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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-03
Are Dead
And Bodies
Incinerated
THE OPERATOR WAS
SOBER and AWAKE

TOPEKA. Kan, Jan. 2.-Thirty-five
persons, all Mexicans but two. were
killed, and bodies of thirty Mexicans
were incinerated early yesterday in a
headon collision of two passenger
trains OF the Chicago Rock Island AMI
Pacific Railroad near Volland. The
wreck occurred while both trains were
running slowly on a curve in q cut
where the grade was steep.
All the killed were in the south.
bound except a tramp who was on
the baggage car Of the northbonnd
train. This tramp and a workman &C.
companyfng a gang of 32 Mexican Ia
borers, were the only Americans kill.
ed, so fas as known. although a pas.
senger says that a woman and child
were burned in a tourist car.
There were 80 Mexicans and five
Americans, composing a gang of rail
road workers, in the smoking car of
the south bound train. OF these 81
Mexicans were. burned in the wreck.
age and two died later.
Most OF the injuries were due to the
setting of the emergency brakes.
Most every passenger in the south.
bound train was thrown to the car
floor by the quick setting of the
brakes. The northbound train was
running ten miles an hour upgrade.
The Mexicans were pinioned under
the seats and the doors were jam.
med so they could not get out. In the
chair car also many passengers were
held down by the seats.
The train caught FIRE from the gas
tiaks. which were broken. The
passengers In the rear ears escaped
in night clothes AMI dressed in the
mud beside the tracks. Then came
the cries for help among the Mexi.
cans In the smoking car, and the PEG.
pie pinioned fast in the chair car. Ev.
cry man and nearly every m on
the train tried to rescue the ~unfortu.
mates but the flames soon became too
hot to permit of approaching the-car.
The injured were removed from the
chair cars with less difficulty and ap.
parently all were rescued alive from
these cars. However. some of the
passengers declare that a woman and
little girl were burned in a chair car.
William Cane, conductor OF the
|southbound train. has a broken collar
bone and is much bruised about the
face. He said: The train was Just
pulling clear Of the Volland Yards,
and was travelling about 30 miles m
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"eirIs viii be eirIs.n

Girls Will be Girls" at the Grand
Opera House next Wednesday, frank
ly labeled. Just nonsense-that's ALL
with American village life for back.
ground, this musical comedy has q
refreshing breeziness in grateful con.
trast to the meaningless tinsel and
glitter OF the mapless countries which
have served SO long as the librettist's
mainstay. AL Leech Is starred in the
piece, and the management declares
that In order to do so. he gave up an
income of twelve hundred dollars a
week on the vaudeville stage. The &C.
curacy of these figures may be doubt.
ed, but a glance at the piaybiiis OF
both Of the continuous houses and
those devoted to the so-called legiti.
mate would seem to bear out the state.
ment that in many cases players leave
variety for the stage proper because
they have been successes, and quit the
drama for the halls" because they
have met with disaster. Mr.. Leech
brought with him the Three Rosebads
who are featured along with him III
Girls Will Be Girls"
An agreeable feature of Girls VIII
Be Girls" is the absence of that ser
vile imitation Of former successes
which is fast disgusting the public
with the new musical shows.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-03
The STAGE

Vaughan Chaser in -Prinee Karl"
Local playgoers are to congratulate
themselves upon the coming engage.
ment OF Vaughan Chaser and his ad.
mirable company in a pretentious pro.
duction Of that successful comedy,
Prince Karl He will appear pt
the Grand Opera House on Monday,
January It'll, under the management OF
Walter N. Lawrence, who has recently
added that admirable actor to his list
OF successful stars. who now are Hen.
ry Dixey. Aubrey Boucicault. Cyril
Scott. Charlotte Nilsson. Isabel Urqu-
hart and Hilda Spong. Mr.. Chaser has
been surrounded with a company of
unusual strength. his leading woman
being Miss Fay Courtenay, n OF the
most charming condolences on the
American stage.
PRINCE Karl" is a modern comedy
by Archibald Clavering Gunter and
treats of the love affairs OF u young
German nobleman and IN American
girl. Circumstances and people p
pose their union, and until the close
OF the last act, when the wedding
a.arch is appropriately played, there Is
n continuous series of amusing in.
cidents. The characters are splendid.
~ drawnu. and the interest never
lags throughout the play.
NJ
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-03
4. G. MHRTIN GO
Guarantee to Yol

As much satisfaction as you can
secure elsewhere In the several
lines they carry.
Our holiday trade was very
satisfactory and We appreciate
the fact TO that extent that we
feel that we should use every
endeayor to meet your demands
fully on ordinary occasions.
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Official Statement.

