnted by tho Chicago, Burlington &i Qulncy company. Paprra necessary to effect tho transfer havo been prepared nnd the leasii has been authorized by the stockholdcis of both companies In meetings recently held. If nctual exictitlon of tho lease has not been made, It soon will be, but It Is understood that It nlrendy bears the signatures nceeu sary to make It n legal document. It Is understood that at tho meeting of the stockholders of the Chicago, Burlington ft' Qulncy Railroad company to bo held In Chicago tomorrowho Ichso wllj be ratified and that at a Blmllar meeting of tho Chi cago, Burlington ft Qulncy Railway com pany to be hold hero soon similar action will bo taken. To completo tho deal tho Chicago, Bur lington ft Qulncy railway people will nlso meet and elect permnnent officers. The old officers will bo ro-elccted by tho new regime. Accordingly, the Chicago, Burlington ft Qulncy railway has simply leased to Itself under a new name what It owned and con trolled under tho old organization. Tho exact terms of the lease cannot be ascertained, but It Is understood that tho old company will continue to bo tho dividend-paying concern and that both boards as well as both ofllclal rosters will bo tho same. Tho mystery of tho froouent ndjourumcuts of tho Chicago. Burlington ft Qulucy ilnll way company's stockholders' meetings hns been explained. It Is stated that tho aunual meetings will hereafter be adjourned from week-to week, so that auy ofllclal act that may become necessary to the welfuro of tho property nuiy be done without delay. This method Is the one employed by Mr. Hill In connection with the Great Northern road and has been found of great conveni ence In enno of emergency. With referenco to tho organization of tho new railway company It Is explained that such u concern wns deemed essential In connection with refunding of bonds, which will be begun In 1903. At present tho Chi cago, Bunlngtcn ft Qulnoy Railroad com pany, has a lnrge nssortment of special bonds Issued against various portions of the sys tem and for a variety of purposes. About $28,000,000 worth of these miscellaneous bonds will begin coming due soon nnd will have to bo paid. It Is tho" purpose of tho owners of tha property to Issue In their stend bonds of tho Chicago; Burlington ft Qulncy Hallway company and to make the authorized Issuo sutllclent to take coro of tho future needs of the syBtem. Tho pro cceds of tltc now bond Isdues will bo nviill- nblc-for all purposes nnd the financial policy will be greatly simplified. Such a plan, however, could not bo carried out without the organization of n new com pany, Incorporated, ns In tho Chicago, Bur lington r ft Qulncy Hallway company, In a stnto ,wlio&e laws do not requlro that tho bonds of n .corporation, bear n certain rela-. tlou to the amount of capital stock. It Is asserted that, for this reason tho new com pany would havo been organized Irrespec tive of tho change In control of the Bui- llngton. . ..... CHANGES IN THE B. & 0. STAFF f, C. Stuart, Onernl Siiiiei'liiteiiilen t nf Middle nnd .Vnrlli wentorn Olilslou I'roiiinteil. BALTIMORE. Nov. 27. The following changes In tho staff of the Baltimore ft Ohio railway wcro ofllclally nnnounccd tods : Jf C Stuart, general superintendent of the middle nnd northwestern divisions, ts ap pointed general superintendent of trans portation, vice William Gibson, retired. Tho line from the west end of Chicago Junction to Chicago will bo known as tho Chicago division. D. D. Carothcra Is np ponted superintendent 'of the Chicago division, with headquarters