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The Lamar register., 1903-05-27
c.F.AI. and Arkansas water.

If information which is claimed to
come direct from engineers of the
big ditch that is constructed between
this city and Bessemer for the great
steel plant, the Colorado Fuel and
Iron company ls planning to rob the
Arkansas river of every drop of
water that passes the narrows in the
Royal Gorge. Tho ditch, final sur
vey of which is now being made, will
be so feet wide at the bottom and
will carry all the water in the river
from the first of August to the first
of June. The source will be in the
Royal Gorge just below the hanging
bridge of the Denver & Rio Grande
railway, and twin supply pipes will
be installed which are six feet in di-
ameter-size for an ordinary man to
pass through in an upright position
with his hat on. Only at highest
flood time would any water get by
them to supply the numerous lrrigat-
ing bitches below, the headgate Of
this mammoth affail being far above
the headgates of any of the old irri-
eating bitches and even further up
the river than the head of the much
talked of state canal.
1t is claimed further that the G.
The Lamar register., 1903-05-27

F. d l. company has come into pos
session, by purchase, of the priori
ties and all interests in the Boone
ditch. This is probably the Oldest
irrigating system on the river, and
was constructed by Col. Boone, for
whom Boonville was named. BY de-
cree, which sntedates all other water
rights in the valley, the ditch is en-
titled to II cubic feet of water from
the Arkansas river per second. In
addition to this right, the fuel com
pany is said to be buying up all the
available water rights that can be
procured between their hesdgste and
Pueblo, and ditch owners and ranch.
ers all along the valley are becoming
greatly alarmed lest they shall be
left without water to satisfy their
needs.
The fuel company, it is under
stood, is not building this big ditch
for irrigating purposes IN any sense,
but purely to provide their immense
steel plant in Bessemer with an ever.
lasting water supply. For years the
plant has been hsmpered in this di
rection, and the construction OF a
mammoth ditch is the outgrowth of
scientific research. The ditch will
divert the water from every tribu-
tary on the south side of the river,
also thus making fruitgrowers and
ranchmen in the valley east of the
Royal Gorge dependent solely on the
waters of the northern tributaries
for irrigation.
1t is estimated that the construc.
ton of the ditch will cost $850,OO
It will be 60 miles long and will fol
low the mesa along the south side of
the river to Bessemer.
1T will be noticed that this article
bears no name, but that it is dated
at Canon City, Colo. The Republi
can has taken the care to look the
whole matter of water rights up as
bearing on this matter and the fol
lowing are the facts:
The G. F. & I. company of Pueblo
have bought the Boone water right
or rights, which entitle them to II
cubic feet of water per second, and
have also bought all the land that
that water was ever used on, and
have turned that land to waste land,
and will use the water obtained by
the purchase, to facilitate work in
the steel works of the g. F. and I.
company. 1t is estimated that this
will only loose about 5 per cent in
passing through the mills and find.
ing its way back to the Arkansas
river. So, instead of being absorb
ed by the land it will be returned
to the xiver, and will be better for
the lands east of Pueblo.
County Republican.
The Lamar register., 1903-05-27
COUNTY Notes


