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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-09-17
WHO CAUSED THE WRECK?
Investigation of the Responsibility for
the Emporia Disaster

hhNcsttSNtioh VI sho hoSPoustphey W.
the Emporia Disaster
TOPEKA, Kan, Sept. 0-The rail-
road accident between Lang and En-
poria is the worst that the Santa Fe
has ever suffered in Kansas. General
Manager 'rey said that the manage
ment had 1T been able to locate the
blame, an might not be able to do so
for sewers VS..
Assistai neral superintendent
Avery Tup nd Division Superin-
tendent C ;Clellan will hold an
investigate the purpose of plac-
ing the resi- ility of the terrible
accident as possible, probably
this week. IN the news of the
wreck reach ROYAL dispatcher's Office
in this city cher King was pros
trated by -formation and was
compelled &c give up his work
and go to hi There he has re-
NAMED in al ated condition dur
ing the dayS no report has yet
been secureFee him.
In referend hothe responsibility of
the collision, hunt Avery Turner, as
sistant generaEilperintendent, said:
Train No. ] was one hour late
leaving this city and was given the
right of way to Emporia, where it
was to meet the fast mail train. The
fast mail was also late, about fifty
and before No. had reached Long,
Dispatcher King sent out an order to
the agent there to flag the California
train and make Lang the meeting point
instead of Emporia. The question now
is whether or not Agent Larson tagged
the train in time If he did so, the re-
sponsibility of the accident falls on
the men in charge of the train, two of
whom are dead. Larson swears that
he tagged the train on receiving the
order, while Conductor Ferguson
swears that the train was not tagged.
There the evidence of one balances
the evidence of the other, and the
only men who could decide the mat
ter are dead. The only connection
that can now see that Dispatcher
King had with the collision is the fact
that he changed the meeting point
from Emporia to Lang"
Engineer Frisby said to-day: 81
turned the curve near the bridge over
the Neosho river onto straight piece
of track, and there ahead of me l saw
the other train. We were then run
ming about fifty miles an hour. l
don't know how l did anything, but
remember putting on the air and
whistling for additional brakes Then
l jumped, and rememb Der nothing after
that until l found myself on the
ground, with some one bathing my
head"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-09-17
DEATH LIST is GROWING.
At Least Sixteen Persons Lost Their Lives
in the Santa Fe Wreck.

AZ Least Sixteen Persons Lost Their Lives
in the Santa Fee Wreck.
EMPoRIA, Kan, Sept. 1.-THE death
list of the Santa Fe wreck was in
creased to sixteen yesterday by the
death of Engineer William Frisby at
Topeka and the discovery among the
wreckage of three more bodies. The
workmen were attempting to move one
of the tenders which was part of the
mass of rubbish when they found I'M
der it the charred remains of a wom-
an. There was not enough of the body
to identify, but corset and part of
the body showed the remains to be
those of a woman. Shortly after the
body of the woman was found, the
charred remains of another human
being were found, and within an hour,
under the wreckage of the coaches,
the wrecking crew discovered the re-
mains of another body.
Harvey Fowler, who was reported
as missing, did not get on the train at
Burlingame, but came in last night
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-09-17
Indiana Freight Wreck.

MUNCIE, Ind, Sept ia freight
train on the Lake Erie & Western rail
way. near Albany, was wrecked this
morning on trestle. Eight loaded
cars were smashed. Charles Manor, OF
Portland, was killed, and John Collins,
of the same place, was fatally injured.
They were stealing ride. 1t is be-
lieved there are other men under the
Wreckage.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-09-17
TROUBLE is AHEAD.
Steamer Cleveland Brings News From
the Klondike.


