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lous plains In the world had been
swept by the swift current. That
means twenty-five per cent more land
than there Is in Ohio. :, az .t .t...
More than thousand villages and
towns were simply washed off the
map. and the loss Of life has never
been calculated at less than a million.
Some authorities say that fully l.
100000 persons perished. It was like
wiping out as many people as there
are in Cleveland and Cincinnati to-
gether." -. .s.s.. ,...s ..s,
II should say that might be the rec
ord disaster of all the .ages!" ex-
claimed the friend who started the
talk about losses through the violence
Of nature. 1T must be away ahead Of
anything an earthquake ever did, or q
storm at sea-" -.. -.
Yes, probably by four to one, at
least. But some Of the worst earth
quakes and volcanic eruptions have
done a lot of killing where there was
no way to get authentic figures. 1t Is
possible that more than quarter of
million people have lost their lives in
some earthquake or eruption. or both
together, but the odds are against it."
What paralyzing thing such a
flood as the one in China would be II
It happened in this country or Eu-
rope!"
Indeed It would" was the reply,
"but half the people In China prob
ably never even heard the news"
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Ocean Six Miles Deep.-A survey
ing ship Of the German navy has re-
Gently discovered the deepest spot in
the ocean. 1t is near the Philippines,
about forty miles off the north coast
Of Mindanao.
Great depths were found to be nu-
merous in this region, but the record
sounding showed the amazing result
of $3.50 meters, or 4O6 feet more than
six miles. Es.
The greatest ocean depth hitherto
known was found by the United
States cable steamer Nero in 1901.
This spot was to the south Of the Is
land of Guam, and the deep sea lead
indicated 1855 meters-just a little
less than six miles.-New York Press.
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Highest Mountain In United States.
The highest mountain in Oregon is
Mount Hood, 1925 feet above sea lev
u. Compared with Mount Whitney, to
the south In California, and Mount
Rainier, to the north I'm Washington,
each rising well above 1900 feet,
Mount Hood does not appear as sky
scraper. However, according to the
biologists Of the United States geoIog-
ical survey and other authorities, Ore
gon had ct one tiMe, probably before
the dawn of life upon the earth,
great volcano which lowered as far
above Mount Hood as does Mount
Rainier, possibly even several thou
sand feet higher. This was the great
Mount Mazama. But thousands of
years ago this mountain disappeared
into the bowels of the earth, and all
that is left today is the huge rim
around Crater Lake.
Crater Lake Is the caldera Of this
extinct and collapsed volcano and Is
nearly six miles In diameter. The in
side walls Of the rim Of the ancient
mountain are in places nearly 4,0U0
feet high and almost perpendicular.
The lake itself, is in places 1000 feet
deep and parts Of the wall rise above
its water another 1000 feet. A restor-
alton of the mountain in fancy, using
as base the angles Of the lower
slopes, which still remain, shows that
the apex could not have been far from
$4,000 feet in height, so that Mount
Mazama was one Of the most lofty and
majestic peaks in the United States
San Francisco Chronicle. ,r.I,
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Charity for Hapgood-Some Of the
South Carolina editors do not take
kindly to the proposition Of listening
to an address by Mr.. Norman Hap
good, of Golfers Weekly fame. and
are speaking their minds. The incl
dent they hold against him was his
editorial in connection with the driving
out of Wilmington of the negro editor
Manly for his unspeakable insult to
the women Of the south. For that
article, Hapgood's publication was
barred from many homes in North
Carolina and is still barred. He
grievously offended against the sensi-
bilities of the south, but in the last
campaign in North Carolina we be-
lieve he made professions Of repent
ance. Under the circumstances. we
believe the South Carolina editors
should welcome him and give further
proof, which they are so able to do,
that when he was writing. he labored
in dense ignorance of the southern
people and the south. we should nev-
er lose an opportunity to take men
like Hapgood in hand and set the
right and this can be done in no more
effective manner than by welcoming
them into their homes and giving
them an opportunity to see how We
live-to see what manner Of people we
are.--Charlotte Observer.
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Epitaph For a Grouch.-Once tn

Epitaph For a Grouoh.-Once there
was a man who Was Not Thankful.
When good things came his way he
raked them in and never said a word.
He never saw the beauty In the fields
or the woods, and no sunset ever phas-
ed him. He never heard bird sing,
never said howdy to a stranger and
never gave a child piece Of candy. His
morning and evening salutation was
grunt. He dragged along through the
years until the thing was over-but he
didn't die. He just sort Of shriveled up
and blew away. And the happy on
lockers who gathered near, saw green
vapor hover for a few minutes over his
old clothes and then pass with weird
and mournful sound into an abandoned
we'll. And they filled the old we'll with
tin cans and erected monument over
1t, in the shape of a cucumber. And
this was the epitaph: Here Lies
Crouch. Blessed are the GRATEFUL
Marion, (Kan.) Record.
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GREATEST OF ALL DISASTERS
Flood of the Hoans-Ho in China in
1887 Heads List.

