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The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-03-13
GRANGE
MEETING
TONIGHT
Hon. Aaron Jones of Indiana
Speaks

Hon. Aaron Jones. Master of the
National Grange, will deliver an ad.
dress at the city hall this friday
evening at 1880.
Mr.. Jones is a pioneer Granger of
Indiana, and he will have a message
that will interest all who think about
the affairs and progress Of this coun.
TN.
Governor George 4. Chamberlain
will deliver the address of welcome.
and b. c. Leedy, Master OF the Ore
gon State Grange, will preside.
An octet from the Willamette Uni.
versity Male Glee Club will furnish
music for the meeting.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-03-13
NEW TODAY

For Sale.-Five Jersey cows, high
bred and gentle. 8 fresh and 2 con
ing in in a mont, fine mixers.
Call or address II, II. Craig, Mac.
leay, Oregon. 2-13.6t'
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DIED.

SIMON-lnfant child OF Mr. and Mrs.
W. f. Simon. Of Polk county.
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LIBEL
SUIT
ENDED
Time for Filing Of Excep
tons
Has Expired in Suit of Gibson
VS.. HOfer Bros.

The suit brought by l.. II. McMs
han for Mrs. Gibson against Hofer
Bros, is now u OF court, no bill Of
exceptions having been fled by the
attorney for the plaintiff, and hence
no appeal can be taken to the ST.
preme court. The result is a com.
plete victory for the defendants at
torneys, Messrs Holmes, Condit and
jeffrey.
The time limit expired today and
this ends the litigation began for
$4,000 damages in which the jury
awarded 81 damages, and 81 costs fol.
lowed the verdict.
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LAST paN for LAKES.

As the time for securing the three
per cent discount on payment OF
taxes expires March l4th. there are
unusual crowds at the taX-collector's
counters at the court house. The
same will be true Saturday. The de
mand on all the banks in the county
has increased unusually for a few
days past, and there will be some
financial stringeucy until the money
is put into circulation again.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-03-13

ullamook has Just had a successful
daiymeh's convention
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-03-13

dinal boarded the train. Matthews.
Mccall, Kerr, Carter, Dawson and
Warheld, OF the faculty, went along.
Their orator is Edward Meresse. a So
Nor, who viii descant upon the al.
legged Dignity OF Labor"
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-03-13
0SWALT'S SHOE STORE
90 State Street,

