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SIX PERSONS
KILLED IN V RECK
t flyer Dashed into
Rear End of Stock
Train '
SmflFS ARF MISSlNii
The Dead and Injured Were Mostly
Stock-dealers From Dakota and
Montana Passenger Train Going
35 Miles an Hour, Ban IntoVrelght
Going 10 Miles an Hour Believed
the Injured Will Bun as High as
80 1; Persons Coroner Making
Sweeping Investigation to Get at
'the Cause of the Wreck None of
' iflke . Passengers or Crew of the
Passenger Train Injured Wreck
age Caught Fire.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Chicago, Sept. 28 Six persons are
known to be dead, three are missing
and scored were injured today when
the midnight flyer of the Panhandle
Railroad collided into the rear end
of a Chicago, Milwaukee $ St. Paul
stock train at Fourteenth and Rock
well streets.
The dead and Injured were mostly
stock dealers from Montana and Da
kotar The victims of the disaster have
already been identified.
The dead:
H. H. Potter, stockman, Diamond,
n: d;
Don Schlanger, stockman,. Fayette,
; Frank Toch. -.,.
. C -i ; PoBtle.
D. H: Hamilton, Minnesota, North
Dakota stock man ; body at county
morgue.
Jacob Notz, stockman, of Cullen,
N. D., body at county morgue.
' Conductor Bond, of the stock train,
was taken from the wreck supposedly
dead, but was found to be alive and
hurried to the Monroe Hospital. It
is said, his injuries will prove fatal.
Park Wallace and Erward Clark,
both of Longsport, lnd., were engi
neer and fireman respectively of the
passenger train. William Collins and
L.. ' Koehlman, both of Milwaukee,
were the engineer and fireman res
pectively of the stock train. Wallace
and Clark were both slightly bruised
, in jumping from the train.
The passenger train the regular
late Cincinnati flyer, was made up of
a baggage car,' a day coach, a dining
car and four sleeping cars.
- Twelfth street .just south of
where the wreck occurred, the tracks
make a Bharp turn and the freight
train, going at 10 miles an hour, had
passed this but a minute before the
passenger train, going 35 miles an
hour, reached the turn.
Not until the engine wept around
the'; curve did the engineer see the
other train's light:' '
Engineer Wallace shouted to his
- fireman, Edward Clark, to jump, and
shutting Off and reversing his engine
and applying the air-brake, he too,
leaped just before the engine hit the
caboose. '
Among the injured were H. D.
Malic, of Springfield, O., back' in
jured; J; J. McAullffe, of Logansport,
lnd., two ribs fractured; H. F. Black,
of Dayton,, o., back injured; J. A.
Dixon, of New York City, leg injured
anT Beatf "cut. ' " AlfV W'YnJUr'eu
weTe Uken to th'e'MOhV'oe' Hospitif.
It belteved'the iWjiired.'Taaost of
thinf 'seriously, will run as high as 35
persons. "'" ' ' h
.i Almost -' Immediately aftlert the
wreck bormer Hoffman,' through' his
aides,- bejan a thorough and: sweep
lot investigation into the circumstan
ces of. the-wreck," with a view to plac
ing the responsibility for the toll of
death."
Preparations " were made for the
opening of the inquest at an early
hour.- .
Wane of the passengers or crew of
the passenger train was injured.
' i-TThe .dead and injured stockmen
weVe huddled' in the caboose of tho
stock special. The wreckage caught
' fife tfnW'-the st'oVe In .the caboosS
Ovtridrned. :' Twb cars' of stock wert
bufneft before the fire department put
ouf th fehtte.
'.SVs .'Hjooja th6 fire was, controlled
th'a firsraern V6& policemen started the
Idrk Wri'Mdvtti'ff he oodles: of ihe
- psisehtar train fill)ln'ned inlfl the
ca&Ms. el; th stock train, and the
BOdBa hfid- Wn " (ihdved directly
through the 'car 1 U ' cattle 'dlreitti
ahead, three other cars were tele
scoped by the hock, put the caboose
and the stock car, in one jumbled
mass, were burning when, the first
engine, company arrived.
