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Fifty deaths in Kansas City and thirty-four deaths in Topeka was the record of the disastrous floods ia Kansas - <?..l Trt?oo f lmnor]if ; aner cureiui itvisiuu. xt nao ! however, that the death list might be increased when all the afflicted districts had been able to approximate their losses. The Kansas River was subsiding. As the waters abated the danger of contagious disease increased. Dipntheria and scarlet fever appeared, and the doctors were unable to reach the sufferers to any extent. Hundreds of cases of measles have appeared among the children and will result fatally In many instances owing to the exposed condition of the patients. It is expected that North Topeka will not be habitable for months after the waters go down. Trains will carry the sufferers to places higher up along the track as soon as they can be run. Food is scarce and all those penned up in houses are suffering for drinking water. From 15,000 to 20,000 persons are homeless. Relief is pouring in to the stricken cities, other cities responding to the call quickly. The loss to property will aggregate many millions. Hundreds of buildings have been destroyed, and thousands of acres of growing crops have been ruined. The States affected are Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa, and also Oklahoma and Indian Territory. Kansas City, Mo.?The first authentic Information from Kansas City, Kan., ' showed that 20,000 people are homeless in that district. Many have been drowned, but the nnmber cannot be estimated. The property loss has been heavy. The situation is a parallel to the situation here?apparently no better, and no worse. It is utterly impossible to form any estimate of the number of dead in Kansas City. There have been manifold stories of how boats laden with people i*>ve been seen to sink?there have been reports without end of bodies seen floating by on wreckage, of meli who have tried to drive wagons laden with household effects against certain death in the swift current and gone down in the flood. The majority of these stories lack proof, however, and even if true the proof may never be had. There is no possible way of getting at the names of the dead, and no chance of forming any estimate that can confidently be termed accurate. It is likely, however, that the number of fatalities in Kansas City, Mo., will approximate fifty. The financial dnmage is about as great now as it is likely to become unless the water rises much higher. The great -danger is that the foundations of "buildings may be undermined. However, the buildings that have withstood the flood all day have an excellent chance of holding out for some time. There lias been no surrering in ine city beyond that sustained by the people driven from their homes. Excellent work has been done by the local relief committees, and those in control of the work are confident that the city will be able to care for its own without calling upon other cities of the State. At night the city is in absolute dark1 nes.s. save In buildings which have their own electric light plants. Power for the three street car lines that have resumed operation is furnished by water piped from a small stream In one of the valleys. The newspapers have been compelled to discontinue the use of their typesetting machines because of lack of power and are setting type by hand. There is practically no railway traffic and business all over the city is suspended. Manufacturers on high ground were compelled to shut down owing to the almost total shutting off of the water supply. No street cars are running. A gTeat, swirling lake.-dotted with floating cottages, trees, telegraph poles and other wreckage, covers the lowlands as far as the eye can reach. Similar floating objects came rushing down the Missouri River, some of it possibly from Topeka. Word was brought to police headquarters that a number of men were looting 'houses in the east bottoms. They had improvised rafts from boards and by propelling them with poles were making their way into the houses through the second-story windows. Chief of Police Hayes at once ordered I a detachment of officers to the place, with strict orders that if the story w*is Panama Canal Treaty Doomed. Trustworthy advices showed that the Panama Canal treaty was doomed to defeat in the Colombian Congress. The Colombians hope by