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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-07-23

A granite shaft 80 feet high will
mark the Tippecanoe battle-ground, ac.
cording to a contract which has been
made by the monument commission.
The monument will cost $24,5OO and
must be completed by November 1.
The shaft will be a perfect obelisk.
according to Egyptian architecture.
The base is IS feet square, providing
promenade space around the shaft.
The base of the shaft proper is S is
feet square. The base and shaft will
be constructed Of Barre (Vt.) granite
and the tablets for the inscription
will be of Montello granite from Wis.
consin. There will be an eight.foot
figure Of William Henry Harrison also
carved in granite.
The government is to pay half the
cost Of the contract.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-07-23
wooIen underwear Rest.

Nearly all medical men in the West
Indies advise the wearing of thin wool.
en- and not cotton underwear. Many
persons wear cholera BELTS" made al
flannel. 'hf ~ .
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-07-23

Punctuation marks were first used
in 1899.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-04-04
TEXAS NEWS NOTES.

San Antonio furnished a surprise in
turning out damned opera house to
hear Cone Johnson.
Several county democratic commit
tees have arranged to hold primaries
on May 2.
A prominent stockman was arrested
at San Diego for the killing of the
Duval county assessor in December.
A boy who has been missing at AL
win since April l was found floating in
Chocolate Bayou.
Suits for penalties charging viola
ton of the safety appliances law have
been filed in the federal court at
Beaumont.
Rudolph Kleberg, Jr., has been
elected county judge of Dewitt coun-
ty in place of Judge Summers, who
died
The Railroad Commission has writ
ten the Cotton Belt tart letter for
not having complied with its order in
going ahead with the proposed union
depot at Texarkana.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-04-04

AMERICAN WRESTLER It.
Threw Mighty Russian on Mat After
One Hundred and Fourteen Min
utes Hard Work.
Special to the Herald.

Special to the Herald.
Chicago, ILL.,, April 4.-Frank Gotch,
the Iowa farmer, is today hailed as
the worlds champion wrestler, George
Hackenschmidt, the mighty Russian
and worlds champion having given up
the match after one hundred and fiji
ten minutes in which time he tried
every method known to throw the
American. Gotch finally put the Rus
sian on the mat Hackenschmidt says
he injured himself and gave up rather
than cripple himself for life.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-04-04
WOMAN WAS ARRESTED.
Mrs. Mary Thredos Will Tell What
She Knows of Masked Woman.

Special to the Herald.
Altoon, ILL.,, April Airs. Mary
Thredos was arrested on a warrant to.
day and will tell what she knows of
the masked woman dressed in mans
clothes, who last night threw gasoline
on Miss Ada Glassmeir in her home.
The gasoline ignited from a lamp and
the girl was seriously burned. Her
eight-year-old brother, who was sick
in bed, was badly burned. 1t is re-
ported that Mrs. Thredos' son, who
died recently, was to have been mar
ried to the Glassmeir girl.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-04-04
HOLD POLICE RESPONSIBLE.
Socialists Hold Big Melting In New
York Today-PoIice Busy.
Special to the Herald.

Special to the Herald.
New York, April 4.-One hundred
and forty policemen were stationed in
the vicinity of the Grand Central, the
place where the allied socialistic meet
ing was held today to protest against
police clubbing the unemployed a
week ago Millionaire socialists were
sponsors for the meeting, at which
Algenon Las was president. The first
few speeches were mild in tone, but
the undertone was the police were re-
sponsible for last Saturdays trouble.
1t was charged by the speakers that
the police lost their heads. Several
arrests were made for disorderly con-
duct
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-04-04
New Public Printer.

Special to the Herald
Washington, D. c., April 4.-John S
Leech has been appointed public
printer in the Washington office. He
is now public printer in the Philip
pines.
Leech lived at Bloomington, Ill.
and has an honorary membership in
the International Typographical
Union.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-04-04
WANTS PUBLICITY GIVEN
Seth Low, Former Mayor of New
York, Speaks For Hepburn Bill,
Amending Antitrust Law.
Special to the Herald.

Special to the Herald.
Washington, D. c., April 4.-Seth
Low, former mayor of New York, and
at present representing the National
Civic Federation, appeared in support
of the Hepburn bill amending the
Sherman antitrust law before the
house Judiciary committee today. He
claimed that the bill will give greater
publicity to corporation affairs, which
will have the effect of curing many of
the present ills.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-04-04
SYRIAN IS BEING HELD
For Shooting B. Warkentin, Newton,
Kansas, Banker, In CONSTANT
nope Yesterday.
Special to the Herald.

