davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-08-16

the injured will number twenty uvc or
thirty
Details Of The accident cannot be
learned Il ID believed % broken rail
was responsible.
The train was heavily loaded, carry
ing tourists TO the Pacific toaat and
intermediate points. Al psodc in the
crowded cars followed tbt craab and
rlany were hurt in trying to gain the
open.
There Is 80 much confusion at The
scene that nothing definite concern.
ing The dead or hurt can be had The
bleeding forms OF the injured arc
strewn about the scene
Physicians summoned from Monu-
ment. Palmer Lake, I,osweu. Hustled
and this city are glvins what aasist
ance ihey can A relief taln wan sent
ont from this city as snoH as the news
OF the accident was received 1t car
ried physicians, nurses and railroad
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-08-16
INCREASE
REDCROSS
Pres. Taft Commends
Plan to Augment
Force Of Nurses

WASHINGTON. Aug. 14.-Preaident
Taft heartily indorses the idea of In.
creasiug the membership of the Ma.
tlonal Red cross from 20 1000 to 100.
600 and letter from him. commend
Ing the plan, Is printed in n pamphlet
published today for distribution
throughout the United Statcs. The
Presidents letter reads:
Il heartily commend the plan of our
Red Cross to secure n large member.
ship in this country. hope the Amer.
lean people viii prove as patriotic in
This respect as are the people of other
nations SO that we may be as well pre-
pared as they to render relief In tho
misfortune of war or 10 mitigate tho
Mfferlngs caused by pestilenee, fam
Inc, fire, floods. mine explosions and
other great calamlties. Yours sincere.
ly WILLIAM II. TAFT"
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-08-16
AT THE OLD STAND.


William Alexander. the barber. has
Just returned from two months vaca.
ton, and is back In his shop between
the Palace and Savoy hotels. where he
VIII be pleased to meet his old Gus.
toners and friends.
Some time early In October Mr..
Alexander will move his shop to new
building in the Wetter and Cold Stor.
age block. whore he will fit up an
upto-date barber shop, with baths and
every modern convenience. Expert
Eelp will be employed.
Mr. hlexander's long experience and
thorough training make him competent
IA his business, serving an apprentice
slip of several years, and having work.
ed at II for half n century. He says
his health, nerve and eyesIght are as
good as at 30 years Of age.
OF his two sons one, VIII Alexander,
the well known barber OF Sllverton.
still survives. The latter's expert
knowledge of the business was ac-
quired under his fathers instruction,
while still school hoy. during his
vacations. Give Mr.. Alexander trial.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-08-16
European Wheat Crop
Less Than Last Year

WASHINGTON, Aug. Twin the
midharyest reported in Europe the de
partment OF agriculture today issued a
report allowing the conditions are least
promising IN central Europe. As to
this section the report says:
There was liltlc Improvement the
last month bccnuse of the weather.
In Germany and Austrla-Hungary a
considerable decline in this years
wheat crop and n moderate decrease In
rye seems assured. The reduction in
wheat in central Europe viii be fifty
million bushels below last year, when
bare average crop was reaped,
Western and southwestern Eu.
rope The report adds, are reaping
crops much more satisfactory. In
Great Britain ON au Increased acre.
age the condition of wheat Is placed
a, 4 per cent above the average. In
Spain the yield rs expected to he SUI
floient TO supply the domestic de.
mands In Italy the crop yield gener.
ally seems satisfactory but the quality
Is poor An official estimate places
the probable harvest at 10 per cent or
about l5.O00O00 bushels above last
year. The latest official crop report
OF France Ia unfavorable as regards
The condition, but an average wheat
harvest is still possible. owing to in
creased area.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-08-16
SHOOTS
FATHER
Woman Declares She
Was Compelled to do
so to Save Baby

DALLAS. Tex, Aug Ito save
the life Of her baby, Mrs Belle Pts
tole declared she was compelled to
shoot her father, Ransom Ross, dead
in the family home twelve miles north
OF Dallas ,last evening. Mrs. Pistole
was brought before Criminal Judge
Searvy who liberated her on $1,000
bond
Ross, was prominent county farm
er, and regarded as a model citizen
except at rare intervals when he be-
came under the influence OF lntoxi-
eants. He came to Dallas Thursday
and returned home inflamed with II.
quor. The crying of a little sick
grandson in its mothers lap infuriated
him. He declared II the mother did
not make the child cease crying he
would kill it. The mother pleaded
that she had tried but failed to quiet
the baby. Ross rushed to get re-
Yolver and as he turned toward her
nd the child Mrs. Pistole fired twice
with 80 caliber revolver. The first
bullet pieced her fathers left side and
he staggered around facing her as
the second shot was fired This bullet
pierced her fathers heart ana he fell
dead across the bed with a pistol
clutched in his hand.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-08-16
Denver Officer
Prevents Tragedy

