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TRUNK MYSTERY BAFFLES POLICE MURDERED GIRL ONCE LIVED IN LOS ANGELES San Francisco's Sleuths R^n Down Various Clews as to Identity of Mt. Tamalpais Victim i SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. The iden tity of the woman whose body was found on Mount Tamalpais last Thurs day afternoon is as much of a mystery as ever. The police have discovered that the girl known as "Dutchy," who was a student in Mrs. Eleanor Littlefleld's hairdresslng college, is alive and now in this city. Her name is Claudia Jur genson. Nothing is known here of the girl, Ellen Jensen, whose trunk ls held in a local storage house. A letter was received by Coroner Sawyer of Marin county today from Mrs. Pearl Wells of Turlock, Cal., stat ing the writer had met a young woman answering the description of the mur dered girl on a trip to Seattle by boat. The girl, on her arrival in Portland, telephoned to some friend to ascertain the whereabouts of a man named "Frank," and she was told that he was employed on the Mount Tamalpais railroad. The girl left Portland the next day for California. Mrs. Wells says she could identify the things tho girl wore If she saw them. No one called at the morgue today to view the clothing and effects of the woman, and the police have received no additional Information to assist them in their efforts to clear the mys tery. BAPTISTS WELCOME THEIR NEW PASTOR Berean Hall Beautifully Decorated, and Fine Program Rendered • In Greeting to Dr. J. , W. Brougher Berean hall was beautifully deco rated with flags, flowers and trailing vines, and about 1000 people were present last night at the • reception given by Temple Baptist church to Rev Dr. J. Whitcomb Brougher. Flanking Dr. Broughter in the recep tion line were Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Har ris, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Baskerville and Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Pinkham. Refreshments were served. For the program C. A. Baskerville was toast master. The cbur*h quartet sang the "Spring Song" by Pinsuti. Greetings from the beloved Dr. Henson. were read by Mrs. Henson. T. T. Woodruff, superintendent of the Sunday school, called Dr. Burdette the "admiral of our Baptist navy, and Dr. Brougher the captain who will help us Bail all seas of difficulty." A chorus of eight children from the Bible school sang an original song en titled, "Welcome to our Pastor. T. W Brotherton extended a welcome on behalf of the church members. Jack son Gregg sang a tenor solo, 'Mam my's Going to Hold Her Baby, and responded with "Malindy Brown. C. A Baskerville, the chairman of the committee of arrangements, extended a welcome to the Innermost circle of our homes and hearts. F. S. Yager spoke, from a long acquaintance, on "Dr. Brougher as Our Friend.' The quartet sang "The Bee and the Dove. Dr Brougher responded happily. He said he appreciated and accepted •it full value all the welcomes ex tended, especially the kind words from Dr. Burdette and Dr. Henson. He said he had always had the best church in the world, and he believed th would prove no exception. His churches did the work and he received the credit for it. He intended to preach Christ as the solution of all activities and the inspirer of successful work. His speech was replete with witticisms and humor and intense earnestness. REFUSES TO PASS ON BONDS SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. B.—ln an opinion rendered by the supreme court today in the case of Streater vs. Lins cott it was stated that no decision of the court would be rendered attesting the validity of a proposed bond issue, giving In advance a "certificate of title" in such instances where action was brought under friendly suit. This has a direct bearing on the desire of Mayor McCarthy to have the supreme court pass on tho validity of the mu nicipal railroad bonds and tho Lake Eleanor-Tuolumne water bonds. , SPEAKERS AT OCCIDENTAL William Shaw, general secretary of the ■ United Society of Christian En deavor, who is returning from a tour of the world, will speak at Occidental college this morning at 11 o'clock. Rev. Malcolm James McLood will speak on Thursday morning at 11 o'clock, and Friday at 11 o'clock Dr. D. F. Fox of Pasadena will give the Lincoln birth day address. - • - . PACKERS MUST EXPLAIN JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Feb. B.