THE OifAITA DAILY DEE: SUNDAY JUNE
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WE CLOSE .SATURDAYS AT P. M.
"The talent of success la
nothing more thnn doing
what you run do well, and
noing wen wnni-.,-
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We promise von bargains in
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inp, such as you liave never seen in this or any other store in this
city. The quality and style of the goods We are going to sell are
absolutely tjie bost French challis manufactured. .
Every piece rich and handsdme and full of style. Cleaning
up time has come for the challis. They .never sold for less than
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50c and 60c a yard. Your Choice Monday, 29 yard
Cren,m ground, with small black figures, navy with w hite polka
dots and small figures, new Persian effects, black and small white
figures, pretty Dresden figures in neat striped effects, black
ground with turquoise polka dot, etc. All to go on sale Monday
morping at 8 o'clock.
' 29c a Yard. '
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CANFIELD DRESS SHIELDS
' . though the entire
depended upon
of shields.
That is why you never hear of Canfield dress shields failing
to do what they are guaranteed to do furnish absolute protection
to the dress. ... ( . .
, The longest wearing dress shield made.
You can tell the genuine Canfield by
on the shield. ' .
" START A DEPOSIT ACCOUNT at Thompson, Belden & Co.
We pay 4 per cent interest annually, compounding the interest
every three months. . Have purchases made of us charged against
this account. . . -.
; TnOKIIPIKI,, SiE,ISB?I Cm
y. M. C. A. Building. Corner Sixteenth and Douglas Sr
Unaggressive and It Is believed that this
matter ai the subject of the conference
. .between the commander-in-chief and the
viceroy at Mukden Tuesday. Kouropatkin's
position Is becoming very formidable, both
. In the number and character of the troops
at his disposal. The condition or some
.of the Siberian reserves when called to
the colors was not satisfactory and caused
.Kouropatkln misgivings, but it is now re
ported that they have been drilled' into a
tate of efficiency. More important, how
ever, are the large reinforcements of field
Artillery, in which the Russian army was
specially weak., These have now arrtyed.
Nevertheless, Kouropatkln does not con
sider himself strong; enough "to risk the
possibility of a defeat which might be ir
retrievable and speI . disaster for at least
years of campaigning. His friends , here
say that If he gives battle of his own voli
tion now victory is certain, and they praise
bis steady conservatism, caution and re
fusal to listen to the. counsel of the hot
spurs." RUSSIANS MAY ' ATTACK ; GENS AX
Commissioner of Customs Will Send
Ifaneonihatants to the Hllla.
SEOUL, June 4. The sommlseldner of
customs . of Qensnn, Corea, wires that a
Russian.' attack on that place is deemed
imminent. He Is making preparations to
saod the women and children to a moun
tain monnstery, twenty miles' distant.
A Jonk has reported that the Russians
have tanded field pieces at Bha river, near
Ham Heung, north of Genenn, on Brough
ton bay, on the Gulf of Corea, a which
place Cossack reinforcements are expected.
TOKIO, June 4.-General Haraguchl, In
command of the Japanese forces south of
tha Ynlu river, telegrnphs from Seoul that
an' Infantry reconnaissance dispatched
ttrfm Oensan struck a patrpl of Cossacks
at'Munch Hyan yesterday and killed nvb
of them.
JAPANESE! ARB NOT USING MONET
Merchants Complain that Japanese
Arc Insulting- Them.
LIAO .YANG, Friday. June S.-Merchants
from the south complain that the Japanese
are not paying for the' supplies taken by
them, a they did In the earlier stages of
the war, and assert that they are. even ill
treated and Insulted when! they ask for
money.
Two Chinese bandits were executed here
yesterday. . . . ,
Mukden Reports No Chance.
MUKDEN. June 4.-The situation in the
war sone is not altered and ho word has
been received here from Port Arthur. The
RusBlan successes In northeastern Corea
are said to be causing great disquietude
among the Japanese. -
OREGON LOOKING FOR TROUBLE
rail Executive and. Judicial Ticket,
1 with Representatives to Con.
trees, Are to Be Named.
PORTLAND. Ore., June 4.-A full ex
ecutive and Judicial county ticket will be
elected in Oregon on Monday, besides two
representatives to "congress. The congres
sional Incumbents, Dinger Herrman of
Roseburg, of the First district, and J.
N. Williamson of- Prlnevlle, of; thsSecond
district, are oandtdates for 're-election on
the republican ticket. Oregon is normally
republican. In the First district a. bitter
campaign ' has been carried on between J.
T. Veatch of Eugene, (he democratic can
didate, and Mr. Herrman. in which the
whole' press of the state has taken sides,
Irrespective of district boundaries. As a
result' of this fight," while It is- practlcilly
conceded, that Mr. -'Herrman -will be re
turned, it la probably that tils 'majority
will be under that of hU predecessor, the
TRADE CURRENTS
, A steady stream of expectant customers coming In,
A steady stream of satisfled customers going out;
. And mail orders in between makes this a healthy and growing business.
