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The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1901-11-09

One of the n-ai--, cottages ia
Grnnl View is TIM, Just finished
by Frank Bowdi-h for Mrs Han.
nah I.sr,ck.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1901-11-09

Geo. NanWinkle pulled IN his
thrcshing outfit the latter part of
last week and declared the thrrsh-
ing season closed. This Is quite
different from what it Used to be,
when the machines were kept run
ming until February and March -
Mosca Herald.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1901-11-09

Judge ", Il, PIKE leaves in
few days for Sllycr,on. He and
the Kinney brothers have bonded
aud leased mine over there. that
will without doubt make them
mllionnires ere the rosc~ bloom
again Hooper Press.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1901-11-09

". ". Mnchcn will lmvc u pub.
lac sale on the 18th lie will move
his family 10 Denver for the win
ter.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1901-11-09

". c. Kennedy will have II
large auction sale Wednesday. Nov
10Th.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-06-24
BLOODY RIOT ON A RAILWA TRAIN
RESULTS IN DEATH OF AGED WOMAN

i would not attend the Pan-American
congress on account of the restriction
imposed upon the application of the
principle of arbitration, has formally an.
nounced her acceptance of the invitation
to participate.
Peru is still of the opinion she will
not be deserted by Bolivia and Argen.
tine. Since the recent exchanges be.
tween the various Pan-American gov.
ernments neither of those governments
has given any intimation of the course
it intends to pursue.
The administration is apparently con-
fdent that Argentine, Uruguay and Par
aguay will follow the course of Brazil.
leaving Peru and Bolivia the only two
countries declining to take part in the
congress.
AS the interests of Peru and Bolivia
are partially Identical the action of one
Will subsequently bind the other. Tho
authorities are hopeful future considera-
ton will show Peru that her interests
require her entering the congress rather
than to stand subject to Chili's will.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-06-24
DEWITTE SAYS GAGE IS MISTAKEN
REGARDING RUSSIAN SUGAR B0uNTIES

Is taxed one rouble and seventy-five ko-
pecks (s2 cents) per pood (36 pounds),
as soon as it leaves the factory.
When sugar is exported exactly that
amount, which is internal tax, is return
ed. But in order not to encourage ex-
portation the Russian government does
not gives cash for these certificates,
They are only valid for the payment OF
sugar taxes by the producer. When in
need of cash the producers constantly
have their certificates deposited with
banks for loans.
NJ. De Witte, when asked whether the
nigh tax on sugar will be imposed in or
der to give profit to the producer, re-
piled:
THAT would be difficult. In fact, NV
mind cannot grasp any reasoning which
could so Interpret it. The tax on sugar
Is high to prevent the market from being
flooded.
If we were to lower it, then thousands
of sugar factories would spring up and
sugar would become a drug on the mar
ket; We therefore limit production for in
ternal and economic relations.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-06-24
Foraker On the National Issues
The Eloquent 0hioan Contrasts Demo-
cratic and Republican Administra-
tors-Commerce Waned and the
Balance of Trade Turned I'm
der the influence of Free

| issues. Then. turning to themes of ma :
tional interest, he said in part:
AT the close of Benjamin Harison's
administration we were more prosperous
| than we had ever been before in all our
| history We had never known such
| business activity, such universal employ
ment. such diversity of occupation, such
| contentment, such widespread happiness,
| such national credit. or such interna-
tional commerce.
| we are better off than any other peo-
lle on earth. We should have been salts
rcd. but we We're not. We thought we
could do better-and tried-and lost.
I'VE were told that it did not make
any difference whether the republican or
democratic party held the Offices that
prosperity did not depend upon national
, policies. but on natural conditions. We
We're quickly and painfully undeceived
Tie democratic party came into pow
er. Prosperity vanished and four years
of disaster followed.
The soil was as rich, the sunshine was
as warm, the rains We're as abundant,
the seasons were as regular, and labor
was as eager, but it was all in vain.
The democratic party was at the
| helm. Free trade was in the saddle and
capital went into hiding; the mills stop
ped the mines closed, and idleness, want
suffering, tramps, and riot spread over
the land.
Commerce waned, the balances of
trade turned against Us, revenues de
clined, deficits occurred and multiplied
until they amounted 10 hundreds of
millions.
Issue after issue of govornmen ut
bonds became necessary - meet gov
ernment obligations, and the national
credit, now so high, beg, me SO impaired
that democratic secretary of the treas
ury would not venture to offer a new is
sue of bonds for sale until ne had organ
lied Wall trust to guarantee 4 mar
ket.
Finally, as comes the light of day af-
ter a long, black night. came the year
1896 and brought with it another oppor-
tunity for the American people. What
did the democratic pa...y lh"n do DID
it acknowledge failure? Did it confess
incompetency? Did it apologize for the
ruin it had wrought? Did it beg rar-
don of the wage-wo, kers whom it had
turned into idleness by hundreds of
thousands and upon whose families it
had imposed hunger, want. AMI misery
by robbing them Of millions?
X Did it. manifest regret for the grief
and sorrow with which it had filed the
land? Did 1t show pcnitencc on any ac-
count? Did it offer to abandon its
heresies, or any one of them? Did it
show signs of compun>tion Or give any
evidence of wisdom earned from ex-
perience?
mo, not one of the'. Things aid it do,
or fer one moment think nf doing"
After the appolntm lent of the commit
tees on credentials, resolutions, etc, it
was announced that these committees
would meet tonight and have their re-
ports ready for the canvcn'irn at 10
o'clock tomorrow.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-06-24
Fight Is Started in Coach Crowded
With Negro Picnickers, end Knives
and Revolvers Are Freely Used
by a Large Number Of
Excited Men,
(By Associated Press,)

