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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-29
MYSTERY IN a TRAIN WRECK
An Express said TO fave Plunged
From "a Bridge.

BANGOR. Me, June 29--The details Of
a great railway disaster are momentarily
expected here, although the utmost mys-
tery low surrounds the disappearance Of
an express train on the Canadian Pacific
Railway
1t is reported here that the Montreal ex-
press was wrecked about twenty-five
miles west of Megantic on Thursday
night Dispatches from Vanceboro state
that there IS washout eight miles in
length near Megantic and that the wreck
ed train ran of the end of a bridge fifty
feet in height. 1t is absolutely impossible
at present to secure any detailed Inforrna-
tion concerning the number Of lives lost
or the facts concerning the accident
There is another report in Vanceboro
to the effect that the wreck was caused
by the striking trackmen, but this story
cannot be confirmed and is generally dis
credited in this section.
The Canadian Pacific Railway has can
ceied all trains going east and west and
Is maintaining the strictest secrecy re-
garding the wreck No mails have been
received in Bangor over the Canadian Pa
ciflc since noon on Thursday.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-29
THE sKAGwAY FLAG INCIDENT.
No Complaint Received at the state
Department.

The hauling down of the British Gus
toms flag at Skagway by George Miller,
brother Of Joaquin Miller The California
poet, has not been officially reported to
the State Department. and opinions ex-
pressed by officials based uPar newspaper
accounts of the incident are that the
matter is not at all likely 20 assume in
ternational Importance -
In the first place they say the opening
Of a customs Office at Sll.,gway by the
British is not considered al cncroachrnent
upon American territory. Skagway is a
central point for miners and prospectors
and it has been regarded as a conven-
ience TO them to have customs examina-
tions at Skagway rather than in some
remote corner on the division line agreed
upon IN the mcdus Yiyendi.
This line crosses the summit OF the Chill
coot and White passes in a wild ana al
most uninhabited country 1t has there
fore been considered advisable to allow
the Canadian customs officer to open. his
office in Skagway- His right 10 raise the
Canadian customs flag is another ques-
ton That he should place over it the
American flag there seems 20 be little
doubt, but no action WilI ne taken by
the State Department except upon some
complaint from the American officers at
SkaSway.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-29
THUNDER SHOWERS PROMISED.
Temporary Relief From Excessive
Heat Expected Tonight.


Heat Expected Tonight.
As early as Il o'clock this morning the
uItra-conservatiYe Thermometer at the
Weather Bureau registered IS degrees
Thirty minutes after midday therrnome-
ters on Pennsylvania Avenue announced
"a degrees, a point not touched any time
before this season. At . O'Clock this aft
ernoon the Weather Bureau record show
ed 81 degrees and Avenue thermometers
from "a to % degrees.
The following forecast was issued by the
Weather Bureau today:
Showers tonight and probably Sun
day; somewhat lower temperature; fresh
southwesteriy winds. and probably thun-
der squalls tonight
The end OF the week sent many to the
railroad station for outbouri trains to
stay over Sunday at nearby resorts The
resorts down the bay and the accessible
points along the coast will be freely pa
tronized by Washing gtonians. When the
department work is over at o'clock this
afternoon there viii be a general exodus
to points cooler than the Capital, and
they are many.
Washington was not alone in the FRYING
pan today Extreme high temperature has
prevailed since early yesterday quite gen
orally throughout the country with the
exception of the Northwest Yesterday
the thermometer in Kansas registered
from Iog to 10f degrees AS usual however.
Phoenix, Ariz-, carried of the warm
weather prize. for the mercury there
reached a maximum OF II2 degrees. and
Yet the people thought it was a moder-
ately cool day.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-29
SICKLES' WAR or EVANS.
The General Declares He VIII Con-
Time the Fight.


