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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-07
CAVE HIS LIFE
TO SAVE OTHERS
HerOism Of an Engineer Prevents
Fearful Loss Of Life, But Re
suits in His Undoing.
Train Was Running at the Rate Of
Forty Miles an Hour When the
Acc@lent Occurred, as the Re-
suit of an Open Switch.

Topeka, Kan.-Santa Fe passenger
train No. 8, westbound, the California
limited, went into the ditch at Wakar-
usa, twelve miles west of here, Thurs
day morning. The engineer was kill
ed and several passengers injured.
The cause of the wreck is said to
have been an open switch.
The train was running at the rate
Of forty miles an hour when the
wreck occurred. Henry Rossiter, the
engineer, stayed in the cab and ap-
piled the airbrakes and thus saved
the train from much more serious
wreck, but the act cost the brave engi-
neer his life. When dragged from the
cab after the wreck every bone in
Rossiter's body was broken and he
was badly mangled.
The engine left the rails and turned
over in the ditch to the left of the
track. The baggage car was dragged
after the engine and turned halfway
across the track. The buffet car was
derailed and torn from its trucks by
the shock Of the wreck. At the point
of the derailment there was ditch on
both sides of the track. Two hundred
feet of the track was torn up.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-07
SOLDIERS ARE ORDERED
TO NAVAJO RESERVATION
indians Claim That White Men Are
Stealing Their Grazing Lands and
an Outbreak is Feared.

Denver.-General Earl D Thomas,
commanding the department of the
Colorado, has been instructed to dis
patch Immediately six troops of cav
airy to the Navajo reservation. The
orders came from the war department
Saturday, and are induced by the fear
that renegade Utes will induce the
Navajos to rebel. The chief cause of
the dissatisfaction is the use of the
water holes and grazing lands by the
whites. The Indians claim the white
men are stealing their privileges and
resent the intrusion. The troops will
be sent from Forts Whipple, Apache
and Wingate.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-07
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, B. C.-Six towns on the
Crows Nest branch of the Canadian
Pacific railroad have been wiped out
many others are in danger of destruc
ton, over 100 lives have beeen lost,
thousands are homeless and a 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 1t
is feared that scores of homesteaders
nave met death in the deep woods.
The inhabitants Of the towns have
in the hope of safety The railway
companies have placed all available
trains at their disposal.
For the past month forest fires 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 sprane
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 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, ant
many lives have been lost in an en-
deavor to check the flames, or save
personal effects.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-07
President overruIes West Point Of
ficiais.

Oyster Bay.-President Roosevelt
and Secretary of War Wright have
decided that the eight cadets who
were recently. dismissed from the
United States military academy at
West Point for hazing, shall be rein
stated, and that their punishment shall
be administered according to the dis
ciplinary methods of the academy.
Secretary Wright said that he dis
cussed the matter thoroughly with
the president, and that both he and
Mr.. Roosevelt were of the opinion
that dismissal was too severe. He said
that the cadets acted in manly man.
ner in telling him all about the Of
lenses with which they were charged.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-07
HOPE FOR LAMPHERE.
Mrs. Guinness and Children Given
Strychnine Before Being
Cremated.

La Porte, Ind.-Coroner Mack an.
uounced 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.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-07
Failed to Secure Conviction.

Portland, Ore.-Ex-State Senator r.
A. Booth of Eugene and his brother,
James II. Booth, ex-reeeiver of the
land office at Roseburg, and Thomas
E. 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. 1t is stated that largely be-
cause of the failure of the govern
ment to secure a conviction number
OF other complaints will be dismissed
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-07
eoMPERs MAKES DENIAL.
Never Said That He Would Deliver
the Labor Vote.

