MONTANA FUSION
PASSENGER AND EREI -HT TRAINS
COME TOGETHER OX A CURVE.
Two Men Are Dead and !>ver*i Bad
ly Injured—Engineer ©n Freight
Read His Orders Wrej—Both En
gines Left Track —Occurred Near
Bearmouth.
Mlssoula. Mont,. March ( —Two men
are dead and hlx people. Injured as the
result of a collision of a ft isht and the
westbound Twin Cities eit r«•s«^ on the
Northern Pacific at Bat - south. Sun
day afternoon, at 2:30. The express
uas 30 minute* behind 'in- and the
freight had orders la « ■ I at Ilear
mouth sidip.t; Mearinou't i« 71 miles
west of ticlfiia. and has tti unenvtable
reputation as the nceno <». holdups and
Burden on the Norther* Pacific.
Engineer Shi'ihan r«»und«*i>t«wKj
his orders. Hi' hail tin* impression (hat
the express was ill- k. urs ami :!<•
minutes lat**. His orders <»«ad .",0 min
utes late Ho proceeded «ist, A-. the
freight rounded ilk curvn ■ ast of (ti-ar
tniMith. scarcely out of V c* >ards«. it
eraahed h«*ad «>n into the express, a
high hank shut off tin* ' -•«■ of liolh
engineers, and no attemj:, had l»«"»-n
iuadt» to klow down. P<th ftißin»'s
were thrown from the tn-'-k and thp
mail and «'X|ir«'ss rars t«4 -iro|M'd. hut
the passenger coaches caE •■• to a d^ad
»'ii|i and remained on the 'rack.
The Dead.
As FOfin as tin- past ;<TS could
reach the disabled end of he train it
was found thai the !■!!■•. were
dead:
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Pres'df •",!
Anib.i-- itraorditu j - t mm
i»t,-r>. ptonipotaari Lai
Whitelaw Reid. New Vo k, to <»rt'«t
Britain; Robert 8. McQoQtiek, Illin
ois, to France; (teorjre V I*. Meyer,
Massachusetts to Russia; Kdwin 11.
Conner. lowa,to Mexico; H nrr White,
Rhode Island, to Italy.
President Roosevelt rt*v fj«-3 the last
formal request made d.i ei-fv-nator
Fori>t«t before he retired, >ad neat to
the aaaaai the appointment of Thou**
hHuutio'is of Tacoma, Wasl i- runaul
general t.i Kewchwaug, < h:ua, vice
Henry Miller of < >rv|fon, w"l <• wa* f<ici
ultaneously apjK>int(>d to Yokohama,
Jaan. Mr. Sanitnon'K mm nation will
be promptly continued by th# tt-nate.
The position pays $:tt>oo j» annum
The n'.>-> i.m al»<> wut t. aai M<nate
the nomination of Henry L WiJ*m nf
Spokane. Wash., as #lmui* -r to Del-
Ktuui. It 'vms Hi'uoamMl^t iim- «tate
department t daj that .\1 -. Wilson*a
promotion was iv recojira i«a of his
service* <*!« minuter to I'hi. •.
•
St. lVtersburp, March tt —That ti**
battle of Mukden will (io t. two ia bi»
t^r>- with LinoyHu;: 111 tbr lo^ir h»t of
Russian d«-f»-*t- is the alia «t cairermal
belief La paaNia - St. !Vt«T«btirff.
which has forgotten the tnf*ni!ip of
the ■*i>iil * Victory". T«n- ot tb.>u—
Hi.l- of nifn have fai!»n . n fanatical
eliHrk.---' Tin* war office d je» nnt ad
mit that the iaaei of tliei.r>-at l»»ttl#-.
which already exceed in :..latrruttrtV . f
operations and lasses that if t.V hhat
he, has been di*cidud. aliioa^h it i*
IKwitivcly Btat«^i ia high carter* that
Kur-p«tkin has telvgraphe ti» rlnipnvr
Nicholas that it will U- i ap>««2bl>* to
hold Mukden, Mad that tu* »:th.ir»u «:
of the army northward h&a ain-ady
been begun.
