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Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-01-07
CHAPTER vi.

Il.
The hundreds of columns of snocc
devoted by the New York morning
papers to the great event could have
peen condensed into few para
graphs, so far as any true explanation
of the mystery was concerned.
Six men, whose combined wealth
was variously estimated at from
SSO0,000,000 to 81 $50, OOO, 900. had dis
appeared as suddenly and completely
as if the earth had opened and
swallowed them. Four of them
Messrs. Pence, Kent. Haven and Nor
ton-had been in the latter's office
about four o'clock on Monday after
noon. Mr.. Morton's secretary was
sure they held no conference at this
time, and said they soon left the
building. He thought they left to-
gether, and supposed they went away
| In carriages or in an automobile. 1t
WAS not uncommon for men distin-
guisbcd Iin the world of affairs to
meet at Mr.. Morton's Office Mr..
Morton had arranged for an impor-
tant conference with some railroad
men at his Office for the following
morning at II o'cblock. The CORE
spordercc files showed that fact CON
.cIGsivcly. Mr.. Morton had telephened
TO his residence that he would not
be home to dinner. This was not I'M
usual. That was absolutely all that
WAS known of Mr.. Morton's move
mcnts or plans.
John NJ. Rockwell was in his Office
from IL o'clock until about two in
the afternoon. He transacted bust
ness as usual and had planned to
start on ii trip to Chicago the follow
ing day. His private car had been
ordered to the Pennsylvania depot.
Andrus Carmody was to accompany
him on this business journey. Both
of these gentlemen had left word at
residences that they would not
be home to dinner. Hiram Haven did
not leave his Office until nearly four
o'clock. This was about his usual
hour, and there was nothing in his
correspondence or instructions to in
dictate that he would fail TO be on
hand at the regular hour on Tuesday
morning.
Mr.. Kent's failure to arrive at his
Office nearly drove his brokers dis
tracted. They admitted chat he had
left them certain commission. to fill
on Tuesday morning. but the nature
of them or how they were executed
they declined to make public H.
left his office about four O'Clock Mon
day afternoon, but did not say whore
he was going
For the first time in 10 years Simon
Pence failed 90 come home Only on
rare occasions did ne remain away
from "a home dinner. lie had stated
that "a business engagement would
keep him in the city during the even
ing. but that nc would bc back al n
scasOnabIe hour. The police officials
were notified at midnight Of his fail
ure 10 return To- his residence. MOI
fully approaching the Significance OF
this event they made no search for
the missing man, and classcd il
smong the cases of this kind so IA
miiiar 30 the hardened members OF
the night police force Of the mctrop
olis.
This completes aH Chat was known
concerning the mystery.
That the panic wax beyond control
was apparent long before the stock
change opened "Wednesday NOR,
VIC governors met aLd solemn
- the advisability 81 clos
Exchange until som,
n on the mystery
u rkct
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CHAPTER VII.
MISS HELEN .CARMoDY

Kindly send my card to Mr.. Van
Horne The office boy bowed to a
lady heavily yelled, accepted a card
on which was printed, Helen Car
mody." and disappeared for mo-
ment into an inner room. In n mo-
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a LURKING DAnosR.

There is a 1arki5s
danger IN the aching
back.
The aches and pains
OF the back tell of
kidneys overworked.
Go to the kidneys
a S S j st a nee when
backache pains warn
you.
A kidney warning
should be promptly
needed for dangerous
diabetes = Bright's
disease-are only a
step away.
Read how tho dan
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and 50 shoes worn by thousandsof nenyv who
have been paying 81 and S5,not believing they
He has convinced them that tho s,vIe ~
and wear Of his $3.50 AMI $500 shoes is inst
as good. Placed side by side il is impossible
to sec any difference. 4 trial viii convince
HptiCc Y Scrcase (is9o Sales: az. 2O3 ss3ot
]" bu%tness. ltgO2 Sales. SOL san
gain Of 80, $50. $50. ! o if, -Four Yssre'
~. L, DOUGLAS $500 GILT EDGE LINE.
worm $500 Comps red with OthoT Makes
me pest importer gHf American iertteys Hcgc,
pats't car f1aueL Box Cd,f Caif. Vcj nd Corona
CD't' ,'' "arIo0d Kangaroo. fast Color rDcisfs
i,2IItinn The genuine have w. l., DotJf3T A N
49, name ana price stamped on bottom.
w v. DOUGLAS. Ts:oC x 'rON, " ass.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
FLOODS lMPERlL LIFE.
Des Moines River on Rampage and
People Fight the Torrent.

