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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-01-21
WHEN MISSISSIPPI WAS LOW
Steamboat Captain Who Once Waded
Ahead to Find the Most
Likely Channel.

Steamboat men who have been con-
tending with low water In the upper
Mississippi river the past summer
should consult with the more ancient
mariners in the Mississippi for point
srs on the movement of boats on low
water and then start out to restore
navigation on the stream.
Capt. William Kelly. secretary Of
the Mississippi and Ohio River Pilots
society. says this Is the first season
since 1856 to his personal knowledge
that steamboats, have ceased to run
during the open season.
In the summer OF 1856, Mr.. Kelly
says. he was plotting the steamer
four inches lower than 1t is now. The
boat was towing two barges down
the stream. but got stuck on the
crossing at Robinson's rocks. IA miles
below st. Paul.
Captain Kelly says he waded into
the river ahead of the boat to locate
the best place to drop anchor and pull
thanboat over the bar. The water
waS ten inches deep, and the best
channel was located by wading. and
Captain Kelly returned to the boat
without wetting a stitch of his cloth.
ing.
The method of pulling the boats
over shoal crossings was to carry the
anchor out In a yawl ahead of the
steamer. drop it to the bottom of the
river and pull the boat over by a line
attached to the anchor and to the cap.
stan Of the boat
When all was ready the passengers
were transferred to the barges to
tighten the boat The run was then
made without difficulty till the next
crossing was reached, when the
anchor and capstan process of pull
ing the boat over might be repeated
st. Louis Republic.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-01-21
COUNTRY is LITTLE KNOWN
Vast Areas In Canada Of Which Gov
srnment Has No Definite
Knowledge.

There are vast areas in Canada OF
which even the government has no
definite knowledge. and there are thou
sands of square miles where the foot
OF a white man has never trod. Prac-
tically all knowledge of this big wild
country has been secured again and
again along a few chosen md we'll
worn routes, outside of which investi-
cation has seldom gone.
Imagine dozen or SO well beaten
vehicle highways traversing country
one-fourth as large as Europe-narrow
highways hemmed In by imponetrable
wilderness--and one may form some
sort of an idea OF ne little that is still
known of 100000 square miles Of the
North American continent.
Along these routes nearly all Eek
plorers" have gone. Along them are
situated most of the fur posts. and
beyond their narrow lines but little is
known. And, In this world of forest
and ridge mountains and eternal desc
lation. still buried In the mystery and
silence of endless centuries, are Its
people"
Approximately there are from $4,000
to $4,000 human souls in an area Ii
times the size of Ohio. and there are
no more than 500 Of these who have
not some Indian blood in their veins
On the other hand fully onehalf OF the
total population has its strain OF white
I1,.-S -~s.s.s.- .U,:cily
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-01-21
BOTTLE FLOATED ACROSS SEA
Picked Up In the Azores Three Years
After Being Cast Adrift Oft
Carolina Coast.

Floating slIggishly at the mercy of
the waves for over three years a pint
bottle containing the address of Will
liam H. Windolph. this city, Travelled
across the Atlantic ocean and was
finally picked up off the eastern coast
Of the Azores about nve weeks ago.
The wayward travels of the little
bottle are most mysterious. 1t crossed
the Atlantic or at least reached the
other shore; whether currents or
winds took 1t miles in detour before
It reached its destination is a subject
con1ecture.
yOn January 27. 1907, Mr.. Windolph
on his way to Tampa and Key West
passed down the coast OF the Caro-
linas In Merchants and Miners
steamship, the Merrimac. on North
Carolina in an idle moment he put his
card within whisky bottle and push
ing In the cork against the rail Of the
vessel tossed It overheard. Until 1t
disappeared from sight in the green
waves Mr.. Windolph watched the tiny
adventurer, never thinking to hear
from 1t again.
Three and one-half years after the
card had been sent out on the sea
strange letter came to him from the
fishing firm of Manuel Vasconcelles 4
Co., SPAIN Within the envelope was
the same card which he had sent out.
unstained by the water. uninjured aft
er its long voyage.
With the card was a letter stating
that 1t had been picked up in a whisky
bottle of the eastern coast of the
Azores. in the province Of Prala, by
one OF the crew of the fishing smack
D. Carlos, DeLopza, captain. The let
ter was in excellent English. but but
from the style had evidently been
written by an educated Spaniard. 1t
did not state the exact date Of the
finding of the bottle.-Philadelph
Bulletin.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-01-21
LUTHER's PRIDE OF BIRTH
Great Reformer Was Of the Common.
est People. and Was Glad
Of Il.

