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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-16
rhr.. Hundred Lives Lost at State
Entertainment in Acapulco
When the Teatro Flores
Burned.
sudden and Fierce Flames Roast the
Imprisoned spectators-Lead-
ing Families Present
at Fcte.

MEXICO CITY, Feb. 16.-Three
hundred people were burned to death
Sunday when the Teatro Flores at
Acapulco was destroyed, several
americans being amonr the victims.
The telegraph Office was burned,
and for that reason the news Of the
disaster was not received until to-
day.
The theatre was wooden structure,
and last night over one thousand peo-
nile crowded into it to witness q spec
ia, performance, given in honor OF
Governor Damian Flores, of the state
of Guerro. During an exhibition OF
moving pictures the film caught fire
ana the blaze quickly communicated
to some bunting which was used for
decorative purposes. In an incredi-
ably short tim, the flames spread to
all parts of the structure.
There were bur three narrow exists
and the panic-stricken audience rush
ed to them, many persons falling to be
crushed to death, their bodies choking
the way to escape for others. The
screams OF those imprisoned were ter
rifying.
Owing to the rapidity with which
the fire spread and its intense heat
It was impossible to attempt rescue
work and those imprisoned were lit
orally roasted alive, as the fire burn.
cd with little smoke and few We're
suffocated.
The efforts of the fire department
were confined to saving an adjoining
building. Many Of the dead are from
the first families of the state the af-
fair at thn theatre being social event
of considerable Importance, calling out
the wealthiest and oldest families for
miles around. In some instances
whole families were wiped out of ex-
istence.
The municipal authorities today
caused large trenches to be 6ug and
into these the bodies of the dead
we're laid. Identification of the dead
was impossible, the bodies having
been burned in most cases to crisp.
No Americans Lost.
WASHINGTON, d. c.. Feb. 49,
Maxwell K Moorehead, American con
sui at Acapulco, informed the state
department. today no Americans were
lost in the theater fire which caused
the death of 200 people.
Many Deaths From Fire.
ELPASO, Feb. 1G.-A private mes
sage received hero says many persons
perished in the fire at Acapulco. A
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-16
Revolutionists slav . Victim.

PESHAWAR, India, Feb. ia pri-
vate in the Warwickshire regiment
was assassinated today on the Jemrud
road. 1t is believed he has been slain
by the native revolutionists.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-16

Rainfall for past twenty-four Yours,
027 inches.
River above low water of 1854 AZ
feet.
Change in twentyfour hours, fall,
OIL feet.
c., B. & @. Bridge, Burlington, Iowa.
Feb. 15.-The present stage of the riv-
er is 5 feet inches above low water
mark, fall of AZ inches since last
report
Mean temperature Feb. IS. is.
Maximum temperature Feb. Is, 20.
Minimum temperature Feb. Is, Is.
Snow fall to a M, February 16,
inches.
FRED q. GosEWIsCH,
NJ Observer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-16
Messages Going East and West En-.
counter Distractions in Ohio
Where Storm Ragged
FierceIy.
POLES AND WIRE DOWN
Trains From One to Three Hours Late
and Travel is Dangerous Owing
to Freezing up Of
Block System.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 16.-Ohfo
remains today the hold-up point for
the transmission of all messages be-
tween the east and west. Telegraph
companies in attempts to reach differ
ent points OF the state have routed the
business the most round about ways.
The sending of messages from Cleve-
land to Columbus in the central part
of the state, had to go by the way of
New York. The poles and wires are
down all over the state. 1t is esti-
mated the loss to date is over one
hundred thousand Trains are from
one to three hours late, and travel is
dangerous owing to the freezing up of
| the mechanism of the block system.
The storm OF sleet and rain and snow
will carry great property damage in
| general.
Chicago Storm Stricken.
| CHICAGO, Feb. 16.-Chicago and
vicinity is still in the grip of the bliz.
zard. Late yesterday it looked hope
full for relief but during the night fresh
snow and sleet freezing set in. further
tying up all telegraph and telephone
railroad communications. There is
great suffering in the poorer classes
The travel is we'll night impossible. AL
trains. and local car service are de
layed.s
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-16
Many Deaths From Fire.

