THE STATTON MAIL.
CAUGHT
Twelve
BY fLOOD.
People Drowned at Wat-
rous. New Mexico.
LOSS IS HEAVY
TO DErRAUD NATION.
Iron Said to Have Been Put In Life
Preserver Blocks.
CLOSE ON PORT
W ashington, t>ct. 4.— An alleged Jcipanese Steadily Advancing
at Port Arthur.
conspiracy, w hich haa been developed
by o tliiials of th e d e p artm en t ot com
POSITIONS
TAKEN
ALL RAILROAD ARC TIED UP merce and labor and of th e d ep artm en t SEVERAL
of justice today resulted in th e a rre st
Th irty Blocks In Trinidad arc Un a t f'atu d en , N. J . , of J . H . Stone, H. Togo Will Withdraw Most of Squad
General Review o f Important Happen-
ron ax Enemy’s .Ships arc A|.
der Tw o to Tour Teet of Water
C. O u in tard , C harles W. Ruse and
penlgs Presented In a Brief and
Ja tea Russ, officers of th e N onpareil
most Incapable of Resistance.
Condensed Corm.
— Loss Will Be Very Heavy.
Cork w orks. They were apprehended
S ir W illiam H arco n rt, a noted B rit
Chefoo, Hept. 30.— T he news «Halved
T rin id ad , C olo., Oct. 3 .— A teriiflc by tire U nited S tates m arshal for the
dood strn ck th e city of T rinidad and d istrict of New Jersey, under an in d ic t from P o rt A rth u r co ntinues to show a
ish p o litician , is dead.
th e w hole valley along th e l a s Auiiiias m ent fouud on Septem ber 2V by the steady, If slow advance of th e Japanese
A th ird attem p t haa been made to
up«m th e R ussian fort i tirat ions.
Day
river, today, devastating a wide se«'tion
« re c k th e b a ttle sh ip C onnecticut.
Unite«! States grand jtu y a t T ren to n , by «lay th e rem oter positions of th e lie-
and causing a money loes w hich a t
T rin id a d , Colo., report* th a t it can
present cannot tie estim ated , but w hich charging th em , untier section 5440, of leaguered fortress ere lieiug taken by
relieve a ll d istress caused by th e flood.
may reach several hundred thousands of the revtse«l sta tu te s of th e U nitetl the Japanese, and th a t its fall is only
dollars.
S tates, w ith c o n sp d in g to defraud the e m a tte r of e ah o tt tim e la the general
T he Septem ber receipts of th e S t.
Every bridge in th e city of T rinidad
L ouis fair am ounted to ab o u t $2,500,-
goverm ent and prejudice th e adtuinis- belief here. T he n um ber of C hinese
refugees a rriv in g h e ie increases con
is out, th e Hauta Fe statio n is dem ol
000 .
ished, a ll of th e railroads are tied up, tra tio n ot th e steam boat Inspection sta n tly , am i tills is taken to hod* no
T he R ussians have tem porarily
and th e telephone and telegraph services laws oy p u ttin g upon tire m arket com- go«)«l for th e Russian«.
checked th e Japanese advance east of
com pletely suspended. More th a n 30 presse«! cork blocks (or use in m aking
The last of tiie C hiuese to arriv e
M ukden.
city blocks iu the resideiu-e and busi life preservers, each of w hich blocks from Port A rth u r report a s till fu rth e r
ness sections were two to four feet under
advance by th e Japaneee. They assert
T he esar m ay block th e plan for the
containetl in its cen ter a piece of bar
w ater along th e ivier
th a t several of th e m ost im p o rta n t po
im m ed iate reorganisation of th e R us
Bo far as known a t noon no lives iron a b o u t six inches long and w eigh sitions held by I lie H usaians, (art bent
sian arm y .
were lost, b u t th ere were m sny nsrrow ing eig h t ounces. T he iron bar was from til* cen tral fortress bave lieeu
P ostm aster G eneral Payne continues
escapes.
inserted and conceale«! in th e block taken by th e Japaneee, th e la tte r in
in a dangerous condition.