deferring action ?r? flin dim 111. for two years iu ummu m?. ... lotted to the Panama Canal Company. OfHce Creatsd Kor ffu Tinj? r?nc< All imperial edict issued at I'ekin appoints Wu Ting-fang, the former Chinese Minister at Washington, to lie a member of the Foreign Of+i< e. The appointment practically creates a new otlice. Ensign Hnecsner Sent to Frlaou. The trial of Ensign ITuessner, charged with manslaughter ior kiuiiix uis um Bchoolmato and lifelong friend, Ilartuianii, Avho was serving a rompulsory term as a private iu tho artillery, took place at KieJl, Cermany. The prosecutor demanded that the prisoner be sentenced to six years' imprisonment at hard labor, but when the accused was found guiPy the court sentenced him to four years' simple imprisonment and degradation, Chicago People Are Thrifty. Savings bank deposits in Chicago, III. have passed the $100,000,000 mark. found to be true the thieves should b shot down at once. Mayor Reed has issued a peremptor order for the closing of all saloons i Kansas City. Within an hour the 01 der had been carried into complete el feet. The food supply is rapidly becomin a question of vital importance. Ther was a run on every retaii grocery an meat store in Kansas City. Person almost overran the supply houses in panicKy rusn to ouy up enougn 100 to last until the flood shall subside. Merchants consider the food sitnatioi an alarming one. The supply of mea is scarcer than anything else. The cofi situation is no less alarming. Price for many staple articles of food hav almost risen to a famine standard. The major part of the loss will fa! on the packing house Interests. Th inundation is greatest i:x Kansas Citj Kan., but the property loss hac beei largest on this side of the rher. In Armourdale alone the losses to th packing industry and others is places conservatively at $2,500,000. Argen tine, another suburb, has suffered losse estimated at $500,000. Armourdale. with a population of 10. 000 people, is deserted and its sit marked only by the tops of building and a number of fires. Two-thirds of Argentine is unde water. More than 4500 people in tbi suburb are homeless and nearly 300: are destitute. All bridges over the Kaw River an down, and tbe ouly communicatioi with Armourdale is by boat. The flooded district covers an are; three miles Ions by four miles wide The flood forms a semi-circle, reacliin; south and west from the Union Denot which is located under high bluffs tba mark the dividing line between Kansa City. Mo., proper and what is known a the west bottoms. The principal dam age done was at Armourdale and Ar gentine. Kan., in the packing house dis trict. on the Kansas River, on the 05 treme southwest border of the ciref mentioned. PERILS OF REFUGEES. Topeka Physicians Fear a Scourge c Disease. Topeka, Kan.?The water in the Kan sas River is subsiding, and while prac ?ll~ -II ~t W-J-U. la ot-ill tin LUjailJ ail UL 11UIIU JL Upv_i\u 10 UM der water the worst of the flood situa tion is over and the work of rescue ii now going forward rapidly. One thou sand tents will be erected outside th. city for the refugees from North Tc peka, and they may have to remain ii this camp for several months, as Presl dent L? Y. Grubbs, of the Board o Health, says that even after the wate recedes the sanitary condition of Nort! Topeka will be such that it cannot b inhabited for several months. The recession of the flood has en abled the authorities to make a car vass of the damage done, and they re port that the belief that nearly 200 hai perished in the flood was erroneous The known dead number thirty-foui and the city authorities do not believ tnat tnis numoer win ue itugeij) j. creased. The distress of the sufferers Is bela relieved. Those who are still In Nort Topeka are being supplied with fooi and they are in practically no dange unless it be from sickness. One of the most distressing feature of the situation now is the possibllit; that there will be a spread of conta glous diseases. Cases of diphtheria an scarlet fever are reported among th refugees. Hundreds of cases o measles are prevalent among the chi dren, and. on account of the expose condition of the patients, will result U tally in many cases. The possibility of an epidemic Is no^ the most serious thing the city mus contend with. An emergency Board o Health has been appointed by th Mayor to co-operate-with the city phj sician in