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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05
STEAMBOAT TIME TABLE.

WHITE COLLAR LINE STEAMERS.
Carnival City Packet company.
Steamers Helen Blair for Muscatine,
BurIin gton, Keokuk and all intcrmedi-
ate points. Leaves Rock Island every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 4
p. IN.
Every Wednesday at y. IN. for st
Louis and intermediate points.
G. J. MANGAN, Agent
w. n BLAIR. General Manager.
Old phone West-1SS. New phone
5152. Dock foot of Nineteenth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05
Executors Notice.

Estate of Frederick Webbing. de-
ceased.
The undersigned having been APP
pointed executor of the last will and
testament of Frederick Webbing. late OF
the county OF Rock Island. state OF
Illinois. deceased. hereby gives notice
that he will appear before the county
court of Rock Island county. at the
county court room, i'm the city OF Rock
Island at the December term next. at
first Monday i'm December next. at
which time all persons having claims
against said estate are notified and re-
quested to attend for the purpose OF
having the same adjusted. All persons
indebted to said estate are requested to
make immediate payment to the under
signed.
Dated this 27th day of September, A.
ID. 1903. HENRY g. WEIILING,
Executor.
Marion T.. Sweeney attorney.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05
MISCELLANEOUS.

If YOU WANT to buy, sell, trade or
rent anything. engage help or secure
a situation. the Mail and Journal IL
the orc paper in Moline that can do
IL for you. Mail and Journal wants
are popular. and Mail and Journal
wants bring results. One-half cent
per word is the price TO all alike,
cash I'm advance: two-cent stamps viii
do. Evening and Saturday Mail ana
Journal. Moline. III
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05
IL lE AL ESTrAT TIE

s3I5O-For Groom modern house,
centrally located on paved street; every
convenience.
saOOO-For 14-room modern double
house; price cut to make ii move
quickly.
Twelfth street, with paving and side
sa,O6o-For a modern S-room house,
with lot 60Nl50. in one OF the best
neighborhoodS jim the city: rms prop
erty faces the east. and VIII SUIT you II
you want the choicest location IN town.
$3.50 - For a modern brick house
with rooms; very choice lot and Splen-
didly located; will make a splendid
home.
4DX150; near steel works. -
81 ,SoG--For 5-room cottage, with
cemeuted cellar. well and cistern; Dig
lot 50X150: neaSuEilm street car line.
81 .625-For lots; the cement side
walks are in and paid for. Special
reason for the sacrifice. Located east
s3,G5O-For two-story house on 18th
street, with every modern convenlcnce'
newly painted and papered.
Frec--lt VIII cost You nothing 10 r car
on us at our new offices in the Best
building. We can guarantee you salts
faction and probably save you money;
S2.4OO-For a T-room house. centrally
located. with water and sewer; very
convenient to business district
S2,.5O-For a T-UuOm modern house,
near eth avenue and 14th street; in
very good condition.
$40O-FOr a good lot on -"lu SIICtl'
gas, water and lights; 500 Will handle
it.
S4.5OO-For a grand new T-room two
story house. in splendid location; every
advantage of location and modern con
venienceS.
1915 For good lots on Sth street,
on easy terms. ~
$685. - For a splendid lot near 18th
avenue and 2Sth street; easy terms;
this is a bargain for someone.
S2.3OO- For eleEantS cement block
house with five rooms, convenient TO
cars and nearly new.
S3,4OO For elegant Investment.
Large lot, with two houses. bringing in
S29 per month In east part of city and
never vacant. We regard this as an eX-
CeptionaI proposition. Can give very
moderate. terms.
$1,000 - For neat 5-roem cottage.
ga st of ball park. Can handle for $500
down and balance easy payments.
Fire Insurance written in reliable
companies and carefully looked after
Rent a house? See our list i'll the
For Rent column.
HUBBARD 81 TOM
INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE.
Suite 4O5. Best Building. Old Phone :S;SB
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05
MULTIPLE ELECTRoLYsIs.

-
MULTIPLE ELECTROLYSIS-S
Gus hairs on face and arms perma-
nently removed with one to six
needles; four to six hours work in
one with six: treatments given at
home unless otherwise desired. Ad-
dress Miss A. NJ. Kittredge, 1919 Per
ry street, Davenport. Old phone 1896
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE.

