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The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1906-05-09

graphs which record movements
much too slight to be sensible.
practically half of the earthquakes
recorded in California have been felt
in the vici-ity of San Francisco.
Only few. however. were severe
enough to be destructive. The most
severe was April 1, 1902. Others
severe enough to be destructive &C.
CURED April 81. 1892. and March 80.
1898. A careful record of earth
quakes and of earth tremors has
been made at Lick Observatory and
on Mount Hamilton"
According to Professor Ulysses s.
Grant. head of the geology depart
ment of Northwestern University,
there is no city in the country in
which a great earthquake could be
more destructive than in San Fran
cisco. because the western city is
built on solid foundation of rock.
IF a shock of equal severity had
occurred in Chicago" said he. ''it is
probable few buildings would have
been destroyed. because of the clay
and gravel foundation of the city. 1t
is probable there may be smaller
suOChS IN the WeSttih otdteS ioi d
few days. and there may be consid-
cradle danger from tidal waves. for
these things are likely to come at
once.
In fact. it may be that so severe a
shock as the recent enc In San Fran
cisco may bring on tidal wave that
will be large enough to extinguish
the flames along the water front.
Il cannot say that | think there is
any connection between the eruption
of Vesuvius and the earthquake in
California, because the two phe-
nomena are of different origin. The
latter is of the sort that is caused
by sliding or slipping in the rocky
crust from cooling. Besides this, the
line of volcanic sympathy which
causes chain of earthquakes to oc'
cur at about the same time, runs
from north to SOUTH"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1906-05-09
CURING HORSE OF BAD HABIT
Keeping Animal from Gnaw-
ing Wood or Halter,

notice that your veterinary advised
placing a muzzle on horse or mule 30
keep him from gnawing the woodwork
Of Lis stall, writes correspondent Of
Rural New Yorker. This would be a
troublesome remedy, as it would have
% be removed every time the animal
was fed. l have found that by paint
ing the woodwork with coal tar the
worst wood-gnawing horses would
never bite it afterward. The tar should
be put on while hot. An old broom or
whisk brush may serve as paint
brush. l have also found a way to
cure a horse biting his halter strap or
rope by boiling the rope in water in
which a bar of cheap washing soap
has been dissolved. This remedy tried
never failed. One horse. when I first
on several horses which have owned
got him. would bite a heavy rope in
two almost as soon as tied. A small
soaped rope cured him completely.
That was nearly ten years ago and 1t
has not been necessary to tie him
with a chain since.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1906-05-09
AN IDEA IN HEN HOUSES.
venient Both for Laying and
Setting Hens.

have good and simple way OF
making hens nests which I will give
to others. says writer in Prairie
Farmer. My way is to take boards
six inches wide and IL feet long and
have them sawed up into 12-inch
lengths. One board will make three
nests IL inches square. Some thin
boards can be used for the bottom.
Now make a platform three feet wide
across a portion of the house at the
desired height from the floor. Place
the nests on this in an even row close
together at the edge of the platform
next to the roosts. Now make a par
tition of woven wire or boards from
the top of the nests. and middle OF
platform. to the roof of the house.
When hen wants to set. and you have
no use for her for that purpose, she
can be placed on the other side of the
partition and be inclosed by the back
IF the nests and the wire netting
where she will be away from the lay
ing hens. Nests made in this man
ner can be easily cleaned and freed
from insects.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1906-05-09

where, the disorder. the signs of a
struggle. told the story as plainly as
words could tell it, Four of the bodies
lay about the front room on the second
floor; the other two-those of the De-
metris-.ay al u dirty, muddy base
ment, where they had been dumped
by the murderers.
Not thing was found on any of the
men to give absolute proof of their
identities. Even the landlord. H. Mag
nusson. didn know their names. All
he cared about was that the men had
paid four months rent in advance
when they came there week before
The men ate. slept and lived in the
little roms on the upper floor. They
never drank liquor and were appar-
emily of the most peaceable disposition.
They went out regularly every day
aud returned with equal promptitude
in the evening.
Even the people who lived below
heard nothing on the night of the muir
der. lie was only guessed at because
the men didn't appear on the second
morning after the murder. Some one
notified the landlord and he summoned
the police. They broke in.
Peter Stuyanoff knew the dead men.
He was arrested as suspect at first.
but there was nothing to prove against
him. In fact. he gave the police all the
little they do know. He said the men
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1906-05-09

