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MExICO'S LOST DOCUMENT
Whereabouts OF the Declaration OF
independence n Mystery.

whereabouts of the Declaration OF
independence a Mystery.
Mexico Correspondence 81. Louis Globe Deu,o-at-
In connection with the so-called first
centennial OF Mexican independence.
which is 10 be celebrated all over the
republic on September ls. the curious
fact has developed that what is known
as the original declaration OF indepen-
dence has been lost. and all efforts 10
fnd it have failed. It is probable that
the document has been stored away
either in this country or in Europe and
its hiding place forgotten.
Unlike the United States Of North
America. Mexico does not have a formal
declaration OF independence. The only
Thing that approaches IL was the decree
ISSUED September q. 1871. signed by Au-
gustin de IturbIde, who afterward be-
came he first Emperor. It IS curious
that Mexico is this year celebrating what
1t calls its centennial OF independence.
when as a matter OF fact the revolution
started by the patriot priest, Hidalgo. on
September IS, 1910, was not revolt
against Spain. but against the vice regal
Bonaparte usurpers Of the Spanish throne
when Napoleon put his brother Joseph
at the head Of the Spanish kingdom.
This revolution was crushed in 1915.
1t was not until 1920 that the second re-
volt broke out, headed by Augustin de
Iturbide and the Indian Guerrero. In
this revolt all parties in Mexico were
united. Iturbide became the leading fig
ure through his influence with the
church II was not until late in 1921 that
the purposes Of the revolutonists were
put into anything like definite form. Itur-
bide was thus the real Iiberator Of Mex
leo. and the nation has really only been
Independent eighty-nine years. And at
first it was an empire, with Iturbide as
Emperor
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have to carry. and TO carry worthily. so
that bravely and happily we may face
the end. To all OF US is given the duty
so TO live our brief lives that the soul
may be purified and strengthened for
eternity; to help the soul to expand by
loving kindness. by honest work. by
charity to all men; to pray, as Mrs.
Browning prayed, that despite LIES
changes. chances" we may cease our
dreaming and find
Gods patience in the SOUL
That no dreamer. no neglec1or
OF the present work unsIed,
I may wake up and be doing.
LIES heroic work pursuing
Though my past Is dead as Hector,
Aud though Hector is twice dead.
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No Escnne for Him

From the Chicago Record Herald.
Are you in favor Of woman suf-
frage?" she asked.
oh, yes Enthusiastically" he replied.
Now, l wish you would tell me why
you think women ought 10 forget their
children and their household duties and
get out into the world 10 mix up in po-
litical affairs If you know Of any good
reason"
Good heavensl I beg your pardon. I
merely said was in favor OF it 10 avoid
arguing with you. Can't a man be safe
on any side any moTe?"
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Home News Away from Home

Washingtonians who leave tho
city, either for a short or long
stay-whether they go to mountain
or seashore. or even across the sea
should not fail to order The
Washington Herald sent to them
by mail. It viii come regularly,
and the addresses will be changed
as often as desired. It is the home
news yeu win want while away
from home. Telephone Main $500,
giving old ard new address.
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A LITTLE NONSENSE.
SO RoMAxrIc nEsCIlr.

Three times the pretty damsei sank,
But caused no stir.
No man came running down the bank
To rescue her.
Three times from ruby lips there came
A plaintive yelp
But none appeared 10 give the dame
A little help.
Three times the hapless girl went down
Or maybe four.
She didn't really care to drown,
Sc swan ashore.
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From the Baltimore American
4 see where a post-mortem examina-
ton showed that the patients mysterious
disease, which had so baffied the doc
tors. was caused by a sponge which had
been sewed up in him after an opera
tion.''
Jaw! No wonder the case was one Of
such an absorbing nature"
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1t seems somewhat strange to us that
the Commoner and the outlook have not
yet locked horns" says the Philadelphia
Inquirer. Perhaps It is because the Com
moner does not wear horns.
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Southern city complains that the
colonel will remain therein only four
hours when he makes his contemplated
swing around the circle. That town should
cheer up. The colonel can cover more
assignments in four hours than one can
shake a stick at
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We knew. good and well. when we had
enough Of "ragtime" music; and we
spake out loud and vehemently with re-
spect TO the same. II is high time to
switch off from HAS Anybody Here
Seen Kelly?" and "Put On Your Old
Gray Bonnet" nevertheless and notwith-
standingl
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A Few Crumbs.