The scene was a horrifying one.
By the light of the flames which al
ready had enveloped the caboose and
the wrecked cattle cars the mangled
bodies could : be . seen scattered
throughout the debris, most of them
being caught between the walls of
the caboose and those of the cars just
in front," which had been crushed to
gether with terrific force into an al
inextrlcable mass.
It was apparent that when the lo
comotive had plowed through the
caboose,' splitting it in two, both por
tions, were carried forward and tel
escoped Into the cattle cars, where
the bodies of the men mingled with
those of the cattle.
The responsibility for the wreck
could not be determined this morn
ing.' ( The train dispatcher of the Penn
sylvania said the tracks where the
wreck occurred were used jointly by
passenger and freight trains, and
there probably was a failure on the
part of the tower man to display a
signal that the freight train was in
front of the engineer of the passenger
train to notice such a signal.
EXCITING MO
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York," Sept. 28 The V nomination
of two iuick cars to be driven by
those dare deviie of the Automobile
turf Louis Chevrolet arid Bibby Bur
man mnde It evident today that there
will .be some, sensational work" in the
Long Island' stock car men which
will be run tomorrow to Bivrhead L.
I. It was positively announced today
by the. motor contest , association that
seventeen; cars will start in jthe five
classes of; the Stock car derby! Starter
Fred Wagner wtU. send them iway at
one minute intervals. The trick will
be closed at 8 o'clock-..tomorrow morn
ing, to give 4h"iwrtendcT3 full, away
over the,;. road way.; Trial splife t wore
made today and while the golg was
somewhat soggy, . It was antouhced
that 60 miles an hour will bf! made
easily. ... -, - )
The cars will got off promptly at
8:30 o'clock oyer the Riverheali-Matti-tuck
course. The ;event ranks !in auto
mobile importance .with, the; Crown
Point, Ind,r and Lowell, MM" road
races. Both Chevrolet and .Burman
won races at Crown Point and Lowell
and did some sensational driving at
Brighton Beach during the 24 hour
event. They entered a car to be driven
by Frank Lescault. another Space an
nihilator in the I3.0Q0 to $4,000. The
favorite in this class is Lund, In a
Rainier. i
STANLEY KETGHEL
HiliiNG mis
(By W. W. Naughton.)
San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 28 When
Willus Britt promised that things
would "hum" when Stanley Ketchel
began training at Millet's, he evidently
knew whereftf he promised.
Ketchel mixed up with three sparring
partners, yesterday while the biggest
week day crowd that was ever seen at
the road side quarters looked on. The
names of Ketchel's victims are Steve
O'Conner. Dick Elllcrs. the Montana
cyclone and Charlie Miller, thfl human
punching bag. Each or tnese men went
two" rounds or rather entered on a
second round and each in turn was
knocked out.
Knneklne out his henchmen will
probably be a favorite amusement with
Ketchel front now until October 12,
He believes that his chances of ever
po'wcrlng Jqhnson Wljl improve as h?
cultiavtes ercenes. .It is possible., that
the personnel of his sparring staff will
change some, nut, Dtr ;Al"sr, or one
win nnt hn turned nwav for hard
knocks. MUlor liHes being hammered
as cm ukw uiu. .t), ,i-:lu -
Ketchel did Irpa4..w,qrka.nd plenty of
U in the morning. In the;: afternoon
i n ';.." - . wi.
prior to the running amue aiiions "
B.qnhitnntH he nl aired handball, punched
the bag, buffered! the sack and did a
lot of shadow. .worn. ,,-. ,
Jack Johnson started out , wltih , road
urnrlr In tn mnmlnr riuI In the after
noon worked' before) a packed pavilion
at the beach, His: sparring consisted
of four lively rounds with Dave Mills.
Wireless Between San Frnndsco and
. . .. ' .1 a i - f I.'. J
Honoiun.
