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THE OMAHA DAILY J1EE: TUESDAY, JUNE 0, 1003. Telsphone H-f.94. WE CLOSE BATCRDATS AT New r5W".iry: T The colors The.price Damns!; -a V .a. ' Wf.. rrM . - - . . 1U1 tH'MJUS, lllilUf 1U IUU VI .UKfl f SI lUJlUflUaUt: efXectK. ' For t boHt? ladies -who like something slightly heavier than tlie lawns these will be very mnch appreciated. The price is $2.25 ':. ; . TRniirni? YrM. t. A. Building, '.Corner of the' city's deaoTallon, which' possibly might gt liitQ public prini. . - From Cahokla creelc bridge north the rail road yards null our of water by reason of the levels are lfned with freight care con taining refugees. Karh car contained twj or three families. . ' ; ,, Looking out over the expanse of wat?r, half-submerged strings' of freight cars and houaes with only the roofs above the sur face told of the depth of the encroaching flood. Huge' grain elevators that stand at the edge, of the Mississippi are now a mile from chore, silent and Isolated. Business In the vailroad yards Is completely at a standstill, excepting that here and there an engine with a high fire box -cautiously made Its way" over unaeen tracks to haul cars loaded with' sand bags to various por tions of the levees. Throughout the' tflty storekeepers stand outside pf their places of business talking with casual passeraby about the possibil ity of the flood breaking through the levee. The streets, excepting (hose along the Im promptu' levees, are deserted, only the sa loons continuing to do business. The stench arising from the backwater, nn tht surface of which floats filth, is most offensive under the warm sun. This Is also a menace to the city, as It may breed 31s ase. - In Bt. Louis the rising water has not caused any, material Increase In damagn. Buildings along the steamboat levee are more deeply flooded, but preparation haa been made for such' a -condition and a rlsa 6f several feet would cause little addi tional damage. ' Below Eads bridge 1s moored the steamer Pubuque, which came down tho river from Bt Paul. 8o swift waa the current and so high the stage of the river that Dubuq?ie was carried under - Merchants' bridge at high speed and both smokestacks were swept to the decks. Workmen today began resetting them and the steamer will re main In dock uVitll the flood subsides. Relief Is Promised. ' According to the local Weather bureau relief seems In sight for the Hooded dis tricts in the vicinity of- St. Louis. This morning the stage recorded by the govern ment gauge Js 87.5 feet, a rise during the bsst twenty-four hours of l.J feet. This breaks all records but that of ' 1844. It is expected that the river wilt rise very slowly from' now on until tonight or to-, morrow morning and that the predicted stage of thirty-eight feet. If at all, wljl.be' barely attained. Then, after 'remaining sta tionary for a short time, the government officials say, the river will t begin' "falling Tuesday evening or Wednesday. , Unofficial reports from Bt. Charles, on, the Missouri river, to the north of St. Louis, are to the effect that the rlvor is rlBlng very little, if any. .,' ' From Ferdinand Cole, president of the Board of Levee Commissioners of Madison county, living at Venice, comes a report of lives lost through the collapse of a brick hotel at North Venice or Newport. Com munication between Granite City and Ven ice Is Impossible. Two men are said to have braved the flood '-by swimming be tween Venice and Madison, being forced by water from the roof of the house they were living In. . Six feet of water Is reported sweeping through the offices of Hedges hotel, Madi son, with guests Imprisoned In the upper stories... , . ..i . Residents of Granite City . are In great peril from several breaks In the levees pro tecting that manufacturing town. Persons living near the manufacturing plants, In which they are employed, are reported fleeing from the flood that comes from ths north, and a fresh break In the abutment to the west. . . s Traffic la Paralysed. With all east side terminal points be t'ween Alton .and Bt, Louis In the embrace of tho flood,, and the Merchants' and Eads bridges accessible to only a few lines. Bt. I,ouls passenger and freight traffic, both Incoming and outbound, " Is temporarily paralyed. . ..,. No attempt has been made to transport freight between . this city and East St. Louts and relief from this critical situation Is not expected within the next twenty-four hours. It Is eatlmated that the flood disaster has already cost tho people :,ooo.o. Alf Incoming eastern passenger trains are marooned In Bt Louis. The Vandalia waa the only line which started a train to ths east today, but this was two' hours late leaving Union station and there Is no assurance that it will make anything like schedule time, even If It succeeded In getting through Kant 8t. Louis.' ' Ths Wabash, the Chicago, Burlington & 11 In fine architecture and all other fine arts, grace and propriety meet",. Grace and propriety of de sign are alwayi distinguishing t features of Gorham Silver .But it is. not its out . ward fair seeming alone . that . has made it a . household word for three generations. 