Vancouver Daily World from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada • Page 1

THE TIDES High Water i.nw THE WEATHER FORECASTS, ending 5 p.m. Wednesday: Victoria: Snniherly nil westerly wind; colder, with ruin or sleet. Lower Mulnlnnil: Knot to southerly winds; mostly cloudy a mV colder, with ncra slonal cold rain or simw. Monday's temporal lire: 8 a.m. 40, II p.m.

4i lowest highest 4t, mean 40 den. slack. Tin. im'i'i in. II ii.

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Tuesday Wednesday Thursday The Paper That Prints the Facts Frlct riv Cents VANCOUVER. B. C. TUESDAY. JANUARY 16, 1906 16 Pages 0 Mayor Buscombe stated to The World today that the city rate 'of taxation would not be increased this year.

TO BE RAISE! THE TAX RATE NOT RATE TO REMAIN 'AST TR A1N CRASHES INTO A FALLEN TREE AT TWENTY MILLS Huge Rise in Value of Assessed Property Makes Expected Raising of Rate Quite Unnecessary This Year combn had also been to the effect that it ment. The tender pitched dear over the engine and lies a clear ear's length up the track and completely overturned. The pilot of the engine is at least forty feet, past the tender. The baggage car which was. of course, next the tender went off the track on the side opposite the engine and passed clear of the engine, npd now lies in front of it and diagonally across the track, where it piled into the north embankment, completely off its trucks which lie overturned in the ditch.

The smoking car lies almost on its side, the front, end smashed into the enh of the engine which is piled over the dome. The front trucks of the smoker lie in the ditch on the north side, while the rear trucks are still attached to the ear. The first class car is almost (overturned ami also lies against the south embankment. The parlor car, Frightful Accident Near Burnaby Lake Flying Locomotive Ditched and Cars Smashed Engineer Killed at His Postv Two Passengers InjuredFireman Es" capes Miraculously Traffic Blocked for Many Hours Relief Train Now on the Scene It is estimated that the. wrecked tniin was travelling lit a Speed of at least 40 miles an hour, as it left New Westminster five minutes behind time and the engineer was probably pudeayoiinjj to make thin up.

The precise spot nt which the wreck occurred is the tuost favorable for miles on either side, as the track is nearly at the level of the surrounding ground. Had the accident happened further alone the line where the track is built up in some places us much us ten or fifteen feet the consequences would have been frightful. Poles to Devil Strip City Electrician Proposes to Substitute 0 a mental Pillars for Present Means of Supporting Trolley Wires and Arc Lights on City Streets. City Klectrician SlcC'rossan Will shortly present to the council a suggestion which contemplates the removal of all trolley poles from the streets in the central portion of the city. This is meant to further advance the effort to rid these streets from all oliatructions along which line the telephone and telegraph companies are soon to be asked to bury their wires or relegate them to the alleys.

The proposition with reference to the trolley poles is to instal line of ornamental iron poles in the centre of Ii "devil strip" with arms extending over the tracks upon which the trolley wire it, suspended. The arc lights on the streets would be placed on an extension of these poles. This is in accordance with the plan followed in many large cities at present. The electrician also suggests that the fire alarm and patrol wires be buried in the telephone company's conducts as soon as possible. The work of the department for the year he reports as the making of HJT43 Single Tax for Property Alderman Morion Will Make a Fight to Have Taxes in Vancouver Levied on Land Values Only and not on Buildings or Other Improvements.

Aid. Jlorton will shortly Introduce in the city council a motion demanding that ou the tax levy for this year all improvements shall be exempted. If this plan fails of passage he will then endeavor to have the percentage of exemption on this class of taxnbles increased to 75 per cent. Aid. Jlorton is a confirmed advocate of the benefits of the single tax theory and has introduced a similar resolution each year.

He is hopeful that his arguments before the present council as to the desirability nf placing a premium on improvements and making the vacant property bear a fuller share of the taxation will make an impression which will force it to consider the question seriously. His plan includes the raisnig of the rate, which would then be on real estate only, to mills. He contends that this would return a larger revenue to the city than is at. present received and says his board of works knows just where this increase ought to be spent. As chairman of the board of works Aid.

