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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-11-23
TWO SCORE co
DOWN TO DEATH
Steamer Dix Sunk in a Col
liSiOn With the Jeanne in
Seattle HarbOr.
OF the seventy-nine Passengers on
Board the Inflated Vessel, Only
Thirty-seven Were Rescued
Rigid Investigation Has
Been Ordered.

Seattle. Wash.-The steamer Dix.
ON the run between Seattle and Port
Blakely, was struck and sunk by the
Alaska Coast company steamer
Jeanne on Sunday night of Duwam-
ish Head, in Seattle harbor. Forty
two persons we're drowned thirty
seven of the seventy-nine passengers
OF the Dix being picked up by the
Jeanie's lifeboats and brought into
Seattle about IN p m, when a report
Of the catastrophe was made.
Marine Inspectors Whitney and
Turner have decided to hold rigor-
Gus investigation into the loss OF the
Dix. Their inquiry will begin as
soon as witnesses can be summoned
The Dix lies in nearly 100 fathoms
OF water, and it is doubtful whether
she will ever be raised. The owners
OF the boat have turned her over to
the underwriters. who expect to
make some effort to recover the
steamer Whether they will drag
for the boat or try blasting is unset
tied, but little hope of success is
entertained.
Flags Of every nationality are
hanging at half-mast in Port Blakely.
and the entire population of 1000
has temporarily abandoned business
pursuits to emphasize its grief over
the loss OF the Dix 1t Is likely Fort
Ward will observe with military ex-
actitude the loss of its men.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-11-23
CRAZY SWISS GOVERAESS
THREW CHILD OVERHEARD
crasped Babe From Crowd Of Lit.
tie ones at Play on Deck Of
Steamer and Threw il Into
The Ocean.

New York.-On the arrival at New
York Of the steamer New Amster-
dam OF the Helland-American line,
from Amsterdam and Boulogne. it
was reported to the police that while
the vessel was in mid-ocean on
Thursday. Rosa Maggie, Swiss
governess. in a fit of temporary in
sanity, grasped a baby from a crowd
Of children at play on the deck and
threw it overheard Only the prompt
interference Of the officers of the
vessel prevented other passengers,
led by the mother OF the child, from
infiicting serious injury upon the
crazed governess. The steamer was
stopped and search was made for
the infants body but it was not re-
covered.
Miss Maggie, after throwing the
child into the sea. ran about the deck
uttering inarticulate cries. She was
locked up in the ships hospital The
mother of the child, Mrs. Gavowsk.
who with her three children, was on
her way from Russia to join her hus-
band In Fargo, ~ D.. was Frustrated
over the loss of her baby.
Miss Maggie is native of Berne,
Switzerland. and has served as gov
erness with several New York fami-
lies. She boarded the vessel at Am
Sterdam
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-11-23
TERRIBLE STORM
IN SUNNY SOUTH
Mississippi, Tennessee and Ar
kansas Swept by Small
Sized Cyclone.
Five Lives Known TO Have Been Lost,
While Property Damage is Heavy
People Are Killed by Falling
Buildings or Burned
to Death.

| Memphis, Tenn.-Telegraphic ano
telephone communication from poiRts
in Mississippi Arkansas and Tennes.
see for distance of several hundred
miles report that territory to have suf-
fered, on Sunday, from one of the
most destructive rain and wind
storms in years.
Five lives are known to have been
lost and great damage done to prop
erty and crops.
At Winona, Miss, the Catholic
church, Christian and the Methodist
churches and the Hesty brick yard
were demolished and numerous build.
ings unroofed and otherwise badly
damaged. Among the largest build.
ings damaged at this place are the
postofice, opera house, the oil mill,
the cotton compressor warehouse of
the Jackson Mercantile company, and
the residence of E. j. Dunkston. Be
sides these about twenty-five smaller
buildings were almost completely de-
stroyed. The roof of the compress
was torn off by the wind which at
times reached almost tornado-like We
locity falling on the home of E. ].
Dunkston, 205 yards away. The wind.
storm was preceded and followed by
heavy rains, causing serious washouts
along the route of the Illinois Central
railroad and badly damaging crops
At Mathison, Miss, serious damage
is reported to have occurred, and a
woman was killed by falling build
ing.
AT Techula falling tree, striking a
small frame building, caused it to be
set afire, and a woman and child were
burned to death.
At Honconnah creek, a few miles
from this city, railroad trestle fell
at night under the weight of a
switch engine, the engine plunging
into the swollen stream, carrying with
it Engineer c. V. Peterson and Fire
man A. r. Richie, who were drowned
West Point, Columbus and Mahin
Miss, are reported to have suffered
serious damage, but as these points
are completely cut off from commune
cation, it is impossible at this time TO
ascertain the extent.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-11-23
STOVE BLEW UP IN DINER.
Wild Panic on Southern Pacific
Train In Nevada.


