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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-03-17
LUMBER
Trust Now Attracts The At.
tentiOn Of the Federal
Authorities

jackson, Miss. March 17.The
United States government is about to
take a hand Ia the Investigation Of the
alleged lumber trust In this state.
Chairman McA llister Of the joint leg
islatiye Investigation committee has
received the following letter from the
attorney general Of the United States:
81 ami ID receipt Of what purports to
be a copy Of a report of an inyestiga-
tion made By committee OF your leg
tslature relative to the lumber trust
I IN your state II appears that the
combination is operating In violation
OF the Sherman antitrust act. Il should
appreciate II very much if you will
furnish this department with copy
Of your report, together with the testi.
napny taken before the Legislative com.
mittaa. / should esteem 1t d favor IL
you will ftrnish me with such other
Information as may be In the posses,
sion of your committee relative to the
alleged trust. The purpose of this re-
quest ID to obtain silifi Client data to
serve al basis Tor an independent
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-03-17
HOPE
Is Revived Of an Agreement
Between France and Ger.
many at Algecifas

Algeciras, Spain, March q 1.-THE
delegates u tie powers to the Moroc-
can conference are more hopeful, as
the French and Germans, after com
municating with their governments
show less rigidity than they did pre-
vious to SO doing. -
Sir Arthur Nicolson, head of the
British mission, is exercising an i'm
portant and perhaps decisive influence
toward the agreement. While contin-
uing to support the French delegates
he maintains that they should do their
share toward an adjustment and there
fore advises them to accepts modified
form of the Austrian police project,
such as modification providing that
the inspector general shall merely in
,spect but not command the Franco
Spanish police.
The French hesitate to agree to this,
relieving that foreign inspector gen.
sral stationed at Casa Blanca la a ruse
to secure base for future German
influence and intrigue It is under
stood, however, that Great Britain
offers to cooperate with France
against the realization of such a de-
sign and, therefore, it is believed that
the French end Germans will agree to
a modification of the inspector gen.
eralship and that this will be the
basis of the agreement. ),
The delegates hope that the next
session will be decisive and are defer
ring the meeting until assured that
both sides are prepared to accept the
modified project.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-03-17

the burning wreck and because OF tie
cold weather
No. 3 was composed Of a ma. C. !,
express car. two day coaches, two
tourist cars and two standard slec.. :
ers. All the sleepers were saved, non
of the occupants being injured
All three engines were practically
demolished and piled in a heap AM
within few minutes after the col
flames.
During tie fire one man was seen
hanging from a Car window. Fer
Gods sake, save mel" he cried, bat
the heat was too intense He slowly
roasted to death before the eyes of the
crowd around the burning wreck.
Collision Occurred on a Curve.
The place where the trains came TO-
gether was near mile post LAT. The
trains were rounding sharp curve
around a high bluff. 1t was impossi-
BILE for the engineer of either train to
see the other until the two trains
were within about 200 yards of each
other At this point the Santa Fe and
+ Denver and Rio Grande tracks run
| close together and it was easy for the
| enginelnen to suppose that the oncom-
ing train was on the Santa Fe track
According to the first orders the
trains we're supposed to meet at Adobe
| one-half mile from the scene of the
wreck. At Florence No. 16 received
orders. to meet No. 3 at Dover. fiyls
miles east OF Portland. 1t is supposed
No. s was to have been given similar
orders at Swallows, but failing to re
ceive them ran on to Adobe
! The first four coaches Of train No.
were piled up, the greatest damage
being done in the forward coach. It
was here that the worst havoc was
wrought. Hardly a person in this
coach escaped with his life.
A majority of the bodies caught by
the fire were reduced to a crisp. J..
l.. Lawrence, Bellf1ower, Mo-, and s..
z. Sweeney, Trenton, Mo-, were the
| only passengers in this coach who are
known to have escaped, both sustain
Ing but slight injuries.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-03-17
BRITISH
Kill off Thousand lnsurgent
African Natives the Whites
Must Prevail

