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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-09-02
Flood DeVastates Large Sec
ton Of the City Of Mon
F! terey, Mex
!
PROPERTY DAMAGE IMMENSE
Estimate Of Twelve Million DOL
lars Is Considered Con-
sentative.

Mexico City, Aug. 30.-A conserva-
tive estimate of the damage wrought
at Monterey by the flood places the
dead at 400 and the property loss at
$4,000, 00o. The river has now gone
down and the danger is over
Up to the present time ESQ bodies
have been recovered. One entire
quarter of the city of Monterey was
destroyed and $4,000 persons are
homeless. The water mains are use
less and the city is consequently with
out drinking water; neither is there
light nor street car service. for the
power plant has been seriously dam
aged. Ii will be impossible to resume
the train service for a week and as a
result the city is threatened with a
food famine, The slaughter houses
have been destroyed. Ten thousand
persons are being fed on bread, coffee
and soup by the municipal authorities.
The American consulate is giving food
TO all who apply. Thousands of per
sons have taken refuge i'm the cathe-
dral and the churches. Many adobe
structures, soaked by the rain, are
falling and there has boon some adIi-
tional loss OF lifa from this cause.
Eighteen blocks OF residences and
business houses wc.a entirely washed
away. The more wealthy people of
Monterey. Together with the American
residents, are contributing 10 the
mayors rand, Wlich is being expend-
ed Tor the purchase oil food.
Railroads in Very Bad Shape.
Tho ratnoau situation is deplorable.
The branch If the international be-
tween Monterey and Tampico con
tains a score of w~ashcuts. The iron
bridge At San Juan has gone and sew
enty-iivc miles of the track of the
Matamoras branch have been washed
out. There are a dozen washouts be-
tween Matamoras and Cuevas and the
big iron bridge over the Rinconaga
between Salillo and Monterey is gone
The total of the loss to the railroads
is not definitely known. but it prob
ably will exceed $500, 600.
The greatest loss Of life is said to
have been caused by the giving away
of the reservoir dam. Monterey is
situated in a cuplike valley and is
surrounded on three sides by steeu
mountains. The waters rushed into
this valley down the bed of the Santa
Catarina river. This stream is or
dinarily $50 yards wide, but with the
advent of the flood its banks were
fully three-quarters of a mile apart.
1t is estimated thai eighteen inches OF
rain fell.
The federal authorities here are
busy with the organization of relief
measures. Benefit theatrical per
formances. bull fights and fairs arc
being planned. Subscription lists ara
being opened all over Mexico City and
the Other cities OF the republic ere
responding to Montercy's urgent cal
fol- aSSist9Gro
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-09-02
Studied Fish.

Dean M. A. Brannon of the univer-
sity medical department, who with
Dr.. Young and Marshall Brannon,
have started the work of the biological
experiment station at Devils Lake, has
returned to Grand Forks and reports
splendid progress. Besides studying
the biological conditions Of Devils
Lake with d view to stocking the lake
with fish, the party explored the Tur-
tie mountains for sixty miles, making
studies of the fish contained in the
lake there and the conditions under
which they thrive. They also visited
Stump lake. forty rifles to the east of
Devils Lake. In the Turtle mountains
they found form of life reported in the
Alaskan
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-09-02
TAFT ASKS EXPLANATION
Calls on BalIinGer for Definition of
His Policy.

Washington. Aus. 26.-President
Taft has instituted a searching mVes-
tigation of the interior department be-
cause of facts that have been brought
to his attention in connection with
the taking up by private corporations
of valuable coal lands in Alaska.
Secretary Richard A. BallinSer OF
The interior department, Assistant
Secretary Franklin Pierce and Fred
bennett. commissioner of the general
land office, have been called on by the
president for explicit detailed infor'
nation as to these coal land troubles
and their connection individually with
the matter.
Specifically the charge to be met by
the interior department officials is that
they have rushed matters to permit
the approval of entries to valuable
coal lands without giving proper time
TO the hearing of testimony of a com
plete investigation of the charges of
conspiracy.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-09-02
FARMER KILLED BY A BULL
Gored to Death on His Farm Near
Belmont.

Ole bust, a wealthy farmer residing
at Belmont, was gored to death by a
mao bull on his farm. His features
were trampled beyond recognition.
Rust was missed by his family after
an absence of five hours and a search
revealed his inanimate form in the
field. A neighbor with a rifle shot the
bull.
The animal had attempted to kill
one of Rust's daughters some time
ago, but Rust had not wanted to part
with it because it was of excellent
pedigree,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-09-02
industrial School Closes.

