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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-25
ionia is in Mourning.

mourning in the little city of Ionia,
which is 100 miles west of Detroit.
Mayor John N. Bible says he eSti-
mates that one in every so of the
citys inhabitants was either killed or
injured in the wreck All of Saturday
night members of a citizens commit
tee, which was appointed when the
extent of the catastrophe was realized,
were at work visiting the homes of
the dead and injured and arranging
for medical attention and assistance
where it was necessary. All of the
city's normal activities have prac-
tically been suspended and every one
is devoting attention to the wreck vic
tins.
One of the most pathetic cases of
suffering is the Hass family, which
lost it's father and two sons. They
were the breadwinners, and a widow
and six children are left nearly desti-
tute by the death of Charles, Herman
and Paul Hass.
Not until Sunday was the identity
of all the dead positively established,
and an accurate list made up. All but
five victims whose names are on the
death roll lived in Ionia.
How the Disaster Occurred.
The passenger train, of IL cars, was
ployes of Ionia and their families to
Detroit for their annual excursion. 1t
was running at high speed down
grade when it met the freight train
head-on.
The locomotives were smashed and
train lay piled in a hopeless wreck.
Four of the passenger coaches re-
manned on the track unchanged and
were used to convey the dead and in
jured to Ionia. One coach was UNI
damaged, with only it's forward truck
off the rails. These were the rear five
cars The two coaches next ahead of
these were telescoped. One of these
was the smoker, where most of the
victims were riding.
Engine Crew Jumps; One Dies.
The freight train was moving slow
ly up the grade in the cut when the
excursion flyer bore down on it. l.. B.
Alvord engineer of the passenger,
saw the crash was inevitable, and
after setting the air brake jumped,
with his fireman, Knowles. Alvord es-
capped serious injury, but Knowles
died Of his hurts.
After the first frenzy of terror sub
sided the uninjured passengers began
to give succOr to those who were hurt
and remove the bodies of the dead,
which were seen on all sides, pinned
down in the debris.
Fear that the wreckage might take
fire lent speed to their efforts.
Freight Crew Blamed.
Responsibility is put squarely onto
the crew of the freight train by of
ficials of the road. One of them, who
arrived at the scene of the wreck soon
after the accident, took from the crew
of the freight the orders under which
it was running. They clearly showed
the position of the passenger excur-
sion train and that the freight had en-
croached on the other trains running
time.
The special train was due at Salem
at $40 a. m. and at Plymouth at 1920
a. m. 1t passed Salem on time.
The time card of the special was
telegraphed to the freight crew in the
form of train order, and this order,
with the signatures of the freight
train crew attached, was recovered by
the officials.
The freight crew explained that they
forgot about the special"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-25
BeIoit's Assessment.

Beloit.-The total assessment of
real estate and personal property Of
Beloit is $8,SS4,OOO, an increase over
last year of 100000.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-25
TH|RTY-ONE DEAD
IN MICHIGAN WRECK
LITTLE CITY OF IoNIA FULL OF
MOURNING FAMILIES.
EIGHT INJURED MAY DIE
Shocking Collision Between Excursion
Train and Freight-CreW of
Latter Forgot Their
Orders.

Detroit, Mich, July 22.-The death
list as a result of Saturdays collision
near Salem between an excursion
train and freight train stands now
at 81, but among the 100 injured in
this city and Ionia, eight are reported
to be in a serious condition and not
out of danger.
There are 81 injured people at their
homes in Ionia and AZ were brought
to the hospitals in this city for treat
ment OF the long list of suffering
persons at Ionia but one, Mrs. H. Dur
ling, whose husband and son were
killed, is reported to be in a danger
Gus condition. Seven of the injured
in the local hospitals are not yet out
of danger. These are: Banner Hug
gins, Mrs. Catherine Setback, John B.
Anderson, Abraham Eddy, William
Beals, Mrs. Nellie Dalson and Mrs.
Catherine Smith All are residents of
IOnia
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-07-25
Teacher for Indian School.

Madison.-O. ]. Dehwick has been
appointed as teacher in the Colville
Indian school, Washington.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-04
LITTLE 1907.

