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meet No. 8 at Beaver, five miles east
OF Portland.
II is supposed that No. Is was TO have
received similar orders at Swallows, hut
failing to receive these, ran on TO
Adobe
DIS. \. r. king. j, A. Black. !. ].
Mcdonnell and several doctors from
Florence aud Canyon city We're on hand
soon after the wreck.
Another train bringing dead and IN
iurad IS expected To arrive here within
q short time. \ telephone message
from Florence AT . O'Clock. said TINT
none OF the injured or dead had been
brought 70 that place. consequently 1t H.
expected all viii be brought TO Pueblo.
Or Mcmahon who has been at the
wreck since early this morning. csti-
mates the dead nj ~. He tclephopel
that he was leaving on a special train
with the bodies Tor Pueblo.
SURGEONS STATEMENT,
AZ ] y. NJ pa j. w. O'Couner chief
surgeon of the u. g. r. O. railroad said
that i6 persons were killed and Of tho
bodies recovered only those Of three
tranmen had been Identified
Conductor Frank Smith of No. 3 said
that there were ~ least 30 passengers
IN the first coach of his train which was
burned, and Of these he though that not
more than ~ escaped.
Dr. OConner believes all the injured
will recover.
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O'Clock, and today four more names
were added to tho roll, thus giving the
FUN company strength " 40 men.
Comapny G displaces company
u, which has vanished from
Salt Lake through muster out
and transfer Of its remaining
members INTO the sigma, corps, ana
20 q company j was talked Of iirsi
about two months ago and since INA!
time col. Lund has been the most at-
tive figure in recruiting for It. y few
weeks ago ball vas given al tht
armory in honor OF the ncW company
and since then it has been prepdrlnB
for muster in.
THE OFFICERS NAMED.
Following the muster officers were
elected. Alfred O. Miller was chosen
captain: Edward pike. first lieuten-
ant. aud II. G. Hicks, second lieutenant,
An of the officers are old guardsmen,
Mr.. Miller was in the guard on it's or
iglnal organization, ana was FIRST SER
geant Of the first company organized
Lieut.. Pike has served two enlist
ments, and Liaut Hicks has served
the same length of time..The non-com-
misSioued officers have not Yet been
selected, but it ~ almost certain that
T.. L. Milne will be first sergeant and
n g. Hicks first duty sergeant
This is not the first time there has
been a &C" company IN the guard
II was one of the early companies
which disappearcd some years ago,
ovinr to there being more commands
than men to MI them. As new u COM
pany was mustered In a few weeks
ago al Nc. Pleasant. the guard COM
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BEAT THE GERMANS.
Capt. David Van Horn Collected ", 900
For Demurrage.

Now York March 16.-Tn letter re-
Ueivcd yesterday by the owners, Capt.
David Van Horn told how he turned a
trick on the German government in
German Southwest Africa and sent
home from the bark Helen A. Wyuan
over 5000 collected from the Germans
for damage. Incidentally the bark is
coming with cargo of mahogany, SAID
to be the first brought here I'm an Amer
lean vessel IN competition with the
French trade.
The Helen A. Wyman left Rosario
last July with with a cargo OF hay TO b.
delivered TO the German government
at Luderitz bay.
Arriving at his destination the cap
tain found some 30 sailing vessels and
steamers lying In the roadsted A war
Was IN progress inland and the govern
meut had It's hands full. Capt. Van
Horn was not in a hurry though. He
simply reported his arrival. filed his APP
plication for Wharfage room and sat
down and waited. The wait lasted 80
days. Later he presented a bill toc
demurrage at the rate Of Sl3j a day.
This was paid,
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TROUBLE IN CHINA.
Rev. II. :. Little Astonished at GEN
Corbin's statement ms 10 the Cause.

New York, March l6.-"Any one
recently home from China and hearing
the statement Of Gen. Corbin that mis-
sionaries are tho cause OF the pres
ent unrest IN China, cannot help be-
ing astonished, says the Rev Har-
rington s. Little. an Episcopal mis-
sionary, Just returned from China ar
ter nearly eight years residence there,
He says the charge against the nrs-
sionaries Is preposterous, He said yes
terday'
Undoubtedly there has been some
cause OF irritation against French
missionaries who have used the pow
er Of their government IN their work
md IN law suits and whom France
has used to further her interests I'm
China At the demand Of France Ro-
man Catholic bishops have been given
bv the Chinese government high Of
fetal rank. and with their new author
ity has come the temptation TO mis-
use their power, but even so, IL Is I'M
possible. in view Of the facts already
stated 10 admit for u moment the
charge Of Gen. Corbln against mis-
siOnarles Careful study Of the chi
nose question compels the conclusion
that political and social rather than
directly religious conditions have
brought China TO It's present state Of
agitation and turmoil
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DRAMATIC ART GRADUATES.

