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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-01-29
HEAD-ON COLLISION.
Two Trains Running at Full Speed
Clash Near Vailsburg.
ENGINES AID CARS PILED IN 4 MASS
Thsy Take Fire from the Exploding on
Tanks and Eleven Oars We're Quickly
Consumed Disaster Caused by Negii-
Eencs OF Telegraph Operator.

Tucson, Ariz., Jan. ga disastrous
collision occurred on the Southern
Pacific railroad at three o'clock yes
terday morning between passenger
trains No. 0, westbound, and No. s,
eastbound. The wreck occurred near
Vailsburg, Ariz., II miles east of this
city, and details as to the cause are
difficulty to obtain. From best infor-
nation obtainable 1t appears that
both. trains were running at full
speed and came. together with a ter
rife crash. The engines, and ears
piled up in a mass and Immediately
took fire from the exploding oil tanks
of the engines. The flames were
communicated to the cars, II OF which
were quickly consumed. -Four peo-
ple are known to be dead. As soon
as the news of the wreck reached
Tusson a relief train was made ready
and sent to the scene Of disaster.
This train has just returned, bring
ing II Of the injured. A number OF
the injured were taken to Benson,
Ariz. The first news of the wreck
reached here when a tourist car,
which had broken away from the
eastbound train, ran down grade to
Tucson, where it was stopped.
a When Manager Agler was asked
what information the local railroad
officials had received concerning the
collision at Vailsburg, he said: Tel
egrams we have received from Tue
son say that the collision took place
ut 2:55 o'clock this morning and that
II was caused by negligence of the
telegraph operator at Esmond, sta
ton Ave miles this side of Vailsburg
and IA miles cast of Tucson. The
westbound train No. Q, called the
Sunset limited, was two hours late
and was travelling on the time OF the
train known as No. Z. The eastbound
train No. 8, or the Crescent City ex-
press, left the Oakland Mole at ten
o'clock Monday morning. The train
left Los Angeles at eight o'clock
Tuesday morning and was due to
leave Yuma at 4:30 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon. The operator at Esmond
should have set signals, stopped the
westbound train and delivered or
ders to the engineer, which would
have caused him to have taken a side
track at point designated by the
division train dispatcher"
At last accounts 90 bodies had been
taken from the mass of burned and
charred wreckage and it is believed
that several more are buried in the
twisted and tangled mass of iron and
steel. 1t is absolutely impossible to
secure the names of all the dead pas
sengers. There are in many cases no
means of Identification and the Of
6cials say they have no Information
that will help out in the matter.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-01-29
THE TRIBAL TAX ON CATTLE.
United statss Jades Townssad hnnas DOVE
Decision Adverse 20 the Cesusmsn
In the Indian Territory.

Ardmore, 1. T., Jan. 29.-United
States Judge Townsend yesterday
handed down an important decision
in the tribal tax cases, upholding the
contention of the federal oftieiaisy
who commended that federal courts
cannot come to the legal relief OF
cattlemen whose stock was seized by
the Indian police because OF refusai
of the stockmen to pay the tribal
taxes. Cattle owners sought to re-
strain the interior department, the
Indian agent, his subordinates and
the Indian police from enforcing the
collection Of the tribal tax. also from
removing replevined cattle. The de-
cision Of the court yesterday grew
out of the seizure Of hundreds OF
cattle by the police, who, 1t is al
legged, had orders from Secretary
Hitchcock to eject them from the
domain. These cattle were after
wards replevined by the owners.
Secretary Hitchcock again or
dered the removal OF tnese caCcio''
hence the injunction asked for by the
stockmen. Judge Townsend denied
the injunction, but instead restrained
the federal officials from issuing
writs of replevin where cattle are
seized. He holds that federal courts
have no right to interfere with the
coordinate branch of the govern
ment, given by congress the right to
exercise its discretion. Unless the
cattlemen now pay the tribal tax OF
rs cents head, their stock, now
grazing, will be driven out of the
country, The stockmen will how
ever, carry their case to the supreme
court of the United States to test the
validity Of the tribal law authorizing
this tax. 70 2 H4-. Del 't"'''4
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-01-29
F,un,.h Immlsrapts to b. Favorsd.

