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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-25
LAND BOOMERS
BAND TOGETHER
MEETING TO-DAY WITH PURPOSE
OF FORMING ASSOCIATION.
Promoters of Settlement in Canadian
Northwest Will Unite to Ask Res
toration of Homeseekers' Rates
Advertising Campaign May Be
Made Thru the Association.

Nearly hundred land dealers Of the
northwest met at the Merchants
hotel in st. Paul this afternoon to Or
ganize an association for mutual in
terest.
The first object Is to preserve
united front to the railroads in sup
port Of the request that homeseekers'
rates be restored. The land men say
it will greatly retard the settlement
Of the Canadian northwest if these
rates are taken out permanently.
Some are also in favor Of spending
considerable money thru the associa-
ton in a propaganda for the settle
ment Of the new Canadian lands. The
land men have found hostility in Can
dences on this side of the line Of
movement to check the tide of emf
grafton. So they believe it is time
for concerted effort.
Winnipeg is we'll represented. J.
j.. Latimer and J. Russell of the city
council are on hand, and the real
estate exchange sends H. L. Crotty,
H. Percy Simpson, G.. F. Caruthers,
J. W. Briggs. w. S. Evans. C.. H.
Ross. b. M. Mclean, G.. A. Glines, Wal
ter Mckinley, r. I. Crisp and Thomp-
son Beatty. Marden, Man., sends a
delegation headed by George Ashdown
and B. G.. Parker.
The following land companies on
the American side Of the line were
REPRESENTED to-day:
Haslam Land and Investment company;
Saskatchewan Valley Land company;
Northwestern Colonization company;
jokes, Richardson & Patterson company,
st. Paul; Minnesota Canadian Land COM
pany, Minneapolis; Illinois and Manitoba
company, Macon, H.; Halsey Land and
improvement company; J. j. Watson COM
pany, Peoria; Cash & Ca1dren company,
Iowa City; Dominion American, Waterloo;
Foley Bros. G. Signor, Rice Lake. Wis:
Canadian-American company, Harvey, N.
D.; American Colonization company, OF
tawa, ILL.,: MISUNDERSTANDING Gales
burg. H.; Illinois Land company, Cham
paign, Ill.,; A. G. Jennings, Wheaton,
Mimi.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-25
REEFS DEFEATS DUNBAR
''Ktd" Rink of st. Paul Wins Flour
City Club Trophy.

In the final matches Saturday after
noon and evening, Evan Rees and his
kid rink Of the Nushka club de-
feated Dunbar's crack Flour City ag-
gregation by a score of to 8. after a
close and exciting game. Brilliant
curling characterized the game on
both sides, as shown by the small size
Of the score.
In the finals for the J. E. Meyers
trophy, r. J. Mcleod of Duluth de-
feated E. j. Rochon of Fort William,
IL to IL. Honors were even at the
sixth head, but in the seventh and
eighth Mcleod scored eight points,
giving him practically an invincible
lead.
In the green rink event, G. Driscoll
of the Nushkas defeated c.. Schune-
man of the same club by a score of 10
national trophy was won by Joseph
Lemon Of the Granite club Of Winni-
peg, who defeated e. j. Rochon of
Fort William in the finals by score
of 13 to II. Lemon and his three
players, ]. Ingram, G. Thompson and
donated by Edwards, Wood & Co., as
the first prize for this event. The
scores Saturday afternoon and even
ing follow:
INTERNATIONAL.
FIRST DRAW.
J. Lemon, Granite, beat l. Pitblado, Granite,
IL to TO-
e. J: ,nochon Fort William, beat D. NJ. Bra
den, Thistle, to G.
sEMIFINALs
E. J. Rochon, Fort William, beat R. A. Haryie,
Granite, II to TO-
J. Lemon, Granite, meat H. q. Halstead
Portage La Prairie, 10 to 10.
FINALS.
!; Lemon Granite, beat e. R. Rochon, Fort
CANADIAN 500.
THIRD DRAW.
I. Pitblado, Granite, beat Il. E. Halstead,
Portage La Prairie, 10 to 8.
SEMIFINALS.
R.. II. Dunbar. Flour City, beat D. NJ. Braden,
Thistle, IL to 8.
DULUTH JoBBERs' TROPHY.
THIRD DRAW.
j. Pitblado, Granite, beat, W. W. Lorimer,
Flour City, Is to H.
r. Rees, Nushka, beat G. A. Duncan, Duluth
8 to s.
SEMIFINALS.
l.. Pitblado, Granite, beat, e. Rees, Nushka,
GREEN RINK EVENT.
SECOND DRAW.
n. Miller, Flour City, beat Wilder, 13 to IL.
SEMIFINALS.
1ut G 9 e te Nushka beat c. D. Brewer Du-
&C. schuneman, Nushka, beat H. Miller, Flour
City. 10 to 8.
FINALS.
O. Driscoll. Nushka, beat G. schuneman, Nush
ka, 10 to 6.
J. E. MEYERS TROPHY.
FINALS.
r. j. Mcleod, Duluth, beat e. J. Rochon
Fort William, 16 to H.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-25
WINS
JOBBERS TROPHY
CANADIAN RINK BEATS NUSHKA
CURRIERS' IN. DULUTH FINALS.
Dunbar Plays Pitblado This Afternoon
in Final Draw Of Canadian 500
Event Game May Leave Pit
blado and Dunbar Tied for Special
Trophy.
Trophy Winners.

