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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-04-05
ACCEPT WAGE OFFER
PARTIAL AGREEMENT REACHED
IN DISPUTE OF RAILROAD
MEN AND EMPLOYERS.

Chicago, April 1.-THE conferences
between the managers of the Western
railroads and the trainmen and con.
ductors were resumed during the day
with Commissioner Knapp of the in
terstate commerce commission and
Secretary Neill of the United States
labor commission acting as peace
makers.
The situation at the opening of the
conference was not changed. The
men have accepted the. increase Of
fered by the railroads, but will stand
out for. working day of nine hours.
The railroads are obdurate on this
point and insist that they have made
all possible concessions. 1t is expect
ed that the conferences will continue
for several days more.
Later in the day it was announced
that the members of the Order Of
Railway Trainmen and of the Order
of Conductors had decided to resume
negotiations regarding the demand
for a shorter day with the managers
Of the railroads.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-04-05
DECLARE HIM INSANE
PROMINENT ALIENISTS APPEAR
BEFORE LUNAcY COMMISSION
e

New York, April 1.-THE commits
sion in lunacy which is inquiring into
the present state of mind of Harry x
Thaw allowed DR.. Allan McLane Ham
iltor to testify as to what he knows o1
Thaw's mental condition. This action
was taken over the continued protest
of the defendants attorneys.
DR.. Hamilton declared it to be. his
belief that Thaw is suffering from a
progressive form of paranoia or de-
lusional insanity and declared the
opinion that the defendant is not capa-
BILE Of realizing the nature OF the
charges against him.
Many attaches Of the Tonbs testi-
fed that they had never seen ThaW
do anything irrational.
At the afternoon session DR.. Austin
Flint expressed the opinion that ThaW
was incapable Of understanding the
charge against him or of advising
counsel and that he was suffering
from paranoia, with original delusions
of persecution now passing into deiu
siOns Of grandeur.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-04-05
ACCEPTS CHALLENGE
TAFT TO SUBMIT HIS POLITICAL
FUTURE TO THE REPUBLIC
ANS OF OHIO.

Cincinnati, March 3O-In reply to
the statement made public by Senator
]. B. Foraker a few days ago Charles
P. Taft, proprietor and editor OF the
Cincinnati Times-Star. gave out the
following in behalf of his brother. Sec
rotary Of War Taft:
Senator Forakers statement 1nd1-
Gates that he is running for the pres
idency and for the senatorship. The
friends of Secretary Taft are urging
him for the presidency. AS the SEN
ator has included the two Offices in
this primary contest Secretary Taft's
friends accept the proposition and
will make it a distinct contest; Taft
for the presidency or senatorship or,
Foraker tor the presidency or SEN
atorship.
eff the Republicans of Ohio, by
their votes at the primaries. indicate
that they prefer Foraker for the pres
idency or senatorship Secretary Taft
Is eliminated from the situation.
IF the people of Ohio indicate Sec
rotary Taft for the presidency or SEN
atorship Senator Foraker is eliminated
from the political situation in Ohio.
"This is a direct contest between
the friends of the administration OF
President Roosevelt and his oppo-
nents. We are willing to submit it to
the Republican voters of Ohio and
the sooner the better,'' ~
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-04-05

! 1907 APRIL 1907 , I. |
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STRIKE CONTINUES TO SPREAD.
Additional Brewery Employees Out at
St. Louis.

Additional Brewery Employees Out at
St. Louis.
st. Louis, March 30.-The strike In
augurated by the United Brewery
Workers. by reason of which 1900
employees quit work in the twenty-one
breweries in St. Louis and forty quit
work in the two East St. Louis (1n)
breweries to enforce demands for In
creased wages, has already had the
effect of curtailing the output of beer.
The breweries will continue to supply
their city trade, but it Is announced
out of town trade has been abandoned
for the time being. The f1remen have
walked out, but the boilers In all the
breweries were kept hot by volun-
teers, mostly from the Office stats.
About 300 oilers walked out from
the different breweries and later TN
the day LOO bottlers went out.
The locals now out are the masters
and brewers, fremen, freight han
dlers, oilers, bottlers and laborers,
comprising about 2,700 strikers.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-04-05
TWENTY-THREE DEAD
MORE THAN FIFTY OTHERS IN.
JURED, EIGHT TERRIBLY, IN
CALIFORNIA WRECK.

