FORESTSM FiRE
VHOWSANDS OF ACRES OF TIM.
DERLAND BURNED OVER.
THREE VILLAGES WIPED OUT
Hundreds Made Homeless and Prop,
erty Loos Large Refugees
Seek Shelter In Larger
Towns.
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Fires In northern Michigan forests,
funned (o gigantic iiroportloiiH by
heavy wlnrtH, havo destroyed ut least
three villages, rendered hundreds
llDIIK'IcltH, HWOpt OVOr tllOllHUIldS (if
uerca of tltuborland and done damage
uHtlmuk'd ut nbonl .$21)0.000. The
helvicst. loss bus been sustained In
lroKfiit: Island find Cheboygan conn
IIoh, although Leelanau, Charlevoix
nnd Otsogo tomu Ioh have nlso suf
fcicd oonitldorably. Dense black
clouds hung over all the northern part,
of Michigan, the smoke from the fires
being discernible at great distances.
At HnioH lire smoke was ho dense
lumps wor lighted long before night
full, an the mm was obscured by tho
heavy ittnoke.
The village of Ca.ss, In PreH(iie
Isle county, Li:;rande, a little town
In Chobeiygun county, and Kentneky,
a village near Floyne City, were en
tirely wiped out, and special trains
conveyed the homeless to larger cities
where they were sholterd. While a
big lire at Wolverine was being
fought, a forest fire threatened an
other Hoction of tho village and
while (he Wolverine dapnrtnienl. was
engaged, a call for aid was received
from Kendo, three miles north. Fire
men could not. leave Wolverine and
Hondo was at the mercy of the flumes.
A hotel, several stores and the Mich
igan Central station wore burned,
i In I.eelnnuu county u grout, tiro
rai;od near Fouch. Sevei.il farm
buildings were dost roved and Gunnel's
big lumber camp was wiped out.
Much valuable Umber was burned.
At Tower the largo lath and nov
elty works of t ho Tublrs Manufactur
ing Company was destroyed. Ono and
oiio-hulf million feet of logs on skids,
owned by the Richardson Lumber
Company was burned. The tire ex
tends a distance of 20 miles mid the
loss will be tremendous.
EXPECTS A BIG CONVENTION.
Prohibitionists Soon to Gather at Co
lumbus, Ohio.
' .The program for the nationnl Pro
hibition convention which will be held
in Columbus, Ohio, .Inly Ifi and It!, is
being put Into 'definite shapo by the
committee on arrangements. On tho
night, of tho 14 th, the day preceding
the national convention, the Inter
collegiate Prohibition association will
hold Its oratorical contest. Winners
of inlorstulo oratorical contests from
all over the Uulted States will com
pote for cash prizes.
There will bo 1,512 dolegntes on tho
olllclul roll cull of the convention. Tho
delegates will bo seated on the ninln
tloor of Memorial hall, while the visi
tors and alternates will bo taken care
of in. the galleries.
Viclou6 Attack on Editor.
With his skull fractured twlco,
clioek broken, face and body., beaten
and Internal Injuries, Editor Oraf
Havill of HavlU's Every Morning of
Mount Curniol, 111., may survive the
offects of an attack made upon him by
Dole Bedell, a liveryman, who ttiok
HhvUI by surprise us he was passing
along with his arms full of papers
and struck him with a brick, knocked
him down as he attempted to draw
IiIh revolver and jumped on and beat
hint and stabbed him until drugged
off.,. Tho attack was tho result, of
publication of a Joke in HavlU's paper.
To Abolish the Meetings.
The annual communion season of
tho First Church of Christ, scientist
which for some years have been tho
occasion for the gathering in Hoston
of multitudes of Christian scientists
from all parts of the world, are to
ho discontinued. The great member
ship of tho'lloston church and its lim
Red seating capacity are given as tho
principal reasons for abolishing tho
communion season in the mother
church in u communication sent out
by Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, hem
of tho church.
Primaries End In Murder.
As the result of bad blood ongon
dered by a hotly-contested Republican
primary, John P. Turner shot, and
killed a young man named Arrowwooe
at Cuiioc, ten miles from Jucksoon
Ilrovott county, Kentucky. In Terry
precinct, after GO ballots had been
cast, a general tight ensued. The bal
lot box und remaining ballots were
destroyed and the election in that
precinct ended. The primary wns be
lug held to select a candidate for
FIND STOLEN MAIL POUCH.