H is life
The dood was caused by th e heavy
for th e purp«*e of in«’reaaing tire weight flicting considerable lose upon th e Bus-
hangs in th e balant e.
rain w hich haa been failing for two
•tana. The Japaneee liad tunnels«! a p
days. A t 8 o ’clock last night th e to the legal req u irem en t of six pounds proaches to these positions am! liually,
R ussians m ade a raid on ju n k s car
storm assum ed cloudburst proportions, of good cork for each life preserver. w ith tiie help of m ines, maile th e ir
ry in g supplies to Oyam a and des
and a t 2 o ’clock th is m orning th e I-a« The men airest«<d w ill be arranged lie way w ith in th e fortifications.
troyed a nu m b er of th em .
T he
Anim as river went over its hanks.
Ruseiaiis
were
taken
by
su
rprise
and
fore
th
e
U
nited
States
d
istric
t
co
u
rt
of
I t is reported th a t G eneral B asilio
A t 3:30 it was im possible to get
were able to offer little resistance.
M unos, leader of th e U ruguayan revo
New
Jersey
,
to
plead
to
th
e
in
d
ictm
en
t.
w ith in a block of th e river bed a t any
F inding th ey were n n sh ie to bohi th e ir
lu tio n ists, haa been sh o t by h is former
E arly in A ugust, David K ahnew eil- own against th e Japaneee tiie R ussians
p oint, and Com m ercial street was flood
follow ers.
ed tor th re e blocks in th e h e a rt of th e era’ Sons, m an ufacturers of life pre retreated , leaving tiie ir dead and w ound
TOW NS WASHED A W A Y .
C onsiderable loss of life and prop
business d is tric t. M eantim e th e elec servers in New York city , ordered from ed behind th em .
e rty was occaseioned by Are in the a r
tric lig h t and gas p lants had been flood the N onpareil Cork works a t Canr«)en,
W hen tiie Ja |* n « * e attack was d is
tille ry and am m u n itio n m agasines a t Rio Grande Cuts New Channel and ed, and th e city was in com plete d a rk
cerned by tiie o her R ussian forts they
N. J ., blocks of com preesed corks (or at once opened Are, end e t last ac
Bebastopol, B uraia.
Hundreds arc Homeless.
ness.
1,750 life preservers. E ig h t of these counts th ia was still being m ain tain ed .
H
undreds
of
citisena
thronged
tb
s
T he Jap anese have begun a general
A lbnqnrque, N. M .,O ct. 5 .— R eports
streets on th e edge of th e submerged corks are used in each preserver, and I t is I'unsidered d o u b tfu l w h eth er th e
advance on M ukden.
from th e floods in th e Rio G rande v al
d is tric t carry iu g lan tern s and doing
Japaneee will lie able to retain posses
T he condition of P o stm aster G eneral ley above and below th is city are com th e ir best to provide those driven from th e U nited S tates law requires th a t sion of th e ir newly acquired positions.
th e eig h t block* sh all contain six
Payne is very serious.
ing in. T he tow ns of V alencia and th e ir hom es w ith sh e lte r.
T he greeter portion of th e Jap an ese
pounds of cork.
W hen th e cork fleet has retu rn ed to th e Japaneee lias«
W
arning
of
th
e
flood
was
given
when
M obile, A labam , is hav in g th e w arm Loe L entes were practically washe«!
est w e a th e r in its h isto ry for th e tim e aw ay and several hnndred fam ilies are the river left its hanks by revolver shots blocks were delivered, it was discov in th e E lio t islands, th e Japanese co m
and th e ringing of th e fir* ala rm , fol ered th a t eight of th e blocks weighed m ander having become convinced th a t
of y ear.
hom eless. T he river sw ung to th e lowed by th e blowing of a ll th e loco
th e Russian vessels w ith in th e h a tb o r
T h e Jap anese have adopted tactics east, cu t a new ch annel, and poarecl a m otive and shop w histles in town. only S S pounds.
of P o rt A rth u r ere alm o st incapable of
intended to prevent th e re tu rn of th e
K ahnew eilera’ Sons thereupon wrote
fu rth e r reslatence end of m aking any
to rre n t th io u g h th e two towns. No C itisena upon rafts made of sections of
m ain R ussian force to M ukdsn.
th e N onpareil Cork works and th a t sortie into th e open sea.
sidew
alks
paddled
th
ro
u
g
h
th
e
streets,
li\e« were loet.
rescuing fam ilies who were in danger. com pany replied tira t it would ad just
T h e R ussian squadron a t P o rt A r
The Barelaze suburbs of th is city
T he new Hacca hotel, a two story the m atter by sending to K ahnew eilera’
th u r has m ade an o th e r a tte m p t to es
ACT o r VANDALS.
cape, b u t were d riv en back.
