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THE WEATHEU.
Forecast for December S. 19C3:
San - Francisco and vicinity— Fair
Friday; light northwest wind, j
G. H. WILLSOX. ;
Local Forecaster, j :
VOLUME XCIX— NO. S.
FIGHT DUEL,
WITH KNIVES
OVER WOMAN
Hospital Employes
in Desperate
Combat
Each Receives Several
Thrusts, but None
Are Serious.
Rivalry in Courtship Leads
to Agreement to Meet on
Field of Honor.
For the love of a girl Joseph Stelner
of 1470 San Bruno avenue and Edward
Reynolds, 1447 Utah street, fought a
desperate duel with knives last night
ii. the rear of the CJty and County Hos
pital, where they work. The timely
arrival of several other employes of
the institution prevented the combat
from ending fatally, thougrh each of
the duelists indicted gashes in the
other.
There has been ill feeling between
the two for some time. They are both
young men, Reynolds being 25, while
"his antagonist is five years his junior.
A fair maid whose heart both aspire to
win has caused bad blood between them
and the feeling had become so bitter
that they decided to settle the matter
with knives.
The combatants retired to the rear of
the hospital building and with, drawn
\u25a0weapons btgan to settle the question ot
eupremacy. The battle was raging- fu
riously, with every prospect of a fatal
tJirust ending Jt, .when .taeJr fellow em
ployes overpowered the rival lovers. Both
xntn were bleeding badly from wounds
they had sustained. .
Steiner was stabbed several times In
both arms, while Reynolds was suSering
from gashes in the back. Both men were
taken to the operating-room of the City
and County Hospital and treated by Dr.
Alvares. Every effort was made by the
attendants and officials of the hospital to
suppress the matter.
The police took a hand, and after \u25a0 the
men had been treated they were taken
to the Mission station. While on the way
there they clashed again in the patrol
wagon, but were subdued. A charge of
assault with a deadly weapon was placed
egainst each of them.
fc MAKES A TEEEIBLE
THIP OVEK 2HE ICE
Engineer First to 3lake the
Journey From Dawson
to Fairbanks.
VANCOUVER. B. C Dec. 7.— A spe
cial from Dawson says George Kenne,
chief engineer of the steamer Seattle
No. 3, is the first man to arrive over
the Ice from Fairbanks. He was twen
ty-six flays making the trip. He had
a terrible time, having escaped death
so often that the mere plunge in the
river far from a habitation became al
snost a dally occurrence. At one
time, near Circle City, while trying
to reach a roadhouse, the jam
rtarted. and Kenne says he cannot un
derstand how he ever grot off that
grinding*, twisting ice field. He says
that for eighty miles above Circle City
the ie« is piled from ten to thirty feet
high. 3
He reports but little grub in the
Cantlshna country and none whatever
in the Delta country, in the latter dis
trict the men who did not have outfits
for the winter had to go to Fairbanks.
AXGEY BULL GORES
i ' . A FEESXO RANCHER
Terrific Battle With Bovine
3lay End in Death of
EsecUl Dirjatch to Tte Ct!!.
FRESNO. Dec. 7.— Charles Bisi. a
wealthy rancher and vtnerardlst of Cone-
Jo, was brought to Fresno in a dying con
dition to-day, the result of being gored by
a bull. Bis!, who is an unusually large
and powerful man, engaged In* a terrible
encounter with the infuriated animal in
his own corral. The rancher' bad no
weapon, but twice he succeeded In throw
ing the bovine oft* Its feet before it finally
caught him squarely and ran one horn
entirely through Blsi's left side. .The un
fortunate man was then knocked to the
ground and badly trampled before he ;
succeeded In crawling through the fence.
Blsi's groans attracted the attention of
his li-rear-old gon,. who secured a rifle
and killed the bull before going for help
for his father.
JAPAXBSB TROOPS ABOARD
DISABLED TRANSPORT JISSES
Vessel Break* Her Propeller When Off
the Korean Coa«t and I* Xovr
Adrift.
