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UNDER WATER"IFOBlUB
Citizens of Mississippi River Towns
Driven Out by Floods.
MANY SAVED FROM HOUSE TOPS
Widespread Havoc Around St. Louis ?
Volunteers Worked ou the Embankments
to Prevent Further Disaster ?
River Forty Miles TVlde at One Point
?Damage to Property Enormous.
St. Louis, Mo.?The flood has claimed
everything on the east 3ide of the Mississippi
here except East St. Louis.
Only a few inches more of water and
the flood would top the row of sandbags,
plastered with mud, that stood
the sole barrier that protected the city
from ruin.
Every able-bodied man in Easfr St.
Louis at Mayor Cook's command
worked with might and main strengthening
the barrier as much as he can.
it was ieareu mai r^asiisi. uuuis ui^ui
suffer the same fate that overtook Venice,
Madison and Granite City when
the Mr.dison levee broke.
There are at least seventeen dead in
the tri-cities, and two dead in East St.
Louis if accounts received are reliable,
but there have been no bodiejs recovered
and it is possible that some of
those supposed to have perished have
simply been unable to communicate
with their friends. Twenty-five thousand
persons are homeless and railroad
traffic is paralyzed.
Several hundred refugees were
brought to St Louis on flat cars across
the Merchants' Bridge. Several hundred
more were rescued from housetops
and carried to places of safety in
Granite City, where some of the land
is still above the flood level.
Opposite Carondelet and lower down
the river has spread many miles over
the lowlands. In the vicinity of Cape
Girardeau it is forty miles wide.
The damage is extremely hard to estimate,
and few persons have undertaken
the task. But from all accounts
the property losses are as follows:
Loss.
St. Charles $200,(X)0
Alton 100,000
Mitchell 50,000
TrI-cities 4,000,000
East St. Louis 1,000,000
St. Louis 50,000
The loss to farmers In the bottoms,
where the crops have been completely
ruined, is at present beyond computation,
but certainly will amount to
many hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The damage in St. Louis itself is
?light, because it is confined entirely* to
the. river front, and there was ample
time for preparation to remove stocks
from buildings in danger of flooding.
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\ Kansas City, Mo.?The loss to Jhe
State of Kansas and to this city as the
result of the recent flood was over $17,
000,000. Of this $5,000,000 is the estimated
damage to crops in Kansas, $8..
000,000 represents the damage done in
tnis city ana txie suDuros ana tne otner
$4,000,000 is distributed among Kansas
towns, as follows:
North Topeka, $230,000; Lawrence,
$300,000: Saline, $200,000; Manhattan,
$150,000; Wamego, $10,000; St. Mary's,
$40,000; Blue Rapids, $2000; Clay Centre,
$30,000; Enterprise, $30,000; Concordia.
$35,000; Junction City, $100.?
000; Solomon, $50,000: Abellene, $220,000;
Elsworth, $20,000: Lindesburg,
$100,000; Hutchinson, $100,000; Minneapolis.
$100,000; Emporia, $63,000; Florence.
$30,000; Lincoln Centre, $30,000;
Atchison, $20,000; Burlington. $20,000;
Hill City. $30,000; Beloit, $30,000; Argentine.
$2,000,000.
No account has* been taken of the
smaller towns, although nearly 200 of
those were affected by the floods.
The estimate of the loss to crops Is
considered conservative. Owing to the
lateness of the season and the condition
of the soil it is very doubtful if
. any profit will be drawn during the remainder
of the year from the farms
which were inundated. As a conse
quence there will be a great deal of individual
want and suffering among
farmers upon -whom the blow fell
heaviest.
The extent of the damage to the railroads
operating in and out of Kansas
CKy caused by the flood can scarcely
be estimated. Beside the very considerable
loss of freight in cars and buildings,
nearly all lines out of Kansas
|?^ City suffered severe losses in washed*
t out track and destroyed bridges. The
loss in freight flooded, burned or lost
down the?river may amount to two or
three million dollars,
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^ TO RESCUE ENGLISH PRISONERSAnother
Expedition Goes Out Against the
tet Mad Mullah.
Aden, Arabia.?The commander of
the Abyssinian force co-operating with
tne tfritisii Somallland expedition
states that there are several English
prisoners In the camp of the Mad
Mullah, against whom the expedition is
directed. These prisoners are principally
wounded officers who belonged to
Colonel Plunkltt's column, which recently
met with a severe reverse at the
hands of the Mullah.
HANNA ON ROOSEVELT.
Bata the President Will Probably Be the
* Only Candidate For the Nomination.
Cleveland, Ohio. ? In an Interview
Senator Hanna again says that he is
a I_uuuuuaif lUl ^ ItraiUcUL^.
The Senator Is quoted as qpylng:
"There will be but one candidate for
the nomination In all probability."
"Will that be President Roosevelt?"
he was asked.
"Certainly."
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H. C. Barllajpuae, Axed 103, D?*d.
Hiram C. Burllngame died at Westfield,
Mas*. He was 103 years old on
September 7 last. On August 1, 1897,
an attempt was made upon his life,
and as a result of the assault he carried
to the grave two bullets In hie
body. He rallied from the effect of
is- the shooting, but always suffered Inconvenience
from a wound In his abK;
domen.
Yellow Ferer In Mexico.
Yellow fever has appeared at' ProVjresso,
Mexico.
