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- - x a a: ! I-:.' If ; is.i3 icsya car r - ti::: . 4 i ... . A ... ? . ' v Fair today, TI12 Sunday Journal coisrsxsss 1 ' vj : . x ii . ,,iiH Ht i.viilW r 1 , with light, variable Jl J winds. . ir t M r 1 ii w Portland; oregon, . punday : morning?, November 24, 1912. PRICE FIVE CENTS VOL. IX. NO. S3. SENT TO JAIL NAMED MANAGER ARREST ORDERED H DEPEI1S Oil TO JA1U BOND IS C ' 1 . V I i . , N i i 1 SC. . ' 1 - II - : ' . ! I ' i 1 -! I J I f. r 1 Ilk II gT;y'Q,;;; a. T.'i .'.." '- .i I ' ' " 111111 ' ' 'i i ii ii " . ' . 7'", j '" y " ;' 1 "' " '" ',; ' ", .,:-iV':-)V: i','!;w ;.".,.a; '. ' ' .:I.,H." !' ",'r- f ' , nunun IIOBI HIDED START VORK OH A MILLION DOLLAR BIDE, 1. 1 OURlffi LIFTS A FIELD GOA ( .. . . '::: " ' i '-, . - x s SERVIANS' FtlOVE - I i 1 E if ;1 1":. H 7 Both Nations Ready to Fly at " EabKOther Over Independ- ence of Adriatic .Province; Troops Moving to Border . . ii - 1 ; 1 ' ..: . " ''-J,'.' ' INFLUENCE IN ALBANIA ; - 'MOTIVE FOR CONFLICT More Than 1,000,000 Soldiers L Mobilized and - Navies' Guns Are Ready. . ' London. Nov.. 21 Austria took atepa to&ty to support Albania's declaration of independence If necessary,' by force of arms. t ' ' The declaration was Issued nominally by the Albanian chieftains. Really, It - was an Austrian declaration, diplomats said. If recognised by Servia, tbey add ed, there will be no clash of the. pow ers at present over the Balkans; if dis regarded, the clash will come within a few hours. ' i Albania Is hounded on , the , west by - tha Adriatic sea. Servia Is wholly an ... Inland country. v wan- Xwlndow; on the Adriatic. It was for, such a "window" that It joined Bulgaria, Mon- tenerro and Greece In. fighting Turkey. ; The allies have won., Servia will get Its "window" unless Austria prevents. ; There are two reasons why Austria . prefers to keep Servla's "window" : closed. First, Austria covets the east . em coast of the Adriatic for itself. Seo ' ondly. and in the end, perhaps most - - important; Austria r southeastern prov incc r, which match with the Servian v frontier, ara peopled mainly by Slavs. . The Servians also are Slays, and if Servia attains the-, measure of ' power which, through possession of an Adrl - atlo "window" It Beems likely to at- ' tain, these southeastern subjects of ..Austria, are deemed certain to seoede from Austria and unite with their Ser vian kinsmen. ,. - : : Xndepeadeaee-May Be STomlaai. ; , " AlhaniaSwlll hot become really iride' pendent, It was agreed here. : If It does become nominally independent, Aus " trlan influence In Its counsels will be - - paramount,- and tbe Influence of Italy. Austria's ally, and also ambitious for , th right tT say concerning the politics of the eastern Adriatic coast, will have the second voice In dictating the hew state's policies. " ffp.;as; norrtinally - Independent . Albania -.,enean8 no ' "window" . for Servia on the i Adriatic sea.i' . . - . The Albanian., declaration was issued early Irtt'ie day. Before nightfall AuS rlaTTaiube river flotilla had IefrBiia pest, Hungary for the Servian capital, Belgrade. For a fresh water flotilla It v la of respectable strengthtwo mon tors, two torpedo boats and four gun boats, all f-eomparativery recent con structlon and well armed, Budapest was instantly wild with anx iety to know ff war had been declared. ' The - Austrian, government was uncer tain whether Servia would fight or (Continued on Page dlx.) GENTLEMEN, YOU'LL FIND THE BODY UNDER THOSE LOGS" THEY DO '" When Corpse of. D, M, Leitzel I n . I -i r i rs . . 1 1 - 1 7v ts neveaiea, uienn uauu ai - (Snnfltl to ThS Jnort. OfegoH' Cltyr Nov," 23, Walklnf ' W, tnost directly to the spot where two ears ago he dragged the corpse Of his step-father, whom he had Just vialn with an ax, Glenn Qault, aged 19, said this afternoon: , , 'afentlemen,: you'll find the body under thoso logs." . ,. t - Sheriff Mass and hia -"-companions pulled away the concealing, brush and began digging. They uncovered a foot i of earth. There lay the body of D. N. Lcltxel, in a remarkable state of pre servation, considering the clrcum- Talafices. ;. . " "; '. -y-- 'J'J"!"