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The herald., 1894-02-17

Francisco. The wreck train coupled to
the overland, including the shattered
express car, and started back to Los An
geles.
Immediately upon the arrival of the
special train at Roscoe a HERALD re-
porter climbed into the express car and
obtained from Express Messenger Edgar
his statement OF the affair, which he
gave as follows:
THE MESSENGERS STORY.
"The fret thing l knew was terrible
shock. and | at once thought there was
a wreck, but OF course did not know
what was the matter. The explosion of
a dynamite bomb was the next thing ]
heard, at the right hand door. l was
standing near the center of the car
when the bomb exploded. 1t shattered
the door into splinters and the whole
car was filled with smoke. The robbers
began shooting at once, warning me in
the meantime to open quickly, or we
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will blow you to HE'LL and they showed
n rifle into the door. l obeyed them,
under penalty of death. The two rob
bers came in and got all they could. l
opened the Wells-Fargo box and they
took what little silver there was. l saw
only two men.
They made the extra fireman, LIE
Grange of San Fernando, touch of the
bomb. He was forced into the car when
| opened the door, Immediately followed
by the robbers. They both got into the
car, one going through the express pack
ages and the other standing guard.
Both were cool and desperate. When
they got all they could find they made
the fireman and myself alight from the
car and help them carry the stuf to
within few yards of the blackboard or
wagon, which was standing about 100
yards from the scene of the wreck. They
would not allow us to 90 near the wagon.
There were two horses to the wagon.
"On the way to the wagon the robbers
expressed great sorrow for having caused
the death OF the tramp, and said they
were more sorry for poor Fireman Mae
ters, who lay pinned between the tender
and the boiler, moaning and apparently
suffering all the agonies OF death.
The robbers ordered US to go back
and assist in extricating the injured
fireman. We did as told, and found
others helping in the rescue. The poor
fellow was caught just above the thighs,
and his legs were crushed to Jelly. 1t
took an hour to get him out, and the
moment he was rescued he died.
1T was the most exciting and hor-
Yihla affair I Avar Witnnpe0d.'
Express Messenger Edgar refused to
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They boarded the pilot at the San Fer
nando street depot.
When the engine went down, Granger
Jumped and was struck and pinioned by
the cylinder. He was instantly killed.
The escaping steam Hcalded the unfor-
tunate man until his features were
wholly unrecognizable. Pacey was
thrown across the main track, dis
tance of 80 feet, where lie lay uncon-
scious Is or 20 minutes.
Engineer Thomas, seeing the shock
ing predicament in which his train had
been placed, jumped from the cab. In
his efforts to escape be was half thrown,
but was only slightly injured lin the
wrist.
He saw that the wrecked train was
then in the hands of desperate men and
he ran toward the brush, where he re-
manned until all danger was over.
THE FIREMAN's FATE.
The deadhead fireman who was riding
in the cab jumped and escaped, but his
less fortunate brother, Arthur Masters
OF this city, was caught between the
tender and the boiler and crushed to
death. He fingered an hour before
death ensued.
His agonizing cries were heartrend-
ing. The passengers %ho assisted in
the vain rescue OF the heroic young fire.
man who died at the post of duty, one
by one returned to their cars after gaz-
ing mournfully upon the dying man.
BEGGED TO BE KILLED.
He was suffering untold agony. He
pleaded with his rescuers to kill him,
and made several attempts to kill him
self and end the terrible suffering.
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tell the exact amount taken by the rob-
bers, but there ia no doubt that they
got several Thousand dollars. In the
previous robbery at the same place they
secured only about $l3, and they would
not rest contented with so small a haul
foy 90 much trouble. The officers and
detectives agree that the men who
committed this deed are the ones who
robbed the train at the sRme place on
the night of December Oath last, and
escaped.
FROM THE DISASTER.
The special train bearing the bodies
OF Fireman Masters and Arthur Granger
and towing the overland train arrived
at the Arcade depot at IL O'Clock yester-
day morning.
The bodies were carefully and tender
ly lifted from the car and taken to the
undertaking pRrlors OF Garrett u Samp-
son, where Coroner Gates will hold an
inquest this morning at $3.50 O'Clock.
Upon the body of the man supposed
to be Granger was letter addressed to
Harry Daley, 125 Wall street. this city.
Which of the two names is that OF the
deceased will not be known until the
inquest today.
Ih0 held up train WAS again luauo up
and started to San francisco with an
entirely new crew.
WHAT YOUNG PACEY SAW.
James K. Pacey of 1914 Kearney street,
San Francisco, the young Englishman
who was beating his way ON the pilot
with his partner who was killed, ssid: :
Myself and Arthur Granger were
riding on the pilot. Looking ahead. as
we neared Roscoe, | saw dim light,
and, coming closer to the station, there
was light, and a man making signals to
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late to reverse the engine. Their fate
was sealed.

