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THE OMAHA' ' DAILY BEE ESTABLISHED JUNE 19 , 1871. OMAHA , TUESDAY MOHXIXG , JANUABY 10 , ' 18JJ-TWELVE ) ) PAGES. SIXGT.K COPY TIV.E CENTS. COLLIDE AT SWITCH Two Post Passenger Trains on tha Union Pacific Wrecked at Sunol , TRAINMEN AND TWO PASSENGERS KILLED Fireman Oolcman Crushed to Death and Engineer Bonner Dies Later , BODIES OF DEAD BURN TO A CRISP Several Other People Seriously Though Not Fatally Injuredi THREE ENGINES REDUCED TO SCRAPS AVrcrk Take * Fire nnd Four of the Nxenger Conehe * Are Cou- iiined f.'aime of Wreck Unknown. SIDNEY , Neb. , Jan. 9. ( Special Tele gram. ) At Sunol , fifteen miles east of here , the Union Pacific had a bad wreck this morning at 4 ; 15. Train No. 3 , fast passenger , which left Omaha yesterday morning drawn by engines No. 1801 and No. 1802 , in charge respectively of Knglnceio Charles Ell and ItccEC , ran Into 'train No. 2. drawn by engine No. 1803 , In charge of Engineer Dell Uonncr. Donner had orders to meet No. 3 and the brakcman was just In the act of opening the switch when No. 3 came thundering along at a forty-five mile an hour gait and nearly ono hour late. Doth trains were on the main track. The dead : DELL BONNER , engineer , Internally hurt , rllw broken ; died nt 4:30 : p. m. JOHN C. COLBMAN , fireman , Creston , la. , dnstantly crushed to death. Young woman supposed to be MISS MYR TLE ARMSTRONG of Paxton , Neb. UNKNOWN MAN ; charred body taken from wreck. The engines were badly demolished , the entire train of No. 3 being destroyed ex cepting a mall car and ono sleeper. On No. 2 the composite car burned up. Two charred bodies have been taken from the wreck. One Is the body of a nun nml the other of a woman , supposed to be Miss Myrtle Arnuttong of Paxton , Neb. There- were 320 passengers on No. 3 and all tint two , an old man and a woman , are ac counted for. It Is supposed they were killed. Fireman John C. Coleman , who -was killed , is n married man and has a family living ot Creston , la. la.MNt MNt of Injured. Engineer Ell Is scalded , but not seriously. Engineer Reese Is cut In the head. A Clnnman , name unknown , also baa sev eral scalp wounds and chest hurt. The cook on the dining car ot No. 2 has ft broken arm. Dr. 0. W. Dwlnncll , a passenger on No. 2 , from Montague , Cal. , rendered ad- mlrablo assistance. The wounded are all .4ilplns .w.ell. , . . . . . , + , , Oeorgo J. Hunt of' Omaha , superintendent Bclmont Canal company , left leg fractured , abdominal Injury , badly bruised. II. P. They , Chicago , head burned nd clngcd , legs badly bruised. J. C. Johnpon. a fireman oa No. 3. resides a % Council Bluffs , usalp wound , face badly bruited. Mrs. A. M. Startzelf of Rawllns , Wyo. , left leg sprained. Four cars are completely turned and the tinee engines are D'lTi uy together and re- ecmblo an old scrap Iron pile. Superintendents Maxtor and Park are both at the scene of the wreck. The dead botlfes vern brought hero on a special train. An Improvised hospital h.is len cstabisi.d ! In a sleeping car at the wreck and Dr. Lincoln O. Simon Is l.i rhiB . Will InvvMlKntp Wreck. Coroner Dnssptt has ompanncllcd a Jury < o Investigate the cause of the Sunol wreck. Witnesses have been summoned to appear tomorrow. Judge Baldwin of the Union 1'aclflc will also bo on hand. Dell Banner's remains -will bo taken to North Platte for burial. Fireman Cole- man's will be shipped to Creston , la. The three bodies burned to a crisp are a shape less mass. Hundreds have been at the freight depot examining the charred bodies. The scene of the wreck has been visited all day by curious people , nnd many a sad heart has turned away from the sickening sight. At Union Pacific headquarters In this city the various departments are contributing all possible relief to the Injured. A largo force of surgeons were rushed to the scene by daybreak and the wounded taken to Sidney. The Bee's special report covered the de tails as completely as these reports received at the railroad headquarters. The damage to the equipment Is yery lieav ) ' , both engines being practically scrap iron and tbo cars not totally demolished telng torn up very badly. A specially constructed track around the wreck prevented much delay In the move ment of other trains. The company is very tiuay Investigating tbo causes that contrib uted to the wreck , around which consider able my tery centers. SHAFTER READYTO GO WEST _ Will It e n me lllx Old Command nt San Frnnclico and Merrlnm Gee * to Denver. SAN FRANCISCO , Jan. 9. Word has come that Major General W. R. Shatter will leave Washington next Thursday. He will bo ac companied by his three aides. Captain E. H. I'tuuimer , Tenth Infantry ; Captain W. H. McKlttrlck and Captain Brlce. H Is re- Iiorted also that Major Robert H. Noble , Assistant adjutant general , who Is first lieu tenant In the First Infantry , who was Gen cral Shatter's senior aide at the outbreak of tl-o 'war ' , will be assigned for duty here ngatn. General Merrlam will not leave for Den ver until after General Shatter arrives. First Lieutenant W. S. Graveo , Seventh in fantry , hU aide , who has been acting judge advocate In the Department of the Columbia at Vancouver barracks , has been relieved from that duty and will join Genera ? Mer rlam at Denver. FAILS TO FINDJHE MONEY If Stotvell' * Contention U True the Hurled Treniure Ha * Donhtleai Been Taken hy FrleniU. KANSAS CITY. Jan. 9. The safe con- talnltig } 11.500 which Chad Stowell , an In tuato of the Hutchlnson , Kan. , reformatory , In