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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL . . . . . NORFOLK. NKUKASKA. FRIDAY. MAHfl 1 4. 1910. WOMAN MAY DIE FROM HER WOUNDS MRS. STANFIELD WAS 1 INTERNALLY BY A Ki STILL BLEEDING FROM INSIDE JUST RECOVERING FROM OPERATION - TION , WOUND TORN OPEN. REWARD EOR HER ASSAILANT Mrs. Stanfleld Says the Doctor Tells Her That She Must Undergo An other Operation Now Left Hospital Prematurely to Testify In Case. Dr. H. T. Holden says Mrs. Stanfleld Is still vomiting and passing blood as a result of the kick administered by her mysterious assailant In the night. The kick tore open a ' fresh surgical wound , Mrs. Stanfleld having left the hos pital prematurely to testify In the Hadar bank robbery case , ao a sequel to which she waa attacked. Dr. Holden thinks ahe will live , but says she may die. In case she lives , another operation will be nec essary. Sheriff Smith and County Attorney Nichols came to Norfolk from Madison Thurs day to take steps toward ap prehending the man. A re ward of $50 for his arrest and conviction la offered. Cross Bones on Windows. That black hand methods were used about four days before an attack on Mrs. Stanfleld's life is a story cor roborated by her husband. "On last Saturday , " says Mrs. Stan- field , "white crosa > bones appeared on one window In the front part of the house. On Sunday the same cross ap peared on another window. On Mon day the same sort of cross bones # hloh I jOHitlvey } bellpvp was , made with blood , appeared on the door. " ] When asked If ho believed the cross bones was made in blood Mr. Stan fleld said : "I won't swear to the fact that it was blood but I don't believe it was paint or crayon. I washed it off. " Threatening Letters. Two threatening letters were re ceived by Mrs. Stanfleld before the trial of the Hadar bank robbers at Pierce. One of the letters which Mrs. Stanfleld has in her possession was put in her mail box nt her home in February , 1909. Written on a type writer , evidently by an amateur on the machine , it had no date , and read as follows : "Mrs. E. S. Stanfleld , Dear Madam : Take my advice and keep quiet as to the dressing of the hand which was cut In Jan , which you dressed this Is nil I have to say. Silence Is best. Re member. "One Who Knows , Jack. " The other letter Mrs. Stanfleld could not find last night but repeated It tea a News reporter. It was mailed , ac cording to Mrs. Stanfleld , on a train at Emerson , Neb. , dated March 31 , 1909. The letter reads' as follows : "Dear Mrs. Stanfleld : Remember what you were told about the dressing of that hand. You did not take our advice. You have yourself to blame for further results. ( Signed ) J. " Suffering From Internal Wounds. Confined to her bed , suffering In tense pain from Internal injuries re ceived as the result of the kick ad ministered by her assailant at her home on Phillip avenue Tuesday even ing , Mrs. E. S. Stanfleld told a News reporter the story of her terrible struggle with the man when he found that it would be impossible to drag her behind a pile of old machinery which lies heaped up behind her house where It Is believed , with the aid of a companion , nn attempt on her life was planned. "Rat" Saved Her Head. Mrs. Stanfleld , who has two alight wounds on her head as the result of the assailant's knife , says she be lieves the rat she wears in her hair saved her from having her head cut open. ' The drosa which Mrs. Stanflold wore on the night of the stabbing was torn to shreds and spattered with mud showing how desperately the woman fought to keep her assailant from drar- glng her to her possible death. First Time Without Her Revolver. "It was the first night I have ev < gone out in the yard without my r volver , " said Mrs. Stanfleld , produi.