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VOL. XXXVII. NO. 102. MINMOPLA, MONTANA, MONIDAY M)IININI ,A 15191. RICFV
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PRIMARY V1OTE
IS- POtLED
TODAY
NEBRASKA AND CA..IFORNIA
PRESENT LARGE'PIELDS IN
PRELIMINARY CONTEST.
SflUATION COMP1ICA1TE
With The Insurgency and Regular
Branches Dividing the Republican
Party and Bryan and Anti-County
Optionists the Democratic, Nebraska
Is in Turmoil.
Cmaaillt Aug. I. I1.. Next ''wtmd' the
tate.-w hle prilniarlfs- of ll tIIh t pllt.lte l
lpartles in :jl,rtsklt will be held. lThe
ntllntilan for inomlnatllons on the re
pubilenan ind " l r,imtinritli tlhkelts has
been spirlted and the ellalndiates nu
merints. lThe l.eanperancee Islsue, as In
vlVled In Ithe ro ton tl o llllubstitlute
(county olptlott fir the piresent local op.
lion law, has aiplit lath partIes, antd
ihe sltuatllon haisl been flurrther cnpll-ll
Ittled by '}Ilnanrgrency" In thIe repullh
lictan 1atks andil the personality of W-II
llam .1. Itryan In the ildeoineratle party.
Full statet antd tonIIly tic:kets are to
Ie' nominated, as well aas candltdates
-1
G0vernor A. C. Shalenberger who
wrested the leadership of the Nebras
ka 'democracy from William Jennings
Bryan.
for lmembellrs of congresls. 14ll, lttdler
the "Oregon plain," parity candldates
for United States senator to succeed
Senator lturkett will he chosen. Many
candidates for pIlaees on the senatorial
and legislative tickets have pledged
themselves to tbidle by the decision of
the voters on this question at the
prlmaarles. Thre question of county op
thill was brought before state platform
colnventlons of both partles. Although
opposedt by most of the leaders of what
Is known as the "reglur" faction of
the party, It was nolpted by a large ma
Jority of tile republican dlegantes. ()n
the olther hand, In spite of the vlgorous
si)pport of Mr, Blryan, the. alhneteratic'l
convention declared Raig.Inst it.
Senatorial Contests.
The coantest for th demleocratlce In
elorMellment for- I'nltetd States senator
Ihas li.eol n most vigorous between tilbert
M. HItleheo,k, present conIressman
fronm the' econtd district, and owner
of ,tlle lrianelpal demlnratlrt newspaper
of the state, alnd Richard L. Metenire,
etditor or Mr. B'ryna's pauper. Willis
leobd Is also a candidate., For the re
pilbllcan sen.atorial In dorsenment there
are five ctndidates. For the guberna
torial nomlination thle demnocrats have
two cindidates, both strenuous camn
Panlgners' With' strong folloWings -the
present gounrnnr, Ashton C. Plhallen
itergerl, and l.moes C. l)falnalltn, the
"Oc)oVw'tY In.Vinym"'' (ar Olnnll.
Innalterabl oppolsitlon to county op
tion Is Daltilnmau's slogan, while Sllal
10nh)rger ttakes a more onclllnatnry
rnosltlon, agreeolng to' slgn such a bill
If passed by the legtlblature,. There
are three reiubllenn catndlahtes for tills
honior, but their campalgn has been
malte on personal grotinds. Congress
amn. .rohn aR.. attt, democrat, and
George NorrIs, Insurgent republican,
have no opposiltlon In their own
pairtles. Conagressmian Mases P. Kin
kchli, rePub!ltei, has a fight Qn haud
for the ronfilaatlon. Congressmen
Jlltchcook antid Hlnahaw are seeking
renomination, i
In CalifornIa
San Fran1mdlo., Aug. 14.-With Oily
24 hputarA rematIlng bleoro the close of
the sttie primary. citmpaign, candidatei
for, pnty , 0ominatlons are busying
the~ris.lvoes wIrth the Issuance of flna,
imntructionqi ti, eqanty and preclnct
worlkers ajim.l' p ratlon for brlngilng
out thglr full tt. tgth at theapolls on
l'Pusat.!., Nqt iltii tihe close qf tlhe
Itallo . 4etO It rtVybtby oVbenlnhgj rll oan.
ditdater r,,:l malcl au m eitnlC enjoy
tlrolr flpt'i+41I.P+JCjltha '"ore 'wearingla race
THIRTY-TWO KILLED
IN WRECK'IN
FRANCE
I 1,ya an, I"'rtunee. Aug. 14.-Au ex.
tlratll train I'rlut Itrdeaulx with
i,00 ilpsengers Hant runtning at it
tpeet(ld Of 50 miles an hour, crushed
into a freight train at lalujon todltaiy.