London, March ia letter re-
ceived by President Claude Champion
de Crespigny from his son, Captain
de Crespigny, indicates that the Brit.
ish expedition against the Nandi tribe.
Northern Nigeria, is encountering I'M
expected resistance. The captain says
1000 natives were killed during the
recent driving operations"
The Nandis occupy the territory in
the vicinity of Victoria Nyanza, the
terminus Of the Mombasa railroad,
and have been menacing the railroad
and raiding farms. The British at
tackled and defeated the Nandis and
subsequently decided. to apportion
them to a reserve some distance from
the railroad. The Nandis objected and
the process of driving them towards
the reserve led to guerrilla fighting.
The colonial Office dispatch confirms
the defeat Of the Sokoto rebels. The
mahdi, or chief leader of the tribe. is
reported to have been killed.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-03-17
FOR RAILROAD BUILDING.
Contractors Saia to Be Unable to Sc.
cure LctcrerS,

Contractors Saa to Be Unable to Sc
cure Latcrers. :.
Chicago, March 17.-Western rail.
roads are facing labor famine. TWEEN
ty-fve thousand men are needed in the
Northwestern and Southw estern states
q build the roads that are already IN
der way and it is estimated that before
June 1 more than twice that number
will be required. There never has
been such great activity ia railroad
building in the West as at present and
the visible supply OF labor in that part
Of the country has been exhausted.
Railroad contractors have been able
to resume work earlier this year than
usual on account of the open winter
and they are making strenuous efforts
to get men from the East to go out
West for this work Ten thousand
men are needed by the Western Pa
cific, the new Gould line to Southern
California, and they are offering from
81 to $225 day for unskilled labor
Fith the chance of steady work until
the cold weather sets in again next
fall
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-03-17
Coaches Piled Up In Awful Mass Grind Life Out Of Pass
engers-.FFe Then Breaks Out and
Burns All TO Crisp
Stoutest Hearts Quail at Peadings Of Pnioned People
Who Stare Death in the Face and Whom
It Is Impossible to Save

Pueblo, Colo, March 17.-About
forty charred bodies lie in the ruins
Of the two passenger trains on the
Denver and Rio Grande railroad which
were wrecked by a headon collision at
point between Denver and Adobe,
about twenty-eight miles west of Pu-
eblo. Part of both trains was burned.
Fifteen persons severely injured in
the disaster are lying on cots at St.
Mary's hospital in this city with the
prospect that some of them will be
added to the death list.
Eastbound passenger train No 1e
crashed =, into westbound passenger
train No. 3, telescoping the forward
oars on each train The coaches at
once took fire and the flames COM
bleted the horror begun by the col
ision.
Some of the victims were pinioned
under the wreckage and burned alive
before help could reach them. Most
Of the injured were on No. 8, which
was heavily loaded. No. 16 carried
comparatively few passengers and
these escaped generally with a slight
shaking up. One man whose name
could not be learned was the only one
of a family Of ten who escaped. He
lost his father, mother. wife and three
children, brother and two other rela.
tives.
Many Bodies Burned to Crisp.
Three Of. the. crew af No. 3 were
killed and two ON No. 16. One of the
engineers On No. g., which was a dou-
BILE header, was found dead in his cab
with his hand on the throttle. Ex-
press Messenger e. M. MCFARLAND, a
relative of the detective of that name
who has been active in the Governor
Steunenberg assassination case, is
among the dead. Many of the bodies
will never be identified, having been
burned to crisp. Part of the mail
was destroyed and all the express mat
ter.
Relief trains were at once dis
patched to the scene from Pueblo and
Florence but the work was neces-
sarily slow because of the smoke from
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-03-17
CHARGES OF FRAUD MADE.
Receiver Asked for American Reserve
Bond COMPANY,

Receiver Asked for American Reserve
Bond Company.
Louisville, KY, March 17.--Charges
Of fraud and insolvency were made in
suit filed here during the day
against the American Reserve Bond
company Of Chicago, asking for the
appointment OF q receiver for the con-
Germ. Millions of dollars belonging to
investors all over the United States
are involved. The suit was fled in
the United States court for the East
ern district Of Kentucky by Levi Hake
and Mary Il. WEIGH, investors In the
company. The company Is the largest
and one Of the few remaining Of the
numerous bond investment and
I serial bond Investment companies.
which fiourished extensively In many
states for several years.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-03-17
LOSS OF LIFE FEARED.
6nowsIides Occur in Several Colorado
Mining Camps.


