100 REPORTED DEAD IN GREAT FOREST FIRE Canadian Towns Destroyed and Countryside Swept. FLAMES EXTEND OVER 100 MILES, Entire Country on the Crows Nest Line of the Canadian Pacific Is a Seeth, ing Mass of Flames— Half a Dozen Towns Are Reported Wiped Out, and Others Are Threatened. Winnipeg, Man. (Special).— As a sesult of bush fires that started Sat- arday and still rage for many miles, and the fate of Hosmer, Olsen Sparwood, intervening towns, in 1oubt, as they are cut off from com- munication. More than lost, 74 of them in Fernie, tory 100 square miles in extent a seething mass of flames. Through it are scattered hundreds of lumber- is days. Much property of the Canadian and rolling stock burned, so that burning area. The inhabitants of the try to seek safety. the there the next all available trains at of refugees and unless change of wind within hours the whole of the Pass country will be abandoned the flames. to ing the loss of life and property possible to put a fight against their advance, the greatest which has Canada. For have up ever month forest fires in the past been raging the they have not been considered seri- ously. Saturday morning a heavy wind sprang up from the west and early in the afternoon the appeared over the crest of the moun- tains to the west of Fernie They ran down the mountain side and be- fore a fire guard could be organized had entered the town. Within an hour the town Was doomed and the inhabitants sought safety im flight, leaving everything behind them. All night and Sunday morning the exodus continued, the destination being a small prairie the valley three miles south of town. At present 3,000 people are camp- | ed there in the open, their only pro- tection being shelter bulit brush or blankets, while a constant shower of sparks from the burning area keeps falling through pall smoke by which they are surrounded For a time communication with towns to the east was kept open, but with the burning of the across the Elk River thi closed Scattered throu ley are many small pr these have their groups of The hills in all seething mass of flames, every avenue spread with unprecedented and it is feared that several parties who tried to get through the pass have been cut off Families have been separated and there ig at pres ent no means of checking up fatalities. At Fernie the only buildings maining are six sma: shacks on the | banks of the Elk River, the offices of the Crows Nest Coal Company and | the Fikes wood warehouse. The of- | fices of the Canadian Pacific Railroad | and Great Northern are gone togeth- er with all of the rolling stock in| the vards, the sleeping car Osceola | being the only car left. One hundred cars of coke, the property of the | Great Northern, are gone, and the | stock piles of coal and coke, holding | about half a million tons, are in flames, . It is now feared that the fire may get in the mines themselves, several of which are open in the neighbor. hood. This will mean incalculable damage as the whole of the valley is underlaid with coal. At present the fire is following the crest of the mountain chain above Sparwood, eating down into the valleys on either side. It is travell- ing at a tremendous rate of speed and unless there is a change of wind will cross the boundary into Mon- tana within the next 2 hours. There are thousands of mines and prospector’s claims in the track the fire, all of which are in peril. ir in the of the of bridges | way was the refugees directions of escape. rapidity the | re Not Cutting Dividends, New York (Special).——The Union Pacific Railroad Company declared a quarterly dividend of 2% per cent. on its common stock and a semian- nual dividend of 2 per cent. on its preferred stock. The Southern Paci. fic Railroad Company declared a quarterly dividend of 1% per cent on its common stock. All these divi- dends are unchanged from the last previous quarter, Shoot Captive Balloon. Magdeburg (By Cable) —The army made experiments in shooting at a captive balloon at a distance of two and a half miles. Although it was struck 30 times the balloon did not collapse. ———————— BAA Cholera In Russia Virulent, 8t. Petersburg (By Cable).—The ‘cholera appearing in Russia this year is almost virulent. Out of 12 cases in Tsaritsyn there have been 11 deaths. According to investiga- tions made by Deputy von Anrep, a distinguished medical authority, the sanitary conditions in the Volga towns are horrible. The absence of a sewerage system and water works puts the inhabitants at the mercy THOMAS L. HISGEN 1S NAMED FOR PRESIDENT Massachusetts Man Candidate of independence Party. Chicago (Special),—For President THOMAS HISGEN, of Massachu- setts, For Vice President—JOHN TEM- PLE GRAVES, of Georgia. This is the ticket nominated bY he nationai convention of the Inde- pendence party. Hisgen was nomi- nated on the third ballot and Graves on the first, The first ballot for President