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The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-08
TOWNS DESTROYED
BY FOREST FIRES
One Hundred Dead and Thousands
Homeless in Crows Nest Dis
trict of Canada.
Six Towns In the Path Of the Flames
Are Wiped Out, the Terror Stricken
Residents Fleeing to the open
Country for Their Lives.

Cranbrook, =. 'C.-Six towns on the
Pacific railroad have been wiped out
many others are in danger OF destruc
ton, over 100 lives have beeen lost,
thousands are homeless and prop.
erty loss into the millions has been
caused by the fiercest forest fire ever
known in the history of western Can.
ada
The fire was in the Elko valley,
the richest coal and lumber district in
British Columbia. The district is sit.
uated In the extreme southeastern cor.
ner OF the province, just north Of the
Montana state line.
The towns known to have been de-
stroyed, together with their popula-
ton, are: Fernie, 5000; Michel. 1900;
Coal Creek, 1900; Sparwood, 200;
Hosmer, 400; Crows Nest, 1000.
One hundred square miles have al
ready been swept by the flames, and It
is feared that scores of homesteaders
have met death in the deep woods
The inhabitants of the towns have
fed to open districts in the vicinity
in the hope of safety. The railway
companies have placed all available
trains at their disposal.
For the past month forest mos have
been raging in the mountains OF the
Elk river valley country, but they
have not been considered serious. Sat
urday morning a heavy wind sptanp
up from the west and early in the aft
ernoon the flames appeared over the
crest of the mountains to the west OF
Fernie. This ran down the mountain
side and before n fire guard could be
organized had entered the town. With
In an hour the town was doomed AND
the inhabitants sought safety in flight,
leaving their all behind them.
Town after town has been attacked
and destroyed by the flames, and
many lives have been lost in an en-.
deavor to check the flames, or save
personal effects.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-08
Pluck Of Property Owners.

Fernie, b. C.-Amid the smoking
embers of their homes and Offices,
with the great forest fire still roaring
in the distance, the plucky men Of
Fernie, b. c., had begun clearing
away the ruins, pitching tents, check
ing up the missing, and announcing
plans to build new and better town
before the ashes Of the town ruth
lessly destroyed by the flames had
grown cold. A village of canvas-a
villages with many men, but few wo-
men and children-will be In evidence
where the former town stood, until
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-08
TROUBLE IN HONDURAS
CAUSED BY AMERICANS
Unpleasant Situation Has Developed
as Result Of Alleged Interference
OF officials.

Washington.-An unpleasant stu~
ton has developed between the Unit
ed States and Honduras, growing out
of the action of President Davila in
canceing the exequaturs OF the for.
eign consus at Ceiba, Honduras, be.
cause of their alleged friendliness te
the revolutionary cause. These of.
ficers include the American consul,
Drew Linard, and Vice Consul Rey-
nolds and the vice consuls of France
and Norway.
The reports which have reached the
state department UNFOLD the conten-
ton of the consuls that they have not
been guilty of any breach of pro-
priety; that they did not advise the
surrender Of the town when demanded
by the revolutionists as charged by
Honduras, but simply communicated
the demand to the commandment
The incident has caused consider
able annoyance to this government
which ever since the revolution In
Honduras commenced has exerted Its
best efforts to prevent any breach OF
neutrality in Central America, which
might prove adverse to President Da-
villas government.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-08
IMPOSSIBLE FOR SETTLERS
TO OUTRUN RACING FLAMES
People Were Trapped by Forest Fires,
Hundreds Losing Their Lives and
Thousands Being Made Home
less.

