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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
MADERO'S RUNNING MATE
Governor Of Yucatan Nominated for
Vlee-PresIdent Of Mexico by
Progressive Party.

Mexico City.-Jose Pine Suarez, gov
ernor of Yucatan, was nominated for
vice-president by the progressive par
ty over Or. Francisco Vasquez Gomez
by a vote Of SIC to 469, to run with
Francisco 1. Madero. Jr., the party's
candidate for president. Many dele
gates did not vote on the last ballot,
while a number cast blank bal'o S,
these going to the credit of the man
with the majority. The nomination Of
Suarez followed the refusal of the
minority in the convention to cast its
votes for either of the remaining can
didates for the vice presidency and
the calling of Francisco |. Madero be
fore the convention to defend his rela.
lions with DR.. Vasquez Gomez, who
had run second to Pine Suarez by ~
votes on the second ballot.
The head of the ticket was sub
jected to a grilling by the delegates
but after frankly expressing his dis
approval of DIR. Vasquez Gomez, ht
adroitly turned the tables on the DIS
satisfied element by putting them CT
record to support the winning candi
date. whoever he might be.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
Miner Meets Terrible Death.

Ely. Ney.-When the shaft of the
Giroux Consolidated mine, which was
closed to extinguish the fire which
caused the death of seven men, was
u~nsealed Thursday. the body of Dan
iel Drea, secretary of the local min
er's union, was found on top of the
ladder platform. within fifteen feet OF
the surface. He had almost reached
safety when he was overcome by tho
smoke and heat.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
Congressman chastIses Clerks.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Chas.
D. Carter of Oklahoma created ex-
element in the heart of the smart
shopping center Friday by assaulting
four clerks, one of whom he alleged
insulted his 1~S-year-oId daughter, Miss
Italy Carter. who was with her faith
er on a shopping expedition,
Having dealt summarily with the
four clerks, Representative Carter,
who is seven.sixteenths Indian, sent
his daughter home. in an automobile
and proceeded to ~he nearest police
station, where he explained the incl
dent which led to the trouble. He
was not detained.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
Hin Breaks Long silence.

Berlin.-David Jayne Hill, the re-
firing American ambassador, on the
eve OF his departure from Berlin, has
broken silence as to his resignation,
which was accepted by President Taft
last April. The ambassador gave out
a statement Sunday intimating that
there had been a deliberate intrigue
to discredit him and m-iserepresent
the reasons for his resignation. He
announced his ~declination of a decor
ation which the emperor offered him.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
Crime of pemented Rancher.

Everett, Wash.-Carl F. S. Toschell,
ffty-seven years old, a raneher living
four miles east of Marysville, attempt
ed to kill his wife. burned his house
and his barn to the ground and then
committed suicide. Toschell, suffering
from a mental arrangement, fired at
his wife with a shotgun. He missed
her and she ran to the home Of a
neighbor. Toschell then shot himself
after setting FIRE to the ranch build
ings.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
IN MEXICO
MACCoNTENTS IN MoRELAS
HAVE DESPERATE ENCOUNTER
WITH REGuLoR TROOPS.
Sixty Men Killed on the Battlefield,
the Rebels Being Led by Emil
iano Zapata, Whose Horse
Was Shot Beneath Him.

Mexico City.-Sixty Zapaistas lost
their lives Sunday in two encounters
with federal troops under command of
Colonel Morelos in the state of More
los. according to official advices re-
ceived here. No mention is made OF
federal losses.
Under the personal direction OF
Emiliano Zapata, the rebels made two
stands on the hacienda Chinameca.
From the first they were dislodged by
Morelos's men, who charged. After
this battle fifty bodies were found on
the field. The other ten men were
killed in the second encounter. follow
ing which the Zapatistas fed. They
are pursued and another battle is ex
pected.
During the first battle Zapata him
self barely escaper death. His hors'
was shot bheenath him.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
MEET DEATH IN CAGE
FIVE MINERS AT BUTTE, IN HuR-
RY TO REACH SURFACE,
MEET HORRIBLE DEATH.
Accident Caused ny carelessness Of
Victims, Who Were Cut to Pieces
by Steel Drills-Their Maneled
Bodies Found in Stump.