A nother suffered th e moet in th is im m ediate stru c tu re ju s t reaching com pletion at Sons some e x tra heavy blocks, one of
v icin ity , about 50 houses being des a cost of $20,000 on th e river bank,
sally is expected.
was destroyed. T he w ater then ate its w hich could be used in each life pre Oil Paintings of Cxar at St. Louis
K u ro p a tk in n o w te a l’ses th a t be can troyed.
are Mutilated.
way th ro u g h 50 feet of th e ground to server, th u s increasing its w eight to
Ignacio G n tie n e z , a com m issioner
n o t go on to H a rb in an d th e problem
th e Hanta Fe depot, w hich was carried the legal req u irem en t. In due tim e
Ht. I.onie, Kept. 30.— W hen th e R us
of w in terin g h is troops is s serious one. of Sandoval county, telephoned th a t
aw ay.
th e block* a rriv ed .
Tirey were so sian e x h ib it in th e varie«! in d u stries
T h e hope of th e R ussians is to defeat th e dam age a t Loe Cordales and A la
T he c ity is <livide«l by th e l a s
b u ild in g el tiie w orld’s fair was op
th e Jap anese a t M ukden.
m eda, above th e city , w ill am o u n t to Anim as riv er, w hich is spanned by six heavy as to arouse suspicion. One of ened t<Miay it was discovered th a t Bev-
them
was
broken,
and
im
bedded
in
its
S ouvenir Lewis and C lark dollars several h u ndred thousand dollars.
wagon bridges.
A ll of th e bridges
eral valuable o il p ain tin g * of E m p er
T here is one passenger tra in from were washed out and m any residents center was found an iron liar six or N icholes had been to rn from th e
have been sent to P re sid e n t Roosevelt
inches
long,
one
inch
wide
and
a
q
u
a
r
an d m em ber of congress who were in- S outhern C alifornia at G allup and a n were unable to reach th e ir hom es or to ter of an inch th ic k , w eighing eight w all and m utilate«! by some u n id e n ti
tru m e n ta l in securing th e a p p ro p ria o th e r from San Francisco a t W inslow, com m unicate w ith th e ir fam ilies, the
ounces.
T he
K ahuaw eiiers
again fied person or persons.
w hile th e other tra in s from C alifornia telephone system being wrecked.
tio n to th e P o rtla n d expositio n.
A nother p<irtreit of th e em peror, a
wrote
to
th
e
rfficers
of
th
e
N
onpareil
are held h ere. T he local officials can
Cork work*, dem anding to know what handsom e and valuabla panel, dona in
A m ail car from P aris to H avre, con not say w hen the tra in s w ill a rriv e or
TO SETTLE W ATER SUIT.
ta in in g ab o u t 100 pouches of A m erican d e p a it, and th e traffic situ atio n is seri
they m eant by p u ttin g iron in the colore«l silk , had l>een to m from ila
cork blocks, and inform ing th em th a t su p p o rt an<l subjected to tiie greatest
m a il, was broken in to and 91 pouches ous.
in d ig n ity . The oil p ain tin g s were to rn
opened and rifled of such valuables as
M any feet of track is reported gone Effort Is Being Made to Annex Dart as K ah n ew elleis’ Sons were obliged to and th ere were m arks allowing th a t th e
th e y may have contained. T here is no a t O rtiz, a t C errillos, W aldo, Thornton
p u t th e ir nam es on eacir preserver,
of Kansas to Colorado.
p ictures of th e em peror had l>een
record of th e ir conten.'* or of th e v alu and B ernalillo, and above and below
P ueblo, Colo., Oct. 3.— An effort at such a fraud would ru in th e ir b u si slum ped upon.
ables ab stracted .
th is city a t R incon, A m arillo, N. M ,. a solution of th e K arsaa-C olorado ness.
