The Searchlight (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 389, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 22, 1906 Page: 2 of 8
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unveiled aud Incensed and the new
collect Is read.
Before the beatified can be canoniz-
ed at least two miracles must have
been performed. Tho name of the
beautiful one Is then presented again
to three congregations at tho last of
which the final ceremonies take place.
These various stages sometimes ex-
tend over centuries, so that there is
Utile chance of the present generation
ever being able to invoke the blessing
of "Saint Columbus."
RAGING FOREST.FIRES.
Escanaba, Mich., May 19.—Forest
fires in Northern Michigan have al-
most swept blank an area of one hun
dred miles. Six thousand people are
homeless, it is estimated. The loss is
broadly estimated at one million dol
lars. Three tralnloads of homeless
people have already arrived at Escan-
aba. Thousands of others are believed
to be homeless and suffering for want
of food, clothing and other necessi
ties.
Marquette, Mich., May 19. A
stretch of territory 250 miles In length,
reaching from Newberry east to Besse-
mer. Mich., on the west and north and
south, between Short Line, Lake Su
perior and the southern boundary of
the Upper Peninsula, is dotted with
forest fires. - Settlements and farm
houses have been wiped out, timber
lands destroyed and hundreds of per
sons rendered homeless. It is impos-
sible to estimate the financial loss, but
it is probable that hundreds of thou
sands of dollars of property has been
destroyed. The town of'Qulennesec
and several hamlets are reported
wiped out. Northwest of Marquette
the town of Birch Is threatened with
destruction and men have been sent
from here by special train to fight the
flames. Because of the destruction of
telegraph poles wires are down and
communication by that means is im-
possible. Unless rains come soon
great havoc will be wrought.
Lumber Companies Lose Heavily
Wausaukee, Wi> May 19-—At Ce-
darville, four miles south, forest fires
destroyed many cars of lumber and
big kilns filled with cedar. A fierce
wind is blowing sparks and burning
embers for miles. All trains are being
held here. Rails are twisted from the
intense heat. The Bird & Wells Lum-
ber Co. have suffered enormous loss,
several of their camps being totally
destroyed. The losses of other logging
companies are steadily growing. The
flames in some places are thirty feet
high. The dry condition is responsible
for the great loss. The fire sweeps
everything clean, a pa stnger train
is reported hemmed in near Cedar-
ville.
Towns Wiped Out by Fire.
Escanaba, Mich., May 19— Driven
by a heavy gale of wind, cue of the
most destructive forest fires in the his-
tory of this district laid waste a tract
of land fifty miles square and is still
spreading. It is definitely known tha<
the following cities and villages have
been completely wiped or.t. Q :in-
nesec, population 2,000; Schaeff r.
600; Ralphs, 400; Salvoie, 200; Cor-
nell, 500; Woodlawn, 200, and Talbot,
400.
Hundreds r*t people aro homeless
and are being brought into Escanaba
3 fast as trains can be Bent to the
burned district. Addition to the loss
of several sawmills and other build-
ings, millions of feet of cut timber
have been burned and great tracts of
tandlng timber badly damaged.
The loss of the I. Stephenson com-
pany of Wells, from burning timber
alevne, it is believed will approximate
several hundred thousand dollars. As
far as known no lives have been lost,
though families of several homestead-
ers living in the burned district are
missing and it is feared that they have
been burned to death. Refugees ar-
riving in the city tell terrible talcs of
their experience from the sweeping
flames.
One (man declared that the flames
were advancing in the vicinity of Cor
uell at the rate of twenty miles an
hour when he and half the residents
of that place were taken out on a re-
lief train. Hometseaders carrying
packs of a few personal effects, who
also had been driven along the right
of way and were picked up and
brought into this city or left at sta-
tions not threatened by fire. It is
known that two camps of the I. Steph-
enson company have been completely
wiped out, and large crews of men at
work in the heart of the heavily wood
ed country and with no railroad faeili
ties offered, are in great danger. The
crew of one lumbering camp together
with fifty horses fled before the fire
for a distance of twelve miles and
were reported safe at Princeton. It is
reported that several railroad bridges
have been destroyed and entire trains
of cars have been burned on the
tracks. All freight traffic on both the
Northwestern and Escanaba & Lake
Superior roads was suspended and the
entire attention of the train crews are
given to relief trains sent out to move
residents of burned towns to places of
safety.
Owing to the fact that the rails have
been warped by the terrific heat in
many places making it necessary to
lay new rails the progress of trains
was slow, and some of the crews have
not yet been heard from.
Last night the entire surrounding
country was lighted up by the flame?
which are moving in this direction, but
it is believed their progress will be
stopped before this city is threatened.
Inge, including a large number of
stocks, are in danger. Tho Mcnomi
nee fire depatment has been called on
for help. " .
Racine, Wis., May 19.—Two terrific
explosions early today fhook build-
ings in this city and drove hundreds
of persons from their homes believing
them to have been an earthquake. The
shocks were caused by an explosion at
the Rand & Lafiln powder mills, at
Pleasant Prairie, where twenty-five
thousand dollars damage was done.
Grand Rapids, Mich., May 19.—Two
earthquake shocks wer felt In Western
Michigan at three-twenty o'clock this
morning. Distinct shocks were re-
ported from Holland, Grand Haven,
Febbville and Badgef. Residents of
Holland rushed out of their houses In
night attire. The quake threw open
irony dcors. No serious damage is
reported.
Michigan City, Ind., May 19. A
number of residents here felt what
was believed to be earthquake shocks
early today. Buildings quivered and
windows rattled.
