Indianapolis Journal, Volume 52, Number 362, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 December 1902 — Page 4

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WIIOLi: SUBJECT OF C03I3Ii:KCIAL THAVKLKRS' ISS L'RAN'CE. Meeting of the Stnte Anaoclntlon at Tcrre Haute Develops Much Division of Seutinient 021 the Question. HISEAWAKA PRIEST IS DYING KCnOLOGICAL RECORD OF THE DAY IN IXDIAA. Standard Oil Company Driven from Danville, III. Hunter Shoots Off an Arm Other State News. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TEHUL HAUTE, Ind., Dec. 27.-The attendance Ht thp. twenty-eighth annual convention of the Commercial Travelers' Association of Indiana was not so large as expected, but mere than 100 delegates were present when the session began this morning:, and more came In before final adjournment this afternoon. President Charles A. Ross, of Indianapol!?, presided at the opening of the convention. The reports showed the association to be In good condition, with a membership of 1,300 and surplus fund of SlO.COi. Of the total membership about MX) are Indianapolis men. The association was first organized by twenty or thirty Indianapolis commercial salesmen. It is purely a life Insurance association, and death benefits are based on the size of the membership. The policy with a membership above S00 is $2,000. Applicants for membership must be over twenty-one and under forty years of age. When tho report made by M. F. Madox and E. R. Bobbins, of Indianapolis, for a change in the basis of death assessments was submitted a lively discussion was started at once, as was expected. At times there was much confusion on the floor, and finally it was decided to postpone action. A committee of fifteen, of which William C. Van Arsdel. of Indianapolis, is chairman. Is to take up the question and prepare a report to be submitted in July. ' Charles E. Barrett, Indianapolis, attorney for the association, made a long speecn against the proposition, and submitted a plan to take In clerks to stimulate the growth of membership. In trying to put his plan through confusion arose over . a parliamentary question, and when the whole question as to insurance was referred to the committee of fifteen he was the only one voting "no." When it was said he could refer his plan, he said, with feeling, "I won't do it." The proposition was to classify the assessments by age instead of the flat assessment of J on each death, as follows: First cla$3, those that are twenty-one years of ace and not yet twenty-five, J1.30; second, twenty-five to thirty, $1.40; third, thirty to thirty-five Jl.fE; fourth, thirty-five to forty, ll.SS: fifth, forty to forty-five. $2.20; sixth, forty-live to fifty, 2.83; seventh, over fifty, . Frank Floyd, of Indianapolis, was elected president by acclamation. He is the youngest ntin over elected to the office. John Gardiner, of Indianapolis, was put in nomination, but withdrew his name. The result of the election of five director for a twoyear term was as follows: J. T. Gardiner, Indianapolis; James II. Newnam, Indianapolis (re-elected); E. M. Johnson, Indianapolis; M. I. Lynch, Indianapolis (re-elected); T. J. Kelleher, Indianapolis. The following vice presidents were elected: W. II. Bowman, Anderson; C. L. Schmidt, Indianapolis: William Sheiburn, Evansvllle; Jame3 Ijandrum. Tcrre Haute; Leo Pottlltxer. Lafayette; Frank Stone, Fort Wayne; W. II. Quisrgs. Richmond; J. P. Sesy, Vincenncs; J. R. Crawford, New Albany; H. F. Trick. Logansport: F. C. Smith, Crawfordsville; John Krant, Frankfort; J. G. Thomas, Muncie; M. Lewis, Ma rion; H. W. Hargan, Madison. Illinois Traveling Men. CHICAGO, Dec. 27. Eight hundred traveling men were present to-day at the annual convention of the Illinois Commercial Men's Association, held in the Masonic Temple. The report of the railroad committee was the most Important Incident of the meeting. It declares that within a year the committee hoped to secure interchangeable mileage. All the old officers were renominated and their election was conceded. RESULT OF A Sl'IT. Standard Oil Company Goes Oat of Business nt Danville, 111. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. 0 DANVILLE. 111., Dec. 27. On account of being made defendant by the city of Danville in a suit for $100,000 damages, the Standard Oil Company is selling off all Its wagons and other property in this city. Danville merchants who want oil and gasoline will have to buy It at Westyille, six miles south of here. Some time ago the Danville City Council passed an ordinance requiring the Standard Oil Company to remove its plant outside the city limits. The suit is to recover a penalty of $25 a day for a failure of the company to observe the ordinance. Experts Sue for Fees. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE. Ind.. Dec. 27. Since the relatives of William Case succeeded in breaking his will by which he bequeathed all his estate to the American Spiritual So ciety and had the court turn over the prop crty to them there has been a steady scramble by lawyers and physicians for fat fees, and as a result the estate has dwind led from reveral thousand dollars to virtually nothing. Another chapter, probablv not the last, was recorded to-day when four physician tiled suits for $J0O a niece which they claim is due them for expert services during the litigation. The plaintiffs are Drs. M. M. Lalry, E. C. Daidson. George F. Beasley and W. S. Walker, and the suit is brought against the liMrs of the estate and County Clerk S. C Moore, the latter txlng garnishee defend ant as having money belonging to the de fendants under his control. bay They Were Thrown Off. Fiecial to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH. Ind., Dec. 27.