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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-19

London. May ls.-Thousands Of per-
sons marching In double file on either
side of the catafalque on which rests
the coffin of Edward VII passed
through Westminster hall today and
when the doors We're closed at 10
O'Clock tonight there were miles of
them In line. Throughout the afternoon
Victoria station was the scene of "A
constant stream of foreign reprcscn-
tatives arriving for the funeral. King
Albert of Belgium and King Manuel
of Portugal, were met by King George
and his eldest son, the Duke of Corn
wall other arrivals included the Duke
of Aosta. representing King Victor
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-19
ARE FOUND
LOCKED IN TOOL BOX

Boise, Idaho, May lh.-Locked la a
tool box IN a woodshed at their home
I'm South Boise. the bodies of Agnes
aud Willie SchIer. children of Harry
Schier, . years and years old, re-
spectiyely, were found today by "A lit
tie girl of the neighborhood. after a
searching party composed of more
than 100 persons had returned from
an all nights quest, dragging irfi-
CATION canals and overturnfng every
tangible object in the surround ~
country II Is presumed that the chil-
fren, while at piay yesterday IN the
large tool box. drew down the lid.
which WAS self-lOckng
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-19
WILL RAISE RATES.

Washington. May ls.-Information
has reached the interstate commerce
commission that the transcontnental
railroad lines next autumn will ad-
vance their rates on all forest products
ana perhaps on other commodities
from the north Pacific states to east
ern destinations. ON forest products
the advance will be about 10 cents "A
hundred pounds The increase will
take effect on the execution of the
commissions orders in the north Pa p
cific lumber cases
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-19
Up ~ the Al.

81 Louis, May Is Professor George
-. James. astronomer 1T Washington
university, accompanied by John Berry.
a veteran pilot. ascendrd in the balloon
ST Louis Ill at $50 o'clock tonight ~
make observations during the transit
of llalley's comet across tho face Of the
sun The purpose of the expedition is
To determine II possible what effect
the passage of the earth through a
comets tail has on atmospheric con
ditions and 10 observe possible me-
teorite showers.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-19
PRISONER ESCAPES
FROM RESTAURANT

= Mcdonnell, who WIS wanted
W Wallace Oh charge Of grand lar
cenE, was arrested here yesterday
afternoon by Sheriff Graham The
prisoner was confined in the county
Jail and about & O'Clock asked To be
taken out for dinner one OF the
deputies accompanied him to the res
taurant and as they were sitting at
the table ono Of he walters passed
through the door leading into the
Kitchen. Before The door closed Nc
Donn"ll had slipped through and, run
ming through the Kitchen, gained the
alley He had Il good stralght-away
and was never headed Up to a late
hour last night he had not been re-
apprehended.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-19
VICTORY OF "WETS"
IS ASSURED
OFFICIAL COUNT is NECESSARY
TO DECIDE MINOR DETAILS
IN DENVER.

Denver. May ls,--Although 1t will re-
quire the official count to definitely
settle the fate of the different amend
ments to the city charter balloted on
at yesterdays election. all sides prac-
tically admit tonight that the lnlta-
tive and referendum and recall were
adopted, as well as the proposition for
a water commission. The latter pro-
vidcs for commission of three mem
bers TO dispose of the question of mu-
nicipal ownership of Denvers water
plant.
The democrats will have control of
the board Of aldermen with II OF the
10 members. the republicans having
three and the citizens party two. The
board of supervisors Will consist of
three democrats, three republicans and
one member of the citizens party.
The elections commission will include
woman. wel-known author, who
was a candidate on the citizens ticket.
The other two members of the COM
mission are democrats. The law pro-
vides that only two of the three
members may be members of the
same political faith.
The majority rolled up by the
vets" In their fight against the anti
saloon people Is now estimated at
$1,000. Not only WAS the attempt TO
wipe out the saloons OF Denver bea ten,
but the plan to limit the number of
saloon licenses and raise the license
was voted down also. Practically
complete returns on the 2O-year water
franchise sought by the water COM
pany shows majority of $500 against
IL.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-19
FOREST EXPERIMENT.

