The
Fulton County News
McConnellsburg, Pa.
COUCH OF LUXURY.
The most perfect resting place ever
.Devised for a humnn being Is Just be
neath the roof, and then you must be
Oil to see the shingle nails stinking
through. If a gentle rain be falling,
o murh the teller. Five minutes
pent In that sweet retrent are enough
Ho banlflh the memory of every trouble.
Debt and death lone their terrors, and
lite peace tbnt passes underntuntling
comes upon you, says the Washington
Iost. You heroine a boy ngaln and
enter once more into the world that
tisnd to be. Soon the dark comers of
oe room are pi (j led with the Itnnges
of childhood. Over where the old
clothes Hre bunging you can see tho
outlines of a il!s;imritld ship, wliilo
down the t-nri'lv nlmre come Robinson
Crusoe and Man Friday. A swarthy
fare peeps from l.-hlnd the big irnnk.
ft Is Fiirlrighca, the Htr.ir.gliT, creep
Ing stealihily njon his v'ctlin. Fast
er and faster they come, somo pleas
Ing, sone fi-roc-'ous. You welcome
theui all and are not a bit afraid, and
the ruin drips, di'ps, with a steady,
monotonous cuiii.d. Then conies a
blank. Next niornlnif tho spell Is
broken, but ti c memory remains. You
see the old flot I.'-h and the trunk, and
find that the only gobelin tapestry In
the room Is a ' ter of cobwebs over
the little dorn.er window. But you
had slept fl:c sYcp of the Just, and
found It most rctrc&hlng.
The passenger tralllc between the
l'nltcd states and Europe continues to
itTer must alHirli g inducements. Many
of the liig ctiniianles are adding the
Tie-west, largi'st and swiftest vessels to
their fleets Oi e of the latest launch
ing Is that of a ship that Is being
built by a French line, to run to New
Tork. This Is one of the greatest craft
yet completed, an I when put In com
mission w'!l be able to carry 2,020 pas
sengers. The total cost will be about
$."),0!)l.WiO. Th:it Is what foreign con
cerns are doing to get American trade.
And Americans permit them to mo.
uopolizo a business that should be In
American control and which should
be a most Important auxiliary In ex
tending American commerce.
English owners of homing pigeons
have lost so many of them this season
that they believe there Is an especial
cause. This cause, many of them are
inclined to suspect. Is wireless telcgra
phy. Many will dismiss the Indict
ment as fanciful, on account of the
comparative weakness of the current
which wireless telegraphy brings Into
play. The answer to this Is that the
current does not kill tho birds, but
only confuses them, causing them to
miss their way If the Marconi cur
rent affects plg"ons, why not gulls!
Indeed, It would seem not Impossible
that wlrelesB telegraph stations may
be the means of greater disaster to
gulls than lighthouses.
From London comes the announce
ment of the death of the woman who
claimed to be the original of "Little
Dorrlt," that famous character of
Dirkens. The lady was entitled to th
benefit of the doubt, but It Is a fact
that similar claims have been made by
others. It Is also asserted that
brother of the woman who has Just
died was the original "Tiny Tim," and
that be served In part as the model for
"laul Doinhey." If all those asser
tions can he proved It would seem
that the family formed a sort of trust
for Dickens characters.
Perhaps If the truth were known a
considerable proportion of the so
called automobile "accidents" would
be found to havo resulted from be
fuddled heads and unstesdy nerves.
The menace of a man under the In
fluence of liquor find In an automobile
ta easily appreciated, and when It Is
demonstrated that crashes on the
road are due to drunkenness the pun
ishment should be severe. Those who
Insist upon running amuck on the
highways should be made to pay
heavy penalty, whotber they be sober
or drunk.
The usual fata of get-rlch-qulck
schemes Is collapse at the end. And
the "lambs" are fleeced as a prelim
inary. A speculative scheme of this
ktnd In Connecticut has brought up
to the bankruptcy court, with unse
cured claims of foOO.OOO to be set
tled. And the further sequel no doubt
will be the charging of the sum to
the profit and loss account of those
foolish enough to "Invest."
A German musician says that our
craze for ragtime is the great obstacle
to creative work In American muslo.
Ragtime? Sounds like faint echo
from our past. Our friend must have
cot his Idea from old newspaper files.
