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The daily sentinel., 1909-12-31
IBy Associated Press. !


Trenton, Mo-, Dec. 31.-Impris-
oned in a tourist sleeper and there
burned to death is believed to be the
fate of perhaps IL passengers on the
west-bound California special train,
on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pa
Iific raiSroad. 3 miles east of Tren-
ton today The number of victims
may be larger, but the facts will not
be known until the debris of the car
has been searched.
The train was derailed at $40
am, while passing through a
stretch of Recovered country at n
high speed the huge engine jumping
the track.
In the resulting wreck the stand
ard Pullman sleeper and tourist car
caught fire and were destroyed.
At noon the known dead. whose
bodies had been recovered, numbered
three--Fireman Lininger and two
women who have not been identified.
Nine persons were injured, two of
them perhaps fatally.
The California special was one of
the heaviest and finest passenger
trains of the road.
All but one of the cars were over
turned, three of them taking fire. I
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-31

Every man, woman and child in
Grand Junction, whether in any way
affiliated with the Y. NJ. C. A. or not.
and every visitor in the city, is most
cordially invited to visit the Y NJ. C.
\. building tomorrow, exchange New
Years greetings with friends, enjoy
the numerous features and programs,
and inspect the beautiful building.
General Secretary VIII A. House
announces that there will be some
thing doing early, late and all the
time tomorrow at the Y. NJ c. A.
The keeping open house" custom
will be observed in most joyous
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-31
AID HIGH LINE
AND OTHER
PROJECTS
Immediately on Reconvening of Con-
gress, Bill Providing for Certifi-
cate Plan of Raising Needed
Funds is to be introduced.
IMPORTANT CONFERENCE HELD

Grand Junction and all people di-
rectly or indirectly interested in the
building of the high line canal will
be greatly interested in an important
announcement that comes today from
Washington concerning the plans to
raise funds for the pushing of work
on the high line canal and other gov
ernment projects in the west.
Upon invitation of Representative
Mondell, members of the house rep
resenting the states and territories
in which there are uncompleted gov
ernment irrigation enterprises, had a
meeting Wednesday to discuss ques-
tions involved in legislation deemed
necessary to enable the reclamation
service to complete these enterprises.
A statement submitted to the meet
ing by the reclamation service show
ed that upward of s70,000,000 will
be required to complete the govern
ment irrigation projects which have
been commenced. To do this work
about $7,000,000 will be available
annually from the sales of public
land and from return payments for
lands already reclaimed under the
irrigation act thus requiring about
ten years to complete the work, un-
less more funds can be provided.
At the meeting several plans were
discussed to raise revenue so that the
projects could be completed expe-
ditiously and without waiting for the
slow accumulation of funds through
the sale of public lands.
1t was finally decided that a plan
of issuing interest bearing certificates
Continued on page eight.)
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-31
GREAT BANKER KILLED IN BAD
WRECK TODAY.
IBy Associated Press. ]

New York, Dec. 31.-Spencer
Trask. one of New York's leading cit
izens and one of the country's best
known bankers, met death today in
a rear-end collision on the New York
Central railroad at Croton, n. Y.
Three other passengers are report
ed to have been killed, and several
injured, some of them fatally.
Mr.. Trask and the other victims
were in the rear sleeper of the sec
ond section of the Montreal express.
The train had been halted by sig
nal and shortly afterward freight
train crashed into it. There was d
thick fog at the time.
Everyone in the train was badly
shaken up by the shock of the collis-
ion.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-31
open HOUSE" At niE Y. NJ. c. A.

manner Hospitality will reign and
joy will be Hospitality's Queen at the
Y NJ. c. A.
From 10 to IL in the forenoon
children under 6 years will be re-
ccived.
From to 5 in the afternoon the
general public will be received.
Beginning at o'clock in the ey
ening exercises will be held in the
gymnasium and this gathering will
be open to all and there will be no
admission charge. All are invited.
Continued on page Sd
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-31
BIG ORGANIZATIONS
VOTING ON .STR|KE
IBy Associated Press. ]

