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The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-07
COL LORADO STATE AFFAIRS AND
DOINGS AT THE CAPITAL CITY
Stratton inheritance Tax.

Attorney General n. c. Miller is not
satisfied, with the assessment OF the
Stratton estate at si,000.000 and has re-
quested Judge Orr of the County Court
of Ell Paso county to appoint an ap-
praiser to value the property in behalf
of the state. He believes that it is
worth at least 81 900, 900, whereas it is
only appraised at $400O,H00.
The difference in the attorney gen.
erals figures and the value now quoted
means if the inheritance tax is sus-
tained at least $lSO000 to the state.
Under the last law the Inheritance
tax is graduated and is paid as follows:
Where children or husband and wife
are beneficiaries, 81 per hundred dol
lars; uncles. aunts, nephews, nieces,
SO on each one hundred dollars; other
objects, 81 to Sc per one hundred dol
lars. The Stratton estate comes under
the latter class at Sc for each 500,
and under the present appraisement
the state should receive $24O,OoO in
heritance tax, while If it comes to the
attorney generals standard the state
will receive $42O,O00.
The attorney general believes that
the last inheritance tax law will be
declared valid, as it is modelled on
those Of other states where it has been
declared SO. The inheritance tax law
and the planning of measures for plac-
ing it in operation is occupying most OF
the attorney generals time.
After hearing arguments in the case
of the people of the state of Colorado
upon the relation and complaint OF
Emma NJ. Herey versus James S. Ea-
gleton, Judge John |. Mullins in the
District Court at Denver handed down
a decision for the plaintiff in division
two of the District Court August 1st,
which installs Miss Herey firmly in
her Office as county superintendent OF
schools in the city and county of Den
yer until her successor is duly quail
fed, and enjoins the defendant, ap-
pointed by the board of school district
No. l. from performing any duties of
the Office of deputy superintendent.
On the advice of Attorney General
N. C. Miller, State Auditor Holmberg
has decided to pay the amounts speci-
fed in the election contests appropria-
| ton. Mr.. Holmberg was in doubt as
to the manner in which the money
should be paid, but he has finally de-
cided that the signatures of the chair
men of the legislative committees on
finance and elections will be sufficient.
The auditor will adhere to the advice
of the attorney general to pay the sal
aries as they are specified in the stat
| utes and not according to the appro-
| priation bill, when they appear in the
statutes. In following out this advice
the auditor will have to pay the salary
of $500 for a special game warden,
which was stricken out of the appro-
priaton bill, as the statutes provide
for ten chief game wardens on regular
salaries and at the present time he has
only six chief wardens.
Superintendent Kincaid, who has
charge of the fish hatcheries in the
state, is busy sending out fish in re-
spOnse to numerous requests. Over
900 have already been sent out and
the work has just commenced Usually
three or four million are placed in the
streams of the state each year.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-07

Rome. Aug 5.-The conclave, after
being in session for four days. yester-
day on the seventh ballot elected
Giuseppe Sarto, patriarch of Venice.
as Pope to succeed Leo MIL. and
.Sarto now reigns at the vatican and
over the Catholic world as Plus y.
Tonight all Rome is illuminated in
mis- honor.
His election and the assumption Of
his holy Office were marked by a strik
ing demonstration and impressive Ger
emonies at the vatican.
The date on which the coronation of
Plus X. will take place has not yet
been decided, but the impression pre-
walls that it will take place August
9Th.
Although the election was over at
II O'Clock yesterday morning, and was
announced to the world forty-five min
ntes later by the appearance of the
new Pope at the window of St
Peters, the concave was not formally
dissolved until $50 o'clock in the af-
ternoon. The cardinals then returned
TO their various apartments in Rome
with the exception of Cardinals Ram
polla and Oreglia, who temporarily re-
tsin their official duties in the vatican
end Cardinal Herrera, who is too i'll
to be moved for several days.
The election of the patriarch OF Ven
ice this morning was unanimous. After
Mondays ballots it was a foregone
conclusion that he was the only can
uidate sufficiently acceptable to all to
secure the necessary twO-thirdS that
the laws of the church require.
One Of the cardinals said to repre-
The Grit-advocate., 1903-08-07

