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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-09-02

PARIS Aug > The Figaro says
some Of the conapiratars now under
arrest for plotting against the RE-
public. have confessed.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-09-02

MANILA, Sept 2-Gcn. Funston
Will sail FOR home tomorrow on the
hospital ship Solaca,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-12-21
GEN. LAWTON KILLED.
HE WAS ON THE rIRino LINE.
While . Force Was Attacking nsa Ss'e"
the hrase General was Picked On ny
. sharI sho5tsr.

Manila. Dec. 3O.-GeneTai HAIRY
Iawton wa. shot aud killed nj san Ma
teo. He was standing In front OF his
troops, was sho; In the brcaist and dled
Immediately.
General IAwton left home Monday
nIchi. having returned from his north
crn operations Saturday. To lead nn eA-
ps-dlrion through Mariquina valley.
which has been an insurgent stronghold
through the war. The valley has sew
erai times been invaded. but never
held by the Americans. General Ge-
ronino was supposed TO have thcfe
the largest organized force north OF
MANILA and General Otis wished 10
garrison MariIulnn.
Accompanied by his stan and Troop
/. Fourth cavalry. General i-awion Sc;
out ut . O'Clock In adyanc. OF the main
force, consisting OF the Eleventh cav
airy and one battalion each OF the
Twentieth and Twenty seventh infan'
try. which started from la Iona nj
midnight With n small escort he led
the way through an almost paihless
country, n distance OF fifteen miles,
over hills and through cane brake and
deep mud, the horses climbing the
rocks and sliding down the hill. Before
,.-e head Of the valley.
san Ma;eo was attacked at $ o'clock
and three hours iighi ensucd. This
resulted In but few casualties on the
American side apart from the death
Of General Lawion. but the attack
was difficult because OF the natural de-
fenss-s OF the town.
General Law;on was walking along
III. ilrIns line within 20 yards q. a
small sharpshootcEs' trench, consplcu.
Gus In the big white helmet he always
wore and light yellow rain coat. He
was also easily distinguished because
OF his commanding stature.
The shnrnshootcrs directed several
close shots which clipped the grass
near by. His stan officer called his nj.
i.ntion TO the danger he WAS In, but he
only laughed with his usual contempt
for bullets.
suddenly he exclaimed: Il am shot"
cicnchcd his hands In desperate cf-
fort To stand erect. and fell Into the
arms OF n stan officer.
The troops filed hnrchcndcd through
the building where the body was laid.
md many n tear fell from the eyes OF
men who had long followed the In
trcpld I-awtoh The entire command
was stricken with grief. rs though each
man had suffered personal loss. Ow-
Ing 10 the condition Of the country.
which Is impossible so far rs vehicles
nrc concerned. the remains could no.
L. brought TO Manila today. Mrs.
I.awton md the children are living In
government residence formerly occu-
pied by spanish general.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-12-21
Tough Mexican. k,,,.A.

Phoenix. Arix.. Dec. 15.-Adyices
were received here this morning givin.
details Of serious shooting nfrrnv
which occurred day before YESTERDAY
ut Ray mining camp. near Florence.
Arizona. Two brothers. named Orosco.
after filling up with fighting whisky.
went on the warpath. A Mexican who
refused to drink with them, was Their.
first victim.
They shot him dead in cold blood
nDd then started up the street shooting
Into space. Seeing the Mexican sitting
out In front OF n tent. they asked him
II he was bravo" Receiving n mega
tive reply. they empticd their guns in.
TO his body and left him dead In front
OF his door.
BY this time the little comn ,v,s
thoroughly aroused. and everyone who
could get gun started out to round mn
the bloodthirsty Mcxicans. When tho
smoke cleared away one of the Oros.
cos was dead. with nineteen wounds
IN his body. and the other was sho,
through the body In three or fonr
places and was at the point OF death
Deputy Sheriff White. whose Winches.
ter did good service during the excite.
ment. brought the wounded man In
Florence and placed him in inil
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-12-21
English Oc,ogen.rIan..

