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The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-07-19
Lady Curzon was the daughter of

Lady Curzon was the daughter of
L. 2. Letter of Chicago.
Lady Curzon was in her own right
the possessor of s3.O00.00O. From
Chisago the Letter family moved to
Washington and travelled extensively
and entertained lavishly During her
stay in England Miss Mary met Geo.
n. Curzon, son of the Rev. Alfred
Nathaniel Folden Curzon, fourth bar
on!of ::Scar sdale. They were married
in 1895. after Curzon had held the
Offices of assistant private secretary to
the Marquis of Salisbury. under SEQ
retary of itate for India and under Sec
retary of state for foreign affairs,
In 1898 Curzon was created first
Baron Curzon of KedIeston and in 1899
was appointed viceroy and governor
genralI Iof India. which post he resign
ed in August. 1905, and Was succeed.
ed bv the Earl of Mimic.
Daisy Letter. one of the sisters OF
Lady Curzon. was married to the
Earl of SuEolk and Berkshire IN Wash
ington. December 26, 1904.
Nancy Letter. another sister, was
married in Washington November %
1904, to Major G. P. Campbell of the
British army
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-07-19
LADY CRUzON
DEAD IN LONDON

London July lS'-Lady Curzon of
Kedleston died today.
Lady Uurzon appears never to have
recovered from her serious illness at
Walmer castle, Kent, in 1904, and the
recent hot Gather brought on pro.
nounced attack of general debility.
She was taken &c. her bed about ten
days ago, but until last night it did
not appear that her condition was ser
ious,
Death occurrd at 7:45 o'clock this
evening. Lady Curzon leaves two
daughters.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-07-19
EARTHQUAKE SHAKES
TEXAS TOWN TO PIECES
Sucorro Is a Wreck as Result of
Over Fifty Shocks Which Have
Occurred In Last Two
Days

Ell Paso, Texas, July 19.-Earth-
quake shocks mberipg between so
and 60 have practically made ruin
of the town of Socorro, 160 miles north
of this place. The court house is a
mass of ruins and practically all the
houses in town re damaged
According to reports which have
been received mere there is no loss OF
life. The damage has been wrought
by series of slight SHOCKS which
have caused the walls of structures al
ready cracked to tamble to the earth.
The fret shocks were felt ON Sunday
but the real damage has been confined
to the last two days.
The people are in a panic and sll
who Can are leaving the town. There
is a crater of what is thought to be an
extinct volcano not more thaD eight
miles from Socorro, and the inhapit
ants think that PERHAPS the volcano
has something to do with The remark
able series. of shocks. Water in the hot
springs at Socorro has increased more
than 10 degrees in temperature and it
is thought that this furnishes new ev-
idence of internal upheaval, which is
of local nature, ana that the earth
is disturbed at grea. depth in the i'm
mediate vicinity of the town
The National railroad is sending
box cars into the rowD to take resi-.
dents away, go great is their desire to
leave the town. Huge boulders have
been Jared on the track from the
mountain side and trains have been
greatly delayed.
The entire surrounding country
has felt the STOCKS and much damage
hsa been done, esp cially at San
Marcial and Magdalena, but not so
severely as at Socorro.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-07-19
LIFE OF MITCHELL'S
SISTER THREATENED