CIIEFOO, Dec. 8. — Two Japanese army
officers, •who have arrived here in a life
boat, report that the transport Jlrisen,
\u25a0which left Dalny for Japax two days
.ago. with 1.090 troops and 300 horses
-broke , her propeller between
promontory and tke. Korean
roast, and Is now adrift." The two
officers erabarkod in a life }»at and
oame to Chcfoo to sc^k assisttnee. The
Japanese Consul here has tel«}jraphed
for a man-of-war to rescue ttie help
less vessel. Several British offbers are
On board the transport. \u25a0
The San Francisco Call.
HOLD-UP
MAKE USE OF
THE BICYCLE
New Method-Suc
cessfully Worked
in Mission.
Pair of Robbers Awheel
Turn Seven Neat
Sandbag* Jobs.
Ride Up to Victim and Strike
Him and Make a Swift
Escape From Scene.
For the last week two highwaymen
mounted on bicycles have been sandbas-
I gins citizens In the Mission District and
j easily eluding all efforts of the police to
I capture them. They ride up to their vic
j tlm, noiselessly, sandbug him before he
| can turn and escape with the spoils.
Frank Haas and Thomas Murray, visit
ing: committeemen of the Native Sons of
j the Golden West, had a thrilling experi
enco last night with the two up-to-date
; highwaymen near the bridge at Arlington
| and Mission streets.
Just as Murray and Haas were about
to cross the bridge the former happened
J to look back. He saw two men approach
j Ing on bicycles, one on each side of the
road. As the cyclers crept swiftly and
silently upon the two pedestrians -Murray
and Haas saw that their faces were cov-^
ered with blade -cloths. V
"Footpads," I whispered Murray. "Liet's
ron." '- .. - ; -\u25a0. ; \u25a0. ; .: \u25a0 .-." \> •]
Escap« on either side "of the road :was' |
cut off, so 'the pair dashed right between
the two highwaymen. The thugs dis
mounted quickly.
"Stop, or we'll shoot," was the" order,
but the two frightened sprinters sped on.
Haas looked over his shoulder and saw !
the glint of a weapon In the .hand of one j
of the thugs. But the man dla not fire. \u2666
This pair of highwaymen are not the
sort that take chances, i They_ work si
lently and effectively. During the few
days they have been in the Mission Dis
trict no less than seven men have been
assaulted and robbed by them. Reports
of the crimes have been withheld. The
attempt to rob Haas and Murray is the
first failure recorded against the high
waymen of the wheel.
The two have neither lamp nor bell
upon their bicycles. Their method Is to
follow a pedestrian along the lonely roada
in the Mission. They keep In the shad
owe, creeping along on their silent, rub
ber-shod steeds until they are almost
alongside him. V
They ride swiftly up to their victim arid
one of them deftly sandbags him as they
dart past. They quickly relieve him of
his valuables and mounting their bicycles
are away before the bewildered victim
has recovered from the first surprise.
By the time the vicflm has reached a
phone to notify the police the highway
men arejwell out of the district, perhaps
enjoying themselves on the proceeds of
the night's work. They take his money
and steal away like wraiths m the night,
leaving the man they have despoiled
stunned and helpless in the road.
Murray and Haas were on their way to
visit James Sullivan, a sick member of
the Native Sons, when they encountered
the bicycle highwaymen. Their destina
tion was Arlington street, just above the
bridge, near where they met the thugs.
Haas gives the following story of the
meeting:
We were walking- up Arlington »tre«t and
had Just reached the bridge when Murray
happened to look, behind. - He caught my arm.
I looked and -saw two men ccorcblnc up to
ua on b!u*cles.
Jn«t as I turned th«y were almost up to
us and I saw that they had xnaaka on. Slur
ray auggeated . that we run and I agreed to
take the chance. We •ran- out right between
them, dowa to Mission street. By the time
we got there they were gone. OX course when
we told the police the robbers were far away.
