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i! I: .'if KANSAS FLOODS CREEP ON CITIES Bains Swell Elvers to Further 1' Menace, but Towns^Minim- Vi^.J' ize Peril. Kansas iClty, Mo., Jujne 4.Further rains have fallen in southern Kansas within the past twelve hours and the flood conditions in the valley of the Neosho and Cottonwood rivers con tinue to grow worse. The streams are higher than at any previous time in twenty years, tnot excepting the rise a year ago, and tthey are still rising. The Kaw, which caused the real damage from Kansas City west to Manhattan in tjhe flood of 19*03, con tinues to come up slowly at Topeka, Lawrence and Kansas iCty, but as yet no alarm is felt over the result of the flood along this stream. Altho the Missouri river at Kansas City is high and rising slowly it is be-* lieved it will be able to carry off the great amount of water comlnjg this way from the west thru the Kaw. As the streams which are the high est are those off fche Kaw watershed and drain into rHrers south of Kan sas City, whatever serious damage is done' must affect southern Kansas ter ritory and will not do material damage at Kansas City, Lawrence and North Topeka, which towns suffered the brunt of last year's flood. Oklahoma and the Indian territory streams are also high and in some in tanoes have already overflowed their banks, inundating valuable jfarm lands and doing fore or less damage. In southwestetm Missouri the Marais des Cygnes has done some damage to tracks at Rich Hill and other points. Railway service thruout the south west is still, demoralized, and a dozen or more trains are stalled in Kansas. The damage already done by the flood is immense. Hundreds of' thousands of dollars worth of bridges have been destroyed and growing crops' have been greatly damaged. As far as known, but two lives, a woman and child, 'names unknown, who were drowned at Florence, have been reported. The greatest damage wrought is in the great oil fields of southern Kan sas, around Chanute and at Iola, Flor ence, Emporia, Fort Scott, and fur ther west along the Arkansas at Wichita and other points. Scores of oil tanks filled with oil nd many derricks and rigs have been swept away. Railroad traffic on all lines in that seotion has been aban doned. In some places the Neosho is six miles wide and people are moving about in boats. At Iola the Neosho is five miles wide and a foot higher than it was last year. The loss in cattle drowned and farm property damaged will be heavy. Rock and Elm creeks have backed their water into town and 100 families along their banks were driven from their homes and were forced to take shelter in the courthouse. The river is still rising today and the worst Is doubtless vetto come. At Florence business Is practically lit a standstill, and merchants are re moving their goods. A passenger train is tied up at Clements and the {n assenger were compelled to remain the oars all night. Food was brought to them in open boats. A rescuing party headed by Sheriff New ,lands has rescued many persons at Emporia. MILLIONAIRE KIDNAPS CHILDREN FROM WIFE New York, June 4.Lawrence Cowle Phipps, nephew of Henry Phipps, the original partner of An drew Carnegie in the steel business, and a multimillionaire of Pittsburg, took his two children from their mother's custody while his wife was asleep in her room in an apartment house. Litigation of a civil and, perhaps, also of a criminal nature will follow. This litigation, if it is pursued to the end, will result in extraordinary developments and involve a number of prominent families in this city as well as af Pittsburg. A maid smuggled the children out of the hotel and into a carriage which Mr. Phipps had waiting at the side entrance. The maid got Into the carriage with the children and Mr. Phipps followed. They were driven to the Pennsylva nia station. Another woman joined them at the station. When Mrs. Phipps became aware that her children were missing she followed them to the train and en tered the car in which her husband, the children and two women were sitting. With a scream she dashed for the children, but her husband and one of the women barred the way. Mrs. Phipps appealed to the pas sengers to help her. She said that her husband had no right to the chil dren tb,at he had kidnapped them trom the" hotel. "I have every right to my chil- dren!" shouted Mr. Phipps. "You left my home in Pittsburg and in my absence went back and stole the chil dren. I intend to keep them." A policeman took her from the car, and while she was arguing with him on the platform the train pulled out STRANGER BOLTS WITH CHURCH COLLECTION JTew York Sua Special Service, Newark, N. J., June 4.Scores of persons in attendance at devotional services at St. John's Roman Catholic church were robbed of pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters by a resourceful