-f' Ap the ghastly reminder f his crime of 1910 was pulled from Its long test lug place, young Qault, hitherto wholly ' composed and seemingly ' without con eern, broke into tears, Ills carefully re strained nerves had given way and he sobbed most of the way back td Oregon City, where tonight he la in Jail." , The of leers brought back - only the skull of Xeltxel. - . , The scene of the killing 1s miles south of Oregon City, on the old Kirk .place, which Is In the Crabapple Prairie ' district. So Inacescsible la It that the officers had to'abandon their team three miles . from " where i the young slayer guided them. Although slight of build. Qault had dragged his step-father's V corpse 100 yards after the killing,, through a creek and up a small, hill. Near, the top of this hill he had made his disposition of the bodyV covering it so skillfully that but for his conscience drawn confession . Thursday,' discovery . would; probably eer se bwii lunue, The skull shows fractures that cor .roborate the. story, of young Qault tells , . ihe killing; , That ha.irwauusv si ; father with an ax and afterward, excited - by the old toian'e misery, decided to put htm cut of it.Ae-:A: : : :' ? v Uautt Is expected to be cleareaT ' Ills riother says Lcitsel mistreated her, and the boys story of seir-tleranse will prob ably pass mustpr, even though he struck 'the' two. tJrtws that eatifel doath mtW't IM'.tJ.I WS'.40WU"uJ l.tli '.i.-S. f ' ' ' i Herbert S. Ilockln, gecretarx-treai- nrcr of International Association of ' Bridze and 1 Structural Iron Workers. ' ' " Jl Wilhelm and ' Ferdinand Con- . fer, Using Boar Hunt as ' a Pretext, i (Unllea Pre LMieS WlrO ' Berlin, Nov. 23. That Archduke Fer dinahd Of Austria and the kaiser met at the boar hunt near Hanover today. and that as a result the German emperor Is fully cognlrant-of Austria's plans la the present momentous crisis was mad knowd at midnight tonight" It is cer tain , that v the Austro-Servlan-Russlan develouments have completely over- Shadowed the' Sevelopmente at Constaa. tlnople, although the governments are trying to minimize the danger of a gen. Dispatches trorn VJenn make It plain that the orders, for s generu mebllixa- tlott Of all the reserve lors-.ftav al ready been printed and only await th signal for distribution.. v ' ' The second Danube sduadroa Is re nortt ready td steam at a moment's notice, and the situatio Is admittedly The'ounaay newepapera nera: wtiiua are ClOge ,IO ;tne gOrnuieii,y mat, the sltuatloni althougn most grave, may still be cleared. v - .:; ARREST SCIONS OF OLD FAMILY FOR MURDER Mob Tries to, lynch the Davidsons, Accused of Killing . Girl. ' (tolted Prens Leased WIm.1 -? - -Pleasant Ridge, Ark., Nov. Jl. When It became linowh here late this after noon that deputy sheriffs had arrested Otis and Lear Davidson for the mur der of Ella.Barharm. whose dismem bered body, was found . yesterday, a lynching psrty attempted to take th two suspects from the deputies. At a late hour tonight the mob still per sisted and it wag feared ths attempt of the deputy sfterlff td spirit the two prisoners away would be unsuccessful. Tne iJaviusona .nr iionumiim former county Judge. They were ar rested on a warrant sworn out by the father of the dead girl. They will be given a hearing Tuesday If they escape the mob. ' . - Th kilUne of Miss Barham aroused the entire southern section of the state, where her family is weu Known, pub was on her way to Pleasant Ridge on horseback when attacked. Her body Was found b hunters. " The head and limb had been severed and tho trunk "Cut in two," Portions or tne ooay were scattered tnrougn (in wooua uu iv was not until late today .that all parts were, recovered. . J PEKING ASTIR WITH '"MIUTARY ACTIVITIES ... nn . i isiis'iii i Mongolian Situation',. Provokes . Dls f-r 'plajr of Arms- in Chinos : - Capital.' X 5 (Untied Press .Wire.) Shanghai, Nov. 24.