WORK DAY AND NIGHT
Belief Forces Under High Pressure
Flood Devastated District.
in
TRYING TO HE PAIR THE RAILROADS
'oar Da j Before Traffla Rrsamea Nor
folk and Wnlcra Daoly Uamifnd
Tho fatality Lltt I Mot Lars as at
First Reported.
BLUEFIELD. W. Va.. June 26. The
West Virginia flood situation has not
many new developments, but it Is au
thentically stated that the loss of life
has been greatly overestimated, al
though the loss of property can hard
ly be estimated. The most conserva
tive estimate obtainable places the loss
of life at about fifty, a great part of
whom are colored miners and their
families. A great many more are
missing and are supposed to have been
swept away.
There are great piles of debris and
It will take many days to find all the
bodies. The Norfolk & Western Rail
road company will lose at a conserva
tive estimate $500,000, not taking Into
consideration the delay to traffic, etc.
The double track is practically washed
away for a distance of six miles and
at least 3,500 men are at work day
ind night repairing roadbed and re
moving drift. The Cumberland Val
ley electric light car arrived todar
nd will be used to prosecute the work
at night. It will be four days before
any traffic can be resumed.
The loss to the coal operators will
reach about $400,000 outside of the de
lay at the mines in loading, etc.
The property loss by private parties
13 heavy and cannot be estimated at
this time. It is thought U will reach
the $1,000,000 mark.
General Boggs and Colonel Hudson
of Governor White's staff arrived to
day to hold a conference with the
general superintendent of the Norfolk
& Western railroad, to ascertain what
assistance is needed from the state au
thorities. The wires are deluged with
press work and hundreds of messages
are received hourly from anxious
friends in all parts of he United
States, inquiring about relatives and
friends. Until traffic is resumed and
all communications opened it will be
impossible to estimate with any de
gree of certainty either th-i loss of life
or of property.
lICKET IS COMPLETE.
Ttash and Nippert Lead Ohio Republi
can' Standard Rearers.
COLUMBUS. O., June 26. The
r.eket:
For governor, George K. Nash.
For lieutenant governor. Carl L.
Nippert.
For supreme judge, J. L. Price.
For attorney general, John
M.
Sheets.
For clerk of the supreme court,
Lawson E. Emerson.
For state treasurer, Isaac B. Cam
eron. For member of Board of Public
Works.
The republican state convention
here today broke the Ohio record by
completing its work in Ihree hours.
The intense heat was prostrating and
Chairman Hanna Hot only cut short
his speech, but also those of others
and then dispatched business with the
utmost speed.
In those three hours tha convention
nominated a full state ticket, adopted
Its declaration of principles, endorsed
J. B. Foraker as republican candidate
for re-election as United States sen
ator, completed the party organization
for the campaign and transacted other
business.
Of the seven nominations only
three were new men, and cne of these,
Nippert, for lieutenant governor, was
nominated without opposition, after
Lieutenant Governor Caldwell had de
clined renomination. Nash, Sheets.
Cameron and Johnston were nomi
nated for second terms wi'hout oppo
sition. Chief of Police Killed,
SEATTLE, Wash., June 26. At 5:15
o'clock thi3 afternoon John W. Con
sidine, one of the proprietors of the
Standard gambling house and the Peo
ple's theater, shot and killed former
Chief of Police W. L. Meredith.
Plow Company Organize.
NEW YORK, June 26. The Na
tional Plow company, in which a num
ber of western capitalists are Inter
ested, was organized in Jersey City
today.
Hay's Hody at Cleveland.
CLEVELAND. June 26. The body of
the the late Adelbert S. Hay arrived
here at noon today from New Haven,
Conn. The casket was conveyed from
the Union station direct to Wade Mor
tuary chapel in Lake View cemetery,
where services were held late this
afternoon. Secretary Hay and family
were driven to the home of Samuel
Mather In Glenville. The floral trib
utes were so many that they entirely
covered the casket.
IMPOSSIBLE TO f IX LOSSES.
Means of Communication too Meagre to
Collect Facta Regarding- Flood.
