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THE SAN ANTONIO DAILY EXPRESS
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Democrats Think
He'll lie Heat eft
SENATE COMMITTEE TAKES FA-
VORABLE ACTION ON MEASURE.
House Committee, However, Refuses to
Make Any Report antl Adjourns Until
This Morning—(iovernor Camp-
bell Hears the Arguments.
Dalljr Express Austin Btirelu.
AUSTIN, Tex., Aiis;. 23,—The Joint llouc
antl Senate hearing of the "I. a <}. N." bill
resulted, at a late hour tonight, In a favor
able report of the hill by the Senate com j
mlttee and a refusal of the House commit .
tee to make any report tonight. Instead, |
this committee adjourned until 8 o'clock to
morrow morning, wtien It is possible a
vote may he taken, although T< rn II of
Bexar, In urging adjournment, expressed
a desire to heir Railroad Commissioners !
May field and Williams Upon the bill.
Governor Campbell ^at in the House
during the hearing, which, because of t h
number of thoit present WBS not ™ti-
ducted In the committee room, and wa:-
in Interested auditor during most of the :
arguments. He conversed with Benators |
and Representatives whom It Is believed ;
favor the bill. The Governor was present |
when Mr Garwood, speaking against the j
bill, deplored the Invasion of the judi-
ciary by the executive and legislative |
branohes of the government.
Arguments have been unus lally able
and Interesting In this hearing, and the
number of spectators larger than Is ordl-
nariy attracted by committee hearings.
Thomas J, Freeman, receiver of the In-
ternational & Great Northern Railroad,
arrived today and was among the rail-
road men In attendance.
GREENWOOD SPEAKS FOR BILL.
Thomas B. Greenwood of Palestine
spoke this afternoon for the enactment of
the proposed bill, in a forcible and elo-
quent address, reciting the conditions
which occasioned the necessity for legis-
lation of this kind and with the utmost
detail delving Into the constitutional
questions involved. He presented an ar-
ray of United States Supreme Coure de-
cisions, constitutional authorities and ar-
guments, In refutation of the contention
of the railroad attorneys that the pro-
posed measure would be unconstitutional.
He declared that under the Conatltuti n
this was a matter of general law, and not
of contract, as Mr. Stedman contended.
The Legislature had the constitutional
power to amend or repeal the Interna-
tional & Great Northern charter at this
time, ind, he added, that if upon the sev-
eral times In the past when the Interna-
tional & Great Northern hud been reor-
ganized attempt has been ma.'.e at the
repudiation of debts as is now attempted,
the Legislature should be now repealing
the charter, Instead of enucting a law to
prevent such avoidance of lawful obli-
gations.
According to United S;ates Supreme
Court decisions, which he cited, Mr.
Greenwood declared all operating ex-
penses, including personal injuries, cost
of material, etc., constituted a Just
charge, to be paid from the revenues of
THOS. GOGGAN & BROS. ~
Sincerity Talks
ON PIANOS
I
K. 1(. HTKH'AHT.
The strike on the Columbus (Ohio) Rail-
way and Light Company is far from net-
t led. Tho mayor lins Increased the guard
for the cars and E. lv. Stewart, general
manager of the company, Is confldeut that
In a few days he will lie able to run tl»o
full number of ears.
No. 1
You have read that bit of wis-
dom telling how impossible
it is for man to add to his
statue by merely taking
thought on the subject.
A'o dealer can make his piano
any better by telling you how
good It is. The quality of the
piano was fixed at the manu-
factory and his enthusiasm for
it will not add to nor take from
it's real worth.
Likewise when you become
the owner of a Pinno, yon can-
not enhance it's quality by
mental suggestion nor im-
prove it's physical construc-
tion by vain wishing.
We realzled all this and an-
ticlpated your wishes for per-
fect pinno satisfaction in the
construction of the QOOUAN.
From the varnish straight
through to the sounding hoard
the material and workman-
ship are of the best, resulting
in a resonant singing tone, a
pliant, even touch and un-
matchable wearing qualities.
