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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-03
DEATHS FROM HEAT.

Chicago, July 3.-Heat claimed many victims yesterday and while the death list was not so.large as on Wednesday the prostrations increased, and in two cases temporary mental derangement was the direct result. Two deaths and nineteen prostrations were report ed. The temperature reached 90 de-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-03
STIDENTS RESCUED.

Geneva, July 3.-The relief party has rescued all the seven students of the university here who had been missing since Saturday last, when they start ed from Chaminox to ascend Mont Blanc
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-03
TRAIN CREW MISSING

Dallas Tex, July 3.-A telephone message from Gainesville at half-past 3 this morning said the engineer, fire man and express messenger on the wrecked Santa Fe train are reported missing. So far no deaths are reported at Gainesville.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-03
DEPRIVED OF HIS REASON.
Conductor satchel Received Shock
 From a Third Railer.

From Third Railer.
 New York, July 3.-Shock from the %hird rail of Brooklyn elevated line hos deprdved Conductor Satchel of his reason. When he stepped on the rail he was thrown into the air. Half dozen fellow workers rushed to the rescue. Satchel scrambled to his feet and atfacked them. He was restrained rvjfh some difficulty and it was found necessary to give him ether before he ro,1Id be taken to the hospital. The surgeons could not find a single burn or mark on Satcheps body, although sne received the full power of the rail, They think he will recover his reason sn a few days.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-03
4 FALL OF HAIL.

San Juan, F. R., July 3.-The weath- CT bureau reports a fall of hail at Lares, in the center of Porto Rico, suf- ficiently heavy to damage the crops. A fall of hail is an extremely rare occur renee here The natives were fright ened 66 svayed ass prosaction from
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-03
MANY LIVES ENDANGERED
lncendiary Set Fire to a Four
 Story Building

Twenty One Persons Were Rescued in
 an Unconscious Condition Blaze
 Was Fierce and Bremen Worked
 With Difficulty.
 New York, July 3.-Twenty -one per- sons unconscious from smoke, were rescued by hremen from a blazing four story frame building in Newark avenue. Jersey City, at daybreak The blaze was so hot that the firemen could not work fast enough with their lad ders, and several of the rescued were tossed safely into the life net Two of the victims are in the Jersey City hospital, suffering from burns and the inhalation of smoke. The fire, which, the police say, was of incendiary orig in, caused only small money loss.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-03
MT1CH WHEAT DESTROYED.

Bucharest, Roumania, July 3.-Rains have, cverfiowed the Pruth, Sereth and other rivers in Moldavia. Several fa- talities have occurred and thousands of acres of wheat and maize have been destroyed.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-03

HORSES AND MULES BARRED.
 Sofa, Bulgaria, July 3.-The Bulgar- ian government has prohibited the ex- portation of horses and mules.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-03

CABLE SHIP ARRIVES.
 Honollulu, July 3.-The cable ship arrived here this morning from the Honolulu end of the trans Pacific cable, now extending from Manila to this port.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-03
DROWNED AT TERRYvILLE.

Te1ryviIle, July 3.--While bathing in Middle pond, near the works of the HarIe Lock Go. Emil Hoffman, aged 79 years, went beyond his depth and wac drowned. He was employed in 44s lonk works and lived with his
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-03
ARE TERROR STRICKEN.
Gainesville, Texas, Under Four
 Feet of Water

Two Greeks That Flow Through the
 Place Are Rapidly Rising Town Ls
 Tn Total Darkness and People Have
 Sought Safety iA Trees and House
 tops
 Gainesville, Texas, July 3.-At 3 o'clock this morning Gainesville was under -four feet of water. Thousands of people have taken refuge on house tops. Rumors of loss of life are inn possible to confirm. The city Is in total darkness. The damage will be heavy. Two creeks which flow by the town, one of them passing through it's center and the other on the west side, are each mile wide. The wa ter is rising very rapidly and the re- port is received that still greater flood Is coming. All around the de- pot and along the main street of the town the water is so deep that even horses are compelled to swim. The cries of the terror-stricken inhabitants could be heard everywhere.
 It is reported that Santa Fe pas senger train has been ditched three miles out.
 Dallas. Texas, July 3.-The food sit uation at Gainesville is greatly i'm proved this morning. The rain has stopped and the water is rapidly reced- ing. No loss of life is reported in Gainesville and the property damage is confined to small stores, out houses and truck gardens Reports from the south western part of the state indicate that the storm was most severe. Probably fifteen lives were lost. The damage will be heavy.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-03
sWEpT BY CLoUDBURsr.

