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Feb. 23, 1899 THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT. French Express Train Collides With a Stationary Train Near Brussels. FIFTY OTHERS BADLY INJURED Owing to the Fog the Engineer of the Express Train Did Mot tbe Signal -The Express Locomotive Lauded op tba Top of tba Other Train. Bbubselb, Feb. 80. An express train from Calais, having passengers from London on board, collided to-da.r with a stationary train at Foret, near this city. Thirty persons wers killed out right and fifty injured. The train left Tournal at 5:32 o'clock and reached Foret at 8:14 o'clock. Im mediately afterwards the Mons ex press dashed at full speed into the sta tion and ran into the Tournal train, 'which was standing on the platform. It is said that, owing to the fog, the engineer of the express train did not aee the signals. The collision was terrific. The ex press locomotive landed on top of the last carriages of the Tournal train, which were filled with paasengerr These cars were smashed to pleoes. SUES M'CRILLIS FOR $5,000, Vsmages for the Killing of W. J. 011 flllaa Aided by the Widow. Carthage, Mo., Feb. SO. Mrs. Cora ailflllan, widow of W. J. Oilfillan, to-day filed suit in . the circuit court, asking 85,000 damages against John D. McCrillls for killing her husband last December. In her petition she claims that McCrillls en tered the home of herself and husband and "unlawfully, wrongfully and wantonly" killed her husband. Hhe nays she was thereby injured and damaged to the extent of 13,000, and asks Judgment for that sum. Roney Hay Fork Returner ImoroTsd for lane with au tomatic frwd r.hni proTvn to be a wou- dorltil mumim Tbe return r will return rOKK CAR. HI K K AND HOfEtl bark to tarttoK point balore team can tarn around, laving all lb hard work ol pulllnir th.in bask by trip ropa, Wa ara alio oflrrloir to tha putilla tha Halball Windmill Lnbrl. nator, appllad from tha ftronnd. Mo mora climb Inn tow.re to oil mllla. Caa ba altacbad to any mill. Tarma and prions quotad on application, Agaoti wautad. HONEY. Br"f UKNBB CO., Box K, Isdapendaaoe, Iowa. THE PI011T0N TRUSTS ORGANIZED LABOR MAKING A CON TEST IN INDIANA. INDICTED EIGHT CHURCHMEN. fatonr, Ma, Man Triad to Mob John Hentar While He Was at Bevvlees. WAitRBifSBUBO, Mo., Feb. 80. The jrund jury returned indictments against James and Luther Feobach, L. H. Deatley, Joseph and Fred Short, J K Wallace, Charles Diukerson and Egdar Wright, all business men of La tour and members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, for attempting to mob John Hunter while be was at tending the Cumberland I'resbyterlap nurcu one night Id January. No tae for tha Webb .rate tee. Topeka, Kan., Feb. 20. The House committee of ways and means has cut out the Senate committee's bill, an appropriation of about 93,000 to buy 800 copies of the Webb statutes. The House committee contends that the item is a scheme to unload on the state a lot of unsalable books. Chair man Henley of the House committee ays he has no doubt that the Senate committee will withdraw the item, since the lawyers of the Senato agree that the Webb statutes are not used by either courts or lawyers if the statutes of 1300 can be obtained. Big Liners for tha Klondike. Niw Yoiik, Feb. SO. II. Maltland Kersey, now of the Yukon Steamship company, was a passenger on the Teutonic from Liverpool yesterday While abroad Mr. Kersey bought the steamships Werra and Fulda, and as soon as those boats shall have been refitted they will be run from the Fa cing coast to Alaska. These steamers were owned by the North German Lloyd line and were once in the regu lar Transatlantic passenger service. Shot five Times by m Chief of Folia. 1HAKNK, Texas, Feb. 10. Chief of rollce T. P. Griffin killed Mastyn lirack, a building contractor, last night while trying to quell a saloon disturbance. Ilrack was hit by five bullets and died In a few minutes. Chief Grlfiln surrendered to the nherlft Maelaran ta the Waal, New Yohk. Feb. 3l lan MaeLaren (the Iter, John Watson), has arrived here from Kugtand on the Teutonle to begin another lecturing tour In thlr country, principally in the West. roaad the rrafaaauf tlulll. Ea.tox, Pa, Fab 14 IW. rUevens, who has been on trial fur a week, charged with setting fire ta Pardee hall, Lafayette tulle, was found guilty at oon to-day, the Jury being put only an hour. the IUcfla MlaMtv ta N !, 1UA Psaiu r'vb, ftt-Tbe llungar tan pre tuter, lUrua lUaffy, aantmae! U la