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MT. VERNON, 0., TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1910 No. 67
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MANY
DEAD
HaH
Of Tom 01 Wallace Laid In
Ruins
Flames Are Under ControlRailroads Rush Trains To
Stricken Districts And Carry Refugees By Thousands
To Points Of Safety-Bodies Of Fire-Fighters Found
At Side Of Tracks-Montana Is Passing Through
Worst Siege In History Of State
Missoula, Mont., Aug. 22. Smoking
ruins now mark whore half tho town
of Wallace once stood, and heavy
clouds, through which the light of the
fires show copper and red, hang over
tho city.
Two lives were lost during the
the destruction of the town of 6000
population, one of the wealthiest for
Its size In the country. Large manu
facturing concerns and mining plants
wero destroyed, together with largo
business blocks and several of the
finest residences in the state.
Several trains wero run by tha Mil
waukee and the Northern Pacific rail
roads and hundreds havo been "res
cued. Several moro deaths have beea
reported in the forests about the city
where tho men were engaged in fight
ing the fire. It is difficult to get com
munication w(th tho strlckca city.
The property loss U placed at a mil
lion dollars.
The town of Taft, on the Idaho line,
and St. Regis, in Missoula county,
were also burned. 80 far as larned
there has been no loss of life In
either of these places or Sylvanite.
The towns were completely wiped
out.
SURROUNDED BY FLAMES
8everal Towns in Fire District Ar
Doomed ts Destruction.
Missoula, Mont, Aug. 22. All day
long refugees havo been pouring into
this city from tho lire-stricken dis
tricts in the west, bringing heart
rending tales of suffering and dis
tress. Tho Northern Pacific has oper
ated four relief specials and hns res
cued 1000 people, Tho Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul had a special
made up of every availablo equip
ment, In which 500 persons wero hud
dled. One woman picked up along
the lino gave birth to a child in a
boxcar. The smoke settled over tho
city was so denso that it was as dark
as midnight, with a crimson glow
showing through the smoke in tho
west. Fire ashes and wood cinders
are falling all over the .city. Further
north, In tho Blackfoot, the flro'is un
controllable and all the residents are
fleeing. Tho telephone officials have
rumors of 1G0 flre-flghters being burn
ed to death In the Clearwater,
Bates & Hogers' construction camp,
near the summit of the divide, has
been destroyed by fire with loss of
life, but tho number of fatalities can
HOOTS HIS FARMHAND
FOR LEADING
Pittsburg, Aug. 22. Angered be
cause one of, his farmhands. Carl
Maurer, had a bad influence over his
13-year-old son and was in the habit
of koeplng him out most of the night,
John Koenlg, a rich farmer of Ross
township, back of Pittsburg, shot
Maurer after a wordy quarrel. Mau
rer fell with two bullets through lib
body. After locking up Otto, the' son,
for tho night, Kotmlg placed the In
jured farmhand, In his -automobllo
and raced to a country docto", who
advised him that Mauror would like
ly dlo and that ho had better take
him to a hospital. Koenlg reached
the Allegheny, hospital shortly after
N
FOREST FIRE!
not be learned. Further down the
mountain the charred remains of men
were found ne.tr the tracks. The Mil
waukee railroad depots at Anderson
and Debergla were burned and the
station at Huagan was also destroyed.
WORST IN STATE'S HISTORY
Smoke From Montana Forest Fires
Obscures Sun at Midday.
Helrna. Mont., Aug. 22. The forest
flro situation in Montana Is the worst
In the history of tho state. Last re
pohts from tho Flathead cou-.itry is
that tho situation Is well nigh hope
less, that new fires have broken out
and that the fighters are absolutely
unable to cope with the situation.
The Dltter Root valley fires have
also secured renewed vigor. J. M.
Kennedy of tho bureau of protection
received Information that the town of
Llbby was surrounded by fires and
that the situation was critical. Eu
reka Is also reported surrounded,
while the fires at Avon have broken
out afresh.
In Helena both the southern skies,
as well as those to the north and
east, arc ablaze, and the flames are
rapidly creeping up the Rocky moun
tains from the westward. A few
blocks 1b the limit one may see for
the dense smoke In Helena. The
Helena fire department fought bruBh
Just west of tho city limits in the
vicinity of the Broadwater hotel and
Kessler biewery.
FOL
REACHES EAST
Saratoga, N. Y., Aug. 22. At a con
ference of Democrats favoring the
candidacy of ex-Governor Joseph W.