— The heads of the nine big packing companies under investigation by At torney General Major will be sum moned here within the next few days to explain their methods of conducting business to see if they can satisfy the attorney general they are not operat ing in violation of the iinti-trust laws. MINERS ARE FINED GUNNISON, Colo., Feb. Three miners from the Colorado Fuel and Iron company's big coal mine at Crest ed Butte today were found guilty of carrying matches into the mine and each was lined $25 and costs. The mine superintendent was the complaining witness. +-*-*> AUTO FATALLY HURTS BOY SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. Struck by a speeding automobile, Charles Steb blns, a 13-year-old boy, was probably fatally Injured tonight. The boy was crossing the street and stepped Into the way of the machine while trying to avoid a street car. PAULHAN FLIES HIGH NEW ORLEANS, Feb. Louis Paulhan ascended to a height of 1200 feet in a Farman biplane today. He made two flights, the flrst of eleven minutes and the second of six minutes. The Democratic county central com mittee will meet on Saturday, February 19 at 10 o'clock a. m., at Harmony hall Blanchard building, in the city of Los Angeles, Cal., for the purpose of determining a method of electing the delegates from Los Angeles county to the Democratic state conference to be held in Los Angeles city on April 12, 1310. All members of the county central committee are re quested to bo present. _>__*_■_____ ,^> _ 1 ALBERT M, NORTON, Chairman. Famous Explorer and Theater Where Reception Was Held j j i^HfcS'^^^*' '-__■'?*»■* i I. v -.^9___K___--ei*V' ■ ;. 'S':■ •<ir *—^^-' "'''^_i__Eß_&R)b___ ffivf^'V "<»-' ■-__-■ ' ''' 'e^B __________________________-£ ■'\9^e. 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Peary, discoverer of the north pole, was presented with a $10,000 check on behalf of the citi zens of New York, but instead of re taining it for himself the commander announced immediately that he would contribute it toward the south pole expedition planned by the National Geographic society. The check was presented to the commander by Gov ernor Hughes of New York in the first national testimonial in the explorer's honor. Accepting the gift Peary advanced to the front of the stage and said: "Here is a check for $10,000. This check will be deposited tomorrow as a joint contribution of members of this audience, the officers and members of the Civic Forum and myself, toward an American Antarctic expedition for the purpose of exploration and scien tific investigation, and to enter the stars and stripes in a splendid, manly international race for the south pole with our British cousins." The "standing room only" audience which greeted the commander tonight was representative and enthusiastic. The gathering was held under the aus pices of the Civic Forum. Taft Sends Message President Taft telepgraphed he was sorry he was unable to attend, but said he sincerely hoped that "congress will take some substantial notice of the great achievement of Commander Peary." ' The assemblage adopted a resolution presented by Seth Low, former mayor of New York, setting forth "that this meeting respectfully and earnestly pe titions the congress of the United States to make some special and ap propriate recognition of the achieve ment of Commander Peary in reaching the north pole and winning for the United States the prize striven for cen tury after century by a company of brave and adventurous men." Peary delivered his illustrated lec ture, showing his progress to the pole, and Capt. Bartlett spoke briefly. Tho house was draped ln American flags and the footlights of tile stage were burled in furs and skins, relics of Commander Peary's arctic trip. The sled on which he Journeyed to the pole was displayed in front of the stage, while the Stars and Stripes that Peary raised at the pole hung above. Under the flag were the illuminated initials in red and blue, "R. E. P." y ; Guests of Honor In the commander's party, occupy ing seats of honor, were three of the Roosevelt's' crew, Capt. Robert i A. Bartlett, master; Dr. J. W. Goodsell, surgeon, and Charles Percy, steward, and Capt. George Bartlett of the re lief ship Erik. Tho committee had guaranteed Peary a cash purse of $10,000 for the testimonial, but the proceeds tonight exceeded $13,000, all of which will go to the commander. As Governor Hughes spoke the audi ence broke Into cheers. The gover nor said. In part: "I have no sympathy with those who Inquire of what utility j may be the discovery of the north pole, or a visit to those frozen regions. They may seem far removed from the life of the workman in the shop or the clerk In the office, or the busy profes sional man, but unless that workman and that clerk, or that professional man now and then feels the stimulus LOS ANGELES HERALD: WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 9, 3910. "' of high endeavor because of such ex amples, he will grow weak in his own efforts and fall to show the best of the manhood that is within him. "We are all, in whatever vocation we may be engaged, better tonight and more richly endowed because of the achievements of Commander Peary. All hall to the man who puts his life to a worthy purpose and wins." TWO NEGROES ARE HANGED TOGETHER FOR ASSAULT Death Sentence Is Executed for First Time in Missouri for Crime of Such Nature KANSAS CITY, Feb. B.