Do you get your share of the good tilings we show for boys and girls T. If
not ootne In and get acquainted. I
'You'll like our
You'll Ilk our
You'll Ilk our way
We. are outfitting headquarters for young people, frost the Infant up to the
young man or maiden. ,
A few catalogues left for out-of-town customers. Want one?
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B, June S, 1904.
SoeciaJ Sale
oi imponca
French Challis
fine French challis Monday morn-
EVERY SHIELD rERFECT-Ferfect pair of
Canfield dress shield is made and examined as
reputation of Canfield shields
the perfection of that single pair
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late Thomas N. Tongue, whose majority
two years ago was 7.ST3.
At the last election Mr. Williamson car
rled the Second district by 7,799 majority
after a hard fight. There Is practically
no opposition to his re-election.
Under the new "initiative by petition"
law, the option liquor law and a direct
primary law will be voted 'on. .
EXPLOSION KILLS THREE MEN
Oeletan House of Heresies Powder
Works Blows I'p la California,
with Fatal Results.
PINOLE, Cal., June 4. An explosion In
the gelatine house of the Hercules powder
works today t caused the death of ' three
menJ The building and its contents, valuea
at about 120,000, were destroyed. The killed
were Alexander MeCullough; ' John Smith
and a Chinaman.- .Three others were In
jured, but not seriously. ....
BANISHED FROM COLORADO
Seven Union Miners Charged with
Being; Implicated In Plot Oe
, . ported to. New Mexico.
TRINIDAD, Colo., June 4.M3even Union
miners, charged with being implicated In
a plot against nonunion men at St&rkvllle,
have been deported to New Mexico by the
military authorities and ordered not to
return to Colorado. All the other military
prisoners, eight in number, have' been re
leasee!. FORECAST OFTHE WEATHER
Partly Cloudy for Nebraska Today,
Followed hy Clear and Warsnar
- Weather Monday.
WASHINGTON, June 4,-Forecast . !for
Sunday and Monday:
, For Nebraska Partly cloudy Sunday and
warmer in extreme western portion; .Mon
day; fair and warmer. ... v'
For Iowa-Partly cloudy Sunday;, showers
and cooler In central and eastern portions;
Monday, fair and warmer.
For Western Texas, - New Merxtc and
Arlwmaa-Falr Sunday; warmer in north
portion ; Monday, fair.
For Colorado, Wyoming - and Utah Fair
and warmer Sunday; Monday, fair.
For Oklahoma and Indian Territory Fair
Sunday and Monday.
For North Dakota Clearing and warmer
Sunday; Monday, fair.
For South Dakota Showewi Sunday and
warmer in extreme west portion; Monday,
fair and warmer.
For Kansas Fair Sundnry; Monday, fair
and warmer In north portion.
For Indiana Thunder shower Sunday;,
Monday, fair and" warmer; fresh to brisk
south to west winds.
For Illinois Showers, Bunday; cooler In
northwest portion; Monday, fair and
warmer In central and south portions;
fresh to brisk south winds.
For Missouri Fair In west and showers
In eaat portion Sunday; cooler In north
portion; Monday, fair and warmer.
Local Record.
, OFFICE OH- THK WFATHKR BUREAT'
SMAHA..June 4.-Offl4ai record of Urn
J'.raliHH anil precp'tKUon compared with
the corresponding dsy of the last three
v;HPr; . . iBrti ibo". i 1'!
Maximum temperature .. 71 61 84 84
Minimum temperature ... 60 68 68 69
Mean temperature 66 62 7 ts
Precipitation 00 .06 .00 .04
..vtviu vt luiiiiTiniiun iju rrrcipiianon
at Oinuha for this day slnoe March L 1304-
Normal temperature jj
Deficiency for the day '.',',', j
Total duticlonoy since March 1 88
Normal precipitation 17 inch
Deficiency for the day 17 Inch
'I'otul prt:!lp. since March 1 10.99 Inches
Excess since March 1 ..: 1 31 Inches I
Excess for cor. period, 1908 .... 1.71 Inches '
Deficiency, for enr. period, 1902 ... 6 2 Inches J
j-k a. vi ,uoit, iocai r urecasicr,
merchandise)
modest prices
of doing- business
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EXPLOSION KILLS T1JN MEN
Distiller at t soria Wreck d and fcuim
. Art Barsed,
LOSS EXPECTED TO REACH (1,030,000
Cattle Are Suffocated and Baraed la
Blvera of Flaming; Bplrlta and
Neighboring Property Is
Destroyed.
PEORIA, 111., June 4. An explosion which
occurred In the eleven-story warahouse of
the Corning distillery, the second largest
In the world, t 4:20 o'clock this afternoon
completely wrecked the building. The ruins
Immediately took .fire and communicated
to three adjoining buildings, which were
burned to the ground. Ton men were
burled beneath the ruins and burned to
death. Six others were seriously Injured.
The loss on buildings and whisky and
spirits stored will approximate Sl.OOO.uuO.
At 7 o'clock this evening the fire had
spread to the stock yards district, where a
doson large cattle barns, filled with, cattle
for market, were burned.
The list of the missing follows:
Fred Knoll.
Ixmls Bnhrend.
John Hobecker.
Joe Zimmerman.
Louis Sax.
