The Omaha Sunday Bee.
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ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871.
OMAHA, SUNDAY HORNING, JUNE 7, 1903-TIII11TY-SIX PAGES.
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PARTY FOR ROYALTY
!
tcretary Whit of American Embus
Entertain! Princes and Minister
CONJURER PROVIDES ENTERTAINMENT
Premier Bal our Tries to Fool the Performer
and Qeta a 8urpria9.
FINDS HIS MARKED BILL IN AN ORANGE
Karal Attache Clover Completes Term and
Bails for Amerioa.
HIS SUCCESSOR IS NOT A SOCIETY MAN
lira. Adair Oyeua the London Sea
son wllk a Brilliant Party
Attended by All tho
well Set.
(Copyright, 1903, by press Publishing Co.)
LOADON, June 6. (New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram Secretary
" Henry White, of the United States em-
Uuy and Mrs. White, gave a royal party
' at Wilton Park on Saturday having nearly
if the whole cabinet to meet Important guests.
The day was veiy fine, and until a thunder
l storm broke In the afternoon the house
party passed the Urns In the beautiful
grounds.
' Thirty-six people were Invited to dine,
k Including Prime Minister Balfour, ex-Prime
Minister Rosebery and Chancellor of the
Exchequer Ritchie, all of whom stayed over
the Whitsuntide holidays.
" The princess of Wales wore a rich gold-
mnroiderea areas, witn emeraias ana
diamonds flashing on ber head and neck.
The prince of Wales seemed to enjoy the
' party "Immensely." Mrs. White has much
tact In getting congenial people together.
The dinner was delightful, yet nothing was
so enjoyable as were the tricks of an
American conjurer, who took up the work
V rxf .ntartnlnln. thii rnmnanv In the drawlnz
V.room afterward. His name Is M. Manllnl.
Mors will certainly be beard of him. The
1 royal pair were spell-bound, and the cabinet
minsters were dumb founded. Lord Rose-
- - w .nit, mtmrHn if., main.
TainMi 1 1 1. 1 inn mi ki wera n nauu. wi
- . . . .ii . e , Utm
Balfour Invited him to Investigate, but
vLord Rosebery ignored the remark.
When the prime minister was asKea o
produce some money for a new trick he
handed over a five-pound note, and, after
i having written his nam on the back of It,
'.tho conjurer asked for a dish of fruit A
A pile of oranges and lemons on a silver dish
fwea placed on the sideboard. Manllnl took
1- up the flvs-pound nots rolled It Into a ball,
standing right In the middle of the floor
far from the fruit and Invited the prime
minister to take any orange from the dish
and peel It. The prime minister thought
k. miM .atrh the pnnlurer so ne nicked
over several pieces of fruit, finally deciding
on the lowermost one.
- This he opened, when lo; he found the
' five-pound note stuffed In the fruit. Lord
J-" Jitosebery''a'nd everybody else" were highly
amused.
Card Trleka tho Pan.
When Manllnl first arrived In London
with letters to Ambassador Choate the
latter was so tickled at the Idea of a new
conjurer that hs invited him to give a few
demonstrations of his art then and there
In the recptlon room of the embassy, on
Victoria street, before the whole embassy
surf.
The embassy seems to have actually
"gone .cray" on card tricks. It Is
whispered that card Juggling Is one of the
ambassador's pet fads and that he Is an
expert. On his return, ten days hence It
la said that a party will be given at his
residence on Calton House Terrace with
Manllnl as an entertainer. Manllnl'a fee
for an after-dinner "seance" Is 200.
Henry White's only son Is back again In
London from Harvard. He has grown
tall and is quite goodlooklng. The publlo
J probably will hear soon that he Is betrothed
. to some one of the pretty English girls
V ho are Intimate friends of his sister
' Vlfuriel and for whom his mother has great
affection. Mrs. White likes to, have around
her thoae girls, all of whom, daughters of
peers, 1m many cases have very eligible
. brothers.
Craig Wadsworth returned to the embassy
Saturday, after a long absence In Wets
baden under Doctor Pagenstecker, who says
that had the former not gone at once for
treatment he certainly would have lost the
g sight of one eye. Mr. Wadsworth has been
greatly missed at dances this season, but
several cotillions are coming on that he
still may lead.
Captain Clover, the popular naval attache
to the embassy, whose terra of service re
cently expired, and Mrs. Clover sailed
Wednesday on Kaiser WUhelra IL On the
same steamship were Levi P. Morton, Her
mann Oelrlchs, William M. Grtnnell.
George T. Lorlllard and Richard Harding
Pavts. A large number of friends saw the
Clovers off. All the embassy staiT turned
out to wish them "bon voyage."
Attache Not Society Man.
Captain Charles H. Stockton of New
York, the new naval attache. Is now set
tled at work In the embassy. Mrs. Stock
ton has arrived, with her daughter. They
have taken a flat on Ashley Place, Just
oft Victoria street. At the next court, on
the 24th of this month which will be
- the last court of this season Mrs. Stock
ton will be presented by Mrs. Choate. Al
though Miss Sto-kton Is 17. her mother will
defer her daughter's presentation until next
year. In order to aiiow her to see a Utile of
London and English life first.
Captain Stockton Is not rich, and as
neither he nor his wife Is fond of society.