SEATTLE, Wash, Sept, 1.-THE
steamship Cleveland, eleven days from
St Michaels, arrived in the straits at
2:3O yesterday morning, She brings
sixty-five passengers and perhaps
$9O0, 600 in gold dust Thirty-eight OF
the passengers are from the gold fields
and twenty-seven are carpenters re-
turning from ST. Michael's where they
went to construct boats for the North
American Transportation and Trading
company.
The story of the fabulous wealth of
the Klondike, Bonanza, Eldorado and
other streams tributary to the Yukon
is reiterated by the returning miners,
but the warning which has already
been given--to stay away from the
gold fields this winter--is emphasized
by every one on board, They say that
hundreds of people must go hungry
this winter, and that many will GER
tainly starve to death, as the food sup
ply in the country is far below what
will be required to keep alive those
already in Dawson City.
Hundreds of unruly spirits are
flocliing to Dawson. Threats of vio-
lence are being made on every side
Indignation meetings, heavy with
muttered threats OF. vengeance, are
held at st. Michaels by those who see
little hope of advancing up the river
and less of getting back to civilization.
The first signs of winter are appar-
ent upon the river Yukon. which is
beginning to freeze, and in u few
weeks will be closed. Enormous prices
are now being paid for food at Daw-
son, and it is impossible that more
than four vessels with provisions can
reach Dawson before the river is
mass of ice
ION the Cleveland there are thirty
eight passengers, men, women and
children, who have come from Dawson
CITY. There are few miners in this
party that are able to tell of prosper
it's They report that July % the stores
of the Alaska Commercial company and
of the North American Trading and
Transportation company announced
that they had no more food to sell.
Three weeks before that the same
companies were unable to furnish out
fits. and when the announcement was
made that no more goods we're avail
able, CONSERVATION resulted on the
part of the people of Dawson, with
gold seekers piling in at the rate OF
twenty to thirty day.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-09-17
KILLED OVER LINE FENCE
Young Farmer Near Liberty Riddled
With HuckshOt.

LIBERTY, Mo, Sept. 11.-As result
of a dispute of long standing over a
line fence, Aleck Schamell, we'll
known young farmer, % years of age,
is dead, his body full of buckshot.
Francis NJ. Wade, farmer, who was
born in Clay county forty-fve years
ago, and who has lived there ever
since is charged with the shooting.
He has disappeared, but Deputy. Sher-
if Ed Cave is on his trail and his cap
ture is to be expected at any time.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-09-17
Young Girl Murdered at Miami.

MIAMI, Mo-, Sept. II. -Yesterday af-
ternoou about o'clock shot was
heard, and shortly afterward Carrie,
the 16-year-old daughter of Captain
Thomas Mattingly, well known
steamboat man, was found lying near
the sidewalk in front of A. Rogers
home in this city, in the throes OF
death. She was taken to her home,
where she died in few moments.
That she was murdered there is no
doubt, but for what cause no one can
SnrmiSe
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-09-17
Favors for Americans.

MADRID, Sept 10 TIL official Ca
zette to-day publishes the new GUS
toms tariff of Cuba Nearly all Amer
lean goods are subjected to lower
duties,
The tariff prohibits the entry into
Cuba of arms, proiectiles, munitions
of war, dynamite, gunpowdcr, sugars
Except Spanish sugar., honey, mo-
lasses, silver or bronze coins, secret
pharmaceutical preparations, tobacco
Except snuff, chewing tobacco and
artificial wines
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-09-17
Mennonite coloni,t. Return to Kan.a.

GREAT BEND, Kan, Sept. 10 The
nine families of Mennonites, who left
here last spring for Morehead, Mimi,
returned last night, having disposed
of their interests in Minnesota They
are going to buy farms in this county
again. The colony was to have been
followed this fall by about twenty
five more families, but now they will
all stay in Kansas.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-09-17
Jobnn,e Edmunds Is Free.