titurhtws tiUy that the utta talry bad Un'i.led a reaiga after the eJmrmt vf the parliamentary . Iw), HUaf ttaaea I tM atf (lath. J M Cm. Mv. Irb. tt,-T. I UU, the w UW utilun, luult eh tr ! tha !! t..U rvUlnxt M V, terrulla vl f lUth. FARMERS' WIVES a ear ttk Udtw wka , ta wuti CAN EAKN LOTS OF MONEY uttieg fcte m la pn tint at Ikmm unite vKitaa. We vBe ftMta m4 a male pVir 4 ependlag eaady, ta aWtr , IW4 ltM4Ma aedfell iliraetkiua k wk, a4 ale?, lit Mil aaf skat, A'tJrwa r, usi H. Haat, Haa. U'g taa. a Commnnltr That Una Ilean Moat Trrrlblr Handed lr the Vmnitu of (he Vlelona Monatar Onlerr of the Victim of I'lotoeraer'e Hnpnellr. The laborers and nriions of Indiana's rrs belt tho niunnfiu'tnring suction of tho state which within the hint Un years hus I'lcvutcd Indiana from eighth place to third pluce in the lint of iniinn fuctnring. MtattM of the nnioii have takon np the hill ngulriHt trnrtn Intro dncod in tho Indiunn lgiNlnture by Hon ator Johnmin and are forming a for midable lobby to force its rmiictinittit. No one section of the country has reulizt'il more fnlly thun this 0,000 square niil? of territory the imnufiil in fluence of tniHts. Today the varied in dnntrios of this Miction are bound np by trniitK, and wuges ure being beaten dewn, and workmen are being subjected to rnles which tend to wipe out the in dividuality which they once iummmnvA. The new wire and wire nail trout, the tecl trnntN, the window rIums and the pluto gluxN trusts, tho anath and tha cradle trn'ts, the paper trnHts, tho atrawhourd trnxt, the tin plate, tho woodenwure, the natural gas and the bundled and one other trnts, have made thin NRction a storni center of agi 1ESMIK (i RRE6II0NS The Court of Inquiry Hears the General's Testimony, EXPLAINS WHAT HE MEANT, Meant "Theory of an Experiment" In stead of "fretente of an Kiperlment" la Deferring to tha Arm Uaef N Inferenoe of Dlahoneii. tatlon, The wage lints today show an great reductions as 45 per cent within in fatigue uniform, the liiHt 18 months. The only trust which has not yet struck at the heart of wages is the newly organized $00,000, 000 tin pluto truMt, and it is now pre paring to make audi a move. The nail trust's flrnt move waa to make a sweep ing cut on wages runging from 10 to 4ft per cent, Tho uniith and cradle trnnts liavo done even worse for laborers, for they have shut all of the free labor con cerns and have placed nil of their con tracts with HatcH which sell their con vict labor. Not a snath or cradle is made in America today by free labor. The wire trunt lias browbeaten labor, and the plate glaw triM literally has ground the life out of workmen. These statements are from official records which appear on the book of the In diana labor commiriNinncr' reports. CouimiHNioner Mccormick of the state labor arbitration board says: "In tio place in the country is the baneful influence of trusts felt to a greater extent than in the Indiana gas belt. They are not trammeled by state Washington, Feb, 81. General Miles in his testimony to-day before tho court of inquiry said that his use of the phrase "pretense of experi ment" in speaking of army beef was unfounded. He disclaimed intending any inferonce of frau4 and said he should have said the refrigerated beef issue was "on the theory of an experi ment" "and a very costly one." Tho court of inquiry to examine into the beef controversy asuembled at the Lemon building shortly after 10 o'clock this morning preparatory to its first formal session, llrlgadler General George W. Davis and Colonel George L, Gillespie, members of the court, and Colonel George 11. Davis, recorder and Judge advocate, were first to arrive. Major General James F. Wade, president of the court, came later and at 10:35 the court, in full dress uniform, proceeded to the White house, whore it paid its respects to the Prasident, and then to the War department, where it called upon Sec retary Alger ank Major-General Miles. Meantime newspaper men who were accorded places in the court-room had assembled, and upon the outside were many other correspondents and artists detailed to attend the inquiry, The court returned at 12:05 o'clock from Its visit of courtesy and after two photographers made pictures of the court, Colonel Davis announced readiness to proceed and read the or ders convening the court and its in structions. The court was then sworn, and Major-General A. Nelson was present ed as the first witness. Ho appoared I and was sworn, Kansas Seeds Haadnnartara for Ronkv Fort lnUiou