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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-03-04
Eight Meet Death.

Washington. March 3.-Eight ont Of
nine employees OF the railway postal
service who We're aboard the Great
Northern mail train that was swept
into canyon near Wellington, Wash.
on March |. lost their lives, and the
ninth was injured seriously. Tele-
grams 10 the postoffice department
indicates the deaths Of Clerks John y.
Fox, Richard Il. Bogart, John e.
Tucker, Substitutes Hiram Towslee.
Charles S. Ladue. Mall Wclghers Fred
j. Bohn and Leo A. Ahern.
A statement issued by the railway
mail service says the train left st.
Paul AT s:li a. N. February q. Mail
from Seattle. Tacoma and other
points in the state of Washington,
west Of the Cascade tunnel. original :
ing in New York, Washington and
other eastern points, February 10, and
In Chicago, February 20, was probably
on this train. Other mails involved
were those for Alaska and for Van
eonyer and Victoria. b. G.
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GREAT NORTHWEST
TO Be ADVERTISED

Chicago. March Special Tho
northwest is 10 be represented at the
next Chicago land show. At a meet
ing Of the representatives Of the bank
ing houses, land companies and rail
roads Interested in the development,
Of the northwest, held at the Midday
club today, II was decided 10 appoint
a committee to interest all the COM
merciai clubs and state organizations
In the big land show that Is 10 be held
in this city in November, next. II was
the opinion of those present that a
great many people who might have
been interested In lands in the north
west We're diverted to other parts OF
the country, and that this might be
overcome by "A substantial land exhibit
at the Chicago show. Ii is planned
to have the northwest better repre-
sented at the next show than any Other
part of the country.
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MAN ACCUSED OF ASSAULT is
SEIZED AND HURLED OUT OF
COURTHOUSE WINDOW.
STRUNG UP TO AN ARCH
M Maddened Crowd Rushes Into Court
room and After Throwing Coiored
Man to His Death Drass Him Ten
Blocks Through City and Finally
Hangs Remains From Arch in Street

Dallas, Texas. March Allen
brooks, "A negro charged with assault
ing il 3.ycar-od white girl last week
was ynehed today by mob Of 1000
men.
Brooks was in the courtroom await
ing trial when the mob surged past
the officers on guard and threw the
negro from the second story window
breaking his neck. A rope was then
placed around the mans neck and the
body was dragged down Main street
10 blocks to the Elks arch, where II
was strung up. The police succeeded
In preventing the body of the negro
being burned
When the attack was made the NIL
litia and extra police We're ordered
out. hut before they could reach the
scene the mob had seized the negro.
Following the lynching the mob march
ed to the Jail and II was feared an
attempt to lynch two other negroes, al
legged murderers. Burreil Gates and Sol
Aranoff. would be made Later the
mob endeavored to batter down the
Jail doors with heavy railroad ties,
The officers tried to pacify the mob
by assuring them that both of the
negroes had been taken to Fort Worth
In an effort to disperse the mob the
fire department threw streams OF
water on its members, who immed
ately attacked the fremen and threat.
| ened TO lynch them. The nremen hur.
riedly left the scene.
At p. m. 1t was learned positively
that the negroes wanted had been spir.
tied away, The mob then dispersed
and the city became quiet.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-03-04
WEARING GUNNY SACKS
MEN FLEE FROM
SNOWSLIDES

Wallace, March Especially
themselves from IA snowslde which
buried their shack while they were
asleep. William cluff and Patrick
Dooling. employees at the chipmunk
mine, walked mile in their bare
feet u another mining property In
search of clothes. and being unable
to find any were forced 10 clothe
themselves In gunny sacks and
walk into Mullan for relief.
The two men We're caught in the
slide while asleep and buried In
depth of several feet For IA
hours they worked to free them.
selves from the Wreckage of their
cabin and the mountain OF snow
piled upon 1t. They got out with
out clothes. save the nnderclothine
IN which they We're sleeping, and
With no shoes to put upon their
feet, Their cabin had been 80 bad
ly wrecked that they were unable
to find anything to protect them
selves against the cold and snow
and We're forced to walk to the camp
of the Copper Mountain Mining
company This place had been de-
serted and the refugees were unable
TO find anything in the shape Of
clothes. Taking some gunnysacks
they wound these about their feet
and bodies and walked To Mullan,
where they are being cared for.
Both men are badly bruised and
are suffering from the effects OF
exposure to the elements.
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Ten Found Alive.