Butte, Mont.-Caught in a vortex OF
whirling steel machine drills in a
mine cage while being hoisted to the
surface, five miners met instant death
in the shaft of the Black Rock mine OF
the Butte-Superior company Sunday
morning, while the sixth died a lew
hours later in the hospital from the
effects of the injuries he received.
IN their anxiety TO reach the IT.
face the workmen jumped on the cage
upon which dull steel was being TAX
en- to the surface. 1t is presumed that
in their crowding they ~dislodged the
steel shafts from the box in which
they we're held, and they caught in
the wall plates on the side, the ends
whirling with terrific force among the
men on the cage, clearing the deck OF
the miners, fairly mincing their bod
les as the steel bounded back and
forth and sweeping them into the
stump, 1900 feet below. Charles
Green. station tender, finally was hurl'
ed from the upper deck Of the cage
to the lower level by the impact
when the brakes were applied and
was decapitated, as were all the other
miners, with the exception of one,
whose head was mashed to a pulp.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
TOWN HAS CAGE FOR TRAMPs
Inventive Genius Presents Maine VII.
Iage With Prison Chair That
Scares EN-.

Augusta. Me.-The town Of Bling.
ham OF late has beon able to say that
1t had fewer tramps than any other
town of its size In the state. This
remark seemed queer to many, but
no one knew the reason why until a
few days ago 1t was learned that the
town had an institution for riding
itself of tramps that was peculiar to
itself. It is a tramp chair" 80 called.
It is made in the form Of a com
mon upright chair OF strap iron. but
is encssed. the door being made OF
the same strap iren material. 1t is
on wheels and a be moved to any
part of the town. Not a great while
ago a tramp went to the village and
there being no lookup there. the ON,
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
FIVE BANDITS ROB EXPRESS
Hold.up Oregon Train on Southern
Pacific, Blow Open Two Safes
and Escape With Booty.

Redding, Cal.-Five robbers, one a
negro, held up the south-bound Ore
gon express, on the Southern Pacific
railroad, a mile and a half north OF
Lamoine, forty miles north of Red
ding at 9 O'Clock Friday night. They
blew both safes in the express car,
rifed them and escaped.
The robbery was reported at Delta,
Cal, by Conductor Dickey, within fit
teen minutes after it occurred. A
special train Immediately was prepar-
ed at Dunsmuir, Cal, and left bearing
a posse. Sheriff Montgomery Of Te-
hama county also was notified and or
gained another posse, which was pick
ed up by a special train at Red |
A third posse was organized at Red
ding and joined the Red Bluff men.
A battle is expected with the BAN
dts, who fled to the forests west OF
the Southern Pacific right-of-way.
The robbers boarded the train as
it stood on a siding at Gibson, near
Lamoine. When the train got under
way three OF them worked their way
into the express car, holding the mes
sengers at bay with r~evolvers.> Only
one of the bandits, the negro, was
masked. They blew the safes and al
the sound of the explosions the train
slowed down. The robbers graspec
what they could lay hands on ant
jumped into the darkness, where theil
two companions Joined them.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
klbane knocks Out Rivers.

Los Angeles.-The all-conquering
career of Joe Rivers, the sensation!
California featherweight, came to a
spectacular ending Monday afternoon
when the Mexican. sitting du1leye1
and brain-dazed, framed in by $4,000
Bhrteking, crying. cheering, hysteri-
cal men, rolled slowly over on his side
as Referee Charley Eyton reached
the count of ten, and turning, held
up Johnnie Kibane's trembling arm
In token that the Cleveland boy was
entitled to a knockout victory in the
sixteenth round of the scheduled
t%wenty-round battle before the Pa
Eihc Athletic club at Vernon.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
Give Twaln,s Home to City.

Hannibal, Mo.-The boyhood home
of Mark Twain, around which the
scenes of his most famous work, tom
Sawyer" are laid, was purchased by
George A. Mahan and his wife Friday
and will be presented to the city OF
Hannibal. The Clemens home is a
two-story, five-room frame building in
a fairly good state of preservation. 1t
Is only a few feet from the alley
where Tom Sawyer had the other fell
lows paint the fence, at the other end
of which lived Huckleberry Finn.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
Fear Race War in England.