ABSTRACTS OF Title prepared or con-
tinued to date covering any real eS-
tate in the county. Prompt and &C
curate service at reasonable rates.
Rock Island Title e. Abstract Com
pany; J. J. Ingram. president: w. J:
Sweeney, secretary: 2O0-2O3, second
floor. Peoples National bank build
ing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05
EDUCATIONAL.

VILLA DE CHANTAI-A homo school
conducted for girls by the Sisters OF
the Visitation. documentary and high
err branches and all polite accomplish
rnents taught Twentieth street and
Fifteenth avenue Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05

HOPE THOMPSON - Attorney-at-Iaw
General law business; probate. COM
mercial and corporation law; 3O4-SO5
Safety building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05

FOR RENT - Modern furnished rooms
at 1900 Third avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05

FOR SALE - In San Antonio, Texas.
Nice five-room cottage. hall and two
porcheS, rear porch screened; bath.
with ; u foot porcelain tub, station
airy wash bowl; sewers, gas on street.
electric lights: lot 52X140; fine lawn,
shade and fruit trees, flowers and
shrubbery; two-Story barn, two wag-
sheds, two chicken houses and
woodshed; large barnyard. and ma
cadamized street in front; 20-fOot al
ley in rear. Will sell for $4,000, or
exchange for Rock Island property
of equal value. Inquire at 1915 Sew
euteenth street, Rock Island. Ill, or
J. w. Cooper, els Wyoming street,
San Antonio. Texas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05

FOR SALE-Farm of 500 acres i'm Henry
county, Ill; all good black level land ::
all tiled; good improvements. This
farm is well located; belongs to a
nonresident; price $12J per acre;
one-third cash. balance on time at 3
per cent DO not answer this ad un-
less you mean business Eckhart &
Buffum.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05

FOR RENT-Furnished rooms. all mod
ern, including heat; Clio Eighteenth
street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05

FOR SALE-A modern double dwelling,
seven rooms each side; a bargain if
taken soon Reidy Bros.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05

FOR RENT-Furnished rooms for light
housekeeping at 3O7 Third street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05

FOR SALE - Almost new house. with
seven rooms and reception hall; fur
mace, bath, gas. electric light anG
hardwood floors all over house; lot
50X140: all in excellent shape; located
in EdgewOod Park addition. Can at
the house, 4317 Eighth avenue, or IL.
X. Walker.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05
ron Observation-Disclosures.

FOR SALE-Cheap, If taken at once, a
good safe. Inquire at the NJ & X.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05

FOR SALE-One acre of land four
room house, large chicken house. acre
fenced in with chicken wire; barn,
well, cistern, fruit trees of all kinds;
1873 Twcnty-seventh street. TeIe-
phone $50, three rings.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05

FOR SALE-Onc station wagon. one
phaeton, one delivery wagon. two sets
harness, one hardwood tank of $50
gallons capacity; private sale. In
quire at Mrs. Levy's residence, 623
Eighteenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05

FOR RENT-Nicely furnished room, all
modern, 1890 Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05

FOR RENT-Furnished room, modern
| cOnVenienceS, at 1903 Seventh ave-
nue.. Inquire same place.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05
HUBBARD & TOM

INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE.
Suite 4OJ. Best Building. Old Phone :33
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05

FOR RENT-Furnished rooms at 513
Twenty-third street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05

FOR RENT-A nicely furnished room.
all modern. Apply at 531 Twentieth
| ST
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05

FOR RENT-An entirely modern fur
nue..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05
Real Estate

Seven-room house; fine fruit and one
acre of ground; Will take cottage on
this price, $3,500.
Six-room cottage. near Augustana
College, on easy terms, $4,000.
14-room modern double house, 18th
street; will take cottage in on this
deal; $1,000.
Sevcn-room modern house, 21St street,
at bargain if taken at once; $500
Eight-room modern house on 25th
street, near Sth avenue; big bargain;
$4,000.
4O-acre farm near Andalusia; 30
acres of this farm is good level pillow
land; big bargain at 500 an acre; own
er must sell at once.
One fine store building, 22x50: seven
fine rooms upstairs; lot 4Sxl50; VIII
take cottage or 40-acre farm on TINS,
price $4,000.
160-acre farm. three good barns, good
eight-room house, and wlndmll, seven
miles from Milan; $4,000 trade taken;
price 500 per acre.
45-acre farm near Taylor Ridge, 800
per acre. $4,000 in city property &C
cepted on this.
245-acre farm, good house and We'll
105 acres fine level land. $40 per acre.
We loan money and write insurance.
For full particulars call on
Blankenburg & Blankenburg.
300 Safety Building.
Open Saturday evenings.
Phone West-241. New Phone 59SS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05