KANSAS CITY, No, Sept. ll.--John-
ME Edmunds is once more free. His
sister, Miss Jessie Edmunds, received
this telegram from Attorney r. A.
Hickland, now in Colorado Springs,
this morning: Johnnie is free" MIR.
Hickland and the boy will leave Colo
RADIO Springs for Kansas City tonight
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-09-17
rhe Alnskan "Exoelslerv pI,abIed.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1.-THE
Alaskan Commercial company has re-
ceived news that the steamer Cleve-
land, from ST. Michaels, has passed
Vancouver island She reports that
the Excelsior has put back to Ouna-
laska in a disabled condition.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-09-17
rnnnd nead In a nathtuh.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Sept 1.-The dead
body of James K. Hamlin, grain
broker on the Merchants exchange,
was found in bathtub in a room at
the Terminal hotel to-day. DIR. salem
der, the house physician, stated death
was probably the result of heart
fa;iura
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-09-17
HE OBEYED HIS MOTHER.
Virginia Boy Who Married Kansas
Girl Forced to Desert Her.

Virginia Boy Who Married u Kansas
Girl Forced to Desert Her.
ATCHIsoN, Kan, Sept. 11.-Mrs. S.
f. Taylor, wealthy resident of Rich
mond Va, arrived here this morn
ing and found her son, Frank Souder,
whose whereabouts had been I'M
known for some time. Souder, who
is minor, recently married a girl in
Hiawatha, Kan, whom Mrs. Taylor
considered beneath the station of the
family, and she left to-day with her
son for San Francisco. The bride is
at Horton, and does not know of her
husbands desertion. Souder, who
was in reduced circumstances, came to
Atchison a few days ago and went to
work as a street car conductor.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-09-17
sou,b AfrIcan Mine Horror.

JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 1l.-An explo-
sion of dynamite has taken place in
the magazine of the George Goch Deep
Level mine. causing terrible havoc.
Five white men and twenty-five Kafrs
are known to have been killed.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-09-17
Hand Dine. with the Governor

JEFFERSON CRY. Mo-, Sept IL
Congressman e. p. Bland arrived here
this morning, spent the morning at
the penitentinry, and at noon took
dinner with Governor Stephens He
left this afternoon Tor Lebanon.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-09-17
CORBETT READY TO FIGHT.
The New Orleans Offer of a $4,000
Purse Accepted at Once.

WHEELING, w. Va, Sept. LEX
Champion James j. Corbett, who is
here to-day to play first base with the
Wheeling base ball team this after
noon, received telegram from Chi
cago informing him that the Tulane
club of New Orleans had offered
$50, 900 for contest between himself
and Fitzsimmons. Immediately on
receipt of the telegram he accepted
the offer, but will await Fitzsimmons'
decision in the matter before saying
anything further.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-09-17
To Abolish OrertIms.

BIRnNeHAM. England, Sept T.
The Trades Union congress adopted a
resolution recommending all societies
afifasted with the congress to by all
means possible restrict or abolish over
item in their respective trades
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-09-17
cnlnrnhn Mldland Is Sold.

COLORADO SPRINes. Col. Sept 10
The Colorado Midland railroad yester-
day formally passed into the owner
ship Of the Central Trust company OF
New York by sale under foreclosure
proceedings.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-09-17
Ruin Reigns In Ireland.

LONDON, Sept. 1l.-Lamentable re-
ports continue to pour in from all
parts of ireland of the havoc already
wrought among the crops, and as the
weather is still most unpropitious all
hope of saving the remnant of the har
vest is fading away.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-09-17
No KIondIke Stocks for Colorado

COLORADO SPRINGS, Col, Sept 10
Klondike stock will not be allowed to
be sold in the mining exchange of this
place. Such is the final decision OF
the governing board of the Colorado
Springs Mining Stock association.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-09-17
oovernor brakes Eenlth Poor.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo, Sept ii. -
Governor Drake of Iowa will return to
the Elms this evening His health is
poor and he comes to remain indef-
nitely. He will be accompanied by his
two daughters-in-law.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-09-17
Explosion XIII. Eleven.

VIENNA. Sept ll.-By the explosion
of boiler at brewery in Hoenstadt,
n ar Olmutz, eeven persons were
killed and macy were injured.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-09-17
BIG STRIKE IN NEW YORK.