-PhlIlp Simon and John Lawrence, living near Andrews, to-day began suit for $3,000 each against the Fort Wayne & Southwestern Traction Company for personal injuries alleged to have been received on Dec. IS. when, it is averred, they were thrown off a trolley car at Beiden, this county. The car was warm, the complaint says, and Simon opened the door. The conductor became angry tlureat and assaulted the two men, and it is claimed pushed them both from the car and down an embankment into a maze of cockle burrs and thorn bushes. They wpre badly bruised and cut, as the car was running at full speed, they say, and were obliged to walk to town. GRAIN ELEVATOR IllKNKD. Fire Loss of .More than $12,000 In Shelby County. -rlJ to th Indianapolis Journal. SHELBYVILLE. Ind., Dec. :7.-The largest fire in the hlftory Of London, Shelby county, occurred last night about C o'clock, when the grain elevator owned by O. L. Means burned to the ground. The elevator contained lO.Cmo bushels of corn, which was destroyed. Mr. Means estimates his loss at between $S,00) and $10,000, with $S0O Insurance on the building and $300 on the machinery, carried in the Hanover of New Tfcf cribs containing 8.000 bushels of

corn surrounding the elevator were saved from burning by the London citizens. O. I. Means and M. R. Senotr had stored In the elevator 6.0CO bushels of wheat, which also was destroyed. The insurance on this amounted to $3,000 in the Connecticut of Hartford. Their loss Is estimated at about $1.000. The lire is supposed to have originated from a hot box in the fan of one of the machines. XEAR TO DEATH'S DOOR.

The Very Rev. A. B. Oechterlnc, of Miahavrnka Catholic Priest. Srciai to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE, Ind., Dec. 27. The very Rev. A. B. Oechtering, for thirty-two years In charge of the Catholic parish at Mlshawaka, received the last rites of the church at St. Joseph Hospital, in this city, to-day. He is afflicted with cancer of the stomach. Tho extreme unction was administered by his cousin, the Rev. J. Oechtering, of St. Mary's, Fort Wayne. Father Oechtering is sixty-six years old. being a native of West Philadelphia, and has lived in America since he was nineteen. His first charge was Delphi, Ind.. and prior to going to Mishawaka he had charge of the Cavella parish. PROSPEROUS FIRST YEAR. Construction Company- Pays a Dividend and Takes Xew Contracts. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE, Ind., Dec. 27.-The Gas Belt Construction Company, composed of Fort Wayne telephone capitalists, has been in existence for less than a year but the stockholders received a 10 per cent, dividend as a Christmas present. The company will turn over the Muncie and Alexandria independent telephone exchanges on New Year's day to their local owners. The contract has been taken for the construction of a small exchange at Eaton and for the stringing of a new metallic circuit on the toll lines connecting the principal cities of the gas belt. The profits on the toll lines in some cases have reached DO per cent. 3Inde n Deed of Assignment. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW ALBANY, Ind., Dec. 27. The Acme Fence and Foundry Company has filed a deed of assignment with the New Albany Trust Company as trustee for the creditors. The assignment was forced by the failure of the inspectors for the government to accept a fence which the company had made for the Marine Hospital grounds in Louisville. The fence cost about $4,000, and after being made was not satisfactory to the inspectors, who recently refused it. The liabilities are about $3,500 and it 13 thought the assets are about the same. ANOTHER 3ILRDER REPORTED. Third Within a Few Months Near Durnett Vigo County. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Dec. 27.-Word was received late to-night, that Leonard McGranahan, a coal miner at Burnett, Vigo countyi had shot and killed Milton Foster. McGranahan came to town late to-night and gave himself up. He says he shot in self-defense. It was only a short time ago that another miner killed a man In the same neighborhood and a few months ago lxe Phillips, a coal miner, was sentenced for lifo for still another killing in that part of the county. Shot Himself Through the Heart. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Dec. 27.-Joseph Storms, aged twenty-three, a farmer near Cincinnati, Greene county, about fifteen miles west of here, shot himself this aftcrr noon. He had quarreled with his sweetheart and became despondent. Taking a loaded revolver, he sent a bullet through his heart. ASPHYXIATED BY GAS. Indiana Visitors nt Their Daughter's Home In Chicago. CHICAGO, Dec. 27. John Mahoney and his wife and son John, of Grovertown, Ind., were victims of cooking gas to-day while visiting at the home of Mahoney's daughter Josephine, No. 2944 Wentworth avenue. Mrs. Mahoney and her son are dead and the father Is In a hospital. He may recover. The asphyxiation was due to the ignorance of Mrs. Mahoney in using a gas stove. Shot Oft Ills Arm. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 27.-Harry Taylor, aged eighteen years, was seriously Injured while hunting several miles north of the city this afternoon. He was sitting with a companion beside a tree resting, and a shotgun he had in his hands was accidentally discharged. The charge nearly tore off his left arm a few inches below the elbow. His companion assisted him to Brookston. a village north of here, and he was brought to the Home Hospital In this city. It is probable that amputation will be necessary, and the Injury may prove fatal. Taylor is the son of a widow living near Brookston. Bicycle on the Pilot. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Dec. 27. Vandalia trainmen and the Tcrre Haute police have been unable to learn how a bicycle happened to be lodged on the pilot of engine No. 1S1 when It arrived with a freight train from the east early Christmas morning. The engineer and fireman had no knowledge of striking a wheelman or picking up the wheel. Men from the railroad yards and policemen walked cast on the track some distance, but got no trace of a dead or Injured wheelman, nor has the wheel been claimed. REFUSES TO COLLECT. Justice Cots Out Prosecutor Fee on n Plea of Guilty. