Nebraska Newspapers

    DECLARE THEY WERE
SOLD INTO SLAVERY
Most Remarkable Account li
Given by German Immi
grants in Chicago.
DUPED BY A LABOR AGENT
Men and Women Together, They Say
Were Victimized and Sent Off to
Mississippi to Toil in Prac
tical Bondage.
Chicago, Jan. 8—Telling stories of be
Ing sold into slavery in the Mlssissipp
oyster country, twenty-five German
emigrants appeared at the central po
lice station today and demanded the ar
rest of Louis Krampe, 185 Clark street,
a labor agent. Krampe is accused of
obtaining money under false pretenses
and back of the charge lies an unusual
story ol' alleged duping of ignorant men
and women.
Herman Mueller, 6614 May street, who
led the party said to have been deceived
by Krampe, was the only person In the
clamoring crowd who could speak Eng
lish. The others, men and women, are
recent arrivals in the United States
from Germany.
Krampe was arrested shortly before
noon. With him at the time were sev
eral men and all were playing poker.
The police took all of them into cus
tody.
According to Mueller’s story, he and
• his countrymen answered an advertise
ment of Krampe and were led to agree
to go to Pensacola, Fla., to work in an
oyster canning factory. Men were to
be paid $2 a day and women 81-50,
Mueller says.
Refused to Do Work.
Mueller s party started southward
December 2S, in a special coach of the
Chicago and Eastern Illinois railway.
Two days later the party was set down
at what was believed to be Pensacola.
After the train had passed on the emi
grants learned they were In Bay St.
Louis, Miss.
Mueller told the detectives his party
was set at work shucking oysters at a
cent a pound. They protested, and
James Dunbar, the owner of the can
nery, told them he had paid $5 each for
them and he threatened to have them
locked up unless they went back to
work.
Mueler says: “I answered Dunbar
that we look to friends in Chicago for
protection.In case he attempted to force
us to work, and the next morning, in
stead of having to go to the factory,
the car we had gone south on was
drawn into Bay St. Louis and we were
told to get aboard and never come
back.
“We were brought back to Chicago.
“When we complained to Krampe he
returned to each of us $5 of the 810 we
had paid him. He said that Mr. Gregg,
labor agent of the St. Louis and San
Francisco system of railways, had
asked him to hire us and declared he
believed we would be given good places
to work down south. We hold him re
sponsible, however, and if tlfe railtvay
company is at fault he’ll have to show
't In court.” w
FROM CLIFF HOUSES.
Remarkable Relics Found in Coloradc
of Prehistoric Race, for the
World’s Fair.
Denver, Colo., Jan. 8.—Important
discoveries among trie ruins of the cliff
dwellers have just been made in Monte
zuma county by W. Maurice Tobin,
manager of the cliff dweller exhibit at
the St. Louis world’s fair, and W. S.
Miller of Pagosa Springs. Mr. Tobin
came to Denver on his way east with a
number of the relics Miller and him
self have unearthed.
One of the wonders of the collection is
a quantity of rope which was found in
a newly opened cliff house ruin near
Pagosa.
“This rope is of soap weed and the
weave is square. In other words, the
rope Itself is square instead of round,
as the rope now used,” said Mr. Tobin.
"It Is a real curiosity. In fact, the In
dians I have interviewed say they never
heard of a square rope being used
among any of their ancestors, while a
history of the Aztec races will not con
tain any mention of such an article.
"Mr. Miller and I climbed a cliff 300
feet high to cut the rocks away from
the entrance to a dwelling. We found
in there many stone implements, some
of them very rare and a pile of this
.square rope, which had been coiled up
probably 5,000 years ago. The rope on
the top was moldy and flimsy and when
we picked it up it fell apart In shreds.
Farther down we were able to get some
pieces that were in a good state of pre
servation.
“Attached to the end of the coil was
& small net, and the chances are that
the contrivance was used by the cliff
dwellers in hoisting wood from the re
gions below up to the tops of the cliffs.”
HELD UP STREET CAR.
Vlotorman and Conductor Are Both
Killed by Salt Lakq High*
' wayman.
Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 8.—Johi
Gleason, rnotorman on a Consolidated
Street Railway ear, was shot and in
stantly killed, and Thomas Brighton,
conductor, was fatally shot, at mid
night by a masked highwayman who
was attempting to rob them of their
money and valuables. The murderer
escaped without securing any booty.
THE BLAME IS PLACED
Electrical Worker Named H. Frazee
Dropped Candle Into Rubbish
in the State House.