Portland, July IS.-Another senea.
ton has developed in the Creffield
Mitchell case, with MIS-. Burgess e.
Starr IN the leading role. 1t has just
come to light that Mrs. Starr, who
announced herself as pleased at the
death of George Mitchell, her biotber,
is the recipient of letter from an IN.
known person or persons. In which
her life is threatened. Upon receiv-
ing receipt of the letter Mrs. Starr
turned it over to District Attorney
Manning for action. The district at
torney took no aotiou and the letter
will be given to the chief of police to-
day The letter was short but decided.
Iy to the point. 1t was addressed to
Mrs B E Starr and signed indis-
tiuctly, &c. G. G." It's general tone
is that tbs author or authors are de-
TRIMMED to take the life of the wo-
man.
Mrs. Starr declared pleasure at the
death of Mitchell When asked con-
cerniug the pnrasing of the letter,
Mrs. Starr was hazy and only remem-
be,ed that it was couched in no unoer-
tain terms and said particularly, "if
cannot, some member will get you."
The husband of tire woman address
sed was surprised and entirely off the
tack, as t. whom the author might BIZ
or what his motives are. The post
mark is Station B, which is located
in Albino, but other than that there is
absolutely no.clue on the envelope or
| letter sheet by which the writer might
be detected. The handwriting was
smooth and eligible and an attcmpt
had been made to make the signature
az indistinct as possible.
II gave the letter to Fred Mitchell. :"
said Starr, when requested to deliver
the letter for publication. II had in
tended long before to give it into
the hands of cha police and will do
so as soon az can see Fred. The let
ter was in vicious language, though it
uses no imprope, language and is not
at all ilIterate. It leaves no doubt as
to the authors meaning. / can not
understand why it was sent or who
could have written it "
Mrs. Starr appears deeply afflicted by
the receipt of the threatening epistle.
She trembled when speak ing of it, and
her whole maner as one of person
in deadly fear of her life. The late
events seem to have completely wrecked d
her nerves.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-07-19
NEBRASKA IS UP
TO REQUIREMENTS

Seattle, July 1S-The battleship
Nebraska built by the Moran Brothers
company of Seattle. has pioved her
self worthy of holulng prominent
place in the American navy by easily
coming up 70 the requirements OF the
governme ut contract In all OF her oIii-
cial tests. Yesterday the official en-
durance trial of the ship was held
with four.hour run out to east. She
made the trip at an average speed 1T
1906 kuots an hour, which exceeds
the requirements by .o6 knots. The
policy of the government in Offering
bonus for excessive speed over that re-
quired by the contract has been done
swav with aud there is now little in.
centive for forcing vessel.
The Nebraska now holds third place
among the battleships of the navy and
her makers have succeeded in out
chasing two of the vessels sister
ships, the Rhode Island and the Vir.
gina. The Rhode Island on her four
mills test trip developed an average
speed of 1901 knots an hour. the
Virginia on the same trip of 10 knots
fiat, The New Jersey and Georgia che
+xvo .;stoy sbips which have outciassed
her on the Official trip. developed
speeds respectively Of 1918 knots.
1t is not expected tnat the official
announcement of acceptance will be
receyed from the department at Wash
ington for some time, but enough has
been mad from the members of the
naval board to assure the builders the
they need to have no fear as to what
the report will be.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-07-19

Honor thy physician before thou
hast need OF him ''-Talmud. And,
in store. keeping, propitiate trouble be
fore it comes by ample advertising
aud it won't come.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-19
DIAGRAM SHOWS THE FLOW OF LAVA AS REPORTED
STORY OF THE DEMON MOUNTAIN

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charge of lava, one stream flowing into the sea in a mass
100 feet wide and 10 feet deep. Other eruptions fol-
lowed in 1904, 1905, 1922, 1850 and 1858. In the last
mentioned year the crater sank 1876 feet below its former
height. Tore del Greco was destroyed Dec. s, 1861.
Becoming active again in 1871, Vesuvius vomited threat
ening lava and hot mud until April of 1876, when the
eruption burst suddenly and buried twenty persons who
were watching the spectacle and partially destroyed the
towns OF Mass and San Sebastiano.
In 1885 signs of unrest were noticed about the mouth
of the crater and for a number of years slight eruptions
occurred. In 1894 a new peak was formed by the Stag
thrown from the crater and in 1895 another hill. A vio-
lent eruption occurred in 1900, since which date the
volcano has been almost constantly active. Only last
February the flow of lava destroyed the railroad that
climbs to the top of the mountain. But it was repaired
and sightseers have continued to venture up the side of
the volcano.
vesuvius has always been a puzzle, and theories hav-
ing application to one eruption would not account for the
phenomena Of another. The eruptions that destroyed
Herculaneum and Pompeii were simply great outpourings
OF ashes. AS late as 472 the dominant feature of the
~eruptions was ashes. which in that year were carried as
far as Constantinople, and in 512 to Tripoli. After 1896
the destructive feature of all %eruptions was lava and hot
water. In the present eruption lava is to play a destruct-
i've part, but no one can tell what new terror will be
added to the list of those that have made Vesuvius the
most notable of all the $50 volcanoes of the world.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-19