Martin Luther was very human and
very lovable. strikingly like our own
Lincoln in his quaint humor. his home
liness of speech. his human sympathies.
his simplicity of character. his clear
ness Of vision. He came. as SO many
Of the worlds great men come. Of
peasant stock. Il am 4 peasants son:
my father. my grandfather and my
Rreat-grandfather were genuine peas
ants, he was accustomed to say. not
without a touch Of pride. and in spite
Of his opinion that there IL as little
sense in boasttng Of ones ancestry ~
In the DEVILS priding himself on his
angelic lineage" He was OF the COM
monest people. and was glad Of 1t. 1t
was one OF the secrets Of his power.
Rich peoples children" he once re-
marked, seldom turn out well. They
are complacent. arrogant and conceit-
ed. and think they need to learn moth
ing because they have enough to live
on anyway On the contrary, poor
mems sons must labor to lift them
selves out Of the dust and must endure
greatly. And because they have moth
ing to boast about or pride themselves
upon they trust God, control them
selves and keep still. The poor fear
God, therefore he gives them good
heads that they may study. become
educated and intelligent and be able
to assist princes, kings and emperors
with their wisdom"
Luther's family was not the lowest
class. For generations his ancestors
had owned their house and farm In
the village Of Mohra. on the western
side OF the Thuringian hills. There are
still Luthers in the same tiny hamlet.
changed perhaps as little as the place
itself-Prof Arthur C. McGifert In
the Century.
COUNTRY IS LITTLE KNOWN
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-01-21
Example.

Knicker-Is Smith going to turn
over a new leaf?
Bocker-No. only . piecemeal 70
vision.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-01-21
Foodmakers' Tricks.

They adulterate barley meal with
\etmeal and oats with chaff They
lt metallic silver in candies and glu-
Use in 1ellies and preserves For
eign cream" cheeses are made of
American skinned milk Artif1cialiy
cclored alcohol-alcohoI is a food
conveys its wicked nourishment In
bottles labeled choice Canadian whis-
ky" The household fiavoring extracts
are tinted with coal tar dyes. Egg
custard powders appear dried with
out eggs. Two-pound cans Of tomatoes
weigh one and half pounds. and
brands Of condensed milk are found
20 per cent short OF their labeled cor
tents. In "spring water" are microbes
Of disease Nut shells and fruit pits
are fed into the pepper grinder.
Strychnine is put In gin, lead chro.
mate in coffee and atropine in castor
oil. These things still go on, as the
pure food officials in Washington
testify. Underweighing. misbranding
ana adulterating are ancient customs
of the foodmakers known Of yore But
there IL an observable difference be-
tween the olden and the modern
Methods Of dealing with the evils. In
federal, state aad municipal Offices is
lodged the definite evidence upon spe-
ciic cases, and there is Z record of
convictions. The old tricks are varied
with new "dodges" Of the law. But
the subterfuges are no longer perma,
nent shelters.-New York Times.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-01-21
Number Of Elect Limited.

London has been invaded by troop
Of missionaries with untrimmed beard )
and with hair reaching to their shoul-
ders. All have been sent out from Ex-
eter, the British headquarters of the
sect, which originated In Boston, Mass.
the home of SO many novel religions" "
The main tenets of the sect are en-
bodied in book published by Ben
jamin the Seventh Messenger" in
Michigan, and addressed to the
Twelve Tribes OF Israel scattered
abroad" The members believe that
exactly $4,000 people were born to
be Of the elect. and that everybody
else is outside the pale. All the elect
have by the law to allow hair and
beard to gsow unchecked. to show that
they are spiritual men apart from the
unregenerated community.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-01-21

The Limit.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-01-21
Queer Case Of Suicide.