rophy winners.
ST.. Paul Jobbers-R. H. Dunbar. Flour
City, Minneapolis. ls5g
Flour City. Rees Nushka, St. Paul.
Duluth Jobbers-I. Pitblado, WINNIPEG,
. j. e. Meyers-R. j. Mcleod, Duluth.
Observation-Disclosures Lemon. Granite,
Winnipeg.
Green Rink-C. Driscou, Nushka, st.
Paul.
Consolation-s. s. Fullerton, st. Paul.
This mornings game in the north
western bonspiel, In which I. Pit
blado of the GRANTEES played w. Rees
OF st. Paul In the final round for the
Duluth Jobbers' trophy, was won by
Pitblado 10 to s. This does not indi-
cate the respective merits Of the two
teams, Pltblado getting lead In the
first few heads and holding it. Rees
at no time looked dangerous. The ice
was not in the best shape, several
cracks, caused by the intense cold, at
fecting the play.
This afternoon r. H. Dunbar Of the
Flour City club plays Pitblado in the
trophy. If Dunbar wins he will
carry away three trophies. He has
already won the St. Paul Jobbers'
trophy, and a victory this afternoon
will cinch his claim to the special
prize offered to the rink which wins
the greatest number Of games during
the entire spiel. If Pitblado wins the
two will be tied with fifteen victories,
each for this trophy, which practically
represents the championship. An
other game will then be necessary.
Not counting the Canadian 500
trophy, and the special prize, the
destination Of which will be decided
by this afternoons game. the Ameri-
cans have won three Of the open events,
the green rink event, and the consola-
ton, while the Canadians have taken
one open event and the International
trophy. The Flour City club will get
three trophies, If Dunbar wins to-day.
The GRANTEES Of Winnipeg get two, if
Pitblado wins this afternoon, and
three if he defeats Dunbar. The
Nushkas get two trophies, one of
which is the green rink event, and
the Duluth club gets one. The st.
Paul Curling club gets the consola-
ton prize.
Up to this afternoon the Dunbar
rink of the Flour City club had not
lost a game, except to the Rees kid
rink of the Nushkas, who beat the
veterans the only two games in which
they met. Dunbar has defeated ev-
cry other strong rink in the spiel ex-
cept Pitblado of Winnipeg and Rochon
Of Fort William, who were not thrown
against the Flour City expert.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-25
IN THE BADGER STATE
Twenty Three Below i'm Milwaukee
and p in La Crosse.

