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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-04
MANY KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK
TRAIN DERAlLED AND WRECKED
COACHES ARE HURLED IN
EVERY DIRECTION.

Cotton, Cal, March 80. - A dlsas-
trous wreck occurred near here yes
terday, when passenger train ran
into an open switch while going at the
rate Of forty miles an hour. Ten OF
the fourteen coaches were derailed.
Twenty-six persons are known to
have been killed and the list will total
much higher than this number.
The injured number about 100, many
of whom will die.
Smashed Into splnters.
The wrecked coaches were hurled
in every direction. Four of them were
smashed into splinters. Most OF the
dead were Italians who occupied the
smoker and day coach. The dead were
terribly mangled. The injured were
carried to this city.
But two Americans are known to
have been killed, although several OF
those among the injured viii undoubt-
edly die within few hours.
Pullman Passengers Escape.
Out of about eighty Pullman passen-
gers there were but two who sustained
serious injuries. The three Pullman
coaches and the diner, which were on
the rear of the train, did not leave the
track. The occupants of these cars
were practically unframed. The Flor
ence Roberts Theatrical company oc,
cupied one coach, which was hurled
from the tracks and both ends of 1t
crushed in by impact against the 9th
ers But two members of Miss Rob
erts' company out of total of twenty
two people were injured.
No Warning of Danger.
The derailment of the train was
caused by the crew of a switch engine
leaving a switch open at this point
There was absolutely no warning OF
the impending catastrophe. The engi
neer saw the signal of the open switch
when but few rods distant from II
and had no time to sound even whis
tie of warning, much less to reverse
the throttle or set the brakes. he
called to his fireman to jump, and they
both leaped wildly from opposite sides
of the engine.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-04
CAN GO AHEAD WITH 100000, 600
INCREASE WITHOUT CON-
sULTiNG STATE.
LAW HELD UNCONSTITUTIONAL
CANNOT DELEGATE LEGISLATIVE
POWERS TO RAILWAY COM.
MISSION.

st. Paul, March go - The supreme
court yesterday reversed the order OF
Judge Hallam of the Ramsey county
district court which granted tempo
rary restraining order against the
Great Northern road from making an
increase of s6O,OO0,OOO in it's capital
stock without the consent of the
railroad and warehouse commission
The decision is written by Chief JUS
tice Start
Cannot Delegate Power.
The supreme court holds that the
legislature has no power to delegate
the conditions and limitations upon
increases of capital stock. the powers
Of corporations or the terms and con-
ditions upon which they may be ere.
ated. The legislature has the right to
regulate such stock issues and may
confer upon the commission the duty
of supervising any such increase. with
power to inquire into the facts. If
such facts are found to bring the pro-
posed increase within the prohibition
Of the statute. then the commission
might refuse.
Is Unconstitutional.
But the Minnesota law attempts to
authorize the commission to allow or
refuse such stock issues on such
terms or such purposes as it may
deem advisable, and this the court
holds is unconstitutional as a delega-
ton of legislative power
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-04
Foreign.

The Russian evacuation Of Manchu.
ria is complete. The last battalion OF
Russian troops has left Hardin.
"A Russian squadron arrived at Spit
head, England, last week. This is the
first visit of Russian warships in Eng
lish waters since before the Russo
Japanese war.
DR.. Jollos, editor Of the Russki Vie,
domsti, was assassinated at Moscow
by an unknown youth, who shot him
with revolver as he was leaving his
residence. The murderer escaped.
The famine-stricken Chinese have
: been practicing cannibalism in locali-
ties where the distress is most acute
The spread Of fever continues, and the
heavy rains are increasing the general
misery. Spasmodic rioting has occur
red, but the outbreaks have not been
serious.
While Marie Pia, the dowager queen,
mother Of King Carlos and Prince
Alfonso, brother Of the king, were 60.
Ing to the theater at lisbon in an auto
mobile the car ran over a woman car
rying an infant. The child was killed
and the woman dangerously injured.
The dowager queen was overcome
with emotion and wept.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-04
PRISON TERM FOR DR.. FORCE.

