LOSS IS HEAVY
Flood Works Ruin in Colo
rado and New Mexico.
ALL RAILROAD ARE TIED LP
Thirtv Blocks in Trinidad are Un
der Two to Pour Peet of Water
Loss Will Be Very Heavy.
Trinidad, Colo., Oct. 3. A tenific
flood struck the city of Trinidad and
the whole valley along the Las Animaa
river, today, devastating a wide section
and causing a money loss which at
present cannot be estimated, but which
may reach several hundred thousands of
dollars.
.Every bridge in the city of Trinidad
is out, the Santa Fe station is demo)
ished, all of the railroads are tied up
and the telephone and telegraph services
completely suspended. More than SO
city blocks in the residence and bust
ness sections were two to four feet under
water along the rvier
So far as known at noon no lives
were lost, but there were many narrow
escapes.
The flood was caused by the heavy
rain which has been falling for two
davs. At 8 o'clock last night the
storm assumed cloudburst proportions
and at 2 o'clock this morning the Las
Animas river went over its banks.
At 3:30 it was impossible to get
within a block of the river.bed at any
point, and Commercial street was flood
ed for three blocks in the heait of the
business district. Meantime the elec-
"tric light and gas plants had been flood
d, and the city was in complete dark-
cess.
Hundreds of citizens thronged the
streets on the edge of the submerged
district carrying lanterns and doing
their best to provide those diiven from
their homes with shelter,
Warning of the flood was given when
the river left its banks by revolver sh6ts
and the ringing of the fire alarm, fol
lowed by the blowing of all the loco
motive and shop whistles in town
Citizens upon rafts made of sections of
sidewalks paddled through the streets,
rescuing families who were in danger
The new Hacca hotel, a two story
structure just reaching completion at
a cost of 20,000 on the river bank,
was destroyed. The water then ate its
way through 50 feet of the ground to
the Santa Fe depot, which was carried
away.
The city is divided by the Las
Animas river, which is spanned by six
wagon bridges. All of the bridges
were washed out and many residents
were unable to reach their homes or to
communicate with their families, the
telephone system being wrecked.
TO SETTLE WATER SUIT.
Effort Is Being Made to Annex Part
of Kansas to Colorado.
Pueblo, Colo., Oct. 3 An effort at
a solution of the . Kansas-Colorado
water suit is In pr igress, and if the
efforts of those most interested in the
case are sucessful a strip of the western
portion of Kansas, about 150 miles
wide, will be annexed to the state of
Colorado, and the litigation now be
fore the supreme court at Washington
wi.l be thrown out.
Politicians in both Kansas and Colo
rado are working for the passage 6t a
bill through the legislatures of both
states whereby trie western portion of
Kansas can be taken into Colorado.
This, it is thought by those who have
given the irrigation question much
study ,will solve the difficulty, and both
states will be benefitted to a great ex
tent. L. P. Worden, of Syracuse,
Kas., and C. C. Kennison, of Garden
City, Kas., a candidate for representa
tive from that county are in Tueblo in
the interest of the plan.
"It would settle the water question
in Western Kansas forever and the suit
now in the courts would be dropped as
there would no longer be any reason
for continuing it" said Mr. Worden to
day. Both Mr. Worden and Mr. Kennison
appeared before the government com
mission when it was in session here,
and are thoroughly familial with the
situation. They say they are supported
by practically every resident of West
ern Kansas.
Inventor Dies a Charity Patient.
New York, Oct. 3. Once wealthy
and with a host of friends among prom
inent and wea'thy men in the conn
try, Charles Y. Yea ton, the inventor,
is dead at the home of incut ables, a
charity patient. Paralysis, from
which he had suffered two years, caused
his death. Yeaton invented a number
of machines, among which was a type
setting machine, the first ever offered
for sala. He enjoyed an intimate ac
quaintance with President Andrew
Johnson, who offered him a diplo
matic post at St. Peteisburg.
Aldermen Indicted for Grafting.
Buffalo. Oct. 3. As the result of
District Attorney Coatsworth's investi
agtion of charges of alleged "grafting"
on the part of city officials, three pres
ent aldermen and four foimer aldermtn
have been indicted. They are: John
Thomas Harp, Henry Moest and Orrin
F. Pierce, Aldermen, and Edward C.
Beiser, Louis Q. Roedel, Henry G.
