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THE WEEKLY OKLAHOMA STATE CAPITA! SATUDRAY, SEPTEMBER 4. 1909
In your blood are the million*
of corpuscles that defend you
against disease.
To make and keep thp«> little soldiers I
healthy and strong, in nirnplv to mako |
und keep the blood of the right quality j
am! quantity. !
This ia iuat what Hood'f Saranparill. 'OIL MEN OF OKLAHOMA NOT
di>efl — it helps the little soldiers in your RECEIVING WORTH OF
Mood to tight disease for you. atmt^t
It cures scrofula, eczema, emptions, PRODUCT.
catarrh, rheumatism, anemia, nervoun-
uui. sow-, (dNNU/iL STATE INSTRUCTIONS IS. BARCLAY IS
LOSS IS GREAT TO ADA FACTORY READY FOR TRIP
ni'Sfl. dyapepeia, general debility, uW
"unkia op the w hole gysttcn.
DAVIS' PLATFORM
IN TUS RACE FOR GOVERNOR
Sapulpa State Benator Yields to
His Importunate Democratic
Friends and Says His Name Will
Be on Ballots at Next State
Election Where He Stands.
biiAAiNG FOR SOME iiSi-iEF
MUST SELL AND DELIVER, ACTING GOVERNOR GMELICH
STUFF TO ANY ONE OF-
FERING TO PAY
PRICES ARE FIXED, TOO
Every Time Price of Oil Is Cut a Rule Among Ice Manufacturers
Cent a Barrel It Mean* Opera- Not to Ship Into Each Other'*
tors Stand to Lose $402,100. Towns Held to Be unlawful by
Indians Raise a Howl borne the Corporation Commission.
Startling Figures. Weight Regulation
SAPULPA. Oklu., August 30.—Senate*
Clererue Davis « ! thin city, is a candi-
date lor the 1 democratic nomination for
governor cf Oklahoma, subject to the
primaries to be held neat August.
Senator Davis is well known. luis been
a member of the state senate since state-
hood, and Im literally being pushed Into
the ruce. lie will Le a candidate of tne
tafe and sane Democrats, he having been
strongly solicited to enter the fight tor
the past ten months ."ruin Influential
members of his party lroni nearly ever
section of Oklahoma. He Is particular!}'
strong with the oil producers, railroad
workers, and with men In industrial pur-
suits in all lines. Creek county, the city
of Sapulpa, and the oil country in gen-
eral will be for his to a man.
Sena ti r Davis has never urged that he
should be a candidate and lias not talked
of It until today. Hut the pressure on
him "as been great, and last evening, hi
sa id: ,
"I should, of course, like to be gov-
ernor of this great state. Is Is an honor
that should be the crowning glory of any
lion* st man. If I enter into this face 1t
*111 be because 1 have been press.d Into
t Ly the great peopl* who know that
here is something wrong and which they
want rl ited. I feel that 1 mutt give
answer to the thousands wno have asked
ine to run, and if the people do not
change their minds my'name will be on
the ballots.
'T believe In ' *«s legislation.
"1 fa\or the continuation of prohibi-
tion with the exception of allowing every
county to vote as it pleases on this
question. Public sentiment is the correct
ti it of tnis matter.
'A square and fair invitation to all
legitimate capital to come to Oklahoma.
"Conservatism that may be understood
by all people—maintaining institutions
and not tearing them down. Add all good
things that have been proven good by
experience.
"The positive avoidance of drawing the
great office of governor into personal
quarrels.
"And, above all. avoid calling a man
a liar because he does not agree on
questions of public interest."
FOR 100 YEARS
PLENTY OF OIL IN OKLA.
A P McBride of Indiana Is Op-
timistic Regarding the Supply
and Believes It Practically In-
exhaustible — Has Unique
Theory About Oil and Gas.
SAPI'I.PA, oklH.. Aug. 30—It Is the
Opinion of A. P. McBride, the well known
gap and oil producer of Independence,
Kansas, who looked after ills extensive
holdings in this section of Oklahoma last
Week, that there is a "apply of both
products hero for one hundred years to
pome. This is «n Interesting statement
In view of the report sent out a few
days since that there Is great falling off
In the production and that it Is a mat-
ter of but a few years until there will
not be enough of either secured to make
development profitable.