1 1 - owes its place in pop iilar. esteem as well . to the - guarantee of .sterling , quality and fine workmanship con veyed by the trade mark. ' . ' , v NSpOQSlblS jewelers ' i keep it mwJNQ P. M - JtVa,- Jvn t, ShirtWaists Saturday we received some new and pretty fctvloa in Colored "Waists. These garments were purchased for much less than regular price. The material is a very fine chanibray, light in weight, tucked and trimmed in narrow white embroid- are pink, blue, green, tan and is $1.25 instead of $1.75.. Pattfrn Wnlstft. In Vfrv hpauti ----- Sixteenth and; bouglasSU Qulncy, the Big 'Fourr the Louisville A Nashville, the Chicago & Alton and ths Toledo, Bt. Louis aV (Kana City, are suf fering heavily. All- trains on ths - Clover Leaf have been annulled. , , . The Big Four and Chicago A Alton are carrying passengers to Alton ,by boat where connection la made for northern, and eastern points. Information Is not available as .to the St. Louis Valley road, as all wires along that line are down. None of the trains can be operated between Bt Louis and Cairo. The Illinois Central was the only Chicago train to make 8t. Louis today. It arrived at Union Station three hours late. ' The Southern railway managed to hold, Its own. pretty well until Sunday night, when It encountered difficulties at East St Louis, where a number of its cars are now tied up. The western roads are experiencing similar hardships. The Wabash. Chicago & Alton and Burlington have practlcalty ceased operations between here and Kan sas City. The Missouri Pacific and the 'Frisco, are the only lines actively operating between the two cities. The Missouri ' Pacific Is handling westbound business for Ks Crip pled competitors. Freight tonnage - has been reduced to a minimum and only the most Imperative shipments can.be made. The suspension of business at the packing houses indicates ' that the meat' supply of St. Louis, which comes, through - these yards, will be cut oft until the river falls considerably. Some of the Dead. As far as known ths casualties are:u , JOHN CRITTENDEN, aged 10. drowned near the Merchants' bridge In Venice. A WOMAN AND. SEVEN CHILDREN, swept from a fence by the flood in eight. of the Terminal railway operator at Madison, who was attempting to save. them. .. A WOMAN, drowned Jn Madison,' uear the American Car works. . .. . 1 , A iJVOMArt AND BABY, seen clinging; (o a. telegraph pole In Madison,' .. The pole turned In the water and both disappeared. M-i.iager Shipley of thf Madison .''Car works reports seeing nine employes or ths car works and foundry drown. ' ' ' ; HENRY EDMUNDS, fanner, 'drowned near Granite City. His wife was rescued. . Fj tr boys, ranging In age front 13 to 14 years,' were drowned In the freight yards of the St Louis Valley 'railroad on the Island, ( East St. Louis, near ths eSsferiv end of Eads bridge, this aftern'oAn. 'They were playing on a raft at the time. - Three of the boys were Harry Schrelber, Willie King and Eddie Amyx. and lived 1n St. Louis., .. ' " Vladnet la l asafe. ' This afternoon the viaduct connecting East St. Louis with the Eades bridge tvas condemned as unsafe. The street cars were stopped and not allowed to cross the bridge. The water of the Cahokla' creek has been washing against the viaduct for several days and it has been strained to Its utmost by sightseers who used It as a vantage point to view tho flood. ""' ' Five hundred persons, driven from their homes In Calhoun, 111., and Missouri points, have taken refuge In Alton, III. The Alton city council held a special meeting this afternoon to device means for caring' for them. The business houses and factories on the lower streets of West Alton' are submerged. Passengers between 'Alton nn j Bt. . Louis are compelled to make their dally trips by boat The damaxe caused by the flood In the vicinity of Alton Is estimated at $150,000. This Includes loss of stock. Twenty Deaths Reported. ' ' Information obtained from ths ' trl-cltL-s is to ths effect that Granite City Is the least Injured of the three which felt the effects of yesterday's break In the Ieveo, Both Madison and Venice are entirely under water, while In Granite City a space of one mile square, containing the " postofflce. American Steel words and the Bt Louis Stamping works, was still uncovered at noon. Twenty drownings are reported from several sources, all but one being at Mad ison and Venice. The work bf rescue was carried on today by means of skiffs. vRellef boats were today sent to Venice; 111. Only the roofs of houses arS vlalb'e and the 600 Inhabitants are homeless. Dur ing the day 100 persons were rescued. Their stcrles of ths disaster are thrilling and pathetic. In their hurry to escape many persons were obliged to race from the flood only partially clad. None of them was able to save any household, goods. Mont of the. Venice houaes are frame struc tures and yielded readily to the force of the flood. The Methodist church was lifted from Its foundation and, carried throe blccka. Only the steeple is now visible. In the school house, which Is of brick, 200 men. women and children .have found refuge. Until there Is a further rlae of a loot or so they are