Libby. Mont. May fs-tSpecial.) y
r. rest Supervisor Dorr Skeels IL ex-
perimenting here with $1,000 eastern
white pine seedlings, which have just
been received from the Michigan agrl- :
cultural college. The eastern white
pine is said to be superior To the west :
ern variety. and IL the young plants
thrive here they will be extensively
used for purposes Of reforestation
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-19

Denver, May ls-Preferring the ian
gers they know To those of which They
are ignorant, many Of the foreign
miners employed ON the day shifts 90
the Leadville and Cripple creek mines
remained underground tonight Il can
tell what is liable 10 fall on ma under
ground" sahi one old hard rock ~
he started into the Yak tunnel at
Lcadville. hut I want 1900 feet of
Ieadvilc granite between me and
them comets.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-19

tricity. which produce straug magnetic
fields, Dr Hale said These fields
might disturb the magnetism Of the
earth. but Dr Hale added that ho did
not think the spots were responsible
for recent seismic disturbances.
You can say Tor me. ho said ~ the
Associated Press, that there II not tho
slightest reason g. suppose that ihc
sun spots have any connection either
with recent earthquakes ~ comet
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-19
Terrestrial Ball Passes Through Tenuous Tail
of Hallcy's Twister and There Is No Jar
AMERICAN SCIENTISTS SEE GREAT SUN SPOTS
Notwithstanding That Terror Rcgns Among Ignorant and
That Fear Holds Sway in Many Places There Is No
Drnscr AT Any Tmc---Appandage is Nothing
Set In Naught

The comet raHc. the roupt went aud
THIS old world * 40 worse aud To bet
ter, and thus far very little wiser.
There was no collision. as the super
stititious and the ignorant feared. and
now that the comet ~ headed away
from us. there viii bc nu recurrence of
the manifestations of terror that were
recorded from all parts of the world.
The earth did pass through the tail Of
the comet. but nobody suffered from
deadly cynnogcn gas 10 the naked
eye the tail of the comet was indeed
the veriest approach to nothing set IN
the midst Of naught
In fact. the phenomena of the day
light hours ~ yesterday were far the
more interesting During the after
noon sun spots were observed In vary
Ing numbers about the same hour from
five western nhservatories. but the as
tronomcrs who recorded them were al
most unanimous la the belief that
these disturbances of the solar atmos-
phere had nothing to do with the ap-
proach of the comet and were merely
cuincidental.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-19

Mary accompanying the guests Tie
German imperial yacht Hohenzollern
arrived at Shearness this evening but
az the emperor's request no salntes
were fired The emperor viii land to-
morrow morning and proceed To- Lon
don.
The official program of Fridays Ger
omonal which was issued tonight. Is
lengthy document. occupying five
or six columns In the newspapers. Mr..
Roosevelt as special envoy of the
United States with NJ. Piehon VIII
ride In the eighth carriage In the pro-
cession.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-19
cRlTTeNOEN HONORED.

st. Louis, May is,-A memorial serv-
ice In honor OF Charles N, Crittenden,
the founder of the organization, was
held today by the National Florence
Rescue Home association.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-19
Sun Spots.

Thirty sun spots were seen from ~
Louis. ~ which the largest was estl.
mated Ia be 10000 miles across: two
from san Jose. Cal. with ~ surround
ing smaller spots. three considerably
accentuatcd spots from Chicago. three
connected spots from Vallejo, Cal. and
two from Portland. ore None OF the
eastern observatories had anything Of
note to report either during the day or
the night At Chicago and at Williams
Bay. wis. whore is the great Yerkes
telescope, the conditions for obserya-
tions seemed the best and the astron-
omers there were confident the mega
tive az well as the positive results Of
their examination would be OF lasting
scientific value
The whole performance took a little
more than five hours. Observers dif-
fer as To the exact time at which the
earth began Ia pass through the com
cts tail. but the general opinion gives
"A moment between 10 and II o'clock
ut night. eastern time The combined
speed of the tail and the earth was es
tmated at slightly more than Al miles
second ana the breadth Of the tail
at about .O00.0 900 miles.
Friday the comet will become visible
again. headed away from MS with the
tail sticking straight up out of the
western skys "a little above the spot
where the sun sinks. There will then
bc no light from the rising sun To dim
the glory of the spectacle and II Is
likely To be far more majestic than In
the stages of the approach. Al the
end nf a month. good bye for another
70 years,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-19
THIEF GOES TO JAIL.

Boston, May ls-George " Cole.
man, after admitting today that he
looted the National city bank Of Cam
bridge OF s309.000 was sentenced 10
10 years IN the county jail,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-19
EXPLOSION OF DYNAMITE IN
CUBA KILLS FIVE SCORE
PEOPLE.
IN GUARDS BARRACKS
Explosive Stored in Military Building
10 Set OF With Deadly Effect
Exact Cause Is Unknown--Relief
Trains Are Being Rushed TO Scene
OF Horror, Pinar del Rio.

