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THE
CASSIA S888BIB?S: I WHOLE NUMBER, 16,264.
RICHMOND, VA., THURSDAY, JUNE 11; 1903.
PRICE TWO CENTS
SUMMARY OF DAY'S NEWS
L. . -
THE WEATHER.
WASHINGTON. Juno 10.-Forecast for
Thursday and Friday:
Virginia-?Fair In north, clearing In
fcouth portion Thursday; Friday fair,
light winds, mostly northwest to north.
North Carolina?Fair In west, showers
In oast portion Thursday; Friday fair,
variable winds, becoming northwest and
- iresh.
After a day nf heat the clouds burst
last night and a rainfall of nearly halt
an Inch made tho streets like rivers. The
lorn parature fell fifteen degrees In a
i-hort time. Fair weather and light winds
are looked for to-day and to-morrow.
" STATE OF THE. THERMOMETER.
? ?. ??.73
32 M.83
3 P. M . SO
? ?. ?G.,.83
?? ?. ?.4. ?S
VI midnight .70
Average .'. 77
Highest temperature yesterday.
lowest temperature yesterday.
Mean temperature yesterday.
Normal temperature for June....
Departure from normal temperature. C?
Precipitation during past iH hours... .V
????? ? URE A OMA ? AC.
.Tune 11, 1503.
Run rises.4:50 | HIGH TIDE.
Kun sots.7:29 I Morning...?.h-.H
Moon rises....8:14 | Evening.?;?l
RICHMOND.
Knights of Honor refuse to admit wo?
men after a. lively debate-Temporary
tie-up of tho street cars last night
Hoptasophs nominate officers; Polk Miller
furnishes delightful entertainment
Nursea soon to graduate-Virginia vies
with Now Jersey In the business of grant?
ing charter*-No derision yet In Jeffer
i-on Davis memorial matter??-Interesting
discovery at Jamestown-Confederate
Memorial Literary Society generous to
the Davis Monument Association-Mr.
Charles Baughan badly hurt while at?
tempting to catch h. bird-Englnep cra.^h
and some damage Is done-Richmond
wins a game from Petersburg-Photo?
graph galleries In hands of receiver-?
Hung Jury in the Norfolk will case
Lieutenant-Governor Willard Initiated by
the Royal Arcanum-Veteran mission?
ary Is coming home-Meeting of Rich.
mond Dlstrkt Conference-Young man
charged with forgery Indicted a second
timo-Work of adjusting Insurance rates
-Dental Examiners In session-Move
to establish ? training school In connec?
tion with the Methodist Institute
Nearly half an Inch of water fell in a
short time lapt night-Newspaper ar?
tists meet with success In their exhibit
-Alderman Allen talks on electrolysis
matter-Medical directors to hojd next
session in Richmond-X. C. Braxton may
not run for the-Senate-Additional ap?
propriation to be asked for Capitol build?
ing-Mr. W. Graham Wynne recovering.
.MANCHESTER-Common Council to till
vacancies-Funeral of Mr. Galloway
Mrs. Foster's funeral-Mrs. Walko
thrown from a buggy-Experiments on
street-ca-r tracks-Baptists' to go on an
excursion,
VIRGINIA.
Cnprece/lentcd number of entries for
the Upporville Colt Show; society gathers
-The alleged Lutheran minister in Nor?
folk, who eloped with another man's
wife, Is repentant and offers to pay costs
'and return to his family-Governor
?'Ferrali argues rival electric railway,
case before Unltod States Court at Norfolk
-Forty graduates rat State Normal
School commencement exercises-Cap?
tain TJtoma? D. Jef?ress elected Mayor
of Chase City; bond Issue carries-The
Illinois to go Into dry-dock at Norfolk
Large number of fashionable and beauti?
ful home and church weddings; bride's
mother and grandmother dance the old
Virginia reel In Hanover-Newport
News streets In such bad condition that
some of them are traversed by boats
Commencement exercises at Randolph
Macon, at Hampden-SIdney, at Freder
leksburg College and other schools with
degrees, medals and other honors-Ma?
tron and teachers elected at the Deaf
and Blind Institute-An aged citizen
drops dead In Danville-Business
Men's Convention at Williamsburg recom?
mends accepting offer of Massachusetts
man to start magazine there-A five
story mill washed away hy the Shenan
doah Rls-cr and destroyed-Lightning
destrovs a home In Spotsylvanla county
-Memorial services to Captain Richard
Trbv at Ashland-Executive Committee
Central State Hospital In session-J. B.
Hall takes back old place as agent at
Ashland-Freight trajns come together
near Alexandria; two men badly hurt
A Spanish War veteran elopes with a fair
maid from Suffolk.
NORTH CAROLINA.
