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AWFUL WRECK
NEAR PUEBLO
Eighty.Seven Bodies Already ReeoV'
cred From Stream-loss Will
Probably be One Hundred.
TRAIN PLUNGED INTO TORRENT
Cloud Burst Struck Bridge as Train
Cautiously Approached - Air
Brakes Saved Pullmans.

Pueblo. Colo, Aug. S.-The wreck
of the Worlds Fair Flyer on the
Denver and Rio Grande railroad near
Eden, seven miles north OF Pueblo,
last evening, proves to have been one
OF the greatest railroad disasters In
the history OF this country. Two
crowded passenger cars and a bag
gage car were engulfed in the tor
rent that tore out a trestle spanning
Steeles Hollow, otherwise known as
Dry creek, and so far as known to-
night only three of the occupants
of these cars escaped death. Forum
ately. two sleepers ana a diner, com.
pleting the train, remained on the
track at the edge of the abyss. and
none of their occupants was killed or
injured.
How many perished will probably
never be definitely ascertained, for
the treacherous sands are drifting ov-
er the bodies. Searching for the
dead was begun about midnight and
is still in progress tonight. All
corpses found were brought TO Pueb.
10 and placed in four morgues here.
At S O'Clock this evening 7G bodies
had been recovered and of these 80
had been identified.
During the day bodies were recov-
cred all the way along Fountain river
from the scene of the wreck to this
city. At / o'clock this afternoon two
bodies were taken from the stream
at First street Pueblo. more than S
miles from the point where the disas.
ter occurred. and 1t is probable that
some may be recovered even further
down stream None of the bodies
were badly mutilated and all are in
such condition as to be recognizable.
Many identifcations have been made
by articles found on the bodies. no
persons who viewed them recogniz-
ing the features.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-08-10

PORT ARTHUR
Japanese Suffer Tremendous Loss in
Attempts TO Approach Great
Russian Fortress.
REFUGEES ARE LEAVING FORT
Japanese Officials Eagerly Waiting
for News Of the capture-Mines
Do Great Damage.