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CLINTON, Ind., Dec. 27. M. J. Ruby, of this city, who was elected Justice of the peace at the lart election. Is in a squabble with the prosecuting attorney over his failure to assess fees for the prosecutor, when the prisoner pleads guilty. Mr. Ruby holds that he can use his own discretion about notifying the prosecutor and persists in the refusal to assess a fee for the prosecutor unless h- considers the services of that official necessary. He declares that he will resign rather than collect a fee for the prosecutor when he has hd nothing to do with the case. The prosecutor declares that Mr. Ruby must notify him when a criminal case Is to be heard, and collect his fees when the fine is paid, otherwije he will bring suit against the Justice for the uncollected fees. Robbed by Paroled Convict. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. MONTPELIER. Ind.. Dec. 27.-There has boon quite a lot of thieving going on 'in this place, the latest occurrence being on Christmas night, when D. A. Koons, Lake Erie sgent, was robbed of un overcoat, suit of clothes and $15 in money. This mat ter was kept quiet by the police as they thought the burglar was John R. Powell, a paroled convict from th Jefferson ville prison. The officers began to look lor Powell, but he nad skipped out, but before going had told a friend what he had done This supposed friend told the officers and all stations were telegraphed. He was caught at Muncie by four policemen as he was about to board a train for In dianapolis. Fort Wayne's Charity Rail. FpecUl to th Indianapolis Journal. FORT WAYNE. Ind., Dec 27. The third charity hall, now an annual affair for the benefit of tho Orphans' Home, was given last night at the Wayne Club and was u pronounced social and financial success. It was under the management of Mrs. S. M. Foster and a committee 'of other society leaders. The decorations of the impro vised dining roosi ure Japanese and were

very novel and ornate. The ballroom was crowded until 5 o'clock this morning. It is believed the net receipts will equal those of last year $1,000 If not In excess. The money is uted to supply deficiencies for which the County Commissioners will not provide.

Record of an Odd Fellow' Lodge. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Dec. 27.-With the meeting held last night Whitewater Lodge of Odd Fellows, of this city, closed the banner term of Odd Fellowship in Richmond and no doubt the best term as far as new members are concerned. In the. State. In the six months thirty-five members were taken in by Initiation and one by card. This lodge has also lost some of Its prominent members by death. The list Includes State Senator C. C. Blnkley, who was past grand master of the State; Edward H. Eggemeyer. deputy county treasurer, and John H. Liklns, treasurer of the local Panhandle freight office. Milling Company Assigns. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., Dec. 27. The Thompson Milling Company, one, of the oldest industries of this city, made 4an assignment for the benefit of creditors this afternoon. A meeting of those to whom the concern is Indebted was held, at which John B. Latchem was appointed trustee to sell the mill property and collect the debts. The mill has been doing business In its present location since 1S50 and has made several fortunes for its proprietors. The liabilities are all due Wabash creditors and run into the thousands. Trustee Latchem said he hoped to liquidate a considerable part of the debts. Harvest by Shoplifters. Special to the Indianapolis Journäl. ELWOOD, Ind., Dec. 27. Shoplifters did a land office business in this city during Christmas week, and hardly a business house In Elwood escaped loss by the lightfingered gentry. The Lederer-Hene department store lost $30 worth of furs, etc. The firm of Nusbaum & Mashmeyer was caught for about $50 worth of ladies' wearing apparel. Seshol's Jewelry store was relieved of two valuable diamond rings, and it is estimated that the shoplifters got not less than $1,000 worth of goods from the various stores. It 13 believed that most of the stealing was done by home talent. Charges Embesslement of $5,000. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. DANVILLE, 111., Dec. 27.-Dr. V. S. Carter, of Irvington, Ind., was In the city today for the purpose of Instituting criminal proceedings against C. W. C. Jackson, of Chicago. He avers that Jackson obtained $5,000 from Mrs. Carter, three years ago, for the' purpose of investment, but Instead of investing It, converted it to his own use. State's Attorney Keeslar ha3 not yet decided whether or not he will issue papers for Jackman's arrest. Farmers Leasing Land to Oil Men. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., Dec. 27.-Waltz township farmers are leasing their land to men who are supposed to.be acting for the Standard Oil Company, who appeared in the township last week with propositions to take the oil rights at $1 per acre for six months, with the privilege of renewal at the expiration of six months on payment of the tease sum in advance. Broken Gas Main Repaired. Special to tho Indianapolis Journal. PORTLAND, Ind., Dec. 27. Ä break in ono of the main lines supplying Portland with natural gas has been found, after a search of two days, and has been repaired. It was four miles from town. Indiana Obituary. GREENCASTLE. Ind., Dec. 27. William O. Goulding, one of the city's oldest business men, fell dead this afternoon of apoplexy, at his home on North College avenue. He had returned from the business portion of the city only a few minutes before, and had not been complaining of poor health. He was born in Massachusetts, but came here when a boy and soon after went into the sawmill business. He was over seventy yeara old. SHELBYVILLE. Ind., Dec. 27.