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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-01-10
ROW OF TENEMENT HOUSES TOP.
PIES ovER IN LANDSLIDE
AT HAvERSTRAW, N. Y.
FIRE BREAKS OUT IN THE WREckAeE
ouPPLY OF WATER SHUT OFF BY
DISASTER AND BLAZE HAS
COMPLETE hEADWAY.

Haverstraw, N. u, Jan. 10.-At least
twenty persons are believed to have
perished in the landslide which carried
several tenement houses down In
clay pit here during the night.
Undermined by the shifting clay that
had been softened by heavy snow
fall the several homes, with their
three score of sleeping occupants, top
pied over the brink OF the pit and
crumbled to pieces. The houses,
which were of wood, were set on fire
from overturned stoves and the debris
was soon a mass of flames. Some
fifty or more tenants escaped with
more or less serious injuries, while a
number yariously estimated at from
twenty to twenty-five are believed to
have been killed outright or burned to
death. ~ ss
The landslide occurred on Rutland
street, in the east end of the town,
where two blocks of houses are sup
posed to have been undermined by
workmen digging clay for brickmak-
ing. The catastrophe occurred without
warning and while the victims were
asleep. Seven houses went down in
the crash. They had stood on the
brink of q pit 100 feet deep and when
the clay gave way were carried to the
pits bottom. Those who were not
killed in the crash of their homes
either escaped with many injuries or
were burned to death in the ruins,
which Immediately took fire. The
landslide broke the water mains, shut
ting OFF the supply of water and great
ly impeding the work of rescue. Unre-
sisted the flames spread to other build
ings and but for the timely arrival OF
hundreds of volunteer fire fighters
might have wiped out the town.
Landslide Occurs Gradually.
The landslide came gradually at
first. The ground, weakened by the
rain and snow of the last few days.
showed crevices near the edge OF the
street late in the afternoon and in the
evening portions of the bank began to
give way. The street was not thickly
populated, for most of the former
dwellers had left on account of fear OF
just what happened.
When the final slide came it came
so suddenly that those who had lin.
gered in their houses had absolutely
no opportunity to escape. The bank
caved from twenty to sixty feet with
in at the top and for distance of two
blocks from Division to Jefferson
streets lengthwise. A portion OF the
south side of Division street likewise
fell.
Those who lived insthree houses at
the end of the row and which did not
20 down In the wreck We're reused by
q frighttul roar and crash, above which
could be heard the shrieks OF the VIC
tins. When the ncighbors rushed half
clad from their houses the buildings
close to them had disappeared. Only
Q gap in the cliffside told the story.
It was very dark, with no street lights.
and those who had been spared were
SO wild with alarm for their own safety
that 1t was several minutes before any
general alarm was given.
Before this could be done the frame
structure of the fallen houses had
taken fire from the scattered Goals and
lights In them and soon the whole OF
the wreck We hrrr'--- fa"""'s' tl-
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-01-10
AS REWARDS FOR SERVICES.
Japan to kake rants A31re eating
S7E,CCL,CCU.

Japan to Iake lssnts A31re eating
S7E,CC.,C ,CCU.
New York, Jan. l0.-Japan is TO
make grants asgresating s75.000.000
in bonds in recognition OF the services
rendered during the war with Russia.
This statement was made during the
day by korekiro Takahashi. special
financial commissioner of the Japanese
government.
The grants are contained in new
issue of bonds estimated at s215,000,-
600, designed to assist in. meeting the
expenditures of the war with Russia.
OF the remainder of the issue, which
is to be made entirely at home, $780,
900, 700 will be raised in the market
and Si0,000,000 is to be taken up by
the governments savings deposit bu-
reau.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-01-10
GERONIMO WEEDS EIGHTH TIME.
Apache Warrior Again Takes Bride at
AGE of Seventy-six.

Lawton, Okla, Jan. 10-Geronimo,
the Apache warrior, who is seventy
six years old, has for the eighth time
become q benedict. This came as
startling news to his tribesmen, who
had not been informed of his wooing.
Two years ago his seventh wife died.
His bride is Mary Lotto, an Apache
widow of ffty-eight years, the mother
of one son.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-01-10
ROGERS SUMMONED TO COURT
Must Show Cause Why He Should No!
Answer Questions.

