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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-09-20
ROBBED BY TRAIN BANDITS
Rock Island Passenger Train Held
Up and Express Safe Looted
rhisves Keep Up Fusilade Alongside of
Train to Keep Passengers From Inter-
fering = Bioodbounds on the Trail.

Chicago. ILL., Five robbers held up a
Rock Island passenger train near Let's.
Ia, small town near Davenport.
shortly after IL o'clock in the morning.
The express messenger was compelled
to open the door. The car safe was
blown open and after securing its con
tents, the robbers made good their es-
cape.
The amount Of booty taken is not
known, but one report places the
amount at $4,000, Express officials
here. however, say that the safe was a
locef one and contained little money.
A reward Of $1,000 was offered by
the Rock Island Railroad and the Unit
ed States Express companies, jointly,
for the capture of any one Of the rob-
bers.
Posses brought by three special
trains and reinforced by scores Of cit
liens in the neighborhood pursued the
five men,
Two packs OF bloodhounds assisted
the posses. One pack near Columbus
Junction struck trail three hours
after it was made by the robbers.
There were more than 100 men in the
regular organized party, and twice that
many more were searching separately
with more or less diligence The rob-
bers were supposed to have left the
line Of the railroad near Let's, toward
which place they started on the loco
motive of the train which they had
robbed. The passengers were not mo-
Tested. None of the trainmen showed
fight, and no one was hurt.
The train was one which left Chica-
go at 6.05 at night. AS 1t was passing
on sharp curve a few miles east of
Let's the engineer stopped in answer
to red light. Five men covered the
engineer, fireman, express messenger
and conductor with reviewers, uncou-
pied the engine from sthe rest of the
train. entered the express car and blew
open the safe. They took the contents
Of the strong box and ran to the engine,
on which they at once started toward
Let's.
There was no way in which the train
men could pursue the robbers, or get
word ahead Of them. BY the time the
conductor could walk to the nearest
telegraph Office, the robbers had at
least an hours start.
The robbery was committed at ex-
actly the point similar hold-up was
carried out two years ago by the Chi
cago car barn bandits.
A fusillade of shots was fired along
the sides Of the train to prevent inter
ference by the passengers. The mes.
senger of the express car was com.
PEELED to open the door. The manner
in which the robbers handled the en-
CINE, their knowledge OF the fact that
Let's was a closed station at night,
and the selection Of a point contiguous
to Columbus Junction to abandon the
engine, convinces the officers that the
robbers, or some of them, are expert
eneed railroad men.
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a slight jar to break the strongest of
the nests into fragments and the pros
poets Of transporting the specimens to
New York in safety seemed one OF
uncertainty The Bahama negro boat
men were mot accustomed to delicate
work of this character, and it required
special Inducements In the way OF
pay to tempt them to wade barefoOted
through the lagoons and to travel over
the keen-edged rocks with burdens Of
from fifty to- 100 pounds on their
heads.
The nests were placed in the canoe
and reached the schooner with the
breaking of only three out of nine
specimens. En- Nassau they were
treated with solution of gum arabic.
which hardened them, and after being
wrapped In plaster of Paris bandages
they were packed separately In large
boxes and reached New York In ex-
cellent condition. Specimens Of the
fiamingoes themselves were also Sc
cured. The nests collected differed
from the conventional idea of ia
mlngOS nest In being much lower and
Of greater diameter. Doubtless the
height Of the nest is governed by the
rise Of the water. Built wholly Of
mud, which is scooped up from about
the base Of the nest by the bird, it
is necessary that the site chosen shall
be near enough to water to secure an
abundant supply Of soft material Such
site, however, brings the nest within
reach Of the tide, and places it in a
low situation, which may be subse-
quently flooded by heavy rains Conse-
quently the birds must build their
nests high enough to protect their CON
tents from the water.
These two conditions have resulted
In the production Of a mud cone, which
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in winter. When first hatched the
young have straight bill, which, after
q time develops into one Of bent shape.
The first piumage Is grayish white and
passes through various tints Of pink,
rose, carmine, or vernillon to the full
scarlet OF the adult. which reaches its
danger. Our tents were pitched on a
sand bar, and preparations were made
to visit the fiamingo colonies known
to exist in the vicinity.
A dock was seen which was esti-
mated to contain shout 700 birds "A
sight Of surprising beauty. Although
no shot was fred and a retreat was
promptly made, the birds were dis
turbed by OUR intrusion: and either
discontinued operations Or removed 70
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in the colonies examined, was never
more than twelve inches in height,
but those as high as eighteen inches
have been reported. In the slightly
followed top OF the adobe dwelling
house a single white egg is laid.
The single nest here figured, how
ever, has been exeavated TO a greater
depth than the original in order to
tighten 1t for transportation purposes,
Scientific American.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-09-20
Newsy Gleanings.

