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The . Omaha Daily Bee I Now 'Phono Number IAU Department OMAHA DICE. TYLER lOOO WEATHER FORECAST. For Nebraska F.lr. For Iowa Cloudy. For woathor rfiort fee Tap VOL. XL-NO. ;g OMAHA, TUESDAY M0KXIX(5, AUGUST 23, 1910-TWELVE PAGES. AUGUST 22, 1910 TWELVE PAGES. SUALLEN1JER0EK f ASKS AKECOUNT Governor Names Twelve Counties in Which He Wanti the Re- turns Verified. FIGURES OUT HIS OWN DEFEAT Practically Concedes to Dahlman the Victory at I 7. LOCAL C0NFERENCe ORTSHIM j . z s TJcmocrats Charge Fra I, the DoO?' las Vot 1 1 TEW DEVELOPMENT v MATTER Official Urn neat for i Made on Affidavit from rartle iU'l In Krrors tm Rclirni In Tlfflte Counties. Governor Shallenberger has asked offi cially for a recount of the voto In Cuming, Cedar, Dodge, Otoe, Gage, Saline, Hall, Butler, Seward Cbhii, Adams, Doug las 'and Lancaster counties. The gov ernor said ho will pay no attention to any charges of fraud In Douglas county. All he Intends to do, he wiy. Is to ask fori a recount to ie If any ballots hav been . counted for Dahlman which should not have been no counted. He has secured af fidavits from persons In the counties men tioned that ballots which have been voted for Dahlman and also for some republican hava been counted for both of them, when they should have been thrown out, as the law nrovlde. that voter, must confine i themselves to one party In the primary. The governor figures that he is defeated by from 100 to 200, even though his reports from western counties Indicate that he Is lomliiai will law lomlnavid, and his office force believes he ia"l In the lead when the official vote Is all In. Incidentally the governor has found no law for a contest of a primary election, ills only recourse Is a recount. AllrgM 4, BOO Ilallota Wrong:. Governor Hhallenbrgrr alleges In his re quest for a recount that at least 1.500 votea counted for James O. Dahlman, his com petitor, should have been thrown out and not counted because of errors In the bal lot. He believxa that If he gets a, recount that his nomination over Dahlman Is as sured. In' Lancaster county the governor alleges 200 balolta marked wrong were counted for Dahlman, 600 In Douglas and 100 In each of the other counties. It was the opinion of at least one of the advisers of the governor that If Dahlman is counted out he will not be able legally to run for governor by petition. On this ques tion Deputy Attorney General Grant Mar tin has said there In no law which would prevent Muyur -JJnhlmatv making Uie race for governor by-petition It ne so desires. In his affidavit Governor hSallenberger sets out that It has been reported to him that parties ovted for Dal. .man and then for some candidate on another ticket and the votes were counted for Dahlman, when the law specifies that the ovter must con fine himself to one party. The governor la preparing a statement to the effect that it Is his duty to file peti tions for recounts because he alleges Dahl Jrnan was nominated by republicans. C. H. Aldrlch, republican nominee, reached Lincoln Monday morning to attend the republican Hate committee meeting, lie la considerably pleased with his vote He says he oxpetta to be elected and ex presses contempt of any fight that may he made on him In Douglaa county. H usenetter to Head Committee Republican State Central Body Names Lincoln Man as Chair man. . (From a Staff Correspondent) LINCOLN, Aug. 2S. (Special Telegram.) William Husenetter of Llnwood was unant Tnousl ychoaen by the republican state cen tral committee tonight as chairman. Mr. Kusenetter has long been active In the party and Is a man of marked executive ability and political sagacity. The full Hat of slate central committee men is an follows; , Ilst Committeeman. Address. I William Huff Slelnauer t i ll fctuhau Auburn S M. T. Harrison Dunbar 11. O. VYeilenstt-k Avoca B. K. Hendricks Wahuo t A. W. Jefferles Omaha M. I.. Learned Oman John F. Schuit South Omaha 7 J. C. .Mc.Msh Wlsner S Charles 11. Handall Uaiuiulpn A. w. LaJd Aioion 10 Don t Van Deuten il air 11 Kurt K a iea Norfolk 13 W.cl llronnan O'Neill 14 it. O. (i.ic.w Chadron 15 T. T. ' nmey Ansley lii K. I. rUarr Loup City 17 Charles A. HruMnger.. Grand Island Is O 10. Mhke Osceola 1st Wi I limn lluienetter Llnwood 20 H. II. Wilson Lincoln S. W. tturnhatu Lincoln SI John ft. yut-in Ilea trite 23 II. M. 1'romlflt Friend 21 J. T. Miearon Falrbury 1 Clarke H.iMnxon Fairmont ?S 11. O. Thomas. Harvard Dr. K, F. Raines Red Cloud IT T. L. Porur Alma 24 C. A. Heady.. Hayes Center 0 Lincoln G. Simon Sidney President Taft Writes Colonel Chief Executive Replies to Telegram of Lloyd Griscom Explaining At titude Toward Roosevelt. NEW YORK. Aug. a.