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The Teton peak-chronicle., 1904-12-08
WENT OVER EMBANkMENT
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY IN
JuRED IN TRAIN WRECK.
Passengers Imprisoned In lllfated Cars
Are Rescued after Holes Had Been
Made In the Cars with Axes.

A Missouri Pacific passenger train
was wrecked two miles from Holden,
Mo-. at the waterworks bridge, at 4
o. m. Saturday, the wreck resulting
In tho injury of about $50 passengers
eighty of whom are seriously injured.
The accident was caused by broken
rail which projected from the track.
catching the first coach behind the
mail car, throwing 1t from the track
down a twenty-foot embankment and
causing two other coaches, a Pullman
and the diner, to follow it. The bro
ken rail was on the bridge and the
rear Pullman rolled off the bridge into
the creek be.ow and the passengers In
side were all seriously injured. Two
old ladies imprisoned in this car were
taken out at the top after holes had
been made with axes. The engine,
two baggage cars and the mail car
passed the bridge in safety and re-
NAMED on the track, but all the re-
mainder of the train was derailed.
The Teton peak-chronicle., 1904-12-08
WOMEN STRIKE 1T RICH.
Denverites invested In Mine Which !.
Proving Bonanza.

Wealth. such as they never dreamed
Of. has fallen in the laps of two ~
Denver's young women, accorulng to
special dispatch from that city. rbs
fortunate ones are Miss Edna Hon
kins, telephone operator at the Colo
RADIO Fuel & Iron company's Office and
Miss Anna Rand, stenographer at ths
Big Five Mining company.
Last summer, when mere was +.
great deal OF talk about the wonderful
Goldtield. New, discoveries, the young
women became interested in the suh
ject. and in a spirit OF fun took
flyer" Later, when the reports were
more favorable, they invested more
and now they find themselves wealthy
They do not know the exact figures
but it is believed that each Is worth
at least 100000. Other Denver ben.
efciaries by the strike are j. S. TEN.
pie, j. p. Dcftsup. Charles NJ. Wads.
worth and George S. Rudd. These
gentlemen and the two lad es now
comprise company which owns the
Sandstorm calm, ass ays from which
will run $4,000 to $50,000 per ton.
The Teton peak-chronicle., 1904-12-08
PANAMA LISTENS TO REASON.
Accepts Taft's Suggestions, Reduces
Tariff and Grants Free Trade In
Canal Zone.

The differences between the United
States and Panama, which made neces'
sary the visit of Secretary of War Taft
to the isthmus, have been settled by
the issuance of an executive order
signed by Secretary Taft for Presi'
dent Roosevelt and assented to In a
letter by President Amador of Panama.
The order provides that no trade for
the canal zone or the republic Of Pan
anna can enter the ports established
by the United States at either end OF
the canal, supplies for the construc-
ton of the canal and articles in tran
sit being excepted. This turns the
customs receipts of these ports over to
the government of Panama.
Panama agrees to reduce her tarln
from Is per cent ad valorem to 10 per
cent. This reduction applies to all
goods except wines, liquors, alcohol
and opium. Panama also agrees to
reduce her consular fees and port
charges to 60 per cent of the rates at
present charged.
Absolute free trade is to apply be-
tween the canal zone and the republic
of Panama. Vessels entering the ca
nal ports are granted free entry to the
ports of Colon and Panama, and ves-
sells entering the latter ports are ex.
tended the same privileges in the ca
nal ports.
Complete jurisdiction is granted the
United States in the harbors OF Colon
and Panama as to sanitation and quar-
antine regulations.
Panama reduces her rate of postage
to 2 cents and is to furnish all stamps
in the republic and in the canal zone.
The zone authorities are 10 purchase
stamps from Panama at 40 per cent Of
their face value.
The order Of Secretary Taft is to be
ineffective unless Panama shall put
into effect the gold standard, according
to the currency agreement of June 20,
1904. 1t also makes stipulation re-
garding citizenship rights to Pana-
mans in the canal zone and provision
is also made in the order for mainten-
ance by the United States of import
ant highways. partly in and partly out
of the canal zone, and also for the
building of hospital.
The Teton peak-chronicle., 1904-12-08
BUDGET NOT SENT TO DIET.
Amount Needed by Japs on Account OF
War Is $500, ,ooo, 600.