Madam, could you assist an unfortu-
nate aviator?"
What's that?"
Gould you give a hungry bird man
few crumbs?"
A bird man. Ell? &c round TO the
back yard and III shake the tablecIoth
out"
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VIZ the Shoe Pinche..

From the indianapolis News
The United Shoe Machinery Company has a capital
Of S0.S505lS Its profits for eight years. ending
with last year. we've 2s.4n.l35 OF more than lbs
per cent, or more than II per cent per annum So
Il IS doing tus about as well as the packers and
the Standard on and the express companies!
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A Matter of News.

Seems to me you are having more
trouble than ever in your country"
i suspect we are" said the polite South
American. Formerly, one had 70 muster
enough men 10 capture the cable Office,
but now anybody with a wireless outfit
can start a revolution"
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summer in the Zoo,

think I'll spend my vacation On the
lynx" said the first flea. I'm fond Of
golf"
The giraffe for mine" declared the
second flea. Il need the highest altitude
can find"
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Astronomical.

From The Baltimore American
Professor-How do you ind the righs
ascension of star?
Student tabsent mindedly)-The quick
est way is to look up her hacker IN
Bradstreets
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''An effort is being made TO stop the
smoke nuisance in Pittsburg," says the
Chicago Record Herald An effort was
made to stop the smoke nuisance at Reno
lately. but It failed to work
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new VEN OF coal. seven miles wide
and sixty-fve miles in length has been
discovered in Pennsylvania. Therefore.
dear ultimate consumer, the coal men
will have to shove up the price some
more.
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Prefers the water wagon.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Ex-Yice President Fairbanks was given a ride in
the patrol wagon in Omaha. He seemed TO enjoy
the joke but doubtless still regards the water wagon
vehicle better COMFORTING with his dignity.
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AT least one dead man would have re-
mained to tell the story had he not dived
overheard, runs a story in the New
York Times, 1t hardly seems probable:
bat you never can tell, to be sure!
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tidewater to the Ohio River The road
originally consisted of iron-plated wooden
rails, and a speed Of nine miles an hour
was considered very wonderful in those
days. To-day the ninety miles between
New York and Philadelphia is covered
IN ninety minutes. The journey to Chi
eago from New York, 91l miles. takes less
than twenty-four hours; from Chicago to
San Francisco. eighty-nine hours. and to
cross the entire continent from New
York, four days and eight hours.
The speed of American expresses was,
fifteen years ago, from thirty to forty
miles an hour. It has now been raised
TO considerably over forty. Less than
forty years ago Jules Verne wrote his
entertaining romance, Around the World
in Eighty Days" He was thought 10
have exceeded all bounds Of possibility;
al that time the cfrcumnavigation of the
globe never had been accomplished in less
than l2l days. In 1873 It was done in 100
DAYS. Eventually an American per-
formed the feat in ninety days, and in
1881 a Miss Bisland Nellie Bly, lowered
the time to seventy-two days. Since
then the record has stood at sixty-nine
days, the main obstacle being to travel
speedily the mighty tract of Asia
The first locomotives used were brought
from England. and the first locomotive
built in the United States was made by
the West Point Foundry for the South
Carolina Railroad Company. after plans
by the chief engineer, Horatio Allen.
and was first put upon the road on No
vember ?. 1880 Thus was begun an In
dustry that has grown to be one of the
most important in the United States.
July "a, in lS47. the Mormons arrived in
Salt Lake Valley. 1t is the date that
Detroit, Mich. was founded in 17o1. II is
the birthday of John NJ Clayton, Secre-
tary of State under Fillmore d7s6); John
Adams Dix, Secretary of the Treasury
and Governor of New York q7ssl; AIexan-
der Dumas. the novelist ts00; Benn Pit
man, the stenographer t1S22), and will-
lam H. Gillette. the actor us5g. It is
the date Of the death of Jane Austen in
1917.
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Sometimes We imagine there may be a
few very young persons in this country
who viii live TO see the Maine raised 4:
but most Of the time we doubtsit.
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With Tammany and all the society
smugglers against him. Mr.. Loeb might
not find It possible 10 be elected governor
of New York, anyway.
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Down with the Ubiquitous bathtub trust!
True, bathtubs are not good eating; but
they are necessary in our business. Glad
TO know the bathtub trust is in hot
water.
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"A baby walrus win eat fifty pounds
Of Goldfish in a day" says a St. Louis
zoo attendant Fine! We are ia favor of
It, and every day.
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A Missouri COW gave 1874 pounds Of
milk from January to July J. The Mis-
souri, mule will have to take back seat
In favor Of the Missouri COW.
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Young Kingdom Gould tells the New
York Herald that he has noticed no finan-
cial stringency whatever. Well, now.
there is real news for the people! The
popular impression was, of course, that
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Then He Got Mad.

