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TgE OMAHA DAILY BEEt THURSDAY, JAKTAKY 1), 1902.
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BRUSH SENDS CAUSTIC REPLY
VTUWrnt Iptliing'i Tin in tbi EpliWlio
' Warfari.
SAYS THEY ARE NOW ON THE f IRING LINE
Taunt ihc Vcternn President for
MisxInK Opportunities nnil Ac
cuses llltn of Attempting
Trust Komiutlon.
INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 8. John T. Drush
fcaa written a caustic reply to A. 0. Spald
ing's lotter, given out yesterday. Mr. Drush
charges Spalding with being tbo original
gumshoo man, and says:
You say you know of no .differ
ence thilt existed between us except tbo
dlffcrcnco of opinion as to tbo advisability
of tuinlnir tho National leuituo Into u
trust corporation. There certainly wns no
difference between us on that proposition,
for Frank lloblson and myself nipped tho
rust schomn In the bud early In July
fest when you and Mr. "Hart attempted to
promote one. Wo did not know what your
policy was to bo, hnd you been elected
president of tho league, because you mated
pttbllcly, If press reportH urn true, that you
would'not tell until after you wen; elected.
You ohhumq that wo wero Interested In
the formation of u trust, but you havo no
Jinowledcu on tho subject, becauso It wns
never discussed In any league meeting,
and you never received any Information
Whatever from Mr. Koblson or myself as
to wbnt our views were. Therefore you
.aro nn much In tho dark rcKurdliiK our
Ideas of what was necewmry to Bccuro
needed reforms In the National leuguo us
wo arc today regarding yours.
Hrverc; Taunt for Spultllnn.
Mr. IiruaU tollil of Mr. Spalding's alleged
richemo to treczo out Indianapolis and
Washington for Cincinnati and Brooklyn
and Us miscarriage. In regard to Mr.
Spalding's presidential days Mr. Brush then
ays:
You neonnleil thn nfllcn slxtv-slx hours
Why did not .you during that tlmo Justify
your election by doing Komcthlng that
would Have converted iloston, New York,
bt. I.ouls and Cincinnati to the necessity
of calling on you to savo tho Icaguo? It
wuh your golden opportunity, tho time
vim ripe, and while holding olllco for that
lengin or time, wuiic tno um National
league boat was menaced by a foe with
out and split-up Into tho factions from
within, you ndmlt that you did nothing
except nsk two umpires what they would
chargu next season to work for you.
I expected more of you than that. Don't
fmt mo down as being personal: 1 don't
n tend that, but your efforts havo re
in In ded mo very much of an Ohio river
steamboat which had a boiler eight feet
.long and a whistle twelve feat lung and
'lvery tlmo It whistled tho darn boat
Mopped. W'o'ro on tho firing lino, Dut
wuro's nothing personal, I nssuro you.
NITRATE WEAKENS AND QUITS
Lmntn I.niiK Riiouirh, However, to Stall
Oft W. a. GutcN nud
Azcliit.
NI5W OULRANS, Jan. 8,-Tho Jackson
handicap, at u mllu and n half nnd worth
H,SW) to tho winner, wns tho featuro of
today's card, l'rtlt Mnltrn was favorlto
In tho betting at 8 to 5. Nitrate, a Madden
Bnsi-oir, wns spicnminy nunmeu and
though driven to tho limit most of tho way
..ut...l Inn. nliimrli a t .. 1 1 nft W CI flul.ta
"and Azulin, who wero coming fast at tho
eiui. uno pace was too not rnr tno lavorite.
Who weakened In the final quarter nnd
Hroprfed out of It. Amugrl was well
fancied In tho second rnce, but Cochrnn
pulled tho mnro up at tho start. Tho
towards decided to suspend him for a
Week.
It was announced tbday that tho horses
racing here In tho name of Stove LlIom
(ncdlcu havo been soldvto E. Trotter, thu
plunger's lato trainer.
Tho stewjtrds havo decided that tho ban
of suspension pronounced ngalnst t. Smith
ihall continue throughout tho meeting. The
' ilmo In the fourth nnd sixth races con
ctltuto new records for tho track. Results:
First race, llvo furlongs! Frco Coinage
won, Llttlo Jnck Horner second, Imp, Al
tai I a third. Tlmo: 11.
Second race, six furlongs: O'llngcn .won,
Custlron second, Qulxla third. Time: 1:14.
Third rnco. Belling, ono mile: Kcome
won, Miss Sonk second, Add third. Ttm:
IMIV4.
Fourth race, Jackson handicap, ono mile
and ajialf: Nitrate won, W. 11. Gates sec
ond, Azolm third. Tlnw: 2:34.
Fifth race, one mllu nnd a sixteenth:
Johunlo McCarty won. Itcsada second,
Andes third. Time: 1:47V.
.Sixth race, selling, ono mllo nnd ilve
Mchths: Ailmetus won, Wnrrnnted soc
Ind, Meggs third. Tlmo: 2:48.
Will not shorten distance
Trotter AtMoclntlou .Acts on One Mile
Truck mill Other Important
Question.