safe, but they have no fool supply. Several business houses were carrleJ away by the terrific current and stock val ued at thousands of dollars was destroyed. No estimate can be formed of the damag , but it will probably amount to several hun dred thousand dollars for Madison and Venice. John CrlttenJen, aged ' 10 years, was drowned near the Merchants' bridge while endeavoring to ri shelter on the roof of a house which was floating down stream. At one house a man was seen to crawl on to the roof bearing a child in his arm There he remained the greater part 'of the night. Clinging o -high fences, rooftops and trees, a score of families' were .found. Soma had remained tn. the ' water fifteen hours and were weak and exhausted. Camped at the roundhouse of the Termi nal association, midway between the Mer chants' bridge and Venice, are 200 persons who got out of th flooded city In. the nlcit of time. The refugees are badly In reed of food and clothing. In some parts of Venice the water Is from fwenty to twenty five feet deep. Word was received tonight that the levse at Kemper's Landing, thirty-five miles be low St Louts, had broken, flooding thou sands of acres of fine Illinois farming land. Mayor .Cook of East Bt Louis to night issued a statement to the tfTct that the flood .had "been conquered and aat Bt, Louis is safe. .The levees have tK so thoroughly strengthened that there Is no further danger of InundaUe.- .'' , W- R. Wilkinson, a cemniseU nwohant st Cape Girardeau, fifteen miles below Bt. Louis. v arrived tcr tonight k beat after a long, hard struggle against toe urrnt and Yrporta that tha tlrer la forty miles wide below 8t Louis In low districts. Tha stearner waa unable to render any assist ance to many refugees seen clinging floating house, and Mr. Wilkinson think It probable that several lives hara been lost . , i ' I CREST PASSES HANNIBAL Water Remain Stationary, While Pallia; North ! the Tow. HANNIBAL, Mo.. Juna S.-The Missis sippi haa risen four InrJjes here during tha last twenty-four hours. Tha. stags now registers 22.5. which Is 9.2 above the danger line. . The, crest Is believed to have been reached here, as the stage remained stationary all afternoon, and a fall Is reported to the north. , . The Burlington shop clowert today, throw, ing 1,000 more men out of employment. KANSAS CITY LOSES WATER IPBmp Breaks, Temporarily Emptying Mains, bat Aquedact Will Be Heady Today. . KANSAS CITY. Mo., June 8 Water was shut off from. the. city today owing to ac cidents to the pumps but the . aqueduct bridge across the Kansas river will be completed tomorrow when there will be an abundant supply of pure water. The Western Union stretched a cable across the Kansas river tonight, thus closing an Important gap. The Missouri Pactflo today began to repair Its Kansas river bridge, and trains will cross late this week. Many of the animals thrown into the river from the stock yards lodged in Kan sas City, Kan., and several hundred dead hogs are stranded In the railroad yards of the west bottoms. Otherwise sanitary eondltions are good. Many factories resumed work today end others will start tomorrow. The Armour packing house was unable to begin killing; today, repairs being still Incomplete. The number of refugees In the several camps decreases -steadily and the relief work need not be continued long". The stock yards will open for business on Mon day. The cable railroad to the stock yards will begin operations tomorrow morning. Hallway' Situation Improves The Santa Fe. the 'Frisco, the Missouri, Kansas & Texas and the Rock Island are using the Union depot. The Missouri Pa cific probably will go back to the depot tomorrow.. The Rock Island's western trains run out of Kansas, City over the 'Frisco lines to Paola and thence by. the Missouri Pacific to Herlngton. The Rock Island Is oper ating to Chicago by . way. of boat to Kan sas City, Kan., and. the Missouri Pacific to St. Joseph. The Alton is operating from Independence to Slater on Its own lines.' .The route of the Alton to Chicago Is over the- Missouri Paciao tracks to, Bt. Louis. The St. Joseph and, Grand Island., the .Union Pacific, the Chicago Great Western, the Burlington and the Milwaukee lines are operating by boat to Randolph and thence north by railroad. The Milwaukee Is using the Missouri Pa cific north from Kansas. City,, Kan. The Wabash, lines are : not, operating out of Kansas City. -r . , Four bodies, were-, recovered today.: They wero those pf John Piper, aged CO, wagon driverj . WUlam Brooks, aged -60-. Patrick Gearln, Missouri ifaclilc. uliop employe, and an.unkoBWnoUSAa.; .;.i..i n.i-. en-j The bodies of riper and Brooks were found-ba Ah east . bottoms J' Theyt'werei drowned - ln their; homos.: - The. bodies of Oearin and the unknown, man were found near Armour's. The unidentified body was decomposed beyond possible recognition. The verified total of the dead list Is now sixteen. Ask Special Session.