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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-17
THAW CAUSES LOSS
TO RAILROAD
SAN PEDRO. LOS ANGELES & SALT
LAKE RUINED BY DESERT.
BORN TORRENTS.

Salt Lake City. Jan. I6.-Ncver in
the history of transportation In the
United States has ii great railroad
been stricken So sorely as WAS the
by the midwinter thaw. In "A twink
ling the desert born torrents Tapped
up 100 miles of rails and embank-
nents. severed the steel bond between
mountains and sea and made of Il
busy avenue of commerce two dispr-
SaniZed branches whose ends are lost
in the wilderness. Millions OF dollars
of investment temporarily profitless
and hundreds oi capable railroad men
Of the disaster. As its extent is bet
ter understood the day when earnings
VIII be restored and the men recalled
seems more and more remote. Said
j. Ross Clark. the. second vice presl-
dent. before starting to Los Angeles
over the Southern Pacific today: The
weather conditions since the washout
in the Meadow valley. have been
such that a thorough examination os
the present line has not been possf-
BILE, but as soon as the weather will
permit. the matter will be gone over
carefully by competent engineers To-
determine the exact extent of the dam
age done and the feasibility of recon
structing the line through the canyon
OF the Meadow valley wash in its for
ner position or elsewhere.
In the meantime reconnaisances
are being made On two other routes
with view To ascertaining if a sat
isfactory alternative is available. II
AZ is not found feasible to rebuild the
line through the Meadow valley wash
on an absolutely safe basis, then IL
is possible that one of the other lines
being considered will be adopted and
the road constructed on such route
More than 80 salaried employees
have been laid off in Utah alone. The
restoration Of til. through line. IL Is
believed. is matter Of years rather
than months
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-17
TAMMANY SUFFERS
MANY REBUFFS
MURPHY PROPOSES AND GAYNoR
oisPosEs NAMES OF OFFICE.
SEEKERS.

New York. Jan. lG.-S.arc William
J. GaEnor MAS elected mayor of
Greater New York. Charles + Murphy.
leader Of Tammany hall. has paid
three visits to the Gaynor house in
Brooklyn and three t" the city hall.
but he hats brought away hardly more
than a cheerful smile. Nevertheless.
every Tammany oflcesceker continues
To b. told: You must see Murphy
first"
The mayor is reported To have said
to Murphy: L am grateful 10 YOU for
your support in the campaign. Any
name You submit shall have prefer
ence. But they must be good names -
Under this agreement, Murphy sub
mits the names and the mayor rejects
them. In the first few weeks of his
administration the mayor has dIstrib-
uted almost 100000 worth OF patron
age and issued orders that will affect
the distribution of hundreds Of thous-
ands more without giving Tammany So
much as Il 'lookin''
out of 3s Tammany district leaders.
just one has got job. out OF the
long list Of newcomers appointed. at
salaries ranging from $4,000 10 So
500. just one is a Tammany man-
Rhinelander Waldo, fire commissioner
And the first thing Waldo did MAS
To abolish the private stable the city
has been maintaining for th- COM
missioner
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-17
ROCKEFELlER'S NURSE
LIVES TO GREAT
AGE

Cleveland, Jan. l5,-Miss Eleanor
Williams, once a nurse in the home
nf John ID. Rockefeller. and in that
of his brother in law, w. c. Rudd.
died last night. She was 100 years
old. Eighty years ago. when
Cleveland was a malaria stricken
village at the mouth OF a stagnant
creek. she began to nurse the
children of settlers. She was an
English emigrant. \ quarter Of
century ago she was sent for by
Rockefeller to nurse one of his
children. The affection of the peo-
pie in the old Euclid avenue home.
which she gained then, was never
lost. For the last 10 years she
lived with Mrs. Samuel II. Crowl.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-17
OFFICERS APPREHENslve.