The vandalism was reported a t once
According to th e indictm ent a le tte r
and Isle ta .
w ater su it is in pr «gress, and if the
W . J . B ryan is a g ra n d fa th er.
to th a exposition a u th o r itie s , and an
was
received
in
reply
suggesting
th
a
t
efforts of those moet interested in the
investigation ordered. Every effort la
Disease is claim in g m any Japanese
case are sucessful a atrip of the weatsrn the K ahnew eilera were foolish to m ake being m ade by both tn e ex h ib ito r*
DROP INTO CELLAR.
soldiers.
so
m
uch
trouble
about
a
sm
all
affair
of
portion of Kansaa, ab o u t 150 mil*«
en«l the w orld’s fair a u th o ritie s to d is
T h e b a ttle sh ia p C onnecticut has been
wide, will he annexe«] to th e atat* of th a t kind.
cover tiie g u ilty person or persons.
Many
People
Injured
at
Church
Cor
F
u
rth
e
r
ex
am
ination
of
th
e
“
extra
succeessfully launched.
Colorado, and th e litig atio n now be
ner Stone Laying.
fore th e suprem e court a t W ashington n eav y " block* di«cl<MM*l the fact th a t
T he R ussian cru iser O rel broke a
LAND rRAUD.S ALL RUN DOWN.
each of them contained an iron bar
A
dam
s,
M
ass.,
Oct.
5
.—
W
hile
R
ight
w
i,l be throw n out.
cy lin d er on h er tr ia l tr ip an d w ill be
sim
ilar
to
th
a
t
w
hich
was
found
in
th
e
P olitician s in both K ansas and Colo
Rev. Thom as D. Beaven, Rom an C a th
d lay d six m onths.
In a ll 261 of th e ex tra Agent Greene Is Sure Oregon Cases
rado are w orking for th e passage ot a first one.
olic
bishop
of
Springfield,
was
laying
heavy
blocks
weie received by K ahne-
The m ain R ussian arm y has re tre a t
Will Result In Conviction.
bill th ro u g h th e legislature* of both
K ahnew eilera’ Hons
ed from M ukden, leaving only a sm all th e corner stone of S t. S tan islau s’ Pol states w hereby tn e w estern portion *f w eilers’ Sons.
W ashington, Hept. 30. — Hpccial
force to guard th e rear.
ish ch u rch , a floor collapsed, precipi K ansas can be taken in to Colorado. com m unicated w ith R obert S. Rodie, Agent A. R. G reene, who haa lieen K«-r-
supervising
inspector
of
the
steam
boat
The Jap an ese arm y has cap tu red Da tatin g 150 persons into th e basem ent. T his, it is th o u g h t by those who have inspecting seivice for th e d istric t of retary H itchcock’s trusts«! lieu ten an t
pass.
P ractically no resistance was A dozen persons were in ju red , several given th e irrigation question much New York, and he reported th e facta to in ru n n in g down land fratnis in O re
study,w ill solve th e difficulty, and both
offered by th e R ussians.
seriously. Bishop Beaven and several states w ill lie benefitte<l to a great ex acting secretary of th e d ep artm en t of gon, is in W ashington, conferring w ith
th e secretary.
D iscussing O regon’s
A P u g et sound tug just in from A las of th e prieets assisting him were slig h t te n t.
L . P . Wor«1en, of Syracuse, com m erce and labor, L aw renceO . M ur affairs, M r. G reene said :
ka, rep o rts hav in g sighted a R ussian ly h u rt.
K as., end C . C. K ennison, of Garden ray. T he in vestigation and in d ic t
“ We believe we have finiehed up
g u n b o at a t U nim ak pass.
Some 7,000 persons attended the C ity, K as., a candidate for repreaents- m ent followed.
th a t land fraud business in Oregon.
A d isp atch from C onstan tin ople says cerem ony and about 200 were seated or tive from th a t county are in Pueblo in
We have tiie men resposihle held under
Tw o Hundred Homeless.
th a t th e village of R am sa, A rm enia, standing on th e floor w hich covered the th e intereat of the p lan .
in d ictm en t and it is a aafe prediction
A lbuquerque, N . M ., O ct. 4.— The
J u s t as th e
“ I t would settle th e w ater question
was th e scene of a m assacre of A rm en new ly m ade liasernent.
th a t th ere w ill be some hot news out
bishop was about to lay th e stone a sec in W estern Kansas forever and the anil wild sweep of w ater, raising th e Rio of P o rtland w ith in tiie next m onth o r
ians by K u rd s. D etails are lacking.
tion of th e flooring, a b o u t 40 feet now in th e courts w ould lie dropped as G rande to th e highest point for more tw o, w hen th e trial* com m ence.”