There have been geveral people held up
around here In the' last week by the same
fellows. We were on the lookout for them
all the time we were going to Sullivan's,
but we didn't know anything till they were
right up against us. If we had ran the
other way> they might have followed us and
got us. We did the best thing by running
back. \u25a0 -- • \u25a0."\u25a0\u25a0. ..\u25a0;.;;-
One of the men wore a red sweater. Both
of them wore caDs. \u0084
OVER FIVE MILLIONS
PAID IN DIVIDENDS
Mine Discovered by a Burro
Yields Large Yearly
Profits.
Hoecial Dispatch to The Call.
SPOKANE. Dec 7. —^The great Bun
ker Hill and Sullivan ;of Wardner,
Idaho, famous all over the world as the
mine which was judicially found to
have been discovered by a Jackass, is
paying a December dividend of $320,000.
This makes a total of $3,255,000 paid
this -year and a total of J 5, 5 2 6,000 paid
since the discovery of the -property by
\u2666'Old Man" Kellogg 1 , Phil O'Rourke and
the celebrated ; burro, away - back in
18S5. The property is now. the greatest
single silver-lead producer .in .the
world, and in its. deepest tunnel It has
a deposit of galena which Us probably
unrivaled anywhere. It Is 'controlled
by. the D. O. Mills Interests:; of,. New,
York and San Francisco and' Fred Brad- :
ley of San Francisco is president.
.MacArthnr Gneit of, Lord Kitchener.
RAWAL PINDI. Punjab. Brltlah India, Dec.
7.— Major General MacArthur, . U. S. A.,"; i 8 ;»
guest fot General. Lord .Kitchener, .the \u25a0\u25a0. British
conunaodpr in chief tn? lndia.'^ at ; the,' military
maneuvers on; the- occasion -or. the" visit of k th»;
Prince and Princes* of. , Wales to 'lndia..
SAN-FRANCISCO, FRIDAY; ;DEG£MBER 8, 1905. •
FINAL DAY
OF LIFE FOR
MURDERESS
Mrs. Rogers Calm
in the Face of
JJudIJLLt
Last Effort to Be Made
to Save Her From
Hangman.
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Little Doubt That Governor
Bell Will Refuse to Grant
Reprieve.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
WINDSOR. Vt, Dec. 7. — Prepara
tions for the hanging of Mrs. | Mary,
Mabel Rogers were practically * com
plete to-night, and unless Governor
Bell again reprieves her the murderess
will pay the penalty of her, crime to
morrow afternoon, between 1 and 2
o'clock. The deputy sheriffs have been
busy all day, and. with the help of a
carpenter, they set up the gallows in
the west wing of the : prison, where it
has been erected twice before for the
execution of the woman.
Several of the official witnesses have
arrived, and others will be here, in the
morning. Sheriffs from out of the
county will be present! Deputy A.
McCauley of .I.Windsor will spring the
trap, -as . originally planned. . . ,
It is not believed that . Mrs. . Rogers^
will collapse.* , for ; her. apparent j indiffer-j
ence'to her fate.was as marked to-night;
as'itsjlia.s v been ever^Elhce* she was Tlrai-*
'pris'orAd..- '* \u25a0 ' \u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0^•\u25a0\u25a0X's-y \u25a0 \u25a0 ;\u25a0.".," .-•..--\u25a0' • '_- : --\u25a0•\u25a0"j
': During :J the ' afternoon .- Sheriff "** Peck I
formally, read the death* warrant to Mrs.
Rogers.' She listened without .emo
tion.. This was the third time that the
death warrant § had ' been v . read to her.
To-day Rev. C C Delaney,' the Roman
Catholic priest of Windsor, adminis
tered, to the woman the sacrament ot
holy communion, following her con
fession to him yesterday.-- Father De
laney cays that Mrs. Rogers is still
firm and in control of her' feelings.
MONTPELIER. Vt, Dec! 7.— A final
attempt to prolong : the life of Mrs.
Mary Mabel Rogers will be made early
In thie morning. Governor Charles J.
