wo
30 PEOPLE DEAD MN
10 OTHERS ARE HURT
Freight and Excursion Trains Come
‘ Together.
SPEEDING FIFTY MILES AN HOUR.
Disaster on the Pere Marquette Rail.
road Near Detroit, Mich., Due to
Coal Train Disregarding Orders to
Wait for Excursion Train, Which
Had the Right of Way.
(Special) .—Thirly
than
Salem, Mich.
people are dead and
injured, many of them seriously, as
the result of collision
tween this Plymouth,
when a Pere Marquette excursion
train, bound from lonia to Detroit,
crashed into a westbound freight in
a cut located at a sharp curve of
the Pere Marquette Railroad, about
a mile east Salem,
The passenger train of 11
carrying the Pere Marquette
employes of Ionia and their families
to the Michigan metropolis for their
annual excursion was running at high
speed, probably miles an hour,
down grade It struck the
lighter locomotive of the freight
train with such terrific force as to
turn the freight engine completely
around.
The wrecked
by side both headed eastward. Only
a few of the freight train's cars were
smashed, and was only a few
hours’ work to move all traces of
them from the But behind
the two wrecked locomotives gix cars
of the train lay piled in
a hope Four of the pas-
senger coaches ined on the track
undamaged and were used -
vey the dead and injured to Ionia,
ong coach was entirely undamaged,
with forward trucks off the
rails. were the rear five cars.
The two coaches next ahead of these
were telescoped. The next for-
ward stood on the
wreck, its end resting on
the roadbed end high
in the air upon elescoped
coaches had
Two
wise of
ed from
five or six
the baggage car n«
ed to show where |
Portions of ti i
the
cars were pil
mass of
10-foot
James
gin af
g
the t
more 70
a head-on be-
village and
of
Cars,
shop
50
a
steep
i
locomotives
it
re
scene
passenger
less wreck.
to co
only its
These
car
after
x $
]
almost end
forward
and tl
3
the
1e rear
two t
been following it
were thrown
the track,
bank to
feet
he
locomotive
in
from
approached
The
17
ui
fro
local
heavy
possible to i
Detroit. The
taken
to Ionia and
on two
for Detroit
There were
ale gn each t
the body of
brakeman of passenger train,
was taken out the Flire-
man Knowles died on the relief tr:
©n route to Detroit, bringing the
1st of dead to 30, with a possibility
that more bodies might be found in
the wreckage .and that several of the
injured may die.
The responsibility is put squarely
up to the crew of the freight train
by officials of the road. Officials who
arrived at the s of the wreck
soon after the accident, secured froma
the crew of the freight the orders
under which it was running and
which clearly showed the position of
the passenger excursion train, and
that the freight had encroached up-
on the other train's running time,
from
trains
an, the Read
COrwan,
of wreck.
ene
Molten Metal,
{ Special)
Burned
Pittsburg,
by
Pa
shower
Caugh:
of molten metal at
under
the Homestead Steel Works five men
a
ed. two
others received
minor injuries. The men wefe tap-
ping a furnace in open hearth mill
No. 3 when the big ladle, containing
tons of molten
ally tipped. As toe flery liquid
struck the floor it splashed with ex-
plosive force upon the workmen
standing about.
geriovegly bur:
fatally,
were
while many
Mr. Cleveland Still Sick.
Princeton, N. J. (8pecial). It is
stated here that ex-President Cleve-
land, who had an attack of aente {n-
digestion a few weeks ago, has not
recavered from it as quickly as ex-
pected.
It is hoped now that he will be
able to go to his summer home in
New Hampshire by the first of Au
gust.
Mme. Gould Denies It,
Paris (By Cable).-—A correspon
dent saw Mme. Anna Gould and ask-
ed her if there was any truth in
the rumor that ghe Is engaged to
Prince Helle de Sagan, whose repu-
tation as a spendthrift almost equals
that of Count Bonl de Castellane.
“I would be much obliged,” she
said, “if you would contradict the
report. 1 cannot understand how
it originated. I am not engaged nor
am 1 Hkeély to be. The report is
entirely untrue.”
Domestic.