, By Leased Wire 16 The Times)
Hilr ranrtoitf"YT':'''teint-.. '28
Wlrefesj) ommunlcatfon between
Hvfiniiiin anil Ran Francisco has been
established by Operator Phelps, 6f the
Oceanic Steamship Company's steam
er, Alameda!" s,.,'. ..t
' Tied .bp t the dock it Honolulu.
fiiil'i i1.-;': iti. 'i'L'U At- 11..
l?u "VJl intf Syr ,wl "
tiAi Ham 'hAArt ill r.ommuniciUotl
UfVH Tw' . T-.-..
witp-'th wireless - bureau of The
Chronicje. " ' .
J Phelps a'nnounceS'i'he arhval of
the Alameda at Honolulu before cable
advices bad time to reach here.
RACES TOMRROW
SHOOTS THREE
A
Kills Son of the Proprietor
and Wounds Two
Other Men
ROBS THE PLACE
Bandit Enters Saloon in Plviladelphia
Shortly After 'Daylight and Covers
Proprietor and Two customers
With Pistol and Demands Their
Money They Don't Act Fast
Enough to Suit Rim and He Fires
on All Three Killing the Proprietor
Instantly Then He Rifles the
Pockets of the Men and Calmly
Walks From the Place Wounded
Men Taken to Hospital Give Po.
lice a Good Description of Bandit.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Philadelphia. Pa., Sept. 28 A
masked desperado shot one man to
death and seriously wounded two
others to get $47 today in the saloon
at York Road and Lycomeng street.
The dead man is James Quinn,
aged twenty-three years, son of the
owner of the saloon. The wounded
men are John Cassidy and Henry Sav
ior,, who were standing at the bar
when the bandit entered. l
Entering Uie saloon shortly after
daylight, the band't produced a re
volver of big caliber. In true fron
tier fashion he commanded 'the three
men to produce all the money , and
jewelry they had on their perspns. , .
"You're not moving fast e.5poBh,"
exclaimed the desperaaof,nTfppftig
the trigger and young Quinn fell
dead, shot through the abdomen.
"Get a move on you," exclaimed
the man angrily as Saylor and Cas
sidy cowered before the revolver,
horror-stricken at the cold-blooded
murder" of Quinn. Two more shots
rang out and both men fell to the
floor.
The bandit cooly replaced his re
volver, stooped over the prostrate
bodies and rifled the pockets. Then
he removed his mask and sauntered
into the street. Cassidy was hurried
to the Samaritan Hospital and Saylor
to the Jewish Hospital, where they
were able to supply tne police with a
description of the murderer.
POLE CONTROVERSY
BITTERLY WAGED
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York, Sept. 28 Commander
Peary's Bar Harbor interview in which
he returned to the attach on Dr. Fred
erick A. Cook's claim to the discovery
Si the pole even more vehemently than
In his earlier repudiation of the Brook
lyn explorer, has lined up the ad
herents of the two men in controyersal
array and now after the lull of the
past few days the dispute te resumed
more bitterly than ever.
The Peary men this morning declared
the commander's charges against Cook
as outlined by him at Bar Harbor
last night are irrefutable. The Cook
supporters, on the other hand,, were
calmly confident.
In the meantime, Dv, .Cook pursued
the even tenor of his way in his suite
at the Waldorf-Astoria, announcing
that, this noon he would receive the
newspaper men in a body and reply
to any questions.
This morning his secretary said:
VDr, Cook is busy now, and requests
that he be excused from answering any
questions until noon when he will re
ceive all the newspaper men who care
to see him in his rooms here and will
reply to any legitimate question they
may ask.' .
' nr. -. Cook's - first lecture on "The
North Pole" was delivered last night
at Carnegie Hall. Cook did not rerer
to the, dispute in his lecture and added
no startling facts to the inforrnatlon
he has already made public. When he
finished a number of enthsiastic wo
men made a rush for him. Among
them were some ,of his relatives. The
Hobson greeting apparently dm not ap.
peal to the doctor. for, after allowing
hiu fomininn to kiss him. he adroitly
disappeared through a rear door and
hurried to his. hotel. , ... ... , , .