CHICAGO, Jan. 3. -sThe following
statement was issued by General Man.
ager Welcher, of the Rock Island rail.
road:
"Supt. Rourke. now at the wreck,
says that IS persons were killed in the
wreck. Tw%enty-one persons were
hurt.
"The FL Paso express train, No. 90
consisting of one baggage car, one
smoker, two chair cars, one dining
car, four tourist ~sleepers and one
standard sleeper which left Chicago
yesterday at $3.50 a. m, collided with
east bound FL Paso express train No.
30 consisting of two baggage cars, ono
smoker, two chair cars, one dining car
one tourist sleeper, and one standard
sleeper at 4:so a. m. to-day, three
miles west of Alma, Kansas.
"The baggage car. smoker. two
chair cars and one tourist car OF the
west bound train are on Are and viii
probably be destroyed. The east
bound train is not badly damaged and
no fire occurred in this train. Appa.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-03
Peoce inP% Philippines
LAoRoNE BAND FINALLY eRoK.
EN- UP, SAYS COMMISSION
OUTLAWS SEVERELY
PUNISHED.
Financial Condition Of Islands Report.
ed Better Than for Several Years,
While Crops Are Good and Exports
Large-American Capital Invested
In Railways and Lighting Plans.

WASHINGTON, Jan. Peace and
order unprecedented reign in the Phil
ippine Islands. according to the report
of the Philippine Commission. which
has been made public by the War De.
Bartment,
II is stated that the remnant OF the
bands of ladrones which have infest-
ed the provinces of Cavite and Batan-
gas. in the neighborhood OF Manila,
since the Spanish regime have been
finally broken up, one OF the most des.
Derate leaders killed, and the others
TO the number of twelve were SO
bounded by the c~onstabulary that they
came In and voluntarily surrendered
without any condition, promise, or IN.
ducement on the part OF the govern.
ment other than that they would be
protected in coming to Manila and re.
ceive a fair trial.
lawless Severely Punished.
Later advices from the Philippines
give the information that these men
have been tried before a Filipino judge
and have been shown to be guilty
without exception, of the most fend.
ish and cruel murders and shocking
mutilations. and all but one were sen.
fenced to death, he being sentenced 10
thirty years Imprisonment. It Is sig.
n%ihcant that all of these leaders OF
outlaws took h~igh-sounding titles In
an imaginary Filipino republic or re-
ligious organization. calculated TO i'm
press the ignorant natives and gain
a following. With the surrender of
the constituted leaders, the lawless
and disaffected had no one around
whom to gather, Int we're quick to
follow the example OF the former by.
surrendering their arms and entering
peaceful pursuits.
In the other provinces an equally
peaceful condition is reported. the
only disturbance being in Northern
LuZon, where a religious fanatic, Sal
vador. posed as a prophet, and gath.
cred around him a small band of fol-
lowers. Salvador now Is negotiating
for surrender from a swamp in which
he has taken refuge.
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STILL ON FARMS
TO MAKE ALCOHOL
AGRICULTURAL SIDE ISSUE PER.
MiTTED UNDER LAW NOW EF-
FEcTvE-vALUE IN FOR
MER WASTE.
TOMATO FEELINGS AND SUGAR
CORN co6s GAN BE USED FOR
PRODUCTION OF pENA-
TuREo ALCOHOL.