-H Sunday) There was th greatest military activity in Peking all last nlghtr according to dis patches from the capital. Army offl cers urrid jabout and the war' office was open until well Into this morning, messengers were. constantly leaving the president's offleial residence. The fact was gather impressed than concealed that this has to do with th situation in Mongolia, -which It had been known for months RufiSla was planning to grab, under pretense of establishing Independence: That, President Yuan Shi Kai really meant trouble, with the Rus sians In M0"?011"- foreigners here were not so certain, it has oeen Known an along that he oppoaed "a resort to arm's and it WaS thought itossible thet his military preparations war designed to satisfy popular , clamor, , but that', he would take care that they did not lead to hostilities. ; ' , liFind Pohib Man's Dynamite.'"' ) i 4Catta4 Jrwe XSMd wua , ,. , ; . Decles. Cel.. Nov. 23. Fifty pounds of SO per cent gelatine and 60 sticks of loner graae aynamua were .unearinea today by Los Angeles police 'detectives In- a cache between Decles and Bloom ington, to which they, were led by Carl Fteldtjlbach. Who - threatened to dvna- tnite the' central police, station in 1m A njreii-s lst Tu'iayt Tho; explosive 1 uj In il hiiiilcn la tut ojH'ii Held, KAISER MEETS HEI 0 AUSTRIAN THRONE New Evidence In Trial of Iron workers So;Damaging Judge Increases c Bonds to. ?$20, 000; He Cannot Raise It. ' ' in i. ' '.. i vy "SECRETARY-TREASURER - tVOF UNION IS BETRAYER" Testimony That He Sold Out McNamaras5 and Mcilan ' igal .ls Heard. , f ' Dolted Press tsaaea. evtra.' . ' - Indianapolis, Nov. 23. Ten minutes before time for adjournment In the dy namite conspiracy trial late this after noon Herbert S. Hockin of Detroit, secretary-treasurer of the International As sociation of Bridge and Structural Iron workers, and one of the 45 defendants, was ordered taken into the custody of United states Marshal Edward Schmidt by. Judge Albert S. Anderson. The order followed a severe arraign ment of Hockin by District ( Attorney Miller, after tha Jury had been taken from the courtroom. Miller asked the court to raise the bonds of Hockin and the other six members or the executive board of the ironworkers from (10,000 to S20.00C. Hockln's ball was raised. and in default he went to Jail, hut Judge Anderson declined to Increase the other bonds. - "T he evidence shows that Hockin cannot be trusted at any time, any day. In any road, at any place, or on any proposition," declared Judge Anderson. "Hockin has betrayed every person he has ever associated with and would unaouDteaiy betray his bondsmen."; Evidence Damns Hockin. The action, followed a flood of evl dene against Hockin dumped into court this arternoon, evidence which miner saia ne uiun i realise was so important until he received it today. The testimony .was that L. I , Jewell, oi voion, ranama, lormeny superinten dent of erection for the McClintlcMar shall Construction comuany -of iitt. burg, to whom, in August, ,1910,. Hockin was aaia to nave Detr&yed the McNa mares ,nd McManigat, the Informer, for the Los Angeles dynamiting. ' f swell prodnced letters - which ' were read in court, and aimed to. show that Hockin had been exerting, bis evtry-ef fort to.. turn bin fellow- union officer over to the jeaerar authorities, Hockin didn't flinch. His wifi small, sad-faced woman, was Xn tears. sne stooa rigni oenina mm in open court as he stated he cpuldr. not raiso the larger bond. -: ci v.. ti i o uciu ."IUU5IIUUI ing big marhleTTiTOdlnf VTfen The rharshal separated her from Hockin. When she had composed herself some what, Mrs. Hockin said "Please say for me that Herbert never betrayed my slightest confidence. I don't believe a word of his betraying anybody." - Selfishness Was Motive. Hockln's motive, said Miller, was self ishness. , He was after J. J. McNa inara position as secretary-treasurer of the union and meant to get him out of the way 'at any . cost, declared the prosecutor. The Jewell-Hockln sensation followed another aimed at the defense. Miller (Continued on Page Two.) the: wuhst jb vet V. E. Coman," vice president and gen eral manager of the Northwestern Electric Company. IS mmm She's Hurled Back and Forth in Philadelphia Coiven-., tion Disagreement.' (By the Iqterotttooil News Berries.) rPhlladelphla, Nov. 23. Routed com pletely by Miss Jane Addams and her western forces, Mr. O. H. P, Belmont of New York bolted today's meeting of the National 'Woman Suffrage associa tion convention, declaring angrily to those who sought to pacify her wrath that she was going home. Mrs. Belmont' action came as the climax to a riotous session, Jn which "Misstatement," th feminine - adapta tion of the more exrresslv but shorter oolltlcal Invective, was freely hurled jack end forth. - All the trouble was caused by the at tempt of Mra. Belmont and Mrs. Ida Husted Harper, supported by the east etn delegates, to commit the convention to resolution forbidding suffragist workers in the future from adopting a 1 partisan attitude tnftates where the 1 ballot lifts' notyet':ten ' granted, to The delegates irom tne west regarded the resolution as a direct: Slap at Miss" Jane Adda-?s, who tooK a prominent part in the Roosevelt campaign. Miss Addams lost no-.tlme lo marshaling her . ht una ivi. ijpy i nomii of Rryp MaWT ctnieBe.. Mps. M. U T.