Slot ton will endeavor to introduce a reform in the rend making of the city tvliirh, will, cause all macadatniaeil tdreets Jw.be, rocked the entire road to the water channels instead 'of ovr a 14 foot' atrip as it preseut. WANT OF HARMONY IN TOR Considerable anxiety has been felt by the property owners of the city concerning the tax rate which will be fixed by the city council shoatly. This has, as the city has grown, gradually increased. From 18SS to 1WCJ it stood at 1'J 1 li mills, then it was increased to 111 mills, at which rate it stood until In 1SH5 however, a change was made in the methods of taxation by reducing the values on all buildings to one half the assessed valuntion. which lias since been the rule.

Since the rate has stood at mills, with a rebate of '2 mills for prompt payment. Last year the statement was openly made by Aid. Halse that it was probable that the tax rate would have to be raised and when L'tl mills was decided on he raised ohjevtion to the action. During the year his statements, made from time to time, have been of a nature which seemed to warrant the belief that this year a raise was imperatively necessary. Hence when he was again elected to the council and chosen as chairman of the finance committee instant fears were aroused that his plans would be put in operation.

Previous statements of Mayor 'us Deadly Lamp jj5e V' i1 Mrs. Parle Lies Unconscious While Fire Eats into Her Ficsh. Explosion in a Drake Street Home Causes Dreadful Injuries. Rendered unconscious by her injuries, Sirs. Parie, of 417 Drake street, lay for some time alone in her house for jw how long is not know while the flumes from her oil saturated clothing burned into the flesh of her head and back, the accident being the result of the explosion of a lump which it is supposed flu: was carrying nt the lime.

Had it not been that a neighbor made her way to the house to pay a friendly call it is unite possible that the poor woman would have remained unable to help herself until the premises were all ablaze, ill which case she would certainly have lost her life. Fortunately, however, the visitor arrived in the nick of time to see smoke pouring from windows and door. She pMunptiy oo iained the nssislanee of Dan Slar ii, a relative. who made hi way through one of the windows to a back room, where through tin dense smoke discerned Mrs. I'nrle'i inionseio i's form on the floor faintly illumined bj the red glow from burning fabrics.

Taking no tl ght of himself he carried her at once to a place of here the burning garments were swiftly removed. the alarm had gone il and the ewagous and chemioa' fiom fire ills number one alio two c.ime up at the giilop. Toe no nib rs of ti.e department soon lilspostd of the conflagration and when tt.eir work wa done it wa found that ti.e rvcu cli had suftrre.l little damage, a fact which wa almost inexplicable in i of tl.e injuri'S sustained by Mi Parle. The vietim was removed at on to the hospital. wiiCie 'ie .1 rep O'ted is resting ea.i'v this afie nooii.

Bornsioman Mr, A. B. Macgowan Sounds the Note of Disaffection in the Conservative Party'No Railway Legislation, was probable that the tax rate would have to he raised this yeir. At the special meeting of the council, held during December to discuss the money bylaws, he stated that it appeared absolutely imperative to raise the rate as, despite the increased assessment values, the expenses of the city were mounting more rapidly than could possibly be met. The World interviewed him this morning, however, and asked whether, in the light of the large inrrease of nssessed values, as shown by the report nf Commissioner Devine, there would be any raising of the rate thjs year.

His answer was a laughing rejoinder and then a sober statement that "there was no danger whatever of any such action being taken." Hence property owners of the city may feel assured that unless unforseeu circumstances should arise, the rate will ioinnin nt I'll mills. It is known that there are advocates of the higher rate on the council but, with the firm opinion of the mayor, as quoted above, and the well known opinions of other members of the council, it is certain any effort to raise the rate would fail of passage. i Cackling on Cordova St British Columbia's PedigrcH Fowls Hold a Great Convention Biggest Gathering in the His' tory of the Pacific Province Chanticleer holds sway today in th store on Cordova stret formerly occupied by II. A. Md cit ami for several days me his bold notes accompanied by the caikling of his mutes, the cooing of doves and tiie song of cage birds will attract a large company to the place.

Tiie occasion is the annual show of the Vancouver Poultry ast nefntiou and it will be the most successful ever run, off. The secretary's books show that over entrle hae been received which is moi" than hist year. The laff store and the building at the rear is completely filled with containing even in rim of fowl known to fanciers. Mr. Matk Peach who had charge the aiT.niireiio nt of exhibits deserve great for tiie manner in which lie performed his task, not a single complaint being heard from any owner.

