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I'HK 1NOUKOLK WKWN : FUlDA 1 , JUNK 10. T Parliament Selects Prince Peter # v Without Opposition. NO DISSENTING VOICE IS RAISED. Karageorgevitch Receives the News W. 1 $ , ' and Wires Acceptance of Throne. ' ' Amnesty Is Granted Murderers of Royal Couple. Belgrade , Juno 1C. With scarcely . ; . . - ' the excitement which marks an ordl- ' 'L ' ' \ nary fete day in the- capital , Servla In- - * i \ Btltuted a now dynasty. Within less than two hours from the meeting in the wing of the royal palace , where King Alexander tttul his iiucen were shot down , the senuto and skupshtlua K * , w had legally and with duo formality ! * elected Prince Peter Karageorgovltch ' king of Sorvla and hud notified him by telegraph of the fact. The ceremony o. electing the king f Jwas conducted in the Sales des Fetes , \i \ \ which had boon beautilully arranged - ' the occasion. The metropolitan of Belgrade and the bishop of Nish , in their full robes of olllco , lent the sanc tion of their presence. The members of the provisional government and the presidents of the chamber sat at the head of the white and gold decorated hall , among them Colonel Alexander Maschin , Queen Draga's cousin , and now minister of public works , in full military uullorm , while below were grouped the members of the senate and the skupslitina. The formal motion that Prince Kara- georgovitch be elected king of Servla was moved by a radical deputy named Neschlts , who was attired in the na tional costume. Immediately a shout arose from the assembly of "Long live Karageorgevitch. " Each member was then called by'uamo and rose quietly from his seat and gave his vote for "Peter Karageorgevitch. " There was absolute unanimity , no other name but that of Prince Peter being pronounced. The result was greeted with loud cheers. The following telegram to the gov ernment was received from the new king : "The splendid proofs of devo- from my beloved people , my faithful - ful army and patriotic government , have deeply touched me. Prom the bottom 'of a true Servian heart , 1 _ thank Providence , which has vouch- f * ' . ' safed me , by God's mercy and through ' Ills will , to ascend the throne of my \ famous ancestors. I beg you , the pre- i ' mler and your colleagues In the gov ernment , to accept my royal acknowl edgment , with the assurance of my particular good will. " The resolutions adopted by the na tional assembly have practically granted immunity to all concerned in the coup d'otat. The day's proceedings on the whole were characterized by singular Im- passlvenosB. Only In the unreserved admiration for Colonel Maschin and the other conspirators could it be seen that the event was eminently popular. ( The town is full of unsavory gossip concerning the late queen and there is not n scintilla of sympathy for the murdered royal couple. Belgrade , June 15. Complete order prevails In Belgrade and absolute quiet is reported throughout Servla. The capital wears a much more peace ful aspect. The military have been Svlthdrawn from public olliccs and only a few sentries uie now guarding the royal palace. The streets of this cap ital bear an animated appearance , be ing crowded with officers and a large number of students , who have arrived from abroad. It is believed , with the object of demonstrating in favor of Prince Peter Knnigeoigevilch as king Some republican tendencies are notable among ( he students who have studied In France nnd Switzerland. These latter , however , arc quite over shadowed by the opinion of the majorIty - Ity and there seems to bo no doubt that the national assembly will today pronounce in favor of u monarchy , and elect Prlnco Karageorgevitch. ffhe newspapers continue to point out the impossibility of the establishment of a republic and advocate the elec tion of Prlnco Karageorgevitch in or der to assure a brigther epoch in Ser- flrlan politics. The foreign representatives in Bel grade continue to maintain an air of * trlct reserve. At conference of senators and dep- htios It was unanimously decided that the constitution voted by the great 'assembly in 1888 should be put into force and that Prlnco Peter Kara- eeorgevltch should bo unanimously elected king at today's mooting of the kupshtlna and senate. After the election n deputation of the assembly iwlll bo sent to await on Prince Peter find communicate to him the decision pf the national assembly. After the election of the