‘agsenger Agent
and Ticket Agent Wilson, in Ashe-
ville, N. C., of the Southern Rali-
road, were sentenced to 30 days in
the chain gang for selling tickets
in disregard of the new rate law,
Otto H. Droege, formerly of Mary-
land, has been named a police mag-
istrate of the city of New York, at
a salary of $7,000 a year for 10
years.
President Finley, of the Southern
Rallway, delivered an address before
the Louisville Commerce Club on
railroad conditions in the South.
The State Board of
Pennsylvania refused to recommend
a pardon for James B. Gentry, the
actor, who killed Madge Yorke
Hugo Lobe, recently from Ham-
burg, locked himself in the bathroom
of his boarding place in Harlem,
N. Y.,, and turned on the gas.
P. O. Mulford, former
the defunct American
Manilla, was sentenced
years’ imprisonment
District Wood
ardons of
of
at
cashier
Bank
to eight
said
Anti-
Governor Carter, of Hawali,
in Seat Wash., there was no
Japanese feeling in Hawail.
George Sandberg, a somnambulist,
plunged from a third story window
in New York and was killed.
| The remains of Lieut
{ Goodrich were buried
{ Church, N. J.
Officers elected for the
suing year by the Grand Lodge of
{ Elks were: John K. Tener, of Char-
{leroi, grand exalted ruler: Edward
| W. Leach, of New York, grand
jurer; Fred C. Robinson, of Dubuque,
{Ia., grand secretary; of
{ Frankford, Ind.
{ knight; Thomas F.
timore; Mayor Cha
| Wheeling,
| Mills,
| toes.
Judge
has
der
Cooper
at
o
en
serv
ftreas-
Bayard Gray,
grand lectus
McNulty, of 1
rl Schmitz,
and Thoma
f Superior, 'is., grand
os
QO
Sanur New Orlear
ghthouse ten-
President
trin
ders
decided that
Maple,
{ Roosevelt was
a }
with
New
responsible
fruit steamer
leans in ti}
Michael
ate secrets
House Samu
ide
ware River
Fourts
111 § or
311 3¢
£31
‘ $e
-
far
damagipg evi
Cr Was
Fourteen
have been drowned
Sweden,
by the
boat On
caped,
In
Skoni
Ones’ given
capsizing
ly one of the
an Anti-Je
tz, a Polish
trian border, hundreds
were killed injured.
The Korean cabinet ministers have
resigned and the Emperor is very
angry at them for advising him to
abdicate
William Hasketh Lever, Liberal
member of Parliament, secured judg-
iment for damages of $250,000
{against the Daily Mail and Evening
{ News for libels during the contro-
versy that f the attempt to
[bring about combine
Premier Franco,
{ recommended the
House
wish
town
massacre
on the
of persons
or
ollowed
a soap
of Portugai. has
abolishing of the
of Peers.
ministers has
the
Portugese
The council
nitely approved
dogible-tracking
way.
The Italian
struction, Signor
|
| of
i project
the Siberian Raliil-
minister of public in-
Bava, has gent a
large contribution to Louise de La
Ramee (Ouida), which she has ac-
i cepted most gratefully,
The American proposal for the in-
| demnification of private property
{seided at sea during war was adopt-
ted In committee by a vote of 21 to
11.
M. Thomson, the French minister
of marine, gave a luncheon to Rear
Admiral Stockton and the other vis
iting American naval officers.
The Korean Premier has asked
the Emperor to abdicate because of
faction in sending deputation to The
Hague.
The alleged detention of a Mussul-
man woman in the Ghetto, In Tehe-
ran, nearly led to a massacre,
President Roosevelt has given a
set of his works to the University
of Berlin,
The bomb explosion in Therapia,
Turkey, summer quarters of the
American Embassy, is now supposed
to have been connected with a pos-
gible attempt upon the life of George
Christich, a natural son of the late
King Milan, of Servia.
The appeal of the executors of the
estate of William Louis Winane, of
Baltimore, who died in England in
1897, brouglit before the London
courts, has been damissed,
Secretary Taft has fixed upon Au-
gust 24 as the date for an address
at Oklahoma City upon the new con-
stitution.
[CLATIFICATTES
i
1 New York World,
HON. JOSEPH H. CHOATE
PLEADS FOR ARBITRATION
i
That Purpose.
