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1 &,? states. 1 ro PAGESHOME EDITION^ w, ISKEYNOTE FORLEGISLATDRES Xffany New Laws Will Be Passed by State Solons of tlra West CAR SHORTAGE, PASSES, PRIMARIES PROMINENT liquor Traffic Issues in Five StatesFierce Contests & Coming. Journal Spodal Service. Chicago, Dee. 31.A mighty dia from legislative forces will begin to echo thruout the -west early in January when general assemblies convene and lawmakers take up the sledges to ham mer out reform enactments. Few ftSteS are. "Without live issues of a varied and sweeping character, and the Jiwr ea 1907 promises to be prolific in new more or less drastic. Railroad reforms stand foremast imiong the questions that confront the legislators. The movement in favor of more rigid restriction is general in its cope and the anvils will ring with the beating ont of statutes that range from anti-pass measures to acts establishing a 2-eent fare, the latter forming the Chief iSSUtt in at least eight western Corporations in general are in for treatment more or less severe, agitation being on for new banking laws that will protect depositors more adequately, for now insurance laws that will bring fire and life companies more directly under the supervision of state commis sions, and for new taxing schemes that will provide for greater revenues from public utility- concerns. Direct Primaries Sought. Changes iijL the political system also are up for act'in in several common wealths, four i which are pledged to follow the lea0 o ^Minnesota. Illinois and Wisconsinijin the enactment of a law that wilK.4 that will gi-vbeeaf direct primaries and N electors a chance to scalp party bosses and stifle ring rule by taking into their own hands the matter of picking party candidates. The liquor traffic, too', will be an important part of the year's reforms. I five states local option laws are to be presented. Their fate is problemat ical, but the fact that they will form rart of the legislative grist has led to a lining \vp of tne liquor elements and the temperance forces in preparation for fierce battle. The question of taxation will be another bone of contention in at least eight states, and measures are being prepared that provide for changes in the revenue system. In Illinois a fight will be made to make the rail1 roads, and other public service corpora tions pay all state taxes, instead of imposing them on holders of general property i While in Wisconsin there will W An attempt to pas* an ^ac*. _ tfraduatea income tax. Reform ftw Wisconsin," iSWfeconain will keep up*its record for blazing the path to new Teforma by considering a bill creating a state com mission to regulate the rates ^of water, ^electric lighting and gas companies, and |fto give the railroad commission power fito regulate the charges of telephone, ^telegraph and street railway companies "and to contre^the issue .of stocks and bonds e -all ^public service/ corpora tions to keep them from being watered. The great live issue of general in terest thruout the general assemblies Of th.6 west, how.ever, is that dealing with the railroad companies. There 1 are five phases to the question, the I most drastic and important relating to lower passenger fares. In eight states, 2geent fares will be fought for. Accom |panying the reduction in fares is a gjeneral movement to abolish the pass 1 System, and seven states are preparing "&Htoll the knell of the annuals with -which the railroads have kept on the good side of lawmakers and politicians. The passage of ithe pass, it is expected, will be attended by bitter' congests. Sixteen western states also are ready to consider bills th at will supplement the regulator act passed at the last session of congress. These measures will seek to enlarge the functions of existing railroad commissions or to create new ones where none is in vogue. I general the idea will be to make the federal statute which is of inter state' application, a state act to be en forced in the boundaries of the va rious- commonwealths. Oar Shortage "Live" Subject. I many states, particularly in the grain and mineral belts, the car short age has led to great activity