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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-22
RoosEvELT~s ITINERARY

Leave New York, August 2s.
1880 A. M: arrives Utica, 1851
Leaves Utica, August "a. mid
night. arrives Buffalo $50 A. NJ
August Is. leaves 1850 arrives
Chicago p. NJ: leaves Io:ss F.
August 2s, arrives Omaha. s:2s
p. NJ; leaves 3 r. HI.
August 81. arrive Chennye. las
A. NJ.
August %, leaves Chennye,
s:25 A. NJ; arrived Denver. 1875
A NJ.
August so, leaves Denver, 7.45
A. M; arrives Pueblo. l145 a.
M; leaves, 1880 p M.
August 81, Arrives osawatomie.
$3.50 A. III.
September !, leaves Osswa-
tomie, 9.sb A. NJ; arrives Kansas
City. le;l5 noon. leaves Kansas
City, 1910 r. NJ.
September 2, arrives Omaha.
6;25 A. NJ.
September ). leaves Omaha,
v7'se A. Mss arrives Sioux city.
A NJ. Leaves. ll145-A All ar
rived Sioux Falls. s;s0 =. NJ
September 4, leaves Sioux Falls,
September 3. leaves Fargo. II
September s, arrives st. Paul,
$40 A. NJ. leaves. 1920 p. M.
September Z. arrives MiIwau-
kee, 505 A. M; arrives Freeport,
l2.I0 noon: leaves Freeport. I.4o
r. M; arrived Chicago, 4:55 +.
M: leaves, IL midnight
September .. arrived Cincin-
nau, 8 X. NJ.
September 10. leaves Cincin-
natl. 9 A. NJ: arrives Pittsburg.
Gao P. NJ, leaves Pittsburg.
1I;10 r. NJ
September II, arrives New
York. 9:1s A. NJ.
Total number OF miles, 6.lss.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-22
MIDDIES ARE OUT
ON PRACTICE CRUISE
Football Squad TO Go on Leave
at Onve and Report
Early.

ANNAPOLIS N Atg s222..-The
battleship squadron. on which the
$50 midshipmen have been making
the annual practice cruise, lasting
capes to-day.
The torpedo boat Bagley was sent
down to meet the squadron to-day to
bring here the body of Midshipman
Richard Robinson Landy. OF Tennes-
see. member Of the third class, who
died on the Iowa on Saturday.
The Bagley was accompanied by
the tug Standish, which will bring
ashore the members OF the football
squad who are TO so on leave at
once They will return from fur
Tough a week ahead OF the COM
! mencement OF classes. so that they
can have that time for practice.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-22
SEA OF FLAMES
GAINING HEADWAy
Number of Towns Wiped Out
Death Roll Mounting
Rapidly
DRIVEN FROM HOMES
MANY ARE DESTITUTE
Montana and Idaho Governors
Will Ask President for More
Troops as Present Force
is Inadequate.
RESULT OF FOREST rlaEs.

The dead; At Wallace. "a; New
port, wash, 4: total all districts
estimated at between 40 and IS,
Loss to limb Miilions inn
possible TO estimate.
Loss to property other than
timber Estimated at $4,000, 900
Missing: 200 forest rangers In
st, Joe county.
Homeless. 5000 to 5000.
Towns affected: In Idaho. Wal
lace and Avery destroyed, Saltez
burning; Elk City. Mulian and
Occur DAlene City threatened;
many mining camps wiped out.
Montana; Taft. White Pine,
Noxen, Belknap, Heron. Destroy
ed; Vaughan burfng; DeBorgfa.
st. Regis, Thompson Falls, Hem
derson threatened: all house in
Camas Valley burned.
In Washington: Newport par
TALLY destroyed; Liehart and
Anatone threatened
In British Columbia: Yfmir sur !,
rounded by Bush fires: several
small settlements destroyed and
fires gaining Roadway.
The fire fighters; 5000 forest
rangers, citizens and United
States troops.
Governors Of Montana ana
Idaho personally directing fire
fighters Both will appeal to
President Taft for more Federal
assistance.
Relief trains en- route from the
East with supplies for homeless
who are camped in open places.
sheiteriess and starving.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-22
VALUABLE GEM
STOLEN SUNDAY

Thieves entered the home of Mr. l..
Q. Shepherd, 113-A North Third
street, Sunday evening and stole q
diamond ring valued at $125
The gem was taken from a dresser
In the room and near 1t In a jewelry
box was left diamonds and other
tewelry valued at more than a thous-
and dollars.
1t Is supposed that the thieves were
frightened away before they made a
more thorough search OF the room.
The matter was reported to the
police Sunday night and ali OF the
pawnshops have been searched with
q view OF ascertaining II the thief has
made away with the gem.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-22
Now ON Atlantic.