WUcox will .have to serve thirty years
for tho murder of Nellie Cropsey, says
the Supreme Court of tho State-Two
white men arrested in Fayetteville for
murder-Tho Liquor Men's Association
In convention elect officers-H. D, Sea
well secures four thousand five hundred
for being egged at Shelby-Hunt being
made at Salisbury for an orphan girl
Ktehmond committee visit Greensboro
Mooking for a pastor.
GENERAL.
East St. Louis inundated by sudden lise
of the river and battle with waters. In
1 which wealthiest citizens and common
(?laborers worked side by side, was futili-;
'j, work of rescue pushed while light lastet?
'?and ft refuge camp established; city cut
'off from communication and food needed;
break in embankment came so suddenly
that some of those who were working
, nn it at tho time were carried away and
drowned in the rush of waters-Big
blnmp In prices of stocks, and though
there was a mid-day rally, tho last prices
were nearly the worst of tho day-Tak?
ing of evidence begun In tho trial of Cur?
tis Jett and Tom White for tho murder
of J R. Marcimi-Dick Bernard won the
Graduate Stakos at Chicago-Two boys
=mnlhercd In wheat bin of Gallatili mill
Ht Nashville-President attends the wel
ding of Senator llanrsa's daughter-I're.
mier Balfour smoothes over the crisis
in British Cabinet and Mr. Chamberlain
????? prohablv not retire, though his tariff
scheme is shelved perhaps for all tlnie
Thought that settlers will certainly take
the Deweya from militia and wreak their
vengeance upon them-Venezuelan rev?
olution Is ended at last-V\ ork of relief
at Spananeburg progressing satisfac?
torily. __
THE SETTLERS ARE
AFTER THE DEWEYS
(By Associated Press.)
TOPE ? A. KAN.. June 10.?Reports
have been received here several times
to-day of a light between the settlers
and militia in Western Kansas over the
Dewey affair. The settlers are paid to
have attacked the militia and sheriff's
posse lust as the latter forces left Dweey
Ranch, in Cheyenne county, this morning
for St. Francis. .
Tho telephone wires in Cheyenne coun?
ty have been cut and tho telephone ser'
Vice is poor. Enough news has been re*
reived, however, to show that the
Peweys are In great danger, and may be
naptured bv the settlers to-morrow. A
dispatch from St. Louis says that tho
report of a fight between tho two forces
Is in all probability true, adding that
Ih* excitement all through that sectfon
of tho State la at fever heat to-nlglit.
All dav the settlers have- been Hooking
Into St. Frunols and all are heavily armed.
They are outspoken In their expressions
of enmity to the Doweve.-;>nd say noth?
ing will prevent the settlers from taking
them away from the soldiers when they
arrive In St. Francia to-morrow.
Tho fight of t?day- appears to have
been mostly with sharpshooters, as most
o? the settlers ure at Berry's Ranch and
at Ht. Francia,
WOMEN ARE
BARRED OUT
BY KNIGHTS
Grand Lodge Refuses by
a Decisive Vote.
THE DEBATE WAS
LONG AND LIVELY
Money Is Telegraphed to the
Flood-Stricken Brethren.
REPORT OF THE
SUPREME DICTATOR
The Work is Shown to Be In Most Ex?
cellent Condition ?Deaths of Mem?
bers Are Reported?The An?
nouncement of Commit?
tees?The Election
of Officers.
After a. lengthy discussion, which con?
sumed the greater portion of the fore?
noon, the Supreme Lodge, Knights of
Honor, sitting In annual con-entlon at
the Masonic Temple, In this city, yester?
day decided by a substantial majority
that at the present time It will be inad
visab.n to admit women to membership
In the order.
While the question has been agitated
before, it came this year with a special
significance. .At the la&t annual meet?
ing provision was made for a change In
the charter by which the phraseology
would be made to read in such a man?
ner that all white persons, mala and
female, might be Included In the organi?
zation. This was done in order that tno
Grand Lodge might admit women when
it saw fit. But up to this time the body
has not seen fit. and the much-debated
proposition is shelved for at least one
more year. The voto yesterday was de?
cisive, still the advocates of the inno?
vation claim that the movement shows
signs of increasing popularity.
A LIVELY DEBATE.
The matter came up on the report of
the Executive Committee, to which the
vexed question had h?en rifer? id last
year. Only four members of this com?
mittee were present, and they were even?
ly divided. The lodge, sitting In com?
mittee of the whole, received the report
of these gentlemen, and then an effort
was made to have the matter referred
hack to the executive. After a lively
debate the Committee of the Whole re?
fused by a vote of 48 to 27 to refer, and
It. thereupon went Into a consideration
of the report. Further discussion re?
sulted In a decision to recommend to
the Supreme Lodge that the admission
of women at this time was inadvisable.
