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TWO PULLMAN CARS CRUSHED Burlington Express Struck by Fast Mail Near Chicago. IOWA MAN AMONG THE DEAD. G. W. Tudw of Lacey One of Those Identified Woman in Charge of Tower Says Signals Were Set Fire Causes Much Suffering. Chicago, July 15. Thirteen persons were killed and nearly a score were Injured in a wreck on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad at Western Springs, a suburb of Chicago. Coming through " a fog, with sup posedly a clear track ahead, train No. 8, a fast mail, ran at full speed Into the rear of train No. 2, known as the 'Overland express from Denver, which was starding on the track, telescoping two of the Overland's Pullman cars. Railroad officials refused to fix the blame until after the wreck had been investigated thoroughly. Mrs. F. A. Wilcox, who was in charge of the tow er from which the block signals were controlled, said she was certain the clock was thrown against both trains. She collapsed after the accident and still Is in a highly nervous condition. The dead: Francis A. Barclay, Bill ings, Mont.; George Bronson, engi neer train No. 8; Bunch, negro porter of Pullman car on train No. 2; Mrs. C. M. Hart, wife of a physician at Can ton, 0.; Mrs. E. G. Pohlmann, San Francisco; M. E. Stern, Chicago; O. W. Tudor, Lacey, la.; six unidentified. Rear Coach Demolished. All of the dead, except Bronson, were taken from the rear coach of the Denver train. The engine of No. 8 plowed through this car, halfing It, and crushing out the lives of helpless passengers, many of whom still were In their berths. On into the second coach the engine then sped. Half way through that car It veered to the left, derailing the sleeper. The engine was entirely stripped when it stopped. Fire, starting from the gas lights In the sleepers, immediately broke out. Many victims, pinioned down by heavy timbers and iron that had been torn from the engino, pleaded for death or deliverance from tlfe flames. Members of the fire departments of Western Springs and La Grange were on the scene within a few minutes after the wreck occurred and they put out the fl-e with lines of hose. Ghouls are believed to have robbed the dead before they reached the morgue In La Grange. More than a dozen large diamond seta were rolss- Ing from jewelry and although most of the dead appeared to have been persons In comfortable circumstances, a dime was the largest sum of money found on any of the bodies. NEW LINE TO CANADA . Will Build Railroad From Watertown to Canadian Boundary. Minneapolis, July 15. The Minneap olis, St. Louis and Canadian Railway company, which will build a line from the vicinity of Watertown, S. D., to the Canadian boundary, was organized here by Newman Erb of New York, president of the Minneapolis and St. Louis railway; W. G. Blerd, vice presi dent of the company; J. Wollman and H. A. Harrison, representing two New York banking flrms. According to Mr. Erb, Incorporation papers will be filed soon and construction probably will b begun by fall. Immediately upon his arrival here after a trip over the line, Mr. Erb Is sued an order for twelve new locomo tives and signed appropriations total lag J500.0OO. principally for track Ira nrovernent. RAILROAD MAN ARRESTED President of Los Angeles Line Ac cused of Arson. San Diego. Cal., July 15.-kHiarged in an Indictment returned by the fed eral grand jury with setting fires or causing fires to be started in the Cleveland forest reserve, E. S. Bab cock, president of the Los Angeles and San Diego Beach railway, a su burban line, and one of the wealthiest men In San Diego, was arrested by a deputy United States marshal. He vaa released on bonds. It Is charged Babcock ordered ynch hands to burn the brush on his Tanch and that the fire got beyond control md entered the reserve. The evidence was laid before the grand Jury ai a result of Investigation made by forestry bureau operatives. South Dakota Town Suffers Fire Loss. Eagle Butte, S. D., July 15. Fanned by a high wind flames destroyed four retail store buildings and contents, the Dakota State bank, the Citizens' State tank, a printing company, the Johnson lirery, the postofflce, tele phone headquarters and a dentist's of fice. The business portion of the town wn? wiped out. The loss Is esti mated at $30,000. Insane Over Religion. Perry, la., July 15. Frank Learning, a well known citizen of this county, was taken before the commissioners of Insanity and by them sent to the hospital at Clarlnda for treatment. He went violently insane attending a number of meetings of a "Holiness as