KEYSTONE, W. Va., June 26. The
following story is told by an eyewit
ness of .the great flood:
"Keystone is the metropolis of the
Elkhorn mining country. It has but
one narrow street, and, because of
limited space, many houses were built
on piles or walls over the Elkhorn or
close up against the mountains. The
town follows the meanderings of the
stream for a mile.
"On Friday night at 11 o'clock the
storm struck the mountain and for six
hours rain fell in torrents. By 9 a.
m. the valley was a raging, seething.
angry torrent. Houses, barns, bridges,
fills, live stock and human beings
were swept by the mighty current and
dashed on the rocks or trees below.
"I was'an eyewitness of the disas
ter at Keystone, stopping at a hotel.
At the first warning many of the in
habitants took refuge on the mountain
side overlooking the town and river.
More than a hundred people, how
ever, remained in the town to look
after the women and children who
did not escape early. The bridge
leading to the depot was soon swept
away, then the angry waters rushed
through the only street in the town
and we found hundreds cut off from
the mountain retreat and the hotel
was made fast to the telephone poles
by means of a line. Hundreds of
lives were saved. But in attempting
to cross the muddy, surging waters
which swept like an avalanche down
the street, many lost thoir hold and
in plain sight of friends were carried
on into the river and drowned.
RECALLS C LSTER MASSACRE.
Twenty-Five Tears Ago the Brave Gen
eral Met His Death.
OMAHA. Neb.. June 26. Yesterday
was the twenty-fifth anniversary of
the massacre of General George A.
Custer in the Little Big Horn country
of Montana. The slaughter of General
Custer and 447 of his troopers took
place on Sunday, and it was several
days before the news of the tragedy
leached telegraph lines. Many of the
officers who were killed had been In
the Deoartment of the Platte and were
well known in this city. General Cus
ter had many warm personal friends
in Omaha and gloom was cast over the
city by the announcement of the ter
rible massacre.
General Custer was campaigning
against the Sioux at the time of his
death. With less than 500 troopers
be descended upon an Indian village
which wa3 supposed to contain but a
limited number of warriors. Custer
and his men were surrounled and an
nihilated and their bodies were discov
ered a short time afterward by Gen
eral Reno.
TOTAL LOSS ABOUT SIXTY.
This
Is the Conservative Estimate by
President Fink.
NEW YORK. June 26. Word was
received by Henry Fink, president of
the Norfolk & Western railroad, from
General Manager L. E. Johnson of the
system to the effect that the total loss
of life by the West Virginia floods
would amount to about sixty. Con
siderable damage had been done to a
number of mines, but some of the
more important were only slightly
damaged and will begin loading coal
today.
The dispatch added that the flood
of water was enormous in some places.
At the town of Ennis the rise had
amounted to six feet in thirty min
utes. The rapidity of the approach
of the flood, the dispatch says. wa3
responsible for the fact that so many
lives were lost.
Mr. Johnson reported that the Nor
folk branch of the Norfolk & Western
was nearly washed away and that it
would take a considerable time to re
pair it.
SECRETARY HAY RALLIES.
Arrangements For Son's Funeral Awaits
Mrs. nay's Advice
NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 26.
After passing a fairly restful night
Secretary Hay, who. arriving late yes
terday afternoon at the residence of
Seth H. Mosely. where the body of his
son lay, was stricken with physical
collapse, was very much improve'd
this morning.
It was stated at the house this
morning that no definite plans for the
funeral will be fixed upon until the
arriva' of Mrs. Hay and her daughter.
who are expected this afternoon from
Newbury, N. H., their summer home.
Meanwhile, however, arrangements are
being made for departure with the body
later In the day.
Consolidation of Railroad Offices.
CHICAGO. June 26. The Chronicle
today will say: It is reported here
that the offices of railroads in the
different combinations located in all
principal cities throughout the country
will be consolidated. The report la
revived in connection with the Mor
gan-Hill syndicate operations. It is
said that wherever separate offices
are now maintained by the Great
Northern, Northern Pacific and Bur
lington joint offices will be instituted.
HOLDING THE PASSES
United States Deputies Driven From the
Matewan Coal Fields.