CITY FATHERS INDICTED.
Detroit, Mich., May 19—Fragmen-
tary reports have reached the Detroit
News and Free Press from Escanaba.
and Gladstone, Mich., stating that a
disastrous forest fire is raging in the
Upper Peninsula in the neighborhood
of the two cities mentioned. It is re-
ported that three towns have been de-
stroyed; that thirty square miles of
territory have been devastated aud
that several persons have been burn-
ed to death.
Marshfleld. Wis., May 19.—The busi-
ness portion of Auburndale, nine miles
east of Marshfleld, was destroyed by
fire last evening. I>.>s 5100,000.
Menominee, Mich., May 19. Foros-t
fires are raging in a large area in
Menominee county, having already
done much damage. Talbot, with "0
population. 25 miles north of Menomi-
nee, was wiped out by fire. Several
other villages and many farm build-
Oklahoma City, Okla., May 19.—A
sensation has been created by the re-
turning of indictments by the recent
grand jury against members ot the
city council that voted to divert citj
funds for purposes other than carrying
on the municipal government. Among
those upon whom warrants have al-
ready been served are Judge B. M.
Dilley and J- H. Johnston, at the pres-
ent time senior representative of the
Sec >nd ward in the city council and
recently secretary of the chamber of
commerce.
"Yes, they have called our attention
to this matter," said Judge Dilley. "It
appears that the grand jury has re
turned a true bill against us on the
charge of appropriating city funds for
purposes not regarded as strictly legiti-
mate. As I am informed this pertains
to the council voting funds to enter-
tain the cattlemen's convention, to en-
tertain the National Editorial associa-
tion and to send a delegation to Wash
ington to labor for single statehood
and to secure an appropriation for a
federal building in Oklahoma City
Well, all I can say is that we have
plenty of company."
The bonds of Judge Dilley and Al-
derman Johnst n were fixed at $500
each and they had no trouble iu fur-
nishing same promptly. It is intimat-
ed that several other members of tho
present council, members of former
councils and a former mayor have also
been indicted.
It is true beyond a doubt that tho
majority of citizens justify the appro-
priations that were made in view of
the fact that in every case they were
v ted for tho benefit of the city.
It develops that about $1,200 was
voted to entertain tho cattlemen's con-
vention, about $1,SOO to entertain the
National Editorial association upon
the occasion of its visit to Oklahoma
City last year, and in the nelghbor-
! ho- d of $800—in fractional parts on
; different occasions—to send delegates
A GIRL'S WEIRD POWER.
Honovcr, N. H.. May 19.-"What
weird hypnotic ipower is possessed by
this girl?" This is tuc question that
all tho people of this section have been
asking in regard to Ethel Sturtevant,
17-year-old girl, who was given a preli-
minary hearing at Haverhill today on
a charge of being Implicated in the
shooting of her sweetheart, Jesse Bar-
den.
Whatever the outcome of the case
may be Is will bo a long time before
the neighborhood ceases to talk of
'The Wonder Child," as the girl is
called. Her mother, whoso mysterious
death three years ago, with tho ensu-
ing inquest, brought Ethel fiTst before
the public gaze, declared that the girl
had been poisoned; others claimed
that sho had been hypnotized, but
medical men, thougtx puzzled, clung
to the theory that she was afflicted
with some disease akin to epilepsy.
Sinking into strange hypnotic tran-
ces and evolving poetry and prose on
subjects far beyond her sane koti,
again dreaming placidly and after-
ward averring she had spoken with
spirits; at other times writhing in hor-
rible convulsions, cursing, tearing her
hair and often attempting .uiicidc, the
strange child seemed to bo dominated
by some fiendish mentality. In her
normal state she was clever, though
not precocious, bright and winsome.
The circumstances surrounding the
shooting which has again brought her
into the limelight aro as mysterious
as the other facts which have marked
her young life. Tho shooting took
place some three weeks ago, the vic-
tim being Jesse Barden, a young far-
mer boy who had paid to court to Miss
Ethel. He turned up at his home with
bullet embedded in his lung. For
a week or more his life was despaired
of. He accused his sweetheart of the
crime, while she as stoutly denied it.
She was arrested, and on the long
night ride to the county prison, tho
unusual girl joked and twitted tho
sheriff and appeared to be in the high-
est spirits. There is a general feeling
that the girl will be dismissed and left
free to further mystify the community
with her weird and inexplicible
powers.
' to Washington to labor for statehood
and to urge an appropriation for the
erection of a federal building in Ok-
lahoma Ciiy.
Mahanoy City, Pa., May 21. —An
estate conservatively estimated at
$01,000,000, with an accumulation of
150 years, is in Germany awaiting the
claim of heirs of whom Daniel Fisher
of Bloomsburg, father of ex-County
Commissioner W. 11. Fisher, is one of
about 352, all of whom are from seven-
ty to ninety years of age and are of
the fifth generation of Baron Adam
Fisher, from wh ni the estate de-
scends. All reside in this country.
The estate consists ot $51,000,000
held in the trust, and $10,000,000
which was lent to Holland to build its
canal system. The heirs have an or-
ganization and are perfecting plans
and procuring facts and evidence with
which to prosecute their claim. Miss
Phoebe Rossiter, of Oxfordville, Wis.,
whose mother is one of the heirs and
who is secretary of the organization
representing several branches of the
family, has been at work for years
collecting facts and evidence and
seeking descendants of the Baron. She
was in Bloomsburg today searching
the records of Columbia County in the
differeut offices at tho court house.
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