THE VALEHTIHE DEMOCRAT
VALENTINE ,
X. M. ISIOE. - - - PublMier.
IN GRIP OJB1 CHOLERA
PKSTI.M-XCK : SXVKKI'S
OVKK ST. JMiTKISSHCiW.
Conditions in Hospitals am ! Tene
ments Such sis to lirccd Disease
Pestilence Spreading at Kapid Hate
Throughout
St. Petersburg is in the grasp of the
Asiatic cholera , which already has ex
ceeded in severity and numbers the
visitation of isyj. : The disease is in
creasing daily at an alarming- rate ,
and unless the authorities show in the
future a greater degree of ability to
cope with the situation than they have
in'the past there is every reason to
fear that it will get out of hand.
Tlie government's threat to apply
the provisions of martial law lias
driven the municipality ollicials to
bend all their energies to clearing the
city of the scourge.
The aldermanic council Sunday voted
ed $27)0,000 to enlarge the hospital
space , to purchase and distribute dis
infectants , the supply of which in St.
3'eter-burtf is well nigh exhausted ,
and to expedite the interment of bodies
ies , which has been notoriously slow.
The dead houses are overcrowded and
many corpses lie unburied.
A beginning was made when pub
lic schools were transformed into hos
pital wards. A number of the gram
mar schools were closed and1,000
students sent to their homes.
Tiie department of war has opened
stores to supply immediate needs , and
army Held kitchens have been dis
patched to the poorer quarters to dis
pense free food.
The situation assumes a graver as
pect from the appearance Saturday
of a very virulent type of the disease ,
in two cases of which deatli followed
ivithin lifteen minutes of ' the lirsl
symptoms.
DROUGHT IX XKW KXGLAX1X
Lack of 1'ain Seriously Cripples Many
Industries.
Anxiety is filling the heart of the
> Tew England farmer for a drought ,
which is pronounced to be one of the
scA-erest in many years , lias spread
itself over the New England states ,
causing- suffering to its people and cat
tle throughout the section.
On Aug. 16 the last general rainfall
came to New England. In many places
the wells are running dry. Water in
the lakes has been receding at the
rate of an inch a day. Numerous forest
fires have started. Many mills have
been crippled by the lack of water-
supply and others haA'e been compell
ed to shut down. Cattle have been
suffering and the milk supply is be
coming : limited. In Vermont mills
have been seriously crippled or shut
down , throwing : hundreds out of em
ployment. Quarries about Montpelier
Avere closed during1 the past Aveek. . For
several days past the Avater has been
the loAvest since 1SS1 in Lake Cham-
rplain and steamers have discontinued
touching ; at St. Albans Bay.
DKMAXD F1IEE "XKAH 1JEEI/
Ccorgians to Fight Action of Legisla
ture in Impo.-ing Tax.
The Georgia prohibition law , so far
as taxing "near beer" is concerned , is
under fire. The extra session of the
legislature which adjourned Saturday
authorized a tax of $500 on manufac
turers of this product. Two hundred
dollars is the amount proposed on dis
pensers of "near beer. "
Shortly after midnight Saturday
night Judge : Ellis , of the superior
court , enjoined the comptroller of the
state , the sheriff of Fulton county ,
which includes Atlanta , and his depu
ties , from collecting- this tax. The in
junction Avas granted on the petition
of llf dealers in the "prohibition
product. "
The "near beer" dealers claim that
the legislation Avas unconstitutional.
The case will be carried to the highest
courts.
Killed in Auto \VrccIr.
Mrs. Stephen 13 Lee , of Buffalo , N.
T. , Avife of Assistant Secretary Lee , of
the Erie county bank , was killed and
yir. Lee Avas fatally injured in a colli
sion between their automobile and a
Lacakawanna freight train. Mr. Lee's
.sltull was fractured.
Fleet Sails Tomorrow.