Winnipeg destruction of life
and property in the fire which has
ragged in east Kootenai since Saturday
is simply appalling. From 5000 to
1000 men, women and children, in
flight from the flame.swept region OF
Crows Nest territory, are camped in
Cranbrook and on the surrounding
hills. Relief of food and clothing Is
anxiously awaited
In Fernie the loss of life was great.
est in the west, and there the flames
spread so rapidly that It was impos-
sible for the inhabitants to outrun the
approaching heat. Searching parties
have been sent out for those who we're
overcome. Bodies are being brought
in every hour.
Vancouver b. C.-This city awoke
to full sense of the completeness Of
the destruction around Rernie, on
Tuesday. According to a competent
authority, the loss will exceed 100000.
900, and the death list total will never
least 200 have persisted.
vancouver wired S5,OOO Tor reller
and a trainload of supplies went out.
Winnipeg dispatched a special train,
with nurses, doctors, hospital stores
and provisions.
Loggers to the number of eighty in
the camps Of the Ely Lumber COM
pany have persisted in the flames and
settlers with their families, who lived
on the line of the railroad between
Fernie and Michel, have disappeared.
The death total will probably grow
larger, and a special dispatch from
Winnipeg declares that It will reach
400. When the flames were consum-
ing Fernie all the prisoners. with the
exception of five "Black Hand" sus-
poets, were released. Later they were
recaptured and sent to Nelson.
Crowds of refugees have already ar
rived at Nelson, the overflow from
Cranbrook. These are being cared for
as much as possible, but their condi-
ton is pitiable. In their flight they
brought nothing away but the clothes
they stood in.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-08
Spokane the First to Send Relief.

Spokane, Wash.-Relief from Spo.
kane was the first to reach the fire
refugees of Fernie. over 1000 are be-
ing cared for at Cranbrook, and the
first car sent out by Spokane citizens
arrived there Monday morning. A spe-
cial car loaded with tents, clothing,
5000 loaves of bread. $50 gallons Of
milk and other foodstuffs left Mon.
day afternoon. At mass meeting Of
citizens over $1,000 was subscribed In
a half hour and a relief committee ap.
pointed to raise more funds and start
regular shipments of food to the fire.
swept district.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-08
Failed to Secure Conviction.

Portland, Ore.-Ex-State Senator r.
A. Booth of Eugene and his brother.
James II. Booth, ex.receiver of the
land office at Roseburg, and Thomas
Il. Singleton, who have been on trial
for several days in the United States
district court on a charge OF con.
spiracy to defraud the government OF
100 acres. of public land in Douglas
county, were acquitted by the jury on
Sunday. The jury was out nineteen
hours. II is stated that largely be-
cause of the failure OF the govern
ment to secure conviction a number
OF other complaints will be dismissed
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-08
CONFERENCE ON PANAMA.
Roosevelt Summons Wright and
Bishop to Saaamore Hill.

Oyster Bay, N. VA conference on
conditions In the American canal zone
at Panama and on the relations Of the
canal zone with the republic OF Pan
anna, was held at Sycamore Hill Fri
day night.
Secretary Of War Wright and Secre-
tary of the Isthmian Canal Commits
sion Joseph Bishop, who had been
summoned here to discuss the Pan
ANA matters with the president ar
rived Friday evening. With General
Wright and Secretary Bishop the pres
ident Friday night went over the sit.
uation in Panama.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-08

night session that the standard bear
ers of the party we're chosen.
Chicago.-Amid loud and enthu-
siastic cheering and with Its mem
bers showing every sign of loyalty to
their new standard of political faith,
the first national convention of the
independence party was opened at 8
o'clock Monday night in Orchestra
hall.
The main floor of the hall, in which
some of the largest gatherings are
held in this city, was filled by the
delegates. There we're no alternates.
The galleries were crowded with a
throng which entered heartily into
the spirit of the proceedings and
throughout the night applauded Wig.
orously whatever met their approval.
The entrance Of George w. Nc
Caskerin, whom the Illinois dele.
gates are supporting for the guber.
Material nomination, was signal for
cheers for the next governor of ILL
nois."
This outburst had scarcely sub
sided when the arrival of William r.
Hearst started a delirious demonstra-
ton which lasted several minutes.
It was thirty.five minutes past the
scheduled time when the temporary
sergeant-at.arms raped for order
and asked the delegates to vacate
the aisles. Milton w. Howard OF
Alabama took the gavel and intro.
duced Charles A. Walsh Of Iowa, sec.
rotary of the provisional national
committee, who read the call for the
convention. This document declared
the purpose of the gathering to be
the foundation of an Independence
party and the nomination OF candi.
dates for president and vice presi'
dent.
Father O'Callahan of Chicago de.
livered the invocation. Mr.. Howard,
at the conclusion of the invocation,
announced the names Of the TEN.
porary officers of the convention. His
mention OF the name of Mr.. Hearst
was received with an outburst of APP
plause, and Mr.. Hearst, when he
mounted the rostrum, escorted by a
committee of three appointed by the
chair, was given an uproarious wei.
come. When quiet had been re-
stored, he began his address as TEN.
porary chairman of the convention.
Following Mr.. Hearsts speech.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-08
MRS. ]. SHERMAN
rs BRILLIANT WOMAN AND AN
IDEAL HousEkEEPER.
Washington Home Of Republican Can.
didate for vioe-Presidenoy and
Wife Is the Center OF an In.
telIectual Coterie.