NEW YORK. Jan. 8. A representative
tommlttee, composed of delegntes from
. hn .National Trottluir association. Amor
('an Trotting association and American
' trotting HeglSter association, completed a
v IjWo days' session this afternoon In this
' Tho meeting wns called for tho purposo
. st cpnsiucring cnanges in mo ruies gov
milntr trottlnc nnd to mnko recommenda
tions with that end In vlow to tho com
biltteo of rules nnd which will be consid
ered by tho supremo authorities two
months henco.
To tho lov of amateur trottlnK horse
men tho committee recommended thnt rcc
rds mado at matinee meetings shall not
to on record ugnlnst tho horses. Tho rule
. Kith regard to trials or speed, us ngreed
V linoii by the committee, follows:
"Huconimcudntlons cannot bo made of
Barn Incurred In trials of sueed whero
ifhcro Is no pool selling, bookmaklng or
. 41...- 1. lltn At. An, atn
rf JIUUIIU t'VlllUK lll 111(1 UlUitl, IIU
( money compoted for, no entrance chnrged
J ir collected from competing horses, no
I amission fvo to tho Knto or the Krand
I it a ml nnd no privileges of any. kind sold.
, Bifvh performances shall not bo 'considered
' hnlilln races and all rules of this' assocla-
lion Insofar ns they conlllet with this rule
Iro hereby repealed."
Another mutter which came beforo thn
eommltteo nnd Is said to havo received
favornhlo consideration was tbo shorten-
in of the "d stance" on one-m o tracks.
It Is understood tho plea for shortening
"ulsmnco on nnii-iuuo iraeKB was not
(ecommended,
LAPIDUS LEADS ALL THE WAY
Pent Winter Bornjeh hy Two IiCitKths
In Shell Mound Hun
il Iljii
' illenii
HAN FRANCISCO, Jnn. S.-Lapldus In
ibn shell Mound handlcan. nt one mile.
with 101 pounds, led all tho way and beat
Water Scratch by two lengths In tho fast
tlmo or liS'JVi.
Thn a.vplir.old raeo resulted In a com
nlcto upset. Thnddeun wan a pronounced
tavorllt. Ho was )lt,yeu rrom 6 to 6 to 7
in m. Ho had bail luck at tho start and
ntilrl not L'.it throMnh nt the -fiend of the
stretch. Orfeo, a 15 to 1 Vhot, had clear
ailing nnd beat htm tn a drive., Venecia
wns third.
Tho hurdle race was a cIopo contest.
Duko of York bent Finch, by n short nose.
Bam Oreen. who struck the last Jump and
cut his leg was, third.
Tho heavily played Sea Queen won tho
fourth raco from Mnresa nnd School for
Beandnl. Tho latter got uway poorly.
Results;
First race, live-eighths of a mile: Dr.
Beharff won, The Weaver second, Prestnno
ttilrd. Time: 1:01.
Second rare, mllo nnd one-quarter, hurdlo
handicap: Duko of York won, Flneh sec
ond, 8am Oreon third. Time: 2:18',i.
Third rnco. seven-sixteenths of a mllo:
Orfeo won, Thaddcus second, Venecia third,
Tlmo: 0M2H,
Fourth nice, three-quarters of n mile,
foiling: Sea Queen won, Mnresa second,
School for Senndal third. Time: 1:14.
Fifth race, ono mile, handicap: Lapldus
won. Water Scratch second, Magi third.
Tlmo: l:39Vt. '
Sixth r.ico, mllo nnd ono-clghth, selling:
Plomrd won, Urugg second, Artllla third.
Time: 1:54U.
Favorites Well In Front.
OIIAHI.KSTON. 8, C Jan. 8.-Throo fa-
vorltes and two second choices won nt tho
exposition race track tlds nftcrnoon. Re-
LltlillH!
l race, selling, lor i-yeur-oiuH nu
'Prlltw Vnlenn aAnn,.,l P.pinh,
Tfnie: 0:5S. '
no-ium turiongs: tannic Knox won,
King second, Oton Clny third. Timet
raco, selling, ono mile, over four
hurdles: llroadway won, Vlnco second,
Moron third. Ttrnp! 1;UU.
Fourth race, selling, six furlongs: Donna
Bella won, Incandescent second, Presgrave
tnini. Time: i:ivi.
Fifth rnce, selling, ono mile: Frank H.
won, Handcuff second, Domlnls third.
Time: 1M7H.
FITZ WANTS ANOTHER FIGHT
Aska Millionaire to II note Htm Against
Jeffrie for Twenty-Five
Thousand,
SAN FIIANCISCO; Jan. 8.-Adolph
Sprccklcs, son of the California sugar king,
has received a telegram from Fitzslmmona
which Intimates that the Cnrnlithmnn Is
ready for the ring again, and to light Jeff
ries If sultnble arrangements can bo made.
In the telegram Fltzslmmons nskdri tho
millionaire If ho would bnek him for J'J5,
000 ngnlnst tho present champion, the win
ner to take tho lighters' entire sharo of the
gate receipts.
Unk Clnli Defeats Kellers.