Des Moines, la., Jan. 8.—H. Frazee,
an electrical worker, is found respon
sible for the fire at the state capitol.
Frazee dropped a lighted candle near
the locality where the blaze was dis
covered. He will not be prosecuted. i
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A Lawyer’s Charges.
Dubuque, la.. Jan. 7.—J. J. McCarthy,
former president of the state bar asso
ciation, created a sensation In district
court by declaring that at each term
he Is compelled to electioneer with the
Judges to get meritorious cases tried, j
A tilt with George Kiesel, opposing
counsel, followed. Judge O'Donnell 1
Tnally restored peace. 1
Will Meet in Boone.
Boene, la., Jan. 6 —The committee of th« i
lows State Music Teachers’ association
-decided to hold the next convention in
•Boone, June 21 to 24. ,
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WANTS WIRS EDDY’S uOB
Mrs. Stetson Ambitious to Succeed
Christian Science Leader.
New York, Jan. 11.—The big, hand
some marble building on Central Park
west and West Ninety-sixth streets,
the home of the First Church of Christ,
Scientist, is in a state of practical
siege, and may soon become the ob
ject of an attack in the courts. No
body is allowed to penetrate into the
halls of the church, except those whose
presence Is agreeable to the former
first reader, Mrs. Augusta E. Stetson,
whose efforts during sixteen years re
sulted in the erection of the splendid
edifice.
The reason for the edict Is the de
clared hostility that exists between two
factions in the church, one of which is
opposed to what it terms the autocratic
rule of Mrs. Stetson, although she Is
no. longer the nominal head. Miss
Laura Lyman Is the present first read
er, the title of the teacher or pastor of
the church. Recently she declared from
the rostrum: "I am here to do what
Mrs. Stetson tells me to do.” This an
nouncement hardly allayed the discon
tent in the congregation, and the ap
proach of the annual business meeting
of the trustees, it is expected, will bring
a culmination of the trouble. If, indeed,
the placing of the guard in the build
ing does not precipitate it. A mem
ber not in harmony with Mrs. Stetson
said today that a test case might be
made, and if admittance was refused
a member in good standing the affair
wVmld be taken to court.
Back of the dispute, it is claimed by
the minority, is the ambition of Mrs.
Stetson to succeed Elizabeth Baker
Eddy as head of the whole church. In
the first church in this city she makes
no secret of her rule. She controls a
powerful faction that could be brought
into play in a struggle for supremacy
power. Speaking of the sitaution, a
leading member of the minority said
today: "Mrs. Stetson has been, and is,
still, building up a powerful faction
in the church as her personal following.
How this will affect the church in the
event of Mrs. Eddys "passing” on with
out appointing her successor I cannot
say. If the selection is put to a vote
a factor in the election will be the for
mer students under Mrs. Stetson. No
member of the minority faction in our
church objects to the love and venera
tion that are due Mrs. Stetson for her
work. But if she should attempt to
use her following for any purpose not
entirely within the tenets of the church
or of Christianity there will be a strong
protest.”
PLOTTED EXPLOSION.
Damaging Testimony About Recent
Recent Fatal Mishap in a Mon
tana Copper Mine.
Helena, Mont., Jan. 11.—The most
damaging testimony yet given tending
to fix the responsibility for the ex
plosion in the Michael Davitt mine, by
which Samuel Olson and Fred Dive!
were killed, was given before the cor
oner’s jury.
Frank McGrath and other witnesses
testified that powder had been used ip
the Rarus mine for purposes other than
legitimate mining, and that orders hai^
been given by officers of that mine to
blast down the workings and to prevent
the inspectors, working under court or*
ders, from coming into the Rarus o«
allowing the Rarus men to get into th«
Amalgamated mines.
MUST “LABOR” LONGER
Half an Hour a Day to Be Added t<
Hours of All Government
Employes.
Washington, Jan. 11.—A unanimous
decision was reached by the cabinet to*
day that the hours of labor for govern
ment employes shall be from 9 a. m. un,
til 4:30 p. m., with a half hour for
lunch. The new regulations will go
into effect next Monday. Heretofore
departmental hours have been from 9
until 4, with a half hour for lunch. The
decision affects not only employes of
the executive departments, but alsq
those in departments throughout thq
country.
THE MARKETS.
Sioux City Live Stock.
Sioux City, Jan. 9.—Sioux City Stock
Yards.—Hogs—Butcher and heavy, $4.50®
J.70; light and mixed, $4.25@4.50.
