Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 26, 1906, Page 4

ADMIRAL IS cuuvmran{ NEBOGATOFF CONDEMNED FOR SURRENDERING SQUADRON TO THE JAPANESE. COURT INFLICTS DEATH- PENALTY BUT CZAR IS REQUESTED TO RE- DUCE SENTENCE TO TEN YEARS IN PRISON. St. Petersburg, Dec. 26.—The court- martial which has been trying Rear Admiral Nebogatoff and seventy-eight officers of his squadron for surrender- ing to the Japanese at the battle of the Sea of Japan on May 28, 1905, has handed in its decisions. Vice Admiral Nebogatoff, Commander Lichino of the coast defense ironclad General Admiral Apraxine; Rear Admiral Gre- gorieff of the coast defense ship Ad- miral Seniavien, and Lieutenant Smirnoff, who succeeded to the com- mand of the battleship Nicolai I, were sentenced to death, but in view of ex- tenuating circumstances and the long ADMIRAL NEBOGATOFF, and otherwise blameless careers of these officers, the court will petition the emperor to commute their sen- tences to ten years’ imprisonment. Four other officers are sentenced to short terms of imprisonment while the remainder are acquitted. < Plea Usually Successful. The sentences passed upon Rear Ad- miral Nebogatoff and the three com- manders are similar to those handed| down in the cases of the naval officers. who were condemned by courtmartial for surrendering the torpedo boat de- stroyer Bedovi to the Japanese. These sentences were coupled with a similar recommendation to the emperor for mercy, and such intercession generally has proved successful. The lawyers for the defense in the Nebogatoff trial, a majority of whom are active politicians, devoted most of their attention to the political as- pects of the case. = The government prosecutor, in his closing address, declared that the in- fliction of the death penalty under these circumstances was out of har- mony with the spirit of the times, but he declared that the guilt of the offi- cers in question found no example in history. Rear Admiral Nebogatoft, he averred, could at least have transfer- red all his commands to one battle- ship and then sunk the rest of his squadron. The rear admiral made an emotional reply in which he dwelt up- on the ignorance of the prosecutor, who, he said, has worn the uniform of the navy for only one year. FEAR FOR THEIR LIVES. Prominent Russians Apprehensive of Assassination. St. Petersburg, Dec. 26.—The mur- der of General Count Alexis Ignatleft has caused consternation among a number of ex-officials of the Von Plehve and Siplaguine regimes, who have retired from the fleld of active administration. They now fear that their past records expose them to the same danger of belated retribution. The Novoe Vremya furnishes the following details of the murder. The assassin had an accomplice who has not yet been captured. Both men be- longed to the group of terrorists, with headquarters in Moscow, where the crime was planned. An unknown man attracted the at- tention of the count on Dec. 21 by following his carriage from the rail- road station, but Ignatieff thought he was a police detective and dismissed the matter from his mind. He felt so safe within the Hall of Nobles that even while driving thither he left his revolver. It has been learned that the mur- Berer stole up a back stairway of the building and took advantage of the commotion in the diningroom during the intermission to steal within an arm’s length of his victim. The bullets fired from the assassin’s revolver have been examined and tound coated with a virulent poison. Eighteen Persons Injured. Springfield, 0., Dec. 26.—Eastbound Big Four passenger train due here at %:15 a. m. ran into the rear of freight: wain No. 36 in the western part of the city. The list of injured includes elghteen passengers, none serlously. The crew of the passenger train jumped. 8ixteen Persons Drowned. Kingston, Jamaica, Dec. 26.—A sall boat with twenty-five persons on board was overturned near Montego bay. Bixteen passengers were drowned. L Report Shows Over Three Thousand Primary Schools. Washington, Dec. 25.