Tl. tfnttf.fa M'nrn Atnl.i 1.. t.n
rmm tost jiigni on uinrK a uowung auoys,
score:
OAK CLUIJ.
1st. 2d. 3d. Total
Plotts 170 143 IS..
Weaver ,...15S 157 164
Heft 145 174 1.15
Klerman 176 19S 13!)
Ilcnegelo 150 164 170
Totals '. Tt90 m Us
KELLKHS.
1st. 2d. 3d.
Conery 117 163 14.1
Molyncaux 193 125 158
Caldcr 117 147 13S
Lucas Ku 181 143
Keller 123 153 117
498
479
474
E13
484
2,148
Total.
459
476
432
495
423
Totals ,i.
781
735 2,291
HYMENEAL
Steirnrt-lCotintsc.
The marriage-of Miss Gertrude Kountzo,
daughter of Mr. Herman Kountze, and Mr.
John T. Stowart, jr., of Council Illuffs, was
solemnized at St. Matthias church at noon
yesterday: Whilo the wedding was entirely
unpretentious, few social affairs of the
winter havo been attended with such go
nernl interest.
Tho church was vory simply decorated
with palms and poyncetta. Tho bridal
party advanced from tho main entrance,
tho brldo with her father, and attended
only by Mrs. Charles T. Kountzc, as matron
of honor. Mr. Heme of Cincinnati nctcd as
best man to Mr. Stewart. The servlco was
most Impressive, tho full marriage service
of tho Episcopal church being used, He v.
Oeorgo Edward Walk of St. Paul's Episco
pal church of Council Illuffs, nnd llev,
Philip O. Davidson of St. Matthias church
officiating. Tho bride's gown was an ex
quisite creation of whlto chiffon and point
lace, completed by a long, full veil and a
shower of ltlcs of tho valley,
After tho servlco a wedding breakfast was
served at Forest Hill, where tho samo
decorative scheme used nt tho church was
employed. Tho 125 guests woro received on
tho second floor nnd later the entire party
seated for thn rnnrseii hreflkfast. served
In tho dlnlnu room nnd recontlon room bo-
low. Mr. nnd Mrs. Stowart left yesterday
nftcrnoon for a short trip through tho cast.
Tho nromlnenrn of both fnmlllr. nmoni?
the oldest ronrescntntlvo residents of
Omaha and Council Bluffs, togothor with
tho popularity of both young people, gives
tho woddlng interest among the Boclal
ovonts of tho winter, and will occasion
numerous post-nuptial affairs in their
honor upon their roturn in a few wooks.
WalnwrlKht-Koraker.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. Miss Julia For-
nkcr, youngest daughter of Sonntor and
airs. roraKer, was marricu ai nor parents-
residency hero today to Francis King
Wnlnwrlght of Philadelphia. .The ceremony
was performed by Uov. Dr. Mackay Smith
nnd was followed by a reception, at which
about 400 guests wero present. Tho Jewels
worn by the bride were gifts a crescent of
diamonds from her father and a dog collar
of pearls from tho groom. Senatorial,
diplomatic and social circles woro largely
represented In the guests attending tho
reception. Tho brldo received a number of
olegant gifts, which mado a, glittering col
lection.
MiiKiilre-Pnlmcr.
SHENANDOAH, In., Jan. 8. (Special
Telegram.) -The wedding of Ixnilsw Palmer,
daughter of A. Palmer, lumber merchant
to J. F. Magutre, director of the Western
Normal Conservatory of Muslo. took Dlace
at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The wedding
was private. A recoptlon was held from
4 to 7 o'clock, for which 400 Invitations had
been sent out. The couplo left tonight for
Now York, tho homo of the groom.
Enatlce-Hrown.
KEARNEY, Neb., Jan. 8. (Special Tele
gram.) C. E. Eustlcc, agent of tho Pacific
Express company, nnd Miss Mabel Brown
woro married this evening. Tho brldo Is a
daughter of M. A. Brown, editor of the Dally
Hub. They will make a wedding Journey
.. . .... , ,,,, .. ,'...
through the state and will llvo at Kearney
Dr. E. P. Chittenden performed the wedding
ceremony and only Immediate friends of the
family wero present.
Strom-Htereiison.
SHENANDOAH, la., Jan. 8. (Speclat
Telegram.) J. A, Strom, photographer, .and
Ellen Stovcnson, daughter of a Methodist
minister, were married today. The wed
ding was private.
McCrniv-Hlndnll.
n AT.TiMnrtR. Jnn. 8. John J. McOraw.
manager of the Baltimore base ball club,
and Miss M. Blancho Slndall of Baltimore
wcrovinnrrled this evening.
Fntnl Step from Trnln.
LITTLE FALLS. Minn., Jan. 8. Peter
Gravel of Portland, Ore., met with an ao
"l,lnt hern last nlcht which caused his
death this morning. As the 12 o'clock train
niiiii.il in ha stenncd from the movlnt!
train and was thrown to' the rement side-
WaiK. niriKlllb UI 111 tviih.ii icaunni
In concussion.
of tho brain. He was 57
years old.
Slurdnwe Mcenses.