-
st. Louis, June PA shooting an
cutting affray in crowded coach on IT,,
st. Louis and San Francisco road ye,-
terday ended in the killing of one per
son and the wounding OF several others.
and created a panic.
- dead: Mrs. Samuel Hart, colore ].
st. Louis. The wounded: James Laugh
lin. conductor, st. Louis, shot in ti.e
right arm; Frank Williams, colored, st
Louis. shot through the leg and badly
cut about head.
The First Baptist church, colored this
city, gave it's annual picnic at Spring
Park. near Pacific Mo-, Is miles from
st. Louis on the Frisco road. Nine
coaches crowded with colored people left
the city for the park and had proceeded
only few miles when trouble broke out
in one of the cars.
Frank Williams started the fiy!. by
making a sighting remark about a
woman whom Samuel Torans was es-
corting to the scene of the festivities.
Torans drew a revolver and began
firing at Williams one of the bullets
striking him in the leg. James Laushiin
conductor of the train, rushed ,n:o the
car and felled Torans with blow from
his fist.
AS he fell Torans shot the conductor
through the arm. King Torans, a brother
of Samuel. took up the cudgel in his rela-
tive's behalf by drawing a knife and
slashing Williams a number of times
about the head. He was pulled away
before he could inflict fatal wound.
James TOrans, another brother emp
tied his revolver at Williams, out the
shots went wild. One random shot struck
Mrs. Samuel Hart. an aged cclored
woman, entering her liver, and she died
when the train arrived in st. Louis.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-06-24
No Such Business Activity Was Ever
Known as the United States En-
joyed at the Close Of Har-
rison's Administrations
Better off Than Any
Other People.
(By Associated Press }

(By Associated Press.)
Columbus, O., June 24.-The republican
state convention to nominate stat,
ticket and organize for the election O
state officers annd members Of the legis
lature which win elect the successor o
]. B. Foraker convened this afternoon.
Senators Foraker and Hanna, the Ohit
republican congress, the members Of tn,
former legislature and the leading repub
licsns arrived today and We're in conven
tion during the day.
Indications are that the old ticke,
headed by Governor Nash will be re.
nominated, for which the tenure is sis
years, and that the clerk Of the supreme
court, for which the tenure is three
years, will be renamed.
Lieutenant Governor Caldwell is op.
posed by the sta anti-saloon League
however, because lie has been the attor-
ney for the brewers in certain suits.
Thaddus A. Minshall has had three
terms on the supreme bench and j. B.
Allen three terms as clerk of the SUI
Ireme court.
The former has as his opponents w. B.
Crew. j. B. L. Price and d. A. Russell
and the latter has as his contestants A.
c Critchfield. Lawson E. Emerson, w. T.
Mclean, Alva B. Hall, Newman NJ, Mil
ler and j. c. Copeland.
The control of the legislature is of un-
usual Importance this year, as the next
general assembly apportions the state
under the census of 1900 for legislative
re presentation as well as other purposes.
E. 1t also selects the successor of Senator
Foraker, and as he is considered the
leader in the coming campaign much in
terest was taken IN his keynote speech
as temporary chairman Of the convention.
1t is understood that Senator Hanna
will preside over the convention tomor-
row, when he will address the conven-
ton.
While the platform will endorse the
administration of President McKin-
ley and Gov. Nash, it is stated Senators
Foraker and Hanna will be consulted on
the declarations on national issues and
Governor Nash on state issues.
The issue causing any difference of
opinion is that of local option.
The delegates met at 2 p. n., by con-
gressio"al districts to select members of
the committees on credentials, rules, and
order Of business.
The convention was called to order
shortly after o'clock by Peter w
DurrO, chairman Of the republican
state central committee. Prayer was nf-
fered by Rev. N. w. ,1ncd.
After reviewing the last campaign in
Ohio, and calling attention to the i'm
portance of the coming contest, Mr..
DurrO introduced Senator John s.
Foraker as temporary charm an Of the
convention.
Ovations had been given Foraker,
Hanna, Nash, Bushnell, Foster and 9TH
ers as they entered tn hall, but at this
juncture Senator Foraker was greeted
with greater demo lstratinns than ever.
Senator Foraker, on taking the chair,
first addressed himself to the state
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-06-24
BRYAN NOT A CANDIDATE
Close Friend of the Nebraskan Saws
He Is Not Again Seeking a
Place as Leader.
(By Associated Press.)