-A letter from President Taft to Lloyd C. Griscom explain ing his position with respect to Colonel Roosevelt Iti New York, was given out to day. The president says he took no part In Influencing the New York meeting that elected Vice President Sherman for tem; porary chairman of the suite convention and did not know he was thought of for the place until he aaw the pa 11 s with accounts of his selection. The president ays he did not oppose the selection of Colonel Roosevelt and. In fact, acquiesced In a suggestion the colonel be made tem porary chairman when Mr. Griscom men tioned It ae Beverly August IS. Moissant's Car is Again Badly Damaged by Fall Aviator Makes Two More Unsuccess ful Attempts to Resume Flight to London Wind is Too High. ION'DON, Aug. 22. John B. Movant, tho American aviator, was again b.ffled this morning in his attempt to complete the Paris-London flight with a pa.senyer, which start d so auspiciously last Tuesday etcmiii;. Hu ascended twice thlu morning in lus ttiionavor to cover t;ie comparatively shun distance sepaiating him from Lon don, but he could make no headway, and in the second forced descent damaged his machine so seriously that ha will be unable to resume the. flight for twenty-four hours. The first ascent was made at 4:30 a. in. from Upcburch, near Ralnham, where he i landed after a battle with the strong Kind Saturday. On the ground a dead calm prevailed and all conditions seemed favor able for the flight, but the machine, after ascending above the trees, was caught In a tricky wind, ard aKhough Molssant re mained In tho air fifty-six minutes, he could cover only a short distance. His supply of petrol also gave out and he de scended to replenish It. After a delay of half an hour he again ascended against a thirty-mile breeze, which he fought for the succeeding half hour. Covering only four miles In the last twenty-seven minutes. Finally a heavy gust of wind caught the monoplane and flung It down bodily loo fnet, Just mlxslng one of the high hedges bordering the Kngllsh roadways. Molssant avoided it by an abrupt swerve and the machine landed In a field, striking so heavily that It was badly damaged. The wheels used In starting were buckled, the rudder and propellor broken and parts of the framework were smashed. Molssant nd nl mechanician, Flleux, narrowly escaped Injury. Molssant and his machine are now at Seven Oaks, about twenty . miles from Upchurch and an equal distance from Lon don. First Evidence in Browne Case Representative White Takes Witness Stand After Statement for the People is Made. CHICAGO. Aug. 22. Taking of testimony In the second trial of Lee O' Nell Browne for alleged bribery In the election of Wll Ham. Lorlmer to the United States senate followed the presentation' of the state's case before Judge Kersten!ln the criminal court State's Attorney Wayman ha Intimated that witnesses who did not testify at the first trial,. will, be called to the stand for the Mate. Representative Charles A. VWhfte of O' Fallon la scheduled' la ! be the first witness. : . The state' attorney's address occupied only an hour, and Representative White was Introduoed as the first-wltnoss for the prosecution. Judge Kersteh, following the precedent set by Judge McSurely In the first trial, stated that testimony relating to the alleged "split" of a' "Jack-pot" at 8t. Louis would be admitted. Doctor Hopeful for Miss Hungate Statement at Hospital that Automo bile Victim May Recover. Miss Anne Hungate, who was seriously Injured when an automobile driven by Robert Parks of South . Oimiha ran her down and passed over her body at