a confession made Saturday last , says ho helped take In the Missouri Pacific train robbery at Leedi In September ami burled jitar Gallatln , was not found by Chlel etrauskj und Sheriff Cook of Topeka. After a hard day's search by tbo officials , with the help of many Qallatla men armed with fhovels , picks and bars , without suc cess , the search was abandoned. The theory U advanced that if the money and valuables had ever been burled there , during the tlmo that has elapsed It has undoubtedly been removed by some of Stowell's associates or his friends to whom ho had Imparted his secret. This Is the robbery In which young Jesse James , Jr. , Is alleged to have taken part and whoso trial will come up January 1C next. WITTUM HAS FLYING MACHINE Oinnlin .Milii IIHIpven HP linn Snlvrtl the I'roldem Wur Depart ment to InvrntlKntr , WASHINGTON , D. C. , Jan. P. ( Special Telegram. ) Oeorgo Wlttum of Omaha , who has been un enthusiast on flying machines and who has Invented an airship which he believes will revolutionize the question ot navigating the air , has , on the request of the War department , submitted plans nnd Kpeclflcatlonn of his airship , with a view to lt adoption by the department should It be found practicable. All the members of the Nebraska delegac tlon In congress who have been elected to the Fifty-sixth congress at present In Wash ington filed their certificates of election with Clerk of the House McDowell today. Ernest Tracey of Norfolk , Neb. , who waa mustered out with the Second Nebraska as major , will bo appointed captain In the Seventh Immunee , Colonel Ooodwln corn- mandlng. Tracey Is highly recommended by Colonel lillls for the position which President McKlnley will nominate him to lu a day or two. Senator Thurston returned from New York yesterday , standing the trip remarkably well. His physician , however , has recom mended ( hat he remain In his hotel for a clay or two , to bo on the safe side , in view of the treacherous character of la grippe. Jay McDowell of Falrbury , one of the republican wbcclhorscs of that section ot Nebraska , Is In the city. T. W. Blackburn of Omaha waa at ths capltol today. Senator Thurston will within a day oi > two Introduce a joint resolution In congress looking to the recognition of the Greater America Exposition at Omaha and setting asldo any balance In the treasury after the expenses of the government exhibit at ths Transmtsslsslppl Exposition are paid to the credit of the new exposition. HIGH LICENSE FOR ALASKA Governor Ilrndy Approver Action of the HOIIHP Committee In IlenllnK with the Liquor Trnfllc. WASHINGTON , Jan. 9. Governor Brady of Alaska was today before the house com mittee on the revision of laws In refer ence to the liquor restrictions feature of the iow code of laws for Alaska. He strongly approves tbe course of the committee In substituting high license for prohibition , nnd says the prohibition law cannot be enforced. The committee finally perfected the license amendment placing the tax at $1,000 , and adding a local option provision toy which an applicant for saloon license must first sccuro the written assent of a majority of all adult white citizens living within a. radius of two miles. Governor Brady will also appear before the e rltofy committee relative to"tho pending * cglslatlon for the general government of he territory. He approves the plan sug gested by tbe citizens of Juneau for such changes In the measure as It passed the senate as will give the president larger ap pointive powers. INCHEASK I.HKVEMJE RECEIPTS. Return * from Interim ! Tnxntlon lilore Thnii a Third Larger. WASHINGTON. Jan. 9. The monthly statement of the collections of Internal rcv- enuo show that during November , 1898 , the receipts amounted to { 22,404,405 , against [ 13.959.296 for November , 1897. The receipts [ rom the several sources of revenue , with : ho Increase In each case as compared with November , 1897 , are given as follows : Spir its , $9,538,461 , Increase $866,481 ; tobacco , $4,337,018 , lncr xso $1,487,020 ; fermented liquors , $4,814.022. Increase $2,564,960 ; oleo margarine , $193.770. Increase $42,428 ; mis cellaneous. $3.465.941. Increase $3,429,031 ; special taxes , $55,190. For the five months of the fiscal year the receipts aggregated $161.129.583. an increase as compared with the same period in 181)7 ) of $44 41,118. At this rate of Increase the receipts from nil Internal revenue sources during the present fiscal year will aggre gate about $275.000.0(0. WII.KOX TO INVESTIGATE MEATS. Secretary of Agriculture Takes Hniul In the Army Sqnalihle. WASHINGTON , Jan. 9. Secretary Wil son hla directed Chemist Wiley of the De partment of Agriculture to purchase canned meat In the open market here , the products of the same concerns as served It to the government during the war , and after Iden tifying such purchases to make analysts of the cans' contents to determine If they were treated by chemicals. Department officials are confident that the beef as furnished under the contracts was wholreorae and pure. They say that the attacks made on the beef , even If nol sustained , will cost thu meat Interests In this country an amount equal to tbe cos I of the entire war , and furnish material In the future for the opposition of these countries which have been all along fight ing the admlislon of American beef prod ucts. The secretary says there Is no doubt that the discussion of the allegations made will glvo a setback to the negotiations thai have been making for years for removal ol European restrictions on our products. CONFIMJIATIO.VS IJV THE SENATE M. n. Sloore , IteKliter of Tnoon , Arlm. Land Ofllce. WASHINGTON , Jan. 9. The senate today confirmed these nominations ; Richard Lo Bert of Colorado , consul to Ghent , Belgium ; C. C. Goodale , surveyor general of Colorado ; John C. Cltne , collector of customs at LO3 Angeles ; M. R. Moore register of land oBlce , Tucson , Ariz. ; J. F. Boughton , postmaster at 'Madison ' , Ga. Change In Colnmbn * Bank. WASHINGTON. Jan. 9. ( Special Tele gram. ) The application of the following persons for authority to convert the Com * mcrclal bank of Columbus , Neb. , to tb Commercial National bank , with a capita ot $50,000 , has been approved : W. A. Me Alllster , C. H. Shelden. S. C. Gray , Car Relnke and Herman Oelrlch. 