The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 134, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 25, 1904 Page: 1 of 8
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SUNDAY MORNING,
GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA, SEPTKMBER 25, 11)04.
SUNDAY MORN] NG.
NUMBER 131.
FIFTY-FOUR PEOPLE KILLED
IN FRIGHTFUL COLLISION
120 More Injured in Ten-
nessee Catastrophe
A HORRIBLE SIGHT
Maimed and Mangled Bodies
Pinned Under Wreckage
ENGINEER MAY HAVESLEPT
Orders Disregarded and Regular
Passi ng Place Passed-Crews
Burled Under Debris
and Cause May Nev-
er be Known '
Knoxvllle. Tenn., Sept. 24.—Running on
a roadbed in a supposedly high «ondltion
of maintenance and having about them
•very safeguard known to a modern rail-
road, two trains on the Southern railway,
carrying heavy lists of passengers, ram®
together in a frightful heud end collision
near Hodges. Tennessee, today, sending
fifty-four people to death and injuring
one hundred and twenty, several of whom
will probably die.
Some of the bodies have not yet been
recovered, ami may remain unidentified.
The Known Dead.
RALPH MOlTNTCASTLE, of Knoxvllle.
\V. A. OAILBRAITH, of Knoxvllle.
MONROE ASH MORE, aged 19, at
Knofvllle.
JOHN BLACK. White Pine, Tenn.
JAMES KINO. Knoxvllle.
TWO CHILDREN of JAMES KINO, ot
Knoxvllle. o
WM. KANE. Knoxvllle engineer of west
bound train.
RICHARD PARROTT, Knorvllle, en-
gineer. east bound train.
JAMES MILLS, colored. New Market,
Tenn.
ROSCOE KINO, New Market. Tenn.
E. O ERNEST, Johnson City. Tenn.
<?. W BROWN, Dandrldge. Tenn.
R. B. Goodwin. Jefferson City, Tenn.
J D. BIRD Jefferson City. Tenn.
WM. JONES, son of James Jones, South
Knoxvllle. Tenn.
MRS. R. B. WEST, Grainger county,
Tenn.
J B. GABS. Dandrldge, Tenn.
, MRS. J B. GAS8, Dandrldge.
1 MISS OASS
EIGHT ITALIAN Immigrants, names
unknown.
JOHN T CONNOR. Knoxvllle.
MRS JOHN P. CONNOR, ittul daughter,
Knoxvllle.
CLAYTON M. HEISKELL, Cincinnati
MRS. MARY B. PHELPS, residence
unknown. /•
r, J H STEVENS. Dandrldge. eTenn.
- 1'NKNOWN MAN. envelope In pocket
hen ring name, "J. W. Daly, Greencburg,
Ind." ® , „
MISS NANNIE MURRAY. Newport,
Tenn.
MRS. W O HADDEN. Knoxvllle.
WM BREWER, Knoxvllle.
MARY ETHEL SIIIPP.
J W ADKINS, Jelllco. Tenn.
JOHN MOLINEAT'X, (Men Mary, Tenn.
REV ISAAC EMORY. Knoxvllle.
J KING. Newport. Tenn.
I>R D. A. FOX. Nashville.
MISS HAYLOW, Birmingham.
MRS KINZELU Knoxvllle.
MRS McEWEN. Knoxvllle.
JOHN BLACK. White Pine. Tenn.
JULIA W. HADPOX, Dandrldge. Tenn.
MRS. C. A RUSSELL and two children,
egeri 7 and 6, Kno^ille.
J. J. DANIEL, Tamplco, Tenn.
D. S. FOX. Birmingham, Ala.
The Injured.
J. C. Welch. Bwannanoa, N. C palnful-
lv; Paul Henry Ashvllle. N. C.. seriously;
©O. W. Robinson. Columbia. S C. slightly;
Wm F Hav. Wilmington. N. C , slightly.
Miss Mary Bryan. Hendersonvlllo, Ky.,
• bruised; S. T. Lawyer, Louisville. Ky.,
■erlouslv; B. C. Prince, division freight
sr. in. Central, uf Atlanta. Georgia, badly
bruised; Mrs Geprge Broughtori. Jackson.
