State Ifis Sool
DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD,
VOLUME XVI
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1907.
NUMBER 10.
CURRENT HAPPENING
FAITHFUL CHRONICLE OF ALL
IMPORTANT ITEMS.
ENTIRE HWXBUIUEI)
KAItTAC.ll. IN RUSSIA. BF.NKATH
FALI.IMl MOUNTAIN.
J-Jiiorttiotis section of Moniitnlrt Over
hanging tlio Town Slld Suddenly,
Hurrying Villagers In Their Hmic
Tow n Famed for Manufactures.
The little town of Kartagh, In the
Hussar district of Bokhara, Russia,
has been overwhelmed and complete
ly destroyed bjr a landslide that fol
lowed the earthquake of Oct. 21. Ac
cording to the last reports of the dis
aster a majority of the Inhabitants
f Kartagh lout their lives.
The first reports of the casualties
were exaggerated, the death list be
ing placed as high as IS, 000. Kar
tagh has about 2,500 dwellers, and
there Is reason to believe that about
1,500 were burled alive. Among those
who survived the disaster are the.gov.
ernor of Kartagh and his mother1.
Kartagh Is remotely situated, and
It takes a full week for news to gfci
out from there, but according to one
courier who has come through, an
enormous section-of the Kartagh
mountains, which practically hung
over the town, broke loose and thun
dered down upon the village, which
is almost completely burled.
Kartagh Is noted for Its manufac
ture of sabers, cutlery and fine silks,
and Is used as a summer resort by
the people of Hussar. Kartagh is lo
cated in a mountainous country at an
elevation of 2,500 feet above the sea.
KATF.N BY' CANNIBALS.
Probable Kale of Crow of an Ainerl-
cuu Ship.
Eaten by cannibals is the probable
fate of a crew of forty sailors who
took the big sailing ship Arthur Sew-
ell out of Philadelphia, April 3, on the Xorth Dakota, chairman of the coin
start of her long voyage to carry coal mittee on pensions,
to the Philippines. ' Under the general law, widows of
Word has Just been received at the soldiers who died as the result of in-
maritime exchange In New York that
the vessel was wrecked near Terra del
Fuego and all signs point to the sur
vivors having been captured by the
cannibals who infest the Islands In
that vicinity.- The news of the wreck
nnd almost certain fate of the crew
came from the steamer Fridthjoff.
t-'lnce the Arthur Sewell sailed not a
word had been received regarding her
until a letter came Wednesday from
the Norwegian sailor. The sewell's
ilrst stopping point was to have been
Seattle.
The Fridthjoff reports that Aug. 2!)
while cruising near the southea
headland of Nolr Island, half way be
tween Cape Pillar and Cape Horn, a
lookout reported a direllct ahead. It
proved to be a four masted, square
edged ship and In every way answered
the description of the Sewell. As the
wreck was evidently very recent, the
Frldthjoff's captain made an Investi
gation in the hope of discovering some
;of the possible survivors. On the shore
of Nolr island a landing party froi
the Norwegian vessel discovered
traces of proving a considerable party
'from the wreck had 'made its way to
land. The trail led away from the
'beach. Sailors from the Fridthjoff
followed the trail as far as they could
make it out, but finally had to aban
don the search owing to danger from
the cannibals who inhabit the island.
ROSY OUTLOOK. FOR FAHMFHS.
J .
iv.vrctnrr Wilson Nays Crop Prices
Will Be High.
Secretary Wilson, of the agrlcultur
il department, said Tuesday night that
Hie farmers will get more money for
their crops this year than they got fo.;
those of la.st year. The total value of
(ill farm products in 19(16 was $6,194,
00.000. This enormous sum not only
means that there will be no hard times
for the country, but that the prosper
ity which has blessed it for a dozen
yeurs will continue. .
Secretary Wilson is unable to see
nny danger In tho financial situation,
believing It Is entirely confined to the
speculative element In New York, and
Jie is confident that the next few
weeks will show that the farm and
rVt WalLstreet is the real barometer
of our financial welfure.
Secretary Wilson's confidence that
the total wealth produced this year
from farm products will be greater
than that of last year Is based partly
upon the fact tflut there Is scarcity of
wheat and other crops abroad, and
ithls hs contributed to the Increase of
prices. Crops jt home probably will
.not be us large as those of 1906, except
cotton.