Many Deaths From Fire.
ELPASO, Feb. 1G.--A private mes
sage received hero says many persons
perished in the fire at Acapulco. A
severe storm prevents further COM
munication.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-16
River Bulletin.
Fld. Stage. Height. CHING. Rnfall
Local Observations.

The river will rise slowly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-10
Silk Petticoats With
 "New Wrinkles" "-$6.50.

They have a pocket in them to keep little things in, just as a small consideration.
 But the silks are fnel Black and all colors of Taffeta made up strictly tailored; fit close, you know, as they should.
 They are the newest we have in the store. Worth more than $6.5O, too. (2d Floor)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-10
We Dress Little Girls Just Right.

 Tailored suits for "little bitsey' women-8 to IA yearsl Yes of course. ,
 Three-piece styles having the long coat and the prettiest kinds of dresses-called skirts. Tailored the finest kind, too.
 Some at $9.9s-just as good as we ever saw before at $12.50. And others-$15.0O and more.
 Of course still others lower; and it would naturally be so in a little women's store so com plete. (2d Floor)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-10
The Exposition In This Store Sho1Us the Products Of q Tireless World
The WOmen'S Store of the South Offer, Its Welcome
 to All Visitors

Women in Alabama and other states nearby will be very welcome to spend great part of their time in our Women s Suit Store-the greatest in the South.
 This refers to visiting women to the Fair, or to women who, for any reason or at any time, come to Birmingham. You are very gladly offered our welcome
 Tomorrow we open for first exhibition more than 600 Suits and Dresses for wo- men-1rst fruits of our suit buyers sec ond trip of the season to New York City More than 300 Dresses!
 Serges at $23.5O-in Bronzes, Tans, Ashes of Roses, Peach, Black and others. Other serges: $32.50 $35OO, $37.5o and $4000.
 Beautiful Voile Dresses, made over high grade Taffeta Silks-$37 50.
 LONG COAT SUITS-NEW!
 Two-toned Diagonal Worsteds in wide wales-all the newest-$40.00.
 Clay Serge Suits with 52-inch Coats beautifully tailored $4000.
 Bedford Cord Suits, with coats-full g inches long $4000 and $4500.
 Clay Serge Suits with long coats newest models of skirts-only $42.50.
 Basket Weave Suits with newest long coats-perfectly tailored $45.00.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-10
DreSSmaking PdrlorS

Gowns and dresses of distinction, designed and made by our modistes in our dressmaking shops No more super for work can be had in the cities of the east Silks, Woolens-1st Floor)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-10
Suit Tailoring

Tailor shops of the first class, in charge of the best tailofs-and made part of the Loveman, Joseph & Loeb Store. Very safe, made satisfactory as you would have it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-10-10

J6-dIIu d5 p6IItCI ab CdII De all And very fine hand work has made rapped leathers
 The"New Yorker" at $500 a pair only shown in So of, course 1t Is here. All the model lasts and only new feathers
 that much of the time we feature flexible soled with medium toes and heels. Dress shown in these at s396 a pair
 (shoes AisIes D nd E, list B1oOr)
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-10
SIMULATED WARFARE
At FORT STEVENS

Fort Stevens, Sept. 10-War con-
ditions exist at Fort Stevens. Every
possible effort is being made to rem
der conditions similar to those exist
ing in the presence of an active enemy.
Batteries and range towers are con-
stantly manned and prepared for In
stant action; searchlights flash rays
over the bar and far into the ocean,;
patrol boats dash to and fro and the
troops are not allowed to remove their
clothing at night, so stringent are tho
methods adopted to simulate war con-
ditions.
The annual maneuvers of this year
are on the largest scale and are tho
best conducted of any held at this
place. Including the First Company,
Coast Artillery, of Astoria, approxi-
mately 500 men are constantly under
arm within 20 yards OF their respeo-
tive guns.
The Government boats Captain
James Jorman, Major Guy Howard
and Anton Springer form an attack
ing fleet, and it viii be their constant
aim to elude the vigilence Of Fort Ste
vens' defenders and try to pass the
batteries or to locate themselves as
TO render the position Of the post SOL
dlers untenable.
The quarters are abandoned. Every
body is located in tents in the rear OF
the batteries, where all await "oall 70
arms" which is sounded at most un-
expected times day anI night. A sig
nal mortar and rockets notify outly-
ing batteries Of the presence Of the
enemy.
1t is planned to have an attack by
land. With this object in view nearly
10000 rounds of blank ammunHa ,u
have been issued for use by the at-
lacking and defending armies. 1yhost
engagements cause she greatest OF in.
terest as each body of troaps dDrs it'
utmost to gain decided victDry ant
no efforts are thought too gneat tc
Gytain thot end.
Two regular 0siIcers from Puge
Sound are attached to tile Fiest Com
pany of Astoria, as instructors in tn,
handling, Of the two-inch. rifles. Con
sidering limited experience. the Firs
Company is displaying exceptiona
ability from an artil'ery standpoint
The naneulars. Which commence
the 6tS, of September w6H last unit
the 15bh Of tlds mon,h.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-10
CENSUS MEN. WANT
DATA FROM FARMERS

Washington.-It will be suggested
by United States Census Director Du-
rand to the farmers all over the
country that the work OF obtaining
accurate returns concerning agricul-
ture will be greatly facilitated If the
farmers will keep or provide some
sort of written record of their opera
lions during the year 1909
In 1900 the census found 5,739,657
farms, an increase of 1,175,O16 over
the total for 1890 The 1910 total
should reach roughly 100000 farms.
There were 10,433,1sS male and fe-
males over ten years OF age June 1,
1909, engaged iniagricultural pursuits.
Professor Powers believes the 1910.
census will swell that number to sew
eral millions.
The information reported by farm
ers on the agricultural schedule will
not be used as basis of taxation or,
communication to any assessor. The
act also fixes the fines or terms Of
Imprisonment in cases of violation OF
the secrecy imposed upon supervisors.
enumerators and special agents or
'other employees. II provides penalty
for false answers and for refusal to
answer.
Director purand wants the farmers
to keep books this year, 80 that guess
work and recouections will be elimi-
mated as far aH'possiole
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-10
Rnasfs Yakima Mayor.

North Yakima, Wash.-Councilman
]. ]. Miller introduced and had pass
ed at tonights meeting Of the council
a resolution sensational in its attack
on Mayor Armbruster.
The resolution comments on the in
flux Of immoral women here, says
their coming is due to the attitude
Of the mayor and closes by instruct
ing the chief Of police to enforce the
law. There was but one vote against
the resolution.
Miller is expected to run against
Armbruster at the next election and
the resolution is taken to be the
opening gun of a hot campaign.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-10
800 Per Acre.

Ephrata, Wash, Sept. 81 D.
Reard has sold 4S0 acres of land to
a Wenatchee syndicate for $4,000,
or an even 800 per acre. The larger
part of this land was bought for so
an acre this spring, which shows
how land values have increased with
the thought of irrigation. This land
adjolns the townsite Of Ephrata on the
west and is perfectly level. Reard
has 20 acres under irrigation, which
he waters from a we'll 80 feet deep.
The entir tract will be irrigated from
artesian wells.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-10
RESULTS OF THE BIG
GAMES YESTERDAY
Coast League Results.

Coast League Results.
At Sacramento, . innings
Portland, II; Sacramento, l.
At Vernon
Oakland /, Vernon S. i
At San Francisco
Los Angeles, 8; San Francisco, 1o.
Northwestern League Results.
At Portland
Vancouver ), Portland 4.
At Spokane
Tacoma 10, Spokane ..
At Aberdeen
Seattle Z, Aberdeen 2.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-10

Critic Gas the composer plays his
lasic piece) e)-'very fine, indaed. But
what is that passage which makes the
cold chills run down the back?''
Composer--"That is where the
"anderer has the hotel bill brought
t o him."
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-10

"Ylung man." said rich. and
pompous old gentleman, "T was not
always thus l did not always ride
in a motor>car of my own. When [
firsa started in life had to- walk"
You Were lucky" rejolned the
Young mfn. when first started, l
haito crawl. 1t took me a long time
to learn. to walk"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-10

Jack jabs mouth with left Johnson
whirls rights and lefts to head and
stomach. sending Kaufman half way
through the ropes. At close quarters
Johnson uppercuts with rights and
| hooks with left. Johnson hooks right
to ear. Johnson jabs mouth with left.
johnson jabs nose and hooks stomach
with left. Al tries a heavy right to
| jaw but fails. Just before the bell
Johnson hooks right to ear. Johnson's
round.
Round Seven.
Al comes up weak. Kaufman jabs
| Jacks face with a | eft. Johnson
hooks left to chest. Al hooks light
left to face and misses heavy right
and left hook to body. Kaufman
sends nice right to body. Johnson
hooks nose with left and repeats. Al
hooks ear with right Johnson sends
three light right uppercuts to chin
and left to the stomach. Jack jabs
face with left Sparring at the bell.
Jchnsons round.
Round Eight.
Johnson jabs mouth with left.
johnson hooks right and left to head
and left to body, followed by another
left to head. Al jabs face with light
left. Jack hooks left to stomach and
twice to face. Johnson misses heavy
right to the jaw, then hooks right to
chin. Jack misses left hook to head.
Al jabs mouth with left. Al swung
with right and left but missed. john
sons round.
Round Nine.
Jack hooks left to ear. Al sends
nice right to short ribs. In a half
clinch, both fight desperately, they
swap numerous lefts to head. AL jabs
face with left. Jack flashes right to
J body Kaufman is doing the forcing
: but Johnson is too clever. In a half
| clinch Johnson hooks right to head
| twice and uppercuts twice. Jack
| hooks light left to stomach. Sparr-
, ing at the bell. Johnson's round.
Round Ten.
| Johnson hooks left to stomach and
: head. Johnson swings lightly with
left on mouth. Johnson tears after
, Kaufman like a tiger, sending heavy
rights and lefts to head, trying for a
knockout. Johnson jabs to mouth
with left. Al jabs face lightly with
left. Both block lefts to body. Al
sends nice right to body. Johnson
. uppercuts head with right. Al hooks
: jaw with right. Kaufman blocks
. heavy left to stomach. Johnson jabs
. mouth with right and repeats. Cllnches
at bell.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-10

"Ma'an, here's a man at the door
With a Tarcey for you"
"Wha is it, Bridret?"
ITS fish, ma am, and it's
marked C. o. D."
"Thyl make tho man take it
straigh, iuB 20 thatdealer 1 order
cd tr1Gt"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-09-10
JOHNSON KAUFMAN
FIGHT BY ROUNDS
San Francisco, Sept. 10.-The Pohn-
son-Kaufman fight by rounds:
Round One.

San Francisco, sept u He otlL-
son-Kaufman fight by rounds:
Round One.
They fiddled, Johnson lands left to
stomach. Johnson sends light right
and left to chin. They swap light
Iefts to head. Johnson sends light
left 10 stomach. Kaufman misses left
70 face. Johnson jabs nose lightly
with left and repeats twice. At close
range johnson peppers head with
rights and lefts. Johnson sends left
TO ear. Kaufman jabs face with left.
They were sparrlng at the bell. Kauf-
mans nose is bleeding. Johnson's
round.
Round Two.
They fiddle. Kaufman blocks hard
left to head. Johnson jabs nose with
left twice. Going into a clinch john
son lands left on chin and on the
break he jabs Al on the stomach and
nose. Johnson sends hard left to the
ear. staggering Kaufman. Kaufman
labs face with left and takes right
hook to the jaw in return. Johnson
labs ear with right and stomach with
left Al blocks a wicked right upper
cut. Jack lands left hook to the
stomach. Sparring at the bell. john
sons round.
Round Three.
Johnson lands two lefts to face and
right uppercut to the chin, followed
bv right to stomach. Johnson sends
four rights and three lefts to Kauf-
mans mouth, bringing the blood in
torrents. A left to the stomach
weakens Kaufman. Al runs into a
right hook. Johnson repeats the
blow. Johnson lands two left jabs to
mouth. Johnson uppercuts chin with
right and repeats. In a fierce rally
johnson lands heavily with rights and
lefts to head. johnson uppercuts
body with right. Locked at the bell
Kaufman goes to his corner covered
with blood. Thus far he has moi
landed one effective blow.
Round Four.
Johnson labs head twice with left
johnson cuts Kaufman with heavy
rights and lefts against the ropes
johnson hooks head with right. Kauf'
man sends nice right to shortribs and
repeats. Johnson lands left to head
Johnson hooks right to head twice
Clinched at the bell. Johnson's round
Round Five.
Johnson jabs mouth with left. John
son hooks stomach with left and re-
peats. Johnson uppercuts Kaufman''
head with right twice. Kaufman
works him into corner and lands
light right on body, but johnson
works his way out when he tried to
Jack blocks straight left to stom-
ach. Johnson uppercuts to head with
right four times. Kaufman tries hard
for the stomach, but Jack blocks
Clinched at the bell. Johnson's round
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-02-24

Would Lincoln Have Been Linccln7
What would modern educational ex-
perts have made of Lincoln If, as q
baby, he had been put In their care?
They would probably nave started
him ON sterilized milk, clothed him in
dfsinfected garments sent him to kim
dergarten where he would have learn
ed to weave straw4mats and sing
about the Blue Bird on the Branch.
Then the dentist would have straigh-
tened his teeth, the oculist would
have fitted him with glasses, and in
the primary grade he would have been
taught by pictures and diagrams the
difference between a COW and q pig,
and through nature study he would
have learned that the catbird did not
lay kittens. BY the time he was eight
he would have become a young gen.
tleman," at ten he would know more
than the old folks at home, at twelve
or fourteen he would take up manual
training, and within two years make
a rolling-pin and tie it with a blue rib.
bon. In the high school at sixteen,
where in four years he would learn
that Mars was the reputed son of june
and to recite a stanza from THE Lady
of the Lake" Then to college, where
he would have joined the Glee CtJh
and a Greek Letter Fraternity, smok
ed cigaretts and graduated, and then
become a clerk in a bankers office;
and never, never do any n any
harm. We11,-perhaps- we dom
know and can't tell what might have
been, but we can't help feeling thank
full that Linco1n's training and educa
tion were left to Nancy Hanks-and
God. Literary Digest.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-02-24

ed that millions upon millions of acres
of land now unproductiye, can be
made to produce crops of great value.
In commenting ON this phase of the
dry farming problem, Gov. Brooks, of
Wyoming at the Dry Farming Con-
| gress now being held in Cheyenne,
yesterday in his address of welcome
| told of the great work to be done.
He said:
Under approved Dry Farming me-
thods, millions upon millions of acres
of public land can and will be settled
! and this conquest is easy as compared
| with the early settlement of Now Eng
land. There the pioneer faced a rig
orous climate and was menaced by
merci1ess savages. There the forests
had to be cleared, the underbrush
burnt, the stumps and stones hauled
away. There the soil was misery,
and the pumpkins on the steep hill
sides had, to be braced back to keep
them from rolling away; but despite
! adverse conditions, that New England
community, built solidly upon the four
corner stone of justice, learning, lib
erty and law, grew Int prospered and
became so powerful that later on their
| ideas gave form to the National gov
eminent and wholesome life to many
of the great Institutions of the West.
"Then followed the conquest of the
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-02-24
Transfers Of Real Estate

Transfers Of Real Estate.
The following deeds lave been filed
for record In the office of Probate
| Clerk and Recorder f. p. Gayle:
W. F.. Bayless and wife to H. Elmo
Jordan, for 81 and other considera-
ton, a small tract OF and in 33-10-24
and reservoir and other water rights.
George Monroe to Sylvester E. Ross
for $40 and other consideration, lot
1, block, 3, North Spring River addi-
ton to Roswell, and water right.
JANA G. Prayer Realty & Investment
Co. to Roy A. Maxwell, for $500, lot
4, block Is, West Side addition to
Roswell.
Henry Speckman and wife to Green
field Townsite Co, for $40, 100, eighty
acres In 29-13-26 and two rights in the
Hagerman Irrigation Co.
Charles M. Yater and wife to Alon-
20 r. Feemster, for $1,000, 1882 ac-
res in 31-15-25 and water rights.
J. E. Wfmber1y to J. d. Nell, for
81, the east half of lots 9, IL and 13,
block z, Hagerman.
Levers & johnson to Laura E. Lee
vers, for $500, lot 2, block 1, Levers
q Johnson's subdivision of block Is,
South Highlands.
John 1. Hfnkle and wife to Pecos
Valley Lumber Co., for $1,250, lots
II and IL. block s, Hagerman.
Flora T. Humphreys and husband
to Belle H. Geyer, for 81 and other
consideration, q 1 1-2 inch water
right from . weH on lot Q. block 5,
North Spring River addition to Ros-
we'll