DENVER, Aug. 14.-The timely az
rival of Patrolman H. Baughman prob
ably saved Mrs. John Walsh, wife OF
an expressman, from death at tn,
hands of her husband late last night
Baughman arrived at the Walsl
home in West Twenty-four avenue a.
Walsh was threatening TO stab hi
wife with long-bladed jack-knife Blu
little while before Mrs. Walsh hao
taken razor from her husband wilt
which she says he had threatened lt
cut her throat. Mrs. Walshs positio.
al the time of the officers arrival wa.
precarious, to say the least. Walsl
had driven the unfortunate womai
Into a corner and she had no oppoi
tunity to escape. Walsh had seate,
himself on a chair directly In front {
her, playing with his knife and threa
ening her.
Walsh was taken to the city jai
Friends say he is mentally unbalance
and not responsible for his sotious,
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-08-16
Chicago 'Rectifier''
Caught With Goods

CHICAGO, Aug. 14.-Many Chicago
saloonkeepers who have been emulat.
ing frugal housewives in seeking bar
gain day prices now have In a stock
OF liquor which Pure Food Commits
sioner Jones and his corps of assist
ants are confiscatlng and destroying
as rapidly as they can get around.
Max Strickler. rectifier and whole
sale dealer. who is accused of being
the ring leader in executing the de.
ception. has been arrested on four
charges of counterfeitlng labels, and
other suspects are sought
Big wagonloads of the counterfeit,
liquor was hauled out OF Striekler'a
place of business and the raiders cor.
raled big lot of labels. AT the diff.
ferent saloons where the counterfeit
goods were found only one bottle OF
each brand was marked and then TAX.
en- away as evidence, and the bal
ance was poured down waste pipes al
the direction OF the authorities.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-08-16
NEWPORT PLAcARDED
FOR SUFFRAGE MEETING

NEWPORT. n. L.Aug. i4.-The city
Is being placarded by Mrs o. II. p.
Belmont for her suffrage meetings at
Marble houses August "a and August
2S. Mrs Belmont In her circular card
posted on fashionable bellevue ave-
nue. In the lower sections of the city
and everywhere In fact, states that
the palatial villa. Marble house, the
finest house at any summer resort
proper In the world. will be open for
inspection from to a O'Clock p. m
on the day OF the'lcctures The card
boards pinned in tho restaurants in
tue Casino and at saloons and business
places in general states Admission is
limited" And Will he assigned tc
those who apply TO secretary of Mrs
Belmont and the former secretary oi
her husband.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-08-16
NoTABLEs LEAVE TO ATTEND
TRANs-MissIssiPPl CONGRESS

WASHINGTON Aug. 14-Director
Barrett Of the International bureau OF
American republics. left here today to
attend the Mississippi congress
to be held next week at Denver He
win be Joined there by General Gar
ella velez. the Cuban minister to this
country. Afterwards they viii go TO
Seattle to attend the exposition and
they may make official visits to San
Francisco and Portland at the request
of commercial organizations of those
cities. Mr. Barrett and General Velez
also may address the Denver congress-
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-08-16
THE TRAIN AND SLIDE SITUATION

Work is being pushed on the slide
near Needleton, the pile driver being
used to remove large boulders from
the track. Effort is being made to
turn the water of the river back into
its bed, SO that a channel may be ctt
BY the water which is twenty feet deep
above the slide, from the track Tho
u ain which went up this morning car
ried provisions and light express for
Silverton. so that the blockade may
not Inconvenience the citizens In re.
speet to. supplies.
The eastern train went ont on tiuie
this morning. the track being BUN
around the wreck. two engines and
four cars being off the track in Naya.
jo canon, one of the engines being
burnt out. and lumber from the cars
scattered over the bank Engineer
| Thompson, who was injured. was tak
en- 10 Chama, and is getting along
very nicely. AS the train makes yefS
| slow time through the canon, the crew
had time to get off, Mr.. Thompso,
jumping clear with the exception 81
his foot, which was caught petweer
tne engine cab and the ground as tn,
locomotive went over. The foot wa,
slightly scalded, and bruised rathe
badly. 1t will probably cause hin
some inconvenience for a week or tw,
till the bruises heal. but outside o
that Mr.. Thompson Is not hurt. !
government doctor was summone,
from Dulce soon after the wreck OF
cured, who stayed at the wreck M
III DR.. Hurd arrived from Durango
The Southern train left at 1913
today. The washout is one mile sout
OF Dix. and as announced yesterda
Is forty feet wide and thirty fee
deep. Passengers aud mall were trans
ferred today. and the track will b
probably clear some tune tomoryov
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-08-16
Railroad President
On Watered Stock

