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Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-01-16

One Of the Most Awful catastrOphes
Since the Memorable lrOquoIS Dis
aster At Chicago Has Occurred at
BOysrstO~m, Pa.
Bcyerstown, Pa, Jan. 15.-When
daylight. dawned Tuesday the full ex-
tent OF Monday nights horror when
RhOade's opera house was burned was
@pparent.
The list OF dead Is placed at 150
and the injured at rs.
How many killed may never be
Known, for among the Victims OF this
awful disaster were a number OF Wis
itors and some strangers who may
have left no relatives TO trace them
70 their untimely fate.
4co In Playhouse.
It is estimated that there we're 400
people In the playhouse when the OK.
ploslon OF the gas tank occurred.
The tank was being used In connec.
ton with moving pictures. An am
ateur performance OF Scottish Re
formation for the benefit of st. Johns
Lutheran Sunday school was being
produced. Instantly the explosion
occurred, some one yelled "Fire!" and
n less time than It takes to tell It,
the center Of the opera house was
blazing furnace.
The rapidly with which the flames
spread was caused by the upsetting
Of the coal oil lamps used as the foot
Ilghts by some OF the persons on the
stage who endeaVored to allay the
frightened women and children and
quiet the audience. But even the
men seemed to lose all control OF
themselves and fought with the wo-
men and children who composed me
greater part of the audience 70 gain
the street.
Wohsn and Children TrampIed.
In this manner women and children,
who might otherwise have escaped
the roaring flames. were forced back
and trampled on.
Particularly was this the case with
those who were caught on the stair
ways. Pandemonium relgned and tho
mad scramble for the exists Is simply
thdescribable.
The weaker ones were brushel
aside and in many Instances trampled
90 death. Scores OF persons on the
second floor. seeing the awful Jam
on The stairways, rlsked their lives
by Jumping from the windows. In
ellis way seveTal were so badly injured
that they died before reaching any OF
the numerous temporary hospitals.
Boyerttown is a Village OF about
$500 people. and theHE Is scarcely q
house in the little town that has not
been afflicted by Monday nights Wis
station OF the FIRE.
Reuben ". stoYer. one OF those NhO
escaped the flames, in speaking of the
Gre. said;
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-01-16

TAe uork e FenoTine ths ko4lsa
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Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1908-01-16
HORROR IN THEATER
Gas Tank EXpIOdeS During Per-
!. torrance at BOyerStOWn, Pa.
40 PERSONS LOST LIVES

One Of the Most Awful catastrOphes
3 Since the Memorable lroquoIs Dis
aster 1t Chicago Has Occurred at
Boysrstown, Pa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-23

CONTINUED ON PAGE 7o
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-23
Thousands WiH Welcome
 PYOn1inent Guests Today

entertainment. and nothing has been left undone to make the day memorable. The visitors come as the especial guests of the Board of Trade at the banquet to be given tonight at the Hotel Hllman, which organization with the co-opera- tion of the Bryan Democratic club. has outlined a busy programme for them during the day. The public speaking at the Bijou at Il o'clock will, of course, be of greater interest to the general pub lie, inasmuch as several thousand per sons can hear the addresses delivered there. The banquet will be attended by between 400 and 800 guests
 The reception and entertainment of the visitors during the day will be under the direct supervision of the general arrange ments committee of which J. A. Rountree Is chairman. The banquet will be in charge of the Board of Trade entertain ment committee of which J. E. Shelby
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-23

Today is Bryan day in Birmingham. At S:25 o'clock the democratic chieftain will arrive in the Magic City, accompanied by former Attorney General Judson liar mon, and escorted by trainload of es- cort committees which will board the train at every stopping point in Alabama. At 6:15 o'clock this morning the Birming- ham escort committee will leave on train No. and meet the Bryan train at or near Blount Springs
 The Louisville and Nashville station will be packed with an anxious crowd of Bryan enthusiasts and the reception accorded the "Commoner" will be the greatest ever extended to him here. This visit will be an epoch in the history of Birmingham, for it places Birmingham in the limelight on the presidential propo- sition
 Everything is in readiness for the days
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-23