on the part of the voters. Eleven general assemblies will seek a remedy for the evil, the main hope lying in a recipro cal demurrage act, which will provide a tax of so much a day on railroads for each day a loaded grain car is left Standing on a siding after shipping di rections are given. The most important bill to come be fore the Minnesota assembly affects taxation. A bill will be introduced providing for the creation of a tem porary: tax commission to draft -a code of new tax laws. Railroad measures to be introduced will provide for a 2-cent fare, the abolition of the pass and the establishment of the reciprocal demur rage plan. The insurance laws will also come in for revision. Railroad questions are to the front in Nebraska. First attention will be giv en bills to stop passes, to cut fares to 2 cents and to extend the powers of the railroad commission. This year the re publicans are pledged to pass a direct primary law. Insurance bills and rev enue amendments will be among.other matters. Issues in Dakotaaa---t- I I Anti-pdss 2-cent farejj-andl'fprim ^election bills will form/the "mosfr-*ira- .portaht measures, to be considered byvf fthe South Dakota -assembly. One fight 'will be to pass 4e '.primary election law as an emergency' measure to pre vent its going to a-referendum, and as this can be done xmly by a two-thirds majority of bo.th houses, a contest, may develop.' Ant*JP.aB8deflrtPfetSon 1 himself/ both is promised, and bills will be senfcJn cutting passenger* rates ttf^2 cents a. mile. At- present they nan- 'as', high as ^5 cents' in -some sections, as^the^Blaclc Hills, insur ance legislation is not looked for. The |X electicfe'-otf getiatdr 'Gamble 4b succeed M.I*ke for altho*'a attempt \a being made to stir,up a, fight. Peculiar conditions will "confront-the tftith general assembly n, tfortjhV Da-i J There. wilt be *a? d^ooratiifjriv-* i"H\^ lar "publican majority in .^uses. and the tfipDfl&licans Jfinost f^^fc&tf between,.the factflns "atalwaj^^andd January .V.,jruary March April May June July August September October November 438,360 December 405,665 Kentucky Federal Judge Takes Issue with New Law in First Decision. Louisville^ Ky., Deo. 31.Judge Wal ter Evans, in the federal court today, declared the employers' liability act unconstitutional. The decision was given, in the case of the administra trix of N. C. Brooks vs. the Southern Pacific railroad, .and is believed to be the first handed down in connection with this act. BIG TRUSTTRAITOR, POWDER MA N AYERS Powder Company Would Sell American War Secrets, Charges Waddell. Journal Special Service. Peoria, 111., Dec. 31.Charging that officials of the Dupont Powder com pany have offered to the German govern ment the secret of the manniaetuie pf thenowilfr ftnd-Ayjiamitft used on Amer-v ican boats and, by the United States arntK ^President Robert S Waddell of the Buckeye Powder ^company of this city has mailed- a lengthy communica tion to President- Roosevelt and -to the senators and congressmen. The matter is expected to come up before,:- congress this session. Thru the- exposures^of 'alleged exorbitant rice aged by the Dupont last year cn by Mr. Waddell, congress took up the matter and^ppropriated $200,000 for an experimental station 'for. the manufac ture of powder. Mr. Waddell charges that the Dupont company is a conspiracy, acting in re straint of trade that under patents it holds an exclusive monopoly ami com petition is impossible that'by its let ters to foreign admiralties and tests of United States uowder in foreign guns, its disloyalty tp^the government is proved. IN GRIP OF ROADS were picked up., insurgents.'**'All Ooa4**chrtr2 Paev 2d ,^jnr*"|beghrfels Ximeffry and^\ a" de AiNEW RECORD Year 1906 Surpasses A Others in the City's Hbtory./t^i'-^^'-:.] More building was done in Minneapolis in 1906 than in any other year in the history of the city, notwithstanding that the building figures for the year 1888 are about $500,000 in excess of the figures for the present year. In order to make big figures for 1888, the permits for the Guaranty Loan building and the new courthouse and city hall were taken out in December of that year, altho the actual work was not done until the next year. The aggregate cost of the buildings begun this year is $9,452,300, which is more than a half million ahead of the magnificent record made last year. These figureB include only the actual cost of construction and do not cover the plumb- ing, heating and electrical permits, which will probably run over $1,000,000. A monthly comparison of the building operations in Minneapolis for the years 1905 and 1906 follows: wotfld'bo earned .