\ movement is on foot among the
San'a Cruz county lArizona) cattle
men o get rid of the great supertluity
of hprses upon the ranges (Which
tramp down more grass than they eat
by Ling them to shippers who will
convey them to the eastern markets.
tn" Denver Wholesale Produce As
soCla on announces that in conse-
queLne of the heavy loss on eggs this
season an egg inspection committee
conss ing of three members has been
appointed, whose duty it shall be to
insp.'t all shipments of eggs arriving
in bat condition and to furnish the
assOration as well as the receiver
witt a written report of the actual
fact of the case as the committee may
find hem. The advantage of this
committee can readily be seen in cases
wheIa there is dispute between ship
per and receiver, as it takes the dis
pute out of the hands of the inter
ested PARTIES and places it in the hands
of dis.nterested ones.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-01
WATERS ARE REcEDlNo
Flood Victims at Des MoInes sutferl
from the Cold.

Flood Victims at Des Molnes Suffering
from the Cold. sv
Des Moines Iowa, June 1.-The Des
Moines river is now back to the mark
which was its maximum last year and
constituted the record prior to the pres
ent food. The river is declining at the
rate of an inch an hour and indications
point to a. more rapid decline from this on.
Extreme cold continues and the flood
victims are still without sufficient cloth
ing. Pitiful appeals are made for dry gar
ments for women and children. The most
alarming reports were received this morn
ing concerning the epidemic of pneumonia
and kindred disorders. Doctors are unable
to get sleep, so numerous are the calls,
and scores of fatalities resulting from ex-
posture seem inevitable.
The smallpox hospital was surrounded
by water and the coal and food supply
was cut off for two days, but the anxious
inmates have been treasured by the de-
Ginning of the water,
The general food and fuel famine that
was thretened yesterday is now believed
to have been averted, as teams and boats
have succeeded in reaching freight cars
city.
The North Western. Minneapolis & st.
Louis and Rock Island are operating trains
irregularly. boats and hacks being en-
| p1oyed to transport passengers to and
from the trains beyond the flood districts.
Other railways are still tied UP
The river has begun to decline at OF
itumwa and Eddyyille. below here, leav-
| ing terrible trail of ruin. Conditions al
these places are exactly as they were
| thirty six hours ago.
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fire department has moved to a livery
stable.
All railroads are flooded for miles. No.
trains moved. Two thousand people In
fifty blocks are homeless. Hundreds of
boats and RATS are rescuing women and
children. The Home theater foundation
gave way and the wall fell The morgue
is flooded and corpses are removed to the
second floor to prevent their floating
away. S
City Is In a Lake.
Hutchinson Is in lake five miles square
and but 500 house are above water. The
Postal Telegraph company has one wire
working to Denver. Restaurants are all
flooded and supplies are running low.
Thousands 81 acres of wheat, corn and
alfalfa are ruined. Hundreds Of truck
farms are six feet under water All
churches, excepting the Baptist. are un-
der water. Foundations of many build
ings are weakened and may fall. There
is much suffering but no deaths. The
water is four feet higher than ever be-
fore. Every manufacturing plant. salt
plant and wholesale houses is flooded
The Hutchinson and Valley property loss
! is estimated at $4,000, 900.
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ONE DROWNED

City Of La Crosse is Entirely Surrounded
by Water.
Special to The Journal
La Crosse. Wis, June 1.-While at
tempting to save some small furniture
from his home, which was partly under
water, Paul Wickers was drowned in sight
of hundreds of people. in a spot directly
over what is ordinarily the road leading
to North La. Crosse.
The floods have reached the city and
small houses are af1oat. On the north
side two feet of water has caused many
prominent families to fly to higher ground.
The distress among the poorer classes in
the outskirts is great and If the water
rises another foot thousands of dollars
worth of damage will be done in the
wholesale district.
The city is entirely surrounded by
water. The loss Will reach thousands of
dollars Several people were saved from
drowning to-day by officers on guard.
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Theodore Roosevelt.
The message reached the governor at ]