Did you get that kiss sent you by
maiiY' inquired her ioculsr fiance
fes.' answered the summer girl de-
murely. THE r. F. D. man delivered
II ali right"
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Jim Jeffries admits he might fight
Jack Johnson again" notes the Atlanta
Journal Again? Is JEFF right sure he
ever fought him at all?
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Cool and Cnrefree

When steaming asphalt forms a fog
And cityward CAD.
I wish I were happy frog
Upon a lily pad
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The man who invented the marcel wave
has been arrested in California. What
other crime, If any, he is guilty of is not
stated
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1t must puzzle the Democratic party
these days TO see the Republican party
in an even bigger row with itself than
the Democratic party seems able to get
into with itself.
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The esteemed contemporary which sug-
gests that the prune also IS full Of per-
mcious microbes is no friend of the
common people.
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Mexico's Declaration Of Independence
has been lost. says The Scranton Tribune.
SIN. We suppose the orators are able TO
find a copy to read on Independence
Day.
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Unbuttonea shirt waists

From the Dallas News
The reason woman thinks maybe her
waist Is unbuttoned behind is because the
woman's in front OF her is.
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Notwithstanding the microbe talk, there
Is no evidence that the small boy yet
inclines TO shy at the gay and festive ice
cream cone.
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young Kingdom spent at least nine
tenths Of his time noticing financial strin-
gencies.
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In reply to the query Us beauty a
handicap" the New York Sun says; mot
to Uncle Joe Cannon" Nor TO Little
Joe" Brown,
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Keep cool. Don't fret" advises the
Philadelphia Record. How can the
Record expect US to. and IT handing out
that line of talk?
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when you meet the right man, marry
him." says Mary Mannering. But sup
pose somebody beats you to him?
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No Mercy.

Waiter. there's a spider in my ice
cream"
He was in the soup yesterday. It
serves him right. Let him freeze TO
death"
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pen,t worlz Together.

From the Dallas News
The man who spends HIS days raising
mortgage hardly ever spends his nights
raising cain.
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This country seldom elects men of the
Woodrow Wilson type 10 high ofice-not
that IL ought not TO- however.
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II viii be lese majestic, OF course, to
deny that the Kaiser's newspaper has
the biggest circulation within the en-
pire
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Notes of the Books.

Mr.. George Barr MeCuteheon. having
completed work on his forthcoming novel.
The Rose in the Ring" which is 10 be
issued by Dodd. Mead g. Co. In the fall,
has just started with Mrs. McCutcheon on
a six weeks automobile trip through New
England. they will wind up at Kenne-
bunkport Me. where they will spend the
rest Of the summer near Mr.. and Mrs.
Booth Harrington.
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Speaking Of superhuous information,
Mr.. Cannon again announces that he viii
not resign.
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The issue, as Kansas sees II. is whether
Uncle Joe shall catch up or Kansas
back UP.
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From the St Paul Pioneer Press.
Oh. Wiley has finally Endorsed kissing Unfortu
nately for him. the women have no votes and he i
not running fOF any Office
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A Captious Crowd.

