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Vol. VII
Roy, Moka County, New Mexico, Saturday, Aug. 27, lfilO
No. 31
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SEVERAL DIE IN
FOREST FIRES
(Special to the Spanish American)
Washington, D. C, Aug. 23. For
est service officials issued a state
ment today summing up the reports
from agents In the field, concerning
the .fire situation Thirty-three fire
fighters are knowu to be dead in the
Lolo and Coeur d'Alene regions and
two more men are reported to have
been fatally hurt. These figures cov
er only the lives of fire fighters and
no attempt has been made to estimate
the actual loss of Ufa. The following
ti.es.sge was received from Associate
District Forester Silcox of Missoula
"Known dead fire fighters in Lolo
and Cceur d'Alene region, number 33,
v 1th two more perhaps fatally hurt.
Several large crews are yet unheard
from and are known to be In dan-
ger. All of the towns of St. Regis and
Sáltese burned. Wind less violent to
day and we hope to get rescue and
I re fighting parties started tomorrow.
The town of Troy now is in grave
danger and the entire Fisher River
vatershed is on fire, and hundreds
of fighters have been forced to aban
don their tools and supplies and flee.
$ylvanite has been destroyed and
takl River watershed is on fire for
nuiles. "' .. .-' '
.- T.he ffreson the Colville Indian
reservation in , Oregon are growing
worse -and cannot be extinguished
without the aid of rain, according
to á telegram from the superintend
ent. A call for troops to fight the fires
'which have broken out in the Tahoe
A'atlocal Forest, in California, has
been received. The.flrst information
of serious fires in that vicinity was
received today. The war department
is rendering great aid in fighting tht
fires. It is probable that congress will
be asked for a deficiency appropria
tion to cover the expense incurred.
Reports of Yesterday Confirmed by
Cablegrams Received, ioaay
lires are Still Spreading and Forest
Esserves are in rrecanous
Condition
PACK MULES SUPPLYING
PROVENDER
Washington, D. C, Aug. 20. For
est fires are spreading in Oregon, and
today the situation in the Wallowa
and Crater National Forests in that
state are extremely serious, the Forest
service here has received telegrams
from the dlstict officials making ur
trent anneals for additional troops
The war department has promised to
comply with, the requests so far as
troons are available. Geon. Lonard
Wood, chief of staff of the army has
ordered that a train of 70 pack mules
from Fort Russel, Wyo., be used In
sanding supplies to the troops fight
ing the fires in the forests.
TTRT? ATMAWS ARE TO
MEET IN BRUSSELS
Brusls. Aug. 20. A delegation of
river forty members of the Amirican
Library Association will participate
in t':e pro.-eeding of the Internation
p1 Congress of Libraries, which is to
assemble here tomorrow for a ses
Fion of five days.
McJIurray Says Long and Thurston
Were Legal Advisors Í
OTHERS ALSO BROUGHT INTO ,
TANGLE
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l Special to the Spanish American)
S.'lphur, Okla., Aug. 20. What re
lation former Senator Chester Í. Long
of Kansas and former Senator John
M. Thurston of Nebraska, have with
the so-called McMurray contracts,
was described before the congression
al committee investigating the Indi
an land deals today. McMurray who
seeks to sell $30,000,000 worth of
Indian lands on a ten per cent con
tingent fee, said that Long and Thurt
ton were employed merely as counsel
to advise him in legal matters. In en
deavoring to secure the aproval of
the contracts, the witness said, Long
called on President Taft and Thurs
ton had called on Attorney Genera!
Wickersham. "You don't call visiting
the President and the attoney genera! transportation and assistant to the
advising you on legal matters, dcjUe ond vice-president at Chicago.
you?" asked representative E. W.
Saunders. McMurray declared that
the visits were made in relation to
the legal phases of the case. The-wit-;
ness denied that the former senator
had been employed to lobby. Question
ed about Cecil A. Lyons, national re
publican committeeman for Texas
the witness said that certain Indict
inents were pending against him arn
rlinl t hdt-M (.MnrruV lou' fin-.-, ha i
been paid a fee of 1750,000.
He had been convinced that the
indictments were not well ( founded
and had used his influence In Wash
ington to cause an investigation re
sulting in the dismissal of the in
dictments. ' r
ANGHERA TRIBESMEN HAVE
THEIRAÑGER STIRRED BY PUR
CHASE OF TERRITORY BY AM
ERICAN INTERESTS.
(Special to the Spanish American)
Tangier, Morocco, Aug. 23. The
report that a greater part of the so-
called Anghera country, in the ex
treme ,northwestern part of Africa,
occupied by the Anghera tribesmen,
had been purchased by American in
terests, aroused great excitement in
diplomatic circles here. The territory
has not only vast interest through Its
Intrinsic value, for exploration pur
poses, but politically and strategically
it is immensely important.
SHERMAN WILLING TO MAKE
WAY FOR ROOSEVELT
IN CONVENTION .
(Special to the Spanish American)
Oyter. Bay, Aug. 20. Theodore
Roosevelt denied emphatically today
'hat he had sent an ultimatum to
Pre3ide.il Taft, demanding that he
!jreak with Vice President Sherman,
ile characterized the report as a "tis
sue of falsehood from 'beginning to
2nd." He made It clear that he had
not sent. any one to Beverly on i
nission of peace, as reported, and
hat he had no intention of doing so,
nd that he recognized no situatior
.vhieh cou.u rail for such a step.