Killed Wife and Himself.
Pitt'ston, Pa., Sept. 28 After a
quarrel with, his wife Samuel Troxel,"
seed 35. a 'farmer. 'llvinE near Boy-
ertown, went upstairs, secured a pis
til and returning to th kitchen shot
hd: . instantly killed his wi re ana
thAn inrnM the'wMDon on himself.
inflicting a .wound from, which lw
died' within a few minutes. Two
small children of the courIo witnessed
the double tragedy.
SALOON
MILLION
AND
HALF PEOPLE
SEE PARADE
Great Crowds Throng Streets
to See Parade mi
Historical Pageant
LINE OF THE MARCH
Skyscrapers Turned Into Grand
stands, Windows Filled With Spec
tators and Hotels, Clubs, Stores
and Dwellings All Filled at Every
Aperature Soap Boxes Sell for as
Much as Four Dollars All New
York That Could Get Away From
Business on the Scene Besides the
Hundreds of Thousands of Visitors.
5,000 Pntroimen Along Route to
Preserve Order and Prevent Acci
dents Fifty-four Floats Symbolic
of Historic Features.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
New York, Sept. 28 Hours before
the time scheduled for the starting
of the monster historical parade to
day, 1,500,000 people were crowded
along the line of march. Only a ter
rific downpour would halt the pag
eant, it had been announced, and in
anticipation of favorable weather the
crowds turned out in full force.
From 110th street and Central
Park west, the starting point, to
Washington Square, not an inch of
space did .not .bear its quota of hu-
Skyscrapers ' were turned into
grandstands, each window filled with
spectators. Hotels, clubs, dwellings
all were crammed at every aper
ture. The grandstands were packed
by the time the floats and paraders
were organizing for the march.
Stools, chairs and boxes were hawked
about at prices many times their
value, in many instances, soap boxes
going readily at $3 and $4.
All New York that could get away
from business was on the scene and
besides there were hundreds of
thousands of the visitors who have
come for the celebration.
By 8 o'clock Commissioner Baker
haiL-5,000 patrolmen in their places
along the five mile route. No such
display of authority has ever been
made in connection with a similar
demonstration in New York. The
parade is the climax on land of the
great celebration and vast throngs
turned out to shiver and wait for the
start, of the grand spectacle.
The grandstands along the route
had become waterlogged by nearly
twenty-four hours of continuous rain.
Early in the day gray, dreary skies
frowned above New York and a driz
zle of cold rain fell' but later It clear
ed and the commission announced
tne parade would be held.
. The many months planning culmi
nated in an imposing picture as the
final preparations were made today.
Fifty-four floats symbolical of his
toric features and nearly thirty brass
bands of more than 1,500 pieces matte
up the big feature of the pageant..,
Today's pageant really produced
the supreme effort of the commission.
For several months 300 artists, car
penters and papier mache manipula
tors worked in an Immense barn-like
structure '.a Bronx Park preparing
the wood and plaster figures which
today, bright in plaint and tinsel dec
orated the fifty-four floats in the pro-,
cession. Nearly 20,000 men, women
and children, most of them in cos
tume, representing every national
and patriotic society in the city were
selected to pose as historic person
ages on these floats or march between
and beside them. The cost of the
whole spectacle was $300,000.
The line of march was from 110th
street through Central Park west to
59th street and east to Fifth avenue
and down Fifth avenue to Washing
ton Arch and thence to Third street.
Fifth avenue was notable in Its
bright dress as the sun grew warmer.
The broad sweep of roadway was
flanked by pillars and 41vld wij.li
color. Massed on ,Dotn aides was a
living sea, swaying and tossing un
til the , platoons of police could
scarcely, keep It within bounds.
Every window had. an occupant; the
bleacher Beats which, had been , con
structed were filled early. Private
house owners had y rented windows.
Storekeepers had built seats In their
Windows, selling them at exorbitant
prices. Men climbed tree and every
elevation Was Mack w'itlL people. ,i fs,
the morning --grew older, thehrpng
grew denser." Women were crushed !
and Jostled and .the Red Cross sta
tions constructed h,n tbe llue 01
march had plenty to do.