is chairman and D J, NIcCrossin will be grand makshal of stise parade.
 Tie speaKfhg at The Bijou will begin at Il o'clock and all seats will be free with the exception of the boxes and the stage, which will be reserved for ladies and the escort committee. Prior to the speaking Allsopp's quartet will render several selections. This quartet will also take part in the programme at the ban quet tonight.
 Rufus N. Rhodes will preside at the Bijou meeting and the speakers will be w. Schuyler Jackson, Judson Harmon, Governor Conner and William Jennings Bryan. The speaking will conclude at 1:30 o'clock, after which the visitors will be entertained at luncheon by Governor Conner at his residence. After luncheon they will rest until evening, while the visiting delegations will be entertained at the Country club. Mrs. Judson Har- mon will be given a reception at the Country club at ? o'clock
 The Bryan train will be boarded at nearly every point along the line by dele gations. R. H. Walker will be chairman of the Athens delegation and Sam Black well of the Decatur committee Large delegations will get aboard at Culman and Blount Springs, the last named town having band out to serenade. A o. minute speech will very probably be made by NIT. Bryan at Biount springs The escort committee from Birmingham will very probably be taken aboard at this point also.
 A great number of men prominent in the state have already arrived in Bir- mingham, and each train arriving in the city tomorrow will bring its quota Of guests for the banquet It Is really Bryan Day in Alabama"
 The banquet will be brilliant if dry" affair. The immense dining room of the Hillman will have every inch of space
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-23
Birmingham $ Distinguished Guests
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PROGRAMME FOR TODAY.

Y s:25 a. m.-Arrival of train from |
 < Nashville in the Louisville and $
 > Nashville railroad station bearing <
 < Bryan and Harmon. Reception in <
 < the station, after which visitors <
 ' will be escorted to the New Nor < > ris hotel via Nineteenth street. \ 800 a. m.-Breakfast New Nor <
 < ris hotel.
 : 10;30 a. m.-Parade from New {
 \ Morris hotel to Bijou theatre via { z Nineteenth street and Third ave- <
 \ nue. < Y 11;OO a. m.-Public speaking, < Bijou theatre. < 2;00 p. m.-Luncheon Governor < % Corners residence. < 2:0Q D.. .mEReception at the { ' Country club by Mrs. A. G. Smith < < in honor of Mrs. Judson Harmon. < 800 D. m.-Reception, Country { z club, to visiting delegations % FOO D. m.-Public reception -A Hotel Hi1lman. 500 D. m.--Board of Trade ban -~ quet, Hotel Hillman. ' MT. Bryan. will remove to John { -> w. Tomlinsons residence after the { -< lunch con at Governor Comer's, < -% where he will rest. until the re- { -~ ception at the Hotel Hillman at { < o'clock. He will return to Col 4
 < onel Tomlinson's residence after <
 < the banquet, spending the night {
 % there and leaving for Washington 1
 < early tomorrow morning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-23

Washington, January 22.-A resolution was passed by the House today request ing the President to submit to Congress a copy of the report of the special com mission sent by him to investigate the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-23
G. o. P. Claims Everything.

Then, when conditions were rapidly Improving, the republicans came back again and at once set up the claim that they had a monopoly of good times and were kindly letting the country in on them, If you will come north with me will show you, worked in colors on factory roofs the words Roosevelt, Fairbanks and Prosperity which have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-23
Inquiry On eoIdfIeld.

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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-14
MOTORING AMONG THE BAsoUEs.
Where Spanish Roads Compare Fa-
VOrabIy with the French Ones.

Where Spanish Roads Compare Fa-
vOrabIy with the French Ones.
The Basque province of GuipuzcOa, Of
which San Sebastian is the capital, is
in the opinion of Condo de Tore Muz-
quiz, president of the Real Club Auto
mobile, the Spanish province offering
the best roads for automobiles, says
the Herald's Paris edition.
Indeed, the count holds that they can
even hold their own when compared
with the much vaunted French high
ways, the only difference being that In
Guipuzcoa the roads are a little mar
rover, owing to the mountainous nature
of the country and to the fact that they
were built many years ago, when the
traffic was not as heavy as it Is now.
However, as regards the condition, they
are perfect, the provincial authorities
expanding large sums every year to
have them watered daily and kept in
order.
The road members employed by tho
provincial authorities have now become
such connoisseurs on automobiliSm that
many Of them are capable Of executing
simple repairs. The Real Club encour-
ages them to gain the necessary knowl-
edge and to be willing helpers, by the
distribution Of both monetary prizes
and medals.
The number of automobiles touring
In Guipuzcoa this summer is a record
one. On Sunday about 355 automobiles
crossed the Santa Catalina bridge In
the course Of the day. OF these seventy
came from France.
Despite the actual crisis in the auto
mobile trade, buying In Spain has in no
way slackened. As general rule peo-
pie prefer to purchase comfortable ma
chimes Of moderate horse power, the
more powerful ones being unfit for the
Spanish roads.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-14
woman,s Wit Uncertain.

