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'0 HIT IS" F LOOPED BLACK RIVER FALLS HALF DE STROYED WHEN BIG DAM OVERFLOWS. MANY BUILDINGS IN RUINS Only Two Persons Ara Reported Miss ing, But It Is Feared Several Have Perished Number of Village In Valley In Peril. La CrosBe, Wis., Oct. 7. Thousands of terrified Inhabitants of I31ack river valley are scrambling for surety, fear ing Umt the big $2,000,000 dam of tho Le Crocce Power company at Hatfield, Wie., will ho unable to withstand the strain of the billions of gallons of water pressing agalnut tho concreto structure after the upper dam broke sweeping away half a town. Heavy rains for the last weok have swollen all rivers and streams throughout the ttate. Du ras at Chippowa Falls- and Bloomer have also given way. Reports of heavy loss of lifo nre cur rent here, hut no confirmation can be obtained because nearly all telegraph and telepbone2polea have been washed away, and communication with th flooded district Is cut off. Ten houses were swept against, and tore out, a gpnn of a steel bridge at Black River Falls and It is feared 40 occupants of the houses have lost their lives. The property loss has reached Into the millions. The huge wave which swept down the valley when tho dam broke above Hatfield washed away most of the business section of Black River Falls. Sixty Houses Are Destroyed. Communication here with Black River Falls was re-established for a few moments when Harry Gettman, a telephone lineman, swam to a tele phone pole and with u "test set" se cured details of tho disaster. Two aro reported dead. Thirty of tho principal business buildings have been undermined and toppled over on Water and Main streets, and about the same number of residences have been carried away In the flood. The only reason there was not serious loss of life was because of warnings sent from Hatfield. Twenty to thirty feet of water stands In the streets of the downtown section, some two-story buildings on Water street having been almost en tirely submerged before they fell. The Black River Electric Light plant Is entirely under water and the city is iu darkness. Water Rises Thirty Feet. The Omaha railroad bridge normal ly is 40 feet above the river, and the water Is within ten feet or tho rails, and even foot traffic over it has been stopped. Supplies to the Rtrlckcn city arc cut off by the flood and half of the people are without prospect of securing food until a subsidence of tho flood permits outside nid. Farmhouses and buildings from the valley between Hatfield and Black River Falls continue to como down with the torrent, Indicating wide spread disaster and possible loss of life In the country districts. No connection Is obtainable with Hatfield and it is Impossible to ascer tain whether the main Hatfield dam. which still holds back tho bulk of wa ter, Is showing signs of breaking. Officials of the company say tho dam is one of tho strongest in the country and they expect it to with stand the Btraln. Girl Gives Warning. Just as in the great Austin flood, a telephone girl played the heroic part In this disaster. With rdmost every resident in Black River Falls fleeing out of town, the girl stayed at her post, warning persons In many direc tions. She was rescued by boat when the water started to flood tho floor where she was working. Towns on the river below Hatfield which are endangered are: Halcyon, Wright, Black River Falls, Irving, Mel rose, North Bend, Stevenstown, Glas gow, Decora Prairie, Lytlcs, Onalas ka and North La Crosse. Railroads have been heavy sufferers and much track has been washed out on the Minneapolls, St Paul & Sault Ste. Marie road. Trains between the Twin Cities nnd Chicago are forced to make wide detours In order to get around tho flooded districts. B,G BALL00N RACE IS ON Six Huge Gas Bags Start From Kan " City In Distance Contest for International Trophy. Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 6. Six huge balloons, representing tho United Mates, Franco and Germany, started from this city last evening in tho en deavor to nchlevo new world's records 'or distance traveled through the air. At present tho international balloon ing trophy u held by tho United states by reason of tho victory or iit R" ,law,y of Now York, whoso Ä f 1,171 m,,M ,nst enr was onr " the most thrilling episodes In thd history of this sport t JH ?