Try our Packard and FllntStOne line OF
Shoes for men Only. Best stock ana
value for money 10 the city.
REPAIRING NEATLY DONE,
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ARMY REQUIRES
MANY MILLIONS
Immense Appropriation
Bill Reported to the
Senate.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-The army APP
preparation bill was reported to the SEN
ate to-day amended in various particu-
lars. The most important additions pro-
vide for the retirement with advanced
rank of officers who served in the Civil
War and for the creation of a general
staff The retirement amendment is in
the exact language of the bill reported by
the Senate Military Committee and the
staff amendment is in the language of the
staff bill recommended by the Secretary
of War. with the Military Committees
amendments added.
The committee recommended in appro-
priations increases aggregating 1886, 600,
the total carried by the bill as reported
Icing ST, PAL 277. Among the more i'm
portant amendments other than those al
ready mentioned are the following:
The addition of twenty-five master electri-
clans to the artillery corps at S75 each per
month: authorizing the detail of twenty addI-
tional retired officers as military at
taches at foreign courts and as instructors IN
the organization Of the National Guard; grant
ing officers the privilege now enjoyed by en-
listed men of making deposits of funds with
on them; striking out the House provision for
the muster out of the Porto Rican provisional
regiment and inserting a substitute. author
zing the enlistment of Porto Rlcan citizens
in the regular army with authority to serve
outside Porto Rico: increasing the House APP
preparation for quartermaster supplies to the
extent of $500, 600; appropriating $4,000 for
the equipment of officers schools at military
posts: authorizing the quartermaster's depart
ment to purchase the horses owned by officers
when the officers are transferred from one
State to another; making available ~, 600, 600
Of the 81. 750,00 appropriated on account of
barracks and quarters. and authorizing the use
Of 500. 00o for the purchase of heavy furniture
officers quarters: appropriating $500, Oh
for continuing the construction and mainte-
nance of post exchanges: increasing the appro-
priations for quarters in the Philippines TO tie
extent Of $3.50 600: increasing the appropriation
for the transportation of the army from S1j,-
GOO 900 to $4,000, 0O0; authorizing the use OF
$200.OO0 of the amount appropriated for medl-
cnes and hospitals for the payment of bills
ircurred by officers while absent from the
army: granting double time to enlisted men
serving in Cuba. Porto Rico and the Philip
pines, the same in the of the men vino
served in China; reducing the increase in the
signal corps provided by the House bill.
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IelioW and an expert telegrapher
A friend OF his here states that he was
oVerWorked and when here complained
IN way Of the amount ne had to get
through with before his werk was done
II Is thought that al that time he was
at tucson on the day trick" and had
Deen given the night work later. In
speaking of the affair and of Clough' s
connection with it this morning, a friend
mere states he knew the young man had
written to his relatives, who have since
moved to Los Angeles that he sometimes
round himself half asleep in his chair;
that the office was at a most responsible
POINT; that 1t was as much as three men
could do to look out for the night mes
sages, and he had to do it alone.
When asked concerning this point a
Southern Pacific tourist conductor. who
conducts parties on the Sunset limited
and who was but one run behind the
terrible fatality. said:
Just how badly Clough was overworked I
90 not care TO state as / do not know for a
certainty; but that the work at some of the
stations the Tucson division is too heavy
Tor the men employed to do IL is a positive
iaet The great trouble with the Southern
racine on its southwestern divisions is that
II has no settled block or clock system II Is
hit and miss all the way through Sometimes
n passenger train leaves a station before the
operator has received an ok or a receipt from
the next station that his message announcing
the on-coming OF the train has been received
Consequently You never know whether you
have a clear or blocked track ahead Of you.
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MILTON TRAIN is D1TcHED.
Engineer Is Severely Scalded but
Passengers Escape Injury.

STOCKTON. Jan. pa Southern Pa
ciic mixed passenger and freight train
was wrecked near Waverly, a small sta
ton about twelve miles east Of this city,
shortly after o'clock this afternoon No
lives were lost. Engineer Thomas lies at
ST. Josephs Home in this city suffering
from severe burns on the face and chest.
The train was due here at $3.50 from
Milton and being behind time was run
ming faster than usual. For some dis
lance above Peters the track follows a
creek. The high water which prevailed
yesterday appears to have undermined the
track. When the train struck the weak
part of the roadbed one of the rails gave
way and the locomotive, tender and three
box cars were hurled into ditch contain
ing five feet of water. When the engin-
eer and fireman felt the engine give way
they jumped to one SIDE The latter es-
capped, but Engineer Thomas was caught
in the tender and fearfully scalded by
steam, which escaped from a burst
boiler 1t is feared he may lose his eye
sight
The two rear coaches of the train were
filled with passengers, many of whom
were women. The coaches were brought
To a standstill with a jerk and the pas
sengers were piled in a heap in the front
ends of the cars. They all escaped serious
injury.
In order to get word to this city il was
necessary for one of the train hands TO
walk two miles to Waverly. A train was
Immediately sent out to bring the injured
engineer and passengers to Stockton. A
wrecking train was sent up from Oakland
ID pull the wrecked cars and engine out
Of the ditch.
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Clough the night operator at Walls, con-
fessed the responsibility for the wreck
in the presence of Conductor Parker, who
should have received the order from him
At Walls. and Operator Gray of Tucson.
who sent the order to him.
The remains OF one of the engineers.
James Bruce. will be buried here to-mor-
row, while the other engineer, Robert
Wilkey. Will be sent to Colorado for
burial. The body Of Fireman Jack Nc
Grath will be sent TO Vermont.
Although the wreckng train and crew
have been at work all day they have
made little progress in clearing up the
debris. -Four charred bodies were uncov-
cred this morning before the work had
gone far. and after that it Stacked down
somewhat. presumably on the orders of
the company officials. II there are any
bodies remaining in the wreck, and ii is
safe TO presume that there are number,
1t VIII be absolutely impossible to identity
them and they can only be buried in un-
known graves. Superintendent Sroufe has
shown himself to be coolheaded in hand
ling the affair in the midst Of all the eX-
element.
The remains of what is supposed to have
been five people were inferred here to-
day. Five boxes were lined up in the
Morgue to-day. one OF which was supposed
TO have contained the remains of Eugene
i. wizard ana the DOneS OF an uHhHO"H
man. Coffin No contained the remains
OF John Cassidy and bones of an unknown
man. Another coffin contained the re-
mains of an unknown man and some
blackened flesh and bones of an unknown
woman. Two unknown men occupied
another coffin. while a fifth contained the
bones Of a National Guardsman, on whose
remains was found a button made by
Pettibone & Co. of Cincinnati and bear
ING 1aa sr,f+ f11G ~ - " In, hOx leo
were the remains of another unknown
man and an unknoNn Nnman
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-01-30
DECLINES TO INVITE
PRESIDENTS DAUGHTER
New Orleans Secret Order Puts Slight
Upon Her for Her Fathers
Policy,