Taking Cenao* In the Philippine*.
A report has been received at the
War Department, In Washington, from
General Sanger, who has charge of the
census In the Philippines, in which he
states that the work of taking the census
of the Islands is progressing very
*vell. Gen-.Tal Sanger says that the
Jeports thus far received Indicate a
Christian population of 7,000.000. The
population of Manila Is in round numfLv
bers 220,000.
f Drowned Creating a Creek.
While crossing a creek at Dublin,
Texas, James Parish, his daughter and
two of her children were drowned.
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BALTIMORE BANK FAILa (
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! Salaries of Teachers of Five Public
! Schools Tied Up. 1
President TVheatley. of the Closed Cit>
Trost and Banking Company. Says
Depositor* May Be I'a'.d.
Baltimore, Mil.?A distressing result'
of the closing of the doors of the City
{ Trust and Banking Company of this
| city is the depriving of 100 teachers
of five public schools of tlieir salaries
for May. The Principal of this group
of schools received a check from the
City Register Saturday for $4323. and r
deposited it in the City Trust Bank. J t
Later in the day receivers were ap- j g
pointed and the teachers' salaries are j.
now tied up. The Merchants' National 5
Bank, acting as a clearing house for *
the trust company, cashed the check. 1 c
The city is protected, and the loss, If ' c
any, falls upon the teachers. c
A number of the 2S00 depositors in
the savings department of the company
gathered about the bank anxiously in- n
quiring about the situation. President \
Wheatley issued this notice: T
' This bank has been placed in the
hands of Campbell Carrington and i c
George Dobbin Penniman, receivers. I t
believe all depositors will be paid in jfull.
Depositors can file their claims in t
the office, and it will not be necessary v
for depositors to go to the expense of t
placing their claims in the hands of : |j
attorneys." \
It appears that as recently as last
Saturday week the company had only ?
$15,699.68 in cash on hand to take care i
of demand deposits of $3S0,44">.71, and j
time deposits of $111,030, or nearly E
$500,000.
During the lay rumors were afloat g
that some of the embarrassment of the \
company had been caused by the al- s
leged mismanagement of Frank J. o
Kohler, present Vice-President and recently
Treasurer. Kohler made this n
statement: r
"During the entire time I have been i
with the City Trust and Banking Com- c
pany all my operiirions have been free t
and above board. If any mismanage- f
ment is attributed to me, it was a mis- f
take of the head and not of the heart.
We are all human, and mistakes are t
not beyond the range of possibilities." I
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GEORGIA NECRO LYNCHED. 8
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He Had Shut anil Killed a Farmer t6 y
Whom He Owed Some* Money. t
Macon, Ga.?W. Hope Winslow, Jr., 8
whose father was one of the leading
members of the Georgia bar, was liilied I
instantly by a negro named Banjo H
Peavy on the former's farm near Fort d
Valley. The negro owed Wln?low a t
small sum of money and was asked c
to work out the debt. He refused t
impudently and shot Mr. Winslow li
through the forehead. Before Wlnslow A
died he fired twice at his fleeing as- v
sailant without effect.
A posse was organized and Peavy
was soon captured and turned over to
the Sheriff. At night the officer and *
guard were overpowered, and the negro
taken to a grove within the corporate
limits, where he was banged o
and his body riddled with bullets. f
Winslow was the main support of d
his widowed mother and three sisters. t
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FRENCH PUNISH THE MOORS. f
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Bombard Zenejra lii the Oasis of Flffalff a
Fur Six Hours. t
Paris, France.?The French bombarded
Zenega, in the Figuig Oasis, not the ?
town of Figuig, where the French Governor
of Algiers was attacked. It was j;
almost wholly a demonstration by long J
range guns, which threw hundreds of *
melinke shells. They destroyed a ^
number of houses and a mosque that
was greatly venerated by the natives. *
The Moors made only a trifling re- c
sistance. They attempted to snipe the *
artillerymen, uui u:u 1101 wouiiu one.
The losses of the Moors are unknown. *
Neither is it known what their future *
intentions are. 7
General O'Connor withdrew his: .
troops after six hours. He expects that
a deputation hearing the submission .
of the Moors will come to him shortly. ,
The only French casualty was a native v
despatch rider killed. q
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MORE POSTAL INDICTMENTS. 1
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Grunil Jury Returns True Bill Against the
GroflT Brothers. ,
Washington, D. C.?Indictments were ^
returned against the Groff Brothers by c
the Federal Grand Jury. They are ac- ;
cused of offering bribes to A. W. j
Machen, former Superintendent of Free g
Delivery in the Postoffice Department.
The bond of Samuel A. Groff was Increased
at once to $10,000 from $5000, j,
and that of Diller B. Groff was main- '?
tained at $10,000.
ine uron isomers win De tried un- ^
der Section 5451 of the .Revised Stat- i <=
utes, which make it an offense to promise
money to any Government officer r
with a view to Influencing his action ^
or decision on any question or matter ^
which may be pending before him.
DOUBLE TURRETS CONDEMNED. .
1 French Naval Experiments Decide Aban*
domnent of Deadly Device.
