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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-01-08

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Mar. lat Pedro. wyo, seven in collision
AT Dossett, Tenn. four by powder
mill blast.
AT Taylor, Pa, six in mine explosion
20-Near Emporium, Pa, six in powder
mill blast....At Woodward, Ala. five in
23-At Los Angeles. Cal, six in head-ou
collision.
2S-Near Cotton, Cal. &c in wreck; nearly
Apr. Near Fort Worth, Tex, six train
men in collision.
linear Chaplain, Ont, 10 in train wreck.
lS-Near Gunter. Tex. eight by gasoline
2s-On Lake Michigan, lumber barge with
crew of IA lost.
27-At Baltimore, eight drowned by col
May lat whipple. w. Va. IL in. mine
disaster.
11-At Honda. Cal, 81 in wreck due to
defective switch.
21-At Pittsburg. five by explosion in steel
furnace. ON Lake Michigan, five by
burning of steamer.
23-At Chicago. five by ammonia explo-
., sion in stockyards plant
Sl-Near Garden Valley. Idaho. seven
drowned.
Jun lin Hampton Roads, IL seamen by
capsizing of launch.
of mine gas....At Monahan. Wash, five
by drowning.
26INear Tola, Va, eight by dynamite
Jul EFourth of July celebrations caused
81 deaths; injured number 2.153.
SIN PenooScot Bay, Me-, six by capsiz-
ing of a sloop.
11-At Honeybrook Pa, seven miners BY
white damp explosion.
l2-Near Russell, Pa, six by capsizing of
launch.
15-In Cape Cod Bay, Mass, ten officers
and men on battleship Georgia by gun
j2lmNear Salem. Mich, 80 in collision:
100 injured.
22-of California coast 81 by sinking Of
27-In New York city. IA. in tenement
house fire.
Aug. LAT San Pedro. Cal. four by COL
lapse of wharf
16-At Chicago, five by collapse of build
ing during windstorm.
23-At Somerville, Mass, five by suf-
29-Near Quebec rs workmen by collapse
OF new bridge being built across ST.
30-Near Charleston. Ill. II in collision
between interurban trains.
Sep. Near Charleston. w. Va. seven in
Sat Shelton. Wash. ten in burning
Sat Norris. Ia, II in wreck.
linear Canaan Station, Is in head-on
collision.
IS-At Aspinwall. Pa. six by drowning. .
O-At Negaunee. Mich, II by falling Of
cage in mine shaft: seven fatally hurt.
22-On Lake Superior. seven drowned by
.wrecking of steamer.
26-Near Jackson, Ala, IA by capsizing of
ferry boat.
2S-Near Bellaire, o.. eight in railroad
wreck; four fatally hurt.
Oct. Sat Butler, Pa, four by upsetting
of molten metal pot; 80 badly injured
1S.In Gloversville. N. Y, six by suffoca-
15-Explosion of powder magazine at
Fontanet, Ind. caused death of So: over
600 injured; nearly every building in
town ruined
16-Near Joliet. H.. five by capsizlng of
boat on canal.
24-Near Ashland. Wis, four by explo-
sion in powder mill
Nov. Sat Steubenville. O., five by boiler
explosion.
13-At South Milwaukee, Wis, six at
grade crossing.
25-In New York city. 10 Italians in tene-
ment house fire.
Dec. 6-At Monongah, w. Va, about 400
miners by explosion in colliery.
1S-At Jacobs Greek, Pa, about 300 min
ers by explosion of gas in colliery.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-01-08

