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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-28
Judge a Good spIicer.

Council Bluffs, Iowa-Edgar S. Gar
rison, judge of the district court of the
canal zone, isthmus of Panama, who
enjoys the unique record of having
caused 253 marriages in five days, and
of having performed 46 civil marriage
ceremonies in a period of As minutes
was in Council Bluffs recently. The
Judge is visiting at his old home in
Logan. where for six years he was
clerk of the district court of Harrison
county. He left Empire, his place Of
residence in the canal zone, July q
and is due to return there Septem
Der /.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-28
Sydney Entertains Fleet.

Sydney, Australia-Despite a heavy
downfall of rain that swept over this
city this afternoon the entertainments
for the men of the battleship fleet,
which included regatta, football and
baseball matches, races at Rose Hill
and matinee performances at all the
theaters, were carried out as per pro
gram Saturday.
A baseball team composed of sailors
from the Nebraska defeated the team
of the Sydney university by a score
of to 0, and the team representing
the entire fleet defeated the New
South Wales team by a score of to
4. In a Rugby football match New
South Wales team turned the tables
and defeated the fleet team by a score
of to 8.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-28
Shipped Leper Out of State.

Tombstone, Ariz.-It is learned that
Mrs. Isabella Wardell, the leper who
was reported to have escaped quaran-
tine and fed to Los Angeles, where
she is now in the county hospital, was
in reality kidnapped by H. A. Bishop,
Tombstone, who wanted her out of the
state. He admits the kidnapping, say
ing nobody would come near the
Tombstone hospital while the leper
was there Bishop declared that Gen.
eral Wardell, the leper's husband, who
recently died of broken heart, tried
every way to contract the disease so
he could be near his wife.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-28
WRECK, PANIC, 40 DROWN
Steamer in Norway Waters Sinks
in Three Minutes.

in Three Minutes.
Bergen, Norway, Aug. 23.-The Nor
wegian steamer Folge-Fonden, from
Bergen to Haugesund, on the west
coast of Norway, was wrecked last
night near Skoneviks and sank in
three minutes. The steamer carried
70 passenger, and it is believed 40 of
them were drowned. Fifteen bodies
ave been recovered. The captain Of
the steamer was among those saved.
The Folge-Fonden carried on only
a local traffic, and it is believed that
no foreigners were aboard.
1t is reported that a terrible panic
occurred when the steamer struck;
that fearful scenes were witnessed on
the shore as the vessel sank. Boats
were hurriedly manned by those who
had witnessed the catastrope and went
to the assistance of the vessel, but
most of them arrived too late to rescue
the passenger.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-28
Alaska Wheat Just Fair.

Professor Elliott of Washington
State College, says: Field of
Alaska wheat examined will not run
more than 35 bushels to the acre. The
highest recorded worlds yield is 100
bushels for any wheat. Twenty-Five per
cent of that in Adams fields is not
Alaska wheat. it being badly mixed
with other varieties. The head droops
heavily and will lodge badly. Heads
are not of uniform size. Wheat is
never found growing wild, even in
remote Alaska In three years Alaska
wheat will be but a memory"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-28
RaIlinaer on Committee.

Washington state has been honored
by the appointment of Hon. Richard
A. Ballinger of Seattle as one of the
members of the advisory committee
of the republican national committee.
The other members of the commit
tee, as announced by Chairman
Hitchcock are:
Cornelius N. Bliss, New York; Pow
ell Clayton, Arkansas; w. Murray
Crane, Massachusetts; William Mel
son Cromwell, New York; John Hayes
Hammond, Massachusetts,; Franklin
Murphy, New Jersey; Charles P. Taft,
Ohio; Arthur I. Vorys, Ohio.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-28
SULTAN SARMY LOST
his BROTHER IS VICTORIOUS
near MOROCCO.
BIoodiest Battle of Campaign Which
His Eldest Brother Has Conducted
Soldiers in Mad Panic-OVerthrow
of Sultan Causes CONSERVATION
Among His Subjects.

