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Loup City Northwestern VOKI MKXXIX. LOUP CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1911. NUMBER 48^ IMPORTANT NEWS NOTES OF I WEEK; _ate*t happenings the world OVER TOLO IN ITEMIZED FORM. EVENTS HERE AND THERE :nu«n< Into a Few Lines for ths Penseei ef the Susy Man— H ashtngton TWe Las bees a decrease la smaggUnc tbi» year, according to Act , «S Serretary ef lb* Treasury Curtis. jo tag •* ngld enforcement of lavs sad iaSicdoa ef Jail sentences. • • • iMjmestic t orporal Rev land Bereriy and Pn • ate Movard W Uam of tbe deteUnd *j i state artillery company, vere in «tastly killed at tb* l ruled States -ASesitf camp at Sparta. Wis.. and ear ocher members of the same com «aay vere wru/unly. If not fatally in -red by tbe burs'tag ef a cannon dur sg target practice * * * One cd the greatest shop strikes in h* t story of the country vas lnaug -rated vbca about 3S.HR' vorkers em ployed by tb* Harrtinan system and be Illinois Railroad company quit • ark Tbe area affected eatendf from he Misnisatppt • alley to tbe Pacific east, but tbe principal center of tbe "ucd* vtli be an 'be outskirts of tienco. at tb* iiimside shops of in* !'Races Central • • • TW *«4t body of a young »onus undoubtedly murdered was found on a arm a a ravine covered wttb leaves shoot tow mile* north of IMxon. Ill. 9]r Mr and Mrs William Meyers, who sere la the woods alter nuts. Noth -« was found oe the body that souid end to mdes’.tfirauon • • • Frank J. Kelbel who Just recently retired frym the mayoralty of Morris, lit, shot and killed Oie Thompson farmer and rase horse owner, as tbe esdfc of trouble arts:ng out of a horse -new meeting ** that city. • • • TW thews day tour through Iowa by Frwtd—t Taft uaa ended is Ottumwa • ith a spoorh on the tarlS aad in ex . -nation of the MU* he has vetoed • • • Firs Chief Thomas A Clancy of Mil • suhoe sat adjudged guilty by the heard of Are and police commissi an "s of the chargee filed against him •everal seeks ago by a discharged -reman It waa charged that Clancy »«*mined a system of espionage, hat W mas incompetent and that no t-duigod In “petty graft e • • Becnuae *W waa compelled to soar -eraiis aad men's shoes and milk It—9 oosrs a day. Mrs. Mary Har nsU of Waterloo. Cal filed a complain; for divorce from her husband. Frank H Harm • • • Mrs Qtzabefh Schsjelebeck. who feed four mika south of St. Joseph, ila, dsed is a hospital as the result d • hfbr at a rattlesnake m filch at tacked her la her gardea • • • Hurling!on. Iowa, was Visited by a jriaadtwr**. u fitch fairly swamped tbe sty. Nearly two inches of rain fell m Isas than two hours. Tbe streeta •ere running rivers m tk at Cm* of lb* mala object* of the Mix ■oarl rural life conference In session at KirksruJe. Mo., will be to atop tbe drifting from the farm to tbe city. • • • Tbe m-' ;c*«t and machinery of 'bo Kisden tree works of Saa Fran ctoco bate been purchased by tbe gor cmmeat and will be removed to tbe Mare Ikiet yards Tbe amount paid was IMMJM. • • • Thomas H. Bali, leader of the Pro : t uctuu in the recent Texas elec tion. announces that be wit] be a can didate to succeed Catted States Sen ator J V. Bailey • • • Tea merrhanta. beaded by Presi dent Xlahl of the Japanese Central Taa Traders' association, are agitat ed near tbs gov-mmenfs course la tsddmg ap imports of colored tea. ITint.at Xlahl baa taken tbe case ■P Acting Secretary of tbe Trenenry Cartis * * * kinxander Tracey of Port Huron. found guilty by tbe court as at Toronto. Unu. tn operating 1 Tbe penalty la tm *n 11 tar Ufa. Tracey ran into a crowd of people e e • A dynamite bomb, found within *d the spot from which ***** parade at Hatchlaaon. baa «w be part of » plot to kill the 1 r ■BHHH — _ According to Robert SchulU. a Ham el (Minn.) farmer, when ha wag at taked and beaten by two robbers a swam ot bees came to bis assistance and routed bis assailants. • • • Governor Dix of New York has de cided to pardon Peter C. Hains, who killed William E. Annis, whom be ac cused of being too friendly toward bis wife. Eleven of the jurors who tried Hains have recommended to the gov ernor that he exercise executive clem ency. • • • It was announced at Cambridge. Mass., that the J600 prize of the stu dent fund committee of the MacDow ell club of New York for the best dra matic composition by students who have not the means to attend Harvard has been awarded to William Fenl more Merrill of the University of Chi cago. • • • Two thousand custom tailors are on strike in New York in an effort to force their employers to renew a wage agreement which expired Sep leather la. • a • Charged with