The question was now transferred to
the Supreme Lodge "n the report of the
Committee of the Whole. A roll c??l
was taken, with the result that 54 mem?
bers were In favor of excluding the wo?
men and 21 In favor of admitting them.
Over the question before it was flnaliy
settled there developed a long and lively
debate, which consumed a great por?
tion of the morning session. There were
many speeches, and some of them were
exceptionally able ones. Such were
those, of the Supreme Dictator, Mr. O.
S. Biggs, of Baltimore, who opposed the
change, and ex-Governor J. C. Shep
pard, of South Carolina, an advocate of
the movement. Among the others who
occupied the floor were Supreme Re?
porter Glvan. Supreme Guide Hancock,
Past Supreme Dictator Gratz, and St
rreme Representatives Boyle, of Penn?
sylvanie: Tlllman Smith, of Te.vis;
George Thornburg, of Arkansas: M. L.
Crowe, of California; Colonel G. L. Balt
zell, of Florida; John F. Donovon, uf
Illinois; J. G. Graves, of Iowa; ?. .G.
Hess and E. G. Boone, of Kentucky; C.
H. Brownlee, of Louisiana; H. A. Kid
der, of Massachusetts?: S. B. Watts a,id
Marx Goldstein, of Mississippi: D. I?".
Sherwood, of Rhode Island; R. W. Hud?
son, of Texas; M. F. Kennedy, of South
Carolina, and others.
The Meeting.
The lodge was called to order at 30
o'clock yesterday morning In the rom
rti&rulery room of the Temple, by the su?
preme dictator, Mr. D. S. Biggs, of Bos?
ton.
After the admission of several new mem?
ber? tlie lodge receive the report of the
Committee on Laws touching the Wis?
consin caso. It Is u provision of the or?
der that a grand Jurisdiction having more
than 5M members shall he' entitled to two
lepresentatlves, the others to be repre?
sented by one delegate. When Wisconsin
selected her two representatives she hud
the required number of members, but
since that time, this number hns fallen
to H74. The question now was whether
both the representatives should be ad?
mitted. The Supreme Lodge established
an Interesting and Important precedent
by deciding in favor of the admission of
both th? gentlemen.
An appeal by telegram was received
from the afflicted Pacolet Lodge, in South
Carolina, which Is Immediately In the
region of the flood that hns swept over
? portion of that. State.' There are twen?
ty-nine members In tills lodge, and most
of them are affected by the disaster. It
is even possible that some of them lost
their lives In the high water. The sum
pt two hundred dollars was telegraphed
to them for Immediate purposes, This
amount will probably be Increased Jater
to ni least live hundred.
THE.SUPREME DICTATOR'S RF.POR'I.
The. reports of tha supreme officers
were presented and referred to the proper
committees. All of these reports are in?
teresting and Important.
Among other things ?he m?meme dicta?
tor spoke of the special deputy, declar?
ing that he hud come to stay, and, fur?
thermore, that, with the competition to
be met at tlie present time, It will be
Impossible to successfully carry on the
iu;i'k of the Knlghui of Honor without
the employment of sucjj deputies, With
reference t'o the order as a whole, he
bhowed it to lie In most excellent condi?
tion, lie appealed for care that no 'mis?
takes he made at this session. The
Knights of Honor Is not only a great fra?
ternal society; It Is a great corporation,
(Continued on Second Page.)
SLEEPING CITY ROUSED FROM BED
BY AN ONRUSH OF ANGRY WATERS
BOARD HARD
AT WORK NOW
Monument Builders In Session
Practically All Day.
WHOLE QUESTION OPENED
Site, Character and Cost of Memorial
of President Davis Arc to Be De?
cided Upon?Meet Again
To-Day.
The Board of Directors of the Davis
Monument Association held two lengthy
sessions yesterday, taking up and dis?
cussing thoroughly the entire monument
question.
The ladles are keeping their own coun?
sel. They are set and fixed on giving out
nothing but conclusions, and have desig?
nated a gentleman to do that, so it Is
understood. The president of the board,
Mrs. McCullough. declined last night even
to state the matters discussed, and, of
course, therefore, the nature and trend
of the debates and opinions. She took
this course after brief consultation with
her colleagues. She stated that no con?
clusions had been reached, and that the
board would moet again to-dav.
REVOLVED WHOLE QUESTION.
From what can be gathered from vari?
ous sources, reliable but not authentic
the entire monument question was laid
bare before the ladles of the board yes?
terday; that the board regards the site,
the form and the cost of the monument
all open questions, and that It Is Us pur?
pose to reach conclusions on them all be?
fore It adjourns.
