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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-09-04
TRAIN BURNLD UP
PASSENGER ON S. F. N. RAN
ONTO BURNING BRIDGE.
Accident North of Spokane Resulted in
Big Property Loss But No Loss of
Life-Engineer Jones Slightly In
jured-His Prompt Setting of Brakes
Saved Lives of Passengers.

The Saturday southbound passenger
train on the S. f. & n, consisting of
a baggage car and two day coaches,
ran into a burning bridge two miles
south of Dart s siding and was com
pletely demolished by the flames of
the burning trestle. No one was killed
and only the engineer was slightly in
jured, being bruised about the head
The train was running at rate of
20 miles an hour when it approached
the short 5O-foot bridge over a small
stream south of Dart g siding. On
account of decided curve and heavy
shrubbery on both sides of the track
neither Engineer Jones nor Fireman
McCroskey could see more than 25 feet
ahead, with the result that the speed
ing train plunged directly into the
flaming structure.
Engineer Jones reversed and put on
the brakes the moment he saw the
fire, but it was too late to stop the
train.
The engine had completely crossed
the bridge, and the mail and baggage
coach was on the center Of the struc
ture. when the charred timbers caved
in, precipitating the baggage coach
in TO the stream 20 feet below, and
drawing the engine back into the
stream. The sudden jar uncoupled the
day coaches, which were left high and
dry on the near side of the crossing
The shooting flames from the bridge
soon set the baggage coach afre and
spread to the day coaches, which were
completely enveloped in the flames
and which subsequently burned to thu
trucks.
Engineer Jones jumped after thu
engine crossed the bridge. Before thu
brakeman had an opportunity TO juml
the engine was dragged back into tn
stream One Of the occupants of tn
mail ear rescued the registered mai
and then jumped into the stream.
Panic stricken passengers hastil.
decamped from the coaches. gathering
their belongings and moving 10 pla
ces Of vantage where the unusual sigh
could be witnessed Several of IA
passengers were slightly Jared but d
one was hurt
The burned train was Ia charge o
Conductor Mark Hanna
The bridge was burned 10 the water
edge
Merz escaped from the wreck Of hi
ear with hardly "a scratch lie fe
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a. seemed in imminent danger Of Do
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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-09-04
FATAL RIOT SUNDAY
SIX PERSONS KILLED AND 10
HURT AT PlITSBURG.
Strikers and Troops Clash at Steel Car
Plant-Wo Take Part in Battle
One Deputy Sheriff and Several
Foreign Workmen INTELLECTUALLY
men Charge the Crowd.

Pittsburg, Pa, Aug. 23.-In battle
Sunday night, following a wild riot,
six were instantly killed, 10 perhaps
fatally wounded and nearly a score
seriously hurt. The rioting followed a
day of quiet and broke without warn
ing The fight occurred at the Pressed
Steel Car plan at Schoenville. Follow
ing is a partial list of dead and wound
ed, made up from reports from the
morgue, hospital and several physi-
clans Offices:
Dead: John L. Williams, state
trooper; Harry Exler, deputy sheriff;
three foreigners.
The dying or fatally injured: John
H. Smith, state trooper; Lucian Jones
state trooper; seven foreigners.
George Keith and John o Donnell
state troopers, were seriously wounded
and one woman was shot in the neck
Troopers Hit Every Head.
While the riot lasted, mounted stat,
troopers galloped indiscriminately
through the streets with riot macei
drawn, striking the heads Of persons
lettering in the vicinity Of the mill.
Deputy sheriffs and troopers brok'
in the doors Of houses and wholesale
arrests were made From $3.50 to 11:3l
o clock scores were arrested and PLACED
in boxcar jails in the mill yard.
During the early stages Of the riot
ing women were conspicuous. Some O
them were armed and others effectivel,
used clubs and stones. These women
all foreigners. appeared to be insan
with rage and were mainly responsible
for melting the men to extreme meas
ures. At midnight the strike zone wa
quiet.
Open Fire on the Mob.
Exler was killed first and the other
lost their lives in trying TO arrest hI
assailant
For the first time since the incel
ti0n of the strike. the state trooper
tonight opened volley fire on the mol
Six members fell al the first round.
The members Of the mob then opene
fire with rifles Two mounted tr0ope
dropped from their horses, fatally sho
They were taken 10 the Ohio Vale
hospital dying.
As an ambulance made rs way fro
the car plant 10 the hospital carryir
wounded troopers the vehicle was a
tackled and the driver was forced
Zee for bis life. The frightened hoTs
attached 40 the ambulance plungl
wildly in and about The crowd. Ig
men were frampled under The boots
fhe horses f4e ambulance NHs final
driven to tho hospital by deiaehme
0f troopers
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-10

