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The herald., 1897-09-10
A DRY Washer

PRESCOTT. Ariz., Sept. st. G.
Barlow Massicks. manager of the Lynx
Creek hydraulic works, has been en-
gagged for several years on machine for
working placer mines in arid regions,
and has at last succeeded in devising
and patenting a gravel washing and
amalgamating machine which seems to
meet the requirements. An experiment.
al run was made with it recently for
forty y-nine minutes. during which sew
cnty-two cubic yards of gravel from an
open cut was automatically dug and run
through the machine, from which SIS. 81
was realized. The machine promises to
revolutionize placer mining in arid
countries, as the water is used over and
over indefinitely.
The herald., 1897-09-10
ENGLISH UNIoNISTs
Demand the Immediate Abolition Of
Child Labor

BIRMINGHAM, Eng, Sept. 9-At the
trades union congress today the employ
nlent Of children in factories gave rise
to considerable discussion. The Ma
tional Union of Gas Workers and Gem
eral Laborers introduced the following
resolution on the subject:
considering that the employment Of
children in factories and workshops
and on board river and canal craft, and
their consequent exploitation by capi-
talistS, is injurious to the children, un-
just to their parents and crime against
the human race; considering the infa-
| nous fact that the children of the work.
ing classes have not the same oppor-
tunities of the class room and the play
ground as the children of the capitalist
class; considering that in this connec-
tion Great Britain is behind other coun-
tries; considering that unhappy parents
under an unhappy system are actually
willing and even anxious to have their
children torn from school and hurled in.
to the factory-thiS congress Is of the
opinion that the time has come for
Great Britain to cease building its en-
pire on children'S hearts, to stop coming
its wealth out of children's wasted lives,
and hereby instructS the parliamentary
committee to demand as temporary
minimum from the government (a) the
abolition of child labor under the age of
Is, and (b) of all night labor under the
age of 49,
This resolution was opposed by the
delegates who represented textile work.
ers. They declared that If the age at
which child could be legally employed
was raised to 15 years, the children would
never become efficient at their trades.
The resolution was adopted by vote
Of 595, 900 to $4,000 of the unionists rep-
resented by their delegates at the con.
vention.
The congress, later in the day, adopted
resolution in favor of the nationalist
| tion of land, mines, minerals, royalties,
rents, railways, waterways and docks.
ETC., and in favor of the municipalization
of all water, artificial light and tramway
undertakings, and also adopted reeo-
| luton favoring the naturalization OF
the mineral royalties Of the country.
The herald., 1897-09-10
Holdups in Custody

STOCKTON, Cal, Sept. civilians
and Slagel, the two young men suspected
of the attempted holdup of Wednesday
evening have both been in the hands of
the officers before. In 1892 Williams
held up a Southern Pacific agent at
Banta and after stealing horse made
his way to the mountains. He was sent
to Whittier. where he met Slagel. who
came to this county with him. On his
arrival here Slagel stole horse from a
local livery stable. He spent thSee years
at San Quentin for that and has been out
a year.
1t is believed that they struck for the
Sierras and that their arrest will be ac-
complished there within a short time.
So confident are the officers that these
are the two men that work on any other
theory has not been attempted.
The herald., 1897-09-10
A JEALOUS WIFE
Saved the Necessity Of Getting g
Divorce