the murder of net mother, her father and her two sis ten. Miss Annie (Yawford, beautiful and socially prominent, was arrested at New Orleans. The latest victim ol the alleged modern Lucretla Borgia was Elise Crawford, aged twenty three, a sister of Annie. A post-mor fern examination revealed a large quantity of opium In the girl's stom ach. • • • Walter Lispenard Suydam. Jr., the young millionaire of Blue Point. L. L was granted an interlocutory de cree of divorce at Brooklyn, against fats wife. Louise Lawrence White Suydam. who several weeks ago eloped with Frederick Noble, a plumb er's son. • • • Between 600 and 700 clerks, weigh masters and warehouse employes of the Illinois Central and Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroads went on strike, and tbeir action is expected to tie up the entire system. • • • Miss Clara Roeckenhause of Car lyle. Ill, has accepted $1,000 as pay ment for blood taken from her veins to prolong the life of the late Julia A. Sparks and the consequent al eged injuries to her mind and body. • • • Against a plea by President McCon cell that the organization would be a 'oeer. the International Association of Machinists, in convention at Daven port, la, voted for a strike on the Ha mm an lines. • • • At the convention or the New Tort State EmbaJmers' association at Syra ruse, a proposition was made to change the name undertaker to "mor •Jcian." • • • Following the death of his wife in a hospital at Danville, 111, John Hin ton, a prominent horseman, waa charged with her murder. The wo man was found in her bed suffering from a fractured skull and many cuts and bruises. In another .bed lay her husband suffering from a broken Jaw and several cuts. • • • A sensation was caused In political circles when the Atlantic (X. J.j coun ty special grand jury banded down in diet men is involving politicians from Louie Kuehnle. leader of the Atlantic City Republican organization, down to tbe humblest ward workers, for al leged election frauds • • • Mrs. Virgil Vandever and four of her children were burned to death at Mltcheii. Ill, when a can of kerosene, used by Vandever to make a Are, ex ploded. • • • Sporting Jack Johnson announces that he will retire from the prize ring at the con clusion o! bis present engagement in the English music hall6. The an nouncement followed the appearance of Johnson, end Bombardier Wells, In the Bow street police court, where they gave bsi! that the fight be tween them would not take place as arranged. • • • Foreign Italy declared war upon Turkey and mmedlately began the martial occupa :ion of Tripoli. A great Italian fleet ues in front of the city of Tripoli. Thousands of soldiers are in readiness lo land and seize the town.- Cyrene also Is being filled with Italian troops At Prevesta, in Epirus, a Turkish torpedo destroyer opposed the landing of troops and was de stroyed by an Italian cruiser. • • • It Is rumored In Paris that the fire and explosion on tha battleship Liberte la Toulon harbor, which re suited In the loss of hundreds of lives was the result of a criminal plot This suspicion is partly confirmed by the fact that a dangerous fire was found on board the battleship Pa trie •oou after the Liberte was wrecked. • • • The main offlee at the Canadian Ex press company at Hamilton. Ont.. was robbed of between 88.000 and 810.000. George H. Ken nett, an employe, found with his hands and feet tied, wan nr rested. The police believe that more than one man was implicated In tbs ■Ur. • • • Personal H—all J. Waters, former congress after an CHANCELLOR THUS MR. AVERY ADDRESSES STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS. DENOUNCES “MOUTHY MADNESS” Higher Educational Standards Are Demanded—Insists on Purity in Athletics—Nebraska a Conservative State. \ Lincoln.—In his opening address be fore the students of the state univer sity Tuesday. Chancellor Samuel Avery said among other things: "Every institution of higher educa tion must recognize two obligations. ! The first must be a devotion to knowl | edge without regard to local limita tions. It must be limited by neither time nor space. It must recognize the universal brotherhood of scholars, and | regard the mass of knowledge which | has accumulated through the ages as ' the common property of the race. "On the other hand, the direct and ! special service of any institution must be more or less localized. “Many worthy institutions are to a large extent educating the children of certain sects or denominations. The University of Nebraska is a unique institution, in that a larger per cent of the students of the state attend it than in the case of any other state