Havana. May Is. Two almost a.
inultanevus explosions of dynamite sun
posed to consist of 1900 pounds com
p'ctely demolished the rural guard
barracks Ia the city Of pinar del Rio
This afternoon. Fully 100 persons were
Killed and nearly as many wounded.
Most Of the dead were rural guards
but the entire families Of several off
GERS, II Is reported. were killed also,
as well as seven employees OF the pub
tic works departments and residents
of the city.
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Dynamite Gathered.

In consequence OF the excitement
over race disturbances. the govern
lnent ordered all dynamite In the VI
cinity In the possession of contractors
for road construction and other public
works To be reruoved To the barracks
for safe keeping. "his afternoon the
VOL of removing H.. dynamite from
the barracks for shipment to Havana
was begun by employees of the pub
lie works department. assisted by rural
guards.
They were loading cases of the dy-
Mantle on wagons when the explosion
occurred. The central court where the
work was going on WAS strewn with
dead and wounded. The work of ex-
huming the dead and searching for
those who still may be alive Is going
on tonight, but II IL greatly retarded
by the destruction of the electric light
wires and the fear that IA quantity of
unoxploded dynamite may remain In
the ruins.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-19

London, May 18.-Never in this
generation have SO many members
Of royalty gathered as are now
present to pay their homage to the
late king during the funeral service
this week. Practically every cont.
mental ruler is here in person, and
every nation on the globe OF i'm.
portsnee is officially represented.
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Accident?

II Is not known whether the ex-
plosion was AN accident or was due
To an act of consprators but the for
iner hypothesis IL considered the more
probable. Several relief trains carry
ing surgeons. officers and men of the
rural guard and government officials.
started this afternoon for Havana
to the scene of the catastrophe. 1Os
miles away.
Captain Alfredo Ravena and Captain
Gaspar Bctancourt OF the garrison and
their families are reported to be
buried In the ruins
The barracks was "A massive build
ing of Spanish construction and oc-
cupied AN eminence In the outskirts
OF the city. During the late interven-
ton 1t was the headquarters of the
Eleventh United States cavalry.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-19
YOU NEED

The MissoulIan every morn
ing II gives all the news.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-05-19
THE WEATHER

To-day Fair.
Tomorrow Fair.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-12-22
TW0-|NCH |
DIAMOND
Is Worn by Daughter Of
Ihos. walsh--SeQpad
largest in.IWor|d :

WASHINGTON. d. c.. Dec. 2l.-
Mrs. Edward b. Mclean. daughter OF
tie late Thomas Walsh, the Colorado
iuining man. has created q great stir
iu fashionable circles by wearing the
second largest diamond in the world
as q pendant, and another of enormous
size in bandeau about her forehead.
Mrs. McLean's diamond is one OF the
most wonderful ever seen in this coun-
try and is said to have its only su-
perior in one of the crowd Jewels own
ed by the King OF England. The Nc
Lean jewel is more than two inches
long of oval shape and worn on the
end of a short neck chain suspended
below an enormous emerald. Mrs.
Mclean wears the huge stone and
sne forehead bandeau with q black
velvet gown and her appearance at the
theater and other entertainments ut.
tracts much attention. She is also
wearing long sable cape which is
very unusual as 1t reaches the bottom
CT her gown and represents, furriers
sdy, an outlay of hundred thousand
Collars.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-12-22
$4,000 900 FIRE IN CINCINNATI

CINCINNATI. O.. Dec. 2l.-Three
men dead. four missing, a number
severely injured and property loss
estimated at nearly three n.illions are
the results of fire which swept
through block In the manufacturing
district in this city early today. rag
ing for more than five hours Ten
firms were burned out and eight large
l,uIldings destroyed.
The fire broke out In the manufac
turing plant of the Krippendorf &
O'Neill Shoe company and before II
could be checked, had spread into ad
joining structures. A cold biting wind
which benumbed the hands ci the fire.
men helped the dreaded work of the
flames. As soon as water was dash
ell against the adjoining buildings il
froze into vast icicles.
The fire was discovered about
o'clock and lighted up the city and
drove the panicstricken guests from
the Cincinnati hotel In Sycamore
street nearby. The entire block from
Ninth and Sycamore streets to Broad
way was swept by the flames.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-12-22
DEATH PENALTY LONG DELAYED

