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The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-09-26
.RO|N IN THE WAKE
OF FOREST FIRES
Hungry Flames Are Causing Untold
Damage to Property in Micbi-
gan and Wisconsin.
Small Town Entirely Destroyed, the
Residents Fleeing for Their Lives
People Are Praying for Rain
to Check Flames.

Oshkosh. Wis,--North Forks, a
small town on the 500 railway, has
been completely destroyed by forest
fires The people had to fee for their
lives. after unsuccessfully battling
with the flames In an endcavor to
save their homes.
Ashland, Wis, reports the smoke
go dense from forest fires that the
sun was hidden all day on Monday.
and that Lake Superior was practi.
cally surrounded by FIRE for many
miles. Vessels were compelled CON
stantIy to sound their fog signals.
Most Rev Sebastian q. Mcssmer,
archbishop Of Milwaukee. has sent Il
letter to the clergy of his diocese or.
dering prayers for rain.
Foster City. Mich. has not been
destroyed by fire. is still untouched
by the flames, but the people are not
yet satisfied that all danger has
passed.
Calumet, Mich. reports fires assum.
Ing threatening aspects all over
rorthern Michigan and several towns
In danger of destruction. LaBelle,
north of Calumet, is in very grave
danger OF being surrounded. except
on the water side. by flames.
Forest fires. though checked by
light rains Friday, broke out anew
Monday night, and four villages
north Of Escanaba, Mich. have been
surrounded by fames-Nlagara Quin.
nessec, Forest City and Hermans-
Vile. The people were carried out Of
the name-stricken district by relief
trains.
At Iron Mountain the families OF
twelve farmers were driven from
their homes.
At Quinnessec many people have
been taken from the city on relief
trains
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-09-26
CARPENTERS IN SALT LAKE.
City in the Hands Of Builders for a
Solid Week.

Salt Lake City.-Delegates from all
over the United States TO the national
convention of the Brotherhood of Car
pneters and Joiners are in session in
this city. Aside from the business
meetings, the visiting delegates will
be royalty entertained by the people
of Salt Lake. All of the visiting dele
gates were presented with cards entit-
ling them ito the privileges of the
Commercial club until October 10.
1908; TO admission to the Informal
smoker In Armory hall at o'clock
Wednesday evening; to admission to
the tabernacle concert Friday after
noon; TO round trip transportation 10
Saltair at 2 o'clock Saturday after
noon, and to free luncheon and bath
Ing privileges at that resort; to round
trip transportation to the mines and
smelters Of Bingham. Utah. Septem-
Der 80: TO the banquet at Armory hall
at o'clock Thursday evening, Octo-
Der !, and to all the other ceremonies.
entertainments and meetings incident
TO the convention"
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-09-26
ARKANSAS WOMAN FOUGHT
BY HER HUSBANDS SIDE
Desperate Battle Between SherlTs
Posse and Murderer and His wife
Results in Two Being MORALLY
Wounded

West Plains, Mo-John Roberts and
his wife on Sunday resisted a sheriffs
posse in a desperate battle near Pres
tonia one mile south OF the Missouri
Arkansas line, when the officers at
tempted to arrest Roberts for killing
ODE Kesslnger, neighbor, Saturday
night. AS a result the woman and
Sheriff Mooney of Baxter county, Ar
kansas, are MORALLY wounded; Rob
erts and two members of the posse
Max Lowery and his son-are all seri-
ously hurt. Roberts may not survive.
The murder Of Kessinger was cold
blooded Roberts went TO the house
late in the evening and called his vic
tim to the door When Kossinger APP
peared Roberts fred deliberately and
killed him The cause of the deed has
not been learned here.
Sheriff Money had collected several
deputies when he was informed of tho
crime early Sunday morning and start.
ed to arrest Roberts. The posse was
hailed by the woman and told to keep
away, but when the sheriff continued
to advance both she and her husband
opened fire. Mooney was shot by the
woman. His fall disconnected his dep
uties. and Roberts and his wife took
advantage of this to barricade the
house They defended the building
for hours When the firing from with
in finally ceased the door was broken
down Mrs Roberts. suffering from
fourteen wounds was dying, and her
condition was such that no attempt
was made to remove her TO Jail. Rob-
erts and the wounded officers were
taken to Mountain Home, Ark.
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-09-26
A Clever Female Thief.