0. A. Thompson was. today appointed postmaster at Woden , Wlnnebago county la. ; also Leon D. Howard at Marston , Sully county , S. D. The Omaha National bank and the Mer chants' National bank ot Omaha were toda approved as reserve agents for the Firs National bank of Boise , Idaho. Station Ilrai * Band t finam. WASHINGTON , Jan. 9. The Navy de partment baa decided to allow the nava station at Guam a full brass band , and th equipping officer has b en authorized to procure tbe instruments and ship them on tba YcBealte wUea U etaru ( or tbo CRISIS IS iNEAR AT HAND Situation at Manila is at a Point Where Something Must Drop. PEACEABLE SOLUTION IS JUST POSSIBLE American * Arc- Taking Every 1'recau- ttnn anil the Troop * In Quar ter * Arc All Under Arm * . MANILA , Jan. 9. The situation Is rapIdly - Idly I approaching a climax , and It U just poslsblo that tomorrow will sec a peaceful solution. Meanwhile nil sort * ot alarmist rumors are in circulation. The United States authorities ore taking every precaution , the troops In quarters are under arms , and the Callfornlans have dis embarked from the transports. The natives , It Is reported , have been or dered not to work for the Americans , and 10 employes In ttio commissary department ave gone on a strike. Natives are leaving tie city. Major General Otis , however , has 10 whole situation thoroughly In hand. A second proclamation by Agulnaldo , bear- ng tbo same date as the one that im- icdlately followed the proclamation of Ma- or General Otis , based upon President Mc- Clnley's Instructions , first appeared on the treets today , but It Is alleged to have been ccaltod. Its terms are much more vehcm- nt than these used In Hie first proclama- Ion. Aguinaldo threatens to drive the Amcrl- ans from the Islands ; calls the Deity to vltness that their blood will bo on their wn heads If It Is shed , and details at reater length the promises he- claims were nade by the Americans to a part of the lu- urgents In the campaign. H Is believed that this second proclamation s the original draft which was not adopted y the Filipinos' council at Malolos. LONDON. Jan. 3. The Filipino commit- ecs In Paris , Madrid and London tele- raphed on Saturday to President McIClnloy.n 'ho Paris dispatch read : "Wo protest gainst 'tho disembarkation of American roops at IlolTo. " A representative of the Associated Press earns that the Filipino Junta of Paris has ecelved a telegram from the Filipino agent t Hong Kong , dated Saturday , nnd saying : Fight with Americans unavoidable. Wo re not the aggressors. " A telegram from an English house at tanlla today says the situation is very trained and that there is much anxiety hare. The dispatch aluo contains news from lollo , the substance of which was that the American troops had not yet landed. The members of the FlHplno Junta dls- rcdlt a statement published in the Globe ere this afternoon that the United States overnment has ordered Agonclllo , the rep- eescntatlvo of Agulnaldo , to leave Wash- ngton. They say they surely would have lean ) the news If It had been true. Mall advices from the ro-called Filipino government , received here today eay that Agulnaldo has decided that all foreign trade nterlng ports under Filipino control win x > admitted on the payment of a duty of 5 er cent ad valorem , and that all export rade Is liable Jto JB duty of 1 o " ' * - * ' * ( ' * * CASTRO FORGETS HIS PLACE Think * He Still Hold * the Beln * at Havana Gome * IN Merry at n Ball. HAVANA , Jan. 9. Senor Fernandez 7astro , the civic governor of Havana , acts as though he had his former powers. He has ordered the Hygienic hospital to be closed. General Ludlow , the military governor of the district of Havana , who had not been con sulted In the matter , was displeased when ho icard of the action taken and directed that .ho hospital bo reopened. Do Castro ordered the newspapers last week not to print busl ncfs advertisements which were distasteful o him. They did not do so. General Lud- ow wlir probably remove the civil gov ernor. John Gary Evans , though not exactly al calde or mayor of Havana , has been directed by General Ludlow to construct the minor courts and supervise the police and some ot he civil departments. A dispatch from Remedlos says that Gen eral Maximo Gomez danced polkas nnd mazourkas at a ball there on Saturday ast. FAREWELL TO I.OIIII BEUESFOItD. EugllNh Naval Offleer I Given a Ilaii- tinet nt Shanghai. SHANGHAI , Jan. 9. The municipal coun cil , the Chamber of Commerce and the American and China associations gave a farewell banquet last evening to Rear Ad miral Lord Charles Bcresford , who has been for some time in China on a special mission from the British Associated Chambers ot Commerce to inquire as to the opportunity for further development of British trade In this country and ae to the security for in vestments and undertakings already here. Lord Beresford , in responding to a toast to his health , said that the cosmopolitan character of his hosts proved that his policy in China was unanimously approved by the representatives ot the great nations having the largest trade Interests in China Lord Beresford sailed from Shanghai to day for Japan. 