Des Moines River on Rampage and
People Fight the Torrent.
At Des Moines hundreds of families
were driven from their homes by floods
which closely approached the unprece-
dented record of last year. All Tuesday
night scores of men patrolled the river
banks, strengthening the levees, while
many others removed inhabitants and
household goods from the bottoms. At 8
O'Clock the levees on Maurice street gave
way before the waters of the Des Moines
river, swelled by those of the Raccoon,
and $50 houses We're flooded in an in
credibly short time, forcing the inmates
to run for their lives. The Raccoon is
keeping pace with the Des Moines, and
has devastated many square miles of
territory in the southwestern part of the
State.
The center span of the $50. 900 Melan
arch bridge in process of construction on
Sixth street was carried away. The
wreckage was swept against the street
railway bridge, and that structure had
narrow escape. The loss to the bridge
is estimated at $4,000.
Details of the storm which swept al
most every part of Indiana, were receiv-
ia III w euDeSQdy. AT Alex
andria the Pan-American Glass Com
pany was a severe sufferer, seven large
steel stacks being wrecked. William G.
Gray, a machinist helper, was killed. A
part of the Republic steel mill roof was
lifted and some damage was inflicted on
the east side window-house.
At Walton Manford Stevenson was
killed by lightning and four other men
were severely injured. AT Hammond the
wind wrecked the home of Policeman
William Bundle and Bunde was injured
by falling timbers. Edward Brennan, a
railway engineer, died of shock. Chris
topher Hodel and his son were struck by
lightning while Florking in a field. The
boy was killed and the father fatally in
jured.
At Greensburg the county buildings
were unroofed Heavy damage was done
at Frankfort, Thornton, Decatur, Wind
fall, Camden and Geneva.
In Indianapolis and surrounding terri
tory telephone wires were wrecked. Prop
erty loss in Howard County alone is es-
timated at 100000.
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This and That.

Miss Jean Reid, daughter of Whitelaw
Reid, is convalescing from an operation
for appendicitis.
All the private papers Of exPresident
Harrison. including some unfinished man
uscripts. have been turned over TO John
L. GriBths, who is to write his life.
The book wiz not be published for two
years.
Chevalier Carlo F. Sierra. Italian CON
sui general. has left San Francisco for
Italy. II is stated be has gone for good
The arrival Of Count Sienor Piero Luigi
Grimani lends color 10 the story Of Sig
nor Serra's retirement
A woman Ia Buffalo wrote 10 Mrs.
Roosevelt that she vas the mother Of
twelve children. and The Presidents wife
sent her 8 check for SIS, but later dis
covered that the woman is an impostor.
J. II. Fravklin. farmer. was arrest
ed near Watson, Mo. charged with at
tempting ts extort 5000 from the Bur
iington Railroad under a threat % blow
up one Of the fast mai. t-ains with dyna-
mite.
King Edward Of Great Britain takes
advantage Of his extreme popularity
throughout the British empire al this
moment 70 ask Parliament to Increase
his allowance BY $4,000 year making
the total a round fJ00. 000--S2, 10000.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09

British farmers have made a protest
against the proposed removal Of duty on
grain.
According t. the school census Joplin,
Mo-. has a population Of $3.50 and Car
thage 1910
The people Of Pretoria. Transvaab are
protesting against the importation Of
Chinese laborers.
The health board il preparing 70 moe
ulate the Chinese colony of Manila with
bubonic serum IN order 70 prevent 9
spread Of the plague. II is estimated
that there are 10000 Chinese residents
there.
s. G. Allen. pioneer Of Honolulu, died
Of hearr disease, aged = years. Captain
Allen was one If the weaithiest men In
the HsWsiian islands. his fortune being
estimated az S5.CO0O00
phi johnson, better known as the
@Black Pear a prize fighter, was found
guilty at Enid. O. T.. Of mansisHghter
in the second degree at Enid, killing Of
a saloon porter named Jones last Feb
ruary.
The management of the Louisiana Pur-
chase exposition has designated June "A,
1904 as Swedish day al the exposition.
June "a Is a national holiday Of Sweden
and also q great church day In that coun-
try.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
Along the Rural Routes.

