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THE OMAHA DAILY HKEt FJUDAY, JUNE 3, 1903. Telephones - T1. WE CLOSB SATURDAYS AT I P. it. Syf Sweeping V $1.35 Droche Foulards at 75c a Yard. The last of the pretty Foulards are going to go at next' to nothing in price this Beasbn's handsomest styles. They, are the one silk fabric safely suitable on all occasions nothing prettier for the chic shirt waist suits soft' and clinging no mussing wears beautifully good line of pretty styles to choose from if you come early. Y. M. C. A. Building. Corner able to penetrate Iowa for seventy to 100 mil's and sell good at slight profit despite this differential, we will now be able to transport goods longer distances and still make It worth while. Of course those houses which handle merchandise of heavy ware will feel the benefit most keenly. Among these are the Implement and gro cery houses, together with most of the manufacturers." This action Is one In which we are not Immediately concerVied." said General Freight Agent Wood of the Union Pacific. ''Our revenues will be the same, and It makes no difference to our treasury whether the eastern railroads using our bridge pay the tolls or . the Omaha merchants pay them. We have long been In favor of the abolition of the bridge arbitrary, but have occupied a neutral ground as far as at tempting to Influence the Iowa lines was concerned." History of the Case. A succinct "history of the case" Is given in a brief filed with the Interstate Com merce commission by the Commercial club as complainant against all the lines con verging in Omaha. Part of It reads aa fol lows: Omaha and Council Bluffs, located op posite each other, the former upon the west side of the Missouri river, the latter upon Its east bank, axe and for years have been, competing Jobbing and distrib uting centers. The rails of the respond ent companies reach both cities, some from the east, others from the west and south. Prior to 18R2 the rates fixed by the re spondents, then reaching these cities, in cluded a brlge toll, charKeu each time goods were carried across the river In either direction. All goods ' coming to Omaha by rail from the east paid the bridge toll and on all goods shipped from Omaha into Iowa the bridge toll was again collected; similarly, all goods coming Into Council Blusff from the west paid the bridge toll and Is re-shlpped from Council Bluffs Into Nebraska the bridge toll was again paid. In 1S2, however, the railroads made a change In the rates to these cities. .All r roods were, under the new rates, hauled nto Omaha and Council Bluffs, both frum the east (excepting Iowa p Ints), and from the west at exactly the same rate. The same rates weie fixed between these cities and all points north end south. Council Bluffs was also given the privilege of ship ping goods into Nebraska and all western points at the Omaha rate. To all points east (except Iowa points) the rates were made the same. But In respect to ship menu between this city and points In Iowa, Omaha wan denied , equality, and -was charged a hlghtr rate than that given In Council Bluffs. i . x Injustice to Omaba, , This discrimination against Omaha Is, In part, the Injustice of which complaint la herein ' made. On all goods coming from the west oi- south through Nebraska, the railroads give Council illuffo the Omaha rate.- On all shipments Into Nebraska and all western points Council Bluffs Is given the Omaha rate; but upon shipments be tween Omaha , and Iowa points we are charged a rate higher than that of Council Bluffs. Thus, when two wholesale dealers, one In Omaha- and the other In Council Bluffs, reci tve each a shipment of sugar, or beans, or canned salmon, or rice, or canned goods, or fruits, or tea, or other commodity from the west, the railroads haul the shipment acroHR the river and de liver It to the Council Bluffs merchant at the rate charged the merchant In Omaha; then, when selling In competition with each other, these merchants make a sale from these goods In some Nebraska city, the railroads haul these goods across the river a second time for the Council Bluffs mer chant and deliver them to the purchaser In Nebraska at exactly the same rate as thst charged the Omaha competitor. Thus the railroads haul the goods in favor of Council Bluffs arross the Missouri river twice without additional charge therefor. But when the Omaha merchant, competing with the dealer In Council Bluffs, makes a sale from these goods in any Iowa city, the railroads refuse to haul the goods for him even once across the river without extra charge. The Omaha man Is compelled to pay upon his shipment Into Iowa a higher rate than that charged his Council Bluffs competitor. ' . Began Twenty Years Ago. - The discrimination against Omaha was begun