1'ITIAIJLE CONDITION OF SOLDIEKS. Few Ahle-Bodled One * Among Thoie Itetnmlug from Culm. BARCELONA. Jan. 9. The Spanish transport Notre Dame do Salut , which sailed from , Havana on December 19 for this port , has arrived here with 1,100 repatriated sol diers on board. The vessel was overcrowded and many of the troops were found to be III on tbe steamer's arrival. During the voy age thirty-nine deaths occurred. The sick soldiers were speedily attended to and 366 of them were taken In ambulances to hos pitals and 100 others were removed to the sanitarium. The remainder of the troops were in a fearfully emaciated condition and were hardly able to stand. Crowds of per sons who had assembled to welcome the re turning soldiers were horrified at the sights presented by the. men and wept and cursed tha mismanagement of the officials. rreililent Iglenlna In London. LONDON , Jan. 9. The president of Costa Rica , Senor Rafael Igleslas , arrived here today. At Folkestone the president was met by Robert Follott Synge. C. M. 0. , staff officer in the treasury department of the foreign office , who welcomed him In thn name of Queen Victoria and the govern ment. The queen'a master ot ceremonies , Colonel Sir William Collvlll , C. B. , met the president at Charing Cross railroad station. Thence President Igleslas and his suite were driven In royal carriages to a hotel , where they will bo the guests of tbe government during their stay here. Ciirlenturlng William Again. BERLIN. Jan. 9. The Paris Figaro was confiscated by the police throughout Ger many yesterday on account of a caricature it contained , copied from Tuck , rep resenting Emperor William of Germany In thu guise of i "despised animal. " ; TO OFFSUT HIOAK BOUNTY. Countervailing Iliitlen Are I'rKnl for the lleiu-nt of Cniindn. LONDON , Jan. 9. At n crowded meeting of the Anti-Sugar Bounty league held In London this evening a decision was adopted demanding that the British government should Immediately conclude a convention with Germany , Austria , Holland and Bel- glum to aboll.th bounties , and to guarantee iroducers security In the open British 11n narkets ; against state-aided competition. Lieutenant General John W. Laurlcr , conservative member of parliament for Pembroke borough , -who represented Can ada at the meeting , strongly advocated countervailing duties. Ho pointed out that Canada was also suffering from bounties given on French flah. UNIQUE METHOD OF ROBBERS Alnliict Policeman on the Beat nnd Then Make Ilnjil on Tire Lending IlotelH. ST. LOUIS , Jan. 9. A Ipcclal to the Post- Dispatch from Fort Scott , ICan. , says : Two masked mon early this morning captured a policeman , took him a mile Into the woods , bound and gagged him nnd with rare cool ness held up and robbed nine men In the Cottage house and Sayers house , two hotels on prominent buslno'H streets. Edward Mend , nn engineer on the Kansas City , Fort Scott & Memphis , who was ono of the victims , was shot by ono of the robbers and George H. Young , a colored man , who was mistaken for one of thei robbers , was shot. Several hours after the robbery the police Identified the bandits na they boarded the St. Louis bound Missouri , Kansas & Texa * passenger train nnd had a pitched battle with them , but they goti away. The robbery occurred on Bast Wall street on Policeman Jonej' beat. The Cottage house was entered first. Ono bandit kept the guests covered with his revolver , white the other robbed them of their watches , re volvers ' and money. The booty taken amounted to about $150 and a number ot watches. H. T. Dayton , n merchant and stockman of Golden City , Mo. , who was just returning from market , waa relieved of $100 and a watch. Then the bandits wont across the street to the Sayers house and robbed the clerk and money drawer. SPEAK WELL OF FILIPINOS 1'rlcntH IletiiriiliiK from Manila Say AmliltloiiM Lenders Foment the Trouble. SAN FRANCISCO , Jah. 9. Father Diaz , loader of the ten Spinish priests from Manila , who ore in this city on their way to Panama , says : "Tho Filipinos are not natu- rolfy warlike and would' ' not be now oppos ing the United States were It not for the leaders who are spurring them on. These leaders are In the work solely for personal gain nnd would prove hard masters for the weaker portion of 'the natives should they gain the power. At Hello , where I was sta tioned . , there would have been Ilttlo fighting if it had not been for these malcontents' ' , who fairly forced tbe natives' Uptake up arms. Most of-the i-meri'n'hifMK C tlie head-61 the Insurgent movement are mestizos , or half-breeds. As to Agulnaldo hlmscff , he la a crafty fellow , and bos a following among these people who hope to climb by his ad vancement. I do not know Agulnaldo Is per sonally responsible for all the brutality shown our friars , yet ho could have prevented vented a good portion of It It he had seen fit to do so. " Father Fernandez , another of the party , stated that he considers the natives of the islands a civilized people. REORGANIZING WIRE COMPANY New Company to Be Capitalized at $ IKOt ( ) > , OOO With 151:1,000,000 : Working Capital. CHICAGO , Jan. 9. The agreement which has been entered Into provides for a re organization of the American Steel and Wire company with a capital stock of $90,000,000. The present capital Is $24,000,000. Of the new stock $40,000,000 will bo cumulative | preferred and $50,000,000 common. It Is j | stated that a syndicate has been formed i j 1 which -will furnish the necessary capital , for the purchase of the new plants and In | addition thereto provide $13,000,000 of working capital of the concerns which will enter the combination. The entire amount to bo furnished by the syndicate is $28,000- 000. Stockholders In the present American Steel and Wire company will be entitled to exchange their securities for those of the new company on the following basis : The holders of preferred stock will receive 100 per cent In the now preferred and 60 per cent In the new common stock and the holders of common stock 'Will ' receive 120 per cent In new common stock. PRESIDENT GIVES A DINNER Member * of Congremi and Military and Naval OlUcern Are Among Hln Gne t . WASHINGTON , Jan. 9. President and Mrs. McKlnley gave an elaborate dinner at the White House tonight , at which the mem bers of the Paris peace commission were the guests of honor. Invited to meet them were the members of the cabinet , senators and representatives in congress and a num ber of the officers of the army and navy who took prominent parts In the war , including Major Generals Shatter and Wheeler and Admirals Sampson and Schley and Captain Robley D. Evans. LAW SUIT FROM LIVE WIRE KnnNiiH Girl Secure * Damages AKUlimt the City and an Elec tric Light Company. KANSAS CITY , Jan. 9. Grnclo File , 7 years old , the dauglrter of Mr. and Mr * Enoch File of Kansas City , Kan. , has won i her eult for damages against that city. On i June 25 , 1895 , while playing In the street in i front of her home , the child took hold of a live electric light wire which was dangling from a polo In the street nnd received a shock that almost killed her nnd as a result t of the shock she Is now a cripple. A Jury r gave her a verdict for $2,600 and the supreme premo court sustained tbe verdict. General * Will Be I'renent. CHICAGO , Jan. 9. General Joseph Wheeler and General Wesley Merrltt , who are in the city , have accepted Invitations to attend the Knights Templars' charity ball here tonight. The generals will wear their full drees uniforms and tbo presence of tbe two officers will greatly help to dlepel any feelings ot disappointment which may arise over the absence of Rear Admiral Schloy. Truit Sliun-H UN Good Work * . CLEVELAND , Jan. 9. As a result of the completion of the so-called "wire combine" an advance of $2 per ton far wire and wire nails waa announced hero today. It Is Im possible to buy wire rods In the market In this of the "tho " port country , combine" bavins absorbed all the rod mills. BLUNDER IN TRAIN ORDERS Fourteen Lives Snnffed Out in Frightful Crash on Lehlgh Valley. OVER TWENTY-FIVE ARE BADLY INJURED Knrly Morning CollUloii Neer * ltate * fur of Single Track and I2ieur- lon Train Meet * with Destruction. NKW YORK , Jan. 9. By a head-end col- Islon between two passenger trains on the Lehlgh Valley railroad nt West Dunnellcn. \ . J. , ut 12:47 : p. m. today , sixteen persons were killed nnd over twenty-five were In ured. The dead are ; MARTIN KEENAN , hotel keeper , Mount Carmel , Pa. W. F. H1NKEL , contractor , Mount Car mel , Pa. JACOB HELLER , tailor , Mount Carmel. H. E. WIKELL , 25 years old , Mount Car mel. mel.FRANK FRANK FISCHER , shoe dealer , Mount Carmel. WILLIAM ii. LEADER , 24 years old , dry oods dealer , Mount Carmel. He U a. son of C. C. Loader , president of a bank In Shamokln. Ho was only recently married. FRANK MARKEL , 04 years of age , Sha- mokln , Pa. THEODORE S. KOHN , Shamokln , Pa. A. S. KEIFER , carpet dealer. Pottsvllle. Pa. Pa.WILLIAM WILLIAM H. MARKET , Shamokln , Pa. JAMES JARVIS , 12 years old , Mount Car- mel. TWO WOMEN , who ore still to be Identi fied. fied.A A partial list of the Injured follows : L. T. Walter of Mount Carmel , Pa. ; leg broken. Martin Keenan of Mount Carmel. Pa. ; leg broken and head Injured. Stanley Day of Newmarket , N. J. ; badly bruised. William Corcrl of Newmarket. N. J. William Feelan of Little Valley , Pa. ; leg broken and badly bruised. Mrs. Jarvls. mother of the boy who was kilted ; leg broken. Miss Marguerite Jarvls , daughter ; both legs broken. Engineer Prendergast , who was pinned under his locomotive , was rescued. Ho Is in a precarious condition. IteKiilt of a Tcrrlhle Mlntnke. West Dunellen Is three mites from Bound Brook and about thirty miles from New York City. At the spot where the disaster occurred there Is a sharp curve In the Le hlgh Valley tracks and a steep cut , but the accident was due In the first place to some terrible mistake In train orders and In the second place to another accident that oc curred at Bound Brook earlier In the day. The scenes which accompanied the col llslon , the sufferings of the Injured and the panic that reigned among the four hundred passengers were well nigh Indescribable. The blood-stained wreck of tangled nnd twisted iron and wood that was still on the railroad tracks tonight bore witness to the | I j truth of the general verdict of railroad men I thai this waa one of the worst collisions I - . - . . . > - 1 A head-on collision on a double track-road was made possible only by n freight wreck which occurred at Bound Brook at 6 a. m. . when the axle of a freight car broke and nine