Roosevel' r Nr» C
John Hay, District t? 4aait>.a
Mtcreta? of state.
Leslie M. Shaw, lowa, awirtif of
the tre&sarr.
William 11. Taft. • »hM, mtrtt . of
war.
William 11. Moody, a. aMMchswtv,
attoruej general.
G*»rire Brow Oofte^ov, NVw Vost,
postmaster
Paul Morton, IllnJoit, mmc &
the nary.
Kthan A. Hitchcock. % imamr. Mr
t«ry of interior.
.1 tunes Wilaon, lowa, wrrrtary of
agriculture .
Victor H. Metcalf. Cad • aaa»>
tary of commerce and U *,
Northern Security I W*<-
The supreme eocrt ha- *".-- -1 th*
decision of the circeit ecu n of *•,;.*:•
tat the third circcit la tint caw f
ilarriman totm the Nor tiwii. alavan
tiea company, inrolTiruj : - '..••-.">
tion of tit* ahart* ia the h>rr >»r:i s#
curitie* ctiraj>»nT. Tbt <l-v.»...a v
farorable to Urn ro«np>nj
WAS A BUSY CONGRESS.
Review of Work Done by the Last
Session.
Tlu' last session of rongross was a
Imi«\ <>ne. lint the number of things
dune that oughi to hav<> been done was
oiitniimlKMt-d by the things that were
Ml aadoae
The senate, against the advice of
the president, amended the arbitration
treaties and this work is now at a
standstill.
ln-!riit Court Judge Swayne was
. it ties' iin articles of impeachment
b) the house.
The Philippine tariff was revised
an act passed to encourage rail
bulldtaf, and other developments
in the island
['In laws of Alaska were codified
aad 'li- appointment of an additional
judge author lied.
• in w battleships were provided
I-.r in the naval appropriation bill.
Jurisdiction of the forest reserves
was transferred from the interior to
illtural department.
Bj resolution of the bouse the do
-1 commerce was Instructed
• Investigation of the oil
■
i:\ of war was authori/.
--• •ii union ami confederate
i> ilie states from which
• originally borne.
Incorporsted.
' harbor Mil was passed
an appropriation of nearly
■ failure to pass the
the Immediate opening of
■ ■ Col vi lie ri'sorva-
log tin' membership
omtnlflsion and
lidenl larger directory
.ml liil! for tlio reg
the Inter
i i ininiisslon was pass
i( ■ led in the si'ii-
The Ptatohnod bill which, as ii
passed ?h«> house, admitted Oklaho
ma. New Mexico and Arizona as sep
arate states, was amended 10 :.s to
admit Oklahoma and Indian Territory
as a single tstaw* and Now Mexico,
It-avinp Arizona a territory. The house
refused in at-copt the changes and the
bll! died in conference.
i! of the demand
i foi a delegate
WASHINGTON NOTES.
The town of H i•'lan now baa elec
tric lights.
Tin* legislature closed work at Olym
pia Thursday night.
I>r. K. C. Hamley has let the con
tract fi>r a JlL\oim» hospital at Sprague.
The Seattle Times has declared It
self supporter of President Roosevelt
A number of representative citizens
of TwUp organized a commercial club
ret i :,t!y.
The city of Palouse has voted a
school tas of ten mills to erect a much
u*-«*d«*d building.
Robert Win K.it* 1, a pioneer if Taco
ma. and one of its foremost citizens,
died recently at his home in Tacoma.
railroad commission bill was
delivered to Governor Mead Monday.
The «oM>rnor intends* to sign the bill.
Memorial s*r\ic»'s for the late Sena
tor J. 1* of KlttitM county were
.: Lh) ha!! of the house Sunday
afternoon.
between Jim Burrows and
Overdorf was pulled off at North
Yakitna Friday night. Burrows won the
inn <m a foul in the sixth round.
iew boat will goon be running on
between Kennewick and
iff* and fnmi Kennewick
the ri\«r. also up the Stake
f:\.r
* Uamsey, ihe 12 year old son
llanssoy. tnt't a horrible death re
st fci> home, five miles south
t ««f Cheney, by being dragged over
t;r.»isnd by a honwv
\ U. \V. OiMil.! of Taeoma has re
• clril service appointment
hi* position of of
ir*tru*tmn at Vancouver, Wash.,
*! h a salary «»f |l&O0 a year.