a. m. ea,.-sg 49,
Only one railroad line can get: into or
out Of Topeka. to-day and that is the
Santa Fe, by way Of Emporia. A train
was sent to Emporia at a. M and an
other was sent out at noon. From En-
poria the train will try to go west; via
Ottawa on the Missouri Pacific.
More boats have arrived and in addi-
ton the Chicago lumber company has
constructed a, rude boat propelled by
gasolene engine. This additional trans
portation expedited the work of relief very
much. In addition to these boats the
Rock Island, the Union Pacific and Mis-
souri, Pacific are trying to ship in some
steam launches.
The property loss from the best esti
mates now possible will amount to APP
proximately $1.OOOoOo. The whole Of
North Topeka is still under water seven
feet deep. While the 200 people penned
up In the second stories of various build
ings have plenty of food, the most Of
whom are in great need of good drinking
water, which is being supplied as rapid
Nv as possible in barrels and cans. The
great fear at present is that some of the
buildings in North Topeka may collapse
because of their foundations being under
mined by the water. There is no imme-
date apprehension that the wooden mill
will go down, but at the same time every
effort will be made to extricate people
from that point as quickly as possible to
avoid any further loss Of life.
The kaw Is Falling.
At o'clock this morning the Kaw
river was almost at standstill with 6
slight tendency towards falling. There is
no rising water from above. The rain has
fallen without cessation for the last sew.
,enty-two hours, but at no time has Il
been in the nature of cloudburst. The
situation at North Topeka is improving
There is but little more danger of death
from drowning. Except in isolated cases
the refugees have been cared for. a1thc
they are wearing insufficient clothing
and hundreds are sleeping in improvise6
beds.
Boats have crossed from the south side
to North Topeka, with an abundance o.
provisions. The north approach to the
Melan bridge is out and boats are unable
to cross the river at that point. A mum
Der of people have been pulled acros!
from the stricken district over wire
cable. where the Melan bridge stood. 4
sand dredge was operated after the man
ner of a breeches buoy. $
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-01
GATES OF DAM
ARE BLOWN UP
Thirty Masked Men overpowered
and Threatened Watchmen
at Chengwatana Dam.
Then They Planted Dynamite and
Blew Out Two Gates SUI
ferers From Flood.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Pine City, Mimi, June Thirty mask
ed men, supposed to be farmers, over
powered the watchmen at the Chengwa-
tana dam on Snake river, a mile and a
half below this place, last night, planted
six or seven charges Of dynamite and
blew. out the main sluice gate and one Of
the others
. The watchmen were threatened and
were powerless to do anything to save
the property While the dynaniters came
in the night and did everything to con-
ceal their identity. it is asserted that sew
eral Of them were recognized.
No arrests have vet been made. tho
Paul Munich OF. ST. Paul. owner of the
dam, is here and will doubtless proceed
against some of the farmers. The dam
age is not great, only $500 or $500. The
wagon road on the dam cannot be used
for vehicles, but foot passengers are cross
ing. 49,
Farmers have been holding meetings to
protest against the loss caused to their
farms by the maintenance Of the dam,
and it is believed that the movement for
its destruction was encouraged by those
who have suffered by having their lands
flooded. The stage of water made by the
dam has teen unusually high. and trouble
some this year. -s5e
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oTTUMwA NOW. FLOODED
Water Stands at Twenty TWO Feet
Thousands Homeless