Bell,' who has been_in the West, left
Montreal to-night for White River Junc
tion, where he has arranged to remain
to-morrow. In order to be within easy
reach of the State officials and attor
neys. E. B. Flynn of Spririgfleld, Vt.,
one of the lawyers who has been.work
ing in behalf of the condemned woman
for more than a year, left Montpeller to
night for St. Johns, Quebec, where he
expects to intercept - the Governor be
fore midnight, to talk over the situation
and inform the Governor of the latest
steps being taken to have Mrs. Rogers
reprieved.
Charles A. McCarthy of Hoosic Falls,
N.~ V., the home of ' Mrs. Rogers' rela
tives, reached this city to-night and
will accompany Flynn to vVbite River
Junction to .present a. number of affi
davits to Governor Bell," if the latter
will receive them arid agree to grant a
hearing. The affidavits r relate largely
to the reported presence! of insanity In
Mrs. Rogers* family and form the basis
of the only hope j for a reprieve .which
would enable the' lawyers . to> take the
case before the Supreme Court sof tEe
State once more on the . ground of newly
discovered evidence. . -Those who have
followed the celebrated j case express
little confidence that Governor Bell will
grant another, reprieve. 1
"FEWER, BUT BETTER, BABIES,"
ISA WOMAN'S CLUB MOTTO
, Special Dlipatch to Th« Call. >
Intellectual Fair, Sex of Oes Moinca
Oeclares for Quality , Rather
Than Quantity.
DES MOINES, la.,* Dec. 7.— Women
members i of ithe Chaunceyi.M. Depew
Club of Dcs Moines believe in " race
suicide and are willing that mankind
should: know it. After, an animated
session: this afternoon, , lt was unani
mously, agreed that the sentiment of
the l club upon, this much mooted f
theme should be henceforth expressed
in this mottoT: - \u25a0 \u25a0
"Quality rather than quantity; few-*
er, but better, babies."
lira. George c W.T Ogilvie, the chair
woman, likened children / to
stock and declared. that, I ' if people were |
as careful ';\u25a0 in the rearing . and ; develop-;
ment ; of; tieir; progeny. as some: of s the \
stock raisers^ were "of s their prize, ani- [
mals,' there would. be a-; speedy uplift- j
Ing of the human; race. >/-''"'
SIX HUNDRED AXTELOPES
UESCEXD OX MONTAXA": RAX CH
Heavy Fall of Snow In the- Mountain*
Drives the Animal* From Their \u25a0
\u25a0.. ' .'• • : U»ual Haunts. <\u25a0 .. . '.. .-..\u25a0.-'
LEWISTOWN, Mont.'. Qec. 7.— A herd
of at- least" 600^antelopes,' I ', driven l f:by
snow ; f rom Jihe ; inouritains." . visited the
\u25a0 "Seventyrnine" ]. ranch ; in ;; a body" arid
I the residents of '.the ranch!* were thus
i treatedjto^amostrreniarkable; sight.-.as
this is the y largest? h^rd" ; seen'/ in- Mon
tana since; pioneer; days. /.The "animals
were sot thick -that i men .rode. 'through
them as :; they wbuldj througl/- a fbunch
of ; cattle. . 'The - snow" had fa hard r crust
and this : had 'cut , the i legs I of " the Can
telopes; so badly that j they, -showed:; not
the slightest disposition ~, to] move : away.,
V: State .Game: Warden ? Scott "estimates
that jthelliyesj^off 10,000- "deer s and.^lk
have^been* saved V through thejabsonce
of; a ; snowfall ? until* the .open"; season'
had ; closed * December, ll" J'Antelopel may
not be -legally ; killed. ' {~ / ' < "••"•", ": ; '^ :
TEN DIE AND NINETEEN HURT
IN COLLISION OF TRAINS.
A* head-on 'collision' 1 between a freight train and an overland limited near Rock Springs, Wyo., early yesterday morning resulted in the
killing of ten persons and the Injuring of eleven railroad employes and eight passergers. Several of the injured reside in San Francisco.
Fire started in the wreckage and five of the bodies of the dead were burned beyond recognition.
