| OCR Text |
Show vol Ogden, Utah, August 4, 1908. xir. BRYAH FEARFUL LETTER BRINGS DEATH FORJLOATERS $J That He Write Personal Suns Rays Sound Fire Alarm in Great Business Blocks in letter to Even! Voter in WORST OVER IN NORTHWEST CRAZY Doubtful States. j Fire are CHICAGO. 111. August 4. A score FAIRVIEW. Neb. Aug. 4. 4 of prostrations from the heat were reEdgar B. Schmidt of Dayton. to the health authorities at 10 ported Oar4 Ohio, representing Harvey o'clock this morning when the mercury national 4 ber, the Democratic 44 degrees and was still risstood at con4 committeeman for Ohio, it is so hot !u the building on suited William J. Bryan today 4 ing. avenue that the sun's rays Wabash 4 Hr. have scheme to on Garber's wax and released the the melted Bryan write personal letter to 4 mechanism of the Are alarms bringing doubtful 4 in every every voter a dozen engines to the scene. No restate. Mr. Bryan aaid he was 4 lief is promised fur 24 hours. 4 willing, provided, the campaign Prostrations had increased to IS by fund would stand the coat of the 4 noon and three additional deaths, makpostage. 24 for hours. last the ing eight Mr. Schmidt left this after- 4 noon to present his plan to 4 Chairman E. Mack In Chicago. Mr. Bryan aaid today that since Judge Taft la uaing the phonograph in reaching voters 4 supposed to be Republican that 4 the press had ceased to ridicule The 4 him for this He said: Republicans seem bent upon .4 ' 4 Imitating not only our platform. 4 hut our campaign methods.11 in a Discovered-Fam- Well and ily All FERXIE, B. C. August 4. Embers are still flying. Thousands of persona are visiting the temporary morgue in the basement of the coal company's cement building which ie one of the two left standing in the town. The body of Robert Kern, an aged man. was found naked on the railroad tracks, and William Ford, wifu and two children were found in a well where they were suffocated after they had crawled down in an effort to escape from .the Are. The wooden side, ofthe well were burned to the water's edge. Mrb. Addle Turner, an invalid, who lived with her son, John, in Ferule Annex, pleaded with John to taka his wift 4 4 EARTHQUAKE MAY 4 4 HAVE MANY VICTIMS 4 . 4 4 4 TANGIER, Morocco, Aug. ews 4 of a destructive earthquake in the 4 province of Constalntine in the north- western part of Algeria has just 4 reached here. Details are meager. The information Is that several towns have Chairman Norman E. dack last been destroyed. The number of dead night after a long conference with ia not given but it is feared that Charles F. Murphy, head of Tammany there are scores of victims. hail, said In reference to the plans for Mr. Bryan during the campaign: -Much haa been said of Mr. Bryans peaking campaign. It ia Mr. Bryan's ( SAGINAW, Mich., Aug. 4. Saginaw Intention to speak in centers of doubt- - It today entertaining the Michlggn aa-f- ul states, though he will not make the sociation of Local Fire Insurance number of speeches that he made In Agents, which met here in annual eee-h- ls As has been ! ,lon. Addressee on Insurance topics former campaigns. announced, he will speak twice in this will be made by authorities. A ban- state, once In Greater New Tork and quet will he held this evening. Deleonce In Buffalo, but I shall try to per- gates will be elected to the National suade him to speak also at some point Association of Fire Insurance Agents, In the center of the state. Hs will not which meets In St. Paul tha middle of speak In the state until some tlm, after the month. the state convention, which, I underHOLINESS CAMP MEETING. stand, will be the latter part of September or the first part of October. I WACO, Tex., Aug. 4. Religious enhellev. New Tork to be a goot battle ground, where the party has a good thusiasm will reign supreme during the next ten days at tha Waco camp chance of success grounds, where the seventeenth annual TEXAS EDUCATORS. Holiness camp meeting' of Texas waa AUSTIN, Tex., Aug. 4. A symposium opened today. Great throngs are gathon the county Institute aa an educa- ering at the grounds, and it Is likely tional fore was the opening feature that many thousands will listen to the this morning of the County School Su- exhortera Continuous meelngw will perintendents1 Institute of Texas The be held from early morning until late