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The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
Floods in Rio Grande River.

Ell Paso, Texas, May ga half
million dollars is conservative esti-
mate of the damage done by the over
flow of the Rio Grande river north of
Ell Paso. In Mesilla valley between
5000 and 10000 acres of farms are un-
der water, crops and farm machinery
have been lost and all houses in the
path of the flood washed away. The
water in most places is six feet deep.
Every adobe house in Anthony. New
Mexico, has been washed away and
people have fled to Ell Paso. Mrs. j.
l.. Brown and family of Douglas. Ari-
zona. were caught in the flood at An
thony and were two days and nights
without food or water. Finally they
were rescued from the roof of a barn.
Two hundred carloads of baled hay
alone were lost in the flood. The wa
ters are rising rapidly. threatening
greater damage. especially at Ell Paso,
where the lower section of the city will
be inundated if weak sand dyke
gives way. Laborers are working con
stantly Strengthening the dyke with
sand bags.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
TOGO HAS SMASHED
R0JESTvENSKYS FLEET

May 25
sunk captured
of
that telegram
Takha
oIsPatch
far
ON orva
Washington,
that its fleet
the raft
repair ship the
Following
"Nasak May 2sJapanese
four "arshps and
al
Toxic May 27Japanes
Strait
belief
free of their
their fleet
was unlikely that
hicted ordinary
Tsinstau May 29-There
Russian and Japanese fleets
reported that the
steamed
to be boat
London May 2e-The
sian fleet has dispersed
and that the remainder flight pursuing
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
Chicago Strike Continues.

Chicago, May 2S.-Nothing devel-
oped to-day that would indicate an i'm
mediate settlement of the teamsters'
strike. which has been in progress
nearly two months. That the labor un-
ions are of the belief that the fight
will be a long one was demonstrated
at the meeting of the Chicago Fedora
tion of Labor to-day when arrange
ments were made for holding a strike
demonstration on July 4.
According to the present plans 1t is
the intention TO hold monster parade
of the strikers and the affiliated unions
unless the controversy has been ended
before that date At the meeting to-
day each union affiliated with the cen
trail body was represented by three
delegates at the request of President
Dold.
The strike situation was discussed
in all its details and the sentiment of
the meeting was that the teamsters
should continue the fight until the
seven express companies should offer
some sort of a compromise. The Off
cials of the express companies are still
obdurate in their declaration that no
concessions need be looked for from
their side, so the matter of settlement
through this channel seems as remote
as ever.
With over 1000 policemen and depu-
ties of the sheriff detailed on strike
Luty, the employers declare that dur
ing the present week they will be able
to demonstrate to the strikers that any
further continuation of the fight will
be suicidal to the teamsters' union.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
President Talks Live Stock.

Washington. May 2S.-For the pur-
pose of enlisting the sympathies of
President Roosevelt in larger export
market for merican meats, F. j. Hag-
enbarth of Denver. president of the
National Live Stock Association called
at the White House yesterday. So
great was the Presidents interest that
he has promised to deal with the SUBJ
tect in his next annual message to
Congress. and will take up other mat
ters of vital importance to live stock
men.
Nothing can compensate for the
loss of a market, except to get that
market back" said Mr.. Hagenbarth to
the President. I'VE have lost more
than $100,000.0O0 annually for the last
three or four years in export market
for meats alone through commercial
Misunderstanding that have resulted
in tariff retaliation against meat from
this country. Germanys discrimina-
tion has been the most severe. al
though the loss of the French market
has cost live stock interests $40 0,OOO,-
900 annually
The President encouraged Mr.. Hag-
enbarth to continue his explanation.
| and then asked aim what he proposed
as a solution.
Reciprocity preferably, and II we
can't get that, retaliation replied Mr..
Hagenbarth. The President agreed as
to the remedy. although he thought
that reciprocity and retaliation could
both be adopted by the United States
"a reciprocal arrangement with coun-
tries that were disposed to be friendly
commercially, and saving the retalia-
, tory methods for countries that were
inclined to treat the United States
with unfairness. He agreed with Mr..
Hagenbarth that the subject was one
that should go before Congress and
the people, and asked the president of
the live stock association to present a
brief that would inform him of the
associations position. Mr.. Hagen
barth promised 10 put the brief in the
Presidents hands by July 1st.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
Remarkable Artesian Wei.