SAN FRANCISCANS ARE AMONG THE INJURED
BLOOD FLOWS
FROM MITCHELL
FOR 12 HOURS
Hemorrhage' follows
Pulling of Teeth^of -
Aged Oreg^nian,
"Special Dispatch to The CalL
PORTLAND. Dec. 7.— For : nearly
twelve ; hours / to-day S Senator John " ' Hi
Mitchell bled f rom \u25a0 a _cavity '^in* his jaw
from 'which teeth' have - been* extracted.^
It ; . is fea'red#that the; excessive hem
orrhage "w ill result ' in death."- For . some
time the : Senator.- has .beenisuff eririg
from diabetes, | complicated* by \u25a0. a j num
ber of other ; troubles, t arid j<^h«:- great
loss of -blood - has i left [him in -a ; very
weak condition. / : / < : • '-i'H'fi ?*/v ~ :,'•
After an' hour's -work this .morning
Dr. Wise succeeded : In / remo'ciflg'. four
aching ; teeth ' f ro'nV : Mitchell's J 'jaw. By
10 o'clock the operation was over.' buf
the flow; of blood [ alarmed --the dentist
after he had tried all. the methods com
monly used ? in , such cases." >vHe< called
in a physician, .who^ had ,* the f Senator
removed to a' local hospital. Three other
. physicians s were summoned; vDrs. -WII-
eon, * Geiay and and \u25a0 they, ; with
Dr. ;Pohl. lused 1 ; every means^ in \u0084:•:.t heir
power to stay ; the 'hemorrhage. , .It .was
after; 10; o'clock "to-night when : the ;flow-,
of [.blood .was finally,;, checked,' leaving
the Senator* almost" in a "state ' of
collapse. . i '..'-.':...--:-. V" "".-- ,\u25a0'.':•.
PORTLAND. Dec. B.— At I:2o. this morn
ing th«» , physicians ; had ' hardly.: . left ? Mr.*
Mitchell's bedside.;: when! he |waa^seized
with severe vomitings ;. during.' which S his
pulse became* almost Imperceptible..". Powi
erf ul "stimulants .were \ administered -, with
appreciable effect and the patient Is again
resting ; easier. : : ; ~;'.:V '-'.-ytZ c , ;; ."","--T '-~'\ \u25a0 •\u25a0 \u25a0"
TAt>2 ra.lm.7 it f wasT announced "at the
hospital ; that Senator MltchclJ was
sinking rapidly. -• \ -\'/|
CHICAGO'S DESERTED :
STIVES ARE LEGION
Fourteen ThLoiisand Hus
bands Cease to Provide
\ for Families. >
SDecial . DisDatch ' to ; Call.'
; CHlCAGO.iDec.37.— 'fThere are>l4,obd
deserted .wives ; ini Chicago, v- and -': .the
Am«ricari^husband' is ; the'-;- chief de-*
: serter/f "declared Lester ;, Bodlnei'
superintendent ; of v ; compulsory^ educaf
J tion, ' to'-'dayl'-, .'He ; says'! hisfflgures I are
!; not'- exa.ffgrerated.'-but; can- be'substaht;
ttiatcd'in every "detail.V)^»_.,- =i ; ; _ }
. ; I . Wife ' desertioni exists * riot 1" only. A- In*
I Chicago,^ but Tin? other,? cities,?^ h*e ' sal«L l
!-."I! -."I "believe" the estlmate^of Jl4.oooJ desert- i
cd . women tin* Chlcago|lSKCoriservatlvc?!
-: It • is ' based Con? the | opinions^of jpers'ons .
i in . : Kociolojcical^fifclds,** such Vas • , truant •
5 officers,'; probaUon? officers f arid^. charity;
I workers. , I have;beeri!pafticularly,'lm-1
{ pressed ,v.'ith r the! fact inUheVlrivestlgai
:',tlon of Uhc "causes } of? children's ;"rion- ;
attendance at; pchool."v';;i/v^ V« : '-".'.-|.