The show will open tonight as as the jiidciug tor the day is completed and v. be in evrrv day and evening ti i I o'clock Kridav night. The judges are Mf .1. Bennett, Toronto, and Llnier Dixon, of F.ly, Oregon, two of the Ler men in the coiintrv nt the business. SHOUTS FOR WORLD NEWSBOYS Fa'al Wreck on V.

W. nnJ Y. near Burnaby Lakf, 1. Ma.iT Savs Tax Ra'e Won't Ee RaisfJ, t. WeMeiider Chas Away, 1.

Al J. Vorton Suirgrsts Sincie Tax, 1. Woman evfreiy in Pacific St reft hire, 1. Banntrnian's Majority Grows, 1. t.

net res'ilr of hi rl edi tioti oi.lv a lio. jc 1 1 irli to f.o.n Wilson's trousers pocket lie'ofc rejrj d.sr Monday n.gl.t ti ie of Wai trai'sterrci to Ml pi najt and 1 1 loncj.er Sir. Po. 'er was n't! tie till ef, a i a door au4 no rfurn i ti ie a to ti.e ainuunt money taen. Tlc men.

her the gang t'j e.lt en I eeti. to have a ioa for pis a an entT on the oi re hio I re utere1 rh room of Mr eTeDs n. of S44 Powe 1 rtreet. aa4 purloined eigjt leuoa taiu. which was the last car of the train.

stands upright, with the front trucks off the track but the rear trucks still on the rails. Konnd Dying Mun The first outside help to reach the wreck was from Nichot's shingle bolt camp, situated but a short distance away. Four men from the camp were on the scene shortly after the mishap. One of these, Moouey, was tin first to discover the dying engineer. Hearing what he thought to lie low moans from the engine he Imrrowcil his way umler the cab along the ditch.

In the dlin light, obscured by the hissing steam, he saw first a hand, and later part of the body of poor Jones. Calling others, a lantern was procured and Jones was found enveloped In steam l.vtng on the holler, pinned dovMi by the end of the smoking car and in a position that bis upper body and head were lying Into the interior of the cab. Axes were hurriedly brought into play and It waa while the woodwork of the smoking car was being hacked awfly that Jones uttered the' first words, "Don't cut me tioys." Later, und before being released, ve snM "I'm dying." It Is thought that "he died whll" being carried to the parlor ear. There can be no douht that Jones met dentil at his post, and In fact must have been in his seat when the shock came. The fireman's escape is nothing short of miraculous.

He escaped with lint a scratch or two. crawling Ihrou. jh the cab window which lay against the eiiiltanknient, leaving only an aperture barely sufficient to penult his body to puss. The extraordinary feature of his escape lies in the fact that a wide strip of word from the top of the smoking car came through the middle of the cab and passed behind the upright pipes in front of the boiler. But a few indies difference would have resulted in his being Impaled, Splinter of Bone A gruesome reminder of the dead engineer's Injuries was found this morning In the shape of a large splinter of bone which lay on the dome of the engine.

Jones' body was considerably mangled, the hands badly smashed, an car and one side of the face badly burned and the left leg broken and splintered. He must also have been badly si aided and burned. The men at Nlchol's logidiijr camp. Mr. N'ichol.

Oeorge Moone.v. Becker and a driver whoso name was not learned, were playing cards about and state that they distinctly heard the tree fall about that time. They thought it was probably some tree that had been partly chopped by other loj cors and had fallen from the weight cf moist e. Tbey did not imagine that It was near the track or tliHt its fall would be followed by siirh dreadful Cfdise The brakesman of the wrecked train, I'ete Kloeoer. was at the seen, of the wreck this morning engaged in his regular duties ami shoing tint little effects of the ordeal through which lie passed last night.

Kloeber was at the front end of the smoking our. makiiii: out his rpports when tin crush liimi. The end of the ear was smashed in by its contact with the engine and he was immediately enveloped In steam. I'earlnir fire ills first instinct was to break a window, which lie did, bnt as by this time the ear had come to a standstill he to serimlde out by the rear door. News Agent Connors was also posscspd of the trainman's Instinct ami promptly smashed the nearest window, tun lie also got out by the r.