H ops have advanced tw o and tn ree
square, collapsed, dropping 12 feet, and th ere would no longer be any reason th a n a year, lias made 200 people in
A fter describing th e m ethods of th e
cents th ro u g h o u t th e W illam ette val
Hare hat. a
carrying w ith it th e bishop, the clergy for continuing i t ” said M r. Worden to th is vicin ity hom eless.
frau
d u len t operators, M r. G reene ad d
ley and a t N orth Y ak im a.
Independ
suburb, is under two feet of w ater and
day.
and about 140 others.
ed :
ence growers have receied as high as
In th e confusion th a t followed m any
Both Mr. Worden and M r. Kennison uiany hom es are abandoned. A lam edo
Tiie usual tiling happened.
One
30 cents.
were tram p led upon and h alf suffocat appeared before the governm ent com is th reaten ed by th e terrific pressure m em ber of tiie gang did not th in k he
H eavy ra in s have caused serious ed. B ishop Beven was caught in th e m ission when it w as in scaeion here, upon th e darn, w hich it is feared may was getting his fair share of th e profile
dam age to railro ad s in W estern Texas, crash bnt was able to save him self from and are thoroughly fam ilial w ith the give way. T he railroads have suffered and gave th e th in g away.
New M exico and N orth ern Mexico. serious in ju ry . He was bruised about situ a tio n . They say th ey are supported greatly in th e R io G rande valley,
Several w ashouts are reporter! on the the body and had h is hands scratched. by practically every resident of W est lh e Hanta Fe is a t a sta n d still all
Officer Is Assassinated.
th ro u g h New Mexico.
S an ta Fe in New Mexico an d on all
ern K ansas.
G eneva, H w itzerland, Hept. 30.—
roads tra in s are delayed.
Breastplates Will Not Be Made.
Wor«l has been received here th a t C ol
Bridge Washed Out.
Inventor Dies a Charity Patient.
Rome, Oct. 5 .— Some tim e ago the
Unofficial e stim ates by Jap an ese offi
onel
Bikoff, com m ander of th e R ussian
Lam ar, Colo., O ct. 4 .— The floor! in
New Y ork, Oct. 3.— Once w ealthy
cers place th e n u m b er of th e ir sick and Russian governm ent ordered 100,000
guard on th e T urkish frontier, ha* b e e n
b u llet proof b reastplates of th e tpye in and w ith a host of friends among prom th e A rkansas river reached here t«>«i«y assassinated. Colonel Bikoff recently
w ounded soldiers a t 45,000.
vented by Signor Benerletti. The la t in en t and w ea'thy men in th e coun and washed o u t tlie north approach of helped th e T tu rk s in an attack upon
A M assachusetts ju stice fined an a t ter recently started for Ht. Petersburg try , C harles Y. Y eaton, th e inventor, th e bridge over th e riv er a t th is place A rm enian rev o lu tio n ists, in w hich an
tache of th e B ritish em bassy and later to supervise th e m anuufactnre of the is dead a t th e hom e of incur aides, a T he bottom land on th e n o rth side is A rm enian p iie a t, bearing a w hite (lag,
found he had exceeded h is a u th o rity . b reastplates, h u t was stopped at M un c h a rity
p a tien t.