-Wesley Thomas died at his home in this city this morning, aged seventy-seven. He was borti in Kentucky and was the son of the late Judge William Thomas, of Rush county. Funeral ecrvices will be held in this city Monday afterrfoon. PORTLAND. Ind., Dec. 27. Otis Gllley Ravne. editor of tne Geneva Herald until attacked by illness, died to-day of consumption, aged thirty-four. The funeral will be held from his late residence juonuay afternoon. He left a widow and two children. VINCENNES. Ind.. Dec. 27. Frederick Vollmer, one of Knox county's oldest and wealthiest German citizens, died this morning at his home east of the city. He was the father of ex-County Treasurer w. 2i. Vollmer. v Indiana Notes. CTINTON Trustee Goff. of Highland township, has resigned, and the commissioners have appointed J. H. Bryant to fill out the unexpired term. This changes the majority of trustees of Vermilion county from Democratic to Republican and insures tne election 01 a itepumican county superintendent. RICHMOND. The Rev. and Mrs. Allen F. Godwin, of Centervllle, this county, on Thursday celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. They arc the parents of ten children, seven daughters and three sons, all of whom are living and all were present. Besides the children there were six sons-in-law, two daughters-in-law, twenty grandchildren and seven near relatives. SHELBYVILLE. The members of tho Shelby County Bar Association will hold their fourth annual meeting Monday evening in the Christian Church. The address will be delivered by John W. Kern, or Indianapolis. A banquet will follow the address. SALEM. Chris Zink, aged twenty, while feeding a corn shredder on Friday, had his hand torn off, necessitating amputation Just above the wrist. The machine was making its last stand for the season. The accident occurred four milys west of Salem. FORT WAYNE. The town of New Haven, six miles east, where the Standard Oil Company is making investigations for oil, is excited over the result of the shooting of the first well. It is said to be good for fifty barrels a day. CONN ERSVILLE. Two burglars were arrested here on Friday. They made futile efforts to enter two jewelry stores and were caught while sneak-thieving at "the Buckley House. They were unable to give bond and are in jail to await trial. KOKOMO.-The farm residence of George Fisher, eight miles north of Kokomo, was destroyed by fire on Friday. The loss is $2,10. with no insurance. LANDS OF GOLD AND MARBLE. Some Remarkable Caves in New South Wales, Australia. World s Work. About seventeen miles from- Goulburn. the metropolis of the southern portion of New South Wales, Is the somewhat picturesque township of ßungönia, pleasantly situated on the banks of a wide creek, which, with three others the Yaequa. Spring Pond and Terrara within a short distance of each other, assist in making the district one of an exceptionally fertile character. May parts of the district are auriferous, and some day will be found richly productive. The Marulan country, in which Bungonla Is situated, has long been regarded as one of the future centers of the gold mining industry In the State. In some places the limestone formations are of considerable extent, and In the masses of limestone rock, at some points yielding marble equat to any Imported trom Italy, that obtained from the vicinity of Mardulan township being Unsurpassed in beauty and quality, are several groups of caves, of which only a portion have been explored. ' Practically, the work of exploration was not systematically commenced until within the last few years, owing to the dangerous character of the undertaking, vlsittors being content with entering the mouth or what may bd regarded as the principal cave system, peering into the murky darkness beyond. The entrance chamber, the roof of which Is about eighty feet above the ground, is known as the belfry, from its conical shape. From here a 6haft. some ISO feet in depth, is descended by means of windlass and rope, the water-worn ahd polished appearance of the sides of the shaft bearing evidence of the chasm having been periodically at no distant date the seme of an Immense subterranean waterfall. Proceeding along one of two passage?, a couple of large chambers Are traversed, after which, patilnj a distance

of some 200 feet, two more chambers, filled with beautiful stalactites, are entered. Beyond here the cave opens out Into what may be termed an immense natural tunnel at least 300 feet In length, and, in places, 100 feet in height and fifty feet in width: Tho tide walls are vertical, and the roof semicircular, the whole, on account of the smooth and true surfaces everywhere presented, bearing the appearance of having been enisled out by man. At this point the work of exploration has ceased for the present. The second passage running from the bottom of the shaft, although not very extensive, contains some Interesting stalagmltlc basin-like growths which have formed in a series of terraces on the lower portions of the walls and floor, and. as would appear to be very frequently the case, each row of basins Is filled with pure water, which, dripping into the next series, and eo on till it reaches the lower depths, presents a pretty sight. Another cave formation, in the same neighborhood, has also been partially explored. It is entered through an opening in the face of the rock, about 00 feet above the base, the entrance, from twenty to forty feet in height and averaging ten feet In width., extending a distance of nearly 1,000 feet. From the same landing a . rough craggy chasm and water extend