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KOREA TOTTERS.
CABINET MINISTERS RESIGN AND
WALK OUT IN BODY.
RULER REFUSES TO ABDKSATE
He Says He Occupies Position Through
Ancestral Rights and Will
Not Be Ousted.
Seoul. —The Cabinet ministers,
eluding the newly appointed household
minister, have resigned. It is reported
that the Emperor was very angry at
his ministers on account of their hav
ing advised him to abdicate.
He said to them that he occupied
the throne by right inherited from his
ancestors and that his subjects had no
authority to advise his dethronement,
much less to do so with the support of
foreigners.
Marquis Ito, in compliance with the
Emperor’s urgent desire to see him,
oven for a short time, proceeded to the
-nalace this afternoon.
mf Pak Yong Ho, who was recently par
doned and who, upon his return from
Japan was appointed minister of the
imperial household, has reported that
the Emperor of Korea emphatically
protests his ignorance regarding the
dispatch of the deputation to The
Hague and says his abdication would
only tend to confirm his relation
thereto. For this reason he will not
abdicate.
The Emperor, he says, will prove ob
durate in resisting his dethronement.
The Emperor's loss of the loyal ad
herence of a large portion of his sub
jects will, it is believed, result in the
gradual development of his majesty’s
policy to always play one minister or
faction against another, so as to pre
vent the concentration of power in any
single body, the result of this is that
none will faithfully support him at the
risk of life.
The Emperor himself is constantly
distrustful of all about him and
haunted with the fear of an attempt
upon his life. Consequently boiled rice
is served him at each meal in a locked
silver bowl which he opens with a key
always kept about his person.
Patriotic Koreans condemn his pol
icy as sacrificing the national inter
est to his personal benefit and wel
fare.
The 11 Ching Hoi, a progressive as
sociation claiming a membership of 1,-
000,000, is now openly hostile to the
Emperor and it is doubtful even if the
few now standing by him will continue
their support until the last. A sufficient
inducement is likely to make them de
sert the Emperor, who is now in the
most pitiable predicament.
Placards were posted in one of the
thoroughfares calling for the death of
all Japanese officials in Seoul.
The ministers are strongly guarded
and every precaution has been taken
h>o prevent riots and attacks upon of
ficials.
The Emperor is reported to be too
worried to take food or sleep, but this
report is considered to be one of his
usual maneuvers to enlist tie sympa
thy of his people.
Actuated by Patriotism.
Tokio.—As a result of urgent repre
sen ation by the ministers, it was
thought probable that the Emperor of
Korea would abdicate in favor of the
crown prince as the first step toward
reform in Korea. This would have
most likely been followed by the call
ing of a new convention, which, while
keeping Korea’s national existence in
tact, would limit the sovereign power
in such away that the ruler could ex
ercise his powers only with the con
sent and approval of the Japanese res
ident general.
The present ministers in Seoul say
they are actuated by true patriotism
and are determined to place the Ko
rean government upon a firm basis,
free from court intrigues and selfish
plots.
The report from Seoul that the Em
peror attempted to seek refuge in a
certain consulate is officially discred
ited. but it is thought that evidently
intriguers are at work on a plan to re
move the Emperor from the palace.
A rumor that the Emperor has pri
vately ordered the palace guards. 100
strong, to shoot any suspicious per
sons, is causing dismay to those not
concerned in the plot.
First Son An Idiot.
l The Hague.—Ex-Premier Yi Sang
ft Sul. the only member of the Korean
• delegation still here, declares that he
does not believe the Emperor will ab
dicate. He said:
“Such reports are always spread by
the Japanese as a threat when they
wish to impress Seoul in order to ob
tain what they desire.”
Keiroku Tzuzuki, head of the Jap
anese delegation, also disbelieves the
report, regarding the Emperor’s abdi
cation. He thinks that the Emperor,
who is very astute, understanding that
Viscount Hayashi’s visit might mean
that Japan had some punishment in
store for him for the troubles he had
caused Japan at The Hague, is en
deavoring to avert the storm by an
nouncing that he is ready to abdicate.
