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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-03
CONTEST SHORTER HOURS.

CHICAGO, Jan. 2.--Delegates from
the Brotherhood Of Locomotive En-
gineers. representing all lines in the
district west Of Chicago will NEE,
with officials OF the railways here to-
day TO further discuss their demand
for an increase in wages and an eight
hour day scale. Grandmaster Stone
will act as spokesman for the engi-
neers. II !s probable the increase In
wages vii lbe allowed, but the hour
work day will be warmly contested
by the railways
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-03

conference in the reD' ot%'% Mrs
Potter Palmer or 81 .ay evening
January, January ~ :" ,s' - auspices Of the
National = Iteration. II In ex-
pcctod tha hs president, August
Belmont. viii be IN attendance. Al
the annual meeting OF the National
Civic Federation In New York three
weeks ago. Mrs, Palmer offered the
use Of her residence. and invitations
are TO DE sent out today to about
400 employers Of labor and nn equal
number Of representative union men.
II In hoped by the civic federation
members that the meeting will be n
great success and that one OF It's fruits
viii be the establishment In Chicago
OF branch Of the national nsHocln.
ton. such nv haH been established re-
Gently IN Boston when the project
was flrst broached Il few days ago. It
was feared that the labor men might
refuse to attend because Of the fact
that the meeting was 10 be held In
Mrs Palmers home on the Lake Shore
drive. The more conservative OF Ia
Dor leaders have been approached on
the subject and they have declared
that they ARE willing to meet repre-
sentative employers In any place II
tho meeting will have n tendency TO
bring about better understanding.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-03
FAMOUS CHURCH oRoANIsT.

NEW YORK. Jan. 2.~-Profeasor Al.
bert wilhelm Berg. for thirty years
organiHt nj the Little Church Around
the Corner" In dying n, his home In
this city. For n month he has been
suffering from heart diseasc and drop
ay and his burden OF 81 years In
against him. On June 20. 1903, he and
his wife celebrated their golden wed.
dign. Professor Berg was for many
years voluminous composer Of
church music.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-03
ROAD NEARLY DONE.

FREEWATER, Ore, Jan. Work
on the electric suburban line between
this city and Walla Walla has been
considerably delayed by the recent
high water which carried away near
ly all the temporary bridges. Grading
and tracklaying are progressing rap
idly, the roadbed is completed and the
track laid is within one mile of Free
water. 1t is expected the line will be
ready for operation by January 10,
with the exception of a permanent
structure across the Walla Walla riv-
or
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-03
SHOOTS THREE MEN.
Opens Fire Without Warning and
Without Apparent Motive.

NEW YORK, Jan. John vandell,
20 years of age, was fatally shot In
an uptown street early today by a
man known to the police as Chop
Suey joe" Two companions Of Van
dell, Charles Carberry and William
Murray, were also wounded, the lat
ter seriously. No motive but pure
devilishness can be assigned for tine
shooting. The young men were es-
corting their sweethearts to their
homes when the assailant stepped
from hallway and began shooting.
The would be murderer escaped but
as he left a trail Of blood for some
distance, It Is thought he Is wounded,
by his own pistol.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-03
Smoking Car Crowded With Mexi-
cans Bears Brunt OF
the Shock.
TRAINS MEET AT FULL SPEED
TraInmen Escape injury by Jumping
Cars Catch Fire and Wounded,
Pinned In Wreekaoe, Suffer
Slow Death.

