————. ——— 8X PEOPLE LE AT GRADE CROSSING Train Strikes Wagonload of Merry makers. THREE ARE SERIOUSLY HURT. Frightful Accident on the Tracks of the Ontario and Western Near Nyack. N. Y.—The Partly Was Returning From a Basketball Game— All Were Members of Prominent Families. Spring Valley, N. Y. (Special).—A foam-specked pair of horses that tore through the streets, dragging be- tween them a splintered wagon pole, brought to the village the first news of a grade-crossing accident in which nine members of its most prominent families were either killed outright or frightfully injured. The runaways brought up at the livery stable of George Young, from whom they had been hired the night before to take a party of men and irls to a basketball game at Nyack. eturning in the early hours, the wagonload of merrymakers was run down at a West Nyack crossing by an Ontario and Western express train. Four of the party were instantly killed, two died while being removed to the Hudson County Hospital, at Hoboken, N. J., and the other three He in a serious condition at that in- stitution tonight, The dead: George Reith, aged 30, assistant superintendent of the telephone office and manager of the Spring Valley basketball team. Nelson May, the team. Bertha Singer, aged 18. Edith Singer, aged 20. George Shinn, aged 38, a basket- ball player. Jeanette Palmer, The injured: Warren Palmer, tion serious. Henry Dieteren, 28 years, basket- ball player; will probably recover. Mary Edith Bird, aged 18; condi- tion critical. The responsibility is in dispute. The survivors cannot ed as yet, and the only g8 the crossing gate-tepder. aims that the team through the lowered gite on the side of broken down, but was intact, must have frightened had been pole. aged 19, who drove aged 21. 99 -a vears, condi- be gates, approach hurdled ifter the and torn from were uninjured. by wagon been horses struck anims The BISHOP SATTERLEE DEAD, Died The Words, “Holy, Holy." { Special). - Hepeating Holy, Washington Henry Yates Washington and Rt. Bishop prominent figure in the Protestant Episcopal Church, died at his home, 1407 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Saturday morn- ing at 7.30 o'clock. Pneumonia, con- tracted In New York, is cause of his death. For several days the dition had been rious, but not un- till Friday night was it realized by those at his bedside that the crisis was near. His death, therefore, came a8 a great shock to his friends, his churchmen and co-workers. Bishop Satterlee began to midnight, and he told those him that he believed the end near. His immediate family at once gathered at his bedside. Quattor Satterlee, a patient's con- Lig fail Murdered Man's Hoard. York, Pa. (Special).— When tives and county officlals searched for the will of David Heckert, was murdered about one week ago, 3,200 was found beneath a pile of ld papers. This was the money which the murderer was | seeking when he entered the aged man's room. The money was in old several packages. In a cardboard box was a white duck bag with $579 ig gold coins, some of them stained. Upon one of the packages were the | words “Saved by ings in Memphis.” Receivers For Insurance Company. New York (S8peclal).- receivers for the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company tate Bupreme Court, on application of Attorney General Jackson. The company now is in the hands of re. ceivers appointed by the United States Court on an application made by a committee of policyholders, The receivers appointed by Judge Platzek are Joseph J. O'Donohue and Joseph P. Day. Kew bate For Gillette's Execution. Albany, N. Y. (Special). Chester BE. Gillette, of Cortland, convicted of the murder of his sweetheart, Grace Brown, is to die in the electric chair during the week beginning Mareh 20. The court of appeals, which unani- mously sustained the judgment of conviction of murder in the first de- gres, In a decision handed down last Tuesday, fixed a new date for the ox- ecution of the death sentence, : Three ) Dead or Chloroform. ‘Denver (8pecial).—Mrs. Mary BE. Nixon, aged 60 years; her daughter, Mrs. E. W. Canter, aged 35 years, and the 12-year-old son of the latter were found dead In their home. Over the mouth and nose of each was a sponge, and death evidently resulted of chloroform or ether. Mra. Canter was mentally de ranged, and the police believe she i induced eide with her, or chloroforming both her son and mother, administering anaesthetic to herself, us| LATESTNEWS, BY TELEGRAPH yA Sats Domestic Governor Hughes, in an address in Chicago, says fining trust officials {s putting the burden on the public. He favors jail sentences for corpora- tion officials. The corpse of Capt. Delos Hayden, who dled in a lighthouse off Toledo, 0., was recovered by friends, who made a perilous trip across ice floes. Announcement that Eastorn rail- roads will not reduce wages was made, following a conference of rall- road officials and employes in New York. Former Minister to Denma delivered an address