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S^gT8^:r^r??i&??- No. 17,491. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1908-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. TWO CENTS.
MURDER AND ARSON
IN RAM RIOTS
Three Killed, Seventy-Five Injured
at Springfield, III.
CITY IN REIGN OF TERROR
Troops From All Over the State
? mm 1 ?
itusnea to tne scene.
NEGRO LYNCHED BY MAD MOB
Restaurant Wrecked. Twenty Houses
Burned and Street Scenes Reminiscent
of Days of Commune.
From all over Illinois troops
are being rushed to Springfield,
where a race-war reign of terror
prevails. Last night the authorities
were helpless and the city
absolutely under mob rule. During
the rioting following a criminal
assault by a negro upon a
white woman two white men
t
were shot and killed, a negro
lynched, seventy-five persons injured?a
number fatally ? and
many dwellings burned. Three
regiments of infantry are now
patrolling the city. White worn
cn and children are neeing to
places of safety, and negro refugees
arc urging those of their
race in surrounding cities and
towns to arm and return to
Springfield to give battle to the
whites. The situation is extremely
grave, and another outbreak
is looked for at any moment.
SPRINGFIELD, III.. August 15.?'Two
white men were killed, a negro lynched,
more than seventy-live persons injured
and two score of houses, mostly occupied
by negroes, were burned last night as
the result of an attempt by a mob to
lynch a negro who had assaulted a white
woman.
After a night of riot, arson and slaughter
troops are being rushed to this city from
all parts of the state, negroes are leaving
by trains, on trolley cars, and many of
them on foot, and the mob spirit seems
still to be rampant, although the governor j
and military authorities claim that they
have the situation well in hand.
The 1st Infantry of Chicago was today
ordered to mobilize at once and start
for Springfield on the tlrst train that
could be made up to carry it. When j
this organization arrives the town will
be protected by three full regiments.
Another Ciash Imminent.
Despite the claim of the authorities that
tiie mob is held in subjection, there is
every chance of another clash between
the white and colored people. The,
negroes are well armed and are showing
a spirit of determination. The white people
are in an ugly mood, and farmers and
men from adjoining towns are constantlyarriving.
W. II. Bowe, chief clerk in the county
treasurer's office, is one of these. He was
precariously wounded in anther fight at
14th and Mason streets, three blocks from
the scene of the lynching. Mr. Bowe was
set upon by a number of negroes, one of
whom shot him through the body. The
bullet grazed the liver and intlirted a dangerous
wound.
The county official was then robbed and
beaten and would have been killed had
not one of the negroes recognized him
and persuaded the others to desist.
An operation was performed on Mr.
Bowe this morning.
The dead are Charles Hunter, colored;
Lewis Johnson, white, seventeen years
old. - A number of the wounded luive
slight chance of recovery.
Dispatches from nearby cities and towns
say that many negro men who arrived today
from Spr.ngtteld are trying to arouse
me people and urging them to go back to
Springfield and tight. Many have been
arrested and weapons taken from them.
Lincoln Lies Kearby.
Unless the military succeeds during the
day in quelling the mob much more effectually
than has been done up to the
present time, it is feared that the night
will bring more serious trouble than has
jet occurred.
The scene of the race riot s within
half a mile of the old homestead of Abraham
Lincoln, the onlj' residence ever
owned by the martyred President. The
house now is the propertj' of the state.
A monument here marks the grave of the
emancipator. A statue of him stands in
the capitol.
The rioting was precipitated by an
assault committed earij- yesterday morning
by a negro upon Mrs. Mabel Hallain.
wife of a street railway conductor.
While t lie woman slept alone in her
home on a populous residence street,
awaiting the return of her husband, the
man broke into the house, dragged her
into the rear yard and assaulted her.
Crowds Menace the Jail.
