FIRE AND DEATH
Fallows Bhwiig Up Los Aageles Tines
BeiMiag Sataiday
THIRTY WERE KILLED
Within Few MJnuteo of the Explosion
the Entire Kuilding Was Fiery
Furnace.??The Managing Editor
Says Plant l>estroyed by Enemies
of Industrial Freedom.
The building occupied by The
iiUHW ruuuxuiu; cuiu|)?ii; ai iiUB
Angt*)**, Cttl., was destroyed by tire
Saturday morning and there was a
heavy loss of life, estimated as high
aa 20.
The fire was proceeded by an explosinon
and immediately the building
was enveloped in flames. The
explosion occurred on the second
floor of an addition to the old building.
The old part is of three floors.
Within a few seconds from the time
Iof the explosion the entire building
was a flery furnace. Crowds that
gathered say they saw many men fail
hack from the windows Into the
flames. Others leaped and were injured.
.The poperty loss Is estimated at
$500,000. The editorial rooms were
on the third floor, but it is believed
the greater part of the men on thi6
1 floor escaped death.
Thomas P. Smith, an "ad" compositor,
working on the second floor
when the explosion occurred, gives
| the following version:
"There were at least 50 men at
work on nay floor. I believe that half
of this number may not have escaped.
I with the others rushed for
th^ street and we then Baw the whoie
building in flams..
"The entire building was in ruins
at 1.45, and but two walls were
stand ng.
"In addition to the complete plant
of The Times the building contained
the large jobbing and commercial
plant of the American Engraving
Co."
Within a few minutes after the explosion
the police arrested two men
in the Broadway tunnel, two blocks
north of the Times' building a ad
tney are oeing neia ior lnaentincatlon.
The Times' employs non-union
printers and has had more or less
friction with labor.
~}The' police had their fire lines put
up around the scene and reserves
were eoon patrollng the district ariu?d
with riot clubs but the half clad
crowd which silently watched the
flames from behind the Are lines were
orderly and not an arrest was made
from amongst the crowd.
The following Hat of missing furnished
by the Times have not been
accounted for:
J. C. Golllher. linotype op?rau?r.
married, five children.
W. G. Tunstall. linotype operator,
married.
John Howard, printer, married,
one child.
"Grant Moore, machinist, marriei,
three children.
Edward WaSson, printer, married.
Elmer Frink. linotype operator,
married.
Eugene Cares, linotype operator,
married, one child.
Don E. Johnson, iluotype operator,
married.
Erneet Jordan, linotype operator,
married, one child.
Frank Underwood, printer, married,
one child.
J. Wesley Beaver, stenographer.
tR. L. Sawyer, telegrapher, mairled.
two children.
(Harry L. Crane, assistant t?i?
graph editor, married, one child.
Chales Gulliver, compositor. marTied.
Carl Salada, Hnotype operator.
Among the Injured taken to the
receiving hospital were the rollowtr.g:
(Harvey P. Klder, isi.ti.:.' city e liter,
jumped from third etory; right
leg broken, internal Injuries and serere
burns; will die.
Charles E. Lovelace, Coast editor.
Jumped from third floor, hip broken.
Internally iujured and burnen
S. W. Crabill, foreman composing
room, severe bruises.
iRandolph Rossi, linotype opera to .
Jumped lrom second fToor, so\erely
Injured.
Many others injured were taken
to the other hospitals.
The flames followed the explosion
so quickly that those in ?he n itullng
had little chance to eacppe.
Many leaped from the windows mil
were severely injured.
The building burned rapidly an I
oeiore many 01 tne inmates cimIu
reach the street It was a uias- ot
flames
The force of the explosion wn
concentrated on the mechanical department
of the paper and most of the
dead and injurede were members of
these departments.
Man&gng Editor Harry Andrews, i
at two o'clock Saturduy morning,
said:
"The Times building was destroyed
by dynamite this morning by enemies
of industrial freedom. The Times
Itself cannot be destroyed. It will (
soon be re-issued from its auxilary
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PLACED BOMB BY HOUSE
IEADER OF SOCIETY THROWN INTO
EXCITEMENT.
Man Attempts Entrance and Police
Believe He Expected to Gain Reward
for "Saving" Household.