Mr. McBride placet the area of pro-
duction in this state at one hundred
miles each way. and in this he assertg
that there Is a practically inexhaustible
supply. He has a theory as to the origin
of oil and g.ts in keeping with those of
a scientific mind who have lately ex-
pressed an opinion on the subject. It is
that cf animal mutter covered over in
the rush of waters, or the leviathan* of
the deep left as the waters receded.
Tlu-fce imbedded in the sands arc the
source of the oil and gas in the opinion
of this practical oil producer.
Ht cites Holy Writ, the conclusion of
scientists and the deduction® of common
sens* in support of his theory.
DEEP FORK DRAINAGE
CHANDLER, Okla.. Aug. 30 —J. M.
Murray, Stroud; Roy O'Connor,
Sparks, and R. Ragland, of McClotri.
constitute the board that : hh been
selected to select and appraise ll.e
land along the Deep Fork drainige
proposition, who will take up th® work
vf assessing .he cost again.*' the land
owners who will be affects J by the
drainage of the Deep Fork. T'.ev will
be assisstcd by a government civil en
fdneer, and It is estimated that it will
require six month* to eigh* montls
to complete the work. Whon th's u
•lone construction wirk will be begun.
The drainage proposition Is calculated
to enhance the value of Line > n cojiv
ty lands several million dollars.
PROPOSE NEW ROAD.
Mcalester, okia.. Aug. uo.—j. a
Eaton and A. C. Saportas, capitalists
f New York, and J T McCleary, of
Washington, D. C., former assistant
>ost master general were here today
ind met a number of citizens. They
lire proponents of a railroad to be
built from Sallisaw to Lawton, the
line of wUicb has a)r«*d> boeu aur
rayed.
WASHINGTON. D. C., Aug. 31.—
Through the alleged manipulation of lue
Standard Oil company and Its allied In-
terests la eastern oklahoma, the inde-
pendent oil men and Indian allotees of
the new stute are being euchered out oi
over $48,000,000 unnuully.
According to Acting Secretary of In-
terior Frank Pierce wiio says the oil men
of Oklahoma, Instead of receiving 3£
cents for crude petroleum should be get-
ting $ a berrel, as it is worth that price
in comparison with that paid In tJ*n-
nsylvania and other eastern oil fU'd*
producing practically the same grade of
petroleum.
Every time the price of crude oil In
Oklahoma is cut a cent a barrel it
means a yearly loss to the operators of
$402,100, based upon the production dar-
ing the fiscal year ending June 30, last.
Within the last few months, the
Prairie OH and Gas company and the
Texas and Gulf Pipe Line companies,
operating in Oklahoma, have reduced the
price of crude oil from 41 to 3!> cents,
entailing a loss on the oil men and In-
dian land owners of $4,212,600.
Heretofore controets between the white
lessee and the Indian lessor have been
entered Into, with the aproval of the
secretary of interior, upon a basis of
41-cent oil, the Indian receiving 12 1-2
cents a barrel royalty.
A /nonth ago, Acting Secretary of In-
terior pierce ordered the pipe line com-
panies to pay the Indians a royalty bated
on 3G cents a barrel, pending a final de-
cision as to whether the operators would
be held to the 41-cent agreement. This
applies only to original leases, those per-
sons holding assigned leases, still being
required to pay the full 12 1-2 cent roy-
alty on Lue 41-cent basis.
This arrangement caused a howl to go
up from the Indians who were not re-
ceiving their usual royalties, when pos-
sibly their neighbors. In the case of as-
signed leases, were still drawing down
a montniy royalty check at the rate of
12 1-2 cents a barrel.
At the same time the operators set
up such a clamor that it reached all
the way from Muskogee and Glenn
Pools to Washington. Acting Secretary
of interior pierce, the heads of the de-
partment and Acting Commissioner of
Indian Affairs Fred Abbott, called for a
conference to discuss the oil situation as
It today exists In Oklahoma.
It looks as If the Interior Department
means business and that a rigid Inves-
tigation will be made, which may be the
means of saving residents of Oklahoma
millions of dollars in revenue, which is
now annually going to help swell the
bank account of the Standard Oil anl
allied Interests.