Che Foo, Aug. S.-During the last
"a hours 200 Chinese and so Russian
refugees have arrived here from Port
Arthur. They almost all left there
on August 4. II has been impossi'
BILE to obtain confirmation of the re-
port of the sinking of Port Arthur
of Japanese cruiser, but that this
occurred is not denied, as the vessel
is said to have sunk in a place where
mines have recently been laid.
Two French newspaper reporters
who made an attempt to reach Port
Arthur by junk saw the Japanese
fleet on August 8. They were twice
arrested and turned back. They
heard nothing of the alleged sinking
of the Japanese cruiser They count
ed "a vessels of the Japanese feet
ranged in a double semi-circle in
front of the harbor.
The Russian mines were cleyerly
concealed in an open field. TheiI
composition was as follows:
At the bottom a layer of high ex
plosives, next a layer Of rocks and
the whole covered with sod. The ex
plosion OF these mines threw the
rocks for distance of one or two
versts. It is alleged that, with the
exception of four men who were cap
tured. two squadrons of Japanese
cavalry were wiped out by the explo
sion of such mines.
The witnesses confirm previous
statements that the Japanese lossei
in the fighting were severe. The ia
panese soldiers advanced on Wolf's
hill over ground thickly covered will
their dead. They occupied the hill
BY the third day the stencil from
the decomposing bodies, which were
not inferred for lack of time, became
intense. Japanese prisoners are quot
ed as saying that one of the narrow
streets of a Chinese village, which
was made the target of Russian bat
teries, was packed with dead and
wounded.
The vehicles used by the Russians
in removing their wounded included
bicycles used in pairs, with a littel
swung between them. A detachment
of six cabs also was sent out on July
&c to bring in Russian wounded. Or
the 27th these cabs returned for more
wounded to place they had visited
the day before.
II was found, however, that thi!
place was then occupied by the Japan
ese, who captured the outfit of cabs
on July 25 two detachments of ma
rines and sailors, numbering 260 men
lost every commissioned officer as 9
result of the first volley fired by the
Japanese.
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Helena, Aug. among the pas
sengers on the Northern Pacific west
bound train that passed through Hell.
ena today was John Christie, arrested
at Hope, n, d.. on the charge OF be-
ing partner of Hammond in the
Bearmouth hold.up. Christie was
brought as far as Helena by the North
Dakota sheriff and here turned his
prisoner over to Sheriff Mcdonald. OF
Granite county. Christie is but %
years old, and, according to his story,
has never been In trouble before. He
has made a complete confession and,
according to IL, Hammond was the
ring leader in the affair and persuad.
cd him to enter into the job.
Christie says he came west in
search Of employment and in Nilsson.
la met Hammond. One day Ham.
mond showed him a clipping from a
paper which told of hold.up and
he asked him how he would like to
join in one. Christie said he would
not engage In one and then Ham.
mond went on to explain how easy Il
was and said he had held up a train
and that there was no danger and
plenty OF money to be seized. Final
ly Christie agreed TO go into the job
and the two went to Bearmouth. Az.
ter arriving there Christie backed out
and returned TO Missoula. Before this
Hammond. according TO the story OF
Christie, had made a confident of him
and told him various crimes he had
committed and how easy il was to
avoid punishment
Hammond, Christie says. followed
him to Missoula and by threats again
compelled him to make the trip to
Bearmouth and on this second trip
the hold.up took place.
II Is the understanding of the offi.
GERS that Christie will take the offi
GERS to the place where the men
cached the money orders, Christies
share OF the money was about 800
in bent silver. which was twisted ou,
OF shape by the explosion that wreck
ed the safe.
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midst OF the wreck who escaped
When dawn came the wonder was
that the four had been permitted TO
emerge from the raging torrent with
breath still in their bodies. The end
of the Pullman Ashmere extended
four feet over the brink while broken
timbers and twisted rails hung furth-
er over. The arroyo had been widen
ed TO over 100 feet at the point where
the bridge had been. The water tore
zigzag course across the prairie
10 depth of 80 feet in several places.
There was little left of the baggage
cara few rods. truck or so, dimly
seen in the muddy waters; a half
buried iron safe. The great locomo-
tive. the boiler free OF the trucks, the
cab and tank gone lies where il fell.
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Battle Line of Sixteen Miles.

Che Foo, Aug. Ga newspaper pub
lished at Port Arthur, which was
brought here today, gives fragmen-
tary details of the recent heavy fight
ing there.
The Japanese artillery opened a
desultory fire on the afternoon of
July 25. That night the Russians
slept on their arms in the trenches.
They occupied a line 16 miles long.
The next morning, July rs, the fog
cleared away at O'Clock and the ia
panese then began TO fire along the
entire line. The Japanese marksman'
ship was more accurate, showing they
had derived benefit in the fight from
the practice OF the previous day.
Their heaviest fire was directed
against the batteries which included
the 12-inch naval guns commanded
by Prince Tcheidse and Captain Shry
dloff. A perfect shower OF shells hit
the earth works or Went screeching
into the valley, doing considerable
damage to the artillerymen.
The hottest fighting began at day
break of July 27. The battle com
menced under the rays OF a scorchine
sun. The Russian right wing was
commanded by Major General Kondra
tenko, who was compelled TO undergo
the brunt OF the terrific cannonading
To this fierce fire the Russians repii
ed with deliberation. The naval bat
terry was again made the target fol
the heaviest fire. and II was evident
the Japanese we're trying to silenc,
this most dangerous Russian posi-
ton.
A perfect shower OF shrapnel wal
thrown into the valley behind tn,
Russian batteries. and when Majo
General Kondratenko saw this he re
marked that the Japanese evidenti,
believed that the Russian reserve
were In this valley. From the nava
guns observers occasionally say
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-08-10
TRUST LEADERS CHOSEN.
Peabody, Belmont and sheehan Will
Run Democratic Campaign.