Before noon CJeorge Richardson, a
young negro, was - arrested by the
sheriff * force and charged with the
crime. The viotlm partially identified the
! prisoner. Crowds quickly gathered about
I the jail, but Sheriff Werner's force and
the police were able to preserve order
until nightfall without difficulty.
Shortly after 5 o'clock a successful ruse
was worked by the authorities and Rich
ardson was spirited away to safety. With
the assembled crowds held at bay by til*
officers a false run by the tire department
temporarily drew the attention of the
crowd, during which the prisoner was
hurried down an adjoining alley and at
the first corner was pushed into an automobile
owned by Harry T. Loper. a
restaurant keeper, who had been sworn
in as a deputy sheriff.
Negroes Spirited Away.
Before the crowd realized what had
happened Richardson was being rushed to
a point north of the city, where a Chicago
and Alton train was stopped and
he was put aboard with a heavy guard
and conveyed to Bloomington and later
was taken to Peoria.
Along with Richardson was taken Joe
James, another negro prisoner in the
county jail, who is accused of killing
Clergy Ballard, a state mine inspector,
after attempting an assault upon Bal
lard's daughter. Ballard went to his
daughter's rescue and was stabbed to
death.
Immediately after the darkness had
gathered crowds assembled In the vicinity
of the county jail. The mood of the
masses was ugly and appeals by Sheriff
Werner were without effect. The sheriff
offered to let a committee from the crowd
search the jail, assuring them that both
negroes were gone.
"We will all go through," shouted some
one in the crowd, and the cry was taken
up by hundreds.
Then some one in the crowd mentioned
that Harry Lope*, the restaurant man,
had furnished the automobile in which
the escape of the prisoners had been effected.
Restaurant Wrecked.
"On to Loper's." he shouted, and by
this time the maddened mob was ready
for anything.
A rush was made upon Loper's restaurant,
five blocks away. The proprietor
was warned, but failing to appreciate the
seriousness of the situation did not attempt
to escape until the mob was upon
the place.
He was pushed by employes of the
place, together with his wife. Into a basement
room in temporary safety.
Short work was made of the restaurant.
The automobile In which the rescue had
been effected had been left in front of
the place. It was quickly turned upside
down and set on fire.
While the machine blazed, frenzied hundreds
poured into the cafe, tore fixtures
and decorations from their places and
\ piled them upon the blaze. Even the
sideboards and kitchen were stripped and
all the table ware and dishes piled upon
the burning car.
Authorities Are Helpless.
The Are department, which had been
called out a half dozen times in efforts to
disperse the crowds, again made a run to
the restaurant, tout was powerless. Every
line of hose that was stretched wa^cut
before a stream of water could be forced
into it. The restaurant was stripped clean
by the mob, which worked without hindrance
until its work was nearly completed.
The local companies of militia, consisting
of a company of infantry and a troop
of cavalry and a Gatling gun section,
which had been ordered out by Gov. Deneen
early in the afternoon, was busy
who the situation in the vicinity of the
jail, and the locat authorities had no men
to spare at the scene of the Ixiper rioting.
Finally, in a desperate effort to restore
order the cavalry troop was dispatched
to the restaurant.
Then the rioting brooke loose in serious
form. Shots were tired, and the air was
tilled with missiles. Many fell in the
melee, and it was here that Louis Johnson
met his death. After the mob had
moved to other scenes Johnson's body
w ts found in the rear of Loper's place.
After nothing of Loper's place remained
for the infuriated crowd a rush was made
for the levee, which is usually populated
with negroes. But most of them had disappeared.
Mob in Complete Control.
Attacks were made on several store
buildings in wnicn 11 was ueueveu negroes
had been secreted. Entrance was forced
into these places and stocks of merchandise
turned topsy turvy in the search for
refugees.
Shortly before midnight the mob broke
into Fishman's pawnshop and secured a
quantity of rifles, shotguns, revolvers and
ammunition. With these they armed themI
selves, and started to march the streets in
absolute control of the situation.