and upstairs to finish the job for which
they had come so far
The dead men were not caught en-
tirely by surprise There are plenty OF
signs that they struggled desperately
against Overwhelming odds. All the
furniture was upset, showing that
there was struggle before the men
who had been aroused from their sleep
to go to their death had not given in
without whimper. Every body bore
wounds enough to kill dozen men.
Imagine it. then-the semi-darkness.
lighted dimly by one feeble kerosene
lamp at the window, the silent en-
trance of the murderers into the
gloom; the sudden awakening of some
one of the doomed when his wound did
not kill him at the first blow; his cries
to the others, their sudden awakening,
too: the clash of the steel. the cries of
the unarmed victims as they vainly
tried to fight on the the knives. the
graphing. wrestling biting. scratching
of men fighting weapons with only
their hands: the thrust at head and
heart: the death rattle of one after
another until there was none left to
die
Then the dragging of two of the
bodies to the mouth of the black pit
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1906-05-09

that passed for a cellar, the dumping
of them down into the hole, and fin
ally the flight into the murky dark
ness of the dawn.
Evidences of Conflict.
1t was a sight to terrify when the
police broke In. The six were stone
dead. but there was plenty of evidence
that every one had fought for his life
till. weak from loss of blood in the UNI
equal contest. he had fallen at the feet
of his enemy to receive his coup.
After satisfactory Identification had
been made. and the authorities had
made their preliminary inquiries. the
bodies were buried together. A Mime.
apolis medical college attempted to get
them for dissection. by right of law
allowing them the bodies of all paup'
ers without kith or kin. but when the
$500 was shown the college had to give
in.
The police have worked hard. but
nothing turned up. They have been
to Chicago and to Duluth. where there
are other Macedonians, but not a single
clew has come to an. thing.
And now, who killed the six?
seems to bid fair to go down into his
tory as one OF the greatest murder
mysteries of the century.
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Macedonian Refugees in Minneapolis
s. ,ghtered in HoveI They
Called Home.
ROBBERY CLEARLY NOT MOTIVE FOR CRIME
Fact That Currency and Valuables We're
Found with Bodies Proves This-Inter-
national Politics at Bottom. Is Theory
of Police Officials.

never had quarrel in their lives and
never carried weapons. He said they
were all men who had come over her,
, to make their fortunes. and had no
thought of anything else but of max
ing money and of sending for theil
loved ones on the other side of the
world
Pathetic Sight at Morgue.
II was pitiful sight at the morsus
when poor Stuyanoff went there t
identify his dead friends. The sigh
of the gaping wounds moved him to
tears. He knelt before each body ant
made the sign of the cross as he
breathed a prayer.
Then he arose to his feet and kissed
each dead man on the brow. When he
finally came to the body of his cousin.
young Yovke, he was completely over
come. Great tears rolled down his
swarthy cheeks; his big red handker-
chief was soon soaked with them. He
took the head of the murdered boy in
his arms and kissed the still face
again and again. Then he left the
room shaking with grief.
They would not hurt a fly; would
not hurt hy," he moaned over and
over.
Fought Hard for Life.
When the house of slaughter was
searched a lamp was found burning in
the rear room upstair. A light had
been seen there the night before. 1t
looked, however. as If the bodies found
in the cellar had ben dead longer than
the others. This only added to the
mystery.
Both bodies were terribly hewed and
hacked. In all. the six bodies between
them bore more than 100 wounds. al
most any one OF them sufficient to kill
any able. bodied man. There were great
splashes of blood all over the walls
and floors. and 1t seemed as II the
dead. aroused from their sleep. had
made a desperate fight for life. but in
vain.
Two big bowie knives were found in
the room with the four. Two more lay
in another room. A fifth. in its sheath.
lay in the basement beside the De-
metris. Then there was the Ratchet
and not another clew.
Robbery" said the police. as first
guess, but that was knocked in the
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1906-05-09
SEES SEISMIC PERIL.

