ONE IS INJURED IN
FIRST RIOTING AS
RESULT OF STRIKE
Suspension of Work By 180,
000 Men Can Be Avoided
Only By a Compro
' > mise.
London, March 18.—The first disordei
®f the British coal strike occurred to
day at Lanarkshire, Scotland, where
one policeman was seriously injured in
a conflict between officers and striking
• union miners. The trouble was pre
ceded by a raid on the homes of 200
non-union miners, who had left to re
turn to work in the mines.
The critical moment has now arrived,
the authorities believe, and extra pre
cautions are being taken to check out
breaks. Hundreds of thousands of men
‘and women will be added, within a few
days, to the 2,000,000 persons Idle
.throughout Great Britain as a result of
•the strike. Ten thousand skilled me
chanics were thrown out of employ
ment today by the closing down of the
Great Western railroad construction
works at Swinton, forced by the coal
shortage, and the London & North
western railway gave notice It would
curtail its service Monday.
The failure of the conferences be
tween the strikers and the mine own
ers to reach a settlement of the strike
brought the country today to the reali
sation of the serious position of other
Industries beside the one directly af
fected.
Some Factories Running.
In many places manufacturers have
only kept their work going by extraor
dinary efforts. They will now no long
er be able to do this.
At Sheffield many of the works have
only continued in operation during the
-past week by most careful hoarding of
•coal, but, even with this thriftlness
'over 25,000 men in that city have been
(discharged, and on Monday it is feared
that practically every factory in the
town will be closed.
Not only has the passenger service
on the railroads been cut down, but the
freight trains have been reduced to
such an extent that it is impossible al
most to ship any goods at all.
A few small collieries are still work
ing, and wagons from the neighboring
towns form long lines over night await
ing the doling out of the scanty supply.
COMPROMISE IS ONLY WAY TO
PREVENT STRIKE IN AMERICA
New York, March 16.—A suspension
of work of 180,000 miners in the an
thracite coal region on April 1 can only
!be prevented by compromise, but nei
ther the coal operators nor the miners
gave the slightest indication today ol
yielding from their positions.
The miners have declined to modify
their demands for a 20 per cent in
crease in wages, an eight hour work
day, recognition of the union and other
conditions, and the operators made no
counter proposal that might pave the
way for a compromise.
Should neither side retreat from its
present position, the mine workers in
the hard coal region on the expiration
of the present working agreement on
March 31, will lay down their tools and
suspend work until an agreement is
reached. It is within the power of the
policy committee at their meeting on
March 25 in Cleveland, to call a strike
In botli the hard and soft coal regions,
should the bituminous men and theii
employers fail to reach an agreement
at the conference In Cleveland next
Wednesday. _ _
DEPARTMENT PROBE
NOT YETAT AN END
Resignation of Wiley Will Not
Close Investigation of
Interior Affairs.
Washington, March 18.—Many reports
are printed in eastern papers today
following on the Dr. Wiley resignation,
that Secretary Wilson will be forced
out of the department. It was learned
today thrt Colliers' Weekly is planning
war on Secretary Wilson and that it
will present a series of articles attack
ing his conduct of the department of
■agriculture.
Friends of Secretary Wilson Insist
he will not be forced out because the
^president needs his services politically.
Chairman Moss announced his com
mittee had not closed Its Inquiry and
that further investigation was probable
of the friction that Dr. Wiley declared
forced him to retire.
Dr. Wiley in a statement Issued late
last night thanked Mr. Wilson for the
“personal kindness and regard shown
him,” and likewise expressed his grate
fulness to President Taft for exonerat
ing him last summer in connection with
alleged irregularities In employing Dr.
!H. H. Rusby, of New York. Dr. Wiley
remarks, however, that though he has
continued In his position after that in
cident, he naturally expected that
“those who had made false charges"
Would be dismissed.