1907 F16dCS Ilet.
Talking of floods, what was the
greatest disaster nature ever hit the
world with? I don't mean the deluge
or anything so far off as that, and l
don't mean wars, either. They're our
own work. But what was the biggest
loss Of life that ever happened be-
cause of flood or a fire or an earth
quake, or anything Of that sort, as
ff.r back as the ordinary records go?"
Il suppose you don't include pla-
CUES, such as the black death that
ravaged Europe for a century or so,
almost continuously, back in the Mid
die Ages?"
No; that lasted too long. I mean
one of the sudden smashes that have
hit the world and knocked out cities
or sunk ships; anything Of that kind"
WELL" said the man appealed to as
a handy reference book, IF you limit
1t that way. I think the flood Of the
Hoang-ho, or Yellow river, in China,
in 1887, takes first place. 1t began late
in September and before the water
went down about $4,000 square miles
Of one of the most fertile and popu-
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PATRIOT PIRATE OF THE GULF
French Privatser Who Had Commits
.ion Ia PIunder Spanish Ships.

French Privatser Who Had Commits
sion to Plumber Spanish Ships.
Brief news dispatches told the
day of the sailing Of the steamer
laden with $5,000,O00 in gold for q
port ON the Caribbean Sea-and not
a pirate to fear! What prize that
vessel would have been in the brave
days Of old. when Jean Lafitte, the
patriot pirate Of the Gulf, ruled over
a little outlaw kingdom Of his own
within a few miles Of the city Of New
Orleans.
A picturesque figure was Jean La
ftte, with a graceful, courtly deviltry
about him which made him popular
with many of the most estimable dwell
lers in New Orleans. Handsome,
able, averse to the shedding Of blood,
and even possessed Of loyalty to the
government whose excise laws he
made it his business to break.
Laftte, as you may guess, was
French. He drifted to Louisiana In
the early years Of the nineteenth CEN
tury, and set up in piracy in the Bay
of Bartaria, a sheltered harbor on the
Gulf of Mexico, protected by a long
island called Grand Terre, where jean
Lafitte dwelt in house Of brick, with
broad and comfortable verandas,
where one might loll at ease In a
hammock, smoking and drinking
lazily, while pirate chiefs filed IN to
bring reports of plunder taken and
prospects ahead.
No crude or common pirate was this
Jean Lafitte. He held a privateer's 8
commission from the republic OF
Carthagena, which has been recently
established In South America and has
long since been forgotten, and this
commission gave him the right to
plunder Spanish ships. Perhaps he
plundered other ships, too; but the
Spanish were his principal victims.
Lafitte's followers were motely COL
lection-black, white, yellow and red
restless and reckless rovers Of the
sea. One must admire the ability of
the man in keeping them as well un-
der control as he did, for there was no
looting of the nearby coast-no dis
order in Louisiana. LATTE trafficked
In silk and gold and negroes; fulfill
ed his contract promptly, sold his
goods openly at auction even In the
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Lobbiest of Former Days.-It will be
interesting to compare the findings OF
the senate inquiry into lobby abuses
with which the public knows of some
in the past. When the Credit Mobfli-
er scandal broke upon Washington,
sam" Ward was everywhere recog-
nized as king Of the lobby, and prov
ed his right to the title by the royal
way in which he ruled Ills domain.
Not only did he make no secret OF his
calling, but he established for 1t a sort
of ethical code which he was never
loath to expound. He openly MADE
his headquarters in the rooms OF the
appropriations committees and at
Chamberlain's restaurant, where ne
entertained half convinced members
of congress out of working hours, BY
the time the Pacific Mail subsidy in
vestigation came along It was plain
that the lobby had escaped from the
control Of it's handful Of barons Of the
Ward type. and degenerated into a
rather motley army OF adventure, In
which all conditions Of men could be
found including sundry off-color
newspaper correspondents. 1t was one
Of the latter who saved his skin, and
at the same time lent a touch Of hu-
NOR to an otherwise grim and sordid
story, by his boast that, although he
had accepted a large sum Of money
for use in influencing the opinions of
certain congressman, he had spent 1t,
instead, in building a good house for
himself. In still later era, the in
vestigation disclosed the fact ahat the
place Of the old-fashioned lobby OF
brokers'" who piled their trade by
tipping off the right people" as to
how the market in certain Industrial
stocks was about to move. In 1897
Senator Hale sought to amend the
senate rules so as to limit the priv
ileges Of the floor" always till then
extended to all ex-senators, strictly to
those "who are not interested in any
claim, or in the prosecution Of the
same, or directly In any bill pending
before congress-" There is more than
one way Of doing shady work; and
whether the lobby Of today be better
or worse than the lobby Of the past
we may feel pretty sure that 1t is not
quite so brazen.-New York Evening
Post.
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the space for the telling Of many 9TH
er examples Of mineral riches taken
from the ,orth, and held, and then let
slip again by intention or not, and 80
lost; but some of them may yet be
found at last.-Chambers' Journal.
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CHEAT OF BATTLE" IS REAL
Soldiers Wet With Perspiration After
Three. Minute Fight.

