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ISSLTD SE"I-V; TUESDAY IM -BEl V mftttrn o r 1 1 1 ' T o mm o -fL , ; nrrr-rouMH teae-no. 9. " : . , . ... ; . , ; . ' ? ' SALEM. OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 25, 1905. ' . V , TTRST SECTION EIGHT TACZZ, DEFAULTER IN OVER MILLION BANKETS EIGELOW CONFESSES TO TREMENDOUS PECULATION. ' USES FUNDS TOR SPECULATIONS -2 -J' r Losses. Begin In Wall street and De cline in Wheat Market Com- J , pletes -tba Misery. j Once Leader in Financial Circles of the Country and President of the First National Bank of Wilwaokee Now an . Embezzler. v , j r MILWAUKEE, Apr! 24 Prank! O. Bigelow, until today president of the ' First National Bank of Milwaukee, was - arrested today ehage.l with the emtez zlement of over $100,000 of the bank' fands. The arrest of Bigelow followed ; his confession to the board of directors of the bank that be was a defaulter to the extent of $1,4 ."0,000. Following Bigelow 'a , confession he was removed from the presidency ot the bank and the facts in the ease were laidv before the federal authorities. " j The complaint was sworn to by Uni ted States District Attorney Butter field, it charges Bigelow, as the presi dent of the First National bank with having embezzled a sum exceeding $100,000. The complaint and warrant are identical with those in Bjelow's ase maile out for Henry G. OoII, the assistant, cashier of the bank, bat Ooll was not found up to 7 o'clock tonight. Bigelow was taken before United fitates Commissioner Blood good tonight. Jle waived hearing anil was held to the federal jury under a 25,000 Bona. Tr Jlorac Af. Brown and Arthur McGooeh certified as sureties and Bigelow was released. The next federal grand jnry was not summoned but it Is .expected to meet some time this month. Lost in Speculations. Bigelow 's confession was made at a special meeting of the board of diree tors Saturday eveniiuz and was eontin ued yesterday and all last night. ! In addressing his fellow directors, Bigelow said ho had a painful statement to make, a confession that he had misdi rected the funds of the bank and an examination of his books and a comirar ison of figures would show that he was indebted to the bank to the amount of ' over $1,450,000. This money, he said, had been lost in speculation in wheat and stocks. Not ft dollar of it could be recovered, and the only sum he could nfler toward reeompensating the bank were personal securities valued approx imately at $300,000. The confession of Bigelow astounded the directors of the bank. Bigelow was recognized a one of the foremost financiers for many vears. He has been associated with the First National bank in various capacities for more than flf . teen years and his business connections trust companies, manufacturing con cerns, real estate deals and other simi lar ventures number scores. lie was . honored a year so by election to the presidency of the American Bankers Association, and by its member was looked opoo as a leader m unanciai matters. Dabble in Wheat. In making h-s statement to tho ; di rectors of the bank, Bigelow said i he " had been involved in speculation sever al months aco. This was in Wall street. Later he had been a persistent bull in the wheat market and recent losse-i there had addd to his heavy re verses on Wall wrppt. rrom smau ma nipulations of the bank funds, he had extended bis defalcations until his shortage reached it present stage. Jle saw no opportunity nor possibility ' of making njvthe amount -and therefore confessed. . r It is stated that the meeting of the directors,. which was almost continuous for thirty-six hours, ras , stormy ;ai times. Several plans were suggested for protecting the interests of $he bank. One was to accept the resigns "tion of the president, permit him to go to Europe and the directors to make I the amount of the shortage.' This would effectually protect the bank. The proposal met with determined opposi tion from the directors who demanded tthat the defaulter be punished. the plan to take up the shortage war then annroved. . Bicelow was removed from the presidency of the bank and he ease wa carried io the federal author-cities.