Indianapolis, Aug. 3.-Thomas Tag
gart, chairman of the Democratic ma
tional committee tonight announced
the following officers Of the Demo-
cratic national committee and the fol.
lowing members of the executive
committee: Vice Chairman, Delaney
Nichols, New York; Treasurer, Geo.
Foster Peabody. New York; execu.
tive committee. w. F. Sheehan, chair.
man, New York; August Belmont,
New York; John r. Mclean, United
States Senator Thos. Martin, Virgin.
la; j. NJ. GuGffey, Pennsylvania:
former United States Senator James
Smith. Jr., New Jersey; Timothy e.
Ryan, Wisconsin.
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The Death Penalty.

A little thing sometimes results In
death. Thus a mere scratch, insight
ficant cuts or puny boils have paid the
death penalty. It Is wise to have
Bucklen's Arnica Salve ever handy
It's the best salve on earth and will
prevent fatality, when burns, sores
ulcers and piles threaten. Only Csc
at Delzell Drug Co.
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Kidneys Cured Free,

We are giving one million boxes Of
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Catarrh Can be Cured

Nasal Catarrh, Catarrh Of the
Head or Catarrhal Deafness, no cure
no pay. All druggists are authoriz-
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II falls to cure any case Of Catarrh
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and rest. This Is new discovery
and the only catarrh remedy sold on
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Details Of the Wreck.

Pueblo, Colo, Aug. S.-Two car
loads of human freight plunged into
the raging torrent that destroyed the
trestle over the usually dry arroyo
known as Steele's Hollow, near Eden,
about 8 o'clock last evening. Two
sleeping cars and the diner stopped
at the edge of the hungry chasm fill.
ed with a boiling. seething current
that quickly snuffed out probably 100
lives. So quietly had the catastrophe
been enacted that the occupants OF
the three cars remaining on the track
did not realize that al accident had
occurred until they had alighted from
the train, and they were powerless
to render any assistance to the vic
Tins who had disappeared in the
rushing waters.
On the lookout for danger. warned
by the squally clouds and heavy
rains to the north, Engineer Charles
iIindman was running cautiously,
about 10 miles an hour. as he ap-
preached the arroyo. which was span.
ned by a bridge SO feet in length
The condition OF the bridge was not
known until the locomotive had near
ly crossed. Fireman Frank Mayfield,
with large torch that the engineer
and the fireman had been using TO as
certain the condition of the track.
was in the gangway. When Engineer
Hlndman felt the tremor in the great
machine and caught glmmer of the
water, he shouted his last words,
Put out that TORCH" evidently think.
ing that in the accident he felt GER
tain was coming, the flames would
serve to spread fire. But before May.
field could obey, while the words were
still on the lips of the doomed man,
and while setting the mechanism con.
trolling the air. the bridge gave away
as II II had been a stack Of kindling
wood and the locomotive dropped,
with the Kissing of steam, through
80 feet OF food to the bottom of the
arroyo, crosswise to the track.
All Lost But Three.
The baggage car, smoking car and
chair-car followed the locomotive into
the stream and were swept away.
All the occupants OF these cars save
three men perished. and had not the
roof of the chair car burst asunder
not one would have escaped The
fireman. as the locomotive went over,
was thrown out and managed to
grasp a piece of wreckage from the
bridge. floating with that 10 curve
made by the caving bank, and crept
out OF the water. He ran toward Ed
en-. meeting on the way Operator F.
M. Jones and bis wife, who had al.
ready started up the track. They
had seen the headlight OF the ap.
preaching train a minute before and
then had witnessed II disappear with
ominous suddenness.
Notify Pueblo" came the voice OF
the running man, "the trains gone
down and everybody is killed."
Even as he spoke there were cries
coming from the distance. The two
men ran to where the bridge had
been to search, but in vain, for the
victims OF the disaster. When they
reached the spot all cries for help
had ceased.
Hurried to the Relief.
Relief trains with physicians
wreck and pile driving outfits and a
score OF workmen were huraed from
the city. The first train from the
wreck came in shortly after midnigh,
with ]. NJ. KILN, OF Pueblo, whose es
cape was miraculous; H. 8. Gilbert
Tony Fisher and Fireman Mayfeld.
These we're the four men In the
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shells bursting near the other batter
les.
As the day wore on the accuracy of
the Japanese fire increased In the
meantime the Russian Infantry. pas
sive witnesses of the artillery duel.
lay in their ternches awaiting an al.
tack. They were well protected and
but few shells fell among them.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-08-10

