The Daily Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 262, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 19, 1906 Page: 2 of 14
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THE SAN ANTONIO DAILY EXPRESS: WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 19. 190ft.
known to have boon rescued. The high
back ear was filled with men and their
families. Woitu n and children were first
rescued and then the men climbed out
through the transoms at the top of the
windows,/
The cjuifr car struck ne;»r the bank and
all th.
that
side
inrr?he car was six foet d
S The mail :mii baggag
all tho passenge rs we1
excepossibh som> tl
Thar car turned on iis si
<cued from it.
a ere pinioned,
and the water
•ep.
went down
the river. rolling over and ever. When.it
stopped four men were seen on ton of it.
: n<I as tlie car stood on cud the men still
retained their hold. A the last cars
want down with the bridge the timbers
floated down, struck the car and upset
it. The ine», were sen to climb on the
timbers and the mail clerk swam ashore
three miles below the place of tlie acci-
dent and was brought to tills city The
fat? of the three tvher men is unknown.
There was no pan it among the passen-
gers of ther cars in the stream, but those
en the safe cars were greatly excited.
Agent Loman from Mangum worked
heroically to rescue the pasengers i»i the
chair car, and when the last one was
safely out he fell and was brought to the
city almost dead.
No one could estimate the number of
drowned, but the passengers say there
were several.
The fireman, Simon Byram. vrns
brought to his home with a dislocated
shoulder.
MANY ARE INJURED.
ONE OF THE BOATS DOWN THERE.
HONG KONG IS
SWEPT BY WILD
WIND STORM
Hurricane Rages Two Hours, De^
stroking Native Craft and
Causing Loss of Life.
"Hank" Littlefield, a Circus Employe,
the Only Man Who Is Known to
Have Lost His Life.
KINGFISHER, Okla., Sept. 18.—White
it is believed that several lives were
lost today when several cars of Hock
Island train No. 12 northbound went into
the Cimarron River at Dover, Okla.,
because of the collapse of a bridge, no
bodies have been recovered and the only
person on the train positively known to
have perished is "Hank" Littlefield, an
employe of the Forepaugh Sells Circus,
who was drowned. The injured are:
Mrs. Robinson, Enid, Okla., badly
bruised.
George L. "Wright, Denver, badly bruis-
ed, head cut.
C. W. Brown, Comanche, I. T., arm
wrenched.
Mrs. C. E. Hushler, Dallas, back
slightly injured.
David Lang, Hillsboro, Tex., cut on
head, hack and arms.
C. W. Bacon, Enid, Okla., arm dis-
located.
Three-year-old child of Mrs. Kate Sells,
Pay no, Ohio, strangled from water, can-
not live.
Simon W. Byron, fireman, shoulder dis-
located. cut oil head and neck.
Engineer lies, cut on head.
W. H. Spitzer, Enid, arm sprained and
fingers cut.
ALL BUT ONE CAR LOST.
Dover Man the Only Person Who
Escaped From Coaches That
Went Into the River.
KAN8AS CITY, Mo., Sept. 18.-A spe-
cial from Hennessey, Okla. says:
All hut one car of the train was lost.
Clyde Giest of Dover Okla., is the only
person known to have escaped from the
cars that went into the river. He says:
"We were running very slowly and
carefully when we could feel the track
giving way and heard the engine whistle
for emergency brakes.
"I started for the door with the porter
and Just as we got outside the door of
the car I felt the track give entirely
away and we fell into the river.
"The porter and I managed to stay
on top of the smoking car and floated
down the stream several hundred yards,
when tlie waves and driftwood dislodged
us and we were cast out into the main
current. In the meantime I had taken
off mv clothes and that aided me much
in getting ashore. The porter went down
a few minutes after being dislodged. 1
immediately started for the railroad sta-
tion where I notified the agent."
W. L. Moore, the Rock Island station
agent at Dover, was the first person to
reach tlie wreck. He says:
"The (inb- thing 1 could see of the cars
in the water was one coach with just the
top a foot or two above the surface. 1
could see four persons on top of the car.
I was helpless to assist. Suddenly a
large piece of driftwood brushed them
off the coach and the next instant they
had gone down."
R. D. BIBER IS WRECKED.
New York Liner Brings in Survivors
of the 111-Fa ted Schooner.