This seems an age OF remarkable
octogenarians. Louisa, duchess of
Abercorn, who is in her eighty-seyenth
year. went recently to visit Lord and
Lady Tankerville. her host being in
his ninetieth year. says the London
Telegraph. The duke of Richmond and
Gordon. who is also the Due d'Aubipnv
In France. is 81. and yet his fayorite
sport Is fishing, and quite recently his
grace hooked, played and landed a fine.
strong salmon twenty pounds in
weight. There is the Earl Fitz VIII
liam. who recently entered his eighty
hfth year, and is still enjoying excel
tent health, and n keen rider to
mounds, even If he no longer goes quite
straight across the country. Tho
auchess OF Cleveland, who has entered
her eighty-first year. is always to be
seen at the great afternoon events NJ
each London season. Lord and Lady
Braybrooke, although both on Tho
right side of so. recently celebrated
their silver wedding. and Mrs. Glad.
stone is another of the notable octo-
genarians of this century end.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-12-21
RATES GOING UP.

Railroads Want n Chuak of Prosperity.
Chicago, Dec. ls.-Thc Chronicle to-
day says:
One Of the most radical and general
advances ever made In freight rates
will go into effect on NIL the railroads
east and west OF Chicago January LIST.
Thousands of articles OF every day con-
sumption will he affected and the in
crease win average - aud 40 per cent.
the jump on many articles reaching 30
per cent. The contemplated action has
aroused the shipping interests Of the
country.
The shippers say that II the carry.
Ing charges nrc Increased to the cx-
tent announced by the railroads It Will
have the effect OF increasing retail
prices in every line Of trade.
Sugar. soap. coffee. -four. coal and
farm implements are few Of the nr.
ticlcs to bc affected. On these rs well
nm OH hundreds Of other articles. tho
increase will run from 20 to 40 per
cent. The rate on coal. for example.
west of Chicago. will be pushed up to
- cents n ton. Rates on cattle viii bc
advanced TO 2s cents per 100 pounds.
hogs and sheep will go up from y to
30 cents and dressed meats to 10 cents
per 100 pounds. The tarif on hay will
he increased Sl.10 per ton.
Chicago shippers are circulating peti.
tions asking the railroads to defer the
advances until April LIST to enable them
to catch up Oh their orders. Should the
railroads refuse. disastrous results to
manufacturers and wholesalers will.
1t Is claimed. be the consequence. Ship.
pers In several jobbing centcrs talk CT
appealing to the judiciary.
officers Of the railroads declare that
the advances are made necessary by
the increased cost OF everything they
are compelled TO buy, from ties TO en-.
gines. They further aver that there is
no reason why the railroads should
continue quoting panic rates. wh IL
merchants, manufacturers and Others
are advancing prices.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-12-21
FEDERATION OF LABOR.
pseiares AEainst the Esisssses Of slavery
In 1stnnd..


Detroit. Dec. l0.-Thc American Fed.
crntion Of Labor to-day declared
against slavery within the Jurisdiction
OF the United States In the following
language:
I'VE reafiirm our previous position
on this question. namely: Tint there
must be no slavery or scrfdom. by own.
crship or Contract. tolerated under the
American flag. and that we will make
any one whose action shall In anyway
initiate against this principal Of hu.
man freedom. responsible for such ac-
tion In every legitimate manner opca
to u.s."
II was stated that 100000 slaves are
now working under contract In the
Hawaiian Islands: that evasion OF the
contracts commits them to prison: that
their time In prison IL added to their
terms Of serfdom. and that the act nd.
mitting Hawaii to the United States
domain provided for continuation of
these contracts: a provision for repeal
Ing that feature having been voted
down by the Senate. The convention
adopted the declaration unanimously,
Resolutions were adopted as follows:
Favoring shorter hours for BARRIERS:
urging the government to provide more
scaworthy life boats; requesting plac.
Ing OF union labels on school books:
bringing machine coopers under juris.
diction OF Coopcrs' Union; indorsiny
granite cutters contention for an eight
hour day: requesting all federated
unions which are connected with the
Chicago Building Trades Council 10
Instruct their delegates there to so vote
that the local unions of granite cutters
shall not be interfered with In follow
Ing legitimate craft lines In Chicago.
The convention then went into execu.
tive session, under special order. on the
proposition to release the llnotypc
machine tenders from Jurisdiction OF
the Typographical Union. The dcbat,,
between the printer and the mnchinist
delegates rs to whether the linotypc
machine tenders should be transferred
to the mnchinsts' Jurisdiction was long
and warm. The machinis,s expressed
Willingness to have the question ieft
to arbitration. The printers held that
since many of the typesctting machine
tenders were also printers, that n
would be unjust and Illegal TO tnke
them out Of the latter's Jurisdiction
lhe convention finally voted thnt tho
executive council of the federation nm.
point committee of nine to arbItrnte
the matter, consisting of three MON.
bers OF the Typographical Union, three
from the Machinists' Union. and three
from other trades,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-12-21