thief. When the time arrived for the usual collection a stranger arose, stepped into the center aisle with a business like air and using his derby hat, began to take up the collection. Coin after coin *was dropped into it, as no one questioned his right to make a collec tion. When the collector reached the end pf the aisle at the rear of the church he walked into the vestibule, pocketed bhe coins and vanished. FOUR DIE IN MINE EXPOSION. Fairmont, W Va., June 4.An explo sion of gas completely destroyed a Fair mont Coal company's house early to-day. The eight occupants were injured, four fatally. Get Rid of Scrofula Bunches, eruptions, inflammations, sore ness of the eyelids and ears, diseases of the bones, rickets, dyspepsia, catarrh, wasting, are only some of the troubles it causes. It is a very active evil, making havoo of the whole system. Hood'sSarsaparilla Eradicates it, cures all its manifestations, and builds up the whole system*-^ Accept no substitute, SATURDAY EVENING,'^, DEATH IN MISSOURI PACIFIC COLLISION ry. I*" South Dakota Man Killed and Nineteen Hurt in Train Wreck. Kansas City, Mo., June 4.By the head-on collision of two Missouri Pa cific passenger trains near Mastin, twenty-two miles south of Kansas City, one' person was killed and nine teen injured, most of the latter pas sengers. The trains were the Colo rado flyer, west-bound, and an ac commodation train east-bound. August Bloom, Clear Lake, S. D., who was stealing a ride on blind bag gage, was killed. The injured: C. A. Slocum, engi neer of flyer, Kansas City, leg broken E. W. Whaley, fireman on flyer, Kan sas City, head cut, badly bruised E. W. Ford, porter, head bruised C. Conklin of Kansas City, fireman, knee crushed Mrs. John G. Robinson, Bal timore, leg wrenched James Furn cas, conductor on train 86, badly bruised D. A. Elwell, Ossawattomie, engineer on train 36, condition seri ous, probably injured internally M. J. Bl&sbalg, Kansas City, head cut, badly bruised W. J. Forne, Ossawat tomle, Kas., head severely out L. G. Slick, Kansas City, leg sprained Hen ry Casselbuna, New York city, nose broken Dala Lucas, mail clerk on flyer, body bruised Frank Lund, Kan sas City, shoulder bruised Irene Palmer, Los Angeles, head cut, body bruised Louise Palmer, Kansas City, head bruised W. J. McAuliffe, Pueb lo, Col, head bruised, knee hurt Wil liam Nichols, Fort Douglas, Utah, right side hurt Mrs. Mary Kilter, Portland, Ore., knee bruised Miss Posten, Boston, knee bruised. Both trains were behind their schedule and were trying to make up time. The accommodation had or ders to take a siding at Mastin but had not reached that station and was met on a culvert a mile beyond Mas tin by the flyer. Both engines were demolished. The day coach on ,the accommodation train was telescoped, as was the m%il car on the flyer. All the cars of both trains were thrown from the track and the track and roadbed completely wrecked. RIOTING MINERS SHOT BY DEPUTIES Desperate Battle Fought With Angry Strikers on the Streets of Eveleth. Eveleth, Minn., June 4.After a desperate battle with a mob of over 200 furious mine strikers, in which half a dozen of the disturbers were seriously wounded, Sheriff Butohart and his deputies effected a temporarv cessation of hostilities at the Faya'l mine and returned to Duluth. A fight between a Finn and an Italian was primarily the cause of the fight. The men were former .'em- ployees of Drake & Stratton, and a controversy arose between them which culminated in a hand-to-hand con flict. Sheriff Butchart and his depu ties tried to separate the men. One of the fighters pulled a gun on Deputy Horigan, but when the latter pulled his the man surrendered and was ar rested. This was the signal for a general at tack on the officers, and the strikers, already in the highest pitch of rage and excitement, fell upon their vic tims. Over fifty shots were fired, and knives, clubs and stones were re sorted to by the strikers, two of whom were desperately wounded. None of the deputies was wounded.* The strikers marched to the ja$l and demanded that the prisoner be given up to them. They did not resort to violence this time, but their requests grew more and more urgent and threatening, and finally, despite the protests of Sheriff Butchart, the mayor ordered that he be released. Further trouble is expected. MUCH CLAIMED FOR WIS. MAN'S NEW MOTOR Special to The Journal. Medford, Wis., June 4.Frederick L. Till, a young carpenter of German nativity, living at Stetsonville, be lieves he has invented a motor that will revolutionize power generation. His machine is to run without com bustion and without steam pressure. It may be called a "spring motor," as springs are the source of power. The principle is said to be that of one of the "lost inventions" of Germany. WIS. BAPTISTS MISS ROCKEFELLER MONEY Special to The Journal. La Crosse, Wis., June 