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MR. GORMAN AS"
FOXY GRANDPA
How He Will Attempt to Restrain
the Too Excitable ~
Democrats.'
A Good Judge of Public Sentiment
and a Han of Cold .Com
mon Sense.
Some of the Reasons That Make
Judge Parker a Strong Can
didate Now.
New York Sun Special Service.
Chicago. March 10.William E. Curtis
In a special from Atlantic City, N. J., to
the Record-Herald says: The prompt se
lection of Mr. Gorman as democratic
leader of the senate, proves three things,
namely that the need of a general man
ager was unanimously conceded, that the
ability of Gorman was unanimously recog"
niged, that his attitude toward'the old
ticket and the Kansas City platform was
not considered worth discussing.
Mr. Gorman has a very difficult task.
Several of his younger colleagues are
not yet broken to harness, others are wiser
in their own conceit, while during the past
two orJthree years the lack of leadership
and absence of party discipline have al
lowed them to form habits of independ
ence and self-assertion that wiH be diffi
cult to correct. Who, for example, will
restrain the tumultuous Tillman, who will
teach Patterson of Colorado and Carmack
of Tennessee that the people of this coun
try do not want the army abused, and
who will dam the flow of eloquence from
the lips of the venerable senator from Ala
bama?
I do not think Mr. Gorman will attempt
any radical measures of restraint, for he
is a man of great patience and cool head
ed and is accustomed to see people make
fools of themselves. He will, however,
exercise greater influence among the
democratic factors than has been felt on
that side of the chamber since he left
it and the respect and confidence in which
he is held will, give his advice great
weight.
Gorman is a practical nian of business
methods without vanity or love of display
and he understands American people and
politics as well as any one living. He
knows what will be approved by the peo
ple there is no better judge of public
sentiment than he is, and. he is purely
a party man, a thorough partisan for the
democracy, right or wrong. No one in
public life can compete with Senator Aid
rich, the republican leader as successfully
BS he. Mr. Gorman is often accused of
being a candidate for president and there
is no doubt whatever that he would like
to reside in the White House but he has
cold common sense and will sacrifice his
own Interests and ambition for the success
of his party. His candidate is Parker or
Olney or Francis, or any other-man who
can be elected.
I have met a gentleman from Boston, a
distinguished member, of the bar, who de
scribes ex-Secretary Olney as a "a, pas
sive but not active candidate for the presi
dency." He says that if Mr. Olney felt a
little more confident of his ability to carry
the county he might show a greater in
terest in his own campaign but he Is en
tirely pessimistic concerning the chances
of his election. He regards his nomina
tion as an impossibility also, for the rea
son that he thinks the democrats will de
mand a candidate who can carry his own
state, and Mr. Olney realizes that he
would not have the slightest prospect of
securing an electorial vote in his own
section of the country.
To be elected the democratic candidate
for president must carry New York, In
diana, Illinois or Ohio, Connecticut, New
Jersey, Maryland and West Virginia and
Mr. Olney being a practical man without
Imagination, is not hopeful of his ability to
win these electoral votes. He thinks that
Judge Parker is the stronger man because
he is certain of carrying the largest state
In the union, and his record on the labor
question will give him tremendous pres
tige in Chicago, Cleveland, Cincinnati and
other large cities, and especially In the
manufacturing districts of Connecticut,
New Jersey, Maryland, Ohio and else
where.
Judge Parker's decision from the New
York court of appeals upholding the right
of a laborer to strike for higher wages and
better treatment and confirming the legal
ity of the union label upon manufactured
merchandise will give him a backing from
the labor organizations which no other
candidate could expect*
CYCLONE IN AUSTRALIA
Many People Killed or Injured in
Townsville in North Queens-
land.
Brisbane, Queensland, March 10.
Townsville, North Queensland, has been
visited by a cyclone, in which many per
sons "were killed or injured. A part of
the hospital building collapsed during the
storm, killing six persons. Schools,
churches and residences were destroyed
snd many of the inhabitants have been
rendered homeless. .