Observation-Disclosures the very eyes
OF her mistress, who suspected moth
Ing, a clever servant girl thief walked
out OF the house of John II Marsden
in West Philadelphia Saturday with
an apron full of jewelry valued at
$4,000 The girl came to Mrs Mars
den on Tuesday and applied for
position as a domestic. Mrs Marsden
engaged her and she began work i'm.
mediately. As Mrs. Marsden stood on
the porch Saturday the girl, dressed
IN street attire, passed out OF the
house with the loot In her possession.
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-09-26
.lARKSPUR POISONING IN
THE NATIONAL FOREST
Government Making an Effort to Dis
cover Antidote, and Thus Save
Cattlemen Heavy Losses

The losses to the cattlemen I'm the
western states from Larkspur pois.
oning every year have been so seri.
Gus that the government is making
vigorous effort to find an antidote
Tor the poison, as well as to eradi
cate the plant itself.
In the Gunnison national forest
Colorado, the losses to the stockmen
last season from larkspur were con.
seryatively estimated to equal almost
r per cent of the total number OF
cattle grazed upon that forest.
It's effects are almost immediate.
Death follows the eating of the plant
within "A few hours. For this reason
remedies are of little avail, because
the animals are generally dead be.
lore they are discovered.
Experts from the bureau of plant
industry. in cooperation with the for
est service, have made careful and
painstaking Investigations in the
field, with view of lessening the
losses as far as possible, while sew.
Cral different plans have been tried
in hopes of completely destroying the
Plant.
Larkspur grows very luxurlantly in
the early spring. on the Gunnison
forest in June, 1906. the forest OF.
ficers counted more than 1900 plants
in blossom upon single square rod.
The plant seems to be more poison
Gus in hot damp weather than in dry
seasons, and II has been observed
that when the ground Is hard and
dry. so that in eating 1t the stems
break OF, leaving the roots In the
ground, II is not so deadly In its eff
fects.
Since certain areas are well known
TO be badly infested with larkspur
the stockmen have been in the habit
Of herding their cattle from suct
places. AS far as possible, these
areas will be fenced by the forest
service. On other areas where II Is
not so plentiful tire plants will be
dug out by the forest rangers, and
also moved off to prevent seeding
again.
II has also been found that the
plant will not hold its own against
certain kinds of grasses. such as I'm
othy. A few acres. sowed In timothy
are being carefully watched and 1t is
believed that II IL crowding the lark
spur out. II seems probable that by
sowing timothy on the mountain
meadows the larkspur could be grad
ually smothered and replaced by a
valuable forage plant.
II this plan Is supported by good
evidence this season, timothy will be
extensively sowed later on. Mean.
while upon this, as well as several
other national forests where the
losses from this plant are very seri
Gus. the building of fences to keep
the cattle on the most dangerous
areas Is being pushed by the forest
service. and will be continued as fast
as funds are available for the pur.
pose.
Mr.. J. G. Thomas OF Crawford, Col.
orado. made an experiment In feed
ing the larkspur some years ago TO
determine. II possible, just what part
Of the plant contained the poisonous
properties. A yearling steer was fed
d large quantity Of the leaves, with
no injurious results. a few days
later, the same animal was fed n
quantity OF the roots. and within ten
hours II was dead, thus justlfying the
suspicion that the poisonous matter
was contained In the root
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-09-26
PLAGUE ALMOST
BEYOND CONTROL
Cholera Situation in St. Petersburg
More Serious Than Visitation
Of the Year 1893.
Disease Also Spreading In Manila
There Being Many Deaths, But
Health Authorities Are Confident
Of Gaining Control Of the
Situation.

St Petersburg Petersburg Is IA
the grasp of Asiatic cholera which al.
ready has exceeded in severity and
numbers the visitation of 1893. The
disease is increasing daily at an
alarming rate, and unless the authori
ties show in the future a much greater
degree of ability to cope with the sit.
uatlon than they have in the past
there is every reason to fear that it
will get out of hand. The governments
threat to apply the provisions of mar.
tial law has driven the municipality
officials to bend all their energies TO
clearing the city of the. scourge. The
aldermanic council has voted s250000
TO enlarge the hospital space, to pur.
chase and distribute disinfectants, the
supply of which in St. Petersburg Is
well-nigh exhausted. and to expedite
the interment of bodies, which has
been VIGOROUSLY slow. The dead
houses are overcrowded and many
corpses lie unburied
Manila.-Fifty.eigh new cases of
cholera and nineteen deaths are re-
ported for the twenty.four hours end
ing at 8 o'clock Monday morning.
The infected areas in the city and
suburbs are spreading somewhat, but
the health authorities are still conf
dent that they will be able TO speedily
gain control of the situation.
Governor General Smith has sum.
moned a special meeting of the men,
bers of the Philippine commission, to
discuss the plague situation and to lay
plans for an extension of the cam
paign now being waged against the
disease.
Federal troops are guarding the
sources OF the city's water supply to
prevent the throwing Of any infected
matter into the water. and 1t is prob
able dat the force thus engaged will
be largely reinforced.
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-09-26
INTEREST IN MEETING.
over 1000 Delegates Expected at
ns-Mlssissippl Commercial
Congress.