OAKLAND. Cal, Dec. 21 -Gne OF
the longest legal fights ever waged in
California by convicted murderer
to escape paying ths pena'ty for his
chine has ended her, with the re-
sentencing of Mark A. wilkins to he
hanged in February next Wilkins
crime was the murder OF Vernie Car.
min, who lived with him as his wife
In November, 1907 rne woman died
from poison. The crime was ,mmit-
ted in little cottage IN Fl.ll,rst,
near here, where ins couple lived
After committing the murder wilkins
buried his victim in lli IA ime in the
yard back of the house.
wilkins was tried in the early part
OF 1906. He was quickly convicted
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-12-22
A Boys PitifuI Death

and sentenced to be executed In No.
vember OF that year. Then began a
legal battle that has established a
record for longevity In the criminal
records OF this state Though reputed
to be a burglar by profession and
having a long prison record. wilkins
is well educated and is said to come
of wellto-do family. Every step
known to the law was employed in
the fight to save him from the gallows
The case was carried to the highest
courts. but without avail. The high
est tribunal reaffirmed the Judgment
Of the trial court. and after legal
battle lasting three years there now
appears no legal means for the con-
F6emned murderer to escape the death
penalty.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-12-22
THREE HUNDRED MINERS KILLED
IN TERRIBLE ENGLISH DISASTER
All England Aghast at Extent of Awful
Calamity at Bolten--Explosion Followed
by Terrific Fire Which Prevents Rescue
Work--Sad Scenes at Mine Portal

Great billows of Are spurted from the
pit hundreds of feet in the airy and
pockets of gas exploded from time to
time with tremendous detonationj.
Crowds crazed by Grief
Within few minutes after the birst
hast occurred the mouth OF the mine
was surrounded with relatives land
friends OF the miners. The local au
thorities were powerless to restore or.
der among the crowd at the pit mouth
who crazed by grief. seemed deter
mined to crowd into the mine at the
risk of their lives in vain hope OF
rescuing some of the entombed men.
Flames Trap Hundreds
Falling slate and seething furnace
OF flame cut off at least $50 of the
miners from immediate rescue. md
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-12-22

to operate 1t and placing /! under
the direction and control of the Colo
rado Agricultural college. II Is stipu
lated that the appropriation for the
maintenance of this school should be
separate and apart from the appro-
priation for the agricultural college
THE school. should 1t be establish.
I'd. will be conducted on the same
lines as the school of agriculture
which was started at the college here
last year. This action of the board Ii
the outcome OF activity on the part oi
persons in and around Durango. head
ed by Representative Weaver ard Rep
resentative-elec Ebbert, both OF whom,
appeared before the board here
A Local Report
The committee OF the Board oil
T.ade having In charge the matter OF
tie Fort Lewis school met last even
Ing at the boards rooms and heard
the report OF Representative Weaver
who attended the meeting of the state
IOdfu VI agriculture ~ rOEt Soihnb VI
the l4th.
After having the matter presented
very fully by Representative Weaver
assisted by Representative Ebbert ol
Montezuma county, resolution wa;
passed unanimously by the board. rec
ommending to the governor that the
gift be taken over by the state and {
branch OF the State Agricultural col
loge established at Fort Lewis as sooI
as the proper appropriations can b'
had from the next legislature.
President Lory stated that govern
ment reservations had been taken owe
In the states OF Minnesota and Wiscon
Sin and agricultural schools started
with great success,
1t remains for our people to nov
use their best efforts to secure thu
necessary appropriation from the leg
lslature. and committee OF seven wa
appointed to prepare bills to be intro
duced.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-12-22
Mrs. Turnbu|I Says
Letters Were fOrgefies

LOS ANGELES. Cal, Dec. 21.-More
letters came out Of the past yesterday
and this morning to confront Mrs. Lil-
liam Ashley Turnbull, the star wit
ness in the contest by her daughter.
Beatrice Anita Turnbull, against the
estate OF Lucky" Baldwin. Miss Turn
bull claims she is the daughter Of
baldwin. With remarkable fortitude.
READY wit, and wariness that carried
her safely over cleverly set traps.
the woman who is fighting for two and
a half million a. her daughters share
OF Turnbull's estate. not only meets
the attacks of the crossexamination.
but carefully fought back.
Yes, said those letters were for
series." said declared defiantiy refer
ring to letters concerning her relar
tiGns with Colonel Albert Pope. . mill
lioaaire Boston manufacturer. Yes,
said they were forseries. emphatical-
ly 90. II you AK me Why I say %.
ask James Wood who 1osssd many
others"
(CsaAasusa = - Z,
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-12-22
Last Attempt to
Save Two Miners