Washington, Jan. 29.-The treas
ury department has received letter
from the management Of the Chris
tan Herald, calling attention ito the
present destitute condition sf q large
part of the people of Finland, and
asking that immigrants from that
country be given special considera-
ton byethe immigration officials at
New York, In compliance with this
suggestion the department instruct'
ed the New York authorities to con-
strue the laws as literally as possi-
BILE in the cases OF these arriving
Firms who are being forced out OF
their country to escape famine. The
record shows that about 1,7oO Firms
arrived in this country in December.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-01-29
THE BEEF TRUST CASE.


jefferson City, Mo-, Jan. 29.-Fhe
final argument in the famous beef
trust case closed here yesterday IN
the supreme court and the decision
on the entire mater is a question
of time with the court. 1t remains
to be seen whether the supreme court
of Missouri will adopt the same
course as the one followed in the in
surance cases when Attorney Cen
eral Crow proved a combine existed
and had them fined $1,000 each, lines
which nearly 30 of the companies
paid. there being three or four COM
panies which refused to pay ana
were barred from, doing business IN
the state. Attorney General Crow
saws that the beef trust cases are
analogous to the insurance cases and
he can see no reason why, on the
evidence submitted, the court should
deyiate from its former course.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-01-29
MISSOURI PACIFIC WRECK.
Passenger Train Crashed luto switch
Engine Pulling Freight Cars Near
Kansas City.

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 29.-The Mis-
souri, Pacific passenger train NO.
for Colorado crashed into a switch
engine, pulling train of freight cars,
a little ways east of Helms brewery
Yesterday evening and both engines
were disabled. The switch engine
was demolished and the track was
blockaded with the debris of the
wreck. The escape Of passengers and
most of the train crews was almost
miraculous. James Behreing, the
fireman of the passenger engine, was
the only one who received serious
injuries, and he is not expected to
live. When he looked out of his
cab and saw the impending danger
he stepped to the door of the cab
and jumped. 30
The blame for the wreck, SO far
rs learned last night, seemed to rest
upon the shoulders Of the crew OF
the switch engine.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-01-29

Wichita, Kan. Jan. 2s.-Former
Gov. Stanley yesterday positively de-
MED that he had any aspirations to-
succeed Chester l. Long in congress-,
~ will not be candidate for con-
gress from the Seventh district" he
said. II have received many letters
asking me whether l expect to enter
the race and pledging me support,
but l wish to say now that | am not
seeking the nomination and would
not accept it If rendered me. will
enter the firm of Stanley, Vermillion
& Evans the list of next month and
| hope to make up some OF the finan-
cial losses 1 have sustained as gov
ernor."
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-01-29

Guthrie, Ok, Jan. 29.-The Cherry
vale, Oklahoma G. Texas surveyors
yesterday reached Marshal in this
county, in running the line from In
dependence, Kan, southwest into
Texas. The road strikes Perry, Mar
shall and Kingfsher and central Ok
lahoma. The project is backed by
Chicago capitalists, although the rail-
road company back Of it is as yet
a mystery.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-01-29
- A,eId.nsally $40. Hls Mother.

BoonrIle, No, Jan. 2o.-Mrs, Alice
|'oeiier, wife OF a farmer living three
~,Ies southeast of town, was shot
.nd killed last night by her little
.on Mr.. Hoeffer and his wife were
Ibfaeed in shooting out Of the win
Ihr in their room at sparrows with
small target rife. The boy was
banding By his mother, who had the
.nn in her hands. She was looking
tl Of the window. In some. manner
Ie little fellow pulled the trigger
ia the gun was discharged.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-01-29

Kansas City, NO., Jan. 20.-The
Southwestern Lumber Dealers asso-
,iation elected the following officers
Yesterday: President, ]. E. Evans,
II Emporia, Kan; vice president J.
R. Moorehead, of Lexington, MOI
treasurer. George D. Hope, Of Kansas
CITY. No.; secretary, H. A. Gorsueh,
a Kansas City. Two special trains
have been chartered to inspect the
cement plant at lola to-day.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-01-29
m. Prealeleot HaoE IN Warrington.

Washington, Jan. 29.-President
Roosevelt and party arrived at Wash
ington from Canton at five o'clock
Yesterday afternoon. On alighting
from the train the president walked
briskly forward to the locomotive,
where he shook, hands with the en-
xineer and fireman. He and Secre-
tary Cortelyou then entered one OF
the white house carriages and were
driven directly to the white house.
No specially notable incidents oc-
cured during the return journey.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-01-29
tn. New Jersey Central Accident.

New York, Jan. 29.-The total loss
of life by Tuesday nights frightfal
collision on the Central Railroad OF
New Jersey at Graceland, N. j., is
up to last night, 20. In addition to
these Engineer Davis and Fireman
Mccarthy, Of the Philadelphia q
Reading express, who are in the hos
pital at Plainfeld, may die at any
moment, and it is believed that sew
eral of the injured passengers cannot
recover. The number of those known
10 be injured is upwards OF so, OF
whom 10 remain in the hospital. The
blame for the disaster is placed oy
the railroad officials on Engineer
Davis.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-01-29
A s.,,,on Band Fell Under . Train.

