THIRTY KILLED IN WRECK Train Jumped Switch and Rolled Down Embankment. CARS SMASHED TO PIECES Beven Day Coaches, Carrying Im- migrants, Were Crushed Into Kindling Wood. Thirty persons were killed and more than 50 injured in the wreck of the Southern Pacific express train from New Orleans for San Francisco, at Colton, 60 miles east of Los Angeles, Cal. The train took an open switch when speeding 50 miles an hour, and five out of the nine coaches were de- molished. The four cars that remain- ed on the track were badly smashed, but all the passengers in them es- caped death. One of the four coaches was occupied by Florence Roberts, the actress, and her company of 20 per- sons playing in ‘The Strength of the Weak.” The players were severely bruised and shocked. ; There is a persistent report that the switch was thrown open by train- wreckers, as a yardman reported that he passed the spot a few minutes be- fore the accident and the switch was then in position. The train was in the siding before the engineer realized tne danger, and before he could bring the express to a stop the locomotive ran into a freight car, and then drove full against the side of an embankment. There are 19 bodies in the Colton morgue, and many more are in the police station. 'George L. Sharp of Muncie, Ind., has been identified as one of the dead. Six of the dead are women and four small children were killed. The force of the wreck was so tremendous that the sides and roofs of the cars were split, opening seams .through which the passengers were shot as if by cat=pults. One man was thrown 50 feet in a direct line from the siding. Another passenger was flung across the narrow wedge of land to the main track, where his head was crushed by coming in contact with the rail. He died instantly. A woman was found stuck head first fn a mud hole a few feet from the siding. foot, and was uMnjured. pierced through the splinter, which projected back into the plush covering Sharp was bevond his of his cer of fire, and vin deluged the woman this her after + lines of house for the fireme wreck with was almost drowned eration. - The fire: they had droppe y and joined in the search and the dying. tar Wate 2 Vor is BLOW UP TRAIN ON Consignment of Torpedoes Tosses Cars, Wires and Track Into a Jumbie. A large shipment of torpedoes being hauled east in a Baltimore & Ohio box car, which also contained eral large carbonic acid gas tanks, exploded supposedly through the gas tanks rolling over on as the train was passing Patterson’s creek, 10 miles east of Md. The car was blown to splinters, the ends of the two adjoining cars were blown ‘in, the track torn up, the tele- graph system put out of business and two empty stesl coal cars of a pass- ing westbound train re blown over on their sides. Probing Express Companies. The interstate commerce commis: sion, issued an ¢ quiring Ameri- can, United 5 fic and Wells fargo; expres: 3 to pre- pare \and file within “80 days st detail how and to what extent, if any, they are engazed in the business of buying and selli: >t handling on consignment fruits, vegetables and oysters entering into interstate merce. This is preli to investigation ordered the ate. the sen- IMPOSSIBLE TO BID ON JOB More Revelations in Pennsylvania Capitol Investigation. According to testimony given before the Capitol Investigating sion at Harrisburg, for the bronze electrical fixtures, erson $2,000,000, contained sible features which no manufacturer could produce snd which no bidder could safely offer to produce without assurance from persons in control that the impossible things would not be required. The manifest purpose cf the prob- ers in bringing out this testimony was | | crease to show that a studied effort had been made to shut out all bidders except Sanderson. Standard Joins English Rivals The Standard European Petroleum reached a inutual agreement which gle hitherto waged fi markets. Under Standard Oil Comy trol of many additicn tank “installations i distribution as Antwer and Rotterdam. Dynamite Kiiis Fifty. A messag from Transvaal says: Four white men and 50 natives were instantly killed and 3 whites and 16 natives were injured by the unexpected explosion of two cases of dynamite at the Dreifontein mine. One cf the white men killed was an American named William Harvey. The explosion occurred at a time when the mine workers were mustered preparatory to going ta work. A native tampered with the dynamite, which exploded. Union have satisfactory end the rangement the con- important oil centers “OS | Importation She was, dragzed out by the | body by a. huge | | pose of ending op- | the dead | | ‘strikers. | nolle was based is that while the men | came from Canada and although they | sev- | out naturalization pa- | the torpedoes, | Cumberland, ! com- | [will { erand