Hmil, AlfHlfa, Hor- lu.u, nwmruurn nu Mlimt iu, unutua I talon Neatlt at low price. Trea Haa of all klntla. Foraira planta irrroaapimeatioo. Mend forouano. kaaaa MmmI Uaaaa. t.HtrUUM U.. Una, Kaa. TTVfTvN yter stating his rank and office, he waa asked about his statement before the war commission. He said he mads one. Upon Colonel Davis's submitted a printed report of that statement General Miles examined and approved It, NKW VOBK JOURNAL INTERVIEW Then he was asked about an al leged interview which appeared In the New York Journal of December 23, whether it represented completely or In part what he said. Genoral Miles snld: "I do not recall anything in that interview that had not been given in my testimony or transmitted in my reports, You will observe it contains a number of ray declinations to name officers or my authorities and refusals to answer. It must, there fore, bo incorrect in its representa tion." He then commented upon a general slight Inaccuracy of newspaper Inter views owing to the dependency of laws, and they defy federal authority. wrltera upon their memories. Hardly They always adjust wages to the very a day in six months had passed that lowent scalo. They refuse to confer with an interviewer had not applied, and, their men ; they refuse to arbitrate. All , because of the press to the army, and propositions in case of a strike are re- especially the enlisted men, he had jected, and they shnt down their plants endeavored to give them such informa to starve the men out. Blanket injnnc- tlon as be thought wise and safe, but tions are prayed for by theee illegal cor- never, he said, with a view to preju poratlons, ana it is a sorry commentary aicing anyone against any person or that the eugernoes with which injunc- department. Finally General Miles tions are sought is only equaled by the said he did not think the New York ease with which they are granted. Thus Journal interview represented cor these nnlawi a 1 institutions in Indiana revtly what was said because ita con st least feast to satiety upon despoiled Uut should be taken lu uouueullou labor, destroy honorable competition, with all that was said, his silence stifle legitimate enterprise, appreciate upon some points and spceoh upon the price of their product to extortion olhera and levy unjust tribute on the con- Asked about an interview from the "tuner all in violation and defiance of Mew York Herald of February 1, he said: "I have a letter from the gen tleman who wrote thla in which he says he Is willing to swear that I de clined to be Interviewed and that thinking something bed been given out, he proceeded to write what he knew were the facts," lie then pointed ojt that the Inter view waa erroneous, in that where It represented him to have aald that ha bad overwhelming evidence that the refrigerated beef was treated with chemical. The fart waa that his only evidence waa what waa cuUeeUd In th report of th oflleer and the statement of mm who claimed that th !f had th udor of an embalmed body that they had seen fluid Injected luta beef and other Indication of chemical treatment. II declared the lutervlew an rrroneoua pruttloa of what b could puaalbly have said. UiHUrrttig a th espedienoy of feeding th truu htiuf Uf In iVrta Uleu. tieueral Mile said b was much In favor of It. II said nattv bf the law." Though there is no disposition In In diana to abrogate the Injunction, still there Is a tendency among those who look to the welfare of latxir at least to modify it The trusts, as indicated by Mr. Me- Cormick. have sought blanket injunc tions upon most trivial causes t The supreme court in granting a blanket injunction to the wire hall trust, at that same moment minced the wages of day laborers 43 per rent and placed that money into the hands of the trurt, by which it is now able to clear to u every ton of uuUIuhI prod- net. Is the declaration of wellkuown labor man. "The workers had not at that time offered any violence to war rant a blank-! Injunction, which took their very life front nnd-r them and made thwui slave of th trnt "Thr is another enactment tn In diana which roll th laborer if chain to grt an equal show with tmU in th ruiirt. That Is the sprrial ? tlii I Uw. al I'lusMe to all dsuiaa'wsnlta ly this Uw th d. fma may stttamt as hilled at night eotild b vary wU fd msay lat t4ir Ui th jury as It th men ! day. -It yut luma, M.ntlnua.1 tVUnl lfctvU, ' that th aatlv Wf wuuld kvap as well a th ratrtgaraled Uf la lb bae t( euullng apraUt wt Sht'rr "I mm quit