Our large volume of sales and
big contracts with the factory
make It possible for us to sell
the 0000AN for only $385.
LOW MONTHLY PAYMENTS
Your old Piano taken In ex-
changs.
Sincerity Talk* No. 2 tons of <hi
construction of the GOGOAN.
I*1 AND BROS,
ESTABLISHED *860.
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
the road, und that only the net revenue,
thus remaining, was applicable, under
Supreme Court decisions, to the bond-
holders.
TIE GIVES FIGURES.
Me presented sworn statements of W.
L. Maury, auditor of tin International &
Great Northern, made before the United
States Court at Dallas, which showed, he
stated, that a grand total of $3.501,249.94
had been paid out by the International &
Great Northern In Interest to the mort-
gage and bondholders In New York, In
improvements enhancing the value of the
railroad property, etc., while the claims—
which he estimated at $1,050,000- which the
International & Great Northern proposed
to repudiate were accruing, and which
claims, under the law and the Supreme
Court decisions, end under every consid-
eration of equity and justice should have
been met before the bondholders were en-
titled to a cent.
Ridiculing tjie contention of the rail-
road attorneys that the enactment of this
law would Stifle railroad building and de-
velopment in Texan, he said that would
do very well to "scare with." They had
tried to "scare" with the same wort of
cry when Hogg and Reagan proposed
their regulations, which have been en-
acted into the best laws upon tlie books
today, and under which railroad devel-
opment has been increased as never be-
fore.
Tliev might "scare" one-third of the
Legislature into voting against this bill.
That would be sufficient to defeat Its pur-
pose, as to be effective before the sale
of the International & Great Northern on
September 15, the bill must be passed un-
der an emergency clause, requiring a
two-thirds vote. He did not believe, how-
ever, that upon sober consideration and
reflection on.-thir I of the honeK men in
the legislature could be found who
would oppose this bill—assuring widows
and orphans and other claimants $130,000,
which otherwise they would be defraud-
ed of.
RECEIVER FREEMAN IS HEARD.
T. J. Freeman, receiver and general
manager of the International & Great
Northern Railroad, appeared before the
House Judiciary Committe.* tonight in
opposition to the railroad bill. Mr. I*ree-
man explained that he appeared not as
receiver for the International, but as
general counsel in Texas for the Gould
interests. He admitted having directed
the auditor of the road to send to claim-
ants formal notices suggesting that the
claimants intervene in the Federal Court.
He asserted that under the law every
class of property cxccpt a homestead
may be mortgaged by the owner to se-
cure a debt in preference to all other
debts, and he held that this light carries
witii it the right of the purchaser of the
mortgaged property, under foreclosure,
to the lull enjoyment of that property
free of all other tlaims or liens except
those standing prior to the mortgaging
of the property.
Mr. Terrell of Bexar asked if any In-
terest has been paid on the bonds.
Mr. Freeman said not a cent of inter-
est has been paid on the second and third
mortgages since the receivership in 1908;
but lie said, since that time about $;i,(KiO,-
ooo iu interest has been paid on the first
mortgage lien "to prevent foreclosure and
wiping the road out of existence."
Mr. Terrell wanted to know why the
several hundred thousand dollars earn-
ings of the road in the last two years has
not been prorated toward payment of the
outstanding unsecured judgments or
claims against the International.
Mr. Freeman said the mortgage holders
are entitled to their interest; that the
mortgage holders do not care whether
this interest comes out of tho net or gen-
eral income. Other claims were met by
the road under the receivership, he ad-
mittiil, "in accord with public policy and
business rules." Wh^n ho became receiv-
er, he said, there was a delinquent pay-
roll amounting to about $300,000. He said
Mr. Gould gave him unlimited authority
to draw on him for money to meet this
payroll in the event the funds of the road
were insufficient.
Mr. Terrell cited Mr. Freeman to the
law providing that current expenses of a
corporation or railroad shall lie paid out
of the earnings before interest may he
paid on bonds, under a receivership, and
repeated his previous question with regard
to why the earnings of the International
under the receivership have not been pro-
rated toward the settlement of current
claims against tho road.