Twenty- fourth and Leavenworth streets Sunday at ternoon, was reported last evening on the way to recovery. Miss Hungate la being cared for at the Clarkson hospital. It was reported . her injuries consist of four fractures of the ribs and possibly In ternal Injuries. She passed a restful night and appeared to have a chance for recov ery. MRS. J. S. SHERMAN NOW WELL Wife of the Vlee President Has Re. turned Home from Her Search for Health. L'TICA. N. T.. Aug. 21-Mrs. James 8. Sherman, wife of Vice President Sherman returned from ; Big Moose today almost completely restored lit health and strength Mrs. Sherman has been at Ulg Voose ever since coming from the Johns Hopkins hos pital in Baltimore following her break down In Washington this spring. She was accompanied home by Mr. Sherman, who will leave this evening for New York and on Friday start on hit speaking tour of the west Mr. Sherman will be In Utlca to morrow on .the occasion of the visit of Colonel Roosevelt as he had previously ac cepted the Invitation to apeak. William Pangbnra. FORT DODtlE, la., Aug. 22. (Special Telegram.) William Pangburn. wh recently celebrated his Both birthday, died suddenly afler being selxed with heart trobue while dressing. Saturday Mr. Pangburn walked down town and read dally papers aa usual without aid of glasses. He was an Iowa pioneer. Animals of Riverview Zoo Arc All Out of Their Heads Gases from the tall of Halley'i comet are declared to have been responsible for the Irrational action of the monkeys, wolves, foxes, bears, chickens and elk who live at Riverview park, during the last few days. At least the comet seems to be the only logical object of theory that can be found by attendants at the 100. "The critter eat all light, sleep lots and look healthy," remarked one of the keeper Sunday. - "But somehow or other the animals are out of their heads." An Investigation showed that the big el)c waa the only member of the soo family which wasn't In Its usual health, ills case might easily have been due to the hot weather, It waa said, but the other animals CRUISER ASHORE, EIGHTEEN DROWN British Vessel on Sunken Rocks Iff Korea With No Possibility of Saving It. WIDELY GAPING HUES MADE Stokers Overwhelmed by Inrushing Flood of Water. SHIP WAS AT FULL SPEED Accident During Speed Trials Causes General mash-Up. COST THREE MILLION DOLLARS Hall Full of Sea Water Vp to Engine. Room Bulkhead Many Sunken Rocks In Vicinity of Wreck. LONDON, Aug. 22. Eighteen lives were lost when the British cruiser Hertford ran ashore on the rocks of Que I part Island, Korea, yesteroay, according to a report re ceived here by the aamiralty. The men- were members of the engine room staff. The vessel lies In such desperate position that there Is practically no possibility of saving it. The hull Is full of water up to the engine room bulkhead, . the water pour ing In through gaping holes punched by the sunken rocks and the officers and crew have been taken off. The' sister warships Minotaur and Mon mouth of the British squadron, which an chored near the wreck to render any as sistance possible, were obliged to put to sea last night owing to the heavy weather. The accident occurred during full speed trials of the vessel and the vessel ' was evidently badly smashed since the deaths are stated officially to hava been due to tho inrush of water." There are many sunken rocks In this vicinity and navigation In the passage be tween Barlow Island and Glffard Island in Its neighborhood Is not recommended for this reason. The Bedford Is an armored cruiser of the so-called "County" class of 9,800 tons, com pleted In 1901 at a cost of $3,530,000. It Is armed with fourteen six-Inch guns, has a rated speed of nearly twenty-three knots and .carried a normal complement of 37 men. New Theory on McMurray Fee Question Attorney Clapp Says Indians Can Col- lect Any Payments Id Lawyer from Government J SULPHUR, Okl.. Aug. 21. If the S3.OT0,- 000 was paid to J. F. McMurray as a 10 per cent attorney's fee In the sale of Indian lands, the government and not the Indiana might have to stand the expense. This was the opinion of E. W. Clapp, an at torney who appeared