Three Minute Fight.
The expression, "the heat Of bat
tle," often used by poets and histori-
ans, Is usually taken in a figurative
sense and supposed to refer not to az
aual temperature Of the combatants,
but to the Intense emotional excite
ment under which they labor. But a
veteran of the Civil War, who ought
to know, declares that the heat Of bat
tie Is an actual bodily heat.
ut ia no mere figure Of speech"
says Captain Samuel Chapman, who
was trooper in the battalion Of Col
onel John 8. Mosby. the famous Con-
federate cavalry commander. ION the
contrary, in a hot fight the soldiers are
often almost overpowered by the sense
Of oppressive warmth, even In the
coolest weather. ..G "l#3H
"I remember that the second week
in January, 1864. was one, of the cold
est ever known In northern Virginia.
A deep snow preceded the cold spell.
At that time the Federal troops were
in possession of Harper's Ferry, at the
foot of the Shenandoah valley. They
had pushed their outposts out upon
the hills known as Loudon Heights,
and Colonel Mosby determined to at
tack ard drive in these outposts.
1--WE met at Upperville, S5 miles
south of Loudon Heights. about 8
o'clock one bitterly cold afternoon.
There were about 200 Of us, all warm
ly clothed in heavy underwear, thick
flannel shirts, heavy service trousers,
thick boots and stout leggings.
when we took up the line of march
over the crusty snow the mercury was
near zero, a temperature almost un-
precedented in that country, and a
cold north wind blew in our faces.
I'VE sat moment, literally frozen,
waiting for the word. Then came the
order, Charged and with a wild yell
we swept down upon the sleeping en-
emy's camp. OF course, 1t was an un-
even fight. Even the best Of soldiers
cannot fight unless in formation, and
these poor fellows, reused suddenly
from dreams by the crack of the re-
volver and the yells Of our men, could
make only slight resistance, and eth
er surrendered or sought safety In
flight. -. %. 70.
"As the firing ceased ] found my
self sitting with my, leg flung over
the horn Of my saddle, and the hot
blood pulsing through my toes. My
overcoat was thrown open. my jacset
flung wide, my flannel shirt and un-
dershirt unbuttoned and my bare
breast wet with sweat, was cooling IN
the icy blast. / was even tanning my
dripping face with my. broad brimmed
slouch hat! Round me others were
doing the same. ~ ~ -
And, by actual time, It had been
less than three minutes since Colonel
Mosby had given the order, Charge!
to his frozen battalion. ."-Youths
TOmnQni0n. f.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-02-28