cars were piled on top of each oilier. This completely blocked the eastbound track ! and all through the morning Lehlgh Valley | trains bound for New York switched from , i their own track to the westbound track , going over these rails from Bound Brook to Newmarket , a distance of six miles and changing at the latter place back to their right side of the road. VlPtlniN Arc Exenrlonlt * . Train No. 20 , which left Shamokln , Pa. , at 7 a. m. , was so heavy with human freight that It had to be 'broken Into three sec tions. The first two sections reached New York In safety. The third section of this train was almost an hour late. Its seven cars were cnwded with ' 00 oxcmsloulsts , most of them from Mount Carmel and Sha mokln , Mahanoy City , Hazelton , Ashland and Pottsvllle , Pa. The train switched over ai Bound Brook anJ proceeded , like the preceding sections , on the westbound track. Meanwhile there had been waiting at Newmarket a local train that piles regularly between New York and Bound Brook. Its number on the schedule is 71 and It Is duo at Bound Brook at 11:69 : a. m. Owing to the traffic all going en on one track It was almost an hour late. At last the train dis patcher at South Plalnfleld gave It permis sion to go. Just before reaching West Dunellen Engi neer Rick slowed his train down , because he stops for passengers , If there are any. Martin Brennan. the signal man , threw up bis arms and waved them , as If to say there were no passengers , so the local put on steam and headed round the curve , going at about twenty-flve miles an hour. There wcro only four passengers on the local. Saw Danger Too Late. In the cab cf the excursion train was James Frendergast , the engineer , with his fireman , George Cheshire. They saw the local ae It itarted on the curve. With shrieking whistle , brakes grinding and sparks flying from the wheels the excursion train bore down to what seemed certain destruction. The passengers , alarmed at the continued whistle , opened the windows , mothers snatched their children In their arms , men started from their seats ; but before they had time to find out what wan the matter they were burled headlong , knocked senseless and many killed outright. The two engine * , from which both crows had Jumped , came together with an awful crash. The excursion train was probably going at about fifteen miles an hour. The local engine , as If tripped in its faster ( light , turned a complete somersault and came crashing down beside its now demolished obstruction. But Us career was not ended before U had Jammed the tender of the excursion engine almost from one end to the other of the flret car from Shamokln. The car , or what was left of It , rolled over , carrying with it the Imbedded tender , the fragments of a dozen bodies and the 1m- prisoned wounded , who had been carried by the Jagged Iron on Its relentless course through the coach. It was In the first car of the excursion train that all the deaths and most of the casualties occurred. The mashed up bodies presented a horrible sight. The other cars , though their occupants were badly shaken , stayed on the track and were In condition to be hauled off. Wrecking trains were quickly on hand. As tbe dead were taken from the demolished car they were put In the rear , cars of the excursion train end taken to Bound Brook where a coroner's Inquest was held tonight. Tbo Injured were put In the cars of the local train. Twenty-one were taken to Plalnfleld hospital while the less serlouply Injured went on to Jersey City and New York. Engineer' * Awful Suffering. Engineer Prendergast , who weighs almost 300 pound * , Jumped too late. He was caught under his engine and lay for three hours pinioned In frightful azocy. Wlicn at list a CONDITION OF THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska Threatening Wcntlirr ; Easterly Wind * , Temperature nt Omaha yeMt-rdnyi Hour. lien. Hour. lleg. .1 n. m II t p. m 'JS II . 1-1 . ill u. in - - u. ni 7 n. m 14 : t | i. tu ! W S a. m til -I I'in : i. > i ) a , m in r | i , m : tt : II ) a. 111 tH ( I 11. m 11 n. m ! t 7 p. m. . . . . . ISO 12 in U < S | i. m S l II | i. in ltl suge crane lifted the heavy Iron off his body : e wns found so badly Injured that he Is ex pected to die. The loss ot life Inlllcted on bin train would have probably been nothing like It was had It not been for this fact that at Mauch Chunk the baggage car of the ex cursion train wns found \o \ have a hot but and was taken off , thus leaving the crowded day coach next the engine. If this coach hod retained the position It held when the train left Shamokln probably but a few lives would have boon lost. Engineer Rick of the local wan found on the tracks t > o badly Injured that little hops Is entertained of liU recovery. Despite the blood that Mowed from his mouth , Hid ; gurgled out : "Someone gave wrong orders. 