Ill Rev J Knox. Montgomery, Charlotte,
N. C. S B Peace and J H. Miller, negro
pullmsn porters. T W. Kills, Jersey City,
N J . "Congressman Henry R. Gibson.
Knoxvllle. bruised about legs and shoul-
ders. bnck wrenched- Mrs. Jerome Gass.
Dandrldge, Tenn. fatally Injured; Mrs.
Nichols, Dandrldge. fatally Injured; J. N.
Smith, express messenger; J Shelms,
Knoxvllle; J. H. Free. New Market.Tenn.
Mis J. Jones Union. S C.; J. W White
strawberry Plains. Tenn.; Osca^Dalton,
Knoxvllle, Miss Lucy Oray, Greensville,
T««nn.; Wm Livingston. Ix>ulsvllle; A A
Park. Columbia. S C.; O. S. Groves. Ash-
vllle, N C ; B. C. T*nt. Chattanooga;
Moilie Clowers and child. Annlston. Ala.,
probably fatally; Emery Moore. Dandrldge
Tf*nn.; J. M. Anderson. Morrlstown. bruis-
ed; Mrs James McCHmpbell. Knoxvllle,
pllghtly; Mrs <1. G. Nance. Knoxvllle;
Mrs Norle Eubere. Nev York, fatally;
Mrs. Lucy Harbin Morrlstown. seriously;
Mr and Mrs Hey. Murllngton. N C.;
M4-S. Will Jones, South Knoxvllle. W B
0fBtnn. Jefferson City. Tenn; C E
WVlght. Jefferson City. Tenn ; Mrs C. L
Blankensllp. South Knoxvllle. both limbs
broken. Mrs. T. O McCallie. Knoxvllle.
bat k Injured. —
DISREGARD ORDERS
Appalling Loss of IJfe and
Maiming of the Living is
the Kesult
Knoxvllle, Tenn , Sept. 24.—-This
appalling loss of life and maiming of
the living resulted apparently from the
disregarding of orders given to the two
trains to meet at a station which has
for a long time been the regular meet
Ing point. This action on the part ol
the engineer of the west bound train
Is made more inexplicable by the fact
i..at the accident happened In broad
daylight and according to the beat In
formation obtainable he had the order
l a little frame in front of him as his
,.^1^8 rushed by the station and a
mile and a half further on came full
•upon an east bound passenger train.
The possibility exists that the ill-fat-
ed engineer may have been asleep.
The trains were on time and not malt-
ing over 35 miles an hour, yot the im-
pact as they rounded a curve and came
suddenly upon each othar w«s power-
ful. Both engines and the major part
of both trains was demolished and
why the orders were disregarded or
misinterpreted will probably never be
known as the engineers of the two
trains r'ere crushed, their bodies re-
maining for hours under the wreckage
of their locomotives.
TRAINS LOADED WITH DEAD.
The collision was between east bound
passenger train No. 12 and west bound
passenger train No. 13 from Bristol.
No. 12 was a heavy train carrying
^ '.fee Pullmans, two day coaches and
.nail and baggage cars. No. 15 was a
light local train. The greatest loss
of life occurred In the east bound train
while In the west bound train only the
engine crew were killed. Relief trains
were dispatched from Knoxvllle within
an hour and all the physicians in the
vicinity of the wreck were doing all
they ccruld when the local corps arriv-
ed. The first train arrived here from
the scene of the wreck at 4:20 o'clock
bringing about seventy of the Injured.
Six of the injured aboard had died
while enroute to the city, and after
their bodies weie taken off the train
proceedeu to a point near the general
hospital where vehicles were in wait-
ing and a large force of physicians
were ready to Receive the wounded.
The next train from the wreck arrived
shortly after 8 o'clock. It brought the
bodies ot 4a killed. The six others
who died enroute brings the list up
to 49, and there are at least six more
at the scene of the wreck, none or thi
bodies of the trainmen having yet been
recovered.