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 9-Wm. Matthews
an actor. blew his brains out in front OF
his wife's bedroom at the st. James ho-
tel today. The couple. who belong to
Girard's Interocean Vaudeville COM
pany now playing at the Standard
theater, have been stopping at the hotel
during the whole week, but lived separ-
ately. At the coroner's inquest Mrs.
Matthews testified that she andiher hus-
band had not been on sood terms for a
week and were occupying separate
apartments at the hotel. They had
quarreled about one of the actresses in
the company now playing at the Stand
ard whose name Mrs. Matthews refused
to divulge. She said she thought her
husband was too familiar with the act
res,s Mrs. Matthews said she was
awakened by her husband rapping on
the door and asking to be admitted. She
thought from his voice that he was
drunk and she refused to open the door,
fearing he would shoot her. A moment
later she hear a shot fired outside her
door.
The herald., 1897-09-10
IAN AWFUL
DISASTER
Forty Lives Lost in a
Smashup
COLORADO TRAINS COLLIDE
FLAMES COMPLETE THE WORK
OF DESTRUCTION
COLORADO TRAINS COLLIDE
Passengers and Stock Trains Come
Together Near Newcastle-Both
Engines a Total Wreck
Press Special wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
DENVER, Col, Sept. 1o.-A special to
the News from Newcastle. Col, sayss
Rio Grande passenger train No. /. run
ming one hour late, collided with MID.
land stock extra one and one-half miles
west Of Newcastle tonight. Both en-.
gines are total wreck. There Is in an
probability forty human beings in the
burning mass. Shortly after the COLI
lision occurred, the baggage car, day
coach, smoker and the tourist sleeper
caught fire while one Pullman and q
special car remained on the track. The
number of lives lost cannot be ascer-
tanned at this hour. The fault 10 said
to lie with the train crew Of the stock
extra.
THE LATEST
NEWCASTLE, Col. Sept. 1o.-4:4o Z.
m.-Details of the wreck are very hard
to obtain. 1t is known that A. Hart
man, wife and two children Of Harshon.
ILL.,, are among the dead. Engineer Cor
don Of the passenger train, R. H. Bed
ley. postal clerk, and Robert Hewlett.
passenger fireman, are fatally injured.
Engineer Ostrander and Fireman SUIT
lift Of the freight are missing and are be-
lieved to be buried in the wreck.
The following are injured: Pearl Cor
ness, leg broken; John H. Standard,
Blackfoot, Iowa, badly cut and bruised
and both legs broken; ]. H. Sheet, badly
cut; Charles Lepper, badly burned.
So thoroughly are the trains demolish-
ed that but few of those caught escaped
alive. Those not killed by the shock Of
the collision are burned to death in the
ruins of the cars.
A Rio Grands special just arrived
from Glenwood brings doctors and COM
forts for the wounded.
The herald., 1897-09-10
DISCRIMINATING DUTY
WON'T BE COLLECTED UNTIL
FURTHER ORDERS
Members Of Congress Put Themselves
on Record as to the Passage
of Section 22
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
TACOMA, Wash, Sept. 9.-Deputy
Collector Heuson today received tele-
graphic instructions from Washington
to suspend until further notice the col
lection Of the 10 per cent discriminating
duty and the requirement of security
for the entry of goods affected by the
discriminating clause Of the new tariff.
The news was received with a great
deal of relief by the custom officials and
importers, as the regulations have
caused much inconvenience and vexa-
tion The collector has required the de-
posit Of certified check sufficient to
cover the amount of the discriminating
duty. This ruling caused delay to sew
eral importations, especially from China
and Japan. About 5000 chests of tea have
been held here nearly two weeks await
ing q solution Of the question by the
Attorney
sMUGGLED THROUGH
BOSTON, Sept. 9.-The Herald today
prints letters from twenty members of
the Fifty-fifth congress, representing as
many states in reply to circulars sent
out to secure the facts with regard to
the passage of the famous section % of
the Dingley tariff bill.
With one exception the writer's pro-
fessed ignorance of the amendment to
section %. Congressman Cobbing of
Pennsylvania says the change was
called to his attention, and he believed
then and believes now that it is all right
and there was no trick or misunder-
standing in the matter.
| Congressman Lacey of Iowa says he
examined the amended section and Won
dered If it was so skillfully drawn as to
avoid existing treaties, as he supposed
| the treaties would have to be annuled
| to make 1t operative.
| Senator Frye of Maine says he does
not believe that, as adopted it repealed
section 1928 of the revised statutes. un-
der which the president has extraordi-
nary powers touching reciprocal rights,
and that neither the conference COM
mittee nor congress intended to provide
by this law an invidious distinction as
to the commercial relations Of our coun-
| try with others.
| The other replies contain various ref
erences to the manner In which the bill
was passed some complaining that it
was rushed through" thers that it was
"smuggled in," and denying knowledge
| Of the clause in question
The herald., 1897-09-10
The Colima Wreck