William Finley, Jr.
. E. Brown.
. M. Crowl. m
John Leppln.
William Field.
The Injured:
Adam Werner.
Edward Werner.
EUmer Hogan.
J. B. Marshall.
James M. Miller.
Allte Weinberg. ,
Biasing- Rivera of Whisky.
With the. fall of the big warehouse the
third catastrophe within less than a year
overtook the distilling, company, and a
number of lives, variously estimated .at
from nine to fifteen were hurled into eter
nity, while a number of persons were in
jured more or less seriously. Two other
explosions followed in rapid succession, but
their cause cannot yet be determined. The
wildest . excitement Instantly . prevailed In
that section of the city and in an In
credibly short apace of time the immense
plant waa visited by thousands of people,
who, however, were unable to get close
to the structure on account of the Intense
heat.
An alarm of fire was sent in at 4:20,
and when the first machines .reached the
scene it was quickly realized that the de
partment had the fight of their Uvea ahead,
and at 4:45 o'clock a general alarm waa
rung In. The entire department set to
work with a will. The warehouse con
tained in the neighborhood of 80,000 bar
rels of whiskey and was Instantaneously
a seething cauldron.- and It was known
that no one Inside the big structure could
last a .moment. The warehouse in crush
ing the smaller structure nearby set that
on fire and the. whisky from the bunting
barrels flooded everything in that section,
Large streams ran toward the river and
In a short time there was a foot of whisky
in the eatUe pens west of the warehouse.
It was burning furiously and the cries of
the 8,200 steers chained fast, were pitiable
to hear. Their distress lasted but a Tew
moments, however, for they were soon
dead,, either roasted or suffocated by the
deadly fumes.. . They were-lhe property of
Dood , &. Kiefer of Chicago, and F. C.
White & Company of this city, were the
managers. . .
Ia a Flood of Llajnor.
The two fermenting houses were speedily
food for the flames. They are-two struct
ure of good dimensions and both of them
were practically . destroyed. The . fl.am.es
threatened the mill ""and elevator just
across the track where the costly machinr
ery la Installed. However, . the firemen
made a winning fight here. A huge wind
waa blowing the fiamea In the direction of
the Monarch distillery,
For a time It waa feared that the fire
would sweep along the entire, river bank,
however, the work of the firemen began to
tall and at 7 o'clock the fire seemed under
obntrol. ., y ...
Elmer Hogan was at work In the ware
house when the collapse came. He was
washed out through a, break In the build
ing by the tig stream of whisky and car
ried toward the river, a distance of nearly
seventy-five . Teet. , 'before being lodged
against a fence, from which he managed
to 'escape before the. fire overtook him. He
was' so badly injured , that he cannot' re
cover. ' .'
Fred Knoll and William Finley, who had
charge of the men employed In this de
partment, hid just left the building 'when
the explosion and collapse came. - Knoll
was crushed to the earth and almost In
stantly killed and the place where he had
-gpne down was enveloped In flames.
it Is believed all the government men
have' escaped. Th gaugers, fifteen of
whom worked at the warehouse, had com
pleted their work and gone about 2 o'clock
In the afternoon. There were 'three gov
ernment storekeepera In, the-building, but
it la reported all of them got out They
were Abe Feinburg, Henry Wagner and
J. W. Miller.
' 1 Flro I'nder Control.'
Warehouse B. where the explosion that
did the damage occurred, was ah eleven
story frame structure, covered with cor
rugated iron. It was more than 100x300
feet, and at the time of the fire contained
In the neighborhood of 30,000 barrels of
spirits.
Warehouse A and the cistern room wss
a three-story brick, lOOxSOO feet. It con
tained In the neighborhood of 62,000 gal
lons of spirits. In the' two fermenting
rooms, which were 100x180 feet, were
eighteen tubs, , with A capacity of 1,000
bushels of jnash each. They ' were all
filled and contained about 6,000 gallons of
spirits esch. All this went tip In flames
and added to the general loss.
The house of Dnn Glese burned and he
and his family had a miraculous 'escape.
Immediately after the fall of the big
warehouse hla home was enveloped In
flames and he was unable to get any of his
furniture out.
The residence of John McDonald, close
by, was also destroyed, although he man
aged to rescue his household goods.
SHrPS HAVE GOOD EFFECT
Admiral Cbadvrlclt Iteporte Sltuatloa
. to Navy Department from
Tanaler.
WASHINGTON. June 4Admlral Chad
wick today cabled to the Navy depart
ment that the presence of the American
fleet at Tangier has had a salutary In
fluence, but that the community Is In a
state of great religious excitement.
- Admiral ' Chadwlck'a cablegram Is un
derstood to be in reply to certain criti
cisms, mainly from British souroes, upon
the wisdom of sending American wurahlps
to Morocco at this Juncture. The British
view Is that ths release of ' the kidnaped
men, I'erdlrarls and Varley, caa be more
safely obtained by refraining from adding
to the anti-foreign feeling of the Moors
and thst government, therefore has so far
sent to Morocco wafers nothing more
formidable In a naval but a smell dis
patch boat and relylpg entirely upon the
efforta of the British minister realdent.