Reno, Ney--A serious panic oc-
CURED on the Pacific Express, one
Of the fast Southern Pacific trains,
while 1t was passing through Nevada
200 miles east Of Reno, on Monday,
caused by stove blowing up in the
dining car. The steam pipes had
frozen, and when the porter built a
fire in the stove and threw in a
quantity of fine coal the stove blew
up, filing the car with gas. The
passengers upset the table in their
efforts to get out of the car, and sew
eral women fell to the floor and were
trampled upon. Others tainted from
the accumulated gas in the tightly
closed car.
Finally several men broke the car
windows with dishes to relieve the
situation, the doors being blocked
with passengers from other cars
who were trying to get into the
diner. One woman. Mrs D. E.
Parker, of 920 California avenue. St
Louis, jumped from a car window
and received serious injuries She
was brought to Reno and placed in a
hospital
Ten or fifteen persons were over
come and required medical attend
ance
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-11-23
Woman Shoots Her EMPLOYER.

New York-Gustav Simon. senior
member of the Queen Waist COM
pany, with headquarters at 604-60S
Broadway. was shot at his office on
Monday. receiving a wound from the
effects Of which he died A woman,
a former employe of the company, is
under arrest, charged with the shoot
ing She had called upon Simon to
collect some money said to be due
her from the firm Simon was I'M
conscious for some time before he
died, and there is doubt as to what
Immediately preceded the shooting.
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win Defend Steve Adams.

Boise, Idaho.--E. F. Richardson
and C. S. Darrow. attorneys for the
men accused of the murder of former
Governor Steunenberg, will defend
Steve Adams. whose trial is expect
ed to begin at Wallace in short
time. Adams is the man who made
a confession in the Steunenberg case
and later repudiated it. He is
charged with numbering man
named Tyler on the St Joseph river
in 1904. When he made an effort
to get away from the state as a
witness in the Moyer.Haywood case
he was arrested for the murder.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-11-23
Famous sinoer 10 be Married.

Paris.-The vague rumois which
have been circulating for several
days to the effect that Nine Calve
was betrothed to rich American
and would never again appear on the
operate stage, are apparently con.
firmed. Monday night, having quiet
~ left her apartments. the singer
left Paris for a long period, after
confiding the news to few friends.
but demanding pledge of secrecy
regarding the name of her future
husband
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-11-23
To Prevent Child Slavery.

Minneapolis, Despite Senator AL.
bert ], Beyeridges announcement at
Richmond, Ind. that he intends to
Introduce a bill in the senate prohib
ithng the employment OF child labor.
the American Federation of Labor.
now in convention here. dccided that
national law would be unconstitu.
tional, and therefore, agreed to
urge the passage NJ state laws that
will stop tae crushing out of child
life in the mills and factories and
ccdning its Likelihood into dollars upon
the counters Of commercialism,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-11-23
Crime of Cigarette Fiend.

Creston. Ia Samuel McFeeley. an
aged resident OF Creston, was struck
on the head with hammer while
asleep Saturday night His skull was
fractured and he cannot survive. His
son, Robert Todd McFeeley, aged "a
years, has been arrested on suspicion
of having committed the deed The
elder McFeeley short time ago
caused his son to be examined by a
board of lunacy, but he was declared
not fit for an asylum Tn young man
Is said to be q lave 10 the cigarette
habit.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-11-23
Anarchist Murders zooIoolst.

Naples.--An anarchist named l.aga-
ma, who returned here recently from
Paterson. N j., by way of London,
stabbed and killed the famous 20,
ologist, Giovanni Rossi, of the Univer.
sity of Naples, because Rossi in a re-
cent lecture condemned anarchist
crimes as barbarous. The murder has
produced general indignation, as the
victim was held I'm high esteem La.
CANA, after the crime. boosted that he
was glad he committed the deed, and
said II he were free he would begin
again on other enemies of anarchy,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-11-23
oepositors Got Scared.