LOUISVILLE. KY. Aug. 14.-In
letter to the Courier Journal today
President Milton II. Smith OF Louis
vile & Nashville railroad. takes OK.
ception to the call OF newspaper
writer to commercial boards in south
ern states to prosecute suits "To pre-.
vent stock watering Of the capital
stock OF the Louisville & Nashville"
Agreeing that this cafI IL predicated
upon news dispatch that the rail-.
read HAS accumulated such surplus
that 1t proposes to Increase the capital
stock from s6O.OOO.0O0 TO s75.0oO. 900.
and that the present capital stock is
largely water Mr.. Smith says:
4 "The results OF the operations OF the
Louisville & Nashville railroad are
matters Of public record and II IL
known to all who have investigated
that there Is no water In Its stock
and there is not the slightest evidence
that anyone connected with the man
agement Of the company has ever con
sidored an increase In the capital stool
| In the manner iAdiee&sd' !.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-08-16

officials Other doctors are rushing
TO the scene In automobiles and every
conceivable conyoynnee.
1t is estimated that fully 800 pas
scngcrs were aboard the wrecked
tain Reports received here are to
the effect that several of the coaches,
mainly day coaches, were badly smash.
ed and whom these are cleared more
dead bodies may be revealed.
A partial list OF Tie dead
IL L, RlsLEY. Denver; conductor
o. the eastbound train
IosEpH L. BOLTON Denver; con
ductor west bound train.
ENGINEER JOHNSON of east.
bound train
ENGINEER HoTwoLD of west
bound train
JACK COTTAGE. hreman on push.
e engine northbound.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-08-16
BOOSTERS CLUB MEETS.

The directors of the Durango and
La Plata County Boosters club held
meeting at their rooms last night
which was well attended by the mem
bers of the club and the directory,
Railroad matters and other items of
rrs.>- <,s-the St. .l2erA----la7.---'ii'--'-
: interest to the club were enthusiastic
cally discussed
Mr.. skaggs. who has a position in
the high school, having resigned as
secretary, J. c. Copeland was appoint
ed as temporary secretary until suit.
able person can be secured who will
devote his entire time to the duties
of the office.
Mr.. Copeland informs us that the
Boosters club will not slacken its i'm
poriant work as a publicity bureau
from now on and that thorough can
T.ass of the community viii be made
and 1t is expected that the member
ship will be doubled inside of sixty
days. The present membership is 179
The advertising committee reports
securing the loan of some fine cuts
from the American Colonization com
pany which will be used in the new
descriptive pamphlet soon to be is
sued
AS our business people have their
hands full in the guarantee fund for
new railroad terminals and fall fair
Il was decided that no public contri-
button be solicited by the Boosters
at the preesnt time. Expenses OF ad.
vertising. etc. will be met by dues
and voluntary subscriptions of real
estate men and others.
Meeting was adjourned to meet at
call of the secretary.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-08-16
Trying TO Classify
Long Island Weather

NEW YORK. Aug Weather
experts today are trying TO classify
the various kinds OF violent weather
which yesterday troubled all OF Long
Island
Al the eastern extremity of the Is
land huge wave in Peoonic bay, de
seribed as a tidal wave, cneulfed many
beats and swept away all houses and
summer tent colonies on the shore.
while a heavy rainslorm was in prog
ress. Al the same time two miles Of
the south shore in The vicinity Of the
great south bar a hugo waterproof
was observed, also duuue the heavy
downpour great dark cloud lifted the
water in giant column from the sea
This occurred near acet OF boats
occupied by men seeking blue fish and
the turbulent waters overturned sew
eral Near the enstcrn end OF tho Is
land terrific windsiorm accompanied
by rain did much damage. sweeplul
away tents near Aryerne and unroof
ing many hoQaes.
The peculiar weather did thousand'
OF dollars OF damage throughout tn,
island and made temporarily homeless
the many hundred families who livI
on Long Island during the summer
either In tenta or frail cottages.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-08-16
Commercial printing at rne neralo
GRASS INTERPRETERS WITH
RHYTHMIC GREEK DANCE