king , the Bkupshtlna will draw up a program ol prou-duro for the now Rovcrt-lgn mill will tliL'ii adjourn until the arrival of tl'o King nt Bolgtado. The sovor- xn will then form u new ministry and dissolve the skupshtlna. The government has pardoned all persons linpilHuncd for political and press off - f 'HBo and ordered their Immediate roluiibo. No an cats have occurred nor have any sentences been passed since the tragic events of last Thurs day. The court of cassation and the appeal coutt nusp rrded thulr Bitting fiom that time , Prlnco Karagcorgovltch. although little Is known of him among the pco. plo generally hero , seems to have caught the public fancy nnd his elec tion will be n popular one. Former Queen Natalia has tele graphed to her former lady-ln-wnltlng to make Inquiries whether she will bo permitted to come to Servla and visit her son's grave. Lieutenant Colonel Zlvnnovlcs of the general staff com- milted BUlcldo by shooting himself. It Is understood that the officer took his life because among the late king's papers was found a letter from Zlvan- ovtrs Informing him of the plot against his life. WAITERS' SPURN ARBITRATION. Strike In Chicago Is Still Far From Settlement. Chicago , June 10. The combined ef forts ot President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor and half u dozen of the most prominent la bor leaders In Chicago to bring about a pouyc'Hil adjustment of the hotel and restaurant strike were unavailing. The Joint board of the strikers' unions ret used all overtures lor peace and the work ot calling strikes will be contin ued. Moves were made from three di rections to influence the strikers to ar range for a settlement of the strike by arbitration. Secretary Drlscoll of the Associated Teaming Interests told the strikers' representatives that they must meet with the hotel keeper s' as sociation and talk arbitration. Presi dent Morton of the stationary fire men's union appeared before the gov erning body of the strikers nnd gave the entire board the same advice. Both these unlooked-for developments came at a time when the joint council had started out t'/.rec committees on G crusade against every restaurant and hotel In the city that had not signed the union scale. This pressure from the outside unions resulted In the call ing off of the strike committees , and afte. ' the employes had been ordered out In five restaurants , the Joint coun cil asked for a conference with Presi dent Gompers to listen to his plans for settling the trouble. The board heard moro arbitration talk from Pres ident Gompers , but his advice was overruled. RAILROAD GRADERS KILLED. Trestle Gives Way and Four Men Are Buired Under Tons of Earth. Cheyenne , Wyo. , Juno 1C. A rail road trestle gave way at the Elmore grading camp near Otto , causing the death of four men and the injury of four others. The dead are : Antonio Piccone , Domonlc Marino , Antonio Aspromonto and Nicola Fata The Injured are : Brake man C. P. Murray , Mat Brown , .Walter Vickery and Ben Baughn. The men were engaged in loading earth on a string of cars that were pushed out on a long trestle where dirt was dumped to make a fill. When the first four cars reached the center of the trestle the huge framework gave way and the four cars were pre cipitated to the bottom of the ravine. The Italians were burled under tons of earth and rock and were dead wlien found. MODERN WOODMEN SPLITS. Three Hundred Name Johnson for Head Cousul. Indianapolis , June 1C. Four hundred delegates to the thirteenth annual convention of the Modern Woodmen have airived from thirty-one states. There are 20,000 visitors in the city and at the camp of the Foresters , the military branch of the Woodmen , there are 2,800 uniforms , representing 211 teams , which will hold competi tive drills for prizes. A circular was distributed among the delegates call ing for a mass meeting of all who were opposed to a "spoils system , ring rule and machie governments. " The meet ing was held at English's hotel , nearly 300 persons being present. J. G. John son of Kansas was endorsed for head consul , and a committee appointed to name a list of candidates for other offices to oppose what was called the "administration slate. " Miners Escape From Burning Shaft. Newcastle , Pa. , June 1C. The sev enty-five miners working In the shaft of the Thompson Run coal mine faced death when a huge oil can , located 100 yards within the entrance of the main shaft , exploded