/ a..a. 1890 rH
WASHINGTON. Jan. with the
going into peration of the Denatured
Alcohol bill, every farmer can start
his own still. The bill was advocated
and amended with that end in view.
among others. and Its advocates look
forward with hope to a big change In
the farmers life as a result. II the
new law accomplishes what is hoped,
1t will be a great boon to the formers
and make a revolution In life on the
farm.
All that seemed necessary to make
the provisions Of the bill apply with
profit to the farmers was to find some
way for them to convert the waste
products of their farms into alcohol
without being obliged to send them
away to a big dlstillery. or to put In
expensive plants of their own. Far
mers' Bulletin No. PCS. which contains
full information about the industrial
alcohol. its sources and manufacture"
says:
at is evident that, so far as agri-
culture is concerned, the chief aud
perhaps the only direct interest in the
act is in respect of the materials which
are to be used in the manufacture of
industrial alcohol"
Pineapple bearings. tomato peel
ings, pea hulls. banana skins, sugar
corn cobs. cornstaIks. waste fruits.
and vegetables-in short any farm or
orchard products containing sugar,
starch, gum, and cellulose. can be used
for the production Of industrial aIco-
hol. The substances used for dena.
turizlng alcohol are numerous, and
include gum shellac. copal resin. Ma.
Mia bum. camphor. tarpentine. acetic
acid, wood alcohol, analine blue.
nahpthalene, and many others.
When the original bill was under
discussion, Senator Fulton Of Oregon
said that he vas opposed /, o It unless
any farmer could have a still. and he
was assured that any farmer could.
1t became apparent, however. that the
bill was not favorable to the operation
of stills by farmers. partly because i,
would. be improbable to produce less
than from yer to ten proof gallons
a day, and partly because of the diff.
Guilty of meeting the regulations of
the internal revenue service. To over.
come the latter objection was the oh
ject Of the bill recently introduced by
Senator Hansbrough of North Dako-
ia. He believes that any farmer o.
any number of farmers, can distiIl
their waste products into alcohol. and
so supply themselves with light. heat,
and power at a low price, and sell the
surplus.
The use OF denatared alcohol has
reached large proportions in European
countries, and in Greece. according to
a recent census bulletin. the revenues
of the government are falling from
the sale of petroleum to such an ex.
tent because of the use of alcohol
that IT is possible a tax may be i'm
posed on alcohol to provide revenue
to meet the war debt.
In this country II would hardly pay
10 make industrial alcohol of mate
rtafs witch could be used for anything
else, but ny the standardization of
waste. It Is likely to be a great eco.
nomical factor.
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Read the pally west vIrginIan.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-03

There is more ,Catarrh in this sec.
ton of the country than all other dis
cases put together. and until the last
few years vas supposed TO be incura-
BILE. For a great many years doctors
pronounced 1t n local disease and pre-.
scribed local remedies, and by con.
stantly failing to CURE with local treat.
ment, pronounced It incurabie.
Science has proven catarrh to be a
constitutional disease and therefore
requires constitutional treatment,
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
F. J. Cheney & Co, Toledo, Ohio, is
the only constitutional cure on the
market, 1t is taken internally in doses
from 10 drops TO a teaspoonful. II
acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. They otter
one hundred dollars for any case Il
falls to cure. Send for circulars and
testimonials.
Address: F. j. CHENEY & CO..
Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constf
patton.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-03

Catarrh OF the nose and throat
should lead you to at least ask us
for a free trial box OF DR.. Shops Ca
tarrh Cure. Nothing so surely proves
merit as a real, actual test--and DR..
Shoor, to prove this. earnestly desires
that we let you make that test. This
creamy snow white healing balm
soothes the throat and nostrils, anil
quickly purfftes a foul or feverfsh
breath. Call and investigate. Z. A.
billingslea & Co.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-03

Buy your books of Larney Lloyd,
Globe Book Store, Watson Hotel build.
y SUI
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Large Output
CARNEGIE SEEL CO.. MAKES A
WONDERFUL NEW RECORD
FOR PRODUCTION DUR.
ING 1906.

PGTTSBURG, Jan. 2.-All existing
records for the production of steel
ere greatly exceeded by the group
Of mills representing. Che Carnegie
Steel Company in this district during
the past year. Col. II. P. Bopc. frat
vice president Of the company. stat.
ed yesterday the production of steel
ignots during the past year by the at.
fiiiated mills will reach the studend.
VI total Of S,SoO,0o0 tons.
This is about % per cen greater
than the production during 1905. while
in finished material the output OF the
Carnegie Steel Company during 1906
equals, and in many instances cxcels,
the percentage increase in the produc-
ton of ignots.
The many important extensions
now in course Of construction at the
Carnegie mills at a cost of about 500.
10000 gives assurance that the pro.
duction this year viii be greatly in ex.
cess Of the startling figures shown in
the output of 1906.
Contracts now on the books of the
Carnegie Steel Company are sufficient
to KEEP the mills OF the company In
operation TO their fullest capacity for
about six months. and the gigantic ex.
sions proposed by the railroads for
this year give Indications that the out.
put capacity of the mills will be test,
ed during the entire year.
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Crops in Good Condition.