-Hidden, of Portland, Or., Mr i J f " t ,- a. - l. . m and Mrs. KenryVillard were able de fenders of Miss Addams, and their speeches brougni' iortn continued ap plause.. Mrs. Hidden declared that the Prog esslve party was the first national party to put in a suffrage platform, and that instead of Miss Addams being crit icised she should be commended. . So heated did the controversy become at orie period that a motion was mad by Miss Thomas to clear the' galleries and go into . executive session. This motion was not seconded, a vote on the resolution being taken Instead. The Bel mont forces we.-e overwhelmingly .de feated, the resolution going down under a 10 to 1 vote. Mrs. telmont then made her exit. MISS STATEMENT Fleishhacker Interests ' Have -Architects Preparing-PIans for Immense Structure to Cover Pittock. Block. . COMPANY TO SPEND $3,000,000 HERE Edifice, to Be Six Stories at FirstWill Be Home Office . of N. W. Electric Co. ' 1 Building Will Cost fl,OO0,0OO. ' .Architects hav been commls ' sloned to prepare plana for a modern fire proof building to cover the entire block bounded by Washington, Tenth, Stark and ' West Park streets, foundation of the building to support 12 stories ultimately, but only six stories " for the present Con structlon of the building will be commenced January 1; estimated -cost Is $1,000,000. . An additional JS00.OOO will be spent onsites4 end buildings for rvu yHonn within the next 12 E. Coman, general fS3'anc passenger agent of tfce Sorth Bank line and the Hill lines In Oregon, selected as vice president and general manager of he Northwestern Electric Co. i, . i i, i Foreeolng Is a brief summary of the important' announcement made last night by Herbert Fleishhacker, .head of the Northwestern Eh-ctrio company, to which the Voters of Portland at th recent municipal election granted a 25 vear franohise to engage in th bust nes8 of "distributing power; light and hat in this city. Th now Northwestern building will h th larceBt of its kind ever erected in the city.; It will" be of class A con struction and absolutely fireproof. The entire " ground floor will 'be used for Considerable space on th Up per floors will b reserved for etfices , Worts Of deslgnlnr-ikp-structure in now ( bPing hastened' by' the architects and Mr. Fleishhacker-steles that ground will be broken .preliminary Jo active construction work on or before the first of the year. . , . ' -"Final arrangements for the leasing ef'the'Pittock blocs tor-a terra oi 100 v wmi ni' n xaevm r. mviihh7' . r n - i I Fleishhacker . lsst . night, ."We , have practically completed the first unit of our proposed eysiem oi generating plants and we will be distributing elec trical energy In Portland by April 1, 1913. We have already spent $1,600,000 In and, around Portland and we will spend another $1,500,000 within the next 12 months. " W. E. Coman, our newly elected general manager will have com plete charge of the company and will direct Its . activities in and. near Port land from this date. Pledges Good Service. ., "I wish to express my deep gratis tude tp the people of Portland for tha confidence they showed in the North- continued on Page Two.) TO 'GOME V Eugene Vi Debs, under indictment by a federal grand Jury.. - FRED AY Appeal to Reason's Editors and Attorney Charged With ' Witness Tampering. (United Press WlrM Cirard, Kan., Nov. 23. Warrants werf Issued here tonight on Indictments Te- turned by a federal grand Jury for the arrest of Eugene V. Debs, Socialist can didate for president in the recent. cam paign; , Fre D.