Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-03-29
TELEGRAPH NEWS.

A.
new branch west of here. ran into
washout on the prairie 20 miles ives
oil here. killing nine people and lnju
ing thirteen others About tne sam
ume the middle span of the big raj
road bridge across the Platte river
located near this city. went out. an,
IL Is Impossible to send trains TO tht
scene of the accident. A great fore.
OF men was at once put to work OF
the bridge and the officials announc,
that II will be completed by noon.
Supt. Cortillion and Drs. Green
Gillian and keith crossed the rive,
by the wagon bridge, secured hand
car at the section house and started
Tor the scene of the wreck. A severe
snow storm came up and after going
SIX miles the ilandcar was blocked.
lhey telegraphed back to Casper and
teams were rushed to the point they
had reached and the physicians drove
to the wreck.
Most of the killed are In a caboose.
Wnich was at the rear of the train
win ponderous steel water tank
back of the eaboose The caboose
sank down deep into the mud and the
wafer car plunged over into the ca
boose, crushing ii in like an egg
smell. catching the inmates In trap.
CASPER, Wyo., March 26-Last
night at II o'clock the accommodation
train on The Chicago and Northwest.
eIhs new line out of this place to the
Shoshone reservation. ran into a
washout on the road which almost
completely wrecked the train
Eleven people badly injured have
been taken from the wreck, and four
teen are known to be under the wreck
age. All of these are believed to be
dead. Most OF them are workmen be
ing forwarded to the grading camps
on the road.
special train with all the phvsi.
clans from this place has been rush.
ed to the scene with the wrecking
train from Chadron, Neb.
CASPER, ,Wyo., March 2G.-It is
now known that from twenty to thir.
y persons Were drowned and injured
In the wreck of the accommodation
train which plunged into the flooded
creek bed The engine crossed the
bridge in safety when the structure
Immediately collapsed and the first
car containing about 30 passengers
went down.
The bodies recovered thus far ar
Charles Mol, section foreman. of Cas-
per; ID, c. Blue and mis- son David.
twenty men are now at work at
the wreck digging for the remaining
bodies. While it is believed that full |
ly twenty-five are killed or seriously |
miured, railroad officials deny this |
and declare thar the fatalities will |
not exceed half dozen.
NEW YORK. March 2G.-John |
Archibald, commander of the Standard
OH company forces, on the witness
stand today, answering Attorney Had
ley's questions, stated that he was
vice president OF the Standard Oil |
company of New Jersey and John ID. |
Rockefeller, president He said there
was no master mind in control of the
company, but that it was an aggrega
tion of minds. He said tnat Rookie
feller had not been active In the com
pnny for ten years; attends no meet
ings of directors, and has been at the
office not more than twice in the past
six years because his health is pre-
carious
Mr. Archibald stated that prior to
1860 the WatersPierce stock was held
by the trustees of the Standard. but
since that time the stock has been
held by H., NJ Van Buren,, his son.in-
law He also said that the production
OF crude petdoleum daily was $4,000
barrels, of which the Standard pro
duced $4,000 barrels or about one.
seventh. and that the Standard refined
and sold 20 to IS per. cent of all the
refined oil; that the Standard had ia
cilities TO refine all the oil produced.
but that competition prevented its get
ting the oil to refine.
NEW YORK. March 2G.-If the
state OF Missouri succeeds in the suit
brought against the Standard Oil com
pany by It's attorney general, the cor.
poratlon will receive a very heavy |
penalty. In fact, Attorney Hadley
Missouri property, declaring today
that he is not through with Rockefel-
Ter yet and that the punishment shall
fit the crime.
LAMAR, Colo, March 2G.-A crowd |
of 200 people We're present at the dep
OF wnen the Santa Fe train came iu
this morning bringing the Rev, Cur
ley Connell, the Lamar Presbyterian
minister who is charged with having |
criminally assaulted Lizzie Ford, the |
lb-year-old member of his church |
choir.
Rev. Connell He'd and was caught in |
Texas and was brought back here by |
sheriff Thomas. Threats OF lynching |
were made and the prisoner was care
fully guarded but no violence OF any
kind was made. The minister appear
ed very i'll at ease and he dreaded
trouble.
The arrest of Rev Connell has
caused great excitement here and he
may have to be taken away to prevent
violence