jury which nreets in Minneapo- Commis- | the specifications | for | which the State paid John H. Sand- | impos- | Oi! Company and the sirug- | the European | of | Amsterdam | Johannesburg, | DEATH OF GALUSHA A. GROW Father of Homestead Act and Speak- er of House in War Times Dies at 84. Former Congressman Galusha A. Grow, S23 years old, died at his home in Glenwood, Pa. March 31, as a re- | sult of a general breakdown, attribut- ed to old age. Mr. Grow the best-known United States. He was born in Ash- ford, ‘Conn., August -31, 1823. father died when he was but 3 old, and his mother, with her children, removed to county, Pa., in May, 1834. | | was at one time one of | public men in the | His | years | six | Susquehanna | He worked | on a farm summers and went to com- | it r | that will lead to the apprehension and mon school in winters until the sum- mer of 1837, when he began a regu- lar course of study academy, Susquehanna ccunty, entered the freshman class at herst college in September, 1840. In July. 1844, he graduated, and on April at the Franklin | and | Am- | 19, 1847, was admitted to the bar of | Susquehanna county. Youngest Member of House. Mr. Grow was elected to Congress from the Wilmot district of Pennsyl- | vania as the youngest member of that | body, In 1851. and, after he re-entered the House of Repre- sentatives as from Pennsylvania 14 years ago. retirement | f ublic life for nearly 40 years, | Tom Due D y y | miles east, at the congressman-at-large | stenz express When he retired four years ago his | public service in the House extended | longest period. not continuous service, of any who ever sat in that body. During the ante-bellum days he was one of the best-known men in the United States, and in 1864 he came within one vote of being nominated for vice president in place of Andrew Johnson. who became President on the death of Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Grow was elected speaker of fhe House of Representatives in 1861 over the man and occupied that position during the | been the ease at full speed. first two years of the war, until his retirement from Congress in 1863. Mr. Grow’'s greatest public service act, through which measure many mil- lion acres of Western were opened up to settlement although | TRAIN WRECKERS AT WORK Pennsylvania Railroad Offers a Reward for Their Arrest. TRAIN WAS NOT AT FULL SPEED Work Seems to Have Been Done by Men Who Understand Railroad Work. Rewards aggregating $5,500 have been offered by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for information conviction of fiends who attempted to wreck the Chicago limited at Stewart a few days ago and the Keystone ex- press at Wilmerding Mareli 27. Hav- ing partly failed at Stewart the wreckers attempted to have these two trains run together in a gigantic wreck between Turtle: Creek and Wilmerding. Tracks three and four were “fixed” for this purpose, the point selected being where the trains usually pass. The Chicago limited was a few min- utes late, passing Pitcairn, about two time the Key- ran into" the trap. Warning was given and the limited was saved from disaster. The wreckers pulled the spikes from one rail, removed the bolts and fish- plates and turned the end of the rail inward on tracks three and four in such a manner as to throw the trains into Turtle creek. The first section of Keystone express, train No. 20, left the Union { station, Pittsburgh at 3 a. m. and ran { Rorabaugh ai « RT “1.1 day coach was as the “father” of the homestead | shaken oo littl as not to owalken Af | of the passengers. farm lands | by | homesteaders, an act which has been credited with other one thing for. the development of the great West. UNION LOSES SUIT of Foreign Workmen Legal in This Case, Court Rules. Action against Altman Manu- facturing Company Canton, O., the ‘of doing more than any | | pany | whereabouts of any one or more of | the guilty parties, the company will charged with importing alien contract | int ccuntry for the strike, was wler, in the sveland. The case three years. ied on. recommenda- ment of justi at labor o this ed by Ju court been counts tion of \Wasuington. at: Cl in--co i lepart ice pur- | dismiss- | federal | has | The | | ernmeant to suppress the revolt of the s instigated by the or-i International Iron It was alleged $ 1 the Molders of Ameriea. that wnan ti at Canton, the several hundred foreigners Canada to take the places of The grounds 'on which the employers imported had not taken pers, they had been viously ,in this country. employed pre- LEADING MEN IN LOTTERY Drawings Are Said to Take Place on Steamer in the Gulf. Sensational disclosures the operation of a lottery scheme on the Mississippi coast were placed in the han of the federal at Jackson, Miss. Judge called a special term of circuit