[From the Holly News.l
W. W. Reynolds, county treasurer
of this county, passed through Holly
Wednesday afternoon on No. 8.
Mr.. Markham, of Lamar, was Hol-
ly visitor this week on business with
the A. v. s. B. & 1. L. 90.
Mrs. Anna Hinman came down
from Lamar last Friday on No. 8
for visit with relatives and friends.
She expects to remain a couple of
weeks.
Mrs. s. s. Smith, of Lamar, came
down on 8 last Thursday for visit
with her sister, Mrs. Lou Stumpf,
and returned home on Z Monday
morning.
80
Prof, Geo. R. Momyer left on No.
9 Monday morning for Emporia,
Kansas, where he expects to attend
school for the next year. Mr.. Nom
yer has been the main worker in
placing the Holly schools where they
are and he has many friends here
who wish him success in his efforts
to attain higher education.
from the Granada Times.l
J.W. Creech was in town Tuesday,
with more business to attend to than
the proverbial cranberry merchant.
He reports a % acre field of canta-
loupes which are the finest in his
section.
Bane & Bssset are having plans
drawn for new rating fume and a
second headgate to be placed below
the wastegate. These will be placed
soon, probably next week. This
work is being done preparatory to the
widening of the KY ditch, which
will be done next fall. The KY has
had good flow of water all spring,
but the owners think best to widen it
to its full capacity.
John r. Gordon, of the North
Side, is becoming very much in evi
dence as a public man. He was
member of the jury for the April
term of court, and is to return for
more service as juror on June 8.
At the last term of court he was ap
pointed one of the committee to ex.
anime the county treasurer's books,
and completed that work the latter
part of last week, returning home
Saturday. There is no telling what
will happen to him next.
tFrom the Holly ChieftainI
Holly is going to have brass
band. 1t was decided Wednesday
night when a number of young men
interested met and discussed the
matter. There are plenty of instru-
ments so no expense in that line is
necessary, and the boys propose to
meet regularly and practice with a
view to furnishing the people some
first class music. There will be fif
teen pieces to start out with and
more will be added later on. Many
of the members are old players and
with little practice together they
will be in shape to play for most
snything-a Fourth of July celebra-
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Girl OutMits BURGLAR.

Altoona, Pa, April 27.-The fore
thought of Miss Ruth Clark, a book
keeper at Vipond Construction compa-
ny's office here, was the means of pre-
venting a negro from stealing large
sum of money. Miss Clark was alone
in the office when the negro came in
and demanded money for work done
for her employer. Miss Clark knew
nothing of the work and told the man
so. The man left, but fearing that
he might return, Miss Clark gathered
up several envelopes containing $500
and threw them in the waste basket.
Hardly had she done so when the ne.
gro came back, rushed at the woman
and knocked her unconscious. He
then ransaked the safe, but as he for.
got the waste basket, he got no money.
Miss Clark was revived, but is suffer.
ing from the shock.
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crenshaw Sues for $4,000.

Atlanta, April 27-Thomas c. Cren.
shaw, formerly chairman of the state
railroad commission, has brought an
attachment suit to the city court
against the Pullman company for $15,.
900 damages, the litigation growing
out of the sensational fight between
Mr. Crenshaw and j. H. Kirkland. a
Pullman car conductor, on a Western
and Atlantic passenger train at Mari
eta last June and in which the former
was cut with knife Mr. CrenshaW
alleges that he was attacked by the
conductor without proyocation and he
claims that the Pullman company is
responsible for his conduct.
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Eel In Vat Of Boiling I've.

Oakland, Cal, April 27.-Patrick
Clark, who has been employed in and
about the machine shops in the mate
rial gang at the West Oakland yards,
was the victim of an accident which
may result in his death. He was en-
gagged in rolling big piece of steel
from the caustic soda vat when he
slipped and fell into four and hall
feet of boiling concentrated lye, rs pei
cent strong, feet first and was scaIded
up to his shoulders. His companions
went to his rescue almost immediate
ly, but caustic soda or lye works quick
fy, and he sustained such burns that
it is very doubtful whether he will re
cover
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LEPER SOLDIER ISOLATED.
Kept In Lonely Hut on Tybee Island,
Georgia.

GSOTgta.
Savannah, Ga, April Pin a little
hut situated in the loneliest spot on
Tybee island is Sergeant Nix, of the
Coast artillery, suffering from that
most dreaded of all disease-leprosy.
Some distance from the hut PAGES a
United States soldier with rife at the
ready, whose orders are to see that
Nix does not escape. : Every two
hours this sentinel is relieved. The
sentinels are the only human beings
Nix ever sees, except the man who
brings him food and his physician.
Nix's food is passed to him in a basket
which is hung on the end of pole
about 20 feet long.
Nix contracted the disease in the
Philippines, but it did not develop
until after his return to this country.
He was stationed at F't. Screven, ON
Tybee island, and some months ago
complained of a skin affection. But
little attention was paid to the disease
until it finally became violent. Then
it was diagnosed as leprosy, and the
unfortunate man was Immediately iso~
lated. There is great alarm at Fort
Screven, as it ts feared that other sol
diers may have contracted the disease
from Nix Great interest is manifest
ed in the case by physicians, but the
laity do not receive the fact of the
presence of the afflicted man with
quite the same sort of interest. They
would far prefer that he were else
where, in the Philippines, for instance.
DR.. Gilchrist. a celebrated physician
and bacteriologist of New York, is ex-
pected here to make an examination
of the man. He will study the his
tory of the case and will seek to iso-
late the germ and make study of it
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East Lake, Ala, Dec. Sth, 1902.

