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The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-07
1900 KILLED
IN NEARTH0UAkE
RAIN OF FIRE POURED OUT UPON
ANCIENT CITY AND ALL LIFE
is DESTROYED.
WICKED CITY DOOMED
BUT FEW ESCAPE THE AWFUL
scouRoE AND LIVE TO TELL
THE TALE.

Taskend. Russia.-Karatagh. town
IN the province of Bokhara, the wick
sdest section OF country In the world,
1as been stricken from the face OF the
earth. A mountain. riven by an earth
quake. toppled over on the town and
buried Its population of 1900 people In
one vast grave. According to dis
patches received here, the Russian gov
ernor and his mother were among the
few who escaped.
Bokhara is khanate of Central
Asia and a vassal of Russia. Its peo-
pie arc fanatical Mohammedans, who.
preserving a rigorous observation of
the outward forms of their religion. are
addicted as a whole to horrible vices,
and the utmost moral corruption pre-
sails. The few Europeans who have
visited the country other than the Rus
sian rulers, have called II the land Of
Sodom an6 Gomorrah. and state, that
all the vices of the East and West
flourish there. Its women are more de
graded than in any other Mohammedan
country, although the province is dis
tinguished from others In Russian Tur
kestan by its Mohammedan schools
Follows Earthquake. =
The destruction of Karatagh followed
the great earthquake OF October 21st
servatories of the world, but its place
Of being has not been known for the
reason that the country is remotely sit
uated, 1t requiring full week for news.
10 get out by courier.
karetagh is situated In the Hussar
district, is noted for its manufacture
of sabers, cutlery and fine silks. and Is
located at an elevation of $500 feet
above the level of the sea.
BolShara formerly occupied consider
ably more territory than now. having
been reduced by the conquests and en-
croachments of Russia, which have
been only partially compensated by
some additions. Its present area Ss
about $4,000 square miles miles. The
country Is to Il great extent occupied
by deserts and low and naked ranges
of mountains. and the cultivated por.
tions of IL are confined to the valleys
of the rivers, especially the Oxus or
Amoo Daria, which forms the southern
boundary for considerable distance
Mixed Population.
Bokhara Is in no part more than ] 100
feet above the level of the sea, but In
the extreme east Is mountainous The
total population amounts to about
2.250,000. and consists of the Uzbbccks,
who are the ruling race, and to whom
the emlr belongs, the laJiks, VINO form
the majority of the capital; the Kirg,
hizes, less numerous than the Talks:
about 10000 Arabians descendants OF
the soldiers who were brought into the
country by the third caliph of Bagdad
on the occasion of the conquest of Tur-
kestan; Persians. who have chiefly
been brought as slaves 10 Bokhara;
Turcomans, Hindus. and about 10000
Jews, who live in the towns beyond the
protection of the law.
Bokhara. the capital. which Is the
center of Tartar civilization. is i'll built,
and has gloomy aspect. and in luxury
of dress and mode of living is far be
hind the times of western Asia.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-07
FEDERAL AGENT
KILLED At Mine
JOSEPH A. WALKER, SECRET SER
VICE AGENT, SHOT WHILE IN
sPEcTINe COAL PROPERTY.
SLAYER A MINE EN- PLOYE
TRAGEDY OCCURS AT HEsPERUs
COAL MINE, SIXTEEN MILES
WEST OF DURANGO.