NEW YORK. IulG l9-CeReraI Daniel
E. Sickles, whose pronounced opposition
to II. Clay Evans, Pensic,i Commissioner,
and whose declaration that President Nc
kinley had promised 30 remove Evans
from office has caused .ot OF talk, said
today that he intended to remain on the
firing line for some time to come. If ne
was not Frustrated by the heat, he said
that he would soon Issue some more docU-
mentaTy evidence that Evans was not the
proper man to be at the head Of the Pen
sion Bureau. He~would not give out any
more letters just now. but said he would
wait and see if the shots already fired had
gone home General SicI1les said:
Il want it understood that the Grand
Army has no candidate for commissioner
Evans place, nor have L The Grand
Army wants man who has marched.
who mas been on the firing line, who has
bivouacked. Who has suffered. been in the
hospital. knows wnat soldiers suffering
is The Grand Army wants veteran of
the civil war who can feel for a soldiers
widow Commissioner Evans is not such
a man doubt Il he has ever smelled
gunpowder, certainly not in actual war
fare.
The man in charge Of the Pension Bu.
reau should be a lawyer. He should be
able 10 administer the laws All remedial
statutes should De construed literally by
him, according to the intent and purpose
of their enactment There should he no
cheese-paring and red-tapeism Let in as
many Old soldiers as possible That is
what the country wants Il l understand
it right
I viii not cite any more instances
wherein the law has shut out the deserv-
ing. What is the use? The President has
repeatedly promised me to ratify the
abuses which exist. to correct the errors.
and to prescribe remedy Nothing has
been done in the matter
There are SC many base detractors of
the soldiers in this country continued
General Sickles- NO Confederate soldier
in Congress ever voted against a pension
for Union soldier. I would rather sub
nit a pension bin to the Confederate
bTigadier generals tnan to the nugw UNI,
editors Of New YORK The buildings of
the newspapers in this city who abuse the
old soldiers would be in ashes were they
located in the South
Regarding the talk he said he had had
with the President. as to the appointment
OF successor to Evans, General SickIes
stated that the President had assured him
that he would wait a reasonable time
for Evans to resign and that II ne didn't
resign then he would appoint a SUCCESS
or" The reasonable time, General Sick
les said, had passed. The President, he
declared, had told him confdentIalIy the
name Of the man who would succeed
Evans
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-29
THE FURsT BISMARCK ARRIVES.
She Limps Into Port With Il Broken
Crank Shaft.

NEW YORK. June 29--The Hamburg
American line steamer Furst Bismarck
arrived this morning from Hamburg.
Southampton, and Cherbourg. about
twenty hours behind her usual time.
caused by the breaking Of the crank shaft
Of the starboard engine, which obliged the
steamer to proceed under port engine
only for the remainder of the voyage
The accident occurred on June p. at 5
a. m, the steamers position ct the time
being latitude e 10. longitude A. SO The
Furst Bismarck, on her voyage from
Naples in January last met with SINH
lar accident TO her machinery. Chief En-
gineer KoTte and his assistants discou-
nected the starboard engine. the steamer
proceeding TO New York for the re-
meinder of the voyage uEder her port
engine.
The accident viii not delay the steamer
from sailing on her regular trip next
Thursday. July 4 A spare crank shaft
is on board and viii be fitted in ample
time, SO as to enable the steamer to sail
as usual Fine weather and a smooth
sea prevailed at the time OF the accident.
The Bismarck brought 26g cabin and 821
steerage passe myers
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-29
A DEADLY FEUD IN IOWA.
One Man and His Son RiddIed with
Bullets by n Neighbor.

DAYTON, Iowa, June 29-As result
of neighborhood feud- G. D. Guild and
his nineteen-year-old son. Clarence. are
dead, riddIed with bullets from the shot
gun Of Oliver BTicker. "a neighbor. Brick
er's story is that he met Guild and his
son and Guild pulled revolver and com
menced to fire, hitting Bricker three
times. on the lip, forehead and arm. All
the wounds are slight. Wher Guild got
through firing. RrieIzer says his brother
George met him with a shotgun He fred
one barrel at the boy, who held a revoIv-
er- The boy feI and as the father sprsng
TO pick up the pistol, Bricker shot and
killed him
Charlie Guild, the sixteen-year-oId son
g ti.e dead man, says he was al eyewit-
ness of the shooting. The boy says Oliver
Bricker opened fire first with a revolver
and that George Bricker did the fatal
shooting with a shotgun Both Brickers
were arrested Oliver Bricker was placed
under $1,000 bonds and George under So
O00 bonds.
1t is believed that the shooting was
caused BY a quarrel yesterday morning
when George Bricker and Guild had
words over broken fence which let
Brickers cattle INTO Guilds corn.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-29
THE NEGRO VOTE IN TEE SOUTH
Judge Springer Discusses the Speech
OF ez-secretary Herbert.