The American battleship Meet is to
leave Albany , W. Australia , Friday in
stead of Thursday , as originally
planned.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Saturday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow : Beeves ,
J5.50@5.75. Top hogs , $6.90.
Porto Ilicaji Assembly Balks.
The extraorinary session of the Porto
to Rican legislature , which Avas called
principally to pass the $3.000,000 irri
gation project , adjourned Saturday
without having : passed the measure.
Sold Last Slaves in Missouri.
Killiam W. Payne , who is 1SSS , as
constable , sold at auction the last
.slaves put on the block in Missouri at
the city hall at Kansas City , died Sun-
1day ; aged 72 years.
KTLLED BY CAItELESS NURSE.
Throe Patients in San Diego Hospital
Die of Poison.
Three deaths have already resulted
from the caielessncss of Mary Arthur ,
a 19-year-old nurse at the county hos-
ytal at San Diego , Cal. , a fourth
death is expected and four others are
seriously ill , though their illness is not
xpectcd to be fatal.
The d .ad : J. Young , Charier Kemp ,
j
Henry C. SehueUc.
A. Paisler is not expected to live
and Capt. A. Paulson , II. Tisler , Oco.
King and Mr. Penny are seriously ill.
All were taken sick Thursday after
noon , and evidence of poison was so
tfreat that an investigation start
ed , ending finally in a confession by
Miss Arthur that she had neglected
to throw out some water in which
there was a quantity of atrophine and
that her patients had got hold of it
for their medicine. She realized her
mistake as soon as they became ill.
but did not confess her error until
the investigation had brought the
Jeaths almost home to her. Young
Jied about midnight , K-emp early Fri-
; lay morning and Sehette later in the
Miss Arthur is in a state of collapse ,
: > ut is kept under surveillance.
Tlie inquest lias been postponed un-
: il the result of Paisler's case is
mown.
THIEVES VISIT MAHIv TWAIX.
/inmorist's / Unhidden Guests Tote Off
Sonic Silver.
Two burglars who broke into the
esidcnce of Samuel L. Clemens ( Mark
Twain ) in Redding , Conn. . Wednes
day night were captured early Thurs
day on a New Haven railroad train
oetween Bethel and Redding after a
Icsperate fight , in which Deputy Sber-
ff Bank , of Redding , was shot in the
'eg. ' Tlie prisoners > re believed to be
orofessional crooks who came there
from New York for the express pur
pose of entering the Clemens villa.
Miss Lyon. Mr. Clemens' secretary ,
.as aroused about midnight by the
sound of breaking glass. She found
the dining room lighted and that the
sideboard , Avith its silver , was missing
from its customary place. Through an
open window she saw two men rilling
the sideboard , which had been carried
out into the garden. Miss" Lyon sum
moned Mr. Clemens and the butler
and telephoned for tbe sheriff and
neighbors. The burglais meanwhile
had lied with the silver , but they were
cap tit red on a train after a fierce fight
in which the sheriff was wounded
twice and one of the men shot himself
in the head. Tbe silver was recovered
CAUGHT AFTER LOXCJ CHASE.
Murderer of Six Per < * nis in California
Said to lie Prisoner in Texas.
The further evidence that William
/latfield , tU\e man who is being held
in Sherman. Tex. , is James C\ Dun
ham , Avlio murdered six persons in
San Jose. Cal. , in 3S06. was received
Friday by Sheriff Langford in a dis
patch from U. S. Marshal McAfee , of
erman , as follows :
"Two inch scar left foot , beginning
on big toe , angling back to second toe.
Height 5 feet 11 ' / . inches , blue eyes ,
large depression between. Told cell
mate he Avould die before he Avoiild
go to California. Your man sure. "
This description tallies closely to
Dunham. District Attorney Free left
Friday for Sacramento to secure
requisition papers and immediately
upon his return Sheriff Langford and
a deputy will start for Sherman alter
the prisoner.