1t IS planned to double the rural mail
delivery service this year. About 1900
new routes viii be established.
Congress appropriated $4,000 ten
years ago for an initial experiment in
rural free delivery. Since then the ap-
preparation has increased TO $1,000 900
for the current fiscal year and 10 S12.-
10000 for the fiscal year beginning July
next.
Among the States where rural free
delivery has been established Iowa ranks
first, with 1907 rural routes; Illinois sec.
ond. with 1..l7: Indiana third. with
] ,06S: Ohio fourth, with 1,025. and Mich
igan fifth. with 994 New York has 923
rural routes, Pennsylvania ass. Kentucky
156 and Tennessee 524-
Tie Development Of rural postal deliv
cry continues 20 contribute 70 the general
movement toward road Improvement A
notable instance is the recent passage Of
an act q the Indiana legislative setA.ng
aside ) per cent Of the roIal road tax
for roads travelled BY rural mail carriers.
In resent 1fviI service examinations
for positions in the rural free delivery
service thirty-seven women passed the
examinations and have been appointed g
positions IN the service. Reports al the
Office Of the superintendent Of rural de-
livery shox that The women carriers are
not disnayed By stormy weather or OBJ
Stacles that fall IN the way Of the per
Torrance Of their duties
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
ALASKA A GREAT COUNTRY.
Its Chief Drawback Is that People Do
Not Know Its Wealth.

The present collector of customs at
Sitka, Alaska, Lieut.. ID. II. Jarvis, for
merly in the revenue cutter service, has
recently been in Washington comforting
with Treasury officials. He says: THE
only trouble with Alaska is that the peo-
pie of the United States do not know
what a country it is. A campaign of
education in the United States would
add to the population of Alaska by many
thousands and would soon make it one
of the greatest countries of the world.
The possibilities of the territory are be-
yond comprehension. Leaving out min
irg-for everybody knows that Alaska
Il rich in gold and silyer-the future of
the territory viii be a brilliant one of
commerce, cattle raising and agriculture
and fishing. There is the greatest ignor-
ance about Alaska. Why, some of the
rich islands of the territory are larger
than several of the small States Of the
United States. There is a coast line to
ALASKA of $4,000 miles.
The people in the States associate
Alaska with seals and icebergs, and
whenever Alaska is mentioned that is
about the first and only thing that comes
10 mind, unless it is something remote
about gold discoveries. All winter at
Sitka the thermometer never went below
eight degrees above zero. believe the
weather reached that point a number of
times last winter in Washington. There
are 1000 miles of coast In southern
Alaska, where the temperature is never
below eight degrees above zero and
where II is as mild in the dead Of winter
as in half Of the United States Just
think of thati
1.-The gross In spring and summer
grows temptingly green and cattle and
sheep grow fat and contented- As TO
vegetables. there is hardly a place in
Alaska where they viii not attain splen-
aid growth. OF course, the interior of
Alaska, far back from the coast is cold
and the GUNNER short. but there are hun
s-eds and thousands of the most fertile
valleys in the interior where vegetables
viii grow easily. Sitka Is no further
north than Glasgow. Edinburgh or Co
penhagcn. and its climate is more tenn
perate than any Of them"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
BRIDE HAS SECRET ENEMY.


rem McNally of Bristol, Pa.
Bristol, Pa. is agog over the system
atlc persecution of a beautiful young
bride of a year, who has been driven TO
the verge of nervous prostration by some
secret enemies. Warren McNally, a
youth of %. and Miss Maggie W'inkin-
son, handsome woman, who had many
admirers among the young men of Bris-
tol, were married a year ago. Shortly
after the ceremony a mysterious mes
sage was received, which read: I'VE will
have you and Warren separated inside
OF a year. From that time on until
ten days ago letters of a threatening
character were received at intervals
Later, however, the prosecutors have
become so bold that the neighbors have
organized and take turns at night watch
ing for the culprit. On 4 recent evening
Mrs. McNally heard a noise in the back
yard, and upon going to investigate was
struck in the face with a thin paper
sack, which was filed with red pepper
The next morning a letter was received
stating that Warren and Maggie are
marked for death, and the heart will be
blown out of the man who dares to in
terfere." Later Mrs. McNally's baby
DOSOniAhS NeStlcsS tue HlOlHer got up anu
turned up the light Immediately brick
came crashing through the bedroom win
dow and narrowly missed its intended
victim. Mr.. McNally is employed upon
the Pennsylvania Railroad, and is away
from home a great DEAL but that night
ne was at home, and he fred a shot in
the direction of the intruders. The next
morning a notice was found tackled on
the door, which read: There will be
shot for shot and man for man." In all
about twenty threatening letters have
been received and the local police force
has been unable to get any clew to the
offenders.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
MORE FREE LAND.
But the Strip to BE Opened Will Never
Repay the Settlers Trouble.