Former Vice President of Northwest.
ern National Life Loses Appeal.
ST. Paul, March 80. - DR.. Jacob F.
Force of Minneapolis, former vice
president of the Northwestern Nation
al Life Insurance company, will spend
the next three and a half years at the
state prison at Saltwater, under the
terms of decision filed yesterday by
the state supreme court denying his
appeal from his conviction in the dis
trict court of Minneapolis.
DR.. Force was convicted of appro,
priating $G75 of the funds OF the com
pany while he was it's vice president
and three other indictments charging
similar offenses We're not tried. He
was convicted May 20, 1906
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-04
Strike Hinges on Meeting.
TOO MUCH PUBLICITY.

High Prelate Says That Is One Reason
Ireland Is Not a Cardinal.
Rome, March 30:-A prelate holding
a high post at the Vatican explains
that the omission of the name of Arch
bishop Ireland from the list of those
to be appointed cardinals at the next
consistory was due in part to the nu-
merous and repeated recommendations
made in his behalf.
The pope, declared, said the prelate,
that the worst enemies of Archbishop
Ireland were his best friends.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-04
NEWS OF week SUMMARIZED
IMPORTANT EVENTS At HOME
AND ON FOREIGN SHORES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Washington.

Harry H. Schwartz Of South Dakota
has been appointed chief of the special
field service division Of the general
land office.
The remains of Gen. T. ]. Whit were
Inferred at Arlington cemetery in
Washington with full military honors.
The controller Of the currency has
issued a call for statement Of the
condition Of national banks at the
close Of business Friday, March 20.
Plans and specifications for the two
new battleships authorized by the last
session of congress will be ready for
competitive bidding about April If
the present plans Of the naval con-
structors are carried out. Bidders will
also be given an opportunity to sub
init plans Of their own.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-04
CANNON is IN HAVANA.

Speaker and Party Are Being Enter.
tained by Officials.
Havana, March 81. The steamer
Blnecher, with Speaker Cannon and
his congressional party on board, ar
rived here yesterday morning from
Colon The visitors were received by
Gov. Magoon. Later the congressman
were shown the city in a special street
car by Gov. Nunez and Mayor Carde-
mas.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-04
GRAFT FIGHTERS ARMED.
"Gun Play" in Attempt to Rescue
Ruef Feared in San Francisco,

"Gun Play" in Attempt to Rescue
Ruef Feared in San Francisco.
San Francisco, March 31.-The SEN
sational statement that every person
openly identified with the prosecution
Of the alleged grafters and bribers is
carrying a revolver concealed; that
several of the more prominent are EN-
ploying each bodyguard, and that an
attempt to rescue Abe Ruef by force
is not unlocked for, was made yester
day by one of the chief investigators.
He also said, and it was subsequent
ly confirmed, that Elisor Buggy has
given orders to Ruef's seven guards to
shoot Ruef first, the others after
ward" if an attempt to rescue the in
dicted man by armed force is made.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-04
People Talked About.

Daniel v. McDonough, a veteran
Democratic member Of the Illinois leg
lslature, died in Chicago after long
illness.
Henry Clay Barnabee, the veteran
comedian, who for years was the head
of the Bostonians, received $4,000 as
the result Of a benefit in Boston.
.s Judge Samuel Ryan, eighty-three
years old, the Oldest editor in Wiscon-
sin and one Of the Oldest members OF
the Odd Fellows, died at Appleton.
Attila F. Mallory, brother Of United
States Senator Mallory, was found
dead IN his office at Pensacola, Fla.
Mr.. Mallory's father was secretary Of
the Confederate navy during the Civil
war.
Thomas Edwin Orr, widely known
as a writer and lecturer on farm topics
and reputed to be the most expert
poultry fancier in the United States,
died suddenly from heart failure at
Beaver. Pa.
Alexander Beaubien, said to be the
first white child born In the city Of
Chicago, lied in that city after a long
illness. Beaubien was born in Fort
Dearborn, which was at that time the
name Of Chicago, on Jan. %. 1922.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-04
SULTAN is COURTEOUS.
Assures French Minister That Order
viii Be Maintained.

