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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-08
TEXAS STORM COMING
RAIN OR SNOW TOMORROW.
CONDITIONS ON THE POTOMAC.

4 Texas storm is said to be approaching
thu National capital from the southwest.
and Prof Garriott predicted this after
noon that there will be a fall of rain or
snow, or both in combination. here to-
morrow. The storm central over
western Texas about noon today. The
minimum temperature this morning was
II degrees, but the weather man says il
will not go below 20-12 degrees beneath
the freezing point-tonight. Moderating
temperature conditions are predicted for
tomorrow. accompanying the falling
weather"
The low temperature last night added TO
the solidity of the ice covering the
Potomac river and increased the difficult
ties Of the.tug and steamers still in serv-
ice ON the river. The steamers of the
Norfolk line are making their regular
schedule. the ice delaying the big boats
very little.
The ferry steamer Lackawanna is still
making trips between this city and Alex
andria, with stops at the steel plant pier.
but her schedule is interfer red with by
the ice. which is particularly heavy in
the vicinity of the steel plant pier, where
1t is said TO be packed and frozen to the
depth of several feet.
Sheet of Thick Ice.
The westerly winds OF yesterday. with
a full tide. caused the sheet of thick
ice from the Virginia fats to swing across
the channel and the Lackawanna had
to force her way through it on several OF
her trips.
While the snow has beer melting in the.
streets under the suns rays ard is disap-
pearing, the ice on the river has thick
ened up more at night than il thawed
during the day. SO that ii has been grow
ing thicker since the freeze began
week ago. The ice conditions on Chesa-
peake bay in the vicinity of Baltimore.
are serious. and navigation by the me-
merous lines of steamers is practically
suspended, with few exceptions.
The steamers TO Norfolk from Balti-
moe are making their trips by daylight
for the present and The steamers that 90
to the eastern shore are conveyed by the
ice breakers to Seven Foot Knoll and
beyond If needed.
The steamer Anne Arundel left Balti-
more last Thursday for the landings in
the lower Potomac as far as Leonard.
town. and il is understood that she will
leave Baltimore tonight and will en-
deavor 10 come to this city. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-08
It's Hundredth Meeting.

At the meeting of the Columbia Historf-
cal Society, which will be held at the
shoreham Tuesday evening next at 8
O'Clock, a paper will be read by Glenn
Brown on 1.-The Plan of L'Enfant for the
City of Washington and It's Effect Upon
the Future Development of the City"
The society will hold its Tooth meeting
by appropriate exercises in honor of the
birthday of the father of his country the
22d instant at the Shoreham for it's MEM
bers and invited guests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-08
Status Of Street Corner Policemen

A recommendation was received by the
House District committee today from the
District Commissioners urging adverse
action on the bill introduced by Repre-
sentative Godfrey Of Missouri for the
transfer Of special crossing policemen to
the regular force of the department The
Commissioners say that the transfer
would not materially increase the present
force, as it would be necessary. in any
event. to have policemen stationed at GER
tain crossings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-08
Mrs. Morgan's Private Car Robbed

CHICAGO. February S.-A Record-Her-
aid special from Galveston. Tex. says:
Mrs. J. P. Morgan of New York. who is
en- route to Los Angeles. was robbed
somewhere in Texas before reaching FL
Paso. She is travelling in her private car
with Mrs. ]. n. Nappen of Providenc =.
X. l.. and Mrs. j. Meredith of New York
as her guests. The car was entered and
Of jewelry and valuables and a large sum
of money!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-08
Worlds Target Record by Cruiser

SANTA BARBARA. Cal. February q
4 new worlds record at target practice
by the cruiser Maryland at MagdaIena
bay is reported by Stewart Edward
White. who has just returned from there
on a collier. The days average of the
Maryland was S.4S hits per minute while
steaming in battle formation at ten knots
The shots were fired at target 20 by II
feet at !. 100 yards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-08

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
RICHMOND, Va, February S.-Gov
Swanson this morning announced that
he would not interfere in the sentence of
George Midgetts. the negro now in AL
exandria Jail for murder of a policeman.
and he will hang next Friday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-08

Browns Bronchial Troches.
| For fifty years q staple remedy of superior
| merit. Absolutely harmless.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-08
NUGGETS Must Hang.