The warship Topeka and Navy Yard
officials will test Professor Fessen-
denis system Of wireless telegraphy.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra
paid visit to Mrs. Arthur Paget, OF
New York City, who was i'll in Eng
land.
William Katz. Of New York City,
aged eight, who killed a playmate BY
blow In The solar Dlexus. was arrest
ed and paroled
Eight persons were burt. two women
seriously. Ii head On collision Of
trolley ears Oh the Paterson line. near
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-09-20
News of the Toiiers.

There Will be no strike In the anthra
cite coal regions
Nearly all Of the 1000 journeymer
bakers in Chicago, ILL.,, are union bak
ers.
There are 1O.43s, 219 people engaged
n agricultural pursuits in the United
States.
Rochester. N r, employs between
5000 and 5000 in the garment making
industry
In Trenton. n 4. there are abou
200 men IDLE IL me pottery trade DO
cause Of 8 strike
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-09-20
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

It has been recommended that the
force of American soldiers In the Phil
ippines be reduced from its present
standing of four regiments Of cavalry
and nine of infantry to three regiments
of cavalry and seven Of infantry
Major-G eneral Wade, commander in
the Philippines, will exchange posts
with Major eneral Corbin, Depart
ment Of the East.
Major General james f. Wade. COM
manding the Philippine Division, was
authorized to sail for the United States
on the next available transport leay-
ing Manila.
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years are necessary for the bird to at
tain its full growth.
After pleasant and uneventful jour
ney we reached the heart Of Andres
without undue difficulty Our schooner
was left lying at anchor behind the
shelter of some outlying reefs, and the
FINAL part Of the voyage was made in
small boats.
The locality is only few inches
above the sea level. and is character
ICED by wide stretches Of shallow Ia
goons bordered by red mangrOve trees,
with occasionally bare bars of gray
mari and by outcrops Of corai-line rocE
so eroded and waterworn into blade
like edges ana sharp, Jagged Dlnnacles
that walking is attended BY much
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-09-20
FOREIGN.

Socialists declared q strike through
out Italy. Two strikers were killed
in riot at Milan.
Anarchists were reported active in
Spain. A bomb was exploded at Bar
ceIona. and a plot against high Off
sclal was discovered In Madrid.
In choosing the title OF the Prince OF
Piedmont rather than Prince Of Rome
for his sou King Victor Emmanuel
sought to conclliate the Church party
in Italy
France upheld Combes in his deter
animation to separate Church and State.
West African natives have broken
through the Gordon Of German troops
md escaped to the south. making it
likely that the warawill be indefinitely
prolonged.
Lieutenant General Prince Fushimi
will visit the United States in October
as the special representative OF the
Emperor of Japan
A Japanese officer at Tsingtau says
the Japanese losses at Port Arthur the
last few days exceed $4,000. and that
their losses at Liaoyang exceeded 20,-
GOO.
The Russian press expresses great
satisfaction at the appointment OF
Prince AIirsky as Minister OF the Int
ri0r, regarding him as the right man
for the present crisis
After signature Of the treaty at
Lhasa Colonel Younghusband pointed
out that the British had avoided inter-
fering IN any way with the internal at
r. I1rN| -
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some other locality, an6 eventually
we were forced to leave without see
ing fresh nests. Those in process OF
building, however, told somewhat the
manner Of their construction. Those
built among the mangrove5 were in
an excellent state of preservation, 4
few even containing eggs. The task
Of getting these nests into the hold Of
the schooner was one of great diff
Guilty. The largest secured measured
eighteen inches in diameter at the
bottom, thirteen inches at the top, and
nine in height, end weighed upwards
Of 100 pounds.
Being one solid mass OF mud and
dried only externally, it needed only
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-09-20
ALBANIANs REVOLT AGAIN.