Washington. Jan I6.-TroubIe il
looming up before the hundred naval
officers who failed to take the phys
ical tests in the last calendar year
and who We're not excused. The re-
port has reached some OF them that
Secretary Meyer will make the tests
accu-nuiatiye- Therefore, Instead Of
being required 10 walk 30 miles i'll
three days. they will be required to
walk loo miles in six days The
navy department, however, has not de-
cidsd upon any. action.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-17
THIRTY CLOCKS FAIL
TO AWAKEN OWNER

NeA York, Jan. i6.-E'or the first
time in 80 Years. Robert Wflioughby
failed to wake up this morning when
his ~ clocks, simultaneously setting
off a series of gongs. gave their GUS
"marE alarms at s O'Clock He had
died in the night of Brights disease.
W1iloughby Was 81 years old and had
been employed as motorman by the
Third avenue elevated railway. He
never was late to work. The secre.
of his punctuality came 10 light when
his room was inspected today Ranged
around near his bed were 80 clocks
of different size and make All
struck the same hour at the same
time
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-17
ENDANGERED BY FLOOD.

Louisville. Ky Jan. I6--F lnating
property valued AT nearly S2-100.10o is
in jeopardy. people in the low lying
suburb Of Shtppingport are beginning
10 abandon their homes. and damage
to business houses adjacent TO Louis
sille's wharf territory is threatened
BY the swelling waters Of the Ohio
tonight. Although the river Is fall
ing above here. steam packet owners
and tewhoat men are more apprehen-
sise tonight than at any other time
since the rise began.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-17
STRIKE IN MExIcOe

Mexico City. Jan. 16.-Accordins to
a report from reliable sources here
tonight. members of the Mexican
branches of the order of Railway
Conductors and of the Brotherhaoa OF
Locomotive Engineers now employed
on the National Railways OF Mexico.
VIII return in body next Friday. un-
less their representatives are salts
lied with the result Of the conference
with the railway management before
that time Joint COMMITTEES OF the
engineers and conductors will have d
conference tomorrow with General
Manager Clark of the National. RAi,-
ways Of Mexico.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-17
HIGHER TEMPERATURE
Is BUREAUS
PROMISE

Washington, Jan. sl6-Modcrate
temperature for the season will
prevail throughout the United
States in the next few days and
probably in the entire week. accord
ing 10 Il prediction made tonight
by the weather bureau. Some
sharp falls in temperature. how
ever. were looked for in the north
ern states east Of the lake region
Rain is expected in the next Two
days IN the plain central VALLEY
states and later in the week in the
middle eastern and northeastern
states. In the northern states
there will be snow. Fair weather
with the temperature above the
seasonable average is promised for
the southeastern states.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-17

councils Of st. Paul and Minneapolis
have each pledged in writing that TIE.
will participate in the governments
invitation to the two cities. the state
OF Minnesota and the United states to
become partners in the raising of the
famous dam number two in St.
Paul to a height sufficient To utilize
the power sor electric development.
The present navigation lock and the
dam itself will be raised II feet high
er at an additional cost of $3.50 900.
The power thus provided will be dis
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-17

head Of water. The government be-
lieveS that the navigation OF the river
to aid which the dam was originally
built. Will be assisted by the increase
in height of the dam. and tn" 3l-foot
head of water thus developed will be
sufficient not only To light the streets
and public parks Of the two cities with
IA combined population of 100000. but
the university OF Minnesota, the
agricultural college and grounds. the.
big Minnesota state fair and the entire
military reservation at Fort Smelling.
The Improvement win make both
cities Independent of the lighting trust
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tributed IT, both cities for public light
ing. and Il part will he used by the
state for state institutions and part
by the government for its own pur-
poses at Fort Smelling. mile distant
and one Of the six great military posts
of .he country.
St Paul and Minneapolis are 10 pro-
vide the funds for the raising Of the
present dam. which except for gates
and fittings. is practically complete.
1t is located on the western side of
st. Paul. crossing the Mississippi I'm
long gorge where there is ample
opportunity to raise an enormous
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-17