NEW YORK, Sept 9.-Judge Brown
in the United States district court to-
day granted the petition of the Pacific
Mail Steamship company for limita-
tion of liabilities under section 42S3 OF
the revised statutes. The steamship
Colima Of the company foundered in the
Pacific ocean, May 27, 1895, and only
thirty persons out of 209 passengers and
crew were saved. The Colima's cargo
was total loss. Many suits for dams-
ges are pending against the company.
it being claimed that the vessel was
unseaw orthy and that she was not prop-
erly manned or equipped.
The herald., 1897-09-10

official confirmation Of the report that
the Panama canal franchise, has been
secured by British corporation under
the protection of Great Britain. The
report is at least premature, although
English engineers have been inspecting
the route.
The isthmus was thrilled by the an
nouncement in the Colon Telegram that
the government of Great Britain had
secured the franchise and would con-
troll the waterway am informed from
Bogota, the capital of the republic, that
the report is untrue. The canal company
has suspended payment.
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revised the order so that the trains
should have passed al Lang, The ques-
tion of responsibility depends on whether
Agent Larson tagged the west-bound
train in time to avoid the disaster. He
insists that he did. Conductor Ferguson
swears that the train was not tagged
and the signal indicated a clear track
when they passed Lang. The engineer,
whose testimony might have settled the
question, is dead.
ANOTHER WRECK
MUNCIE. Ind, Sept. "a freight
train on the Lake Erie and Western
railway, near Albany, was wrecked this
morning on trestle. Eight loaded cars
were smashed. Charles Manor of Port
land was killed and John Collins of the
same place was fatally injured They
were stealing ride. 1t is believed there
were other men under the cars.
ANOTHER HOLD UP
ST LOUIS, Sept. "a special from
Muscogee, 1. T., to the Republic says:
A daring attempt was made last night
to hold up the southbound passenger
train on the M. K. & T. railway at Bond,
I. T., flag station thirty miles south of
here. A short time before the train was
due the robbers. about eight in number,
took charge Of the section foreman and
compelled him to signal the train to
stop. The engineer in charge Of the
locomotive was an old and trusted en-
ployee, who had been held up several
times before. He proceeded to obey the
signal, but when his engine was within
100 yards of the signal he noticed several
men standing near the track and at once
suspected their business. Opening this
throttle he sped. by them as though no
signal had been given. The robbers
having been foiled in their attempt, fled
and are still a large
The herald., 1897-09-10
INDEX
OF THE TELEGRAPH NEWS

Guatemala's future, political and
financial, Is very dark indeed.
Ohio Gold Democrats hold little
bit Of a convention and nominate a
state ticket
Admission day IL generally OBJ
served throughout the state as day
Of recreation.
English trade unionists demand
the immediate abolishment Of child
labor in factories.
Hideous exhibits offered in the
Luetgert case bring no sign of emotion
from the defendant.
Later accounts Of the awful wreck
near Emporia on Wednesday increase
rather than decrease the number Of
fatalities
Awful railroad disaster near New
castle, Col; passenger and stock trains
collide with the probable loss Of forty
human lives.
The London Mail warns the United
States against interference in Cuban
affairs; diplomatic aid" Of European
governments offered to Spain.
zuni medicine men hang up by the
wrists a Pueblo squaw to extract a
confession Of witchcraft; United
States troops will interfere in the mat
ter.
A report that England has pur-
chased the Panama canal franchise
caused a sensation which would be
much greater If anybody could be
found to believe the report
Rebellion has broken out in the
ranks Of the Methodist church; con-
ventions are called to demand equal
lay representation in the quadrennial
meeting Of the church legislature.
One death from yellow fever at
Ocean Springs and four new cases at
Biloxi covers the spread Of yellow
fever in Louisiana; health officials
confident Of their ability to control the
disease.
In the game with the Sacramento
Gilt Edges the Los Angeles ball
bumpers made exactly one run; but
the other fellows didn't make any;
winners Of league games; results on
turf and track
Miners convention seems to be
drifting away from settlement, al
though President Ratchford is still
hopeful; evictions Of miners from De
Armitt's houses results in much dis
order, though rioting is averted.
Collector Heuson at Tacoma or
dered to let tea come in without pay
ment Of the ten per cent discrimin-
ating duty; senators and congressman
assert that the famous section 20 of
the Dingley tariff bill was smuggled
through.
The herald., 1897-09-10
A Horsethief Killed

SOLOMONVILLE, Ariz.. Sent. O.
Maduel Barques, wanted in Dona coun-
ty, New Mexico. for horse stealing, an6
followed to this county by a deputy
sheriff. was killed today at Stafford, this
county, by Under Sheriff Ben Olney, who
arrested Barques and was with him in
a saloon. Barques jerked a six-shoote1
from the officers scabbard, fired at him
twice, then jumped on a horse and
fled. Olney followed with horse, over
taking and killing Barques a mile from
town.
The herald., 1897-09-10
Found Dead

