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OMAHA, WEDNESDAY MOUSING, AUGUST 24, 1910-TWELVE PAGES.
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Kearney County's
Ballot Defective
ROOSEVELT ON
HIS WAY WEST
"Who Said the Peach Crop Was Going to Be a Failure"
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DAHLMAN WIRES
(OTIIKGOVERXOll
Calls Sllallenberjer's Bluff and Asks
for Recount of All the
Counties.
BAYS HE DESIRES TO BE FAIR
Thinl-i Counties Named as Honest as
Any Others.
AWAIT3 GOVERNOR'S ANSWER
No Way to Make Contest on the Pri
mary Vote.
CAN ONLY ASK A RECOUNT
DnMman Mm Mr that Governor Dora
Rot Content Because lie Know
He U Not Permitted to
l.'nder Lair.
Mayor Dnhlman has been prompt In call
ing what his supporters allude to as "8hal
lenbcrger'a bluff" In the matter of de
manding a rvcount. Tuesday Dahlman
cent the following telegram to the gov
ernor! 'Governor Aahton C. Shallenfoergor, Lin
coln, Neb.: You are asking for recount tn
thirteen counties. Icslrlng to be fair I ask
you to wuivb nil technicalities of the law
and join me in having a recount of all
ballots in the entire state. I believe the
people In these thirteen counties are as
honest as any In tho other counties. Please
answer. JAM 128 C. 1)A11I.MAN."
, 'If they wont a fight there Is going to be
some hair curling," said Mnyor Dahlman,
referring to the recount, of the votes, "and
they will find that my tongue Is not tied
yet. After Hhalleliberger had all the ma
chinery with him In every county,i and a
chance to hnve as many otriclala of his
owir as he wanted here In Douglas county,
and irJ got licked as he did, hla talk of
unfair" and a recount are childish.
"1 tiave been receiving letters from people
out in the state who know positively that
populist votes were counted in Shallen
bcrger's democratic total, and If he will
fight thla thing out fair he will find that a
recount will add materially to my majority.
"If I had failed to win out aa'he did,
with all the pi biters and the machine be
hind hint, why I'd shut up and quit Just
us I did twb years ago."
"It's all right for Governor Shallen
berger to give It out he will not charge
fraud and therefore Will not contest the
primary result beyond asking a recount
In certain counties," said a member of
Mayor Dahlnian'a official family. "The fact
Is, there is no way for the governor to
make a contest of the primary vote or
he would Jump at it. Ke can go no further
than to aak a recount under the provisions
of the law. and he is going to that like a
hungry dog to a bona. In the case of
Whedon against Brown . m Lancaster
county two year 'ag6-the-supreme court
held there la no provision' In the taw by
Which a contest of the primary can be
made, and so Senator Ned Brown held the
nomination which Whedon claimed he had
received Illegally. That explains the gov
ernor's present magnanimity.
Shnllenberarer'a Heplr.'
Governor Shallenberger replied to the
t mayor s message as ionows:
LINCOLN, Aug. 23. Mayor James tj.
hlmnn, Omaha: Will be glad to have a
recount of entire vote of the state. This la
not a question of honesty, but of correct
ing possible mistakes in counting ballots not
entitled to be tallied. '
"ASHTON C. SHALLENBERGEK."
During the afternoon Governor Shallen
berger received a message from Seward
that the recount of the votes In that county
was in progress and that three precincts
had been completed. In these three pre
cincts Governor Shallenberger gained three
votes, severul for both the governor and
Dahlman being thrown out. The governor
has been informed that local candidates are
objecting very much to the recount because
the throwing out of ballots if very general
niay result In changing the outcome of
fVal contests. It Is Insisted, however, that
tiie recount will not affect other candidates.
Under the law, the legal department of
State suld, to secure a recount it la neces
lary for a defeated candidate to file an
affidavit with the canvassing board, setting
put the reasons for the recount. If the
Votes In dispute are sufficient to change
the result the canvassing board must begin
the recount within one day after the re
ceipt u Uhe afldavlt. Notice of the recount
must be filed within three days after the
ofifciat canvass.
