THE COLUMBIAN, BLoOMdBUKG. PA. em He Promises a Common Sense Administration For the Public. CROWDS APPLAUD HIM Present ft Striking Klioiw During the Fourteen Minute Speech Hi Promises Inspire Confidence An Unusual Inauguration Assembly ChainlMT Jammed. Albany. N. Y., Jan. 3. "I assume the office of Governor without other ambition than to serve the people of the State. I have not coveted Its powers nor do I permit myself to ah rink from Its responsibilities. Sen sible of Its magnitude and of my own limitations, 1 undertake the task of administration without Illusion. Put you do not require the Impossible. Tou have bound me to earnest and honest endeavor In the Interest of all the people according to the best of ay ability, and that obligation by the help of God I shall discharge." With these words, earnestly spo ken at the beginning of his Inaugural address Charles K.Hughes announced the guiding principle of his adminis trations' which began Tuesday when lie was officially Installed as Gover nor of New York Slate. The New York State administra tion which assumed office Is niiide ap as follows: Governor CHARLES E. HUGHES of New York. Lieutenant Governor LEWIS 5TUYVESANT CHANLER of Duteh JM. Secretary of State JOHN' S. WHALEN of Monroe. Controller MARTIN H. GLYNN af Albany. Attorney General WILLIAM S. JACKSON of Erie. Treasurer JULIUS HAUSEH of Suffolk. Engineer and Surveyor FRED ERICK W. SKENE of Queens. All of these, excepting Governor "dughes are Democrats. Not since Mr. Roosevelt been me I Governor has a crowd of any such size as that which was In evidence "iere turned out to witness an Inaug uration. The streets were lined with jpectators, who witnessed the mili tary spectacle, and cheered the in coming and the outgoing Governor : they made their way together !rom the Executive Mansion to the :Jtate Capitol In an open cavrlage, irawn by four white horses. Assembly Chamber Jammed. The spacious Assembly Chamber, vhere the inauguration ceremonies were held, could not begin to accom modate even those who were pro Tided with tickets, let alone the 'Teat crowd of unprivileged who i.lamored at the doors. Both the sec tion of the pit open to spectators nnd Uje galleries were Jammed, and all .he while the function was in pro cess the corridors of the Capitol rere crowded. Governor a Striking Figure. During the fourteen minutes that Governor Hughes spoke he present ed a figure of striking interest. His strong, Intellectual forehead, over shadowing his keen gray-blue eyes, ;tood out in bold relief between his .ark brown hnir, parted well down u the left side, and the fringe of black beard, flecked here and there -'1th tiny threuds of silver. He held Is head up and well back as he de 'Ivered his inaugural address, which vas fraught with such Intense in vest for the politicians who heard ilm pronounce, as it were, their ,'oom as partisan favorites. Governor Hughes transacted no official bslness, leaving the Capitol hortly after 2 o'clock and not even .pening the official mall. The Gover ;or had luncheon at the mansion and hen was ready for the usual recep (on at the mansion which lasted vom 4 o'clock until 6. This drew an :nmense throng. The reception was one of the most nusual that has ever been seen. It as surprising how few men in pon tes really knew Mr. Hughes and it as also surprising to Bee a man ,'lected Governor who scarcely knew .me of the politicians. As members ,f the Legislature and party leaders : assed In line before him, they were presented by name, but seldom was there a look of recognition on the ;art of the Governor. OIL BY WAY OP PANAMA. i'lrst Shipment from California To , Be Piped AcroNS the Isthmus. San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 3. The steamer Argylle sailed for Panama with 30,000 barrels of petroleum onslgned to points on the Atlantic .oast. This cargo will be piped across the Jithmus through the recently com pleted pipe line of the Union OH Company, and Is the Art shipment of California oil to the East over the voute. Dr. Hamilton Says Thaw Is Insane, New York, Jan. 3. Dr. Allan Mc Lane Hamilton, the alienist, In an Interview, said that Harry Thaw was '.p. a dangerous predicament, as this as the first time in history that a tuna tic wanted to try his own case. Thuw, he declared, was worse than Czolgosz. There wbh no doubt, he believed, as to the Insanity of the slayer of Stanford White, and he be ilevd that the District Attorney would accept a plea of insanity. PRESIDENT CASSATT W.Alt. Head of Pennsylvania Railroad Strk-kcn With Heart Piscine. Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 8. Alex ander Johnston Cnssntt, President, of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, died suddenly at his resldenec in IhU city. Mr. Cassntt, who wns a littl ? more than sixty-seven years of rge, was stricken with heart disease and died before assistance could be plvoi) him. He was a victim of an neutj heart attack known professionally p.3 the Stokes-Adams syndrome. Though Mr. Cansatt's death win entirely unexpected, he had been I l ill health or nearly a year. His con dition was aggravated by an atttaek of whooping cough which he con tracted from his grandchildren whl! at Bar Harbor. He never entirely re covered from the effects of the at tack, and when he returned to Phila delphia he remained for several weeks at his country home in Haver ford before he resumed his duties u- head of the railroad nnd its allied interests. Joliathan Bourne, Jr., the first man to be elected to United States Senate by popular vote. He halls from Oregon, and cannot take his seat In the Senate until the Ore gon Legislature has confirmed the MA XX ACQUITTED OF PERJURY. Town Topics Editor Not Guilty of False Swearing in llapgooil Case. New York, Jan. 1. After a trial lasting two weeks. Col. William d'Alton Mann, editor of Town Topics, was acquitted by a Jury before Re corder Goff, in the Court of General Session, of the charge of perjury, which had been made against him in connection with the Norman Hap good case. Prosecutor Garvan announced there wns no other charge pending against Col. Mann. The charge of perjury grew out of his denial on the trial of Editor Hapgood, of Col lier's, on the charge of libelling Jus tice Deuel, of Special Sessions, that he had written "V. D. M., O. K." on a letter from Count Reginald Ward, of London. CANS A SHIPPER'S RIGHT. Texas Commission Says Itailwuja May Not Hinder Shipment. Austin, Texas, Jan. 3. The ques tion whether a railroad has a legal right to refuse to furnish cars for shlpmentof freight destined to points off Its line of road was brought to an Issue by the State Railroad Commis sion in an order requiring that all roads in the State must furnish cars upon written application of the ship per, no matter whether the shipment is destined for a point on the line of road furnishing the car or a point on a connecting line. Railroads have been refusing to furnish cars for shipments destined to points on other lines and many complaints have reached the com mission from shippers. BRYAN ADMITS CANDIDACY. "Honor Something Xo American Citizen Should Decline." Topeka, Kan., Jan. 3 In an in terview William J. Bryan virtually admitted that ho would be a candi date for the Presidential nomination before the next Democratic National Convention; "While I have not yet announced that I would be a candidate," said Mr. Bryan, "I have not stated that I would not be a candidate. Such a high honor as the Presidential nomi nation Is something that no Ameri can citizen should decline.',' Mr. Bryan said there was no foun dation for the story to the effect that he would, if nominated, favor the selection of Senator William J. Stone of Missouri as chairman of the Democratic National Committee. TRADE WITH PANAMA GROWS. Good Worth More Than $14,000, OOO Kent There. Washington, D. C, Jan. 3. The remarkable growth In the exnort trade of the United States with Pan ama in the last two years is shown In a statement Issued by the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Com merce and Labor. From a little more than $2,500. 