DEATH LIST HIGH
THIRTY-ONE KILLED IN A CALL
FORNIA WRECK.
MOST OF VICTIMS SHRINERS
Homeward Bound After Meeting' at
Lot Angeles Terrible Scene Pre
sented Mangled Bodies Were
8trewn Along Roadside.
A Sunlu Barbara, Cal., May 12 dlH
patch saya: While hurrying north
ward over the coast line of the- South
ern Pacific railroad, homeward bound,
after a week of fraternizing and llosta
In Ijoh AngelCH, 145 Shrlnors of Is
malla temple of Buffalo, N. Y., and
Rajah temple of Reading, Pa., with
tholr families and frlendH, wore hurled
Into the midst of death when tholr
apodal train, running fifty mllcH an
hour, u truck a defective HWltch at Hon
da, a lonely Btatlon on the Rand wanton
of tho Pacific beach, derailing the
(rain, smashing the coaches into
Hinders, killing thirty-one almost in
Htantly and Injuring more than a score
of others. The bodies of twenty-five
lie in tho morgues of Santa Barbara
and ten more are an San Lute Obispo.
Tho injured, ninny of whom are terri
bly hurt and will probably die, are In
two sanitariums an San Lute Obispo.
Following Is a revised list of the
dead and injured. The dead at Santa
Barbara, twenty-one, as follows: J.
Douglas Hippie, Reading; H. K. Olt
tloniau, Rending; A. L. Roth, Reading;
Gilbert Steffo, Reading; W. D. Wasson.
Buffalo; J. W. Cutlet, Blnghamton, N
Y.; Charles M. Lowing, Pullmnn con
ductor, Buffalo, N. Y.; C. W. Austin
Now York agent for McCann's Tour
ist company; John Lacey, nogro din
ing car waiter; J. W. Sweeney, nogro
dining car waiter; Mrs. William M. Ed
sick, Reading; Mrs. John W. Cutler
Blnghamton, N. Y.; Charles S. Henry,
Lobanon, Pa.; Mrs. Honry J. Wsher,
Clovoland; Miss Cora Young, Cleve
land; Mrs. Brumbnch, Reading, Pa.;
George N. Hagorman, Reading; Ben
jamin Stoltz, Reading; Harrison R.
Hendel, Reading; Oliver F. Kauffman,
Reading; Harry G. Miller, Roading. At
San Lute Obispo, ten: S. S. Snyder
and wife, Reading; Richard Esslck,
Reading; Thomas J. Prunlauch, Road
lug; Miss Stoltz, Roading; L. N. Ellon
bogen, Allontown, Pa.; Mrs. L. N. El
lonbogeu, Allontown, Pn.; Hownrd
Moyor, Hazleton, Pa.; Alonzo B. Rog
ers, St. Paul, Pullman conductor; un
identified woman, probably Mrs. Mary
C. Ivoa, Reading.
Injured at San Lute Obispo: S. A.
Blckford, brakeman of San Francisco
fatally injured; W. H. Boyd of Read
ing, badly injured; Martin L. Honry
Shamokin, Pa., Injured splno and se
verely scalded; H. L. Lee, Orwlgsburg,
Pa., face lascoratcd, both hips cut and
. fractured leg; J. Logan, Buffalo, N. Y.,
leg fractured and three ribs broken;
H. A. Hartzel, EaBton, Pa., severely
scalded and fractured leg; Charles Mc-
Klnnoy, Blnghamton, N. Y., back In
Jured; Mrs. McKlnnoy, aerovely
brulsod about the body; Mrs. Fred
Grummond, Blngamton, N. Y ankle
broken; A. W. Roppole, Bonnte Point,
N. Y., severely bruised about neck;
Englneor Champlaln, badly scalded;
-
Fireman Glenn Thompson, fa.co, arms
and internal injuries; Mrs. Hendel and
daughter, Helen, Reading, Pa., not
Horious; J. Galvln Hoffedltg, Reading,
Pa., left leg fractured, scalp wound.
