Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 12, 1904, Page 1

b f‘-’s‘flv‘u’r -’“-‘_:;b * were about port that ten guns were captured is! A Pioneer :: WANT AD . ‘Will Do Tt. b > S aily Pi 1oneer /8¢ copy 7e, VOLUME 2. NUMBER BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUI!"»SDAY, JULY 12, 1904. ; RETREAT ONCE MORE Kuropatkin Decides Not to Make Serious Resistance at Tatchekiad. Occupation of Newchwang By Mikado's Troops Looked For Shortly. St. Petershurg, July 12.—General Kuropatkin, according to private ad- vices from the front, serious attempt to hold Tatchekiao, above Kaichou, midway between that place and Haicheng and where the railroad conne with the branch from Newchwang. Developments of the Jap- anese strength on the iuyen road seem to be forcing a R n concen- tration between Haicheng and Liwo- yand, but preparations scem o Dbe making to defend the former as long as possible. General Count Keller's force, which a little southwest of Liaoyang, has a ntly ther southwar ay the advance of the Japanese direct from the Ieng- ‘wangcheng-Haicheng road. The p ure on the Ru an left rear, as it withdraws, continues. There is now seemingly practically nothing in the way of a Japanese occupation of Newchwang and the completion of the Japanese line across the head of the Liaotung peninsula. The fortifi- cation of the passes of the Fenshui range and the semi-circle eastward of Liaoyang is reported. With pressure on two sides. if the Japanese have any serious intentions of pushing hou.: their advance in the direction of Mulk den, General Kuropatkin's position would seem decidedly dangerous. Severe fighting is not m\mul»al north of Tatchekiao, but the is growing that Kuropatkin does not intend to accept a general engagement at this time, even if challenged. Additional details of the Hoiyan fight July 4 describes the Russian by~ as being the wost war, Japanc. and Russians were found dead iu the trenches with their bayonets throug BIG MOVEMENT AT HAKD JAP CAMPAIGN APPROACHING . ANOTHER CLIMAX AT i SOME POINT. ‘Washington, July 12— It s suspert- | ed here that the Japanese campaign in Manchuria and especially in the dive.- tion of Port Arthur is approaching a: other one of such climaxes as maiked | the passage of the Yalu. Minister Griscom, at Tokio, has cabled the state department as follows: “It-is announced from headouarters of the general staif that foreign mili- tary attaches who have been assigned | to accompany the Second army m to the frount on the 20th inst. correspondents a day later.” It is recalled that the Japanese gen- eral stafl have permitted the newspa- | per correspondents and attaches to go to the front at such moments as ini- tiated the delivery of a great and care- fully planned blow ‘\gmnsl the enemy. P, SERIES OF SKIRMISHES. Russian Report of the Fighting Near Kaichou. St. Petersburg, July 12. the Russian retur which is hailed ‘Tokio, show, ment from Kaichou, a great victory at| according to the uih(nl - report of Licutenant General Sakhar- off, commander of the Eastern army, that it was little more than a series of skirmishes. The Russian losses 200 men. The Tokio re- unfounded. The Ru perfect order befo; sians retired in General Oku's will not make a i moved far-| 80 | —Detalls of | army, cousisting of four divisions. General Oku advance continues. His main force, which the general staff believes to be almost 60,000 strong, was Sunday about five miles north of K hou. The skirmishes were about three miles further north. The Jap- anese cavalry is proceeding to New- chwang and a heavy Japanese force is converging upon Siadiamaf, haif way to Tatchekiao on the Sinyen road. The sentiment of the general staff foreshows an engagement at Paicheng, The admiralty has no confirmation 1 @f the reported activity of the Port o) thur squadren., Nevertheless there is excellent ground for believing that it has gone out of Port Arthur. The Vladivostok squadron is also at sea. MANY RUSSIANS KILLED. Bodies of Eight Hundred Brought Into Port Arthur. Chefoo, July 12, who arrived Chinese junkmen here from Port Arthur 5 that on Tuesday, July 5, Chinese carriers brought into the town over 300 Russian dead. two of whoiw were high officials. They state that a part of the Japanese force advanced to within six miles of the besieged town, taking another eastern fort. ATTACHES GOING TO THE FRONT. Will Leave Tokio to Join Army on or About July 20. Tokio, July 12.