-1 Ing a largo 38-callber revolver which' she had underneath her pillow. "l ( was 9 o'clock at night. I had washe'd out ono of my nurse uniforms and a few colored clothes and went to hang i em up on the lino. After leaving the shed which adjoins my kitchen I told my daughter , &velyn , to lock the door which Is our custom. The Struggle. Coming back to the abed I was about to tell Evelyn to open the door when a man stepped out wearing a dark doth over his noae and mouth , which I believe was tied around his neck. He Unshed a light In m > face Immediately after he bllndul mo < J/.U the light I called out to Evelyn 'o/y'i the door locked and call her t . t > 0y'V H then the man grabbed mo and tp < d to drag me out of the shed tot/ard the wood pile. I fought him back to the shed where I tried to call for help. He put his hand over my mouth and said : "Yon , I told you to keep your mouth shut and I will 11 x you so you will. " Ho then again pulled me out of the shed and had mo near the pile of ma chinery. I called for help and he again put his hand over my mouth and said , "I told you to keep your mouth shut. " Ho then struck me in the eye and I said , "No one but a coward would do anything ns this. " "Ho did not seem to be trying to hit mo until I pulled his mask off and scratched him In the face , when the light of a street lamp fell on his face and I caught the gllmpso of the shin ing steel of his knife and also got a good look at him. A Light Colored Negro , Perhaps. "He looked like a mulatto or light colored negro. Many times I pulled his hair , which was curly and very thick. I pulled off the pocket on his coat and during the scuffling , In which I dodged him several times , I could smell his breath and I know ho was eating perfumed candy , which was probably Sen-Sen. He stumbled once and then ho slashed at my head. I threw up my arms to guard myself and ho stabbed mo In the arm and said , 'Do you feel that cut ? ' "Ho held to my skirts and dress and did not hit me In the face until I shout ed for help again when I heard some one walking on the sidewalk. His companion , whom I believe was hiding behind the machinery , whistled a sig nal and ho again said , 'Keep your mouth shut , d you , ' and cursed. "A number of times during the struggle ho said , 'You are awful stout. ' "I shouted once more and then he struck mo again In the eye. His com panion whistled again and he endeav ored to hit mo with his weapon and then kicked mo In the side. I was t obab'.v stunned anjl my husband , who Was at the depot at work , ar rived and took me In the house. Means Another Operation. "The doctor says I will have to undergo - dorgo another operation. I left the hospital before I really should to tes tify in the Hadar bank robbery case. I did nothing only that which I thought was my duty. I can Identify the man who attacked me any time. " Little Girl Was Frightened. "I heard the scuffling in the abed , " said little Evelyn Stanfield last night , "but I did not hear any talking ; I was BO frightened I could hardly use the telephone to call my papa. " MAKES A SENSATIONAL ESCAPE Kansas Bank Robber Leaps From High Window of Court Room. Muskogce , Okla. , March 2. Stray Waddell , when arraigned today charg ed with complicity in robbing a bank nt Ford , Kan. , made a sensational es cape from Judge Balley'R court room. He eluded his guards and leaped from a high window to the ground. A dozen or more deputies were guarding him , expecting- attempt- rescue might be made. Waddell la'aald'to'tiave nerved sentences In tho'Jollet-and' Jef ferson City penitentiaries. MURDERER PLEADS GUILTY Fred Robinson's Trial at Beatrice Comes to an Abrupt End. Beatrice , Neb. , March 3. The case of the state against Fred Robinson of Lincoln , charged with murdering his wife In this city last November , came to an abrupt ending in the district court yesterday when Robinson plead ed guilty to murder in the second de gree before Judge Pemberton and was sentenced to life Imprisonment. Rob inson visited Beatrice November 28 , 1909 , and after calling his wife out In the hallway of the Ponnor block whore she was visiting with her grandfather , W. L. Folden , shot her three times. Ho then turned the weapon upon him self , inflicting a dangerous wound. Mrs. Robinson died from her Injuries but Robinson survived. For Irrigation Projects. Washington , March 3. Bills au thorizing the acceptance of 130,000,000 worth of certificates of Indebtedness for the completion of Irrigating pro- ts and providing for the purchase of ,000,000 worth of real estate Infer for the future use of gov- wore passed by the senate. voted down a proposition to provide residences in foreign capitals for diplomatic officials. The senate was in session about four hours and the house six. Both houses will bo In session today. Manila Strike Lasts One Day. Manila , March 3. The strike Inaug urated yesterday by the crewa of the Intor-ialand steamers ended today when the men agreed to work for the present at their old wages , but with the understanding that certain de mands would be made later. ESTRADA ARMY NOW CRUSHED