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The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
FORMER PLUNGER
J is SERIOUSLY ILL
J. B. Walker Made &c. ,500,0 900
from ''Shoestring."

New York. Dec. 3O.-J. Brandt Walker,
the former pIunger. against whom an
execution was issued in favor of Ullman
& Co., stockholders, for $10,354, is re-
ported as seriously Ill at Lake Placid, in
the Adirondacks. The news comes as a
surprise to many of his friends. who had
heard that the lung trouble which drove
him into the higher altitude had practi-
cally been conquered.
Walkers career in Wall street was one
Of the most sensational in the history Of
! the stock market. In the lag OF the street
he ran a "shoestring'' into S6,5OO,O 900 in a
few months. In a few more months he
had practically Joined the down and
outs financially and was being sued by
his brokers for accounts which ninety
days before he would have considered
trivial
1t was during the panic of 1904 that
Walker, who had come here from Chi
cago a few years before and entereD the
brokerage business with his brother,
created a stir. He decided to cut loose
from the brokerage business and become
a speculator.
He started his bear campaign at the
psychological time and conducted the
raid from his hotel in Lakewood. The
bottom fell out of the market, and Wal
ker made s6,5O0,OO0. He then announced
that he was through and was going to
take a rest, and that he held a few
shares of stock to keep interested.
1t was about this time that Walker be-
came angry because some one said ,he
had been a lucky man. He attributed his
success to superior judgment, and went
back into the market. He got in on
wheat when his luck turned, or his judg-
ment was not so good as Armour'S or,
Patten's. 1t took only a few months TO
break Walker.
1t was while in financial difficulties
that he was taken i'll. The strain he had
been under had its effect. and It was re-
ported that he needed treatment for hts
nerves and his lungs. With his VIE hei
went to the Adirondacks.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
Fraterna1 Order. Consolidate.

Richmond, Va, Dec. 3O.-The Fraternal
Life and Accident Association, of Vir-
ginia, to-day merged with the Order of
the Golden Seal, of Roxbury, n. Y, an
other fraternal order. Headquarters will
be in this city. The local concern car
ries Odd Fellow insurance, and has sew
eral millions of risks outstanding, with
% 600 members.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
Portuguese Bishops Bani.hed.

Lisbon, Dec So.-Archbishop Bello.
the patriarch OF Lisbon, the Archbishop
of Guarda, and the Bishop Of Coimbra,
whom the government has decided to
Danish from their dloceses for two years
because of their opposition to the separa-
tion law, were served to-day with the
formal summonses which give them five
days in which to quit their sees.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
woman,s As.aiIaut Pursued.

Guthrie. wife of a constable living on a
farm six miles from here, was attacked
to-day and roughly handled. The as
sailant escaped, and is being pursued by
policemen from Parkersburg and farm
ers, all of whom are mounted.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
Becomes Partner OF ArorEnna.

Philadelphia, Dec. 3O.-Announcement,
was made to-day that Horatio G. Lloyd.
general partner with Drexel & Co., OF
this city, had been made partner In
J. P. Morgan & Co. For several years
Mr.. Lloyd was president of the CONNER
cial Trust Company here. From the mo-
ment OF his elevation the Commercial
Trust Company grew with remarkable
strides.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
Grand Vfzier Resigns.

Constantinople, Dec. 30.-The Turkish
cabinet formed on September g by Said
Pasha, the grand vizer, resigned to-day
as a result of the dissension over the
governments policy in the war with Italy.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31
Mayor Is Elehty-ave Years old.