late to reverse the engine. Their fate
was sealed.
THE ENGINE WENT DOWN.
The next moment the big engine
jumpe off the end of the spur switch.
falling in an upright position in ditch,
six feet below the track. The fruit cars
loaded with oranges we're next the en-
CINE, and they craehed against the tend
er with disastrous effect The cars were
splintered and badly wrecked.
The engine plowed into the sand and
sank half out OF eight. The escaping
steam, the crash of the wreck. the firing
of guns and revolvers by the robbers
and tue agonizing moans Of the dying
fireman made scene never to be for
gotten.
THE FIRST MAN KILLED.
Riding on the pilot were two persons
who were stealing ride. They were
James A. Pacey and Arthur Granger.
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FoR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH
ERN CALIFORNIA: FAIR WEATH-
Err; COOLER; FROST SATURDAY
MORNING.
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of slender build. He carried rifle or

shotgun.
MANY SHOTS FIRED.
In going to the front end of the train
the robbers did not fail to keep up a
fusillade OF bullets. They shot at ran
dom mostly, but are thought to have
shot at the engineer once.
THE BOMB EXPLODED.
Seeing Fireman LIE Grange, they
commanded him to touch off the
bomb which they placed at
the right hand corner of the fret door
of the express car. They held revolver
at his head and he did ss directed.
The dynamite bomb exploded, knock
ing q hole in the door and shsttering it
to splinters. The glsss in the doors was
knocked completely out and hurled
across the car. The explosion was ter
rife.
Immediately upon the explosion OF
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Axes and other instruments were used
to cut and remove the beam which held
him fast. The passengers worked with
q will to save young Masters. One Of
the most heroic workers at the scene of
rescue was Pacey, the tramp whose
partner lay cold in death beside the
track. Everything possible was done to
relieve Masters, but all to no avail. He
died Just before he was removed from
the wreck.
THE ROBBERS AT WORK.
In the meantime the robbers were
hard at work. When the engine dashed
by them near the switch they knew the
train would be wrecked and immediate
ly went around on the right hand side
of the train. There were two robbers
together, but it is almost certain there
was another one on the side from which
the train was signAiled. He began
firing.
The two robbers who passed around
the end of the train were seen by, Pull
man Conductor Graves and Brakeman
Kelleran, both OF whom were standing
on the rear platform, having gone out to
ascertain the cause OF the wreck.
These two robbers were cursing We
hemently, as If at the engineer for not
obeying the signal.
They passed rapidly to the front end
OF the train.
THE ROBBERS DESCRIBED.
One Of them was about feet & inches
in height, heavy set, weighing $50 or
100 pounds; wore black slouch hat and
dark overcoat. He had two revolyers
and a gunny sack over his shoulders.
The other man was dressed similarly;
he WAS taller than the other one, being
The herald., 1894-02-17