-: - . , . , I When the resolution was adopted for removing Bigelow from the presidency of the bank, Henry Ooll. as assist$nt cashier, was also removed; The 're moval of the cashier was due to, a state ment of Bigelow that he had been aid ed! by Ooll in enccalin the ihortf ge in the bank' accounts. " J1: Cletet4l4pnlaC3tt. P5 ' The manipulation of the account has . been going on for months, according- to a statement of one of the director but so cleverly was the work done; that neither the directors nor the national examiners were able to discover , ty- thing wrong with the funds f the bank. The rst intimation of the irregulari ties earoe to Charles Jr. Pfister, one of the directors, on Friday evening. ; . When, the bank, dosed it door thia afternoon more than 2000 . depositors were clamorirg for their money. Near ly $1,000,000 had. been paid out in he course of two hours, and bat small percentage of. the customers demanding a closing of their accounts had been ; served. , -'I's While many depositors are seeking to withdraw their funds, there are others : who believe in the soundness of the bank and are coming- forward with deposits. And so persistent were the friends of the bank in 'offering' money -for deposit that when the bank elosed there was a line of depositors in wait mg equal to the line waiting to with a raw tneir money .The officials of the bank are looking 'f a resumption of the run tomorrow. An extra force of clerks will be em ployed to handle the business. Money is on the way from New York to strengthen the reserve of the bank and the directors expect to be able to meet all demands promptly. They, say the actual condition of the bank has not yet been impaired by the Bigelow de falcation. itigelow is left a poor man bv his speculations and the surrender of his securities to the bank. At one time he was rated as a millionaire and this fortune was lost as well as the sum tak en from the bank. His total losses in speculations of various kinds in two years are estimated at more than $3,000,000. He has a magnificent home on A st or street and his faimlv is one of the most prominent socially in th.9 The board of directors late today i-.; sued a statement declaring the bank ab solutely solvent. Tbey announce that Bigelow and his associates will be pros ecuted to tne fun extent of the law, There are more women in Marion county who dress "on $63 a year than have n.ore than that much to spend on their elottes. Buf most of the lat ter could use more than $C5 a vear very beeomingly and comfortably. ONE MILLION HEAVY DAMAGE SUITS GROW OUT I OF CRIPPLE CSEEK MIN INO TBOUBLES. United States Bednction and Eefinlng Co. and Other Concerns Sue West ern Federation of Miners for a Mil lion Dollars. DENVER, April 24. Suits for dam fle aggregating $1,000,000 were filed in the state and federal courts by the United Ktates Reduction and Refining Company and a number of Cripple Creek, mining companies against the Western Federation of Miners and its officers. The complaints all change the defendants with unlawfully conspiring to injure plaintiffs by preventing the mining anti Buipineni 01 ore. JUDGE AMOS M. THAYER DIES Jurist Who Wrote Opinion in Famous Northern Securities Case Expires. ST. LOUTS, April 24. Amos Mad den Thayer, United States circuit judge for- the Eighth judicial district, -died tonight after an, illness of four months, aged 64 years. He wrote the opinion of the United States court of appeals in the Northern Securities case. DENIAL IN TOTO RUSSIA ASSERTS THAT FRANCE ; ADDRESSED NO COMMUN- r ICATION TO HER. Rojestvensky Was Not Ordered to Leave Territorial Waters Japs Fuss With China No Confirmation of Re ported Cannonade. ST. PETERSBURG, April 24. The admiralty profssnes to have no infor mation as to whether Vico Admiral Ro jestvensky is waiting for Nebogatoff's detachment and say the matter is en tirely I his hands and he has not com municated, his determination. Naval men do not expect a juneton of Nebog- atoff with Rojestvensky. They suggest that the transport fleet may be left to care lor the alow but powerful ships of Nebogatoff's detachment while Ro jestvensky tries conclusions with Togo. The offiieal telegraph . agency issues the following ntiee: We are in a position to assert that there is no truth in the announcement of the Tokio-ior- eign office concerning Kojestvensay s fleet. The French governor general at