The Industrial summer school at
has closed. II was in the nature of
an. industrial school as we'll as the
regular country institute for teachers,
the two covering the same field in
some respects, but each doing special
work. The industrial school was I'M
der the direction OF Professor A. D.
Weeks of the department of education.
Chairman Bailey Of the country life
commission and others were speakers.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-09-02
Hill Secures Direct Route TO
Atlantic Coast
some new LINKS NECESSARY
Must Build Connections Between
Required Roads.

Nashville, Tenn, Aug. 3O.-The Bur
an air line through Nashville, connect,
ing the grain fields of the Northwest
with the Atlantic coast. In this the
Tennessee Central will play a con
spicuous part, as it will be the con.
Meeting link between the Chicago.
burlington and Quincy at Paducah and
the Seaboard Air Line at Rutherford
ton, \. c., and the report is current
here that the Burlington system will
acquire the Tennessee Central as the
connecting link between the Burling-
ton and the Seaboard Air Line.
TO effect the complete chain the
Tennessee Central will build from
Hopkinsville to Paducah, both in Ken
lucky, a distance of seventy miles,
where the road will connect with the
Burlington system at Metropolis, Ill.
where a bridge will take the place of
the present ferry across the Ohio
river TO Paducah. The gap from Her
rim, ILL.,, to Metropolis is already being
closed by forty miles of Burlington
track.
This will give the Chicago, Burling-
ton and Quincy a direct line from st.
Louis, Chicago and the Northwest into
Nashville, thence over q new line to
SeNierville, thirty miles, over the
Knoxville, Seyierville and Eastern. Ii
will conncct with the Seaboard Air
Line at Rutherfordton and thence 10
Wilmington, n. c., making an air line
from The Northwest to the coast.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-09-02
EXPLOSION KILLS TWELVE
Five Offers Seriously Injured at 30
c~acI1ia, Fla.

Key West, Fla, .Auy. 2s.-As q re-
suit OF the explosion OF 200 pounds OF
dynamite at Bocachia, twelve miles
from Key West, on The Florida East
Coast railrcad, r@elyc men are dead
and five others aeriously wounded.
The explosion was caused by = mem
Der Of the railroad construction force
carelessly throwing a lighted cigarette
into q box OF fuses.
The mon wore hurled high into the
air and the bodies of the dead were
mangled almost beyond recognition,
arms and legs being torn from the
bodies of some, While the faces of 9th
ers We're mere masses of flesh.
When the explosion occurred the
workmen We're standing in the water
four feet deep and directly beneath
were the 7C0 pounds of dynamite,
ready for the blast when the men
should stop york for dinner.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-09-02
Brakeman Killed by a Train.

John Brandon, u freight brakeman
running between Enderlin and Harvey,
was run over while switching in the
Harvey yard and so badly injured
that he died half an hour later. Bran
don was found lying close to the
tracks with both legs and. one arm
severed close to the body. He died
without r~egaining consciousness.
Brandon was about thirty-five years
of age and unmarried. Ills relatives
all live IN Ireland. Tina remains were
sAippsd 70 Minneapolis.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-09-02
CURTISS WINS PRIZE
American Captures Chief Event
Of Aviation Week,

Rheims. Franco, Aug. 2S.-Glcnn n.
Curtiss, the only American aviator at
Bctheny, won the international cup of
aviation. the most important event OF
aviation week. He covered the two
laps OF the course, twenty kilometcrs,
or 1912 miles. in u minutes sos
seconds. This is at the rate Of 47.G5
miles an hour.
Bleriot, his most formidable com
petitor, made the distance in 10 min
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-09-02
CHICAGO Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Aug. 3o.-Wheat-sept.,
s7M @971@c; Dec, 933sc; May, 97Ac.
Corn-Sept., 64Ac; Dec. $3.50; May,
56x@57c. Oats-Sept., 36hc; Doc,
36Mc; May, 39Ac. Pork-Sept, s22.-
b21h; Jan, SLIGO. Butter-Creamer-
les, 24d2Sc: dairies, Ply @25c. Eggs
-1SM21hc. Poultry-Turkeys, 17c;
chickens, 14Rc; springs. TIC.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-09-02
IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY
Heavy Rains Do Considerable Dam.
aue to Property.