Judge Springer Discusses the Speech
OF ez-Secretary Herbert.
''Ex-secretary Herbert's speech before
the Bar Association in Montgomery. Ala.
yesterday should cause no uneasiness nor
create surprise among the Denocra -
remarked ex-Represeatative William NJ
Springer Of Illinois this morning Her
bert has been outside the T,aIe of Democ-
racy since 1896. He supported President
Mckinley in the last t5eo campaigns and
like many others. he IS awaiting an op-
portunity TO go over to the Republican
party As he is now d ~ lance Her
bert can afford to speak Whist ne thinks
4 consider his speech ;he keynote for
the organization Of q aew party in the
South. The time is rapidly approa ching
when there viii no longer be such thing
as solid South The movement, which
has been gradual. to amend the State
constitutions SO that the negro VIII be
eliminated from politics is Responsible for
just such speeches as .EIerbert's and Nc
Iaurin's The p-otectieaists in the South,
who have since the civil war allied them
selves with the Democrats, have done 50
from purely lersonai interests. The
Republicans in the North viii gain
more by the elimination of the negro in
ti;e South a political factor than the
Democrats The Republicans. If they could
only see ahead, could Iend assistance
instead Of criticism in this movement.
Intelligence viii predomiuate and govern.
whether North OF South. Why. dassa-
chEsetts for years has had a law to regu-
late suffrage just as the Southern States
are now proposing 10 do. aud nothing is
thought Of it
Before the civil war there was no such
thing as a solid South. because at that
time the negro did not enter into the uues-
ton Of politics. And now that the South
politically is fast getting back to her old
moorings you viii witness a gradual divi-
sion among the Intelligent white voters.
and that element. as said before, that
believes in the doctrine or protection Will
eventually drift into the Republican par
ty.
4 believe President Mckinley under
stands the situation and Is therefore 81
lent touching the work OF these state
conventions
Judge Springer. accompanied by his
wife. will leave this evening for AIacka-
nae Mich, where he viii spend the sum
mcT.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-29
TORTURED BY MASKED THIEVES
A millionaire Oil Operator Robbed in
West Virginia

WHEELING, ". Va, June 29-Six
masked men entered the paIatiaI summer
residence Of Jacob L. White, at Broth
ers Station. on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, OverpOwered, bound, and gag
ged the seven occupants Of the house, and
ransacked it for vaIuabies. They secur-
ed $500 in money and twice as much in
jewelry
Mr.. White and his aged wife and their
daughter were tortured by having lighted
matches applied TO their bodies and their
skin Iacerated by needles in an effort to
make them diTulge the hiding place Of
other valuables, but without success.
The victims were deserted and lay help
less for hours until Miss Sidney Mackey,
a niece, extricated herself from her bonds
and secured assistance
Mr. White is a millionaire oil operator.
Mr. White, who lost $4,000 in the failure
Of bank here few years ago. kept a
large sum Of money Ia his house, being
afraid TO tI<-st a bank The robbers es-
capped on westbound freight train.
Mr.. White claims that the robbers all
live in Washington, Pa. and he could
identify any of them Five tramps were
arrested here on suspicion but were re-
leased
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-29
THREE PASSENGERS HURT.
4 Pennsylvania Railroad Train De-
rallied by Hreckers

rallied by wreckcrs
PITTSEURG, Pa, June 29.-The. second
section of train No. d of the PennsyIva-
MA Railroad, due in Pittsburg at I:5O d.
m, ran into an open switch east IF
Greensburs at los o'clock this morning
and five sIeepers were derdned. Three
passengers were hurt
According 70 the official report Of the
company made here shortly before noon
today. the smash-up was the result of 4
weII-pianHsd scheme TO wreck the train
1t is supposed that the wreckers had a
robbery in view.
The injured are:
Louisa HoItham, Brooklyn, right leg
hurt
j j Harvardscn, Louisville, necI, and
shoulder injured
II l. Lloyd, Cincinnati, left shoulder
spEained
II was thought at first by the railroad
officials that the switch was insecureIv
fastened and that the iarring Of the
train threw IT open. An investigation
proved the conjecture to be incorrect. as
the switch lock was found to be smashed
and the bar thrown
The engine and three cars passed safely
over the open switch TO the main track
The last five cars on the train, all Of
which were Pullman sIeepers, were de-
rallied. They ran along a short distance
On the ties anG then toppled over on their
sides and came to a stand leaning against
the side of the cut. To this is due the
TACT that. 50 Few persons were hurt
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-29
THE MARoUAND FAILURE.
Liabilities Not Expected to FaII
short OF sS,ooo.ooo,