Cochin-China has addressed no inquiry to the Russian government, nor was any demand made on Rojestvensky to leave the territorial waters, as doubtless he most punctiliously observed J1 rule of neutrality." iJi i Th Telepraoh' Tok io correspondent sends the follow ing dispatch: "Japan is vigorously protesting against the -preparations f flight from oangni i i.itold. It is feared that mor diflletilties may arise on account of Chi na 's Inability to enforce neutrai.y with the report of the Russian Pacific squadron eoaimg vu. . PARIS, AprU 24 The foreign of fice and other government aT"- . i 1 tn.1i in onnnPf tlolT ments were wwwu ... with the Easter. Holidays, which, with Easter adjournment n both; branches of parliament and the Prt" President Loufcet and most of the min isters, ercept Foreign MinTtfler ; Pel casse. lo attend the unyeillng of the Oambetta-statne at Bordeaux, reined in a period of calm afler the excite mt atte-nninir the Dfasse Incident and the Japanese .protest. The for eign office was open briefly at oon, when it was said there was no confix nation received of the reported cannon de outside Kamranli bay during Jh night of April 22, the day on which Kojestvchsky left the coaat of Annam. A Mm when the doorbell won't m ' . ringf" Cleveland Main jueaier. FAMOUS BOX , CASE SETTLED COUNCIL UPHELD IN PASSAGE OF NOTED ORDINANCE. COURT DISSOLVES INJUNCTION Boxes , in ; lialoons and Restaurants of Portland Most Go, Declares Supreme Bench. Police Authorities May Now Take Im mediate Action Court Uphold De cision of Lower Tribunal and Decides Council Had all Power. The Portland box ordinance which prohibits the maintenance of boxes or private rooms in saloons and rest an rants was yesterday upheld by the su preme court in the case of Harry San dys and other liquor sellers against Mayor George II. Williams and the ease of Theodore Kruse, a restaurant keeper, against Mayor Williams. These two suits, embodying the same points, were merged into one and were instituted to .enjoin the city of Port land from enforcing an ordinance to regulate the conduct of boxes, booths, stalls and private rooms, alcoves, and other rooms and apartments in .connec tion with bar-rooms, saloons, restau- rants, ete'better known as the "box ordinance' and to test its' validity. The ordinance was adopted by the coun cil of Portland on June 1, 1904, and on September 30, of the same year, these suits were brought to restrain the en forcement of it. The ordinance was drawn in accordance with an interpre tation placed upon the charter o. the city of Portland, of the act of the leg islature of 1903, and practically the only important question involved is whether the police power granted to the city by the legislature for the re'gula rion of saloons, etc., extends to the reg ulation of boxes, booths, etc., in con nection with them. When the suits were instituted the eourt issued a tern porary restraining order enjoining the city authorities fom enfoeing the ordi nance. Rubseauently the defendants entered a demurrer to the separate com plaints which was- sustained by the trial court, and from this decision the appeal was taken. The supreme eourt in an opinion written by Justice F. A. Moore, affirms the decision of Judge M. C. George. The opinion holds that the authority of the tfity of Portland to regulate the selling of liquor and the places where liquor is sold is in no way modified by the local option liquor law adopted by the people last June; that under the power grant ed by the charter the cfty may use all reasonable means for the protection of the pqblic morals, and that in view of the opportunity private rooms and boxes offer for immorality, an ordi nance such as this under consideration is not unreasonable. The proprietors of -places affected by the ordinance argued that they had paid licenses for the privilege of sell it liquor and this ordinance was prac tically a' revocation of the license. The supreme court holds that thin opinion is not Veil founded, for they may con tinuo to sell, so lonjj as they do not sell in boxes. ; , It was also argued that the ordinasce was -unconstitutional necause it ex empt, hotels and thus gives privileges to one class that is denied to another. The supreme court holds that the city has power, if it deems best, to