- , Governor Bailey of Kansas tonight lis tened to a petition from a committee com posed of leading cttisens of Kansas City, Kan., urging that the legislature be con vened In extraordinary sesalon to author ize Wyandotte county, Kansas, to Issue bonds to rebuild the bridges across the Kansas river which were swept away by the flood. Governor Bailey took the ques tion under advisement and promised to make public his decision In a few days. He Is duly Impressed with the necessity of rebuilding the bridges at ones, but Is not sure that It will be necessary to call a special session of the legislature to accom plish the desired end. He wilt seek lega) advice on the subject' ' TOPEKA IS AGAIN DIVIDED Pontoon Bridge Goes Ont and Boats Are ( Scarce at Kansas ' . Capital. TOPEKA, Kan., 'June 8. Ths pontoon bridge connecting North Topcka with the north approach of the big ftfclan bridge, which latter spans the river, connecting both parts of the town, went out at 1 o'clock today. This severe 4II connection with the north side save by boat, and it ,1a not thought It will be possible to repair .the damage before Wednesday. This will result in great hardship to the people now In North Topeka, as all ths bosts sent here front' the outside have been taken away. The water is fast getting back into the old river channel, leaving North Topeka a desolate sea bf sloppy, vile smelling mud. During the night a temporary water main was laid and will aid greatly In clearing up the situation. The city has such a wreck of tangled lumber, walls of houses and em' banked mud that the task of clearing the streets Is great The railway situation la improving. ..'' It la almost certain that a special session of the legislature will be held to appropri ate money for the sufferers. Mayor Bergundthal Issued a proclamar tlon today asking merchants to close their stores tomorrow and that every able-bodied man should go to work for the day, cleaning the flooded district Mud Is a foot deep and It will require an enormous amount of work to get the streets clean. The first line to get direct communica tion between Topeka and the east was the Santa Fe. Totilght the Santa Fe got Its St. Joseph line open and for a few days will run Its through California trains vta that city using its own rails all the way. Beginning tomorrow morning It will con mence making dally relief trips between Topeka and Kansas City. FAR WEST HAS TROUBLE NOW Melting- SnOOTS Cist Washington Streams to Overflow Their Banks. PORTLAND, Ore.. June 1 At noon today the Wllllametts river showed a stags of M l f iot here, a rise of six Inches In the past twenty-four hours. Both the tipper Columbia and the Snake rivers are rising again today. The Columbia and William ette are beginning to encroach on bottom lands and another three-foot rise will ruin a large acreage of grain and hay. - - TACOMA. Wash., June I The hot weather of the past few days Is rapidly melting the snows In the mountains ami all tha streams are rising. The Green river is bank full, while the waters of tha White rlvsr have already poured water down the Stuck vslley until ll Is up to the fences In the fields. Ths Puyallup rlvef Is also bank full. Railroad men and mill men are watching the situation in expectation of more or less trouble; ' MAIL SERVICE SUFFERING Official ' Reperf Holds Out l ittle Hope for St. I.onls anal Vicinity. WASHINGTON, June l.-Telegrsphlc ad vices to, the . Postoffice department todsy report that the mall service in the flood section In Missouri and Mississippi valleys Is Improving, except In the vicinity of St. Iouls, where the conditions are rapld'j' growing worse. From the Kansas City division Superin tendent' Taft of the railway mall service wires that conditions will probably be normal ' by ' tomorrow. The report from St. Louis says: , Missouri Psclflc. Wabash, 'Frisco and Iron Mountain are" the only Hues south of Hannibal AY Bt. Joseph now running In eastern Missouri. Iron Mountain possibly may be obliged to abandon eervloe. Wabash and Chicago Alton Impassable between here and Mitchell. Mstssip;il high and rising. . Indications connection with east side of river may be broken here. MILITIA IS ORDERED OUT Illinois Soldiers Are to Guard and Prnperty in Flooded : District. II fe SPRIWmELb, III.; June 8. -Acting Gov ernor Northcott today Issued the following order to Adjutant General Smith: The Alton division of the Illinois Na tional reserve Is hereby ordered to patrol the Mississippi rivrr In flood districts in the yictnlty of East St. Louis and to protect life end property wberever in danger. Suld reserve Shall have full police powers and you will see that a proper steamer Is se cured and that It is properly provisioned. LINCOLN RAINS CAUSE FEARS Swell Water Still Dangerously Hth and Threaten Fresh Dis aster. LINCOLN, June S. A heavy rain, accom panied by violent winds, set In over the southeastern part of the state of Nebraska this afternoon. The waters of the recent floods have not entirely subsided and If the rain continues long a repetition of the scenes of the last two weeks are looked for. Hibernians Vote Cash. NEW HAVEN. Conn., June 8.-Ex-Sen-ator James P. Bree, national secretary of the Ancient Order "of Hibernians, an nounced tonight that his order had sub scribed $1,000 for the relief of the flood suf ferers at Kansas City." A check for that amount has been' sent to the mayor of Kansas City. Louisiana Isolated. LOUISIANA, Mo.' June 8.