Among airmen excessive avoirdupois
Is at a discount, most of the success
ful atmosphere navigators being phys
ical lightweights. In this as In some
other matters good goods often com
In small packages.
There Is a man In California who
went to sleep on a railroad track, was
struck by a fast train and escaped
with a headache. To complete the
Jujple beauty of this tale, we are
pleased to add that the locomotive la
also doing well.
One by one the comic supplement
Jokes com true. In Detroit a ben
pecked llontamer has real! taken
refuge from his wife by sleeping In
lbs cage
TWENTY-FOUR
DEAD IN FIRE
Scores of Girls Lpnp Oat of
Vt indows of Factory.
IHE STAIRWAYS WERE IN FLAMES.
fn a Four-Story, Oil-Soaked Struc
ture a fJasolIno Can K up I odes
Score Of Working Girls, Finding
Elovutor and Htnlrwayg Aflame,
Plunge Headlong From Flre-Es-capes,
Many To Death Ou the
Pavements.
IVrlsli Within 10 Minutes.
Twenty-live working girls are
known to have perished, 6 others
are missing and 6C are injured
as a result of the burning of a
factory building at Orange and
High streets, Newark, New Jer
sey. The fire started on the third
floor by an explosion of gaso
line. Within 10 minutes the whole
four-story structure was a blaz
ing furnace.
Hundreds of working girls
were trapped on the upper floors
by the rapid spread of the Are,
their only escape being by way
of two Insufficient fire-escapes.
These were quickly overcrowd
ed. A wild panic ensued, and
dozens leaped from the windows
and fire-escapes.
One girl was burned to death
sitting at her sewing machine.
The financial loss Is said to be
$165,000.
Newark, N. . (Special). Twenty
five girls were burned alive or crush
ed to death on the pavement In leap
ing from windows and fire-escapes
within 10 minutes Saturday morning.
The tragedy occurred at a fire in
the factory building at Orange and
High streets.
The latest count shows that 20
of the 25 bodies recovered have been
Identified and that six girls are still
missing.
They may be among the unidenti
fied dead or they may be in the ruins.
Fifty persons were taken to hos
pitals, of whom two may die. Among
the injured Is Joseph E. Sloane, dep
uty fire chief, who was overtaken by
the falling wall and burled in bricks
and rubbish. He Is badly hurt, but
may recover.
The rush of the flames was so In
credibly swift and threw such unrea
soning terror into the huddled work
ing girls on the top floor that the
body of one was found still seated on
a charred stool beside the machine at
which she bad been busy when the
first cry of "fire" petrified her with
fright.
Trapped In a Tinder Ilox.
Horrible as must have boen the
tragedy In the smoke of that crowded
upper room, what befell outside In
the bright sunlight was more hor
rible still.
The building was furlouBly Inflam
mable, and the first rush of flames
had cut off all possibility of escape
by the stairways. The elevators made
one trip, but took down no passen
gers and never came back. The only
exit was by two narrow fire-escapes,
the lower platforms of which were
IS feet from the street.
On these overcrowded and steep
xtts, made hot by the flames from
the lower windows, pressed forward
a mob of women, blind with panic,
driven by the fire, and the others be
hind them.
Out Of Windows To Death.
A net had been spread beneath the
windows, and the girls began to
Jump.
"Like rats out of a burning bin"
was the way a fireman described that
pellmell descent. They bolted out of
the windows,' rolled up on the heads
of those below them and cascaded
off the fire-escape to the pavement
80 feet below.
Borne of them stood in the windows
outlined against the flames and
Jumped clear; others from the land
ings; still others from the steps
where they stood.
The air was full of them and they
fell everywhere Into the net, 06 the
necks of firemen, and 15 of them on
the hard stone slabs.
When the Jumping ceased there
were eight dead in the street and the
gutters ran red with blood.
Eleven more were so badly crushed
that they died in hospitals.
Clouds of smoke and showers of
burning embers spread over the city
and rained down on neighboring
roofs. As the news flew and It lost
nothing In the telling panic spread
to other factories, where many of the
girls In peril had friends and rel
atives, and several firms had to shut
down for the day.
Prayer In the Street.
Italian silk workers fell in the
Two Roys Mnrdered fn Woods.
