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LOSSES BY FLOODS IN ATLANTIC
STATES REACH MANY MIL-
LIONS OF DOLLARS.
AT DIFFERENT POINTS BY
RAGING WATERS.
Passaic. N. J., Oct. 12 The village
of Duttonville, near here, is one of the
worst sufferers by the prevailing flood
but so far as known there was no loss
of life. More than 100 house*- were
swept away and many of theia were
wrecked by the breaking of a firteen
foot embankment of the Erie railroad
behind which an immense volume oi
water had gathered. The flood poured
down into Duttonville, carrying every
thing before it. So far as can be
learned from reliable sources there
was no loss of life and this is consid
ered almost miraculous. The village
of Wellington, a suburb of this city.
was submerged by from six to twelve
feet of water and the inhabitants
went about in boats. At least 100
houses have been moved from their
foundations and in some cases they
have been turned completely over.
DAMAGE IS ENORMOUS.
Flood Losses Will Aggregate Several
Millions.
New York, Oct. 12.As reports oi
the receat flood accumulate the esti
mates of the damage in and about
Greater New York grow to startling
figures and undoubtedly the total loss
will run far into the millions.
An extraordinary occurrence was re
ported from Greenwood cemetery,
Brooklyn. As the result of a half a
dozen landslides on the hillsides of
the beautiful burying ground tombs
were opened and headstones torn from
their fastenings. Portions of coffins
were scattered about over a large
area and in other sections the slide
of dirt, weighing many tons, had swept
away the monuments and buried
scores of graves, so that it may be
Impossible to again locate them.
The Passaic river is over its banks
at Newark and factories and coal aud
lumber yards on the Newark water
front are deep in water.
On the Morris canal at Bloomfield,
.N. J., the big aqueduct broke, flood
ing the north end of the town, while
the business district was waist deep
with water from a breakage in the
bank of the Second river. Two chil
dren were drowned.
DAMAGE AT PHILADELPHIA.
Property Loss Is Heavy and Thou
sands Are Idle.
Philadelphia, Oct. 12.Property has
been damaged to the extent of thou
sands of dollars in this city and vicin
ity by the rain, wind and flood. Scores
of buildings were flooded and wash
outs reported on nearly all railroads.
Both the Delaware and Schuylkill riv
ers are swollen far above normal, the
latter stream causing serious damage
to mill property along its banks.
It is estimated that 6,000 textile
workers are idle in Manayunk be
cause of the flood. Along the lower
Schuylkill there are several places
where the water swept over the re
taining wall and inundated the Fair
mount park drives, or, further south,
buried the railroad tracks so deeply
that service has* to be temporarily
abandoned. Traffic on the Philadel
phia and Reading railroad between
New York and Philadelphia was im
peded by the water in the Raritan
river. WORST FLOOD IN ITS HISTORY.
Great Havoc and Destruction in Lacka
wanna Valley.
Scranton, Pa., Oct. 12.The most
disastrous flood in the history of the
Lackawanna valley created havoc and
destruction along the course of the
Lackawanna river from Forest City,
eighteen miles north of here, to Pitts
ton, eight miles south, where the river
empties into the Susquehanna river.
Mines are flooded, electric plants are
under water and electric railways at
a standstill.
The plants of more than a dozen
manufacturing concerns along the
lowlands of the Lackawanna river
have been forced to shut down on ac
count of the flood. The principal
electric light company, on which the
city depends on for light and on
which many factories depend for their
power, Is under six feet of water.
SEVERAL PERSONS DROWNED.
Big Toll Bridge Across the Delaware
Collapses.
Middletown, N. Y., Oct. 12.Bar-
rett's large toll bridge, 651 feet long,
crossing the Delaware river between
Port Jervis and Matamoras, Pa., col
lapsed during the day. Several per
sons were drowned.
Seventy-Mile Wind Blowing.
Washington, Oct. 12.A special to
the Evening Star from Norfolk, Va.,
says that the storm-on the coast con
tinues with unabated- fury. At Vir
ginia Beach and Cape Henry the wind
is blowing seventy miles an hour and
the sea is running very high. The
railroad tracks along the beach are
covered with sand and traffic from
Jlorfolk, except by one line, is sus
pended.
Many Houses Swept Away.
Easton, Pa., Oct. 12.There are no
records which show higher water in
the Delaware river than at present.
The rise was so rapid that many peo
ple are hemmed in and are being
taken out in boats. All morning houses
which had been swept from their foun
dations came down the Delaware.