"Don't always rely upon the ready
wit of a woman" said the man who
is sometimes pleased to consider him.
self an oracle. "'That ready wit bust
ness is sometimes prone to get way off.
"For example, by wife and children
had been staying in the country for
several weeks, and 1 was regular with
nv letters, as every loving husband
should be. Finally on the day before
my wife was to start for home | con-
Guided my letter to her with these
words:
"This will be the last letter | will
write to you for a long, long time
"When l got down to my office the
next morning 1 found a telegram from
nv wife waiting for me. What on
earth do you mean? read the dispatch.
Later a registered letter came from
her. She had blotted almost every
line with tears. What it was all
about / could not imagine.
"Then my telephone bell rang, and
when L answered 1 heard my wife's
voice speaking over the long distance
phone.
"'Oh, Johnr said she. rs that real
ly you? 1 thought you had commit
ted suicide Washington Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-14
|IlgIRAAR2S[1RgG5

The diseases to which the silkworm
is liable number 100.
Living in London is 40 per cent
cheaper than in the large cities OF the
United States.
Out of every million letters that pass
through the postofice it is calculated
that only one goes astray.
The cow tree of Venezuela is a natu-
raj dairy. It's sap is very similar to
milk and is used as such by the ma
tives.
The transient hotel population of
New York is figured at 100000 people
a day. The hotel properties are valued
at over SSO,OOO,OO0.
There is a great demand In China
for lead. 1t is used in several Chinese
manufactures, but chiefly for lining
tea chests for export.
Caleb Watts, of Lily Pad, Pa, who
raises frogs for the market, gets the
best results by feeding them on liver,
cornmeal and flies.
Great Britain imports over $35,OOO,-
GOO worth of eggs year from Russia,
Denmark, Germany, Belgium, Canada
and the United States.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-14

There is no uniformity in the size
at which Holsters reach maturity. Some
begin spawning when not more than
seven inches in length, but these are ex-
ceptions to the rule. Furthermore, the
first brood is very much smaller than
the later ones, and, generally speaking,
the larger the lobster the more numer-
Gus the progeny. Prof. Herrick says
that the average number of eggs laid
by Holsters eight inches long is 5000,
at ten inches 10000, at twelve inches
10000 and at fourteen inches nearly
10000. 1t is impossible, therefore, to
insure immunity to all breeding lob
sters without placing the limit at or
below seven inches, and that is not
even suggested. If the dividing line
were fixed at nine or ten inches almost
equally good results would be secured.
Besides, it will not do to lose sight al
together of the demands of the mar
ket 1t is doubtful if Holsters less
than seven inches long would find
ready sale.
It is greatly to be wished that
practical test of Prof. Herrick's plan
might be made. Four New England
States, Canada and New York have a
common interest in this matter. They
need not all act at once and together.
Concert of action at the outset, indeed
would be inadvisable. If, however, one
single commonwealth - Massachusetts,.
for instance-were to try it and estab-
lish its expediency, the others would
doubtless follow suit in short order.
If il proved a disappointment the new
usage could be abandoned. Something
Of Importance would have been learned
in the meantime, however; and il there
is too much delay the occasion-and
the lobster, too-may disappear for
ever
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-14
PRESERVING THE LOBSTER.
Some Suggestions How to Prevent |
Observation-Disclosures