Mayor Dahlman at once directed a reply
to be sent, to the effect that he hoped the
governor would revoke by telegraph the
request fo rrecounta in thirteen counties,
until an agreement can be reached Jointly
as to a mode of procedure and the em
ployment of watchers.
Letter Follows Telearmm.
Following his telegram Governor Shallen
berger sent tho following letter to Mayor
Dahlman:
"I have Just received your telegram ask
ing me to Join with you In waiving all
technicalities of the law and to request a
recount o fthe ballots cast In the demo
cratic primary for governor in all of the
several counties of the state. Also that
you think the counties wherein a recount
lias already been asked by me are as hon
est as are other counties of the stale. I at
unco wired you, agreeing to this and I will
be only too glad to have the votea recounted
in every county, and Iwl 11 do anything I
can to bring this about. 1 also agree with
you fully as to your latter proposition, and
1 am not churning dishonesty or any In
tentional miscount of ballots either In these
counties or In any other place. Mistakes
w ill occur In tho canvass and the counting
of tho ballots ought to be corrected. The
col Hit for the democratic nomination bo-
lwen us Is so close that a very few mis
tukea can change the result.
Ballot Iw Voters.
'Tho builol used at this primary la new
to many voters and election bomrds, and
the provisions of the law, under which
ballots should legally be counted, are In
terpreted differently by election officials.
If ntUUkes have been made either for or
agnlntt rite, I think they should be cor
rected. For Instance. I am Informed that
a mistake of lot) voles in footing columns
In one ward of your city was discovered
ly the canvassing board and corrected in
your favor. 1 do not complain of this, and.
In fact, will be rtrst to ask that the correc
tion be made, if It weie left to me. The
law piwtde that a recount of the ballots
can be tad for correcting mistakes made
In counting ballots by the election Judges.
1 have a.l f r a recount in a number
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County Clerk Failed to Include Con
stitutional Amendment and Legal
Lights Are Up in Air.
MINlJKN, Neb., Aug. 23. (Special.)-MuL-h
excitement and Interest centers
-round the jjubei naturl.il contest In the
democratic party and tho interest in Kear
ney county la Slowing because of a fail
ure on' the part of the democratic county
clerk, J. ii. Jcnten, to put the constitu
tional amendment on the primary ballot.
If this failure to prepare a good ballot on
tho part of tho county clerk will throw the
entire vote of Kearney county out this
would five Dahlinun a lead of 191 votes,
as Shallunhergi r carried Kearney county
by this amount...
upon the county!
pnper for not i
Mw-j. criticism Is made
j tnd the local fusion
i. out the ballots In
R " Uy out three days
L throwing out of
fney county would
l of the democratic
eeentatlve and poa-
time, as they
before election ii
the entire vote 1
Invalidate the noi
county attorney a
slbly state senato
Dahlman would i
i. he vote Is cast out
1 large gain.
Joseph C -"bley
Under Arrest
Man Who Spent Big Sum to Get Nom
ination for Congress is Charged
with Conspiracy.
FRANKLIN. Fa., Aug. 23.-Jo.eph C. Sib
ley, who withdrew as a candidate for con
gress on the republican ticket In the Twen
ty-eighth Pennsylvania district, waa ar
rested late last night on a warrant charg
ing "conspiracy to debauch voters."
Mr. Sibley was released on his own recog
nizance to appear before Justice of the
Peace Perry at Warren, Pa., August 28.
The arrest came a few hours after Mr.
Sibley had announced his withdrawal from
the congressional race. According to his
own figures filed In obedience to the legis
lative act requiring a public statement of
... . . . , r otl.l..
a candidate a expense account, mi. oiim
spent $17,000 In Warren county to gain hia
nomination and in the entire district J32.500,
which according to population averaged 4
a vote. .