An EXTRAORDINARY case Of suicide
was described at an inquest held on
the body of Alfred Hampson at vir.
ginia Water, in Surrey. 1t was -ltated
that Hampson suffered from weak
mindedness. He was left alene In
his private room in a sanatoricm for
about-twenty minutes, and whom his
attendant returned Hampson was
found pressing red-hot poker into
his body. He informed Doctor Moore
that he had been told he hssd a devil
inside him. and the only way 1t could
be killed was by means Of a red-hot
poker He died next day.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-01-21
A Lono List,

Citimaa-You've been living in the
suburbs 20 long. I suppose you've had
considerable experience with servant
girlsf
Subbubs-Well. it's got so that when
my wife is interviewing an applicant
now she always begins by asking,
Were you ever employed by me be-
fore? II SO. when and how long?"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-01-21
cattIna Even,

He-eo you insist on breaking OF
the engagement
Rhe-Most decidedly. What do you
tabo ~ fort
He-O, about forty. Better think
~ over: It may - your last chancs.
STRAY Stories.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-01-21

A youngster who lives in neig ghbor-
hood where disease makes frequent
fumigations necessary returned from
his first visit to the country with the
astonishing information that Farmer
Jones' coons and woodchucks had been
laid up with scarlet fever The sum
mer teacher abhors Eature taking, SO
she admoni he'd him not to tell flbs.
But that amt no lie," said he.
Didn't | SEQ the tree they lived in
wild me own eyes. an didn't hear Mr..
Jones tell how lie had to smoke EN-
out?"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-01-21
GRACE At clIFFoSD's I'M
called Days When All Lawysrs
Were Connected With Church.

The purchase Of Clifford's Inn as
the Headquarters Of the Knights
Bachelor iecalls the quaint form of
grace. A.,or dinner, Ven the table
cloths had Zen lcEovo, AT ! bcro. >
wine an2 Gcs--:,t III scan r',ced !,
the tal-os, O. ,c-f made IN the form
of a cross CT t-'- small arms w-1
handed to the senior member OF the
kentish Mess who presided at the ~
BILE. He then with a small ham,. II
knocked once on the table. and Very
one, including the principal and the
rules, then stood up Then with his
right hand he raised the loaf up above
his head to the full extent Of his arm
and brought it down with a thump
on the table. This he did three tin es,
and then slid it down the full length
Of the table to the vice-presiGent,
who arrested 1t in its career and
handed 1t to servant in attendance.
This ceremony was symbolical ard
of origin dating from the days when
all lawyers were either actually &C.
clesiastfcs or at least connected in
some way with the church. The
knock was merely to attract atten-
ton and had no symbolic meaning.
But the bread made in the form Of a
loaf with four small arms symbolized
the bread of life centered on the four
evangelists. The three blows upon
the table were an invocation Of the
trinity. The bread being slid down
the table symbolized that this bread
Of the gospel was spread over the
world. Finally. the bread was re-
moved to be given to the poor. re-
minding us of chafity.-Law Times.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1911-09-16
Kantcr'$ Tr1t.
@oman BON Sbeooor BON
3obeltiB.
(Sortieblilg.)