IT HAS BEEN BUSINESS POLICY.
"Well, it hus been business policy," Mr.
Freeman said.
W. C. Campbell, an attorney of Pales-
tine, representing clients having personal
injury damage Judgments against, the In-
ternational, In support of the bill, criti-
cized Mr. Freeman for taking sides in this
matter.
"This Is the most remarkable con-
dition that could have arisen before a
Legislature or any court in the United
States," he declared. "Here Is a trustee,
the holder of a trust fund, a sworn officer
of the Federal Court, appearing for one
side In this matter. I reter to Mr. Free-
man, receiver for the International &
Great Northern Railroad. Why should he
try to influence a court or Jury? This
road has taken In over $8,000,000 under the
receivership. Why has it not been pro-
rated? He wfflfffd put commercialism
above honesty and right."
Mr. Campbell severely criticised Mr.
Freeman for sending out Intervention
notices to about DOOO claimants, which
notices were without preference lien
claims and were signed, he said, by most
of those claimants, who did not know the
law, and filed with the master in chancery^
"And now these claimants are down and
out," said he.
Popping his hands in front of Mr. Free-
man, Mr. Campbell charged: "It Is a
bare fraud and a giant swindle. Don't
b* technical with us, Judge. As a sworn
officer of the court* you should see
that the rights of all are upheld.
"This Is a swindle; it Is the greatest
game of high finance ever puiled off in
Texas. This is out court of last resort."
Mr. Campbell was applauded by Sen-
ators and Representatives when ho con-
cluded.
II. M. Garwood, general attorney of
the Sunset-Central lines dominated this
hearing a "law suit being tried before
the Legislature" instead of before a
court of competent Jurisdiction. He con-
tended that to enact this bill wuyld btjJegiitetioB,
( ontinued From Page Our.
Out of 'em," not as the dernier
sort, as the regulations specifically
cite, but as the first and only means
of accomplishing the end in view.
Isolation will effectually euro rebelli-
ousness It Is but a matter of time and
patience. The question Is riot whether
the State should run the r.sk of inciting
convicts to revolt. In order to satisfy the
human principle of eliminating brutal
punishment, but It Is more accurately a
question whether the State will allow a
specious contention Advanced chiefly to
bolster up the financial part of tho sys-
tem to obstruct the use of methods in the
maintenance of discipline, which are not
! only less repulsive but. infinitely more, ef
1 fectlve In the long run.
j The clamor of the people of Texas Is
j that "the bat must go" And In all prob-
I ability Ii will go. It may be necessary
j for members of the Investigating com-
[ mlttee to flourish before the eyes of
their associates some of the five-foot
straps which they obtained during their
trip through the system, to convey a
lasting conviction of the bat's unworthi-
ness, but whatever means may be em-
ployed, it is generally believed that I lie
legislature will never consent to permit
tho further use of an instrument of
torture which has rarely been employed
humanely or Judiciously but almost In-
variably abused.
COMPLAINT FROM FORT BEND.
Senator Hudspeth called the commit-
tee's attention through a communica-
tion from the commissioners court to
Fort Bend County, to a condition arising
from the State's policy of maintaining
State farms, against which The Express
has frequently protested. The commis-
sioners addressed their petition to Gov-
ernor Campbell, ami urged several dis-
tinct propositions: First, tin- people of
Fort Bend County do not watt the State
to purchase any more land in their coun-
ty; they do not want convicts whoso
terms have expired, discharged from the
camps In Fort Bend County; and they
believe the State should make some pro-
vision for defraying the State and coun-
ty taxes which State ownership of land
deprives them of.
The petition urges general objections to
broadening the State's policy so as to
utilize more lands in the sugar growing
counties of South Tejxns, such as tho re-
moval from the reach of actual settlers
large areas of,,fine land, the placing in
the county ofti large number of people
Inclined to criminality and the depriva-
tion of taxable resources for county and
district purposes, it is shown by the com-
munication that the penitentiary system
now owns *15:; acres of land In Fort Bend
County which is one-sixty-second of tho
total area of the county. Moreover there
are a number of farms owned by private
Individuals which are worked by con-
victs, their combined areas running up
the aggregate to US.825 acres of one-fif-
teenth of the area of Fort Bend County
which is worked by convict labor.