"One by one,” said Dr. Wiley, “I
found that the activities pertaining to
the bureau of chemistry were restricted
and various forms of manipulation of
food products were withdrawn from Us
consideration and referred either to
other bodies not contemplated by the
law or directly relieved from further
Control.
Bureau Handicapped.
“The official toleration and valida
tion of such practices have restricted
the activities of the bureau of chem
istry to a very narrow field, as a re
sult of which I have been instructed to
refrain from stating in public my opin
ion regarding the effects of these sub
stances upon health. This restriction
has Interfered with my academic free
.dom of speech on matters relating di
rectly to the public welfare.”
Until his successor Is chosen Dr. R.
E. Doolittle will act as chief of the bu
reau of chemistry.
SENTRIES KILL TWO.
Muelheim - Am - Rhein, Germany,
March 16.—Sentries at the fortifications
here today shot and killed two men at
tempting to break into one of the forts.
SEATTLE WATCHING RATS.
Seattle, March 18.—If Seattle citizens
fail to see brilliantly colored rats
scampering about the streets It will not
be because the rats are not there.
Health department officials liberated
In different parts of the city today 2[
dyed rodents for the purposes of idofi
tification. Each rat has a price of $’
ton Its head, whether captured dead ot
alive.
The purpose of the health depart
ment is to trace the drift of the rodenl
population as It migrates from one sec.
tlon of the city to another
M’ollMBER ATTACKS
DOLLAR A DAY BILL
Pension Legislation Discussed
in Senate — Kenyon Has
Unique Idea.
Washington, D, C„ March IS.—Pen
sion legislation was before the Senate
yesterday and brought forth various
suggestions for government economy
that might be effected to give the war
veterans more liberal allowances.
Senator McCumber criticised the
Sherwood dollar a day bill of the House,
contending that it was based on erro
neous reports an* would add JSG.500,000
to the expenditures, which the Smoot
measure of the Senate would add only
$38,000,000 a year. Senator Pomerene,
of Ohio, attacked the Sherwood meas
ure and argued that the Smoot bill
would grant every dollar the govern
ment could afford to pay.
Senator Kenyon, of Iowa, suggested
the money for pension increases might
be raised throrgh his bill to reduce
the mileage allowances of senators and
representatives and abolish the Senate
barber shop and baths.
—♦—
SUGAR BILL BY HOUSE.
Washington, D. C.,. March 18.—The
democratic free sugar bill passed the
House yesterday. 198 to 101. Its pas
sage was helped by 24 republican votes,
although this was offset by the uciSG
tion of seven democratic votes against
the bill by members from Louisiana and
Colorado. At the last moment Repre
sentative Martin, one of the Colorado
members, blocked an attempt +o fix
plans for a consideration of the excise
tax bill, which, through taxation of in
comes, Is expected to make up the
revenue lost by the free sugar measure.
HARVESTER TRUST CASE.
Washington, D. C.. March 18.—A
resolution calling on Attorney General
Wickersham to supply the Senate with
all the correspondence relating to the
proposed reorganization of the Interna
tional Harvester company was intro
duced yesterday by Senator Lea of
Tennessee, but immediate consideration
was blocked by objection from Senator
Gallinger. An anti-trust suit against
the company has been prepared and ne
gotiations for a friendly settlement are
now on.
AMEND PANAMA CANAL BILL.
Washington, D. C„ March 18.—An
amendment to the Panama canal gov
ernment bill, which would bar from the
canal all railroad owned ships engaged
In coastwise trade, was agreed upon
yesterday by the House committee on
Interstate and foreign commerce.
The committee previously had an
nounced an agreement on the bill which
would prohibit only such railroad owned
vessels using the canal as could be
proved to be operating In restraint of
trade or stifling competition.
NEW TEA BOARD REPORTS.
Washington, D. C.. March 18.—The
new tea board yesterday reported to
Secretary MacVeagh that It established
standard samples to govern the Impor
tation of tea. These are designed to
keep out of the country all artificially
colored or faced tea. Chairman Perry
and George M. Mitchell, of the tea
board, personally explained the board’s
conclusions to treasury officials.
