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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-03

straints.
find in the letter that the amend
ment:
Served only to show that the advo-
Gates of prohibition had no abiding
faith in our system of popular gov
eminent"
The People to Decide.
Exactly the same criticism might be
made of every provision in the constitu-
ton Nevertheless. what the majority of
the people would like to have firmly fixed
as a principle. controlling legislation. they
put in the constitution. The author of
the letter disapproves of the prohbitory
clause. There are others that | do not
fancy. But, after all the people as a
whole. not ne or l. have the right to de
eide what shall or shall not be there
And what they do. does not disclose a.
lack of abiding faith in our system Of
popular government. but rather what
they think makes proper basis for that
faith.
I quote again:
THAT. although the Legislature
never HAD done anything inlmieal to
their cherished ideas. they feared that
some day majority of the people of
the Sttte MIGHT elect a Legislature
pledged to the adoption of different
measures for suppressing intemper-
ance"
In this the letter appears to ignore the
fact that Legislature of the state be
fore the adoption of the amendment de
spite election pledges to the con-
trary had enacted "a license law. And it
s.J=atV Il 4y.+1 81
upon another issue (such legislature
was in being four years before the con-
stitution was amended and one is exist
ing now. that can be conyoked in extra
session. might enact a license law that
led to the prohibitory amendment
rather than as charged, the fear that
some day majority of the people of the
State might elect a Legislature pledged
to the adoption of different measures"
Referring to the advocates of prohibit
ton" the letter goes on to say.
."They wished to forestali such a
possibility and to make it difficult or
impossible for a future generation to
deal with the problem in such a way
as might seem to it most wise.
Here. the author seems to forget that
a constitutional provision does not fix
legislative policy Tor generation, or
necessarily for more than two years As
a matter of fact an attempt to abrogate
the prohibitory amendment 10 the consti-
tuition was made only four years after its
adoption. And resnbmission was doubt
less delayed longer than it would have
been. because a mass convention. called
specially to further it, was so largely
Differed and dominated BY well known
yiolators of LAW, that the people we're
seasonably notified of what they might
expect We're the amendment abrogated.
The people may have forgotten that,
which would be unfortunate. for those
Iawbreakers have learned wisdom by ex=
perience. and are now keeping as much
as possible in the rear. But others are
in the forefront. unwittingly doing their
will.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-03

fail to see that the prohibitory
alhehament is now. or ever has been
Oh the slightest benefit to the cause of
prohioltion. The policy of prohibition
was ADOPTED by legislative enactment
iohg before the amendment was ever
.housht or successive Legislatures
nave wed with each other in strength
ening the manifold provisions of law
Tor the enforcement of that policy,
complying with substantially every
request made by the advocates of the
system"
Many of us have no doubt that, but fol
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-12-22
ADAMS STANDS BY GUNS.

Adams, the night operator at
Odessa, testified that from 80 a.
m. until 5 a. IN no one is on duty
in that station. When he started
for his boarding place he left the
signals showing the block was
clear. At t II he was awakened
by members of the crew of the first
section, who told him a red light
was out and that the block was
closed against them. At 4:25 he
called up the dispatcher at Aber-
deem for instl uctions and was told
to have No. Is, the train which
was wrecked, meet No. II. the
westbound flyer, at Correll, the
first station east of Odessa.
He was then informed that the
second section had left junction
Switch. Adams said he had no
sooner got outside to deliver his
instructions than the silk train
dashed up and the collision oc-
CURED, He was positive the sem
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-12-22