Turkey Mobilizing Militia Rebels
Have 10000 Martini Rifles.
Saionika. Sixteen battalions of Tia
yes Qocal militia) have been ordered to
mobilize in the districts of Kilk.sh.
Sores, and Berat. They will be dis
patched to Prizren to suppress the in.
surgent Albanians.
A Salonika Have battalion left here
for Prizren.
The Albanians are again revolving.
and are demanding the acceptance Of
their demands in full.
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the first tiamingo nests ever brought
to this country.
There are about seven species Of
iamingoes, three Of which are in
America, frequenting the Bahamas,
Florida and Cuba. In height the
damingo averages about FIVE feet Ii
its curved neck were stretched to its
full length the bird would tower above
the head Of an ordinary man. During
May and June. the breeding time, the
birds bright-coIored pIumage is faded,
but reassumes its most radiant hues
deepest shade on the wings. Several
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-09-20

WASHINGTON.

Insanity in washington Is rapidly in
creasing. During July and August
and the first ten days Of September
ninety-three persons were declared in
sane BY marshals' juries. For the
same period last year the number was
sixty-two.
The Peruvian Government has APP
pointed Manual Alvarez Calderon to
b. Peruvian Minister to Cuba, while
retaining his post Of Minister of Peru
in Washington.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-09-20
DOMESTIC.


Japan made inquiry about the dis
position of the Lena's crew. Assur-
ance was given that the men would
be kept within the limits of San Fran
cisco. The Lena was taken to the
Mare Island Navy Yard.
Nine Chicago firemen were hurt, two
fatally, by the collapse Of a wall Of
burning building.
Napoleon ShipIey, once postmaster
at Washington, D. G., and large oil
Spectator, died in d Pennsylvania
poOrhouse.
Commander Peary received cup
and talked of his plans for new Arc
tic trip at dinner in honor of the for
eign members of the International Geo
graphic Congress, in New York City.
Connecticut Republicans nominated
full State ticket headed by Henry
Roberts, present Lieutenant Governor.
Troops were sent to Huntsville Ala.
to prevent the rescue Of nine men to be
arrested on charges Of participation in
the Naples lynching
1t was announced at New Haven.
Conn.,, that Yale University would es-
tablish course of insurance this au-
tumn.
At the opening of the New York City
schools $40 .S54 pupils registered, $4,000
more than last year.
The steamer Longfellow. Of Whining
ton, Del. foundered off Highland
Light, Mass. Her crew Of sixteen were
rescued.
The preliminary statement of trade
for August showed a decrease in ex-
ports Of $4,000,0o0
The steamship Parthian. from Bos-
ton. Mass. for Philadelphia. Pa. went
aground in the Delaware River near
Reedy rsland Del.
Two men were killed and several
persons injured in train collision on
the Southern Pacific in Nevada.
sections Of Northern California and
near San Francisco. The city of Santa
Cruz was reported in danger. and the
situation in the Santa Crux mountains
was extremely serious.
The plant Of the Eastern Shipbuild-
Ing Company, at Groton Conn, was
sold to George r Sheldon, of the reor-
ganization committee
James J. Corbett once a champion
pugilist, went to New : ,flx City po-
lIcemans assistance in making an ar
rest In Broadway after three Of the
prisoners friends interfered.
An amusement park is to occupy the
fifty acres at the northern tip Of Man
haitian Island, New York City.
Assistant Secretary Of State Francis
B Loomis delivered an address Of vel
come at te FIRST session of the Inter-
parliamentary Union in st. Louis Mo.
The revolt Of students at the State
Agricultural College, at Raleigh. ~ c.,
to secure seater liberty has collapsed.
The wreeking Of a south-bound train
near Rocky Ford, Ga, in the same
manner ais the north-bound had been
derailed the day before, has caused
officials to offer rewards for the cap
ture of the train wreckers.
The battleship Georgia. will be
launched at Bath, Me-. next month.
The salmon pack in Southeastern
Alaska is short this year only $685. 800
cases having been made up to Septem-
Der l.
After quarrel over a polo game Ser
geant Boyle killed Private Pearl Allen
at Gienwood Springs. Col.
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a FOUNDRY DrNAMrTED.