Cherbourg, France.?The system of
superimposed turrets on warships has j
been condemned by the Naval Commls- t
sion, which had been experimenting j
with the battleship Henry IV. The
final trials were to test the possibility c
of men occupying the lower turret a
while firing was going on from the up- j
per turret. a
Four sheep were tied up in the lower ^
hinrflf a ronrocnnf omnnoro on/1 offov
lUHVk IV giUltUUiO, UiMI ui Itl
ten shots had been fired three of the
sheep were found to be dead. The
fourth had broken away and had (
sought refuge In the captain's cabin.
Fape to Probe to Bottom.
President Roosevelt Instructed Postmaster-General
Payne to go to the bot. t
torn of evei*y charge affecting the Post- I
office Department. A special meeting f
. of the Cabinet was held, at which the <
, postal scandals were the principal sub- i
? ject of discussion. J
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Chicago Stnilenta Drowned.
While trying to climb aboard one of
the Spanish caravels in Lake Michigan
at Chicago, 111., Jesse Miller and Miss j
Frances E. Moore, University of Chi- i
cago students, were drowned.
A Fatal Property DMpate.
? Tn a fHonntn nvnr? a r\f
vi u uiuoiuu VL piv/[r /
erty, H. M. St. Cyr killed Harry Emi
mens, at Lardo, Idaho, both being men
i of repute In mining affairs. J
Plague Experiments Forbidden. ^
German authorities, alarmed at the
. death of Dr. Sachs from plague, have ]
> forbidden any more experiments with
plague germs. <
Ship blaster Killed bj a Train. ,
A train at Ashtabula, Ohio, ran down ]
and Instantly killed Captain 0. 0. (
I Reimers, one of the beat known of the ]
> Great Lake vpaaal mflsfnra.
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imlliFiiE"
rhe Liban, With Many Passengers
Clinic M ft/1 Ol-Pft
OUUdlUj cuiirv ncai maiocmcci I
YIEN FIGHT WOMEN IN THE SEA
icenes SacU as Attended the Boarsrojrne
Disaster Responsible Fur Much Loss
of Life?The Accident Declarer! to Be
Inexcusable?Tho Lost Vessel Eonnd
For Corsica'When Struck by Sister Ship
Marseilles, France.?A terrible ship>lng
disaster occurred at a little disance
from tbis port when two pas?en;er
steamers, the Insulaire and the Li>an,
both belonging to the Fraissinlt
Jteamship Ofrmpany, of Marseilles,
ame Into collision. The Llban sank
ind over 100 of her passengers and
rew perished.
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xne insuiaire, wnicu oruujjui mc
tews, bad saved half a dozen of those
rho were not sucked down in the
rreck, but it was a beggarly showing.
There is fierce denunciation of otflers
and crew, and from the stories
old it would seem as if every one lost
us head just as in the catastrophe atending
the loss of the Bourgogne,
rhen men passengers and crew atacked
women and children, and with
Qsensate fury drove them away from
Ifeboats and rafts.
The accident was inexcusable. There
ras a gale blowing and the seas were
ligh. Both boats were laboring heavly,
but there was no reason why they
hould have come together.
The Insulaire cut a huge hole in the
Ide of the Liban. through which the
rater poured in a flood, and hex; detraction
was a matter- of moments
nly.
As the Liban heeled over there was a
Qad struggle on board the vessel. The
nen Seemed to lose the last vestige of
nimnnltTT and nttnrlferl the -women
ind children like demons, throwing
hem down, and In some instances
airly stamping on tliem, as they
orced their way to the boats.
Their cowardice was ill repaid, for
>efore they could get the lifeboats
owered the steamer began to roll
rildly, and, amid the frightened
creams and cries of all on bpard, she
rent down, drawing with her a few
rho had jumped overboard and were
rying to swim toward the other
teamer.
There was a panic also on board the
nsulalre, but it quieted down when
t was found that the boat was not In
[anger of sinking. After a long delay
he lifeboats were lowered, but the
rews were awkward and badly
rained. They succeeded only in pickag
up one or two of, those who were
loating about clinging to bits of
rreckage.
A LYNCHING IN ILLINOIS.
Tegro Teacher Hanged For a While and
(Tlieii Thrown Iato a Fire.
Belleville, 111.?W. T. Wyatt, a colred
school teacher, was lynched here
or shooting County School Superintenlent
Charles Hertel, of St. Clair Couny.
. Hertel had refused to renew the
eachlng certificate of Wyatt and was
atajly shot as he sat In his office withut
any warning. Wyatt was arrested
.fter a struggle with the police and
aken to jail.
When the news of theshootlngspread
ibout a mob gathered at the Jail,
sheriff Thompson, aided by twenty
(olicemen ar.l the Fire Department,
teld the mob at bay for more than
wo hours, when they were overwhelmed
by sheer force of numbers.
The mob, with the use of sledge hamners.
broke into Wyatt's cell and
[ragged him to a telephone pole in the
>ublic square. A noose "was hastily
adjusted around his neck and the long
ope thrown over the cross-arm of a
elephone pole. Without delay Wyatt
pas Jerked into the air. his body turnng
and twisting hardly above the
leads of the crowd.
Even while his body "was jerking in
he throes of death from the stranguatlon
members of the mob began
tullding a fire at the foot of the pole.
Dhe flames flared up and licked at the
oot of the victim, but this did not satsfy
the mob, and another and larger
Ire "was started.
When it had begun burning briskly
he negro, still half alive, -was cut
[own, and after being covered with
:oal oil he was cast into the fire.