There were three passenger in tl.e smoker. Two out Immediately with a scratch or two. hut a third, ho hed paying Incessant attention to a "nil' liey" of rye was in such a condition that he was unable to help htmclf. After The excitement had nub ted a ii'tle. he was rescued In a partly sobered condition and led up the clear of the wreck, where be wa propp.

aL'. iin it the embankment and was found some little time later sound with feet In eighteen iuehs of water. A BRITISH BLIZZARD Indoii. Jan. The laborites and I liberals, as a of vesterday's elee t'on at Newcastle oii Tne, each gain's a Itotli the seats were formerly held bv uni uii tt.

with majorities of 4." and ar.d the force of the iitiionit bl.zard can ganged by the f.nt the result whii'u was nn noun.ed gi the lbor and liberal tiui Titles nf The imti li of unopw e. returns makes the total to date ilera's union it Irish national sts SI. lahorite Is. s.e iiii? 1. l.irle.

liike and fol i olied Ssan ne among Ineni hi of par! anient te e'e, today without The feitnre today's 1 I) of Jo; a llnrae. fn lab i'i mi fr lnt of the bw pio 't to Ta'ti Si sent in the ri is en Th ur.i ie ne.t.i.j i trenfcJou ef Xort ti uLscat them, so that the whole lot looked like a panicky procession. Too Dark to See "When we went to the front of the train we found the engine in the ditch and Mowing off steam with a racket that made it very hard to hear anything and it was too dark to see. The fireman was walking about and he said he was in the cab when the train stopped, though it is a miracle he escaped under those circumstances. Conductor Seovill, who was perfectly calm and collected, attended to his duty splendidly right from lie start.

He collected the people in his charge and It was found at once that only the engineer was missing, a search being commenced immediately. The nejtt step the conductor tok to have the trains properly protected in both directions by sending out flagmen with torpedoes. Telephoned Vanconrer "Seeing that Sir. Seovill had his hands full I asked him if he wanted to send me on to notify the office and get a doctor sent out. He did to and 1 started with several others.

1 had no idea how far it was to the H. C. Electric crossing and hoped to catch the ten o'clock car from Westminster there. It is about five and one half miles and 1 soon began to run for it when I found how time was passing. 1 think I covered the distance in minutes but only got the 11 car from Vancouver.

1 tent the crossing watcuninu on to Vancouver on foot and took the car to Central park. I'' roll) there 1 telephoned the officers here and the K. C. Klectric kindly held the car from New Westminster at Central Hark until 1 had finished, when I took it into Vancouver. The irakesman Mr.

Kloeber. left the wreck soon after me and walked and ran b. Vancouver, where he helped to get the special train ready. The special was ordered out as soon as word was received in Vancouver and Dr. Muuro was sent out with it.

but as the engine was cold it w.is about 1:30 when it left." Mr. Al. Tate, the messenger, was. of course, in the express car with the luggage, and when the wreck came lie had not the least narrow escape of those ou the train. While the excitement of the moment prevented him taking exact notes, he has a very vivid recollectiot of dodging an avalanche of trunks and boxes that shot down the car from whera they were piled and it is wonderful that he should haw escaped without serious injury.

Injured Doing Wll Regarding the injured the reports are not serious. Mr. lloffrrcamp i only slightly hurt and Sir. Thompson, while his foot is badly sprained, will soon be in his usual form again. The afternoon train over the V.

W. Y. will leae liiMiut strct at 4 o'clock and passenger will lie transferred around the wreck, the line not vet being clear, to the cars of the morning traiu from Seattle, which will be in waiting on the other side of the interruption. It is expected that a number of sightseers will go out to view the scene of the disaster and witness the wrecking oper The wrecking train with steam derrick for hoisting the derailed and broken cars bodily on to flat car, passed through Blaine on its way to the scene o' operations at IK o'clock this morning The clearing of the track to allow through traffic will given first attention. On the Jireiie N.

Westiniii ter. Jan. iSp.cinl to Thr World' A WorM rcwrter who iited the si ene of the re, this morning, found that it it a quarter of a mile wet nf which i. aliiwt due of the WeM IViruahy power e. the tram bne.

"the tree whl'ft reek wa shattered by the engine and l.es in on either i'e of the ir.trk. and it ertaiu thit the jnnijrd ti tra, on r.k.nc ill tree. Tee tree it rti entire. i through jnd had broken to i bi.e. dire i the k.

