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MoreThanHalfa HundredVictimsof Terra Cotta Wreck.

FORTY-FIVE BODIES IDENTIFIED

Story of Carnage as Told by Some ofthe Injured.

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Pathetic Scenes at Railroad Station and at theMorgue.Excitement and Grief Mingled.Early on Scene.Fixing Responsibility.

Rushing out of a bank of foe into the glare of the clav furnaces atTerra Cotta, the biggest engine in the Baltimore and Ohio service lastright, at 6:30 o'clock, tore through the length of a local just pullingout of the station. Between fifty and sixty people were killedand over sixty injured. It was the worst railroad wreck that has ever

occurred around Washington, and the worst disaster in the histoj^i.of thecity since the cave-in of the old Ford's Theater, where many governmentclerks were killed and over 100 injured.

Accounts differ as to how the accident occurred. The local trainwas No. 66, from Frederick, Aid. It had stopped at Terra Cotta, dis-vii tii ^11anu iai\iu^ uu |7aoov,ugvi o, it waa juai utgiuiiiug iu IIIUVC WUCIi

the roar of the oncoming death and the sinister glare of the great headlightcut through the fog behind it. The engineer of the local knew histrain was doomed, but he threw open the throttle and tried to get on

headway to lessen the shock of the collision. It was too late. While thewheels of the local were still spinning on the wet rails, vainly trying likea man in a dream to wake to life and motion, the big empty train, rushingdown the grade behind, tore through the slow-moving local like an

axe splitting a sapling. The empty was what is known as a dead-headetiuiument train, made uu of emotv Pullman and uassen^er coaches, andJ* I > « X O 7

drawn by engine 2120, one of the new series of locomotives, the heaviestin the service.

The impact was like an explosive shell. The dead-head was going atbetween fifty and sixty miles an hour. Of the rear end of the local therewas simply nothing left. Telescoping does not describe it. The car

simply burst into splinters, and the monster engine, its speed scarcelyslackened by the blow, split the next car lengthwise like a cardboard box.It is said there were two passenger coaches and a smoker to the local.There might have been three, or there might have been six cars. Therewas no judging from the ruins. The mad engine dashed half throughthe smoker, and it was here that the telescoping really commenced. Therush of the empty was not checked, but the smashing rear-end blow hadwaked the local into movement, and the big engine picked up the crushedand twisted smoker on its back, and with a shriek hurled it through thefog and darkness, half a mile along the track. The whistle of one or theother engine was full on, and like a mad thing it yelled through the rainand gloom. For half a mile the track was strewn with splinters andwreckage. Bodies were under what was left of all the cars. The wheelsof the engine were across the body of one dead man, and out of a pile oftwisted iron bars, big as a farm wagon, the workers picked the remainsof two victims.

llow did it hannen ? The trark and caboose talk was that tlip loralhad come into the block at Silver Spring with a clear track, and the operatorthere had set the double green behind it, showing a train in theblock. This the engineer of the dead-head train saw when he passed thesignal. an<l slowed down accordingly. But it was said that the day operatorat Takoma had gone away from his office and tied down his signalswhite. This meant a clear track, and the engineer of the dead-head,being late, had crowded on all steam, and with the down grade had gathereda speed of over fifty miles an hour before the rear lights of thestanding local glowed dimly just ahead of him. It was too late then.The fog blurred everything even at fifty yards, and shut out everythingcompletely at 100. The down grade and the wet rails made brakes outof the question, and in the snap of a finger after the danger had been discovered,the crash came.

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taken as such till the coroner's inquest. Operator Philips at Takomatells a different story. He says he was at his post when the local passed,and that lie had set a double red behind her, warning any following trainthat she was dead blocked. There was a heavy fog.too much, perhaps,to see the red target, but not enough to hide a red light. Philips thereforesays he was paralyzed when, sitting at his desk, the empty equipmenttrain rushed by without slackening speed. He thought even then thatshe must have seen the light and would slow up and pull back. Butnothing more was ever seen of her at Takoma, and in a moment or twonews of the wreck came.

Officer Kennedy of the tenth precinct station, and Gateman Lemkum,who witnessed the accident, are both cited by Philips in support of hisstatement that the red light was showing when the empty train passed.