1 know how U happened , but I can't speak now. " TIME SET FOR VANCE TRIAL Ilcnrliiv ut MnryrlllP on Jniiunry 1- Clerk I'p ' for KmbrrrleineiU lii- MIIIIC .Man KltlN lllniNplf. MARYV1LLE. Mo. . Jan. n. ( Special Tel cgram. ) George Vance of Cleamont who Is charged with having debauched and caused the death of his eighteen-year-old daughter , Gertrude , wns brought before Justice W. L. Johnson In Maryvlllo today and Thursday , the 12th Inst. , was fixed as the date foi- his preliminary hearing. Fred Elliott of Graham Is In the Nodawar county Jail charged with having embezzled $5 from his employer , James Adklns , In whoso store In Graham ho waj employed. He was arrested In Holt county today. Frank Hawkins , brother of Prof. Charles A. Hawkins of the real estate and loan firm of Hawkins & Roelofson , attempted to commit sulcldo today by cutting his throat with a pocket knife. Hawkins has been partially J deranged mentally for some time and for several days haavbeen staying ni the home of hU father-in-law , J. K. Routh , near town where he has been recuperating , Today he was left alone in a field where bo was helping gather corn and when found few mlutes later had committed the deed , His wounds ore fatal. ROSTAND TO DEFEND CYRANO Injunction Brought hy Alleged Chicago cage Anther Will Be Heard In Court. CHICAGO , Jan. 9. The attorneys for the defendants in the Cyrano de Bcrgcrac case appeared in the United States district cotir today and asked for a postponement of the temporary injunction proceedings. The re- quest ( was granted by Judge Grosscup , ani the lawyers for both sides wore told to agree upon a commission to take th < t deposition o , M. Rostand , the author of "Cyrano , " If -Fr'ul % Tu courf o < vWi' < > l 'ilie littiASya'.tc- appear before him next Monday , by which time , ii Is expected the commission that Is to cross-examine M. Rostand will have been elected. In all probability the United ] States consul at Paris will be asked to take ' the evidence of the French writer , at torncys ' representing both parties being present 1 to make the cross-examinations. ALASKA NEEDS MORE MONEY Appropriation * Entirely Inndeqnat for the Government of the Territory. WASHINGTON , Jan. 9. Governor Brady of Alaska has arrived hero to urge tcr rltorlal matters. He Is anxious for the en nctment of the Carter bill which has passei the senate and Is now In committee In th louse , making three judicial districts In Alaska. Ho nays oven then the judlcla provisions will he Inadequate and that ther should bo greater appropriations also fo administrative purposes , pointing out tha the marshal Is unable to make any arresti on any of the Islands for lack of transportation funds or facilities , and that the governo has no funds for going about the territory lie also wants the school appropriations thl year raised to $60,000 , The governor say : many of the people who rushed Into th Klondike region are coming out , largely be cause of the high taxation. Many thousand of people , ho says , already have started fo the Atlau district. Torpedo Boat * Are Satlfactory. WASHINGTON. Jan. 0. Favorable re ports have been received at the Navy de partment In regard to the performances o two of the now torpedo boats constructei Tor the navy. The torpedo boat McKenzi lias been preliminarily accepted by tbe ROV eminent and will shortly be put In commls alon at League Island. A report received a the Nary department today says that th torpedo boat Rowan tad a successful ru over the regular course near Seattle , an exceeded lt required speed of twenty-si knots by one and * half knots for a snor period during the run. It undoubtedly wll bo accepted by the government. BOTH HOUSES M13ET IN CAUCUS Senator * Itenoh Agreement In Makeup of Standing Committee * ) . LINCOLN , Jan. P. ( Special Telegram. ) When thei republican members of the house finally met In caucus tonight the sifting committee could , not be avoided and the re sult was an agreement to allow the rule to stand the same as In former sessions , and If a bitting committee Is formed It will he some time In the future. The senators also held a caucus tonight to discuss the makeup of the standing com mittees. For a time It Is said there was n lively hustle from which the Douglas county members emerged smiling nnd well cared for. Prout of Gage , 'who had been slated for the judiciary chairmanship , was turned down to make room for Van Dusen. Other Important chairmanships agreed upon wcro : Crow , miscellaneous corporations ; Noycs , education , Steele of Jefferson , railroads ; Alexander of Adams , Insane hospital ; Ar- cnde ot Otoe , finance ways and means ; Me- Cargar , agriculture ; Allen , public lands and building ! ) ; Currle , accounts and expen ditures. It U said that Talbol of Lancaster was turned down by a combination of country members , but was finally rewarded with the chairmanship of the committee on uni versity and normal schools. Serlou * ConNtlng Aeeldent. ITHACA , N. Y. , Jan. 9. As a result of a coasting accident on University hill B. Trautschold of Mont Clalr. N. J. , R. G. Starr of San Francisco and F. D , Ray of Chicago , all Cornell students , wore seriously Injured and are now In Cornell Infirmary. Trautschold sustained concussion of the brain and bis recovery to uncertain. The condition of the other two students Is fav- BALK Oft THE RULES [ cuss Committee Reports and All Features but One Are Adopted. BJECTS TO MAKING SIFTING COMMITTEES everal Republicans Join with Solid Fusion Strength in Opposition. OLMSTEAD COMES IN WITH COMPROMISE Action is Postponed Until Today , but Further Delay Likely. CAUCUS CALLED TO DISCUSS QUESTION Severn ! Hepulillcnn Memher * ANerl They Will Not llr Mound hy Agree on tliu UtlCNtllllli LINCOLN , Jan. ! ) . ( Special Telegram. ) 'he ' report of the house committee on rules , which came In today , rulscil n much larger commotion than wan looked for , even bj hose who knew the exact import of the rules to be presented. While the question as to the number of members necessary to demand a roll cell or make a call of the house was the prin cipal bone of contention , the discussion got .ntercstlng over the question of the number necessary to suspend proceedings