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Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-04-06
ELEPHANT BUTTE
WATER USERS
Ratify Contract With the United
States BY Almost Unanimous
Vote.

Special to the New Mexican.
Las Cruces, N. NJ, April 6.-The
stockholders of the Elephant Butte
Water Users Association, who voted
April 3, upon the proposition to rati-
fly the contract with the United States
government In the matter of the con-
struction of the Elephan Butte dam
and reservoir system, have duly rati-
fled and approved the same by their
votes almost unanimously, but four
votes being recorded against the
proposition. This means speedy
commencement by the U. s. Reclama.
ton service of construction work on
the system and the reclaiming Of over
100000 acres of valuable land from
its arid condition. The result which
this action of the stockholders will
have upon the Mesilla Valley, can
hardly be calculated; it will be great
and beneficial
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-04-06
"HUNCER STRIKE.
Political Prisoners in Russia Starve
Themselves to Force Authorities
to Try Them.

Moscow, April 6.-The political pris'
oners with whom the local jails are
crowded have declared a hunger
strike" (refusing to partake of food
to compel the authorities either to
bring them to immediate trial or to
order their release. Many prisoners
have been three months in Jail without
being confronted with the charges
agains them. The determination OF
the political prisoners to starve them.
selves increased the excitement caused
by the election campaign
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-04-06
President Mitchell
Wires Winder He
Will Give Plans
to Board.
FOR A SETTLEMENT M
OHIO
Operators are Busy Discus
sing Proposition Made by
Men For Adjustment
Of the Wage Scale.

New York, April 6.-Pending tht
consideration by the anthracite oper
ators of an offer from the mine work
ers to arbitrate the differences exist
ing between them, the coal workers
will make no move and will simply
wait until Monday for the mine own
ers' reply. The operators are buslly
engaged on the miners proposition ant
the sentiment of the subcommittee o.
operators is against the acceptance d
the miners offer at least in its pres
ent shape.
Mitchell Made No Comments.
New York, April 6.-When Presi
dent Mitchell was shown the bulletin
from Columbus today announcing thai
President Winder had telegraphed
President Roosevelt and President
Mitchell, proposing that the strike in
the bituminous fields be settled on the
same terms which the miners proposed
to the anthracite operators he declined
to make any comment. He regarded
the move as very interesting" he
said, but in the absence Of official ad
vices, could say nothing about the
matter. The sentiment Of the anthra
cite miners scale committee with re-
gard to such arbitration is that con
ditions in the anthracite and bitumi
nous fields are widely different.
Settle in Ohio BY Arbitration.
Columbus, Ohio, April 6.-John H
Winder, president Of the Ohio opera
tors association telegraphed to Presi
dent Roosevelt and President Mitchell
today, from Charleston, West Vir
ginia, where the operators and miners
are meeting, that the bituminous oper
ators of Ohio propose to President
Mitchell to settle the strike in the
bituminous region on the same terms
as Mitchell proposes to the anthracite
operators, namely by arbitration.
To Place Settlement Proposition Be.
fore Executive Board.
New York, April 6.-President
Mitchell today telegraphed J. H. Win.
der in reply to the proposed arbitra-
ton that he would lay the proposal
before the international executive
board of the Union, when it convenes
at indianapolis on April 18th.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-04-06
DOWIE WILL PERFORM
MIRACLES ON RETURN
Says He Will Give Faithful $4,000,
900 and Do Other
Stunts.

Chicago, April 6.-The Daily News
today says that John Alexander Dowie
announced in private telegram to
one of his deacons that he will return
to Zion City late Monday night and
perform miracle" He promises
among other things to bring to the
faithful in Zion" $10,0O0,000 in gold
and several scrolls of parchment up
on which are written the five books OF
Moses. In message which was sent
from the City of Mexico Dowie de-
clared that he is "now greater than
he ever was believed to be-"
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-04-06
PREl llMiNARY HEARING OF
WALSH POSTPONED

Chicago, April 6.-Preliminary hear.
ing Of John r. Walsh, who was ar
rested on charges connected with the
failure of the Chicago National Bank,
Of which he was president, was today
continued for the fourth time. Attor-
neys for Walsh declared that they had
not been given sufficient time in which
to prepare their case and asked for a
continuance until April 16 which was
agreed to by the government attor-
neys.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-04-06
CRISIS OVER.
Peace Between Crown and People OF
Hungary Has Been Effected
at Last.