"Stand back gentlemen, or I'll shoot
t every one of you who touches this man,"
1 were the words of Eugene W. Chatin, prohibition
candidate for President, who faced
a mob that had attacked a negro while
Mr. Chafln was delivering a public address
on the east side of the square last
night.
Chafln was struck on the left side of the
lace witii a brick hurled at him by a
member of the mob.
Chafln was well along in his speech
when a negro pursued by a mob came
toward the speaker's stand from 5th and
Washington streets, wnere he had been
pulled from a street car.
j The crowd closed in on the negro, and
' hail him on the ground beating hiin with
' their lists and clubs. The negro tinaily
got away and jumped on the platform.
Chafin's Bluff Worked.
It was at this point that Mr. Ciiattn
stepped to the front of the mob, put his
hand to his hip pocket and threatened
to snoot any one who touched the negro.
Mr. Chafin's threat had the desired orieot
; although he nail no weapon.
During the tight the negro pulled a
| knife from his pocket and slasneu s vera!
! white men. Air. Chatin was not seriously
! injured. James Scott was struck by a
stray bullet and almost instantly killed.
Alter burning many houses in the negru
quarter, the mob, which became more anil
, more desperate as the nig.it passed, finally
! gratified its thirst for blood this morning
at .{ o'clock when a negro was lynched
! at t..e corner of 1-th and Madison streets,
i right in the heart of the so-called bad
lands. '
Troops arrived at the scene too late to
prevent the lynching. Some of the memj
tiers of the mob declared that the negru
lynched had shot two white men. They
said that in a tight with the whites th.
j negro was forced Into a corner at the
! saloon and grocery on the corner of li?th
and Madison. When retreat was cut oft
the negro opened fire, wounding two.
Judge Lynch on Hand.
Then came the cry, (let the rope!"
All the members of the mob cugerli
(.Continued on Second f age.7 "
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THE :
TAFT POMIGHT
Informs New War Secretary
on Cuba and Panama.
AFFAIRS ARE DISCUSSED
Latter Visits Hot Springs to Stay
Over Sunday.
JOHN HAYS HAMMONDS JOB
Noted Engineer Will Devote Energies
to Make National League of
Clubs Potent Campaign Factor.
HOT SPRINGS. Va.. August 13?Judge
Taft will today devote the major portion
of his time to placing Luke E. Wright, j
his successor in the war olflfce, in toucli |
with certain important Cuban and Pan- i
ama matters. Gen. Wright, who arrived j
today, will remain here over Sunday.
The conference is the iirfet since he has
had opportunity to become somewhat
familiar with the various problems calling
for decision. No other callers or
conferences will be held today with the
candidate, although the two West Vlr- i
giana republican factions are still here
in an effort to settle their differences
among themselves.
It was stated, however, that both
Swisher and Scherr have refused to
voluntarily withdraw their gubernatorial
aspirations, and that ultimately the national
committee will be confronted with
the question.
John Hays Hammond, the mining engineer
and candidate for the vice presi|
dential nomination at Chicago, will devote
; his energies during me campaign to inusI
ing the National League of Republican
j Clubs a potent factor in the presidential
I political controversy. This decision was
announced after a series of conferences '
on the subject.
Mr. Hammond will be a candidate for j
the presidency of the league and has
received assurances of success in that
direction. His plan is to begin without I
delay the execution of a comprehensive .
scheme of organization, intended not only
to bring the membership of the league to;
its former strength, but to greatly in- \
crease its membership and activities.
Quiet Day for Taft.
Judge Taft had a comparatively quiet '
j day yesterday. lie spent some time!
; with Messrs. Hammond and Vorys, had j
a lengthy talk with Representative Ilep!
burn of Iowa, saw Beekman Winthrop. !
, assistant secretary of the treasury;
played his usual game of golf, and, be- i
: sides dictating many letters, began tlie !
preparation of the speech he is to make
here ?>. week from today to the Virginia I
republicans.