In . the warrant under which Mr. Sibley
was arrested three other prominent poli
ticians in the Twenty-eighth district are
'also charged with conspiracy to debauch
voters. They are Charles Crandall, D. M.
Howard and George M. , Dunn.
The information against Mr. Blbley waa
made yesterday before Justice Perry of
Warren by Constable Walter Paige of the
same city. Paige secured the warrant and
served It on Mr. Sibley let last night at
Mr. Sibley's home here. In the Information
Frank H. Taylor, secretary to Mr. Sibley,
la also named as co-defendant, Mr. Taylor
was arrested, but neither of the two was
required' to go to Warren nor to give bail.
the. constable releasing them on ..their own
recognisance. , -'
' Mr. Sibley denied himself to Interviewer
today. In the statement Issued laat night
when Mr. Sibley announced his sudden
withdrawal f romt ' the . Congressional race,
he said that ill-health solely was respon
sible for hla giving up the contest. It Is
also said today by close friends of the con
gressman that Mr. Sibley is Buffering from
acute heart trouble and haa not left hla
home for some time.
Mr. Sibley la a manufacturer and a
farmer and reputed to be a millionaire.
He waa elected aa a democrat to the
Fifty-third and Fifty-sixth congresses, and
as a republican to the Fifty-seventh and
Fifty-eighth congresses SDd re-elected to
the Fifty-ninth congress by a large ma
jority. In the democratic national conven
tion of 1896. Mr. Sibley received the largest
number of votes for the nomination of vice
president, but wired the convention to with
draw his name. ,
John Abner is
Assassinated
Kentuckian Who Has Been Prominent
in Number of' Feuds is Shot
from Ambush.
JACKSON, Ky., Aug. . 23. John Abner,
noted feudist, who took part in the Hargis
Callahan, Deaton and Smith factional quar
rels, was shot and killed by unknown per
sons near the river bridge in Jackson last
night. Abner was ahot several times.
Bloodhounds have been called from Lex
ington and an effort will be made to trace
the assassins.
Abner had been accused of being one of
the men employed by Judge James Hargis
and others to assassinate Dr. H. D. Cox,
James Cockrell and James B. Marcum dur
lng the reign of feud murders eight years
ago, but on each trial the Jury disagreed
and the charges were never pressed.
MULLEN-CAREY FIGHT BITTER
Fight for Control of County Coaven
tloa Will Settle Who Raas for
Governor.
BHERIDAN, Wyo.. Aug. z3.-(Speclal
Telegram.) With three precincts yet to
hear from, the contest for control of the
county convention here Friday is so close
that It cannot be stated definitely whether
Judge Carey or Attorney General Mullen
rival candidates for republican guebrnator
lal nomination, will aecure the delegation
to the state convention. Both factions are
clalmllng a majority, altHough Carey seems
to be slightly In the lead. The fight at the
primaries last night was exceedingly bit
ter. A heavy vote waa cast In the city,
Mullen losing his home town by a majority
of thirty.
Passenger Director is
Moved to Ire by a Parrot
It has been said that "pigs Is pigs," but
that Is a tame, obvious truism unworthy
of a second thought when compared with
the bald statement now being made at the
Union station. "Parrots are pigs," said
the passenger director' yesterday. ' He
blushed a furious crimson when the words
were forced from him by circumstances.
"Peek-a-boo,- Hello there papa. Well,
good-bye then." This was the friendly hall
from the parrot that caused the passenger
director to lose his mental poise. The
Former President Makes First Address
cf His Tour at Utica,
New York.
TALKS OF TWO BIO PROBLEMS
Conservation and Improvement of
. Rural Life Are Discussed.
PEOPLE ARE MOVING TO CITIES
Urban Communities Are Growing at
Expense of Suburban.
BOTH SHOULD CONTINUE TO GROW
Advancement of Neither Should Be a
Borden to the Other Place of the
Expert and the Student In
Working Out Problem.