London.-It is feared that more
trouble will be had with the hun
dreds of unemployed negro sailors at
Cardiff, who gave England her first
taste of race riots between black and
white. There are between 500 and
900 negro seamen in Cardiff, and
since the comparatively high wages
of $25 per month was agreed upon,
ships officers have preferred to sign
only Europeans. AS a consequence
the negroes, who have been idle for
seven or eight weeks, are in serious
financial straits and hundreds OF
them are actually starving.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
Eminent Medical Authority Dead.

San Jose. Cal.-scores of kilograms
Of coincidence, reeeived-here Sunday by
the family of B%rigadier General Chas.
Ra~venscroft Greenleaf, U. S. A., re-
tired, who died Saturday from hem
orrEage of lungs, recalled the generals
services which made him perhaps the
most eminent medical authority the
army has had.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
GOVERNORS TO MEET
Executives Of Forty States to Discuss
important Questions.

Spring Lake. N. J.-For the first
time within recent American history
the. governors OF approximately forty
Of the ~forty-six states will meet in
conference here Tuesday. September
IL. Thirty-seven cnlel executives have
accepted the call outright, several
from nearby commemorative have yet
to be heard from, and of the small
remainder those who can arrange their
duties will attend for, at least, a por-
ton of the time. The original confer
ence at the White House, held upon
call of President Roosevelt in 1907.
was attended by thirty-three con-
ferees.
The full five days of the programme
will be devoted to discussion of ques-
tons now uppermost in the minds OF
statesmen, while social affairs will be
kept in the background.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
ONLY m
Seven Men Drowned When Launch Is
Rammed by Barge.

Toledo, O.-Preparations for tie eel
ebration of Labor day in this city were
halted Saturday while citizens ler. aid
in the search for the bodies OF city
officers and employees who were
drowned early Saturday when a
launch was rammed and sunk by the
barge Philip Minch, and only n CT
the eight passengers in the launch es-
capped a watery grave.
The dead.-Harry Batch, city COM
Gilman; James W!sler. superintendent
of waterworks; Thomas Purcell, 4S,
master mechanic at the waterworFs
plant; Fred Shane, secretary of Ser.
vice Director Cowell; William Blatt,
waterworks inspector; William Car
roll. SO, bookkeeper at waterworks;
Rudolph Yunker, aged so.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
LARGEST Catfish CAUGHT.

Dixon, I1l.-Si Tompkins the other
day caught the largest catfish known
to have been taken from Rock river
this year. Tompkins was fishing from
the Galena avenue bridge with a pole
and line when he hooked the big fiat
headed cat. In trying to land 1t the
pole was broken in two places. Find
Ing that 1t was impossible to capture
the fish that way he got another man
o go out in a boat, and after a short
time the mammoth flash was landed.
The fish weighed hfty-two pounds in
the presence of several witnesses,
among them some Of "our best citi,
Gems"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
Montana Town Flooded.

Helena, Mont.-Main street was
turned into a turbulent mountain
stream by a %torrential rain which
visited Helena Sunday afternoon. The
precipitation was the greatest record
"a in the same length of time for
many years, being 1.43 inches in a per-
iod of less than two hours. The
treams which ran down Main street
overlooked the sidewalks and flooded
many cellars.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
smothered in Corn Bin.

Topeka, Kan.-Arthur Porter, a thir-
teen-year-old boy, was smotherd to
death Thursday in a bin of corn in
an elevator at Paxico. a small town
west of Topeka. With other boys he
was playing in the bin when his faith
er opened the chute outside the ele-
vator to load a wagon. The other
boys climbed out, but the Porter boy
was sucked down the chute land
smothered.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
Wife Exonerated.

Marinette. Wis.-Mrs. Marie Wer-
telski, charged with the murder Of
her husband, who was found dead in
their home at Pound. Wis, two
weeks Age and whose decapitated
head was shown in court, was dis
charged by Judge Demands, who
found that the man came to his death
by a fall downstairs.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
Meet Death at Pleasure Resort.