Special Dispatch to The Sta
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-07-02
SWEPT AWAY IN THEIR HOMES
Men and Boys Work An Night in
Canoes Rescaing People From
Limbs of Trees.

wellington, Kan, July l. - Five
persons are known to have been
drowned and number are missing as
result of the overf1owing Of Hargis
creek, east of this place, which was
caused by cloudburst north of here
last night.
The first warning of the food was
when water began to creep into the
houses along Harvey and Linco
streets, east of Main street. With.
an hour it had reached it's crest.
Numbers of people fioated away in
their houses or on the roofs. Many of
them seized the limbs of trees, as
their houses foated by and pulled
themselves to places of safety.
During the entire night men and
boys worked industriously in canoes,
rescuing people from tree tops and
the tops of houses.
Five inches of rain fell within an
hour and five feet Of water flowed
through the town, taking houses from
their foundations.
Train Service Halted.
Beatrice, Neb., July 1. - All trains
on the Union Pacific between Beatrice
and Manhattan were annulled yesto~
day because of washouts along {
line. The Blue river is a raging tor
rent here, and last night reached a
stage which forced thirty families to
abandon their homes The food is
the result of a cloudburst late Satur-
day night, which sent the stream up
at the rate of a foot an hour.
Along the Blue river valley crops
have been almost entirely destroyed
Several thousand acres of wheat
ready to harvest will be a total loss.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-07-02
A WICKED LIFE BOAT.
lite Inventor Claims II 10 Unbreakabls
and Lighter Than Wooden Craft.

its Inventor Claims II 10 Unbreakabie
and Lighter Than Wooden Craft.
A life boat that has more than
mere novelty to commend It to the
attention of the seafaring community
has recently been constructed by c. j.
F. de Vos of Rotterdam. It's claims
are essentially practical, and there
Is nothing about this Dutch invention
to suggest the fantastic--a character
istic too often encountered In life
boat patents.
In point of fact there Is nothing
unusual in the mode favored by Mr..
de Vos; 1t Is in the adoption OF a
new material of construction that the
value and interest of his invention
lie. Its hull is made of cane or
plated wicker work. and the invent
or. who is already well known In Hol-
land for his marine auxiliary patents,
claims for this new method of life
boat building many advantages over
other and older forms.
It's first and foremost advantage is
obviously its practically unbreakablc
character This has already been put
to severe test in collision which
occurred on the River Mas some
months ago between a Belgian sail
ing yacht and a Dutch motor boat.
The violence of the collision was con-
siderably mitigated by the fact that
this wicker life boat lay between the
two craft, and as it TURF ed out acted
as sort of buffer. sustaining no 9TH
er damage than the breaking of the
mast and says.
1t is unsuitable. II has no rusting
materials, a4d therefore requires no
paint. 1t Is not liable to leakage, and
In addition to being much lighter than
ordinary wooden boats 1t has more
room for storing provisions and
water. Finally it costs less money
than the usual type of boat.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-07-02
FATE CRUEL TO HOMfSTEAD[RS
After Wife's Death From Consumption
Mans Daughter and Companion
Die in River.

Mitchell, s. D., July IA tragedy
involving three deaths is reported
from the reservation country, twenty
five miles northwest Of Chamberlain.
A family by the name of casters
moved out there a month ago to set
tie on a claim near Van Meter. The
wife was in the last stages of con-
sumption and she was taken to hos
pital at Pierre for treatment, but after
remaining there a short time the ply
sicians advised the husband that his
wife could not be cured.
Mr. casters started to drive back
home when his wife became sud-
denly worse, While stopping at a
roadhouse his wife passed away.
The daughter of Mr.. casters, and
Mrs. Reiter, with whom she was stay
ing. started to drive from Van Meter
to the claim upon learning that her
mother was being taken home. Reach
ing Bad river, they attempted to ford
the stream, not knowing how deep it
was. When half way into the river,
which was high, the buggy turned up
side down and precipitated the two
women into the water, both of whom
Were drowned, together with the
] g. When they did not appear at
the ranch a rescuing party started out
to hunt for Mrs. Reiter and the girl
Only the latter's body was found.
The casters were strangers in the
country, having moved there recently
from Indiana.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-07-02
ANTLsAcHELoR PAPER NOW.
"Panna" to Combat In Prague the
Mans characterization Sheet.