In lR8i when the railroads changed their policy and no longer charged each time goods were carried over the river. The so-called, low rates in Iowa- were adopted by the commission in There fore this discrimination was conceived and carried out seven years before the railroad commission of Iowa lowered the rates In that state. Moreover the discrimination was begun In flagrant bad faith, since it had been expresaly agreed with the I'nlon Paeltio Railway company that the Iowa roads should, In conmueratinn of certain gains, put Omaha and Council Bluffs upon an absolute equality In respect to rates both "In-rates ' and out-rates." These Iowa roads took the cpnalderatlon given them as per the agreement, and then re fused to carry out the contract as to ship ments between Omaha and Council Bluffs and points In Iowa. Itepcaied remonstrances against this un just discrimination toward Omaha were Mft by as frequent promises to correct the acknowledxed evil. But the lowa llnus were no more faithful to these promises than they were to their contract with the I'nlon rartrte Railway company. Despairing of voluntary action by the railroad companies, the qomolamaut herein, reprstntlng the buMress intr-iests of Omaha and South Omaha. Instituted tils rrocee'llng to call Into action the power of this tribunal established for the pur Ioe of compelling the ailrii1e to give us the Justice, which. In. flagrant violation of the Interstate Commerce act, they have so long withheld. Red Hot from the Gun Was the ball that caused horrible ulcers on O. R. Steadman, Newark, Mich. Burk lin's Arnica Salve soon cured him. 26c Kor. sale by Kuhn 4 Co. Moody. Is at Annapolis. ANNAPOLIS. June .-Secretary of the Navy, Moody and Admiral Dewey arrived here today to take part In the June week' exercises at the naval academy. A large cumU-jr of alumni also came to the city during the day. Secretary Moody r spondnd to the toast, "The President," at the banquet by the Alumni society In the cymnaslum. 5 An Absolutely Novel Compound GORHAMv Silver Polish Hu taken yean of effort to perfect Lt excelled by no other in the world All namthla Jewalore keep U a) seats a package Bee. Jun 4. H Reductions in Foulard Silks 'KI.lEILEKisi" Sixteenth .and Douglas Sts MILLERS FOR RECIPROCITY Their National Federation Anxious 1 to Bring- it About. BALLARD TALKS AGAINST. UNIONS LiOulsTflle Man Appears Before the Detroit Convention to l'rs;e Organ isatlon by the Employer of Organised Employes, DETROIT, June 4. The Millers' National federation, which has abput 300 delegates in attendance, haa voted favorably upon res olutions demanding the speedy adoption by the national government of a broad, liberal and comprehensive policy of genuine reciprocity. The fullest possible measure of reciprocity between the United JJtatei and Canada waa especially favored and a memorial was adopted on the subject which will be forwarded to President Roosevelt. Resolutions were also adopted on the labor question, recognising the right of all men to organise, but denying the right of any labor organization to demand that In dividuals be compelled . to unite witnS It or to demand that only Union men shall re ceive employment. One of the features of the afternoon session was the bitter at tack made on labor unions by 8. T. Ballard of Louisville, Ky., while the labor resolu tions were under consideration. Mr. Bal lard said In conclusion: . c "It would be well to form an associa tion of employers In everrr town In the country. We must do something to pre serve for ourelves and our children .the principles of freedom and Independence which our forefather handed down to us in their declaration of Independence that 'every man shall have the right of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.' " The Only Way. The resolutions on reciprocity follows: Whereas, Extension of foreign markets affords the most feasible If not the only practical solution of the grave difficulties which now confront the .American flour manufacturing industry; Resolved, That necessity , now , compels the flour manufacturing industry as a whole to demand the speedy adoption, by the na tional government of a broad and liberal comprehensive policy of genuine reciprocity, one of the results of which will be canalisa tion on American wheat and flour by all importing countries, thereby securing to the American miller entrance to a large number of foreign markets from which he Is now being excluded. Be It Resolved further. That every individual member, Irrespective of party affiliations, shall bring such constant pressure to bear upon his local congressional repreenta tive. upon the United States senators from his state and upon all future cagdldates for national offices os will commit them un equivocally to these measures