university. It is in the strictest sense a state university, and, is therefore more able to receive impressions from the state and give impressions to the state than most other institutions. “I believe that in Nebraska we are coining more and more to have a state consciousness. The university is an important factor in developing . this state consciousness. Hence the \ part the university plays in its forma | tion is a matter of vital importance to ! both present and future generations. "Nebraska, compared with most of its neighbors, is a conservative state. | In legislation we have been wiser—or ■ slower, according to one's way of look ing at it—than many of our neighbors, and v e are still among the most con servative of state institutions in the j number of fixed subjects required for auutis-stiim — uu i **** arc i changing. “This university has never had to face acute student situations such as have disgraced other institutions. The Nebraska student may be a bumptious individual, but he is reluctant to sink his individual bumptiousness in a con certed movement. All of our students are leaders, and so there are none to be led. “What I have just said simply means that the Nebraska student is an indi vidualist—that he thinks for himself and acts for himself, and that he does not take orders as to his individual conduct from any source. “1 emphasize this fact because no little of the success of the Nebraska student, both in the university and after graduation, is due to this whole some individualism. ; “Much as we may deplore intemper I ance in the sense in which it is gen ' erally used, yet mental intemperance | is an even greater evil. The nation, j it seems to me. is just recovering from I a great mental debauch. Extrava gance in speech and in writing has been the rule. Reckless denunciation of patriotic and conscientious men, yellowness in magazines and other publications, have disgraced our era. Fortunately we are now entering a calmer and safer period. During this time the typical Nebraskan has pur sued his way unaffected by this pe riod of mouthy jnadness.' To be sure we too have had our troubles: but in the main our great newspapers have been calm: our ablest leaders have been sane, even when most ‘progres sive,’ and have refrained from the arts of the demagogue. Nebraska is a state that some of our eastern friends find difficult to un derstand. How can this state be i among the first in average production j of the great live stock and cereal crops of the country, when within the j memory of those still comparatively young some sections of it have suf | fered from famine? They read first that the hot south blasts have with ered the corn, and later that through a timely change of the weather this great cereal 'has come back again' and is going to produce a bumper crop. It does sometimes seem that nature tries to see how close she can bring us to ruin and yet spare us. There have been occasional cron failures ever since the state was settled, hut we have learned that our agricultural success depends not on what a single year, but upon what a series of ypars will bring forth. This disregard of present troubles and serene confidence in the future makes the typical Ne braskan good-natured, calm, cheerful, optimistic. Our students take some what the same view of examinations, failures, and other college calamities. Columbus. O.—The Astor-Force wed ding and the whole vital subject of divorce is to be discussed at the Christian citizenship conference which is holding a session in this city. Churches of all denominations are rep represented at the conference. -r---— Having heard that her hnsband, Lemuel Goodwin, was dead, and after mourning for him for nine years, Mrs. Emma Goodwin married Matthew Oh ler. Recently Goodwin returned and his wife is asking for a divorce from her second husband. This mental attitude makes the teach ing of Nebraska students a delight to the professor, and association with ! students the only relationship which always cheers the heart no matter how leaden the skies of the future may seem. "The natural honesty of our students is shown by the fact that nearly any of them will tell you frankly the -ac tual condition of student affairs. As a rule they do not do things which at the moment do not strike them as ethical. I make this statement ad visedly. “The charge is sometimes made that the University of Nebraska is undemo cratic—that the fraternities and soror ities represent an aristocracy of thought and feeling: that the literary societies and the associations are bourgeois, as it were; and that the students not belonging to organiza tions are