My summer boarders are hard to
please this year"
SOP
Why. they amt even satisfied with the
grade of moonlight I offer"
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How would you enjoy pipeful Of
wood shavings saturated with a strong
solution Of pepper as an after-dfnnsr
smoker asked William T. Quinn OF
Portland. Greg, at the Arlington yester-
day.
Strange as this may seem as a sub-
stitute for tobacco. it Is nevertheless
used as such by Indians along the Alas
kan coast. Their mouths are often made
raw by the practice, and the eyesight
OF many is affected by the strong fumes.
1t Is no uncommon practice among farm
ers TO smoke the leaves Of the tomato
and potato plants While both these
plants contain a narcotic poison. the
smoking Of leaves in moderation Is harm
less Excessive use, though. produces
a heavy stupor, from which the smoker
awakes with a terrific headache and a
feeling of utter exhaustion. Insanity and
suicide have often been caused by the
immoderate use of these two weeds
Rhubarb. beet, and even garden sage
leaves are all smoked by farmers. but
are perhaps the least harmful of substI-
tutes for tobacco
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A Case of Mistaken Identitv.

From the Kansas City Star
barber in Beverly. Mass. according TO the
telegraph. mistOok senator Dick. OF Ohio. for an
actor. Mr. Dick has been mistaken for everything
except q statesman.
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Mrs Emily Post, author Of THE Title
Market" has just returned from few
weeks motor trip through New England.
and is now at her home in Tuxedo. re-
vislng THE Eagles Feather" her new
novel. which is TO be published by Dodd
Mead & Co. in the fall. From proceeds Of
The Title Market she has remodeied
her house at Tuxedo and built herself a
library addition as big as the original
house
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Mr.. RooseveIt'S Position.
DIR. Wney,s Ill Luck.

brom the Boston transcript
Mr.. Roosevelt is on the fence with both PARTIES
stIoking his fur and saying. Mice pussyt'
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In Ribbon Roads" which the Putnams
will soon publish. the authors, A T
and B. r. Wood. have given an interest
ing account of a motor trip OF some 5000
miles through the British Isles. Holland,
Germany. italy. and France In giving
the book to the public the authors lay no
claim 10 have visited any districts hereto
fore unknown 10 motorists or 10 have
discovered any microscopes which have
not already been enjoyed They have
given Illuminating sketches OF a large.
much traversed area OF Europe and such
Items OF information about the signifi-
canoe OF the places visited as the scope
OF the book would permit. To one con-
templating a similar trip through the
heart OF Central Europe the book will prove
invaluable. while to the fireside traveller
the varied interest OF an ever changing
panorama graphically presented will be
a constant source Of delight.
In posthumous volume entitled MAJ
zini and Other Essays" which the Put
mans WIFI publish in the fail. Henry
Demarest Lloyd has presented apprecia-
AAft oANAALo VI AAlU lANNN Va ACl thll tA
the worlds thinkers and doors with
whose inspiring humanity his own ideals
were I'm hearty accord: Mazzini. William
Morris. Sir Harry Vane. Emerson. that
lofty thinker whom John Muir. himself a
towering giant Of the genus hominis, once
called a "Sequoia Of Mankind" Writing
with an insight that penetrated straight
to the heart of men as well as OF things,
and with sympathy instantly enlisted
in the cause Of the oppressed the world
over. the author has thrown the whole
rapture OF his ardently idealistic nature
into the portrayal OF these great expo-
nents ofzhuman freedom. The essays that
compose the volume are. however. not ali
Many OF them are written
In the hope Of advancing the cause OF
Industrial and political emancipation. 10
the achieving Of which the author IN
faggingly devoted his energies.
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CHAT OF THE FORUM.

The First Drop Preeedes the Second.
From the Omaha Bee
Every drop you take counts if You are an aviator.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-09
COMMON COUNCIL.