“Certainly something must be done,’'
said the Japanese delegate, “to pro
tect ourselves against any further Ko
rean incident like that at The Hague.”
M. Tzuzuki believes that even if the
Emperor does abdicate, his successor
will not be his first son, who is prac
tically an idiot, but his second son,
whose mother was a concubine, thus
giving rise to all kinds of court in
trigues.
Emperor Changes His Mind.
Tokio. —A late dispatch from Seoul
says that the Emperor convened the
elder statesmen at 1 o’clock, morning
of July 19th. The Cabinet ministers
waited in an adjoining room while the
Emperor conferred with the elder
statesmen.
After a two-hours’ conference his
majesty finally yielded and made up
his mind to abdicate.
Much unrest prevails about the pal
ace, and at another place a crowd of
2,000 is assembled.
A portion of this crowd assaulted
the office of the Dally Kokutnin, but
the mob was dispersed before heavy
jdamage was inflicted.
GETING DOWN TO ARGUMENTS.
Attorneys in the Haywood Case Will
Have Their Say.
Boise, Idaho. —“Not to show the con
nection of the Pinkertons with this
case is not to show the defense at all,”
exclaimed Clarence Darrow in his ar
gument on the admissibility of evi
dence before Judge Wood. The de
fenders of Haywood are fighting hard
to have the court permit the jury to
consider the conditions in Colorado
during the Peabody regime, the activ
ity of the Pinkerton agency, the con
duct of the Mine Owners' Association
and the other evidence w'hich tends to
support the defense's contention that
there is a conspiracy to railroad the
leaders of the miners to the gallows.
Darrow constantly argued that with
out regard to the technicalities of the
law, justice demanded that the jury
should be placed in possession of these
facts. He did not mince words in ac
cusing the Pinkertons, mine owners
and Citizens’ Alliance members of con
spiring to wreck the federation.
Senator Borah confined himself to
a purely legal argument, contending
that much of the evidence presented
by the defense was not admissible. Mr.
Richardson closed in a brief speech,
reviewing conditions at Telluride and
Cripple Creek.
The defense believes the state may
attempt to reopen its rebuttal and In
order not to be caught napping, the
Haywood surrebuttal witnesses are be
ing held hero. Some of the attorneys
for the state believe that a mistake
was made in failing to call Charlie Ne
ville, General Wells and Detective
Sterling to the stand.
Dr. I. T. McGee will be arraigned for
preliminary hearing on the charge of
perjury. McGee, it will be remem
bered, swore that Orchard was in Mul
ten when the Bunker Hill and Sulli
van mill was blown up. McGee is
wealthy and quite able to cart'
for his interests. He charges that his
arrest i« attributable to an old grudge.
In 1900 Prosecutor Hawley, according
4o McGee, was a candidate for United
senator. When the fusion con
vention met, McGee was a member of
the conference committee and cast the
deciding vote which gave the Silver
Republicans the senator. This action
shelved Hawley and gave Fred Dubois
the toga. McGee declares that if
pressed he will take off-the lid and re
veal sensational facts concerning this
case, which he has held back out of
consideration for certain distinguished
citizens.
More Tourists Than Ever.
In spite of the absence of big con
ventions and special rates and
lengthened schedules there were more
tourists in Denver last month than
was recorded for the same month in
years. In fact, it is estimated that at
the present time there are as many
tourists in the city as were here during
August last year, which was consid
ered the top notch in tourist travel.
The exact figures, as compiled by the
Colorado Railway Association, shows
that the increase for June of this year
over June of last year was fifteen and
three-quarters per cent. This does
not include about 3,000 tourists who
stopped over in Denver en route to the
Pacific coast whose tickets were not
validated by the local joint agency.