the peasantry. This classi fication contains only slight elements of truth. Yet it does contain slight elements. You could hardly expect a young man whose father belongs to several clubs, or a young woman whose mother may be equally addict ed to the club habit, to resist the en ticements of fraternity or sorority life. It is the most natural sort of thing for young people to wish to asso ciate themselves together. There need be nothing undemocratic in these or ganizations. Nebraska is a democratic state. Few states in the world are more democratic in heart and feeling. Our young people who come from farms where the hired man and the hired girl eat at the family table are not likely io be made snobs by sucb fraternities or sororities. The frater nities and sororities intensify student life. They are now on trial. Let them remain and increase in number, but let them stand for scholarship and for me expression of a wholesome social life, not for the monopolizing of stu dent society. "Educational institutions have never entirely escaped the almost universal tendency of officeholders to endeavor to conduct the busiuess of the public for the personal advantage of them selves and their friends. From all of these things Nebraska has been rela tively free, and only enough instances have come to light to emphasize the need of eternal vigilance alons these lines. •'Many or us who leel comparatively ; young recall a time when the Xebras- j ka pioneers were traveling with ox j teams. We have witnessed the tran- i sition from this to our present auto mobile era. “It is often observed that when any group of successful Nebraskans— judges, professional men. teachers, bankers, merchants, farmers—get to indulging in reminiscences of their boyhood days, you sill find that nine out of every ten had the same ex perience on the farm, attended similar country school houses: have painful recollections of cowhide boots, and very joyous recollections of bucking bronchos. Our students are largely children of the successful pioneers. Comparatively few of them have been injured by luxury. In demanding hard study, the university authorities have the moral support of the parents, and fairly good encouragement from the students themselves. “The state universities, represent ing as they do all the people, must of necessity endeavor to conduct them selves on all impc-iant questions in a manner acceptable to all the people. Denominational colleges are expected tQ encourage their students to become adherents of the denominations they serve; and because the state univer sity serves no special denomination and has no theological bias, it is some times assumed that a religious life is not possible or desirable in such an institution. On the contrary, the au thorities unofficially encourage the student to exemplify to the best of his ability the faith in which he has been brought up. "Those who criticise our athletics may be divided into several classes. Some of the opposition to football is actuated less by fear of injury to the players than by a dislike of the great joy the game gives the student body. Another and larger class has confused athletics with exercise. Physical cul ture and sport are two separate and distinct things. The question of main taining intercollegiate athletics is largely a question of whether it is better to have clean, officially regu lated excitement for the student body, or to permit young people to secure such excitement as tney may without official sanction. “Athletics carried on without ex cesses, bat with clean, wholesome en thusiasm. should be a Nebraska ideal. “It is obviously impossible in a short address to do more than give a broad outline of some of the Ideals that should govern Nebraskans, both as stu dents and as citiiens. Some of those 1 have tried to describe are as yet only in the germ, but I think fertile soil for the growth of all of them is to be found in our commonwealth and our university. We can no more man ufacture them outright than we can manufacture traditions — they must come through growth and develop ment.” New York.—Attorney General Wick ersham declines to commit his depart ment or himself regarding the pos sible prosecution of the United States Steel corporation. His statement was made in response to inquiries ns to -the probable action of the department Tired of the reign of lawlessneea that has existed almost continuously for many yean in Breathitt county. Ky., the citizens of Elktawa joined in n mass meeting Saturday to discuss plans to restore law and order throughout that section. GUESTS WERE SEVENTY OR MORE YEARS OLD. NEWS FROM OVER THE STATE — What ia Going on Here and Thera That is of Interest to the Read* era Throughout Nebraska and Vicinity. York.