Schneider and John G. Buech, former
aldermen. All the indicted men were
arraigned today and pleaded not guilty.
British Steamer Stopped.
Chefoo Oct. 3.--The British steamer
Yik Hang, trading in China saes, ar
rived today and reports she was stopped
by a Japanese torpedo boat destroyer
outside of the harbor of Chefoo. After
JS r papers had been examined, the
Yik Sang was allowed to proceed.
TO DEFRAUD NATION.
Iron Said to Have Been Put in Life
, Preserver Blocks.
Washington,- Oct. 4. An alleged
conspiracy,' which has been 'developed
by officials of the department of com
merce and labor and of the department
of justice today resulted in the arrest
at Camden,. N. J., of J. H. Stone, H.
C. Ouintard. Charles W. Rues and
James Buss, officers of the Nonpareil
Cork works. They were apprehended
by the United States marshal for the
district of New Jersey, under an indict
ment found on September 29 by the
United States grand juiy at Trenton,
charging them, under section 5440, of
the revised statutes of the United
States, with conspliing to defraud the
government and prejudice the adminis
tration of the steamboat inspection
laws Dy putting npon the market com
pressed cork blocks for use in making
life preservers, each of which blocks
contained in its center a piece of bar
iron about six inches long and weigh
ing eignt ounces, roe iron bar was
inserted and concealed in the block
for the purpose of increasing the weight
to the legal requirement of six pounds
of good cork for each life preserver
The men arrested will be arianged be
fore the United States district court of
New Jersey', to plead to the indictment.
Early in August, David Kahneweil
ers bona, manufacturers cf life pre
servers in New York city, ordered from
the Nonpareil Cork works at Camden,
N. J., blocks of compressed corks for
1,750 life preservers. Eight of these
corks are used in each preserver, and
the United States law requires that
the eight blocks shall contain six
pounds of cork. When the cork
blocks were delivered, it was discov
ered that eight of the blocks weighed
only 5a pounds.
Kahneweilers' Sons thereupon wrote
the Nonpareil Cork works and that
company replied that it would . adjust
the matter by sending to Kahneweilers'
Sons some extra heavy blocks, one of
which could be used in each life pre
server, thus increasing its weight to
the legal requirement. In due time
the blocks arrived. They were bo
heavy as to arouse suspicion. One of
them was bnkeo, and imbedded in its
center was found an iron bar six
nches long, one inch wide and a quar
ter of an inch thick, weighing eight
ounces. Ins Kahneweilers again
wrote to the officers ol the Nonpareil
Cork works, demanding to know what
they meant by putting iron in the
cork blocks, and informing them that
s Kahneweilers Sons were obliged to
put their names on each preserver,
such a fraud would ruin their busi
ness.
According to the indictment a letter
was received in reply suggesting that
the Kahneweilers were foolish to make
so much trouble about a small affair of
that kind.
Further examination of the "extra
neavy blocks disclosed trie (act that
each of them contained an iron bar
similar to that which was found in the
first one. In all 281 of the extra
heavy blocks were received by Kahne
weilers Sons. Kahneweilers Sons
communicated with Robe-t S. Bodie,
supervising inspector of the steamboat
inspecting service for the district of
New York, and he reported the facts to
acting secretary of the department of
commerce and labor, Lawrence O. Mur
ray. The investigation and indict
ment followed.
Two Hundred Homeless.
Albuquerque, N. M., Oct. 4. The
wild sweep of water, raising the Rio
Grande to the highest point for more
than a year, has "made 200 people in
this vicinity homeless. Barelos. a
suburb, is under two feet of water and
many homes are abandoned. Alamedo
is threatened by the terrific pressure
upon the dam, which it is feared may
give way. Tne railroads nave tu tiered
greatly in the Rio Grande valley.
ihe Santa Fe is at a standstill all
through New Mexico.
Bridge Washed Out.
Lamar. Colo., Oct. 4. The flood in
the Arkansas river reached here tocLty
and washed out the north approach of
the bridge over the river at this place.
The bottom land on the north side is
under water. The river is rising rap
idly but no further damage is antici
pated here. Telephone reports from
Prowers, nine miles west of Lamar,
show that the water there is at the
ighest stage known in 30 years. The
entire Prowers lanch is undei water
and the residents were compelled to
seek safety on the tops of their houses.