nt Chicago. Tho Jurisdiction of W. R. Woodford, general superintendent, Is extended over tho middle and central division. P C. Batchclder, su perintendent of the Chicago dlvislou, Is ap pointed Miperlntondcnt of the middle division, with' headquarters at Newark, O., vice T. J. English, transferred. Conference nf MnKiiiites Slunlllciiiit. NEW YORK, Nov. 27. According to tho Journal of Commerce, tho object of tho meeting of the western railroad presidents, which hns been called for Thursday, Decern-' bor G, in this city, is to discuss the traffic and rate situations. Such a conference, coming at the present time when tho con solidation' of tho northwestern rsllruada has Just been accomplished. Is regarded as quite significant and it has been suggested tnat this conference will discuss the union of railroad Interests In Ihc northwest. The situation will ho thoroughly canvassed, but It Is not thought likely that any result or notion determined upon will bo mado public. l'.leetrlc Power llnsnt Ufnetor . PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 27. The Pennsyl vania Railroad company has given formal notlco of the permanent abandonment df tho trolloy servlco betwoen Mount Holly and Burllngtoni N. J., which has been In terrupted by tbo burning of tho power BOYD'S PrimroseDockstader's iWINSTRELS LIST TIME TONIGHT. PrlcoB Mat. and Night 25c 30c 73c SI house at the former place sever! Vfek ngo, nnd of tho return to tho use of steam ns motive power. The Pennslyvniiln c6ni- ,i pany selected the short line between -"""Hi "oiiy nnn jiurnngion ior n with, electricity ns n motive power for heavy traffic anil a thoroughly up-lo-date power plant .was Instnlled nt Mount Holly. The electric equipment was put In operation Juno IS, 1S35. Tho working of the. system was closely observed by the officials of the company, and, while thoy refrained from public uttcrnnccs on the matter, It became known nftcr the line hnd been In nxicrntlon for some timet that it did not, meet tholr cxpcctntlons nnd that thero would be no extension of the electric system. DEATH RECORD. M-tJ rrimr Wiillc ASPEN, Colo., Nov. 27. Former Gov ernor Davis H. Wnlto of Colorodo fell dead hero nt U o'clock this morning while he was peeling apples.' He had been In good health up to tho moment of his death. It Is believed that thq cause of his death was heart trouble. . Davis Hanson W'nltc was born nt James town, N. "., April 0. 1S25. During tho early part of his life ho wns encaged' In mercantile pursuits nt Russell, Pa., nnd Fon iu Lnc ,nnd Prlnjcon, Wis, He wns a. member ot ..the Wisconsin leglslntu.ro In JS75, Ho taught school, for a time and then published n. newspaper nt Jamestown. N. y In lS76..he removed, to Lamed. Kmw where he was elected to the Icglslnture. Ho came to Qolorndo lii IS70, practicing lnw at Liadvllle nud Apcn. Ho was a rppub llcnn In pplltlcs until 18.12, when he wnn n dclegato to. the populist convention nt Omahn. He was nomlnnlrci for govqrp-r of Colorado In that yenr by tho pcople'r. pnrty and wna' clrctcd. His ndmlnlstiatlon during ISO.rnnrt' ISO I wns tempestuous and eventful. Twlco hn enllcd out tho stnto mllltlii, Ihtf first -time to mnlntnln order In Cripple Creel: during the miners' strike and tin' rcrortd time to scat his r.ppolntees on the Denver Flro nml Police board, whose authority hnd been disputed by the old board and who had been forcibly excluded from thn city hall. Governor Walto was n candidate for rc-olectlon In .IMH, but wns defeated by Charles A. Mclntyre, repub llcnn. ( leni Stiiili'lmUei-. SOUTH BEND. Ind., Nov. 