quelling the disease whic will result from the flood. Tho boar organized, electing Dr. I. Y. Grubb president. Provisions of all sorts are becomin scarce in Topeka. A sad feature of the situation is tli tendency of thieves to loot building! They go in by rafts apd boats awa out in the suburbs where the homes ar abandoned. The police have orders t shoofsucli marauders on sight. It is estimated that the loss in th residence part of North Topeka wi reach $300,000, In addition to the los to the Santa Fe, Rock Island and Unio Pacific railways, which will aggvegat $200,000. The loss to the Topeka Stm Railway Company will perhaps be$75 000. The loss to the business dlstrit is believed to be something more tha $1,000,000. President Roosevelt telegraphed t Governor Bailey, offering assistance c the Federal authorities, if needed, a follows: "Cheyenne. Wyo.?I am lnexpressibl; shocked at reports of dreadful calamit that has befallen Topeka. If there i anything the Federal aurnoruies ca do, of course, let me know. "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." Large contributions have alread been received for the benefit of the sui ferers. The amount given by Topek citizens alone will aggregate SIOO.OCK To this ia to be added an iramens quantity of clothing, provisions an general supplies. Outside towns hav generously offered aid, notable amon which is Galveston, Texas. The first effective rescue work bega soon after daylight when nine boats ai rived from Ottawa on a special trait and they were put into active servic at once. Soon after reports of drowning bega: to come In. A boat containing eigh men engaged in rescue work was swep away in the swift current. As far a known all were drowned. A boat con taining two men was capsized. Th boats were too frail to live in tli whirling waters. More boats arrive! from Emporia anil hurry message were sent to other.towns for more. It was soon recognized that rowboat would be of no use in battling with th 1 currents. Steam launches must be sc Died of Suicidal Wound. Grant Blodgett, the bookkeeper wli shot himself in the Bank of Euffak at Buffalo, X. Y.. died from his injuries The shooting was done with suicidii intent, believed to have boon prompter by trouble of some kind. Scvi'ii Killed In a Wreck. A double-header east-bound freigh and a west-bound freight on the Soutl: ern Railway collided at Bryan. Ala with the result that both trains eaugh tire and were burned and seven trai hands were killed. The National Game. Jimmy cam nan leans tne Amenta League batsmen. There are eight left-handed hatter on the Chicago American team. Brooklyn leads the league in clu fielding with the fine average of .953. With Gessler playing Detroit has t\v left-handed throwers in the outtield. Kansas City has signed Pitchf Yerkes, late of the St. Louis Leagu Club. Cy Young and Rube Waddell are tb pitching attractions in the America League. e cured at once, and to this end rush messages were sent to St. Joseph. The y launches arrived about 4 o'clock, and u were at once loaded with provisions - and dispatched to North Topeka. In !- an hour they returned loaded with refugees, many of whom were uncong scious, having spent thirty-six hours in e trees or on roofs, without food, d The disaster has developed hundrpds s of heroes. Men of all conditions of life a worked night and day in effecting d thrilling rescues. E. L. Bailey and E. M. Alexander performed some of the o most heroic work of the night. In the t darknes? about 3 o'clock a. m., at the il greatest risk of their lives, they sucs ceeded in reaching one of the burning 0 lumber yards and rescued a aozen women and children. II Women and children were given the e preference in the work of rescue. As a result there are scores of families n on this side of the river to-day with no heads. The women and children e were almost frantic in their all-consum-. d ing anxiety for the husbands and - fathers left on the other side of tbe s swirling flood. In the bulletin windows of the newspapers appeared no tices signed by scores of women, asking 2 that information be sent to them of s their husbands as soon as their fate was known. r H. J. Henry, a hardware merchant, s first sent his father and mother to safe5 ty and then undertook to remain and keep their property out of the hands of 6 looters. He managed to escape when 1 the flood came by riding a trusty horse. As