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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-09-02
The Coroner's Inquest,

Coroner L., w. Cromer held an in
quest over the remains of John j..
Flavin at Prospect on Tuesday after
noon. A jury vas %impaneled. consist
ing of Eugene Geraty. Eugene Rice. A.
Borgna. Peter Repetto. Joseph Franohi
aud John Moyle. r. G. Goss. who
was working with Mr.. Flaviu, aud j.
Baroni, who was working near by,
gave testimony at the inquest. the
latter corroborating the evidence of
Mr.. Goss. which was as follows:
81 was working about 400 feet from
the tunnel level in company with John
J.. Flayin and John Baroni in the Berry
man pitch. at about 10 o'clock in the
forenoon on Aug. 80. 1905. About the
first that | knew of anything wrong ]
was cayed on. and was partly covered
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-09-02

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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-27
FOR POSSESSION OF INDIA
General Lord Kitchener Believes That
a Great Struggle With Russia Will
Occur.

London, June 22.-General Lord
Kitchener, commander-in-chief of the
British forces in India, seems to re-
gard as inevitable a great struggle with
Russia for the possession of India and
to believe that the existing arrange
ments for the defense of the Indian
empire are altogether obsolete and in
effective. These views form the strik-
ing and central points of interest in a
bulky blue book issued tonight.
Lord Kitchener, in an important
minute addressed to the home govern
ment speaks in the plainest possible
terms in denouncing the faulty system
prevailing in India, which he points
out was framed to meet peace require
ments instead of the possibility of a
great war. In a pregnant paragraph
Lord Kitchener says:
SLOWLY, but surely, the deserts Of
Central Asia, once believed to be an
impenetrable barrier have been cross
ed by a great European power. They
are o spanned by railways which
have only n possible significance,
and we have every indication that our
northern neighbor is pushing forward
her preparations for a contest in which
we shall have to fight for our exist
ence.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-27
ALL THE CREWS ON HAND
Getting Ready for the Regatta at
Ponghkeepsie Next Wednesday.

Poughkeepsie, N. Y, June 22.-The
crews of Wisconsin and Georgetown
arrived here today, thus completing
the representation of the six universi-
ties which will compete in the regatta
next Wednesday. Andrew O'Dea, the
coach, spent the afternoon rigging the
boats and the men did not go out.
Georgetown sends only Varsity eight
with substitutes in charge Of Coach
Dempsey. They arrived too late to
row this evening, but will be on the
water early tomorrow. The crew is
handicapped by two of the men being
out Of condition Steward, the stroke.
wrenched his leg yesterday and is
limping badly tonight, although he de-
cIares he will row tomorrow.
Water conditions were good this af-
ternoon and Columbia, Pennsylvania,
Syracuse and Cornell did routine work
No times were given out.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-27
OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF WRECK
Isercrf TeIegrapbed tn President New
man-Every Effort Being Made To
Locate the Person Who Misplaced
the Switch.

Chicago. June 22.-The following
graphed today by Vice President w.
c Brown. OF the New York Central
lines to President w. II. Newman. at
New York.
Train No. 10 east bound passed
Mentor az S:35 D. m. at which time
h switches were all set for the main
line. No. IS followed No. 10 fifty min
utes behind her. and no trains passed
Mentor in either direction. between
h time No. 10 passed there and the
arrival of No. &c. The operator was
on the platform with two men. named
James Collins and W. NJ. Leuders.
both of whom live in Mentor, when
No. 10 passed after which the opera-
tor went into the office and remained
until about the time No. 20 vas due.
when he again ven out on the plat
form ard saw No. IS coming two or
three miles away"
The operator says that he looked
at the switch lights and thew were
white and the switches were properly
set for the main track. He then re.
turned to the office.
IF This is correct. between hat
time and the time No. 20 headed in on
h side track. some one threw the
switch for the side track. and locked
it in hat position.
NO. 26 headed in the full length
of the train on the house track. the
engine leaving the rails about four
coach lengths from the switch crash
ing into the freight house. setting il
on fire and turning the engine end for
END. and telescoping the composite
car. which took fire from the burning
freight house.
1.-THE conductor Of No. 26 immedi-
ately examined the switch and called
the attention of General Passenger
Agent w. J.. Lynch of the Big Four
who was on the train, to the fact that
it was set and locked for the side
track n the light extinguished.
The switch is o damaged and
worked perfectly after the accident.
The composite car. which was teles-
COPIED by the engine was burned. No
other cars in No. IS turned over.
Every possible effort is being made
to locate the party who misplaced III
switch.
No. &c was on time. and as a mat
ter Of fact. was running at a slower
sneed than No. 10 when she passed
through Mentor. as No. 10 was late.
THE result would have beer the
same a any ether of our through
trains entered this open switch.
wv. c. BROWN"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-27
THE PRESIDENT IN NEW ENGLlND)
Attended Three Commandments and
Made Many Speeches.
ASKS FOR AID OF COLLEGE MEN
ferred ON the President by Williams
CoIIege-Signifcant Addresses at
Three Massachusetts, Colleges.