27. Hon. Clem Studobnker died at 11:55 o'clock today. Mr. Sludcbnkcr's funcrnl will bo at 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon. The burin! will be private. Hon. Clem Studebaker was born In Adam county. Pennsylvania. In 1S.11. When ho wns I years old the family moved to Wayne, now Ashland county. Ohio. In wagons. His father, John Studebaker. followed the trade of hlaikKmlthliig nnd wagon making. In 1650 Clem Studebaker went to South Bend. Ind., whero ho taught school during tho winter of 1S.10 and 1R51, In tho spring of ISftl-he fouud .employment In the black smith department of a company making, threshing machines, receiving his board nnd 30 cents a day. When he arrived nt South Bend he had only $2, but by careful .nvlng he was able. In February. 1852, to start In the blacksmith business with an older brother, named Henry, i.nter they received a government contract, which wns i.xccutrd to tha entire satisfaction of the government. This gnvo them n start and from that time tho firm grow to- Its .present largo proportions. In lSJii 4hn company wan Incorporated as the Studebaker Bros.' Manufacturing com pany, with Clem Studebaker as president. Hp was for many years a member of tho New York bock concern of tho Methodist Eplscopnl church. Ho was lwlco.ii lay del oija to .the general conference of ,thv jcljurch.,. tw ice .delegate, to tho national ie-' 'puhllffin convention and United Slates, com missioner to tho Parte Qxpqsltlun; alBO to t)in Now Orleans ixpositlon; was president, of tho Indiana board of world's fair mali ngers, n member of the Carriage Builders' National asspca'tloti and at one time Its president'; was appointed by President Har rison a memlier of the Pan-American con grcrfs during 'he winter of 1889 and 1890; whs a member of the board of trustees of Dopntiw university and president of the Chautauqua association. i:-Mllvi.r MiiKr. Iliivtllnx. RAWLINS, Wyo., Nov. 27. (Special.) R. Mngnr, ex-mayor of Rawlins, died at his homo here last night. He wns one of the most prominent citizens of this section and held lnrge property Interests. He wns In sured lu a Now York company for fl00,000, which policy was thelnrgest that has been carried by n Wyoming man In ninny years. Mrs. Mnry I)n. Ilninlinlilt. HUMBOLDT. Neb.. Nov. 27. (Special.) Mrs. Mary Day died yesterday at the homo, of her son, SUns Day, at the ago nf 85 years. Her husband died 'lit 1895. She leaves four grown sons, two of whom llvo nenf here, ono In Wyoming nnd ono In Arkansas. Fu neral services iv.ero today nnd Intcrmont was iu tho city cemetery. WESTERN PACKING STATISTICS Mnrkctlim of IIiik Still Further lu 'iM'VnseK Over PitcimIIhk Wolt mill Same Week l.nst Yenr. CINCINNATI, Nov. 27. (Special Telo gram.) Tho Prlco Curront says the market ing of hogs hns been further Increased. Tho total' western packing is 735,000, com pared with- itS;000 tho preceding week and 025,000 last-year. Slnco November 1 the total Is 2.-385.O00, ngnlnst 1,930,000 n year ago. Prominent pinccs compare as ioiiuws j'.tn. Chicago , m.m ICunsns Cttj' 2H. I fix I 2:10,0' Hs.iro I41.fi0) lai.ou) 100 (J 0 72, U 0 no.fiO 41, Of :!.-i,fvi ns ri IXW.O OMAHA .- Ht, Louis .....-.'..-... St. Joseph Indianapolis Milwaukee Cincinnati , Ottumwn Codnr Itaplds Hloux City 8,t. Paul , 1!H.