—From off a single scaffold George Reynolds and John Williams, negroes, were hanged simultaneously in the conuty jail here at 6:30 o'clock this morning. The crime for which they were executed was as sault, this marking the first time the death sentence has been executed in Missouri for this act. Reynolds was pronounced dead in seven minutes. Williams nine minutes. County Mar shal Joel B. Mayes sprung the trap. Reynolds collapsed a few hours be fore the execution of the sentence, and it was necessary to carry him up to the trap in a chair. Williams, who has been known for years as a desperate character, re mained brave to the last. For a week prior to the hanging Reynolds had not touched food, be lieving he could cheat the gallows by starvation. Williams chatted and laughed at all times. PRICE OF HAIR RAISED. DUE TO "CONSERVATION" French Girls Refuse Longer to Sacri fice Tresses, So Cost Is Increased DETROIT, Feb. B.—The last straw in the general ascension of prices of life's necessities came with an an nouncement here yesterday that spread consternation in its wake. Apparently without thought of any attempt to temper the force of the blow, a heart less dealer said: "Yes, hair Is following beefsteak. It is going up. It has advanced 30 per cent in a few weeks. "The girls in France won't cut their hair, and the agents of the big Paris houses can't make them. The Paris firms are fighting one another and al ways bidding. But the French girls have seen the hair worn by the Ameri can women who motor through France and refuse more stubbornly each day the pleadings of the agents. "No, it is not the tariff; it is not the result of cold storage. It's perhaps a result of conservation of natural re sources—in France." COST OF LIVING IN NEW YORK DOES NOT DECREASE NEW YORK, Feb. B.—Meat prices are higher than ever today. Dropping for a time when the agitation for elimination of meat from the diet was fresh, quotations, both wholesale anil retail, have mounted to figures equal to and In some cases above those pre vailing before the movement began. Indications are, prominent dealers said today, that still higher prices are coming. Increase In. demand accounts for some of the tendency to advance. The retailers attribute this increase to the cold weather. Short supplies are be lieved by the wholesalers to have more to do with it than anything else. They believe the agitation has "blown up." w. w , FLEET HOMEWARD BOUND HONOLULU, Feb. B.—With the pen nant of Rear Admiral Harbor flying from the masthead of the flagship California, the eight cruisers com posing tho Pacific fleet sailed from here today for the Pacific coast. BODY REVEALS MURDER CRESCENT City, Cal., Feb. B.— Murder. and robbery were revealed at Harbor, Ore., yesterday/when the body of Albert •R> an was found. ■ Every thing of value on the body; was taken. SWOPE INQUEST INVOLVES HYDE NURSE SAYS DOCTOR ACTED IN QUEER MANNER Wanted Attendant to Help Him Be come Administrator — Much Strychnine Found in Viscera (Continue.- from *fa_r« Ok*) were on hand early and occupied their usual chairs and another expectant audience completely filled the court room. When the Inquest was resumed today Miss Pearl Kellar, a nurso who at tended Colonel Swopo in his last ill ness, again took the stand. Late yes terday this witness had given the sig nificant evidence that her patient had up to within two days of his death, taken a self-prescribed tonic that con tained strychnine. Today she told the more important details of Colonel Swope's symptoms and actions on the, day of his death. Piles Probe Deeply J. E. Trogden, the deputy coroner, who is interrogating the witnesses, is going Into the minutest details. This carries out the coroner's promise that the investigation would bo most searching. Miss Kellar told of an interview she had with Dr. B. C. Hyde on the night Moss Hunton, Colonel Swope's admin istrator, died. i "I was passing in and out of Colonel Hunton's room just about twenty min utes after Colonel Hunton died," Miss Kellar said, "when Dr. Hyde met me in the hall and said he wanted a private interview with me. I said I would see him later and so Dr. Hyde went to the car line and camo back in about an hour and a half. He then dismissed a nurse who had come to nurse Colonel Hunton. The nurse left and Dr. Hyde and Mrs. Hyde, the un dertaker and myself were alone in the house and soon the sitting room was empty. I went in there and Dr. Hyde came In and sat, too." Miss Kellar stopped for a moment and her hands pulled at a handkerchief they held. "And then " Attorney Trogden, suggested. "Well, then Dr. Hyde spoke about how good a man Colonel Hunton had been and said how awful it was that he died. He said he had something to ask me. 