The cost of s25o.Doo will bc divided
between the cities and the expense of
maintenance and operation divided as
well.
The raising of the lower dam or dam
number two will flood out the upper
dam. costly piece Of engineering
work of the same size and character
and make it wholly useless. II is be-
iiesed by the government engineers
that IT VIII be necessary - dynamite
the latter dam ana remove it in order
To secure free navigation. This VIII
mean that between $500. 900 and $1,000
Of expense is wholly useless.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-17
HOPE IS ABANDONED
BY CONSERVATIVE
PARTY
CHANCELLOR LLOYD GEORGE
SAYS THAT GOVERNMENT BY
PEERS is DOOMED.

London. Jan. l6.-Sundas has given
ii welcome respite from the strenuous
work at the election stations, and an
opportunity for calm reflection over
the prospects of both parties striving
for control of the government. The
greatest animation prevailed today at
the clubs and other rendezvous of pol
iticians and Saturdays results were
excitedly discussed from every possible
viewpoint. Although both sides pre-
serve "A sanguine air of confidence, il
Was evident that the conservatives
have abandoned hope that their party
will form the next government. The
utmost they dare To expect Is that the
liberal majority will he 50 reduced in
the next parliament 50 as to place the
liberals at the mercy of the national
lists.
1t must be remembered that Mr..
Balfour. leader of the OPPOSITION in
the house of commons. III II speech
some days ago said that the great pu-
lfical issues now In question wolld
not be settled by one general election
and perhaps by two.
Clearly the ex-oremier accurately
measured the situation and the hopes
Of the tariff reformers mist now be
sentered upon some future general
election. An estimate made today b,
d well-informed unionist based on
Saturdays poilinss. gives the liberals
and laborites a clear majority of 30
or 100 over all parties. which would
provide the liberal government with a
good working majority. Many union
lists. however. are less despondent.
They do not believe that the liberals
will finish the election with 50 good
Il record
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-17
A Mistake?

Many i'v1t Is. believe fhIg The IL
minlsiralion forces made Il mistake in
declining the proffer Of MIR MundelI.
His opposition to she Ealingrr bills
Is said 10 be i'm harmony with luke
warm support given by him In the past
10 the Roosevelt program fur the con-
servation OF natural resources. 1t is
pointed out that few bills withdraw
ing for governmental reserves amy ,.art
OF the public domain that has been
subject To public entry have had Mr..
Mondelfs support. The measures in
question We're drafted ny Secretary
Bailinger. and the Endorsement in
trnduced by request would have
tention of the. country a. almIniStra-
ton measures
In view OF tne fact thai Mr Ealliu-
gers conservation tendencies have
been questioned il might prove ad-
Santageous 10 him To hav, his per
sonal label upon them. Az Interesting
situation viii bs raised IA the house
committee on expenditures IN the in
terror department BY Repre- sentative
Hitchcock Of Nearaska. whn will en-
deavor To suhsranrtate his charges or
extravaganza in the conduct ~ the
land office
Tn. bill giving separate statehood
to New Mexico and Arizona j. on the
house calendar. Hamilton of MichI-
gan, author of the measure. says that,
If its passage IL delayed. il viii be in
the senate.
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Nationalists Happy.

At the National Liberal club great
satisfaction il expressed over the re-
suits so far Further losses are cX-
pected at Glasgow and reduced vote
in the English counties where the ag-
ricultural interests would be likely to
benefit from tariff reform. and where
the landed interests have great in
fiuenee. The poilings tomorrow. which
include 81 London constituencies and
% provincial boroughs, will provide a
better index as To how the country is
going. Should the liberals retain the
hold On the metropolis which they
gained in 1906. their prospects will be
regarded as muca roster than .hey ap-
pear now.
Al present. to sum up. nothing can
be predicted with absolute certainty.
but only a great increase in the union
ist gains over Saturday when they
gained only half the number OF seats
they had counted on. will give them
victory. If unionists continue To gain
a, the same ratio liberals will still
retain majority of about 20. Chan
eellor Lloyd-George said tonight:
We are winning. England is decIar-
ing emphatically against government
By peers. The north is osarn hstming
with us
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-01-17
FUMES FROM BLAST
CAUSE THREE
DEATHS
REvERsEs AIR CUR.
RENT IN MONSTER BORE
WITH FATAL EFFECT.