Foley's Kidney Cure will cure all
diseases arising from disordered kid.
neys or bladder For sale by z. F.
McKechnie.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-08-10

President Hobart; and the personal
relations between President Roose-
welt and yourself, your mutual es-
TEEN and good understanding assure
us that these happy conditions will
come again after the 4th of next
March. We count upon your wisdom
and experience and loyal aid as an
element of ever present strength in
the coming administration.
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THE WORLDS GREAT DEBT TO
MATTHEW FONTAINE MAURY
One Hundred of the Best Books Written---A work
on Three Eminent Women of Letters---
Lecky's History.

IN the mast? Are the men who devote
their lives to such Investigations al
WAYS just and fair toward others in
the same profession? l am willing TO
believe that many of the most illus
trious Swans are. but / am sure, that
there have been some of the scientific
circle in the North whose ability to
recognize great merit was limited at
one time to their own section, and
whose standard OF right was only ap-
piled to themselves. How they are
now this deponent saith not.
What is to be thought when men
who should be above narrow section
alism, and party hatreds, and personal
jealousies descend from their high
position to rob man of genius of his
well-earned laurels, because he was a
devoted son of the South, faithful and
true in every throb of his great heart,
and who shed a purer lustre upon
his people, and profession than any
scientific man of his times, or indeed
of his country, and whose name is
in every other country than our own
where virtue and usefulness and
genius are revered and rewarded,
then it is time that such men should
be dashed with public scorn. Indeed
long ago it should have been that
newspapers and periodicals and even
the societies and associations through
out the South should have spoken in
indignant and unmiStakable terms.
Perhaps there were some faithful men
who discerned the wrong and demand
ed it.
Thirty years ago there appeared to
be concert of action, purpose that
seemed to be deliberate and sys-
tematic in the North to ignore the
very name of Matthew F. Maury, and
to rob him of his glorious fame won
on new and untrodden fields of inves-
tigation. / know that | was so I'M
pressed with what l saw reported,
thought there must be some such ef-
fort or plan afoot. l remember that
/ heard that in one of the Sclentl1c
bureaux his name was tabooed, and
no man connected with it was allow
ed to give him any credit for contri-
buttons to science in any of its de-
partmentS. 1t is so long ago that L
can not particulariZe now, but l re-
call the impressions made at the time.
At that very day he was better known
in Europe, as / saw it stated than was
any other American on this continent,
or than any other of our most illus
trious citizens save only the immortal
10OGSe lOIl. vi Sod VI vi
land, wherever there were stout hearts
and strong arms that buffet the waves,
or men of noble natures and Studious
habits who love science, there
you would find Maury's name cherish
ed and honored. and even 'As ia
miliar as household words; and
there you would find thousands of
grateful hearts, rejoicing in his fame
and genius, and rejoicing to call him
blessed. And why this fame. this
honor? When it is remembered how
vast the sums he had saved to all
commercial nations by his "Charts of
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1 never knew personally the late
Commodore Matthew Fontaine
Maury, a native of Virginia, and a
very superior man. But / enjoyed
the opportunity of seeing him Wheh
he visited the University OF Norlh
Carolina in 1S47, in company WITH
President James Knox Polk, OF Ten
nessee. but native of North Carolina
as were the two other Presidents from
Tennessee, Andrew Jackson and An
drew Johnson. Raleigh is to erect d
monument in memory of the latter
who was born there. Charlotte should
erect a monument to James K. Polk,
who was born. in Mecklenburg coun-
ty. if my memory does not play me
trick Union county, assisted by the
State, should erect a fitting monu-
ment to Andrew Jackson-hero. pa
triot, democrat. Secretary of Navy,
Hon John Y. Mason, of Virginia, an