Jan. 6-Nine buildings wrecked by ex-
plosion of dynamite at Lowell. Ariz.
BmFloods in Ohio river valley worst in
20 years
19-Several large steamers driven aground
and $l;5oO; 900 damage done by terrific
Fe gaze w1,cn sb StrueK 6anaio n; a
stroyed by tornado: two persons killed.
Mar, 15-Floods in vicinity of Pittsburg
erty damage estimated at $4,000, 600:
about 100000 persons thrown out of
work and at least IA lives lost
apr: 5-Tornado swept across Louisiana.
Mississippi and part of Alabama: con-
siderable property destroyed and 10 or
15-Cities of Chiipancingo and Chilapa.
Mexico, destroyed by violent earth
quake.
Jun; ,s-Thirty persons killed. many hurt
and great property damage done
by windstorms and cloudbursts in Ken
90 lucky, southern Illinois and Iowa.
22-Storm causing property damage esti-
mated at $500.000 swept over Indian Ter
ritOry.
24-Three distinct tornadoes strc:k Medi-
cine Lodge, Kan, destroying % houses;
several persons injured.
27-Oil fields of northern Indian Territory
swept by tornado that killed three men
loss estimated $500. " ei 'e"7
Jul. 2-Rochester Tex, nearly destroyed
by tornado.
field. Cal, broke. flooding 10000 acres
and Stdr. doing $4,000 d 1ig:, o,,.,
III western Wisconsin caused
death of p persons; many injured
1o-WaterSpout caused $500, 600 damage in
vicinity of Leavenworth. Kan.
Aug. 11-Tornado caused great property
damage at La Crosse, Wis.
26-Tornadoes in Wisconsin and Ohio
caused several deaths and destroyed
much property.
Oct. S-Tornado near Leeds, Ga, caused
10 deaths; damage to property enor-
NOUS. Severe storm caused great dam
age in New York city and in harbor.
Nov. 2O-F'loods caused great damage in
southern Texas.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-01-08

31-Wisconsin university eight won two
mile boat race from Syracuse, at Pough-
keepSie, n. Y.
Jun. Orchard Cookers colt, Orby. rid
den by Johnnie Reiff. won EPSON derby
in England.
2O-Neaion, owned by c. E. DurnelI. won
Bay.
2l--Alex Ross won open golf Champion
ship of United States
26-Cornell won varsity eight-oared race
at Poughkeepse. n. Y. regatta: SYRIA
euse won varsity four-oared race and
test. .Orby won Irish derby
27-Yale defeated Harvard by boat length
- lin annual race at New London. Conn
golf championship at Hinsdale. Ill.
Jul. 2-Mss Evelyn Sears of Boston, won
women's singles lawn tennis champion
ship of United States, by defeating Miss
Carrie B. Nicely.
Tommy Burns knocked out Bill
round. at CoIma. Cal. Martin sheri-
can won all-around championship OF A.
A. U: at Celtic Park: l.. 1.
5-May Sutton of California, regained title
of British tennis champion. by defeat
ing Mrs. Chambers
l7-Jack johnson stopped Bob Fitzsim-
mons in second round at Philadelphia.
29-Barney Olddeld broke two worlds
auto records on half mile track at Far
go. s; D.. going first mile of three mile
al-Jimmie Britt got verdict over Rattling
Nelson in Ground contest at San Fran
Aug. 30-May Sutton won international
tennis championship at Niasara-on-the-
Lake, Ont.
Sep. sc. NJ. Daniels of New York. low
cred worlds l00-yard swimming record.
going distance in 55 2-3 seconds. at Man
chester, England.
aloe Cans defeated Jimmie Britt in five
rounds, at San Francisco; Britt broke
wrist in fourth round.
29-F'red Mcleod of Chicago. won western
professional golfers championship at
st. Louis.
S-New York Yacht club declined chal-
lenge of Sir Thomas Upton for race for
Americas cup next year because II
sought to limit size of racers to 6S feet.
2S-Matt McGrath broke worlds record
for 16-pound hammer throw at Kansas
City. by hurting weight l6i feet inches +;
former record 164 feet.
Oct l2-Chicago Nationals won world
baseball championship by defeating De-
troit Americans four straight games.
Dec. Tommy Burns. of America,
Knocked out Gunner Moir. of England.
in tenth round at London.
1l-H. c. Pulliam reelected president Ma
tional league for sixth time.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-01-08

Jan 2-Near Volland. Kans., IS in train
wreck: over so injured.
Sat Winoos<i. VT, six by suffocation....
Near Kenosha. Wis, nine by powder
explosion.
Sat Pittsburg. 30 by explosion in steel
furnace
Sat Sanford. Ind. Is by wreck due to
powder explosion; injured....At
23-Near Primero. Colo. "a in coal mine
explosion
explosion in mine.
Smear Fayetteville. w. Va. 90 in mine
disaster.
Feb. AT Monarch, Colo. Y in snowslide
AT Thomas. w. Va. p In mine dis
aster.
PIN New York harbor, 13S by drowning
and exposure by burning OF steamer
Larchmont.
spreading rails.
Sat Las Espranzas. Mexico. over 100.
mostly Japanese. In mine disaster.
26-At Montreal. Que. principal and Is
pupils in burning school
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-11-17

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-22
SHIP LAUNDREss DEAD.