(,1(HUon t the international raco jo balloons had ontorod for tho ihm cup, which Is awarded annually lo mo ballonnlnt uhr mni, .K- , . , - " '"- nmnca luu lung- n w,h n Atnoricnn craft nJ n was entorod for the American nltitudo record. Äi Cook' Tr,ed Resign., lion n n 8t0"' 0ct- 7-Tuo r08,Kt courtlI'1; A- Cook, recently con?;rrt,lcd at San Francisco for beon . "ccoming an officer, has - were not made public FRONTIER DAY SHOW IS STAGED FOP TAFT Wyoming's Vote It Pledged to Presi dent by Gov. Carey, Who Wai Elected at Independent. Rawlins, VVyo., Oct. G.Oovernor Carey, who accompanied tho presi dent across the state, told Mr. Tail that ho would bo backed by the Wyo ming delegation at the next Republi can convention and would receive tho electoral vote of the stato in Novem ber, 1912. This announcement is of interest, becauso Carey was elected as an Inde pendent and against the candldatos of tho "regular" machine. In his Bpcech at Laramlo Prcsideut Taft called out enthusiastic npplauso by declurlng be would seo to it that tho interior department gives quicker action derearter on all matters affect ing the public domain. Ho said one result of his trip through tho west and tho recent tours of Secretary or the Interior Fisher and Secretary of Agrtculturo Wilson would bo to stimulate the departments at Washington to rid themselves of that red tapo and delay which is the resort of those timid In the administration or tho law. At Cheyenne Charley Irwin of the reception committee had arranged a miniature reproduction of the "Btunts" mado famous at th,e annual frontier day celebration. Mr. Tnft watched tho bucking bronchos, the races be tween cowboys, and tho roping of wild horses with great Interest Ho re viewed several thousand soldiers from Fort Russell, inspected the town from an automobile and spoke on his tariff vetoes. There were nbout sixty cowboys, cowgirls and others connected with tho frontier day show. Mr. Taft watched tho performance from tho judges stand. WOMEN LOOTERS AT AUSTIN Two Are Arrested and $1,000 In Property Found; Husband, At cused, Is Missing. Austin, Pa.. Oct 5. Two foreign women were arrested here by a state trooper who discovered them prying open a trunk In the ruins resulting from the flood. They were taken to the county jail at Coudersport. Pa. Their home was searched aud furs and Jewelry worth $1.000 were recov ered, many pieces being Identified by tho owners. Joseph Shava, husband of the younger woman, Is accused of par ticipating In the thefts, but has not been found. The visit of Gov. John K. Tener. the recovery of seven more bodies, six funerals, nnd further develop ment of the system of clearing tho ruins and feeding tho augmented force of workmen, marked the prog ress in relieving the stricken town. There are now only 30 persons unac counted for, according to the officials. BEACHEY IS SERIOUSLY HURT Young Aviator Falls With Biplane 150 Feet at St. touls Hit Condition Is Critical. St Louis, Oct .5. Hlllory Roachey. twenty years old, the youngest avia tor entered In tho meet being con ducted by the Aero club of St Louis, was seriously Injured when the bl piano which he was drlrlng fell ICO feet Deachey was taken to St LouIb Mullanphy hospital where his condition Is said to be serious. The accident probably was due to the fact that Beachey failed to properly bal ance his plane before starting his flight JEALOUS MAN'S SHOT FATAL Rock Island Girl Dies From Wounds Caused by Youth Who Be queathed Her Fortune. Rock Island. III.. Oct 5. Miss Mag dallno Kotnp. tho sixteen-year-old girl who was 6hot by Ersklne a. Walker, who then killed himself bocauso sho had returned to blm an engagement ring, Is dead of her wounds. Walker, It Is believed, reared sho planned to marry another, and to prevent this nwdo a will bequeathing her his en tiro estate if sho should enter n con vent and never marry. Arter signing tho will he shot the girl nnd hlmsolt. FIRES SHOT INTO CABINET Dalmatian, Angered at High Cost of Living, Shoots at Minister In Vienna Parliament. Vienna, OcL 