SUGAR CASE CONTINUES.
New York, March 18.—Evidence that
Adolph Segal built his Pennsylvania
sugar refining plant for no other pur
post than to sell it at a profit to the
’’sugar trust" and never intended to
operate It, was promised yesterday by
De Lancy Nicoli, counsel for directors
and officials of the American Sugar
Refining company, who are on trial for
alleged violation of the criminal clause
of the Sherman anti-trust law.
SHIPPERS LODGE COMPLAINT.
Washington, D. C., March 18.—West
ern grain shippers joined New York
commission merchants yesterday in
urging the Senate Interstate Commerce
commission to recommend legislation
to make railroads liable for bills of lad
ing whether ar"-nts who issue the bills
receive the cvodi or not. The shippers
claimed because railroads were not now
responsible in such Instances bankers
were hesitating to deal In the bills.
OPPOSES BRISTOW BILL.
Washington, D. C., March 18.—Oppo
sition to the Bristow bill to prohibit
railroads from having any Interest in
steamship companies was shown yes
terday to the Senate interstate com
merce committee by R. P. Schwerin,
vice president of the Pacific Mall
Steamship company. He said It would
be a blow to his company to require
the Southern Pacific railroad to with
draw Its support of the steamship com
pany. _ _
GH, LISTEN! A REAL
HOMEMADE LEMON FIE
JEvery Speck of Thick, Juicy
Pastry Raised On Farm
Near Marine, 111.
Marine. 111., March 18.—The family
of John Brandes had pie for dinner to
day—lemon pie, thick. Juicy, conducive
of fond memories.
It was not an ordinary chef d'oeuvre.
It truly was homemade.
The flour was grown and ground In
Marine township.
The shortening was the whitest of
fering of a prize porker.
A Marine hen (not a sea chicken) did
her part toward the fluffy meringue.
The lemon? The pure food inspectors
didn't stamp this extract.
It came from a tree that Is the pride
of the Brandes home. By care that
would make a race horse envious the
family has kept the tree producing
since 1897.
Americans’are warned.
Washington, March 18.—American
Consul Miller, at Tampico. Mexico, in'1
formed the state department today
that lie had received an anonymous
letter warning all Americans to lcavx
that vicinity before 4 o’clock this aft
ernoon.
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■ 4 6eattle at 7 a. m. ootlided with a 4
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PARIS POLICE FORCE
STARTS WORLDSEARCH
Three Children of Prominent
Family, Missing 12 Years,
May Be in America.
Paris, March J8.—Undismayed by a
failure extending over 12 years, the
French detective police have again
started a world wide search for the
three children of Madame Sourdlllon,
who disappeared in 1899 and who are
believed to be now living in the United
States. The case is so appealing and
pathetic In its nature that the police
have asked the newspapers of America
to assist in finding some trace of the
missing children, the oldest of whom, if
living, is now a young woman of 18
years.
Madame Sourdlllon has spent her life
and her fortune in an endeavor to find
her children. She is the daughter of
Charles de la Salle, a surgeon of the
French navy, who for distinguished and
gallant services was presented with a
sword by the city of Brest. Mademoi
selle de la Salle married 19 years ago
Caesar Louis Sourdlllon, who was then
a Parisian Journalist. In 1899 she ob
tained a divorce on the ground of
cruelty and abandonment. The decree
provided that the husband be permit
ted to see their three children one
day a week. On April IS, 1899, Madame
Sourdillion’s maid took the children—
Louise, aged 6; Bertha. 4, and Charles
2—to the house of a 'oommon friend,
only to return to say that they had
been taken for a walk. Since that day
Madame Sourdlllon has never Been her
children.
At once the grief-stricken mother be
gan a search to which was devoted all
of tho keenest detective instincts of
France, England and other European
countries. Finally the children were
traced to England and then to the
United States. Every French consul or
diplomatic representative in America
was at once notified. The trial led to
San Francisco, then to San Diego and
Los Angeles. At Denver all trace was
lost and for years nothing has been
heard.