sociation." which was holding meet ings on his farm. H A Mystery Unraveled By MARY G. COLBY I V ,, I My father died before my mother, mid at her death a woman who had beeu iu the family kept up the house ( ana tools cure or me. i whs men a girl of ten. not old enough to know anything about my affairs or why Miss Meade assumed the position she occu pied. She was not an agreeable per son, as I remember her in those days, but she was all I had in the world to love, and I tried to love her. She gave me to understand that she bad promised my mother at her death she would take care of me and bring me up. The only person who ever to my knowledge came to see her was a smooth faced professional looking man, who used to have long conversa tions with her. After awhile I learn ed that his name was Cheatham and that he was an attorney. There was something repellent about him. and whenever he came to the house I took pains to keep out of his way. One thing did not coincide with Miss Meade's statement that she was sup porting me. This was that while she was miserly with regard to herself she was liberal with regard to me. I had all the expensive clothing I wished and was never denied anything needed or coveted. 1 was educated at the best schools and at sixteen was sent to a finishing school. One thing Miss Meade positively forbade I was not allowed to visit any of my schoolmates. The day before I was eighteen years old Mr. Cheatham called 'to see Miss Meade, and they had a discussion, which. Judging from their earnestness, must have been a very Important one. I heard Mr. Clieatham say, "If you'll leave It to me 1 can bring it out all right without nny great risk; if you manage it as you propose you'll wreck yourself and me too." The words made no Impression on me at the time, for I supposed they re ferred to some private matter betweeo the lawyer aud Miss Meade that did not concern me. Afterward I thought a great deal about them. When 1 enme of. age, and especially after this inter view, I uotlced that Miss Meade was very much absorbed about something and appeared worried. To be worried was unusual with her, she being one of the most composed persons I ever met. I was now old enough to wonder where the money that was spent on me and I was spending came from. I put a few leading questions to Miss Meade, which she parried. I began to think there was some mystery In our relations, but. was not prepared to In slst on knowing anything she did not tell me of ber own free will. Having been brought up with the Idea that I owed everything to her, I did not care to risk "killing the goose that laid the golden egg." One day when she wn not at home t wished for something from the store room. She always kept the room lock sd, and no one knew where the key was except herself. In n box contain lng metal odds and ends was a hunch of keys. I tried them one by oih till I found one thnt would unlock the door I wished to pass. Protruding from a desk was a paper, which 1 pos sessod myself of. and found It to be a letter written by my father to my mother before they were married de Glaring that he had given her up. since be was poor and she possessed n princely fortune. This was astonishing news to me. How could It be thnt I was dependent upon one who had been my mother's household manager and must have aft er my father's dentb taken a part In the management of his affairs. I be gan to surmise an explanation. I had not heard either that my mother bnd been rich or had lost her property. It looked to me that the money I was spending must be derived from thnt fortune my father referred to. The more I thought about the matter the further I wept In my Inferences till I began to suspect that Miss Meade had taken advantage of my having fallen Into ber hands when a child to get her clutches on my mother's fortune. I confess I did not know how to move In the matter. Had I been a man It would have been easier, but for a girl not far past eighteen I could see no way of uncovering the mys tery. Keeping my suspicions from Miss Meade. I resolved to secure" advice. The father of one of my schoolmates was a Inwyef. and through her I se cured an Interview with blm. lie got all the Information I could give him about my father and mother and prom ised to look the matter up. It was not I0114 before through bis daughter be asked me to call upon him, and when I did so he told me that my mother had died leaving a great deal of un productive property, which was now yielding a fine Income. And this was the money on which 1 was living nnd procuring all I wished for. But what was Miss Mendo's