i There waB no warning of the im
pending calamity. The special plunged
upon tho defective switch, and in an
lustant the big locomotivo, baggnge
car, dining and Pullman coupled with
it were hurled together in a huge heap
of wreckage. Tho engine Bhot for
ward on the broken track, tearing up
the vails and tics and twisting the
huge iron spans into fish-hooks. The
baggage car half burled itself In tho
satid on the right side of tho locomo
tlvo. It was smashed almost to kind
ling wood
The dining car, in which wore thirty
two people enting their noonday moal
leaped into the air and was thrown
directly on top of tho demolished lo
comotivo. Nearly every person in this
coach was instantly killed. Scores
wore scalded by Bteani escaping from
disconnected pipes in tho kitchen of
the diner.
The terror and turmoil of tho scone
was Indescribable. Many of those who
escaped instant death by the first im
pact weVe crushed by the rear coaches
hurled upon tho wreckage, others
pinioned in the debris, were roasted
alive. The wreckage caught fire from
the coals of the engine, but was ex
tlnguished in a few minutes by tho
passengers who oscapod
It was some time utter the wreck
had occurred before word of it reached
the outsldo world. As soon as one of
the uninjured trulnmen could make his
11 toSL8t,0"nl0
and to San Lute Obispo. Immediately
special trains were arranged for and a
corps of physicians and nurses, gath-
ored burredly together, were quickly
on the roaa to tne wrecic.
A BAD KANSAS CITY BLAZE.
In Pepper Building Two Ar Dead
Eight 8eriously Injured and Sev
eral Others Missing.
Kansas City, A disastrous firo
in which several persons were killed
and numerous others were injured
started Wednesday at 3 o'clock In tho
Pepper building, Ninth and Locust
HtreotB. Little Is known of how the
firo started, but In a few minutes tho
flames were leaping from floor to
floor consuming the imprisoned in
mates of the building who could not
roach tho lower floors because of tho
flames which were eating their way
up from below.
Many finding that they could not
reach the ground in safety, leaped
from upper floors to the hard pave
ment below, where thoy met almost
instant death,
Prof. George Demur, vocal teacher,
who Jumped from tho sixth floor, and
J. A. Farrell, vocal teacher, who
jumped from the third floor are both
dead, Prof. Denial being killed in
stantly. More than 400 persons wore in the
building when the alarm wns given
and it is believed by the firemen und
police that several persons, possibly
20 perished. Eight were seriously In
jured In their offorts to escape and
Borne of thorn may dlf.
PIERCE ARRESTED.
Was Arrested on Warrant Issued by
Gov. Folk Will Have Hearing in
Federal Court Saturday.
St. Louis. Through his attorney,
J. D. Johnson, II. Clay Pierce, chair
man of the board of the directors of
tho Waters-Pierce Oil company, sur
rendered himself Wednesday on tho
Indictment returned against him in
Texas, charging perjury In an affi
davit ho made to tho attorney gen
eral of the state of Texas, the purpose
of the affidavit being to reinstate the
Waters-Pierce Oil company in tho
state of Texas from which it hnd been
ousted from doing business on the
grounds that It was pnrt of tho Stan
dard Oil company. Mr. Pierce was
taken before Judge Adams of the
United Stutos circuit court on n writ
of habeas Corpus. The court set
Saturday as the time for trial on Its
merits of the proceedings to prevent
PlerCo being taken to Texas. Plerco
was released on bond In the sum of
$10,000.
May Be Capt. Macklin's Assailant.
Fort Sill, Okla. It is now be
lieved that evidence will bo given at
the Corporal Knowlea hearing to
prove that Captain Macklln was shot
by another member of the negro
troops discharged by President Roose
velt for complicity in the shooting
up of Brownsville. A letter written
by J. B. Androws, arrested in Tope-
ka, and held hero as a witnes, now in
possession of Sam Bnrtell, a detective,
Is said to reveal the real name of
Captain Macklin's assailant.
Harriman Buys Ralls.