Tangier, Morocco, March 81. = The
representative of the sultan of Moroc-
co, Mohammed Ell Torres, yesterday
called upon the French minister, M.
Regnault, and also on the commander
Of the French cruiser Jeanne d'Arc,
with both Of whom he had courteous
interviews. He assured the French
minister that measures had been
taken for the maintenance of order
and for the security of the Europeans
in Morocco.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-04
BILLS CALL FOR s5,se7,e51.s5.
Big Demand Being Made on State
Treasury.

st. Paul, March 80 = Robert j.
Wells of Breckenridge, chairman Of
the house appropriations committee.
has prepared statement of the appro-
priations called for in the bills intro
duced in the legislature SO far, the
total to date being $5,367 651.S5. The
list gives all bills introduced in the
house and those in the senate not in
cluded in the house bills. The lists do
not include the large number of bills
calling for individual appropriations
for state aid In building bridges and
improving roads in the various coun-
ties of the state.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-04
LOST TO HIS RELATIVES.
Man Returns After Fifteen Years and
Finds Family Has Moved.

Sac City, Iowa, March 80. After
wandering about the world for fifteen
years Perry Monroe came back here
this week, expecting to perpetrate a
happy surprise on his parents and
brothers and sisters. He had never
written to them during his absence.
Monroe's disappointment was keen
when he leaned his mother was dead,
and his father had moved to some
point in Minnesota that no one remem-
bered. The brothers and sisters were
scattered and aid trace of them lost.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-04
RIVER BURSTS BOOM.
Many Logs Go over Falls at Minneapo.


Minneapolis, March 80. - Fully
100000 feet of lumber belonging TO
the various Minneapolis sawmill COM
panies are believed to have gone over
ST. Anthony Falls since the booms
above Minneapolis broke Wednesday
night. Although the crest of the high
water is passed. logs and cakes of ice
are still being borne down the river
with such force that no attempt to re-
pair the booms has been possible. and
the companies will have to recover the
logs below the falls during the sum-
mer.
Z A 10000 900 foot log jam at Durham
island, just above Minneapolis, has
been formed by the logs and ice, and
the companies are still in danger of
losing a large portion of those logs.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-04
Kills Self on Birthday

Canton, Ohio, March 30.-Miss Ber-
tina Mentally, twenty-eight years old,
committed suicide yesterday. This
was Miss McNally's birthday and was
also to have been her wedding day.
Six weeks ago her fiance died in hos
pital in Pittsburg.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-04
staue-struck Girls CAUGHT.

Chicago, March 20. Three girls
who ran away from their homes in ST.
Louis were arrested here yesterday
and will be held to await advices from
their homes. The girls said they came
to Chicago to go on the stage.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-04
Hunter is Drowned.

Huron, s. D., March 80. Report
has been received here OF the drown
ing Of young man supposed to be
William Cloeter. living near Wolsey.
Cloeter has been missing, and the gun
and hat supposed to belong to him
have been found.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-04
RIPE PEACHES IN SOUTH.

Fruit Natures Month Ahead of Time
in Louisiana.
New Orleans, March 81. - Ripe
peaches, gathered months ahead OF
time, were picked yesterday in Pla-
quomine parish, Louisiana. The mild
est winter in thirty years was the
cause of the peaches ripening in
March, and samples of the fruit will
be saved for the jamestown ex2osi-
ton.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-04
Liahtnina Strikes Depot.

Hudson. Wis, March 30.-During a
thunder storm heavy electric current
entered the station at Roberts, this
county, destroyed two tickers and set
fire to the building, which, however,
was saved from destruction by the
timely arrival Of the assistant opera.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-04
Statewide Rill Passed.

Lincoln, Neb., March s1.-The SEN
ate yesterday passed the statewide
direct primary bill. The bill, which
will go to the governor today, does
away with state, county and city nomi-
mating conventions.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-04
Grand Jury Keeps at II.

San Francisco. March 20. Twelve
witnesses were examined yesterday by
the grand jury in its Investigation OF
bribery and graft during session
which lasted from o'clock in the aft
ernoon until after 6.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-04
Wife Dead in Well.

Jewell Junction, Iowa, March 20.
Mrs. Charles Caruth was drowned in
a well near here. The planking Gov
ering the well had rotted and gave
way under her. Her body was found
by her husband.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-04
Passenae Coach DeraiIed.

Fargo, March pa passenger train
struck a broken rail near here One
coach was derailed and thrown on its
side. The passengers were given a!
severe shaking up, but no one was se.s
riously injured.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-04
M'cLEARY SWORN IN.