Much Damage Done at Watervlfet-
Man Shot by Watchman.
Troy, N. Y.-The West Side Foundry
at Watervleit, was dynamited at night
Considerable damage was done. and
James McGlynn, who rushed to the
scene. was shot in the right foot BY a
Waterman after the explosion. The
explosion was heard for miles.
Employees Of the foundry have been
on strike for some time past.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-09-20
Riotlng HI SIlesia

The military had to be called out al
Sosnowice, Prussian Sllesia. to sup.
press anti-Jewish rioting. Twelve Of
fifteen Jews were injured with stones
and others were stabbed.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-09-20
A RaiIrona Rarora

Al official Of the Pennsylvania Rail-
roar Is authority for the statement that
on July is, 2i00 passengers were sent
out Of the Jersey City station og the
company ID fiftcen minutes.
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Gives $50. 600 TO y. Nv. q. j

John D. Rockefeller has given the
Cleveland Ohio Young Women's
Christian Association $4,000 in addi.
ton to like sum previously given ii
the association completes d fund OF
$4,000 by November L.
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Reports that Chinese troops were
concentrating in the Valley Of the Liae
River gave concern at st. Petersburg
the view being taken that such action
makes China an active ally Of Japan
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-09-20
Killed in Railroad Crash.

One passenger was killed and several
persons were hurt by one special
Knights Templar train from San
Francisco, CAL, running down another
special near Laughton Springs. New,
on the Southern Pacific.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-09-20
Army Of Hereros Eseape.

The main body Of Hereros. several
thousand strong, has broken through
the German ring eneirelF I 1t and es-
capped This means a prolongation Of
the war in Southwest Africa.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-09-20
Germany Takes Ammunition.

The ammunition of the Russian bat
tleship Czareviteh and the three Rus
Sian destroyers at Tsihg- Chau has been
stored in a German magazine. aud the
guns Of the vessels have been disman-
tied N
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-09-20
THE FLAMING0
AND ITS
QUEER NEST.
X X \
BY Water /. Beasley.

FTER considerable diff
Guilty, Professor Frank NJ.
Chapman, Of the Depart
raent Of Ornithology Of the
American Museum Of Nat
,,raf TI;atnru hoc oooYrrod
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Steerage Rate Cut.

"A cut in steerage rates from London
and Liverpool, England. to Quebec
Canada, was made by the Allan, Do
minion and Canadian Pacific steam.
ship lines.
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NOTICES.

JOHN J. CARROLL, who for years..
has been in the firm Of LooNEY s. CAR
ROLL, has formed a partnership with
his son, WILLIAM J. CARROLL, and
they are now ready to receive orderssfor
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-09-20

WANTEp- SEvERAL INDUSTRIOUS PER
SONS ia each state to travel for house estahs
lished eleven years and with large capital 10
and profitable line. Permanent engagement.
Weekly cash salary ofs&24 aad all travelling e4-
nenaee and hotel bills advanced IN cash each
week Experience not essential. Me1ti0n re4-
arence and enclose ssiiAddreSsed saveicpa.
TgxH,N ALTON AI,9a2 DaafhofQ 81. CsloeRo
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-09-20
Plumbing Timing. Steam
and Gas Fitting

at their OFFICE, Al Mil STREET.. tele-
phone 2S4-l, or at the store of William
III. Hibler, South street, city.
The Senior member Of this partner
ship, JOHN j. CARROLL, has been
plumbing in this city for twenty-nine
years, and his reputation as a plumber
is too well known for amy further COM
unent. 1888.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-09-27
Facts About Alfalfa.
(By Fred Achilles, F. r. NJ. No.
Colo,, Af,.io,. po,.....N