Mr. Taft was told by VV. N. Mitchell,
general agent of th; Baltimore and Ohio
railroad for Georgia, that although a lifelong
democrat, lie should take the stump
in Georgia to advocate the election of the
republican national ticket. This statement
was issued by Mr. Vorys for the
Taft headquarters here.
The declaration for Mr. Taft of the Baltimore
Sun. Maryland's leading democratic
paper, actuated by a sense of public
duty, will bring encouragement to the
1 republicans of the state, who have even
previously had much hop^? of carrying
' h Tim ultitllflp n f flip
i IIC l UIIlUiWii nruiiu. i nv
Sun is indlcativs of a disinterested conviction
upon a dispassionate reflection
ovei i he speeches of acceptance and the
careers of Taft and Bryan.
There w.is a continuation of conferences
between the Swisher and Scherr
, factions and Mr. Vorys, without definite
result.
' POLICEMEN WANT DAMAGES.
' Capital Traction Company Blamed
for Injuries Inflicted in Collision.
Adoipli W. Esaer and John R. Bennett. !
memhers of the metropolitan police force,
injured March III. when a 14th street car
ran into the second precinct patrol wagon,
today Hied separate suits to recover $10.[
.'500 each as damages front the Capital
Traction Company.
STRENUOUS LIFE OF THE
ATTACK PORTSMOUTH JAIL
TEN MEMBERS OF THE MOB UP
BEFORE THE MAYOR.
Brutes Whom Crowd Was After
Had JBeen Spirited Away to
the Norfolk Jail.
NORFOL.K, Va., August lo.?Quiet prevails
in Portsmouth today following the
jail attack last night by a mob who
sought the negro assailants of Mrs. Albert
Powell of Prentiss place, after the prisoners,
without the knowledge of the mob,
had been (brought to Norfolk for safekeeping.
Henry Smith, alias Oscar Perry, the
negro charged with the assault upon Mrs.
Powell, was today held for the grand
jury. Smith admitted breaking into the
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struggle with the woman, and made only
slight uenial of the assault.
Ten men, eight white and two negroes,
alleged to have participated in last
night's attack on the county jail, were
today before Mayor Reed in Portsmouth.
The cases were continued until August 111.
Martin L. w'estbrook, Wade H. Codd and \
T. O. Williams, alleged leaders, gave $1,000
bonds; vV. H. Kckert. Walter Stubbs, jr.,,
Harry Price. Marshall Thompson, Joseph
Owens. Jesse Josey and Morgan Brooks
gave |oUO bonds. J. K. Bresman an<l R.
Desman, the latter a United States sailor,
were committed in default.
MURPHY PREDICTS /ICTORY
SAYS DEMOCRACY IS GOING TO
WIN THIS YEAR.
Declares That Bryan Is Stronger in 1
New York Than in 1896 or 1900.
Cannot Explain Change.
NEW YORK. August 13.?Charles F.
Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall, gave
out an interview today. In which ho declared
that his view of the political situation
in New York state is that "the
democracy is going to win this year." Of
Mr. Bryan the Tammany chieftain said:
"Mr. Bryan is much stronger !n the
state than he was either in L.?0 or l'JOO.
Why? I do not exactly know yet. but
the fact remains that there is a variety of
evidence on which to base belief in his
increased popularity.
"One reason. I think, lies in dissatisfaction
with Roosevelt and Rooseveltian
policies?too much autocratic rule and
oa'inHnp nf i lie hie stick. A ereat many
men who sided with the republican party
111 tiie past will not do so tins year. It
means something when men like Judge
Morgan J. O'Brien and De I.ancey Nieoll,
who opposed Bryan in the past, are now
going to vote for him."
"Will Mr. Bryan at the head of the national
ticket be a help to the state democratic
ticket instead ot a drag as in the
past?" was asked.
"Yes. I think his name will be of material
assistance this year. We indorse
the ticket and platform heartily, and shall
go right to work for it."