Slout City Live Stock Murket.
Wednesday's (imitations on the
Sioux City live slock murket follow:
'Beeves, $5.00 ii 6.00. Top hogs, $5.50.
Fire in Dover Hotel.
Fire broke out In the Amerlcai
hiyjse, the principal hotel In Dover,
N. H., at 1:33 o'clock Thursday morn
ing and a number of guests narrowly
escaped with their lives.
No Money Punic In Chill.
Word was received in South Ameri
can banking quarters Wednesday to
the effect that there is no foundation
for the report of u financial cilsjs in
iChlli.
VAST CRF.DIT AIMtOAD.
America products Pile Up Rig Trade
IlalaiK-o.
The enormous influence which
American products are exerting on
the building up of credit balances
abroad was the most Significant devel
opment of the llnanclal situation Tues
day. Reports from all quarters show
that the great Amerlcart staples-
Wheat, cotton, copper, tobacco, oil and
meats are on their way to Europe,
this being the season of the year when
American products are marketed
abroad. The Immediate effect of these
shipments is to give the United States
credit abroad, which can be speedily
converted into cash. These natural
resources of the country promise to
exert even greater Influences' than the
ale of American securities abroad.
The latter have Jo some extent suffered
discredit under recent pressure, but
the intrinsic value of American sta
ples used abroad, and their colossal
aggregate at this point of the year, Is
beyond the reach of financial distrust.
The foreign sales of millions of
.-merlcan copper Monday were sup
plemented Tuesday by reports of simi
lar heavy exports, Tuesday's ship
ments alone giving a foreign credit of
$14,000,000. The shipments of tobac
co to Europe this year promise to
break all records. Officials of the
American Tobacco company estimate
that the year's exports will exceed
60,000,000 pounds of manufactured
tobacco, which Is far In excess of the
amount exported last year. Europe
will pay over $100,000,000 for this to
bacco, and much of this money will
soon be avallablo In this market, as
the contracts with European Import
era call for Immediate payment on
delivery. Shipments of tobacco to Eu
rope will begin In November and De
cember. Reports from the south show
that the cotton crop is moving toward
'Europe, while the west is sending
grain and meat products in the same
direction.
HELP WIDOW PENSIONF.RS.
Congress to Be Asked to Raise All to
$12 a Month.
A bill to Increase the pensions of all
widows of civil .war veterans now
drawing $8 per month or less to $12
per month will be Introduced In the
senate at the opening of the coming
session by Senator McCumber, of
Juries or disease contracted In the
service receive $12 per month pension,
jUnder the act of 1890, widows of sol
diers who served ninety days or more
In the civil war, and who received
honorable discharges, receive $8 per
month. It Is this latter class that
,Senator McCumber Is aiming to bene-
;flt-
l "I believe that wftlows of civil war
veterans now receiving less than $12
per mopth should have thelrvpenslons
increased to that amount," said Mr.
'McCumber. "My reason for believing
that this Increase should be granted is
that since 1890, when .the rate was
fixed, the cost of living has Increased
(ln about the proportion I would have
this class of pensions Increased. If
the $8 rate was a Just pension then,
aurely no rate of less than $12 a
month would be a Just sum now."
UNCLK SAM WINS LAXD CASE.
Court Decides Against the Southern
Pacific Road.
An opinion was handed down Tues
day by Judge Morrow, In the United
States circuit court at San Francisco,
holding it was unlawful for railroads
to sell land to which patents have
been wrongfully issued or recalled.
The case was that of the United
States against the Southern Pacific
company to recover the price of the
land to which the patents had been
recalled and which had been sold by
the Southern Pacific to Innocent peo
ple. .('
Noted Plow maker Dead.
Charles H. Deere, president iff the
great plow works at Mollne, 111., who
has been seriously ill for several
months, died early Tuesday at the Da
kota hotel in Chicago. Deere had
been sick for more than a year of per
nicious anemia.
Nego Is Put to Death,
The body of Charles Gorman, ne
gro who. It Is charged, criminally us
saulted the young daughter of a white
farmer, was found hanging to a tree
about five miles from Memphis, Tenn.,
Tuesday. The body was riddled with
bullet.
