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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-07
A WESTERN TRAGEDY.
Bandit Kills One Man, Wounds Two
and Then Commits
Suicide.

Silverton, COL, Oct. la masked
bandit shot and killed John LOTUS, a
faro dealer. and seriously wounded
Herman Strobe and James Rockwell
in J. H. Slattery's saloon and gambling
house Friday, and then killed himself.
The dead bandit, a powerful man, over
six feet in height, has not been iden-
titled. He was armed with two revol-
vers, and on entering the saloon he
ordered the dozen or more men who
were there to throw up their hands.
Instead of complying, Strobe, Lotus
and Rockwell, employees in the place.
attempted to overpower the robber and
the shooting ensued. -:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-07
DAVIS LETTER IS OUT.
In Accepting Nomination for Vice
Presidency He Reviews Issues
Of Campaign.

Elkins, w. Va, Oct. 3.-Hon. Henry
G. Davis, democratic nominee for vice.
president of the United States, has for
warded to Hon. John Sharp Williams,
chairman, and other members of the
notification committee, his letter for
mally accepting the nomination. He
says the times are propitious for the
reinstatement of the democratic party
in control of the government, and de-
clares that thoughtful and patriotic peo-
pie are becoming more and more dis
trustful Of the heady and personal ele-
ment of the present administration, and
are more than willing to see it replaced
by one that better recognizes constitu-
tional and other lawful restraints He
charges the administration with extrav-
agance in governmental expenditure.
With reference to the Panama canal,
Mr.. Davis deprecates the action of the
present administration, which inflicted
q wound upon our national honor by its
disregard of the rights of weaker ma
tion in order to gain doubtful credit
for energy in forwarding that great en-
terprise.
On the tariff question Mr.. Davis says
relief from present conditions will only
come through the success of the demo-
cratic party, which stands for wise,
conservative and gradual change in the
tariff laws, which will equalize the bur.
dens Of taxation and make honest COM
petition possible.
Mr. Davis points out the evils which
come to the people through combina-
lions Of capital and corporate interests
which are so conducted as to be per-
nicious and harmful to the general inter-
est. He heartily endorses the declara-
ton in the st. Louis platform in favor
of arbitration. He declares the revival
by the republican party of the race issue
must Of necessity retard the develop
ment of the southern states, and will
seriously interfere with the industrial
progress of both nations. In conclusion
Mr.. Davis pays high tribute to Judge
Parker.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-07

The report for 1903 on the acreage
and production Of crops and the mum.
Der Of live stock in Great Britain has
just been published by the board Of
agriculture. OF the 56,675 900 acres
which form Great Britain, exclusive Of
foreshore and tidal water, over 3d..
225, 900 acres are under crops and
grass and 12.675,000 acres are occu.
pied by woods and plantations and
100000 acres are covered by inland
waters. Only 16 per cent. of the sur.
face remains to be accounted for.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-07
DEATH OF A STATESMAN.
Sir William Vernon-Harcourt, Long
Leader in Politics in Great Britain,
Suddenly Called.

London, Oct. 3.-Sir William Vernon
Harcourt, 1.-The finest political gladiator
of his age," died very suddenly satur-
day at Nun cham park, near Oxford, the
county seat which he recently inherited
from his nephew. Only his wife, a
daughter of the late John Lothrop Mot
ley, the historian and former American
minister to Great Britain. was with him.
When Sir William went to bed Friday
night he seemed fairly we'll, though he
had been suffering from a slight chill.
Saturday morning when he was called he
replied cheerily: In short time. y
Later a servant entered the room and
found Sir William lying dead on his bed.
Sir William Vernon-HarcOurt became
the liberal leader in the house Of CON-
mons on Mr.. Gladstone's retirement IL,
1894, and held that position until Febru-
arl last, when he announced his inten-
ton of retiring from parliament. He
was for 40 years a well known figure
in British politics.
Sir William George Granville Vernon
Harcourt was born October IA, 1927.
Educated at Trinity college, Cambridge,
where he graduated in 1851, he was
called to the bar. He entered political
life in 1853, when he made an unsuccess-
full contest for the Kirkcaldy burghs.
In 1866 he was appointed queens coun-
sci and was returned to. the house of
commons for the city of Oxford in the
liberal interest in 1868, He was an
pointed solicitor general in November.
1873, on which occasion he was knighted.
When Gladstone returned to power in
May, 1880, Sir William Harcourt was
nominated secretary of state for the
home department. He went out of Office
in June, 1885, but in January, 1886, he
was made chancellor of the exchequer.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-07
NATION SUFFERS
A Severe Loss
DEATH ENDS USEFUL CAREER OF
UNITED STATES SENATOR
GEORGE FRIsBIE H0AR.
Venerable Statesman Passes Peace
fully Away at His Home in Wor-
cester, Mass. ~ Short Sketch of
His Life.