Now York. One of the largest
individual orders for steel rails ever
placed with a single steel company
has been given, it was stated Friday
night, to the Tennessee Coal & Iron
company by the Harriman lines. The
contract ca Us for 150,000 tons of ralte,
I tunnauAnt Itir nlrtclA tr ft AAA AAA ft
representing close to $5,000,000. Of
thte order 110,000 tons arc for the
Union and Southern Pacific systems
and the balance for the Illinois Cen
tral. The contract calls for delivery
In 1908 at tno rate of 15,000 tons a
month. ,
Bad Insurance Year.
New York. The San Francis
co conflagration or April, l'jou,
swopt away not only every dollar of
profit previously made by tho insur
anco companies out of underwriting
since 1800, but cost them $79,708,174
besides, according to a statement
mado by President George W. Burhc-
ell of tho National Board of Under
writers In tho annual meeting of that
organization lrero Thursday.
Hearst Wins Again.
Albany, Now York. The court
of appeals Friday sustained the right
of Attorney General Jackson to at
tack In th,o namo of tho people, tho
title of George D. McClelan as mayor
of Now York City, In behalf of Wll
Ham R. Hearst. Tho Hearst case
has now won In all courts. Tho
court Is unanimous and no opinion is
given.
Wichita To Confess Judg.Y..?nt.
Topoka, Kansas. Frederick Stan
ley, city attorney of Wichita, came to
Topeka Thursday and conferred with
Q Tnnkunti nttnriinv f'onnriil iinrl
uer tho conference It was announced
lu oua,luI ukuwuh tviumu
-prevent uio cuy uccopuug mouuy
from jolntlsts would he sot tied out
of court.
CARRYING WATER TO
HAYWOOD TRIAL BEGINS
But Little Interest Was Shown in
the Case.
Jury Panel Was Exhausted and Court
Adjourned Until Monday Spe
cial Venire Ordered.
Boise, Idaho. William D. Hay
wood, first of the alleged partici
pants in the avenging conspiracy by
which it Is averred tho assassination
of Frank Steunenberg was plotted and
executed, was placed upon trial fori
his life Thursday. Counsel for state
and prisoner entered at once, in busl-noss-liko
way upon the examination
of prospective jurors and kept stead
ily at tho task for five hours. No juror
was finally accepted, but substantial
progress was made and tho indications
at the close of the session were that
a jury would be obtained by the end
of next week.
Tho case was halted shortly before
5 o'clock- by the exhanatian of the
jury panel and an adjournment was
taken until Monday morning. Mean
time the sheriff will summon a special
venire of 100 .men. The eleven men
under examination but not yet finally
accepted or rejected were locked up
and will bo closely guarded.
Government Crop Bulletin.
Washington, D. C. The official
crop report issued Frday at 12:30
p. m., by the department of agricul
ture covering the period up to May
1, 1907, was as follows: Winter
wheat, condition 82.0. Area remain
ing under cultivation 28,1:52,000. The
area of winter wheat remaining in cul
tivation on May 1, is 11.2 per cent
or about 3,533,000 ncres less than
the area reported as sown last fall,
and 5.0 per cont, or about 1,468,000
acres less than the area of winter
wheat reported as harvested last
year. Tho average condition or me
growing winter wheat crop on May 1,
namely 82.9 is compared in tho re
port with 89.9 and April 1, 1907, 90.9
on May 1, 1900, 92.5 on May 1, 1905,
and 85.5 the mean of the May aver
ages for the last ten years.
Stromboll Volcano Threatening.
Messina, Sicily. The eruption
nf Mmmt Hfrnmhnll wad morn vlO-
len(. Thur8(la and tUe apprehension
I " . i
is growing. The violence of the "pres
ent disturbance Is declared to be with
out precedent, even the oldest inhabi
tants of the Llperl islands not remem
bering such a threatening condition.
Almost all the peopVe of Strombolt
teland have made their escape.
Ashes from the volcano have destroy
ed everything on the teland. Th de
tonations are heard at all tho other Is
lands of the group with remarkable
distinctness and produce an effect of
terrible roaring. Fears are held that
tho entire island of Stromboll may be
engulfed.