-The Mississippi here Is still rising and now Is as high as before the break In the Sny levee. All trains have been annulled and Louisiana Is cut oft from the world except for one wire. Rockefeller Clves to Fond. NEW - YORK. June 8. -Mayor Low re ceived a -check for' 15,000 front John D. Rockefeller today for the fund Tor the re lief .of the-sufferers from the floods In the wast'. r: ' 'fH' '' '" ' NEGROES ARE --"DRIVEN OUT Murder Leads WhJ A to Rise Against Blacks, E Whom Are) Slain. FOREST; 'Miss'., June I. Four negro men and one negrot'womah killed, eight or ten badly beaten and most of the other negroes in the community ordered to leave Is the result . of the shootfng from ambush of Mr. Cfaft and the wounding of Mr. Boys by negroes last week. ' ' ."' . ' This occurred' in the northern part of Smith counfy and the excitement there lost week was intense. Reports from there now are' that everything Is quiet and perhaps will remain so if the negroes ordered. to leave do so at once. It Is said the killing and flogging of the negroes was done by men from the part of the country where Mr. Craft lived. , FLOWERS . ALARM KAISERIN Woman Throws Bonqnet at Kmperor is Arrested, Lectured and Relensed. BERLIN, June 8. A dispatch from Frank fort says that while 'Emperor William was driving to the half In which Saturday's singing competition took place a lady ad mirer threw a bouquet into the Imperii! carriage. The bouquet struck the emperor's hel met and was so forcibly thrown that the empress, who was sitting beside Emperor William, Jumped up, frightened. The thoughtless enthusiast was arrested, given a severe lecture and then discharged. The Frankfort people had been warned previously not to throw flowers into the Imperial carriage. . .. GATHER FOR HANNA NUPTIALS Many Guests Reach. Cleveland and Join. In tha Preliminary Festivities. CLEVELAND, June 8 Many of those who will attend the marriage of Mlaa Hanna and Joseph Medlll McCormlck ars already In tha city. Tonight Mas Hanna and Mr. MoCormlck were dined at the Union club by Mrs. L. O. Hanna, an aunt of the bride. Similar entertainments wilt be given tomorrow afternoon and evening by the Hanna fam ily and relatives. A number of beautiful presents have al ready been received, that of the president being an after dinner gold coffee set DEATH RECORD. Sebraakaa Dies in Wisconsin. KENOSHA. Wis., June 8 (Special Tele gram.) Charles Cull of Oakland, Neb., and a son of William ,V. Cull of the town of Brighton, died at the family home In Brighton shortly after t o'clock Saturday, after a ten-days' Illness, from appendicitis. The' deceased, who was cashier of the bank of Oakland, came to Brighton ten days ago on a business trip and while visiting with his father was stricken with appendi citis. At first It wss thought that the attack would not prove serious, but on Saturday Mr. Cull became suddenly worse and the end came Saturday evening. Mrs. Cull had been notified of ths serious illness of her husband and together with her three children shs arrived from Oakland a tew hours before ths death of her husband. Bavarian Frinea at 'Frisco. SAN FRANCISCO. June 8-Prlnce George of Havarla, heir apparent to the throne of Bavaria and grandson of the em peror of Austria, arrived h.re today on the steamer Korea, from the Orient. He has been in Java and Japan and will now pro ceed to Munich. He Is accompanied by his tutor. Dr. H. Mayl. The prince, who la 23 years old. is traveling under the name of Count Wurtemburg. A Barn haver Barns. After Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil Is ap plled. TteMeves pain Instantly and heals, st ths sams time. Fir man or beast Pries, Sc. FILIPINOS ARE AMPLY FED Taft Eeplioa to Miles' Critioirm of Insular Situation. FAMINE LESS SERIOUS THAN EXPECTED Feed Sfpply Sufficient t Meet All rrobable Remands, bat Tremble l experienced In Getting Draft Animals. WASHINGTON, June S.-The War de partment today made public a report ' re ceived from Governor Taft, replying to statements mads by Lieutenant General Miles after his visit to the Islands last year. The report Is dated at Benguest, April 18 and says: ' I Sm In receipt by reference from the chief 0 the Btiresu of Insular Affairs and the adjutant general of the army of an excerpt from the report of the lieutenant general of the army relating to the con ditions of agriculture In the archipelago and the means of avoiding a probable fam ine and In accordance with the direction In the reference X have the honor to make tha following comment: Famine at Discount. That there Is a shortage In the Islands of the usual food supply Is undoubtedly true but I have been surprised to rind thus far how little famine or hunger there is. 1 havs not received a single call from a single provincial governor tor rice for free distribution in th entire archipelago. In the province of Uatangas. Captain Hough ton, In managing the so-called War famine fund, the history of which hns been al ready officially reported to you, has made a small gratuitous distribution of rice, not exceeding. 