both by vole and vote. Resolved, That we especially and most strongly favor the fullest possible measure of reciprocity between the United States and the Dominion of Canada, the nearest and next to the largest market for, Amer ican products and manufactures, and in view of the early assembling of the Joint high commission, the following memorial be forwarded to the president of the United State: ..... Telia What It Thinks. The Millers' National federation assem bled In mass convention at Detroit, Mich., represent a manufacturing industry em bracing upward of 10.000 separate establish ments, having a combined annual produc tion of over bo0.000,0u0 barrels and Involving a labor expenditure of over I20,0u0,000. This Industry is the one conspicuous exception to the otherwise universal manufacturing prosperity. Existing conditions are largely due to the exclusion of American flour from many important foreign countries. This exclusion results from discriminating duties imposed upon them for wheat and against flour. The government of the United States can, bv a liberal and comprehensive policy of reciprocity with these countries, secure the removal of this discrimination. The enormous and steadily Increasing surplus of Canadian grown wheat thrown Upon th markets of the United Kingdom de preciates prices abroad, enablea the foreign miller to undersell his American com petitor and lowers the selling price of the entire wheat crop of the United States. The grinding of thi wheat In American mills would place the regulation of prices In this country, thereby Increasing the farm value of wheat, securing the larger and more steady employment of mill labor and reasonably profitable return to American flour manufacturers. ' Political conditions are favorable to and make highly desirable the fullest measure of reciprocal trade arrangements with the dominion of Canada, the nearest snd next to the largest market for American pro ducts, both of farm and factory; and In view of the early assembling of the United States and Canada Joint high commission we most earnestly urge the use of your strongest influence toward th successful accomplishment of thi object. The resolution also urg th railroad to give better dispatch to flour and mill pro ducts, at the same time declaring that miller should b well assured of their ability to ship flour within . tbe specified time when they are making contract. Tonight the delegate attended a banquet at the Hotel Cadillac. GERMAN PRESBYTERIANS MEET Convention of Chnrchea la th Cen tral State Opens for Baslaes. Th convention of German Presbyterian minister of th central states opened at the German Presbyterian church on Eigh teenth street near Cuming last night, with about fifty men of th cloth. In attendance. They came from all part of the United State and will hold dally session closing on Sunday. The entire proceeding are in German. Th retiring moderator. Rev. Boell of Sioux Fall. S. D., delivered the principal address. The address of welcome to dele gates was made by Rev. Daniel Grelder, pastor of the church in which they met. The convention used very little time In the selection of Dr. Steffen of Dubuque, la., a moderator for th coming year. Other prominent minister spoke and Rev. Kuhn of St. Paul and Rev. Kruse of Hast ings were chosen recording secretaries. Friday night Rev. Hortsheh of Cincinnati will give an illustrated lecture on "Our Protestant Sisters f Charity." Washouts on various lines prevented the attendance of many other delegates, at the opening meeting last night. They r expected today. v . OMAHA GETS HEADQUARTERS Bural Tree Delivery Division to Be Moted the Tint of July. CLERKS TO BE BROUGHT FROM DENVER Des Melee Make aa Effort to Seenr It, hat Prevloos Promise la Kept by Postmaster General. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, June 4 (Special Tele gram.) On July 1 headquarters of the western division of the rural re de livery will be located at Omaha by rea ion of an official order made today by Postmaster General Payne. Ever since the creation of the division of the rural free delivery Nebraska representative In ton gresa have urged the establishment of di vision headquarters In Omaha. Un fortunately, however, the rural free de livery service did not have money enough to make any change In headquarters lo cation until the beginning of the fiscal year. Congress last winter gave a very large sum for rural free delivery service and In conformation with an act of con gress and the desire on the part of the postmaster general to equally distribute the money throughout the several sections lt was, decided to change the headquarters of th western division of the rural free delivery service from Denver to Omaha, thereby centralizing the headquarters In the territory