n ROMINENT among those who will
journey soon to the Portola games
Il at San Francisco with the La
crosse team of the Southern California
Lacrosse association are P. G. Collinge,
w. Dwyer. d. r. Minshall. w. A.
Campbell, c. A. Collinge, d. Longevan
and Ben Black.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-10
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manhood falling memory and lame back,
brought on by exeesses, unnatural drains, or
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homes-without any additional help or medi-
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regain his manly power and virility. quickly
and quietly. should have copy. So have
determined to send a copy OF the prescription
free of charge, in plain, ordinary sealed
envelope to any man who Will write
me for 1t.
This prescription comes from a physician
who has made a special study of men and
l am convinced II is the surest- acting COM
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/ think 1 owe 1t to my fellow men to send
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anywhere who ls weak and discouraged with
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this splendid recipe In plain. ordinary en-
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would charge SO to IS for merely writing
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Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-10
SAYS QUIET GIRLS
ARE BEST DRIVERS
LOS ANGELES SOCIETY WOMAN
MAKES RECORD
Fair chauffeure Tours to San Franz
cisco and Return - Lowers
Figures on Run to
Riverside

did you ever notice that among the
good women drivers it's the quiet, re-
fined women who achieve the most?"
asked a famous eastern writer on au-
tomobile topics recently. Its the girl
who laughs softly and hesitates to
speak of her ability that knows how
to put car over the country roads
at a pace that would astonish many
professional drivers"
This applies to q half dozen Call
fornia women and girls who drive their
own cars and have made some remark
able records for themselves.
Miss Ruth Bekins comes within this
class Probably few California girls
have had the experience that Miss Be
kins has had. During the early part
of the summer she drove her seven
passenger American Simplex to san
Francisco and return and took many
side trips during the journey. The sum
total of trouble with the car was one
punctured tire, sustained near Fresno.
my engine worked perfectly and it
gave me no uneasiness. l have driven
other cars on similar trips, but never
saw an engine that approached that
of the American Simplex" said Miss
Bekins on her return from the north.
II was anxious to make the trip be-
cause ! wanted to see what the car
would do on the worst grades with
heavy load We carried a full compile
ment of passengers and a rather heavy
camping outfit. The four-cylinder two
cycle engine took us over all grades
with the greatest ease. l never saw
an engine that developed such power
and with such splendid continuity. our
tour was more delightful because of
no worry regarding our machine. We
had more power than was called for,
despite the fact the mountain roads,
rough and difficult We had the speed,
too, when 1t came to good roads.
Miss Bekins recently drove the
American Simplex from Riverside to
Los Angeles over the official route in
thirty minutes less than the record time
for women drivers. She refused to tell
the details of the run and merely con-
tented herself with saying some of the
members of the party had engagements
and they wanted to hurry home. Urged
by her friends to make the run Of
flcially, Miss Bekins refused to do So
as she is opposed to racing, even
against time. She believes the Amer
lean Simplex can cut the time great
deal lower and intimates that some day
when she is at Riverside and in hurry
she may get some one to take the time
of the car between the two cities.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-10
PRESS BUILDERS TO BID
ON POSTCARD MACHINERY
Government to Install Its Own Facili-
ties with Best of In1-
provements