The twelve-inch well the Sonora
(Mexico) railway has bored at Pesqui-
era station has encountered a strong
artesian flow which is remarkable. AT
n depth of 100 feet the water gushed
to the height of eight feet above the
surface. Sinking was continued to a
depth of 450 feet. and the flow in
creased to a height of thirty-five feet.
The new well will supply water for
all purposes needed by the railway.
And 1t demonstrates the feasibility OF
securing artesian water for irrigation.
In the vicinity of Pesquiera are many
thousand acres of very rich land which
needs only water to make it very pro-
ductive tand valuable.-Nogales Oasis.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
GOVERNMENT LIGHT.
HISTORIC cHickAMAuGA PARK
ABLAZE WITH ILLUMINATION.
United States System of Lighting Mill
tary Post Pronounced Gratifyingly
SuccessfuI-Six and One-Half Miles
of Mains-Sixty-Five Street Lights.

Chickamauga Park Ga, May 81
IN operation one of the largest acety-
lene gas plants in the world. The mill
tary post at the entrance of the histor-
ical Chickamauga battlefield where
thirty thousand Union and Confederate
soldiers were lost in the memorable
battle of Sept. 10 and 20, 1868, contains
about one hundred buildings, the
seventy-five principal ones of which are
lighted with acetylene To accom-
plish this six and one-half miles of
mains and two miles of service pipes
are in use, while sixty-five street
lamps brilliantly illuminate the ave-
nues of the post.
In 1903 the War Department in
stalled a test acetylene plant at Fort
Meyer, Virginia. The results were
SO gratifying and the superiority
of the illuminant so evident that the
government, March 20. 1904. placed
the contract for the Chickamauga
plant, in which every citizen of the
United States should have his pro
rata of pride.
But the government has not con-
llntu vi dNttS "
this military post. Since becoming
satisfied of the efficiency, superiority
and economical advantages of this
particular illuminant. the United
States has installed number of
plants in Indian schools and other gov
ernment institutions.
Acetylene gas is one of the simplest
as well as the most perfect of artificial
lights. 1t is made by the contact
of water and carbide, Ia manufactured
product for sale at a nominal price,,
is absolutely safe and gives a beau
tiful white light soothing to the eyes
and nerves. 1t can be produced any
wherein the farm home, the village
store, the town hall. the church-and
is SO easily maintained as to
be practical for all classes.
1t is a matter for national congratu-
lation that in beautifying so historic
a spot as Chickamauga, nothing but
the best. including the lighting sys-
TEN, has been deemed good enough
for the American people.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
SENTENCED TO DEATH
FIVE MEN AWAITING EXECUTION
Warden of Colorado Penitentiary Has
Already Executed Eight Men-see-
retary Favors HabituaI Criminal
Act.

Already Executed Eight Men-See-
retary Favors HabituaI Criminal
Act.
Denver, May 27.-With the convic-
tion of Joseph Johnson at Trinidad on
the charge of killing John Fox there
are now five men in the state of Colo
RADIO awaiting execution under, the cap
ital punishment act. These are Fred
| Arnold and Newton Andrews, con-
demned to die in the week beginning
June 11th; Patrick Bremen. convicted
of killing his sweetheart at Leadville.
to hang the week beginning July 21st;
Charles o. Peters. to hang the week
beginning November 10Th, and Joseph
johnson, date not yet set.
All of these men are under thirty
years of age, except Johnson. War
den Cleghorn has already executed
| eight men for the state, and if he re-
mains in office and there is no inter
ference with the cases, he will have
| hanged thirteen by the end of the pres
ent year. There is the possibility. of
course, that there may be others added
TO the list in the meantime.
In discussing the capital punishment
act recently. Secretary c. E. Hagar of
the State Board of Pardons expressed
the opinion that there was a bill be-
fore the last Legislature which, if it
had become a law, would have done
more to lessen crime than did the law
of 1903. He referred to the habitual
criminal act. Under this act it is pro-
posed that when a man is committed
to the penitentiary of a state for the
third time. he is to be declared an in
durable and incarcerated for the re-
mainder of his life.
The theory of this law is that if a
man has demonstrated that imprison-
ment does not cure him of criminal ten
denotes, then there is nothing left for
society to do but protect itself by put
ting him out of the way. Humanity
rebels at executing him, and, therefore,
he must be left in prison, that he may
no longer prey upon society or repro
duce his kind. Many criminologists
declare that executions and imprison
ment do not have a deterrent effect,
thus, the fear of life Imprisonment
might not actually lessen the proper
tion of crime, but with the habitual
criminals gradually becoming incarcer
ated there would be perceptible de-
crease in the number of crimes COM
mitted.
Mr.. Hagar says that a study of the
records at the prisons is very interest
ing. showing that a majority of those
who commit crime are extremely ig
norant and unlettered.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
Anxiety in Russia.