CHICAGO Aug. 1.-THE young
women Of the Fine Arts society of
onkpark. who are to aid in interpret
ing the Greeian drama The Ladies' OF
Athens" August 90. have tried dancing
in their bare feet Therefore
although absolute fidelity TO the an,
cient Greek period will be observed
In the stage settings and the COS.
TUNES IN that one particular the mr..
tistlc traditions viii be Violated. They
declared the grass tieklod their bare
feet and AT rehearsals their giggles
quite upset the;orchestra and their eff
fort TO get away from the tickle on
the soles of their feet interfered with
the stateliness and grace OF the rhyth
mic Greek dance.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-08-16
BURGLAR ALARM SYSTEM
DOES WORK BEAUTIFULLY

D
DENVER Aug. 14.-7The burglar
alarm system with whlskslhe Offices of
the Denver city rraihway company
on the sixth floor OF the Majestic
building are equipped frustrated n bold
attempt to rob The offices at an early
hour This morning. Following lhe re-
eeipts of an alarm from the offices
an employa Of the American District
Teieeraph eompasy and Patr4mm l..
IS Anderson discovered unmigtakable
evidence that burglar had visited the
offices but tho thlef or thieves had de
parted without Securing any loot II
was discovered that eight rooms had
been entered and the desks In them
touched by the robbers.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-08-16
ROCK ISLAND SYSTEM
LET'S 100000 ORDER
q

NEW YORK. Aug. 14.--The Rock
Island system is about TO place or.
ders for 1000 forty ton freight cars
and nifty locomotives. tho whole to
cost about s6,000.0O0. Two thousand
old freight cars which are now In use
on the system win be sent to the
scrap heap when the new cara are do
hvered.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-08-16

Mrs. Crawford-You say it is i'm
& possible TO get any money out of al
husband Have you gone about It in
the right way?
Mrs. Crabshaw-Yes; I think I'VE
almost tried everything, my dear, ex.
cept sending him Black Hand letter.
Brooklyn Life.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-08-16
80 KILLED
IN WRECK
ID. R. G. FLYER DEMOLISHED IN HEADON COLLISION NEAR
COLORADO SPRINGS TRAIN CROWDED WITH PASSENGERS
AND MANY HURT IN PANIC THAT FOLLOWED CRASH

COLORADO SPRINGS. Aug. A.
From eight to thirty-five killed and
thirty or more injured This is the
partial tale of death and horror that
comes from Hustled at / o'clock where
two'Denyer & Rio Grande trains crash.
ed in head-on collision shortly be.
fore noon. Shortly after the first train
left message was received asking
for more cars in which to send the
dead and wounded to this point. This
indicates that the number of dead is
larger than first thought.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Aug. ~
While travelling at high rate of
speed, dropping down the grade into
Colorado Springs. Denver g. Rio
Grande flyer No. l was wrecked in a
head-on collision with No. at Hustled,
ten miles north of here shortly before
noon.
AT least half dozen are dead and
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-08-16
INTEMs OF INTEREST
FROM OUR EXCHANGES

w $ Wallace came in from Aztec
where he lett The train to attend the
snle Of The Coolidge mesa lands on
Tuesday He bid the lands In al ST.
600 and came on down in the after
noou On Wednesday he was Joined
here BY Engineer u. Il. SanGs and MIR.
Eobinaon and in the afternoon went
down to Liberty TO look over the ditch
and the lands the extension viii cover.
AT Wallace and his associates have a
splendid proposition ana 1t win be
Of great advantage to the entire coun-
~ Their work should be encouraged
~ every possible way.-Farmington
rimos-liustler.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-08-16
SUICIDES BY JUMP
ING INTO A WELL

FAIRFIELD. Ills, Aug. 14.-Strap-
ping his hands securely behind him.
Prof. Alva Wills, n teacher of Charles
ton. Ill. committed suicide by jumping
into well. He had returned from
his work only few days ago for
short vacation with his mother. III
health is supposed to have caused him
to become temporarily deranged.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-08-16