It Is not expected that they will be much
heard of In a social way, except at official
gatherings.
Mr. und Mrs. J. J. Astor, who are at pres
ent 4tr Paris, with pretty Mrs. Shaw, a
sister of Mrs. Dana Gibson, are coming
here June IS, In time for the Ascot races.
They will stay at Clarldge's for ten days
before sailing for New York.
The story that Waldorf Astor had a sun
stroke was untrue. He Is well now, but ha
felt the heat considerable last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Harriman are now at
Clarldge'a.
S. General Greely la at Hotel Cecil. Among
other Americans here are Bishop Lawrence
Of Massachusetts and Rev. Dr. Parker
Morgan of the Church of the Heavenly
Rest of New Tork City.
John W. Gates has gone to . Paris. So
have Senator and Mrs. Scott '
Mrs. Adair la Evldeaee.
Mrs A d it t r iiui .nn(h hi rilnn 1mm
Wednesday. Twenty people sat down,
. s among them Earl and Countess Howe, the
' f earl of Sandwich, Lord and Lady Barry-
w mora. The tables were a mass of yellow
Irises. A band stationed out In the hall
i was softly heard during the dinner.
The Anglo -American contingent In Lon-
(Continued ett Third PagsJ
SHELDON SISTERS MAKE A HIT
On Marries an Actor and tho Other
is to Wed Anthony
Hope.
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LONDON, June (.(New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) The mar
riage of Susanne Sheldon, the beau' If ul
American actress, who made a pronounce 1
hit In -If I Were King," and Henry Alnley,
a handsome, successful young actor, nnd
the bethrothal of Miss Sheldon's sister,
Kllsabeth. to Anthony Hope, the distin
guished novelist, were the sensations of the
week In the theatrical and literary worlds.
They came to publlo knowledge simul
taneously. The wedding was very quiet. The bridal
party went from Mrs. William Favoi Jhaina
pretty house st Chlddingfold, Burro;', to the
church In which Mrs. Favorsham was mar
ried, and there the ceremony was per
formed. The bride had her slste.- with
her as bridesmaid. Spencer Eddy, the first
secretary of the United States legation n
Constantinople, came over spej'a'ly to be
present at the ceremony.
At the luncheon party given afterward
Anthony Hope made a happy speech, full
of pretty humor and epigram, lie eal'l he
had found his heart's desire attcr a long
pursuit of many things, which -he surprised
everybody by saying was a wlf J.
Alnley, the bride, and her olster, played
together for a year in "If I Were Kirg,
at the St James theater. During tha: time
they grew much attached to each olh-r.
But for three years Mr. Alnley had been
engaged to another young actress. Mite
Noble, while Miss Sheldon a year ago was
on the eve of marrying a widely known Lon
don society man. But Miss Kneldon' in
timate friend, Julie Opp, now Mrs. favor-
sham, persuaded her to break off the match
a week before the day fixed for the wed
ding. It was during Mr. Alexander's few
days of illness, when Alnley pfaysd tne
leading part, that the Impretoaloneblo Mlrs
Sheldon lost her heart to him. Alnley ma da
an Instantaneous, sensational suco;p.. play
Ing In packed houses, but Alacuitler did
not stay out of the cast longer than he
was obliged to, and Alnley returned to his
original part, a minor and somewhat color
less one.
Alnley was unable to get Monday even'ng
off, and after dining early at a quiet res
taurant with his newly-made bride, he left
her to play the part of a young student In
"Old Heidelberg."
Anthony Hope's wedding will take place
In the falL Although Mrs. Favorsham Is
anxious to have It here It la likely that
the bride will go out with her sister, Su
sanna, and the latter's husband, who start
soon on a tour of the United S'ates, and It
Is said that Mr. Hop wants to go there,
too.
Betty" Sheldon le Just IS and very beau
tiful. She has been over here onco before
with her mother, but England did not seem
to suit her. She returned to the United
States somewhat ill, but when she became
well again she took It Into her head to come
back to London to go on the stage with
her sister. The latter absolutely refused
to allow her to do so and sent her to etay
with a friend Jn Surrey., Mr. Hope felt a
victim. very quiokly It Is sail that he
maSe up his mtnd'within a ww from tha
first meeting-. -'--"t
There is .10 more popular bachelor in
London society. The English girls long ago
classed htm imone the eonflrmed bachelors
of the town, but many predlctod that a
certain "smart" wdow woull eventually
ensnare him. 8c :he news of this te
trothal to an Amenjan girl of 18 came aa a
shock to them. His wife will have an en
viable position, for (it every "smart" gath
ering Mr. Hope .s to oe found.
BOYS PETITION THE KING-
Sovereign Sets Their Wrongs Right,
hat Also Reprimands
Then.
(Copyright, 103, by Press Publishing Co.)
COPENHAGEN, June 6. (New York
World Cablegram Special Telegram.)
King Christian of Denmark has Just re
ceived this odd petition from school boys
In a village near here:
To King Christian In Copenhagen: We
are four boys in the training school st
Falkenberg who have been beaten by the
teacher with an end of steel wire. If this
does not cease there will be a Are here,
Steel wire Is not the right thing for beat
ing Christian boys, and King Christian
Is asked to help them to Justice.
The king Immediately sent for the min
ister of Justice and put the letter In his
hands. An Investigation was set on foot
and It was found that the boys' charges
were true and that their teacher really had
used this barbarous method of correction.