000 In exports to Panama two years ago, American trade with that coun try for the present year will show an export trade aggregating more than $14,000,000. It is shown that for tne eleven months ended with No vember the export trade amounted to $12,956,871, and the figures for the single month of November totaled 11.278,507. IS IK Covering Minor Happen ings from all over , the Qlobe. HOME AND FOREIGN. Compiled and Condensed for the Busy Reader A Complete Record Of European Despatches and Im ; aortaat Brents from Kreiywher . Boiled Down for IUstf Periwal, Many men In official and Congres sional circles In Washington regard an American protectorate an the best solution of the Cuban problem. Bright sunshine added to the pleasure of the guests at the Presi dent's New Year's reception In the White House. Archbishop Ireland, at his New Year's celebration, In Philadelphia, likened the French to Pagans for the government's treatment of tho Roman Catholic Church. New York Central will be hit hard for train delays by the report of the State Commission, following Its in vestigation. Congress will bo asked by tho American Association for the Ad vancement of Science to establish natural forest reserves In the Whlto Mountain and Southern Appalachian regions. Cubans declare an Independent re public cannot be maintained on the Island If American troops are with drawn. Secretary Shaw received an opin ion that the section of the Dlngley tariff law Imposing a discriminating duty on goods Imported in foreign ships was operative. Lieutenant Commander Sims, In spector Of target practice In the navy, declared big battle ships of the all big gun type better and. less expen sive than small battle ships. Legislators in Western States are preparing for a yenr of great activ ity in legislation In the Interests of the people. William S. Jackson, Attorney General-elect, notified W. R .Hearst that he would re-open his contest for the Mayoralty of New York city. John D. Rockefeller gave as his New Year message Lamartlno's words, "I have seen very little evil in the world and remember only the good." Captain Klncald Smith, M. P., said King Edward would soon visit Can ada, and, he believed, would meet President Roosevelt. Contract was awarded for the steel to construct the tower of a life In surance building In Now York, the taest in the world. Administration ofllclals In Wash ington fear the propaganda for the annexation of Cuba, believing war would follow forced annexation. Secretary of the Treasury Shnw defended his action In releasing gov ernment bonds asserting they went to help the business of the country. James McCrea was said to be the choice as successor of the Alexander J. Cassatt as head of the Pennsyl vania system. The American Historical Associa tion elected James Bryce, the coming British Ambassador, to honorary membership. Thousands of dollars' worth of brass signs, door knobs and faucets were stolen from buildings in lower Broadway, New York city, by thieves disguised as workmen. Stockholders, charging they have been deprived of their rights in the plan for issuance of $100,000,000 of ew stock by the St. Paul Railroad, c-egan suit in the Supreme Court. Under a decision of the State Railroad Commission the New York and Port Chester Railroad Company may raise $20,000,000 by a mort gage and increase Its capital stock from $260,000 to $20,000,000. Eight Americans and Mexicans were massacred by Yaqul Indians In Rancho, Mexico. Cuban liberals were angry at the rumor that Governor Magoon had re ported the island could not be gov erned unless troops stayed there. John S. Whalen, Secretary of 8tate-elect, named labor men as hla assistants, Ignoring party managers. Five hundred feet of th New York Central Railroad tracks were torn up, as the first aggressive action by New York city to enforce Its or der. FOREIGN NKWS. A squadron of first class British armored cruisers is coming to the Jamestown exposition, says a cable despatch from London. A cable despatch from Teheran tells of the enthusiastic acceptance of the new Persian constitution. Defying medical precedent In keep ing alive despite all the symptoms of a fatal Issue, tho Shah aniazeu physicians, according to a cablo from Teheran. According to a despatch from Te heran both the Shah and the Crown Prince have accepted and signed tho Persian constitution. A snowall exceeding any record of the last quarter century makes Lon don a quagmire. There Is still hope of a settlement of the difficulties encountered in ar ranging . a new Russo-Japanese treaty of commerce which, says a St. Petersburg despatch, has been de layed by the untenable demands