"The larger portion of the State farm,"
the petition continues, "is in a high
state of cultivation and If subdivided and
sold to actual settlers would easily sup-
port 100 families of law-abiding. God-
fearing, industrious people.
"The Robertson Farm containing 2.H00
acres, situated in the northern part of
the county, has been for many years a
convict farm, but recently has been sold
and is now being conveyed to many per-
sons who are expected to settle the same
and to utilize the land for raising Irish
potatoes. The benefits to accrue to this
county from such action can hardly be
estimated, especially when contrasted
with the situation created by the State."
WHAT COUNTY LOSES.
It is brought out in the petition that in
100*1 before the State purchased the Kid-
dick and Imperial Farms the value of
the property in commisioner's precinct
No. rendered for taxation was $1,080,-
49o. The real estate in that precinct ag-
gregated 84,903 acres but 36,303 acres or
nearly one-half is given over to convict
use and one-ninth belongs to the State
and affords no taxes to the county. The
The present county tax rate is JjS% cents
on the $100 value. Estimating the State
farms at $20 an acre tiie County loses
this year for county purposes $709.60 to
say nothing of the amount lost for State
purposes. These losses must !>e supplied
from some source and to that extent, the
other t,nx payers must pay a tax ex-
ceeding what they would but for the
State's ownership.
This precinct has voted bonds in the
sum of $150,000 running for forty years
and bearing per cent interest, which
upon the 1906 estimates require a tax of
1 1-3 cents on the dollar to produce $11,-
250 to pay interest and to provide a sink-
ing fund. If the property owned by the
State, recites the petition, were .bject
to taxation for county purposes 111• • an-
nual tax would be about nine mills on
tho dollar or one and one-half mills less
than at present. It Is contended that if
further encroachment Is made on the
lands of that precinct for State pur-
poses, the rate must be increased, thus
adding to the burdens of the tax payers.
Tho same result would follow should the
citizens of that precinct desire to create
a district for school, drainage or other
lawful purposes. The petition concludes
with a request that the burden which the
State has foisted upon Fort Bend Coun-
ty be distributed among other counties
of the state.
Tho committee did not today take any
action upon the subject reviewed in the
communication quoted. However Rep-
resentative Munson of Brazoria County,
who represents a constituency which is
simlliarly affected by the State's owner-
ship of large bodies of land today intro-
duced a bill in the House providing for
such taxes to !>• paid from the revenues
of the penitentiary system. Mr. Lee,
during tiie discussion of this petition,
drew an analogy lad ween the conditions
that exist in the sugar -land counties and
the condition that prevails in the west
where vast areas of school lands lie,
which are not taxable. It was also
brought out In the committee that if
the request of Fort Bend County to be
relieved from the menace of discharged
convicts should be complied with and all
discharges be made at Huntsvllle, the
headquarters of the system, It would not
only be an expensive innovation but It
would subject Walker County to even a
more disagreeable condition by providing
that convicts from all over the system
should be transferred to that city and
then liberated.
A number of unimportant changes of a
correotory nature were made but with
a few exceptions the measure remains as
It was originally prepared by the In-
vestigating committee.
CONVICTS WILL BE GRADED.
An amendment offered to tho bill by
Senator Hudspeth strengthens tho section
providing for the grading or classifica-
tion of convicts by requiring the com-
mission to place young men and first of-
fenders In tho first or highest grade.
l>his provision will givo every newcomer
an opportunity at tho start of his prison
career to "make good" and benefit un-
ddt the rtalnlng and discipline of the
Institution.
Senator "Welnert had the bill amended
so as to restrict the use of tho money
which each prisoner shall bo paid while
fn the penitentiary. Originally the meas-
ure provided that the sum of ten cents
A day, which is to be paid each convict
Should }>e remitted semiannually Jb his
dependent relatives or in the absence of
such kinsmen should be "disposed of at
his direction every six months." Senator
an invasion of rlghta already granted by
the Legislature, ana in view of which,
without any conditions the I. & G. N.
mortgages had been executed.