Union Pacific Earnings.
New York. At the meeting of tho
board of directors of the Union Pa
cific company Thursday tho chair
man submitted a statement showing
tho estimated earnings over operating
expenses for the year ending June 30,
1907, to be $32,405,000. Deducting
from this the Interest on the funded
dobt, $8,o54,000, sinking fund require
ments $1,200,000; Interest on loans
$788,000 and other expenses $27,000,
would leave a surplus of approximate
ly $22,900,000.
Mexico Has Backed Down.
City of Mexico, Mex. Tho Guate
malan affair has been settled. Mexico
will not persist In her demand for the
oxtradltion of General Jose Lima and
of Colonel Onofro Bono, charged with
complicity in tho assassination of
General Barrillas. Diplomatic rela
tions will not bo severed. Senor Gam
boa, Mexican minister to Guatemala
will be sent to Salvador.
THE ELEPHANT.
A PRINCE TO SPAIN.
Queen Victoria is the Mother of a Son,
Direct Male Heir to Spanish
Throne.
Madrid. The direct male succes
sion to the throne of Spain was as
sured by the birth Friday of a son
to Queen Victoria. The news thrilled
the country, and Friday night the hap
py event was celebrated from Gibral
tar to the Pyrenees.
Queen Victoria and her son are
both doing well.
The hurried departure of Royal
messengers from the palace at 10
o'clock Friday morning to summon
courtiers and the members of the
diplomatic corps gave the first indi
cation that the birth was imminent.
The usual gathering outside the palace
was soon swelled to immense throngs
who watched the brilliantly uniform
ed personages drive up to the voyal
residence.
Tho crowd awaited in suspense- un
til nearly 1 o'clock when the thunder
of the first cannon shot signified that
the royal accouchement was over.
The reports were counted anxiously
until the fifteenth, and then a com
plete silence ensued. The seconds ap
peared as hours until the sixteenth
shot boomed and the continuation un
til 21 Informed the public that the
royal child was a son.
King Alfonso telegraphed the good
news to the pope, King Edward and
the heads of other states, and later the
congrautations began to come in.
Washington. President Roosevelt
Friday sent to King Alfonso XIII the
following message:
"I congratulate your majesty and
the Spanish nation on the birth of an
heir to the throne of Spain."
DRUG TRUST ENJOINED
Government Wins Complete Victory
in Its Efforts to Break up
the Combination.
Indianapolis, Ind. The so-called
"drug trust" was perpetually enjoined
Thursday from continuing its opera
tions by the entering of a decree in
the United States circuit court for the
district of Indiana on the complaint of
the United States government, filed
by Joseph B. Kealing, United States
district attorney.
The defendants, 92 in number, who
are the members, officers, directors,
agents and attorneys of the National
Association of Retail Druggists, the
National Wholesale Druggists' associa
tion Trl partite proprietors, "blacl
list manufacturers," Direct Contract
Proprietors" and Charles C. Bombaugh
are perpetually enjoined from com
blnlng and conspiring to restrain trade
in drugs, fix prices by agreement
black list retailers who cut prices, or
to refuse to sell to any retailer on
equal terms. All publication of black
lists Is forbidden and all contracts
and agreements covered by the
charges are declared void.
Tho direct contract serial number
plan is prohibited as well as tho se
curing of the adoption of schedules for
tho nale of drugs.
A Quick Trip.
ropoka, Kansas. The United
Commercial Travelers special on tho
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific rail
road Friday .made tho run from Hutch
inson Kansas to Topeka. 170 miles In
three hours and 30 minutes, Including
14 minutes for crossings. This breaks
the record by 20 minutes for tho fast
est running time ever mado In Kansas
for the same distance. The train car-
vied six cars and over 100 passengers
Sportsmen to Lawton Next.
Norfolk, Va. The League of Aniorl
can Sportsmen decided Tuesday to
hold its next convention In Lawton
Okla. St. louis and Los Angeles
mado a hard fight to got tho conven
tlon, but Lawton won by a vote of 47
to 19.