today before the congressional committee investigating In dian land deals in this state. Mr. Clapp, who Is counsel for the Chlcksaw Indians, said as the government had promised to dispose of the land without cost to the In dians, it was probable the Indians could re cover, if any money, such as might be paid to McMurray, were deducted from the proceeds of the sale of the land. The right to recover, Mr. Clapp believed, would apply In the cases of minor Indians whose names had been signed to the McMurray contracts. Webster Balllnger, an attorney of Wash Ington, testified he had contracts with 7,000 people who claim a right to be on the In dian rolls. Mr. Balllnger said he was to receive 40 per cent of any property that he might obtain for the claimants. He said 125,000 had been spent in prose cuting the cases but no money had been paid htm as a fee. McMurray again took the stand today. He said for all the lands to which they had clalmB the Indians ought to receive $o0, 000,000. Under thla estimate his 10 per cent fee would amount to 3,0on,000. He doubted, however, the land would bring as much as it ought to. BODY OF MISS BERTHA BERIEGNUS IS EXHUMED Examination Throws no Light on Crime Viscera Sent to Unlveraltr, of Kanina. ABILENE, Kan., Aug 21, The grave of Bertha Benignus was opened this morning, but examination of the body revealed noth ing that In any way would help the author ities in find lng or determining upon the perpetrator of the crime. Three physicians, Including the coroner's jury of Dickenson county held an autopsy and the viscera was sent to the toxologlcal department of the University of Kansas for further exam ination. Darkness at Aberdeen. ABERDEEN, Aug. 22.-(Speclal Tele gram.) The sky here Is overcast, presum ably due to forest fires In Montana. It was Impossible to read print on streets at 11 o'clock, and stores and homes were j lighted up. (didn't have any legitimate right to act up. In token of- their unknown grievance, worry or ailment, all the animals hava been setting up moans, honls, shrieks and raucus chattering of every description. The uproar is far worse and with lens reason than that aet up by the night birds when they learned that Chantecler had brought on the daylight, aocordlng to Rostand' version. "To tell you the truth," remarked the keeper, "I aln t sure about that comet Idea, myself, because if the comet gas amounts ta anything why don't It make us human beings crazy like the animals? I think maybe the outfit Is Just naturally worried over the elk and they're yelling their sym- jpathy to him.' The Political From the Washington Star. ROOSEVELT IN THE BLUFFS Northwestern Announces Train to Be Held There an Hour. MANY ARE COMING TO OMAHA Parmer Heater Travels in a Special Car, While Newspaper Men in the Party Hare Car of Their tit .. . . . Theodora Roosevelt's visit here September t is expected to brlnir into Omaha a great many people from Nebraska and western Iowa who will come to hear his public ad dress in the afternoon at the Auditorium. It Is likely that the capacity of the build ing, 10,000, will be taxed to accommodate all who wish to hear him speak. Although Mr. Roorevelt will not atop in Omaha for any length of time on hla way through here on August 26 he will be In Council Bluffs for an hour between 1:65 and 2:56 p. m. Except for this he does not stop for any length of time on his way from Chicago to Omaha. Ae the Northwestern road has arranged the schedule, he leaves Chicago between 10:30 and 10:46 p.. m. and arrives in Ames at 7:55 a. m. on the morning of August 26. From Ames he follows this route, stopping about ten minutes at each point Boone, Ogden, Jefferson, Carroll, Dennison, Dun lap, Missouri Valley and Council Bluffs. There will be three cars in the section of the train which carries the party. The "Constitution" carrying the Roosevelt party, the "Forrest" carrying the news paper men, and car number "400" of the Northwestern with A. C. Johnson, general traffic manager of the road, aboard. Either at Omaha or Cpuncll Bluffs the Union Pa cific will take charge, sending the section out at 3:15 p. m from here. STRANGER IS FOUND WITH HIS