Mr.. A. B. Girardeau Savannah, Ga.
Dear Sir:-This is to certify that on Au-
gust lst went to Verbena, Ala, to hold a
series of meetings. Was at that time, and
mad been for six weeks prior, so feeble was
scarcely able to preach. Mr.. F. A. Gulledge,
OF Verbena, with whose family was stop
ping, kindly offered me three bottles of
Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic, gratis.
accepted, and began the use of the Tonic at
once Within three weeks / was was much
better. In three weeks had taken the
three bottles of Tonic and was fully we'll
look no other medicine then nor since, and
am in better health and heavier than for
the past fifteenIyears.
j. M. MCCORD,
Pastor Verbena Baptist Church.
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MARKED BILL TRICKS
MEMBERS OF MAFIA
Five Arrested on Charges of
Extorti0n.
HELD IN $500 RAlL EACH.
Are Members of Society Alleged To
Be Responsible for Death 4 Rene-
detto Madonna, Whose Body Was
Found In a Barrel ii New York.

|
New York. April 27.-Five mer
have been held in $500 bail each il
the Morrisania police court, charged
with eXtortion. The prisoners, it is
said, are members Of the Malta, the
society alleged to be responsible fol
| the death of Benedetto Madonna, whose
body was found recently in a barre
in this city, which is also charged
with extensive blackmaiI operations
under threats of death
The complainant was Giovanni Ban
| Gale, boarding house keeper. Ac
| cording to Bancale the men went tc
him short time ago and demanded
$50, threatening his life if he did not
give them the money. He paid no at
tention to this demand.
In a few days he received another
notification that he must pay $25 at
least.
Saturday night the men called again
and declared that they must have S.
right then and there, and the other
matter would be considered later Ban,
Gale told the men that he had banked
all his ready money except a little
change, but he would borrow the
money if they would return in a cou-
pie of hours.
Waiting until they had taken their
departure and observing that no watch
had been placed upon his house, Ban
Gale hurried to the police station and
told the sergeant on duty of the
threats that had been made against
him.
Two detectives were assigned to as
sist Bancale in trying to ensnare the
men, They returned to BancaIe's
house and he was given a marked SIS
bill
Promptly on time the men returned.
Bancale gave one of them the marked
bill, the detectives watching the ma
neuver. When they left the house the
detectives followed and arrested them
in a grocery store.
When the five men were searched
three stilettos, two razors, five large
knives and revolver were found on
them and one of them had the marked
$5 bill The money and weapons were
piled upon the magistrates desk in
the police court when the men were
arraigned, but they denied that the
weapons or the money had ever been
seen by any of them before.
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LADY USES LASH.
Publicly Rorsewhips Her Husband and
His Attorney.

Publicly Rorsewhips Her Husband and
His Attorney.
Los Angeles, Cal, April 27.-Infuriat-
ed by statements made in divorce pa
pers prepared by her husbands .attor-
ney, Mrs. Nellie Robinson, wife ~ Will
liam Robinson, a well known local ad-
yertising man, publicly horsewhipped
Mr.. Robinson and his attorney, H. t.
Morrow.
Mr.. Robinson and Morrow were
standing in front of the Third street
entrance of the Lankershim building.
in which Robinson has offices. Mrs.
Robinson, in company with two men.
walked politely up behind them. Draw
ing whalebOne whip from under her
cloak Mrs. Robinson slashed her hus-
band across the face. Three times the
blow was repeated, then Mrs. Robin
son turned to Morrow and struck him
twice across the shoulders. Then Rob-
lnson grabbed the whip from his wife
and broke it across his knee.
Nellie" he called, meanwhile seiz-
ing her by the shoulders and peering
into her flushed face, "do you know
what you are doing?"
you called me a drunkard" she re-
torted, struggling to free herself from
his grasp. you let me go hungry
and wanted to drive me on the street"
By this time a crowd gathered and
Robinson, evidently desiring to avoid
a scene, released his wife and follow
ed his attorney back to the elevator.
Neither of the men with Mrs. Robinson
Offered any interference.
Mrs. Robinson walked away with
her companions, but returned in few
minutes and followed her husband up
to his offices. Some one evidently
warned him that she was coming, for
about the time she went up the eleva-
tor Robinson walked down the side
stairs and left the building.
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OPENED VEIN WITH HAIRPlN.
Woman Doctor Under Arrest Attempts
Suicide