From the New York Sun.
 Mrs. Melissa Short, laundry woman for the ships and owner of big place in Brooklyn, is dead in that borough of pneumonia. She was known all along the water front and was looked upon as one of the brightest business women who ever boarded ship from a swaying ladder down the bay.
 She had obtained contracts from the owners of all sorts of vessels, including some clippers and many steamships from the far east, to do the wash of the off, cers. She personally attended to the bus- mess of soliciting trade and often got the advantage of laundry firms that em- ploy only men to get business
 If ship were far instream and intend- ed to stay there several days or more she hired launch to bring in the wash. She also used a launch to take officers clothing, bedding and table linen from ships that docked at Bayonne or Jersey City. Vessels docking in New York or Brooklyn she reached with a wagon. The washing on a steamship from long trip sometimes brought $100.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-22
Christmas Day.

Books on correct English are use- full as a rule, but it sometimes happens that the author is a purlst and when that is the case, absurd things are apt to appear" said a professional man. T read in one of those books on English that the phrase, Christmas Day. should not be used, because Christmas was the same as saying December 25, and that, therefore, the word day was supurfious. That author was ignorant touching the matter under discussion; ignorant of usage and of the reason why.
 "The phrase, Christmas day, is not only correct English but the word day is necessary to make the idea clear. Christ mas means Christ-mass, the mass of fered in commemoration of the festival of the nativity of Christ It is, of course, one of the great feasts of the liturgical churches and every great feast has an octave; Christmas, in the ecclesiastical sense, begins on December 25-Christmas day-and ends eight days thereafter The last day of the octave is especially ob- served. In the formularies of the Cath ollie church and the Episcopal church and perhaps others, the phrase Christmas day has been used from time immemorial. The rest of the octave Is usually styled Christ mastide, just as we have Easter Sunday and Eastertide."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-22
STIRRING TIMES ABOARD

We have the bear still and will take it back to Hamburg with us and present it to the animal gardens there"
 The reporter recovering his breath, asked what that was about a sea con- ger that Captain Franke had promised earlier to supply at the end.
 Captain Franke replied that that was a mere incident. Once while the seas were toughest a porthole was smashed. The seas poured in through the hole for five minutes and then stopped. Captain Franke found on examination merely that a conger or sea eel, eight feet long and nine inches thick had poureu into the porthole and stuck fast. The sailors cut the inside half of the conger off and ate it.. That was all there was to that And about the carpenter being washed overboard?"
 "Oh, that was merely that he had been washed overheard in the morning and washed back again in the afternoon An incident scarcely worth mentioning"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-22
Talkinn to Santa Claus.

Mama, will Santa Claus bring me a doll carriage?s asked a tot of about 4 years on an outbound ear yesterday aft ernoon.
 'Yes, dear came the reply
 Mama, l want him to bring me a doll, a trunk, some doll shoes some dresses, a piano, stove, a tea set and table. Will he do it?"
 If you will be good maybe he will, ]" said the mother.
 "Oh, l like to have forgot. I want a great big red hat like Annie's, and I want a pony like hers too, and a cart. And. Mamma wouldn't it be fine if Santa Claus brought me a pony and cart! How would he get them down the chimney? Annie said Santa Claus was Chinaman but l don't believe her. Mama, did you ever see Santa Claus when you was a little girl? I wish I could see him, but I'm afraid to peep. Ugh. Suppose I did, what would happen? Would l just get switches and ashes. Has he got any automobiles? Will he bring me one? And, Mama. I want some candy and fire crackers"
 At this point the mother alghted from the car with the little girl, but the little wisher was still telling what she wanted. The last to be heard was Mama, can I hang up my white stockings?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-22
Turkeys New Parliament

It is a long way from the days of William and Mary to those of the Young Turks, but that way is full of victories for constitutional, even popu- lar, rule. In these latter days parlia- mentary government has come on rapidly. In Russia, in Persia, in China and now in Turkey parliaments have been or are to be established, and no one would be surprised if the cable should bring news that parliament had been organized in Morocco.
 The Young Turks parliament is now in session, and it seems to be con ducted with rare discretion. A cham Der of deputies made up of Moslem and Christian, Armenian and Kurd, Greek and Bulgar plainly calls for tact and discretion, and both seem 10 forthcoming in Constantinople. In the first place, the Young Turks had the good sense to keep in place the Sultan with all his prestige when they could readily have dismissed him, and the Sultan had the good sense to accent the situation.
 The parliamentary effort in Turkey has perhaps more problems to encoun. ter than any other. The parliament of Japan deals with a united people and so will that of China. That of Persia is in country filled with Mo. hammedans. Russia is dominated by the Greek church. But in Turkey many races and many religions meet. and the new Turkish parliament has to deal with all of them and with all the powers of Europe, for all of them want slices of Turkey. The Turkish reform party must maintain the rights of the empire and it must also win the respect of the various peoples and religions of the Turkish empire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-22
BlxBY-MARk TWAIN'S BOSS.
Sixty Years a Pilot, the Veteran Is
 Still Active at 82.