NEW YORK June 29.-Work was con-
tinued this morning on the books OF Mar
quand & Co IN an effort to straighten out
the tangle and determine the extent of
the failure II is estimated that the la
biIities viii not fall far short of IS. .000. COO
OF this amount it is supposed that about
s6.e00,000 is due to banks and g., 0O0, 600 to
Henry G. Marduand, the father of the
senior member Of the firm.
1t viii probably be several days before
any definite idea OF the assets and la
biiities Of the company can be obtained
Nothing definite can be obtained from
either the assignee or his attorney and
the members of the firm refuse absolute
ly to discuss it An effort is being made
to prevent the securities which are held
for loans to Marquand & Co, from being
sold at a sacrifice and the assignee and
his attorney are devoting their time 10
that work
In Wall Street the failure excftes specu-
iation principally as to the amount OF
the liabilities and the general opinion
there is that it had been discounted too
long ago to have even an indirect effect
on the market
The question as to the exact facts reIa-
tive to that S3o0O90 check and the
peculiar methods which ii has been
asserted NIarquaud & Co. and the
Seventh National indvIged in viii not
down. and the statement of Mr.. DeTa-
field. President cf the National Park
Bank, does not seem to be very salts
factory TO Wall Street
Mr., Delafieid issued the following this
morning:
In reference to a report that the Na-
tional Park Bank has repudiated check
drawn on the Seventh National Bank, it
IS our pleasure to state that this is not
the case.
The facts are that the bank received
certified check of the Seventh National
Bank for $4,000, which that institution
was unable to pay in the usual way. and
in order to prevent. or as it appears now.
to postpone their failure, they gave Sc
curity for this amount The National
Park Bank still holds the certified check
for SSeee9e, also ample security to insure
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-29
THE CASE OF THE INGLEYs.
Detective Browne Returns From
England Tonight.

OStSStAFe browne heEurES From
England Tonight.
Detective Browne is expected 20 return
tonight from England, where he went
several weeks ago to search for evidence
against Frederick D. II. Tngiey, former
conductor OF the Washington Traction
Company, and his brother, Samuel Edwin
Ingiey, once employed as waiter at the
Shoreham Hotel. The IngIey brothers
are charged with disposing of counterfeit
tickets of the railway company. They
were released on bond some time ago to
await trial.
Just what evidence Detective Browne
has secured is not known here 1t has
been asCertained. however, that 4 aum-
Der of Washington Traction Company
tickets printed by a British firm have
been recovered. These tickets number
ing it is said, many thousands, are being
brought back by the Washington Detec-
tive The evidence secured by Detective
Browne during his trip abroad viii, it is
said. be valuable 10 the prosecution.
The arrests Of Frederick and Samuel
Ingiey took place on the afternoon OF
May 80. More than 80, eco counterfeit tick
cts Of the Washington Traction Com
pany were found at the home of one cf
the brothers near Langdon, D. c., and
were confscated by the police The ac-
cused claim to be natives of Birning-
ham, England.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-29
AN ITALIAN ASKS PROJECTION.
Attention of the State Department
Called to ii wyoming Case.

The Italian Government, through its
Charge d Affaires here. has appealed to
the Department OF State for protection
for DR. Giocomo, an Italian subject under
arrest in Wyoming for an alleged assault
on an American woman. Giocomo s attor-
neys applied to the court in Wyoming Tor
his release on bail.
The court was about to grant the re-
quest when it became known to the peo-
pie in the vicinity of the town where the
alleged crime took place.
Talk of lynching became prevalent and
Giocomo thought it better to remain in
jail His counsel next presented the case
to the Italian Embassy and the Charge
d Affaires appealed TO the State Depart
ment for protection, asking that the
Governor OF Wyoming be called upon 20
send troops to prevent the lynching of
Giocomo.
The request was made by the State
Department by telegraph and letter, and
this morning a reply from the Governor
of Wyoming was received, saying he
would give full protection to Giocomo.
but an investigation showed that he was
unnecessarily alarmed over his safety.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-29
THE COLLAPSE OF A TUNNEL
Pennsylvania Railroad Line Block
ed in Baltimore.