TOPEKA. Kan. Jan, 2,~-Onc Of th'
most disastrous wrecks In the hiEtor,
OF The Rock Island Railway Syster
occurred early this morning. ilvs
miles east Of Alta Vista. 30 miles west
OF Topeka, when passenger trains
No, 20. southbound. and No. 30. north
bound. collldcd head.on while trav-
cling nj high rate OF speed. The
brunt OF the collision was sustained
by train No 20. which was heavily
laden with passengers, The cars on
this train went into the ditch and
several OF them caught fre and were
consumed. Close TO 30 persons. most
iy Mexican laborcrs In the smoking
car Of No. 20. lost their livea. Many
Of them were pInioncd In the wreck
and were burned 10 death and only
their ashes remain. Forty persons
were injured Twelve Of the injured
were seriously hurt. and II In believed
that hnlf Of these will die The Mex
leans were cn route 10 FL Pnso 10
work for the Rock Island Railroad,
But few persons on train No, 10
were seriously injured. The cars on
this train were not badly damaged,
Engineers and nremen and most OF
tho trainmen Jumped in time to save
themselves Tho express messenger
on No 20 Is missing
John Lynes the telegraph operator
at voland. who appears to be rcspon-
slblo for the collision, has been ar
rested. Lyncs received an order to
No, 20 slip by Lynes fed to the
country but aftcrward gave himself
up
An Interpreter for the Mcxcans was
questioned as he lay slowly burning |
to death under the wreckage He said
there were 25 Mcxicans In the party
going from Kansas city to tl Paso to
work and most OF them were burning
TO death Ike himself
The collision occurred on what Is
known as the Alta Vista hill. The
northbound train came down the
steep grade at n high rate Of speed,
and the engineer had no warning OF
the approach OF the other train. He
was only able to slacken speed to n
degree before he Jumped, The trains
met at the bottom of the hill. The
smoking car on No, 90 was literally
split in two and the first chair car
was telescoped nearly half way back.
The two baggage cars, mail car, smok-
or and chair car on No. 20 were con-
sumed by flames that followed the
collision. The killed and seriously in .
jured were In the smoker and the first I
chair car. None Of the sleeping cars '
OF either train was damaged lt
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-03
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER HURT.

HOOD RIVER, Jan. Mrs. WILL
lam Scobey and her small daughter
were severely burned in a fire that
destroyed the Scobey house south Of
Hood River yesterday. The mother
rushed upstairs for the child and had
to pass through flames carrying her
outside. She got outdoors few mo-
ments before the roof fell in. Both
will recover.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-03
Republican Party Loses Staunch
Champion and Tried
Leader.
SON OF WELL KNOWN PIONEERS
Was for Twenty Years One Of the
Leaders Of His Party in the State
Had Retired to Domestic
Life.

| PORTLAND. Jan. Frank c. Ba
kef, former state printer ex-chairmaI
Of the Republican State Central com
mittee and prominent politician, die,
at o'clock at his residence. Gllsar
and Twenty-fourth streets. He hat
been suffering from abscess of tn,
inner ear. which was complicated b,
other ailments, and during the pas
week his heart action was bad. DR.
Clarence Nichols. who had been at
tending the patient. applied stimulants
| all day yesterday. but last night Mr.
Baker grew worse and died a few
minutes after the physician arrived.
For 20 years Mr.. Baker had been
In the politics Of the state. He served
two terms as state printer and since
his incumbency directed several po-
litlcal campaigns. He retired last
year az chairman of the state organ
iZation. He was always n Republican.
and when the party In Multnomah
county split into factions. he allied
himself with the Mitchell wing. Up
to within few months ago he was
an applicant for United States collec-
tor Of customs.
Since his retirement he has resided
In Portland. engaging in the commits
sion business. He made fortune
from the state printing office and in
vested 1t to advantage, so that he
leaves n large estate. Mr.. Bakers
judgment on politics was noted
throughout oregon, since at every
election he laid heavy wagers on the
result, and was rarely mistaken IN
the outcome, He was the son of w.
w Baker. formerly state food COM
missioner and publisher of the Rural
Spirit, on which paper deceased
worked for many years. Mr.. Baker
was one Of the best-known printers in |
the state and was instrumental in or
the first typographical union
In Oregon. His policy was to pay the
highest wage to his employees in the
state printing office and he recognized
that 1t was through the loyal sup
port Of his fellow journeymen at the
case that he was originally elected and
placed on the road to wealth and
Mr. Baker was born in Washington
county In 1854, His parents emigrat-
I'd to Oregon in 1853, remaining in
Portland until 1865, In the latter year
hey moved to La Grande, Union
county where, at the age Of IA, Frank
'egan his printing career with f. S.
dcComas on the Mountain Sentinel
Mr., Baker leaves a widow and one
hid. The date Of the funeral will
'e announced later.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-03
SHOOTS DOWlE LEADER.