Tho renorts of tbo var;ors ,oyorr-
ore indicate that tho cron, ,ro &, .
mora nrosnerous cord;t,or oxoo,, -.
n tobacco s,,ear ,,a honn .,a.,. -,
Tho ,,ttor b,y;nr heor .,araaoa -,
destructive +vnboon n tho ax,a,. -,
about "a nm ooo IN vo1,o 80 ~ 49,
The rodrc,;or !, t,o nro,u.,,a. 80,
,o..a :. avo ,o,,o,r - -. 80
able market. that of the limited state,
Icing closed bv the p~rob;bitorv dr,,oc
imposed by the DincIev taris and r.
The low nrice realized for tho loaf
In the matter os exnoyts Tho los,
was made mn nv tho ,ncreaso t, the
production and exn,-to.ior =, c,co,.
nuts. The ;mnorts wore redrooa h..
low the nrecedinr year nv "a ooo mn
y ,,rse no,,;o, ~ ub;o, oon,,s,o, :.
tho redrced ;m,or,,, ,o,., -, r,oo It.,
fs n g6od sion ne - t,dtc,,as ,t.t So
pbilinn,nes arc RAISING tha,r own r;o.
ona o~xt.,d,r. ,ho,. .u,"n,.NS
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two seats back of me. also AL Link.
an Interpreter. a foreman. and five
paid fares.
II was awakened by the setting of
the brakes. I Jumped head first out
of the window and struck or my
shoulder.
"when I turned and looked at the
train. | saw flames leaning so feet
high from the smoker.
The foremost tourist sleeping car
of the southbound train also burned.
but all of the occupants scaped sert.
Gus injury.
John Lyons, 10 years old. nh
operator at yolland. who let the south.
bound train get by his station. where
Il was to pass the northbound train
last night CAV the following state.
ment before being taken to Jail:
az had been awake all nlpb, and
was sober. At abo,t . or E o.c,oc,
this morning. tho disnatcber gave mo
four riders. one was for tho sor,h.
bound train 10 meet two train nj yo,.
land instead NJ a, Alta y,s,o nc ,,a
vious,y arranged Tho
train headed into a switch and let one
train pass, backed out of the switch
and headed down the main line with.
out waiting for the other train. I
thought 1t was going to stop to take
water as. trains have been doing. but
instead, 1t went by at about 10 miles
an hour. The southbound board was
at danger according to the lever In
the office. but the train did not stop.
ami I ran out with my lantern. hut
with two swings across the track 4:
went out | then ran to the pump
house. grabbing the bumpers lantern.
waved a few times. and It also went
out. I also called the hummer ~tottin,
him what had happened. went back
and told the dispatcher h a the south.
bound train was by. and we Waited TO
see If It was going to come bacx or
hit The northbound train. I told the
dispatcher I was coming to Topeka,
and was trying to get there when ar.
rested"
Relief trains and nj, ooss,ble succor
was rushed to the scene from every
available point. Stunt. O'Rourke n,
the Kansas Division. hurried with a
special train from Harrington. carry.
ing all the physicians he could ga,ber
there and picking others up at sta
tons along the line. A special train
was sent from Topeka with DR.. Mum
and DR.. Hogeboom. kilograms we're
sent ahead to various places between
here and volland, where other physi.
clans were picked up. Twelve Of the
most seriously injured were brought
to Topeka. in charge OF Drs, Mum and
Hogeboom.
Just before the collision Engineer
McMahon and Fireman Brown. of No.
oo' anu Engineer slater ana Fireman
sweeney OF NO ~ jumped. All Tour
escaped INJURY
An interpreter for the Mexicans was
questioned as he lay slowly burning
to death under the wreckage. He said
there we're 25 Mextcans In their party
going from Kansas City to FL Paso to
work. The most of these were burn
hns to death. Soon after giving this
information the interpreter himself
succumbed.
The injured brought TO Topeka pre.
them were covered with blood from
various injuries and many we're suffer.
ing intense pain.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-31
FIVE MEN LOST
IN A ROWBOAT.

BALTIMORE. January sC.-With the
return to-day OF the city tug "Balti-
more" from a two days fruitless search
for some clue to the five men who
have been missing for the last ten days,
all hope for them has been abandoned.
The disappearance of the men came
as a climax to a day OF pleasure spent
together at fishing shore, which they
owned jointly. In tho evening the men
embarked in a small boat and started
to row TO the terminus OF the Bay
Shore car line A strong northwest
wind was blowing. and an hour later
they We're seen far out in the bay
struggling against the wind and sea.
That was the last seen of men or boat.
The missing men, all OF whom werc
residents OF Baltimore, are:
Andrew Lorber, forty-four years.
John I.orber, fortyeight years.
John Lorber, thirty-four years.
George Sauer, thirty-eight years.
George Saner thlrty-siX years.
All the men We're related to each
other. Tho elder John Lorber has
wife and eleven children, John Lorber
No. 2 has a wife and three children.
and Andrew Lorber. widower. has
one child
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-31
brownsville Investigation.