By the king's orders the teacher was dis
missed, but the boys were cautioned
against any resort to arson to redress their
grievances.
GIRL SLEEPS FORGIVE MONTHS
Being Taken front Athena to Paris for
French Doctors to Expert.
neat On. J
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PARIS, June S. (New York World Cable
gramSpecial Telegram.) Matie Daakakall,
a 17-year-old Greek girl, who has slept for
five months desplto all the efforts of
science to arouse her, la to be brought to
Paris for treatment
Her lungs became affected last Decem
ber and she was taken to the Evangells
mos hospital in Athens. She was In a state
of convalesence when the sight of a person
dying In a bed near her threw her Into a
faint. Since then she has never fully recov
ered consciousness, though she has been ex-
lined and treated by all the doctors of
Athene.
She rouses every five or six days for a
few seconds, and then relapses Into
lethargy. She barely eats anything, eleeps
with her eyes open and hears nothing.
Money was raised by subscription to send
her to a hospital In Paris.
DECREASE H ILLITERACY
Italian Statistics Show Commendable
Progress la Ednea
tloau
I
(Copyright. 190S. by Press Publishing Co.)
ROME, June 8. (New York Cablegram
Special Telegram.) A report on education
has Jnrt been published In Rome which
shows that 11.2 per cent of I talis as more
than 8 years old were able to road In 1872;
In 1882, SSI per cent; In 1901, 11 per cent
an average progress of about 6 per cent
annually. Strange to say, ths compulsory
education system Introduced in 1S77 does not
seem to have Increased the percentsge
perceptibly.
More of the men than of the women of
today received a primary education, but
during the past twenty years the women
havo begun to show progress In this respect.
The number of illiterate In the provinces
of Como, Oondrlo, Novaro, Bergamo, Turin
and Milan have diminished very rapidly
of lata.
WILL SAIL THE AIR
Stanley Spencer of London to Make Anotv
Trip Kext Month.
IS NOT AFRAID OF
Bays it Will Esquire a Beal Storm to
Check Him.
THIRTY MILES PER HOUR THE SPEED
Expects to Be Three Times as Fast
as Before.
MOUNT BLANC TO BE SO ASCENDED
Five Dollars Will Bay a Ronnd Trip
Ticket and an Insurance Polley
Parable to the Tour
Ist's Relatives.
(Copyright, 1908, by Press Publishing Co)
LONDON, June 6. (New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) Btanley
Spencer, who sailed over lxitdoii last year,
will make a remarkable trial with his new
airship from the Ranelagh club's grounds
July 11.
The Journey will not be dependent upon
perfect weather conditions, the great
power of this craft being sufficient, It Is
calculated, to force It through winds which
would stop smaller craft It will have
twenty-four horse power, while laBt year's
airship had only four-horse power. Mr.
Spencer says a storm might delay the start,
but that ordinary summer breeses will
make little or no difference.
The airship when finished Is to be ninety
feet long and twenty-two feet broad In the
widest part Beneath a cigar-shaped bal
loon will be suspended a bamboo frame
work, carrying one or two passengers, a
petroleum motor, a screw propeller and a
rudder. Everything will be worked from
the car by an apparatus similar to the
Bowden cycle brake. The maximum speed
of the new air ship will be thirty miles
an hour. That of last year's was only
ten miles. In the Initial trip across London
Mr. Spencer will be alone.
The ascent of Mount Blanc Is to be made
easy by captive balloons In the valley
near the base of the range, each to ac
commodate twenty persons and be con
trolled by, hydraulic pow-jr. A ticket .for
an ascent, costing $&, will carry (5,000 in
surance.. One balloon la about to be ex
perimented with.
(Copyright, 1908, by Press Publishing Co.)
PARIS, June 6. (New York World Ca
blegramSpecial Telegnm.) Santos Du
mont visits the Bole de Boulogne most
every day In his runabout airship, known
as No. 9. The last time be was out he
offsred to take any . lady to her home.
Mrs. DeGulroye, the wife of one of the
polo players who were having their dally
game. Jumped Into the basket, and Santos
was taken aback to find that the balloon
would- only-cal-ry one person.'-. So he "al
lowed he. lady to go up a few yards,
whloh was plsnty, and she was glad to
scramble out of the , very narrow . basket
when the balloon touched the earth again.
During the polo match that day Mr.
Harjes was struck on the forehead by a
hard-hit ball and knocked Insensible. He
was brought to and It was found that the
Injury would not have serious conse
quences, but play was aliandoned.
EMPEROR HAS LARGE ESTATES
Owns Fifty-Three Castles and Three
Handrod Thonsaad Acres
f Land.
(Copyright, 190S, by Press Publishing Co.)
BERLIN. June 8. (New York World Ca
blegramSpecial Telegram.) Emperor Wil
liam owne eighty-three estates besides ths
fifty-three oastles mentioned In a recent
dispatch to the World. These estates foot
up S00.000 acres, and the Income from them
Is about $180,000.
But several of tha great landed proprie
tors, the prince of Pless and the duke of
Ratlbor among them, have far more exten
sive landed possessions than their imperial
master. However, the emperor's property
Is big enough to require an ever-Increasing
army of agents to look after It and is con
stantly Increasing. It Is not an Uncommon
thing for a German prince or wealthy
owner of landed estates to leave a house
or land to the emperor. This was the case
with the castle and the estate of Cadlnen,
where the empress spends her happiest
days.