re- sulted: Hisgen, 396; Howard, 200; Graves, 213; Lyon, 71; Hearst, 49, The second ballot was: Hisgen, 590: Graves, 189%; Howard, 100; Hearst, 49 On the third ballot the vote sel toward Hisgen, and it was| soon evident that his nomination was | certain. | Virginia broke from Graves and placed him within a few votes of | Then came Washington with 10 votes for Hisgen and he was | nominated. There‘was a scramble | the band wagon. Missouri was | to discern in what direction it was headed and swung its vote for Hisgen Georgia changed from too rapidly to cdunt, all changing | of Alabama withdrew Hisgen nominated and Graves, the name had been cast its ac- | tually for vote | Made It Unanimous. i The third ballot resulted: Hisgen,! ) a A roar of applause followed the | announcement of the ballot and a naion was adopted with a yell. The usual parade of standards around the hall then commenced while the band played patriotic airs. The uproar continued eight minutes then a commitiee was sent escort Mr. Hisgen to the hall, Chairman Walsh appointed as members of the escorting committee Howard, Graves, and Lyon, | had just been competitors of | the Massachusetts man. While commitiee was the nominee the roll-call nomination of a Vice candidate was begun Clarence J. Shearn, of Rew York, presented the name of John Temple and asked that it given unanimous vote conven. io who the seeking for the Presidential be the of the tion Indiana's Neal, was nominaed bj lard, Gary Graves was candidate, Chis ’ of nominated on ballot The name William Bryan almost caused onvention when a ted to put in nomination the of the Democratic party What Platform Provides, The important planks of as follows 1. Initiative and referendum 2. The right of recal holders 3. Government roads as soon as can show its al 3 went ownership of companies 4. All money Government Postal of Jennings a riot in Kansas delegate the attemp nominee are of Government ownership rail- the to operate, telegraph | to be iasued by the banks-—the to the security. savings posits to loaned on good and sufficient 6. Good roads 7. No injunctions to be without notice and hearing, contempt court cases to be a jury. 8. Eight-hour-day labor law. 8. Opposition to child labor. 10. To suppress bucket-shops and | prevent fictituous dealings in farm producis i 11. Physical valuation of the rail-| roads. 12. Against Asiatics. de- | be people jassued | and all} tried by the immigration of Woman Tortured. Hot Springs, Ark (Special) .—- Mrs, N. Pettit was attacked by a man who, after beating her almost in-| sensible, thrust a rag saturated with | arsenic into her mouth, bound her to her bed with wire andl then tied a number of matches to her mouth so that they would become ignited if she moved her head. Two hours after Mrs. Pettit had been bound and | gagged her husband returned from work and released her. WASHINGTON Army medical experts the Philippines say the dengue fever, which was prevalent at Fort William McKinley, Philippines, is not con- tagious. England will send a large delega- tion to attend the international con- gress on tuberculosis, to be held in Washington in September. One hundred observation telescopes are to be purchased by the Ordnance Department of the United States Army. The government is to try different colored underclothing on the soldiers in the Philippines, Dr. Hamilton Wright, one of the members of the commission, investi- gating the opium traffic, ins the use of the drug has largely increased in the past five years, Chile and Ecuador have concurred in the parcels post convention. D. A. Tompkins, of Charlotte, N, C., was elected president of the Ap- palachian National Forest Associa- tion, The United States and the Mexican governments are stirred up over the iwiess doings on the Mexican bor. er. Former Senator Harris, of Kansas, fs urging the War Department to take steps to harness the Kaw River, Col. Perry Carson, an unique fig. ure in the political lite of Washing- in of the epidemic. Su ton, has passed out of the spotlight. IN A PISTOL DUEL WITH BURGLARS Three Robbers Dash Off in Auto Into Darkness. BATTLE ON LAWN OF HOME. Watchman of 12,000.acre Estate Ex. changes Shot for Shot With Men E. C. Converse, a Wealthy New Yorker, Joins in Fusillade—One of the Burglars Wounded. Greenwich, Ct. (Speclal)—Conyers Manor, the 1,200 estate of E. G. Converse, a wealthy New Yorker and a director of the United States Steel Corporation, was the scene of acre burglars and the night watchman on the estate, The men were driven Converse, him- rushed from the 0 the watchman’'s The watchman the would-be a bullet, but he prob ably was not dangerously hurt, as he picked himself up and made his RO with his companions it the three men had an auto- outside after fired and just as Mr armed, house and went assistance one of was struck by the the men Bed- in waiting moment carrying away toward mobile grounds, as a