court to meet at 22. to indict the persons some of whom are alleged among the most prominent of. that of the state. It is nat a regular drawing of prizes n place aboard ves- of the gulf. Niles the has involved, to . be citizens sect said t GRAPHIC BRIEFS. failure to send a to. Washington is due to its disap- molders were on strike | | conditions. from | the | | doubtedly is aggravated. regarding | 2 ; | band of peasants called upon to dis- | perse refused to do so and opend fire | authorities | federal | Biloxi April | into the trap at 3:27. Engineman J. happened to be running under caution from a signal -at the | Wilmerding tower and thus the wreck was less disastrous than would have The en- gine, two mail cars and a combination baggage and smoker left the track, the and Pullman cars being The company offers a reward of $2,500 to any person or persons who will furnish evidence resulting in the arrest and conviction of those who | caused the derailment of the Chicago limited and a similar amount for the Keystone wreckers. For any definite information that will enable the com- to ascertain the name and pay a reward of $500. HUNDREDS OF MEN SLAIN. Viilages in Which Insurgents Take Refuge Bcmbarded Without Mercy. The efforts of the Roumanian gov- peasants have failed. The troops are acting with increased energy. A large number of rioters have been killed in the numerous conflicts with the soldiery, but as yet there is no sign of permanent amelioration of The rioters appear to be becoming bolder and more deter- mined and to-day the situation un- The new prefect of Bucharest has ordered all stores in the city closed. The order created the impression tha the rioters were approaching Buchar- est and there was wild panic until it was learned that these fears were groundless. Several roving bands of peasants in the district of Teleorman were sur- | rounded and brought to bay by de- tachments of troops. At Vlashka a on the troops, whereupon the latter fired three shots from a field gun, kill- ing 70 men and wounding many more. According to an unconfirmed of the encounter 200 peasants were | killed. A squadron of Hussars sent to Bra- | | bova came | peasan ants we in conflict with a band of te. and it is reported 59 peas- ‘e killed. A serious .enco is reported inter from the village of Papanhabestic, in | wounded. minister | pointment at not securing the privi- | | lege of being represented by an am- | | bassador. An investigation of the alleged coal | coal the federal soft by combination in the be undertaken lis. John Dalzell said he favored re- vising the tariff in 1909 and a plank field promising such changes in schedules as are neaded. Mrs. E. S. Loveland, a niece of the | late Collis P. Huntington, and a bene- i ficiary under his. wil}, kilied at Oneonta, N.Y. while oper- | ating a new automobile. Railroads have notified the | sion announced the designation of four | was instantly | inter- | state commerce commission of an in- | in freight rates on account of anticipated reduction in receipts be- cause of the two-cent fare bills pass- ed in several states. | oaths and take testimony Much valuable tobacco was burned | by “night riders” in Kentucky, in venge for independent growers fusing to join the association. Thomas Harris. a younz white man, formerly a Paptist preacher, was god at Gafi 8. :C.,s for . the i aged white woman. Be- ICY, re- | re-| | her cap was adjusted Har- | funeral » his own Rural Delivery Decision. In a decisien rendered, Fourth As- sistant ‘Postmaster General De Graw insists upen an adherence to the regu- lations requiring that boxes on rural mail routes shall be erected by the roadside so that carriers can easily obtain access to them without de- viating from their routes or dismount- ing from the vehicles. Failure to comply with fhe regulations in this respect, the decision states, is likely to result in the discontinuance of de- livery of mail by rural carrier. ser- | Were which many peasants were killed or The bombardment of three villazes in the Valashka district in which rioters had taken refuge re- sulted in a large casualty list. Sev- eral hundred peasants were arrested there. There have een sanguinary rumor places the number killed and wounded in encounters with troops at several hundred. The authorities are use artillery to bombard the villages in the Republican platform of 1908 Where the rioters take ‘refuge. Special Agents or Examiners. The interstate commerce commis- present employes, Martin S. Decker, assistant secretary of the commission, Patrick J. Farrell, John H. Marble, ana Luther M. Walter, as- sistant attorneys of the commission, of :its to act as special agents or examiners, | authorized under the amended act to | administer | and make | regulate commerce, to reports. Drowns Herself and