(By Associated Press)
New York, June e24.-Ex-Governor w. J.
Stone, Missouri, is visiting his old cam
paigr, headquarters, the Hoffman House.
Bryan" said he, lis sincere in his
declaration not to be a candidate for a
third nomination"
"How about the new third party move
ment in the west?" Mr.. Stone was ask
ed.
II have nothing whatever to do with it.
Neither has Mr.. Bryan. Silver republic
cans, populists and socialists make it
up"
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-06-24
Hungarian Bravely Battles With the
Torrent in an Endeavor to Reach
His Wife and Baby, Only
to Find Them Both
Ho1d

Cold In Death.
Dyke, who was absent from home at the
time Of the cloudburst.
While the party were searching for the
VanDyke family. they found the body OF
white woman, we'll clad. floating down
Plum Creek. No one thus far has been
able to identify her and it is supposed
that the body had been washed down
some distance.
A report comes from Witten's mill, a
small station between Bluefield. and
Tazewell, that three children, whose
Christian names are unknown, belonging
to Raleigh Brush, were drowned Sunday
morning. There Is no telegraph station
at Witten's Mill and it is impossible to
ascertain particulars.
The railroad and telegraph companies
are working between 1000 and 1,5O0 men
day and night Officials are on the ground
pushing the work of constructing lines
and repairing the road and hope to be
able to communicate with both the
storm-swept districts by Monday night.
The town of Welch, county seat of Nc
Dowell county, must have suffered SER
iously and a number Of the large lumber
plants situated along the banks of Tug
river no doubt are entirely washed away.
Details Of the great Pocahontas flood
are hard to obtain. owing 10 the mae
cessibility of the min,n; district, where
the fury and havoc OF the aonsry waters
caused the most appalling loss of life
and property.
At keystone the water began to rise
at 9 o'clock in the morning and by II
o'clock the hood had spent its fury ari
al least twO-thirds of the little city ha
been washed away or demolished.
1t is known that l6 residents Of the
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-06-24
Property Loss Runs Into the Tens OF
Millions of Dollars, and Thous-
ands of Men Will Be Out
of Work for a Con-
Sidera hle Time
siderable Time.

siderable Time.
about 100000. The Tierney interest con.
sisting of four collieries loses heavily.
In many instances mine locomotives
and cars have been swept for miles down
the stream. Sixteen hundred laborers
have been rushed to the scene to work
on repairs, and it is expected that com.
plete communication will be established
before noon tomorrow.
Advices from the Clnch valley division
confirm the reported drowning of 10 per.
sons. family named Hook, living near
the river close 10 Pounding Mill station,
on the clinchville DIVISION was drowned.
six perishing.
pathetic story is told Of FUN.
garian family at Keystone. The father
was at work in the mines and when the
alarm was given did not reach the drift
mouth until the town was partly inun-
dated.
He made his way to the cabin, where
his wife and newborn babe were lying
helpless. He tried to rescue both AMI
after a fierce battle with the waters
logs and debris he reached a place OF
safety with them. only to discover that
both We're dead.
Bodies are being recovered many miles
down the Gtream. where they were
washed ashore.
The railroad company estimates the
damage to its TRACKS between this city
and Vivian at more than half million
dollars.
Three daughters OF Coal Inspector
Dinsmore are reported drnwnse at Ke~-
stone They We're alone in :heir faith
ers residence when the .,oJd came and
al trace Of them is lost.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-06-24
Cars Minister Of Finance Charges the
Secretary Of the Treasury With
Talking Of Matter He Knows
But Little About.
(By Associated Press.)