6. A Dalmatian work man fired four shots at tho minister of Justlco from the gallery In tho lower hotiEo of the rcichsrath. No ono was injured and the man was ar rested. It Is supposed that the attack was tho result or tho bitterness engen dered against the government during tho campaign agnlnBt tho Increased cost of living. ''MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES" DIES Dr. Joseph Bell, Instructor of Conan Doyle, Wat. Noted for His Study of Crime. London, Oct. 5. Joseph Dell, the eminent Scottish surgeon, who was the oilglnal or the character of Sher lock Holmes, died at his home. Maurice Wood, Milton Drldgo, Midlo thian. Ho was born In Edinburgh in 1837 and was an Instructor of Conan Doylo at Edinburgh university. His hobby was the study of mysterious crimes. SPECIAL TODAY OPENS TRUST MR ATTORNEY GENERAL WICKER SHAM BEGINS FIGHT ON AN THRACITE COAL COMBINE. FILES BRIEF IN HIGH COUflT Llne of Attack Differs From That Made on Concerns In Pennsylvania .In Which Government Lost Nearly Every Point Washington, Oct 5. At a time when the minds of householders are turn ing to the winter's fuel bills Attorney General Wickcrsham has renewed hlB efforts to "bust tho coal trust." The attorney general, by filing a brief in the Supremo court of tho United States, began his fight before that tribunal to have tho principal coal-carrying railroads and coal-owning companies in the anthracite re gions adjudged to be In violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. An entirely different attack was made on the corporations from that in Pennsylvania, where tho government lost on nearly every point Oil and Tobacco Rulings Used. Tho frequency with which the at torney general In his brief cited the Standard Oil and Tobacco decisions indicated that these decisions have revolutionized tho methods of trust smashing in the department of jus tice. Tho government argued that tho de fendant rallroadB, the Philadelphia &. Reading. Lehigh Valley, Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, Central Rail road of New Jersey, Erie & New York. Susquehanna & Western railroads; the holding company, tho Reading com pany, and affiliated coal companies, aro In the combination. No Protection for Public. Tho combination was charged with being peculiarly prejudicial to tho public interest. "In most any other branch of trade tobacco or oil, for example," said the attorney general, "It Is at least possible for a monopoly to be broken by the inffux of fresh capital attracted by high profltB; but ngalnst a monopo ly in anthracite, the supply of which is limited, thero can be no such pro tection." WOULD TRY PARCELS POST Hitchcock Asks Fund of $150,000 for Experimental Purposes In Estimates for Year. Washington. Oct 7. The postmas ter general In his estimates for tho next fiscal year which were com pleted Includes an item for $150,000 for experimental parcels post In cities and country districts and for an In vestigation for tho establishment of a general parcels post on all railway and steamboat transportation routes' Another Item 1b $50,000 for experi ments in tho transportation of mall by aeroplane. Tho total exponse for the next year will be ?250,93S,4G3, the Increase over last year being $2,585,740, which la the smallest annual increase on rec ord. FUSION BY NEW MEXICANS Progressive Republicans and Demo crats of State Combine for the Campaign. Santa Fe. N. M., Oct 7. The pro gressive Republican state convention Indorsed tho fusion ticket nominated by the Democratic convention. Each convention organized Its own central committee. Tho chlcr difference In the platforms Is that tho progressive Re publicans rnvor a protective tarier and tho Democrats a tariff for revenue enly. Boy Are Expert Counterfeiters. Washington, Oct. 6. James Leon ard, eleven years old, and his brother, Henry, fourteen, wcro brought hero by Marshal Tyrco of West Virginia to serve two years in tho government re form school for making coins. Tho boys, despite their tender ago. are said to bo clever counterfeiters. WAR PICTURES INDIANAPOLIS NEW, INDICT WALL PAPER MEN ON CONSPIRACY CHARGE Cleveland Grand Jury Holds Eight For Violation of the Sherman Anti Trust