The religious excitement mentioned as
prevailing among ths Moors is believed
here to be incident primarily to one of
the annual Mohammedan pilgrimage eo-
currlng at this season. Undoubtedly, how.
ever, the presence ef the seven American
warships at Tangier, with a promise of re
inforcement. If necessary by the big bat
tleship squadron. Is regarded as threaten
ing Moorish Integrity and the Mohamme
dan religion and has" contributed ' to the
excitement. -
APPROVES STATE'S SELECTIONS
South Dakota Gets Over Sla Thousand
r Acres.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, June 4. (Special Tele
gram.) Secretary Hitchcock todfty signed
the selections which have been made by
the state of South Dakota for school pur
poses In the ceded porUon of the Rosebud
Indian reservation, soon to be thrown open
to settlement. The Indemnity school lands
which will pafts to the state of South Da
kota amount to ,6no acres.
LlautenAnt Colonel George Ruhlen of the
quartermaster's department, who Is now on
an inspection tour, will "visit Forts Mc
Kensle, D. A. Russell and Snelllng before
returning to Washington. Colonel Ruhlen
was appointed one of the commission to
locate the Bite for a fort at Indianapolis,
and after completing his duty there went
to Fort Des Moines.
Major General Chaffee, chief of staff, and
General Humphrey, quartermaster general,
will mnke a close Inspection of the western
army posts,' leaving Washington toward
the lAst of June..
These, increases in salaries of Nebraska
postmasters become effective July 1: Grand
Island, from $2,600 to 12,600; Greeley, Hum
phrey and Loup City, from 11.100 to $1,200;
Hebron, from tj.600, to l,700i Holdrege, from
$li900 to 62,000; Hooper, from 11.300 to 11,400;
Indianola and Laurel, from 11,200 to $1,300.
SUBMARINE BOAT TESTS
Purpolse Sinks to Any' ' Level that
Operators Desire and Fulton
Makes Good Record.
NEWPORT.. R. I, June 4.-The expert
ments with submarine boats which have
been going on here for a few days, were
continued today when Naval Constructor
J. J. Woodward took out the Porpoise. The
boat first went from the surface to
depth of five feet. It was allowed to sink
slowly, .while not In motion In order that
Constructor Woodward might see how com'
pletely ft could be maneuvered and con
trolled. . It was next sent down as far
as fifteen feet and then to a depth of
thirty-eight feet. It. was . sunk to the
greatest depth and brought to the surface
in two, minutes and thirty-two seconds.
Constructor Woodward, after the-experi
ments, said it had behaved, magnificently,
The Fulton was also put through a num
ber of tests under water today to dttermlne
Its speed, immediately following quick sig
nalling. The- result was not announced.
If the. weather is favorable tomorrow the
Fulton will start on the twenty-four hours
endurance test. In the opinion of experts
here the submarine may safer be taken
200 miles off coast.- t-"
LIBERTY BELL ON ITS TRIP
Historic Object -Viewed by Matty on
' Way to the ' St. Louis v
Exposition.
ELMIRA, N. T., June 4. Fifteen thou
sand people saw the Liberty bell here today
on Us first stop enroute to the St. Louis
fair. ... ....-, ,
ROCHESTER, N. T., June 4. The Liberty
bell passed through Rochester today on Its
way to St. Louis. The old bell was cheered
by large crowd as long, as It -remainsd
in view.
CHICAGO, June 4. The Liberty bell from
Philadelphia, accompanied by a delegation
of fifty, who were taking the bell to the
Louisiana Purchase exposition, . will reach
Chicago tomorrow morning. It will be
taken as far north as St. Paul and then
on June 7 it will be taken to Dubuque,
Rock Island and Galesburg on the way
south. -.'
BRITISH CAPTURE TWO GUNS
Thibetans Refuse to Send Letter of
Colonel Tounarhusband to '
Lama at Lbasseu
SIMLA, British India,. June 4. The Brit
lsh expedition .Into .Thibet has captured
two four-pounders from the enemy and-a
Lhassa - general Is reported to have been
killed. . i "
The Thibetans have refused to forward
to Lhassa the letter from Colonel Young
husband, the political agent with the ex
pedition, fixing the latest date on which
the British are prepared to meet and ne
gotiate with the Am ban and Thibetan dele
gates at' Gyang Tie before advancing on
Lhassa.
HONORS AMERICAN MINISTER
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Kins; Peter of Servla Shows Special
Favors to Representees of
This Country.
(Copyright, 1904, by Press Publishing Co.)
PARIS, June 4. (New York World Ca-blegrara-Special
Telegram.) Dispatches to
the Paris press from Belgrade this week
have contained no end of comment on
King Peter's reception of John B. Jackson,
the American minister. '.
The American diplomat was wined and
dined and treated by the royal family with
the greatest ceremony. He was conducted
to the king's palace In the state coach
under a guard of honor.
flAC 5 LUCK
The Youngr Woman Reporter's Story,
The following food tale written by a
clever young newspaper woman Is a true
story that came under her personal ob
servation.