Milwaukee, JAN. 25.-This city is
experiencing the coolest weather to-
day since 1887-23.1 below zero. The
coolest in the history of the weather
bureau was in 1875 when it was Is
blow. The weather turnout the north
west is practically the same as yester-
day, the entire area still being in the
grip of the cold wave.
At La Crosse the government Their
mometer registered 81 below this
morning.
At Racine the weather is the coolest
in thirty years, the thermometer
standing at 26 below zero. It was 10
below all day Sunday, with a high
wind. Railroads are not trying to
maintain schedules, but the interurban
cars were about on time this morning.
All lake steamers due have arrived
the ice not being thick enough to de-
lay them, as the ice foes have been
driven across the lakes.
Black River Falls-For three morn
ings the mercury has reached 80 be-
low. this morning going to 40 below
It is by far the coolest wave Of the
season.
New Richmond. Wis, Jan. 25.-All
cold weather records in this region
were broken this morning, as from 46
to 48 below zero was generally re-
ported. The New. Richmond Roller
Mills company's water power canal is
frozen over for the first time in it's
history. ...... Ht.....
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-25
The COOLEST DAY
In MINI. HISTORY
Continued from First Page.

registered Al degrees below zero, pre-
vailed yesterday, the lowest point
recorded being 81 below at about 9
a. m. This morning it was 80 below.
Range towns also felt the extreme
cold, the lowest temperature being
noted at Ely, where it was AZ below.
At Biwabik AZ was shown at 5 a. m.
At no previous time has the average
temperature in Duluth been lower
than "a degrees below, and the mean
temperature noted yesterday at %
establishes a new record at the Du-
luth office.
At Bird Island the coolest weather
for sixteen years, 35 below, was ex-
perienced yesterday. It was 80 be-
low this morning.
The cold at Saltwater is the sever
est since 1858 below yesterday
and 35 to-day. More than score OF
water pipes were frozen and many
cellars were flooded.
An unknown man in the town OF
Llnwood, Anoka county, was frozen
to death last night.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-25
|SWORE OFF FOR 100 YEARS

touch another drop. Of liquor for 10
years.
Palmer has been depending on til
poor department for his living, as b
is unable to work. Saturday he sper
some of the much needed famil
money, became Intoxicated and abuse
his wife and children.
Judge Dickinson administered Sc
we're rebuke and sentenced Palmr to
thirty days in the workhouse, sus-
pending sentence to see If the matwill
keep his pledge.
morgue. There were countless in
stances Of frozen ears and hnds.
Traffic was greatly hampered.
The cold is the most intense 81 far
this winter in Chicago. Stretchig to
the northwest the mercury shos a
swiftly descending scale, the minimum
in the United States being at Bismrck
and WilIiston in North Dakota, were
the official figures are 38 below 3ro.
The crest of the cold wave, howfer,
is beyond the national boundary me,
Minnedosa, N. w. T., reporting 3Spe-
low There are no telegraph stapns
northward from Minnedosa.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-25
NEUROLOGICAL