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 29.-The Seven
Wise Men have declined to extend an
invitation to Miss Alice Roosevelt, daugh-
ter of the President, to attend the ball
they give during the Mardi Gras festival
on account of President Roosevelts policy
toward the negroes. Miss Roosevelt will
attend the carnival as the guest of John
McIlhenny, a member of the Rough
Riders.
The Seven Wise Men is a national
secret order and is not one of the carni-
val societies proper. The carnival so
cieties are the Rex, Mystic Krewe of
Porteus and Old knights of Comus.
These organizations furnish the pageants
and each of them gives a ball In Mardi
Gras week. The organizations are all
secret and invitations to the balls are
passed upon in secret sessions.
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TELL OF THEIR ESCAPES.
Several Passengers of the Wrecked
Train Reach Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 29.-Many pas
sengers from the wrecked Sunset Limit
ed of the Southern Pacific Railroad near
Walls, Arizona. arrived here on two sec
tons Several of the passengers were
ticketed for points north Of San Francisco
and were rushed out on the coast line
soon after the arrival of the trains. 9th
ers were for interior points on the San
Joaquin Valley route and left on the
afternoon train.
j. F. Harmon of Bakersfield, who was
returning from a visit to his old home in
Maine. was perhaps the most seriously
injured of any of the passengers in the
tourist car in the side of train No. 8. He
suffered severe bruises on the legs and
his back is, severely wrenched. Harmon
was sleeping in a berth near the center
OF the car and when the crash came he
was thrown violently against the parti-
ton Of the sleeping berth.
Lewis Griggs, en- route with his mother
from New Brunswick. n. J., to Lancas-
ter. Cal, tells of mis- experience as fol-
lows:
I was fast asleep when the collision oc-
CURED. and the first thing l knew my heau
struck the partition dividing my berth from
the one next to it, The next thing / heard
was scream from my mother who occupied
a berth opposite to me. and 1 felt around for
my clothing l then took my mother by the
to the ground and back to gather UP the
remainder Of our belongings l could moi
reach my berth because of the dense smoke
that filled the car at the time.
T. j. Lillard. cashier of the EIkin On. ca
National Bank. was travelling to Carpen-
terra. Cal, with his mother. and occu-
pied section in the center of the tourist
car. Lillard was obliged TO go uptown
on arrival here to purchase clothing
enough to be presentable. His mother
said:
! wa in the lower berth, with my son In
the upper, and suddenly II seemed as though
l had been struck on the head with something
is injured. he complains of pain in his
neck, shoulders and back caused by striking
the partition We, of course. got out Of the
car as soon as possible. and the car burn
up with all Of our belongings except what we
May Whaley (colored) was in the front
end of the day coach when the collision
occurred She says there were about thir-
ty passengers in the coach when she went
to sleep early in the evening. and the
number seemed to have increased when
she awoke about half an hour before the
collision. She said she was in a doze
when the crash came She was thrown
to the floor. when I woke up" said
she, Il was on the ground and the car
was burning. j did not have shoes or
hat but l was alive, and for that l am
thankful"
Baggageman Henry Downey was
brought in on the first section. but is not
seriously injured and will be out again
in about ten days.
j. F. Wesmer and ]. A. Stables relate
similar experiences in escaping from the
wrecked cars.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-01-30
MINERS MAKE
CONCESSIONS
Important Point in the
Pennsylvania Dis
pute Settled.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 29-The Phila-
delphia and Reading Coal and Iron Com
pany. the last of the large companies to
put its case before the Coal Strike Com
mission, took up the time of to-days ses-
sions of the commission.
At the afternoon session announcement
was made that the mine workers and
the Reading Company had agreed that
the weighing of coal in the southern coal
fields is impracticable. This settles, so
far as this field is concerned. one of the
principal points in dispute. 1t is still a
bone of contention in the middle and up
per regions. Most of the contract min
ers in the southern fields are paid by the
yard.
The witnesses called by the Reading
Company to-day were, principally superin-
tendents, who told of conditions existing
about and in the collieries owned by that
company.
The first witness was John Veith of
Pottsville, general mining superintendent
of the company. Under examination he
gave in detail a technical description of
the varying conditions of the mines. If
miner is unable to earn living wages
it is the rule of the company to give the
men an allowance. The company does not
maintain company stores, nor employ
company doctors. Neither has it a dock
ing system.
On cross-examination Veith said he did
not consider mining extremely dangerous
and added that many accidents due
to the negligence of the men. Chairman
Gray interrupted to say that negligence
of the men should not be taken into con-
sideration in judging whether the Occu-
patton is not dangerous.
The average human being he said,
lis more or less negligent of his work.
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The seriously injured are: John Yobst.
fatally; William Kintz, John KOlbach and
Glenn Keller.
The explosion occurred half an hour
after operations had begun for the day.
and is believed to have been due to an
accumulation of natural gas in the cellar
beneath the section of the factory de
stroyed There were a score of men at
work in the several departments of that
section of the plant and scarcely one es-
capped injury of some sort. The force OF
the explosion was terrific. completely
wrecking a section of the building
The dead and injured were buried in
the ruins and the peril of those yet living
was increased Oy flames following the
explosion and the escape of large guam
titles of ammonia stored in the basement
The fire was soon extnguished and the
work of rescue began. Foitz, Matthews
Miller and Piepenbrink were dead when
taken out. The property loss will prob
ably reach $4,000.
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FRIENDS DEFEND cLoUGH.
Say the Operator at Vail Was Sadly
OVerworked.

