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.
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St. Joseph
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Cincinnati ,
Ottumwn
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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.
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