Enormous sums go to the support of the
fifty-three castles. The emperor has only
visited thirty ff the fifty-three, yet he is
building another castle on a huge scale In
the town of Posen to cost $500,000, and to be
a Prussian royal residence among the Poles.
Perched on three of the most picturesque
crags on the Rhine are three of the em
peror's most Interesting castles. v.
SOME REMEMBER THE PRINCESS
Descent la Title, However, Serves as
Exense for Many to For
grot Her.
(Copyright. 1903. by Press Publishing Co.)
BRUSSELS, June 1 (New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram.) The recent
celebration of the thirty-ninth anniversary
of the Prtness Stephanie, daughter of the
king of tha Belgians was a very effective
commentary on the old question of "What's
In a Name." Formerly tha princess' birth
day was a great fete In Belgium. Then
she wss the wife of Archduke Rudolph,
the crown prince of Austria, and she was
popularly known as the "Ipnlgenla of Mod
ern Times." But since she has become the
Countess Longay, etiquette has caused
her birthday to pass by almost unobserved.
However, many people among the
bourgeoise and the lower classes sent her
this year offerings of flowers.
HEN FEATHERSAFFECT WILL
Conrt Decides It Was "itlit" Infla.
nra nnd Seta Docnmenl
Aside.
(Copyright. IMS. by Press Publishing Co )
PARIS, June 8 (New York Cablegram
Special Telegram. ) A Paris court baa
Just annulled the will of Mrs. Blanchet, of
Noisy La Sec, - In favor of a veterinary
surgeon named Henry, on the ground that
shs had been unduly Influenced by Mrs.
Judln. a friend of Henry. After burning
a few hens feathers and burying the left
hind leg of a rooster In tne yard at the
bark of Mrs. Blsnchet's Mrs. Judln.
widely known ss a torraeas, decided that
a will made In favor of Mrs. Blanrhet's
s'ater was under a spell. Thereupon Mrs.
blanchet burned the will and left her money
to Htmn.
BOY. WHO DESERVES A MEDAL
V' European Railways lo n
jfS Tonr and Liberal A men at
y, of Money.
(Copyright, 190S, by Press Publishing Co.)
OuKbtfA, June . (New York World Ca
blegramSpecial Telegram.) A boy named
Terkalt who lives here, hae Just ended a
tour of Europe, made under' extraordinary
circumstances. His greatest ambition had
been to Visit foreign countries, but he had
no money. It occurred to him to make a
large box with a double bottom. After
six months work he contrived one that oould
be opened and shut by secret springs.
When It was done he found a traveling
companion who was willing for a small
sum to take charge of the box and for
ward It to destinations as directed. Terkalt
packed himself In the box and at a con
venient place on the way left It He then
marched to the railway office, proved that
his box was ninety-three pounds lighter
than it was when shipped and demanded
damages. This was done from place to
place the railroad and steamship companies
In most cases being only too glad to settle
quietly. Terkalt left Odessa with 18 kopecks
(about 12 cents) and returned with 2,000
roubles (about $1,000).
Just as he was about to leave his box
for the last time the railway police ob
served the movements of the singular box
and Terkalt was arrested. The whole story
came out at ths trial, but the Judge, tak
ing a merciful view of his adventures,
punished him with only three months Im
prisonment WAGNER FESTIVAL ARRANGED
Opera to Be Presented la Open Air at
tka luvelllng of
Stntao.
(Copyright, 1903, by Press Publishing Co.)
BERLIN, June 8. (New York World
Cablegram Special Telegram. ) The crown
ing feature of the much-talked of Wagner
festival here next October will be a magni
ficent performance of the last scene of the
"Melsterslnger" In front of the statue and
under the open heavens. - The most eminent
Wagner singers and choruses will be asked
to take part. At the last note the curtain
will fall from the monument
In the Royal opera house there will be a
gala performance, at which Emperor Will
iam will be "present Scenes will be given
from the "Ring," with entirely new dresses
and decorations. There will also be ar
ranged numeroue outdoor fetee In honor
of the master, and great conductors like
Felix Mono, Richter . and . . Welngarten
will conduct orchestras which will be con
fined to Wagner programs. The sug
gestion has been made, to bestow some
great honor on Frau Coslma or to make
her the subject of a great popular demon
stration, but hitherto she has declined to
consent to take any public part in the
festivities, save being present at the un
veiling of tho monument
WORK THE GAME TOO OFTEN
Band of Ctovwr Swindlers Finally Ren
to Bnrth ky Paris " -
(Copyright, 190$, by Press Polishing Co.)
PARIS. June 8. (New York World Cable
gramSpecial Telegram.) A band of clever
swindlers known as "The Potatoes," has
lust been run to earth after a series of
operations that oovered many months.
There were eleven men and women, and
they took their name from a man and wife
of the party, who were formerly potato
sellers.
The principal "worker was a woman
who was styled "The beautiful Therese,'
(In memory of Madame Humbert no
doubt). Her 'avorlte method of working
was to Introduce herself Into houses of
old women and men having a comfortable
revenue and under all sorts of pretexts
persua'de them to advance her certain
eums.