WANTED - Laborers, at the Standard
Oil Cloth works. Inquire of Collins;
Bros.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05

WANTED-Able bodied men between
ages 81 and 80 for u. S. Marine Corps.
Must be native born have first pa
pers. Excellent opportunity to see
the world. Good pay Clothing, ra-
tionS, quarters. medical attendance
free. Apply room 81, Postoffice build
ing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05

FOR RENT - a large front room. on
second floor, with all modern con-
veniences, at 725 Nineteenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05

FOR SALE-Two soft coal heaters. one
almost new. Apply 1928 Thirty-si
street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05

FOR RENT-Furnished rooms for light
avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05
FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

FOR RENT - \ barn, at 513 Twenty
third street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05

FOR RENT-Eight-room house; hard
wood floors and all conveniences; cor
ner Twenty-second street and Elev-
enth avenue. +. X. RhOadS, 1892
Twenty-firSt street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05

FOR SALE-7O0-ac stock farm at S65
per acre II taken in 50 days, near Wa
terlOo. Iowa, the best town in the
state, one mile from station. Write
or call on c. b. Brown. Box 212, Wa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05

FOR SALE-A good KimbalI piano, al
most new, at 4125 Fifth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05

FOR SALE-Cheap. two lots on Twenty
eighth street and Eighteenth avenue;
easy terms. Call at 929 Seventeenth
street, or new phone 5577.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05


FOR RENT-Furnished rooms at 1414
Third avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05

LOANS ON FURNITURE. pianos. horses.
wagons, etc; quickly, privately. at
the lowest rates. Mutual Loan Com
pany (uninc.), room All, Peoples Ma
tiOnal bank building; new phone 5109.
Phone old west 122.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05

FOR RENT - Store room. with fiat
above, at 27S6 Fifth avenue. Inquire
at E. Thonn, 610 Twenty-eighth
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05

FOR RENT-Furnishcd rooms. with all
modern convcniences, at 1922 Fourth
avenue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05

FOR RENT-Nine-room modern house.
centrally located, at $685. 10-room
modern house on Twentieth street at
$50; eight-room modern fiat at $50.
Inquire Hubbard & Tom.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05

WE MAKE A SPECIALITY of 1oaning
money on household goods horses,
wagons. etc. without removal and
in a quiet way. Call on us for quick
loans. Fidelity Loan Company, room
4O3 B~St building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05

FOR RENT Furnished rooms for light
housekeeping at 2312 Fifth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05
EXPRESS, STORAGE. BUS AND CAB.

wagon covers etc. Tents for rent. r
Roessler d Co, 209 Fifteenth street,
opposite the court house, Rock Island.
INDEPENDENT EXPRESS co. - For
good service call on the Independent
Express Company sos Twenty-first
street. Old phone 9S1. Packing and
storage and all kinds of express haul
hand goods.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05

FOR RENT-Furnished front room at
preferred.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05

PLEASANT F. cox Real estate and
insurance. Loans speciality. Best
fire companies represented. Your pat
ronage solicited. Phones west %. and
new 5172. Office at court house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05
LODGE DIRECTORY.
Masonic.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


HURST & STAFFORD-At-
torn eyS- atlaw. Office in Rock Island
National bank building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05

MONEY LOANED to salaried people and
others, without security; easy pay
ments; no publicity. Call and get our
terms and methods of doing business
OfiicechourS, a IN. to s y. m. Tel
ephone north 2411. Victor Finance
Company, room 90. McManus build
ing, Second and Main streets, Daven-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05

FOR SALE-Acre and town lots just
outside of city limits on bluff near
street car line, cheap on monthly pay
mentS. Inquire of John Il. Campbell,
1929 Seventeenth street. Phone 1922
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05
LOST AND FOUND.


LOST-Some sacks of old clothes on
Seventh avenue near Thirtieth street
Finder please notify salvation Army
headquarters.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05
INSURANCE..

-N~>\>>~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~
ans RANCE on dwellings and house.
hold furniture a speciality. Chamber
lin & Anderson.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05

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FOR SALE-A small new house, cheap;
to be removed from lot. Inquire 1904
Twenty-SecOnd street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-10-05
MONEY TO LOAN.