Special to the Herald
Constantinople, April 4.-The au-
thorities refuse, pending an investiga-
ton, to release the Syrian who shot
and killed B. Warkentin, banker of
Newton, Kansas, who occupied an adj
joining compartment of train run
ming out of Damascus. The Syrian
still maintains that the revolver went
off by accident. Ambassador Leish-
man has been given assurance that
the man will be brought to justice if
murder has been committed.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-04-04
Rawhide Plunoer Dead.

Rawhide, New, April 4.-Riley Gran
nan, the plunger who won a million
and half in his first year in the bet
ting ring. died here today of pneumo-
MIA. He will be taken to Paris, Ken
lucky, for burial.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-04-04
he loss is estimated at $4,000.
A PROGRAMMED ARMY
On Modern Lines, Including Strength
to Hundred Thousand, Proposed
BY the President.
Special to the Herald.

Special to the Herald.
Washington, D. c., April 4.-By the
presidents suggestion. acting on the
suggestion of General Bell, special
army board will draw plans for the
reorganization of the United States
army on modern and progressive lines.
The reorganization will include the
increase of the army strength to one
hundred thousand men.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-04-04
Official Route Given.
Special to the Herald.

Washington, D. c., April 4.-The of
fetal itinerary of the big battleship
fleet was issued today. The fleet is
scheduled to arrive in San Francisco
May 9th, leaving Magdalena Bay April
14th. A stop will be made at Ber-
muda en- route.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-04-04
Seeking Information.
Special to the Herald.

Washington, D. c., April Con
gresham Murdoch of Kansas called
on the state department today, seek
ing information concerning the death
of B. Warkentin, the Kansas banker
killed by Syrian. Congressman Muir
dock procured the passports for the
banker and his wife when they left
this country six months ago.
The state department has cabled for
further particulars.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-04-04
HUNTERS BUSY
Making Life Burden to Count and
Countess Szechenyi In 'Buda-
pest, Says Report.
Special to the Herald.

Special to the Herald.
Budapest, April 4.-Fortune hunt
ers have forced Count and Countess
Szechenyi to ask for police protec-
ton. The Hungarians consider the
resources of the couple as bottomless.
and they persist in asking for dona-
tons, They are even stopped in their
drives by donation solicitors. The
countess is unable to leave her hotel
alone.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-04-04

Get the Hablt-cook With Gas.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-04-04
CAMBRIDGE WON RACE
Fifty Thousand People Witnessed the
Big Race Between Two Famous
College Crews.
Special to the Herald.

Special to the Herald
London, April cambridge won
the boat race from Oxford today.
Fifty thousand people witnessed the
race, and were scattered along the
four and one-fourth mile course.
The winning crews time was 1919,
two seconds short of the record.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-04-04
HOTEL GUESTS ENDANGERED
BY the Burning of the Lafayette Hote
at MeadviIle, Pa, This Morning.
Special to the Herald.

Special to the Herald.
Meadville, Pa, April 4.-The one
hundred or more guests of the Lafay-
cite Hotel had narrow escape from
burning when four buildings of the La
fayette block were burned this morn
ing . The fire burned for four RS
= keing brought. undez
The loss is estimated at $4,000.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-08-03
GOLDEN STATE
LIMITED O|TCHED
Rock Islands Fast
Train Wrecked
in Arizona
MANY PASSENGERS INJURED
Broken Rail Cause of Acct
dent Which Occurred
East of Benson.

Los Angeles, Aug. 3.-Meagre re.
ports of the wreck of the west bound
Golden State Limited on the Rock Is.
land railroad, near Benson, Arizona,
had been received by the local railroad
Offices at noon today.
The wreck occurred near HadO, Ari.
zona, forty miles east of Benson Oh the
Southern Pacific railroad, over which
the Rock Island trains run to the coast
from El Paso, Texas. Four persons are
reported to have been seriously injur.
ed and many severely shaken up.
The passengers were all in their
berths when the train left the track.
Two standard sleepers and the OBJ.
servation car are reported to have
turned over on their sides and the din.
er also left the track. The accident
was caused by broken rail. All the in.
jured were in the derailed sleepers. e
A wrecking train cleared the track
today.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-08-03
ENJOINED FROM
DIVERTlNG WATER
Reclamation Service Obtains Injunc.
tion From District Court at Carls-
bad Against Certain Parties.