Tho following marrlago licenses wero Is
sued yesterday:
offvAsRTr TekaS Neb
Daisy Thompson, Herman, Neb ,...20
Andrew Anderson. Omaha ',...,30
J Knto Jorgenson, Omulia 29
Jacob II. Ulvler, omalia w
jonnio u. jncouoerger, uiuiiiiu.
Hurrv C. Jacobson. Omaha 37
Kate l.oos, umnnn
John Phlllltis. Rattle Creek. la 57
Annlo Crosby, Omaha ., 56
Chris Rasmussen, Omaha ... 32
Helen Jncobson, umana w
Ivor Nelson. Crawford county. Iowa 43
Lena uroessei, umnna w
Charles E. Matteson. Blair. Neb 27
Corn Flanagan, Crnlg, Neb 28
Ferdinand Kopp, Omaha 23
Uertha Loosly, Omaha ; 19
Knibryo VAU froin IVksmsli,
On tho occasion of a visit to Tekamah
three or four weeks nm JudKo Lee 8.
Estollo 'procured tho applications of eight,
prominent business men of Tekamah nnd
Rurt county for membership in the Omaha
lariiro of Elks. Tliev weru all subsemientlv
elected nud havo notified Secretary Frutik
A. Furay that they will present themselves
to the 1 oil go tomorrow evening tor initiu-
tlon.
HiirKltir Alarm ut l.lbmry.
Shortly nfter 13 o'clock this morning the
burglnr alarm at tho public library
sounded. The patrol wagon full of officers
rushed to tho library bulldliiK. but could
tlnd no evidence of nn Intruder, Something
wrong with the wires is supposed to have
caused me uiarm. ,
I
For KoliblnK nn Iotu.
Will Coleman of Audubon, In., wns robbed
of $50 last night In a resort on Capitol
avenue. Alice Gordon and Nell Shannon
w'ere arrested arid Identified by Coleman
ua tho women wno secured mo money.
EMPEROR SECOND IN RANK
lit Mijutj Thliki WkiU thi Emprtu
Dwr loth
LATTER RETAINS HER OLI DOMINATION
Conduct Affair of Dynasty, Gener
ously Ilellevlnfr Iter Conipnnton
of tlic Ardor of Perform
ing State Uutie.
I'EKIN, Jan. 8. All evidences Indlcato
that tho emperor of China Is now more
completely under tbq domination of tho
dowager empress than ho was beforo tho
Chinese court went into exllo.
Several high officials wero granted audi
ences today, during which tho emperor
filled the role .of a figurehead. The em
press dowager sat on his majesty's loft
and conducted tho conversations, Accord
ing to tho accounts of two of tho officials
who wero received today, tho dowager em
press Ignored the emperor and tho latter
did not attempt to take any part In tho
affair. Theso officials said his majesty ap
peared melancholy and listless. Tho prin
cipal topic of conversation during tbeso
audiences was the presence In l'ekln of tho
foreign garrisons. Tho dowager empress
Bcemod Impressed with tho necessity of
a conciliatory policy.
Evldcnco accumulates pointing to tho
timidity of the dowager empress about com
ing back to Pcktn. Her first remark, upon
alighting at tho Machlapu station yester
day, was: "Whero aro tho foreign sol
diers?" Itetvnrils for Forelnners.
Vpon seeing a number of newspaper cor
respondents nt ' tho station, tho dowager
empress bowed to them obsequiously.
The dowager empress proposes to dec
orate, tho American nnd Jnpancso officers
who guarded tho Imperial palace during tho
court's absence. Sho nlso will confer dec
orations upon the officers nnd engineers
who hnd clmrgo of tho Imperial train dur
ing tho railroad Journey from Pao Tlijg Fu.
The dowager empress has signed nn edict
ordering tho decapitation of General Tung
Fuh Slang, tho notorious antl-forelgner.
A tartar general In Kan Su provlnco has
been ordered to carry out this scntonce.
DEATH IN DARKNESS
(Continued from First Pago.)
removed. Doth , clergymen were
severely
scalded by escaping steam.
Acting Battalion Chief Frlel found In tho
wreck a man who cave his namo as T. M
Murphy and tried "Ho move him. Murphy
sal(- hs 'eB waa ,lcl(1 fnst ftnd naked ch,cf
PrM to free It. Tho chief found that If
ho loosened tho timbers that would loosen
MUrpny s leg no was liaDie lo ici uown
more wrecKngo on mo Domes oi mo iwo
Klr1"- Ho told Murphy this and Murphy
"n'd "AH right. I'll wait, but please bo as
".uick ns you cira.
Unable to Save AVoinnu.
The chief mado Murphy as comfortablo ns
he could with a scat cushion and ho lay
there until the bodies of the Injured ones
beside Mm wero removed. Two policemen
nn,i chaDlaln Walklv reached Mrs. Howard
nd tho chaplain gave' her a stimulant.