Thirty-two Itrsonn were killed and
100 injured. Many of the Vic'tilts
wvtre steihol girls. everal oa th11e
passengers were turn toi spllnters.
A nmishiltceed switch enlittued the deci
denlt.
ENG[ANA'St HEROINE
SUCCUMBS" TB
' ILLNESS
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE DIES]
IN LONDON HOME-NURSE
IN CRIMEAN WAR.
. tladon, Aug. 14.--i'lorence Nightin
Kgtil, tihe frner nurI.e of tile Crimean
winr IunI the onlly wmalllln who ever
rweiavtl the order of Mlrit, died yes
tedray a'fternoo(IIn i1t herl Londonll home.
Alithugli slhe hd )en n a n ilnvalit fr
it long time, rarlllely lonvitang her roomn,
IwI tlihttih Wal sulmlelltwhat tuner*ilicted.
,. w'ok lago -~tlth wa's I quite sick, ibut
thn ilmprovied and outl it tiny night
wits cheerful. I)IItaing thalt night
Ialalrtmintg s nym ltoni deve(lopedl i nl she
gradualtly ank until 2 o'clock Rllndily
aifternioon whei atu Ilna-ttk iof heart
ftlluret brouglit tile (tend.
iler ftuneral will hie ts quidt tIs lpms
tlilhe in uteclordanlle with 'her wlshts.
i)During recent yours, owing- to. her
ft'eblirnuss and iltlvunceed uage, Miss
Nightinagle hIls riceivetl but ftew visit
or-. (in Maiy i laisti, siit, ct lltalir lll lte
hotr :oth birh'lhlay.
Her Life,
Missx Florence Ngllhtingale, wiose
nalne was rendered illustrious by her
hllilantrophie efforts to alleviate the
sufferings of the wounded soldiers dur
Ing the Crimean war, was the daughter
of Willium E. Nightingale of Embley
Park, Hampshire, and was born at
Plorence, i'taly, May 1f., 1820. She en
Joyet all tile ad\vantagesi which fall to
the Itt of chhlidrein of the affhlelnt and
refined, and her commanl d of different
langutages and other hranches of a
truly liberal. education stood her itn
goodt stead In her aifter career.
It was not long btefore her phllain
tlhropllc instncts, exercised amlnolng the
pl)lorer neighlibolr of her English honle,
leI her to the t.ystematic sltuly of the
amlellorative treatment of ipysical antl
moral distress. Not satisfied with
studying the workillg of Inglishl
schools, hospitauls and reforlmatory in
stittitions, she exanmined similar Insti
tutions abhroad in the same spirit, and
in I9G1 spent some inonths in tll In
stitution of Protestant sisters ait Kai
serwerth on the Rhine.
Before long an opportunity presented
itself for applying the practical les.
sons she had learned, for having heard
that the Governesses sanitarium lan
gulshed for the want of supervilsion
and support, she generously devoted
both her personal energies and private
means to its restoration and thoroutgh
organization.
Tifis work had scarcely been accom
Itlished when, before Miss Nlghtingals
had time to recover her over-taxed
strength, new demands were made
upon her spirit of self-sacrifice. The
inefficiency andl mismanagement of the
Engiish militaiy hospitul In the Crimea,
led to tan outburst of ilubtle feeling at
Ilhome. Various plans of hltp wint
suggested, the most popular of whichi
was the sending forth of it select band
of women. At tile request of Lord
lIerlbert, secretary of war, Miss Night-t
Inaglo undertook the organlzxtio/ n tand
conduct of this body.