Washington-"The report that I
have ever said that would or would
not deliver the labor vote to any polit-
ical party is an infamous lie," said
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor on
Thursday. organized labor is not
only honest, but intelligent enough to
choose the party for it's support
which will best represent its inter-
ests.
at is possible that by lies and mis-
representations the enemies of organ
lied labor may injure me personally
and even be successful in accomplish
ing my removal as president Of the
American Federation of Labor" said
Mr.. Gompers, "but that will never
change my course in battling for the
principles for which l stand"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-07
Auto Run Down by Train.

elphia.-Driving 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,
were run down and killed. Portions
of their mangled bodies were scat
tered along the tracks for 100 yards
and except for the contents of THEN
pockets, Identification would have
been almost impossible.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-07
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 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. J. 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 it's banks and flood
ed more than 100 homes.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-07
The Touch of Nature

Consider chickens!
In the market there are specified
plymouths, and dominickers and fat
leghorns, clucking in many crates.
but they get no notice except from
customers who hold views concerning
roasts and potpies.
But take, for instance, the pullet
that the invalid boy carries In his
arms when his mother wheels him
along the street in his rolling chair
and you can't count the eyes that fol
low in his wake. He is a little how
who would be like other little bows IL
he could romp in the street, and the
pullet is only an ordinary fowl. with
white feathers yellowing around the
hackle and a red comb
But II 1t were the cock that made
st. Peter cry, or the rooster that
crowed in the morn to wake the priest
all shaver and shora, or that good old
hen with yellow legs that laid her
master many eggs, the crowds couldn't
show more curious interest.
Which shows what environment will
do.-Washington Star.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-07
Child Abducted From Chicago Home
is Given Her Freedom.

Chicago.-Veronica Cassidy, the IL
year-old girl whose mysterious alb
duction on July 80 caused unusual po-
lice activity in this and other cities,
returned to her home Saturday night
from Cincinanti, whittier she had
been taken by her alleged abductor,
F. J. Blair. She told her parents that
Blair had placed her aboard train
Immediately after leading her away
from home, and that they had been
in a rooming house in the Ohio city
until Saturday morning, when the
man gave her ticket to Chicago and
told her to go home.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-07
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 a tomb for the men whose
bodies were not recovered.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-07
Jealous Lover Shoots His Rival and
Sweetheart.

La Crosse, Wis.-Jealous because
his rival had taken his sweetheart to
a country dance and was escorting her
home, John Newburg, "a years old, a
young farmer, waylaid and shot Ara
bella Miller, Is years old, and VIII
Heider, "a years old, at Waterloo
bridge, near West Salem, on Sunday.
Miss Miller was shot through the
wrist, in the cheek, arm and abdo-
men. Heider grappled with Newburg
and was shot in the wrist. Heider
whipped up his horses and escaped
with the injured girl.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-07
Has No Use for spanIards.

Manila.-The Spanish consul in
this city has written to Governor Gen.
eral Smith officially drawing attention
to the Incorporate speech made by
Simon Villa, candidate for office on
the municipal board in which he ex-
pressed intense hatred of all Span
iards, and said that If another insur-
the killing of all persons of that ma
tionality, including the friars. The
governor general has taken the mat
ter under consideration. Villa contin-
ues delivering Incorporate speeches.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-07
CASTRO IN FOR SCRAP.
Hollanders Offered Affront Which
May Result In 5Ioodshed.

Willemstad.-The Dutch cruiser
Gelderland arrived here on Sunday
from La Guira, Venezuela. Her com
mander declares that he sent a boat
ashore at La Guira with an officer and
was refused all means of communica.
ton with the shore The authorities
there, he says, declined to accept the
letter bags and an official communica-
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 ac-
ton.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-07
ProphesIes Prosperity.

Washington.-Prosp better ana
saner than the United States has ever
seen before is foreseen for the next
decade by Professor Henry C. Adams,
for twenty years in charge of statis-
tics and accounts for the Interstate
Commerce commission. Professor
Adams is recognized as one of the
closest students of industrial and
financial conditions in the service Of
the government. His intimate asso-
citation with the railroads and their
operation has given him a thorough
insight into business conditions.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-07
Mine Horror Narrowly Averted.

Nontrose, Colo.-Fourteen workmen
employed in driving the west end OF
the Gunnison government irrigation.
tunnel, had a miraculous escape from
being drowned. A huge cloudbursl
broke in the gulch just above the west
portal of the big bore, flooded the
power house floor to a depth of eigh-
teen inches. put out the fire, which
stopped the dynamos and fans, spread
over the level strech near the power
house, under which the tunnel is driv-
en-. The men escaped by an old shaft
as the water rushed into the tunnel.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-07
Successful Aeroplane Exhibition.

New York.-Henri Farman, who
came from Paris to give 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 q
success to the extent that 1t demon
lstrated the inventors ability to fly un-
der favorable atmospheric conditions
and entertained some 1000 enthusiast
tic spectators Farman travelled near.
Ay a third of a mile in about thirty
seconds and did not appear to be hur-
.rying,
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-07
Persuasive.

A rural manufacturer duns his sub
scribers in the following novel man.
ner: "All persons knowing themselves
indebted to this concern are requested
to call and settle. All those indebted
to this concern, and not knowing 1t.
are requested to call an3 find out.
Those knowing themsel-es to be in
debted, and not wishing to call. are
requested = stay at one place long
enough Tor us to reach them."-Har
pel-s Weekly.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-07
Will Give Lumber Trust a Run fol
Their Money.

Topeka, Kan.-Attorney General
Jackson on Thursday filed in the dis
trict court of Shawnee county custer.
quo warranto and Injunction suits
against the Yellow Pine association
of st. Louis. The attorney general of
Missouri, Texas and Oklahoma, it is
stated, filed similar suits in their re
spective states, in a concerted effort
to break up what is alleged to be an
illegal combine to raise the price of
lumber to a figure said to be unrea-
sonable and fictitious.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-07
Never Worried for a Century.

Chicago-A full century and seven
years of life without single moment
of worrying was ended Saturday when
Mrs. Anna Miskus died at the home
OF her grandson, Julius Anixter. Al
though lot years old, Mrs. MislEds had
full possession of her faculties until
the moment Of her death. She was
prominent as settlement worker.
she is survived by forty grandchil-
dren. when only child in her ma
five home in Maryneple, Poland, she
fook a vow never to worry, and to
thfg VOW she attributed her longevity.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-07
Murders His Friend While In Drunken
Rage.

Aurora, I'LL. A. Morrell, a
wealthy farmer living at Blackberry
Center, a 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 shotgun, blowing
the top of his head off, Anderson had
been drinking heavily for several
weeks, and it is believed he was de-
mented. Anderson, when sober, was
Gevotedly attached TO Morrell, who
had always treated him more as a
friend than as an employee.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-07
Chased Lion with Slippers.

Paris, France.-A lion broke loose
at the electrical exhibition at Mar
settles and made his way on the stage
of the theater, where ballet was be-
ing rehearsed. The panic among the
ladies appeared in their midst was in
tense. Three of the ladies, however,
were possessed of more courage than
the rest, and, snatching off their
shoes, they beat the greatly astonish-
ed beast into submission. When the
lion tanner arrived the lion welcomed
him with evident joy.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-07
Dress as We'll as You Can.

1t is quite in place to declare most
emphatically to all who may read
these lines-let the thought of 1t bear
fruit-that dress, proper according to
avocation, is one of the mandatory
requisites of this twentieth century
Putting up good front is a duty;
backing 1t up is quite another matter
and is more matter of ability. It is
more reproach not to dress correctly
than 1t Is credit to do SO. 1t is not
an achievement, it is to-day a daily
though never monotonous routine. to
forget or belittle which is a social and
business sin.-Men's Wear, New York.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-07
Rear Admiral Returns from Honolulu.

San Francisco.-Rear Admiral w.
l. Caps, chief of the naval bureau of
construction and repairs, who sailed
to Hawaii on board the batleship Kan
sas of the Atlantic fleet, returned
Sunday on the Siberia. During the az.
miraIs stay in the islands he : wit
messed the target practice and battle
maneuvers of the squadron and made
an extended tour of inspection to
Pearl harbor. Admiral Capps will in
spect the naval yards at Mare island
and Bremerton before returning to
Washington to report to the secretary
of the navy.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-07
CONFERENCE ON PANAMA.
Roosevelt Summons Wright and
Bishop to Sycamore Hill.

Oyster Bay, N. "a conference on
conditions in the American canal zone
at Panama and on the relations of the
canal zone with the republic of Pan.
ANA, was held at Sycamore Hill Fri
day night.
Secretary Of War Wright and Score
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
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-07
HEAT WAVE CAUSES DEATH.
Eleven Citizens of Chicago Succumb
to Heat and Over Sixty Pros
trations.

Chicago-The relief promised in the
government weather forecast from
the heat of the previous five days,
which has been responsible for eleven
deaths and more than sixty prostra-
lions, had not arrived at midnight on
Thursday. Four more d~aths were ad-
ded to the roll on Thursday and of
the fifteen prostrations reported, sew
eral victims are in a critical condition.
The maximum temperature was SO de
grneS.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-07
SHAH PosTPoNEs ELECTION.
Does Not Wish to be Thought an
Imitator of the Sultan.

London.-The Times correspondent
at Teheran says that the news of the
revival of the Turkish constitution
has greatly disconnected the reaction
aries and encouraged the nationalists.
The shah and his encourage are said
to be greatly disturbed. 1t is ru
mored, the correspondent adds, that
the shah has determined to postpone
the election lest it should be thought
he was initiating the sultan.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-07

Your invention may be valuable and
should be patented. Send for free in
formation and advice to H. j. ROBIN
SON, Patent Attorney. P. o. Box 544,
Salt Lake City.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-07

Some folks" says Brother Dickey.
have so much trouble in this world
that the place where Satan lives at
will look familiar to 'em!"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-07
Be a Gentleman.

"Thou shalt be a gentleman" was
the amendment to the ten command
ments proposed by President Harris
of Amherst, but If they were all kept
perhaps the amendment would not be
necessary.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-07
The Philosopher Of Folly.

There came a time in my Iife," adj
mits the Philosopher of Folly, when
I did not know which way to turn. or
what step to take next A word from
my dancing master put me right, how
ever"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-07

Children Born In Warehouses
A thousand children are born 4,
warehouses; yearly.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1908-08-07

MIMEoGRAPH Paper, Typewriter
Paper, Cartons and Ribbons, write tc
PEMBROKE STATIONERY Co., Salt Lake Civ,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-21

west comes to the east for our sunrises
our Presidents and our panics." He
charged that as a result Of the Spanish.
American war. Spain had worked Off or
Uncle Sam a $2OOOO.OOO gold brick"
When Senator Gore declared President
Roosevelt had been attacked with a
malignant type Of the new disease known
as ..plutophobia' he drew hearty applause
Continuing he declared that in 1.-The
past eleven years Of republican misrule
there have been 40 industrial combina
tions formed in the United States This
he said. was the greatest number OF
trusts that has been formed since the
dawn of creation" The speaker declared
betray organized labor with a kiss He
favored sending delegates to Denver in
sructed TO. vote for William Jennings
BRYAN. Continued cheers greeted the
name Of Bryan whenever 1t was men,
toned.
rhe name of Gov. Johnson of Mime
sofa was also applauded when Senator
Gore said he may become President In
some future year.
In conclusion. Senator Gore predicted
that he would attend a similar gather
inx OF District OF Columbia democrats
March 5 next In this city. to celebrate
the glorious election % William j.
BRYAN to the presidency. Great cheer
ing greeted this announcement.
On motion Of Delegate John J. Purcell.
william NICK. Clayton to be permanent
chairman and James B. Archer. jr., 10
be permanent secretary.
sam De Nedry's motion that all reso-
lutions be read at the convention wa
adopted.
Chairman Clayton in taking the chair
said never had an election more fair and
square been held in the District than the
primaries at which the present delegates
had been chosen. It was stated that be.
tween 5000 and 10000 ballots had been
cast by the regulars" or Kelley faction.
Mr.. Clayton said the local delegates to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-21

Denver would work for a plank in the
platform for suffrage In the District and
for District men for District offices"
Chairman Clayton gave The Star the
following statement of the factional diff
ferences in this city:
1.-THE National democratic committee
authorized and empowered the city con-
vention of 1901 to elect democratic CEN
trail committee OF twenty-five members
which was done by the convention. and
their title afterward was confirmed by
the democratic national convention at
ST. Louis and the democratic national
committee.
mo question Of their absolute title to
represent the democracy Of the District
as the only official body was raised until
1903. and then by seven men who never
held seats on the democratic central COM
mittee. who organized a committee COM
posed of men who represent the Hearst
independence League.
A recess was taken until 80 o'clock in
order TO give the committee on resolutions
time to meet and prepare its report.