easterly nearly 1,200 feet, the roof being at a height of from thirty feet to one hundred feet. Here are to be seen myriads of stalactites of all shapes, several being over ten feet in length. For a distance of 900 feet there are a series of drops of from four to five feet each, until a descent of sixty feet necessitates the use of a rope. Another watercourse joins here. Stalactites are still observable on all sides. The height of this portion varies from forty to one hundred feet, and the width to forty feet. Descending another drop of twenty feet, and traveling in a northerly direction 000 feet, with a continual downward slope, the most spacious and beautiful chamber of tho series Is seen. The height is not less than 130 feet, with a width of sixty feet. The arched roof of the cave is of smooth blue limestone, with veins of white marble running through in every direction. There are numerous very remarkable bunches of stalactites, and a large fossil, resembling a porcupine, is visible at a distance of 150 feet. A beautiful stream of water passes through the cave, forming on the floor basins of all shapes and sires. Between two and three thousand feet farther on small caves are reached, giving evidence of great bodies of water having passed through. About three miles from the Bungonia caves, and six miles from Marulan, are the Terrara caves. The mouth of the cave or entrance is a well-shaped opening, large enough to admit of two persons entering together. From here the passage descends at a steep incline to the first cave, of comparatively small size, from Which a further descent leads to a lofty chamber, made up of Immense Jagged rocks wedged together above and below, and containing a few specimens of a discolored drapery like stalactite formation. From this chamber an ascent of eight feet Is made over a growth of stalagmite, resembling a canopy, when a passage, bearing north about thirty feet in height by three feet in width, Is entered. The walls of this passage are buttress-shaped, crystallized and covered with a pretty coral-like formation. EAILWAY DISASTER.

(CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE.) the volunteer nurses melted quantities of snow with which they slaked the feverish thirst of the suffering. Surgeons on board the wrecking train from Sarnia were the first to reach the scene. They hastened around the wreck through a snow-covered field to the temporary hospitals and began making emergency dressings of the most serious wounds. The men of the wrecking crew took up the work of rescue. With their appliances they were . able to penetrate deeper into the tangle of wood and Bteel and extricate those whom the passengers had been unable to reach. While they were at work the wrecking train arrived from London with more surgeons. As soon as it was positively known that all the injured had been found an engine was coupled to the hospital Pullmans und the pitirul journey to London, forty miles away, was begun. Opiates were administered to lessen the agonies of the wounded, aggravated as they were by the unavoidable Jarring and jerking of the cars. TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. As soon as news of the wreck was received in London the Grand .Trunk officials began arrangements for caring for the injured at Victoria Hospital on South street. The tracks of the Detroit & Lake Erie Railroad arc within ablock and a half from the hospital and the car was transferred to them and run as closely as pos sible to the hospital. Twenty extemporized ambulances were in waiting. Strong arms carried the wounded and torn people tenderly out of the car and they were hurried to tho hospital. It was 5:30 o'clock when they arrived and in an hour all had been put to bed temporarily awulting examination and surgical treatment. Until noon the surgeons worked over them. Ed De Deaus. of Prescott, Ont., and Lottie Lynch, of Port Huron, Mich., died soon after they were received at the hospital. Several of the lesser injured persons left the hospital this afternoon. To-night all thoso still thero are expected to recover, although internal-injuries may result fatally In one or two cases. When the second Pullman car arrived In tho city at 10 o'clock It was met by undertakers' wagons instead of ambulances. Twenty-live bodies were In the berths behind the closed curtains. The broken forms were placed in coffins In the freight sheds and then removed to the morgue where the work of Identification was begun. At 10 o'clock to-night only two unclaimed and unknown bodies remained - The responsibility for the accident has not Deen aenniteiy nxed, but it Is believed to have been du to u tflflrrjini nnoratnr who gave an order to the freight to pass No. 5, the Pacific express, at Wanstead and failed to duplicate the order to and a copy given to the conductor and enainper of the express. Instead of this the conductor of tne express received a clearance order tell ing mm to run ngni inrougn. The rreignt train Stnnned nt Wamttonri tn Motraolr ami was telescoped by the express. The blinding snowstorm which was raging rendered objects invisible at the distance of a few ieei. "STOP NO. 5." The operator at Wanstead is usually on duty at night, but last evening he was in tho office only a short time. He was go ing out at the door when he heard the tele graph Instrument click and immediately call repeatedly the message, "Stop No. 5, "Stop No. 5." Seizing a lantern the operator dashed for the door, and as he closed It behind him he heafd the crash of the collision up the track. According to Master of Transnortation Price, of this city. It was the agent and operator at Watford, the next station east of Wanstead, who failed to deliver to the train crew of No. 5 their orders to nass the freight train at Wanstead. Trainmaster Price says that In explanation of the mistake that brought such