Durango. Colo.-While engaged In
securing evidence of alleged frauds
In timber and coal lands in this Sec
ton, Joseph A. Walker of Denver. spe-
cial agent of the United States Depart
ment of Justice. was shot and instantly
killed near Hesperus, sixteen miles
west of here. Sunday. by Joseph Van
derwyve. an employe of the Union
Pacific Coal Company. The shooting
occurred on a desolate, lonely noun
tain side. almost inaccessible from the
town of Porter. and with no one pres
ent to tell the story but the man who
did the shooting. and his companion.
William X. Mason. superintendent for
the company and Vanderwyve's en-
ployer
Walker. with two brother officers,
A. E. Chapson and P. ]. Galligan. and
Thomas Harper. a miner, were en-
gagged in an examination of one of
the mines of the Union Pacific Coal
Company. which 1t had purchased from
the Porter Coal Company, against
which latter corporation indictments
were returned by the federal grand
jury charging fraud in connection
with the original filing on the prop
erty. With the object of entering the
mine on Sunday, when little work was
being done, the officers climbed the
mountain to an air shaft connecting
with the main workings of the prop
erty and prepared to lower themselves
into the workings with ropes.
Chapson. Galligan and Harper went
into the mine. leaving Walker at the
opening to guard the ropes with which
I h.. L.. 4
to the story of the shooting, Mason
and Vanderwyve were engaged in an
inspection of the property of the COM
pany and came upon Walker. who
commanded them to halt, at the same
time leveling revolver and firing at
them. The men continued TO advance
and Vanderwyve, armed with a shot
gun loaded with heavy buckshot fired
on the officer, the whole charge OF
shot taking effect in his body One
pellet struck him in the neck. passing
clear through and severing the jugu-
lar vein. Death was almost instan-
taneous. The two men then cut the
ropes hanging in the shaft and pro-
ceeded to Porter, where they reported
the shooting.
Officers were sent to the scene and
an investigation begun. Walkers body
was brought to Durango Sunday night.
According to the story of Vanderwyve
and Mason. the officer was n stranger
to them and they had no knowledge of
his business in the property. He has
according to the authorities. been en-
gagged in the investigation that he was
pursuing at the time of his death for
the past ten months and was well
known to everybody in this section of
southern Colorado.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-07
Gold from Denver Mint.

Colorado Springs.-Thousand OF
dollars in gold have been flowing into
Colorado Springs from the Denver
mint and the flood of yellow metal
win continue to pour in SO long as 1t
is needed to meet the payrolls of the
reduction mills at Colorado City and
the mines and mills in the Cripple
Creek district. The following state
ment concerning conditions here has
been prepared for publication by the
Clearing House Association:
Much has been said in the papers
in regard to the efforts of the banks
of New York and other cities in OBJ
tanning gold, but nothing has been said
in regard to what business men aud
banks here have done.
I'VE understand upon the best au-
thority that, by an arrangement be-
tween the United States Reduction
Works and the Portland mill and one
of the banks of this city. about $70.-
900 in gold has been received in this
city from the mint this week. These
shipments of gold will be continued
Indefinitely. This gold is not to be re-
tanned. The arrangement is that 1t
shall be paid out to meet the payrolls
of the mills at Colorado City and of
the mines and mills at Cripple Creek.
ITO show in what perfect harmony
the banks are working in this city and
also in Cripple Creek. this gold is to
be paid out for the mines payrolls re-
gardless OF which banks the mines
keep their accounts in"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-07
Farmers viii Hold Their Corn.

Lincoln, Neb.-The financial trou-
bles In New York, with their later
echo in the " est, has not alarmed
the farmers Of Nebraska. For the
last decade farmers of this state have
disposed OF their crops by contract
before they were harvested, but this
year conditions are changed.
During the week word came to Lin
coin from all sections of the state
to the effect that the farmers are
building bins to store away the corn
they are soon TO harvest. They say
they will hold their grain for higher
prices, although as high as As cents
is now being offered.
Some of them, of course. will sell a
part of their yield within the next
few weeks; some Of them will sell
their entire crop, while a few have
already contracted for the disposal
of their grain. These, however, are
In the minority.
A majority of tie farmers, local
frain men say. wi Il hold their crops
or n higher figure, and some expect
IS cents bushel. They feel assured
hey will be offered that price before
pring.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-07
Certificate Plan Continued.

Denver-At meeting of the Denver
clearing house banks Sunday the fol-
towing resolutions were adopted:
"Whereas " ok Chicago st.
Louis and other large Eastern cities
are still on the clearing house basis
and will not ship currency or gold to
their western correspondents; there.
fore. and for that reason, be it
Resolved, That the Denver Clearing
House Association deems it advisable.
and the public is hereby notified that
the Denver banks will continue on a
clearing house basis until conditions
in the money cent srs Of the East be.
come normal"
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-07
Stop Railroad Construction.

Cheyenne. Wyo.-The Union Pacific
Railroad Company has ordered Xii
patrick Brothers &c Collins to stop all
construction and Improvement work
In Wyoming, and as a result of this
order 1900 laborers will be dis
charged. The work affected by the
order and the number of men en-
ployed follow: Althol-Borie cutoff, to
shorten line and lessen grade between
Denver and Laramie. 400 men; Gran
lite canon cut, to provide for removal
of main line off of sliding hill, fifty
men; Kilpacker line, branch from
Rock Springs to coal fields twenty
miles north. $50 men; Green River
Granger double tracking, 300 men;
KemmererWillow Creek branch
twenty-one miles, GOO men.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-07
DEADLY BOMB EXPLOSION.
Dynamite Concealed in Iron Pipe at
Pioneer Foundry In Victor.