ReIlfontaine. Ohio. Dec. % = The town
OF Belle Center. this county. can now
boast Of having the oldest mayor In the
United States Joseph +. Dennis, aged
elghty-fve, took the oath of once -
mayor Of Belle Center to-day.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-31

LeaVenwOrth jUrst, who will probably be named as
the successor Of the late John Marshall Harlan
in the Supreme Court of the United States.
Judge Hook is at present one of the judges Of the
Eighth Federal circuit. The President it is
understood. has been by the judges ad-
mireTs a result of decision rendered by the
Kansas jurist in the Standard Oil case and the
Hartman merger case. He born and reared
in LeaVenWorth
The daily Alaskan., 1911-07-18
sEAGwAY, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUDY 18, 1911
FIRE DEVASTATES
 THE SKAGWAY VALLEY

bers in che old cabin or whether it came about through the fan of a spark from an engine ls not known. The White Pass engines use the standard spark a,r,s ster but for all that a small spark may have escap. ed in this way Mir. Hahn stated that at first he was of the opinion that a passing engine had started the fire. Afterward he had heard about the cabin, from which circum- stance and from the fact that some of his section crew had but the day before put out fires Chat had been ut by some people who had been mp in Che vicinity of Denver Glacier. be had arrived at another conclusion
 This morning Mayor Tanner sent the following wire to Governor Clark: Timber on fire north of skagway. North wind. Can you authorize hire ling of a few men to fight fire" TO which Mr. Tanner received a reply as follows: Have no authority. Have referred t' Forrest Service, Ketchikan."
 At twelve o'clock Mir. Tanner rc ceived the following wire from For est Supervisor LangiIie. at Juneau, Report at once location and extent of fire. number of men available for fighting and urgency ot taking force of men from here" MT Tanner wired back as follows: Fire start ed seven miles north, now two miles from town. Burning heavy timber up East Fork. Skagway river North wind bringing fire along east side of skagway river. Men available here. if necessary can we put some to work2"
 Mayor Tanner received in answer t1 his last telegram the following from Forest Supervisor Langille. Keen me advised and H urgent necessity arises vii authorize em- ployment of help fl it win be use effectively to save valuable property.
 During Che hours between midnight and two o'clock this morning. the fire was very spectacular and was wt messed by many Of the citizens of the town who assembled in the street to watch. Tongues Of flame would shoot into the air like hungry wolves whose apretltes have been vhetted by the taste Of blood whi,e the East Fork was a veritab'e Dante's Inferno.
 u is estimated by conservative men that thirty thousand dollars worth of timber has already been de stroyed at twenty-five cents stump age What the total loss will be can hardly be coniectured even at this moment for the fire is still sweeping toward the south
The daily Alaskan., 1911-07-18
STRIKE ON
 KUSE0KWIN

According Co letter received on Monday by Judge Nsr6y From Unit cd states C1mmi 0u star of Georgetown. says te rdfarcd NuE get strike ls reported ou stream entering Che Kass1kww about 'hir'T miles above Georgetown EHiEe sf.er had not IearneI any particulars aI Be alleged find but wa hapefHl that It was true Judge Ster states tha Georzrtawn and ttat re ton are ey tremsly quiet
The daily Alaskan., 1911-07-18