A Declaration That Spain Adheres to
Inspired the American Proposition |
Limiting Force for the Collection of |
Public Debts,
fey sist ’
imporian
yet the
tions
ques
as ag for the |
speeches Hye by Jos-
of the United States,
Argentine, and
Columbia, while in}
addition, made a declaration
i which attracted much attention as
| revealing the desire of the Spanish
government assume a kind of
moral tutelage over the Latin-Ameri-
can countries
Spain's declaration says that that
{country adheres to the principles of
moderation, which inspired the]
| American proposition, limiting force |
{for the collection of public debts,
[these being the principles that the
| government and the King have fol-|
lowed and will always follow
“Spain sees today,’ the
larastion, “as an accomplished
what shehas ardently desired sinceths |
last conference, namely, the presence
at The Hague of the representatives
of the Latin-American nations, which
iare sisters of ours In language and
iin race. Spain is disposed to accept
| every proposition tending within the
{ limits of international law to fa-
| cilitate the legitimate and peaceful
| development of the Spanish-Ameri-
can republics. The doctrine just
enunciated by its illustrious author,
Dr. Drago, was not included in the
program; therefore, it could not ob-
tain our support, but as an earnest
protest against possible wrong from
the use of foree, it deserves all sym-
| pathy.”
In concluding his address Joseph
H. Choate made an eloquent appeal
to the Nations to enter into a general
convention, which ought to be en-
tirely distinct and independent, for
the settlement of disputed questions
arising in arbitration.
discussed
aowerful
eph H. Coate,
Luis M. Drago,
Perez Triana, of
p
of
Hr § 13
Spain
to
dec '
fact |
RAYS
{
Plague Wills 1,000,067,
London (Special), — Returns of
deaths from the plague in India show
the appalling total of 1,060,067 for
the six months ending June 30. The
monthly total fs at present decreas-
ng, however, the death rofl for June
being placed at 69,0664. The total
for the first six months of 1907 al-
ready surpasses that for the entire
twelve months of 1904, when 1,022.
000 persons died. This total is the
highest ever recorded previous to the
present year. “
exami ie exists
he
no
% #£ bombarded
own
v
ference took three weeks
£4
The
American
the
delegation has
sented to peace conference
i tion
If for
captured
tried, the
ANY reason a
neutral vessel cannot be
must be released.”
The Peruvian delegation has pre-
the following amendment to
American proposition regarding
“The principles established by this
proposition cannot be applied to
differences arising from contracts be.
the government of one coun-
try and the foreign subjects of an-
other, when the contracts provide
that these differences must be sub-
mitted to the judges of local tribu-
nals.”
The
sented
Venezuelan delegation
a declaration on the
making the same objection
as Peru, with the addition that in
case no contract exists, all diplomatic
means of reaching an understanding
must be tried before recourse is
had to the permanent court of arbi-
tration. The Venezuelan declaration
ends with these words:
“It is understood that sald differ-
ances are to be wettled through
peaceful means without recourse to
coercive measures implying the en
ployment of military or naval
forces.”
Sunflowers As Febrifuge,
An eminent Spanish scientist has
made the recent discovery that the
sunflower yields a splendid febrifuge
that can be used as a substitute Br
quinine. Accordingly, the sunflower
should not only, by ils growing,
exert great fever«iimpelling effect,
but also yield a product which is
used advantageously in all fevers,
sa nn
AT THE NATION'S CAPT
Some Interesting “Happenings Eriefly
Told.
The armored cruisers West Vir.
ginia, Colorado, Pennsylvania and
Maryland, of Admiral! Dayton's Pacl-
fic fleet, are expected to start from
Cavite for the United States in ten
days or two weeks. Tho recall of.
these warships is accepted as a cane
cel of the order of an American fleet
to the Pacific,
SOUTHERN BACKS DOWN
Governor Threatened to Use Troops
Against Federsl Courts.