and took fire. The entrance was blocked by a wall of fire , but the entombed miners es caped through a second opening , a mile distant. The fire burned fiercely for some time , but was finally extin guished. Passenger Dies on Train. Salina , Kan. , Juno 16. Professor Herbert Schanz , aged seventy years , a German musician of Los Angeles , died on an eastbound Missouri Pa cific train a few miles west of Salina. He was with his wife and was going to their old home at Milwaukee. The high altitude crossing the mountains is thought to have been the cause of his death. Freight Handlers Strike. Kansas City , June 1C. Freight handlers employed by the Santa Fe Railway company struck because they believed that they were to be replaced by negroes. The freight handling department - partment of the Santa Fe was entire ly tied up by the strike. Oregon Town Almost Entirely Destroyed by Cloudburst. CWEPT DY WALL OF WATER. People and Buildings Carried Awny In Torrent Corpses Are Found Piled on One Another Mingling With Debris. Portland , Ore. , Juno 1C. The moat appalling disaster In the history ot this slate occurred last overling , when the town of Heppner was almost en tirely destroyed by a cloudburst and probably COO people drowned. Hcpp- uer Is the county seat of Morrow county and has about 1,250 inhabi tants. The most reliable reports Htuto that the loss of life at Heppner will ho at least500 , although the number of dend , probably , Is large/ . All the telegraph and telephone- wires are down. A report from lone , seventeen rnllos from Heppner , status that 300 bodies have been recovered. A messenger who arrived at lone states that a wal' of water twenty feet high , rushed down Into the gulch In which Hoppncr Is situated , nnd carried everything before - fore It. The flood canro with such sud denness that the Inhabitants wcro mm- bio to seek places of Hafety and were carried down to death by the awful rush of water. Almost the entire resi dence portlorr of the town was wiped out , but some of the business part , which Is on higher ground , escaped. Hugo boulders , weighing a ton , were carried down by the current and many people killed by being dashed against the rocky bluff. Early In the afternoon a thunder storm occurred , covering a wide region of country , and later a heavy rain storm set Irr , marry of the small streams quickly overflowing their banks. Bridges were swept away like straws and the darkness of the night soon rnado the situation more appalling. As soon as possible after the terrible flood subsided the work of relief was commenced by the citizens o/ the town. Dozens of bodies were found lodged along the bends of the stream and in several places they wcro piled over ono another. The buildings which were not carried away were moved from their foundations or top pled over. Hundreds of horses , cattle , sheep and hogs that had gene Into the creek bottoms for water perished. News of the calamity did not reach the outside world until morning , all the means of communication having been cirt off. As soon as possible news was sent by courier to the near by towns. The Oregon Railroad and Navigation company started a relief train from The Dalles with a party of 100 , Including doctors , nurses and sup plies of all kinds. The citizens of Portland started a relief fund as soon as the news of the disaster spread over the city and within a few hours $5,000 was raised. Supplies will be rushed to Heppner as soon as they can be assembled. Three Hundred Coffins Needed. Word was received hero from lone that 300 colllns were needed at orrco nt Heppner. The tollowlng Is a list of the Iden tified bodies : Mr. Krug and family , Thomas Howard and family , James Jones and family , Dr. McSwards , Mr. Carr's family , family of C. A. Rhea , Mrs. Charles Andrews and children , Mrs. Robert Balrd and children , Mr. Wells and family , Jim Matlock , Tom Matlock's family , Dr. Hlgg's children , Miss Elliott , Miss Elder , Bill Cohen nnd family , Herbert Bartholomew's family , W. M. Walton and family , Mr. Gelger , John Myers , Ben Patterson , George Noble and family , Bob Hinds and family , Mr. and Mrs. Dawson , oc cupants of Heppner hotel , Mrs. W. II. Berg , Mrs. Charles Curtis , George Tlnsley , wife and child , II. A. Boyd's family , Chris M. Ashbaugh , Carl Jones nnd family , George Swardard , John M. Kernan and wife , C. E. Maltfleld nnd family , Bert Cabots and family , H. C. Gerzer and family , family of Ben