Folk of Missouri for tho Democratic
nomination for president, held here,
it was decided to organize Folk pro
gressive Democratic leagues in tho
Now England Btatcs, New Jersey,
Maryland, Pennsylvania and Dela
ware. President L. Sanders of tho
Missouri Democratic league eald It
was deemed Inadvisable to Attempt
such an organization in New York
out of respect to Mayor Oaynor.
SON ASTRAY
K BOOM
midnight with his unconscious
charge, and after turning him over to
tho hospital physicians, he drove to
the police station nnd gave hlmBelf
up. He is still held pending the re
sult of Maurer's injury. The hospital
authorities fear the latter will die,
It Did.
"Do you know nnythlng, doctor,"
said Mrs. Flunlkin, "that will put a
little color Into my cheeks? I oio bo
dreadfully pale."
"Well, madam," replied Dr. Blunt,
"perhaps If I tell you that you havo n
nolo in your stocking about the size of
a quarter It may have tho desired ef-
ttut."
Wyoming Folks Celebrate
The Days of Their Forefathers
Cheyenne, Wyo., has a great celebration each year during the latter part
of August which is known as "frontier days," when all the cowboys aud
Indians for miles around gather to re-enact tho experiences of the days of the
early pioneers. The festivities have become so popular that even tho celebra
tion of the Fourth of July hau been omitted for the last dozen years nnd all
efforts have been lent toward making the typical frontier scenes of world
wide Interest The cowboys indulge in their favorite pastimes, the Indiana
are given the widest latitude In their war dances, and the citizens of the
state make merry at games such as entertained their forefathers.
MAN rATALLY SHOT
FOR KICKING AT DANCE
Columbus, O., Aug. 22 Charles Ohl
foldy, 30, of Modoc, Athens county,
died in a local hospital, the result of
a bullet wound! received at Modoc
during a dance. Ohlfody, whose wife
and children are now on tho ocean,
enroute to meet; him, is said to have
AISES TAFT
Cleveland, O., Aug. 22. With the
statement that President Taft was
one of the ablest and most sagacious
of the executives of tho United
States, John Hays Hammond made a
vigorous defense of the administra
tion at tho annual outing of the Cuy
ahoga County League of Republican
Clubs.
Mother and Daughters Killed.
Pittsburg, Aug. 22. A mother and
her three daughters, all graduates of
exclusive finishing schools, wero cre
mated when an uutomobilo driven by
the father was blown to fragments
by an explosion of a 20-gallon tank
of gasoline. Tho father, William
Faith, one of the most wealthy men
of Masontown, Pa., nd his son Wil
liam, Jr., were severely burned and
may die. Tho dead are: Mrs. Wil
liam Faith, 63; Cathorine, Faith, 23;
Annie Faith, 20, and Ella Faith, 16.
HAMMOND
PR
IJ lllil OF COMMITTEE
' EXONERATE
Sulphur, Okla Aug. 22. Tho select
committee appointed by tho house of
representatives to Investigate Indian
jand affairs and tho so-called McMur
ray contracts, and which nlso has
been investigating tho Oore bribery
charges, Issued the following state
ment: "Tho committee hao heard and
objected to the music provided for
the dance, and to have been shot in
tho trouble, which he started. Three
arrests in connection with the case
havo been made at Athens. One other
man 1b said tq have been fatally shot
MOTORMAN
, BLAMED
Columbus, O., Aug. 22. According
to the verdict of Coroner Hanes, fol
lowing an Investigation Into the cause
of tho Scioto Galley traction wreck
the afternoon of Thursdoy, Aug. 11,
at Ragers Station, in which a pas
senger and freight car collided, one
life was lost and four persons wore
Injured, the blame lies upon the
shoulders of Motorman Victor Barne.
Tho verdict reads: "I find that both
tho wreck and the death of Charles
Zobaugh was due to the carelessness
and negligence of Barne, ho having
admitted himself In his sworn testi
mony that such was the case."
Aeronaut Fatally Injured.
New York, Aug. 22. Jean Rey
nolds, a parachute Jumper employed
by Leo Stevens, the balloonist, re
ceived Injuries In his descent which
are believed to be fatal.
carefully considered all of Hid testi
mony submitted, and is unanimous in
tho upinlon tlwt there is and was no
warrant for any person to uso the
names of Vice President Sherman
and Senator Charles S. Curtis In con
nection with any Improper relation
with any Indian contract whatoTer."
S SHERMAN
OIL TANK FIRES
FREIGHT TRAINS
Seven Men Killed and Bodies
Cremated.
TRY TO PASS OH SINGLE TRACK
Race Horses En Route to Tracks on
Canadian Circuit Meet Death When
Collision Takes Place on Vermont
Railroad D(tpatcher li Nervoui
Wreck and Unable to Give Expla
nation of Dliaster Victims All
Membcrt of Craws.
Northfield, Vt., Aug. 22. Seven
men were killed and several others
seriously Injured In a head-o'n colli
sion between two freight trains sev
eral mijes north of here. 'Several
valuable race horses bound for Cana
dian tracks were killed. The dead
wero'members of the train crews.
L. P. Murrere, the telegraph opera,
tor, Is a nervous wreck and has been
unconscious all day. Any effort to
get an Idea of the cause of tho wreck
from him has thus far been useless.
The accident occurred on the main
line of the Central Vermont road.
When help reached the scene they
found the two trains piled one on top
of the other and burning fiercely. Im
mediately all hands started In taking
out the dead and Injured. Tho first
body brought out was that of William
Brooklyn, conductor of the south
bound train. Ono after another the
bodies were taken out and laid along
side tbe track, most of them nothing
but a charred mass.
According to the report of the ac
cident received here, ono of the
trains consisted of an engine and ten
der, with a caboose attached. It was
bound south from St. Albans and had
the right of way on the single track
The, other was a heavy train of 40
cars and was proceeding from White
River Junction to Montpeller and St.
Albans. It was said here that the
engineer ran by a signal a short dis
tance past the Northfield station.
There was a terrific impact and tho
two engines and cars were piled up
in a heap. The wreckage took Ore
and, fanned by a brisk wind, the
flames quickly spread over the length
of the train. Several oil tanks ex
ploded with a frightful roar, sending
debris flying In all directions. The
engine crew of the southbound train
never had a chance to escape, for
they were burled In the wreckage.
Dead: Engineer J. G. Berryman,
Firemen Luboc, Conductor Lane, Con
ductor William Brunells, Brakeman
Leon Labuque. Two strike-breakers,
names unknown.
STANDS BY DECLARATION
Taft Says No One Can Read Another
Out of Party.
Beverly, Mass., Aug. 22 President
Taft Intends to reiterate his duclara
tlon of last winter, that neither he
nor any other man has a right to read
another out of the Republican party.
The president believes that no man
can be read out of that Tarty who If
a Republican. This belief he will set
forth, according to his present plan,
In the letter which he Is writing for
Insertion In the Republican congres
sional text-book. Tho president's
definition of a Republican has been
ono who supported the party platform
pledges.
WEATHER PREDICTIONS
Lower Temperature Promised by Last
of Present Week.
Washington, Aug. 22. Modorately
cool weather will provall In the east
ern and middle western states this
week, according to a bulletin made
public by tho weather bureui. Tho
bulletin says:
"A chaugo to cooler weathor will
overspread the northwestern states
tomorrow or Wednesday and advanco
thence to tho eastern states by the
close of tbe wool:.
"A disturbance will appear In the
northwest tonight or tomorrow and
move eastward, attended by unsettled
weathor and local rains during the
latter part of the week. Showers will
contlnuo the greater part of tho week
In the southwestern states."
Prominent Coal Operator Dead.
St. Clalrsvillo, O.. Aug. 22. John
L. Troll, 59, president of tho Troll
Coal Mining company, one of the
larger Ohio coal companies, died in a
Wheeling hospital from gall stones.
Sharpshooter Out of Game.
Camp Perry, O., Aug. 22. One of
the navy's host shots, Midshipman R.
D. Glffen, is temporarily out of tho
game. To relievo an attack of lum
bago a hypodermic Injection was used
and tho needle broko off.
ESTRADA WINS
MADRIZ
Battle Puts A Sudden End To Nic
aranuan
Insurgent Forces Control-Fopuloce Of Managua In Tumult
And Rush Through Streets Shouting "Death to the
Yankees" President Of De Facto Government and
Leading Generals Hasten To Coast and Prepare To
Go Into Voluntary Exie General Rivas Killed
Washington, Aug. 22. The state
department has received full particu
lars of the downfall of the Madrlz
government in Nicaragua, the com
plete defeat of his troops on the 18th
Instant and the crossing of the
Tlpltapa river by the Invading army
of Estrada being confirmed. The
troops of General Toledo, who com
manded the Madrlz faction, were
stampeded and fled to Managua. The
family of Madrlz had left Managua
for Corlnto, and were to bo followed
by Dr. Madrlz, who, after having re
linquished the remnant of his author
ity, was preparing to flee the country.
The advices declare that Managua
was In turmoil and that hostile dem
onstrations were being made against
the United States.
The following statement was made
public by the state department:
"A telegram sent via Tegucigalpa,
Honduras, by Mr. Ollvares, the con
sul at Managua, under date cf Aug.
19, confirms the fact that the army
of the Estrada faction defeated the
troops of the Madrlz faction on the
18th instant and effected a crossing
of the Tlpltapa river. The consul also
states that it was reported that the
Estrada forces south of Granada had
inflicted a severe defeat upon a
strong column of Madrlz troops In
that neighborhood and that it seemed
to be the unanimous public opinion at
Managua that the power of Madrlz
was steadily weakening and that his
overthrow might be momentarily
threatened. There was much appre
hension at Managua owing to the ap
prehension of an attack, since the
contending armies were only 20 miles
away.
Troops Seized With Panic.
"From another telegram from the
consul, dated the 19th, It appears
that the entire invading army of the
Estrada faction had crossed tho Tlpl
tapa river. General Toledo, who
commanded the Madrlz forces on the
Tlpltapa rlvr, had already reached
Managua cud reported that his troops
were seized with panic and fled when
attacked by the Estrada forces on
tho 18th, some of the routed troops
going to Granada and others having
already arrived it Managua. The
consul mentions a current report that
houses In Granada bad been sacked
by tho Madrlz troops and that the
city was t' ?n being assaulted by the
Estrada forces.
"Mr. 011varP3 further1 reports that
Dr. Madrlz has stated It to be his
purpose to turn over to Jose Dolores
Estrada, a brother of General Juan
Estrada, the' do facto authority actU'
ally in his hrnds and that Jose Do
lores Estrada has declared that he
will, in turn, make way for the lead'
ers of the Estrada revolution. The
family of Dr. Madrlz had left Man
agua for Corlnto and Dr. Madrlz was
expected to follow the next day, with
the object of leaving the country.
General Irlas and his family and Gen
eral Toledo were also preparing to
leavo Nicaragua on tho 20th. Mana
gua is stated to bo in a turmoil of
oxcltement; the consul reportB that
soma followers of Madrlz are man!
festlng open hostility to the United
states, roaming tho streets and cry
ing 'Death to tho Yankees.' Tho le
gation and consulates are under
heavy police guard and the general
situation '.3 reported to bo vory
threatening."
Later advices, however, wero as
follows: '
"A telegram dated Aug. 20, from
Mr. Johnson, consul at Corlnto, con
firms what Mr. Ollvares Reports as to
tho supposed Intentions of tho Mad
rlz faction. Mr. Johnson reports that
an
Revolt
QUITS JOB IN HURRY
Jose Madrlz Tires cf
Nlcaraguan Presidency
the family of Dr. Madrlz arrived at
Corlnto on the 19th, that General To
ledo nnd the family 'of General Irias
arrived on the 20th, that It Is report
ed that General Toledo will take the
first opportunity to leave the coun
try and that Dr. Mndrlz, General Irias
and others were expected at Corlnto
the night of the 20th, the report being
that they would leave on the gun
boat Angela or the northbound Pa
cific Mall steamer on Monday, the
22nd."
Granada Has Fallen.
Blueflelds, via wireless to Colon,
Aug. 22. Several hundred govern
ment troops commanded by General
Rivas, attacked Generals Mena and
Chamorra, who were occupying a po
sition on the outskirts of Granada,
the principal city of Nicaragua on the
Pacific coast. After desperato fight
ing tho Madrlzltes were defeated,
General RIvns being killed.
How Liko a ManI I
Mrs. Nocknoodlo-Oh, Xorris, it yon!
would nlwnys bo as good nnd gentle
nnd kind ns you are at this moment
how happy wo might be! Mr. Nock
noodlo (losing his tpmper instantly and
bellowing at tho top of his volte) Do
you mean to suy,jmadam, that I nm
not nlwnys as good nnd kind as I am
nt this moment?
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