'I am not a business man,' he told me, 'but tlien I can care for things pretty well. Colonel Hunton is gone now and in a few days he'll make a new will and put a new man in the place of Colonel Hunton as adminis trator. Now, you have influence with the old man and I want you to suggest me as his administrator. You see,' he said, 'Colonel Swope intends to put an other man in the place of Colonel Hun ton, and he Isn't a good man for the place and I want you to suggest me.' "And your answer was?" Refused to Do It "I told Dr. Hyde that I could not do that; that I would be overstepping! my bounds. Then Dr. Hyde tried to! persuade me that it would be all right for me to talk with Colonel Swope about the matter and that I could do it very nicely. But I wouldn't con sent to this. The next day Dr. and Mrs. Hyde went into the city and did not get back until 9:30. When he met me in the hall he asked me if I had spoken to Mr. Swope about that mat ter. I told him that I had not and there was nothing more said about it." Sitting close behind his attorneys. Dr. Hyde listened to the testimony. At first his eyes were half closed and his head was bowed. Later he raised his head and watched the nurse closely. The courtroom was very quiet. In the closely crowded benches not a per son moved, so Intent were they not to miss a word of the testimony. Then Miss Kellar told of the scenes at the Swope home on the morning that Colonel Swope died. ■;",. "I was seated at the breakfast table when Dr. Hyde came in," Miss Kellar said. . „ . , "He asked me If Colonel Swope had eaten, and I told him he had." " 'Then come with me,' Dr. Hyde -aid and I left the table. The doctor told me that he had brought out some digestive tablets and ho wanted Col. Swope to have one. " 'I want him to have it right now,' ho told me. I got a fresh glass of water and took it upstairs with me. When I got there Dr. Hyde stood near the foot of the bed and took a capsule out of a small pink box he held in his hand He was standing at the foot of the bed, but he was not near Colonel Swope's head, because Colonel Swope always laid in bed upside down——-" Hyde Does Not Laugh Miss Kellar waved her hand in a queer little way that made every one In the court room laugh—every one except Dr. B. C. Hyde. Not a change came over his face. "I believe that it was a three.-grain capsule," the nurse continued, "and I don't remember whether it was gray or white. But I do remember that it was not brownish ln color. " 'Now, give this to him,' Dr. Hyde told me, and so I tried to persuade Colonel Swope to take the medicine, but he wouldn't do It. I nodded my head to Dr. Hyde, as if to tell him that Colonel Swope would take the medicine after a while, and so I laid the medicine and the glass down on a table and we went downstairs. - - "When I came upstairs again I asked Colonel Swope If he would take the medicine and he assented, v Then ho took one of the papers and told me to read the others. Suddenly a pecu liar breathing sound came from the bed which caused me to look up. Colonel Swope's face had changed. His eyes were set and wild and the pupils were dilated. He began to tremble and the color of his face com menced to change. ; "Colonel Swope,' I called: 'Colonel Swope! Colonel Swope. what's the matter? Tell me!' but Colonel Swope could not answer me." .Miss Kellar was leaning far over In her chair toward Attorney Trogden, and her hands trembled just a bit as she raised and lowered them to add expression to her story. Dr. Hyde watched her closely. "And then " Trogden said. Draws Last Breath "Suddenly his eyes turned from the window to the celling, and the wide open, dilated appearance was still there. The colonel's face was terribly pallid, and in that pallor there began to creep a slight blueness. "From his throat there came pecu liar sounds, and then the eyes became expressionless. I ran to the door and jerked it open. "'Run and tell Dr. Hyde to come hero quickly,' I said. "Mrs. Hyde was just passing. 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They are |IWVflfu! ilSs^ tVhere an Evening Waist Is Needed The Choice of Fabrics and Shades Is Wide £_£*!__ ■pvISTRACTINGLY pretty Lace Waists in black, \J white and colors, Chiffon Waists that look as ($fH3. 