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Ipf,' -" "r " - * ** >**fb*~>i MANY ARE LOST' H Haadreds Are Dead and Maay Hart ia Far est Fires. A RAGE OVER WIDE AREA Scenw of Panic KnsiH1 When People a t Try Co Ikuud a Special Train.? ^ Men Are Accused of St-? npin^ a tl I'pon Women an<l Children in Kf? lr fort*, to KKcauo. w Dispatches from Warroad, Minn., ti says estimates of the loss of life in " Ci the forest tires which started on ? Friday wiped out several small q towns and are still rairine ranee all the way from Hfty to two hundred. f( The property loss will amount well Ci into the millions. )j The fire zone covers an area ol eighty-five mi lee, from Warroad to v Stratton, the first station east of Rainey river, and in width about 1; thirty miles, covering all the terri- g tory betwee Red Lake and the Lake n of the Woods. The fires have wiped n out the villages of Beaudette, Spooner, Gracetown, Pitt, Myron and Maicolm. , n The largest property loss occurred at Beaudette and Spooner, which is s< practically one community, being 1; seperated by a narrow river. The 0 other towns consisted of only a few small buildings. There were hund- r reds of homes destroyed in the same r territory and as there are no roadH g in the district save for the trails t] through the bush, it is feared that f many lives have been lost that will n not be reported for weeks.. The State of Minnesota is spuring n no expense to check the fire. The t State fire warden is mustering every f' man he can procure, and he is in- s structed to use every possible means t at his command, regardless of cost. >1 Every man available is fighting the ? fires, but because of the moss which P covers the ground for a depth of t from one to two feet, it seems almost impossible to do anything. c The missing include some two h thousand and residents of Beaudette, s ttiiu fin una uQjHCi'ni i6rn* ? tory, some of whom are dead, but v the moat of whom are safe in Rainey River and adjacent towns on the o Canadian side of the line, The most I serious aspect of the missing in d eludes the homesteaders and far- P merg in the bush, of whom abso- c lutely nothing can be learned for some time, as searching parties do . not dare penetrate the still smoking forests through which the cy- J clone fire has swept. The^e are three cases of typhoid fever among the refugees of International Fallls, six men badly burned, F and it seems that every family of t settlers haa from two to ten children, o Almost without exception they are I absolutely destitute. The women d have borne up under the terrible ' Strain with wonderful fortitude and ' all stories from the fire district are that the women and net the m<m tl were the heroes. J When the refugees fled in panic for t the freight train that bore them from K Rainey River to International Falls. '? men crushed down women and chil- '-1 dren and in spite of the fact that * the cars were choked so that standing room was at a premium, they t i insisted on cramming themselves in c k Miss Myra Burt, a prominent c & young woman of Beaudette, station- P ed herself at the door at one car P '1 kicked every man in the face with n Jfi her pointed shoe who attempted to e board the car and herself reached e out and took babies in the arms of t mothers. When the train started .v, ? .. Sue were live D&DieB aboard whose >thers were left behind. They a ? being cared for at the hospital n ?re. o Scenes of horrors are reported on w ?ry hand. People lost their heads 1 iiplotoly and ran aimlessly about ii sailing their loss. Streets of w wns were strewn with personal c longings which were thrown away e; their (light. Crowds of able hot- e l-men, mostly workmen with no fl rson to care for, ran pell mell to ard the waiting train at Beaudette the exclusion of women and chilan and refused positively to assist ^ saving property. It may be possible that the death t attending the^forest fires along e confer will reach a total of 1 0, but .this esttimate may be far e> tyo high. Every settler in the dls- p triet bounded by the Rainey river and Lae of the Woods on the north, to^renty-flve miles south of Fort ? Frances, Ontario, and from Spooner 11 and 'Beaudette, Minn., on the west . to Warroad, Minn., on the west, who is nnt in- i" ?- * - ? ftui , in tvi mill iu I?t? j dead as there was no esrape. For a distance of fifty miles from ,l Beaudette and the Rainey River 1 west to War road the forest was a w solid mass of fire Sunday. Bur* n dette is only a charred remnant of a K town. Spooner Is entirely wiped off *'( the earth. Cedar Spur, Grabs'own, A k Pitt, Smith and Roosevelt, mere & hamlets, are destroyed. M It is hard for the Republicans to ni Ht break loose from the corporations, o' This is shown by the nomination of ti Ma corporation lawyer by t*?ein for la rajj^fcGovernor of New York. si ALDR1CH CORNERED IK HAS UECOMK A MILLION AI HE ON A SMALL SALAHY. nd tiio IVoirie of HIk Sr*io tt'?nt to Know How He Made All His Money. United States Senator Nelson W. .ldricli's wealth is one ol' the fopks iscussed in the campaign in Rhode aland. He is many times a millionire and has become rich while in tie public service. Voters in both parties wan?, to now how he got his money. lie ill lie called upon to explain, even hough he may lie finished with polios. Should he again declare his andidacy for the senate, the presure for an answer will be still Lronger. When he entered public life his ortune was very moderate. In Trent years his annual outlays are beeved to have been as much as the urn total of his salary for thirty ears and more in congress. Besides the expenses of rearing a trge family, which would have conumed his stated income, he has laintaincd a sumptuous establishlent at Warwick Neck, where the orce at work on the grounds has eon at times one hundred and'fifty len. He has kept in commission every eason a fine steam yacht. His yeary expenses are estimated at $250.00. Ex-CIovornor James H. Higgins has ej?eatedly challenged Senator AldIch to explain his wealth. The round for this demand has been hat a public servant is accountable or the acquisition of money by leans that appear abnormal. If his millions were gained legitiaately, Mr. Aldrich, according to his view, can have no good reason or not setting himself right by frank taitement. On the other hand, if hey represent payment, directly or ndiirectly, for uonspicuous service ver a long period for trusts and Totected interests, the public is cnitied to know it. Many of his own party think that, onsidering all the talk his wealth as made, he ought to justify hime i# u * *? * - en ii u? cuii, una mat lauure to do o will create a presumption that it .'as not obtained legitimately. As all the democrats are strongly if the same opinion, ex-Governor liggins has general approval of his emand for an accounting. He will ircsB the demand strongly in the ampaign. UPROOT RELIGIOUS ORDERS. exults and Nuns Are Ordered Out of Portugal. The Provisional Government of ortugal is fixed in its de'erm'nalon to drive the monks and nuns ut of the country. Minister of ihe nterior Almeida will personally conuet the txamination in the cases oi ) foreigners ooit.eeled with the re.t,?cus o uera. A degree w a published in the Oficlal Gazette to-day, expelling tiit esuits and the foreign members ot he orders. In the case of l'j'ia:ese monks and nuns, however nese may rerrn ' their families, f they renounce tboi-* Order: oMrise they must qu'l the country. Already hundr* >*? ?* he religious establishments have rossed the border. Under the deree of expulsion, all the Jesuits roperty reverts to the State. The roperty of the other religious com lunities will be sealed, and disp >sd of later in accordance with wh liver relations are established between the State and the Church. The Jesuits have enormous quantes of h nd. end 'n add'won gold nd sliver church ornaments, vesttents, chalices, studded with precius stones and Valuable cellas of old dne. It is reported that the Irish ominican Friars and nunB possessig a church and convent at Lisbon rill be exempted. No Masses were elebrated In Lisbon in any church, xcept that of the Dominican Fathrs, over which the British ling oats. FATAL PAIR OF SHOES. lelnngcd to a Woman, and Husband Couldn't Explain. A decree of divorce has separattl Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Grant, of ioise, Idaho, and a pair of pretty ;minine shoes was at the bottom r Hie entire trouble. While buildfig a railroad at Jerome, Idaho, rant, superintendent of construcon, sent for his wife to join him. he did, but had not been long with er husband before she discovered pair of woman's shoes in one of fie rooms in which her husband as living. She demanded an explaation, which her husband could not ive, and in an hour she had pack1 up and was on her way back home divorce followed. Found Ikvad on Street. At Hoboken, N. J., a well dressed ian registered at a hotel about 1 clock Wednesday morning as Mar n Egger of Philadelphia. An hout iter his corpse was found on the dewalk below his room. ?' UJ . , TAFT PARDONS THEM SHIKIjI>S TMOSK higher vi? in thk sl'gak TKI st. !/?M Act of Wickmliain Ilefore Kut?*ritiK Cabinet \V?s to Pocket Su I \ WHAT BRYAN SAYS ABOUT HIS REFUSAL. TO SPEAK FOR JAS. O. DA HUM AN. Democratic Nominee for CJovornor of Nebraska, but Who Is Supporttnl by All Liquor Men. Bryan has been severely criticised for saying he would not speak for the man who ?us nominated in the Democratic primary of Nebraska for Governor. Some of those who abused Bryan for refusing to support the nominee, have bolted the Democratic party themselves in more ways than one, and have no righ's to criticise anybody. But let us see what Bryan says about his not supporting the nominee of his party in his own State and the reasons he cives for his refusal to support him. In answer to a request from the State Committee to make some speeches for the Democratic candidiate for United States Senator and [State officers Mr. Bryan replied as follows: I "I am just leaving for Missouri, :>nd shall be absent for about a month, campaigning in Missouri. Kansas, Iowa, Indiana and Illinois. After tha' I shall be at lihuty to speak for Mr. Hitchcock, the Democratic candidate for Congres^, and for the State ticket in Nebraska "In speaking for the State ticket, however, 1 shall not be able to present any arguments in favor ol tha election of Mr. Dahlntan. His position on. the liquor question makes that impossible. I regret this exceedingly, for he has been a political and personal friend for 20 years, and it would give me pleasure to speak for him if I could endorse the policy for which he stands, but hi* has chosen to make the liquor qu<?sthe paramount issue and makes jis appeal on that issue. "In spite of the fact that the last Democratic State Convention vo'ed down a declaration against coun'y option by a vote of 638 to 202, ho says that he will veto a county option bill if passed, and in spite of the fact that the State Convention endorsed the eight o'clock closing law by a vote of 710 to 163, he announces that he will sign a bill repealing it if such a bill is passed. He is making his appeal on non-partisan lines, with the liquor question as the sole issue. His courage is to I HA OAmmonHiul 1 So o * . WW vv*m?mv.(wv. II. 10 oil uuut oi *xy | of making a campaign, although it compels him to seperate, himself from friends who do not agree wuh ihim, and to rely for speech making upon those Democrats and Republicans who take this view of the sub! ject. j "Possibly it is just as well t have the issue clearly presented, so that it may be settled this yepr in stead of two years hence. Trouhlesome as the question is now, it would i be even more embarrassing in 1912, j when we have a Presidential election on hand. If Mr. Dahlman is elected it will be a declaration by I the voters of the State against coun| ty option and against the 8 o'clock : closing law. In other words, the voters now have an opportunity to ! decide whether the State shall go j backward or forward on the liquor question. To present arguments in jfavor of going backward would not | only contradict what I have Bald on the subject, but would embarrass me in the fight that I expect to make! hereafter to save our party from the odium of being the representative of the liquor interests." _ CAUGHT AFTER MANY YEARS. Negro Man Will Hang for Murder Nine Years Ago. Wednesday in the superior court at Douglas, Ga., Jake DeVauss, colored, who nine years ago killed Charley McKinnon while plowing in the field by shooting him with a Winchester rifle, was given a trial and the jury very promptly convicted him of murder without recommendation to mercy, which means that the death sentence will be Imposed upon him. Judge Parker will pass sentence on him later during the term. DeVauss was a tenant in 1901 on the form of Mr. James McKinnon, and became enraged with the mule he was plowing, whereupon he left his mule, went to his house, got his Winchester rifle and returning finii Bhot down his mule, then went on to where Mr. James McKinnon was plowing and took a shot at htm, but his bullet went wild, then he went on some hundred yards and met Charley McKinnon also plowing and shot him down without a word then went some distance further and shot a young negro boy, after which ho made his escape and has since been at lner?/v " ' ' -* * * * ... >?i h>- uuni ittBi April, wnen Sheriff Ricketson located and arrested him at Reeves, La. Took Rig Pile. At Los Ageleg Wilson B. Evans, receiving teller of the Farmers' and Merchants national bank, failed to report after a two week's vacation. A preliminary investigation of ola books revealed irregularities. It is eetimated the alleged irregularities | will total $50,000. . - kiu ifuM rit". Now comes the remarkable announcement, says a Washington dispatch, that the President das pardoned Edward A. Boyle, John K. Coyle, Patrick J. Hennesesy and Thomas Kehoe, four former government employes, who were serving sentences for connection with the $2,000,000 sugar trust frauds in New York. This action has raised in the minds of many the following query: Did the fart't that these men hoped for early pardons deter them from fully exposing the men "higher up?" By placing steel springs in 17 pairs of scales the trust robbed the government of more than $2,000.000. and after being exposed admitted the crime by returning the plunder. The secretary and a few minor employes were sent to prison, and four of them have now been pardoned. The multi-millionaire sugar barons into whose pockets the $2,000,000 would have gone had not the crime been disf-overed, have gone scot free. Democrats and progressive Republicans sought in the last congress *o bring about a Congressional investiivn t inn nf ?K/\ ? ' ' gmavu ui ulr llttUtl, . :IU' 11 1*1diculous for the administration to assume that a few $ i 5 a week sugar weighers would steal $2,000,000 for someone else and lay themselves liable for penitentiary sentences, unless they had been bribed by the men or agents who would seeure the proceeds of the fraud. President Taft himself prevented the Congressional investigation by recommending against it in his annual message to congress. He took the view that an investigation might give "immunity" to the men high up. Rev. Henry T. Raney. of Illinois, led the tight for the probe of the swindle, contending that instead of assuring "immunity" for the big th'eves, an investigation would only bring out the Identity. It developed that the President recommended against investigation of the 6ugar trust's crime upon the advice of 1'nited States Attorney General George C. Wickersham. Mr. Wickersham was particularly qualified to give the President advice and suggestions in matters concerning the sugar trust. At the time of his appointment to the position of attorney general an office which places him in complete and absolute charge of the prosecutions of trusts, he was a sugar trust attorney. I.Mr. Wickersham and Henry W. Taft, the brother of President Taft. were members of the firm of Strong & Cadwallader, of New York. For services rendered the sugar trust Attorney Henry W. Taft received $26.750, which he turned over to Strong & Cadwallader, and the last thing Mr. Wickersham did before starting in to represent the people was to draw down and pocket his share of the sugar trust fee. KEEPS IN THE LIMELIGHT. Teddy Take a Trip in a Flying Machine at St. L?>uis. At St. Louie, Mo., Theodore Roosevelt Tuesday made an aeroplane flight as the passenger of Archibald Hoxsey, and said it was the finest sensation he ever experienced. He traveled twice around the aviation field at Kinloeh park in three minutes and twenty seconds. He waves his hand at the thousands of tators. much to the discomfiture of the aviator, who remarked the Colonel might hit a controlling cord. When the machine alighted easily a few feet from the starting pluce, a mighty ehout of applause went up. Hoxsey, a Wright aviator, said that Mr. Roosevelt made a good passenger, except that he enjoyed the trip so much that Hoxsey was afraid the Colonel would fall out or inter| fere with the engine, which was roaring at his side. The Colonel waved his hands at the crowd so vigorously that Hoxsey called out to him: "Keep your hands on the rail, Colonel." One Thousand Missing. At Washington, D. C., Forester Graves received the following telegraphic report from Supervisor Marshall, of the forest service at Cass Lake, in regard to the forest fire slttion in Mennesota: "Reports clve nno uation in Minnesota: "Report? give 1,000 burned and missing. The square miles. Fires still burning. Situation in this fo.est is well in hand. Savannah Gets Races. The board of governors of the Automobile Club of America is scheduled to meet in New York to pass upon the selection of Savannah for the second international brand prize race, probably to be held November 12th. There is every reason to believe that Savannah will obtain the required sanction. raar";; ' A BRUTAL COWARD ISE BOY'S BODY TO SHIELD HIM- , SELF FHOM A BALL. Brute Holds Twel?e-Ye*r-Old Boy Before Him to Ilwjvc Bull.': Meant Kor Him. At New York Charles Fisher, a boy of 12 years, was swung writhing and screaming from the sidewalk Thursday by a man brute who used the little fellow's body to chock a uunet nrea by Harry Greenwald, an ex-pugilist. The n?is?le pierced the chiles brain and he <lied within an hour Greenwald. terror-stricken and pursued by citizens and police, swung into a hallway and committed suicide. The man who used the boy as a screen escaped. His name is not knowu to the police. Greenwald was about 2."? years old and was known to his sporting friends as "Biz Clark." He was at one time a sparring partner of Harry ("Biff") Stone of Baltimore, but of late had been working as ticket taker at a moving picture theatre in Harlem. Young Fischer was returning from an errand for his mother a)x>ut dusk. As he turned from one huudred and third street iuto Madison avenue, he saw Greenwald and the unidentified man engaged in heated argument. The frightened boy attempted to puse hetwetn them when the unknown I man grasped him uud held him hefore his face just us the former prize fighter whipped out a pistol and fired. The bullet entered the boy's head and the unknown coward dropped hint and fled. Seeing his mistake, Greenwald. still with the revolver in his hand, broke and ran. A policeman gave chase and a thousand men and women, who had heard of or witnessed the tragedy, joined in the pursuit. The hunted man once turned as it to fire on his pursuers, then, hard pressed, he rushed into a tenement doorway, sprang past a group of startled children and attempted to forced his way into a cellar. Failing in this he applied the revolver to his temple and blew out his brains. The murdered child lived with his widowed mother, Mrs. Madeline Fisher, and was one of the five sons, the oldest of whom is 19. Brute Caught. "You are a dirty dog! The best thing thut can happen to you is to get justice and get it quick. ' 1 in those words Coroner Feinberg Wednesday expressed his abhorrence for Adolph Berg, who was arraigned before liim as the man who Tuesday night used Charles Fischer, a 12-year-old boy, as a shield against the bullets fired at him by Cireenwald, an ex-prize fighter. The boy was killed and Greenwald committed suicide, Berg was held without bail on a charge of homicide. GIVEN A CliOSK CALL. Train Killed Horse, Broke up Buggy, Man Escape!. At Spartanburg Dr Jesse K. Cleveland. president of the Tucapau iniiis and one of the wealthiest men in upper South Carolina, had a narrow escape from death there Wednesday when the buggy in which he was driving was struck oy a passenger train on the Southern ra'lway at Forest street crossing in that city. The horse was killed and the vehicle was smashed to pieces. Dr. Cleveland was thrown from the buggy and sustained slight injuries. At first it was thought a wound in his head was of a serious nature, but this has not proved to lie true. WednFSfljIV niohf Vto n'e ' ?? hp r?iiun^ U |l <111(1 receiving his friends. At the point where the accident occurred there is a sharp curve which is situated on a grade crossing. Houses are built close up to the track, and it is not possible to see an oncoming train more than 104 ' feet away. An engineer can no.t s? < the crossing until he is right on it. ' I>r. Cleveland was driving south on 1 Foresft street and didn't see or hear ' the train nor did the engineer see r>r. Cleveland until it was utterly impossible to stop the train in time to prevent the accident. DAMAGED BY IIOI.IJ WEEVIL. Louisiana is the Greatest Sufferer from IVst, I The greatest damage done to the , cotton crop by tho boll weevil this j season was in the district of MaTTi- ( son Parish, Ixiuisiana, south of Ha- t ton Rouge, according to what Dr. L. O. Howard, chief of the bureau of ( entomology of the department of ag- < riculturo, had to say Tuesday. He 1 had just returned to Washington af- I ter an investigation of the boll w?e- t vil situation. i "There are all told about fifty enemies of the boll weevil," said Dr. Howard. "The Government has In- t trod need six of these parasites in ? Lousiana and other States, and we < Intend to turn loose at least eix i more." I MUST COME DOWN Teddy Is Prolog Too Nocb of a Load for Republicass to Carry. SACRIFICE NECESSARY Will Have to Put A?i?W* Vaulting Ambition Sav? Hin Party.?Apparently the Fear of Third T?i*m 1'ioimcatHbt tCudauRt'rs ((?publicans' (.Trances. According to Judge Parker Hoo.scvelt will be prevailed on to declare that he will not be a candidate for the presidency in ISM 2. Judge Parker said in an authorised statement Thursday. > nui IIIIUI IIIl'U lllill iVir KUOSCvelt has b?en advised by his friends* that in this State the tide has set in so strongly against the new nationalism with himself as the steward of the public welfare In 1912 and thence on for the balance of low life, that he can only hope to sa\<y the situation for himself and his. ticket by announcing that he will not be a candidate in 1912, and. further, I am impormod that he has agreed to make such a statement within the* next two or three days "There can be no doubt of his candidacy In the mind of any tu m who has watched his coarse, carefully read his speeches, and noted hit* almost brutal treatment of President Taft. "From my knowledge of and experience with him. I have no hesitation in saying that while assurance will l>? given by him that he will not be a candidate in 1912, liis purpose is to deceive the people of til''* State in the hope that they will elect his ticket. That done, he will accept the result as a command by the people of the State that he be its candidate. Then, with the political machine under his control, nothing cart prevent him from sectoring the delegates from this State. "There is one sure way and only one, to avoid MexIcunUing this country, and that is to defeat his ticket now." Judge Parker has been < riticisintc Roosevelt's recent utterances witn considerable severity, espe< ially his references to the judiiciary of tW country. He has declared that the "new nationalism" stuff is an Insidious assault on the constitution and the present forms of government. The judge has volunteered his services in behalf of the Democratic ticket in New York, and will follow the ex-president in his speaking tour through the State, speaking in reply to Roosevelt's appeals for support of his man, Stiinson. That there is some reason for Judge Parker's opinion based on information he claims to have, that Roosevelt has agreed to ?li?elaiiu intention to run in 1912 for the presidency is indicated by the situation in New York. A few days after the Roosevelt convention at Saratoga hail done ite> master's bidding, Charles H. Young, former president of the Republican club in New York announced publicly his determination, after 27 years of party regularity to vote the Democratic ticket. A few days later it became known that out of a group of 2 8 regular Republicans at the Union Leagut* club, 25 declared that they would vote the Democratic ticket this year, because of Roosevelt's domination of the Republican situation, it is now stated that large numbers of other life long Republicans are following the example of these early bolters, and have determined to vote lbt> Democratic ticket this year for th? Orst time in their lives. The reason, of course, is 'he spectre of Itooseveltisni that stands behind Henry I,. Stimson. the Republican candidate. In fact, there in little opposition to Stimson among the Republicans, but many of thru* believe, like Judge Parker, that the time to put Roosevelt ism out of business once for all is now. The gossip in New York political circles has been for several days that* George R. Sheldon, th< man who icted as treasurer of the Republican national committee in the Taft campaign, and who has always been Republican, has determined to bolt Stimson. The New York Evening i'ost says editorially: "That Mr. Roosevelt, who never lolted bis party in bis life, no mat er liow great the rascal who headed lie ticket, Hhould be the one to caueo no re Republicans to bolt their ticket in this State than anybody since Maine, is one of those interesting urns so fascinating. Charles II. foung, the ex-president of the Relubllcan club, who has bolted, has ipenly given his reasons for his acion. "George R. Sheldon, the treasurer >f the Republican national commit ee, and president of the Union >ague Club, does not deny the re>orts that he intends to \ote for Dlx, hough refusing to make any statcnent for publication." Root's endorsement of rftimpson, he Republican candidate for Ccv?rnor of New York, is not calculated ;o help that gentleman with the real eformers in the Republican party In that Slate.