age to Property.
Heavy rains, accompanied by high
wind, covered almost the entire Red
river valley and in some places the
storm closely approached cyclonic
conditions.
Telephone and telegraph service
was demoraliZed. Thousands of dol.
lars of damage Vas done. No lives
were lost, unless the injuries suffered
by members of the family of Peter
floats should prove fatal.
The floats family were all in bed
when the terrific force of the wind
aroused them and completely wrecked
their home. Peter floats is injured
internally, his wife suffers from a
crushed shoulder, and three of the
children are badly bruised. Fortu-
nately for them they started for the
cellar when the first heavy blow came,
and before they had fully availed
themselves of such safety as it could
afford the house was blown over. They
took shelter in a granary, which with.
stood the force of the storm. and re-
manned there until rescued by a neigh
tor in the early morning.
At Cummings a grain warehouse
was demolished, while in the country
adjacent several barns and other
buildings were badly injured. Many
miles of telegraph and telephone wires
We're blown down, and in several
places trains were delayed by obstruc-
lions piled on the tracks.
The damage to the crops will not be
very large. The wetting will injure
The color of the grain somewhat, but
otherwise the principal damage is
due to the fact that all the grain in
the path of the storm will have to be
%reshocked. Injury to standing grain
was almost total, but there is little
standing.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-09-02
FIVE KILLED In AUTO CRASH
Vehicle Struck by a Train Near ST.
Louis.

st. Louis, Aug. 30.-Five persons,
all of st. Louis, four of them closely
related, We're killed when an automo-
bile in which they were riding was
struck by a fast passenger train Of
the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
road two and a half miles west Of
Virgus Station, on the Creve Occur
Lake road, st. Louis county. The
dead are: Theodore F. Witte; Theo-
dore F. White, Jr., aged three years;
Mrs. x. klinge, Miss Halcyon Camp
bell and Frederick o. White.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-09-02
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VESSEL GOES ON THE ROCKS
Steamer Ohio Sinks Off the Coast O
Alaska.


Seattle, Wash, Aug. 2S.--Five lives
were lost in the sinking of the Alaska
Steamship conpany's steamer Ohio off
Steep Point, Alaska. There were 12S
passengers on board. but all these es-
capped, the victims being from among
the The loss OF the steamer
and cargo is total. The drowned are:
Purser F. j. Stephen, Seattle; Wire
less Operator George e. Eccles, Win,
nipeg; two seamen, nanes not given:
quartermaster, name not given.
A wireless dispatch says the Ohio
sank in three minutes. This prob
ably means that she was on the reef
q considerable time and that the pas
sengers We're all off before the ship
Slid into cecp water, which she did
so speedily as to carry down five of
the crew,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-09-02
KILLED BY FALL FROM CHAIR
steepIe Jack Who Had Worked for
Years at Dizzy heiahts.

New York, Aug. 3o.-Belden Wood
ring, the steeple jack who rugged the
'1agpole on the Singer building and
who had spent most of his life work
ing at dizzy heights, fractured his
skull when he fell the two feet from a
chair to the floor and died soon after
wards. Woodring was leaning back
in the chair when it toppled over with
him.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-09-02
GUATEMALA FEELS UNEASY
Hears Zelaya Is Fitting Out Filibus.
tering Expedition.

Guatemala City, Guatemala, Aug. 80.
There is considerable uneasiness
here and in Salvador over the per
sistence OF reports that General Ze-
laya, president of Nicaragua, is en-
gagged in fitting out a filibustering ex-
petition at New Orleans to attack
Guatemala and Salvador. The steam
err Ellis, said to belong to the United
Fruit company, is supposed to have
been chartered for the expedition.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-09-02
PANIC IN IOWA FACTORY
One Killed and Many Injured in Rush
to Escape

Wavorly. Ia. Aus. 2S.-In a panic
of 300 employees of the Kelly canning
factory tx escape from the second
floor of the canning department, where
a gasoline tank had exploded and
thrown fire over the room, George
McRoberts was killed, three persons
We're probably fatally injured and Il
score of others were seriously hurt.
The building was destroyed by the
fire that followed the explosion. caus-
ing 500, 900 damage.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-09-02
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Aug. 30.-Wheat-On track
No. / hard, s1.01h; No. 1 Northern.
995sc; No. 2 Northern, 975sc. To
arrive-No. I Northern, $3.50; No. 2
Northern, 945sc; Sept, 94Ac; Oct,
94Bc; Dec, 92%c; May, $3.50. Flax
TO arrive and on track, s1.45; Sept,
s1.37A: Oct, $1.33A; Nov, $1.33A;
Dec. 1902.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-09-02
Chicago Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, Aug. observation-disclosures,
s415@7.75; Texas steers, $4.00@5.40;
Western steers, $4.40@6.40; stockers
and feeders, $3.15@5.95; cows and
heifers, $2.25@e.40; calves, $4,000
800. Hogs-Light. $7.5o@s.15; mixed,
s7.4o@8.1b; heavy, $7.1o1s.13h;
rough. s7.1o67.s6; good to choice
heavy, $7.sb0s12A; pigs, $T.eo0
7.80.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-09-02
BootIeggers Are Busy,

~Bootleggers are invading almost
every corner of the state during the
rush of the harvest and threshing. In
dividuals supply themselves with so
the large farms, where many tran
sients are employed. The officials are
rounding up large numbers of these
men. but they are difficult to locate.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-09-02
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
MINNEAPOLIS Wheat.