His army crushed by the forces of
his brother, he himself barely escap-
ing capture and today refugee seek
ing protection under the French flag,
Abdul Aziz, sultan of Morocco, has
lost his throne to Mulai Mafid, the pre-
tender.
The overthrow of the sultan's army,
the receipt of the news of which to-
night surprised all France, occurred
so miles from Morocco city and was
the bloodiest battle in the campaign
which Mulai Hafid, the sultan's elder
brother, has conducted for the sultan
ship, using a religious war" as his
weapon of conquest.
Full details of the battle are lack
ing, but it is reported that thousands
fell in the engagement and that the
sultan's forces, the advance guard
alone of which was engaged in the
early fighting, was put to utter rout.
The bursting of several of the sultan 5
cannon, due to ineffective gunnery,
threw the soldiers into a panic and
started the mad rout.
1t was at first reported that the
sultan had fallen into his brother S
hands, but a message from the French
commander at Casa Blanca says that
Abdul escaped with a remnant of his
army and is now refugee somewhere
within the French zone, but just
where is not stated.
The news of the overthrow of the
sultan has thrown the war Office into a
quandary, as news from Morocco
early in the week indicated the com
plete defeat of the pretender in an
engagement near Ell Kela and the sur.
render of Morocco city, which had
been held by Mulai Hafid.
There is no concealment of alarm
however, should Mulai attempt to
throw too much power to the adven.
turous Englishmen who have conduct
ed his campaign. These concessions
are supposed to include mines, rail
ways and the reorganization of Nor
occos' financial system, which France
will not willingly submit to.
Three months ago it was clearly
seen that the sultan was in imminent
danger of overthrow. The uprising
headed by his brother swept the cOun
try. Moslem hordes were joining him
by the thousands. Mulai's cry was that
the sultan was rapidly becoming Chris
tianized and was deserving the old
Moslem faith. With such a shibboleth
it was no trouble for him to rally a
large army.
Mulai proclaimed himself sultan OF
the whole kingdom of Marrakesh, the
southern capital, at this time, and
shortly afterward he entered Fee, the
northern capital, amid the acclama
tons of the populace and surrounding
tribes. Mequinez, MoroccO's third CAPT
tai, was also taken by the pretender
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-28
SENDS A FLEET TO SAMOA
Rear Admiral Swinburne is Given
Command.


Command.
Rear Admiral William T. SWlnDurhe'
commanding the armored cruiser Meet
which with a torpedo boat DIVISION
sailed Monday from San Francisco TO
samoa With the great fleet OF Ito
battleships of the Atlantic Meet NO"
on the Pacific, calls of courtesy III
Australia and incidentally demon
strating the naval power of the Unlteu
States. a lively interest has been
aroused in Europe over the ability Oh
this country to follow it across the
same ocean with another powerful ar
mazda within so short a period.
Seven armored cruisers and the
same number of torpedo boats VIII
make the cruise, which is undertaken
entirely for the benefit OF the practlce
and experience that will be gained
Rear Admiral Swinburne will be ID
command with the West Virginia az
his flagship.
The other vessels will be the Mary
land. PENNSYLVANIA, Tennessee, wash
ington, California and South Dakota'
The last four will constitute the Sec
ond division and will be under the
command of Rear Admiral Sebree.
These cruisers, which number among
them some of the latest crack ships
of this class, will be joined later by
the Colorado, which is now undergoing
some minor repairs at the Bremerton
navy yard in Puget sound.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-28
Surprise Killed Her.

Worcester, Mass, Aug. 23.-General
Nelson A. Miles and his brother,
Daniel, of Westminster, went to Leo
minister recently to call on their sister,
Mrs. Mary Jane e. Merriam, who has
not seen the general for several years.
The woman was overioyed at the
reunion, and not being in a strong
condition physically. exerted herself
too much.
After the departure of General Miles
and his brother she collapsed and died
within an hour.
Physicians who were called on the
case say that the excitement of seeing
her brothers was the cause of death
Mrs. Merriam was II years old, ant
had lived in Leominster since 1856
the time of her marriage.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-28
WOMEN IN AUTO MANNED.
Streetcar Hits Machine in Los Angeles
and Six Persons Suffer.

Los Angeles, Cal, Aug. 24.-Six per-
sons were injured, one probably fatal
ly, lated Sunday when an inbound Los
Angeles Pacific car struck an automo-
bile at the intersection of Sixteenth
street and Western avenue, practically
destroying the machine and hurting its
six passengers in every direction. The
injured are:
Mr.. and Mrs. R. c. McKibben.
Mr.. and Mrs. Corey Hoff.
Mrs. Anne Hoff, Pasadena.
Sarah Hoff, aged IA, Pasadena.
Responsibility for the collision has
not been placed, the motorman Of the
car and Corey Hoff, who was driving
the automobile, both declaring they
failed to sight the approaching We.
hicle.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-28
WRIGHT TAKES ACTION.
Two West Point Men Dismissed and
Six Others SUSPENDED.