Carlsbad, N. NJ, Aug. 3-The United
States Reclamation Service obtained
an order from the district court on
July Goth, restraining the Penasco
Reservoir and Development company,
George w. Temple and David J. Nc.
Came from interfering with the flow
of the Penasco and Walnut creeks.
It appears that this company had
constructed dams on these streams
and proposed to take as much OF the
water for use on lands west of Dayton
as they possibly could out of the two
streams, ignoring the prior rights OF
the United States to the water for the
use of the Carlsbad project.
The United States intended to
restrain these people from using water
that rightfully belonged to the Carls.
bad project. Before the case came to
hearing small food on the Penasco
took out the works that had been al.
ready constructed and the government
obtained an order restraining the de-
PENDANTS from rebuilding the old
works.
The government Is anxious to pre-
vent the water supply of the Carlsbad
project from being interfered with
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-08-03
ANDREWS CARRIED
SAN JUAN COUNTY
Special to the New Mexican.

Special to the New Mexican.
Pennington n NJ, Aug. 3.-The Re.
publicans of San Juan county held
their precinct primaries Saturday last
with the result that the delegates from
this county to the convention at Santa
Re on the 18th inst, will be solidly
for the nomination of Delegate w. Fl.
Andrews. The Andrews supporters
carried ten precincts out of eleven
solidly. In the eleventh precinct, Farm
ington, where A. NJ. Edwards was en-
deavoring to make fight against Dele
gate Andrews, he was beaten by %
votes to 10. The primary in Farming
ton where Edwards made his fight,
was open for five hours and the result
is strong for Andrews. He will have
four delegates from this county in
structed at the county convention.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-08-03
CL0UDBURST HITS
ARIZONA TOWN
Terrific Flood Al
most Wipes Out
Flagstaff
CAME WITHOUT WARNING
Houses, Bridges and Rail.
road Tracks Destroyed :.
No Lives Lost.

Flagstaff, Ariz., Aug. "a terrific
cloudburst today in the mountains
north of Flagstaff brought food Of
water ten feet high down the De Flag
river which broke the levee in several
places, flooding the lower part of this
city tearing out bridges and destroy
ing houses and their contents. Two
miles of track on the Grand Canyon
railroad between Williams and the
canyon are reported washed out. West
bound trains are delayed by washouts
east of here. Last night and today's
storm was the most severe in many
years. Lighting struck in dozen or
more places about the city, but luckily
without much damage The flood this
afternoon is subsding. No lives were
lost.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-08-03
MILITARY MANEUVERS BEGIN
AT CAMP EMMETT, WYOMING

Camp Emmett, Wyo, Aug 3.-The
mobilization of troops of the regular
army and the national guard of Colo
RADIO, Wyoming, Nebraska, North Da.
kota and South Dakota is almost COM
plete. Maneuvers to continue for thirty
days have been begun with the regular
troops. The participation of the militia
troops will probablyy begin tomorrow
There are about 1000 soldiers in camp
and with the arrival of those expected
today and tomorrow Brigadier General
Morton will have at his command ap
proximately 5000 men of every arm Of
the service.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-08-03
DISASTER ONE OF WORST IN
HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Aug. 3.-The
most dreadful conflagration in the his
tory of Canada and the worst on the
North American continent, since the
Chicago, Baltimore and San Francisco
disasters, has swept the Elk River val
ley in the southeastern part OF British
Columbia For one hundred miles
square "a tremendous bush fire has
burned everything. 1t has held sway
since 4 o'clock last Saturday after
noon. 1t is estimated that more than
$50 to 500 people have met death in
the flames. The following towns have
been destroyed:
Fernie, with a population of $500;
Coal Creek, with population of 1900,
and Hosmer, with population of 500.
The homeless will number 5000 and
the fatalities are growing hourly. Five
families were hemmed in and every
one perished in Fernie, where at least
fifty lives were lost. The properly loss
there is estimated at several millions
of dollars. The Crows Nest Pass Coal
company had a million dollars worth
of property at Coal Creek which is re.
ported to have been totally destroyed.
All the railroad bridges in the burned
district have been destroyed.
The fire Is still raging today around
Hosmer and Sparwood but Michel is
safe, the wind having died out during
the night. If the gale springs up again,
however, the latter town will be in
danger.
Seventy men in camps along the Elk
river perished. Residents Of Fernie
were taken in trains to places of safe
ty. These are now destitute. Thousands
of dollars were sent by Western Cana.
dian cities this morning to the relief
of the destitute. Medical supplies are
greatly needed. Ten cottages, two coal
Offices, the Western Canada Grocery
and coal company's warehouse are all
that remains at Fernie.
Within fifteen minutes after fire had
broken out in that city at o'clock
Saturday afternoon the place was a
mass Of swirling flames. The West
Fernie bridges across the Elk river
could not be saved and a number Of
persons lost their lives in trying to
escape over the burning bridges. Some
sought refuge by wading the river, and
were drowned in the swift current.
Saturday night was a dreadful one OF
anguish and excitement. Women and
children were placed on special trains
and sent to Cranbrook.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-08-03
CANADIAN PROVINCE
SANTA FE COUNTY
TO HAVE EXHIBIT
Citizens Hold Mass Meeting at Court
House and Decide to Make Dislay
at Irrigation Congress.