Work on Russian Ships Begun.
Toulon, France, Oct. 4. The man
agers ol tne isociete dee forges et
Chantiers were interviewed today con
cerning tne report tnat they are to
build a number of cruisers and torpedo
boat dastroyers for the new Russian
navy, lney stated tnat tne negotia
tions on the subject had made consid
er ble progress, but it was desirable to
itahold the particulars, in order to
avoid possible international entangle
ments.
American Diplomat fined.
New York, Oct. 4. Arthur Denn
Piatt, American vice consul, has been
fined 10 shillings, according to an
American dispatch from Dublin,' for
furious riding on a rrfotorcycle within
the city limits. His case was heard in
police court.
CLOSE ON PORT
Japanese Steadily Advancing
at Port Arthur.
SEVERAL POSITIONS TAKEN
Togo Will Withdraw Most of Squad,
ron as- Enemy's Ships are Al
most Incapable of Resistance.
Chefoo, Sept. 30. The news received
from Port Arthur continues to show a
steady, if slow advance of the Japanese
upon the Russian fortifications. Day
by day the remoter positions of the be
leaguered fortress are being taken by
the Japanese, and that its fall is only
a matter ot a snore time is tne general
belief here. The number of Chinese
refugees arriving here increases con
stantly, and this is taken to bode no
good for the Russians. '
The last of the Chinese to arrive
from Port Arthur report a still further
advance by the Japanese. They assert
that several of the most important po
sitions held by the Russians, farthest
from the central fortress have been
taken by the Japanese, the latter . in'
fiicting considerable loss upon the Rub
eians. The Japanese had tunneled ap
proaches to these positions and finally,
with the help of mines, made their
way within the fortincatiyons. The
Russians were taken by surprise and
were able to offer little resistance.
Finding they were unableN to hold their
own against the Japanese the Russians
retreated, leaving their dead and wound
ed behind them.
When the Japanese attack was dis
cerned by the o her Russian forts they
at once . opened fire, and at last ac
counts this was still being maintained.
It is considered doubtful whether the
Japanese will be able to retain posses
sion of their newly acquired positions.
The greater portion of the Japanese
fleet has returned to the Japanese base
in the Eliot islands, the Japanese com
mander having become convinced that
the Russian vessels within the haibor
of Port Arthur are almost incapable of
further resistance and of making any
sortie into the open sea. .
ACT OP VANDALS.
Oil Paintings of Czar at St. Louis
are Mutilated.
St. Louis, Sept. 30. When the Rus
sian exhibit in tne varied industries
building at the world's fair was op
ened today it was discovered that sev
eral valuable oil paintings of Em per
or Nicholas had been torn from the
wall and mutilated by some unidenti
fied person or persons.
Another portrait oi tne emperor, a
handsome and valuable panel, done in
colored silk, had been torn from its
support and subjected to the greatest
indignity. The oil paintings were torn
and there were marks showing that the
pictures of the emperor had been
stamped upon.
The vandalism was reported at once
to the exposition authorities, and an
investigation ordered. Every effort is
being made by both tne exhibitors
and the world's fair authorities to dis
cover the guilty person or persons.
LAND FRAUDS ALL RUN DOWN.
Agent Greene Is Sure Oregon Cases
Will Result in Conviction.
Washington, Sept. 30. Special
Agent A. R. Greene, who has been Sec
retary Hitchcock's trusted lieutenant
in running down land frauds in Ore
gon, is in Washington, conferring with
the secretary. Discussing Oregon's
affairs, Mr. Greene said :
"We believe we have finished up
that land fraud business in Oregon
We have the men resposible held under
indictment and it is a safe prediction
that there will be some hot news out
of Portland within the next month or
two, when the trials commence."
After describing the methods of the
fraudulent operators, Mr. Greene add
ed: The usual thing happened. One
member of the gang did not think he
was getting his fair share of the profits
and gave the thing away.
Officer Is Assassinated.
Geneva, Switzerland,- Sept. 30.