"Panna" to Combat In Prague the
Mans Emancipation Sheet.
Mladenec tthe bachelor), the Prague
newspaper which has devoted itself
to the emancipation of man from the
thrall of women, has chosen It's thir-
teenth number to celebrate its enor-
nous SUCCESS. Not only has 1t awak-
ened the Czech population of Europe.
as 1t alleges, to a new sense of man
hood but in addition It has stirred
up Poland, Hungary and Germany
with signs of revolt against feminin-
ism.
1t is In German speaking countries
chat 1t seems TO have caused the
greatest awakening. II says that az
ter the Frankfurter Zeitung directed
attention to its program, papers all
over Germany printed long articles,
many of them indorsing, at least in
ferentially, the crusade.
The publication Office In Prague has
been stormed with letters demanding
a German edition of the Bachelor.
Hundreds of letters have been writ
ten to the editor citing instances Of
feminine tyranny and urging that the
fight for masculine authority be made
red hot
German mems organizations, II Is
stated, have adopted resolutions In.
dorsing the paper and its aims, and
several Mladenec clubs have been
formed in the larger cities. Orders
for copies have been received from
big hotels in all parts OF Europe where
people who read the Slavic languages
habitually visit.
The greatest triumph of all, In the
estimation of Mladenec's editor, Is the
announcement of the appearance in
Prague at an early date of a rival
publication to combat the male eman.
cipation movement, This Is to be
called Parma (the Spinster). and 1t
is to be devoted to exposing the
wickedness and injustice of men, as.
sorting the rights of women and prov.
ing that the world will be far better
when the fair sex gains ascendance.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-07-02
kert Loaf Of Bread 90 Years.

Mrs. Fl. B nm ST., of this pee has
just returned fro = a visit to f-r old
home In FRANKIE n..lal, Germany, where
she went to see her mother, after an
absence of twtnty-eight years.
Twenty-e,ght years ago. when Mrs.
Baum, then Miss Loeb, was taking
leave OF her mother at their home In
Frankenthal to 60 to Ripley, Tenn, to
make her home with some OF her peo-
pie, her mother gave her large loaf
Of bread with the request that 1t be
preserve5. Mrs. Baum says In doing
this her mother was adhering to a
popular German superstition to the eff
feet that piece OF bread when In the
possession of one leaving home and
taken from home will prevent home
sickness or desire to return. Mrs.
Baum had preserved the bread, al
though 1t had dwindled from a piece
6 or inches In width to less than
inches. - Humbo dt Correspondence
Memphis Connie cial Appeal.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-07-02
Austrian lciele Factory.

In Austria ice sticks" are manufac-
tured at a profit
A series OF poles is arranged so that
the water will fall slowly over each
one IN the series. OF course, the water
In the winter time freezes, forming
large icicles. When the icicles have
attained the proper size the employees
OF the ice plant" come around with
carts. break off the great sticks of ice
and haul them away to a place where
they are put in storage
OF course it is much easier to ham
die large quantity of Ice in this way
than 1t is to cut 1t from some stream
and then pack it away. There may,
however, be a difference in quality be-
tween stick ice and lake or river ice
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-07-02
Sure They Could.

A young couple from the suburbs
went to Dublin the other day to see
the pantomime. Being early they WIS.,
tied tea room, and had the place ell
to themselves. The attending wait
ress had omitted, in serving them, to
supply the necessary implement to eff
fectually assist in the proper and pal
atable admixture Of the tea, cream
and sugar.
Can we have . spoon?' inquired
the swain.
Certainly" replied the observant
attendant; Il am ipst tily.ng up, and
you can have the whole room to YOUR
selves In minute or two"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-07-02
Body Found Under Loo Jam

Grantsburg, Wis, July l. Word
reached here that the body of Zach
kessler, twenty-eight years old, living
forty-five miles northeast of here,
whose supposed drowning was report
ed few days ago. had been found in
the st. Croix river near the Indian
village at the mouth of the Yellow.
The verdict of the coroner's Jury was
that the man came to his death nv
accidental drowning. The body was
found under a log jam.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-07-02
"Rustler" Gets Fifteen Animals.