NICARAGUAN REBELLION IS PUT DOWN SUCCESSFULLY. THE WAR THERE IS AT AN END The Insurrectionary Movement Head ed Against Zelaya In the First Place and Madrlz Later , has Fallen Flat ; Rebels Fall for Lack of Aid. Blucllelds , March 3. The insurrec tionary movement headed by General Estrada against the Nlcaraguan gov ernment has been practically crushed. The Insurgent campaign In the west lias run out and nothing Is left to the [ irovislonals but a resort to guerrilla warfare , encouraged by the desperate hope that the United States may yet Intervene in a wish to put an end to the situation in the republic. For the first time today the corres pondents and the prominent person ages of this city were told the true situation which , however , has been .suppressed for a week. The public generally is still in the dark and pin ning Its faith to the false reports col lected about insurgent successes. The reports have been given currency not only In this city but have been sent broadcast with the deliberate purpose of influencing opinion in the United States and elsewhere and of attracting recruits from the government's force. It is now adimtted that General Chamorros' campaign was a failure. He had hoped that the interior would welcome and reinforce the insurgents' arms. This was possible up to the time President Zelaya resigned. His resignation and the election of Presi dent Madrlz appears to have satisfied the people In the interior and the west and when General Estrada's army reached the heart of the country they wfcre given a lukewarm reception and little or no aid. TEDDY SHOOTING ANTELOPES. The Party Will Reach Khartoum , Sou dan , March 17 Naples In April. Khartoum , Soudan , March 3. Col onel Roosevelt and his party left Mon- galla today for Lake No , whore Colonel - onel Roosevelt may take a shot at the antelopes of that vicinity. The party Is duo here , according to the local understanding , on' March 17. Roosevelt In Naples In April. Naples , March 3. Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt and Miss Ethel , returning from an excursion to Capri today , found a message from Colonel Roosevelt velt awaiting them. The message stated that Colonel Roosevelt had made no change In his plans. He ex pects to arrive here during the first week of April and will go to Rome to call on King Victor Emmanuel and the pope. He will then proceed to Paris , where he Is duo on April 15. Roosevelt Appointed. Geneva , Switzerland , March 3. Former President Roosevelt and Bru tus J. Clay , former American minister to Switzerland , were today appointed corresponding members of the Geneva National institute. London Gives Teddy Keys to City. London , March 3. The court of common council today unanimously adopted a resolution conferring the honorary freedom of the city on Theo dore Roosevelt , in recognition of the "distinguished services to civilization during1 his presidency aud his efforts towards the maintenance of the'pcaco ofthe world. " Mr. ' .Roosevelt will , visit London the middle of May. JEFF DAVIS' RECORD STANDS. Arkansas * Senator Not Permitted to Strike Out Damaging Words. Washington , March 2. Senator Jef ferson Davis of Arkansas was today denied the privilege of striking from the record a statement In his testi mony before the house committee on public lands In advocacy of the Ar kansas "sunk lands" bill , that he would receive a large legal fee if the bill were passed. SUPT. DAVIDSON PRESIDENT. Omaha School Man Chosen Head of National Educational Association. Indianapolis , March 2. The Nation al Educational association today elect ed W. N. Davidson , superintendent of the public schools of Omaha , as presi dent for the coming year. French for Arbitration. Paris , March 2. The French gov ernment has replied to Secretary Knox's proposal to the powers looking to the establishment of a permanent international court of arbitrarial Jus tice accepting the proposition In prin ciple but making certain suggestions which the French government believes will bring all the other powers Into ac cord. Tip on Road Maintenance. Foreign countries are years ahead of the United States In road building and road maintenance. They keep men constantly on the roads looking for signs of decay. As aoon as a road begins to unravel the spot la repaired. It must be cheaper and- better to re pair the first Indications of deteriora tion and always have the roads In good shape than to wait until a road is Impassable