of Japan. James Bryoe, new Ambassador In the United States, Is, according to n desputch from London, In Bplendld physical and mental health. It Is reported In Tangier thnt tho German flag Is about to be hoisted over RalBull's stronghold at Zinat. Broad plans or guarding tourists' Interests are being mnde by the As sociation for the Protection of Trav ellers in Germany, says a cable from Berlin. Prices generally Improved on the Paris bourse, owing to the failure of the Bank of England to raise Its rates. , London's stock market remained comparatively firm on tho better money outlook, In spite of high carrying rates on Americans. According to a despatch from -Teheran, the Medgojlls Insist on a Par liament 'without a Senate, as pro posed In the original constitution. Count Wltte has said to friends, according to a St. Petersburg de spatch, that he believes a renewal of war between Rusva and Japan Is an Impossibility. Princess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswlg - Holsteln - Sonderburg Glucksburg, has been betrothed to Prince August Wllhelm, fourth son of the German Emperor, says a de spatch from Berlin. Ten million people are reported In danger of starvation In China and tho Chinese Minister here has ap pealed for speedy relief. SPORTING NEWS. Burlew and D'Nell's Judge Post won the New Year preliminary at the New Orleans race track. College 'athletic representatives plan to form a big national intercol legiate body. The Automobile Club of America has appointed a Committee on Pub lic Snfety to aid In regulating the uso of automobiles. The Eastern Yacht Club's special committee on tho German-American match for 1907 has written the Kalserlloher Yacht Club that It can not race during Kiel week as desired by the German yachtsmen. The officers of the Motor Boat Club of America are busy arranging an Interesting schedule of events for the coming season. GOVERNMENT WRECK INQUIRY. Commerce Commission to Look Into Recent Disasters. Washington, D. C, Jan. 3. Under the authority of a resolution passed by Congress, directing It to make an Inquiry into the operation of the block signal system on the railroads of the United States, the Interstate Commerce Commission has decided for the first time In its history to conduct an investigation into the causes for railroad wrecks. Under the Interstate Commerce act the commission is not empowered except in a limited way in accord ance with the provisions of the safe ty appliance law, to exercise any Jur isdiction over railroads so far as the safety of passengers Is concerned. It so happens, however, that the commission was directed In a reso lution approved June 80, 1906, "to lnve8tigato and report on the use and necessity for block signal sys tems and appliances for the auto matic control of railway trains In tho States." For this purpose the commission is authorized to employ persons who are familiar with the subject, and may use such of its own employes as are necessary to make a thorough examination Into the mat ter. The resolution further provide:; thnt the commission, in making a re port In this connection, shall recom mend such legislation as seems ad visable and In prosecuting the Inves tigations authorization is given to summon witnesses, call for records and papers and administer oaths. BONUS FOR BABIES. Labor Union's Plan to Discourage llace Kulcide. Chicago, 111., Jan. 3. A bonus of $100 for a baby, $200 for twins and $500 for triplets. This Is the latest Inducement to wives of union men to bring Into the world largo numbers of nromlslnr young unionists. It Is in contempla tion by the Bakers' and Confection ers Union of Chicago, which pro poses to create the Union Pension Association. Evprv iriamhoi. r.f a la. or union will be Invited to Join. 