far as Mr. Henry knows his stock * of hardware had been swept away, ' with the tmilding and entire establish? ineut. These are only a few of numerous int stances *of distress. Hundreds who s were rich are now poor, and the poor s people are in distress. Many lost abso lutely everything. They had the sav'* iiijjs of years taken by water. Now i- they have only the titles to the water covered lar.d.' e ? IOWA SITUATION BRIGHTER. Flood li Receding and Refugee* Return to Their Homes. r Des Moines, Iowa.?The uood situation in Iowa is improving, and many . refugees are able to return to their . homes. In the Des Moines valley prob. ably 15.000 still homeless, but all are . being well cared for and will soon be 8 able to go back to their flood-damaged dwellings. Provisions and clothes have e been contributed lu large quantities, i. and It is believed that there will be no q further serious trouble. In this city the ice and milk famine is the most sef rious feature. r At Ottumwa the situation is more sell rious than in this city. About 7000 peoe pie were driven from their homes in Ottumwa. t- The relief autborities announced mat i- they were confronted with a food and i- fuel fftmlne. Meat markets all over a the city declared they had but two i. or three days' stock on hand. There was no prospect of getting a shipment f; of freight into Des Moines in less than i- three or four days. Bakeries w?re overtaxed by reason of the demand of the g 6000 flood refugees through the relief h association. The temperature' of the d past three days was such as to cause r great suffering and to threaten great loss of life through exposure, s Then it transpired that there was y but a meagre coal supply and that the i- liffht and power plant had an insufi ficient supply. Roads were impassable e for team hauling and no coal could be f shipped In. I- For over two days it rained constantd' ly and the mercury stood close to the i- freezing point. Scores of men, women and children spent hours at a time In v soaking wet garments, sitting on the it roofs of their homes awaiting the ar>f rival of rescuers. More fatalities will e result from exposure than from drown r- ing. The property loss will amount 11 into the millions. Hundreds are home<1 less. s War Department Render* Aid. " Washington, D. C.?The War Department will assist to the extent of its e power in efforts to alleviate suffering 3 in the flooded districts of tha West. y Orders to this effect have bet i given e to Major-General J. C. Br ' om0 manding the Department of t*.. .vliasouri, with headquarters at Omaha, * Neb. The supply department, at Leavenworth, Ivan., will be drawn upon for 8 the shipment of tents to the flooded 11 localities should these be found neces? sary. BANK TREASURER, DEFAULTER. q Albert O. Matliei, of Dover, N. H., Confesses to Taking SIS,000. o Dover, N. H.?The New Hampshire if Tlnnlr f!rtmmissinnerH issued a State s ment announcing the discovery of a defalcation amounting to ?15,452 from y the Stafford Savings Bank, of this city, y one of the largest banks in the State, s with deposits aggregating $5,800,000. D The verification of depositors' pass books, recently ordered by the Commissioners, disclosed the shortage, which y the bank officials immediately traced to the treasurer, Albert O. Mathes. a On being questioned by President ). Brown he admitted that he had approe prlated funds from the accounts of ten d depositors to the amount of $15,000, e because of speculative losses sustained g several years ago. The treasurer lost a leg by falling q after alighting from a train a month - ago, and his absence from the bank i, led to the discovery of the shortage, e Mathes' condition is critical. The depositors' losses are made good from 0 the bank's surplus. 1 if Kelly Indicted as n Uondlor. s At St. Louis, Mo., seven of the seveni teen indictments which were returned * * TT-11? ~ B ST**.* vami' e against uaniei .1. iveuy, ui i->ciy aui? e City, charged him with bribery and d with attempted bribery, s A Larger Gold Otitpnt. 