CatLle—Fat cows and heifers, J2.OOCt3.GO;
stock cows and heifers, Jl.7503.00; Stock
ers and feeders, J2.50CP3.60; butcher steers,
S3.5005.00; yearlings and calves, $2.25(23.40.
Chicago.
Chicago, Jan. 9.—Hogs—Receipts, 23,000,
Market steady to easy. Good heavy, J4.8J
®5.00;llght, J4.5024.70; mixed and butcher,
f4.604f4.95; rough heavy, $4.6004.80.
Cattle—Receipts, 300. Market steady.
Sheep—Receipts, 2,000. Market steady.
Closing: Hogs—Bulk, J4.604p4.80; good
heavy, $4.804t5.00; light, $4.3504 65; mixed
and butchers, J4.604f4.90; rough heavy, $4.50
if 4.70. •
Cattle—Slow. Beeves, $3.6005.76; cows :
and heifers, $2.0004.40; Stockers and feed
ers. $2.2504.15.
Sheep—Slow at J3.004f4.25; lambs, $4.00®
>.00.
South Omaha.
South Omaha, Jan. 9.—Cattle—Market '
steady. Native steers, $3.25©5.25; cows
and heifers, $2.76®3.85; Stockers and feed
ers, $2.50®4.00; calves, $3.00®5.25.
Hogs—Heavy, $4.60©4.70; packers, $4.55©
1.60; light, $4.40®4.60; pigs, $3.75®4.30.
Sheep—Yearlings, $3.85©4.50; common and
Stockers, $2.25©3.55; lambs, $5.75.
Kansas City.
Kansas City, Jan. 9.—Cattle—Native
steers, $3.50®4.65;' southern steers, $2.50®
1.00; Stockers and feeders, $3.25®3.75;
calves, $2.50®6.60; western steers, $3.40©
1.00; cows $1.5062.90.
Hogs—Heavy, $4.50@4.75; packers, $4.40
g;4.60; pigs and light, $4.50®4.65.
Sheep—Muttons, $3.50©4.45; lambs, $4.75
#>5.65; range wethers, $3.76@4.40; ewes,
>2.306 3.55.
GRAIN MARKETS.
Grain and Provisions.
Chicago, Jan. 9.—Cash quotations were
is fololws;
Flour—Market strong.
Wheat—No. 3 spring, 76@85c; No. 2 red,
>71468814c.
Corn—No. 2, 44c; No. 2 yellow, 4514c.
Oats—No. 2. 36%©36?ic; No. 3 while, 3614
#3814c.
Rye—No. 2, 63c. j
Barley—Good feeding, 36@37c; fair to
ihoice malting, 436 68c.
Timothy Seed—Prime, $2.90.
Clover—Contract grade $11.25.
Provisions—Mess pork, $13.50®13.62!4;
ard, $6.80®6.85; short rib sides, $6.3714©
i.6214; short clear sides, $6.62!4©6.75.
Whisky—On basis of high wines, $1.27.
Butter—Market easier; creamery, 16©
:3c; dairy, 14®21c.
Eggs—Market firm, $25®28c.
Cheese—Market steady, ll)©10!4c.
Minneapolis.
Minneapolis, Jan. 9.—The closing cash
irlces on track were as follows:
Wheat—No. 1 northern, 8714c; to arrive,
714c; No. 2 northern, 8414c; to arrive,
414c.
Corn—No. 3 yellow, old 3914c; No. 4, old
814c.
Oats—No. 3 white, 3414c; No. 4 white, ,
414c; No. 3, 32634c.
Rye—No. 2, 62c.
Barley—Feed, 32@38c: malting, 38®54c.
Flax—No. 1 northern, $1.0114; to arrive.
1.01%; May, $1.03%.
JUDGE HARMON
GIVEN OVATION
Possible Candidate for Presi.
dent Addressed the Jack
son Club Banqueters.
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING
Ooes Not Forecast Futura Democrats
Policy, but Avows That Party Is
by No Means Menace to
Prosperity.
Cincinnati, O., Jan. 11—The feature of
the Jackson day banquet given by the
Duckworth club here was the address
of Judge Judson Harmon, attorney
general under the Cleveland adminis
tration, and prominently mentioned as
a candidate for the democratic nom
ination for the presidency. Judge Har
mon was given a reception in the club
rooms previous to the banquet and
was received with demonstrations
throughout the evening.