San cisco-Present indications
are that fully 1900 delegates will at.
tend the nineteenth annual TRANSMITS
'issippi Commercial congress, which
will meet In this city from October G
o 10. and at which will be dlscussc
many subjects OF national interest, but
With particular reference to the states
md territories west of the Mississippi
according to letters and kilograms re-
elved by Secretary Arthur +. Francis
delegations are coming from every
western state and territory. As Con.
eryation OF Natural Resources" a
ubiect In which President Roosevelt
s deeply interested, will be made a
pecial feature of the congress, II &C.
expected that the president will be
epresented by member OF his cab
net. II, II, Hartman the railroad
lagnate, will be in attendance and
idress the congress, and the gov
rnors of Washington, Oregon, Utah,
'evada. Idaho and Hawaii will head
he delegations from their states.
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-09-26
LONE HUNDRED AND TEN
PEOPLE PERISH IN WRECK
Ship Star Of Bengal Caught In Storm,
Torn From Hold Of Protecting
Tugs, and Destroyed.

Wrangel, Alaska.-One hundred and
ten out of total Of 1877 persons
aboard the cannery ship Star of Ben.
gal were drowned when the vessel
was torn from the hold of protecting
tugs and dashed ashore ut Helm
Point, at the southeast end of Coro.
nation island. The terrible tragedy
occurred on September II, and the
news was brought by the tug Hattie
Gage, Captain Farer, which carried
the survivors, twenty-seven in all. The
survivors before leaving Coronation
island buried the bodies of fifteen
white men on the beach.
Captain Wagner of the bark Star Of
Bengal, which was wrecked on Coro-
nation island with loss Of 10 lives.
was unconscious for an hour after he
was rescued. He charges the captains
Of the tugs Kyak and Hattie Gage,
who cut loose from him with rank
cowardice Unable TO speak above n
whisper, Captain Wagner wrote the
following:
When the tugs cut the tow line We
were lying in ten fathoms of water,
and for four hours hoped for help
from the tugs We burned blue lights,
hut the tugs would not come in. Had
trey done so, every man aboard could
have been saved. | will send both
tug captains TO the penitentlary II
possible for their cowardce."
The survivors of the wreck number
twenty.seven. The ship broke In
three pieces and is a complete loss
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-09-26
Missouri Farmer Hanaed.

Kingston, Mo.-Albert Filley. the
triple murderer was hanged here
Monday morning. Filley killed his
wife, his brother ana his baby at their
farm home year ago. Filley's
brother Henry and Henry's wife lived
with him and he assaulted them when
they discovered he had fatally wound
cd his wife and CHILD with a club or
AK Mrs. Henry Filley escaped to q
neighbours and when the murderer
was arrested at the scene OF the
slaughter he declared Henry killed
the other members OF the family and
that he killed Henry In self.defense.
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-09-26
Pennsylvanla Nature story,

Six weeks ago workman In the
Pennsylvania repair shops in ALE
gheny left two dozen eggs in an aban
doned tool box in the roundhouse
Steam pipes go through the box, Al
over the eggs heavy layer OF Goa
SCOT settled
Three weeks ago II sooty chicks ar
rived, II was found that the steam
pipes kept the temperature OF the DO,
at 1903 degrees, A second hatch OF q
chicks appeared. sooty but healthy
Another hatch is being prepared.
Born among the changing noises O.
the roundhouse, every chick so far dis
covered is eaf.-Philadelphla Record
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-09-26
Fever Caused by Use Of Impure Milk.