Premier Katsura and Minister OF
Finance Some addressed the house OF
representatives at Toxic on Saturday
on the occasion of the formal presen.
tation of the budget and government
measures. M. Katsura said he met the
house with pleasure, congratulated
the army and navy on their successes,
and expressed sympathy with the SOL
diers and sailors who were submitted
first to intense heat and then to freez.
Ing cold, and who. despite their diff.
culties and sufferings, CALAMITY con.
tinued their work, strongly aided by
the united national support
The war budget totalled $500 coo 900.
including provision fer the interest on
outstanding loans. M. Scne added that
the government had prepared the bud.
get on the most economical basis. and
had proposed the most frugal measures
In order to avoid unnecessary outlays.
The minister. summarizing the sources
OF revenue. said it would re necessary
In 1905 to borrow only 1925 O0O,OCO.
The Teton peak-chronicle., 1904-12-08
MURDERED BY BEGGAR.
San Francisco Woman Killed by Man
She Had Fed.

Murdered, the police believe. by a
beggar to when she had given food,
the body of Mrs. Margaret Kelly was
found one day last week in San Fran
cisco by her son James. The boy, who
is IL years cid, had returned from
school with his sister, and he hurried
upstairs to ask permission to play in
the street. The door was locked and
he climbed up the fire escape. when he
came upon his mcther's body. At the
time his playfellows were waiting at
the street door for him.
One of the mcst important clues to
the murderer is the bloody mark left
by mans thumb on tae tablecloth.
The mark is plain, showing thumb of
unusual shape, and will be most con-
vincing testimony, according to the
famous Bertil.on system of measure
ments.
The Teton peak-chronicle., 1904-12-08
PRAYED FOR RAIN.
Then a Kentucky Farmer sIays Fam.
lily and Himself.


lily and Himself.
Enoch Sloan, a well-to-do farmer OF
Shelby. Pike county, Kentucky, shot
and killed his wife. four children and
himself. The killing took place about
II O'Clock at night. but nothing was
known Of it until the morning after,
when the daughter of a neigboring
farmer called at the house to borrow
some water. the we'll on her fathers
place having been dry for weeks.
To the drought, which is playing
such havoc in Kentucky. the awful sex.
tuple tragedy is due. Soan's farm was
one Of the few in Pike county whose
ctsterns and springs had not long
been dry. Saturday night he told his
wife he was going to call on God for
the first time in his life. He said he
had only enough water for the family
over Sunday. His stock had withered
and died. and the only relief he saw
was in Providence
Dressing himself, he went to church.
In loud voive he called upon God to
bring rain. So many others made sim
liar appeals that his fervor was Looked
upon only as natural. After church 1t
was onticed that he was very much
excited. He went home shortly after
10 o'clock. and nothing more was
known of him until the next morning
The Teton peak-chronicle., 1904-12-08
Bank Does Business at All Hours,

Impressed by the need for an institu.
tion where money may be obtained at
any hour. prominent New York finan-
ciers and commercial men have, it is
announced by the Herald organized
the First Night and Day Bank G. Safe
Deposit company. The names of men
prominent in the business and social
world appear on the organization COM
mittee. and the capital stock of $780,
900 already has been subscribed. The
concern also VIII have a working sur.
plus of $250.Ov0.
The Teton peak-chronicle., 1904-12-08
BANDIT SHOT EXPRESS MAN.
FAITHFUL EMPLOYE LAID LOW
BY TRAIN ROBBER.
Bold Outlaw Loots Car Sinele-handed
and Makes Good His Escape With
Contents Of the Safe.