The news of the wreck was received in the city a few minutes afterit happened. The ambulance from the Emergency was sent to Brooklandat once, and doctors were telephoned for by all the hospitals. Someof the hospital surgeons were at the meeting at the Columbia Theater,and others were visiting about town, but they were gathered up as fast

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as possible by 'phone, and returned t

pour into town.Manager Taltv of the Raleieh H<

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tonians to take substantial aid to theof the hotel automobiles with stimulacompanied by a friend from the hotwhere there was already a crowd as

farther in the machine, and taking 01

up the track through the rain and d

meeting the trainload of injured just;lants and bandages were distributed v

and Mr. Taltv stayed on the scene tillCommissioners West and Macf

train from the Baltimore and Ohioand firemen who could be gatheredthan half the dead were taken out an

fore the police began to arrive, androad men, they were allowed to tone!West arrived and the coroner hadbrought to Washington.

Till past midnight the workers c<

of dead. One of the cars that had bwas Ivincr npatlv folded on th

1 44^'J .o y-Twentymen raised one of the sides,vas dummy of a railroad car on a stc

masses of rags that had been passeiwomen it was impossible by the dim 1

It was estimated that 300 men w

by midnight the west-bound track w;

zens of Brookland, Takoma and Terrthe work of rescue, many of them r<

morning.Train Crew

The crew of the train that causei

arrest. They are Harry Hildebran*ductor; J. C. McCullum, fireman ; RMorris, baggage master. They we

station.Dr. J. Ramsey Nevitt, District <

the inquest last night. He went to

collected the names of a number ofbegin Wednesday morning.

C. W. Galloway, superintendentand Ohio railroad, who went to thelast night, returned to Baltimore todtion of the disaster would be held incould not fix the exact time, but adcnight, as soon as the presence of

Washington can be secured. No eflfthe blame where it belongs.

At 2 o'cock this afternoon the ni

police, had reached fifty-three. Fort;tified, and a number of the bodies ha'or friends from the morgue.

Deeply affected by the calaihomes in the District because ofthe District Commissioners moveddispalyed at half-mast until after tfiner manifestation of SOrrOW and S

THE LIST 0ADLER, ROY, 24 years old,

Poolesville, Md.; right arm broken,face bruised and nose broken; ProvidenceHospital.ANDERSON, engineer of train

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AUblilN, SniVliVi i, cuiorcu, ju

years old, 802 D street southeast.AUSTIN, FANNY, colored, 36

years old, 802 D street southeast.BAKER, DANIEL W., United

States district attorney; heelcrushed, badly bruibed about head;..... 11,^,1 nrArtHo nA n r anrl Iwamvu IU ijiwi\iai»uj ** »«

treated at pharmacy.BALDWIN, LOUIS, Washington;internal injuries.BARNES, Mrs. LINCOLN, and

daughter ESTELLE, of 5th streetnortheast; both seriously injuredabout head and body.BEAKE, BERTHA, 419 New

York avenue.

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o duty before the injured began to

)tcl was one of the first Washingsceneof the horror. He filled one

nts and linen for bandages, and acel,made a wild ride to Brookland,sembled. It was impossible to getle of the lanterns, the party pushedarkness to the scene of the wreck,as it was coming back. The stimuvherethey would do the most good,the last of the living were removed,arland went out on the first reliefstation, and all the police reserves

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d laid on the bank by the track beafterthat, to the anger of the railhno more bodies till Commissionersent orders to have the remains

rmtinued to add to the appalling listeen split lengthwise as with a hugee track like a collapsed paper bag.which came up intact like the canige.Under it were three shapelesslgers. Whether they were men or

ight of the lanterns to tell.ere at work clearing the wreck, andas free for slow running. The citiaCotta all turned out and helped iniinaining on the scene till the early

Arrested.r1 tlip wrprk have heen nlared underJ, engineer; Frank Hoffmier, conobertRutter, brakeman, and W. A.re all taken to the tenth precinct

:oroner, began the preparations forTerra Cotta, viewed the bodies andwitnesses. The official inquest will

of transportation of the Baltimorescene of the wreck at Terra Cotta[ay. He said a thorough investigaBaltimoreas soon as possible. Heled that it would take place, day or