Formerly a woman of considerable
wealth, Madame Sourdlllon has ex
pended her entire fortune in her search
and is now earning her living by con
ducting a pension. She still believes
that she will find some trace of her
children, and the French authorities
Join with her in her expectation that
the publication of the facts throughout
the United States may crown her years’
efforts with success.
The Amerioan Paid.
The death of Jules Lefebvre, the
celebrated French portrait painter, has
been followed by many ancedotes of
his interesting career. Despite his
success, Lefebvre remained what he
was from the start—a man of simple
and charming manner. On one point
alone was he firm and Intractable. He
detested utterly any form or attempt at
bargaining.
One day, so the anecdote goes, an
American of wealth called to see him.
“I would like,” the American said to
the artist, "a full length portrait of
myself. How must, if you please, will
it be?”
“Twenty thousand francs" (about
84,000), replied Lefebvre.
“Very well. But if I ask you to make
two portraits instead of one—that is,
one of my wife and one of myself, I
suppose your price will be different.”
’’Certainly,” responded the artist.
“And how much will it be?”
Lefebvre reflected a moment, then
said simply. ’It will be 40,000 francs.”
The American paid.
To Honor Champlain.
The approaching dedication of a
monument to Champlain on the bord
ers of the lake which bears his name
and to which France will send a spec
ial delegation with a beautiful bust by
Rodin, has created considerable inter
est in the district of France where
Champlain was born.
The explorer was born at Brouage,
about eight miles south of Rochefort, in
the Department of Oharente-Inferieure.
On the monument which was erected in
his honor in 1878 at Brouage one reads
that Samuel Champlain was bom "to
wards 1570." It was from Brouage that
the future founder of Quebec went to
Havre and thence sailed to the new
world. Today his natal town, formerly
an important city, is no more than a
modest, almost deserted village, situ
ated in the center of a marshy territory
from which the sea long ago retired.
At the deep ditch, which was formerly
the edge of the port, a customs col
lector will today show the huge rings
where vessels formerly tied up. On the
ramparts, now covered with vegetation,
may still be seen the arms of Mazarin,
who was "Captain of Brouage."
ADLANA EXECUTED
BY REBEL OFFICER
Major in Mexican Army, Cap
tured Yesterday, Shot This
Morning at Sunrise.
Chihuahua, Mexico, via El Paso,
March 16.—MaJ. T. R. Aldana, chief
of staff to Pancho Villa, taken prisoner
yesterday in the fight between rebels
and Villa’s band on the Conchos river,
near Santa Rosalia, was executed at
sunrise this morning in accordance with
orders of General Orozco.
Aldana had sent word to Orozco
that he would be executed If captured
by the federals and Orozco's reply was
the order for Aldana’s execution.
TEXTILE WORKERS TO
REJECT PROPOSITION
Council Representing 30,000
Operatives Insists On 15
Per Cent Increase.
Fall River, Mass., March 18.—The
Fall River textile council, representing
30,000 operatives, announced today It
has virtually rejected the B per cent
wage Increase offered by the manufac
turers and has demanded ia flat In
crease; of lfi ner cent.
EXSISE BILL UP.
Washington, March ■ 18.—Considera
tion of the excise bill, taxing at 1 per
cent net Incomes of corporations,
firms afid Individuals in excess of $5,
000. yearly wan taken up by the Houso
today. A vote on the measure may be
had Monday,
ENROUTE TO EUROPE.
Washington, March 18.—Charles J.
I Macbeth, of Wastp, a prominent .South
JJakola stoe k man, Is here, enroute to
Europe. Hi will visit Italy, Germany,
i Fiance; and Great Britain, lito family
! Is ajtfw&j’ &J.wad.
JMMaMMas—a—■ a 11T ■
ORGANIZED SEARCH
FOR OUTLAWS IS ON
0csse of 60 Detectives, Heavily
Armed, Is Scouring the
Mountains—Leader
Is Captured.