UTICA, N. Y., Aug. 23.-Theodore Roose
velt this afternoon delivered the first ad
dress of his western tour at Summit park,
this city. He spoke as follows:
"There are no two public questions of
more vital Importance to the future of this
country than tho problem of conservation
and the problem of the betterment of rural
life. Moreover, these two problems are
really Interdependent for. neither of them
can be successfully solved save on condi
tion that there Is as least a measurable
success In tho effort to solve tbe other. In
any great country the prime physical asset
the physical asset more valuable than any
other Is tho fertility of the soil. All our
industrial and commercial welfare, nil our
material development of every kind, de
pend in the last resort upon our preserving
and Increasing the fertility of the soil. This,
of eourse, means the conservation of the
soli as the great natural resource; and,
equally, of course. It furthermore implies
the development of country life, for there
cannot be a permanent Improvement of the
soil if the life of those who live on it, and
make their living out of It, la suffered to
starve and languish, to become stunted, and
weakened and inferior to the type of life
lived eluewhere. We are now trying to
preserve, not for exploitation by Individuals,
but for the permanent benefit of the whole
people, the waters and the forests, and we
are doing thla primarily aa a means of add
ing the fertility of the soil; although In
each case there is a great secondary use
both of the water and of the forests for
commercial and industrial purposes. In the
same way .it la easentlal for the farmers
themselves to try to broaden the life of the
man who Uvea in the open country; to make
it more attractive, to give it every adjunct
and aid to development which haa been
given to the life of the man of the citlea.
Therefore,, friends, the . oonaervatlon and
rural life pollojee are really two aidea of
the aama policy; and down at the bottom
this policy rests upon the fundamental law
that neither man nor nation can prosper
unless. In dealing with the present, he
steadily take thought for the future.
Problem is Old One.
"In one sense this problem with which
we have to deal Is very, very old. Wherever
civilisations have hitherto sprung up they
have always tended to go through certain
tagea and then to tali. No nation can
develop a real civilization without citlea.
Up to a certain point the city movement la
thoroughly healthy; yet It Is a strange and
lamentable fact that always hitherto after
this point haa been reached the city has
tended to develop at the expense of the
country by draining the country of what Is
best In It and making an insignificant re
turn for this best. In consequence, In the
past, every civilisation In its later stages
has tended really to witness thobe oondl
tlons under which 'the cities prosper and
the men decay.' There are ugly signs that
these tendencies are at work in this nation
of oura. But very fortunately we aee now
what never before waa aeen in any clvlllxa
tlon an aroused and alert public interest
in the problem, a recognition of Its gravity
and a desire to attempt Us solution.
"The problem does not consist merely In
tho growth of the city, buch a growth in
Itself is a good thing and not a bad thing
for the country. The problem consists In
the growth of the city at the expense of
the country; and, even where this is not
the case, in so great an equality of growth
in power and Interest as to make the city
more attractive than the country, and
therefore apt to drain the country of the
people who ought to live therein.
Work of Students Valuable.
"The human aide of tne rural lite prob
lem la to make the career of the farmer
and the career of the farm laborer as at
tractive and aa remunerative aa correspond
ing careers in the city. Now, I am well
aware that the farmer must himself take
the lead in bringing this about. A century
and a quarter ago the wise Kngllsh farmer
Arthur Young, wrote of the efforts to im
prove French wool: 'A cultivator at the
bead of a aheep farm of 3,000 or iOOO acrea
would in a few years do more for their
wools than all the academicians and phi
losophers will effect in ten centuries.' It is
absurd to think thai any man who has
studied the subject only theoretically la fit
to direct those who practically work a
the matter. But, frlenda, I wish to Insist
to you here to you practical men who own
and work your furma that it U a pernicious
absurdity for the practical man to refuse
to benefit by the work of the student. The
Kngllnh farmer I have quoted, Young, waa
a practical farmer, but he waa also a scien
tific farmer. One reason why the great
business men of today the great Industrial
leaders have gone ahead, while the farmer
haa tendedto sag behind the others, Is that
they are far more willing, and indeed eager,
to profit by expert and technical knowl-
(Continued on Page Two.)
parrot's greeting Is one which is passed
out to all the passengers who happen to
pass the check room.