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tne trainmen now unaer arrest at

ort, he said, would be spared to fix

jmber of dead, according to they-five of the number have been idenyebeen removed by either relatives

mity which has befallen so manythe railroad wreck at Terra Cotta,today that all flags in the city behe funerals of the victims as a fitympathyuniversally felt.

iF INJURED.man of Frederick, Md., about 30years old; cut about face and jawfractured; Casualty Hospital.BROWN, AUSTIN, of Doubs,

Md.; seriously injured.CARR, Mrs. DON M., 28 years

1 j Tr A. xf J 1oiu, jvensingion, iviu.; compoundfracture of right leg, face laceratedand internal injuries; conditiongood; Freedmen's Hospital.CAMPBELL, LUCILLE, 3 H

street northwest.CHAMBERS, AL., 1008 nth

street; badly injured.CHAMBERS, HOWELL, 1008

nth street northwest.CHTTRCHTTX. child, white a

years of age; lacerated scalp,bruised face- doing nicely; Freedmen'sHospital.COMPHER, LUCILLE, 8 years

old; compound fracture of bothlegs, shoulder dislocated and cut

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Ijj^^eck at Terra Cotta.

GROUND TO KINDLING

SEARCHING FOB THE BODIES.STORIES THAT CONFLICT.

In the vicinity of the litt'.e station atTerra Cotta the scene was a frightful one.All that remained of the passenger coacheswas ground into kindling. The large forceof police and firemen with the aid of volunteerslifted the rf-mainine* frimAwnrVof the sides of the cars and careful searchwas then made for bodies. As fast asthey were found they were removed to theembankment on the right of the track andplaced in long rows. In a number of instancesthe muti'ation was terrible.Clothing of every description was intermingledwith the dead and mutilated bodies,and the work of removing the bodies was

a most harrowing one. At Terra Cotta anumber of passengers were either waitingto board the train or to alight therefrom.About half a mile north of the Brooklandstation the first indication of a wreck

was noticeable. Standing on the southboundtrack was the only remaining remnjJnfr»f fho ill-fiio/l train T* ev.x. ... .^vvv. vx uut. xc cuusiaifu uia combination smoker and baggage carwith the fragments of the two passengercoaches which composed the balance of thetrain. The engine had been detached andwas in front of the station at Brookland.

One of the First at Scene.Among the first to reach the scene of the

wreck was Mr. Thaddeus T. Roddy, whois employed at the Terra Cotta works.

"I was only a short distance from thetracks when I heard the crash," he said."I rushed out and the first object whichmet my view was a woman painfully injuredlying on the northbound track. Myinitial thought was of an approaching train,so I lifted her to a more comfortableplace. I then called for help, and when Ilooked around I saw dead and dying lyingeverywhere. I immediately telephoned tothe Baltimore and Ohio railroad and to theeighth and tenth police precincts for assistance.I then pitahed in and assisted inremoving the dead and injured from thewreck."Dr. G. B. Heinecke of Brightwood was

flmonir t hp first nf th<*w v.av |>IIJ uiviauo IU ai live

on the scene after the accident, and hewas active in aiding the injured and preparingthem for removal to hospitals.

Portion of Green Flag.A visiting railroad official who was at

the scene of the wreck about 1 o'clock thismorning, was presented by a souvenirhunterwith a half portion of a green flagwmcn was rem -.'ed from the socket onthe rear coach of the ill-fated train againstwhich the freight engine was jammed.The railroad man in question, having Inmind the : ignificance of this point, it is explained,as Indicating whether lights or

flags were on the back end of the wreckedtrain, questioned the party very closely Inthe presence of witnesses The souvenirhunter was very explicit in his statementthat the flag came from the rear of thecoach. Green flags are used as signals by/lov 5 ie AVttl "*

, iv »o c.»^»aiucu, anu UIC UlHCn QOWI1and replaced by rea Kghts after nightfall.