Hillsville, Va., March 16.—No at
tempt has been made yet to cap
ture Sidna Allen or any of his fol
lowers involved in the shooting of
the three court officers here last
Thursday. Until the men now in.
jail here have been moved so as to
release the heavy guard now kept
over them, it is unlikely an attempt
will be made.
The grand jury today returned
six indictments against the men in
jail.
Hillsville, Va., March 18.—Organized
ers In Jail at Hillsville are Floyd Allen,
his son Victor, Cabell. Strickland, Byrd
Marlon and John Moore, the last named
being arrested today. Moore held th«
I Allen gang's horses while they were li
the court house.
Members of the clan at large In th«
mountains are Sidna. Jack and Claud*
Allen and Wesley and Sidney Edwairds.
It has been reported that none of th«
men were In custody, but this la erron
oua.
HJllsvllle. Va„ March 16.—Organized
pursuit of the fugitive Allen outlaws
began early today. Sixty detectives,
picked men from all over the state,
most of them carrying army rifles In
addition to their revolvers, were
marshalled for the perilous task of
scouring mountain strongholds for the
main body of the gang that wiped out
tho circuit court of Carroll county here
Thursday.
Stories as to tho strength of tho des
peradoes are conflicting, but tt Is be
lieved that from a dozen to 18 of them
are together, probably hidden and en
trenched In some out of the way moun
tain hole Just across the North Caro
lina line. With a price on their heads,
these men are expected to battle to the
death when cornered. In spite of the
fact that their real leaders. Old Sldna
Allen, head of the clan, and Floyd Al
len, for whose sake the court house
slaughter was planned and carried out,
are prisoners, severely wounded, In tho
county Jail.
Order la Restored.
Haw and order, all semblance of
which was swept away Thursday with
the assassination of Judge, sheriff and
prosecutor, reigns In Carroll again to
day. Judge Staples, designated by
Governor Mann to reorganize the dead
Judge Massie’s court, at once sum
moned a grand Jury, which sits today
to indict the murderers of Judge Mas
sle, Commonwealth Attorney Forester,
Sheriff Webb and Elizabeth Ayers. Miss
Ayers, a 19-year-old girl, In court as a
witness, received a mortal wound from
one of the fusillades of bullets directed
at the officers. This was not known un
til her death was announced yester
day.
Still another murder may be laid at
the door of the Allens, before the Jury Is
through with Its work, for Juror Fow
ler Is reported to be dying.
All of last night a heavy guard
watched the Jail to prevent an attempt
to rescue the prisoners, Sldna and
Floyd Allen, Victor Allen, a son of
Floyd, and a young man named Strick
land. The two youngsters were taken
yesterday with the wounded Floyd,
whom they were guarding. Old Sldna
Allen was captured In his mountain
home, after a posse of detectives had
killed his wife and so severely wounded
him that he could no longer handle
Ills rifle to keep his pursuers at bay.
House Is Stormed.
The storming of Sidney Allen’s house
late yesterday was the next thing to a
bombardment. The posse trailed
through the bush four miles up the
ridge and surrounded his cabin In a
grove. Allen, expecting their coming,
was barricaded and well supplied with
rifles and ammunition, which he had
brought from a store In which he was
a partner. From behind stumps, rocks,
trees and other natural fortresses of
the mountain side, the posse blazed at
tho house and Allen blazed at the posse
as fast as the women of his family
could reload his rifles. In the lull the
posse rushed the house and broke down
the door.
They found Allen’s wife dead and
Allen himself groaning in a heap,
bleeding profusely.
“You got me because I couldn't fight
no longer," he Is reported to have said
to the men who brought him back to
Hlllsvllle. Attorney General Williams,
of Virginia, who Is here today, declared
that Sidney Allen’s bullets killed Judge
Massle on the bench yesterday.
Attempts Suicide.