Asheville, N. C. (Special). The
Southern Rallway Company, alarmed
by the by
its
public sentiment
United
cuit Court Judge Pritchard take
habeas corpus proceedings from th
Btate Superior Court actuall ged
in trying him at Raleigh, Ticket Agent
Green, who was indicted for
ing the new Rallway Rate
charging more than 2% cents a
for tickets, has
getting the is
having Judge
eigh tog enforce
The
arouged
move to have States
by
ha
V enga
violat-
law hy
mile
after
guance the writ and
Pritchard to Ral-
it
4
backed
Of!
down,
EO
contest
backed
he will
Court,
who save
to prevent al
des potic interfe;
Court with
Court, and
Court has
Areuit ag been
ville Judge
lock Friday
habeas
Pritchar
morning
riff of
H
the
count
Weod and
ticket
H. Kk. THAW IN POOR HEALTH.
Is Telling On Murderer
Of Stanford White,
Confinement
York (Sp al) riends and
Harry
alarmed
an
SHOW
wt
intives of
Lad |
oming
of bis
are 1
K
over conditic
n
heait} hich is aid to be
decidedly though
his wife
day with
he has
three
In
3
HAR
the Tombs eve
delicacies for
eaten anything
Maguire, the pri
been prescribing f
his remedies seem to h
little effect on the physica ondition
of Stanford White's It was
thought that open-air exercise in the
prison grounds would benefit Thaw,
but his confinement has
son physician,
Thaw,
had but
or
Ave
ic
slayer
been
may
describ-
come
any time, His {liness is
No War, Cannon Declares,
Milwaukee (Special) Speaker
of the House of Represen-
tatives, passed through here en
route to Oconomowoc on a pleasure
trip In regard to the Japanese sit-
uation, Mr. Cannon said:
United States will never,
give Japan or
in
any other
fear that
in sight
Japan or
will give
no
other nation
Better Feeling In Tokyo.
Tokyo (By Cable). «~The
market,
for months, has shown a sudden ac-
tivity since Baturday, due to the be-
lief that there is no [kelihood of
trouble between Japan and
United States. Public feeling on this
question has improved as a result
of Admiral Yamamot#'s efforts to p-
spire the American people with con-
fidence in the firm f(riendship of
Japan.
share
Boni Defeated.
Paris (By Cable).-—The appeal of
Count Boni de Castellane from the
decision of the court on November
14 last granting a divorce to the
Countess de Castellane formerly Miss
Anna Gould, of New York, was dis.
missed and a final decree of divorcee
duly entered, Attorneys for the
Count made practically no comtest,
Although the Count, under the law,
has still sixty days in which to ap
peal to the Court of Casseation upon
legal groundd, the judgment is re-
garded as final.
ACCESSION OF NEW KOREAN
EMPEROR AMID DISORDER
Fierca Clashes Between the Japanése
and Natives,
MOB TRIES TO KILL THE CABINET.
Japanese Guards Re.ulse Thousands
of Rioters Near the Palace, Killing
and Wounding a Large Number All
Approaches to the Palace Occupied
by the New Fmperor Guarded.
Houses Ministers Burh
of
yd
Killed
{ik
By Outlaws,
ruthris
Marshal Morir:
P. Dickson were
to arrest two
robbing a bank
The negro fugl
in the negro
it is reported, by
Friday night Depu
tiaws
ty Morris
When
Saturday
of
wa
¥ the ou Dick:
ahd
wounded night
killed
wortally
and
hot one the negroes
-
Earthquake Shock In 1
Salt Lake,
tinct earthquake
tah.
Utah (Special)
shocks
were
Di
lasting fo
one minule recorded n
+
the selsmograph recently
at the University of Utah
ance was noted at 11.59
movement was from a
toward southeast
installe
Disturb
A. M. The
little north
IN THE FINANCIAL woOgLD,
Bank of England retains its 4
discount rate
New York banks are still offering
per cent. for Philadelphia money
for six monthe’ time.
‘With the best possible weather
from now on, there can only be an
erop,” says an ex-
per
pert.
“Doing
cept what
no improvement work ex-
cannot be avoided,” said
Amalgamated Copper directors de-
clared the regular quarterly dividend
of $2. The stock fluctuated from
S81 4p 90%.
The income derived on Chesapeake
& Ohio notes Is 2% times as great
ne the dividend yield on the stock.
President Roosevelt's reported ine
tention of not having Congress take
up the tariff question at the nex:
session was well received on the
strost,
Since Harriman interests bought
the Baltimore and Ohlo, Norfolk &
Western and Chesapeake & Ohio
stocks from the Pennsylvania thev
have decreased in value $13,000,000,
The Pennsylvania's profit on that
stock when it was sold amounted to
at least $15,000,000, »