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GOVERNORS OF STATES AND CAP.
TAlNS OF INDUSTRY MEET
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
THIS MORNING,
Conference to Consider Broad Cues
tons of Concentrations of Country's
Natural Resources Called to Or
der by President Roosevelt in the
East Room and Committee on Res
olutlons Consisting of Governors.

Washington, d. c., May 13.-The
White house was the scene today of
the assemblage of many of the most
distinguished figures in the political
and industrial life of the nation. 1t
was, perhaps, one of the most notable
gatherings ever met to consider a
great public question in that historic
mansion.
Notable Conference.
The occasion was the conference by
President Roosevelt with the COVER
nors of practically all the states and
territories to consider the broad ques-
ton of the conservation of the coun
try's natural resources. The confer
ence will continue until Friday.
Men Interested.
Men who know how the natural re-
sources of the country have been vast
ed; captains of industry who have
dealt with these resources, and experts
who have studied the conditions, told
of the nations ~prodigality in the ex
ploitation and consumption of its ma
tural Representing the
government was the president of the
United States, the vice president,
members of the cabinet, justices Of the
United States supreme court and mem
bers of both houses of congress.
Governors Of States.
The states were represented by their
chief executives and conferes appoint
ed by them.
Notable Industrial Leaders.
The industries were represented by
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TEN THOUSAND SAID TO HAVE
BEEN DROWNED WHEN IT,
DIAL BORE BURST ON
YANG Use kiANe.
Wave swept Down Stream Filled With
Craft Of All Sorts, Sleeping Boat
men Being Drowned and Bodies
Washed Observation-Disclosures East
of Omaha Greatly Crippled by
storm of Wind and Rain.

Seattle, Wash, May 13.-News OF
one of the greatest disasters that
china has ever known, a sudden tidal
bore in the Yang Use Kiang, which
involved the loss of nearly 10000
lives at Hangow, was brought by the
steamer Titan, which arrived last
night.
Thousands of Boats swamped.
The bore, twenty-six feet high,
flooded without warning down the
river, on which fioated thousands OF
junks, sampans and small boats, and
wrecking some large river steamers.
Chinese Caught Sleeping.
Some 5000 Chinese were sleeping
in the sampans and small craft and
mat sheds and huts by the river side
at Hangow, and they were e%nveloped
by the great wave, which swept bro
ken junks, s%plintered sampans and a
heterogeneous mass of debris with
, 1908-05-13
NOTHING HEARD FROM
THE HANNA PARTIES.

Agent Cady of the Union Pacific
has not been able to locate the part
ners of the man killed in the yards
here Monday, and the inquest has
been again continued. The mans
name has not been learned and moth
ig new has developed. Neither the
coroner Or any member of the jury
believes there is the least foundation
for the murder" theory advanced in
wood type yesterday afternoon.
, 1908-05-13
A SINGULAR Phenomenon.

The singular phenomenon of hard
steel being cut by a rapidly revolving
disc of soft steel has been somewhat
puzzling. A microscopic examination
by an English engineer, F. w. Har-
bord, has now shown that the metal
acted upon is heated nearly or quite
to the melting point OF steel, but only
at the point of contact with the disc.
, 1908-05-13
TEN MILES
OF GRADE
LARAMIE PLAINS LINE WILL ADD
THAT AMOUNT TO PRESENT
LINE FROM THIS CITY.
Grading Camps to Be Moved, Rails
Provided for and. Track to Be
Placed in Commission IN Short
Time-Annuai Meeting Of Denver,
Laramie and Northwestern Today.

President Miller announces the ear
ly completion Of the present grading
contracts on the Laramie Plains line.
when the camp will be moved to the
south n OF the Centennial valley.
The removal of the camp will be made
in a few days. President Miller and
Superintendent Stewart have made ar
rangements for rails to complete the
first ten miles of the new division, and
these will be laid as fast as the grade
is completed and the road placed in
operation.
viii Help Miners.
The completion of these Ten miles
will greatly benefit the keystone and
other mines in that district, which are
producing ore fit to be milled and
which will be concentrated as Don as
transportation has been arranged. The
new extension will also aid the people
of Walden and North park.
, 1908-05-13
MILITARY COMMANDMENT
REACHES SAN FRANCISCO

Judge M. G. Brown received a tele-
gram this morning informing him that
the United States transport Thomas
had reached that port today, carrying
the Eighth infantry INT Lieutenant
and Mrs. Harol d. Coborn and their
daughter. Mrs. Coburn and the little
n will leave San Francisco for Lar
annie about the goth, the lieutenant
not knowing at this time whether he
can be relieved by that date or not.
Lieutenant Coburn has been detailed
to the University of Wyoming as mill
tary c~ommandant for the next year.
, 1908-05-13
No New Developments.
Indians Not to Be Trusted.