+ st. Paul, Mimi, Dec. SIT 1
I. was officially announced today !
+ at the headquarters of the strik- 1
!, ing railroad switchmen that :!
i. strike vote had been in progress !
i. for several days throughout the !
+ northwest among the eleven :
I, railway unions represented in 1
i. the American Federation of La !
= Dor. t
+ Added to this disclosure was :
j. the statement that, if the un- !:
{. ions went on strike, it would !
+ not be in sympathy with the :!
+ switchmen, but in each case !
j. would be based on individual i
i grievances. !
4. 4. i. + !. j. 1. + !. i. 4. + !. + 1. + + +
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-31
ONE BANDIT KILLED,
TW0.0THERS WOUNDED
[By Associated Press. l

I. Guthrie, Okla, Dec. 31.-One 1
I. robber was shot and killed and !
j. two were wounded, one fatally. I
l. when they were surprised by /
i. officers while trying to rob the !
& bank at Harrah, Okla, early to- /
J. day. 1
/. The wounded men were cap i
T. tured +
+ The dead robber has been :!
+ identified as Frank Quigg, a /
= baseball player who has played L
= with the Oklahoma and Texas /
+ Leagues. I
\ The pose was led by Jack !
+ Abernathy, United States mar :
= shall for Oklahoma. +
j. Two members of the gang es- L
+ capped. +
1. Warrants have been issued for +
= the arrest OF Pearl Rogers and +
+ Red Wilson, who are said to +
j have left Oklahoma City for i
q Harrah before the robbery with +
i three other men. +
i. Frank Carpenter, one of the J.
- wounded robbers, died this af- i
= ternoon. Z
= !. = l. j. 1. 1. :! I. + 1. !. i. 1. 1. + + 4
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-31
GEN. ESTRADA IS FIRM
GRv Associated Press.

BIuefieId, Dec. 3I.-General Es-
trada remains firm in his determina-
ton not to recognize the presidency
of Madriz. He holds that the election
of the latter by congress was Illegal
and that the people of Nicaragua
have not spoken. He has refused
offers of peace through compromise
from Managua and is continuing his
preparations for a campaign against
the capital.
To-day the proposed attack on
Gfeytown is under discussion.
' General Mena has arrived at Chile
and after capturing number of gov
ernment soldiers and supply ammuni-
tion. vi l9sg
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-31
PERHAPS THIRTY PERSONS BURNED To DEATH
IN AN AWFUL WRECK IN MISSOURI TODAY
In Another Wreck One of Country's
Most Noted Bankers Was Killed
--Three Others Dead
Horrible Disasters Close Year
IBy Associated Press. l

Kansas City. Mo, Dec. 31.-A long
distance telephone message from
Trenton, Mo, at / :45 O'Clock this af-
ternoon says that the number of
dead persons in the burned tourist
car of the wrecked Rock Island train
10 80 persons.
There was no way at that hour of
getting at the facts, as almost every
vestige of the car had been destroyed
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-31
FROZEN FOOT FATAL
[special to The sentlnel. ]

Trinidad, Dec. 31.-A. w. Poker.
of Louisville, KY, died today as a
result of blood poisoning setting in
after he had his feet frozen while
beating" his way on a train over
the mountain pass.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-31
A new RECORD MADE

r Paris, Dec. 31.-Morris Far I
+ nam. in biplane, made new I
r cross-country record today by i
+ flying from Charles to Orleans. I
+ distance of 20 kilcmeters !
+ (46k miles) in one hour. I
= He followed the highroad, :
= and maintained .. an average 4
= height of $50 feet. - i'1'f7f-s.-a~ Z
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-31
DEATH CLAIMS HIM
Especial to The Sentinel.

IoUetIdI 10 T NE otHlIHtI.I
DENVER, DEC. 31.-W. l..
MILES, THE GENERAL MANAGER
OF THE GANO-DOWNS COMPANY,
WHO WAS RUN DOWN AND FA-
TALLY INJURED BY A STREET
CAR TUESDAY, DIED THIS MORN.
'HS9. "''@'t's. ls;.%sr' rst. r.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-31
TODAY'S METAL MARKET.
IRY Associated Press.

by Associated PreSs.1
New York, Dec. 31.-Today lead
was quiet at 4.671a to 4.721s. Cop
per was firm at 1910 to 1915. Sill
yer, 52A. .t...
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-31

r. II. Arms is a guest In the city
this.aftaEnaoa-loOking over land In
vestments.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-31
DECIDE TO DIVIDE
GREAT PACIFIC FLEET
1By Associated Press. 1