3 The Yukon's gold output this season p promises to exceed that of last year by from $1,000,000 to $3,000,000. Polnoti Ivy Killed Hlin at Eight wo, | o Charles Whitehead, of Duboistown. [ ), Pa., aged eighty-two, died of poisoning, j 5. While working in the gardeu he con- j il tracted poison from ivy. 1] Toofcvclt's Sixty-Mile Eidc. | President Roosevelt took a ride of sixty miles over the "Black Hills traii" t from Laramie to Cheyenne, Wyo. Freneli Budget Without a L'eficlt . t The French Minister of Finance lias u succecdeil by rigid economy in providing for a budget without a delicit. * News of the Toller*. Chinese coolie laborers will ho oxronsivcl.v piiiploj'od Jn the hemp lie Ids of Mexico. s A permanent organization of blacksmiths' helpers has been formed at Tob ledo, Ohio. In Canada no child, young girl or o wo^bn can be employed more than sixty hours a week. tr Substantial increases in wages have , e bepn crranted by the boss blacksmiths of Brockton, Mass. >e Indianapolis (Ind.) molders are out. | u Their demands for a ten per cent in- i crease were not granted. ' CITV WRECKED BV TflBNADO" Almost 100 Lives Instantly Snuffed Out at Gainesville, Ga. WOMEN AND CHILDREN VICTIMS The Cyclone Came Oat of a Clear Sky and Turned Night Into Day?Cotton Mill Operatives Bnried Under the Hiichlnery?200 Howes Demolished ? Men Blown Over Tree Tops?Rescue Work. Gainesville, Ga.?Within the space of two minutes a tornado dealt death and destruction to the city of Gainesville and environs, killing at least 100 people, wounding 150 more and leveling 100 cottages to the ground and tear| ing two stories off the factory of the uainesviue uouon jkluu ; Of the killed probably two-thirds j wore woitoen and children, who were operatives in the cotton mills. The death list includes only six negroes. s Eighteen persons were killed in the city between the centre of the town and the railroad station, where five large stores were blown down. The storm had driven many persons into these stores for refuge. The cotton mill was a three-story building. The first story was left standing, but badly wrecked. The second and third floors were completely demolished, and thirty-two employes were caught under the wreckage and mangled. The tornado struck the town from the south at 12.45 o'clock. It came out of an almost clear sky. It dropped almost unnoticed. Before any one realized what was happening it had ripped down brick buildings, frame houses, churches and school buildings as If they were structures of paper. The tornado was accompanied by a frightful roar, and the day was turned into night. As people fled from the storm they were caught up from tfce ground and hurled forward at a frightful speed, some of them over trees and houses for long distances. A number of houses were torn into fragments; others were lifted from their foundations and carried intact for blocks; roofs sailed like leaves in the air and were carried far beyond the city limits. People on the streets fled into the stores, only to have the big brick buildings come crashing down upon them. After destroying the Gainesville Cotton Mill the tornado swept around the outskirts of the city to the suburb of New Holland, two miles iway, jrhere are located the Pacolet Cotton Mills, one of the largest institutions of this character in the South. The plant of the Pacolet Company was not seriously damaged, but probably 100 cottages standing near-by, occupied by operatives, were completely demolished, killing thirty-three people. These were mostly women and children, as the hi-ds of families were nearly all in the factory at* work. The* nrnnorfir Inca n* tha \fills I occasioned by the destruction of the cottages and outbvlldings is estimated at $75,000. The Gainesville Cotton Mills are damafrod to the extent of $40,000. The store of Joseph Logan, near the Gainesville Cotton Mills, was crushed to ruins by the wind, and eight men who had taken refuge in it were instantly killed. The Jones' general store met a similar i fate, and in the ruins two people, one man and one woman, were Crushed to death. The woman was Mrs. Jones, wife of the proprietor. The roof of the electric car barn was lifted and the building badly damaged, the Southern depot was blown down, the Gainesville Iron Works were demolished and it is believed several persons are dead In the ruins; the Gainesville Cotton Oil Mills were blown down; the old Piedmont Hotel, now used as a school, was razed, and half a dozen persons are dead in the ruins; the Richmond Hotel was wrecked and several persons perished with it. Tn thp npcrrn ?APtion of the ' town seventy-five cottages, a school house and a church were blown away. Arlington and Brenau Colleges were out of the track of the tornado and