The first Pession was held at the Jef?
ferson yesterday morning. A continuous
session was held until lunch time. Pres?
ident McCullough explained to the visit?
ing members of the board the status of
affairs, as left by Artist Gudebrod's fail?
ure to sign the contract to erect his arch
for the contract price of $50,000. When
the facts had been disseminated the con?
sideration of all the questions and diffi?
culties began and continued until dinner
time. To the great delight ot all, Mrs.
Joseph Bryan, president of the Confeder?
ate Memorial Literary Society, came dur?
ing the session and announced that the
society had decided to give the assocla
tlon $4.500, In addition to half of the earn?
ings of the Confederate Bazaar, J10.8OO.
She gave a check for the additional sum
before leaving.
THE EVENTNG SESSION*.
The evening session was held at the res?
idence of Mr. E. D. Taylor, Ko. 3 East
Franklin Street. The discussion of the
morning was continued at this time, and
at 11 o'clock no conclusion had been
reached. The board will meet again to?
day for discussion. The meetings yes?
terday were attended only by ladle's, the
Advisory Board was not called In and
probably will not be until some definite
scheme has been decided upon.
Those in attendance upon the meetings
are: Mrs. S. T. McCullough, of Staunton;
Mrs. James A. Rounsao-llle. of Rome, 6a.;
Mrs; R. C. Coolly, of Jacksonvilla, Fla.;
Mrs. W. W. Road, of Now Toik city;
Mrs. Garland Jones, of Raleigh, N. C, and
Mrs. Edgar D. Taylor, of this city.
Other directors who have arrived are:
Mrs. James Y. Leigh, of Norfolk; Mrs.
Augustine T. Smythe, of Charleston, S.
C, and Miss Mary Amelia Smith, of War?
renton; Mrs. William J. Behan. and Mrs.
J.' B. Richardson, of New Orleans. Mr?.
R. E. Wilson, of Kansas City Mo7, start?
ed, but couldn't get here on account of
the storms. Mrs. E. G. Held, of Jackson?
ville, was presented from coming for the
same reason.
OLD CITIZEN DROPS
DEAD IN HIS GARDEN
rSnecial to The Times-Dlspntch.)
DANVILLE, VA.. June 10.-Mr. Nath?
aniel T. Robertson, an old and highly ??
sperted citizen of this city, dropped dead
while working In his garden this after?
noon at 2 o'clock. He seemed in perfect
health at dinner timo and spent the gre it?
er part of the morning on the street's. Hi?
death was supposed to have been caused
bv a sudden (ittnck of hei^t disease, of
which he had been an occasional sufferer.
Ho was a native of Plttsylvanla county,
but. came to this city about thirty years
ago, where he has been engaged In the
tobacco business.
Ho was sixty yeaTS of age and Is sur?
vived by a wife and two grown children.
CROWN PRINCE OF
SWEDEN TO COME
(By Associated Press.)
STOCKHOLM, June 10.-Prlnce Oumtav,
Crown Prince of Sweden and Norway,
has announced his intention of visiting
the St. Louis Exposition.
CATCHING A BIRD
Mr. Charles Baughan Sustain?
ed a Very Painful Fall
on Yesterday.
Mr. Charles Baughan, of No. 1000 Ea3t
Cloy Street, was quite badly injured
yesterday by a fall from a tree. Mr,
Baughan had climbed the tree In pur?
suit of hla wife's canary, ' which had es?
caped and lighted in a .small tree Just
across the street.
Mr. Baughan climbed the tree and was
just reaching out his hand to catch the
bird, when the limb upon which he was
seated broke and he fell violently to the
ground.
Ho was carried .to hla home In a half
conscious condition, and Dr. Tucker,
from the Sheltering Arms, called in.
Later bis regular physician, Dr. W. T.
Oppenhlmer, was sent for.
It was said at the residence last night
that It was feared that Mr. Buughan'e
epine was Injured
SAW JETT
FIRE SHOT
Taking of Evidence Begun In
Marcum Murder.
B.J. EWEN FIRST WITNESS
He Was Standing With His Hand on
Shoulder of Man When dett Fired
and Killed Him-Was Not
Shaken.
CBy Associated Press.)
JACKSON, KY..Juno lO.-At the re?
quest of Mrs. Marcum and others, Curtis
Jett and Thomas White, were kept In
separate cells last night, and the latter
was despondent when the prisoners were
brought Into court to-day by troops and
turned over to the ellzor. All those en?
tering the court were searched.
When court convened Attorney John
?O'Neal, for the defense, moved to set
aside the entire Jury panel as Irregular.
The motion of the defense was over?
ruled, and twenty-five witnesses were
called for each side. Commonwealth's At?
torney, Byrd In outlining the case prom?
ised to prove that Jett entered a side
door of the courthouse Just prior to the
shooting and returned by tho door im?
mediately after the second shot. Ho said
he would prove White and Jett entered
Into a conspiracy' to kill Marcum, and
that Jett fired the shots, this having
been seen by witnesses whom he would
produce. He would prove that Jett told
persons he did it, but that somebody's
money had paid for it.