(m0 ll.VWH 17(-,,( ' 15S,0ii) S2.0W fi,nf) M,C 47,00(1 W.00H 115.000 MATINEE 2:30 TODAY TRAINMEN REMAIN AT WORK Switcimsn Mut Wa;a Tbeir Wr Vitboat Other Union's Hilp. FREIGHT TRAFFIC CONGESTED BY STRIKE .Some Mill Hnve CIiimmI IIimiii unit I iiIi-ih Settlement U I'.fTocleil Others Will llsie Hi I'nl low till' l!iiniile. ' PITTSBUHG, Nov. 27,-Thc railway train men derided officially and finally, at a dele gate meeting held In tho Avenue theater today, that (heyMuitild continue nt work, notwithstanding tho strike of tho Switch- , men's t'nlon of North .tmcrtrm This iiuaiii thnt the"' will tnU tH train itimlo 't by nonunion men And Hint the switchmen who nro members of tho Brotherhood ot Rnllwny Trainmen Mill not Join, the strike of tho other unldn. At a Into hour' tonight itesirs. Morrlssoy nnd Fitzgerald nro In secret confcreim with Robert Plttnlrn, gcnornl superintend ent of tho Pennsylvania Hues. What .lb-' subject of tho coiiferhico Is has tint been learned yet. The. strikers continue' enn--fldeiit of ultimately winning the su-lke nml sny the action iKkcit try tho Brotherlunnt of Hallway Trainmen will not materially affect tholr cause. They r-ay the. roads nr. to all Intents nnd purposes lied np unit thrft tonight even passenger trains nro , being blocked. ' Tho company ofltrlnls sny that what tlclny theft! may be. In passenger service Is caiiseil Ly tho unusual congested condition of the roads hero nnd Iscwhcrc. I'ri'lulil ! 'l icit t'i. The condltlonr, ns found todoy.prc about as follows: The Baltimore, .& Ohio made . little at tempt to move freight, locally, although several trnlns were made up In the Glen wood ynrds nml sent over the "plkn," Four crews worked until noon,. when two were laid off. Tho ynrdinaster says eight solid trnlns wcro niiulo up In tho yards today. The Allegheny Valley rond hns expe rienced little If any relief nnd business In tho ynrds is practically at n standstill. Only n few cars" filled with perlshnhte freight were moved. U'hc Crcscont mill at Forty-ninth street Is reported .partially closed down nnd tho Cnrneglo nt Twenty ninth and Thirty-third streets It ts fenred will have to suspend If tho Allegheny Val ley falls' to get supplies to It soon. Tho Pittsburg & Western hns fnred pretty -well today.- It landed In the yard nt Ben nett station fifteen men from Philadelphia anil three shifts were working. The offi cials now have hopes of breaking;, the strike. In a few dnys. jTh'ey havo given their old men until tomorrow' to return nud if they fall new men will be put to vo'rk nt once. A meeting attended by 300 switchmen una held tonight. It was nnnounccd that natwfthstnndtut; the action of tlio Brotherhood ot Trainmen today, prohibiting members of tho brother hood from Joining the strike, 100 men eli gible 1o both organizations declared thom- selvts In sympathy with the strike and will ing to go out. ABSOLUTE SECURITY. Genuine Carter's Little Liver Pills. Must Roar Signature f Am FaoSJalls Wrapper Blw. ry tall aaA M mf FOI NEAIACM. ril IIUINEtt. FOR IIUOUIIEtt. FOR TORPID LIVER'. fOR CONITIPATIOR. FOR IALL0W SKIM.. FOll THEC0MPLEIIM UXHM HUHMIIUIUnM. OURS aiOIC HCAPACnX Quicker Than Evir HUT SPRINGS ARKAN8A8 IN . . . IQ HOURS If) L From ST. LOUIS L B P. M. TO 8 A. M. IRON MOUNTAIN ROUTE PAMPHLETS FREE ON APPLIOATiON H. C. TOWNSEND, Can. Pass'r. & Tloket Agt.. ST. LOUIS, rvo. AM IIHK.M IJ.NTN. ORIIQHTON Telephone 1531, KXTKA TODAV-2:W. TIIANKBOIVINCS JfATINKH. MallnecH Sunday. Wednesday and Satur day, 2:l&; Kvonlngu, hl6. Hitiii-ciiASs v.i;ni:vii,u;. I'"Io Irwin & Walter Iluwloy, Carroll Johnson, .Mr. and Mm. Oanlner Crarie, Inn Alien. J-"' C'ourcy Urns,, Jones, (.Irani & Joii-s, Illalta, I'rli i N 10c, ll.li', r.lli:. Miaco'sTrocaderol TJOMCIMIONB THANKSGIVING MATINEE TODAY i'iii( i:k toe, yon nmi no THE DAINTY PAREE BURLESQUERS fil'CIALi KK.vrUKiiS Utie 7 fv um m l mm. i w