Chicago.-There are slight indica-
tons that Chicago may experience
an earthquake within a few years,
according to Professor ]. Paul Goode
of the University of Chicago geology
faculty. The presence of certain
species of rock in the earth inside
or near the city limits. he believes,
is an indication of a condition that
might result in the dismantlins of a
portion of the city.
There is no absolutely geological
proof that Chicago may have an
earthquake in the next few years.
Professor Goode declared. "One can
detect slight symptoms. however.
Certain formations of certain kinds
of rock underneath Chicago might
be taken as an indication. An earth
quake is as simple as the breaking
of timber.
Il believe that the seat of the
disturbance at San Francisco was
about seven miles below the surface
of the earth. 1t was quite probable
slipping of the crust of the earth.
Generally one block of the crust
slips up while the other slips down.
The focus of the disturbance may be
noted by the direction of the cracks
in the Sierra Madra Mountains are
in the wrecked buildings.
THE Sierra Madra Mountains are
young and are growing slowly, and
no doubt their growing was the
cause of the earthquake"
According to Rollin ID. Salisbury,
of the university, California has ex-
perienced close to 1000 earthquakes.
of which number All have occurred
in San Francisco.
Previous to 1887, 94S earthquake
shocks have been recorded in Cali
fornia." he stated. of these All
have taken place in San Francisco.
Since that date the earthquake rec
ord of California, SO rar as available.
is as follows: 1888, So: 1889. 40: 1890.
30; 1891. p; 1899. AZ; 1898. Al; 1891,
80: 1875. Sc: 1896. 40; 1898. &c.
THE majority of this; large num-
Der of earthquakes were the merest
tremors. Many of them would have
passed unnoticed but for the exist.
ence at various points of seismic
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1906-05-09

to Gen. Robert Gibson Smith, of New
Jersey, for $4,000. This is one of the
best-known estates in Virginia, and Is
situated in Fairfax county. on the Po-
tomac river. % miles from Washing
ton. The estate almost touched the old
Mount Vernon estate, and the own
er of Gunston hall, Mr.. George Mason,
was one of the most intimate friends
and neishbors that George Washing
ton had.
The old mansion is standing virtu-
ally as it was built by Mr.. Mason. in
1855. 1t is an imposing and delightful
old building. and is of the old colonial
type of architecture. The bricks of
which 1t is built were brought by ship
all the way from Scotland. They are
twice the size of modern bricks. but
are exceedingly durable as the walls OF
Gunston hall will compare more than
favorably with the buildings of the
present day. The house is so feet
long by 40 feet wide. The principal
entrance is on the north side of the
building and is marked by a large
square porch of brick and stone and
having four heavy doric pillars. On
overlooking the wide Potomac.
This estate now consists of els acres
and affords fine pasture and farming
lands, besides having large orchards
containing about 10000 fruit trees.
Former Representative Thomas E.
Watson. of Georgia. a populist and
Farmers Alliance advocate. tried to
buy this place about a year ago. Mr..
Watson, despite his preaching the
simple life and antagonizing riches. is
a man well to do in this worlds goods.
and amply able to pay the $4,000
asked for this old estate. but some
hitch occurred in his negotiation. He
was anxious to get up into the old
colonial atmosphere and settle down
on an estate with which George Wash
ington was so familiar.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1906-05-09

l find it is difficult matter to keep
the weeds down, especially in the corn
field, writes c. Z. Gibson. of Morgan
county. ILL.,, to Farmers Review. l do
1t by careful cultivation and having
only about 20 acres to man and team
have neither the morning glory or
bind weed to trouble me. am not
troubled with any kind of weeds in my
small grain except when l get a poor
stand of grain. Then weeds of different
kinds take the place of the grain. The
kind of weed making the most trouble
in our vicinity Is grass known as fox
tail. We do not find the state law az
to obnoxious weed ct all effective.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1906-05-09