(By Fred Achilles, F. r. NJ. No. s.
Salem, Marion County.)
There is no doubt in my mind that
alfalfa can be grown as a profitable
and successful crop in Western Ore.
gon, and even on the tide lands.
have alfalfa four feet high at pres.
ent that was sown eight years ago and
has never died out. In all ! have be.
tween % and 30 acres in alfalfa. /
turn OF 100 hogs each year, fattening
them on green alfalfa and dry meal
and the butchers 10 whom | sell my
Irrk all say il has flavor that they
cannot find in other pork. My first
experience was with California seed
but / have since used imported seed
and find il better. The California
seed costs l7la cents a pound, while
the imported costs 20 cents. Land
sown last year in June was cut for
hay May 30, and produced three tons
10 the acre. Since then ! have let the
stock eat il down three times. Cows
turned ON green alfalfa give five 20
six quarts more milk per day. Dairy.
men at Portland say they prefer alfal,
ia hay to any other for dry feed, and
I have no trouble to sell al good
prices. Some of my best alfalfa stands
on land that is overfowed in winter
six TO eight feet. IL does not pay To
be siingy with seed in sowing alfalfa.
/ Put 20 pounds on the acre. On old
land ] put IS manure 20 the acre. Plow
hand twice, once Is inches deep with
four horses, drag il well five or six
times before sowing. To make a per.
tect crop the alfalfa field should be
separately fenced or have movable
fences 10 feed down with hogs or COWS
when ready. After sown, before il
gets into bloom il should be cut. The
drst year OF growth il must be cut as
often as Il gets ready 10 bloom II
YOU let il 90 TO seed the first year,
vou spoil the stand and check ali fu-
turc growth. As often as YOU NOW il
down the hrst year, you send the roots
deeper and cause n % stool out. The
roots will finally 20 90 water or moist
earth. And then YOU have the fonnda.
zion for fine stand and can feed OF
cut ~ often as IL comes up after the
R-st year. The crop is al least 1--WE
tons 10 the acre. The season of 1904
has been very dry, but my alfalfa
fields are green. have several patch.
IS ON new bottom hand that has iust
Teen cleared Of trees and IL does very
well there. The main thing is the
frss wear. Do not let IL get into bloom
ana keen stock on. After you get
vcur stand YOU can feed il down 70 the
ground, and il will come up thicker
than ever.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-09-27

warm, dry spring Fastening the ripen-
ing of the crop faster than usual. Crop
was light this year, as spring was dry
and there was no rain during the
ripening season, when showers are gen
orally plentiful enough TO add materi-
ally to the crop, which is produced
without irrigation. The foliage the
past season was larger and the crop
lighter than usual. The same land
would ordinarily produce 1000 crates
At 65 cents per crate net, il pays bet
ter TO ship than to sell TO the eannery.
Mr.. Aufrance farms 20 acres TO fruit,
growing apples, pears, prunes, cherries
grapes, raspberries, blaekberries, eur.
rants, Loganberries and vegetables
Manure or fertilizer adds to the value
of a strawberry crop, but any ordinary
land will grow them without. As high
as 5000 to $500 per acre has been made
on strawberries at Salem, but $75 to
1925 per acre is more nearly the aver.
age return.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-09-27
Grape Growing and Wine Making at
Qala,,s

(By a. Aufrance, Salem, Oregon.)
Grape growing for the market and
for wine making is an established in.
dustry at Salem, the Concord and com.
mon varieties that ripen in the North.
ern and Middle states, doing well, and
being produced with little attention
for family use and the local markets.
For shipment the Concord, Delaware,
Niagara, and Sweetwater are grown in
many favored localities, generally on q
western or southern slope, having good
air.drainage below, which all success
full vineyardists understand. A. Au-
franc, one and one-half miles east OF
Salem, has grown grapes with great
success for Ia years, They are also
grown in large quantities at Mt. An.
gel and Butteville, in Marion county.
The Aufanc vineyard is ON fiat land
and heavy loan soil and manure has
been put on part OF the vineyard once
in that time. The vines are six feet
apart each way. One.year-old plants
are set out and bear the third year.
Mr.. Aufranc says; consider them a
good, reliable crop, but man must
know how 10 dress vines and train
them properly. Have lost a crop three
times in "a years from frosts. This
year frost in May took most of my
crop. Can sell all the Concord and
White Chaslet, Ia French grapel in
the local market at 3 TO cents a
pound, Cost OF package is very small.
! plant about 1900 plants 20 the acre
and work with One-horse cultivator.
Vines DO not require any winter pro
lection, and We have had hut one
freeze % Kill vines in IA years. Con
cords will average 20 TO 80 pounds 10
the plant. and harvest six to ten tons
marketable grapes 90 the acre. The
vine grapes grown successfully by me
are the rod and black Burgundy, and
red aud white ChaSlet. Put on low
trellis aud one wire. Crop is about
the same quantity as Concord, and
produce 600 20 500 gallonos of wine
Ia the acre. which sells az 40 TO SO
cents pergallon. OF course, wine max.
ing and grape growing is business
one mustunderstand hut there Is no
uouhle in growing grapes for the mar
kel, ON the single pole OF trellis close
10 the ground aud the reflected heat
0f the earth ripens aud makes tho
grapes sweet and better for the table
on for wine. | shah be pleased 20
show my vineyard, ar answer letters
hy mail.