1 should think, more than SXOuO worth. The action of the commission In directing a proclamation by the civil cotcrnor call ing 'upon the people everywhere to plant corn, camotea or, sweet potatoes, rice and other quickly growing food products had a wide Influence In stirring up the people to provide against the threatened famine. It is true that an unexampled drouth has prevented this planting from being as pro ductive ss It otherwise would have been snd that the locusts, too, have been In terfering with some of the crops, but on the whole I have been greatly surprised to find tho suffering so much less than we expected It to be. In May, June and July we may have calls for aid. but we will be able to promptly respond, especially now that 3, 000,000 has been appropriated The most serious feature of the situa tion is the loss of the cattle from rhlndor pest. It Is not foaslble to bring cattle Into the Islands without making sure that they will not catch, the rhlnderpest after coming here and die from the disease. 1 he fields of the islands are affected with rhlnderpest, so that cattle from the other Islands brought here are almost sure to have the disease. It Is necessary, there fore, that all cattle brought in shall be Immunised by having a serum Injected Into their veins which will render them Immune for three or four months and at the same time by being Inoculated with the rhlnderpest virus, which renders them Immune for five years and probably longer. Many Carnbnos Ordered- We have a contract for the delivery of 10,000 carabaoa in the island after their per manent Immuniratlon. Those are to be brought from China. Our Insular agent, together with a cattle expert of the agri cultural bureau, is now visiting the various porta of the orient with a view to making lurther contracts. I am unable to see that the government transport could be ma le usefulto us either in the transportation of rice or cattle. Wj can charter steamers Adapted to such pur poses Mt' perhaps one-fourth or one-nfth of the cost of operating transports as pro posed by the lieutenant general. We hao a number of coastguard vessels which nan transport rice qplckly to any part of the archipelago and we can purchase rice in the orient at a much cheaper price than we can bring corn or wheat from the Li.lted States. Rice Is the food which the Fil ipinos are used to eating, whereas they would have to be taught huw to eat wheat. It Is exceedingly Important not to paupj Ixe the people of these Islands by unneces .sary gratuitous distribution of rice. In antielratlenr of --corner -In rice we made a purchase Involving the expenditure of about Mx,0U0 In gold, .We succeeded In broking the corner and Keeping down the', price, but should it advance again we may have to do the same thing. . We have sold the rice In various parts of , the arch ipelago nearly at cost whenever the mer chants' in that neighborhood Insisted on increasing .the price of rice beyond what was reasonable. We have on hand aoine 50,000 pounds of BanjfkoK rice, which is the best In the market, and we have recently disposed of 100,000 pounds of what Is called Calcutta superior famite rice, to be sold throughout the archipelago at a tnodnrite price, which was fixed in the contnut of sale. It more than we have on hand is needed to feed stnrvlrg people wo. nhRll be able to buy It In the market and distribute It without the use of the government trans ports. I think, generally, the statement of facts In tlu report of the lieutenant general Is Correct, so far, at least as the drj.df;il depression In agriculture by reason of tho loss of the cattle la concerned. The 'em edy which he suggests by the use of trie government transports, however, I do n.t concur In. The dan?-?r from famine has not b:en as significant as I supposed It w:s. tliouah the lieutenant general was iUHtitied in his re marks from the reports he heurd. In any event, with the funds provided by congress, 1 feel confident the Philippine government is in a position to meet any emergency t-f this kind which may arise. Bonds Still Float In. The amount of 3 and 4 per cent bonds thus far received at the Treasury depart ment for exchange Into 2 per cent conaols Is 871,344,100. Silver Comes Cheap. The. director of the mint today purchased 60.000 ounces of silver, for Philippine coin age at an average of 63.55 cents an ounce. "Flying 8qnndronM Dissolved. As a result of the Postofflce investigation what Is known as the "flying squadron" of special agents of the rural free delivery service has been abolished as useless and the five men engaged in the work trans ferred to other fields. The men reported direct to Washington, while all the other special agents reported to the headquarters of their respective divisions. Consul Dies at Colon. A cable message was received at the State department today, saying that John C. Ingersoll, United States consul at Car tagena. Colombia, died at Colon on Satur day. Mr. Ingersoll was a native of Illinois and a nephew of the late Robert O. Inger soll. Ths remains will be brought to this country for Interment it possible. ' Think Conger Misinformed. Minister Conger's protest against Count Casslnl's published Interview concerning the Russian occupation of Manchuria has reached the State