Rojul Wedding Delayed.
There Ib reason to believe that the
marriage of Prince Wllhelm, of Swe
den, to Grand Duchess Marie Pavonla.
previously announced for this fall, will
not take place until next April.
Gas ExploKlon Wreck Home.
. An explosion of natural gas Tues
day wrecked the home of Mrs. Will
iam Eldrldge in Kansas City, Kun.,
and perhaps fatally Injured the worn
VI arid her 10-year-old daughter.
Premier Irish Viscount Dcud.
Junlco William Joseph Preston, vis
count of Gormanston, died Tuesday.
He was the premier Irish viscount. He
suffered a paralytic stroke on Satur
day and never recovered consci -us-iess.
Col. L. E. II. Wulker Dead.
Col. L. Everett Hull Wulker, U. S.
A., in command of the defenss f
iBoston harbor, died Tueduy ut Fort
Banks, Whithrop
G1UL VICTIM or KIONAPKRS.
Daughter of Hiifwlnn Prink Stolon
In Io lido n.
Tarhnra Lnponkhln, daughter of
Alexander lnponkhln, ex-governor of
Bevnl. whore mother Is a Russia l
princess, has mysteriously disappear
ed In London, and all the resources of
the Russian embassy and Scotland
Yard are being employed to trace her.
Miss Barbara, who Is IS years old, was
visiting London with her younger sis
ter In charge of an English governess.
Miss Russell. The trio attended the
theater, and on coming out Barbara
became separated from her compan
ions and has not been seen, although
the case was Immediately reported to
the police, and the foreign office, act
ing at the urgent request of the Rus
sian government, ordered that no ef
fort be spared In the search for the
missing girl.
Since Miss Iaponkhin disappeared
the governess has received a note In
a handwriting which she recognized
as Barbara's saying that she had
been kidnaped , outside the theater
and was now a prisoner In a cellar In
a house In northwest London, the ad
dress of which she was unable to as
certain. The girl .added that she was
wounded and suffering so severed that
she determined to poison herself.
Mr. Lnponkhln has been director of
the police S;partment of Russia,-and
Miss Russell suggests that revolution
ists planned the kidnaping with :t
view to bringing her father within
their reach. .
The officials nre inclined to the be
lief that the girl was carried off for
the purpose of blackmail. The police
say they are undetermined how a girt
18 years old could be. carried off
against her will In the crowded pra
clncts of a theater.
XKW STATE NOON.
Oklahoma to Ho Admitted Saturday.
Nov. 16.
President Roouevelt will Issue the
proclamation admitting the new state
of Oklahoma on Saturday, Nov. 16.
The constitution was formally placed
In his hands by Oov. Frank Frantu
and a large delegation from Oklaho- (
ma at 1 1 o'clock Monday morning.
While not enthuslustlc over its
terms. President Roosevelt regards It
us within the terms of the enabling
act, and holds that he has no further
discretion and will sign the constitu
tion. Those accompanying Gov.
Frantz are P. S. Cunningham, Silas
Reld, candidate for attorney general
of the new state, and M. R. Hunter,
chairman of the Republican state
committee.
The Issuance of the proclamation on
Nov. 16 will start the machinery of
Oklahoma ns a ctate. '
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CHICAGO OX CHECK BASIS.
Bunks of City Guarding the Supply of
Cash.'
The banks of Chicago Monday ara
largely upon a checking basis. They
refuse to pay out large amounts of
currency and will not return to paying
cash until financial conditions in the
east improve. Depositors seeking
Monday to withdraw their money
were given the checks of a bank in
stead of cash. Commercial depositors
are allowed to draw the full amount of
their balances, but must accept bank
checks instead of currency. The rule
requiring savings bank depositors to
give thirty days' notice before drawing
out less than $100 and sixty days' no
tice before drawing out more than
$100 was also put In force.
LONDON HAS XO FKAHS.
British Financiers Have Confidence of
Soundness.
The confidence felt Ifi London in
the general soundness of the financial
situation in the United States was fur
ther evidenced at the opening of the
stock exchange Monday morning when
American rails were pushed up 2 to 3
points over parity, a fair amount of
business being- transacted. "The cer
tainty of the drain of gold from hercn
to New York, however, affected con
sols and other gilt edged securities.