of the rear car NJ, which lowered
the front end and forced it under
the floor of the car ahead -
c. c. CRAGIN SLIGHTLY INJURED.
City Engineer c. c. Cragin, of
this city, was passenger on the
i'll .fated train, going east to spend
the holiday season, and occupied a
berth in the sleeper. He sustained
bruises on the body and wrench
ed knee, but was able to leave st.
Barnabas hospital in Minneapolis
on Tuesday. After visiting the
office of the claim agent in the Mil
waukee Office building lie continued
on his eastbound journey.
Mrs. V. a Williams. of Lem
mon, with injured back and he I'd,
went on to st. Paul and transferred
to a train for Rochester. MINI.
HEROIC WORK OF SAILOR.
Mentally deranged for two hours
as result Of the jarling caused
by the wreck, Joseph Kurtz, form
or United sailor. worked with the
train crew and other passengers
helping carry the dead and wound
ed from the wreckage. He remem-
bers nothing that occurred in the
two hours, and recovered his rea-
son while he stood looking at the
engine of the silk train.
/ remember nothing of the
crash, said Kurt, but others on
the train said | ran up and down
the tourist sleeper and ran ont to
help the others when someone call
ed out in the car that several had
been killed, The first | knew af.
ter the crash was when | had help
for sometime and stood there look
ing at that engine. 1t was several
minutes before ! knew where
was. | thought at first | was on
the ship, for have been there
three years and ! couldn't see why
BIG engine like that should be il
front of me, ! looked at my watch
and it was 4:45 u. m. Though not
seriously injured in the tourist
sleeper, the jolt of the collision
stopped my watch. "
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-12-22

aphore was in its proper condition
when he left for his room to retire
for the night.
Englund testified that he was ac-
customed to call on the night oper5
ator and was with him the night
OF the wreck. Another young man
was with them and both of them
swore that they saw Adams plac-
ing the signals showing the track
was clear
WAS SEMAPHORE DEFECTIVE.
Albert Olson, the operator at
Bristol, formerly night operator at
Odessa, says the lever attached to
the semaphOre there had frequent
ly slipped and changed the signals
when he was operator.
! had it slip on me several
times last winter, p" he said. Once
it floze and after that it slipped
more than ever. 1t might have
slipped Sunday night, thus chang
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-12-22

wreck which claimed the lives Of
twelve people at Odessa yesterday.
The railroad men declare that re-
ports they have received indicate
that it any one Of the three EN-.
ployees had done his duty the tras
gedy would have been averted.
The men they hold responsible are
not the operators of the trains, and
they say an investigation may
change the situation. They are the
signal operators at junction Switch
aG,. C1eSsu and the fiagman on the
Columbian.
In Odessa today Big Stone coun-
ty authorities are investigating the
cause of the wreck. The road,
too, is to investigate, and Superin-
tendent j. T. Gillick, Of the ii.
and ID. division, will 60 to Odessa
Immediately. With Mr.. Gillick
will go trainmen on the two trains.
The trainmen will testify before a
corOner's jury.
The bodies of Mrs. j +. Rich
ards and her daughter, Miss Eliza
beth Richards, of Mobridge, pass
ed through the city on the way to
Tomah, Wis at 1920 a. m. With
the bodies of the wife and daugh-
ter was j. +. Richards, himself a
division superintendent of the Mil
waukee road.
THREE MEN BLAMED,
IT any one Of the three men
had done their duty. the wreck at
Odessa would not have occurred, y
Assistant General Superintendent
j. Fl. Foster. of the Milwaukee
road, said at his Minneapolis office
today.
These men are the operators
at Junction Switch and Odessa
and the tiagman on the passenger
train. the operator at Junction
Switch let the second section into
the block before the first section
had cleared it, The operator at
Odessa left the block signal which
caused the passenger train to stop,
and the tiaeman of the passenger
train allowed the second section to
oOme up from behind.
Further than that cannot
make statement, rs | have no in
formation yet from which | can
form an authentic judgment. That
question will be left to the investi-
gatiOu to be made on TIE ground
tomorrow or next day by Superin-
tendent j. +. Gillick, Of the Hast
ings and dakota division, which
extends from Mobridge, s. d., to
Minneapolis, The passenger train
men will be at the gearing. | do
know whether they have gOhe back
on their rams or not.
AS to the accident itself, my
idea, from what | can learn, is that
the slid train engine tilted one end
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-12-22