Stories That Conflict.The stories told by the crew of the train

that did the wrecking* and the operator,Milton Phillips, and his friends at" Takomaconflict. Phillips says he has witnesses toprove the danger signal was set deadagainst the train that crashed Into the local.Hildegrand, the engineer, denies that andsays that there was a white light at theTakoma station.Fred Lemkum, the gate keeper at the

Cedar street crossing of the Baltimore andOhio, saw the dead-head train as it wentthrough Takoma. He says that the redlight was hung out against the incomingtrain and that it clearly had no businessIn the block. Policeman Kennedy of thetenth precinct, It is stated, was anotherwho saw the signals and will testify thatthe red light was displayed.Engineer Hildebrand of the dead-head

says that the cautionary signal of doublegreen was displayed at the entrance to theblock, but that when the train reachedTakoma he saw no lights.The first news of the wreck was received

at the Emergency Hospital shortly before8 o'clock last evening by a telephone messagefor the ambulance. Dr. Sutton startedwith the ambulance for Terra Cotta at once.He worked there for more than an hour,giving temporary aid to many of the Injuredand helping in all ways that he couldto prevent any increase in the loss of life.When the iniured were all taken care ofin various ways he returned to the city.

Piling the Responsibility.C. W. Galloway, general superintendent

of transportation of the Baltimore and Ohiorailroad, was quoted today as placing theresponsibility for the wreck upon the engineerof the freight train or the operatorui luc uiurn Hi itMiuma. xxe ttuueu inai mehorrible catastrophe could have been avoidedand that some one was responsible for It.According to him, the company will leaveno stone unturned until that responsiblltyhas been fixed.

Aged Man Killed.MONTICEL.LO, Ga., December 81..Jes.

Polk, aged sixty years, was shot and killedearly Saturday by Clrb Waldron, a youngman who had escorted two of Polk'sdaughters to an entertainment, returningwith them about 2 a.m. Polk berated theyoung men for coming home so late, and Inthe quarrel that followed Polk was killed.

DENIED BY MRS CLEVELAND.

Former President is Not Seriously111, She Says.

Special Dispatch to The Star.PRINCETON, N. J., December 31..Mrs.

Grover Cleveland, -wife of the former Presidentof the United States, said this morningthat Mr. Cleveland's condition was not atall serious and that reports to the contrarywere untrue. He ha^ merely had an attackof Indigestion.It was rumored In various quarters this

morning that Mr. Cleveland was worse thanhe was reported to have been last week.It was these rumors that Mrs. Clevelanddenied so emphatically.

BAIN FOK ROOSEVELT.

Ugly Weather Marks President's LastDay in Virginia.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. December 31..The President encountered today theworst spell of weather he has ever experiencedon any former visit to his Virginiahunting lodge. A drenching rain, whichbegan falling about midnight, kept up mostof the morning, making it look at one timeas if all the plans for a hunt would have10 De aoanuonea. ADOUt » o clock. However,a messenger was sent to Plain Dealing for"Dick" McDaniel to come over with thePresident's favorite riding mare, Foxana,and a half hour later a start was made forthe roosting place of wild turkey on GreenMountain.Three covered vehicles left North Garden

at noon for Pine Knot and a start for thestation will be made at 3 o'clock. The privatePullman car Twilight, which will conveythe party to Washington, reached NorthGarden last night. As the heavy rainsmotr HaIo t oil 1 lv>nJ .*

uviu., en icguiui naiii^, inc ricaiuciiiwill probably go to Washington on a special.

DONELSON CAFFERY DEAD.

Former Louisiana Senator PassesAway at New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS. December .11..FormerUnited States Senator Donelson Cafferydied at 10:30 o'clock last night.

Former Senator Donelson Caffery playeda very important part In the affairs ofLouisiana He was regarded as one of thestrong men of the state. It was he whowas one of the active opponents of theLouisiana state lottery at a time when thatorganization was an immense factor Instate politics. He fought the lottery andto him together with Senator Foster muchcredit has been given given for ridding thestate of this form of gambling.Mr. CafTery was born in St. Mary's parish.

Louisiana, September 10, 1839. He was educatedat St. Mary's College, Maryland,and then studied law In Louisiana andwas admitted to the bar there. He servedin the confederate army and after the warpracticed law and was the owner of alarge sugar plantation. Although he wasgieatly interested financially in the sugarbounty, as a matter of principle he opposedit. He was elected to the state senate in18»2, and was appointed United States senatorto succeed Senator Randall Lee Gibsonupon the latter's death, and took hisseat January i, isoj. «e was later electedby the legislature to fill this term, andwas again elected for the term ending 1901.While in the Senate he was resarded as

one of the star senators on the democraticside, although he did not take a prominentpart in Senate debate. He is a man of wideInformation and as a speaker demandedattention by the accuracy and breadth ofhis information rather than by any oratoricalfinish.