alumnus of the University of North
Carolina, accompanied the President
and delivered the literary address at
the Commencement. Mrs. Polk, "A
very handsome and most regal look
ing lady. also was of the suite, as
We're three or four others of less i'm
portance. The Presidential party, on
their return to Raleigh, Gin those
days there was no railway, spent the
night at the stage country inn some
eight miles from Chapel Hill. 1t was
there that l heard Commodore Maury
converSing with the President, Mr..
Mason and others, as they all sat in
the porch after supper. / recall the
incident with pleasure as | then knew
of Maury'S unique fame and ability,
and after that learned more of his
tn lot, 10 n
ern people. He had been to the Uni
versity in search of a young mathe-
matician of great parts, and got him.
He told the faculty that he had been
to two or three other commandments
in search of one. He was very fort
innate indeed in securing James John
ston Pettigrew, then but nineteen,
who became so distinguished in law
and in the great war. l refer to
Commodore Maury u. S. Navy, for a
purpose as will be seen farther on.
L am disposed to doubt the saying
of that very acute and profound
thinker, Joseph Hume, the eminent
historian of his country, England, or
at least its application to all the
votaries of science. That philosoph-
er said: at is certain that a serious
attention to the sciences and liberal
arts softens and harmonizes the tenn
per, and cherishes those fine emotions
in which true honor and virtue con-
sist.' This may be true, for aught L
know. among such a coterie OF noble
men as the Herschels. Davy Fara-
day and other men of like mark and
character. Possibly they would have
suffered the fires of martyrdom soon
Ell than have built upon other mems
foundation, or denied to brother men
of science their we'll merited NEED of
fame. But has this spirit of Justice,
rectitude, and honor pervaded the
scientific circles in the United States
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airy interest. Justin Mccarthy
written fifth volume of his del
full History of Own Times" an
at work on the sixth volume.
Five gifted Irish authors are
collating on a work to be c.
Irish Voices" Yeats, GWynn
Jane Barlow are Of the number
An excellent new edition of
great Thackeray has been just
lished by Scribners Sons. New
City. 1t is the Kingston Edit
thirty-two volumes, price 50
ume. Lovers of Thackeray u
gratified to see him sent out In
/ highly praised edition. The
who owns a copy and has tast
capacity enough to read him |
Iy and appreciate his great qu
is to be envied.
w. l.. Courtney, a literary n
England, writes in the London
graph of "the tender and C.
grace of Longfellow. and of
sweet and poignant simplicity o
wilkins"
Mrs. Roger A. Pryor, a "
lady of gifts, long residing l.
York, and who not long ago l.
ed an interesting work entitled
Mother of Washington an
Times is to publish anothe
ginia book in the fall. The Me-
Saturday Review of 9Th ms
of it that it will describe T.
liant social life of Washington
the fifties, of which the authc
part, and her experiences in
burg and other parts of Virgil
ing the civil war"
I will add that have the v
possible authority for staff,
when the celebrated DR.. jar
Gosh, who was the author of
the ablest books l ever re-
long life of reading, had bee
Of Princeton University 70
years, he said that Mrs. Pr
the most intellectual woman
met in this country. A We
compliment.
THEODOR EBRYANT KING
Wilmington, N. c., July 80,
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lS47-'4S, who fifteen years or
more more later, more than once said in
ms own family, that if by reason of
ueath by sickness or the calamities
u war General Robert e. Lee were to
oe killed that of all men the best
TTqulpped man to succeed him was
Drlgad1er General Johnston Petit
grew. His daughter in a letter to
TOT. Kemp =. Battle. Ii. d., of the
University of North Carolina, in
formed him Of this interesting and
remarkable fact. I mention here
aIlhough Pettigrew was not more
man tWenty-one years of age when
ne retired from the Washington OBJ
SefValory, his calculations were rival
ing those of any astronomer in Eu-
rope. | read this in a Richmond pa
per IN the war when it was reported
mat General Pettigrew had been
killed.