Joans of pain were beard from the
lalf-dead victim of the mob, and these
erved further to Infuriate his tortur- j
rs.
They fell upon him with clubs and j
:nlves and cut and beat the burning \
>ody almost to pieces, and not until
>very sign of life had departed did
hey desist and permit the flames to
levou'r the body.
Feeling still runs high against the
legroes. Many negroes had been
varned to leave the city and scores of
hem have gone to St. Louis.
BONES OF MAN WITH MONEY.
Ikeleton Believed to Be of American
Sportsman Found In Now BraoswlcU.
St. John, N. B.?A crew of fire flght>rs
In the wooded hills of Cranberry
Jrook, In Charlotte County, have found
he clothed skeleton of a man with a
arge sum of money on It.
The clothing was of good material,
md In the pockets of the coat, in five
ind ten dollar notes, was the money,
t is believed that the remains are of
in American sportsman, but nothing
vaa found to Indicate identity.
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Earthquake! In Ecuador.
Two slight earth shocks were felt at
jruayaqull, Ecuador.
tuiMkaietti Church Destroyed by Fire.
The Unitarian Church In Northampon,
Mass., the Rev. Frederick H. Kent,
mstor, was practically destroyed by
ire. all that remains being a portion
>f the outer walls. The loss is placed
it $15,000, with an insurance of $10,100.
The fire is thought to have been
neendiary.
France and Morocco.
Premier Combes has explained that
France has no territorial designs In
Morocco.
Prominent People.
Dr. Samuel Smiles is probably the
)Idest living author in England.
The armored cruiser King Alfred has
l>een selected to take the Prince and
Princess of Wales to India in the autumn.
Lady Henry Somerset has retired
from the presidency of the British
Women's Temperance Union because
>f ill healthJustice
Fletcher Ladd, of the Supreme
Court in the Philippines, has
resigned because of his wife's illness,
and will return to his home in New
HamDshire.
SPLIT IN BRITISH CABINET j
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Chamberlain's Tariff Policy Repudiated
in Parliament.
SENSATIONAL DEBATE in HOUSE |
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All That Was Lucklnc in the Colonial
Secretary'# Itc.it TV as rhe Premier'*
Official Utterant Tl>?* Ohe Cabinet as
a "Whole refused to Adopt His Vlerrn
?Government Insured Ajjainst Defeat.
London.-The rumored *?i;uation 0/
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain is tht> j
most startling development of the pro- |
posal of the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Mr. Ritchie, to abolish the corn '
tax, -the debate cn which kept the 1
House of Commons packed and spell- ,
bound until midnight. Even if Premier ,
Ealfour persuades Mr. Chamberlain to
remain in the Cabinet the Colonial Sec- j '
r?iary's preferential tariff program is
hopelessly snowed under, and his influ- !'
ence as a political power in Great Bri* i 1
tain at least temporarily eclipsed.
Premie* Balfour ascertained from !!
.Tohu Redmond, the Irish leader, that . :
the Nationalist members of Parliament !
would support the Government as 1
against Mr. Chaplin, who introduced j'
the bid which denounces the removal ]
of the corn tax as a needless and injur- j
ious disturbance of trade and a serious
loss of revenue. The Liberal leader, i !
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, bad J
already announced ' that his party i
would uphold the proposal of Mr. Ritchie
to remit the grain tax. This prac
ucany secures tue uovermucui ugiuuai
defeat by its own supporters. 1
In the discussion in the Commons Sir
Michael Hicks-Beach declared that the 1
corn tax was successful; although un- j '
popular. He had heard the proposed ;
repeal with surprise and regret. The j
tax was necessary, because of the j-i
growth of expenditures against which
he had protested.
"Had my protests been received with j
more sympathy." he said amid loud j
cheers from the Opposition, "I would I
not now be speaking from the Treasury !
Bench."
Chancellor of the Exchequer Ritchie
announced that lie would be unable to
support Colonial Secretary Chamber- [
Iain's Zollverein scheme. He said:
"The question of colonial preference
has bfen brought forward by the Colo- | i
nial Secretary. The Prime* Minister's '
attitude of suspended judgment in this J
matter is impossible. I am opposed to | '
the principles and policy of the Colo- <
nlnl SaproKirr hPliArin<r tliec will do I 1
more to disunite than to unite the empire."
(Loud Opposition cheers).
"Those members of the Government
who have spoken for protection have
spoken for themselves alone," contin:
ued Mr. Ritchie. "All that has been
said on the subject was that It should ;
be discussed and inquired into. I am
an avowed free trader, and cannot conceive
of any system in which a preferential
tar'ff would be practicable as at j
present aifvised. I cannot be a party '
to a policy which in my opinion would !
be detrimental to both England and the
colonies." (Great Opposition cheers).
Mr. Ritchie's marked opposition to
Mr. Chamberlain's plan created a sen- '
sation in the lobbies, and save rise to
rumors that there would be an early j
dissolution of Parliament. Those best
informed, however, think that this will I
not occur before the late fall. I
It was the general opinion in the
lobby of the House of Commons that j
the entire question of tariff preference j
will be submitted to a royal commission.
which will be charged with testing
the growth of popular opiuion on j
the matter.
SALEM WITCHES' GRAVE FOUND. (
Now Sliown They Were Handed on Smnll
Platean and Not on Gallows Hill.