Colombia, 8. C. (Special). Guy
Rogers and Prentiss Moore, aged 15
and 11, respectively, went hunting
Thanksgiving Day In tbe swamps of
the Reedy river, near Bennettsville,
and their bodies were found Saturday
In a ditch near their buggy. They
bad been murdered. Circuit Court
was adjourned and practically the en
tire population of Bennettsville is en
gaged In searching for the assassins
f the lads. Rogers was a son of the
County Treasurer.
Oklahoma Has l,A.17,inS.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Tbe
population of the State of Oklahoma
Is 1,657,155, according to the sta
tistics of the thirteenth census, Just
made public t by Director Duraud.
This la an Increase of 142.178, or
17.3 per cent., over 1,414,177 lu
107. The counties containing tbe
principal cities are: Oklahoma. 85,
111. 00m pared wllh 24,916 In 1900,
and Logan, 31,740, compared with
28.581 ia 1100.
streets and prayed and lamented
pitiably. Priests and clergymen
worked their way through the press
to give the last consolations to those;
of their different faiths. Ambulance!)
and automobiles, commandeered for
emergency service, were hurrying in
oposlte streams to the hospitals and
back again.
Floor Honked With Oils.
The building was a four-story brick
structure occupied on the two lower
floors by the Newark Paper Box Com
pany and the A. A. Drake Paper Box
Company; on the third floor, where
the flro started, by the Anchor Lamp
Company and the Ktna Electric Com
pany, and on the top floor, where the
death list ran heaviest, by the Wolf
Manufacturing Company, makers of
underwear.
The wooden floors were soaked
with oil drippings from the machin
ery and the flames ate through them
like pasteboard.
When they warped and weakened,
the weight of the machinery torij
them from tho walls and they fell
Into the basement in a horrible tan
gle of hot iron and mangled human
ity. Sadie Benson, an employe of the
.rtotna Electric Company, was clean
ing an electric light fixture in a gnso
lino bath.
Gasoline Can Explode.
The gasoline took fire she doe
not know how and trickled In a lit
tle rivulet of flame on the floor,
where stood a full can of gasoline
The ran exploded and the burning
liquid flew far and wide.
Lewis Cox, an employe of the bo
factory on the second floor, waf
standing in the hallway at the time
of .the explosion. The shock wai
strong enough, he says, to hurl hire
against the wall, but the- girls up
stairs at their whirring sewing ma
chine! heard nothing.
Fireman Brown, who turned in the
alarm, was at work directly opposite
the building, cleaning the windows oi
the engine house where he is sta
tioned. He saw a girl rush out ol
tbe factory Into the street, scream
ing and wringing her hands.
"There's fire In there," she cried,
pointing- back to the hallway she had
left.
Brown did not wait to ask any
questions. He turned in an alarm
and then dashed up the fire-escape
Already he found 40 girls at the
fourth-story windows, some of them
so dazed with terror that they hadn't
the wit to pull down the sashes and
climb out. Brown smashed In the
window and began pulling girls out
upon the fire-escape. He counted 40
that filed past htm.
Face Scorched By Heat.
The floor was far from cleared, but
the heat had then grown so intense
that the skin was beginning tc
scorch on his face. He pulled him
self up to the window for a last look
In, but at that moment a gush of red
streaked smoke blinded and almost
smothered him, and he was forced tc
drop Into the lee of the wall.
"It was the most horrible thing
I've ever seen," he said afterward
"Tbe girls were dropping from every
window. I never saw a fire spread
so fast once It got started. Before
we could get the girls through the
windows on the fire-escapes the
flames were licking the wooden
sashes. "
Fire Chief Astley laid the responsi
bility for loss of life on delay In turn
ing In an alarm. He says that five
minutes were loBt In trying to fight
the blazing gasoline with sand In a
barrel. "If those precious minutes
bad not been wasted," he almost
sobbed, "we would not have lost on
single life."
Owners In Tears.
David Levy, president of the Woll
Manufacturing Company, and Alfred
M. Wolf, secretary and treasurer,
broke Into tears when they were ask
ed for an estimate of the loss.
"What Is loss In the face of this
disaster?" said Mr. Wolf. "What It
any Investment against the life of
one of those poor girls? When we.
can talk coherently we'll give out a
statement."