department. The ds partment officials suspect that Mr. Con ger has perhaps seen a version of the inter view so closely abbreviated aa to convey an erroneous impression as to what ths ambassador really said, and they are dis posed to move very slowly In forwarding ths protest. north to Take Charsre. The president has accepted the resigna tlon of Director of the Census Mecrlam to take effect today. Director North will assume chsrge of the office tomorrow. Flett Ordered to Valparaiso. Upon the receipt of a report from Amer lean agents In Chile to the effect that the situation at Valparaiso is unsatisfactory, owing to the recent social disturbances there the State department this afternoon requested the Navy department to dispatch a ship to that point In order that Amer ican Interests may be fully protected in the event of an emergency. The Navy department at once thought of sending the entire Pacific squadron from San Francisco, but as Rear Amlral Glass has Just brought his ships to California waters for repairs It was decided to ordar Rear Admiral "Sumner, commanding the South Atlantic squadron to proceed at once with bis squadron, now at Montevideo, through the straits to Valparaiso. Cable orders to this effect were sent Ad miral Sumner this afternoon. Orders were also telegrsphed to Admiral Glss to be ready for sea and in the event that Ad mlral Sumner's fleet Is unable to get awsy st once It la possible ths squadron will be ordered to Chile. Admiral Sumner's fleet consists of ths protected cruiser Newark, flagship; pro tected cruiser Detroit and the gunboats Gloucester and Montgomery. . Veterans Bid President. Commander-in-Chief Urell and Adjutant General Dyer of the Spanish war veterans today invited President Roosevelt to attend thels annual encampment next September at New Haven, Conn. The president Indi cated that he would accept ths invitation it possible. - F.ntmnnnel Scads Roosevelt Gift. king Victor Emmanuel has sent to Pres ident Roosevelt a gift of rare value which will' 'be presented to him on Monday by Slgnor Mayor Des Planches, the Italian ambassador, who, at his majesty's request, will be received In speclsl sudlence at the White House. . The gift Is one of books and consists of the war r ports of Prince Eugene of Savoy, the. Illustrious Italian general, and a copy of Dante's "Divine Comedla." with a com ment In Latin. by Stefano Tallce da Rlcal dine. The books ere elegantly bound In full red morocco snd bear the royal crest, with the king's monogram on the four cor ners of each volume. The war reports ore In .twenty volumes snd the "Comedla" In one volume. ' Tho president is an enthusiastic admirer of. Prnce Eugene and' has made a careful study of his campaigns. ' The work was published for private dis tribution by fha late King Humbert The other work, " "Le Comedla dl Dante All ghlerrl," is accompanied by comment hith erto unpublished, which until recently was preserved in. manuscript In the Royal li brary st Turin. . The books are quarto slse and are printed on exquisite paper " f Italian make. Drug Victims Get Respite. The experiments which Dr. Wiley, chief of the ihemlcal' division of the Agricul tural department, hits been conducting" on a number of volunteers for the purposo of testing the effects of borax and other pre servatives In food, will be suspended n June JO. The list of volunteers has fallen from twelve to seven, and there has been many complaints since warm weather be gan from the government boarders, who want a change of diet. No statement of the result of 'he experiments will be mado for some time. VALUE . DIAMONDS TOO LOW Importers Cheat Customs Officers and Must Xow Answer in COnrt. CINCINNATI. O.. June 8,-The first of a number of cases to be tried by the gov ernment against t.lamond importers all over the country .was heard today at the office of Collector of Customs Amor Smith and decided against Fox Brothers & Co., of this city. ... General Thaddegs S. Sharratts, president of the board of, general appraisers for the government, tried the case and Increased the assessment of Fox Brothers & Co. Over the first appraisement by $27,000. It has been charged that diamond Im porters by invoicing their purchases at a price lower than the, market value, have been escaping much of the 10 per cent duty that applies to .cut loose diamonds. The secretary of the treasury has had agents at work for some time collecting evidence and recently prevented the . delivery, through the collector of customs, of many hundreds of 1 thousands of dollars worth of loose diamonds. 'Among the Importa tions so held Is the one to the Fox Brothers. The diamonds Invoiced at the cost price 1 44,000 by Appraiser . George Kolker. have been' held more, than a. month. Kesemst So Cure, Mo Pay. ' Your druggist will refund your money If PAZO OINTMENT falls to cure Ringworm, Tetter, Old Ulcers and Sores, Pimples and Blackheads on the face, and all skin dis eases. 