THE BANK OF A1ERICA. |
A REPORT THAT THIS tNSTi-
TUITION WILL WIND UP ITS
BUSINESS AND RETIRE FR0n
THE BANKING FIELD.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-06-21

was he who first promulgated the much
disputed story about the surgical opera
ton on President Cleveland's jaw last
summer, and he rendered important
services in unearthing the star route
frauds in 1882. He was Washington
correspondent of the New York Sun at
the time and was known as one of the
ablest newspaper men at the capital.
Mr.. Edwards gave the first news of Mr..
Blaine's i'll health in 1884 and has
scored many other beats of like impor-
tance.
Editor Dana thought SO highly of him
that he was recalled to New York to be-
come managing editor of The Evening
Sun, in which position he ably main
tanned his reputation as an alert and
sagacious journalist Mr.. Edwards is
now in charge of the New York bureau
of the Philadelphia Press and writes
two columns day on current political,
commercial, scientific, literary and So
cial topics He frequently furnishes inn
portant and exclusive news to The Press,
which is reprinted the following day in
the New York papers.
Mr.. Edwards was born in New Ha-
ven about 40 years ago. He graduated
from Yale in 1870 and in 1878 was
graduated from the law school and adj
mitted to the bar. He drifted into jour
nalism and soon found it more con-
genial field of labor than the law.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-06-21
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.

Grand Encampment Committees Hard at
Work-Spear Points.
Preparations for the encampment of the
Knights Of Pythias at Washington in Au-
gust are progressing rapidly. Citizens are
contributing literally to the expense fund.
The various subcomm ittees are earnestly
at work preparing for the large attendance.
The tone of letters received indicates that
the uniformed Knights will be here with
full ranks, and with them will come many
of their friends. The ommittee on public
comfort has procured sufficient accommo-
dations for those who will not be provided
with quarters in the camp.
The local employment bureau, which is q
recent accession to the knighthood in Min
neapolis. is already doing much good.
The celebration of the twenty-fifth ami
versary of the order in Massachusetts has
been assigned to Oct. 10.
The cornerstone of the Pythian UNIVERSE
ty was laid at Gallatin, Tenn, May 2.
The grand lodge of Alabama has decided
to build $4,000 widows and orphans
home.
Uniform lodge, Buffalo. is composed ex-
clusively of uniformed Knights.
The order in Ohio, notwithstanding the
hard times, is still marching right along.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-06-21
UNITED WORKMEN.

The DaIKotas Lead In Gains For April.
Notes of the Order.
The Dakotas come in clear in front for
the month of April, with net gain of $40.
This plucks one laurel from Massachusetts,
which is second with 366.
The Ancient Order of United Workmen
today stands a gigantic monument of all
that's good, useful and true in man.
Upchurch lodge. No. 136, of Escanaba,
Mich, initiated IS members recently.
The true relation of the church and the
lodge is that of helping allies
The supreme lodge meets at San Francis
co on the second Tuesday in June.
The adoption of a 81 900 certificate would
mark a perceptible decrease in the number
of permanent suspensions from the order.
Net gain in membership for the past 10
months, 1857.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-06-21
BALLOTs. NOT STRIKES.

The great coal miners strike seems to
be practically ended What have the
men engaged in it to show for it? What
little advantage they may have gained
In some localities has been much more
than Offset by the loss of wages and also
the loss of prestige. For every strike
that 10 inaugurated and is permitted to
fail makes the next more difficult of be-
ing carried to a successful termination;
and nearly all of them do fail. Why,
with all their past experience, will men
continue blindly to striker Whatever
wrongs they have or think they have,
they must surely have learned that they
can seldom be righted in this way. Com
hitting one wrong to right another is
hardly the proper thing any way, and
that great wrongs are committed by
strikers while they are out does not
admit of dispute. 1t seems to be an in
evitable phase of the condition Prop
erty is destroyed, blood is frequently
shed, and men who are anxious to work
and in need of employment are prevented
from occupying the places made vacant
1t will be said that these are necessities
of the war and perhaps they are, but
such wars should be abolished
The condition Of the working men in
many parts of this country is q miserable
one. Many miners and iron workers are
compelled to do slavish, exhausting toll
for the poorest wages. In our own COM
munity skilled men of long experience
are receiving the pay of boys. Yet
strike would not remedy matters now.
After SO many and repeated failures
why do not working men try some other
method; the ballot? Strikes can never
succeed until they are backed by all the
organized labor in the country, if at all.
Labor unions in order to triumph over
capital must be able to paralyzs every
industry in the country in a day and
when they can do that. they can vote for
what they want and there will be no oc-
casion to strike.
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TT WAS AN OUTAGE.