Wilflamstown, Mass, June 22.-The
zig-zag journey of President Roosevelt
among the colleges of western Massa-
chusetts ended today with his depar-
ture from Williainstown, after he had
received from Williams college the
honorary degree Of LII. d. His stay in
this state, which was of scarcely thirty
two hours duration was a busy one.
He attended three college commence
ments, at two of which he received
high honorary degrees; travelled sew
eral hundred miles and besides deliv-
ering significant addresses at each com
mencement, made a number of speeches
from the platform of his car to cit
liens who had gathered at stations
along the route.
The President spoke twice mere,
once upon receiving the degree and
again from. the steps of the church
where the commencement exercises
were held to the people who could not
get into the auditorium. In address
ing the public from the steps the Pres
ident spoke of the cordially of the re-
ception given him wherever he went,
north, south, east Or west. He said he.
was especially pleased on his recent
southern trip to find the same cordial
ty extended by those who had worn the
gray as by those who had worn the
blue.
In his commencement address the
Droa:1orf fo11yal 1f i6ao1icm IN n0fiticc
saying he desired the assistance in
problems Of all the colleges and COL
lege men in the country. eve have a
right to expect from the colleges"
said he, efficient leadership"
In his speech at the commencement
exercises President Roosevelt said i'll
part:
I'VE say that in our own interest
and in the interests OF the people OF
the Western Hemisphere VIZ adhere
to the Monroe Doctrine. We cannot
say that other peoples shall not do
what ought o be done, unless we do
it ourselves. People answer that trou-
BILE and bother will come if We do l..
Of course if this nation does not do
its duty, because it thinks the duty
will ~necessitate encountering some
trouble. some bother, then let this
ration cease to claim to be great. I
demand that the nation do it's duty,
accept responsibility that must go with
greatness. Keep On building and
maintaining at the highest point of
efficiency Of the United States navy or
quit trying to be a big nation. Do one
Or the other"
. The President urged Federal super
vision of great industrial combinations
ard Federal regulation of railway
rates.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-27
CORPUS CHRISTI FESTIVAL
The Aged Emperor of Austria Greet
ed Enthusiastically by His People.

Vienna, June 22.-Amid accompani-
ment of medieval pomp and circum-
stances the aged emperor of Austria,
Francis Joseph, took part in the yearly
Corpus Christi procession in Vienna to-
day. His majesty was greeted enthu
siastically by his people as he was
driven through the streets of the inner
city, but it was the universal dictum
OF the Viennese that the emperor had
aged greatly since they last saw him
rartake in this ceremony two years
ago.. and the appearance of his mejes-
ty. who will, if he lives, celebrate the
sixtieth anniversary of his accession to
the throne in 1905, suggested to many
minds that this may be the last time
the venerable monarch will appear be-
fore his people as a participant in this
beautiful festival of the Catholic
church.
The procession started from the Hof-
burg, proceeded to the cathedral on the
Stefansplatz where the religious cere-
monies we're held, and then returned to
the Hofburg.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-27
BACK TO 20 HOUR SCHEDULE
Announcement by Officials of the New
York Central and Lake Shore Rail
roads.

New York, June 22.-President New
man, of the New York Central and
Lake Shore railroads said today that
the twenty-hour schedule of the Twen-
tieth-Century limited train on the New
York Central-Lake Shore line, will be
restored in place of the 1S-hour sched-
ole, On which the train had been run
ming for only a few days. President
Newman said:
"Since the sad accident which hap
pened on the Lake Shore l have had
a consultation with the operating Off
Gals who have explained that the acct
dent was caused by a misplaced switch
and was not due to the speed of the
train and they assure me that the
present schedule can be safely and
easily maintained. While l agree with
the operating officials that there is no
physical reason why the schedule
should not be continued nevertheless in
my judgment the time of the Twen-
tieth Century limited should be re-
stored to twenty hours and it will be
done at Once."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-27
MEAGRE NEWS FROM THE FRONT
Rumos That the Russian Army Is Re-
treating.
JAP ADVANCE ABOUT TO BEGIN
Russians MAY Continue Their Retire.
ment Until the Positions at Sipen.
CHAIR Are Reached-Nain FDrces
Are Probably Not Yet in Collision.