Law. Cleveland.. O., Oct. 6. Eight Indict ments against four wall paper manu facturers and four wall paper jobbers, charging them with a conspiracy in re straint or trade in violation of the Sherman law wore returned by tho federal grand Jury here. The indicted men are Wlnheld A. Huppuch, a partner and former cam paign manager for Governor Dlx of New York, who lives at Hudson Falls, N. Y.; Robert F. Hobbs, Hoboken, N. Y.; Oeorgo Tait. Hnckcnsack, N. Y.; Thomas J. Roche, Philadelphia; Jay B. Pearce, Cleveland; C. C. Aler, Col umbus; Norton Newcomb, St. Louis, and Charles E. Maxwell, Chicago. The indictments charge that Hup puch, Hobbs, Talt and ltocbe, consti tuting a committee representing the Wall Paper Manufacturers' association of the United. States, repeatedly met with Pearce, Äler, Newcomb and Max well, members of a committee repre senting the National Association of Wall Paper Jobbers In tho United States in America and devised a plan to prevent their products being bought by the Ave and ten-cent stores or tho country. According to tho Indictments, 37 concerns from coast to coast are mem bers of the wail paper manufacturers' association and 27 concerns are mem bers of the Jobbers' organization, prac tically controlling tho country's wall paper output VOTES GAINED BY LIQUOR Senator Stephenson's Campaign Man ager Testifies at Hearing ThattCan didates Usually Furnished Drinks. Milwaukee, Oct 7. That It had been regarded as legitimate cam paign expense to furnish kegs or beer nnd Jugs of whisky to voters In Wis consin was the substance of the tes timony of Rodney Sackett, ono of the Stephenson managers, before the committee investigating Senator Ste phenson's election to tho United States senate. 'The intention was to show that tho leaders wero good fellows," ho said. "But wo never sent liquor to ono locality with tho intention of making them all drunk," "Did not that violate tho anti-trust law?" Senator Heyburn asked. "No. Thero was no such law." Sackett said he did not know bow much of tho $400 campaign expenses of one of the candidates, C. II. Ham- bright, went for liquor. Several stato gamo wardens wero summoned by the committee as a re suit of admissions of Stephenson's calnpaign managers thnt money was paid to game wardens to further Stephenson's candidacy. MANUEL ARRIVES IN SPAIN Deposed King Is Believed to Be on His Way to Portugal to Join Royalists. Paris, Oct. 7. Manuel, the deposed king of Portugal, Is reported to have arrived at San Sebastian, Spain, ac companied by his uncle, Alfonso, tho duko of Oporto, and vnrlous other per 8onnlities. It is presumed hero that ho will make his way through Spain to Join the royalists in northern Portu gal. London, OcL 7. Prince Miguel of Braganza, son of the pretender to the Portuguese throne, left London hur riedly for Paris. It is believed that he Is on his way to his home In Aus tria to attend a family council on tho roynllst developments in Portugal. MISS BARRYM0RE IS BETTER Physicians Say It Will Be Unsafe, Howrvev, to Move Actress to a Chicago Hospital. South Rond, Ind., Oct. G. The con dition of Miss Ethel Ilarrymoro, tho actress, who was taken III suddenly hero and Is threatened witn peritoni tis, was slightly Improved, but her physicians said It would be unsafe for several days to move her to a Chicago hospital, as was planned. T ITALIAN CRUISER SENDS FOE'S GUNBOAT TO BOTTOM IN RED SEA. ITALY OCCUPIES TRIPOLI M'lltary Government la Started Ten Jews and Six of Sultan's Soldiers Killed During Bombardment Arabs Submit to New Ruler. Rome, OcL 7. The Italian cruiser Artusa has.sunk a Turkish gunboat in an ongagoment in tho Red sea off Ho- deldah. Tho ministry of marine has ordered all availablo warshlpa to Bwcep the Turkish flag from the Red sea and to bombard tho ports of Yemen u neces sary. Italy's Flao Floats Over Tripoli. The delayed ofllclal announcement that Italian marines had occupied Tripoli and that tho Italian flag Is now floating over the city was made by the Italian government The gov ernment Is silent as to tho exact time of the landing. The bombardment of the city did no great damage. Six Turkish soldiers and ton Jews wero killed, according to tho ofllclal reports received