CHARLESTON, S. C., Sept. 18.—The
Clyde liner New York brought into port
today the mate and three seamen of the
American schooner R. D. Bibber, Captain
Sayres. lumber laden from* Savannah to
New York, wrecked off the Frying Pan
Shoals.
The vessel turned turtle and went to
pieces. The men were found clinging
to the spars. The captain and others
of the crew were not found.
The normal crew of the schooner R. D.
The United States cruiser Denver, now in Havana harbor, and from which sail-
ors were landed for the protection of President Talma.
MUCH CHEAPER.
Grape-Nuts Accomplished What Ocean
Travel and Medicine Could Not.
It's not what you eat. hut what you di-
gest that gives strength.
Many a man drags around year after
year half dead, because his food is not
digested and he takes first one kind of
medicine and then another without re-
lief—because medicines can not take the
place of well digested food, and never
will.
Give nature a fair chance, as a promi-
nent German-American of Chicago did,
and if you're in a bad fix from stomach
trouble, read what he says and try it on.
"About a year ago." he writes, "I was
afflicted with stomach trouble which so
enfeebled me I had to quit work. I crew
so lean I was merely skin and bones.
"I had the advice of six different doc-
tors and two college professors. One
thought I had cancer .if the stomach, an-
other advised a change of climate, and
recommended ocean travel, i decided to
follow this last and went abroad for
three months.
"But my health became worse and
worse. The least amount of food caused
awful pain, and I obtained relief only by
having my stomach pumped out.
"Nothing did me any good. -Soon I
could take no food at all except strained
pat meal; and then a time came when J
could not even take that. I lost courage
md prepared myself to die. At that time
my wife brought me a package of Grape-
Nuts, but I had no confidence in any-
thing any longer.
"She finally persuaded me to taste a
few spoonfuls of the new food and to my
surprise I retained it ar^d had no dis-
;r*ss. That made rao feel fine and en-
couraged to make another tri;ij for Iffe.
Tor several months I ate nothing else—
>vtry day a bowl of Grape-Nuts with
ire&m. and thus I regained my health, my
Ud-time weight and am now as well as
[ver. I could not live without Grape-
Juts." Name given by Postum Co., Bat-
llo Creek. Mich.
"There's a reason." Rend the little
'"ito Wellvilie," in pkgs.
15ibKer was eleven. The vessel was of 64S
net tonnage. 17:! feet in length, feet
in breadth and feet in depth. She was
built in Bath, Maine, in 1884.
NATIONAL GUARD ON WATCH.
Gcvernor Frantz Details Troops to
Watch for Bodies.
Special Telegram to The Express.
GUTHRIE, Okla.. Sept. IS.—Governor
Frantz this evening detailed the Engineer
Corps of Lawton and a detachment of
the Signal Corn* of Blackwell, in camp
here with the Oklahoma National Guard,
to guard the banks of the Cimarron
River near here and watch for floating
bodies from the Rock Island wreck at
Dover. The militiamen are in comman :
of Capt. Frank King of Lawton. Search-
lights are being thrown on the river to-
night but the urient is so swift that it
is difficult work to do anything. A tem-
porary telephone line is in operation be-
tween the river and town.
BOTH ENGINES DEMOLISHED
No Lives Are Lost in Collision on
Mexican International.
Special Telegram to The Express.
EAGLE PASS, Tex., Sept. IS.—In a
wreck on the- Mexican International last
night north of Monclova between a
south bound passenger and north bound
freight both engines were ccmpletely de-
molished. also a baggage car. Both en-
gineers and firemen saved thuir lives.
l:.iggagemaster Clarence Kelley of Eagle
Pass had Just stepped from th" first to
the second baggage car when the wreck
occurred, smashing the first baggage car
to smithereens,
SAY ONLY TWO WERE KILLED.
Pock Island Official Discredits Re-
ports From Wreck.
TOPEKA, Kan., Sept. 18.—-At 4 o'clock
this afternoon the following message
was received at the general offices here
of the Rock Island from Superintendent
McCall, who is at the scene of today's
wreck near Dover, Okla.:
"There cannot possibly be over two
dead in the wreck at the Dover bridge.