- Warren, editor of th Appeal to Reason, and J. J. Sheppard, Warren's attorney, for tampering with a wltneaa. Warren and 8heppard,hav ben arestfd and a warrant has been sent to the United States marshal at Indianapolis for service -upon Debs at Terre Haute, Tho charge is "attempting to obstruct the administration of Justice," and is based upon an Indictment alleging that the three defendants. Debs; Warren and Bheppard gave a bribe of $200 to J. P. McDonough of Kansas- City, a former prisoner in the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, to induce him to go to California, so he could not be found to testlfy against tore members, of tit Appeal to Reason staff who were on trial for sending obscene matter through the mail la. the. shape of an article at tacking the administration of th fed eral orison at Leavenworth. , v ' r - The United, States district attorney to night asserted he has aumission from the three Indicted men that they paid McDonough.' $200, but says , they assert the payment was made "to discharge a debt they owed hlinT" w i . . J)ebs 19 Not- Located. x . Terre Haute, Ind., Nov. 23.Notlc was received at th sherif f s office here this evening that a United States mar shal would come from Indianapolis to night to serv Eugene, V. Debs with pa pers In connection with his indictment in Glrard, Kan. Debs has been here for a few days doing his editorial work In his local office, but he' could not be located tonight. . lit has Just returned- from Glrard,' where he attended the funeral of J. A. Wayland, editor of the Appeal to Reason, who committed suicide. CANADIAN TOWN HAS A REIGN OF TERRORISM Kcltihcr, Saskatchewan, Is Being Pa trolled bjr Armed Men of . Hostile Factions. Kelllher. Bask., Nov. 2S. Armed men of two hostile factions are walking the streets of Kelllher tonight, threats of death are heard on every side, doors are barricaded and the town is practi. cally in a state of siege. I On the way to Kelllher with -warrants for arrest of some of the town's leading" citlxen -are members of - the Canadian mounted . police, but it is feared tonight that the Canadian con stabulary will not arrive in time ' to prevent bloodshed, the reign of law lessness In- Kelllher; 90 miles north of Regina, follows an assault on Charles Rydatt, editor of the Kelllher Echo, who was beaten, tarred and feathered Friday night. The situation in Kelllher is the cli max to. a prolonged feud between two factions of citizens who have disagreed as to administering the, town's affairs. Rydatt has been the leader of one fac tton. and shar.cea.Qt, rn fU:a4mlrjiat ration have been current for months. Women and children- have taken, refuge Inside their homes. Armed men-are. clustered on street corners and the' non-combatants of the town areappeallng to Re gina for help. CLATSOP MILL CASHIER HELD IN BONDS OF $5000 Charles K. LoreJoy- Prominent As -P torla Klk, Is Accused . V of Tilting 3S00. . ? ' (StwHal to The JonrnsH i Astoria, Or., Nov. -23. Charloa 1 Lovejoy, for three years the trusted head bookkeeper and cashier of the Clatson Mill company. ' - arralsm d Lfn the Justice court this arternoon on M Vi nhavara nf 'amrhOvvllniv tha sintu no nu'd .... ... ... tunas to , the amount or ssooo. - . ii waived examination and was bound ovef to await the action of the grand Jury at th next term of circuit court. Hi bonds were fixed at $500p end as yet he has been -unable; to furnish' bal, j , '" The' news.w)iniaVTi sliqck to die nislny friends of Mr. Lovejoy In tljis cityt He has been a prominent mefii ber of the tocl Elks lodge and is unl- DEB n SHEPPARD INDICTED "tlu It? "' tversatiy Jiaea n;re,. jxe is auout 40 llK4tB '.'"i years of age. An ; attempt : was made 'J I w -'?ily jgg I to settle the mattef. but the dlrertora J, i'i-..J t - of tha (ompany dlagreid on U.e ilari KZa'Jt ' I propofd Siul' th win-runt ) ,)(. J i tor liisi unist. Sick Men in Dire Pain Among Those - Who - provide Thrills for 7000 Spectators In First of New Annual Conflicts. PORTLAND BOY, PARSONS, IS HERO OF THE GAME Plays Until ' Vertigo . Almost Overcomes Him;; Makes . '200iyardsAlone.3;::; By IL A. Cronin. 