60 cents. I DRUMMERS HOLD CONVENTION Hlh Water Delays National Officers of Travelers' Protective Association. INDIANAPOLIS, June 8The fourteenth annual convention of the Travelers' Pro tective association-; opened tonight ' with delegates here from nearly every part of the country. Arrangements have been com pleted for the entertainment of 8,000 vis itors. ' At the opening session in the German house addresses pf welcome were made by Mayor Bookwaltor, Senator Bevaridge and Governor. Durbln. In the absence of Na tional President Peak of Fort Worth, Tex., the response to the welcome was made by First Vice President Simons of Denver. The special train bearing the national officers was delayed at St. Louis on ac count of . high waters and did not arrive until after midnight The first business session will be held tomorrow morning. Great interest Is being taken in the con test for national chairman, There are four candidates In the field now. They are Thomas of Indianapolis. Simons of Colo rado, McCool of New York and Ochs it Louisiana. Anxlons thoughts sometimes perplex the wife who sees maternity before ner. If she is treading an untried path, she aotnettmea frets herself into a nervous condition which is injurious and pros trating. If motherhood hat already been a painful experience she is apt to shrink from the coming trial and by her very mental anxiety increase thej possibility of her suffering. There is ao cause for anxiety for those prospective mothers who use Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It tranquiliies the nerves, encourages the appetite, in duces refreshing aleep and produces mental cheerfulness as well aa physical vigor. It gives strength and muscular elasticity so that the baby'e advent la practically painless. It is the best tonic for nursing mothers. "I am ao thsakfid for what Dr. Pierce s Fa voriU Precriptluo has done for me," writes Mrs. loha T. smith, ( Blocso. Brit. Col.. Boa 50- "It helped me through the losg months before baby catne and I have s big. strong baby girt, the most healthy of the throe, sad R curtd mt of a dirK watch was taking sway sll my strength. The dealer who offers a substitute for r Favorite Prescription does so to gain . the little more profit paid on the sale of less meritorious medicines. IIuj profit is your loss, therefore accept no substitute, . , Dr. J'lerce'i Common Sense Medical ! Adviser sent free on receipt of stamps to cover expense of mailing only. Send M neejit stamps lor the book in paper covers; or Jt stamps for the cloth-bound volume. Address Vt. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. ' DEATH LIST FIFTY-ElCIlk 1 Carolina Cloudburst S:ayi Mora Even Thai Western Flcoda. PROPERTY DAMAGE PUT AT $3,500,000 Relief rasanaltte Reeelves Many t,lfta f tola, detains; mn Food "Mb Which to Ala Stricken Refsgeee, SPARTANBCRO, 8. C June S.-The in terruption of all methods of traffic urnl communication caused by the high water In Pacolet valley made It impossible until tonight to secure anything like an accurate death roll of the flood's victims. The fol lowing purports to be a complete list of the drowned: JOSEPH HALL, HIS MOTHER, WXFK AND SIX CHILDREN. BUD EMORY. OLIVER JOHNSON. K. ROB13S, WIFE AND TWO CHIL DREN. JULIt'S P.IGGER8TAFF. AUGC8Ti:S CALVERT. WIFE AM) TWO CHILDREN. MRS. HINBON AND CHILD. MRS. WILLIAMS. ELEVEN MEMBERS OF LOWING FAMILY. MRS. MA8SEY AND FOUR CHILDREN. GRENOBLE SIM. ROBERT FINLEY AND WIFE. MRS. OWENS AND TWO CHILDREN. "DOC" WILLIAMS. ROSIE O. E. JOHNSON. MAGGIE KIRBY. GARLAND LONG AND WIFE. JOHN SWEARIGEN AND WIFE. MISS LELIA GOSA. MRS. WILLIAM KIRBY. The bodies of ths foregoing have been recovered and identified. Three unidentified bodies also have been taken from the river, making the aggregate of the death roll flfty-elxht. . . The relief subscriptions to date amount to 17,000. The relief committee lias also secured a great quantity of clothing and rations. The Mary Louise mill on Island creek, operating 2,000 spindles, and owned by E. K. and J. B. Wllklns, was destroyed. Por tions of the Tyger mill on Middle Tyger :iver are reported demolished, with the loss of 115.000. The damage to the Tucapau mill will aggregate $10,000 and to the Flngervllle mill ts.000. These losses are additional to the heavier damage to the Clifton and Pacolet plants and swell the total In the flooded district to something like $3,600,000. fruit In Dying; Condition. Reports from Clarkson hospital regarding the condition of Klmer Scott, the young man shot bv Policeman Goodrich, were un favorable. I .a test news was that he could hardly survive the night. Or. Lyon' s PERFECT Tooth Powder Used by people of refinement for over a quarter of a century RKPARKD BY COKE DANDRUFF CURE AND HAIR TONIC Grows Hair Keeps the Scalp Healthy Endorsed and S old by Barbers, Hair Dressers and Druggists Every ; where h SI and 50c Bottles. A. R Bremer Co., Chicago Unlimited Comfort Half a million dollars la the cx.pent of new -equipment this season on the California Lim ited. You pay nothing evtra for added comfort. For seven seasons the choice of travelers who require perfect service. Very eneen roaad trip tickets te California May a and May JS t M, "Banta Fs all the way." Chicago and Kansas City to Ixs Angeles, Ban Diego and ' pan Francisco. Interesting pbampblets frse. E. L. Palmer, P. A.. 40 Ko.ultabl Bldg.. Des Moloss, la. 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