-...v-'-. Garfield Finds Transportation on Rivers Is Controlled by Railways. Journal Speoial Serviee. Chicago, Dec. 31.A Washington special to the Chicago Tribune says: That \fche country is in the monopolistic grip of railroads is established more clearly than ever by an investigation Commissioner of Corporations Garfield is making into the effect of water trans portation on railroad rates. For several weeks past there has been quietly under way an inquiry into the relations of railroads with canals and steamship and canal boat lines The facts unearthed demonstrate that the railroads have their hands upon the water transportation, both inland and coastwise, and that a working arrange ment even exists with ocean steam ship companies. The ability of rail roads to maintain non-competitive rates and to discriminate between different sections of the country, thus becomes apparent. In some places reportB show that in summer shipments by water are 25 to 50 per cent less than by rail and that in winter, when boats cannot run, railroads increase their rates. EIGHTEEN ADRIFT ON SEA Woman with Party that Escape* Wreck ,-dil Deckhouse Roof. JoafMfeSpeo^I Serrice. pui JVanciscoV'Dec. 31.A woman and seventeen* *men were east adrift on the roof of the ..deckhouse- ot the American ship. $reat Admiral when that vessel was torn to pieces In the terrific gale on Dec. 5, 200 miles west of Gape Flattery in the Pacific..,. In the middle of the* first night after the wreck the roof of the deokhouse parted, and the two fragments drifted apartj The cabinboy and cook died from exposure and their bodies were dropped Into the^.sea.' The survJvojs passed thxu many, terrible experience* vbefore they Former-Arkansas Senator i^eted 'as' fife Departs'fop$Prls6ti EUreka Springs Arkr.tfDea^l.For- mer State SeriatonF.^biButttpfilthis cMy was given a' farewell reception "b!y clti ^of Eureka Spfng55jfisY, prAr to' his departure for,Jit^e l&jek yes^erdajr^to. surrender himself to the authorities^ and' i priSon'S&httkMi o# two'yearsVfor MONDAY ton,h F" ^f iS WEATHE r wj i i,i 1905. $163,510 484,565 854,560 1,572,625 1,134,780 577,830 881,975 684,445 797,225 909,665 438,360 405,665 Total .$8,905,205 HOLDS LIABILITYACT UNCONSTITUTIONAL $8,905,205 Pandemonium in Zion Taber nacle when Dowie's Follow ers Denounce New Leader. Journal Special Service. Chicago, Dec. 31.Wilbur Glenn Vol iva, general overseer of Zion City, was thrice denounced as "Judas Iscariot," "half dog, half devil" and. "robber" by two followers of John Alexander Dowie,. who at intervals interrupted a three hours' meeting in Zion tab ernacle yesterday. The first interruption, which almost precipitated a panic in the audience, took place while the overseer was but lining an evangelical campaign for the ensuing week. A two sturdy ushers clatched at thef accuser's throat in an effort to.stifle his voice, the enraged man gaveven% to gurgling epithets EVENING|V 1906.' $432,705 798,835 494,645 i 893,090 847,360 686,915 1,600,820 1,147,695 711,525 820,720 549,130 468,860 $9,452,300 'JIJDASr THEY CRY AS VOLIVA SPEAKS directed at Oyerletr Vbliva,"who, with trembling voice,- admonished the attendants to loose the man that the "-'faithful1"' might hear the "unjust charges." The second outburst followed Vol* iva's declaration that before a month had, elapsed he would distribute thru1 out Chicago half a million pamphlets containing the various Masonic oaths, from the first to the thirty-second degrees. This, he said, was reply to the published statements attributed to judges who belong to the Masonic order and who, Voliva said, had de eiarea tfcna$ t&e ..property-'*fcjSietkyS03&*- away-""'^%'gatigff^Bn* to pending judgments. SCOUTS ROBBERY STORY? Pittsburg Detective Sees Feud In Assault ^'":._/ ori Cleveland Man. Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 31.W. S. Morton, the Cleveland real estate broKer, who was reported to have been assaulted and robbed while in his room at a. prominent downtown hotel yesterday, is still in a critical condition. Detective^ Eagan said he was-sure he would be able to unravel the affair as soon &s Morton could talk. XJetectiv.e, Bagan said, that altho Mor ton claims' he was robbed he doesn't think that-'robbery was the cause of the crime, but=som important business deal was at-the bottom of the attack. OORET NOT TO MAB&T. ^Parts Tec 31.W. B. Corey, president ox the United States Steel corporation, has ar rived here. Any statement that he to to he married to Miss Mabelle Oilman in the imme diate future or during his present visit to Europe is untrue. VJt JAMAIS EGRETS: HID FROM ALIENS 6Vs Monster Battleships, Guns Anmnraitiyji Fast Being Manufactured. Journal Special Sewice. New York, Dee, 3iAn English en gineer, at present stopping in New York en rount from Tokio to London, who for the. last three years enjoyed peculiar, opportunities. for observation by reason of his business relations with the Japanese war office, gives some facts concerning Japan's" reserve war strength and its arsenal and shipyard production. Since the war, he said, the .office in Tokio has been as ehary of admitting foreigners to.knowledge of what is be xng done in the manufacture of -vvar ma tenal'as during* the struggle. Outside of the possible, information gathered by secret agents of European war offi ces the world at large has no conception of the hijrh-pres8ure work going on in all the war supply factories of7 Japan haB two militaryj arsenals', em ploying approximately 50,000 workmen. These arsenals have, extra- night, shifts. The empire operates four shipyards and naval arsenals,,. In^ two of them battle ships .have been built and wo more are building. Aside from these there are government steel wojrks for the produc tion of armor ..plataYAnd material for big guns,#a government powder factory, two auxiliary private shipyards and drydoeks capable of beinjr used for war purposes within twenty-lour hours. ThiB is a mass in the potential war equipment of Japan. Thruout all the works there is at present not one for eigner, neither teacher nor workman. The gates are closed to everoyf Japanese *s ^ot the -employ the so wh ernment. The navy yards afcfture, on an inland sea,_are the largest and best equipped 5!5&1BBn-*, 1 7^f'~:'^\' X ^1 San PranqisjBo," Dee -olv-^igSi Oka, the Japanese who *is attempting to propagate ddet?ines in" this country which would cause his: instant punish ment if uttered in* his native-land, has not,been molested by United States" se^ cret service agents,. .'V of the paper. vy: 31, 1906: DECEMBER and Foreigners Are Denied Admission to Arsenals as Rush Work Goes On. Japan, nor is anything kijpwn of the facilities these factories possess, for the scientific production of instruments:.-of. war. J: Building 3Blg Ships. ~I?$&X- *here are between 85,000 and 90 000 machinists, artisans and laborers living":-'Hin'ere. There are several other navi: yards employing several thousand men. Japanese Who! tfrgfed Killing of Roosevelt aldlMikado i JS^SSBJ-S M* c. i Notwithsitandirig the iniignahl ipro tests of sensible members'.of the Jap anese colony, arrangements -are beine made., it.is said, by the publisherrdf the Kevolution, to issue another c/0p$ j. I the last issue of his ^paper 45jr boldly: advocated the aTssassihatio^ of President mikado^'$ftd other prominent:personages.