COEMPTION IS CHARGED
The Polioe Department at Kansas
City Is Now Under
" J ' Eire.. :-,--
Kansas City, March 10.Charges of
official corruption in the police depart
ment Involving Chief John Hayes, Detec
tive Charles P. Sanderson and officers
McAnney and . Sullivan, made by Jailer
Robert Todhunter, were filed to-day with
the board of police commissioners. An in
vestigation will follow.
Jailer Todhunter alleges that Detective
Sanderson had accepted a weekly pay
ment from a gambler, who was granted
Immunity from arrest that a report of
this fact was filed with Chief Hayes and
suppressed by that official that Officers
McAnney and Sullivan made an agree
ment to release two clairvoyants upon
payment of $125, and that Sullivan had
offered Todhunter money to suppress
knowledge of some of these dealings.
Todhunters statement also asserts that
attorneys were permitted to enter the
hojd-over in the city jail, where they se
cured money and valuables from prisoners
upon promise of immunity, discharge and
reduction of sentences, which practices,
Todhunter alleges, "were done with the
knowledge, consent and connivance of the
chief of police."
Chief Hayes flatly denies all charges
made against himself and his department.
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NEBRASKA IS
ONDER WATER
Bridges on All the Main Lines of
the Burlington*and Union
^ _ Pacific Gone.
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People in Shawneetown, HI., Talk
of Deserting the Place
En Masse.
Tremendous Volume of Raging
Water Hurrying Towards
the Gulf.
Lincoln, Neb., March 10.Train serv
ice in Nebraska is paralyzed to-day on
account of floods. Bridges on all the main
lines of the Burlington and the Union Pa -
cific were washed out by the floods last
night. The Kock Island bridge at South
Bend was torn loose and bore down upon
the bridges at Louisville, destroying the
middle spans and the waters washed out
the remainder.
To-day the lowlands on the Platte for
miles from Schuyler to the mouth at
Plattsmouth are under water. At vari
ous places the Union Pacific tracks are
under water for a mile or two at a
stretch.
Flood reports are coming in from a num
ber of towns along the Elkhorn, Platte
and Loup rivers. The most serious situ
ation is at Columbia and Fremont. At
the latter place the water late last night
covered the lower part of town. Engle
wood was under water by midnight, and
many were awakened by the water rush
ing into their homes.
The water is stationary to-day and it
is believed the high point has been
reached. The towns of Stanton, Central
City and St. Paul are still in the center
of flooded districts.
SHAWNEETOWN, ILL., FRIGHTENED
Talk of Deserting the City Before the
Flood Gets It.
Evansville, Ind.. March 10.The stage
of water in the Ohio river reached 42.4
feet to-day and is still rising. More than
a foot has been added to the flood since
yesterday.
Evans ville, beyond the reach of the
flood, no matter how high it goes, with
the possible exception of some of its sub
urbs, has taken every precaution to pre
pare for the highest water ever known
here.
Steamboats are now dropping their gang
planks in Water street, something that
hag not been done for many years. The
boats are still making their regular trips,
but the runs are unsatisfactory. Many
thrilling stories are brought to the city
from below of the narrow escapes of peo
ple with their, lives or their trouble in
rescuing live stock and of their efforts to
save grain and other personal property
that had been placed where it was
thought to be beyond danger.
- - Reports from Shawneetown, III., are to
the effect that 'the people are "considering
the feasibility of removing from the city
with their personal property and then
opening the levee and allowing the river
to flood the town, thus doing away with
the great danger of disaster that now
threatens the place, which is situated on
low ground and protected by a large
levee, which the people fear may break
should the riveifcrise'much more.
A few yearsmgo the levee broke at
Shawneetown and scores of people were
drowned.
TWO COUNTIES FLOODED
Places in Arkansas Are Desolate Wastes
of Water.
Memphis, March 10.The river situation
shows but little change, the rise over
night being but one tenth. Refugees from
the low lands are arriving by every boat,
The government's engineers here have of
ficially stated that the situation is very
serious and predict that within a week
the highest water ever experienced will
be rushing through the levee channels.
Reports from points in Mississippi say
the low lands are completely inundated
and in many cases stock is suffering.. .