'frain Going Forty Miles an Hour
Dashes Through an Open Switch
and the Seven Forward Coaches
Are Completely TeIescoped or
Smashed to spIfnters-occupants Of
PulImans Escape Death or Injury.
Cotton, CAL, March 29.-As a result
of the disastrous wreck of the west
bound Southern Pacific Sunset en-
press in the East Cotton yards twen-
ty-three dead bodies lie In local I'M
dertaking establishment, eight terribly
injured are in the Cotton hospital and
more than fifty others whose hurts are
less serious have been taken to Los
Angeles on a special train. The dead
are Albert w. SHE, mail clerk, Los
Angeles; George L. Sharpe. Munc1e,
Ind; F. I. Walters, Sacramento, CAL,
Southern Pacific fireman, and twenty
Italians of New York and New Or
leans on their way to San Francisco.
The wrecked coaches were hurled
in every direction, the three forward
ones being completely telescoped and
hurled to one side, while four others
were smashed to splinters. The help
less passengers were torn and cut to
pieces. Death came to score OF
them instantly. Many were dismem-
bered and impaled upon pieces OF the
wrecked cars.
Out of about eighty Pullman pas
sengers there were but two who sus-
tanned serious injury. The three Pull
man 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.
Switch Was Left Open.
The derailment of the train was
caused by the crew of switch en-
CINE leaving a switch open at this
! point. After the switch engine had
passed onto another track the engl
neer asked the fireman if he had re-
thrown the switch. The fireman re-
called that he had neglected to dc
so and the engineer Whistled fran
tically for Yard Switchman Morrison
to close it.. The signal was not given
in time, as Morrison did not reach the
| switch before the Overland had
plunged through and been derailed.
The train was nearly twelve hours
behind time. At the time Of the dis
aster it was running at high rate OF
speed in an attempt to make up time
There was absolutely no warning Of
the impending catastrophe. The en-
eineer saw the signal OF the open
switch when but a few rods distant
from it and had no time to sound ever
a whistle of warning, much less tt
reverse the throttle or set the brakes
He called to his fireman to jump anc
they both leaped wildly from opposite
sides of the engine.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-04-05
DUNNE is D:FEATED.
Frederick A. Eusse Elected Mayor Of
Chicago.

Frederick A. Eusse Elected Mayor Of
Chicago.
Chicago, April 3.-The most intense
campaign in municipal politics that
Chicago has experienc ed in many
years closed with the election CT
Frederick A. Busse, the Republican
candidate for mayor, over Edward T.
Dunno, his Democratic rival and cam
didate for reelection, by a plurality OF
1921. The total vote for mayor fol-
lows:
Busse, Rep, 164,s3o; Dunno, Dem,
151,71S;> Rrubaker, Prohibition, 5,ST5;
Koop, Socialist, 13,459.
The issues in the campaign have
been largely based upon the improve
ment of the local traction systems.
Both parties were agreed that present
conditions were intolerable, but diff
fered as to the best method to be en-
ployed in revising them.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-04-05
il J. HILL RETIREs
LOUIS w. HILL CHOSEN PREsi.
DENT or GREAT NORTHERN
s55a RAILWAY COMPANY. e

g.. .
st. Paul, April 3.-James J. Hill re-
tired as president of the Great North
ern Railway company at a special
meeting of the directors in st. Paul.
retaining the craftsmanship of the
board of directors.
Louis w. Hill becomes president of
the company and Frank H. McGuigan
first vice president, the officers re-
manning the same.
The changes went into effect imme-
diately.
II don't retire." said Mr.. Hill. I'm
stead Of two mems work I shall now
do one. The compaEy's business has
doubled in the past five or six years,
which renders necessary the increase
of the operating staff"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-04-05
cALusHA A. GROW DEAD.
Veteran Ex.congressnan Expires as
Result of Old Age.

