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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-10-06
TWELVE PEOPLE DROWNED
Flood Destroyed Half Of Town Of Wat
rous, n. N.
HEAVY DAMAGE AT LAS VEGAS.
Galllnas Glver Dam Broke Above Las Vegas
Railway Track Washed Out and Halt
Dozen Bridges Destroyed-fiundreds Home
less Near albuquerque Trains Handicap
ped-The Rio Grande Back In Channel.

Las Vegas, N. M. (SpeciaD.-Half
of Watrous has been destroyed by a
flood and at least twelve persons have
been drowned, including three chill
dren of ]. II. Stevens, Felix Villareal,
his wife, two sisters, and a couple OF
children, and o. +. Porter. J. n.
Stevens and his wife escaped. They
are in a critical condition. Many per-
sons were rescued from trees and
housetops.
The greatest damage was around
the junction Of Mora and Sapelloire
creeks. A rock crusher, an iron
bridge, and much track at Watrous
were washed away.
Terrific Flood at Las Vegas.
The Gallinas River formed new
channel at Las Vegas. In the CALI
mas Canyon the dams of the Aqua
Pura Company broke, bringing ter
rife flood on the city. The Monte
yuma Hot Springs track went out in
many places. Half dozen bridges
were destroyed, and the Montezuma
lighthouses were partly carried away
For two blocks in Bridge street every
business house was flooded. GALL
mas Park is under water and the troll
ley line cannot be repaired for two
weeks.
One hundred thousand dollars will
not cover the loss to the town and
the railroad loss is equally great.
Hundreds of Families Homeless.
Albuquerque. N. NJ. (SpcciaD Re
ports from the Rio Grande Valley
above and below Albuquerque show
that Valence and Los Lcntes were
washed away, and several hundred
families are homeless. The river
swung to the east. cut new channel,
and poured torrent through the two
towns No lives were lost.
In Barcla, suburb Of Albuquerque,
fifty houses were destroyed. The dam
age at Los Cordaleo and Almeda,
north Of Albuquerque. will amount to
several hundred thousand dollars.
Rio Grande Alters Channel.
San ANTONIO, lex. Nopceldi) 'oih
all indications now at hand from re-
cent reports received from the over
flowed country in the Brownsville
section, it appears that there is a
strong probability that the bed OF the
Rio Grande will be shown. when the
waters have reccded, to be occupy
ing the bed OF the Arroyo Colorado
which ages ago was its original bed
Should this prove true the people
of this region of Texas who would
be bcreft of the river. would suffer
greatly. The city Of Brownsville
would be cut off from the river, the
miles Of irrigation bitches and canals
dug would be rendered worthless, and
property values dependent upon the
Rio Granle's flow would be material
ly cut down.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-10-06

might find her. Once he was invited
10 dinner to meet my cousin. Miss
Edith Bainbridge, of Victoria His
heart beat with an overwhelming JOY
as he read the words. At last she
would be his! He entirely ignored all
intermediate steps of acquaintance, in
timacy, proposal and acceptance He
gazed at his photograph with rapt ador
alton. "Mine, mine, mine" he CRIED
and the sweet eyes smiled back at him
from under the wind-swept hair.
When he stood before his hostess
that night his face was white and his
voice hoarse with emotion.
Edith, Miss Bainbridge, Mr.. Tracy"
The words were spoken and Tracy
turned to meet her. Alas this Edith
was not his Edith, but only an elderly
Scotch spinster. Tracy never knew
how he lived TIN ough that evening,
but when he returned to his room ana
his Edith he was more hopeiessly her
slave than ever. 81 will find you some
time" he cried, passionately, sin spite
of the world and fate.' The world
and fate, be it understood, were repre-
sented by his hostess and her innocent
cousin.
The winter drew to a close, and
Tracy was growing hopeless. Should
he start out in quest of her, he asked
himself. But what a hopeless quest
Should he follow Seymour and ask
as incidentally as possible, his Edith's
name? But to brand himself an idiot
in Seymours eyes was distaseful in
The extreme.
1t was Saturday, and Tracy was on
his way to an afternoon reception
No hope of finding Edith led him thith
er, but one of his friends had asked
him to help entertain her guests. Hs
waited for moment in the antecham
Der. realizing from the voices that only
girls were in the adjoining room
Then he heard name that made his
heart stand still.
Don't tell me, Edith Seymour, tha,
you have worn his picture ever since"
Eyes, have. You can call it silly
if you like, but of all the kodaks that
took from Yokohama to Montreal,
his was the only one that came out.
OF course, there was fate in that,
Could any one doubt 1t? It's in this
very locket now, and III wear it until
| meet him. know | will some time,
I'm absolutely positive of that
How r0mantic!'
But show it to us"
81 wonder If you will ever see him."
"Ill wager you don't"
What will you say to him.
"No, | won't. OF course, | will"
Miss Seymour answered to all these
ordinations. "And I'll say"
"Ol how do you do, Mr.. Tracy? l
didn't hear you come in." exclaimed
the hostess. ITS awfully good of you
to come so early 'ou know every one
here, don't you? Oh, no-Miss Seymour,
l want you to know Mr.. Tracy. She's
Jack Seymour's cousin from Montreal.
you know. You've heard him speak
Of his cousin Edith II thousand times,
haven't you?"
The words flowed on in a melodOus
murm,r. Tracy heard none of them.
Her hand was in his and--well, of
course, Cupid was on hand TO complete
tho task he had commenced o" the
Sidetrack at Bantf.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-10-06
A Wedding Tragedy.