A meeting was held this afternoon
at the court house for the purpose Of
arousing interest and selecting a COM
mittee to look after the collection OF
articles for the Santa Fe county exhib.
1t at the Sixteenth National Irrigation
Congress and Industrial Exposition at
Albuquerque.
The meeting was called to order by
Hon. |. Sparks, chairman of the board
of county commissioners, who introduc-
ed Colonel Ralph Z. Twitchell, secre.
tary of the board of control Of the Six.
teenth National Irrigation Congress.
Colonel Twitchell made long talk,
explaining what line of exhibits will
be shown at the Congress; what the
attendance is expected to be and what
advantage it will be to each city and
county to take an interest in the Con-
gress and have as large an exhibit as
is possible. The speech of Colonel
Twitchel was well received
Among hte other speakers We're l.
Sparks, Ex-Governor L. Bradford
Prince, Mayor Jose d. Sena and Judge
John r. McFie. The unanimous deci
sion of the representative citizens in
attendance was to make the Santa Fe
county exhibit at the Congress as at
tractive as possible and on motion it
was carried that the board of county
commissioners appoint committee OF
active workers to look after the col
lection of the exhibits, funds, etc.
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
railway has offered to haul the exhib.
1t of this county to Albuquerque and
back free of all transportation charges
and there will be no expense connect
ed with the securing of space at the
Congress for displaying the exhibit.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-08-03
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS IN
ANNUAL CONVENTION

Boston, Aug. 3.-The twenty-fifth
convention of the supreme lodge and
the biennial encampment of the
Uniformed Rank of the Knights
Of Pythias, with the annual
convention of the Pythian Sis
ters, were formally opened here
at an early hour today with an
attendance estimated at $4,000 dele
gates and members. The most interest
ing feature of the convention today
was the dedication Of Fort Joseph Ly.
on, at Frankfort, by the Uniformed
Rank Over 10000 tents have been
pitched to accommodate the $4,000
Knights on this, Boston's most exten.
sive play ground, where the chief fea.
lures of the first days program were
held
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-08-03
REDUCED RATES FOR
BAR ASSOCIATION MEETING

The El Paso and Southwestern Rail
way company has informed Paul A.
F. Walter, chairman of the New Mex.
leo Bar association entertainment
committee that it has made an open
rate of one-half fare for the round
trip from Ell Paso, Texas, and from all
stations on its lines in New Mexico,
tickets being sold on August 20, 30 and
31st, with return limit September 5th.
On the Dawson division reduced fare
tickets will be sold to French only.
Chief Justice w. ]. Mills has also
informed the Bar association that the
territorial supreme court will adjourn
to September 3, in order to give the
association three days for its sessions
instead of only two as had been pre-
viously contemplated.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-08-03
EYE WITNESS TELLS
OF FIRE AT FERNiE

Cranebrook, B. c., Aug. 3.-An eye
witness of the fire at Fernie says the
damage cannot fall short of $5,000000,
the greatest loss falling on the Cana.
dian Pacific railroad and the Treit-
Wood Lumber company. Fully 25,OOO,-
900 feet of manufactured lumber was
totally destroyed, ten or eleven cot.
tages, five or six residences, the lum.
Der company's Offices, the Great North.
ern ralroiad depot and one ware house
are all that is left standing in Fernie.
Three thousand people, mostly women
and children, have been forced to flee
for their lives before the rusing fire.
The flames are sweeping onward in
an overwhelming line. The list of fatal.
tiles is stealing increasing.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-08-03
GENERAL STRIKE IN
PARIS DISMAL FAILURE