Floyd Allen, the cause of the trag
edy, was taken to the lockup under a
heavy guard. He Immediately whipped
out a pocketknlfe and slashed his
throat. H1s wounds, however, are not
serious. Allen’s son, Victor, Cabelle,
Strickland and Byrd Marion also were
locked up as witnesses.
Juror Fowler, who was wounded In
the firing. Is not expected to live
through the night. The wounds of
Jurors Kane and Wordell and Clerk
Goad are not serious.
USE 12 ACRES FOR
RATTLESNAKE FARM
Station Agents Thinks There Is
Good Money in Skins and
Oil of the Reptiles.
Great Barrington, Mass., March 18.—
“Doc" Cecil Miles, station agent In
Great Barrington for the New Haven
road, today bought a farm of 12 acres
in the western part of the town, where
he is to raise rattlesnakes.
The land is covered with stubble and
rocks and la In every way adapted as
a reptile farm. Miles says there Is a
fortune 111 rattlesnakes' skins and oil,
which Is worth $5 a pint.
One .hundred reytlles from the Schag
tlcoke hills In Connecticut are to lie Im
ported to start the farm, on which
there is now a rattlesnake den where
four rattlers were capturod last sum
mer.
RECOUNT OF BALLOTS IS
OPPOSED BY COMMITTEE
Washington, March 18.—House com
mittee on elections number three today
heard arguments of .Pudge Wade and
J. W. San,dlisky, the attorneys in the
Murphy Haugen contest from the
Fourth district. Judge Wade urged a
recount of ballots In Behalf of Murphy
and Mr. Sandusky opposed on the
ground the ballots had hot been proper
ly preserved. The committee gave the
attorneys ,10 days to submit further
evidence and made_ no »i»lins
HULK OF MAINE IS
SUNK IN SEA; HER
HEROES HONORED
Escorted By American and
Cuban Warships, Wreck Is
Being Towed to Last
Resting Place.
Havana, Cuba, March 18—The solemn
fum-nil rites connected with the sinking
of the battleship Maine, and with car
rying to their last resting place the
bodies! of many of her gallant sailors,
are going on here today.
The old battleship Is being sunk In
the waters of tho Gulf of Mexico. The
smoto* of the saluting guns of war ves
sels terves as a funeral shroud, while
with all the pageantry and pomp of
national mourning the bodies of the
sailors are being brought back to
Washington.
Followed In procession hy tho presi
dent of the Cuban republic, and by all
the other high dignitaries of Cube and
amid a vast concourse of all classes of
Cubans and American citizens, the dead
of the Maine were borne on the shoul
ders of Cuban sailors and artillerymen
through the streets of Havana.
Cuban Infantry lined the sidewalks,
on which a great multitude reverently
uncovered, as the bodies passed from
the mortuary chamber in the palace
to the side of the harbor.
All Havana Is Out.
The bodies were formally placed In
the custody of officers of the United
Staten navy, in the service of which
they had given their lives.
As the caskets, draped with Cuban
and American flags arji covered with
flowers, were borne out, n guard of
honor saluted and all along the line
the salute was continuous until the
procession reached the harbor.
At the harbor Itself stood a guard
of honor of Spanlsh-Amerlcan war vet
erans, and facing these was another
guard of honor of Cuban soldiers.
The day was clear and warm, with
no wind blowing and the Inhabitants of
Havana came out to witness the pro
cession almost to a man.
“Sinking of the Maine."
The other great function, the sinking
of the wreck of the Maine, Is taking
place this afternoon. The old battle
ship, her decks hidden beneath great
masses of floral offerings and escorted
by warships belonging to the United
Staten navy and the Cuban navy. Is
being towed out to sea. Under tho
salutes of oannon from the Cuban fort,
ress she Is proceeding to And her last
resting place In the unsounded depth!
of the Gulf of Mexico.