shooting a car was racing three seen N.Y The presence grounds was Mr. Converse's ed out of the burglars in made known by pet collie, who dash- house, barking loudly, ran to a hedge near the watch man's cottage The watchman went down to make an investigation. As of the gprang upon him, pinioned his arms, and then revolver at him to make meantime the the one of his head and directed no oulcery. In the collle’'s barking had household, and to flash in isoner, ran toward the was released two and as releasing their the hedge The moment watchman opened fire with volvers which carried, fleeing desperadoes, turning ran back shot for shot as the three men were about through an opening in leading to the road, the says one of them threw up his a: sprang into the and fell ground in a heap A moment however, on his running companions three succeeded getting away as Mr. Converse, a revolver in hand, rushed to take a hand in the battle The Converse fs one « finest of many nummer ntained b ralthy New situ. ar pt gireet the Tie the he he they sent alr he was feet after his with either across the lawn estate if the beautiful = 1a places Yorkers ated about ter of the sgh PT cen age DIES OF ELEPHANTIASIS. Woman Weighed 510 Pounds And Suffered For 19 Years, Pittsburg (Special) After suffer i years innis Anna E. Lyn the At pounds Lynch weighed 165 her Me- Mrs wh died at ome on State road, near Keesport her death she afflicted pounds 510 When Years aon A ago Mrs The disease started similarly to ery- ower 3 8 Her left limb m around the calf and 65 inches Finally the became affected, and the and the inches the right leg whole body her when is reached the heart Mrs. Lynch was 60 years old and an ardent worker of the Reformed Church During the past several years First port telephone Many physicians of the for the purpose of studying the dis- ease, Switchmen May Strike, Scranton, Pa. (Special) Grand of the switchmen's union, announced that 50 per cent. of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad's men have voted for a strike, and that the grievance committee is now awaiting a reply from President Truesdale to a letter sent requesting a conference with a view of affecting a settlement before the committee takes up the question of ordering the men out. Stricken After Son's Funeral York, Pa. (8pecial) —On return. ing from his son's funeral, Peter Kessler was stricken with a vertigo and his condition, physicians say, is serious. The son was killed several days ago by lightning and five other members of his family were injured. All being incapacitated for work, neighbors worked the Kessler farm. 17 Pasteur Cases At Once. New Orleans (8pecial).—Bitten by an alleged mad dog, whose head they brought with them, a party of 17 men, women and children of Tecum- gel, Okla. appeared at the Pasteur ward of the New Orleans Charity Hospital and applied for treatment, In the party were 2 white women, 11 white children, 1 white man and a negro woman and her two chil dren. Bo Parachute Jumper Killed, Jackson, Mich. (Special). — Wil- lam Oliver, a young aeronaut of Mason, Mich., was killed while mak- ing a parachute drop at Hague Park, on Vandercook Lake, near here. Just as the parachute filled the strings on one side snapped and the aeronaut dropped 2,000 feet to his death, the parachute trailing, a useless rag, af- ter him. Oliver landed near a crowd- ed merry-go-round, and lived five minutes after being carried to the JUDGE WILLIAM H. TAFT NOTIFIED OF HIS NOMINATION Republicans Must Carry On Policies of President, He Asserts. SALIENT POINTS IN TAFT'S SPEECH ACCEPTING RE- PUBLICAN NOMINATION The chief function of the next Administration is to complete and perfect the machinery by which these { Roosevelt's) standards may be maintained The practical constructive . . work of those who follow Mr, Roosevelt devise the and means by which the level of business integrity and obedience to law may be maintained and departure from it restrained without undue inter- ference with legitimate hasiness Mr Roosevelt has favored regulation of the business which evils have grown up 80 a to stamp ont vile and per- mit the business to continue. The tendency of Mr. Bryan's proposals has generally been of the business with respect to which he {8 demanding reform Unlawful trusts should be g¢trained with all the efficiency injunctive process, and the peor- sons engaged in maintaiaing them should be punished with severity of criminal fon, in order that the methods pur- sued in the operation of their business shall be brought within the law. To destroy them and to eliminate the wealth they repre- gent from the producing capital of the country would entail enor- mous loss and would throw out of employment myriads of work- ing men and working women. A revision of the tariff under- taken upon this principle . {making it approximately equal to the difference between cost of production at home