The Increase in business is accom
plished in spite of the fact that the
schedules between Denver and Chi
cago are much longer in time than they
were last year.
The increase in travel to Denver is
greater by two per cent, during June
of this year than in June
of 1906 over the tourist business to the
West. This shows that Colorado is
getting a larger share of the tourist
business than formerly over and above
the general increase. It is expected that
the receipts last week wil show a
decrease on account ol the Elks’ con
vention in Philadelpffa, which took
travel in the other direction, but this
will be more than offset by people re
turning from the conventions in Dos
Angeles and Seattle who will stop here
en route East.
Colorado’s Birthday Celebration.
Denver. —Arrangements for the cele
bration of Colorado’s birthday are be
ing made and most of the SI,OOO
needed for the celebration has been
raised.
The names of E. L. Scholtz, T. P.
Boutwell and C. T. Linton were added
to the committee on arrangements for
the parade, August Ist, at a meeting
of the Sons of Colorado, which was
held recently.
The celebration will be started by
the state artillery firing a saiute on
the Capitol grounds, followed by a
grand parade which will be the feature
of the day.
Invitations from the committee have
been issued to the Gentlemen's Driv
ing and Riding Club, the Denver Res
taurant and Hotel Keepers’ Associa
tion, and the Pioneers’ society to take
part in the parade. These have been
accepted. Each society appearing in
the parade will attempt a feature. A
magnificent turnout is expected.
The Pioneers’ society intends to use
twelve of its wagons and prairie
schooners in the parade.
The citizens and business men along
the line of march will be requested to
decorate their buildings. In addition
all residents of the city will be re
quested to decorate their residences
with hunting and flags. Within the
next week the committee expects to
kave all preparations for the celebra
tion completed.
Who Murdered Aguilar?
Saguache, Colo. —Mystery surrounds
the murder of Cirio Aguilar, a Mexican
sheep herder, aged twenty-three, who
was found dead in a tent at a sheep
camp on Carnero creek, twenty-fiv* l
miles west of here. His head was
dearly blown from the body, the result
of three shots from a rifie. A bullet
also had been fired through his heart.
The coroner’s inquest, which was
held behind closed doors, found that
the man was murdered, but the remain
der of the verdict is kept secret pend
ing further investigation.
Aguilar wa3 a herder for Narcisso
Martinez .a prominent and. wealthy
sheep owner of the Carnero district.
Martinez was recently arrested on a
charge of stealing sheep. j
3,000 FALL WITH PROSTRATION
The Elks Pull Off Big Parade, Hut
Many Suffer.
Philadelphia.—Philadelphia and her
myriad of visitors paid dearly to see
the Elks’ titanic parade.
It fell upon the hottest day of the
year and the suffering among the spec
tators was terrible. There were more
than 3,000 heat prostrations, and yet
not one death has been reported so far.
Numerically the parade was without a
precedent. It took four hours and a
half to pass the reviewing stands, and
there were no delays. Colonel John
P. Sullivan, of New Orleans, grand
marshal, gave the official number of
men in line as 5,000.
The men from Denver were dressed
as cowboys, with fringed buckskin
trousers, blue flannel shirts, red ban
dana handkerchiefs around their necks
broad-brimmed sombreros on their
beads and revolvers strapped in their
belts. When these wild men from the
West, 200 strong, drew their revolvers
in front of the mayor’s stand on north
city hall plaza, and "shot up” the
place, it sounded like a battle and the
massof people on the big st and that
looked like some huge boiling pot be
cause of the swaying of fans, fairly
hurst with enthusiasm.
Of the 3,000 persons who were over
come by file heat, few were from the
ranks of the paraders. They were on
the move on Broad street, which is of
magnificent width, giving the march
ers ample breathing space, but the
spectators who were crowded together
behind cordons of police, toppled over
so fast that they filled the hospitals.
Ambulances and patrol wagons w’ere
continually on the run.