Mexico City Mexico, May 13.-The
government announces positively that
be Internationally. Requests of the
chiefs for a treaty carrying privileges
Or exemptions were positively denied,
as the Indians cannot be trusted.
, 1908-05-13
CONFERENCE
At THE WHITE HOUSE

Andrew Carnegie, James ]. Hill, John
Mitchell and DIR. l. C. White, the state
geologist of West Virginia and per-
haps the leading expert on coal In the
United States.
Some Presidential Timber.
The specially invited guests includ-
ed three democratic presidential can
didates-William Jennings Bryan of
Nebraska. Judge George Gray of Della
ware and Governor John A. Johnson
of Minnesota.
Principal Subjects.
The subjects to be considered in
clude the use and conservation of the
mineral resources, the resources of
the land and the resources of the wa
tiers.
Guests Arriving.
Long before 10 O'Clock, when the
conference was called to order in the
famous east room in the White house
by President Roosevelt, those who
took part in the great gathering be-
gan to arrive. The president received
the governors and shortly after all as
sembled in the east room.
Opened by President.
The conference was opened by the
president with an address on Con
s~ervation as a National Duty" The
program for the day included adj
dresses by Andrew Carnegie on Ores
and Related Metals" and by DR.. 1. C.
White on Mineral Fuels" Former
President John Mitchell Of the United
Mine Workers of America led the gen-
eral discussion on coal mining.
Committee on Resolutions.
The presidents speech occupied
about ten minutes and he was fire.
quently interrupted with applause and
cheers. When he finished he suggest
ed a committee on resolutions, COM
posed of Governor Blanchard of New
Jersey, Governor Cutler of Utah, Gov
ernor Davidson of Wisconsin and Gov
ernor Ansel of South Calorina be ap-
pointed. On motion of Governor Jonn-
son of Minnesota this action was TAX
en-, and the session adjourned until
this afternoon.
, 1908-05-13
Railroad Meeting Today.

The stockholders of the Denver, Lar
annie and Northwestern Railroad com
pany met this afternoon, at the home
of S. ]. Kent, at Sixteenth and Thorn
burgh streets, with Mr.. Kent, Judge
Milliken and Mr.. Buck Of Denver and
Mr.. Devinney Of Kansas City present.
The meeting adjourned until next
A1onday without having disposed of
any business. At that time directors
for the ensuing year will be elected.
, 1908-05-13
Guest. at the Union Pacific.

The following guests were regis
tered at the Union Pacific hotel last
night: Simon Shapiro, F. w. Hatha-
way, Lee Johnson. George A. Werner
and James Breeder, Denver; S. w.
wilkins and d. H. Porter, Creston, Ia;
e. c. Cheney, GAINESVILLE, o.; Chris
Locke. New York; B. o. Lauerman,
Washington, D. c.; Tim Ross, Rock
river; James Johnston, Omaha.
, 1908-05-13
Officers Going to Omaha.

President Fred A. Miller and Audi
Tor l. w. Emmons will leave tonight
ior Omaha to consult with officials of
The Union Pacific on some shipments
oVer the two roads. They will be alb
sent until later in the week.
, 1908-05-13

What do you think of the opera?"
I'm not quite clear about it." ans
wered Mr.. Cumrox. Il can't make up
my mind whether l couldn't appreciate
1t because l had a headache or whe-
ther I got a headache trying to appre.
ciate it."-Washington Star.
, 1908-05-13
A SPLENDID BOOK
FOR BOYS TO READ.