As the hour for the start grew
nearer the noise grew deafening.
Like the roar of ocean waves pound
ing upon the beach the muffled cheer
ing and shouting of the great throngs
passed along the line. Bands, of fifty
and one hundred pieces paraded to
their stations, .filling the air with
their clamor. Spectators with mega
phones added to the din.
Plans as comprehensive as those
which worked admirably in hand
ling the record-breaking crowds
which jammed Riverside Drive on
Saturday were prepare.
General Charles E. Roe, grand
marshal of the 'monster pageant,
v as reiHy at the mini;te to set in mo
rlrm flio p,r"Pt lino. General Rop ar
Hgned Hie four divisions of the pag
eant to their plices. giv.ng the vet
eran firemen a place on Sixty-fifth
stret to protect them from the long
walk. The Court of Honor at 41st
street was erected in front of the re
viewing stand, where Governor
Hughes and the other dignitaries
went.
Following the van of police in the
line was the Hudson-Kulton commis
sion. Then came the grand mar
shal, a band of 100 pieces and the
first divis'on.
AUTHORITY SAYS
EARLY IS LEPER
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington, Sept. 2X A statement
was made yesterday by Medical
Director Wise, of the navy, who was
detailed by the United .States govern
ment as its delegate to the Internation
al convention on leprosy, recently held
at Berlin, regarding the diagnosis of
leprosy in the case of John Early, who
was recently discharged from the Skin
& Cancer Hospital of New Yolk City,
officials of the institution announcing
that Early was not a leper.
Prof. Claus Hanson, vho Is conceded
by scientists to be the highest author
ity on leprosy, and who is the dis
coverer of th ,tcrfjvji f'.te; d'Swe-
saja to Medical Director Wise that
a. tjpjfcimen or Early s skin had been
submitted to him for examination that
he found it to contain the character
istic baccillus, and that the case was
one of leprosy.
In the' discussion of the prevalence
of leprosy in the United States before
the Berlin conference. Prof. Ehlers,
the Danish leprologist stated that the
case of Early was so marked that no
one having any clinical knowledge of
the disease could have failed to dis
tinguish it.
SUFFER FOR FOOD
Houmn, La., Sept. 2S One thousand
refugees of the gulf hurricane in tin
Terrebonne parish are suffering from
lack of food. The war department will
aid the stricken people. The refugees
are camping along the gayous. There
are possibly 300 dead. Scores of vic
tims are being uncovered every day.
Daily the stench in the flooded dis
trict becomes worse and only those
who go on acjual errands of mercy
venture there. Reports of this sick
ening condition deterred excursionists
from leaving here as planned today.
Rev. Father Richard Richard of Mon
tegul, pastor of the Catholic church
there said:
"I have never witnessed such a
horror. The church collapsed at 4:30
p. m. Monday early in the storm. I
think fully 250 possibly 300 were killed
by the storm in lower Terrebonne. I
have seen bodies in all sorts of horrible
condition, nude, caught in branches of
trees, bfebes clasped in mother's arms.
These bodies were buried in the mud
or wherever found."
MEETING OF TOFT AND
DIAZ TO BE SIMPLE
El Paso, Tex., Sept. 2S The meet
ing of Presidents Taft and Diaz at El
Paso and Jaurez will be international
functions conducted with simple for
mality, according to the program as
given out by the war department. The
United States executive will make
two visits to Mexican soil and Mr.
Diaz will cross the Rio Grande iuto
Texas once. Neither troops nor flag
of either country will cross into the
other. . - "
; In the forenoon. President Diaz, will
be welcpmed to the United States by
President . Taft,, the secretary of
slate, the governor of Texas and staff
And wli be. drivett tqp the El Paso
chamber ,ot commerce, wheroi the
b.rt8jdeftts 'will converse In prlyaje.