Paris (By Cable).-The bridegroom
and the brides father were gored to
death by a bull during wedding fes-
tivities at St. Quentin. After the
breakfast, while the wedding party
were taking a stroll in fields adjoin-
ing the house, the brides father no.
ticed a bull eating his newly gathered
pears. He attempted to drive the ami
NAL away, when it turned upon him
and drove its horns through his body,
death being instantaneous. The bride
groom, who rushed to his father-in-
laws assistance, was himself twice
tossed in the air, and had his back
broken
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-10-06
BartbOldl Critically !.

Paris (By Cablc) c).-Frederick An.
guste Bartholdi, the sculptor of the
Statue of Liberty in New York bay, is
critically ill. He has been suffering
for months from tuberculosis, which a
fortnight ago took turn for the
worse. At M. Bartholdi's residence
it was said by a member of the house
hold that the sculptor's condition was
grave. Hopes of his recovery have
practically been abandoned.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-10-06
Mobile's Chief of Police Out.

Mobile. Ala. (SpcciaD.-Because OF
circumstances attending an alleged
shortage in his accounts. as county
t,x collector for 1890, John Case has
RESIGNED as chief of police Of Mobile.
Cases alleged shortage has been acted
upon by the Governor. Case was
bonded by a Baltimore company. He
saws the books were accepted as coy
rect nv the state when he settled at
80 close Of his term as collector.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-10-06
The Death of Mllt Barlow.

New York (SpeciaD.-Milt G. Bar
low, the original "Old Black Joe"
at the age of IS years, died of can
Ger in the throat at the Home for In
curables, One Hundred and Eighty
third street and Third avenue. Bar
low created the character of "Old
Black Joe" in the early seventies, and
in 1875, in touring with Haverley's
Minstrels, he made this most pathetic
of negro songs known from one end
of the country 70 the other. 1900. -
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-10-06
Massacred By Kurds.

Paris (By Cable).-The Temps pub
lished dispatch from Constantinople
saying that private information had
been received there to be the effect
that the village of Ramsa, Armenia,
was the scene of massacre of Arme-
mans by Kurds.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-10-06
Fatal Ptomaine Poisoning.

Detroit, Mich. (SpeciaD.-Six-year
old sheila Keddy is dead from pto-
maine-poisoning and her father, Viii.
bert II. Keddy. and her mother and
brother Teddy are in serious condi-
ton, The entire family of five per-
sons was taken sick soon after sup
per, and the little girl died in three
hours. Prompt medical attention
saved the lives of the others:
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-10-06
Hostile Nations Make Deal.

St. Petersburg (By Cable).-Japan
and Russia have arranged for direct
exchange of news regar ling prison
ers of war without the intermediary
of the United States and France. I'm
der the new arrangement information
regarding Japanese prisoners will be
sent to the Japanese minister at Ber-
lin, and news about Russian prison.
ers will be forwarded to M. LeSsar,
Tho Russian Minister at Picking.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-10-06

NOW.

Have you any CHEEKY greeting!
Tell it out to-day;
While you wait the friend and message
May have gone away.
Let the one who sighs for comfort
Feel hand grasp true;
1t will cheer the way, and surely
! Can't impoverish you.
We are all the time regretting ...
When it is too late,
And some heavy heart has broken
While we hesitate.
Lives are human, though so often
We disguise our pain;
Some are hungering for your comfort,
Give and give again.
--E. II. Shannon, in Christian Advocate.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-10-06
Fraud in the Public Service.