Salem. Mass.?The grave has given 1
np its secret after two centuries. The
Salem witches were not hanged on the I
crest of Gallows Hill, where the -tablet *
in their memory stands to-day. but on j 1
the small plateau at its base. Here <
their grave has been discovered, and, , <
besides, a part of the natural monu- .1
ment to the martyrs, the butt of a 1
locust tree set by one of the descend- 1
ants of the proctors, has been un- i
earthed.
Antiquarians hunted over Gallows 3
Hill for years for the crevice in *he 1
rocks in, which the bodies of Bur- M
roughs, the minister, and Wiilard and i 1
Carrier were'said to have been thrown. <
The crevice is at the base of Gallows 1 1
Hill, a peculiar formation of rock uot
noted anywhere else In the near vicin- ] 1
ity. One of tbe proctors, who came
in possession of ti:e plateau, set out . 1
locust trees to mark the grave of his '
grandfather, a witchcraft martyr, and 1
the stump, dug a few days ago from a j
crevice in the rock, is undoubtedly the |
remains of the memorial.
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StAYER AT BAY, KILLS HIMSELF.
Toatiifal Murderer Face* Parsuerg and j
Sends Ballet Through Heart.
Shoals, Ind.?Arthur Lyons, the ]
slayer of his stepmother, who has been i
a fugitive for several days, pursued j
by a posse of several hundred, shot . !
himself through the heart as he stood
hemmed in' by an armed baud of en-, ]
raged farmers. The members .of the j i
posse were within twenty feet of him ;
before he fired.
Young Lvous was driven from the
woods ny rue posse ana in an instant
was the target for a dozen guns. He
returned the fire and made liis escape ,
round a turn in the road. Later, he j .
was overtaken, and. turning toward ; j
his pursuers, who were but a short (
distance behind him, he lired the fatal ,
shot.
QUEEN WiLHELMINA ILL
Show* Sl~ns of Consumption rind Must i
Go to Milder Climate.
Amsterdam, Holland.?It 1s stated j
on reliable authority that Queen TYl!helmina
has been suffering for some '
time with genral debility. In medical
circle the impression exists that the
symptoms are of a tuberculous nature.
The doctors ia attendance ou Her
Majesty have reconuneuded a trip to
Madeira or Cairo, wh^ro a year's residence.
they say. might effect a complete
cure.
Jail For Paterson Rlo'.era.
The Supreme Court, at Trenton. N.
J., in the case on appeal of the State
against William Mogueeu aua itaudolpli
Grossman, of Pater.son, who
were involved in the riots there several
months ago. aud who were
tried aud convicted in the Passaic
Court of Quarter Sessions, affirmed
the findings o( the court below,
aud was unable to tiud assiguinent of
error based upon the Judge's charge,
as claimed by the appellant defendants.
McQueen and Grossman must
now go to jail unless the case is carried
to the Court of Errors and Appeals. _
SCORES DROWNED IH FLOOD I
Damage to Property in South Carolina
Estimated at $5,000,000
HEAVY LOSS TO COTTON MILLS
The Governor Issaes a Proclamation Call*
in* For Aid?Hundred* of Persons Are
Left Destitute?Thousands of Workers
Made Idle by the Destruction of Plants
?A Railroad Trestle Washed A war.
Columbia, S. C.?Eighty persons are
dead as a result of the flood that swept 1
through the Piedmont Valley, according
to the latest returns from the devastated
district At Clifton alone 100
operatives were missing from the Tillage,
and all were believed to have
been lost. Th? damage to railroads,
cotton mills and other manufactories,
folfl(n"inh OT1/1 tnlonlinno enmnflnlpa. tO
houses and stores -will make a grand
total of about $5,000,000. Sixty thousand
mill workers are idle and destl- 1
tute, many of them homeless. The
greatest loss of life and property was
In Spartanburg County.
The Governor has issued a proclama- 1
tlon calling for aid.
At Converse thirteen dead are reported
and forty-one at Clifton No. 2. '
At Clifton No. 2 twenty-six homes [
were destroyed, thirteen at Clifton No. j
1, and twenty at Clifton No. 3.
The loss at Clifton's three mills will
approximate $2,000,000. At Pacoiet
the loss Is nearly $1,000,000.
The greatest want among the survivors
is at Clifton, where 500 are destitute.
A f Pnnmroo \fllla -fVio Ti?vKW<at of i
Clifton's cluster, the walls were
washed away and the looms left standing.
The engine bricks were carried
three miles down stream, demolishing
the operatives' houses on the way.
The railroad situation caused much
uneasiness throughout the State. The
Southern Railway annulled trains between
Columbia and Spartanburg, 200
feet of the trestle at Shelton below. 1
Union having been washed away.
The flood was due to a mighty cloud
burst along the headwaters of the
Pacolet River, in Polk County, N. C. 1
Ihe crest of the flood, when it reached
Pacolet, was sixty feet high. The mills
were located along the banks of the
stream in a deep valley, .high, hills rising
on either side, and caught the full
force of the flood. Mill men, conversant
with the situation, say that the 1
fleafroyed properties will be rebuilt on
the previous sites, and probably will
be in partial or complete operation
igaln within twelve months. The Glen
laie mm proDauiy win ue iu suaye iu
resume work within sixty days.