4.D. W. Hulburt of Beaver Dam, Wis., state secretary of the Baptist association, announced in the La Crosse Valley Baptist convention here that John D. Rockefeller, the millionaire oil mag nate, had withdrawn his support of $100,000 a year from the Baptist church, of which he is a member. The announcement, made on infor mation received in a letter from Rockefeller's secretary, created a sensation. Wisconsin churches have received about $1,000 a year from the Rockefeller donations. Henceforth, says Mr. Rockefeller, his' contribu tions will be used in missionary work in Cuba. The convention decided to cover all of western Wisconsin this summer with tent revivals. DOUBT OYER PROSPECTS ALARMS WALL STREET New York, June 4.The short week of the trading in stocks has left the market in its rut of dullness and im mobility. The doubt felt over the general outlook continues to paralyze speculative ability. The week's events have not helped to resolve those doubts. Continuous congestion of money in reserve cen ters points to impaired trade activity. Grain crops have made unsatisfactory progress, owing to lack of sufficient warmth. Railroad gross earnings have compared more favorably with last year, but net earnings reported were discouraging. Measures of retrenchment, of rail road expenses are interpreted as ad missions of poor prospects for busi ness. Reports of plans for curtail ments (Of iron production caused de pression. Money is almost a drug in the market. feg BRADLEY TO CELEBRATE., '*T: Special to The Journal. Bradley, S. D., June 4.Bradley will celebrate the Fourth. S. A. Keevan of Clark will be orator of the day{-, KOROPATKIN AND ALEXIEFF CLASH Continued from First Page. in* as probable the reduotion of that fortress this summer, and a tender of peaoe. Russian statesmen believe Japan, in defining terms, will heed the advice of Great Britain, who in turn will go a long way in deference to France. This view of probabilities is reflected on the European bourse. BRIGAJVDS WORRY NItJ-CHXJANG Foreign Residents Again Look Long ingly for Gunboats. Niu-chuang, June 4.The brig ands in this vicinity are becoming bolder, after receiving 1,000 Mann licher rifles. Their renewed activity is causing a discussion among the foreign residents on the necessity for gunboats as a protection for their lives and property during the inter val which must elapse between the departure of the Russians and the entrance of the Japanese troops into Niu-chuang. A British gunboat is still lying at Hing-wang-tam, but the decision of the Washington authorities that the United States gunboats Wilmington and Helena will summer at Canton is taken to mean that United States Consul Miller's recommendation, made months ago, has been unfavo rably considered by the government. Consul Miller's common sense di plomacy and his firm, courageous at titude has done much to alleviate the fears of all the foreign residents here the Chinese trust In him Im plicitly. Still the American and British res idents, while, of the opinion that his influence would prove of Immense value in the event the bandits begin raiding the town, between the Rus sians going out and the Japanese com ing in, say he should have the support of a gunboat stationed at the mouth of the river. The Russians here have been some what cheered by a report brought in by an officer just arrived who was in the battle at Kin-chau,' to the effect that after the first day's fighting the Japanese asked for a twelve days' truce. Outsiders do not, however, be lieve this report. \THB 'ATTACK WAS NOT PRESSED" Russians Merely Drew Off Because of Bad Ground. St. Petersburg, June 4, 3:20 p. m. The war office has received news of a sharp fight twenty miles north of Saimatszu, north of Feng-huang-cheng, June 1, in which six Cossacks were killed and twenty-two wounded. The Japanese losses are not known. Five companies of General RerinenkampfTs Cossacks discovered Japanese detach ments at Fen-chou-ling pass, half way between Saimatsza and Ajiudjan. The Cossacks dismounted and attacked on foot, but owing to the difficult nature of the ground and the strong defensive positions held by the enemy and the latter's stubborn resistance the attack was not pressed and the Cossacks drew off. No particular Importance is at tached at the war office to the ap pearance of this detachment of the enemy it being believed that General Kuroki is keeping his flank well pro tected in order to rid himself of the spying eyes of the Cossacks. The war office has received no fresh news from Liao-tung. Since the receipts of General Stoes sel's report the general staff is con vinced that the Japanese losses in the fighting about Kin-chau were greater than officially admitted. It is known that only the very seriously wounded were included in that category. There are indications that both of the com manders are pursuing this plan