Dallas. Tex. July 3--A cloudburs6 and tornado swept over the country be- tween San Antonio and Corpus Christi yesterday. Eleven persons lost their lives near pettt1s. There are runners ok
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-03
Live stock Brarket.

T--
 CATTLE-Market steady; choice, E. 400 $50: prime, &.16@6 SC; good, A&@S; veal calvea $TQT.z6.
 HOBS Mnrlket actives prime heAxisg erM. ss.35G8 70; light do.. $6. 40dD6.gO; pigs, 3s sho@6. co roughs. s4Q1S.60.
 &HEEP AND LAMBE-M Market steady; n&m& WSth&wa SA.156TA 2Ss cmllN and cont xs0M s1 k6fS2 1Es ysmxlsnkN S1aRS
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-03
SENSATION 1T ARDSLEY
Scene of Heffernan Murder Witt
 nesses Attempt at Suicide
Well Dressed Stranger Jumped Off the Private Dock in Front of Ardsley Club-Later the Man Was Identified as a Workman About the Place.

as a Workman About the Place.
 Ardsley on the Hudson, N T., July 3. Swallowing so closely the unravelleu Heffernan murder mystery, consider able excitement has been caused here by the attempted suicide of a well dressed stranger who Jumped off the private dock in front of the Ardsley club, into the Hudson river, and who was rescued in an unconscious condi- tion by employees of the club.
 The stranger was seen walking in front of the clubs station near the spot where John Heffernan, the coach man, was murdered on May 20. The man seemed excited and suddenly rushed across the railroad tracks to the clubs dock
 A rope was thrown to him by club employees, but he made no effort to seize 1t. Then one of them jumped in and held the mans head above wa ter until his companions could throw a rope to him. He was dragged to the dock, unconscious, and later re- moved to the Dobbs Ferry hospital. No trace of the mans identity has been secured At the club much nys- tery was thrown around the affair.
 The shooting of Heffarnan gave rise to many peculiar stories. some of which involved well known persons. None of them was confirmed, however, and efforts to solve the case were prac- tically abandoned some time ago.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-03
WEATHER FORECAST

Forecast for Connecticut: Fair to- night and probably Saturday; light, variable winds.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-03
DROWNED WHILE BATHING.

Camden, N. J., July 3.-WiItOn John son colored, IS years of age, and Harry Pill, white 16 years of age, were drowned last night while bathing in Cooper's creek.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-03
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
closang stock Quotattons.

Prime mercantile paper, 55s@S& per cent.
 Exchanges, D,ass,Ss5; balances. $11S.-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-03

Dobbs Ferry, N. r, July 3.-The man who jumped into the Hudson river at the Ardsley club dock last night and was brought here is said by the police to be a Dobbs Ferry work man named Patrick McCann and that he was under the influence of liquor when he took the plunge
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-07-03
RUSSIAN MINISTER ARRIVED
Waiting for M. Lessar, Russian Min
 ister to China.

Waiting for M. Lessar, Russian Min
 ister to China.
 Port Arthur, July 3.-M. Payloff, the Russian minister to Corea, has ar rived here and is waiting the arrival of M. Lessar, the Russian minister to China.
 It was announced from Pekfn last night that the departure of M. Lessar for Port Arthur (where he will meet General Kuropatkin, the Russian war minister, Admiral Alexieff, command ing the Russian fleet in the Pacific, the Russian minister to Corea and all the highest Russian officials in north China) is in order that he may ttpar- ticipate officially in dedicatory func- tions there"
 Tien Tsin, July 3.-M. lLessar, the Russian minister to China, proceeded yesterday to Port Arthur
 The Japanese political agent here declares that the report to the effect that his movement had recalled all the officers of the Japanese reserves who are on leave of absence in north China is unfounded. He adds that though Japan is prepared for war she has nc idea of paralyzing trade by recalling the Japanese who are in civil employ. ment in China
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-25