Mr. Murphy was astted if the democratic
leaders had agreed 011 a man or
type of man wanted to head the state
ticket.
The State Ticket.
"Neither thp man nor the type." replied
Mr. Murphy. "My id^a of what
should be done Is this: Settle on no candidate
or even type in advance, but lei us
have a lot of candidates from which to
choose the best. 1 favor letting every
man who aspir?? to be a candidate for the
nomination announce himself and giving
him a welcome into the field.
"Let us have candidates from all parts
of the state. Then we can gain some
idea from popular expression which man
or which type of man will give the best
assurance of democratic victory this fall.
"I have no candidate of my own. 1 do
not pretend to know even who or what
kind would be most advisable; so 1 beliava
in onaning up the held to all."
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ARMY
NEW TURKISH ENVOY
Hassien Krazim Bey Namedi
by His Government
FOR WASHINGTON MISSION
Little Is Known of the New Diplomatic
Star.
MUNDJI BEY STILL CHANGE
Not Surnrisinp- That He Didn't Oet
x 0
the Post?He's Too Young a
"Young Turk."
I
A communication from the Turkish gov|
ernment informed the State Department
this morning: that Hussien Kiazim Bey,
who now re'presents Turkey at Bucharest,
Roumania, has been appointed minister
to the United States, in place of
Mehmed Ali Bfey. The exact nature of
i the communication was an inquiry asking
j whether the appointment would be acceptable
to this country. Acting Secretary
of State Adee has forwarded the
communication to Secretary Root at Clinton,
N. Y. It is expected that as soon
| as Mr. Root is heard from the United
; States will formally approve of the selection.
At the home of the former minister, at
1810 Calvert street, little is known of
Hussien Kiazim Bey. Tne attaches would
not express any opinion as to the choice
of the Turkish government.
Meanwhile Mundji Bey is charge d'affaires.
He did not reach Washington
this morning, as lie expected when he
left for New York Thursday, but will
probably arrive in the city tonight.
Why He Didn't Get It.
It is not surprising to the Ottomans in
i the city that a successor other than
j Mundji Bey should be chosen for Washj
ington, as tlie general opinion is that
j Mundji Bey was never a strong adher:
ent to Young Turk principles until that
party oegan to get the upper hand in
governmental matters.
! According to Armenians in Washington,
| Mundji Bey began to be a Young Turk
i with a vengeance when the news irom
Constantinople indicated that plums were
likely to grow in the Young Turks' orchard
for a long time to come.
It is only naturul that the sultan, who
is now doing about what the reiorm
j party wants him to, should appoint a
: man who lias been a dyed-in-the-wool
; Young Turk, not only in tlio prosperous
I days of the party, but in tne uays v.nen
i Izzet Pasha, father of Mehmed Ali Bey
and right-hand man to the sultan, did
ail he could to belittle the reform movement.
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Sees Mehmed Ali Bey.
A prominent Armenian business man
of this city called at the home of Mehmed
Ali Bey last evening and was admitted
to the presence of the ex-minister. In
speaking of his visit he said to a Star
reporter today:
'"Mehmed Ali received me in his night
clothes. There is no doubt that he has
been ill. but I think he has been worried
and frightened into a state of nervousness
that has made him very weak. He
told me positively that he is very much
depressed because he does not know
where Izzet Pasha, his father, is."
This is the first message to the outside
world from Mehmed Ali B^y concerning
the much discussed fugitive.
Continuing his narrative the Armenian
said:
"Syrians are the most timid people in
the world and Mehmed Ali is a typical
Syrian. He imagines that some one
wants to do him an injury, but he greatly
exaggerates his importance. He is in no
position to do ei.her good or evil, and
nobody wants to hurt 1dm. In America,
where the electric chair is used without
fear or favor on assassins, lie is comparatively
safe, but in Turkey?Ah! that
; is a different matter.