terrible results the nnprntors ivs he unripruf nori th IIa. patcher to kill the order for No. 5 to pass the train at Wanstead. but it Is denied !n the dispatcher's office here that the order was killed. To-night at Watford Dr. A. E. Harvey, couniy coroner, impaneiea a jury to investigate the wreck and decide if possible on lt ennse. After elcrtinrr a fnremnn h jury adjourned until Monday, when the invesxigaiion win oe Begun, up 10 a late whose mistake. Trainmaster Price says, caused tne wreck, naa not been placed un der arrest. His name Is AnCrew r'arsnn. Conductor McAuilffe, of the express, said tn-dav that thp freichf train rmw ti?l opened the Wanstead switch and the, train naa staneu 10 move inu 11 wnen me collision nrtirred. A minute or tnn mriro and the freight train would have been safely sidetracked. Trainmaster Price says that $10.000 will cover the loss to rolling stock and equipment. The line Was cleared soon after noon and to-night the shell of the baggage car lies on one side of the track, surrounded by the wreckage of the telescoped day coach. On the other side the two engines are piled in a heap. - - v Wilson Morton AVa a Manufacturer. CHICAGO, Dec. 27. Wilson Morton was president of the Morton Company, manu facturers. He came to Chicago as a repTe sentative of the Canadian government In 1M3 and had charge of the school exhibit of canaaa at ine woria s iair. m 1 a 1 stories of sinvivons. Ciraphle Account 'by rtusaelt Qolnn Dr. Basil Harvey's PHcbt. LONDON, Ont., Dec. 27. Russell Quinn, of Chicago, whose hands were badlv scald. ed, said In describing the collision near Wanstead:. "I can hear the crash yet. In stantly everything was pitch dark. When the crash came I was Just' about to go to sleep. In Ices time than It takes to tfclnk

a Blxxsl thought It seemed I was occupying

the best part or two seats, uy ie3 were In one at and ray body In the other. 1 lay across the back of one seat and could not move. There rere three men on top of me and they were, like myself, unable to stir I veiled to them to aret oft me, but it was all In vain. Partly across them lay the body of a poor old woman. 1 go not know who she was.-but I know she was dead. My luck was to have the steampipe beside me burst. Botn my nanas were held against the escaping steam. Struggle as I would I could not release them, and 1 thought that I was going to be cooked to death, or at least a part of me, for while my hands were held against the jagged end of the broken pipe my body was perishing In the awful cold. The steam ceased in a little while, but not. as you see, before the skin was peeling from my hands. Then I was doomed to. wait for two hours they seemed to be two days before the men pinned upon me, together with the dead body of the woman, could be lutea irom me." Dr. Basil Harvey, of Chicago, described his experience after the collision as follows "I was olnned down and could' not move a hair's breadth. An Iron beam lay across my head and it is a wonder It did not crush my skull in. I was held in such a vise I could not close my Jaws. My mouth chanced. I suppose, to be open when 1 was caught, and it was a fortunate thing for me, for I had to breathe through my mouth. and God knows how hard it was to do even that. I believe I came as near to dying as it Is possible for a man to do and not die." Dr. Harvey said he suffered terribly from the cold and was absolutely helpless when rescued. William Morris, of Sarnia. was in the telescoped coach with his wife and three children when the crash came. The father and one girl, Mamie, were sitting in the front end of the day coach, while the others occupied a seat at the rear . end, which fact doubtless accounts for their escape from injury. "When the shock came," said Mr. Morris, "Mamie and I were hurled forward and found ourselves buried beneath a heavy mass of wreckage. We were not held fast, however, and after some effort succeeded in freeing ourselves. Mamie smashed the window herself." opening the way to liberty. I seized a piece of broken seat and smashed a big hole through the window. I dropped Mamie out as carefully as I could and then looked around to see what I could do for the other passengers. I assisted quite a number out through the window and was leaning out of it myself when I lost my balance and fell out, fracturing my arm, a nasty addition to my other injuries. I cannot describe my feelings when the shock came. It was awful." A. C Clark, of Sarnia. said that only the Weight of the engine on the express, which was of the great mogul type and very heavy, saved the second day coach rrom oeing telescoped also. The engine, he said, took the great brunt of the shock. 10 us4n the second day coach," he said, 'the collision seemed like a wave and one could feel the floor of the car rise up and then settle back again." one of the peculiar features of the disas ter was that not an amputation was necessary among the injured. Almost all of them suffered injuries about the head and upper part of their bodies. This is probably accounted for by the following description by one of the uninjured passengers of the telescoping of the day coach. He says that the floor of the baggage car raised up level with the window sills of the passenger and cut a oath rljrht through the passenger car at this level. The window sills being about even with the backs of the seats, this " accounts for tho ereat number of shouldsr and head injuries. S M .1.1. MISCARRIAGE OF ORDERS. Conflicting: Reports, as to Responsi bility for the Disaster. PORT HURON, Dec. 27.