There were only nine persons in the
smoker which buns suspended partiallv
into the river, and all but two of them
are accounted for. The negro porter had
a narrow escape, getting away through a
window and out. on driftwood. These arc
the facts."
CAN'T ACCOUNT FOR SIX.
Four of the Missing Passengers Be-
longed to Theatrical Troupe.
GUTHRIE, Okla., Sept. 18.—W. C. Kel-
ley, ex-Postmaster of Kingfisher, has just
reached Guthrie from the scene of the
Rock Island wreck near Dover. Tie says
that all but six of the passengers were
accounted for.
Four of the missing are members of a
theatrical company.
TWO ARE KILLED.
Frisco Train Is Derailed Near
Charleston, Okla.
Gl T1IRIE, Okla., Sept. 18.—A special
Jo the state Capitol from Charleston,
(»kla., says that a Frisco passenger train
was derailed near that place u>day. Two
people are known to be dead. Details
not yet learned.
TWENTY-FIVE MISSING.
Latest Advices From Dover Place
Mortality at Seven.
GUTHRIE, Okla., Sept. 18.—The latest
advices from Dover say it is known that
seven persons were killed In the Rock
Island wreck this morning. Twenty-five
arc missing.
i
Two Reported Missing.
TOI'EK A. Kan., Kept. IS.—The Rock
Island general offices here now report
that only two persons are missing at
Dover.
SENATOR BAILEY
NOT EMPLOYE!) BY
STANDARD OIL
Texas Senator Gives Roger Sulih
van Benefit of His Opinion
of His Veracity.
SIW OF TENNESSEE
ACTIVITIES OF BAILEY
-'O-
Nursing Mothers and Malaria.
The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless
Chill Tonic, drives out malaria and builds
up the system. Sold by all dealers for
twenty-seven years. Price 50c.
SHAW LONG^ON TARIFF.
His Discussion, However, on Trusts
Was Short, Says Bryan.
WINSTON SALEM, N. C., Sept. 18.-AV.
J. Bryan was given a splendid reception
and ovation hero today. For an hour
and a half he spoke to thousands of peo-
ple gathered In tTie court house square.
Mr. Bryan devoted most of his speech
t-> an answer to Secretary Shaw's speech
on the tariff at SalisbuVy last week. He
styled this member of the President's
Cabinet the "Prince ot' Stand-Patters "
Mr. Bryan - said that the arguments
siw n by Secretary Shiw were second-
banded garments cast off by his own
part y.
He noticed that Mr Shaw was very
lr.ng.nn tariff, -iut sho^t on his discussion
of trusts. The speaker said that with
him the, trust question was the most im-
portant. that h;1 considered them the
most dangerous iiiings In this country.
"Put one millionaire behind the bars
and it will do more to break up trusts
than anything else." said Mr. Brvan.
He expressed himself in favor'of the
eight-hour labor law and charged Presi-
dent RoosevelJ, with leaving his own
party and adopting planks in the Demo-
( ratio platform. He said it was strange
that today Republicans all over the
country were saying that onlv one man
in their party stood any chance of elec-
tion and thai man was President Roose-
Specla! Telegram to The Express.
WASHINGTON, Sept. IS.—Senator
Bailey of Texas arrived in the city to-
day accompanied by his family, and reg-
istered at the Rises House. He will re-
main in the city for several days. Mr.
Bailey was asked this afternoon if he
had read the alleged statement of Roger
SulMvan, Democratic National Commit-
teeman from Illinois, in which Mr. Sul-
livan is quoted as saying in effect that
William J. Bryan should road Senator
Bailey out of the party before reading
Suillvat) out of the party. Senator Bai-
iny. in reply to the inquiry, dictated and
issued the folowing statement:
If Mr. Sullivan mad" the statement at-
tributed to him, he lias exhibited a reck-
less disregard for the truth which ren-
ders him even less fit for membership
on tile Democratic National Committee
than any circumstance Mr. Bryan has
vet mentioned against him.
"The Standard Oil Company has no
more interest in or connection with the
Tennessee properties for which I Rtn
attorney than Mr. Sullivan or the Czar
of Russia. I am not required to explain
my professional employment in answer
to such contemptible statements as that
made by Mr. Sullivan. My employment
in this instance, as well in all other in-
stances, was such as any honorable law-
yer is glad to accept, and my clients
are entirely satisfied with the manner in
which I protect their interests,"
MASS MEETING CALLED.