Captain Lucas chief of the givernment
forces has furnished the street franchise
levee board the use of a steamer to pa
trol the levees between Catt island and
Pecan point.
The condition of the embankment twen
ty miles north of Memphis where the
water is floo/llng around the end of the
levee in the seventeen-mile gap, where
embankments have never been built, js
serious. It is believed to be one of the
most dangerous places along the river. It
is reported that the water is slowly wash
ing away the levee there. The counties
of Lee and Crittenden, in Arkansas were
already overflowed.
"White river, in Arkansas this morning
rea6hed the danger line and is still ris
ing.
All Quiet at New Orleans.
New Orleans, March 10.The river here
is still 1,2 feet below the record of 1897,
Much of the present flood is due to water
which has poured out of the Red. Arkan
sas and other lower streams and the en
gineers are houeful that much of the water
will be carried off before the effect of the
freshets in the Ohio, Tennessee and other
upper rivers is felt here. Earth is being
hauled to the river front and weak places
in the levees made secure.
More Rain at Louisville.
Louisville, Ky., March 10.Although the
Ohio has fallen slightly since yesterday
a heavy 12-hour rain, extending over a
radius of fifty miles with its center at
Louisville is expected to cause a material
increase in the volume of water now rush
ing southward. The local weather bureau
officials say the rise which will be again
felt to-morrow will send the- gauge up
two feet above the danger line.
Creeks Running Full.
Special to The Journal.
Osmund, Neb., March 10.Every creek
and ravine in this vicinity is full of water.
C. A. Kissinger tried to drive over a sub
merged bridge and the rig "Was precipitat
ed into the torrent, The horses .were
drowned, but Kissinger escaped.
Cincinnati. OhioThe Ohio riyer became sta
tionary at 47 feet 3% inches. Without heavy and
persistent rains there is now no danger in the
Cincinnati district. V
Grand Rapids. Mich.Grand river is still ris
ing. The highest water mark will soon be
reached if the Ice gorge at Ionia breaks, or if
a threatened rain proves heavy.'
BARTENDERS' TEMPERANCE SOCIETY.
Jersey City, N. J.. March 10.The bartenders
of this city are diseasing a - proposition to,
form a temperance society. One of the leaders
In the movement is quoted as saying ' think,
the Idea a good one. Why should not a, lfaj
tender he a total abstainer?'The-Interests,, of,
time he is Invited to do so by a customer? lz
N a pernicious custom, t believe two-thirds of
the bailenders are ready to becom* total ab
stainers." " . L '
FLOOD NOTES.
*, GERMAN EYE ON HOLLAND
Why the Kaisers Government Has
Been Hostile to The Hague
Tribunal.
London, March 10.The Paris corre
spondent of the Times discusses at length
Germany's hostility to The Hague trib
unal.
Germany is determined not to strengthen
an institution which may some day prove
a drawback, if not a barrier, to her for
eign policy. The tribunal will doubtless
contribute to the neutralization of Hol
land. This will probably occur after the
death of Queen Wilhelmina, if she dies
childless, and it will take the form of
establishing a Dutch .republic under a
guarantee similar to that enjoyed by
Switzerland.
The correspondent, after dwelling upon
"the something more than commercial
policy of the Germans towards the Neth
erlands during the last few years," de
scribes the German adhesion to The Hague
treaty as gall and wormwood to the Ger
man foreign office and aristocracy. Ger
many, he says, was obliged to concur in
the treaty, but did so with a wry face
and has worked desperately ever since to
escape the necessity for accepting the
tribunal's intervention.
The importance of the present situa
tion in Holland, owing to the German
interests which are touched by the labor
troubles there, is emphasized as for the
moment of far graver interest to all Eu
rope than the Macedonian" trouble.
STEAMERS ON TEE LAKES
The Canadian Pacific and the North
ern Navigation Company
Combine Forces.
Special to The Journal.
Montreal, March 10.The Canadian Pa
cific in addition to its recent purchase of
fourteen Atlantic steamers has. made ar
rangements for a large addition to its
steamship facilities on the great lakes.