Worcester, Mass, Sept. 30.-Georee
Frisbie Hoar, senior United States
senator from Massachusetts,, died at
his home in this city at 1885 o'clock
this morning. The end followed o
period of Inconsistencies that had
continued since early Tuesday and
came so gently that only the attend
ing physicians were aware of the ex-
act moment of dissolution. During the
last hours there was not movement
of the body and only a scarcely per-
ceptible pulse evidenced the final
struggle. There were present at the
bedside when death came the sena-
tors son, Gen. lockwood Hoar; his
daughter, Mary Hoar, and DR.. War
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-07

In Alaska the reindeer is taking the
place Of the Eskimo dog as beast Of
burden in transporting passengers and
freight over frozen SHOWS. He is
more enduring and tractable and free
from the fits of i'll temper that make
q pack of dogs troublesome to manage.
The dogs, too, must be fed, while the
deer find their moss for themselves,
says writer in Donahoe's. They also
supply their possessors with whole"
some, nutritious milk, even in the
rigors Of the polar winter, when and
where no ether 1rilk can be had at any
price.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-07
Mystery in Girls Death.

Chicago, Oct. 1.-Mystery envelopes
the death of Frances Parkhurst, the It.
year-old girl student at. Ferry hall,
Lake Forest, who was found dead in
Lake Michigan Friday, after search
ing party numbering more than 1000
students, society men and soldiers from
Fort Sheridan had sought her for
many hours in the woods north of
Evanston. It is unknown whether in
q moment of despair she committed
suicide, or whether she met her death
accidentally.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-07
Platform COLLAPSED.

Adams, Mass, Oct. 3.-While Right
Rev. Thomas D. Beaver, Roman Cath
olic bishop of Springfield, was laying
the corner stone of st. Stanislaus Pol
ish church here Sunday afternoon, a
floor collapsed, precipitating $50 persons
into the basement. Thirty-seven per-
sons were so injured as to require med
zeal treatment. OF this number the in
turies of 16 are serious.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-07

According to report of the Ger
man consul at Kief, an American firm
which sells annually more than $780,
900 worth of agricultural implements
In Omsk, has decided to erect tech
nical school in which persons will be
trained to use agricultural implements
and to instruct farmers in their use.
The company found that the lack of
knowledge Of agricultural machines
was the greatest drawback to the de-
velopment of it's trade in that region.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-07
SAFELY LAUNCHED.
The New Battleship Connecticut Slides
from the Ways at New York
Navy Yard.

New York, Sept. 30.-The battleship
Connecticut was launched at the New
York navy yard on Thursday. in the
presence of nearly 10000 persons. The
Connecticut, when finished, will be
the finest and most powerful boat In
the American navy and will rank with
the most powerful battleships Of the
navies of other nations. 80
The Connecticut Is of steel, with q
trial displacement Of 10000 tons and
a max:mu displacement Of 17,770
tons. The vessel is $50 feet on the
load water line, 456.4 ieet over ali.
She will carry three tunnels, wo mil
itary masts, two main and four Sec
ondary turrets, and a main deck CEN
trail battery. The armor has a total
weight of>3, 992 tons. Her armament
will consist of four Pinch breech-
loading guns, one pair in the forward
turret and another aft; and eight E.
inch guns mounted in pairs in four
turrets on the superstructure. In the
main deck battery there will be IL z
inch rapid-fire guns, mounted six to
q broadside. In addition there will
be IL 14-pounders, IL 3-pounders, six
1-pound automatic guns, two 1-pound
semi-automatic, and eight 30-inch ma
chine guns. The Connecticut is to be
fitted for use as flagship, and when
in commission will carry AZ officers
and 761 men. She is not to exceed
$4,212 900 in cost. -
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-07
A Dozen lives
LOST IN FLOODS
TERRIBLE RESULT OF HIGH
WATER IN PARTS OF MEX
ICo AND COLORADO.
Two Little Towns in the Former Are
Washed Entirely Away - Enor-
nous Damage Is Reported from
Trinidad, Col.