V.'Ood County Chairman Takes Action
Against Senator Bailey.
Special Telegram to The Express.
MINEOLA, Tex., Sept. IS.—The publi-
cation of testimony of li. Clay Pierce
in the case of Gruet vs. Waters-Pierce
Oil Company, connecting Senator Joseph
W. Bailey with said corporation as its
agent and attorney, have induced the
Hon. A. D. Jackson chairman of the
Democratic Executive Committee to call
a mass meeting of the Democracy of
Wood County "to ascertain and express
our wishes in regard to instructing our
State Senator and Representative in vot-
ing against J. W. Bailey as United States
Senator from Texas."
: Os,
On the Links.
Grace—Did you ever hear of any one
getting an "athlete's heart" by playing
go It"'
Gertie- Penelope did—and he's rich and
handsome, too!—Chicago News.
INTERESTING FACTS
For Nearly Every Wan. Woman or Child.
SlEAllERS IN HARBOR
WASHED HIGH ON LAND
Streets of the City Are Blockaded With
Debris, While the Water Front Is
Strewn With Wrickage from
Damaged Vessels.
velt. fie had,
insr some of i
stood for, and,
had .popularized himself by do-
intr same of the things that Democrats
n faet, demanded.
A Guess.
••Know anything about golf?"
"Not much Why?"
"What's a bunker; do you know?"
"I suppose it's one of those cranks
that pimply live and sle^p on the links."—
The Catholic 'Standard and Times.
HONG KONG, Sept. is.—A terrific
stofm broke out suddenly here this after-
noon, lasting two hours, and destroying
innumerable native craft and causing
much loss of life. The harbor is literal-
ly strewn with wreckage and the streets
of the city are blocked with debris.
An unknown steamer collided with the
steamer Btfathmore, seriously cmfwy
British steamer Stiutlimore, seriously
damaging the latter.
The British steamer Loong Sang col-
lided with the British steamer Chip
titling, with slight damage.
The river boat Flatshang fouled the
French mail boat Polynesian. The Brit-
ish steamer Monteagh . the Germ.in
steamer Signal, the German steamy
Emma Luiken, the British steamer Chang
Sha. the German steamer Sexta, th-
Kowloon terryboat and a waterboat were
driven ashore.
The American steamer Sorsogon and
the German steamer Johanne are awash.
A Japanese steamer is stranded on Rel-
icts Island.
The British river gunboat Moorhen is
leaking badly. Or\e French torpedo boat
destroyer is ashore and two others
dragged their anchors the entire length
of the harbor.
The British steamship impress of
Japan was saved by the dock company
tugs keeping her steady.
The American steamer S P. Hitchcock
was driven high and dry on shore.
SURE OF VINDICATION.
Cberlin Carter Expresses Confidence
in Outcome of His Trial.
CHICAGO. III., Sept. 18.—The case of
Cberlin M. Carter, formerly a Captain in
the corps of engineers in the United
States Army, wis reopened In the Fed-
eral Court today before Judge Kohlsaat.
Carter today expressed himself as confi-
dent that the case will result in his com-
plete vindication.
GOVERNMENT HILL FIRE.
Residence of L. F. Passailaigue
Burned to the Ground.
A two-story building belonging to L. F.
Passailague, assistant in the Govern-
ment Weather Bureau here, at the rear
of 1534 Lamar Street, was destroyed by
fire shortly before 2 o'clock this morn-
ing. The house is south of the Post and
for the last few months has been unoc-
cupied. Mr. Passailaigue lives near the
house which was destroyed.
WIRE SCREENS.
England Is Defenseless Against Flies
and Mosquitoes.
Consul Albert Halstead writes from
Birmingham that the people of England
suffer great annoyance from flies, mos-
juitoes rind grists, and that, despite this
suffering, no adequate means for defense
have been adopted. The Consul writes:
"I have yet to see a house in England
equipped with window and oor screens
such as make life endurable in the
1'n'tcd States in the summer months.