WASHINGTON, DEC. 31.-ON AC-
COUNT OF THE GROWING M
PORTANCE OF AMERICAN INTER
ESTS IN THE FAR EAST AND THE
DIFFICULTY IN ASSEMBLING THE
WHOLE FLEET AS 1T is NOW
CONSTITUTED, THE NAVY DE
PARTMENT HAS DECIDED TO d.
VIDE THE PACIFIC FLEET INTO
TWO SEPARATE FLEETS To BE
KNOWN AS THE ASIATIC FLEET
AND PACIFIC FLEET.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-31
IN THE NAME
Of SWEET
! CHARITY

Hundreds Attended Brilliant Func-
tion, and 1t Proved One of the
Nest Wholesome and Enjoy
able Affairs of the Season.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-31
The Closing YeaI

HIS evening the old rounding out its last hours
and preparing to leave the World of the Present and
take possession of its niche the Sepulchre of the
The Sentinel believes that is for everyone
read that grand old els ssic written years by that bril-
ce founder Of the Louisville Journal and later the part
and associate editor with Henry Wateson the Louisville Cou
their The poem The Closing Year one Of the fines. ng
in American literature, follows:
s sroddn %nsh ike hoy yen3e aSG saT an silence now
S ar M a hs
sTeepins stream a wood
a MI5h mse's a sot shi ssrGS ta Se s se st
ESa Si"s
Young spring m % bright i Summer @ 20 3uamns solemn form
And Winter with his aged locks,and breathe
Like the far wnahap sa. rps Wild vii an. and touching vail
earth
For memory for tears Within the deep
whose tones Wizard sPssSs e Of Time
Heard sa o%n tFOm snsss sh tomb % , of its cold
And And s s no sS sssdsx sns OF Ss qas 7snsg.
3ss ssss5s %jdPSfaP HP' s5sys 5Ss 5ss
f wha o ha t aa Tof5 o thf st'er' dead flowers
gone i mani e ss@5 ,nrons
It's snaPT It's .css ssh essr o the In its swf
they laid lit is DpaIiiG1 pad hand
IS psh %sn ns ssG1s ha y 5ee hdT1 d@ form
The bright JOYOUS; teaTini
reckless pa
Flashed in the light of midday;
OF serred hosts is shivered, e grass
hs aS i4 sSne
faded like a wreath of al eve;
Yet ii melted in the viewless
heir home
the dim land of dreams
80
Remorseess
Fierce spirit Of the glass seythe power
him in his silent or mel
on.
presses The
The condor the Andes, that can
Through heavens unfathomabe o
II he
Furs his broad wing nght-fall, ands
To rest his mountain
the weight of or
And Nights deep darkness NJ o o
His rushing pinion
Revolutions
Ger earth, like troubled visions
dreaming cities rise
Like bubbles the fiery
Spring blazing from the and go back
To their mysterious caverns; mountains
To heaven their bold and blackened
Their tall heads the plain
Gathering the strength of centuries,
And rush down. like the Alpine
Startling the nations and
Yon bright and glorious blazonry
Glitter awhile in their depths.
And, like the Pead, loveliest of train
Shoot from their glorious spheres.
TO darke in the trackess void Time,
Time,
Dark. all pitless pauses not ..-
Amid the mighty wrecks
To sit and like other conquerors. --a IL lsss3
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-31
ToDAY'S WHEAT MARKET.

[By Associated Press.l
Chicago, Dec. 31.-Today Decem-
ber wheat closed at 112.
The daily sentinel., 1909-12-31

Continued on page Sd
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-06

tion OF Colonel George II. Torney, to
be surgeon general, medical corpse.
Coloney Torney did excellent work in
San Francisco after the earthquake.
The health conditions in that city at
that time are considered to have been
largely due to the work Of Colonel
Torney and the officers who were as
ISOLATED with him. IL is said that
Colonel Torney has had only six
months tropical service, and that was
performed when he was in the Philip
pines in 10000. Colonel Torney is
tenth on the list of colonies Of the Md
ieal corps. He was distinctly not the
candidate Of the progressive officers Of
the medical corps. He is, however, one
Of the most popular officers in the army
and his professional standing is high
He will not leave active service for age
until June l, 1914. He WIS appointed
an assistant surgeon from Maryland in
1875, and reached the rank Of colonel
last April.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-06
4sIEUrHs' HAVE COST $4,000.
wright's Report on Brownsville AT
fair.