As the result of the conference between
the officials of the Canadian Pacific and
the Northern Navigation company an
agreement was made to combine the fleets
of the two companies and to inaugurate
at the opening of navigation a new daily
steamship service between the ports of
Port Arthur and Port William on Lake
Superior and the Ontario ports of Owen's
Sound, Sarina, Collingwood and Midland.
The combined .fleet will consist of six ves
sels, three of each company, all of which
are well equipped for *high class passenger
service and are also capable of carrying
many million bushels of grain.
THE WAR IN COLORADO
Sentries Around Colorado Springs
Mills Are Fired On in
. 7~ the Night.
Colorado Springs, Col., March 10.Sen-
tries stationed around the three mills af
fected by the smelter men's strike were
fired upon at midnight. There were phys
ical encaunters between workmen going
to and coming from the mills and em
ployes were guarded from their homes
to the mills by details of mfantry. .~UFs-
uty sheriffs were held up at the point
of guns and two narrow escapes from
bullets fired at close range were reported,
one a sentry, the other a deputy sheriff
on guard at the Telluride mine.
From reports made by the sentry and
the flashes from the guns the men doing
the shooting were located on the hills
surrounding the plants. Most of the
shooting was done at long range. No one
was injured. The cavalry under com
mand of Colonel James H. - Brown, Cap
tain H. G. Smith and General Bell pa
trolled the country In the vicinity of the
three mills but because of the darkness
and the rugged character of the country
did not succeed m locating the men doing
the shootlrig. One of the strickers' pick
ets managed to penetrate the line at the
^tan^ard /^lant while a companion and
the Reentry were exchanging shots: He
(has not yet been located although a rigid
search was instituted at once. Sentry'
lines "were 'strengthened after the Shots
and precautions taken to protect the mills,
especially the^-Pbrtland, from any rush or -- -
attack to gain possession. / , I ize one lor his exclusive use." -,.
"'Alife,
Paying Expenses Begins to Seem Like Raising Himself by His Bootstraps.
"THE SiAYES OF
COIPOBATMNS"
Bryan Says That Many of the Sen
ators Have Their Seats
Bought'for Them.
A Stirring Address Before the Mich
igan Democratic Convention
This Morning. ^.,.
Mr. Parkhill of Owosso Tells About
the New Golden Calf, the
God of Wall Street.J
Detroit, Mich., March 10.William J.
Bryan of Nebraska this, morning addressed
the democratic state judicial convention.
There was no candidate seeking any of
the three nominations at the disposal of
the convention, which State Chairman
Thomas E. Barkworth "of Jackson called
to order after 11 o'clock^ Stanley E. Park
hill of Owosso was temporary chairman.
Mr. Parkhill declared that opportunism
is but another name for twentieth century
republicanism. He said 'further:
"Nineteen hundred years ago the great-
SESS
A BIG LIFT FOB JOHN BULL
est champion of human rights the world
has ever known was taken into a lofty
place and offered all the kingdoms of the
world if he would worship at the feet of
his temptor. To-day a rejuvenated de
mocracy is being offered power and glory
if it will fall down and worship the golden
calf, that is the god of Wall street/but
I trust that this modern champion of the
people's rights will reply to the strong
men of the east, who, like the temptor of
old, have brains and power, but whose
souls are shelled with the mark of the
dollar, as did the great leader of men,
'Get thee behind me Satan.' "
Mr. Parkhill then introduced Mr. Bryan,
who said:
Slaves of Corporations.
"No democrat has reason to be despon
dent. W e must not work on the principle
of expediency. W e must be sure we are
building on the right ground. There never
was a time when there was a greater need
for the application of democratic prin
ciples than to-day. Down east, in Dela
ware, I learned more about some other
things than about future candidates for
the presidency. I found that many re
publicans were fighting against a man
named Addicks. s I found that in some
places three-quarters of the voters had
received money for their votes. But I
could not draw the line between Addicks
who wanted to buy a senatorship with
his own money and run it for his own
interests and other men who buy office
for a corporation and run it for the in
terests of the corporation. What, my
friends, do you say of men who buy sen
atorships with the .money of corporations
and go to congress as slaves of the cor
porations. The senate would not even
take up for consideration the house bill
for the control of trusts.-: These men
are worse than Addicks."