known, except as given in official &C
counts which do not conform in all
cases. The only witnesses were those
actually concerned in the killing.
The provisional president, General
Victoriano Huerta. says the killing of
the two men was incidental to fight
between their guard and party at
tempting to nberate them. The min
lister of foreign relations, Francisco de
la Barra, adds that the prisoners at
tempted to escape. Neither makes a
definite statement as to which side
fired the fatal shots. 1t is not impos-
sible that neither knows.
Not unnaturally a great part Of the
public regards the official versions
with doubt, having in mind the use for
centuries Of the notorious "ley fuga,"
the unwritten law which is invoked
when the death Of a prisoner is de-
sired. After its application there is
written on the records, prisoner shot
trying to escape"
Sonora Madero, widow of the FORM
er president, received the first defi-
mite information of his death from the
Spanish minister, Senior Sologan y
Cologan. She already had hearu .e.
ports that something unusual and se-
rious had happened, but friends had
endeavored up to that time to prevent
her from learning the whole truth.
An official investigation has been
ordered to determine the responsible
ity and solemn promises have been
made that the guilty will be punished.
Soon afterward, accompanied by her
brother, Jose Pere, and Mercedes Ma.
dero, sister of Francisco, Sonora Ma
dero drove to the penitentiary. but
was refused permission to see the
body Of her husband. Sonora Suarez
also was denied admittance to the
mortuary. where physicians, in accord
Ance with the law, were performing
an autopsy.
English Press Urges Intervention.
London.-The Daily Express in an
editorial referring to what is terms
President Taft's hesitation to act in
Mexico, says revolution and anarchy
do not stand on presidential etiquette,
and that the security Of life and prop
srty in Mexico will not wait while
President-elect Wilson installs him
self. The Express describes an expe.
ditionary force Of 5000 American
troops as "a pill for an earthquake =
and declares such a venture will need
100000 men. The Newspaper urges
| the British government to press Tor
immediate action on the Washington
government
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-02-28
V0ICED. ALL THEIR THOUGHTS
ofises Boy the Only One Of the Crowd
Of "Mournsrs" Who Was Truth
ful In His Speech.

The treasurer of the bank was dead.
Word had just been received over the
telephone. It was shortly after busi-
ness hours, and az If by common con-
sent, all Of the employees gathered
together in little group.
II feel as though I had lost a broth
er." said the assistant treasurer.
II shall never get over It," added
the cashier.
''It makes me SICK" whispered the
paying teller.
at is very. very terrible" murmured
the receiving teller.
81 shall think about 1t all night"
remarked the bookkeeper.
: TITS awful-awful!" said the clerks.
There was a moments silence, then
the errand boy spoke.
II wonder who'll get the 1ob?" hs
chirped.
Everybody gave an involuntary
start. The errand boy had been
mind reader.-Puck.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-02-28
MILITARY SITUATION.

Five Thousand troops ordered to
proceed at once to Galveston. there
segsn smnarf 6Ss {Rfs'ss 5sFysss
scattered along the Mexican border
Two thousand ,marines. are en-
route to Guantapamo. Cuba. which
port Is but seveuty-two hours from
Vera Cruz. Mexico. s..-
Six warsnips, each fully equipped
with bluetackets and marines. are
at strategic seaport scities' In Mex
Nine hattleships and many de-
Guantanamo Cuba.
Fully three thousand troops OF
the First brigade of the army are
awaiting orders In New York state.
Every army post and garrison IN
the country has been informed that
orders to move may be expected at
any time.
Conditions In Mexican Republic.
Fourteen States in Mexico are
now In q state Of revolt against the
Huerta:Diaz regime.
General Diaz declares he will
subjugate the rebels by argument.
II he can; by iron rule of force OF
arms II he must.
General Huerta will prosecute a
reign Of terror throughout: the Re-
public until he shall have discour-
aged leaders of the new revolt.
Villalge is. looted and sacked by
zapatists defeat Huerta's men in
first battle Of new revolution.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-02-28
.MADER0 and
SUAREz SHOT DOWN
DEPosED RULERS SLAIN WHILE
ON WAY TO PRISON.
De La eara Says Escort Was At.
tackled and Prisoners Tried to Es-
cape-Widows Denied Bodies.
western Newspsperunion News Service.
Mexican Crisis In . NutshelI.

: q. D.
Former Presidsnt Madero and for-
mer vice Presidsnt suafe. Of Mexico
shot down In street at midnight while
beinE- taken fsetn the palace to the
Minister de la .Bafra declares In
statement astsmpt h was nr,sanaes maze a1S 1
they were killed: during the lighting: 1s
clares tragedy is doplorable and that
strict Investigation will be made.
Taft says crime will not change at
titude OF administration toward Mexi-
can crisis, and that death of Madero
was Staying Of a man by his fellow-
citizens.
Sonora Madero donied possession of
her husbands body, though she begs
ioT Presideat "a 'ss Taft e Ras taken all steps
he can toward preparing for possible
Intervention.
woodrow Wilson. told of tragedy.
says he will maintain attitude Of ST.
lence until he takes oath of office.
Foreign diplomats in Mexico City
refuse Invitations to take luncheon
with Minister de la Barra until mys-
terry surrounding death of Madero is
cleared away. 81 ~. :,
Mexico City. Feb. 24.--Erancisco, l.
Madero and Jose Pine Suarez are
dead. In midnight ride under guard
from the national palace to the peni.
tentiary they were killed.
The circumstances surrounding the
death of the deposed president and
vice president OF the republic are un-
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-02-28
RISE. AND FALL OF THE
MADERO REGIME.
1910.

