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Corporal Qolun'i Llteraloess.
A good story comes from the Philippines.
Some time ago Lieutenant-Colonel
0. A. Williams, Twenty-eighth Infantry,
commanding the post and prison
at Lingayen, Issued an order that
II animals dvincr in the vicinity of
the town should be buried at least two
feet under ground. The first burial under
this order was done by some native
prisoners, under command of Corporal
<5ulnn, of Company M, Seventeenth
Infantry. The body was dragged to a
large cocoanut grove and deposited in
a shallow e'xcavatlon, but in such a
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lmal above ground. This faction was '
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A Leeral Experience.
Justice F. E. Duncan, of Des Moines,
Iowa, gained some experience and incidentally
lost 51 to a prominent criminal
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?The Green Bag.
What the Census Revealed.
The recent censuses of Scotland and
Ireland show them to be almost equal
in population, each having but a few
more people than the State of Ohio.
The necessity for special asylums foi
those addicted to the use of cocaine
Is being considered in British India.
Germany has now 32,000 miles of
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BIG FLOOD HAVOC
Scores of Li?es and Millions
nf Hnllarc in Prnnortu I.nQf
VI A/VUUlkJ 1U Aiupviwj 1JVUV
in Western Cities.
FEAR DISEASE AND FAMINE
20,000 Persons Are Homeless at
Kansas City?Relief Work Going
Forward Rapidly at Topeka.
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.'
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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.
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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