—The eleventh annual sunset social for all persons over the age of seventy years, was held in the Metho dist church, at which there were one hundred and forty-six present. Last year there were one hundred and one present. These numbers do not con stitute a regular enrollment of those over seventy years, but just those who are able to attend the annual meet ings. During the past year five have died, two men and three women. Of those present this year one was nine ty-four and four were ninety years of age. Sister Just Hears of Crime. Tecumseh.—It is now six years since the bodies of Mrs. E. E. Hesse and her daughter. Miss Wauneta McMas ter, were found at the bottom of an old well in this city. Though all this time has elapsed and the story has been printed ail over the country, a sister of Mrs. Hesse, Mrs. Flora L. Curtis, of Vale, Butte county, S. D., has jnst learned of the terrible affair. She has written Sheriff E. L. Roberts of this county for particulars. Flights of Ships and Oratory. Superior.—The committee cm ar r'rv'-aients for Superior's fall festival :»nd aviation m^et. October 9 to 14. is meeting with great success. A con tract has been made with the Curtiss company for flights on three days. W. J. Bryan will speak October 11, and it is expected Speaker Champ Clark and Senator La Follette will be en gaged. Dog Overturns Auto. M*ahco.—An auto driven by Jerome Barnell was overturned by running over a dog. One of the occupants. Miss Frances McDonald, a school teacher, received a broken arm. and Mr. Barnell and wife received painful bruises. Stella.—The oil and gas companv organized to prospect oa the farm of A. B. Davison north of Stella, are hauling lumber to erect the derrick. The machinery has arrived and Is be ing hauled out to the farm. The gas can be heard roaring a haif mile from the place. NEWS FROM THE STATE HOUSE The 1911 stallion registration law requires all males, pure bred, cross bred. grade or jack to be examined by a state inspector. George MS. Kline, secretary of the university alumni association, has opened an office in Lincoln and will start a search for 1.200 alumni of which the university now has no trace. The forthcoming encampment of the Nebraska national guard to be held near Bellevue will cost from $25,000 to $27,000. Fourteen hundred officers and men are expected to be in camp for ten days. The funds in the state treasury now aggregate $488,000. much less than the usual amount kept on hand. The de pletion is directly traceable to the ful fillment of enactments passed at the last session of the state legislature and to the fact that receipts have been very light. It appears that it would require onlt a little more shifting of political ques tions to endow the republicans with another candidate for United States senator in the person of Governor Al drich. There are numerous reasons for believing that the governor has some such ambition up his sleeve. In response to a criticism for not allowing Lincoln and HasGngs na tional guard companies to return to their home stations from the state en campment to aid in Taft receptions. Adjutant General Phelps has produced an order for the war department de nj ing leave of absence to companies when in camp. The state normal school at Wayne opened Monday, with an enrollment 100 per cent greater than that of a year ago. The senior class numbers sixteen and the junior class about thirty. The maturity of the student body is noticeable. The adjutant general's office has ap proved the election In Company E. Second regiment, of J. L White, G. B. Gallowey and W. F. Rugg as captain, first lieutenant end second lieutenant respectively. The election followed the expiration of the commission of Captsin F. A. Auderson. The com pany is at Holdrege. Unless collections for the state treasury come in more rapidly the state treasurer will be obliged to stop buying municipal bonds and save the funds to take care of warrants pre sented cm the general fund. J. J, McCarthy of Ponca, chairman the Nebraska La Foliette league, may ran for congress in the Third dis trict as a progressive republican if the progressives believe his candidacy will help their fight against reaction. Chris Gruenther has been asked to be a candidate for the democratic nom ination tor congress in the Third dis trist. but has not yet given n reply. BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA. The beet harvest ia western Xebras ka is in full blast. Ice famines are retried from sew eral Nebraska towns. Shubert will have a high class