- th^:Koosevelt* published in Japan, it would be quickly suppressed and th,e would-'. b-e Oyama of the Japanese consulate. WED IN POLICE STATION. Special ito The Journal. Grand Forks, N. P., Dee. 81.Ole Ba&rdseU who .was locked up In the East Grand Forks police station on a charge of drunkenness, died today. TROUBLE AHEAD FOB THE FAT BOY. The legislative lads*have some reform'snowbi Defective Page LOCAL DilKTOWf-' WANTS A "HU M" Minneapolis Colored 400 Im plores Joe Cans for a Hot Tip. Special to The Journal. Tonopah, Nev., Dec. 31.That some of Joe Gans' friends at a distance are suspicious that Joe is maybe going to turn a trick was shown by a letter re ceived by Gans this morning. It is from a eolored fellow in Minneapolis. In the letter Joe is reminded that when he was in Minneapolis the colored lads thereabout rallied to his support and that he was banqueted, feted and cake walked to his heart's content. It is suggested that under the circumstances it would be downright disloyalty for Joe to pull off anything without inform ing the Darktown contingent of Min neapolis. A Code Message. "If .yojr wire, right hand is in bad shape,' we will take it to mean you are going to win, and if you wire, Msy right hand is stronger than ever,' we will know that, you are going to lose^' writes the Minneapolis man, and he doesi not even mark his communica tion "confidential." I consider that letter a rank in- sult," said Oans. I have been con nected with, fake fights in the past and I have told the public about them. I broke away from bad associates and began all over again and no one will ever find me cheating." Gans Gambling. It-is a pity for his own sake that Gans di not make up his mind to leave gambling alone when he turned from ways that are dark in pugilism. He is one of the beat customers of games of chance hereabouts, and it is said that his share of the prize money, whatever it may be, is already mortgaged to the tune of $5,000. "Playing races" is a favorite pastime with him, and he has hairbreadth escapes of landing winning combinations calling for large amounts. ROBS PULLMAN CAR, Bold Bandit Gets $800 and Jew elr on Train in Virginia. Bichmond, Va., Dec. 31.Near La Crosse, Va., on the Seaboard Air line, at 2:20 a.m. today, the passengers in the sleeper of train No. 81, out of Bich monof, were held up and robbed of about $800, besides jewelry. The robbers, two* in number, got on at Bichmond as passengers and one re- 'jq$ipe& iit a day coach while the^other wen*.jhrti tEe'isieeper. ?u&l''- r.^.-^-.- The vBxflSaTOi conductor while at tempting to arrest th iaali- robbing his passengers was rihot thru thev arm by the robber."The man!then.pitljed the emergency brake rope, stopped the train,, and with his confederate escaped to the woods. Th two robbers' are known to the Biehmond authorities. They had been shadowed for:four days, but gave the, Jij ntherisHpv' -It is expected- they wulr.BOn *=captured. 4 ^&*tfi *f.:v-: :Reyoktidii^wereHERMIT vvper* th4eh punished severely," declared Secreta,?y erty 'owaer^ who lived,alone, was- mur- dered, some time yesterday at his home in this clt^Ihe. head had. been hacked with a hatchet. The crime was reported to the jpollce.. by VViUia.m Fannliis," tlie murdered man's nephew. Young Pan ning,who is the dead man's only heir, is being held for investigation. ^.V^ i UJi'/' SLAIN HEIR HELD rtloft Mlssourlah Brutally Mui*dered" and "v 'Wl 'lyep.hew IsBee. Arrested.: Kansas. Ctiy fJ Mo 3l.^-Thoma ..editor x., ,#ahiifoir vagea '80^^ years, a wealthy .prop* AXraTIN, Fannie, negro. Wash ington. BAILEY, OLLIN L., 35 years, minister, Newark, Ohio. BALDWIN, Lewis W., about 40 years old, East Orange, N. J. BELT, Dr. E. Oliver, Washing ton, chief surgeon of the Episco pal Eye, Ear and Throat hospital and surgeon for Baltimore & Ohio railroad. BELT, Edward M 7 years old, son of Dr. Belt. BELT, ST. CLAIR. BOHRER, Miss0 Corinne M., ^^x^&J^ 8111 11 South Brookland, C. CHAS E, infant child Mrs. Frank R. Chase. COLE, NELLIE, York, Pa. COMPHER, NETTIE LEE, 30, Washington. S&SS' M*3- streetcar conductor. a rMILLiAJ?, LUCY $0 PRICE ONE CENT IN MINNEAPOLIS. HFr^.THREEDEAD*f| AFTER TRAIN CRASH Hundred Killed or Maimed Near Wasi ington by Wreck in Fog. REVISED LIST OF DEAD Robert, Colonel ALDERSON, Newark, N. J. milliner.19 BOHBBSHAB ALICE. BOND, J,. A., address unknown. BOND, S. L., address unknown. BROWN, Commodore P., com positor government printin30 offices iP^f? S JMs-J5allfe V.. year old, wife of J. Frank Butts, Wasn ington health department. CAHER, Mrs. Mary A., identified by diamond rings. CHASE, MRS. FRANK R., May. Washington. COOK infant cniia or Mrs. May Cook. CORNWELL, CARRIE, aged 22, Washington. CROSS, MRS. ROSALIE, 