An unknown bandit entered the ex'
press car on the Santa Fe overland
passenger tam, Monday morning,
some time between and 4 o'clock,
shot Express Messenger Evan o. Rob.
erts twice, inflicting probably fatal in
juries, secured the contents of the
way safe and leaped from the car
while the train was running at full
speed.
The robbery occurred somewhere
between Needles and Daggett, Cal,
but was not discovered until the train
reached the latter place. Conductor
Halves opened the door of the ex-
press car at Daggett and found Mes
senger Roberts lying on the floor Of
the car in a semi-conscious condition
and the contents of the rifled safe
scattered about the car.
Roberts was so seriously wounded
that he was unable to tell how the
robbery occurred, except to say that
he had discovered some enc on the
blind baggage" shortly after the train
left Needles. and had opened the door,
when the man, whom he took to be a
negro, sprang inside and before the
messenger could draw his revolver
opened fire, shooting and wounding
him twice. One Of the bullets Struck
Roberts in the left breast, passing
through his body, the other striking
him in the right side. Roberts fell to
the floor and the rCbber Immediately
went to the open way safe and took
what he wanted of the contents. He
then opened the door and leaped out.
Roberts was so badly hurt that he was
unable to make an cutlery.
The amount of money and valuables
secured is not known at this time.
Messenger Roberts was brought to
Los Angeles on beard the train, which
arrived shortly alter nCCn Monday.
The way safe contained envelopes
holding money and checks which were
being sent to the general Offices by
station agents along the line. Santa
Fe officials in Los Angeies decline to
make any statement regarding the
amount CT money that was likely to
lave been in the safe, hut maintain
that 1t was not large.
Messenger Roberts was a resident
Of Los Angeles, and was one Of the
oldest and most trusted employees OF
the Wells-Fargo company.
The Teton peak-chronicle., 1904-12-08
FELL INTO AN AMsUscADE.
Japs Given a Licking in Attempt to
Turn Rennenkampff's Flank.

su'U oSIHSHNdUlptt . = idHks
There is a persistent rumor in Muk-
den that the force of Japanese sent to
turn General Rennenkampff's flank
has been repulsed with great loss. The
story is not yet officially confirmed,
but details are given with great cir
cumstantiality. It is stated tnat Gen.
eral Rennenkampff. who knew the
movement was maturing. awaited the
Japanese at the mouth of cne of the
captured passes, and that the Japan
ese turning force threw themselves
unsusrecting into the ambuscade
where, after the fight. the Russians
collected 500 japanese ccrpses. II Is
added that there are 1000 more jap
anese corpses which it has been i'm
possible to collect, owing to the fire OF
the Japanese. This does not include
the Japanese loss in wounded. The
Russian loss, according to this ac-
count, was only thirty or forty men.
The Teton peak-chronicle., 1904-12-08
GREAT IRRIGATION SCHEME.
Millionaire Dsmonstr trates Successful
Experiments With Soil Culture
Method.


j. P. Pomeroy. who has been en-
gagged in reclamation projects for
years. has determined to interest rail-
road companies traversing Kansas,
Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, New
Mexico. Utah and Texas in soil re.
clamation. He hopes thereby to re-
claim fifty million acres of land.
Mr.. Pomeroy is a millionaire mine
owner, and also owns 10000 acres of
land in western Kansas. He owns the
Pomeroy Model farm at Hill City,
Kan, where he has spent thousands
of dollars experimenting. employing
the Campbell soil culture method in
troduced by Prof. H. w. Campbell, un-
der the latter's direction.
1t is, In brief, a method of conserv-
Ing moisture by treatment of the soil
and has been so successful that the
larger project is to be undertaken.
The Teton peak-chronicle., 1904-12-08
Child Has Two Heads.