at Utica, N. Y., in which he compared the adminis- trations of Lincoln and Roosevelt. A freight train ran into a trap set trainwreckers for a fast passen- train on the Missouri Pacific, three men being injured. Jerry M. Vrzal, upon whose evi- dence Herman Billik, of Chicago, is under sentence of death for murder, has confessed to perjury. Bishops Potter, Greer and Falkner rk Carr by ger who are protesting against increas ing the Navy. William Randolph Hearst, In address at Chicago, announced principles of a proposed new national political party. After being saved from drowning W. Draper and F. B. Garrett were filled by a train near Pittaburg, Pa. James W. Tarner, who dled on an farm, wants monument of ky jugs to his nory. Jose ph cause to apprehend war with Japan. Justice Brewer declares the nation is rushing into debt for luxuries. E. H. Harriman gained a complete victory tion, when Judge Ball rendered a decision dissolving the temporary in- junction granted to Stuyvesant Fish, by which 286,231 shares of stock were enjoined from being voted at the annual meeting of the Illinois Central Rallroad Company. Claude Brooks, a negro, who con- fessed to kililng Sidney Herndon, a well-to-do bachelor, in his apart- in Chicago on January 12, found gullty of murder in the an J. Ch a me 10 at death. Garfield H. Topping, owner of ope of the first theatres in Chicago, and of the first died at his Minstrel Company, one Ii Twenty-one policemen and foreign- 8 or injured in a riot Street, Philadelphia, when hot on Broad forelgners carrying red Joseph Hobbs, alias Joseph Kelley, sult of the request made by the police Boston. He is charged with rob- bing three postoffices in Massachu- setts. William I Negro, was the murder man, South Bethlehem, mer. By the explosion of a can of gas line Mrs. E. L.. Dodder and her sister, Hamilton, of Glade, Pa, were burned in Omaha Three 1 livery stable H., were Robbers sm: and snatched Carolina Pa.. Shu- fun Handy, a South hanged in Easton, of Policeman last of a hotel and in North Woodstock destroyed by fire a store window diamond rings from a jewelry in New Orleans The Authors’ Club of New York plans a memorial to Edgar Allan Poe. The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey declared a divi of $15 a share for the quarter year ending i March 31. Two uginess blocks, a N shed 112 story tond ena brick dwellings in Pittsburg j undermined by the flood collapsed, { the occupants escaping in their night i clothes. i Beech Hargis, who shot and killed i his father, the Kentucky feadiat, in- herited $50,000 from his parent. Ng Poon Chew, editor of the Chin- ese World, save China is raiging an army of 1.000.000 men " folerian Gribayedoff, the first news: paper illustrator in the United States, died in Paris, Citizens of East Orange, | test that Andrew Carnegie fare too costly. The police of Pennsylvania have captured 270 men in 32 Black Hand i raids. i The Kansas and Colorado Railroad has been mortgaged {$50,000,000 Baron Takahira, the new Japanese ambassador, arrived at New York, and declared that war between the United States and Japan would be the most inhuman event in the hia tory of the world. 4 i : N. J. pro- libraries » Pacific ior F oreign Japan's reply to the American memorandum of January 26 concern- Ambassador O'Brien. The German government is con sidering the expediency of buying out tire Standard Oil Company and establishing a government monopoly, “light earth shocks have heen ex perienced at Horta, Azores, for ti .¢ last three days, but no damage 1.8 been done, King Peter of Servia Is eald to have arranged for life insurance with a New York concern In the sum of $200,000. Vice Admiral Philibert reports a serious battle with the Moors, in which there were casualties on both sides, It is said the British government will persist in the determimmtion to submit increased naval estimates to Praliament, despite the threatening attitude of the Radicals, who advo- cate reduction in armament. The Canadian government has ranted the request of the United tates for the passage of another American war vessel through the Canadian canals. ma PROFESS 10. BF TRUE FRIENDS Baron Takahira Presented to the Fresident, THE EXPRESSIONS OF GOOD WILL. Japanese Ambassador, in Presenting His Credentials, Declares That the Conservation of the Rights and In. terests of All People Is His Sov- ereign’s Cardinal Object. Washington, D. C The formal reception of Baron Takahira, 48 ambassador of Japan to the United Btates, took place the White House at 2.45 Thursday afternoon. The Ambassador was brought to the White House in President Roose- velt's private carriage, accompanied by Colonel Bromwell, the President's military ald. The suite of the Am bassador in diplomatic, military and naval uniforms, was present at the ption, Upon being kahira addressed part as follows: “The with all { Of (Special). at rece Ta- in Baron President presented the and the conserva- rights and interests ple are the cardinal objects of 18t sovereign in