Discounts reamined firm and the fear
of dear money prompted selling of
consols, which early in the day de
clined 5-16.
Dead Cashier a Defaulter.
The Dollar Savings bank, of Akron,
O., has been closed by order of the
directors until after the funeral of
Fred A. Boron, Its cashier; who snot
himself while alone In his home Sun
day. According to members of the di
rectorate a deficit of $25400 has been
discovered. v
Iocb Also Kills lleisj.
William Loeb, private secretary to
President Roosevelt, who, with Kenu
t r Carter, Harry Child and Thomas
11. Miller, of Helena, have been hunt
ing near Cooke City, Mont., has ended
his trip, after having killed a bear.
t.
say
mountain sheep and a ydeer, t
nothing of smaller game.
High Sluv Ofliclul riluin.
Gen. MaximolTsky, of St. Petersburg,
director of the department prisons and
minister of the interior, was shot and
killed Monday. The general Is th
responsible ollicir.l connected with the
Rusi-lan pris lis.
MHcuse lit I: to Rearer."
Ai nouiicenient is made that begin
nine !:(. 1 u'll i-Hilrot'.ds w'thln the
terrl'.'.iy cf the Western Puss-enger
association wilj sell mlkur:" books to
;eari" and l.":trc!iavGo..Me or. all
r ik'.s lit 2 cent pr mi!c
Another "Dry" Ictc.ry.
Jpffi is . n county, Ala., after one r.f
tl c liott.-vt c.i mpol;ns In Its li'iit iry
Ikis- i;. i.e (My b" a me J:. :; cf uL'j-j:
j Mens of
INDIAN LAXDK ARK UFJXU SOM.
Avcnure Prl on Winnebago Reserva
tion Over Forty Dollar!,
The eyes of land buyers were turn
ed toward the fertile reservation of
the Wlnnebagoes In answer to the ad
vertisement of a sale of Inherited In
dian land. -Two thousand three hun
'. dred and sixty acres were offered for
aaie And out of that amount about
, 1,580 acres were sold at an average
' price of $41.25 per acre. The remain
der being below appraisement.
According to an act of congress,
dated February 8, 1887, land Inherited
from the original allottee may be
sold after due advertisement, by seal
ed bids. Many thousands of acres of
this valuable land has been sold In the
past and much more will be sold In
the future on account of the Increased
facilities for marketing the produce
given by the advent of the Burlington
railroad Into this territory. A more
recent act of congress allows any In
dian to sell his own allotment under
the same conditions as the heirship
land has been sold. There Is no
question of title to lands sold under
the latter act, while In some cases
there are heirship matters quite diffi
cult of settlement under the former.
Much information of Interest to
prospective land buyers could be had
by Inquiry from the office of the su
perintendent and special disbursing
agent, and this information would be
more authentic than that received
from local land dealers and specula
tors, who are' always anxious to have
those who would buy for homes be
lieve that no title can be obtained.
This is their way of deceiving with the
purpose of having no competition In
the matter of bid on the land offered
for sale. There are some very unscru
pulous speculators who approach the
prospective land buyer with the prop
osition that If he will make certain
payments to them he can assure the
purchaser that he will receive the
ntiva df innri on whtnti he bids. Anv-
one can bd and all blJs ar con8jdered
) tho regulations are compiled with.
BARRED FHOM SOLDIERS' HOME.
Nebraska Veteran Denied Admission
Because of Pension.
The state board of Institutions re
jected the application filed by Bur-
dette N. Cleveland, of Fremont, for
admission to the soldiers' and sailors'
home at Grand Island. Cleveland is
a veteran of the civil war with an
honorable discharge, but Inasmuch as
he draws a pension of $30 a month he
is not considered to be dependent on
public or private charatly. Secretary
of State Junktn, speaking or - the
board, said it was enjoined from en
forcing the new rule7 which would per
mit of Cleveland's admission and con
sequently it was obliged to fall back
on the old rule which barred any vet
eran from the home who drew over
$12 a month. In recent years this rule
has been construed liberally and was
recently changed so as to admit any
applicant, but providing that he
contribute a part of his pension
money. The new rule was opposed
and enjoined in court.