or full of ruts and gul lie * and then build a new one. THE ASTORS NOT TO MAKE UP. Counsel for the Wife Applies for the | Final Divorce Decree. New York , March 3. Counsel for Mrs. Ava Willing Astor filed In White Plains today a note of Issue for a mo tion to make permanent the Interlocu tory decree of divorce she obtained from Colonel John Jacob Astor , granted - ed by a justice at New' York city more than three months ago. JOHN D JR. , , . , RUNS FUND HE WILL MANAGE GIVING AWAY HIS FATHER'S MILLIONS. HE QUITS ALL OTHER BUSINESS The Giving Away of the OH King's Vast Fortune Will Require the Ener gies of His Son to Exclusion of All Else , for Years to Come. New York , March 3. Jonn D. Rocke feller , jr. , will probably become the active head of the new Rockefeller fund and devote his entire time to the philanthropic work undertaken by his father. To this end young Mr. Rocke- uer resigned as a director of the Standard Oil company on January 11. Mr. Rockefeller this week severed his connection with the United States Steel corporation and plans to retire from all active business , that he may be unhampered in me direction of the fund. The control and direction of the vast sums of the Rockefeller fund involves a task which will require the undivid ed energies of young Mr. Rockefeller for years to come. TO HELP JOHN D. SPEND IT Bill Introduced In Senate Incorporates Oil King's Corn. Washington , March 2. The Rocke feller fund is incorporated by n bill in troduced in the senate today. It is understood that the purpose is to pro vide a method for John D. Rockefeller to dispose of his enormous wealth in a manner beneficial to mankind. EXPRESS CO , RATES STICK JUDGE GARLAND GIVES DECISION IN DAKOTA RATE CASE. COMMISSION LACKED AUTHORITY The Reduction of Rates 20 Per Cent , as Ordered by the South Dakota Railway Commission , Is Knocked Out by Judge Carland at Sioux Falls.c Sioux Falls , S. D. , March 3. Judge Carland of the federal court rendered a , decision which is n complete victory for the express companies doing busi ness in South Dakota. He holds in substance that the act of the legislature did not give the board of railroad commissioners au thority to make the schedule of rates complained of by the express compa nies , which was a general reduction of 20 percent from the rates in effect January 1 , 1909. TRAINS STALLED AT OGDEN. Southern Pacific Tied Up Worse Than Ever Before In Its History. Ogden , Utah , March 3. With hun- dreds of passengers marooned here including many colonists from east ern points , the Southern Pacific rail road Is tied up worse than n any other time in Its history. Not a train has left for the west for twenty-four hours and floods In the Humboldt val ley where the river has changed Its course are so overwhelming according to local officials that It will require a week and possibly ten days before traffic can be partially restored. Southern Pacific train No. 9 , which left for the west Tuesday , carrying tons of mall , will return from Nevada. Other passenger trains sent out from here will return to Ogden , where the Southern Pacific railroad maintains a hotel where passengers are being ac commodated. The Union Pacific and the Denver and Rio Grande continue to operate trains east of Ogden and their incoming passengeis swell the number of marooned westbound trav elers. Ships Tangled In a Fog , Now York , March 2. Enveloped'In ' thick fog , New York harbor and the waters nearby are full of peril to mar iners. The British steamer SIdra , with sugar from Cardenas , Cuba , was in collision outside the harbor with the Norwegian fruit steamer Minnesota seta and received a broken bow and other damages. The extent of the Minnesota's injtlry Is not known. About twenty miles southeast of Bar- nogot , N. J. , the schooner Republic , from Porto Rlcan ports for Now York , was struck by the Royal Mall Steam Packet company's steamer Tagus from Kingston , Jamaica. It was necessary to call a tug to assist the Republic , the Tague standing by meanwhile. OAR STRIKE i MORE TENSE ' OUTCOME OF TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING EAGERLY AWAITED. MAYOR AGAINST ARBITRATION He Snaps His Fingers at the Republi can Political Organization ; Car Company - pany Officials Refuse to Budge Big Strike Scheduled for Friday. Philadelphia , March 3. Philadelphia is waiting with anxiety the outcome of the meeting of the city councils called for this afternoon to discuss' ways and