Il MRS. JOHN LEAHY died last evening
at her homo. 1884 Hennepin avenue. after
AN illness Of four weeks. She was 40
years Of age and had resided in Mime
Nicholas and Mrs. DR.. Savage. from Colo
RADIO Springs were with her at the time Of
death; another sister, known as Sister
Theresa, Is nun In the con-
vent of Notre Dame at Cincinnati, The
funeral will be held at 10 a. m. tomorrow
the body will be placed in the Lakewood
vaults.
CLARA LoWERY, daughter of Mrs.
SLottie Lowery, died from tuberculosis at
211 Second street NE Sunday. Miss Low
cry had lived In South Minneapolis for
twenty years and was member of the
Twenty-fourth Street M. e. church, where
for a long time she sang in the choir. The
funeral will be Tuesday at 2:So p. m.
r Lillian RUTH WoLLINo.-Funeral Of
LILLIAN Ruth Wolling, age III years, who
died Jan. 20 at her parents residence,
24O1 Eight-and-a-half street s. will take
place from Franklin Avenue Presbyterian
church. Twenty-third avenue s and
Franklin. tomorrow at 2 p. m. Inter
nent at Lakewood cemetery. Is.
JOSEPHINE 3. M'NUTT, wife of G..
McNutt, 1925 Queen avenue N, died Sat
nrday morning Of heart failure. The in
terment was at Grove Lake, Mimi, to-
clay.
JOB STAIRWAY, aged II. died Sunday
at the residence Of his son, J. r. Stairway,
in Golden Valley. Funeral at the Western
Avenue M. E.. church, Tuesday at p.
IN. Interment at Lakewood cemetery.
NORA WALSH, wife Of Michael Walsh,
died this morning at her residence. 2635
Sixteenth avenue s. Funeral Wednesday
at $3.50 q. m. at Holy Rosary church. In
terment at st. Anthony cemetery.
MARY FOLEY-Funeral services Tues
day at $3.50 a. M, from 2213 Sixteenth av-
enue s. Interment at st. Anthony ceme-
terry.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-25
Is BELOW IN CHICAGO
Windy City Gets Taste of the Pre-
Vailing Arctic Weather

Chicago, Jan. 25.-Piercing cold
made the whole northwest suffer to-
day. The thermometer reached Is be-
low in Chicago. The record here is
% below, and there is some expecta-
ton that a new low point will be
touched before the cold spell is ended.
One man was found frozen stiff by
pedestrians on an outlying part Of
Thirty-second street. He had appar-
emily struggled along until exhausted
by the cold, had dropped unconscious,
and was literally frozen to death. The
unidentified corpse was taken to q
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-25
Sub Zero in Missouri.

Kansas City, Jan. 25.-Northwes
ern Missouri and northern and ives
ern Kansas are experiencing the cold
est weather of the season to-day, wit
a still further fall in temperature pre-
dicted by tonight. In the northwest
ern portion Of Missouri the tempera
ture at 8 o'clock this morning aver
aged 10 degrees below zero. In cen
trail Kansas 1t was degrees abovi
zero.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-25
COLD wAvELETs.

The meter department of the city waterworkt
office estimates that at least 100 broken water
meters will be the result of the intense cold.
Even the pressure gage pipe leading into Su
pervisor McConnel's office froze up.
The department stores found it necessary to-
day to hold back suburban deliveries, and the de-
livery wagons were used almost entirely for the
delivery Of such orders as necessitated drive
of only few blocks. Drivers suffered greatly.
One express company took off two teams.
Local greenhouses suffered practically no loss.
Greenhouse saw that under such conditions
those now obtaining the plants in less
danger than during an attack of only moderately
cold weather. The heavy frost on the glass
keeps the wind from co-''ing thru the cracks and
acts as g sort of blanket.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-25
POST EXCHANGE OPENED

Handsome New Building at Fort SneIhkz
Is Completed.
This afternoon at o'clock the handsme
post echanga at Fort Smelling. was
thrown open to the officers and their I'M
lilies at the post. The building is on Of
the finest among the new structure on
the reservation, with all the feature to
make life pleasant for the military In
the building are a fine gymnasium, a lilly
equipped bowling alley, billiard and Dol
rooms, a shooting gallery, spacious in
ing-room, a reading-room, library, bn-
tanning 1000 volumes, a general supply
store, the offices connected with it, an an
amusement and lounging room. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-25
St. Augustine, Florida.