Another of the woman was called the
"Marchioness," and a man bore the title
of "The Engraver." There was also the
"Big Christine," with her lover. It reads
like a page of Eugene Sue's "Mysteries of
Paris."
They were finally caught by means of
the number of persons they hsd deceived,
who In a body denounced them to the
police.
DOLL EXHIBIT IS INTERESTING
Collection Embraces These front All
Sections and of All
Kinds.
(Copyright 1903, by Press Publishing CO.)
BRUSSELS. June 8. (New. York Cable
gramSpecial Telegram.) The Inter
national doll exhibition, Just held at Liege,
Belgium, has proved an interesting histor
ical study. There were contributions from
all the provinces of France, as well ss
from other foreign countries, and many
of the costumes were those no longer seen.
There waa the doll of Plcardy, wearing the
costume of the farm girls of that province;
the Anvergiio doll In round cap; the Gas
con, one with Its brilliant foulard hand
kerchief, and the demure little Breton,
with great wings of tulle on either side of
her face.
Marie Antoinette, as she looks In her pic
ture by Mme. Lebrum, was represented
and Louis XVI.
The dolls of Venice and Pisa were among
the queerest. There were some little negro
and Creole wax dolls, too, from Martinique.
Paris was represented by a moat In
teresting collection, sent from Its pedsgng
leal museum, where they are usually on
exhibition tho year round.
CZAR VISITS HERMIT PRIEST
Spoelal Line of Railway of Sixty. Sis
Miles to Be Bnllt for the
Occasion.
(Copyright. 19ns. by Press Publishing Co.)
8T. PETERSBURG. June 8. (New York
World Cablegram Special Telegram.) The
csar and his whole court will make a pll
giimsge this summer to the ' "Miracle-
Working Hermit of Sarafskaya." Father
Berafln, who waa recently canonised. A
special line of railway slxty-slx miles long
has been constructed for the purpose of
the ciar's Journey to the hermit's abode.
CO-OPERATION IS PROFITABLE
Worklaa-ntea'a Associations Show
ProSt of Twenty-Fear
Millions.
(Copyright, 190S. by Press Publishing Co )
LONDON. June 8. (New York World
Cablegram Speclu I Telegram.) The annual
meeting of the Worklngmen'e Co-operative
congress shows that this organisation con
tlnuea to grow enormously. It now hss
2.000.000 members. $130,000,000 capital, $32.
ooo.OuO annual earnings and $24,000,000 annual
preAta,
FLOOD SLAYS SCORES I
Three South Carolina Towns Devastated tj
Madly Bashing; Torrent.
SEVENTY-FIVE ARE REPORTED DROWNED
Waters Bags Over Houjses When Tarns Give
Way Before 8tream.
BIG COTTON MILLS ARE WASHED AWAY
Cloudburst Destroy p Bridges and Stalls
Railway Trains.
FIVE THOUSAND OPERATIVES LOSE JOBS
Factory Owner Whoso Georgia Prop
erty Was Wrecked by Monday's
Tornado Stands Largo Part
of it,UUV,OUO Loss.
SPARTANBURG, S. C, June 8. Before
the waters of a mighty flood, Facolet,
S. C, has been swept from the map and
the great cotton mills of Spartanburg and
Clifton, 8. C, have been wiped out by a
storm which struck this part of the coun
try late last night.
Up to the present hour It has been Im
possible to ascertain the loss of life. Six
bodies have already been seen drifting
down the stream and it seems certain
that twenty-five or thirty were drowned
at Pacelot alone.
Pacolet and Clifton are situated In the
defllee of two valleys, between lofty ranges
of hills. Most of the homes of the work
men are located In the valley near the
mills in which they are laborers.
The shadow of the storm settled over
Spartanburg last night It gathered force
until the proportions of a giant cloudburst
were reached, when the downpour from
the clouds swept away the dams, which
In turn settled Into one vast swirling
stream, which rushed down the valley
where the mills are situated.
This afternoon the waters are roaring
above houses and homes, where yesterday
the spindle and the loom were at work and
1,000 laborers were busy.
Property Loss Two Millions.
It Is estimated that the property loss will
reach $2,000,000.
At Pacolet the following damage has
been reported:
Mill No. 1 has been washed completely
away; mill No. 2 is totally destroyed; tha
dams of three mills are swept away; the
warehouse of mill No. 1, with Its total stock
of goods and cotton, was swept away,
while the hotel, the leading church and al
most every building In the little city has
been partially or totally destroyed.
Mill No. 3 at Pacolet has been destroyed
and Clifton mill No. 1 and the Glendale at
Clifton are reported totally ruined. Wire
'sommunlcatlon. with that section la Inter
rupted. . ....
Victor M. Montgomery is the owner of
both.Jhe Pacolet til lis at Spartanburg and
that- at New Holland, Ga., which; waa so
seriously -crippled by the tornado near
Gainesville last Monday. He estimated bis
lose at $1.200,000' and says 1,200 men have
been thrown out of employment
Mills Are Obliterated.