From Hamptons Magazine for January.
 Horace F. Bixby, who, with his S2 years is the oldest pilot on the Mississippi, is still at the wheel. For nearly 60 years he has piloted crafts on the Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri, Arkansas and Red rivers. He served under Admiral Foote, who called him the best pilot that he had ever seen He has been upon pleasure crafts, regular packets, government boats under all conditions, and is now at the wheel of the Horatio G. Wright, a snag boat working between St. Louis and New Orleans.
 Captain Bixby has trained host of pilots to follow the channels of the vari- ous streams. Among this number was Samuel l.. Clemens, better known as Mark Twain" who served full ap- premiership with General Bixby and af- rewards piloted in the Ohio river with his instructor
 "One of the first questions l asked Clemens when he wanted me to teach him to be a pilot was if he used tobacco says Captain Bixby. He didn't chew, but he was an inveterate smoker 1He Cdpldll uluI cllcW UT olilOhc niiii- self and was a little doubtful about ac- cepting Clemens as a pupil because of this vice. The apprentice made good however, and now his instructor says: Some people infer that Clemens was not good pilot, but he was a first class one. He adapted himself to Athe river from the start and was as good a pupil as I ever had under me. We made a bargain that he was to pay me $500 to teach him the river, s10O down and the rest in installments. I never did get the whole amount, but I did get $3O0 He paid me s100 when I took him with me and he didn't get any more until we were running boat together some years later. At this time he paid me $200, and, as the Irishman says, I forgive him the debt, but don't say anything about that-it's s all right"
 When Clemens became famous he caused lot of trouble for Captain Bixby. A lot of reporters began bothering him for stories of Mark Twain and the captain told all the stories he knew long time ago. Now when the reporters poster him for them he gets peevsh. "I wish Clem- ems was dead, then maybe you fellows would let me alone." he says.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-22
PASSING OF CHRISTMAS MATINEE

Daniel Frohman in the New York Times.
 It seems odd at first glance that a great city like New York, with it's enor- nous theatre-going population, of all classes and tastes, should have it's time so taken up with Christmas preparations that 1t should neglect the theatres, all of them, but such is the actual situation. It is great tribute to the universal observ- ance of the day.
 Another significant fact is the gradual disappearance of late of the Christmas matinee. In years past this was always a crowded performance while today many of us find the demand for the mat inee so slight as not to warrant a per- formance.
 I can only conclude that Christmas is becoming more of a home day and the tendency is to confine the celebration, until after the dinner at least, strictly to the home The fact is extremely signif- cant and the tendency is by no means confined to New York; but is to be ob- served throughout the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-22
Emperor William on the Water Wagon

The Kaiser has joined our Presi- dent-elect on the water wagon, and both have sworn off" during their respective terms of office. This places the Kaiser on the water wagon for life, while MT. Taft may not stay on it more than four years with some pos sibility of a stay covering eight years.
 The vow the Emperor has taken may explain the strenuousness of the campaign waged against him for talk ing too much. He may have been talk ing in his cups, and the insiders may have become alarmed thereat. It will be remembered that the revolution was conducted by the inner circle, led by Chancellor von Buelow.
 The Emperor will not ask his cour- tiers to follow his example He will apparently drink at all dinners cham pagne, but the drink served to him, while it will be effervescing, will be non-alcoholic. When he is invited to dinner he will supply the host in ad. vance with his special beverage to be served to him in champagne bottles. In this way he will not be a shining light on the water wagon, but he will at any rate avoid all talk-inspiring beverages of an untimely nature
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-22
MT. Taft In the South

William Howard Taft is spending the coldest weeks of the season in Augusta, Ga, where he can play golf all winter long. He will perhaps make famous the old city on the banks of the Savannah, and he will be vel comed warmly not only in Augusta but in any other city of the south that he may visit. Birmingham included Southern hospitality will be extended to him because all believe he will worthily fill the exalted office to which he has been called by the suffrages of the people.
 Let no one think, however, that even MT Taft's smile and generous ways can change in any respect the convictions of the south. This section stands in favor of a strict construction of the constitution, one that will leave to the states their reserved rights un- impaired, and it also favors revenue tariff. MT. Taft's party believes in protection for protection's sake, and it believes in straining the constitu- ton to cover even Dingleyism It has small respect for the rights of the states. It has already minimized them by rude interpretations, and it will continue no doubt to pile interpretation on interpretation until centralization is carried to a limit
 MT. Taft cannot turn the pople of the south into centralists and Dingley- ties, but he can win here many friends by his frank, manly manner and sensi- ble views on many questions. He is not follower of the esteemed Crumpacker, and Foraker sets no pace for him. All in all, he will become popular in the south, and the fact that he has made Augusta his home this winter will not lessen the number of his friends in this section of the country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-22
Proper Name for Christmas

Make no mistake about the proper day. It's true name is Christmas sim ply because it is the anniversary of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, whose coming has revolutionized the world. Don't write the word Xmas any more than you would write it C'mas, al though some intend that the "X" shall represent the Cross.
 | It is not word, however, that should be abbreviated. Abbreviation may be useful in some things, but the name of the worlds great anniversary should be given it's nine letters. There is space enough for the nine letters, and proper respect for the worlds great festival and the meaning of it and the import ance of it call for its full name with out any abbreviation whatever.
 Nor is 1t proper to call it Yuletide. This word is relic of Morse mythol- ogy, which has been driven out by the Christian faith. There is no reason why we should revive at Christmas the old warship of Thor. The Scandl- nayians held a great feast at the time of the winter solstice. This was the Juul-tide feast, or as we call it, the Yuletide, and in no way has it any relation to our Christmas season. The burning of the Yule log and the eating of the Yule-cake all belong to another religion.
 The lesson of Christmas and all 1t means to us and to all the rest of the world is best taught by keeping in use the true name fully spelled out with due reverence for the spirit and the history and the meaning of the season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-22
Reuardinq Eqqnou.

Prohibition or no prohibition, egg-nog continues to be the popular home drink during the Christmastide, said S. N. Mason of Virginia.
 T live in a dry county-a county that has been dry for eight or nine years and most of my neighoors are models of temperance but on Christmas Day and for a day or two afterwards the egg-nog bowl is in evidence in nearly every house. It is the same way in many of the dry sections throughout the south. I often hear people say they do not like egg nog; that it always gives them a head ache. But they drink it just the same. When egg-nog is properly made and is drunk in moderation it is as wholesome as it is stimulating. Virginians as rule know how to make the best"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-22

ly have named an entire cabinet. as follows:
 Secretary of State. Philander c. Knox of Pennsylvania
 seeretatry of the Treasury. Myron T. Herrick of Ohio
 Attorney General. George W. Wicker sham of New York.
 Secretary of War, Charles Magoon.
 Secretary of the Navy. William Loeb of New York or Robert M. Thompson of New York
 Secretary of the Interior. Richard A. Ballinger of Seattle. Wash.
 Postmaster General. Frank H. Hitch cock of Massachusetts,
 Secretary of Agriculture, James Wilson of Iowa, the present Secretary.
 Secretary of Commerce and Labor George A. Knight of California.
 The selection of Mr. Knox to fill the office of Secretary of State is guar anty that the President-eleet proposes to call to his aid competent advisers. MT. Knox is not only lawyer of high standing, but he is a public servant of experience both in the cabinet and Senate He will be sl1illful and force ful in the cabinet The appointment of Mr. Hitchcock to a strictly political position is of course political and the bureaucracy will continue to conduct the governments postal affairs.
 The other rumored appointments are considered good guesses. MT. Wicker sham is partner of one of MT. Taft's brothers, a conservative office lawyer, who is regarded as a match for the best lawyers retained by the corpora tions. He is considered a probability.
 It seems to be determined too that Luke E. Wright is not to remain in the cabinet This may be due to the de- sire to find a place for Governor Ma goon, who will soon be a statesman out of a job, or it may be due to MT. Wright's own preferences
 Outside of MT. Knox and MT. Hitch cock it is better to await further news from Augusta, where the new cabinet is really being constructed instead of in northern newspaper offices. The country freely approves the selection of Mr. Knox This country is now world power, and the Monore doctrine is always in evidence. A man of great capacity Is now needed as Sec retary of Foreign Affairs, and we are to have such a man in Philander c. Knox of Pennsylvania.