Mining Camps.
Denver, March 17.--Ouray, Durango
6ilverton, Leadville, Ashen and other
smaller mining camps have been Wis
tied with snowslides during the past
two days.
Hairbreadth escapes from the snow
which thunders down the steep sides
Of the mountains are reported from
every mining camp and grave fears
are entertained for scores OF daring
prospectors and miners who are cut
off from the outside world in their
lonely cabins far up in the hills.
One slide at Silverton struck the
edge of the town, doing considerable
damage. The railroads in the San
Juan region are blockaded. The
South Park road is blockaded by a
slide near Leadville. The mines
around Crested Butte are completely
cut off from Transportation.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-03-17
CHARGES lNGRATiTuDE.
Representative Hull crltioises Action
Of Opponent.

Des Moines, March 17.-Congress-
man ]. A., T. Hull returned from Wash
ington during the day and began at
once on his campaign for renomina-
ton, which has been threatened by
the announc cement OF the candidacy of
ex-Seeretary Of State G. l.. Dobson. In
a statement given out for publication
Congressman Hull says that he Sc
cured the appointment of Dobson as
consul to Nottingham. Eng, but that
Senator Allison opposed 1t. Later he
secured him post in China, but that
did not suit, and now Dobson is re-
Warding him by becoming q candidate
for his seat In congress.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-03-17
SPEAKER
Cannon Accused Of Being
the Despot Of the House,
and Other Things

Washington, March 17--Before pro-
ceec.2g with the legislative bill the
house considered bill permitting the
leasing of 5000 acres of arid lands in
La Plata county, Colo, to the P. +. U.
Rubber company fer the purpose OF
cultivation of the rubber plants.
Mr.. Brooks lColo.) explained that
there was evidence Of a rubber FAM
inc in this country; that the land in
question was unfit for agricultural
purposes and had no mineral value.
Mr.. Shackleford>> (Mo.) was given
permission to discuss the bill and be
gan to criticise Speaker Cannon re-
garding the statehood question. He
was stopped before he had proceeded
far and the objection was fatal to fur
Their consideration of the bill. Before
referring to the statehood matter Mr..
Shackleford had this to say about the
manner in which Mr.. Brooks got his
bill up: .......
"The gentleman was not recognized
until he had first surrendered his con-
stitutional rights as a representative
of the people and crept into your pri-
vate room, Mr.. Speaker, there to sup
plicate you to extend to him your
grace.
mo member can submit any matter
to vote Of the house until he shall
have first sought and found favor in
your sight The Constitution contem-
plates that the speaker shall be the
servant of the house. In defiance of
the Constitution you have made your
self its master. You have packed
every committee so that no bill can be
reported without your consent I'm
less you are willing no member can
move to discharge q committee from
the consideration of bill and take it
up in the house.
At Mercy of Enthroned Despot<
"fou sit an enthroned despot4 snE,s
jeettng the rights and destinies' OF this
great people to the dictates of your
| own nbridled will.
who stands today between a pro-
gressive, enlightened people and the
statehood to which they are entitled?
You, sir; only you You crack your
| whip and majority of this house COW
ers at your feet. You turn your thumbs
down and the house deals deathblow
to PROSTATE, bleeding Oklahoma
Here Mr.. Shackleford said he had
read in the morning papers that I'm
Gle Joe" had given it out fatfooted
that he would not permit the house to
concur in the senate amendment on
the statehood bill and then proceeded:
What horrible announcement to
be made in q free country"
The confusion in the house through
out Mr.. Shackleford's remarks was
such that very few members knew
what he had said, when Mr. Tawney
stopped him with an objection.
When the appropriation bill was
made the order Mr.. Keller lO.) con-
tinued his speech in favor of restrict
ing Southern representation.
In advocating the restricting of i'm
migration Mr. Houston (Tenn) assert
ed ii the present ratio of acquisition
Of population continued in 1876 years
the United States would have as dense
a population as China.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-03-17
Will Wait
President Will Take Plenty
Of Time Before NaIninQ
Supreme Judge