Sharon Springs, Kan, Jan. 3D.
julius Rosenquist, section hand, was
killed by Union Pacific train No. H.
two miles east of here at noon yes
terday. The section men were UNI
loading cinders on a grade and D.
sudden jerk of the train caused HIM
to lose his balance and fall under
the train. One car passed over his
body, killing him instantly.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-01-29
MARKETS By rELEcRApH.


Kansas City. Jan. 3.-Cattle-Market
slow but steady; beef steers, S.DOqooO'
native cows, si.5o14O0; native stockers.
s2.50a4B. Hogs-Market lower at S.6o0
GR.s sheep-Market steady TO strong;
sheen. Ns5@44o; lambs, S5.W0e,@y
ChicaGo. Jan. H.-Cattle-Good TO prime
Aeern. N75fS.S5; stockers and feeders.
q 6mi.Bo; heifers, S2.25@+B. Hogs-Mixed
and butchers, ss.S6s.W. sheep-oood TO
choice wethers. sL15@47s; native lambs
a. 4o96.&. LUE
81 Louis, Jan. B.-cattle-Beef stesrt
A.M66.S IS; stockers and feeders, HSs1&As
Texas steers, se,9O6+@. Hogs-Ptps sne
fights. Hs606e0: butchers. R@gSA
sheep-Natives, ss7Sd4.so; LAMBS. A"9
az
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-01-29
NOV. KIsE saa Pound Theis Ts-shsn

Winfield, Kan, Jan. 29.-Oscar and
Charles Plarlin, living IS miles north
OF here, were fned for hogging their
school-teaeher, Ethel Frieker. The
teacher had severely whipped the
Younger boy, who secured the assist
snce Of his brother and they kicked
and pounded her until her condition
d serious. The boys are . and "a
y'-r- q ase;1 II -.
ni7,-.s-t n1as n.hsli. -. ~ c.sset
81 Louls. Jan. a1.-Wnliam Rudolph
"a Frrd LsNis. ne fugitive. 80.
rsutsd a having rob1ot ne h1nh e
uu|s-. No. 1fr rtl a I,rrs. Scores
- .I..r IT. hing In|'4Hlt NN| .
. IT. ~ hrs |
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-01-29

Emporia, Kan, Jan. 2s.-The first
exhibition Of the Emporia Pet Stock
and Fanciers' association began here
Yesterday with a large number OF
entries from this county and sur
rounding towns. All kinds OF pet
stock are on exhibition. This asso-
citation was organized to take the
Mace Of the Lyons County Poultry
association. J. ]. Anterior is Judge.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-01-29

Kansas City. No. Jan. 2o.-rhe dis
..sry Of natural gas at Dodson. ten
.I|.s from Kansas city, has csused
.11ldefsbls excitement IN the little
|I4fs. A number Of new buildings
I Heink erected. piping Il being
..|1 Ana o. ras Il 70 be utilised in
|. ing an q them.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-01-29
n..,.s civ bridge Bnl Passed

Washington, Jan. Ss.-lhe mouse
has passed the bill authorizing the
kansas City, Parkville a St joseph
Railway company to construct
hr,dge across the Missouri river just
north Of Kansas City. The company
h.s PLANNED 70 build an electric hne
from Kansas city 70 ST. joseph,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-01-29

Kansas citv, Jan. 8.-sales By sample
on track: Wheat-No. 2 hard, egseSl.le;
No. : hard. etQssc; No. : red. @91oc; Ne.
4 red. ea0ac corn--No. mIred S.se
ssxo: No, 3 mixed. sg1f9aSkc; Ne, > Shi,e.
sDie: No. ! white. lo0telcg oAts-Ne.
miTed. Sse; No. 3 mixed. H0ises Ne.
white, SEe; Ne. . white, NfSae.
Rsv@-No.-- a sc. Hay-TimcthJ. ~
G1aao. pralria. tkB69.oo EGEl lse ~
doz PouItry-HsnA SIC; turksya It's
IS,Le; ducks, lie; gsesa. ec; -plEeoos se
nsr doz Butter-creamery, extra fancy,
- Der n; dairy. sc; store packed.
ISte Potatoes, s97sc Per bu-; sweel .
0l75o per hn. Bests. o9eoo per bu- Egg
nlsnt no191.so Per doE- Onions. 0e1se
- bu. cahbage. 00soc per cvt Ap-
pies. nDet0 per Dbl
H - r. -
CAiears ana q. LssIs o.sA Grain
ch,urrn. 1an. M-Wheat-Nol 2 nd. ~
- u. - n11tc: Ne hard vinirr, ~
-. -. 1 O1nc; Ne. I north'ln 1plln1.
M no. 10. 4 1r,f1lifcs ~. = 4lle
rsI1 ~ 4 $780, ~ Z $3.50
r.|I- 1|n q E11l Ne. q ~. -
I'll frnII Inn |-|uI4I-Is. ~
-. I|IIIfIr. ma II4|N ~ p. p.
80 I.~
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-01-29