create a monopoly , of the-liquor business and can limit the right to sell as It may see fit. The court suggests, .however, that the special privilege in favor of hotels may have been granted because hotels reauire occupants of rooms to reeister, while saloons and restaurants do not. ANSWER CHARGE t WRIGHT AND MONTE APPEAR ZN COURT ! AND ENTER PLEAS - ' : OF "NOT OUTLTY. District Attorney McNary Asks Court to Set . Muxder Cam foe Trial ; on May 22, to Which Attorneys for the Defense Object. V : ; When department No.' 1 of the cir cuit court was coavene! in adjourned session at 9 o'clock yesterday morning, Harry , Wright and Charles Monte, the men accused of famishing the guns to Tracy and Merrill, with which tbey ac complished their 'V080111 V escape from the Oregon penitentiary, appeared to -answer - the indictments returned acainst ; them by the Marion county grand jury, and by which they . are charged with the crime of : murder' in tne-. iirsi aegree. nova otienuiiu, through i their attorney, entered pleas of "not. guilty," after- which Dis trict Attorney MeNary asked the court to set the eases for trial on aiay srs at 1 o'clock p. m. To this Attorney P. II. D'Arey and IL J. Bigger, who win .ifn.l Wrfht and Monte rcupectlvely. objected and , stated, that they could not get. ready for trial before tie reg ular July term -of court. The district attorney, being 'opposed Co-Having the cases postponed, Judge Burnett set Fri day of this week as the time for set tlmg the matter. ' Wright and -Monte were taken into court by Sheriff Culver, Deputy II. p. of the penitentiary, wulle other officers were statioaVd in anoTaround tae build ing ready to offer assistance in ease of an emergency.- The prisoners, how ever, quiet lyjteeom pan ied their guards man mi n time snoweu even tne slight est inclination to i offer resistance. Monte . especially seemed to be in pleasant frame of mind, and at differ ent times conversed and Joked with the officers. Wright looked more serious and paid strict attention to the nrn. ceeuiugs wbicb tooa piace m eourt. ine iouowing oocaet entries were also made by Judge Burnett: Robert Burns vs. R. D. Hume: action for 'damages; motion to strike out parts or aeieaaant's answer argued. J. Frank Iiugaes, executor, vs. Spore ic Jiobinson et ai: action for monev: motion of F. 'EL Beach and H. Robin son to open default for leave to an swer allowed on condition precedent that they pay the eosts and disburse ments adjudged in favor of the plain tiff against them on removal of this cause to the United States court. George E. Brey vs. A. CV Brey: sale of property confirmed. ANOTHER SLUMP MAY TKEAT GOES OFF SEVEN POINTS IN DAY'S v SELLING. Sensational' Decline i Result of Gen eral Liquidation by Bull John . W. GatesMillions of Bushels Change Hands Market Steadies. CHICAGO, April 24. Wheat for May delivery sold down to 92 per bushel, a decrease .of 7 cents as com pared , with Saturday 's closing quota tions. At the close the market rallied to 93 cents. - The sensational decline of today, fol lowing the 1ig break of last week, is the result of a general liquidation par ticipated in by John W. Gates, the erstwhile Bull leader. . Millions - of bushels of May wheat changed owner ship during the day's exciting session. At the close of trading it was claimed by close observers that all of the enor mous . line held by the Wall 'street clique had been liquidated. The mar ket steadied later in the day on the improved deignm!; Armour k,, Co. being credited wllh. heavy pnreEaseS in both .May and July options. , f THE LAST WEEK ETLERS PIANO SALE STARTED WITH A 1.OOM YESTERDAY. Three Fine Pianos Were Sold and De livered, Which Is Pretty pood for Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Hager purchased an elegant art style Schumann in Santo Domingo mahogany, the music desk beautifully draped in hand carvings, trusses and all trimmings genuine ma hogany. 