-^\u25a0'Supeririteridcntißodine declared he;iri
-tendedcto;.prosecute|eyery||.wife
serter;," he ? r could i«nrt& whose) children
were. not attending schooL" - . " •
OAKLAND MAN'WHO'LOSTHIS LIFE IN •AN ; HAKLT MORNTXG TRAIN COtr
- L.ISION IN '\u25a0 WTOMIXG.-AXD BAN FRANCISCO WOMAN WHO WAS - AMONG
- THE PASSENGERS WHO RECEIVED SIJGHT INJURIES.
OFFERS BRIBE
OF $100,000 TO
STAY WEDDING
GuaMan^Fails to Alter
-\u25a0•'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 tHe: Eans of an :
Heiress.
Special* Dispatch" to Th« Call.
. TOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Dec . 7.-J-The
Tproffer of agift of $100,000 "made by her
minor' guardian "was *of no^ avail "in pre- :
ventinsr; the i marriage (of > Miss < Louisa
Bagnall._ a^ Pittsburgh heiress," and -Wilf
liam t'Melder,*,: boss "carpenter v i m the
Pittsburgh Steel "\u25a0' Mill, with , whom" - th»
young! woman "eloped- from -i Pittsburg
yesterday. .-.;-: . •\u25a0-\u25a0• .v-'^.;... _- \u25a0: ;. ..,. -' :'- •.
'-.Thei young coupled were held at the
Central Police ; Station here jail' the faf
"terno6nTon\teleph^^
liatri'Bagriall, ithe • Pittsburgh steel*-- niag
nate;?Jwho^ is Miss \ Bagriall's J guardian."
Upon -his arrival In; theTeveriirig j! there
was a stormyTscene, "during which ; Bag
'nall^telnpted^th*es young t woman!. With; an
"offer of . ; sloo,ooo}.toj abandon": the ;idea\of
marrying.^ The) : yourifj, lovers {were i then
released and went ito the] home^ of %';_ Rev.'
;ilr."r Frazier. where J they Iwere ! married.
I : i Bagrialll had , pro vided : a j home i f orj the
' young ; wonaari • f or ' several years. J educate
; trig } her^ to I occupy ?. the J posl tion'? of ii- an
heiress."? and \ helwas Mlsraayed i that (f his"
'plans'S f brJ^ her,: f uture^. had ; been ;shat
:tered^; -It Jwas :his 1 conviction^ that *she
: intended ltoTmarry.j. below / her^soclal po^
sitlonl* that i, caused * him \ to ., order :. ', the
young couple's ' arrest. Y t As ; a" 1 resort Bag
:nali;made'his7offer;ofrsloo,ooo.v '*; ?
\u25a0 '\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0- Miss^ BagnallS.who 7- Is 3 l B ', y ears -old
and' albrunette^of ; striking i type," said :j . >
\u25a0^.I^CwUlS stick jto's ßilL":; \-X: . ;^' r*:~:<;-.;r * :~:< ;-.;
J \u25a0 Melder/ls several years older than his
\u25a0"**\u25a0*' THE THEATERS.
AIjCAZAR— 'The aword or the King."
ALHAMBRA- "After Midnight."
CALIFORNIA— "London Gaiety Girls."
Matinee.
CHUTES— Vaudeville. Matlse?.
COLUMBIA— "The College Widow."
GRAND — "Shadows on the Hearth."
"MAJESTIC — 'rThe Private Secretary."
ORPHEUM— Vaudeville.
TIVOLI — Comic Opera.
Disaster Due to Misreading of Orders by
Conductor of a Freight
Pulls Out From avoiding Before hast
bound Overland Comes in Sight.
Wreckage Takes Fire and Five Bodies of
the Dead Are Incinerated.
OMAHA, . Dec 7. — Ten persons were
killed, and nineteen injured, eleven rail
road employes and eight passengers, by a
head-on collision on the Union Pacific
Railroad: between a freight train and the
Overland . Limited passenger train No. 2,
eastbound. five , miles .west of Rock
Springs, "Wyo., at 3 o'clock this morning.