Railroads Announce Cuts.
All the eastern railroads announce a
sweeping reduction in the passenger
rates from Denver to Chicago, St.
Louis and other eastern points, which
will result in a saving of from $2.50 to
$3.50 on each ticket.
This is to be followed in about a
week by another reduction that will
place the rates on a two-cents-a-milo
basis east of the Colorado line and
three cents to the state line. The new
schedule applies from all Colorado
common points, including Pueblo, Colo
rado Springs and Denver.
The present reduction is made on
the distance between the Missouri
river gateways and the eastern points
end the rate clerks of the various
roods are now preparing the new
schedules from the Missouri river
west.
Following is a comparison of the old
rate with those w-hich go into effect to
day:
Old New
Rate. Rate.
Denver to Chicago $28.65 $25.35
Denver to Peoria 25.40 22.90
Denver to St. Louis.... 23.65 21.65
Denver to Memphis .... 28.65 25.50
Denver to St. Paul 26.05 22.90
Denver to Minneapolis.. 26.05 22.90
Denver to Cedar Rapids. 22.55 20.50
Denver to Dcs Moines.. 20.40 19.00
Denver to Davenport.... 23.55 22.40
Denver to Rock Island.. 23.55 22.40
Denver to Moline 23.55 22.40
Pope Condemns Changes in Holy Writ.
Rome. —The syllabus promulgated
by the Pope with regard to the so
called modernism in the faith contains
a preamble which sets forth that Ro
man Catholic authors, under the pre
text of examining dogmas, explain
them in the name of history in such a
fashion that the dogmas themselves
disappear. *
To prevent such errors, the pream
ble says, the Pope has ordered a con
gregation of inquisition to note and re
prove the principal errors, and with hi.**
approbation sixty-five propositions are
condemned. These include the follow
ing;
Divine inspiration does not guaran
tee all and every part of the Holy
Scriptures against error.
The resurrection of the Savior is
not an historical fact, but is purely
supernatural. It can neither be dem
onstrated nor is it demonstrable.
The Roman Catholic Chuch became
the head of all churches, not by divine
ordinances, but by purely political cir
cumstances.
The church is the enemy of natural
and theological sciences.
The Christian doctrine was first Ju
daic, then Pauline, then Hellenic, then
universal.
The principles of the Apostles’ creed
had not the same significance to the
primitive Christians as they have to
the Christians of the present time.
W. E. Russell, Where Are You?
Denver. —If alive, \V. E. Russell,
former member of the Wyoming State
Legislature and prominent in mining
circles in that state and in Colorado,
can secure a fortune by communicat
ing with his former partner, J. M.
Thomas, at the Quincy bar in Denver.
Russell disappeared from Denver in
July, 1906, and has not been heard of
since. His baggage is still at the Ab
bott hotel at Nineteenth and Curtis
streets, where he left it.
Russell had SIOO on his person when
he disappeared and it is feared that
he might have met with foul play. His
former partner desires to learn, if pos
sible, if he is alive or dead and his
whereabouts, as mining property in
which the tw f o owned an interest was
recently sold for large sum.
Thomas, whose residence is in
Olinghaus, Nevada, is in Denver inves
tigating the disappearance of his part
ner. Mr. Thomas said:
“Russell and I wore partners in the
Thomas-Russell Mercantile Company
at Battle. Wyoming, and among other
mining property owned the Rambler
mine. We secured backing of Chi
cago capitalists and retained stock in
the company. We could see no future
for the property and Russell came to
Denver in 1906 and secured a SIOO loan
from Joseph Gant. He disappeared
that, night and has not been heard of
since. The mine was recently sold to
the Penn-Wyoming Copper Company
for several millions and I desire to
take care of Thomas or his heirs, when
1 1 claim my share of this money.”
I Speed Madness Did It.