Included within the western division. For a time lt looked as If Des Moines might be designated a headquarter of the western division, but the Nebraska sen ator, having had a pledge from the post master general that when they came to remove the headquarter from Denver he would place It In Omaha, they held- him to hi pledge. Senator Millard, who was In Washington recently, made It a point to emphasise hi understanding of the sit uation with the postmaster general a to western division headquarters. Mr. Payne at that time told the senator that former assurance would be carried out and the order of today making Omaha head quarter of tho western division of the rural free delivery Is the result. It Is un derstood the fore now In Denver will be removed to Omaha o that active work may be commenced shortly after July 1. Rontlno of Departments. These rural carrier were appointed to day: Nebraska Pawnee City, regular, George W. Tracy, Hubert M. Eckman; substitutes, Wesley Crampton, James N. Eckman. Red Cloud, regular, W. A. Brown; substitute, Alpheus W. Brown. Rising City, regular, Solomon B. 8mith; substitute, William H. Smith. Iowa Battle Creek, regular, Harry O. Metcalf; substitute, Albert Squires. Montlcello, regular, Edgar G. Braielton; substitute. Rose E. Braselton. Roland, regular. Ed ward B. Erlcson; substitute, H. m. reter- son. Tale, regular, Clayton Miller; ub- tltute, E. D. Miller. South Dakota Lak Preston, regular, Lewis I,udvlckson; sub stitute, Emma Ludvickson. Wyoming Sheridan, regular, John 8. Addlemon; sub stitute, W. 1. Townsend. , Postmaster appointed: Iowa, Alice R. McGovern, Jackson Junction, Wlnnlshelk county. Wyoming George W. Brandon, Dover, Albany county; Letty . M. Ruble, Kane, Big Horn county. The Increase In ealarle of preaidental postmaster were announced. today: .Ne braska University Place, 200; Crelghton, $100; Wyoming Encampment,. $200. . ( Machea Case Presented. The case of August W. Machen, late superintendent of free delivery service of the Postofflce department, who is charged with having received bribes to the amount of $20,000 in contract, waa presented to the federal grand Jury today. District Attorney Taggflrt represented the government. The first witness was Andrew M. McBath. chief of division In the office of th auditor for the postofflce, who was under examination for several hours. Inspector Mayer, who worked up the case against Machenj followed Mr. McBath. An other witness . who was present to give testimony wa Mr. Eckloff, cashier of the Second National bank of thla city. The secrecy with which the names of th wit nesses has been surrounded 1 still main tained. The witnesses from out of town who wer present, acting under Instructions, when approached declined to slate who they wer or where they wer from, nor would any of the court house official or employe dl clos their Identity. A a further safeguard, all the witnesses were assembled In th district attorney's office Instead of the room usually set apart for that purpose. Adjourned until tomor row. May Be No Preliminary. It was stated at the Postofflce depart ment today that if the grand Jury should tomorrow report an Indictment against Mr. Machea the preliminary hearing scheduled for Baturday will not be held. HI trial lu that event will take place In th term beginning next October. Postmaster General Payn said that there was no foundation for rumor In cir culation that Investigation of affairs at th department had dUclosed a large percent age of routes, particularly in the south, where the receipt fall far below expenses and where carrier do not perform the amount of service for which they are paid. He said that question haa not been taken up. A rearrangement of the divisions of th rural free delivery service, however, is one of the possible results of the Investigation and the Washington division of special agents which comprises what might be called a "flying squadron" of inspectors, who, while reporting direct to the depart ment. Investigate esses In any of th other divisions may be eliminated and these agent transferred to other work. The postmaster general was asked today regarding the contracts for the time clocks, the circumstances surrounding which have been given considerable publicity In con nection with the Investigation. Mr. Payn wa asked if there wa any Idea of doing away with these clocks and of substituting time clerks for them. He replied that th government had bought so many of them outright that there were enough to last "for some tlm to come." Million Ar Starving;. Secretary Hay has received a cable from Consul McWade at Canton which says: "Governor Wong telegraph me that over 1.000.000 natives in Kwang are starving and earnestly appealing for help from American charity. All relief distribution