Word has been received here that Col
onel Bikoff, commander of the Russian
guard on the Turkish frontier, has been
assassinated. Colonel Bikoff recently
helped the,Tturks in an attack npon
Armenian revolutionists, in which an
Armenian piiest, bearing a white flag,
was killed as he approached the Turk
ish troops. Followng the attack upon
the Armenians, Colonel Bikoff permit
ted the Cossacks, who had joined the
Turks to pilage and mutilate the
corpses of the Armenians.
, Can't Be Held for 1905 fair.
Washington, Sept. 30. The natives
of the Philippines now at St. Louis are
under orders to return home immedi
ately, and cannot therefore be held
over for the Portland exposition. If
any natives are to participate in that
exposition it must be under specific
authority of the Philippine government.
Colonei Edwards, of the insular bureau,
left today for St. Louis, and will give
further study to the subject of a Lewis
and Clark exhibit for the islands.
Japan to Borrow Again.
Tokio, Sept, 30. The government
has decided to float another domestic
loan of $40,000,000, on conditions sim
ilar to the last. It is probable that
the conscription law will be amended,
increasing the service in the reserve
five years, and making the regular re-
serve service total it years ana nve
months.'' This means a large increase
in the strength of the army.
4 I HLjFE ENDS.
United States SeiU tor Hoar Passes
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Worcester, Mass., Oct. -1. George
rrisbie Hoar, senior United States
senator from -Massachusetts, died at
his home in this city at-1;35. o'clock
yesterday morning. The end' followed
a period of unconsciousness that had
lasted since early Tuesday, and came,
so gently that only the attending phy
sicians were awaie of the exact moment
of his ending.. - --3 i .-r ;
The attending physicians despaired,
of the senator's l:fe six weeks ago, but
such was the vitality exhibited by their
distinguished patient that . even they
were surprised, and ihe public was at
times led to cherish faith in an ulti
mate recovery.
On Sunday last,1 however, all hope
was abndoned after a last unsuccessful
attempt to administer medicine and
nourishment. Brief lucid intervals
were followed by longer durations of
unconsciousness until Tuesday morning,
when the venerable statesman sank into
a state of coma, from which all efforts
to rouse him proved futile. During
the last hours there was not a move
ment of the body, and only a scarcely
perceptible pulse evidenced the final
struggle.
There were present at the bedside
when death came the senator's son,
Rockwood Hoar, bis daugther, Mary
Hoar, and D. Warren R. Gilman. who
for weeks has been in almost constant
attendance upon the sent or.
PAYNE VERY ILL.
Heart Disease Develops in Narked
form in Postmaster.
. Washington, Oct. 1. Postmaster
Geneial Henry C. Payne is . seriously
ill at his apartments at the Hotel
Arlington here. Marked symptoms of
heart trouble have developed, and his
condition becarze so serious during the
day as to cause grave concern.
Mr. Payne returned recently from
trip to the West and appeared much
improved, though his htalth has been
poor for a long time. He went to the
White House to attend the meeting of
the cabinet last Tuesday and that night
was very restless. He was at his desk
at the poBtoffice department during the
forenoon yesterday, although feeling
very badly, and did not return to the
department after luncheon, remaining
in his room. He became very' ill last
night, and has been confined to his Bed
ever since.
Dr. Magrudei, who was his physician
during his- severe illness oi, some
months ago, has been attending him,
and Dr. Rixej , the surgeon general of
the navy, also has been called. During
the evening President and Mrs. Roose
velt called at the hotel and made in
quiries regarding the postmaster gen
eral s condition. Dr. Magruder on
leaving Mr. Payne's room later tonight
gave out a statement which admitted
the serious nature ot Mr. Payne's con
dition, but said the patient was resting
easier then.
STUDENTS GO ON STRIKE.
Chicago School Children Wrongly
Believe Negress Is to Teach.
Chicago, Sept. 30. Fifty boy pickets
stationed about the McAllister public
school here prevented pupils from en
tering today None of the pickets was
more than 15 years old.
Outside the picket cordon, a crowd
of 700 boys and girls hooted and yelled
at the teachers looking from windows.
Every infant striker wore a badge to
show that he or she belonged to a
"union.'" Some of the badges were
merely scraps of paper with the word
"union" scrawled across it. Others
wore union buttons which their fathers
had worn. Many of the strikers car
ried clubs. They threatened violence
against any child daring to enter the
school yard. I
The picketing was the result of a
"strike"-which was caused by a mis
taken belief of the children that an as
sis' ant kindergarten teacher was colored.