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.-Press manu-
facturers will soon be asked to furnish
proposals for building presses to print
about 500, 100000 postal cards annually
at the government printing office.
The style of machinery will be largely
left to the bidders, as the public printer
is desirous of obtaining the most ap-
proved method for carrying out the
agreement he has entered into with the
postmaster general to supply that de-
partment with cards that heretofore
have been furnished by private con-
tractor.
The government printing Office will
not have to begin printing the cards
before about February /, 1910. The gov
ernment will print from rolls of card
board, instead of from sheets. as has
been done by the private contractors.
The continuous roll will be cut as it
comes from the press, and the cards
will be stacked in bundles of twenty
five each.
TO avoid delays in turning out enough
csrds to keep the postoffice department
supplied at all times, duplicate machin-
ery will be installed, although it is be-
Iieved one efficient press will have a
capacity equal to printing the enor-
nous quantity of postals used annu-
ally.
No home need be without a piano-an
offer free and without cost OF any kind,
that all may participate in its Dement'S.
7'' R " - s-22-2a-ss.2s-so 1O-s-5-7-1O
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-10
POLY WINS SECOND
CONTEST OF RUGBY
TEAM WORK OF MECHANICS Is
EXCELLENT
Pomona High School Aggregation Is
elanksd by Students from Grand
Avenue institutlon-Fina
Score 8 to o
Poly, 8; Pomona, 0

Poly high won her second game of
Rugby from the Pomona high school
aggregation yesterday afternoon on Bo-
ward field. The team work was eXcep-
tionally fast. Manning, Franklin and
Pierce of Polytechnic frequently get
ting in some beautiful gains, which
caused the bleachers to go wild.
on the kickoff the ball went to the
Pomona 25-yard line, where for about
six minutes the serum work was fast.
Captain Manning made the first score
of the day, carrying the ball for ten
yards, giving the Mechanics a score of
points. Red. Henriehson failed to con-
vert the try, and the score remained at
the third point.
Following the first score both Poly
technic and Pomona tore off some brill
liant team work. Franklin, breaking
through a crowded field, carried the
ball for twenty-five yards where he
was tackled just two yards from the
Pomona goal. He showed his team
work we'll by passing to Manning when
he fell, who carried the ball the other
two yards and increased his teams
score points. Henrichson converted
the try. Neither side scored again, and
the first half finished with the locals
leading.
Score-Polytechnic s, Pomona O
Pomona kicked off nj the second half,
and for some time kept the ball In the
locals territory. On one occasion the
visitors reached the Polytechnic 7-yard
line, but the Mechanics rallied, and
through a series of flashy team work
carried the ball far out of danger. This
half was much meter, as neither school
was able to cross the opposing goal,
and team work all around was superior
to the preceding half. The game ended
with the score-Polytechnic s., Pomo-
ma 0.
Polytechnic showed superior training
and had the visitors outweighed consid-
erably. Pierce of Poly was one of the
stars of the game. and his long and
sure punts were a feature. He was al
ways in the right place when the time
came, and never allowed the ball to
pass him. Captain Manning also
showed up well, making both scores and
doing brilliantly in the serum. Pomona
played a hard game, but was inferior in
team work.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-10
TROLLEY LEAGUE IS
NEARING HOT FINISH
M'CORMICKS AND SANTA ANA
ON HOME STRETCH
Both Teams, Strengthened by New
Material, Anticipate Victory in
Approaching Decisive
Contest

With but two more games to play
the Trolley league race is becoming
more interesting as the succeeding
contests are played. The race between
the McCormicks and the Santa Ana
club for first place is still a warm
one, the teams being tied for the top
rung. Both aggregations are playing
good ball and the decisive game will
probably be the one between them two
weeks from Sunday. Manager NC
Cormick has added a new outfelder TO
his lineup-Manies, from the South At
lantic league, and he will be given a
chance to prove himself in Sundays
game against the Giants. The latter
club has secured a new battery-Hin-
kle, a pitcher, and Allen, catcher
from Houston, Texas. Sam Hawkins.
shortstop, also has arrived from Salt
Lake. The three new men will appear
in Sundays game. The Giants will
entertain the McCormicks at Pasadena
Sunday, while Manager Joe Judge and
his Crown city aggregation will battle
with the Orange Pickers at Santa Ana.
Ralph Sebree will umpire the game at
Pasadena, while "Red" Taylor Will Of
ficiate at Santa Ana. Following are
the lineups for the games: McCormicks,
Cowley and Weisel; Giants, Hinkle
and Allen Santa Ana, Coleman and
Mats; Pasadena, Myers and Wachob.
Land on the west coast of Mexico, Sonora
einoloo-H Smith b40 BYrne bldg.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-10
BALLOON CONTEST TO BE
PULLED OFF IN BAY CITY
Three Gas Bags Will Be Matched in
Race from San Francisco to
San Jose