—The foreign taches assigned to the Second Jap- anese army have been informed that they are to leave for the front on or sbout July 20. It is believed that the newspaper correspondents with the Second army will leave about July 23. JUDGE PARKERS TELEGRAM. Had to Be Verified Before It Was De- livered. Esopus, N. Y., July 12—In spite oi the very unusual hour at which Judge Alton B. Parker retired Sunday morn- ing after receipt of the news from St. Louis, he was prompt in his departure for church at Kingston Sunday. He drove with Mrs. Parker to the Episco- at- pal mission church of the Holy C10s3 at Kingston, of which his son law, Rev. les M. Hall, is rector. Judge Parker assisted in taking up the col- lection. Judge Parker at night sent the fol- lowing telegram of congratulations to Henry G. Davis, the vice presidential nominee: “I congratulate both you and the party upon your nomination for the oflice of vice president.” Judge Parker has not yet received the telegram which the St. Louis con- vention had voted should be sent him in reply to his dispatch addressed to Willlam F. Sheehan in which he de- clared his sllegiance to-the gold stand- ard. ‘While it has not reached him in any formal way he is acquainted with its wording. Judge Parker's telegram to Mr. Sheehan was sent from the Western Union Telegraph office at Esopus and the operator here had to personally call up Judge Parker by telephone to verify it before the telegraph com- | pany would deliver it at St. Louis. BY PERMISSION OF THE POPE. Statue of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Crowned in New York. New York, July 12.—In the presence of 25,000 peeople an imposing cere- mony took place here Sunday when by special permission of the pope the | miraculous statue of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, belonging to the church }Of the same name, ‘was crowned by { Archbishop Farley. The function is a rare occurrence anywhere and it is { the first time that such a ceremony has ever been performed in the United States. A letter from his holiness, written in I[talian, gTving permission to crown the statue _was v ad. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. | Charles McLean, mayor of Mobile, Ala,, is dead. { William J. Bryan is slightly ill at | the residence of his cousin, Dr. Jen- | nings, in St. Louls. Richard Watson Gilder of New York, editor of the Century, is ill at his summer home at Tringham, Mass., with appendicitis. Two long, heavy earthquake shocks were felt at Guayaquil, Ecuador, Sun- | day night and also at several other | towns in the republic ’ Fire of an unknown origin totally destroyed the Jefferson Ice company’s i housvs at Powers lake, near Kenosha, v nm] caused a loss of between 25 « o« 47 ol $30.00 garments . . $15.00 Ladies Suitsand | 20.00 % U000 W Rain Coats 15.00 « L 7.50 10.00 W CERas 5.00 goodsiat . Vg goodsat . . . . . 26c goodsat . . . . 1T > goods at . . . 12l goodsat . . . 10¢ > goods at' -k U Ry Sgoods b R 0te $3.00 Straw Hats . $1.50 2.00 « L e 1.0 Straw Hats ) 1002 5 0 33533sasaaaeasesgaaéaaéassa@ 3 FIGHYING NEAR PORT ARTHUR. Local Newspaper Prints Account of the Operations. Chefoo, Juily 12-—The Port Arthur Novi Krai of July 7, a copy of which has just reached Chefoo, contains an account of the cherations around Port Arthur fiom July 3 to July 5. It says: “Heavy fighting has occurred be- tween the fust line of defenses and the Japanese. The results are not an- nounced. Nevertheless, little at a time, the facts are becoming known. Our side sent scouts to ascertain the position and strength of the enemy and whether they were protected by trenches. It was impossible to find out the exact strength of the Japan- ese, but they do not number less than 80.000. The Chinese credit them with 60,000. Thirty thousand men are not sufficient for operations against a for- tress like this unless they expect as- sistance. After.three days’ fighting the positions of the two armies were as follows: “On the left flank we retained the ?Dsfiion we originally occupied. The forcing of our right flank back pre- vious to this was rectified and now we have both Green and Semaphore hills in our hands. In front of these hills we were not opposed, but we are being 3 _ Heavily Shelled From Both Sides. The enemy retired a considerable dis- tance. Of course all this was not without losses, some of which will strike the hearts of our countrymen. “We started to take the olfensive the night of July 1, when we began a strong attack. Our soldiers, who had been forced back at Kinchou, were waiting for an opportunity to get at the Japanese. The result was most satisfactory. The infantry marched out as if engaged in