Victor. Colo-Without the slightest
intimation that he was to be the vic
tim of a diabolical plot which might
have caused the death of a score, Os-
wald Schranz, boy of seventeen, en-
ployed in the Pioneer foundry. met
instant death Saturday while in the
performance of his duties, by the ex-
plosion of an Internal machine
w. S. Simpson, a fellow employe
who was working beside him, was IA
tally injured at the same time and is
apparently in dying condition in the
hospital.
Whether Schranz or Simpson had
been marked for death is not known,
but the coroner has gathered clews
which convince him that a murder
GUS plot was formed, and he is on the
trail of a man whom he believes was
guilty knowledge of it. even if he was
not the principal in It.
The fatal explosion occurred about
2 o'clock in the afternoon. The foun-
dry employees were engaged in raising
a heavy piece of casting by steam der
rick, when Schranz was told to pry
the casting around SO that 1t could be
lowered in the place desired.
He seized an old piece of iron pipe
and was forcing the casting into place
with blows when the pipe exploded.
The youth was instantly killed. His
breast and stomach were blown open
and his internal organs were scattered
over the foundry. Both hands were
blown off at the wrist
Simpson escaped with his life, but
his recovery is doubtful. A piece of
the pipe was blown entirely through
his right shoulder. coming out at the
breast bone, and two ribs were cut in
two by another piece of the flying
iron. He also received severe CON
tusions of the scalp and body.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-07
"Dead Wife" Comes Back.

Cheyenne, Wyo.--One of the strang-
est divorce cases ever tried here re-
suited in decree for Bert Halford, a
Union Pacific employe, who sued for
separation from his wife Mable, alleg-
ing desertion and infidelity. Halford
was deserted by me woman in Salt
Lake several years ago, and subse-
quently received news of her death.
Last spring he married a young
woman of this city Two months after
the wedding the first Mrs. Halford
turned up alive and well. Through no
fault of his own HdIford was in the po-
sition of bigamist, so sought to ex-
tricate himself by securing divorce
from his first wife. The first Mrs.
Halford did not contest the proceed
ing.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-07
Emmett Dalton Pardoned.

Topeka, Kan.-Governor Hoch Sat
urday afternoon issued a pardon to
Emmett Dalton, who has been in
prison for the Coffeyville bank rob-
berry in 1892 and whose parole was ex-
tended for six days. The governor
called Dalton to his office by telephone.
About 5 O'Clock he came from his pri-
vate office, shook hands with Dalton
and began to declare his confidence
that Dalton would become a useful
citizen. In the midst of the governors
speech the lights went out and the
room was left in darkness. The gov
ernor continued, however, and handed
the pardon to Dalton.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-07
The Needle Travelled.

Denver.-A needle that Mrs Ella
Wbetmore accidentally jammed into
her left hand yesterday in lcss than
three hours Travelled 10 her elbow
whence Police Surgeon AclIley re
moved 1t last night.
Mrs. Whetmore lives at 2436 Stout
street Early in the day she stuck o
needle in door. She forgot 1t. and
when neighbor raped she tried I'd
open the door and the needle entered
her hand close &c the index finger and.
disappeared.
An hour later Mrs. Whctmures wrksg
became stiff and atienpts TO move 'fs'
resulted in extreme pain. Then sbo
summoned the police surgeon.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-07
Daring Hotel Robber.

Prescott, Aria lone highway
man, armed with knife. entered five
hotels in this city Saturday night, ia
tally wounded one of the guests who
offered resistance and made his es-
cape after robbing score of people
encountered during his single-handed
raids. The man first made his appear
ance in the Schuerman hotel, where
he was discovered by Robert Lutelly.
The latter resisted when the robber
made demands for his valuables and
was almost cut to pieces by his assail-
ant.-He afterward went to the Brink
meyer, Head, Cliff and Globe hotels.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-11-07
Call Ohio Pastor.

Pueblo.-The congregation of the
First Presbyterian church voted to ex-
tend call to the pastorate to the Rev.
Frederick w. Evans of Steubenville.
Ohio. The Rev. Mr.. Evans has been
here for some time temporarily filling
the pastorate.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-26
SAID TO BE SIMPLE
EASILY MIXED RECIPE FOR KID
NEYs AND BLADDER.
Tells Readers How to Prepare This
Homemade Mixture to Cure the
Kidneys and Bladder and
rheumatism.