Those are exciting prices Mckinney
Is quoting, but they make the goods
change hands.
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-08-16

w. 8 Wallace informs us that con
struetion force viii pc put on the
Coolidge ditch the first OF next month
aud that the ditch VIII be extended to
the Coolidge mesa and II the govern
ment lands are restored to entry in
time it win be extended on. The
Coolidge mesa win all be put In cuI-
tisation this coming -Hus.
tier,
J. w Reagan. chief engineer In
charge Of the Arizona and Colorado
railroad survey between here and
Pennington. N NJ. and Durango. Colo,
returned here overland this week from
the surveying camps. Three big par
ties Of engineers are now In the field
between here and the Colorado line
and $4,000 has already been spent
The expenses of the work 1t is sale
are now running 5000 DAY and thil
Ia considered q further Indication ths
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-08-16

Joe Prewitt was in town wedncs
day accompanied by Charles Thurlow,
jr, of Newberryport Mass, who Is
spending the summer st the camps of
the La Plata Irrigation company. The
ditch has been roconstructed from
Hesperus all the way to tho Prewitl
pastures and the reservoirs will be
built this fall.-Fnrmington Enterprise,
Semi-weekly herald., 1909-08-16

the people back Of the new road mean
business IL is believed now that tho
road wiz come into Gallup from tho
north down the old Caledonion guich.
Albuquerque journal.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-02
The School House, Depot and
an Elevator Demolished at
Omemee
MACHINERY HOUSE At FONDA
WAS ANOTHER STORM VICTIM
Considerable Great Northern and 500
Trackage Was Washed Away BY the
Heavy Rains at Willow City-Com.
municatiOn Cut on.

Rugby. N. D., July "A miniature
cyclone ragged last night between the
hours of and o'clock at Omemee,
Willow City and Fonda, Bottineau
county, and while the wire commune
cation with the district has been cut
OFF since the storm started, some i'll
formation as to the damage done has
been secured. So far as reported, no
loss of life resulted, and no one sus-
tanned injuries as result of the work
of the elements.
The cyclone clouds first appeared
in the northwest, sweeping down upon
the little towns with lightning ra-
pidity. leaving in their path an i'm
mense amount of damage. all fell in
some places but did not do much dam
age.
The largest amount of damage
seems to have been done at Omemee,
where depot, an elevator and the
school house were demolished by the
force of the elements. There are also
large number of smaller buildings
about the town that have been de-
stroyed by the terrific wind.
At Williston the rain was extremely
heavy, and several hundred feet Of
Great Northern trackage have been
washed out. Considerable sidewalk
was also torn up by the wind, while
the small buildings in the city suf-
fered more or less damage.
At Fonda, a small station between
Omemee and Overly, there was also
considerable damage. A machine
house was destroyed, doing consider
able damage to the contents.
Both the 500 and the Great North
ern have sent wrecking trains to the
scene of last nights cyclone to clear
up the wreckage and to repair the
damaged track. -
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-02
BUFFALO ROUNDUP
Two Hundred Animals Ready fol
Shipment From Montana.

Missoula, Mont. July 2.-Tomorrow
afternoon, the last bunch of that por-
ton of the Pablu buffalo herd will be
brought to Ravelli from Roman. 36
miles north, for loading and shipment
to Canadian territory. This remnant
will contain eight eight bull bison and
marks the closing scenes of most
vigorous and exciting roundup COW
ering period of nearly four months.
When the eight bison are loaded to-
morrow there will be a total of 19S
OF the animals ready for immediate
shipment and on Thursday the cars
containing the bison will be moved
westward to be delivered to the Ca
madam government for the dominion
parks. There are still $50 animals
now roaming on the extreme north
edge of the big Pablu range driven
from their native haunts by the COM
motion created by the roundup lust
completed.
During the activities of the past
four months on the bison range, 2l
buffaloes have been killed, several
horses have succumbed to injuries re-
ceived in encounters with infuriated
bulls. three men have sustained in
juries in like battles and at least so
calves have been torn away from the
COWS and left to shift for themselves
on the range. Whether this young
stock can endure without the protect
ing care of the old buffalo or not a
question. the concensus of opinion,
is that all will succumb to the raw
ages of wild beasts.
Early in the fall another roundup
will be inaugurated and the remain
der of the Pablu herd roundedup up
for shipment. Michael Pablo. the man
from whom the Canadian government
purchased the buffaloes nearly two
years ago, possesses many acres of
land in Ravelli and Flathead counties
an dhas paid much attention to the
raising of his big buffalo herd. part
of which was shipped to Canada two
years ago. This herd is said to have
originally been driven down from Ca
madam territory by Pablo's ancestors.