New York, Jan. 10.-Henry Wool
man, acting as counsel for Attorney
General Hadley of Missouri, has OBJ
tanned an order requiring H, H. Rog,
ers, vice president of the Standard Oil
company of New Jersey, to appear In
the supreme court and show cause
why he should not be required to an
swer questions in the taking OF testi'
mony here before Commissioner San.
born for use in the case of the state
of Missouri against the Standard Oil
company and two other companies do
ing business in Missouri The order
was issued by Justice Davy in the New
York supreme court.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-01-10
Revolutionists In Control.

Odessa, Jan. S.-The steamer Mich.
olas, which arrived here during the
day from the Caucasus, reports that
Novorossiysk, Caucasia, is completely
In the hands of the revolutionists. The
governor and the other Russian au.
thorities have fed and NJ Liboyitch
has been chosen mayor by the popu.
lace.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-01-10
Horse and Driver Fall 100 Feet.

Chicago, Jan. 10.-While driving
along the edge of lime pit 100 feet
deep John Lawrenz drove too close to
the edge and with his horse fell over
the brink to the bottom. He and the
horse were instantly killed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-01-10

names rising above the side OF the pit
and compelling the rescuers to aban.
don their efforts to save the unfortu
| nate people.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1906-01-10
FOLEYSHON ONEY1r6TAR

Group. Coughs, Colds, WhoopingCough
etc. have no terrors for Children or
adultsrwho evacuate the bowels with
Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar.
4 his remedy expells all cold from the
system and strengthens the throat,
lungs and bronchial tubes. The Origi-
nal Laxative Cough Syrup ard Liquid
Cold Cure. Sold 10y Cook a. Odee.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-09-05

always gave the writer a terrific head
ache, and more or less grabbing to
get stump loose and out of hole.
AS the HaWkeye grubs in a circle
the stumps were thrown in piles for
fuel, but could be put in rows to burn
with little extra labor. &c. W.
ought to pull those stumps for SIS
per acre, and land is pulverized two
feet deep; no more work to 'break
it," than to pillow under corn stubble.
One-half the crop of corn, wheat or
hay, on that land ought to pay all ex-
penses. 1t would make an ideal po-
tatO patch if in Iowa, by raising
about 300 to 400 bushels without any
fertilizer. By all means pillow as soon
as stu1nps are off the field, and plant
and cultivate with the satisfaction of
knowing your land is paying you an
nual interest on a valuation of $3.50
to 5000 per acre. Don't 'fuddle'' with
stumps and stones to ''rot out" as
recommended, nor put up with i'm
perfect or surface drainage. "What-
ever is worth doing is worth doing
right" Yours for the "stump puller."
Kansas. Geo. Purdy.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-09-05
Sea-Leve1 Canal.

A letter written to the TAMPA Tri-
bune, opens very pleasing vision
which we should be glad to- see real
lied. Of course it's practicability is
not yet established, nor can it be un-
til the route is surveyed. Even if a
sea-level canal can be made it is not
certain that the course of the Gulf
stream could be changed. However,
the prospect is so enhancing that
Floridians should all join in an effort
to bring about the opening of the
canal as step in that direction.
While we are on the subject Of Flo
rida canals: 1t has for many years
been my heart-in-hopes to see a ship
canal across Florida, and I've dream
ed some -gladdening day imagin-
ings ON that waterway.
Has it ever occurred to you what
might be the result of a sea-level
canal across Florida? At about the
29th parallel of north latitude the
Gull Stfeam approaches very near to
the coast line. About six miles west
of the north of the Withlacoochee
River the Gulf Stream strikes the
rock-bound bars of that river and
sheers away to the westward, and for
miles in it's sOutherly run it does not
again come nearer than sixteen miles
of shore. [ am sure, if a sea-level
canal were cut across the state. be-
ginning ON the Gulf side and at the
mouth of the Withlacoochee and fol-
lowing that stream to Panasoffkee.
and then by Adams Prairie to Lake
Harris and the Ocklawaha and ST..
Johns to the Atlantic, the Gulf Stream
would follow the canal, All of Flo
rida south of the canal would be thus
made into tropical island, and the
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-09-05

