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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-04-02
DESTROYED BY EARTHQUAKE.

chiIapa, Mex, is Shaken and confia-
grafton Completes Destruction.
City of Mexico, March 2s.-Chilapa,
4 town Of $1,000 inhabitants. $50
miles north Of here, in the State of
Guerrero, has been shaken by an
earthquake and burned.
The shocks, two in number, occur
red early last evening and were fol
lowed by fires which, originating q
dozen places among the tumbling
buildings, joined in q confagration
that swept the town.
Only meager facts Of the disaster
are known here, and what has been
learned has dribbled in from a half
dozen sources more or less authentic.
III Loss of Life Not Known.
a The loss of life, If any, as we'll as
The extent Of property damage, is
problematical. Telegraphic commu-
nication was severed by the shocks
and the town is two days by horse
back from the nearest railway sta
Ntion.
II The reports that have reached here
$agree that the town was destroyed by
the shocks and fire, and that the peo-
8ple fed from the place terror-strick-
ZEN. Hundreds are praying in the
#Dpen places about the ruins.
4 Reports coming in from various
& points In the republic show that the
quake was felt over very wide area,
but that In no place, with the excep-
I ton of Chilapa, was there q consid-
erable Loss OF life or property.
Town 10 Destroyed.
Gov. Damian Flores, the chief ex-
ecutive of the State of Guerrero, who
Is at present in this city, received
the first oflicial advices from Chilapa.
They minimized the disaster, but
iater returns show that the dispatch
Feceiyed by the governor was ultra
ICONS ervative. The town was practi-
cally destroyed, though NO lives were
Host. Most Of the buildings that were
ieveled were residences.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-04-02
Thursday.

Washington. March 27-Although
senators went to the capitol yester-
day expecting to devote their time to
considering the currency bill. their
attention was diverted to the creden-
tials of Senator-elect John Walter
Smith OF Maryland. The result of a
long debate was the admission Of
Mr.. Smith to his seat.
The currency bill was then taken
up and amendments were considered.
More shafts of sarcasm and invec-
tive were aimed at President Roose-
welt in the house of representatives
yesterday. In one Of the most scath-
ing arrangements Of public officer
ever heard in that chamber Mr.. Beall
of Texas charged the president with
having been guilty Of a disgusting
usurpation of power" not only toward
the national legislature. but the judi
ciary as well.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-04-02
slu sailing Vessels il ! Race.

-Four big white winged freighters
sailed from the Golden Gate yesterday,
bound In race to the Hawaiian isl-
ands, says the San Francisco Call All
we're towed to sea almost at the Same
time. and a. thsy stood on under full
sail they looked like covsy OF huge
birds.
The vessels contending for victory
belong to the merchant marine. Two
OF them are big four -masted ships, one
a bark and one barkentins. Tho yes
sells In the run are the four-mastsd
ship Erskine M. Phelps. the big f0ur-
master ship Fort George. the barksu-
tine Irmgard and the bark Gerard q.
Toby. A. the distance they will cover
will b nearly 5000 miles. shipping CIR
cles will watch with interest the r.
suits Of the time made BY the diifersat
ships.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-04-02

IA o.
The number of homicides In this
state is alarming. It 10 true that this
crime is found chiefly among the
worse element. but it is not by any
means confined to them. At any rate
the better element will share In the
responsibility for this state OF &hairs
II they do not take more active and
sure methods, through the courts and
otherwise, 10 check this food OF crime.
Just think OF fourteen homicides in
one -flfty-fouf In nine weeks.
We venture to say there is not coun-
try on the face Of the earth, civilized
or uncivilized. that can equal that rec
ord. 1t is intolerable. Newbury Rec
ord.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-04-02
SUIT HINTS AT BRIBERY.

Chicago, April 1. James MeMa-
han and William Saibert, contractors
who wrecked the old county building.
filed bin in the Superior court yes.
terday asking that Sebastian Krug, a
subcontractor. be compelled to ac-
count for $4,000 which Krug Is alleged
to have said he paid to certain county
commissioners.
Krug denied that he had ever paid
money to any county commissioner
and declared that he never claimed
to have done 50.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-04-02
WANT OFFICIAL REMOVED.
Charges Filed With Gov. Hughes
Against President Of Borough.