Las Vegas, N. M, Oct 3.-Half the
town of Watrous was destroyed by the
flood and at least IL persons were
drowned. Among these were the three
children of J. E. Stevens, Felix Viii
lirael, his wife, two sisters and several
children, and O. F. Porter. Many per-
sons were rescued from trees and house
tops. The greatest damage was around
the junction of Mora and Sapelloire
creeks. The rock crusher, the great iron
bridge and much track at Watrous were
washed away. The Gallinas river
formed a new channel here. In the Gal
linas canyon the dams of the Aqua Pura
company broke, bringing terrific flood
on the city.
Two Towns Washed Away.
Albuquerque, N. M, Oct. 3.-Reports
from the foods in the Rio Grande valley
above and below this city are coming
in. The towns of Valence and Los Lentes
were completely washed away and sew
eral hundred families are homeless. The
river swung to the east, cut a new chan
mel and poured a torrent through the
two towns. No lives were lost.
Trinidad, COL, Oct. Ia terrific
food struck the city Of Trinidad and
the whole valley along the Las Animas
river, devastating a wide section and
causing money loss which at present
cannot be estimated, but which will
reach fully 100000. So far as known
there was no loss of life, but there
were many narrow escapes. Every
bridge in the city Of Trinidad is out,
the Santa Fe station is demolished, all
of the railroads are tied up and the
telephone and Geographic services
completely suspended. More than 80
city blocks in the residence and bust
ness portions are from two to four feet
under water.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-07

The sovereign who reigns over the
smallest monarchy in the world is the
king OF Cocos, group of islands near
Sumatra. These islands were discov
cred about 800 years ago by the cap
tain of the Keeling. but were compare
lively little known till 1925. When
Mr.. Ross, an Englishman, visited them
he was struck by their beauty and
took up his abode there. It is his
grandson, George Ross, who now
holds sway over the Cocos.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-07

An idea of the importance Of the sar
dine industry may be had when the
exports to the United States alone are
considered. During the fiscal year
ending June 90, 1902, which was a
good year, the declared value Of these
exports from Bordeaux was $437,225
from Nantes and its agencies. ,$541,-
1853. This year these exports will prob
ably be exceeded.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-07
Sent to Prison.

st. Louis, Oct. John H. Schnet-
tier. former member of the house of
delegates, who pleaded guilty three
months age. to charges of bribery in
connection with the suburban railway
deal, was on Friday sentenced to two
years. Imprisonment in the penitentiary
by Judge Mcdonald. Schnettler is the
sixth member Of the house Of 1899-1901
to be sent to the penitentiary in con-
nection with this deal.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-07

A few sheds erected in 1862 at ia
malapore, India, for repairs to rolling
stock of the East India railway, have
expanded into a plant covering 100
acres at the present time, and with an
output valued at more than 100000
rupees a year. There are 10000 labor
ers employed, and in magnitude the
shops are said to be exceeded only by
those of the London & Northwestern
Railway Co. at Crewe.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-07

Honey is used for the manufacture
Of alcohol and hydromel in Abyssinia.
The beverage last named Is very in
tox1cating and has an agreeable flavor
not unlike that of cider. Enormous
quantities of honey are used in the
production of hydromel, which is con-
sumed in the same way and as gener-
ally as red wine in France. Price OK
honey, "a cents per % pounds.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-07