is DIR. Vickers Fell. who is now in the
eighty-seventh year of his age. He
was one of the pioneers of the west.
and started the first Republican news
paper west of ST. Louis. In addition
to his devotion to the cause of anti
slavery. DR.. Fell has been deeply in
terested in the question of woman's
rights and Temperance. The other day
while in a reminiscent mood. he talked
of his early experiences in the west.
and of conditions that the present g n
Grafton has little conception of. In
upeaking of his early history, he said:
81 was born in Lancaster county,
Pennsylvania, in 1919. My parents
we're Quakers and were, like the ma
jority of Quakers. opposed to slavery.
In 1851 | established myself at St.
Anthony's Falls, Mimi. where I began
he practice of my profession. the law.
There was no city of Minneapolis
when l went there but as soon as it
was started, found myself stung by
the journalistic bee. and founded the
Mime apolis Journal. 1t was an uphill
lob. but We persevered. Public senti-
ment was in opposition to an anti
slavery paper in that section OF the
country. The pro-slavery element was
strong, and professional msn. particu-
larly lawyers. and the preachers. also.
turned the cold shoulder on u.s."
DR.. Fell relates an interesting story
of how he went out with horse and
wagon to round up Subscribers for his
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1906-05-09
SECTIONAL VIEW OF BRoopER.

purpose of ventilation. A floor o.
matched boards is laid on the striLs.
A hole eight inches in diameter is cGt
in the center of this floor and over t
is reversed an old tin pan. ten inches
in diameter, the sides of the pan BIT.
ing punched full of holes to allow
free circulation of heat. Over this is
placed a table two feet six inches
square. with legs Az inches high.
Around the sides of this table is
tackled a curtain of felt cut from top
to bottom at intervals of five or six
inches to allow the chicks to pass in
and out at will, the whole being sur
rounded by boards four inches high
and three feet long nailed together al,
the corners and resting on the floor of
the brooder. When the chicks are
ten days old one of these boards may
be taken away and bridge used so
that the chicks may run from the
hover to the floor of the room. (See
Fig -
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1906-05-09

all his tales are to be believed. and is
now having the time of his life re-
ceiving responses to his suggestion
that he would like to have a nice lady
for his wife. and when the right one
comes along he will settle upon her
the tidy sum of 100000. 1t may be
mentioned that the lady has not yet
appeared. and Mr.. Stark's 100000 are
yet intact. He came here a few weeks
ago and put up at the best hotel in the
city. and to an enterprising reporter
on daily paper told an enchanting
story in his great luck in searching
for wealth.
According to his tale. he struck 1t
rich wherever he went in gold and sill
YER mining and in search for diamonds
in the diamond fields of Brazil. He
said that he was worth 100000 in
cash, besides retaining an interest in
some valuable mines. He was tired.
he declared, of his hard life as pros
pector and gold hunter. and wanted to
settle down in peace. comfort and do
nestle bliss. In order to attain his
ideal he intimated that he would set
tie 100000 on the lady who met his
ideal of a wife. His story got wide
circulation. and the mails have been
filed with letters from all over the
country.
They come from women in almost
every station of life but the majority
of them have been written by working
girls and servants. who thought they
saw an opportunity to secure wealth
and a husband. There is a stupendous
assert mpnt from bIase old maids fnxy
widows of uncertain years, dashing
little girls from Dixie Land, gay Choir.
us girls and country maidens who have
swallowed the whole story of great
wealth and Starks hunt for a WIFE
The latter says he has had to employ
secretary to answer all these letters,
and he has not yet reached the end.
The whole thing is looked on in Wash.
ington as joke on the public or get.
ting hold of susceptible women.
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chiperable.
Strengthens Theory of Politics.
And this pointed to the politics of the
case. The Macedonian rebellion took
at .once accepted this theory and went
to work on 1t. But the murderers had
covered their tracks too well.
This much the police believe:
That the victims were leaders of the
rebellion and fed to this country and
that their murderers were agents of
the Turkish government. The idea is
that they fed here, well knowing they
would be followed. but hoping to escape
into the far Northwest. where perhaps
they might be safe. They went West
in the guise of railway laborers to es-
cape pursuit.
But those whose appointed task was
to kill were cleverer than they and
were always close behind. Though the
chase led half way around the world.
the Turkish agents found their quarry
in an obscure corner of Minneapolis
and then went deliberately about the
job of killing. They bided their time.
When all six were rounded up together
and asleep. and when all was quiet
and deserted without. they stole inside
place about two years ago. The police
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1906-05-09