under the call. The fuslonlsts naturally contended that It ought to take n majority of all mem- be elected , while the republicans con- ended for a majority present. The matter was n vital one , for under : i call of the house a question where party lines were drawn two absent or slcl ; re publicans would make It Impossible to rulsu cull should the fusion Idea have been adopted. The fuslonlsts also contended Unit n. majority vote ought to b sufficient to change the rules , Lut on both "these " points they were defeated when the matter cama to a vote , although the result was vcrj close , Fisher , Hallcr and House , republicans , having voted with the minority. The part of the report which caused the greatest etlr , howovcr , was the one virtually turning the committee on rules Into a Bitting committee for the entire session nnd putting a few men in a position to dictate much ot the legislation of the session from the very start. The fuslonlsts were solidly opposed to such a move and so much opposition was manifested among the republicans that It was not deemed best to force the Issue to day. The motion of Olmstead of Douglas came at an opportune time , relieving thu house of the strain temporarily and putting off the final vote on this rule until tomor row. In the meantime notice was given of a republican caucus tonight , and while the subject for discussion was not given out , It was well understood to relate to that sifting committee feature of the report on rules. During thn evening so much opposition d - veli'ped.boforu iho convening of the caucus tual 'it ' \ k v clear fiio rule woulu bo de feated in the houso. : A number of republican members had no hesitancy In saying that they would retina to bo bound by the caucus should there he an attempt to cndorao such a rulo. This put the sifting committee promoters In an awkward position , and U was decided that the final test on the question had better bs put off for about a month , when they be. Hovcd thu members would bo better able to see the necessity of such a committee. Under thla new frame ot mind those who were anxious for the calling of a caucus became just as anxious that the whole mat ter might bo avoided when the members got Into the meeting. Getting llevenue Illlln Bendy. Only a few members of the legislature wcro In Lincoln yesterday , they being chiefly these from remote parts of the state. Some of the members have brought their families to Lincoln and will make this their homo during the session. Among these ara Sen ator Currlo of Custor and Representative Pollard of Cass. Senator Currlo Us elated for a position on the committee on university and normal schools , as he Is a college gradu ate and greatly Interested In such institu tions. Representatives Pollard of Cas . and Gros- venor of Hamilton spent considerable tlmo yesterday nt the Lancaster county court house conferring with a committee of county commissioner * , named by the recent Htata convention of commissioner * and county clerks , to revise the revenue laws of the state. Representative Pollard will take vepeclal Interest In the revenue legislation this session , having fathered some revunuo bills In the Fast resslon which failed to pass. The bills Introduced by Mr. Pollard In 1897 on a wtuio : met the approval of many who are Interested lu a general revision of our revenue laws , which are groisly Inade quate to our present demands. A new bill la being frame ] , based upon this old one , with nome changes which have been sug- gtifclcd since thar. time. Aa Rivprcafr. atlvo Urnsvenor Is one of the leadcra of the minority It looks as though both sidei wllf favor new revenue legislation. Tbo republicans In both senate and house have already saved the state several hundred dollars In withholding the appointment of minor officers until thcro la something for them to do. This , together with the mani fest desire to hold down the number of em ployes to the minimum , has already at tracted much favorable comment. The largo decrease In the number of applicants for places this year la attributed to the greatly Improved times over the condition of affairs In President Cleveland's administration. Nearly all who wish to bo employed have lucrative positions and a three months' legislative Job has no Inducement for them. Through "republican courtesy" Secretary of State Porter has been allowed to add three cmployim to the pay roll two In the senate nnd one in the house which Is more pat ronage than any single republican member will havo. The lieutenant governor1 ! ) pri vate Hecrctnry and page will make five em- pleyeu as the total fuslonlst Inflation of tU pay roH , The fact that Treasurer Meservo haJ given a guaranty bond in the sum of $1,500,000 In one of the trust companies has again revived the discussion as to whether or not our laws should bo amended to require that kind of a bond , the state to pay the premium. With a salary of only $2,500 a year It is very plain that the treasurer cannot afford to pay out $1.000 of It per annum for a trust company bond. The nat ural Inference U that he must make enough Intereit on funds In his hands to meet the cost of this bond. There wera many bill * In the loHt session to make guaranty com pany bond * legal In this state for all offi cers , state , county , municipal , etc , Kdton Rich became known as "Guarantee Road Rich" because of thn armful he shouldered , Like dozens of other bills , however. Iliey wtTt * loet In the shuffle. It U doubtful whether a guaranty bond for tUo state treasurer would srUal ty *