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'Tf you wanted anything from the Dela
ware man, you would talk to Addicks but
in these other cases you would have "to
go to the masters of the office holder. I
can't draw a'distinction between the men
who sell their votes for $5 and the one
who makes a million trading in party
politics. I remember a case where J. P.
Morgan made millions on a matter of re
publican policy. All the difference be
tween Addicks and the rest is that hg
confessed openly to what the others do
secretly. . * ' ,"
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"I have been accused of preventing har
mony. No man wants harmony more than
I do and no one has suffered, more for lack
of it than I have. But you can't keep in
one organization men who want to cut
each, other's throats. They accuse me of
saying hard things about Cleveland. I
never said anything about hi mso hard as
did President McKifiley., who said 'Cleve
land is trying to make money the master
and all things eise^ttoe ^servant.'
"I am not ashamed of *ny humble, part
I may have, had in driving-- out of the
democratic party a man who tried to make
money the master and everything else the
servant. I want him In some other party
than ours. I would be glad to help organ
CANADA'S OCEAN SERYICE
Some of the Conditions UnderWhich
the Subsidy Will Be " ,
Paid.
Special to The Journal.
London, March 10.Reports from Otta
wa respecting proposals for fast trans
Atlantic service cause satisfaction rather
than surprise.
It is said that one of the conditions of
the subsidy which will be paid is that
the companies will not enter into any
pooling or co-operation arrangement with
any rival shipping interest rtor have any
secret understanding respecting rates or
the details- of the business of transporting
emigrants from Europe to Canada. The
dominion government, acting upon the
advice of its own officials here, is de
termined to secure absolute control of
the transportation service for emigrants.
This is considered more important than
competition with the German lines in the
matter of sigh speed. It is also asserted,
on equally good authority, that one-third
of the subsidy will be paid by the British
government. The details will not be dis
closed until all the proposals are received,
but probably the British government will
co-operate with the dominion government
in subsidizing a line of 18 and 21-knot
ships under the* British flag. The line
will be sufficiently fast to justify the pay
ment by the government here of one-third
of the mail subsidy, and the emigration
business, now assuming great proportions,
will be controlled by the Ottawa govern
ment.
THE FILIPINO SCHISM
Archbishop Guidi by Persuasion Has
Succeeded in Checking Its
Growth.'
Rome, March 10.Another' report from
Archbishop Guidi, the apostolic delegate
in the Philippines, has just been received
at the Vatican. It gives a fuller account
of the religious condition of the islands.
The schism started by Agliya, the leader
of the independent Catholic church in the
Philippines, seems graver than it first ap
peared, as, according to the report, a
strong Philippine party is raising false
hopes among the natives of independence
from Rome, claiming that the expulsion
of the friars is indispensible in Order to
obtain the independence of the country.
The apostate priests are fourteen in
number. It is gathered -from good sources
of information that the A'atican authori
ties are extremely satisfied with the pru
dent and wise, but at the same time en
ergetic action of Archbishop Guidi, who
with persuasion has succeeded in check
ing the dissident movement. v
MRS. OELRICH'S TAXES
It Is Said She Swore Them Off in
Both New York and San
Francisco.
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New York, March 10.Mrs. Herman
Oelreich may be compelled to establish
before the tax board by evidence, her
sworn statement that she resides in Cali
fornia, and therefore is not liablfr to an
assessment of $1,000,000 on personal prop
erty.
President Wells htts been informed that
last year Mrs. Oelrichs escaped payment
of taxes in San Francisco upon the claim
that her legal residence was in New York.
If the tax commissioners can establish
the fact that Mrs. Oelreich made such a
representation to the authorities in Cali
fornia, they will place her name, with the
full assessment of one million, on the
final assessment rolls. n..'