Montr"sc. Cal. Jan. is.~-Three men
Were suff"cat@d by powder smoke and
nitro fumes Ia the Gunnison tunnel
toda% and 80 others barely escaped
with their lives. Air currents Of the
tunnel were reversed by the concus-
sion of heavy blasts. and the smoke
and gasses were blown back upon the
miners before they could reach the
portal. The dead:
\. 5. HAYNES.
PARKER PATTEN.
y. MARTIN.
fhe men Were working two miles
from the river portal and all prepared
Ia fire their holes at the same time
The air currents were from north IN
south and the miners retired 300 feet
north from the blast when ii was fired.
me air currents reversed immediately
and the three men were overcome be-
Tor" they could grope their way To
I'll" outer air. A number of those VINO
escaped are said to he in precarlous
condition. Physicians tried in vain IN
fesustlcate Haynes, Patten and Martin.
The Gnnnisnn tunnel is the govern
hsht reclamation project opened las,
year by President Taft on his western
trip, II will provide water TO lrrI-
gate $4,000 acres of the Uncompah-re
valley.
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TO WRESTlE IN CHICAGO.

Chicago. Jan. ls.-Dr- b. +. Roller
of Seattle and Raoul de Rouen today
We're matched to wrestie here on Feb
ruary IA
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Read the Register.
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CHAPTER XXI.
Fourteen Elm Street.

1t was Monday evening when we
found the body Of poor Thomas. Mon
day night had been u%neventful; things
were quiet at the house and the pc
culiar circumstances of the old mans
death had been carefully kept from
the servants. Rosie took charge Of
the dining room and pantry, in the alb.
sence of a butler. and, except for the
warning of the Casanova doctor, every.
thing breathed of peace.
Affairs at the Traders bank were
progressing slowly. The failure had
hit small stockholders very hard, the
minister of the little Methodist chapel
in Casanova among them. He had
received as a legacy from an uncle a
few shares Of stock in the Traders
bank, and now his Joy was turned to
bitterness; he had to sacrifice every.
thing he had In the world, and his
feeling against Paul Armstrong, dead,
az he was, must have been bitter In
the extreme. He vas asked to OF,
fciate at the simple services when the
dead bankers body was inferred In
Casanova churchysrd. but the good
man providentially took cold, and a
substitute was called in.
A few days after the services he
called to see me. a k~ind-faced little
man, In = very bad frock-coat and
Numbered tie. / think he was uncer'
tain az to my connection with the
Armstrong family, and dubious wheth.
or l considered MI. Armstrong; TAX.
Ing away a matter for coincidence or
congratulation. He was not long in
doubt.
liked the little man. He had known
Thomas we'll, and had promised to of.
ficiate at the services in the rickety
African Zion church. He told me more
Of himself than he knew. and before
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countants who had examined the books
some two months before testified that
every bond, every piece of valuable
paper, was there at that time. 1t
had been shortly after their examina-
ton that the president, who had been
in bad health, had gone to California.
Mr.. Bailey was still i'll at the Knicker-
booker, and in this, as in other ways
Gertrude's conduct puzzled me. She
seemed Indifferent. refused to discuss
matters pertaining to the bank, and
never, to my knowledge, either wrote
to him n went to see him. Gradual
ly / came to the conclusion that Ger
trude, with the rest Of the world, be-
lieved her lover guilty, and-althOugh
! believed it myself, for that matter
| was irritated by her Indifference.
Girls in my day did not meekly accept
the public's verdict as to the nan
they loved.
But presently something occurred
that made me think that under Ger
trude's surface calm there was a seeth-
ing food of emotions.
Tuesday morning the detective
made a careful search of the grounds.
but he found nothing. In the after
noon he disappeared, and 1t was late
that night when he came home. He
said he would have to go back to the
city the following day, and arranged
with Halsey and Alex to guard the
house.
Liddy came to me on Wednesday
morning with her black silk apron
held up like a bag and her eyes big
with virtuous wrath. 1t was the day
of Thomas funeral in the village, and
Alex and I were in the conservatory
cutting flowers for the old mans cas-
ket. Liddy is never so happy as when
she Is making herself w%retched, and
now her mouth dropped while her eyes
were triumphant.
Il always said there were plenty of
things going on here, right under u
noses, that we couldn't see," she said,
holding out her apron.
II don't sec with my nose" l re-
marked. What have you got there?"
Liddy pushed aside a half dozen
geranium pots, and In the space thus
cleared she dumped the contents of
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1910-09-01
CURE YOUR
Do Not Endanger Life When a Brook
ing citizen Shows you the Cure.