Part of Jewelry Intact, But $50,000
In Money Missing.
The registered mall pouch, which
contained $50,000 in money and $100,-
000 worth of diamonds and Jewelry,
stolen from a malt car at the union
depot at Kansas City on the night of
Juno (i was found Monday ufternoon
h; a switching crew In the railroad
jards of the Rock Island roa.l In
Kansas City, Kas. Tin' pouch will!
contained a number of valuable ur
tides ot Jewelry. About four empty
envelopes, which had contained the
$50,000 In currency, showed that the
thief had made good on the smaller
perl of his haul.
The pouch was found In a patch of
weeds near where from ten to twenty
switch engines pass eacn day. Rail
road men say that for several days
(.rews have spoken of "that white
patch of something," and It becatno
rather n Joke among the switchmen.
Monday, while his train was passing
the place, William Louth, a switch
man, Jumped olf and Investigated.
The envelopes, cut, apparently, by a
paper knife in a very neat way, lay
in a stack by themse Ives. The pouch
was some feet distant, and when
Louth began to rummage In it he
1 xtracted a number of packages un
opened and untouched. It was appar
ent that the negro was unaware or
the value of the stuff iie overlooked.
The unopened packages were Imme
diately handed over to the federal
authorities.
ACCOUNTING SECTION CREATED.
Foctmaster General Meyer Creates a
New Divlrion in His Department.
Postmaster General Meyer has
signed an order creating an account
lug section, which will be a part of
the bureau of the third assistant post
master general. "'The object. Is to have
a record and uccouihl of the revenues
and expenditures of tho postofllce de
partment i'.ml its administration of
the postal and money order services,
and all resources nnd liabilities re
lating thereto, but as the underlying
principles of correct bookkeeping am!
accounting are fixed, it. Is believed
that whatever preliminary work the
department may do In this connection
will be a furtherance of any prac
ticable scheme which may be brought
about later by legislation. It Is tho
purpose of Postmaster General Meyer
also to evolve as speedily as practica
ble a system of analytical bookkeep
big for the purpose of securing statis
tics covering the cost of the various
features of the service.
TWO FOUND GUILTY.
Hyde and Schneider Convicted
o
Land Frauds.
Guilty, Frederick A. Hyde and
loseph II. Schiic-i-ler; not guilty, John
. Reason, Henry P. Dlniond.
This was the verdict rendered Mon
ay afternoon by a jury In the ciini-
iral court at Washington in the case
of the trial of these four men, all
rsterners, one of them, Henson, a
millionaire real estate operator, for al-
fged conspiracy to defraud the gov
ernment out of valuable lands in the
far west. The jury "had been out al
most seventy-live hours. Benson and
Diniond were acquitted on all of the
forty-two counts In the Indictment.
Hyde and Schneider were convicted
on all but ten of the counts. Benson
and iJlmoiKi were immediately re
leased from custody All the men
have been under $10,000 bonds.
Hyde's ball was Increased under the
jury's verdict to $20,000 and Schneid
er's to $12,000.
Wealthy Negro Murdered.
His skull crushed and his body al
most, entirely consumed, Charles Mad
ison, a wealthy negro of Kingfisher,
Oklu., was found dead In the ruins
of lils house last Saturday morning
and the ofllcers are without a clue to
the identity of the perpetrators of the
crime. Robbery was evidently the
motive, for $4,700 which Madison re
celved for farm n few hours before
his violent death, has disappeared.
Manila Companies Fined.
Twenty-four companies manufac
luring manna wrapping paper were
fined $2,000 each by Judge Hough in
tho United States circuit court Mon
day. They pleaded guilty on Friday
last to maintaining an Illegal com
lunation in restraint of trade. Thev
were members of the Manila anil
Fibre association.
Admits Killing His Wife.
George Wllloughby, who shot am
killed his wife at their residence In
Milwaukoe. Wis., on March 22, plead
ed guilty to the crime, threw himself
on the mercy of the "court and was
sentonced to life imprisonment. Wll
lough by was one ef the most prom!
nent huslness men In Milwaukee'.
Men Will Be Reinstated.
All trouble between the Dos Molne
Railway company and Its employes
v. It a regard to the five men who were!
discharged last week has been settled
An agreement was reached Sunday
The men will be reinstated.