23, Washington. CUNLO, ANNIE, 6, Washington. DALY, OLIVER L. GARRETT, EDW, L., 45, Wash ington. HARRIS, Dr, E* Gaither, Wash ington, dentist HIGHBEE, George,- 7-year-oia son of Henry Hignbee. KELLY, T. A., Kensington, Md., engineer United' States capitol. KING, Professor T. J., Kensing ton, Met, organist- at Wesleyan 5f. E. church, Washington, and statistician of the United States naval observatory. KOLB, LULU V., 25, Washing ton. LEIGH, FREDERICK, Washing ton Junction, brakeman. LIPPOLD, Mary, 30 years old, Brookland, D. employee bureau of engraving and printing. LOWE, A. Lee, Washington, clerk. MEB^CllSr, IWIN^IE B., 25, Washington. METZ, THOMAS, 22, German town* Md. ^LSSEB^Zir-Timdm^ New York, rnmrss, De^nwoocL Di Gift McCAGHEY *-ii-^J youngest ?.^tii^ McCaghey, Baltimore PEARMAN, MRS. D. G. BEEVES, Mfes, Takoma, D. C. BEADING, Miss Anna W. Wash ington. 'ROGEBS, vNorman, 30 years old, Maripn. Ettd.^ local traffic manager or the Union Telephone company.Ceutjral RTJPPEBT, -JCX-, Washington, merchant. ^SSBEWBBIDGE Mrs. W., Washington.i W 5 l3 a -S.Infant ^^r.fex h^' Btoewbriage. STUBGEON, MABEL, 20, Wash iflgtott. "^fp?*, JoIm negro, Balti more, died in hospital. -$ COST THREE IMS Wrong Signal Given at Hawley Railroad Censured for Using Incompetent Help. Special, to The JournaL Hawley, Minn., Dec. 31.Ooroner Kaess and a jury have been proliing for responsibility for the wreck on the Northern Pacific here on Saturday, when- _tHree men -were instantly killed and almost cremated, and has placed the blame upon the operator at Hawley station, a mere boy, who had been here but three nights and was not at all familiar from the very nature of things with, local conditions. The jury returned a verdict that the sleepers in the caboose of the stock train came to their deaths by the fail ure of the operator to give the engi neer of the push engine the proper .sig nal. The Northern Pacific road was also censured for employing incompe tent help in a place of so great re sponsibility, I was shown that the cattle train was in the block between Hawl ey and Winnipeg Junction. The operator sup posed the train was' out of the way and ga ve the push engine a clear block and so caused the collision. It is not known here whether arrests will be made M^.',,:: All. the injured me..j. "in the hospital at largo are doing nicely and will re cover unless complications of some sort ensue. One of them will lose a leg. it is thought. GOT CASH AND DRINKS Bogus Liquor Inspector Jailed for Swin dling at Cass Lake. Special tp The Journal. Cass Lake, Minn., Dec. 31.A stranger posing as a liquor inspector has been working, a' clever swindle here. He was admitted to the cellars of saloons to, sample liquors and invariably found that' some of them were being offered for sale unlawfully and that it would take S20 to rtafce a settlement. In three cases he "made good,'^ but a fourth saloon keeper was suspicious-and Caused his downfall. He was "arrested and could furnish no papers.as an inspector. ^Ltmtofom-lle .Dec,''81.A gift of $50,000 #ent '-Gegte tJ. Xhase *fcf flate* college. Mr. ^VVB&^IH??1 .iSSfSfc&^L of tote amount stipulated that 1 W0.**:*raf f*ud subscribe upo, *botmt- wS* secured, an to Oar nei* l^ar^d^i chk fw ?W,000" B. &0. "Dead" Extra Plui* ge into Passenger Train at Terra. Cottau Warning Signals Out, Says Operator White Light, Says Engineer. Washington, De.c. 31.The list of dead as the result of the appalling wreck at Terra Cotta on the BaKimore & Ohio railroad last night has reached* fifty-three. Inquiry a* the various hospitals of the city where the injured have been taken shows a number of Eopeless.whose ersons condition is regarded as The injured number over fifty. I has been decided to postpone he coroner's inquest until Wednesday.' This will be the first official step taken towards fixing the responsibility for the 'tfe disaster. In the meantime it is un- *tl- derstpod railroad officials makine a searching investigation. "\y Two distinct stories axe today be- 'M ing told by the friends of those who'"'U!-7ven--r?