Second Assistant Postmaster General.
Succeeding Shallenberger.
Washington, March 81. - Former
Representative James T. McCleary OF
Minnesota yesterday was sworn in as
second assistant postmaster general
in succession to William S. Shallen-
berger, resigned. The Office was held
by Gen. Schallenberger for ten years
and he vacated it in order to engage
in private business.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-04
Blind Piooer at seventv.tive

Grand Forks, N. D., March 81. = N
P. Slade, believed to be the oldest
man ever convicted of blind-pigging
in North Dakota, was released yester
day from the county Jail, having serv-
ed a sentence of 100 days. He is over
seventy-five years old
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-04
Storm DAMAGE Heavy,

Superior, Wis, March 30.--A sleet
and wind storm which struck Superior
vas night was the worst that has been
experienced here for years, and caused
a great deal of damage, but the
amount cannot be figured out for sew
eral days.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-04
Raises TELEGRAPH Rates.

Chicago, March 81. The Western
Union Telegraph company has an
nounced a new scale Of telegraph
rates, representing an Increase, in
some cases, of 20 per cent, effective
April /.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-04

American Company Is Buyer.
Hamburg, March 30-The Hamburg
American steam packet company has
taken over part of the Woermann line
steamships, paying s1,250.O00 for
them
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-04
Flood pamaae il Over.

Wahpeton, N. D., March 80. The
water in the Red river has gone down
ever d foot In the past twenty-four
hours. and all; danger from high water
ut Wahpeton has passed. 4
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-04
General.

A tornado did considerable damage
at Chanute, Kan. No one was hurt.
An extraordinary session of the Pan
anna national assembly has been called
for April 15.
Gen. Kuroki will represent the Japa-
nese army at the jamestown celebra-
ton in April.
The Nebraska legislature has pass
ed bill prohibiting child labor in all
its forms, including working in the
beet fields.
Spinal meningitis has broken out in
the Puget sound navy yard at Seattle.
There are several cases on the train
ing ship Philadelphia and at the re
cruiting office.
Gov Deneen sent a memorial to the
Illinois legislature suggesting gen
eral celebration Of the one hundredth
anniversary of the birth of Abraham
Lincoln, Feb. II, 1909.
Provision for legislation through in
itiative by petition and an optional
referendum stands at the head of the
list Of important bills passed by the
Maine legislature which has just adj
journed.
a. l.. Sutton, chief of the bureau of
exploitation of the jamestown Expo.
sition company, rendered his resigna-
ton at the request of the board of gov
sernors. upon charges filed by a tourists
bureau.
"A run started on the Licking county
bank at Newark, Ohio, from no known
cause, and continued in spite of the
announcement Of the directors that
the bank could pay all deposits. Bust
ness men came to the rescue.
Bryce Hinton has been enjoined by
the district court at Abba, Iowa, from
hereafter conducting saloon. Il is
the general belief that there will be no
attempt to violate the courts orders,
az Hinton has been dead fer several
months. He died shortly after the
suit was Instituted.
Samuel Greenman Of Kansas City
has brought suit for $4,000 damages
against Rev. Max Lieberman. rabbi Of
Harnesses Israel temple. Greenman
says the rabbi approached him while
he was praying id loud voice and
struck him. saying he was praying toe
4 loud.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-04
RAILROADS MUST BACK DOWN..
Only Way Strike Can Be Averted .
Knapp to Offer Mediations.

Only Way Strike Can Be Averted -
Knapp to Offer Mediations.
Chicago, March 30-The controver-
sy over a wage scale between the gen
eral managers of the Western rail
roads and their employees in the train
service cannot be abitrated. and the
only way in which strike can be
averted is for the officials of the roads
to make terms with the men. This is
the ultimatum ISSUED by the repre-
sentaatives of the two unions involved
in the difficulty after meeting had
been held last night to consider the
action of the railroads in asking the
federal government to intervene and
endeavor to bring about settlement
by mediation.
Strike Hinges on Meeting.
Chicago, March 31.-Whether or not
there is to be strike of the employees
in the train service of the Western
railroads hinges on meeting to be
held here to-day at II o'clock between
two federal government officials and
the representatives of the unions and
the railroads. This meeting was
brought about by the general mana
gers Of the railroads, who appealed to
Washington for a settlement of the
difficulty under the terms provided in
the Erdmann act
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-04
Criminal.