Chillicothe. GA careless remark
made by some citizen unknown to
the police started run on the Saw
ings bank of this city on Monday.
1t began at noon and continued all
afternoon until late in the evening.
Women, children and men quit their
employment and ran to the bank,
GREATNESS. Bank officials state that
there Is absolutely no cause for the
run, as the Savings Bank company
Is one of the strongest state banks
in Ohio. All demands were paid.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-11-23
TWO PERISH IN FLAMES.
Hotel at GoIdfeld, Nevada, Destroyed
by Fire-Two Guests Meet Death.

ny TlTc- W. SuCSlS WCCl OSdhbs
Goldfield, Nevada. AT an early hour
Saturday morning the Hotel Goldfield
was destroyed by fire, and two guests,
A. H. Heber of Los Angeles and Judge
j. NJ Ellis of Denver, met death in the
flames, while number of the guests
escaped in their night clothes.
Many were injured by jumping from
the second and third stories. as the
big wooden building was enveloped so
quickly that there was no other means
of escape. C. A. Cramm of Los An.
geles had leg broken; c. A. Young,
Los Angeles, leg broken and severely
cut about head and body F. B. Woods,
Los Angeles, hip and leg broken.
Many others sustained more or less
serious injuries. Nothing was saved
in the entire building. Guests es-
capped in their night clothes. Very few
took time to dress.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-11-23
Young Woman is Beaten to Death
With Piece Of Iron Pipe.

Ell Paso, Tex-Her lifeless body still
warm, Felipa Guerrero, a young Mex
lean woman, was found in her room on
South Oregon street Sunday morning.
She had been criminally assaulted ana
then beaten beaten to death with
piece of iron pipe. After short in
vestigation and hot chase, Santiago
Blanco was arrested and is in Jail
charged with the crime.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-11-23
Wants Funds for Public Works.

Pelxin.-In connection with the open.
ing of Mukden, Antung and Tatung
Kao, Yuan Shi Kai, governor of Chi Ii
and commander-in-chief of the forces,
has memorialized the throne, asking
for funds for the construction of
needed public works. which he de-
clares China ought to carry out in or
der to maintain her sovereignty. The
board of revenue has recommended
that the necessary money be raised in
the province affected and paid back
from the revenue collected therein.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-11-23
Much Suffering in the South.

Memphis, Tenn.-As more detailed
reports are received from those por-
tons of Alabama. north and central
Mississippi and western Tennessee
swept by the wind and rain storms,
the situation increases in serious
ness. Following the windstorm of
Saturday night, rain has fallen al
most continuously throughout this
territory and practically the entire
district is under water to a depth of
several feet and creeks and small
streams are leaving their banks.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-11-23
Prominent Man Charged With Arson

Bellefontaine, O.-George Gamble,
aged 65, said to be prominent citizen
of Denver, Colo, has been indicted on
the charge of arson. and was at once
arraigned and pleaded not guilty. 1t
Is alleged in the indictment that Gam
BILE on Oct last burned a flour mill
at Zanesfield, near Bellefontaine, for
which he had paid $1,000 and on which
ne had placed SO, 500 insurance. State
Fire Marshal Creamer claims that fires
occurred in buildings which Gamble
owned at Champaign. Urbana and
Tuscol, H., and Evans, Colo.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-11-23
seeretary Root at Kansas civ.

Kansas City worldwide peace
substantial and enduring, made pos.
sible by closer commercial and
friendly relations between nations,
was the keynote of a notable speech
delivered here Monday night by Elihu
Root, secretary of state. Following
Mr. Root the diplomatic representa-.
uves of Latin-American republics
made speeches along the same lines
Offering trade extension between the
countries of North and South Amer.
lea as a means of bringing these
countries into closer and lasting re.
lationship.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-11-23
They Are Used to such polnss.