meeting, which will be concluded to- at night and the fervor of the wormorrow, la being held In the State Uni- shiper will not be allowed to lag ' for a moment during the ten days, versity building. man Jhu 14 WIXXUPEG. Manitoba, August 4. PROTECTION GROWS from Oranbrook says the fire In that vicinity of Fernle baa been THROUGHOUT WORLD extinguMu d and that the committee is restoring order. The dispatch says that tnot over SO persons have been killed a a result of the fire t FerLONDON, Eng., Aug. 4 In his adule, although several hundred are still dress todsy at the opening of the Inmissing. Lord ternational Free A dispatch Trade Long and Honorable 1 ! rongmi Welby, who presided, admitted that the idea of protection was growing throughout the world, but he contended that the free trade principle was right and would eventually prevail. America, England, France, Oerinany, Belgium, Holland and Denmark and Italy were represented. William B. Allison Dies of Heart Disease in His 80 Ca- - . reer in Public Life. At-m- er BERLIN. Germany, August 4. fount Zeppelin started this morning in an attempt to sail his airship for 24 hours without alighting. The ascent will be made at Lake Constance. The intention Is to follow the SchauffRaile course northward along the Rhine. Five hours af- 4 ter the start the ship was sight- 4 ed over Strassburg. Goss Thirty Milss an Hour. 4 4 Count Zeppelin passed over 4 Mayence at 2 oclock this after-4 noon, maintulng a rate of 80 4 miles hourly for the nine hours' 4 flight. He wss pointing In th 4 direction of Meta, from where 4 the plains cross over to Ktutt- 4 gart, from which place he will 4 return to F'riedrlchafen, where 4 he hopee to arrive not later 4 than 8 o'clock Wednesday morn- 4 lng. A message dropped here 4 says that everything Is working 4 smoothly. His traveling height is 4 1,000 feet. STUDY MAINE PLANTS. H 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 WILLIAM H. TAFT MAN8ET, Me., Aug. A Leading botanists and plant lovers of New England are assembled today on Mt. Desert Island for tha annual session and botannlcal outing of the Josselyn Society. In addition to papers and discussions, then wll he botanlslng trips to Great Cranbeny Island, Beal Cove and other points, where tha native plants of Maine will be studied. TAKES TO LAWYERS HOT SPRINGS, Va., Aug. promises to be th most notable session ever held by the Virginia Bar Association, with William H- - Taft as on of tha speakers, waa called to order her this morning. The opening feature was tha address of Uie president. Wyndam R. Meredith, of Richmond, on Federal Control of Interstate Commerce." 4-- What . Dubuque, Iowa, August 4. Senator ported this afternoon that the physian operaWilliam B. Allison died at S oclock cians were about to resort to M a last resort to remove the tion this afternoon of heart disease. trouble of the kidneys that waa effect William B. Allison was one of the lng the heart beat known mea In the United States, It ts general! believed here that and one at tha most highly respected Governor Cummins will succeed Sena' Ignited States Senators. Ha waa fre- tor Allison In tha Senate. quently mentioned in connection with the presidency and received votes In a number of Republican national conventions. He was bom in Ohio In 1(24 OFF FOR EUROPE so that he was in his 80th year. He declined offers of cabinet position unTO STUDY MONEY der the administrations of President Garfield, Harrison and McKinley. He haa been in the United States' senate since 1871, Senator Allison won a notable tory at the recent Republican primaries in Iowa when hia set in the senate waa contested by Governor Cummings who will now In all probability succeed him. , Senator Alison died at his Locust s'treet home. The news of his death caused a great shock here. Few were aware that hla condition was even aerious. Friends noted that on his return from the last session of Congress that he had appeared to have lost much of hia vigor. But dispite his apparent weakness he was able to get to Promt around. He remained here until two President Simon Bamberger Plays weeks ago when he went to the country home of Mrs. Fannie Stout to escape neiit Citizens of Ogden and Salt Lake at the heat and for rest For tha past two . years ha had been subject to periodical spells of weakness when ha would ans