After a detail of six policemen had
been sent to the school to preserve or
der, the "strike" was "settled." A
committee appointed by the youthful
strikers learned that the rumor of a
coloured teacher having been employed
in the school was false. About 80 per
cent of the strikers went back to their
classes. Truant officers began a search -I
for the absentees.
Would Try to Reach Arctic.
Christiana. Norway. Oct. 1. The
Duke of Orleans has asked permission
of the government to have the Arctic
steamer Fram, in which Di. Nansen
made his voyage to the Arctic regions,
for the purpose of an arctic expedition
in 1905. It is understood that the ad
miralty will require that the Captain
Otto Sverdrtxp, the former commander
of the Fram, shall command the vessel,
if the government agrees to the propo
sition of the duke. The plan of the
expedition has been submitted tor the
approval of the authorities.
Russia Orders Warships.
Paris, Oct. 1. A dispatch from
Toulon states that the Russian govern
ment has just ordered from the Corn-
pa gnie des Forges el Chantiers de la
Mediterranee 11 torpedo boat destroy
ers of the latest pattern, the construc
tion of which is to be begun at once.
Four will be built in the dockyards at
Havre, four in the Norman dockyards
and three at Laseyne. They will take
15 months to build. Russia has also
ordered four cruisers of the Bayan type.
Wills City $250,000.
Boston, Oct. 1. Public bequests ag
gregating over $ 1,000,000, the largest
being a gift of $250,000 to the :ity of
New Bedford, are contained in the will
of the late Mrs. Sarah Potter, of Bos
ton, which was filed for probate this
afternoon.
W. m. m lm mm . T I I i 1 I I
' - " Fighting- Roadside' Weeds.
In some States there are county laws
which make it obligatory for those in
charge of the .roads to see that road
side weeds "are cut twice during the
growing: season, first before July and
the second time before the first of
September.. . It would be well if such
a law was in force in all sections.
and yet the fbzhtlns- of obnoxious
weeds seems to be one of those things
for which no law should be required.
Farmers ought to be more than will
ing to combine among themselves for
mutual protection, even going so far
as to -cut the weeds in front of the
farm of any man who will not do the
work himself. This would not need to
be done very often, for shame would
soon compel such a man to do his
duty.
The main trouble with weeds, how
ever, is with such as are allowed to
grow Inside the fence line, for few
farmers are willing to spend the time
necessary to rid their farms of these.
Combine with- each other to rid the
roadside of weeds, and then let every
man take care of those inside the
fence and elsewhere on his farm. If
this weed fighting was done systemati
cally instead of spasmodically, it
would not require many years to de
cidedly lessen the weed crop and ma
terially increase the valuable crops as
well as save, much labor. Exchange.
Gray African Geese.
Gray African geese are advancing
in popularity and are now considered
among the most profitable geese to
raise. They grow rapidly and attain a
weight of over eight pounds in ten
weeks. They are good layers, aver
aging forty eggs in a season. Their
flesh is fine and nicely flavored, which
makes them very acceptable for the
table. The standard weight of the
gander is twenty pounds and of the
goose eighteen pounds.
Prosit in Hand Separator.
Hand separators average about $100
each, but this cost can be saved in a
year in any dairy where ten or more
cows are kept; this has been demon
strated time and again, so there is no
doubt about'lt Manufacturers of sepa
rators claim that the saving is about
ten dollars a cow per year and is based
on the fact that the cream is taken
from the milk while it is sweet, hence
there is no danger of it becoming sour,
and because of this almost perfect con
dition the cream ripens more evenly
and, therefore, makes a better qual
ity of butter. Again, as the separat
ing is done soon after milking the
value of the skim milk for feeding pur
poses is greater, as it is usually given
to young stock while it still retains
the animal warmth. There is every
thing in favor of the hand separator
and nothing against it, so that any
man with a dairy of proper size, who
does not have a separator is cheating
himself out of just bo much good
profit .
Suggestion to Shepherds.
Sheep require a. variety of food to
form flesh and fat.
With sheep, rather more than with
any other class of stock, care must be
taken not to overfeed.
