The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-09-10
ARBITRATION MAY BE GIVEN IMPETUS Inter-Parliame Union Ar
 rives $s Louis WILL 9p CONFERENCE ResoI, D" to Be Introduced Re- ques, resident of United States
 to Invite Delegates From
 All Nations.

: St. Louis, September 9-The Inter-par- limcntary union, composed of 226 delegates from America, Austria Belgium, Dem mark, England France, Germany, Hun gary. Italy, The Netherlands. Norway, Portugal, Roumania, Sweden and Switzer- land, arrived here on two special trains today and next week will hold their 12Sth ] annual session. This body is composed of the different national legislatures, and was organized in Paris in 1888.
 The inter-parliamentary union is the re- suit of the organization of what is known as an arbitration group in seventeen na. tlonal parliaments These groups are com posed of those parlameatarians of each nation who are devoted to the principle Of international arbitration, and who are determined to exercise their influence in causing the acceptance of arbitration as principleofin te rnationai relationship They will stand for the execution of arbitration treaties and ali other things practically tending to perpetuate peace and minimize war.
 Of Moment to All Nations. This conference will discuss among oth- tr questions of moment to all nations.
 
 Hague conference, such as writs and duties of neutrals, immunity of private property at sea, execution of arbitration treaties, reduction of armaments, crea- ton of a permanent official congress of nations to supplement The Hague court
 It Is learned that some members of the American delegation will introduce d resa- luton requesting the President of the united States to invite all nations to send fn negotiate arbitration treaties, and con- sider what steps the governments can now take in regard to the questions above named. The conference at The Hague gave birth to The Hague court. and it is considered possible that St. Louis may have the honor of being the place in which the protected movement creating a worlds congress to supplement that court, is initiated.
 found In the cab of the overturned engine with his head crushed, put few bruises uopn his body. When his body was dug out of the debris this morning, his watch was still running on time. His fireman escaped with d few minor injuries | The wreck developed at least one hero, l MT. Black, whose wife was killed beside l him. He was the last man to leave the | 1 walked to Catawba Junction, two miles away, got into the telegraph office and ! sent to Monroe for help He Is tele- graph operator in the service of the Nor 1 foll, and Western railroad, and was go- ] ing to Atlanta with his wife to testify in a railroad suit. He hardly realizes the blow he has sustained, and sat on the l bank nearby with mournful eyes and | muttering to himself:
 fsMv COdf what an ordaaI f0r a man tA bearr
 Is Huge Heap of Junk.
 The mass Of wreckage of the two trains l is like huge heap of junk Railroad men said today that they had never seen such a complete demolishment of engines and coaches They are lying heaped and l crushed together. Looking at the debris, l people wonder that any one escaped. The | wrecking crew from the Seaboard shops at Abbeville, S. C., arrived about 10 | o'clock this morning and began to clear | away the wreckage. It will take days to 1 get the line In passable condtion al- though the trains are scattered to the side of the tracks and in the ravine into which | the bridge fell.
 George s. Fitzwater, chief detective of | the Seaboard Air Line. arrived on the scene early in the morning and took charge of the situation until organized help arrived. He said this afternoon that he found some spikes and bolts and two angle bars which had been removed from the track with claw bars. and he said that he was confident that dirty work had been done.
 Evidence of Malice.
 He sent a telegram to Superintendent Berkley at Atlanta telling him that he | had discovered evidence of malice in this wreck and expressed his belief that some one had disconnected the joint In the 1 lower half of the bridge. The timbers of the bridge appear to have been wrench ed from their fastenings, and those that | are splintered are of sound wood. There was nothing to suggest that the founda- ton of the structure was undermined | by a washout, although the ground was somewhat marshy yesterday.
 The dead bodies were all taken from the wreck about half past 10 o'clock. The woman who was so badly mutilated wore a simple gold ring with the inscription From Tom to Anna. October 20, 1sS5' inside. She was probably 32 years old, medium sized, with dark auburn hair. She had a purse containing s2.45. re- l turn trip ticket from Wilmington, N. c. l to Atlanta, and a baggage check No. e03.59S