If E. B. Whaley's statement is true
that 500 Democrats voted at the Republi
can primaries last Saturday for the pur-
pose of defeating r. B. Welch who is
the bugbear of the Democratic and re-
submission element, then Major J. &
Hudson has good reason to protest.
Major Hudson who has devoted many
years to building up the Republican
party has good reason to complain if
Democrats are to be used to slaughter
him when he aspires to position which
is in a measure reward for his SER
vices.
No man has moral right and ought
not to have legal right to vote at the
primary of any party other than his own.
The man who does it is lacking in a
sense of honor. There oDght to be a
statute governing this matter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-06-21
rI,HE FIRsr PAPER IN KANsAs no Sc

FTNHE FIRST PAPER IN KANSAS TO Sc
N cure the leased wire service of the Associated
Press: controls exclusively for Topeka the Full
Day Service of this great organization for the
collection of news. A telegraph operator in the
STATE JOURNAL Office is employed for the sole
purpose Of taking this report, which comes con
ffnu0uSly from 7s3O a IN. till 400 D. m with
bulletins of important news up to 6 p. m.) over
a wire running into this Office and used only for
the day Associated Press business between the
hours above named.
eNy- The STATE JOURNAL is the only paper in
Kansas receiving the Full Day Associated Press
Report.
e%y-Th6 STATE JOURNAL. has regular aver
age Daily Local Circulation in Topeka of
than ali other Capital City DaiIies Com
bined, and Double that of its principal
com petitor-a very creditable morning news
paper.
ssy- Member Of the American Newspaper
Publishers Association.
EE-The STATE JOURNAL Press Room is
equipped with a Lightning Web Perfecting
Printing PreSS-the handSOmeSt and fastest
piece of printing machinery in the state.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-06-21
Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine.

Frank Locke, who was elected imperial
chief rabban of the imperial council of the
Shriners last June, is dead.
The order Is very ancient, having been
instituted at Mecca, in Arabia, by the Mo
hammedan Caliph Ali, the son-in-law of
the prophet Mohammed, in the year 644
The order in the United States does not adj
vocate Accommodation as religion. but
does inculcate the same respect to the Deity
as exists In other countries.
The subordinate bodies of the Mystic
Shrine in this country are termed Item
pies" the supreme body being the imperial
council, which meets annually in a desig-
mated place
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-06-21

The statue of Iowa is on one side of
the base. 1t represents young mother,
with hands clasped to her breast, and
the coat of arms and other emblems are
arranged about the figure. History, a
stern old man, with child at his knee
unrolling the blank scroll, appears on
the opposite side of the monument.
Above these groups and surrounding
the base of the shaft proper are four
equestrian fgures-Generals Dodge,
Croker, Curtis and Corse- Under the
gables of the base are figures of Gener-
ais Belknap, Hatch and Winslow, the
fourth space being reserved for the coat
of arms Of the state. There are two bas-
reliefs ON the base of the monument,
one portraying the battle of Fort Donel-
son and the other the battle of Shiloh
About this base are arranged 80 por-
trait medal1ions of Iowa officers. These
aave not yet been selected
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-06-21
he STIRRED UP THE SENATORS.
Newspaper Correspondents Edwards Who
wrote the Sugar Scandal Story.

Newspaper Correspondents Edwards Who
Wrote the Sugar Scandal Story.
Elisha Jay Edwards, the correspond
emit whose pen name of Holland is
verv familiar to American newspaper
readers, has again distinguished linn
self, this time by revealing some of the
secret processes by which the senate re-
vised the sugar schedule in the Wilson
tariff bill In SO doing Mr.. Edwards has
aroused the ire of the honorable sena-
tors, and they threaten him with all
sorts of direful punishments because he
refuses to violate professional confidence
and reveal the sources of his informa-
ton Whether the correspondents goes
to jail or not, the public knows good
deal more about tariff making in the
senate than it did few weeks ago, and
as a conscientious newspaper man Mr..
Edwards will probably be satisfied with
that result.
This is not the first time that Mr..
Edwards has given to the world i'm
portant and sensational information. Tt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-06-21
MASONIC.
Opposition Has Stimulated the Growth Of
the Order-various Notes.