Announcement is made by Secretary
of War Wright that his recommends
ton for the punishment of the eight
West Point cadets, suspended from
the military academy for hazing, had
been approved by the president.
The order to be issued by Secretary
Wright, based upon the presidents ap-
proval, will dismiss from the academy
the two first class men under sus-
pension, VIM. T. Russell, Jr., a son
of Col. w. T. Russell of the engineer
corps of the army, and Harry G.
Weaver of Illinois; and the suspension
without pay and allowances for one
year of the six members of the third
class, George Washington Chase of
New York, VIM. Male of Virginia,
VIM. Wellington Brude of Alabama,
and Isaac Spalding of Oklahoma.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-28
American Belle a Suicide.

Paris, Aug. 24.-Miss Winnifred Par.
sons of New York, youngest daughter
OF the late Charles Parsons, was found
dead with a bullet wound in her head
today in her apartment in the Avenue
lena. The police say that the case is
one of suicide, while friends of the
dead girl declare that the shooting was
an accident. When found, the girls
right hand clutched a revolver.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-28
SHORT SPORTING ITEMS.

The cutting out of football by both
the Spokane and Seattle athletic clubs
is not bad move.
Once again Kid Scaler is booked to
meet Abe Attell, the champion feather
weight of the world.
Stackpole, the pitcher imported by
Tacoma from the east, has been re-
leased by Captain Lynch.
Roy Dudley, who was with Butte
and Seattle during a part of this sea-
son, is now playing ball in Dillon
Mont
Walter Brubaker, the wonderful
quarterback of the Whitman college
football team of last season, writes
definitely that he will not return.
butcher, the Whitman college boy
who broke into the Northwestern
league a few weeks ago, has been re-
leased by Manager Shredder of the
Tacoma Tigers.
The Olympic games showed the SUI
premacy of the American athletes over
those of the other countries of the
world, but it is a question whether
much else was accomplished by these
games.
John Middleton, the star coach of
last season at the University of Idaho,
originator of the famous Idaho
sweep" has again contracted to coach
for the Idaho university for the COM
ing season.
no nChr hn NfH4fr t01n
ers who was with the Spokane team
last season, now pitching in the bush
for Chehalis, Wn, has turned down
an offer from the Oakland team in
the Coast league, preferring to remain
in the bush.
When Ham Hyatt and Pat Flanagan
of the Vancouver team go into the big
league they will find themselves up
against different sort of pitchers than
they have been out here, and will also
find that much more is demanded of
them in fielding than the Northwest
ern league exacts.
At Sydney, N. S. W., Tommy Burns,
the American heavyweight pugilist,
won from Bill Squires in the thirteenth
round. Monday, Prendergast, the
lightweight champion of the American
fleet, defeated Raft of Sydney in the
first round of what was scheduled to
be 10-round fight.
The 12-oared cutter race between
the crews of the battleships Illinois
and Louisiana for the Battenberg cup
\ hn I let -
distance was 31a miles, and the win
ners finished Is lengths in the lead.
One of the men on the battleship
Georgia, named Cassidy, was drowned.
Pittsburg won the greatest baseball
game ever played there from Brooklyn
Saturday, l to 0. The contest lasted
| II innings, which breaks all records
for extra innings games in this city
and equals the National league record
for 1 to games made by Chicago
and Boston in 1901. The worlds rec
ord for similar contest is IS innings,
made by Providence and Detroit in
1882 which Pitcher Radbourn won
with a home run.
Miss Ellen Golding, champion WON.
an swimmer of America, defeated
three other women swimmers recently
in three-mile race across the Hud,
son river from Irvington to Piermont
swimming the distance in l hour and
As minutes. Her nearest competitor
was Miss Clara Hurst who recently
swan from Brooklyn bridge to Coney
Island Miss Hurst finished one min
ute behind Miss Golding. The other
two swimmers, Miss Elsie Thiel and
Miss Nellie Dure, finished in the order
named.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-28
Lumber Fire Loss is $4,000.