(By Associated Pfess.)
st. Petersburg, June 24.-The reply of
M. DeWitte. Russian minister of finance,
to Secretary Gage in the Russian sugar
controversy is that, being cabinet minis
ter, Mr.. Gage must be treated with re-
spect therefore M DeWitte cannot i'm
agine that he is wilfully misleading the
people of the United States as to the true
condition Of affairs.
Inc only conclusion M. De Witte can
arrive at, after reading what Mr.. Gage
says, is that he is mislnformed and en-
tlrely unacquainted with the details of
the subject upon which he gives his opin-
lon which is not in keeping with the
facts.
secretary Gage appears to make his
entire point of the fact that export GER
tidcates are given which have a value,
he says. All sugar produced in Russia
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-06-24
Losses to the Railroad Companies Is
Large and Several Days Will
Elapse Before Trains Can
Again Run With Any
Regularity.

AN06 UAOAAIy.
north side of the stream lost their lives,
and at least 80 of those living on ;.e
south side were drowned.
At Burke. a suburb of Keystone, a
number are missing and eight are re-
ported dead. 1t is now certain that the
total list of the dead from one end OF
the Elkhorn valley to the other win
reach 200.
At Rolfe large number Of miners
houses were swept away, as well as the
handsome residence of the company's $
physician.
gether in one large mass of broken TIM
bers and debris. At the Gillian COM
pany's colliery the power house and ~
houses are demolished.
At Indian Ridge the country store was
completely demolished and the stock
lost.
The residence of Capt. c. P. Botsford.
the manager, is wrecked also. TIL.
North Fork track is nearly all washed
away. with all the trestles being gone
except one.
In the Elkhorn valley 1t is estimated
that the loss to the railroad and coal
interests will exceed 100000 Out Of
II miles of main line double track only
one mile remains and all the bridges are
gone. Some Of the bridges with the
heaviest masonry and foundation resist
ed the force Of the flood.
The Cosier company. one of the largest
operators, lost thousand horsepower
electric plant and many hQildings ana
coke ovens. Its loss. L Is said. will be
$50, 600.
The Houston company II damaged
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-06-24
Entire Families Swept Out of Exist
ence Before Those Who Night
Have Saved Them Were
Aware Of the Danger
That Threatened
That Threatened.


$3.50 a. M, met the flood and was unable
to proceed further.
The waters reached such a depth that
the coaches had to be abandoned. the
passengers being rescued by means of
ropes strung from the windows of
coaches to the tops of remaining coke
ovens some distance away.
Between Elkhorn and Vivian Yards, a
distance of 10 miles. 100 cars are said to
be washed from the tracks and many of
them We're carried down the stream.
This will render it Impossible to get re-
lief into the stricken ndistricts, and with
those who escaped with their lives.
homeless and without food, indescriba BILE
suffering is inevitable.
On the Clinch valley branch Of the
Norfolk & Western railway, between this
city and Norton, communication is en-
tirely severel west of Tazewell, Va. Re-
ports come from that point of great loss
of life and property throughout the entire
section.
In Shakerag, a negro settlement on the
outskirts of Tazewell, the water stands
to the depth Of six to eight feet in the
street and houses. All of the occupants
have been removed to points of safety BY
means Of boat.
Three mile swest of Tazewell, on the
Higginbotham farm, the house OF Paris
Van Dyke. a farmer. was washed away.
carrying with 1t Mrs. Van Dyke and her
four children, two of the Van Dyke chill
dren, John, II, and Charles, 5. being
drowned.
Mrs. Van Dyke with the two remain
ing children were found at 8 O'Clock int
morning in a dying condition one mile
from where their home stood by Mr.. Van
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-06-24
Stricken Residents Of tho Little Town
in the Path Of the Flood in Great
Need of Help, Which Is Now
Being rendered From