SWITCHMAN MEETS DEATH.
Harry Miller, of Omalia Road, is Kill
ed While at Work.
Harry Miller, a switchman employed
1 hV tne Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis
ana umana ranroau in vmuita, vtua
run down by a switch engine at Four
teenth and Nicholas streets and sus
tained injuries from which he died an
hour later at the Omaha general hos
pital. Both of his legs were broken,
one arm was broken and the other
badly cut, his nose was broken and
he was severely cut and bruised in the
side and abdomen. Before he died he
had a hemorrhage of the lungs. Ho
was taken to the hospital In the patrol
wagon. Just how the accident hap
pened no one seems to know. The en
glne was backing up slowly and Miller
was standing on the track waiting for
it in order to make a coupling. It is
thought he must have had his atten
tion drawn to something else for a few
seconds and forgot about the engine
drawing near him. He leaves a wife
'.nd three children.
RESISTS O'XEILL ORDER.
Railroad Seeks to Set Aside Ruling of
Court.
On the plea that the state railway
commission is the sole authority over
the railroads of the state, and that the
courts have no Jurisdiction in tho
premises the Northwestern company
secured a writ of supersedeas in the
supreme court allowing an appeal t
be taken from the district court of
Holt county, which had ordered the
road to furnish fifty cars to a shipper
of O'Neill. The Northwestern s petl
tton sets forth that the state railway
commission has been created for the
purpose of regulating the rates and
service of common carriers and that
the courts no longer have authority to
make orders affecting transportation
of person or property.
Ferguson Bring Suit.
Rev. W. P. Ferguson, deposed pas
tor of the First Methodist church o
University Place, hied in the dlstrlc
court suits for $5,000 each against
the firms of Atwood & Guile and C. R
Smith & C'j, of University Place. He
alleges these firms attached his fund
ture to secure the payment of small
bllld while he wus out of the city las
summer.
Muii Goes Insane.
Herman Kampmcler, an employ d of
the United States bureau of Indian af
fairs, who became insane at Fremont
and has been under the care cf the
sheriff, wus taken to Kansas City. Mo.,
Saturday morning. The unfortunato
man has relatives at that pluce who
will look after hlru.
, IjiihI Brings Go4,d Price.
L. M. Custle sold his 120-acre farm
near Seward to O. F. O'ltrannon for
$100 an acre. Mr. Custle kU for u
year' visit in Culiforniu.
Nebraska I
HEARING PLACED AT OMAHA.
Grain Men Will Do Heard on Switch
ing Charge Request.
Whether the. grain men of Omaha
receiving shipments over the Union
Pacific and Missouri Pacific roads are
to be subjected to an additional
witching charge will come up before.
the railroad commission on Nov. 8, at
a hearing they have set for Omaha.
The present charge for handling a
car sent to the grain Inspection track
of the Union Pacific In Omaha I $3.
Under the proposed charge it will be
possible to make an Increase, The
Missouri Pacino has submitted a num
ber of tariff sheets embodying
change It desire to make' which
amount to substantially the same
thing. In the application of this road
It Is set out that a careful examination
Is necessary to determine, just how
the rate Is changed and that It b) hard
to say In a few words what the differ
ence Is.
The Union Pacific specifies the new
:hange In the following language:
Grain In car lots from Union Pacific
railroad grain Inspection tracks, Oma
ha, consigned to grain elevator un
Union Pacific tracks, Omaha, $2 per
car.
Also desire to establish switching
charge of $2 per cur oif grain In car
lots from Union Pacific grain Inspec
tion tracks to transfer tracks with
connecting line where grain Is con
signed to elevators.
SHOOTING AFFRAY AT ST. JAMES
Attorney Puts Bullet Into Bartender
and Surrender Himself.
A the result of a disagreement be
tween Charles Runyan and Tony Rose
at St. James, Rose had to have a J8
callber revolver bullet extracted and
Runyan Is In custody of Sheriff Rosen-
berger, to whom he voluntarily sur
rendered himself, pending charge
which as yet have not been died
against him.