Washington, March 17.-Sect2ssary
Taft was in consultation with Presi-
lent Roosevelt for some time during
the morning. No decision has been
reached regarding his acceptance of a
place on the supreme court bench and
probably none will be reached for
some time
President Roosevelt later author
ICED the issuance of the following
statement regarding the successor of
Justice Brown in the supreme court of
the United States:
GAS Mr.. Justice Brown will not re-
tire until June, when the supreme
court will take a vacation until the
second Monday in October and no pub
lie inconvenience can arise from a
vacancy continuing through the vaca-
ton the president will take further
time to decide the question of Mr..
Justice Browns successor. Several
names, including that of Secretary
Taft, have been under consideration,
but no decision has been reached or
is likely to be reached or announced
in the near future"
Secretary Taft went to the war de-
partment for few moments before
the meeting of the cabinet. When
asked his intentions he directed his
inquirers to the statement issued from
the White House saying that that was
the expression of the presidents views
and that his (Taft'sJ lips were sealed;
all that he could say was that the mat
ter was Indefinitely postponed.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-03-17
HAMILTON
Roasts Tar Out Of Trustees
of New York Life
Company

Albany, N. Y, March 17.-Andrew
Hamilton turned on his enemies be-
fore the insurance investigating com:
mittee during the afternoon. He broke
the silence which he has maintained,
except for the statement brought from
Paris by John c. Mccall, ever since
his name was mentioned in connec-
ton with the money paid to him on
account of his Legislative work for the
New York. Life and other insurance
companies.
With face flushed and voice trem-
bling with passion Hamilton poured a
flood of denunciation and invective
upon the trustees of the New York
Life Insurance company, several of
whom were present. He called them
"curs and traitors
The only name he mentioned was
that Of the late President Mccall, in
reference to whom and to whose death
he displayed marked emotion. He
spoke of Mr. Mccall as a victim, as
having been shouldered with the blame
THE only one, the dead man, killed,
that they drove to his grave and de-
serted" and declared that the memory
of this man had appealed to him ITO
come down here and say something
for him and just word for myself"
He declared unsquivocally that
every payment to himself by the New
York Life was made with the knowl-
edge and approval Of the trustees. es
pecially Of the finance and auditing
committees. He pointed out that IL
there had been anything the matter
with his vouchers for these payments
1t was their duty to bring him to book
for It.
Payments Proper and Legitimate.
He declared again and again that
the payments were proper and legiti-
mate and that he had no apology to
make for himself or for President Nc
Cali. One OF his interesting state
nents was that IN spite Of reports to
the contrary the so-called paris &C.
count" was reported and approved by
the auditing committee.
sembly chamber as soon as Judge
Hamilton's presence became known
broke out in roar of laughter after
his reference to the enthusiasm with
which he said his victories for the
New York Life were received by the
officials of the company. s
"They would come and pat me on
the back" he said, with a bitter sneer.
"These men who would not know me
now; they would come, in and pat me
. on the back and say, You did it, =
A storm of applause followed his
reference to "the yellow dog as "a
dog Of courage and loyalty" It broke
out again when he concluded ag..e.
"But the ours who stood around this
funeral that has occurred, the ours
who knew of these transactions and
shrunk into their shoes are the ours
and that is the reason that come be-
fore you and say that the great inter.
est of $2,000,000, 900 Of life insurance
and $400,000,000 Of assets can never
be safely entrusted to the hands and
administration Of a lot Of curs.''
This was the ostensible purpose OF
Hamilton's appearance--to advocate
the pending bill, which would 1egislate
the present board Of directors out Of
office and provide for complete re-
organization in November.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-03-17
Mother and DAUGHTER Killed.

Chicago, March 1.-Two unidenti-
fed women, thought to be mother and
daughter. We're instantly killed by a
passenger train on the Wabash rail-
read at the crossing of the railroad
and Thirty.third street, The body OF
the elder woman was thrown high in
the air and when she struck the
ground she was dead. The younger
woman was dragged under the locomo-
tive and cut To pieces.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-03-17
THIRTY THOUSAND OUT.
Strike of French Coal, Miners Is
I, EXTENDING. - j. -,

Liens. France, March 1.-THE min
ers' strike, due TO the protest against
the management Of the mines previous
to the great disaster at Courrieres
March 10. is extending. About $4,000
men are out.
The removal OF the bodies from the
courrieres mine continues, There are
two interments daily of unrecogaizable
bodies, which are buried together in
trenches. The workers are now APP
preaching The most distant galleries
where several hundred dead remain
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-03-17
woman Convicted Of Perjury.