LEADER OF DETROIT TIGERS
Hugh qJehnimgs
Manager Hugh Jennings of the Detroit American League team is an
old-time player and knows every angle
MORDECAI BROWN WANTS
BALL PLAYERS NUMBERED
Star Chicago Pitcher Favors Plan to
Have Figures Designate
Professionals.
'It will not be long, probably next
year, when all ball players will wear
numbers just, like athletes In a track
meet er jockeys on a racetrack," said
Mordecal Brown, looked upon as the
world's greatest pitcher.
The three-fingered one was asked
what ho thought of such a scheme and
said he had always encouraged It and
would like to see a rule passed by the
national commission making it com
pulsory for every player to wear his
number on his back, so that every
man and woman in the grandstand
could readily identify the player at
bat or in the field or wherever he
might be.
'I know It must be troublesome for
the people In the grand stand to follow
tho players, especially visiting teams,
ontlnued Brown. "It would be so
easy for a player to have his number
nvide right In his suit and the pro
gram would carry the key. For In
stance, the program coulel print the
list of players on the team. Begin-
ng with Chance, No. 1; Kllng, No. 2;
Overall, No. 15, and so on down the list
of names until every players had been
numbered. When he came to bat his
number on his baek would furnish the
key to the identlfu ation.
"What a Bwell nilx-up there would
bo at a track meet If the competitors
wore not numbered. How many per
sons in a grand stand would know the
winner of a horse race if they were
not guided by numbers? Then why
should It not be just as Important for
baseball players to be Identified? An
umpire gets up before a large crowd
and says: 'Ladles and gentlemen, the
batteries for to-day are Humpty
Doodlehump and Bowwowman for Bob
ton and Hunity Doodlehump and Blng
for Chicago.' IIew many persons In
the grand stand are able to catch the
name? They tell me 'Silk' Just spits
out the name of the visiting battery
without giving the crowd any warning
and not one In a thousand catches the
names. By the time he announces the
battery for the home team the crowd
Is quiet and thore Is a clulnce to catch
the names, but most of the people
know tho home players, but cannot
find out who the visiting battery Is.
"Wo players on tho bench are con
tinually answering calls from the
grand stand by some of our friends as
to who Is pitching and who Is playing
center and such like, when, If the
players carried their numbers every
body would know the men in uni
forms, and besides tho club would sell
more programs. If one club ever
starts the idea all other teams will fol
low." GOSSIP OF
Detroit is woll equipped with out
fielders. Few teams have a quartette
as formidable us Mclntyre, Crawford,
Cobb and Jones.
Since Charley Dooln affects a Ty
Cobb batting average, the auburn
tipped catcher has become an extra
attraction card on the National league
circuit.
President Ebbetts of tho Brooklyn
team has offered Bill Murray of the
Phillies $12,000 for Outfielder Magee.
And Murray said: "Tut, tut."
"The knuckle ball will ultimately re
place the spit ball, and bo even more
effective than that famous twist,
which, has made some pitchers the
of the national game.
DOVEY HAS SCHEME TO
ABOLISH FARMING EVIL
President of Boston National League
Club Would Make Clearing House
of National Commission.
President George B. Dovey of the
Boston National League club has a
plan to abolish tho so-called farming
evil and to lessen the labors of the na
tional commission in ascertaining the
status of ball players with reference
to ownership. Ho would have the na
tional commission act as a clearing
house for the major league clubs and
have all players bought and sold by
that body for the various owners.
He says he has already suggested
the plan to President Herrmann of the
commission and believes that It would
Jie a boon to club owners and players
alike and would also relieve the su
premo court of many of the aitiuiyiug
details witli which it Is struggling
dally. As an illustration of the work
ing of his idea, Dovey would notify the
commission that he wanted to look
up a certain player who had been
recommended to him. Then it would
be the duty of the commission to as
sign some man, a scout in whom the
club owners would have confidence, to
obtain the information desired about
tho player.
The scout would see the player at
work and report to the commission,
which would then mako known to
Dovey the result of their Investiga
tions. Should Dovey desire to pur
chase the player on the strength of the
commission's findings he would 'deal
directly with that body in obtaining
the player. He would be willing to
pay a liberal commission. With other
club owners doing this same thing
the national commission would have
enough and to spare to pay the sal
aries of as many scouts as would be
needed.
The Boston magnate says that he
for one would bo willing to permit the
clubs finishing at the bottom of the
two lenguos to take first pick of the
available material for the following
season. He says this would tend to
equalize the strength of the clubs,
which would make the pennant race
closer and always more interesting.
