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ONE CENT PER COPY ' Twenty-Five Cents Per Month. TELBnon MAX* STB. NO. 296. FOURTEEN CRUSHED TO HORRIBLE DEATH Awful Accident at Trenton, N. J., Fills Morgue and Hospitals TRRNTON, N. J., Oct. 17.—With a deafening crash that hurled many lives into eternity this morning, two work trains on the Pennsylvania railroad, eight miles above this city, collided. As the result of the disaster 14 men are known to be dead, five more are be lieved to have been killed and the first reports say that there are 80 of the in jured. Immediately after the news was received here a special train carrying surgeons and nurses left for the scene. At D::i0 the first train arrived from the wreck and it was met by a crowd of the relatives and friends of those supposed to have been in the collision. Heartrending scenes were enacted on the arrival of the special. Men, women and children were waiting for it and WILL ENLARGE AT LOCAL POST WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.—1n Gen eral Frederick Funston's annual re port for the Department of the Co lumbia, which was filed today, he recommends that additional buildings be constructed at Fort Wright, near Spokane, and that It be made so as to accommodate a regiment of Infan try For some time past It has been apparent that sooner or later the de* partmcnt would be forced to enlarge the post there ns conditions have been considerably cramped. The report further says thnt Fort Walla Walla has about outlived its usefulness and OUgh to be abandoned. It also recommends that the ltolse barracks be largely reconstructed that Fort Worden nnd Port Carey need new buildings He advises that Fort I.iscum. Alaska, bo moved to the opposite side of Valdes bay, as It Football Results. CHICAGO, Oct. 17.—1t Is estimated that 20,000 persons are attending the annual football game between the Chicago university and tho North- Western this afternoon. PRINCETON, N. J.. Oct. 17.— First half, Princeton It, Carlisle 0. NKW YORK, Oct. 17.—KlrSt half, Columbia 12, Amherst 0. WEST POINT, Oct. 17 —First hWf, Harvard 5, West Point 0. Fined for Fight. O. W. Leffew, n gray haired old man, ami 10. Harrington, a young farmer, fought nt Main avenue and Stevens •trect last night,-and in police coir, i beffew as lined $20 and costs for being the aggressor and licking Harrington, and the latter was fined $1 for intoxica tion. The two men quarreled, over a wage, hill of $2. AMERICA HAS WON IN BOUNDARY CONTEST LONDON, Oct. 17.—A verbal agree ment was arrived nt between the members of the Alaskan commission by which nil the American Conten tions will be grnnted except Unit for a Portland canal, which goes to Can ada. A formal agreement will be mude Monday, VANCOUVER, It. C, Oct. 17.—Ex pressions of displeasure are heard'on all sides here over the result of the Alderman Arraigned. MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 17,—Alderman Mumm, charged with agreeing to ac cept 912(H) as a bribe was arraigned in the district court this morning. Kx 'Alderman Sibley is also wanted. FORT RILEY, Kan., Oct. 17.- Ueu The Spokane Press. were frantic in their efforts to reach the car containing the bodies that they might learn for a certainty if their loved ones were among the dead or injured, From an unofficial source it was lcarn that the train carried eight dead and 20 injured and that seven more were known to be killed and 12 injured. Most of these last are still pinioned beneath the great piles of wreckage. A work truin which leaves here at 4 o'clock every morning was standing on the track at the Washington cross ing awaiting orders when a heavily lad en gravel train crashed into it and most of those in the construction car which was attached to the rear of till train were killed or injured. Is now buried In the snow every win ter. Tho average enlisted strength of the department last year wns 3240. Only 15 deaths from all causes oc curred. All the posts are In excellent sanitary condition. Me recommends tliat tho reward for delivering "de serts" be rulsed to J100; that the clothing allowance be abolished; that tlooser straps nnd purs bo done a way with. •It is difficult." he says, "to sit down with comfort when one Is wear ing trouaer Straps, and the spurs aro an unmitigated nuisance." He also wants chapeaus nnd epau lettes abolished. "Tho former Is hideous and the latter heavy nnd gaudy." The target range nt Vancouver bar racks In too short. Any additional Improvement at Fort Lawton would be too costly. JOLLY CROWDS ATTEND CHARITY RACES TODAY The weather and everything con spires to the success of the racing meet which Is being held under the direction of the committee having In charge the fund for the building of the new St. Luke's hospital. The crowd was rather slow In starting for the grounds, but n very fair attendance Is reported from the track. Interest centered principally In the ladles' driving nice and the leap for life of "Daredevil" Edwards, who rides his bicycle down a steep Incline of t0 feet In height at the top and then leaps with tho wheel Into space nnd dives Into a tank tilled with water. Society Is there nt Its best. Stun ning creations tn