New York.-In the presence of 10O,-
900 visitors who thronged the streets
a three-car train on the giant roller
coaster at Coney Island jumped the
track Sunday evening, hurting the oe-
cupants of one car over the side OF
the coaster, eighty feet to the ground.
Two women were instantly killed and
two other women and n man SER
iously injured. Many others were
slightly hurt.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08

GERS had occasion to take care of the
man. and he was put into the tramp
chair.
1t Is not known how long the tramp
stayed there, but at least long enough
SO hat he wanted to get out of the
town as quickly as he could. He evil
IDENTIFY got word to his brother tramps
and warned them to stay clear OF
Bingham. and no tramps have been in
tho town since.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
Forbid Rouah Sports

Washington.-Cock fights, dog
fights and bull fights, dear to the Lat
in American heart, will soon disap-
pear from the Panama canal zone,
President Taft has issued an execu-
tive order, effective September 4,
placing all contests between birds or
animals of any kind on the zone in
the same prohibited class as prize
fights between men. under pain OF
fine or Imprisonment.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
Flockmasters Protest.

Chicago.-An inquiry into rates
and practices in the transportation
of wool. hides and pe1ts from west
ern points will be begun here We'd
nesday before Interstate Commerce
Commissioner C. A. Prouty, following
recent protests from western grow
ers that rates on wool had been ad-
vanced 33 1-3 per cent since the pas
sage of the Hepburn act.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
MAY EVADE STRIKE
HARTMAN DIRECTOR REFUSES
TO GRANT RECOGNITION OF
FEDERATION OF sHoPMEN.
Representatives Of Workmen Declare
That There Is Still a Chance of
Settling Controversy Without
Resortlng to Extreme Measures.

San Francisco.-Three hours and a
half of earnest debate between half
a dozen high officials of the Harri-
railroad lines and five leading
representatives of international crafts
unions Friday brought no change in
the critical controversy in which the
railroad and shopmen of it's western
lines have been involved for weeks
Julius Kruttschnitt, vice-president
of the Southern Pacific, director of
maintenance and operation of the
Hartman lines, and the man in whom
supreme power has been invested,
emphatically refused to grant the
recognition of'the federation of shop
men of the Hartman lines, and the
men of the Hartman lines, which Is
far and away the greatest issue at
stake in the controversy.
.Kruttschnitt refused to regard Fri
days conference as an official con.
ference between railroad officials
and a board of union Representatives
1t was called an informal meeting.
II u"lSCuSSlOu, luOuSh SIiShuouS
was decorous. There was no Ill feel
ing shown nor any f%ierceness in de
bate. No threats of strikes were
made by the union chiefs before the
railroad officials.
After their conference the unior
men had little to a y. They declared
that the controversy Is still hanging
and although wearing a dubious com
plexion now, might be turned agaiI
toward a happy conclusion.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
SOUTHERN GIRL A FINE COOK
Georgia Farm Maid Gains Fame BY
Preparing Seventy Different
Dishes From Corn.

Atlanta. Ga.-Miss Matte Lou Bra
nam. a I4.year-old girl of Eatonton.
Putnam county. this state, has been
awarded the palm for being the best
cook in the south. With no other
training than hat secured under the
supervision OF her mother on a GeoT-
gia farm. Miss Branam has learned TO
produce so many delectable dishes
that an epicure sitting at the board
for a full day would hardly be able to
taste all Of them +,
Last fall at the county fair at Eaton
ton Miss Branam won a prize for the
versatility Of her employment of the
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
CHARGED WITH WIRE TAPPING.
Five Salt Lake Men Accused of Steal
Ing Stock Quotations.

Salt Lake City.-Ae Witt B. Lowe, a
well known commission broker, and
four others were arrested Friday on
charges of stealing stock quotations
and stock information coming from
New York over the private wire OF
Badger Brothers, brokers. By means
of a remarkably ingenious device
these men are alleged to have learned
the contents of messages going over
the Badger wires and to have sold the
informaticsl SO secured to San Fran
cisco brokers.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
Aeronaut Falls Into Lake.

Charlotte, N. CATER making a
balloon ascension at Lakewood park,
a pleasure resort, and making a fire.
works display from the car Satur-
day night, II. G. Brown, a daring
young aeronaut of Michigan, fell
with his parachute into a shallow ar
tifcial lake and was drowned before
a large crowd, who witnessed the dis
nlay, could save him.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
Eleven Perish In Hotel fire.

Juneau, Alaska.-Eleven lives lost,
fourteen persons injured, two of whom
are not expected to live. and the
Juneau hotel and the McGrath build
ing in ashes, are the results of a
fire which started in the hotel late
Sunday night and was subdued only
after the Douglas fire department had
sent men and engines to assist the
local fire fighters.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
Buffalo enat Blamed.