Peculation and fraud in the public
service under the present admInlstra--
ton, especially in the lostofhce ana
Land Departments. reached such pro-
portions that knowledge OF the evils
practiccd became public property,
Prosecutions naturally followed, but
thorough and impartial investlga.
ton by Congress, proposed and urged
bv the Democratic minority, was re-
fused by the Republicans at the man
date, it is believed, of the admins
tration. Congress adjourned earlier
than at any long session tor many
years for the purpose, it IS believed
Of preventing further agitation OF the
question, and in an effort to curtall
expenses.
With unabated trust in the ettlclen-
cv Of the cardinal principles OF our
great party, when applied to the prac-
t;caI administration of government, to
realize the blessings of peace ana
prosperity for all, and believing that
The neoplc will correct the present
abuses Of administrator by change
Of party in power, ] await with con
6dcnce the result Of their Judgment at
the polls. Very truly yours,
II. G.. DAVIS.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-10-06
KUROKr'S ARMY LOST
Russians Worried Over Being Unable to
Find What Japanese Are Doing.
PORT ARTHUR HAS PLENTY OF WATER.
japanese Have Only Stopped Part Of the
SuppIy-Mangled By Russian Guns-One
Of Port Arthur Fleet Near Shanghal-War'
ship Supposed to Be Armored Cruiser Bay
al Ia Hangchau Bay.

st. Petersburg (By Cablc).-Czar
Nicholas returned to St. Petersburg
from the South, and it is reported on
very high authority that the appoint
mcnt of a commander-in-ch will be
announced shortly, While General
Kuropatkin's friends still insist that
he will be appointed, members of the
Cars encourage express no doubt
that Grand Duke Nicholas Nicholae-
witch will be chosen.
The official adviccs from the front
report that all is quiet along the
whole'line Of the opposing armies. A
slight Japanese movement has been
observed at Fcntiapu, about 10 miles
southeast of Mukden, but there has
been no collision.
The principal cause of alarm at the
War Office is occasioned by the lack
OF definite information regarding the
exact whereabo of Field Marshal
Oyama's right. The Russian scouts
have lost touch with General kuro-
ki's main army, which may give in
creasng importance to the thanking
movement west under General Oku,
which hitherto has been regarded as
feint. 1t also may contain big
surprise.
Kuropatkin's plans are carefully
guarded. While he is dlsposlng his
forces to take advantage OF any sltua-
ton that may offer, the best opinion
is that he will not accept general en-
gagement, but will withdraw to lie
Pass, where the bulk OF his army Is
masScd.
Che Foo (By Cable).-While it is
true that the regular water supply OF
Port Arthur has been stopped by the
Japanese, the fortress has other sup
plies which can be taken only when
the city falls
The garrison of Port Arthur now
has sufficient food, but the supplies
of timed meats are nearly exhausted
and the troops are now slaughterlng
40 donkeys daily for fresh meat, which
is worth 81 20 a pound. Eggs cost &c
cents each.
Chinese who left Port Arthur on
October I, and who were previously
engaged in burying the dead, say the
effect of the Russians shells and ma.
chine guns is terrific. The slopes of
a high hill were Uttered with man
glcd bodies and severed heads and
limbs In ono trench the Chinese
buried 800 Japanese and 200 Russians
Shanghai (By Cable) A Russian
warship, supposed to be the armorcd
cruiser Bayan of the Port Arthur
Squadron, is reported TO have an
chorcd off Gutzlatf Island, in Hang.
chau Bay. Two tugs have proceeded
thither to bring her to Shanghai.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-10-06
Power of the Trusts

It is estimated that there are in
the United States between two and
three hundred combinations of capt
tai and corporate interests, known as
trusts. which have grown up in the
last few years under Republican rule.
Some of them are so conducted as
to be pernicious and harmful to the
general interest. With the power they
are able to exert they can lessen COM
petition, control prices and regul ate to
their own advantage the law OF sup
ply and demand, Individual effort is
helpless against such strong rivals
and the natural right OF all persons
to barter and trade is unnaturaIIy re-
strictcd. The effort of these trusts
is to control or monopolize, and these
monopolies, when unrestrancd, seem
to produce conditions which bring
about strikes and disorders and dis
turb the business affairs OF the coun-
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-10-06
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

StOfk n d-fashioned idea still
IL y in vogue with certain-peo-
O u 9 pie is that Satan finds en-
4 ploymeat for all idle hands
Rol On close einvestiga ton, how
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-10-06
Expenses of Government.