Vienna, April 6.-Peace between the
crown and the Hungarians has been
concluded and the parliamentary crisis
is over. Premier Fejervary has re-
signed and Alexander Wekerle has
been appointed premier with mandate
to form conciliatory cabinet for Hun
gary.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-04-06
Won BUELOW RECEIVERS
FROM PAINTING SPELL.

Berlin, April 6.-Chancellor Won
Buelow, who tainted while in the
Reichstag, yesterday, slept through
out the night and woke fresh and clear
headed this morning. The physicians
say no bad consequences are likely as
a result of the chancellor's illness.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-04-06
FAMOUS PAINTER DEAD.
Eastman johnson Whose Picture OF
"Old Kentucky Home" Made Him
Famous No More.

New York, April 6.-Eastman john
son, a famous painter, died suddenly
at his home here last night, in his
eighty second year. In 1858, he paint
ed "Old Kentucky Home" and estab-
lished national reputation. He eX
celed also as a portrait painter.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-04-06
WRECKS CAUSE DELAYS
Appears to Be "6lack Letter Day" on
Santa Fe Though None Was
Serious.

The Santa Fe California Limited ar
rived in Albuquerque about Z O'Clock
last night, nine hours behind schedule
because of wreck at Bloom station
on Ration Mountain early yesterday
morning when the limited collided
with a light engine, destroying both
engines. Fortunately no one was in
jured.
Freights Wrecked at Ribera.
Two freight trains collided near Ri
bera doing some damage to both en-
gines but not injuring the crews. This
wreck caused slight delay to the pas
senger trains All trains from the
coast are running behind schedule sew
eral hours because of floods in Cali
fOrnia.
Cars in Ditch.
A report was received here early
this afternoon that Santa Fe train No.
8 was in the ditch at Canoncito. H.
S. Lutz, local agent Of the road, said
in regard to the matter that several
cars, which he understood to be freight
cars, had been derailed at a point five
miles east of Lamy Junction and that
as result passenger trains from
that place were being delayed. At the
Santa Fe depot no details of the wreck
had been secured, but it had been re-
ported there that trains No. and 10
were being held at Lamy Junction on
this account
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-04-06
CHANGE IN MONEY
MARKET SITUATION.

New York, April Call on money
loaned at 20 per cent shortly after
the opening of the stock market today.
The ruling rate was rs at the end of
the first hour. The rise extended until
It was loaned at 81 at noon,
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-04-06
FORTY. NINE KILLED.
And Fifty injured in the Collapse o
Stage Hotel in Germany

Nagold, Black Forest, Germany,
April 6.-The revised list of casual
ties resulting from the collapse of the
Hotel Zum Hirschen yesterday, shows
40 lost their lives and fifty were seri-
ously injured
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-04-06
COATS OF MAIL FOR
RUSSIAN POLICE

HUSSINN POIICE.
St. Petersburg, April 6.-The chief
of police at st. Petersburg after vari-
GUS tests is equipping the police and
gendarmes with coats of mail to
be worn under their uniforms.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-04-06
AFTER ZULUS.
English Start an Expedition in Pur
suit of South African Natives

Durham, Natal, April GA punitive
expedition started from Greytown
this morning in pursuit of Bambaata,
the insurgent chief, and deposed re-
gent of the Greytown district.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21
MEN CRUSHED BY ROOF.
Three Flremen Killed and Nine In.
jured.

Camden, N. J., (Special) Three fire
men were killed and nine others serious
ly injured at fire which destroyed the
old Sixth Regiment Armory at Bridge
and West Streets, in this city
The fire started in the boiler room Of
the armory building, and quickly spread
to all parts of the structure. About a
dozen fremen were ordered into the
burning building with a line of hose,
and were making good progress in fight
ing the flames when they were warned
by Fireman Harry Dease that the roof
was giving away. Before the men could
heed the warning the great expanse of
roof fell, burying Dease and the others
under it. Shields, Hllman and Jobes
were crushed to death, but the others
managed to follow the line of hose and
escaped, after most of them had been
seriously lacerated and burned The in
jured were removed 10 Cooper Hospital.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21
LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS
The Canning Industry.