warm water thus conducted across
the state would produce semi-trOpi-
cal climate up into Georgia. No one
could approximately estimate the
value Of such sea-level, Gulf
Stream-carying canal to this state,
for climatic reasons, and to the world
as a time saver, and ships of every
country using the Panama Canal
would sail straight across Florida,
and every town along the waterway
would be quickened into a city, and
especially the mouth of the Withla-
coochee River and Jacksonville. In
the provisional wisdom and wise econ
omy of nature, the rock-ribbed 18TH
mus of Panama was specifically pro-
vided to separate the waters of the
Caribbean Sea from the Pacific and
to prevent the Gulf Stream from rush
ing through into that ocean. Among
the wisest of all of the provisions Of
nature is the separating and the dis
tributing Of the ocean over the earth's
surface. There is a superstition, as
old as eternity, that the seas tides
are controlled by the moon, and this
superstition is one of the most la
mentable evidences of the existing
pathology of the beliefs of man. Any
body who would stop for a single
moment to- contemplate the tides
would realize that as the earth car
ries water as ballast, for the reason
that it is the most readily adjustable
substance in nature, that the moon
has nothing at all to do with the tides.
Everybody who has given any
thought to the subject knows that
when the center of the Gulf of Mexi-
CO is at meridian the water, seeking
it's level, rushes from given center
in every direction at once, and we
have almost simultaneous tides at
once at Tampa and at Galveston and
at Merida and at Mobile, and 50 of
the Atlantic, when the center of that
ocean is at meridian we have prac-
tically simultaneous tides at New
York and at Liverpool, and at New
foundland and at Terra del Fuego,
and owing to the rapidity of the earth,
the tides increase in height as they
approach the poles. By this carrying
of a most nicely adjusted water bal
last, the equilibrium of the earth is
maintained, and it is thus kept in it's
orbit. I am satisfied if a sea-level
canal may ever be dug at Panama
and the excess of surface altitude of
water in the Caribbean Sea is drained
into the Pacific, or the Gulf Stream
turned into it, the earth losing it's ac-
curately water-m maintained equilibri-
UNI, will naturally go out of it's orbit,
and we twill all take a ride'' into
space And there twill be hot time
in every old town." However, a ship
canal across Florida, if it does carry
the Gulf Stream with it, would not in
anywise affect the earth's equilibrium,
but it would forever preclude the pos
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1906-09-05

has wished to blast, he has found it
much easier to select a season when
the ground is soft. Holes under many
stumps can then be forced by an Or
binary pitchfork handle with the tines
pulled out. This makes about the
right-siZed hole, and is a good thing
to push the dynamite under the
stump and this with the basket is all
that is necessary to carry except in
exceptional cases, the crOwbar md
auger being left in another part Of
the lot. In beginning we put all dynl-
mite in ground first and use a suffi-
cient length of fuse so the end of it
would show enough to be lighted, but
afterward found it was not necessary.
By imbedding the cap firmly into the
dynamite we push the last stick or
part of stick into the hole after the
fuse is lighted. We never use any
tamping. We buy the best double
tape fuse, which caps cost so cents
A person using dynamite should
have good judgment, as every stump
may require to have the dynamite
placed in a different location. For
instance, we have found that mtlny
stumps are blown out with less dyna-
mite by placing it under roots on one
side and the roots acted as a lever
to throw the stump over. If there is
water in the ground so that dynamite
is covered by it, it may be placed un-
der any part of the stump, and
much less quantity is required when
covered by water. 1t is a large per-
centage, but it seems as if we can
accomplish ten times as much as we
could when we first began
Maine. +. H. r.
"YOurs for the Stump Pullerw-In
reply to G. w., Massachusetts, ON page
$50, perhaps a little experience of
mine years ago, may encourage him
to "do it," Twenty acres Of oak,
wild cherry, Red elm, and stumps.
were purchased for SIS per acre (roll-
ing land black sandy loan, with vel
VOW clay subsidy. All trees were
cut at the surface, leaving stumps
from four inches to Is inches in di-
ameter. This was in Iowa, and a
Hawkeye stump machine, having two
grip chains and one stump-hook, with
100 feet of five-eighths- wire
cable, two men and one horse, and one
boy II years old to tend the release
lever. were hired at 81 and board per
10 hours; also two men to clear away
from stumps and help generally at
$3.50 per day without board One
horse will pull stump that one dol
lar of dynamite will not get. One
small horse on this machine will pull
a Red elm, Black cherry or hickory
tree Is inches in diameter out by the
roots in 5 to 10 minutes without any
assistance whatever. Dynamite is
nowhere on green stumps or timber,
burt economical on dead ones. 1t is
easy and rapid to place and fire, but
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-11
Judge Fairan Is Engaged
by City Officials Who
Expect to Be Indicted
ATTORNEY MEETS
WITH THE BOARD
Great Pressure Brought to
Bear Upon Lonergan,
Who Faces a True Bill