Tno policemen wero cutting away the seat
whleh hold the woman down, when a nlpo
broke. - Tho scalding steam drove them back
nnd when the rescuers returned Mrs. How-
ard was dead.
injured persons in need of immediate at-
ntion wero alven tomDorary drcsslnc by
h0 ambulance and volunteer surgeons and
thon hoisted to tho street. Many Park ave
nue mansions wero thrown open to the suf
fering, but most of the Injured wore at
once taken to hospitals. Tho dead wero
carried to morgues and'pollco stations. An,
lmraenso crowd, heedless of the snow that
swirled through the streets, gathered about
tho tunnel entrance and shafts nnd watched
the rescuo work.
Cornelius Vandcrbllt was among thoso
who enmo to the tunnel, but the police
denied him admission,, desplto tho fact that
his family controls tho railway,
Responsibility for tno disaster Is unfixed,
but Superintendent Franklin said that so
far as he had been ablo to discover, John
Wlscho, engineer, of the Whlto Plains train,
is to blame. It is declared that when tho
South Norwalk train stopped a flagman ran
back Into the tunnel and besides placing a
torpedo (on tho track endeavored to Hag
the oncoming train. Tho tuunel was be
clouded with steam and smoke, while the
snow which fell through the air shafts
KnVllnnrmn rhrU
Engineer Wlscho and Ilreman Chris
Flynn were arrested. A signalman also
was detained for a time, but was released.
Superintendent FrankHn has issued a
statement as to tho accident, in which ho
declares that tho block signals at Fifty-
ninth street wero obeyed by the Now Ha
ven train, while tho engineer of the White
Plains train disregarded them.
Censures "the Eniclneer.
t
'The torpedo On tho track went off," said
the superintendent, "but ho did not stop,
oven though tho fireman called to'hlm to do
so. Tho system of block slgnalB Is such
that It is a physical Impossibility for a
sjgnalman to make his light declaro tho
track freo if another train is on the
block."
District Attorney Joromo visited tho
wreck nnd personally examined many wit
nesses. The Stnto Railway commission
nlso announced Us intention to mako an
investigation, and similar intent was ex
pressed by tho' officers of both tho New
-york Central & Hudson Rlvor railroad nnd
tho New York, Now Haven & Hartford
railroad,
'Residents of Now Rochelle contributed
the largest number to tho casualty list be
cause tho rear car of tho South Norwalk
local was reserved for then and was kept
locked unt tho aln renchea tmU ,,acc-
William Leys, one of the dead, was gen
eral manager of tho dry goods firm of B
Altman & Co. of this city and was prom
inent in commercial circles hore. A. M.,
. . . ..... ;
Union Bag and Paper company and was
equally well known. Perrln camo hero re
ccntly from Chlcno.
H, O, Diamond, who was killed, was as
ststnnt general managor of the American
uriugo cuuipuu?,
Oscar W. Sloyrowllz was an optician and
secretary of the New Rochelle Yacht club,
and E. F. Walton was a well known broker
of Now York. .
Stories ot Survivors.
A passenger on the Harlem train said:
"Our train was held at the Harlom end of
tbo tunnel for two minutes to allow the
New Haven train to pass us. Then we
proceeded. Suddenly there wab a terrlflo
Prngh and wo were hurled from our seats.
crash and wo were hurled from our scats,
Tho shock was followed by the roar ot
eicupiuK
wounded.
steam andr the cribs of the
"A score ot tho men passengers got out
of the windows nnd ran to the front of
our train. The confusion and noise were
awful. Our locomotive bad ploughed halt
way through the lost New Haven car.
saw several women taken out of tho first
wrecked car."
Eugene Herold of Rochelle Park, ono o
the passengers on the Danbury train, gave
this account of the accident:
.Wo wero fitting quietly. In tho next to
the last car nnd there were or ono or
two unoccupied seats. There wero llvo
cars.
There were several women In tn car and
also In tho Inst car. We had b n stalled
nt Fifty-seventh street for some :me. Sud
denly thcro came n tcrrlllo crush. Tno
lights In the car went out. Th- i-0 wns n.
roar of grinding steel nnd wr .1 and n
chorus of shrieks. I looked back and saw
the cur behind telescoping over tho rear of
our car nnd through that mlxuy plunged
a roaring locomotive.
1 wns thrown on my fnco by the Jolt nnd
I felt some blood splnsh over my forehead.
Stilling smoko and steam seemed o rlso
nil around, and, looking back, 1 could see
mangled persons crawling nbout through
flie mist. Then suddenly tho ear took Uro
whera tho locomotive wns.
Our own Idea wns to escnpo. I found n
friend of mine right In front of tno. Ho
cried: "Open tho windows, for Clod's snkol"
I turned to tho window nnd found tho
glnss had nil been shattered hv t)10 col
lision. Wo climbed out. I saw several
persons almost covered with blood crawling
out.
Police nnil Firemen Aid In Ursolic.
Tho rcsponso of tho police nod tiro de
partments to the call was prompt and
within nn Incredibly short tlmo nearly 300
firemen, ambulance surgeons and trainmen
wero In tho smoke nnd steam-filled tunnel
Working desperately to got the bodies of
tho dead and tho wounded passengers from
tho wrecked trains. Abovo tho Bcene of
death on pio driveway on both sides of tho
tunnel wero long rows of .ambulances, fire
engines and hook and ladder companies.