Preparations for Departure.
| "He did not tell me that he was about
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to leave the city, but I noticed that every- j
thins: in the house was in some disorder,
trunks and satchels were packed and |
things looked as if some one was ready
to move out. I told him that his country- j
men In Washington are very friendly to
him and would not lift a finger against |
him. The fact is. he is without political
importance. His father, though, would 1
run some danger in showing himself.
"I asked him to visit me at my house,
and hope he will, for I want to assure him
that the Armenians bear him no ill will
There are no secret societies among the j |
Ottomans in Washington.
"Then there is a story about Mehmed j
All Bey being hard up. It would be very
strange If he Is, because when he came <
to Washington only a few months ago his '
father gave him $35,000 for his own use.
His salary was WOO or $800 a* month. 1
forget which, and as he has been used i
to Turkish methods of spending money I
he ought to have about all of it in the 1i
bank. Besides that, a servant in his em- i
ploy told me that Izzet Pasha has been j
sending him $300 a month just to educate
the children. It does not cost that much |
to educate such little ones."
Do Not Intend Harm.
Other Armenians and Turks smile at the
idea that any one wants to harm Mehmed
All Bey, and say that he is of little importance
in the political world.
An Armenian told a Star reporter today
a story to illustrate the timidity of the
Syrians.
"I was in Mount Lebanon for many
years," he said. "It is a city which the
Turkish sultan gave to the Syrians fortyeight
vears ago with a great deal of liberty
attached to the gift. During that
forty-eight years the Syrians have not
added forty-eight cents to the commercial
value of the town. The Syrians are a
tame people. One day while I was in a
barber shop a Turk across the street
attacked a Syrian tobacco seller and
struck him on the head with the weight
from a pair of scales. There was instantly
a great crowd of Syrians, who came to ,
protest against such an attack, but not one
dared take hold of the Turk. All 1
that they would do was to say "Please 1
do not do such a thing." Finally a police |
officer arrested the Turk, but the Syrians
did not lift a hand against him, although '
they outnumbered him a hundred tojpne." '
The laying of a sewer pipe cq* ?ed a l
little excitement yesteraay niiemwn <
along Calvert street, when the workmen
found It necessary to use dynamite to
remove rocks from the line of progress.
The blasts were very heavy, and for a
moment the neighbors of the former Turkish
minister thought that a bomb had been
thrown.
NE6R0 MAY SUCCEED GOOLEY
W. H. LEWIS SPOKEN OF FOB ASSISTANT
ATTOBNET GENERAL.
Famous Harvard Base Ball and Foot
Ball Player?Well Educated
and Able.
Employes and officials of the Depart- ,
ment of Justice are worked up over a
rumor from Boston that W. H. Lewis,
negro assistant United States attorney
afthat place, is to be made assistant
attorney general of the United States
in place of Alford W. Cooley. recently
resigned on account of ill health.
Lewis has been assistant United States
attorney at Boston for a number of
years and has given satisfaction to the
Department of Justice in his work. He |
is a graduate of Harvard College. When
in that institution he was one of the '
greatest base ball players on the var- !
sity team. He likewise took part in the ,
foot ball games. , i
If President Roosevelt should conclude
to make this appointment he would give :
to the negro race the most Important '
office it has ever had under any administration.
As assistant attorney general :
Lewis would, during the summer months. ,
become acting head of the department
and in charge of its vast legal machinery.
He is a young man, about thirty years ;
old. His appointment to such a responsible
position would provoke criticism. At the (
same time his legal abilities are general- i
ly recognized.
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miSS r?C& fi?Afi HEAVEN.
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Beaches Altitude of 25,000 Feet on
Great Peruvian Mount.
LIMA, Peru, August 15.?Miss Annie S.
Peck of Providence, R. I., the mountain
climber, signaled at 4 o'clock this afternoon'her
arrival at an altitude of 25,000
feet on Mount Huascaran, the summit of 1
which is covered with perpetual snow.