New York, March i6.--The grsdus-
ZION exercises OF the American Acsd-
omy ~ Dramatic Art took place yes
tcrdJy at tho Empire theatar. Ad-
dresses were delivered by Otis Skinner.
George Fawcett Miss Clara Blood
good, Miss Katherine Grey and others.
Tho exercises closed with the present
ta,ion ~ diplomas u tNc "a members
of the graduating class
The David Belasco medal for tech
meal skill was awarded to Edward
: Longmau of Bronkiyu, and tho Mrs
Esther Herman gold medal for earn
cstness and progress was awarded TO
Forester IL. orr Of Dallas, Texas.
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Disastrous Wreck Comes In the Darkness of the NIGHT
OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF DEAD AND INJURED

NENVER oAt general Rio
~ ckodayan nadt berof
than
i a
mile
About no
obtanab
m the
r.
o
0 the racko o
eroP
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JUDGE PARKER DENIES
STORY ABOUT THIRD TERM

Augusta, Ga. March l6.--Judgc Al
ton b. Parker passed Augusta this
morning on his way 10 Camden, whore
he went to CONFER With David y, Hill.
lie denied having given out an intcr-
view al Birmingham TO the effect that
he believed President Roosevelt viii
seek another nomination and declined
to discuss that subject
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PACIFIC SUGAR WAR.
spreckcls Puts on Steamers TO Bring
Sugar From Cuba.

San Francisco, March l6.--Thc sugar
war between Claus Sprsckels western
sugar refinery and sugar factory cont
pany of Honolulu has caused the for
mer company 10 bring raw sugar 10
this coast from cuba. Mr. Spreckcls
has put on a line Of sailing vessels
for this purpose He also gets carr
goes from Java and the PHILIPPINES.
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uead.on, Round a Curve Collision
Between Eastbound No. is
And WeStbound No. 3.
BLAME PUT ON DISPATCHER.
x,,,her of Dead Ranges From Fifteen
10 fifty and Those Injured VIII
Exceed Twenty-Five.

Pueblo, Colo, March 10
The worst railroad wreck IN
Colorado since the memorable
Eden disaster. occurred about
a.SO O'Clock this morning, on
fine I. ,nycr q Rio Grandc rail
rond near Adobe, about 30
miles west Of Pueblo. East
hound No 10 crashed into west
hound No. 3, tcicscoping the
forward cars ON each train. The
coaches AZ once took fire and
the flames completed the horror
begun by the collision.
The number of dead is csti-
mated at from Is to 30. The
number of injured II placed at
%.
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PUEBLO REPORT SAYS SO
Gives That rs Number Killed in
The Adobe Wreck.

Pueblo, March l6.--In q noon
extra edition the Pueblo Chief
tain. morning newspaper. an
nounccs that 30 persons. two
engineers, one fireman and one
express messenger and 81 pas
seneers.) were killed in The
Adobe wreck.
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COMPANY c IS
NOW A REALITY,
Mustered Into the Service Last
Night by Col. H. NJ. n.
lund.
ALFRED 0. MILLER CAPTAIN.
Edward Pike il First, and II. {. Hicks
second Licutenant--Condition
OF the Guard.

Company C. First infantry y. q. L..
began its existence last night. when
COL II. VI. H. Lund mustered into the
service of the state Of Utah SO y0uns
men at the National Guard armory.
The muster oath was administered to
the recruits together shortly after 5
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header, was found dead I'm his cab
with his hahc on the throttle.
r.. NJ. Mcfarland, relative of the
detective and an express messenger, II
among the dead Many Of the bodies
VIII never be identified, having been
burned to a crisp. Part OF the mail
was destroyed and all the express mat.
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RELIEF TRAINS.

Relief trains were at once dispatched
from Pueblo and Florence but the
work is necessarily slow. because Of the
smoke and cold. The FIRST train bear
ing injured reached Pueblo shortly at
Ter O'ciutak
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UNDERTAKINGS APPEAR.