Frederick Welmer, chief Inspectoi
of the public prosecutor's office. Is
making an Investigation to determine
tbe responsibility of tbe tenants and
owners.
NAVY WINS GREAT GAME.
Dnlton's Placement Kick the Only
Heore Desperate Battle.
Philadelphia (Special) . Standing
on the Army's 30-yard line In the
last period of Saturday's big football
match Dalton, the Navy's tall half
back, kicked a goal from placement
which was the only score of the con
test, and disposed of the West Point
ers unexpectedly by 3 to 0. Dalton
had previously attempted six goal
trials without success, so that when
he shot the oval squarely between
the posts and over the crossbars the
blue and gold enthusiasts Indulged In
one of the wildest demonstrations of
Joy ever seen at a struggle between
Uncle Sam's young soldiers and sailors.
Five Hundred Flyers.
Paris (Special). Prof. Soreau,
lecturing before the civil engineers,
said the danger of aviation should
not be exaggerated. Tbe Aero Club
of France has Issued over 270
licenses and the total number of
viators In the world la about BOO.
The deaths have been about 6 per
cent. Tbe total distance flown may
be estimated At 125,000 miles, or one
death for 4,186 2-3 miles.
Daylight Lynching 1st Florid.
Mayo, Fla. (Special). Richard
Love, a, negro, was lynched several
miles ontsld the city for entering
tbe bedroom of the daughter of R. M.
Cobb, In the heart of Mayo, Satur
day sight.
Alcoholic liquor for th use oi
native ar not permitted to be Im
ported Into Botnallland.
Titer ar,ll periodic oomet of
whkife the return ha been observed.
GENERAL REYES
LOYAL TO DIAZ
Dis Statement a Blow to the
Revolutionary Leaders.
WIRED TO ALL PARTS OF MZXICO
For Standing By the President In the
Crisis Diss Will Likely Ilcstore
Bejcs To His Former Position As
Minister Of War In tho New Ad
ministration Itumon Corral May
Resign the Vice-Presidency and Be
(Succeeded By Enrique Creel.
Mexico City (Special). The state
ment which General Bernardo Reyes
issued from Paris, France, In regard
to the revolutionary situation In this
country, and in which he reaffirms
his loyalty to the administration of
President Diaz and belittles the pres
ent uprisings, was widely published
in Mexico. It was wired by the gov
ernment to all parts of the republic
and orders given to the authorities of
the different districts that the people
be made acquainted with the state
ment. xIt came as a telling blow to the
ardor and hopes of the revolutionary
leaders, who have been diligently cir
culating the report that Reyes was
back of the present movement and
was even on his way to Mexico to as
sume command of the revolutionary
forces. General Reyes statement In
sures that the army will remain loyal
to the present administration, no
matter what the turn of events mayJ
be.
It Is the express belief in high offi
cial circles that tbe stand which Gen
eral Reyes has taken will cause a
quick dissolution of the armed bands
that are still roving some parts of the
country.
The report is current that Diaz will
restore Reyes to his former position
as minister of war when be enters
upon his new administration Decem
ber 1. Ramon Corral, vice-president,
is in 111 health and has been at a
hospital near this city for sometime.
His physical condition gives rise to
the report that he will resign his
position as vice-president soon after
bis coming Inauguration for a second
term and that he will be succeeded
by Enrique Creel, the present minis
ter of foreign affairs.
Eduardo Chalx, consul of France
In Puebla, has presented a claim
against the government for $3,000
damages done Julio Slbilot, a mer
chant of that city, during the recent
revolutionary disturbances there.
Other claims for damages to the prop
erty of foreign residents will be pre
sented. It Is stated.
MINISTER AND WIFE KILLED
Half-breed Negro Charged With
the (rime.
TO CIRCLE WORLD ON STILTS.
German Acrobats Are After Wager
Of $5,00O.
New York (Special). For a wager
of $5,000, two German acrobats will
attempt to circle the world on stilts.
They obtained a promise of police
protection from Commissioner Crop-
sey on the first leg of tbelr Journey
through the crowded streets from the
City Hall to the Jersey City ferry and
from there they will make their way
to Philadelphia. Tbe bour of the
start has not yet been decided.