as the wounds made by the small caliber, high velocity bullets used in modern warfare unless they reach a vital spot heal quickly and in a few weeks most of the wounded men are again ready for active service. WOULD YIELD PORT ARTHUR General Stoessel Wants to Surrender and Also to Escape. London, June 4.The Standard cor respondent at Tokio wires: "A rumor is circulating, principally in foreign circles here, that General Stoessel has proposed surrender on condition that the whole Port Arthur garrison be permitted to proceed un der arms to Niu-chuang. The story is discredited in well informed circles and is probably a Russian balloon d'essai." TRAPPED BY WHITE FLAGS Japanese Accuse Russians of Misusing Signal. ,'.V--f Nagasaki, Japan, June 4, 3 p. m. Wounded Japanese who have arrived here from the Liao-tung peninsula at tribute the heavy casualties at Nan chan hill to the Russians' alleged mis use of the white flag. RUSSIANS TAKE OFFENSIVE Five Days of Severe Fighting Spur Troops to Action. New York Sun Special Service. Shanghai, June 4.The Russians appear to be taking the offensive. Five days of severe fighting has taken place at Wafungtien. The Russians are employing 4,000 carts to remove tneir munitions from Liao-yang to Kai-yuen and trains are now running between Tashichiao and Kai-chau. On May 81, 3,000 carts containing fodder and munitions passed thru Tashichiao on their way to Kai-chau. Fifteen thousand Russian troops and twenty-three nurses passed thru Tashichiao in the course of the past three days on their way to Kai-chau, WAR FOR A WEEK. The Japanese have spent the past week in preparing fqr the taking of Port Arthur. This brilliant culmina- tion of one of the most remarkable wars on record Is now confidently expected in the immediate future, not alone by the Japanese strategists but by impartial military critics. Doubtless it will be accomplished only by a tremendous sacrifice of life, but every soldier In the Mikado's armies Is more than willing to lay down bis lite I for his country's sake. The work of investing the Russian fortress on the land side has progressed rapidly. Reinforcements are being landed at Pi-t&e-wo, and, it Is said even at Dalny, ihe Russian commercial entrepot under the guns of Port Arthur, which has been occupied by the Japanese. The latest reports are that the first line of outer defenses of Port Arthur have been taken, only feeble resistance being offered. Marquis Yamagata, master military mind of Japan, potent In the council of "the elder statesmen," has been named to the supreme command of the land forces and will be In control at the taking of the port. Meanwhile, in the north Kuropatkln is feeling more and more the pinch of the grip in which Kurokl holds him. He dares not retreat, be ought not advance, he cannot sit still. Jn that epigram does one expert crystal' Itee his predicament. Political pressure is brought on him to commit the supreme folly of advancing to the relief of Port Arthur. The Japanese strategists would like nothing better. His present bases at Uao-yangand Hal-cheng are threatened and early In'the week came news of a Japanese victory at Samaitsu to the northeast of Feng-huang.cheng and on the road to Mukden. This threatens Kuropatkln's communications and Is bad news for him. Kurokl Is receiving reinforcements at Ta-ku-shan and Is extending bis lines from his base at Feng-buang-cbeng in such a way as to hold the Russian army in .an enveloping grasp. The naval commanders are watching each other closely. Togo outside Port Arthur keeps ceaseless vigil. When the fortress falls, the Russian ships are expected to make a desperate dash, like thai of Cervera at Santiago, In the hope of selling themselves at as dear a cost to the Japanese as possible. It is positively asserted that the Russian ships will be neither blown up nor abandoned to the enemy, but will go down with all colors flying and every man at bis post. However, this plan may be frustrated by Togo, if be can contrive to block tbe channel again and prevent egress. 8 8KA POWER COMPARED The loss of the battleship Hatsuse and the cruiser Yoshlno Is serious for Japan, as It brings her sea power down nearer to that of Russia. Fol lowing is the comparative strength of fleets In battleships and the rival cruisers: JAPAN. $-: RUSSIA. Tons. Tons. Feresviet 12,674 Sevastopol 10,950 Poltava 10,950 Gromobol 12,336 Bossia 12,200 Rurik 10.JT40 Bayan 7,800 Mlkasa 15,200 Asahi 15,000 Shikishima 14,860 Yashlma 12,300 Fail 12,300 Chlnyea 7,220 Tsushima 3,717 Asama 9,750 Tokiwa 9,750 Idzumo 0,800 Iwate 9,800 Yakumo 9,850 Azuma 9,456 Kusuga 6,000 Nifishin 8,000 i' it must be taken Into consideration that the armored cruiser Kasuga may have been seriously damaged by the collision which sank the Yoshlno. On the other hand, the Russians assert they will have the Retvlzan, Czare vitch and Pobleda repaired arid ready for war very soon. The comparative naval losses since the war began are: JAPAN. RUSSIA. Hatsuse, battleship. Retvizan. battleship. Yoshlno protected cruiser. Mlyako, cruiser. Kinshin, transport. One destroyer. Two torpedo boats. Czarevitch, battleship Pobleda, battleship. Petropavlovsk, bat tleship.