Holbrook argus., July 26, 1902, Image 2

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RICH FIELDS DESTROYED
"THE FLOOD SITUATION IS GROWING
WORSE
Decision Affecting Ships Duel Prevented Sewer
Gas Explosion Wrecked a Building: Stabbed
to Death Father, Son, and Daughter Struck
ty Lightning
Fred Wieclibrod, thirty years of age,
nd a sou and daughter, aged 14 and
17 respectively, were struck by light
ning in St. Clair county, Illinois, Pri
day ami killed.
Dr. Delipsey, an optician, was shot
sand killed at Houston, Tex., by D.
E. Williams, whose son while acting
as an office boy for Delipsey, had been
chided for some inattention to busi
ness. Joseph Callaway, a member of the
Quantrell band during the Civil War,
is dead at Lexington, Mo., from stab
wounds inflicted by Doc Johnson in a
"quarrel on Tuesday. Before dying he
exonerated Johnson.
An explosion of sewer gas, which
liad permeated the cellar of a house in
the Jamaica Plain district of Boston,
wrecked that dwelling and the next
one, and caused injury to several
persons, Friday afternoon.
It is now said that the police got
wind of the proposed 'duel at Stock
holm between Capt. Arvid Wester of
the staff of the Swedish army, and
William Caspar, an American of the
irand Arena Palace, and prevented the
meeting.
In a decision affecting thea respon
sibility of American steamship com
panies regarding the safety of their
.passengers at sea, Judge -Thomas has
ruled that American ships come under
the law of the State in which they are
registered, and from which they sail. .
Rich Fields Destoyed
"Exploration of the flooded district of
the Mississippi river from Keokuk,
Iowa, south shows conditions beyond
the appreciation or realization of any
but people of long experience with
the father of waters in its most de
strutive moods. The situation is
growing worse hourly. There is abso
lutely not the slightest chance of
stopping the flood, which is a dozen
times the most costly of any in the
history of the great river above St.
Louis. The correspondent of the Asso
ciated Tress went all over the worst
damaged area Sunday in the steamer
'Silver Cresent and found everywhere
the greatest crops known under water
deep enough to float a steamboat.
People at the river cities give an im
mense mass of derails, all to be 'gen
eralized in losses aggregating many
millions-of dollars. Hundreds of
farnieis rich ten days ago are penniless
and homeless and hundreds are watch
ing and praying that the great levees
which are now their bulwark against )
additional millions of loss, and in
many cases of penury, will liold.
Careful estimates place the loss up
to Sunday at about $0,000,000, with
every prospect that it will be increased
bv two or three millions by the rise
above which has not yet reached the
lower stretches of the river. Most of
this loss is on the Missouri side of the
river, between Keokuk and Hannibal.
Passing the water-lapped lumber yards
-of Keokuk, the mouth of the Des
Moines river is seen to be nearly two
,5miles wide. Normally there are two
mouths and an island delta covered
with farms which are now under raging
'torrents.
THE AMERICAN SOLDIER
General Wheaton Says That Today He
Cannot Be Surpassed
One thousand old soldiers met at
the Memorial hnll, Chicago, at a re
ception .to General Lloyd Wheaton,
who was retired from active service on
Tuesday. General Wheaton was in
troduced by John C. Black and reply
ing, said:
"Operations in other lands have
brought to me the conviction that the
grandeur and power of the great re
public is respected and . recognized
everywhere that civilization exists
and . that this respect is not based
alone upon a regard for our material
prosperity or the commercial greatness
of our liberal institutions, but in a
measure upon the prowess of our our
soldiers and sailors.
"Having served more than forty-one
years with the men who carry rifles, I
can assure my companions of the Civil
War that the American soldier of today
is the worthy descendant of the men
who fought at Shiloh, Vieksburg and
Gettysburg. Under the new conditions
of war he cannot be surpassed and will
meet every expectation of his country
men." General McArthur followed General
Wheaton. telling a number cf stories
of his field career in the east.
Washington Notes
The Comptroller of the Currency lias
issued a call for the condition of
national banks at the close of business
July 10.
Hear Admiral Yates has been ordered
to the command of Puget Sound naval
station. He is the first flag officer
assigned to the command of this sta
tion. Cant. Burrell, the present com
mander, is assigned to command the
Oregon, which will leave shortly for
the Asiatic station.
United States Minister Bow en lias
cabled the State Department that the
Topeka was due at Puerto Cabello
Friday. The minister's cablegram also
said that the gunboat Marietta is ex
pected to arrive shortly at Barcelona,
where President Castro has gone to
make a decisive stand against the in
surgents. The Secretary of War has designated
a number of men to be ordered for
examination with a view to their
appointment as second lieutenants in
the army from civil life. The list is
to fill the vacancies existing on the
Hist of July, after the assignment of
the graduates from West Point and fills
all vacancies existing on that date,
and completes the army list. Among
the names on the list are Beverly H.