What was at first thought to be an insignificant bush fire, started near mile post "7" on the railroad has developed into one of the largest and most destructive forest fires in the history of the skagway valley. having already devastated an area of five square miles of fine timber land.
 Late yesterday afternoon a high wind sprung up from the north with the result that the flames leaped the canyon to the Black Lake side and went roaring through the tim Der licking it up and leaving & trail of wantou waste in it's wake
 Another arm of the fire famed by the wind. swung to the east. and with amazing rapidity swept up the East Fork of the Skagway river which it crossed. It was not long after. that the mountain south of the East Fork was a mass of seeth- ing flames. and the fire was working it's way slowly back toward the rail- road bridge.
 The crew of railroad m an arrived at the third crossing, or better known as Denver Station, just as the plat form. belonging to Herb Taylor was consumed. and after a hard fight they succeeded in saving the rail road bridge from destruction. As it was few ties at the lower end of the bridge were destroyed.
 Next to go were the remains Of the historic Bracket Bridge, which crossed the river just below Denver station. This old structure, which, could 1t speak. would tell the story of many hardships and failures, at last fell prey to the ravages Of the Fire King. and is now nothing more than a memory.
 At twelve o'clock yesterday Sup crintedent Hahn received a phone message from Howard Ashley, mas ter mechanic at the shops that there was a fire up near the seven mic post and he was ordered to take an engine and crew and go out and in vestgate Mir Ashley ran the en- zine up to the seven mile post and discovered on a bench about fifty feet above the track an old cabin burning. The cabin was pretty well destroyed and being in the center Of practically clear place with no vegitation or irfamable stuff near and surrounded by rocks he thought there was not much menace to it but a gust of wind came down the valley and swept the burning embers in every direction.
 The section crew immediately be came busy and worked hard to put out the fire but at 1880 they reported that it was beyond control.
 A train at nine o'clock last night was sent out with a crew to protect the bridges of the railroad and this crew has been fighting continually until noon today when they are be- Iieved to have got the bridges out of danger. The bridge at Denver station was nearly lost but by dint of hard work was saved.
 The origin of the fi,e is at th s time unknown. Whether some one carelessly left a small bunch Of em-
The daily Alaskan., 1911-07-18
SEE. FISHER
 COMING NORTH
lBy Alaska News Buroaul

WASHINGTON. D. C., July IS Secretary Fisher expects to leave for Alaska on August ttth. He will take several highly qualified sub ordiuates with him and make a thor ougb and exhaustive study of the coal question and of the Controller Bay situation.
The daily Alaskan., 1911-07-18
NEW SENATOR
 E IN 4 HURRY
rBy Alaska News Bsrsar.r

ATLANTA. Taly 1s-Goverror H. Smith has asked that Ha rss'zr7f .oH te accepted immef s,e'y th7t hs may r1 fs Washington al once and taF' rie -aet .r tbr snrsfe
The daily Alaskan., 1911-07-18
NOW
 E COMING
lRr Alassa M. H.r-aa-I

WASHINGTON D C.. July is The weather bureau preifts for the .uext twenty four hours rain for ths entire Atlantic ssH board ard mid. dle western states
The daily Alaskan., 1911-07-18

The Jefferson Is due to arrive in Skagway some time tomorrow morn ing. She has 112 evtUrs 'ouists on board
 The Georgia let Juneau at o'clock this morning for this port She win sail south at g tomorrow morning.
 Mrs R. D Weldon arrived on the last trip or the Ciy of Seattle and is visiting wth her mother. Mrs w w. R0ughtOn
The daily Alaskan., 1911-07-18
BAD FIRE
 AT COLUMBUS
rRr Alaska News Rnreaul

COLUMBUS. O. Ju,y I7-Seyeu amusement places in o.outary park were today destroyed by fire Many people were severely injured in the excitement which retguod at the time of the disaster.
The daily Alaskan., 1911-07-18
]. ]. HILL
 LENDS HAND
LRr Alaska News Bnreaul

ST. PAUL, July 17-Iames J. Hill in an interview given out in this city today came out strong for the reciprocity treaty now under consid- erauOu
The daily Alaskan., 1911-07-18
NEWS
 AT HAND
lRr AIasks M Rnr.n.l

WASHINGTON. D C.. July I7-- It is believed now t6at tbere 6 O strong probability of congress adjourn ing on AHEust seventh
The daily Alaskan., 1911-07-18
EVIDENCE
 IN HE CASE
rBy Alaska News Harsaul

Los ANGELES July Is iuasa Br3weH wi take more evidence ta- day ia tbe contempt rasa of Sire Ortie McHanieai wH0 uas arrested win her husband anf tas Wry7na-as in connection wfH fhe fTnam t.Hg gf .ba Los AuEeies TIue7
The daily Alaskan., 1911-07-18
NOW
 NEARING END
CBy Alaska News Bureau)