A bulletin issued by the Census Burcau
giving preliminary summary of the sta
tistics for the preserving and canning in
dustres in the United States for the
calendar year 1904 says there has been a
large increase in the business. There
was slight apparent decrease in the
number of wage-earners, which the bulletir
says is due largely to a considerable num-
Der being cmplayed in fish cannerics TN
der a contract system. where no record
OF the number was kept. Neither were
fishermen included in the census.
In 1904 there were 2,6S7 establish.
ments, with a total capital of $6o,5So,3Io
an increase in the latter figures over Iooc
of As per cent. The number of wage
earncrs for 1904 is given at 5o,2s8 a'
against 5I,os5 for 1000, but the wage.
paid in 1904 were $I4,I5473o, as againsi
$I2,75o,45o for 1000, while the miscellan'
cous expenses for 1904 were $S,s44,4o7
an increase OF 100 per cent. over 1900
The total product for 1904, exclusive o.
fruits and vegetables, fish and oyster
manaiacturered by establishments classi
ned under another head, valued at ST.
oo3,2oI, was $Io7,534,464, an increase o.
80 per cent.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21
HOLD ALL mIDDlEs ON A LEVEL.
Secretary BOuaparie Says There Is Con.
spiracY.

Washington, D. c., (SpeciaD Mid
shipmen at Annapolis have been con-
spring TO prevent a high standard of
scholarship, according TO the statement of
Secretary Bonaparte before the House
Committee on Naval Affairs. Briliancy
has been discouraged and a sort or trade
union agreement to hold all midshipmen
on a dead level, so far as class records
are concerned. has been in existence, so
the Secretary Of the Navy told the COM
mttee.
There has been tendency to place the
man who barely passes on plane with
those having higher records, and anything
like superior records has been discour-
aged
Secretary Bonapar'e said that a recent
order for the graduation in September
Of the members of the senior class who
have good averages and holding the
others until six months later had already
affected the combination against high
grades and improved class records.
The Secretary OF the Navy also dis
cussed hazing at length, and objected
to amendments to his antihazing bill in
the Senate which provides that midship-
men may be tried before court martial for
hazing upon their own petition. He said
this would be fatal to discipline and
urged the passage of his bill for gradu-
ated punishment without amendment.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21
FOREIGN

The Hungarian Council of Ministers
issued decree dissolving the execution
committee OF the Coalition party, strik-
ing a severe blow to the antigovernment
forces.
An airship company, to construct and
experiment with war craft, has been
formed in Berlin.
The new census OF Germany shows
population of 6o,oo5,I83.
The Japanese Railways Nationaliza-
ton Bill passed the japanese House OF
Representatives. 1t will take $25o,ooo,ooo
to buy the railways.
Workmen in the many Russian fac
tories have refused to participate in the
election for delegates to the National
Assembly
The Car has instructed Premier Witte
to prepare a bill for presentation TO the
National Assembly providing for the
equality of the Jews.
Russian political prisoners at Warsaw
are said to have been subjected to hor-
rible tortures to force them to sign con-
fessions of guilt.
Francis Kossuth, the Hungarian lead
er, is seriously i'll with heart trouble.
Forty revolutionsts and a number OF
bombs have been seized in Moscow.
Governor General Rennenkampff issued
a proclamation declaring that if an at
tempt is made on his life Goo revolution
lists will be executed
Henning marriage broker, wanted in
various parts of Germany for swindling
and murder. was captured at Stettn after
hard fight. A.
A complete deadlock prevails in the
Moroccan conference between the French
and German delegates.
The Citizens National League a new
English party, was organized to combat
all forms Of socialism and municipal ex-
travagance
The original draft of Lord Nelson's
historic general memorandum" was sold
at public auction in London for $4,000.
Ivan Kulikof, the assassin of the gov
ernor OF Minsk, Russia, was publicly
hanged and his execution was bungled.
The battleship Ohio, with Admiral
Train on board, arrived at Manila.
The officers OF guard regiment at
ST. Petersburg upon receiving orders to
60 to the Baltic provinces to "pacify"
the country resigned in a body.
Three villages on Savoii Island, Sa-
moan group, have been destroyed by
volcano eruption. A stream OF molten
lava stretches FIVE miles out to sea.
Arthur Clavell Salter, Unionist, was
elected to the House OF Commons at
byc-eiection, succeeding A. T. Jeffreys,
Conservative.
More than 10000 people have been
arrested in Russia since the government
entered upon the campaign against the
reyolutionists.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21
POLICYH0LDERS
ilAKE PROTEST
Their Money Spent in Campaign For
Proxies.
THE NEW YORK LIFE IS CRITICISED.
Letter Sent TO Alexander E.. Orr on Be-
half of $4,000 Polieyholdsrs, Strongly
Protesting Against the Effort OF Trustees
Whose Terms Shortly Expire to Have
Themselves Reelected.