II HE story of Mount vesuvius is one of disaster.
The first record of the volcanoes eruption dates
back to CD A. d., when Nero ruled Rome. Her.
/ culaneum and Pompeii were partially destroyed.
The following year Naples was threatened with another
eruption, but escaped with an earthquake.
1t was during the reign of Titus ON Aug. "a, 20 A. d,
that Vesuvius broke loose in all her fury and completely
buried the cities Of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Stabiae.
Then the mountain slept and the next eruption recorded
was in the reign of Alexander Serverus, 203 A. j.
There was another eruption in 473 A. D., during which
ashes were carried as far as Constantinople. Between
that date and the year 1900 nine ~eruptions Of more or
less destructiveness occurred.
Dec. 16, 1851, more than 5000 persons lost their lives
in a severe earthquake and flow of lava that extended
as far as Tarentum and destroyed Boscotricase, the town
which suffered again in the present eruption, and other
towns in the vicinity. Another eruption in 1907 last for
four months and kept the people of Naples in constant
fear of death. Again in 1877, 176O and 1867 vesuvius
poured forth rivers of lava and showers of ashes, cover
ing Portici and reaching as far as Naples.
In ITO there was another outbreak. White smoke or
steam like heaps of cotton rose four times as high as
the mountain, and stones, scoriae and ashes were pro-
jected 10000 feet high. One scientific observer reported
columns of fire shot forth 1900 feet high, or three
times the height of the mountain, and large masses of
rock were thrown out" In 1874 there was a great dis
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-19
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Baseball has come into its W again
and for the next six months or more
will hold its place as the ruling American
sport. 1t is firmly entrencheG in the
American heart and cannot be displaced
as our greatest national pastime. Young
and old, rich and poor alike find pleasure
in the exhiliration of the game and the
number of its devotees is legion.
The National League season officially
opened Thursday, while the initial con-
tests in the American League began Sat
urday. The fight in the National League
promises TO be closer this season than
it has during the past two years. Critics
predict that the New York champions
will not have the easy time OF it they
have had during 1905 and 1904. The
Chicagos have greatly strengthened their
team and the talent look to see the west
erners give the Giants a hard run. Speak
ing of the chances of the New Yo-ks,
Manager John j. McGraw expresses great
confidence in the ability of his men to
win out. Says he: II am sure that the
Giants will win the pennant this year
and equal the records of Chicago, Boston,
Baltimore and Pittsburg, who won the
penDant for three consecutive years. l
AVE weighed up all of our competitors
and cannot see any team that we need
to fear particularly. All of them are
dangerous, but at the end of the season
you will see us at the top. Our pitching
staff is the same as last season, with the
addition of Ferguson. Christy Mathew
son, McGinnity, Ames, Taylor and Wiltse
will make a strong combination for the
box, and, in fact, l believe they are a
stronger combination than is carried by
any other team. If any team beats us,
John McGraw will be the first man to
take off his hat and congratulate it."
The Giants have a pitching staff of
great ability-one of its members, Ma
thewson, being credited as the finest of
them all-good catchers, fielders, bats
men, base runners, and, above all, play
ers who pulled for the team as a whole,
the combination being we'll directed by
McGraw.
The Chicago club, divining the secret
of the Giants success, set a5cut getting
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-19
Sparks from the vyiree.

The Protestant Episcopal church will,
incorporate the American church insti-
tute for negroes in a few days.
Gov. Higgins of New York, in a letter
to a meeting of the Peoples institute in
Cooper Union, said the recent insurance
investigation was conducted without fear
or favor"
Secretary Bonaparte dislikes the sug-
gestion of a probationary cruise, suggest
ed by naval officers, for prospective naval
cadets.
d. +. Ryan, held at Rochester. N. Y.
for the robbery of the bank of Sodus and
murder of the night Waterman, has been
positively identified.
Horace Tenney, a prominent pioneer
lawyer and editor of Madison, Wis. died
there, aged Sc years. He selected the
State university site.
There is trouble ahead fer Maine bouse-
keepers. The scrubwomen of Portland
have formed a union and plan to extend
their organization throughout the State.
Gifts amounting to $4,000 to Adel-
bert College of Western Reserve Uni
yersity in Cleveland, made by grandchil-
dren in San Francisco of Joseph Perkins.
for many years a trustee of the college. is
announced. A department of sociology
will be established mad a chemical labora-
tory built.
The Old Dominion Brewing and Ice
Company of Newport News, Va, has ex-
ecuiel a general deed of assignment 10
7 Massie. trustee. conveying all its
property for the benefit of all creditors
without preference. The tangible assets
are 100000 and liabilities about $780,
600, of which $150,000 represents out
standing bonds.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-19