through the hand of American and British mission aries." Assignment of Officers. A provisional assignment of officer of th general staff to department headquar ters, to take effect August IS next, ha been announced at th War department a follow: Department of California Major William P. Duval, artillery corps; Captain Frank Melntyre, Nineteenth Infantry. Department of Colorado Lieutenant Col onel James F. Kerr, adjutant general de partment. Captain Charles D. Rhodes, Sixth cavalry. Department of Colombia Major Pratt, artillery corps; Captain David Du B. Gall lard, corps of engineer. Department of Dakota -Major Jama A. Irons, Inspector irencrat; Captain Dennis E. Nolan, Thirtieth Infantry. Department of the East Colonel Charles II. Harry, adjutant general's department; Captain Frank De W. Ramsey, Ninth In fantry; Captain W (11 tarn G. Haan, artillery corps. Department of the I-akes-MaJor John O I). Knight, corps ot engineers; Captain Benjamin Alvord. Twentieth Infantry. Department of Texas Lieutenant Colonel Fred Smith, Inspector general; Cnptain Peyton C. March, artillery corps. Division of the Philippines Colonel John B. Kerr, Twelfth cavalry; Captain William Gibson, ordnance department. Department of the Luson Colonel Wil liam A. Simpson, adjutant general depart ment; Captain William C. Rivers, First cavalry. Department of the Viscnyas-Major Wil liam A. Mann, Fourteenth Infantry. Department of Mlndnnao Lieutenant Col onel Henry McGann, adjutant general's department; Captain C. E. L. Mltchle, Twelfth cavalry. GUILTY WATERS SLINK AWAY (Continued from First Page.) Atchison, Hiawatha, St. Joseph and Omaha tonight. Only thre roads are handling freight In or out of Kansas City. They are the 'Frisco, Rock Island and Kansas City Southern. - While the conditions are vastly more hopeful, a tremendous undertaking con fronts the two cities, for the waters aa they recede are disclosing a wrecked, clime covered area of five miles square. It Is conceded by several engineers who have Investigated the situation closely that the whole of the terminal system of the rail roads In the bottom will have to be re built, together with bridges that alone. It la estimated, cannot be replaced at under from $5,000,000 to $10,000,000, Sickness la Feared. In th work of rehabilitation the greatest precaution will be necessary to prevent an epldemlo of sickness because of utter lack of sanitary measures. Sewers are washed out and must be en tirely replaced, and even the pumping sta tion, although it may ba used temporarily, must ultimately be '.removed to higher ground and a complete new plant con structed. At Convention hall, where several hun dred refugee have been housed since Sun day, the sanitary condition have become such that preparations are making for the Immediate removal of the homeless. What to do with them ie a serious problem. Water was turned on in the business district on the Missouri side today for the first time sines Monday, but the flow was Inadequate. The railway service is Improved greatly today. Railroad Track la , Dancer. JEFFERSON C1TT, Mo June 4.-Th flood situation here tonight 1 alarming. The Missouri river stands at 29.3 feet and Is continuing to rise at the rate of one inch an hour. Most of Cedar City, on the north side of the river, a town of 200 In habitants, is submerged- A rise of two feet more would submerge' the Missouri Pacific tracks and possibly stop railroad trafflo through this city to St. Louis. Other western road are vang the Missouri Pa cific track into St.; 1 Louis and western trafflo would be seriously impeded If the Missouri Pacific gets under water. Worst Yet to Come. ST. LOUIS, ; Mo.; June' 4. At St. Louis , the rate ,'of .;, rise will continue rapid, and 83.8 feet whsibe- reached Friday, morning, and S4.9 feet Saturday' morning. A stage of 35 feet Is 'forecasted for Sat urday night oi" Sunday. Measures to pro tect property frofn a 80-foot stage by Mon day should be taken.' The above Ideal river ; warning wa Is sued tonight by Government Forecaster Bowie and Indicates that the crest-of the flood tide will not , reach St. Louis for four days. Since 6 o'clock thi morning th stage has steadily increased until at 7 o'clock tonight the register marked "32.6 feet, a rise of six inches during the day, The river stage ha reachel a height that makes lt Impossible jot the larger steam boat to pas under Eads bridge, which at low stage has eighty-eight feet clear below Its center span. ' . East St. Louis is still above water excepting In the levee district. The rail road embankment on the east side of Cahokla creek continue to serve as a bul wark of. protection against the threatened Inundation of the city. At St. Charles, twenty-flve miles west of St Louis on the Missouri river, the river Is within a few Inches of the high water mark of the disastrous flood of IS92. . Grand River Breaks Over. BRUNSWICK, Mo., June 4. A serious flood situation confronts Brunswick. Grand river broke through the levee at Funs ton' elough and the water ha poured into the bottom land south of Bruns wick and spread Jnto a tody of water seven miles wide, extending to th Saline county Bluffs. More than 600 refuge are sheltered In Brunswick. A rise of a few feet will equal th high water of the great flood of 1884. Th loss in thi vicinity will amount to $100,000. River Falling Rapidly. 