The Ui fet aar fr in :i.e i. j. on ti ivili and ti tl the live wnl li fell a row ih f.jure jron and tt' to fit' iu r. Ti eu oe oa ita a.d tit auli embank Driving at 1 high speed through, the storm and darkness of lai night the (Ireat Northern Limited, which left Seattle at 4 p. m.

yesterday and was due here at 10 p. shortly before the latter hour rounded a curve near liiirnnby J.ake on the V. is. V. and crashed into a tree lying on the rails.

The train was wrecked almost completely, the last car alone remaining on the track. W. Jones, of Seattle, the engineer, was killed. Charles Holfercamp, of Hlninc, sustained injuries to his hack, and Paul J. Thompon, passenger asvtit Illinois Central railway, Seattle, had his iiu sprained and received a flesh wound on the knee.

The engineer lino" no chance whatever an the obnUtefe wan iddeu from Itim the sharp curve at this point on Nevertheless had the tree been he had to contend with lie might driven his train successfully over it. The rails, however, spread and the locomotive plunged into the ditch. The tender and baggage ear were forced clean over it and with all except the last car. were overturned. The rails were torn up for a distance of some 2'J feet.

Stuck to Ills Tost Engineer Jones stuck to his post to perish in terrible agony. When the uninjured members of the crew reached the locomotive no sign of him was 10 be seen and hopes were entertained that lie had escaped by jumping off. lie was found, however, on top of the boiler pinned under the smoking car, and still alive. although terrihly mutilated. "Don't cut me, he gasped a efforts were made to release him.

A little later he murmured, "I mn living." mid the brave spirit passed as the battered Bnd scalded body was being laid in the parlor car. the only one standing on Its wheels. The deceased was about ofi years of age and was one of the most trusted engineers on the road. He leaves a wife and three children, ilie body js now in Vancouver awaiting the inquest, which is taking place at Center Ilanua's undertaking parlors this afternoon. I ta int a Scratch The traiu consisted nf baggage, first class, smoking and parlor.

In the first clnss car the passengers were four ladies and a little boy. all nf whom es 1, nped without a scratch. Messrs A. .1. Vl'nsssge.

accountant nf the W. ml J. I MiNeill, of the Mainland Vrancfer company, were in the parlor as. J. Cairn, the fireman, like the )iigineer, kept lis seat.

He had a 'wonderful escape, holding his place as Sue did until the engine was motionless. Immediately after th" accident Frank rVootMcnc of the most experienced conductors on tl.e r'Vid. sent the brakeman. I'ete Kloeber, for astostnuoe. Kloeber walked to Central Park and there connected with a It.

C. K. It. car and came on to Vancouver with the news. At a.

ni. a relief train left for the scene of tie disaster, with Ir. Muuro and Pete tires kon and Waddell on board. The line not being cleared Ihisi morning's train for Seattle was conceited. IVnenrcr' Story Seen by a World reporter.

Mr. Ta aage said: "I sitting with Mr. J. I). McNeill in the parlor car wlfn the accident ui rod.

and it is astonishing how slightly the sick was f' there. There were three eiicorsive iiU one when the engineer put "ii the air brakes, tie next Whell the engine truck tree and tie third when ti ar pile I up ahead. Our ir on the rail and we not know a had ft; until we l.td out and the ra 1 i end. the fir PItcl ter at ii i of loiit 4" there m. ig' li en Misli to spare in the accident, it hid a S'i" hit nine ii in ie i nr.

lien the ir brke wete app'i. the pryer wa just entering from the ba nA and eliul Lnu a tna ca rr iBt crair. th hr' wen? on the f'cr trtd forward jrd tiie n.tn i li h'i hm. Then the trt i 'ri and rtli Me. 0 t'e lit as Tinmn a race.

bn 'lie t1! ''X' tb nirB wete ''ia hiif waj dma iii iit I'jnH tt rbija alter Victoria. B. Jan. The World's Special Servicei Yesterday, the first working day of the session, is destined to become historic as one of the very busiest B. parliaments lias ever had at the inauguration of a session.

Not only did it produce unusunlly preennnt addresses by the leaders on both sides of the house, but it also provided positive evidence of want of harmony between the government and certain of its supporters upon material issues. It. was Sir. A. H.