Spartansburg, S. C.?A massmeeting
5f citizens was held here and $3500 ;
tvas subscribed for the relief of the
flood sufferers. Many generous offers
assistance have been telegraphed
from other cities. Congressman Johnson
left for Washington to see Secretary
of War Root, with the purpose of
securing Federal aid, if possible.
Washington, D. C.?Absolutely necessary
relief in the way of rations, medicines,
etc., will be given by the War
Department to the sufferers by the disastrous
flood in South Carolina. An
appeal to Secretary Root from the
local authorities resulted in orders being
given to General Chaffee, commanding
the Department of the East,
to this effect. He will authorize an
>fflcer to proceed north from Atlanta
with sufficient supplies to relieve lmmeliate
necessities, as was done in the
:ase of the sufferers by the Gainesville
;Ga.) catastrophe.
NEW PRIMARY ELEMENT.
Inother Extraordinary Discovery by Professor
and Mme. Carle.
Berlin, Germany.?At a session of the
Chemical Congress Professor W. Murktvald
of Berlin showed the electro- ..
:hemlcal and-physical section a smudge
3f dark powder on a piece of paper,
rrhich was the first time that any of
the eminent scientists present had seen
the metal polonium, discovered by Professor
and Mme. Curie, of Paris.
Its discoverers doubted whether polonium
was a primary element or related
to bismuth, but Professor Markwald
lemonstrated that it was indeed a
primary element. He exhibited a bit
jf the metal, weighing 15-100 of a
?rain, which was produced from two
tons of uranium at a cost of 575. It
Is more thinly distributed in uranium
than xenon, the most rarified gas, is in
the atmosphere.
Professor and Mme. Curie also are
the discoverers of radium.
DYING. CONFESSED TWO MURDERS
Betts on Death Admit* Killing His
Father and Another.
Frederick, Md.?Samuel Betts died
in Meyersvlllefrom a pistol shot wound
Inflicted by himself. Just before dy
ing he confessed that he and his brother
Joslah murdered their father, Samuel
Betts, seventeen years ago to get
$6000 which he had accumulated.
Betts also confessed that he partlci- j
pated in the murder of Walter Long
and burled the body secretly seven
pears ago. Long's disappearance had i
been a mystery.
Great Britain Protean.
The Eritish Minister at Caracas, H.
G. 0. Bax-Ironside, has presented a
protest to the Venezuelan Foreign
Office against the recent suppression of |
Custom Houses at the ports on the j
Orinoco and the Gulf of Paria.
Hlgn SCnooi liin Lirunuou.
While taking a ride in a boat on the
Mississippi River with the graduating
High School class, Nora Hilling, aged ,
eighteen, was drowned at Eaton, Ind. j
She grabbed an overhanging branch .
of a tree, lost her balance and fell into ,
the water. The swift waters quickly j
carried her beyond aid.
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GaliteaTlUe'H Death List.
The Mayor of Gainesville, Ga., esti- ^
mated that the total number of deaths ,
resulting from the tornado there would j
be more than 123.
Labor TTorld.
Spain has a legal eight-hour day that j
the courts have no power to Interfere
with. !
An unsual amount of unemployed la- i
bor Is an existing condition in Sheffield,
England. " .
It Is said that the membership of i
the Carriage and Wagon Workers' International
Union now numbers 178,- (
000. :
Employes at the G. T. R. shops in
London, Canada, are to receive an !* j
crease in their salaries of one cent an
hour.
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Save Poison For Medicine to Brother,
in- um_ i n.L. C<
nis wi.e ana Daos. ^
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EIGHT OTHER STRANGE DEATHS
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Urs. X y McKnlght. of KalUoska, Mich., C
Wlieh Speaking of Her Terrible Deed*.
Said "I Didn't Mean Any Harm"?
Victims Died tTnder Suspicions Circamstances
While Living With Her.
Kalkoska, Mich.?Lizzie Holliday, the ^
svoman poisoner of Boston, who mur- n
lered nearly a score of victims before fj
her mania for destroying life was
brought to a halt, has a counterpart 0
in Mrs. Mary 1/IcKnight, of this place, ^
svho freely and without fe.ir of consequences.
has just confessed to having
killed her brother. Ills young wife and i -r
their baby, and who. it i3 also thought,
may be able to lift the veil of mystery
surrounding the deaths of at least eight
Sther relatives and friends who have p
lied suddenly. | 1
For two weeks Prosecutor Smith has 01
worked with untiring persistence to (
l>reak down the Lrazen denials of the j a
accused woman, who flnaliy weakened ; c
and made a full confession to having :
killed her brother, John Murphy, and
bis little family. tl
In her first statement the woman ad- n
mitted giving Mr. and Mrs. Murphy ! tl
capsules of strychnine and quinine t
mixed, but denied killing the baby. C
She said:
"I didn't intend to harm any of them, j
I did give the baby the strychnine. It i
woke up and-cried while its mother |
was gone, and I mixed up a little [ ~i
strychnine in a glass with some .water, 1
and gave a spoonful to the baby. I j
didn't mean to harm the little thing at J!
all. I confessed all to tlie Lord this ' ?
afternoon and I feel that He has for-! J1
?iven me. , I really didn't mean to 1
harm any of them. When Gertrude ' c
came home and found that the baby j ti
was dead she got awfully nervous, j e
She came to me and said: ' 'Mary, ! e
can't you give me something to quiet ii
me?something that you take your- j
self?' I said that I would, and I really
didn't think that it would hurt her If , n
I gave her one of the capsules. She p
had spasms right after that, and I
suppose that it was the strychnine T
that killed her. I really didn't mean n
to hurt her. John seemed to feel so t
badly about it. so broken up, that I j.
often thought after Gertie died that it would
be better if he were to go. too.