Thousands Homeless.
Ottumwa, Iowa, June with about
one half of South Ottumwa under water,
which threatens to take out houses and
business blocks, a large part of West and
East Ottumwa flooded and railroad COM
munication cut off except on the main Vine
of the c.. B. & c., Ottumwa is enveloped
with an awful flood.
At II this morning the water stood at
twenty-five feet, and has backed up III
several places, flooding the Easements oil
more than a score of business blocks II
is estimated that between 5000 and 5000
have been driven from home It, is i'm.
possible to estimate the property loss.
volunteer relief committee has beer
selected and has been working for twenty
four hours. All the people caught in the
flooded district have been rescued, excep
those in South Ottumwa. where it is be
lieved 100 are in danger unless there Il
soon a fall in the river.
The railroad situation is alarming. The
Burlington track west Of the city fol
four miles has been under water ovel
twentyfour hours. The Rock Island
tracks are inundated in both directions
and Milwaukee traffic is completely GU
off. Water covers the trestle approach tt
the Wabash bridge here. and it is feared
the bridge will be taken out. The Rocl
Island yards and round house at Eldon ar,
repored to be flooded, and one person il
said to have been drowned there.
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affecting directly 5000 weavers and 10000
hands in other departments. ALL Of the
dyers who are said to control the sit
uation, are on strike with the exception
of those Of the Berkshire mills in the
northeastern section of the city. This
firm conceded the IS hour work week and
increased the wages of the men from
$12 to s13 a week
The ingram carpet weavers are asking,
besides the IS hour ~ ek a 10 per cent
increase in wages Tire mill of John and
James Dobson, employing 1000 hands,
was closed indefinitely to-day. The
workmen were notified that they could
return to work at the present. rate Of
wages, otherwise the mills would remain
closed.
Big Loss to Men.
Thirty-1line branches of the textile
trade are affected by the strike and the
capital invested in the mills is estimated
at 500, 100000 The daily loss in wages
will amount to $125,00O.
The manufacturers admit that the oper-
atives are in a. position to close all mills
not granting their demands. This is due
principally to the Importance of the dyers'
branch Of tire industry. Their work is Of
a character not generally understood or
readily learned, and while the dyers con
tinue OH strike the mills must remain
idle no matter what the other textile
workers may do.
A Peculiar Situation.
Men interested In the trade say that
the manufacturers are not worrying over
the strike. They have a large number
of contracts on hand which need not be
filled. as all of them were made to in
lc1ude the, strike clause These con-
tracts were entered into when cotton was
| much lower than it is now, and at the
|
mean a big loss to the firms involved.
! Should the strife continue the contracts
need not be INST, and the manufacturers
can sell the cotton now on hand at a big
profit instead of being compelled to use
i it themselves 1T a loss.
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Topeka, Kan, June 1T is now be-
1ieved that the total number of lives lost
in the flood here will not exceed twenty.
No lives were lost in the fires and only
eight buildings were destroyed by fire.
Early reports were unavoidably exag-
gerated, The burning of lumber piles gave
the impression that the whole Of the north
ern part of the city was going. and no one
was found who placed his estimate OF the
loss of life under the hundreds.
With the smoke cleared away, the kaw
falling. and communication by boat less
difficult additional light on the subject
was received this morning and the reduc-
ton in the estimated loss of life followed
About 200 people are still at North To-
peka. $50 of them being in the upper story
of the wooden mill They are well fed
but extremely uncomfortable. -
The Known Dead.
HENRY JORDAN, coiored.
Mr.. WARD, aged man. r.e
ARTHUR STlTT.
Elve-year-oId son Of Mrs. Garrett
Child Of George M. Story.
MISS LOUISE SEAHAVEN.
MRS. JACKSON, widow.
HENRY gLUDDINGToN.
JOHN L. ADAMS. E...5
MRS. IDA MONTGOMERY.
KARL and AMELIA RUTT, both chill.
dren. gsl
ANDREW PRETzEL.
FORST 4.kUTZ. ~
Among the missing are DR.. H. c. Miner
and his son in-law, A. c. Heating. Inc
rescuers of the Miner family took the two
men and children on the first boat. When
they returned the doctor could not be
found The family lived in a story
house. Two miles down the river a shirt
marked A. G. Heating was found af1oat
The President Wires.
President Roosevelt telegraphed to-day
from Cheyenne to Governor Bailey offer
ing the assistance of the federal authori-
ties If needed as folloWs:
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WAR DEPARTMENT ACTS
Army Supplies VIII Be Issued Z
Sufferers


Washington. June 1.-The war depart
ment is exercising its full powers and CO.
ing to the extreme warrant Of the law in
aiding the flood sufferers in the west Put
ting aside all technical questions. Acting
Secretary Sanger has assumed full re-
sponsibiity for the extension of relief
where necessary to save human life, and
if necessary. congress will be asked later
to approve this exercise of authority.
By direction of the department the mill
tary officers In the distressed region will
not only provide tents to shelter the home
less, but will exercise their Judgment as
to the issue of such military supplies and
rations as can be spared from the military
posts.
In addition General Gillespie, chief OF
engineers. has not only authorized the use
of all boats and pontoons at the river and
barber works within reach Of the flooded
section to save life and property, but
Major Leech, the engineer officer Ii
charge at Fort J4eavenworth, has stated
that he can soon build 1900 feet OF pom
toon bridging and this will be transported
as quickly as possible to the places where
it is needed to reopen communications
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The greatest loss Of life is reported in
the destruction of the cotton mills. where
about eighty are believed to be killed and
a score injured.
where four large stores were blown down.
The storm had driven many people into
the stores for refuge and probably all
were. killed.
There were SO Dat work in the cotton
mills when the storm came. The mill
was three-story building.
The rof Of the city electric car barn was
blown off.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-01