Garmeua mar cine i9ledte &ran,
fenpflegriu. Sbre leiht erregbare
nnb leioeni6aftlide Natur geItatte.
te ibr feline rubige Sallo, feline
title, gerauibloie gmiigfeit. Oafur
nabm iih Sris NIT Silfe Ger iebr
geididten uno 5~uperldifigen 8aatc-
rim oes arnlen aleinen an, Der i'm
nit ben ounfIen fiebergIdn3enoen
augen fremoartig anitarrte uno nit
ieinen beiBen Sdn6den III bas 8e-
iidt patidte.
0as gulper ocs glr5tes mirtfe
i6leimloienb, uilo Die llmidlage
lAienen Dem ainoe 8errbisune gu
bringen. Sn Ben eriten Na1mittags-
Itnnoen iblummerte es bon Neuerl
eit. Sris uno Garmeaa 5ogen iid,
m oas 8or5immer 5uriid.
v@iait Du nidt ettuas eiien Gar
inella24 fragte Sris; n9u biit felt
beute friib niidtern uno iiberan-
itrenst oa5u. @ersiB nidt, bob Dir
ain Ibeno nod biefe nnielige
S~beatera6eno beaoritebt."
SD fam nidts eenieBen" CAB
Garmeaa surid, res piiroe mir i'm
Salle itedcn bleiben. :. Mber Der
Mbeno! 8 @ott, ih oenfe nit
@rauen oaron!"
$50 bleib' bier" entihieo Sris.
Sci bernniinftis nilo bIeibe bierl
SD tperoe es Dor Der 0ireftiNm
gu peranttporten i%piiieuJ meroe Did
als plosli6 erfranft onmeloen. Mei-
ne neuen Broouftionen eeniigen
fir oas 8rogramm. WIeib' BEL Dem
&inoe!"
1OaS tit unnlogIid," fubr Gar
meaa auf; ibre @rregtbeit iteiserte
ii6 bon Stunoe gu Stunoe. yNiht
nur nm meinetniaen, aud) um 9ei.
nerl 8ir fino laut Dem ilelien Son.
trafte gu gemeiniamcm Muftreten
berpflidtet uuo iesen uns bober
Tolinerftonolltrafe aus, fuen1 iptr
idon am eritcn 9tbeno unpiinftlih
iino. IS gebt mi6t!. Die gflege
fann i'd audi getroit Srieberife iiber
laiier, menn nur Die Gorge nihs
mare, OBJ ib ben Steiner nod Ie,
bend undetermined = Srieoerife i'll
cine before Bfleserin als ih ielbit,
aber oieie aneit, ben Suneen uer.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1911-09-16
8 a s.

Die Gillespie @oul1tp Soir III
am 5reitog gum 4bidluB gefonl.
men. Sic bat, mie gepobnli6, orei
Gage geoouert uno lit auBerlt err
folgreid p~erlaufen. Ser 8eill6 mar
GROCER ais lie 5upor, es iollen in
ben orei Sagen 10000 8erionen
alf Dem ausitedungsplos gene.
len iein. 9ie @usTeaung mar Dor,
5iiglIb nno mas oie iibrigen Ser.
gnigungen onbetrof, 10 lpl,roe alsd)
IN 8e8ug auf iie biel eeboten. Seoen
Sag fanoen &ennen itott nlto ic-
ben Sag pnroen quite &on5erte ge.
geben. Mm leBten Mbei1o marell
Sale in Der 8eters'i9en unb &loe=
ner'l6en Safe. Die 9eomten llro
Setter Ser Soir poren 8rn. @ier-
i6pale, 8raiioent; CHARLES s. Sci.
mib, 8ice-groiioent; @oolf @o[b,
S6oemeiIter;; Senrp Sirid, Sefre=
tar; 81. 81. @olo, @iilfsiefretdr; Sri.
Clara @pers, 2eiterin oes Srorten-
9eportements.
Die Seier oes 9entiden 50.
ges in &uitin iou Dies Miol om 90.
Oftober itatfinoen uno 5ipar in
S6ol5' @arten. gs ioa Elm &oneert
gegeben nnb. oud Sbeoter gcipielt
peroen. 9as Set miro ieoenfuas
iebr biibi6 meroen.
= slm Sonntag bot oas ser Ne.
eierung ~geborige g~aeeerboot IS.
IS. SopeG", gefiibrt bon Capt. 81.
$. Olien, fiinfunooreiBie Meilell
oitli6 pom Sab GapaIo, Shiffbrlld,
erlitten. Gin neult5ebniabriger jun.
ger Monn Namens &inieuo Sob1.-
ion, Ser als &aiiiteniunge alf ben,
9ompfer angeitelt iuor, lit ertrun.
fen. Mae anoern 2ente anf Dem
5diff nuroen gerettet, o~Ilerbings
init GROCER Miibe. Ser 8ogger 1T
p~oultanoig unteraegongen. 9os
5biff bate eillen Bert bon $45.
900.
@bdreno oes nit benz 81.
@itguft enben6en Sabres iin6 in
2anoomt 3u Muftin $2,237,67t.97
eineeeangen. Ser aaufpreis oes
2anoes, bos mdbreno oes Sabres
berfauft muroe, betrue $3,831,318.
Gin iu1ger Mann @ompns 6.
6. @raop muroe in @oco, i'm Son.
lie ser Mc0e1oon Saroipare Cont
parp, BON eiiient nieoerfollenoen
@lepator : @emiht eridlagen.
Sn Convertible itarb Elm Dent=
iher Nanlens Geo. Hoeben, Ser BORT
lett odt Sabren eill fIeines Shne:-
oergeihaft betrieben batte. @r bot
te feline 9ln~geborisen BORT. Sn iei-
nem Nablas fano man eillen 8rief
bon elmer petbeirateten S1meiter
in 8remerbafen.
Sn Norobeim ftorb @uitap
0lterIob, Mitslieo Der Sirmo Otter
lob llno Neusler inn glitter bon SO
Sobren. Ct binteriaBt feline Srall
u1o bier @inoer.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1911-09-16
aeim @ort Ses sfanoals