Thomas 13. Greenwood closed the argu-
ments. He read, and filed as evidence
with the committee, I. & G. N. corres-
pondence relating to claims, and closed
with a citation of articles of the bill
of rights as authority for the proupsed
leal station- v • T ;
WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 24, 1010.
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SUGGESTION OF THEIR 1'ROB-11
ABLE TERRIBLE FATE
REACHES HELENA.
BERT M. I KICNAI.II. (iovernor of Maine.
The Republican party is badly split In j
Maine and the Democrats are confident
that If the factional strife continues they
will be able to elect their candidate over
the present incumbent, Governor Fernald.
The latter Is fighting hard, however, and
expects to win, notwithstanding the trou-
ble In the Republican ranks
Welnert called the committee's attention
to the constant menace which "pardon
sharks" offer the financial welfare of
of persons confined In prison, and from
his experience as an Investigator consid-
ered it necessary to the protection of the
Inmates of the Institution to prohibit
their waste of earnings upon lawyers or
"Influence men" who, for "considera-
tion," interest themselves in prison cases.
Consequently the committee, adopting
Senator Weiner's suggestion, amended
the measure to provide that in the ab-
sence of dependent relatives the accumu-
lated earnings of the convicts shall be
paid to them upon their discharge from
prison. The sum of ten cents will be paid
every prisoner entitled to diminution of
sentence for every day he remains in
prison. The provision is broader than
the first suggestion which was to pay a
dime a day for the good time allowed for
meritorious conduct. Under tho bill vio-
lation of the rules and consequent for-
feiture of good time will reduce the com-
pensation at the rate of twenty-five
cents a day for. the days of good time
suspended.
MR. STAMPS' IDEAS.
Mr. Stamps will offer a number of sup-
plemental bills covering subjects which
the. committer bill will perhaps not con-
tain. He will seek to create a civil
service commission of the several County
Commissioners' Courts who shall pass
upon tho qualifications of applicants for
employment under the prison commis-
sion.
One of the requirements prerequisite
to the Issuance of a certificate of com-
petency will be the condition of mar-
riage, Mr. Stamps believing that married
men are better qualified for the peculiar
work of penitentiary employment than
single men. In the absence of a suffi-
cient number of married applicants to
meet the system's needs, however, single
men may be employed temporarily.
Educational requirements for all em-
ployees will be on a parity with the qual-
ifications necssary *o tiie procuring of
a third grade teacher's certificate. Mr.
Stamps will undertake to provide for
suspended sentences iu the case of first
offenders, and will urge the compila-
tion, as far as it is practicable, by the
trial judge of a history of the antece-
dents and traits of character of each
person sentenced to the penitentiary.
This information will be intended for
use in a proper grading of convicts The
supplemental measures will also provide
for the setting aside of ten per cent of
the gross revenues of the penal svsfeni
to bo distributed among tli<' convicts un-
der the provisions of a system of merit
to be formulated by the commission.
kEI,LIE WOULD HEAR BOTH SIDES
Senator Will No! Be Moved by Tele-
gram's Alone.
Daily Express Austin liui-cnu.
AUSTIN, Tex., Aug. 2.'!.—Senator E. 1.
Kcllle today gave out the following;
"I have received quite a number of(
telegrams from labor unions at Beau-
mont asking me t" support the "spider
bill' and 'carshed bill.' Ii seems to have]
been a preconcerted movement on the
part of the unions, as nearly every Sen-
ator lias received telegrams this morning.
There are two sides to these bills, and,
as a matter of course, the unions see but
one. After hearing both sides give their
views before the committee, which un-
doubtedly they will have an opportunity
t'i do, then 1 shall vote on the bills as I
deem will be for tho best, interest of the
State."
FREEMAN ARRIVES IN AUSTIN
Today I. & (J. N. Receiver Will Appear
Before Senate Committee.