Minneapolis, Aug. 30.-Wheat--
Sept, 9 MM937bc; Dec, 927ac; May,
96hMc. On tracK-No. / hard, 1895
@997sc; No. Northern, 9755 09SBc;
No. . Northern, 95BM9G1Ac; No. 9
Northern, 931s @94$sc.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-09-02
DEMANDED By GREEK TROOPS
Resignation of Crown Prince Constan-
time From the Army.

Athens, Aug. 30.-The immediate
resignation of Grown Prince Constan-
tine as chief in the Grecian army is
expected as a result OF a conference
between NJ. Mavromichalis, the new
premier, and the leading generals.
The crow princes removal has
been made a provision of the mu-
tinecrs' return to the barracks and if
it is not forthcoming the soldiers
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-09-02

utes 56115 seconds. Latham did not
start.
The international cup of aviation is
known otherwise as the Gordon Ben
nett trophy. 1t is an object of art
valued at $500, which goes to the
winning club, and $4,000 to the avi-
ator. The curse is two laps of the
Betheny aerodrome.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-09-02
Trains in Collision.

Passenger and freight trains on the
southwestern branch of the Northern
Pacific collided head on between Far
go and Lisbon. Both engines were
damaged and the passengers were
shaken up, but no che was seriously
hurt.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-09-02
Anxious to See FIR. Zones.

Andy H. Jones. the d~efaulting presi-
dent OF the First National bank of
Rugby, who recently was captured in
Texas, viii reach Fargo this week in
custody of Deputy Marshall of the
Lone Star state. The receiver of the
bank and other federal officials are
extremely anxious to get Jones' as
sistance in Strengthening out the
banks affairs.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-09-02
Thnw Appointed Librarian.

Matteawan, N. Y, Aug. 30.-In a
search for regular occupation for
Harry X. Tha~. recently recommitted
to the state hospital for the criminal
insane here, the authorities OF the in
s4ila4ttHcn hsvs appointed him to the
post u hs4uraA.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-09-02
ST. Paul unicn Stock Yards.

st. Paul, Aug. 30.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers. $4,000 SIS: fair to good,
$4,000 so: good to choice COWS and
heifers, S4..25M5.25; veals, $5.50M6.T5.
Hogs-$7.4oM7.G5. Sleep-Wethers,
s4.50M4.T5: yearlings, $4.75G5.0o;
lambs. $5.o0M6.50: spring lambs,
SG.OOM7.35.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-09-02
New Registrar at University.

At the regular meeting of the North
Dakota university board Of regents
John Woods Of Grand Forks was elect.
cd registrar to succeed Professor
O0tss, who rsSighsd.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-09-02
BY NEARLY THREE HOURS
Mauritania Reduces Time From New
York to Queenstown.

Queenstown, Aug. 30.-The steamer
Mauretania. the record holder for the
transatlantic passage, arrived here
from New York over the short course,
making the passage in 4 days, IA
hours and 81 minutes. This beats her
previous best passage by 2 hours and
6s minutes.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-09-02

Threaten to 90 out in greater numbers
than Saturday.
The demand for the removal of the
crown prince indicates the intense
feeling against the royal household.
including King George, and is believed
by many to ~foreshadow a revolution.
To allay the discomfort in the army it
is likely that the new premier will
grant nearly all the reforms demand
ed by the army.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-04-24
VIRGINIA NEWS