Patterson , several Chinese. Fifteen buildings in the town of Lexington , nine miles below Heppner , on Willow Creek , were washed away , but with no loss of life , the inhabi tants having time to save themselves from the surging torrent. At lone considerable damage was done to buildings , though no loss of life Is reported from there. A horseman rode ahead of the flood nnd warned the people of Lexington and lone , and by this means the loss of life at these places was prevented. A. P. Bradbury , a Portland traveling man , said : "Tho creek , which ordi narily is ten feet wide and six Inches deep , in less than ten minutes was 400 feet wide and twenty feet deep. The wall of water could bo seen coming down the gulch , but it rushed with euch rapidity that the stricken inhab itants had not tlmo to get out of its path. Brick and frame buildings were whirled down stream for two miles nnd many bodies were found along the bank. The residence portion suffered most. The Heppnor hotel was carried away , but the Palace hotel was left standing , though the water covered the first floor. R. D. Ball rushed into the torrent and rescued Mrs. Elizabeth Matlock , but her husband , James Mat- lock , perished. John A. Kernan , the railway atent , wired the news to lone and then attempted to escape from the rushing wall of water , but he was carried down to death. Frank Hart took the two Kernan children and Kernan attempted to save his wife , but she , too , was carried away. Hart and hla two children w raved avod- " The World's Famous Catarrh Remedy Pe-ru-na. Senator . W.V , Sullivan Cx-Conqressm onnnot oxprcfw tl Senator TV. V. Rulllvnn. United StutcH Senator Sullivan from Mississippi writes the following en dorsement of Poruna : "I ( k'Hire to Hay that I have been taking Peruna for Bomo tlino for catarrh and have found it an excellent mcdlclnu , giving mo moro relief than anything I have over taken. " W.V.SULLIVAN. CongrrNKiimii llomiilun X , I.lnnoy , From Morlli Carolina , writes : " My private secretary Iran been using Peruna for catarrh. Ho hud as had a cane as I over Haw , and Hluco he lms taken one bottlu he Rucins like a dif ferent man. I don't think any man who Is under a nervous strain should DEWEY HEARING BEGINS. Attorney General Coleman Takea Charge of Procecutlon. Topeku , June 10. The preliminary hearing of Chauncuy Dewey , Clydo Wilson and W. J. McIJrlUc , accused of killing the Berry lamlly , began today in St. Francis. Attoiney Gcncrcil Coleman - man bus charge of tuo prosecution. Military protection will bo withdrawn from Dewey and his two employes as soon as their preliminary hearing la concluded. Dewey Is exceedingly anxious to so- euro bail and to do this will bo the main effort of his attorneys at the hearing. Ho can glvo any amount of ball required. If the prisoners are bound over without ball , Governor Bailey has ordered the sheriff of Chey enne county to remove them to some other county for safe keeping , where the militia will not bo necessary for their protection. Adjutant General Kelsey has Informed Captain Cunning ham , who is in command of the state troops at St. Francis , of this order. Captain Cunningham Is Instructed to conduct the sheriff with the prisoners to the train and guard them till tha train leaves and then the sheriff will have to look after them himself. Where they will be taken to is not known , but even if they are admitted to bail the Dcwoys will hardly dare to remain In the country , as the set tlers would doubtless avenge the deaths of the Berrys at the first oppor tunity. Eastern capitalists are already ask ing the Deweys to place a price on their ranch , with the Idea that the set tlers would not allow Chauncey Dewey to remain there even if ho should get out of his present trouble , but ho says ho has not thought of selling. Sunday School Association Meets. Des Molnes , Juno 1C. The thirty- eighth annual convention of the Iowa State Sabbath School association was opened here , with 500 delegates pres ent. The session will last two days , 1,500 delegates being present. Among the speakers of national reputation are : Alfred Day , Detroit , general secretary Michigan association ; Mrs. Jean Hobart , secretary Minnesota as- sociatlon ; Florence Benn-Ollel and Mrs. J. Wood Ridges Barnes , Interna tional primary secretary. Professor P. P. Bllhorn of Chicago has tralped a choir of GOO voice | , Seventeen dele gates to the fourth world's Sunday school convention at