ENTRENCHED IN THE MOUNTAINS
Her Minora Are Armed, With Nirrow
Rocky Pathways That Form Impregna
ble Natural Fortlcatlons The Men
Urged on by Women.
HUNTINGTON, W. Va.. June 25.
Today a posse of deputy United
States marshals, led by A. C. Hufford
of Bluefleld, were fired on by the
strikers and forced to flee from the
coal fields at Matewan. On their jour
ney from Bluefields the officers were
forced to travel twenty-five miles on
foot, owing to the destruction of the
railroad by flood. They leached Mate
wan Sunday evening and immediately
began serving notices of th? injunction
which had been Issued by Judge Jack
son of the federal court.
A mob cf strikers followed, armed
to the teeth with firearms. On all
sides could be heard the cry:
"Down with government by injunc
tion."
Women called down the vengeance
of heaven upon the marshals and chil
dren hurled Etone3 at them.
When nightfall had came notice had
been served on the strikers of all the
coal companies but one, and they
were to be served at Thacker. Fearing
an ambush they waited until morning
and early today set out for Thacker,
Some time before noon they attempt
ed to serve the injunction papers. A
mob followed, enraged to desperation
at the sweeping character of the in
junction. One reckless fellow fired
the first shot, and almost Instantly
the mountain sides echoed the reports
that followed the cracks of twenty or
thirty rifles. The deputies fled, barely
escaping with their lives.
The strike situation is assuming a
most serious stage. Sheriff Hatfield
Mas withdrawn all his deputies be
cause, it i3 said, he does not believe
in the policy being used to put down
the strike. The United States mar
shals have been left alone and aftCT
being chased from the field it is be
lieved that they will be strongly re
Inforced and return to flgnt when
they again appear to enforce the in
junction.
Tug river divides West Virginia
from Kentucky. On either side the
mountains are almost perpendicular
and the entire distance from bank to
bank is not more than 500 yards. On
the mountain side of West Virginia
the colleries are located. On the
Kentucky side are nothing but moun
tain paths. A band of strikers almost
a thousand strong have crossed over
into Kentucky and are occupying the
mountain passes. Here they are out
of reach of the deputy marshals and
command the entrances to the coller
ies. The strikers have nothing but
hatred and contempt for the marshals
and it is said that at the mass meet
ing at Thacker on Saturday night they
decided to ignore the injunction.
WHEAT PROSPECTS ABROAD.
Good In Southern and Central Europe
and Poor In Northern Portlno.
LONDON, June 23. The Mark Lane
Express, In its weekly ciop review,
noting the necessity for rain in the
United Kingdom, says: The wheat
has come into ear on remarkably
short stems and the ears will not fill
without more moisture.
Wheat cutting has begun in southern
Spain. The provinces of Andalusia
and Murcia expect fine yields and the
promise in central and northern Spain
is excellent. The wheat crop in cen
tral Europe is very promising on the
confines of the Adriatic and very bad
indeed on the confines of the Baltic,
Indicating that Crotia and Hungary
will have a good crop, while Prussia
and Prussian Poland will have a
serious deficiency. Mediocre results
may be expected in Bavaria and Aus
tria. Bill Company Loses.
BOSTON, Mass., June 25. Judge
Brown of the United States circuit
court today handed down a decision
adverse to the American Bell Tele
phone company in the suit for infringe
ment of patents brought against thi
National Telephone Manufacturing
company and .the Century Telephone
company. Bills in equity entered by
the Bell company are dismissed on the
ground that the patent involved in the
first case was void and that affecting
the second either was void or so limit
ed as not to be infringed by the de
fendants. Senator Kyle's Condition.
ABERDEEN, S. D., June 25. Sen
ator Kyle's condition has not changed
materially. He Is somewhat better
this morning than he was yesterday,
but is a very sick man.
Mew Station on Illinois Central.
CEDAR FALLS, la,, June 25. In
order to provide better track facilities
the Illinois Central railroad has de
cided to establish a new station by the
name of Wllke midway between Alden
and Williams.
CAILLES TIRNS IN ARMS.
Insurgent General and Six Hundred 6
Hla Followers Surrender.