ob ject In telling me that I was depend ent upon her? My lawyer cautioned me to conceal the fact that I had this knowledge and went to work to Investigate my prop erty. He found that for years Miss Meade, whom my mother had left my guardian, aided by Cheatham, had been endeavoring to Involve the estate In debt to ber. In time they would ab sorb the whole property. My lawyer put a slop to this and by threatening criminal proceedings suc ceeded In recovering the whole of my fortune. NO WORD FROM SHAW Atlantic Railroad Interests Fail to Hear From Financier. Des Moines. July 13. Creditors of the Atlantic North and South railroad expected to get word from the Shaw syndicate. Nothing happened. The Tiope was entertained that the finan ciers of the syndicate would be able to malie definite announcement re garding the prospective date of their arrival In Iowa. The silence caused disappointment. The last announcement received from a representative of the Shaw group of railroad promoters was that they had missed one boat and were on the next boat with the money. The syndicate has until Wednesday to remove the suspense In, Iowa. I-e- gal representatives of the creditors In Des Moines are beginning to prepare their objections to another extension of time. The local attorneys are not speculat ing a3 to what will b done if the At lantic agreement Is not closed on Wednesday. They assume that the matter will be held open until the pro- moters or their representatives are prepared to make a personal presenta tion of their case. In view of the fact that the Iowans did not arrive as ex pected, creditors are Inclined to en tertain the belief that the financial settlements cannot be arranged within the agreed time. MANY FOREIGNERS COMING TO IOWA Hindoos Plan to Take Up Work at .State University. Iowa City, July 15. To travel hall way around the world for a college education Is the plan of a delegation ol young Hindoos from India, who will enter the University of Iowa in September. "Sanayal" and "Banerje," two mem bers of Calcutta's aristocracy, will head the delegation, according to the statement made by Sudhindra Bose, a graduate student and Instructor In the university here. Owing to the heavy Influx of stu dents from other countries to the University of Iowa this fall, the Cos mopolitan club, an organization made up of foreign students in residence here, will have a clubhouse for all na tlons. Fourteen nationalities will be repre sented under one roof. A Chinaman will room with a Jap. and the Russian and Polish flags will be draped to gether over the entrance of the recep tion hall. EX-CAPITOL EMPLOYEE DIES J. R. Shannon Pastes Away at Home - ' - : In Winterset. Wlnterset, la., July 15. J. R. Shan non, for nine years custodian of the office of the state railroad commission in Ees Moines, died here after a year's illness from cancer of the mouth. He was a pioneer resident of this city, having come here Just after the close of the civil war. The deceased was born In Pennsyl vania In 1830. He enliHted in the Eighty third Ohio Infantry, serving throughout th? civil war. On coming to Iowa he engaged In the grocery business, later becoming a bridge con tractor Before going to Des Moines he was custodian of the court house here. ELEVATOR MEN TO MEET Managers From Twelve Counties te Gather at Marshalltown, Marshalltown, la., July 15. Fifty two managers of farmers' elevators in twelve Iowa counties will gather here next Saturday in a district meeting. W. J. Kvnch of Green Mountain is sec retary of the district organization, which is affiliated with the Farmers' Grain Dealers' association of Iowa. The counties Included In the district are Marshall, Hardin, Story, Grundy, Black Hawk, Polk, Jasper, Tama, Poweshiek, Denton, Iowa and Linn. Boy Has Narrow Escape. Iowa City, July 15. To be dragged between the heels of a team of run away mules and the teeth of a mowing machine was the harrowing experi ence of Alvin Letts, a fifteen-year-old Iowa City boy. He held onto the lines, which were the only means of saving himself from death in the cutting blades, and when almost exhausted managed to turn the mules Into a barbed wire fence, which stopped them. H was badly bruised. Lightning Hits Churches. Greenfield, la., July 15. The Metho dist church at Grove Center, about seven miles northeast of here, was struck by lightning and completely de stroyed. During the same storm an other church, about six miles south east of this church, called Clara e nap el, was also struck by lightning and considerably damaged, but did not burn. To 8um Up Thaw Case. White Plains, N. Y.. July 