"John was feeling bad one night a ^
couple of weeks after Gertrude died j;
and wanted something to quiet him. .
I had two or three of the capsules on
my dresser, and I told him to go and
get one of them. I didn't mean to, hurt *
him, but I thought It would be for the s
best if he were to go, anyway. He I
helped himself. I don't know -whether "
he took one or two. Then he went g
to bed, and by and by he called me. y
Mother rame. too and he began to E
have those same spasms. I suppose
that the strychnine was working." T
The confession was given voluntar- s
ily, and Mrs. McKnight signed it. b
Eight other persons, besides the three
to whose murder Mrs. McKnight con- j
fessed. investigation now shows have
died in the last fifteen years under j
circumstances that, in view of the .
woman's confession, are thought to be
suspicious. All of the eight were either ,
relatives or Intimate friends. I *
They are: Ernest McKnight, the a
woman's last i?usband; James Ambrose,
hev first husband, who died in t
Alpena in 1887: Mrs. McKnight, the a
wife of James E. McKnight. who was v
the partner of Ambrose; Baby Teeple,
Mrs. McKnight's niece: Eliza Chalker,
another niece, who died in Grayling in t
May. 1892: Sara Murphy, Mrs. Mc- v
Knight's sister, who also died in Gray- e
ling in February, 1893: a Mrs. Curry,
who died in Saginaw in 1S93 when Mrs. j,
McKnight was visiting there, and Dor- ^
othy Jenson. a child, who died In Gray
ling under Mrs. McKnight's care dur- .
incr the absence of her mother. No I:
motive for the crimes can be found.
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BALFOUR SAVES MINISTRY. _ C
Premier Avert* th? Threatened Crisis by ^
a Clever Speech. ^
London.?By a dexterous and extTa- g
ordinary speech Premier Balfour temporarily
smoothed over the differences
in the Cabinet, relieved Colonial Sec- ?
retary Chamberlain of any necessity J
of resigning, and for the moment avert- ?
ed a crisis -which threatened the Union- ;
ist Party. This Mr. Balfour accom- j
plished -without committing the Gov- ;
ernment either to protection or Free j
Trade, thoueh his speech Generally ! *
will be taken to mean that the tariff jv
issue is to be shelved for the present. J J
Henry Chaplin's amendment, which
pave rise to the most interesting de- j
bate of the present Parliament, was de- j
feated by the overwhelming majority j 11
424 votes to 28. the majority being j 3
comopsed of Unionists, Liberals and .
Irish members. The minority support- |
ing Mr. Chaplin were almost ull followers
of the Oovernmont, while many *
others of the Conservative Party ab- 12
stained from voting.
The amendment declared that the re- 1
moval of the tax on grain "involves a
needless and Injurious disturbance of r
trade and a serious loss of revenue, a
without substantial relief for the con- o
sumer," and that if any 'axes wi>- > removed
it should be those levied ou tea a
and other articles of general consump q
tion. p
Leather Market Light.
There Is only a fair volume of bus!- ^
ness In the leather market, which is ?
between seasons, and business in upper ?
leather Is rather light.
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Four Men Killed by lightning.
John Winkler, John Shook, S. E. a
Rcbam and Clark Fisher were killed C
by lightning near Sterling. Wayne v
County. Ohio. The men were carry- v
Ing a heavy timber on their shoulders,
when lightning struck the beam and r
tore It to splinters, killing the four men i(
Instantly.
ItritUh Euabaftiy at Newport. ^
The British Embassy has been moved ^
to Newport, R. I., for the summer,
^ir Michael Herbert, the Ambassador,
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1ILCUU/ UClUg mvil.
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Newsy Gleanings. ^
Dog lovers in Berlin have to pay a 1]
:ax of $5 a year on each of their pets. C
In Cairo the proportion of blind people
to the population is one to every , d
.wenty residents. ii
York House, the property of the Duke
)f Orleans, at Twickenham, England, I:
s for sale with no bidders. g
Citizens of Indian Territory have 9ub- a
icribed $23,000 for their representation r
it the St. Louis Exposition.
The famine is increasing in Kwangsi >
Province of China and sporadic Asiatic '
:holera has appeared In Canton. J
ibbemeh
WARRINGTON ITEMS. j
Minister Conger's protest against I
ount Cassini's published interview ']
mcerning the Russian occupation cf
ianchuria reached the State Departent.
President Roosevelt delivered an adress
at the dedication of the new
uilding of tie Eutch Reformed ?
hurch in Washington.
Several thousand packages of Gov- . -tj
runent seeds lert over irom mm jrcoi
rere available for immediate reiiei of
ae Western flood sufferers.
Thomas W. McGregor and C. El3- v
orth Upton, officials of tfce Free Devery
Service in the Postoffice Departlent,
were arrested, charged with deluding
the Government.
Cash receipts of the General Land
dice-increased over $4,000,000 for tho
rst three-quarters of the year on acount
of the disposal of public lands.
Bids for the three battleships author:ed
at the last session of Congress |
rero opened at tho Navy Department "
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.