-Therc arc con flicting stories as to the direct responsibil ity for tho terrible affair, but it Is plain that It was through a miscarriage of orders. Both conductors had orders which, it is alleged, clears them of blame, but the attempt to throw the blame on Operator Andrew Carson, of Watford, is not in ac cordance with the facts, as near as can be learned by diligent sifting of tht different stories. It Is asserted that In the first piace 1 ram Dispatcher James Kerr, of London, sent an order to Watford fnr Kn 5 to pass the freight at Wanstead, the scene oi me wrecK, oeroro the express reached Watford. However, the operator at Wvomlnfir. tho first station tr tho wpt of Wanstead, reported to the dispatcher mat tno rreight was still there. The disOatcher thertunon. HPr-ordlner in Wotfnnl advices, supposing the freight was being neia at Wyoming, canceled the meeting order at Wanstead and when the express reached Watford Conductor McAuilffe, according to running rules in force, had a clear right of way to his next scheduled stop. Wyoming. Unfortunately ftir TSTo 5 had left Watford it was discovered that the rreight. after all started for Wanstead. All possible efforts were made to Intercept iso. o, Dut inc operator at Kings Court Junction, an intervening station, who should have been on dut v. rnnlH not iv reached for some reason and Wranstead was not a night office. There was no earthly means of stopping the impending catastronhe. The Wanstead oneratnr. tvhn lives about sixty yards from the station, saw ine impact or tne two trains and immediately rushed to the station to call for aid. He had no sooner opened tho key than the message was flashed to him to stop rso. d, out it was too late. " 1 m THREE KILLED, TWO INJURED. Deadly Collision on the Illinois Cen tral Road In Kentucky. LOUISVILLE, Dec. 27. Fast passenger train No. 104. on the Illinois Central, bound for Cincinnati from New Orleans, crashed Into a work train at Caneyville, eighty-four miles from Louisville, this morning. Three men were Instantly killed and two injured. On of the engines was demolished, and the other engine and three cars were derailed. -Killed.ROBERT DMITH. engineer work train. Eliza bethtown Ky. THOMAS BELL, fireman work trainLouisville. W. O. ROBERTS, fireman nassencer train, Central City, Ky. ' Injured. LOUIS KOFFER, engineer bassentrer train, Louisville, badly bruised and cut. JOHN BANDETT, passenger. Louisville. arms cut and body bruised. The train left New Orleans Frldav morn ing, and was due In. Louisville at 7:43 o ciocK tnis morning. At Caneyville a light freight engine, attached to several empty gondolas, was taking water, and the passengcr train crasnea into it at run speed. CRASHED INTO A BUILDING. Trolley Car Wrecked, One Man Fatal ly Hurt, Thirteen Slightly Injured. ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 27. One white man was fatally injured to-night in the wreck of- a College Park Blue-line trolley car. which left the track and crashed into a brick .building near West End. Seven other white people were injured, but not seriously. Fix colored passengers also received' slight injuries. Cannon Forbes, of conege far, was the most seriously hurt. ana is Denevea to De aying. The other white people injured are: J. G. Davis, motorman; j. j. uooaTum, college Park: Ware, Atlanta; K. P. Cherry. Atlanta; V. V. Roberts, East Point; T. B. Ferris, Atlanta; R. M. Wilheit, College Park; L. E. Jones, Atlanta. The Wreck Xear Trinidad. TRINIDAD. Col.. Dec. 27.-The coroner's Jury investigating the cause oi the freight collision near here Wednesday evening was called to-day and examined ten witnesses. Including Conductor Bronson, of the extra, and Conductor Harriman, of the regular train. No. 28 The evldehce Was to the effect that Conductor Bronson checked up the register, but a sensation was created when the register hook u?ed in . the yard office here and the one Conductor Bronson checked from Wednesday night was produced and the sheet bearing the date of Dec. 24 for the north division .the one that the Jury wanted, was found to be missing. It had evidently teen torn out. Most strenuous efforts were made by the district attorney to locate It. but the yard office employes pleaded ignorance. It has a vital bearing on the cafe. All testimony was completed and the jury. afer about three hours deliberation, adjourned until Monday. Eight bodies have been recovered from the WTeck. Throrrn Into a Ditch. CLEVELAND, O.. Dec. 27. The westbound passenger train which left Pittsburg for this city at 11 o'clock last night on the Cleveland & Pittsburg road Jumped the trftCä Ct Tray's Lake. O.. early to-Cay

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iitn.it uüivi a in u" " . . . infn under Dr. Still, the Vinn Di.,iai iswo STEVENSON BUILDING, while running rapidly, and went Into the dltcn. J. A. Alien, Daggagemau, ajwh Thornton and Edward French. Pullman nnrtira nil rrMvpd ßlfffht Inluries. It is said no passengers were hurt. The accident was caused oynow nuing m'a swucn. The baggage car struck some freight cars on a siding and smashed them to pieces. The track was torn up for a distance of 150 reet. . Engine and Trolley Car Collide. BALTIMORE, Md.t Dec. 27. One killed and half a dozen more or less Injured resulted from a collision to-night between a Baltimore & Ohio switch engine and a trolley car at a grade crossing in South Baltimore. The dead man, who was crushed beneath the trolley car, has not been identified. Five colored women, suffering from broken arms and legs and bruises, were removed to their homes. Traction Car Turned Over. IRONTON. O., Dec. 27. Within the city limits to-night a Detroit Southern train collided with a large traction car of the Camden Interstate Railway, turning the traction car over. None of the twelve passengers or crew was seriously injured. Mrs. Emma Brady, of Dayton, O., with a two-months-old babe In her arms, was thrown from one side of the car to the other as the car turned over and escaped with Others. One Killed, Five Injured. PAOLA, 'Kan., Dec. 27. A head-end collision occurred between two freight trains on the Missouri Pacific Railroad a mile south of Dodson last