St Petersburg, June q, 2:10 a. H.
News from the battlefield is exceeding
ly meagre- A press telegram Of Tues
days date speaks Of a rear guard ac-
tion," and there are rumors i'm the city
that the Russian army is ~retreatinS;
but the latest dispatches just received
from Linevitch bearing the same date
declared briefly that the japanese adj
vance had paused.
1t is probable hat the Russian adj
yanced lines are crossing the railroad
and will continue their retirement more
or less hurriedly, in order to avoid be-
ing fianked and pocketed until the po-
sitions at Sipinghai are rachel. The
main forces seemingly are not yet in
collision.
Colonel Lodygensku, one Of the cor
respondents of the Associated Press,
died at Hardin of blood poisoning.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-27
ARMIES NOW ABOUT EQUAL.
No Reason for Any Delay i'm Beginning
the Great Battle.

Gunshu Pass, Manchuria, June 81,
delayed in transmission)-The opera
tons of the japanese during the past
five days which at first were thought
tc be portentious, apparently ended af-
ter the last fight. The Japanese ap-
pear to be merely clearing their imme-
date front.
There is now no reason for any fur
Their delay in beginning the great bat
tie as the opposing armies are essen
tally equal.
The Russian troops are under the
impression that an advance is about to
begin.
Correspondents are not allowed to re-
fer to the sentiments of the army con
corning the peace proposals. The heads
of the various armies have adopted a
b%ellicose attitude, especially since the
opening Of peace negotiations was re-
ported.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-27
CASSINI WILL NOT TAKE PART
PlenipCtentiaries Will Number Three
on Each Side-Questicn of An Ar
mistice Rests With japan.

st. Petersburg, June 22-The Russo
says it is authorized to say that Count
Cassini the retiring Russian ambassa-
dor at Washington, will not participate
in the peace negotiations, but will
leave the United States Immediately
on the arrival of Baron Rosen, his sue
cessor..
From Independent sources the Asso-
ciated Press confirms the statement of
the Russo hat Count Cassini will have
no part in the negotiations.
The question of a temporary suspen-
sion of hOstilities seems to rest with
Japan. In the meantime the chancel-
tories of st. Petersburg and Toxic are
occupied with the selection of the pleni-
rotentiaries. 1t can now be regarded
as settled that they will number three
on each side. An important considera-
ton requiring adjustments is the desire
of each country to appoint negotiators
Of equal rank and this increases the
probability that NJ. Witte, president of
the committee of ministers, may be
one of the Russian plenipotentiaries it
japan names the Marquis Ito, presi-
Qent or the Japanese pr1Vy COUNCIL. IL
is possible that NJ. NedilOff, b Rus
sian ambassador at Paris, may not go
to Washington. AS dean Of the Rug
sian diplomatic corps he was the first
choice of the foreign Office, but he is
of advanced age and his health is not
robust. 1t is still an open question
whether he may not ask to be relieved
OF his mission. In such an event it is
considered certain that Baron Roseu
will be appointed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-27
LIFE SAVED FOR THE THIRD TINE
Governor Bell Giants Repfieve to Cor
demned Woman.
HANGING WAS SET FOR TO-DAY
United States Supreme Court on
Constitutional Observation-Disclosures
Is Granted Until December Sth.