Pittsburg-A large automobile con-
veying the members of the Washing
ton and Jefferson football team of
Washington, Pa. from Exposition
park, Allegheny, to their hotel in this
city, was wrecked Saturday night by
street car at Fifth avenue and Wood
street. There were eleven men in the
automobile. All were thrown to the
street and bruised, but none were seri
ously hurt The motor car was de-
molished, part of which scraped the
side of the car, breaking all the wiD'
dows
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-11-23
Men Tall and Short,

Mullhall, the statistician, whose
figures are quoted all over the civil
lied world, makes an interesting
statement as to he average stature
of men Of different nations. Taking
the age of 80 as the period of life
he gives the following figures: Amer
leans, 6S.1 inches; English. 679;
Scotch, ga; German. 66.2; Russian,
65.4; Hindoo, 65; Chinese, 64.2; Bush.
men, 81. and Laplander, CO.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-11-23
President Talks With Canal Laborers.

Colon. president Roosevelt reached
Cristobal at 3;15 Saturday afternoon,
and personally inspected the houses of
canal employees, the camps of the la.
borers, the docks and other points of
interest Most of the presidents time
at Cristobal was devoted to an inspec-
tion of the quarters of the laborers.
He talked with some of them and
made note of their complaints, which
were chiefly on the scarcity of West
Indian food. The president promised
that improvements. such as the cree
ton of baths and kitchens and the
paving of streets, would be made
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-11-23
Several Vessels Wrecked.

Quebec Reports of disasters
caused to shipping by recent gales
In the gulf continue to arrive. The
Norwegian iron ship Dybvag. which
was loading lumber at Escoumains,
on the north shore, for Buenos Ay-
res, eapsized during Friday night
and Is a total loss. The crew are
safe, The schooner Marie Louise,
captain Coudeau, which left here for
Rivlere Blanche, was wrecked on
Trois Pistoles reef Her crew we're
saved. The tug Spray is a total
wreck on Madore island.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-11-23
The Bibles Dissertation.

The Bible describes heaven as an
other paradise or Eden; city of God,
without sin, graves, or griefs; better
country or fatherland; temple filled
with a divine presence; an everlast-
ing kingdom; rest for the people of
God; Gods throne; Gods dwelling
place; a house of many mansions; a
city with gold paved streets, jasper
walls, sea of glass, and gates Of
pearl-The Sunday Magazine.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-11-23
cRAPseY OUT OF CHURCH.
Noted Divine is Suspended for Heret.
zeal Teachings.

Buffalo, n. Y-The Rev. DR.. AL
gernon S. Crapsey Of st. Anthony's
Episcopal church, Rochester, was
condemned TO suspension from the
church as result of the decision of
the ecclesiastical court Of review
which was made public on Monday
The court OF review sustained the
decision OF the lower court, which
was that DIR. Crapsey should be sus-
pended for heretical teachings.
DIR. Crapsey I'm his sermons and
writings questioned the virgin birth
OF Jesus. He also contended that
there We're fallacies in other beliefs
and doctrines forming the foundation
of the Protestant Episcopal church.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-11-23
Effect of Temperature on Water.

Changes in temperature have re
markable effect on the movement OF
water which is percolating through
gravel or other soil. 1t is calculated
that rise from so degrees to 60 de-
grees increases the rate of flow 16
per cent and when the temperature
rises from about the freziong point
to rs degrees above zero the move
ment of water is almost doubled.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-11-23
The Little Thing. Of Life.

"A nod Of approval or hearty shake
OF the hand-those little human things
that in some mysterious way make the
pilot wheel Of life spin more easily,
and give the hands of our souls a
firmer grip on the spokes. We my
scof at them in our moments of ar.
rogant independence. but they do not
come often enough in the lives OF
most of us. to ever lose their first nov
city or power. From The Balance
OF Power
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-11-23
SIXTEEN NEW LAWS DRAWN UP.
Work Of Insurance Commission at
Meeting in Chicago.

Chicago Members of the insurance
commission who had been in session
for the past week drafting projected
laws for the control of life insurance
throughout the country, completed
their work Saturday and adjourned
No complete report of the contem-
plated recommendations was made
prior to the adjournment, and it will
not be prepared for some time.
Sixteen new proposed laws have
been drawn up, and it is believed by
the commissioners that they will, il
adopted by the various states, correct
the greater part of the abuses in the
management of life insurance compa
MES. The bills will be introduced
during next winter into the legisla-
lures of thirty-seven states.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-11-23

A lama living at Lhassa has issued
a series of predictions for 1907. THE
king of the year he says, lis Sat
urn, under whose malign influence
meritorious people will suffer, and
thieves will prosper Great disorder
will prevail The rich will satisfy
their hunger at the expense OF the
poor, and the earth will quake
thrice"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-11-23
Eight Men Entombed in Deep Well in
Indiana.