According to reliable figures tho total
production of oil in eastern Oklahoma
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1909,
was 40,210,000 barrels, a decrease of
S91.000 barrels over the previous year
hut an Increase over the production of
1907 of 18,493,000 barrels.
l^ast year approximately 16,000 Indian
land owners received $1,813,460.28 In oil
royalties. The yearly loss to the oil pro-
ducers and Indians of the state upon the
hauls of this year's production, if oil
were bringing $1 per barrel, has amount-
ed to the startling figure of $26,136,500.
In a report to the Mid-Continent Oil
Producers' Association, J. E. O'Nell, vice
president and general manager of tho
Prairie OH and Gas company In Okla-
homa. recently declared that the Okla-
homa oil fields were easily capable of
producing 60,000 barcls dally In excess of
the present output. Figuring in this pro-
duction, which Oklahoma wftuld be turn-
ing out today if there was a market for
the oil at a fair price it would amount
to an additional $21,000,000 each year If
oil were selling for $1 a berrel as In Pen-
nsylvania where the price ranges from
$1.02 to $1.50 per barrel.
EXPERTS AT WORK
ON CENSUS SCHEDULES
Forms to Be Used by Enumera-
tors Next April Are Now
Being Considered.
WASHINGTON, I). C.. August 30.—The
formulation of the Census schedules, up-
on which the enumerators will enter he
Information they secure next April, Is
one of the most Important subjects now
before U. S- Census Director Durand and
Assistant Director Willoughby.
The Census law authorize*, the Direc-
tor to determine the form und subdivi-
sion of the inquiries necessary to secure
the Information ordered by Congress.
To assist in this work Director Dur-
and has secured the co-operation of *
score or more of experts in statistics,
economics , agriculture, manufactures,
etc. They have been appointed expert
special Hgents to serve for a short time
wliile the work of formulating plans are
under way and are now assembled In
Washington. The agriculture, manufac-
turers, and' population schedules are tha
principal ones under current discussion.
TAKEN TO TULSA JAIL.
TULSA. Okla., August 30.—A. T.
Brown, self-confessed murderer of hia
father at his home near Fairfax who
with his step-mother, and two others
must answer to the grand Jury at
Pawhuska for the crime, was brought
from Pawhuska to the county jail
lk«ie for safe keeping Sunday night.
Declaring that the understanding
which exists among the ice men of the
state to the effect that ice is not to be
shipped into any town where there Is
an Ice plant, except on request of the
owner of that plant, is alleged and a
conspiracy In restraint of trade, the
corporation commission today Issued
an order In the case against the Ada
Ice and Fuel company, requiring it to
sell and deliver ice to any one offer-
ing to pay for the same and $o sell
carload lots at not more than $3 per
ton.
MANAGER ADMITS IT
It was admitted by Mr. Frick, the
manager of the Ada ice plant, that
such an arrangement existed. He de-
clared, however, that there was no
combination and that it was a rule
which was observed in every state he
knew of not to ship ice into each
other's towns. Some of the people at
Ada, who had been refused ice by the
local company, went first to Sulphur
and were turned down there. They
then went to Tishlmingo and the man-
ager of the plant there agreed to let
them have what they wanted, but bo-
fore the shipment was made the man-
ager of the Ada plant made a visit to
Tishlmingo and Tishlmingo refused to
fill the order. While this order ap-
plied only to Ada, similar orders will
be made by the commission wherever
similar complaints are made. Several
others are now in course of prepara-
tion.
PRICES ARE CONSIDERED
The order also takes in the matter
of local ice prices at Ada. The com-
pany had been selling ice in the busi-
ness section for 40 cents per hundred
In quantities from ten pounds up,
where comsumers had 500 pound cou-
pon books; for 60 cents In the resi-
dence section, on 200 pound books and
80 cents without books, and 50 cents
at the plant. The commission decid-
ed that this was a discrimination
against the residence section and that
If ice were sold at 40 cents In the bus-
ines section it should be sold for 4fc
cents In the residence section. The
company is allowed to charge ten
cents extra where consumers have no
books, except that ice must be sold
for 40 cents at the plant, with or with-
out books. It is also required that the
variation in weight from the amount
paid for shall not exceed 7 1-2 per
cent.
FINALLY HONORS RE-
QUISITION.