IAGE IS IMMENSE:' RUSSIA WILL NOT YIELD
THOUSANDS OF PECPLE HOMELESS! HASTILY PREPARING FOR THE WORST
SCORES OF HOUSES DEMOLISHED! CONVINCED MASSING OF JAPAN-
PREFERS WAR WITH JAPAN TO
SURRENDERJNG HER CLAIMS
IN *NCHURIA.
i I
E3E TROOPS IS NOT MERE
MANEUVERING.
Berlin, Oct. 12.Th Cologne Ga
zette publishes a dispatch from St.
Petersburg as follows:
Russia is not disinclined to accept
the modus Vivendi in the Korean ques
tion but, if Manchuria is b'nv^'.t into
the controversy by Japax., ^.iussia
would rather that the dispute come
to war than yield her claims.
A sign that Russia is prepared for
the worst is that the officers' families
who are preparing to go to Port Ar
thur have been requested to defer go
ing there before 1904, the ostensible
reason being that the buildings for
their accommodation are not yet com
pleted. Japan has brought together
masses of troops for purposes other
than mere maneuvering.
CRISIS COMING TO A HEAD.
Japanese Premier Confers With War
and Naval Ministers.
Yokohama, Oct. 12.The Russo
Japanese negotiations at Toklo do not
appear to be progressing rapidly.
Baron de Rosen, the Russian minister,
has not replied to Foreign Minister
Komura's suggestion that Russia
should reconsider her views, which
are at variance with Japan's.
Minister Komura and Premier Kat
sura during the day conferred with
the ministers of war and of the navy.
Komura also visited the Marquis
Yamagata, chief of the council of field
marshals, causing the suggestion in
some quarters that the crisis is com
ing to a head.
A petition signed by 40,000 mem
bers of the Anti-Russian union, pro
testing against the Russian action in
Manchuria and Korea, has been pre
sented to the premier.
HURRYING PREPARATIONS.
Russia Expects War With Japan in
the Near Future.
New York, Oct. 12.Information
from two sources, says a Times dis
patch from Vienna, is to the effect
that Russia is making extraordinary
preparations for the contingency of
war with Japan.
A well informed personage who was
lately at St. Petersburg says the Rus
sian military authorities expect the
outbreak of hostilities within the next
few weeks. The whole Transcaspian
territory as far as Samarkand is seri
ously crippled as regards railway
traffic by the large drafts of men and
material for the Far East. The Rus
sian troops In Transcaspia are alleged
to bo embittered in consequence of
the manner in which their province is
neglected in favor of Manchuria and
the Pacific coast.
KOREA ITS DESTINATION.
Russian Fleet Leaves Port Arthur
With Sealed Orders.
New York, Oct. 12.The Russian
fleet left Port Arthur Thursday with
sealed orders, according to a Herald
dispatch from Chefoo.
Its destination is supposed to be
Korea.
TRAIN OF CARS RUNS AWAY.
Two Miners Killed and Five Perhaps
Fatally Injured.
Johnstown, Pa., Oct. 12.The break
ing of a "dilly" rope in the Sunshine
mine of the Stoneman Coal company
at South Fork caused the death of two
men and the serious and perhaps fatal
Injury of five more. A long train of
cars was being hauled from the mine
by an endless rope. The heading,
leading out of the mine, was a steep
grade and when near the top the rope
parted or the coupling broke. The long
train of loaded cars started backward
at a high rate of speed and piled up
(n a heap at the bottom.
HERBERT'S SUCCESSOR.
Sir Henry Howard Is Said to Be
Slated for Place.
The Hague, Oct. 12.It is definitely
stated in government and diplomatic
circles that Sir Henry Howard, British
minister to The Netherlands, has re
ceived intimation from London that
he has been selected to succeed the
late Sir Michael Herbert as British
ambassador to the United States.
Porto Rican Railroad Opened.
San Juan, P. R., Oct. 12.Governor
Hunt, accompanied by a number of i
high officials and civilians, was a pas
senger on the first train of the new
extension of the American railroad
from Aguadilla to Poi"e, which opens
up a rich coffee, siifflr and fruit ter
ritory, furnishing practically an all
rail connection between San Juan and i
Ponce.
Conditions Quiet at Beirut.
Washington, Oct. 12.A cablegram
was received at the navy department
during the day from Rear Admiral Cot
ton at Beirut stating that the condi
tions there continue quiet. He re
ports that he has exchanged visits
With the new governor general of Bei
rut.