Overstocking is usually injurious to
the sheep and ruinous to the farmer.
Dryness is one of the requirements
in the production of the finest grades
of wool.
Sheep are naturally gregarious.
When one is seen by itself something
is evidently wrong.
No sheep should be allowed to die
of old age, but all should be fattened
and sent to market before their vital
ity has been impaired.
In commencing to fatten sheep, the
feeding should not be crowded at first,
but gradually increase the amount of
the ration.
A small, fat sheep will always bring
better prices than a large, poor one.
To have good-sized sheep, they must
be grown rapidly while young, and it
Is important to give them a good start.
"Little Peach" Disease.,
Experienced peach growers who
have watched the disease known as
little peach" for a long time agree
with the scientists that the only way
to stamp out the trouble is to pull out
the tree. It has been thoroughly de
monstrated that the disease is con
tagions and that a single tree effected
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will soon spread the disease to an en-
tire orchard and to adjacent orchards.
The one difficulty In the way of per
manently stamping out the disease is
the reluctance with which growers pull
As a rule, they wait until the tree
ceases to "bear fruit of any value before
pulling out the tree, when, if they
would do the work as soon as the dis
ease was noticed, there would be little
danger of disease by agreeing with
each other to destroy the trees as soon
as the trouble was noticed.
. To Protect the Horse from Flies.
Horses suffer from flies during the
summer, but seem to be able to rid
themselves of them to some extent
everywhere but
from their faces.
A fly net for the
face, can be easily
made, using
heavy cord or
rope of small
size, if one can
afford it, the
strands of leath
er. These are
fly net. fastened in a
band, and the band fastened to the
headgear so that they will fall over
the face of the horse. These strands
may be knotted together over the fore
head and at the sides of the face, 60
that they will not fall over the eyes
of the horse.. One can have no idea
how these nets will keep the flies off
until they drive a horse with and with
out the net The cost is trifling com
pared with the comfort such a contri
vance will give the horse. The illus
tration will give one an Idea of how
this net is constructed and how applied
to the bridle.
New Milk Process.
A new French process of sterilizing
milk, the fat of the milk is thoroughly
broken up after heating, thus avoiding:
the lumpiness of the cream which con
sumers have round so objectionable.
It is said that when cream is treated
by this machine, it is rendered quite
homogeneous, and the fact that the
fat globules are broken up makes the
cream wok thicker and become more
uniform. When milk and cream are
treated by a homogenizing machine.
they mix more thoroughly with tea and
coffee. Having seen the advantages
of the process, some of the largest
dairy companies in London have or
dered machines. New England Home
stead.
The Fruit Crop.
Quinces, peaches, pears and apples.
whether early or late, need the most
careful gathering and handling to se
cure good results. Gather when ripe,
well colored, but while they are still
firm, not soft Select good, large fruits
of even size, characteristic of the va
riety, without worms or other blem
ishes, without bruising or bruises, in
fact as near perfect specimens as pos
sible. Mark the variety, then wrap
first in tissue paper, then in wax pa
per,, then pack in baskets and put up
in the four-basket or six-basket crates,
or in single-layer boxes, with all the
spaces filled with paper, so that they
will not move in the least while in
transit. Massachusetts Ploughman.
Handy Grain Baa; Holder.
This can be made by the farmer
himself,' and at no expense. ' It is
nothing more than a hopper, with
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hooks npon which to hang the bag.
fastened to a firm standard. This ar
rangement will enable a single person
to fill the bag quickly and easily.
Farm Chat.
Shallow, level culture is the thing
for corn if it is done in the right man
ner and at the right time.
Judgment is the outgrowth of ex
perience, yet a man may have a wide
experience and yet lack in judgment
The profitable mutton breeds of
sheep are those of early maturity,
rapid growth and necessarily short
lived. . It is very Important that a brood
sow should be gentle, so that she may
be handled at farrowing time if nec
essary.
Where has that profitable Belgian
hare gone?' What has become of the
millions that have been made in grow
ing ginseng?
Fancy prices are only obtained for
fancy horses. If you expect to get the
top of the market you must have the
best kind of horses.
Don't tease a calf or colt They will
grow, and in growing they will grow
no better, but will become dangerous.
Familiarity can be shown safely in
some other manner.