Veteran Ex-congressman Expires as
5 @. Result of Old Age.
Glenwood, Pa, April 1.-Former
Congressman Galusha A. Grow is dead
as the result of a general breakdown
attributed to old age. He was eighty
four years old.
Mr.. Grow was elected to congress
in 1851 as the youngest member OF
that body and after retirement from
public life for nearly forty years he
re-entered the house of representa-
tives as congressman'at-large from
Pennsylvania fourteen years ago.
When he retired four years ago his
public service in the house extended
over the longest period Of any man
who ever sat in that body.
In 1864 he came within one vote OF
being nominated for vice president in
place of Andrew Johnson, who became
president.
Mr.. Grows greatest public service
was as the father of the homestead
law, through which measure many
million acres of Western farm lands
were opened to settlement by home
steaders, an act which has been credit
ed with doing more than any other
thing for the development of the great
West.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-04-05
CHICAGO Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, April 2.-Cattle-Beeves,
s4.3O@6.sO; cows, s1S0@5.00; heifers,
$2.75@5.4O; calves, s5.25@725; good
to prime steers, $560@6.S5; poor to.
medium, s4.30@5.50; stockers and
feeders, s2.s5@5.oO. Hogs-Light and
mixed, s6.5O@6.s0; heavy, $6.40@6.S0;
rough, $64O@6.55; pigs, $5.85 @6.70;.
good to choice heavy, s6.70@6.80.
Sheep, $4.25@6.50; lambs, $6.0O@S TO-:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-04-05
JOINS ANANIAs CLUE
President Brands Letter Of Magnate a
Deliberate Untruth.

Deliberate Untrutn.
Washington, April 2-President
Roosevelt emphatically denies the
statement contained in letter pub
lished in New York purporting to
have been written by E. H. Hartman
to Sidney Webster of New York in
the latter part of December, 1905. In
Mr.. Harriman's letter the statement is
made that at the request Of President
Roosevelt he, Hartman, assisted in
raising a fund of S25O,000 to be used
in carrying New York for the Repub-
lican party at the election held in
the fall Of 1904. This statement the
president characterizes as "a deliber'
ate and willful untruth-by right it
should be characterized by an even
shorter and more ugly word. I never
requested Mr.. Hartman to raise
dollar for the presidential campaign of
1904"
The letter about which all the SEN
sation revolves was written by E. II.
Hartman to Sidney Webster of New
York in the latter part Of December,
1905. Webster is lawyer and writ
er on political subjects.
In Mr.. Harriman's letter the state
nent is made that at the request of
President Roosevelt he (Harriman)
assisted in raising a fund of $250,O00
to be used in carrying New York for
the Republican party in the election of
1904
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-04-05
pEPREcATEs ITS DEFEAT.
President Writes Regarding Ship Sub.
sidy Bill.

Omaha, April 1.-Congressman p.
NJ. Pollard of the First Nebraska dis
trict has received a letter from Pres
ident Roosevelt thanking him for his
support of the ship subsidy bill, con.
graduating him and other Western
congressman for taking a broad and
patriotic view of the situation and
deprecating the defeat of the bill as a
serious injury to the commercial inter-
ests of the United States.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-04-05
COLLISION OF FREIGHTs.
Six Trainmen Killed in Wreck Near
Fort Worth, Tex.

Fort Worth, Tex, April six train
men were killed in q headOn collision
between two freight trains on the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad
six miles south of here. The dead
are: Engineer Wooden and Fireman
Hines of the southbound train, Engi-
neer Caldwell and Fireman Wallace
Of the northbound train and two
brakemen, names not known.
The collision occurred while both
trains were running at a high speed.
Fire broke out Immediately in the
wreckage and the two .brakemen were
cremated before assistance could
reach them. Over 800 head of cattle
were burned and eight cars Of mer-
chandise destroyed.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-04-05
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, April 2-Wheat-To arrive
and on track-No. ] hard, SIC; No. 1
Northern. Sic; No. 2 Northern, 7eAc;
May, S0Ac: July, size; Sept, S0Mc.
Flax--To arrive and on track, S1.1S;
May, s1.1S1H.: July, S1.2O1s.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-04-05
CHICAGO Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, April 1.-Wheat-May,
765k 076%c; July, 1875 @7sAc. Corn
May, 45Mc; July, 45Bc. Oats
May, 425S @42lc; July, 37as037Ac.
Pork--May, s1G,40; July, s16.45. But
ter-Creameries, 22@29kc; dairies,
2O@27c. Eggs 71415c. Turkeys, 12c;
chickens, 13c; springs, 121Ac. = #
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-04-05
Millions to Fight Oil Trust.