At noon ( .tM ceremony. be re
peated on tne other side of he river
with President 'Diaz as the host and
it i ..mPreslde'ntjTaft will return
to Juarez,' where he will be the guest
Ot Honor at ; a banquet. :
STORM REFUGEES
THE UPCHURCH
CASE IS BEING
HEARD TODAY
Woman is terped With Killing
Elij McCoy oo Niglit
of March 17
OTHER CASES HtARD
.Sol'citor Jones Announced That the
State Would Xot Ask for a Verdict
of First Degree Murder Took but
a Short Time to Secure Jury and
the Examination of Witnesses Re
gan Marshal Hutcliins Described
the Fight lietween the Two Wo
men Which Resulted in the Death
of the McCoy Woman Unchurch
Woman Was Anxious to Get Doctor
for the Other Woman.
The first case up in superior court
this morning was State vs. Lovie Up
church, charged with killing Ella Mc
Coy near ihe Seaboard shops on the
night of March 17.
Solicitor Jones announced that the
state would not ask for a verdict for
first degree murder.
The jury was soon secured and the
examination of witnesses began.
Marshal Hutchins, colored, was the
first witness called. He stated that
he lived on West street and knows
Lovie Upchurch. He went to Bud
Hall's store, about 10 o'clock on the
night of the homicide. Ella McCoy
came out the store, saying, something,
he could not understand. Lovie was
standing on the sidewalk in front of
the..Sstore. md -the- two wometrbegan
fighting. Luella Hall came out of
her yard and went towards where the
two were fighting. ; The combatants
separated and Ella fell into a ditch,
and Lovie and Luella began crying,
and said, "Get a doctor." She is not
dead yet. Some one then said she is
dead, and the witness went around to
where she was and saw that she was
dead, after which he went to the
roundhouse to take some keys. When
he .came back there was a large ciHjwd
around the body.
On cross-examination he said he
had been on the roads for vagrancy
and had been tried for fighting.
Mr. C. A. Separk next testified that ,
on' that night, in response to a mes
sage, he went to Johnston street. It
was about half-past ten. Found the
body of Ella McCoy in the ditch, and
on account of insufficient light had it
carried in the store, where the clothes
were cut off and the wound examin
ed. Found a wound on right side, up
near the collar hone. Looked as if
it had been caused by a stab, and was
nearly an inch wide. Dr. Abernethy
made the examination. Never saw
Lovie until about 1 o'clock, when h6
found her in the Tighe lot. She'said:
"I stuck the knife in the woman, but
she was after me." He then placed
her in jail. Tie was shown a kn'fe
and identified it as the one brought to
his office by Nelson Burton. He was
cross-examined as to the position of
the body relative to the store and an
ice box.
Nelson Burton, colored, an employe
in the S. A. L. shops, testified that he
was in the roundhouse on that night.
When he heard that a woman was
dead he went over. Saw the body in
the ditch in front of the store. Went
back to the place later on and found
a knife where the body had been. It
was covered' with blood. He was
shown a knife and identified it as the
one he found.
On cross-examination, he said that
Ella was a much larger woman than
Lovie, weighing twenty or twenty-five
pounds more.
Policeman Poole described the po
sition of the body. Was present when
coroner examined it, and thinks there
were two wounds, one in each breast;
The state rested at this point.
' The first witness for the;, defense
was Haywood Penny, colored. Said
he saw Lovie come out of Geo. Lin
sey's store between 7 and 10 o'clock.
Ella came out ofter her and, remark
ed that she was going to kill that
d woman and went off down this
railroad after Lovie. Ella had a lit
tle pocket knife,
John Owens testified to seeing a
knife or Ella's bureau about a, week
before. Identifies the knife that was
picked up by Burton as being the one :
te saw. ... -, . .. k., v,.'
Frank fenny alsot testifies, to seer
ing the knife at Ella's,t,and, that she
said she, had it for protection; also
that, Hall's .store, was, clojie,d ; ,t : 3 0
that nigiit. ,M, v v .v
Austin Smith, said he was, asjeep in,
Hall's store that night and, was. awak
ened by . something bumping, against'
the house. Heard a voice say insy
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