Repay the Settlers Trouble.
1t is officially announced by the United
States land office that on and after june
TO- 1903, a certain portion of California,
hitherto unsettled and undeveloped, will
be thrown open to entry and reclama-
ton. This strip, which stretches from
Mojaye on the west to the Colorado river
on the east, comprises about a million
acres and may be taken up either under
the desert land act or as homesteads in
40 TO 160 acre lots. Irrigation or no irri.
cation, the vast sizzling stretches of des.
ert lands to be thrown open to settlement
will never repay the bulk of those who
go to the trouble and expense of making
the run" west, unless, indeed, they
should chance to discover mine OF
strike oil.
While it is true the government is
making extensive preparations to irri.
gate certain portions of the desert con.
tiguous to the Colorado river, both In
California and Arizona, only a compare
lively small area will be available under
the desert land act. for the reason that
no lofty dams are to be constructed, such
as will irrigate millions of acres of land.
1t is the intention simply TO divert the
Colorado river waters at certain points,
allowing them to fertilize through the
medium of canals, considerable lands ~
ing below the point of such divergence.
Picture, if you can, an illimitable ex.
panse of brown, barren, sloping. brush
covered, cactus-gr0wn landscape, with
dim mountain ranges peeking above the
trembling horizon the whole scene swell
tering under a bronze sky in which the
sun, a dazzling ball of fire, swings pitt
lessy from east TO west. Under foot
coarse, gritty, pehbly sand and gravel
and rocks; on all sides giant, gaunt odd
iy shaped cactus growths that seem to
thrive upon the ozone in the atmosphere
rather than upon anything in the pumice-
dry, sterile soil. Little bunch-liks
growths, never green. stuBted bushes of
a desert species. afford the only shade
TO the timid rabbits and squlrming, ugly
toads, lizards ella monsters and poison.
Gus snakes that crawl over this dismal
plain. Day and night there reigns q
CHASTITY, chaotic silence, unbroken, sol
emn, all-peryading
Verify. a country cursed Of God him
self-devoid Of pr0pJise-barren Of agri-
cultural possibilities except in extreme
~ limited localities, Intended by nature
to lie in unproductire idleness for al
time
This is not description Of some one
bad section, but Of the whole monoton-
Gus expanse of country stretching for
scores Of weary miles in an endless sue
cession Of reaches, hogsbacks, arroyas,
dry lakes and rugged. forbidding, terri
bic mountain raDges-a Titanic synonym
for steriity.
Here. then. are to be located the
'homesteads" Of prospective settlers AS
well offer a stone to a starving beggar,
for not one in fifty Of those who win
make the run in June viii draw aught
but bitter disappointment. coupled with
hardships untold and unimaginable.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
A QUAKE KILLS 1000.
TOWN OF MELAZGHERD, TURKEY,
DESTROYED BY SHOCK.
Awful Calamity on the Fc7h-ates-
Villagers and Garrison Are Swal-
lowed Up-Seismic Disturbance Felt
in ConstantinopIe.

Advices received from Asiatic Turkey
show that { terrible earthquake occurred
April 20 at Melazgherd in the Vilayet of
Van, eighty miles southeast of Erie
room, on the Euphrates. The town was
destroyed with its entire population,
numbering 1900 including roo Armeni-
ans, as well as the troops forming the
garrison of Melazgherd. In addition over
400 houses in neighboring villages col
lapsed.
Melazgherd is situated on the south
side of the EuphrateS river, near its
source. The surrounding country is a
lakeland traversed by mountain ranges
running west from the Caucasus noun
tains. The 1000 inhabitants of the place
were divided about equally between Mos
lens and Christians. The Turkish gov
eminent maintained a small garrison in
the place.
The town had several churches,
mosques and bazaars. The inhabitants
of the country near the town raise large
quantities Of barley, fax and fruits and
have large herds of cattle. Little villages
are scattered all through the Vilayet of
Van, of which Melazgherd, next to the
city of Van, was the largest.
Not many miles east of Melazgherd a
mountain peak rises to a height of H.
547 feet, and not far away rises Mount
Ararat. The Vilayet of Van has pop
ulation of 100000. 1t contains a great
salt lake bearing the name of the villa
yet. Melazgherd is due north of the
lake about Fifty miles.
Details Reach London.
The London foreign office received
some details from the British consul at
Erzeroom regarding the recent earth
quake at Melazgherd. A shock lasting
thirty seconds was felt the morning of
April 20 throughout the district between
Lake Van and the Russian frontier and
as far west as Kharput The town -
Melazgherd consisting of 500 houses,
was destroyed, and great havoc was
wrought in the surrounding villages.
Col. Khalil Bey, commanding the gar
rison of Melazgherd, with his whole fam
lily, three other officers and eight soldiers,
persisted in the ruins. Lieut.. Col. Tayib
Bey, whose family persisted, became in
sane.
The telegraph operator who sent the
news of the catastrophe said that he
himself was badly injured and that his
wife and sister had been killed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09
WOMAN HELD FOR MURDER.
Registry of Amend ed Mortgage Leads
to Startling Discovery.