Tbe young men are Albert Marder
and Hans Hoeledamp, until recently
employed as stewards cm a trans
atlantic liner, and the purse they
hope to win was raised by the Steam
ship Stewards Vereln, of- Hamburg.
"We are expert stilt walkers," they
said. "We expect to walk eleven
hours a day, and we can travel five
and a half miles an bour. We are
not allowed to take any money with
us, and count on making a living by
selling picture post cards. We will
work our passage on the ocean laps
of the Journey."
Walsh's Friends Htlll Have Hope.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Offi
cials of the Department of Justice
state that the application for pardon
of John R. Walsh, the Chicago bank
er who was sentenced to five years
at Fort Leavenworth prison, Kansas,
has not been received. This dis
proves the current reports that the
Attorney-General has dented the ap
plication. President Taft, it Is said,
has given no Intimation of his In
tention to refuse a pardon, and
friends of tbe banker ar hopeful.
The application contains 5,000
names.
Two Children Suffocated.
Kalamazoo, Mich. (Special).
Edgar, 6 years old, and bis 3-year-old
sister, Mabel, children of Mr. and
Mrs. Adelbert Riley, of this city,
were suffocated In an overheated
room. The boy and girl bad been
left In the room by the mother, who.
It Is said, had failed to shut off the
coal stove. Bolh children were un
conscious when found and soon died.
Th mother went temporarily Insane
and I now In hospital.
Gaynor Appoints Woman.
New York (Special). Mayor Gay
nor has appointed Miss Martha L.
Draper, of 18 West Eighth street, a
member of the Board of Education
to fill one of the vacancies resulting
recently from the' expiration of the
terms of several commissioners. Miss
Draper 1 chairman of the local
school board of th Ninth district,
and has been Interested for soma
year In educational work. She is
the first woman to -receive an ap
pointment to th school board from
Mayor Gaynor. n
Shot To Death By Mob.
Columbia. 8. C. (Special). After
confessing that be bad attempted an
assault on Nannie May Shealey and
then bad cut her throat, a negro,
whose name has not yet been learn
ed, was shot to death by a mob about
three-quarters of mile from Little
Mountain at 10.40 Friday night.
Five hundred men with hounds
scoured Lexington county for the
negro. Miss Shealey is the daughter
of a prominent farmer. Her throat
was cut from ear to ear.
Trenton, N. J. (Special). The
murder of Rev. Anzl L. Armstrong
and hi wife, Annie Armstrong, at
their homo at Dutch Neck Wednes
day night baa resulted In charges
being preferred by County Detective
James Kirkham, against John Sears,
who - was arraigned before Justice
of tho Peace Mills, and held with
out ball,- to answer two separate
charges of homicide.
Rudolph Norhaus, who was
brought to Trenton by the county
authorities along with Sears, was al
lowed to go to his home In New
Brunswick. .. Prosecutor Crossley
stated that he was entirely satisfied
that Northaus was in no way con
nected with the murder of the aged
couple.
Norhaus was not at any time un
der arrest, as the prosecutor (ox
pressed the opinion from the begin
ning that the man knew nothing of
tho crime and that his presence In
Dutch Neck was the result of a pre
arrangement between himself and
Sears to go on a gunning trip.
After having submitted Sears to
a severe examination, Prosecutor
Crossley and County Detective Kirk
ham went to Dutch Neck and, as the
prosecutor expressed It himself.
Sears' mother, the housekeeper In
the Armstrong household, was Im
pounded In the custody of consta
bles at a bouse In Dutch Neck.
The Investigation, it was stated,
established the fact that the Rev.
Armstrong and his wife were killed
by shots from a double-barreled gun,
which was found standing in a cor
ner of the kitchen of the Armstrong
home. This gun was borrowed by
Sears two weeks ago from a neigh
bor for gunning purposes.
Sears is a halfbreed and his mother
is a negress. Mrs. Sears has been
housekeeper in the Armstrong fam
ily for more than 30 years, having
been employed by the murdered man
before the birth of her son, who is
suspected of the murder and who Is
83 years of age.
MUST BEGIN LIFE ANEW.
Surgical Operation Leaves Editor
With Mentality Of a Child.
Fort Wayne, Ind. (Special). Fol
lowing a successful surgical opera
tion at Chicago for the removal of a
tumor from the brains, Jesse V. Tay
lor has been brought to his home In
this city in the mental condition of
a 5-year-old child.