Wilmington, VT, Aug. 22.-The
Mountain mills, owned by the Deer
field Lumber company, together with
three tent houses, all of the store.
houses of the company and nine lum-
Der laden freight cars, have been de-
stroyed by fire. Loss, $175,000.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-28
ARREST FITZGERALD
SAY HE STOLE The $4,000
FROM CHICAGO DEPOSITORY.
Mystery of Robbery of Subtreasury
May Be SoIVed-Big Bills Missing
For Eighteen Months Crime Has
Baffied Secret Service Men-Ac-
cused Was Teller.

Chicago Aug. 24.-The mystery of
the theft of $175,000 from the United
States subtreasury year and half
ago, one of the largest losses the gov
eminent has ever suffered in this man.
ner, is believed to have been solved by
the arrest of George w. Fitzgerald.
Others are believed to have been i'm
plicated in the crime. which for months
completely baffled the government Sc
cret service men. Fitzgerald was an
asserting teller under Assistant Treas
urer William Boldenweck, Suspicion
at the time of the theft, February 20,
1907, rested on him, but so plausible
was his story that interest ceased to
center on him. Much work was done
on the theory that the crime had been
perpetrated by a colored man. Mean
while Fitzgerald was discharged from
the government employ for culpable
negligence in allowing such a theft to
be consummated under his very eyes.
The money stolen had been used and
was tied in packages, some having
been marked for destruction at Wash
ington. Amy of the bills would readily
have passed anywhere except for their
large denominations. None of the bills
was under $500 and some were of
$4,000 and $4,000 denominations. The
$4,000 ones predominated
Meanwhile, Herbert F. Young, a
former Chicago newspaper man. and
now head of the Young Secret Service
agency, became interested in the case,
at first without official connection, but
later as the agent of Mr.. Boldenweck.
Mr.. Young's attention was drawn to
Fitzgerald The latter, upon his dis
charge from the subtreasury, stated
that his whole fortune consisted of
$500 in cash and a stock certificate for
$1,000. His wife had $500 interest in
the estate of her mother, which was
valued at about $4,000 and was in liti-
cation.
Mrs. Fitzgerald, however, according
to Mr.. Young, embarked in speculation
on a scale not consistent with the size
of her reputed means. There was,
however, no ostentation in Fitzgerald's
life. The lavish display which de-
tectives invariably look for in tracing
stolen funds was absent.
Last July the scent is said to have
become hot when Colonel Harry c.
Gano, superintendent of A. Booth &
Co., a business man of prominence,
reported to Mr.. Boldenweck, it is said,
that Fitzgerald has approached him
with a proposition to pass several
$1,000 bills. with your big business
connections" Fitzgerald is alleged to
have argued to Colonel Gano, you
can easily pass them. There's $500 in
it for you"
Gano is reported to have declared
that he had a roll of similar bills that
would choke a horse" BOldenweck
requested Colonel Gano to resume ne
gotiations with Fitzgerald with the re-
suit that by Encouragement, Detective
Young says, several witnesses were
present when the former teller pro-
posed to pass two $1,000 bills to Colonel
Gano. 81 will bring two" Fitzgerald
is alleged to have said, for you can
get rid of two just as well as one"
So far as known Fitzgerald was not
seen to pass any of the large bills.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-28
WI Talks to Chinese Youths.

Ashburnham, Mass.-The feature of
Saturdays session at the conference
of the Eastern Alliance of Chinese
Students here was the address to the
students by WI Ting Fang, the Chi
nese minister to the United States.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-28
Insanity Plea Tor HaInes Rrothsrs

New 'York.-Relatives and counsel
OF the Haines brothers, accused of the
murder of William Annis, determined
today that an alienist should be EN-.
ployed to testify for the defense in
support of an insanity plea.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-28
Woman Bather Steps on cor,..

New Worthwhile in bathing in
four feet of water, at Orchard beach
recently Mrs. ]. Mathewson of 1922
victor avenue, the Bronx, stumbled ON
the dead body of man. AS she bent
down to see what it was she toucbed
.ne Iace, she screamed and tainted
and would have drowned but for the
alu Oh other bathers, who brought her
10 shore. says the American.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-28
Free MaiIs for PensIoners,

Hereafter all pensioners will be al
lowed the free use of mails to return
their pension vouchers, as the result
of an order issued today amending the
postal regulations.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-28
BIG coNsTANTINoPLE FIRE
Fifteen Hundred Houses and Shops
Destroyed.