were not damaged. Dr. Smith, city physician, says he has visited 100 wounded, and has personally seen 100 dead. The local physicians were unable to cope with the situation, and surgeons and medical supplies were ordered sent from Atlanta. A meeting was held to organize a relief committee, at which it was decided to issue an appeal to the public for funds to assist the mill operatives who are thrown out of work. Gainesville, it is stated, can take care of those now suffering, but there will He cousiueraoie distress occasiuueu uj the closing down of the mills. Physicians who have assisted in the work of relief say that the scenes at the mills were appalling, the victims being crushed and mangled in every conceivable manner. As soon as the storm had razed the buildings those who were not disabled immediately went to work at rescuing the victims. All the stores in the business section that were not hit closed their doors, and every male citizen who could lend a hand promptly joined in the work of rescue. A fire started in the ruins of one of the stores, but it was extinguished. Though the tornado was followed by a furious rain, this ceased within an hour, the clouds disappeared and the i ??- - " Tlia cnn ehnilA I WJUU wrill UU ?r 11. 1UV auu ...... ? brightly .ill tlie afternoon?in striking contrast to the terrible scene at midday. Sixteen Ncgroe* Drown, Sixt?en negroes composing two families of cotton plantation hands were drowned in the Mississippi River near Pecan Point, forty miles north of Memphis, Tenn. They left the Chiles plantation after dark in two skiffs. waves from a pasing vessel capsized the frr.il boats, and all hands save one went down. A lad. Will Bell, escaped by clinging to an oar. Cuba InrrpitRps Parr on < oflVe. President Palma. of Cuba. has signed j the act increasing the duty 011 coffee. ? Trees Crninr Shot Dead. Captain Sir Homy Hulse, who was press censor in tlio latter part of the South African war. and was a friend of Kins: Edward, was found shot dead Iu his bedroom at Johannesburg. Kuropean Squadron to Visit Kiel. President lloosevelt has ordered the European Squadron of the American Navy to go to Kiel, Germany, for the regatta. lliifslan Force in Constantinople. A force of 150 Russian bluejackets was landed at Constantinople, Turkey, to form a guard for the embassy. WINERS CALL Cll The Anthracite Workers to Vote oirl the Strike Question. 1 REPRESENTATIVES ARE IGNORED - Ji Refased Recognition a? Member* of the Conciliation Board?The Operator* It- 1 lue a Statement Defining Their Poat- < tion ? Mitchell Declines to Predict,.; What Will IJt? the Oatcome. Wilkesbarre. Pa.?\fter arranging h>; call a joint /convention of the Mhte^; Workers' Union, in Pottsville, on June 15, to determine whether a general sus- a pension of work shall be ordered until "A the operators agree to recognize Dis-.;j trict Presidents Nichols, Fahey and Dettry as members of the Conciliation * Board, the district boards adjourned. jh$ While this was? being decided Messfci^' Luther, Warriner d Connell, the opV;: erators* members of the Conclllatloar^ Board, after several Lores' conference' over the long distance telephone, agreed-, to issue a statement. This declare?jil that the sole trouble is due .0 their de^fi cision not to recognize i le three trict presidents as members of tfce^W union. It is on this r.oint that the dfo?V,f pute rests. The operators' statement Is: :| "Referring to the official announce^'*J ment of the representatives of the ted Mine Workers of America, the con- vi tention of tbe operetors' represpota-Vv tives elected to the Board of ConcHfe*; | tion is that the recognition of the ojal||g ted Mine Workers of America was hot ' one of the questions sulmltted tortjfe|J commiseion for decision; that Xfjgraj Mitchell admitted this by appeaHiij^ before the conimis.s'on simply as a rep- . resentative of the anthracite workers; that the award of the con|-;? mission specifically asserted that ttje jSj recognition of the United Mine Woi^JS ers of America as at present constitute? ed was inadvisable; that award Ko.'4,,f? providing for tue Board of Coneniatfon,'gj lays down certain rules for the appoi&t* ment of members of said board.. '.ft "The representatives of the operatofg >> have been appointed strictly within -the ~i terms of said award, and there Is no;?' objection on their part to cordially <k>- | cepting