SCREAMS AND GROANS
WILL CALL
THE HAGUE
President lakes Step To-
ward Universal Peace
LARGE DEPUTATION
World's Legislators Present
Resolution at White House
PROMOTE ARBITRATION
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
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£ WEATHER. £
* Washington, Sept. :.M.—Forecast. +
4 Kansas. Oklahoma and Indian Ter- ♦
+ tory—Fair Sunday and Monday. +
NEWSPAPER EDITOR TELLS OK
HORRIBLE SIGHT.
Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 24.—John
W. Brown, of Rogersville, Tenn.. a
newspaper editor, was in the rear
roach of the west bound tfaln. When
the fearful Jolt came, he said all the
seats in the car were torn loose and
people and seats were h'.irled to the
front end of thenar. When he recover-
ed from the shock he heard the cfles
and groans of the injured and dying in
every direction.
"I left the car." said Mr. Brown, "as
soon as I could, and walked to the
main part of the wreck. It was the
most horrible sight I ever witnessed.
I saw a woman pinioned by a roof
split limber which had gone complete-
ly through her body. A little child
quivering in death's agony lay beneath
the woman. I saw the child die and
within a few feet of her lay a wo-
man's head, the decapitated body being
several feet away. Another little girl
whose body &as fearfully mangled,
was plteously calling for her mother.
I have since learned that she wad Lu-
cille Connor, of Knoxvll'e, and that
both of her parents were killed. 1
heard one woman, terribly mangled
praying earnestly to be spared for her
children, but death ensued in a few
minutes. Roth engines and all of the
coaches of No. 15 were literally demol-
ished and the smoker and baggage
car completely so. The sleepers re-
mained on the track undamaged. Both
engines lay to the north of the track
Jammed together into one mass of
ruins. The cars which were demol-
ished were piled on the wrecked en
gines."
Congressman Henry R. Gibson from
the second congressional district of
Tennessee was a passenger In th^day
coach on the east bound train. He and
another man whose name is not known
were the^nly persons to escape alive
from the demolished car. Congressman
Gibson was enroute to Russellville,
Tenn.,"to deliver a political address.
OWASSO-TtLSA LINE
General ManatrerJYludge Insp^ts.
Proposed Extension-Is Ready
to Begin Work
•
Topeka. Kas., ~ Sept. 24.—General
Manager Mudge has returned from the
Indian Territory where he went to in
spect the new Owassa-Tulsa extension
of the Santa Fe. Mr. Mudge announc
es that everything Is ready to begin
work on the road, and that the con
structlon will be pushed.
CAPTURE SIX EORTS
Hope of Speedy Reduction #of
Port Arthur Runs High in
Japan
Bartholdt Says Roosevelt Saved |
Hague Tribunal President
Responds Slating That He
Will Soon Summon An-
other Session
Washington. Sept. 24.—President f^oope-
relt announced this afternoon that at an
tarly date he would a^ the nations of
the world to join In a second congress
at The Hague for the promotion of arbi-
tration.
The occasion for the announcement was
the reception of the president of the dele-
gates of the International^pai liamentary
which recently held j^g, session at St.
Louis. At that session The following res-
olutions v^s adopted unanimously:
W^hereas enlightened public opinion
and the spirit of modern civilization alike
demand that controversies between na-
tions be settled Tn the samfc mannTr as
disputes between individuals are settled,
that Is, by the Judgment of courts In ac-
cordance ^vlth recognlzt-d principles of
law;
"This conference requests that the sev-
eral governments send delegates to an
international congresf to be Convened at
a time and place to be agreed upon by
them, for the consideration of the fol-
lowing questions: 0l
"1. Questions for the consideration of
which tlie conference at The Hague ex-
pressed the wish that a future conference
be called.
"2. ®l'he negotiations of arbitration
treaties between the nations represented
at the conference to be^-onvened.
'3. Th advisability of creating a con-
., <•88 of nations to convene periodically
for the discussion of internatlon ques-
tions.'*
"And respectfully and cordially requests
the president of the I'nited States to In-
vite all the nations to seird representa-
tives to such conference."