SKULL FRACTURED Had Card with .Name of Bert Van derbilt In Hla Pocket When Picked Up Ityingr. NEW YORK, Aug. 22. Stylishly dreesed and well supplied with money, a man, In whose pockets were visiting cards en graved "Bert Vanderbllt. Lambs' Club," waa found dying today In the rear of a theatrical boarding house on West Forty second street. His skull waa fractured and he has not regained copsclousness. At the Lambs' club It was denied that any Bert Vanderbllt was a member. The police department has taken Into custody Edith Imen, a chorus girl; "Kid" Broad, a pugilist, and his chum, Ralph Mlllespie. The Imen girl told the police that Vanderbllt was trying to enter her room on the third floor by stepping over from Broad's window to the window ledge of her room and that he fell into the yard. Broad says he was not in his room. The name Vanderbllt la believed by the (police to bo fictitious, and Acting District Attorney Moss Bays he thinks that Miss Beryl .Vernon of li2 Pine street, Philadel phia, who has been visiting at the Forty second street house, knows the Identity of the man, whom he believes to be from Philadelphia. There is no scar city of help in Om aha. Reliable help. But you must know how to reach It. The Bee la read by the reliable men and girls having places now and those seeking tbem In the fu ture. ' The. most of them secured their positions through a Bee want ad. Ueually 25 rents flnlkbeg the Job. If you wish, call Tyler 1000 and the want ad man will write your ad and place It. That's all. 1 "Claiming" Season Four Persons Drowned in Cedar River Rowboat Containing Two Men and Two Women from Charles City . Capsizes Sunday Night MASON CITY, la.. Aug.. 21-(Special.) Prar.fc Vaughn, Calvin Shaffer, Mary Wil liams and Pearl Mucher, all prominent young people of Charlee City, were drowned In Cedar river some time during last night At 10 o'clock last evening they embarked in a rowboat for a trip up the river and it is supposed the boat capsized. -The bodies were recovered this morning. Bridge Burned at Grand Island Trains, for St. Joseph Are Being De toured by Way of Aurora to Hastings. GRAND ISLAND, Neb., Aug. 22. Five spans of the St. Joseph & Grand Island railroad bridge over the Platte river have been burned out and trains are today de toured by way of Aurora to Hastings. There was no water In the Platte with which to fight the fire and it was necessary to use the chemical apparatus from the city. Some water was secured . from the locomotive and a nearby farm to aid the chemical process. An excavation of five feet into the "bed of the river failed to secure water, , DES MOINES CHIEF ALL RIGHT Attorney for AntUaloon Leaga A d . mlt They Hare Not Made a Case. DES MOINES, Aug. 22. The city today Instated George Yeager as chief of police, reinstated George Yeager as chief of police. Yeager from the charges of maladministra tion as filed by the Iowa Anti-Saloon league. The hearing, which laated all of last week, was sensational, but attorneys for the prosecution admitted at the conclu sion that they had not made a case against the chief of police. Iowa Democrats Busy. DES MOINBS, Aug. 22.-Leading Iowa democrat at a conference here today de termined upon an aggressive campaign this fall and named a committee to handle the finances. Although Claude Porter, candi date for governor waa not present, congres sional candidate who made speeches were John D. Penlson of the Third, D. D. Murphy of the Fourth, Dan W. Hamilton of the Sixth and Frank Q. Stuart of the Klghth. Two Men Attempt to Hold Up Crew of Alaska Liner SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. K.