'Jjf/ffii\ though woven by the fairies, so dainty and airy are /AjflJ-Wf /Jffiftf^A they; Silk Waists in countless charming shades; all /'ft in "iff //. i\ *, _fefc>^l«l|| TII]-^ ©t^to -^Lk®[p <^ E,<is^si i (fflj 337-9 South Broadway *V ' ."■'-; appeared to me that he was rather long in coming, so I sent another call for him. When he came upstairs he was in his shirtsleeves, and almost as soon , as he had examined Colonel Swope he said: " Tt is apoplexy, brought on by the death of Colonel Hunton.' "tt was just twenty minutes after I gave Colonel Swope the capsule that the convulsion came on. When Dr. Hyde came he did not do anything for Colonel Swope at first, and then he suggested that I give him a hypo dermic injection of one-sixteenth of a grain of strychnine every fifteen min utes for a while. After Dr. Hyde left the room I started to look for tho box that contained the medicine. It was ""'By this time Col. Swope had gone "By this time Col. Swope had gone into a state of coma. His eyes were half open and he was breathing witn difficulty. I gave him another injec tion of strychnine, and after that 1 believe I gave him another, and then Dr. Hyde came back into the room. ■ "Once lust after the convulsion Col. Swope appeared to revive, and in that semi-conscious state he cried: Dying Man's Wail "'Oh, my God; I wish I had not taken that medicine; I wish that I were dead.' . s. "About dinner time I noticed that in convulsions Col. Swope's legs became cramped at the knees, and in straight ening them I saw that they were pur ple from the ankles to the knees 1 hen I said to Dr. Hyde that I would hate the consequences if Col. Swope should revive. . "-Why?' Dr. Hyde asked me, and I said, 'You know he connected this at tack with the medicine.' . .___,_ "What did Dr. Hyde say? Attorney Trogden asked. "He did not say anything," Miss Kellar replied, and added: , "Along toward night Dr. Hyde and I both sat alongside the bed, taking Col. Swope's pulse. Dr. Hyde kept saying that* the colonel was failing rapidly, until I said that I could not dee it, and Dr. Hyde left his side of the bed and came to mine and took the pulse I had been taking, until he said that ho could not feel the pulse, but I could feel it. "Soon after that I went to dinner, and when I returned Dr. and Mrs. Hyde were bending over the body. Mrs. Hyde turned to me when I came in. " 'Uncle Thomas has passed away,' she said. 'He died so easily.' " When Miss Kellar had finished, re cess was taken. It was announced that Logan Swopo and Dr. Hektoen would be examined at the afternoon session. Dr. Ludwlg Hektoen was called at 1-30 p. m. Dr. Zwart, the coroner, began immediately to question him regarding the autopsy held in Kansas City last January on the body of Col. Swopo before the viscera had been taken to Chicago for examination by Dr. Hektoen and other specialists. The witness said the heart was distended, the aorta hardened and that there was a tumor growth in the left kidney. The brain, he said, was normal, Wall Street "Did the Trick" DOWN IN NICARAGUA Uncle Sam has sent roaring warships and gunhotding marines to Nicaragua ostensibly because two American adventurers were shot. Whether they were tried and what the evidence was remains a guarded mystery in the State Department at Washington. The stage thunder has been deafening. Dr J Crittenden Underwood, a resident of Mexico, Central and South America for nearly twenty year., protests In the February TRAVEL MAGAZINE that Nicaragua has been grossly buMled, and that Uncle Sam has been Impudently hoodwinked by Wall Street. Every statement made In this ' extraordinary indictment is a declared fact, set forth as a timely patriotic warning. What's the Matter With Ireland? Prime Minister Asquith actually advocates Home Rule for Ireland. Is he sincere or just playing politics? Twenty million Irish-Americans ate debating this question. And Ireland now holds a whip-hand in Parliament. What do you think? Swims McManus thinks England is up against it. He ought to know. That's why THE TRAVEL MAGAZINE got him to tell The Truth About Ireland in the February number. He says there is hardly a new house in parts of Ireland that has not been raised by American money. Why ** It's a heart-gripping story that Abraham Lincoln would read and endorse if he were living to-day. Read h yourself and tell others about it. Mark Twain declares the suffragist cause is worth a big fight, and reckons he has been a worker in that cause for thirty years. Women are battling for the ballot, not only in America and England, but throughout the world. THE TRAVEL MAGAZINE in February starts in to tell how women in