After placing a bomb beside the
residence of Mrs. Potter Palmer ac
Chicago and cutting hiB coat in'?
threds with a butcher knife piercing
his skin, Fred Wahlenmeyer, 26 yea j
/vM ?if t...l TT?-1 J -I-*-* * - * -
viv?i ukicuijitcu r i may iiiriu CO pillil
entrance to the mansion. He was arrested.
Wahlenweyer demanded an audience
with Prs. Palmer, but the watchman.
who was the first person en
countered, summoned the police.
Wahlenmeyer at first told a story ->f
having seen another man placing the
bomb on the side of the house and of
struggling with him. I-ater, however,
the prisoner confessed to having put
the explosive there himself and to
having cut his clothes to bear out
his narrative. Mrs. Palmer was ai
home at the time and the whole
household was thrown into excitement
by the proximity of death or
injury from the bomb.
Wahlenmeyer was questioned for
hours by the police, but refused to
explain his motive, hiding behind the
expression: "Why did I do it? Oh.
just for instance."
The police are proceeding on the
will question Mrs. Palmer in regard
to reports that she had received
threatening letters, in the effort to
discover the man's reason for the act.
It is believed that Wahlenmeyer is
not insane.
The police are proceeding of th
theory that he thought to gain a reward
for having "saved" the house
and its occupants from "some mysterious
bomb-thrower" and that his
mutilation of his clothes was to substantiate
this claim. +
TEDDY MUST PAY DEBTS.
Owes Itailrouds Over One Hundred
Thousand Dollars.
Roosevelt who fought the "interests"
with his mouth while in office.
whose congress passed laws forbidding
the use of passes over railroads.
the mighty enemy of the
"trusts" and "monopolies," is indebted
to the Pennsylvania railroad
for $ 100.000, incurred in the use of <
special trains during his trust-busting
administration. The New York
World publishes a letter from one of
the stockholders of the Pennsylvauii
railroad, asking why this bill ot
|100,000 has never been collected.
It will be recalled that conerea*
aside $25,000 to be used by the president
to defray traveling expenses,
the Idea being, no doubt, to see to it
that the president of the Unit?d
States should not be obligated to any
transportation company for valuable
services rendered and unpaid. Hut
$25,000 was not enough for Mr.
Roosevelt. On the slightest pretext
he ordered special trains, and the
richest fare and attention the road
afforded, and. it seems naught was
said of remuneration.
TYPHOON SWKKPS ISLAM Hi.
Thousands of People Are Homeless
And the Crops Much Hitniaged.
At Manila, P. I., a typhoon of unusual
severity swept over the valley
of the Cayagan river in the provinces
of Cayagan and Isabella, northern
Luzon, on September 24. Four
towns, including Uagan. the capital
of Isabella province, were practically
demolished. A thousand persons
are still homeless and destitute, but
the dispatches so far received indicate
that there were no casualties.
The tobacco crop was serious- '
ly damaged. The government is
making relief plans.
i
plant and will tight its battles to the i
last. i
"The horror o{ the loss of life and
maiming of men precludes a further 1
statement at this hour."
Geueral Harrison Gray Otis, owner '
of The Times, win arrive home from ?'
Mexico. he stated, Monday morning. I
"Men employed in most of the departments
had. T think." said Mr.
Andrews, "some chance to get out '
through the front exits. I do not (
believe there were 10u persons in the
building. 1 was not there. Mr. Von
Hler. our city editor, got out. also
Mr. Whitnes, our telegraph editor.
I feel sure most of our men escaped.
Friday night being unusually hea- '
vy at The Times, something over ;;u '
men were at work on the linotypes a
and about f>0 in the "ad" section.
Because of the fact that so many 1
extra men were at work it will be'1
probably several days before all are c
accounted for. M
Tho building occupied by The J1
Times Mirror publishing plant is of |1
urn-*, xnree stories in height and 1
back of this was a brick annex of two 1
stories and a basement. The editorial
department of The Times was on
the third floor of the main building
and the business office on the ground I 1
floor. This annex contained the 1
presses, linotypes, big job printing !c
plant and The Times school for train- d
ing liueoptye operators. (a
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DEADLY SPORTS
?
Km id the Deal aid Dyiag tke Great
Raciaf Ant* Cars Tear Oi.