his Interna- dealings, and I assure you, sgident, that In the duties my attentiin constantly directed to the attainment of that high ideal, and nothing in my power will be left undone in that direction. The President said “In receiving from your hands the letters of credential I have great pleasure in expressing the lively sat- isfaction- with which I have heard your cordial assurances of the desire and purpose of Japan to maintain and, if possible, still further strengthen the close bonds of amity nations the {tion i a my aug tio} Mr. Pre of my al discharge will be begeficiglly existed betweén your great island empire of the Far East d our own commonwealth of the fest. I feel that I can do even more than reciprocate those assur- ances, apd of my countrymen | can most sincerely pledge to you, and through you to your pation, the earnest co- operation of the Upited States in all firmly establish the mutually bear and to terial advantages of the two nations to the paths of tranquil prosperity “For yourself, Mr, our government and people have the kindliest words of welcome, because we cherish very agreeable remem- brgnces of your former honored so- jioed will minister. You bring to your congen- ial task a knowledge of our life and ways such as few men not of our own race can bring, and you will be alded in your course by the consciousness that you possess the personal sym- pathy, esteem and confidence of those among whom you come to dwell, “In accepting the letters of recall of your worthy predecessor, 1 have to assure you of our good wishes in his behalf ‘1 beg, Mr. Ambassador, that will convey to your august sovereign my personal wishes for his continued health, happiness and welfare, that through the appropriate chan- will make known your nt and to your fellow-citi- Tens earnest wishes the gov- ernment and of the United Stateg for the properity and well be. ing of the Japanese nation.” You and You io of people DISASTERS IN MINES, Fifty Per Cent, Increase In Fatalities Over Last Year, { Special ) Some pretty tO ihe New You ing figures with reference haavy recent Increase in injuries upon 1 mines were present- merican Institute of Min- 8 in a paper read belore ‘the at the New York En- gineers’ Club by J. A. Holmes, chief of the technologie branch of the Geo- logical Survey of the United States Complete reports regarding the coal mine accidents of 1967 have al ready been received from 10 states and territories Reports from Pennsyivania &re nd in. but gdhout every other [mportant coal mining state is represent in the figures. These show un increase of about 20 per cent. in the number of nen killed over the number that met the same fate In the same states and territories in 1906. These fifures do not include Pennsyitania, where 750 men were killed at the Darr mine last December. “From information Land,” Mr. Holmes sald. “it probable that an increase of 25 icent. in the number of fatal accidents | will be shown for the year 1607 over ithe figures for 18086, into consideration the four disasters of last December, in which 684 men were killed. states and territories reporting show that 820 men were killed in the vear 1906 and 979 in the year 1007, an increase in those states and terri- tories of 159 deaths for the year. If i the states which have not yet re | ported keep up the present ratio of Increase in deaths the total number of fatalities for the year 1907, ex- c¢lusive of the four big disasters, will be 2.460, which is 400 more than in 1906. Counting in the big disasters, the deaths will be more than 2.000, which will be a 50 per cent. increase over the year 19506.” A Defeat For Prohibition, Jackson, Miss. (Bpecial). — The greatest surprise of the legislative session developed when an amend- ment seeking to establish constitu- tional prohibition was defeated in the lower house, lacking two votes of a required majority of two-thirds, A singular feature was that all the members from open-saioon counties favored the amendment, and that many who had voted for statu prohibition were against the amen deaths and consequent ents in con to the A seo ed institute a - £ vet ah sent ot FoOnB at pis WASHINGTON BY TELE GRAPH To Amend Sherman Law, Representative Hughes, of New Jersey, introduced an amendment to the Sherman anti-trust act, which is designed to meet the objection raised by the Bupreme Court of the United States In a recent decision. The amendment is as follows: “This act shall not be constructed to apply to any arrangements, agree- ments or combinations between labor ers made with the view of lessening the number of hours of labor, or of increasing the wages; nor to any ar- rangements, agreements or combina- tions among persons engaged in hor- ticulture or agriculture made with the view of enhancing the price of agriculture or horticulture products.’ Mr. Hughes proposes to press his amendment before the Judiclary Committee, Presidential Nominations, The President sent the nomination of Charles P. field, of Missourl, first ass ate Grand Sen to to be instant general, Day Day, United nited Associate Court ited the Day as the son of of the Supreme States, was States Attornes northern district of Ohio just begun his second term solicitor of Canton, Ohljo. Ww. lL. the nomi be for Mr Pacific. considered To Relmburse Southern President Roosevelt with Miller, of the House Committee on Claims, the question reimbursing the Southern Pacific Railroad Company to the extent of $1,600,000, the amount expendead in repairing the break in the Colorado River, are to be begun by the committee. The money was spent by the railroad Chairman of ed as an understanding that the Gov- ernment should bear the expense, Pure Oil Mr. Marshall, And Paint Bill. f North Dakota, in- troduced a bill to prevent the manu- facture, sale or transportation of adulterated or unlabeled turpentine, paint or linseed oll. 0 More Money For Indians. The Indian Appropriation bill, which was reported to the Benate, carries $9.825.,820, an increase of $1.610,128 over the total appropria tions made by the bill ns it was passed by the House New Embassy In Paris, Bacon ft to the appropriat ing for the purchas building for an E a cist not exceed tro wince int an Senator amendime consular and provid- and repalr of a assy in Paris at R400 000, inlamatie on diplomatic 11 on bill un rv ing Some Interesting Happenings Briefly Told. Appropriation Bill, to the Senate, an incr of bill indian reported $9.825.820, over the was ease as passed by ries 616.123 House the CoOnvoe paper Uni Hurkett opposing railroads George Washington ation nator ViBOTon 108i EE a regret over the adopt- { the of 8. Noyes were zations Resolutions death of Crosby ed by various District of Colum The Wabash Railroad Con petition to the Interstats perce Commission, decd it cand got enough operatives to enable to comply with the nine-hour law in force being Isthmian mission in the divisions construction and that of in the clerical force Resolutions for the impeachment of Judge Willey, of the United States Court for China, were referred to the House Committee on Judiciary. A special Senate committed was appointed to consider bills for the establishment of a postal savings bank system. fenator Asbury CC. South Carolina, died at dence operation. Gen. Francis 8. Dodge, States Army, retired, died Organ 0 bia. pany, in Com- 101 it ares are Canal of building mechanics, Heductions ade by the len Latimer, of United at his The House Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures agreed to re- port favorably the bill requiring the SECRETARY TAFT SAYS WAR 15 IMPOSSIBLE What Under Heaven Is There to Fight About ? ? le Asks. HE RIDICULES THE YELLOW PERIL. Secretary Declares United States Would Be the Last Power With Which Japan Would Seek a Conflict, United States Desire. Lowell, tary of War two-day (Bpecial) fam H. Taft Ham Mass Will visit to Massachusetts and left at 6.45 for Boston, where he the Federal Express at 8 o'clock Washington, The Becretar deliv. two addresses The first Nashua was devoted to the work the government in the Philippines and the progress being made on the Panama Canal. The Lowell a New and for il ih { Of gecond about 2! He m of and refer spoke in the course red to the tween and the He Fa vas JAPAN gnid that § i i of the national motto Trust.” A petition for the impeachment of Judge L. States Circuit Court at Shanghai, China, was introduced in the House by Representative Waldo, of New President Roosevelt asked the In- terstate Commerce Commission to in- railroads and their employes in view of the orders reducing wages. Unqualified approval of the Fowler Currency Bill was given by former Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J. Gage before the House Committee on Banking and Currency. The American group of the Inter- national Parliamentary Union select- ed Representative Bartholdt, of St, Louis, as thelr candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize, The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations ordered a favorable report on the new treaty of arbitartion just negotiated with France. Representatives of the various rail- roads made arguments before the House committee against the Employ- er's Liability Bill. Senator Knox introduced a bill for the establishment of tal sav- ings banks as planned by Postmaster General Meyer. Senator Johnson made an argu- ment in avor of keeping bank re serves In the vaults instead of in re- serve banks. The Senate Committee on Fo Relations voted to report favo the bill classifying the consuls sery- w- His said, recent visit convinced talk was ridic He said, in “Within recent ates has of i1lous part VEUTs st advanced to the wo though this adva the result, pi was practically at. people “The and Porto influence than we id's cement of Of in a 181 ue possession of the Rico wicids fil am the world's at home Bt a great deal In the which affects the e 16 battleships to the excellent effect for war. “We are not with a chip on are not hunting war. That last thing