1 his magnificent piano is in keeping with their beautiful home. Mr. W. M. Welch seen red that beautiful antique oak rVhnmann -piano that has reen almlred by so many .people the past week. Mr. F. A. KoJIa bought a fine Mar shall & -Wendell in burl walnut. , This week winds up our special sale of high grade pianos in H ilcm and you cannot afford to hesitate if you want to avail yourself of an exceptional bar- gala. Kcan the list and see if you will ever have a better assortment to se lect from: Chickering, Weber, Hobart M. Cable, Story Clark, Scbuman, and many other makes, all to go atbsg re ductions in prices. We have only two used upright ianos left; one for $110, the other for $167, both of them snaps. We have an elegant square piano taken in exchange yesterday which will be sold for a song. This piano is in good shape, i splendid tone and easy action. If yon can use a square piano come and see it. . No question but what yon will take it at the price we will put on it. We lave only, one organ left.: It is a new one in an oak ease. Can. be bought at a price yon would usually have to pay fer a second hand organ. ' Belter thiak it ever, then eome in and tala it over with us. 8a J, today. Don't wait' aatil tomorrow. It will not cost ' yon anything to look, and if yon buy it will be a big money saving investment Store cpen every evening. k Filers Piano Honse, corner Liberty and Court street. W. H. Weir, general agent. REPORT IS CONFIRMED. Dowie Missionary is Attacked by Chi nese But He WU1 Recover, ; Says Consal OeneraL : WASIIINGTON, Aprfl 22-Acting Secretary Loomis today received a ca ble from the eftnsul general at Shanghai confirming the reported attack en Ken nedy, a Dowie- missionary at Tsingli, and stating that although he Was badly Injured, the missionary would recover. " Yon 're getting gloomier every day," said the solicitous friend. "Why don t you read some light literature T'.' "That's the trouble now. I've been reading my . gas' bilL" -Washington Star.'- - ' - - ; ' " - . The old-man grumble!. "I dont like to knock," he said. "But what 's.eom plain." Selected. WHO WILL PAY CLATSOP BILL IT DOES NOT OWE .WARRANTS ISSUED FOR $30,000. THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION Justice Bean Read Opinion in Famous ' Case That Reverses Lower ' Court's Ruling. ' Counties Most Conform to Interpreta ' tion of Constitution May Not Con- tract Debts to Amount Exceeding $5000 Other Cases. In , a decision rendered yesterday In the Clatsop county court house ease tho Oregon supreme court put it. firm-."dis approval upon every scheme or subter fuge by which counties seek to evade that section of the constitution limiting county indebtedness to $5000. The eourt declared that the language of the constitution 1 plain and the intention clear and that no attempt to draw fine distinction between taxpayers as an organization and taxpayers as individ uals should be permitted to evade the limitation. The court declares that the power of a county to ereat a debt was united to an indebtedness of $o000 as a protection to the taxpayers and any contract which creates an obi igaton, present or future, for more than that sum is. void. The ease in which the supreme court rendered this decision was that of A mus Brix and other taxpayers againt Clatsop county and the oflicialr of the eounty. The suit was brought to en join collection of. the tax. Judge Me Bride held that the act authorizing the tax was valid, and dismissed the suit but tne supreme court in an opinion by Justice liean, reverses this and per petually enjoins further proceedings under tne law. The act in question was passed by the legislature of 1905. Its purpose was to authorize the county eourt of Oat sop eounty to levy a special tax of not exceeding 5 mills, upon the. taxable property in the county, to continue through such a series of years as the court may determine, to raise a suffi cient. fund with which to erect, eon struct and furnish a court houae. Pursuant to the terms of the act the eounty court at the January term; 1905, levied a special tax of 5 mills uponr all taxable property m the county, to eon tinue for fifteen years. The taxable property of the county, according" to the assessed valuation, is about ?a,Q00, 000. On February I the eourt entered into a contract with the firm of Hastie It Dougan, defendants in the suit, for the building and furnishing of the court house complete for $103,800.30, with a eontineent and perhaps additional ex pense of $30,000, under the refunding clause of the act. It was asserted that the eounty already has an indebtedness of $70,000: that suehwas incurred within the last ten years