SENATOR GEORGE F. HOAR.
rem r. Gilman, who for weeks has
been in almost constant attendance
upon the senator.
From all parts of the common
wealth, of the country and from beyond
the borders of the United States have
come expressions Of sympathy and with
them unstinted encomiums to the
worth, the service and the character Of
the dead statesman. The utterances
have boon confined to no party or
school or creed, for all have seemed to
recognize, as Lieut.. Gov Curtis Guild
has said, that "he was foremost in our
commonwealth as promoter OF that
large brotherhood of American citizen
ship that knows no lines of color or
caste or race or creed"
His Career.
George Frisbie Hoar was born In Con-
cord, Mass, August 20, 1926. He was
educated at Concord academy and ut
Harvard college, from which he was
graduated %in 1916. He studied law at
Harvard Law school and was admitted
to the bar at Worcester, where he was
soon chosen as city solicitor and as pres
ident of the city library trustees. In
1851 he was elected to the Massachusetts,
legislature, and in 1856 to the state SEN
ate. In 1868 he was sent to congress and
was reelected to the three following con-
crosses, but declined denomination
finally. He was chosen senator from
Massachusetts in 1877, and has been in
the senate continuously since. He was
a potent force in shaping legislation
and in the councils of his party.
He was an overseer Of Harvard COL
lege from 1873 to 1880; he presided over
the Massachusetts, state republican con-
ventions of 1871, 1877, 1882 and 1885. He
was delegate to the national republic
can conventions Of 1876 at Cincinnati,
and of 1880, 1884 and 1888 at Chicago:
He was one of the managers of the
Belknap impeachment trial In 1876 and
a. member of the electoral commission
in the same year. At various times he
had been regent of the Smithsonian in
stitution, trustee of Leicester academy
and Of the Peabody Museum of Archeaol-
ogy, president and vice president of the
American Antiquarian Historical So
ciety and the Historic Genealogical So
ciety. The degree of LID. was conferred
on him by William and Mary, Amherst,
Harvard and Yale
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-07

The quantity Of wheat retained for
consumption in the United States
never reached 275,000,000 bushels
prior to 1880. In 1881 it passed the
00,O00,000 line and slowly increased
with the population; in 1899 it was
over 400 100000 bushels; in 1902 it ex.
ceeded 500,000.000, and in the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1904, was ST.
100000 bushels-a greater total than
in any preceding year.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-07

Asphalt continues to be the most
valuable mineral of Trinidad. The
value of the exports has increased
from $4,000 in 1895 to $4,000 in
1908. Up to last year this industry
had suffered to some extent from long
and costly litigation, but special
commission of inquiry has recently
made recommendations which it is
hoped will prevent litigation in future.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-07

The corn-producing states OF Austria
liza are New South Wales and Queens
land, New South Wales having 1917
1873 acres, producing 3,s44.993 bushels.
or 22.9 bushels an acre, and Queens
land 1865 acres, producing 2,569, lib
bushels, or % bushels an acre.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-07
Earthquake in italy.

Rome, Oct. IA strong shock Of
earthquake was experienced Sunday in
the south Of Italy, accompanied by floods
Of rain. The greatest force of the earth
quake was felt in Calabria- Three houses
fell at Soylla, and many others were rem
dered unsafe.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-07
Post Office Robbed.

St. Louis, Sept. 30.-The post office
safe at Sullivan. Mo-, SO miles south
west of St. Louis, on the st. Louis G.
San Francisco railroad, was blown
open and about $1,000 in money and
stamps taken.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-07

The production Of pig iron has In
creased from less than 100000 tons
In 1894 to 100000 tons in 1903, yet
the expectation of pig iron in 1903
was only about $4,000 tons, indicating
that practically all Of the enormously
increased production was utilized at
home for the manufacture of finished
products of iron and steel.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-07
Drops Dead at Fair.