The Eastern College viii be moved from
salem, Va. 70 Nysrsville. Nd.
Judge Mann will spend next week Ia the
Northern Neck. b-ginuing bis tour 81
MOntross on Monday.
The Grand Council OF Royal Arcsnum
which has been IN session at Lynchburg
VIII meet next year 10 Richmond
Mrs Mary Agnes Ciuverius cied In the
home OF her soD,W 4. Cluverius. in King
and Queen county Thursday. aged 81
Mrs. tluveriHs WAS the mother of Tom
Cioveriu-. whose name + 81 we'll known
ia the State
pretty home wedding took place at
the residence of Geo. Lsigh ia Louisa
county Tuesday night. the contracting
parties being Miss Florence Graz. Leigh.
aud W { WAllis. % Washington. Rev
e. e.. Davis officiating.
Little Miss Josephine RylAnd. daush
ter of Rev and Mrs J. = Ryland. OF
Caroline county, was SEVERELY hurt by
standing too close behiad man ~ no
was cutting wood. and receiving = blow
IN the forehead. knocking her seDseless
Lizzie Lewis. colored girl. IL years old
was accidentally killed at the home Of
Robert Wise. in Cqlpsper county Will
at play with other children uue % them
zot hold Of q gun. All crowded nesr %
see the weapon. when IN some manner
the gun was discharged, the load pep
etrating the body OF the Lewis child.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-04-24

spelled the end Of the big bull mar.
ket July wheat near the close touch
ed Sl.09& and May $i.2l May closed
at this figure and July fractionally
above H.
Whether Patten has eliminated him
self from the so-called deal" and II
so. whether he came out with profit or
loss. are questions which can be an
swered only by Mr.. Patten himself
The session Of the board OF trade
was a sensational one. Bulls had ex-
pected that after the cent decline Of
the two previous sessions a recovery
would ensue. But the first quotations
were a startling disappointment to the
bulls. Bears filed the wheat pit in a
dense mass and like an eruptive vol
wheat Longs liQuidated all along the
line. and the execution OF stop loss
orders added 10 the confusion.
The Patten vortex OF other and more
bullish days into which the cereal
might be poured seemingly without
affecting its appetite. was not In evil
dence. Il was a tremendous liquidat-
ing market. and Patten might have
been buying secretly through others
than his own house. From him there
has come no word that he has changed
his views as 90 the value OF wheat. lie
called May wheat cheap at 1929. and
II he still thinks so IL is pointed out
that the same option at S1.2l was an
excellent investment The same was
said OF July al S1O9Z. These prices
are approximately 9 cents under the
high prices Of last Friday
While Mr.. Patten. quoted as saying
he was fleeing from reporters. was
making for the ranch OF his friend
and partner. W. II. Bartlett. Just over
the Colorado line in New Mexico. de
lection was pictured on the face OF
many small Spectator haunting the
ticker In various brokerage houses.
Many a fortune has been wiped out
by the decline this week. and many a
man who had handsome profit on pa
per. but still hung on for more. now
confronts a deficit. The wide publicity
given the market brought into IL many
man who ordinarily walked in
quleter paths. They held TO the limit
OF their resources and were wiped OF
the speculative slate when their mar
gins became exhausted and there was
no longer a reserve to draw on.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-04-24
HOLD A ROAD MEETING

IL seems to us that those taxpay-
ers OF Spotsylvsnia county who are
anxious that the county should Join
the ranks OF her progressive sister
counties which have heretofore voted
In favor Of bonds for permanent
road Improvement, namely ,Culpeper,
Orange, Dinwiddie. Amherst and
many Others, should take steps NJ
once to have a rousing meet at Spot
sylvsnis Court House SOM time
early in May. We suggest that If
the election Is to be carried in favor
OF the bond Issue propOsedior Court
land and Chancellor districts, edu-
cational work must be done from
nov until the 18Th OF May, and 80
reach all OF the people possible It
would, in our opinion, be well to hold
such a meeting and invite State SEN
ator Lsssiser, OF Petersburg, Sho is
IN demand all over the State ~ an
authority on the subject, and High
way Commissioner Wilson TO speak.
These gentlemen will doubtless re-
spond So the invitation OF the people
o. Spotsylvanis, and we believe they
can explain every point which may
be raised to the satisfaction of the
people. As there is at this time no
road organization in Spotsylvania
or other organization which can
take the matter up. it might be well
for the committee appointed by the
Business Mems Association here TO
aid In the good roads movement to
cooperate with some Of the Spotsyl-
vanis citizens and arrange for such
q meeting not later than the 10Th of
May. II the meeting is held il will be
duly advertised in the Fredericks-
burg newspapers and every citizen OF
the county should attend. There
hasn't been a matter OF such impor-
tance before the people OF the county
since the war as this proposed bond
issue. II through ignorance OF the
Law and the procedure in matters OF
this kind, and in defiance of progress
and push, the county should turn
down the bonding proposition, Spot
sylvsnia will have cast her lot with
those counties which are satisfied
with present conditions. We must
either go forward or backward IN
this world. Which will SpotsylvAnia
advertise to the world that she has
done?