Soon after operationa began this morn
ing at mills Nos. 1 and 2 the water pres
sure became dangerous, the boiler rooms
became submerged and the workmen were
ordered back. A little later, the fury of
the raging river struck mill No. 1, wash
ing the plant entirely away. The strong
current then swept against No. 2, demol
ishing that mill and leaving only the cloth
room standing. The big bridge over the
Pacolet river, a steel structure, was then
carried away by the flood, which had burst
through ths dam. The wareroom, contain
ing nearly 4,000 bales of cotton and 4,000
bales of domestic cloth, followed, all the
cotton being carried down streamT
At Pacolet mill No. 3, ons-half the picker
room and Ave stories on the left side of
the main building, were washed away. The
main building, supported by a thick wall.
Is still standing, but Is shaky and may
collapse at any time. The boiler room la
gone, but the smokestack Is yet standing.
The dam at No. $ Is Intact All the ma
chinery In this mill is ruined.
At Glendale four warehouses filled with
cotton and cotton products were swept
away, along with the dAm across Law-
son's fork and ths trestle of the city elec
tric railway. The mill at Agandale waa
not materially damaged. At Converse the
main building of the Clifton factory col
lapsed and the water rose until It reached
the second story four feet deep.
Fifty Drown at Clifton.
CLIFTON, 8. C June 8. The Converse
cotton mill, with Sl.ono spindles, has been
destroyed by the flood. The Clifton mill.
with .27.600 spindles. Is half washed away.
The Dexter mill, with S0.S00 spindles, is half
gone. These mills belong to the Clifton
Manufacturing company
Five hundred people are homeless. It Is
estimated that fifty people are' di owned.
Four thousand are thrown out of employ
ment. There were many thrilling rescues
from trees and houses. B. 8. Johnson lost
his wife and all his children, as did R. D.
Ftnley and J. R. Jones.
The . river has risen to eight feet above
the normal. Immediate help Is needed. A
relief committee is to be organised Imme
diately. Rev. W. J. Snyder will receive
and turn over to the committee any money
forwarded.
Many Bodies Recovered.
AUGUSTA, Oa.. June 8. The Herald's
correspondent at Spartanburg gives the
losses In the flooded district as follows:
Arkwrlght mill, 20.256 spindles, slightly
damaged, not over $3,000.
Beaumont, 3.S88 spindles, damage slight.
Clifton, Nos. 1, 2 and 3, 101.232 spindles,
most serious damage of all, amounts to
$700,000
Pacolet. Nos. 1. 1 and I, 39.362 spindles,
capitalised at $1,000,000. damage $756,000.
Whltnoy, 1.000 spindles. $100,000.
Thlrty-flve lives are reported lost. The
bodies of these, with two exceptions, were
caught floating In the river at Clifton, ten
miles from Spartanburg
Only mills Nos. 1 and 2 were completely
destroyed at Pacolet, but No. $ wss seri
ously damsged. All that now remains on
the scene of the wrecked mills Is a mass
of broken and twisted Iron and stone In
disheveled heaps. Most of the drowned
people were operatives of the Pscolet River
mills. '
COLUMBIA, S. C. Juns $. The Kangaree
river la rising here and Is expected to
reach twenty-five feet. Railroad officials
are apprehensive that wreckage will dam
age the bridges which at this point cross
the river.
CALHOUN FALLS. 8. C, June $ -At
Calhoun Falls water Is In the second story
of the Newry Cotton mills. Its warehouses
have been washed away. , Ths dam at
Taxway, N. C, has broken and three mills
will ga.
THE BEE BULLETIN.
Forecast for Nebrnnka Partly Cloudy Sun
day. Probahlv Showers, Cooler In Eastern
. Portion; Monday pair and Warmer.
Page.
1 White Gives n Party to Royalty.
Sails Over London In n Ralloon.
Dlaaatrons Flood In Ponth.
Order Heatored at ICaneaa City.
S) Crest of Flood at St. Lonla.
Pope Is Slowly Wanting Awny.
8 Swi from Krbrnska Towns.
-4 Mnrhen's Pals Were Given Jobs.
Affairs at Sonth Oninhn.
Mormons IV ot Wonted in Germany,
5 ebraka at the World's Fair.
Postal After lew Route to Const.
Refuse to Cut County Payroll.
6 Past Week In Omaha Society.
T Henna Not After Other Office.
Judue Lynch I'rrnldes In Illinois.
Peculiar Verdict of Coroner.
8 Council llloffs and Iowa Mews.
9 Results of the Rail Games.
MrChesney Wins Harlem Handicap,
Other Sporting- Events.
10 Story, "Il the Light of pay."
11 Omaha's Flood of 1NM1.
Floods of Month of May,
12 Amusements and Music,
lit Weekly Review of Sports.
14 Editorial.
13 Business Men Looking; Ahead.
Hecoiinitlon of Trades Inlons.
Incorporations of Trades Inlons.
15 lacreaslnit the Supply of Shnd.
It) Financial nnd Commercial.
iiO Court Enjoins the Walters.
Temperature at Omaha Yeaterdayl
Hour. Pes. Hour. Den;.
5 a. m or 1 p. m Ta
On. m SN : p. 111 T7
7 a. nt 5U a p. m IS
H n. m Uil 4 p. m Til
n. m W 6 p. m 7H
10 a. m 7 O p. m 77
11 a. mi 74 T p. 7tt
lit m 75
COMMENCEMENT AT BELLEVUE
Twenty-Third Yenr of the College to
Close with Appropriate Exer
cises This Week.