, DR. DON SANG IS DEAD. i
Chicago, March 10.T-Dr. Don Sang,
Chinese doctor and exalted rryjjnber. of.
various Chinese secret societies^ {gcenuted.
to be one of the wealthiest men of his race
in this country, is dead at his home here.
His medical training was secured in his
own country, but most of his practice
was had in America. He made a. large
part of his fortune in the-gold fields of
{the west r in ,, r
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MAJ. EDWARDS
IS PLACED
A $6,000 Consul Generalship at
Montreal Laid Aside for the
Fargo Man.
A Jtumor That He Thinks the Place
Is Not Big Enough for
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Mr. Morgan Again Begins His Dis
cussion of the Canal
Treaty.
From The Journal Bureau, Boom 45, Post Build
ing, Washington,
"Washington, March, 10.The North Da
kota delegation, ,after working like tro
jans for several years to locate Major A.
W. Edwards of Fargo in some good gov
ernment position, have finally secured the
promise of* the president to make him con
sul general at Montreal, paying in salary
and fees about $6,000 per year.
But the major doesn't know whether he
wants the place or not on the whole he
rather thinks he doesn't want it. This at
titude rather disgusts the delegation,
which thinks the Montreal place one . of
great importance and one that would give
Major Edwards an opportunity to make
a record, especially if the question of
Canadian reciprocity becomes a live one,
as it promises to do through the recon
vening of the joint high commission.
The major, it is becoming more and
more apparent, is rather difficult to please.
He has had opportunity to secure several
-good positions in the past two years, but
has declined them all, on the theory that
they were not big enough for him, and
would take him away from Washington,
where he very much wants to live.
Recently he has wanted to be assistant
secretary of the new department of com
merce and labor. The president, however,
will not give him that place. Next he
wanted to succeed W. R. Merriam as di
rector of the census, but this he cannot
have because it is claimed he is not a big
enough man for it.
In short the major apparently wants a
good many things that he cannot get and
nothing that he can get. The delegation
will get his final answer on the Montreal
offer this week and if he declines, it is
a good guess that there will be "nothing
doing" along the line of a job for him for
a good many months.
MR. MORGAN GETS BUSY
He Begins.His Discussion of the Canal
Treaty.
"Washington, March 10.Soon after the
senate met to-day Mr. Cullom, chairman
of the committee on foreign relations, re
ferred to the action of the committee in
passing a resolution calling on the sec
retary of state for the copy in Spanish
of the Pan-American canal treaty.
"I have it," said he, "and I think "it
proper to present it. It is ~ the original
treaty signed by the parties in Spanish."
Mr. Cullom had overlooked the fact
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and was mv*irr to discus tv, *--\
and was proceeding to s the doct- i
ment when Mr. Allison moved an execu
tive session.
In the last congress Mr. Cullom was
very careful to see that the treaty was
not discussed except in executive ses
sion and he showed signs of embarrass
ment as he promptly acquiesced in the
motion-to close the doors, which was done
eight minutes after convening. The other
senators enjoyed the joke at the expense
of the Illinois senator.
When the senate went into executive
session Senator Morgan was not pres
ent, but he soon came in with a big roll
of papers under his arm and when the
treaty was taken up he proceeded to dis
cuss it, again taking up and talking at
length upon the failure of the copy sent
to the senate to embody the Spooner law
as provided for in the preamble to the
treaty.
Civil Service in Grain Department.
In order to promote efficiency among
the employes of the state grain and in
spection department, Senator Pugh of Du
luth introduced a bill for the control of
this department by a civil service com
mission. It provides that all appointments
shall be made solely for merit and fitness,
ascertained by open, non-political exami
nations. These are to be under the con
trol of a commission consisting of three
members, one appointed by the governor,
another by the railroad and warehouse
commission and the third by the attorney
general. Not more than two of these
commissioners may be of the same polit
ical party, and the first board is to be
appointed within ninety days of the pas
sage of the act.
W.-W. Jermane.
ate
Coroners, on Salaries.
". As a Companion to S. JT. 342, placing
the coroner of Hennepin county on a sal
ary basis, Senator Jepson presented a bill
requiring coroners to inquire into all
deaths unattended by a reputable physi
cian. The measure is simply a re-enact
ment of the present law minus the pro
visions regarding fees.