Many Sources.
The storm continued throughout the
entire day and night and at 10 O'Clock
a. M, while the storm has abated, the
lowering clouds threatened another ter
rifle downpour at any moment.
Many miles of the Norfolk & Western
railroad track, bridges and telegraph
lines are entirely destroyed and COM
munication is entirely cut off west Of
Elkhorn. so that it is impossible to
learn the full extent of the loss of life
and property.
From Tennis, w. Va, to Vivian Yards,
w. Va, distance of 10 miles. miners
cabins. coal company commissaries and
coke plants line the basin.
The Elkhorn creek, being fed by num-
erOus small streams coming from the
mountain sides, rises very rapidly.
This water spout came so suddenly that
the entire basin between the two noun
tain ranges was flooded and before the
terror-stricken people realized what was
upon them they were carried down by
the flood. which swept everything in its
path.
The little town of Keystone. with a
population of about 1000 seems the great
est sufferer. practically the entire town
principal one in the Pocahontas coal
fields and is located near its center.
Owing to the very high water which
had flooded the region and prevented
communication. anything like correct
estimate Of the loss of property is i'm
possible. but from the best information
obtainable the loss to property will cas-
lily reach $4,000, ,000..
passau1er train No 1 Of the Norfolk
4 Western railway reached Vivian about
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-06-24
SNEERES FOR
.--- .,.-
ARMY REFORMS
BY bR|T0NS
(By Associated Press.)

New York, June N.-British yeomanry
officers are dissatisfied with Mr.. Broder-
ick, the secretary of wars, scheme Of
army reform, says a cablegram from
London.
They declare that, so far from the war
secretary's proposals being calculated to
increase the desire of yeoman to join
the force, it is likely to repel them.
One colonel commandant has frankly
told Mr.. Broderick that his scheme was
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-06-24
CLERGYMAN
DEN0UNCES
SOCIAL CLUBS
Especial to Inter Mountain,)

Helena, June 24.-Rev. c. l.. Bovard
created sensation at st. Paul's Meth
odlst church yesterday by denouncinE
the Montana club and the Lambs club
as cOnsecrated to the devil and FOSTER
ing debauchery, saying the bar was
the principal source of revenue of the
Lambs club. This statement was made
during the course of a special appeal
for subscriptions to the guarantee fund
for Y. M. c. A.. made in all the Pro-
testant churches of the city
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-06-24
GENERAL CABLES WEEPS WHEN HE LAYS DOWN ARMS

(By Associated Press. J

wv ~ y y y ~ , - N~NHNNNN
Z
SANTA cruz Province Iaguna p L.
'he music OF native bands, the
- ~
Calles his celebrated
nfanry. <
lhe column passed
"e'r 'nes and received receipts emitting 30 seach
O =
nisthg that the
y
During the surrender
e
the ra hat was happy for Laguna
took the oath publicly he =
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-06-24
GREAT FL GODS e.: %$ ::::: &C. :: &C.: LIVES LOST
HouesSh Tracks,

Bodies Of the Dead Are Being Recov-
cred Slowly, Owing to the Vast
Amount Of Debris Lodged
Everywhere by the Fury
Of the Flood.
(By Associated Press.)
Huntington, W. Va, June "a
Governor White is making arrange
ments to get tents and provisions for
the food stricken district along the
Norfolk and Western railroad. He
says he fears the death list will ex-
ceed 1000.
Bluefields, w. Va, June A.-Hundreds
Of lives. it is believed, have been lost and
millions Of dollars worth Of property de-
stroyed by a great flood that has just
swept over this section of the country.
Up to the present time it is not def
nitely known just how many lives have
been lost, but reports are continually
coming in from the surrounding country
that whole families have been swept
away. Hundreds of persons have taken
to the mountains to escape the raging
waters.
The list Of dead so far obtainable, not
including the missing persons, is as fol-
lows:
JOHN LEWIS. white, Keystone.
MARTHA MORGAN, white, Keystone.
SAM POINDEXTER, colored, Key
stone.
BETTE BROWN, colored. Keystone.
JOHN BALLARD, colored, Keystone.
ANNIE SMITH, colored. Keystone.
LAURA MCCOY, colored. Keystone.
NELLIE SMITH. colored, Keystone.
IVAN SOLISKY. white, and colored
family named Hairston, consisting of
mother and four children at Algoma.
Early Sunday morning heavy down.
pour of rain began, accompanied by a
severe electric storm, which increased In
volume. continuing for several hours.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-06-24
Morrison Jury Hears Arguments
(By Associated Press.)

Eldorado, Kan, June 24.-Judge Ak
man today instructed the jury in case OF
Jessie Morrison charged with murder
and the arguments We're then ope-ei. The
case will probably go to the jury tomor-
row evening.