St. Louis, Oct. 3.-Maj. Henry e. AL
word, chief of the dairy division Of the
United States department of agriculture,
dropped dead at the worlds fair Satur-
day from an attack Of apoplexy. He was
here attending the International Pure
Food Congress-. e..
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-07

In Germany tramps are set to work.
unless thsy can make satisfactory ex.
PLANTATION for their idleness, and the
work they are made to 90 Is not so
easy but that they will try to find
something more to their liking when
they are released.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-07
Declines the Honor,

Vanceburg, KY, Oct. 3.-Hon. Sam
uel J. Pugh, nominated for congress by
the republicans of the Ninth district,
has published letter declining the
honor.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-07
Emperor in Good Health,

Berlin, Sept. 30.-Contrary to the
reports circulated in the United States
by news agency Wednesday Emper
or William is described by members
of his suite as being in perfect health
and as speaking in a clear and nat
ural voice.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-07
BASEBALL,
How Clubs Of National and American
Leagues Stand Near Close
Of Season.

The following tables show the num-
Der of games won and lost and the
percentage of clubs of leading baseball.
organizations. National league:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-07
Choice of the Democrats.

Saginaw, Mich, Sept. 30.-The dem
ocrats of the Eighth congressional dis
trict placed IN nomination for coz
er.ss A4enry J. Patterson. of st. Johns
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-07
Takes No Action.

Madison, Wis.,, Oct. 1.-The supreme
court adjourned until October Is, with
out taking action on the La Toilette
case.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-07
Famous Actor Bereaved

Keene, N. H., Oct. 3.-Mrs. Denman
Thompson, wife of the actor and au-
thor Of the "Old Homestead" died at
her home in WestSwanzey Sunday.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-01-23
Cooked Hat in Favor Again

Owing to the fact that the Coliseum
Bowling Alley has just received a
new shipment of regulation cooked
hat pins and new balls, the game is
getting back its popularity as of old.
These pins and balls being larger
than the ones they have had, enable
the bowler to roll a good game and
the records that have been made
since the installment of the strictly
regulation pins far exceeds all pre-
vious ones. Even the representative
of the record who dropped in at the
alleys his afternoon surprised him
self and friends by making "a at
cooked hat, while his previous best
was Sc. a St.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-01-23

) Occupy the Entire Time and Atten-
ton of Carper & Sons.

Carper & Sons, the well driIlers,
head over heels in work. They have
completed r. S. Hamilton's well on
Missouri venue The well is 245
feet in depth and flows So inches
above the casing. They have just
completed the deepening OF E. A.
CahOon'S artesian we'll on the vacant
lot on Kentucky e This was
one of the first artesian wells drill
ed in Roswell and was drilled eight
years ago. The we'll was originally
PA feet deep, and was deepened
about ten feet. which greatly increas
ed the flow. They are drilling a sur
face well for Mrs. Maybee in South
Roswell and are down 92 feet They
have recently completed four surface
wells for Cass Bros. Three of the
wells are 80 feet deep and one is 81
feet in depth. At the present time
they are drilling a surface well at
the cemetery for the Cemetery Asso-
citation. The well is being drilled
near the gate on the west side Of
the cemetery lot. When completed
this well will be used for the bitches
and irrigating purposes. At the pres
time there are two surface wells
in the cemetery lot. The small well
in the middle Of the cemetery is us
ed for sprinkling and the well on
the southwest corner for the open
bitches INT for irrigation purposes.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-01-23
THE AUDIENCE WAS THERE
But the Lecturer Was Twenty Miles
in the Country.


DIR. r. L. Bradley had an engage
ment last evening to lecture before
the teachers of the High School on
the subject of the X-Ray at his office
on Main street. but he was called
hurriedly about noon yesterday 20
miles south to see Charles Formwalt
who is i'll with rheumatism, and he
left a telephone message for Supt.
Stilwell saving he could not fill the
lecture engagement. The message
was not delivered. and about fftee
teachers came to the office and wait
ed patiently, leaving the office at
about $50 o'clock just as DIR. Brad
ley drove up in front returning from
his trip to the country. He explained
the situation and regretted very
much that he had caused them the
inconvenience, and promised thar
he would lecture for them at some
future time.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-01-23
Notice TO the Public.

The City Engineer Is held respon-
sible for the proper construction Of
gravel sidewalks. and in order to
protect the public from needless ex-
pense in repairing or rebuilding the
same. you are hereby notified not
10 pay for the construction of any
walk until same has been accepted
by the City Engineer.
W. A. WILSON.
Is t6eod City Engineer.