Undertakcrs went to the scene Of the
wreck on the first relief train and as
sisted I'm extricating the dead and dying
passengers.
On train No. Is was Or. L. NJ, Coch I'm
of Slida. He had nothing with him m
the way of appliances for the care of
the injured excepting q pocket case but
rendered valuable assistance.
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HEART RENDING SCENES.

There were heart-rending scenes at
the wreck, Mlngline with the roar
OF burning gas and the cracking OF
the flames as they licked up the debris
Of splntered cars, were the terrible
cries of the poor creatures pinned
down beneath the wreckage, the cruel
flames eating their flesh while the
helpless survivors Of the catastrophe
could only look on, shivoring with
horror at the sounds which will ring
IN their ears until the end OF their
lives
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WAS COLD AND SHOWING.

II was an intensely cold morning, and
the snow was falling heavily. The
weather combined with the flames i'm
adding Ia the suffering of the injured
and tn discomfort OF the rescucrs Word
was hastily sent Ia Florence and Port
land for volunteer workers who rushed
20 the scene, whore they did all that was
possible under the conditions that pre-
vailed 4 relief train with surgeons
was hastily arranged when the news
reached the officers of the company in
this city, and 1t arrived at the scene
about o'clock in the morning, rhc
wounded were at once placed upon the
train and were brought TO this city.
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SOME or THE DEAD.

Of passengers on the Inflated trains
are as follows:
WILLIAM HOLLIS, engineer No.
IG
HUGH SuDDURTH, Pueblo, fire
man on No. rs.
u. VI. MCFARLAND. Globe express
messenger, No. 10.
WALTER CAUSLETT. engineer first
engine No. 3, 80 Block G., Pueblo,
wife and three children.
LIST or INJURED.
at the Rio Grandc division supcrin-
tendent's Office IL was announced that
the exact number of killed and in
jurcd was not known.
MNRON PHILLIPS, salt Lake ankle
hurt
JOHN SCOTT, Denver, arms and
Ley cut
\. CARRIER, New York, ear.
RALPH BONITON. Brighton, Ia.
l.. C. RANSCOTToM, san Francis
60, neck.
DAVE McCULLAM, Chicago, Port
er, inhaled gas,
SARAH GALIIGAN, Cleveland, o.,
cut ON head.
w J. PAUL, Portland, Or, foot.
THOMAS WEBB, Chama, n. NJ.
CLAUDE ROBINSON, Denver, leg.
T. ii. WEBB, Yampa, Colo. slight
BERT MEYERS, Pottersyillc. Mo,
slight.
W, J.. HEWITT, Lcbo, Kas., slight.
CLAUDE ROBINSON, Denver, SER
ious,
IT, l., GOLDBERG, Denver, slight.
W. H. PAGE, Yampa, Colo, serious.
RALPH BRITTON, Brighton, Ia.
serious,
MABEL FIELDS, Wolcott, Colora.
do serious.
terious. '''
slight ~"
{. c. HOUSE, Chama. n. NJ, slight.
slight. ~''''
flight. '''o''
slight. VIVA
GEORGE BRADSHAW, Chicago,
"it loot smashed.
s. W: FIELDS, Laramie, Wyo. left
leg broken.
rhlilP PETERS, address unknown.
''os broken and cut about head.
ohMEs TRoCIONE, Florence, right
IN l. JONES, mail wcighcr. Denver.
'hest and head injured.
slight, "'''"' fuco'o'
,sMaI ~ WATKINS, Denver, cut ON
vi the Hewitt family OF eleven only
WV escaped. The others were burned
W crisp During the progress of IN,
one man was seen hanging from
car window
iUr nods sake, save me-" he cried.
pu' me heat was too intense for IN,
.s to reach him. lie sIowl,
.oas'eu to death before the rest or
wv ''o"d around the burning wreck.
FORTY cHARRED BODIES.
I'o'o' March l6,-About 40 eharred
pol'e' lIe in the ruins of two passen-
ser 'ralns on the Denver & Rio Gran1o
a','oad'which were wrecked by head
''l collision at 2:lO o'clock this morn
'1S al point between Beaver and
"a'oe' about IS miles west of Pueblo.
FIFTEEN IN ONE HOSPITAL.
In nv se az, persons were severely ln,ure,
!" 'Ns disaster. and are lying on cots M ~
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they received the full force of the
blow, and were crushed like egg shells.
The sleepers We're practically miniured.
the passengers being only badly shaken
up.
When the flames burst out among
the Wreckage. the surviving passengers
assisted by the fcw rajlroadors who
were uninjured. cut the connection be-
tween the wrecked cars and those
which had escaped comparatively unin-
jured and forced the latter cars down
the track 20 "A distance that prevent
cd the flames from communicating to
them.
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"l.Apo ORDERS DID IT.