folgte Dem 8eiude elmer 0abbarin
6ei Mrs. 50. g. Spaugb BON Man-
bile, @po., tuelde fagte: uSie er-
5ablte mir, oaB iie ourh u9r. Sings
Neue 2ebenspillen" bon bartn6di-
gem Nierenleioen gebeilt muroe unb
iid tuie neugeboren fible." 2ei9tes,
a6er iideres Mittel fir Magen-, Sc
ber- uno Observation-Disclosures M1r
25c in allen Mpotbefen.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1911-09-16

Seit iiber fiinfaig Sabren bon
Miaionen BON Miittern fir hire
ainoer nit Dem beiten grfolge BERN
3abnen sebraudt. @r berubiet oas
4ino, erfpei6t bas 3obnfleii6 uno
hilbert Die Sdmer3en; BELT aih
@inofolif uno lit oas bette Mittel
BEL Diarrboe. ueberaa BEL Sen @po-
tbefern gu baben. 5rast nob Mrs.
@insIom's SOOTHING Sbrup uno
nebmt nidts anoereg. % Gents Die
JIaihe.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1911-09-16

bigger uls ieinem 5reunoe. @r fla:
nibt 10 leioen miiiien tpie iener.
llno oufp er itarb u1f oerS.5be ieines
Gubms. so elmer fontmt ME mie-
Der, iagten Die 8erliner als man
i'm at @rabe trua.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1911-09-16

Manber mllB crit alles perlie.
reu, UNI iid ielbit 81 finoen.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-05-19
JACOB H. GALLlNGER,
United States Senator from New Hampshire.

Obregon emphatically denies any con
nection with the story.
Senior Obregon had been one of the
go-betweens in the peace negotiations
hitherto, and was mentioned in the
credentials sent Judge Carbajal, the
federal envoy. by Minister Limantoul
as having disinterestedly offered his
services with Senior Braniff in the
cause of peace He was candidate
for president Of Mexico in the last
election on the nti-re-electionist tick
ct against Madero, but the supporters
of that party since then have largely
madged with the Maderists.
Gen. Pascual Orozco was asked con-
corning the efforts which Obregon is
alleged to have made to turn him from
Madero and the rumor that bride
had been offered was mentioned to
him. In reply, he declared that nc
fixed price had been offered, but il
had been discreetly indicated to him
that he never would lack for money.
The upshot of the affair is that Oh
RECON has been banished from insur.
recto territory and General Orozco
once more is in the good graces of his
COMMANDMENTS chief.
Provincial President Madero de.
clared that he has the utmost conf.
dence in General Orozco, and spent
some time going over military plans
with him. AS an evidence of Madero's
confidence in the support of his men,
he has dismissed his bodyguard, and
now walks about the streets with Mrs,
MaderO alone.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-05-19
OvERauLe PACKERS DEMURRER
SHERMAN ANTITRUST LAW IS
HELD EFFECTIVE.
Ten Men viii Have to Stand Trial on
Indictments Returned
In 1910.