lec ture course this year. The fail festival at Beatrice will b< held the first week in October. The strike at the Missouri Pacific shops in Fails City has been settled. Pelant. a small town near Ponca, is making plans to have a big corn show The dry weather cf the last few w^eks has been very beneficial to th« com crop over the state. A son of Hiram Aden, near Auburn, was found dead on Monday night in a ravine on his father's farm. The new Catholic church at Crab Orchard will be dedicated by Bishop Tiber, of Lincoln October 17. Vandals did considerable damage to the York flour mill by destroying a number of windows and casings. On account of the scarcity of h3y. several Stromsburg farmers have built silos and are filling them with green corn. The village board of Hickman has advertised for bids for the construe tion of an air pressure water sys tem. Fire Warden Randall will invest! seta a fire that occurred in Hebron destroying a stock of second-hand goods. Grain men are of the opinion that the acreage of fall wheat sown this fall will show an increase over last year. Nebraska bankers are awaiting the decision of President Taft concerning the interpretation of the national banking act. The Sheridan county fair close# a most successful four days' exhibit Sat urday. The 1911 fair was a record breaker in every respect. The golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs Isaac Reynolds was celebrated Sunday with a surprise party at their home six miles east of Table Rock. As a result of a wrestling bout be tween Harold Miitenberger and Stan ley Parish at Cortland, the latter ia laid up for repairs with a badly broken ankle. J. A. Harris, residing at Steele City committed suicide by drowning him self in the Little Blue river. Mr. Har ris had been in poor health for the past two years. An old map of Nebraska issued by the state board of transportation that drew salaries in the early 90's. has been sent to the interstate commerce commission to complete its flies. Thomas Simpson, a Nemaha county farmer, was badly injured when ? mule kicked at him. striking a pitch fork, the tines of which hit him ir the face, narrowly missing an eye. Another grade is to be added to thi already excellent course given at Shu bert. by the local schools. The steady growth of Shubert and the increase ir the tuition pupils makes this almost a necessity. The educational council of the cen tral union and northern conference ot the Adventist church will be held al College View beginning October 13 The council will be in session foi three days. While working in the ditch for tht new waterworks system at Beatrice Friday. Lee O'Connor of Lincoln anc Robert Waters of Beatrice were caught in a cave-in of sand and barely escaped with their lives. The committee in charge of the ar rangements for the German day cele bration to be held in Lincoln Octobei 18 and 19 is now busy, and quite r number of towns in the state have been visited and promise of suppon given. The large barn of J. B. Seybold near Murray, together with ten head of horses, implements, buggies, wag ons. a Mason automobile, and a large granary filled with wheat and oats were destroyed by fire of unknown origin Thursday. Instruction has been received at Lincoln navy recruiting station to en list all the men possible without low ering the standard of enlistment. The increase is asked in order to have a full complement of men for the fleet’s cruise to China January 10. Thomas Hanson had his left hand taken off in an ensilage cutter at Lyons. He had been filling the silc and had completed the job all but cleaning up some of the litter. His hand became caught in the machinery and severed all the fingers of the left hand. J. S. Lamb, an old citizen of Grand Island, was horribly mangled when a switch engine ran over him as he was passing through a lumber yard. Some Johnson county farmers wili cut a very good crop from their fourth stand of alfalfa this year. This has been a good year for hay but it if scarce and expensive, nevertheless. Traced to the home of his sweet heart in another state. R. E. Griffith formerly etation agent at Verdon and who only a short time ago left that place with more than $460 belonging to the railroad and express companies was arrested at Clarion. la., Monday If petitions in circulation are sue cessful. the reward for the capture ol the murderer of the Hesse family at Tecumseh wlH amount to $3,000. A physician had a hard time indue Ing the 14 months old child of R. B Kim back of Beatrice, to disgorge s screw it had swallowed, but he finally succeeded and thereby saved Its life J. P. Pohlman. who was found badly injured and unconscious on tbe bridge at the foot of Cemetery hill Saturday evening, died at the Auburn hospital without having regained conscious ness long enough to tell how the acci dent happened. , DISASTER BT A DAM OVER EIGHT HUNDRED LIVES SAID TO BE LOST. 6REAT STRUCTURE CRIES WAY Many of the Bodies Recovered So Maimed that Recognition is Utterly Impossible. Austin, Pa.