Paris, Aug. 3.-As far as could be
learned early today the 20 hours gem
eral strike in Paris, called by the Gen
eral Federation of Labor as protest
against the killing of strikers at Wig
neux last week, was not as extensive
as the leaders had planned. No vio-
lence has yet been attempted. The sol
diers massed at Conial Hall found
nothing to do. The employees of many
trades worked despite the strike but
several newspapers were tied up. More
complete reports late today indicated
that the strike, except in the case of
the typesetters, was practically a
complete failure.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-08-03
ARRESTS REPORTED BY
TERRITORIAL MOUNTED POLICE

The Office of the territorial mounted
police reports the arrest Of Suranco
Luna, last week at Vallecitos, Rio Ar.
riba county, on the charge of conceal.
ing stolen property. The arrest was
made by Ranger ]. B. Rusk. Luna was
given hearing before justice of the
peace and bound over in the sum of
$500 to the district court.
Mounted Policeman j. A. Beal ar
rested last week J. w. Horn for ped
ding beef without license at Clay.
ton, Union county Horn plead guilty
and was fined $31, which he paid.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-08-03
Driven By Fierce Gale Flames Spread
Demon Like Over Vast Terri
tory
LOSS ALREADY ESTIMATED At many MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
Thousands Rendered Homeless and These Nown Great
Need of Food and Shelter. Dominion Government and
United States Quick to Aid Victims

ber of other towns. So many people
living in the burned district
are in need of relief that up to the
present time no effort has been made
to ascertain the number of dead. In
the country swept by the flames there
is estimated to have been seven thou
sand people. Two thousand of these
have been sent to Granbrook and Elko,
lsome 1900 fled northward and reach
ed Hosmer and other places along the
Y canadian Pacific railway A Great
Northern train took all the people 1t
could carry up its line, fighting its way
!, through sheets Of flame before reach
ling a place of safety. Scores of famia
les are separated, the men not know
ing where their wives and children
are. The lowest estimate of loss is
placed at $2,5OO,0O0 and the insurance
will amount to about $1,500,0O0 1t is
estimated by the relief committee that
$500 people will have to be furnished
Temporary food and shelter. The suffer.
ling is terrible.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-08-03
PLAYED WITH LIVE WIRE
AND LIVES TO TELL TALE

Special to the New Mexican.
East Las Vegas, N. NJ. Aug. 3.-A
young Japanese, employed as a bell
boy in the Castanada Hotel in this city
last evening amused himself for sew
eral minutes by playing with live
trolley wire, charged with $4,000 volts
of electricity, which had fallen into the
street. He touched the end of the
wire to the rails of the street car line
to "see the sparks fly" as he express
ed it. He was rescued unhurt. God
takes care of FOOLS" said lineman
after the power had been shut Off
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-08-03
= = = = \ = : : : s

y y y y - ~ a"
\ Cranebrook, B. c., Aug. B.
4 The most destructive confiag-
\ ragation in the history of Can
4 and is sweeping FL River Val
= ley, leaving in it's path death,
= destitution and suffering. Al
= ready more than two hundred
y lives have been lost. hundreds
y of persons injured and thou
\ sands rendered homeless.
y The following is the sum-
= mary of the loss of life and
= property in the fire which has
\ ragged in East Kootenal since
s Saturday:
= Number of known dead, 40
= and list growing hourly; num-
y ber of homeless, 5000; district
= swept by fire extends from near
4 Cranebrook to within four
= miles of Frank, Alberta, a dis
= tance of fifty miles.
= The towns so far destroyed
= are:
= Fernie, Coal Creek, Hosmer,
= partly destroyed, and Michel.
y The property loss is estimated
\ at $6,4OO,O0O. The loss in Fer
< ME alone totals $2,000,OO0
= = = E = s = = s = =
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-08-03
DEMENTED WOMAN LOST IN
HILLS NEAR LAS VEGAS
pecial to the New Mexican.

Special to the New Mexican.
East Las Vegas, N. NJ, Aug. 3.-Sev.
eral parties are searching the hills
west Of this city today for Mrs Cleo
fas Sangil, who suddenly became in
sane last night and wandered away
Her son went crazy three days ago and
her cousin died in the asylum here
week ago.