Why will people continue to- suffer
the agonies Of kidney complaint, back
ache, urinary disorders, lameness.
headaches, languor, why allow them
selves to become chronic invalids,
when a certain cure Is offered them?
Doan's Kidney Pills is the remedy
to use. because it gives to the kidneys
the help they need to perform their
work.
II you have any, even one of the
symptoms of kidney diseases, cure
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or Bright's disease sets in. Read this
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Thomas Martineon, lumberman Sec
ond St, Brookings, s. Oak, says: 1T
is a pleasure for m to recommend
Doan's Kidney Pills. For more than
a year l suffered from a severe bach
ache. due to d~isordered kidneys.
Dull, dragging pains through my loins
kept me In misery and my rest was
broken at night by irregular passag's
of the kidney secretions. l was in a
bad way when / learned Of Doan's Kid
ney Pills and procured a box at Villas
Drug Store. They acted more quickly
than l had expected and I steadily
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For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
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CHAPTER xx-Continued

With the death of Thomas, I felt
that a climax had come in affairs at
Sunnyside. The night that followed
was quiet enough. Halsey watched
at the foot of the staircase, and a COM
plicated system of bolts on the other
doors seemed to be effectual.
Once in the night I wakened and
thought / heard the tapping again.
But all was quiet, and | had reached
the stage where I refused to be dis
turbed for minor occurrences.
The Armstrong; were notified of
Thomas death, and l had my first in
terview with DR.. Walker as a result.
He came up early the next morning,
just as we finished breakfast, in a pro-
fessional looking car with a black
hood.
81 must make a double excuse for
this early visit, Miss Innes," he said
as he sat down. The chair was lower
than he expected, and his dignity re.
quired collecting before he went on.
my professional duties are urgent
and long neglected, and"-a fall to the
everyday Misunderstanding must
be done about that body"
YES" l said, sitting on the edge of
my chair. Il merely wished the ad-
dress of Thomas people. You might
have telephoned, IL you were busy"
He smiled.
II wished to see you about some
thing else." he said. LAS for Thomas,
it is Mrs. Armstrong; wish that you
allow her to attend to the expense.
About his relatives, I have already
notified his brother, in the village. 1t
was heart disease, I think. Thomas
always had a bad heart"
Heart disease and fright" I said,
still on the edge Of my chair. But the
doctor had no intention of leaving.
81 understand you have a ghost up
here, and that you have the house
filled with detectives to exercise It"
he said.
For some reason / felt I was being
pumped" as Halsey says. YOU
have been misinformed," I replied.
what. no ghost. no detectives!" he
said, still with his smile. What a dis
appointment to the village!"
! resented his attempt at playful