"I have been with the - (a paper In
a Calif, town) for nine years and Mao has
been with us all that time and J do not
know how much longer. Mac's full name
Is MacClellan. Before the Linotypes came
in he was a good printer, and was one of
the first to learn the machine, and Is .now,
at about the age of 42, one of our very
fastest operators.
"Last winter and the winter before Mao,
probably from constant night work and
Improper' food, got badly run down, could
not eat much, what little he did eat did
not do him much good and he always complained-
he could not' keep warm.
"I missed him for awhile until yesterday
I overtook Mm on the street going toward
the office, and hardly knew the man; had
it not been for the familiar walk I should
surely have passed without recognizing
him. He was stout, his face was round
and ruddy and his eyes bright as I had
never seen them before.
"I said, 'Mac, I hardly knew you. T?bat
on earth have you bet-n doing to get so
futT" He replied,' ' 'Qrape-NutsJ nothing
else. I started In on Grape-Nuta food three
months ago, when I weighed 12. and was
feeling miserable, but now I weigh 100 and
feel better than I ever felt In my life. I
quit my old diet and went on Grape-Nuta
and that's the whole story." " Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Exercise Is necessary, but there's no
nourishment in It and proper food slone
can supply that. Grape-Nuta for 10 days
ts a pleasant trial and proves. big things.
There's a reason.
Look Irf aeh pkg. lor the famous' little
book, "The Road to Wellvllle."
MOKE RAINFALL IN KANSAS
Flocd Conditio i Ben tared Worse by Pr
oi itatioa of Lait Twenty-Four Houra.
WATERS HIGHEST IN SOUTHERN PART
Kansas City Reports Missouri and
Kaw Rivers Rising, but Says
that Damage Will Be
Slight.
KANSAS CITT, June 4,-Further rain
have fallen In southern Kansas within th
past twelve hours, and the flood condl
tions In the valleys of the Neosho and Cot
tonwood rivers continue to grow worse,
These streams are higher than at any pre
vious time In twenty years, not excepting
the rise a 'year, ngu, and they are still
rising. The Kaw, which caused the real
damage from Kansas City west to Man
hattan in the flood of 1903, continues to
come up slowly at Topeka', Lawrence and
Kansas City, but as yet 'no alarm Is felt
over the result of ' the flood along this
stream. Although the Missouri river, at
Kansas City Is high and rising slowly, It
Is believed It will be able to carry off the
great amount Of witter coming this way
from the west through the Kaw." Aa the
streams which are highest are those oft
the Kaw water shed, and drain Into rivers
south of Kansas City, whatever serious
damage Is done must affect-southern Ksn-
sas territory, and will not do material
damage At Kansas City, Lawrence and
North Topeka, which towns suffered the
brunt of Isst year's flood.
Oklahoma and Indian Territory Suffer
Oklahoma and Indian Territory streams
are also high and In some Instances have
already overflowed their banks, Inunda
ting valuable farm lands and doing more
or les damage in the vicinity of Lawton
Oklahoma City, Guthrie and Shawnee
Okl., and around Muskogee, Ardmore and
Sapulpa, I. T. In southwestern Missouri
the Marals Des Cygnes has done some
damage to tracks at Rich Hill and other
points. At Kansas City 'and north the
Missouri river shows a small but uniform
rise, and a further rise of a foot is pre
dicted.
Missouri streams, however, with the pos
sible exception of the Marals Des Cygnes,
which also traverses Kansas, sre well
within their banks, and it is believed
will cause no serious trouble. Railway
service throughout the southwest Is still
demoralised and a doten or more train
are stalled In Kansas. The damage al
ready done by the flood ! Immense. Hun
dreds of thousands of dollars worth of
bridges have been destroyed and growing
crops havo been grealty damaged. -
As far aa known but two lives, a woman
end child, names unknown, who were
drowneoT at Florence, have been reported,
The greatest damage wrought Is In the
great fields of southern Kansas . around
Chanute and at Iola, Florence, Emporia,
Fort Scott and further west along, the
Arkansas at Wichita and other points.
Oil District Under Water.
At Chanute the Neosho Is miles wide and
the watir' is higher than since 188C. Dykes
built In that vicinity were all washed out
by the flood of a few weeks ago, and, as
a result, practically all of the oil coun
try Is under ' from two to fifteen feet of
water. Scores of oil tanks, niled with
oil, and many derricks and rigs have beert
swept away. Railroad traffic on all lines
In that section has been abandoned. . In
some places the Neosho Ir six miles wide
and people are moving about In boats.
At Iola the Neosho Is five miles wide and
afoot. higher than It was last year. All
the bottom lands have, been flooded aridthe
loss In cattle drowned - and farm jeroDcrtv
damaged will exceed, .that of 1900. , The
Street cars have . been stopped and the
water works and electric light plants are
practically out of service. Rock and -El-
mire creeks have backed their water Into
town and 100 families along- their banks
driven from their homes were forced to
take shelter In the court - house. The
river Is still rising today and the .worst
is doubtless yet to come.