Miles City, Mont, July Eleven
horses and four mules were missing
from the camp Of w. ]. Callahan, a
contractor doing grading for the Mil
waukee road in Miles City this morn
ing. A man was seen last night driv-
ing bunch on the Fort Keogh reser-
Walton, about eight miles from town,
believed to be the same animals.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-07-02
MOST TROUBLESOME PLANT.
Government Trying to Control the
Water Hyacinth.


The water hyacinth, the beautiful
marine plant of green leaves and ex-
quisite flowers, which has done such
great damage to commerce in Louis
lana and East Texas, is making its ap-
pearance in the ship canal, says the
Houston Post.
A few years ago the water hyacintb
was brought from Florida to Louisiana
as floral ornament. Last year the
government expended 100000 in an
effort to control the pest and has only
partly succeeded. Streams and bayous
which once carried large barges of
lumber in Louisiana and Eastern
Texas have been closed to navigation
by the rank vegetation of the hya.
cinth.
Sabine river above Orange has be.
come filled with the plants, and it Is
related that these all grew from few
plants carelessly thrown into the riv.
she had in tub as an ornament be
came too numerous.
The matter has been brought to the
attention of the city authorities and
steps have already been taken to de-
stroy before 1t is too late all the hya.
cinths in Sam Houston Park and those
which have got into the bayou. A
boat is to be sent along the lower
reaches and all hyacinths carefully
gathered and destroyed 1t is antici
pated that there may be some legis.
lative action prohibiting the growing
of these plants near a navigabIe
stream and Furnishing any one so care.
less as to throw any Of them into a
stream which is Of any use for any
purpose.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-07-02
HIT BY DERRICK SCOOP.

Workman at Dayton Hollow Dam seri.
ously Injured.
Fergus, Falls, Mimi, June 80. - N.
Anderson, who is employed at the
Dayton Hollow dam here, met with a
severe accident. "A big derrick, which
was swinging scoops loaded with ce-
ment into place, broke suddenly and
the scoop fell on him. partially bury.
ing him in cement. He was quickly
dug out, and it was found that one
arm was broken and his face terribly
cut, internal injuries are also feared.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-07-02
WOOL PRICES HIGH.

Growers Make Contracts to Sell il
the Neighborhood Of 10 Cents.
Lewistown. Mont, July /. The
idea that there would be a great
slump In prices for wool this season
has been dissipated About one-half
Of the product Of Fergus county has
now been contracted for and the
prices run close to Is cents, which,
while about 8 cents under what the
same clips brought last summer, Is
still much better than was generally
expected few months ago
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-07-02
Joy over Nasi's Liberation

\ Trapani, Sicily, July /. - The lib
Grafton OF Nunzio Mist, former minis
ter OF public instruction, who has Just
ended term Of Imprisonment for
embezzlement from the state treas
ury. is hailed here with great enthu-
siasm.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-07-02
Jealous Man Kills Wife.

Sailor Springs. ILL.,, July 1. - Jeal.
GUS OF his young wife and mistaking
his son for another man, julius Turn
er. sixty-three years of age, shot his
wife to death from ambush, seriously
wounded his fifteen-year-old SON and
attempted to commit suicide near
here last night. He and his wife had
been separated four years.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-07-02
MAN is STABBED AND KILLED.
Man Alleged to Have Been Thrown
Out of Feed Yard Suspected.

Marshalltown, Iowa, July l. Cy-
renus Chamberlain, aged twenty-six
years, was stabbed and murdered, it
is alleged by Fred SEEK, young Ger
man, at Tama last night. Seik, it is
charged, came to the feed yard Cham
berlain was managing and became in
sulting Chamberlain knocked him
down and threw him out, and SEEK, it
is alleged, stabbed Chamberlain in
the neck, severing the jugular vein.
The wounded man died few hours
later and Seik was arrested.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-07-02
Troops Take Field.
FALLS FROM MOVING TRAIN.
Young Woman Walking in Her Sleer
Plunges Through Window.

young woman Walking in Her Sleep
Plunges Through Window.
Waterloo, Iowa. July /. While
walking in her sleep, Miss Jessie
Shilling, twenty years old, while en-
route from Chicago to her home in
Washington state, fell from the win
dow of q rapidly moving Burlington
passenger train near Dubuque, and,
strangely enough, will survive the un-
usual accident. though her injuries
are serious.
Miss Shilling's travelling companion
notified the trainmen. who hurried
back along the tracks, where they
found the girl lying near the rails,
bleeding and unconscious. She was
taken to the nearest town and placed
In hospital.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-07-02
Fined for Selling Game Fish.