There are, however a very ;ew mosquito
bars, made of cotton netting, such as
were so common in America a quarter
of a century or so ago. and were later
displaced by wire screens. While in-
sects do not remain so long and are not
so numerous as in the United States, it
seems as if then should be a favorable
opening here for the sale of wire screens
and wire netting The very general use
in England ot < Fren h) windows that
open outward is an obstacle to the intro-
duction of wire screens, but one that
c< ulo be overcome by having the screens
inside the windows, as is not infrequent
in the i'nited States, or by having them
open ir-to the rooms as doors do.
"The introduction of wire screens and
wive netting into the United Kingdom
would not be an asy task. No manu-
facturer of these articles could secure
results by sending ov-.t circulars or cata-
logues. arranging with hardware dealers
to 'stock' his goods, or by casual at-
tempts to secure trade. Quiet, earnest
and persistent work through trained
agents would be necessary. Demonstra-
tions of the advantages to follow, and
skillful illustrations of the advantages
arid comfort of a house screened from
A shurt time ago we published ap ar- . insect pests, would be required. Adver-
ticle recommending to our readers the 1 Using attractively worded would be a
new discovery for the eure of Dyspepsia, benefit. The education of the people to
called Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, and the really greater comfort and better
the claim then made regarding the won- j health that would follow the use of wire
derful curative properties of the remedy I screens would perhaps bo a slow and
have been abundantly sustained by the 1 costly process. but a campaign properly
facta. People who were cautious about \ conducted should in the end bring prof-
trying new remedies advertised in the j itablo results.'"
newspapers and wcre> finally Induced to j
give Stuart s I yspepsia Tablets a trial . Appropriate Quotations.
were surprised and delighted at the re- ,
suits. In many ^ases a single package ! The following story is vouched for bv
costing but 50 cents at any drug store '*■ teacla-r of a class of small boys ir a
made a eomplete eure and In every In- Sunday School and therefore can be ae-
stance the mort beneficial results were I cepted as true. The particular teacher
reported From a hundred or more re- vin question two Sundays ago told her
eetved we have spaej to publish only a {scholars that on he succeeding Sabbath
few of the latest, but assure our readers , they should come prepared to contribute
we receive so many commendatory let- i to a special church fund, and that, at
ters that we shall publish each week a I the time of depositing their offering
fresh list of genuine, unsolicited te?tt- I they would be called upon to recite quo-
monlals and never publish the same one tations bearing on the act of giving,
twice. Accordingly the children brought the pen-
Prom James Yemmeisler. LaCror.se, | nies they had saved during the weel-.
Wis.: Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are do- i The first child t<. advance to the desk
Ing me more good than anything 1 ever and deposit his note recited the follow-
tried and I was so pleased at results that i ing: "God loveth a cheerful giver. '
I gave away several boxes to my friends The second; when he made hist offering.
who have alro had the rame benefits.
From Jacob Anthony, Pcrtmurray,
New Jersey: I have taken Stuart's Dys-
pepsia Tablets with che bent results I
had Dyspepsia for 5 years and had
taken a great deal of medicine, but the
Tablets se#»ni to take right a hold and
1 feel good. T am a farmer and lime
burner and I heartily recommend to
everyone who has any trouble with his
stomach to use thes'4 Tablets.
From Mrs M. K West. Preston. Minn.:
I have reefived surprisingly good effects
from using Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets.
1 gave one-half of my last box to a friend
who also suffered from indigestion and
she had the same uood results.
Stuart's Dyspeoslo Tablets are a cer-
tain cure for all forma of lhdieestion.
They are not elnlmed to be r. cure-a'l.
but aro prepared for stomach troubles
only, and physicians a ad druggists every-
where recommend them to all persona
suffering from Nervous Dyspepsia, soui*
said: "Ca<t tl\\ or a 1 upon the; waters
and thou shall find it after many days."
Ths third to advance, however, much to
the surprise of ,••.11 within hearing, had
selected his motto fop the Occasion.
"A fooi and his rroney a»*e soon parted."
Even the teacher, known for her solemn
bearing. had tc; laugh.—Phlladelpnia
P.ccord.
<v.
Extra Strong.
She said she loved htm with all her
might:
No wonder Iv was elate.
For she was a lady in weeds bedight,
And the widow's mite is great.
-Philadelphia Press.
m
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MAS* PLAZA,St. JUMHOFUXi
FUNSTON WOl'LD COMMAND.