Jerusalem in April , 1004 , will bo chosen. Another Levee Breaks , Vlcksbure , Miss. , Juno 1C. Following - ing up the break of the Hollybrook protection levee came a break on the Mississippi side , this being an old levee between Durals and Albomarle , in Is&quena. The new break will cause damage to a largo number of plantations. , , _ , good it linn dniio him. " Jolin It , Clnrlt , IIx- Wan Urn yenrH a inoinhur of CongroBR from MlRHOurl and for HX | yonrn Clerk of National HOUBO of lUiprutumtatlvoH , writes : " I can recommend your Parana an a good , HuliHtiuillul tonio and one of the bcBtremedluH for caturrhal irouhk'H. " Kx-CoiiKrcMnmn A. II. Coffrotli , Somerset , Pa. , writes : "I am assured and satisfied lhat Po- runalHagreat cntnrrh euro , and I fool that I can recommend it to these who suffer from that disorder. " At en of prominence all over the United States are commending Citizens Dread More Reprisals in Jackson Feud. JETT AND WHITE ON THE CTAND. Defense In Marcum Trial Spring Alibis for the Prisoners Men Charged With Setting Fire to Ewcn Hotel Held to Grand Jury. Jackson , Ky. , Juno 1C. The second week of court In Ilreathltt county opened with a reign of teiror. While the petit jury continued hearing testi mony In the murder charge agalnsl Curtis Jett and Thomas White , the grand Jury was hearing evidence In the cases of Joseph Crawford and Edward - ward Tharp , teamsters for the Hargls brothers , who are held without bond on the chnrgo of arson for burning the Ewen hotel. The small force of state militia was overworked again in serving summons for witnesses. Judge Redwlno divided his time between the murder and the arson cases. Early in the morning , before court convened , be heard the habeas corpus cases of Crawford and Tiiarp and afterward , at different times , excused the trial Jury while he gave instructions to the grand Jury. In his a I'.ress to the grand Jury , Judge Ilcdwlno charged them to in vestigate the burning of Ewen's ho- tel. Ho was very forceful In Jits charge , saying that arson was next to assassination. He said It was doubt ful If life and property was over so Insecure In a civilized country as it is in Breathltt county. The defense In the murder case opened with a statement that it would prove an alibi , and introduced both Curtis Jett and Thomas White on the witness stand in their own behalf to testify that they did not enter the court house until after J. B. Marcum had been shot down. Both prisoners made exceptionally good witnesses for themselves. Jett was asked what he had said to Mrs. Johnson on meeting her after Marcum had been killed. He replied : "I said to her that she could not lay this on me ; that every time a man was killed , they said I did it. " % . Jett testified that at the time of the. shooting his right hand was so badly swollen that ho could not have pulled a trigger. He said ho had had a finger amputated two weeks before. Thomas White , the other defendant , testified that when the shots were fired that ho was one-third of the way across the street. Ho looked back and savr Marcum fall and Ewcn run way. ! , hi it U ! Peruna. Over forty members ot Congress have written their In- dorscmcnt of it. Scores of other government officials speak in high praise of it. Thousands of people In the humbler walks of life rely upon It as a family medicine. Send fur free book of testimonials. 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The water has fallen to a depth of six Inches at the relay station in East St. Louis , through which all cnsthound trains rnuHt pass , and several lines were able to run through from St. Louis union station. The receding water has revealed no bodies and It la now felt certain that all the inhabi tants escaped the on-rushing flood Wednesday morning. A girl named Annie Rcardon was drowned today by falling from a raft near Broadway and Eighth street and In trying to save her , Arthur Glbbs lost his life. Three Miners Killed. Sllvcrton , Ida. , Juno 1C. Throe min ers weio killed at the Toltec tunnel by an explosion ot fifty pounds of. giant powder , which they were thawIng - Ing preparatory to going to work. The dead are : Percy Kepmor , Ed ward Crane , L. W. Lofgren. The bodies ies of Kopmcr and Crane were blown to atoms , only the heads remaining intact. Lofgren lived two or three hours after the explosion. Balloon Carried to Sea. Marseilles , France , June 1C. 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