the line of dress, Alaskan boundary award. It ls~~stat c,l by a number of prominent men In terviewed that British politicians are Simply Continuing the give-away policy, where Canada is concerned. Borne of them go so fur ns to say that llrltntn runs the risk of losing Canada altogether. The result was gnttolpated here, but annoyance in realizing that Cnnnda is not to have a port of entry to the Yukon | s none the less keen. era] Giant is opposing Harry in mimic battle today. Come Sailing Home. HAVANA. Oct. 17. Two companies of artillery tli.it have been on guard near CicnfugOS, embarked for the states today on the transport, Kilputrick. No member of the train crews were killed or injured. In the first train were many Italians and negroes and these make up most of the dead. The heavy gravel train had gained such a momentum that it was impossible to slacken the speed in time to avoid the terrible catastrophe, and as the result those struck were simply cut in twain, heads are severed from the bodies, arms and legs are scattered about. The scene when the dead train ar rived was one of indescribable confu sion. Relations and friends were screaming and wringing their hands and children were crying. At times it was almost impossible lo prevent the mourners from grasping the bodies from the ambulance attendants. A detail of 20 policemen was sent to the wreck to preserve order and give aid. When the relief train, filled with the bodies of the dead and injured, had proceeded about a mile from the wreck on its return, there was still panic among the less seriously injured. Frenzied with pain, one Kalian jump ed from the train and rolled down an embankment. He as followed al most instantly by another. It required the combined strength of a dozen men to check the others from leaping. Four teen dead bodies are now nt the morgtie. One of the injured in the hoe pitnl is reported dying. Charge Drunkenness Complaint, made out by O. 11. Page, charging Fred Simpson with being !>n habitual drunkard, was bled with the county clerk this afternoon. Simpson has been a resident of Spokane comity for more than a year and has a wife and six children. According to the complaint, he is or' dinarily a "hard working, industrious man and one of the utmost integrity, but he is a slave to the drink habit; that this complaint is made in the in terests of the family of said Fled Simp son and in the interest of the general public, and at the request of and with the full acquiescence of the said Fred Simpson." The action is brought under an old and almost forgotten law which pro vides upon conviction of habitual drunk* ness that the court notify every saloon keeper or dispenser of intoxicants in the county not to furnish Simpson with drink on pain of revocation of their li censes. Deputy County Clerk Koontz states that this is the first case of such a complaint in Spokane county. There may be many persons who | did not understand Professor l.ang ley's excuse for the last failure of his machine to fly, but we can assure ! them that It Is as good ns his next I will be. swell turnouts, handsome ladles ga lore and well groomed men. All the boxes at the grandstand wero taken. Hut the ladles have no baud to fur nish music. Instead they have se cured a large sized gramonglong, Which Is set up In the Judges' stand With regard to the band, Mrs. F, F. Emory said this morning: "We could not afford to pay $M for n band for a charitable entertainment of this sort, and as we could get them no cheaper It was up to us to do the beat thing possible." The program for the afternoon Is ns follows; Two boys' pony races. Indies' driv ing race, greased pig, bicycle races. "Daredevil" Edwards' bap for life. Goes to the Jury. Cincinnati, Oct. 17.—Government Counsel Barby closed the argument in the Miller Johns postal cose this morn ing. The defense expects to occupy three hours. A verdict will probably be rendered this evening. Russlsn Bellicose. ST PETERSBURG, Oct. 17.- The tone of the press this morning is again bellicose. Nojoge Remgja says that every Russian is ready to take Up uniis. ONLY A VEST FEW PUBLISHED. It is not possible for tlie proprietor to publish more than a few of the numerous letters received in praise of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diur rhoea Remedy and telling of its re markablc cures. They come from pro pie in every walk in life and from every state in the Union. The follow ing from Mr. T. \V. Grenthouse, of 1 l'rattsburg, Oa., speaks for itself: "I would have been dead now but for the USS of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarhoea Remedy. It cured me of chronic diarrhoea after seven years of ! suffering. I can never say too much in [praise of that remedy." hoi sale by all druggists. SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1903. DHi DEATH 111 Ji church Tragic Suicide Scene In Cathedral at Lincoln. Nebraska. LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 17.