THE FIRST WTTNESS.i
B. J. Ewon was the first witness call?
ed. He paid he was standing beside Mar?
cum when ho fell. Tom White passed T>y
them, looked at Marcum, passed Just out?
side the door and looked back, then
passed on, Marcum said, "I'm a?rala of
that fellow. He means to do me harm."
An Instant later witness heard a pistol
crack. Marcum, who had his arm on -wit?
ness' shoulder, released his hold and
dropped to the floor, exclaiming, "Oh
Bord! Oh, Lord! They have killed me."
Witness looked hack' and ww Curtis Jett,
with his pistol gripped In both hands. "I
then fled out of-the door," ho said, "as I
thought It was I he was after when a
second shot wait fired. I saw Jett come
from a side door, walk ?round and back
into the door where Marcum lay."
Ewcn said he helped to carry Mareurn
across the street to Dr. Kass' office,
whore he died In a few minutes. Ho saw
Jett and White together a few mlnut?*
after.
Ewen was pale and nervous. He was
cross-examined hy Attorney Golj?en.
Ewen's mental condition for the past two
years was questioned, and there Were
rumors of his threatening to commit sui?
cide. When questioned about this matter
Ewen denied such allegation; The cross
examination was long and severe, but it
did not affect his testimony at any point
TWO BOYS SMOTHERED
IN A V/HEAT BIN
(By Associated Press.)
NASHVILLE. ????.. June 10.?Two
boys were smothered to death while
playing in the wheat hin of the Gallatin
Mills yesterday afternoon. A search was
instituted last evening, when the boys
failed to put in an appearance for supper,
and it was not until this morning that
their lifeless and naked bodies were found
at tho bottom of the bin into which they
had been drawn by the suction caused
by the rapid exhaustion of tho grain
through the elevator chute.
The lads' names were Henry Smith and
Hugh Lanier, and they were between
eight and nine years of age.
VENEZUELA IS TO
ENJOY PEACE AGAIN
(Bv Associated Press.)
WJLrI,EMi5TAD. ISLAND OF CURA
COA, Juno io.?General Matos and the
generals who supported him In the revolu?
tionary movements In Venezuela have re?
turned here. Tho revolution ngainst
Presldont Castro Is ended.
TREMENDOUS FLOOD
IN SHENANDOAH
A Five-Story Flouring Mill
Washed Away and
* Destroyed.
(Special to The Times-Dispatch,)
WOODSTOCK, VA., June 10.?Tho five
story flour mill belonging to Dr. J. I. Trip
lett, of Mount Jackson, situated about
two miles east of Woodstock, valued at
$;',50ft, was totally destroyed by the high
waters In the Shenandoah River at an
early hour this morning.
The foundations were washed away, and
thu building, falling into the swift cur?
rent, broke to pieces before passing un?
der the county road bridge, located about
200 feet below the mill she. The em?
bankment below the mill has been wash?
ing uway at a rapid rate to-day, and it
Is fearec^itho bridge, which was erected at
a cost i'3f fti.C'jO, is in danger.
Two and ft I'H'f Inches of water fell
last night In a short time, causing im?
mense damage to crops and plowed tlelds;
also by reason of high, waters In all the
streams.
In Woodstock and Maurerstown the
high water destroyed a lot of sidewalks,
flooded several houses and ruined gardens.
THE ILLINOIS WILL '
GO INTO DRY DOCK
(Blieclal to Tho Tluitu-ldsiiati-li.)
NQR'FOLK, V'A?. June 10,?The battle?
ship Illinois left the navy yard In this
city this morning for New York. There
Hhe will go In dry dock and huvo her
bottom examined, and If It should be
found necessary to replace the plates
that were Injured .In her recent accident
in Europe, 4uJe will be done.
WEDDING IS
ELABORATE
Miss Ruth Hanna and Mr. Mc
Cormlck Are Married.
THE PRESIDENT THERE
Church Was Decorated With Great
Magnificence?Bride, Gowned In
Lace, Carried Lilies of the Val?
ley and White Orchids.
(By Associate? Tree?.)
CLEVELAND. O., June 10.?In ln
trlnslo beauty and Interest, the -wedding
to-day at noon of Miss Ruth Hanna and
Mr. Joseph Medili MoCormick. of Chi?
cago, excelled any similar function ever
held In Cleveland. St Paul's Church
was decorated with the utmost magnifi?
cence. The bridal party entered under
an arch of white peonies and doutzla,
and the pews of the middle aisle were
all marked with big bunches of the
deutzla. JuBt before the Lohengrin
wedding march was played to herald
tho approach of the bridal party. Presi?
dent Roosevelt, with Mrs. Hanna on his
arm, followed by Miss Alice Roosevelt
with other members of the bride's fam?
ily. The UHhers preceded the maids.