It. Slac gowan. Vancouver's fourth member, who sounded the note of disaffection in the conservative ranks, he having been selected to second the reply to his honor's speech and giving a remarkable demonstration of independence that must have commended itself to tl.e entire house but for its being marred by ill timed interjection of absolutely foreign matter in criticism of the election campaigns in the two new prairie provinces. The significant fe.iMre of tl. premier's speech was found in his amplification of the paragraph of his honor's speech dialing indefinitely with railways, the first minister making it clear that in the present intentions of tiic gowrnmeu there is no thought of bringing forward any railway legislation during the present session the government holding tiiat the time inspections, the issuance or i rtnai permits Jind 7l)o preliminaries.

The totnl feei collected to i 0,35.83. RANKS come when railway construction in British Columbia should be undertaken as an unassisted business proposition, receiving neither land nor money subsidies from the province. The premier nt the same time announced that amendments to the school act would be brought forward at an early date in the direetiou of improving; the workability of this much criticised measure; and warmly defended the bargain in respect to the granting of Kaien island lands for T. terminal purposes, as one of the best that has ever been nude in the interest of the people and revenues of the province Columbia. In this connection Sir.

Slacdonnld, the liberal lender, took unite other ground in the course of his masterly criticism of the government's course, declaring that sii aid to railways could not lie properly granted except iiftcr consultation with the legislature, and challenged the nitorncy gencral to submit the legality of closing such a bargain by minuie of eounoil to the tet of the highest courts. Mr. Slaedouaid's general arraignment of the adininistratii.n and its record stands as the most convincing of his calmly argumentative contributions to provincial legislative debites ami produced a marked impression upon the members on both side, which Premier in his reply, was evidently unable to disturb. It'oiitinued on Page Light. knowing that it has the sympathy of several member ihe other side of the lioc, iii.

Mtier pres iug investiention. to pa a of i ensure tij on the g.oertitiieiit The legality ti Kaien i i iul d' the premier admittedly fe'lds under the terms of se, ti 'll of t' bind t. has ben 'bal iellgi llllder th ppcli loils se, t. n. and it i distim within (m realm of sbili'y that the whole agreement sy te broken up and the alienated la'i'N returned to the rpiwn.

Sir. Oowr his aitendv asked for a re tarn of passing 1 tween tie ernnictlt and interestec' parti' re.nt.ie to tue aie. and the leader r.f the opiM si'tou will follow th's i asking tr.t an order of the house fin'' for a return of telegram or o'Sr psr er witlt of. frr r. I 'I ''ii I' 1.

Pec. l'e'i. 'or t'ie ia e'rie a British (CvBiia' tl ra Tafe t. DEMAND INSIDE STORY OF KAIEN ISLAND DEAL WEST ENDER CHASES BOLD BURGLAR AWAY Victoria. H.

Jan. Hi. 'Tie World's Par ary Stiif' Tomorrow's initial of the conservative iucus will undoubtedly witness proceeding' stormy a 'He uo niorable one of a jear ago when r. Shat ford and Ma cown l.slk the cabinet's pro P. K.

policy. Tl.ts year's ficUt will le over railway problem, but the scree w.ii shift, from central to northern I'r tih Coiunibis, and the direct subject matter the ii in mi! tie" s.ee:na, at' Kaia i Und land detl. ISride supporters in are isatisf. wi'h the bargain their leader md and are to i rn s'ory ti a 'VI ref te they will ffo on t'e f'oor ef and record their rue in fvr of 'imin Vn tion" ifgisJI'ive irocram. Ttt viponliOV.

too, ii very rtiv Dlily r'I'or conl.ll'ie to lurglane va'ioa ari of and it i eidetit that a Mil Cdc of ing red gertlen.en are at ork "ii v.e One ular! dtr.n; att' et iias made ti Sir Wd on. ej.eriiitcnde'tt of P. K. ou nigl.t. Sir Wi awakened the iu and saw by t'e 1 of tne iar' lantern car iel there ta tier property and i Me a br erj of note l.e ri e' rr ho th roo' er l.e "l' a kit ien window fr Mr WiIsot.

raa.e a of 1. In ri fl th: jg ir oeJ a kc ai4.