The beautiful green-plumaged bird was
checked at the station several days ago.
and since then has made things lively for
all who come near It
A woman chanced to ask the passenger
agent to hold her baby while she purchased
a ticket, and while he was fulfilling the
task the parrot shouted forth his greeting:
"Hello there pap AH right, good-bye,
dad "
MtVZ-' "H"-
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
ROOSEVELT OFF FOR WEST
Colonel Makes His First Speech at
Utica This Afternoon.
TAFT STATEMENT PLEASES HIM
He Says Issue is Now Clear Cut and
that He Will Go to State Cosres
tlon. If His County
Wants Htm.
NEW YORK, Aug. 23. "I am very much
pleased with Mr. Taft's statement. It
makes the situation perfectly clear. It
Nassau county wishes me to go to the
state convention I shall go. I regard the
Issue as clear cut, and as far as I am con
cerned, there will be absolutely' no com
promise." Thla declaration was made today by
Theodore Roosevelt a few .minutes before
his departure on his western speaking tour
and followed by a short conference with
Cbunty Chairman Lloyd C. Grlscom.
Colonel Roosevelt was in a happy mood
this morning as he edged his way through
the. crowd to the stM'ca and smilingly
remarked to one of his-business associ
ates that it seemed like old campaign days.
Mrs. Roosevelt, ' Congressman and Mrs.
Longworth and Quentln Rooseyelt came to
the station.
The colonel was disinclined at first to
discuss politics In any of its phases, and
when told it had teen reported that he waa
expected to make a detailed statement this
morning regarding Mr. Taft's letter to Mr.
Grlscom he laughed and said:
I am afraid you are of an overtrustful
nature. No, i n not going to say anything;
not a word."
Grlscom and Loeb Call.
The colonel and his family were escorted
by the railroad officers to the private car
"Republic" and there the former president
was soon Joined by County Chairman Grls
com and Collector of the Port Loeb. Later,
the colonel emerged from the rear of his
private car and made the statement that
he would go to the state convention if
Nassau county selected him as a delegate
and that there would be no compromise, as
the Issues were clear cut
The declaration was taken to mean
by politicians that ne now proposed
to go , to the convention at Saratoga
and make his fight against the "old
guard" for the platform and -candidates
that he thinks most desirable. On bis way
to the station this morning, the colonel
branded as faUe, a story printed recently
that he had sent Chairman Grlscom to
Beverly with an ultimatum to President
Taft.
There was a rouslrrg cheer from railroad
employes and otherti aa the car, attached
to a regular train, moved out of the sta
tion end the former president waved good
bye with hla big black felt hat. The first
atop la at Utlca, where he is due at S:33
thla afternoon.
Three Bust Weeks.
OYSTER BAY, N. Y., Aug. 23. Theodore
Roosevelt left here this morning for New
York, where be will make his start for his
big speaking tour through tbe country.
The colonel's trip to the city was made In
a motor car and not a few early risers In
the village bade him good-bye as the ma
chine whirled through the streets.
The former president Indicated he would
give out a detailed statement later with
respect to President's Taft's letter to
County Chairman Lloyd C. Grlscom of
New York on the recent developments In
the New York state situation. From this
morning, when he leaves the Grand Central
station in the private car Republic, until
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Heavy Damage
by Rain and Wind
in Chicago
Yachts and Dredges Torn from Moor
ings, Signs Blown Down and
Wire Service Demolished.
CHICAGO. Aug. 23. Widespread damage
was inflicted by a rain and windstorm
which broke over Chicago and vicinity early
today. The wind reached a velocity of
fifty-eight miles and rain fell to a depth
of I SO Inches, the heaviest since last May.