HABEAS CORPUS FAILS
Decision Comes After Exhaustive
Hearing on the Application Fri-
day—The Woman and Detective
Gentry Will Now Be Tried at
Topeka.
MR. TAFT MAKES
ANOTHER LEASE
HENRY HOYT NAMED AS
COUNSELLOR FOR STATE
DEPARTMENT.
ITCHING. oozing, dealing Salt Rheum
is cured by Hood's Harsaparilly—
the great and unequalled remedy for
every kind of SKIN DISEASE.
DESERTED WIFE SUES.
Former Chickasha Police Chief
Said to Be a Eigamist.
CHICKASHA, Okla., Aug. 30.—J. T.
O'Malley, former chief of police and
re-elected at the spring annual city
election, decamping the next diy -tom
the city, has been sued by his deserted
wife for divorce, the papers being
sensational. The woman relates he
marriage of the pair in November 1902
asking separation because .ie is now
residing at Spokane, Washington, with
another woman.
O'Malley is alleged to hava left the
city because Republicans blasted that
he would not dare take his place, if
elected. He is charged with bigamy
by those who knew him we.I, ani be-
cause of this it Is believed that he
left the state to avoid prosecution.
THINK AUTHORITIES
WILL fERMIT RACE
General Impression That the Navy
Crew Will Row at Pough-
keepsie.
ANNAPOLIS, ug. 30.—When navy
men her toiay saw the statement
made by Captain Bowyer, U. S. N., in
regard to ti* question of permitting
the midshipmen to participate in the
future inter-collegiate regattas on
the Hudson, there was a general ex-
pression of commendation of thd pos-
ition he has taken, and the opinion is
freely expressed that a navy eight will
row at Pougheepsle next year.
WILL REMAIN IN OKLA,
HOBART, Okla . Aug. Si—W. J. Cau-
dlli, one of Kiowa county's leading far-
mers and well known in the state, will
not leave Oklahoma for New Mexico, as
lias been reported. He recently returned
from a business trip to Kentucky, his
native state. Mr. Caudlli was a member
of the constitutional convention from
Kiowa county, and there attracted at-
tention as an advocate of statewide pro-
hibition and as chairman of the com-
mittee on geological survey. He filed
on a farm near Hobart eight years ago.
SUNSHINE FOR 146 DAYS
MANGUM, Okla., Aug. 31—With sun
shining this morning makes the day
there has been continuous sunshine,
rather than the sun has shone sometime
during ihe day. Hut few clouds have
obscure<i the sky, though rain fell twice
wiUiia the period.
JEFFERSON CITY, Aug. 30—Mrs.
Stella Barclay must go back to To-
peka, Kansas, to stand trial on the
charge of kidnaping 5-year-old Mar-
ian Bleakley, the famous St. Louis
world's fair 'Incubator baby." from
the home of the child's natural moth-
er. Mrs. Charlotte Bleakley, one week
ago today. This was the decision of
Acting Governor Gmeiich of Missouri
late today when he formerly honored
the requisition of Governor Stubbs of
Kansas for the return to that state
of Mrs. Barclay and John W. Gentry,
the Kansas City private detctive em-
ployed by her to help in the alleged
kidnaping at Topeka last week.
The second requisition, charging the
defendants with felonious assault up
on a male relative of the little girl,
the alleged assault being incidental to
the kidnaping was also honored by
the acting governor.
AN EXHAUSTIVE HEARING
Today's action by Acting Governor
Gmeiich folowed the exhaustive hoar
ing upon the Kansas requisitions held
here yesterday. At that time counsel
for the state of Kansas urged that the
defendants be sent back to that state,
asserting that a fair trial would be
given them, while Mrs. Barclay's law
yers contended that a fair and im-
partial trial could not be had at To-
peka because of the public sentiment
against the defendant which has ex*
isted there since the trial.
The acting governor issued no state-
ment in connection with his formal
action today and declined to say any
thing about the case.
The crime *of kidnaping on which
the defendants must now stand trial,
is a penitentiary offense in Kansas.
Acting Governor Gmelich's action
today followed a thorough and care
ful review of all the testimony and
affidavits submitted at yesterday's
hearing.