Lap" orders were the cause Of the
disaster, So far as can be ascertained.
orders had been issued for the trains
TO pass at Adobe about half a mile
from the scene Of the collision, but No.
l6 when 1t pulled out Of Florence was
given orders to pass No. at Beaver
FIVE miles east of Portland. 1t is said
that the second order was tn have been
given to No. az Swallows, but that
the train went through without receiv-
ing any orders there The railway Of
fcials have instituted a rigid inquiry
into the matter.
The scene Of the wreck is located
27is miles from Pueblo. four and
half miles from Florence and one and
a half mile from Portland.
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COACH WAS CROWDED.

The forward coach OF the hapless
train was we'll filed in fact, it was iii
iicult TO find 4 seat anywhere and a
number Of passengers were standing IN
the aisles. Just as this train was round
ing "A sharp curve between Beaver ANA
Adobe, train No Is, east-bound, and
running at high rate of speed, whirled
around the curve and crashed into tho
heavy train which was climbing the
sharp grade.
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When a relief train arrived from
Pueblo, there was little left in the cars
that We're burned to indicate that there
had been precious freightage OF hui
man lives. excepting piles of scorchai
flesh and smolderipg bones. Passenger
train No 3. the Utah and California
express, which started from Denver at
S o'clock last evening, left this city
soon after midnight. heavily loaded
with passengers and pulled by engines
$40 and 100
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FURTHER RELIEF COMES.

Shortly before noon another relief
train came in from the wreck, bringing
the bodies OF 10 of the dead. They
were Immediately taken to an under
taking establishment ana the " TX az
preparing the bodies for identification
was begun, AT noon II was said that
only two OF the bodies, those Of En-
gineer Cosslett and Engineer Hollis,had
been identified. The bodies presented
frightful appearance, and are 50
blackened by the fire that II win be
very difficult indeed 10 Identify them
How many more bodies still remain
at the scene OF the wreck has not been
established up to this hour
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ST. Marys hospital In this city, with
the prospect that some of them will be
added TO the death list.
For two hours and half, half nude
men, thrown from their berths by the
impact OF the two trains rushing togeth-
or frantically tore at burning timbers,
endeavoring yainly to extrlcate scorch-
ing people from an awful fate.
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THE FATEFur ORDERS.

According TO the fret orders the trains
were supposed 10 meet at Adobe. one
half mile from the scene OF the wreck,
At Florence No. ~ received orders to
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CAUSE OF TIE WRECK.

Pueblo, Cot, March 16.--The cause OF
the wreck IL attributed to a failure to
deliver orders to No. 49, 80 that No. 3
could pass,
Among the physicians who rendered
assistance was DIR. y. n. Cochens, OF
Sallda, who was on No. Is, at the time
Of the collision, but who escaped IN
Jury. He at once began caring for
the wounded and was assisted by Drs.
q. W. Rambo and +. Il, Moore, OF
Florence, who soon arrived at the
scene OF the disaster. Some of the
victims were pinioned under the wreck
ing and burned alive before help could
reach them.
Many thrilling rescues were reported
during the earlier hours Of the catas-
tropho. one man, whose name could
not be learned. forced his way into a
coach, seized young girl who had
been pinned under the wreckage Of
seat and endeavored TO remove her to
n place OF safety. As he raised her
the girl gave gasp and died In his
arms The rescuer dropped his burden
and seized a man who was lying UNI
der a roof of timber whom he dragged
TO a clearing IN the wreckage, there
other hands received him and carried
him to a place OF safety. This one
man was seen 10 take four persons
from the wrecklng.
ONE MANS DREADFUL LOSS.
Most Of tho injured were on No. 3,
which was heavily laden. No. 16 car
red comparatively few passengers, AMI
these escaped generally with a slight
shaking up. a man named Hewitt lost
his father, mother, wife. three chill
dren, brother and two other relatives.
FIVE OF CREW KILLED.
Three Of the crew on No. 3 were killed
neers on No. ., which was double
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-, day some things. often things
"a rea 4 importance, may be learned
~ -. through reading the ads.
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Want advertising furnishes you "the
answer to the lIi,le real riddle"
even though II is hard one.
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CONFUSION AND DEATH.