Alleviated Suffering,
By Instituting order where confusion
-before reigned, and by affording care
and consolation, Miss Nightingale al
lviated the sufferings of all, saved
the lives'of many and earned the bless
Ings of the slok and wounded, as well
as the gratitude of her country. A
testimonial fund amounting to $250,000.
qubscrlbed by the public in recognition
df her noble services, was at her, spe
cial request devoted to the formatlon
of an institution for the training of
nurses, which later became the "Nlght
Ingale home,"
For the past 40 years or so the
heroine of the Crimea lived In quiet
retlrentent in her house , near Park
lane, London. For the past 1"- or 15
years, It is pathetic to note, she had
not been able to leave the house. But,
though confined at home by constant
Ill-health, she continued ceaselessly at
work for 'the welfare of humanity, glv
Ing her attention to all matters af
fecting the public health, education and
social benefit,
She was the author of many books
and, pamphlets, ntended. to disseminate
knowledge on the subject In which .she
was so well versed, "Notes on Hos
pltals," a valuable work which had a
very large, circulation, appeared In
1855; "Notes on Nursing," of which
many thousand copies have been sold,
was published in 1800, and "Observ -
tlons on the Sanltary State, of the
Army in India" In 1I08, 'At the re
quest of the British war office she
reow', up a -veryivolumlnouti cpnfldenp.
tal i pprt on~the working of the, lar
meliceal department, in the Crimes,
(continued on Page Five.)
CAN THEY GET IN TUNE?
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1~I/
FOUR MEN KILLE
WHEN BOILER
EXPLOODES
ACCIDENT ON STEAM SCHOONEF
OFF CALIFORNIA COAST
HAS FATAL RESULT.
Point Aroall, ('Il., Aiug. 14.*-Fou!
men were killed late last night. whet
the boilers of the steam. schooneol
Phoenix blew up at seal lihoIut 10 miler
north of Point Arena lighthouse. Twi
of the deaud-Chief ungineer Tl'home.
Hoislton and Secondl Muate Androw
laitusmuisn--r(ached shore with lie llur
vlvurs of the V(cs( I but (diedo this
morning of their injuries. The man
gled bodies of two fireman-Chris Han
Men and Villlinol Nleholsen-idrhe to.
nlKht In the demolis;i.d engine room
of their water-logged shillp as she
flonts at si-nl, a iderlle t.
The Exp:osion.
The Phonlix, loaded withl bark from
Need lne itk for .han .Praniseco. was
making her wuy slowly soiuthward
Ugainst iI brisk wind inI t chollpy oea.
When the expllosion came the mate('
and the ef-ngineellr werle burled to the
floor towtard the fireboxes and Chief
Offlter Lottll Larsen was torn from
his post on the bridge and his body
sent hurling through the air. 30 feet
to the deck below. The saillors for
ward and ('apttin Peter Halverson,
seated in his cabin, were tossed about
their quarters by tlhe force of the ex
ploslon, and confusion reigned.
With her nhow well out of the water
and careening to starboard, the Pheo
nix was settling. PunIp crews were
stationed and some of the sailors were
sent into the engine room anud thuller
ronm. Houston ant Rul.nllnsn wpre
currled to the dlelk still alive, but
fatally Injured.
Bodies Lost.
Nicholsen and Hlansi', were never
seen after tile explosion. $iky rocket
distross slgnals flushing through the
uit' attracted Ia ptain Stitt and hiis
crew of the Point Arena life saving
station iind the rie'cuers put ofl' Iln
the life boat. 'The;: Ilretulrnd with
ictamusen anl I-louston and several
members of the crew. Captain Hal
veh.en and the others rem(lined aboard
but were foreed to ablandon the ship
at daybreak. As ultrkness fell tonight
the Pheonix was making her unguidled
way down the coast, kept afloat by
her deckload.
THREE-PASSENGER FLIGHT.
New York, Aug. 14.-('harles PF Wil
lard, in a Curtlis aeroplane, flew with
three passengers and himself for 500
yards at Mincola.'L. I., this evening.
This li the first three-passeng.fr flight
recorded in America.
"IHITE SLAYERS"
KILL TOMO JMICK
Raton, N. M., Aug. 14,--Tomo Tom
Ick, a miner, was shot and killed by
pn unknown man In a saloon here
today while an accompllce of the mur
derer. hold hip arms. Both, the, mur
derer and accpmptice escaped. The
murderer and his companiQon are sup
posed, by the.pollee to be. "white slave"
traders, in whose clutches Petra Petro
ylch, a Montenegrin girl; who .3g4.t
.ave married Tomlik, fell wbilf paear
Ing' khrougri' Chlocago. The irl is said
to 'MVe' escaped from '.he ealtors and
cord to Raton. The .polide brli.dve she
was followed by the murdorer adti. his
companion.