means of bringing about a termination of the strike of the street car men. What the councils may bo able to accomplish In favor of the mayor's stand against arbitration of any character Is problematical. Arbi tration has been scouted by the Phila delphia Rapid Transit company offic ials , the city's representatives on the board of directors of the company and in fact by practically all persons con nected In an official capacity with the transit company. ( The action taken at the meeting of the Central Labor union last night , when that organization made final preparations to carry the threatened sympathetic strike order Into execu tion , has been discounted by the com pany which professes to believe that only a small percent of the 100,000 workmen who might respond to the call will obey the strike order. As It now stands the big strike will be start ed at midnight Friday. At a conference held last night be tween the business men's representa tives and Clarence O. Pratt , organizer of the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway employes , Bir. Pratt said ho favored arbitration and will be willing to do almost anything to pre vent the gigantic sympataetlc strike. A no mayor is so strong against any in terference by outside parties that he has let It be known that he will risk an open rupture with the republican organization ratherthan give in to the men. He affirms that his only duty as chief executive of the city so far as the strlko'ls concerned Is to main- tnln order. ljs ! position of rgpjesenta- tlvo or the city on the transit com pany's board of directors Is ex-offlclo and not elective , the other two city di rectors being elected by councils. The I | mayor therefore says he is not bound by any resolutions adopted by the councils. j That the mayor Is Indifferent over the prospect of a break with the poi I i lltlcal 1 leaders Is showd In a statement he 1 made In answer to a question as to 1t 1f the result of a certain political con ference held yesterday. He said * "They wanted me to change and told me they were getting telegrams from j leaders in Florida and that I was com mitting political suicide if I did not change. I told them I did not care about state Senator McNlchol , Recor der Vare or Senator Penrose or any body else , or whether I was commit ting political suicide or not , that I was going to stand just where I was , no matter what tne result. " An extra detail of policemen has been ordered on duty at the city hall in order to prevent the friends of ar- ( bltration from storming the council chamber as was done in 1905 when a monster demonstration was made against the obnoxious lease of the city gas works. Today the company claims about 1,000 cars are running. A regular schedule is maintained. Discount General Strike Order. I- I Several associations of the employ- ! ' era whose workmen are threatening to go on a sympathetic strike , held meetings to discuss the situation. The masteV builders at its meeting adopt- ort resolutions commending the city administration for Its stand in main- tnlnlng order and further resolved to declare a lockout if the members of the building trades unions strike. The Philadelphia Foundrymen's as- soclailon at their meeting adopted a resolution depreciating the proposed general strike. Director of Public Safety Clay stat- cd he had been taking a number of the workmen on strike. According to the reports received by the police in a canvass made at the director's orders - dors , workmen generally will Ignore the strike order. Better Order at Still Plant. South Bethlehem. Pa. , March 3. More men returned to work today at the Bethlehem Steel works , where a strike Is in progress , than on any day since the outbreak of the foreign strikers last Friday. The good order that la being maintained has inspired confidence in the men who desire to work , and the company expects to steadily increase Its force. Picketing by the strikers Is atlll In force , however - over , and the leaders of the strikers are not letting up in their efforts to keep the great plant crippled. The two companies of state police and the hundred deputies sworn In by the sher iff are still on duty , but they are not meeting with any trouble. Fairbanks Visits King Edward. London , March 3. Charles W. Fair banks , accompanied by American Am bassador Rold , visited King Edward at Buckingham palace today. CONDITION OP m WtATHER Temperature for Twenty.four Hours. Forecast