The president's acceptance of the term?
of the request was received by those
present with applause.
ASSEM BLAGE OP LEGISLATORS.
At J:30 p. in. about 150 delegates to the
Interparliamentary union, accompanied
by a score of ladies and headed by Rep-
resentative riartholdfof St. Louis, presi-
dent of the union, marched as a body
to the White House They assembled
In th>' east room In a cmi-circlef facing
the entrance from the main corridor. Ten
minutes later the president, accompanied
by Secretary Loeb, Col. Chas. s. Btjpm-
his military aide. Major <*has. M< -
y and two or three military and
naval attaches, was ushered Into the
presence of the distinguished assemblage
of legislators and parliamentarians.
Representative Hartholdt Introduced the
assemblage to the president and stated
In brief the object of their meeting. Mr.
Bartholdt said:
"This organization looks upon you, Mr.
President, as a friend of Its cause, ever
since you by actual profession recog-
nized The Hogue court and had referred
to It the Venezuelan controversy, though
you had yourself been ask>-d to arbitrate.
"It itf now generally admitted that this
your action, together with the plus fund
precedent, which also occurred under your
administration, saved th. life of that
great International tribunal "
Mr Bartholdt then Introduced to Presi-
dent Roosevelt Dr. Albert Gobat of
Switzerland, general secretary of the In-
ter-parliamentary union, who presented
formally to President Roosevelt the reso-
lution of the union requesting him to call
a second conference. Dr. Gobat address-
ed the president in French, with which
the president Is familiar.
Dr. Gobat expressed the hope that the
president would comply witli the wishes
of the Inter-parliamentary union and that
success would crown Ills Initiative. In
response to L r. Gobat's speech. President
Roosevelt delivered the following address:
PRESIDENT'S RESPONSE.
"Gentlemen of the intei parliamentary
union: I greet you with profound pleas-
ure as representatives In a special sense
of the great international movement for
peace and good will among the nations of
the earth it Is a matter of gratification
to all Americans .that we have had the
honor of receiving you bete as the iui-
tlonS guests. You are n<-n instilled in
the practical work of government in your
several countries; and this fact adds
weight to your championship of the cause
of International Justice. I thank you
for your kind allusions to what the gov-
ernment of the t'nlted tBati s has an om-
pllshed for the policies you have at heart,
and I assme you that this government's
attitude will continue unchanged in refer-
ence thereto. \V'e are oven now taking
steps to secure arbitration treaties with
all other governments which are willing
to enter Into them with us
"In response to your resolutions. T shall
at an early date ask the other nations to
join in a second congress at*The Hague.
(Applause) 1 feel, as 1 am sure you do.
i that our efforts should tak-- the shape <>f
pushing for^ird toward < ompletion the
work already ©begun at Th- Hague, and
that whatever is done should appear not
as son.ethlngfcdivecgent therefrom but as
a continuance thereof. At the first con-
ference at The Hague several questions
were left unsettled, and It was expressly
provided that there should be a escor.d
conference, a reasonable time has elap.ed
and 1 feel that your body has shown
sound Judgment In concluding that t sec-
ond conference should now be called to
enrry some steps f. -" • , toward comple-
tion "the work of the first. It would be
visionary to expect too immediate suc-
cess for the great cause yon artt cham-
pionln, but very substantial progress can
be made if we strive with resolution and
good sense toward the goal of securing
among the nations of thwarth. as among
the Individuals of each nation, a Just
sense of responsibility In each toward
others and a just recognition In each of
the rights of others. The right and the
responsibility must go hand in hand. Our
effort must be unceasing both to secure
in each nuAun full acknowledgment of
the rights (.^others and to bring about
In each nation an ever growing sense
of its own responsibilities.
THEY APPLAUD STATEMENT.
"At an early date I shall Issue the
call for the conference of your request.
(Applause) 1 again *reet you and bid
yot#welcome In Uie name of the Ameri-
can people. nd 1 wlslr you God speed In
your efTorts for the common good of man.
kind."