FATHER POINT, QUE, Aug. ga
A wireless message from Fame Point
states that the steamer Megantic. on
which DIR. II. III. Crippen and Ethel
Leneve are being returned to London.
passed out CT the mouth OF st. Law
renee river this morning. The trip
has been uneventtul thus far and the
two noted prisoners are kept closely
confined to their cabins.
When the White Star liner passed
here Sunday afternoon a white can
vas screen erected on the after deck
could he seen from the shore. This
puzzled the shore observers until the
pilot came back and explained that II
had been put there SO that the two
prisoners could be given regular ex-
ercise and at the same time be shell
tered from the observation of the
other persons on board.
Miss Leneve 10 on the passenger
list of the steamer as Miss J. Byrne.
while Crippen Ia booked as Cyrus
Field. A tug boat with press repre-
sentatives on board followed the
steamer down the river for some dis
lance. but was not allowed to go
alongside. and neither the prisoners
nor their guards could be seen.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-22
CONFESSEs THEFT
Of VALUABLE STONES
Man is Arrested by Buffalo Pc
lice With the Goods
On.

BUFFALO. y. Y, Aug 22.--Win Nc
Dermott. % years old arrested as a
suspicious person on Saturday, and on
whose person s3.5e0 worth OF diamonds
and iewelry was found. broke down
to-day and confessed that he had ia
ken the jewels from rooms of a Della
awre Water Gap hotel occupied by
Mr.. and Mrs, Frank Rambo promi-
nent Philadelphia couple. Philadelphia
police were notified. The authorities
say McDeruott has a bad record.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-22
JOSE MADRZ
SURRENDERs
TO ESTRADA
Insurgents March Into Nicaraguan
Capital Fresh from Recent
Victories-Old President
Admits Defeat and Gives
Way to Successful
Rival.

MANAGUA, Aug. 22.--Gencral
Louis Mena, commanding the rev
ofutionary army OF Nicaragua,
with several thousand men, fresh
from their victories ut Granda
and Tipitapa, where the forces of
Madrtx were put 70 rOut, ending
the long war, marched into Man
aqua to-day.
This was followed by the almost
tragic spectacle OF DR.. Jose Mad
riz, the man who had fought for
year In his cndeayors to retain
the presidency OF Nicaragua, pub
liciy acknowledged his defeat mt
the hands Of Juan Estrada. and
proclairning Estrada president Of
the republic.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-22

A deed Of bargain and sale was re-
corded in Chancery Court Monday be-
tween Henry s. Wallerstein and wife
and others to Mark r. Thompson.
The former conveyl to the latter
property improved with residence No.
South Second street for $40 and
other valuable considerations.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-22
NORTH ATLANTIC FLEET
LEAVES NARRAGANSETI

NEWPORT. r. T.. Aug. 22.-The
Atlantic fleet. which for a week has
been the center OF attraction to hun
dreds OF excursionists. and whose men
have been lavishly entertained by the
city of Newport and its citizens, left
Narragansett Bay this afternoon.
bound for the southern drill grounds.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-22
HE BIT BIG CHUNK
OUT OF MANS FACE

WHEELING, W. VA, Aug. "a
You've got too much cheek" said Mas.
sis Michael TO his next door neighbor
Joseph Peters, to-day graphing with
him and biting out huge chunk OF
his cheek and manning him for life.
Michael accused Peters OF stealing
from his garden He was arrested.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-22
MAN is FATALLY BURNED
In DESTRUCTION OF HOME

WHEELING. w. VA. Aug. 22.-J.
w. Barker Il dead from burns sus-
tanned early to-day when his home
wes burned at Ravens Rock. w. va.
A son was badly burned about the
face and a small daughter jumped
from an upstairs window and was
sAsAAu&lx injured.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-22
Campaign Marked by Great
Apathy Takes on Life
at Close
HOPEFUL YET:
LOOKS LIKE YOUNG
Incumbent Making an Active Can
vass as Campaign Comes TO
End-Indications Point
to Close Vote.