—More than 800 persons were drowned and untold numbers were maimed here when the great dam of the Bayless Pulp and Paper company, holding back more than 500,000,000 gallons of water went out Saturday. Forty bodies have been re covered. many of them so maimed that recognition is impossible. Gov ernor John K. Tenor of Pennsylvania has been asked for help and a relief train is on the way from CoudersporL fourteen miles away. The survivors are in a frenzy. There is no organ ization. the town being dazed by the force of the calamity, which cams without a moment's warning. Burgess Michael Mum has not been located and it is feared he has been drowned Hundreds of men. women and chil dren are searching through the ruins of the village for their families and friends. The only light is the glare of hundreds of houses which caught fire from broken gas pipes almost be fore the flood had passed. Chaos reigned from the moment the mighty wall of water tore through the town and there will be no relief until help comes from the surrounding towns. Meantime many bodies lie in the wake of the flood. The curtain or mgnt, wnicn »«a rung down upon the Austin flood Sun day scarcely before its victims bad all been claimed and its surviving spectators fully realiaed how great a tragedy the elements of water and fire had enacted in the natural am phitheatre of the Allegheny moun tains here, was lifted by dawn, reveal ing a ghastly scene of death and de vastation. Austin, itself. Saturday a busy mill town of 3.000 persons, many of whom were enjoying the fine autumn after noon as a Saturday half holiday, is only of a ghost of a town now. Torn to pieces by water and eaten by fire the wet and charred remnants of its buildings, believed to hold the re-, mains of 200 or more persons, were strewn along the valley edge, piled ip ; rows where the main street basiagsa * section was swept in scattered mass es far down the ravine. Spectators, many of whom barely escaped being victims of the disas ter and hundreds of persons from sur rounding towns, looked down from the steep hillsides on Austion and Costello through a veil of fog Sunday morning to see the wreckage here of some 400 houses, a score of business blocks, three churches and several large lumber mills and three miles further down the river at Costella the ruins of more than fifty buildings. Latest estimates greatly reduces the loss of life, but the real facts will not be known for some time- The property loss will exceed $6,000,000, and it is the general opinion that the town never will be rebuilt. Two at least of the large plants will not be reconstructed and a majority of the business men of the place have been ruined financially. Bullet Kills Railroad Attorney. Chicago. 111.—Curtis W. Remy, for many years known as a corporation lawyer, died Sunday from a bullet wound inflicted while he was in his room in a downtown hotel. At a hos pital Remy said he had shot himself while cleaning a revolver. Remy was born in Hope. Ind., in 1852. Madero Elected Mexican Executive. Mexico City.—Basing his belief up on information received from various parts of the republic, Francisco I. Madero, whom the people of Mexico Sunday officially elected president, de clared there was no doubt that hi3 candidate for the vice presidency, Jose Pino Suarez of Yucatan, had been elected. Shop Men Walk Out. Chicago. 111.—The threatened slrike of the shopmen on the Harriman Lines to enforce recognition of their newly organized federation became a reality Saturday. The number of men who quit in the fifteen states affect ed were estimated at between 20.<'00 and 30,000 by the union men. _t Killed by a Fall. Xew York.—Miss Cora Barnes, step daughter of William H. Bliss, a well known New York lawyer was k'lled by falling from a three-story window. She died instantly. A Promoter Arrested. Chicago.—B. F. Schwartz, a Little Rock. Ark., promoter, was arrested here charged with passing a worth less check at the Day and Night bank in Kansas City, Mo. Schwartz is said to be engaged in organizing banking and Insurance projects. Killed While Maneuvering Sparta, Wis.—Corporal Howard W. Beverly and Privates Howard W. Gam and Earl B. Snyder of the Cleveland, O., state artilley by a cannon bursting. ! Several others were hurt.