maneuvers, while the artillery, taking up a position, opened a flerce fire with shrapnel on the enemy’s line, resulting in their ro- tirement. “During the three days’' battle the Novik and a fleet of gunboats left the harbor dally, covering the right flank of the army and stopping the fire of the enemy’s artillery. On July 4 the Novik fortunately obtained the range of the enemy's batteries and did frightful damage to them. All the morning the gunboats, without receiv- ing any return fire, shelled the ene- my's troops marching towards our de- fenses. The Japanese fleet appeared in the afternoon and our gunboats re- turned to the inner harbor without sustaining any damage. CONFIRMEDD BY SAKHAROFF. Russian General Says Japs Have Oc- cupied Kaichou. St. Petersburg, July 12.—Licutenant Qeneral Saklarol, i a diSpalel to the general staff, confirms the report of the Japanese occupation of Kaichou. He says that the Russian loss did not exceed 150 killed or wounded. General Sakharoff adds that the Jap- anese are on the Vinkow road. Gen- eral Sakharoff says: “Our losses are not yet known, but according to the commander of our forces they do not exceed 150. Among the killed was Count Nyrodt on the general staff, who abandoned the.last position after brilliantly carrying out his duties as chief of staff with the rear guard.” General Sakharoff also reports an ambush of Japanese twenty-five miles north of Siuyen when the Japanese had one officer and eleven dragoons killed or wuunded On July 7, General Sakharoff says, the Japanese began to advance but not in considerable force toward Siaosyou, occupying Sianchan. ATTACKED BY JAP VESSELS. Russian Warships Outside of Port Ar« thur Harbor. Tokio, July 12.—The Russian cruis- ers Bayan, Diana, Pallada and Nobik, two gunboats and seven torpedo boat destroyers came from the harbor of Port Arthur on Saturday morning, July 9, preceded by a number of steam- ers engaged in clearing away mines. In the afternoon the Russian vessels reached a point hetween Sensikat and Lunwantang, where they were attack- ed by a Japanese flotilla of torpedo boats and torpedo boat - destroyers. Fire was exchanged with the Bayan. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon the Rus- sian vessels retrzated to the harbor. Admiral Togo reports that the Jap- anese vessels had one cabin boy slightly wounded. The vessels them selves sustained no damage. SWEEPING RUSSIAN REFORM. Persons Accused of Political Crimes Will Be Tried by Courts. St. Petersburg, July 12.—The sys- tem of condemning political prisoners by administrative orders has been abolished by imperial decree and per- sons accused of political crimes hence- forth will be tried by the courts under the resgular procedure. This reform is most far reaching, ending forever the arbitrary condemnation to exile of political suspects without the inter- vention of the courts. It is considered to be ome of the most sweeping reforms of this genera- tion and it is understood that it was recommended by the council of the empire with the acquiescence and ap- proval of the minister of the interior, M. Plehve. Naval Developments Expected. St. Petersburg, July 12—No further details have been mad§ public here of the engagement at Kaichou. Not one of the newspapers has a special dispatch on the subject. Important developments at sea are anticipated. Ship and Cargo Confiscated. London, July 12.—Galbraith, Pem- broke & Co. of this city, the owners of the British steamer Cheltenham, cap- tured by the Vladivostok squadron, have received notification that the Vladivostok prize court has confiscat- od the ship and cargo. Pleads Guilty to Bribery. St. Louis, July 12—When the case of Charles J. Denny, a former member. of the St. Louis municipal assembly, charged with bribery in connection with the city lightin; dea.l, in the St. Louis MANAGE . CAMPAIGN Democratic Committee Recom- 1 mends Taggart for the Natioual Chairman. Final Action Postpoiied Until Judge Parker Can Be Consulted. St. Louis, July 12.