Japan, China, India, Persia, Turkey, Germany and elsewhere are struggling for emancipation and a square deal. No American— man or woman—can afford to miss these articles. These are only hints of the BIGGER BETTER BRIGHTER TRAVEL MAGAZINE for 1910 If your newsdealer is sold ont, send Fifteen Cents to-day for the February number. "It brings tbe whole world ; to the library table." . jrff The m At Principal M m T^^Q'^y.jO M *■«"■••* N.wsdeaU.. J^ X d V %^ J» "-** 15 CanU M.a_azine ■*'•»•-*- Magazine "M~v~ HO Stokes Building, New York MEXICAN RAILROAD WALKOUT UNLIKELY MANAGEMENT AND MEN AP PARENTLY RECONCILED President of Company Says Meeting Held with Employers Was Satis factory and Differences May Be Adjusted MEXICO CITY, Feb. Peace be- ! tween the management of the National Railways of Mexico and their dissat isfied employes seemingly was again within reach tonight. While neither side would come out in the open, representatives of both sides indulged in conciliatory specula tion, and little was to be heard of the threatened walkout. The only expression, however, that appeared to bear the stamp of author ity was one by President Brown, who said: * "In regard to negotiations between the National Railways and the em ployes, officials of the railways state this afternoon they had quite a satis factory meeting with the committee, and that it is hoped that at a further meeting to be held tomorrow, differ ences between the company and em ployes will be adjusted satisfactorily to both Interests." Thread Mills Shut Down PAWTUCKET, R. L, Feb. B.—One by one the different departments of the J. and P. Coates, Limited, thread mills were closed today because of another strike among the back boys and doffers, whose demands for the, restoration of a 10 per cent wage cut have been refused. The mule spin ners were the flrst to be affected. There was every Indication that con ditions which existed at the five mills of the thread company a week ago when 2500 operatives were forced out of work would be duplicated. PREHISTORIC TOWN UNEARTHED EL PASO, Tex., Feb. Another prehistoric village has been unearthed In Arizona. Frank C. Erwln, while digging an irrigation ditch, fourteen miles from Cochise, unearthed a num ber of utensils and skeletons and then found a wall twenty feet long and tablets bearing remarkable hierogly phics. Work at the place was stopped and the Smithsonian institution has been notified of the discovery. INJURED BY EXPLOSION SANTA ROSA, Cal., Feb. B.—Several persons were slightly Injured today by an explosion of gas which wrecked several buildings on Main street. A grocery store was reduced to ruins. A lodging hcuse and a resturant were badly damaged. . STEAMER WRECKED OFF RED SEA PORT BRITISH SHIP CYCLOPS ON A REEFATJEDDAH ; .- Blue Funnel Twin Screw Liner Re ported Lost at Famous Land. Ing Place of Moslem Pilgrims , _', '. i-: •'• i ''■■' SEATTLE, Feb. B.—The merchants' exchange has received information that the British steamer Cyclops of the Blue Funnel line, operating between Liver pool and Puget sound ports via the Ori ent, is wrecked at Jeddah, a port on the Red sea. The news received by the merchants' exchange came in a cable message from London stating that the Cyclops was ashore at Jeddah. The message con tained no information concerning the condition of the stranded steamer. ' The Cyclops is a steel twin-screw steamship of 6784 tons net. She was built at Glasgow in 1906 and is owned by Alfred Holt & Co. of Liverpool She sailed from Liverpool in com mand of Capt. R. C Harris, January 22, for Seattle and Tacoma ■ • ' " The Cyclops carries a large number of steerage passengers. :..,,. . . . a. , _, MAN DECLARED INSANE DEFEATS A REPUBLICAN Name of Asylum Patient on Congres sional Ballot Causes Election of Democrat Opponent WASHINGTON, Feb. The name of Elliott G. Matthews, declared to be insane, on the ballot as a third candi date for congress In the Fifth Virginia district drew enough votes from John M. Parsons Republican candidate, to elect E. W. Saunders, Democrat, ac cording to Parsons' statement today to house elections committee No. 2. Mat thews, released from an asylum, it is said, just before the election, gained a place on the ballot by sending his name to the secretary of the commonwealth with the required attestation. Fourteen ballots were cast, and Saun ders' plurality over Parsons was about eighty. A sub-committee will count the ballots. Matthews is said to be again in air asylum. TRAIN DITCHED; NO ONE KILLED SEATTLE, Feb. Northern Pacific passenger train No. i went Into the ditch near Smead, Mont., close to the Idaho boundary line, last night. Seven passengers aro reported Injured, but none fatally. 1 ■ 3