Members OF the Board OF Supervisors.
rhile loudly procIaimtng their inno-
,ence. have engaged counsel for their
se1ease. Under the cloak of a weekly
caucus they gathered in Hamilton Hall.
II Geary and Steiner streets. on Sun
lay night. with their attorney, Judge
Tairau Of stockton. and began prepa-
.ations to combat the charges they
Enow will be made against them
After the Sunday night meeting Su-
servisors Lonergan and Coleman. with
Abe Ruef and Attorney Fairall ad-
ourned 10 an O'Farrell-street cafe. and
here until after midnight talked earn
.stlv in low tones. The personnel of
his quartet is of great significance.
Sucf and Fairau were particularly at
eatiTe 70 Lonergan. They have
ez-red that Lonergan's transactions
> chairman Of the committee on hos
iit4ls and health are known TO Heney
nd Burns. They fear that when con-
rented with this evidence Lonergan
viii be seized with an immediate dis
tositioa % turn states evidence 1t is
, avaic such a result that Ruez is now
iendfng al his enorts. Ruef would re
wiling TO sacrifice Lonergan to the
,7osecution, but ne fears that Loner-
an viii not be willing to assume the
ole OF martyr and be convicted rather
han turn states evidence
Lonergan feels that as Ruef made
I'm a Supervisor. Ruef should not shun
he responsibility of his acts Before
he graft investigation Lonergan en-
Dyed g reputation among his fellows
S q wit. Since the Grand Jury has
allied him as q witness Lonergan has
seen as glum as a tombstone.
The Supervisors. whose consciences
eli them that indictments are about
lue. have engaged Judge FairalI to in
truct them in their rights. They for
uerlv relied upon Ruef for this in
truction. but the unpleasant predica-
nent in which they behold the boss has
convinced them that his system is
sreatly swry.
The session on Sunday night was
levoted largely TO the consideration OF
he Impending prosecutions. The Su-
,ervisors have banded together for
heir preliminary defense. They in
end to remain allied until the water
sets too deep. and then it viii be a
ase Of each man for himself
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-11
'Tottering Walls Menace Life and
Compel Iie-Up of Car Lines


of with and
dragged tugs
at
The which
with it deugc of Buildings
defend
retail district
result of much damage.
Walls that long should
Reinhart
srueion collapsed and
ers school houses rendered
morning. the Maketseet
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BRUSSELS. Dec. 1o.-King Leopold
has granted an interview to the corre-
spondent OF the Publishers Press and
made denial. categoricaily. Of the wide
spread reports of atrocities in the
Congo. He said in response to ques-
ton whether evil. conditions existed
there:
"Of course not. People should credit
us with common sense. even II they
will not allow that humanity exists
outside of their own. country. It would
be absurd for us to mistreat the blacks,
because no state prospers unless the
population, is. happy and increasing.
Recently a certain American mis-
sionary made sensational charges re-
garding the Congo and bitterly at.
tackled me. Some one wrote him. pro-
testing against the vehemence of his
language. and received letter from
him saying that he had never been In
the Congo state. All his charges were
based on hearsay.
Il do not deny that there have been
cases of misjudgment on the part oil
Congo oficials. Most likely cruelties,
even crimes, have been committed.
There have. been number of convic-
tions before Congo tribunals for these
offenses.
II doldeny every effort; as far as pos
sible. has not been made to stop the
i'll treatment of natives, not only by
white people but by natives them
selves
Asked about his alleged financial in
terest in the Congo. King Leopold re-
piled;
II am the ruler of the Congo, but the
prosperity Of the country no more af-
fects me financially than the prosper
ity of America increases the means Of
the President have not one cent IN.
vested in Congo industries, and have
not received any salary as Congo exec
utive in the past twenty-five years, In
no shape or form have bettered my
self financially through my relationship
with the Congo.
.'on the contrary. have spent large
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-11
soHsurz AND RUFF HAeaLE