—Thomas Tag- gart of Indiana has been indorsed by the Pemocratic national committee for chairman of that body. The indorsement was a eompromise between the Parker forces and the ultra-Taggart men. The supporters of the Indiana man insisted upon his election, but the friends of the presi- dential nominee refused to agree to his selection until after a conference with Judge Parker. As a compromise measure it was decided to give Taggart the commit- tee’s indorsement and then, if his se- lection is agreeable to Judge Parker, to elect him to the chairmanship of the national committee at & meeting to be held in New York at the call of Chairman Jones of the old committee. ——————— T DRAMATIG IN THE EXTREME 8CENES DURING CLOéINfi HOURS OF DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION. ' Bt. Louls, July 12—The -closing hours of the national Democratic con- vention were full of dramatic interest. Like the preceding session at which Judge A. B. Parker was nominated the intensely dramatic scenes of the final hours will long live in the memories of all those who were present. While the roll of states*was being called for nomination for vice presi- dent Delegate Edward F. Sheehan re- ceived the following, telegmm from Judge Parker: "L regard.the as firm- Iy and irrevocal éd, and I shall act accordingly. if the action of the convention today is ratified by the people. Inasmuch as the platform is silent on the subject I deem it neces- sary to make this communication to the couvention for its consideration, as I should feel it my duty to decline the nomination except with that un- derstanding.” 7 Only a thunderbolt launched at con- vention hall could have created con- sternation equal to that caused by the message. There was a suspension of business and a hurried conference between the leaders. When the convention was called to order there was some heated debate, the result of which was a .mo- tion to advise Judge Parker that the convention was willing to abide by his reservation on the money question, and the following telegram was ac- cordingly sent to Judge Parke “The platform adopted by this con- vention is silent on the question of the monetary standard, because it is not regarded by us as a possible issue in this campaign, and only campaign issues were mentioned in the x)laL— form. Therefore theré is nothing®in the views expressed by you in the telegram just received which would Ppreclude a man entertaining them from accepting a nomination on said plat- form.” James R. Williams of Illinois, ex- Senator George Turner of Washing- ton, Henry G. Davis of West Virginia and William A. Harris of Kansas were placed in nomination for vice presi- dent. The vote resulted as follows: ‘Williams 165, Turner 100, Davis 654, Harris 58. Jowa did not vote. The nomination of Davis was made unummous. PLATFORM OF DEMOCRATS REPORT OF RESOLUTIONS COM- MITTEE AS ADOPTED BY THE CONVENTION. St. Louis, July 1 .—The Democratic national convention adopted the fol- lowing platform by viva voce vote after the gold plank inserted by the subcommittee of the resolutions com- mittee had been killed by the full com- mittee: “‘The Democratic party of the United States in national convention as- sembled, declares its devotion to the essential principles of the Demociatic faith which Dbrings together in party zommiinion. “Under them, local self-government, and national unity and prosperity were alike established. They underlaid our independence, the structure of our free republic and every Democratic ex- tension from Louisiana to California and Texas to Oregon, which preserved faithfully in all the states the tie be- tween taxation and representation. They yet inspire the masses of our people, guarding jealously their rights and liberties, and cherishing their tra. ternity, peace and orderly develop: ments. They remind us of our duties and responsibilities as citizens and im- press upon us, particularly at this time, the necessity of reform and the ernment. from rescue of the ndmlnistl‘afion of gov- | ftal impartially heir just rights. “Constitutional guarantees are vio- lated whenever any citizen is denied the right to labor, acquire and enjoy property or reside where interest or inclination may determine. Any de- nial thereof by individuals, organiza- vons, or governments, should be sum- marily rebuked and punished. “We deny the right of any executive to discharge or suspend any- constitu- tional privilege or limitation, The military gh be only to support and to maintain <he law. We condemn its employment for the summary banigh- ment of citizens without trial, or for the control of elections. “We approve the senate measure of 1896 providing for trial by jury in cases of indirect wntempt of federal court. “We favor liberal appropriations for the care ard improvement of the wa- lerways of the country. “We oppose the Republican policy of starving home development in order to feed the greed for conquest and the eppetite for national ‘prestige’ and dis- play of strength. “Large reductions can easily be made in the annual expenditures of the government without impairing