WASHINGTON, January -30--Senator
Warren. chairman OF the Senate Com
mittee on Military Affairs; Senator For
nker, and Secretary of War TAFT to-
day conferred in regard to the lnves-
tigation Into the Brownsyille affair
The conference was for the purpose
OF coming to an agreement so that
the demand for certain witnesses would
Tor the same witnesses at a court
martial OF officers OF the battalion ais
charged which cour.. viii be in ses-
sion at the same time.
They went over the list OF witnesses
with Colonel Ransdell. sergeant-at-
arms of the Senate. and II. was finally
arranged that the witnesses wanted for
the court martial should first testify
at brownsville and then come to Wash
ington as early as possible. The in.
begin with the examination OF the en-
listed men and non-commissioned OH
GERS Of the discharged negro battalion.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-31
either Stanford white or. Harry Ken.

either Stanford White or Harry Ken
dali Thaw.
had expected to place Barrymore was
taken. Detective Reardon looked anS-
iously around to find vacant place as
near as possible to the seat occupied
footsteps attracted the attention OF
Miss Mack emile. Sitting next to ThaY.s
wife, she leaned back in her seat and,
reetly into nst the e eyes Of who
quickly turned his glance IN another di-
rection Miss Mackenzie. in an agt..
tated and confused manner. whispered
something to Eyeiyh Nes bts va t Tn
covered her features tightly about her
face. Sitting rigidly: she leaned for
ward toward her husband. VINO was IN
conversation with A Russell Peabody
Then she raised her eyes. and her glance
appeared to rest upon the Spinner. the
Measurer and the Severer-the mural
canvas OF the Three Fates
The girl wife was motionless, She seem
ed scarcely to breathe. Not once did she
turn her dark eyes in the direction OF the
silent witness, The whisper ran through
the courtroom. Jack Barrymore Is here"
There was sudden craning OF necks, and
Barrymore appeared to be greatly per-
turbed The spectators. began whisper
ing. What can he be doing here? Is ne
vital witness for the Slater"
All eyes were focused upon Barrymore.
His face flushed. He looked about for a
place to seat himself. evidently anxious to
avoid playing the part into which he had
been forced by the District Attorney.
| When Reardon found that there was no
| chance OF placing Barrymore In STRAIT
! eeic position he shifted the setting, touch
| ed him upon the arm and carried him
| along with a nod of the head, out OF the
| courtroom.
! Temporarily nonplussed, but realizing
| that certain effect had been produced by
| Barrymore's appearance in court. Rear
| don led MIN upstairs in the Criminal
| Courts Building and into the office of AS
| sistant District-Attorne Garvan. where
| n conference was held to decide upon
| the next plan of attack. barrymore thor
| oughly miserable and Ill at ease, was
| compelled to listen to the plans put forth
| by Detective Sergeant Flood, Roundsman
| Peter Berry and Detective Reardon.
| Just before the court adjourned for the
| day the prosecution played Its star card,
| with Barrymore as the catspaW. he was
! again taken downstairs and into the rear
! of the courtroom. where he remained
| quietly seated beside Reardon until adj
| tournmcnt was taken. Then as Evelyn
| Nesbit Thaw arose to enter the corridor
which leads to the Judges chambers,
! Reardon had Barrymore stand up, and as
| the door leading to the Bridge of Signs
closed behind Harry Kendall Thaw. his
Young wife, who had been looking long
| ingly at his departing figure. saw the
| unwilling Nemesis arranged for her dis
| concertment by the District-Attorneys
| Office
NAV Mackenzie touched her gently
| upon the arm and led her into the seclu-
| sion OF the inner corridor.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-31
Fixes DATE FOR
VOTING ON sM01T
Matter Will Be Settled for All
Time February aoth-Criticize
Secretary of Interior.
Especial to Tho Times Dispatch.

WASHINGTON. d. c., Januay so.-
Resides liking FEBRUARY goth as the
time to vote on the resolution declar-
is not entitled to his seat, passing Il
bill appropriating s2,00O,0OO to confine
the Colorado River to it's banks, and
another placing the management of the
Panama Railway under the Isthmian
Canal Commission. the Senate to-day
listened to an extended speech by Sem
ator Carter. of Montana, in criticism
of the Secretary of the Interior, and
another by Senator Hepburn to tho
same end The recent order OF the
Secretary, preventing the issuance OF
an examination on the ground by a
special agent, was the subject of the
criticism, and many Senator'S from
western States, by casual interrip-
sentiments expressed