The Butler weekly times., September 16, 1897, Image 2

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DEATH IN A WRECK.
On the Santa Fe, Near Em
poria, Kansas.
Two Trim, Ilonnin;; t '' :"'
-! Sel, 'rtli Together Ten
!VtMn Known to be
Pfad. Other
NEAKIjV A HCOHK INJIKKH.
Win. J. Bryan Had Narrow Ec pe
tti Coatu Balanced on the Top ot
Hie Wreck He Crawled Ont
of a Car Window.
Empom, Kan, Sept. 9. About
'7;30 o'clock last night, three miles
oast of here, an awful wreck on the
Santa Fe road occurred. The fast
nail, going east, and the Mexico and
California train, going west, collid
ed, and the list of dead and injured
t4 appalling.
The trainmen state that the acci
dent was due to (he negligence of
the agent at Lang, who failed to
Aug No. 1, the west bound train, as
the was instructed by the dispatcher
to do.
The west bound train drawn by
two engines was going around a
aught curve, and met the fast mail
in. less than 200 feet.
All three engines exploded, hurl
tag Luge pieces of metal from 100
to 200 feet. The mail and baggage
cars of the fast mail were a total
-wreck.
William J. Bryan was in the
wreck, but was uninjured. He was
on his way to Iola, Kan., where he
was to speak to-day. He was seat
ed in the scooting car on the west
bound train. It careened over the
cra in front and stopped, just bal
auciog on top of the wreckage.
EMr. Bryan escaped through a
window, losing his baggage. He
did great service in. helping to carry
out and care for the injured.
County Attorney Butler of Chase
'county, was fatally hurt- Calling
ntr. Bryan he said: "It'a all up
with me, Mr. Bryan. I love you."
Mr. Bryan etooped oyer the dying
jouin and burst into tears.
..Said Mr. Bryan: "I have traveled
"thousands upon thousands of miles
on railroads and I was cever in a
'wreck before. I can not for the life
of me see why we were not all kill
ul. The scene here presented is the
most teirible I have ever reen. It
Jhas made an impression on me that
cfcn not leave me during my life
time:'
The railroad company soon had
doctors on the eccn9 and the dead
nd injured were conveyed to Em
poria. A train bsaring 17 injured
was sent to Topeka, where the gen
eral hospital of tli9 road i located.
The explosion of the engines was
eimply terrible. Pieces of iron
were thrown as far as 250 feet into
a corn field, and boiler iron, rolled
-up and twisted, was thrown fully as
fa.r. There is practically no two
pieces of the three engines left to
.gether.
It is thought that had it not been
or the fact that the west-bound
train had two engines pulling it the
disaster would be still more appall
tog. The second engine, being very
&vy, protected ta some extent, the
ooaelies that followed.
The train must have been making
t least 40 miles an hour. There
-wns no warning signal, and it must
have been been terribly sudden, for
no one felt the air brakes working,
There was a shock as if the train
had bumped up against a stone wall
One ruin after gettiog out through
A window, said: '-I thought I was
.going through the fumes of hell "
After the clash tnl the crash the
cooking car went off the rails and
piled itself up in the wreck. Ia fact
it ran over the wrecked coaches and
engines, and as it rcsa and fell with
the rise and fall of the wreck it was
coining upon, the sensation of pas
engers was dreadful. Nobody
knew how booq it would fall on
11 -
uuer sue, cr go to pieces, cr be
set oa fire ly the engine fires that
were under it. Steam and smok
fillen the cars atd all the lights sad
slenly went cut.
"When tha people realize J the full
extent cf the great accident, the ex
- emeui was .ntecsa. Som
cllro went to work immediately
THE WALTON TRUST COMPANY,
Of Butler, 3IiHHouri,
Has on band a large amount of money to be loaned on
Bates County farms at low rates of interest, and on long
or short time.
We invite every Ileal Estate owner in Bates County
that desired a new loan r to renew an old one, to
come and sf-e in.
Rates lower and terms
ever before given
FRANK ALLEN,
Secretary.
and did noble work. A water bri
gade was immediately formed to
prevent a conflagration. When the
injured beard talk about fire their
screams becime terrible, and thrill
ing appeals were made for aid.
Stretchers were improvised, and the
dead and wounded were taken from
the debris
One of the legs of Jim Brencan
was torn from his body and his en
trails had protruded. Claud Hollis
ter was a brave and nervy fellow.