and abroad) ‘ began promptly on the incoming of the new Administra- tion, and considered at special session with the preliminary in- vestigations already begun by the appropriate ittees of the House and Senate, will make the disturbance business incident to such a change as little as pos- gible This provision (for jury trial in prosecutions for con- tempt Federal injunctions) the (Democratic) plat- form 1866 was regarded then a2 a most dangerous attack upon the power of the courts 10 en- force thelr orders and decrees, and it was of chief rea- gons for the defoat the Demo- cratic party in that as it ought to have be extend ed operation f to weaken the power of enforcement of its can hardly be on The Republican platform adop! 4d at itly demands ustice for all men without regard y color, and as ox for the enfores is to WHYE high in the e 1 tri destructive re of all the prosecul oon of of in of the of contest one wn. The yf such a provision the cout in the orders e Chicago expiic J 0 Tate Or just i declar w hot reservation of the Th foie y WILLY nent ang jetter and spirit Th Fourteenth ind Fifteentl ments to the Constit needless to state that my party squarely on of the platform We must be lulled which to national humilis rieenth i 1 3 3 * be pradent a sense of se CXDORe Tout NiO would possibls us ———— Cincinnati, o (special) —S8Stand. ing on a flag-draped platform in of the old colonial portico of brother's home, Judge William Taft at noon Tuesday accepted the nomination of the party ot be its candidate Presidency. The quaint old residence of Taft—once in the outly- ing residence section of the city, but swallowed up by the big business buildings that have sur rounded it was the centre of a dem. oh his H for the history Political leaders from far and near gathered to give the affair its political significance, while from city and surrounding suburbs people turned out in large numbers tion. The notification of the candidate was made the occasion of a holiday. From early morning the downtown gtreeots were filled with gay throngs, waving flags, shouting and moving in a seemingly endless stream to- ward the Taft residence, Senator Willlam Warner, of Mis- gouri, past commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, headed the notification committee, which consisted of a member from every State, Territory and island pos- session of the nation. The repre- sentatives on the commitiee were chosen frem the delegates attending the nominating Convention at Chi- cago. There were also present many members of the Republican Nation- al Committee, including its chairman, Frank H. Hitchcock, who made a flying visit to Cincinnati on his way from Chicago to Washington and New York. After formally accepting the nomi- nation tendered by the chairman of the notification committee, Judge Tift at once launched, without any attempt at oratory, into the very essence of his declaration of prin. ciples, the first portion of his re- marks being a declaration that Re- publican strength lies in a mainte- nance of the ‘Roosevelt policies.” Sew ing Machines For 25 Cents. 8t. Petersburg (By Cable).—A special dispatch from Tabriz, Persia, says that the horsemen under Rachid Khan, who is operating on the side of the Shah, have pillaged the Russo- Persian High School at Tabriz, de- stroying the laboratories and library. Later they sacked the warehouse of an American sewing machine com- pany, next door to the school. Find- ing the machines too heavy to carry away on horseback, the pillagers sold them from 26 to 30 cents a SET TRAP FOR HIS WIFE'S SUITOR Tarred and Fgathered, Reaten and Thrown Out, WOMAN A PARTY 10 THE PLOT Mrs. Chas. Marthinson, Handsome Wife of Wealthy Lumberman of Washing. ton, D. C., Says F. E. Bliss, Jr., An- noyed Her by His Attentions- Inform. ed Husband and Set Trap for Man. p. C. of Washington, amazing { Bpecial) An story hypnotism of suitor, with the result that the lat was soundly thrashed and red and feathered by the lady's . . ¥ y sig ¥ fr ( and two muscular friend the of Charl hus. arrest here wealthy living in Mount Pleasant of Washington; able suburb ashing I.. White, a with assault technical terms the responsi tar and Mr. Blis From principals that Mr. Bliss has kn¢ and his ver: sometime His attentic Young matron nounced; y for ss feat from whict has not vet fully recover d the statements of the var thelr att Or OTNevs inson i ns 1 very pro- indeed, for have heen so pronounced arouse the disgpleasu Marthinson and the wife On last told appeared hypnotic power Wednesday husband POBRECER and end of their acquaint- her to immediate Mr. Marthinson views friends, an ance ed his wife's with his White. That Lson entirely s r- He const Messrs Cole whilst afternoon, Mr. Marth. was at home Bliss, it the telephone ment call By her husband's adv ed that her admirer should evening How Trap Was Set. “When | called in the galid Mr. Bliss