15. The summing up by counsel for Harry K. Thaw in his sanity proceedings will take place here tomorrow Instead of In New Rochelle, as originally planned. Justice Keogh has decided that his chambers In New Rochelle are too small to accommodate the large num ber of newspaper men, witnesses and I lawyers who will be present. GUARDSMEN IN STATE SHOOT Rifle Confes! Begins on Range Near Des Moines. BROOKHART IS IN CHARGE. Captain Morton C. Mumma Is Chief Range Officer Company Team Match Will Be Shot at Close of Pre liminary Practice Other Events. Des Moines, July 15 The tenth an nual meeting of the Iowa Rifle asso ciation began today and will continue until Thursday at tho rifle range east of the Hyperion club. Today will be given over to a school of iiistiuction in small arms practice. The team competitions will terminate July 17, and all will depart for their homes except these who are detailed to shoot on regimental teams. Tho regimental team competition will be staged July 18. Lieutenant Colonel Smith W. Brook hart of Washington is in charge of the uhoot. Captain Morton C. Mumma is chief range eiflcor. The assistant exec utive officer is Captain Robert Mc- Cleave, Unite-t states infantry. Some of the Events. The company team match will be shot at the close of preliminary prac tice. It will be open to teams of six from any company, troop or buttery ol U10 army, lo-vn national guard or rifle club in tho state. The "Allison match" will be open to all company teams. Military rltlei and service ammunition will be used and there will be one twenty-shot sklr mish run. The "consolation match" will be open to everybody, but prizes go la those who luve not won a prize In other individual matches. The "Drake match" Is opon to all, The "National Rifle association match" will be open only to members of the Iowa Rifle association. The "Kleuer match" is open to teams of ten from each regiment of tho Iown national guard. There will be contests open to teams from the companies of the Fif ty third. Fifty-fourth, Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth regiments. The regimental team match will be open to teams of twelve men from each regiment of the Iowa national guard or any regiment of the United States nrmy stationed in the state. The Individual championship match is open to everybody. The "Inspectors' owl match" will be hhot at night by inspectors of small arms practice of the Iowa national guard. Illuminated targets will be nied. ' The "Dows match" Is open to regi mental teams The "pistol match" will be shot at the direction of tlm commanding officers. FARMS ASSESSED TOO LOW Railroad Attorney Files Protest In Cerro Gordo. Mason CUy. Ia., July 15. Farms In this part of Iowa, especially In this county, are assessed at too low a valu ation, according to A. T. Polleys, an attorney connected with the Minneap olis and Omaha road, who filed a state inent In the office of the county treas tirer. This statement Is meant to nhow that tho roods are paying more than their share of the taxes and thnt the supervisors of this county should advocate a boost In land valuations, Instead of railroad valuations. Roosevelt Decides to Visit Iowa. Oyster Day, N. Y., July 15. -Colonel Roosevelt decided to make the cam paign trip to Michigan, Kansas and Iowa, which he has had under consld eration for several days. He said he had begun work on a number speeches which he would deliver before the opening of the national progressive convention In Chicago. Sometime next week,"1 according to the plan, he will start westward.- Light Company in Fight With Town. Sheffield, la., July 15. Condemna tion of the action of the principal owners of the Electric Light and Pow er company of this place, and bitter feeling which has grown out of per sonal encounters Involving leading business men, has given force to talk of a new lighting company for Shef field. Will Waive Court Rights. Dubuque, la., July 15. For the first time under the new law, three men, L. 8. McGuIre, Paul Hawley and J. Jo seph Turner, all held on Indictable of fenses, will waive right of the grand Jury hearings nnd will plead guilty be fore the court and be sentenced with out awaiting a regular court session. Mayor Defends Self. Fort Dodge, la., July 15. Mayor H. R. Dwyer of Barnum Is defending a suit In the district court brought to oust him from office because of al leged non-enforcement of law. Coun ty Attorney B. B. Barqulst of this city testified In Mr. Dwyer's behalf. Lineman Electrocuted. Fort Dodge, la., July 15. C. C. Ross of Ames, lineman for the Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern, was