The energy displayed by Miss Peek in
scaling this mountain has brought forth
expressions of astonisiiment from the
natives here. She is accompanied by two
trained Alpine climbers.
Miss Peck left New York two months
ago to make another attempt to reach
the summit of Mount Huascaran, which
she believes to be the highest peak^n the
western hemisphere. On an earlier trial
she was compelled to give up the attempt
after reaching a height of 17.500 feet,
owing to the cowardice of her guides. By
reaching an altitude of 23.<HX> feet Miss
Peck lias ascended higher than any man
or woman in the world. The previous
record was held by W. YV. Graham, who
reached a height of 23,800 feet in the
Himalayas.
BIDS EXCEED APPROPRIATION.
Offers Opened for Adminstration
Building for Washington Asylum.
Daniel E. Garges, chief clerk of the engineer
department, opened bids today for
the construction of an administration
building on the grounds of the Washington
Asylum.
This buildjng is to be used in connection
with the District workhouse. The ap!
propriation for the structure is $85,009.
; All proposals received were in excess of
i that amount. If the proposals cannot be
1 brought down to the limit ol the uppro'
pnations they will be readvertised. .
The bidders were: Thompson-Starret
[Company, $119,400; George A..Fuller Coni
struction Company, $118,1X10, and Pava!
rini & YY'yne. $111,000.
FIRE MENACES KIMBERLY.
| Trying to Get Men to Fight Flames
in Northwest Canada.
! WINNIPEG, Man.. August 15.?A special
; from Cranbrook says:
A Canadian Pacific railway tire ranger,
just in from Kemberley, says the forest
fire is still burning and will be worse
than ver if the wind changes. The Sul- ,
: livan buildings are in danger and Ktmberley
is by no means safe. Heavy clouds
of smoke from thta direction can be seen ;
; from Cam brook.
The ranger is trying tu get fifty men to
; go out to tight the fire.
Contributions to the Fernie relief fund (
! continue to come in. The total to date
Is $90,000. Tlie Canadian Pacific railway
| wired $10,000 yesterday.
Capt. T. Fauntleroy McGill. 1"..S. M. C.. <
accompanied by Mrs. McGill and small
daughter, have returned from Panama ' i
and are visiting Mrs. Samuel McGill on i j
Cornwall street. * tj
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SUN IS 1SHTY BUSY
Orb Wilts Linen Collars and
Makes Folks Perspire.
LAST NIGHT AWFULLY HGT
Slight Breeze Renders Existence
Mere Bearable Today.
IMPROVEMENT IS PROMISED
Several Residents, Prostracted by
the Oppressiveness. Taken to Hospitals
for Treatment.
RECORD OF TEMPERATURE
Yesterday. I Today.
10 a.m 83 ; 4 a.m 70
12 noon &."> K a.m 77
2 p.m 87 0 a.m 70
4 p.m HO Noon 85
6 p.m 05 2 p.m 87
8 p.m M
10 p.m 8?
Midnight 70
Maximum. 03, at 5 p.m. last evening;
minimum. 74. at 5 a.m. this
morning.
When the weather man told the public
yesterday that it might he cooler today
he had his Angers crossed. l.ast night he
had his Angers wrapped around the
landle of a large ice cream soda water
jlass in a vain effort to keep cool. Washington
yesterday was the second hottest
place In the country, bowing only to
I'icksburg, whose sun-beaten streets stztled
to the tune of 04 degrees?ofAciaI.
Washington's official temperature showed
>3 to be the highest mark reached by the
nercury, but the unofficial thermometer
it Affleck's showed 100 at 4 o'clock p.m.
And today has not been a whit hotter
:o the man on the street, for the sun's
rays were roasting hot at 7 o'clock this
norning. The official thermometer showed
F7 at 8 o'clock, while the street ther
nomeiers indicated an me way ironi hi
:o #6. By noon the weather bureau
herniometer was at NH. while Affleck's
nstrument stopped in its upward patli
Ion* enough to register at the ftj mark,
rhere was a good breeze today, however,
which went a long way toward neutralizing
the effects of the sun's rays.