- Varlap. -cruiser Pallarta, cruiser. Boyarin, cruiser. Bogatyr, crniser. Yenesei, torpedo transport. Amur, torpedo trans- port. Korletz, gunboat. Seven torpedo boats. Two destroyers. One launch. I The first brigade of the first division comprising the One Hundred Twenty fourth regiment?.a sotnia- of Cassacks and a battery oti artiHery* under Gen eral Stackelberg, arrived at Kai-chau on May 29, and another brigade is following to assist tlm Russians in the south., '&< It is reported thqi' General Mest chenko has dispatched 4,000 men of the imperial cavalry guards from Kaun-cheng-tsu for the purpose of cutting off the Japanese at Pitsewo. RUSSIANS AT YUEN-SAN Attack Expected Soon on Eastern Korea. Seoul, June 4, 6 p. m.The commis sioner of customs of Yuen-san, Korea, wires that a Russian attack on that place is deemed imminent. He is making preparations to send the wo men and children to a mountain mon astery twenty miles distant. A junk has reported thtft the Rus sians have landed field pieces at Sha river near Ham-heung north of Gen san, on Broughton bay, or the gulf of Korea, at which place Cossacks re inforcements are expected. Port in Disquietude Among Japs. Mukden, June 4.The situation in the war zone is not altered and no news has been received here from Port Arthur. The Russian successes in northeast ern Korea are said to be causing great disquietude among the Japanese. Floating Mines Near Tien-tsin. Tien-tsin, June 4.It is generally believed that there are floating mines in this locality. Local steamers have been ordered to avoid the mine zone off the Shan-tung promontory after dark. POWDERLY MAY HEAD KNIGHTS OF LABOR Boston, June 4.A movement is un der way in Knights of Labor circles to have T. V. Powderly, formerly gen eral master workman of that organ ization, assume the leadership once more. Michael J. Kenney, secretary treasurer of district assembly 30 of this city is authority for the statement that Mr. Powderly has been asked to take charge of affairs and has inti mated that if his election is unani mous he will acoept. Arrangements are being made for a big mass meeting in Boston and to day the former leader was invited to come here and deliver an address. ANOTHER MISSOHRIAN HIT BY INDICTMENT S Louis, June 4.The April grand jury, which reported to-day, indicted James M. Seibert, state excise com missioner, on the charge of conspiracy to hinder the due administration of the law. The indictment grows out of investigations into flagrant viola tions of the excise laws in the city of St. Louis. The grand jury also returned in dictments against five steamboat cap tains who are charged with permit ting gambling on their boats. SAW WOMAN ABDUCTED. Chicago, June 4.-rTwo shots, followed by a woman's screens, caused excitement at Evanston. Edward Waldron, a watch man, saw two men struggling with a woman, who was screaming. .Before he could reach them the men thrust the woman into a closed carriage, which was driven rapidly toward Chicago. The car riage was followed some distance in Sheri dan road, but finally escaped. PRINCESS MARY OF BADEN DEAD. Gmunden, Austria, June 4.Princess Mary of Baden, eldest daughter of the Duke of Cumberland, and wife of Prince Maximilian of Baden, died here to-day. She was born in 1870. Defective Page 'pi tmmimiM PSYCHIC FORCES WIN THEIR Continued from First Page. says, refused to cease their exertions, and the result was the ardent lover came to Vineland last week to make arrangements for the wedding. Receiving a cablegram announcing his father's death in England, he was hastily called away, and sailed Thurs day. His intention is to hurry back and claim his Vineland bride the last of June. Miss Fowler is highly educated, and once taught school in her native town, Amesbury, Mass. WHO IS FOWLER? Le Motile, Minn., Has Never Heard of This Bridegroom. Bpeoial to The Journal. Le Moille, Minn., June 4.The peo ple of this little hamlet, twelve miles south of Winona are very much mys tified by the story from the east that George Edward Fowler of this place, is to marry Susan P. Fowler, the "octo genarian dress reformer in the east. They never heard of such a man. The postmaster of Pickwick, two miles from here, has lived in this vicinity for twenty-eight years and never heard of a man named Fowler. It is noted that the bridegroom-to-be has gone to England and will return with in a few weeks and''claim his bride. The only Le Moille man who has gone to England is George Saintsbury, the agent of the Milwaukee road, who left three weeks ago for such a trip and expected to return by June 26. But Mr. Saintsbury is married and has a large and interesting family. He re marked before leaving that it would be his first lay-off in thirty years. Meanwhile Le Moille Tfcolild like to know who George Edward Fowler is and why he claims to hail from here. LIBERTY BELL PMES MONDAY Continued from First Page. waukee station. This provision is to prevent congestion and to obviate ac cident in transfer. By the arrangement pupils on tho Minnehaha, Riverside, Interurban and Cedar and Emersbn lines will be car ried to the door. On the Fourth ave nue and Sixth avenue lines they will walk one block Bloomington lirii.