Kdward WhltSOQ of North Yakima,
I *ill fin>ljiab!jr !m» Judge of the new
istrict of eastern Washing*
I* a native* of Oregon. He was
s.»ru in Linn county 52 years ago.
Tfef it«U-»;iV f(»r business in Spokane
t« \>K> i* nuwst encouraging, and trade
i a! 3 line* is opening with a start
;i.*' tt&M fair to outdo any of the great
prowiog «*ra» in the history of the
•-,
Tbv |lf*MW) appropriated in the
! baUdinc* bill for Spokane and
Faracsa bv.ildinßs is supplemental to
th«* Jiivkxmi previuusly appropriated,
making a total appropriation for each
baildiss of liOO.nort.
la thf aainr of th- city of Seattle,
Ram«f*l Hill, memlwr of the board of
rwr*«>rr* erf the Harvard university,
has cabsc-rlbed I*o.ooo to a special
furd «' |l.n«»O,Arto to relieve the annual
deScl«»&rjr .n»tin« a' the institution.
V i«niHl Printers on Strrke.
m Petcrsbarg —The Russian Vied
•w«i #M net appear Sunday owing to
M» fart that tee printers are on strike.
GRANDEST ON EARTH
INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT
AND VICE PRESIDENT.
Hundreds of Thousands of People
Hear Theodore Roosevelt Take the
Oath as President—The Decorations
Were Gorgeous—Parade Was a Mag-
nificent Sight—G. A. R. as Escort.
Washington.—Theodore Roosevelt of
New York and Charles Warren Fair
banks of Indiana Saturday were inau
gurated president and vice president of
the United States. A few months ago
theirs were names to conjure with in
one <if the most noteworthy campaigns
in the history of American politics.
They were elected with the greatest
popular acclaim ever accorded candi
dates by the ("lectors of this republic.
Today their names again are on
every lip. The verdict of the people
rendered on November 8 was confirm
ed in the presence of such a throng as
ihe national capital rarely has wit
nessed and with a setting of brilliant
pageantry.
Gorgeous Decorations.
The inauguration of President Roos
evelt was made a festal ceremony in
this city. The city is a symphony in
'■olo!-. A blase of decorations greets
the eye at every turn. From every
staff the national ensign breaks to the
gentle breeze; great buildings are en
folded in the Bofi embrace of the stars
and stripes, and entire blocks are a
mass of patriotic color. Above the
while dome of the capital float im
mense American flags and from the
topmost point of the graceful granite
shaft erected in memory of the first
president, springs a single American 1
emblem a vivid splash of red, white'
and blue against the sky.
The decorations throughout the city
■in- more elaborate and beautiful than
■hi the occasion of any previous mu
ral. Twice as many flags have
■ used tins year by the inaugural
;is ever was used before
md tin- Bplendor of the scheme adopt
ed In!' the city's adornment never has
n surpassed.
Full 200,000 visitors gazed with won
der and enthusiasm at the district's!
idiwork for honoring its president.
Garden of Flags.
whole city was a garden bios
ling with Hugs. The linu of march
li ally decorated to a degree
• r before attained. Acting under
Miun from the inaugural com
■ I . the board of education had re
g tested its 50,000 school children to
that each one of their homes dis
played 'he Mai,', it was a request re
sponded to by an army of children.
The light and airy stands, conform
ing everywhere m elementary architec
tural rules as to construction, painting
and decorations, supplanted the huge
and unsightly lumber piles which were
formerly tolerated as outlooks for the
crowds. The scene by day was mag-1
nlflcent; by night, under the commit
tee's scheme of illumination, the tre
mendous crowds wandered in fairy
land.