FLAGS IN NEW YORK ARE
AT HALF MAST DURING DAY
New York, March 18.—Flags wert
half-masted on public and many pri
vate buildings today in commemoration
of th'S burial of the battleship Maine,
at sen, which will be towed from Ha
vana harbor out Into the Atlantic and
sunk in a final resting place In the sea
this afternoon. Bells on Trinity church
and Its nine chapels will be tolled and
the St. Patrick’s day parade of 80,000
had planned to halt and stand at at
tention for five minutes with colon
trailing at the time set for the burial
of th.s Maine off the Cuban coast.
STATE OF MAINE HAS
6 CENTENNIAL TOWNS
Will Celebrate 100 Years of
Prosperity During the Com
ing Summer.
Portland, Me.. March 18.—There will
be six "centennial towns" In Maine this
year. Six towns were Incorporated by
the legislature of 1812, one of which
has since grown to be a city. They
are the city of Brewer on the Penob
scot river; Phillips far up In Franklin
county; Bingham on the Kennebec riv
er; Troy In Waldo county and Foxcraft
uni Sebec, Piscataquis county towns.
Most of these places will have a cen
tennial celebration. Some have been
planning for some time and local his
torians have been gathering material
for the historical address. The birth
days came In February, but following
the usual custom will be held In the
summer and In connection with some
thing like an old home week, when the
sons and daughters of the town will
gather from all parts of the country.
There will be family and class re
unions, exercises In the town hall, a
historical parade, a big dinner, always
a "centennial ball" and music by the
college band.
KANSAS ROADS OUT OF
GRIP OF SNOW STORM
All Lines Have Tracks Nearlj'
Cleared of Snow, Result
of Blizzard Yesterday.
Kansas City, Mo.. March 18.—Al
though officials of all the railroads
whose traffic was blocked by the recent
blizzard In western and norther Kan
sas reported Improved conditions today,
all the lines are not yet open.
There are six Chicago, Hock Island
& Pacific passenger trains stalled be
tween Phillipsburg and Goodland. The
management expects to release these
trains before tomorrow.
The private car of J. O. Brinlterhoff,
superintendent of the Kansas division
of th2 Union Pacific, which was de
layed near Ellis, 111., will arrive here
th1° afternoon.
The Union Pacific is not open be
tween Ellis and Colorado points, bul
its oflkdnls state that conditions will be
prfvtlcally normal by tomorrow.
The local superintendent of the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe statec
that the road Is not blocked at anj
point, although trains are decayed.
OFFICERS INJURED IN
RIOT AT BARRE, MASS
Batre. Mass., March 18.—Severn
shots were exchanged between a bam
of st-tkers ut the plant of the Barr
Wooljcmblng company and a detach
ment of civil officers today. Half i
dozci: officers were slightly Injure
and five men, all Italians, were ar
rested. The elfish followed the re
roovnl of some *ars from the plant o
the t'jmpany.
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OCEANA IS STRUCK'
BY A GERMAN BARK
Four Passengers and Several
Sailors Are Drowned in a
Collision in English
Channel.
New Haven. England, March 18.—
Four passengers and several sailors are
believed to have been drowned this
morning, as a result of a collision be
tween the Peninsular and Oriental liner
Oceana, and the German bark Pisagua,
off Beachy Head in the English chan
nel.
The Oceana had on board nearly 85,
000,000 iu bullion.
For some time, the lives of the liner's
41 passengers and of the 2SU men ot her
crew were placed in danger. The
courage of the officers and the speedy
arrival of assistance, however, prevent
ed a terrible catastrophe.
Twenty-eight of the passengers were
landed here and nine at Eastbourne
in small boats, but it is feared that the
other four have been drowned togethef
with some members of the Lascar crew,
by the capsizing of a boat which was
tmnsfering them to a cross channel
stumer standing by.
The Oceana, was bound from London
for Bombay. She was proceeding down
the English channel, when the bark
smashed into her broadside on and
practically tore the side out of the
steamer.
Passengers and the steamer's officers
behaved with great calmness, but the
crew, composed of Lascars, was panic
stricken and delayed the lowering of
the boats.