Opposition HAs Stimulated the Growth az
the Order-varfous Notes.
The Morgan excitement of 1926, culmi-
mating in William w irt's anti Masonic nom
ination for president; the so called LIE Roy
renunciation. the persistent attacks of John
Blavatsky and the Ocean Grove thunder
ings have failed to affect Freemasonry,
which has never been SO prosperous now.
There are nine COMMANDERS in Georgia.
with aggregate membership of 700.
Rev. @. H Briggs is grand high priest of
Royal Arch Masons in Missouri
A new St. Louis Masonic monument has
been projected in the shape of sanitarium.
In this country the Scottish Rite com
plete, excepting the first three degrees of
the Symbolic lodge, has been communicat-
ed at once. In France all of the SO were
given to Marshal Magnan, who was made
grand master at the same time by Napoleon
Ill
A student of reconcile Masonry says that
most men fail to see all the sublime mys-
teries on the way to the thirty-second de-
gree. He has discovered in the twenty
fifth, twenty-eighth and twenty ninth de-
grees phallic symbols OF great antiquity;
in one, q crux ansata. or handled cross; in
two others, double infolded triangles sur
rounded by serpent circles, and, very singu-
larry, combination of all these-cross, ser
pent and triangles-forms the seal of a mod
ern mystical order, which seems to show it's
Masonic connection.
Sir James Mccain is grand commander
of New Jersey Knights Templars.
The grand lodge of the Orient of France
has requested the French lodges to advo-
cate and spread the cause of cremation to
the best of their ability, to have Masonic
services in connection with incinerations
and, where possible, attend in large delega-
lions.
Sir j. Adger Smythe of Charleston is a
past grand master of Masons, past grand
high priest and grand representative of the
grand lodges of England, Rhode Island,
Ohio and Kentucky.
At the twentieth annual session of the
grand chapter of Indiana, Order of the East
ern Star, 10 grand officers, past grand
patrons and representatives from 90 subor-
dinate chapters were present.
It is probable that the present deputy
grand master of New York, John Hodge Of
Lockport, will be advanced to the highest
Office in the gift of the craft.
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New England order of Protection.

The officers elected at the annual session
Of the supreme lodge at Boston were as fol
lows: Supreme warden, Hon. Henry W.
Cakes; supreme vice warden. George H.
Howard; supreme secretary, Granville
Cash; supreme treasurer. Hon. John p.
Sanborn; supreme chaplain. Mrs. Sarah A.
Mitchell; supreme guide. G. II. Burch; SUI
preme guardian, Josie G.. Smith; supreme
sentinel, George B. Knight.
Supreme Warden Cakes signed 369 GER
tihcates during April, carrying $6S5.00o in
gurance.
April there were 211 lodges with q total
membership of Is. $50.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-06-21

BARNEY SHERIDAN, the editor of the
Paola Democratic Spirit, pays his respects
to George Clark in the following lang
uage: "Mr- Clark is an agreeable gen.
tleman and a rollicking good fellow
among the boys, but he is neither law
yer nor Democrat. He has droIl and
engaging manner of shutting his pre-
tended political convictions on and off to
suit the company he is in, but he has no
more backbone and force of character
than any other courtier who is for or
against anything and everything to make
sure Of plenty to eat, drink and wear
and little to do"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-06-21
AN IMPOSING MONUMENT.
Iowa's Tribute to the Soldiers and Sailors
of the War.


Models for the Iowa soldiers and
sailors monument to be erected at Des
Moines at cost of s L5o, 900 have just
been completed by Carl Roll Smith of
Chicago and have been pronounced sat
isfactory by Governor jackson and a
committee appointed to inspect them.
The monument is to be 1873 feet high
and will be an imposing shaft of gray
granite surrounded by heroic bronze
figures. At the base of the monument
are four figures eight feet high, repre-
senting soldiers of the infantry, cavalry
and artillery, and the fourth the navy.
The naval figure represents a sailor
swinging a flag, which sways behind
his athletic frame; the infantryman is
a young soldier crowned with a laurel
wreath; the cavalryman bears an up
raised sword intwined with flowers;
the artilleryman holds a swab aloft.