Among the other speakers of the
evening was M. E. Ingalls, president of
the Big Four railroad, and democratic
candidate for mayor of this city last
April; Braxton Campbell, Max B. May,
Clarence J. Neare, Max Goldsmith
and Judge Aaron McNeil. Two hun
dred plates were turned and the occa
sion was made one of especial interest
on account of Judge Harmon's pres
ence.
Harmon's Address.
Judge Harmon did not forecast any
future policy or new departure for his
party, but outlined the conditions un
der the republican administration of
Harrison that confronted the last dem
ocratic administration, and brought out
many interesting circumstances that
preceded the hard times ten years ago.
He said In part:
"Of late years the republican poli
ticians have set up the claim that it Is
their management of public affairs
which makes good times, and so they
must be kept in control if good time)
are to continue. This new humbug
worked nicely for awhile. But a yea*
ago, in spite of the success of the re
publicans in the congressional election,
some of the clouds and rainbows whielj
had been capitalized and put off oi
the people began to varysh. Bank*
failed here and there, trade combina
tions toppled, fear and distrust bega*
to stalk about. And not a democrat in
power anywhere to lay it on. And s*
matters have gone on ever since, until
Mr. Hanna, the chief apostle of party
made prosperity, has announced tha'
all this Is due to "natural causes.”
“A country which is governed througli
parties Is in a bad way when It hal
only one party which can be trusted
I believe the people are now turninl
once more to the democrats for relit
from extravagance, the unfairness am
the undependableness of the presen
administration; and the brag and pre.
tense still employed to mislead then;
should be punctured once for all by tlij
plain facts. All we ask Is to be judged
by those facts in the coming campaign
The Party and Prosperity.
It is false that entrusting the democrati*
party with power Is or ever was a men.
ace to the prosperity of the country. Th*
democratic Idea of what constitutes tru«
prosperity differs from that of some oj
its opponents. It Is an old fashioned Idea, t
of you choose to put it so, but it is found
ed on the precepts of the wise men oi
every age and nation and on the expert j
ence of all mankind. Democrats do nol
look to the government as the source oi
prosperity, but to the people themselves, '
who will. In fair and honest ways, work
out all the good that providence permit*
them If the government will leave then)
free from needless burdens and interfer.
ences. And every one of them will ge|
the share to which bis diligence and abll.
lty entitle him If he Is not held bad)
while others are thrust ahead of him b*
laws intended for that purpose.
Tt Is false, too, that there Is danger ol
1 . Uul disturbance in the process of re,
form In the tariff and other things to
which the democratic party is pledged.
Many of the wrongs to be righted are so
manifest that even the republicans con.
fess and promise to correct them-at soma
time which never comes. The history of
the democratic party shows that In mak
ing needful changes it can be depended
upon to proceed In a spirit of moderation
and fairness to all citizens who have
embarked their labor or capital In useful
enterprises. No matter how unjust thq
law under which such enterprises have
been undertaken, they are to be fairlj)
and considerately treated.
If the time Is at hand, as I think It Is,
when the people requli^ a change of ad
ministration, they are no longer to b«
prevented by false assertions and Imag
inary fears from committing It again to
our party. There are enough existing
evils and grounds of concern, which are
Been and felt by all fair minded men.
rtascailiy OT ruonc oervan*.».
The expenditures for the‘current year I
are outrunning the receipts, and this la j
likely to go on, because the party leaders
will not change the policy they are pur
suing.
Rascality has been discovered in the
public service, whose nature and extent)
would lead any prudent man, if found
in a department of his own business, to
have the other departments overhauled.
No man can tell when he goes to bed
at night what the government may ba
up to in the morning. And from day to
day the course becomes more flagrant of
the leaders who claim to have put their
trademark on all the public virtues and
who have inhaled entirely too long the
Insidious vapors of a sure thing.
OLNEY FOR PRESIDENT.
Ohio Democratic Leader Strongl) i
Urges His Nomination,
Cleveland, Jan. 11.—At the Jack
Bon day banquet here John H. Clarke,
the democratic nominee for United
States senator In the last Ohio cam
paign, spoke to the toast. "Democ- |
racy."
Regarding a presidential candidate
tor the democratic party, Mr. Clarke
Btrongly urged the nomination of Rich
ard Olney of Massachusetts as the man,
whom all democrats can support and
one who will'bring victory surer than
iny other nominee.
STRIKE EXTENDS.