Washington, Jan. 6.---It has cost the
government $4,000 already in the en-
ployIncnt Of private detective agencies
To investigate the Brownsville ARRAY
and the contracts with the agencies are
still in force. This information was
received by the Senate yesterday from
Secretary of War Wright in response
to the Foraker resolution inquiring.
Browne and w. G.. Baldwin were en-
rloyed. II was the report Of Browne
and Baldwin on which President Roose-
Welt based recent message to Con.
gress declaring that the guilt Of certain
II the discharged negro soldiers had
been fixed beyond shadow OF doubt
Attached to Secretary Wright's com
nmnieation were copies Of the various
contracts entered into between respon.
sible officials OF the war department
and the detective agencies. There was
also confidential letter from Presi-
dent-elect Taft. then secretary OF war,
under date Of April I6, 1908, urging the
president TO make the original contract
with Browne and Baldwin.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-06
Pittsburg Grand Jury Takes
Action Against COuncilmen
TRIAL SOON TO START
Indictments Charge Select and Common
councilmen and Two Former Bank
Officer with Misdemeanors, Brib-
cry and Corruption.

Pittsburg, Jan. Git il possible that
the trial Of the municipal graft cases
win be started within the next two
weeks. Eleven indictments were return
ed by the grand jury late yesterday af-
ternoon against the several council
men and two former bank officials
charged with bribery by the Voters
league. There are three indictments,
each charging misdemeanors, soliciting
and receiving brides against William
Brand, president of the common coun-
ell; j. @. WATSON, common councilman
from the goth ward, and John 4 Klein,
common councilman from the first
ward.
Two indictments each are against w.
w. Ramsey and A. a. Vilsack, former
bankers, charging bribery aud corrnp-
tion of eouneilmen. One indictment
charges conspiracy against William
Erand, J. G. WATSON, John f. Klein,
Jacob Soffel, common councilman from
ward s2; VI. III. Melaney, common coun-
Gilman from ward 19i Hugh Ferguson.
common councilman from ward II and
7. 0. Atkinson, select councilman from
ward IS.
Action by the grand jury was taken
precisely 14~dlays after the sensational
arrest Of the accused co,lncilmen and
bankers, establishing record for speed
III court action which slirpaRses any
previous prosecution of similar cases in
Allegheny county.
Specifications in the indictments
bring out new evidence upon which the
prosecution is basing its case against
the councilmen in addition to that which
was produced at the preliminary hear
ing
II Is charged that William Brand J.
G. WATSON and ]. f. Klein received SIT,
500 from VilsasciS and Ramsey for
their influence in passing the deposit
tory ordinance.
In the two indictments returned
against Brand it is alleged that he did
on Nov 16, 1908, solicit and receive fnr
himself and others from Herbert Jones
the sum of $500 az bride to influence
and control his vote and official action
as a member of common council of the
city in favor of resolution pending in
common council for the provision Of
funds for the paving Of Fourth avenue
from Grant street to Market street
with wood blocks.
The second Indictment against Band
charges that on May Is, 1908, he So
licited for himself and Others from Al
A. Vilsack and w. w. Ramsey 17,50D
for his vote and influence in favor of
the German National hank as one If
the city repositories, and on June 5
did accept the said sum,
herbert Jones, whose name is mem
toned in the indictments, is the Seran-
ton detective who worked for the
Scranton Municipal league.
The two indictments against John F.
Klein are the same as the foregoing.
In the indictment found against W.
w. Ramsey, it is alleged that on May
is, 1908, he gave $17,500 to John II
Klein to influence the latter in his
vote on resolution to provide for the
of the German National bank
as one of the repositories of the public
funds of the city.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-06
LABOR WILL NOT YIELD.
Fight to Keep Its Rights, Says John
Mitchell.