LOANS ON REAL ESTATE security at
lowest rates. Ludolph & Reynolds,
lawyers Best block, corner Seven
teenth street and Second avenue.
MONEY 10 LOAN on real estate seCur-
ity at lowest rates. Marion T.. Swee-
ney. attorney, rooms 81 and 80, Mitch
ell & Lynde building, Rock Island.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-28
WISH TO BETTER
PURE FOOD LAWS
CONVENTION IS PLEDGED TO
MAKE MEASURES DRASTIC
Annual Meeting of State and National
Food and Dairy Departments
Adjourns After Election
of Officers

DENVER, Aug. 27.-Pledged to urge
every state in the Union to work for
more drastic pure food laws, the an
nual convention of the Association of
State and National Food and Dairy
Departments adjourned today after Sc
lecting the following officers:
President, George L. Flanders, AL
bany, N. Y.
First vice president, Lucius P. Brown,
Nashville, Tenn.
Second vice president, DR.. D. Harvey
Dillon, New Orleans.
Third vice president, Andrew French,
St. Paul, MINI.
Secretary, DR.. w. NJ. Allen, Raleigh
N. c.
Treasurer. James Foust, Harrisburg
Pa.
Executive committee, DR.. Charles d.
Woods Orone, Maine, DR.. S. X. j.
Crumbine, Topeka, Kan, and DR.. A.
N. Cook, Vermillion, S. ID.
New Orleans was selected for next
years meeting, the date to be decided
later.
Secretary Wilson of the department
of agriculture only an interested spec
tator. as he called himself, today was
called on frequently to untangle par
liamentary questions. He left tonight
for RaWlins, Wyo., from which place
he will continue on q months tour of
western states.
Following this, an address prepared
by Miss Alice Lakey chairman OF tood
committee of National Consumers
league, was read by Mrs. Florence
Kelley of New York city. Miss Lakey
said in part:
To Promote Sales of Pork Products
MEAT inspection may be said to have
had its beginning in this country IN
1890, when congress passed law pro-
viding that all pork and bacon intended
for export should be inspected. This
was not a law to protect the consumer.
but one intended to promote the sale
of American meats in Europe.
"In 1891 the first law for the protec-
tion of consumers was enacted. 1t pro-
vided for the inspection of live cattle
and hogs and all their products enter
ing into interstate commerce. -Four
wears later it was amended by forbid
ding the shipment in interstate com
merce of all carcasses of cattle. sheep
or swine or their parts If the same mad
been rejected by federal inspectors. In
1895 DR. Salmon, then chief of the bu-
reau of animal industry, suggested
that the sale for food of all such re-
iected cattle, sheep or swine should
be forbidden in a state.
"This law is not yet on the statute
books: when the writer investigated
slaughterhouse conditions in New Jer-
sew. the chief state food inspector told
her that cattle rejected at the Jersey
CITY stock yards as unfit for slaughter
had been bought by local butchers,
CONTINUED ON Page Eight
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-28
LOCAL

Young Mexican loses life in effort to earn
a reward of ten cents.
Board OF public works creates bureau to
take charge OF work of developing power
from the aqueduct
Through refusal of school department to
pay assessment on street Improvement work
city will advertise for sale of its own land.
Detectives allege two gamblers who ope-
rated among carefully cultivated acquain-
tances were clever confidence men.
Los Angeles girl missing since Tuesday
found dead and partially disrobed on beach
near Venice.
Party reaching San Bernardino from trip
across desert tells narrowing story of death
threatened by man demented through bite
by poisonous insect
Mary Gaines, girl wife. refuses to go back
on husband and wins his freedom.
George Thompson. burglar. sentenced to
three years in San Quentin; family in the
court room.
Sons of late William Riley sue for share
of estate, alleging legatees used undue in
huence TO secure bequests
Los Angeles Is setting for one act in
drama involving prominent educator of Mis-
sissippi, his beautiful. wife, local mining
man, revolver. divorce suit and detectives.
Good government fund offers to guarantee
finances for protection Of good roads money
from graft
Police are puzzled by series of thefts
at Blnimi Baths.
Interjection of name of Thomas Woolwine
into Broadhead case proves bombshell in the
camp of counsel for former captain.
Negress testihes that grief loss of
pin caused outcries, and that her husband
did not beat her as neighbors aver
Joseph Gasell, crippled INDECENT, takes
his own life because Of despondnecy.
Justice Ling dsciplines husbands who fail
to support wives by new method.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-28
STATE TROOPERS
GUARD FACTORIES
IMPORTED MEN AT PLANT ARE
DISSATISFIED
Trouble Expected at Works in schoen-
vile, Pa, Where $500 Employees
of Pressed Steel Car COM
pany Have Struck