and that the eounty could not lawfully sign the eon tract for constructing the eourt house unless such power Is conferred by an act of the legislature in question. The eounty officials-end the contract ors contended that since the contract ors had agreed to look solely to the spe cial fund for their compensation, and not to bold the county generally for the payment of the money ,tbis,was not a debt or liability within tne meaning of the constitution, The supreme court holds that whatever the means adopted the money must come out of the pock ets of the taxpayers and that it is therefore a liability. , Clatsop eonnty has already issued warrants to the amount of about $30, 000 on account of the court bouse, and these warrants, it would now seem, in view of the supreme court's decision, are void. . - In the case of James W. Welch, re spondent, vs. M. J. Kinney, appellant, the supreme court reversed the decision of Jodge Sears of Multnomah county, the opinion being written by Chief Justice WolverUn. Kinney gave his promissory note for a sum subscribed by him as part of a subsidy to scnre the construction of the Atora & Co lumbia River ran road. Tne note was assigned to the irttarantee oond com mittee, of which Kinney was a member, and was later niofigned to!: Welch for collection. The supreme court hold that since Welch Weld the note for col lection only, he ted merely as agent for the committee. That being true ne acted in part as agent for Kinney in bringing suit against Kinney. This placed the defendant In tbe position or suing nlmseir a legal annruiv wnirn the law will not eeuntensnee. The suit was therefore dismissed. CLASS GAMES FOR SATURDAY. ; Athletes at WL'Umett University Will Participate in Preliminary Trials. Manager Simpson and Coach Keller of the Willamette university traea team have decided upon Saturday as the dte for tae interclass gsmes, ppon th'e result of which wijl depend tae make-up, la a large measure, of the team that will represent the university in the coming, athletic- meets, v The eamea will begin at Z o'ciocjt and whl include all tbe numbers set for Ctkfl big field meet at the fair grounds June 10. Tire winners will be selected for the dual meets thai are slated with minor Institutions and trained with a view to entry in the big intercollegiate. ' "' -; "Oh" said Tommy, ' all great men have smoked." ; . '. - , "3Iy dear boy, .repliedhis mother, "if von will only wait until you sre great before yon smoke, I shall sot LOTTERY COMPANIES RAIDED. Government Officials Arrest Employes ana Take Ticket Honduras - - People. ' SAX FRANCISCO. April 24 Act ing 'under instructions irom Washing ton. the feleral officials today tet;an what is:decfatreij an active campaign against lottery comitanies. Omeers connccteii with the I'niteii Stales war shat a office, the secret service and pusdoffiee raided the local ngencies of the Honduras and Mexican lotteries and- surprised the , employes in the act of handling a large quantity of tickets. l"aier ana pack act's were also scure as evidence. number of the etnplove were arrest ei. ; FEUD BREAKS OUT AGAIN. Dave Burton Is Shot Down by Newt walker in Duel on Streets. BAKEKSFI ELI. CaU "April 24- iae ma itrrfn the two wIl known mountain families, the Walkers and the Burtons, and ' extending over a period of two decade., broke outagain m the mining town Ilavilah today, when -cwt namrr ani i'avi jturtoil xougnt tiuei tn tne street, resulting in the instant death of Burton and his com panion, a man named It.igsbv. Ten or a dozen shots were fired before !urtor fell, walker made his escape and ii now in hiding in the mountains. This is the third of the Burton lovs to die violent death. TEAMSTERS OUT MONTGOMERY WARD ft CO. DIS CHARGES SYMPATHIZING . , DRIVERS. Because They Refused to Return to Work They Were Let Go Business Agent of Drivers' Union is Arrested After Shooting Bee.: . CHICAGO, April 24. Montgomery Ward & Co.'s teamsters, who struck in sympathy with the locked out garment workers, were formally - discharged to day, having failed tS" return to work. Joseph Young, "the business agent of the Baggage, and Parcel Delivery Driv ers' I'nion, was arrested today after he had shot repeatedly at four men, whom he said he recognized as "non union sluggers." Incidentally, Young fired upon two policemen, who after, ward took him into custody. Non-union elugger," Young alleges, is a new element in th strike situation. men," he. said. 