Hon. Eli Crumrine, a member of the
board of trustees of the Albany county
public library, says of the book, THE
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin"
now in the library: There is no
book in the public library a perusal
of which will do one more good than
The Autobiography of Benjamin
Franklin Any young man or young
woman adopting and adhering to the
principles laid Town on its pages a
obtain a fair Measure of success in
their chosen calling in life. and they
will be conducted to a peaceful and
happy old age. No young person
should fail to read this book
, 1908-05-13
CAME HERE
FROM SOUTH
PRESIDENT OF A LARGE TELE,
PHONE COMPANY INTERESTED
IN COLONIZATION PLANS.
Messrs. Tallmadge and Buntin Com
plete Purchase Of wyoming Cen
trial Land and improvement Com
pany's Lands and the Pioneer Ca
nal, With Other Plains Lands.

e. R. Tallmadge, president, and Dan
lei C. Buntin, vice president, of the
Tallmadge-Buntin Land company, an
nounced today the completion of the
deal for the purchase of the large tract
of the Wyoming Central Land and I'M
provement company, including the Pho
neer canal, the largest and Oldest ca
nal in this section of the state, and
also the Buford lands of that company.
The Tallmadge-Buptin company 10Y
the Haley land, including the
Oasis ditch and feeders; the Wyoming
canal; the Hoge ranch with its irriga-
ton system, and the Buford lands, in
all about 200, 900 acres. They are'now
c%olonizing these lands, promising to
build houses and sell them to prospec-
tive settlers on such terms as will
make their payment a very easy mat
ter. This feature is being brought
out in the east and the effect is al
ready being felt.
Southern Capital Interested.
A reporter for The Republican had
the pleasure of meeting at noon to-
day, a moment before his departure
for home, Hon. James e. Caldwell OF
Nashville, Tenn, a most substantial
citizen of that splendid southern cap
ital, and after exchanging Fluctuations
n recalling mutual friends and ac-
quaintances, Mr.. Caldwell expressed
himself at some length upon his visit.
He is the president of the Cumberland
Telephone company of Nashville,
whose business is similar to hal of
the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone
company. He stated that he had come
to see what Messrs. Tallmadge and
Buntin. also Tennesseeans, had to Of
fer, and was both surprised and de,
lighted. He has a son at Colorado
Springs, Colo, and his daughter had
prepared his mind somewhat as to
weather conditions, and he was not,
therefore, as greatly surprised as could
have been imagined at the sudden
change from the warmth Of Tennessee
to the snow storm of the Laramie
plain.
Land, Water and Men.
Il am so well pleased at the out
look" he said, ''and have such faith
in the young gentlemen who are nan
aging the new plans of the plain, that
| myself shall invest largely and in
duce others to do likewise. You have
two of the essentials of a successful
section, land and water, and we are
proposing TO furnish the third, the
men, to make the plain blossom as the
rose
Immense outlay Planned.
Mr.. Caldwell will return mt make
a longer visit to this section. He was
informed that the company will con-
troll 200, 900 acres of land, with large
irrigation systems and a storage reser-
voir, the expenditures totaling a mil
lion and a half dollars before their
plans are fully matured and the land
hoe haap nIacel in tha hest pOcsihle
, 1908-05-13
The Negro Riot bill.

Washington, ID. c., May Ex-senator
Foraker today abandoned his efforts
to secure consideration at this session
of his bill reinstating the negro troops
who were discharged on account of
the Brownsville riot, and has moved
to make the bill a special order for
December 16 next. Senator Culber-
son moved to substitute next Satur-
day.
, 1908-05-13

Excellent business is reported on the
laramie Plains line, the outlook for
me coming summer being very good
indeed.
, 1908-05-13
WINS HANDICAP.
Akin Takes Money in the Big
Metropolitan Purse.

Belmont Park, N. j., May BIN the
metropolitan handicap Jack Akin
won; Restigouche. second; Don Gre
ole, third. Time, 1881.
, 1908-05-13

recently been made, and another auto
mobile was taken to the scene to help
the stalled car out.
, 1908-05-13
Mules cojno East.

SIX cars Of mules going eastward
were fed at the stock yards here this
morning, being loaded again later in
the day.
, 1908-05-13
Held County Office.
A Good Citizen.

Mr.. Rauner was a member of no
church, but was a good man withal,
and his friends are legion. He has
been i'll for several weeks and no man
ever received more hearty care than
he from his fellow lodge members.
They have been constantly at his side
when needed and Mrs. Rauner has
never lacked for anything that could
be done for her. She has thousands
of friends who will not allow her to
in any way need. The sympathy of
the community goes to the faithful
wife, brothers and other relatives.
, 1908-05-13
HAD SINKING SPELL
IN EARlX EOREMnnk

IN EARLY FORENOON.
Mrs. Chris Isberg had a severe sink
Ing spell at 9 o'clock this morning.
and the sons were sent for hastily
from the store, but the invalid rallied
later and at 10 O'Clock was entirely
conscious and seemed easier.
, 1908-05-13
Will Allow Debate.

All debate possible within tomor-
rows session. %deducting the necessary
time for the roll call, will be allowed
on the bill.
, 1908-05-13
Reported Once Before,

Reported Once Before.
Seattle, Wash. May 13.-The tidal
wave referred to had been previously
reported by a cable dispatch from
Shanghai, dated April 10, and said the
disastrous floods had occurred in the
Yang Use Kiang, in which 1000 per-
sons lost their lives.
Change in Figures.
The cable advices did not show the
flood as disastrous as does the Seattle
dispatch above.
, 1908-05-13
SAYS He HAS NOT
MADE CONFESSION
HIRED MAN OF LAPoRTE WIDOW
DENIES REPORTED TALES TO
PREACHER OF THE CITY
Is Under Arrest Charged With Com.
pIicity in the Murders and De-
cIares Stories of Admission With
u Foundation-sluicing of De-
bris Left to Furnish Evidence.

Laporte, Ind, May 13.-Mrs. Gun
ness hired man, Ray Lamphere, Wig
orously denied today that he had made
a confession or promised any to Rev.
e. A. Schell or to any n else. Lam
pnere is under arrest here charged
with completely in the wholesale MUIR
ders at the Guinness farm.
No New Developments.
Unless the sluicing of the powdered
debris taken from the cellar of the
ruined Guinness farm house results in
startling discoveries today, the pro-
duction of further tangible evidence
of the big tragedy is not likely. No
important developments in the case
were announced this morning.
, 1908-05-13
WIRES DAMAGED BY

THE SNOW STORM.
A large number of telephone and
electric light wires were broken by
the snow storm, but the most of the
telephone wires have been mended.
electric light wire poles were
broken by the great weight of snow
the wires.
, 1908-05-13

ng medium in the city and county for
Il reaches all the people all the time.
, 1908-05-13
GREAT loss Of life
IN FLOOD IN CHINA

swarms of drowned Chinese mixed
with the wreckage.
Horrible Scenes Follow.
The Genes for many days after the
disaster were horrible. the river side
being strewn with dead and debris of
the wrecked crafts for many miles.
, 1908-05-13
A~uToMos,LE STICKS

Al n CROSSING.
III. McGollum's automobile went
m.o the mud at the corner Of Eleventh
Custer streets this afternoon,
Asre excavations for a sewer had
, 1908-05-13
DEATH OF A BABE

DEATH OF A BABE
BORN ON SUNDAY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don McDermott, to
whom a son was born on Sunday, are
today mourning the death of the babe,
which occurred last night. The fu-
neral will occur from the house.
, 1908-05-13
EXCHANGING Tracks.

exchanging racks.
The Great Westerns tracks were
badly damaged and the trains are
using the Illinois Central to a point in
central Iowa where the lines Isl
DETECTION Of Trains.
The Rock Island and Milwaukee are
both using the Northwestern tracks
for about 100 miles. and Burlington
trains are routed down the Nebraska
side of the Missouri river for twenty
FIVE miles and sent in a roundabout
way to their destination.
, 1908-05-13
Railroads Out of Commission.

hdHroduS OUT OF C~oninissIoT. "
Omaha, Neb., May 13.-Only two Of
the six railroads between Omaha and
Chicago were in working order this
morning, the other four being out of
commission because of washouts fol
the tornado and storm of last
nioht
, 1908-05-13

Daily Republican. 50 cant. . month
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-10-14

president has never sad he would
not under any circumstances take
the stump.
Prominent republicans, of the
class who believe that the president
would do their cause good by going
on the stump always say that if the
election of Mr.. Taft becomes at all
doubtful then the president will go
out to help.
The whole republican crowd is
frightened out of its boots, and the
campaign committee, and the cam
paign managers, including the presi-
dent, are ratified completely. What
they are considering is not whether
the situation demands such a drastic
measure as the laying aside of all
dignity, precedent, decency or any
thing else and sending out the presi-
dent to handy words with the rab-
BILE. or however else they put it.
What they are considering, and are
considering all day long and upward
into the night, is whether or not the
presidents going on the stump would
hurt or help the republican candi-
date. And from that view point
from that alone, is the whole crowd
considering the question.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-10-14
LOWER PRICES FOR TOBACCO.
Feared Kentucky Scenes Might Be
Witnessed in Decatur County.

Feared Kentucky Scenes Might BE
Witnessed in Decatur County.
While the prices for shaded and
sun-made tobacco raised in Decatur
county this year still remain about
one-half of that paid for the crop
last year, the report that the county
would soon witness some of the
same scenes which have terrorized
Kentucky for months is without
foundation.
The small planters who have no
packing houses to hold their tobac-
co have been forced to sell their
crops at from 20 to 40 cents per
pound. Others have packed their
tobacco away and will hold it for
higher prices.
Last year the shaded tobacco
brought from rs cents to S1.25 per
pound, and the sun-made tobacco
from Is cents to % cents per pound.
1t is not generally known that the
tobacco lands throughout this section
yield from 500 to 1900 pounds to
the acre. This year over 100000
pounds of tobacco was raised in this
immediate sectiOn.-Valdosta Times
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-10-14
MISS KITTY AND HER FINANCES.
She Has Spent $4,000 to Recover
$3.50, 900 and Got $4,000.

Miss Kitty Huddleson, whose
mothers fortune Of $25O,0OO was in
Guided in the general crash of the
Enterprise National Bank of Allie
gheny, Pa, four years ago, has &C
cepted $4,000 in full settlement of
her claims against the bank. She
has spent $40, cleaned from the
sale of her diamonds, to recover her
mothers fortune, and now announces
that she will accept a proposition
made her to go on the stage.
Il wouldn't look bad in tights, -
said Miss Huddleson, as she drew
up a magnificent form to it's full
height. Il have been asked by sew
eral managers to take up work on
the state. and l guess l will go down
to New York now and look matters
over"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-10-14
FIGHTS WITH A DEVIL FISH
MARTIN LUND BATTLES DESPER-
ATELY IN HOLD OF VESSEL.
Not Until He Slashed Sea Monsters
Head Into Sections Did Man Man
age to Free Himself.

Not Until He Slashed Sea Monsters
Head Into Sections Did Man Man
age to Free Himself.
Wrapped in the tenacles of a giant
devil fish Martin Lund, diver, en-
ployed by the Coast Wrecking Com
pany, fought for his life in the hold
of the wrecked steamer Pomona,
which lies in thirty feet of water in
Fort Ross cove, off the Marion county
coast, says a San Francisco dispatch.
The devil fish had evidently en-
tered the vessels hold at night, and
Lund was at work some time before
he became aware of it's presence.
A giant tentacle, four inches in diam
eter, first gripped one leg. Before
Lund could realize what had hap
pened another encircled his thigh.
The diver began to chop frantically
at the rubberlike bands and at the
same time signalled to the barge
above that he wished to ascend
Unable to free himself in time, two
more tentacles squirmed out of the
darkness and one twined about his
neck. The efforts OF the men on
the surface to comply with his sig
nails threatened to pull his helmet
off and he was forced to signal them
to desist. With only his left arm
free Lund hacked at the tentacles
until they were partially crippled
He was being drawn toward the
deadly beak when he saw the outline
of the devil fsh's body. Plunging
suddenly toward it he drove his
knife with all his force into the
head, repeating the blow until he
had slashed it into sections.
In deaths throes the octupus tight
ened its tentacles until the diver was
almost crushed in it's embrace.
Lund then cut himself free and was
brought to the surface in fainting
condition
GA - TO II IA.
1hn Yind Non lIo.o Ah.,o,., Dos,AA
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-10-14
Woman Interrupts Political Speaker

A well dressed woman interrupted
a political speaker recently by con
tinually coughing. If she had taken
Foley's Honey and Tar it would have
cured her cough quickly and expelled
the cold from her system. The gen
uine Foley's Honey and Tar contains
no opiates, and is in a yellow pack
age. Refuse substitutes. Dawso~
Drug Co. and Peoples Drug Stor-.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-10-14
The Feast of Purim.

The least great feast of Biblical
times was the feast of Purim, or the
casting of the lots. This IS a feast
of the historical or post-Korah period
of the Hebrew history. 1t commence
rates the events recounted in the dra-
matte book of Esther 1t is a feast
of victory over enemies and of ma
tional deliverance. With it is woven
a queens romance of a broken heart,
a kings romance Of Oriental love,
and the tragedy of the house of Ha-
man. 1t is a Persian story and tells
of the exaltations of Mordecai and
the humiliation of Hannah. Lots
were cast to determine a propitious
day to massacre all the Jews, but
Esther, the favorite light of the ha-
rem of the king, Ahasuerus, inter
coded and saved her nation. The
feast, which comes on the fourteenth
day Of Adar in the Jewish calendar
is celebrated with great rejoicing and
festivals by the Hebrew race the
world over. Like the passover, it is
deliverance feast