The expenditures per capita of the
government are increasing at an
alarming rate. When the present ad-
miniStratiOn went into power thcrc
was a large surplus, but, nOtwithstand-
ing the enormous taxation, the rev
enues thercfrom are not now ade-
quate to meet the demands made by
reckless appropriations. The revenues
fell short during the last fiscal year
OF over $4o,ooo,ooo In the first &c
days Of this fiscal year the eXpend'-
lures exceeded the receipts by S24.'
100000 and if this rate Of excess
should continue, the deficit for the
present fiscal year would be in the
neghborhood OF $40, 100000. Tbs
needless deficit is due to the eXtrava'
gancc of the administration, and ca1l
only be met by imposing addltlona'
taxes or selling bonds, thereby in
creasing the intcrcst-bearlng debt oi
the government. Which course will
the Republicans adopto The cost OF
government during the fiscal year was
STA per capita which means that the
average tax paid in some form or an
other by every family Of five persons
toward the support OF the national ad-
ministratiOn OF public affairs was over
S25, which, in the case OF wage-earn-
ers, is a considerable percentage OF
their entire earnings for the year. No
more money should be taken from the
people by taxation, direct or indirect.
than is necessary for the needs OF
government economically admins
tered
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-10-06
Mr.. DAVIS ON THE ISSUES
Democratic Vice Presidential Candidate
Accepts Nomination.
HIS LETTER NOT A LONG one.
Expenditures of the Government and Increase
Of the Army-The Panama Canal and I'm
periaIism-Hls Opinions on the Tariff and
the Trusts-PIea for Local Selfgoyernment
Fraud In the Public Service.

Elkins, w. Va. (SpeciaD.-Hon.
Henry Gassaway, Davis has written
the following letter accepting the
Democratic nomination for vice preSi
dent OF the United States:
Hon. John Sharp Williams, Chairman,
and Other Members of the Com
mttee:
Dear Sirs-In accordance with GUS
tom, and my promise when notified
by your committee at White Sulphur
Springs. on August II, of my nomina-
ton for the Office of vice president,
submit the following observations
upon some of the questions now be-
fore the country:
The times are propitious for the re-
instatement of the Democratic party
in control of the government. The
public mind is being dlslllusioned OF
the pretenson of the Republican party,
so long and so arrogantly made, that
the material prosperity of the coun-
try depends upon its own ascenency,
Thoughtful and patriotic people are
becoming more and more distru5ttul
of the heady and personal element OF
the present administration, and are
more than willing to see it replaced by
one that better recognizes constltu-
tiona and other lawful restraints
They demand that the present waste
full extravaganza in the expenditure
of the money drawn by taxation from
the industry of the people shall cease,
and that economy and honesty in the
public service shall be again regarded
as virtues in the high places OF the
government
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-10-06

Shanghai (By Cable).-A Russian
warship, supposed to be the armorcd
cruiser Bayan OF the Port Arthur
Squadron, is reported to have an
chorcd off Gutzlaff Island, in Hang
chau Bay. Two tugs have proceeded
thither to bring her to Shanghai
The news-herald., 1904-01-02

H. w, Young one of the Martinez
Mercantile Company's clerks spent,
Christmas with his family in
Phoenix.
The news-herald., 1904-01-02

Some boys are over from Jerome
doing assessment work on claims
near Weaver.
The news-herald., 1904-01-02
Stockholders Meeting

THE ANNUAL MEETING of the stockhofd-
ers of the Gold Nugget Mining & Milling Com
pany for the election of Directors to serve for
the ensuing year and for the transaction of
such other business as may be properly
brought before the meeting, will be held at the
Office of the company, at its office in Wicken-
burg, Maricopa county, Arizona, on Monday,
January l. 1904, at 2 100 p. m.
L. X. KOHLMAN, President.
A. H. DAVIS, Secretary and Treasurer
First publication December 5th.
The news-herald., 1904-01-02
Proprietor Of the
Wickenburg Hotel
IT H f.
Phoenix National Bank
PHOENIX, ARIZONA
OFFICERS

Steel lineo Vaults and Safety Deposit
Boxes, General Banking Business.
Drafts issued on all principal cities
of the world.
The news-herald., 1904-01-02

For Sale-National cash register,
in good order-almost new. Only
$50. Inquire at the Martinez Mer
contile Company.
The news-herald., 1904-01-02

Joseph Drew has force of men
at work doing his annual assess
ment work in the Harqua Halas.
The news-herald., 1904-01-02

Watch the News-Herald grow.
The news-herald., 1904-01-02
At Carmichael's.