In many instances tho uninjured nnd
those whose Injuries were slight rendered
splendid hid, while others, bewlldpred by
tho shock nnd darkness, groped their way
along tho wnlts seeking an exit. Some of
tho passengers walked through tho tunnel
Into tho Grand Central station, whilo oth-
Bt raad0 tnetr wnv t0 ti10 stairways below
tho south end of tho tunnel
Th9 bodies of tho dead nnd ranny of the
wounded wero hoisted through tho open
ings In the root of tbo tunnel, placed la
tho waiting ambulances and rushed to tho
nearest hospitals. No nttcrapt was mnde
at Identification. Conflicting reports from
various Institutions, aided by duplications
from other places, caused the first account j
of the disaster to nlnco tho number of
killed and Injured nt an exaggerated figure.
Tho tunnel In which tho wreck occurred
extends from Fifty-fifth street, Just abovo
th Grand Central station, and Is nbout two
nllcs long. It Is under Park avenue nnd
thcro Is on air hole In each block. Com
plaints have been mado for a long tlmo
that Its ventilation was Insufficient and the
Now York Central hns been conslderlng
plnns for tho use of clectrlcnl power in tho
subway so as to do away with tho smoke
and steam from locomotives.
IuventiRiite Cnunu of DlNiistrr.
J. II. Franklin, manager of tho Harlom
division of tho New York Central railroad,
mado tho following statement:
Wo are Investigating thoroughly, but we
nro first tnklng'out tho Injured and having
them cared for. and until that Is done tho
investigation cannot proceed. ,
o rur ns can no lenrneu mo wrcun'-u
train wns slopped by tho block signal sys-
em, becnuso ot something wrong nneau.
don't know or have not yet found out
what wns tho matter ahead. A lineman
Jumped oft tbo truln, taking n, red lnntemi
mid a railroad torpedo. Ho put the tor
pedo on tho trnck nnd waved his lantern
to signal any irum umi iiukih i-uiuu
behind. Whether the engineer of the com
ing train saw the flagman, saw tho lantern
or heard the torpedo, If it went off. 1 don't
know, nnd the flagman says ho docs not
know. 1 cannot now tell who wns tho
flagman or engineer of tho train.
Tho railroad officials said tho wreck did
not tako fire.
Hear KnKlneer ltesiionslblc.
J. H. Franklin mado a verbal statement
this afternoon In which ho said: "Tho en
gineer of tho rear train, tho Whlto Plains
local, so far ns I have been ablo to learn.
wns responsible for the, accident. i
"Tho Norwalk local was duo In tho denot
at 8:15 and tho White Plains local nt 8:17.
Tho Norwalk local was stopped by tho
danger signal at Fifty-ninth street. Tho
flagman got out with lantern and torpedoes
and put tho torpedoes on tho rail. Tho en
gineer of tbo Incoming train failed to
recognlzo tho signal and mado no response,
and the collision was tho result."
Franklin said this Is tho third accident
In tho Now York Central tunnel. Tho first
took placo In November, 1882, when twenty
persons wero killed. Tho second occurred
February 0, lS9l, when six persons were
killed nnd many Injured.
Almost a riot was caused nt a pollco
station by tho arrest of a man accused bv
Coroner Schollcr .of attempting to rob tho
bodies of tbo dead us they lay in tho sta
tion house.
When the man was tnken beforo tho
sergeant tho friends nnd relatives of some
of tho dead made several attompts to got
nt him, shouting, "Ho ought to bo lynched."
Tho man gavo his name as John Malonev.
Coroner Schollor said bo saw Maloney going
through tho pockets of ono of tho dead per
sons' clothes.
"You ought to bo burned In oil," said th'o
sergeant to Malonoy. "You aro the meanest
criminal I ever saw. Tako him awny
quick." i
Maloney was taken to a cell followed bv
the threats of tho crowd. '
Trainmen In Tombs Prison.
NEW YORK, Jan. 8. Mr. Perrln,. whoso
wlfo died somo tlmo since, leaves tour chil
dren, tho eldest 10 years of ago. They aro at
New' Rochollo, still In Ignorance of their
loss,
Late In tho evening tho coroner ques
tioned tho trainmen, holding court at the
pollco station.
The Inquest wns hold behind closed doors
and ns a result of It Signalman Flynn was
released, while Fireman Fyler wns hold In
ball of $5,000 nnd Englncor Wlscho without
ball. Tbo railroad company furnished bend)
for Fyler nnd Wlscho was taken to tho
Tombs prison.
Prickly Ash Bitters cures tho kldnoys,
regulates the liver nnd purifies tho bowels.
iV valunblo system tonic.
(iCu fracouhascoudhinf
llPhertfsnothinMip
You can cough yourself right into bron
chitis, pneumonia, or consumption.
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral quickly cures new
coughs j old coughs, also, even the old, settled
coughs of bronchitis. Your doctor will tell
you more about this.
" I had a fearfully bad cough which made mo very sick." I began to tako
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. In a few hours the pain left my breast, and soon
the cough stopped." Joe Cruse, Little Kock, Ark.