Parnell's Brother Defeated.
Dublin, Oct. 12.David She thy, the
Irish Nationalist candidate, has been
elected to represent South Meath in
parliament by a majority of 1.214 over
J. H. Parneli. brother of the late
Charles Stewart Parneli. who ran as
an Independent Nationalist,
THE OUTLOOK FOR AUTHORS
Really Good Writers Need Not Fear
Discrimination
The rush of the crowd to read a
book which may have no literary merit
or vitality, either of material or of
presentation, simply because it is
talkad about, is never wholesome, and
if the crowd has grown more critical
and clear-minded in its judgments,
and has ceased to move upon sudden
impulses and learn"d to decide for
itself, the loss will fall, not on writers
of real merit, but on a few whose re
wards were generally beyond their
deserts. The average of literary work
in this country in many departments
Is high. If great books arc not pro
duced in large numbers, good books
are produced in very considerable
numbers, and in soundness of knowl
edge, in good taste and literary work
manship, a great advance is evident
over the work of an earlier generation.
It is a period of quiet progress, a time
of preparation rather than a time of
accomplishment.
JOKE ON SWEET CHARITY.
And the Colored Porter, He Thorough
ly Enjoyed It.
The other day a colored porter from
one of the hotels was sent to buy some
tin cups. After making the purchase
he started back to the hotel and met
one of the hostlery's best patronsa
commercial travelerand the latter
asked the negro to carry his sample
case to a Washington street store.
A few minutes later the negro, sam
ple case, and tin cups, were in front
of the store. The traveling man was
in the store. While waiting for him,
the negro sat down on the' sample
case, and in less than a jiffy fell asleep.
One of the tin cups was in his hand,
and it fell forward, as does the cup
held by a blind man.
Perhaps you won't believe it, but
that negro collected 43 cents while he
slumbered. Passersby thought him a
blind mendicant. And maybe that por
ter didn't enjoy the joke! He did
'deed he did.Indianapolis News.
What One Man Said.
At the City Federation meeting in
the Waldorf there were many amusing
incidents. Husbands of the broad
minded women tarried in the ante
room waiting for their spouses to go
home. One of these patient escorts
was Leroy Sunderland Smith. He
gazed through the glass doors once,
sighed and returned to his chair. Men
would come, inquire for their wives,
and then retreat to the cafe below. One
man heard a few minutes of a certain
paper. He said: "If these women's
clubs did not struggle with the prob
lem of how to raise other women's
children they would have no excuse
for being." He flung out the last
words savagely and then disappeared
to the place where highballs are con
cocted.New York Press.
An Enterprising Woman.
Miss Jessie McCubben of Alamo,
Oregon, is the owner of a valuable
mining claim in the Granite district,
which she "jumped" precisely as the
year 1903 came in. Learning that the
claim would be vacant the 1st day of
January, she drove through a blind
ing snowstorm on the night of Dec. 31,
the mercury 14 degrees below zero,
and, waiting the advent of the new
year, staked her claim. Another pros
pector had done likewise earlier in
the evening, but Miss McCubben was
legally in the right, and the court sus
tained her. She is a Portland girl,
19 years old.
Reminder of Old Times.
A rich man who has joined the mul
titude In New York since his quick
fortune came to him was entertaining
friends at dinner the other night. The
service was magnificent and so was
the dinner. The wife, gorgeously clad,
reigned over the table. During a lull
In conversation the rich man watched
a servant who was dexterously remov
ing crumbs from the table. Then he
lootced down the glittering table at
his Jeweled wife and remarked:
"Sadie, remember when yon used to
shake the tablecloth out of the back
door to the hens?"
A Paper May Criticise.
A trial jury In England gave the
manager of a fifth-rate show, a ver
dict of $3,750 against a newspaper
which published an adverse criticism.
The Appeal Court reversed this, and
held that the jury had no right to sub
stitute its own opinion of the merits
of the play for the critic's opinion.
The court said it was of the highest
importance to the public that, the crit
ic should not be exposed to the risk
of having a jury pass upon his taste,
and held that the trial judge misdi
rected the jury.
The Artist's Revenge.
A Chinese story tells how a very
stingy man took a paltry sum of
money to an artist, who always ex
acted payment in advance, and asked
him to paint his portrait. The artist
at once complied with the request, but
when the portrait was finished noth
ing was visible save the back of tho
sitter's head. "What does this mean?"
cried the sitter indignantly. "Well,"
replied the artist, "I thought a man
who paid so little as you did wouldn't
care to show his face."