for Lagoon This Evening-PlLast Saturday he lose consclousnea. was attacked by one of these and was - Future of His New Road. immediately brought here quietly. There is an unconfirmed report out that Senator Allison had been unconsaid With a big banquet in tha safe at planned to extend his road through to scious since last Saturday. , It is he week of the last after that spell the Lagoon, President Simon Bam- - Ogden. Before doing this; however, he eomotoae condition from Into relapsed berger will celebrate hla victory In his to road tha rails of tha Lagoon, which ho did not rally. It la also re battle against great odds at 7 o'clock j in heavy steel, putting this evening, city and county officials j Then the work of extension was be-Ogden and Salt Lake, members of gun. First, came a light for fran-th- e Press and prominent citizens of chlses. Mr. Bamberger was opposed the sister cities, brought closer together on every side, but he met the oppos- ME 1W HUH 4 mother in a wet blanket and cnrri.ti her Into the yard. There he was ('.impelled To drop her and escape wli'n the other members of his The charred bones of the knocked unconscious by his Min. family mother w ere found today. wrapped hi vic- 1 ROCKVILLE. Conn., August Th 24 in Germany. Zrtt, a Hungarian farmer 44 years of V age. who lived four miles away, is be- 4 ing brought here this afternoon heav- 4 ily guarded. He Is charged with beat- 4 ing his wife's brains out with a sledge 4 hammer, cutting his daughter's throat 4 and attempting to kill his son at noon 4 today. Zeti was captured 'after being 4 IOWA SENATOR ANSWERS CALL Year-- Had FOR Throat Seeks Refuge Members Perish. end ui:. hvn and escape. AIRSHIP OFF Beats Out Wife's Brains With Ham- -; Count IZeppelin Makes Oaring j and Cuts Daughter's tempt to Navigate the Air Scenes of Horror in Burnt District As Victims of Chicago. MANS AWFUL DEEDS; Suggested Vi I HEAT NO. 186 444 444444444 fiOTED ENGINEER DIES AT AGE OF 73 4 4 h. NEW TORK, Aug. (.Senators Hale and Danlela and Congressmen V reeland, Padgett and Prof. Andrews, a committee on the national monetary commission, aalled on the Kron Prinsesaen Cecello today to etudy the financial systems of European countries. 4 4 444 Another paper expecied to attract a groat deal of attention will ha presented this evening by Armiatesd C. Gordon', of Staunton,' on "Tha Legal Foundation of Socialism." former Judge William Lindsay, United States senator from Kentucky, will deliver tha annual address tomorrow morning on "Man and tha Corporation." Judge Taft wll speak on Thursday, and tha convention will coma to a clous that evening with a . JTTTBBITRO, Mam., Aug James D. Hague, aged 78, a noted engineer and president of the North Star Gold Mining company. of Grass Valley, Cal., la dead here of heart trouhla at his summer house In Btock-brldg- e. The funeral will take Tha burial place tomorrow. will h In Albany, AU-dric- KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS FIREBOAT SINKS MEN SWIM FOR LIFE old-ti- Host National Encampment Opens Under Most Favorable CHICAGO, 111., August 4 Th fl reboat Illinois, waa sunk In Chicago river and three men were probably fatally injured, by the collapse of the wall of the Armour elevator "F this Reports Demonstrate Prosperity Sketch of Its Hisof Order-B- rief Aus pices morn- The wall fell upon tha boat while tbs men were playing upon th fire with a boss of yesterday's 81,800,000 fire. All the men on the boat were compelled to leap Into tha river and swim for their lives. ing. 4 re-la-id of Anally vanquishing it and obtaining franchises in Salt Lake and Ogden, and through' Ogden canition fearlessly. yon. , Construction DifficultitSi cut through The came a three-mithe sand ridge, a big bridge to be built on a shotting, treacherous foundation and similar dfflcultles In construction which ate up capital and tied things up generally. Then came tha financial urry last fSIL Only those,' on the Inside, wrlli ever know what Mr. Bamberger suffered during this period, for he la not a man to make public hla griefs. But tha financing of tha road became a matter of great concern. The bottom dropped out of everything and Mr. Bamberger was caught in the midst of his railroad project, tied hand and foot for finances. Not to be beaten yet he borrowed, and went on making progress In