killed by a charge from a high tension wire while at work. Ross was a young man and had been at electrical work for some time. What Is the Moon Made Of? By MARTHA B. EDGARTON Miss Madeline Rogers, a very beuu tiful and attractive American girl, went to Paris with letters that gained her the eutry to the American colony there. There was something very original, something unique, about Miss Rogers that captivated the young French bloods, nearly all of whom straightway proceeded to full In love with her. Whether it was this or because she was far more natural and unconven tional than the women she associated with, certain It Is that many of them hated her. That the men, on the con trnry, both respected and loved her Is evident from the fact that they all wished to marry her. The young lady was a good deal of a flirt, but it is questionable if she res ized in a young man's company she was giving hltu encouragement. The poet hnth said. "Loving seemeth like breathing." In Miss Rogers' case flirting was quite as natural a process. She treated the young men with whom she was pleased In a way that made them think that a proposition would be immediately accepted. This she did unintentionally and unconscious of the interpretation that might be put upon her acts. She was as heart freo as a bird, and when the men responded to her soft looks and words she supposed they were treating her as they treated their other women friends. In other words, slio did not suppose thnt whut passed between them was serious. One evening Miss Rogers awoke ax from a series of pleasant dreams. A lady who thoroughly understood her and was consequently very fond of her took ber aside and snld to her. "My child, do you know that when tho sun rises tomorrow morning three of our prominent Parlslnn young men are going to fight for you on tho Bols de Boulogne?" "Fight for me!" exclaimed the nston lshcd girl, turning pale. "Yes. Each claims to being on the point of-becoming engaged to you and resents the other's attentions. "For heaven's sake who are these men?" "There is Edouatd du Four." "Well." "The Count de Luny." "He too?" "Yea. and tho third Is Maltre Fal lansbee, tho rising young Jurist" "But how can the three fight a duel? I thought duels were fought by two. one on eacb side." "So they are. Du Four has chal lenged the other two. He first fights with De Luny, and If be kills the count be then fights with Fallnnsbee." "Oh, my goodness gracious! How do you know this 7" . ' '"My husband learned of it and told me as a secret, especially enjoining me to tell no one. I have come to you with it because I consider it best for you to take measures to stop It" "How can I do that?" "I fear it is too late to do anything tonight, but you might be on the ground In time to choose between them." "I'll be there in tlmo to choose none of them. Will you chaperon me?" "If you wish it" "I most assuredly do." "You must be ready to start early. "How early?" "Three o'clock." The next morning long before the people of Paris were stirring, especlnl ly In the Bols de Boulogne, the two Indies drove up to the dueling ground, where they saw the three lovers, ac companied by three seconds and three surgeons, preparing to prick one an other with long thin swords. "Will you kindly tell me," said Miss Rogers, "what you gentlemen are bore for?" Jules Cartler, Du Four's second, actod as spokesman for tho men. Of course It would not do for him to admit thnt they were going to fight about her, so he sold: "M. du Four remarked last night at the Circle Frnncals that the moon wits made of cheese. This the Count de Luny denied. He said It was made of pudding. The result between two gen tlemen of honor is obvious." "And what has M. Fallansbce to do with the matter?" "He claims that the moon Is Jelly "Indeed! And they propose to kill ne another for so trifling a cause?" There was an embarrassing slleAb. which was broken by the count sny lng: "Perhnps mademoiselle will end the qunrrels by deciding which of the three monsleurs Is right." It was plain thnt the lady's decision was to be taken as a choice between her three suitors. Sho asked If they would abide by her decision, nnd they admitted thnt they would. "Very well, gentlemen. What tbo moon Is mado of depends upon the per ceptive faculties of tho one who views It The eye is simply the visual orgnn of the brain. Ilenco to M. du Four it In cheese, to the Count do Luny It Is pudding, and to M. Fallnnsbee It Is Jelly." A burst of laughter broke from the seconds and the surgeons, while the principals stood stiff as ramrods, glar ing