He Was Kept Busy.
That was a curious little confession
made to an interviewer the other day
by Oolor-Sergeant Barry, for twenty
seven years keeper of the stage door
at the Lyceum. In reply to a remark
about his knowledge of plays and play*
ers, Sergeant Barry remajsed: "I
have never seen a play in all my life.
My place is at the stage door. I have
never any time to Bee what is going
an on the stase."London Tit-Blta.
THE TRAINING OF A CHILD.
Several Important Points That Must
Be Remembered.
To teach a child with success re
quires only common sense, good judg
ment and gentleness. There are, how
ever, three other important points that
must ever be foremost In the mind
of the teacher.
First oi all, she must remember that
to teach is to impart instruction not
to find fault with ignorance, with lack
of comprehension, with listk:.- sness or
with forgetfulness. Often, indeed, for
these last named faults, poor teaching
is to blame. Second, there is the
inflexible rule that requires a teacher
to prepare every lesson carefully be
fore giving it, in order to present it
in an interesting and intelligible way.
Third, there is the ever present dan
ger of overdoing, against which the
teacher must always be on guard.
In the beginning short lessons fre
quently varied give the best results.
Ten or fifteen minutes for each study
is enough, and this time limit must
not be overstepped so long as to
morrow represents another day.The
Household.
VITALITY OF BURNS' FAME.
It Is One of the Great Facts of Our
Literature.
"The inquest" on Robert Burns was
concluded long ago, but from time to
time the findings are reviewed by crit
ical writers, as in a recent symposium,
says Collier's. A curious result thus
chances. From every such inquisition
the poet emerges the more radiant and
triumphalthe critics are lost in the
splendor they have evoked. It is one
thing to make literature it is another
and quite%fferent thing to write about
literature and the makers thereof. -This
is a truism, and yet the distinction is
often confused, especially by the writ
ers of criticism. Burns has survived
several generations of critics, many
of whom made a vain bid for remem
brance by their praise or dispraise of
him. The vitality of his fame is one
of the great facts of our literature.
Just an Incident in Georgia.
Mr. Bud Spinks was awakened tho
other morning by a Strang, grunting
noise in his room, which proved to be
the voice of a medium-sized alligator
that was warming itself by the smol
dering ashes of his fireplace and inci
dentally trying to swallow his boots,
which be had placed there to dry, and
which he had bought on the install
ment plan and had only made one pay
ment on them. The saurian had suc
ceeded in swallowing one boot and
bad the other downclear to the
fitraps, which Mr. Spinks seized and
pulled it out. The 'gator is now on
exhibition at Minche's drug store, but
will soon be slain in order that Mr.
Spinks, who is going around with one
boot and one slipper, may recover tho
other boot.Adams Enterprise.
The Roentgen Rays Failed.
Hearing of the efficacy of the
Roentgen rays for the removal of
hairs from the upper lip a lady in
Hanover, age thirty-five, applied to
Dr. Karl Bruno Sc^urmayer, a prop
erly qualified doctor and Roentgen
ray specialist, for treatment. Ho
operated twice, but instead of remov
ing the superfluous hairs the opera
tion resulted in the skin of the face
becoming red and the lips swollen.
The lady thereupon brought an
action against the doctor and was
awarded $60 damages, against which
he appealed, but the decision has
just been upheld.
The Development of Africa.
In Ethiopia and the Soudan, the
work of development and exploitation
is progressing. The treaty recently
concluded between King Menelek and
the British government probably
means the early construction of the
Borber-Suakin railroad via Kassala
(costing some $15,000,000) And tho
subsequent extension of the Kassala
line southward to Lake Rudolph,
where eventually it will form a jane
tion with the Uganda railway, at tho
same time marking a long step toward
the realization of the Cape-to-Cairo
scheme.
This Lunch Was a Success.
A lady in Budapest recently gave a
charitable lunch party to the poor of
her district. She placed no limit on
the number of invitations, and the re
sult was that 3,000 people arrived, all
eager for the treat. Eventually the
police had to draw their sabers to keep
order among the revelers. There were
fib two opinions about the success of
the function. The guests to a man
declared they had never assisted in so
intense and exciting a lunch before in
their lives. They were quite cut up
when the time came to go.
