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WENATCHEE DAILY WORLD VOLUME I.—NO. 121. NO MORE FAIRS FOR THIS CITY Stockholders Vote to Sell the Fair Grounds to the Highest Bidder and Disincorporate. NO SUPPORT FROM PEOPLE Association in Debt $6500 and it is a Case of Quit or Lose Everything. The Chelan County Fair at Wenat chee is now a thing of the past. At the annual meeting ot the stock hold ers held Saturday iv the old Ellis-Forde hall a resolution was adopted authoriz ing the board of trustees to call a meet ing of the stockholders of the corporat ion for the purpose of considering aud acting upon the proposition of disin corporatiug]and selling the fairgrounds to the highest bidder. Tl c reason for this action is given m rhe resolutions adopted t>v the mat ins in which it is stated that the as sociation is now in debt 1t',500 and is without means of liquid; tii<g the de bt otiier than the sale or mortgaging of the property*. It is t.iso stated that should the lease aud option of the company, which terminates June 4, 11106, he aollwcd to expire theie Will be no property lettaud tbe associ ation wiil have nothing but debts on its hands. In spite of the efforts of the members to gat the people of the county to come to their relief and save the grounds and continue the lair which have been of such interest and benefit to tlie^conini.uujty r uo one ln^s shown sufficient interest in the matter to warrant farther work arid bvseHing the grounds it is believed that the members- can suve some or all of the face value or' their stock. A number of the members made speeeches and all of them expressed regret that the people of the county have shown such a amentable lack of interest in the con tinuance of the fair. Some of the speeches were as follows: Arthur Gnun: "When we attend the funeral of a good fellow we like to linger and tell each other what a good fellow he was. There is not another chance for Wenatchee to get fair grounds as nicely located as these, but considering ah, we cannot con tinue and, although I hate to do it, I vote for the resoluation.'' D. A. Beat: "1 stay with you for $300 worth if there is any way of kr-eping it goii-ig but cannot see how it can be done without stronger support.'' F. M. Scheble: "I thonght it would he possible to interest seme of the farmers but although they have made plenty of money this year they do not care about the home fair. I know they aie making a mistake, under the ciicvinstances I will vote yef." F. F. Keller: "I helped get yon boys Into this mess and tegtxet mat we cannot continue having fairs. The pen) ie of Wenatche6 will miss the fair week more than they realize." C. F. Brown: "Tne people of We natchee will wake op when it is too late and wish the boys had a place for football, baseball and the men a track for their horses, and the froit raisers a place to exhibit their prodnots." A. N. Conrtway: "I hate to see clip grounds sold. I'll donble my stock if it will help save the Chelan County Fair Association." 0. A. Harlin: "It is hard for the enthusiastic ones to drop work like this. The fair and tbe Commercial Club have done mach for Wenatchee but someway we lack united snppoit." SI. Horan: "Boys, I hate to do it, it 19 a mistake, bat without more sup port wo cannot continue." WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON, MONDAY NOVEMBER 20. 1905 100 DROWNED IN STEAMBOAT WRECK Steamer Hilda Sinks off North Coast France and Most of the Pass- engers and Crew Perish WRECK ON ROCKS AT NIGHT In Mad Scramble for Boats All Were Lost But Six Who Were Res cued by Steamer Ada LONDON, Nov. 19..—The South western railway'» cross channel steam er Hilda was wrecked this morning off St. Malo, on the north coast of Fiance, and it is beileved that 100 or more of her passengers ard crew were drowned. The Hilda left Southampton Friday night for St. Malo. with considerably more than 100 souls on board. Her passage was greatly delayed by a fog in the channel, and when near St. Malo ran into a severe rnowstorm, apparently missed hei onrrtse and foundered ou the rocks i ff Jurdiu ilght house, three miles frooi Sr. Malo. Before tfe Hilda was clear of South ampton harbor it was plain that the voyage would be a very dangerous one and all paeeengers were driven below decks and the hatches battened down. Owing to the wind and snow the vessel made but slow progress, time and again having to veer from her course to avoid the strength of the waves, which washed mountain high down upon aer. When off the Portes locks tiie Hifda was caught 4n,a strong current, and be fore she could! be turned beadon'to tne waves, she" drove stemoti against the outmost promontory. She broke into three pieces almost immediately and sank before it was possible to launch the life boats. The shock as she struck awakened the passengers, who threw themselves frcm their berths and rushed on dack half clad. A mad scramble was j made for the boats, but long before the frozen ropes could be worked clear, the vessel had broken in pieces and the shreiks of the drowning were be ing carried shoreward by the wind. Aleaxnder was on tbe bridge at the time the vessel sank beneath the waves and his voice could be beard above the shreikingof trie winds ordering the crew to their stations to j " launch the boats." The company's i steamer Ada, out ward frcm St. Malo, rescued five of the passengers and one of the crew. These are now on their way to Southampton. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY For Kent:—Furnished house of five rooms. 