stantinople: June lin spite of Off
cial statements to the contrary, the con-
sular reports maintain that there were no
revolutionists at Smerdezh south of Lake
Presba, May 81. at the time the Turkish
troops attacked that place, and assert that
two hundred Of the inhabitants, men,
women and children, were massacred in
cold blood by bashi bazouks.
The: porte has appointed commission
of inquiry to- Investigate the consular
statements.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-01
VALLEY A DEsoLATE WASTE
Fourteen People Drowned Near Emporia
Kansas IL

Kansas.
Emporia, Kan. June 1.-The north fork
of the Neosho has fallen eleven feet, but
the south fork of the Cottonwood is now
six inches higher than at any time in thir-
ty years and another two-foot rise has
reached Strong City, twenty miles west,
since the Neoshoa has subsidized. Reports
from the country have begun to reach here
and indicate that the valley of the Neo-
sho above here is a desolate waste.
Thousands OF dollars worth of farm
property and crops were washed away and
hundreds Of head of cattle, hogs, and
sheep were drowned. No loss of human
life is reported near here yet, but in
Council Grove. fourteen bodies are said to
have been found in: houses since the water
subsidized. & 49, -
Significant silence from the country. be,
low here indicates that the devastation
will be most complete The katy tracks
are washed out on both sides of Emporia,
but the Santa Fe is running trains from
Topeka, and Ottawa to Newton. Rain
fell mere almost constantly. The tempera-
| ture is 40 degrees.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-01
HUTCHINSON SUBMERGED

Baptist Is the Only Church Above
Water.
Hutchinson. Kan, June Cow creek
has fallen since last night but the water
is still two feet high in Main street and
every business house is flooded one foot.
Midland hotel. the banks, postoffice the
Home theater. the Carnegie library and
the Bee office are flooded. The electric
plant is flooded and lights went out at
II o'clock Saturday night. The city hall
and courthouse are under water and the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-01

Now f6fK Sun Bpecidl befvice; . -
q. Bloomington, ILL.,, June 1.-The police
to-day arrested Darwin Seymour, a youth
of 816. charged with assault with intent
to murder his father. r.. L.: Seymour. a
we'll known resident of this city. The
elder Seymour was shot three times. The
boy declares he thought his father was
burglar. The police say the shooting was
intentional.
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TORNADO KILLS
TWO HUNDRED.
The City Of Gainesville, Ca, Is De-
svastated by Genuine Kan
sas Twister.
Eighty Employees Of One Mill Are
Reported to Have Met
Their Death.
. ~. :
Four Large Stores, in Which Pedes-
TRANS Had Sought Refuge,
Are Demolished.

Atlanta, Ga, June Thy long distance
message from Gainesville.) Shortly after.
the noon hour to-day this city was struck
by a tornado, killing, it is claimed, 100
persons, unroofng the City hotel and other
large buildings and destroying the Gaines
vile cotton mills. The death list will
not be known until the debris is cleared
away.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-01
RISING At OMAHA
Maximum VIII Be Reached morrow
Falls City Cut Of.

Falls City Cut OF.
Omaha, Neb., June 1.-The Missouri
river continues to rise at Omaha, but Is
expected to reach its maximum to-mor-
row when it will be about fifteen feet. or
three feet below the danger line. There
was an appreciable fall at Sioux City this
morning. Bottoms are being flooded, at
many points between Sioux City and ST..
Joseph.
Falls City, Neb., is entirely cut off from
outside communication, but one train hav-
ing arrived there in several days.
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Lowell Mills Reopen.

g Lowell. Mass, June 1.-The gates Of
the Massachusetts,, Merrin1ack, Boot,
fremont & Suffolk, Hamilton & Appleton
cotton mills; which have been closed for
nine weeks by, reason Of labor troubles,
were opened day. The Lawrence mills
which were partly closed also. resumed: