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THEOTATinnt mi ''4JU.. ." : For Kaleiirh : and Vicinity ; LAST EDITION Cnmtttk-d weatheiv with show- f era tonight or Tuesday. " For' North Carolina: ; Unset tied weatjier, with shower, to night or Tuesday. ESTABLISHED . 1871 ; RALEIGH, N. Cv, MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 1910. 5 CENTS.' Double the Number of Paid" Subscribers inf the City of Raleigh of Any Other Newspaper. GREAT LOSS NORTHWEST Miles and Miles of Country Burned Over and Fires Are Unchecked MANY LIVES ARE LOST Five Thousand Square Miles of Tim ber Land in Montana and Idaho Ablaze and That' Much More Al ready Laid Waste The Worst Ffre in the History of the Country Property Loss $20,000,000 and Many Lives Have Been Lost Ex haustive Efforts Made to Check the Flames, But Without Success -Helena Threatened. : (By Leased Wire to The Times) Helena, Mont., Aug. 22 Five thousand miles of timber land In western Montana and eastern Idaho are ablaze today, and as much more territory has been laid waste by the worst forest fires In the history of the United States. The property loss is already $20,000,000,, according to careful estimate, and the desperate efforts of art army of 5,000 men to check the flames have proved futile. It is believed that the death list will be over 300 when the final ac counting is made, Fully 200 - per sons have been reported missing, and the known dead today number more than GO. At Wallace,. Idaho, where a third of the city was destroyed, yesterday, with f 1,000,000 loss and the death of 24 persons, a fight was made all night and continued today to save the rest of the town. The forest rangers and the city firemen there are aided by the soldiers of the 25th infantry. Preparations to call out the mili tia In Montana were made today by Governor Morris, who lias been tour ing the state. These towns In Montana are known to be destroyed, deserted, or cut off from the world and their fate is un settled: Newport, Deborgla, Gallatin, Thompson Falls, Belknap, White Pine, Noxon, Heron, Taft, Salteae, St: Regis. Paughan, Anderson, Libby, Eureka. Avon, and Sylvanite. Twenty thousand people have been made homeless. Throughout the northwest today prayets were said for rain. Every resource of man has been tried without avail; only nature itself can stop this devastation. Through the blazing mountain country relief expeditions are trying to force their wav from a dozen points. Municipalities and fraternal bodies have organised parties" to go to the relief of the sufferers. The Northern Pacific, the 6regon Rail way and Navigation Company, and (Continued on Page Seven) EXPLOSION AT THE KRUPP GUN WORKS (By .Cable to The Times.) Berlin, Aug. 22 One of the "ex perimenting laboratories of the great Krupp gun works at Essen was com pletely wrecked by an explosion to day, killing several workmen. Three bodies were removed fro mthe ruins' immediately after the explosion, sev oral mnra nrfi missing and more than a score were injured, several of them fatally. ' :-. Dahlman Has Smart Majority. (. (By Leased Wire to The, Times) Omaha, Neb!. Aug. 22 The latest returns from the democratic pri maries Indicate that Mayor Dahlman, of Omaha, has been nominated tor . .i.nr nn the democratic ticket by ohnnt ir.O votes, over Governor Shal- tpnhereer. The latter " will contest i on charges of fraud. . Census Figures. (By Leased Wire to The Times) , - Washington, Aug.' 22--The census bureau .today made public the touow imr nnnulntion returns: Ohio Toledo, 168;97; last cen 1 - v' r Edward F. Croker, cliief of Uie fire department of New " York city, through whose energy the innova tion of one state helping to put out a Ore in another state was brought about recently. - The occasion was a $1,000,000 Are In Jersey City, two miles across the Hudson river from New York. The blaze rapidly got le- yond the control of the Jersey-' Are fighters. Chief Croker, although there Is no city, county or state pro. vision authorizing such action, at once ordered three of his fire .com panies to Jersey City by three differ ent ferries. They - concentrated on the Jersey shore and dashed to the scene of the fire, Although an entire block had already been, burned and the flrV had' great- lnipetus',.tlie New York meii. soon got It under, control and returned across .the, water to their own state. . ; SECRET ORDERS ISSUED Portugal Preparing to Sup press Unrest Among People Situation About As Bild As In Spain and Bloodshed is Feared Gen eral Elections to Be Held Sun-Day.:- v (By Cable to The Times.. Lisbon, via the frontier, Aug. 22 Secret orders were today issued to Mathias Nunes, minister of war, by Senor Beirao, the premier, after a conference with King Manuel. It was reported semi-offlclally that the orders related to the suppresion 6f the present unrest, and preparations to put down any uprising by the cier Icnls of bv the .reuubllcans. With both sides armed Hie situation in Por- tusal Is as serious as in the Spanish crisis and bloodshed is feared. A renort was circulated today that the ministry bad. decided to introduce into parliament radical electoral re forms, which , have been expected since- the cabinet v was ormed last December. The outlook for the general elec tions. to be held Sunday. Is not reas suring in View of the government's secrecy and measures to preserve or der, it i Relieved that, the rumored plans for a clerical uprising win come to a head then. A three-cornered fight would inevi tably .follow, ahy aUempt on the part nf the clericals . to overthrow the government and establiBlwa dectator ship, The republicans and more ex treme radicals would fight bitterly in opposition ...iu uittrmui uuuiiuLiyu. The eravest danger is said to lie In the disaffection of a large part of tne troons. It has,, been claimed that mnv reelmiehts ' were' affiliated in sympathy with the radicals, tne re- mihllcana belne oarticularly strong among the officers. ' This factor is regarded In the semi-official world as an offset to any advantage the cieri cals may have obtained. The contin uance of the dispute with the Vatican remains a source of great anxiety, in flaming the Catholics against the king and the cabinet. ' Alfonso Ends Holiday. : (By Cable to The Times.) London. Aug. 22 King Alfonso of Suain and .Queen Ena ended their I holiday in England today, starting for Paris en route to San Sebastian .where they will be met by Premier K ft. Ti 7 Canalejas. ; v . IWFMT l;Utf "St J .S aWiV'. maKing i our across W!l Make 14 Set Speeches and Many KKtcmporaneouK, Ones Special Slgnillcunci- Is Attached to the 8)ie'ches, As it Is Expected That Mr, Roosevelt Will Make Known His Views on I'ai'ty .flutters Qinntliin of the Roosevelt Policies M ill 'Come 1'p and Something Sen sational .May be Said. (By Leased Wire to The Times) Oyster Bay, N. Y., Aug. 22 This is Theodore Roosevelt's busy day. He devoted much of his time to winding up his correspondence and finishing his speeches, preparatory to starting his 5,493-mile 'trip through 14 states tomorrow. , While the 14 set speeches to be delivered are now practically pre pared, it is possible that the most significant of Mr. Roosevelt's decla rations will be extemporaneous. He has never Ktesitated to change pre pared speeches at will, and he will have plenty of opportunity to say unprepared things in many rear platform addresses for which he will be called upon. . Special significance is attached to the- speeches in view of the various stories current regarding the rela tions between Mr. Roosevelt and President Taft. The tour will be memorable, according to intimations given by his friends. ' Whether they expect it to result in his nomination in 1912 they refuse to -say. Colonel Roosevelt will leave Oys ter Bay tomorrow morning for New York, where he will board his pri vate car. The train will reach Utica, N. Y., late In the aftenoon. From there he will go, to Ortskany, where his first speech will be made before the Herkimer county grange. The most Important speeches, ac cording to the schedule arranged;, are expected to be those at Denver, on conservation, August 30; Ossaw- atomie, Kas., on various national questions, August 31, and on conser vation at the conservation congress, St. Paul, September 6. The question of the Roosevelt pol icies will, It is believed here, be in jected into the speeches at some time or other, and the effect may be sen sational. Whether the ex-president will take up the Ballinger-Pinchot row in his addresses on conservation remains to. be seen; some of his friends profess to believe that he will maintain the silence which he said he would keep. The final arrangements for his transportation were completed today. His private car will be attached to regular trains, as a rule, though in a few jumps special trains have been found necessary. Mr. Roosevelt will be accompanied by his secretary, Frank Harper, and by Ernes! Abbott and W. B. Holland, who. are connected with the Outlook. Besides this personal party there will be a flock of newspaper corres pondents who will be at the Colonel's heels every minute of the time. They expect ' a strenuous task and have made their plana accordingly. KILLED HIS WIFE. Then Shot Himself Because She Wouldn't Live With Him. Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 22 Anger ed by her repeated refusals to live with him, Henry Wagner killed his wife, Ella, at her brother's residence last night and then shot himself. v He died a few minutes later. , The double tragedy occurred- while the woman was playing with her two babies en the floor of the dining room. : , At the time, she was shot Bhe was holding her onevyear old baby In her arms, the bullet which ended her life burning away part of the baby's dress and inflicting ? burn on bis shoulder. . ' Some men would work if given a chance, but. there are others who re III ftllU I IIII mm iw A mm -mm. fuse to take chances, i1 9 - -Vv : 5 ' ' iK-'j.."- :' '"" Mrs. Hari-tet Clarke' .Fisher, of Trenton, who recently eel unied from a trip around the world hi an auto, mobile. Mrsi', Fisher left .New York July 19, 1(H), and since that time covered more' than 18,0U mile. Her nephew and a, man mid maid servant accompanied her. .The same car was used during the entire time with a little repairing now and then, here and there. Mrs. Fisher is the first wmiin to make such a trip. Three Corporations are Char tered Within two Months - Two . of the CorKrutions Arc Con trolled by -the.. .Southern PAver Compuiiy Traction Lines to ! Built in the City City Ordinances Are Striiigojit .on Work or Changes of Car Tracks. (Special to The Times) ": Charlotte, Aug. 22 The thrusting of three applications for franchises for public service corporations be fore the board of alderjnen within the comparatively brief space of two months has given to this city. an oc casion for at least boasting that there is likely no other city in the south that can claim a similar record , for so brief a period. The three corporations in question are the Charlotte Rapid Transit Com pany, the Charlotte Power Company, and the Piedmont-Traction '.Company, the two last named being controlled largely by the Southern Power Com pany. The charter of the Rapid Transit (Continued on Page Six.) ENTI (By. Leased Wire to The Times) Atlantic City, X. J., Aug. 22 Plans for the adoption of uniform legislation governing fraternal or ganizations of the country will be considered .-by. the'.-300 delegates to the shore convention of the Associr ated Fraternities of America, whicll opened its. sessions here this morn ing to continue for four days. Fifty two societies and their affiliated or ganizations in every part of the United Stales, comprising a member ship of over 3,000,000 were repre sented when Mayor Stoy deHvered an address of welcome a the Hotel Ru dolf, which was answered by B. Slchterberger, of Chicago. Important questions deijiing with protective measures, including uni form charters and supervision under state regulation, are on the program. This afternoon lawyers among the delegates will get together and frame bills concerning the technical sldeof these subjects while the medical men will carefully consider' the bills concerning bet.ter regulation of Sick and death benefits. .. .-.'.' Secretaries of the various orders will endeavor to simplify the book keeping system in vogue among the organizations represented this even ing and committees from these dif ferent meetings will hand in their re ports tomorrow morning fqr conside ration during the balance ot the con vention by the entire list' of dele gates. .. Women attending; the convention will be given the floor tomorrow af ternoon, when a discussion of wo men's work in fraternities will take til ii i i i ii mi wrifcjl place. . . , INSURGENTS EH CHARGE IN NICARAGUA Lightning Changes In the Presidency With Estrada Now Wearing Title on madriTgets out Knt ire (ioverniiient ol .Nicaragua in the Hands or the Insurgents .Much itioting and IMlajiniK Mad rid Tui'is Presidency Over to Jose Estrada and He in Turn t.ives It Over to His Brother, the President of the Insurgents I mted States Marines Ready to Take a Hand if Necessary to Preserve Order. (Hv I'alile tn The- 'J unes.') San Juan Del Mir, Nicaragua. Ann. 22 With riot and panic leaving trails ot ruin and siifiering in Mana gua and Granada and with tiie lives and propertwot. Americans menaced hv 'hostile' mobs,' the enure .govern ment ot Nicaragua has been thrown into the hands ol tne iiirsm eiito, whose army is encamped only a few miles from the capital. . . Last night Jose Dolores listiada, on whom President-' Madriz 'conferred his toga, in turn surrendered his title of a few hours' to President 'Estrada, his brother, leader of the insurgents. Tne transfer of the ..presidency' was made in the hope that the announce ment would serve to quiet the mobs who were taking advantage of the near approach of the victorious reb els to the capital, to pillage homes jitul destroy property. ..'.'The' announcement of the. transfer of the presidency did not quiet the mobs. Americans are being '-hooted In the streets of the capital. Marines fro' mthe gunboats York town, ami VicKsburg are ready for the word from Washington to .make' the. march across country from Corinfo to .Ma nagua. Doubtless their presence will be necessary to restore order in the City, ;: It is declared that when the van guard of .the --Estrada -'troops' reach Managua they will not hesitate to pillage for their own gain. In Gra nada the! -insurgent.-.. officers had no control over their troopers. There was pillaging wit.iout limit. Many women were ravished by soldiers who sought to '...celebrate" their victory 'af ter the deprivations 'of -three months in the inarching and fighting across country. It is expected that the van guard of Estrada's troops under Gen erals Mena and Chamorra will 'reach. Managua some time today. They expect to meet with no organized re sistance. The war is believed to In over so far as further hostilities be tween Estrada's army and the rem nants of the troops which once fought for Zelaya are concerned. The chief source of concern now is whether Juan' Estrada, leader of the Insurgents, --will have to fight to re tain his office. It is declared Gen eral Chamorra, chief of staff, of the Estrada army, has presidential aspi rations. A clash in the ranks of the insurgents will .make' conditions worse than now because it will lie impossible to-quiet the rioting in Ma naugua and Granada. Telegrams From Moffatt. Washington, Aug. 22 The state department today received several telegrams from United States Consul Moffatt at Bluefields. one of Which was dated August; 19lh and the other August 20. They show that the en tire Madriz force vacated Bluefields Bluffs on the 1 9th. embarking -on. the Venus, whicll sailed for Greytown. Another report shows that .the Madriz forces, about 700 strong, un der General Rivas, were attacked at Granada by the Estrada general, Mena, complete rcttit resulting. On the 19th General Diof, minister gen eral of the Estrada faction, learned that when Granada was attacked President Madriz left the city on the steamboat Victoria. - Insurgent Army in Capital. New Orleans, La,, Aug 22 A cable dispatch from Managua received at noon says the insurgents army cap tured and entered the Nicaraguan capital today without resistance. Es traad was: immediately ' proclaimed President. Madriz has returned to tlie city, , ' . 1 'J 1 1 if I ' -f f- ! '"t:.:- . aitWSfc: . . . . jf I : .:. ;:'':.v.;):i'..: JF : Mrs. Kov-W. Congei', lorinerly (nice l iteli. a niece ol I he lute Clyde l- licit and daiigl ler ol olouel lleniy Fitch of the I'nited States Army, who lias adopted a stage career. She has been very prominent soeially, and it was one. of Clyde - Fitch's- ambition to write 'a play some 'day t hat would set oil' her beauty and give room for her most developed talent.: She has been a great student of palmistry and her practical knowledge of this urt will be put to advantageous test in con nection with tier stage appearance. A MEEW. CfllLED Democratic State Executive Committee Meets Wednesday Chairman Filer Calls Committee To gether to Hear the IJeport of the Special Committee on the Contest in the Sixth Congressional District. Chairman A. II. -Kller has issued a cull .tor if. meeting fitthe. democi-aic state executive -committee-' ;to- be held here Wednesday nii;hi; August 24th. Every nieinlier is urged-m he iiresent. Tnis liiePting will lie held for the purpose of hearing tiie 'report of t lie special .committee, which was ap pointed' to investigate tne contest, be tween .'.Congressman' Godwin and O. I,.": Clark.. Whatever '.conclusions- t lie conimiUee iius anivc',! at, Witt not, be Known until its rei"'.-: is ;i;adi; Wed nesday night. . This contest as to whether Godwin or Clark, .'.or either ol ' . them is the regulai" noniinee .'fur congress, has aroused a great, ileal .of- interest a.': over the siaie and the '.out come, of tile committee's investigation will be. anx iously awi.iii'd. lKFI.WO WINS I'H.iM. Boats Will t'onlimie to Call at (Jueeiistown. ( ll.v rable- to-Tlie. Ttiiic-s..) l.endnn, Auu. ii ii-elaiiil iias won the liuht. lor Qiieenstown as a "port ol' call. Sydney Buxton, tin1 post master general., has written ..John Redmond,' .-the, Irish nationalist lead er .according to 'announcement made today, t hat the Cml'ird 1 Line ships except the Mametania and Lusitania will call at Qiieenstown beginning with Sepfemlier, and the company will . consider . t he arrangements. "for inn. ; . A hitter iislit lias been waged. 'by the Irish on' the", substitution of Fish guard, Wales, for Qiieenstown.. . Mr Hacker Dead. '.- (By Leased Wire to The Times) Lexington, Ky., Aii. .22 Dr. J. J. RucKer, for " 03 years professor of mathematics at Georgetown College, died today, aged SI!. He was one of the most'noted southern educators. Zeppelin's Xcw Airship. (By Cable to The Times) Baden Baden, Aug. 22 Count. Zeppelin's new airship made its first trip with passengera today. The (light was pronounced a success. BEDFORD ON THE ROCKS IN YELLOW SEA een Lives Lost In Dis aster to the British Cruiser Bedford VESSEL ON THE ROCKS 'I he I ted lord Was liKlergoing Speed Trials When (lie Accident Occurred and Was Going at Full Speed Japanese War Vessel Reached Her Today But Were Citable to Bender Aid le-ause ol Advei'se Weather. All the Surviving t)flicers and Men Taken OH essel Waterlogged and Xo Chance to Save Her. --.' , r (By Cable to The Times) London, Aug. 22 Eighteen lives, were lost when the cruiser Bedford ran ashore on' the southwest coast of Quelpart island, in the Yellow Sea olt Korea, vesterdav. The extent of the disaster was announced today by the admiralty. The Bedford was undergoing speed trials when the accident occurred. She crashed onto the Samarang Rocks when going full speed, accord ing to the official cablegrams re ceived in London.'"' "rr" Japanese'- war vessels today reached her, but adverse weather made another attempt to aid her hazardous. The meagre details given out here indicate -that the vessel was held np l the'TWiUs. ; :.' . The Bedford's displacement is II,. SdO tons, and she is 440 feet along the water line, with a beam of 66 and a draught of 24. Her arma ment consists of 14 6-inch guns, 10 1 2-pounders, and smaller guilds. She also has two submerged torpedo tubes, and is heavily armored. The largest vessel of her class In t,he British navy, she was built in 1,900-03 at Fairfield, being one of the seven cruisers of the "County" type, being named after English counties. She has been remarkable for her speed, her Belleville boilers giving her a record of 24.3 knots. ''.A despatch received this afternoon says that all tlie surviving officers and men have beeii taken off. There is no chance to save the vessel, which is waterlogged. Most of the victims Were stokers, who were trapped far below the wa ter level when the sea rushed into the stokehold of the Bedford-. Another Excursion. A bnu t . 4."i(l .excursionists from Win-ston-Sulem -.arrived Saturday and are spending the time In sightseeing-. They will leave here on. the return trip at T::J", this evening. .- . HEARING IN THE BEEF TRUST CASES (lly Leased Wire to The Times.) ( liicaK'fi. Aug. Hearing, ot the .evidence . in the so-called "beer trust", cast will be completed this week by the-'federal Kiand jury. The big string nl proof tbe government attorneys have Imi m weaving is finished and tills week tlii y will, tie the ends-together to pre vent its. unravelling.. Between.' - and M witnesses are to he examined in cb anini; up the case and it is said the last Of .these will have been heard Wednesday of-.'this week. Indictment 'expert Pagin is engaged in drawing 'indictments for submission to the grand jury; but there is n possi bility that no report will he submitted to Judge Landis this week. These. 'Indictments contemplate the naming of... individual packing officials, as well as the National Packing Company and poisibly Armour 'ft Company, Swift & Company-ami Morris & Company. Anticipating that Judge Landis will give the grand Jury special Instructions to inquire thoroughly Into the oleo margarine Industry, the government Iwyers have prepared between 30 and 40 sulipoenaes for witnesses in a new iii(uiry. Uncle Silas Them's awful puny little plants you've got. Are you sure your seed was good Mr. Subbubs Good! Why, 3atr, the chickens were crazy about them. Chicago News. sus, 131,822. Increase, Z7.. ,
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