Taylor was editor of an agricultur
al publication in Chicago when a
strange development resulted In an
almost complete loss of ' memory.
Physicians say that Taylor must now
begin to learn as a little child would,
and that It will be necessary to start
anew In teaching him. Physically
he is as well as ever, but there Is
small hope of bis complete mental
recovery.
HELD FOR WIFE'S DEATH.
Leo Appleby, Aged 23, Is Accused Of
Murder.
Wellsboro, Pa. (Special). Leo
Appleby, aged 23 years, was arrested
here, charged with the murder of his
wife, Mazle, aged 22 years, whose
body was discovered Friday. Tbe
side of tbe woman's head bad been
blown off with a shotgun.
Appleby notified his neighbors that
be bad discovered his wife lying dead
In tbe kitchen when he returned
home. When neighbors entered the
house they found the woman's body
lying on the floor, while her Infant
was playing nearby soaked In her
blood. The coroner was notified, and,
after making an Investigation, deter
mined to hold Appleby to answer for
bis wife's death.
Elklns May Resume Work.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
Statements made by member of the
family and the physicians of Sena
tor Stephen B. Elkins, of West Vlr
glnia, indicate that the Senator may
be able to resume bis seat In Con
gress within 30 days. His physl
clans are insisting that he 'fully
recuperate from his Illness before at
tempting work of any kind.
New York 0,11.1,270.
Washington, D. C. (Special).
New York will gain from four to five
Congressmen on the basis of the offi
cial figures for 1910,, given out at
the Census Bureau for that State.
Th total population of New York
State is now given as 9,113,279, a
net gain of 1,844,385 over 10 years
ago.
Dropped Dead Eating Dinner.
Rockford, 111. (Special). George
Kaut, a hardware merchant of Bur
lington, la., dropped dead while eat
ing a Thanksgiving Day dinner.
HOUSES WENT
UP LIKE MAGIC
How Red Cross Aided Forest
Fire Victims.
SHELTER PROVIDED fOR THE HOMELESS
The Race With Oncoming Winter
Was a Thrilling One and Building
nor" In Minnesota Broke All
Records Method Employed Was
Unique, Hut It Produced th lie
suit Aimed At.
Firemen Burned To Death,
Chicago (Special). John Juday,
of the fire company of Swift ft Co.,
packers, was burned to death, fifty
city firemen were overcome by smoke
and $75,000 damage was dona to the
lard refinery and grease storehouse
of tbe packing firm by a Or which
raged for three hour Thursday. In
sufficient water supply for th extra
Or engine called out and crowds
which hindered th fir fighter was
responsible for th extent of th
damage.
Nothing To Be Thankful For.
New York (8pec!al). Feeling that
be had nothing to be thankful for,
while all about him were people en
joying tbe Thanksgiving Day,
Michael McGe,-28 year old, com
mitted suicide In Central Park by
shooting In the bead. "1 haven't
anything to be thankful for on this
day of Thanksgiving," passershy
beard Mm mutter. With that he
whipped out a revolver, and pressing
the muzile to bl head, fired. He
died Instantly,
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Washington, D. C. (Special). One
of tho strangest facts observed In tbe
forest fires which occasionally sweep
over tbe woods of Northern Michigan
and Minnesota is the burning of tbe
ground. Falling leaves, bark and
twigs and dying plant life gradually
accumulate In the forests. The rains
and dense shade keep the mass damp.
Mosses grow on the surface of the de
caying vegetation. The half-rotted
stuff settles down and hardens. Trees
spring up and their roots take bold
in the peaty substance. .
Then comes a season of drought,
and tbe dampness slowly evaporates.
A hunter or woodman or farmer
builds a fire, or a railway engine
drops a spark. Tbe dry surface of
the ground is Ignited and a slow can
cer of fire eats deep among the root
of the trees, smouldering for weeks
or months. Then one day a strong
wind springs up. Trees, undermin
ed by the fire, topple over, their
roots throwing out showers of sparks
and burning masses of Under-like
material. Flames burst out In every
direction, and like a flash, a forest
fire is in full sweep.
Trail Of the Fire Fiend.