eral more sharp, short toots on the whistle
Of his own vessel.
In fog. mist. falling snow or heavy rain:
storms vessels are to make All sorts OF
noises and a captain hearing these noises
can tell nj once what sort OF vessel he IA
approaching and what he mus do to avoid
a collision. Every steam vessel must be
provided with an efficient whistle or siren
40 placed that the sound may not he inter-
cepted by any ohstruct ion. and with an ef-
ficient fog horn to be sounded by mcchani-
cal means and with an efficient bell.
When there is fog steamer must slow
down it's speed and must sound al intervals
of not more than two minutes prolonged
blast on the whistle Those who have
crossed the ocean and found fog on the
Banks know how doleful the sound OF that
whistle is and low little sleep can I've had
so long as the fog lasts.
lf the vessel has been stopped but II not
at anchor every two minutes two prolonged
blasts must I've sounded with an interval
of one second between them, A prcl ng d
bias, means one Of from four to six seconds
durat ion
If captain of an ocean steamer that IL
picking It's way through the fog should
hear two blasts sound through the mist
he would know that he is near some vessel
that IL simply drifting with the current,
If he should hear bell rung rapidly for
about five seconds every minute he would
know that he was near vessel that was
anchored
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-25
A WRONG KIND or HAT CHECK.
Apparent FrankneSS Of Breezy Man Nul.
IINcd by n story In THE SUM-"

A mddle-aged man. Immediately attired.
with breezy genial manner, few into a
downtown hat store last Thursday, picked
out an eight dollar hat, and ordered it sent
to 65 Central Park West. He then handed
over check for just that amount in pay
naert. rernarking IA he did so:
II the check is no good I know who II
bail me out
Then he hurried out Of the store as aiTily as
he had entered The check was drawn on
Belmont 4 Co, so Wall street, and signed
y. b. Kellogg" Their" was this at the
bottom: Payable only through n bank. "
THAT seems all right, :" said ,he ma mayer
Of the store to the owner, who happened
to be present. Must be August Belmont
Of course.
Hold on a moment" said the owner.
his morning
And he produced tho Thursday morning
issue Of THE SrN, containing m account
of the mysterious disappearance of the
Investors Protective Association from the
Downing Building in Fulton street.
'Gless we'll keep on the safe side he
said handing the paper to his manager.
But Just for the fun OF it, send round to
SO Wall street
The clerk who went over reported that
the name OF Belmont 4 Co, appeared on an
office door in that building but that nobody
had been seen in the Office since last Sat
urday, when small boy appeared to get
the mail.
No hat was forwarded TO y, b. Kellogg
Of 65 Central Park West" and the check
is still in the possession Of the owner OF
the hat store. Mr.. Kellogg can get it on
application.
Inquiries in the building at SO Wall street,
which extends through TO so Pine street
showed that Belmont 4 Co are supposed
10 he brokers and have been in the building
since May. The Office is single room
On the door appears only the firm name,
which i. not in the building directory on the
ground floor.
Only two persons. one of them middle
aged man known as Mr.. Belmont. have
been seen to enter tho office They appear
always at O'Clock in the morning or >
O'Clock in the afternoon, and never stay
longer than il takes them TO gather up the
mail which is volumirous
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-25
NEW FANCY ~ PAPER WEIGHTS.
Plain Bits Of Foreign Soil Now Figure on
Library Tables.