Other Electrical Workers Go Out in
Sympathy with Street Car Men
at Bloomington. I
Bloomington, 111., Jan. 11.—The Elec- j
trlcal workers and light trimmers de- I
Dlared a strike today In sympathy* with
the street railway strikers. All the
force at the power house excepting the
engineers and flremeh, who are not or
ganized, left the service. The com
pany is filling the places of strikers as
rapidly as possible.
CHAFFEE HEADS ARMY.
His Nomination Is Sent to the Senate
by President.
Washington, Jan. 11.—The president
today sent to the senate the following
nominations of offlcers promoted In
the army:
To be Lieutenant General—Major
General Adna R. Chaffee, vice Young,
to be retired.
Te be Major Generals—Brigadier
General William A. Kobbe. vice Chaf
fee; Joseph P. Sanger, vice Kobbe; Al
fred E. Battes, vice Sanger; Wallace F.
Randolph, vice Battes; George L. Gel
lespie, vice Randolph; all except Gel
lespie to be retired.
Brigadier Generals—Colonels Alfred
Mordecal, Harry L. Haskell, Forrest
H. Hathaway, Asher C. Taylor, John
C. Butler, Frank M. Coxe, Jacob Kline,
William E. Dougherty, William S. Me
Caskey, Albert L. Mills; all except
Mills toberetlred.
To be Lieutenant Colonels—Charles J.
Allen, Theodore E. True; both to be
retired.
Staff Corps — Colonel Francis S.
Dodge, to be paymaster general; Col
onel Alexander MacKenzie, to be chief
of engineers; Colonel John P. Story, to
be chief of artillery.
Auditor for Postofflce Department—
Joseph J. McCardy, Minnesota.
Appraiser of Merchandise—Luman T.
Hoy, district of Chicago.
Congressional Proceedings.
The chaplain of the house today
prayed for comfort for the grief strick
en family of ex-President Cleveland.
The bill amending the act appropri
ating money for the eradication of the
foot and mouth disease among cattle,
so as to make available $25».»#0 to meet
the emergency caused by the Mexican
boll-weevil, was taken up for consider
ation. The bill passed.
When the senate met Scott of Vir
ginia offered a Joint resolution provid
ing for investigation of the Darien
canal route. He made a brief speech In
support of the proposition for a sea
level canal, stating that such a water
way would be only thirty miles in
length.
The Scott resolution was referred to
the committee on lnteroceanlc canals.
The resolution for a new investiga
tion of the postofHee department was
then taken up. Simmons of North
Carolina said It was clearly the pur
pose of republicans not to permit any
further Inquiry into the frauds and
scandals of the department. Simmons
made the point that the frauds exposed
by the Bristow Inquiry In nearly every
Instance form a civil liability, and that
the government funds which have been
wasted should be recovered In a court
of law.
Tillman said a number of years ago
he asked that rural free delivery boxes
be supplied to farmers at cost, and had
submitted a sample box which sold for
60 cents. This box, said he, was fur
nished later at $1.26 and $1.60 each. He
wanted to know whether any Investiga
tion of this case had been made. Sim
mons answered the BristoW report ex
posed many such cases.
WILL NOT BOMBARD.
American and English Commanders In
tervene and Save a Town in
San Domingo.
Washington, Jan. ll.^-The navy de
partment today received the following
from Commander Dillingham of the
cruiser Detroit, dated Puerto Plata,
Ban Domingo:
"Morales gunboats delivered an ulti
matum and threatened the bombard
ment of Puerto Plata after twenty-four
hours notice. With the concurrence of
Captain Robinson of the English cruis
er Pallas, 1 made such representations
to both sides that they have agreed the
one not to bombard, the other not to
fire on the gunboats. All fighting will ■
be confined to the land side of the town
In future and United States interests
ire secure.”
THERE WAS NO HOSE.
Iroquois Had Plenty of Water, but No
Way to Get It Put on a
Fire.
Chicago, Jan. 11.—Robert E. Murray,
itatlonary engineer at the Iroquois the
iter, testifying at the Inquest today,
leclared there was one standpipe on
;he stage, two in the basement and one
n the smoking room. There was no
lose attached to any of them, although
here was hose in the building on a
•eel. Nobody had ever been Instructed
low to use it.
The armories of the First, Second and
Seventh regiments, Illinois National
3uard, were today ordered closed, as
t was found they were not complying
vith the city ordinances.
pecpleIxcited.
Outcome of the City Election of Mem
phis Held Thursday Is Still in
Doubt.
Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 11.—Although
wenty-four hours have passed since
he polls were closed In the city elec
lons held yesterday the result Is still
n doubt. A legal contest of several of
he oltices Is practically assured, and
ate developments show that the elec
lon was signalized- by the most irregu
ar and riotous scenes connected with
my local political contest of recent
-ears.