Washington.—According to a report
leceived at the Navy Department,
speed madness in striving for the
quick-firing record is blamed on the
battleship Georgia for the explosion
which killed nine sailors and w’ounded
sixteen.
The accident occurred during target
practice, which developed great rivalry
among the gun crews of ftie different
ihlps, and in the haste of loading and
firing it is thought precautions were
neglected.
Boston.—The naval board of Inquiry
to investigate the cause of the explo
sion on the battleship Georgia last
Monday, visited the United States
naval station at Chelsea, to take ths
depositions of the injured men.
The board of inquiry is composed of
Captain Seaton Shroeder of the battle
ship Virginia, Captain W. W. Kimball
of the battleship New Jersey, Lieuten
ant Commander Mark Bristol, chief or
dinance officer of the fleet, and Lieu
tenant Kenneth Castleman, attached
to the flagship Virginia.
The board carefully inspected the
turret in which the explosion occurred
and took the evidence of such officers
and men as were familiar with the con
ditions on board the turret at the time
end witnesses of the affair.
Owing to the critical condition of
the men in the hospitals, four of whom
It was feared might not survive the
Light, the surgeons in charge of the
hospital would permit the board of in
quiry lo examine only three men.
It is understood that the investiga
tion of the board is practically com
plete and that its findings will be tran
scribed and forwarded to Washington
through Admiral Thomas.
It is known that the crew of the
a f ter-superimposed turret had an in
tense zeal to become the crack crew of
the fleet, and it is thought that over
zeaiousness and disregard of precau
tion in such rapid handling of the guns
might have caused the tragedy, the ex
plosion being due, possibly to unburned
grains of powder from the breech ig
niting the powder.
Makes a Rhyme and Dies.
Florence, Colo.—Much mystery sur
rounds the suicide of Willard H. Craig,
owner of the boarding house at Port
land. in this county, who blew out his
brains. He left two notes, but neither
gave any clew as to the motive for the
act. There are rumors to the effect
that jealousy over his wife might have
caused the suicide, but this has not
been confirmed.
The notes were addressed to no one
in particular, and were written in a
hand hardly legible. They follow:
“Here is to the one that turned me
around. Good-by. I will soon be un
der the ground.”
The other read: “No one should
move or make any bother. I am dy
ing to get out of my bother.”
The only explanation given for ei
ther of them is that at noon yester
day Craig had words with his wife re
garding the payment of the ice bill.
The iceman called as dinner was about
to he served and was told to call the
next day for his money, for Mrs. Craig
is alleged to have said: "I haven’t
flme to bother with it now.” This
seemed to worry Craig and is believed
to be what he refers to in the second
note.
He did not intimate to any one. how
ever, that he intended to end his life.
Just before supper he came into the
house, and, going into the room of one
of the boarders, took the latter’s .38-
caliber revolver and then rushing into
the washroom, sent a bullet through
his head.
The colored servant girl was the
only witness. According to her story
Craig held the notes in the left hand
and looked at them as he fired the fa
tal shot.
Two weeks ago Craig attended the
funeral of Leonard Prentiss of Manza
nola and the sight of the dead man
seemed to affect him greatly. Prentiss
had been sick for months and his body
was badly emaciated.
Craig was 55 years old, a member
of the Woodmen and Masonic lodges,
and is survived by his wife and three
daughters.
Child Burned to Death.
Montrose, Colo.—After hours ot
agony Juanita Streeter, the two-year
cld daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. A.
Streeter, died as a result of burns
caused by tipping over a two-gallon
can of boiling soup. The baby was
burned from its hips down, and, it i;
said, she did not die so much from th '
stoppage of the pores, caused by the
burns, as from the shock.
The mother was cooking the two gal
lons of soup and the child, while play
ing near the stove, took hold of the pot,
i: is supposed, and tipped it over. The
contents were boiling and the child’s
limbs were cooked almost immediately.