Neutrality-suspicious. ago Carrie
Babcock was one of the bellies of
Utica. To-day she Is the wife OF the
Republican nominee for vice-president,
Congressman James Schoolcraft Sher-
man. In Washington she is known as
a brilliant conversationalist and as the
possessor of keen intellect, familiar
with all matters OF current legislation.
Her home, as long as she maintained
one here. was the center OF little
coterie Of brilliant men and women.
In Utica the Shermans have an at.
tractive home In Genesee avenue The
house stands In several acres of ground
and Mrs. Sherman has surrounded Il
with flowers. She has her greenhouses,
which protect the flowers In winter,
and each time that Il has been neces.
sary to leave Utica she has made II a
point never to do so until the last
flower has been taken in and cared for.
Among her intimate friends Mrs.
Sherman has the reputation of being
an Ideal housekeeper. She puts up her
own preserves and superintends the
details of her marketing
Mrs. Sherman was born in the town
which is now her home. She was the
daughter Of l.. ii. Babcock, a promi.
nent lawyer. She attended the Utica
seminary and later became student
at Balliol school.
Col. Eliakim Sheriff. of the One
Hundred and Twenty.sixth New York
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-08
Auto Run Down by Train.

Philadelphia their big
touring car across the Reading rail-
way tracks at Hunting Park avenue
in the northern section OF the city in
front of an inbound express train
late at night, Charles Humphreys,
chief clerk in the bureau of police,
and Harry b. Bromley, a prominent
dealer In upholsterers' materials
we're run down and killed. Portions
Of their mangled bodies were scat
tered along the tracks for 100 yards
and except for the contents of their
pockets, Identification would have
been almost impossible.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-08
Seven Victims OF Auto.

San Francisco.-The second disas-
trous automobile accident within
forty-eight hours, involving prominent
San Francisco people, occurred Mon.
day afternoon near Burlingame, the
fashionable suburb OF this city, when
a huge tonneau. occupied by five wo-
men and two children, plunged down
a steep embankment as a result of the
swapping of the brakes, and caused
the death OF Ave Of the occupants and
injlring of the two others. The dead:
Mrs. Thomas Mccormick. Miss Clara
Mccormick, Mrs. Ira G. 0'Brien and
infant son, and Ira @, o'Brien, Jr.,
aged 3.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-08
Figures Received From Fernie Of Loss
From Fire.

Fernie, b. C.-Following is a sum-
mary of the loss of life and property
in the fire which has ragged In east
Kootenai since Saturday. Number Of
people killed, 10; number of people
homeless. 5000; district swept by fire
from near Cranbrook to within four
miles of Drank, Alberta, a distance Of
fifty miles; towns destroyed, Fernie.
Coal Creek, Hosmer; partially de.
stroyed; Michel. Total property loss
estimated at s5,4O0,OO0; property loss
in Fernie, 100000. The origin was
a bush fire in slashings of the Cedar
Valley Lumber company, across the
river from Fernie. Practically every
insurance company in Canada is inter.
ested, but no details are available at
present.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-08
THREE TOWNS FLOODED.
cIoudburst In Colorado Does Damage
Of 100000.

Florence, Colo.-A cloudburst Fri
day afternoon in the headwaters of
Oak and Coal creeks sent a raging
torrent down those little streams,
flooding three towns, washing out
bridges and doing damage estimated
to be not less than 100000.
No loss of life is reported, though
Mrs. ]. Burns, an elderly woman, was
taken from her home in this city,
which had been flooded by the water,
in a serious condition from exposure
Hundreds of hogs and chickens on
the truck farms to the south were
drowned and in the towns OF Rock
sale and Williamsburg hundreds OF
houses were flooded. In Florence,
Coal creek leaped its banks and food
ed more than 100 homes.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-08
HOPE FOR LAMPHERE.
Mrs. Guinness and Children Given
strychnine Before Being
Cremated.