If intervention Becomes Necessary He
Will Probably Lead the Army
to Cuba.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.—Acting Sec-
retary of State Adee received today a
dispatch from Mr. Sleeper, the American
charge at Havana, not concerning the
situation on the island, but concern-
ing the prospective arrival in Havana
of Secretary Taft and party tomorrow.
The contents of the dispatch were not
disclosed.
It is believed to have dealt with the
attitude of the Cuban Government and
the insurgents toward the American of-
ficials and the consideration, to be given
their mission. Ii is not known here what
course Secretary Taft and Mr. Bacon
will pursue on their arrival in Havana.
Commander Fullam, of the gunboat
Marietta, cabled the Navy Department
today that the landing force seems to
have overawed the insurgents at Cicn-
fuegas and that there U at present no
anticipation of further destruction of
property.
Commander Pullman has 120 bluejack-
ets on the Marietta, 150 on the Dixie and
300 marines.
Information was received at the State
Department late today from R. Spell-
man, of the Colonial Cuban Company at
New York, that he had been advised
of the destruction this morning of rhe
Esperanza sugar estate near Cienfuegos.
The estate was burner by Colonel Col-
luda and a band of insurgents.
Insurgents Are Active.
The Esperanza estate is not far from
the Constancia estate, which was reported
to have been destroyed several days ago.
The insurgents itave been particularly
active in the vicinity of ('ienfuegos and
are reported to have destroyed consider-
able property. Official advii es concern-
ing the burning of big plantations which
have been reported lrom time to time
are lacking, 'however.
All the ships of the navy designed for
Cuba, at present are 011 the sea, and it
is said they will constitute a sufficient
force unless peace plans fail and inter-
vention becomes necessary.
Commander Colwell, of the cruiser
Denver, cabled the Navy Department to-
day from Havana, saying that things
were quiet generally and the leaders
were discussing peace terms.
Gen. Frederick Funston, who is now
on his way to Washington under orders
from the War Department, will prob-
ably be assigned to command the army
in Cuba if intervention should be found
necessary.
While orders have not been issued for
the movement of troops to Cuba, the
army was never better prepared for
quick action it if is found necessary to
send them to Cuba.
ANNEXATION IS DESIRED.
Financial Interests In Havana Say
There Will Be No Opposition if
Trade Is Guaranteed.
NEW YORK, Sept. is.—Commercial and
financial men with interests in Cuba con-
tinue to watch keenly the situation in
the island. Cables sent to Havana re-
questing answers to vital questions were
replied to in the most unsatisfactory
manner and this gave rise to comment,
especially in Wall Street. The opinion
there was that the cables were all being
subject to a strict censorship.
The Times says that the almost uni-
opinion among financiers yesterday was
that annexation was the only real solu-
tion of the problem. The Times quotes
the head of the leading Cuban banking
houses as saying:
"It is rumored in Havana that the
commercial element in Cuba advocates
free trade with the United States. If
this is guaranteed, there wil be no oppo-
sition to annexation. ,
"President Palma is stubborn, but has
no backbone. He has taken the advice
of men outside the Government and is
false to his friends in the Cabinet. An
arbitration board should be Armed in
Washington and sent down to Havana
by the President, to remain for at least
five years. Taft will say and do things
when he arrives in Havana that will
make the leaders of both sides squirm.
"Both sides are to blame and have
committed serious faults. The condi-
tions are chaotic today because both
sides are scared and do not know what
will happen when Taft gets there."
While the members of the revolutionary
junta expressed their pleasure over the
suspension of hostilities, they declared
in positive terms that there could he no
permanent peace unless the liberal de-
mand that the last elections be annulled
was granted.
"We will lay down our arms," said
Colonel Aguirre, "pending the negotia-
tions for peace, but. w<- can not accept
terms that do not include the annulment
of the National elections held last De-
cember. Nor will be accept such a
promise from the Palma Government un-
less its fulfillment is guaranteed by the
United States."
AMERICANS FIRED ON.
Cuban Rebels Mistake Them Twice
for Government Troops.
NEW YORK, Sept. IS.—A special cable
to the World states that some subordi-
nate officers of the United States Cruiser
Denver were fired on by rebels as they
were riding in the country in an auto-
mobile Sunday night. Nobody was hit
and when the rebels discovered their mis-
take they were profuse in their apologies.