Four Thousand Electric Line Laborers
Quit to Secure Overdue Wages.
New YORK, Sept 1.-THE 1000 men
who had been at work on the New
Edgerton trolly line on Madison and
Fourth avenues, struck to-day because
they had received no pay for three
weeks. 4. f. Crimmins & Co. are the
contractors.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-09-17
MILITIA ORDERED OUT.
Third Brigade Sent to HazletOn and the
First Held in Readiness.

HABRIsBURG, Pa, Sept. li.-Govern-
or Hastings last night ordered out the
Third brigade, of which General
Goblin is commander, and instructed
General Schall to hold the First bril-
gade in readiness The troops Will
mobilize at Hazleton, and are expected
to be on the scene before daybreak.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-09-17
WICHITA STATE FAIR.
TO BE HELD SEPTEMBER 9th TO
OCTOBER End INCLUSIVE.
j. Bryan will Speak October 1st. Great
Race Program Daily, and the other
Attractions Are reater Than Ever
II win be q Hummer.

The Wichita State Fair will be held,
commencing September 27th to October
End inclusive. The Fair Association
have outdone any previous attempts to
make the Fair o success and every
thing points to the greatest meeting
ever held. The Secretary is receiving
countless letters from all over the coun-
try from people desiring accommodate
tions and signifying their intention OF
attending.
Mr. w. j. Bryan, the gifted orator
and Champion of Free Silver, will posi-
lively be at the Fair and speak on Fri
day afternoon, October 1st. This will
be rare chance for the people OF Kan
sas and Oklahoma to hear him and an
immense crowd will be in attendance.
Arrangements have been made so that
no matter how large the crowd, all can
see and hear him.
The race program is the largest ever
given. The purses are large and tie
assurance that they will be paid
promptly has attracted the best horses
in the country, and all who at,ond may
expect to see some records smashed.
The management have succeeded in
securing for this occasion a wonderful
Air-Ship which will make a fight every
day at 10 o'clock, and this feature alone
is worth going hundreds of miles to
see They have also secured Gilbert's
Celebrated Dog and Pony Shows which
will exhibit daily. embodying all the
features of the old one ring Circus; be-
sides this there will daily occur great
Hippodrome races, Roman chariot and
Standing races.
The entries of Live Stock and Poul-
try, Fruit, Vegetables and Garden
truck are away above the average. as
is also the Fancy work for the women
folks. There is amusement for every
body and all classes, and everyone will!
have thoroughly enjoyable time.
Special round trip rates will be made
on all Railroads. Let everyone attend
and make the Wichita State Fair, held
in the heart of the best State in the
Union a success.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-05-06
WAS IT'S DEATH KNELL.


Populism is likely to die sooner in
South Dakota than it might had Petit
grew remained with the old party. As
q populist he is bound to be a dis
integrating factor, and as a politician
he, Picker and myself are only useful
hereafter in the brio brac depart
ment. The revolution last fall in
South Dakota was nothing but q party
purging itself of impurities. When
genuine democracy can gain sufficien,
respect for itself to stand on
its own bottom things will be different
in South Dakota. 1t is John Winter
Green that is saying SO, and he gets
his mail at Vermillion.
''You ask about the crops in South
Dakota. They are all right. Flood
or no food, drouth or no drouth, the
thrifty farmer will have abundance for
himself and something TO spare.
Others who spend so much time saving
the country won't raise very much and
what they do raise will spoil on their
hands for want Of proper care. But
the average will be right and if it isn't
you can come and board with Alfalfa
next winter and it won't cost you q
City Tribune.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-05-06
The Smallest Town in the County

Is not too small to give bar
gains if it's merchants only kHbw
how to buy. Our business is ssll-
ing Lumber, and we happen to be
the fellows who know how 70
buy to the best advantage. We
buy for cash, and while we ars
willing to accommodate our friends
we still
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-05-06
Are You Going
to Paint?
II 80. reasons Why you should use
PlIkIM's LIQUID PAINT