The Death of J. E. Hurky Means a
Change that will be felt Over The
Eastern and Western Grand" Divis
ions of the Santa Fe.
C. W. KOUNS, J. M. E.URN, AND J.
L. MÍERS WILL EACH ADVANCE
Tupeka, Kan., Aug. 20. Charles
vV. Kouns, ' general manager of the
western lines of the Atchison, Topeka
fe Santa Fe railway, will succeed the
late James E. Hurley as general man
ager of the system, and of the eást
4rn grand division. . -
Not until J. Wi. Kendrick, vice
president of the company, who is now
in Europe, returns, will the official
announcement 'be made.
Mr. Kouns, like Mr. Hurley "came
from the ranks," but from a different
branch of the service. He was origin
ally a telegraph operator on the San
ta Fe, with which road he has been
connected for about twenty-one years.
Later he became superintendent of
Then he was advanced to general man
ager of the western lines with head
quarters at Amarillo, Texas. He is In
vigorous health at 60 and capable of
doing an unusual amount of work.
Immediately upon the return of
Mr. Kendrick, who will in all prob
ability be one of those to accompany
the body of Mr. Hurley home from
Europe, a -.meeting of the board of
directors wilKbe, helcfíor "the1 elec
tion of & new general manager. This
will nécessitate other important chan
ges In the officials of the operating
department of the system.
It is generally understood that R.
.1. Parker, now general superintend
ent of the Western Grand division a
La Junta, Colo., will succeed Koun
at Amarillo. In turn he Is expected to
be succeeded by J. M. Kurn now su
perintendent of he New Mexico di
vision , at" Las Vegas, N. M. Kurn'.
place will likely be filled by the trans
fer of F. L. Myers, superintendent of
the Rio Grande division at San Mar
cial. Who will succeed Meyers, is not
known,
HAY AND HALF BLOCK OF WARE-
HOUSES DESTROYED BY
FLAMES
San Antonio, 'Tex., Aug. 23. Fire
originating in a hay storing ware
house of R. A. Grant, Jr., In the ex
treme western portion of Sah' An
tonio, destroyed a block and a-half
of warehouses today. The loss is esti
mated at $100,000.
Around Headquarters of CoeuY d' Al
eñe and St. Joe Rivers, all Fire
i Fighters are Supposed to Have Per-'
ished.
NO ABATEMENT OF FLAMES IS
REPORTED
' Spokane, Wash., Aug. 23, Three
hundred fire-fighters of the total
force of 600 men which are battling
with the flames in the burning White
Pine Forest in northern Idaho, are
unaccounted for today. Government
Forest Supervisor W. R. Weigle, !n
an Interview at Wallace today, de
clared his belief that nearly" all f
them had perished. The missing men
had been working where the fires
were fiercest along the headwarters '.f
he Coeur d'Alene and St. Joe Rlv
ers.
REPUBLICAN MEET
ING SUCCESSFUL
Strong Delegation Nominated at
Harmonious Convention
F. S. Brown end Roy S. Wood,
delegates to the Republican County
Convention, returned "from Mora yes
terday, reporting an interesting ses
sion. The Convention was called to order
at ten o'clock Wednesday morning,
by E. H. Biernbaura, and Juan B.
Martinez was choosen temporary chair
man. Hon. Charles Spiess, of Las
Vegas, was then introduced to the
Convention and held the attention of
the delegates for an hour, after which
the meeting adjourned until two o' -clock.
'
Upon re-assembling, instructive
speeches were made by David Leahy,
and C. W..G. Ward of Las Vetras.
and Stanley Foutz of Wagon Mound. '
Committees were then appointed and
adjournment announced until sev-
en o'clock in the evening, when the re- '
port of the Credential Committee Dro-
duced a lively light between the con-
testing delegations from Roy, Bias
Sanchez of Wagon Mound ot. posint. '
the report of the Committee. The op-
positi-wW o-ct-i oled ; Mwever, tbe
report adopted and the regularly elect
ed ue'egation seated.
A permanent organization was then
perfected, with Juan B. Martinez a"s
chairman, and the' convention pro
ceeded to the election of candidates,
and without undue friction Juan Na
varro. E. M. Lucero, J. D. Medina,
Daniel Cassiday, and F. S. Brown
were selected as the choice of the Re
publican of Mora County for dele
gates to the Constitutional Conven
tion. Democrats Name
Delegates
The following gentlemen were select
ed at the Domocratic County Conven
tion, which was held at the County
Seat Thursday.
Rafael Romero, Macario Gallegos,
Frank 'R. Lujan, R. W. Boulware,
and H. R. Brown.
New York, Aug. 23. Word was
received yestenjiy from' President
tart concerning the situation in New
York state, and the President abso
lutely repudiated any knowledge of
the fight against Roosevelt. He ex
pressed his earnest sympathy for the
Colonel and assured him of unquali
fied support.
.,"1 am very much pleased with Mr.
Taft's statement. It makes the situa
tion perfectly clear. If Nassau county
wishes me to go to the state conven
tion, X shall go. I regard the Issue
as clear cut, and as far as I am con
cerned there will be absolutely no
compromise." This declaration was
made today by Theodore Roosevelt a
few minutes before his departure on
his western trip, following a short
conference with County Chairman
Lloyd C. Griscom.