SAN BERNARDINO, Jan. 29.-Operator
Clough. who is to be held responsible for
the dreadful disaster on the Southern Pa
cifc near Tucson yesterday morning, was
known here. Last summer he was a Wis
itor TO this city. staying at the house
of friends here two weeks. He was an
unusually intelligent appearing young
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Continued From Page 1, Column 4.

one which il is said was not delivered.
Clough evidently discovered his mistake
immediately. for he wired the operator
AT Tucson Parker's receipt for both or
ders. and a few minutes afteTward wired
again that he feared that the trains had
met. as he could see a big fire down the
road All Of these facts were brought
out In the testimony OF Operator Gray at
Tucson.
THEORY OF AN ENGINEER.
Il. s. Reid. an engineer on the road.
testified as 10 the situation Of the wreck
and the lay q the land Owing to the
Lact that the road bends toward the
south just west OF Esmond, where the
trains were 10 have passed, and owing
% the further fact that the engineer was
an the right side Of the cab, according
20 Reds testimony il would have been
Impossible for the engineer TO see the
headlight Of No. s. which was coming up
fue hill The engineer on No coming
mp the hill had orders TO pass No. Z al
Esmond. and although he could see the
}rsin a long distance ahead he had or
ders TO pass il at Esmond and naturally
would suppose that il had received sim
rar orders
The wreck occurred just around the
.curNe, one mile west Of Esnond, and il
is quite clear. according TO Reds theory.
mat Engineer Bruce OF thu limited did
not see the approaching train until he
struck the curve as he put on the air
only an instant before the crash occurred.
The other engineer scarcely realized that
No. had passed the EsmOnd siding be-
fore it crashed into his train He just
had time 10 call TO his fireman TO jump.
This concluded She testimony brought out
in the inquest and il adjourned until to-
morrow However. the result is prac-
ticslly reached, as the unanimous opinion
IS that the operator at Walls is response
bic for the wreck
II became generally known here this
morning that conference was held last
night in the Office Of Superintendent
sroufe for the Tucson division Sroufe
called Operator Clough, Operator Gray,
Conductor Parker and Conductor c. II.
Schriven Of No into his private Office
and At once set about TO determine which
one was responsible for the wreck.
OPERATOR ADMITS NEGLECT.
Al This uriK-afe conference 81 Is said tho ?
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CORRECTED LIST Or THOSE WHO WERE INJURED
IN THE TRAIN COLLISION NEAR TUCSON, ARIZONA