MRS. BRADLEY ANNOUNCES
READINESS TO RETURN
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 30.—The re-
quisition granted t6dny by Acting
Governor Gmeiich for the return to
Kansas of Mrs. Stella Barclay and
John W. Gentry, principals in the In-
cubator baby kidnaping case, will
not become effective until next Mon-
day morning at least, the time set for
the habeas corpus hearing before
Judge Porterfleld of the circuit court
here. What action Judge Porterfleld
will take in the matter Is not known,
but it is predicted that he will prompt
ly dismiss the habeas corpus rpoceed-
ings, and allow the case to go to
Kansas with the removal of Mrs. Bar-
clay and Gentry there. The wait un-
til Monday Is said merely to be a
matter of form, as Mrs. Barclay Is out
on $3,000 bonds to appear before
Judge Porterfleld Monday, and what-
ever actions he may take in the mat-
ter besides releasing the woman from
bonds. It is declared, will In no wise
interfere with the carrying out of the
requisition. Topeka authorities have
notified the police department that of-
ficers will be in Kansas City to take
Mrs. Barclay and Gentry to 'Topeka
at the conclusion of the court hear-
ing here.
Mrs. Barclay, as soon as she learn-
ed of the action of the governor in
granting the requistion, went to police
headquarters this evening.
She said that she would be ready
to go to Topeka Monday.
Gentry, ever since his arrest
week ago. has been a prisoner In a
local police station and will remain
there until Monday.
The expected dismissal of the ha
beas corpus proceedings will have no
effect on the question of the custody
of the kidnaped child. This ques
tion will he settled early in Septem
her by another habeas corpus action,
now pending in the circuit court.
NOW IN WASHINGTON.
Judge Eyan of Muskogee One of
the Notables.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 30—Among
the Oklahomans In Washington are Judge
Thomas Ryan of Mus-cogee, who for four-
teen years served in congress and for
eleven years as assistant secretary of
the interior under the reign of the late
Ethan Allan Hitchcock. Judge Ryan is
now a special assistant of the Interior de-
partment and is connected with the
uawes commission. He just ran down
from Pennsylvania, where he is spend-
ing the heated term to transact some
personal business. He will return to
Ok la noma about September 4.
Mrs. A. J. McMahan of Oklahoma City,
is among the late arrivals In the national
capital. She Is registered at Hie Raleigh.
Indian Agent Dana H. Kelsey of the
Union agency at Muskogee, arrived on
Wednesday from Port Huron, Mich ,
where he is spending his vacation, and
\% busy with the interior department
over the Oklahoma oil situation.
ALDRICH TO E7P-0PE.
NEW YORK, Aug. 30.—U. S. Senator
Nelson W. Aldrlch of Rhode Island,
chairman of the national monetary com-
mission, appointed by congress last year
to Improve the currency system of the
United States, sailed for Europe on the
steamer Amerlka today in the interests
of the commission.
SUCCESSOR FOR McHARG
Details oi the President's Meet-
ing With Diaz of Mexico Dis-
cussed by Secretary Knox, With
His Chief—Four Cabinet Mem-
bers Will Be of the Party.
BUVKKLY, Aug. 31.—Prenldeut Taft
closed un exceptionally busy afternoon
with the announcement that he hag de-
cided to make Beverly the summer
capital again next year. Mr. Taft has
taken another season's lease of the cot-
tage on Woodberry Point and the town
Is rejoicing tonight.
Among the announcements made to-
day was the selection of Henry Hoyt,
former solicitor general, as counsellor
of the state department. This is a new-
ly created office. The counsellor of tn«
department will deal with all the large
legal questions and will have especial
supervision over the negotiation of
treaties. The Important Japanese treaty
is to be entered into within the next
two years and Mr. Hoyt will devote
himself largely to the framing of this
measure. International law will be the
field of the counsellor and Secretary
Knox feels that a long existing want
In the department has been happily
filled.
NEW FAR EASTERN BUREAU.
Secretary Knox also took up with the
president the organization of tho new
far eastern bureau of the state depart
ment. The far eastern bureau, newlv
created, will have for Its purpose the
fostering of American trade returns In
the Orient, president Taft is especially
Interested in this direction.
Secretary Knox made the further an-
nouncement today that Charles M. Pep-
pers and M H. Davis, special agents of
the department of commerce and labor,
have been transferred to the new bureau
of trade relations on the tariff in the
state department. This bureau Is in no
way connected with the new tariff com-
mission authorized in the Payne bill,
but will have special functions of Its
own in Investigating trade relations ne-
tween various foreign countries and ad-
vising the department on commercial
questions arising out of foreign Inter-
course.