Seattle, March "A special 10 the
Post -Intelligeneer from Everett says:
One car at the Wellington slide has
been exeayated and 10 persons were
found in IL alive. The report last night
that A. r, Blackbnrn's body was lost
in another slide is denied tonight.
Blackburn and Superintendent
0'Neil's private secretary were both in
the superintendent car when 1t went
over the ledge. The car has not been
found, and there is faint hope that
the occupants may be alive. One man
entombed so hours has been dug from
the snow. He was half demented.
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Philadelphia, March 3.-Thc first
step toward settling the differences
between the striking street car men
and the Philadelphia Rapid Transit
company under the authority of the
courts and thus preventing the i'm
pending sympathetic strike. was
taken tonight by the car men. An
attorney representing the Amalgam-
ated Association of Street & Eiec-
tric Railway Employees wrote tn
President Krueger of the Rapid
Transit company, asking that he
join In an application for the APP
pointment M board of arbitration
to decide the differences between
the strikers and the transit com
pany. A reply H. requested by noon
tomorrow.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-03-04
coNFERs AN HONOR.

London. March a.--The court OF
common council unanimously confer
red the honorary freedom of the city
on Theodore Roosevelt in recognition
of the distinguished services TO
civilization during his presidency and
his efforts toward the maintenance
of the peace of the world
Mr. Roosevelt will Visit London In
the middle OF May.
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bodies were carried clear across the
gnlch and buried under 40 feet of
SNOW,
blizzard Raging.
As the stream rises and the water
undermines the debris. there is danger
Of the bodies dropping into the river
and being carried away by the swift
current. The rain which has been
falling for three days turned into
snow tonight and "A fearful blizzard ia
raging. The addition Of new snow II
the covering that. lies Is feet deep on
the mountain sides increases the
danger of more slides, and adds Ia
the peril Of the rescuers who are
laboring night and day AT the task of
removing the bodies of the dead.
Owing To the fact that foreign
labofers attempted To loot bodies
Superintendent 0'Neill has sent all of
them from the camp and only IL em :
ploying American workmen.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-03-04
DENIES RESPONSIBILITY.

Cleveland o., March S.--In A letter
to II. D, Davis. United States marshal
here, President Taft denies any re-
sponsibility for the recent election Of
former Assistant General Wade II,
Ellis, a. chairman OF the Ohio re-
publican 1xccutive committee
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-03-04

X. NJ. BRANHART. Spo-
kane.
MIR. AND MRS. &. l..
BECK, Plcasanton. Cal, and
three children. Emma, Ma
rion and baby.
JOHN BERK.
X. II. BETHEL. Seattle.
ERNEST q. BINATOLE.
Portland, Ore.
\. BOl.ES. Maberly. Ont.
j. BROCKMAN. Water.
Vile, Wash.
PATRICK BRUI,. Bur.
lington, Wash.
II. ID CHANTRELL. Van.
couver. r e.
NICK CICI. Burlington,
Wash.
SOL COHEN. Everett.
MRS. ANNA COVING.
TON. Olympia. Wash.
GEORGE +. DAVIS. Sc.
attic and 3.year.old daughter
Thelma.
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A. Beagle
Con
Ed Campbell O.
William
Dan Gilman Jarna
FnemanS
Brakeman Kelley, Con
Irak
Cook
ONeils Bowel
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LIST OF SLIDES VICTIMS
GROWING STEADILY LARGER
AS RESCUE WORK PROCEEDS

EighyS Passengers and anmen Are Known Be Dead
Missing and From Twenty Thirty Laborers Are Not Accounted
or--All Of Them Are Supposed to Have Perished.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-03-04