GOVERNOR WARNER ILL.

Inauguration of Michigan ExecutiveMay Be Postponed.

DETROIT, Mich., December 31..Advicesfrom Farmington, Mich., the home of GovernorFred M. Warner, say that unlessthe governor makes unexpected progressduring the next twenty-four hours towardrecovery from bronchial trouble, with whichhe has been suffering for several days, hewill be unable to go to Lansing for hisinauguration tomorrow for a second termas chief executive of the state.Mrs. Warner said today that the chances

are not at all good that the governorwill be able to go. Excepting for fifteenminutes yesterday, when he sat up, thegovernor has been in bed for three days.His throat and bronchial tubes are badlyaffected. While the Illness Is not consldIered serious, it is feared that he might havea relapse and his lungs become affected ifhe ventured out.

HOLMANS WILL TESTIFY.

They Will Be in Attendance on ThawTrial.

PITTSBURG, Pa., December 31..Accord-ing to rne statement or unanes j. llolman,whose wile is the mother of Evelyn NesbltThaw, It will not be necessary for DistrictAttorney Jerome of New York to send toPittsburg for Mrs. Holman's deposition foruse In the trial of Harry K. Thaw. Mr.Holman announced today that his wife,their son Howard and himself would be inattendance at the trial ready to give anyInformation desired."I have certain letters bearing on the

case locked up in a safe deposit vault." saidMr. Holman. "The nature otf these letters,"he continued, "cannot be disclosed at thistime, except to say that the contents arehighly Important."

MAT EXCOMMUNICATE THEM.

Pope Issues Ban Against the NewRussian Sect.

ST. PETERSBURG. December 81..Thepope has Issued an encyclical pronouncinga solemn ban on the new Catholic sectknown as the Marlavlts. who lately havespread widely In Russian Poland, and hasexcommunicated the founder of the new

religion, a woman known as "Mother MaryKoslovskain," who Is regarded by her followersas being the reincarnation of theVirgin Mary; a priest. Father Kovalsky,and others of the Marluvit clergy. Thennntlff olsn hronteno tn oYPnmmnntratA all

the members of the sect unless they recantwithin twenty days.

Employers' Act Unconstitutional.LOUISVILLE, Ky., December 31

Judge Walter Evana of the federal court

today declared the employers' liability actunconstitutional. The decision was givenin the case of the administratrix of N. C.Brooks versus the Southern Pacific RailroadCompany, and Is believed to be thefirst handed down in connection with thisact.

Located Murderer.ASTOR, Kansas, Decemljer 31..The posse

that for several days has been hunting thetwo alleged murderers of Marshal Friableof Lamar, Ohio, today located the secondman under the floor of the schoolhousa here.One of the men surrendered here yesterdayafter barricading himself in the schoolhouseand exchanging shots with his pursuers.

NO FUNERAL POMPFOR MRJASSATT

Simple Services Over Remainsof Great Railroad Magnate.

NO HONORARY PALLBEARERS

Floral Tributes Confined to FewFlowers From Family. i

INTERMENT AT BRYN MAWB

Body Laid at Best in Suburban

Churchyard.Prominent Bailroad

Men Pay Last Tribute.

PHILADELPHIA, December 31.-Withservices as simple as the rites of the ProtestantEpiscopal Church would permit, theremains of Alexander J. Cassatt, presidentof the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,who died suddenly last Friday, were todaylaid at rest in the graveyard cut thepretty suburban Church of the Redeemerat Bryn Mawr. Following out the desireof the great railroad president and thoseof his widow, only a small number of relativesand friends were presert as the bodywas lowered into the grave.The services at the home of Mr. Cassatt,

202 West Hlttenhouse Square, were aa

simple as those at the grave. There werfcno pallbearers and by an expressed wishof Mrs. Cassatt the 11c ral offerings wereconfined to a few flowers laid on tilecasket by immediate members of the lat*president's family.