% two blocks all First avenue lines and the Plymouth line, two blocks Hen nepin thru lines, four blocks Hen nepin short lines, two blocks. The time Is limited to presentation before 5 o'clock so that the special trafflo will not interfere with the regular rush business at the evening dinner hour. It has taken an immense amount of executive work on the part of the street railway management to prepare for the stupendous undertaking. To provide for the rush it will be neces sary to interchange equipment and employees between the two cities. After the St. Paul rush is over the men and cars will be rushed to Min neapolis for five hours* hard work. An educational department is a new feature for the street railway com pany, but the departure has been un dertaken willingly in a public spirit by the management to stimulate In the hearts of the growing generation of the two cities an intense American patriotism. BELL HURRIES WESTWARD Fifty Persons Escort Relic on North western Tour. Chicago, June 4.The Liberty bell from Pennsylvania, accompanied by a delegation of fifty men, who are tak ing the bell to the Louisiana Pur chase Exposition at St. Louis, will reach Chicago early to-morrow morn ing. It will be transferred to the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail way and go north without delay. 'The train will stop at the following cities at the time indicated: June 5, Milwaukee, 8 a. m. Water town, 12:25 p. m. Portage City, 1:45 p. m. Sparta, 3:50 p. m. La Crosse, 4:40 p. m. Winona, 6:20 p. m. Wabasha, 7:40 p. m. Red Wing, 8:28 p. m. St. Paul, 9:45 p. m. June 6, Minneapolis, 1 p. m.. June 7, Dubuque, 8 p. m. Rock Island, 12:12 noon (via Burlington route) Galesburg, 2:16 p. m. Peoria, 3:55 p. m. The bell will reach Springfield, 111., at 6:26 p. m. and will remain until the morning of June 8, it being due in St. Louis at 8 a. m. that day. BLACKSNAKE CHOKES^ ON EATING DOORKNOBS Hf"^. DENIES WHITNEY :t'H AE BEEN SHOT Physician Declares^Rumors" Re garding Exr&ecretery's Death Without Foundation, New York Sun Special Service. New York .June 3.Quickly follow ing the death of Wlliam C. Whitney rumors were current from various sources that Mr. Whitney's death was not caused by appendicitis as made public by the attending physicians, but was due to a gunshot wound inflicted by an angry husband. The newspapers at the time exerted every effort to trace these rumors to a responsible source. Close friends of Mr. Whitney were seen and? talked with and in deference to the wishes of Mr. Whitney's family and friends no mention of these rumors was made. More recently the newspapers have received from every state In the Union letters and telegrams reviving the original rumor of the cause of death. At the request of many of Mr. Whit ney's friends, Dr. Wiliam T. Bull, the attending physician, consented to make this authorized statement: "I make this statement only to set at rest for all time the baseless rumors which I am told are in circu lation regarding the cause of the death of William C. Whitney. "Mr. die of appendicitis, as in the certificate of death with the department by Dr. James. Mr. Whitney had a similar attack a year previous to his death. "I examined the patient's body and performed the operation for appendi citis. I state positively that there were no woundsbullet wounds or other woundsupon the body, except those made necessary by the surgeon's knife in performing the operation for appendicitis. "An X-ray machine was not used at all in Mr. Whitney's case. It was not necessary to use one to make a diag nosis for appendicitis." WAYfiledstateWhitneyhealtd The certificate of death filed by Mr. Whitney's family physician gives the cause of death: "Appendicitisoper ation. Acute general peritonitis. Con tributory cause, intestinal paralysis." YANKTON GRADUATES AND BOARD AT WAR Special to The Journal. Yankton, S. D., June 4.The teach ers of the city schools will not be al lowed to attend the exercises of the graduating class of the high school. In the words of Superintendent Schell enberger, "It would not be well for any teacher to attend, for the board would request that teacher's resigna- tion.'