VANCOUVER. July 1S-The stone cutters and sheet iron workers have signed the scale and returned to work. The end of the builders trade union strike is now in sight
The daily Alaskan., 1911-07-18
STORM
 IN INDIANA
CBy Alaska News Bureau)

INDIANAPOLIS. July IA terri bIe electric rain storm is sweeping over a wide section of the surround ing country doing untold damage.
The daily Alaskan., 1911-07-18
MINE
 EXPLOSION
-.- -. N.r. Hrean--

DUBOIS. Pa July TrHnty-ore miners vere kireI in an rVpiosio1 5f tha terrible hhk damp 70 fhe .7fras ha-a r4rar Tho work -f ras rrs uiH be started sf or-
The daily Alaskan., 1911-07-18

The excursion steamer Queen is due iu port tomorrow morning with a load of tourists.
The daily Alaskan., 1911-07-18
GOAL MAGNATE
 PASSES AWAY
CBy Alaska News Bureaul

CLEVELAND. Juy l7-Francis os- borne. a great coal magDate and first cousin to vhe 'aIe President Me Kiuley died today from a complica- tiOu of diseases.
The daily Alaskan., 1911-07-18

 VS. JOHNSON
-EE AI-.E. N... H---lIL

LONDON. July i5-nomhard.e .er Wells and Jack Johnson have signed an agreement to fight here on sep tember tenth next
The daily Alaskan., 1911-07-18
IN
 POWDER MILL
rBy Aasta vsvr BwauI

DENVER. Yul7 tt-Tae powder plant ef the DnpoHt poeaer works -ear here had an eypiasiau today EHnz five and doing considerable damage to the Biabt
The daily Alaskan., 1911-07-18
GETS
 SOME RAIN
CBy Alaska News Bureau)

DETROIT, July lS-Copious rains are falling throughout the entire sec ton which win eXtiuguish the forest fires.
The daily Alaskan., 1911-07-18
PUGS WILL
 MAKE T0UR
LRr AIaska M Bnreaul

BOSTON. Juy lS-LanEford and Flynn are p,auuins Co do Australia -na.-n.r giving LnN-nE exhibitions.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-11-30
TWO BOYS BURNED IN BED
Horrible Fate OvcrtakcS Victims of
Country Fire.

A dispatch from Abbeville says
Breeks Wilson, the 14-year-Old son
of Walter b. Wilson. a prosperous
farmer of that county. and Joseph
Sherard, the 11-year-old son of the
late DR.. Sherard, of the Lebanon
section, lost their lives early Tues
day morning in fire which de
strOyed the home OF Mr. Wilson
Ine two young men went to Able
vile Tuesday night. to attend the
show in the opera house. and re
turned to Mr. Wilson's after the
show. No one heard them enter
the house on their return. which
must have been about II o'clock
About two o'clock Tuesday morning
Mr.. Wilson awakened to find his
house in flames. He barely es-
capped with his small children. The
fire was burning in the hallway of
the house and he was unable to
reach the upstairs room of his son.
He tried in every way to awaken
the son from below and when he
was not able to do so, decided that
he must have gone home with
young Sherard. A messenger soon
brought the news that this was
not the case.
The house was by this time Who'll
ly consumed. When the fire had
died down enough to ascertain. the
charred remains of the two boys
were found on the bed springs of
the bed, in which they evidently
were sleeping. 1t is supposed they
must have become suffocated with
the smoke ard thereby rendered
unconscious of the danger. and
that they died without knowing OF
the terrible blow which the fire
was striking at their loved ones
Both were manly boys. with large
numbers of relatives and friends
in their part OF the county. Their
untimely and tragic deaths are a
source of great sorrow and bereave-
ment TO the community.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-11-30
The House of Morgan.