lVlVs
nation national convent ION to nominate
bias. sano'oa'e 70 oppose
prison by Diaz-op charges Of sedi-.
tion.
y October. s.--a1adero. escaped from
prison disguised as asa peon and fieo
November 10.-Madero, accompa-
MED by seven men. re-crossed the
Rio Grande into Mexico and began
recruiting troops p;ot to his standard
February e.-Joiped by. ,Generais
Orozco and Blancoa and the, bandit
chief Pancho Villa.T,
sovsenoa Tsenoary of ASranam chhnahaa jeias Ma
dero and gives financial aid.
February 15.-Madero fights Di-
ds dsre and bis personal aide both sosh
May S:-Madero treats with P Rias 2
compromise. Breaks armistice.
May S.-Captures Juarez after
three days fight.
President Of Mexico.
June 8.-Enters Mexico City and
receives an unprecedented demon-
ico."
August 31.-Nominated for the
presidency by the Progressive party:
the s'isss5 sspaDiie alsssss Mssied ''
February 9.-Confronted with rev.
olution led by Colonel Felix Diaz
and General Bernardo Reyes. Per-
sonally leads federal troops against
revolutionists.
February 1s.-Madero made pris-
oner BY General Huerta. his prlnci..
pal assistant against Diaz, and
Huerta becomes provisional Presi-
dent.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-02-28
POLICY OF Y. s. NOT CHANGED
Attack on Americans or Foreigners
Would Cause Intervention.

"Out0 Ndu8o IUSGTv0uSsOUs
Washington, Feb. 4.-The killing Of
Francisco I. Madero and Pine Suarez,
deposed president and vice president
of Mexico, after Provisional President
General Huerta had assured American
Ambassador Wilson of the safety of
his prisoners from Just such attacks,
created a painful impression in ad-
ministration circles here.
Probably the immediate result will
be to hasten the military and naval
preparations in order to have tho SOL
diers and sailors and marines ready
to answer call for instant embarka-
tion If further developments in Mexico
should demand their employment.
The one danger to be apprehended,
which almost certainly would result
in the launching of an army of inva-
sion, would be the commission of
some act or acts in Mexico that would
endanger the lives Of foreign citizens
and Americans, for, having assured
the diplomatic representatives in
Washington of the disposition and
ability of this government to protect
their fellow-citizens- in Mexico in the
same degree as Americans, the gov.
ernment has assumed an obligation
that cannot be ignored. Therefore
any attack upon the Americans OF
foreigners by the, tacit consent of the
Hnerta government. or even the ex
hibition towards them OF mob violence
clearly beyond the ability of the pro
visional government to prevent, prob
ably would be the signal for active in
tervention.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-02-28
Bodies Soaked In OIL and Burned.

New York-Tales of the horrors in
Mexico City during the early days Of
the civil war that ragged through the
streets Of that capital were brought
here by American men and women
who had escaped at the risk of their
lives and taken ship from Vera Cruz.
The experiences of this little group OF
Americans picture the terrors and
bloody reality of the conflict. The de-
Mberate shooting down Of men and
women. the stacking Of their bodies in
piles, to be saturated with oil and
burned like great bonfires, and the
hairbreadth escapes by members OF
The party Of refugees form part Of
the narrative they related.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-02-28

are rapidly growing in pop
ular favor.
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-02-28
oro.eo wounded, Latest from Mexico

Phoenix, Ariz.-Genoral Pascual Or.
ozco. Jr., the rebel leader, is lying dan
gerously. wounded iii hospital some.
where In the-northorn part Of Mexico.
according to q report received here BY
members Of the Phoenix branch of the
league for the protection Of politica'
refugees. Z
Eastern Colorado times., 1913-02-28
Say Fs,lx som.r,.ld No. executed

Say Eslix eomerfeid Not Executed.
Mexico City.-Felix Somerfeld, 8
German, chief Of Madero's secret SER
vice, who. according to some repofts.
was executed, has not even been cap.
.tured. His whereabouts are known, to
his friends. who say that he IL safe
tor the present Ut least