Terre Haute. Ind.-Effective work
on the part of the rescuing party
saved the lives of at least seven or
eight workmen entombed in cave-in
in deep well at the plant of the In
diana Distilling company on the Wa
bash river front on Saturday. When
the cave-in occurred the men were at
work in the bottom of the well. They
were covered by the drop of earth.
One of the men will probably die.
Seven others are crushed and badly
clit
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-11-23
ssrtliIon Measurements.

A Springfield boy asked a man
whom he met if he had seen a stray
calf What does your calf look
like?" asked the stranger. Well"
replied the boy. 1T was about as tall
as stump. had tail about as long
as a string. and a spot on the side
next to the fence kansas City Star.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-11-23
Above the -,

Farmer Green (who has -.
knocked down by a balloon ancho-,
Col dern emf III hev III Iaw -
en- Whar's the sheriff? Farm
Brown-No use kicking. Josh. Thsn
critters is above the law. l reckoa,-
Houston Post.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-11-23
CONFIDENT OF WINNING OUT.
Standard oil Company Issues Cheer
ina Circular to Stockholders.

New York-The directors of the
Standard Oil company issued another
circular on Saturday to the stockhold-
ers of the company, saying that the
company's position is unassailable
from both a legal and a moral stand
point. The directors declare them
selves confident that in the proceed
ings now instituted the company's pc
sition will be successfully maintained
and indicated
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-11-23
Just as Profitable to public.

A dog has succeeded in swimming
across the English channel Some
disappointment may be felt that II
was not a man that did It. But the
benefits TO accrue to the world from
the fact will be Just as great in the
case Of the dog as the man.
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Mark Of Mans Superiority.

God, that all-powerful creator of ma.
ture and architect of the world. has
impressed man with no character Sc
proper to distinguish him from other
animals as by the power of speech
Quintillian.
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GREAT NORTHERN AND
THE BURLINGTON
TWO Great Roads Will be Merged
Into One.

Omaha, Neb.-The Bee says: With.
in one week the equity which the
Northern Pacific now holds in the
Burlington will pass into the hands
of the Great Northern and within
fifteen days the Burlington and the
Great Northern will be merged into
one vast system, with James ] Hill
in control
This statement was made to re.
porter for the Bee by man close
to the official family of the Hin roads,
who has just returned from Chicago,
where the intricate operations of this
gigantic transaction are now being
perfected He makes the statement
without reservation,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-11-23
Poor Cotton Produo,ion.

Only s65 bales of cotton were raised
for the season Of 1906 in the Ger.
man territory in Africa, comprising
an area nearly as large as the entire
American cotton belt.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-11-23
QUARREL AMONG FARMERS.
One Man Killed and Another Badly
Wounded in Idaho.

Wounded in Idaho.
Boise, Ida.-August Stenger lies
dead at Highland valley, In this coun
ty, and his brother-in-law. Louis
fournig. Is in hospital, seriously
wounded, as result of a quarrel
among farmers over wood road.
They We're both shot by man named
Simmons. The road had been closed
by Simmons and others. Stenger and
Yournig opened II and on Saturday
they were driving along It to get a
load of wood They met Simmons and
two boys Simmons opened fire on
them with a rifle.
Stenger defended himself with a
pistol, but fell with ball through his
body. Yonrnig sought to get away
but two balls brought him down. Sim
mons has disappeared.
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The first prayer in congress was
made in 1777 by the Rev. Jacob Duche
rector Of Christ church and a man Of
considerable learning. He afterward
turned traitor to the cause Of indie
pendence.-The Sunday Magazine.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-11-23
Montenegro Bars Kodak.

Foreigners carrying kodaks in Mon.
tenegro without written permits.
sion will be prosecuted, even IL thew
only take snapshots of the scenery.
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GAUGE Of Erl.nhshi.

Gauge Of your good friend NAV h.
taken accordingly as you are ASSURE
of his preference for your unpleasant,
truth rather than your fiattering le
John A. Rowland.