Runyan and Rose had Quarreled In
the forenoon and had come to blow,
but were separated by friends. They
met again, when, Runyan says, he
feared Rose was about to attack him.
It was then Runyan pulled a revolver
and fired. The first shot failed to take
effect. The second shot hit Rose over
the 'right breast, was deflected by
striking a rib and embedded Itself In
the muscles near the breast bone.
Rose will recover.
Runyan Is an attorney who recently
came to St. James to live. Rose ha
been tending bar In Frank Scougal'a
saloon.
MONUMENT TO tJE.V. THAYER.
Tribute to Famous Nebraska Veteran
Unveiled at Lincoln.
A monument to the memory of the
late Brig. Gen. John M. Thayer, erect
ed by the state of Nebraska, was ded
icated at Wyuka cemetery Sunday af
ternoon In the presence of a large au
dience. The unveiling was performed
by W. M. Gillespie and Wesley Barr,
two members of the First Nebraska
regiment, commanded during the civil
war by Gen Thayer. The dedicatory
address was delivered by Col. Thomas
J. Majors, of Peru, who served under
Gen. Thayer. John C. Cowln, of Oma
ha, also delivered an address. Ue.V
Thayer served during the Shlloh cam
paign with Gen. Grant, taking a prom
inent part In that and succeeding cam
paigns. He was governor of Nebras-
ka. United States senator and terrlto-
rial governor of Wyoming at various
stages of hla career arid was brevetted
major general.
WILLIAMS IS CONVICTED.
He Ran Away with Clara Halls, a
Yankton School Girl.
William L. Williams was convicted
at Omaha of a statutory offense
against Clara Balls, a Yankton school
girl. In less than twenty minutes by a
Jury In Judge Troup's court. Williams
was charged with inducing the girl to
run away with him. He brought her
to Omaha and then deserted her. He
was arreuted In Grand Island and It
was later discovered he has a wife and
child In Sidney, and. according to a
letter from his father-in-law to the
county attorney, he deserted them in
Denver some time ago.
Good Corn Yield.
Corn husking Is now being actlvelj
prosecuted throughout Cuming and
adjoining counties, the furmers tak
ing advantage of tho fine, dry
weather and the splendid condition of
lh. mm TVia vh!d Is Ahont normal.
some fields producing 60 bushels per
acre, the average running about 40 twsiries jm-iumi rojuny unu peers,
bushels. I Chinese who were refused landing priv-
' j liege ata Mexican port, fought with the
Farm House Burns. rew of ,ne ve,'!M, but were Unally sub-
The new farm house of Peter Soder- &av& '
burg, a mile and a half north of The slayer of a Denver gv in Iloug
Sprlngfleld In Sarpy county, burned kong was condemned to die i.t the crlm
recently. It cost about $2,000 and Inal sexriloii of the American Oriental
was not Insured. The occupant, Mr. Court.
Johnson, suved his household goods In The visit of the Crouu Prince of Jupnn
the lower rooms. The contents of all to Seoul was marked by hearty demon-
upper rooms were burned.
Chock Worker Is Insane.
Harry Kllgore, aged 20, of Hastings,
who has become Involved in trouble
In Cleveland, O.. Basin, Wyo., and
other places during the last few
months, through the negotiation of
worthless checks, was adjudged In-
sane by the Adums county Insanity
board.
Cliurl-u Itnnyuit Bound Over.
Charles Runyun, who shot Tony
Rose ut St. James, wulved his prelim
inary hearing beforu County Judge
Whitsey ut Harrington und was bound
over to thu district court which con-
venes November 10 to answer to tho
churge of shooting with Intent to kill.
lnjiirod Man Ilwlilluu' His Own.
John I'lriguian, the brakeman who
was so seriously Injure! on the North,
western rallroud atjltlalr, by being
crushed between two freight cars, la
reported to Uo hoUUni; Ills own.
WHOLETOWN WIPED OUT
Fifteen Thousand Persons Perish
in Awful Landslide.
ONLY TWO SURVIVE.
Terrible Disaster In Bokhara, Prov
ince of Russian Turkestan.
PEOPLE BUSIED BY MOUNTAIN.