Bit OTHER 3IEA1IS TIIE XEWS. ;
Countermands Orders CJivcn for
PrciKiration for Flights.
Wilbur Wright , brother of Orvillc
Wright , now at Lemans. France , Avas
A'ery much perturbed when he heard
the news from Washington that his
brother had' suffered an accident in
Avhich Lieut. Thomas E. Selfridge lost
his life. He at once countermanded
the orders given for the preparations
for his fiight , in which he purposed
to try for the Michelin and Aero club
prizes.
ACCUSATIONS CAUSE SUICIDE.
British Anny OHiccr Throws Self Un
der Train.
Maj. Gen. Charles Edward Luard.
retired , whose Avife was mysteriously
murdered near London on Aug. 2-1 ,
committed suicide by throwing him
self in front of 3 railroad train at
Wateringbury. Eng. 3fe left a note
saying lie had received letters accusing
him of murdering his wife and could
not stand the strain of the accusations
longer.
Build Schools. Not Warships.
"If 1 had my way I would build a
couple of warships less , yet one would
be enough , and I Avould take the $ , -
000,000 Avhich it would cost and Avith
it construct 1.000 schools of agricul
ture within the United States , " de
clared James J. Hill at the dedication
of Stephen hall , an agricultural insti
tution at Crookson , Minn.
Baby Found in Cornfield.
Burned to a blister in the hot sun ,
but still alive , a new born baby Avas
found in a corn field , near Gayville ,
S. D. , Friday.
Fire in a Packing Plant.
Fire threatened the destruction of
Swift Co.'s packing plant in South
St. Joseph Friday. The cold storage
building was badly damaged. The loss
is $60,000.
Booth Company Bankrupt.
The creditors of A. Booth & Co. ,
the fish linn recently placed in the
hands of receivers , tiled a petition in
bankruptcy in thu federal court at
Chicago , Friday.
ORGANISED HUNT I-'OR GIRLS.
Renewed Activity by Chicago Viet ?
Syndicate.
Fifteen young girls have disappear
ed in Chicago In the lust seenteen
days. .So numerous have the missing
girls become that Chief of Police
Shippy lias detailed n. special squad
of police and detectives to make a sys
tematic search for them. It is the
theory of the chief of police that
many of the girls have been lured
from their homes and sold into white
slavery , Recent revelations in the po
lice courts that young white slave girls
have been sold for as high as $200 is
the cause , it is believed , of the un
wonted activity of the agents of the
vice syndicate.
Last winter police court records
showed that girls were sold for as low
as $50. Chief Shippy believe there
is a regularly organized band v > f pro
fessional kidnapers at work in Chica
go and that these'kidnapers have the
assistance of at least t\vo women. The
notable instances of a missing girl
since .Sept. 1 is that of mily Hoban ,
\vlio accompanied a strange man from
her borne , leaving a note to the effect
that she had received word that her
sister uas very ill. Afterwards she
wrote her mother she was being kept
prisoner by a woman in a small room.
Clews to the whereabouts of the little
Hoban girl have been discovered by
Detectives Speebt and Mnssett , of the
Xorth Robey street station. These are
expected to lead to the discovery of the
girl arid the capture of her kidnapers.
Two of the young women for whom
the police are searching live in .South
Chicago. The fact that a man was
seen to accost one of them shortly
before her disappearance was noticed
led the police to believe that he may
have been a kidnaper. These girls
are Elizabeth Lally. 1 . " > years old. 234
Seventy-fourth Court , and Annie Doni-
lon , 15 years old , 1005 ( Jicen Bay ave
nue. Both have been missing since
.Sept. 12.
CARRIE CALLS OX TAFT.
Reformer Visit the Home of tin : Cai
didaie.
Mrs. Carrie Nation , without her
hatchet , dropped into Cincinnati
Thursday and went direct to the Taft
lesidence. Judge Taft admitted Mrs.
Xation.
"You know UK- ? " she demanded.