La Porte, Ind.-Coroner Mack an.
bounced on Thursday that DR.. Wai.
ter Haines of Rush Medical college,
Chicago. who analysed the stomach OF
Andrew Helgelen Of Aberdeen, s. d.,
the last victim of Mrs. Belle Guinness,
finding strychnine and arsenic in ia
tai doses, has also found in the stom
achs of Mrs. Guinness and two OF the
children arsenic and strychnine in
quantities sufficient to have caused
death.
Attorney Worden, who represents
Lamphere, charged with the Guinness
murders, and with being an accom-
plice of Mrs. Guinness in the Helgelein
death, declares that the discovery
shows that his client could have had
nothing to do with the death OF the
woman and her children.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-08
H|SCEN AND GRAVES
HEAD THE TICKET
Chosen by independence Party for
President and Vice-President
of the United States.
An Attempt to Bring the Name Of
William J. Bryan Before conven-
tlon by Kansas Delegate Nearly
Causes a Riot.

Chicago.-The Independence party
at its first national convention, held
in this city, chose Thomas L. Hisgen
Of Massachusetts as their candidate
for president, and John Temple
Groves of Georgia for vice-president.
The nomination of Mr.. Hisgen was
made on the third ballot, his chief
competitors being Milford w. Howard
Of Alabama and John Temple Graves
of Georgia. Reuben r. Lyon OF New
York received complimentary vote
on the first ballot and William r..
Hearst had forty-nine friends who
voted for him on the first two ballots
The nomination of Mr. Graves was
made unanimous. all other candidates
having been withdrawn.
The friends of Mr.. Bryan made an
effort to bring his name before the
convention, and the man who attempt
ed 1t nearly produced riot and mar
the hands OF the indignant delegates.
The man wso sought TO place Mr..
Bryan's name in nomination was ]. l..
Shepard of Fort Scott, Kan. He did
not succeed in his mission, for upon
being called to order by the conven.
ton and questioned by Chairman
Charles A. Walsh he admitted that 1t
was his intention to name Mr.. Bryan.
That was the first and last time he
mentioned the name Of the Demo
cratic leader. He was promptly
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-08

ruled out of order by the chairman
and under the guard Of several ser.
geants-atarms he was hustled out of
the hall, while some of the incensed
delegates vainly attempted to strike
him with fists and one of them swung
al him savagely with a cane.
Mr.. Hearst, the actual temporary
chairman, was not on the platform at
the opening of the second days ses.
sion OF the convention, and Judge
Reuben r. Lyon of New York presid.
ed. He called at the conclusion of
the report of the credentials commit
tee for that OF the committee on
rules, order and permanent organiza'
ton.
This report named Charles A.
Walsh OF Iowa as the permanent
chairman. The mention OF Mr.
Walsh's name was received with
cheers. He was escorted to the plat,
form and. upon taking up the gavel,
delivered an address outlining the
policies Of the party.
The platform was read by Clarence
j. Shearn OF New York, at 500
o'clock. and waJ unanimously adopt.
cd. after which the convention ad
journed until 8 p. m, It being at the
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-08
Coal Company Was to Blame.

Cheyenne, Wyo.-In a report made
to Governor b. B. Brooks on the
Hanna coal mine disaster OF last
March, costing fifty-nine lives, State
Coal Mine Inspector Noah Young de-
clares that certain laws governing the
operation of coal mines had been vio-
lated by the Union Pacific Coal com
pany in Its haste to open up an entry
In which there had been a fire, there.
by causing an explosion. The inspec-
tor suggests that the mine be sealed
forever as tomb for the men whose
bodies were not recovered.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-08
Georae Pettlbone Dead.

Denver.'-George A. Pettibone, foi
years prominent in the councils of the
Western Federation of Miners, and
charged with President Meyer and
former Secretary Haywood with COM
plicity In the murder OF former Gov.
ernor Steunenberg, OF Idaho, died at
st. Joseph's hospital Monday night
from the effects OF an operation for
cancer. Mr.. Pettibone had been i'll
practically every since his confine-
ment in the Idaho prison, which began
more than year previous to the ia.
nous trials at Boise.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-08
CASTRO IN FOR SCRAP.
HoiIanders oherSd AHront Which
May Result In Bloodshed.