President Dovey is not one who is
dissatisfied with existing conditions,
but he is progressive, and believes
that any step to minimize the possi
bility of squabbling over playors
should be adopted. Ho thinks his
scheme would work out satisfactorily,
and Is eager to see It tried out.
Pirates Get Roy Thomas.
Roy Thomas, the fast enitfielder, for
years with the .Quakers, has been
signed by Pittsburg, it is understood
that Manager Murray and Thomas had
a serious falling out over Thomas do
ing work outside of baseball.
THE DIAMOND
terror of the batsmen. It will do more
to destroy big batting averages than
anything else." Such Is the statement
mude by Manager Clarke.
Arlle Latham, the old St. Louis third
baseman and clown coachor, has cast
his lot with the Union Outlaws in the
capacity of umpire.
Manager McAleer of St. Ixnils was
thinking very seriously of letting out
Tom Jones this spring and had evon
secured a substitute tor the position
at first, hut the Pennsylvania minor
regained his batting eye lu a marvel
ous manner and has been hitting like
a "house afire" ever since the sea
son opened.
MADE CHIEF BY WIFE
3TORY OF RISE OF FRENCH RE
PUBLIC'S PRESIDENT.
rallleres Was an Indolent Young Law
yer Till Wife, Stung by Sneers of
Relatives, Planned Future
for Gifted Husband.
London. The recent visit to Eng
land of President Annand Fallleres of
France at a time when the public
hadn't ceased wagging about the rise
of H. II. Asqiilth to the prime minis
try and the amount of credit due his
tactful and friends-winning wife, Mar
got Tennant that was, have given the
active friends of the other sex re
newed room for boasting.
President Fallleres Isn't a self-made
man. He Incks the Initiative, the en
ergy and the ambition for that some
times sorely miscarried process. Presi
dent Fallleres Is the product, so you
are told, of his ambitious and ener
getic wife, Mine, lo Presidente.
Madame is all that tie president of
the French republic 7s not, nnd it is
entirely through her desire to be re
venged upon certain si?rlng relatives
that her distinguished husband Is not
to-day the mayor of the sleepy old
world town of Nerac, In Gaacony. Had
It not been for Mine. Falliere's force
and diplomacy her gifted other hair
would now be leading the sheltered
and stinted life of an ordinary legal
practitioner In his modest country
home instead of the luminous career
of head of his nation, entertained by
royalty across the channel, paid $250,
000 a .year, forced to live in the great
white Elysee palace and be shot at
by anarchistic muddle brains (in com
mon with most of the blessed of mod
ern greatness).
The true facts about Clement Ar-
maud Fallleres (sometimes also called
Eugene by those who know the full
ness of his sundry cognomens), have
been greatly exaggerated. You may
be told, if you care to read, that Fal
lleres was born In a smith's shop, but
In the most straitened of clrcum
stances; that he rose from the depths
of poverty through his own efforts,
and more of the usual exaggerated
nonsense attributed to those who may
rise from comparative obscurity to no
tability. As a matter of fact, Fallleres was
the grandson of the blacksmith in the
myth, while his father was a thrifty
(not to say wealthy) wine grower.
The son had a reasonably complete
education and was a law student in
the little city of Nerac. He was by
no means dull, but nature had instilled
into his bones a certain lethargic es
sence not a bit rare in a Gascon.
Henry of Navarre knew the Gascons
as poor swordsmen; a later genera
tion may find them poor workers.
Aside from this indisposition for
special efforts the young lawyer was
distinguished as a dreamer. "Cracked
brained revolutionist" and "feather
brains" were some of the really fine
eplthots to which relatives of Mme.
Fallleres treated the future president
of a great people when they learned
of the prospective alliance. Fallleres
didn't mind much. In common with
dreamers he understood his superiori
ty and would have let it be. Not so
madame.
Once married to her brilliant but
Indolent barrister, Mme. Fallleres
brought about a peace with her father
and secured for her socially inferior
husband the rich legal practice of the
older lawyer. She established a sort
of provincial political salon at Nerac,
had tho happy faculty of making
friends and the rare prescienco of dis
Minguishing those whose devotion
might prove disastrous. With herself
always in the background she labored
with tho vim pecullnr to a hurt, ambi
tious woman and she worked better
than may bo told in mere words.
To-day the splterul relatives bow to
the husband who has no social superi
ors In France and possibly to the
skill of his wife.
v-
circuit judg.