* This condition is due to the fact that the graduates have taken matters into their own hands and with the consent of their parents have engaged the operahouse, secured a speaker and will carry out complete gradua tion exercises without the consent of the school board. Feeling has been very high over the matter. Superintendent Schell enberger announced that' If the board gave in to the class he would resign The class was presented with diplomas this morning in the office of the su perintendent. ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE COSTS SAILOR'S LIFE New York, June 4.By the finding of his drowned body, it has developed that Elmer S. Lewis of Cleveland, Ohio, a sailor on the battleship Ken tucky, lying at the New York navy yard, who escaped from that vessel May 26, lost his life in an attempt to get away. He had been imprisoned under orders from Washington which said that he was wanted in Manila on a civil charge, but of what offense he was accused was not stated. A shore boat with three men was seen hanging about near the battle Bhlp. They rowed around for an hour and were finally ordered away. It is thought they were friends of the prisoner and were expecting to pick him up, A short time afterward he leaped overboard and was not seen again alive. POPE SEEKS HARMONY OF CHURCH AND STATE New York Son Special Service. Paris, June 4.The Siecle states that a well-known Catholic has ad mitted to the pope that the Catholics were at a loss to reconcile the meet ing of Archbishop Svampa and King Victor Emmanuel at Bologna on May 80when the archbishop visited the king and dined with himwith the papal note protesting against Presi dent Loubet's visit to the king. The pope in replying made the fol lowing declaration: "The note only was directed against France. I am not participating in politics. I am simply doing for Italy what Leo XIII. did for France. He ordered Cardinal Lovigerle to have the 'Marseillajse* played in his episcopal palace. I re quested Cardinal Svampa to listen to the royal march in the town hall at Bologna. That Is all. "The possibility of an understanding between church and state is amply demonstrated by the example of Ger many. That great and noble country should serve as a model to Italy. The French are an obstinate people, who weary us with questions, and who obey only when the Instructions of the holy see are in accord, with.their interests." ^:^iij'V'- New York Sun Special BnvU^:Z:^ i Washington, N. J., June 4*.--^Wneri Mrs. Jabez Ogden returned to her house after a day*s absence, she found that the doorknob apparently had been wrenched from the door. Fur ther examination showed that nearly all the doorknobs were missing. Coiled up in a Morris chair was an immense blacksnake, unable to move. It seemed to be choking to death with a white doorknob in its mouth. A post-mortem examination re vealed three doorknobs in the snake's throat The supposition is that the snake had mistaken the doorknobs for eggs. U own. petty :i:- ^.sw^ SPELL OF A WOMAN HIDES JEWELS AWAY New York Sun Special- Service. Chicago, June 4.Hypnotized into giving her $500 and jewelry valued at $1,000, as they allege, two women now are seeking the arrest of Martha Sabin, a clairvoyant. The latter has disappeared. The complainants are Mrs. Fannie Moul and Mrs. F. J. App, who live in adjoining apartments. "The woman hypnotized me," said Mrs. Moul last night. "I do not know how it was done, but I was unable to resist her voice." The police tell this story: -The clairvoyant, after reading the visitors* palms, is alleged to have told them that she could reveal "other and deeper mysteries." "If only you could secure a fetish, or charmed piece, such as is worn in eastern countries," the clairvoyant is said to have told Mrs. Moul, "your troubles all would be over." Then, the, women say, Mrs. Sabin suggested that her patrons have their favorite jewels made into fetishes. The complainants told the police, they left the money and two diamond rings JLwith the fortune tedjgr* jift't foK^V i*"?*"* it^'nS *'Vf "^L^^v w"x J. J: HILL AMONG**iJU? ANTI-PARKER MEN IK" Gorman, Bailey and Others Seek Plan to Balk Jurist's v.* Louisville Editor Announces Prefer* ence for Democratic Candidates, New York Sun Speoial Service. Chickasa, I. T., June 4.Henrj! Watterson, while here on his way to Kingfisher, OklaM said: "I favor the nomination of Mayor George B. McClellan of New York for president and John A. Black of Illinois for vice president. They would carry New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Indiana, Illinois and Wis consin, which would elect them. "There is no danger of Cleveland. He stands no chance. If he should be nominated I would vote for him, but there isn't muoh difference between Cleveland and Roosevelt. The only ground for choice would be that Cleveland is older and might die sooner." RUNAWAY CAUSES APOPLEXY. Baltimore, Md., June 4.William Kales er, one of the richest