The mother had stepped into the
back yard. Attracted by the screams
she found the baby lying on her back
in a pool of the scalding soup and
badly burned her own hands in remov
ing the little one. A doctor was sum
moned at once and efforts were made
to relieve the pain.
At first it was not thought that the
burns would prove fatal, but the girl
suffered extreme agony and went into
convulsions a short time before death
as a result of the scare, together with
the pain. The mother is prostrated.
Poor Widow Made Scapegoat.
Fort Collins. Colo. —In the County
Court liere, Mrs. Mary Payne, a widow,
with two children, was convicted on
one charge and plead guilty to three
more charges of selling liquor illegally,
and was sentenced to 261) days in the
county jail.
Mrs. Payne said a representative of
the Tivoli Brewing Company of Denver
told her how easy money could he
made by selling his beer and that he
started her in business. An officer of
the Humane Society is expected here
to take charge of the Payne children.
Mrs. Pavno lived with her two chil
dren in one room, and had a stock of
liquor in another, which she sold from
a near-by tent.
“The agents of wholesale liquor
houses or breweries who come into
this community and induce people to
violate the law regulating the sale of
liquor will be liable to prosecution in
my court,” said Jiufge C. A Nixon,
nfter hearing the woman.
BOB’S LAST RING FIGHT.
Once Famous Champion Is Down and
Out Forever.
Philadelphia.—lt required about four
minutes of action for Jack Johnson to
put old, worn-out Bob Fitzsimmons
down for the count before the Wash
ington Sporting Club here the night of
July 17th, in what wa3 to have been :i
six-round battle. Fitzsimmons entered
the ring looking like a corpse com
pared to the powerful appearance of
bis opponent. The Cornish man had a,
sprained arm, and for that reason Ref
eree Kennan refused to act.
From the sound of the gong until
the battle was over it was easily seen
tnat the dark 3pot had things his own
way and the only question in th©
minds of tho spectators was “How long
will Fitz last?”
When round one started Fltz.
pranced about the ring some and John
son got in some straight ones to the
center of the long, gangling one. Jack
aiso sent in some stingers to the jaw.
end though Fitz tried repeatedly to
land his famous counter or to make a
half decent showing his efforts w’ere in
vain and the colored heavy hammered
away.
When the second round came up
both men walked to the center of the
ring. Fitz had no cowardly air, but
he was like an old, worn-out farm
horse against a two-year-old thorough
bred. He couldn’t limber up, he
couldn’t even get up his guard and af
ter about a minute of action Johnson
led to the stomach with his left and
sent in a quick, straight right to the
jaw. Bob went down and was counted
out by Referee Billy McCarney.
The crowd filed out more like a
throng leaving the funeral bier of a
great statesman than like a crowd leav
ing a prize fight. The thousands that
jammed the hall felt regretful that
such a grand old man as Fitzsimmons
was pulled into the ring. They saw him
in his last fight and knew it and took
pity upon the ex-champion.
The Peace Conference Does Little.
The Hague.—The American delega
tion has presented to the peace confer
ence the following proposition:
"If for any reason a captured vessel
can net be tried the vessel must be re
[ leased.”
’ The Peruvian delegation has pre
-1 seated the following amendment to the
; American proposition regarding the
! collection of the contractual debts:
“The principles established by this
proposition can not be applied to differ
! cnees arising from contract between
’ the government pf one country and the
foreign subjects of another when the
1 contracts provide that, these differ
ences must be submitted to the judges
of local tribunals.’’
‘ The Venezuelan delegation pre
sented a declaration on the same sub
ject making the same objection as
Peru, with the addition that in case
no contract exists all diplomatic moans
’ o; reaching an understanding must be
tried before recourse is had to the per
- marten t court of arbitration. The Ven
’ ezueian declaration ends with these
» words:
L "It is understood that said dlffer
-5 cnees are to be settled through peace
' fill means without recourse to coer
* cive measures implying the employ
ment of military or naval forces.”