—Early this morning while solemn services were being held in St. Theresa cathe dral the worshippers were startled by the groans and sobs of a beautiful and richly dressed young woman, who reeled up the aisle In mad despair, shouting that she had taken carbolic aold and was dying. The congregation, In a frenzy of ex citement and heedless of anything save the agony of the unknown suf ferer, stampeded to the altar, where they stood in wild disorder and mingled their futile moans with the groans of the despairing creature who was whispering her last broken con fession In the ear of the priest, who held her in his arms. As the official of the church pro nounced a hasty absolution the un known sank back in hts ajfns a corpse. The girl was later Identified by her sisters as Miss Pansy Ballard, whose father is a rich miller at Fort Dodge. It is believed that disappointment in love was responsible for her rash and sensational deed. DUSS JEALOUS; SAYS SLIGHTED 3. 8. Duss, erstwhile leader of an obscure orchestra In Economy, Fa., recent star In the musical firmament and self-made kins; of the baton, waa very wroth yesterday because, for sooth, his own scholarly features were not displayed In as many con spicuous places on the billboards as those of the sublime singer who has delighted the music-loving world for many years—the peerless Nordlca. Duss fairly foamed In his denunci ation of the methods of bis manager, Loudon G. Charlton, and executed a skirt dance of nervous hostility on the rear platform of Nordlca's car as he spouted his supreme indigna tion. "My money Is backing this busi ness," he said to a l'ress representa tive, "and I don't see why my paper Is not posted as well as NorSica's. Over in Butte I have some cousins who have been watching for the ap pearance of my orchestra for several weeks. They say they didn't see any pictures of mo on the boards. It's an outrage." Just then Mr. Charlton himself ap proached and asserted that the Puss phiz had been Hung out to the public WANTS HUGE SUM FOR NAVY ESTABLISHMENT WASHINGTON, Oct. 17,-Secretar? Moody estimates that the unusually large sum of nearly $103,000,000 will be required for the naval establishment during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1905. MAY FURNISH MARBLE AT ST. LOUIS EXHIBIT At a meeting of the world's fair committee of the chamber of com merce held this morning ways and means for the Spokane ex hibit at St. Louis were discussed. A committee to tuke the financial end of the exhibit In charge was appoint ed as follows: George M Brown, chairman; 1). T. Ham, treasurer; W. H. Acuff. R. A. Jones and J. H. Spear. The committee adjourned subject to tho call of the chutrmun In order to DECLARES THAT PARKS WAS A BLACKMAILER NEW YORK, Oct n.-Labor circles i today were surprised upon learning. that Henry Farley, who worked with I Sim Park*, with the penitentiary star ing him in the (ace, confessed lust inglit ' mm plea b ran Km He Says Civic Federation Will Solve Labor Disputes. ' CHICAGO, Oct. 17.—Mark Hanna, president of the Civic Federation, to day appealed to every thinking man to devote his best efforts to bring peace in industrial conditions. He expressed the opinion that the Civic Federation will eventually solve all questions, and said the very existence of our continued prosperity depends on the success of this movement. He said: "Thirty years ago, as a coal operator, I participated in a striks. 1 then made up mind there was a bet ter way to solve a difference than by a strike. It is the golden rule. "Denouncing, labor leaders from po litical platforms is unfair. They are human and make mistimes. 6o do em ployers." John Wilson made a speech and said said laboring men had been compelled to strike, because they were never re spected until they showed force. Marks, president of the National As sociation of Clothing Manufacturers, made a, plea for the enforcement of child labor laws, regulation of the ap prentice system and a fair adjustment of the high minimum wage question. gate In flaming lithographs fully as many Ume ß as that of Nordlca, "I don't see it that way," expostu lated the irate musician. "Why, over on —• — street In Butte I counted 17 Nordlca posters In a row'and not one of mine." "Which side of the street were you on?" queried Charlton. Dues r.'piled with a.minute descrip tion of the spot where he had stood. "Well. If you had simply turned around you would have Seen your own paper on the walls behind you," said Charlton. "That's Just It." growled Puss as his manager withdrew. "They stick Nordtoa'a stuff up In one place and mine In another. Instead of giving us equal prominence. It's rotten, you know. By the way. I have scads of cuts of myself; If you want to use one, you are welcome. And remem ber my name Is pronounced with the "short long" sound of v—Puss—Just one other word like it In the English language—puss. That will be Vgttt able news for you. It's a matter of local controversy everywhere, you see—quite a little fuss made over the matter." 