that this country = “As between Japan and the Btates, my journey ; vinced me that there ast danger of war and in America are sible for the war rumors cireulation We are the ment in the world with would seek war Our ations and our trade made Japan Very What under heaven ight Japan for Way Japan, | with slarm, becau it necessary to expend of capital and bec nation And such for any country with Japan should be opportunity, every am trying to dc “1 apprehend no danger civilization of China, as some profess The argument that if China comes into « with ug, we w 1ercis dally I C hin ket United a Ong i ppose influe ye Pac for , FREE peace going about the our shoul ants is not 1h Jin goes : largel t that jast whic ist a oi with gee We a me a conditio: deporis tam at and ill be wiped hold that the are civilized the bw thoy will represent Ley Will OPIene States TRAGEDY ON A COLLIER. Kills Walter Weich- Chief Pixon The George ert, Officer. San Juan Bn. Yorio Dixon George American colli Welcel The the Yes Nalter collier board Welchert wit i severed his head made just as We AWAY froni the carpenies where he had ta Dixon. Weichert recently placed in irons on account of obedience of orders, and this prob- ably was the motive for the erime Dixon at once reported the mur der, and asked the second officer to put him in the ship's brig A board of inquiry has been appointed to in- vestigate the occurrence The Abarenda accompanied the floet of American battleships to Rio Ja- chert been 4 with had Dixon dis- from that port. SLAIN BY “CAR ROBBERS.” Southern Rallway Special Agent Kills Two Of Them First, Birmingham, Als. Special Agent J. H. Crawford, { Special) of the The murder was “ear robbers,” two of whom subsequently found dead, bly ghot by Crawford, as two cham- bers in Crawford's revolver empty when it was found The dead men are negroes and a third one is under arrest. were Cleaning San Francisco. San Francisco (Special). dred men in addition to the present force would be emploved in the gani- tary campaign in S8an Francisco, the Marine Hospital Corps was beseiged by applicants for work. Dr. Rucker stated that 8,230 rats were caught in traps last week by the sanitary forces, besides the large, but unknown, num- ber killed by poison. pa A AS Lauds America’s Integrity. San Francisco (Bpecial).——At a meeting in the Young Men's Chris tian Association headquarters Rev Ng Poon Chew, editor of the "Chin- ese World,” told his audience that China was raising an army of 1,000,- 000 men to drive the European nn- tions from the empire. “But she will never be a menace to America,” said the editor, "be cause, among other things we have learned recently, Is that the Ulta Fi » ‘conscience.’ WERE FOUR DAYS WITHOUT WATER Battie For Life By Survivors of the Ship Emily Reed. N (81 ecial) ~eah Bay, Ww ash. of the little six-ton ing at feeble The gloop Teck: was startied iife- crew anchor here, fi ia, 1y by a hail om a stee] in Were ving the light the forms ig and one of American ship ecked off the mouth on the coast of from Bay. drawing up | breeze in the boat four men, three |} survivors need, wr alem Rive 280 mis boat sowly Of fhi« # Neah fit were d Zu Abhiide Sanitary Campaigners in "Frisco Make War On Rao Ban Frans the anpounoe: dred mn force, wonld be tary campaign headquarters Marine Hospital Corps applicants for work Dr. Ruc stated ths were caught in traps the sanitary forces, besid but unknown number poison One Tuesday, FINANCIAL | ents, in of ths by ker 1asl week large by Bear uy Fe | He i¢8 the killed reported a month of plague was first In over cage the Regular dividends on Nattonal Lead New York banks aphareuntly gain- ed during the week §$5.700.000 cash A Pittsburg despatch says seven tinplate and sheet mills of the Unit (ed States Steel will start up March 31 Pennsylvania Railroad coal and coke shipments, according to weekly official reports, are steadily ineroas- OR. Salaries of Seaboard Air Line offi- cinls which exceed £5,000 Lave been cut 10 per cent. and salarics of from 32,000 to $0,000 have been cat £ per cent. Harriman's triumph over Fish in { the lllinois Central controversy stiwm- uiated Union Pacific and had a gen- erally favorable effect upcn share values. According to the Amoriean Rail. road Association figures on Februnre b, the total number of idle ears oa railroad lines of the Unite! States and Canada was 343,217, against 312,680 on Januery 22. Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and Speyer & Co. have purchased $6,000,000 of & per cent. one year notes (rom the Baltimore & Ohio. The notes are gocured by $8,000,000 of Lake Erie & Western refunding 4s. Net earnings of the Washington, Alexandria & Mt Vernon Railway in 1907 increased §28.6338, which is close to 19 per cent, gain over 1908. Wilkes-Barre Gas & Electric, which, like the other company, is controlled by Graham & Co., bankers, of Phila- delphin, gained $29,415, in net earn- ngs in 1907, or a little over 20 par
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