Report Favors Faculty.
■ Cheyenne, Wyo.—The special non
. partisan commission appointed by Gov
i ernor Brooks to inquire into affairs at
i the State University in Wyoming,
charges of graft and mismanagement.
, having been made by Professor G. E.
Morton, now’ of Fort Collins, made its
[ report to the governor. The result in
the main favors the faculty.
The commission reported that in the
purchase of coal and the letting of
printing no competitive bids were
asked but that coal and printing were
obtained at reasonable prices, no graft
being established; that there was no
undue political interference and no
misappropriation of funds. It also says
that there was no improper interfer
ence by Miss Grace R. Hebard, secre
tary of the board of trustees, and desig
nated as “petticoat government.” The
charges that live stock had been fed at
the experiment station by Otto
Gramm, president of the board, and Dr.
Stevens, that wool owned by the uni
versity had been exhibited by King
brothers at the state fair at Douglas,
were also found to be not true.
Two Japanese Schooners Seized.
Washington.—The State Department
has been informed that the revenue
cutter Manning upon the sth inst.
seized two Japanese fishing schooners,
the Nitto Maru and the Kaimo near
the boat landing within about a mile
of the seal island of St, Paul. Both of
the vessels were fully equipped for
sealing, and there were evidences
that they had been plying their craft
in the shape of fresh sealskins in the
small boats. The seized vesesls were
taken to Unalaska and left in charge
of the United States marshal. The
crews were taken aboard the Manning
and conveyed to Ungi in charge of a
United States marshal, where they will
bo tried before a United States com
missioner upon the charge of violating
the sealing regulations.
The Japanese embassy has been no
tified by the State Department, but as
the case appears to be an ordinary one
of poaching it is not expected that any
diplomatic incident will result.
Roads Must Reduce Freight Rates.
Washington. —In an opinion ren
dered by Commissioner Prouty the In
terstate Commerce Commission an
nounced its decision in the case of the
Roswell Commercial Club and others
against the Atchison. Topeka & Santa
Fe Railway Company and others.
The complaint in this case put in Is
sue the reasonableness of rates be
tween various points in the United
States and Roswell, Artesia, Hager
man and Carlsbad in New Mexico. The
present class rates from Kansas City
and St. Louis, Galveston and Denver
to those points w’ere held unjust and
unreasonable and reductions were or
dered. Certain rnnimodlty rates were
also held to he excessive.
The commodity rates on grain and
grain products from points in Kansas
and Oklahoma were ordered reduced
from 47 cents on flour and 45 cents on
wheat, to 42 cents on Hour and 4(
cents on wheat.
CYCLONE'S WORK
HOLYOKE, ON EASTERN BORDER
OF STATE, HARD STRUCK.
ENTIRE FAMILY IS INJURED
Unusual Twister Leaves a Trail of De
vastation and Scatters Debris
for Many Miles.
Holyoke, Colo. —Four persons were
Injured, two seriously, and hun
dreds of thousands of dollars’ damage
done to property and crops by a cy
clone which struck this place shortly
after 5 o’clock on the evening of July
16th.
Two houses were wrecked, wind
mills were blown down and many bam*
and outhouses destroyed. A hailstorm
which followed the tornado caused the
greatest loss to crops.
The injured are members of on*
family and were injured in the co v
lapse of their home. They are:
Nellie Elmore, aged sixteen, lai i
badly cut, severe wound in* side, In
ternal injuries; serious.
Mary Elmore, aged six, bruise .i
about body and face, back hurt; in
ternal injuries feared; serious.
Andrew Elmore, aged thirty-five, leg
fractured, eyes hurt by sand and bod,
bruised and cut.
Peter Elmore, aged sixty, brulS'.'J
about face, hands and body.
There were nine others in the hou” ?
at the time, but they escaped with
slight scratches.