The baby wear came in last night
On the wings of the western breeze,
From out of Nowhere, far away,
In the midst of the Sundown seas.
on his breast he wore a crescent
brooch
Of sapphires and emeralds twenty,
And on his back from a ribbon hung
4 golden "horn of plenty"
His little tunic was edged about,
With lilies and Springtime posies
And on his baby brow he wore
A wreath of but half-blown roses.
And these he brought from the far
away,
From the lands where the fairies
rally;
\ Gift the elves had sent themselves
To the fair Willamette Valley.
Sapphires for skies. and emeralds,
sward,
4 verdure never ending,
The curling horn to show the wealth
Of her golden harvest's sending
Poses. the beauty Of glade and glen,
And pool where the river dallies,
Roses, fragrant and red to crown
The beautiful Queen of Valleys.
j. H Cradlehaugh in Salem
Journal.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-04
SOUTHERN WEALTH.

A census bulletin is the basis of an
estimate that the true value of prop
erty in the south in 1904 was SIS,
623, 100000, against s12,934. .0O0,0 900
in 1900.
In the last two years, according to
the Manufacturers Record, the in
crease of wealth has been rapid and
the true value" is now quite $751;
O00,000,O0O In the year 1906 the
number of patents issued to southern
inventors was 2.7O1 against 2771 in
1904 and 2796 in 1908.
There has been a similar diminu-
ton in the United States at large
from 27,S19 in 1903 to 1859 in 1904
and 26,97S in 1905. This diminution
has been wittily explained by assum-
ing that If necessity is the mother OF
invention, prosperity is the father OF
Incidence, but the real reason may be
in the slow working of the patent Of
flee, which is undermanned because
the pay is insufficient to attract and
keep and adequate force of skillful
examiners of applications.-Memphi:
News-Scimitar.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-04
THE ELECTRICAL AGE AT HAND.

Young men now in college and just
entering college, will make no mistake
IL they learn electrical engineering as
a profession for life.
The electrical age is just now dawn
ing on the world. Water power which
has been running TO waste since the
w,riG was made, will be harnessed,
and Is now being harnessed and util-
lied IN moving machinery. running
cars, lighting cities and turning night
into day in the mines and factories of
the world.
1t is the most promising profession
now before the young man. 1t is
fascinating and remunerative and
thousands of positions will open every
year as the idle power is developed
and electricity is applied more and
mere to the common needs of human
ity.
1t requires no prophetic eye to see
the scope of electrical development in
the inland empire. Enough power is
RAINING TO waste at Tumwater falls
on the Columbia and at Priest Rapids
on the upper Columbia to run electric
cars through every county in Oregon,
Washington and Idaho. This power
will not always be idle.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-04

Governor Hughes of New York, is
endearing himself to the people of his
state and the nation by declaring for
a recount OF the New York city cleo
tion in which Mcclellan defeate
Hearst. Without entering into any of
the details of the election or of the
merits of the candidates, it is known
that there were fragrant election
frauds. \ recount may not change
the result. bat 1t will prove the nerve
of Governor Hughes and may be the
means Of uncarthing some tangible
evidence on which a few hundred OF
the hired thugs of New York wards
may be sent to Sing Sing.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-04

by the private company and in order
to save it from utter ruin, was placed
in the hands of u GOVERNMENT
RECEIVER.
DURING THE HARD TIMES,
WHEN MONEY WAS SCARCE AND
BUSINESS PARALYzED. THE GOV
ERNMENT, BY SKILI.FUI. AND
ECONOMICAL MANAGEMENT
BROUGHT THE COMPANY
THROUGH SUCCESSFULLY, PLAC-
ED IT IN a SOLVENT CONDITION,
BI1TT UP ITS BUSINESS, SETTLED
THE DIFFICULTIES WITH THE
EMPLOYEES AND RESCUED THE
BIG SYSTEM FROM WHAT SEEM
ED TO BIZ CERTAIN RUIN.
And yet there are men having per-
feet knowledge of this affair who scoff
at the idea of the government sue
cesSfully managing a railroad.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-04
NO HOPE FOR EMPLOYEES.

Judge John Mccall, of the federal
court at Memphis, Tenn, has just de-
cided that the La Toilette amendment
to the railroad rate bill, holding rail-
roads liable for the injury of employees
through negligence of the company or
other employees, is unconstitutional and
that an employe cannot recover dam
ages under the amendment.
This is the first corporation Judge
to make himself heard upon the liza
bility clause of the La Toilette amend
ment.
About 20 of the leading states Of the
Union have liability acts, of which the
La Toilette amendment is a perfect
counterpart, and in every state these
acts are operative and effective.
To say that it is unconstitutional to
hold corporations liable for negligence
in interrtate commerce, is to say in
so many words that the corporations
own this Judge.
rhe life tenure of federal judges is
another curse which the people will
surely be forced 10 attack vigorously
in the near future.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-04
\ MILLION DOLLAR SEAT.