Howard Mann, a cousin of the brido;
James Patterson, ot Chicago, a cousin
of the groom; Robert Allerton? of Chi?
cago; J. W. Beck, of Chicago; Ernest
Minor, of Cincinnati; James Barney, of
New York; William Williams, of Phila?
delphia; Malcolm McBrlde, of Cleveland.
The maids Approached the altar two by
two. Miss Florence Cobh and Miss Mary
Hopkins, of Washington, leading. Fol?
lowing were Miss Claire Hanna, of Cleve?
land, a cousin of tho bride, with Mtss
Adelaide Hamilton, of Chicago; Miss
Virginia Johnston, of Pittsburg, with
Miss Frances Lewis, of Portland, Ore.;
Miss Laura McGlnley, of Pittsburg, with
Miss Eleanor Patterson, of Chicago, a
cousin of the groom.
The maid of honor was Miss Lucy
Curdy, of Cleveland, a cousin of the.
bride. The' maids were'gowned silice In
costumes of white silk mull over pale
green silk.' The maids and Miss Curdy
carried shower, houquets of white sweat
peas, with maiden-hair fern.
THE BRIDE'S GOWN.'
The bride walked with her father. Her
gown was a creation of white peau de
sole, made princess, with bodice of real
lace, with duchesse lace and hand-em?
broidery in white crenllle set with pearls.
She wore a veil over her face, caught In
her hair with orange blossoms. She car?
ried a bouquet of lilies of the valley and
white orchids.
The maids nnd the maid of honor
passed up the chancel steps and faced
the bride at the altar. The groom and
his best man. his brother. Mr. Ruther?
ford McCormlck. awaited the bride and
her father at the chancel steps, -where
the betrothal ceremony was performed
by Bishop W. A. Leonard, when tha bride
and groom passed through the aisle
formed by the bride's attendants, to tho
altar. The Bishop was assisted In tho
ceremony by Dr. Hillings, of' Groton,
Mass.; Dr. George McDrew and Rcrv. H.
W. Jones, of this city.
The President nnd Miss Roosevelt were
seated In the front pew on the Hanna
side of the church.
The ceremony was followed by a wed?
ding breakfast, served at Glenmere,. one
hundred and fifty guests being enter?
tained.
THE GUESTS.
Among the out-of-town guests at the
wedding were the following: President
Roosevelt, Miss Alice Roosevelt, the Sec?
retary of the Treasury and Mrs. Shaw,
Postniastor-Cieneral and Mrs. Payne,
with their niece, Miss Jones; Adjutant
General and Mrs; Corbln, Senator and
Miss Kane, his sister; Senators Beveridge
and Hale, Senator nnd Mrs. Wetmoro
nnd Senntnr and Mrs. Aldrlch, Mr. and
Mrs. John D. Rockefeller.
Hundreds of beautiful presents -were
received. The President's gift was a set
of after-dinner roffee cups and saucers.
The gift of Mrs. McKinley was a hand?
some vase.
While no public announcement has been
made concerning Senator Hanna's gift,
It Is understood to hnyo been a check for
a generous sum. Sirs. Hanna's gift was
a rare string of pearls.
The groom Is n. son of Hon. Robert S.
McCormlck, ambassador to Russia, and ?
grandson of the lato Joseph Medili, for
many years owner and edltrir of the
Chicago Trlhune.
DR. KERR'S
SUCCESSOR
A Committee from the First
Presbyterian Church
Visits Greensboro.
(Special to The Tlmes-Dlspat?n.)
GREENSBORO, N. C, June 10?News
that a committee from tha First Presby?
terian Church of Richmond was here
last night consulting with Rev. Dr. Eg?
bert W. Smith pastor of the First Pres?
byterian Church, of Greensboro. <0r the.
purpose of inducing him to accept the
pastorate of tha Rluhmond church, . has
caused a commotion here, when? Pr.
Smith Is universally admired and be?
loved.
It le understood that ho has the mat?
ter under advisement, but people here of
every faith and creed declare that under
ne circumstances will Dr. Smith be per?
mitted to leave Greensboro.
BALFOUR
SAVES DAY
Magnetism of Premier Saved
Air. Chamberlain.
BIG GOVERNMENT VICTORY
The Tariff Scheme of the Colonial
Secretary, However, Is Shelved.
Differences of Opinion in Cab?
inet Are Not Serious.
(By Associated Prosa.)