In the American Journal Of Science
Mr. Nudge says that while tho present
mouth Of the Grand river is n, Grand
Haven. on Lake Michigan. there is an
other point seventy miles inland from
tho shores OF Lake Michigan which
was tho termination Of the old river
valley and Is therefore its mouth In
an Interesting sense. He declares
that mt one time n great glacial river.
threc-fourths Of milo In width.
lowed across the peninsula from Lake
saginaw to Lake Chicago. Long ago
the sources Of this glacial river
(Which has been called the Pewamo
'utleo failed. and the wide valley.
with Its record-bcaring deposits. was
laid bare to give up It's secrets to the
inquisitive geoiogist. Mr.. Nudge de-
scribes It's course and the river de-
oosits about Its old mouth.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-12-21
Passenger. Robbcd nv ,,,,, ,

Kansas City. Mo-, Dec. 10.-Passcn.
gers on the Missouri Paciiic's Omaha
ana Nebraska City passenger train.
which left here at 0:15 tonight, were
robbed by two masked men. who
boarded the train at Kansas City. Kan.
sas. They levied their forced contribn.
tion after the train started, holding nm
the passengers in the Pullman conci
The conductor was among the persons
robbed. ' ''"S
At Nearman, Kansas, six miles out
of the city. the train slowed up for tho
station, and the bandits dropped off
anu disappeared. The booty securod
was five gold watches and about S1Oo
In money: No shots were fired and Ina NJ,
one was injured.
The telcgraphlc report made Inv tho
conductor to the Missouri Pacific ofii.
eials states that there were three rob.
bers: Two men. who wore masks
ttood the passengers up Mt the muzzles
if their revolvers, while n third roh'
per, who wore no disguise collected
.he booty. @>'su
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-12-21
HAVE ou1sTRippEp mARcoN,.
Pittsburg Scientists Invent . Rccer or
1000 Times Morc SensItixc Than M

Pittsburg scisntists Invent . Rccet or
1000 Times More Sentative Than lib
Pittsburg, Dec. 1S.-Bold researches
by Professor Reginald Fcssenden and
his assistant, Professor Kitner, in the
electrical laboratory of the Western
University of Pennsylvania. have re-
suited in the production of a receiver
for wireless telegraphy that Is two
thousand times more sensitive than
the co-called "Coherer" of the Marconi
system.
In speaking of the discover today.
Professor Fessendcn said:
although we have improved the re-
ceiver so that 1t is 1000 times as sensi.
tive as the original one. we realize that
we have not yet begun to see the limit,
Mnrconi, In his brilliant experiments,
has demonstrated thar messages can
be sent over ninety miles. AS our re-
celver Is several hundred times more
sensitive, 1t is clear that the messages
can be sent by our method very much
farther. though just what the limit IA
would not say. 1t at least should be
possible to send messages across the
Atlantic with poles less than 200 feet
high. The ultimate distance must bn
checked by actual experiment before
1t becomes scientific fact In the strict
eat sense"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-12-21
WHAT WOMEN HAVE TO DO.
How Would Msa Like to Have the
Job.

How wouid Men Like TO Have the
job.
Not many persons can do dozen
different things In one day and do
them all equally well. or. indeed. do
any OF them well. says the Philadcl-
phia Times. And yet the average
housckccpcr has dozcn-oh. more. n
score or hundred duties OF radically
different natures. and II she fails In
one she falls short OF the requirements
Of society and her family. Mrs. De jar
nette well expressed this idea before
the San Jose institute when she said:
IF man goes into business. docs
he assume the duties Of head clerk.
bookkeepcr. cash boy. collector and
janitor? And II he could do so-which
he cannot and would not even con-
sider-would he look his best. act most
agreeable. keep n perpetual smile and
have his place Of business spotless?
Let US look at woman. She enters
business-marriage-does she assume
duties Of head housekeeper. cook.
seamstress. laundress. nurse. tutor and
outside man? And when she docs
for she usually does-can she keep
her house clean. her temper serene.
buttons sewcd on. remove all thoughts
OF care from her husbands heart, keen
her prettiest clothes on and scented
with violet and lavender. her sweetest
smile on and her mouth puckered UP
for a kiss?-for they only come when
least expected. for when we yearn cor
them we usually keep on yearnlng.
No! OF course she can't; could the
angels themselves? She can't run oil
the special departments of n complex
marriage with menagerie OF child
hood annex. and a husband to come
home when twilight falls to claim
every iota of reserve vitality left, I
tell you she will either have to call
in some specialist demi-semi-occasion-
ally or else have more simple food. do
away with kitchen fads, let the hus-
band help with the little ones and feel
burden of responsibility.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-12-21
WANT SOME coLonrsrs.
Not I'm sush YArser. oa the Western NJ
to Raise Sugar 1seets.