Dally Express Austin Bureau,
AUSTIN, Tex., Auk. 23.—T. J. Freenaan,
receiver o£ tin International & Great
Northern Hallway, arrived today from
New York and villi tomorrow appear be-
fore the Senatn committee In opposition
t" til.1 no-called 1 Ac <J. N. bill designed
to protect, the unsecured creditors of
railroads, lie declares that, the hill ,f
passed will place a cloud upon railroad
bonds and securities In Texas which
will make them hard to dispose of and
that tho measure should not he passed.
While the I. & (J N. i« to he sold at
Palestine September 15, Receiver Free-
man does not expect to he discharged as
receiver until some time afterwards as
the master must report to the Federal
Court the sale, the court must In turn
after duo notice approve it, and then
instruct the receiver and master as to
tho drawing of the deed and other mat-
ters which must lift disposed of before
the receiver is discharged.
Mr. l'reeman went to New York from
Manltnu, Colo., where he was taking his
vacation. ,
Lampasas Taxahles Increase $61,490.
Special Telegram to Tho Mipress.
r.AMI'ASAH, Tex., Aug. 23.—The Com-
missioners Court has finally passed upon
the lux roils of this county and tho copy
necessary has been sent Into the Comptrol-
ler. The totallngs show an increuse in
the taxable values of this county over last
year of $(11,490 ttnd tho total taxable value
as tfi.tOT.ar.. The taxable vuluos of this
county have more than doubled In the past
tventy-flve years.
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Eastern I'eople May Be Victims.
McICEESPORT, Pa., Aug. 23.—-Harrl6on
R. Stuckslager, vice president of the Peo-
ple's liank of this city, and Dr. John Por-
ter, with their wives, who have been vis-
iting In the Flathead Lake district, It is
feared by relatives here, ha*ro been lost
1 nthe forost fires. Repeated communi-
cations to them hare brought no response.
——
Barn at LaUrange Burns.
Ppeclil Telegram to The Expeeee.
LAGRANGE. Tex , Aug. 23.—The large
bam of ,T. (VBrown wns destroyed by fire
this morning; All stock bad been lejnowd
the doj BrnitfUl ig tie pMtUM.
HELENA. Mont., Aug. Et.-Tha first
report to reach this city with a augges-
tlon of the terrible, fate thnt Is believed
lo have overtaken a < row of 600 forest
rangers who left Thompson Km lis four
days ago to combat the forest firjps In |
the, Cabinet reserve was brought by'
Jnlius Harney, who arrived today from ;
Thompson, where ho heard from Forester j
Supervisor Bushnell, first hand Infor-
mation of the conditions in tho district.
"Hlx hundred men," Mr Harney said,
have been gone four days, during which
nothing has been heard from them and
Forest Supervisor Itushnell of the Cabinet
reserve, who is at. Thompson, fears they
all are dead. They could scarcely have
obtained food, and as none has returned
It is presumed they were cut off by the
fire.
"When I left Thompson this morning,
a wall of fire hundreds Of feet In height
was sweeping in from the west. The
people of Thompson, about 700, had
packed all their effects and were pre-
pared to flee to Plains, twenty-five
miles west.
REFUGEES ARE HEART-BROKEN
"Thompson began to be crowded wtlh
refugees several days ago. From White
Pine, Mont., Hurke, Idaho, and from
many other points they have come tramp-
ing In, men, women and children, blis-
tered, heart-broken and without a dollar,
escaping only with their lives,
"Tin* fire has burned around Plains
and is burning east of Paradise and In
several other places. All hope of fight-
ing It has been abandoned and Thomp-
son seeniif hopelessly out off. Plains Is
still op*n, and being the largest town
in Sanders County, can accommodate
the refugees, hut nobody knows whether
Plains, which Is surrounded by dense
forests, will be set aflame.
"The flames Jump five miles at once
and spread with inconceivable rapidity,
Meanwhile, nothing can be done for the
fiW) men who are missing, for no one
can get the slightest news of their
whereabouts."