CHICAGO. Jan. 1.-The mystery
which surrounded the shooting Of Ell
der Peter Ropp, one Of John Alexander
Dowie's closest followers and friends,
at Zion City, was cleared up when the
police learned that his assailant, Ru-
dolph Zollinger, fired the shot while in
a frenzy over losing his life savings,
which he had invested In Zion enter
prizes
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-03
FORTUNE FOR HUSBAND.

LONDON, Jan. 1.-The Daily Mai
quotes friend of the late Lady Bur-
dett-Couts as saying that the bulk
Of her great fortune will go to her
late husband, and that 1t is unlikely
that her will contains large bequests
to charity
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-03
Corresponding Increase in Lynch
Furnishes Food for
Thought.
MORE MURDERS BY ROBBERS
Record is an Evil One in All Depart
nents of Crime and Compares III
With That Of Last-Many En-
bezzlements.

CHICAGO, Jan. 2.--For those wht
contend that the people Of the United
States are growing better instead o.
worse there is little comfort in the
statistics of 1906 on crime, dishonesty
and contempt for law and order. The
figures, carefully gathered, show ir
comparison with 1905 an increase ir
lynchings. homicides, suicides and the
amount involved in embezzlements and
kindred crimes.
The number OF legal hangings in
1906 was 1913, as compared with 1923
in 1905. The record follows:
Alabama 5, Arkansas s, California 8,
Georgia 10, Idaho 2, Illinois s. Iowa 2,
Kentucky 8, Louisiana 8, Maryland 4,
Massachusetts, 2, Mississippi 10, Mis-
souri, 5, Montana 1. Nevada 2, New
Jersey s, North Carolina /, Ohio l.,
Pennsylvania 6, South Carolina I.
Washington 2. District of Columbia ?,
New Mexico 8. Indian Territory /.
There were 35 hanged in the North
and IS in the South, and of these IS
were whites. rs negroes and 2 In
dians. The crimes for which they were
executed were: Murder ia, rape s,
murder and rape /.
The number of lynchings is 50, COM
pared with 66 in 1905. The u negroes
killed in Atlanta in September and
the II killed at Scooba and wahala,
Miss, in December, are not included
In this total.
AS the lynching evil is a problem of
general interest, occupying the at
ention of courts, legislatures, congress
md the President himself, the record
IF the last 10 years is given:
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-03
LABOR MEETS CAPITAL.
Tho Lamb and the Lion Will Lie Down
Together.

CHICAGO, Jan. 2.--Captains Of in
dustry and representatives of organ
lied workmen are to meet in joint
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-03
The classification follows:

Alabama 6, Arkansas 5, Colorado /
Florida 6, Georgia 5, Kentucky l,
Louisiana s, Maryland O. Mississippi
u, Missouri 8, North Carolina 5, South
Carolina 5, Tennessee ., Texas 6, In
dian Territory 2.
OF this number GA were negroes and
5 whites. The crimes alleged were as
follows: Murder "a; murderous as
sault, I; murder and rape, 1; rape,
Is; attempted rape, a. suspected of
rape 1; theft, 81 insulting woman, /;
arson, 1; miscegenation, /; disorderly
conduct. 1.
The total number of deaths by mur-
der and violence of every kind dur
ing 1906, as reported by telegraph,
shows small increase over 1905, be-
$3.50, as compared with 9,212, 1t was
remarked last year that "the start
ling feature Of the record is the in
crease of murders committed by high
waymen, burglars, hold-up men and
that class of criminals" This feature
is even more apparent in 1906, for the
number of murders to be credited to
them is sos, as compared with $50 in
1905, asa in 1904 4O6 in 1903, 333 in
1902 and 1O3 in 1901.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-01-03
WAGES ADVANCE.
Tendency to Give Employees More
Money Without Awaiting Strikes.