FOUR PERSONS KILLED
And Many Wounded in the Vuinlor- ,,
built Cup Kare on Itlooo Stained |
CV>ur?e?The Accident1* Causing
the Death of Two of the Vi tiios
Sensational in the Extreme. ^
At Lons island Parkway, N. Y., u
f l.iii?? ?
iuui miicu ana -u seriously
injured, three of them probablv la- ^
tally, was the price in human lite c
paid for the sixth running of the
Vanderbuilt cup race, won in electri- t
fylng fashion by Harry Grant, driving
a 120 horsepower Alco. J
Grant, who distiuguishcd himself
last year by tinisliing first in the fifth *
Vanderbuilt,, won today's event from t
Joe Dawson, driving a Marmouth, by
the narrow margin of 2."> seconds, a
John Aitken. in the National, was f
only a minute and six seconds behind <
Dawson. 1
The race was the most hotly cor.- t
tested of any of the Vanderbuilt ci.?
races, and with the-two small car <
events run as a unit with it. the
Wheat ley Hill sweepstakes and the
Matsapequn trophy brought out a
record of number of starters. 1
!The time of the three first race c
cars finishing in the main event stir- t
passed the best time ever made in '
an American road race. Grant, by c
overing 278.08 miles of the course i
in 4 hours. 12 minutes and 58 sec
onds, equivalent to an average of 60 t
1-5 miles and hour, established a t
now American record.
But as brilliant as was the per- r
formance of the three winners and c
as thrilling as the race itself, the t
horror caused by the wholesa!
maiming and killing which attend- t
ed it cast such a deep shadow over
spectators, participants and the man- ^
agemcnt that the crowd dispersed s
under a pall of sorrow. c
The accidents that caused two of 1
tlie there deaths recorded were seu- 1
national in the extreme. The first
occurred when the Columbia car, j
driven by Harold Stone, suddenly ^
hurst a tire at the approach of the 1
cement bridge crossing the West bury
road and, becoming unmanageable,
plunged over the parapet. The great
machine went over twice in midair *
and landed on its side, crushing out
r.ne me of Matthew Bacon, Stone's
mechanician, who was caught under
it. Stone himself sustained fr.ie- a
lures to both legs and internal in- I
jurie?. from which It is doubtful if i
he will recover. j>
The kill^pg of Louis Chevrolet's :
mechanician, Charles Miller, came as u
the climax of a mad attempt of Chev- j
rolet to gain a lead lost through frc- f
quent tire troubles. The daring *
French driver, who, earlier in the j
race had reeled of round ofter round c
at 72 1-2 miles an hour, hurdled a
had run in the back atretched with t
full power on., and, landing on three t
wheels only, found his car zlg-/..ig- j
King from side to side, unresponsive i
to its steering gear. As a shriek of i
horror sounded from the hundred
assembled at the spot, the car plung- s
e>l Into a fence and swept it away *
like so much paper, then plowed t
deep into a passenger laden touring
car moored on the side of the road.
The impact was terrific and the
occupants of the touring car were \
tossed high In the air. All cscai?e.l
death, however, but Miller was
caught in the wreckage and instantly
killed. Chevrolet owes his llf?
to the staunchness of his steering H
wheel, upon which he kept a firm *
hold to the end. He was pulled out '
of the debris with nothing more ser- y
ious man : broken arm.
The third death of the day did *'
not occur on the course, but in an *'
iceident en route to the race. Fer- !
Jinand D'Zubia an automobile man. 1
tvas the virtim. 11 in wife had both s
legs broken in the sniashu]).
The fourth death wjis that of Kd- J
nard Lynch, who died at a hospital '
jr a reHult of injuries received when 1
ic was run down after the race.
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KILLS MIS FATIIKIC.
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rosjM'rcMis Farmer Is Slain by Son 0
Who Attempts Suicide.
Within sight of his home, J. S.
*yda, a prosperous farmer o! the ^
'riiitlund section of Henderson couny.
North Carolina, was shot and intantly
killed Saturday morning by
lis son. Meridith Lyda. The young s(
nan tlre<l three siiots at his father.
wo of which took effect. The cause ?
if the tragedy is not stated in the 0l
lispatrh. The slayer was arrested n
hat afternoon in a field. lie at- 0
emitted to kill himself when he saw 0
lie sheriff approaching, but his ef- r]
ort was frustrated by the latter. * tl
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Pies from Fall. f,
At Muelhausen, Germany. Aviator w
'lochmann. who was injured when J
lis hi-plane collapsed at a height a
>f 150 feet Wednesday, died Thurs- V
lay without having regained con- o
ciousneM. * ti
NAMED THEIR TICKET
JEW YORK DEMOCRATS PITS UP
A STRONG SLATE
lotin A. Dix Named for the First
Place and Thomas F. Conway for
the Second Place.