Suicide
Louisville, KY, April 27.-Dr. Sarah
A. Murphy, under indictment on the
charge of murder, as the result of the
death of Miss Stella Stork, of Hunting
burg, attempted suicide in her cell at
the county Jail.
DR.. Murphy used a hairpin and sew
cred a vein in her left leg just back of
the knee. A hole an eighth of an
inch in diameter was made i'm the vein,
and the blood was pouring from the
wound when the discovery was made
by Mrs. Hayman, the Jail matron. Mrs.
Hayman held her finger over the
wound, staunching the flow of blood
until DR.. S. H. Garv1n, the Jail physi-
clan stopped the hemorrhage.
On returning to consciousness DR..
Murphy stated that she desired to die
to save her daughter from the disgrace
that would result if she should be con
victed under the charge against her.
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Church Mods.

Didn't the minister feel it when so
many in the congregation fell asleep
during the sermon ?'
"Oh, no. 1t encouraged him to keep
on"
''How so?"
"Why, he was egotistical enough to
think they were nodding approval at
what he said"
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Birmingham, Ala, April 27.-Glen
Isavis and William Wise. charged with
the murder of Elias Lathem, in the
lobby of the Morris hotel, have been
indicted by the Jefferson county grand
jury. The two men had preliminary
trial, but the courts decision was held
up. The action of the grand jury
makes any possible decision by the
justice of peace ineffective. All of the
men are prominent, and the shooting
was one of the most sensational af
fairs in Birmingham for several years
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GIRLS SHOCKING DISCOVERY.
Found Father Hanging by the Neck
Dead


San Francisco, April 27.-When Jo-
hanna Killers, the 23-year-old daughter
Of Henry Killers, a painter, returned
to her home at No 1924 Mission
street, she found her father hanging
by the neckpon the porch at the rear.
She ran into the kitchen, procured
bread knife and cut the rope by which
he was hanging. She was too late;
her father was dead
Only when the fut.llty of her effort
was conclusively proved did she break
down. Then, womanike, she sobbed
as if her heart would break. Her
cries attracted neiShbor, who noti-
fed the coroner's office of the death.
Killers was 40 years old, and ma
tive of Denmark. For 18 years he
was in the employ of Spreckles Bros.
& Co., but during the past few months
has been unable to work, owing to poor
health 1t was probably dependency,
brought on by brooding over his condi-
tion, which caused him to take his
life.
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A Terrible Experience.

In an instant the light craft was in
the midst of the floating ice, which,
crashing against 1t, stove in her sides,
The two men managed to cling to the
gunwales and called Justify for help
This was about 6 o'clock At that
time the wind was blowing from the
American side of the river, and their
voices could not be heard by those on
shore. From o'clock until 10 O'Clock
they clung exhausted and shivering
to the sides of the boat and would
surely ha@ dropped exhausted into
the river had not Day fortunately
heard their cries and came to their
rescue.
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Neoro KILLED bv Train

Montgomery, Ala, April 27.-News
has reached here that Thomas Harris,
a negro was run over and killed near
Cusseta by a freight train on the West.
ern road. His body was carried to
Opelika, Ala.
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Keep doing, always doing. Wishing,
dreaming, intending, murmuring, talk
ing, signing and repining are all idle
and profitless employments.
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No True American

is ever satisfied except with the
best. The Oldest is not always the
best, and is seldom the strongest.
In this case, however, the best is
the Oldest and strongest. Let fig
Tres speak:
The assets of The Mutual Life Insurance
Company of New York organized I843) ex-
ceed those of any other life insurance com.
pany in existence. They are over
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S3S2,OOO,OOO
1t has paid Policy-holders over
S027.OOo,OOO

which is more than any other life insurance
company in the world has disbursed
A policy in The Old Mutual
gives man or woman that sense
OF assurance which cannot be en-
jOyed under private investments.
Write to-day for "wnere Shah I Insurer
The MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY OF New YORK,
RtcnardIA. McCurdy, President.
r. +. SHEDDEN, Manager, Atlanta.
ARTHUR & EVERETT,
Resident Agents,
AMERICUS, GEORGIA.
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Back over Dangerous Path.