The candidate admitted that from
public prints he knew who Mrs. Xa
tion was.
"Well. 1 have come here to have a
discussion with you on the liquor
question , " was her next remark.
"You will have to excuse me from
entering upon any discussion with
voti. " was Taft's reply. Whereupon
Airs. Xation began one of her char
acteristic speeches against the diink
"vil , not overlooking condemnation of
all those who did not go valiantly to
the work of reform as she believed it
hould be carried on.
Taft was modestly backing away ,
and Mrs. Xation. seemingly somewhat
awed by what she was doing , also
l > ncled. and her interview was ended
HEAVY FOG IX CHICAGO.
\11 Transportation Companies Are
Greatly Handicapped.
A dense fog covering Chicago and
its environs handicapped the transpor
tation companies and was responsible
for , fi number of accident . Through
passenger trains slowed up and su
burban service was delayed through
inability to distinguish signals. An
'intcrurban car from Aurora crashed
into an elevated train on the Oak Park
incline , injuring several passengers.
Three crossing accidents due to the
fog were reported to the police.
"While the Dulnth limited train on
the Chicago and Northwestern was
waiting for a signal to proceed into
the city yards a suburban train crash
ed into its rear end. Half a dozen per
sons were injured , one seriously , on
the suburban train , while those on
the limited escaped with a shaking
up.
Slain by Hiirgulnr.
Edward Quick , a penitentiary guard ,
was murdered in his home at Michigan
City , Tnd. . early Thursday by a burg
lar. Mrs. Quick wa.s awakened by a
noise and. seeing a man at a dresser ,
nudged her husband. The burglar
commanded Quick to lie still. Quick
nevertheless raised himself on his el-
how. Instantly the intruder fired , the
bullet stirking Quick in the head. The
slayer escaped.
Against the Railroads.
The United States circuit court of
appeals , in reversing the decision of
the lower court at Richmond , Va. ,
holds that the interstate commerce
law casts upon a railroad company
the plain duty of furnishing a fair and
equal-distribution of car facilities , and
this duty cannot be evaded by the
carrier claiming it is not the owner
of a. portion of the cars carried over it
lines.
Circus Ruler Fatally Hurt.
Capt. Demetri , a Russian Cossack ,
with Campbell Bros. ' circus , was fa
tally injured at Musactine , la. , by be
ing struck by a tent pole while riding.
Powder Magazine Explodes.
A powder magazine at McAlester ,
Okla , was struck by lightning Wed
nesday evening , the force of the explo
sion killing one miner and seriously
injured eight others.
On Trial for Perjury.
The trial for perjury of Samuel
Whitlow , recently acquitted of the
murder of Miss May Sapp. who died
Sept. 2 i last , is in progress at lola ,
Ivan.
PRESBYTERY AT i-Mi-ubOX.
Larucu nchui'-o fit the Regular Full
.M < I'liiiu ol' Presbyterian- .
The Niobn.ra pre-'byteiy met Tuesday - i
day evening at Emeison v.ith a large
attendance. A Presbyterian brother
hood was organized , with Rev. 1 . T.
Hammond , ol .Lynch , as president , and
Joseph 1 ! . Cheriy. Ph. D. , was received
upon his letter from the Omaha pre -
bytery and a call from the Presbyte
rian church of Ponca uas presented
to and accepted by him anil arrangements
i
ments were made for his installation
later.
A request was presented by Rev. T.
C. Osborne , of Wayne , to be sent to j
the congressman of that district ark- [
ing him to do what he can to prevent | j
Hon. Joseph (1. Cannon from being se
lected as presiding officer of the house
of representatives.
A. D. Hallov.ay presented the matter
of the county Young Men's Christian
association , which has just been un
dertaken in the counties of Dix-m.