Tucker, Cyrus R. Street and Walter
D. Miaughnessy ol uuuoriiia.
The Spanish Treaty Claims Com
mission has rendered an important
decision in the matter of claims of
American citizens for the destruction
of property by the Cuban instugents.
To all this kind of claims the gov
ernment lias set up demurrers which
the decision of the commission over
ruled, the decision laying down the
general principals that where proper
averment is made alleging American
citizenshii) and neutrality of the
claimant and the ability and duty of
the Spanish authorities to protect prop
erty, the claims 'should be admitted
for proof.
The New Maine
The new battleship Maine, built by
the Cramps to replace the ill-fated
Maine, lias returned to Philadelphia
after a satisfactory builders' trial at
sea. The new war vessel pioved her
self to be a very speedy shin for her
size, she averaging 18.29 knots an
hour over a measured course. Her
contract calls for a speed of 18 knots.
In a preliminary run the Maine for
three minutes rim at the rate of 19.95
knots an hour, an extraordinay speed
for a vessel of la-r displacement.
Cuba Getting Established
The new government of Cuba is
being rapidly established in the family
of nations. The republic of Cuba has
been formally recognized by the
United States, Great Britain, France,
Spain, Switzerland, Nicaragua, Costa
Rica and Guatemala up to date.
Fight With Train Robbers
A special to the Denver Republican
from Sauache, Colo., says a story the
truth of which has not been confirmed,
has reached Denver of a light between
a poss9 and the Denver and Rio
Grande train robbers on Ohio Creek,
in which one robber and two officers
were killed, and the other robbers cap
tured. If the fight occured, it is sup
posed the posse engaged was that head
ed by Special Agent Brown of the
Denver and Rio Grande.
Terrible Sea Disaster
The steamship Premius. with 185
passengers on board, was cut in two and
sunk by the tug Hansel on the Elbe at
12:30 o'clock Sunday morning. Only
about thirty on board were saved.
Hop Hands Scarce
The warm weather is forming hops
rapidly and Wheatland growers look
for ripe crops about August. A few
Cickers are now arriving, but it will
e impossible to secure white labor
for the season's work. This will
necessitate the employment of Japa
nese, but a recurrence of the labor
agitation of two years ago is not look
ed for, as it is plain hop growers must
either. get' foreign help or lose their
crops. The lowest prices being offered
are 18 cents, but 20 is asked.
The State Game Laws
The State game laws for the protec
tion of game and fish should be strictly
enforced, and we republish the same
by request for the benefit of all. Game
can be legally killed as follows:
Deer. Between July 31 and October
1. No person may kill more than
three bucks during one season. Does
and spotted fan na cannot be killed at
any time. No deer meat nor deer
hides can be sold.
Doves. Between July 31 and Feb
ruary 1. Number which may be killed
or had in possession limited to fifty
during one day.
Quail. Between September 30 and
February 1. Number which may be
killed or had in possession limited to
twenty-five during one day. All sale
of quail prohibited. All trapping
prohibited.
Grouse and Sage Hens. Between
September 30 and February 1. Sale
prohibited.
Tree Squirrels. Between July 30
and February 1.
Ducks. September 30 to February
1. Number which may be killed or
had in possession limited to fifty dur
ing one day. Sale of more than fifty
in one day by one person prohibited.
Shooting prohibited between half hour
after sunset and half an hour before
sunrise. The use of any trap, net,
snare, or pound, for the taking of
game, is prohibited.
Snipe. Number which may be killed
or had in possession limited to twenty
five during one day.
Trout. Between March 31 and No
vember 1. Sale limited to fish of over
one-half pound in weight. Must be
taken with hook and line only.
Steelheads. Above tidewater be
tween March 31 and November 1. In
tidewater between March 31 and Feb
ruary 1.
Black Bass. Between June 30 and
January 1. Hook and line only.
Havoc Done by a Tornado
A fierce tornado, characterized by a
wind storm of extraordinary velocity ;
thunder, vivid lightning and a heavy
rain, burst upon Baltimore at 1:30 p.
in. Sunday, coming from the south
west, with the net tesult that eleven
persons lost their lives, hundreds of
nouses were unroofed, trees in the
public parks were torn up by the
roots, many buildings damaged and
several people injured. The storm
exhausted its fury in less than fifteen
minutes. The damage done in the
business part of the city was compara
tively slight, being confined to the
blowing down of signs and injuriesto
roofs. Of those who perished, nine
were drowned in the harbor from open
boats, one was killed by a falling tree
and one by a live wire. .