SANTA CRUZ, Province of Laguna,
P. L .June 25. When General Cailles
surrendered here with 650 men and 500
rifles he entered Santa Cruz to the
music of native bands which were
drawn up In six lines in the church
yard. Cailles and bis staff entered
the church, where mass was celebrat
ed by Chaplain Hart of the Eighth
United States infantry.
The column passed in review before
the United States army headquarters
with arms at port, returned to the
enclosure, surrendered their rifles and
received receipts entitling them to
thirty pesos each. All the receipts
were deposited in the hats cf Cailles
and his officers, Cailles insisting that
the arms were not being sold, but be
longed to the revolutionary govern
ment and that the proceeds must go
to the widows and orphans. During
the surrender of arms, Cailles and his
staff, who were outside of the en
closure, wept.
The officers afterwards walked to
headquarters, where Cailles tendered
his sword to General Sumner, who gal
lantly handed it back. General Sum
ner also handed back the revolution
ists' flag, which Cailles will personally
present to General MacArthur. Gen
eral Sumner congratulated Cailles on
his surrender and the latter responded
that it was a happy day for Laguna
province.
The president of the federalists in
Laguna made a patriotic address to
the former Filipino officers and then
the latter and the rank and file of
the Filipinos took the oath of allegi
ance publicly on the piazza.
Frank Mekin, the deserter of the
Thirty-seventh infantry, who had
been acting as a lieutenant with the
insurgents under Cailles and who sur
rendered, was placed in irons.
FIRST STORIES WILD.
Deaths from West Virginia Floods Not So
Many as Reported.
ROANOKE. Va., June 23. The pas
senger train from the west over the
Norfolk & Western railroad, which Is
due here at 1:55 p. m., did not reach
Roanoke until 5:30 o'clock this morn
ing. When the train came in there
were many people at the station who
had waited anxiously all night for the
belated news carrier from the devas
tated coal field3 of West Virginia.
Among those who came in on this
train and who had been in the storm
was a prominent business man of
Roanoke, several railroad men and a
woman and two children. They came
direct to Roanoke from Vivian and
were compelled to walk a distance of
eleven miles from that place to the
small town of Ennis, where they
were enabled to get a train for this
city. These passengers declare that
the number of deaths has been exag
gerated, in their opinions, and feel
confident that not more than 100 peo
ple have lost their lives, though they
cannot say with any certainty as to
the number. The mountain districts
lying back from the railroads prob
ably have suffered heavily and the
exact loss of life will not be known
for several days.
Off for the North Pole.
NEW YORK, June 25. A dispatch
to the Journal and Advertiser from
Dundee says:
All is ready on the American. The
Baldwin-Zeigler expedition is about to
start for the north pole. The leaders
and the forty men who accompany
them, many well known se'entists, de
clare that they will not be content to
go "further north" than the Duke of
Abbruzzi, who holds the honor of hav
ing been "furthest north." They vow
they will reach the pole and plant the
American flag there.
The expedition i3 fortunately in fine
shape. She was formerly the Esqui
maux, the crack whaler cf the fleet
here.
It Is Gen. Crowder Mow.
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 25.
Commissions as brigadier generals
have been issued to Enoch H. Crow
der, judge advocate's department;
James Allen, signal corps, and Robert
L. House, cavalry. They will hold
these places until June 30. The ap
pointments are in recognition of the
services of these men in the Spanish
war and the Philippine campaign.
Gilbert Is Suspended.
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 25.
President Johnson of the American
league has wired Umpire Haskell that
Second Baseman Gilbert of the Mil
waukee base ball team has been sus
pended for five days. The cause of
suspension Is not known here.
Man Is Taken for a Deer.
SPEARFISH, S. D., June 25. There
have been rumors in town for several
days to the effect that a man had been
shot and killed in the Bear Gulch min
ing district, he being taken for a deer.
As near a3 can be learned two men
went into the gulch on a hunt. It Is
believed their names were Cook and
Dougal, the latter being the one killed.
It is stated they were residents of
Seim, S. D. The accident is said to
have taken place near Crow Peak.
WEST
VIRGINIA
STORM
.11
Hundreds Dead and a Tremesdoas Loss
of Property.