Horror Fellows Becent Series
Severe Earthquake.
of
Toe whole of the town of Karatngh,
In r.okhara, Russian Turkestan, ha
beeu destroyed and the entire popula
tion, numbering about 15,000, was bur
led by a tremendous mountain slide
following the recent earthquake there.
It Is declared that scarcely a score" of
the people hove survived, and that
their sufferings nre pitiable. One re
port is to the effect that the Governor
of Karatngh and his mother are the
only survivors. s
The slide wns caused by the recent
severe earthquakes In the mountains.
Karatngh Is situated In a narrow val
ley, with precipitous mountains tower
ing above it Although landslides are
frequent in that region, following
earthquakes, the people remained In
the town, and when the immeasurable
weight of rock crushed down upon
them they were eaught in a trap.
The entire town. It is said, is buried
from view. Hundreds were entombed
lu their homes. The cold is severe nnd
ndds greatly to the suffering of the few
survivors. Tlie mountaineers hurried
to the scene and are curing for the llv-
lug, but owiug to the danger of fur-
ther rock slips it is Impossible to nt-
tempt to roach thoso buried In the
ruins.
Bokhara, or, as it is sometimes call
ed, Turkestan, lies high up in the
mountainous regions of Asia, with Rus
sian Turkestan to the north and Af
ghanistan on the south. It Is a dreary
expanse of arid plains, bordered and
Intersected by mountalus. Its popnln-
tlon Is estimated at 1,500,000, not in
cluding the wondering hordes that eke
out a scanty living on the plains nnd
In the narrow valleys. In summer the
heat Is intense nnd the winters nre
long and severe. Kurthquakes are fre
quent. The country Ib famous for its horses
find the breeding of shawl goats fur
nishes a means of livelihood to many
of its people. In recent years the
Ttnscasplan Railway has improved
the industrial condition of the country,
which for ages deicmlod on camel car
avans to carry Its produce to outside
markets and bring back the firearms,
the powder nnd the few other necessa
ries of life In thut wild country.
Although a region of poverty now,
Bokhara wus the scat of powerful
rulers In the middle ages. The people
bHii Vi,tnin i,iP onitrnito hut little els.
. .. . foruier erentness
oc "'V? Ioruier Krenin"-
Knratagh disaster was sent, is an Im
portant commercial town in Asiatic
Russia and the capital of Russian Tur
kestan. '
Mulut llafij overwlielmly defeated
troops of the Sultan of Morocco.
Arrangements were made to bring the
famous Giant's Causeway of Ireland to
the United States.
Growth of the auti-Auiericnu fueling in
Havana wus emphasized when ' a Uuited
States Hug was hissed in a theater.
Lomlou wus stirred by an article pur-
porting to expose irregularities in the au-
. rations of delight ou the part of the
i ,
Kurunns.
A tunnel undermining the railroad lead-
ng to the Czur's paluce was discovered,
dud u possible attempt on the Eiuperor'i
Jife thereby averted.
Tht steamer Empress of China sunk
tlongslde her dis ks at Vancouver, British
Columbia, and the bliinie wus at once laid
the door of Japanese.
Theft Arbitrution Committee of the
peace Conference at The Hague ha voted
n fuvor of the obligatory arbitration
project, the vote standing 31 to l. Ger
many nnd Austria were the only iuiMir
taut government whose delegates op-
posed the measure.
The second stage of the :u liai'.ieDtnry
flections in Itussia indicate that the m-
Nervutiven will be kliuii;' ill tile third
)umu. The pe;uuiit tuid working clause
continue to liow their radicalism, hut
are handicapped by the new liectlou laws
which segregate them so ns to greatly re
duce tuir electoral stivuglh.
V
President Roosevelt returned to wasl
ington after having made several stop
on his way from the Louisiana cane
brakes, where he had been hunting' for
two weeks. From the uportsnian
point of view, his hunt wns not very
successful. Up to the last day of his
outing lie had killed one doer, but on
that day brought down a good-sized
lilnek bear trailed by the dogs. At
Nashville, Tenn., where the President
stopped over reral hours, after hav
ing made u brief visit to Vlckslntrg,
he delivered three addresses and took
port lu two parades. Gov. Putterson I
and the Mayor of Nashville were on
hund with other prominent citizen to
receive blm, awl a company of Confed
erate veteran marched as a special
escort lu ills sjieeehes, referring to
the prevailing panic In Wall street, he
took occasion to say emphatically that
h policies would be persevered In, ami
he summed them up In one brief sen-
tetiee, saying that "they represent the
effort to punish successful dishonesty."