NEW YORK, Jan. Fourth Vice
President Wilson of the International |
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-06-15

What's become of the move
ment started some time ago ia
organize, under the auspices OF
the cotton association, a ware
house and cotton holding com
pany in Lancaster Surely, the
farmers and their friends are not
going to let the matter fall
through. York and other coun
ties are going ahead with similar
enterprises, and it is not charac
teristic of Lancaster to lag be
hind in such matters. We have
had occasion before to refer TO
the success of warehouses else
where, notably the one in Able
Vile. The annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Abbeville en-
terprise was held few days ago,
of which the Press and Banner
of that town says:
The stockholders and. directors
of the Abbeville Warehouse met
last Friday. Reports of the fl.
nancial status of the company
were made, which proved the
condition Of the warehouse to be
in a most satisfactory condition.
Besides spending thousands OF
dollars on Improvements and a
new building, the company was
able TO pay dividend Of seven
per cent in cash to the share
holders.
What is being done in Able.
vile can be done in Lancaster or
any other progressive communi.
ty.
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to extend his line from Lynches
river to Lancaster, a distance Of
16 miles, for $25 900. and unless
that sum is paid he will carry the
road to Monroe. We are not ad
vlsed as to whom the offer or pro-
position was made. We have
heard of no discussion or consid-
GRAFTON of the matter here.
The present terminus of the
road is less than two miles be.
yond Lynches river. on the Hough
place, about opposite to Trades
Vile in this county. If the road
shall be diverted to Monroe it
will not have to cross Ly lche hes
river.
1t may be questionable as to
whether the extension of the
road 10 this point would prove
of any advantage to the town
from a business standpoint, but
there is no doubt of the fact that
it would develop and greatly be-
nefit the section of the county
through which it would run. The
county as whole would GER
tainly be benefited thereby.
1t occurs to us that we should
at once find out what the plans
of the railroad people are with
reference to this county.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-06-15
Fine Cotton.

Samples of some fine cotton
we're brought to this office Wed
nesday. DR.. j. K. Rutledge left
with us stalk taken from the
field Of Mr.. Thomas Horton, in
Kershaw county, measuring II
inches in height and containing
10 or more shapes. Mr.. Horton
has 10 acres of cotton of which
the stalk is fair sample. Mr..
j. f. Hilton brought us stalk
from his farm in the Heath
Springs neighborhood that is not
quite so tall as Mr.. Horizons but
it also has several shapes on it.
lie has 6 acres of cotton as good
as the specimen. Some of Mr..
Hilton's other cotton was dam
aged by the hail storm last Mon
day evening. Fortunately, he is
insured against loss.
Since the foregoing was put in
type we have received number
of large cotton stalks from the
farm of Steve Lavard, ii tenant on
Mr.. II. b. Perry's plantation in
this county. They are said to
fairly represent Is acres of La
wards cotton. Each stalk has
numerous shapes and compares
favorably with the best yet ex-
hibited.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-06-15
MISTAKES IN NEWSPAPERS.