KEYSTONE THE WORST SUFFERER
A Cloudburst Deluges the Coal Regions
Town of 2,000 Inhabitants Is Swept
from Its Foontatlons Property Loss
Rivals Johnstown.
ROANOKE, Va., June 24. Passen
gers on a train from the west report
that about 300 people were drowned
yesterday evening along the Elkhorn
division of the Norfolk & Western
railroad and that miles of track and
bridges were washed out.
ine passengers on the train were
transferred by ropes from the train
to the mountainside near Vivian, W.
Va .
All wires are down over the de
vastated section and no other partic
ulars are obtainable. Those drowned
are said to include the most prominent
folks of the section.
The general manager of the Norfolk
A Western left for the scene. It will
probably be several days before the
road is open.
TAZEWELL, Va., June 24. The
trainmaster of the Norfolk & Western
railroad walked the track between
Vivian and North Fork, a distance of
twelve miles. He discovered thirty
bodies floating In the river.
WASHINGTON, June 24. The fol
lowing dispatches have been received
by the Washingtotn Post regarding the
reported loss of life by the flood in
West Virginia:
"BLUEFIELD. W. Va., June 24.
Flood in Pocahontas coal field equal
ing that of Johnstown. Two hundred
drowned. Impossible to estimate the
loss of property."
"ROANOKE. W. Va., June 24.
Cloudburst over Pocahontas division
of the Norfolk & Western this morn
ing. Keystone, Elkhorn, Vivian and
other towns wiped out. Railroad dis
patches say 500 lives are lost. One
house left In Keystone. Twenty-five
to thirty miles of railroad track are
destroyed."
BLUEFIELD. W. Va., June 24. This
entire section has just been visited
by a flood, the extent of which in all
probability will exceed that of Johns
town in 1SS9, so far as the loss of
property Is concerned. Yesterday morn
ing, shortly after midnight, a heavy
downpour of rain began, accompanied
by a severe electric storm, which vio
'ently increased in volume and contin
ued throughout the entire day and
night. At 10 a. m., while the storm
has abated, the lowering clouds would
indicate another terrific downpour at
any moment.
Many miles of the Norfolk & West
ern railroad tracks, bridges and tele
graph lines are entirely destroyed and
communication is entirely cut off west
of Elkhorn, so that it is Impossible
to learn the full etxent of the loss of
life and property, but officials of the
coal operations located in the stricken
districts have sent out messengers to
Elkhorn, the terminus of both tele
graphic and railroad communication,
and have received a report that a con
servative estimate of the loss of life
will easily reach 200. A number of
the drowned are among the most
prominent people in the coal fields.
FIRE IN THE STATE PRISON.
Attempt to Destroy the Remaining Wing-
Is Thwarted by Prompt Discovery.
LINCOLN. Neb., June 24. The re
maining wing of the Nebraska peni
tentiary building, one of which was
burned last March, narrowly escaped
destruction last evening from a fire
started maliciously. Governor Savage
and Warden Davis say by convicts
employed in the broom factory.
Prompt discovery allowed the flames
to be quenched in their .incipiency and
the damage is nominal. An investiga
tion in the broom building showed
that a candle had been lighted and so
placed that atter burning itself about
half way would communicate to a
mass of broom corn. The nozzle of
the hose had been plugged, but the
pressure was so strong that the water
removed the obstruction and the fire
was quenched.
Doer's Inflict Losses.
CRADOCK, Cape Coloney, June 24.
In an engagement at Waterkloof June
20 the British losj eight men and had
four men seriously wounded. In addi
tion sixty-six men of the cape (colon
ial) mounted rifles were captured.
Captain Shandow is reported to have
been wounded and one Boer killed.
Refuse Perishable Freight.
COLUMBUS, O., June 24. The Nor
folk & Western railroad officials here
have co information regarding the
disaster in West Virginia beyond the
fact that great damage has been done
to the road in the Pocahontas district,
a number of bridges having been wash
ed away. Orders were issued to ac
cept no perishable freight for ship
ment to points on the eastern end of
the line. No attempt is being made
to run trains east of Ken&va.
t
EX-CONSUL HAY KILLED.