Yachts and dredges were torn from their
moorings, many buildings were struck by
lightning, windows were broken, signs
blown down, basements and sowers flooded,
telephone circuits demoralised, boats and
trains delayed and several persons shocked
by electric bolts.
"Sparrow's haven," a grove at Seventy
fifth street and Ingleslde avenue, where
birds congregated In great numbers, lost 200
of its feathery inhabitants by the storm. A
policeman found their bodies among the
shattered trees today. '
Casket Thrown
Into Hudson River
Unusual Accident in New York is Due
to Runaway of Undertak
er's Horse.
NEW YORK, Aug. 23. A sleepy old
dobbin who had drawn a west side under
taker's wagon for yenrs In most approved
funeral pace imagined a vain thing today
and ran away, causing a strange accident
After a wild flight of several blocks the
horse and wagon plunged into the Hudson
river. The doors of the wagon flew open
and a casket, containing a body, floated
down stream. The driver managed to save
himself. The nlfrht watchman of a pier
swam out In the tide and towed the casket
ashore: The horse and wagon were finally
brought ashore.
CAMPAIGN AGAINST MOTION
PICTURES OF STRIKES
Wash in art on Central Labor Union Says
They Present Cause of Labor
In Wrong; Lluht.
WASHINGTON." Aug. 23. A campaign
against the display of motion pictures of
strikes and strike-breaking scenes was
opened last night at a meeting of the
Washington Central Labor union. Resolu
tions of protest against such pictures being
shown were adopted unanimously. Copies
of the resolution will be distributed
throughout the country and the American
Federation of Labor .will be asked to en
dorse the movement. The labor leaders
hold that the pictures put their cause be
fore the publlo in a false and damaging
Ight.
REAL RACE IS NOW BETWEEN
HITCHCOCK AND METCALFE
Ttlval Editors Few Votes Apart In
Contest for Populist Nomina
tlon for Senator.
(From a Staff Correspondent.) I
LINCOLN, Neb.. Aug. 23. (Special Tele
gramsThe real race now is between Gil
bert M Hitchcock and Richard L. Met
calfe for the populist nomination for
United States senator. Official returns
from fifty-three counties give Hitchcock
69? and Metcalfe 638. Some of the counties
where the heaviest populist vote was east
have as yet no report, so it Is anybody's
flgM.
Madriz and Associates Flee
from Managua on Gunboat
MANAGUA. Nlcaraugua. Aug. 23.-The
downfaU of the Madriz government, after
the defeats administered to the regular
army by the Insurgent forces of General
Estrada laat week, was accepted quickly
and were marked by no scenes of disorder
in the capital.
President Madriz left the city Sunday
night his plans being kept secret aboard
the government gunboat Momotombo, on
which it is presumed he ran down to the
western extremity of Lake Managua, where
he could take a train for Corlnto,
Reports have been received from Corlnto
of the safe arrival there of Madriz, accom
panied by Generals Ortiz, Toledo, Valdrs,
Lara. Chavarria, Chavez and Perdomo and
Dr. Julian Irlas, and of the departure of
I the fugitives from Amapala, Honduras, on
- ,y.
MRS.CUDAHY GIVES DIVORCE
Wife of Kansas City Packer Allowed
One Dollar Alimony.
INCOMPATIBILITY IS ALLEGED
Decree la Granted Ten Minutes After
Defendant Takes the , Stand
Grows Out of Llllls
Affair.
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 23. Mrs. "Jack"
Cudahy filed papers In her divorce suit
against J. P. Cudahy, son uf the million
aire packer, in tiie circuit court this after
noon. Incompatibility of temper Is alleged.
The custody of the children is asked for.
Mrs. Cudahy was granted a divorce ten
minutes after she took the stand. She was
given alimony amounting to one dollar.
Today's divorce proceedings grew out ot
the sensational cutting affair In tills city
at midnight on Saturday, March 5 last,
when Cudahy, accompanied by his chauf
feur, surprised Llllls In the parlor of the
Cudahy mansion on South Walnut street.