' At Florence businesses practically at a
standstill and merchants are removing
their stocks of goods. A passenger train
Is tied up at Clemenkv and the passengers
were compelled to rmaln in the cars all
night. Fiod was brought to them In
boats. The lower part of Emporia Is
deep under water ahd' the river there la
still rising. A rescuing party, headed by
onrna itiwiuiog, nas rescuea many per.
eons. " " " ; e
The oondltlbns at Fort Scott remain un
changed. Belltowh being shut off from the
main part of the ctty and th flddd ex
tends s far as Iola. ' "
Conditions Severs In Oklahoma.
OKLAHOMA CITY,. Okl., June 4.-Water
covers the northwestern section qf this
city ana nunareas or families have been
driven from their' homes, The excessive
rains of the last two days culminated to
day with a terrlflo downpour.
The water covers over ten residence
blocks and Is two feet higher than during
the big flood of a year ago. The river Is
rising and threatens the southern part of
the city, when additional water reaches
here from above. There Is much suffering.
Flood Damage' at Dead wood.
DEADWOOD, S. D., June"4. (Special Tel
egram.) Constant rains for the lat six
days has swollen tho mountain streams
until this morning they are veritable tor
rents. Bridges and culverts have been
washed out on both the Burlington and
Northwestern roads, while in many places
landslides cover the tracks. There will not
be a train into Deadwood today.
Whitewood creek, ' which runs through
the city, has assumed the proportions of a
big river und threatens at any moment to
overflow its banks and repeat Its perfor
mance of 18S3, when it washed away almost
half of the business portion of the City.
Already' a great deal of damage has been
done by the water and more is feared.
LEAD, S. D., June 4. Heavy rains have
been a regular thing In the Black Hills
for the past three weeks and a steady
downpour of rain has been falling for the
past forty 'eight hours,' swelling the
streams, checking' trafflo and stagnating
business. The railroads are suffering great
loss from washouts and landMlldes, tele
graph service is prostrate and everything
ts at a standstill. ' '
Reports from the surrounding mining
camps are to the effect that a great
amount' of damage Is being done. A large
number of retaining walls have given
away and several houses are threatened
with disaster.. Landslides . and washouts
has occurred along the line of the B. A M.
trolley between this city and Deadwood
and trafflo is suspended. Wagon bridges
In all the gulches leading to ths city have
been washed out and It Is an utter lm
possibility for travel into the city.
The downpour continues with no sign of
an immediate relief. Many basements )n
Deadwood are flooded. The storm Is the
most severe since May, 1883. One man Is
reported drowned at Central City.
. Water High at Fremont.
FREMONT, Neb., June 4. (Special.) The
rains of the last few days have brought all
farming operations to a stand still. Th
Platte river Is bank full as well as all the
ditches leading to it. The Elkhorn in places
Is out of Its banks. Ths total rainfall
for May was t.l Inches, which is only half
of - that of last year.
Chief Donahue !' Haey.
Owing to the Inoerased police duties In
connection whh the fentlvlties of the com
ing week. Chief of Pvltce Donahue will
forego the pleasure of his sntlctpnted trip
to Bt. Louis to attend the annual conven
tion of . police chiefs of the I'nited Btates
and t'snnrls. This convention will last
a week, and It li expected nearly 4 mem
bera of the association will be present
Chief IViithue is a member of the board
of directors of the association.
FINDS DEAD MAN IN A CAB
"Caesar" Young, Bookmaker, Shot
While Rldlnfr vtltu Wontaa
la Hew York.
NEW YORK, June 4,-Frank T. Toting,
known to the turf aa Caesar Young, book
maker, horse owner and stockholder In Fa
ctflc coart race track, was shot and killed
In a hansom cab today while on his wa
to the White 6tar line pier to Join hi
wife, with whom he wa to haTO sailed
for Europe. Mrs. Young wss waiting a
the pier when news of her husband
death reached her. A first the death was
reported as a suicide, but various clrcum
stances caused the police to change their
views. With Young la the cab when a po
liceman was called was Mrs. Nan Tatter
son, formerly an actress whose stage name
was "Nan Randolph," who Is said to have
been a member of the original Florodora
sextet. She told the policeman that Yoting
had shot himself .after announcing to her
that he was about to go to Europe to be
gone probably tor. several months. The
policeman told the coroner, however, that
revolver was In the man's pocket thst he
did not believe Young could have put It
there after shooting himself. Young died
about Ave minutes after the policeman
first saw him.- The woman was taken to
a police station where she collapsed. There
was a remarkable scene In the station when
Young's, partner, a man named Milll
called there. He said Young never carried
a revolver and that he did not be
lieve the death was due to a self-
lnlflcted wound. Millln said Young came
here ten years ago from England a poor
man, was worth more than $500,000. Shortly
after Millln made this statement Mrs. Pat
terson waa brought In to be taken to the
coroner's office. Millln was leaning against
the rail -when he saw her. He started at
her with a rush. She shrank back against
a detective. Millln again rushed at her,
but two or three detectives grabbed him
and held him until the woman was out of
sight. Millln shouted at her as she left the
station house. ' '
The woman ' was taken to Coroner
Brown's private office and closeted with
him. ' While there Millln appeared. He
tried to break Into the room and get at the
woman again, but was prevented.' Ha
called the woman names and shouted he
would kill her If he had a weapon.