Governor Edwin L. Norris has ordered
out five companies of the Montana Na-
tional Guard to assist in fighting the
worst of tho fires in various sections of
the State.
PICTURE IS MOST DISTRESSING
One Fire Has a Front of Eighteen
Miles.
MIBROrijA, MonU. Aug. 23. Forest
Supervisor Fenn today forwarded to tie-
local forestry bureau a report from
Kooskai, Idaho, which paints a distress-
ing picture of conditions In that dis-
trict.
The supervisor asserts that the fires
have covered an area of more than fifty
miles square, that high winds prevail
and there appears to he little chance of
bringing the flames tinder control. The
town of Troy, he reports, is threatened
and the residents have requested that a
company of troops be seni.
From tho Idaho side a furious fire is
reported coming1 over the divide at the
hr;nj of Kork rreek and heading toward
Eight-Milo Creek east of Florence.
This fire has a front of eighteen miles
and is said to be extending along Deer
('reek in the direction of I'onner. On
tin* west side of the Hitter Root Valley,
many fires are now reported.
A late report from Supervisor Koch,
who is at St. Regis, indicates that many
of the men reported to have perished In
Buford Gulch, are safe at St. Regis, and
are assisting in driving back the fires
that threaten the town.
The 1' ig' t Sound Railway officers say
a fire is burning along J.)eep Creek, above
Iron Mountain, and is driving rapidly
toward tho town of Cobnrn.
Reports were circulated here today that
incendiaries had attempted to spread new
fires at St. Jtegls last night. The charges
were made that certain unidentified per-
sons were detected hurling burning
brands among the buildings in the busi-
ness district of the old town.
The Pugot Sound Railway Company
today outfitted two work and relief
trains to go to the west end of the line
to repair bridges and seek run the
refugees who fled when the flames
spread over that district Saturday
night and Sunday.
Another relief expedition Is being start-
eel up Cedar Creek and another packet
train is outfitting at Iron Mountain.
The famous "S" bridge and the Carbon
Hill bridge, Hoth located between Wal-
lace and Mullan, have been destroyed.
At Lookout, Idaho, the Northern Pa-
cific station was burned yesterday and
tiie approaches to tho Dorsey Tunnel are
gone.
Thirteen Are Ready for Grave.
WALLACE, lcliiho, Aug. 2S.—The bodies
of thirteen fire flRhtrrw are being pre-
pared for burial at the junrtlon of pine
and Big Creeks, couth of Wardner, ao-
curding to J. C. McIHarmed of Pine Crest,
Idaho, who ha-« Junt arrived hor. I'rtlted
KtnleF Forest Huporvisor W. R. Weigle
Bays theso are not his men and it Is Mip-
posed they are Idaho HLate Rangers.
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FOUR HUNDRED PERISH?
WHOLE OF THE IDAHO PANHAN-
DLE IS ON FIRE.
Mining Town of Wardner Is Almost
Surrounded and Inhabitants
Are Fighting the
Flames.
SPOK4NE, Wash , Aug 2.'* Nearly the
whole Pan bundle of Idaho, timbered
Mountain country, is ou fire and It is pos-
sible that 4tM persons may have perished
I'nlted States Forest Supervisor W. K.
W'elgle has not heard from :«M> of his men
who were in the burning woods, and lie
tears they have perished.
The other loss of life is estimated >it
ion. The mining town of Wardner is al
i .st surrounded by flames and the miners
are out fightlug the fire. f
The flics iu the great Couer d'AlFhe
National forest are beyond control and
limber worth millions of dollars is burn-
ih.;. The fires on the Couer d .liene In-
'I an reservation are cheeked, as are those
ni I'alouse national forest. Aioiu the St.
.1" river, which runs through what is de-
: ribed • in maps as "the largest body "i
si undine white pine timber iu the I'liiled-
Slates." there is a continuous fire from
J'iumuier lo a point in Montana
I lie 1 nited States Is the largest loser,
>ind nest in importance are the hisses sus-
t, ined by the i'hhago, Milwaukee and
I i,S'iuikJ Railroad, which lias suffer
ed destruction of bridges, buildings and
timber lands for forty miles.