Licenses for Private Sleuths.
Senator Dart sent up a bill - regulating
private detective agencies. The princi
pal feature Is one prohibiting any person
from engaging in private - detective work
without having first procured a license,
for which $25 is to be charged.
-Armory Bond Bill Passed.
Senator Gjertsen secured the passage,
under suspension, of his bill, S. P. 187,
authorizing the city council in cities of
over 50,000, to issue municipal bonds to
provide armories for the national guard.
For Village Waterworks.
The senate passed Senator Brower's
bill authorizing cities of 10,000 or less
to acquire waterworks and to issue bonds
for that purpose.
Boiler' Inspection Discussed.
Mr. Nyquist's bill for the appointment
of sixty-three boiler, inspectors, one for
each senatorial district, was productive
of lengthy debate. The, members from St.
Paul.and Minneapolis objected that it
would create too manylnspectors in the
cities. Following this suggestion, Sena
tor Somerville presented an amendment,
for the appointment of fifty-three boiler
inspectors and limiting the number in
any one county to one. The. bill was
passed with this amendment.
The NeW Assistant Treasurer.
Washington, March, 10.The president
to-day appointed William Plimley of New
York, to', be assistant treasurer of the
United States at New York to succeed
the late Conrad Jordan.
WASHIKGTON KOTES.
'Xlex McKenzie of North Dakota started west
to-day and win be in St. Paul Friday.
- ^JtepreBentatlVe Marshall and wife of North Da
kota, leave intwo or three days for West Baden,
Ino7i where they viill stay ttvo weeks, reaching
^om^abMit April 1. '
I Da3fid"tfi?rham of Minneapolis, one of ex-
ICongressrhah
home ther
Fletcher'sweek.
' appointees, starts for
last of the
By putting a'Sir ln front of Ambassador Her
bert's nname,..Klnff Edward insured his cordial
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FLAMES SWEEP ^
OYER A CROWD
About a Score of Lives Lost and
Twice That Nnmbejr Burned" **
or Bruised. \* '$
Oil Car Explosions Following a
Wreck on the Erie Road
at Qlean, N. %
People Resembling Human Torches
Run Down the RoadMany
Bodies Cremated.
Olean, N. Y., March 10.From eighteen
to twenty lives were lost and fully twice *
that number of people were burned- or
bruised by the explosion of oil late last "-
night following the wreck on the Erie :
railroad north of this city. Owing to the ' '
fact that some of the bodies, were-inein- -
erated in the fierce flames, or blown into
the creek by the fierce explosion, the
exact number of dead will probably not be '
known for several days. The number of
injured, too,-is uncertain, as a large num
ber of them were able to reach their
homes and received treatment there. The
known casualties are as follows:
THE DEAD.
JOHN* STEML1NGEK, aged 17. ,
NOHMAN BROWN, 18.
JOHN TOBIN, 16.
JOHN McCREAPY, 13. -
JOHN McMAHON, 19.
WALTER SWIFT. 19.
MICHAEL DRISCOLL. 22.
WALTER JACKSON,- 13.
WALTER ROTH, 13.
RICHARD CONNELL, 19.
HERMAN BOLLMAN, 15. "
RAFELO QUARINTO.
CARMEN SITLIANO. -
MARTIN GALLAGHER, all of Olean.
HENRY GOMDER, IS years old, BOardmani
Tille. :.'--
INJURED.
The Injured at the general hospital are:
James McDonald. 1C years old limbs badly
burned.
Richard McDonald, his brother ' badly burned,
leg fractured. ^
James McCready, 15 years old, burned about
face and legs. - * *
' Walter Jackson, 11 years old: burned about
back, chest, face and hands inhaled flames may
die. - -
Son of Yardmaster Sullivan.
Glen Colo, East Olean, struck by flying splin
ter, burned.
Two Blackwell beys of Bordenvilh.
Bert Miller of Bordenville", seriously burned.
Three men badly burned did not leare name*
at hospital: sent to their hemes.