FREDERICK ROMERO. Juarez. Mexico;
serious
". H. HARTMAN. Saginaw, Mich.
MISS IRENE. WELLINGTON. Phoenix.
GEORGE NICHOLSON. Tucson
BEN SAWYER, mail clerk. Tucson;
serious
" II. BOEHME. Tucson
ABE sILTERsTEIN. New York: serious.
r : NJ. GLIDDEN. Cambridge Mass.
r PASQUERA. Hermosillo.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-01-30
Funds for McKinnon Monument

NEW YORK, Jan. "a national move
ment has been started to secure funds for
monument I'm Manila IN memory of
Chaplain McKinnon, formerly of the First
California. Volunteers. Contributions to
the fund may be sent to Father Reaney,
chaplain of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. or
to Major Kelleher, formerly adjutant of
the First California Volunteers.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-01-30
FOUR MEN DIE
IN EXPLOSION
Gas Accommodates in a
Cellar and Wrecks
a Building.

FORT WAYNE, Ind, Jan. 29-Four
men were killed. one fatally and three
others seriously injured and half a score
others more or less severely hurt in an
explosion which wrecked a large section
of the Eckart Packing Company's plant
at o'clock this morning. The dead are:
JOHN FOITZ. Fort Wayne.
FRED MATTHEW'S, Plymouth, Ind.
HENRY PIEPENBRINK, Fort Wayne.
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vanderbilts Coming in February.

NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-Mr. and Mrs.
William K. Vanderbilt Jr. intend to
leave this city for California February
l. They will sail for Europe on March
2S Hermann Oelrichs expects to go
abroad for short trip before returning
to San Francisco.
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Mail Clerk Sawyer May Recover.

Superintendent ThraH of the United
States railway mail service received a
telegram yesterday announcing that Mail
Clerk Sawyer, who was injured in the
collision near Tucson, Ariz.. was some
what better. The physicians believe
Sawyer may recover
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-01-30

"a. II BRADFORD Tucson.
TIM DONAHUE. Tucson.
LEWIS GRIGGs. Lancaster. Cal
- JOHN HARMON. president Aioostook Oh
Company. caribou ale.
THOMAS LILLARD cashier ElSir Ma
tional Bank. E.kin y. C.
BEN HATCH. Tombstone
FRED DONAHUE. Battle Creek. Mich
BEN MAYHILL New Hampshire:
serious
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willards Not in Wreck.

PRESCOTT, Arizona, Jan 2s.-Mr. and
Mrs. Eugene Willard of San Francisco.
who were reported to have been in the
Southern Pacific wreck, are in this city
having come here from Phoenix yester-
day.
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TOPEKA. Kan. jan 9.-Superintendent
Gable OF the Rock Island denied tonight the
-rumors that have been in circulation to-day
regarding strike of the Rock Island teleE-
raphers.
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w s GILBERT. Tucson: serious.
g. s. WALKER. Tucson.
r. V. S. THOMPSON. St. Louis.
DIR. MAYER. Springfield Ohio
J. D. JONES Danvine. Va.
O L. BRENNER. Dawson
MRS. NJ. ANNls. Detroit. Mich.
MISS NJ. MARCH. Litchfeld. MINI.
A. ROLLENI. Morenci. Ariz.
MRS ACosTA. wife of section foreman
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Al this private conference It is sal
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-02-21

One Of the most enjoyable affairs
of the sleighing season occurred
last evening, when q happy com
pauy of our young people took q
drive out the pike In huge bob
sled, drawn by four handsome
horses, and which were adorned
with numerous strings of bells.
The condition Of the weather and
shedding were all favorable to the
enjoyment of the occasion, and
nothing was omitted that would
add to the pleasure fthe evenings
outing.
The merry party was driven
quite a distance into the country,
and on their return to the city they
repaired to the handsome country
home of Mr.. and Mrs. c.