There is growing fancy for foreign
paper weights for desks said the pro-
prietor OF an uptown store. where, for the
library table at home or for downtown
business desks, such articles are sold.
BY foreign | do not mean imported ar
ticles. but just bits OF old country lands,
70 matter how homely II themselves, but
durable and serving as souvenirs.
quite as often as not the weights serve
az remirders OF places where great battles
have been fought or where other historical
events have taken place. Doubtless some
fragments that have been taken from noted
monuments by American vandals on their
travels may be found on desks on this side
Of the ocean.
4The fad arose from requests bv friends
here to acquaintance going across to bring
back for them bits Of the country visited,
instead of a costly present, It was easy
to keep such a promise. Another thing,
there is no duty on bits Of rock wrapped
In tissue paper, no that the traveller could
drop the little packages in the bottom Of
trunk and forget all about them unit il
they reached America.
Il suppose people have become tired Of
that have been in use for so many years.
And they are equally tired Of freak weights
II IL a good deal better to have something
that you can talk about when you wish to
fill up gap in conversation with visitor.
or when you want some excuse to turn the
con veTsation from an unpleasant subject
How easy for you TO pick up your paper
weight and say;
'Er-by the way, see that stone2 That.
sir, was picked up on the battlefield of
Marengo.' Then the wny is open to dis
cuss Napoleon. There are all sorts OF
possibilities in the scheme IL properly
worked
SOf late you may have seen bits of brick
gel IN wooden bases on library tables.
These have been sawed from bricks Sc
cured from the old Hall OF Records when
il was torn down.
I'm German newspaper not long ago
il was said that the Kaiser Uses as paper
weight on his wiring desk a stone from
the summit Of one Of the highest noun aims
in Africa DR.. Buchner, a ira Weller Of
considerable fame. after making the ascent
of the highest peak OF Mount Kiiman jaro -,
which is on German African ground, broke
on q piece Of rock and on returning to
Germany, presented II 10 The Emperor.
-Irishmen are fond Of having q bit of the
| ould sod on their desks II their offices
! II wBrms their hearts every morn iig when
| They III down 10 business Tor the day,
| ~ glirhlnen 0re, M u rule too matter 81
] fact 10 indulge In the fad
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-25
PEPPERS.
The sale Enormously Increased In This
city IN Recent Years.

New York uses now" said produce
commission merchant, twenty times a.
many peppers as it did twenty years ago.
The city'S consumption Of peppers now
amounts 10 thousands Of barrels annually.
Then we gel green peppers now from a
much wider range of territory than for
merly, and we have them practically the
year around.
We get peppers in winter from Cuba,
and We get n few from Porto Rico. We
naturally think of the pepper As a homely
sort of domestic garden product, but
those early peppers that we get from Cuba
come in small crates as carefully packed
n. peaches would be, and they bring
high price They 90 principally to hotels
and restaurants.
We get early peppers from Florida too.
and later some from Virginia, around
Norfolk, and then. AZ he season advances,
we begin to get peppers from New Jersey,
which il really the great source Of our
pepper supply. There al" sections Of Jersey
IN which produce farmers make a speciality
OF peppers, plant them by the acre and
raise great crops Of them.
The enormous increased local consump-
ton u p"ppers in recent years il due In
considerable measure 10 increased demand
from packers, Peppers are now more
extensively used ian ever before IN the
preparation Of condiments and saucer aud
there are New York packers Of pickles
and preserves who would think nothing
Of buying pcpprs in hundred barrel lots
But the great Increase in the demand comes
IN nlil greater measure from the vastly
incIeased foreign, population Of the city,
and from the ItHIiaDF especially, who,
great consumcn ol oil fruits and vege-
tables, take, with the rest II the green
Thugs they buy, quantities u peppers,
eating more or less II the sweet peppers
~ they would fruit
so the hDmely pepper once familiar
known 10 III 0S thing ~ regular bHt u
limited sHls, hns com" a. rut qliits figure
as an item W the ciiys whoIessDs produce
Uads'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-25
BezObraz0fT, Court FavOrtte.