—The sixth annual report of the director of edu- cation ‘for the Philippines, covering the activities of the educational work in the islands for the year ended June 80, 1906, which has been received at the war department, shows that there sre now 3,166 primary schools in the islands, with an average attendance of 875,554 pupils. Seven hundred American teachers and 6,224 Filipino teachers are employed. All of the school divisions, the report says, con- ducted - teachers' institutes varying from four to six weeks in the different provinces. The instruction given was divided between the common branches of the intermediate course and special topics of instruction, such as school gardening, domestic science, primary industrial work and methods of teach- ing. TWO EARTHQUAKES RECORDED. Seismographs at Washington Register Disturbances. ‘Washington, Dec. 25.—A special bul- letin issued by the weather bureau says: “The selsmographs of the weather bureau recorded two earthquakes of considerable magnitude; . the first shortly after noon of the 22d and the second about twenty-three hours later, namely, after noon of Dec. 23." From the appearance of the records we are led to conclude that the earthquakes originated at widely separated locali- ties, but this cannot be definitely told. “As.far as can be judged from the records the second disturbance was not at so great a distance as the first one, but both disturbances must have been several. thousand miles from ‘Washington.” HILL STOCKS LEAD IN SLUMP GENERAL DEPRESSION MARKS DAY’S TRADING ON THE NEW YORK EXCHANGE. New York, Dec. 25.—The stock mar- ket looked demoralized when trading began. Reading sold down to 131, with 200-share lots at different fig- ures, and 10,000 shares at 131% to 131. The Northwestern stocks also contin- ued acutely depressed. Great North- ern preferred lost 4%, Northern Pa- cific 3%, Anaconda 5%, Delaware and Hudson 3%, Canadian Pacific 3, St. Paul 23 and the list generally from a large fraction to 2 points. There was some recovery during the first hour. There was a second dip in the prices of stocks before noon, which carried Reading down 4%, Great Northern preferred 5% and Northern Pacific 8%. These stocks were the severest sufferers, although the decline in St. Paul extended to 2% and in Union Pacific to 214. Northern Pacific also lost 3 points and National Lead 4%. The pressure of liquidation seemed to be much lightened about noon, after trading in London had ceased for the day. There were substantial recoveries running to over 2 points in stocks which had been most seriously de- pressed, but the tone was uncertain. Late in the day there was a relapse in most of the stocks included In the decline and they went to the lowest point of the day. The close was easy, ‘without effective rally. INVOKE BLUE LAWS. Chicago Threatened With Puritanical Sundays. Dee. 25.—The Tribune WILL Chieago, 8ays: A Puritanical Sunday for Chicago, with idle strect cars and elevated rail- roads out of commission, with no newspapers and no Sunday theaters or even sacred concerts, is the retalia- tion threatened by Alderman Michael Kenna if he is forced to close his saloons on Sunday. This will be the last resort if the alderman and other saloonkeepers are compelled to close on Sundays. It will be taken if Mayor Dunne is -di- rected to obey the state law under the mandamus . proceedings in Judge Frost’s court next Friday. The alder- man will be backed to the fullest ex- tent by the United Societies for Local Self-Government. WIVES ADMIT THE FACT. Proof That Russian Consulate Clerk Was a Woman. Chicago, Dec. 25.—The three days’ wonder growing out of the discovery that Nicolai de Raylan, for years a clerk to Baron Schlippenbach, Russian eonsul in Chicago, was a woman, a discovery only made after her death in Phoenix, Ariz., has been solved by the admissions of the two women with whom she lived as “husband.” The motive for De Raylan’s mas- querade, which had been kept up for fifteen years, is mixed. Part of it dates back to her early affair with a girl in Southern Russia at the first period of her assuming “manhood” and part of the explanation is found in her connection with revolutionary “bunds” in this country and Russia. Captain Macklin Recovering. El Reno, Okla., Dec. 25.—At the fort hospital it is stated that Captain Ed- gar A. Macklin, who was shot at his home here on Friday night by a negro, had passed a good night. The physi- clang reported him slightly fmproved. Captain Macklin’s assailant has not yet been' apprehended, although offi- cers are following a number of clues. EDUCATION IN PHILIPPINES. No‘l‘ LIKEn *r morphine tablets and a revolver. A N HAWA CONSIDERABLE FEELING EXISTS AGAINST THE JAPANESE IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. COMMISSIONER SARGENT ON SITUATION ‘Washington, Dec. 25.