The Son of Secretary Hay Meet With
- Violent Death.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 24.
Adelbert Stone Hay, former consul of
the United States at Pretoria, South
Africa, and eldest son of Secretary of
State John Hay, fell from a window
ir the third story of the New Ha
ven house in this city shortly before
2:30 o'clock this morning and was In
stantly killed.
The dead man was a graduate of
Yale of the class of '98 and his death
occurred on the eve of the university
commencement, which brought him
here yesterday, and in which, by vir
tue of his class office, the young man
would have been one of the leaders.
The terrible tragedy has cast a
gloom over the whole city and will
undoubtedly be felt throughout the
whole day, which heretofore has been
so brilliant and full of happincsss for
Yale and her sons.
The full details of the terrible ac
cident will never be known. Mr. Hay
had rooms at the New Haven house
for commencement week. It is gen
erally supposed, however, that after
going to his room he went to the win
dow for a!r and sitting on the sill he
dozed off and overbalancing fell to the
1-avement below, a fall of fully sixty
feet. The fall resulted in Instant
death and within fifteen minutes the i
body had been identified rs that of.'
young Hay. How it all hapepned be
came a matter of speculal'on on the
part of the throng of curious specta
tors who gathered and a subject of
mournful inquiry for the classmates
and friends of the young man.
JESSIE MORRISON SANfiLINE.
Has No Fear of t'nfavorable Verdict
When Case Comes to Jury.
ELDORADO, Kan.. June 24. Argu
ments in the second trial of Jessie
Morrison for the murder of Mrs. OHn
Castle will begin tomorrow morning.
It is believed the case will go to the
jury Tuesday evening. Miss Morrison
is absolutely confident that she will be
acquitted this time.
Today to a reporter she said: "I am
just as sure of acquittal as I am that
I am living this minute."
"The trial this time has rot been so
wearing on me," she continued. "It
was a terrible strain the first time.
This time, however, both sides rush
ed things and it did not become so
tiresome."
The defense has failed to locate J.
W. Morgan, the peddlar who was at
the Castle house the morning of the
murder. With him on the stand Miss
Morrison's attorneys had promised to
furnish a surprise.
GERMANY TO SOUND TRUSTS.
Intends to Lea in o" T. e!r Effect Upon the
Trade of the Country.
BERLIN, June 24. The World cor
respondent hears that Count ron Bue-
low proposes to send a commission of
experts to the United States to collect
all the available information on the
working of trusts and their effect on
the general trade of the country. The
German government and emperor are
deeply concerned at the trust develop
ments and the report of this commis
sion will determine whether special
legislation shall be Introduced in the
Reichstag dealing with them.
Chaffee Military Governor.
WASHINGTON, D. C. June 24.
Following the order issued yesterday
making Judge Taft civil governor of
the Philippines, an order has been
issued naming General Chaffee as mili
tary governor of the archipelago. The
military has been ordered to vacate
the Ayuntamiento, the large public
building which was erected out of
the municipal funds of Manila for gov
ernment purposes. This will be occu
pied by the civil officers In the Philip
pines. The palace of Malacayan, heretofore
occupied as headquarters for Generals
Otis and MacArthur, also has been or
dered vacated by the military authori
ties, and will be occupied by Governor
Taft.
Will Make Wheat Rise.
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 24. It
is now recognized as Inevitable that
the cereal harvests of 1901 in Prussia
will show the largest and most disas
trous deficit that has been recorded in jf
recent years, and the requirements of
the German empire In respect to for
eign grown foodstuffs will far exceed
those in any recent year.
These statements are included In a
long report upon the deficit in Ger
man breadstuffs received at the state
department from Consul General FraiTS
Mason at Berlin.
Modern Wonders In Paris.
PARIS, June 24. Ladles going this
year to Trouville, Deanville and other
resorts are much interested in a new
Italian invention, a life-saving corset,
Invented by Signor Montagnoll. It la
made of waterproof linen and can be
inflated in a few seconds. In one trial
of it a sailor was thrown Into the ses
with his hands and feet tied and a
125-pound weight attached to his legs.
He remained floating and four men
could not push him down.
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