"Wayne and Cedar as a district. The j
presbytery was much interested in thN |
new movement in the northeast portion !
of Nebraska and gave voice to its en- j
couragement. j
Francis Patton Churchill. whose
father is the Presbyterian minister i\
Peiultras taken under the ear * * < .
the presbytery as a candidate for th
ministry. Mr. Churchill wilt take his j
college course at Beilevue.
PECULIAR COURT MIXUP.
District .Indue Mandanuised to Eu- [
J'orcc His O\\n Injunction.
Some time last spring Janu-s Q.
Keefe , of Sioux City , procured an in
junction to be issued out of the district
|
trict court of Thurston county restraining - \
straining Silas Lieb from entering upon - j |
on forty acres of land which Keefe i i
owned near Pt-nder. At the hearing of j
a motion to dissolve the injunction an I
order was entered dissolving the in- j
junction , and when Keefe offered a i
bond to keep the injunction in forc > j
till final trial Judge Graves announced - !
nounced from the bench that L'cb j
might feel at liberty to disobey the in
junction and that he would not be
punished for contempt. Thereupon
Keefe's attorneys made an original ap
plication to the supreme court of Xe-
braska for a \\rit of mandamus to
compel the district judge to enforce j
his own order of injunction while it
stood. Xotice has been received that
a peremptory writ of mandamus had
been sued by the supreme court of
Nebraska.
TWO FItEIGHT TRAINS COLLi 3)5- : . !
i
'
Several Trainmen Injured , but None ,
Seriously. j
An extra freight train on the Missouri - |
souri Pacific going south ran into ihe j
rear of local freight No. KM ; at Weeping - j
ing "Water. The caboose and a car of !
merchandise were wrecked and tin-
freight engine front caved in. James
Olsen , fireman , jumped , receiving a
contusion o.f the right knee and cheek.
Engineer E. A. Rolfe in jumping
sprained the muscles of his left arm. !
L. R. Lyon , a brakeman , received a !
sprained back. He was thrown !
against the stove. Conductor Albert }
Bysel has a sprained back and h > s , -
right arm was thrown against the j
stove. All were sent to the Kansas j
City hospital. The homes of all are i
at Atchison. i
Ponder Prisoner Escapes.
Last Sunday Marshal Clark brought j
a man back from Omaha charged with ;
stealing $80 from a farmer near town j
for whom he had been working. The '
county attorney was out of town at j
the time. When the city marshal j
Avent to the city jail to produce his j
prisoner he had escaped through the j
opening from one cell into the other. !
and the latter cell being open his de
parture was easy.
Fell from Hay Stack.
A. J. Dyche. a prominent farmer is
lying in a critical condition at bis-
home near Clarks , partially paralyzed
as the result of a fall from the stack
while putting up hay. Mr. Dyche
stood too near the edge of the stack as
the load came up and either the teeih
of the stacker or some of the hay
pushed him backwards. He fell on his
head and shoulders.
Crops Good in Roouc County. J
The corn crop of Boonc county , one i
of the heaviest ever raised , is now ;
practically out of the way of frost. ;
This is the verdict of a majority of the i
farmers. With an exceptionally good
'
crop of wheat and alfalfa and prices
never better , the I'.oone county farm
er Is not losing any sleep as to where (
his living is coming from the coming i
year. j
Double Tragedy at Tlelvcy. j
James Greenwall , well-to-do
a - - young j
business man of the village of Helvey. :
shot and instantly killed Hilda Simon- ,
son , daughter of a farmer. The young
woman was employed in the village.
Greenwall , after killing the girl , shot
himself , dying soon after. The two
had been regarded as sweethearts , but
recently the girl refused to have any
thing further do with him.
Injured While Thrc.-hin - .
Don Cloud , while Avorking on the
farm of Carl Gale , three miles south !
of Beatrice , fell from a threshing ma
chine , breaking his left arm in two
places and a bone in his right hand.
In his descent he barely escaped fall
ing into the machinery , which was
running at full speed.
Carpenter Has Fatal Fall.