Boats lowered from a cross channel
steamer picked up a large number of
others. Life boats were sent out from
shore in reply to signals of distress.
Ar, attempt was first made to beach
tho Oceana, but she sank quickly.
All Were in Berths.
The collision occurred while the pas
sengers were In their berths. The wa
ter rushed In so quickly that the lower
decks were awash In a few moments
and the passengers, trying to make their
way to the upper decks, had to wads
through water up to their waists.
The first boat lowered was swamped,
and the passengers were thrown into
tho water, but were all picked up.
The second boat was Just sinking,
when a life boat from shove reached it.
The bark Pisagua proceeded on her
voyage with most of her headgear car-'
ried away.
The Oceana is one of the oldest
Peninsular and Oriental liners, and this
was to have been her last voyage. She
had been running continuously since
1888.
Pisagua at Port.
Dover, England, March 16.—The Ger
man bark Plsague arrived here in a
sinking condition. Several tugs were
in attendance.
FOUR DROWNED IN WRECK
OF SCHOONER MAXWELL
Baltimore, Md„ March 18— Four
members of the crew of the schooner
Maxwell were drowned today when she
was sunk, after a collision with the
steamer Gloucester, of the Merchants
and Miners line, from Boston to Balti
more. The Maxwell was bound from
Baltimore for Wilmington, N. C. The
accident occurred off Thomas point. In
Chesapeake bay. today.
TRANS ATLANTIC LINER
IS REPORTED LOST
Ceuta, Morocco, March 18.—A fish
Ing boat reports that an Italian trans
Atlantic vessel has been wrecked off
the coast of Almansea, on the African
side of the Straits of Gibraltar. Thi
fishermen declare that a number of
the steamer's boats which put oft from
the vessel capsized and that the oc
cupants were drowned.
HAS LONG GOLD TRIP
IN EVENING CLOTHES
Dr. Carr, U. S. A., Had to Get
to Washington and Bow
Boat Was Only Way.
Washington More hl8.—Dr. Filllam
P. Carr, U. S. A., son of ono of the
prominent physicians In Washington.
Is a hero. This Is why he Is entitled
to a Carnegie medal:
Attired In silk hat and evening
clothes, with the temperature far be
low the freezing point, Dt. Carr rowed
on the Potomac river from Alexandria,
Va„ to Fort Washington, on the Mary
land side, shortly after 4 o’clock yes
terday morning.
Dr. Carr had come to Washington
earlier In the evening to attend a char
itable performance of "Kirmess.” Ac
cording to the rules of the army, Dr.
Carr had to be at Fort Washington,
where he Is stationed, at 6 o'clock to
take "sick call.”
MAN GIVEN FORTY
LASHES REPRIEVED
1 Delaware Aroused Over Brutal
Flogging Given Prisoner—
Governor Acts.
i _
Wilmington, Del., March 18.—Cower
! Ing In his cell, and still suffering from
the unmerciful flogging he received
• a week ago when ho was chained to
1 the whipping post In the Jail yard and
given 40 lashes on the bare back, Rlch
! ard Wright waited today to be sum
moned again to the torture stake.
The laceration on his back had
I failed to heal, and It was certain. If ho
3 wore given the remaining 30 stripes of
the 70 originally Imposed, he could not
3 retain consciousness until the end. Tho
1 torture, however, was spared him and
V there Is a chance that ho will yet es
cape It altogether.
DEBATE ON PENSION BILL.
Washington, March IS.—Members of
i, the Senate today were accused by Sen
ator Kern, of Indiana, of crying econ
j omy at the mention of pension legis
d lation only because old age is believed
a to have robbed civil war veterans of
- their Influence In the political affairs
a of the country. The senator urged the
<1 adoption of the Sherwood “Dolhup-a
- day" pension bill and declared his op
- position to the Smoot substitute fa.
vorably reported by the Senate pen
sion's cttnuailfcee. -