st. Petersburg, May 20, 2:15 a M
In this momentous hour the emperor
the admiralty and the Russian public
are waiting breathlessly for the Japa
nese to furnish authentic news of the
fate of Vice Admiral Rojestvensky and
his fleet. in which the hopes of the
Russians are centereA The official
disposition is to construe Tokio's si
lence favorably. but at the same time
the strategic reason for such silence is
recognized
The public after the premature jubi-
lation of Saturday night, is inclined to
reverse its attitude and to become pes
simistic
The report sent to Washington by
the American consul at Nagasaki of
the sinking of five Russian warships,
including a battleship and repair ship,
was accepted as the most definite and
the most authentic piece of news re-
ceived up to midnight. and undoubtedly
produced a bad impression. The fear
was expressed that the battleship sunk
might have been Rojestvensky's flag
ship, the kniaz Souvaroff. on which
the japanese undoubtedly would con
centrate their fire.
The sinking of the repair ship Kan
chatka. which was filled with the most
modern machinery, might. it was
thought, prove later to be a mCse Sc
we're loss than that of warship, bu:
at the admiralty where crowds congre
gated Sunday afternoon and evening
the opinion was expressed that If Ro.
jestvensky had cleared the gateway to
the sea of Japan with no greater loss
than that reported by the American
consul, the passage had not been
dearly purchased, and especially II
later reports should prove that the
japanese losse were proportionate.
Probably no one in Russia displayed
such intense anxiety as the Emperor
Early Sunday morning he summoned
Grand Duke Alexis, high admiral; Ad
miral Avellan, head of the Russian ad,
miralty department, and Admiral Wir-
enus. chief of the general staff of the
navy, to Tsarskoe-Selo, and remained
closeted with them up to a late hour
last night, impatiently awaiting infor
nation, and poring over charts.
The only news received by his ma
jesty from Russian sources were dis
patches from Russian agents and con.
suls at Chinese ports, which contained
nothing but current rumors. The only
time the Emperor left the members OF
the cabinet was to attend services in
the chapel in the Alexander palace
when the chaplain prayed for Rojest-
vensky's success.
The Emperor was greatly distressed
when the Washington dispatch con
tanning the information sent by the
consul at Nagasaki arrived.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
SCHOOL OF MINES GRADUATES
Forty-eisht Receive the Degree Of
Mining Engineer.

Denver May 27.-The opera house
at Golden was filled to overlooking
yesterday afternoon, the occasion be
ing the thirty-first annual commence
ment of the Colorado School of Mines
Forty-eight young men were awarded
the degree of mining engineer. this be
ing the largest graduating class in the
history of the school. In addition the
honorary degree of mining engineer
was conferred upon Jesse Mcdonald
governor of Colorado.
Joseph S. Jana. member of the
board of trustees, made the principal
address.
Congressman Brooks also addressed
the students. taking the place Of Gen
eral Irving Hale. who was on the pro
gram for speech. but had been sud
denly called to New York.
President Anderson awarded a mum
ber of prizes for class work.
Following is list of the graduates:
Arthur Austin. Denver; Alfred
Strong Lewis, Denver; Leroy Louis
Middlekamp, Pueblo; Thatcher Rcd
ney Hunt. Denver: Joseph Francis
O'Byrne.. Cripple Creek; Charles hu
gustus Hyder, Denver: Edward Nor
ris Rabb. Jr.. Denver: Evaristo Pare.
des. Jr., Caliacan, Sinaloa, Mexico;
Luther Willis Lenox. Colorado
Springs; Albert Berry, Leadville; John
Jerome Cory. Golden; Philip Jay Lon
ergan, Jr.. Colorado Springs; julius
Hornbein, Denver; Eric Morris Smith.
Denver: George Bancroft Putnam.
Denver: Robert Leroy Hallett, Den.
yer: Albert Frederick Cuno. Denver:
Richard Lalor Darcy. Denver; Alfred
Plasceit Busey, Pueblo; Jose Ma CARA
Aldape Torreon. Coahula. Mexico; Guy
Nicholas Pfeiffer. O'Fallon, Illinois;
Douglas Muir, San Antonio, Texas;
Edwin Ruthven Richards. Montrose;
Arthur Clarke Terrill. Colorado
Springs; Frederick Charles Car
starphen. Denver; William Owens
Chamberlain. Denver; Louis Philip
Pressler, Golden: Ernest Frederick
Stoekley, Canon City; Howard Spang-
Ter. Denver; Luther Barnard Eames.
Pueblo: Eldon Lee Larison. Golden;
William Jared Hallett, Denver: Homer
Davis Ford. Denver; Edgar Eugene
Greve. Brooklyn. New York; John B.
Neville, Jr.. Denver; William Edward
Ryan. Denver; Arthur Theodore
Thomson. Pueblo; Arthur Frank Hew-
lit. Denver; Robert McCart. Denver;
Ebert Wood Bailey, Denver; Frank
Joseph Reinhard, Golden: Carl Alton
Allen. La Junta; Robert Leland
Brown, Denver: Richard Leonidas
Grider, Selad Valley. California;; Fred
Ford Flint. Greeley: Charles Louis
Duer. Denver; Charles Martin Rath.
Telluride
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
settlina pamaue Suits.