Dozens of others were burned, but none -
riously.
The First Explosion.
About 9 o'clock in the evening the train
was wrecked. An Erie freight train,
west-bound broke in two on the hill two
miles north of the city. At first the for
ward part of the train, released of all the
weight of the cars behind, shot forward
with increased speed. Brakes were ap
plied and the front portion of the train
was brought almost to a standstill at the
iron bridge across 0ean creek. The rear
cars gathering-momentum as they came
down the hill/ crashed into the-- forward,
part o_f the tram.:
the traSnv.were tank filled with re-
llousand s 6
terrific. One of the ta*nk cars caught
fjre soon after the collision. The exact """"^
cause of the fire is not known but it is I
supposed to have started from a spark "j
struck from the grinding pieces of iron
in the wreckage. In a few minutes an
other car of gasolene caught fire and burst
into flames.with a terrific report. . Por
tions of the iron domes of the cars were
hurled a distance of several hundred feet. - *
The flames shot high up in the air, pre
senting a brilliant spectacle. In this ' -:
early accident, so far as can be learned, I
no one was injured.
A large crowd quickly gathered. Hun
dreds of people from Olean, North Olean , .
and the surrounding country side gath
ered to watch the brilliant play of the ^
flames. ' - ' *
The Second Explosion.
For two hours the people stood massed
together, and as the heat became less in
tense . the crowd began to edge a little
closer to the wreckage until about 11
o'clock some venturesome boys ap
proached to within a few hundred feet of
the burning debris.
Suddenly there was a terrific explosion.
Great masses of white flames, shot hun
dreds of feet into- the air and literally
rolled down the banked sides of the track
into the gully, where the spectators were
standing. Men and boys fell before the
wave of white light to rise no more. Huge ^
pieces of iron were hurled through the air, '^
mowing down the human beings by the , J
score. Some managed to scramble to ^
their feet and get away, but others lay, %
still in death. |
. The scene of agony and horror at that |
moment was indescribable. A veritable
rain of fire came down upon the crowd.
Men and boys with their clothing a mass
Of flames ran shrieking down the track,
some of them falling to the ground un
conscious, while others grovelled in the
ditch or'jumped into the creek in an en
deavor to put out the fire that was con
suming them. Many of those over
whelmed by the flames dropped where
they stood and did not move again.
%
Most ofr. the cars in
f tthsanlr tge impact was
Attempts -at Rescue. - -
As soon as a telephone could be
reached all the doctors An the city were
summoned and the ambulances were called
out. Express wagons and other vehicles
were pressed into service. In the mean
time those in the vicinity of the wreck
who "escaped injury made valiant efforts
to rescue the wounded who were still ly
ing within reach of the flames. Boys j
were burned to death before their fathers'""
eyes, while the latter stood helpless to
save them. Men so badly injured by the
flying pieces of -iron that they could not
move, laid in the gully with the flames
rolling down upon them until they per
ished.
Nothing could be done to check the
flames which began to die out about mid
night. A short distance west of the iron
bridge a line was established beyond
which no one was permitted to pass as one
of the burning cars was still thought to
be in danger of exploding.
It was about 1 o'clock in the morning
when Deputy Sheriff Osterhout called for
volunteers to remove the dead and in
jured. Three times as many as wers
called for stepped forward and the grue
some work was begun. In a short time
fifteen bodies had been recovered and laid
beside the track. Some of them were so
badly burned and distorted as to ,b
scarcely recognizable. ' Several bodies
were found in the ditch. The body of one
boy was seen too close to the flames to
be approached and in a short time it was
burned to ashes. It is believed others
were also incinerated. When the last body
had been rescued the stretcher bearers
formed a procession and started down th*
track toward the ambulances. TOis
crowds fell back as they approached and
opened a passage for them. The only
sound that broke the stillness while'the
head ot the procession filed past wasTUV
occasional sob or a shuddering "Oh/'
Dead Are Hard to Identify.
The dead-arrived in the city about 1
o'clock and were taken to undertaking
establishments to be prepared for burial.
It will be Impossible to identify some of
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