At Rochester, N. Y., on Friday
light the State Democratic ConvaQion
nominated the following ticke*
or the next State election:
Governor?John A. Dir. Wushingon
County.
Lieutenant Governor?Thomas F.
Conway, Clinton County.
Secretary of State?Edward Lazmskv,
King's County.
Comptroller?Win. Solimer, New
fork.
State Treasurer?John J. Kennely,
Erie County.
Attorney General?Thomas J. Caruody,
Yates County.
State Engineer and Survevor?Jno.
V. Bensel, New York.
Associate Judge of the Court oi
Ippeals?Frederick K. Collins, Chenug
County.
This list of candidates, prepared
ifter a day of almost contiuous conerences.
went through shortly after
nidnight with two halts in its quick
Mogress. This was the presentation
>f the name of Congressman William
>ulzer as the only rival candidate for
Jovernor.. Mr. Sulzer received 16 of
he 450 votes of the Convention, and
dr. I)lx got the rest.
Supreme Court Justice James A
tates. of Ulster County, was the ouly
>ther candidate presented In opposiion
fo the leaders. For Associate
fudge of the Court of Appeals he revived
22 votes, but before the result
?f the balloting was announced the
tomination of Mr. Collin was made
lnanimous on the motion of Ulser's
lelegate.
The ticket was concluded by the
tomination of Frederick K. Collin,
if Klmira, for Associate Justice of
he the Court of Appeals.
rrin'ii John II. Stanchfield, of Elnira.
moved that the Convention enlorse
the candidacy of Irving G.
/ami. who has been nominated *o
iucceed himself in the second vacany
on the Court of Appeals Bench.
The motion was carried unaniuiousy.
The Convention took its final adournmenl
at 12.25 A. M.. and the
lelesates made a rush for theif
rains.
>1 INKHS PKIII9H
(hp Hundred and Fifty of the Men
are Entombed.
One hundred and fifty miners, posilbly
more, are entombed and beieved
to be dead in mine No. 2, at
'aula, Mexico, in the Las Esperan:as
mining district, operated by the
National Railway lines of Mexico,
is a result of two explosions, pesumibly
because of an accumulation of
cas Saturday . The men entombed
ire mostly native Japanese miners,
ilthough the victims are said to in luiie
several Americans.
At the time of the explosion the
ntire night shift, estimates the nuni?or
varying from 150 to 300 were
ill at work. Of these none had
cached the surface. In a'l probalility
all are dead.
The sesond explosion oucurred
ihortly after a rescue party had de
icenuea. mat this was killed is
hought certain.
SAU.OItS ARK IHIOVVXKU.
iVi'll Loa(le<l Tender Bound for a
Battleship.
Several sailors from the battlehip
New Hampshire were drowndid
by the upsetting of a tender in
he North River off One Hundred
JJo.\ jc )ooj)s puo.ios-XijjM pun
iaturday night. Estimates of the
lead vary front three to as high
is 12. but as no official count has
men made of the number aboard
be tender and as many men have
hore leave, it was impossible acnratelv
to tlx the list of missing,
'he sailors were returning to the
few Hampshire after shore leave
ltd more than 10ft of them, it is
stimated. had crowded aboard the
ender. which was being towed to the
attleship. About 300 yards off
hore the craft either swamped or
as upset and the entire load of sailrs
was precipitated into the water.
Kill L'U i?%* %
.1 a.ll>.
l Ydlinic Man Moris With a M??ki
Horrible Death.
Edward Davis, the 18-year-old
:>n of Mr. T Jeff Davis, a promim-nt
inner living aliout four miles west
f Greenwood, was run over and killit
early Friday morning at Salak.
iree miles west of here by a train
n the Charleston and Western Carlina
Railroad. His body was horibly
mangled. It is supposed that
r?e train which ran over hoin was a
reight leaving here about f> o'cIock
>r Augusta. The young man.who
as killed, was at the home of .Mr.
ohn Davis, at Salak,, at midnight
nd left presumably for home
Whether he was asleep on 'he track
r was struck while walking on the
*ack is not known.