enter the ho door It seemed an unusual but I obeved it nevertheless 1 stepped the © “nou grabbed me, my hands and them i 10 ¥ evening asked me the "she ge by basement requ Wi into s¢ three of revolver fi vi head and then they sme i tar feathers over m it is added Mr, Bliss and nson and hi mbrace Mrs confronted his friends to Marthinson by ADETY h friends. His expian means convincing infuriated his hearers He was then shand and ones His and thes the were by then red and feathered him and then kick- ed him out of the house shoots Whipping Husband. Canonsburg, Pa, (Special) was shot Mra. Tal Frank Talmer through the abdomen by mer He wae taken to a hospital probably fatally injured, while woman is at home is an scious condition from ber injuries the Liat her uncon. i \ FINANCIAL A seat on the New York Stock Exchange has been sold for $79,000, as against $78,000 for the last previ ous sale. The Giles cotton estimate places condition on July 25 at 86.5 per cent against 86 per cenl. on July 10 and at 85.3 per cent. on June 2b Application has been made to the New York Stock Exchange to lis! American Steel Foundries Company. A despatch from Pittsburg states that “the business of the Crucible Steel Company for July is showing a considerable increase over June, and orders are being received from agri- eultural implement makers, which are not usually placed until Septem- ber or October.” The conference of traffic officers of the Southern Railway, in progress for several days In Washington, has adjourned. It was their consensus of opinion that the large crops in the South this year will go far towards reviving business in that section. This belief is confirmed by W. A Garrett, formerly of Philadelphia, pow president of the Seaboard Alr Line, who states that a considerable {fmprovement in business is evident there already. The syndicate in which is vested control of the Wisconsin Central Railroad Las extended its agreement, which was to expire on August 21, for a term of ope year. This syn- dicate is distinet from that compris. ing Brown Bros. & Co. Maltiand. Coppell & Co., Edward Sweet & Co. and George A. Fernald & Co, which underwrote the Wisconsin Central's last issue of bonds, amounting to $7,000,000. The Bank of Montreal has shipped an additional 3230,000 gold coin Ww Canada from New York : PINIONED UNDER A BURNING AUTO Mr. W. K Vanderbi t's Stepson the Victim, Paris {By Cable) in of most terrible automobile many years Sands, a stepson Ww biit, was kil JUst on grounds of Mr Vanderbilt 1 country seat, the C de Poisey Mr, Bands norsepow ne accidents | WW b K. Vand 118ide begutid hateau St miles from Paris wag driving in France, G Of led 20 er HONE a desire where Mrs ughte Were sta) # known he VAY heen had OESINESE ured men , whene it was bevond the hog that the chauffeur ously injured MR. TAFT'S NARROW ESCAF} Near shot, Woman Standing Candidate Is nat 0 another Once Rich: Died In {Spe Poverty was at wenlth is said yf great t a week helpless fro t neglect, was taken charg Humane S oly yon the Killed By United States Marshal Mo xq Doniphan, {Special} Whitwell, who kept a iii nt arrest United Ww States resisting by Smith, a deputy from Chicago Aor ports, Whitwell was wanted charges of deserting the United Kiates Army two or three years ago Hard Pressed For Labor, Winnipeg. Manitoba (Special The Manitoban Government anntunc es that 30.000 men are needed harvest the wheat crop in Western Canada It recommends to the gov. ernors of jails that all men in prison for vagrancy and other minor of- fenses be released early next month on condition that they work in harvest fields Three Mail Clerks Injured. Atlanta, Ga, (8pecial) Train No 38 on the Southern railway, known as the New Orieans-New York limit. ed. northbound, which left here at noon, met with an accident 30 miles from Charlotte, N. C The tender mail car and club car left the raile and three mall clerks were injured No passenger was hurt and no one was killed. The train nrocecded afl: ter a delay of five hours. Explosion In Peking. Peking (By Cable). Fire in the German guard section at the legation guarter of the city at 10.39 o'clock P M.. burned the stables and mess room and exploded a quantity of ammunition. Two German and one French soldier were killed and eight German and five French soldiers were severely wounded and four sol- dierg and civilians slightly wounded. shal yrding t to the Southern Cotton Mills To Cartail, Columbia, 8 C. (Special). - I' ie announced that beginning next week Olympia, Granby, Richland and Capi. tal City cotton mills of this city will run only four days a week. It is not stated, hawever, how long this curtaliment will continwe. These mills aggregate 200,000 spindles Other cotton mills in the State are following a similar policy, some of which are closing down completely tor a period of 10 days or two weeks.
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