the efficiency of any branch of the public service and we shall insist upon the strictest economy and frugality com- patible “with vigorous and efficient civil," 'military and naval administra- tion as a right of the people too clear to be denied or withh “We favor the enforcement of hon- esty in the public service and to that end a thorough legislative investiga- tion of those executive departments of the government already known to teem with corruption, as well as other departments suspected of harboring corruption, and the punishment of as- certained corruptionists without fear or fayor or regard to persons, “We condemn the action of the Re- publican party in congress in refusing to prohibit an executive department from entering into contracts with con- bted trusts or unlawful combina- tions in restraint of interstate trade. “We favor the nomination and elec- tion of a president imbued with the principles of the Constitution, who will set his face sternly against execu- tive usurpation of legislative and judi- cial functions. “We favor the preservation, so far as we can, of an open door for the world’s commerce in the Orient, with- out an unnecessary entanglement in Oriental and European affairs, and without arbitrary, unlimited, irre- sponsible and absolute government anywhere within our jurisdiction. We oppose a policy of colonial exploita- tion, no matter where or by whom in- voked or exercised. We insist that we ought to do for Filipinos what we have done already for the Cubans, and it is our duty to make that promise now, and upon suitable guarantees of pwtecnon to citizens of our own and other countries resident there at the time Of our witharawal, set’ the Fili* pino people upon their teet free and independent to work. out theh‘ own destiny. “The Democratic party has been and will continue to be the consistent op- ponent of that class of tariff legisla- tion by which certain interests have been permitted through congressional favor, to draw a heavy tribute from the American people. The special favor- ites of the government by its meth- ods have been converted into mo- nopolies, bringing to an end domestic competition. These industrial com- binations, by the financial assistance they can give, now control the policy of the Republican party. “We denounce protection as a rob- bery of the many to enrich the few and we favor a tariff limited to the needs of the government, economically administered and so levied as to not discriminate against any industry, class or section, to the end that the burdens of taxation shall be distribut- ed as equitably as possible. We favor & revision and a gradual reduction of the tariff by the friends of the masses and for the common weal, and not by the friends of its abuses, to support the federal government in all its pow- er and authority, but in simplicity. “We recognize that the gigantic trusts and combinations designed to enable capital to secure more than its just share of the joint products of capital and labor and which have been fostered and promoted under Republi- can rule are a menace to beneficial competition and an obstacle to perma- nent business prosperity. Monopolies that destroy competition should be prohibited. We especially denounce rebates and discrimination by trans- portation companies as the most po- tent agency in promoting and strength- ening these unlawful . conspiracies against trade, “We demand an enlargement of the powers of the interstate commerce commission, to the end that the travel- ‘| ing public and shippers of this coun- try may have prompt and adequate re- lief for abuses. We demand a strict enforcement of existing civil and crimfal statutes against all such trusts, combinations and monopolies; and we demand the enactment of such further legislation as may be neces- sary to effectually suppress them. “We congratulate our Western citi- zens upon the passing of the law known as the Newlands irrigation act. 