New York (SpeciaD Samuel Inter
myer counsel for the International Poll
cyholders' Committee, Of the New York
Life Insurance Company, sent a letter
10 Alexander E. Orr, president OF the
New York Life, protesting, in the name
terms the extraordinary effort that is
being made by the officers of the COM
pany to obtain proxies for the annual
election which is TO be held next month.
1t is estimated that more than 100000
has been spent in this way.
The poXies are for use at the annual
meeting OF the New York Life on April
II, in the event OF the failure to pass
the Armstrong committee recommenda-
tions before that date II the Arm
strong committee bills relating to
mutual company trustees are enacted
before April II the proxies will, OF
course, be void, and the annual meeting
postponed until November Is, or some
other date set by the committee, when
an entire new board will be elected
Mr.. Untemyer in his letter TO President
Orr intimates that it is the desire Of the
management to re-elect the six trustees
at the April election for the effect which
it will have in the more strenuous cam
paign that will precede the annual elec-
ton set by the Armstrong committee.
Mr.. Untermyer's letter in part is as fol-
lows:
"As counsel for policyholders and COM
mittees that are now representing up
wards Of 10000 policyhoders in your
company, | am instructed to protest in
their behalf against the extraordinary
use thar is being made by you and your
pany who are being pressed into the
service Of soliciting poxies for the re-
election Of yourself and associates as
directors at enormous expense to the
poiicyholders
1T was under your administration that
the requests Of policyholders for an in
spection Of the lists, SO that they might
know who are their associates and be
able to communicate with them as to the
selection Of trustees, was recently de-
MED
when the court granted that demand
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21
TWENTY Y-ONE PEOPLE
BURNED IN TRAIN WRECK
Head-on Collision of Two Trains the Denver
and Rio Grande During Snowstorm--
Signal Operator Asleep.

Hardly had the noise of the wreck
ceased, when a sheet of fire ran through
the shattered cars Of both trains. In the
forward coach OF the westbound every
seat was occupied by passengers, most
OF whom were homeseekers. A number
of foreigners were among them, and in
their terror they gave UP life without
making any attempt TO reach safety OUT
side the burning car. They sank 10 the
floor OF the car and were roasted alive.
The cooler ones in the car, seeing their
danger, rushed for the windows and
doors, and with the aid OF the passengers
in the rear train and those members OF
the train crew who were unhurt managed
to reach the open air Many were injured
BY the rough handling they received or
by flying glass.
When the occupants of the two sleep
ing cars saw that nothing could be done
to check the flames they aided the train
men in pushing back the undamaged
cars
Communication was opened with the
Pueblo office of the railroad from Port
land, a mile from the wreck, and a re-
lief train with physicians was dispatched
to the wreck The injured were placed
in the sleeping cars and brought to Pueb-
10 with the passengers Of the eastbound
train who were unhurt Another relief
train came from Florence to take away
the uninjured portion OF the eastbound
train.
Il is impossible TO determine the exact
number of dead on account of the incin-
Grafton OF many bodies. The number
of victims burned is said to be at least
20. The railroad officers asserted that
only IS persons were killed.
The monetary damage to railroad prop
crty is 100000. In addition TO this
much baggage and mail were destroyed.
One of the pathetic tragedies OF the
disaster was the wiping out of all but
two of the family Of Taylor Hewitt Of
Lebo Kan Father. mother, daughter,
Crandchild and the wives Of the sons are
missing The two sons-E. A. Hewitt
and w. L. Hewitt-are among the in
jured in the hospitals here. each Of them
having leg fractures in addition to other
injuries
Two victims OF the wreck were Dep
uty Sheriff Edward Baird, of Denver,
and Archibald Whitney, a prisoner
whom Baird was taking to the peniten-
tiary at Canon City The office was kill
ed instantly Whitney was burned to
death. But for the shackles on his wrists
he could have escaped.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21