BALLINGER ON HIS WAY.
Secretary of the Interior Balllnger, who
is now on his way to Washington from
Seattle, Is coming to Beverly within the
next ten days to see the president.
President Taft said today that so far as
he wa* concerned there was nothing In
particular that he desired to take up
with Mr. Balllnger.
Reports which. It is said, the president
has called for in connection with trans-
actions which have figured In the Bal-
llnger-Plnchot controversy, should be In
his hands by the time Secretary Ballln-
ger arrives in Beverly.
President Taft announced today that
a successor to Ormsby McHarg, assist-
ant secretary of commerce and labor,
has been chosen, but no announcement
will be made until it is learned that the
man the president has in mftid will ac-
cept the office.
MEXICAN TRIP DETAILS.
Mr. Knox discussed briefly with the
president today the details of his meet-
ing with President Diaz, of Mexico, at
E71 Paso, Texas, October 16. When he
receives President Diaz at El Paso, the
president wll be accompanied by four
cabinet officers—Secretary of State
Knox, Secretary of War Dickinson.
Postmaster General Hitchcock, and
Secretary of Commerce and Labor Nagei.
After receiving President Diaz on
American territory, President Taft will
cross the Rio Grande and return the
visit at Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. When
this call is ended, President Taft will
return to the United States and later
In the evening will go again across the
line to Juarez to attend a banquet ten-
dered by the Mexican government.
CAR TAX VALID, SAYS COURT
RULING IS IMPORTANT.
Affects Every Corporation Doing
Business in Colorado--Origin of
Case.
DENVER,\ Aug. 31.—Judge Lewis, in
the federal court, today held the flat tax
of $2 per car for every $1,000 of capital
stock of foreign corporations, imposed by
tlie state of Colorado, valid. In this con-
nection he sustained the demurrer of
Former Secretary of State O'Connor to
the complaint of the Santa Fe railroad
that the tax was an interference with
Interstate commerce. O'Connor was giv-
en the Santa Fe tax of $8,000 under pro-
test and the court also holds that this
was a voluntary payment, and as such
the state Is entitled to retain the money.
O'Connor In view of the protest, kept
the money until the case could be set-
tled In court The Santa Fe brought
suit to recover, and today's decision is
the outcome.
Unless the railroad appeals, Mr. O'Con-
nor will now turn the money over to the
state. The decision Is important to ev-
ery foreign corporation doing business in
Colorado.
turned down jobs.
Ed Culver, Who Was Wounded
at San Juan, Now on Farm.
FORT GIB80N. Okla., Aug. SI.—Ed
Culver was In Fort Gibson during the
past week on his way to Vian. Culver
nad a noted career In the Spanlsh-
Amerlcun war. He was In the battle of
San Juan Hill, was close to Captain
"Bucky" O'Neal when he was killed, a
lttie ways from Colonel Roosevelt, a no
was wounded by the same bullet that
killed youi.g Hamilton Fish.
Culver was a big man with the Fish
family and the New York "400" for a
while, -and after Colonel Roosevelt be-
came president of the United States was
offered several positions, which he de-
clined. He finally came back lo Okla-
homa and married an Indian girl near
Vian, whtre he now Uvea on a farm.
WILL1NU HANDS
WORK IN RUINS
CHARITY ORGANIZES TO
FEED THOUSANDS OF
HOMELESS MEXICANS.
FATALITIES TO REACH 2,000
City Is in Darkness and at Night-
fall a Motley Crowd Seems Ir-
resistibly Drawn to Stricken
Quarter—Diaz Wires $50,000
and U. S. Contributes.
MONTEREY, Mexico, Auru't 31.—
With eight hundred bodies recovered
and buried in Monterey up to night
fall, two thousand is now the esti-
mate of the city authorities of those
who lost their lives throughout the
valley of the Santa Catarina river.
The number of homeless, many desti-
tute, is placed at between 15,000 and
20,000.
Tonight the Santa Catarina river at
Monterey has subsided sufficiently to
permit a passage into the district ly-
ing to the south and a visit to that
section by a correspondent of the As-
sociated Press revealed an appalling
condition. People who had been sav-
ed from the flood of Saturday morning
had been without foo<J until today.