Mrs. Patterson made a statement to the
coroner. She said she waa a niece of the
cashier of a leading New York bank. Con
tlnulng. Mrs. Pattersos) said she heard a
muffled report directly after Young had
told her he Was going to leave her. She
said she did not see any pistol. She said
she believed he shot himself with tho pistol
in hla coat pocket. It developed In Mrs.
Patterson's statement to the coroner that
on the way down Young stopped at a hat
stora and bought a new hat.
The ball In which Mrs. Patterson waa
held waa at first Axed at $1,000, she being
held aa witness, but this waa later In
creased to $5,000 by the coroner on tho re
auest of the notice officials.
Mllrtn, the partnerebf Young, Insisted
upon being connected with- the case and
was held In $1,000 bail aa a witness, which
he furnished at once.
Less than a month ago a New '' York
paper-printed a page review of Young's
career under - the title, "The Luck of
Caesar Young-'. .
Mrs. Young left the' pier when told Of
her husband's death and waa taken to a
friend's home. She was- completely pros
trated. - . - ...
Late In tho day the coroner commit
ted Mrs. Patterson to the tombs without
bail. There la no formal accusation made
against her, however, but the coroner de
sided It was better not to commit her as
witness.
REDUCING NUMBER OF BISHOPS
Italy ' Thinks There Are - Too Many
to Support for Population
i ' ,. ( Country .
(Copyright, 1904, by -Press Publishing Co.)
ROME, June 4. (Nsw York World Ca
blegram Special. ; Telegram:) The.', Italian
government wants to reduce- the number
of dloceeea In Italy. The state pays to each
bishop., an annual salary averaging SLOX).
There are at - present 264 bishops in Italy,
and.lt Is planned to reduce them to sixty-
nine one for each of th provinces. France,
with a population of 40,000,000, has only
eighty-nine bishops.
It Is also planned to reduce In number
the 20.186 parishes, 400 cathedral chapters.
1,9GB canons, $19 seminaries, and at tha
same time provide for the 80,400 priests at
present- supported .by the state.
It is. not the Intention of the government
to take suoh an Important step without the
co-operation. of -the Holy Bee.
DOMINICANS . ELECT GENERAL
San Franelseo Priest May Be Cboaea
- aa the Head of the
Order.
(Copyright, ' 1904, by Press Publishing Co.)
nnum, tnn i York World Ca..
blegram Special Telegram.) The provin
cials of the - Dominican order throughout
the world are now assembled for the elec
tion of the general, of the order, which
takes place every twelve years. Three of
the provincials are from the United States,
and It Is thought that in view of the grow
ing Influence of the church in that country
the man selected will be an American,
probanly the Very Rev. Plus Murphy of
San Francisco, who Is already a rlcar gen
eral. of tho order.
Many of the generals of the pother reli
gious .orders are. Awrlcans; -the tendency
to favor Americans of such positions Is
growing.
THROW NUNS OUT OF , PLACES
France Proposes to Dispense with
Them as ' Attendants' la
Female Prisons. ,
(Copyright, 1904. by Press Publishing Co.)
PARIS, June 4. (New York World Ca
blegram Special Telegram.) Another
measure against the religious orders has
been adopted by the premier,' M. Combei,
who plans to substitute for the nuns In
charge 'of the female penitentiaries and
prisons lay attendants by July 1. Thus 33
more nuns will have to And employment
out of France and the state will spend, more
than $20,000 a year for the payment or the
personnel ef the prlsoha. The asms will
be dona In the female reformatories by the
end of the yeur.
EMPEROR SPEAKS TO TnOOPS
William Advises German Soldiers to
Avenue Brothers la South Africa.
RCRUN. June 4. Emperor William to4
day Inspected a mounted battery of fll
artillery, which la about to embark for
southwest Afrtea and briefly addressed the
artillerymen. - He said:
"May you- do honor to the bodies Of
troops from which you were chosen, and
remember that you are taking the field
to avenge the blood of your brothers. You
should not forget that you have to do with
brave, watchful, energetic and ounutng
enemy."
rTAl li)RM IV (iKUiiOM
0i KilJetV f iTfl Icjurtd a. d Houii
An WrecVed.
I J anssasnuaawjsa (
PECULIAR CLIMATIC CONDITIONS FOLLOW
Atmosphere Heroines Stlfllaa and !
Succeeded by a Delnae al nala
Which Developrs lato a
4) Tornado.
LAWTON, Okl., June 4. A tornado de
molished part of the tittle town of W st
aters, near here. One man was killed
and twelve Injured.
The southwestern part of the county was
visited by a hall storm that damaged
crops to the extent of several thousand
dollars.
Continued heavy rain In this part of the
Kiowa and Comanche nation have turned
all streams Into torrents' and the Valleys
are Inundated.
The known Injured:
Mrs. J. W. Mill, near Walter, fatally.
a. Brown and family of si, near Walter;
all more or less seriously hurt.