Lexington, Ky.-The buffalo gnat
has been fixed on by Henry Garman,
a government bacteriologist and en-
tomologist, as the means of dissent
mating the disease pellagra, which
has been spreading in the mountain
regions of Kentucky.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
Save 21o-Pound Girl.

Venice, Calico heavy to be res
cued from her peculiar position in the
ordinary way, Mrs. Florence Cassidy.
the 21O-pound daughter of a Chicago
lumberman, was pulled from the surf
beneath the pier here through a hole
In the planking yer her head. The
young woman was caught by the
breakers and wedged In the pier. A
block and tackle were used to get
her out
-
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
Kills Wife and self

Los Angelos.-An argument over a
So cleaning bill, coming as the climax
to a long series Of domestic difficult
ties, resulted early Friday in the kill
ing of Mrs. Essediller Ryan by her
husband, DR.. Walter owen Ryan.
DR.. Ryan committed suicide a moment
after killing his wife.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
-Antheds of Cholera.

London.-A special from Constan'
tinople says the project of police has
notified the chief rabbi of the gov
ernment's decision to burn all the
old houses belonging to Jews in the
Houkeny quarter. as the buildings are
regarded to be hotbeds of cholera.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
Dynamiter Gets Long Prison Sentence

San Francisco.-Charles S. Picard
was sentenced Saturday by Judge j.
F. Blendsoe of the superior court to
serve twenty-five years in Folsom pri.
son for planting dynamite with intent
to kill. Picard had trouble with his
wife, who left him and sued for di-
vorce, and when officers went to his
home to compel him to %vacate, there
was a dynamite explosion which
wrecked the house and severely injur-
ed an officer. Picard claimed he fxed
up an Internal machine in his home In
the hopes that his wife would come
back and be killed.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
governor eddie a Sick Man.

Reno, Nev.-A successful operation
for appendicitis was performed here
Sunday on Governor Tasker l.. Oddie
of Nevada. The governor came from
the capital Saturday night and the op'
Grafton was performed in the morn
ing. DR.. George Mackenzie. who per-
formed the operation, said that it was
successful and that the patient show.
ed no alarming effects.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
eorcA AN EASY WINNER.
aewan Defeats Russian Lion and Re-
talns Title Of Champion Wrestler.

Chicago.-Frank Gotch of Iowa is
still the worlds champion wrestler,
having defeated George Hacken-
scmidt, the Russian lion, in straight
falls, on Labor day.
The first fall resulted from a re-
erse body hold after the men had
struggled 14:1S is. That terrible toe
hold for which Gotch is famous was
responsible for the second fall. He
clamped it upon the left foot of
Hackenschmidt and ended the sec
ond fall in 5.32 1-5. Scarcely had he
obtained the grip than Hacken-
schmidt acknowledged defeat with
his shoulders. The total gate re.
ceipts were $87, 900.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
stepped In Front Of EnaIne.

Park City.-After deliberately step
ping in front of the engine, Carl Carl
son, a native of Finland, died in the
Park City Miners hospital Sunday
from injuries received by being struck
by a Rio Grande train.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
cannalnn on In Maine.

Portland, Me.-Accompanied by a
great deal of noise, the campaign Of
vets and drys-leading up to a de-
cfsion by vote on September II on
the proposal for a repeal of the pro-
hibitory amendment of the constitu-
tion-is in full swing.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
THOUSANDS
Report of Terrible Loss OF Life Caused
by Floods Comes From China.

Hankow, China.-The American
mission at WI Hu has received a re-
port that 100 5000 persons have been
drowned by the floods caused by the
water flowing over the banks of the
Yang Use Kiang river.
The foods are the worst that have
been experienced in many years. II
is estimated that over ninety-iye per
cent of the crops have been destroyed.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
All Hands Drowned.

Charleston, s. C.-The schooner
Margaret A. May of Philadelphia, com,
manded by Captain Jarvis, vas DIS,
covered on Coles island, near here,
Saturday. No word has been received
of her crew of seven men and it is be-
1ieVed they were lost.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-09-08
Rla smeIter. Burned.

Winnipeg, Mantle huge plant of
the Hall of Mines Smelter company,
covering thirteen acres of ground just
outside the city of Nelson, B. c., burn
ed Sunday. Loss, 500, 900.