The river was still running swiftly
and to get across it was necessary to
wade through half a mile of water so
as to avoid the current which was
still strong enough to sweep a man
from his feet.
HUNDREDS OF BODIES BURIED
Once on the south side of the river
evidences of the terrible destruction
by the flood were te be seen on every
side. Five blocks of the district were
as though they had never existed and
in the remaining portion of the dis-
trict bodies were being taken from the
ruins and burled by a party of gen-
darmes sent across for the purpose.
At 4 o'clock 400 bodies had been re-
covered and were burled on the hill-
side south of San Lulsltoc. This with
the same number buried yesterday,
makes in all S00 bodies which have
been recovered in Monterey alone.
Reports from the country up and
down the valley are meager. Reports
from down the river state that many
bodies have been recovered btit there
are many that will never be accounted
for, as the river bed is filled with the
quicksands and many of those lost
have, no doubt, disappeared forever.
PUSHING WORK OF RELIEF
The authorities are doing all in their
pbwer and the government has sent
$50,000 In money and provisions for
the relief of the sufferers. Contribu-
tions have been received from San An-
tonio and New York firms which have
agencies In this city and have au-
thorized their representatives to give
liberally to any fund being raised for
relief. Many houses have fallen from
the effects of the continuous rains
which occurred during the 72 hours
ending at noon Sunday. During this
time 21 7-8 inches of rain fell In Mon
terey and up the Santa Catarina can
yon.
RAILROADS OUT OF BUSINESS
The Mexican Central's Tampico
branch is badly damaged and the San
Juan bridge is entirely destroyed. It
will be three weeks before traffic Is
fully restored.
South of the city the damage is not
known, as no word can be gotten to
Saltillo, but It Is known that the
bridge at Rlnconada is out and that
a big washout has occurred at Oar-
sea Garcia.
The railroad propetry loss Is esti-
mated by officials of the lines at $1,-
000,000, which, added to the loss In the
city, makes the amount 21,000.000 of
property damage here and vicinity,
LAREDO, Texas, Aug. 31.—While
conditions are gradually being brought
back to normal as fast as willing work-
ers can bring about results, it may be
many days before Menterey will resume
its wonted tranquility.
The various organized relief corps are
voring to secure Identification of the dead
bodies as they are brought In by search-
ers, while other committees are charged
with the duty of seeing to the sheltering
and feeding of the thousands of home-
less. Hundreds of victims wander dls
tractedly about the srene of the flood,
hoping against hope that they inay be
able to encounter missing relatives or at
least recover their bodies and give them
a christain burial.
ESTABLISH SOUP HOUSES.
Prompt measures taken to house and
feed the homeless have proved effective
and very few, if any, have been permlt-
etd to go hungry. Soup Kitchens have
been established at four different places
throughout the city, where food and cof-
fee are. doled out to the needy.
While the poor are the greatest suf-
ferers, the flooded district principally
having been on the flats along the east
banks of the Santa Catarina river, they
are not alone in their losses, for the rich
as well were more or less inconvenienced
and were compelled to leave their resi-
dences. They did not suffer the loss or
furniture as did the poorer element
MANY BODIES IDENTIFIED.
Of the four hundred or more bodies
thus far recovered, about thirty per cent
have been identified and were Interred
today. The balance will be Interred Dy
the city authorities tomorrow if not iden-
tified by friends or relatives.
Press reports have estimated the loss
of life at anywhere from 400 to 1,200
lives, but private individuals venture fig-
ures even more astounding. A prominent
capitalist and business man of Monterev
has hazarded the assertion that the death
roll will eventually reach 2.000. How-
ever. It is thought that this estimate may
be exaggerated owing to the excitement
and chaotic conditions existing in Monte-
rey.
CITV IS IN DARKNESS.
The city remains In darkness. When
uUhlladl com** Ihcr. is a juotley uowii
French Method of
Developing the Bust
Mdme. DuBarrie Explains How
the Bust May Be Developed
2 to 8 Inches in 30 Days.