At the Reviewing Stand.
The president's reviewing stand, in
front of the White House, was the
center of the court of history, which !
• steaded two long blocks from Fif
'eenth street. Along each side of the
nue were noted historical figures
in great numbers from the St. Louis
•x position.
The triumphal pathway, along which
the kings of the earth might have
deemed it an honor to be conducted,
was cleared and closed to cars and
vehicles at an early hour. Police man
agement was perfect. It was a royal
highway upon which the president
early entered and proceeded to the
• capitol.
> The Grand Army o\ :he Republic, as
is its habit, insisted on acting as the
president's escort, and the president's
rate of progress to the capitol was re
d'rcri! to the pathetic pace of men who
were fast approaching the scripture
limit of life. But the delay had its
compensations. Many thousands had
opportunity to see and greet the presi
dent as his cortege slowly passed
along the miles from the White House
to Capitol hill, where congress was
concluding Its labors.
In the Senate Chamber.
The five minutes remaining at the
close of the session was given to in
augurating the vice president. The
president was escorted to a seat near
the presiding officer, where he deliv
ered brief inaugural remarks and re
peated the oeth of office after the
presiding officer, Senator Frye.
President Roosevelt led his inaugu
ral parade in quick marching time
from the capitol to the White House.
No procession in recent years has been
as prompt in moving from one end of
the avenue to the other. The troops
marched in ideal weather, the sky be
ing clear, the sun warm and a fair
breeze blowing. The president lost no
time in formalities. He descended the
steps which wer" put in place In front
of the inaugural stand and took his
carriage without reentering the eapi
tol. The inaugural march began at
1:20 o'clock and as the president's car
riage followed by that of Vice Presi
dent Fairbanks and those of the mem
bers of the cabinet proceeded through
the capitol grounds, the vast throng
hastily placed itself on either side of
the line of march and cheered without
ceasing.
Acknowledges Cheers.
Tlio procession moved slowly and
Mr, Roosevelt, in acknowledging the
salutations from either side, rose to
his feel repeatedly and with his silk
hai in his hand bowed to right and
left. The buildings facing the capitol
grounds through which the procession
passed were occupied to their full ca
pacity with cheering people who wav
ed flags and handkerchiefs. No inci
dent marred in the slightest degree
the inaugural procession as ii left the
scene <>f the inaugural address and
proceeded down past the Peace monu
ment and took Its way toward the
While House on the broad avenue.
President's Reviewing Stand.
The president, with Chairman Cor
telyou, Th- m< mbers of the cabinet and
congressional committee, with Gen
eral Chaffee and staff and General
Wilson, with the same escort that ac
companied them to the capitol, return
ed to the White House at l! o'clock,
and through the northeast gate Joined
the ladies and children of the family
and the invited guests at luncheon,
which was served Immediately. At
2:45 the presidential party left the
While House and walked across the
lawn, took their assigned places in
the reviewing stand, where a thousand
or more specially favored ones bad
preceded them.
The end of the parade passed the
reviewing stand at 6:13 p. m. The
president then returned to the While
House with his party.
"It was a great success, gentlemen,
and did you notice that bunch of cow
boys. Oh, they are the boys that can
ride. ()h, it was all superb. It really
touched me to the heart.'
This was the comment made by
President Roosevelt as he was leav
ing the reviewing stand for the White
House, at the conclusion of the mag
nificent parade arranged in his honor.
The president had been standing for
three and a half hours reviewing the
great parade and receiving the enthu
siastic congratulations of the plain
people of the land. His acknowledg
ment of the tribute thus paid t.c him
personally and to his exalted office con
stituted a fitting ending of the formal
ceremonies incident to his inaugura
tion as the 26th president of the Unit
ed States.
The Kongo is one of the widest wa
terways on the globe, if not the finest.
It is 25 miles across in parts, so that
vessels may pass one another and yet
be out of sight.
Some are wise to guide; some try
to manage.
AROUND THE WORLD
SHORT TELEGRAPH NOTES FROM
ALL POINTS OF HEMISPHERE.