Announcement of the commencement
week exercises, marking the conclusion of
the twenty-third year of Bellevue college,
have been sent out by President Kerr. Tha
president will preach the baccalaureate
sermon this morning, and tonight Nolan
Best Rice of Chicago, editor of the Interior,
will make the baccalaureate address. Mon
day will be given over to the annual track
and field athletic meet and the senior clans
exercises in the .evening. Tuesday after
noon will be the date of the annual prep
colleglate base ball game for the presi
dent's cup. The evening will be given up
to the recital of the muslo and elocution
departments.
On Wednesday morning the trustees will
assemble In annual meeting to plan the af
fairs of the school for the next year. A
reception will be given in the library In
the afternoon, and In the evening will be
held the great social event of the' year,'
the Junior prom, for which elaborate prepa
rations, are being made.
The commencement exercises, conferring
of. degrees and annual eddsess will be held
on the campus slope Thursday morning at
10:80 o'clock. William Jennlngt Bryan Mil
make the address, speaking on the sub
ject, "The Value of an Ideal." Thursday
noon the. visitors, students and friends vlll
lunch together on the campus, while the
alumt 1 will meet for their annual luncheon
and business session. The president's lovee
Thursday evening will close the week.
RECEPTION F0R THEIR HEAD
Royal Neighbors Give Mrs. Watt the
Glad Hand on Occasion of
Seventh Election.
Pansy camp No. 11. Royal Neighbors of
America, gave a reception Saturday night
for Mrs. E. D. Watt, who has Just been
elected to the title of supreme oracle ot
the grand lodge for the seventh successive
time. The members of the various camps
of the lodge In Omaha, South Omaha and
Council Bluffs were present, besides Hrs.
Hamlin of Pennington, Ore., who holds
the title of grand marshal, and also Su
preme Physician Dr. Snyder of Council
Bluffs.
During tha evening a program was ren
dered. It had been intended thst Mayor
Moores should deliver the address of wel
come, but In his absence Mrs. Remington
of Ivy camp No. 3 spoke a few words of
greeting to the highly honored sister. Oth
ers of the members Rpoke during the course
of the evening and muslo, both vocal and
Instrumental, was Interspersed with the
speaking.
At the close of the program a gold badgo
was presented to Mrs. Watt through Mrs.
Dr. Snyder, who made the presentation
speech.
Punch and refreshments were served at
the close of the program.
OMAHA ROAD DIVIDES CASH
Annual Meeting Orders Payment of
Three Per Cent on Common
Stock.
ST. PAUL. Minn., June 8 The annual
meeting of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minne
apolis Ik Omaha was held at Hudson, Wis.,
today. - A semi-annual dividend of 3Vi per
rent was declared on the outstanding pre
ferred-stock, while a $ per cent dividend
on common stock was ordered. The old
officers were re-elected.
The annual meeting of the Bt Paul A
Sioux City Railway company, an auxiliary
of the Omaha, was held In St. Paul today.
The officers were re-elected. ,
Movements of Ocean Vessels June .
At New York Arrived : Hekla. from
Copenhagen. Off the port: Lucanla, from
Liverpool, yueenmown ana Liverpool; Bt.
Paul, from Southampton ond Clierlwmrg
(all prevented by douse fog from entering.
Sailed: Kroonland, for Antwerp; Umbiia
for Liverpool: Hohensollern. for Genoa, and
Naples; Minneapolis, for Ixindon: Patricia,
for Hamburg; Astoria, for Glasgow.
At QueenHtown Sailed: Cedric, from Liv
erpool for New York.
At Yokohama Arrived: Nippon Maru,
from Sn r'ranrtson for tinuughal arid
Hong Kong; Tuna Maru. from Seattle for
Hlogo. Shanghai und Hong Kong.
At Manchester Sailed: Caledonian, for
Bunion.
At Cherbourg Failed: New York, from
Southampton for New York; Auguste Vic
toria, from Hamburg and Southampton for
New York.
At Genoa Arrived: Sardegna, from New
York via Naplea (not previously)
At Rotterdam Arrived: Htaatendnm from
New York. Sailed: Potsdam, tor New York.
At Srllly Passed: barbaosxa. from New
York for Cherbourg and Bremen.
At Havre Sailed: La Lorraine, for New
York. 1
At Antwerp 8alled: Finland, for New
York.
At Liverpool Arrived: Campania, from
New York; I'ltonia, from Boston Sailed:
Cevlc, for New York; Ktrurla, for New
York.
At London Sailed: Menaha, for New
York; Minnexota, for I'liiluilrlphia.
At Plymouth Arrived: t'.arli.iruia, fr.,m
New York for Cherbourg and Bremen, and
proceeded.
At BremenSailed: Fried rich der Groses,
for New York and Cherbourg.
ORDER OUT OF CHAOS
Kansas City Beoorering Its Former Appear
ance with Wonderful Sapidity.
RETAIL BUSINESS GOES ON AS BEFORE
Railroads Follow ths Receding Waters
with Repair Gangs,
ACCOMPLISH, MUCH UNDER DIFFICULTIES
Trains Handled, with Little Delay with
Inadequate Trackage.
LOSS OF BRIDGES THE WORST HANDICAP
People Who Formerly Dwelt la the
Bottoms Waiting; Anxiously for
the lime When They
Cnn Return.