Brattleboro, VT. June ga reprieve
until December s, for Mrs. Mary M
Rogers, the condemned murderess, was
signed this afternoon by Governor
Charles ]. Bell. and for the third time
the woman who was to have besa
hanged at Windsor tomorrow for the
killing Of her husband. has been saved
through the operation OF the governors
power of staying the execution.
Today's reprieve was granted in or
der that the case may be carried TO
the supreme court OF the United States
on constitutional questions, which
were raised at 4 hearing before Judge
Hoyt II. Wheeler. sitting as q justice
of the United States circuit court.
Mrs. Rogers attorneys petitioned for
her release on a writ of haheas corpus.
The court declined to grant the pe'i-
ton, but suggested that the points OF
law raised by the petitioner were such
as should be passed upon by the SUI
preme court OF the country. The refu-
sal of the Judge u grant the writ, was
at once followed by the filing Of an APP
peal. Judge Wheeler threupon au
nounced that he would render his de
cision upon the question OF appeal late
in the afternoon In order to give Gov
ernor Bell an opportunity to reprieve
Mrs. Rogers.
Late this afternoon, Judge Wheeler
received a Geographic message from
Governor Bell at White River junction
announcing that Mrs. Rogers had been
reprieved. The Judge at once signed
the paper, which gave to Mrs. Rogers
the legal right TO have her case heard
before the Supreme court Of the Unit
ed States.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-27
NO NEW DEVELOPMENTS
His Counsel-Sergeants OF Police
Scored for Neglect of Duty.

Philadelphia, June 22.-Frequent
conferences were held today between
Mayor Weaver and his counsel today
but thus far they have been followed
by no new developments and neither
the mayor nor his counsel will intimate
what the Dsxt move on their part will
be or when it will be made.
Announcement was made today OF
the selection of II. deb. Parsons or
New York, an engineer to take charge
of the investigation OF the physical
work on the filtration system.
Director Potter of the department of
public safety, today severely scored the
sergeants of police for what he termed
their neglect of duty. Director Potter
said that he had received information
that policemen were seen entering a
notorious Republican club frequently
while on duty. lie said he had order
ed that policemen resign from all Eo-
litical clubs.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-27

stripped from the hunks of the four
Pullman coaches, and used for the re-
lief of the sufferers.
Conductor Alexander Hammond. who
escaped, started tine work of rescue
and led his fellow trainmen and the
less seriously hurt Of the passengers
in deeds that were truly heroic.
STORY OF THE FIREMAN.
The wrecked train was making near
~ IS miles an hour when the accident
occurred, according to Fireman Aaron
Gorham, Norwolk, who, badly bruised,
but otherwise uninjured, miraculously
escaped death.
W We're speeding like wind" said
Gorham, when the engine left the
track. 1t occurred 20 quickly that [
little knew what happened until we
crashed into the Mentor freight house.
/ neither heard nor saw the engineer
after that. The engine overturned and
somehow the tank managed to fall
upon me, but not heavily and | was
sheltered by it. / lost consciousness
from that terrible blow which l had
received upon the head ard l knew
nothing until | was dragged from I'M
derneath the wrecked engine
Conductor Alexander Hammond, OF
the limited, said:
Il rushed back to the switch immc-
diately after the wreck. 1t was open
and locked open. l tried it and found
that it worked all right. The switch
light was out. Not a wheel rolled over
the switch since No. 10, the eastbound
Chicago and Boston train, went
through forty-fve minutes before"
CAUSE OF THE WRECK.
D. c. Moon, assistant general super
intendent of the Lake Shore road, after
investigating the cause of the wreck,
made this statement today:
Il have made a careful and thorough
examination. The switch was open. 1
am satisfied hat somebody, having il
key, opened the switch with malicious
intent. The train did not jump the
track"
A quantity of first class mail matter
was destroyed by the fire, which con-
sumed all except the two rear coaches
The mail was largely composed Of
through packages from the west and
destined for eastern points.
BOY MAY HAVE CAUSED THE
WRECK.
1t is possible that investigation to-
morrow will develop that a boy med
died with the switch at Mentor last
night, and caused the wreck of the
Twentieth Century limited. William
Usher, ticket agent of the Nickle Plate
road, and James Barnes, of Willough-
by reached the wreck ten minutes af-
ter it occurred. On the way to the
wreck they met a boy carrying a Ian
tern. The boy said that he had been
down to shut a switch. The men went
en- to the wreck and found the switch
open and locked. The men are of b
opinion that the boy thought there was
q freight ahead Of the Twentieth Cen
fury and opened the switch to let it
through to take a siding.
H. s. Stores, general superintendent
of the Lake Shore, said that the clew
would be investigated tomorrow, al
though he is inclined to doubt the
story that a boy had possession Of a
key and could turn the switch.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-27
CLEAN COLLEGE ATHLETICS
Discussed by Students at the Southern
Y. NJ. G.. A. Conference.