Willemstad.-The Dutch cruiser
Gelderland arrived lere on Sunday
from La Guira, Venezuela. Her DOM.
mander declares thai he sent boat
ashore at La Gulra with an officer and
was refused all means Of communica.
ton with the shore. The authorities
there, he says, declined ~ accept the
letter bags and an official communlca.
ton TO the German minister, who is
In charge Of Dutch Interests in Cara,
cas-. He reports also that Venezuela
is preparing her forces for a defense
of the country. It is generally believed
here that Holland will take prompt &C
ton.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-08
Successful Aeroplane Exhibition.

New York.-Henri Farman, who
came from Paris to give a series OF
aeroplane exhibitions under the man.
Agement Of an American syndicate.
made his first public flight in this
country at the Brighton Beach race
track Sunday. The exhibition was a
success to the extent that 1t demon
strated the inventors ability to fly un,
der favorable atmospheric conditions
and entertained some 1000 enthusiasts.
tic spectators. Farman Travelled near
ly third OF mile in about thirty
seconds and did not appear to be hur'
rying.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-08
Murders His Friend While In Drunken
Race.

Aurora, Ill.-J. A. Morrell, a
wealthy farmer living at Blackberry
Center, small village fifteen miles
from here. was fatally shot and his
housekeeper was murdered by John
Anderson, who was employed on Nor
rell's farm. Anderson later commit
Ted suicide with a shotgun, blowing
the top of his head off. Anderson had
been drinking heavily for several
weeks, and II is believed he was de-
mented. Anderson, when sober, was
6evotedly attached 10 Morrell, who
had always treated him more as a
friend than as an employee.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-08
Never Worried for a Century.

chicago.-A full century and seven
years OF life without a single moment
Of worrying was ended Saturday when
Mrs. Anna Miskus died at the home
OF her grandson. Julius Anixter. Al
though 1O7 years old, Mrs. Miskus had
full possession Of her faculties until
the moment Of her death. She was
prominent as a settlement worker.
She is survived by forty grandchil.
dren. When only a child In her ma.
tive home in Maryneple, Poland. she
took a vow never to worry, and tn
bis vow she attributed her longevity
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-08

James II. o'Neil Of Rhode Island pre-
sented to the temporary chairman a
union label" gavel.
After an address by c. A. Windle
of Chicago the convention adjourned
until 2 o'clock Tuesday.
The committee on rules and per
manent organization, which met i'm,
mediately after the convention, Sc
lected Charles A. Walsh OF New York
as permanent chairman and adopt.
ed rule that no speech from the
platform should exceed Ave minutes
in length and that no delegate should
be heard upon one subject more than
once.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-08
Getting Ready for Business.

Chicago.-Frank II. Hitchcock,
chairman of the Republican national
committee, with the consent and APP
prevail of George r. Sheldon, the ma
tional treasurer, has announced the
appointment of Frederick w. Upham
OF Chicago as assistant treasurer. 1t
was also announced that Offices for
Mr.. Hitchcock and his associates had
been secured in the new Harvester
building, 1896 Michigan avenue.
This is block south OF the Audi
forum Annex. where the Demo
cratic Headquarters will be located.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-08

Volunteers, to whom a monument was
erected at Gettysburg some years ago,
was Mrs. Sherman's maternal grand.
father, Col. Sheriff. was shot and
killed at Gettysburg. Mrs. Sherman's
maternal grandmother was Emily Ell.
dredge, said to have been a direct de.
scendant of Pocahontas.
IL Taft and Sherman win next No
vember the Shermans will return to
Washington and take house. for the
winter. With them will come Mrs.
Sherman's mother, Mrs, Babcock, who
makes her home with Representative
Sherman, and the two sisters of Mrs.
Sherman. Mrs. J. G. De Long and Mrs.
L. b. Moore, may spend the season
here.
The family of Representative and
Mrs. Sherman includes three sons, one
OF whom is married and has charm.
ing little daughter, Ellen. This little
maid is the bright particular star Of
the Sherman home and the idol of her
grandparents. Mrs. Sherman has an
attractive niece who, II the Republican
ticket is elected next fall, will spend
a great deal of time in Washington.
The Shermans have been married
about 2S years and they have an
ideally happy home. Among the
women OF Washington Mrs. Sherman
is particularly popular. She has a
charming personality, an affable man
ner and delightful spirit OF hospi
tality. Her invitations are never de-
clined.
Last winter Representative and Mrs.
Sherman lived at the New Willard and
entertained only in the most informal
way. Their dinner parties were limited
10 only a few guests because OF the III
health of both Mr.. and Mrs. Sherman.