—Immigration Commissioner Sargent was at his Jesk during the day after a trip of several weeks, during which he visited the immigration stations at Honolulu and San Francisco. While he was at Honolulu 1,379 Portuguese immigrants from Funchal and Madeira arrived there. Commissioner Sargent super- iIntended their landing and before-he left many of them already had se cured employment. Mr. Sargent, who went to Honolulu at the special request of President Roosevelt to be present at the landing of Portuguese immigrants, called on the president later in the day. “There are probably 60,000 Japa- nese in the Hawaiian islands,” said Mr. Sargent, “and they are arriving there at the rate of from 600 to 1,000 8 month. The new arrivals do not re- main long in the islands, however, and soon go to the Pacific coast. They are leaving in large numbers by each steamer. In the last twelve months 12,000 Japanese have gone from the Hawailan islands to the mainland of this country.” Mr. Sargent was asked why the Japanese first go to Hawaii. He ex- plained it by saying that as he under- stood the case the Japanese govern- ment does not issue passports to the United States proper, as it is unaware whether its citizens could get work here, but the fact that there is a de- mand for laborers in Hawaii induces the issue of passports to the islands. Mr. Sargent admitted there was con- siderable feeling against the Japanese in many portions of the islands, as their labor is cheaper and their mer- chants are underselling the American merchants in the islands and taking away the trade previously. held by the latter with the Japanese. CONTROL OF SWITCH ENGINES. Cause of Firemen's Strike on . the Southern Pacific. El Paso, Tex., Dec. 25.—About fifty firemen on the Atlantic division of the Southern Pacific are striking here for 5 cents an hour increase and con- trol of the switch engines. neers are fighting them in this and it is said other railroad unions are with the engineers. There has been no delay to the trains and engineers are breaking in new firemen. ) Dallas, Tex., Dec. 25.—Apparently the strike of firemen on the Southern Pacific is but slightly felt in North Texas. The Houston and Texas Cen- tral is not serlously affected and the Texas and New Orleans rallroad has but few men located in Dallas. These two roads form part of the Atlantic division of the Southern Pacific sys- tem. RESULT OF MINERS' STRIKE. Population of Goldfield, Nev., More Than Cut in Two. Goldfield, Nev., Dec. 25.—As the re- sult of a strike called on Friday by the Industrial Workers of the World the miners of this section are leaving in trainloads. Goldfield 1s rapidly becoming a de- serted city. Many business men have discharged the majority of their em- ployes and some are contemplating closing their doors. The population of Goldfield has de- creased from 15,000 to about 7,000 within the last week. The strike still continues and every mine, mill and smelter except two is closed. RAJAH’S SON AMONG THE DEAD. Dutch Troops Defeat Natives in Dutch East Indies. The Hague, Dec. 25.—The: Dutch troops are still meeting with consid- erable opposition on the part of the rebellious chiefs in the recesses of the Dutch East Indies. The former have just captured the stronghold of the rajah of Goa at Sidenreng. The rajah’s son and eighteen of their fol- lowers were killed. Many were wound- ed and the rajah’s brother was made prisoner. The official telegram an- nouncing the engagement does not mention the losses of the Dutch troops. JAP LABORERS WORK FOR SMALL PAY AND MERCHANTS UN- DERSELL AMERICANS. Financial Trouble the Cause. Pittsburg, Dec. 26.—Frank J. Rus- zell, private secretary to John M. Du- boils, a wealthy lumberman of Dubols, Pa., was found dead at the Hotel Hen- ley. Alongside the bed was a box of pathetic letter to his wife intimated that financial trouble was the cause of the. suicide. Russian Colonel Murdered. Lukow, Poland, Dec.. 256.—Golonel Obroucheff, commander of the Eighty- first infantry, has been killed on his BRYCE CLOSING UP AFFAIRS. Will 8ail for This Country About Feb. 15. Dublin, Dec. 25.