In the Klnth ward the ballot box was
itolen, the ballots burned and two men
vere shot, one seriously, In a riot with
n the room where the ballots were be
ng counted. Gross Irregularities are
harged in the Fourth and Fifth wards,
md many minor shooting and cutting
crapes are reported from all parts of
he city. All manner of wild rumors
ire current, but the more conservative
ire Inclined to think that no further
’iolence need be anticipated.
FOR HARVEST HANDS.
Employment Bureau Will Again Con
sider It in the Spring.
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 11.—The labor
ommlssloners Who met at the Midland
lOtel and formed the Western Assocla
lon State Free Employment bureau
lave left for their homes. The bureau
gill probably hold a meeting -early in
he spring to arrange to put Into op
ratlon its plan for handling the har
est hand question In Missouri, Kansas,
lebraska, Iowa and the Dakotas.
TO ACT FOR PANAMA.
American Consuls in Europe Instructed
to Represent Interests of the
New Republic.
Paris, Jan. 11.—It is learned today
hat United States Consul Cowdy has
ecelved Instructions from Secretary
lay to represent Panama In all con
ular matters, and that the secretary
as notified other American consuls In
lurope to take like action.
TWENTY ARE KILLED
IN A COLLISION
Passenger and Freight Meet at
Full Speed Near Willard,
Kansas.
A LONG LIST OF VICTIMS
Besides Twenty Killed, a Score Re
ceived More or Less Serious In
juries, s Number of Them Fa
tal—Cause Doubtful.
(Copyright, 1904, by Topeka State Journal.)
Topeka, Kan., Jun. 8.—The Rock
Island Californla-Mexlco express which
left Chicago Monday night collided
with an eastboimd stock train early to
day two miles west of Willard, Kan.
Twenty persons were Instantly killed,
several fatally Injured, and a large
number slightly hurt.
Two coaches were demolished, both
locomotives destroyed, four carloads of
stock demolished, und dozens of ani
mals killed.
Roth trains were running at full
speed and came together with a ter
rific Impact.
The passenger train was composed
of a combination bagguge and mall
car, a regular baggage car, smokifr,
tourist sleeper and standard sleeper.
The smoker, which was occupied by
only two or three men, was overturned
and telescoped the car behind It, which
was crowded with passengers, many
standing In the aisles.
Most of those In the forward end
were Instantly killed. Thirty In the
rear succeeded In escaping. Those
killed were crushed to death in their
seats.
When rescue finally was possible the
only three living persons, a man, a
woman and a small girl, were taken
out. The rescuers were forced to chop
their way through the side of the car
to reach them.
Relief Train Sent.
A relief train with a dozen physi
cians aboard reached the scene of the
wreck as soon as possible and the doc
tors began their work of relieving the
Injured. All the dead and Injured were
taken to Topeka, where the latter were
placed In hospitals. Some of the bodies
taken from the wreckage were so bad
ly crushed as to be unrecognizable.
None of the trainmen seemed to
know who to blame for the wreck.
The Work of Rescue.
The three persons rescued from the
front end of the third car were moan
ing and begging to be taken out. One
man was hurt Internally. He was re
moved through the rear door within
five minutes after the collision, but died
almost, as soon as the rescuers could
lay him down. A woman died two
hours later while trying to tell the
physicians her name. A dozen men
had worked on the place where she
seemed to be before she was extricat
ed. »
Bonnie Martin, a girl of 11 years,
was pinned down between two cars, a
heavy stove resting on her foot. Her
cries attracted the rescuers, and men,
many of them bleeding from wounds
about the face and arms, worked hero
ically to get her out. It took two
hours of steady work to relieve her.
When she was taken out she addressed
the doctor who was bending over her
as “papa." The physician did not have
the heart to tell her she was an or
phan, her father and mother having
been killed. The child was suffering
with a broken ankle, where the stove
fell on her, and severe scalp contusions.
After daylight the work of removing
the bodies began. The engine of the
wrecking -train coupled on the two
cars, a sleeper and chair car, which
were uninjured and started back to '
Topeka with the victims.
Car Chopped to Pieces.
Fires were built along the track at i
short Intervals, and by the light of
these the rescuers, In their eagerness i
to remove the victims, chopped open- i
Ings In the wrecked coach until ex- i
hausted and then handed their axes to ,
others. The entire sides of the car ,
had been chopped away when the work ;
was completed. , <
So terrific was the force of the col- ■
lislon that the smoker left the trucks
In its backward rush, leaving the ,
trucks still upon the track. Not a ]
wheel In the entire train seemed to be ,
off the track.