at each other and the rest of the party. "Gentlemen, good morning," snld Miss Rogers, and. gottlng Into her car- ringe with her friend, she was driven away. The others soon followed without fight LEGISLATURE ASKEDTO ACT Controversy Between Big Inter ests Over Water Rights. BIBCOCK AND BOGGS CASES. First Hearing Postponed Until Aug. It Governor Aldrich Says Board of Irri gation Will Look Into the Matter. Aldrich and Halner Have Tilt. Lincoln, July 13. That the legists ture may be called upon to settle controversy now on between two great financial Interests battling to gain control of the water power rights ol the Ixnip river was shown In a hear Ing which was held before the board of irrigation In the office of State En glneer Price. The first hearing was In regard to the cancellation of rights of H. E. Babcock of Columbus and the othet hearing was regarding the rights of C T. Boggs of this city. It is under stood that behind Mr. Babcock are the H. L. Doherty Interests of New Yors city, while George Moore of Detroit with other financiers are associated with Boggs. After considerable discussion the Babcock matter, In which he had been asked to appear and show cause why his application for water powei should not be cancelled, was continued until Aug. 11 at the request of his at torneys and was agreed to by tho oth er parties in the rase. There reemc. to be quite a sentiment among those on tho outside that the matter should be left to the leglsla, ture and while one or the other of the companies should be given the rlghl to development, that the state should receive something annually. for thai right. Boggs Case Put Over, Tho Boggs application asks foi wnter not used by the Babcock con pnny, but tokes It from the Loup rlvei several miles above the Babcocs claim and empties Into the Platte rl er near Schuyler, several miles below the Babcock claim. The promoters of this claim, while having asked for a hearing, did not seem to be ready to go Into the case and after a wordy battle between Go ornor Aldrich and Mr. Halner, one ot the company, In which the governot politely Informed Mr. Halner thai there were "Just as good lawyers ts the room as he was," it was decided to postpone further hearing In this case and hare all the cases come n at the same time, thirty days being given for everybody to get ready. Lincoln Too HI to Be at Unveiling. In reply to a letter from Secretary of State Walt, asking him to be pres ent at the unveiling of the Abraham Lincoln monument on the capltot grounds, Robert T. Lincoln, son of the martyred president, hns replied thai 111 health will make It Impossible fot him to be present. NEBRASKA FRUIT CROP Reports to State Horticultural 8eclety Coming In Predict Result. Lincoln, July 13. letters of tn qulry were ent recently to repre tentative fruit growers of Nebraska nnd from replies received by the Stat Horticultural society has tabulated the following: The averago annlo cron for all Darts of the state Is 60 per cent of full crop; 100 per cent, compared with the 1911 crop; 110 per cent, compared with the average of the past five years. It Is estimated thnt the actual pro diction of the state will be about a in 1911, hut more apples will probably bo shipped, owing to the heavy croc fn the commercial sections. The home orchards out In the state are prodoe Ing much lighter crops than In 1911. FAIL TO CONVICT SAL00NIST Sunday Closing Crusaders Lose Fire Round of the Battle. Omaha, July 13. The Antl-Saloor league lost the first round of Its flgtt against Baloon keepers whom they ai lege violate the closing law, when Jury of six men brought in a verdict of not guilty for Harvey Jacobsen The verdict was reached after thlrti mlnutes' deliberation. On the outcome of these trials which are under way, will depetjo whether forty other saloon keeper will be tried or not. The Antl-8aloo:i league has scured evidence, It Is a serted, against this many more, but will no', file complaints If the present cases are not won. Norfolk to Entertain Firemen. Norfolk. Neb., July 13. Great prep aratlons have been made by the Ne braska Stite Volunteer Firemen's a? soctatlon to make this year's tourns ment at Norfolk, July 23, 24 and 25, success. Over 13.500 worth of prize will be given away and hundreds o exciting contests have been arranged . Peacemaker Is Killed. Peoria, July 15. While trying to settle a drunken brawl between fon: negroes, James Skinner, a night pa trolman, was shot through the stout ach and Instantly killed. Two negroes euspected of the crime wer arrested and spirited out of the city by the po lice for e:fe keeping. f