Denver. May 27.-Another of the fif.
teen damage claims against Stratton's
Independence Company, limited. was
settled Thursday by the company's at
torney. William H. Bryant. The last
beneficiary was Mrs. Alice Smitherum
of Denver. whose husband was one Of
the miners killed in the shaft of the
independence mine. January "a. 1904
Mrs Smitherums claim was settled
for $500. Eleven of the families
were paid sums. ranging from $500 to
s2,500. and three cases have rot yet
been settled, but the mine attorney,
Mr. Bryant, is making every effort to
settle within the next few days.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31

Paris. May 29.-The approaching
separation of state and church in
France has disclosed a curious situation
whereby Christmas, Easter and other
holidays to which the French are de-
voted will be abolished under the sep
aration bill. This led NJ. Gerault-
Richard to satisfy public opinion by
an amendment continuing the princi-
pal holidays under new names.
The amendment. which has been ac-
cepted by those in charge of the bill.
substitutes spring flower festival for
Faster. harvest festival for the feast
OF the Assumption. memorial festival
for the feast of All Saints and family
festival for Christmas.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
Further Riots in Chicago.

Chicago, May 27-Rioting broke out
aires: yesterday in the teamsters'
strike and although nobody was Sc
riously hurt, there were a number OF
vicious fights in the lumber district,
during which the police were com.
PEELED to use their clubs and in one in
stance revolvers in order to disperse
the mobs. In one instance an express
wagon bearing placards telling of its
protection by the injunction of fed
eral court, was attacked and almost
overturned before the police could
orcy5we the rioters.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
Are the Packers Receiving Fair PIay7

When the Garfield report on the
business methods of the packers ap-
peared, after eight months investiga-
ton, it was severely criticised az
roundly denounced. After three
months of publicity 1t is significant
that those who attempted to discredit
1t have failed to controvert the figures
contained in that exhaustive docu-
ment. The public is beginning to no
tice this omission, and the feeling is
rapidly growing that the sensational
charges out of which the Beef In
vestigation" arose were without foun-
dation. If the official statements of
the report are susceptible of contra
diction. a good many people are now
asking why the facts and figures are
not furnished to contradict them.
The truth seems to be that most of
the charges contain unfounded sensa-
tional assertions. A fragrant example
of this appeared in recent article in
an Eastern magazine, to the effect
that forty Iowa banks were forced
to close their DOORS in 1904 by the
Beef Trusts manipulation of cattle
prices" Chief Clerk Cox. of the bank
ing department of the Iowa State Au-
ditor's office, has tabulated the list of
banks given in the magazine article
and has publicly denounced the state
ment as utterly untrue. He gives
separately the reasons for each fail
ure mentioned and officially states
that they have been caused by unwise
speculations and by reckless banking
methods. 1t may be well to suspend
judgment upon the packers until the
charges against them are proved.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31

Denver, May ga brief telegram
to the family received at noon to-day
states that C. d. Hall. citizen of Ar
vada. suburb of this city, fell from
bridge across the Animas river into
the swollen stream and was drowned
yesterday afternoon. On account of
the high water the body has not been
recovered.
Mr.. Hall recently secured position
as bridge carpenter for the Rio Grande
Railroad Company and went to work
south of Durango. where the accident
happened. Mrs Hall conducts board
ing house here and has three small
children. Mr.. Hall was about thirty
six years of age.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
News Reaches Paris.