DIRECTORS COMING
TO MISSOULA
lHIlBITON
WESTERN MONTANA APPLE
SHOW WILL DRAW MEN OF
NATIONAL EXPOSITION.
Spokane, Aug. 14.--en II. lice. sec
retary and manager of the third Na
tional Apple show, said In an Inter
view today that several members of
the board of trustees of that ornttal
zation will. .ntted the opening of tIhe
Western Montana Apple ,shoIw at Mis
soula0I on October 10 and remnain two
or three days, adding also that others
,will be there during the latter part
of the week.
"The show at Ml.sonula denerves
eve,1y support," Mr. RIce continued,
"and we shall do all we can to oln
Clurage It large number of growers and
people In general to Join us on ,a trip
to that city.
"There cannot he too many of these
howIn, ta everything that in dlone iin
the Interest If the apple industry is
bound to result li good to the ditstricts
represented.
"A; J. llreitansteln, secretary of the
chamber of commerce of Missoulal, and
those associated in the work have ac
comltllshed much for the Western Mon
tana Apple show, and there In every
reason to helieve that the exposltion
will he a success."
GIRL IS MUROERED
BY ROBBERS
ON EVE OF WEDDING KANSAS
WOMAN IS CHLOROFORMED
BY SUPPOSED BURGLARS.
Abilene, Kan., Aug. 1 1,--Miss
Bertha Benigus, aitgd 30, daughter .of
It merlchalnt of this plac', and alln tInl
ploye In the local telephone exlchange,
wits found dead eil herl. rou at the
homn of her parents this morning. ITh
girl had herln hloruformedtl and her
haulllds were tlied behind her Iback. Iler
hold wans covered with IlilIows and
bllankets.
'Phl pollce believe that the girl's life
wtins taken by oine I' or lot persons
whol enterldl thle IouIse with thel t lnter
tLl i of rubbeltry. It is thougllhil t thalt tltn
girl wna IwI kell ed and tie mrnl 'der
committed to I'revelt her giving loss.
alarm. / No trace f' tiil l murdtirl' ha11
been found. All of the Je\oll'ry alnd
other vailuable.s hbolinginlg tIl tihel flln
Ily had been hltiden and noln;, has
beel1n Inlssld,
Mip. RIenigJt waI s ;I to Ihave been
mnarried to Earl Liviugston, of To
peliltb tomorrow eveolin. lllvhgston
has bhen spendllg llis vacutionll i Ha
Ilna, where' he was \whenI1 thle nllillder
was c(ommitted,
Taste thils afternoon a note was
found In the yard illllder tile window
of Miss Benfgus' rIom.ll. It wasI writ
tel Ilnl German lid said:
"I have ntmurderlled her. llrlng Jew -
elry two blocks West."
The contents stre.lgthen the theory
of murder. and Ill'tended robbery.
TO TIE PA'RK.
Mr. uip4d Mrs. 0. K. Cushing of San
FPrna.ipeo, who llUVe been the guests of
PrCsdl4tg gnd, s",a, Dunlway for sev
erta44ys, Jet Y.esrday ror the Yellow
$tan0e park, Mrse unlwaty accompany
Ing them.,: r. C"Ushlng is Mrs. Duni
W.y'sy brother, e sluccessful attorney
of the oolden ate city.
MAYOR OF EL PASO
KILLED AT BAD
FIRE
W. F. ROBINSON LOSES LIFE
WHEN WALL FALLS AND
FIREMAN IS ALSO DEAD.
El Paso, At g. 14.-W. IV. Robinson,
mayor of El Pliao, lost his life at 9
o'clock this morning while endeavoring
to warn a number of firemen of Imthi
nent danger or a tottering wall. At
the same time Todd Ware, fireman, was
instantly killed and William Rnbinson
and Davne Sullivan. als firemen, were
Injured, the latter perhanp fatally.
Morning Fire.
The casualties followed the big Cal
liaher D)ry l oods company fire, whicl
broke out at 2 o'clock thl nmornlni
and completely gutted the largest de
partment store in thlls section. The
fire had burned for nearly seven hotur
and the unsafe condition of the walls
so imprResed Mayor Robinson that ihe
left the sidewalk and approached the
building to Instruct the firemen to stop
furtheri work. As he approached the
building a large section of brick wall
buckled anl fell, crushing Robinson
and Ware and knocking the other men
down. Mrs. Rtoblnson witnessed the
oncldent from the sidewalk.
Losses Heavy.
Conservative estimates place the loss
at $225,000. All losses are covered by
Insurance. The origin of the fire Is
attributed to crossed wires in the base-I
ment, wlhre tlih fire smoldered for i
over two hila: be|lfor'e larsting into
DIRIGIBLE A SUCCESS.
Munich, Aug. 14..-Tlhe dirigible bal
loon Parseval VI. mlade a tsuccesslul
flight today wilth 16 passenagors aboard.
Thie dirigible renmained in tIhe alr' for
ine hour and a half.
COMMIT SUICIDE TO
ENTER PSYCHIC LIFE
S an Francisco, Aug. 14.-Influenced
by their study of occullt phenliomena
iland prepared for what they believed
was to be a sojourn in the phychle
splhere, A. D. Itnaci and his bride, to
whom he wa~ murried Julle 27, enlldedl
their lvivx todaly in fulftilhnaot of ai
anic'ile pat into which tlhey had rIe
ce ntly ellt'rl'd. Si1nome time dtlllring Lthl
llight theiy iad taurnedl ion thile' K iltand
t-his morning their lifeless bodies ,were
iound. Notbes aaddressetl to friends told
the, story if how the colllle h11d pri
pared to diIe. .lrs. Itouch was well
known in tha city las a literary
itohlemian. MIany of her writings had
dealt with psyc(hologfical antd tnolo
Kieiil cI itllini ti ls. Itultll came here
from Iljstn abolut two yealrs aigo.
KANSAS MAN KILLED
IN AUTOMOBILE WRECK
Yntes Center, Kan., Aug, 14.-One
man was killed aind. two were serious
ly hurt when Julius Marelnke sent
Iis automobile off at bridge east of
here Into Clerlry creek this morning,
The dead:
JT.LIUM MARIHENIK(I, Eureka, Kan,
'T'! Injured: Claul'les Maurienke,
1iureka; aJohn W1illis, luraelia.
OUTCRY MADE BECAUSE
AVIATOR CROSSED
FRONTIER
linti, I"rane', A gII 14 -A-I uit
iry I+ hi.ing mnadte l1V the I hrnenite
l'news.lte.s Ihecaus.e. i I 'rene'h ave -
lir in 'rl r..rday acelenta'll y
i-ro tsl the frOnthlr. home of Ithe
Pli'l'i hll 'u este' thatr h ,.iugh, t toi
h:av' I n- hll ot. I.e'IlthlIe who, IS
onI of the i'omtetantse in lthe crosi
inn' itry fliht, lasl t night rfitl'td
finer , lal t l.t k d llwarlolrllf. l d wtl I(ui, ln
Srutnill ti h
INDIAN LAND CASE
TO SUPREME
COURT
DECISION OF COURT OF CLAIMS
WILL BE TAKEN INTO
HIGHER TRIBUNAL.
Washtnllllllton, .Aug 14.-,''-With thI
cighits of sno, "0.0 I Indiainns In tii.s
tion, lilt. t' uire no' court o' the' ten itei
RStates will hI(gI c g inthdleratloit p)ro.
iai.°ly hrnolg Ilie h f(Intl of the week of
the allproachi. t li'i of oliini iiof (he
mst ·lrtplexi.ng pc' roblemnus irniing out
of thel retilction of," the Unlted ltates
to Its wrds. Amoneg tlhose are ques
tionst of iltizenshilp and of authority
ovelr the loldn of the inhdiivllha In
In 19,02 cilegrue'.u panile.d nan act for
thel iallotlment to ithe individual Itn
ediiln of the ('hiro.ee triblial land in
O(kllahoma. ()lu restriction wvas laid
upon thi, lunil: "lands ullotted to
itizens sha.ll not in tiny manner what
ever ior it anlly tile' ho encunmbered,
il ken ior oell to sncure, or atllsfy any
'debts t' or bligtionsi or le alienated by
the iilottee oi r hisi heirs before the
expiration of five years front the date
of the rutlitettion of this act."
Test Cap.
in 1904. congress authoriled the
iteerotary of the Interior to grant a
right-of-way for nit and gul pIpe lines
through thel lands thltele allotted to the
Indinlltni. In 19011, the five-year re
strition. Imnposed In 1902, was ex
tended to 25I years. The quiotlon o
constitutionality of the acts of 19@04,
and of 1906 w. rlllsd iand congress
aulthorized two Indlins, William
Il'lrcwn alnd Ilovl I. (Irittc, to bring
sait to tet theu llaw. rhe court of
claims held the i law to he,uenconlti
An lappallt)tl t ken to the supreme,
ilart. Otti i.colut of the inlpor rtance
of the t'es thiie court Net them for
'tlargument oa1l the' opening day of the
lmincg 't.obe) ' ter) t r I r llnoon there
after ui ilhsetible. Juidge Il owry for
ithe lllinority of the court of claimlte
olttl lllout thal t the Inllians all been
Intuln citizensl olf the United Stateit
Illol' to tho cilliotnlent.
"When the htni was granted," fe
said, "the character of the titole al
lotted to thei fullbloods was the Isam
uc if allotted te other citizens. The
title of the one hleanl a tan unqulllfied
.s thn title oft the oither' and any at
tle.pt to diff,'rentliate between the feoo
Heo hllcd ,an hie sletainelll only upone
thii groundlll that the inIhan can ntlever
l(cqui e. ilih.e it rigt to land un the
givernmeriteelt Is bound to respeet, lie
hceld tllell thel Inditl could require
rights the givernme'nt must respect
lu lll lproliulcetld the righlt-o~f-way lct'
itand the 2:-.'ynior atllonatilon act t unioel
itt tloal. 'The majlority oif the
vlma'lt,, headed by ('lltlef Ju itet'e l'ele,
llhf the laws tcvol n ltltllltitll l ll,.
Could 8ell.
Reviersal of the dlecisoion of the court
of cllims would illow Cthee [tndtllns to
nell their lands, worth millions of dol
tlrt iat this tiem, as the five years long
algo txpired. While thie Chleroke lands
are imncnediately ctoncerned, it is gen
erally utnderstoodl thle ieiulion will ite -
feet the landsl of the other fou' tribes
liht h uhi ltlent i thi oeild indihll tineli
itory.
MELVIN SHEPPARD
SMASHESRECORDS
New York, A:g. 14.-Melvino W.
Sheppard, the crack nhihhle-dustance
runner if the Il'rih-Ameeree'itan Athletl'
Ticle), waet awardedI the 600-yard reLoidi
today at the Ihith i'olunte.rs' gameliis at
Celtic park, when he broke the tiape
after covering tChIe dhistanC ien 1:10 4-5.
It was the fstest thime evil' reu'orded
for theo dietarnce In the historly of ath
letics, cutting one- ifth) of a second
front "Tomnlecy" itorke'ii figuteet, which
have stood for 14 yuears. He lowired
the 600-yard handlica and set now fig
tires for thi 500 and 514 yards, wiith
:57 3-5 tnd 1:04, respectively.
SAIL TO FRaNtCHTOWN,
To "renchtown tit a raft i. the trip
taken yesterday tuiteenoon by Ralph
Miller0, 0., ~apee, J. H. Montgomery
and John Wehagher. 'rTe 18-mile trip
was rough and wet itnd the raft turned
over sverea) tImex. At Jrenchtown the
raft got away from the intrepih sailors
clnd th¥y returned in an auto.
iORLD'S Fr
IS TOTALLY
DESTROYED
GREAT BELGIAN EXPOSITION Is
SWEPT BY FIRE DURING
HEAVY GALE. . .'o
HUNORED MILLIONS LOST
Beautiful Buildings, Filled With
Priceless Exhibits of Machinery,
Jewels and Relics, Are Smoldering
Runs--Panic Seises the Thousands
of Sunday Visitors.
lItris..cl, Aug. 14.--ViFre swept the
great Ilillgn exposaition tllllnght. The
fIllll were .' ven impeitus by a htgh
wind nlld Msuon destroy.ed the LBelgiin.
Ingliglll antl French sections.