Three girls who ran away from their
homes in ST. Louis were arrested in
Chicago. The girls said they came to
Chicago to go on the stage.
Ward NJ Snyder, said to be a son Of
Nicholas Snyder, millionaire oil ope-
rator of Pittsburg, was indicted by a
federal grand jury on a charge of big
amy
August johnson, an Industrious
woodsman living at Ontonagon, Mich,
attempted to commit suicide by slash
ing his throat with a pocket knife. De-
spondency is given as the cause.
William Robinson and Perry Smith,
two negroes, pleaded guilty in St.
Louis to having murdered John II. M
Osborne last December, and were SCI
fenced to ninety-nine years in the pc
itentiary.
Dominic Fergetto, an Italian miner
at Loretto, Mich, was shot and fatally
injured by an unknown party He
was shot from ambush. The police Of
ficers suspect several, but no arrests
have been made
Binding handkerchief over his eyes
to hide the approaching train, Oscar
Nylen of Canton, H., laid across the
rails at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, and
the train passed over him, severing the
head from his body.
DR.. William Under, prominent
physician of Union, S. c., was shot and
instantly killed by Lucy Litzey, who
walked into the physicians office,
closed the door and fired bullet into
his back. The woman was arrested.
James Haley, railroad laborer, is
lying in the city hospital at Billings,
Mont, dangerously wounded, the vic
tim of the knife of James E. Brennan.
a barber. The assault occurred in an
all-night theater, and for short time
pandemonium reigned.
George S. Mc-Reynolds, formerly a
prominent member of the Chicago
board of trade, was sentenced to an
indeterminate term in the penitentiary
on the charge of removing from his
elevators grain on which warehouse re-
ceiptes had previously been issped.
While rummaging in an ash heap in
a gully at Houghton, Mich. close to
town young boy discovered the
naked body of an infant child which
had been strangled to death by thick
string and thrown. down the gully,
wrapped closely in old clothing and a
Finnish newspaper.
Morris Heith, Jew, was mortally
wounded, Edward Maymon, a negro,
was shot and seriously hurt and race
riot was begun at Kansas City as the
result of fight between Maymon and
Andrew Johnson, also negro, in the
Jewish quarter. johnson fed, with a
great crowd in pursuit. A policeman
fired two shots at him, but he escaped
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-04-04

Walter Carday ana Elecey fdTmeT
were killed by lightning while working
In stone quarry at Bowling Green,
Ohio.
John Gordon, six years old. fell un-
der the wheels Of a clay cart at Lo-
gansport, Iowa. His right leg was
ground up.
IA great gas we'll two miles east of
4Sapulpa, I. r., that caught fire last
week is still burning furiously. Work
ers in this field are terrorized.
& Two men were killed and three 9TH
ers were wounded as a result OF a
bailer explosion at the Brazos Hard
wood Lumber company's plant at Mar
lin, Tex.
IA brick building used to manufac-
ture muriatic acid at the plant of the
General Chemical company on Buffalo
river, near Buffalo, N. Y. was destroy
ed by fire. The loss will be close to
800 1000.
Edward Roberts Of Lake Linden was
killed at Sandusky Ohio, while work
q ing on q dock. a girder at the top Of
an etghty-fOot derrick broke and ne
was hurled to the ground, meeting In
stant death.
Mistak king gasoline jug for 8 vine
gar jug, Mrs. Sarah Emery of Sioux
City, while preparing dinner, poured
i gasoline into a pot on the stove. Inn
mediately she was enveloped In flames
! and she died later.
spark caused BY a blow from q
4 hammer ignited q quantity Of set
/ pieces Ii the finishing room Of the Con
solidated Fire Works company at Gren-
vale. s. q. and I'M the explosion one
man was torn to pieces. q boy and two
girls were probably fatally injured, and
seven other persons were burned,
steel girder slipped from the top
q or q power house under cohstru Con
i III the Brood lyn Rapid Transit com com
Spany in New York and carried away z
sc6 Molding upon Wliish u0Ien men
gere up king go of the seven men
& III 3aira ~ do.