Some Suggestions How to Prevent
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Well grounded fears were vigorously
expressed a few years ago that the
lobster would soon be eXterminated if
1t was not protected by law, says the
New York Tribune. In spite Of the
measures adopted in consequence of
that belief, the danger has apparently
not been removed. The result Of neg
lect has at least been deferred, but
doubts are still expressed from time to
time about it's having been averted.
Prof. Francis III. Herrick Of the West
ern Reserve University, insisting in
Science that the lobster fisheries con-
tinue to suffer decline, recommends
rather radical change of policy,
though he claims no credit for original
ity so far as it's fundamental idea is
concerned. This, he says, was suggest
ed in 1901 by DR.. George w. Field in
a report to the fish commissioners of
Massachusetts,
The theory Of past legislation has
been that the young lobster is in greater
need Of protection than the old one.
Hence 1t was made unlawful to retain
CATER catching) Holsters below a given
limit in size Some states fixed the
dividing line at ten and half inches
and others at nine. These standards
have been adopted by most of the Cana
dian provinces, though one or more
place it at eight inches. This regula-
ton is usually supplemented by a sec
ond, which prohibits marketing female
Holsters that are spawning. Prof. Her
rick would reverse the first Of these
rules and thus make the second I'M
necessary. One of his reasons for pro-
posing the change is that it would pro-
tect the female lobster more effectually
than existing laws do, for these can be
and are often evaded. 1t is possible
for dishonest fisherman to remove the
evidence that he is violating the sta
tutes. Forbid him to have or sell a
lobster which is more than nine or ten
inches long, whether it is spawning OF
not, and detection and punishment viii
be easier than they are now.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-14
Eamona Enfcnras.

In the ceiling Of the dining room in
Nero's golden house." on the Palatine
hill, were compartments inlaid with
ivory which revolved, showering per-
fumes and flowers on the guests. Flow
ers were presented to the guests by
slaves. They were crowned with
wreaths. Usually after one course the
tables were removed and others placed
before the guests Throughout the meal
drinking continued until the banqueters
fell under the table stupefied. In those
days men lived to eat. Great generals
spent fortunes accumulated in years of
warfare in gratifying their appetites.
Lucullus on one dinner with Cicero and
Pompey spent $4,000 drachmas, or
$1,000. Pithylus, who was famed for
the delicacy and originality of his din
ners, wrapped his tongue in linen when
not using it. That he might better APP
preciate fiavors Of the viands he had it
cleaned with fish skin before dining.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-14

A valuable contribution to the dis
cussion Of crime in the cities is made
by a writer for the Popular Science
Monthly, who has investigated the Grim
inal records of Chicago and New York
and examined the statistics Of other
cities, European and American. Some
Of the results of his study are encour-
aging, while others point to the need
Of more efficient police service and bet
er ordinances regulating the sale and
carrying of deadly weapons. In Chi
cago, it Is shown, there has been little
or no increase IN the proportion of
arrests for murder and highway rob-
berry. There has, however, been an
increase in the proportion Of arrests
for assaults with deadly weapons and
for assaults with intent to kill. The
annual average of arrests for grave
crimes generally rose from 243 per
100000 inhabitants for the three years
1901-03 to 269 for the three years
1904-06.
Alike in Chicago and in New York
the increase In certain crimes Of vio-
lence is apparently due to the condi-
lions created by unassimilated immigra-
ton and the difficulty Of watching and
restraining aliens Of vicious tendencies
or criminal antecedents. Many more
foreigners than natives are arrested
per 100000 Of the population for MUIR
der and assault with deadly weapons.
Confusion Of tongues, differences in
habits and traditions, ignorance of
American laws and ways account for
the higher proportion of crimes among
certain classes Of foreigners. Yet the
cities which show the highest ratio Of
homicides are found outside Of the
United StateS-in Mexico, Sicily, Sar-
DINA, Italy, Peru and Bolivia. In this
country the unenviable record for MUIR
der and assaults with intent to kill is
held by Lexington, KY, and Kansas
City, Kan. An investigation and analy-
sis Of the criminal records of the great
cities for 1907 and the year now en-
tering upon its last quarter may not
impose any modification Of the conclu-
sions Of the article under discussion.
But while crimes of violence may not
be increasing at a rate out Of proper
ton to the growth of the population
of the centers Of industry and immigra-
ton, they are assuming forms that
cause excitement, alarm and talk of
"epidemics." Moreover, it is not IRA
tional to expect a decrease in the pro-
portion Of arrests in view Of recent
social and industrial improvements and
progress in municipal administration.
The records, at any rate, supply argu-
ments for better distribution Of immi-
grafton and better weapon" ordi-
nances, or better enforcement Of them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-14
* YEARS oF suFFERmo.