Simon Guggenheim, of the smelter
trust, who has just been elected to
the United States senate by the repub-
lican caucus in Colorado, boasts, in a
modest way, that he has spent over
S1,OOO,OOO in building fences and lay
ing plans for this seat in the senate.
What is the logical conclusion in
this case"
Why, that GuEgenheim looks upon
the senate as a purely business prop.
osition end expects to get back his
S1,OOO,OOO with interest.
He has striking examples of merce-
nary men il senatorial seats to urge
him to make the investment. Rhode
Island, Massachusetts,, Maryland, New
York, TEXAS, Pennsylvania and other
states have sent back to the senate
repeatedly, the most corrupt speci-
mems of manhood ever kept in public
office, simply because the present
method of electing United States SEN
ators permits spectators and specu-
la.ing corporations to make large in
vestments IN senatorial fights.
The remedy for this condition is to
place senatorial elections in the hands
of the people. Then. If we are bilked.
we will be to blame.
The legislatures will be relieved of
the odium.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-04
PANS FLUTE FOUND.

Among the Roman antiquaries re-
Gently found at Alesia are some that
are very interesting, says London
Sketch.
one of them is a curious instrument
shaped like a spoon at one end and
like fork at the other, an iron horse
shoe, and, what is the most valuable
Of all, a really ancient Pans pipe.
This instrument is made of carved
wood, and is pierced with eight holes
OF different sizes. The notes can be
sounded, and musicians will now be
able to reconstruct the. ancient inter-
walls of music.
This flute. or pipe, is all The more
valuable as it is the only one which
has come down to us from antiquity.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-04
IHE PENDLETON SPIRIT.

Again that indomitable Pendleton
spirit has exhibited its vitality and
power. The same spirit which has
brought industries to Pendleton, laid
au. country roads, contributed to
sufferers in Heppner, Mitchell and
San Francisco, built three school
buildings in a single season, voted
$50. 900 Cor modern sewer system in
a town of but 5000 at the time, and
laid pavement on ~ business blocks
this season, last night got under the
$4,000 sustentation fund for Pendle-
ton academy boys dormitory and de-
ciied that It would he built.
The Pendleton spirit not only de-
cided II do something. but it put its
contribution down in black and white
and last night, within an hour, large
portion of the $4,000 fund was sub
scrihed in the Commercial association
meeting.
Thus is the spirit which makes Pen
dleton, noted far and near, for its
progress and business acumen. The
name Of Pendleton is synonymous
with porgrcss in every part of the
northwest. other cities use Pendle-
toms accomplishments to urge pro-
gross at home.
Her reputation has again been sus-
tanned. The Pendleton spirit is
unique Its counterpart is not found
anywhere else.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-04

Umatilla county Should gt to the
legislature with a willingness to help
every worthy enterprise in any part
of the state. Eastern oregon people
ere too big to be confined to any
little section Of the STATE. They know
no bounds excepting the state lines,
IN dealing with important matters of
legislation. Western Oregon people
need an opCn Willamette river Just as
urgently as eastern oregon needs an
open Columbia, and Umatilla county
should work with equal zeal for all
parts Of the state.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-04
THE UNDERPAID PROFESSION.

"The most underrated and under
raid profession we have in the United
States" is the way writer in the New
York Times. characterizes teaching
All the world knows that women con-
stitute the vast majority of public
school teachers. Former United
States Commissioner Of Labor Carroll
n. Wright, says: 1.-THE lack of direct
political influence constitutes pow
erful reason why women's wages have
been kept Mt a minimum" and il
seems significant that in the -four
states, where women have the same
political rights az mon, men and wom-
on teachers are paid alike for equal
work.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-04

trial. The judge. eyed the prisoner
with deep satisfaction for minute or
so, and then delivered himself of the
following: lowing to personal
prejudice, the court will not hear this
case. 1t will be tried by the bailiff,
who will find verdict in accordance
with the facts. In the mean time"
ne added, imprcssively, "the court will
go outside and find a rope and pick
out good troe."-Tit- BITS.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-04
HOW THE @. p. WAS SAVED.