W. W. Sherer , aged OS years , met j
sudden death while at work on the !
construction of a new residence in i
j
Grand Island. He either was overcome - . :
come by weakness or made a misstep j ,
and fell between the joists to the lloor ]
below , fracturing the skull and the
spine.
Injured in Runaway.
While threshing at the Wisherd
ranch , six miles northeast of Leigh.
William Wisherd sustained a broken
arm and leg in a runawn1 * 4 c
CREIGHTON GIRLS KILLS SELF.
.Student of Browncil Hall and About
to Return to School.
Miss Vivian Cheney , for three years
a student at Rrownt/11 Hall. Omaha ,
and the daughter of H. A. Cheney ,
president of the Security bank of
' < ' -r. ' hton , toiiunitt't ! suicide by swal-
letting caibolic acid. She belong teen
onof the oldest and msl prominent
| families in Knox county and was a favorite -
; vorite at IJrownell Hall because of her
j i light-hearted disposition. She % \as 17
, y VTi. ohl.
|
The cause of luo net li iippOoCd to
j j be disappointment because she could
not come to Omaha a we ok before
Hrownell Hall opened , though it is al
so believed she took the drug to
frighten her parents into letting her
come , expecting take an antidote
which would prevent death.
She had her trunk packed , ready for
the trip , her parents being under the
impression school opened this week.
When they learned it would not open
for another week they insisted she
\\ait. She was very much disappoint
ed. About llo : : ; she went into a room
adjoining that" her mother wa < in and
swa'.loucd the contents of a small bottle
tle of ai-id. She rushed out to her
mi > t"ner and told her what she had
done , telling Mrs. Cheney to give her
egys and milk to counteract the ef
fects. This \\as done , and a physician
war called , but in a few minutes she
way dead. Ab'.ist three years ago Miss1
Cheney lan away from home , but was
found and brought back before she
had gen < > far. . Five years ago her
u-raruiiatj'er. George IS. Cheney , fell
do\\n an elevator shaft in the Drexel
hotel in Omaha and was killed.
CATHOLIC SCHOOL I-'OR ALLIANCE
St. AUCV' Academy Opens for AVork
in Western City.
St. Agnes' academy , the .only Catho
lic institution of its kind west of
Giand inland , was opened at Alliance'
MiMidt-y to a fuil attendance.
The buih'inij is a four-story brick
and stone structure and was erected
during tiniast year at a cost of $3n.-
inj" . and through the Herculean efforts -
forts uf Father W. L. .McXamara. who
supervised fie whole work , the school
doors are thrown open practically free
lr : m debt.
The academy is under the manage
ment of the teaching order of the Sis
ters of St. Fiancis. who come highly
recommended for their teaching abili
ties.
The ne\v high school , which was be
gun . -bout the same time as the acad
emy. wIi be ready for occupancy
about Sept. 2 > . These two schools
\\ill relieve the congested condition
that has existed in the public schools
of Alliance for the last eight years.
With the completion of the new
Hui-ilngton depot. which will be
thrown open tthe public the latter
part of ihs' month , and which is the
finest building of it kind outside of
Omaha , co-ting $ ( ; . " . .000. will have end
ed public work in this city for the last
jeur. amounting in round numbers to
.1 liUIe L--lter than ? if..OOO : ; , all of
which has orabled Alliance to make
a.tv.ipe-'d and permanent strides as the
in. tropolis > : f we.-.t"rn Nebraska.
A51.MKKS TO FIGHT FOK LANDS.
< > rjai'/ii' to Content Claims of the
I'riion Pacific .
Charles Woosur. of Silver Creek ,
has gone to Dimc-iti to attend a Union
Paeiiic right ofity meeting , the third
of the kind held at or near tiiat place.
The IUM meeting is to be held at Sil
ver Cieek on Saturday. Sept. 19. to
which the farmers along the Union
Pacific and othi-is interested are in
vited.