;The White city of the world's faii,
as Belglans have called their 19i10
e xponltion, Is tonight it massll of flame
and smoldering ruins. A spark talling
into Inflammable imaterlial in the tole. ..
griapll hullding burst into flame.whellch '
driven by a high wind, swept rapi4dty
In all directions. Soon the l BeliJu,
1Engllth and French sections were die
stroyed. Th'le firemen arid detachment'
of soldiers called to the noet touind
themselves baffled by'the gale, Wlhloh
carried the burning embers to'all pts
of the grounds. The lose Is estimated
at $100,000,000.
To the left of the main buildinl .rose
the picturesque roots and .spires of
Bruselles Kermess, a Belgalln Coney
island, with water chntei, tnoboiUan
slides and sedres of itesbtrowsL' ' WOl.
place was alive witty Suldly cru w "
and before they could be git4r+ out:
with any semblance of order,; .l ,t:
mess was afire. The crowds beasn
panlc-stricken and men, wOmaii.Cr4 .
children fought madly to elcapqsi ?j T
exits becaim choked with (t1.b
gling masses and ients ued their it
ito clear the pathway. .Man were
trampled under toot and ba ly i 1.
jured.
An engine coaps lrt~' iAitWili p rti ,°,.
tempted to dinaimltethe bulldlntg Ito
the Prench sectlotn i tihe topeo
obhekirlcngth fire, buZ U til mie -
across and engulfed thi au. jl.i'
alan, Austtlan, Japane,;' ChiInres La.
Norwetian boildings. PFortty ilg.sew
on the Avenue# Solbbbh, adjolni .the
exposltion, were destroyaed.;X
Remlarke) l giigp, i
At the time of the outbreak, not eS-"
than 100,006: perdons were in t.e:
grounds and the Kermesx. Tr.pr a
were ordered out and came at doubli.
quick to aid the police i elhciering theghi
great grounds. Thls was eoompllihp .
in fair order, exhept within the i.ii s
of the Kermess, where the Vast qro rJ
became enrangig In an almoi.t .
extrtcable maqs, fightlig di Is ,y
to find an escape from the f..me,,
which swept vigorously, throiuglt tea
tindec-like structures. Soon thp i.
moos facade tumbled In ruins.
sidering the rapidity of the conlm
tlon, the small loss of life is asary".
lous. So far as is known Upplt i.
late hour tonight, only two-are di .d
The rijured, us officially tinnoupo,
number 30, but probably many huan
dreds received minor hurts,
As the flames reached the .maenl.
agerie it was decided to a0! the
beasts, but the heat drove~ the
oiillers and the animals weaie left to
their fate. The multitude of peOple
were driven back to a sate dlitance
and watched the thrilling spectacle ot
the destruction of the White oity.
Tongues of fire mounted high Into
the heavens and flaming embers were
curried off by the wind and fell upon
the residences beyond, setting th.lt
on fire.
The fire finally was gotten unde'
control. The Belgian and English
sections are in ruins, while all the:
other sections, including the" American
were partly destroyed. Bands of thleves
engagul in pillage and a Moldier was
mtauhbb)ed while attempting to arrest
three men whom he llfound itlllng a
Jewelry exhibit.
Losses Enormous.l,
Ti'le aggreglate los1 will Ie enormous,
T'lie ditnhiond exhibits ire heavy tif*
fIrers. Uilgium'as White city stood
near the endl of the Avenue Ltoulse,
thle falshionahlu park drlive ulllo the
wesnt side or the Brussela, which leads
oat to the beautiful fhlose Las COtmbre.
Thile national building rose Imajestical
ly gin a slight elevatiiip hitllng the;
manLi ellitrance. To the lfl ,lf Irhe lmaln .
bulding was the KermLetusa. A tagnlli.
cent quluadrllatteral oC tlhe ardhfas was
surrouindtd by the four ionilesstloti oa4
lFrance, Germnny, Holnild idtl ItRilii,'r
The Italian pavilion was built aftbif. .
the Relnlllln.tunee st.yle t the folur- 2.
teelnth centur'y. 'The Gorman !ectlpn .
wilts grotuped around the main pa
vlllon. Sliht large halls were dlevoted
to exhibits ('f railroat companiesll, a) :.'
rIcultural mnachlnery Art iand ecl'a
tion. The Netherlanlds petion ilttu(i
ed an elevited readl bed,
P'iceless Exhibits -
One of the most striklig feaOlt.t;
of the Frinch Bectino:g w the 'JI,
of agroietllturlpdti ,pti tulre. C
pavillons beli di#4l
(Coorlentii oi We