A female child with two heads,
born in East Somerville. Mass, twelve
weeks ago. is attracting much inter.
est among the medical fraternity about
Boston. The physician who had
charge Of the case. in discussing the
matter with ether doctors. said: at
Is unprecedented in the annals Of med.
ical science. The child has two sep
arate neck, each supporting a head,
one facing to the front and other to
the rear. The latter head Is not well
formed. Its features are irregular and
imperfect. there being no eyes. The
baby is in the best Of health and per-
fectly normal in every ether respect.
The mother is 20 years old. The child
weighed fourteen pounds at birth"
The Teton peak-chronicle., 1904-12-08
Oklahoma Wants Statehood.

ihe Flag of our Republic will moi
oe complete until on its field-of blue
Is placed the rising star of Oklahoma I,
says the annual report of Governor T
o. ferguson OF Oklahoma. The report
adds: with 100000 people. $40 900.
ooo worth of property, the major nor.
e,on oI our public expenses bestowed
on our schools, unprecedented adj
uancement =. upon all lines of enterprise
u seems that congress should give rs
ene authority to exercise in full the
rights OF American citizens"
The Teton peak-chronicle., 1904-12-08
Burglar Under the Piano.

For half an hour Miss Rertha Blacl,
played the piano in her fathers parlor
in Columbus, O.. while a big negro
burglar lay crouched beneath It. I'm.
able to keep his cramped position
longer. he stretched his legs. and in
doing SO moved the piano. Miss Black
stopped playing and looked under the
instrument. The negro presented a
revolver and ordered her not to NOV e
or make noise on pain of death. He
quietly backed toward the hall door
and disappeared.
The Teton peak-chronicle., 1904-12-08
Worlds Fair Ended.

The Louisiana Purchase exposition
has ended. From the inception Of the
project to hold an exposition to A.
tingly commemorate the one hrn'
dredth anniversary of the purchase Of
the Louisiana territory until the por
:als were thrown open and the world
was invited to enter, occupied seven
years. The duration of the exposition
has been seven months. Since the eS
position opened. en- April 80 there
have been 18.317.457 admissions re-
corded. The banner months attend
ance was in september. when the TO-
tai attendance was 3,651.S73. Ths
largest single days attendance was
on September Is, when st. Louis day
was observed.
The Teton peak-chronicle., 1904-12-08
Caught Between the Cars.

AT Drummond, thirty miles east of
Missoula, Mont, Conductor Frank n
Zierbel and Brakeman r. r. Chesbro
were instantly killed in railroad ac.
cident on Saturday afternoon. The
men were on heavy freight train
eastbound when the drawhead of one
u the cars broke. While engaged In
liking the difficulty the engineer
claims to have got en- signal to move
ne train. Both men wera caught be
tween the cars and their lives crushed
out almost instantly.
The Teton peak-chronicle., 1904-12-08
wAs FoULlY MuRoeRen
Ranchman Assassinated a.. j..
Homo Fired In Order to cor..' ~"
Crime.

Homo Fired In Order to conc.., y"
Crime.
Homer E. Ward, a young raro,
aged %. living twenty.four mn 'a
northwest Of White Sulphur srr,D ''
Mont, was found dead in his CABIN =
the End. His body was partly hn,.. "
and there was a bullet hole IL wv ~,
head. 40
A hole, made by bullet, throne,
window pane, indicated that bo -.
been shot from behind as he was o..
ed at his table eating. The body H.,
then been laid upon the bed covo,.s
with bed clothing saturated with ,n.
sene and a match applied Tbi, ..
Of incendiarism failed. The dead m,,,'
barn was burneu.
The crime was committed sevo,.,
days ago, and was discovered nv .
man who works at Dan Mumhro,.
ranch. No motive is known for ~.
crime. The dead man was bro,h,,
in-law Of County Attorney Pease =,
Gallatin county, who, with a deuu,
sheriff, Is working on the case.
The Teton peak-chronicle., 1904-12-08
HARD FIGHTING AHEAD.
Capture Of Meter Hill Does Not Settle
Port Arthur's Fate.