Paris. May 29.-4:55 a. m.-Later
editions of the morning papers here
express the fear that the Russians
have met with defeat in the naval com
bat.
The Matin. remarking that the dis
patches from Washington are far from
reassuring. recalls the words of Vice
Admiral Rojestvensky when he ell
tered far Eastern waters:
If | am victorious ! snail inform
you. If am vanquished, Togo will in
form you"
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
FEMALE TROUBLE
NOT RECOGNIZED
AS CATARRH.

ly recognized as being caused by
catarrh.
Catarrh of one organ is exactly the
same as catarrh of any other organ.
What will cure catarrh of the head will
also cure catarrh of the pelvic organs.
Perlna cures these cases simply because
it cares the catarrh.
If you have catarrh write at once to
DIR. Hartman, giving full statement
of your case, and he will be pleased to
give you mis- valuable advice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, o.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31

The daughter of a wealthy English
man has married her fathers chauf
feur. If decent coachman is bet
ter man than worthless duke, a goot
chauffeur ought to stack up prett,
well in comparison with a chumpisf
prince.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31

Doctors are great on figures. One
who lives in Minnesota has ciphered
out that the American people are now
paying out annually 100000 less
in doctors bills and medicine than
they did decade ago. and that they
are living on an average. ten years
longer than folks used to live.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
To Keen Out Ercaks

For the first time in the history of
Coney Island censorship has been es-
tablished over the exhibition of freaks
and amusements there. An employe
of the Brooklyn license bureau will ex-
ercise this function. He has already
withheld permits from the managers
Oh several monstrosities which he de-
clared to be revolving.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
FIXING RAILROAD RATES.

Making railroad rates is like play
ing game of checkers or chess. Com
munities to be benefited, producers.
manufacturers or shippers to be aided
represent the pieces used. Every pos
sible move is studied for its effect
on the general result by skilled traf-
fic managers. A false move in the
making of freight rates may mean the
ruin of a city, of a great manufacture
ing interest. of an agricultural COM
munity. Railroads strive to build up
ali these SO that each may have an
equal chance in the sharp competi-
tion of business. So sensitive to this
rivalry are the railroads that in order
to build up business along their lines
they frequently allow the shipper 10
practically dictate rates. Rate MAX
ing has been a matter of development;
of mutual concessions for mutual
benefit. That is why the railroads of
the United States have voluntarily
made freight rates SO much lower in
this country than they are on the
government-owned and operated rail-
ways of Europe and Australia that
they are now the lowest transporta-
tion rates in the world.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31

'I never took anything which wolld
affect people who We're not able to
stand the loss" pleads Defaulter
Smith of San Francisco. A similar
plea helped Robin Hood with the
populace. but would hardly have
touched sheriff or Judge.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31

The season of the year is now here
when the average school boy forgets
all his other studies in trying to solve
the mathematical problem of how to
steal third base without ripping the
seams in his pants.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31
Mount Vesuvius Eruption.

Naples. May 2S.-The eruption OF
Mount Vesuvius continues. the volcano
showing four new openings through
which lava flows, while the immediate
surrounding country is covered with
ashes. The funicular railroad has
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31

A man in Sedalia. Mo, wants a di-
vorce from his wife on the ground
that she chews tobacco. 1t must be
n terrible thing for a wife to have
TO choose between husband and a
plug of tobacco.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31

1t must have been picturesque to
see Gen. Linevitch going down the
lines of his headquarters troops and
saluting each soldier with an Easter
kiss. Gen. Grant never did anything
like that.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31

Perhaps the court which decided
that milliners are not artists" never
had occasion to inspect the thorough
ly artistic work some of them can do
with pen and ink on plain, ordinary
billhead.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31

A Chicago alleged lemon pie. bak
cry made. was found to consist OF
starch paste and various coal tar
products" The Chicago mince pie
must be fearfully and wonderfully
made.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31

According to Angela Morgan a wom-
ans kiss is worth fifty of a mans.
And how wasteful of this wealth the
dear creatures are when they meet
each other,
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31

That Portland (Me) automobile
which ran alone and jumped over o
precipice to destruction must have
had an awful record of casualties
upon its conscience.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31

The name that has been given to
the vorchid which has just won a
prize in London is the "Brassocattle
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. II
looks like a college yell.
The Lamar register., 1905-05-31

Fanny Rice. the actress. has secured
a divorce. 1t may be ungallant to
mention such a thing. but isn't Fanny
Rice getting rather well along in
years to risk it?