and probably on of the most public-spirited men of Balti more, died suddenly at firlnkwood, hi* country home, from apoplexy brought on by seeing from his lawn a runaway acci dent. JUMPING UP Is a great deal harder than lumping down. And yet people who have been for years running down in health expect to jump back at once. It takes years generally to make a man a con firmed dyspeptic, and he cannot expect to be cured in a few days. There no quicker means of cure for dyspep or other forma of stomach trouble than by the nsetf Dr. Pierce's Golden covery. It cures diseases of title stomach and other organs of digestion and nutrition and builds up the body with eoond flesh and solid muscle. "I was taken *fc)t twpy** ago," writes IUV. w. H. Vadtfeev* son, of white Cloud, Ala.y*wtta what the doctors thouffM waa gastric trouble., indlgejuon or nervous dyspepsia, aieo con stipatipn ana Inactive liver. I was in a dreadful condition. Tried several different doctora with but jjttte result had gotten so feeble that Icffes-al. most past traveling:about bad got down to pounds. I went and bought sue bottles of 'Golden Medical Discovery, and got tbe 'Pellets' and began following direc tions. When I had taken about five bottles I felt very much better and was greatlyv.lmproved, and weighed on$ hundred and thirty-eight pounds. I will say that Dr. Pierce's medicines are a God send to poor humanity, aad any and all ehi sufferers to give them a .fair trial and they will be satisfied." Accept no snbsti tute fox Golden Medical IDisccyeryt* There is nothing "just as good* lor diseases of the stomach. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets core biliousness and sick headache. A Victim of Heryons Debility, How a Wonder of Yiyacity, "***3 *--^r" ..s, J.' A Gains.'^-'" i New York Bun Special Service. New York, June 4.Seeking a defi nite plan of action, the anti-Parker forces in the democratic national con vention held conferences in the Hol land house last night. United States Senator Arthur Pue Gorman of Maryland, ex-Senator James Smith, Jr., of New Jersey James M. Guffey, national committee man from Pennsylvania, and United States Senator Joseph M. Bailey of Texas were there. All the conferees have been in close touch with Charles F. Murphy of Tammany Hall, altho Murphy said to-night he had not seen any of them during the day. It is said the anti-Parker men think a combine on George B. Mc Clellan the best move they could make. James M. Guffey is said to, have given assurances that the sixty eight delegates from Pennsylvania would be for McClellan and the twenty-four New Jersey votes are counted on. J. J. Hill and T. F. Brady wer among the callers on Senator Gorman and others in the conference. WATTERSON FOB McCLELLAN EJDMIIS tbe Maryel of tlio Change. Mrs. Dora B. Frazier, of No. 140 Al thea street, Providence, Rhode Island, is to-day the .very embodiment of vi vacity. She is an energetic forewo man In a large laboratory and shows no traces of her recent long struggle with nervous prostration succeeding typhoid pneumonia. "My illness began in 1898," says Mrs. Frazier, "and lasted for about three years in all, and for three months I was confined to my bed. I made occasional attempts to work, but: I could only manage to put In two or three days out of a*week at the very best. Several times I was actually at the point of death. "I had a good physician but he could not succeed in getting me out of my weak state. It was hard for me to retain any food and my weight dropped down to seventy-five pounds. I had a great deal of- dizziness arid suf focating spells. One of my legs was swollen so as to interfere with my walking. I could get scarcely any sleep, my color was very pale and I suffered from Irregularities that are very painful and depressing to women. "I dragged out month after month: of such an existence. Then I read of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Peo ple in a Providence paper and I thought I- would just try them. Be fore I got through the first box I said to myL mother: "Why, these pills are certainly doing me good.' We both grew hopeful and I kept on taking them steadily for six or seven months and then occasionally for some time longer, and all the time my troubles kept lessening until at last they were gone altogether. I got rid of indiges tion, headaches, nervousness, sleep lessness, dragging sensations and ir regularities of every kind and my weight ran up thirty-two pounds. "It. is more than a year since I took up my full work and in all that time I have not lost a day through illness. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have made me a well woman and I have no laclc of strength or cheerful spirits." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are a spe cific for all diseases of the blood and nerves. They are sold by all druggists throughout the world,