Chicago, May 13.-J. Ogden Armour
and nine other Chicago packers must
60 to trial on federal indictments
charging them with conspiracy to con
troll the price of fresh meat. in viola
ton of the Sherman antitrust law
This was decided by Judge George A.
Carpenter of the United States dis
trict court. who overruled demurrer
to the indictments in which the pack
ers had held that the Sherman law
failed sufficiently to define the offense
It sought to prohibit.
The men, who were indicted Sept
IL, 1910. and who are affected by the
decision, are: J. Ogden Armour. pres.
ident of Armour & Co.; Louis F.
Swift, president of Swift g. Co.; Ed.
ward F. Swift. vice president Of Swift
& Co.: Charles H. Swift. director of
& Co.; Edward Tilden. president of
the National Packing Co.; Arthur
Meeker. general manager Of Armour
& Co.; Edward Morris. president of
Morris & Co; Francis A. Fowler. di.
rector of Swift & Co.; Thomas J. Con-
nors, superintendent of Armour & Co. !;
Louis H. Heyman. manager for Morris
& Co.
Attorneys for the government de-
clared the decision was tremendous
blow at the packers defense and said
the prosecution had scored at every
point. The indictments charged that
the packers controlling the great part
Of the meat industry are divided into
three groups, the Armour, Swift and
Morris groups, and that these three
have a common medium of exchange
Of price lists and Instructions through
the National Packing company. The
indictments also charged that the
three groups have an arrangement
whereby they would not compete in
territory belonging to another group.
In the demurrer to the indictments
the packers held that the Sherman law
was too indefinite and uncertain in
defining the elements Of the crime to
justify the indictments. Judge Car
penter denied this.
1.-THE statute defines the acts de-
clared to be unlawful in simple Eng
fish," he ruled. "The purpose Of the
act, when ascertained from the Ian
guage used, is as clear as may be-"
The department of justice is prepar-
ing to bring the case to an early trial.
Senator Kenyon of Iowa will be in
charge Of the prosecution. When he
resigned as assistant to the attorney
general he offered his services free in
the case and Attorney General Wick
ersham accepted them.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-05-19
LINERS CRASH
ONE SINKS
ADMIRAL FARRAcU1 AND MERIDA
IN oN-PASsENGERs
AND CREW SAVED
ENROUTE, HAVANA TO NEW YORK
eattieship Iowa, Called by Wireless,
Goes to Assistance Of Vessels
Merida Goes Down in Thirty
four Fathoms.

New York, May 13.-The steamship
Merida Of the Ward line with 2O7 pas
sengers from Havana for this city. wal
rammed by the steamer Admiral Far
ragut from Philadelphia for Port An
tonic, OF Cape Charles. The Merida's
passengers and crew were transferred
to the Admiral Farragut. Water
poured through the gaping wound In
the Merida's side and five hours after
the collision the steamship settled DO
meath the waves.
Wireless distress signals were flashed
in every direction and the United
States battleship Iowa hurried to the
Merida's assistance. The Admiral Far
ragut, which had but one passenger
aboard. was somewhat damaged In the
collision but was able to return to Phil
adelphia. officers Of the Merida went
among the passengers and assured
them there was no danger.
The Merida, under the command OF
Captain Robertson, left Vera Cruz on
May and Havana on May 8. The Ad.
miral Farrasut, commanded by Captain
Nader. left Philadelphia for Port An.
tonia yesterday. About flfty-five miles
east of Cape Charles lightship. the Ad-
miral Faragut crashed into the Merida.
Following the crash wireless calls
were sent out and an examination of
the Medira showed that she was TAX
ing water fast. The shock of the col.
lision brought the passengers of both
steamships to the decks. The trans
for Of passengers to the Farragut was
effected in lifeboats.
The Merida's passengers lost all their
baggage and many reached the Farra-
gut only partly dressed. A wireless
dispatch stated that the Merida sank
at $50 q. M.
The Merida was built in Philadelphia
In 1906 and has q gross tonnage of
6.2O7. The Admiral Farragut. owned
by the American Mail Steamship COM
pany, is in the service Of the United
Fruit company between Philadelphia
and Port Antonio. The Admiral Far
ragut had a tonnage of 1900.
The only American on the passen-
ger list OF the Merida were: Philip
Lynch. Robert Wright. Mrs. Wright.
Anna Wright and William White. the
latter a Canadian.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-05-19
Two Shot in Church Riot.

Cleveland, May IA riot, in which
TWO persons were shot and wounded
and 10 others injured by stone throw.
Ing and fist fighting, resulted when a
delegation of the congregation of St
Casimir's Roman Catholic church at.
tempted TO forcibly remove the pastor,
Rev. lgnatius Piolowski, because they
were dissatisfied with the way he con.
Quoted the affairs of the church
The delegation was met by members
loyal to the pastor and fight ensued.
Police were called and general fight
followed,