He doubted If they had any effect In
.brlngiug about the present trouble, but
If they did. he said It would not alter
In the slightest degree his course. A
temjwrury commercial depresslor. . he
would consider small cost if. it were
necessary' to arouse civic manhood In
our nation. After his address the Pres
ident and his party visited, the Hermit-
tie, me uoine occupieu uy 1 resiueui -
Andrew Jackson. Upon his return to
the White House the President said
ne was netigtiteu witn nis trip, auu
was especially gratified over the fact .
that he got a beur as the result of
Ills hunt. Paring his Journey he hud
visited eleven States, and his . main
ptirKise was to give the weight of hi
otlite to the movement for a ship canal
In the Mississippi.
What's the matter with the jinvyt
This question 'Secretary Metcalf hurt
set himself to answer. The trouble
in the navy apparently, applies both to
personal and fighting machines. Seri
ous defects, long pointed out by some
tj.fnrm nlTlcnra nrannw tnnilu rdnln
and so many more have been shown
that there hn resulted a wide differ
ence of opinion as to the practicabil
ity of attempting the cruise from the
Atlantic to the Pacific. Now the gen
eral board Is divided In its opinion as
to the tyjH and numbers of the battle-.
ships that should be built. The board
of cciiFtructlon Is divided as to bow
they should he built. Officers of the
bureau of navigation snd other divi
sions nre divided ns to how to Improve
the personnel. Metcalf Is at sea and
where the bureaus differ between them
selves they ore coming to the point of
standlrg together against the secretary.
It is 8 Id It has remained for the pro
jected Pacific trip to bring the dlvl
lon to a focus nnd possibly a crisis.
k mw DTAtt tin Itaon tnlron hv tliA
- 111 11 MHO t,U(-.M 9' J
administration In its war upon Illegal
trusts by Invoking Section C of the
Sherman anti-trust low to Justify the
seizure vof about $7,000 worth of to
Ihjcco goods in. Virginia belonging to
coVporatlons allied to the Amerlcnn To
bneco Company, otherwise known as
the Tobacco Trust. Up to this time
Section 0, which Bpcciflealy authorize
the seizure and condemnation of nny
property owned under contract or 1
combination prohibited by the Sherman
law, had remained a dead letter. The
seizure In. question wus a complete
surprise to the tobacco company, which
Is nlrendy under prosecution by the
Federal government. It Is supposed '
thnt this seizure will precipitate nn ac
thui which, under the law of seizure, '
would bring to light Information other
wise not obtainable, which the govern
nent might use against the trusts.
Attorney1 General Bonaparte has ren
dered nn opinion to the effect that the
action of a Stnte In furnlshlug finan
cial assistance or giving promise of
employment to secure immigration Is a
violation of the immigration lows, un
der which the State is in precisely tho .
sume standing as an Individual. The
occasion of this opinion was the case
of one Gevonlmo Garcia, who came t
New Orleans from Cuba, his pussaga
money having been paid by the Louls
Itinii Stnte Board of Agriculture uud
Immigration. Ho had also Wen given
assurance that employment as a farm
laborer would be secured for him, ami
he had promised to return to the State
the money advunced for LU pinssage.
The Isthmian Canal Commission hn
laid before the Secretary of the Navy
the suggestion thut the locks -of the
l'auiimu canal be wider than now
planned, owing to the larger size of
merchant vessels and warships novc
coming Into vogue. It Is thought pos
sible thnt this question may revive the
discussion of a sen-level waterway.
The New York Court of Appeals Iuim
liltlrined the decision of the lower
courts which luid that the theater
which excluded Clitic Metcalf of Life
because of ills nutl-IIehrew criticisms
of the mitniigeiiient, was within Its le
gal rlv'ht. The higher court snys thut
MetcnlfH wilting showed "rice bitter-
nesa it ud hatred" and thnt theaters itre
pi tin senile under Sthte eoutrul.
The world's largest hospital Is lu
Paris.