The forest fire which occurred in
Northern Minnesota a few weeks ago
broke out in many places at once,
because many of theso smouldering
fires were Blmpiy awaiting the gale
which sprang up on October 7. In
this fire about 1,600 square miles of
country were burned. The thriving
villages of Beaudctte, with a popula
tion of 1,200, and Spooner, with 850,
were swept out of existence in an
hour. 'Hundreds of "homesteaders,"
carving their farms out of the for
ests, lost their homes and saved their
lives by lowering themselves into
wells, or plunging into streams or
ponds. Thirty lives were lost, and
3,000 persons were left homeless,
with food, live stock, farm crops and
machinery all gone.
When tbe agents of the American
Red Cross reached the burned dis
trict they realized that winter was at
band In this north country and that
their greatest task was tbe swift con
struction of a large number of shelt
ers. It was a big Job, and it had to
be quickly done. Here Is the man
ner In which the Red Cross met the
emergency:
Two simple designs for bouses
were prepared, of one and two rooms,
respectively. These required only a
few standard sizes of lumber, and tar
paper took the place of shingles and
plaster. Lumber was rushed in from
Canada, the Secretary of the Treas
ury at Washington having waived the
customs duty on supplies required by
the Red Cross. A half dozen car
penters were hurried to the scene.
Then "building bees" were organ
ized, with one carpenter In command
of each. A half dozen neighbors,
with saw and hammer, would help
Ole Olson build his house. Then all.
Including Olson, would move along
and build Hans Hanson's house, and
so on.
Building "Bees" Hammed.
Tbe speed with which these
houses were erected, where several
"bees" were "humming" at the same
time, wa startling. While this was
going on the Red Cross was hurry
ing Into tbe fire district from Duluth
and St. Paul and Minneapolis big or
der of door, window, stoves, bed
ding, chairs, kitchen utensils and
provisions. A rapidly a the little
houses were ready they were fur
nished and stocked up with food and
the famine moved In.
It wa a desperate race with win
ter, and the Red Cross won. While
the race was at Its swiftest there was
not a busier spot between the oceans
than this black and desolate stretch
of country along tbe northernmost
rim of Minnesota. Much remain to
be done, but nobody is going to
freeze or starve.
DREXEL FLIES UP 9,970 FEET
If -1 V IT' 11. . .
iiitthes a new nor; a s uecord In'
Bleriot Monoplane.
Philadelphia (Special). J. Arm.
strong Drexel .broke all aeroplane
altitude record her Wednesday
when be climbed above this city un
til his Bleriot monoplane was unahl
to make further progress In th rare
fled atmosphere. The Ink In the nee.
die of his barograph ran out at
9,970 feet, which was accepted as a
new world' record by Clifford B.
Harmon, chairman of the National
Council. Associated Anrn filiih.
America, and James King Duffy, the
secretary oi mat Doay.
Tbe Instrument Is the same one
which Johnstone carried when h
made the former record of 9,714 feet
at Belmont Park on October 31. u
was broueht to this cltv under ai
by Mr. Duffy In order that the rec
ord made would be official.
Mr. Drexel left the aviation ftoM
at Point Breeze in the extreme south
ern part of this city at 3.23. rr
landed at Oreland, about 20 miles
north of the spot where he had start
ed, at 4.46.
MUTINY IX BRAZIL'S NAVY,
Posing As Martyrs.
London (Special). All of the suf
fragettes who were charged with as
sault and tbe wilful damage of prop
erty, as a result of tbelr recent riot
ing were found guilty In tbe Bow
Street Police Court, and sentenced to
pay fines of from $10 to $25 or to
spend two weeks or a month In Jail,
according to the seriousness of their
offense. All of tbe prisoners elected
to go to Jail.
Revolter In Possession Of Mine
Gcracs and Sao Paulo.
Rio Janeiro (Special). The gov
ernment took prompt step to placate
the leaders of tbe sailors' revolt en
the warships In this harbor.
The mutinous sailors, after seizing
the battleships Sao Paulo and Mi new
Geraes and the cruiser Florlano ana
Bohla, killed several of the officers
and then fired shells Into the city.
Not much damage was done.
The mutineers offered to surrender
If granted more pay and the aboli
tion of corporal punishment. The
Senate unanimously approved a
proposition for amnesty.