The Director of(the Mint purchase!
),OCO ounces of bar silver for the-Phil>plnes
colnago at 53.55 cents per
ncs.
In financial trouble, E. F.*Newnan, *|||J
druggist formerly of Ithaca, N. Y*
omuttted sulcile in Honolulu, Harail.
Reports fron the Spanish friars la^ ,5#
be Philippine Islands regarding the
atlve clergy were so unsatisfactory
*- A,t~ ~ -J -*^1 ma4> *a onnnlnf
jilt ine v aixuaii ucauuu uuv iv ^
(vo native priests tc tlia bishoprics of
ebu and Samar.
t DOMESTIC.
The Episcopal Church of t'je Colo^ ' "j3i
ado diocese refused to sanction a
liange of name.
Thirty-five union miners were pnt in
ill at the Coal Creek mines in Tennesee
for contempt In violating an inunction.
.
Business men of New York City dlsussed
the labor situation and agreed
tiat the Industrial and financial inter-., "
sts of the city were seriously threat- (
ned. There was a growing sentiment
i favor of an arbitration board.
A Hebrew tailor died from starvation ,
i New York City, having sent all his
loney to his family in Russia for their
assage to the United States.
T? Aran ni?Anflrtir TaIiII
ill CL UlOpiiLC V?Cl wvmm ?- .
rards, aged fifty-four years, a proml- " I
,ent farmer, and his son Jeff, aged
wenty-two. were killed near Columius,
Ga., by Barlow Nix, a sixteen^
ear-old boy.
Lightning demolished the spire of m
It. Paul 8 Episcopal Church In Cleve-.. v
and, Ohio, doing several thousand dol- ,
irs' damages.
Walter F. Sanders, former deputy
reasurer of Monguagon Township, " %
lich., was charged with embezzling^
5000 of {he township funds. : /r;
For some unknown canse George In-"f
:le, a coal operator, aged forty-five1'
ears, committed suicide at Terre
laute, Ind., by shooting. H'>.V*S
The Baptist Church at Byron, Minn.,
ras'blown up with dynamite, the re
ult of creed difference, but no arrests v
ave been made.
Charged with naturalization frauds, r. '5
ohn P. Dolan, Chairman of the Demo- *?*<4
ratic City Committee of St Louis,
lo.. and three of his associates were
adlcted.
Burglars took $700 from the safe in. |
he postofflce at Thomasville, N.
nd escaped.
The convention of the Millers' Na- .-iff
lonal Federation at Detroit, Mich.,
dopted a memorial to the President*
irglng the making of reciprocity treat?s,
especially with Canada. , '.-Y$
James B. Dill told the graduates of 1
111 TTnlroi?o(tr nt XflnnoQ/ttfi fliftf fro St a
UC UUIIVIOHJ VI lUiuuvuwu VMW ? viww r
rould increase the opportunities for.
ducated men.
The Western Maryland Railroad >
irought suit against the Baltimore and
)hio to enjoin it from diverting freight.
The new cruiser Tacoma was
aunched at San Francisco, Cal.
Four railroads signed wage agreeaents
with their freight handlers at
Chicago, 111., thus averting a strike.
One thousand persons left Seattle^. .
IVash., for Nome gold fields on the ;
hree steamers that sailed so far this
eason. , .
Charged with offering a bribe to Al- ?v.;<
[erman Joseph Renihan at Grand Rapds.
Mich., Attorney Gerritt Albers was
ound not guilty.
FOREIGN. ti. I
The Venezuelan Legation at Paris,
^rance, received a cable message from
Caracas to the effect that after a brillant
campaign, including fights at Barluisimeto
and Coro, the revolution had .
nuea.
M. Loubet's visit to Rome Is causing
ouch discussion in Vatican circles. He
rill go to London in July, the King *f
taly postponing his journey to Engand
till November.
The petition to the Vice-President
hat was circulated In Colon, Colomiia,
praying for the acceptance of the
?anana Canal treaty received only
line signatures.
The British representative in Haiti
eported the foreign residents In Port
u Prince, the capital, were in a state
f destitution.
The Irish National League meeting
nnounced to take place in Tallow,
bounty Waterford. Ireland, was suppressed
by the police.
Much 111 feeling was shown in the
Jerman political campaign. An inrease
in the Socialist vote was feared
iv the other parties.
The transit receipts of the Suez Ca- A
al for the last year were $29,744,004.
Measles were epidemic among serv-^
nts at the imperial castle In Potsdam,"
Jermany. and there was fear that it
rould reach the Emperor's children,
rho were at the Schloss.
The Ziegler North Pole expedition
eached Christiansand,* Norway, and
;ft again in a few hours.
The Spanish Supreme Ccurt has acuitted
General Dj Bourbon of the
harges of gambling brought against
im.
The Cape Colony Parliament was
pened and the country's finances were
sported to be In good condition.
Advices from Bogota said that either
leneral Reyes or General Velez is like7
to be chosen the next President of
lolombia.
New York insurance companies with
rew from Germany in the face of an
nperial prohibition. S
A peuuon is utrmg cucumieu ou iuc
stbmus praying tlie Colombian Conress
to pass the Panama Canal treaty,
s its rejection would cause complete
uin.
Advices from Caracas. Venezuela,'
aid that Government forces had ren
iken San Felix and that the report of'
n insurgent victory at BarquislmetoJ
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