Especial to The Richmond Virgtnian-1
NORFOLK. VA, Aug. 22.--Tc- NOR
row is primary day in the Second con :
greesional district and the Democrats
will select candidate to oppose H II.
Rumble. who has been nominated by
the Republicans.
The Democratic campaign has been
an apathetic affair from beginning to
end. There has been absolutely no
interest manifested by the voters. VIII
liam A. Young, who is opposing Harry
L. Maynard, incumbent, has not made
a single speech, Maynard. who thought
he had a walkover In the beginning,
did not wake mp until week ago. and
since then he has made one and some
times two speeches day, besides tour
ing the counties in an automobile.
From the best information obtain
able, 1t looks as though Maynard will
be defeated and the majority will be
small. Maynard apparently believes he
will win. but Young, IL is generally
thought, stands the best chance of win
Maynard will carry Use of Wight,
Nansemono and Southampton conn-
ties and the city Of Portsmouth. His
majority in the latter place, however
be greatly reduced. according to un-
biased reports. Young will carry Nor
folk city by big majority and Nor
folk county by a safe margin. He will
also carry Princess Anne county. and
political leaders say Young will win the
nomination by a majority OF 800.
Maynard says he will win the NOM
fnation. despite the odds against him
That he thinks his record will secure
for him denomination. Young says
he will win, and the indications from
unbiased sources certainly point to his
nomination.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-04-01
RON AIR CRUISER.
Expected to Garry Sixty llMei, at Fifty
$3sess Hes an III our. Il

Expected III Garry sixty Men IL Fifty
5ss3ss Miles an Hour.
Immense ali cruiser to- carry
from dfty to sixty p d Is on IS and Intend
sed to travel at our to fifty
miles an hour a apptoa ching compile
lion at Trier. Germany and viii be
launched earl, this spring sby Its In
5ventor, Anton Border, an engineer Of
Trier, IT introduces anS entirely new
departure l Il HUI cons s6i1 tlon air.
ships, as Ii ia BUN ~ 81 iron.
The new ess X vessel ii expected Is
achieve even more sncc easfulll results
than those. I fs the nj aluminium type
built by Count zeppel which it
~ chiefly modelled. :It Is TO be named
the Trier after, the Gown where It was
btiflt
Tie skeleton osf thes balloon III FORM.
Sed of rolled iron pipin The central
hollow iron shat IA 40 feet long and
about sixteen inch les 81 ~ diameter.
There are sixteen other. side SHIRTS In
The framework each off| them about
82SI feet long and eight inches ain Oh
san1eter. u These are Joined 10 the cen
8trai shaft bysa Int icework ofS 1ron. ~ u
ssssT The gas Is obtained III twelve ring
haltoonats ins thu same manner as Ia
StheN Zeppelin Graf These baIloonets
are Just over twenty -seYens sfeet long
I by nearly forty feet Hi SiIfanafar and
He end to / end along the body Or the
airahip The vessel Ii provided with
/ Eve motors. developing altogether $50
sshorsep One lofS them, or eighty
horsepower, drives the propelle which
\ is fitted at the bows. The four others
develop 100 horsepo wer each sand are
used to put Into NOV cement the sixteen
vertical and eight horizontal screw
planes which steer the ship upward
and downward and to starboard sand
port They also control the motion Of
the ship forward and astern.
It&is esttmat ted \ that. these powerful
motors will give the vessel a speed OF
lat least fort -fouf "a Hes an hour when
they are an WORK king, and It IS thought
that an average Of y ffty miles al hour
may be: at tained + &
E b The entire wei ht OF the framework,
motors and equip is thirty tons,
and the enormous volume OF gas con-
tanned by the vessel hen fully infat-
Led win permit sthe transport Of ten
tons. .s { ,,
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-04-01
TRYING 4 n G cru q $ in i KANSAS.

John Boyle 81 Goodland Growing The
u Thornless Variety For Forage. II
John % Boyle Of 6 odland, Kan,
formerly a member Of the Kansas leg
islature lis 8 experime emitting with ! the
Y Luther sBurb ank thornless cactus il
Sherman county Kan 5$5}FS IL
s. Il got fifty plants last July, Mr..
SBoyle aid the other da E hoed
them some, but the rains shortly after
harvest seemed to stunt the plants.
s#:3 Chen Swhen itf@ turned of dry and
hot I'D Sept enber the plants did wen,
and got 155;3 ssho til as
hardl fair mentS last yea, as
Il did not get the plants Set out until
30 late win Set out the plants this
year IN May and ought to get enough
from that patch to cover I ten acres
next year Burbank says that three
tons Of the tthornless cactus have; as
much nutriment I'D one ton OF alfalfa
and that the Kansas soil ought to pro-
sdnce sseventy five tons an acre sIff 1T
does produce this well and lis as ;nltri-
lions as asserted the growing Oh the
cactus In western Kansas WIN mean q
new life the live stock industry
there, as the cactus IS d sure crop. easy
To- grow and to hand e. AZ
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-04-01