Both of Lis legs were broken and
shattered in several places. He
said: "Am I going to di?" When
he was assured that he would live if
he would be bra. e, be said: "Ami
not brave? Lcok at my legs dan
gling and ask me to be brave! My
God, what has become of my com
rades?"' William Frisby. engineer of the
fast mail, whose residence is at To
peka, was conecious until he died.
He said: "I did not see the other
train until I came upcu it. I turn
ed on tha air and jumped. I pre
sume I can not recover from my
wounds, but I will die as bravely as
can. I want you men to leave me
and help victims that are more for
tunats than I am."
A party of travelets told of their
villi n-ii
eEcape iroui awiiu ueam. xney
were in the rear coach cf the west
bound train. Suddenly they beard
a crash, then an explosion, then in a
moment the lights went out and
steam arid gas from the coal tmoke
filled the car.
They held on to their seats and
the feeling that followed was some
thing terrible. The car. seemed to
be puehed forwaid with tremendous
foice, and it seemed to tods and
raise and lower in the debris like a
ship, at sea. Evtry moment they
thought it would turn over. The
car finally stopped, und it began to
catch fire from below. They crawl
ed through the windows unharmed
Mr. Yearout, of Emporia, follow
ed them, and a brate I it 1 1 a lady,
whose name h unknown, followed
Yearcut.
There were at least CO people in
that car, and so far as beard trcm
none were hurt. This car actually
b danced on top of the wreck, and
it would Lave taken but very little
to turn it over.
Emporia, Kan., Sept. 10 Three
mora victims of Wedaeslay night's
awful Santa Fe disaster were found
in the derbis by the wrecking crew
tod iy. The bodies are so badly mu
tilated that iduntification his been
impossible. These, with the death
of Engineer WTilliam Frisbee at To
peka today, make the total cumber
of killed in the wreck fifteen. Con
ductor Wilsor, who is in charge of
the wrecking crew, expresses the be
lief that several more bodies will be
found when the wreckage is cleared
away.
One of the charred remain recov
ered is that of a woman. It was
found early this afternoon. There
waa not enough of the body to iden
tify except that it was a woman, as
shown by the bust and corf et. A
telegram wss received yesterday
from Chicago, signed Goodrow, a?k-
iug n ins who naa escaped ine
wreck uniniaiel, and it is thought
the remains may be those cf the
woman inquired for. No address
was given by the telegram and noth
ing can be found of the party send
ing it.
Notice.
tions for
-The plans and epeciSea
the erection cf a tew
church having arrived, we are sow
ready to consider bids from anyone
who may wish to bid. See commit-
te? on building through unJersign
ed B. D Dixox, Pastor.
An Unpleasant Situation.
An attack of chills or other material diior
der without bottle of Dr. Arthur's Febrtmel
on ham! with which to cure it ia UeclJedlv an
nnrUasant aitnatioa. UUthe perfection ol
tat'.eleu chill remedies, quick actios-, thor
OQSh, mnaiylaiUTe:a fine aromatic eTrno
wit an agreeable fiaror of fits. Strictly
Ka irentecd. Fnce 3l. SoU by McClemtmt
Co.
more reasonable than
in Bates county.
WM. E. WALTON,
t
President. t
MAKES A NEW RECORD.
Bryan Has a Day Without Par
allel in Kansas.
SPEAKS WITllOLDTJMK Vltt
Efforts SaidtoKx.ee! Ill) llemarkable
C1iich Speech.
Captures a Pickpocket. Holds the Offender
By the Throat Till the Police Come.
AtcbisoD, Kan., Sept. 10 Wil
liam Jennings Brjan, after captur
ing the hearts of from 10,000 to 12,
000 persons here to-day, caught a
robber by the throat acd held him
with a vice-like grip until two po
liceman bound his hands and walked
him elf to juil. The crowd shouted
out 'Ltt us hang the pick-pocket,"
when iln great leadtr of democracy
urged them with a simple shake of
the head to leave him to the law.
They obrtjed. A young man tamed
Fentrn of Rushvil'e, Mo , went to
Mr. Bryan's assistance, but the rob
ber struck him down with a power
ful blow and tiid to get away, but
in tu t. This pickpocket was a pro
essioutd dressed up in the garb of
a farmer but bis vernacular stored
him to belong to the lowtst class of
hoodlums.