Port Arthur's Fate.
A high officer Of the Russian general
staff, who is Immediately familiar with
the Notifications of Port Arthur, insists
that the importance Of the capture OF
203-Metre hill has been overestimatad.
He explains that this hill. which the
Russians call Visokala. is situated
west Of the railroad and belongs to
the outer and not to the inner line OF
defenses. which are composed of per.
manent forts on Canonia hill or Shung.
shu mountain; Hawk hill or Antlas hill
and Woodcock hill. The Japanese are
now only able to attack the main line,
Just as happened in the case of Dra-
goon hill after the capture Of Woolf
hill.
The japanese took Woolf hill. June
30, but it was not until four months
later. Nov. 80, that they were able to
reach the permanent forts on the north
and northeast Of Port Arthur.
The Teton peak-chronicle., 1904-12-08
Gave Servant $4,000,

Mrs. Gertrude Tannehill. a young
wheeling, w. Va, girl. has received
word that she has been bequeathed
$4,000 by the late Charles E. Hoyt,
president OF the Hoyt Metal company
OF st. Louis. For several years she
worked as servant in his home in
New York, and at his summer home
IN algonquin. She returned home when
ne died few days ago, and has just
received a letter rrom his lawyers
telling her that she had been made a
legatee in the sum named.
The Teton peak-chronicle., 1904-12-08
DOWN WITH AUrocRAcY.
Russian Reformers Meet and Demand
Free Speech and a Parliament.

Free Speech and Parliament.
A remarkable meeting of 700 per-
sons, the cream of the Russian intelli.
gent classes, was held in st. Peters
burg Saturday night. Korolonko. a
prominent Russian novelist, presided,
and among those in attendance were
Maxim Gorki, in his customary peas.
ants attire; Somevsky, the historian;
Madame Gallina, the poetess; Madame
Shapia, the novelist, and other writer's.
Numerous resolutions were adopted
demanding constitutional reforms.
freedom of speech, parliament, etc.
A poem was read denouncing bureau
cracy. for carrying on an unjust war In
Manchuria. Many women were in tears
when Gorki, in scene Of enthusiasm,
kissed one of the orators The meet.
ing closed at 3 o'clock in the morning
amid shouts of Down with the auto
cracy,"
The Teton peak-chronicle., 1904-12-08
Cripple Creeks Troubles viii End
with Adams lnauuuration.

1t Is announced on authority of un.
ION men that the strike in the Cripple
creek, Colo. district which was be.
gun eighteen months ago will be de.
c'ared OF by the Western Federation
OF Miners within one week after tho
the inaugural on of Governor.elect AL.
va Adams. Should Governor Peabody
pe GIVEN anothe~ term, It is said. the
strike will not be called off. althoneh
leading federaticaists here admit
that the fight he's been lost.
The Teton peak-chronicle., 1904-12-08
Tried to Kill Mine Promoter.

James w. Goodman, the Nogales,
Arizona, merchant. who was under
Indictment on a. charge of attempting
to shoot w. c. Greene, a copper mine
promoter in New York City last April,
has been released on suspended sen.
tence by Judge Foster in the court OF
general sessions. In moving for the
suspension of sentence, District Attor-
ney Jerome said: Goodman drew the
revolver under strong provocation, be-
heving, as he did, that he had lost
large sums of money through Greene" !"
The Teton peak-chronicle., 1904-12-08
Fatal TrIp Of "Fool.killer."

reter Nissen. who starred across
Lake Michigan In his boat. "foo'
Killer No. g." was found dead on ln'
beach two and half miles west "
Stevensville. Mich. Nissen rs sup
posed to have been washed asno's
during the night. His Pool kii'e'
was about twenty rods down the oeacD
from the body. and was much aaln'
aged. The body WAS brought to o.e1' u
ensville. where it lies In tho town naS "S
The hands and face are frozen, a'N
the features reflect great suffering
The Teton peak-chronicle., 1904-12-08
Ten People Injured.