'ine plan contemplates a small Initia tion fee, trifling monthly dues and an assessment of 25 cents each when ever a child cmes to the home of a fellow-member. Said Simon O'Donnell, of tho Plumbers; "We propose to encour age the rearing of families and re move, as far as possible, the humil iating circumstances that far too of ten make the little stranger's advent Into this world anything but wel come," The union is preparing a letter to President Roosevelt asking him what he thinks of the idea. Folk Ends a Railroad Lobby. Jefforson City, Mo., Jan.. 3. Fol lowing Gov. Folk's announced inten tion to require all lobylsts to register and make public the means used to secure legislation, tho Burlington Railroad has declared It will not maintain a lobby this session. Negro Kills While Man. New Haven, Conn., Jan. 3. Fred erick Kelley, a nephew of State Sen ator McGann, was killed by a negro on a crowded main street. Kelley accidentally Jostled a negro woman, ACCURES COTTON EXCHANGE. Soulli'fn Grower Would Forbid the t'so of tho Mall. Washington, D. C, Jan. 3. Ef forts aro being made by the cotton growers of the South to have tho Post-Office Department Issue a fraud order against tho New York Cotton Exchange and forbid It thrt use of the malls. Tho matter will be brought to the attention of the department officials within a short time. A Joint com mittee of the Southern Cotton Grow ers' Protective Association," of which Harvle Jordnn, of Atlanta, Is presi dent, and the Co-operative Farmers Educational Union, with a member ship of 8,000,000, Is now drawing up the charges. Representative Lon Livingston, of Georgia, recently called the atten tion of the Department of Agricul ture to what he asserted to be gross Irregularities. Secretary Wilson was told that because of the practises of the Cotton Exchange $41,000,000 had been lost to the cotton growers of the south In a Bingle year. Mr. Wilson advised Representative Liv ingston that the Department of Agri culture could do nothing and thnt the only remedy lay in the Post Office Department. Because of discriminations by the New York Cotton Exchange, It Is charged that the price of spot cot ton is generally about one hundred points higher in New York than in New Orleans, with all the natural advantages In favor of the latter place. Indict Perkins and Full-child. New York, Jan. 3. George W. Perkins, former Vice President of the New York Life Insurance Com pany and a member of the firm of J. Plorpont Morgan & Co., and Charles 8. Fairchlld, President of the New York Security and Trust Company, and Secretary of the Treasury under President Cleveland, were indicted for forgery In the third degree, al leged to have been committed as offi cers of the New York Life Insurance Company. There are six indictments against each of the defendants. The indictments are the result of the Grand Jury's Investigations of the New York Life Insurance Com pany's affairs, and deal with certain stock transactions made after the Prussian Government had refused to permit the New York Life to do busi ness in Germany as long as that com pany carried railroad and Industrial stocks and bonds in its treasury. It was for the purpose of getting around that objection thnt the New York Life, through Mr. Perkins, had blocks of Chicago and Northwestern and Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul stock and bonds transferred to the New York Security and Trust Com pany and to the Central National Bank, making it appear as though these transactions had been genuine sales. Justice James Fitzgerald, who has been appointed to try the case of Harry K. Thaw, In New York. SEVEN RAILROADS ACCUSED. Government Suits to be Brought for Violation of Cattle Shipment Law. Washington, D. C, Jan. 3. Sec retary Wilson of the Department of Agriculture transmitted to the De partment of Justice nine additional cases of alleged violation of what is popularly known as the "36-hour law," the act of Congress which provides that railroad companies shall not detain live stock on cars for a longer period than 28 hours without food and water, except with the consent of the owner of the stock, nnd then for no longer a time than thirty-six hours. The law provides a penalty of $500 for a violation In each case. Secretary Wilson says there are several hundred cases under consid eration by the Agricultural Depart ment, and that In every caso where the evidence warrants Its prosecu tion will bo Insisted on. Roasted to Death at His Post. Charlotte, N. C, Jan. 3. The Sea board Air Line fast mall, north bound, crashed Into a string of load ed freight cars at PeachUnd, a flag station, partially ( wrecking the pas senger train and killing Engineer 8. E. Maxwell, of Raleigh. Running firty