Mrs. Mary Mcknight of Springfield
township, Kalkaska County, Mich, has
been arrested suspicion of wholesale
murder. She and her mother live to-
gether, and her brother, John Murphy,
with his wife and baby, lived with them.
but were planning to move the next day
into their own house. They were away
for short time and found the baby dead
on their return. Murphy was buying a
coffin when word was brought of his
wife's sudden death, from epilepsy, it
was claimed. Ten days later he died
suddenly. An insurance policy for ST.,
600 in the Maccabees. in his wife's name
then fell to his mother. A mortgage
held by his sister, but not recorded,
when placed on file later, was found to
be raised from 500 to 5000 This arous-
ed the first suspicion that something
was wrong. His body was exhumed
and the stomach sent to Ann Arbor. Re
turns show that death was caused by
strychnine. Mrs. Mcknight lost two
husbands, both dying suddenly and both
leaving insurance in her favor.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-06-09

Two superb Russian horses, supposed
TO have been sent by the Car as a gift
TO President Roosevelt, reached New
York by steamer the other day They
were consigned to Count Cassini, the
Russian ambassador at Washington. 1t
rs said the count will present them to
the President with the compliments of
Nicholas ii. and that Mr. Roosevelt will
institute the Russian custom Of driving
IN Washington. In this connection the
question is asked whether President
Roosevelt will accept the gift. Under
American law the President cannot ac-
cept gifts FROM foreign monarchs ex-
cept by permission of Congress. Presi-
dent Grant accepted such presents. but
not until Congress had passed a measure
allowing him to do so.
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Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $5.25; hogs, shipping grades,
$3.50 to $685. sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $500; wheat, No. 2 red, 76c to Tie;
corn, No. 2, 44c 10 45c; oats No. ?, Bic
to 33c; rye, No 2. 40c to SOC; hay, tim
othy, $3.50 to $15.50; prairie, 5000 to
$3.50; butter, choice creamery, 1Sc TO
2lc; eggs fresh 12c &c l4c; potatoes,
40c to 55c per bushel.
dianapolis-Cattle. shipping, $500 to
S5.25; hogs, choice light, $500 TO $500;
sheep, common to prime, $3.50 to $425;
wheat, No. ?, TIE to 73c; corn. No. 2
white, 44c 10 4Jc; oats, No. white,
34c to 36c.
st. Louis--Cattle, $3.50 to 1928; hogs,
$500 to S610; sheep. $500 to S475:
wheat, No. 2, Toe 70 tic; corn, No. 2,
46c to Ale; oats, No. 2, 33c 10 35c; rye,
No. 2, Acc to soc.
Cincinnati-Cattle. $3.50 to S475;
hogs. 500 to $500; sheep, $3.50 TO
$500; wheat, No. 2. 75c to 76c; corn.
No. mixed, acc to 47c; oats, No. 2
mixed. 36e to Bic; rye, No. 2, SIC TO sc
Detroit-Cattle. $3.50 to $500; hogs.
$500 to 500; sheep, $3.50 to $500;
wheat. No. 2. 76c to Tic; corn, No. 3
yellow, Arc to Csc; oats, No. 3 white,
CSC to 39c; rye, No. 2, SIC to 53c.
Milwaul ee-Wheat No. northern,
Sic to SEE; corn, No. 3, Acc to DC; oats,
No. white, 35c to 3Gc: rye. No. /, sic
to 53c. barley, No. ?, Csc to 59c; pork,
mess, $1,000.
Toledo Wheat. No. 2 mixed, T3c to
75c; corn, No. 2 mixed. 43c 10 44c: oats,
No. 2 mixed. 32c TO 33c; rye. No. 2, sic
to 53c; clover seed. prime, $40.
/ Talo--Cattle, choice shipping steers.
$4.5U 20 $40; hogs, fair to prime, 500
to S7.30: sheep. fair to choice, $500 to
$500; lambs, common to choice, 800 TO
s7.35.
New York-Cattle, 800 to $40;
hogs. $500 to $500; sheep. $500 to
S4.75: wheat, No. red, SIC to S3e; corn,
No. 9. 53c to SIC; oats, No. 2 white,
4Oc TO 42c: butter. creamery, zoe to 22c;
eggs, western. 14c to lie.