DENVER. Colo, Dec. 21.-The
bodies Of three Austrians. Nick Milk.
sich, Frank Gotira and Louis Zuber
were discovered In the Leyden mine
late last night, half mile from the
shaft. Dinner pals were found on
their arms This leaves only the two
Merrick boys still in the mine Hope
that they are alive was revived strong
ly yesterday. All but two entries to
the main south entry have been ex.
plored. The Merricks are believed to
be in the north entry where the hel-
met party which went In 500 feet yes;
terday found the air good. Mine Fore
man w. NJ. Laurie expressed the
ers would be found alive today. This
afternoon new effort will be made
to reach these parts OF the mine and
finally determine their fate
f. A. Perry. purchasing agent for
the Leyden Coal company, reports LA,
there woul dbe no need of help Zoe the
relatives Of the dead miners.
THE company is taxing care - the
families OF the miners" s.iid Perry
''and will continue to do SO. There
will be no need OF contributions from
any source No one is suffering. and
the company will SEQ that the wild
ows and children arc provided for"
The body OF George SupanchIs. g
timberman, was mistaken for that Of
Augustine. but this error was rectif1ed
when the latter was founi.
Lying across the doorway with a
handkerchief across his face the body
CT John Augustine was found at I 20
o'clock yesterday afternoon in the
second southwest entry about 1906
feet from the No. shaft OF the Ley
den mine. Augustines was the fiftt
body to be located since the Are.
The discovery was made by part,
OF four helmet men, headed by Johr
C Davidson OF the mine rescue car
who entered the mine at 11:30 a. m
pre- eparing to make dash of ..us
feet from the f1rst southwest entry, tc
which point the ventilation had beer
established by canvas brattices. The
body was left lying. 1t being decided
to lend every effort to find the other,
who are still missing.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-12-22
Husband Locates
Wife's $4,000 Ring

DENVER, Colo, Dec. 21.-Crawford
Hill, president of the Republican, ac-
companied by City Detective John Ley
men went to Pueblo this morning to
bring back to Mrs. Hill a $1,000 ring
set with magnificent blue diamond
stolen from the Hill mansion at Sher-
man last Saturday night, supposedly
by a man employed there. With the
discovery OF the theft an alarm was
sent broadcast to the police depart
ments of towns and cities to be on the
lookout for a precious Jewel. Yester
day Chief of Police Armstrong receiv
ed word from the department at Pue
bio that a man who eluded the de
tectives In that city had just pawned
for $500 q ring with a diamond set
ting perfectly answering the descrip
tion of the gem lost by Mrs. Hill
The thief told the pawn broker he had
purchased the ring and diamond II
Nevada some months ago SO plausi
bly, did he relate his tale that the
pawnbroker eagerly grasped at the
chance to secure q gem worth $5,oo'
for the trifling sum Of 5000. thinking
hls customer ignorant Of the worth o
W. 3swsl
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-12-22
ARCHBISHOP IRELAND's ANNl.
NERSARY.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Dec. 21.-Arcb-
bishop Ireland today quietly observed
the forty-ninth anniversary OF his or
dination to the priesthood and the
thirty-fifth anniversary of his conse-
Grafton as bishop. Only three men,
bers OF the Roman Catholic hierarchy
in the United States are older than
the st. Paul prelate In point of serv-
Ice. They are Cardinal Gibbons of
baltimore. Bishop Hogan Of Kansas
City and Archbishop Ryan OF Phila.
delphia. Preparations are already be-
ing made for an appropriate celebra-
ton net year OF Archbishop Ireland's
sscerdotal jubilee.
Semi-weekly herald., 1910-12-22
State Board Endorses
uSCfOo| al Fort Lewis

A special to Denver papers from
Fort Collins says:
The establishment OF school OF
agriculture at the Fort Lewis indian
school near Durango Is recommended
in resolution adopted by the state
board OF agriculture. The resolution
recommended that the state legisla-
ture enact necessary laws to take over
the Fort Lewis school from the gov
ernment should 1t desire to much such
n transfer The board recommends
tha.t the state establish there school
Of agriculture with the necessary funds