Worse Than Grasshoppers
An arsenic mixture which had been
distributed, on the Peters ranch near
Vacaville to kill grasshoppers, will
likely result in a costly experiment.
One valuable horse has died from the
effects of eating the poisonous mixture,
and ' a number of other high-bred
horses are also in a serious condition
from the same cause. In grasshop
per infested sections of the state a
bran and arsenic mixture has been suc
cessfully used in exterminating the
pests, but precautions should be taken
against leaving it where stock may
get it.
Milk and Crnckera.
Id the article on Dietetics" !n th
ISnclycopoedla Britannloa, which wai
written by Dr. T. K. Chambers, nn em
inent authority, the Information Is giv
en that Dr. Cheyne, a well known Eng
lish physician, spent sixteen years In
the prime of his life without suffering
or loss of vigor, while he succeeded In
preserving his health and strength, on
a daily allowance of only three pints
of milk and only six ounces of crack
ers. Through all those years he also
kept up constantly the active practice
of his laborious profession.
ROBBER GORTON CAUGHT
Was on the Way to Visit Sister in
Kansas
Hoadley Louis Gorton, the lone high
wayman, train and stagecoach robber,
who terrorized Southern California
for years, was arrested at the Coates
House, Kansas City, Friday by Detec
tives McAnany and Sullivan. Goiton
had just arrived in the city from
Chicago. The police had received a
tip that Gorton was headed that way,
and were on the lookout for him.
Gorton took his arrest coolly, and said
that he waa on his way to Johnson
county, Kan., to visit a sister, who,
he says, lives near Olathe.
Gorton greeted the chief cordially,
and said: "John, there is no chance
to hand me anything this time. I am
'on the square' now."
Gorton has an international police
record. On the night of July 28, 1889,
with an accomplice, he held up and
robbed a Southern Pacific passenger
train, Securing $8000. He wasjarrested
in Kansas City for this, "and served a
ten-year sentence in San Quentin
prison. Gorton talked freely of his
numerous escapades while being meas
ured at the Central Station, and de
clared that Kansas City was his Jonah
town. Chief Hayes has notified the
police departments throughout the
United States, and expects to hear
from some of them.
When the local Pinkertons heard of
Gorton's arrest, they flocked to the
Central Police Station, and closely
questioned the prisoner. It is said
they have been on the lookout for him
for months, but not one of them would
divulge the nature of the claim they
have upon him.
LOS ANGELES NEWS NOTES
The remains of R. Gilbert, the
chicken thief who was killed near
Downey last Wednesday morning have
been disintered to give Marshal Clark
of Ontario a chance to identify the
body as that of his cousin, who de
serted his family at Toledo, O., several
years ago. The remains were so badly
decomposed that Clark could not recog
nize the features and there were no
marks on the body by which he could
make his identification.
Heniy .1. Conniar, a truck driver of
3320 Griffin avenue, fell in front of a
street car on Spring street, between
Second and Third streets Sunday morn
ing. His right leg was crushed. Just
before noon Conniar was crossing the
street between two cars going in oppo
site directions, and in passing from
before one he was struck bv the one
on the other track, which he had failed
to notice. The wheels of the front
truck passed over the leg below the
knee, and after Conniar had been re
moved to the receiving hospital, it was
found that the leg would have to be
amputated. The injured man was
removed to the California hospital
where the amputation was made.
The mystery of the celebrated
"Charles Hill" case in which, after
his death, a frendlees old man was
found to have been possessed of $142,000
in cash, has been fully solved. The
name of the old man was not Charles
Hill. His true name was Salem
Charles. His home and the home of
lis famlv for more than 200 years was
Brimfield, Mass., a small town in the
county of which Springfield is the
county seat. His heirs are eight in
number, all nephews and nieces, and
all of them are known. There can be
no doubt as to the correctness of the
identification of the dead man as Salem
Chailes, for there is in possession of
the public administrator documentary
evidence of such a cliarater that will
convince even the most skeptical.
Southern Arizona Drought
The drouth remains unbroken
throughout Southern Arizona. The
grass lias all dried up, except in a few
canyons. Water is obtainable only in
a few places. Reports from all sec
tions are that cattle are dying by the
hundreds. A prominent " cattleman
arriving in Tucson Friday says he
counted 140 dead cattle within an area
of four miles. Above the large ranch,
La Osa, scores of horses are being
shot to save the water and grass for
the cattle. The horses traveling in
large bands are tramping out the grass,
as well as eating it. At another ranch
where the water for the cattle is being
pumped, a man is stationed at the
troughs with a rifle,' and as the horses
come to water they are shot. Unless
rain comes under the next ten days,
hundreds of thousands of dollars' dam
age will accrue to the cattlemen.