That j. p. Morgan's grip on the
financial situation is becoming
more and more absolute is indicat-
ed by the discovery of the Stanly
committee that the cash balance Of
the steel trust, which he dominates,
and of the railroads and other in
dustrial corporations in which he
controls heavy interests, amounting
in all to over a half billion dollars
is on deposit in the office of ]. p.
Morgan & Co., a private banking
concern, not subject to the super
vision of any constitutional author
ity. This money Morgan can lend
to whom he pleases and refuse to
lend to whom he likes. Moreover
the control of this cash gives him
the power to regulate the credits Of
this country. which makes this one
man the financial dictator of Amer
ica-E)X
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-11-30
MAY NAME MARION MAN.
Taft Seriously Considering Promo
ton of DR.. Rupert Blue to Head
of Service.

Washington, Nov. "a. - 1t has
just become known that the presi-
dent and his advisors in the treas
ury department are seriously con-
sidering the promotion of DR.. Ru-
| pert Blue, of the public health and
marine hospital corps to the vacan-
cy caused by the death of Surgeon
General Walter Wyman. DR.. Blue
probably has the most remarkable
record for special and hazardous
service of any man in the corps.
He was DR.. Wyman's right-hand
man for ten years and his most
useful assistant in handling the
fatal epidemics which have from
time to time threatened various
American communities.
Just how far the surgeon s
friends have gone toward pressing
his claims to the promotion is not
known. 1t is positively known,
however that DR.. Blue has not in
augurated any campaign of his own.
He is now in Honolulu trying to
stamp out the last traces of yellow
fever, and is giving his whole time
to this work
Probably the most signal piece of
work yet accomplished by DR.. Blue
was in San Francisco when he
was sent there with blanket au-
thority from the government to rid
that city and the Pacifi" coast OF
DubOnic plague. For three years
DR.. Blue and his assistants struggl-
cd with the situation in San Fran
cisco, oXtermiuatirg rats, burning
infected houses and destroying ev-
cry sign of the disease. The result
was that the plague was stamped
out.
Before that time DR.. Blue had
battlCd with the yellow fever epi-
demic III New Orleans. When ty-
phoid threatened the United
States troops and sailors stationed
at the jamestown exposition and
endangered visitors to the fair,
the government picked DR.. Blue TO
take charge of the situation. Not
one death from typhoid resulted at
the exposition.
DR.. Blue is native of South Car
olina and a brother of Commander
Victor Blue, T. S. N, now station
ed in Washington, who distinguish
ed himself in the Spanish-AmeTican
war.
The position is one of the most
responsible in the federal service.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-11-30
DIRECT LINE TO CHARLESTON.
i@liroad Deal Said to he Pending
would be of Importance to- This
Section.

charlotte, n. c., Nov. %. - The
preliminary steps for what is be-
lleVed Will be another important
railroad deal, which will result in
direct line from Raleigh to
charleston, in addition to other
aeVelopments, are in progress at
, Raleigh, in that Capt. J. NJ. Turn
er, gneeral manager of the Georg-
la and Florida Railroad, is there
as received for the Raleigh and
Charleston Railroad. Marion, S. c..
TO Lumberton. n. c., preparing his
i,nal papers for the discharge of
the recelVership by Judge II. C.
conner, in the Federal Court.
Ihe affairs of the receivership
nave been practically closed for a
long while, but no discharge of the
receiver has been made and il is
stated on good authority that trans
Ter OF the road to one or another
OF the larger systems of the State
Is impending either the Atlantic
coast Line of the Norfolk-Southern
AT Lumberton the Raleigh and
charleston Road connects with the
Virginia and Carolina Southern.
which extends towards Fayetteville
and Hope Mills and has has a
branch to EliZabethtown. Wilton
mclean is president and the road
is credited with being allied with
the Atlantic Coast Line.
1t is believed that the deal is to
INK up these lines in a direct line
from Raleigh via Fayetteville to
charleston, and that such a pur-
chase is in line with the recent pur--
chases by the Norfolk-Southeru of
the Raleigh to Fayetteville and
other roads in the projected Raj
elgh-Charlotte line. The belief ad-
Vanced in Raleigh is that the
Norfolk-Southern Atlantic CoastLine
and Norfolk and Western are in a
big cooperation deal, if not a plan
Tor merger with the Pennsylvan-
la Railroad, whereby gigantic
southern system for the impending
Panama Canal multiplication of
Southern business will be provided.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-11-30
MADAME GORDaN VANISHED
CoI,unhians Claim {" Bc F'Ieecrd .
CuiIVOYUnt.