AJUwtUU. J. C. AVER CO., Lowell, Mui,
GERMANS ARE PESSIMISTIC
Tk flfomy Viw f Fftno!l aid
Eoiiwalo SituatUi.
DIET AND THE REICHSTAG RECONVENE
Count Von IIiicIimt nnil Huron Von
Tltlcluinnn Address the Respective
Iloilles on Depressed
Conditions,
BERLIN, Jan. 8. Tho speech from tho
throne, read by tho Imperial chancellor,
Count Von Buolow, at tho opening ot the
Prussian Diet today, took a gloomy .view ot
tho economic situation. It pointed out that
tho revenue from tho Btato railroads In
1901 fell considerable short ot tho estimates
nnd that tho whole results ot tho Huanclal
year wero disappointing.
In the-budget for 1002 tho rovcuuo Is
estimated below that of tho current year,
but tho balance between tho revenue nnd
tho expenditure is to bo maintained with
out having recourse to a loan.
Tho speech nnnounccd 'plans for legisla
tion providing for the housing ot stnto
workmen uud of officials onrnlng small
salaries. Considerable credits aro de
manded for tho extension of tho stntp rail
roads snd tho promotion and construction
of light railroads.
A now cnunl bill, to complete tbo system
of waterways, will bo submitted.
Tho concluding portion of Emperor Wil
liam's speech pointed to tho necessity of
adopting measures against tho agitation In
tho Polish districts of eastern Prussia, de
clared that tho upholding ot tho political
and economic position of tho Gorman cle
ment thcro was necessary for tho self-
preservation of Prussia, nnd promised thnt
tho government would fulfill Its duty In
cultivating tho '"German national spirit in
that region, in combatting with firmness
nil tendencies hostile to tho stnto. In this
courso tho government counted on tho sup
port of tho Gcrmnn population ot east
Prussia, as well as on tho assistance of the
whole nation, which regarded any attempt
to dilvo out tho Gcrmnn Innguagu ns an at
tack on Its national honor and dignity.
Tho Reichstag reassembled today after
tho Christmas recess, with n rather slim
nttendauce, and tho discussion of tho esti
mates began. Tho statement of tho Huan
clal condition of the cmplro by Bar.on von
Thtcllmaun, secretary of otato for tho
treasury, was even moro pessimistic on tho
subject of the declining trade of Germany
than wero his earlier utterances In that
connection.
My former references, unld Baron Von
Thlellmaun, to thu deterioration of tbo
llnunclnl position, which wero regarded In
many quarters as pessimism, havo been
conllrmed. Affairs havo become even moro
unfavorable than we wero nblo tn foresee,
us owing to tho economic depression thn
receipts havo fallen off consldcrnbly nud
tho individual states of tho cmplro uro no
longer able to bear their matrlculnr con
tributions. Especially Is this so lu tho case
ot tho small Thurlnglan stutes.
MOVEMENT FOR FIRE ESCAPES
President Ilnrnnrd Culls Sncclnl Mect
lnK of llotird of Kducntlon
" for Today.
President Barnard of tho Board of Edu
cation has called a special meeting of tho
board at 1 o'clock Ibis nftcrnoon to con
sider tho equipment ot school houses with
flro escapes. Mr. Barnard was called be
fore tho grand Jury and asked why tho
board had failed to comply with tho Btato
law regarding flro escapes. Tho board ex
pects to equip several ot the buildings with
means of escape very soon, but Mr. Bar
nard Is not willing to.assumo tho responsi
bility ot allowing tho schools to remain in
their present condition nnd wishes to havo
tho members ot the board tako the matter
In chargo."
LOCAL BREVITIES. ,
Chris Rasmussen nnd Miss Helen Jacob
sen wero married Wednesday noon at the
residence of tho officiating minister, Rev.
Charles W. Savldge.
Mrs. A. M. Michael of 3240 Lalk, who was
soverely burned nuout the bony lust Fri
day night, Ih reported by Dr. Swanson, tho
attending physician, to be progressing rap
Idly toward recovery.
Judge Unrtlett Is nt Richmond, Vn., tak
ing depositions In tho case of Patterson
pgalnst Patterson.' It is reported ho in
tends bringing nn action for dnmnges In the
Virginia courts against tho elder Patterson.
Articles of Incorporation have been filed
by T. F. Lewis W. R. Wcener nnd Alex
ander Iluchunan for tho Northwestern
Trust company, capital stock $25,000. which
names Omaha as its principal placo of
business.
Tho following nersons wero successful In
tho recent examination held for candidates
desiring certificates to teach In tno grades
of -tho Omaha schools: Nina Klnkcnd,
Kdna Shlpmnn, Luln Morris, Omaha; Leah
C Lt'ger, Hentrico; Anna' Vnndercook,
Council Bluffs; Elizabeth Maxwell, South
Omaha.
After a llvo- hours' sleep in n saloon at
Ninth and Douglas streets yesterday after
noon Martin vlnfurtner, who lives "up
tho river,", nwnkened to find that somo
ono had driven oft with his white horso
nnd milk wagon. After somo deluy Murtln
reported tho theft to tho police, but de
sired no action taken until he could find
out If tho horso had gone homo.