Washington Recently government
experts have been giving the question
OF handling of typhoid fever a consid
cradle amount of attention, and many
reports have been rendered from vari
Gus officers In different parts OF the
United States, These reports deal
with the question from every known
hygienic and sanitary standpoint. and
many valuable suggestions are con.
tained for the layman. 1t Is the con.
sensus OF opinion of practically all of
the experts who have reported that
more cases of fever are directly trace.
aDle 10 the use OF impure milk than 10
any other one known cause.
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-09-26
RoAsTs BANK EXAMINERS.
Comptroller Says Quality OF Thei
Work Must be Improved.

washington.-"I say ~4u ep
phatically THAT your work must be
improved. Embczzlements have
failed OF discovery. defalcations and
dishonesty have been concealed from
you, and In many cases you have
failed TO correctly or even approx
mately estimate the value OF the pa.
per and securities held by the bar ks"
This was the declaration made on
Monday by Comptroller Of the Cur
rency Lawrence O. Murray In ad
dressing the conference OF national
bank examiners representing practi
cally all of the territory east Of Ohio
The conference. which Is being held
behind closed doors, Is expected to
continue for several days and II the
first under the comptroler's bill OF
September .. designed to discuss the
bank examiners work with a view
to radical Improvement.
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-09-26
ADVOCATES PRIMITIVE METHOD
Chicago Preachers Says Parents
Should Use Barrel stsve on Children.

Chicago.-A war which Chicago
high school pupils have been waging
against the board OF education at
tempted abolition OF school secret So
cieties and fraternities was enl'vened
Sunday night, when Rev. Frank Smith,
speaking in n Congregational church,
charged the parents with being too
lenient and recommended the use OF
the barrel stave. He said:
III parents side with pupils in the
defiance of school regulations, how can
we expect other than that our future
citizens will become habltual dehers
of the Law, and paint the red, and
dulge In rowdyism during strikes Just
as they pleased? | believe that gen.
erous application OF an elastic barrel
stave will have a wholesome and sob
ering influence on rCbclllcns In
schools"
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-09-26
War Aaalnst Consumptlon.

Washington.-What is practically a
worlds fair on tuberculosis was for.
mally opened at the new national
museum In this city Monday night
The exhibition has been assembled
In connection with the international
congress on tuberculosis. The exhl.
bltion will remain open until October
l2, during which time there will be
demonstrations and talks TO illustrate
the methods by which the fight
against tuberculosis is being made In
all parts of the world.
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-09-26
The Prize Is a Mule.

New York. William ]. Bryan has
offered the mascot mule presented to
him by the Agricultural society OF
Minnesota as prize to the county
showing the largest percentage Of
Increase in the vote for the Demo.
cratic electors over the average vote
for electors In the last three cam
paigns, The offer Is contained In a
letter from the presidential nominee
to National Chairman Mack, who
made public the contents. Mr.. Bryan
proposes that the county which wins
the mule shall turn Il over to the
precinct showing the largest gain.
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-09-26
Mobiles Convict Labor Law.

Atlanta, Ga,-The extra session OF
the general assembly finished its work
Saturday and adjourned sine die. The
much'discussed convict labor bill was
passed, The bill leaves any convicts
not taken by counties on a pro rata
distribution, not taken by municipal
ties at 800 per year, or not needed on
the state farm or other state institu'
lions. to be disposed of at the discre'
ton OF the governor and the prison
commission. II is believed that this
VIII end the lease system definitely
on March 81. 1909
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-09-26
Simple Wedding for Millionaire.

omaha,-Morris Sellers Largey.
banker and miner of Butte, Mont.
who inherited 100000 on the death
of his father several years ago, was
married without ostentailon at ST.
Peters church Saturday at noon TO
Mrs. A. c. Sicbe Of Modesto, Cal. They
arrived in Omaha from New York.
Friday. Mrs Largely, who Is stun
ming beauty, is almost as wealthy MS
the bridegroom, and a social queen in
San Francisco. His sister. who in
herited n million, was Economically
married last spring to a poor clerk In
Butte.
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-09-26
WILL De MONSTER PARADE.
Ninety Bands and One Hundred
Speakers viii Make Demonstration.

London.-Property worth 81 200, 900
is behind gigantic protest which will.
be made next Sunday In Hyde Park
against the licensing bill on the ground
mat 1t Is not only an aggression
against private property, but It Is not
hkely to help the cause OF temper
ance. The procession which, II is
SAID VIII have 100000 men in line.
VIII include not only employers and
employees directly concerned In the
liquor trade. but investors OF financial
standing who look upon the measure
as dangerous precedent. and, also
thousands OF workmen in other trades.
what with ninety brass bands and 100
speakers the afternoon promises
unique amusement.
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-09-26

Washington.-Theodore Roosevelt,
jr' has gone to work. This was ms
much as was admitted at the White
House on Wednesday, No further in.
formation was forthcoming concerning
the employment In which the presi.
dents eldest son has engaged. Give
lhe boy chance" was the answer OF
secretary Loeb tn an inquiry as TO
where the young man had gone. lie
added that the president did not wish
MS son TO have any more attention at
tracted to him in his new position
than was necessary.
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-09-26
Dishonest Real Estate Dealer.