Five of ., the ' bodies of the dead were
burned beyond recognition in a fire* which
destroyed * the mail , car, the combination
dynamo-baggage . car and the dining car.'
Two of these are known to be mall clerks
and the other three were cooks who were
sleeping In the diner. r ~v
The \u25a0 mail \u25a0 and V dining / cars - were the
scenes of the greater fatalities, three mail
clerks and three cooks being killed out
right and another, clerk being fatally' in
jured.' • Electrician Stigers and his assist
ant, ' Frank ' McKenna, were' in •\u25a0 the bag
gage car, ; immediately behind the engine.
and were alao killed outright. ""
From . \u25a0 the ;Union"i Pacific , It ; is officially
announced that the wreck was caused by
the engineer. and conductor of the freight
confusing their orders. ; They, had received \
orders to. meet four. passenger trains, the
last of which .was the Overland Limited,
at V Ahsayr, a siding five miles west of
Rock ; Springs. ,-The freight took the sid
ing,- and Iwhen three ; of the passenger
trains,'" all of ; which were running, close
together, \u25a0 had passed ; Ahsay. . the freight
started ;• west without -waiting . for,V ; : ,the i
Overland . Limited. This latter train and
the freight , 'came together i,head-on,' one
and abalf- miles; west of Ahsay.*. :
, J Engineer , Brink of , the \u25a0 freight is \ among
the;killed,' ! arid fireman; , Oscar Peter
son) ; was .seriously : Injured. " Conductor
Roy^ Darrell : of :the freight , admitted that
he ; had i become - confused, thinking ' that
all the trains which he expected to meet
at Ahsay had passed.-?" The.wreck occurred
within 1 ; a short distance of the Wyoming
State's Hospital.^jWhlch; Is ; located : near
Rock ; Springs;** ;ahd ; tne Injured were . alt
'removed; r to;that ; institution, f Xr' '.'C\ \
X ' The T" two i engines, -;the ; diner, baggage
and mall. cars . took^ fire Immediately fol
lowing "\ the' disaster, 'and were destroyed.
TwoT mall clerks' arid the , three cooks were
pinioned • beneath Jthe < cars In . which * they
were {employed * and their/, bodies, ' Incin
erated •- beyond ' identificatioa. were later
removed ? from \ the - wreck^ The bodies " of
the \u25a06'theV.i employ es",wi're removed before
thel flrel reached ; theml '-Z;- ,
' The wreck t was"- cleared > away early . In
the 1 afternoon {and r traffic ' was / resumed."'
.The* injured ;all = left Tat
the^iWyoiriing [State ; Hospital,', while" those
.who^were!able, ta proceed .were taken \u25a0 East
oh; sit special \ train i made' 1 , up " of ' : the . unin
jured [cars Jo f i the} Limited \ train and \u25a0 bag-;
gage cars picked 'Spjat' Rock Springs." The
. t rain ' \m ' &xoec ted ' to alrrive" in Omaha'Fri-^
PRICE FIVE CENTS
THE DKAD.
First Cook Jame* Duabee,
Omaha.
Srcond Cook Joseph C. Ro
leabaßm, OnfcluuJ. Cal.
Fourth . Cook John I.nvrle**,
Orsaba.
J.^~A. Xfwson, nail clerk,
fhcyrnnr, V/jo.
' J. K. I'hlHyyjir. mall clerk,
Cheyenne, U'jo.
Prank l*eter*on, mall clerk,
Clifjfnnf, Wjr©.
K!c»- I rlcii: u >t.'ser», Omaha.
rrusk McKfaaa, assistant
electrician, Omaha.
Cnsiaeer Brink of Karelin.*. '
B. B. Smith,' frcisht brake
ni!«n. Green Silver, ,\Vjro.
EMPIOTES INJURED.
T. J. Smith, waiter, Oakland,
Cr.K
a^ *». Mitchell, waiter, Oak
-lm.il> Cal.
\V. I>. Parker, waiter, Omaha.
- •EOwardHtit, waiter, Omaha.