Burning. Painful Sores on Legs
Tortured Day and Nisht-Trie@
Many Remedies to No Avail
Cured by Cuticura.
"After an attack Of rheumatism,
running sores broke out on my hus-
bands legs, from below the knees to
the ankles. There are no words TO tell
all the discomforts and great suffer-
ing he had to endure night and day. He
used every kind of remedy and three
physicians treated him, one after the
other, without any good results what
ever One day 1 ordered some Cuticura
Soap, Cuticura Ointment, and Cuticura
Resolvent He began to use them and
I'm three weeks all the sores were dried
up. The burning fire stopped, and the
pains became bearable. After three
months he was quite well. can prove
this testimonial at any time. Mrs. v.
v. Albert, Upper Frenchville, Me-, July.
FL. 1907"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-14

While Japan was rising to promi-
nence In the eyes of the world as a
nation OF old and new achievements,
there were detractors who said that
the Japanese, lacked the honesty Of
their neighbors, the Chinese. In a
recent essay in the Century Magazine,
ION the Business Morals OF Japan"
Prof. George Trumbull Ladd says that
the japanese are trustworthy business
men, and that the standards of COM
mercIal ethics are assured by the en-
trance, In late years, Of the samurai,
the gentlemen, into trade. OF course
there are cases of dishonesty, but so
there are, it has been vaguely rumored,
IN other countries, including the Uni
ted States Of America.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-14
Accounting for Disease.

Boston children are sometimes cred
tied with vast stores of knowledge,
but one twelve-year-old girl of that
city has apparently neglected her OPP
portunities A travelling circus was
putting up its tents in the envfrons OF
Boston, when young girl approached
the leopard's cage, put her hand be-
tween the bars to stroke the animals
head and as a result was badly
scratched and bitten.
One of her companions hurried home
to tell of the accident, and concluded
her story with:
o, mother, do you suppose Annie win
have leprosy now?'
Another story is told of an elderly
woman, also of Boston, who told her
neighbor that she had suffered from
gastritis for nearly year, and that the
only way that she could account for
it was that the sitting room coal stove
leaked gas in a dreadful way.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-14

" that he would not give his rich Gus
toners more than ninety days time
in which to pay for the corned beef,
prunes, salt Goldfish, and other delica-
cies that bend their tables. The curse
of the rich is their poverty, and it is
a pity to see them ground down by
tradesmen. OF course it is hard that
In summer, when the rich are taken
from the slllms and sent for fresh air
to Newport and other resorts, they have
to be troubled with bills. But holidays
have their responsibilities as well as
their relaxations. A story is told Of
wealthy man to whom a bill was
brought ON Christmas morning. This
seemed 10 him an outrage, but when
he went to the door, Tuning with pro-
test, he found a boy, who said, Sorry
to trouble you, boss, but l jest have
to have that seven-fifty for our Christ
mas dinner"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-14

During the past several months the
rich have had hard time. A railroad
director said recently that cit is a
great deal harder for man who has
been living at the rate Of two hundred
thousand a year to get down to
fifty-thousand year stand
ard than it is for man
who has been living on fifteen dollars
q week to get along on ten dollars"
This must be so because the fifteen
dollar man has got along on ten so
often that it is easy, like any habitual
priyation. The multi-millionaire is a
green hand at economizing, and should
be pitied by the expert poor. But he
gets no sympathy, and in one respect
deserves none. Only last summer a
Newport tradesman announced public
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-14
Earthquakes as warnings.

The belief that earthquakes are signs
or warnings owes its origin in part to
prophecies in the Bible, where, for ex-
ample, we read that "there shall be
famlnes and pestilences and earth
quakes" as portending future calami-
ties. Earthquakes have led to the abO-
ntion of oppressive taxation, the abo-
lition of masquerades, the closing of
theaters and even to the alteration Of
fashion. A New England paper Of 1927
tells us that "a considerable town in
this province has been so far awakened
by the awful providence in the earth
quake that the women have generally
laid aside their hoped petticoats"-
Nature.