A meeting OF the directors Of u
Grand Junction beet sugar faciE1
was held at Denver last week In n
office OF John +. campion. nt whlchI,'|
Jccts for colonixinS the Grand liIc|
We're presented. one OF which viii 4
adopted at another meeting.
One is to bring n colony OF 100 ts|
man families from Europe and -
them upon tho land Of the comra:l|
and the other to bring n colony 4
Quakcrs from Pennsylvania. Agr:,I
report thnt either colony can L. Il
cured. The company now owns ~
acres OF valley land. and can 81 4
great deal more. The plan Is to seii1
the colonists upon this land. rcn, m
for three or five years. and teach ihs'|
beet culture. The beet sugar riil
promoters find that some such r,r|
must be resortcd to In order to h-i.l
n sufficient population to the valley.
There are not enough people In y
valley" said Charles n. Cox. masl
ger of the factory. mt the Albany bcaI
This fall there was difficulty In 81
ting the bccts harvested and n eT'fI
many froze In the ground. causing \
loss that, by the way, the comlaiI
VIII not allow the farmers to sta'i
alone. II Is not n land scheme \
any sense. for we do not offer the lan'
for sale. but will give II to these re
pie free OF rent for n term Of yesn
so that we may be insured suiliciea
crop to keep the factory mt work. ls
farmers do not understand beet GU
ture MS well as they will another g.
son. but the factory has been ai.
steadily mt work. and we are turnll.
out now two carloads OF sugar dM.
that IL all marketed In Colorado. W.
could sell much more II we could maN
It,"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-12-21
FARMING MATTER,
IRRIGATION STATISTIC,
compists Dsts to. Ne Secured =.
Tssisth Census. y

n
Twelfth Census.
A special effort viii be msls 4,
Division OF Agriculture of the n,
census OF the United State 10 =
and tnbulnte Important data ~
to Irrigation In the arid ana ]
humid regions OF the United ST.,
preliminary schedule has b.,a
pared and Will soon bc sent on, !
tain the names Of corporatlun, ~
dIviduals owning canals or d,,
This IL one OF the essential ,i,,.
securing desired informatiuu r,.s,
the extent and value OF the can,k
bitches used for Irrigation. anI
sources OF water supply.
In the preliminary schedule a Ne
IL made for the names of the pr..
canals or bitches In their unler n
stream. the bitches To the right n
Ing down streamD being nTrlus,l
the first page of the list aud u
heading TO the left ON Ill, laJ n
Request is also made for ih, na.sl
posioiiic. address Of som. lr-F,sa \
can give detailed lnformntlDn r.I
Ing each ditch.
The principal schedule now In ID
of preparation will bc mailed 4
addresses thus obtained ylllla:
further data. which Will l.. .-l
mented by detailed statistic saiss]
by the census cnumcrntors,
II should h. noted by NIL intsrs,l
the subject that these various inTa1
OF the census Office In no way 90
with. or duplicate the WORT. Y
reference TO irrigation which {, =,
conducted by any other departing
state. The mos, nearly related
luIry Is that OF the Geological Ser
which. like that Of the ,snsus, l. i
the morc immcilate direction q ",
II. Newell. the special agent fOr IN,
tIon ia the eleventh census. and kyl
Iraphcr OF the Geological Surrey.
fact that Mr.. Newell has sul-FI.
OF this work In the twelfth ~
guarantees Its efficiency AMI IT. u
~ the arid and scmi.hunli F,-ste
II will L. readily apparent tha;
volume and value OF these siiil,
win depend very largely upon ID.
"'''' NAAH ~ =
those engaged In irrigation. and
earnestly hoped that all 20 wLou
schedules ARE addressed will aT'
ate tho Importance OF the request
make prompt and careful rrPly.
this way only viii Il In po..Ill.
make the Information concerning
cation full and somplctc.
In order TO obtain n full nnirrS,
Ing and m intelligent npprcciaiI0'
the possible development OF the
and scml-humii regions OF the "
n general knowledge Of the pro.
actually made Is OF vital imrorta
An accurate census OF irrigation
impart such general knowlcdsr.
Will bc OF great benefit 80 NIL ,hose
ccrncd In rciccming arid lands.
future development OF this vast 70;
OF our domain will he greatly udraI
by comprehensive compilation
facts relating TO Its irrigation. sud
contemplated by the twelfth crns'
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-12-21
HERDS READY FOR WINTER
Losses During Last Years Cold Wca'n'
Teaches the Cattle Men y Lesson