Andrew Elmore, who is a pioneer
resident, was blown through an open
door of his house and was picked vkj
nearly 100 yards away, pinned undo:
a heavy timber from tho wreckc'j
house. His eyes were filled with Hand
and it is feared that the sight may l>;
destroyed. The heavy timber lay o:’>
his leg and he was unable to n;ovo un
til other members of the family, at
traded by his screams, extricates
him.
Elmore says that he cannot describe
the sensation he experienced. When
he was lifted from the chair on wide),
he w'as seated in his parlor and hurlo**
through the front door, eveiyihln.„
turned black and all he remembers, be
says, was striking the ground. “In my
flight I must have hit the earth six
times, only to again be hurled high
into the air,” he adds.
Peter Elmore and the girls, hia
granddaughters, were buried undri
several feet of debris. It was almoct
an hour before they could he removed.
The Elmore home was what is
known as a "groute” house, having
been built with cement and gravel, but
with a gable roof of frame construc
tion. The building was thought to be
unusually strong, but crumbled like an
egg shell before ths force of the wind.
Watched Twister Coming.
All day a high wind swept over the
city. About 5 o’clock a funnel-shaped
cloud formed northeast of town and
started on its journey of destruction.
Hundreds of peoplo witnessed the
Sight from the city and great alarm
was felt, but the cyclone touched only
the northern end of the town. Fences
were blown down and a portion of the
Burlington roundhouse was carried
out.
The cyclone continued due east
through the farming country, leaving
a path five miles long and one mile
wide.
The home of Mrs. C. Johnson, a
widow, was the first hir. It was re
duced to kindling wood and the pieces
strewn for 100 yards around. Mrs.
Johnson and her four children were
not at home.
Two horses grazing in the pasture
between the Elmore and Johnson
houses were blown off their feet and
so badly injured they iiad to be shot.
The hailstorm which folloived the
cyclone was the most severe in the
history of the county. It extended over
an area twelve miles long and five
miles wide, and the crops are nearly
a total loss. The greatest damage,
probably, was in the vicinity of Hex
turn, in the extreme western end of
the county. In that district alone it i:»
estimated that nearly SIOO,OOO worth
of wheat, corn and other crops were
ruined.
Hailstones as big as baseballs fcT.
In some sections, according to reports
received here.
Frank Groves, living near Hexium,
was probably the greatest individual
loser. He had 100 acres planted in
wheat, corn, vegetables, melons and
smaller crops, which are completely
ruined.
Coal Land Frauds Being Probed.
Cheyenne, Wyo.—The first interest/
ing evidence in the trial of E. E. Lona
ha ugh, E. M. Holbrook and Robert Me-
Phillamey, charged with conspiracy lo
defraud the government of coal landa
in Sheridan county, same when Mrs.
Lee Hake of Sheridan testified that for
a consideration of SIOO she made a
coal filing at the instigation of her
uncle, Lonabaugh.
Mrs. Hake said she did not pay the
filing fees or the $2,400 derived by tho
government from the transfer of title
to the land, Lonabaugh acting as her
agent in these matters.
Mrs. Hake identified her signaturo
on papers transferring this land to
Lonabaugh and his associates, but
could not remember having made ft
transfer.
Other witnesses examined were F.
W. Daniels and E. B. Mather, register
and receiver, respectively, of the land
ollce at Buffalo; C. B. Holmes, former
clerk of Sheridan county; L.B. Glafcke.
the present clerk, and Stewart Ken
nedy, superintendent of the Wyoming
Coal Mining Company at the time tin*
cllegcd fraudulent filings were made.
Box of Wine Confiscated.
Macalester, I. T. —“This box con
tains fifty quarts of wine for sacra
mental purposes. It is introduced into
Indian Territory by special permission
ol the War Department. Anyone who
interferes with it will be prosecuted. ’
The wine was confiscated by Mar
shal W. E. Johnson, who wired the De
partment of the Interior to ask what
should be done with the wine. He liu/j
not been advised.