Mr. Wooster refuses to state the
puipore of these meetings , further
than to say that a big fat hen is on.
It is believed on very good authority
thai the farmers meditate bringing
some sort of action against the Union
Pacific iMiiraad. This is over the con
tention oi the right of way wherein
the Union Pacific claims 400 feet right
of way and which people owning land
contiguous to the railroad track
throughout the length of the state of
Nebraska deny. If the company is
suceenful it \\ill take thousands of
acres of land tohich the farmers
now claim title.
GKXGA FAK.MKR KXDS LIFE.
i ) < .rtMic te ! liv.siiic.Troubles Said
to HeCau e.
Oaf ! H'Misen. i farmer of Genoa , by
attaching a wire to the trigger of a
shotgun and fastening the wire to a
buggy in liis barn , manufactured a
mi'cniiie by which he killed himself
when he pulle'l the gun toward him.
He had had business and domestic
ilillieuitic'-- . but they were of so slight
consequence that uhen he called to
his wife t- come and see him in the
barn , she thought nothing of the mat
ter. The report of the gun followed.
His family is left in destitute circum
stances.
OmUr.ctor Disappears.
St < ven J. Kelso. a Beatrice contrac
tor and builder , disappeared , leaving
behind him unpaid bills aggregating
§ r > . ( iOO. He had thirty-live men in his
employ , nearly all of whom he owed
t\\o weeks' salary. For the last week
he ha'- been acting strangely and it is
believed his mind is unbalanced.
Xehavtk ; : Fair a Success.
The lourth annual fair of the Xe-
hawka Social Fair association was
he-Id Friday and Saturday , with a rec
ord breair.g attendance of 5,000 pee
ple.
Brtice Mr.n Killed by Cars.
Word was received at Beatrice Mon
day stating that Horace Mitchell , a
former IJeatrice resident , was killed in
a railroad accident at Atchison , Kan.
SherH ! " Finally Lwntis Man.
Sheriff Trut'e and Chief of Police
Moore < f iit-ntriee. h.iv gone to Win-
lield. Kan. , to tike charge of Thomas
Hopkins , a half-breed Indian , wanted
on a charge ci criminally assaulting
Florence r.Iecum. a 16-year-old girl at
Beatrice laat November.
X\v W.itcr\vcr > - for \Vcston.
W : -k en watrv-vorks ryvt m for
Westoii crrn'.encrl ilopday. This
plant when c.-nnpIr--c ! will be ore or
the llnf n in the : ; , . . . . . towns of the
* tMSTi ( 5 P'Ti SiM fi4 * * : ;
K UiU 11 fcsi
Ki
Through
Flames Sweep
and Leave Rv-
Their V/akc.
PAIL 01 ? SMOKE IN CHICAGO-
Homeless Settlers and Wild Aai
Driven from Baling Porest
to Laka Shore.
Blown more thai : f.OO miles byertle >
. - : . . to
and kept < - > e
steadv air currents
* , tuios-
favorable :
earth by pfculiarly
pheric conditions , the smoke froui
Northern forest fires blew over MI1-
Satr.rday and
Avaukce and Chicago
Sunday. In .Milwaukee Saturday its-
l ° ' : he >
density had inn-eased rot - > [
outlines of buildings four blo - ; . < dis
tant could lie made out.
This is the first ttme in many \ears.
that Chicago has seen and felt t ie ef
fects ot" the forest fires that ra
the far north every SUWHIMT.
lircs about llfbimig. Minn. , :
Michigan copper country are m. > r- * e-
vere than usual , and the country with
in a RidiiiH of I'OO miles of the - ' > '
districts : s covered with a pall > ! '
srnoke. The enormous cloud -t.-Iftcci
southward on a gentle wind.
Peculiar atmospheric condM. . per
milted the light smoke to dcs ! ! .
til it covered The whole city , 'a'wipgr
the rays of the sun to filler ur.v : as *
through a light fog. The smoke was-
thick enough to a fiord the spec'- ! > > of
the sun hanging like a copper red disc-
In the heavens.