$50 ~"ssc s"eu "
"Stockmen In the northern part
the state are prepared for any KIND
winter" snid NJ. Il. Hnrdmnn Of Grs
ley to u Denver Republican rcporu.
They viii not be- unprepared Tor
long cold snap. as some of them Wes ,
last year. The losses sustained H,'
year taught them n lesson. So niuSn nue.,
snow fell and II was so much coIlt,
than In previous years that somc oi ~, ~,
stockmen lost heavily. They were w.
prepared TO feed their herds for n loI. ..
time. and ns 1t was impossible for ~, %
cattle to forage for themselves WIZ
several feet of snow on the grouuu,'
when spring opened up many heIgll h'al
were greatly depleted. but there WI
he no such trouble this year. Stoss
men have concluded that Il is clr'lltt, u
to nave part of their capital tied UP r 70
nay and feed. even though they lIg ,i,
not require all of 1t. than to lose cal,ll
because they have no place to feed ai1a ,ha
shelter them. Nearly every one III w., w..
northern part of the state has M "d
usually large supply of feed on ili,I n,I,
ana many stockmen have built Sl',T, ,is
during the summer. where the ra,Is ais
may be sheltered In case of eNtrci''''
cold weather. Nt
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-12-21
RADICAL CHANGES.
nytfish Government Rep Ae-s buii.s VIII
Roberts and kitehen~r-


Iondop. Dec. ls.-Shortly before
midnight the following notice was post
ed Mt the war otiice:
As the campaign in Natal. In the
opinion OF her maJesiy's government.
Is likely TO require the presence and
undivided attention Of General Sir Red.
yers Butler, IL has been decided TO send
Baron Roberts OF Candahar and Wat
erford as commander-in-chief In South
Africa. with Ljrd Kitchener as CHIEF
OF staff."
Upon the receipt OF General Buller's
defeat nj Colenso, the defense commit
tee OF the cabinet met and decided on
the following measures to strengthen
the Held force In South Africa:
The Seventh division. now mobollz-
Ing, viii proceed At once TO South AZ
rlca. Heavy rcInforcemen,s of artii-
lery, including three Howltzer batter
les, VIII b. sent out Immediately.
General Roberts has been authorized
TO raise a local mounted corps in South
Africa, and n considerable mounted
force from home VIII be sen; out Nine
bat,nlIons OF militia. In addition TO the
three which have already volunteered.
VIII be asked to volunteer for foreign.
A special force Of volunteers from
the yeomanry and volunteer regiments
will b. formed for South African ser.
vice. and the Offers OF mounted men
from the colonies will be accepted.
These measures. should give the Brit
i.h 1000 more men for service against
the Bcers. This, including the loyal
Cape and Natal forces. viii give the
British 1900 additional troops. Thus.
the British strength In the field will b.
almost doubled. The newer lcvIes Will
b. used mainly TO guard the long lines
OF communication. thus settling free
regular rrnincd troops for the front.
Officers, men. arms. ammunition and
stores are TO be poured across the
ocean In n volum. unprecedented In
history. The work thus cntnlied n TO
bc placed In new hands. and new
plan OF campaign viii be evolved. IL
il now known that Sir yiIchaci Hlsks-
Beach. chancellor OF the sSchc'lucr. de-
cline.i TO grant the money keressary for
the first war preparations, snI heavy
blame Is being put on him now.
II Is said that at the same time Lord
Roberts received notice OF his appoini-
ment as commanicE-in-chlcf In Africa.
message came saying that his only son
had died OF wounds received at Tu-
scia river. Bowed with grief. the stern
old soldier. who now lives In Dublin.
ns commander OF ireland. began max
Ing ImcmdIaic preparations to 20 to
the front. General Kitchener II In
Cairo. governor general OF the Soudan.
but Will resign from the Egyptian SER
vie. at once. General Butler will re-
main In command Of the Natal army.
General Butler reports to the war Of
fee that his leases In Fridays engage
mcni were: Killed, So: wounded. CO (:
missing. 3is: total. i.ogI.