Old Spanish landmarks, marvellous
treasures Of architectural beauty, ro-
mantle scenery, and hotel accommo-
dations Of the highest order, make st.
Augustine the peer Of any winter
watering place on earth. Only one
change Of cars from ST. Paul. Round
trip rate, $500, good until June LIST.
1904. Tickets via Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul railway-route Of the
Government Fast Mail and Pioneer
Limited. Tickets. 32S Nicollet Ave.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-25
Engine Frozen to the Track.
Special to The Journal

Anoka, Mimi, Jan. 25.-A G1at
Northern freight locomotive bachd
up to the water tank to take WAR
and the extreme cold froze the gate
SO it could not be closed, and the t.
der and engine were flooded and son
frozen to the rails. A Northern h.
cific engine was switched over to te
Great Northern tracks and after hsd
work backed the frozen engine DIT.
The mercury was So below here lst
night.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-25
COURT NEWS
Bad Boys on Probation.

Frank Thompson and Broke Malin, two
boys who recently pleaded guilty to grand
larceny in the second degree were SEN
fenced by Judge Brooks Saturday after
noon to the reformatory but sentence was
suspended and they were turned over to
the probation officer. The boys are
charged with stealing cigards, whisky and
champagne from a saloon at 1921 Second
street.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-25
The North Dakota Record.

Grand Forks, N. D., Jan. 25.-It was
As degrees below zero at midnight. AT
Z o'clock Sunday morning it was 36I
below. Reports received here from
all points in North Dakota and north
ern Minnesota indicate that the cold
wave is extensive and most severe.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-25
SOUTH DAKOTA
Forty Below at Milbank and 80 Be-
low at Waubay.

low at Waubay.
Milbank-The coolest weather in
years was experienced here last night
and to-day. The government observer
recorded "a below zero at 7 a. M.
this morning, but many thermometers
registered 40 below.
Waubay-Intense cold has prevailed
here for two days, the thermometers
registering from 26 to SO below zero.
Pierre-An intense cold wave pre-
walls over this section of the state.
Huron-Three days of unusually
cold weather have been experienced
here. There Is very little snow.
Sioux Falls-Last night was the
coolest Of the winter. the thermome-
ter registering 80 degrees below zero.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-25
WANT HOME FoR 1NEpR1ArEg.

Albany, N. Y, Jan. 25.-The establishment Of
state homes for inebriates to take care Of this
class Of the states unforunates II practically
recommended by the state prison commission in
its annual report to the state Legislature. The
commission contends that drunkenness should NOT
be treated as crime. %z473
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-25
Cold in Nebraska.

Omaha, Jan. 25.-Extreme cd
continued thruout Nebraska and we, :
ern Iowa to-day, the minimum tel
perature being "a below and the ma
imum for the past twenty-four hoH
7 below zero.
At Lincoln this morning it was )
degrees below zero.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-25
~ Below in Central Illinois.

Bloomington. Ill, Jan. 25.-The
temperature in central Illinois early
to-day registered IL below zero, the
coolest Of the season.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-25

Hoff's penny" Laundry Success.
Collars 1c, cuffs 1c. shirts 10c.
(Woolen work a speciality. Hoff-
Fourth street S.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-25
Edith Lyle Sentenced.

Edith Lyle, indicted on the charge of
grand larceny in the second degree and
convicted Of petit larceny, was sentenced
by Judge Brooks on Saturday afternoon
to ninety days in the county JAIL
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-25
G Below at Detroit.

Detroit, Jan. 25.-The official Their
mometer in the United States weather
bureau registered 6 below zero for
eight hours last night. "
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-25
LUCIAN PALMER PROMISES
COURT TO BE GOOD FOR
A CENTURY, AND JUDGE
DICKINSON DECIDES TO GIVE
HIM "A CHANCE.

Lucian Palmer, an aged cripple,
promised Judge Dickinson in police
court this morning that he would not
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-25
LIEUTENANT FLAKE K1LLEp.

Manila, Jan. 25.-It has just been learned that
Lieutenant Campbell W. Flake of the Twenty
second infantry, was killed while trying to enter
Moro Gotta. in Mindanao, for the purpose Of
examining the locality.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-25

New York-Rev. DR.. George Heber Jones, Tho
has been a missionary Of the Methodist lis
copal church in Korea since 1888. is here / a
furlough. He believes the church property nd
missionaries will be respected by both side in
the event of war.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-25
CITY NEWS.