Get from any prescription pharma
cist the following:
Fluid Extract Dandelion, e-halt
ounce; Compound Kargon, one ounce;
Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three
ounces.
Shake well in a bottle and take a
teaspoonful dose after each meal and
at bedtime
The above is considered by an emf.
nent authority, who writes in New
York daily paper. as the finest pre-.
scription ever written to relieve Back,
ache, Kidney Trouble, Weak Bladder
and all forms of Urinary difficulties.
This mixture acts promptly on the
eliminatiye tissues of the Kidneys, en-
aiding them to filter and strain the
uric acid and other waste matter from
the blood which causes Rheumatism.
Some persons who suffer with the
Affections may not feel inclined to
place much confidence in this simple
mixture, yet those who have tried it
say the results are simply surprising,
the relief being effected without the
slightest injury to the stomach or 9th
er organs.
Mix some and give it trial. It
certainly comes highly recommended.
1t is the prescription of an eminent
authority, whose entire reputation, it
is said, was established by it.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-26
COINED A BIG WORD.
Little Ono Wanted to Pick the "u'.
derchiidrenable" Flowers.


When the first little granddaughter
was big enough to want to pick the
garden flowers, the grandparents tried
every guileful means to save their pet
posies from devastation. A truce was
reached when it was agreed that Har-
riet should let the garden plants alone
and pick only "children's flowers" a
descriptive name bestowed at once
alike on dandelions, buttercups,
daisies and cloyers. After this there
was peace in the family. One day
Katherine, the newest granddaughter,
was contentedly pulling grasses while
grandmother shipped OFF blossoms
from the forget-me-nots. Katherine
remembered that fresh flowers had
not been gathered for the dinner ta-
BILE. She ran over to grandmother and
promptly coined one OF the longest
words a four-year-old ever used.
Grandmother" she begged, cant I
pick the underchildrenable flowers
for dinner?"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-26
. MAKES THE WORK EASY.
How One Clever Woman Minimized
Her Labor.

One woman who does her own
housework, from preference, ends the
day with less fatigue than many
housewives who have an assistant.
She has a kitchen cabinet, coal
range, and a gas stove. and stool
just high enough to allow her to sit
comfortably before the ironing table.
Her house is as neat as any woman
can call to mind Her husband has
never ceased to marvel at her and
her achievements, but system and
thought are responsible for it all. 1t
cannot be very comfortable for man
to go home from hard days work
to find disorder, tired woman and
picked-up meals. Left-overs can be
disguised, you know, and dainty
table appointments and an air of
serenity will cover many shortcom-
ings of the larder The majority of
men dislike the hustle of home dress
making and should be spared that
ordeal-and a few others.-Montreal
Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-26

Straightway an uprising followed in
which an entirely unoffending British
family was massacred, as well as the
French priests, and all the foreigners
in the place would have been slaught-
cred, had not timely rain dispersed
the mob.
For all such crimes the French de-
mand exorbitant iademrities. The
most trivial offense against mem
Der of one of the French churches
must be heavily atoned for. This ap-
plies not only to the national land
grabbing of France and Germany on
account of missionary troubles, but
also to petty neighborhood squabbles.
A convert of the French priest is i'm
mune from the law OF his own land
He may be murderer, thief, ras-
cal of any kind or degree; his church
membership is an asylum, and the law
cannot touch him. The missionary
alone is his Judge. No outsider can
have any redress against him. This
has made the French churches ref
uges for eyildoers, and it has also
caused the French missionaries to be
dreaded and hated by Chinese high
and low
Matters are improving somewhat of
late. The high-handedness of the
French clergy has abated, since the
troubles in France have deprived
them of the privileges of instant ap-
peal to the French minister at Picking.
A new and better policy will probably,
perforce, be adopted. The noble sac
rifice of the French priests and nuns,
and their tireless, self1ess labors, may
then have their reward in the affection
and esteem of the people
Willy John chinanan's Ways.
AS rule, the American and British
missionaries have followed a directly
contrary policy, as the utterances OF
the two ministers Of these nations,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-26
RRAisED MEAT THE BEST.
Many Advantages in French Method
of Cooking.