Children. Shongum lake four miles Pover, N. J. as the scene i Otto triple tragedy. pinned to her dress the garments of daughter, seized of a little son and cach by the arm and jumped into the water. The dead bodies of all three recovered today. EXCURSIONS WILL CONTINUE Some Railroads Which Will Not Dis- continue bLow-Fare Trips. At a conference of the heads of the passenger departments of the rail roads entering Indiana and Ohio it was decided not only to continue Sun- { day excursions this- summer, but to make the rates lower than last year's schedules. > A proposition to discontinue all Sunday excursions on account of two- cent fare legislation was defeated. Nebraska version | | ordered an injunction. { Court reversed that decision. en- | counters in the district of Dolj, and | the | | City heainning to | from Britting | ROCKEFELLER FUND DISBURSED | Large Sums Given to a Institutions. The first distribution by the general education board since it received John D. Rockefeller’s recent contribution of $32,000,000, was made at a meeting of the board held in New York City March 26, when conditional gifts to- taling $625,000 were made to five edu- cational institutions. The money was divided as follows: Yale university, $300,000; Princeton university, $200, 000; Bowdoin college, Brunswicls, Me., $50,000; Colorado college, Colorado Springs, Col., $50,000; Millsap college, Jackson, Miss., $25,000. Number of After making these appropriations | the board voted to give a total of $42,500 to colored schools. TRAGEDY ON TROLLEY CARS Woman Wounded by Man for Whom She Gave up Husband. Mrs. Mollie Hill Gibson, divorced wife of Elmer Gibson, a real estate dealer, was shot and probably fatal- ly injured on an interurban car in Illinois by Peter Clark, an insurance agent. The shooting is said to be the result of a scandal in the choir of .the First Christian Church, of Girard, Ill. Clark shot five times at Mrs. Gibson, three bullets entering the head and one piercing and arm. Clark surrend- ered to officers at Virden, Ill. As the result of the choir scandal, in which Clarke and Mrs. Gibson were alleged to be Implicated two years ago, Gibson and Mrs. Clark procured divorces. RINEHART ARRESTED AGAIN Total of 19 Charges Against Cashier of Closed Waynesburg Bank. Two more informations were made against J. B. F. Rinehart, former cashier of the wrecked Farmers and Drovers Rank at Waynesburg, Pa, on charges of forgery and. false pre- tense made by John T. Harris of Bellefonte. Rinehart furnished $2,000 bail on each count. Harris has two rediscounted notes purportine to be signed by James F. Iams and George F. Auld, each of whom declared his name had: been forged. Rinehart is now held on 19 separ- ate charges. and has furnished a to- | tal of $48,000 bail. CITY TAX ON RAILROADS Legislature Fathered by Late Rosewater. The passage by the Nebraska Legis- lature of the bill for the taxation of railroad property in cities and villages for local purposes on the same basis cn which other property is .taxed, marks the end of a fight that begun in the Legislature in 1991. It was in- auguraied by the late Edward Rosc¢ water. The Passes Edward bill will increase the annual tax 'of railroads in Nebraska upward | of $500,000, about $190,000 of which will go into the city treasury at Oma- ha. The bill went to the governor. $60,000,000 STOCK ISSUE O. K. Great Northern Injunction. The Minnesota State Supreme Court upheld the Great Northern Raiiroad company's right to issue the $60,000. 000 of stock authorized by the direc- tors some months ago, and which was enjoined by Attorney General Young, whe asserted the company should first be examined by the State Railroad and Warehouse Commission to show the necessity and the purpose of the | issue. The County district court The Supreme Ramsey Gambling a Crime in Texas. Governor Compbell signed the making gambling a felony in State of Texas. The bill, which comes operative at once, provides a penitentiary sentence for any person convicted of gambling, a jail penalty for the owner of any building in which gambling devices are kept and im- prisonment for 30 days for any per- son found guilty of playing cards in a bill bhe- | private house for a prize. No Signs of Disaster. Recognized authorities in the indus- trial and financial world in New York mited in the expression that there are no real clouds in the busi- ness skies. and there is no indication that it will be interrupted in- the ture. Reward for Missing Boy. Dr. Marvin, of Dover, Del, father | of Horace Marvin, aged 4 years, who | has been missing from his home since | March 4, has deposited $1,000 in gold with the cashier of a local bank as a reward for the return of the boy. Rothschilds Buy Copper Mine. The Rothschilds have purchased the famous = Beatson - group of mines