After considerable maneuvering the
two men were hauled aboard the skiff
and over the same dangerous way they
were brought across tbe river and
safely landed on shore. The men
were taken to the nearest house, and
after drying their clothing and recov.
ering their strength left their rescu.
ers without even giving their names.
The two men, it was afterward learn.
ed, started from the foot Of Erie
street with the intention of taking
the naphtha launch to Tonawanda,
where it was to be repaired The
harbor and river at the time were
partly free from ice, and they had but
little trouble making their way to the
middle of the stream When they
reached a point directly opposite from
the foot of Porter avenue, they encoun.
tered a sea of floating ice and were
forced to deviate from their course,
Soon after they struck the reef and
stuck fast
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-04-28

), ~ Inch White Lawn, worth
al''''''.... &c per yd
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FIGHT FOR LIFE IN
SKIFF IN ICE FIELD
Brothers Battle For Hours to
Rescue Two Men.
THEIR LAUNCH WAS STRANDED

Perilous Position of TWO Men or
Small Reef in Niagara River-At
Peril of Their Own Lives Rescuers
Take Them to Safety.
Buffalo, N. Y, April 27.-At the per
il of their lives and after battling their
way through a sea of tossing water
and floating cakes of ice. Charles J
Day, employed as an engineer on the
patrol boat Goveanor Morton, and his
two brothers, Joseph and Nicholas,
succeeded in rescuing two Tonawanda
yachtsmen from a perilous position
on a small reef in the Niagara river
just off the foot of Porter avenue
where they had been stranded in their
naphtha launch. The two men had
been fast on the reef in
their tiny craft for nearly four
hours, and when rescued were com
pletely exhausted. They both refused
absolutely to give their names, even
to the men who rescued them, and af-
ter spending some time at a cottage
occupied by boatman and his fami-
ly at the foot of Porter avenue they
boarded a trolley car to Tonawanda.
Heard Cries Through Darkness.
Charles J. Day, who first discovered
the plight of the men, teg5 a most in.
teresting story of the rescue. The
Day home is situated on what is known
as the State yard, near the foot of
Porter avenue AS Day was return
ing home from downtown, he fancied
he heard the voices of men coming
from the direction of the river At
first he paid but little attention to the
cries, thinking it was but he echo of
the voices Of men further along the
river bank near the water front.
Just as he was entering his door,
however, he again heard the cries of
the men, who were Justify yelling for
help. Day hallooed back to them and
managed to understand that they were
in danger and were stranded on the
reef. Day Immediately aroused his
two brothers, who live nearby, and to-
gether the three men. without once
thinking of their own danger, launched
a light skiff and pulled out into the riv.
er in the direction from whence the
sounds came
AT that time the river was filled
with immense foes and cakes of float
ing ice which carried along by the
swift current threatened every moment
to crush the small craft like an egg
shell. Darkness enveloped the river
and the courageous rescuers were
guided only by the cries of the men
on the reef. Two of the men manned
the oars of the small craft while the
other sat in the bow with a huge
pike pole, staving off the heavier cakes
which bumped against the sides Of
the small boat
After battling for nearly an hour
through the mass of ice and Drawing
the dangers which menaced them at
every oar stroke, they managed to
reach the reef where the men were
fast. There the rescuers found that
the light naphtha launch had struck
the reef while running down stream
and her bow was stuck fast. The ice
had stove in one of her sides and she
was partly under water Astride the
gunwales, clinging desperately and al
most utterly exhausted, were the two
men
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PeriIous Position of Two Men on
Small Reef In Niagara River-At
Peril of Their Own Lives Rescuers
Take Them to Safety.