L
Conductor George Else, who has
been very low for some time has been
removed from his home at Antier to-
the hospital at Westhope to undergo
an operation. He has not been I'M
proving as fast as he should, ana iits
was found necessary to- operate for
q pus that formed Oh his lungs. The
many friends Of Mr.. Else in this nj
cality are hoping for his early recoy--sI
cry Grand Forks Herald. 5ss Ss
Many OF our old-timers are inclin-
ed to ..yiew with alarm the extreme
" early and windy spring that We are
experiencing this year. claiming that
It bodies i'll for the crops this season
while there are Others that don pay
any attention to signs -but go right
ahead chucking the seed into the
ground as fast as possible Rugby Or
hmns. }s;S u 4 s$ 4:
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-04-01

Perpetual Trophy or Yacht Racing
A perpetual trophy, AZ honor shield,
on which viii be Inscribed I all the
lsehampi nship timers ia every class,
beginning with the year 1896, has been
presented Ito the Yacht Racing Assoc
citation of Massach usetts 81 Sir Thorn
sas Upton, cording I'd an announce.
sment made the other night at the an
snral meeting off the ASSOCIATE Ion.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-04-01
SLA| ! ] NP| | ] / ! ]. !
ADv I
British Official VINO Entertained
Colonel Roosevelt at khaftull.,
HIS ESCAPE FROM OMDuRMIAl

How che Inspector General 81 cha su-s
\ dan After Eleven Years Captivity IA
Tic Hands III ths ltlahdists Made, d,
Dash For Libsrty M ou1tsd Or canssis.
The career OF Sir Rudolf Carl slattn
Pasha, the fremark abie soldier Ftand
British inspector general 3of the Sudan,
who recently tente tained Colonel The
odore Roos6 ltsand his partyiat char
tdh has been full Oh daring and adj
venture II, ,ssS
81 Het was born IN Austria In 1857 and
educated In Vienna. Fired: with IA de
sire to travel and Wishing TO take part
In the exploration OF Africa, Siatin first
went to the Sudan In 1870. after q
short stay he returned to Austria to
icompl his military service, and i 1t
swas:fhd unti1 two years later that lie
returned; 20 the Sudan, where he was
appointed5toEa high post under Gener-
al Gordon. He conducted q successful
campaign against al pretender to- the
Darfur throne and was made governor
general OF the province BY the khedive.
Then the wave OF mahdism swept the
whole Of the Sudan. Gordon was muir
:dered, and the British. expedition was
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1910-04-01

/ @IAT1N PASHA WHEN he ESCAPED FROM
compelled to retreat. slatin was cap
|tured and placed in seclusion BY the
mahdi iii 1884 hen the mahdi died
Slatin was released BY his successor,
the khalifa but was kept under close
suryell lance IN Omdu durham N
Ills Dash For Liberty. ri "a 81
Il Slatin's escape; from captivity Is one
of; Intense interest. In January, 1895,
Gordon's old lieutenant, for such Sla-
tin was, dispatched to his friend Fa-
Ither Ohrwald der, In Vienna, d letter
written In invisible iink. In which he
gave an account Of the means he
should employ to effect his escape: but
It was not until february that the ar
rangements were completed Il 1t was
then whispered to him that at a I eer4
tain hour three camels and two Arab
guides would be waiting for him on
the outskirts Of Omdurman. IN tWen-
sty-four hours after setting out Slatin
land his companions had ridden nearly
$50 miles, foil owing a circuitous route
Eon the friendly side OF q desert range
M IN three days they were An the Ba-
Iyuda desert At this point their cam
Eels gave ont and the guide started of
/ in quest Of fresh ones, slatin ana one
companion concealing themselves on
20 hillside for five days. ass
ii was during this period or waiting
that Slatin had d scare which tried his
nerves 81 was wing alone "a the
shado OF q rock, his only comp Mon
having gone away In SseaTch b. Of water,
when he heard footsteps approa ching.
He did not dare to move, suspe Getting
that ii derVish scout had discovered
This retreat. The foo tsteps came nearer
and nearer and then receded. Fearing
that his reel lining figure had been seen,
the fugitive dispat ched Ills companion
in pursuit Of the unWelcome visitor,
who, when overtaken, Il proved to- be
~ cousin Of the guide He promised
10 keep silence.
sursued by peryishe
The evening sof the same dap fresh
Ecameis arrived, and the party started
again. crossing the Nile with the, aid
OF inflated water skins The following
day friendl messenge came up to
Etell them that some of.s the khalifa,s
lsderrisaes mounted On swift siromeda-
rios. were I'll pursuit slatins Bey and
his friends had scarcel time to retire
toSa rayine when the q shes swept
past fun speed.
The pursued came out az their hid
ling place and we're III the act of kill
Iing sheep for sur per hen they re-
ceiYed second warming and agate
heat sretrea his time they saw
body on tlllea arcll for the
IKoroska desert
After the after xpefience slstti
Keys part abans 1oned the ylle alley
and struck OF across the desert fer Ed
Eduem ID lesss thar, venty four
incl ling the yes stop iii the
EBayuda desert, the ravelsd 900
miles, sui sisting mainly on bread and
dried datess But they arrived IA Az
snun III good spirits md the Journey
thence ID Cairo was made MAJ hout in-
ctdent.
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Continues / from page one.1SI,