In an instant all was confusion. Pass
engers We're hurled from their seats
and covered with 'splnters OF wood and
flying glass, Many were killed In the
awful impact, and the others caught be-
meath the wreckage, filled the air with
their cries for assistance A moment
later the gass with which the train
was lighted exploded, and in an instant
the wreckage was blazing fercely,
The Washington times., 1906-10-21

a direct appeal to the emotions
through the medium Of the music.
As a matter Of common sense, the
most dramatic situation of a tragic
grand opera would he absurd if the
emotions of the audiences were not
completely dominated by the mu-
sic, You see a tenor stab himself
and gasp his life out note by note,
and always he dies at the proper
pause in the music.
"This performance we are Civ
ing" continued the comedian,
swiftly reverting to the original
question, "is a very light affair, but
it serves to entertain and amuse
our audiences. And that is the first
and most important function of the
theater. You must entertain. OBJ
serve the churches today. Many of
The Washington times., 1906-10-21

that American managers 60 across
for their plays and neglect home
talent"
"They do 90 across to look the
field over, and I'll admit that they
are more likely to accept a play
that has been successfully produced
there than one in manuscript on this
side. That is only reasonable. A
man can form a better judgment of
a play he sees on the boards than
Of one whose production can be
nothing but a mental picture to
The Washington times., 1906-10-21

consider cheap, but nevertheless it
gives US a little thrill when we
hear it well done. You cannot af-
ford to omit Cohan from the list
Of American playwrights."
Il see he's scored his first fail
ure.
" Popularity" So am told. Oh,
well! He can't strike twelve every
time. You don't write good criti-
cisms Of every play, you see. Ev-
eryone lets down at times. We
have a most promising school of
The Washington times., 1906-10-21

for instance" | suggested q once
heard it sung by the New Orleans
French opera company, and the
church was packed"
Exactly. That is your answer.
Your public must be entertained.
That is the raison d'etre for the the
ater-that requirement must always
be satisfied"
Apparently you haven't found
much difficulty in making the
change from comic opera to farce
comedy"
'It is not a very great change.
In some comic operas the comedy
work differs cry slightly from
farce comedy. That was true of
'Erminie. | have seen De Angels
do excellent farce comedy work in
his productions. De Wolf Hopper,
The Washington times., 1906-10-21
OR lA1JQlCBs1SS

them are all but deserted during
services. People pay s. a seat to
be entertained at the theater and
stay away from church, where
seats are free and the object OF at
tendance is their own ultimate wei
fare. That is why church services
are being made more and more at
tractive-more elaborate ceremo-
nies, improved =; e-en the in
PRODUCTION of orchesuas, The Cath
olic church understands that and
always has. Much of he. music is
the composition of masters, and is
entirely equal in beauty TO the best
grand operas"
"Gounod's 'Messe Solennelle,
The Washington times., 1906-10-21

dramatists does not supply our ac-
tors. Crane hasn't had the right
play for several seasons. And look
at Nat Goodwin's long run of bad
luck"
"That may be Goodwin's bad
judgment, though / have always
considered his judgment excellent.
He took Nathan Hale when ap-
parently no one else would have il
and made big success. And you
must remember that Goodwin has
had more than his share Of good
plays and viii get them again. As
! told you before, you cannot al
ways strike twelve"
"Also," | objected, you must
subtract from the output the plays
that have gone 10 Englishmen.
Fayersham got The Squaw Man
and D'OrSay drew two of Thomas
plays"
"Faversham is practically an
American today and D'Orsay's
two plays were written around his
English manneriSmS.
"Stll," persisted, there are not
enough successful American plays
being written to supply the de-
mand."
"Oh, that's true enough"
Then why not go back TO some
Of the old successes"
"The managers would like Moth
ing better. Remember, you can
produce Shakespeare and escape
royalties. The managers do not
continually produce new plays be
cause they wish to, but because the
Playgoers demand novelty"
q don't mean Shakespeare.
Wouldn't it Pay to have a big the
ater in a town like Washington,
where the successful plays of ten,
twenty, and thirty years ago could
he put on at popular prices by
high-priced stock company as good
as the old Empire Theater stock
company? Select plays that made
big hits before the present genera
ton became playgoers. That would
furnish the novelty and the peO-
pie would be assured of seeing only
firSt-claSS performances of first
class plays"
IF l could answer that ques-
ton could make an enormous for