Opponents of government owner
shin of railroads have overlooked one
Of the most practical demonstrations
Of the governments Skill as a rail-
road manager on record.
After the government had backed
the promoters of the Union Pacific
railroad, furnished the cash with
which to build the road, and simply
gave the road to the private company
which built it, the system even then,
in a few years, was almost wrecked
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-04
HORACE'S GARDEN.

The following shows how happy
Horace was with the little Sabine farm
given him by Maecenas about 33
years before Christ:
my prayers with this used to
charge
A piece OF land not very large,
Wherein there should a garden be,
A clear spring flowing ceaselessly,
And where, to crown the whole, there
should
A patch be found Of growing wood.
All this, and more, the gods have sent
And l am heartily content"
Horace.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-04
A RONnl Iinr.

King Leopold of Belgium, and the
Congo State, denies the charges OF
cruelty brought against his agents,
asserts that the natives are benefited
by his rule, and affirms that instead
of making money hr has spent thous-
ands of his private funds in doing good
in Central Africa.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-04

Henry RAY. a trainer with the Bos-
ton animal circus, at Toledo, o., was
bitten ard clawed by lion, and viii
die from his injuries.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-04
SPEEDY JUSTICE IN TEXAs.

A Texas judge was robbed of horse
not long ago, and the thief. being ar
rested, was brought before him for
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-04
cS

The capitalization of the State
Bank Of Commerce at Wallace, Idaho,
has been raised from $4,000 to $780,
900. Shares are par value 800.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-04

, II by DAY of toll I've earned
, 4 better thought and it be-
comes
, 4 seed of goodness in some
heart:
, count my wages by the mart,
} 4 dividend of growing worth. .
} II l have helped a soul to seek .
, The perfect purpose of its life, .
} pouily hath my wages been; .
, And l am rich, inGeed, to win .
} Small dollars and living .
thought.
} Amy Nickerson. .
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-05-23
WON'T Wait
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMITS
SION WILL GO AFTER 1ARRl-
MAN LINES ssfa

Associated Press to Bismarck Tribune
Washing ton, D. q. May is
not the intention Of the Interstate
Comaerce Commission TO await the
result Of proceedings to be instituted
against 3. II. Hartman to compel
him to answer certain inquiries that
were put to him In the New York in-
yestigation before taking action on
the general subject Of the investiga.
ton. In the opinion Of the members
OF the commission, it may be q year
or two before d final decision can be
reached regarding the efforts Of the
commission to compel Hartman to
answer its questions Proceedings 70
that end viii be instituted in the
courts Of the Southern District Of
New York the latter part Of this
month Or the first Of next month.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-05-23
Al Two and q Half Gent Fare,
Books Good West Of
Red River
They Are Good For Year on
n. r, Ct. N and Bur
lingtOn Lines

Washington, D. g, May. 22.T The
state railroad commission Of Montana,
consisting Of 3. Z. Stanton, Nathan
Godfrey and p. A. Morley, have given
notice to the Interstate Commerce
Commission Of an agreement entered
into April 22 last between that come
mission and the Great Northern Rail
way company, Northern Pacific Rail
way company and the Butte, Anacon-
la and Pacific Railway company, I'M
der which these railroads undertake
to- issue at as early q date as practical
bic. probably July q, next. an Inter
schangeable so 0-nile ticket good for
one year from date Of sale. at rate
Of 2s1a cents per mile. These books
are To be for the transpo rtation o.
Individuals whose name appears there
on, in all states reached by these
companies, North Dakota and west
and under certain cond itions for inter
state journeys involving travelling ii
the state Of Minnesota i
These companies further agree K
endeayor to secure q concurrence ii
this arrangement and the issuance
and acceptance IS such s,ooo-mile 10
Interchangeable ticket by the Oregos
Short Line railroad and Chicago
burlington and Quincy railway.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-05-23
Fifty FiVe Per Gent Of Mem.
befship Want Recipr0sity
Treaties Revised
Twenty Per Gent Say Hands
Off and the Balance
Are Non COlnnittaI