'The storm was one of the worst that hog
ever visited Oklahoma, The storm- swept
over the southeastern portion of Comanoha
oounty. ''
An area several miles wide and extend
ing from Frederick, in the southwestern,
part of Comancho county', to the' Indian
Territory lines wa devastated. In' this
belt it Is estimated that fully 200 honses
were wrecked and the crops almost totally
ruined. A terrific windstorm prevailed first,
Ave Inches of water falling, washing out
crops and mining many farms. This was
followed by an unusually heavy hailstorm,
hall stones as big as a, man's hand beating
down everything green and breaking thou
sands of window panes.
Peculiar climatic conditions followed,. Tho
atmosphere became stifling, and then there
was a deluge of ralrt,, accompanied by it
gale which developed rapidly Into a tor
nado. The tornado appeared to. Jump from
place to place, leaving, Intervening spots
untouched. V'herever It struck It wrecked
buildings and wiped out farms. The tornado
was especially severe around Walter. Mrs.
Payne's house waa Struck and completely
demolished and she was Instantly- killed,
Mrs. Mill was Injured Internally In. tho
wrecking of her house, O. Brown's housa
also was totally demolished and. all ax
members of the family, unable to gain the
tornado cellar were scattered In every di
rection and Injured more or lesa aeriously.
In and around-Waiter fully twenty house
were completely wrecked or badly damaged.
Ten miles southwest of Lawton fifteen
houses were demolished and, several farms
with crops of cotton and corn, and with aJI
the farm property, were wiped out. The
farms and residences destroyed inoludo
those of A. H. Miller, F. B. Cnssell. Toe-
man, Wade, Humboldt, Davie, W. H. Tabor,
Frank Rloe and J. H. Bomur. Bomur'a
family -entered the storm cave Just as their
house was demolished and escaped Injur?.
The Allen View school waa destroyed satd
at Gerqnlmo the postoffloe, telephone fflao
and freight house were blown away. -'
A rural mail carrier who arrived hero
late today reports that the storm passed
through Hulen and completely demolished
that town, the houses of Tomas' Middle
ton, W. H. Williams, 3. T. Seymour. Albert
Humphrey, W. L. Kluck and T. Schnee
beiner being: among those wrecked. As Mr
aa known, ' there . was no. loss "of Ue $t
Hulen. -'" -' .'
DECATUR.' 111.. 'June .l-Twebty-fiva
thousand' dollars' damage has been, done
by storm In av radius, of twenty-five- mile.
Several houses were wrecked and dosens .Vif
barns were destroyed." Near Mount Pulaski
LI, VI .... 1111.0 V.WMWL., , " H 'J " 1. .
Moweaqua Mrs.
Frank Leafs' . babe was
badly hurt '
TROUBLE FOR SNAKE KEEPERS
Doetorln Eleven Great Pythons
'j vPtstm .-ia Dlflleult- and ;,'''
'..-' Dana-crone Task.. .
(Copyright by Now York Herald Co., 1904.) ,
VIEW YORK, June 4. (New York Herald
flervloe-Specin.1 to Tha Bee,'.i Tfi'ree keep-
era -In .Central park were-called on this
week to perform the most hazardous and
excUliig. feat, , which, has ever fallen to the
lot of .the men connected' ..with, the me
nagerie. .. v.. . ;. '.('- '
To m ve the lives .-of. eleven" great African
pythons by dosing them.'.wlth medicine to
check the "ra vages ol . a,, parasite, which'
has already killed two of them, the keep- ,
ere, acting .under orders fropi the director,
entered the pythons'. quarters. '
For an hour they , struggled ,' with tho
great reptiles, and , .before the medicine
had Wen administered to all of them onel
man had had both, hand , severely bitten
aad another had .escaped , having a leg
orushed only by the Intervention of hla
friends. . ' . . , ,
, DEATHREC0RD. . . .;
Mrs. Mary . Ann Blatter. , !,''
WEST POINT, Neb., June 4 (Special,)
Mrs. Mary Ann Ringer, one of the eldest
women in the city, died- at the age of
SO year at i the residence of her son In
this city and was Interested In the publlo
cemetery yesterday under the auspices 'of
the German Evgagsllcal ohurch. She had
been a areslden4,of this city tor twenty-
wo years. , She leaves one son, David
Ringer, a contractor. '
George W. Klcsi, , . .
ALBION. Neb,, June 4. (Special.) The
remains of Oeorge W. Klene, an old resi
dent of tbls place, who died suddenly af
Omaha Wednesday, arrived here last even
ing and will be burled this morning. Mr.
Klene come here In the early ' daye .of
Albion and has been engaged In the live
stock business and other callings: He re
cently went to Omaha, Where ha operated
meat market.
We have the proper hats,
shirts, gloves, ti. UUS
(Jress nulta and vests all
necessities for the Audi
torium Ball.
f?ZS
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VVll.L POSITIVELY f l RK-
Kidney and 'liver Disease, lUiHiinuitlsin,
hick lieaitubhe, , Krynlpelws, Bi rutula. t.'u
tarrh. IndlKcstlnn. NVurnlxl.i. N-i'vmun-H,
Dyspepsia. Syvhllttlo Diseases, Cnnnttpallott
U.t.4 peoi'W were 'treated la Uaiii, i .
Ail druggUs