Refugees from the threatened or de-
stroyed villages are pouring into Ma
pies by the thousand, arriving in every
description of conveyance and en- foot.
The roads are crowded with pro- ,essions
of men and women carrying Gro sses and
crying piteously. Special railway trains,
warships and steamers are employed In
conveying the homeless people from
their localities to Naples, Rome and
Castellammare, while large numbers of
people are fleeing overland in the di-
rection of Caserta. Not fewer than
$4,000 refugees have reached Castellam-
mare, where the steamer Princess Ma
falda is anchored. This vessel left the
the island of Capri Eith 1000 passen-
gers, including many foreigners, on
board, but she was unable to reach her
destination owing to the sitting clouds
of ashes and the fumes of gases from
the volcano, which enveloped her a
mile from the coast.
Everywhere in the vicinity of the vol
cano pitiful scenes are Witnessed
women tearing their hair In their grief
and old men crying aloud at the loss
of their beloved nomesteads, while in
the distance, in striking contrast, lie
the sapphire-colored Mediterranean, the
violet-hued mountains of the Sorrento
peninsula, and the Island of Capri in
the tranquil sea.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-19

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $6.25; hogs, prime heavy. $500
to $6.65; sheep, fair to choice, $500 to
$40; wheat, No. 2, Csc t SIC; cen,
No. 2, 45c to 47c; oats, standard, DC t3o
BIC; rye, No. 2. 64c to 65c; hay. timo-
thy, $3.50 to $3.50; prairie, 5000 to
$1,000; butter, choice creamery, 1Sc to
Zoe; eggs, fresh. 14c to lie; potatoes.
55c to 64c.
Indianapolis-Cattle, shipping, $500
to $5.75; hogs, choice heavy,s $500 to
$3.50; sheep, common to prime, $3.50 to
$500; wheat, No. 2, SIC to S5c; corn,
No. 2 white, 44c to Acc; oats, No. ?
white. 30c to &c.
St. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to $500;
hogs, $500 to $500; sheep. $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2, SEC to 93c; corn,
No. 2, 43c to 45c; oats, No. 2, 30c to
31c; rye, No. 2, CSC to 64c.
Cincinnati-Cattle. $500 to $5.25;
hogs, $4.00 to $685.; sheep, $500 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2, SIC to SSc; corn,
No. 2 mixed, 45c to 47c; oats, No. 2
mixed, &c to 34c; rye. No. 2, 66c to Csc.
Detroit-Cattle, $500 to $500; hogs,
$1.VO W Po-oOs cuccBs S<sOO " PO.OO
wheat, No. 2, SAC to SEC; corn, No. 3
yellow, 47c to 49c; oats, No. 3 white,
33c to 35c; rye, No. 2, 64c to Csc.
Milwaukee-Wheat, No. 2 northern,
76c to Soc; corn, No. 3, 42c to 44c;
oats, standard, Bic to 33c; rye, No. 1,
SIC to 64c; barley, standard, SIC to SIC;
pork, mess, $16.25.
Toledo-wheat, No. 2 mixed, SIC to
Sc; corn, No. 2 mixed, 44c to 46c;
oats, No. 2 mixed, 31cSto 33c; rye, No.
2, &c to &c; clover seed, prime. $7.72.
New York-Cattle, $500 to $3.50;
hogs, $500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to
$500; wheat, No. 2 red, SIC to SOC;
corn, No. 2, SAC to 56c; oats, natural
white, &c to 39c; butter, creamery, 20c
to BIC; eggs, western, 15c to lie.
Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers,
$4.OO to $3.50; hogs, fair to choice, $500
to- $685.; sheep, common to good mixed,
$500 to 5000; lambs, fair to choice,
$500 to 500.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-19