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 9.-Three
aero clubs of the Pacific coast will be
represented in a balloon race between
this city and San Jose tomorrow. The
entries are:
Queen City, by the Pacific Aero club,
San Francisco; Captain J.. c. Irvine,
president of the club; Ivy Baldwin,
pilot.
Greater Oakland, by the Oakland
aero club; Captain Wander Naillen;
Park A. Van Tassell, pilot; Miss Mar
garet Miller, mascot.
Fairy, unattached, by ]. c. Mars,
official pilot of the Seattle aero club,
The balloons will ascend at the cir
Gus grounds, Eleventh and Market
streets, at o'clock p. m. The Seattle
balloon will set the pace and the
greatest rivalry will be between the
Oakland and San Francisco craft. The
Queen city was built especially for
the contest, and will be christened to-
morrow
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-10

Under the careful coaching of Man
ager Wright the team, which will meet
the northern experts, has become very
proficient in the welding of their
racauets. The players will be selected
from the Los Angeles and Shamrock
teams of the Angel city.
1t was the original plan of the man
agement of the Lacrosse games which
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-10
ENGLISH PoLoIsTs COMING

NEW YORK, Oct. eff the nego-
tiations now going on between the 'X-
ecutive committee of the Polo Athletic
association and the Huhlingame COM
mittee in England are successful a
team of English polOsts will come TO
this country next summer TO play for
the international cup which was cap
tured by the American team in Eng
land this season. 1t is believed that
the games will be held in August.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-10

will be held during the Portola festival
to have the San Francisco team play
an aggregation from British Columbia,
as the southern teams were not con-
sidered sufficiently strong at that time.
Recently, however, the Los Angeles
players have been making such excel
lent showings that they were chosen in
preference to the northern team.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-10

LEXINGTON, Ky, Oct. 9.-W. w.
Evans, known throughout the country
as Billy Evans, perhaps the greatest
developer of young trotters and pac-
ers in the country, died az his home
here last night after a1 Illness of
MANY months. He was 40 years old.
Evans developed more young trotters
than any other trainer in the country.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-10
BILLY EVANS DEAD

Land on the west coast of Mexico, Sonora
elnaloa-H A. Smith $40 Byrne bldg.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-10
Following is the lineup:

Referee-Tompkins' Time of halves 25
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-10-01
Lumber Team Runs Away.

Fred Lovelace, of Widerville,
while returning home with an empty
lumber wagon Friday met the big
traction engine and his horses be-
came frightened Fred was perched
on a lumbers haulers spring seat
and in his position could not handle
the horses nor even keep his seat
He was thrown out and both wheels
passed over his back, bruising him
considerably but not seriously. The
men in charge of the engine have
shown themselves very careful and
avoid as much as possible the
frightening of teams, but in this
case, they say, they did not see the
team until after they had become
|urmanagoablo.
c. F. Loyelace was in town Satur-
/ day looking after the repairing Of
wagon and harness which were badly
damaged
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-10-01
Musical Review.

San Francisco, Cal, July, 1906
On Friday evening May 10, Miss
Eula Howard, one Of Hugo Mans.
feldts most artistic disciples, gave
a Chopin recital at stolnway Hall,
IN the presence Of a large audience.
Miss Howard ls slngularly well
adapted by temperament. and exc
cutiye facility to interpret the works
Of this master
There seems to exist In her per.
sonallty that certain vein OF sontl
ment. which marks true musical ma.
lures, and is such an adequate me
dlum for the conveyance OF Chopin
osque ideas Miss Howard Is no
only capable Of enhancing the innel
musical value OF q work, but she Il
equally efficient IN solving technlca
lntrlcacIe8
She plays with a fluency and ac
curacy rarely observed IN ono s,
young lu years.
Grants Pass Opera House, Tues
day. October o, 1909.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-10-01
Musical Review