Wellington, Wash. March "A list
of passengers. trainmcn and postal
employees who were carried down by
Northern trains Tuesday morning and
who are dead or missing. contains SO
names. Statements Of the number of
laborers engaged In fighting the snow
and sleeping on the -fatcd trains
varies from 20 To 80. Consequently an
estimate of 100 dead seems con
servaliye. No one who has locked al
the wreckage has the slightest hope
of finding any of the missing people
alive, The explorations have un-
covered only dead and some of these
shockingly mangied. An avalanche OF
dry snow might have covered its
victims alive, but the gorge at Well
lington is packed tight with wet snow,
of enormous weight
Packing Supplies.
Two of the bodies recovered today
were those of electricians who were
living In a cabin at the edge of Well
ington and who were carried With
their home 800 feet down the slope.
All day stream Of nian with packs
strapped To their backs wound up
the mountain path from Skykomlsh
to Scenic and Wellington, reminding
Alaskans of the caravans that crossed
the Chileoot trail In Klondlke days.
The men carried food and supplies for
the injured and some went up 10 dig
fa ln hal f,f fpia Is AL
A few were sightseers and these were
told that they were not wanted. A
laborer was caught taking trinkets
from a dead woman's body and was
compelled to start down the trail at
once. One hundred and fifty men dug
for bodies in the avalanche debris to-
day. Among the bodies found today
We're those of former Prosecuting At
torney r. NJ. Barnhart of Spokane: /:
Conductor J. l.. Petit, who. after a
trip on foot to Skykomish went back
to his post of peril, and Mrs. NJ. A.
coylnetoh of Olympia, who left Spo-
kane to celebrate in Seattle today her
golden wedding anniversary
Bodies Scattered.
cars intact In the snow they may .aiie
out many bodies In short time, but 1t
Is likely that the dead are streWn all
through acres of debris. At the pres
ent rate of progress it would require
weeks to recover all the bodies. After
the track Is open engines and tackle
will lift the huge trees and bonlders.
There are no coffins at Wellington,
and the dead. wrapped in blankets, lie
on the snow, we'll preserved.
Snow plOWs and Wrecking trains
working eastward from Skykomish
made good progress today The wealth
| er Is warm and favorable to eaying OF
wet hilsides Superintendent ONeil OF
| the Great Northern today said he ex-
pected the railroad to be in operation
about April |.
The Great Northerns costly expert
ence with snow in the Cascades this
winter has caused renewal Of discus
sion Of the project OF building a tun-
! mel at a level 1000 feet lower thar
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Follow Stains.

Workers searching for bodies
frequently find victims by following
bloodstans through the SNOW The
melting snow has carried the stains
from the mangled bodies down to the
stream at the bottom of the gnleh. Men
with shoyels, upon finding one of
these crimson leads, start at the edge
OF the stream and tunnel through the
snow until they come to the body of
Il victim. The snow Is packed like
cement and the bodies that were not
mangled by the wreckage Of the cars
were horribly crushed by the weight
of the icy mass
Ii Is feared that many of the bodies
Will never be recovered. The warm
weather and rains of the last three
days have turned the little mountain
stream that flows through the canyon
Into raging torrent and the water
is fast undermining the snow which
was carried far out across the bottom
of the gorge. 1t Is believed that many
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-03-04
TAKE NO STEP
TO SETTLE
STRIKE
SELECT AND COMMON COUNCILS
OF PHILADELPHIA IGNORE
SITUATION.
MAYOR SENDS MESSAGE

ReviewsNthe Matter in Detail and Sua.
uests That it Is not For the Executive
or Legislative Branch of the City
Government to Interfere in Any Way
in the Car Trouble Crisis.
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KNOWN DEAD AND MISSING

aFlwin@ revised list
q kn the
track ToIalIy were of these
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GUS EBERT Seattle BERT MATTHEW'S. Gin.
MILO ELI. Seattle cnnati, Ohio
G. :. ELTINGE, Seattle. WILLIAM MAY. Chem.
|. FISHER. RoSsand. b. ainuS, II. g.
e. JAMES MONROE Seat
GOLORD CAT. Rurng tie
ton, Wash. MISS X GATH + Il Il
MIKE GOGIIEIM, Bur O'RE1IIY. Spokane.
lin.ton. Wash MISS NELLIE SHARP.
LUIGI GTIMMANESTI Spokane.
Burlington, Wash. FRANCIS SrARREfr.
JOE GrIMMMANESTI LILLIAN STARRETT,
Burlington. Wash. sister of Francis Stairett.
GEORGE HEBRON. Sc h'lnaihnS, y. =.
nte REV j. W. THOMPSON.
MRS. l.. NJ. lATTSCH ' - :, .I,n,'nso> n", -.
Seattle. ~ " :, - ','t,' ''"'
EDGAR LEHMAN, Hunt IoIiE ~ rr p,,;n,a
crs. Wash W,sh -
MltS. IDA LEHMAN Il. w TOPPING, Ash.
Hunters. Wash. land Ohio
JOHN MACKIE. Seat A. r. VAIL. Trinidad
tie Wash
4. q. MAILER. Seattle. SOTERNI u. NASLI. Sc.
JAMES NJ 'NENY Seattle attic.
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the present one and whose west portal
would be at Scenic Hot Springs. The
tunnel was figured out years ago and
passed upon as feasible by European
engineers
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THE WEATHER