1 '- (Special to Ib"Journl.) t i Albany ,Or,, Nov. , 23, History re- peaeed on a neutral battleground this afternoon, and Oregon's game football . team, made, desperate by a succession of defeats, triumphed over the hard fight lng Aggies from Corvallls by th nar row margin of a field goal In the sec ond quarter, propelled by the lame leg of Carl Fenton. It vas one of the hardest fought games In the history of these two col leges and tha 7000 madly cheering spec tators hurled their verbal challenges across the field until the final whistle. Out of the battle emerged a- heroic figure in Johnny, parsons, a Portland boy whose end running was the great- cat seen in the northwest in years. Time after time he tore around the oran a e and black's left end for gains. of 15, 2, 2 and even 15 yards. . Alone he prob- abl;- gave -the 'emon yellow team. 200 yards with his sparkling dashes 'around the, ends, and his terrific, assaults on the left tackle It was well nigh im possible to stop him. , He battered the O. A. C. line until he. was seized with vertigo In the last quarter, and it was necessary lor irauitr tmywarq t nprsy his head and shoulders With water to bring him back He was the composite Thorpe,.. Flynn, Brlckley, and Baker of t.ie east this afternoon. ; Without: him Oregon might never have gotten near enough to give Fenton an opportunity to hoist the pigskin between the up rights.. ' ' " A Oame Filled With Cripples. It was a game today of cripples against cripples and the short ender won.. Rare courage that would have been com mended with medals. of honor en the firing line was displayed In this final bitter though sportsmanlike struggle on th4 gridiron. i - - ; Everett May, tHe great Aggie tacklw. arose from a slek bed in th Corvaliis hospital this morning and went otithe football field against the advice of his operating physician. ' p. r--:.' ;: ' Hunky Shaw played behind th Ag- .1..' Una thl-11frlAllfr 'th VamA v;1fli a broken npse-tliat pained excruslatingly in every iwrlinmage." . P,. , y. t " With bis back bleeding from unslaked llrrie burn, Bennie Robertson, the Aggie left end, played- throughout the first quarter, btit they made him quit against his protest Blackwell, the main re liance of Corvallls, and Evenden,. the veteran,.were led off th field gritting their teeth from the pain of their in juries.. . , Carl Fei.ton hobbled around -on one leg and gave as great an exhibition of pnntlng as Carl Wolff or Dudley Clarke in their palmiest days. lie beat Black- well and Larson on every exchange ex cept one, when Larson's left hoof raised a. 45 yard spiral. ' Bradshaw, suffered from a pprained. back. , , . , yvtry Man Bonnd to.Play. One might go on and enumerate the Injuries. These men demanded that they be allowed to play because it was the. game of a lifetime to them. : For twa years toi two student bodies have been hurling anathemas toward one an other. It was thought they would not get together this year and It was an eleventh hour arrangement initiated and matured by the sport, loving; fair minded. 'big hearted men of Albany, who closed up shop and went to the game. Oregon played Tings around" O. A. C in the first quarter, Parsons, Cook, Cor nea ana waiaer tearing ott Dig gains through the Aggies' line and around the (Continued on Page Two.) SI LIVESTOCK, HOMES i .i i ii i i I -V. . . - t,y-' - - - . ' : i -t ' ",; . f ' ' p ' f), . Parts of Nebraska and South Dakota Laid Waste, ' Many Lives May Be Lost,', '. ' Uoltea Pre. teMd Wirt.) Norfolk. Neb., Nov. 23.Hundreds nf liure miles in northwestern Nehrasl.i and southern South PukoU 11 in tmr ren waxts tonight,' following one ot tn-i most- dlrastrous prairie, fires that evtr swept the western plains, Reports to night Indicate that' the flames are on-. der control in every quarter, after 4 1 hours of -fire fighting by;-hundred oi desperate men women and children, The dwstructlon of means of eormiiu nlcatton wlth the burned district I n made dctuils dt the dleait-sr difficult I secure. It ' I certain, however, .-tbt secret of furm houses and. barri5, t o latter stored w'tb feed, and thouwir-i-i of stacks .of , hay; haVe been, hurt.-', Mnch - ltvestork has perished, a n i g though no Ids of human life Imi I -reppjtod. Jt Js feared rnnny jkm -c.;.., j difU Uefoiiding thtlr hijino. One fire, starting in tli I'ln J Indian reservation, swept soutn io NebrnsUa. for a time eii'tur town of t'rooksUm". Ar.! county, H"iiUl I'ck'-t town i-f U in!-, i mi ijh il lu;.! X f'K . I . -. i . a lid t" ' ' , " PRAIRIE FIRES SWEEP TI ATES BURNING 'ii