terrible affair were rather meagre
and unreliable, but later reports
give more details.
The sleeping car of the Colum-
bian was telescoped by the engine
Of the silk train at Cne end and
by the heavy dining car at the
other end. Only two ears were
hurled from the track, the slesper
and the diner. TIE sleeper con-
tainel twenty y-seven passengers
when the train left Aberdeen in
the middle Of the night,
TEN DEAD TAKEN OUT.
Ten bodies were taken from the
wreckage Immediately and all but
one identified. There is some rea.
son to believe that other bodies are
still under the debris, and men are
at work in the ruins. The total
of the dead may reach twelve.
All on the injured list, it is be.
lieved. will recover.
AS fast as the bodies were tax.
Ell out they were removed to the
town hall, which was turned into
temporary morgue. Fire broke
out in the overturned cars, but all
the townspeople rallied to the
scene and soon had the flames
subduee.
At 10 a. m. all the bodies of the
dead and most Of the injured had
been pleced on train and were
taken to Ortonville, where good
hospital facilities could be oh
tanned.
SHOCK WAS TERRIFIC.
The wreck occurred when the
Columbian came to stop shortly
after passing the station at Odes
sa. a flagman was sent down to
warn the six train, hut had hard
ly proceeded the length of his own
train when the silk section came
up at high speed and crashed in
to it..
The shock was terrific. The oc.
cupants of the sleeper were caught
like lats in a trap and had 70
chance to escape.
Several of them were killed ia
stantly, probably never realizing
the extent and character of the ac-
cident, OtAers died as they were
being removed from the wreckage.
None of the bodies was severely
mangled. All were lifted as ten
derly as possible and carried to
the town hall.
Identification was a matter of
hours, Everybody was excited
and the first reports sent 0ut said
| twenty or more had been killed.
, Tuesdays Minneapolis Journal
gives the following facts III con
nectiOn with the wreck,
Uarelessness on the part Of three
men is held responsible by officials
of the Milwaukee road for the
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-12-22

THE DEAD.
Mrs. j. r. Richards, Mo-
bridge.
Miss Elizabeth Richards, Mo-
bridge.
DR.. r. F. MILESTONE, Min
neapolis.
Mrs. r. F. Milestone, Min
neapOlis.
Mrs. r. Z. Myers, New Cas-
tie, Indiana.
Mrs. G. w. Barber, Terry,
Montana.
-. Peterson. Green Bay,
Wis.
-. =. McKone, sleeping car
conductor.
Thomas Alexander, Newark,
n. j.. cook dining car.
One unidentified man, about
30, passenger.
Two unidentiged persons.
THE INJURED.
John SamuelsOn, Aberdeen,
head cut.
M. E. Lablanc, Seattle, back
injured and face cut.
Alpha Lablanc, Seattle, bruis-
ed and shaken.
E. Leblanc, Seattle, back
wrenched.
&. &. Cragin, MObridge, body
bruised, left knee wrenched.
w. II. Swan, Toronto, left
knee injured.
j. ScanlOn, Minneapolis, leg
injured.
John Koch, Aberdeen, foot
injured.
Joseph Sandell, fireman sec
Ond section, ankle broken.
+. j. Mather, Reeder, n. d.,
shoulder bruised and left
knee injured.
Mrs. F. j. Mather, Reeder,
n. D., side injured.
r Pierce, Seattle, back bad
ly sprained.
J. +. Alexander. porter, Chi
cagO, head and face cut,
w. H Perry. Vancouver, Is.
c., head, arm and shoulder
injured,
Mrs. V. A. Williams, Lem
mon, back and head in
jured.
Ralph Aney, Aberdeen, ankle
sprained.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-12-22
4 DOZEN KILLED
in AWFUL WRECK

Fast Silk Train Crashes Into Rear End of Eastbound
Columbian at Odessa, Minn. at An Ealry
Hour Monday Morning.
Wreck Was One of the Most Appalling With Largest
List of Victims in the History of the Entire
Northwest Country.
MRS. j. F. RICHARDS AND DAUGHTER AMONG THE DEAD
Impact of the Crash Caused Rear Sleeper Telescope
Car Ahead and Victims Were Crushed in
Their BerthS.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-12-22

One of the most disastrous
wrecks which has ever taken place
in the northwest occurred At about
4:45 Monday morning at Odessa
MINI, when fast silk train
crashed into the rear of No. IS,
the Columbian, one of the Mil
waukee's through coast trains.
The silk train was running as the
second section of No. Is. The
first section OF No. lS left Mo-
bridge Sunday night at about 10
O'clock-twenty minutes late fol-
lowed an hour later by the second
section, which was said to have
been running at terrific speed
about twenty minutes behind the
first section just previous to the
catastrophe. First accounts Of the
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1911-12-22