LONDON, June 10.?By a dexterous
and extraordinary speech, Premier Bal
four to-night temporarily smoothed over
the differences in the Cabinet, relieved
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain of any
necosslty of resigning, and for tho mo?
ment averted a crisis, which threatened
the Unionist party. This Mr. Balfour
accomplished without committing (the
government either to protection or free
trade, though tho effect of his speech will
generally be taken to mean that the
tariff Issue Is to bo shelved for the pres?
ent.
Henry Chaplin's amendment, which
gave rise to tho most Interesting debate
of tho present Parliament, was defeated
by the overwhelming majority of S?3
votes, composed of Unionists, Liberals
and Irish members. The minority, who
supported Mr. Chaplin's amendment,
were almost all followers of the govern?
ment, while many others of the Con?
servative party abstained from voting.
?BALFOUR CHEERED.
Tt was half-past 10 o'clock to-night when
Premier Balfour sprang to hie feet to
reply to the taunts of the opposition and
appeals from his own party. For two
days the House of Commons has rung
with echoes of dissension within the Cab?
inet and dissatisfaction without. The
Premier was loudly cheered. He had
scarcely commenced to deal with Mr.
Chaplin's amendment before he was in?
terrupted by a hurricane of applause and
ironical cheers at the entry of Mr. Cham?
berlain, who had been absent hitherto
throughout tho evening. The Colonial
Secretary dropped Into his accustomed
place. The House .was. now packed with
peers, members of the House and specta?
tors, as it has not been since tho days
of home rule, and they waited and lis?
tened in tense expectation. Mr. Balfour
explained,, that the only reason the corn
tax was put on was because the govern?
ment wanted money, and the only reason
it was taken oft was because the gov?
ernment wanted money no longer.
Averting to the charges of vacillation
made against him, the Prime Minister
took a tone of unusual vehemence. He
declared that he himself, though, a be?
liever In free trade (which staterruwit met
with loud applause), did not regard
it as a fetish, and he had absolutely an
open mind regarding the necessity for
any alterations In a system which was
founded to suit conditions of fifty years
ago. He refused not only to make a
statement of any finality upon such an
important question, but he also refused
to compel his colleagues to conform to
a standard of opinion upon which he
himself had an open mind. He admitted
that differences of opinion existed within
the Cabinet, but these were not serious
enough to cause the resignation of any
member.
IMPASSIONED PLEA.
Mr. Balfour made an Impassioned plea,
enforced by the precedents of friction In
Mr. Gladstone's ministerios for allowing
tho premier to retain an open mind upon
a question so difficult and so superior to
all party Issues,
The speaker did net believe that the
country would ewer return to ?lio old pro?
tective system, and no tax on food would
ever be Imposed without the full assent
of tho working classos. They were con?
fronted, however, continued the premier,
by three great, ph?nom?nal high tariff walls
against tho United Kingdom, jth o growth
of trusts and tho desire of the colonies
for closer fiscal union tilth the ropther
country. These factors could not "bo Ig?
nored.
This non-committal speech and appeal,
marie with nil the eloquence nnd mag.
natism which Mr. Balfour wields so suc?
cessfully, for an open mind, brought a
salute of cheers,
Rir Henry Cnrnpbell-Bannerman, the
Liberal lender, briefly replied, appealing
for an oportunity for the House to more
fully go into the case of the issue raised.
SAVE? CHAMBERLAIN.
As the members of the House went into
the lobbies after the vote on the Chap?
lin amendment, the general comment was,
"Balfour has saved Chamberlain." The
t'Olon I al Secretary himself said: "Our
friend, the enemy, Is nonplussed this
time."
Tho debate was resumed by Major
! Seely, who, as a convinced free, trader,
rejoiced in the repeal of the grain tax.
Sir Charles Dllke (advanced Radical)
contended that the House had the right
to demand an opportunity for prenotine
Ing Judgment on this important fiscal
question.
While the United States and Germany
were reaping much prosperity under
protection. Great Britain's foreign ex?
ports at the present moment were equal
to the combined exports of the United
Slates, Germany and France.
H. H, Asqulth (advanced Liberal, for?
merly homo secretary), who follewed, de?
clared that the reason for the abandon?
ment of the great tax remained an un?
solved and insoruptable mystery. Mr.
Chamberlain had told the public that the
tax did not fall on the customer. ?f that
was so Its repeal was a magnificent dis?
play of International attachment, as It
practically made to the United States
a present ef $13.600,000, which the tax rep?
resented.
Sir Charles Dllke. said Mr. Chamber?
lain's suggested Inquiry Into the subject
was merely another name for crusade.
Having raised the is3ite the-government
was not entitled to hang It up..
East St. Louis Flooded to
Eaves of Houses.
FLOOD'S FORCE
IRRESISTIBLE
Great Portions of St. Louis
Are Inundated.