The bane of a newspaper man
is typographical errors, and Of
ten they are errors which seem
inexcusable. There is scarcely
an issue of paper that does not
contain some error which disturbs
the calm Of the cd tor. The proof
was carefully read several times,
and the error did not show up !;
but just as soon as the paper
come out, there it is staring him
in the face. Recently we took
great pains to write date out in
full to avoid the possibility of an
er:or. So when the paper came out
there was date passed and gone,
instead OF the future Gate which
we wrote. There was careless
ness in the typo and in the proof
reader, that seemed ineXcusable
but the error was there and it
was too late to rub it out. t.-The
Gree nwood Journal.
Editor Gardner has our most
profound sympathy, for we not
infrequently undergo similar ex-
perience. Just about the time
he refers TO several egregious er-
rors, particularly In spelling,
crept into our editorial page and
there they remained even after
corr ction in the proof. For lack
of time we read proof only once,
hence we never know until the
paper "comes out" whether all
the errors noted on the proof
sheets have been corrected IN
tyre or not.
But, as DR.. Gardner says, zone
comfort for an editor lies in the
fact that the general reading pub
lie often fails to discover the er-
rors which disturb him most :;
and if discovered they are passed
over as a matter of course and
very little attention paid to them.
Another source of comfort lies in
the fact that errors are found in
the ablest and most carefully ed
tied papers
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-06-15
THE CHESTERFIELD AND LANCAS
TER RAILROAD.

If Lancaster expects to get the
Chesterfield & Lancaster railroad
ii is high time something was
being done in that direction.
The matter should at least be
looked into. The impression pre-
walls that the road will come TO
this point whether any effort is
made on this side of Lynches
river to bring it here or not.
That impression may prove to
be an erroneous one. A well"
known citizen of CHESTERFIELD,
county tells us that in a con-
,ersation he had a few days
90 with Mr.. Page, who
GEMS to be at the head OF
,e Chesterfield g. Lancaster rail-
,ad company, he was Informed
y Mr.. Page that he has offered
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-06-15

The Gregory Granite Lands tss
Fiat Creeh T'0sOnshtp May be
SOtd to Northern CGpttattsts.-
Talk of R. IL. from Quarry to
Lancaster.
Mr.. Thomas Gregory, of Che
raw, vino was in town this week,
is negotiating to sell his fine
granite lands in Lancaster county
10 Philadelphia concern. He
recently spent a couple of weeks
in Philadelphia, New York and
Boston for the purpose of placing
the property on the Market
Mr.. Gregory's granite quarry is
located on his old ihome place in
the vicinity of Taxahaw. The
stone is said to be of very SUI
perior quality, being, in fact, a
species of marble.
The Philadelphia capitalists
with whom Mr.. Gregory has
opened negotiations are talking
of building a railroad from Lam
caster to the quarry, a distance
of II miles, in case they purchase
the properly. They recently sent
representative here to look
over the field. Lancaster is by
no means the nearest railroad
point from the quarry, kershaw
being 10 miles distant and Jei-
ferson only miles, but the pros
pective buyers of the quarry
say that railroad can be con-
structed cheaper to Lancaster
than to either OF the other places,
for there would be no trestles or
bridges to build nor any heavy
grading to do.
1t is to be hoped that Mr..
Gregory will be able 10 carry his
present plans TO successful con-
clusion, for the development of
his valuable quarry and the
building of the proposed railroad
would mean much for Lancaster
and Lancaster county.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-06-15

County Supervisor Perry let
the contract yesterday for en-
closing the cemetery at the Coun-
ty Home to j. N. Outen & Co.
the lowest bidders therefor. The
price is $34. The enclosure will
be of wire, which the county
will furnish.
"A severe rain and hail storm
Tuesday afternoon at Hunters
Vile, N. G.. almost totally de-
stroyed the crops of several far
mers.
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Saturday, June -, 1907.

The States export edition issued
Thursday ranks among the very
best and greatest achievements
of Southern journalism.
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Entered as second-class matter, Oct z. 1905,
A. the postoflice at Lancaster > u under ACT
of Congress OF March 8 1879
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-06-15
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the
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Mrs. w. D. Crawford, OF
Sharon, who was reported to be
very ill some days ago, is very
little better, we are informed.
Mrs. Frances Philips, OF Lum-
berton, N. O., committed suicide
Thursday by burning herself to
death. She set her clothes on
fire. She was about 70 years
old.
Misses Eileen and Melita Floyd
are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. w. A..
Blakeney at Lancaster .-Ker-
shaw Era.