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WILL WOT RUN
eiatar Tilhua Nat ta Stud far ReElediaa
HIS WIFE OBJECTS
Thifi PrartimllT AuinHxl ?
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Turn* Now to Who Will Be Successor.-?'Though
Not Sick, His
Physical Conditio? Will Not Permit.
That 13. R. Tillman will not seek
re-election to the United States senate
is practically assured. Close
friends of the United States senator
say that his health will not permit
his return to politics. It is also
Btated that Senator Tillman may never
again enter the Senate Chamber
of the United States, for, it is said
on the best kind of authority, that
his physical condition would not permit.
Those who have visited Senator
Tillman recently give the opinion
that he is preparing to spend the rest
of his days quietly on his Trenton
farm. It is also said that Mrs. Tillman.
knowing well the physical condition
of Senator Tillman, would not
permit.
There have been many names sugahout
the retirement of Senator Tillman
from the senatorship since his
illness in Washington last spring.
Senator Tillman has given no public
utterance as to whether he intends
to leave the senate. It can almost
be positively stated that he is
through with politics in this state.
Naturally the question follows:
"Who will go to the United States
Senate to succeed 13. R. Tilliuan?"
There have bee many names suggested
for the place, and manychanges
in South Carolina politics are
liable to take place in the space of
t wo years.
Among those who have been mentioned
as likely to declare themselves
for the position are Gov. M. F. Ansel.
A. F. Lever, congressman from
the Seventh district, and Lewis Parker.
of Greenville. Neither of these
have ever intimated that they would
contest for senatorial honors, yet
there are always men talked of for
every position in politics, and these
are men that have been talked of in
South Carolina as likely opponents
for the place of Senator Tillman.
Gov. Ansel has stated that he intends
to go back to Greenville when
he leaves the office of governor and
resume the practice of law. He was
for many years solicitor in the Piedmont
and has a broad acquaintance.
ii0 ?<?*--? ' ?
. .v, cicvieu io me uovernorship
of South Carolina. Gov. Ansel is not
a man to talk politics and has never
intimated that he would follow the
game after leaving the office of the
chief executive of the State. Yet he
is one of those mentioned.
Lewis W. Parker is the best known
and one of the most capable mill
officers in the South. He has been a
remarkable success in everything that
he has undertaken. His name has
been mentioned many times for the
senatorship.
A. F. I^ever. congressman from this
district is also mentioned as a possible
candidate for the position, lie
has never made a statement. He
defeated his opponent for congress
recently by a large majority and has
made an excellent congressman.
There are others who might he
mentioned. R. Goodwin Rhett. mayor
of Charleston, being among them.
The contest is two years away and
others may rise up and claim the
right for the position.
CLAIMS THKY WKKK 8\VIM?LF.I>.
(Iti/rnN of Warren, I**., Makes Verj
Serious Charge.
Alleging that they were induced
to buy timber lands in North Carolina
through false representations
and though assured the title was
clear and no squatters were living
in it. the lard was at the time and
lias since been in dispute by other
...... oiks, vv iiu h;iv?- oeen in possession.
Win. J. Knupp. Otis S. Ilrown <
and others of Warren, Pa., entered i
in equity in the United States court i
there Saturday against Oliver I). I
Jackson of Norfolk and others :?s!<- i
ing that defendants be ordered to i
deliver to the plaintiffs $12.000 '
claimed to have been paid on the i
lahds, together with $2,000 addition- ?
al expenses Incurred by the plaint- <
iffs in visiting Norfolk and in fight- |
ing a suit in the United States court s
of the western district of Pcnnsyl- 1
vania. The bill also asks that the s
defendants be restrained from fur- 1
ther prosecuting the case in the |
courts of the western district of I
Pennsylvania until the action of the s
plaint ilis Is settled. * I
Delayed Vengeance I
Charged with the assassination of
Nicholas myers. near Ocala. Fla .
? ??rvk ago J .viccraney and Wni.
Ayres were arrested on warran's <
sworn out by r nephew of the dead i
man. The death of Myers Is suppos- I
ed to have been the result of lout? '
delayed vengeance for the murder '
and cremation of 1. O. Arms, twelve I
years ago. <
pippy :
TOLL OF THE JUNGLE
POISONOUS SNAKE CAUSES THOUSANDS
OF DEATHS IN INDIA.