AT regular meeting Of the Common Coun-
I'll Of The city of Alexandria, Va +, held Feb
ruary s, 1910, there were present:
Huber! Suowdcn esq president, and Mossrs.
Leaibeater, Burke, Rishaiil, Brumback,
Smith Brill, Bander. Birrell. Monroe, He'll
muth, Harrison. Uhler and Spinks
O!dinant es 10 deed property to Fark 5g.
n:w on the east side of Lee street, between
Church a!d South streets, and property on
Churh street. west side OF Lee street, and q
po;it on from NJ. J. Mcfarland for ceed to
property at No 2?5 Forth W-at street, which
". re- ref4 red to the Committee on Finance
o. January %, 1910, were reps rtei upon by
tie committee, recommending THAT the Cor
poration Attorney examine into the rights OF
the cast and the safe guarding Of the ritv's
intere:t sni if in his Judgment and all fees
shall have been paid and at no expense to the
city he is instructed 10 prepare deeds trans.
ferring such titleas the CITY NAV have 10 the
prone.tJ t. the proper parties. dalT executed
aud the report was adnpte!--ayes II, noes e.
The joiat Committee on Public Property
snd Finance recommended that the sum Of
$500 b. appropriated for the purchase Of
suitable hose for the use of the fire depart
ment, under the supervision Of the Board Of
Fire W4rdens, the Chief of the ire Depart
mant and two members of the Joint Commit.
tee on Public Property and Finance and the
report wss adopted-lyeg ! I. noes 0.
A bill was received from the Van Rans5elaer
Manufacturing CO., OF Troy, n. Y. for lire
hydrants furnished the Board of Fire War.
aens amounting to $3.50. Mr.. ChIsr moved
that the bill I've paid. Mr, Smith offered a
substitute referring the matter to the Finance
Committee, s3d he bill was 80 referred.
4 resolution that when Council aajourns
tonight i. he to met on the second Tuesday
in March ives offered by Mr., Brill and passed.
The boa then adjourned.
HUBERT SNOWDEN, President.
Teste: DANIEL r. STASSEURY. Clerk c. c.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-09
Princes Debts q Scandal.

V:cncn, Feb. Tao cree, rs Ct
Ptiuca Mig i OF Btaganz,, who roar.iec
Auits SteRsit, Of New York, al Ding
%all, Scotland, last September, Unable
to obtain r selt!emett OF thoir claims,
have seized tie furniture and utler
effects In the Psince'a rgsidarce htra and
removed them 10 al auCt on room. A
large end boists'rus crowd gathered y =
rday 10 watch tse men iransterrit 6 The
bIic a-brac and other belo :giugs o! tie
p iuce toto huge van, aud eventually
the poles had to be 'unnoncd to mair
tain order. Prices NJ u.l end his viii
are now in Paris. O.ly recently the r:
port was tu rent tina. syndira:e Of
editors Intended 10 bring so f1r 81 e
900. 900 agains: Miguel, tie claim being
get up thu. he had REUSED 10 rs3 t, 10
syndicsta, for borrowed money, nns.ifib
o. the doHry, Ct his marriage u Mi-s
st,Tart, which am ua'ed 10 IS, 600, COO.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-09
TELEGRAPHIC BREyITlES.

King Gustav of Sweden showed con-
tinued signs of gain today from his OPP.
era,icn for appendicitis aud his complete
te recovery is now believed to be assur-
ed,
Three persons lost their lives in fire
which, ea,iy today, destroyed the First
National Bank builling,in Jersey Shore,
Pa, Crossed electric wires are believed
to have caused the fire. Loss $50.
covered by Insurance.
Frank r. I.afferty, aged IS years, who
was one of the best baseball pitchers in
his day in the United States, died sud
denly last night at his Place Of business
at Wilmington. Del, OF fatty degenera.
ton Of the heart.
A dispach from Madrid Gays Premier
Morst resigned today after an iaeuu hancy
of the ofEics Of only few months. Ssnor
Caoalejas bss been asked By King Alton
81 to accept The premiership. TIE eutlre
cabinet resigned with the premier.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-02-09
Fire in :ostol.

B,tton, Feb. 9.--Nearly $500, 600
damage 1as caused here early ,otsy by
fire which practically destroyed the
Brighton absitoir ard hundreds of head
Of cattla aad ether stock were saved
from death only By beirg turned loose
10 the streets. The building occupied
by the Nsw England Rendering Com
p,uy was totally destroyed and that OF
lne BlHker Fertilizsr Company aud
other concerns badly dsmsged. More
thaa $50, 600 pounds of drcss:d beef,
hogs and other me II aeEe dee Ioyed.
Thousands OF pounds OF s ease aud ia's
from the rendering plsu's rendered the
tack Of on .nchiDg The FIRE almost an
impossible ooe and Only atL,r q lorg
hard fight WAS part OF The ttu' acre
sbas,oir aaVed. TIE ala lr WAS Owned
By the Armours. |. Tas thu Target
10 Massachusetts and one CT the largest
in The shole east.