Lake trallic was badly harnp'rd ' y
the smoke , and the government f-
whistles were put to work.
llest-r * t-n.
ICescucil I > yVnval
The dramatic story of the r ' - - . ' . 3 :
the north shore settlers and Uu * citi
zens of Grand Marais by the Iiuluth *
naval reserves on hoard the steamer
Gopher , is told by a correspond"t
was aboard the vessel. The most heart
rending scenes were witnessed -ilS
along the north shore of tsulake. .
Homeless settlers , with everythiir th y
possessed licked up by the flnue : < . tlcr .
to the lake shore for refuse , wth : lit
tle fee l and no clothing but \vluit thej *
carried on their hacks. The Ci.-phn-
coasted along the shore , piokiirui >
the refugees. The shore was aliv * A .ili
wild animals of all kinds , driven out
of the woods by the fires. Three im ,
had been forced to take rcfug" in tho-
waters of the lake and were pi. ke-1
up by the Gopher. One woman nitb
sicl.iby ! in
a pack on her back and a :
her arms lied throe miles frn : 1 < -
homestead to the lake and was pi < ke <
up by th" boat.
With Grand Marais. a town of
people , on the Lake Superior
shore , partly destroyed , and P.-a\or
P.ay. SO miles away , also attacked br
the llames. and a do/en smaller towns-
in great peril , it was apparent Satur
day that , unless rain came soon , the-
distri'-t Avas
entire forest fire-swept
doomed to total destruction.
Among the larger places in pMwere ' ! -
Colerain , Tiovey. NaslnvaukV.irI.Ie
Tlibbing. Buhl , Big Bay , Chicag ) Ba\ %
Coflon. Aurora. Mountain Iron , en-
shall , Fort William. Out. . ITymers. nut. , .
I'ort Arthur. Out. Cascade and XT I.II.
The Great Northern. Northern P.u itic"
at.'d all State railroads had fire trains-
out fighting to save property along the-
I'inrsand protect 'bridges ' and stations.
It was a battle inwhich all abli oil5e < 5
men throughout the threatened terri
tory took a hand , and hundred- * were
neor exhaustion as a result of th&-
week's struggle.
Scene " \VH.M
The soen'e along the shore Sl tIr < l. J.
right Avas an awe-inspiring sight aseorj'
from the water. For a distance of More-
than 100 miles the llames appeared to
be almost continuous. The roar ng of'
the lire could be heard for mile ? Grille
t--fcs were suddenly envelope ; ! in tl KI
the lire rushing up balsams - . ; : ' a
swisb like a giant rocket. Ti ! r Mt"
] ) C-at beils of northern Minne.so'a rv
a' ' ! ablaze.
In rcsionse to Governor .T > : m on'9 >
appeal ? 1.1,000 has been raised by the'
Duiiith relief committre for { , ' : , - home
less refugees. The supply of f = > . i .tr.T
clothes now seems to ne ample. Ilelii f
measures are being taken in all the
cities throughout the State to help the
fire sufferers. Along the north shore of
Lake -Superior the situation is critical. .
The Fire Monster' * AVork.
Here's a summary of the fire morf-
ster's work :
Duration of fires , two weeks.
Cause of fires believed to he ineon-
tharj .
States and provinces visited -by flrr *
Minnesota , Wisconsin , Michigan : tmJ
Ontario.
Towns and mining settlements de
stroyed , about ten.
Towns in imminent danger twenty
Total fire loss ( estimated ) , from .910 , *
000.000 to $15,000,000.
People homeless , about 00,000
NE S OF MUTOK , KTOTE \
In a jail at Calcutta. India. * irraia ,
of impn onocl revolutionists kill.-J
oaof
their
comrades who , : l turned
thorn and revealed
their
plot to a
bluion ! :