Messrs. Nichols, Dettry; and & Fahey as the representatives of the? miners, provi'din? they are elected a majority of the mine workers m-M specified in the award of th?. commI?r|a8 "The objection is solely against appearing as the official representa-,.? tives of the United Mine Workers of.:? America, appointed by an, exeeotfTie<? AAMmtiiiAA n?if t'UUiUlJUCr, nuuuui auiuuiiij 1VL appointment. "The operators' representative* feei 9 that it is highly important that the for-3^ mation of the Board of ConclllatlopoSjR accepted by both interested pertlee.JHl .strictly in accordance with the awaraM of the commission, in order, that .ittM rulings may be received without qii^nH tion and not be open to the critleffenej of having been ma te by a board Bfgn| fully qualified to act." '^ The fact that the operators thmfl plainly leave the way open for an amvqg? cable meeting with the three dtstTlflH presidents If they are fleeted by mine workers, will not In the slightdpH measure change the action of ti*| boards. The members consider that 1 the district presidents were legally-J chosen to represent the mine workers:J on the boards and say that no attention^ will b'e paid 1o the operators' state-. .-1 men:, as it is the same thing they said.^ to the district presidents at the con-^j lereiice wuen mey reiumsu iu utuvmu/. Tecognize th^m. This attitude they'll declare, is absurd *nd they wHI ncij ^ submit to any change In their pUxur J dictated by such a cause. Therefore,' | in support of their position, they issneft ^ a statement calling for a convention 3 Indianapolis'. Ind.?John Mltche^j$ President of the United Mine Workew, p said: "The refusal to recogififce these s district presidents ps members of the*Board of Conciliation was in direi^Jviolation of the provisions made by the:-." recent strike commission. The ators gave no reason for refusing Wy recognize the.se men that had been . dorsed by the Executive Board of thjP-C' miners, and paid only that they did not f bear the pron>r credentials. I. cannot I say what action will be taken if thft^l recognition of these three members ol&j the Board of Conciliation Is still re-J fused, and I do not care to say whetharffl or not any other solution than a geu eral suspension of work Is feasible." WHITE WHALESSEEN IN LAKE. ? Two of Ihcin Go to Cape Breton Mackerel. Halifax, N. S.?Two large white* whales, rare specimens In Atlantic Coast waters, are imprisoned In ttife; Bras d'Or Lakes, Cape Breton. They are supposed to have entered the lake* ^ in pursuit of mackerel schools, whfcMd have been plentiful there this spring. 1 Whales have been sighted at severi) 1 po' ts during 'ne past few days. Out a of them ran ..dhore at Iona and gr i mained aground two hours. In this. 1 meantime several rifle shots were flr?J ,1 into it by a couple of men, but affajjfl parently had little effect, as the whajB leisurely moved off to sea on the rlsinf^ of the tide. White whales are said to I be very valuable, and Cape Breton fish-1 ermen are making great efforts to capture one of them and are keeping' close watch along the shores of the I lakes. fl Bulgarian Prisoners Released. 98 It is officially stated at Constantino?. I pie, Turkey, that 400 Bulgarians, whoj were arrested at Salonica in connections with the outfaces there, have been re-fi leased. Twenty-five were held for trla^ Governor Hanged in Effigy. Governor Lanham, Judge Talbott, County Attorney Vaughn :in;i District Attorney Hart wore hanged in effigy at New Boston. Texas, because of the hanging of Ed Sliutt, a prominent white man. (Jovcrnor Lanham refused to commute ^hull's sentence to life imprisonment. The other officials were conspicuous in the Shutt trial. ) S2.400.fic0 I ire at Naples. Fire has dosiroyed tlie state pawfrfl broking establishment at Naples, Ita&fl The damage is estimated at S2,400.0(Xh^B TJnfiflinn ronri^iinnn tn .Tatti n A law lias been published in St. Pe-,1 tersburg giving a list oL' 101 towns in I Russia in which Jews are allowed to I acquire land and live without restrlc* I t ion. Jews are temporarily forbidden fl to buy land outside tbese places, whef^fl tliey will be lega.ly settled. ' ^B| Hplnerl Hutlcl Pun Ynrht 4^H Christopher Stimis died at the hod^H of his son-in-law, George M. PalmjB| at Newark, N. J., aged eighty-t^Pj years. He was one of the men wlio built the yacht America that in ISU. lifted the cup from England. t