In the sleeper was Dr. Bell, of
New York, a young physician who ,
walked with a crutch, as the re- ,
suit of some spinal trouble. He was ]
thrown down and slightly Injured, but ,
was the first man to emerge from the ,
sleeper, and Immediately began aiding
the Injured. He had a portion of the j
chair car and berths In the sleeper ]
cleared, and to them the victims were (
carried. The physician was without ,
Instruments or medicine, and the only ,
thing he could do was to bind up the ,
wounds with bandages, which he did by i
tearing up the sleeper sheets and pll- ,
lowcases, and giving the patients whls- .
ky to deaden the pain. !
A Primitive Operation, I
The doctor found a fireman with an 1
artery broken In his leg. He took it <
up with a penknife and tied It with
thread, probably preventing the fire
man from bleeding to death. He per
formed Innumerable acts of like nature
before the arrival of the Topeka phy- |
slclans.
None of the trainmen seemed to know
who was to blame for the wreck. The
El Paso train left Topeka about thlr- 1
ty minutes late, and the Injured con- '
ductor said he had the right of way 1
and that the cattle train had no ex- 1
cuse for being on the main line, and 1
should have waited for the passenger 1
at Maple Hill, six miles west of Willard. ’
The El Paso train did not stop at 1
Willard and was making up lost time. 1
At the point where the wreck occurred 1
there is a curve, and the engineers on I
the two trains barely had time to set i
the air brakes and jump before the <
crash came. The freight \*as an unus- I
ually heavy train. 1
Those on the passenger train had lit- i
tie warning. The loud hiss of the air
brakes was followed almost Instantly ]
by the blow and the crushing sound of (
telescoping cars.
Soon, amid the groans and shrieks of
the Injured, survivors began to crawl
out over the wrecked seats. Many of
those who escaped injury were stunned
and unable for the time to realize their .
situation. They stood around helpless- ’
ly, while others began using the tools
at hand, and then resorting to wooden
levers and pieces of scrap-iron to break
Into the death trap.
The Identified Dead.
Many of the dead had not been Iden
tified at It o’clock today. The list fol
lows:
C. A. WRIGHT, Kansas City.
JAMES GRIFFIN, Claremont, Mo.
W. S. MARTIN, DeKalb, 111.
WII.I.IAM WELLS. Jacksonville, 111.
GAIL FULLER, Blockton, la.
MRS. HENRY KAIZER and CHILD,
Germany.
FAY FULLER, girl 7 years old.
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E. E. METERS, Buffalo. N. Y. '
The relief train In hurrying to Tim
peka with the injured left the dead at)
the wreck, and they are being brought
here. Many are badly mutilated.
The Injured.
The injured:
G. W. Sherman, McFarland. Kan.
Blanche Martin, St. Joseph, Mo.
E. U. Totman. Harlan, la.
Molly Fuller, Blockton, la.
C. A. Pried, Everest, Kan.
Mrs. H. B. Hopske, Louisvill j, Ky.
Mrs. D. E. Fuller, Blockton, la.
Hattie Eillnger, Llndsborg, Kan.
Gail Fuller, Everest, Kan.
Dan H. Wadsworth, Armourdale,
Kan.
Clarence Fowler, Hanson, Ky.
Mrs. Alice Rosebo.
Mrs. M. A. Hill; serious.
H. A. Jones, Everest, Kan.
J. C. Nagle, conductor, Kansas City,
T. Allen, Porter, Topeka.
Frank Harville, Chilllcothe, Mo.
C. A. Wright, Kansas City: serious,
V. Frazier, Kansas City.
J. Veneman, conductor Pullman carj
Kansas City.
O. Swanson, Lane, Kan.
F. L. Beatty, Pennsylvania. .»
E. E. A^ams, brakeman, Everest,
Kan.
Mrs. Rose Bulb, Atchison county,
Kan.
Mrs. Bertha Sliubert, St. Claire, 111.
Ole Harvo, Lynne. I. T. , ?
According to officials of the Rock IsU
and here, S. J. Benjamin, engineer on
the passenger train, failed to regard|
his orders to meet the freight at WU-t
lard. It is believed Benjamin either,
forgot the orders or disregarded them.
He saved himself by jumping.
THE CARBARN CASES.