Ten persons were injured and $25..
600 worth Of property destroyed a.
the result Of explosions caused by a
spark leap.ng from gasoline machine
on which a chauffeur was working In
New York City. Forty automobiles
were destroyed or badly damaged, and
so rapid was the progress of the fire
that men woi king In the second story
OF the building had no opportunity to
escape by way Of the stairways, and
were forced to leap from windows.
The Teton peak-chronicle., 1904-12-08
Revise Treaties With Other Powers.

AS soon as the new Russo-Germ
treaty Is ratified, Russia expects to
open negotiations for the revision OF
commercial treaties with other powers.
One Of the most important results,
doubtless, will, be the ending of the
trade war with the United States
which arose over the im mposition of q
countervailing Guty on Russian sugar
few years ago. Russia retaliated,
imposing the maximum duy en- Amer.
lcln goods. virtually end 'ng American
importations and destroying the grow.
Ing Russian market for American man.
ufactured goods. The loss of Amer
lem trade has been about $4,000, 600
annually.
The Teton peak-chronicle., 1904-12-08
Troubles Of 1.-THE viroinlan..

The war department has directed
that Recruit Stephen Putney, Jr.. of
the general service, Jefferson bar.
racks, be discharged without honor
from the army, on the ground that he
enlisted under false pretenses. Putnev
is young Virginian. who recently got
into trouble at st. Louis, resulting in
the loss of all his money. One of the
stories was that he had been kid.
mapped and robbed of some valuable
family Jewelry and that he enlisted
in the army while drugged.
The Teton peak-chronicle., 1904-12-08
Girl Was ssranoled to Death.

Fashionably attircd, and wearing g.
pensive jewels, the body of gir' ~
years old was found Friday nisht ID
room In q hotel at 13Sth street aD.
Park avenue, New York City. l,'s
about the girls neck was one emu u .hs
towel, which had been fastened 70
bed-post. The body was founu 'S shs
half-kneeling position, as though .,hly
had been strangled or had lof0'gT ne
strangled herself by pulling on tbe
towel. 1t Is claimed she wenE " s,.on
hotel with a man who has since u''''
peared.
The Teton peak-chronicle., 1904-12-08
CONGRESS MET AND ADJOURNED.
Little Business Done In Either Branch
at First Days Session.

at First Days Session.
With the senate in session thirteen
minutes. the last session of the Fifty.
eighth congress was assembled Mon
day. In both the senate and the house
committee was appointed to wait
upon the president and inform him
that congress was ready to receive any
communication he had to send. Reso-
buttons Of respect to the memory Of
the late Senator Hoar Of Massachu-
setts and Quay of Pennsylvania were
adopted by both houses, and the ad-
journments taken were in further trib-
ute to their memory. The only busi-
ness outside CT the usual first day rod.
tine was the adoption of a resolution
in the house extending until January
s. 1905. the time within which t..
merchant marine commission may
make its report.
The Teton peak-chronicle., 1904-12-08
Must Maintain White Supremacy.

Congressman Hardwick OF the Tenth
Georgia district wrote a letter To Sen.
ator Bacon. asking his views upon the
present political situation. Senator
Bacon says there is an attempt to Re.
publicanize the South. He declares
that white supremacy must be main.
.a'neo IN the South and Southern pros.
perry Is due to the white supremacy
natner than the negro rule, Senator
nacon Is willing to accept a reduction
OF southern representation In the con.
gress OF the United States.
The Teton peak-chronicle., 1904-12-08
Six Hours Time Given to Defenders a.
Port Arthur for Removal Of
Dead and Wounded.

The first armistice between the com
'atants at Port Arthur was declared
N December 2 for the purpose of bury.
ng the dead. 1t lasted for a period Of
six hour
me Port Arthur besiegers report
that Dec. bearers of flags OF truce
IN the direction of the left wing ar.
ranged for a partial armistice to ex
tend from 10 o'clock in the morning
10 IN the afternoon. for the removal
OF the dead and wounded.