Different After Five Years.
William Glackins, who admires
Whistler, cited the other day two let
ters written by a collector of etchings
to a certain print seller. Between the
letters there was an interval of five
years. The first said: "I do not want
etchings by Whistler. They impress
me as if flies that had fallen in an ink
well had walked on old piper." The
second letter said: "Send me every
etching by Whistler the price of which
is not ruinous."Philadelphia Record.
Got I
At the close of the third act the
gifted tragedian was called before the
curtain. "My friends," he said, ap
parently much astonished and embar
rassed, "your kindness overwhelms
me. I have striven conscientiously to
win your approval, but I was not pre
pared for so magnificent a welcome
and in the Buprise of the moment I
find myself utterlyI hesitate for
want of a writable word "Ralsl*
shouted a giOlery hoodlum.
1
Jay L. Reynolds
Attorney-at-Law.
Office Over Lumbermen* Hank
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TIME TABLE'LOCAL TRAINS
EAST BOUND
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14...Duluth Express... 12:27 p.m.
26 12:34 a.m.
WE ST BOUND
13 Fosston Line 3:26 p.m.
25 3:12 a.m.
39...Park Rapids Line. .7:17
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Bemidji. Minn
Sunshine in California
From now on through
the winter season there
is no place so comfort
ably warm and attract
ive as California. The
rates are low. Until
November 30 only
$32.90 VIA THE SUNSHINE
ROUTE
Through tourist car
service every Tuesday
morning from St. Paul
and Minneapolis. The
berth rate is $6. Route
is via the
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For additional information write to
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WINTER IN EXTREME SOUTH.
Frightful Coid Experienced in the Ant
artic Circle.
A sailor on the antarctic ship Dis
covery, whose commander, Capt. Scott,
has approached nearer the south pole
than any other ercyilerer, writes as fol
lows of his winter experiences: "We
had 123 days without the sun, and 104
day's complete darkness. We went
through it all gay. Lowest tempera
ture registered, 58 degrees below zero.
You do not feet the cold very much
without tne wind then, with wind,
look out! First your nose, then ears,
then fingers go. We never go out
alone on account of the heavy bliz
zards. Tour companion will turn
round and say: 'Your nose is gone.'
It turns as white as this paper. You
turn away from the wind and pull your
mittens off to bring your nose around
by that time your fingers are gone,
so it's no pleasure going out in a
slight breeze. The blizzards are fear
ful. Mr. Bernaccbi and the engineer
went to a hut fifty yards away, and,
though roped from hut to ship, were
lost In a blizzard for two and three
quarter hours."
HAIRY AINOS OF JAPAN.
Peculiar People Whose Characters Be
lie Their Looks.
A traveler in Japan thus describes
''"'w AiTn of.that country "Tha
are about the middle height,
broad chested, broad shouldered, thick
set, very strongly built, the arms and
feet large. The bodies and especially
the limbs of many are covered with
short, bristly hair. I have seen two
boys whose backs are covered with fur
as fine and soft as that of a cat. We
were ferried over a river by an Aino
completely covered with hair, which
on his shoulders was wavy like that of
a retriever and rendered clothing quite
needless, either for covering or for
warmth. A wavy black beard rippled
nearly to his waist over his furry
chest and with his black locks hang
lng in masses over his shoulders he
would have looked a thorough savage
had it not been for the exceeding
sweetness of his smile and eyes."
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BEMIDJI MINN.
CHARLE S H. BABBITT
Washington, D. C.
933 MASS. AVE. N. W.
Attorney in Ltind Cases*
All kinds of business before the U. S.
Land Department.
17 years 'in LT. S. General Land
Office. 9 years in actual practice.
REFERENCES:
Hon. Knute Nelson, U. S. Senate.
Hon. Moses E. Clapp, U. S. Senate.
Hon. H. Steenerson, Crookston, Minn.
Hon. John Lind, xVlinneapolis, Minn.
Hon. J. Adam Bede, Pine City, Minn.
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the South
Are conveniently and comfort
ably reached by our -two trains
a day.
The Limited, leaving
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Paul 8:00 p. m. daily,
arrives in St. Louis the
following- afternoon.
Combination Compart
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Sleepers and Reclining
Chair Cars.
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8:05 a. m., except Sunday, ar
rives in St. Louis early next
morning. Sleeping Cars from
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This is the most direct route
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and intermediate points and Minne
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and all points east, west and south.
Through coaches between Northome
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