AUBURN, Cal, Sept. "a we'll
dressed man was found dead today near
Loomis with bullet hole in his mouth
and a pistol still clutched in his right
hand. In his pocket was a railroad
ticket from Sacramento to Salt Lake.
while in leather sack hung around his
neck were two twentydollar pieces. He
was about 80 years of age and tine name
on the ticket was J. Silva.
The herald., 1897-09-10


All of these houses have been extern
sively engaged in the, expectation of cof-
fee and other Central American pro-
ducts and the importation of merchan-
disc. Besides, great many small firms
have gone under for lesser amounts The
total of nearly S., 1000, 900 is a trife mis-
leading, however, because it represents
Central American money, which is very
much deprecated in value.
Reyna BaTrios, the inan who was Pres
ident and who declared himself Dictator
of the republic q couple of mon tbs ago, is
excessively unpopular because of his re-
cent high handed action and his cruel
ties. There is a demand that Prosper
Morales, lawyer and former Minister
Of War, be chosen to succeed Bamios.
To prevent this, Barrios intends CALL
ing a session of the Assembly very soon,
In order to have himself confirmed as
Dictator. If he is successful, war is al
most certain, because the country will.
not longer submit to his oppression. If
he is defeated. war is just as sure. be-
cause he cannot afford to be driven out of
office.
LA-I IeSlueHt bdrfllOS, VINO MADE II
possible for Barrios to succeed him. has
declared that he will never again draw
his sword, excepting to fight Morales,
who has threatened to expose his finan-
cial operations. Barrios is allowed to
have killed number Of the most prom
inent citizens of his country, because
they were not in sympathy with him.
Besides these, 243 men of lesser promi-
nence are said to have been slain by his
order
The herald., 1897-09-10
Not Certainly Suicide

PHOENIX. Sept 9.-At the instance
Of the district attorney today the YER
dict Of suicide returned by the coroner's
jury in the inquest upon the body of
B. F. Zoeckler was set aside and a new
jury of inquest was ordered. It Is now
claimed that the bloody finger marks
found on the wall were not those of the
supposed suicide, and that circum-
stances point strongly toward murder.
The herald., 1897-09-10
A Poor Preacher

LONDON. Sept. 9-Edward Oakley,
who claimed to be doctor of divinity
of Brown university, was arraigned on
the charge of begging at Bow street po-
tice court today. He was discharged,
Congregational minister undertaking
to care for him.
The herald., 1897-09-10
A Fatal Bath

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 9.-The dead body
Of James r. Hamlin, a grain broker on
the Merchants exchange, was found in
bath tub in room at the Terminal
hotel this morning. DR.. Saender, the
house physician, said that death was
probably the result of heart failure,
The herald., 1897-09-10
Mary Nav Appear

LONDON, Sept. 9.-Mrs. Mary An
derson Navarro, according to the Daily
Mail, may appear on the concert plat
form in London this autumn She has
been studying vocal music for two years
with Maude Valerie.
The herald., 1897-09-10
Pension Payments

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9-The annual
report of the auditor Of the interior de-
partment shows that the amount paid
for pensions during the last year wao
$140, All, ,637.
The herald., 1897-09-10
Cleveland Cycles
WE WANT A LIVE AGENT IN ALL SMALL TOWNS
GuATEMALA'S FUTURE
LOOKS BAD FINANCIALLY AND
WORSE POLITICALLY
Heaviest Firms in the Country Driven
to the Wall-Barrios Gets Him
self Disliked

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 9.-News just
received from Guatemala Is to the ef-
feet that the country is in bad way
financially and politically. During last
month the following failures were re-
The herald., 1897-09-10