- will naturally be implicated. The trance to the block on which the acci dent occurred is at Silver Springy I I is said local No. 66 from rreSeri ck had entered the block with a clear1"- track. Two green lights were then set^W on the signal tower showing that the^m plock was occupied. The 'engineer of i the dead" train which was foUowin Denies Signals Were White. Atlhe Takoma station near the cen ter of the blocks it is said the day oper ator had tied down white signals, show ing a clear track, and left his station. A this indication the engineer of the "dead" train crowded on ail steam and forged' ahead at tremendous- speed in the dark and foggy night and on a, slippery track. I was only a few minutes until the huge engine of the dead train plunged into the rear of the local just pulling out of Terra Gotta and only three miles from "Washington. Operator Phillips at Takoma denies that his signals were white de clares he was at his post and that red signals were shown, showing occupied tracks. was much astonished to see the his two sons, Sdward and St. Clair. Mrs. Belt was a* home nursing the youngest son, Norvell) 3 yeara old, who has asbroken leg. Hearing of the wreck and knowing her husband and sons were on the train it was with increasing horror -she waited in vain for their coming. She summoned Dr. Morton, Griffith and started him in search for the-missing ones./ Dr.-Griffith first visited the hospitals and then-turned to the morgue.- Here he found the father and one of the boys. The little, fellow *s body wa& badly mangled and nothing 1 but the trunk of Dr, Belt remained. Lat er St. Glair was located in a hospital, where he died.' '"..'JllZZ^S:.y''^ Engineer I Arrested. The wreck was 'caused'by an engine drawing eight'empty .ears runhing into local No. 66, known as the Frederick Express, just as the passenger train had pulled out of the station, bound' for thia city. Engineer Hildebrand in charge of the dead'* train,- who was arrested shortly after the disaster, declares that on ac count of the dense fog he was unable to distinguish the signal light at Takoma Park block station. Most of the "victims were residents of Washington and suburbs and the major ity of these will be buried today and to morrow. The members of the crew of flie train causing the wreck were-placed under ar rest by the local police. They are Har ry Hildebrand', engineer Frank Hoff mier, conductor J. G. MoOullum, fire man Robert Hutter, brakeman and W A. Norris, baggagemaster. The officials of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, who were' unable to fix the responsibility for the disaster last night, began an inveetiiration -at Baltimore today. Engineer-Hildebrand and the fireman of the dead'' train. $ DISASTERS OF 1906 ON THE RAILROADS Silled. March 16Denver & Bio Grande. near rueblo, Col. 40 March 25Sunbury, Pa., grade crossing crash 7 March 2b^North-Western, Cas per, Wyo., washout 9 May 28LouiviUe\& NashTOle, near Louisville, Ky i.. 8 June 4Providence, R. I Vol ley car accident. .11 July 2Plymouth-London train, Salisbury, Eng...... .^Vvi.... .23 July 24Oamden, Wash., Great Northern wreck 7 Aug. 2dSang Hollow, Pa., col lision 7 Sept. 12Ringgold, Ga,#* electric train, leafes oft bridge.63 Nov. 18WoodviUe, IM., B. & V. head-on collision .50 Nov^ 29lAwler, Va., Southern railway wreck (President Sam uel' Spencer killed).. 4 Dec. '24-i-fihderlin, N. D.. Soo 'passenger -struck by switch 'engine -ii /f.tRxi acorns of oftier wteclbj in the year from one to four persons were kitted and hundreds injured. MCV ,T ,ti? s u|f%^ Rr accordingly slowed down as he entered the block, to run "cautiously." train rush past and ex- pected it to slow down and back up Instead he heard of the accident in a few minutes. .r. Father and 3?wo Sons Perish. While the wjreek~ Fasr'brought the deepest sorrow to scores of'Washington homes, a triple portion visited that of Dr. E. G. Belt, who lost his life with /j*" -X* colli sion 7 Sept. 13Sudbury, Ont., O. P. E. wreck.........'........... 13 Sept. 12-^-Toledo, Ohio, handcar runs into open switch.........10 Sept. 21Grantham, Eng 12 Sept. 24New Prague, Minn., M. & St. L/ wreck 5 Sept. 2Eddington, Pa., rear end "collision i 7 Oct. 5Lansingburgh, N. Y., B. & M- collision & Oct. 29Atiantic City, N,. J., Br