OF the rear car NJ, which lowered
the front end and forced it under
the floor of the car ahead -
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-07-01
MEETS WITH SERIOUS ACCIDENT
Gypsy Woman Has Wrist Broken and
Sustains Other Injuries

A family Of Gipsies. consisting of father.
mother and four children, arrived in Eureka
Sunday from Ely in a two-horse outfit. The
woman is fortune teller, and since her ar.
rival here she had been kept quite busy in
foretelling the fortunes Of her numerous
patrons.
Tuesday. accompanied by her oldest and
youngest son, the former driving the rig, she
visited Prospect, and after concluding her
business there started TO drive back to town.
In coming down the canyon, which Il quite
steep in places, the neckyoke slipped of the
end Of the tongue Of the wagon, which al
lowed the pole 10 drop to the ground. The
driver then attempted TO stop the animals,
when they became frightened and began kick
ing. He then endsavored to turn the horses
toward the hillside, when the animals gave a
lurch and starting the wagon suddenly threw
the woman to the ground with such force as
TO break her left wrist, besides badly bruising
the cap Of the left knee and side of her head.
As soon as possible she was brought to town
and DIR. q. NJ. Roberts summoned, who set
the broken wrist and rendered other surgical
attention.
They all left for Austin Thursday morning.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-07-01
On The Fourth

The following announcement has
been handed to the SENTINEL for publ
cation:
The ladies of the Episcopal Church
will serve ice-cream and cake at the
Brown Hotel in the afternoon Of July
4th. Open at l p. m. and continuing
through the afternoon and evening.
Also. supper will be served at IL m. in
the dining room Of the Brown Hotel by
the ladies OF the Church. The menu
will consist Of choicest dishes prepared
by some of the best cooks Of Eureka.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-07-01
Notes Of Former EuroksDs

Mrs. A. Smith Of Winnemucca, Mu
Ed Mulcoy. her mother. and Miss jose.
phins Mulcoy. q sister. left Reno for
California Wednesday evening.
Camille Gallo, who recently conducted
the Union Bakery in Eureka. has Dur.
chased the Vienna Bakery at Elko, and
has assumed entire charge Of it's manage.
ment.
EIko Independent: DIR. Henry Hsg.,
is in town. He has about recovered
from the injuries he recently received
by being thrown from Q horse at hi.
ranch in Ruby Valley.
Reno Journal: Mrs. Moritz Scheeline
left Saturday evening for an EXTENDED
trip throughout the East. While swsy.
Harry Scheeline will attend the Phi
Delta Kappa conclsve at Detroit, Mich.
gan. Later they will visit the Reno
boys ut Annapolis.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-07-01
The North Pole Dance

All those wishing to take . trip to
the North Pole during the hot Summer
weather will have an opportunity Of
doing 30 on the evening Of July IA at
the Eureka Opera House. when Dia-
mond Rebekah Lodge Nc. 8. ]. o. o.
f., will give q Polar Ball. As is ad-
yertised in another column Of the SEN
rINEL, everything will be in keeping
with the frigid polar regions with the
exception Of the h~ospitable reception
all guests will receive on this occasion
from the committees in charge.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-07-01
DEATH OF MRS. S. R0GANTIN|
An Old Resident Of Duekwater Passes
Away After Several Months Illness

N&t
News reached Eureka Friday after
noon OF the death Of Mrs. Stella NJ.
Rogantini, Of Duckwster, Nye County.
which occurred there that morning, June
80. Deceased was q daughter Of Mrs.
Joseph Tognoni Of Duckwater.
1t il learned that Mrs. Rogantini had
been sick for the past four or five months
with q complication Of diseases. but the
immediate cause of death is said to have
been due to q hemorrhsge Of the lungs.
Tony Martelletti, who brought the
news Of her demise to Eureka. left here
at 10 O'Clock last night for Duckwater
with q coffin, where the funeral will take
place. Deceased is survived by a hus.
band. Seraphine Rogantini. four children.
q brother. Charles Williams, and mother,
Mrs. Joseph Tognoni. all Of Duckwater,
and father. John Williams, of Willow
Station.
Mrs. Rogantini was . native Of Duck
water and aged "a years. 4 months and
IL days.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-07-01