1 horse 1 cow, and some chickens. Rent for this winter only $10.00 pel mouth. Also the above and 17 aroes of land, four and one half of which is in alfalfa and five acres in four year old peach and apple trees, to rent next season. Bousquett and Holm. Notice to Voters Notice is hereby given that c mass convention of voters of the city of Wenatchee will be held at the Wenat chee theatre on the evening of Thurs day, November 23, 1905, for tbe pur pose of nominating city officers for the ensuing year as follows: One council man-at-large for one year, three councilman for two years, one councilman to fill unexpired term of U G. Pogue, mayor, clerk, treasurer, city attorney, health officer. By or der of the mayor H. C. LITTLEFIELD. 39 MEN BURN IN CHEAP LODGING HOUSE Horrible Fire in Glasgow Lodging House Burns 39 to Death and Many injured. MANY SUFFICATED BY SMOKE In Nude Condition Crowds Fight for Their Lives as the Fire Cut Off Chance of Escape. GLASGOW, Nov. 20.—The most terrible fire that has occurred i" Great Britain tcr many years, broke out here in a cheap lodging house for men in Watson street, and resmted in the loss of 89 lives and the'severe in jury of many others. The flames were first noticed at (i o'clock tins morning on the fourth floor of the building, which was oc cupied by 330 men. An alarm was raised and the firemen responded quick ly, but flames and s noke wi-r* then i issuing from the windows on ti>e fiMir th floor. An extraordinary scene wasj creited by a procession of almost nak ed men rushing out of the eutrsnce of the building and against their frai - htic efforts to escape the firemen had actually to fight for admission. Reaching the uprer floors, the fire men found that the narrow passages were becoming congested with men who had dropped to the floor over come with smoke. The fire, however. I was confined to the fourth floor, a nd j as soon as the Bremen were able to pet |to work it was speedily extinguished, j The flames had been fed by the wood- , ,en partitions, which threw off volum- j es of smoke,, reuitiug in the surf peat too of the inmates, but others had to be taken to the hospitals. The dead were mostly workmen in the prime of life. They presented a horible sight. 810,000 GALLONS OF FIREWATER BURN CONNELSVILLE, Pa., Nov. •,»().— At the Overholt distillery at Bradford today 810,000 gal'ons of whisky fur nished a spectaonlar tire eutailing a loss of $4,000,000. The main bonded warehouse was burned to the ground. A steady northwest wind which blew the flames toward the Youghiogh»ny river, saved the town of raoford, the buildings of the H. C. Frick Coke com pnny and the Baltimore and Ohio tail road station from destruction. Smoke was first seen issuing from the third story which was along side the B. and O. tracks. Two workmen cilmbed up the fire escape and opened one of the small iron doors. They were caught in a suffocating cloud of imo k eand dropped to the gronnd unconscious. The blue tinged flames from the burning elcohol were soon shooting more than 100 feet into the air. As the barrels of old rye whisky on each of the four floorsburst, the blazing liuld was splashed in all directions. The main traok of the railroad was kept ciear of debris and trains were shot past at suoh speed as to avoid damage from the intense heat. Calls for help were sent to other neighboring towns and by hard work the combined aepartments managed to save the near by buildings. The Overholt plant is practically owned by H. C. Frick and the Mellons of Pittsburg. When som9 people hurry they mere ly waste time. Peachey Addition Offers the best values for investment in in Wenatchee today. If you want a GOOD THING which will double your money in a short time look over the remaining offerings in Peachey Addition. ARTHUR GUNN . . REAL ESTATE AND FINANCIAL AGENT .. . Owners Managing Agent for Peachey Addition. LOOK AT THIS 6 3-4 acres half mile from depot; 6 acres in trees 5 years old next spring; 1 1-2 acres berries among trees; 314 grape vines; good water right; good house, plastered, 6 rooms, closets, celler, etc.; barn 38x40; spring wa ter piped into house and barn; price $5250. BOUSQUET & HOLM H.LWI ESTER NEW BOWER BLOCK Just Across the Street - - Watch Us Grow Sale < o.nmences Saturday morning NOVEMBER 18th Ending Saturday Night, Nov. 25th Rules of this sale CASH and buy all you want We are at it again with another of those start ling, price-cutting, money-saving sales of ours. We cannot afford space to blow about what we are going to do, so we simply put the facts into figures and they speak for them selves. SHIRT WAISTS ' - ' 1-2 Price Saturday morning, we place on sale every lady's shirt waist in our store at just HALF PRICE This includes all our new fall waists. Not a single one reserved during this sale. 90c shirt waists - - 45c $1.50 shirtwaists - - .75 2.00 shirt waists - - 1.00 2.50 [shirtwaists - - 1.25 4.00 shirtwaists - - 2.00 Ladies' Underwear 47c Ladies' fine wooven, fleece lined underwear, extra good quality. Goes during this sale at, per garment 47c Big Cut in Shoes Our shoe department is becoming one of the larges in our store and each day is adding new customers to our list, but we are going to bring them faster,and this is the method we take. During this sale we will offer any of our ladies $2.50 and $3.00 shoes at $1.95 They are all new, up-to-the-minute shoes, and are made of full vici kid in either Biucher or regular lace, light flexible, or extension soles. Patent tips and stylish heels. Do not fail to get a pair of these $2.50 and $3 shoes at $1.95 GIRLS' SHOES 98c Girls' shoes made of good'heavy kid or box calf with solid leather counter and soles in all sizes from 5 in childs to 2 in misses that sell regularly at $1.25 and $1.50 goes during this great sale at, per pair 98c FIVE CENTS PER COPY.