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JUNE 0, 1003.
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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
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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'
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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.
Santa Fe
fo'DRUNKARDS
WHITa DOVK CUIIiiiit .'slli wdtwruf vrav.
Ins for iruus drink. ih 'xut fur wuicta csonot
tilM sfior uin ihli rmW. l Is snf llqulr
uk or witauui uweieos of bsumii luteiNti t
Sherman ft McConnell Drug Co., Omaha.
Ml'IKMENTS.
BOYD'S
FERRIS STOCK CO
Tonight and until Wed.
"MONTU CltlaTO."
Thurs. night and bal. wva
"UK. 111LL"
Prices. Mat., 10c any
seat; night, lc, ISr, J5o.
matinkk today
IVnont TOI'KKA 'LOOD
Blr-FgRKKa.
SIXTH
HOTELS.
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HICAQ0 BEACH HOTEL
ilaJ fciMta.arS u uu skera. Ckkat
A Honour Rstort oe tba city's WW. Nearly
1000 ImI ol veranda cvr-lok inn Lka U ik
CO oauUe rooms, lv tain, own a ton a. aWlet kea.
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BIG
WEEK
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