—James Bryce, who 18 to succeed Sir Mortimer Durand as British ambassador 'at Washington, has returned to the chief secretary’s office In 'the castle and is busy wind- ing up his affairs there preparatory to handing over the post to his successor. It is expected that Mr. Bryce will re- main in Dublin until about Jan. 6, after which he will return to London and arrange his private affairs. It is understood that he will leave for ‘Washington about the middle of Feb- ruary. There Is an increasing tendency in Dublin to regard Augustin Birrell, the president of the board of education, as the most probable successor of Mr. Bryce as chief secretary to Ireland. He would be univarsally acceptable to the Irish leaders. WILL SHORTEN COAST LINE. Northern Pacific to Build Cutoff in Montana. Helena, Mont., Dec. 25.—It is re- ported that the Northern Pacific will soon begin the grading of a cutoft which will leave the main line at or near Miles City. and, following a course directly westward, will strike the present road not far from Helena. This construction will involve about 350 miles of new track, but will'short- en the distance between St. Paul and Seattle at least 140 miles. It will ob- vlate the necessity of a double track, which has been under contemplation. The invasion of the Northern Pa- cific territory by the coast extension of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul requires the building of the pro- posed line in order to protect a large traffic in Montana now enjoyed and 'ownship Plats in book form, Fine g TROOPS ON THE SGENE NEGRO MOB THREATENS TO DE- STROY THE LITTLE TOWN OF WAHALAK, MISS, JECLARES VENGEANCE ON WHITES KILLING OF TWO COLORED MEN BY CONDUCTOR THE CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE. Meridian, Miss., Dec. 26.—It is re- ported that -a body of negroes have lortified themselves two miles from Wahalak and announce they will re- sist any effort to dislodge them. They threaten to burn the little town, de- tlaring vengeance on the whites be- tause of the killing of two negroes and the wounding of another by a conduc- tor of & passenger train: of the Mobile and Ohlo railroad while the latter was attempting to quell a disturbance aboard his train. Hardly more than twenty-five white persons live there and in response to B plea for protection Battery I and Company D of the state militia, sta- tioned in this city, have been rushed to Wahalak by special train. The bat- lery carried a Gatling gun and all the men are heavily armed. The whites ull around the town of Wahalak have armed themselves and one party of which otherwise would be secured by [ fifty armed persons has arrived there the Milwaukee. Acquitted on Patricide Charge. Spokane, Wash., Deec. 25. from Columbus, Miss. A special mes- sage to the Morning Dispatch says: ““One company of infantry and a bat- “Not | tery of artillery are in charge. Two guilty, by reason of insanity,” was the{ hegroes have been killed by citizens. verdict rendered by the jury in tha| Troops are now guarding the town. A case of Sidney Sloane, the eighteen-| body of negroes said to be armed are year-old boy charged with the murder | fortified about two miles from the of his father, James F. Sloane, a pio- | town.” neer merchant of Spokane. was the motive for the crime. Robbery Flour and Cornmeal Needed. ‘Washington, Dec. 25.—The Amer. ican consul general at Shanghai cables the state department that the famine| op BRIDE MYSTERIOUSLY SHOT. Wounded During Reception Following Wedding. Rutland, Vt., Dec. 26.—The officials Ira, Vt., have begun an investiga- committee recommends the shipment tion of the mysterious shooting of Mrs. at once of flour and cornmeal in fifty-| Mary Parker Gilmore, wife of Charles pound sacks. Fifty thousand bushels Gilmore, while she was entertaining of wheat for planting in the spring are| riends at a reception following her also earnestly desired. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. wedding. The young bride, hearing voices outside the house and thinking that more guests were arriving, went The supreme court of the United| 0 the door. She saw a group of men States has adjourned until Jan. 7. Twenty-four persons were injured in a headon collision on the Southern Pacific railroad at Harney, Nev. King Oscar of Sweden continues to improve slowly. He is free from fever and his heart action is stronger. The health of President Castro of Venezuela, who s at Macuto, is be- coming more and more alarming. “The passive resistance” strike of 26,000 employes of the Austrian postal service, which was begun last Friday, has ended. Alexander - Berkman, who served thirteen years in piison in Pennsyl- vania. for attempting to kill H. C. Frick, has opened a job printing office in New York city. The number of packages containing Christmas presents recelved at the ‘White House this year is larger than for many seasons and they have come from all parts of the country. Contracts are being placed in the United States for the equipment of huge steel works which the Japanese government is. to operate under the name of the Imperial steel works on the island of Moji. Harlan Cleveland, one of the lead- ing lawyers of the Oincinnati bar, is dead. Mr. Cleveland was a cousin of former President Cleveland and ‘a nephew of Justice Harlan of the su- preme court of the United States. Arthur B: Smith, assistant general passenger agent of the Northern Pa- cific railroad, has been appointed traf- fic manager of the Consolidated Rafl- 'way company, the electric railway sys- tem controlled by the New York, New Haven &nd Hartford company. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, Dec. 24 —Wheat—Dec., 76l%e; May, 79%@79%c; July, 803e. On track—No. 1 hard, 79%¢; No. 1 Northern, 78%¢; No. 2 Northern, 763 @76%c; No. 3 spring, 73@74c. St. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, Dec. 24.—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $6.60@6.25; common to 8ood, $3.26@4.00; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.60@4.50; veals, $4.00@ §.50. Hogs—$5.95@6.10, Sheep—Weth- ers, $4.50@5.25; good to prime spring lambs, $6.50@7.25. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, Dec. 24—Wheat—Dec,, T414¢; May, 77%ec. Corn—Dec., 41%c; May, 43%c. Oats—Dec,, 38%¢c; May, 8b6%¢. Pork—Jan., $16.35; May, $16.95. Butter—Creameries, 22@31c; dairles, 20@27c. Eggs—21@24c. = Poultry— Turkeys, 11@12c; chickens, 9c; springs, 9¢. Chicdago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, Dec.. 24.—Cattle—Beeves, $4.10@7.00; cows and helfers, $1.66@ 5.40;- stockers and feeders, $2.40@ 4:50; Texans, $3.756@4,60; Westerns, $3.90@5.75; calves, $5.75@7.50. Hogs. —Mixed and butchers, $6.05@6.35; good " heavy, $6.20@6.37%; rough (] a short distance from the doorway and spoke to them, but received. no reply. Suddenly, as she ' stood there, two shots were fired at her in rapid suc- cession from the darkness, one caus- Ing a compound fracture of her arm just below the right shoulder, while the other struck her sister-in-law, Mrs, Henry Gilmore, in the left shoulder. The latter’s wound is not severe, but that of the bride is more serious. IN DEFENDING MOTHER. Sixteen-Year-Old Boy Kills His Step- father. Cincinnati, Dec. 26.—With money he had saved to give his mother as a Christmas gift Henry Siebele, sixteen years old, bought a revolver, with which he shot and fatally wounded his stepfather, Henry Brinker, forty-four years old. According to the boy his stepfather ; had threatened to'kill his mother and he bought the revolver to protect her. Brinker, it is alleged, attacked his wife with a hatchet and the boy shot him five times. Young Siebele was arrested. KILLS HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW. Minnesota Man Refuses to Say What Caused the Tragedy. 3 Minneapolis, Dec. 26.—Clyde King, Bged twenty-five, shot and killed Elias Jobes, his brother-in-law, in the lat- ter’'s barn at Osseo, a town a few miles from Minneapolis. The murder took place early in the afternoon and two shots were fired, both taking ef- fect near the victim’s heart. King is In jail but refuses to say what caused the shooting, except that it was done In self-defense. King was caught by the marshal at Maple Lake, while telephoning to his tather in North Dakota. DISTURBANCE ON'A STREET CAR. Created by Intoxicated Members of the Ninth Cavalry.- Leavenworth, Kan., Dec. 26.