Today-Rain,
TemorroW Probably rain
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ANNEXATION

Il q benefit, II 1t ls the annex
alton of q Missoulan ad to
your business.
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bodies were carried clear across the
gnlch and buried under 40 feet of
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-09-06
ESCAPE OF PRISONERS.

The police OF Washington and
Alexandria and details OF soldiers from
forts Washington and Hunt conduct
Ell man hunt today for two military
prisoners who escaped from Fort Wash
ington and under fusilade Of shot
from the guards made their escape up
the Potomac river. One OF the men
named Gooding is said to have figured
in q Jail delivery about a year ago.
The two prisoners are believed to have
eluded the guards in corridor Of the
prison. The alarm was given by a
guard outside who saw the men skulk-
ing behind bluff. A detachment OF
guards Immediately took up the pur-
suit. The fugitives dropped down the
river bank into a boat under the run
ming fire of the guards and by hugging
the high bank succeeded in escaping.
1t is believed that they headed for
Alexandria further up the river.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-09-06
MISSING MEN.

West Rockingham Va, is intensely
stirred over the mysterious disappear
ence Of Rawley Reedy,- 80 years olu'
who kissed his wife and four little Gnu,
dren good-by early Friday morning
started out to walk to his work on
the Walter Liskey farm three miles dis,
tant, and has not been seen or heard OF
since.
Industrious, sober and happy i'll his
home life, Reddy had every reason &c
be contented with his lot. 1t is feared
that he met with foul play
R. L. Evans a carpenter, who lived
on Wards road, about Is miles south ol
Lynchburg, has been missing from his
home for four weeks, and his wife and
3-year-old baby are reported to be III
need OF help.
The wife fears foul play, for she can.
not conceive why her husband should
have left her.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-09-06
DEATH OF JULIUS DREIFUs.

Mr.. julius Dreifus, an old, well
known and respected resident. died al
his home, 100 south Payne street, be
tween twelve AMI n"n'..'nrk last night.
The deceased hal been Il sufferer from
heart trouble. He was IN The Uotil
year of his age He leaves :; wldo"
and ten childrtn-Mcssrs Albert, LOUIS,
Frank and Ernest Dlrifus:. Mrs. Il II.
Cox, Mrs. James Cox, Mrs. Edward
Atwell, Mrs. Benjamin Eil'str,n, Mrs
David Grillhortzer and HeWlettl
Dreifus
Julius Dreifus was born in Germany.
His father. Simpson DrcIfns, anu
mother, Caroline Drcifus, came to
Alexandria half century ago. The
father will be Remembered by some OF
the older residents of this city as u
dealer in a.ti,.ies used by d'rr.'':'krrs
which he furnished Ia his cu>'m''",, III
Alexandria and The adlui"iu; r'''a''y.
At the beginning Of the cisll wAr the
subject of this notice and ISIS Bro hers,
Joseph and Abraham the Ia rs" u w
living in Philadelphia, took nr their
residence in this city. Julius continued
to reside here, havidg become DEALER
in secondhand articles, junk, ETC., and
his warehouse on the Strand has for
over two-score years been an Alexan-
dria landmark. The deceased was
quiet, unobtrusivo and friendly III his
deportment, and his death will be re-
GREETED by his many friends and ac-
uuaintanceS.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-09-06
VISITS JOHN ID. IN TIGHTS.