A Review of Happenings | n Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past Week—National,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events Tersely Told.
Rear Admiral Stirling will be suc
ceeded in command of the Asiatic
fleet by Rear Admiral W. M. Folger
on March 23.
Father Gopon, leader of the Russian
workmen on the fatal Sunday Janu
ary 2, has left Geneva tor London by
way of Paris.
The London Globe positively asserts
the Earl Cador has been elected to
succeed Lord Selborne as first lord of
the admiralty.
Nan Patterson, who has once been
tried on the charge of murdering Cae
sar Young, must be given another trial
by May 1 or be released on bail.
The Swedish steamer Vegga, from
Barry. December 10, for Hongkong,
was Beized by a Japanese warship. The
place where she was captured is with
held.
Andrew Carnegie has arrived ia
Cleveland in response to a subpoena
by the federal authorities to appear as
a witness in the trial of Mrs. Chad
wick.
St. Petersburg.—lt is reported that
General Maximovltch has been ap
pointed governor of Warsaw and
Count Dashkovltch commander of the
Caucasus.
An official of the United States Steel
corporation says that a general in
crease in wages oi the employes of
thai company is under consideration.
The announcement will be made oiii
dally about April l.
The German battleship Mecklenburg
in ! Wlttelsbach grounded recently off
Hatten reef, easi of Samaoe island.
The Wide;; bach was floated, but the
Meckleuburg is fast. She is leaking
aid her bottom is damaged.
South Shields, England. The receni
■iiv ai the coal landings on the north
ern hank of the Tyne caused damage
to the amount of f 1,000,000 before it
was under control. The Lowden and
other docks were saved.
Hames Moran of Superior, Wis., was
killed and three Dulutb men sustained
Injuries recently in the collapse of a
section of an extension to the Duluth,
tfesaba <t Northern ore docks at Du
luth. The section which fell was in
course of erection.
Paris. —The church marriage of M:ss
Elsie Porter, daughter of the Ameri
can ambassador, to Dr. Edwin Winde
of Zurich. Switzerland, took place Sat
urday in the church of the Holy Trin
ity and was followed by a reception
at the American embassy.
The German government, it is be
lieve.!, has inquired, or is about to in
quire, through Baron Sternberg, the
German ambassador to the United
States, if a proposal to discuss a re
ciprocal trade arrangement would be
favorably received in Washington.
A week ago the Maxville and Alex
andria, Canada, hoc key teams were in
the last half of an exciting match,
when Allan Loney struck Alcide l.au
'•i'i of the latter Beven on the head
with his stick. Laurin dropped to the
ice, and when his comrades reached
him he was dead.
The University of Chicago is to be
transformed Into an American Oxford.
Elaborate plans Involving the erection.
in the near future, of two solid blocks
of new buildings at a probable cost
of $5,000,000 and a complete change
in the original university, were an
nounced by the faculty.
The ''High wall," one of the finest of
the private dormitories of Yai3 .stu
dents, was damaged recently by fire
to the extent of $Ut,fioo. The injury
to the costly furnishings of Sheffield
■cience school students who occupied
the apartments is estimated at $10,000
more. The fire is supposed to have
started from a cigarette stub.
A pleasing incident occurred during
the last hours of the national house.
Speaker Cannon was presented with
a handsome loving cup, the tribute of
affection and esteem of the members,
regardless of party. The presentation
speech was made by Mr. Bell of Il
linois and was punctuated throughout
with applause, the members several
times rising en masse and cheering.
When the enthusiasm had subsided
Mr. Clark of Missouri produced a sec
ond demonstration by presenting to
John Sharp Williams of Mississippi
the minority leader, a loving cup, the
gift of his democratic colleagues.
Tax Commission Bill.
Olympia, Wash., Maroh.~B.-Th9
Reid tax commission bill, identical in
all assential particulars with the East
erday bill which was vetoed by Gov
ernor Moßride two years ago on the
ground thta it was weak and abortive,
passed the senate and with minor
amendments. The house will probably
concur in the amendments.