8T. JOSEPH, June 4. The Missouri river has fallen a; foot and a half since yesterday and report from all point north say lt Is falling fast. The Burlington began running train over its main line to Omaha today, the first lnce last Saturday. Its line south of her 1 open aa far a Atchison. The Missouri Paciflo got a train to Kansas City, Kan., today and will transport pas senger from there lo Kana City by boat. The Grand Island haa It main line open westward and the Rock Island Is having trouble near Trenton. Contribution to th flood ufferer are till coming in, nearly $7,500 having been subscribed. River Eight Miles Wide. BURLINGTON". Ia., June 4. By the breaking of the Hunt levee, south of War saw, 111., th low land through which the Carthage branch of the Burlington run ha been flooded and the train service cut off. Consequently there are no through train. from Burlington to St. Louis. The only means of getting to St. Louis from here now is via Galesburg. It la reported that th Greenbay bottom levee south of Burlington 1 out, flooding hundred of acres of fln farming lands. Th river here Is eight miles wide. Residents In th bottom north of Bur lington ar fleeing to Oquawaka, III., In boat to And refuge. All th Inhabited Islands In the Mississippi north and south of here have been deserted and the stock taken oft by steamboats. Both river packet office hr ar under water. FORMAL APPEAL FOR AID Armonrdalo Flood Asportation Asks that Contributions B tent tho Stricken. KANSAS CITY, June 4 -The Armourdal Flood association haa Issued the following appeal for aid: Armoiirdale, the south side of Kansas City. K:n, has met with an appalling dis aster. The Ksw river has overflowed Ita banks and swept away th town. Sixteen thousand people are bomrlesa. They have lout their furniture, clothing and every thing Their houses have been carried off Of totally wrecked. Tbm good dtlseoa of th town hsv been nble to care for the refugees temporarily, but the effort to kwp them here snd provide homes for them is a perplexing problem. To do this will over tax us and we appeal to yon for help. Money raised from this source will be expended for their relief by giving them material to build their own houses. Three thousand fnnillics must be helped to home in this way. so that they will be better able to help themselves when the great rush of rebuilding the city Is going on. Contributions should be stnt at mire m the Armotird'il State Hank of Commerce, the Kenans State bank or the Home State bank, Kanras City, Kan,, for the associa tion. This movement Is made bv the Armoiir dale Flood association for rebuilding homes, which has been organized by the business and nrofesslona! men of the town. JACOB L. KLEIN, Postmaster. . . President. J. H. HIPFLE, Publisher The Press, Secretary. SEVEN MORE! DEAD FOUND Topeka's 1. 1st of Victims Novr Reaches a Total of Keventy-One. TOPEKA, Kan., June 4.-The bodies of seven more flood victims were found to day. The list of known dead now reaches seventy-one, with thirty people Identified. It Is tho belief that many bod leu are yet In the wreck. Scores are reported miss ing and there Is no way of Immediately locating them. The I'nlon Pacific depot has been Improvised as a morgue and there the bodies are gathered to await identification. The river today fell thirteen Inches. This makes a drop of over five feet from the high water mark. It Is Just now that the devastating power of the flood Is becoming known. North Toneka Is a total wreck. There Is a town there, the plaything of the elements, which seem to: have worried It until they are tired and then : left It stranded. The water is still over a greater part of tho town. In the residence dis tricts It Is seven feet deep In most places and there Is considerable current. But the current Is no longer Btrong and flows along as if only anxious to get back into the bed of the river. The damage is done and the subsiding of the waters will make lit tle difference, simply the lifting of the veil which now hides tho wreck of tho un dercurrent. Tbe business part of the town is a sorry looking place, the damage of the waters being almost complete. The fronts of most of the stores have openings broken