Airily, though tastefully, clad in 4
suit Of red tights, Miss Gertrude Thomas
appeared in the dooryard of John
Rockfeller's home at Cleveland, @. Sun
day in company with the parachute in
which she had descended from the
clouds. Miss Thomas had made IN
exhibition fight in hot-air balloon
from local amusement resort and re-
leased her parachute directly above the
Rockefeilerfgrounds, installing them,
she said, for public park.
Immediately upon her arrival at the
Rockefeller place she was waited on by
q committee, headed by the superin-
tendent of the estate. who informed her
that she was trespassing Miss Thomas
was asked to array herself in a garb
more in keeping with the day and
then depart She had Il cloak with her
which she donned, and dragging after
her the parachute, made her exit from
the place.
1t was reported that the Rockefeller
family did not witness Miss Thomas S
visit.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-09-06
WILL CONTEST SETTLED.

Judge ]. B. T. Thornton, Of Man
assas, is presiding over the September
term of the Circuit Court OF King
George county, in place of Judge John
E. Mason, who is unwell. The term
opened yesterday.
The contest over the will OF the late
George A. Gains, in the Circuit Court
OF Orange county, was compromised be-
fore it went to the jury. The plaintiffs
we're allowed $4,000. Mrs. w. l..
Morris, one OF the plaintiffs, Il sister to
Gaines, was given 81, 900 in the will.
After deducting $1,000, the balance OF
the property, estimated at SG5, 900. will
be disposed Of as provided in the will.
There were nine lawyers III the case,
five for the defendants and four for the
plaintiffs.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-09-06
FIVE NEGROES KILLED.

Caught in an attempt to commit
arson, murder. and crimes against wo-
men, five negroes were lynchcd early
yesterday morning in an isolated part
of Clarke county Ga, by infuriated
neighbors of the family against whom
the blasks had plotted. The plot was
uncovered Sunday night, shortly after
midnight, when a daughter OF j. w.
Huff, prominent planter of the
county, discovered negro in her room.
Her father made a prisoner OF the
negro. He confessed that four
other negroes had planned with him to
enter the home of the Huffs, assault
Mrs. Huff and her daughters, then
kill Mr.. Huff and all the members of
the family, rob the house and set it on
fire. The prisoner was hanged. A
posse was Immediately formed which
overlook the other negroes. They re-
fused to surrender and a running fight
followed, in the course of which the ne
groes were shot down and killed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-09-06
MISS ELkINS.

Miss Katharine Elkins, daughter OF
United States Senator Elkins. is expected
to return to America from Europe
about October l.
A dispatch from Paris says: The date
for the wedding OF Miss Elkins and the
Duke Of the Abruzzi has been fixed
for the latter part OF February of next
year. according to reports in circulation
there.
The financial arrangements which GO
with the marriage have been attended
to and it is announced that the matter
has been satisfactorily settled so far rs
both parties are concerned. The mar
riage portion will be s5,000,0 900, which
is not considered extraordinary III
amount there in view OF the rank of the
prospective bridegroom and the wealth
OF Senator Elkins.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-09-06
Eloored by a Woman.

New York, Sept. 6.-Because CAL
vert Brewer, first vice-president, and
Carl G. Rasmus, second vice-president
OF the United States Mortgage & Trust
Company, today refused to give Mrs.
Ida Won CIauson S25 900, she foored
both OF them with we'll directed blows.
Employees OF the trust company hustled
Mrs Van Clausen out of the building.
She disappeared before the police ar
rived. Mrs. Won Clausen is the grand
daughter of Michael Byrne, who left
an estate OF 100000. The United
States Mortgage and Trust Company ia
trustee for the estate and Mrs. Won
CIausen claims that S25 900 has accum-
ulated which the officials refuse to give
her. This the company denies, saying
she has had all the money that was
coming to her.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-09-06
ASSAULTED HIS WIFE.

Officer Roland last night arrested
George Pinkett, colored, on the COM
plant OF his wife, who alleged that he
had assaulted her with tlatiron. The
woman aroused the residents OF west
Jefferson street by crying murder"
and running from her homo into the
street. Pinkett was brought before the
Police Court this morning, when the
complainant stated that her exchequer
being completely exhausted she asked
her liege lord for the necessary where
wit bal on which to exist. She was
ironing at the time. and the husband
becoming incensed at the request, pick
ed up flatiron and struck her on the
head and when he was in the act oil
hurting the iron at her she ran into the
street. Pinkett was fined IS.