Pepin. Wis. July 1.-The Wiscon-
sin state game warden, Robert RIGHT
man arrested c. Dahlstrom and C. j.
Swanson of Stockholm for selling
game fish on Lake Pepin They were
taken to Maiden Rock before the JUS
tice Of the peace and were fined $50
each and costs.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-07-02
Sent to Reformatorv.

Fergus Falls. MINI, July 1. -
Mat Loreg, who has been in the coun-
ty jail in this city On the charge of
burglarizing a saloon in Wadena,
pleaded guilty and Judge Baxter SEN
fenced him to the st. Cloud reforma-
tory for an indefinite term.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-07-02
FAMILY MISSING; SUICIDE.

George Wheeler Drinks Acid on Fail.
ure to Find Mother.
iDes Moines. June 29.-Disheartened
1t Is thought, over his failure to locate
his mother and brothers in Des
Moines, George Wheeler of Kansas
City, Kan, committed suicide last
night by drinking carbolic acid.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-07-02
Prince Is christened.

La Cranja, July i. - The christen-
ing Of the infant son OF King Alfonso
under the name of Jaime took place
yesterday in the chapel house here
with all the pomp and ceremony Of
the Spanish court.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-07-02
Flood HELMS bitches.

st. Paul, July l. - There is two
feet of water on the level in the
northern part of the state, where the
state is dredging the Roseau river.
But water doesn't hurt the work be-
cause the dredges are the floating
kind and need water to keep moving.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-07-02
CROPS ARE DEVASTATED.
Hail Storm Destroys Wide Area OIL
Growing Grain in South Dakota.


Beresford, S. D., July /. - The
most disastrous hail and wind storm
that struck the state in years ravaged
the farms in this locality early Sun
day morning, completely devastating
crops over territory six miles wide
and ten miles long. Beresford was
the center of the storm, which
amounted to a veritable food, accom-
panied by hail, which drove all grow
ing crops into the ground. Over sixty
square miles of rich farm land there
will not have an acre of grain har-
vested, and much pasture land is beat
en- out by hail, the grass roots being
killed. There was no wind accom-
panying the storm, but the damage
will reach 100000.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-07-02
REFORM SCHOOL BOYS ESCAPE
Attack Guards With Crowbar am
Scatter in All Directions.

Baltimore, Md, July 1. With a
suddenness that took all of the Off
GERS by surprise forty-eight boys of
the Maryland school for boys revolt
ed and escaped from the institution.
Up to midnight fourteen had been re-
captured. This was the second out
break at the school inside of two
months,
Led by one of the largest boys, who
was armed with crowbar, thew
stormed the outer gate yesterday
morning demolished the lock, and
streaming through the portal scatter
ed in all directions.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-07-02
FLOODS DELAY LINE.
Milwaukee Will Not Enter Butte Tn
til August, It Now Appears.

III H1SdSss ~ NOW appears.
Lewistown, Mont, July L. - The
Chicago, Milwaukee e. St Paul rail.
way will not be able to get the line
from Lombard, the present terminus
of the road, to Butte, a distance of
ninety-two miles, completed early in
July, as was expected. The delay is
entirely due to the floods, which did
some damage and hindered the con.
tractors. 1t is said on good authority
that the line will be into Butte early
in August.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-07-02

Four Dead; Three Hurt in Explosion.
San Francisco. July -Four per-
sons are dead and three others In
jured as a result OF an explosion fol-
lowed by a fire in the grocery store
of John Sweeney.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-07-02
Rarron's Firemen eiu winn.,.

- = n ~ vvHI1fSTos
Barron, Wis. July /. - The Barron
Volunteer Fire company has returned
from the state tournament at Lake
Mills, Wis, with $40 in prizes. Bar
ron has one of the best volunteer fire
companies in the state. The state
tournament will be held at Ladysmith
next year.