New York, May 20 The National
Association Of Manufacturers Of the
United States went on record today
as Id favor Of revision Of more reci-
procity treaties. lively debate
preceded the vote, which was upon
the acceptance Of the report Of the
committee On tariff and eciprocity.
The eon1mitte haaed its reconas
mendations on spoil Gof three thous;
and members of the association. OF
the total number replying 55 per cent
declared for immediate revision while
20 per cent expressed a hands or
sentiment. Eight per cent believed
that time for revision had not arrived
and the other per cent expressed In.
definite or made non committal
answers.
An effort to table the report was
defeated and Il was adopted as r..
ported
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-05-23
After Being Assaulted By
Unknown Man She Is
Cruelty Murdered
Two Hundred Men SGOur
the Country in Vain
for the villain
As.ocia y, Pre 9. =. g Bism.,rck rribpn rs

Associated Press to Bismarck Tribune
New York, May %. Amelia. Stat
feldt, Is years old. was outraged and
murdered on the outskirts Of her
fathers farm in Elmhurst Litsh this
afternoon. The crime was committed
In a lonely spot where the girl had
wandered in search Of flowers and
the weapon employed was a kitchen
knife which she had used to sever
the roots Of the wild flowers.
y The body. when found by Joseph
Engle, q farmer, was half stripped Of
clothing and bore evidence Of re-
Voting assault and the struggle
which the girl had made. Two
wounds in the throat told how the
murder was done.
Word Of the outrage spread kuickly
through the farming section where
the girls father. William Staffeldt, d
well. to do farmer, lives. Later united
in q determined posse, 200 neighbors
searched for the murderer, but with
out avail. .
Engle says he saw man crossing
q lot in which the girl had beer
about three-qnarters Of an hour be
fore he found the body.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-05-23
BURNHAM
INDICTED PRESIDENT OF MUTT
AL RESERVE LIFE lEisu RANc I'll
COMPANY, RESIGNS
Assoeiated Pres g Bismarck Tribune

Associated Press 70 Bismarck Tribune
New York, May az derrick A.
Burnham, indicted for grand larceny
and forgery, rendered his resignation
from the preside ncy Of the Mutual
Reserve Life Insurance society at a
meeting Of the board Of directors to-
day. The resignation was accepted
and Archibald g. IIynes, formerly
general agent for the Equitable Life
Assurance society, was elected 10
succeed him.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-05-23
MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSION
INJURIES CHILDREN

New York, May PA terrific ex-.
:plosion lin crowded Mott street today
seriously injured eight children, three
of them possibly fatally, and struck
terror to the hearts of hundreds in
the crowded thoroughfares. For a
time condition verging upon panic
prevailed in the neighborhood and it
was not until a force Of police had
been summoned that anything like
order was restored. The cause Of the
explosion has not vet been explained.
Tonight one Of the children, boy
aged eight years, died at hospital.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-05-23
Some Are Pilots, Carpenters,
SWitChmel, BrakeIlen,
Baggage Slnashefs
Others Drive Hacks, Build
Ships, Make Boilers and
Many Blacksmiths

Washington, d. c., May 22.-Wo-
men at work in the United States is
the subject of a report issued today
by the census bureau based on the
returns of 1900. r. ,.E >. s.
In that year in the United States,
exclusive of Alaska, Hawaii and other
outlying possessions, the total NUM-
her of women 16 years and over, was
%, 4s5,559,. while those at work num-
Der 1885, $50. zs..,=
The number of divorced women re-
turned by the census the report says,
is probably deficient, because the
fact OF divorce is not always admitted.
But it is significant that Of the NUM-
Der reported divorced, 55.3 per cent
were supporting themselves wholly
or in part.
Y The returns show among other
things that five females We're en-
ployed as police on steamboats,, ten
were employed as baggagemen, 81 as
brakemen, seven as conductors, 40 as
engineers and firemen and rs as
switchmen, yard men and fagmen;
4s were carriage and hack drivers,
six were reported as ship carpenters
and two as roofers and skaters, 1856
were reported as blacksmiths and
sos as machinists, eight were boiler
makers, Al were charcoal, coke and
lime burners and II were well-boreFs.
TWO women were reported as motor
men. Almost one-fourth Of the total
number Of women at work were
servants, 456,4o5 were farm laborers.
There were ssS. 14a dressmakers. s27..
2o6 teachers. s2S.ss5 laundresses,
sO7,70s farmers, 2s1.45s textile mill
operatives and 14s.s2s housekeepers
and stewardesses.