through. The contents of most of these buildings are. ruined. The currents came rushing thrugh with such force they up set counters and boxes and whatever was In their way, and dragged the goods stored high on the shelves Into the water. In nearly every building which was not washed away the contents are piled on the side of the furthermost down stream and over all there' is a slime of fine sand mixed with a little mud. This deposit varies from a few Inches to two or three feet and Is over everything. In the resi dence districts practically the same con ditions prevail. The greatest danger now exists In the wretched sanitary conditions. The health board Is busy with the problem of sanita tion and will do everything possible to prevent an epidemic. To this end string ent regulations are being enforced. The city water probably will be turned on some time tonlgtit and this will relieve the situation greatly. From Manhattan, Abilene, Sallna. Flor ence, Lincoln Center and Hutchinson come reports that the water has about spent Its force and that tho towns are slowly recovering. The yield of wheat will be much smaller as the result of th floods, and the finan cial loss will be greaO- However, the Itate has great, .resources and 1 bearing' up well under the stunning blowi : ANOTHER WONDER OF HC1KNCK. Biology Ha Proved that Dandruff la Cansed liy a Germ, Science I doing wonders these days In medicine as well as In mechanics. Since Adam delved the human race has been troubled with dandruff, for which, no hair preparation has heretofore proved a suc cessful cure until Newbro's Herplclile was put on the market. It is a scientific prepa ration that kills the ' gerih that makes dandruff or scurf by digging Into the scalp to get at the root of the hair, where It saps the vitality, caualng ttehlns scalp, falling hair and finally baldness. Without dandruff hair must grow luxuriantly. Herplclde at all drugitistx. It Is the only destroyer of dandruff. Send 10 cents In stamps for free sample to The Herplclde Co., Detroit, Mich. . Five Small Burglaries. Burglars visited six houses Wednesday night and were successful In entering only two place, and finished the night' work with a net gain Jn plunder of $6 and two oranges. At about the hour of 3 In the morning attempt were made to enter the houses of Harry B. Weller, 3810 Lincoln boulevard; George H. Lee, 3U20, and of Durra M. Woodard, 3616 on the same street. In each instance the robbers at. tempted to force a window and each time were frightened away before succeeding In their purpose. At the .Lee house they broke the window catch and In doing so waked Mrs. Lee. The house of L. F, Crofoot at Thirty-eighth and Cuming streets, was entered by a rear window. The burglar ate two oranges in the kitchen, but found nothing else they wanted. Frank Magnctta'a place, at 211 Charles street, was ransacked and $8 taken. The pawnshop of B. Kendls, 368 North Sixteenth street, wa saved by an Iron grating "which held the robbers. They cut a panel from the rear door, but could not break the iron. ' Probably Case of Solclde. 8TCRGIS, S. D.. June 4. (Special Tele gram.) Sheriff Jesse Brown received word this afternoon that a man had been found dead In Box Elder creek on' Thomas Hale's placa. Meade county. The sheriff notified the coroner, who started down to hold an Inquest. Parties who found the" body would not touch lt, but notified the sheriff. No marks of violence were found, and It Is thought to be a case of suicide. The man's name was not learned, but he 1 said to have been working for Hale. Wyoming? Preparing for Fair. CHEYENNE, Wyo., June 4. (Special.) The Wyoming commission to the St. Louis exposition held a meeting yesterday at the capltol with Commlsudoner-ln-Chlef Rich ardson and transacted considerable Impor tant business. Th commission practically decided to place an order with J. E. Stlm son for th finest and largest collection of colored photograph of Wyoming scenes ever gotten together. These will be one of th feature of the exhibit from Wyoming. Kaowa th World Over. For It wonderful cures Dr. King' New Discovery for Consumption. Cough and Cold. It cures or no pay. For sal by Kuhn 4k Co. May Los a Foot. Clarenc Malcom of 1721 Cas street met with an accident yesterday evening which may cost him the amputation of his left foot. Malcolm waa croaaiug the street in front of 1611 Cass street and was nearly run down by a heedless bicycle ride". Il Jumped to one aide and in dulng so stepped cn the track In front of northbound Sherman avenue train No. i ilu waa knocked down and the motor passed over his foot before It could be stopped, oadly smashing the limb. He was carried to his home by friends who had- een the ac Udwnt aad a surgeon wa uimiuuei. i " DIE IX KANSAS WRECK Nine Killed and Sevan