RIOTS IN SAN FRANCISCO
Efforts to Run Street Cars Resulted
in Serious Clash.
Several Persons Were Shot by Strike
Breakers Governor Says He
Will Call Out Troops.
San Francisco, Calif. The striko
of ,tbe 1,700 union motownon and con
ductors of the United Railroads de
veloped Tuesday afternoon into a riot
in which more than a score of per
sons were severely hurt, some were
fatally wounded and others hurt to
a lesser extent.
At 2:30 o'clock the company made
its first attempt to resume the opera
tion of its system by sending out sev
en passenger cars .manned by bo
tween 30 and 40 strike-breakers wear-
ng the uniforms of car inspectors
and each carrying a 38-callber revol
ver strapped around his waist outside
of his coat. The start was made from
tho company's barns at Turk and Fill
moro streets, whero a crowd of from
3,000 to 5,000 men and boys had gath
ered. A guf 1 1 on tho rear platform an
swered the flying stones with a pis
tol shot. The bullet struck on0 of
the union sympathizers in the arm.
This transformed the crowds into
a wild mob and thenceforward for
twelve blocks there was fierce fight-
ng. The strikers and tholr friends,
aided by hundreds of youthful hood-
ums, kept up a running shower of
missiles. The guards on board tho
cars responded with fusllade after fu-
sllado of pistol shots.
Eight men received bullet wounds,
some of which will prove fatal. Among
those thus Injured are a detective ser
geant -and a patrolman.
Gov. GHlett announced Tuesday
night that If the riots continued ho
would call out the militia.
He Was Over Confident.
Des Mdines Iowa. "I am Cb.
but sound as a dollar and good for at
least 85." With the sound of his own
voice still lingering on his lips, James
Hadfield, a pioneer of Polk county,
testifying Thursday as a witness in
a civil action, gave a sudden gasp,
slipped forward in the chair and
dropped to the floor dead. Heart
disease was the cause of his death.
Apparently Hadfield was in the best
of health. He was in the act of
answering the usual question as to
age put to a witness when ho Jocularly
boasted of the future. The death
created a scene in the court room.
Busch Company Quits Kansas.
Topeka. The Anheuser-Busch
Brewing Association Tuesday after
noon filed Its answer in the supreme
court confessing judgement In oito-
ter, offering to withdraw from the
state and pay all the costs In the ac
tion. The company asks that no re
ceiver be apjialnted, and that the in
junction standing against the com
pany be modified to permit It to with
draw all Its property from the state.
The company denies that it has vio
lated the Injunction up to the present
time.
Saloon Keepero Excited.
Leavenworth, Kansas. Attorney
General Fred. S. Jackson and
County Attorney Schenck of Shawnee
county were here Wednesdayto take
depositions in the ouster suit against
the Anheuser-Busch Brewing com
pany. Their visit' created excitement
among the saloon men and all saloons
were tightly closed. Mr. Schenck
said the saloons In Leavenworth
would be obliged to close. He said
the attorney general would make a
special effort to enforce the law here.
No Compromise With Foraker.
Cleveland, Ohio. The Plain Deal
er Friday says: "Secretary of
War Willam H. Taft will not accept
tho presidential endorsement from
the republican leaders of Ohio if it is
coupled with an indorsement of Jo
seph B. Foraker for another term In
the United States senate. The sec
retary stands by his original declara
tion that the contest in Ohio had
so shaped itself that Senator For
aker must be eliminated not only as
a presidential but a senatorial figure."
Princeton Will Get $1,200,000.
Princeton-, N. J. John Grlor Hlb
ben In a communication from tho
Princeton Alumni committee of 50
announces the gift of $1,200,000 to
Princeton University. The money
wns donated by a private family,
whose namo is not made public.
Nebraska Man Gets a Prize.
Princeton, N. J., Among the prize
winners announcd at the Princeton
Theological, seminary commoncemont
Tuesday is K. P. McDonald, of Lin
coln, Neb., who was awarded the sec
ond Maltland prize of $50.