for Nebraska. Maximum OS Minimum au Average jo Barometer \ 2li.UO Chicago , March I ! . The bulletin Is sued \\y \ \ the Chicago station of the United States \\onthor bureau gives the 1 forecast for Nebraska as follows- Fair tonight and Friday ; moderate temperature. I ' Butte , Mont. , Strike ends. llutto , Mont. . March 3. The strlk- Ing j mine engineers voted to return to t work. This marks the end of the strike. , HORRORS OF ENGLISH JAILS. | A Nightmare of Pain and Degradation , ' Lady Lytton Says. I , London , March 3. Lady Constance Lytton has recently served her second sentence for militant tactics In con- noctlon with the "Votes for Women" campaign. She was imprisoned for several days at Newcastle , but was set free by order of the homo secre tary as having a weak heart. Then she determined to see whether she would bo treated In the same way If she were In a humbler walk of life. As her admirers say of her : "She is a suffragette of the classes who wished to bo treated as a auffra- getto of the masses. " So she disguised herself as a worft- Ing woman , under the name of Jane Wharton , and was arrested. Sen tenced to fourteen days , with the op- tlon of a fine , she chose to go to Jail and passed a week In the Walton Jail in Liverpool. Then her Identity was discovered and she was released , In an i exhausted condition from the ef fects of forcible feeding. "Tho reality , " uho said afterwards , "surpassed all that I had anticipated. It was a living nightmare of pain , horror - ror and revolting degradation. The sensation Is that of being strangled and there is a feeling of complete help lessness , as of nn animal in a trap. " BAR OUT CHEAP VET SCHOOLS.I Only High Grade Veterinary Colleges Turn Out Meat Inspectors. , Washington , March 3. Only a few ' of the veterinary colleges of the country - try are recognized by the civil service ' for examination for moat inspectors , 'according to Chief .Melvin of the bureau - reau of animal industry at a hearing before a house committee. Dr. Melvin was asked how the buv i rean sot Its employes for inspecting * ' * the packing houses , for work In pre vention of hog cholera and for other lines of disease. I " i "Unless a young man Is a graduate of one of those favored high class col- leges ho cannot even try for an exam- I inatlon , " suggested Mr. Booher of Mis souri , a democrat. i "We have found , " answered Dr. Mel vin , "that the graduates of the better grades of colleges are better grounded in the work than those that come from cheap colleges. Cheap collegea do not have thorough courses. " | Dr. Molvln said the bureau Inspect ed 576 packing houses In 240 cities yearly , which pack about 96 per cent of meat that goes Into Interstate com merce. Just at present , he suggested , the export trade had fallen off to some extent , "because of the high price of meats at home. " A TARRIFF BILL FLURRY. Democrats I Try to Start a Bill to Re- vlte the Tariff. Washington , March 3. A demo cratic < proposition to amend the tariff law 1 threw the house into confusion and sent republican leaders scurrying about in order to control the situation. A < bill exempting from the payment of tonnage ' of vessel stopping at ports on the t great lakes having passed the senate was taken up for consideration. Representative Hitchcock of Nf-bras- ' , ka 1 sought recognition from the chair with an amendment providing for a reduction ' of 25 percent in the customs duties on Canadian goods. Chairman Payne of the committee on ways and means , taking alarm , pro ceeded down the aisle and to the chair of the speaker where a hurried con ference i took place. Returning to the floor ' Mr. Payne was recognized amid a noisy demonstration for recognition j by I Representative Hitchcock who In- ! , slsted he had a prior right to that claim. I I "From the standpoint of leadership ' I i said the speaker , "the gentleman from New 1 York seems to be the most con spicuous gentleman opposed to this bill ' this " on side. , Then in order to head off further' ' activity on the part of democrats Mr. Payne moved to recommit the mcas- ure and voted with his party to defeat his own motion , which was done , 118 j to 160. The parliamentary status of the bill was then so advanced that under the rules there was nothing further - ther to do except to put It upon Its final passage and It was passed. i'i Nlobrara Methodists Give Concert. II I NIobrara , Neb. , March 3. Special < to i The News : The Methodist church , ably i assisted by the local talent , gave an i enjoyable concert in the opera house. Every number deserves spe cial i mention. i In spite of the difficulty of roproduc-1 I Ing ! the subtle atmospheric humor of : Dickens , O. A. II. Bruce of Crolghton I I gave a clover and delightful reading of the famous Buzfuz address to the Jury In the Bardoll-Plckwick case. For an encore Mr. Bruce gave a ae ries of lightning changa humorous 1m- paraonationn. 