'Hie principal items are. approximate ly, to pay $19,000,000 for increased con struction, £24,000,000 for armor and armament, and $12,000,000, a large in crease accounted for amounts falling due on vessels under construction. I give the committee on marble a | chance to report on planß for the pro -1 posed marhle stairway In the Wnsh | lngton state building at St. Louis, j A proposition for furnishing eastern [ Washington mnrhle for this purpose. ' together with the specifications for ; the same, has been submitted to the ■ Seattlo architects having the con struction of the state building In charge and a report on the matter is ! expected about the middle of next W„ck. to Attorney Jerome tli&t he was guilty of itlacknwUini operations conducted by Parka, al»<> that both he ai.it Parks perjured themselves at Parka 1 reoent trial Among other deals he told of tstortina $50(000 {raja one contractor. REVOLTING CRIMES OF INSANE DOCTOR ASHEVILLE. N. C. Oct. 17.—This town was startled this morning by the report of a horrible deed which was enacted at Barnardsville, 20 miles from here. Dr. Jay, a well known phy sician of that place, this morning murdered in cold blood his three chil dren, aged 8, 4 and an infant. The weapon he used was a claw-hammer. The three were standing on the front steps of the residence crying for their mother. The physician was evidently crazy, for his wife, with a sense of impending danger, sped to the neighbors shouting for help. The first two victims were killed instantly by the cruel blows from the hammer which the crazed man rained upon their unprotected heads. When he was about to attack the last little tot she threw her chubby arms around her Charged With Neglect. Joseph E. Roberson, a prominent bus iness man having offices in the Sy monds building, was arrested this morn ing by Sanitary Policeman Raub for not complying with the health laws of the city. It is charged that Mr. Roberson neg' lected to have a vault cleaned out on the property at 1018 Nora avenue, of which he is the agent, after he had been notified so to do by the health department. Miles' Letter. WASHINGTON. Oct. 17.-The war department has received by mail from Manila a copy of a personal letter writ ten by General Miles before his re tirement to Major Hunter relative to the preferment of charges against Ma jor Howze, who was afterwards exoner ated. He says there was no reason to impeach the credibility of Filipinos and denies prejudice or ill feeling. Two Leopards Escape. TERRE HAUTE, Oct. 17—A leopard which escaped from a circus last night was shot in the street this morning. Another is at liberty. WANTED THE OFFICER TO MAKE APOLOGIES Henry Mnthias. a wealthy German farmer of Odessa, was at the city hall last night with blood in his eye and a determination that he would make Officer Tom Lester apologize for having suspected that he was a hobo. Mathias has been In town several days and during his stay made his headquarters at the Pempsle house. Main avenue and Stevens street. Last night someone told Lester, whose beat passes the LVmpsie house, that a hobo was trying to sell a new pair of trousers to people in the bar room. Lester went In and questioned Mathias regarding the trousers. "1 bought them at a store down the street." said Mathias. "and am trying to Bell them because they are too large." "We 11 go to the Btore and see," snld Lester. At the store Mathias' statement was corroborated. Mathias was boiling with rage by that time and rushed to the city hall to see Chief Woydt, whom he ex pected to make Lester apologize. Tho chief expressed his concern In the matter, und suggested thut the city Fined Fifty Bones. Eil Beauchamp, a careless looking old man, was fined $50 and costs in police court this afternoon for vagrancy, the equivalent of ft tine for the same offense that he finished in jail last Friday. Heauchamp was arrested while drunk at Main avenue ami Stevens street and while he and a red Indian named Joe Sasiuer were drinking crude alcohol from a quart bottle. Sasiner was also in court and claimed he bought the liquor in the Coeur d'Alene saloon. He was fined $1 und costs. Will Murder Prince. SOFIA, Oct. 17.—Great alarm this morning followed the report issued seemingly on good authority, that the Macedonian committee has decided that Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria must lie. Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs and colds and prevents pneu- monia. Take no substitutes. Sold by Chas. McNub, 402 Riverside ave nue. Entertain the Press. Secretary Monroe of the chamber of commerce announced today that the members of tho Idaho State Press as sociation will arrive in the city tomor row at 0:25 over the O. H. k N. The Murders His Three Ghildren With a Claw Hammer— A Sickening Sight father's waist, crying, "Oh, papa, don't hurt me." The enraged man struck at his child repeatedly before he strucV the blow which dealt It death. Neigh bors arrived just too late to prevent TWO ROBBED ON FREIGHT TRAIN 'A repetition of the Tctrie railroad murder of a week ago came near being consumated at Colburn, the junction of the Great Northern and Spokane Falls railroads, east of the city, last night, and today a conference is being held between county and railroad officials to catch tho would-be murderer, who is believed to be a railroad man. James McMahan and James Smith, laborers, who have been working north of tlie city, were the men attacked. They boarded a freight train for Spo kane yesterday afternoon and gave a member of the freight crew fl apiece to haul them into Spokane. Colburn was reached