Recn,se of It's durability! Bocause u Iss
beantv! Because OF its ecoaomy! No other
naint Is SO durable! No other paint 10 60
handsome! No other paint Is 50 cheap! 20
other brand Of paint made and sold .,,a in tns
Great West has so great body % rltklns
,aa;nt for the money! than any Of our com
petitors. % Try It and you will Be satisfied.
For sale by
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-05-06
Sell Lumber CHEAP

If yom are contemplating build
ing a house, or a barn, or . gran
cry, corn crib or even a pig pen
now is the time and here's tho
place to buy. We have the I'm
est stock in the country, and you
can save money by buying Of 10.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-05-06

This day is fraught with more
weighty relations to the principles oi
Americanism than any other day Of the
year except Independence Day.
AS May Goth occurs this year on Sun.
day, IN accordance with established
usages the decoration exercises will
take place on Saturday the 18th, and
the memorial sermon will be delivered
on tho preceding Sunday May 23rd.
Further notice will b given.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-05-06
Ponca Secs the Air Ship.

The mysterious air ship about
which SO much has been said aud
written of late, is reliably reported to
have passed over Ponca, taking course
to the northwest, between II and IL
o'clock last night. The county Judge,
the mayor, the high school principal,
the city electrician and the Congrega-
tional preacher are the ones reporting
the phenomenal spectacle and are the
only ones thus far heard of who saw it.
They are enabled to give more ex-
haustive and satisfactory descriptions
than those given at other points where
the ship has been seen, because of the
fact that it was not more than one
hundred feet above the earth and the
further fact that one of the fortunate
spectators had the assistance of small
telescope.
The ecclesiastical dignitary furnished
US the details. 1t seems that while he
was out commuuing and more thorough
ly familiarizing himself with nature,
there suddenly appeared in the distant
southeastern sky trio OF lights Of
different colors. He hastily got his
telescope and at once saw that it was
the famed air ship and that it was ap-
preaching the town at a rapid rate.
AS it reached the edge of town, it
halted speed and began descending un.
til it could be seen plainly with the
naked eye. 1t moved slowly over the
business part of town and hovered al.
most stationary for few minutes above
one of the hills that line Poverty
Hollow, looking like huge, stylishly
equipped yawl pinned to the sky. After
this short stop, full speed was apparent
" turned on and the aerial monster
soon disappeared.
The reverend tells US that the shiy
looked to be about sixty feet long and
twenty feet wide. 1t had four immense
wings on each side, shaped like those
of a bat, and he thinks they were
operated by electricity as shower o
electric sparks shot out from small
revolving wheel when the great pro
pellers were set in motion. A big bal
rising from the center would swell a
the ship ascenddd and relax as it de
scended, leading to the conclusion tina
hydrogen was used in that way to main
tain any desired altitude.
On the ship were probably fifty me-
and women and the reverend, who ha
considerable of an acquaintance owe
the state, says he recognized severa
faces, among them Rosewater, Ham
mond, Meiklejohn, and Thaver. 81
was astonished to see Cobb of Emerso
and Belknapp Of Wakefield. comfort
ably planted in chairs on the secon
deck where each was smoking q pip
, and expectoratine over the railing
The reverend thinks the air ship hs
+, been built in secret by politicians an
: operated in secret by them to aid
the distribution Of federal pie. He b.
!, lieves however, that the invention wi
: not be kept a secret much longer an
that aerial navigation will be as CON
mon as any other kind within fe
years. Northern Neb. Journal
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-05-06
WOOD.
A Large Lot Of Dry Hard Wood,
Thoroughly Seasoned, For Sale.
Stove Length, ~. 50 per cord.
Cord Wood, $500 and $3.5 per
cord, Delivered.
ChaskS for Heaters On Hard,
Also Loose Nay.
Orders left at Franklin's Feed Store
will receive prompt attention.
G. n. LINDSEY.
For Ice,
For Hay,
For Wood,
For Straw,
Ask WEST. HALTER,
TINE DRAYMAN

Cri11's Mill Is running
night and day. Plenty
of flour. Prompt ex-
change.