(From a Staff Correspondent.) I
KANSAS CITY, Ma, ' June S.-t8pecial
Telegram.) Clattering cables, the shrill
sound of trolley bells, streets busy again
with those who buy and sell, people hurry;
ing to and from their business, stores
thronged as aforetime with purchasers
might reasonably persuade the casual vis
itor today that all the suffering of tha
past week wss but a nlghtmure and Kansas
City not still in the throes of the greatest
disaster which ever befell It. In the retail
centers there Is not the smallest sign of
the terrible flood and the devastation It
brought In Its train. Only down by the
waterside where the receding tide Is leav
ing a coat of slimy mud spread Inches deep
over the land It wrested temporarily from
the Invader, can the true state of affaire
even be imagined. Here, however, sorrow
ful crowds still gather, speculating on the
havoo wrought and the damage, still to be
disclosed.
All along the bluffs crowds gather, hang
ing about throughout the day, crowds made
up for the most part of those rendered
homeless by the waters. Hour by hour
burled landmarks are coming to light which
are pointed out with avidity and taken aa
evidence that even the mighty Missouri,
reinforced by Its sister, the Kaw, is not
all powerful. Hour by hour houses and
factories, ra'lroad tracks and rolling stock,
streets and alleys are appearing once more;
but all, or nearly all, terribly altered by
the events of the last week, and as 'each
appears large forces of men are being hur
ried Into start the work of reconstruction
and hasten the day when business msy be
resumed arid those drjven forth by the
waters enter In again on the land to pos.
sess it. It Is almost pathetic to see how
eager are these people to brave again the
perils, they have so lately escaped. Two
colored girls stood talking at the foot of
Resevoir. street this morning. One had
dwelt in a little cabin on the west bottoms.
The other was her hostess.
"It's all down thar," said the homeless one
pointing a quivering finger at the etlll
turbulent torrent, "'all 1 had in the'-world,
all but this'' and she glanced at the cheap
cotton dress she.wae wearing. f
' "Well, you won't go back," Interjected
the ether anxiously.
"Sho" was the astonishing reply, "that's
war I a'long. Sho' , I'll go back, aoon'a r
can. I b'long thar. Thar I wag be'n. Sho'
I'll go back." .
Snfferera Will Bravo More Floods.
And the little negro girl Is not alone In
her . determination, - indeed it Is not too
much to say that almost all who , were
driven out will be back In the bottoms Just
as soon as their old houses are rendered
habitable again or new ones built for their
accommodation. The general Idea that
what has happened once cannot happen
again Is one ofsthe.most curious features
of the rltuatlon. It is as curious In Its way
as the optimism which kept many at home
In eplte of warnings and made it necessary
to rescue others In spite of protests. Still
It will take many days yet before It Is
possible for these bouses to be reoccupled
for In addition to. the mud there Is a mass
of -tangled debris to be moved which now
blocks the streets, rendering access to the
bottoms difficult and In some Instances
dangerous.
To fully appreciate the havoc wrought It
la necessary to visit tho shore line of the
flood, and for this purpose a pass Is neces
sary, as police and soldiers guard all ap
proaches to keep looters and other dan
gerous characters from the water's ' edge.
The affected area Is . Indeed practically
under martial law, aa the whole city hag
been, to some extent, since the disaster
came. These passes, issued by the chief
of police and the colonel commanding the
Third Missouri National Ouard, are all
potent, and. armed with them. It le easy,
to see all that Is to be seen. '
At the foot of Ninth street, above the
Union depot, now Just free again, Is ' as
curious a collection as ever Junk dealer
gathered for the satisfaction of his patrons.
It Is plied up thers feet deep. Its outer
I edge still wsshlng around In the falling
waters. There la lumber from broken
houses, fragments of demolished railway
rolling stock, the remnsnts of lesser build
ings still retaining some semblance of
their former shape, dead animals, bottles
and casks without end, household furni
ture, the remains of a saloon with its bar
fixtures end liquors still In their original
packages. There Is a little of every Imag
inable thing and much of it Is valuable
What Is true of Ninth street is true also
of every other point along the edge of those
high lands which marked ths shores of
Monday's flood. It Is to protect this
stranded property, as much as to safe
guard the stores and houses forcibly en
tered by the flood and now open o all
comers, that extra precautions sre being
taken by the authorities, and extra csre
taken to scrutinise every pass before the
holder is allowed to enter the stricken dis
trict. Cndauvs Lose fl ,000,000.
Although work has begun toward re
building and repairing, the loss Is ever
yet beyond all estimate. It la probable
that no one ever will know Just how much
has gone down or how many lives have
been taken. .In Kansas City, Mo., about
TOO buildings of all sizes were Inundated.
Soma of these were little damaged, others
were washed away altogether, and In all
of them more or less destruction hss been
wrought. Probably the packing companies
will, after the railway companies, be the
heaviest individual losers, although they
have been able to do more than most to
protect their property. At tha beginning
of the week they each estimated their
loss at $2fA0OO, but now these figures are
being gradually Increased aa more definite
Information Is obtained. Jack Cudahy, for
example, told a friend yesterday that his
firm would be Just a cool million out of
pocket by reason of the flood, while Ar
mour, Bwlft and the rest are inclined to a
far- more peaslmlstlo view than when the
waters were at their height Although the
walla of their buildings stand, everything
t
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