-Only meager details have reached this city of the tragedy early yesterday morning on board the Alaska-Pacific Steamship company's steamship Buckman when Captain E. B. Wood was shot and killed In his cabin In an attempted holdup of the vessel on high teas off Eureka. His slayer, Fred Thomas, leaped Into the sea, after the failure of an accomplice In the engine room to Join him i'l taking mastery of the boat. An Incom plete story of the sensational attempt at piracy waa relayed by telephone last night via Eureka from the wireless station at Table Bluff, south of Humboldt Bay. The Buckman, which was southbound from Seattle to San Francisco, reported all well a it passed Cape Blanco on the south ern Oregon coast The daring attempt to else the boat was made at 1:16 o'clock, when Thomas went to Captain Wood's cabin and summoned the letter to the door. The details of the encounter between Thomas and the captain have not yet been learned, as Wood waa unable to make a is Now Open DAHLMAN HAS GOOD LEAD Practically Complete Eetnrns Give Him Majority of 360. ONLY FEW PEECINTS MISSING Table Includes E!ahr-Ftar Conntle la Fall and Tarda! Betnraa f rant the Remaining; Eight '. i .1 v.''-Conntle. ... On return from eighty-four counties complete and eight almost complete, Dahl man'a lead over Shallenborger ha been cut by late figures to 860. The'table given below, includes returns from every county In the state, and the few precinct missing will not make much material change In the pluralities. Aldrlch continue to gain ome votes on Cady for the republican nomination,, and seem . to have a safe majority ranging in the neighborhood of 6,000. Ryder, republican, for secretary of state, Is leading Walt by 1,200, with Lancaster and several other counties to hear from. Unleas Walt can gain much more than he ha up to thl time, the Omaha man will be nominated by a email tuargln. Hopewell ha won the nomination for lieutenant governor on the republican ticket and Ralph Clark on the democratic tide. Walter A. George of Broken Bow is nom inated for treasurer on the republican side and George E. Hall of Franklin has the democratic nomination. Auditor 611a R. Barton had no opposition for renomlnatiolt on the republican ticket. It is. a horse' race between Hewitt and Bernecker on tho democratic, side. J. W. Crabtree of Peru Is the republican nominee for superintendent of public In struction and William R. Jackson of Uni versity verslty Place 1 the democratic nominee. The nominees for attorney general are Grant Martin, republican, and C. H. Whit ney, democrat. E. B. Cowles is easily renominated on th republican ticket, as Is Henry T. Clarke, Jr., tor railroad commissioner. Their op ponents will be W. B. Eaatham and prob ably Victor Wilson. It Is a close race between Fool and Gatewood for secretary of state on the democratlo ticket, but Pool appear to be safely ahead. ' Following are the figure on governor to date: Aldrlch 19,43 Cady 14.814 Dahlman 2i.9w Shallenberger 26,622 All change on the senatorshlp vote are In favor of Burkett and Hitchcock, and their totals are piling up with every re turn. Following are the figure In detail: Dahl-flhallen-, Aldrlch. Cady. man. berger. Adam 317 S - 600 (41 Antelope 1&4 M 12j M (Continued on Page Two.) statement after the shooting and the mur derer leaped into the sea Immediately after ward. The quartermaster ran from the bridge to find his superior officer breath ing his last at the door of the cabin. Thomas' accomplice was overpowered by the engineer and was brought up in irons soon afler the shooting of the captain. The wireless operator was called and messages were flashed to the steamer President, which was northbound, off the coast of Eureka. The President veered from Its course to the place where Thomas had leaped overboarp, but an hour' search left no doubt that the murderer had sunk into the sea. The first news of the death of Captain Wood was received by a wireless mensage sent H. F. Alexander of Seattle. Imme diately after the shooting, when It was believed that Thomas was Insane. It was only by the rapture of the accomplice that the attempted robbery was revealed. The Buckman la due In quarantine In San Francisco at noon today. HUNDRED DEAD OR H1ISSIN6 Reports from Forest Fires in Idahc Washing-ton and Montana In crease List of Dead. VAST AREAS ARE BURNED OVEJi Sixty-Five Men Surrounded by Flames at Sand Point. FIVE DEAD AT NEWPORT, WASH. Numberless Fires Raging Between Spokane and Helena. ARE OF INCENDIARY ORIGIN Strong Evidence that Fires Were Started Willfully. THROUGH TRAFFIC IS BLOCKED Northern Pacific and Milwaukee Lines Stop at Missoula. BLAZE CREEPS UP IN THE NIGHT Fear Expressed that