here. All Germans are reported well. Tho 4,000 Europeans who remained on the outskirts of the city while Ihe bom bardment was In progress were ex pected toreturn to the city inside of another day. Turks Offer No Resistance. The Turks are offering no resistance to the plans bein'g made tor the occu pation and many are praying in tho mosques to prevent a repetition of the bombardment. The Italian fleet re mains in the harbor. Captain Cagna, who accompanied tho Duko of the Abruzzl on his arctic expedition, was in command of the landing party at Tripoli. As soon as their roconnalsanco had been made nnd the captain had reported, it was announced that Admiral Borea d' Otmo had been appointed governor or Trip oli. He asumed his duties nt once. Ills headquarters are surrounded by a party of marines, and marines are also on guard at the German consulate and all along the quays. The marines landed have been for the most pan equipped with the regulation rifles, with n few light guns and mitrail leuses. The Italian marines occupy all tho outer Torts of Tripoli, while the fleet guards tho coast for its full length. Submission by Arabs. Admiral Faravelll reported that dur ing a lull In the bombardment a boat put out from shore bcnrlng a party of Arabs, who Informed the admiral or their submission to the Italian Hag and asked'that he cease firing. The German consul at Tripoli also boarded the ship the samo day and asked tho admiral to protect all foreigners. Sat isfactory responses were given to both requests. Preparations for tho dispatch of tho military expedition for the occu pation of Tripoli are proceeding with great activity, but on this, as on ail other matters pertaining to tho war. information Is withheld. It Is learned, however, that the expedition will num ber 0.000 men. Berlin Not Ready to Mediate. Berlin. Oct. 7. Although tho Ital ians landed marines at Tripoli it Is understood here that mediation will not be acceptable before the city has been occupied by the expedition from Italy. Germany in tho meantime is en deavoring to restrain Turkey rrom taking any measures that might lessen the hope of successful mediation, and has induced Turkey to withdraw the prohibition against the furnishing of conl for private steamers. This had seriously inconvenienced International shipping. Turks Seize British Ship. Salonika, Oct. 7. Tho British steam er Orchis, bound rrom Smyrna to Con stantinoplc. was held up and searched by the Turkish battleship Feth-I-I3u-lend. Finding 40 bnrrols of powder on board, the Turks brought tho vessel into the port of Salonika as a prlzo. 1 PAULINE WAYNE IS FOUND Taft's Cow Narrowly Escapes Being Made Into "Prime Beef" at Chi cago stock Yards. Milwaukee, Oct 7. Pauline Wayne, tho president's cow, lost en route to tho Milwaukee dairy show, narrowly escaped death in the Chicago Btock yards, but the presenco of four at tendants saved one of the most valu able cows In America from tho bludg eon of the slaughter houso beef kill, era. Tho cow was lost because In trans shipment from the Baltimore & Ohio in her private car, tho car was shunted into a train pf cattle cars for tho stock yards. PACING MARK IS BROKEN Miss DeForcst Makes New Record For Fourth Heat In Three-Year-Old Futurity. Lexington, Ky., OcL 7. Another world's record was broken hero when Miss DcForest, a daughter of the De Forest and Red Hose, paced tho fourth heat In tho three-year-old pacing fu turity in 2;05U. driven by McDonald The raco whs won by Braden Direct, which landed tho fifth, sixth and seventh heats, after finishing second to Miss DeForcst in her record-breaking heat SIS S SPARKS FROM LIVE WIRES Miss Emmeline Paakhurst and Miss Mary Pethlck are on their way from England to New York to make a suf fragette tour of America. Capt John Bradie, giving exhlbltloas at the South Georgia fair at Tlftoa. Ga., was killed when he fell from his balloon and plunged 700 foet to earth. Des Moines street car men number ing nearly 600 have voted to go on strike unless three members of the union recently discharged are rein stated. William Holtman, a St. Louis patrol man, walked Into a police station with, his son, Frank, ten years old, whom he had taken into cujtody