Braising is a combination of roast
Ing and stewing small joints of meat
IN shallow stewpan, called a
braisoire" or .braiser, which has a
close-fttlrg lid with a grooyed edge
round it, on which hot Goals (char-
coa1) are placed, whereby the meat
can be cooked with a fire above it as
well as under it. This process of
cooking, it is said, greatly decreases
loss by evaporation 1t is a favorite
method with the French, and is sup
posed to bring out an unusually fine
favor and aroma.
The pan in which braise is to be
made should always be lined with
slices of bacon, carrot, onions and
herbs, upon which the meat is placed
1t is usually moistened with stock
or stock and wine. The more delicate
meats, such as sweetbreads, fillets,
fowls and turkeys are sometimes coy-
cred with buttered paper; this is
done to prevent the heat from the top
Of the pan scorching or imparting too
much of roast flavor to the meats
which are to be praised
Occasional basting during the
process of this method of cooking is
essential When done, the meat is
taken up, the fat removed from the
vegetables and gravy, which latter is
then reduced, strained and blended
with some kind of gravy or thin
sauce
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-26
Laundry Notes.

To make any clothing extra stiff
when laundering, it is best to dry the
garments first, then run through
starch and dry the second time. Flour
starch should not be used for dainty
waists, since it gives a yellow tinge
to them. A mixture of lump and
gloss starch will be best and such ar
ticles should be wrapped in damp
towels instead of being sprinkled be-
fore ironing. First iron the sleeves,
then the front, lastly the back and
collar and place the waist to dry on a
hanger made from a rolled newspaper
tied in the middle with string. This
keeps the waist from creasing by be-
ing hung with other clothes on the
rack. Small starehed articles like
cuffs and collars should be dried be-
fore the kitchen fire or they absorb
any dampness in the room and be-
come limp.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-26

Picking. Chfna-The most serious
charge made against missionaries in
CANA is that by their interference
with civil law they exasperate the
natives to the point Of uprisings and
nassacres. This subject deserves the
fniiest investigation and most careful
treatment; for it is no light thing to
accuse ministers OF the gospel with
4neing responsible for riot and muir
DER. Yet regret to write that find
ground for this widespread criticism.
a look at the setting of the facts
y nrst necessary. China has long
been regarded as a huge. hulking,
helpless incompetent among the ua-
IONS OF the earth She has never re.
ceiged the consideration due to O.
great country. Foreign powers have
never trusted the lives of their sub.
5eets in her keeping; wherever they
go there goes the law of extra-terri-
tofiaiity. An alien in China is not
subject to China; he knows no law
but that of his own self-restraint or
OF hss country's consulate.
Every White Mar Nabob.
a foreigner can Go pretty much as
he pleascs in China. Instead of being
as his friends at home imagine him to
be, teiSor-stricken mortal. momen-
tarily afraid that the Chinese ogre
will demand his life, he is more near.
,ly an ogre Aimself.
Bitter ex1 eriencc with armies and
naVies from over seas, and with the
loss Of terri. Dry seized as a penalty
for injury t.. foreigners. has made
Chinese officials fearful of these
strangers. Every magistrate knows
that he will lose his job, if not his
head, should aught befal a foreigner
within his jurisdiction. Instead of be.
ing hooted down the street as "for-
eign devil" tho. foreigner swaggers
along expecting all other pedestrians,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-26
marx,s important Testimony.

Justice Brewer, Of the United States
supreme court is said to be the author
of this story: A witness testified u
a certain case that person named
Mary was present when a particular
conversation took place and the cues
ton was asked: What did Mary
say?" This was objected to and after
some discussion the judge ruled out
the question. An exception to this
decision was Immediately taken and
on appeal. the higher court reversed
the verdict and ordered new trial
on the ground that the question
should have been answered.
At the second trial the same inquiry
was propounded and ELECTED the iRfor-
nation that MARY said nothing"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-26
SURELY HAD PRIZE FLY.
Money Invested in Incubator Was Not
All Lost.

Poultney Bigelow, the brilliant au-
thor and journalist, said the other
day of the chicken farm that he is
about to set up at Maiden:
Il hope to succeed with this farm.
hope our experiences won't too closely
resemble that of my old friend Hora-
ito Rogers. Rash Rogers lived in the
suburbs. On the suburban train one
morning he said to me with sour
laugh:
I've got something nobody else has
got, Mr.. Bigelow'
"'HaVe you, Rash9' said 7. What
is it?'
Well said Rogers, 4 bought a
$50 incubator last month, put SIS
worth of eggs in it, and Matched out
a blubottle fly
HE frowned, then sighed.
Yes he said, I've got the only
SOS bluebottle fly in the world"