night. T. P. Norton, brakeman, Sedalia, Mo., was killed, and the following were injured: William Bedell, engineer, badly scalded; Spauldlng, brakeman, head cut and gash on arm; J. W. Hill, engineer, badly bruised. Both tiremen were slightly injured. THE LAXSIXG SKULL. Scientists Differ In Opinion n to the Antiquity of the Relic. New York Tribune.' The question of the antiquity of man in America is revived by an elaborate paper in the latest number of the Journal Of Geology by Prof. T. C. Chamberlain, of the University of Chicago. When a Ekull and other human bohes were found on a farm in Lansing. Kan., last spring, three lines of inquiry were immediately suggested. Could these remains have been planted there for purposes of deception, as is believed to have been the case with the famous Calavras skull? In size or general shape did the Lansing skull more closely resemble ancient or modern specimens previously found elsewhere? Finally, what did geologists think about the age of the layer of earth in which these bones were embedded? Investigation of the circumstances attending the discovery satisfies every one whose opinion is of value that no fraud was practiced. There seems to bo no reason for doubting that the bones were left there by natural forces, not human intermediation. The similarity in contour between the skull picked up on tho Concannon farm and the one brought to the Americanist congress last October from the Smithsonian is suggestive of recent origin, rather than great antiquity, though this fact alone is not conclusive. Two wellknown American geologists, Upham and Wlnchell, inclined to believe that the soil directly over the limestone bed on which the bones lay was left there at a late stage of the glacial epoch say 10,000 or 20.000 years ago. Professor Chamberlain, however, is not so well satisfied on that point, and he tells why. It appears from the reports of the United States engineers that the Missouri river, considerably higher up than the toWn of Lansing, exercises a remarkable scouring action on Its edges and bottom. Sometimes it eats down through a stratum from seventy to ninety feet in depth; sometimes it leaves a layer of equal thickness elsewhere. In the Immediate vicinity Of the Concannon farm, its owner says, there Is a spot where once there was ninety feet of water, but which is now high and dry. Professor Chamberlln thinks in like manner floods have cleared away whatever soil was left in Lansing by the ice sheet of glacial times, and have left there a mixture of material from places further up the stream. He regards the time of this deposit as recent, not ancient. He fails to find in or near Lansing certain "terraces" or platforms that exist in Dakota and which are characteristic of glacial action. There is a lack of stratification such as might be expected from glacial mud. Although thero is some so-called "loess" in the Lansing deposit, it is not pure, and may well have been brought there from somewhere else: One of his associates who Inspected the scene in Professor Chamberlln's company calls attention, moreover, to the presence of a layer of clay and certain shells which have never before been found in undisturbed loess. The strictly scientific attitude toward any new and striking proposition Is like that assumed by the law toward an accusation of crime. Evidence, carefully sifted and conforming to certain previously established standards. Is requisite to the establishment of either theory. Unless the pröor Is emphatic and convincing, and unless there is a general agreement among the witnesses, the suspicion must 'be rejected outright or opinion held In suspense. The light which Professor Chamberlln throws upon the antiquity of the Lansing skull is of great value. How far it may iDduce Professors Upham and Wlnchell to modiry their views cannot' be foretold. It Is to be observed that the Chicago expert discusses the matter in the most temperate and courteous spirit. His paper is not In the least controversial. For that reason, perhaps. It will carry the more weight with others who are looking for guidance. It will certainly have much influence with those who are familiar with Professor Chamberlln s sagacity and learning. At ujr iäic 11 5faaiy invalidates the case for the supposition that the Lansing remains date back to the glacial age. Some day it may be demonstrated that man lived on the vJ5KlJni fontlnnt a,s ago as that. Ethnologists and geologists want a more satisfactory demonstration, though, than any yet afforded in the Missouri valley.THE .MAX OP OXE IDEA. If He Sticks to It Success Is Likely to De His." Kansas City Journal. The great achievements of Dr. Loren in surgery illustrate the fact that success always comes to the able man with one good 2eÜii i IV,5Äe thM Dr' Lorenz is IeaTned In all the different branches of his profession and has made relentless war on all IvlS80! wfantile, dIsaes and deformities; but the chief work of his life has been to reduce congenital dislocation of the hip in children. The method by which he effects hia cures is not new In theory, but It is new rs employed bv him. Like Columbus with the csg, Dr. Lorenz has shown the medical world how easily a tninR can be done when One has once learned how to do It. And thu usually does the man who works out one Idea, who plays on one string, excel In his specialty. He may seem dull and slow, but with industry and determination he overcomes the want of brilliant talents and frequently wins where f.nLUs! f.aIls;w,Th latest thing accomplished In this world have ben done as orten by the silent exertions of the laborious as by dashing efforts of those who are diYin.Jy Klfted b.y nÄture- So commonly is this the case in Inventions, scientific Investigations and the promotion of great enterprises that envious and thought! r-

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