This was only an incident of the
greatest event of its kind
ever hell in Kansas. Mr.
Bryan made the most poweiful
speech of his life. His great triumph
at the Chicago convention, which
gave him the leadership of 6,000,000
of the test citizens in the republic,
must take a second place to bis
speech of to day. That is the verdict
of those who beard him at Chicago
and those who heard him at Atchi
son. IXGALLS PAYS TRIBUTE TO EP.YAN.
Ex Senator Ingalls, who Eat six
feet in front of hia, watching his
eloquent lips and burning eye in mut
astonishment, is reported to have
said: "That man is fitted for empire.
He is aa extraordinary genius "
Ex Lieuteraat Governor Felt, one
of the leading republican editor? of
the state, eaid: "He is the mcs!; ex
traordinary man I ever listened to.
I have learrel the secret of the
magic influence he exercises over
men; it is bis great sinceiity."
As the great orate r commenced to
speak a baad was heard rlaying
"Dixie," mucbing into Forest park
The policemen present were ordered
to stop the band, when someone
shouted, "That band is from Mis
souri." Mr. Bryan's great dark eyes
flashed, and he said: ' Let the bind
play, 1 yield to it. God forbid that
the enthusiasm of Missouri ehould
be checked at a democratic meeting.
The music is now sweet in my ears
and I extead welcome to the boys of
tha grand old commonwealth."
ERYAX AND JEFFESOX CCMPAKED.
Ex-Gov. Glick, who was also wild-
j ly cheered, introduced Mr. Brtan
t ... , , .
! Wltb au ek(lQ?Jlfc toneue-
"Thomas Jefferson trusted the
people,' said Mr. Glick, "and the
people trusted Jefferson. From the
time of Thomas Jefferson until 1S96
no man has received the trust of the
people es did the father and founder
of democracy. In 1S96 Mr Bryan
arose from the masses and became
their inspiration and their hope. The
j people trust him because he knows
! their necessities and they bell
eve in
his honesty. I now take delight in
! introducing to vou the next Presi
; dent of the United States."
Thi3 wa3 tha signal for the great
est out-burst of cheering ever heard
in Forest park. '
A Times correspondent watched
the features af Ingalls during Bry
an's pounding of logic, and the ef
fects manifested were marvelous.
The ex Senator waa present, repre
senting the New York Journal, but
the hand on his pencil ceased to act
early in the course of the great
speech, and he was frequently heard
to remark to Gov. Riddle that the
argument was wonderful. Mr. Bry
an's treatment of the doings cf the
bimetallic delegation in England as
a justirieat on of the position taken
by tha demociatic party laet year
was simply unanswerable. He spoke
of the causes of high prices, and
thrilled his audience with ccmpari
sons. He referred to Cleveland as a
so-called democrat, and his treatment
of the servile attitude of Jcha G.
Carlisle, under the lata administra
lion, compared with his attitude as
the untrammeled stateennn of forn -
er dayp, was retlly pathetic.
Mr. Bryan was given a reception
at the home of B P. Waggener be
tween 7 and 10 o'clock, and no less
than G,000 people called there to do
I him honor. The lawn of Mr. Wag
gener's residence was beautifully
illuminated and decorated. Mr.
Bryan will leave during the night for
his home in Limoln. He will not
be in Kansas again before October 1,
when he speaks at Witchita.
SHOT DOWN LIKE SHEEP.
Deputy Sheriffs Fire Into
Crowd of Strikers
TWENTY DEAD, FIFTY WOUNDED.
Tragic Crisis in the Pennsylvania Strike
Situation.
Hazel ton, Pa , Sept. 10. A terri
ble crisis was reached in the strike
situation on the outskirts of Lati
mer this afternocn when a land of
deputy BheiifFa iirei into a crowd of
miners The men fell like so miny
sheep and the excitement sinee has
been so intense that no accurate fig
ures of dead atd wounded can be
obtained. Reports run from fifteen
to twenty odd killed and forty or
more woundeJ
One man who reached the scene
tonight counted thirteen corpses.
Four other bodiea lie in the moun
tains between Latimer and Harleigh.
Tnose who were not injured carried
their dead and wounded friends into
the woods and estimate is baffled.