Charleston, W. Va, April with
a backing of s75,0O0,00O the Columbia
Oil and Gas company, chartered under
laws Of West Virginia, has purchased
options on $4,000 acres of land and
will enter into active competition with
the Standard Oil in this state, Ken.
lucky and Ohio. ..-, 49,.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-04-05
St. Paul Union Stock Yards.

St. Paul, April 2.-Cattle--Good to
choice steers, S5.50@ G.25; fair to good,
S4.OO@5.00; good to choice COWS and
heifers, s25oM4.75; veals, S4.50@5.50.
Fogs--s6. t0IG.55. Sheep-Wethers,
s550@6.o0; good to prime lambs, $3.50
M750.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-04-05
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
MINNEAPOLIS Wheat.

Minneapolis, April 2.-Wheat-May,
7SAc; July, S0Ac On track-No. 1
hard, S11%@S2c; No. Northern, s07s
oslo; Nc. Northern, 1914 @79c; No.
3 Northern, 75@77c.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-04-05
Aqrarian Disorders in Russia.

acknowledgement, Russia, April s.
Agrarian disorders have broken out in
the Sergachevsk district. In an en-
counter with troops fifty peasants
were wounded and a rural guard was
killed. @.-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-04-05
MILLIONAIRE A SUICIDE.

William a. Proctor Shoots Himself In
the Head.
Cincinnati, March 29.-William A.
Proctor, president of the Proctor &
Gamble company, and son of one of
the firms founders, died from bull
let wound, self-inflicted, at his home
in Glendale, suburb of this city. He
shot himself In the head while alone
IN the bathroom. His wealth was es-
timated at many millions.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-04-05
THREE CHILDREN cREMATED.

Locked in Their Home and Burned to
% Death.
Grand Forks, N. D., April 3.-Three
children of Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Hen.
derson of Langdon were suffocated in
a fire which destroyed the residence
at Langdon. The dead are: Jean
nette, aged four and one-half years
sunnie, aged three years; Baby. aged
eighteen months.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-04-05
BANK STATEMENT.

on OF STATE Reading. Mimi, Close
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-12

including everything from |
pens to county ballots, for holding AN
election, and to procure the places
and booths for o5ins.
All supplies for the delegate elec.
tion of last November were furnish.
ed by the secretary of Oklahoma Ter
ritory, designated as disbursiing of.
ficer by the government for both ter
ritories, and in which instance the
government pad the bills of every
character. Ballot boxes, booths.
tickets, poll books, stationery. etc.
were procured and shipped from Guth.
rie. the point of distribution. in some
In stances, as much as six weeks be.
fore election day Booths and ballot
boxes were not furnished to Okla
homa counties, as they we're presum.
ed to have such equipment II cost
s3.199 to SO provide the Indian Terri.
tory, added TO which was 5000 freight.
Notwithstanding the government han.
died that election. there were between
forty and fifty precincts IN which
none was held.
Under the Oklahoma eiecdon laws.
the state board OF commissioners are
only required to furnish the state
tickets, which are delivered in Guth.
rie to the clerks of counties. Should
they fail to appear here to claim the
tickets, they are to be dispatched by
special mes senger a. the county's ex.
pense. There is no question about
provision being made in old Okla.
homa counties where n government
exists. but in the new counties of
both territories, where there are no
county funds, and where tine election
machinery was created by appoint.
ment by the con stitutional conven-
| ton the situation is different The at.
torney generals department will be
asked for an opinion in the matter.
! particularly on tthe relation the
| present territorial government bears
to the new state In the approaching
election. II is not believed the fed
eral governments credit can be
pledged in the situation, but that any
expense incurred must be individual
ly on the part of the counties which
are to become a part OF the new gov
ernment. Only thirty-seven days re
main before the election. at which n
full state ticket is to be elected and
the constitution ratified or rejected
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-12
RELIGION AND CIVILIZATION.