The weather prophet is still hopeful of
i. cool spell, for he said today that it will
he partly cloudy and cooler tonight, and
that tomorrow showers and a further
reduction in the temperature may be expected.
Overcome by the Heat.
Shaded streets were eagerly sought by
pedestrians yepterday. Several persons
succumbed to the intense heat. I^ast
night there was scarcely a breath of air
to compensate for the suffering tliat was
endured during the day, and soda fountains
were hardly able to accommodate
those in quest of cooling beverages. Ft is
stated that business was so brisk during
the early hours of the evening at 'some
nf flip rime stnrps that thp KimnliPK worn
exhausted long before the closing hour.
Thousands of persons sought relief hi the
parks last night and many others spent
the evening along the river front. Those
who could not afford carriages or automobiles
sat about the river front or
strolled along the speedway, while others
patronized the suburban far lines.
Notwithstanding the precautions taken,
several persons were so much affected
that it was necessary to remove them to
hospitals. Charles Duncan, thirty-three
years of age. whose home is at .'IJtl If
street northeast, was the most seriously
affected individual taken to the Emergency
Hospital. It was shortly after S
o'clock when he was stricken.
Topples and Falls.
Duncan was at work on the building
of the Bureau of American Republics,
17th and C streets, when overcome by the
heat. Just before lie was attacked lie
remarked to a companion that lie was
suffering. Later lie became unconscious,
toppled and fell. The patient was still
unconscious when the hospital was
reached, but he recovered consciousness
last evening and this morning seemed on
the road to recovery.
George Howard, colored. thirty-five
years of age. a resident of Hyattsville,
Md., was overcome by the heat early in
the morning and removed to the Casualty
Hospital. He was near 7th and H streets
northeast when stricken, it being: his second
attack since Thursday afternoon.
Howard recovered and was able to leave
the hospital later in the day.
Another victim of the heat yesterday
was H. C. Bell, who is employed as
motorman on the Mount Pleasant branch
of the Washington Railway and Electric
Company. He is thirty-five years of age.
and resides at tU'J C street northeast. Bell
was on his car and was near the Mount
Pleasant terminus of the line when he l?eeame
ill. The ambulance was summoned
from the Emergency Hospital and the patient
removed to that institution. He
recovered later in the day, and was
able to go home.
Several Other Cases.
Philip E. Barnes, twenty-two years of
age. whose home is at T street, was
treated at the Emergency Hospital.about
0 o'clock last evening for an attack of
heat prostration. He was near Rhode
Island aventie and lid street when he
found it necessary to ask for assistance.
His condition was not serious.
Annie Sneed. colored, twenty-three years
of age. was another victim of ttie lieat
yesterday. She was at work in the Papragut
apartment house when she became
ill. Tiie patient was treated at the
Emergency Hospital. She recovered and
was able to leave the hospital last night.
William Powers, colored, sixty -seven
years of age. of 111 D street southeast,
suffered an attack of heat prostration
while in front of his home about .*? o'clock
in the afternoon. His condition was serious
when he was removed to the Casualty
Hospital, but he recovered later
In the day and was returned to his homo.
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ARMY BALLOON WRECKED.
British Dirigible Had Just Made an
Excellent Flight.
FARNBOROUGH. Eng.. August 15.?
The British army dirigible balloon came
to grief this afternoon upon returning
here after an ascension. The ship had
just landed when the wind caught it
broadside and overturned it. Uol. J. E.
Capper, commandant of the balloon
school at Aldershot. and Capt. F. S.
Cody, tlte American inventor, managed
to jump out of the car uninjured, but
the balloon was badly torn and the propeller
damaged before the troops wero
able to capture it.
The airship bad just previously covered
about twenty miles with and
against the wind, during which (light It
behaved well.
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