invent New QuibbIes TO Stay Their
Impending Doom.
While the wind ratified the easements
nd the rain peIted at the windows of
Iudre Dunne's courtroom yesterday the
ounseI for Ruef and schmftz spent the
isy fn argument LITTLE less tempestu-
us.
Not satisfied with the rights under
he code to move to set aside, TO dis
Miss, TO quash and 10 demur to the in
.fctmenf, they invented a new form
4 procedure, which they admitted was
Unknown to the courts of this or any
ther State. They named ii emotion
O strike the indictment from the fIes.'
lther defendants seeking 10 evade JUS
ice by Invoking fhe technfcaIfties have
sonc the length of the code, but not
ven the resourcefuI Collins evolved a
ler fechnicaIity and tssen asked the
curt 10 sustain him.
All the oratory of the mild-mannered
.amuel Shortridge was unlimbered to
induce the court to dismiss it-make
n end Of it-strike it from the files
hat these defendants may not be an
soyed by its presence Henry Ach
formed and Barrett flung out invective.
:ampbeI argued and Ruef, Murphy
nd Fairall made sotto voce sugges-
ions.
Schmitz alone remained silent
trough the day. The Mayor was nerv-
us Despite. his London clothes he
ooked pale and distraught He found
% zest in the legal battle IN which
luef engaged with abandon. and he
ook no part in the whispered consul
ations when the rest got their heads
oEether to coDcoct some new point.
chrnftz's hands twitched nervously or
un1bled at the pockets OF his new raj
aent-
At the other end OF the trial table
rere Heney. Hiram Johnson and
.angdon. while Rudolph Spreckels sat
ehind them. Counsel for the defend
nfs stated that both Ruef and Schmitz
ofned in the motions which were made
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O'Clock. Then the barometer fell. the
center OF the storm passing at that
time. The wind died down. but the
rain continued increasingly through
out the afternoon and evening. adding
to the woe OF those poor people in the
refugee camps.
II is predicted by Forecast Oflcial
McAdie that the storm will continue
directly eastward. probably as far as
the Atlantic seaboard.
The death Of Reinhart occurred
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Railroads were tied up. The damage
throughout the city is estimated from
s75o,o0o to $1,000. 1000.
the State. Its approach was signaled
By wireless telegraph from the
Farallon Islands during the early
morning hours. and by daylight Fore
cast ofiicial McAdie was sending warn
ing notices throughout the State. The
force of the wind steadily increased
from velocity of twenty miles an
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bills are again in circulation. Edward
Rosin, a candy dealer. being the latest
victim. He told the police today that
one of the bogus bills had been ac-
cepted BY him for box Of candy and
four silver dollars in change Saturday
night.
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Storer Incident Illustrates danger OF pefticoat
politics Page 8
Remarkable story sent East from San Fran
cisco may make trouble for historians. Page Q
Bryan's self-chosen function Of general man.
ager for the Democratic party keeps him
busy Page
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Wind and Rain Do Million Dollars Damage
Camps of Refugees Flooded by Downpour
Several Unfinished Buildings Collapse;
One Man Killed, Others Injured :

~ AN FRANCISCO, I'm the vor-
~ tex of a heavy storm, suf-
fered more damage yesterday
than at any time since the April
fire. The storm was preceded by
a southeast gale which ragged at
as high a velocity as q mile y
minute, leveling walls and de-
moIishfng buildings I'm course OF
construction One man was killed
and over n score were injured
during the day. At the refugee
camps the condition OF the peo-
pie was pftifuI; the tents which
had been standing since spring
were torn into shreds. exposing
the camp dweiIers to the merci-
less rigors of the tempest The
camp grounds were flooded with
water.
The new Hail of Justice on
Eddy street, near Mason. was
partly demolished by the falling
upon it of the dangerous ruins
of the Poodle Dog restaurant.
The steepIe of ST. Peters Church
fell. On Market, Mission and
other streets the railway trafflc
was stopped by the police, who
would take no chances with un-
wrecked buildings.
Along the water front vessels
dragged anchors. and the British
ship PniSrave twice went ashore
on Alcntraz Island.
The wind reached its highest
velocity mt 1s20 o'clock, at which
time the storm center passed
over the city
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-12-11
:. .eopold Makes a Denial
of the Congo Charges

sums of my own In developing the
country. sums amounting in. the ag-
gregate to. millions. I am poorer. and
not richer, because of the Congo"
The King added that he had no pecu-
mary interest in the new so-called
American Company. formed to work
mines and plant rubber forests.