newspaper Near Fort Smelling he
was met by the commanding officer of
the fort. who told him that a party
of Sioux and Objiways had by some
means secured several kegs of whisky.
The officer jumped in:o DR.. Fell's
wagon, and they finally came up with
the Indians and destroyed the liquor,
but it was race between them and
the half-drunken red devils for the
fort. There was heavy snow on the
ground. so that the Indians were
handicapped and they lost their race
with the horse and wagon.
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have to admit that many of their the
cries. are guesswork. They have
Cleaned some very interesting data
from the disturbance. and the seismo-
graph. that delicate instrument that
registers disturbances of the earth. has
come into great prominence. The
weather bureau has one which prompt
ly recorded the earthquake on the
morning it occurred. but at the mag
netic observatory of the United States
coast and geodetic survey, at Chelten-
ham. the closest observation was
made not only with the seismograph.
but also with the self-registering mag
netic instruments.
This magnetic observatory is one of
the best equipped in the country and
the seismograph was mounted there in
December, 1904. The record is made
by fine steel point which makes a
trace on a sheet of paper having a
smoked surface. This paper is wound
on cylinder driven by clockwork and
revolving once every hour at such a
speed that the smoked surface moves
past the pen point at the rate of one
twenty-fifth of an inch every four sec
onds. Cheltenham is 2.i50 miles in
an air line from San Francisco and the
record shows that the waves from the
earthquake crossed the continent in
seven minutes "a seconds, or at the
rate of 5k miles per second, which is
81 times the velocity of sound.
The self-recording magnetic instru-
ments registered the same data and
showed that the tremors of the earth
I,r, y,ptoa To
Cheltenham in about seven minutes.
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partment of California he was right
on the spot when the terrible earth
quake wrecked the city of San Fran
CISCO and the record he has made in
maintaining order and giving relief to
the sufferers is equal to any that he
had previously attained, although he
is a medal of honor man in the list
of army officers.
Gen. Funston Is right well known
in Washington, where he has many
friends who were intimate with him
long before he ever dreamed that he
would wear the stars of brigadier
general in the regular army. Less
than dozen years ago he was an in
conspicuous clerk in the department of
agriculture a place he secured through
the influence of his father. who was
for many years Republican congress
man from the state of Kansas. Fun
ston was always an ambitious little fel-
low. but his friends here do not re-
call that military career especially
appealed to him until conditions grew
so bad In Cuba under Spanish misrule.
He used to talk with his associates
about the oppression of the Cubans
and wish that he could do something
to help them win liberty. He went to
Cuba finally and fought with the pa
triots against the Spanish and had a
pretty lively time.
1t was when the Spanish war broke
out and he was largely instrumental
in raising Kansas regiment. of which
he was made colonel. that his active
military career began and he soon
demonstrated that while he was an en-
thusiast. he was practical one and
not visionary one.
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A HOMEMADE eRooDER.
Description of the Device Recon-
mended by the Agricultural
Department.

AS general rule it is best to buy
such articles as breeders Nom men
who manufacture them and guarantee
them to work. In making such con.
trivances yourself you run your own
risk; but many have succeeded with
home-m breeders, and for the ben.
EFT of those who wish to try, wa
quote the following. condensed. from
Farmers Bulletin No. 237. of tho
United States department of agricul'
ture.
For about a dollar, those who pre-
fer the artificial method of raising
chicks can make brooder' out of an