—Sev- pral members of the squadron of the Ninth cavalry stationed at Fort Leav- enworth, while intoxicated, created a fisturbance on a suburban electric car here. They kicked all of the windows put, beat the conductor and the mo- torman, locked . them in and raced with the car to Fort Leavenworth, Wwhere the rioters were placed in the guardhouse. Fruitful of Tragedies. Birmingham, Ala,, Dec. 26—The lorty-eight hours preceding Christ- mas were unusually fruitful of trage- iies in Birmingham and vicinity. ‘The st _includes seven murders, two sul- 'des, one assault, which may. result tally, one death by train and one ac- tdental shooting, which will be fatal. Christmas Gift From Carnegle. - Philadelphia, Dec.: 26.—The College of Physicians of this city has received | Christmas present from Andrew Car- hegle of a $100,000 -donation to help build a home and library. The offer $80, Books, Paper Clips and F: i Get Your Office Supplies at the Bemidji Pioneer Offic e ‘ Most Complete Stock West of Duluth T , Journals, Etc., Stationary, Christmas Stickers, 1907 Diaries, Typewriter Paper, Scrap Books, Lead Pencils, Pens, Holders, Ink Wols, Etc. 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The Republican organs regard the order of the bishops suppressing Christmas masses as being the for- mal inauguration of the policy out- lined above. PRESIDENT OF ECUADOR. General Alfaro Elected by Decisive Majority. Guayaquil, Ecuador, Dec. 25.—The national assembly has formally elect- ed General Eloy Alfaro, the acting ‘president, to be constitutional pres- 1dent for four years. The election of Alfaro, who received a large majority of the votes cast, is very popular. The republic now seems to be thor- oughly pacified and the commercial outlook now seems very favorable to the repeal of the import duty on sugar and the opening of this market to the sugar refineries of the United States. General Eloy Alfaro was president of Ecuador from 1898 to 1901 and has been a prominent figure in that repub- lic for about fifty years. In January last he revolted agalnst President Gar- cia, caused him to flee from the coun- try and reorganized the government. GENERAL SLASH IN RATES MINNESOTA RAILROAD COMMIS- SION ISSUES NEW FREIGHT SCHEDULE. St. Paul, Dec. 25.—The new com- modity freight rate schedules over which the railroad and warehouse commisslon has been laboring the past year have been promulgated. They are effective after Jan. 25. The cut as made in present rates is a formidable one and includes every railroad doing business in Minnesota. A mileage basis is used and the result is a general leveling of rates all over the state. Grain, coal, ‘lumber and live stock are the principal commodities affected and in the case of the three first named commodities the cut is a heavy one. Live stock suffers the least. The average cut for this commodity is about 10 per cent. The biggest cut is on coal and it represents a cut in the rates volun- tarily reduced by the three Northern roads last November. The cut then did not include the Twin Cities, but now every section of the state is ben- efitted. In grains the schedule shows a marked cut in some of the former rates and a number of the roads with exclusive territory to their credit are hard hit. This is especially so in the southern part of the state, where the recent voluntary reduction made by the Northern roads did not apply ex- cept at competitive points. On lumber the reduction is equally great. The cut ranges from 1 to 8 cents per 100 pounds and is spread equally over the state. This is as compared with regular schedules now in effect, though in some cages where.| 8 special rate prevails the cut is as much as 50 per cent. BODIES BURNED IN STOVE. Two Paris Women Accused of Whole. sale Infanticide. Paris, Dec. 25.—A midwife living in the Vivienne quarter has been arrest- ed on the charge of the systematic murder of new born infants. The at- tention of the police was attracted by the fact that no deaths of children were reported from the establishment and an investigation resulted in the discovery that the midwife, with the complicity of a servant, had cut up and burned the bodies of the children in a big stove in the diningroom of the midwife’s residence. ~ The evi- dence obtained indicates that 120 chil- dren were -murdered by the two wo- men. _HOUSE DESTROYED BY FIRE. Two Women and Two Children Perish in Flames, Norfolk, Va., Dec. 25.—The wife and child of Samuel Poyner of Norfolk county and the wife and child of Will. fam Grimstead of Princess Anne county were burned to death at the Grimstead home while Messrs. Poyner and Grimstead slept in another part of the house until the fire, which had cremated the women and childrén, spread to the room in which they were and woke them barely in time to per- mit them to escape. - The fire is sup- posed to have started from an over- heated wood stove. __ Stabbed.to Death on Street. fight on teners, Rubber Bands, Letter Files, Invoices, Type '-, Seales, | [l colored Blotiers, Letier Copy Presses, Wasle Paper mm,""‘m rmi_'m,'" ot iwntcx ON $00 ROAD LARGE NUMBER INJURED AT ENDERLIN, N, D. TRAIN CRASHES INTO SWITCH ENGINE SMOKER IS TELESCOPED AND ONLY TWO OCCUPANTS ES- CAPE UNHARMED. Enderlin, N. D., Dec. 25.—A Soo passenger train bound for St. Paul from Moose Jaw, Alberta, crashed into a switch engine standing on the main track in the yards here. Both engines were demolished, the smoker was telescoped by the bag- gage car and one first class coach di- tectly in the rear of the smoker was badly wrecked. Eight passengers were killed out- right and thirty-seven injured; all were occupants of the two forward coaches. One died shortly after being taken to the local hospital, making a total death list of nine. The List of Dead. CHARLES BACKUS, Bergen, N. D. H. J. VOLKERING, Anamoose, N. D. JOHN SATTERBURG, Anamoose, N. D. TONY GLEEN, Velva, N. D. D. J. BERESFORD, Medicine Hat, Can. HERMAN ROSENBAUM, Velva, N.D. W. R. DANIELSON, Sheldon, N. D. NEILS F. C. HANSON, Kenmare, N. D. OLE THOMPSON, Starbuck, Minn. Seriously Injured. William Sutton, Foley, Minn. J. T. Miller, Minot, N. D. Ed Carlson, Parkers Prairie, Minn. Heinrich Swanson, Velva, N. D. G. M. Brockett, Minneapolis. Magne Langland, Decorah, Ia. Charles McDiarmid, Kenmare, N. D. Henry Anderson, Bergen, N. D. Jason Ralston, Balfour, N. D; Minot J. Sweet, Alexandria, Minn. L. M. Larson, Starbuck, Minn. H. H. Cole, St. Paul. Engineer Frank Barnes, Enderlin, N.D.~ Harry Dizard, brakeman, Enderlin, N. D. Slightly Injured. - Tony Plackteller, Minneapolis. Joseph Labo, Buffalo, Minn. ° H. H. Backer, Donnybrook, N. D. Albert Fairbanks, Carrington, N. D. J. J. Rolstand, Enderlin, N. D, Andrew Carlson, Annandale, Minn R. C. Ryan, Graceville, Minn. Walter Jensen, Velva, N. D. Reuben Nelson, Velva, N. D. Conrad Nelson, Velva, N. D. Fog Enveloped: the Prairie. The passenger was due here at 11:45 p. m. but was nearly three hours late and was running about twenty-five miles an hour when the collision occurred. A light fog envel- oped the prairie and in spite of the fact that the country is perfectly level and the track straight it was impos- sible for either of the engineers to see the danger until too late to pre- vent the disaster. Only two out of over thirty passen- gers in the smoking car escaped with- out injury. The engineer of the pas- senger train had just pulled the whistle for the Enderlin station and many passengers were in the aisles preparing @ alight “when the crash came without a moment’s warning. They were hurled forward and piled in a mass of dead and injured, the baggage car telescoping and crushing the life out of the helpless inmates of the smoker. Local Hospital Overtaxed. The four local physicians respond- ed immediately to the summons for assistance and the work of alleviating the suffering of those injured and car- ing for the mangled bodies of the dead proceeded with the doctors directly in charge. The injured were hurried to the local hospital, the scant facilities of which were soon overtaxed. Every cot and bed was brought into service and those who could not be cared for there were hurried to the Hotel Hil- ton, which was converted into an emergency hospital. Physiclans from Valley City, Shel- don and other nearby towns were summoned until twelve were at work, assisted by as many trained nurses. The victims of the disaster declare that the wreck was due to the grossest carelessness on the part of the freight crew. 2 Brother of Lord Beresford. El Paso, Tex,, Dec. 25.—D. J. Beres. ford of Medicine Hat, Can,, reported dead in the Enderlin (N. D.) wreck, is Delaval Beresford, younger brother of Admiral Lord Beresford of ihe Brit- ish navy, who has a ranch in the Sierra Madre mountains of Mexico, south of El Paso, and another at Medicine Hat, TWO INSURGENTS KILLED. (% With Rebels. ‘Havana, Dec. Cubah Rural Guards Have Encounter