Constantinople, Turkey, Aug. %
Fire broke out this afternoon in the
STEAMBOAT quarter and within a very
brief period a terrible confagration
was raging A strong wind carried
the flames along at a great speed, and
for six hours they swept over the sec
ton, destroying 1900 houses and
shops. The fire was still burning at
9 O'Clock tonight, but the wind had
decreased considerably.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-28

Il w. Smith. living on a farm near
Anatone, Wash, 80 miles south =,
mere mas discovered a mine of sand.
sCone on his place which will be
valuable for building purposes. He
develop. O"oe 10
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-28
New Ruler for Peru.

New York.-Augusto B. Leguia has
been proclaimed president of the re
public of Peru by the Peruvian con
gress.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-28

The stopping of an express train re-
quires twice as much power as start
ing it.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-28
BARON Won srERNRERe is DEAD
German Nobleman Succumbs Suddenly
at Heidelberg.

Heidelberg, Germany, Aug. 23-
Baron spec< Won Sternberg died here
today. He was ambassador from Ger
many to the United States.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-10-09
Gilbert and Kuker Win.

The suit of A. P. Gilbert and
W. R. Kuker against ]. H.
Howard and Arthur Lyon for
division of sale price of an auto
matte packing machine which
was sold some time ago to~the
American Tobacco company, was
decided in the superior court yes
terday and Messrs. Gilbert and
Kuker win their suit.
The amount claimed by Messrs.
Gilbert and Kuker was 1926 on
account of an agreement between
the four people that they should
have 40 per cent of the sale price
of the invention. The jury gave
all that was claimed and the case
will go the rounds of the su-
preme court before settlement is
made. ..
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-10-09
IMPROVED SERVICE.

Effective Sept. 9th, Southern
Railway will inaugurate through
Pullman car service between
Raleigh. N c.. and Atlanta, Ga.
This sleeper will be handled on
train 139, which leaves Raleigh
at 4:05 p. m. and on train 43
from Greensboro, arriving Attain
Ia 6:25 a. m. Northbound on
train A, which leaves Atlanta
9:25 p. m. arriving at Raleigh
1896 noon following day. Train
43 connects at Salisbury with
train So for Asheville. Knoxville,
Chattanooga. Memphis, Cincin-
natl, Chicago, and other points.
For Pullman reservation, call
on or write w. II. McClamery,
P. & T. A., Raleigh; or X. II.
DeButts, P. & 7. A., Greensboro.
r. L. VERNON. 7. P. A.,
Charlotte, N. c.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-10-09
The Campaign.

The two candidates for COVER
nor are conducting the campaign
in an orderly and dignified way.
They are both gentlemen and
nothing else was to be expected.
The county candidates, as a rule,
are good men, both parties hav-
ing exercised unusual care in
their selections. 1t is agreeable
to record that the conservatives
of both parties in Davidson coun-
ty passed strong resolutions
against the prostitution of the
suffrage in the county by the
buying and selling of votes. In
national politics the campaign is
waxing warm andinteresting. The
President is taking an active part
and, as usual, is showing amaz-
ing indiscretion. Mr.. Taft, we
have always contended, is an
ADLER and wiser man than Mr..
Roosevelt. Mr.. Bryan has gain
ed immensely in the confidence
of the American people by the
course he is pursuing. He is ag-
gressive and militant, but he has
surprised the country by his pru-
dent and conservative speeches.
One of the sensational features
of the campaign war a letter pur-
porting to have been written by
the late Grover Cleveland, declar.
ing in favor of Taft for Presi-
dent, and printed in the New
York Times, one of the most re-
liable papers in the United States.
1t now turns out that the Times
Was imposed upon and that the
whole story is a fake, Mr.. Cleve-
land having neither written it or
signed it. C. N. Haskell, treas
urer of the Democratic commit
tee, having been touched by the
Standard Oil Company, has re-
signed, and Herman Ridder. an
honest German editor, has been
appointed to succeed him. Cha: =
ty and Children.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-10-09

In the midst of the political agi-
tation let US not forget, fellow
citizens, those things which
make for the material up-buil3-
ing of North Carolina; and in
furtherance of this interest we
would again remind the reader
of the good roads congress to be
held at Greensboro on the 18th
and that at the same time there
is to be a meeting of the North
Can o ina Good Roads Association,
an organization of some years
existence and of repute. That
the people OF the State should
have highways over which they
can travel in comfort and with
the minimum of wear and tea,
on teams and vehicles is of more
practical consequence to them
than who shall or shall not be
president. Charlotte Observer.