Denver, Colo,-Clin; o. Heath, for
merly a real estate dealer and pro-
moter In this city. was found guilty
OF ENLIGHTENMENT OF $500 from Mrs.
Mary II. Hustled Of New York by
jury in the criminal court Saturday
night. This verdict carries SEN
tence OF one 10 ten years in the peni-
Tertiary While the information on
which Heath was found guilty involved
the embezzlement Of only $500, tho
sums lost by Mrs. Hustled through her
dealings with him Amounted to SIS 600.
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-09-26
Bridge COLLAPSED.

iiavre de Grace.-ThrOugh the col.
lapsing of span of nearly 100 feet
OF the Baltimore & Ohio bridge over
me susquehanna river at this point,
wednesday morning, twelve loaded
coal caIs OF a northbound freight train
were carried down and the span was
totally demolished William Wilson
or Havre de Grace, a Waterman, went
down with the wreckage and received
injuries which may prove fatal. There
were no other casualties. IL ia
thought that the bridge had been DIV.
namited, but this is denied by some
OF the officials.
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-09-26
Hundreds Witness Fierce Flight.

New York.-NiGgcr, n black female
leopard, has been killed by her cage
mate, The Devil, after a desperate
battle in the lion house Of the Bronx
menagerie. Hundreds OF persons. In.
,luding women and children, watched
he combat The keepers made Wig
prous efforts to separate the enraged
animals. For nearly twenty minutes
he battle ragged. Then The Devil, by
deft flank movement, sank his
.angs into Nigger's throat, and min
ute later she fell over dead.
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-09-26
FIND A WATERY GRAVE.
Nine Persons Perished When British
Schooner Was Wrecked.

Mobile, Ala.-Nine persons are be-
lieved to have persisted In the wreck.
Ing of the British schooner Il. NJ.
Bertha on the coast Of North Caro-
lima, previous reports Of the finding OF
wreckage OF the schooner having been
made by the master of the steamer
Cherokee upon arrival at New York
on Wednesday. Three of those on
board who are believed to have per-.
ished, with six members of the crew =,
have relatives here and In Cayman'
Brae. B. w. !. Relatives here hold out
little hope that those on board were
rescued. II Is believed that the Bertha
turned turtle and went down with all
on board and later went to pieces.
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-09-26
California Woman Identifies Texan as
Murderer OF Six.

Sherman. TeXas.-Mrs. Mary Zim-
norman. whose home is In San Fran
CISCO has positively identified Bill Hat.
field. who is in the Grayson county
Jail, as James c. Durham, who is
wanted at San Jose, Cal, for the muir.
der OF six persons-Mrs. r. T. Me.
Gliny, Mrs. Hattie u. Durham, Mrs.
Minnie Sylvester, Colonel r. p. Me.
Gliny. James X. Wells and Robert A.
Disco
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-09-26
Four Out Of a Party Of Seven Pleas
ure Seekers Drowned.

Bridgeport, Contour persons ou'
OF party OF seven in launch were
drowned on the Long Island sound of
Stratford Point. The three survivors
were rescued after having been In
the water nearly two hours The
dead are Frederick l.. Roswell. Mrs.
Roswell, his wife: Edward, son,
aged O.; May, daughter. aged Z Those
saved were Miss Gertrude Adams,
William Gonbeth and Mrs c. Wesley
Parks.
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-09-26
Bryan Makes Twelve Speeches in One
Day In Ohio.

Columbus, o.-Twelye speeches TO
enormous crowds marked the second
entry of William j. Bryan, Democratic
candidate for president, into Ohio
during the present campaign. His
concluding speech was made here
wednesday night to an overflow
crowd OF 10000 persons, while Just
previously he had addressed the larg.
est audience that ever had assembled
In Memorial hall, The seating capac
lily is 5000 but this was increased by
1000 others who were satisfied to
stand.
The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1908-09-26
He Had Been There.

RodrIck-Howdy. old man? We are
going on a camping trip soon. Did you
ever enjoy camping trip where you
had to do your own cooking and sleep
beneath the stars?
Van Albert-Nope.
Rodrick-What? Do you mean to
say you have never been on a camp
Ing trip?
Van Albert-No, | mean to say that
l never enjoyed one.