At the conclusion of the addresses
President and Mrs. Roosevelt personally
received and exchanged greetings with
each of the delegates and ladies present,
the Introductions being made by Colonel
Bromwell and Major McCauley. The re-
ception was held in t>. - blue room, the
guests passing from there through the
red room Into the senate dining room,
where a buffet luncheon was served.
TRAIN HIT AN
OBSTRUCTION
Wreck of McGuire's Train
Narrowly Averted
SPEAKS AT LAWTON
MR. JOHN GOLOBIE
OF THE STATE REGISTER
MAKES SIGNED APOLOGY
Large Tabernacle Is Filled to
Overflowing'
THROWS OUT CHALLENGE
Offers to Take Stump for Math-
ews if Congressman Can be
Found Who Passed More
Bills Than Heat Last
* Congress
Special Dispatch to the State Capital.
Lawton. Okla., Sept. 24.—The large tab-
ernacle located on Court House Square
Is tilled to overflowing with voters or
Lawton and Comanche county to hear the
issues of the campaign discussed by Mc-
Quire.
The band rendered a concert before
the speakine program. P. A. Parkinson
presided ana introduced the speaker. Mc
Gulre discussed the Humilton bill and
showed the reason it had not passed las*
winter. He made plain the opposition
of the democrats In the senate * * '
Oklahoma. u
He showed that he had Introduced a bin
for free homes and for the opening
the great pastures, and hoped to secure
both at the short session; that hT had
secured (rfree mall routes out
town In Comanche eounty through his
zealous work, and that inspectors came
in six weeks aftvr the petition had been
presented.
He gave a full account of his wrwk don<
inrcongres« and said if any citizens founo
a corgressman who had passed more bills
during that session, he would resign an.'.
t; ke the stump for Mathews. He urged
voters to ley prejudice aside, vote for th<
Hamilton bill and give It an unanimous
endorsement, as it whs the only bill pos-
sible. It would lower tile taxes ano
frelglrt rates. He made It plain that no
one wanted mixed schools, not even the
negro.
HI
slon, — —
telligence of the audience, It looked as
If they were with him
The Indian Rights Association, accord-
ing to the speaker, fought the opening
of pastures, as they were opposed to tak
ing advantage of poor lo They live in
the east and know all about the Indians
The train that McGuire came on struck
an obstruction coming Into Lawton ano
lost the cowcatcher and narrowly averted
a wreck.
TO MR. GREER AND THE PEOPLE
WIPED OFF THE MAP
EVERY HOUSE IN MEXICAN TOWN
SWEPT AW A Y
El Paso, Texas, Sept. 24 —Recent floods
In Chihuahua completely destroyed the
town of Cuislhuirlachlc, a mining town In
the interior of the state. Every house wan
swept ayay, but no lives were lost. An
ore train fro mthat camp V°k two weeks
to reach Chihuahua on tcount of the
high water, brought the > Jt news of the
destruction of te town.
Toklo, Bept 25 11 a. m — It Is believed
here that the Japanese have captured six
forts In the second line of defense at Port
Arthur since September in The hope oi
a speedy reduction of the fortreu Is run-
nlni higher,
mm
Guthrie, Oklahoma Sept 24, 1904.
I desire to make a frank and voluntary apology to Fiank H. Greer and
this community for the spiteful, groundless and wholly mendacious article
I had on the front page of the State Register this week.
1 said Mr. Greer had beaten the heirs of the P. R. McKennoueestate out
of $60,000 of property. This was a lie,as everybody knows. This property wn«
foreclosed under a mortgage held by the old Commercial Hank and was
sold at sheriffs sale, Mr. Greer bidding it in agaiust a dozen other blddern.