84 DEAD IN THE i CANYON HORROR | OF GREAT NORTHERN TRAIN DISASTER INCREASES. , RESCUERS | IN GREAT DANGER GREAT < AVALANCHES CONSTANTLY LY SEEN SHOOTING DOWN. , DEM | ) UNDER 40 FEET OF SHOW ' It ' Is Believed None of the Sixty-Seven Listed as Missing , Will be Found Alive Rescuers Find Blood Red Spots of Snow , Severed Arms. ' Everett , Wash. , March 3. It Is now almost i certain the death toll In the avalanche , . that carried away two Great Northern trains and seven steam and electric ' locomotives will total eighty- four. i i Few believe that any of the alxty- seven ' listed aa missing will bo found alive. ' The rescuers themselves are In i a perilous position for the d'inger from | snowslldss is not over. Warm winds accompanied by frequent show- era are working havoc with the looao snow which is eighteen feet deep on the \ level and frequently avalanches are seen shooting down the Bleep slopes. Rumors current last night that ono of these avalanches has bur led I the relief parties cannot be con firmed. I The exact number of dead will not be ' known for weeks , not until the 'snow ! which Is over forty feet deep In the ' canyon , has molted. Workmen digging ' In the snow and wreckage re port 1 finding dismembered bodies , sev ered ' arms and hands. Frequently the first 1 intimation that they are digging near i a body , comes when they uncover a i lame potch of blood red snow. * - - f ANOTHER I TRAIN ALMOST OVER Coolness of Conductor Saves Lives. One Dead , Eighteen Injured. Spokane , Wash. , March 3. Oriental limited No. 2 , eastbound oh the Great Northern railroad , fell victim to nn avalanche of snow and rocks. Ono person was killed and twelve others Injured , some of them seriously. The entire train escaped plunging down a fifty-foot embankment by a narrow margin. The accident occurred twen ty-two miles east of Spokane. The train carried 175 passengers. As the train waa rounding a curve , the engineer , Alonzo Carle of Spokane , and several passengers saw the great mass of boulders blocking the way. Carle threw on the emergency brakes twenty-five feet before the mass waa reached. When the' mass struck the tanks in the cars exploded , fire imme diately burst out In five of the forward cars and they began to topple over the embankment. Conductor B. S. Robertson saw the danger and grasped the only chance to save the rest of the train. Calling for help from the uninjured mon paa- aengers , he ran forward and uncoupled the last three cars. With the aid of the passengers these were aaved and backed out of danger. The dead : Ed Miller , Hlllyard , Wash. , fireman. The Injured : Alonzo Carle , engineer , Spokane. E. E. Swanborg , Mount Vernon , Wash. Albert H. Fortln , Mount Vernon , Wash. William O. Elbrldge , 17-year-old tramp , no hope , thrown with the en gine : down the embankment. B. .1. Fahey , Seattle , news agent. F. H. Ashley , Seattle , news agent. C. F. Coflinberry , Seattle. H. C. Nelson , baggage clerk , Seattle. P , VanLippelop , mall clerk. John Nelson , mail weigher. Rev. Benjamin Wingle and wife of Chicago , bruised. Mr. Wingle is 70 years old and Is suffering from a wrenched back. PULLMAN ' , WASH. , IS FLOODED. Between ' Five and Ten Feet of Water Sweeps Through the City. Pullman , Wash. , March 1 , \ia Col- fax ' , Wash. , March 3. Between flvo and ' ten feet of water is sweeping through ' the streets of - allman io- .night. ' One Northern Pacific and two Oregon i Railroad and Navigation com- pany bridges have been swept out above the city. An undertaking and furniture store was swept away , the stock of coffins floating off with a hearse. A piano stoic was wrecked and nine pianos jwero swept down stream. Fuel Is scarce. Fhore Is no light and the city Is without drinking water. The property loss In Colfax and Im mediate vicinity , It Is estimated , will reach 1200,000. Business naa boon entirely suspend ed , and the schools are closed. The town is without light or water and a- fuel famine la threatened.