According to information received by tho
observation-disclosures, the chief factor In the recent
changes in the Russian Ministry has been
the influence Of certain VI. BezobralOh,
who is spoken Of as a fayorlte OF the Car.
NJ. BrZobraZoR began his career by serving
in the Horse Guards Regiment, At the be-
ginning Of the reign OF Alexander III he be-
came the heart aud soul OF an organization
formed 10 protect the person OF the monarch.
IN various ways he strengthened his nfiu-
ence az Court, and during the last few years
mas repeatedly laid before tn" Car memo
randa on important Affairs OF state. The
Ministers. who formerly ignored NJ Bezo-
braIof have Iatterly begun 10 protest Ag1lust
his ini' rfeTrnue. and II II said 10 hay" b""n
IN consequence Of such protest On tn" part
Of NJ Witte that the car recently bestowed
on his tavDrite tn" ia, Of SECRETARY 81 state
to ls Mal.stI. t,,G ni'n r. n2.N' 10y o'Y
Two or three years ago Brlobrdlohi
with the assistance Of several OF the hrlhd
Dukes, NUMBER Of officials 81 the stat l'', ,
paTtmrut and the Consul az ~ oul formed
II company and secured from the iprrhu
Government a concession for H." hpOlttilOu
Of lOfran Forests and mInss, n ~as nh hl-
Emperor CREATED tnr important onl'r Of
wishes of The Ministers chi'hy ron"rn"d
tn" crra'2n 4 'HIT ?!g" VIZ ,ns m"h"'r
was win dlnicult, thal count lnW-doIN ana
Gen kOIrOpulkln V,rr prevented rom f"-
-lgulu, ~ lIl' sNur NM.
,M /oG T, p' ,.u,' ,s,n,a,iSGo' ''iHI ~.
fllr 81 HHrrr ttN oi ...t tU yI- " I.-i'
glNrr hDm 40 Odcd standing hul rnd n,
q prJlarr pIspH,. since The days u nth't-
me II and paul |, 40 Court isyOrlre apprars
W have had rDoh decisive Lpnpnnce upon
the course OF public agairs as ". BsIobTsIoG,
The Imperial press., 1903-11-21
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT

Imperial Water Company No. 4. Loca- ti"n of principal place of business, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.
 Notice is hereby given that at regu- lar meeting of the Board of Directors of the above named Corporation, held on the 17th day of November, A. D. 1903, an assessment of twenty-five cents (25c) per share was levied upon the subscribed capital stock of this Corporation, pay able on or before the the 18th day of December, 1903, in gold coin of the United States, to H. Jevne, the secre- tary, at it's office in the Southern Califor- mia Savings Bank Building in the City of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles, State California. Any stock upon which this assessment shall remain unpaid on the said 18th day of December, 1903, will be delinquent and advertised for sale at public auction, and, unless payment is made before, will be sold on Saturday, the 18th day of January, 1901, to pay the delinquent assessment together with the costs of advertising and the exp 1nse of sale.
 By order of the Board of Directors.
 H. JEvNE, Secretary, Office: Southern California Savings Bank Building, City of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles, State of Cali
 fornia. 31-35
The Imperial press., 1903-11-21
PLANT FOR FUEL
One of the Greatest Needs of the
 Valley is Trees

One of the greatest needs of the valley now is trees. They are needed for shade, for fence posts and for fuel, and the person who plants trees in abund- anoe ought to make large money in a few years. It ought to be possible for every farmer to get in several hundred red gum or other eucalyptus trees this winter, and no one ought to neglect to do SO. So far there hts been fuel ob- tainable from the natural growth of the desert, but the supply is disappearing rapidly, and unless haste is made to grow new supply it will be an added expense to import fuel.
 For quick foliage and fence posts, cot tonwood serves, but it is not adapted to fuel, and herein lies one of our greatest needs.
The Imperial press., 1903-11-21

The Imperial Land Company will put in 400 acres of grain about the town of Imperial, primarily to relieve the bar ren appearance of the townsite.
The Imperial press., 1903-11-21

United States Land Office, Los Angeles, Ca1if.,
 November 10th, 19O3
 Notice is hereby given that JAMES c. THOMPSON, of Perkins, Cal, has filed notice of intention to make proof on his desert land claim No. 1895, for the SEA Sec IA, Twp 16 s. B E., $. B. M., before the United States Commissioner at Imperial California; on Mon day, the 2Sti day of December. 1903.
 He names the following witnesses to prove the complete irrigation and reclamation ofsaid land:
 John R. Ravens of Silsbee, Cal, John Patter. son of Si1sbee. Cal. Abner c. Ensign of Si1s- bee, Cal, Willis E. Wilsie of Imperial, Cal.
 35 A. J. CROOKSHANK, Register.
The Imperial press., 1903-11-21

Let Us lay we'll the foun- dation for what is des- tined to be the greatest industry in the Valley.
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