I said Mr. Greer had committed autin. This was a monstrous and vlcloua
lie. He had less then ten per cent insurance on the value of the old State
Capital plant, and the'burning was a misfortune under which he had a great
struggle. The $50,000 raised as a popular loan by the people here was a sin-
cere and exalted tribute to his honesty as a man and his usefulness as a
citizen. ®
I said he had pillaged Logan county. This was also a lie. lie has a con-
tract with this county which fixes the same rates any merchant pays for
|ike stationery. No man in this county can go to the State Capital office and
• JOHN GOLOBIE.
0 Whose Retraction Appears Herewith.
buy*anything recited in that contract at less than the priccs charged the
county—and these are the lowest commercial prices prevailing anywhere in
the United Stales The Stale Capital has done less than $4,000 of work for
Logan county in the last year and .ts taxes are over $2,500. It is the third
largest taxpayer In lx>gan bounty. I
There were lather brazen falsehoods in that article and 1 herewith with-
draw all of them and make humbleapology. They sprung from the low irtid
jealous nature that possessetLme.
.\fr Greer took me Into tne State Capital office In 1890 whfgj I
less and eating off of Frank Prouty's meal ticket. He gave me fair wages to
pennl-
Htart on, though I knew nothing about the newspaper business. I was with
him eleven years and when I foolishly quit to run for office 1 was getting
better wages than any other newspaper man in Oklahoma. Mr. Greer treat-
ed me like a brother That all his employes always would, and will now, light
for him and have a lasting afTectlon for him proves the companionship he
displays toward them and the sincere Interest he takes in them.
When 1 quit the*State Capital 1 was $25.85 overdrawn in salary and hav«
since personally borrowed money from Mr. Greer. When I took charge of the
State Register with H. S. Cunningham Mr. Greer did Job work for me and
sold me paper to tho.amount of $91. 1 have never ofTered to pay him any of
these items and owe them yet. 1 realize now how badly an apology to Mr.
Greer is merited. I owe an apology to many others along this line. You
can see that Mr. Greer's allusion to me as a "dead beat' was fully borne out
by the facts. |
I believe that Mr. Greer Is a man of high integrity and noble purpose.
No man could have built up such an Institution gs the State Capital by any
other than honorable methods. That he has th# absolute confidence of the
people of Guthrie and of Oklahoma a« a whole, and of all the business
men with whom he has had transactions, proves beyond a doubt his manli-
ness and probity. 0 1
I was Instigated to the tirade oil Mr. Greer by Fred Poleater, who controls
the State Register, and ^ho Is w« ft' known as an arch-thief, having looted
three banks, a bulldlfft; and loan association and personal friends of more
than thirteen thousand dollars and Is still unwhLpi>e<l of Justice. Tho thiel
himself can always be heard yelling loudest "Stop Thief."
The State Capital is the greatest institutiln in Oklahoma. Its special
value to Guthrie can hardly be estimatul. The struggle it has taken to pill
it back on its feet since the fire notion^ can know except Mr. Greer<*hirn-
sen—the mental rack and physical strain he ht^ been under in the past two
years. Had I been In his place when the fire occurred, it would have been
my nature to sit down on my hind legs and whine, and let the ashes smoul-
der with no attempt to rebuild. In fact, L never could have built up auj
.ich institution in the first place, for did I not have more money than Mr,
Greer when 1 landed in Guthrie? He landed with $29. and kame with doai
to $100. and mine had vanished before 1 had been here ten days.
I wjyte this out of the fullness of my heart and without any coercion,
for even a self-confessed failure, misanthrope and uihlllst can afTord for one!
to be honest wlth«hlmself—and other people.
This community, and the territory «it large, owe Frank H®.Greer and
the State Capital more thau can ever be repaid. It owes mo nothing. Op*
tiffiity may have knocked at my door, but I let it pass by. •
The State Capital Is the bulwark of the republican party In Oklahoma. It
has always been honest and fearless. Its party fealty could never be question-
ed and its wide influence Is too conspicuous to be denied.
Again I say, Mr. Greer, I beg youHpardon, and the pardon of the people,
who. I know% if they did me Justice wcrald kick m%from the city llml^ and
forbid mv return here again.
Contritely aud Sincerely, • %
port if
Of Course Not, Oklahoma is Awake.
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