1T is well said in every sense,
wrote Carlyle" that mans religion
is the chief fact with regard Ia
him. 1t is also the chief fact with
regard TO u nation and community
We are fortunate that the United
States is "A religious country, that
tho south and Texas are notably so
and that Houston is II city OF church
cs.
Considered upon the lowest plane
the church Is an auxiliary to the po
lice; it lessons their work. Consid
cred upon a higher plane, the church
makes good citizens and helps the
cause of fair dealings among men
Considered upon the highest plane
the church teaches men how to live
and how TO die, moulding its members
into the noblest development and
most unseltsh character. and giving
strength for the last great trial OF
mortality under which all Of Adam
sons and Ewes daughters 20 down
into the dust of death,
The influence Of the church benefits
even those who are without its pale
Men are imperfect creatures, but far
better than in the time OF the anci
ents. bad as Christendom, is, II is
an Improvement over Pagandom.
Much OF the vice and cruelty Of an
tiquity has been worn away by preach
Ing, even as the continual dropping
OF water wears away stone. The
world is full of evil, the tares grow
ing with the wheat but II grows
better although slowly, under Chris
tianity than before the beginning of
our era, when in the days of waning
OF the glory OF Greece and the
eclipse OF the grandeur of the Roman
republic into the decadent empire IL
grew steadily worse.
When we consider that charity and
charitable institutions began with
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-12
THREE ARE INJURED
WRECK ON PAUtS VALLEY
BRANCH OF SANTA FE DUE
TO EXCESSIVE HEAT.

Chickasha, !. T.. Aug. l0.-Martin
Gamble and T.. A. Morrison. brakemen.
and Walter Wiling. cattleman had a
narrow escape from death and were
severely injured in a wreck of an en-.
gine and caboose on the Pauls Valley
branch of the Santa Fe railway near
here this afternoon. The engineer and
fireman escaped injury by jumping
Gamble sustained a dislocation OF
the shoulder and severe scalp and
face wounds. Morrison suffered a
fracture OF the right leg while willing
was badly bruised in many places
The three were hurled to the office
of physician where their injuries
were dressed.
The wreck was caused because the
rails did not have sufficient room for
expansion and had bent as a result OF
the extreme heat.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-12
o+C)
CONGRESS- AepIcATEs.

What Is the use of Congress meet
ing In December when President
Roosevelt and Bert Hopkins, the jun
ior senator from Illinois. can DO all
the business? They have just agreed
that congress shall not undertake
tariff revision and II they can settle
that question in advance without con
sulting with the 2S2 other republican
members of congress there Is no good
reason why they can't settle the less
important questions OF appropriations
etc.
Have the republican members OF
congress abdicated In favor of the
president and Bert Hopkins or have
they delegated the settlement of tn,
tariff issue? II would seem so.
Who will now dare Iiy the republi
can representatives of the people are
not led up to the executive watering
trough and forced to drink, by th'
promise OF also having their share o
the swill known as public patronage
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-12
WEATHER RECORD
SUNDAY THE HOTTEST DAY THIS
sUMMER-SoME STATISTICS
ON HEAT THIS SEASON..

The hottest weather that has ever
been experienced by the people OF
this section of the country is on at
present and a great many of the old
settlers are heard to say that they
have never experienced such hot
weather In the day time.
While the days are exceedingly hot
the latter part of the night is cool.
The record for the past week broke
all previous records and no day did
the thermometer register under 9S I'm
the shade. Sunday was the hottest
day yet experienced, the thermometer
having registered 10l 1.2 degrees
Fahrenheit.
Saturday, Aug. 10, and Friday. Aug.
3, were both scorchers, with the mer-
curry in the thermometer registering
100 degrees.
While the month of August up to
the present has been what is termed
hot month July was somewhat
warm also. On July 26 and q the
heat registered 100 degrees, and on
July 25 the thermometer showed the
heat to be 80 degrees. July "a was
another warm member, the thermom-
eter registering 100 degrees.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
summer has been hot a few warm
days were experienced in the month
of March. and on March 10, a real
summer day was had, when the mer-
curry ran up as high as 96 degrees. In
! the month of March for five consec-
utive days the thermometer register
ed above 30 degree but the weather
after that was more like winter than
/ spring or summer.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-12
ELECTION SUPPLIES
THIS DETAIL OF THE COMING
ELECTION is MORE OR LESS
A SERIOUS PROBLEM.

Guthrie, Okla, Aug. 12.-The qucs'
tion of supplies for the September
election Is more or less u So. ions
problem In the new counties of Ok
lahoma and Indian Territory. and un'
less the details, as contemplated by
the Oklahoma law. are carried out
there may be no full election in many
of them. Under the law 1t devolyes
upon the clerks and commissioners OF
all counties to furnish the lcccssary