Minneapolis. March IL Mrs Emma
Berry has been found guilty Of per,
Jury by q Hennepin county jury The
charge upon which the verdict is based
was founded on testimony given by
Mrs. Berry IN her divorce suit with,
John Berry It is alleged she testified
that she was In st. Paul upon a certain
night, when as a matter Of fact she
was In Minneapolis at s. theater.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-03-17
COMES UP NEXT WEDNESDAY,
House Leaders Fix Date for Consid
Grafton of Statehood Bill.

Grafton of Statehood Bill.
Washington, March 17.-At a con-
ference of the Republican house lead
ers it was decided to consider the
statehood bill on Wednesday, March
81.
AS the result of a caucus which
lasted for two and one-half hours the
Republicans of the house voted 1875 to
IS to stand by the statehood bill as it
passed the house and ask the senate
for conference. This vote came
after a resolution offered by Mr.. Mon
dell of Wyoming, representing the
insurgents" 4. had been defeated, 1928
to 43. The Mondell resolution was to
agree to the senate amendment elm
mating Arizona and New Mexico from
the bill and to ask conference on the
minor amendments.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-03-17
Shot Fron, Ambush.

Florence. La. March 17Lee Stew
art and Miss Willie Davis. while stand
ing in the doorway of the young wo,
mans home at night were shot from
ambush. Stewart died of his wounds
several hours later and the woman ii
believed to be fatally wounded. David
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-03-17
DRASTIC BLOW 70 OPPOSITION.
Executive Committee Of Hungarian
Coalition Party Dissolved.

Budapest, March 1.-THE council of
ministers has issued decree dissolv-
ing the executive committee of the
Coalition party and prohibiting it from
continuing operations. This is dras-
tic blow to the activity of the anti
government forces and is based upon
the ground that the committee has
"arrogated the rights belonging solely
to the executive power" and has adopt
ed resolutions and issued manifestoes
melting public resistance to the law
or ordinances of the government"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-03-17
AID for Jap Famine Sufferers.

Washington, March 1.-THE state
department has received from the
Christian Herald, through the Red
Cross, and has forwarded to the AMIR
lean embassy at Toxic $4,000 for tie
relief of the japanese famine victims.
This is total of $4,000 which the
Christian Herald has forwarded to the
department for this purpose.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-03-17
Physician Accused 81 Murder.

Nashville, Tenn, March l7Dr
Herman Feist, q prominent physician
Of this city, was arrested here during
the day on the charge Of numbering
Mrs. Rosa Mangrum, whose body was
found floating IL the Ohio river at.
Cairo, III, recently. The warrant for
the doctors arrest was sworn out BY
Chester Mason brother Of the dead
woman.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-03-17
Cleveland Harbor Icebound.

Cleveland. March Tho Gleve-
land harbor is completely blocked With
Ice, which extends for many miles into
the lake and has temporarily stopped
the movements oil the Detroit and
Cleveland passenger steamers, which
BEGAN running recently.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-03-17
FOUR PERSONS PERISH.
Business Portion of Michigan Village
lestroved nv Fire

BUSINESS Portion OF Michigan Village
Destroyed by Fire.
Grand Rapids, Mich, March IT,
The business portion of the village of
Tustin, Osceola county, was destroyed
by fire early in the day which started
in the basement of the Hotel Comp
ton from a defective furnace. Ten
guests escaped in their night clothes,
while four were burned to death. The
dead are: William H. McGrane, pro-
prietor of the hotel; Mrs. William H.
McGrane; Edward Demorest, porter;
Charles Workman, travelling man,
Pierson. &.7-
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-03-17
HEARTRENDING SCENES AT COLORADO WRECK

investigation by the federal govern
ment."
Chairman McAllister states that a
copy of the evidence will be forwarded
to Washington within the next few
days.