PITTSBURG, Aug. 27.-State troopers
mounted guard tonight at the plant of
the Pressed Steel Car company in
Schoenville, where $500 employees are
striking.
Trouble is feared. Imported wOrkmen
deserted the Pressed Steel Car plant in
large numbers. They declared they had
been misused and forced to work.
They were welcomed by the striking
employees, and within half an hour the
imported Workmen had entered fully
into the strike spirit.
Imported men numbering 200 quit
work today at the Pressed Steel Car
plant at McKee's Rocks, and in body
marched to the banks of the Ohio
river, where they say they will camp
until the company has paid them for
their work. After getting the money
due them it is their intention, it is said,
to return to their homes in various
eastern and western states.
These new men claim there are only
300 worl1men left in the plant and that
all of them will leave the mill by to-
morrow. Poor food and uncOngenial
working conditions, they say, actuated
the Wholesale desertions.
A large number of men, it is said, Will
come to the federal building during the
day and make affidavits before the spe-
cial commissioner Of the department of
justice, sent here for the purpose of
investigating charges of peonages.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-28
YOSEMITE FIRE
MENACES GROVE
BIG TREES OF MERGED ARE IN
FLAMES PATH
Blaze Started by Passing Locomotive
Speeds Over Mountain Sides,
..N Leaving Wake of Deso-
iatlon

YOSEMITE, Aug. 27.-The forest fire
which started yesterday is completely
beyond control tonight and is sweeping
up the canyon toward the famous Mer-
.ced S-2To of big trees.
The flames are within two or three
miles Of the grove and are being carried
in that general direction, although not
directly toward the trees.
The hotel at lei Portal, which was
threatened during the day, is out of
danger as the fire swerved away from it
late in the day.
just before sundOwn 1t was reported
that the fighters, company of United
States cavalry, aided by tourists, had
gained control of the blaze, but shift
in the wind gave it new headway and in
a few moments 1t was beyond control
again and sweeping the ridges in The di-
rectiOn of the grove. 1t is feared the
big trees will be consumed unless +he
direction of the wind changes tonight
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-28
WITH EYE CUT OPEN,
ENGINEER BRAVELY
FINISHES FAST RUN

NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-With his right
eye cut open by a piece of glass from a
broken oil cup Engineer Andrew Hern
of Jersey City, who runs the fast Ber-
DardsviIle express from Hoboken TO
Summit. n. Y. stayed in his cab today
and ran the train with undiminished
speed into the Summit station whence
he was hurried to the Overlook hospital
for treatment. The doctors fear he may
lose the sight of both eyes
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-28
[By Associated Press,l

" OSEMITE, Cal, Aug. 27.-A disas-
trous forest fire at the entrance
Il to the Yosemite valley threatens
destruction of the big tree grove known
as the Merced grove, one Of the. world
famous collections of Sequoias.
Since last night when sparks from
a passing freight engine started blaze
near EI Portal the flames have mo-
mentarily menaced the hotel there, a
$4,000 frame structure, when was
filled with summer visitors.
Hotel guests, railroad section hands
and a detail of cavalrymen under Lieu
tenant Wimberly have fought the fire
since it started, and today are almost
exhausted by their efforts to save the
hotel.
The edge of the fire swept the tract
where the building stands and scorched
it's walls.
"A sudden change in the wind carried
the fire past the hotel and 200 feet up
the mountain side.
At noon the flames had swept TO q
point within two miles of the Merced
grove, leaving in it's wake charred
and blackened waste a mile wide and
seven miles long =,
The course of the conflagratlOn is III
rectly toward the grove.
schoolmasters Get Ashes
Yosemite visitors on their way out Of
the valley last night fled from dinner
to take refuge in a Pullman train in
the Yosemite valley and departed at
$3.50 y. m.
The property of the hotel manage
ment and the personal effects of guests
and employees We're carried from the
building.
Today the hotel is not in such grave
danger, and attention is directed to
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