San Francisco, Cal, Oct, 1906.
A concert was given on the 1st
of September by The Mansfeldt
Club in the ballroom OF the NJ. II. De
Youngs.
On the program Eula Howard
played Chopin Younge's D flat Noe
turne, and b minor ScherZo.
Miss Howard seems to be almost
a Chopin specialist during the last
year or two, having given several
Chopin rectals In that time. The
exquisite poetry with which she In
vested the nocturne on this occasion
is indescrlbable and made the big
tonal effects of the succeeding
Scherzo come very much in the ma,
ture Of surprise Grants Pass
Opera House, Tuesday, October 8
tnOQ
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-10-01

crops will stand shipping and the
large yield per acre will pay the
freight even as far as the Missouri
valley and the quality is such as to
ENABLE them to find a ready market
'anywhcre. These two vegetables
can win in competition with the
products of any other state in the
union,
Experiments will doubtless prove
that other crops can be grown with
equal advantage This subject should
be taken up by our thoughtful men
who have faith in our climate and
soil when aided by irrigation. We
should like to hear on this subject
from S. H, Riggs, the man who talks
Interestingly of the adaptation Of
our soil to celery culture, and from
Louis Siyers, the onion king.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-10-01
DEVELOPMENT BY
EVANS CREEK FARMER
Louis c. Siyers Has Variety of
His Own Propaga-
tion.

Louis c. Sivers, who lives up on
Evans creek, % miles from this city,
brought TO town on Thursday some
onions which were without question
first-class article, They We're the
product of his own propagation after
rs years of experiment. Mr.. Sivers
rivals in this respect Burbank, the
wizard of the vegetable field Start
ing Is years ago with a Westerfield
procured from VIM. Henry Maule, of
Philadelphia, he has crossed it with
the perfect globe by taking one
onion of each variety and planting
them alternately in the rows in the
production of seed This with the
help of polonization by bees, has in
these years so changed the original
that after II years Mr., Maule, the
noted seed man, pronounced the
onion entirely changed from the orig
inal purchased from him. Mr.. Sivers
says this onion is purely an Oregon
production. He, of course, is en-
thusiastic on the onion question, on
which subject he is, without doubt,
the best authority in the whole coun-
try, He is known as the king among
onion growers At the district fair
held in this city two years ago he
took the first prize and his onions
attracted much attention. The
onions he brought in Thursday are
on exhibition in O'Neills window
at the furniture store Three of
them weighed four pounds and q
half and the quarter acre where
they were grown produced, on an
average, three of these onions to
the foot. In the quarter of an acre
there is 1900 feet Averaging
these onions at one pound each there
would be $4,000 pounds to the quar-
ter of an acre AS Incredible as this
would seem the onions are to be seen
and thereis abundant proof as to the
Yield and weight.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-10-01
New Barracks Needed.

The Salvation Army in Grants
Pass has been conducting their serv-
ices for the past six or seven years
in a tumble-down old barn on Fourth
street and have had great difficulty
in inducing the non-churchgoing
public to attend their regular serv-
ices on account Of its dilapidated
appearance but the time is now ripe
for the Army to have their much
needed new hall and quarters. The
new building will be 24x60 feet,
which will allow 40 feet for hall and
20 feet to be partitioned off for Of
flcers' quarters. The actual cost OF
tearing down the old one and putting
up the new hall will be at least
$3.50. We beg the citizens of Grants
Pass and vicinity to help raise
the required amount. II you will
drop postal to Captain A. ]. Davis
Salvation Army Fourth street, he
will be glad to call and receive your
subscription and give you any parti.
culars respecting the work OF the
Salvation Army and the proposed
new hall Thanking you in anticipa
tion for your favor, we remain, yours
sincerely,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-10-01

We'll Irrigation for Small Farms"
is a publication Just issued by the
General Passenger Department of the
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co.
and Southern Pacific lines in Oregon.
This booklet sets forth in prac-
tical concise way the possibilities for
profit of inexpensive irrigation and
should be in the hands of every
farmer in Oregon.
Copies may be obtained free on ap-
plication to VIM. McMurray, general
passenger agent, O, h. & n. and S.
p. line in Oregon, Portland, Oregon
10-1-3t