miles an hour, En gineer Maxwell sighted the freight train as ho rounded the curve near Peuchland. Ho stuck to his post was caught between tho engine and tender and slowly roasted to death in view of the rescuers, who strained every nerve to reach him. No ono elte wub hurt. 1 t Mil II II Appalling Disaster on the B. & O. Railroad Near Washington. ACCIDENT DUE TO FOQ Engine of Empty Train , Plough Through Cars of Passenger Train, - Killing nnd Maiming Men, Women and Children Most of the Dead and Injured Lived In Washington. Washington, D. C, Jan. 3. A train of seven empty passenger coaches rnd one baggage car drawn by a heavy tasscnger engine crashed Into a locul standing at Terra Colt ptutlon on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad three and one-half jnllci northeast of Washington Sunday night, tore the local train asunder as if It had been imtdo of the filmiest pine, killed forty-three persons and wounded forty, many of whom will die. Train No. 66 Is a local composed of three passenger coaches and na engine. It runs from Frederick, Md., to Washington, and was due la Washington at 6. SO o'clock. This train brings to Washington thos people who go out to Maryland to spend Sunday. Every seat was occu pied and a large number of person! were waiting at Brookland, which U a station a mile this side of Terra Cotta, toward Washington. There Is a down grade from Terra Cotta Into Washington nnd the equipment train cnr.:o through to ward Washington at tremendous speed. It reached Terra Cotta sta tion Just as the local train was about to pull out. The signal had beea given by the conductor to "go ahead," but there were yet a few peo ple on the platform who had not found places on the train. Most of the passengers, however, wero In their places and the bell on the en gine of the local wos ringing. The train of empties crashed Into the rear coach and ploughed Its wny through, splitting tho coach apart, as If it had been a paper box. One side of tho car toppled to one side of the track and the other side fell on the other side. It was split as clean ly as If It had been severed by a gi gantic axe. There was a slight drizzle; the nlr was heavy and damp, and the fog prevented the passengers who wero looking out of tho windows from seeing more than a yard or two beyond the train. They were crowd ed into two. day coaches. Many of them wero standing in the aisles and had been so standing for nn hour or more, only two day coaches and a smoker having been provided. The day coaches were completely wrecked, and it Beemed that nenrly every one in them must have been killed, yet some escaped without in Jury. The passengers in the smoker, which made up half of the combina tion car, escaped without serious in jury. FINANCIAL, Figures of the bank statement showed an Increase In the surplus re serve of $2,088,325; an Increase In loans of $6,789,700, and an increase In deposits of $9,652,300. Tho report of the Panama Rail road showed a fulling off In profit due to new equipment purchased during the last fiscal year. NEW YORK MARKETS. Wholesale Prices of Farm Produce Quoted for the Week. The Milk Exchange price for stan dard quality is 34e. per qt. Butter. Creamery, extra. . . . . . 32 V4 83 irirst" 29 31Vi State dairy, fancy 29 in Chefs. Fancy 13H14H Sla" 18V414W Part Skims 7V48H State and Penn 38 40 Western Firsts 30 Live Poultry. Chickens, per lb Fowls, per lb '.',11 Dressed Poultry. Turkeys, per lb 12 2j Chickens,. Phlla. lb.... 18 QH Fowls, per Ib 6 14 Ducklings, per lb 8 16 Fruits Fresh. Apples Greenings per bbl $1 60 $3 51 King, per bbl 2 00 3 H Vegetables. Potatoes, L. I., bbl...$l 60 $1 71 Cabbages, per 100... I BO. 4 le Onions, white, bbl... 2 00 6 00 Carrots, per bbl 1 00 1 60 Turnips, per bbl 65 86 Hay and Straw. Hay, prime, cwt..$l 06 $1 16 No. 1, per cwt.. 1 06 1 it No. 2, per cwt.... 96 1 06 Clover, mixed, cwt. 75 95 Struw, loug rye... 60 66 Groin, Etc. Flour, Win. puts. $ J 76 014 00 Spring pats... 4 20 6 10 Wheat No. 1.... 86 No. 2, red. . . . 79 81 Corn, No. 2, yel'w 63 Vs Oats, mixed 89 Clipped white. 39 V 44 lave nioca. Beeves.clty drs'd 10 Calves, city drs'd. S lSVi Country, drs'd. 6 HV Sheep, per cwt.. $4 26 $5 00.
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