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
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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.