The Columbia suuud,nt .
I'll, News and Courier s.yE Eln'
y ciya Gordon. clairvuyuut and poo
SCISSOR OF the hidden secrets, wa.
u.ad, VrOmis, cf being able 20 GaU
hi, ones money ii lcIt in her uCss
csElnu, has departed for parts "I
known. alt,2uu 10 be cdriyunl, 5HsDy
with Hcr funds belonging to r,ItiIl
persons. which funds were lof ~
her possession upon which to WORK
the charm Of h,r powers and drI-
"lc the UMu,rs sum.
Suc hold ,.lin ON Main street
mere for al days, including
Fair Week. ana it is stated that
She had something luxe $1,000 he
longing TO other people. While il
.a not known where she is, il is
stated that when she luit here one
week ago last Saturday she headed
toward Charleston. The police are
looking for her and a warrant is
out for nrr arrest, issued by the
Magistrates Court
Mime. Gordon claimed to possess
supernatural power and among 9th
cr accomplishments. resulting from
this ownership and understanding
Of the mysteries, held out, so it is
stated, to the public that she could
double a sum of money if left with
her by means of visions or some
OF the other numerous ways of the
dark and unknown powers which
she claimed to have
Thus if Il person had 5000 and
wanted to make it $4O0. all that
person had 10 do was to leave it
with Nine Gordon, who would work
the rabbit foot" on il and the
'rick would be turned. Now il is
charged that. lUred by this promise,
scVcr;l did leave sums OF money
with her to work this charm upon.
The madame piled her trade here
during Fair Week with marked sue
cess, SO it is said, and since then
she met with good returns. She
advertised quite extensively hei
powers in the papers and drew =
good trade. according To those who
Eave been investigating this case
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-11-30
- MAN KILLED At SCRANTON
Grover Turner Struck by Engine
of \. &. l..

Scranton. Nov. 22.-Special. Mr..
Grover Turner, the eighteen-year-
old son of MIR. r. f. Turner. a
prosperous and influential farmer
of Hannah POStoffice, in the lower
section of this county. was knocked
down and instantly killed to-day
at about IL O'Clock by an extra
Atlantic Coast Line engine going
North. Mr.. J. r. Powell, of Nal
lory, and J. +. Creel. of Appalachol-
Ia, Fla, were standing at the depot
waiting for the arrival of the Or
angeburg train and received painful
out not serious injuries by the body
OF young Turner being thrown
against them when it was struck
by the moving engine. They were
Immediately carried to DIR. w. S.
Lynch's office and received medical
attention.
All of the gentlemen came to
scranton this morning to take the
orangeDurg train for Florence. and
while waiting for the arrival of
the train, young Turner went to
Mr.. r. b. Cannon's stables. a short
distance from the depot, to leave
his horse and buggy, and while at
the livery stables the extra engine
ran up, going north, and Mr.. Tur-
ner hearing and thinking it was his
train. ran towards the depot, going
diagnoally across the main line of
the Atlantic Coast Line in front of
the engine. He was struck by the
moving engine when in about one
hundred and fifty feet from the
hundred and fifty feet from the
depot and his body was thrown
through the steps of the depot
death resulting instantly.
Magistrate o. S. Baldwin at once
empannelled a jury and held an in
quest and the following verdict was
rendered: That the deceased
came to his death by running in
front of a moving engine on the
tracks of the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad Company" Physicians
who examined the body stated that
death probably was caused by CON
cussion of the brain and internal
injuries.