The bodies we found tonight oa
the road near Latimer, lha strik
ers left Hazleton about 3:30 o'clock
this afternoon aad it was their inten
tion to go to Latimer.
As soon as this became known a
band ef deputies wai loaded on a
trolley car and went whirling across
the mountains to the scene wbeie
the bloody conflict followed. After
reaching Latimer they left the car
and formed into three companies,
under Thomas Hall, H. A. Hess and
Samuel B. Piice They drew up in
a line at the edge of the vil!age,with
a fence and a lice of houses in th?ir
rear.
Sheriff Mar ia was in eatira com
mand; and stood in the frcnt of the
line until the stiikers approached.
Tfcey were seen coming ecrcss the
ridge, and Martin went out to meet
them Tlie men drew up suddeal.v
and listened in silenca until he had
once mere read the riot ecl. Th's
fioifhed. a lov muttering arose
amen- the foreigners and thre was
a slight movement forward. Per
ceiving this, the sheriff stepped to
ward them and in a dttermined tone
forbade advance.
Some one struck the sheriff ard
the next moment there was a om
mand to the deputies to fir?.
The gum of tbe deputies instant
ly blched forth a terrible volly
The report seemed to thake the
very mountains and a cry of dismay
went up from the people.
The strikers were taken entirely
by surprise, sad as ths men toppled
and fell over each other, those who
remained unhurt stampeded.
The m?n went down before tha
storm of bullets like tenpins and
the groans of the dying and wound
tfd filled the air. The excitement
that followed was simply itsdesenba
ble
The deputies seemud to be terror
strickea at the deadly execution of
their guns, and seeing the living
strikers fleeing like wild aad others
dropping to tbe earth, they went to
tbe aid of the enfortuoate whom
tbev had brought down.
The people of 'Latimer rushed
pell melt to the scene, but th
shrieks of the wounded Loned
the cries of the syrapathiziog aid
half crazed inhabitants.
A reporter who sojn afterward
reached the scene found the road
leading to Latimer filled with groups
ot frightened Hungarians. Some
surrounding dying companions, and
others fearful of pursuit. ' claDg to
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FIFTY-ONE YEARS A MINISTER.
Alexander Procter, of the Independence,
Mo., Christian Church Retires.
Independence, Mo., Sept. C Af
ter fifty one years' active s?rvice as
a minister of the Christian Church
in Missouri and thirty-seven years
as pastor of the Christian Church at
Independence, Elder Alexander
Procter was retired from active ser
vice today by vote of his church.
The action was in response to his
own request that a jounger man be
given the responsibilities which have
bent his shoulders. Rev. James
Vemon, of Henderson, Ky., was
called as pastor, and will take charge
next month
Alexander Procter is the leader of
the Christian church in Mis?oari to
day. He ia 72 years ef age, but
mentally as vigorous as ever. He
preached at the beginning of his
ministry in St. Louis, and also in
Lexington. Glasgow, Fayette, Paris
and other Missouri points. He
came to Independence in 1SG0, and
has lived here ever sine?, except
when obliged to leave during the
war. A few yeirs ago the State
University conferred upon Lim the
degree of Ph. D., and last year
Bethany College added the degree
of LL. D.
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Civil hrrylce.
The Nevada Mail has this opinion
cf civil service: "Our Republican
friends want pif, and they are not
stuck on civil service soup They
are shoving aside civil ssi vice for
something mere substantial. Civil
service ia a very pretty thing to go
into party platforms but not on the
table. The department appointed
4GG postmasters Saturday, 251 hav
ing been removed because they were
Democrats Tbe Democratic boys
ought not to howl too loud about it,
for when there is a change of admin
istration it seems to u there cught
to be a change from President to
coLStable. When tbe Democrats
win in 1900 every mother's son of
the Republicans should 'walk the
plank,' and civil service repealed or
made as dead as a mackerel.
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specialist said he
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he filled her with
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BUTLER, - - MO.
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store. All callanswered at office tlayoi
Special attention given to female dls
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church pamonaxe, corner UUio A llavnnaati
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Surgeon. Office nortn aide square
Butler, Mo. Dheasesof women and ch li
en a specialty.
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DENTIST,
Newly Fitted up Rooms, Over
Jeter's Jewelry Store.
Entrance, ama that leads to liafrvilorn'a
Studio, north alie square , Butler, Mo.
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