New York, Jan 6.--John Mitchell,
vice president Of the American Fede-
ration OF Labor, made his first public
address Monday night since he and Sam
uel Gompers, president and Secretary
Morrison Of the Federation were SEN
fenced to prison by Judge Wright of
the United States district court, Wash
ington. The address was made before
the Women's Trade Union League Mr..
Mitchell dwelt almost entirely upon the
status Of women in the world Of trade,
saying that he believed in equal pay
for equal work for them. He received
round Of hearty applause when he
declared himself in favor OF woman suf-
fraee, though he would prefer to see
women in the home, rearing children and
making life brighter Mr. Mitchell spoke
"a little on free speech and the freedom
of the press, and said the Incarceration
of few men would not put an end TO
organized labor.
labor win not yield; ii win fight
a, to maintain it's rights at any cost" he
said. 'Trhe only cost seems to be to
,put few leaders to Inconvenience by
being sent to prison. ] did not intend
to refer to this tonight, and won't say
ANYTHING more concerning the sentence
of Mr.. Gompcrs, Mr.. Morrison and my
self In the future / will have lot
TO say. but | do not consider II proper
TO say anything more about ii now"
When Mr. Mitchell Ind departed, the
meeting unanimously adopted resolutions
extending its deepest appreciation to
Messrs Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison,
and pledging the Federation of Labor
its support, ito the end that all posi-.
bility Of the issuance Of such liberty
destroying injurtions shall be abolished
and forbidden by law
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-06
I. ]. HAMS in
TANGLE ON STAGE
Darrin Brings Out Marked Contradic-
tons in His ry--Memory Is
Faulty.

New York, Jan. 6.--The Thornton J.
Hams who told his story fuently Mon
day with nonchalant braYado disappear.
ed yesterday morning a very few min
utes after Prosecutor Darrin took him
in hand for cross-examination. Instead,
the crowded court room at Flushing in
breathless silence saw man on trial
for his life explaining, contradicting him
self, and laundering in confusion.
Mr.. Darrin's method was a slow one,
that gave the defendant every oppor
tunity to think. Only a few times did
the prosecutor display anger or sarcasm.
But the defendant, at first confident and
fluent, sweeping the court room and jury
with his snappy black eyes, gradually
tangled himself so badly that he could
only sit, shifting neryously in his chair,
and snap out his irritated nervous ex.
plantations.
The contradictions did not affect vital
points in the testimony, but they gave
VlQlHtrf VI rtlibun AtntIQANiSE AOl tRlC W
PENDANT when he should reach the story
of the actual shooting Of William Il.
Annis. The defendants confusion may
well have been due to the strain Of the
perilous task which he had set for him
self. But even making every allowance
for that, Thornton Hams was proving
his own worst witness.
Early in the morning Mr.. Dariin dug
up an unexpected incident. The defend
ant testified that on Monday morning,
June /, the day after the confession,
he, with his brother and father, went
down to the Fort Hamilton house There
he saw Claudia Haing lying on a diyan
drunk and naked he declared.
The defendant then utilized his dra-
matte ability to give very realistic
demonstration OF the drunken speech Of
lFa sistar-in-law. She was moaning1
Somebody kill mel have ruined my
home i have disgraced my children oh
Pete he said. The witness acted
out the tipsiness of Claudia Hains's
speech in the same effective fashion in
which he had displayed his brothers
rawlings And exactly as In the case Of
the enacted rawlings, he showed no emo
ton whatever at the performance, but
was instantly cool and calm again.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-06
FOR 26,O00- TON
NAVY FIGHTERS
Washington Working on Plans For
Battleships to Eclipse ANY
thing Ailoat.

Washington, Jan. 6.--The navy de-
partmcnt is making plans for the great
est battleShips in the world. They are
TO be 26,000-ton ships, with 14-inch
guns, and will eclipse anything afloat.
u is estimated they will cost about
$15000,000 apieca. The fact such
plans are being made has been divulg-
I'd by Admiral Capps to the Senate
naval affairs committee.
1t is stated at the navy department
that Recommendations win be made 10
Congress for vessels bigger than now
building in this country, but the exact
size is not given.
Japan Il now building two battle
ships of 20.750 tons each, carrying ~
inch guns, while Great Britain has I'M
der construction three 1880 tons each.
Germany is building five Of 10000 tons
eeeh, with 11-inch guns. Frances lar.
eest battleship is Of 1s,40o tons dis
placement, equipped with four 12-inch
gums. Russia boasts Of two ships Of
lT,400 tons each.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-06
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