They explained that they were expecting
some Cuban Government officrs to pass
that section and that they sent a volley
after the first automobile that came
along, which happened to be the car oc-
cupied by the American sailors.
A little later the party was again fired
on with the same result—nobody hit, ex-
planation and apologies.
When Captain Colwell heard of the in-
cident he issued an order forbidding
shore leave for the present.
A SLIGHT SKIRMISH.
Government Troops and Rebels En-
gage With Few Casualties.
HAVANA, Sept. 18.—Alfredo Zayas,
president of the Liberal party, Inforrfis
the Associated Press that Colonel Avalos
with 2(H) men attacked a rebel force under
Pino Guerra yesterday near Dos Palacios,
in Pinar del Rio province. The rebels
had one man killed and two wounded.
The Government soldiers had eighteen
killed and thirty wounded.
A second attack was about to begin
when Guerra's brother, in the capacity
of peacemaker, arrived from Havana and
urged an armistice, which was speedily
arranged. The Government has not news
of this engagement.
CIVIC IMPROVEMENT WORK.
Annual Meeting of Association in Mil-
waukee Will Be Held in
October.
When the civic improvement; movement
first came into National importance the
fact that it made the home grounds the
unit of its campaign for a clean and
beautiful National life gave many per-
sons a misapprehension as to the pur-
poses of the civic propaganda—and the
funny men had their say about "back
yard politicians" and such things.
Today America stands hat in hand
beside the way if the civic improvement
people choose to take a day off from the
work that they have undertaken to do,
and march up and down the land, figura-
tively speaking, to see how things are,
coming on here and there—for all
America has learned that simply because
no problem of clean public life is too
small to receive the attention of these
workers, none is too large to e ngage their
effort.
The association has its convention an-
nually and there has come to be a big
scramble for it among leading cities. Last
year Cleveland was the fortunate town,
and this year the convention goes to Mil-
waukee. The convention will be held
late in October. It will be In session
three days, beginning on Wednesday
morning. The. first morning session will
be devoted to the addresses of welcome,
the annual review of the secretary, Clin-
ton Rogers Woodruff, who will describe
"The National Impulse for Civic Better-
ment." the report of the treasurer, the
nomination and election of officers and
miscellaneous business.
Wednesday afternoon the association's
work for the year will he covered in brief
reports from the departments, which aro
as follows: Women's Outdoor League,
Arts and Crafts. Children's Gardens, City
Making. Libraries, Outdoor Art, Publio
Recreation, Press. Public Nuisances.
Parks and Public Reservations, Railroad
Improvement, Rural Improvement, School
Extension, Social Settlements.
The features of the Wednesday evening
session will be papers and addresses on
"Wisconsin's Contributions to Civic Pro-
gress." Special attention will be devoted
to the work in Milwaukee, Madison,
Racine and Menominee, and also to the
traveling libraryisystem of the State.
Prescription No. by Elmer & Am-
end, win not cure all complaints, but it
will cure rheumatism. For sale by all
druggists.
Smithville Personals.
Special Telegram to The Express.
SMITHVILLE, Tex., Sept IS.—George
Wheeler, general foreman of bridges and
buildings (or the Katy. with headquar-
ters at Denison. was in thee, ity today*
looking over the material yard here.
W F. Sparky read master on the
Houston eHvlsion, was in the city today.
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To Box Forty-five Rounds.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Sept. 18.—It
has been practically settled that "Phila-
delphia Jack" O'Brien and Sam Berger
are to box forty-five rounds for the
heavy-weight championship at Colma on
the afternoon of Thanksgiving Day.
In the Same Line.
"My wife is a lecturer and I am an en-
tertainer." said Hobbs.
"Indeed? I knew your wife appeared in
pur lie, but I did not know that you ever
did."
"Oh. I don't; I stay at home and en-
tertain the baby."—London Tit-Bits.
That's Different.
"Sticking to a thing invariably brings
success," remarked the Prairie Philoso-
pher.
., "How about sitting on a log with alot
or acid stomach, heartburn, bloat ins? or of pitch on it?" retorted the Wise Guy.
wind on stomach and similar disorders. —Milwaukee Sentinel.
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