'They attacked me audi fired at them.", - A private detective agency employed in the strike has increased its quota of special policemen .for strike duty to 175, an additional 10? having been put to work today. Common Sense Thoughts. The only real failure is -a failure to attempt the accomplishment of that which one would do. ' Take firm hold on life just where you are. Many men fail from always reaching out for the unattainable. The golden beams of truth, and the silken cord of love, twisted together, win draw, men woetber tbey will or not. Cudworth. - live ou See The Swellest Suits of the Season are Hero Single and Double Brcastcdin the new brown and gray mixtures-or in broken checks and stripes. Our Spring Suit display will certainly be a feast for the man who wishes style and durability at a mod erate cost, say 312.50 to S15.00. f Our S20 and S25 Suits arc particular favorftes. Little Tudor vre jusi ine ining ior an your Boys and Girls who are not over 6 years old. The most economical gar ment you can buy for him. 50 Cents. This is the only place you ...... t .'".-- ) A i . can gci mem. , ese -Wco PLANS MOVE INTO KOREA TOKIO, April 22. It is re ported from various sources that rccs in.ii i entratinjj J rinity of f .. A . T the Russians are roncen their forces in the vie lVssiet bay antl are planning to cross the Turn en rircr, th-n move southward, into northeastern Ko rea. I Tie numerical strength of tbe Russian forces is variously estimated. t TWO TEAMS IN RUNAWAY. O. Stols's Team Runs, Bumps Caritil Improvement Co.'s Outfit, Which Joins the Mad Rush. Two lively runaways, in one of which Walter Lennon, driver of n of GiJ.-ou Stole's teams, attstained a broken lejj. added to the excitement of yesterday 'a busy day in this city The Stolx team, with Icnnon on tlx seat, started from the ci-b-r works on Forry st ret yesterday momiinr. and in turning into the street tipxt-t tli wagon, throwing I-nnon to the groiinl and breaking hi' left b'g jut above Ibo auk I. The rn,-iildcnel hrcs rontimicil on their way up the street, banging tli" overturned wagon along the ro:i, mitil the tah broke, lesvin,; the rnr wheels in the street, while the lody of tho wagon and front wheels followed in -tho wake of the flying horse. .1 iit west of i'omfnercial street they Colli. le.l with the big drav team ot the Capital Im provement tympany, which was quito mifficient to Mart that hiteh on a career quite as wild as that of the firnt. Tl Stolr. team continued down to Front street, to State and onto High, where H made a rnn for the depot, and wm held up.- The animals were not in jured but there was little left of tho wagon. . . Meanwhile the Capital Improvement Company's team had been doing .a stunt that eclipsed that 'of, the Stola team. It didn't get far but it did things as far as it went. Starting from in front .of Baker & Company 'b store, the team piled the wmon into a tele phone pole, smashing the doubletrees and harness and freeing the horses, who continued on Into Front street. They were captured near the foundry. . Mr.-Ijennon, whose leg wni broken, wag taken to the Florence'Sanitaryim. PURGATORY RIVER IS RISINO. Trinidad Without Water and Santa Fo Road Again Threatened With ; Heavy Loss. TRINIDAD' April 21. Two feet of wet j enow covers this section and tho indications tonight are thst the storm is not yet over, as the weather is still threatening. Pungatory river, which overflowed its banks last fall and caus ed damage to tbe Santa Fe railroad to the extent of half a million dollars, is rising rapidly and grave fears are en tertained that the devastation will bo repeated. Owing to the destruction of the water main supplying Trinidad, tho business section of the city is entirely without water. The main cannot bo re paired until the river recedes. Have you seen our new Spring Suits-Coats extra long, wide collars and la- peis,. snapeiy snouiuers, wide trousers, with all the late Kinks in the cut, and tailoring? If you have not seen them, you are missing something. They arc hand tailored throughoutthc best that best makers can make. Play Suits ( Imi IwuiiLJ o n r a ) i ! - i t