for shooting to death Edward Lamb, ten years old, in a quarrel. A physician's prescription blank, on which Mrs. Laura J. Wilkins wrote her will the day before her death. was filed for probate in Washington. The document was one of the briefest ever recorded. All Japanese servants at the New port (R. I.) naval station have been dismissed, following the discovery that various service plans had disap peared coincident with the departure of two Japanese. Governor Baldwin of Connecticut , has asked the attorney general to pass upon the validity of a law recently, passed over his veto, giving every Civil war veteran In Connecticut a yearly pension of $30. The famous picture, "Neptune and Amphltrite," by Boucher, has been stolen from the municipal museum of Qulraper, France, In a manner Ident ical with the theft of the "Mona Lisa" from the Louvre in Paris, The commission in charge of the Illinois farmers' hall of fame has ac cepted the name of B. F. Harris, for merly of Champaign, III., for a place In the hall of fame at the University of Illinois College or Agriculture. Wireless messages were flashed from Sari Francisco to Japan, spanning C.O00 miles of ocean. Greetings were exchanged between the San Francis co operator at Hill "rest and the Japanese operator w- the Island of Hokushu. Another rising has been started iu the state of Sonora, Mex., against the Chinese. Officials of Sonora, Mex.. have decided to raise the taxes against the Chinese to such a figure that they cannot pay them, and thus compel them to move. Each citizen of the United States would have $34.35 under an equal di vision, that being the per capita circu lation October 2, according to the statement of the treasury department The total money in circulation amount ed to $3,242,182,715. Tho innovation of picking cotton by moonlight has been introduced by a farmer near Amerlcus, Ga,, because of his desire to harvest the crop quickly as possible The unusual sight of pickers in the field at night has at tracted wide attention. James. Leonard, eleven years old, and his brother, Henry, fourteen, wero brought to Washington. D. C, by Marshal Tyree of West Virginia to serve two years In the government reform school for maktag coins. The boys are Eaid to bo clever counterfeiters. BURY SCHLEY WITH HONORS Imposing Procession Accompanies Body of Admiral From Church In Washington to Cemetery. Washington, Oct 6. Naval honors seldom acocrded an American charac terized tho funeral or Rear Admiral WInfleld Scott Schley, who died In Now York Monday. The public ser vices were held in St John's Episcopal church. Cadets from the naval academy at Annapolis, sailors from the naval sta tions at Washington and Philadelphia, light artillery and army bands from Fort Myer and Washington barracks, and comrades and friends of the dead admiral composed the process! that escorted the body of Admiral Schley from SL John's church to its resting place in Arlington National cemetery. Imposing floral girts filled St John's church. THE MARKETS. New York. Oct . LIVE STOCK-Stccrs SI 25 f 73 Hons 6 63 it 7 20 Sheep 2 CO 36 FLOUR Winter Straight.. 4 00 & 4 15 WHEAT December 1 03 I 05 CO UN No 2 76 8 76H OATS No. ! U 4 S3V4 KYE-No. : 79 & 80 BUTTER-Creamcry 19 23 EGOS 12 ft as CHEESE 9 & 15 CHICAGO. CATTLE Good Beeves t5 SO ft 7 36 Fair Beeves 4 75 5 0 Fancy YearllnR 5 85 f 8 15 KeedtnK Steers 4 40 5 10 Heavy Calves 4 60 7" 36 HOnS-Packers C 00 f S 15 Ilutchcr Hogs 6 49 6 80 Pls 4 35 If 6 45 BUTTER Creamery 22V4 Dairy IS 5 KM LIVE POULTRY 8 $ 15 KGGS ...... 9 Ä 23 POTATOES (per bu.) 70 75 FLOUR Sprlnic Wheal, Sp'l 5J5 ft 6 00 GRAIN Wheat. December. 9?H Corn. December 64V;o G3H Oats. December 47itt 4SH MILWAUKEE. GRAIN-Wheat. No. 1 Nor'n 10 1 12 December 99 9 ?JK Corn, December CiSH 85 Oats. Standard 4SH nye , 97 9 97 KANSAS CITY. GRAIN-Wheat. Sj. 2 Hard 11 01 1W No. 2 Red ? 1 ? Corn. No. 2 WMte H$ ,. Oats, No. 2 White 4S O 4S4 Ryo ft 9 ' ST. LOUIS. CATTI.K Native Stfcrs J7 00 Texas Steers 4 (X imnR Puckers C 40 Hinein" r .. SHEEP-Natlvc 3 25 O 4 00 , OMAHA. ' CATTLE Nn live Steers 15 to 47 7 0 Stockers nnd Feeders.... 1W O &-7Ö Cows and Helfer 3 10 f 5 19 1 1 OOS Heavy G 15 (t 6 36 SHEEP Wethers 3 U) Ü 4 09 4 4