r,.sli.a n .I.otars v Rsg.lar Feie
ssinn. Or. Jan l9-Ths tcess
I..I.stsy attr|s1 I. memorial isFol.
r. .| .I..'|0I r| rn|ItH States |.0'
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-06-12
HABIT.

The Ell Paso Times estimates that
mines of every ten murders commit
ted in the west could have been avoid
ed if the murderers had not been pis-
tol toters, and the practice of carrying
concealed weapons is becoming as
common in the east as it is in the
west. The mar who always carries a
pistol is at heart a criminal. He is con-
stantly on the lookout for trouble and
never attempts to avoid a quarrel;
that is what he is looking for, and
sooner or later he invariably finds an
opportunity to use his gun.
A pistol is an instrument of death,
and has hardly another logical pur-
pose. Should some man buy one with
another motive, the weapon is still a
dangerous thing. Aside from possible
purposes of protection about the house
it has few justihcations. The indis-
| criminate sale of pistols is without
any reasonable excuse. No man eX-
cept an officer on duty has any occa-
sion for carrying a weapon with him
when he is likely to encounter a
crowd. and when a man is appre-
hended in such an offense he should
get such a sentence as to make him
an example to others. Carrying a
gun is one of the most pernicious
practices tolerated by the American
people, and especially when it is re-
membered that most of those who do
it are men who would not hesitate a
minute to turn that weapon on decent
| society on the slightest pretext,
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-06-12
Grounds Are improved.

Extensive improvements are being
made at the capital grounds, Santa Fe.
a new iron gate is being placed on the
north side, and the %serpentine walk
that now leads to the building from
the northeast corner of the grounds
will be taken up and placed from the
north entrance of the building to the
new gate. The fountain to the north
of the building is being reconstructed
and repiped. Nearly 1,500 feet of pip
ing Is being put down in the grounds
this season. and twelve hydrants have
been added to those already in use.
Over 500 loads of fertile soil have been
and are being hauled to the grounds
70 take the place of rocky earth that is
being removed. Three more acres of
and have been sowed in grass this
season to be converted into lawns, and
$50 additional trees have been put
out this spring and summer. Davil l.
Miller. superintendent of the building
and grounds, has charge of the work
and when completed it will add great
" to the beauty of the premises.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-06-12

other valleys in West Virginia almost
as destructive as the Texas floods.
In May, 1892. the heavy floods on
the Mississippi and Missouri destroy
ed property in and about st. Louis to
the value of $11 900, 600. In the same
month the Illinois valley was a scene
of desolation, and on the lower Mis-
sissippi the crops of 10000 farmers
were swept away.
The heaviest floods in the Ohio val
ley, however, came in 1883 and 1884.
In 1883, $4,000 people in Ohio and
Pennsylvania were left homeless. In
February, 1884. the flood water in the
Ohio at Cincinnati reached the high
est point on record and there was
widespread destruction.
This heavy flood came in the late
winter, when the situation was made
more distressing to those whose homes
were swept away. This record, how
eve was eclipsed by the floods in De
cember, 1896, in the Chippewa valley,
Wisconsin, where thousands suffered
from and property to the
value of s1.OOO.O 900 was destroyed.
While most of the great disasters
on our rivers have come in the spring,
the storm that overwhelmed Calves
ton in 1900 came on the Sth of Septem-
Der. The waters of the Gulf were
blown in upon the city, destroying D.
600 lives, and property to the value
of $50, 900, 900, including 1856 houses.
1t was the unexpected that happened
at Galveston, just as it was the wholly
unexpected that happened at Johns
town. 1t is useless to reason with
storm and flood precedents in mind.
Galveston was overwhelmed by a great
wave from the gulf, while Xenia, Ohio,
remote from a river or gulf, was
| struck in 1886 by a waterspout that
DESTROYED within a few minutes a hun
dred houses and left twenty-five dead
in it's path. And the Georgia towns
over which swept the tornadoes OF
last week were no more in the line OF
expected storms than was Grinnell
Iowa, which, in June, 1882, was over
whelmed by a tornado hat left lot
homes in ruins and sixty persons dead
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-06-12