HARVEY FOWLER, a farmer Of En-
poria.
Injured:
]. M. BELL, Florence, hip bruised
ALEXANDER FERGUSON, Kansas
City, conductor of No. 1, hips hurt.
CLAUDE HOLIDAY, Lawrence, ex-
press messenger, legs broken will die.
JOHN DAGAN, Topeka, face MANNED.
]. T. BUTLER, county attorney of
Chase county, hip broken; may die.
WILLIAM F. JONES. Kansas City,
leg and arms broken.
H. P. MELICK, Atchison, badly
bruised.
PHIL SCHIER, express messenger,
Kansas City, hips crushed.
WILLIAM PATRICK, Kansas City,
leg and arm broken.
C. D. ADAMS, City Of Mexico, pain
fully bruised
MIKE swEENY, Gainesville, Tex.
back hurt.
R. o. MGEE, Kansas City. postal
clerk.
&c. FLETCHER, Kansas City, postal
clerk.
WILLIAM FRISBEE, engineer, To-
peka both legs broken; may die.
GHOULS AT WORK
Human ghouls delved in the burning
wreckage and plundered the baggage
and mail sacks which strewed the
ground. One tried to snatch diamond
from the breast of an Emporia doctor
who, weak and nervous, was creeping
slowly out of the debris. He had strength
enough left to hit the brute blow in the
face which made him turn with a curse
and sneak away. Mail sacks were
dragged into the cornfield and rifled.
The report of the Kansas City post
office is that practically all of the mail
on both the wrecked Santa Fe trains was
destroyed. One pouch, however, for
Southern California on the westbound
train is said to have been saved. This
train carried large mail from New
York city to California, Colorado, New
Mexico and Arizona. No official report
has been received here.
The trains over the Santa Fe will run
by way of Ottawa for few days. The
cost of the wreck to the railway is esti-
mated at 100000. The wrecked trains
were the fastest in the service. The
fast mail was east-bound and the Cali
fornia- Mexico express west-bound. One
was running at the rate of forty miles
an hour or over. The wreck occurred
three miles east of Emporia on small
culvert that crossed dry stream. The
culvert was not more than ten feet wide
and the foremost engine of the west
bound train spanned it when the COL
lision occurred. The embankment ap-
proaches of the culvert are about ten
feet high.
The conductor on the east bound
train was ordered at Emporia to meet
and pass the California flyer at Lang.
seven miles east. The order sent there
to the conductor of the west bound was
not delivered, and he supposed he was
to meet at Emporia. Consequently,
each train was hurrying on the main
line and they met at full speed. There
was no warning signal. There was a
shock as If the trains had struck a stone
wall, followed by an explosion, crashing
sound and total darkness.
WHO is TO BLAME
TOPEKA, Kas., Sept. 9.-The manage
ment Of the Santa Fe railroad today
suspended Charles King, division train
dispatcher; Alex Ferguson, conductor
on the Mexico and California express,
and Mr.. Larson, station agent at Lang,
pending an investigation as to the re-
sponsibility for last nights disaster be-
tween Lang and Emporia. The trains
had been ordered to pass at Emporia,
but both were late, and Dispatcher King
The herald., 1897-09-10
COUNTING
THE DEAD
Left by the Awful Collision
of Wednesday
& HANDFUL OF BURNED BONES
TELLS THE TALE OF MESSEN-
GER SAUER'S DEATH
Twelve Dead, One Missing and Four
teen Injured, and the List Not
Yet Complete
Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
EMPORIA, Kas., Sept. 9.-Twelve
known dead, one missing (probably in
cinerated) and fourteen injured, two OF
whom are likely to die, is the record of
the terrible head-end collision on the
Santa Fe as known tonight The first
lists were mixed because Of the con-
fusion attending the wreck, and all day
names on the list of injured have been
transferred to that of the dead. Even
tonight it is not positively known that
the list given is complete, and 1t is be-
lieved that several were burned to death
and nothing left by which they could be
recognized. The bodies of eleven have
been taken from the debris, three burned
beyond recognition.
William Frisbee Of Topeka, engineer
Of the east-bound fast mail, who was
last night reported among the injured.
expired during the day, and Michael
McGlade and r. A. Doran, postal clerks
were found to have been wrongly placed
in the list Of injured. Nothing could be
found Of Wells-Fargo Messenger j. F..
Sauer. A handful Of charred bones taken
from the wreck, however. are supposed
to be his, as near them was found his
watch.
Dead:
MICHAEL M'GLADE, Kansas City,
postal clerk.
j. E. SAUER, Kansas City. Wells
Fargo express messenger.
JOHN SHIRLEY, Topeka, fireman.
r. A. DORAN, Emporia, postal clerk.
NATE HOLLISTER. Topeka, fireman.
JAMES BRENNAN, Topeka, engineer
C. w. VAN CLEVE, brakeman.
BEN WALTERS, st. Joseph. fireman.
- GONZALES, fireman.
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