Kid Davis of Ashlutid, Neb., was ar
rested lust night by Detectives Drummy,
Mitchell nnd Urndy on a warrant charging
him with grand larceny, sworn by llluncho
Do Clulrvillo, proprietress of threo per
forming dogs. On December 2i, It Is
charged, Davis went Into Mnloney'u
theater, whero tho mndnmo had formerly
had her dogs perforin, nnd seeing Trlxy,
qulotly picked jier up nnd left tho build
ing,' Tho dog Is vnlued nt $150 and, accord
ing to his mistress, can do moro tricks nnd
do them better than uny othur-dog In tho
country.
Old People
pain, but invigorates the whole system, and gives old
people a youthful feeling by loosening the joints, soften
ing the skin and soothing the nerves. It is particularly
recommended for Rheumatism, Gout, Lumbago, Crick
in the Back and Stitch in the Side. 50c. a bottle. 770
Too Fast for
The Burlington
The Bee by mistake liua (advertised for us:
"Only 0 hours to Los Angeles."
Every one knows the Burlington offers much
the quickest service to Los AngeleH, but EVEN
THE BURLINGTON ciumot cover tho distance in
six hours not yet.
GO hours, Oniiiha to Los Angeles, is what tho
Burlington and the Burlington nlont offers.
If you travol In n tourist sloepor, ns most
California travolors do, you will need t few
more hours but less money about JIM less.
Tourist excursions to Ivm Anuo'm,' 4:25 p.
m. Thursdays and Saturdays, ni.d 10:30 p.
m Saturdays.
TICKET OFFICE.
1502 ParnamSt. Tel. 250,
BURLINGTON STATION,
IOthnu-1 Mason Sts. Tcl,.12R
I
"The Choice of
The Herbert
clear Havana 10-cont cigar.
Herbert Junior
v
I
A. J. Sherret Cigar Company
1302 Fartmm Street .
Telephone 10G7. OMAHA, NEB.
A DRUG MAN
Told a customer of ours that wo had tho only trim cut-ruto drug atoro In
Omuhn. becnustj wo inndo a reduction on everything In our store, nnd (JU8
TOMKHS COUU) BUY Alb THUV WANTKU OV TUK AHXICI.KS WW
HOLD, instead of bolus limited to one or two urtlcles nt a tlrnu. Our cut
prices tire open to everybody on ill tluv 'can carry. Our uoods aro buiiRht
rlBht. Thoy uro fresh and by tho following prices you can judgo whether wo
cut prices or not:
2-ozs. absorbent cotton 10o25c Hromo Seltzer 15o
1-lb. nbsorbent cotton S5o I Wo Cuduliy lleef Itlxtrnct 'Ma
1 Dint lleef, Iron and Wine 3"o 1 W)c I.teblK Process 15o
$1.00 Duffy's Molt Whiskey 7Co
S Ei KOWELt-j PoLoiA?nIworth trottf.'
In the
PINES of
Southern
New
Jersey
TlicLwdiwj Hotel of Lukewood.
LAKEWOOD, In the heart of n bal
eamlo torest ot pines, Is now a
world-renowned winter resort for
health and pleasure, nnd Tho Lake
wood, Its principal nnd larcest hotel,
Is a superbly.equlpped hostelry, in lux
urious accommodation for tho comfort,
convenience nnd entortnlnment of Its
patrons not surpassed by nny hotel In
America. Tho culslno nnd servlco equal
thoso of thu celebrated reatnurunts of
Now York and l'nrls.
a, (i i.nkowood- are Installed tho
famous Uydrothernpeutlo (water cure)
liaths of 1'rof. Charcot of l'nrls, and
Prof. Krb of Heldelbori?. This resort
lias the most Improved nnd perfect
appaiutus for tho treatment nnd cur.w
of overwo&k, nervousness, Insomnia,
ond ullled . complaints, by means of
hydrotherapy. and electricity, of nny
hoM In the worlU. This department
Is under .tho euro of tl)o,'Houso Phy
siclun. JAS. H. BERRY, Managor.
Read The Bee
Lakewood
Hotel
Omeda
Oil
After men and women
are 50 years of age,
they begin to
'decline. Na
ture meant it
that way. If
they have not
abused their
health those
50 years, no
kind of medi
cine is needed.
But nearly
every one of;
us works too
hard, eats or drinks too
much, or abuses the body
some way. Then aches and
pains come. In all cases
of pain in Old Age, the
body should be thoroughly
rubbed with Omega Oil.
The Oil not only stops the
Connoisseurs"
Spencer
a choice 5-cent smoke.
A Model
Doctor's 'Office
Moat doctors find It convontont
to nave oveniQK or punuay onjco
bourn. Patienta can hardly fwalk M
- I ,,nl, tlmna 1
UU Biairo at nuwu. uwvni
, The Bee Boilding
has all night and Sunday elevator
lorvtcc. Water snd gas, us well
as electric light are tn each room,
The rooms aro all light and our
offices oro most attractive. .Ilents
are no higher than in Inferior
buildings.
R. C. Peters & Co.,
Rental Afency,
Around Floor, Bee Building.