Many Cnmpere In Mountain Are In Deadly peril Small Town Left to Flames. SPOKANE, Wash,. Aug. 22 Twenty three persons are known to have perlHhtd and between seventy-flvo and one hundred are missing In the forest fires raging In the Panhandle of Idaho, In the Coeur d'Alene district. Thirty men out of a crew of forty-seven fire fighters in charge of Forowt Ranger Lee Holllngphead are mlnslng and are be lieved to have perished Saturday night when their enmp on Big Creek, a tributary to the St. Joseph river, sixteen miles from Avery, Idaho, was swept by -lames. ,'Tjn fire fighter are aabl to have been trapped and burned- to doatli at Avery. Mont., on the line of tha ChloiMO, Milwan. kee 4 Puget Sound railroad. The fire situation at Wallace Is consid erably Improved and reports Indicate that danger of further destruction In that town Js past. The dead: J. O. BOYD, of Wallace, suffocated by smoke. MRS. CHARLES SMITH and one year old baby, drowned in a well Into which they Jumped to avoid the flaves. MISS AMELIA WARD, stenographer, suffocated by smoke. Twelve unidentified fire fl.irlunrs In a crew of rangers, burned or miffocated. Six unidentified fire fighters Irt-tn a crew of Ranirer Edward Pulaski. One unidentified fiphter from the crew of Ranger Dnnlelaon. The seriously Injured, mostly fire fight ers, will number, according to W. IX. Wel gel, forester, upeiintendent of the Coeur d'Alene, more than 100. Many of them have been atrlckon blind and others have broken limbs. Other probable losses of II fa also are reported. Three families of home steaders, comprlHlng fifteen persons, are believed to have perishd In La Tour Creek, near Catoldo, Idaho, in the forest fire. They are John Andrease, wife and five children; B. A. Smith, wife and two chll dren, and James Osborne, wife and family. Never In the history of Idaho has th baptism of August fire reached such wide spread proportions, or created such univer sal damage. The flames have consumed virgin forests, homesteads, mine buildings 'and human lives. The stampede of safety has strained the facilities of the railroad and the passenger trains are made up of day coaches and box enrs. People from sick beds, cripples and other unfortunates are loaded on the trains to be taken to Harrison, Coeur d'Alene and Spokane. Forty-Three Men II Sra med In, The latest figures from Wallace are that forty fire fighters probably have perished In the hills near Sand Point. Idaho. Forest Ranger Van Dyck and a crew of sixty-five enlisted in Spokane are leported sur rounded by flames. A woman and her daughter perished at Cabinet, Idaho. Five are known to have died near Newport, Wash., In an attempt to reach the town. All along the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific, tracks between Spokane and Helena numberless fire are raging, but definite reports cannot be obtained, as the telegraph and telephone wires are down. Before communication with Llbby. Mont., ended, It was reported that every mule resi dent of the town was working with 2' 0 paid fire fighters to dlveit Flower creek to the south of the village as a protection against the fiames driving up from that direction. In the Clearwater forest reserve, in the hills east of Lewiston, Idaho, new firea create no excitement, as the settlers have fled and Forest Supervisor Fenn has re fused to send any more fire fighters in unleas he can get pack trains to aid in getting supplies to them. A train of twenty-five horses was yenterday afternoon turned back in an attempt to reach sixty five men near Peck, who are known to have but one day's rations. Five fires are burning on the shores of Couer d'Alene lake, one feat threatening the village of Sunnyslde, three miles from the town of Couer d'Alene, at midnight. Many summer homes on the beach havs been destroyed. Refugees from burning districts poured into Spokane last night. Seven hundred from Wallace crossed Lake Couer d'Alene by boat and came to r'pukane by eltctrl line. Fresh Kran for Wallace. MISSOULA. Mont . Aug. 22. The general fire situation In thla district, aa far as early reports show, is still discouraging. No word can be obtained from soy puluw