Llllis and Mrs. Cudahy had Just returned
from an automobile ndo. While Mrs. Cud'
airy screamed fur the police, the two men
after partly disrobing Llllls, bouud htm
with ropes. Cudahy then slashed the
banker with a butcher knife in a dozen
places. The police Interfered while Llllis
was pleading for his life and as Cudahy
was abuut to make another thrust at the
prostrate banker. The case never reached
the courts.
The affair created a nine days' sensation.
As a direct result of it Llllls was sus
pended from three clubs to which he be
longed. Ills life was despaired of for a
time, but Llllls recovered sufficiently with
in a month to take a trip to Europe. He
haa remained in the east.
Cudahy took a brief trip south, but soon
returned to Kansas City, dividing his time
between tho hotel here and his fancy stock
farm at Belton, Mo. He left the Cudahy
home In possession of Mrs. Cudahy. '
Business Houses
at Pender Burn
Hotel, Implement Warehouse and
, Barn Destroyed, Causing Loss of
Fifty Thousand.
PENDER, Neb.. Aug. 23.-(Speclal Tele
gram.) Fire which broke out In the build
ing occupied by Nicholas Frits, dealer in
farm Implements, at 1:30 o'clock this morn
ing and spread to the Palace hotel and ad
Joining buildings, caused damages esti
mated at more than 150,000. The amount of
the Insurance has not been ascertained
The loss Of the Fritz Implement house is
placed at 110,000 and that ot U. M. Snyder,
whose barn and stock was destroyed. Is
estimated at 15,000. The balance of the loss
Is on the hotel building and contents.
The upper story of the Palace hotel build
ing, used tor sleeping rooms, was totally
burned, and the second floor used aa the
court house for Thurston county was badly
damaged by the fire, water, and smoke.
The ground floor of the building, which
consisted ot the First National bank, Ader
ickson's general merchandise stock, the law
offices occupied by Hiram Chase and Her
man Freese and the hotel office and res
taurant was emptied of contents, but build
ing is In bad shape.
The First National bank has opened tip
in the office of District Judge Graves, The
records of the county officials were rescued
and placed In tiio old court house building.
The firemen, although working under
difficulties, did splendid work, the efficiency
of the water works saved the town.
board the Pacific mail steamer fian Jose.
The men who fled with the deposed presi
dent Into exile are all, with the exception
cf Ortiz and Chavarria, former supporters
and adherents of ex-President Zelaya, who
could expect no mercy from the new ad
ministration. Three of them are foreigners,
General Toledo being from Guatemala,
General Lara from Honduras and General
Perdomo from Fan Salvador.
The administration In the capital Is still
In the hands of Jose Dolores Estrada,
brother of the Insurgent leader, to whom
It was turned over by Madriz on his flight.
The provisional governor, has, however,
announced his Intention of holding the
reins of power only until the arrival of
his brother, Juan J. Estrada, with hla vic
torious force.
RHUS l!T0
IIIDREDS
Whole Panhandle of Upper Idaho ft
in Flames and Loss of Life
is Enormous.
FOUR HUNDRED PROBABLY DEAI
Three Hundred Forest Rangers Are
Not Aooounted For.
MANY OTHERS ARE MISSING.
Fifty Known to Bs Dead and Many
Are Injured.
WARDNER IS IN DANGER
Four Fires Are Within Mile and
Half of Town.
TAFT'S SUGGESTION IS AB0PTE11
Governor Brady of Idnho Calls On'
State Troops to AaeUt Federal
Troops and Runners In
I Work of Itescueu
WALLACE. IDa., Aug. 23.-A lib'ht rain la
fulling.
SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 23-Nearly tha
whole panhandle of Idaho, timbered moun
tain country, la on fire, anj it Is possible
that 400 persons may have perished. United
States Forest Supervisor W. R. Welgle has
not heard from 300 of his men who were
In the burning woods and he fears they
have perished.