Injured in Crast Near Stilwell. SANTA FE TRAINS MEET HEAD-ON Were I sin Mlsaonrl rarlltc Track flernnae of Flood and Failed to Observe One of th Orders. TOPEKA, Kan., June 4. A disastrous collision between the afternoon Santa Fe passenger trains at Stilwell, near Olathe, killed nine . people and injured seven. Train No. 1 was going west at full speed at;d crashed into the Chicago section ol No. 8, east bound. The dead: CARLOS M. TAUFARIX), aged 21. a Purto Rlcan student at the Kansas State university. PC LI. MAN CONDl'CTOR THOMPSON. E. W. WARD, address unknown. FRANK HOOVER. Steubenvllle. O. JOHN M MAIION. Prescott, AH. UNKNOWN MAN, nged 25, evidently laborer. C. A. KNI8KERN, Monett, Mo. LINK DAY, Is Angeles, Cal. WILLIAM MILLER, Plalnfleld. N. J. The most seriously hurt are: Owen Patchltt, Ottawa, Kan., baggage man on easibound train, frncturo of skull and 'Jaw; probably will die. James E. Robinson, Argentine, Kan., fire man, east bound train; left shoulder sprained. A.' I: Sellers, North Manchester, Ind., a(TH -74;. right arm fractured and chest injured. May die. John Green, Indianapolis, left leg frac tured and scalp wound. Edward McCann, Salvation army, back strained. Andrew Dunlap, Topeka. engineer east bound train, legs and head bruised. - Disregarded Orders. The train were routed on the Missouri Pacific track on account of the floods, which had washed out the Santa Fe tracks. The trains regularly belonged to the main line, but have been using the Missouri Pacific tracks Into Kansas City ever since the flood trouble commenced. Order were sent out by the train dispatcher today for both train to meet at Stilwell. lt Is charged at the Santa Fe office here tonight that the crew bf the Santa Fe train disre garded this order and ran a mile or mot j past the meeting point. No. 1 did not stop at Stilwell, but on running slowly by the engineer saw no other train, and as he had a clear track according to his orders he rushed ahead. No. 8 whistled before the enstbound train had proceeded far, but too Into to avolcT a collision. News of tho collision was hot received in Topeka Until nearly 3 o'clock, so over burdened are the wires. A relief train was immediately sent to the scene of the wreck. Dr. J. P.' Kaster, chief surgeon of the Santa Fo was in charge and took with him a number of physicians and nurses. They made the injured as comfortable as pos sible and later took them to a hospital in Kansas City tonight. Both General Manager Mudge and Super intendent Hurley of the Santa F are In Kansas City but an official statement of the cause of tho wreck could not be se cured tonight. The tracks were cleared at 8 O'clock to night and all traffic resumed. The engine on the castbound train was In charge of Engineer lunlaf; Engineer FUrman waa on the westbound tratn. - KANSAS CITY. June 4. The train bear ing the dead and Injured from the Santa l'e wreck at Stilwell, Kan.; arrived but wa unable to reach the local station be cause of foods, and the wounded were car ried miles in the ambulances to reach th Missouri Pacific hospital. The dead were taken to an undertaker's establishment. GUESTS DO WORK OF HOTEL Women . Take Off Finery and Go Into Dining Room aad Kitchen. CHICAGO, Juno 4. The strike of the hotsl and restaurant employe ha spread to the Chicago Beach and the Grand Pacific hotel. At the Grand Beach hotel every man and woman employed In th building wa or dered out, and every one, from chamber maid to bellboy, obeyed the aummona In stantly. Great Indignation followed among the guests, who Include many prominent and wealthy Chlcagoans. They voted to stund by th hotel management, and richly dressed women, changing their diesse foi more common ones, cleared table and washed dishes. The strike at the Grand Paciflo wa not so general. The waiter, waitresses, cooks bartenders and porter were ordered out, but lt (s expected that the rest of the employes will be ordered out tomorrow. WILL BE N0JTRIKE TONIGHT Coal Companies' Ofllrlnla at WUkes Barre Have Promised to Be Good. WILKKSBARRE.i Pa., June 4. The danger of a strike seem to be already passed, even before the decision of the convention 'of miners which I to meet In Pottsville within ten day. Thla la du to the statements of coal companies official and superintendent that If the miner at their convention ahould re-elect the three district "preslflent as their representatives on the conciliation board by a majority vote there would be no further objection to their eligibility to serve on the board. This action probably will be taken at the coming convention, a th leader of th mine worker ar not desirous of forolng the Issue to a suspension ot work unless they can And no other alternative. You Can Drink vjr a a o a I! 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