Basket Ball Game-The Cooke institute
basket ball team will play the State Agri-
fcultural college tomorrow evening at the
institute. The two teams are tied for first
/ place in the Central Minnesota. league,
sneither having lost g. game.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-25

Ell Puso, Texas-During the recent ANAL
roundup of wild horses near Fredonia, wesrn
Arizona. eighty killed and seventeen lp-
tured. The wild horses increase so raI1ly
that every year the ranchmer find it Necessity
to exterminate the pests and for this purse
annual roundups are held.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-25

JOB STAIRWAY, aged II. died Sunday
at the residence Of his son, J. r. Stairway,
in Golden Valley. Funeral at the Western
Avenue M. E. church, Tuesday at 2 p.
m. Interment at Lakewood cemetery.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-25

"Caps We, Underwear We, Sox H.''
Shirts ". Hoffmans Toggery Shop.
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NORA WALSH, wife Of Michael Walsh,
died this morning at her residence. 2635
Sixteenth avenue s. Funeral Wednesday
at $3.50 a. m. at Holy Rosary church. In
terment at st. Anthony cemetery.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-25

JOSEPHINE 3. M'NUTT, wife Of G.
McNutt 1925 Queen avenue N, died Sat-
urday morning Of heart failure. The in
terment was at Grove Lake, Mimi. to-
CLAW.
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THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.
EVAN REEFS kid RINK OF ST. PAUL. WINNERS, OF
THE FLOUR CITY TROPHY IN THE NORTHWESTERN
BONSPIEL, by journal stan Photographer

Photo by Journal stant Photographer.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-25
Loan Office Clerk on Stand.

Fred Zimmerman, the clerk in the
Palace Loan Office, who sold the knife
said to have caused Battalia's death,
under Mr.. -McGhee's questioning, said
that he could not identify Calderone
as the purchaser, but under Mr..
Boardman's vigorous ss-examina-
ton, the witness weakened and stated
that he could not swear the defendant
was not the man in question.
Hector Mclean, a newspaper man,
was called and testified as to his visit
to the scene of the murder in COM
pany with the detectives and de-
scribed the night as cold and cloudy
and indicated the location OF the
street lights upon the bridga,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-25

MARY FOLEY-FuneraI services Tues
day at $3.50 a. M, from 2218 Sixteenth av-
enue s. Interment at st. Anthony ceme-
terry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-27
FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.
Decrease as Compared With the Pre-
cediup Bulletin

The Accident Bulletin, which has Just
been issued by the interstate commerce
commission, gives an account of railroad
accidents in the United States for the
months of january. February and March,
1904. and shows that during this quarter
there We're 40 passengers and 1871 employees
killed and 995 passengers and 1.sO2 en-
pioyes injured. making dn all 221 persons
Other accidents to employees and passen-
gers. not the result Of train accidents. bring
the total number of casualties up to 1865,
killed and 1850 passengers and 1854 en-
ployes injured.
The bulletin shows a gratifying decrease
in accidents as compared with those re-
ported in the preceding Bulletin the total
number of persons killed being 919 and the
injured 12.444. as against l. 1853 killed and
1873 injured In the preceding three
months, A comparison with the same
quarter of last year shows a decrease of 8
persons killed
The total number of employees killed in
coupling and uncoupling cars was 20, being
a decrease Of from those reported in the
preceding three months
The total number of collisions and de-
railments was 2.799 Il 500 collision. and
LAO derailments). of which 294 collisions
and IA deraifmentS affected passen ger
trains. The damage to cars, engines and
roadway by these accidents amounted to
81, 2564T.
The total number Of fatalities from fall
ing off cars Is 81 per cent less than those
reported in the preceding bulletin. This
very likely is due to the increased use of
air brakes on freight trains. Diminishing
the necessity for employees in charge OF
such trains to ride on the tops of box
cars.