Asheville, n. c., June 22.-The
Southern college students 7. II. c. A.
conference here this evening discussed
clean athletics. A. J.. Elliott, of Brook
lyn, a former football and baseball
player of Northwestern University, de-
clared that the only remedy for evils in
collegiate athletics is for men of high
moral tone to compete for places on
the teams. Speaking of distinct evils.
Mr.. Elliott said hat the man who said
that the man who sold his team sig
nails, an instance which was mention
ed ought to be rotten-egged out Of
college.
The largest representations in the
conference are those from Tennessee
North Carolina. Virginia and Ken
lucky.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-27
SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE
Considerable Anxiety Prevails Con-
corning Germany's Answer to the
French Note.

Paris, June q, $50 p. m.-Ohclai
circles here present the outward ap-
pearance of entire tranquility over the
Franco-German negotiations, but an
under-ucrrent of considerable anxiety
prevails relative to Germany's answer
to the French note. This is somewhat
intensified by publications purportinG
TO give Germany's intention to insist
hat the Moroccan conference be not
trammeled by specific limitations upon
its scope. Nothing, however, has yet
been received from official sources III
dicating that such is the purpose OF
Germany.
Reports from the frontier continue TO
show marked military activity. and a
feeling Of unrest among the people lly-
ing along the border.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-27
WORK OF
Four Armenian Villages Sacked and
Observation-Disclosures Of One Rcpuis-
ed the Besei2crs killing a Hundred
Of Them.

st. Petersburg, June 22.-Bands OF
insurgents in the district of Scharonk-
hau, province of Erivan, T~rans-Cauca-
STA, recently sacked and burned four
Armenian villages. Subsequently the
insurgents surrounded and attacked
Owlianioraschau. The inhabitants or
the town repulsed the designers, kill
ing a hundred Of them. Cossacks and
other troops stationed at the village OF
Khouloundian also repulsed an attack
of the insurgents on that place in
fiicting enormous losses on them and
capturing $40 prisoners.
The agitation is spreading. A num-
Der Of Armenian villages containing
about seven thousand inhabitants have
been surrounded and skirmishes be-
tween Tartars and Kurds and the Rus
sian troops are frequent. The villages
of Ouschi and Kischishken have been
burned. Five thousand Cossacks are
expected from Baku to aid In suppress
sion of the rising.
The insurgents are estimated TO num-
Der $1,000 men.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-27
Refused To Become q Catholic for

Refused to Become a Catholic for
$4,000.
Davenport, Iowa, June 22.-Putting
her religion above all price Mrs. Lu-
cinda Ganson, of Davenport, has refus-
ed to accept $30,00 0 left her by the will
of the late Charles Simpson, a Sacra-
mento Cal, wealthy friend of the
Ganson family, The bequest made on
condition that Mrs. Ganson became a
Catholic.
In the event Of her refusal of the
money on this condition, the will pro-
vides that the money shall go to a
Catholic orphanage in Sacramento.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-27
10 KILLED IN WRECK
tlake Shore Train Plunged Into
or Open Switch.
REVISED CASUALTY LIST
None Of the Surviving Injured Are
Much Hurt.

the Belief That the Switch Was
Thrown Open and the Light Extin-
gUished, by Somebody With Mali
cious Intcnt-OffciaIs Do Not As
cribe the Great Speed of the Train
as Cause for the Wreck-However
1t is Announced That the Scheduled
Time Between New York and Chi
cagO Will be Twenty Hours Instead
Of Eighteen.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-27
Estimated Yield OF Cotton Tor 1905
fO0R

1906,
Atlanta, June 22.-Reports from the
correspondents of the Southern Cotton
Association throughout the cotton bet,
based upon existing conditions, indi-
cate that the yield of cotton for the
of 19O5-O6 will be 1O,2285,S76
commercial bales. The percentage OF
estimated reduction in yield by states
as compared with the last crop follows:
Alabama, 7.39: Arkansas, 22.16; Flor
ida, 22.17; Georgia, 23.11: Indian Terri
tory, 21.9S; Louisiana, 25.43; Missis-
sippi, 27.25: Oklahoma, 25.7O; North
Carolina, 1910; South Carolina, 29.45;
Tennessee, 1900; Texas, 1896, various,
200.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-27
DIR. c. E. TAYLOR RESIGNS
Professor POteat Becomes President
of Wake Forest College.

Raleigh, N. c., June 22.-Dr. Charles
z. Taylor, president Of Wake Forest
College, rendered his resignation 20 the
board OF trustees at a meeting aelf
here tonight, and Professor William L.
Poeat, a member of the faculty, was
elected president to succeed him.