"1 am explaining for the first time to
the ladies of America," says Madam Da
Barrle, "the French method of developing
the bust. It is much more effective, tbe
result appear much more quickly, tt>e
bre-.ists become more firm, plump and
symmetrical, the method is more simple,
effects more lasting, and altogether
beyond comparison with the results pro-
duced here.
"You know the French people have the
development of the bust and form down
to a line point.
"By this French method, the breasts
may be developed from 2 to 8 inches In
30 days. This applies to women of al-
most any age, from young girls to eld-
erly matrons, whether the bust Is abso-
lutely not developed at all, or has grown
weak and flabby, and hangs, no matter
from what cause.
"It Is beauty of form th;vt attract!
much more than features Y*u \fll al-
ways find it so with hot ft sexes.
"I will be jnly too glad to tell arjr
woman who Is Interested what this simple
Freuch method h. If she will enclose a 2
rent stamp to pay for the postage. 1
will stud an Illustrated booklet In a plain
«caled wrapper that will explain It all."
We suggest to our lady readers that
they write to Madame DuBarrie for
partlrularf of this remarkable Frencn
method, enclose 2 cents In stamps for the
Illustrated booklet and address It to
Mdme. DuRarrle, Suite 554, Lenox Build-
ing. Chicago, 111.
wending its way in the direction of the
scene of the flood, which seems to exer-
cise a deep fascination over them.
The burst water mains have not yet
been repaired, but officers of tBe com-
pany state that they expect to be able
to partially resume the water supply
tomorrow.
Railway, telephoue and telegraph com-
munication is either out of commission or
so badly crippled that It Is practically
useless. The National railway of Mex-
ico has been a heavy loser by reason of
the recent floods. Fully 75 miles of track
and several culverts and bridges have
been washed away. There is absolutely
no train service between Laredo and
Monterey.
RAILWAY CREWS SAFE.
The National railway for the first time
tonight secured reliable telegraph con-
nection between this city and Monterey.
Several trains are stalled on the road
and It was not deflnately known until
tonight whether or not the crews were
safe. Word came In tonight, however,
that all are safe. Indications are tint
railway traffic will be impeded until
Thursday or Friday. The telegraph
communication is carried on over two
lines into the city by way of circuitous
routes.
Monterey authorities are highly appre-
ciative of the fa> i that many contribu-
tions have already been received by tele-
graph from the United States. This
money, together with the funds supplied
by the wealthy citizens of the city and
from various parts of the Republic, is
being utilised to purchase food for the
destitute families and to assure them "f
shelter until they can again secure
domiciles.
tireat difficulty was experienced by
special newspaper corresiKmarnts In se-
curing transmission of press matter to
points in the United States, owing to the
peculiar laws governing the extension of
press rates.
DIAZ WIRES $50,000
TO THE RELIEF FUND.
MEXICO (JITY. Aug. 31.—President
Diaz today telegraphed 950.000 to Monte-
rey. Vice president Corral has contri-
buted $2,000 and Ambassador Thompson
11,000 to the fund. Others are contri-
buting liberally, a public subscription list
aavlng been opened In all parts of tno
Republic.
The fact that the Red Cross of the
United States is to give aid to the suf-
ferers has been learned here with pro-
found t tlsfactlon. On behalf of the
United States government, the American
ambassador has sent condolences to
President Diai.
LOSS FIXED AT $30,000,000.
The National Bank officials estimate
the loss in the business center of Monte-
rey at $5,000,000. The loss to the big
smelter and Industrial plants outside the
city limits will amount to as mucn more.
The value of the eighteen blocks of
buildings, mostly of poor construction,
which were destroyed, is fixed at about
$8,000,000. The railway losses, although
not yet known, are believed to reach
$4,000,000. Many of the smaller settle-
ments In the state have been wholly de-
stroyed, or badly damaged, while the
crops everywhere have been ruined. It
is estimated that the total losses In the
whol^ district affected by the cyclone
and floods will approximate $30,000,000.
1,200 OR MORE DEAD.
The latest returns today give the num-
ber of dead at 1,200 and 1,400. General
Reyes Is said to have left his mountain
retreat and is coming to the aid of the
people. Reyes has been pp^ tlcally sur-
rounded by government troops m%r the
mountain town of Oaleana for a fort-
night. The announcement that he is
coming to Monterey has created much
comment, even in the face of the great
disaster; poss. ly political complications
are fearefl.
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