Trial of Three Bandits Charged with
Murder of F. W. Stewart
Is Begun.
Chicago, Jan, 8.—The trial of th*
car barn bandits, Marx, Niedermeyer
and Van Dine, began before Judge
Kerstens today. The speciiled case
called was the murder of Frank W.
Stewart, clerk In charge of money at !
the car bam office. Roeskt, one of the
bandits, Is not a defendant in this par
Lleular case. ■
The first step taken by the defense
was a motion seeking delay in behalf
of Vun Dine. An affidavit was pre
sented to the effect that an effort had
failed to secure the attendance at Dr. ;
Jomes C. Ross, who is in Colorado.
Van Dine was employed by Ross and
it Is said the physician will testify that
Van Dine Is Insane. The motion waa
overruled and the Judge directed th*
defendants to proceed to trial.
STRIKE IS ORDERED.
Stationary Engineers of the Union Or>
dered Out of All Non-Union
Chicago Hotels.
Chicago, Jan. 8.—The peace negotla
:lons between the stationary engineer*’
mlon and the Chicago Hotel Keeper*’
issoclatlon regarding wages and hour* i
,vere broken off today and a strike or
lered. Men were sent out by the union •
:o notify workers to quit all hotel* j
controlled by the union. The hotel j
teepers made the plea that there wer* <
i number of persons Injured in th*
[roquols fire In the hotels, and th* i
shutting of heating plants would work
rardshlp. The union, however, waa
irm In its demands. p
BLAME FOR FIRE.
Investigation Now Shows That a Work*
man Was Responsible for Cap
itol Blaze.
Dea Moines, la., Jan. 8.—The stata
ixecutlve council this evening com
peted Its Investigation into the causa
if the state house tire, and made a
statement to the effect that the fire
irlglnated in the duct at the commlt
ee room from the dropping of a candle }
ir negligence with a candle used by a
vorkman named Frazee. All other the
irles of the origin of the fire were
ihown to be faulty, and It was sim
nered down to this one man, who ad
nitted that he had been using a can
lie In the duc.t where the fire started.
Je Is an electrician employed by the
Chicago firm which placed the electrio
firing.
State Architect Liebbe, who yester
lay estimated the total damage by firs
lot to exceed $300,000, has recommend
id a half million appropriation to maka ;
he building fireproof.
The Joint conference of the capltol
lommlsslon and state executive board
ecommends the meeting of the legis
ature Monday and adjourning for two
veeks pending the location of tempo
ary quarters. This will be done.
A call was issued this evening by
lieutenant Governor Herriott and
iepreaentatlve Clarke, ' of the house,
or a general caucus of all the members
vho are In the city at the Grant club
ooms Thursday evening to consider
vhat shall be done regarding the meet,
ng of the house. It Is expected the
apitol commission will be ready to re- I
iort fully on the cost of temporary re
iairs and that the members will pledge
hemselves to some definite action to
le taken immediately by the executive I
ouncll and capltol commission.
NO CUBAN LOTTERY.
’alma Holds “Game” Is Lowering anii
Corrupting Device.
Havana, Jan. 8.—President Palma
ilgned his veto of the lottery bill,
vhich, as announced, he prepared last j
nonth In expectation of the passage of
lie bill. The president, in stating the
easons for his veto, holds that a lot
ery is a lowering and corrupting de- j
dee, and that the government would
le culpable In taking money of the peo-'
ile obtaled through such a scheme, no
natter what the end at which the lot
ery aimed. President Palma has been
.ssured that the bill cannot be repassed
iver his veto. At all events there will |
>e little time for any discussion over
he bill, as congress proposes to adjourn i
Ills week until March.
The object of the lottery bill was to
iay the veterans who had fought for
luba in the war against Spain.
A PLANKIrtTGN FIRE.
25,000 Loss Caused by Burning ot
Eight Business Houses Early
This iviorn.ny.
Sioux Falls, £>. L>., Jan. a.—Fire this
norning destroyed eight oueiuess
louses at Plunkington, including tue
treater part of their eon leu... The s
lames started In Williams ieoiuuiM.it
md spiead to the bui,dings to me i .*..41
ind leu. The .oseis are, T. C. oUji-an,
lardw.ire; Jones & Cheva.ier, o. .gs;
iewell, barber; Williams' restaurant;
drs. Howard, mhltnery; S. G. Klnneyo,
ibstrac-ts; F 1 nyi'.er drugs; O. P.
Culd, abstrat ■ -s will reach
ully $2n.in i (1 by incur
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