Pueblo, Col, (SpeciaD-Some two
score lives were crushed out in a head
on collision OF two passenger trans
near Adobe. Col, on the Denver ana
Rio Grandc Railroad, and more than a
score Of the victims were incinerated be-
yond identification by fire that destroy
ed the wrecked coaches. More than a
score were injured, but all will probably
recover.
The rcck was due to undelyered or
ders, heavy mountain grades, binding
snowstorm, a sharp curve and the slip
perry condition OF the rails Only the
locomotive, baggage and day coaches
were wrecked, the sleeping cars escap-
ing almost unscathed, as IN the Eden
disaster on the same road in 1904, when
part of a train ran into a Hooded canyon
through a washed-out bridge.
Many OF the dead were. homeseekers
bound for the Northwest. The three
crushed locomotives set fire TO the splin-
tered coaches. and ii was hours before
dll lllN DOultH MtlN ltNoN NANAs ttAN ileAii~9
being so hot that rescuers could not ap-
proach the debris until the fuel burned
out.
1t was wild, stormy night in the
mountain canyons when the two heavy
trains met Binding snow darkened
the rocky gorges and speed was not
high.
Suddenly headlights flashed out. and it
was realized by the engineers that some
thing was wrong According TO Fireman
J. II. Smith, OF the westbound train,
Engineer Walter Coslett applied the
emergency brake. but the slippery sails
allowed the momentum of the heavy train
to carry it on to the fatal crash.
The impact was scarcely noticeable,
but the trains crushed and ground into
each other The helper engine OF the
westbound train acted as a cushion,
minimizing the force and weight of the
heavy mountain engines This helper
was crushed together like so much pa
per and the larger locomotives ran
through the mesh of iron and plowed
each other to pieces
Fireman Smith was the only one Of the
engine crews to escape The baggage
car OF the westbound train broke in two
and three coaches were squeezed togeth-
er. The baggage car, the mail car and
a coach Of the eastbound train buckled
but none OF the cars telescoped.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21

it was under your administration that
the funds of the poicyholders were used
in the appeal from that ruling, which
resulted in the extraordinary decision
that denied to them access to the lists.
"It is remarkable that in the opinion
in that case the court observes with pro-
phetic vision that these lists might prove
a valuable asset in INSCRIPTIONS hands
And so they will if you are permitted
to utilize them as you are now doing
81 am informed that within the past
few days you sent out from your head
Office to your entire agency force
throughout the country kilograms urging
them to collect proxies
Il have before ME one OF a number
OF printed letters and circulars issued
from your head Office, signed by the cash
ier of your company, with an accompany
ing form OF proxy, addressed to policy
holders inclosing biography of each of
the directors and officers whom you seek
to reelect, including yourself. This
proxy is 10 Messrs. John Claflin, Oscar
5. Straus and Clarence II. Mackay, of
whom biographies are also inclosed,
printed at the expense of the policy
holders.
IF these documents have been sent
to every policyholder, the cost to the
company of postage alone would be about
$4,000, and the cost OF pinting the sta
tionety as much more
These documents are coming to us in
great numbers from infuriated policy
holders, with the request that our com
mittee take some action to prevent your
thus wasting the money OF the policy
holders in the attempt to return yourself
to office"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21
Confirmation Of Ethel Roosevelt.

Washington, d c. (SpcciaD Pres
ident Roosevelt's second daughter, Miss
Ethel; Secretary Taft's daughter, Miss
Helen, and a daughter OF Gen. A. w.
Greeley, Of the Army, were among a
class OF about 25 young people who were
confirmed at ST. Johns Episcopal Church
Sunday afternoon Bishop Satterlee ad-
mnistered the rite Of confirmation, the
presentations to the bishop being made
by Rev. Roland Cotton Smith, the rector
Of the church. President and Mrs.
Roosevelt and Secretary Taft were pres
ent at the church.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-03-21
Cashier Gets Six Years.

Buffalo, N. Y, (SpeciaD Fred. r.
Green, former cashier of the dcfunct
Fredonia National Bank, pleaded guilty
and was sentenced to six years in Au-
burn prison. Green was indicted on az
counts, charging abstraction, embezzle-
ment and false entry in connection with
the funds and books of the broken bank.
He was arrested on an alleged false en-
try relative to the Forestville State Bank.
which also failed.