Fat baby shoes 60c.
Good values in children's shoes
at $1oo, 1.25 and 1.75.
Children's overalls Soc, Csc, & Zoe
See the mems fine shoes at $2.T5.
The news-herald., 1904-01-02
DIRECTORS

L. B. Gage, T, w Pemberton, F. NJ. Murphy. D.
NJ. Ferry, r. N. Fredericks, L. H. Chalmers, +.
F. Alkire, J. M. Ford, H. J. McCIuna.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10
DAMAGES AGAINST SCOTT.
Court Found That Atlanta Promoter
Had Done Wrong.


Chicago, July 9.-Alleged fraud in a
deal concerning the issue of munic-
ipal bonds at Havana. Cuba, two years
ago formed the basis of a successful
suit in the Circuit Court in which
Charles u. Aldrich, former solicitor
general of the United States. was
given judgment to-day for $500 dam
ages against John r. Scott, pro-
moter of Atlanta, Ga.
Judge Brown to-day held Scott in
default and after an explanation of
the alleged fraud by James H. Lewis,
law partner of the plaintiff, entered
the judgment
Two years ago 1t was declared Scott
represented himself to Aldrich as be-
ing in confidential relations with prom
inent men of Havana, who had prom
ised Scott the agency for disposing
of a, big bond issue. According to
the version given it had been arranged
that Scott should be enabled to qualify
with the conditions upon which the
bonds were to be sold upon his arrival
in Cuba, and Scott had been prom
Used by Havana authorities that a bid
of SIS per cent. from him would be
accepted. Aldrich says he advanced
$500 for Scott's expenses. Not only
were the representations to Aldrich
false, it was declared, but no part of
the money advanced to Scott was used
in the bond deal.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10

the second-story window for there was
nothing near that he could ascend,
and there were no signs of a hook in
the window sill. My lord with his fore
sight made the tracks, but overlooked
this seemingly trivial thing. Again
you remember that his shoes were
muddy and II has not rained lately"
But the diamond"
This was the most difficult part.
My lord would hardly take a second
person into his confidence so IL was
safe to say that It was either about
him or In this room. He would hardly
have put them in his clothes or In his
portmanteau since they were likely to
be searched by those who found him
unconscious. You remember he was a
great smoker. This, ] thought. would
probably suggest some hiding place to
him!
when I went back into the room
after confirming my opinion Of Milord's
guilt the first thing that I examined
was the sigar case. pulled at one
Of the cigars and all came out. They
we're glued together cut the middle
ones out and found them to be ends.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-10

Continued from Page Twenty-three.
saw a chance to recover his fortunes
at a single blow. To steal the diamond
outright, would be taking great
chances of being caught and besides
his reputation would be ruined. But to
seemingly have it stolen, and under
such circumstances was another mat
ter. He would lose a little at first,
but the affair would soon blow over,
so he set to work very calmly and
would have no doubt deceived the po-
lice. His reason for taking such eau
ton to preserve the diamond, and his
anxiety to keep the affair a secret is,
Of course, obvious, for he knew that
the robbery would be well advertised.
when we went into the room you
remarked that everything was in good
order. This was clever piece Of work,
especially the state Of the portman-
teau. for this was natural disorder,
while chairs and table overturned
would have at once aroused suspicion.
THE cash in Milords head was the
first thing that I noticed as IL was ev-
identity done with a razor. This is a
peculiar weapon for burglar to use;
a life preserver or something similar
would have been more natural. A
natural thing for the Duke TO use.
That he would hit himself with some
thing heavy would have been improb-
able. besides razor cut IS not serious
and Il heals quickly.
HAD a burglar used razor though
Il would have hardly made the man
senseless. unless he was frightened out
of his wits. and this also is improba-
BILE. Milford probably took some OPT
ate.
"These two blunders by no means sat-
isfed me for stranger things than this
have happened and my lord might
even have been frightened out OF his
wits.
u next examined the window care
fully There were no signs OF any one
entering. FOR the window would prob
ably have been scraped by a burglars
heel. and then again the garden had
been watered so that II anyone enter
ed through the window, mud would
have been left on the sill"
"But the tracks In the garden?" I
remarked.
You are not close observer" said
my friend, "or you would have noticed
that there we're nothing but tracks. In
other words there we're no signs OF a
ladder or anything similar around the
spot. The man couldn't climb into