Cnar9ee rHe0 WIN GOV. nu9ueS
Against President Of Borough.
Albany, N. Y, April /. - Charges
against President Joseph Bermel of
the borough Of Queens, city Of New
York, were fled with Gov Hughes
yesterday by William 8. Petit. The
charges allege misconduct in once,
incompetency, neglect, waste and
violation Of law in the administration
Of his ONCE"
1t is further alleged that Bermel
"wrsngfully receiyed mnoey for the
granting Of special privileges to con.
tractors and others."
The petition submits, therefore,
that said Joseph Bermel is an unfat
person to hold o1ace," and asks for
his removal.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-04-02
81 MRS. .DAshEL..
pe.ru-Wa TOR l,er chlldrea.

Pe-ru-na TOR Her Chlldren.
Mrs. Alice Boyle, S0S Clinton st.,
Circleville, Ohio, writes:
81 want to inform you what Peruna
has done for me.
81 have been afflicted with catarrh
for several years. I have tried differ
emit medicines and none seemed to do
me any good until used Peruna. I
have taken six bottles and can praise Il
very highly for the good 1t has done mo.
81 also find 1t OF great benefit to my
children"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-04-02
|MRS.J.C.RUSSELL.
Acute INDIGESTION.

Mr.. John G. Russell, $40 County
Street, Portsmouth, Va, writes
regarding his wife's case rs fol-
lows:
"I thought it would be doing
but justice to your great medicine
to tell you what 1t has done for
my wife.
1.-TWO years ago the doctor called
at our house, on an average, three
times week, in attendance upon
my wife, who was suffering from
acute indigestion. Her suffering
was SO great that nothing but
morphine would give her relief.
awhile on visit to some friends
in Norfolk she had an attack and
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-04-02
Missouri sale Bill 81 Year. 400.

Missouri Sale Bill 81 Years AGO.
State OF Missouri, County OF Pike.
To whom 1t may concern: The I'M
dersigned will Tuesday, September %.
A. p. 1s4s. sell at public outcry for
cash on premises. whore Coon Creek
crosses on the Missouri road. the fol-
lowing chattels, to-wit: Nine yoke OF
oxen with yoke and chain, two wagons
with beds. three Niger wenches, four
buck niggers. three niSgsr boys, TIVE
prairie ploughs, twenty-five steel
traps, one barrel picked cabbage. one
hogshead OF tobacco, one lot niger
hoes, one spinning wheel. loom. three
foxhounds. lot Of coon. mink and
skunk skins and a lot OF other articles
Am gwine to California. John Doe.
Richard Roe. Cryer.
Free headcheese, apples and hard
cider at noon.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-04-02
MOTHER AND CHILD BURN.

Woman With Clothes Abiaze Seizes
Daby and nuns From House.
waterloo, Iowa, March 81. Mrs.
Henry Maynes died 1T Green OF burns.
A lamp exploded, the names commu-
nicating to her dress. Unaware that
her clothing was anre. she grasped
her babe and rushed out. She was
terribly scared. but still was clutching
the child IN faint when the flames
were smothered by the hired man.
The baby was burned on the limbs,
but will live. The mother survived
twenty-four hours q fearful agony.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-04-02
Insana Man Escapes.

Fort Dodgs. lows, March S1.-Abrs-
ham Owen, an insane man, has made
his escape from the viligant care Of
relatives and 10 now at large In the
county. and II II thought he IS headed
for Fort Dodge.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-04-02

Fort Dodge, Iowa. March -. -
George Axelsen Of Humboldt was the
victim Of the hrst shooting accident
fhis spring In this vicinity whom he
discharged his gun willis
biting in boat on tAe Des Moinss
liver while engaged III duck hunting.
The shot entered his hand.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-04-02

$4,000 fire Loss at Of. Paul.
st. Paul, March 2S.-The plant Of
the Union Roofing and Manufacturing
company was damaged by nre yester-
day, causing loss estimated at be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-04-02

u Rochester, N. Y. March 1s.-Two
G1en we're killed. one fatally injured
Ind four slightly hurt N the wreck Of
rie Train No Is.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-04-02

pared to go for
the doctor, when
our friend proposed
Peruna. I gave her
q dose, repeating 1t
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-04-02
Gained Thirty
Pounds.

in half hour, and her pains passed
away. Since that time my wife has
gained thirty pounds.
eve are never ont Of Peruna. When the
children or have cold we take some OF
mammals Peruna. find 1t has cut my
doctor bills down to almost nothing"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-04-02
Now Eats and SIeeps Well.

Mrs. Annie Tesch, S37 23rd !
Avenue, Milwaukee, Wis.,, N
writes: "When / wrote to you H.
for advice, my health was a II:
total wreck. 1 could not sleep III:
and thought / would die,
as there seemed to be no help III
for me. But I followed your N
advice and took Peruna and NJ
Manalin. \
81 am now cured. / can eat
and sleep well, and enjoy life.
~ never will be without
Reruna. should any of us be sick.n
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-04-02
catarrh OF Worst Form.

Mrs. Amanda Long, 1887 Seeley
Avenue, Chicago, ILL.,, writes:
II believe that / am cured of catarrh
of the worst form and of long standing.
81 was almost q total wreck. / tried
almost everything and doctored with a
number of doctors, but they did me no
good.
81 tried Peruna as q last resort, and by
the time had ia ken one bottle / could
see that it was helping me, and so l con-
tinued taking it. / can say now that
have not felt the slightest symptoms for
three months, and l think there is
nothing like Peruna. j still keep it in
the house, and think there is no medi-
cine like it. l cannot praise it too highly,
and bless the day that learned of it."
Mrs. Judge j. F. Boyer, 1421 Sherman
Avenue, Evanston, ILL.,, writes that sew
eral complications united in pulling her
down, and she thanks Peruna for new
life and strength.
Pe-ru-na Tablets.
For two years DR.. Hartman and his
assistants have necessarily labored to
create Peruna in tablet form, and their
strenuous labors have just been crowned
with success. People who object to
liquid medicines can now secure Peruna
tablets. Each tablet is equivalent to one
average dose of Peruna.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-14
Miraculous Manner In Which
the City Of Armagh and
Its Beautiful Cathedral
Were Founded.

copyright, 1908, by American Press Association
T.HE small city of Armagh is the
n most beautiful inland town of
q Ireland and is the ecclesiastical
capital of the country. The me-
andering river Callan flows close by.
and the situation, diversified with hill
and dale, is replete with scenes of great
natural beauty. The city, venerable for
its antiquity and famous in the annals
of Ireland, owes its origin and ecclesi-
astical pre-eminence to st. Patrick,
who in the year AS erected cathe-
dral and other religious houses there.
ST. Patrick's cathedral in Armagh.
though not occupying the site Of the
old cathedral established by st. Pat
rick, is entitled to be regarded as its
ecclesiastical successor and lacks not
its link with the remote past. The
foundation stone of the new cathedral
was laid on March II, 1910, and it was
completed in 1873. The style of the
structure is decorated Gothic of the
fourteenth century. The total length OF
the cathedral is 90 feet; combined
width of nave and aisle, y feet; width
across the transepts, 112 feet; height
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-14
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Saint Patrick and the ANGEL
The Old Cathedral Burned by
the Danes and Anelb-Nor-
mans-Shane O'Neill
and His Soldiers.

CURED for him through most hard la
Dor and by thy powerful preaching,
which by the grace of the Holy Spirit
has proved most enlightening and fruit
full to all the tribes of Ireland. In this
apostolic work thou vert always most
laborious and at many times i'll many
dangers from the gentiles, in cold and
heat, hungry and thirsty. passing dill
gently from tribe to tribe for the sal
walton of many.
Therefore the Lord knows thy
present place. situated on a hill, with a
small cell. narrow and also circum-
seribed by certain inhabitants of the
district, and its suburbs do not suffice
as n refuge, wherefore the following
vast boundary is fixed for the city of
Armagh, which thou hast loved above
all the other lands of the Irish-that is,
from the summit of Slieve-AIult to
Slieve-Mis, from Slieve-AIis to Bri-
Erigi, from Bri-Erigi to Sieve Bregh.
Certainly, if thou wishest, it shall be
of this magnitude And. Furthermore,
the Lord God hath granted to thee all
the tribes of the Scots Qrish) as Il di-
| Geese and attached to this thy city,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-14

though | know she's mine, so come,
my boy, let's step out where the
smoke isn't so thick and the moon
Shines, and you wear the shamrock in
your cap, and I'll wear mine where it
Is, over my heart. And if you hit the
shamrock I wear-well, never mind.
But if hit the one you wear, then you
make tracks peaceably and decently.
Will you do it?''
II wih,S' said the youngster. gamely.
and the two went out in the moonlight
with the crowd, while Kitty tried to
drag her father from under the table,
where he was praying alternately for
the repose of his own and Toms soul.
And then the two men fought the
duel of the shamrockS out in the soft
dawn, with the first rose light break
ing over the foothills, ON ST. Patrick's
day. Bob Owen. the boy from the
Quigley mines, 200 miles away, had
first shot, and he aimed for the sham
rock over Toms heart. But the ride
had unnerved him. and so had the look
in Kitty's eyes as she had gaZed at
his rival. and he missed his shot.
''Hold up your head, lad, and take
your medicinev' called out Tom as he
raised his hand to aim, and the young
ster did as he was told, white faced
and close Tipped. But the strength of
| Kitty's love was with Tom Grady, and
his wrist never trembled as he aimed
at the cream colored sombrero and
! shot the green shamrock off it neatly
and clearly without even scorching
the hair on the boys head
Don't mention it, he said joyousiy
as the lad drew his breath and brought
his thoughts back to earth and OReil-
ly's. Sure, don't blame You bit for
loving her, and I don't blame her for
thinking you Il fine boy, too, but twas
q year ago, don't you see, before she
cav me. So back with you. boy, to
Quigley's. and, mind, next time you
win 4 shamrock from the girl you love
be sure her heart goes with it."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-14
How Tom Grady Wore the Green
By lola L. Forester.
Copyright, 1908, by NJ.
N. Cunningham.

on the floor for the last dance just
she had given him. 1t was only 4 little
shamrock made of wire and green silk,
the kind they sell on the street corners
st. Patrick's day, but Kitty had worn
it in her hair all the evening stuck in
sideways, like the coquette she was.
just above her pretty ear, and it was
the sign of both his victory and her
thraldom to Tom Grady.
But suddenly as the two stepped out
on the floor to take their places ip the
reel figure appeared in the doorway,
and old Mike gasped and ducked
under table and quietly, soberly pre-
pared for sudden death. 1t was pic
turesque figure in its way-tall, but
not SO tall as Tom; slender and dark.
and the chaps he wore We're splashed
as from a fOrding and dusty from
heavy riding. Straight up to where
Kitty stood he walked, and, Tipping
the sombrero he wore from his head
he east it at her feet In its cord was
stuck green silk shamrock.
ridden 200 miles to claim the promise
you made me last year on it,
Tom laughed.
you're too late in the coming, my
boy. She's made me a fresh one to
night, and she's going to keep it,
She's Il fiirtr' cried the other. "What
right has she to give two of these
| things with two promises?"
"She can do just as she pleases,'
said Tom loyalty. Il don't care if she
scatters shamroeks from Sacramento
to Key West, butShe's going to marry
me next month. Now; see here; In
sorry for you, my boy. You've come ;
| long way, and you're in a devil of /;
temper, and | don't blame you. IL
| be the same If l was as near losin:
| Kitty O'Reilly. as you are this night
But I'll play you fairly for her, al
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-14

the plains of Royal Meath Easter Sun
day morning in the year 432. The land
around is beautiful TO behold, fruitful,
undulating and covered ON every side
with lovely woods Before us stands
the hill of Tara. The summit is crown
ed with palace of Ireland's king. AS
we enter a strange sight presents itself
to our view Ireland's monarch sits on
his throne in high council. Around
him are the kings and chieftains of the
nation. Tor Ireland was then divided
into four kingdoms. Around these,
again, on both sides are the pagan
priests, the famous old Druids of fire
worship.
Still in another great semicircle
are seated ON thrones the ancient min
strels of Ireland, with snow white flow
ing boards, their harps before them, fill
ing the morning air with the glorious
melody of Erin's music and accom-
panying the strains with the honored
story of Ireland's heroes and her glori-
Gus kings.
Suddenly shadow falls upon the
threshold. A man appears, inter on
head, crozier in hand, with the cross
of Christ stamped on it. All look on
the intruder in Amusement. Who is he?
What great message does he bring? 1t
is the great st. Patrick. the former
swineherd, now commissioned by Pope
Celestine to preach the gospel to the
Irish kings and their people. How do
the kings and chieftains receive this
strange visitor? As becomes a highly
civilized and enlightened people.
The kings and chiefs and Druids and
bards listen earnestly to this man of
high ideals, and Patrick makes the best
possible means of his great opportu-
nifty. The Druid priests had ordered
fires to be lighted on the neighboring
hills of Meath and Louth in honor, of
the gods.
Patrick makes such great head
way in his first sermon that in winding
up he utilizes the beacon lights to as
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-14
Saint Patrick the Irish Ideal
By Joseph w. Gavan.
Copyright, 1908, by
Joseph w. Cavan.

sure his hearers that light is burning
in Erin that evening which will never
be extinguished He has confounded
the Druids and turned the tables upon
them and their doctrines in presence of
the kings and the chieftains of the ma
ton.
One remarkable instance of Patrick's
extraordinary cleverness and of his
readiness to avail himself of a simple
illustration in order to bring convic-
ton home to his hearers comes down
to US from his day. While the young
missioner is discussing the doctrine
of the Trinity one of the Druid priests
interrupts him by challenging Patrick
to explain how there are three Gods in
one.
This is evidently quite a poser TO the
illiterate pagans who sit around the
royal circle. Patrick, Suiting the ac-
ton to the word, stoops down and,
plucking a single leaf of shamrock
from the sward beneath him, holds it
up to the astonished gaze of the multi
tude and explains that as the three
! leaves emanated from single stem
so there are three Gods in one and one
! in three.
One can easily imagine even at this
distance of time with what thunder
ing shouts of patriotic applause this
| explanation involving the shamrock
is received by the primitive Irish. 1t
was by arts like these quite as much
! as by the force and beauty of Christian
, principles that st. Patrick accomplish
ed his purpose and established his
right to the chief apostleship of Ire
! land.
At Downpatrick is the graveyard
in which the saint was buried. His
grave is n grass grown mound marked
at the head by three rough stones. 1t
IS open-the authorities never close it
because every day people piously rifle
the untenanted sepulcher and take
away some of the earth. They preserve
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-03-14

from floor to ridge, 40 feet: heighr
of two western spires, 30 feet.
The foundation stone of the cathe-
dral was laid by the Rev. William Gro
ly. d. D., the one hundred and fifth
successor of st. Patrick in the see Of
Armagh Over the front door of the
cathedral is the inscription "Soli Dec
Omnipotenti, Trino In Persons, Sub
Invoccatione SIT Patritii, Hibernorum
Apostolic which Anglified reads, 'To
the One God Almighty, Three In Per
sons. Under the Invocation of st. Pat
rick, Apostle of Ireland"
The memories of close upon fifteen
centuries cling around the old cathe
dral established by St Patrick 1t
was ravaged and burned by the Danes,
subsequently by the Anglo-NOrmans
and was almost entirely destroyed by
fire in 14O4
In 1866 the primate of Ireland preach
ed in the cathedral before Shane O'Neil
and GOO OF his soldiers. In his sermon
he recommended loyalty to the English
king, which so enraged O'Neill that he
burned the cathedral and pillaged the
city of Armagh. Another chief of the
same clan, Sir Phelim O'Neill set fire
to the cathedral in 1643
The following translated extract from
the Book of the Angel" embodied In
the larger Book of Armagh pre-
served in the Royal Irish academy,
Dublin, gives an account of the mirac-
ulous manner in which the city of Ar
magh and it's cathedral were founded:
'Once upon time st. Patrick pro
ceeded from Armagh to bGptize, teach
and cure multitudes of both sexes of
the human race, whom he expected to
meet by the well lying close to the
place of his abode on the eastern side.
There, before the dawning of the day,
he awaited the arrival of the people
from all directions who desired a
knowledge of the faith. As he thus
waited, suddenly heavy sleep over
came him, as previously he had been
wearied out by night vigils for Christ.s
''And. behold, quickly came an angel
to him from heaven and reused him
lightly from sleep. And St Patrick
said: Here l am. Have / done an
Ubiquitous thing lately in the sight of
the Most High? If this has been so,
beg pardon from Cod
1 "The angel answered: No, but the
Almighty hath sent me to thee for the
comfort of thy soul after the con-
version of the Irish by thee to him
into the faith, whom thou hast ac-