shortly after nightfall. McMahan and Smith, who were in a car, were suddenly suddenly confronted by a tall man wearing a ! mask made out of a black handkerchief, i The robber covered them with a large j revolver at the same time saying: "Shell out your money or I will shoot police commissioner was the proper person to see In an important mwtter of this kind. Later Mathias found Commissioner Root. "It vere van outrages," shouted Mathias by way of greeting to the 1 commissioner. At the same tlrna he I waved a handful of bank notes nnd j a big fat poeketbook nt the eommls j sloner. Then he shouted: "I demands de abologies uf dose bolleeman who vere py der Dempsie house. I vere Henry Mathias, respectables farmer uf Odessa. In dose hand vere $3290 In certificates py der bank. In dose poeketbook vere many bills. I own two pig farms py Odessa. I am a chentleman, and am Insulted py der officer. He sny I stole de ptints." Little by little Commissioner »*ot goth at the correct status of affairs. After much parley It was agreed that Mathias should see Lester, and If the latter would alOpogUM It would be all right. At n Into hour Mathias was looking for Lester anil his apology. No damage art ion has yet been started against the city. CHARGES ROOM KEEPER WITH ROUGH TREATMENT Lively times were experienced in the vicinity of the Lewis house on Riverside avenue yesterday when (Xinstable Ruling forced the Lufkin* to turn over to him a trunk and other articles belong ing to ||ra, Bessie Crittenden. Heal ed words were used and now the trou ble between George Lufkin and Mrs. Crittenden is being aired in the police court, Lufkin being charged with dis orderly conduct. The trouble commenced last Sat urday, it is said, when Mrs. Critten den notified her landlord that she would vacate the rooms after the fair. From the story she tella, this caused Lufkin to wrath exceedingly sore because she did not give up the rooms before fair time, seeing it was her intention to leave them. change in time of arrival necessitates the elimination of the trolley cur ride planned formerly. A iMincjuet will be given the association at the Victoria hotel. Mayor Hoyd will deliver the address of welcome. He laughs be«t ofttimcs -who BUMS! the point ol the joke. Any Advertiser Nay Examine Oar Circulation at Any Time. WEATHBE-Tonight and Sunday, (air. I the last crime. A sickening sign* met them. The man then attempted to set fire to the house nnd burn the bod las. Ha was seized and promptly lynched on the spot. I you full of holes. He quick about it." ! One of the threatened men handed over $6 and the other $1.50. A third man riding in the car escaped by jumping off. After the holdup was finished the highwayman said: "If you fellows will agree to keep mum about this I'll let you ride into town, but if you open your face, I'll shoot you and kick you off the train.'' Both Smith and McMahan are posi tive that the robber was the same man who collected the $1 fare from them. Some of the police department are positive that members of the Northern Pacific, freight crews running out of Spokane know more about the Petrie holdup than has yet been told. Ac cording to report it is becoming com mon for men who ride on freight trains to be held up and robbed. The Con ference today is to devise means of stopping the practice. Motorman Brings Suit Samuel W. Spear, formerly a motor man in the employ of the Washington Water Power company, has filed com plaint asking the superior court to i award him $15,000 damages because of 1 injuries he received about two years 'ago. The plaintiff claims that while setting the brake on his car the brake j crank slipped and struck his side with great force, shattering the pelvic bone nnd inflicting injuries from which the plaintiff will never recover. Gagged and Robbed. NORKIBTQWN, Pa., Oct. 17.—Tha watchman of the county almshouse this morning was beaten and gagged by; masked robbers, who then blew the safe and escaped with a small sum of moa ey and valuables. Made Strong Plea. Will iam Rcll. colored man, was up in? police court this afternoon for ped dling without a license, but put up such a strong plea of having a large depend ent funnly thut the court consented to postpone the trial until Monday in order to let the defendant submit wit nesses. Hell wua let go on his own rec ognizance. The upshot of the whole matter was that when she left the rooms he held her trunk for rent that he alleged was due. He also held some furnish ings. Mrs Crittenden went to Tull A Oibbe, where she had bought them and asked that they be identified. Ac cordingly (he was accommodated. Then the fun commenced when the trunk was in question. Lufkin it it alleged took Mrs. Crittenden up bodilj| and deposited her on the pavement and during the struggle tore her dresi. Hence the arrest for assault and but ter v. With the assistance of Constable Sal. ing the trunk was recovered from the irate landlord and now Mrs. Crittenden makes the charge that its contents were ransacked during her absence. Mitchell Reticent. CHICAGO, Oct. 17.-John Minshell denies all knowledge of the amalgams tion of the United Mine Worker* with) the Western Federation of iMnern. PRICE: ONE CENT.