Three hundred fire fighters of a total force
of 600 which has been battling the flames In
the burning white pine forests of northern
Idaho are unaccounted for today. Govern
ment Forest Inspector W. R. Welgle, In an
Interview at Wallace today, declared his
belief that nearly all of this entire number
had perished.
"Out of my total force ot SO0 men. I have
received word of the safety of only 300,"
said the supervisor. "The others, when last
heard from, were working in the districts,
where the flames have been fiercest, along
the headwaters of thf Cvev.r nAlene ani";
the St Joseph. . I am fqited to the ap
palling, conclusion that nearly all of these
men have lost their llvts."
Among the dead reported In northern
Idaho Is S. D. Adams, aged 30, of Chicago,
Eighteen settlers and their families living
on the Spokane road, near Newport, north
eastern Washington, are unaccounted for,
according to word brought to Spokane to
day. The homesteads ate in the burned
district.
Twenty million feet of white pine tlmbei
near Dulcanton Is destroyed.
Supervisor Welgle sent Ranger A. E, Hoi
comb today to open up the old Mullan road
leading to the Bullion mine, where eight
bodies are burled.
A crew was sent out to the Big Fork .
of the Coeur d'Alene, where twelve bodlei
are burled in the ruins. This will necessi
tate the clearing of 30 miles of road to
Wallace. .
Besides the ewelve bodies at Big Fork,
three men suffered broken legs and thret
others were totally blinded. Or. Max T.
Smith of Wallace is heading a relief expe
dition. A dispatch from Mullan says that imme
diate danger to that camp has passed.
Heavy clouds are hanging over the dis
trict and rain is expected.
MONTANA SllCATlOiV IMPROVES
Wind Dies Down sutl Fire Fltfhtera
Make Progrresfe.
BUTTE. Mont.. Aug. 23.-Although no
forest fires of consequence rages within
100 miles of Butte, the smoke hung so
heavily over this city last night that the
environs themselves ml'ht have been
ablaze.
Conditions In Central Montana are littli
improved. The blaze south of Bozeman
was not under control at o'clock this
morning and troops are demanded. The
fires in Lewis and Clark counties, about
Wllburn and Gould, still rage. Nelhart,
Barker and North Towns In Adams county
are yet In peril, A prairie fire near Harlen
In Yellowstone county threatens that town,
while it Is rumored that Wibaux, In
southwest Montana Is threatened by a
prairie fire.
These fires are all Independent ot tha
Coetir d'Alene blaze. Many are hundreds
of miles from the scene of that conflagra
tion, but the entire state, prairie and
forest, Is like tinder and no one can tell
what town will go next.
IDIIO
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Oil
Governor Brndy Arts on Suuitestlon
of President Tuft.
BEVERLY, Aug. 23.-riCBlderit Taff
suggestion that the fire stricken states ol
the west should call out their militia to
assist the federal troops In handling tht
situation has alrendy torne fruit In Idaho,
where Governor Brady has called out tht
national guard. The pi evident lodny re
ceived the following additional telegram
frum Governor Brady telling of the situ
ation In that state:
"BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 23.-Hon. Willlan.
H. Taft, president, Beverly, Mas.: felim
wiring you I have received the following
telegram from Spokane: 'Uncong,uerallt
fires, one mile wide, are eating up tht
forests between Avery and bt. Joe. Tht
settlers are all driven out at rit- Joe
Kevin bodies of rangers found near there,
More than fifty are miming, who are be
lieved to be dead, but no help available
Women and children belted to town by
volunteer rescue parties.
" 'Great fires around Burke and Mullan
threaten If they have not alieudy destroyed
these towns. Fires between Ralph Druir
and Pptrlt Lake and In enormous bodies ot
timber with nuiny settlers and summer
campers in danger. Fires around New'o't,
Van , near tho Idaho lijie weil inyh un
controllable berauxe of the hltih winds that
are prevblllnK in this region. Five art
known to be dead and many n.i suing la