'WOULD CONSTRUCT CANAL' QUICKLY AND ECONOMICALLY. *'The Democracy when entrusted with power will construct the Panama canal speedily, honestly and economically. thereby giving to our people what Democrats have always contended for —a great inter-oceanic canal. “We pledge ourselves to insist up- on the just and lawful protection of our citizens at home and abroad. “We favor the election of United States senators by the direst vote of the people. “We favor the admlssion of the ter- ritories of Qklahoma and the Indian | Territory. We also favor the imme- diate admission of Arizona and New Mexico as separate states and a ter- ritorial government for Alaska and Porto Rico. “We demand the extermination of polygamy within the jurisdiction of the United States and the complete separation of churc anfl state In po- litical affairs. “We denounce the ahtp subsidy bill ssed by. the United Stal te& GREAT FOR SOUTH DAKOTA. Ppening of Rosebud Reservation Ben- efits Large Section. Chamberlain, 8. D, July 12—The Rosebud registration has progressed sufficiently’ to demonstrate that the opening to settlement of this tract of land will be far reaching in its effects and will work a wonderful transfors mation in the entire country not only. immediately west from Chamberlain, but the border counties on the east gide of the Missouri river as well. The Rosebud opening is bringing thousands of people into the state ‘who might otherwise never have come and after they reach here the country proves both a revelation and a sur- prise to the visitors. While but com- paratively few will be able to be taken care of in the Rosebud opening the overflow that will drift over the lands already subject to homestead entry in Lyman and Stanley counties will cer- tainly retire all lands open to settle- ment during the sx.(mer end fill every quarter with an occupant, hastening the settlement of the country by many years. In fact the officials of the gen- eral land office look for a much heavier filing the next two months on the va- cant Sioux lands than in the Rosebud, not especially because the former are better, but because they are more ex- tensive, and the ‘people are here to ac- Quire them, MAY \TIE UP PACKERS. 8trike Involving Forty Thousand Men Probable. Chicago, July 12.—A general strike involving 40,000 union men engaged in the packing industry in the nine big packing centers of the country is un- derstood to be imminent. Negotiations between the officials of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of America and the big packing firms have®been brok- en off and the unionists of Chicago will meet shortly to vote on a strike. President Michael Donnelly of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters said that in case the packing councils decide at its meeting to reject the terms of the packers there would be a strike. The packers have taken a firm stand against the demands of the unionists as to wages and working conditions and have refused to enter into an agreement for common laborers, stand- ing for an open shop as far as this class of unskilled labor is concerned. As regards the laborers in the cutting, loading and shipping departments the packers have offered 171% cents an hour. The original demand was for 20 cents, but this was modified to 1816 cents per hour. MOB BENT ON LYNCHING. ‘Near Albuquerque. Albuquerque, N. M. July 12—A posse, headed by Under Sheriff Ed- ward Newcomer, has gone to Las Pa- dillas, ten miles south of here, where a mob has three alleged cattle thieves surrounded in a house, bent on lynch- ing them. The three men were recognized by Deputy Constable Joseph Padella of Las Padillas on the street in the lat- ter place and he proceeded to arrest them. A running fight in the street ensued. One of the alleged bandits was wound- ed and Padella was shot several times and almost instantly killed. The pursued men then entered a house, ran the owners out and barred the doors. A mob of several hundred people surrounded the house, and when the messengers who came to Albuquerque to notify the officers left the place shots were being exchanged between the mob and the prisoners. ANTI-CHRISTIAN RIOTS IN CHINA. American Consul General Asked for Assistance. London, July 12.—The. Chefoo cor- respondent of the Standard in a dis- patch dated July 9 says: .. “The American consul general (John Fowler) received news that anti-Chris- tian riots have broken out at Chao- yuen, about sixty-five miles south of Tengchoufoo and eighty-five miles w of Chefoo. Immediate assistance was asked. “The Taotai dispatched troops and telegraphed the authorities at Hwang- hsian and 7T'engchoufoo also to send assistance if required. “Foreigners are not believed to be in danger. The cause of the riots is not known.” STILL SELL THE CIGARETTES. Tax Imposed by lowa Legislature Does Not Prohibit. Des Moines, Ia., July 12.