! W'lllhtm n«>r!que, third cook,
Snn Frnnei«w. -
< ' ' X F.V Ai : » Wheeler, <!I n ins-oar
-j ° Aady .. Jordan, ' pa»»*a£:er ca»
"stsieer, i Hnwllas . Jnmpr d : _*eri;
OKily burl. - \u25a0
A. Williams, porter. Chicaso.
v Oaccar ' Peterson, freight ' fire
man, : Ksw lln*; i sllsht.
- J. 11. Alt ers, i tlrfcian.
Sharer, mail clerk;
skull fractured.
PASSEXGERS I.VJIRED.
J. C. Hooper, . Salt I.akej
sprained auJile.
.31. C. McCoy, Kansas City;
•lishtly Injured.
Xr%. A. C. Blcknell. Oakland,
Cal.) slightly Injured.
... Miss \u25a0 Edna I.itiaok, Sam
Francisco; Internally.
M r». .Maud Rlley, Mm Fran
ctaeo; contnslon ot riffht knee
anil -wrist. . * \u25a0
3lrs. Gertmde' Cook, Saa
Francisco) dangerously.
S. 31. Hulett, San. Francisco}
- lex contused and hand slight
ly cut " by class.
XV. Hlssliu* Santa Barbara)
chest hart.
i day afternoon.
I The Union Pacific has done everything
In its Dower to relieve the sufferings of
the injured and care for the dead. The
latter will be shipped to the points where
they resided.
Several trains had been badly delayed
at Granger, Wyo., with the result that
four passenger trains were running close
to each other. The freight had received
positive orders to meet all four of these
trains at Ahsay. and the officials say that
the orders were either misunderstood or
misread.
Relief trains with wrecking cars and a
number of physicians were Immediately
dispatched from Rock Springs and
Granger to the scene of the wreck.
The extra freight train was given an
order, before It. left Rock Springs to meet
the . four eastbound passenger trains, of
.which the Overland Limited was the last
one. at Ahsay, a ' siding five milaa west
of Rock . Springs. The freight took th»
siding at Ahsajr and waited until three of
thesA trains bad passed east and then
pulled out. A few minutes later 1 tha
Overland : limited came along and th»
frightful disaster followed.
, iW.'. I* ~ Park, general superintendent,
stated to-day. that Conductor Roy Darren
and Engineer Brink were entirely respon
sible for the wreck, and - that ' Conductor
Darrell has admitted that he became con
fused as to' the -number of trains that had
passed by.
The Overland Limited train carried
mostly through passengers.
'OAKLAND. Dec 7.— Joseph C. Rosen
\u25a0baurn, who was killed in the wreck of
the : Calif ornia Limited at Omaha to-day,
is the son of Ambrose Rosenbaum. an
employe of Elben & Nor. grocerymen'of
this ; city, and resided at Natley avenue
and Herman street,' In Melrose. Rosen
baum had been employed as cook in the
dining-car service of the Southern Pacific
Company ; for "the last three years. Hs
was 2S years of age ' and leaves a wife
and tw<> children. , •
CALUXG AXOTHEB A LIAR .
IS PROVOCATIOX FOR:.\S»ACLT
Xetr mud :'\u25a0 IntereatlßK Itulln x I" 3l«ilc
by at'.»laa»nrha-"ietts Judge ta \u25a0
Battery Case.
WORCESTER, Mass- Dee. 7.— Ac-
to a ruling made by • Judge
Uttley. If one man calls another a liar
if. ls * sufflclent provocation for an ,'•*-,
saolt.-; John- O'Toole. ,_ a mason. had
Charles Cummlngs arrested on a
rant him "^"with . assault.*
O*Toole"told the Jodge that Cumminsra
bit: him several times wtth such" force
that -he "has Triot been abl? to '.work
since, and; this without provocation.
'.The foreman of the job" testified that
O'Toole ' .called Cunimings : ! a ; liar.
O'Toole was recalled and severely rep
rimanded • for . saying there ; " I wa» no
provocation and - the Judgs ' discharged
Cummings. HBH -1