P araly sis, from under w ater. T he river is rising ra p was ki l l ' d as lie approached th e T u rk
H e has apologized.
ich by th e Ita lia n firm to w hich he had which lie had siiffere«! tw o years, caused idly but no fu rth e r dam age is a n tic i ish troops. Followng th e attack upon
pated h ere. Telephone reports from
Two m ore of t h e B illings, M ont., sold th e rig h ts to m anufacture, and h is d eath . Yeaton invented a num ber Prow ers, n in e m iles west of L am ar, th e A rm enians, Colonel Bikoff p e rm it
of
m
a«bines,
am
ong
w
hich
was
a
type
which
objected
to
Signor
B
enedetti’s
in
ted tiie Cossacks, who ha«l joined th e
ja il breakers have been cap tu red .
tervention in th e m atter, and lie re setting m achine, th e first ever offered show th a t the w ater th e re is a t th e T urks to pilage and m u tila te tiie
U n ited S tates custom officials a t turned to Ita ly . The firm had also for sale. He enjoyed an in tim ate ac h ig h est stage known in 30 years. The
corpses of th e A rm enians.
P o rtlan d believe th a t n e a ily 20 per undertaken to enpply th e Japanese quaintance w ith P resident Andrew e n tire Prow ers ranch is under w ater
cen t of th e C hinese popu latio n of th a t governm ent w ith 200,000 breastplates. Johnson, who offere«! him a d iplo and th e residents were com pelled to
Japan to Borrow Again.
c ity are in th is coun try illeg ally.
seek safety on th e tops of th e ir houses.
m atic post at 8 t. P etersburg.
Tokio, Hept, 30.—The governm ent
T he V ancouver, B. C ., police th in k
Gunboat Bit by a Mine.
has decided to float an o th er dom estic *
th e y have in custody th e leader of th e
British Steamer Stopped.
American Diplomat Tined.
Tokio, Oct. 6 .— It is rnmorerl th a t a
loan of $40,000,000, on conditions sim
th re e m en who held up th e C anadian Japanese gunlioat h it a m ine and sunk
Chefoo Oct. 3.—T he B ritish stra n er
New Y ork, (Jet. 4 .— A rth u r Denn ilar to th e last.
I t is proliahle th a t
Pacific tra in n ear M ission recently.
south of the Liao T ung peninsula.
A Yik Hang, trad in g in C hina sses, a r P ia tt, A m erican vice consul, has lieen th e conscription law w ill be am ended,
T he P h ilip p in e islands w ill not be portion of her crew reached an island rived today and reports she was stopped fined 10 sh illin g s, according to an increasing th e service in th e reserve
able to e x h ib it a t th e Lewis an d C lark and were rescued. The navy departm ent by a Japanese torpedo l»oat destroyer American disp atch f.orn D ublin, for live years, and m aking the reg u lar re
fair unless aid is given. Too heavy ¡an does not deny th e report, b u t says th a t outside of th e harbor of Chefoo. After furious riding on a m otorcycle w ith in serve service to ta l 17 years and five
expense a t S t. Louis is given as the th e d ep artm en t lacks confirm atory in J§ r papers bed been exam ined, th e the city lim its. U is case was heard in m onths. T h is m eans a large increase
Yik Rang was allowed to proceed.
reason.
form ation.
a police co u rt.
in tb e stre n g th of th e arm y.
STAYTON................OflUWON.
WEEK’S DOINGS
Las Vegas, N. M., Oct. 5 — H alf the
town of W atrous was destroyed by the
tlood and at least 12 persons were
drow ned.
Many persons were rescued from trees
and housetops. The greatest dam age
was around th e junction of M oia and
Sapello creeks. The rock cru sh er, the
great iron bridge and m uch track a t
W atrous were washed away.
The G allin as river formed a new
channel here. In th e G allin as canon,
th e dam s of th e Aqua P u ra com pany
broke, bringing a terrific flood on the
city .
The M ontesum a-H ot Springs
track went o u t in m any places. H alf
a doien bridges were destroyed and the
M ontezuma bath houses were p artly
carried aw ay. The Santa Fe lose here
is $40,000. The Aqua P u ra com pany’s
loss is $15,000.
For two blocks on Bridge street every
business house was floods«!. T he big
Ilfield brick store was ruined a: d the
bridge underm inetl.
Twenty
m er
ch an ts estim ates th eir loes a t from $2,-
000 to $4,000 each.
G allin as p ark is under w ater and th e
trolley line can n o t be repaired for two
weeks. T he race m eet to have been
held here nex t week has been declared
off. One h u n d red th o usand d o llars
w ill not cover th e lose to th e tow n and
th e railro ad loss is equal to th a t of re
cent floods in A rizona.
Flood Works Ruin in Colo
rado and New Mexico.