—The tax of $300 imposed upon venders of to- bacco for the privilege of selling cigar- ettes has not stopped the dispensation of “coffin nails,” as it is believed it was intended by the legislature, Dur- ing the past week seven dealers in Des Moines paid the tax. Some mer- chants have refused to pay the tax and have given up the trade as un- profitable. ~The tax is payable quar- terly in sums of $75 each quarter. Havana Strikers Resume Work. Havana, July 12—All classes of striking harbor workmen resumed work during the day after a confer- ence with Senor Rivera and the ad- ministrator of the customs. ~Rivera assured the men that he would use every endeavor to induce the consig- nees not to employ nonunionists and he also promised to see that the steamship companies did not bring stevedores from the United States to work in Havana harbor Prize Fights Must Stop. - Chicago, July 12.—Mayor Hnrrlm has declared that prize fights of e sort, guise of “glove contests,” In Chicago. LHe Gang _of Cattle Th:eves .gurr_gunded i 'PASSENGERS 3 ARE KILLE Excursion Train on the Erie Road Run Into By a Regular Passenger. T b Seventeen Are Crushed Ao gl)eath * and Fifty Injured in the Accident.: New York, July 12.—Seventeen per- sons were killed and about fifty in- Jured in a collision which.occurred at Midvale, N. J., when a regular pas- senger train on theé Greenwood Lake branch of the Erie railroad ran into an excursion train that had stopped to take water. All the dead and injured live in Hoboken, Jersey Gity and New Yor! The dccident is belieyed o have re- sulted from a tower operator having lowered his signal too soon and this Wwas admitted by D. W. Cools general passenger agent of the Erie rflimui. The train which was run into was a special carrying members of the First Plattdestcher association of ‘Hoboken on their annual outing and had about 800 passengers aboard. It consisted of twelve and two engines, It is said that the engineer of the regular train had slowed down to about ten miles an hour before he crashed into the special, but his en- gine tore through the: rear car the greater part of its length and drove the forward end of the car 4nto the car ahead. The killed Amd injured were in these two cars. The wreckage did not eltch flre and the work of taking out the and maimed was accomplished - qulclly. The ' passengers from the coaches ran back and joined in the work and the residents of Midvale, many of whom had heard the: crash, assisted them. FLOOD RAPIDLY RECEDING. Normal Conditions Will Soon Brevail in Kansas. ° Kansas City, July 12.—With the ex- ception of a part of Kansas avenue, in the lower part of Armourdale, the flood water in the Kansas City (Kan.) Tay, fore some of the streets in the lowest portion of Armourdale are dry, as the river must fall below the sewer months to allow the water to drain out. The west bottoms are entirely dry and the stock yards are receiving stock. The Armourdale packers ex- pect to be ready to kill shortly. It will be two or three days before some of the factories there can resume. ‘Wichita, Kan, July 12—On the streets, especially in the downtown district which is drained by thefAr- kansas river, flood conditions are’im- proved. Most of the business:houses on Douglas avenue have been cleared of the muddy water. WRECKED BY DYNAMIIE._ Home of Michigan Mine Superinten- dent Destroyed. Ironwood, Mich., July 12.—The resi- dence of Earl Walton, superintendent of the Brotherton and Sunday Lake mines at Wakefield, on the east end of the Gogebic range, was destroyed by dynamite early in the day. Not less than twenty pounds of dynamite were used. A lighted fuse probably set off the explosive. No connecting wires could be'found. Sections of the house and veranda were blown 200 feet, but the family, asleep upstairs, escaped se- rious injury. Superintendent Walton has no idea as to the identity-of:the perpetrators or their motives. A strike occurred at the mines in January against a 10 per cent cut in wages. Some of the old employes found their" places taken when the two mineg re- sumed shipping. CONFESSES TO ROBBERY, Chicago Man Conscience *Stricker Religious Meeting. Chicago, July 12.—Becoming science stricken at a religious mest- ing in this city a man giving his name as Charles B. Floethe has, according to the police, confessed to having rob- bed his employers in Chicago and oth- er cities of various sums. He g himself into the custody of the and is said to haye surrendered pawn tickets and quantity of jewelry. His confession is being investigated. FOUR CARS DERML{n. ; Thlrty-elght Penon- Injured souri Pacific Wreck. 8t. Louis, July 12—While at full speed the tender of th drawing an eastbound excursion on the Missouri Pacific road ji a switch near Larabie, forty west of here, derailed four cars, were thrown down an and injuring thirty-efg is considered m-obl ,.