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covered he solutio 81 81 III her prison
question, at least for petty crimes.
The etfect &upon ttlhe standard 81 thu ,s
army can easily be ina se,fned t,e|
soldiers seen is by ' ia today looked 90 iii
large per cent. we're 5ss.ladrsones' ana
the American talked WITH stated
that when StheS troops were safely ont
I Or the city the residents might again
rest easy I'LL regard ssto their chicken
ssco1sops, clothes iines, etc.
Me larticles emitted Barbarous
slEexic uni onbtedIy snntrlie5 in
from tlae smal Enbsera,11
ion Ws; have made ana facts sainad
from talking with man ~ u Americans
io haVe $ars5ysled thioua1ls every
ISL TIE eountrs However there III ~
question b,it what tl,e govesrliinen of
Mexico III q desE yu tisin benayyo lent
t,otdgii it Sbe III d 81. ii nbar of
eUhings, when ii comes sto diotat liz
the naming of federal Dfficials. legisla,
tors, scabine ofiicers etc. Porffaro
Diaz has ark All harIea Murs
sphy, ana our own beloved Alsx McKen-s
lie, iall III lie kind ergarten class learn.
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-06-14
RICH GOLD STRIKE
MADE AT DUNCAN
Ore Runs From $3.50 to $500
Per Ton-Many Pros
pectOrS at Work.

Clifton, Ariz., June 1.-THE new gold
strike in the Carlisle mining district,
is. miles north of Duncan, Ariz, by
Slim Isabel and Lem Spaw and others,
has created intense excitement around
Duncan and Clifton. The men have
sunk a shaft about 20 feet deep. show
ing rich gold ore the entire depth. The
ledge is 20 feet wide, and the rich pay
vein is six feet wide, assaying, accord
ton, and in narrower streaks the ore
runs into the thouf ands of dollars per
ton, the gold beinglvisible and free and
well disseminate throughout the
quartz vein matter
Frank Eichelbe6ger. the discoverer
of the celebrated Hing of Arizona mine,
near Yuma, Arizofa, is now at Steeple-
rock, prospecting and examining these
properties with a view of promoting a
company to work the mine. The origi-
nal discoveries have located six claims
on the ledge. This is the same ledge
as the famous old Carlisle ledge, and is
about three miles from ii.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-06-14
SUPPLIES RUSHED FOR
$. p. EXTENSION TO TEPIC
Bridge Across Santiago River May Go
Out at Any Time; Mazatlan Mer-
chant Buys for rant Bros,
the Contractors.

Mazatlan. Mexico, June 14.-Carlos
L. Volquardsen. head of Heymann Sues,
of this city, the largest hardware and
implement establishment on the Pacific
coast of Mexico. has been making big
shipments of supplies for the Southern
Pacific extension in Topic, the Grant
Bros. Construction company, which is
building the extension, is having sup
plies rushed across the Santiago river
in anticipation of the early opening
Of the rainy season. The temporary
bridge across the Santiago is expected
to go out with the first high water in
the river, and after that it will be i'm
possible to transport heavy materials
acress the stream until the close of the
rainy season in the fall.
The distance from the Santiago river
TO the city Of Topic, capital of the ter
ritory, is 96 kilometers. There is some
heavy work to be done, and it will re-
quire several months to complete the
extension to the Topic capital The
contractors expect to carry on con-
struction through the rainy season.