War is Not One Sided for in the
Same Period. ? 70,41)8 Serpents
Were Killed.
Poisonous reptiles, leopards and
tigers caused the death ot over 21,000
people in the jungle and forest
of India during the year of 1908.
These figures of sudden and violent
death are set forth in the Blue Book
just issued which deals with statistics
of the empire. The list goes Into
detail and shows that in 1908 no
fewer than 909 people fell victims to
tigers, 302 to leopards, while wolves
claimed 209 as their prey. "Other
animals" killed 686. But the ravages
of the eaters were nothing compared
to those of the snake. The
poisoned fangs of these reptiles caused
the death of 19.738 lives. During
the same period 98.307 cattle
wore killed bv the same ..f
prey.
'Bounties on the destruction of
denizens of the forest during I bo
year totalled $50,000 and the records
indicate that 17,926 tigers and
leopards fell before the rifle and that
70,498 snakes, roughly speaking
four for every person they killed,
wero destroyed. Thim the war goes
on in India and while conditions are
still very pad it is declared they are
far better since bounties are paid
than ever before.
As might be expected in a land
so densely populated as Indta, physical
and mental infirmity is by no
means rare. Altogether the total
population afflicted is 584,489, out
of the total of 294.361,056, amon*
whom are only 3,000,000 Christians.
lepers, male and female,
number 107,340, blind over 300,000,
and deaf mute6 about 150,000.
The insane population Is only 65,
000, remarkably low proportion.
There aro 55,841,315 houses In the
great empire, though that does not
approach the uumber of homes.
The r.verage Indian does not indulge
in overmuch letter writing
Altogether the post office dealt w.'tb
876,255,832 letters, post cards iu?d
parcels?an average of about th -e?
per head of the population; but this
seem*? less curious when it is remem'bered
that all but 15,500,000
of India's 300.000.000 people ar?
described as illiterate.
JAPANESE MAKING PEARLS.
They Have Discovered a Way to
Moke Them CTjeap. ^
The existence of a secret method
in making pearls if disclosed, would
make them as plentiful and as cheap
? O h A Dowl- 0
v 14v i aid nu? un.ir aiiuon, wait
told Saturday by Professor Bashford
Dean of Columbia University, to the
American Fisheries Society In session
in New York. - - "In
little harbor south of Japan
there has been produced successfully
by a Beeret process pearls that
are of the finest tpye," said Professor
Dean. "When I was at the University
of Japan the Kmporer of Japan
himself opened these oysters and
took therefrom this new pearl I now
exhibit, so there is no doubt about
the genuine success of this experiment.
But the secret has even been
withheld from the Emperor, otherwise
the whole pearl industry would
be revolutionized.
"Dr. N. C. Nishkawa. a graduate
of the Uuiverslty of Tofclo, discovered
the process and left his secret
to his father-in-law, Mlkemento. one
of the most famous pearl raisers of
Japan. I surmise that the pearl Is
formed by introducing scientifically
a piece of mother of pearl into the
shell around which the pearl ig formed.
taking the place of the worm
which nature uses to form the core
of the naturally grown pearl."
HEAVY IX>SS BY El BE.
A Big Lumber Plant at Alcolu Parti
ally heslroywl.
The big saw mill plant of the I*.
\V. Alderman & Sons Company Aicolu
was destroyed by fire Friday
morning at about f> o'clock. It
seems that the fire started on the
Interior of the building about the
second floor and had gained considerable
headway when discovered.
The heavy rains Thursday afternoon
ind night, together with the stillness
if the morning, probably saved the
lestruction of the entire lumber
plant. Had the conditions not been
*o favorable the planing mills, dry
miiis, mucnine shops, together with
several million feet of lumber, would
liave gone up in flumes. It is impossible
now to estimate just what
lie loss will amount to. but it '?
supposed that it will be something
ike $100,000, with some insurance,
several hundred employees have
:>een thrown out of employment. *
f m m m
Tried to K?t Itooster.
At Pes Moines. Iowa, a handsome
hnnficler hat was almost destroyed,
*nd its wearer. Miss Mary Livings[on.
severely injured about the fat*
when a big cat which had been hiding
In a tret, overhead leaped upon
tter with the evident intention of
mating the rooster on the hat.