the construction of his rood and in the of that which he had set out to do. Troubls at Ogden, Passing over lightly some of the oth le Th extentlon of this rt Becks new road; Hot Springs. A and bathing' resort, not many Feare ago, were the attractive features there but the resort was rather un- "uocewfui and when not .many years o, a part of It was burned to tha rwd, no effort waa made to recon- rtn struct it Lagoon Comas te Lifa. securing control of the road, to Farmington, Mr. Bamberger built tha autiful little Lagoon resort, nestling the bottoms of Farmington canyon, any setbacks were met with remarkable spirit by Mr. Bamberger, and the waa finally put on a paying basis. en 11 that Mr. Bamberger (Continued on Page i.) tory and Significance. 4 BOSTON, Mass., Aug. 4. The delegates to 'the national encampment of the Knights of Pythias were welcomed this morning by Govenor Curtis Guild and Mayor Hibbard on behalf of the state and the city and by Grand rhn-cellGeorge W. Penniman on behalf of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. The response for the Grand Lodge of the order was by Chancellor Charles A. Barnes of Jacksonville, Illinois. The to reports showed the membership have Increased from 680.238 in December 31, 1908, to 071,102 In 1900, and to 408,612 In 1907. Tha gain for the first six months of 1908 Is estimated to be nr GREAT STRIKE TIES RAILROAD 14,000. Eight Thousand Machinists On Canadian Pacific Out in the Morning Blocks System From Go Halifax to Vancouver Across An idea of the magnitude of the Insurance department of the order Is shown in the cash receipts which averaged 8228,171 monthly, and Is mad up of .over 80,000 small Individual payments. Since the amalgamation of tha Rath-bon- e Sisters and the Pythian t the Continent. WINNEPEG, Manitoba, August 4. of the union machinists on Pacific la scheduled for Canadian the The 10 oclock tomorrow morning. for called la the strike statement that atated'waa the time officially made toH. J. McVety by representing tbs day A strike union. Eight thousand mechanics are effect by this strike. It Is the result of three months unsuccessful negotiations for arbitration. The arbitration hoard returhed a verdict of arbitration which the men declined. The strike at this time means the paralysing of the grain crop movement along the lino of the Canadian Pacific. It will tie up the syrtem from Halifax to Vancouver. The railway officials decline to talk. ed Sister- hood reports show a total membership of this branch of over 180,000. Two policemen are guarding the tent city where 8,000 Knights are encamped. The Knights here are practically defenseless against thieves and many are leaving for the hotels Bo many robberies have been reported that the tent city threatens to disband unless tha authorities offer better protection. Wednesday wilt be the groat day for the subordinate lodges. Tha parade will take up. the greater part of the morning while the afternoon will be devoted to reviews and drills In tha evening s reception will be held complimentary to the subordinate lodges g Thursday will be devoted to with s grand military ball in tha evening. Friday will be another sightseeing day and In the evening the first and third ranks will be conferred. On Saturday evening festivities- will be dosed with a grand carnival on the Charles River. .. Legislation of Importance te the order will be enacted at this convention, and in addition there wlH be s new supreme chancellor elected to succeed the present efficient chief executive of the order. Judge Charles A. Barnes, of Illinois. It. Is customary for the Supreme Lodge officers to advance In rotation, but It is not certain that all the present line will ha promoted. Order Shows Big' Growth, ' The order non haa a membership of ' and Illnearly 700.000, Ohio, Indiana inois leading In number. ' Charles A. Barnes, of Jacksonville, III., la supreme chancellor; Henry P. Brown, '6t Texas, and R. L C. supreme White, of Nashville, Tenn., supreme keeper of record and seals. The name of the order has a classical origin, being based on a story told by Plutarch, Cicero and others of two friends In Syracuse one of whom being condemned to death by tha tyrant Dyonlslaus, and wishing before death, to visit his friends, offered the other sight-seein- - - (Continued on Page 8.) |