lure It wuuld ) th rfrigrid beef was fheiuWally lrOvd with ptraMv II l was trvlda a Ui keep fr ! Iu kur after awning ol ut th l l uf Il bd IN l ltoUfl w llw pallv Vaf, sa far a keeping g lit. and la tb bahds i t rsi t U at Mtirva, whi il iiiU as tuaay as Hihi 4iM, ihrv tan ituta any Jury dray lis sUtrtutiit and ctbUlli't m dia tlliMf abd hill Whtvtt-r VvfdUt Ihrf a? flu I ft-r th plalatilf. Ttuats bid liLll. thla. attl jwt Ibvir ttsiua ti th utiol unkiii U and twaint and rrlpt I tlum l r Ufa. Th i ar t aur raa- t-M l . hl IrtU fvt lll- taliV have Uvtk mw vt pl aadcrippUd lif. In hit a I f le 4 thi U w iafVkrtd rt rri4tw th birn wet naat-l ta tvlUt th Jil,MttiU fd'ta.t Tkrt or tktat tf ftlll In tk gs kit t tMakakoat tiia a Ik ttwmNff bf and way ku ar sur tag ty sUiw dr-fr Vy el la MsshUatUa ttaat akUk ate tttifUh with ettik tevttt'W sAwt In UU Mt eibsll t t, t U vtkr Mud. there ar kukv ta(M tuti Iki save keaMttt iMiltkatr) y ! 4 tk t rMttRik4 "jLn4tao 1U4.) iW iliuagx Itvr4 tWt t htah aM liaafc, Tvrsaa. II -Mealoa'i l fatwry Ul kaa sl4 a new U duatty f Ik lUU haailanlUrjr, A. It I.Mffv Utruli.d UU la k I Ibis king aaktag aa apprvpf U Im f U kaltd aftar ml MStMl faralUra at lAaatng. Ta UU frutJaa that ea faralUre akatl k ad ealy U Kaaaaa aehtMla, M Vi44leg Its aal U ta tiftdnala It aaa ultea If t', Usrtar, viat U Vj el Vataaer eoaat, IIIHar Irony, And it caino to pans thut while tho newspapers are loudly nhouting alwut the unexampled prosperity in the land they nro cutting right and left into their working forces. A local news writer says The Plain Dealer "slid" five men, Tho Press put four men "on the hog," and on other papers a number of tnen were alno discharged lutely. This sumo scribo also learned through correspond ence that in Chicago SO competent re porters were laid oir, that in New York 62 persons wore "let out" by one paper alone and that in Washington "the ax is swinging everywhere." And so it goos. What with working long hours or not at all tho arlNtocratio newsgather era may soon learn that they are "intel lectual proletaire," and that there is inch n thing as a labor question after alL But the bittor irony of being com pelled to puff proupcrity with their Fa bers and having the gannt, gray wolf looking on over their shoulders is a pic ture that harmonizes thoroughly with the present humbugging and hypocrit ical capitalistic competitive svsteiii. Voto to perpetuate it, gentlemen. Quito UJcwy yon couldn't live without It Cleveland CltUcn, nr Atav NtruAnl nmili anil ehroulc (lieaM, UI18 U street, Lincoln Nohruska. Dlanka and testliuoaluls free. ORDERED TO JAIL, tienome Bsnate Trias to Panlali Aadl tor Hopkins. Outiiiuk, Ok la., Feb. 80. Auditor 8. N. Hopkins was arrested yesterday vy Dorgoant-at-Arms Mmitli for com tempt, and brought before the Senate to answer to the charge. On refusing to ouey tne manuate or the Heoate, be was taken to the county jail, but be fore being locked uy he was released on a writ of habeas corpus. The writ Is returnable Monday, and in the meantime Hopkins Is at liberty under l.'.uuu nonu. His offense was refusing to furnish the investigating committee of tho Legislature the vouchers and accounts pertaining to the military branch of the government of tho territory, VestJi, Neb,, Nov. 30. I'lie Nebraska ltilcie ndcML, Lincoln Neb, Dear Hlrsi 1 'have one of your I independent flewing machines in my family and And it satisfactory in. K EHY way, Have it in use one year and foil ml no fault In ony way. Youra rept-tfully, JOB UKKT), VeaU, Neb. SUNDRY CIVIL BILL PASSED, Nla efforts to Load It With Canal Vailed. Washington, Feb. 20. The House ilnally passed the sundry civil appro prlation bill, to which it had devoted over a week. The speaker's ruling upon the motion to recommit the bill with inatructions to incorporate In it the Nicaragua canal amendment was sustained, 1SS to 00. The naval appro priation bill was taken up, and over half tho bill was completed during the remainder of the day. There waa no general opposition to the measure, al though it carriea 14,000,000, being ss.ooo.ooo more than the largest naval appropriation bill ever passed by Con gress, An attempt to defeat the pro vision for a joint arrangement between the government and tho Fitchburg rsiiroaa company at the Boston naval yarda failed Tho remainder of the day's aeaslon waa devoted to the passage of bills on the private pension calendar, seventy (our in number. A wall the laaa. 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