Secretary Root has been invited by the
CHILEAN minister to visit Valparaiso while
on his South American trip next summer.
Charles f. Richards, alias Lord Ash
BURTON" an alleged notorious swindler,
was arrested on suspicion of passing bad
checks in Boston.
George c. Easton vas hanged at Fol-
som State prison, Sacramento, CAL, for
the murder of Charles Horigan at Dixon
on Nov. 81, 1904.
The Knoxville p~resbytery of the South
ern Presbyterian church in session at
Knoxville, Tenn, has adopted a resolution
favoring church union.
Allen w. Murphy, vice consul at Tien-
tsin, said in San Francisco that armed
protection might be needed at any time
for foreigners in China.
Board of directors of the American min
ing congress announced the ninth annual
convention of the congress will be held
in Denver Nov. 13 to IL next.
Mrs. John Wilson, also known as Mrs.
c. G.. Martin and Mrs. c. III. Hammond,
pleaded guilty in Syracuse. n. Y. to pass
ing a forged money order and was SEN
fenced to two years in prison.
An exemplifed copy of the will of Mary
Burton Harrison who was killed in an
automobile accident on Long Island on
Nov. %, 1905, has been filed in Redwood
City, Cal.
K. Hilbert n ]. f. Beckhusen, two
stockmen, have been arrested in Portland,
Ore, on indictments recently returned
by the federal grand jury in connection
with the land frauds.
The infant of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Bovet of Chisholm, Mimi, was shot dead
as its mother held it in her arms. A
stray bullet fired by boys half a mile away
entered a window n penetrated the
child's skull, scattering its brains over
the mother.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-19

According to a statement by the Rev.
DIR. Il. Il. Slicer as head of a committee
of the New York State conference of re-
ligions, the New York jockey club has
agreed to make some radical reforms in
the matter of public betting on horse
races. 1t has been conceded all along
that without the necessary news of the
race results the poolrooms could not X
list, and to this end the jockey club is
said to lave undertaken to bar the wires
Of the telegraph from the track, it being
held hat a race track is private property.
The club will also attempt to keep early
information secret by stopping admissions
after a certain hour. The ultimate object
of the reformers is to make the conditions
so that the very poor, who cannot afford
to lose, will be prevented from track bet
ting. This report was promptly denied
by one of the jockey clubs stewards, and
DIR. Slicer was criticised by many church
men for thus allying himself with the
jockey club in opposition to a bill provid-
ing a heavy fine and Imprisonment for
gambling on the races.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-19

a team of the same description for this
season. Whether the management has
succeeded or not, the coming games will
tell. Trades, sales, drafting and various
dickers have been made until the presi-
dent of the Cubs is about satisfied that
the Giants will not only be given a race
for the pennant, but will be beaten out
at the finish. The biggest catch of the
season for the Chicago team was Jimmy
Shekard, the Brooklyn outfielder. lShekard
is a good batsman. an exceptionally fine
base runner and an excellent fielder. Har-
ry Steinfeldt, who replaces Casey at
third, was a great player a few years
ago, being particularly strong at the bat,
and is expected to regain his old form
with Frank Chances aggregation.
Pittsburg has high hopes of taking the
pennant, because Of new timber secured.
The main addition to the Pirate team is
Willis, the tall Boston pitcher. Willis
won only six games for Boston last sea-
Son, but is rated as one of the leagues
star twirlers. With a team like the Pitts
burgs behind him Vic" may come to life
and put his club in the front position.
Another newcomer among the Pirates is
Nealon, the San Francisco boy. He
plays first base and if he lives up to half
of the advance notices that preceded him
he will win many games for Fred Clarke's
aggregation. With Wagner, Leach, Clarke,
Beaumont, Clymer, Philippe, Peitz and
Ritchey in their old form the Pirates will
be high in the race at all times.
IN the American League all the teams
are pretty well balanced and a great
struggle is anticipated. Cleveland was
crippled last season when it was sailing
along smoothly toward the pennant, but
this year all it's stars are in rare form
and its friends nnot figure out how it
can be beaten. The Chicago White Sox
are the dark horses of the p~ennant race.
The game they have been playing in the
South is declared by good judges to be
about as fast as any ever seen on a ball
field. If the White Sox do not win the
p~ennant its admirers will be sorely mis-
taken. Nothing can keep them from it
save a hard run of luck, is the opinion of
the Windy City fans.