WILL BARRIERS HOLD
TO SAVE THE REST
The Water Rose Suddenly Higher^ ?n4
Thousands Worked Bravely With
Death and Defeat Staring Them
in the Face?Waters to
to Eaves of the
Houses.
(By Associated Press.)
ST, LOUIS. MO.. Juno 10.?Almost
two-thirds of the territory of East SU
Louis. 111., is under from 2 to 15 feet of
water. Between sunset last night ani
dawn to-day eleven Uves were sacrifleil
to the waters and, damage which no man
to-day attempted to estimate had been
done to the property. Probably never!
before in the history of the country has
a more valiant fight been made by bravo!
men, with defeat starring them In tha
faca, to protect lives and property than ?
has been mado by the citizens of ?astf
St. Louis. When the rising Mississippi
began to threaten the city last Thurs?
day morning Mayor Silas Cook ordered
men to work to construct sand-bag
levees at once. The river rose higher!
and more men were employed. Citizens
of tho best classes worked side by side
with the laborers. Since Thursday,
morning 5,000 men, under the leadership
of Mayor Cook,- without sleep, with lit?
tie rest and food snatched at intervals,
have tolled unceasingly to strengthen
levees and to do everything possible to
save the city,
NOT A WHEEL TURNS.
Not a wheel of industry Is turning in
East' St Louis. The. smokeless chim?
neys of manufacturing plants stand life?
less, -while the flood whirls at the foun?
dations. The vast railroad yards ara
outlined by hundreds of half-submerged
cars, and here and there locomotives '
only half visible. Huge grain elevators
stand surrounded by a . veritable sea,
To the south, beyond the railroad yards,
are thousands of homes, mainly humble
cottages, owned by the laborers and
containing their, all, submerged to ? the
eaves.
In Northeast St. Louis the description j
Is repeated, but not on such a large; {
scale. The business portion of the cltft
and the district containing the b?tte*
residences is still intact: "But for hov?
long?" is the question to-night. Broad?
way, running from Eads bridge to tha
city limits, a broad street of stone, IS
feet high, divides the city In half. More
than 10 feet of water is pressing against'
Broadway from the south, and In some
places Is creeping through in streams
as thick as a man's body. If Broadway
shall break the water will rush' over?
much of the city, until Missouri Avenue,
running parallel, one block north, is en?
countered. Along the river front a leves
of sand-bags keeps ?he river out.
ANOTHER MENACE.
Without warning the river suddenly
began to rise. The city -was ma.de safe
along the river front, but suddenly a
new danger menaced. Word was re?
ceived that the Illinois Central embank?
ment, skirting the river along the south',
ern boundary of Che city, was threaten?
ing tn give way. Couriers were sent)
on horseback and afoot to shout warn?
ings to tho inhabitants of the Bouthem
half of the city. Car-loads of sand?
bags were rushed to the place and work
was hurriedly begun. Accustomed to
warnings, the Inhabitants did not leave
their homes. Higher nnd higher rose
tho water, until a thin stream began
pouring over the embankment, nnd sud?
denly It broke, Thomae Middleton, ?
volunteer in charge of ? gang of men
who were working at the point where I
the embankment gave way, gave a de?
scription of tho break to the Associated
Press agent.
BROKE THROUGH.
He said:
! "The break occurred ne 11MO o'clock;
? last night. My gang was hard at work
? with the others. The water was pouring
over the top of the embankment In a
sheet, even after all our work. Suddenly,
with a roar, o Jet of water shot through
the embankment, almost nt my feet. I
was carried away, but soon pulled my?
self from the water. One of the laborera
standing by my side was swept away,
and I saw him drown. In an Instant the
water had cut a section of the embank?
ment out, and the stream, twenty-five
feet wide, was rushing through. 1 saw
another section of the embankment go
out a few minutes later, and then that
portion between the two torrents went
down, and the river poured through In
all Its fury 1 believe many men, espe?
cially negroes, were drowned. 1 know
that some negroes, worn out, had been
permitted to nap. and they were lying
asleep right in the path of the flood.
They certainly were drowned."
Miiidlaton escaped hy running along the
embankment back to the city.
LIKE WILDFIRE.
The alarm spread like wildfire, and]
whistles were blown, bells rung, shots
rlred and cries of warning were sounded,
but with all this pandemonium the ma?
jority of the aroused Inhabitants did noe
leave their homes. Within an hour tn?
houses stood In waetr that reached ta
tho roofs of the one-story cottages. It
Is known that numbers of people ? ???
to the Central Hotel, a four-story brlckt
structure, und to the large brick build.
tugs of the Washington and Prenkll?
High Schools. None of these building?
to-day contained more than 2CA. and there
are rows upon row? of aubmergid cot?
tages that do not show a aUn of life,
ilt Is practically Impossible to learn of