I'he fires along the Northern Pacific, in
Western Montana, have diminished. They
\ .-re lurgel.N In timber that h id been fire-
ept In former years, but tic Idaho fires
are burning virgin forest.
The Pen d'OrelUe valley, heavily tini-
l>' red. is on fire in several pho-os and loss
of life is feared. It is difficult to get
news from tills section.
The weather bureau says no rain is In
prospect IMspntches received by the local
.•■"jeers of the f'hhauo. Milwaukee iV Puget
:• und. Railroad state that four of the
.. .hlb'fs of Company <». Twenty-fifth
I hired States Infantry (colored), sent out
l an Port (ieorge, are missing. The dis-
patches also say that a number of families
in the Vicinity of Avery have been burn
ed out and a large number of people are
dead <»r missing.
Railroad employes at Avery say that it.
seems as though all the Hitter Root moiin-
i ins are burning and that the entire
< .tier d'Alene national forest will be d<
st t'oyed.
The four families of homesteaders who
were reported burned to death on La tour
< reek, Kootena County, Idaho, es aped by
wading fifteen miles along the bed of the
cieck with fire burning down to the
LARAN
A low
close-fitting
Arrow
COLLAR.
lor Summer
Ifc eoch / for Arro-w Cuffs- 2Vl
Ciuett. i'eaoody Sc Co.. troy N. V.
water's edge, forcing the refugees fre
ijuently t> nbjiujjpge themselves when the
flames reached I heir faces.
The Uimllics were those of Walter Os-
borne. H A. Smith, 1' .<» Andress and
.1 o. Andress. The aged father of the
Andress 1 ys was borne on a stretcher Ity
the other men They arrived at St. Joe
with i ■ ii i barred clothing ready to fall
from .their bodies.
The most serious feature of the forest
fir. that 1>'K> forest rangers are missing
ii. Idaho and Montana.
The telephone lines through the national
foiests have been destroyed or interrupted,
and u party of rangers might he safe but
unable to report.
THIRTY THREE LOSE LIVES
No Attempt Is Made to Estimate Total
Loss of Life.
N. 1). C . Aug. 23—Forest
; here issue.1 a statement
up reports from agents
concerning the fire sltua-
WAsm
service offici
today summ
in the field*)
tion.
(. unriitions in the Missoula district have
Improved and the winds are less violent
tonay, savs Assistant District Forester
Sj I * •. \ In a < 1.. , t« b received here.
Thirtv-three fire fighters are known to
b. dead in the Lolo and Couer d'Aleim
region and two more are reported to bo
fatally hurt. These figures cover only
tiie lives of the fire fighters and no at-
tempt is made to estimate the total loss
of I fe
Three companies of troops to fight the
flames which have broken out in the
Takoe National Forest in California,
have been sent from San Francisco in
response to a request from tho forest
service.
ABANDONED IT
For the Old-Km phi on ed Coffee Wns Killing.
"L always drank coffee with the rest of
the ftmlly. for it. seemed «s If there was
nothing for breakfast if we did not have
It on tho table.
"I had been troubled for some time with
tny heart, which did not feel right. This
trouble grow worse steadily.
"Home times It would beat fast and at
other times very slowly, so that 1 would
hardly be able fo do work for an hour or
two after breakfast, and If I walked up a
hill It gave me a severe pain.
''I had no idea of what the trouble was
until a friend suggested that perhaps It
might be caused by coffee drinking. I
tried leaving off the coffee and began
drinking Postum. The change came quick-
ly. I am now glad to say that I am
entirely well of tne heart trouble and at-
tribute the cure to leaving off coffee and
the use of Postum.
"A number of my friends have aban-
doned coffee and have taken up with
postum, which they are using steadily.
There are some people that make Postum
very weak and tastelees, but if it Is boiled
long eaiongh, according to directions, it is
a vwry delicious beverage. We have never
nsert any of the old fashioned coffee since
Postum was first started In our house."
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