Last Tribute Paid.During the forenoon hours a steadjr

stream of friends of the family and businessassociates of Mr. Cassatt called atthe house and paid their respects to tt>«dead. The services at the house were heldat 2 p.m., and were attended by about

nprwnfi including. b«'si«l**s the rela-tives. all the directors of the Pennsylvaniarailroad, all the general officers of tHttcompany and affiliated lines east and westof Pittsburg, and men prominent ;n thefinancial world and management of railroadsthroughout the country.The services were conducted by the Rev.

Dr. W. C. Richardson, r< ctor of St. James'Church, in which house of worship the Cassattfamily has a pew. The remains ofthe great railroad man w< re then placed ina hearse a?id accompanied by a small partyof mourners tliey were taken to BrynMawr. a drive of ten miles, from the city.The services at the grave near the Church

of the Redeemer, of which Mr. Cassattwas a communicant, were conducted by th*Rev. Dr. James Houghton, the rector. Itwas at first thought Mrs. « assail ana ntrimmediate family would retire after thefuneral to their country home at Haverford,near Bryn Mawr, but she decided toreturn to her city residence. A heavy rainfell throughout the day.In order to permit the officers to attend

the funeral the general offices of-the company.with the exception of those of thetreasurer, were closed at 2 o'clock. Tomorrowbeing a holiday, they will not b«re-opened until Wednesday.

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Mr. Cassatt's Successor llay Be SelectedWednesday.PHILADELPHIA. December 31. Jaraci

McCrea, first vice president of the Pennsylvaniarailroad lines west of Pittsburg, whoit Is generally believed will be the successorof A. J. Cassatt, arrived here last nightto attend the funeral of his chief this afternoon.He declined to comment on hisprobable candidacy or upon the talk of hisbeing chosen president of the corporation.Accompanying Mr. McCrea were Joeepti

Wood, second vice president; E. A. Ford,passenger traffic manager, and Col. SamuelMoody, general passenger agent. A specialtrain will arrive from Pittsburg this morningbringing many other officials of th*railroad to attend the funeral. Amongthose on this train will be E. B. Taylor,fourth vice president; J. J. Taylor, thirdvice president, and G. L. Peck, generalmanager.Many other prominent railroad men are

expected today.R. A. Lincoln, representingthe Pullman Company; President Newmanof tiie New York Central, William K. Vanderbllt.President Murray of the Baltimorennrl Ohio. E. H. Harriman, PresidentTruesdale of the Delaware, Lackawannaand Western, E. B. Thomas of the LehighValley, President Mellen of the New York,New Haven and Hartford, F. D. Underwoodof the Erie, and Ralph Peters of theLong Island railroad.

Funeral Arrangements Completed.Robert R. Bringhurst, who will have

charge of the funeral, has completed allarrangements. jne services at me nuusa

at 202 West Rittenhouse square will beginat 2 o'clock and will be conducted by theRev. W. C. Richardson, rector of theJames' Church. At their close personaland business friends of Mr. Cassatt andthe relatives will take carriages for BrynMawr, where the body will be buried Inthe yard adjoining the Church of the Redeemer.The Rev. James Haughton. reotorof the Bryn Mawr church, will officiate.Directors to Meet on Wednesday.A successor to Mr. Cassatt will probably

be chosen at a special meeting of thePennsylvania railroad directors, which willbe held In Broad Street station on Wednesdaynext. The only two names which seemto meet wih serious consideration are thoaeof Mr. McCrea and Samuel Rea, the latterme mira vice uicbiucui, m pmem iu

charge of the New York improvements.For years it was the general understandingthat Mr. Cassatt wished to have Mr.

Rea succeed him, and this proposition alwaysmet with more or less opposition.Since the collapse, of the Consolidated LakeSuperior Company, in which Mr. Rea hada great interest, it has been the opinion infinancial circles that Mr. Cassatt's choicewould not succeed. Furthermore, it lasaid that Mr. Rea's general experience hasnot been great enough to permit of his elevationparticularly at this time In thehistory of the system.Mr. McCrea has a strong following, and

It la known that he Is the personal choiceof Henry C. Frlck. who entered the boardof directors several days ago, and also ofthe powerful coterie which he represent*.The talk that Mr. Frlck will be asked toassume the presidency will not down, butIt is not regarded as serious.

McCrea Seems to Be in the Lead.With only surface Indications to Judge

from, the general opinion is that Mr. McCreawill be chosen to succeed Mr. Cassatt.(Continued on Third PageT)

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