An Express Train Narrowly Escapes
Being wrecked by Cave-in.
Nearby House Threatened and Cit
izens Move 0ut-Gas Mains Broken.
BALTIMORE, June z9.-The Union Rail
road Tunnel. used and controlled by the
Pennsylvania lines. caved in with a roar
about $50 o'clock this morning beneath
Hoffman Street, near Central Avenue,
just as the regular northbound express.
which leaves Washington at 1850 p. m.
and Baltimore at Les a. N. was passing
s4'- ,-,z-. - ,.e 49,, I4,, >.-c ---,---~,-
by the crash. as the train practically es-
capped the falling debris.
n chasm which looks as though it had
been made by an earthquake extends
across Hoffman Street and runs for near
y half a block toward Hartford Avenue.
The houses on either side seem perfIousIv
close to the brink, and are likely to be
precipitated into the cavity Citizens in
many Of the nearby residence. are NOV
ing out as the eave-in is slowly extend
ing.
Gas pipes were also broken and the es-
Gaping fumes make it almost impossible
to breathe in the neighborhood Immedi-
ately after the first crash, the water
mains laid above the tunnel burst and 4
torrent swept against the sides increas-
ing the cavity rapidly. The tunnel is ten
city blocks or nearly mile in length and
was built through treacherous soil. Per
sons living nearby believe that one OF the
large water mains burst first and weak
ened the tunnel walls
The escape of the passengers and crew
of the train that was in the underground
Dassageway when the earth caved in was
almost miraculous. The train consisted
of three baggage and express cars and
three passenger coaches
As far as can be learned, the avalanche
of earth and rocks caught the rear ex-
press car The train was not running at
high speed and the jar was not severe.
John II. Moxley, the engineer. quickly
brought the train to a standstiil. and,
with the fireman, made his way to the
Gay Street signal tower, from where
word was sent to the Union station yard.
An engine was sent into the tunnel, and
the passenger coaches Of the blocked
train were drawn back to the depot with
out the occupants being aware of their
narrow escape
The main line Of the Pennsylvania Rail
road is tied up and it's trains are using
the Baltimore and Ohio tracks out of the
city for the present The damaged tunnel
was built thirty years ago by the
Union Railroad Company. Thousands of
people have gathered in the neighborhood
Of the cave-in and a large force of po-
lice is on hand to keep the spectators out
Of danger
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-29
THE KINGS ACCESSION OATH.
Changes Suggested by the House of
Lords Committee.

LONDON, June z9-The committee Of
the House OF Lords. to which was re-
ferred the question whether the Kings
accession oath should be modified, made
their report today.
The committee finds that the oath can
be modified without diminishing its ef-
ficacy IN insuring the maintenance Of the
Protestant succession.
The report suggests that the oath here
after contain a declaration against the
Doctrine Of transubstantiation and that
IL declare that the invocation of Adora-
tion OF the Virgin and the sacrifice of the
mass as used in the Church OF Rome are
contrary TO the tenets Of the Protestant
religion. The committee thinks that by
thus eliminating the references to forms
OF Catholic worship as supersHtious and
idolatroUs the present objections 10 the
no poDery oath will be satisfied
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-29
Death of Maier Zunder.

NEW HAVEN. Conn. June 29-Maier
Zunder, one Of the oldest and best known
wholesale merchants IN Connecticut, died
this morning at his home in this city He
had been sick only a few days. He was
seVenty-three years old and leaves a fam
ily. He was for years a member OF the
board Of education in this city and had
been prominent in educational matters
here for nearly half q century Mr..
Zunder had been leader in Hebrew re-
ligious and phtlanthTopic work all his
life. He was director or trustee in more
organizations OF that kind than any other
person in Southern New England. He
leaves & large fortune.