In the District Court this week in the
case Of Spencer Reynolds, as Receiver.
against Imogene Hanover and Frank @.
Hanover, the motions of the defendants
to set aside the default, and the motion
Of the defendant, Frank O. Hanover. to
set aside the levy Of attachment. were
denied. Thomas j. McPsrlin appeared
for plaintiff and H. K. Mitchell for the
defendants. The above suit was brought
by the Receiver Of the Eureka County
Bank 10 recover some $1,000 due from
the defendants to the bank. and the
Judgment is against the defendants.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-07-01
De SAUTELS LOSE HOME At ELY
Fire Destroys Residence and Contents ct
Former Ruby Hill Resident

The Ely Record OF June % has the
following account Of the loss by fire Of
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. De Sautels
at Ely. Mrs. De ssutels is daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Moyle. former
residents Of Ruby Hill:
The pretty residence Of A. De Ssutels
in East Ely. was entirely destroyed by
FIRE at about IL 80 last night. The fire
was discovered by Judge Coleman and
G. NJ. Moon, who turned in an alarm
but the flames had gained such head.
way that the building and contents we're
practically destroyed before the 6remen
arrived.
Mr.. and Mrs. De Sautels left for q trip
to California on Tuesday and the house
was unoccupied. The electric ligbts
had been cut off and Mr.. Moyle, Mrs.
De Sautels' father. had inspected the
property at about 8 O'Clock yesterday
evening and found everything all right
The house was handsomely furnished.
including q piano, aud everything Was
destroyed, involving . loss on the furni-
ture alone Of about $1,000. Some insur-
ance was carried on the house but none
on the furniture.
The loss is a heavy n to Mr.. and
Mrs. De Sautels. who have been to much
pains and expense in the building and
furnishing Of their little home, which
was one Of the prettiest in that section
OF East Ely.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-07-01
The Ball On the Fourth

Although there will be no celebration
in Eureka this year in honor of the Ma.
tons birthday. the deficiency will in a
Measure be made mp by the grand ball
to be given by Rescue Hose Company
at the Eureka Opera House on the even
ing Of the Fourth. The committees
having the management Of the dance in
charge are busily engaged in their en-.
deavors to make this the social event Of
the season.
The Lobster Club Band will furnish
the music for the occasion.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-07-01
DOCUMENTS OF RECORD
Filed In the Office Of the Recorder
OF Eureka County Up to
June 80, 1911

Court Commissioner M. Mahoney to
p. Paroni-Deed to an undivided one
fourth interest in the Nellie. Pearl,
Ruby Bell, Rnby Bell No. 1, Jackpot.
Horseshoe and the Tornado mines in
Eureka mining district. Recorded
June %, 1911.
Location Certificate Of the Jumper
mine in Lynn mining district by ]. H.
Pierson. Recorded June 30.
Location Certificate Of the Revenge
No. 1 mine in Lynn mining district by
B. f. Race. Recorded June 80.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-07-01
Eureka's Proportion Forwarded

p. II. HUI Friday called on the citi-
zeus Of Eureka for subscriptions to raise
the sum Of e25. Eureka's proportion Of
the amount to be used in d~efraying the
expenses of mapping out the automo.
bile route from Salt Lake to San Fran
cisco, mention Of which was recently
made in the SENTINEL Mr.. HUI raised
$Sl in q short time. which sum has
been forwarded to H. n. Byrne. cashier
Of the First National Bank at Ely, Ne.
yada.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-07-01
Hand In Your Bills

The regular meeting Of the Board of
County Commissioners will be held
Monday, July 8. All persons having
bills against the county are requested
to present them before the expiration
Of six months, after which time they
will be rejected as provided by law.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-07-01
Stolen Barometer Recovered

The aneroid barometer that was stolen
recently from the Brown Hotel barroom
where it had been hanging for years.
was found Friday under the safe in the
barroom. Whether the barometer was
hid there by the person who removed 1t
from its place. intending later to remove
1t. is not known.