The mutiny started on board th
two battleships, the largest vessels
in the Brazilian navy.
They turned their guns upon the
loyal ships and also threw a few
shells Into the city. During the out
break several officers were killed.
The fighting ceased at night, but tbe
revolters remained In possession of
the two vessels.
It Is officially stated that the trou
ble is not of a political character and
Bhould be described as a mutiny
among the sailors to enforce certain
concessions from their officers, rather
than a revolt against the administra
tion of President Fonesca.
DR. CRIPPEN HANGED.
Pays the Penalty On the Gallows For
the Murder Of HI Wife,
Belle Elmore.
London (Special). Dr. Hawley
Harvey Crippen was hanged early
Wednesday morning for the murder
of his wife, known r.s Belle Elmore.
All preparations had been made
within tbe gloomy walls of Penton
vllle Prison, which stands In one of
the most dismal sections of London.
Public Executioner Ellis, of Roch
dale, who hanged a wife murderer
at Liverpool Tuesday, arrived In Lon
don on the eveniug train. A few
tenements overlook tbe prison yard,
and to bar tbe tenant from a gllmpss
of the tragedy a big canvas screen
had been put up before tbe gallows.
Only a small group of official wit
nesses attended, and every effort was
made to prevent morbid crowds from
gathering In the neighborhood.
Father Carey, who has visited
Crippen frequently, entered tb
prison at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening
to spend the night with tbe condemn
ed man and walk with Crippen to tbe
scaffold.
Miss Le Neve, at the request of tb
prisoner, paid a farewell visit te
Crippen In the afternoon. Sbs
reached the place In a closed cab and
was accompanied by an elderly man,
who remained outside.
WAR ON THE. HATPIN.
Airship Turn Over.
Mobil, Ala. (Speolal). While de
scending from a 500-foot flight Avia
tor J. A. D. McCurdy dipped too near
the earth, one of the wing shields
striking th ground when going at a
high rat of speed, and turning the
machine over. Tb crowds rushed
to th end of tbe field in whidh tb
accident happened, but foond Mo
Curdy walking about, smiling and
uninjured. Tb aeroplane wa bad
ly damaged, although It fell but tn
or fifteen feet.
Gen. Magrnder Dead.
Philadelphia (Special). Brigadier
General David Lynn Magruder. Unit
ed State Army, retired, a Civil War
veteran, died at bis bom In Bryn
klawr, near her. He wa SB years
old. General Magruder was bom 1
Frederick, Md., and entered th Army
in 1860 as an assistant surgeon. In
1886. b wa retired by operation of
th ag retirement law, but in 1894
he was advanced to th rank of
brigadier general, retired.
t
The Berlin; Police Warn Wome
Against Wearing Them.
Berlin (Special). The pollcs
president of Berlin has declared war
on the) dangerously protruding hat
pin. In a proclamation Just Issued
he calls the attention of the women
of th city to the many recent reports
of injuries inflicted by hatpins that
projected beyond the rims of wom
en's hats. The accidents have' been
especially frequent In street cars, and
usually men are the victims.
Tbe president call upon th wom
en to either cease using long pins or
turn the point so that they will not
be a constant menace to tb traveling
public. He adds that while he ex
pects that tbe women will comply
with his reasonable request b If
prepared In the event that tbey do
not, to adopt compulsory measures.
Lose Her Life For Dog.
Mayfleld, Mass. (Special). I
trying to save the lit of a dog Ml
Helen Herbert lost ber own. 8b
was walking with a dog; when a
motor car rounded tb bend of a rot
and came toward her. Tb dof
Jumped In front of tb on-coming car
and Miss Herbert at one sprang after
the animal to save It from It 11
pending fat. Her kindly effort w
made at' tb coat of her life, for tb
car struck her, fracturing her skull,
and she died shortly afterward
th bom of a friend.
DYING FROM FOOTBALL.
Lad Has Concussion Of Brain AIM
, - Scrimmage.
Wheeling. W. Va.' (Special).-
George House, a 11-year-old ko7ij
will dl as th result of injuries
celved while playing football,
tb scrimmage th boy wa throw
heavily to tb ground and knocks
unconscious. H received a blow ij
tb bead wbtoh esnsed oncMloa
th brain.