Some time ago it was discovered
that salt salution would enc the
heart pulsations of a human being af-
ter death had apparently interviewed.
This discovery was heralded as i'm
portant by the medical profession, and
no doubt it had some foundation in
fact. But if we are to believe the
medical experts salt has other medical
properties which make it invaluable
to humanity. DR.. Samuel A. Mat
thew, of the University of Chicago, has
been experimenting for some months
past and has finally determined that
lockjaw, locomotor ataXia and NOR
phine poisoning may be effectually
cured with a salt solution. He has
sufficient testimony to substantiate his
experiments, and apparently his dis
covery is destined to benefit human
ity immensely.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-06-12

TONERS of New York, whose common
sense views on medical topics always
commands the respect of the public,
said:
This exercise business is being run
into the ground. Numerous magazines
and other periodicals have been start
ed that are devoted solely to giving
directions how to obtain health by the
use Of patent apparatus. Inventors
are sitting up nights trying to devise
some combinations of lifts and pulleys
to catch the fancy Of the physical in
structors and their pupils.
"rhe best of all exercises, walking,
requires the use of no costly appara-
tus. no physical instructor and no gym
nasium. Walking brings into action
every muscle in the whole body. 1t
expands the lungs and opens up the
cells to the action of the oxygen of
graceful carriage; it strengthens the
muscles of the back, straightens up
stopping shoulders and stimulates the
appetite.
Every person who is not crippled
by disease ought to walk a few miles
every day. erhaps there are some
who, from lack of exercise. would not
he able at first to walk even a mile
without great fatigue. Such a person
would find that after a while the
strength gained by the daily walk
would enable him to cover a longer
distance with ease.
Walking may be overdone like ev-
erytnlng else. When one finds himself
completely beat out, after such exer-
else, he ought to know that he has
gone too far. 1t is natural to feel
somewhat tired after a three mile
walk, but after a few minutes rest tins
feeling will disappear and the person
will experience a sense of renewed
strength"
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-06-12
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS
OFFICIAL MATTERS.
June Term of Private Land Claims
CouIt at Santa Fe.
CAPITOL GROUNDS IMPROVEMENTS.

The June term of the United States
court of private land claims will con-
vene in the court chambers in the
federal building in Santa Fe On next
Tuesday, June 16. The following of
hcers will be in attendance: Chief
Justice Joseph r. Reed of Council
Bluffs, Iowa; Associate Justice Will
liam w. Murray. of Huntington, Tenn;
Associate Justice Wilbur F. Stone, of
Denver, Colo; Associate Justice Hen
ny c. Sluss, of Wichita, Kas.; Asso-
ciate Justice Frank l.. Osborne, of
Charlotte. N. c.; Attorney Matthew
G. Reynolds, of st. Louis, Mo; Clerk
L l.. Chaves, Of Santa Fe.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-06-12
FLOODS OF TWENTY YEARS,

Under this head the Chicago Inter
Ocean says: The floods that have
desolated so many districts in Iowa,
Nebraska and Kansas are now threat
ening cities in states farther south.
No one can measure the damage by
hood until the floods have subsidized.
In 1887 the floods in Mississippi,
counting from the north to the south,
extended oyer a period of seventy
days, and involved 20 1000 square miles
of territory. In 1888 there were again
heavy floods in the Ohio and Illinois
valleys, marked by the destruction Of
Shawneetown, H., April 3. A wave
of water twenty feet deep swept over
h town, causing the loss of sixty
lives and destroying property to the
value of s25O,OO0.
The next year, 1899, came the Johns
town flood, in which 2.142 lives were
lost and property to the value OF $40,
900 900 destroyed. In the same yeal
Washington was flooded from the Pc
tomac, and there were floods on The
lower Mississippi and in Texas, con
thinning through July. The Johns
fCwn food came May 81. the Poto
mac floods in June, and h Mississippi
Hoods In July, but in August ther'
were c~loudbursts in the Kanawha ant
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-06-12

There must be a mistake some
where. Charles X. Newhall proclaim
ed to a Citizen representative yester-
day hat he was going to return to
farm life, and would be located on a
farm near Wichita, Kansas, while
some OF his friends still insist that he
will become treasurer of a big trust
company at Kansas City, Mo In any
event. Mr.. Newhall was a north bound
passenger last night. Mrs. Newhall
and child will remain here for the time
being.